Saturday, 27 September 2014

SATURDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2014 08:44 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (27th September 1944)

On the Russian Front...
Finnish forces attacking German positions in northern Finland capture Pudasjarvi.
Elements of Soviet 8th Army land on Vormsii Island and clear it of German forces
Elements of German 9th Army begin operations against Polish Home Army in Kampinos Forest outside Warsaw
German forces capture the Mokotow district of Warsaw 

In the Baltic...
Government closes Swedish territorial waters to German shipping

In Norway...
Kriegsmarine torpedo boat TA-7 (ex Norwegian) sunk at Horten by the Norwegian Resistance

On the Western Front...
German frogmen destroy the rail bridge at Nijmegen 
British 2nd Army and US 1st Army go over to the defensive
US 3rd Army attacks around Metz and fights off German counterattacks 
Heavy aerial dogfighting over Arnhem

In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-1214 is by sunk by patrolling Allied aircraft 
Kriegsmarine ASW vessel UJ-1715 and German vessels Clare Hugo Stinnes & Knute Nelson are sunk by mines
RN destroyer HMS Rockingham is sunk by a mine

In London...
Churchill refuses to evacuate civilians from the Channel Islands or provide food supplies unless the German garrison surrenders 

In the Mediterranean...
Kriegsmarine vessel SF-121 and German vessel Salomea are sunk by RN submarine Vigorous in the Aegean   

Italy...
British 8th Army are fighting along the Uso River
US 5th Army advance up Serchio valley and capture Sambuco

In Palestine...
The Jewish Irgun organization attacks British police stations

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Hachirogata Maru is sunk by USN submarine Apogon in the Sea of Okhotsk
IJN Coast Defense Vessel No. 10 sunk by USN submarine Plaice
Japanese vessel Ural Maru is sunk by USN submarine Flasher in the South China Sea
Japanese vessel Hokki Maru damaged by USN submarine Lapon and subsequently scuttled in the South China Sea

US 1st Marine Division and 321st Infantry Regiment of 81st Infantry Division makes substantial progress on Peleliu Island 
US 81st Infantry Division eliminate the Japanese pocket on Angaur Island  
China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
27th Army Group of Chinese 9th War Area and 64th Army of Chinese 7th War Area arrive in Kwangsi province to reinforce 4th War Area
Fuchou operation: 
Japanese 62nd Independent Mixed Brigade lands around Fochou 

Today's Air Raids...
Lille and Liege by German V-2 rockets
Cologne, Kassel, Ludwigshafen and targets of opportunity in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Sterkrade, Kaiserslautern and Kassel, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
London by V-2 rockets
Nijmegen, Netherlands on bridges by the Luftwaffe
Calais, France by RAF Bomber Command
Pagan Island and Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Bougainville Island by US Navy TDR-1 remote-controlled air drones
Waren and Kokas, New Guinea by US FEAF
Boela on Ceram Island in the Moluccas and Manado on Celebes island by US FEAF
China on military targets by US 14th Air Force fighters
Hsenwi, Myothit, Katha, Nansiaung, and Pinwe, Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
TV Footie

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I find myself in a low mood this morning that I have not experienced for some time. My training doesn't protect me from such experiences! However it does teach me how to respond to it, which is to feel the mood and get on with stuff anyway. 

It is possible to create environments for yourself that are benevolent and generally promote positive feelings, but this does not make you immune from "downers". As good things need to be experienced not attached, so bad things need to be accepted not resisted. 

Focus needs to rise above both the highs and lows of life and fix on intention, or as in meditation on simply being, the source of consciousness. In fact one positive of a low mood is that there are no bright distractions so it's easier to calm the mind. That is the counter-intuitive response to a low mood, not to liven up but to relax deeper.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do your coping strategies actually work?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy throughout, with occasional sunny/clear periods  
A moderate south-westerly will blow throughout 
Max Temp = 15 degC
Min Temp = 8 degC
Sunrise at 07:01
Sunset at 18:54

Weathertrack: High pressure covering Britain will move rapidly east. Atlantic depressions will track to the far north affecting Scotland only
Air Pressure: 1026 millibars and falling slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I often imagine a world with no hypothetical situations :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Never Mind The Buzzcocks - John Barrowman banter

8. TRIVIA
Off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, killer whales often come to “rubbing beaches”—shallow bays lined with smooth rocks. The whales rub their bodies against the rocks, and scientists believe the action may be for no other reason than the sheer pleasure of it.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Your character is determined by how you challenge yourself, and how you wrestle with your problems, in a way that is unique to you. This is how character is polished and becomes diamond-like. 

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