SATURDAY 6th SEPTEMBER 2014 08:15 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (6th September 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 48th Army captures Ostroleka
2nd Hungarian Army's counterattacks against the pro-Soviet Romanian 4th Army are brought to a standstill south of Cluj by Soviet reinforcements 
40th Army and 7th Guards Army of Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front attack German 8th Army on the Hungarian border 
53rd Army of Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front crosses the Danube and advances into Yugoslavia 

In Belgium...
The first ever V-2 attack is launched - unsuccessfully - against Paris

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army advancing around Calais and St Omer
British 2nd Army are clearing German forces from Ghent and Antwerp
US 1st Army advances across the Meuse River around Dinant and Sedan 
US 3rd Army attacks across the Moselle River around Nancy
US 7th Army captures Chalon-sur-Saone and prepares to assault Besancon

In the United Kingdom...
The blackout is ended and the Home Guard stood down.

In Bulgaria...
Communist-inspired civil unrest, strikes, and mutinies begin 
German military mission are ordered to leave the country immediately
There are skirmishes between Bulgarian troops and small German units attempting to withdraw

In Yugoslavia...
Troops of Nedic's puppet Serbian administration openly join Mihailovic's Cetniks

In Italy...
British 8th Army engaged around Coriano ridge, Croce-Gemmano sector, and Pian di Castello
US 5th Army is regrouping and probing enemy positions 

In the Pacific...
USN destroyers Ellet and Downes bombard Aguijan Island
Japanese vessel Eiji Maru is sunk by a mine in the South China Sea
IJN auxiliary minesweeper No. 3 Eguchi Maru is sunk by USN submarine Albacore off Japan

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
Japanese 11th Army advances toward US 14th Air Force airfield at Lingling
Japanese 23rd Army begins preliminary movements from Canton area toward Wuchow

Today's Air Raids...
Emden and Hamburg, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Le Havre, France by RAF Bomber Command
Brest, France by US 9th Air Force
Hungary, Yugoslavia and Romania on railway targets by US 15th Air Force
Iwo Jima, Marcus Island, Pagan Island and Truk Atoll  by US 7th Air Force
Yap Island by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Group 38.4
Palau Islands Fighter sweeps by USN carrier-based aircraft
Manokwari, Moemi, Ransiki, Waren, Nabire, Suain, and Napido, New Guinea by US FEAF  
Mindanao Island, Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, and military targets in the East Indies by US FEAF           
Yiyang, Lingkuantien, Hengyang, and transportation targets elsewhere in China by US 14th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
My quest for Internal Silence is not simply a whimsical aspiration for spritual experience - for me it is a mental health necessity! Uncensored chains of thought send my focus it to all kinds of dark scenarios - I have been frequently plagued by daymares - nightmarish daydreams. 

When I silence my mind I cut off the "fuel supply" for these experiences and experience peace instead. However internal silence takes a high level of concentration that has to be maintained every day by practice. I have only now begun to understand what's required to maintain true inner peace, but I intend to apply myself to maintain it.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you doing everything necessary to maintain your wellbeing?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Showers in the morning, some heavy.
Dry with cloud thinning from noon, but there may be an isolated shower in the early evening.
A light north-westerly will swing slowly westerly in the evening
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 12 deg
Sunrise at 06:24
Sunset at 19:46

Weathertrack: A weak depression in the North Sea extending over Britain will remain static
Air Pressure: 1015 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I didn't find out what happiness means until I got married... and then it was too late. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!  
Frankie Boyle's rehabilitation programme

8. TRIVIA
In ancient Rome, an infant was placed at the father’s feet shortly after birth. If the father took the child into his arms, it showed he accepted responsibility for its upbringing. If the baby was not accepted, it was be abandoned and left to die. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
Whatever your circumstances, whatever your past, the forces that determine your future are nowhere but within your own heart and mind. It is here that the star of your destiny shines.