Monday, 22 September 2014

THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX, TUESDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 2014 07:05 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (23rd September 1944)
In the Arctic...
Soviet corvette SKR-29 is sunk by U-957

In Moscow...
US and British ambassadors in Moscow meet with Stalin and renew request for aid to the Polish Home Army in Warsaw

On the Russian Front...
Sovet 2nd Shock Army captures Parnu
Polish 1st Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front takes heavy losses around Magnuszew in an effort to relieve Warsaw
Last German convoy departs Tallinn

On the Western Front...
Operation Market-Garden: 
Reinforcements arrive for Polish 1st Parachute Brigade and US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions
British 1st Airborne Division under heavy attack in deteriorating conditions in the Oosterbeek-Hartenstein sector 
British 2nd Army attacks to expand the airborne corridor 

US 3rd Army makes progress with attacks in its sector 
US 7th Army attacks around Epinal and crossing the Moselle River 

Greece...
British SBS Bucket Force paratroopers drop on Araxos airfield near Patras and capture it unopposed
German vessel Orion is sunk by patrolling Allied aircraft in the Aegean

Italy...
British 8th Army crosses the Marechhia River and advances north 
US 5th Army advances through Gothic Line positions 
The Republic of San Marino declares war on Germany 

In the Pacific...
IJN guardboat No. 6 Choyo Maru is sunk by USN submarine Apogon
Japanese vessels Toshu Maruand Heiho Maru are sunk by patrolling USN PBY aircraft offf the East Indies

US 1st Marine Division, reinforced by 321st Infantry Regiment of 81st Infantry Division, continues attacking against fierce Japanese resistance on Peleliu Island 
US 81st Infantry Division attacks the Japanese pocket on Angaur Island
323rd Infantry Regiment of US 81st Infantry Division secures undefended Ulithi Atoll

Under strong pressure from Tokyo, the Japanese puppet Republic of the Philippines government declares war on the United States


In the Indian Ocean...
U-859 is sunk by RN submarine Trenchant off Malaya 

Today's Air Raids...
Wels, Germany by US 15th Air Force
Neuss, the Dortmund-Ems canal, Munster and Bochum, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Brux, Czechoslovakia by US 15th Air Force
Northern Italy military targets by US 12th Air Force, transportation routes by US 15th Air Force 
Manokwari, Moemi, and Ransiki, New Guinea by US FEAF
Celebes Island and Halmahera Island by US FEAF 
Chichi Jima, Haha Jima, and Ani Jima by US 7th Air Force 
China towns, docks, and other targets around Kuanyang, Yungming, Amoy, and elsewhere by US 14th Air Force
Northern Burma by US 10th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Online promotional work
Meditation/Me Time
Night out with Son

Twitter Followers = 1,801 (up 1)
Nonfollowed Eliminated = 0
Unfollowers Eliminated = 0

New Followers = 1

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Freed from some of the distractions of the Summer, I am free to focus on the three-pronged important things, namely my business, spiritual and domestic lives, with clear plans and intentions for each. Consequently, Monday went fully according to plan - there was no wasted time that I can remember. 

Facebook provided some annoyance in that there is a bug on the fan pages, which causes posts to double up, but delete one and both disappear! However now I am aware of this I can work around it. Today, through the wonders of the Digital Revolution, let's see if I can raise my profile just by tapping a few keys on a keyboard.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have a clear direction you intend to go in?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry with sunny intervals for most of the day. 
Rain arrives around dusk and will be heavy at times
From midnight the rain will break up into intermittent heavy showers
A moderate south-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 15 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 06:54
Sunset at 19:04

Weathertrack: A strong cold front will move south across Britain today. High pressure will briefly build behind it. 

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Is a fly with no wings a walk? :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Graham Norton Show - Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry discuss Simon Cowell 

8. TRIVIA
The heaviest known normal human brain belonged to the Russian Writer Ivan Turgenev, who died in 1883. His brain weighed 4.43 pounds, more than a pound heavier than the average male brain.

9. ZEN WISDOM
A person’s true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity.     
      
          

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