THURSDAY 18th SEPTEMBER 2014 06:55 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (18th September 1944)
In Moscow...
Molotov informs the Finnish delegation they must accept the Soviet-proposed peace treaty within 24 hours or face occupation.

On the Russian Front...
Soviet 3rd Baltic Front advances through Estonia as the remnants of German 18th Army and Group Narva withdraw. An Estonian provisional government surfaces in Tallinn and declares neutrality.
US 8th Air Force drops 1284 containers of supplies around Warsaw, with about a quarter recovered by Polish Home Army, using 107 bombers, with two lost, which continue onward to Soviet bases with 64 fighter escorts
Soviets in Romania arrest Marshal Ion Antonescu
The evacuation of Corfu is authorized by OKW 
Tito departs Vis for Moscow 

In Germany...
Croatian leader Ante Pavelic meets with Hitler 

On the Western Front...
Operation Market-Garden: 
British 1st Airborne Division comes under heavy counter-attack in Arnhem
US 82nd Airborne Division attacks unsuccessfully toward Nijmegen
British 2nd Army reaches Eindhoven and continues to advance

US 1st Army attacks around Aachen, Lammersdorf, and Monschau 
US 3rd Army is heavily engaged around Metz and Luneville 
US 7th Army and French Army Group B regroup around Belfort

VIII Corps of US 9th Army captures Brest, but some German forces continue to resist in the Crozon peninsula 

In the North Sea...
Two Kriegsmarine minesweepers and two gun ferries are sunk by patrolling Allied aircraft 

In Italy...
British 8th Army attacks the Rimini Line 
US 5th Army attacks around Pietrasanta, Camaiore, Castelvecchio, Pistoia, Futa pass, and Femmina Morta

In the Mediterranean...
Two Kriegsmarine gun ferries are sunk by patrolling Allied destroyers

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Rokko Maru is sunk by USN submarine Pipefish
Japanese vessel Junyo Maru is sunk by RN submarine Tradewind off the East Indies, with loss of 1500 Allied POWs and 4000 local forced labourers
IJN auxiliary gunboat Saigon Maru sunk by USN submarine Flasher off the Philippines
Japanese vessel Gyoku Maru is sunk by USN submarine Thresher in the Yellow Sea

US 1st Marine Division is engaged in heavy fighting against Japanese 2nd Infantry Regiment on Peleliu Island
US 81st Infantry Division slowly expands the  beachhead on Angaur Island 
In China...
General Joseph Stilwell meets with Chiang Kai-shek about the further employment of Chinese troops

Today's Air Raids...
Lille and other targets in France by V-2 rockets launched from Germany
London by a V-2 rocket launched from The Netherlands
Bremerhaven and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Szeged, Budapest, and Szob, Hungary by US 15th Air Force 
Yugoslavia on transportation routes by US 15th Air Force
Rimini and the Po Valley, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Truk Atoll and Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Manokwari and Moemi, New Guinea by US FEAF
China on shipping, transportation lines, and other targets around Lingling, Taohsien, Chuanhsien, and elsewhere by US 14th Air Force
Northern Burma on military targets by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Kitchen housework
Online promotional work
Cooking supper
Quality Missus Time     

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Though I have set a course for the role of this character, that in no way means I have instantly become Buddha! My focus is not yet robust enough to be firm in the face of all distractions. Regarding late buses I did reasonably well yesterday but Daughter deciding to ring her mother right in the middle of tea time was somewhat more distracting. 

All three family members plus Daughter simply got annoyed by this badly-timed intrusion! Though not immune to distraction, at least I know what to do to restore balance - simply return focus upon The Witness, my True Self. The quieter times are opportunities to strengthen focus to increase its resistance to distractions. I will do so with the humility that comes with knowing you can become robust but not invincible.

Today is a golden opportunity for some important self-development and I intend to seize it.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have a clear vision of the person you intend to be?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout, but heavily overcast in the morning as a dawn fog slowly lifts.
Some sunny intervals in the late afternoon and the early evening.
Cloud will descend into fog once more overnight
A moderate north-easterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 18 degC
Min Temp = 14 degC
Sunrise at 06:45
Sunset at 19:16

Weathertrack: High Pressure over Russia will drift very slowly east. A Depression west of Spain will remain static. Britain, between the two, will stay in a generally easterly airflow.
Air Pressure: 1013 millibars and rising slowly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Today's forecast; severe attitude warnings throughout the day, scattered sarcasm, with a strong chance of annoyance this evening. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!  
Matt Taylor - The Gay Voice

8. TRIVIA
Anyone can check to see if his or her name is on the latest list of hurricane names at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Difficulties impede the progress of those who are weak. For the strong, however, they are an opportunity to open wide the doors to a bright future. Everything is determined by our attitude, by our resolve.