TUESDAY 9th SEPTEMBER 2014 07:48 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (9th September 1944)
On the Russian Front...
The Soviets agree to a ceasefire in Bulgaria, where the invasion has met no resistance. However the Muraviev government is toppled by a coup, and Kimon Georgiev becomes prime minister, backed by the Bulgarian Communist Party.

The Soviet government agrees to allow RAF and USAAF aircraft to use Soviet bases when flying supply missions to the Polish Home Army in Warsaw

Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front and 4th Ukrainian Front attacking German 1st Panzer Army around Dukla Pass in southern Poland

The new German Army Group E takes responsibility for Macedonia

At Goteborg, Sweden...
2654 British internees and POWs are exchanged for 2233 German internees and POWs

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army besieges Le Havre, Boulogne, and Calais while other elements capture Ostend and Nieuport and attack cross the Ghent-Bruges canal 
British 2nd Army attacks to enlarge bridgeheads across the Albert canal at Beeringen and Gheel 
US 1st Army advances around Maastricht, Verviers, and Limbourg 
US 3rd Army is heavily engaged around Thionville, Metz, and Nancy 
US 7th Army captures Baume and Seez and advances toward Dijon 
Honfleur is bombarded by RN monitor Erebus 

In Italy...
British 8th Army is held up along Gemmano ridge and San Savino-Coriano ridge 

In the Atlantic...
U-484 is sunk by RN frigate Helmsdate and corvette Porchester Castle

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessels Tokiwasan Maru and Shoryu Maru are sunk by USN submarine Bang 
IJN auxiliary sub chasers Cha-8 and Cha-9 are sunk by mines off Sumatra 
Japanese vessel Shonan Maru is sunk by USN submarine Seal in the Sea of Okhotsk
Japanese vessel Tsinan Maru is sunk by a mine in the East China Sea
Japanese vessels Toyoka Maru and Mansu are sunk by USN submarine Queenfish off the Philippines
Many small vessels of Japanese coastal convoy sunk by cruiser Birmingham and four destroyers of USN Task Force 38

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
Japanese 11th Army advances toward Chuanhsien
Yungchia operation: 
Nashioka Detachment of Japanese 13th Army captures Wenchow (aka Yungchia) without opposition 

Today's Air Raids...
Mannheim, Mainz, Dusseldorf, transportation routes and targets of opportunity in Germany by US 8th Air Force 
Monchengladbach and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Belfort, Mulhouse, and Freiburg, France by US 12th Air Force
Netherlands and Belgium targets of opportunity by US 8th Air Force fighters
Bologna, Genoa, Turin, and in the Po Valley, Italy by US 12th Air Force 
Nauru by US 7th Air Force
Palau Islands on Japanese airfields and military positions by US FEAF
Babo, Manokwari, Moemi, and Ransiki, New Guinea by US FEAF
Owi Island and Biak Island by Japanese Aircraft 
Celebes Island, Ceram Island, Halmahera Island, Ambon Island, and Boeroe Island by US FEAF
Mindanao Island on ports, airfields and military facilities by carrier-based USN aircraft from Task Force 38, sinking 4 cargo ships and many smaller vessels
China towns, river traffic, bridges, and other targets around Kiyang, Lingling, and elsewhere by US 14th Air Force
Manwing, Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework
Online promotional work
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,790 (down 5)
Nonfollowed Eliminated = 3
Unfollowers Eliminated = 2
@nipconnections, @KupidsPlay
New Followers = 0 

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Internal silence is very much at the forefront of my agenda at the moment, as my thought unrestrained tends to wander into all manner of dark places, many not even memories or genuine worries but imagined scenarios. What's going on is the mental equivalent of an allergy - the mind attempting to protect me inappropriately and actually causing harm. 

My consciousness did not have any choice over the brain (hardware) or mind (software) it was given, so it's a case of accepting that it's not the most efficient kit and to adopt practices and disciplines that prevent "overheating".

I often wonder about the power I could wield if all my knowledge and effort spent on keeping internal order was instead used to influence others - how awesome! Perhaps it is best for the sake of others that it is not! I am fully aware how power corrupts and distorts perspective. My perspective right now is almost ideal from the point of teaching and healing and I would not want to alter it. 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you doing things that are good for your mind? 

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout with frequent sunny periods and clear skies after dusk
Wind negligible
Max Temp = 16 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 06:29
Sunset at 19:39

Weathertrack: High Pressure centred over Britain will drift slowly east
Air Pressure: 1022 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If you line up all the cars in the world end to end, one driver would be stupid enough to try to pass them. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!  
Mock The Week - Unlikely things to hear on a Children's TV Programme 

8. TRIVIA
Grinning or pulling the lip is a sign of aggression in monkeys, along with yawning, head bobbing, and jerking the head and shoulders forward.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The fortitude to fight on through to the very end—this strength is not only the basis of happiness, it is also the force by which social wrongs can be righted.