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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (17th September
1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 3rd Baltic Front destroys German 18th Army around Tartu
Polish 1st Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front secures fragile bridgehead across the Vistula in Warsaw overnight
Leon Degrelle takes command of 5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien
The German garrison evacuated from Suur-Tytarsaari Island
Kriegsmarine torpedo boat TA-18 sunk by patrolling Soviet aircraft in the Baltic
In the Netherlands...
Dutch railway workers go on strike in compliance with orders from government-in-exile in London
On the Western Front...
Elements of Canadian 1st Army begin an assault against the German garrison besieged at Boulogne
Operation Market-Garden:
RAF Bomber Command sends 112 aircraft to attack AA positions in the Netherlands during the day. US 8th Air Force attacks AA positions, airfields, and other installations in the Netherlands with 800 bombers and 503 fighters.
Sixteen fighter groups of US 8th Air Force escort transports dropping 1st Allied Airborne Army in the Netherlands. RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force maintains strong fighter patrols and supports ground forces in the Netherlands
Allied 1st Airborne Army lands in the Netherlands while British 2nd Army attempts to open a corridor eastward
British 1st Airborne Division drops near Arnhem and seizes the bridge over the Lower Rhine
US 82nd Airborne Division drops around Grave, captures the bridge over Maas-Waal canal, and attacks toward Nijmegen
US 101st Airborne Division drops outside Eindhoven, captures bridges, and attacks toward the city
General Frederick Browning lands by glider south of Nijmegen with British 1st Airborne Corps headquarters
30th Corps of British 2nd Army attacks toward Eindhoven and reaches Valkenswaard
US 1st Army attacks around Aachen and Schnee Eifel
US 3rd Army is heavily engaged around Metz and Arnaville
US 7th Army pushes north toward Moselle River
VIII Corps of US 9th Army continues assaulting Brest
In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine patrol vessels V-1201 and V-1202 damaged by mines and are finished off by RAF aircraft
Kriegsmarine motor minesweeper R-171 hits a wreck and sinks
Italy...
British 8th Army attacks around Vallecchia, Cerasolo, Monte Oliva, and San Fortunato
US 5th Army attacks
around Lucca, Monte Liguana, Il Giogo Pass, Monte Altuzzo, Monte
Pratone, Monte Monticelli, Marcoiano, Torricela Hill, and Monte
Peschiena
In the Atlantic...
U-855 and U-865 vanish, causes unknown
In the Pacific...
US 1st Marine Division engaged in heavy fighting against Japanese 2nd Infantry Regiment on Peleliu Island
US 81st Infantry Division, supported by USN Task Group 31.1, lands on Angaur Island, defended by a Japanese infantry battalion
US 31st Infantry Division expands and consolidates its' beachhead on Morotai Island without opposition
Japanese vessel Shinai Maru is sunk by USN PBY aircraft off the East Indies
In China...
As Japanese forces advance, US 14th Air Force evacuates airbases at Kweilin
Today's Air Raids...
Bremen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
London by nine V-2 rockets fired from the Netherlands
Eikenhorst V-Weapons Site, Netherlands by RAF Bomber Command
Budapest, Hungary by US 15th Air Force
Northern Italy military targets by US 12th Air Force
Nauru by US 7th Air Force
Samte, New Guinea by US FEAF
Mindanao Island, Celebes Isand and Ambon Island by US FEAF
China shipping, rail lines, and other targets around Changsha, Hwangshapu, Kiyang, Nanyo, and elsewhere by US 14th Air Force
Northern Burma on military targets by US 10th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Meditation/Me Time
Online promotional work
Making Supper
Quality Missus Time
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
After a decade or so of practice, I can, in a calm environment easily move my consciousness between the "Player", the True Self that we are, to the "Character", the one that people see and know as Gary Blonder. So far my consciousness has never fully withdrawn from the Character to the Player, which is the objective of spirituality - to become one with the "Divine".
There has been an inner resistance to doing so. Experience as the character is intense - highs and lows are intensely felt. Of course this will inevitably involve loss and suffering, as well as thrills. When you shift consciousness into "The Witness", detachment occurs. Your experience ceases to be a "game" and becomes instead a movie. Everything happens automatically by itself.
After experiencing intense suffering, the choice of being The Player is a no-brainer, as you experience anaesthesia - suffering ends. However, once the suffering ends, you see the possibilities and opportunities for The Character, and you want to immerse yourself in the joy. But you cannot have it all ways. If you opt for detachment, you will detach not only from suffering but also from ecstasy.
With this life experience somewhat low on ecstasy until recently, I have been reluctant to let go of it. Amidst the ecstasy, you therefore get suffering, which though absent externally continues to have an impact through scarred memory.
Now I have experienced at least some ecstasy, I am finally ready for full detachment. Inevitably this experience will draw to a close anyway, and is already at best into the second half. Everything about the Character will have to be given up sooner or later anyway. I now have all the Character experience necessary and do not require any more to feel fulfilled.
I am at the point of having to overcome the last puff of resistance. It is like being thoroughly involved in a video game and consciously deciding to stop playing. It also feels like the last opportunity to decline a general anaesthetic.
I am however nevertheless ready. Any further intense experience would be only a repeat. It's time to put the console down. It's time to relax and count backwards from 100...
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you prepared to make a total commitment to what you really want?
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 = 17 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 06:43
Sunset at 19:19
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: 1016 millibars and static
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Girls, don't cry because its over, smile because his new girlfriend looks like a horse. :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Chris Turner live - very good! :D
8. TRIVIA
Oriental carpets are usually rich with symbolism. For example, large
Persian carpets often present a small-scale plan of a part of the
universe: Heaven above, with Earth below. Carpets also featured an
“X,” or an eight-petaled flower, which represents the Four Directions
(and, by extension, the World itself). Other symbols include a sky
door leading to Heaven and combs, which served as a remainder that
Allah demands high standards of cleanliness.
9. ZEN WISDOM
It is natural for human beings to look forward. Our eyes naturally look
ahead. In this sense, we are made for moving toward a goal.
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