FRIDAY 10th OCTOBER 2014 08:30 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (10th October 1944)
On the Russian Front...
63rd Naval Rifle Brigade of Soviet 14th Army lands behind German 6th Mountain Division in unsuccessful effort to cut off its line of retreat toward Petsamo
Under strong Soviet pressure and with retreat imminent, headquarters of German 20th Mountain Army orders the destruction of the nickel mine and processing facilities at Nikel
Soviet 2nd Baltic Front and 3rd Baltic Front attack around Riga 
German 16th Army and 18th Army withdraw into the Courland peninsula 
Soviet 51st Army reaches the coast at Palanga, isolating German 16th Army and 18th Army in the Courland peninsula
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front attacks around Cluj and Debrecen
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front captures Perovac
Kriegsmarine cruisers Prinz Eugen and Lutzow and destroyers Z-25, Z-35, and Z-36 bombard Soviet positions around Memel

In Moscow...
The Hungarian peace delegation receives authorization from Admiral Horthy to sign the armistice agreement.  

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army attacks Breskens pocket and advances toward Woensdrecht 
US 1st Army attacks around Bardenberg and Schmidt
With Aachen nearly encircled, US 1st Army calls for surrender of the German garrison
US 3rd Army recaptures Fossieux
French 1st Army expands its bridgehead across the Moselotte

Greece...
British SBS Bucket Force reaches Megara
Free Greek forces land on Lesbos Island and Chios Island without opposition
Greek vessels Aghia and Sophia are sunk by RN submarine Virtue

Italy...
British 8th Army advances as German forces withdraw from the Fiumicino river 
US 5th Army attacking around Monte Stanco, Monterumici, Livergnano, Monte-dell-Formiche, Monte della Tombe, Gesso, and Monte Casalino

In the Pacific...
US 1st Marine Division attacks the Japanese pocket on Peleliu Island

IJN guardboat Koei Maru is sunk by Free Dutch submarine Zwaardvisch off the East Indies
Japanese vessel Ejiri Maru is damaged by USN submarine Lapon off Luzon, subsequently running aground and exploding 
Japanese vessel Gokuku Maru is sunk by USN submarine Barb off Kyushu

In Burma...
Indian 5th Infantry Division of British 14th Army attacks Tiddim 

Today's Air Raids...
London by V-2 rockets
Cologne, Aschaffenburg, Pforzheim, Duisburg, and Dusseldorf, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Northern Italy on railways by US 15th Air Force
Iwo Jima, Nauru and Pagan Island by US 7th Air Force
Uramom and Sarmi, New Guinea by US FEAF
Balikpapan oilfield, Borneo by US FEAF
Halmahera Island, Wasile Bay, and Ambon Island by US FEAF 
Ryukyu Islands on installations and shipping by USN aircraft from Task Force 38 - 9 cargo ships, 1 minelayer, 1 sub-chaser, 3 minesweepers, 3 guardboats,
11 motor-torpedo-boats, and an escort vessel sunk, plus 30 Japanese aircraft destroyed
The Kunlong ferry, Tanchuk, Wuchou, and Dosing, China by US 14th Air Force 
Pinhe, Tawbon, Man Naung, and Momauk, Burma by US 10th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging and online promotional work
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV Comedy night      

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
It's another happy day in this character's little bubble-world, but I have no intention of simply sitting in it feeling smug. Benign circumstances are ideal times to self-develop, and in my case that's elevating my consciousness and self-promoting online.

I am getting the hang of higher consciousness, which essentially boils down to continual attention and focus on the moment. Once I can do it continually in benign circumstances, I will be sufficiently robust to master more challenging ones. Progress currently is pleasing!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How are you developing and strengthening yourself?      

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD 
Dry with sunny periods in the morning and most of the afternoon
Showers, some heavy, in the early evening
Dry and clear thereafter
A moderate south-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 13 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 07:24
Sunset at 18:23

Weathertrack: A depression over the North Sea will remain static and weaken Air Pressure: 1004 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I don't get even, I get odder. :D 

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Tim Vine Bits 

8. TRIVIA
The word "lesbian" was not applied to female-homosexuality until the 19th Century. Before that, it simply referred to an inhabitant of the Greek Island of Lesbos. On that island was the home of female Ancient Greek poet Sappho (612-570 BC approx) who wrote female-homoerotic poetry. With a revival of literary interest in Sappho in the Victorian era, the terms "sapphic" and "lesbian" acquired their modern meaning. Lesbos Island is now a tourist attraction for lesbians worldwide who come to visit where Sappho lived.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Happiness doesn’t exist on the far side of distant mountains. It is within you, yourself. Not you, however, sitting in idle passivity. It is to be found in the vibrant dynamism of your own life as you struggle to challenge and overcome one obstacle after another, as you clamber up a perilous ridge in pursuit of that which lies beyond.