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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (3rd October 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Finnish forces capture Taivalkoski in northern Finland
Hitler approves gradual withdrawal of Rendulic's German 20th Mountain Army from northern Finland to the Lyngen line in Norway, and also the complete withdrawal of all German forces from Greece, Macedonia, and Albania.

Soviet forces land on Dago (Hiiumaa) Island in the Baltic Sea, and the German garrison immediately evacuates
Soviet 57th Army defeats elements of German Army Group F in the Negotin sector south of Turnu Severin
Soviet 46th Army captures Pancevo near Belgrade
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front links up with Tito's partisans and advances towards Belgrade
With Belgrade threatened, Premier Nedic dissolves Serbian Ustase Government 

Bor-Komorowski, commanding Polish Home Army, signs surrender agreement in Warsaw in the early morning hours, with the promise that civilians will be safely evacuated from the ruined city and soldiers will be treated as legal combatants
On Bor-Komorowski's orders, General Okulicki escapes Warsaw to assume command of Polish Home Army forces outside the city. 


On the Western Front...
US 1st Army attacks around Overloon and is fighting house-to-house in Uebach 
US 3rd Army attacks north and south of Metz
US 7th Army continues attacking in the Foret de Parroy 

In the North Sea...
New German Hansa vessel No. 922 is sunk by patrolling Allied aircraft

In the Aegean...
RN Force A resumes operations to intercept German withdrawal from the islands 
German vessel Berta is sunk by RN submarine Unswerving
Kriegsmarine vessel GM-03 is sunk by French submarine Curie 

Italy...
US 5th Army attacks around Monte Vigese, Campiano, Monte dell Galletto, Quinzano, Sassoleone, Monte Battaglia, and Monte Ceco 
USN destroyer Plunkett bombards German positions along the coast on US 5th Army front
USN destroyer Niblack attacks San Remo harbor, destroying one Italian MAS boat and damaging three others

In the USA...
Joint Chiefs of Staff issues a directive for the invasion of Luzon and the capture of Iwo Jima and the Ryukyu Islands

In the Pacific...
IJN guardboat No. 28 Nanshin Maru is sunk by USN submarine Thresher 
IJN submarine I-177 sunk by USN destroyer escort Samuel S. Miles off Angaur Island 
USN destroyer escort Shelton is sunk by IJN submarine RO-41 off Morotai Island 
USN submarine Seawolf mistakenly sunk with all hands by USN destroyer escort Richard M. Rowell
Japanese vessel Azuchisan Maru, previously damaged, is sunk by USN submarine Aspro off the Philippines

US 1st Marine Division continues reducing the Japanese pocket on Peleliu Island 

China...
Fuchou operation: 
Japanese 62nd Independent Mixed Brigade attacks Chinese 80th Infantry Division around Fouchou

Today's Air Raids...
Paris and London by V-2 rockets
Nuremberg, Wesseling, Gaggenau, Lachen, Gieblstadt and targets of opportunity in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Kassel, Aschaffenburg, Pforzheim, Munster, and Kamen by RAF Bomber Command
Westkappelle Seawall, Walcheren Island by RAF Bomber Command
Po Valley, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima and Pagan Island by US 7th Air Force
Otawiri and Fak Fak, New Guinea by US FEAF
Balikpapan Oilfield, Borneo by US FEAF
Ambon Island, Ceram Island, Halmahera Island, Celebes Island, and Boeroe Island by US FEAF
Pingnam, Wuchou, Samshui, Canton, Tien Ho, and White Cloud, China by US 14th Air Force bombers
Hsinganhsien, Pingnam, Chuanhsien, and other targets south of the Yangtze River in China by US 14th Air Force fighters

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Meditation
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV Comedy Night

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Unfollowers Eliminated = 2
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New Followers = 3
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I would have preferred an easier mind to manage than this one! It needs regular disciplines to manage it and prevent it going loopy. The paradox is that it is the very fact that it is hard to manage that has led me to the wisdom and joy that I have latterly experienced.

On balance, I think I would have preferred easy-going blissful ignorance to the roller-coaster ride of this character, but it wasn't its destiny. For the final third, I am ready to leave my character behind, let it run on automatic and allow my consciousness to rise to the universal, now I know how to do it. 

I have now experienced bliss as this character and the joys of a loving happy home, but inevitably the bliss like suffering will cycle and ultimately pass. Having now experienced all the spokes of the wheel, I am ready to rise above it.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What conclusions have you reached about yourself?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD 
Dry throughout with sunny/clear periods
A moderate south-westerly will blow throughout
Max temp = 17 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 07:12
Sunset at 18:39

Weathertrack: A weather front approaching from the north will pass through Britain overnight but then high pressure will build from the south

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
You know you live in a small place when your Rice Krispies echo. :D 

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Paul Elia on Language Barriers

8. TRIVIA
Although anorexia is more common among young people than any other age group, it is more deadly in the elderly. From 1986 to 1990, the elderly accounted for 78% of all deaths due to anorexia.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Great work is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself.