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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (20th October 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Kriegsmarine ASW vessel UJ-1219 sunk by Soviet submarine V-4 in the Arctic
14th Army of Soviet Karelian Front attacking toward Kirkenes
Finnish forces capture Sodankyla in northern Finland
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front pushing toward Gumbinnen
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front captures Debrecen
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front and Tito's partisans complete the liberation of Belgrade
Tito's partisans liberate Dubrovnik
Captured Rumanian submarines Rechinul, Marsuinul, and Delfinul commissioned into Soviet Navy as TS-1, TS-2, and TS-3

Albania...
Communist Council of Liberation convenes and proclaims the provisional government of Albania, electing Enver Hoxha as Prime Minister 

Norway...
Kriegsmarine destroyer Z-30 is severely damaged by mine at Oslofjord and written off   

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army continues attacking the Breskens pocket 
US 1st Army is fighting in Aachen 
US 7th Army attacks around Brouvelieures, Mortagne River, and Vervezelle

Italy...
British 8th Army captures San Carlo and Cesenatico
US 5th Army attacking around Monte Alcino, Monte Cuccoli, Farneto, Monte Grande, and Monte Romano but loses Monte Spadura in a German counterattack 

Palestine...
British authorities deport 251 Jewish militants to Eritrea

Egypt...
Churchill meets Mountbatten to discuss South-East Asia operations

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Oyo Maru and Ugo Maru are sunk by USN submarine Hammerhead 

Supported by USN 3rd Fleet, USN 7th Fleet lands four divisions of General Krueger's US 6th Army on Leyte Island. They are opposed by the 16th, 26th, 30th, and 102nd Infantry Divisions of Japanese 35th Army commanded by General Yamashita. US forces immediately advance inland on Leyte Island and capture Tacloban airfield, but are unable to join their northern and southern beachheads. General MacArthur, accompanied by General Kenney and others, wades ashore on Leyte Island and declares: "I have returned".

Today's Air Raids...
Bad Aibling airfield, Regensburg, and Rosenheim, Germany and Innsbruk, Austria by US 15th Air Force 
Brux, Czechoslovakia by US 15th Air Force
Po Valley bridges and rail lines, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Milan, Italy by US 15th Air Force 
Pagan Island by US 7th Air Force
Bougainville Island on military targets by TDR-1 drones
Ambon Island, Mindanao Island and Negros Island by US FEAF
Samshui, Kweiping, Kweiping, Menghsu, Shawan, Kaotienhsu, Pingnam, Hsenwi, Wuchou, Dosing, and Tanchuk, China by US 14th Air Force 
Naba, Wanling, and Nansiaung, Burma by US 10th Air Force fighters 
Mingaladon, Hmawbi, and Zayatkwin airfields, Burma by RAF aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework
Making supper
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
It's back to the "old routine" today, with Missus returning to work after a fortnight's illness. Only for a week though as then it's half-term! I enter it clear about what I'm doing and why I'm doing it, which frees up considerable mental capacity for staying focused in Higher Awareness and seizing opportunities as they arrive to fulfil this character's objectives.

I cannot recall my mind ever being in a better place! I have learned that paradise does not involve the absence of challenges but knowing how to respond to them. I am relishing this current experience and taking the opportunity to make the character more robust.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What are you doing to make yourself stronger?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy and mild with showers
Heavy rain arrives after midnight
A moderate south-westerly will blow throughout, strengthening after midnight
Max Temp = 11 degC
Min Temp = 11 degC
Sunrise at 07:43
Sunset at 17:59

Weathertrack: Britain is in a strong westerly air-flow. Ex-hurricane Gonzalo, riding this air flow, will arrive over Britain overnight.
Air Pressure: 1012 millibars and falling

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
We fell for each other at the Xmas Tree farm. It was love at firs site. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Russell Howard's Good News - Justin Bieber's fragrance

8. TRIVIA
The devastating 2011 earthquake in Japan created a massive 186-mile long and 93 mile wide rift 15 miles under the ocean. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
Patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse.