SUNDAY 26th OCTOBER 2014 08:04 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (26th October 1944)
On the Russian Front...

German 3rd Panzer Army and Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front are heavily engaged in East Prussia
40th Army of Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front and 18th Army of Soviet 4th Ukrainian Front link up around Mukhachevo

Norway...
Soviet 14th Army captures an airfield west of Kirkenes and Munkelv
Soviet destroyers Baku, Gremyaschchi, Razumny, and Razyarenny bombard Vardo and Vadso
Operation Athletic: RN task force with carrier Implacable, cruisier Mauritius, and six destroyers attacks targets along Norwegian coast

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army continues attacking the Breskens pocket and fights its way up the Beveland peninsula while conducting amphibious landing near Barrland  
British 2nd Army attacks toward Tilburg and fights its way into 's Hertogenbosch 
US 3rd Army attacks around Maizieres-les-Metz 
US 7th Army attacks toward St Die 

France...
US tanker Rouseville is sunk by a mine in the River Seine

In the Aegean...
RN cruiser Aurora and destroyers Tetcott and Tyrian bombard Milos Island
Free Greek and SBS forces land on Melos and Tilos Islands but are subsequently forced to withdraw from both

Albania...
Prime Minister Ibrahim Bicaku and his Albanian collaborationist government resign. Bicaku, rather than fleeing into exile, decides to remain in Albania

Italy...
British 8th Army attacks around Predappio Nuovo
Autumnal heavy rains and flooding begins, ending all major operations.

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Kompira Maru is sunk by aircraft off Shimushiru Island
Japanese vessel Seito Maru is sunk by a mine off Sumatra
Japanese vessels Kaiko Maru and Doei Maru are sunk by patrolling USAAF aircraft in the South China Sea

Battle of Leyte Gulf Day 4
IJN light cruisers Kinu and Noshiro and destroyer Uranami are sunk by USN carrier-based aircraft off Panay Island, whilst IJN destroyer Hayashim is severely damaged and run aground off Semirara Island

IJN destroyer Nowaki are sunk by USN light cruisers and destroyers off Luzon

Remaining IJN forces withdraw from the battle 

The battle has been a decisive American victory. Japanese naval power has been smashed. As a consequence there is nothing to prevent the ongoing buildup of American forces on Leyte Island and the Japanese can no longer protect their transportation routes between the oilfields of the East Indies and Japan. 

Japanese vessels Taishu Maru and Taihaku Maru are sunk by USN submarine Drum off Luzon 
Japanese vessel Taiyo Maru is sunk by USN by submarine Icefish off Luzon 
Japanese vessel No. 7 Takasago Maru is sunk by USN submarine Rock 

On Leyte Island, US 6th Army attacking around Santa Fe, Pastrana, Tabontabon, Tanauan, Buri airstrip, and Guinarona
USN aircraft temporarily based at Tacloban airfield on Leyte Island on an emergency basis conduct more than 90 combat sorties

US FEAF aircraft attack IJN warships west of Leyte Island, sinking light cruiser Abukuma and damaging battleship Haruna

China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
Chinese 46th Army and 64th Army attack Japanese 23rd Army around Kueiping

Burma...
Chinese 22nd Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command, advancing south toward Shwegu, reaches the former Broadway airstrip used during Chindit operations 
British 36th Infantry Divsion of Northern Combat Area Command, advancing south from Mogaung, mops up around Mawhun

Today's Air Raids...
Bielefeld, Munster, Mittelland Canal, Minden Aqueduct, Bottrop, Hanover and targets of opportunity in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Leverkusen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Antwerp by nine V-2 rockets
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Nauru by US 7th Air Force
Cape St.George, New Ireland by TDR-1 drones
Rabaul, New Britain by RAAF
Uramom, New Guinea by US FEAF
Molucca Islands on military targets by US FEAF
Luzon Island and Mindanao Island by US FEAF
Luichow peninsula, Dosing, Takhing, Menghsu, Kweiping, and Hsuchang, China by US 14th Air Force
Pyinmana, Lewe, and Kantha, Burma by RAF aircraft 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Me Time
Lunch
Meditation
Online promotional work
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
After something like a normal week, the other two are off for half term and under my feet again! However, Son will be at college anyway at least some of the time to keep up with project work.

My stint at the Weekend job was somewhat humbling in that it was clear that my training and raised consciousness did not prevent my moods being vulnerable to circumstances, even small inconsequential ones. However I did recover quickly from all of them and didn't in any way "lose it".

I thank that acceptance of the way this bodymind reacts to stimuli is something that needs to be accepted and managed rather than resented, and I need to press on with my objectives regardless. In some ways, the full acceptance of my vulnerabilities is a strength. I am fortunate that I am now mostly in an an environment that doesn't generally expose those vulnerabilities, allowing me to make an effective difference.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What do you do to manage your frailties and vulnerabilities?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy throughout, with a moderate to strong south-westerly wind
Max Temp = 13 degC
Min Temp = 11 degC
Sunrise at 06:55
Sunset at 16:46

Weathertrack: Britain lies between high pressure over Europe and a strong depression over Iceland, resulting in a wet and windy north-west and a dry and calm south-east
Air Pressure:1014 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Did Vkings send secret messages in Norse Code? :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Amy Blakewell on the Fountain Of Youth 

8. TRIVIA
Hillary Clinton wrote to NASA as a child inquiring how to become an astronaut. NASA replied that girls could not be astronauts.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The worst mistake you can make is to give up on yourself and stop challenging yourself for fear of failure. Keep moving forward with a firm eye on the future, telling yourself, “I’ll start from today!” “I’ll start afresh from now, from this very moment!”