THURSDAY 9th OCTOBER 2014 06:33 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (9th October 1944)
On the Russian Front...
14th Army of Soviet Karelian Front continues attacking toward Petsamo
Soviet 4th Ukrainian Front attacks German 1st Panzer Army and 1st Hungarian Army in eastern Hungary 
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front completes the destruction of Hungarian 3rd Army

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army attacks the Breskens pocket and advances toward Woensdrecht 
US 1st Army attacks around Bardenberg, Mariadorf, and Schmidt
US 3rd Army attacks Maizieres-les-Metz but loses Fossieux in a German counterattack 
US 7th Army advances in the Foret de Parroy with German forces withdrawing overnight 
French 1st Army, attacking around Le Thillot, captures Trougemount
Le Havre is opened to Allied shipping

In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine sub chaser UJ-1711 and a merchant vessel are sunk by RAF aircraft off Norway 

In the Aegean Sea...
Greek vessel Aghios Matthaios is sunk by RN submarine Virtue
Kriegsmarine torpedo boat TA-38 (ex Italian Spada) severely damaged by aircraft from RN carrier Stalker and subsequently destroyed at Volos

Albania...
British 2nd Commando, 40th Royal Marine Commando, and Albanian partisans capture Sarande (aka Saranda, Agii Saranda) and take 600 German prisoners
German forces begin evacuating Albania

Italy...
British 8th Army advances north along Highway 71 while German forces counterattack around San Paola 
US 5th Army attacks around Monte Cauala, Barga, Monterumici, Livergnano, La Villa, and Gesso 
USN destroyer Eberle bombards coastal targets

In the Pacific...
USN aircraft carrier Randolph is commissioned 

A company of US 321st Infantry Regiment lands on and captures Garekayo Island
US 1st Marine Division resumes attacks against the Japanese pocket on Peleliu Island

Japanese vessel Tokuwa Maru is sunk by USN submarines Becuna and Hawkbill in the South China Sea
Japanese vessel Tachibana Maru is sunk by USN submarine Sawfish in the South China Sea
Japanese vessel Shinki Maru is sunk by USN submarine Croaker off Kyushu

In China...
Chiang Kai-shek condemns flawed US strategy as the reason for Japanese success in south-eastern China

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

Today's Air Raids...
Schweinfurt, Koblenz, Mainz and Gustavsburg, Germany by US 8th Air Force
Euskirchen Bridge, Germany by US 9th Air Force
Bochum, Wilhelmshaven and airfields at Dusselforf, Krefeld and Saarbrucken, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
London by V-2 rockets
Bologna and Sabbioso, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Iwo Jima and Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Rabaul, New Britain by USN TDR-1 experimental remote-controlled drones
Samate, Faan airfield, Langgoer airfield, and Manokwari, New Guinea by US FEAF
Ceram Island, Ambon Island, Boeroe Island, and Halmahera Island by US FEAF 
Tanchuk, Tengyun, Anking, and Amoy, China by US 14th Air Force 
Manyut, Nyaunggon, Pinhe, Mawhun, Mawlu, Katha, and Lashio, Burma by US 10th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging and online promotional work
Housework
Meditation/Me Time
Son Time
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
It was gratifying to see Son and Missus perkier yesterday and I would like to think I made a difference! Son is already discovering for himself that making a difference is what makes you feel fulfilled at the end of the day.

With my personal situation quiet I have another golden opportunity to strengthen my concentration skills and to practise living intuitively. The internal silence which I can now create is truly blissful beyond any other experience, and when I can maintain it indefinitely, life will be heaven-on-earth completely regardless of circumstances. 

I have up to now believed that blissful ignorance would have been preferable to my actual experience, but I am now reviewing that opinion, because internal silence is a bliss beyond price. Of course, that is easy to say while circumstances are benign. I intend to have focus robust enough to live in Higher Consciousness regardless of circumstance

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What is the most blissful situation you can imagine?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry start, but showers, some heavy,  soon arrive and will persist all day.       Showers will finally peter out mid-evening and it will be dry thereafter
An initially southerly moderate wind will swing south-westerly from late morning
Max Temp = 11 degC
Min Temp = 10 degC
Sunrise at 07:22
Sunset at 18:25
Daylight - 11 hours 3 minutes

Weathertrack: A strong depression that has been dominating the North Atlantic will weaken and move across Britain today into the upper North Sea
Air Pressure: 990 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I've got a bruise in the shape of a Belgian city - I Bruges easily :D 

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Mock The Week - The Most Offensive Jokes Compilation 

8. TRIVIA
Bears live as long as 30 years in the wild. One captive brown bear lived to the age of 47.

9. ZEN WISDOM
We are not defeated by adversity but by the loss of the will to strive. However devastated you may feel, so long as you have the will to fight on, you can surely triumph.