WEDNESDAY 15th OCTOBER 2014 07:16 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (15th October 1944)
On the Russian Front...
14th Army of Soviet Karelian Front captures Petsamo
Soviet 3rd Baltic Front captures Riga - the group is then disbanded by STAVKA
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front attacks towards Debrecen
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front and Tito's partisans fight their way into Belgrade 
Red Army and Tito's partisans capture Nis
Kriegsmarine cruisers Prinz Eugen and Lutzow and destroyers Z-25, Z-35, and Z-36 bombard Soviet positions around Memel

In the Baltic...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-3619 is sunk by Soviet submarine Lembit

Germany...
Goebbels announces the death of Rommel from wounds suffered in Normandy

On the Western Front...
US 1st Army fights its way into Aachen and advances toward Schmidt in the Huertgen Forest sector
US 7th Army attacks around Bruyeres 

In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-5716 is sunk by Allied aircraft off Norway
Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-2016 is sunk by RN MTBs off the Netherlands

Hungary...
Budapest publicly announces its request for an armistice 
General Bela Miklos, commanding Hungarian 1st Army, crosses to the Soviets 
General Lajos Dalnoki-Veress, commanding Hungarian 2nd Army, is arrested by Germans 
German troops occupy Budapest
Otto Skorzeny and his German commandos kidnap Horthy's son and fly him to Vienna - the German ambassador warns Horthy that his son will be executed at the slightest sign of Hungarian treachery 

Greece...
Greek minesweepers Kaso and Kos and Dutch vessel Petronella are sunk and RN minesweepers Larne and Clinton are damaged by mines in the channel leading to Piraeus
British Arkforce arrives Piraeus in the evening
RN Force A moves into the northern Aegean with three escort carriers and four destroyers to intercept German movements 
Free Greek forces land on Naxos Island and the German garrison subsequently surrenders

Albania...
The German Ministry in Tirana is closed 
Albanian partisans liberate Vlore 

Italy...
British 8th Army captures Monte della Vacche, Monte Burratini, and Gambettola

In the Pacific...
Japanese aircraft from Formosa fly 199 sorties against USN Task Force 38
US aircraft begin using Angaur airfield
Japanese vessel No. 2 Kaiyo Maru is sunk by Free Dutch submarine Zwaardvisch off the East Indies
USN mine vessels capture Ngulu Atoll and begin sweeping the lagoon

In China...
In a Japanese military reorganization, Headquarters of Japanese 20th Army arrives from Manchuria and assigned 27th, 64th, 68th, and 116th Infantry Divisions, and placed under command of Sixth Area Army

Burma...
Operation Capital: 
Allied forces of Northern Combat Area Command open an offensive from Mogaung-Myitkyina area southward toward Bhamo-Shwegu-Indaw
Chinese 38th Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command advances southward down the Bhamo road
Chinese 22nd Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command advances south toward Shwegu
British 36th Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command advances south from Namma, followed by Chinese 50th Infantry Division
In the Arakan, West African 81st Infantry Division advances into Kaladan valley

Today's Air Raids...
Clologne, Monheim, Reisholz, Heligoland Naval Base and military targets in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Sorpe Reservoir, Hamburg, Saarbrucken, Dusseldorf, Kassel, and Wilhelmshaven (destroying U-777) by RAF Bomber Command
London by four V-2 rockets
Po Valley Bridges, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Rabaul, New Britain by experimental TDR-1 drones
Sagan Airfield, New Guinea by US FEAF
Ceram Island, Halmahera Island, and Flores Island by US FEAF
Luzon on airfields and military targets by USN aircraft from Task Force 38.4
Iwo Jima by US 7th Air Force
White Cloud, Hong Kong, Amoy, and Tajungchiang, China by US 14th Air Force 
Mohnyin, Man Naung, Kyungyi, Mawhun, Manwing, Muse, Onbauk, Indaw, and Thabeikkyin, Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Nursing!
Online promotional work
Meditation

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New Followers = 2
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Son's cold has turned out to be full-blown flu, and Missus, making little progress in her recovery - I will be nursing for some time to come! On the plus side, considerable money has been saved on the grocery and Viagra bill, and with little catering to do I've had more laptop time.

As hoped for, a sore throat I had yesterday has eased, suggesting that my immune system will fight off all viral attacks this time. It will now be a case of allowing my intuition to guide me into the best use of this extra time.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How well do you adapt to sudden changes of circumstance?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Damp and cloudy in the morning. 
Drizzle arrives in the afternoon, turning to persistent heavy rain in the late evening
A moderate north-easterly will turn easterly in the afternoon
Max Temp = 11 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 07:34
Sunset at 18:11

Weathertrack: A very large depression in the Atlantic will extend over Britain and sweep weather fronts across the country
Air Pressure: 1007 millibars and falling

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I've been drinking yoghurt all day and now I'm completely Mullered :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Mock The Week: Unlikely things for a continuity announcer to say

8. TRIVIA
Until the nineteenth century, some inhabitants of the islands in the South Pacific considered sharks to be gods and offered human sacrifices to them.   

9. ZEN WISDOM
By helping other people become happy, we too become happy. How can those suffering in the depths of hell, who have lost the will to live, get back on their feet? Merely thinking about our own problems often causes us to fall even deeper into despair. But, by offering a hand to someone who is also suffering, we ourselves regain the will to live. Taking action out of concern for others enables us to heal our own lives.