Sunday 2 November 2014

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (3rd November 1944)
On the Russian Front...
14th Army of Soviet Karelian Front halts and assumes defensive positions in northern Norway
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front advances to within four miles of Budapest

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army attacks on Walcheren Island and around Zevenbergen and Steenbergen 
British 2nd Army attacks around Canal du Nord
US 1st Army captures Schmidt and Kommerscheidt
French 1st Army attacks toward Gerardmer against strong opposition 
With "mopping up" of the Breskens pocket complete, Belgium is fully liberated.

Italy...
Due to deteriorating weather conditions, only skirmishing takes place on the front line.
USN destroyer Woolsey bombards German positions near French border 

In the Pacific...
US 6th Army attacks around Cappocan, Pinamopoan, Bloody Ridge, and Patok on Leyte Island, and Bayug airfield becomes operational for US aircraft
USN light cruiser Reno is torpedoed and damaged by IJN submarine I-41 off Leyte 
Japanese aircraft attack US warships and shipping off Leyte Island - USN vessel Matthew P. Deady is damaged by a kamikaze aircraft

The Japanese begin releasing paper balloon bombs to drift in the air across the Pacific and set fires in northwest US

Japanese vessel Taimei Maru IS sunk by USN submarine Gurnard in the South China Sea
IJN destroyer Akikaze is sunk by USN submarine Pintado in the South China Sea 

China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
Japanese 23rd Army captures Kueihsien 

On the Salween Front...
Chinese Y Force recaptures Lungling

Burma...
Chinese 22nd Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command reaches the Irrawaddy River near Shwegu.
Japanese units begin a withdrawal from Kennedy Peak toward Fort White 

Today's Air Raids...
Vienna, Graz, Klagenfurt, and military targets in Austria by US 15th Air Force
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
Saipan and Tinian on US airfields by Japanese aircraft
Pagan Island, Chichi Jima and Haha Jima by US 7th Air Force
Yap Island and Kror Island by US 13th Air Force, sinking
Japanese vessel Shino Maru
Babo, New Guinea by US FEAF
Negros Island, Celebes Island and Halmahera Island by US FEAF 
Tacloban Airfield, Leyte Island by Japanese aircraft 
Kawngmy, Namhai, Tonlon, Ho-hko, Hinlong, Namhsum, Hkusan, Hkawngwa, Wingkang, Namhkam, and Mansi, Burma by US 10th Air Force fighters 
Rangoon, Burma by US 10th Air Force bombers, and on nearby airfields by RAF aircraft
Malagon and targets of opportunity in Burma by US 20th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Housework
Making Supper
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I was going to have a day off blogging just to refresh my mind a little, but some positive feedback from followers made me feel that I didn't want to "let them down" so here I am!

Son's low-key birthday was a complete success, although he is more like me than I would like, i.e. antisocial and introverted by nature, preferring to hang with the close few rather than mix with the masses. On the other hand, it is very flattering indeed that we are best friends, an honour I will never bestow on my own father, who does not in fact even reach the status of acquaintance these days.

A great joy in these present times is that there is a clarity in my mind about who and what I am and my life-purpose. This frees up all my energy to just getting on with fulfilling that role on a day-to-day basis. Another day in paradise beckons. 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you clear in your own mind about the purpose of your life?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, sunny and cool all day. 
Patchy cloud appears from mid-evening.
A moderate south-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 8 degC
Min Temp = 6 degC
Sunrise at 07:10
Sunset at 16:30

Weathertrack:
A depression over Britain will track very slowly east. Due to being at its centre, rain will be light or totally absent in some areas.

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Politicians put up with Britain's alcoholism partly because they want you passive & confused, partly because nobody would f**k them sober. - Frankie Boyle :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Never Mind The Buzzcocks: Simon Amstell's childhood TV appearance 

8. TRIVIA
The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 uncovered the lost city Mahabalipuram, the capital of a powerful kingdom that traded with China, Rome, Greece, Arabia, and Egypt some 1,500 years ago. It is said that the capital was kodalkol or “swelled by the sea” at the height of its glory. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
“Thank you” is the essence of nonviolence. It contains respect for the other person, humility and a profound affirmation of life. 

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