THURSDAY 27th NOVEMBER 2014 08:34 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (27th November 1944)
Off Norway...
RN aircraft from HMS Implacable sink three vessels in German service

Over Germany...
The Luftwaffe records the loss of an unsustainable 80 fighters defending against Allied air raids, but the US 8th Air Force claims 94 on its own raids alone 

On the Western Front...
General Richard O'Connor relinquishes command of British 8th Corps to take up command of Eastern Command in India
US 9th Army attacks around Juelich 
US 1st Army attacks in Huertgen Forest 
US 3rd Army attacks around Saarburg, Falck, Dalem, St Avold, Seingbouse, Honskirch, Altwiller, Wolfskirchen, Eywiller, Gungwiller, and Durstel 
US 7th Army attacks around Obernai, Barr, Erstein, Le Hohwald, and Selestat 

In Albania...
Enver Hoxha triumphantly enters Tirana as leader of the provisional government of Albania

Washington DC...
Secretary of State Cordell Hull resigns due to poor health, and is replaced by Edward Stettinius 

In the Pacific...
The last Japanese positions on Peleliu destroyed, ending resistance on the island. However, a Japanese lieutenant with his 26 2nd Infantry soldiers and eight 45th Guard Force sailors holds out passively in the caves until 1947

US 6th Army with naval and air support repels Japanese counterattacks and makes minor progress toward Ormoc on Leyte Island 
Offshore, a USN sub-chaser is sunk and a battleship+2 light cruisers are damaged by kamikaze aircraft   

China...
Chiang-Kai-Shek refuses to allow the US to arm the Chinese communists.

Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
3rd Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army captures Ipehhsien 

Burma...
British 36th Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command attacks around Pinwe with heavy US air support

Today's Air Raids...
Offenburg, Bingen and oil facilities in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Cologne, Freiburg, Neuss and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Antwerp, Belgium by two V-2 rockets
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Saipan Airfield by Japanese aircraft based at Iwo Jima, destroying at least two B-29 bombers on the ground and damaging thirteen others
Negros Island, Mindanao Island, Ceram Island, Ambon Island, Boeroe Island, Borneo Island, Halmahera Island, and targets in the Molucca Islands by US FEAF
Iwo Jima and Del Monte Airfield, Mindanao Island by US 7th Air Force 
Japan on targets of opportunity by US 20th Air Force
Gia Lam, Indochina by US 14th Air Force
Bangkok and nearby military targets in Thailand by US 20th Air Force
Hochih and Yangtze River shipping by US 14th Air Force, sinking one Japanese vessel
Inailong, Thegyaung, Ho-hko, Kawnghka, Kutkai, Kyungon, Kodaungbo, Mongmit, Datwin, and military targets in Burma by US 10th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Dossing!
Quality Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
The rest of this week is a holiday for me, taking it easy apart from meeting Missus' miscellaneous needs. Of course you can't have a holiday from vigilance and essential mental discipline. I have however learned well how to do this, and while it still calls for concentration, I can keep grounded in the absence of sizeable distractions.

I want to be mentally well-rested before meeting the challenges I face of revtalizing my Practice, which will involve an aggressive price-slash and marketing campaign, a new mobile-friendly website and a continual high-profile online presence. 

I will particularly enjoy a break from the Weekend Job and do some nice blokey slobby things for a change. The Weekend Job, it must be said, has never been as good. It's the first time in any employment I can ever recall where the immediate management makes the job easier and not harder. This in turn of course makes me easier to manage!

Nevertheless, a weekend of leisure is rare and precious and I will enjoy it soaked in the Attitude of Gratitude. None of my concerns are pressing and I will face them much better after having ignored them for a few days! Some quality time with the loved ones is also expected and anticipated to be wholesome and fulfilling.  

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Does your life comprise of a healthy balance of activities?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Misty, damp and drizzly throughout
An easterly or south-easterly breeze will blow throughout 
Max Temp = 7 degC
Min Temp = 6 degC
Sunrise at 07:55
Sunset at 15:54

Weathertrack: A weak depression over Britain will slowly dissipate over the next 24 hours as a depression in the Atlantic draws up warm southerly air.
Air Pressure: 1005 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
You can turn a duck into a soul singer by starving it until it's Bill Withers :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Amberia Allen on choosy beggars

8. TRIVIA
During its construction, the Great Wall of China was called “the longest cemetery on earth” because so many people died building it. Reportedly, it cost the lives of more than one million people. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
Happiness  is something we must find within. It means establishing a state of life in which we are never defeated by difficulties, and where just being alive is a source of great joy.