THURSDAY 25th JUNE 2015 0715 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (25th June 1945)
San Francisco, USA...
The charter of the United Nations is ratified by the delegates
General Arnold arrives following his tour of the Pacific and reports to President Truman

Balikbapan, Borneo
USN and RAN warships of Task Force 74 with US FEAF support bombard onshore targets whilst USN underwater demolition teams begin operations along the beaches

Luzon...
US 6th Army with air support captures Gattaron, Tuguegarao, and Penablanca

Okinawa...
US 10th Army with air support continues mopping up operations

Off Japan...
Two vessels are sunk and an IJN escort destroyer damaged by mines
Japanese vessel No. 5 Ise Maru sunk by USN aircraft

Off Korea...
Japanese vessel Katori Maru is sunk by USN aircraft

Burma...
British 12th Army reaches milestone 27 on the Mawchi road but halts the advance there due to the monsoon conditions

India...
British commanders complete planning for Operation Zipper, the invasion of Malaya

Today's Air Raids...
Mandai airfield, Celebes by US FEAF
Ensuiko, Formosa by US FEAF
Sakishima Islands on airfields by USN aircraft
Off Japan minelaying by US 20th Air Force
East China Sea minelaying by USN PB4Y-2 aircraft
China on transportation lines, river traffic, Japanese positions, and other targets throughout southern and eastern China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Client prep and follow up
Ironing
Clothes shopping
Meditation
Quality Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,983 (up 1)
Non-followed eliminated = 3
all untraced

Unfollowers eliminated = 1

@mabelevans55

New Followers followed back = 4

@DipseyAura, @HumankindQuote, @LarisaDucharme, @WHC_Director

Spammers not followed back = 1

@Integral_FP

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION

Thursday at the moment is "bits-and-bats" day - with most client sessions concentrated into the front half of the week, it's a good day to catch up on everything else and relish the diversity of the tasks. 

I've been sleeping longer! Often waking around 4am, for two days on the bounce I've been woken by the alarm at 5 - this is no bad thing, as mind and body do essential maintenance work in that time. I'm generally happy to let body and hormones tell me what I need. Yesterday for example, rather than an afternoon meditation it demanded a full-on nap - so I went to bed rather than the couch and slept very deeply!

An important consequence of finding happiness is that there's now no internal conflict - mind and body function generally in harmony. That means homeostasis, body tissue maintenance and the immune system are on full power, keeping me physically robust for my age. In my case, because I have buttons that are easily pushed, a quiet loving environment purged of predators and the dysfunctional is also essential to my wellbeing. I am blessed and most grateful to now be in such an environment!

The benign circumstances I enjoy allow consciousness to rise above this character and truly know itself and "enjoy the movie"

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you in the best place for you?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and sunny start
Cloud will gradually build over the day and rain arrives by mid-afternoon
Rain, occasionally heavy, will persist thereafter
A south-westerly breeze will swing south-easterly in the evening
Max Temp = 16 degC at noon
Min Temp = 13 degC at 7am
Sunrise at 04:37
Sunset at 21:42
Moon:

Weathertrack: Britain is on the boundary between a depression to the west and an anticyclone to the east. As the anticyclone retreats, weather fronts will move east across the country
Air Pressure: 1020 millibars and falling slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Paperclips are staples for people scared of commitment :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Russell Howard on foxes, ducks, mice and dogs

8. TRIVIA
Four empires collapsed after WWI: Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Each form of life supports all others; together they weave the grand web of life. Thus there really is no happiness for oneself alone, no suffering that afflicts only others.