WEDNESDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 2016 07:06 GMT

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1. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
3rd February 1830
The birth of modern independent Greece by the London Protocol
The London Protocol of 3 February 1830 was an agreement between the three Great Powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia), which amended the decisions of the 1829 protocol and established Greece as an independent, sovereign state.

As a result of the Greek War of Independence, which had begun in 1821, and the Great Powers' intervention in the conflict in the Battle of Navarino (1827), the creation of some form of Greek state in southern Greece had become certain. In 1827, the Greek Third National Assembly entrusted the governance of the fledgling nation to Ioannis Kapodistrias, who arrived in Greece in January 1828. Alongside his efforts to lay the foundations for a modern state, Kapodistrias undertook negotiations with the Great Powers as to the extent and constitutional status of the new Greek state.

In March 1829, the foreign ministers of the Great Powers signed the first London Protocol, according to which Greece would become an autonomous, tributary state under Ottoman suzerainty, under an elected Christian prince and encompassing the heartlands of the Greek uprising, the Morea (Peloponnese), Continental Greece and the Cyclades. Kapodistrias' diplomatic manoeuvres, aided by the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29, resulted in a revision of the protocol on 3 February 1830. According to it, Greece would be fully independent from the Ottoman Empire, but its borders were reduced to a line running from the Aspropotamos river to the Maliac Gulf. Leopold of Saxe-Coburg (the future King of Belgium) was selected as the first King of Greece, but he rejected the offer.

The protocol was yet again amended in the London Conference of 1832, which established the final borders of the Kingdom of Greece and gave the crown to the Bavarian prince Otto.

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
DIY
Making Supper
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 2,070 (down 1)
Non-followed eliminated = 1
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Unfollowers eliminated = 1
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION

After the traumas of Monday, Tuesday was comfortingly normal. I have a healthy mix of projects to tackle - client treatment plans, putting up an outside light and ongoing personal development - total internal silence/living by intuition. In addition I live in bliss, gratitude and peace of mind. I am not however losing grip of the fact that all things pass, so I'm savouring the moment.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have a clear idea what your life is for?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD

Moon:

Weathertrack:

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If my kids knew there was a light in the oven, they'd leave that one on too. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Big Bang Theory: Penny Beats Leonard At chess and Sheldon behaves oddly

8. TRIVIA
HIV can survive in dried blood at room temperature for up to six days or for weeks if wet, such as in used syringes or needles.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The place where you are now is vital. Never avoid what you must face. Challenge your circumstances and steadily persevere. The path toward victory opens from where you stand.