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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (1st August 1944)
On the Russian Front...
2nd Tank Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front is heavily engaged in the Praga suburb of Warsaw on the east bank of the Vistula
8th Guards Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front attacks Magnuszew on the Vistula south of Warsaw 

In Helsinki, Finland...
President Ryti resigns in order that a government more acceptable to the Soviets can be formed

In Warsaw...
The Polish Home Army rises in revolt against German rule

In Berlin...
Hitler orders that:
1. The rebellion in Warsaw is crushed and the city demolished
2. The families of the conspirators in the July Bomb Plot are to be arrested

At Danzig and Pillau, Germany...
U-Boats U-3, U-4 and U-10 are decommissioned and cannibalized for spare parts 

In Normandy, France...
In a reorganization, General Omar Bradley takes command of the new US 12th Army Group, consisting of US 1st Army (commanded by General Courtney Hodges) and US 3rd Army (commanded by General George S Patton)

British 2nd Army attacks around le Beny-Bocage, Estry, Mont Pincon, and Villers-Bocage 
Canadian 1st Army attacks around Tllly la Campagne-La Hogue and Sannerville-Troarn 

US 1st Army, with V, VII, and XIX Corps, captures Percy and Tessy, and advances toward Vire 
US 3rd Army with VIII, XII, XV, and XX Corps advances into Brittany 

General Leclerc's Free French 2nd Armored Division begins arriving at Utah Beach 

In London...
The Polish Government-In-Exile receives news of the Warsaw revolt
Admiral Bruce Fraser is appointed to command RN Eastern Fleet 

In Budapest, Hungary...
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg meets with Hungarian regent Admiral Horthy to discuss an end to the deportation of Hungarian Jews

In Bastia, Corsica...
Headquarters of US 6th Army Group is established under the command of General Jacob L. Devers to command the invasion of southern France 

In Washington DC...
President Quezon of the Philippines government-in-exile dies and is succeeded by Sergio Osmena

On Hawaii...
US Army Air Forces - Pacific Ocean Areas is activated with headquarters on Oahu and takes control of 7th Air Force
General Robert C. Richardson Jr. takes command of US Army Forces - Pacific Ocean Areas 

In the Pacific...
Organized Japanese resistance on Tinian Island ends  

US III Amphibious Corps advances northward on Guam 

New Guinea...
Weak Japanese forces launch a costly and unsuccessful attack in the Aitape area

In India...
An anti-Japanese Burmese government-in-exile established 

Today's Air Raids...
Loire River Bridges, France by US 9th Air Force
Airfields around Paris, Tours and Rouen, V-Weapons Sites and targets of opportunity in France by US 8th Air Force
V-Weapons sites in France by RAF Bomber Command
Italy on airfields and transportation routes by US 12th Air Force
Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Utagal Island and Boeroe Island by US FEAF
China River and lake shipping, road traffic, airfields, and other targets at Hengyang, Changsha, and elsewhere by US 14th Air Force
Myitkyina, Shwegu, Mohnyin, and military tagets in Burma by US 10th Air Force  

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Quality Missus Time
Me Time 
Meditation

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Unfollowers Eliminated = 0
New Followers = 2
@bhoxzzervin1, @NewArtistPromo 3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATIONI had made the decision to simply sever all contact with Daughter and write off the relationship as dead, but I no longer believe it is as simple as that, because what I considered as simply narcissism is I believe mental health issues. From the feedback I get from the unbelievably tolerant Missus, she is exhibiting the two classic symptoms - distorted perception and irrational behaviour.  She has convinced herself that I physically abused her - the reality is that as a child and as a teen I did hit her a few times, (which I'm not proud of) but it was rare and not systematic. This distorted perception is less worrying to me than the way she treats Missus. Her response to her own deep fear of losing her mother is to "punish" poor Missus with acts of extreme rudeness, such as ignoring her and refusing to speak to her, shouting at her and sulking in her room.  This is the behaviour I would expect of a young teen, not a young woman. Missus, bless her, soaks all this up like a sponge and goes back for more. This is a quality in Missus I deeply admire, but I fear that Daughter needs a psychiatric intervention in addition to this saintly tolerance.  Not having Daughter's ear, I can only make an offer through Missus to organize such an intervention. Of course, Daughter has to firstly admit she has a problem and then agree to therapy. I actually hope she doesn't, as this will save me considerable effort and sacrifice, but I can't just walk away without first offering. Only then can I say with clear conscience that I did everything I could.  It's not very nice having a Daughter that hates you. It is particularly painful when you made every effort and sacrifice for a person who hates you anyway. After having been raised in a dysfunctional family it is also very disheartening to see that dysfunctionality pass down the generations despite your best efforts.  However, this is the hand I have been dealt and there's little I can do about it. I have learned to keep my focus on the folks who DO love me and appreciate my efforts, and make all the difference I have the power to make. The losses, traumas, hurts and disappointments can be used positively to relate to and establish rapport with the clients I see.  4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOUAre you responding in the best way possible to the challenges you face?  5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORDDry and cloudy until mid-afternoon.Showers thereafterA moderate south-easterly will blow throughout, swinging easterly overnightMax Temp = 17 degCMin Temp = 14 degCSunrise at 05:20Sunset at 21:05  Weathertrack: A depression west of Scotland will drift north, but another will form in the English Channel, deepen, and track north over BritainAir Pressure: 1007 millibars and falling  6. TODAY'S ONELINERI'm not arguing! I'm simply explaining why I'm right! :D  7.  NOW THAT'S FUNNY!Jimmy Carr at the Royal Variety Performance  8. TRIVIA Sperm whales can dive as deep as two miles into the water, and their bodies have unique physiological adaptations to allow them to survive the intense cold and crushing pressure of these dives. They can limit circulation to the brain and other organs, slow the heart to 10 beats per minute to conserve oxygen, and collapse the lungs and rib cage to withstand the pressure.   9. ZEN WISDOMHappiness does not exist as an isolated quality, nor does it conform to a single fixed pattern. Happiness is something that breathes and lives in the relationships between one person and another.            

THURSDAY 31st JULY 2014 08:44 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (31st July 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Baltic Front captures Jelgava and isolates German 16th Army and 18th Army in Estonia and Latvia
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front captures Kaunas
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front captures Seidlice
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front reaches eastern outskirts of Warsaw, but meets strong German counterattacks

In Normandy, France...
British 2nd Army attacks around Le Beny-Bocage, Le Tourneur, Cahagnes, and Jurques 
US 1st Army attacks all along its front, captures Granville and advances south  
In the English Channel...
U-333 is sunk by RN frigate Loch Killin and sloop Starling

In the North Sea...
US vessel Exmouth is sunk by a mine off Scotland

In Sweden...
The wreckage of a crashed German V-2 rocket is purchased by the Allies and flown to the UK

In the Pacific...
With heavy air, naval and artillery support US V Amphibious Corps attacks the last line of Japanese defence at the southern tip of Tinian

US III Amphibious Corps advances rapidly northward on Guam against weakening opposition 

Japanese vessels Manko Maru, Koei Maru and Yoshino Maru are sunk by USN submarine Parche off the Philippines 
Japanese vessels Fuso Maru and Dakar Maru, are sunk by USN submarine Steelhead off the Philippines
Japanese vessel Shinju Maru is sunk by USN submarine Dace off the Philippines
Japanese vessel Tenshin Maru is sunk by USN submarine Lapon off Palawan Island  

New Guinea...
US Task Force Persecution attacks along the Driniumor River at the eastern end of the Aitape beachhead 

Operation Globe Trotter: 
USN Task Force 77 lands elements of US 6th Infantry Division at Cape Sansapor without opposition 

In Burma...
To reduce losses, Japanese aircraft, heavily outnumbered, are withdrawn to bases in Indochina

In India...
Indian 23rd Infantry Division of British 14th Army captures Moreh southeast of Imphal, and Indian 5th Infantry Division captures Churachandpur on the Tiddim road south of Imphal  

Today's Air Raids...
Munich, Ludwigshafen and Mannheim by US 8th Air Force
Joigny-la-Roche, Le Havre and V-Weapons sites, France by RAF Bomber Command
Laon and Creil, France by US 8th Air Force
Seine, Loire and other river bridges in France by US 9th Air Force
Bucharest, Ploesti, Doicesti, and Targoviste, Romania by US 15th Air Force
Nauru and Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Woleai Atoll, Halmahera Island and Ceram Island 
Wewak, Hansa Bay and coastal military targets in New Guinea by US FEAF
China Widely-scattered towns, rail yards, bridges, airfields, river shipping, and road traffic by US 14th Air Force
Liuchow and Kweilin, China by Japanese aircraft
Myitkyina, Kamaing, Mogaung, and military targets in Burma by US 10th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing
Meditation
Me Time
Quality Missus Time

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Nonfollowed Eliminated = 0
Unfollowers Eliminated = 0
New Followers = 1
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION  
With Missus and Son both out today, a self-indulgent me-time slob will be enjoyed. I have absolutely no guilt whatever about doing nothing, having rejected utterly the "work-ethic" as a philosophy. I would not however advocate doing nothing indefinitely - for a fulfilling life, you need to make a difference - but for a day or so it is truly marvelous!

This life-experience is very short, and it is folly indeed to spend it doing stuff that is neither pleasant nor essential. I fully intend the remainder of this life to be JOY. I have already experienced quite enough the absence of joy to waste another minute.

I am well-aware that many lives never get the opportunity to know joy, so I have no intention of wasting the fact that I do.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you living life in all its fullness to the maximum of its potential?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry start
Possibility of showers in the later morning
Dry and cloudy in the afternoon
Sunny periods with possibly heavy showers in the evening
Dry overnight
A moderate westerly wind will turn south-westerly in the evening
Max Temp = 18 degC
Min Temp = 15 degC
Sunrise at 05:19
Sunset at 21:07

Jetstream: Over France and static
Weathertrack: A weak depression south of Iceland will deepen slightly and track across northern Scotland
Air Pressure: 1012 millibars and falling

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Adults never get excited anymore about how big I got since they last saw me :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!  
Russell Howard's Good News - Cereal Sex Line

8. TRIVIA
The famous Great Pyramid at Giza was built as a burial place for King Khufu (2589-2566 B.C.) and took more than 20 years to build. It is built from over two million blocks of limestone, each one weighing as much as two and a half elephants. It stands about 460 feet (149 m) high—taller than the Statue of Liberty. The base of the Great Pyramid takes up almost as much space as five football fields.  

It is the only one of the "five ancient wonders" to survive to the present day, although not unscathed - its smooth marble exterior has been removed and stolen. This would have left the brickwork underneath exposed to weathering were it not for the dry desert conditions and being in a geologically stable area. Rain, earthquakes and storms are responsible for the destruction of all the other Ancient Wonders

9. ZEN WISDOM
How can we create the greatest value amidst a reality that is impermanent and in constant flux? Only through Enlightenment