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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (7th July 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Finnish forces complete their withdrawal to the U Line north of Lake Ladoga
Soviet Leningrad Front continue attacking Finnish defenses around Tali-Ihantala in the Karelian isthmus

Operation Bagration:
Remnants of the German 4th Army are being mopped up around Minsk 

Fontainbleu France...
French Resistance leader Georges Mandel is executed by the Milice in retaliation for the assassination of the Vichy Minister of Propaganda, Philippe Henriot 

Normandy, France...  
VIII Corps of US 1st Army attacks around La Haye-du-Puits 
VII Corps of US 1st Army attacks toward Periers
XIX Corps of US 1st Army captures St Jean-de-Day

In the English Channel...
RN destroyers Huron and Tartar sink two Kriegsmarine minesweepers overnight
Kriegsmarine 2nd S-Boat Flotilla and 9th S-Boat Flotilla engage RN destroyers overnight

In Italy...
US 5th Army captures Rosignano 

In the Atlantic...
US vessel Esso Harrisburg is sunk by U-516 

In the Pacific...
IJN destroyer Usugumo is sunk by USN submarine Skate off the Kuril Islands
USN submarine Sunfish sinks four Japanese cargo ships off the Kuril Islands
Japanese vessel Ryuei Maru is sunk by USN submarine Bonefish off the East Indies
Japanese vessel No. 2 Koto Maru is sunk by USN submarine Flasher in the South China Sea
IJN destroyer Tamanami sunk by USN submarine Mingo in the South China Sea
  
Admiral Nimitz issues orders for invasion of Angaur and Peleliu on 15 September and Yap and Ulithi on 5 October

Japanese forces suffer heavy losses in suicidal attacks against US V Amphibious Corps positions on Saipan before dawn

US 41st Infantry Division continues mopping up pockets of Japanese resistance on Biak Island

In India...
Indian 33rd Corps continues to reduce the isolated remnants of Japanese forces around Ukhrul 

Today's Air Raids...  
Germany multiple military targets by US 8th Air Force - 37 of 1000+ bombers (4%) are lost. 649 escorting fighters claim 77 Luftwaffe fighters at a cost of 6
Blechammer and Odertal, Germany by US 15th Air Force
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
V-Weapons sites in France by RAF Bomber Command
Dubnica, Czechoslavkia by US 15th Air Force
Zagreb, Yugoslavia by US 15th Air Force
Guam and Rota Island by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 53
Yap Island, Woelai Atoll, and Sorol Atoll by US FEAF 
Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Wewak, Moemi, Nabire, and military targets on New Guinea by US FEAF
Sasebo, Omura, and Tobata, Japan by US 20th Air Force 
Myitkyina, Burma by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework
Gardening
Meditation
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
It's been a great weekend for everyone with plenty of amusement and happiness for all. With such a positive experience, it's now important to consolidate with all the sound disciplines I have learned. Like a diabetic, I only keep healthy by doing all the right things every day. 

My prime goal remains reducing my ego to the role of a lens for my consciousness, focusing on the things that will fulfil my life-purpose. I intend to draw all the required strength and guidance from my faith in my Higher Self. Days such as these undistracted by adversity are best spent in consolidation, making oneself increasingly mentally robust.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What change or new thing will you bring about today?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy with plenty of sunny spells
Possibility of isolated showers mid-afternoon
Cloudier overnight with isolated showers possible
A south-westerly breeze will swing slowly northwesterly from mid-afternoon
Max Temp = 16 degC
Min Temp = 11 degC
Sunrise at 04:45
Sunset at 21:38

Jetstream: looping south around Britain, traveling south in the Atlantic and north up the North Sea
Weathertrack: The large depression over Iceland is drifting south and filling.
High pressure over the Azores is building and expanding north. A depression is forming over central Europe, deepening and drifting west
Air Pressure: 986 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
My level of maturity depends on who's watching :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI: David Tennant on express checkouts and Scottish generosity  

8. TRIVIA
The word Hawaii is from the Proto-Polynesian hawaiki, meaning “place of the gods” or “homeland.”  

9. ZEN WISDOM
While it is important to win, it’s even more important to remain undefeated no matter what happens.