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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (17th August 1944)
On the Russian Front...
German 16th Army attacks south of Jelgava
German 3rd Panzer Army attacks toward Riga
33rd Army of Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front advances into East Prussia and crosses the Sesupe River
The German commander in Warsaw sends an envoy to the Home Army, threatening that if the Polish forces do not surrender, the city and all its inhabitants will be destroyed

In Belgium...
Rexist collaborators murder 27 members of the Belgian Resistance overnight 

In Paris...
The last trainload of Jews departs for Auschwitz
Most German personnel are evacuated from the city

On the Western Front...
Field Marshal Gunther Von Kluge is relieved of command of German Ob West and summoned to Berlin to meet with Hitler, and is replaced by Field Marshal Walther Model
Canadian 1st Army captures Falaise, trapping German forces in the "Falaise Pocket"
British 2nd Army attacks around Flers, Conde, and Falaise 
US 1st Army attacks north to close the Argentan-Falaise gap and seal the Falaise Pocket
US 3rd Army attacks around Chartres, Orleans, and Chateaudun as German forces withdraw across the Loire
US 7th Army advances towards Toulon
Allied warships bombard German positions on the Mediterranean coast

In the Bay of Biscay...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-4207 is sunk by a mine overnight 

In Bulgaria...
The government declares Bulgaria neutral and proclaims a full political amnesty.

In the Mediterranean...
Kriegsmarine sub chasers UJ-6073  and UJ-6081 are sunk by RN gunboats Aphis and Scarab and Lt Commander John Bulkeley's USN destroyer Endicott 
Four Kriegsmarine S-boats sunk by USN destroyers Harding, Carmick, and Satterlee

In the Pacific...
Organized Japanese resistance ends on Biak and Noemfoor Islands

Japanese vessel Yamatero Maru is sunk by USN submarine Croaker in the Yellow Sea

In Burma...
West African 3rd LRP Brigade begins an evacuation to India from Myitkyina airfield 

In India...
The last Japanese troops retreat from India

Today's Air Raids...
Kirkenes, Norway by Soviet aircraft
Mannheim, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Belgium on transportation routes by US 8th Air Force
Gestapo headquarters, Chateauroux, France by US 9th Air Force
Toulon, France by US 12th Air Force
Bay of Biscay minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Ploesti Oilfield, Romania by US 15th Air Force
Nis, Yugoslavia by US 15th Air Force
Genoa, Italy by US 15th Air Force, sinking Kriegsmarine corvette UJ-2223 (ex Italian Marangone)
Iwo Jima and Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Manokwari, Ransiki, Klamono, and military targets on New Guinea by US FEAF
Halmahera Island, Ambon Island, Boeroe Island, Ceram Island, Timor Island, and other targets in the East Indies by US FEAF 
Yoyang, Chiughiang, Hengyand, Nanyo, Tungting Lake, and the Yangtze River, China by US 14th Air Force 
Katha, Nanyinbya, Bilumyo, and Momauk and military targets in Burma by US 10th Air Force
Eitsu Bridge, Burma by Japanese aircraft 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I'll remember Saturday as "smooth Saturday" in which the Weekend Job was effortless and Missus enjoyed a good doss at home well looked-after by Son, opposed to the unpleasantness meted out by Daughter when Missus goes over there. Even better, Daughter allowed her phone to go flat meaning Missus was untroubled all day. 

So it's another enjoyable day of this life experience in prospect, living by the seat-of-my-pants one day to the next, fully embracing uncertainty and focusing on the moment. Sunday is the day easiest to live in Total Internal Silence so I push on to achieve that goal.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have a clear purpose in mind for today?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
A dry start but blustery showers arrive by mid-morning and persist thereafter.
Dry with clear spells overnight
A strong westerly wind will turn north-westerly and ease overnight
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 05:48
Sunset at 20:33

Weathertrack: A strong depression over the North Sea will drift towards Scandanavia, dragging Arctic air and showers over Britain
Air Pressure: 1006 millibars and falling slowly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Common sense is so rare, anyone who has got some should be called a superhero! :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI on mussels 

8.TRIVIA        
The giant sphinx guarding the three pyramids of Giza is thought to represent the pharaoh Khafre (Chephren), son of Khufu. Sphinxes are generally believed to have been built to guard tombs.  

9. ZEN WISDOM
It is important to keep the promises made to friends. This is the true meaning of friendship. To become people who can do so, however, we must first learn to keep the promises we have made to ourselves.