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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (7th November 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Free Norwegian 2nd Independent Mountain Company of 250 troops arrives at Murmansk for operations in northern Norway
57th Army of Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front crosses the Danube around Batina and Apatin
4th Guards Army of Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front advance toward Lake Velencei and Lake BalatonA

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army is clearing Walcheren Island and attacking around Moerdijk
US 1st Army is heavily engaged around Kommerscheidt and Vossenack
German 19th Army counterattacks French 1st Army around Gerardmer

In the North Sea...
RN LST-420 is sunk by a mine 

In London...
The British government notifies Berlin that in a reversal of policy, food and medicine will be air-dropped to the occupied Channel Islands.

In Yugoslavia...
In a serious diplomatic incident, US 15th Air Force P-38 fighters mistakenly strafe Soviet column, killing a lieutenant-general and five other men, and Yak fighters intercept, with two P-38s and three Yaks downed.  

Italy...
British 8th Army opens an offensive toward Forli

In the USA...
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to an unprecedented fourth term as president of the United States 

In the Pacific...
US 6th Army is attacking around Breakneck Ridge and Bloody Ridge on Leyte Island 

Japanese vessels No. 8 Kiri Maru and Kotai Maru are sunk by USN submarine Greenling off Honshu 

USN submarine Albacore is sunk by a mine off Honshu

In Japan...
Soviet spy Richard Sorge is hanged

China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
Japanese 11th Army attacks Kweilin 
Japanese 23rd Army advances toward Liuchow

Burma...
Chinese 22nd Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command captures Shwegu

Today's Air Raids...
Vienna, Austria by US 15th Air Force
Yugoslavia on transportation routes by US 15th Air Force
Brenner Pass, Italy on rail lines by US 15th Air Force
Pagan Island by US 7th Air Force
Negros Island, Mactan Island, Mindanao Island, Halmahera Island, Celebes Island, Boeroe Island, Ceram Island, and in the Sunda Islands by US FEAF  
Iwo Jima by US 20th Air Force
Yuncheng and Wangling, China by US 14th Air Force
Bhamo, Pinton, Myazedi, Kawlin, Shwebo, Onbauk, Panghkam, Indaw, Shwebo, Katha, and Myitkyina by US 10th Air Force fighters

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Meditation 
Me Time
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV Comedy Night

Twitter Followers = 1,834 (down 1)
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Spammers not followed back = 0 

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
With the exception of an ageing laptop overheating when streaming live TV, things at home continue to be bliss for my character. Missus not speaking to ghastly Daughter is an added bonus. It looks like Missus will be home tomorrow rather than her usual visit over there. An ideal scenario would be for Missus to be so sick of her treatment at the hands of Daughter, in comparison to the love at home, the rift between them becomes permanent, and Daughter's dark shadow is gone forever from my life. 

This unfortunately is not likely but I am visualizing it and we'll see. Dark shadows, i.e. people who make life difficult are currently absent from my life, for which I'm profoundly grateful. But rather than just sit smugly, I continue to use the benign circumstances for self-development.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you making the best of the opportunities that come your way?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Heavy rain all day will break up into showers in the evening and temporarily clear overnight
An initial moderate south-easterly wind will swing south-westerly over mid-morning
Max Temp = 11 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 07:18
Sunset at 16:23  

Weathertrack: 
A large depression south of Iceland is driving a series of strong weather fronts across Britain
Air Pressure: 984 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Cows should be seen and not herd :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Never Mind The Buzzcocks: Mark Lamarr's caustic wit is interrupted by a guest's coughing 

8. TRIVIA
DeForest Kelley (Star Trek’s Dr. McCoy) was originally offered the role of Spock.



9. ZEN WISDOM
Peace is not simply the absence of war; it is a state in which people come together in mutual trust and live with joy, energy, and hope. This is the polar opposite of war—where people live plagued by hatred and the fear of death.