SUNDAY 30th AUGUST 2015 08:07 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (30th August 1945)
Japan...
Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38 conduct patrols and recon flights
Elements of US 6th Marine Division begin arriving Yokosuka naval base
Generals MacArthur and Eichelberger and elements of US 11th Airborne Division begin arriving at Atsugi airfield 
USN Task Force 92 arrives at Ominato on the northern tip of Honshu and Japanese bases there surrender

Hong Kong...
A RN Task Force arrives and British forces begin moving into Hong Kong.
Dissident Japanese explosive motorboats attempt to attack RN warships, but they are destroyed by carrier-based aircraft

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

Twitter Followers = 1,996 (up 4)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
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Unfollowers eliminated = 0
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New Followers followed back = 4
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION

I have a flaw in my character that you might call "time greed" - I'm never satisfied with the time I have available and get a little upset when what time I thought I had gets taken from me. Of course, now I've identified it as an issue, I have a responsibility to address it. The "bottom-line" is of course attachment. I agree with the Buddhist philosophy that attachment is the root cause of suffering - identifying wellbeing with something transient.

Attachments can be less than obvious - you can have them without realizing. But look deeper into the root cause of any distress, and you can find it. The treatment of course is to relax, and let the attachment go. Like an illness you've had before, you can react much quicker to an attachment you already recognize and perform a ritual of release before suffering arises.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is there anything you haven't got you need to let go of?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry mild and cloudy with negligible wind throughout
Max Temp = 16 degC at 3pm
Min Temp = 12 degC at 8am
Sunrise at 06:11
Sunset at 20:03
Moon: 

Weathertrack: Britain is in a col between weather systems - weather fronts will affect the far north and south of Britain

Air Pressure: 1019 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER

For the sake of fairness, we ignore your complaints in the order they're received :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!

Bill Burr on gay divorce

8. TRIVIA

More than 20% of Bangkok’s police have some form of lung disease due mainly to traffic air pollution

9. ZEN WISDOM

When we draw strength from within, our outlook undergoes a dramatic transformation; everything around us looks completely different. Courage and inner determination are the keys to happiness