SATURDAY 1st MARCH 2014 07:11 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (1st March 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 42nd Army and 67th Army pushing toward Pskov

In Germany...
With massively increased losses of Luftwaffe fighters since the American introduction of the long-range P-51 fighter, the Reich Armaments Ministry draws up plans to vastly increase the production of Luftwaffe fighters. Germany now has 4.8 million forced labourers in the country.

The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Croatia meet with Hitler 

In Italy...
Workers go on strike in Mussolini's Italian Fascist Social Republic 
German 14th Army continues to attack the Anzio beachhead

In the Atlantic...
In a running battle between RN Frigates Affleck and Gould and U-358, Gould is sunk but U-358 is forced to the surface by depth-charges and sunk by gunfire

Free French vessel Saint Louis is sunk by U-66
U-603 is sunk by USN destroyer escort Bronstein
U-709 sunk by USN destroyer escorts Bronstein, Thomas, and Bostwick 

In the Pacific...
Japanese forces attack Brewer Force of US 5th Cavalry Regiment on Los Negros Island

The majority of the IJN Combined Fleet is reorganized into First Mobile Fleet 

In China...
A month-long Japanese reorganization begins in which fourteen newly organized independent infantry brigades are assigned to Japanese armies 

In Burma...
88th Regiment of Chinese 30th Infantry Division begins moving to Shingbwiyang

Today's Air Raids...
Stuttgart and Munich by RAF Bomber Command
Netherlands Luftwaffe airfields by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France V-Weapons sites and other military targets by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
London by the Luftwaffe
Jaluit Atoll, Mille Atoll, and Maloelap Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Kahili and military targets on Bougainville Island by US 13th Air Force
Wewak, Madang, Alexishafen, and military targets in New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Los Negros Island and Manos Island by US 5th Air Force
Nanchang, China by US 14th Air Force
Sawnghka and military targets in Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging/Me Time
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,716 (up 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers = 1
@CandySimpsonI84

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION     
Friday was a downer due mainly to a rare fall-out with Son. Flaring up in the morning it bugged me all day and before bedtime it flared up again. My training teaches me that when you lose, don't lose the lesson, which is mainly about responding to things that upset you.

In both Psychology and Reiki spirituality, there is an emphasis on inner reflection and looking for the root cause of your dark emotions. I agree with this, but it doesn't help you cope with the response that cause has generated. In other words, just because I know why things upset me doesn't stop them upsetting me. 

When I am upset, I have found no better remedy than time and space, in which I can re-ground myself. This is usually enough to restore balance. Most folks, friend or foe, having upset me once, avoid doing so again. A notable exception to this was Daughter, who has never been able to see things from others viewpoints, kept lashing out, which led to the death of our relationship.

In solitude, I can detach my consciousness from the character and observe. When upset, I am genuinely physically sore all over, in exactly the same way as a severe virus makes me feel. And just with a virus, solitude, calm and rest in conjunction with good focus, heals me.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have a positive response strategy for when you are upset?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Foggy start
Dry throughout with some sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Some rain overnight
A south-westerly breeze will gradually strengthen
Max Temp = 5 degC
Min Temp = 1 degC
Sunrise at 06:56
Sunset at 17:44

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
When my disabled girlfriend dumped me, I stole her wheelchair - I knew she'd come crawling back  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!  
Smack The Pony: The Window Cleaner

8. TRIVIA
The three main actors in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) all met an untimely death. James Dean died in a car crash, Natalie Wood drowned, and Sal Mineo was stabbed to death.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Indifference and acquiescence in the face of the negative, destructive functions of life is, ultimately, to side with the forces of destruction.           

FRIDAY 28th FEBRUARY 2014 06:20 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (28th February 1944)
In the Arctic...
Soviet submarine M-108 is sunk by a mine off Norway
Arctic Convoy JW 57 arrives Kola Inlet, notable for not having lost a single ship. However one escort had been sunk, though also one U-Boat.

In Germany...
Test pilot Hanna Reitsch visits Hitler and recommends that to increase accuracy, V-1 flying bombs should be piloted by suicide volunteers.
U-1224 formally handed over to Imperial Japanese Navy as RO-501


In the English Channel...
Kriegsmarine S-boats unsuccessfully attack a British coastal convoy overnight

In the Mediterranean...
German vessel Kapitan Diederichsen is sunk by Free French destroyers Terrible and Le Malin overnight 

In Italy...
German 14th Army mounts new attacks against US VI Corps in the Anzio beachhead 
RN cruiser Mauritius and destroyer Laforey bombard Formia

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessels Shoho Maru and Akiura Maru are sunk by USN submarine Balao 
Japanese vessel Kaiko Maru is sunk by USN submarine Sand Lance

Today's Air Raids...
V-Weapons sites, Northern France by uS 8th and 9th Air Forces and RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia on German shipping by US 12th Air Force
Wotje Atill and Mille Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Alexishafen and Madand, New Guinea by RAAF
Hansa Bay and military targets, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul and military targets, New Britain by US 13th Air Force and USN aircraft 
Los Negros Island and Manus Island by US 5th Air Force
Mandaly, Makyab and military targets in Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Brief Missus Time
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,715 (down 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
@1888mytuxes
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers = 0 

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
The "cinnamon experiment" continues to proceed well with no night snacking or "hunger rage" since I started. It's beginning to look like a lifetime of being blighted could in all that time have been cured by a simple cheap product on every supermarket shelf, and I only found out about it through a chance conversation on Facebook.

It looks like my problem has been hypoglycaemia induced by Chromium deficiency. I wonder how many others are/have been needlessly silently suffering like me? I need to get this information out there!

Yesterday's "honeymoon day" went well with Missus being suitably satisfied in all departments and I got plenty of me time as well. Much of that me time was spent tracking down a problem with Windows movie Maker that turned out to be caused by a very subtly corrupt GIF file. At least I finally got to the problem and finished the video I wanted to make. All's well when you get it sorted!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Can you recall a serious problem that you overcame and how you did it?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Foggy start
Dry throughout
A north-westerly breeze will swing westerly in the evening
Max Temp = 5 degC
Min Temp = 0 degC
Sunrise at 06:59
Sunset at 17:42

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Apparently holding a door open for a woman is not welcome if it's the toilet door  : D 

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Mock The Week: The Worst Thing To Hear On Holiday  

8. TRIVIA
In just seven years, a single pair of cats and their offspring could produce a staggering total of 420,000 kittens.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Defeat lies not in failing or making mistakes; rather, it lies in giving up on ourselves when we do so.