Wednesday, 5 March 2014

THURSDAY 6th MARCH 2014 06:26 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (6th March 1944)
In the Arctic...
U-973 is sunk by aircraft from RN carrier Chaser

On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front tank forces advance into the rear between German 4th Panzer Army and 1st Panzer Army whilst Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front tanks also advance into the rear between German 1st Panzer Army and 8th Army
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front opens offensive against junction of German 8th Army and 6th Army

In the English Channel...
RN MTBs sortie overnight and sink Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-1304

In the Mediterranean...
US vessel Daniel Chester French is sunk and US vessel Virginia Dare irreparably damaged by mines

In the Atlantic...
U-744 is sunk by RN and RCN warships 

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel America Maru sunk by USN submarine Nautilus

US 5th Marine Regiment lands near Volupai on New Britain

12th Cavalry Regiment arrives to reinforce US Task Force Brewer on Los Negros Island

USN Task Force 74 bombards Japanese positions on Hauwei Island and Norilo Island

In New Zealand...
Meat rationing is introduced

In Burma...
Chiang Kai-shek orders Stilwell to halt his offensive in north Burma because of Japanese attacks in the Arakan
Following costly and unsuccessful attack against US 5307th Provisional Unit, Japanese forces withdraw from Walawbum sector
USAAF 1st Air Commando begins transporting elements of Indian 111th LRP Brigade into Chowringhee base near Indaw overnight
Japanese force attack the West African 81st Infantry Division in the Kaladan valley 
Indian 33rd Infantry Brigade attacks toward Buthidaung 

Today's Air Raids...
Berlin by US 8th Air Force with 658 bombers. 69 are lost, but the Luftwaffe loses an unsustainable 75 fighters
Germany military targets by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France military targets including V-Weapons sites by US 9th Air Force, RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force and RAF Bomber Command
Madang and military targets, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Los Negros Island by US 5th Air Force
Off Thailand minelaying by US 10th Air Force
Burma on bridges and military targets by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Online promotional work
Kitchen housework
Garden tidying
Quality Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
As well as being properly focused and grounded on an ongoing basis, the apportioning and management of time is an issue I need to keep control of. The freedom I am blessed to enjoy carries with it the obligation to manage myself in the absence of an overseer. 

No matter how benevolent your life, to get the most fulfilment from it, regardless of circumstances, it is necessary to give it a flexible structure. Structuring a day therefore becomes an important and necessary part of the day itself, because only with a structure do you get stuff done and make the difference that makes life fulfilling.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have a plan for getting stuff done and making a difference?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, cloudy and mild during the day.
Some heavy but brief and fast-moving showers are expected in the early evening
Dry thereafter until midnight
Showers overnight
A moderate and occasionally strong south-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 9 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 06:44
Sunset at 17:53

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I used to work in a shoe-recycling plant - it was sole-destroying!  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!   
Mock The Week: Sandi Toksvig & Hugh Dennis on The Queen

8. TRIVIA
Due to anti-German sentiment during WWI, an alternative name for a hamburger (which was derived from the Hamburg steak sandwiches eaten on immigrant ships between Hamburg, Germany, and America in the 1800s) was “salisbury steak.” It was named after Dr. Salisbury who prescribed ground beef for patients suffering from anemia, asthma, and other illnesses.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Compassion without courage is not genuine. You may have a compassionate thought or impulse, but if you don’t do or say anything, it’s not compassion.

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