TUESDAY 18th MARCH 2014 07:30 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (18th March 1944)
On the Russian Front...
All three Ukrainian fronts continue to make good progress

In Hungary...
Admiral Miklos Horthy, Regent of Hungary, is forced out of effective power by Hitler on the threat of occupation, and Dome Sztojay is appointed Prime Minister. Horthy becomes a figurehead.

In the Mediterranean...
Kriegsmarine torpedo boat TA-36 sunk by mine in the Adriatic

In Italy...
Mount Vesuvius erupts, obliterating two villages and killing 26 people over next few days

In the Pacific...
USN Task Group 50.10 bombards Mille Atoll - USN battleship Iowa is damaged by a shore battery returning fire. 

Japanese vessel No. 2 Kasuga Maru is sunk by US bombers off Ponape Island

IJN auxiliary sub chaser Cha-10 is sunk by USN destroyer Daly in the Bismarck Sea
Japanese vessel Hokoruku Maru is sunk by USN submarine Lapon in the South China Sea

US 2nd Cavalry Brigade captures Lorengau village on Manus Island

US Task Force Brewer continues clearing Los Negros Island 

In New Guinea...
USN Task Group 74.5 bombards Japanese positions at Wewak

In Burma...
British 16th LRP Brigade moves toward Indaw 
General Hayashi takes command of Japanese forces concentrating around Indaw to counterattack Chindit brigades 

In India...
Transport aircraft are diverted from "The Hump" to be retained for reinforcing and supplying Imphal area against the Japanese offensive 

Elements of the pro-Japanese Indian National Army cross the border from Burma with Japanese forces and plant Springing Tiger flag on Indian soil 

In the Indian Ocean...
IJN motor torpedo boats Gyoraitei No. 402 and Gyoraitei No. 453 are sunk by RAF aircraft in the Andaman Sea
Japanese behead 72 Allied POWs aboard IJN cruiser Tone
British vessel Nancy Moller is sunk by IJN submarine I-165 

Today's Air Raids...
Germany on military targets by US 8th Air Force. Despite heavy fighter escort, 43 of 679 (7%) bombers are shot down, but 42 Luftwaffe fighters are also lost.
Germany on military targets overnight by RAF Bomber Command
Frankfurt, Germany by RAF Bomber Command - 22 out of 846 (3%) bombers are shot down.
Northern France on V-Weapons sites and other military targets by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Bergerac, France by RAF Bomber Command
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Italy Luftwaffe airfields and military targets by US 15th Air Force
Jaluit Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Mille Atoll by USN aircraft
Wewak, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US 13th Air Force
Haiphong and military targets in Indochina by US 14th Air Force
China on Yangtze River shipping by US 14th Air Force
Burma military targets by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Kitchen Housework
Online promotional work
Missus Time

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Nonfollowed eliminated = 1
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers = 1 
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
With a client cancellation, I have a free day to do those jobs you can't get round to when busy, so I will endeavour to do so, dividing it equally into three parts between business, domestic and the loved ones. I'm a great believer in "make hay while the sun shines" and to use quiet stable times to strengthen and develop.

I was generally pleased with my mindfulness and grounding yesterday. Mind did of course make forays into dark places, but as soon as I was conscious of it, focus on breath brought me back. My aim is now to reduce the incidents my mind wanders in the first place. I will be particularly focused on the disciplines of listening and submission to the "Higher Self" today.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What action are you taking to develop yourself?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, bright and sunny start.
Wind will strengthen significantly by mid-morning and bring heavy blustery showers.
Showers will finally clear by mid-evening, and it will be dry and cloudy thereafter with the wind easing.
Max Temp = 8 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 06:15
Sunset at 18:16

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I dig you dig we dig they dig - this proverb is very deep  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Billy Connolly on Islamic extremeism

8. TRIVIA
When a girl is born, her complete potential egg supply is born with her. In the womb, she creates about seven million egg cells. At birth, she has two million. By puberty, there are only about 400,000 left, of which fewer than 500 are actually ever released during the menstrual cycle.

9. ZEN WISDOM 
Each of us, no matter how weak or ineffectual we may feel ourselves to be, must build deep within our hearts a stronghold for peace, one that will be capable of withstanding and in the end silencing the incessant calls to war.