SATURDAY 5th APRIL 2014 07:11 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (5th April 1944)
On the Russian Front...
German 1st Panzer Army break out of the Ternopil pocket and attack westwards
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front advances toward Odessa

In Hungary...
Jews are forced to wear the yellow star for the first time

In Albania...
Communist partisans prepare for a major offensive

In the Pacific...
US Marines occupy Utirik Atoll
IJN auxiliary sub chaser Cha-46 sunk by USN PBY aircraft

In Burma...
US 5307th Provisional Unit is engaged around Nhpum Ga
In the Arakan, Indian 4th Infantry Brigade unsuccessfully attacks Point 551

In India...
Elements of Indian 161st Infantry Brigade reinforce Kohima
Elements of Japanese 31st Infantry Division attack Kohima and surround part of the garrison
The isolated British 4th Corps are fully deployed and dug-in around Imphal 

Today's Air Raids...
France Netherlands and Belgium on Luftwaffe airfields by US 8th Air Force
Northern France on V-Weapons sites by US 8th Air Force
Toulouse, France by RAF Bomber Command
Bay of Biscay minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Ploesti Oilfield, Romania by US 15th Air Force
Lesovac and Nis, Yugoslavia on rail yards by US 15th Air Force
Maloelap Atoll and Jaluit Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Hollandia and military targets in New Guinea by US 5th Air Force, sinking 2 cargo ships
Koepang, Timor Island by US 5th Air Force

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

Twitter Followers = 1,727 (no change)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 1
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers =1
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
It's a sign of age that you can be mentally disrupted simply by having your routine disrupted! Just because I had to do things differently on Thursday evening, forced to wait up for Missus, and anticipating a confrontation at the Weekend Job, completely threw me.

As it happened the confrontation never materialized and after taking a break from my normal routines and catching up on sleep, balance has been restored. I have learned that there has to be self-acceptance regarding your own vulnerabilities. Anyone can be broken under specific circumstances. 

I have also learned to "feel bad and do it anyway", which means letting your objectives rather than your emotions determine your actions, but also taking "time outs" as necessary if to re-ground yourself in the moment. My training has taught me how to raise my consciousness above emotions and observe them which has enabled me to be cope much better with low moods.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have an effective coping strategy

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy and dry in the morning
Cloud thickens in the afternoon to give spells of drizzle and light rain
Rain will clear by mid-evening and it will be dry and cloudy ovrnight
Max Temp = 12 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 06:31
Sunset at 19:49

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Today I met a robot gardener from the future - The Germinator :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI: Joke Toys  

8. TRIVIA
By the fourth century B.C., the Chinese were drilling for natural gas and using it as a heat source, preceding Western natural gas drilling by about 2,300 years.

9. ZEN WISDOM
It is much more valuable to look for the strengths in others—you gain nothing by criticizing people’s imperfections.