THURSDAY 1st MAY 2014 06:25 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (1st May 1944)
In the Arctic...
U-277 sunk by aircraft from RN carrier Fencer

In the Soviet Union...
Stalin order of the day: "The wounded German beast must be pursued and finished off in its lair"
Planning begins for Operation Bagration against German Army Group Centre

In London...
Conference of prime ministers from the British commonwealth nations opens, hosted by Churchill and including Curtin, Mackenzie-King, Fraser, and Smuts 
A military mission sent by Tito arrices from Yugoslavia

In the Mediterranean...
German vessel Siena is sunk by RN submarine Untiring

In the Atlantic...
British vessel Janeta is sunk by U-181  

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Asosan Maru is sunk by USN submarine Bluegill 

USN Task Group 58.7 with seven battleships and ten destroyers bombards Ponape Island by sea and air - aircraft also bomb Satawan Island

In New Guinea...
South of Aitape, Japanese troops withdraw from Kamti village

In China...
Operation Ko-Go (Peking-Hankow Operation): 
Chinese 15th Army and 29th Army unsuccessfully attacking Japanese 12th Army around Hsuchang. Japanese 12th Army captures Hsuchang and clears the surrounding area. 11th Independent Infantry Brigade of Japanese 11th Army begins moving north from Changtaikuan to reopen the Peking-Hankow rail line.

In India...
British 2nd Infantry Division and Japanese 31st Infantry Division are engaged at Kohima

Today's Air Raids...
Ludwigshafen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Belgium Brussels and Liege by US 8th Air Force, military targets by US 9th Air Force
Reims, Troyes, V-Weapons sites and military targets in France by US 8th Air Force
Northern France military targets by US 9th Air Force and V-Weapons sites by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Toulouse, St Ghislain, Malines, Chambly, Lyons and Tours, France by RAF Bomber Command
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Castel Maggiore and Bolzano, Italy by US 15th Air Force
Kriegsmarine transport KT-2 is sunk by Allied aircraft at Genoa
Kriegsmarine corvette UJ-209 (ex Italian Scure) is sunk by Allied aircraft at Venice
Woleai Atoll and Eauriprik Island by US 13th Air Force
Bougainville Island on military targets by US 13th Air Force
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US 13th Air Force
Wewak and Hansa Bay, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
China and Indochina military targets by US 14th Air Force
Angkang and Hengyang Airfields, China by Japanese aircraft
Maymyo, Mandalay, the Mogaung Valley and Yenangyaung, Burma by US 10th Air Force
Imphal, India on military targets by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Meditation/Me Time
Ironing
Online Marketing
Quality Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,732 (down 2)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 2
Unfollowers eliminated = 1
@ebb_Yhuyunhaic1
New followers = 1 
@SuzanneGieseman

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
With Missus returning to work, this is my one day to myself this week, and it will be spent doing usual-type tasks. I don't have any inspiration for any new marketing initiatives, but there's plenty of scope for reviving some old ones. At some point I also need to construct a "Smart-Phone Friendly" version of my website.

Certainly if things do not improve, more severe austerity measures will need to be imposed. However I long-since learned not to panic over nightmare scenarios - taking each day as it comes is the way to live, with your focus on your objectives. In particular I want to press on to achieve an internally silent mind, as I believe this will cause many issues to solve themselves. 

4. QUESTION FOR YOU
Is there a distraction that needs to be eliminated?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Foggy start
Light rain and drizzle throughout the day that will clear by mid-evening
Dry and cloudy thereafter
A moderate north-easterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 9 degC
Min Temp = 6 degC
Sunrise at 05:32
Sunset at 20:37

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
There's no future in time travel. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!   
Mock The Week: Milton Jones on work 

8. TRIVIA
The eight warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998.  

9. ZEN WISDOM
“Thank you” is a miraculous expression. We feel good when we say it, and we feel good when we hear it.