TUESDAY 22nd APRIL 2014 07:57 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (22nd April 1944)
In the Black Sea...
Rumanian vessel Ossag is sunk by Soviet aircraft 

In Germany...
Mussolini meets with Hitler 

In the North Sea...
German vessel Bahia is sunk by Free Norwegian submarine Ula 

In Yugoslavia...
Partisans capture Korcula Island

Off Corsica...
Kriegsmarine light forces bombard Bastia

In the Atlantic...
U-311 is sunk by RCN frigates Swansea and Matane 

In the Pacific...
US forces occupy Ujelang Atoll unopposed

Japanese vessel Suiten Maru is sunk by USN PB4Y aircraft off the Caroline Islands 

Four Japanese cargo ships are sunk by patrolling US 14th Air Force aircraft in the South China Sea

In New Guinea...
USN Task Force 77 lands 163rd Infantry Regiment of US 41st Infantry Division at Aitape, and Humboldt Bay south of Hollandia, and US 24th Infantry Division at Tanahmerah Bay 

In China...
Operation Ko-Go (Peking-Hankow Operation): Japanese 12th Army captures Chenghsien and Weichuan and advances toward Hsuchang

In Burma...
Chindit columns destroy Japanese installations, supplies, and transportation in the Indaw area 

In India...
British 2nd Infantry Division and Japanese 31st Infantry Division engaged at Kohima
Japanese forces abandon attacks around Shenam Pass southeast of Imphal

In the Indian Ocean...
Japanese vessel Hokuan I-Go is sunk by RN submarine Taurus 

Todays Air Raids...
Hamm and military targets in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Dusseldorf, Brunswick and Mannheim by RAF Bomber Command
Belgium on rail yards by US 9th Air Force
Northern France V-Weapons sites by US 9th Air Force and RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Laon, France by RAF Bomber Command
Wotje Atoll, Jaluit Atoll, Mille Atoll, and Maloelap Atoll by US 7th Air Force 
Truk Atoll by US 13th Air Force
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US 13th Air Force
Imphal and Kohima, India on Japanese positions by US 10th Air Force
Imphal, India on British positions by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The milk run 
Client prep session and follow up
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,735 (down 2)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 2
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers = 0 

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Easter Monday went exactly according to plan - some time for me first thing then entertaining Missus in front of the TV thereafter. To be honest I was kinda climbing the walls somewhat by the time we went to bed, but I felt good about making her happy. My life is about making a difference and being there for the loved ones, and I certainly did that.

All being well, the distraction of a client today will give me a challenge to get the blood flowing.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you making the difference you want to make?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Rain all morning, breaking up into showers in the afternoon
Rain will clear away in the later evening and it will be dry and cloudy overnight
A moderate north-easterly will swing south-easterly in the afternoon and ease.
Max Temp = 11 degC
Min Temp = 8 degC
Sunrise at 05:51
Sunset at 20:21

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!     
You have been watching: on Danny Dyer

8. TRIVIA
Hernán Cortés and his men brought with them European diseases—such as smallpox, measles, and tuberculosis—for which the Aztecs had no natural resistance. The native population fell from 25 million to less than two million within a century.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Only by overcoming life’s problems and obstacles can we become truly strong. If everything always goes smoothly, we will grow complacent and be unable to build a solid foundation for our lives. Only by experiencing suffering ourselves can we understand the suffering of others and deepen our compassion.