Read my book - ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
Also available - EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
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TO FIND OUT WHAT I DO, CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE
1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (31st January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front is attacking German 4th Army
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front besieging Posen, captures Zehden, and attacks around Kustrin and Kienitz
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front is still fighting in and around Budapest
U-3520, German vessel Memel and hospital ship Berlin are sunk by mines during refugee evacuation operations in the Baltic
North Sea...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-382 is sunk by Norwegian MTB-715 off Ravnefjord
Germany...
Wernher von Braun and the remaining rocket research and development staff at Peenemunde are ordered to begin evacuating to central Germany
Gordon Gollob replaces Adolf Galland as chief of Luftwaffe fighter forces
Sepp Dietrich's 6th Panzer Army is redesignated 6th SS Panzer Army
General Franz Halder, already imprisoned, is formally dismissed from the German Army
On the Western Front...
US 9th Army captures Kesternich and Imgenbroich and makes contact with US 1st Army at Widdau
US 1st Army attacks around Monschau Forest, Rocherath, Buchholz Forest, and Neuhof
US 3rd Army captures Andler, Schonberg, Amelscheid, Heuem, Alzerath, Laudesfeld, Elcherath, Weppler, Auel, and Heckhalenfeld
US 7th Army opens attacks around Oberhoffen and Drusenheim
French 1st Army attacks around Horbourg, Durrentzen, Beltenzenheim, and the outskirts of Colmar
London...
The Czechoslovakian
government-in-exile of Edvard Benes in London recognizes the Soviet-backed
Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland, aka Lublin Committee
Malta...
The Malta Conference is joined by Presidential advisor Harry Hopkins
In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Enki Maru is sunk and Taietsu Maru run aground by USN submarine Boarfish off Indochina
US 6th Army continues pushing toward Manila on Luzon
Operation Mike 6:
USN Task Group 78.2 lands US 11th Airborne Division south of Manila Bay near Nasugbu on Luzon - 187th Infantry Regiment
and 188th Glider Infantry Regiment advance to Wawa and Lian south of Manila
A detachment of US 8th Army completes the clearing of Poro Island in the Camotes Islands
USN sub chaser PC-1129 is sunk by Japanese demolition craft off the Philippines
China...
Hunan-Kwangtung-Kiangsi operations:
27th Infantry Division of Japanese 20th Army captures Suichuan
Burma...
British 14th Army attacks around Sagaing
Japanese Matsu Detachment counterattacks Indian 15th Corps around Kangaw
Indian Ocean...
Japanese vessel No. 4 Kiri Maru is sunk by a mine off Burma
Today's Air Raids...
Vienna and Graz, Austria by US 15th Air Force
Maribor, Yugoslavia by US 15th Air Force
Northern Italy on transportation routes and military targets by US 12th Air Force
Formosa by US FEAF - one Japanese destroyer is sunk and two are damaged
Iwo Jima by US 7th Air Force
Pinghan, China by US 14th Air Force
Namlan and Japanese positions and supply dumps around Na-mawtawng, Tawkut, Mong Long, Hsipaw, Hsenwi, and Namhpakka, Burma by US 10th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Me Time
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
TV Footie
Twitter Followers = 1,857 (no change)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers = 0
Spammers not followed back = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Insufficient meditation (due to an untypical week) has been showing itself in a struggle to focus. On the plus side however, my mood has been very settled and I'm delighted with my progress!
I now fully appreciate that if I want to keep my mind in a healthy place, both meditation and the right techniques are essential! Today my focus is very much on focus itself, and keeping it on my goals and intentions rather circumstances past and present. A calmer mood is definitely helping and worth the sacrifice of sugar, which I am increasingly convinced is the cause of a lifetime of intense mood swings.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How well do you understand yourself?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout with some sunshine in the later afternoon
A cold moderate to strong north-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 3 degC at noon
Min Temp = -1 degC at 10pm
Sunrise at 07:56
Sunset at 16:46
Weathertrack: A depression in the North Sea will drive Arctic air and snow showers across Britain
Air Pressure: 978 millibars and rising
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Just waited ages for a milky coffee in Starbucks - ah well, better latte than never :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Cristina Rad - God's Top 10 Biggest Screw-Ups
8. TRIVIA
Birth order can influence whether a marriage succeeds or fails. Statistically, the most
successful marriages are those where the oldest sister of brothers
marries the youngest brother of sisters. Two firstborns, however,
tend to be more aggressive and can create higher levels of tension.
The highest divorce rates are when an only child marries another only
child.
9. ZEN WISDOM
The fortitude to fight on through to the very end—this strength is not
only the basis of happiness, it is also the force by which social wrongs
can be righted.
Saturday, 31 January 2015
Thursday, 29 January 2015
FRIDAY 30th JANUARY 2015 06:58 GMT
Read my book - ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (30th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Kriegsmarine cruiser Prinz Eugen, two destroyers, and five torpedo boats provide naval gunfire support as XXVIII Korps of German 4th Army attacks from the Cranz bridgehead toward Koenigsberg
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front is attacking German 4th Army
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front besieging Posen and attacking around Stolzenberg, Calau, Schweibus, and Zorndorf
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front captures Steinau
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front is engaged around Budapest
Kriegsmarine vessel Wilhelm Gustloff sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 during refugee evacuation operations in the Baltic - approximately 9343 people are lost but survivors are picked up by several Kriegsmarine vessels
Germany...
Hitler makes his final radio speech
U-30 is decommissioned
On the Western Front...
US 9th Army attacks around Kesternich, Huppenbroich, and Eicherscheid
US 1st Army attacks around Rohren, Alzen, Wirtzfeld, Krinkelt, Rocherath, Honsfeld, Hunningen, Muerringen, Elmerscheid, and Lanzerath
US 3rd Army attacking around Andler, Schonberg, Rodgen, Heuem, Lommersweiler, Hemmeres, Steffeshausen, Auel, and Steinkopf
French 1st Army attacking around Bischwihr, Wihr-en-Plaine, Muntzenheim, Fortschwihr, Urschenheim, Jebsheim, and Illhaeusern
Malta...
US and British political and military leaders meet at the Malta conference
In the Pacific...
IJN guardboat No. 2 Hokoku Maru is sunk by USN destroyer Burns off Ojae
Japanese vessel No. 12 Taisei Maru is sunk by RN submarine Tantalus in the South China Sea
Japanese vessel Issei Maru is sunk by USN submarine Threadfin off Honshu
Operation Mike 7:
USN Task Group 78.3 lands elements of US 38th Infantry Division on Grande Island in Subic Bay with naval and air support, but the landing is unopposed
US 6th Army captures Fort Stotsenburg, Talavera, Subic, and Olongapo on Luzon
US 8th Army continues mopping up operations on Leyte Island
China...
General Wedemeyer orders his officers not to negotiate support for Mao's troops
Burma...
British 14th Army attacking Japanese positions at Kabwet - Japanese forces withdraw overnight
Today's Air Raids...
Stadlandet, Norway by RN aircraft from RN escort carriers Campania and Nairana
Northern Italy on transportation lines, supply depots, and other targets by US 12th Air Force
Celebes Island by RAAF aircraft
Iwo Jima by US 7th Air Force
Hankow, China by US 14th Air Force
Burma on Japanese positions, supply depots, and other targets around Kutkai, Bawgyo, Hamngai, Namhsan, Naleng, Pangsari, Hsenwi, and Wengnan
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Client follow-up
Me Time
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV Comedy Night
Twitter Followers = 1,857 (up 1)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers = 1
Untraced
Spammers not followed back = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
The predicted smooth week wasn't as smooth as predicted! On the other hand my reactions were cool and collected, and that is an important objective achieved - to focus not on what the circumstances are but on my reactions to them. My ultimate aim is to experience the calm I'm feeling now regardless of circumstances by having focus in the right place.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you in full control of your own mind?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Mainly dry and cold - some sunny intervals and isolated sleet late afternoon
A cold north-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 2 degC at 2pm
Min Temp = -2 degC at 7am
Sunrise at 07:57
Sunset at 16:44
Weathertrack: A large depression west of Norway will drive Arctic air and snow showers across Britain
Air Pressure: 971 millibars and rising slightly
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
My dyslexia has just hit a new owl. :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Graham Norton Show - James McAvoy’s Outrageous Audition Escape
8. TRIVIA
Venice introduced the gold ducat in 1284 and it became the most popular gold coin in the world for the next 500 years. Ducat is Latin for “duke.” It is the currency used in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and is referenced in The Merchant of Venice. In his song “I Ain’t the One,” rapper Ice Cube sings that “he’s getting juiced for his ducats.” The ducat is also used in the “Babylon 5” sci-fi series as the name of the Centauri race’s money.
9. ZEN WISDOM
A person who cannot genuinely empathize with others can never excel as a leader. So much of what ails society today is the result of too many people in leadership positions who do not or cannot identify with the plight of their fellow men and women.
Also available - EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
WISDOM, HUMOUR, AND LOTS OF OTHER INTERESTING STUFF CAN BE FOUND ON MY PINTEREST PAGE and FACEBOOK PAGE
TO FIND OUT WHAT I DO, CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE
1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (30th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Kriegsmarine cruiser Prinz Eugen, two destroyers, and five torpedo boats provide naval gunfire support as XXVIII Korps of German 4th Army attacks from the Cranz bridgehead toward Koenigsberg
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front is attacking German 4th Army
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front besieging Posen and attacking around Stolzenberg, Calau, Schweibus, and Zorndorf
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front captures Steinau
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front is engaged around Budapest
Kriegsmarine vessel Wilhelm Gustloff sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 during refugee evacuation operations in the Baltic - approximately 9343 people are lost but survivors are picked up by several Kriegsmarine vessels
Germany...
Hitler makes his final radio speech
U-30 is decommissioned
On the Western Front...
US 9th Army attacks around Kesternich, Huppenbroich, and Eicherscheid
US 1st Army attacks around Rohren, Alzen, Wirtzfeld, Krinkelt, Rocherath, Honsfeld, Hunningen, Muerringen, Elmerscheid, and Lanzerath
US 3rd Army attacking around Andler, Schonberg, Rodgen, Heuem, Lommersweiler, Hemmeres, Steffeshausen, Auel, and Steinkopf
French 1st Army attacking around Bischwihr, Wihr-en-Plaine, Muntzenheim, Fortschwihr, Urschenheim, Jebsheim, and Illhaeusern
Malta...
US and British political and military leaders meet at the Malta conference
In the Pacific...
IJN guardboat No. 2 Hokoku Maru is sunk by USN destroyer Burns off Ojae
Japanese vessel No. 12 Taisei Maru is sunk by RN submarine Tantalus in the South China Sea
Japanese vessel Issei Maru is sunk by USN submarine Threadfin off Honshu
Operation Mike 7:
USN Task Group 78.3 lands elements of US 38th Infantry Division on Grande Island in Subic Bay with naval and air support, but the landing is unopposed
US 6th Army captures Fort Stotsenburg, Talavera, Subic, and Olongapo on Luzon
US 8th Army continues mopping up operations on Leyte Island
China...
General Wedemeyer orders his officers not to negotiate support for Mao's troops
Burma...
British 14th Army attacking Japanese positions at Kabwet - Japanese forces withdraw overnight
Today's Air Raids...
Stadlandet, Norway by RN aircraft from RN escort carriers Campania and Nairana
Northern Italy on transportation lines, supply depots, and other targets by US 12th Air Force
Celebes Island by RAAF aircraft
Iwo Jima by US 7th Air Force
Hankow, China by US 14th Air Force
Burma on Japanese positions, supply depots, and other targets around Kutkai, Bawgyo, Hamngai, Namhsan, Naleng, Pangsari, Hsenwi, and Wengnan
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Client follow-up
Me Time
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV Comedy Night
Twitter Followers = 1,857 (up 1)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers = 1
Untraced
Spammers not followed back = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
The predicted smooth week wasn't as smooth as predicted! On the other hand my reactions were cool and collected, and that is an important objective achieved - to focus not on what the circumstances are but on my reactions to them. My ultimate aim is to experience the calm I'm feeling now regardless of circumstances by having focus in the right place.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you in full control of your own mind?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Mainly dry and cold - some sunny intervals and isolated sleet late afternoon
A cold north-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 2 degC at 2pm
Min Temp = -2 degC at 7am
Sunrise at 07:57
Sunset at 16:44
Weathertrack: A large depression west of Norway will drive Arctic air and snow showers across Britain
Air Pressure: 971 millibars and rising slightly
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
My dyslexia has just hit a new owl. :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Graham Norton Show - James McAvoy’s Outrageous Audition Escape
8. TRIVIA
Venice introduced the gold ducat in 1284 and it became the most popular gold coin in the world for the next 500 years. Ducat is Latin for “duke.” It is the currency used in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and is referenced in The Merchant of Venice. In his song “I Ain’t the One,” rapper Ice Cube sings that “he’s getting juiced for his ducats.” The ducat is also used in the “Babylon 5” sci-fi series as the name of the Centauri race’s money.
9. ZEN WISDOM
A person who cannot genuinely empathize with others can never excel as a leader. So much of what ails society today is the result of too many people in leadership positions who do not or cannot identify with the plight of their fellow men and women.
THURSDAY 29th JANUARY 2015 11:02 GMT
Read my book - ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
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TO FIND OUT WHAT I DO, CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE
1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (29th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Kriegsmarine cruiser Prinz Eugen, two destroyers, and five torpedo boats provide naval gunfire support as XXVIII Korps of German 4th Army attacks from the Cranz bridgehead toward Koenigsberg
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front is fighting its way into Koenigsberg - U-763 is heavily damaged by supporting Soviet aircraft and scuttled
German 4th Army's attacks are fought to a standstill by Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front is clearing Upper Silesia
German and Hungarian forces counterattack around Budapest
Kriegsmarine escort vessel F-5 is sunk by mine during refugee evacuation operations
German vessel Henry Lutgens is sunk by uncertain cause, possibly a mine
German vessel Borbek is sunk by Soviet submarine SC-303 and aircraft
North Sea...
Kriegsmarine destroyers Z-34 and Z-38 depart Bergen, Norway in another attempt to reach Germany
Kriegsmarine S-boats conduct minelaying operations off the Humber overnight
Germany...
General Manstein, currently without a command, is unceremoniously rebuffed when he attempts to meet with Hitler
On the Western Front...
US 1st Army captures Buellingen, Wereth, Holzheim, and Medendorf
US 3rd Army captures Schlierbach, Setz, Elcherath, Welchenhausen, Stupbach, and Kalborn
The Kriegsmarine launches 15 Biber one-man submarines against Allied shipping in the Scheldt estuary but without success
Malta...Admiral Ernest J. King arrives by air from the US via Bermuda and Casablanca
In the Pacific...
USN vessel Serpens destroyed by unknown explosion during loading operations at Guadalcanal, killing 196 crewmen and 57 troops
USN Task Group 78.3 lands XI Corps of US 6th Army unopposed near San Antonio, northwest of Subic Bay, on Luzon Island
US 5th Air Force HQ moves from Leyte Island to Mindoro Island
Japanese vessel Clyde Maru is sunk by USN submarine Picuda in the Formosa Straits
Burma...
Chinese 38th Infantry Division is clearing Japanese pockets along the Burma Road near the Chinese border
British 14th Army attacks Japanese positions at Kabwet
Today's Air Raids...
Kassel and rail targets in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Krefeld and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Celebes Island by RAAF aircraft
Sumatra oil facilities by RN aircraft from RN Pacific Fleet
Heito Airfield, Formosa by US FEAF
Iwo Jima by US 7th and 20th Air Forces
China Japanese positions, transportation lines, and other targets at multiple locations by US 14th Air Force
Burma Aungban and Heho, Japanese positions around Namhkai and military targets by US 10th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
The Milk Run
Blogging
Ironing
Making lunch
Client Prep, sessions and follow-up
Online Promotional work
Missus Time
Me Time
Twitter Followers = 1,856 (up 2)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers = 2
Untraced
Spammers not followed back = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I'm reasonably pleased with my reaction to minor frustrations. Bradford, gridlocked by a few inches of snow, disrupted our evening routine then I've had issues with Blogger AND JustUnfollow. I've just unfollowed JustUnfollow and replaced it with unfollowers.com, but the Blogger issue is due to repetitive copying-over, which buggers up the HTML over time, so it means that every now and again I have to set up this blog from scratch.
The weather/traffic may also bugger up my client appointments today! In all this I have successfully focused on my responses rather than the circumstances - progress!
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you responding to adversity in the way that you would like?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Snow showers will finally peter out in the evening but will briefly return for a few hours overnight
A moderate westerly or north westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 1 degC at midday
Min Temp = 0 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 07:59
Sunset at 16:42
Weathertrack: A large depression west of Norway will drive Arctic air and snow showers across Britain
Air Pressure: 983 millibars and falling
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
This is your captain speaking. AND THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN PANICKING!!
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Late Late Show - Richard Ayoade
8. TRIVIA
When a family cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would mourn by shaving off their eyebrows. They also held elaborate funerals during which they drank wine and beat their breasts. The cat was embalmed with a sculpted wooden mask and the tiny mummy was placed in the family tomb or in a pet cemetery with tiny mummies of mice.
9. ZEN WISDOM
Dig beneath your feet, there you will find a spring. The place where you are now is crucial. Never try to avoid that which you must do.
Also available - EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
WISDOM, HUMOUR, AND LOTS OF OTHER INTERESTING STUFF CAN BE FOUND ON MY PINTEREST PAGE and FACEBOOK PAGE
TO FIND OUT WHAT I DO, CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE
1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (29th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Kriegsmarine cruiser Prinz Eugen, two destroyers, and five torpedo boats provide naval gunfire support as XXVIII Korps of German 4th Army attacks from the Cranz bridgehead toward Koenigsberg
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front is fighting its way into Koenigsberg - U-763 is heavily damaged by supporting Soviet aircraft and scuttled
German 4th Army's attacks are fought to a standstill by Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front is clearing Upper Silesia
German and Hungarian forces counterattack around Budapest
Kriegsmarine escort vessel F-5 is sunk by mine during refugee evacuation operations
German vessel Henry Lutgens is sunk by uncertain cause, possibly a mine
German vessel Borbek is sunk by Soviet submarine SC-303 and aircraft
North Sea...
Kriegsmarine destroyers Z-34 and Z-38 depart Bergen, Norway in another attempt to reach Germany
Kriegsmarine S-boats conduct minelaying operations off the Humber overnight
Germany...
General Manstein, currently without a command, is unceremoniously rebuffed when he attempts to meet with Hitler
On the Western Front...
US 1st Army captures Buellingen, Wereth, Holzheim, and Medendorf
US 3rd Army captures Schlierbach, Setz, Elcherath, Welchenhausen, Stupbach, and Kalborn
The Kriegsmarine launches 15 Biber one-man submarines against Allied shipping in the Scheldt estuary but without success
Malta...Admiral Ernest J. King arrives by air from the US via Bermuda and Casablanca
In the Pacific...
USN vessel Serpens destroyed by unknown explosion during loading operations at Guadalcanal, killing 196 crewmen and 57 troops
USN Task Group 78.3 lands XI Corps of US 6th Army unopposed near San Antonio, northwest of Subic Bay, on Luzon Island
US 5th Air Force HQ moves from Leyte Island to Mindoro Island
Japanese vessel Clyde Maru is sunk by USN submarine Picuda in the Formosa Straits
Burma...
Chinese 38th Infantry Division is clearing Japanese pockets along the Burma Road near the Chinese border
British 14th Army attacks Japanese positions at Kabwet
Today's Air Raids...
Kassel and rail targets in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Krefeld and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Celebes Island by RAAF aircraft
Sumatra oil facilities by RN aircraft from RN Pacific Fleet
Heito Airfield, Formosa by US FEAF
Iwo Jima by US 7th and 20th Air Forces
China Japanese positions, transportation lines, and other targets at multiple locations by US 14th Air Force
Burma Aungban and Heho, Japanese positions around Namhkai and military targets by US 10th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
The Milk Run
Blogging
Ironing
Making lunch
Client Prep, sessions and follow-up
Online Promotional work
Missus Time
Me Time
Twitter Followers = 1,856 (up 2)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers = 2
Untraced
Spammers not followed back = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I'm reasonably pleased with my reaction to minor frustrations. Bradford, gridlocked by a few inches of snow, disrupted our evening routine then I've had issues with Blogger AND JustUnfollow. I've just unfollowed JustUnfollow and replaced it with unfollowers.com, but the Blogger issue is due to repetitive copying-over, which buggers up the HTML over time, so it means that every now and again I have to set up this blog from scratch.
The weather/traffic may also bugger up my client appointments today! In all this I have successfully focused on my responses rather than the circumstances - progress!
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you responding to adversity in the way that you would like?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Snow showers will finally peter out in the evening but will briefly return for a few hours overnight
A moderate westerly or north westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 1 degC at midday
Min Temp = 0 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 07:59
Sunset at 16:42
Weathertrack: A large depression west of Norway will drive Arctic air and snow showers across Britain
Air Pressure: 983 millibars and falling
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
This is your captain speaking. AND THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN PANICKING!!
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Late Late Show - Richard Ayoade
8. TRIVIA
When a family cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would mourn by shaving off their eyebrows. They also held elaborate funerals during which they drank wine and beat their breasts. The cat was embalmed with a sculpted wooden mask and the tiny mummy was placed in the family tomb or in a pet cemetery with tiny mummies of mice.
9. ZEN WISDOM
Dig beneath your feet, there you will find a spring. The place where you are now is crucial. Never try to avoid that which you must do.
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
WEDNESDAY 28th JANUARY 2015 07:04 GMT
Read my book - ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
Also available - EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
WISDOM, HUMOUR, AND LOTS OF OTHER INTERESTING STUFF CAN BE FOUND ON MY PINTEREST PAGE and FACEBOOK PAGE
TO FIND OUT WHAT I DO, CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE and FAN PAGE
1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (28th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front attacks around Koenigsberg and captures Bischofsberg and Sensberg
German 4th Army attacks 48th Army of Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front in an attempt to break out from encirclement
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front attacks around Sepolno and Meseritz and besieges Posen
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front captures Katowice and Leszno, and repulses counterattacks by XXIV Panzer Korps and Grossdeutschland Panzer Korps
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front clears Margit Island in the Danube
Danish vessel Viborg is sunk by Soviet submarine K-51
Berlin...Quisling meets with Hitler
Hitler orders Volkssturm units deployed at the front
On the Western Front...General Johannes Blaskowitz takes command of German Army Group H
US 1st Army opens new attacks towards the West Wall and Euskirchen
US 3rd Army is clearing the west bank of the Our River and advancing east
North Sea...RN cruisers Diadem and Mauritius intercept Kriegsmarine destroyers Z-31, Z-34, and Z-38 as they attempt to transfer to the Baltic. Z-31 is damaged and the attempt abandoned
In the Atlantic...New carrier USS Antietam is comissioned but will not be fully fitted out until March
In the Pacific...US 6th Army is engaged around Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg on Luzon
Japanese vessel Sanuki Maru and IJN escort vessel Kumesunk are sunk by USN submarine Spadefish
China...Hunan-Kwangtung-Kiangsi operations:
27th Infantry Division of Japanese 20th Army captures Suichuan airfield
First US-Chinese convoy from India crosses the border from Burma into China
Chiang Kai-shek renames the Burma Road the Stilwell Road
Burma...British 14th Army attacks Japanese positions at Kabwet with strong air support
Today's Air Raids...Cologne, Kaiserstuhl, Gneisenau oil refinery, Hohenbuberg, Duisburg and targets of opportunity in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Cologne, Stuttgart and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
San Michelle all'Adige, Milan, Pavia, Cremona, Nervesa della Battiglia, Treviso, Genoa, Padua, and Lake Maggiore, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Celebes Island by RAAF aircraft
Sumatra oil facilities by RN aircraft from RN Pacific Fleet, claiming 60 Japanese aircraft destroyed in the air and on the ground - A Japanese counter-raid is repulsed with all 12 bombers shot down
Iwo Jima by US 7th Air Force
Transportation targets around Wuhu, Sinyang, Linfen, Sinsiang, Hantan, Loyang, and Pinghan, China by US 14th Air Force fighters
Japanese positions, supply dumps, and other targets around Namsangsok, Namlan, Pangmakmo, Wengnan, Kutkai, and Mu-lwat, Burma by US 10th Air Force fighters
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Meditation
Online promotional work
Missus Time
Me Time
Twitter Followers = 1,854 (no change)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers followed back = 0
Spammers not followed back = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Making a few simple changes will hopefully mean that I will be somewhat more time-efficient from this point! I am at a point in life where time seems to pass at breakneck speed. I know better than to struggle and fret about this fact. I need to do the opposite and relax.
Now more than ever it is critically important for me to calm my mind and minimize unnecessary thought. As my body declines and all processes slow down, this means that everything relative to my mind speeds up. Consciousness itself however is outside of time so I can still savour the life experience if I am not fogged up with excess internal distraction.
The absence of excess sugar from my diet has certainly stabilized mood, which is essential if I am to clear my mind. If I do not want the final third of this life experience to pass by in a high-speed blur, a still mind is essential.
With mind and body growing increasingly fragile from this point, it is now very important to look after them, giving them both adequate rest and workouts to make the most difference with them.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you doing everything necessary to make your life fulfilling?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry but windy in the early morning
Heavy rain arrives by dawn
Rain will ease over the morning but there will be a sharp drop in temperature
By late morning, rain will have turned to snow which will fall heavily at times and persist falling into the night
A strong westerly will ease in the afternoon
Max Temp = 7 degC at 7am
Min Temp = 0 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 08:01
Sunset at 16:40
Weathertrack: A cold front will cross Britain bringing in cold Arctic air, strong winds and snow behind it.
Air Pressure: 999 millibars and falling
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Don’t be ashamed of who you are. That’s your parents' job :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Al Murray on Britain and other nations
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
One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact.
Also available - EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
WISDOM, HUMOUR, AND LOTS OF OTHER INTERESTING STUFF CAN BE FOUND ON MY PINTEREST PAGE and FACEBOOK PAGE
TO FIND OUT WHAT I DO, CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE and FAN PAGE
1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (28th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front attacks around Koenigsberg and captures Bischofsberg and Sensberg
German 4th Army attacks 48th Army of Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front in an attempt to break out from encirclement
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front attacks around Sepolno and Meseritz and besieges Posen
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front captures Katowice and Leszno, and repulses counterattacks by XXIV Panzer Korps and Grossdeutschland Panzer Korps
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front clears Margit Island in the Danube
Danish vessel Viborg is sunk by Soviet submarine K-51
Berlin...Quisling meets with Hitler
Hitler orders Volkssturm units deployed at the front
On the Western Front...General Johannes Blaskowitz takes command of German Army Group H
US 1st Army opens new attacks towards the West Wall and Euskirchen
US 3rd Army is clearing the west bank of the Our River and advancing east
North Sea...RN cruisers Diadem and Mauritius intercept Kriegsmarine destroyers Z-31, Z-34, and Z-38 as they attempt to transfer to the Baltic. Z-31 is damaged and the attempt abandoned
In the Atlantic...New carrier USS Antietam is comissioned but will not be fully fitted out until March
In the Pacific...US 6th Army is engaged around Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg on Luzon
Japanese vessel Sanuki Maru and IJN escort vessel Kumesunk are sunk by USN submarine Spadefish
China...Hunan-Kwangtung-Kiangsi operations:
27th Infantry Division of Japanese 20th Army captures Suichuan airfield
First US-Chinese convoy from India crosses the border from Burma into China
Chiang Kai-shek renames the Burma Road the Stilwell Road
Burma...British 14th Army attacks Japanese positions at Kabwet with strong air support
Today's Air Raids...Cologne, Kaiserstuhl, Gneisenau oil refinery, Hohenbuberg, Duisburg and targets of opportunity in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Cologne, Stuttgart and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
San Michelle all'Adige, Milan, Pavia, Cremona, Nervesa della Battiglia, Treviso, Genoa, Padua, and Lake Maggiore, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Celebes Island by RAAF aircraft
Sumatra oil facilities by RN aircraft from RN Pacific Fleet, claiming 60 Japanese aircraft destroyed in the air and on the ground - A Japanese counter-raid is repulsed with all 12 bombers shot down
Iwo Jima by US 7th Air Force
Transportation targets around Wuhu, Sinyang, Linfen, Sinsiang, Hantan, Loyang, and Pinghan, China by US 14th Air Force fighters
Japanese positions, supply dumps, and other targets around Namsangsok, Namlan, Pangmakmo, Wengnan, Kutkai, and Mu-lwat, Burma by US 10th Air Force fighters
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Meditation
Online promotional work
Missus Time
Me Time
Twitter Followers = 1,854 (no change)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers followed back = 0
Spammers not followed back = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Making a few simple changes will hopefully mean that I will be somewhat more time-efficient from this point! I am at a point in life where time seems to pass at breakneck speed. I know better than to struggle and fret about this fact. I need to do the opposite and relax.
Now more than ever it is critically important for me to calm my mind and minimize unnecessary thought. As my body declines and all processes slow down, this means that everything relative to my mind speeds up. Consciousness itself however is outside of time so I can still savour the life experience if I am not fogged up with excess internal distraction.
The absence of excess sugar from my diet has certainly stabilized mood, which is essential if I am to clear my mind. If I do not want the final third of this life experience to pass by in a high-speed blur, a still mind is essential.
With mind and body growing increasingly fragile from this point, it is now very important to look after them, giving them both adequate rest and workouts to make the most difference with them.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you doing everything necessary to make your life fulfilling?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry but windy in the early morning
Heavy rain arrives by dawn
Rain will ease over the morning but there will be a sharp drop in temperature
By late morning, rain will have turned to snow which will fall heavily at times and persist falling into the night
A strong westerly will ease in the afternoon
Max Temp = 7 degC at 7am
Min Temp = 0 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 08:01
Sunset at 16:40
Weathertrack: A cold front will cross Britain bringing in cold Arctic air, strong winds and snow behind it.
Air Pressure: 999 millibars and falling
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Don’t be ashamed of who you are. That’s your parents' job :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Al Murray on Britain and other nations
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
One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact.
TUESDAY 27th JANUARY 2015 10:21 GMT
Read my book - ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
Also available - EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
WISDOM, HUMOUR, AND LOTS OF OTHER INTERESTING STUFF CAN BE FOUND ON MY PINTEREST PAGE and FACEBOOK PAGE
TO FIND OUT WHAT I DO, CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE and FAN PAGE
1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (27th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Baltic Front captures Memel - all Lithuania now liberated
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front encircles Koenigsberg
German 4th Army attacks 48th Army of Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front in an effort to break out from encirclement
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front attacks around Thorn
Soviet forces liberate Auschwitz
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front attacks into Rybnik and around Breslau
German 17th Army is evacuating the Kattowitz pocket
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front is still attacking besieged Budapest
German 6th Army attacks Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front around Lake Balaton
On the Western Front...
US 9th and 1st Armies adjust their demarcation boundaries
US 1st Army attacks around Bois de St.Vith
US 3rd Army clears the west bank of the Our River and advances into Luxembourg
US 7th Army is engaged around Schweighausen and Chateau Salins
French 1st Army attacks around Jebsheim, Holtzwihr, and Wickerswihr
France...
Author Charles Maurras sentenced to life imprisonment for collaboration with Germans
Irish Sea...
Norwegian vessel Solor is written off by U-825
U-1172 sunk with all hands by RN frigates Bligh, Keats, and Tyler
In the Pacific...
Admiral Nimitz opens a new Commander-in-Chief Pacific HQ on Guam
Admiral "Bull" Halsey departs by air for Pearl Harbor and the United States, on leave until May
IJN auxiliary minesweeper Wa-102 is sunk by USN submarine Bergall off the East Indies
US 6th Army continues attacking toward Clark Field and Manila on Luzon
China...
Chiang Kai-shek insists US officials must not negotiate with Mao's communists
The Japanese lose two vessels to mines in the Yangtze River
The last remaining US 20th Air Force B-29 bombers based at Chengtu transfer to India due to the Japanese advance and logistical difficulties
Burma...
Chinese 38th Infantry Division advances up Burma Road and links up with Chinese Y Force on the Salween Front, opening the land route from India to China
A Follow-up force of Indian 36th Infantry Brigade lands on Cheduba Island
Today's Air Raids...
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
Northern Italy on transportation lines, supply depots, and military targets by US 12th Air Force fighters
Maug Island by US 20th Air Force
Celebes Island by RAAF fighters
Iwo Jima by US 7th Air Force
Saigon, Indochina by US 20th Air Force
China on transportation targets around Sinsiang, Kihsien, Nanking, Taiyuan, Puchou, and Yiyang by US 14th Air Force fighters
Irrawaddy River Bridges, Burma by Japanese aircraft
Burma on Japanese positions, supply depots, and targets of opportunity around Man Kyan, Kuinkuiloi, Hohkun, Pongalau, Hsenwi, Kutkai, Hsatong, Ping hoi, Ho-mong, Padon, Bawgyo, and Kyaung-hen by US 10th Air Force fighters
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Online promotional work
Quality Missus Time
Meditation
Me Time
Twitter Followers = 1,854 (no change)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers followed back = 0
Spammers not followed back = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
My schedule has been difficult to keep to of late due Tivo and Tumblr! I don't want to ditch either of these but perhaps first thing in the morning is not the best time to indulge them. A reshuffle is needed where I do some advance blogging and/or Tumblr later in the day, freeing up more time in the morning.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
When was the last time you sat down and properly reviewed what you were doing and why?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, cool and cloudy throughout
A moderate westerly wind will swing south-westerly in the evening
Max Temp = 6 degC at 4pm
Min Temp = 4 degC at 10pm
Sunrise at 08:02
Sunset at 16:38
Weathertrack: High pressure over Britain will gradually move away east allowing weather fronts to arrive tomorrow
Air Pressure: 1027 millibars and falling
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Maybe she's born with it - maybe it's photoshop
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI - WW2 RAF fighter pilots
8. TRIVIA
Gay teens are three times more likely than heterosexual teens to report having been bullied. In contrast, gay teens were about 80% less likely than heterosexuals to say they had bullied someone else.
9. ZEN WISDOM
When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives also expand. Actions to benefit others are not separate from actions to benefit oneself. Our lives and the lives of others are ultimately inseparable.
Also available - EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
WISDOM, HUMOUR, AND LOTS OF OTHER INTERESTING STUFF CAN BE FOUND ON MY PINTEREST PAGE and FACEBOOK PAGE
TO FIND OUT WHAT I DO, CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE and FAN PAGE
1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (27th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Baltic Front captures Memel - all Lithuania now liberated
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front encircles Koenigsberg
German 4th Army attacks 48th Army of Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front in an effort to break out from encirclement
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front attacks around Thorn
Soviet forces liberate Auschwitz
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front attacks into Rybnik and around Breslau
German 17th Army is evacuating the Kattowitz pocket
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front is still attacking besieged Budapest
German 6th Army attacks Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front around Lake Balaton
On the Western Front...
US 9th and 1st Armies adjust their demarcation boundaries
US 1st Army attacks around Bois de St.Vith
US 3rd Army clears the west bank of the Our River and advances into Luxembourg
US 7th Army is engaged around Schweighausen and Chateau Salins
French 1st Army attacks around Jebsheim, Holtzwihr, and Wickerswihr
France...
Author Charles Maurras sentenced to life imprisonment for collaboration with Germans
Irish Sea...
Norwegian vessel Solor is written off by U-825
U-1172 sunk with all hands by RN frigates Bligh, Keats, and Tyler
In the Pacific...
Admiral Nimitz opens a new Commander-in-Chief Pacific HQ on Guam
Admiral "Bull" Halsey departs by air for Pearl Harbor and the United States, on leave until May
IJN auxiliary minesweeper Wa-102 is sunk by USN submarine Bergall off the East Indies
US 6th Army continues attacking toward Clark Field and Manila on Luzon
China...
Chiang Kai-shek insists US officials must not negotiate with Mao's communists
The Japanese lose two vessels to mines in the Yangtze River
The last remaining US 20th Air Force B-29 bombers based at Chengtu transfer to India due to the Japanese advance and logistical difficulties
Burma...
Chinese 38th Infantry Division advances up Burma Road and links up with Chinese Y Force on the Salween Front, opening the land route from India to China
A Follow-up force of Indian 36th Infantry Brigade lands on Cheduba Island
Today's Air Raids...
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
Northern Italy on transportation lines, supply depots, and military targets by US 12th Air Force fighters
Maug Island by US 20th Air Force
Celebes Island by RAAF fighters
Iwo Jima by US 7th Air Force
Saigon, Indochina by US 20th Air Force
China on transportation targets around Sinsiang, Kihsien, Nanking, Taiyuan, Puchou, and Yiyang by US 14th Air Force fighters
Irrawaddy River Bridges, Burma by Japanese aircraft
Burma on Japanese positions, supply depots, and targets of opportunity around Man Kyan, Kuinkuiloi, Hohkun, Pongalau, Hsenwi, Kutkai, Hsatong, Ping hoi, Ho-mong, Padon, Bawgyo, and Kyaung-hen by US 10th Air Force fighters
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Online promotional work
Quality Missus Time
Meditation
Me Time
Twitter Followers = 1,854 (no change)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers followed back = 0
Spammers not followed back = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
My schedule has been difficult to keep to of late due Tivo and Tumblr! I don't want to ditch either of these but perhaps first thing in the morning is not the best time to indulge them. A reshuffle is needed where I do some advance blogging and/or Tumblr later in the day, freeing up more time in the morning.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
When was the last time you sat down and properly reviewed what you were doing and why?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, cool and cloudy throughout
A moderate westerly wind will swing south-westerly in the evening
Max Temp = 6 degC at 4pm
Min Temp = 4 degC at 10pm
Sunrise at 08:02
Sunset at 16:38
Weathertrack: High pressure over Britain will gradually move away east allowing weather fronts to arrive tomorrow
Air Pressure: 1027 millibars and falling
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Maybe she's born with it - maybe it's photoshop
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI - WW2 RAF fighter pilots
8. TRIVIA
Gay teens are three times more likely than heterosexual teens to report having been bullied. In contrast, gay teens were about 80% less likely than heterosexuals to say they had bullied someone else.
9. ZEN WISDOM
When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives also expand. Actions to benefit others are not separate from actions to benefit oneself. Our lives and the lives of others are ultimately inseparable.
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