FRIDAY 16th JANUARY 2015 07:52 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (16th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front encircles Warsaw, captures Radom, and advancestoward Lodz
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front attacks around Kielce and reaches Czestochowa
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front is still fighting house-to-house in Budapest
Soviet destroyer Dejatelnyj (ex RN Churchill) sunk by uncertain cause, possibly by U-956 in the Arctic
German vessel Steinburg is sunk, probably by Soviet submarine SC-307, in the Baltic

Germany...
Hitler arrives in Berlin - he will never leave again. He initiates a major reorganization - 6th Panzer Army is ordered to transfer from the Western Front to Hungary. General Harpe is replaced by Schorner in command of Army Group A. Rendulic is appointed in command of Army Group North. Luttwitz is relieved of command of 9th Army. 

On the Western Front...
Operation Blackcock:
British 2nd Army captures Dieteren

The Battle of the Bulge:
US 1st and 3rd Armies meet at Houffalize 

Operation Nordwind:
US 7th Army is engaged around Bitche, Rittershoffen, Hatten, Dengolsheim, and Gambsheim

General Leonard Gerow takes command of US 15th Army

In the Mediterranean...
Kriegsmarine S-boat S-33 is sunk by RN MTB-698 in the Adriatic
An unsuccessful attack is launched by 30 Kriegsmarine Linsen explosive motor boats against Allied naval traffic off La Spezia

In the Atlantic...
Kriegsmarine patrol boat V-6408 is sunk by Free Norwegian submarine Utsira off Trondheim 
U-248 is sunk by USN destroyer escorts Varian, Otter, Hayter, and Hubbard 

In the Pacific...
USN destroyer Swanson bombards Rota Island

US 6th Army attacking around Rosario, Hill 200, and Pozorrubio on Luzon
19th Infantry Regiment of US 8th Army runs into Japanese positions around Bulalacao on Mindoro Island

China...
All B-29 Bombers of US 20th Air Force are ordered to transfer to the Marianas

Burma...
Elements of Chinese 38th Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command reach Ta-kawn

Ceylon...
RN Pacific Fleets departs Trincomalee for operations in the Pacific

Today's Air Raids...
Magdeburg, Ruhland, Dresden, Dessau and Bitterfeld, Germany by US 8th Air Force
Magdeburg, Zeitz, Brux, Wanne-Eickel and Mannheim, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Antwerp, Belgium by RAF Bomber Command
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Maug Island and Pagan Island by US 20th Air Force
Negros Island, Borneo and Halmahera Island by US FEAF
South China Sea on coastal targets and offshore shipping by USN aircraft from Task Force 38 - seven cargo ships and a guardboat are sunk, and several other ships damaged
Southern China on targets of opportunity by US 14th Air Force fighters
Zayatkwin airfield, Burma by RAF aircraft 
Namtoi, Anisakan, Nawnghkio, Japanese positions, supply depots, and other military targets by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Me Time
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV Comedy Night

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Yesterday I sat in front of the laptop intending to promote myself - and got nowhere! I ended up messing about on Tumblr instead. Time to step back and get some fresh ideas! I am going to do some research and reading and generally have a self-development period and hopefully go back to it next week refreshed.

The default ego-mindset is to feel overwhelmed, which I obviously can't allow to happen, so constant mental effort is required to raise my consciousness to higher levels and keep focus and concentration on high-power.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU 
What changes are you making o improve your life?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and clear start
Cloud will build from mid-morning and there will be wintry showers
Skies will clear in the afternoon and it will be cold and dry thereafter
A moderate but cold westerly or south-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 2 degC at 1pm
Min Temp = 0 degC at 7pm
Sunrise at 08:16
Sunset at 16:18

Weathertrack: A depression static off Norway will drive cold air and wintry showers across Britain
Air Pressure: 998 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
One day, when scientists discover the centre of the universe, many people are going to be disappointed to find out it isn't them. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
10 Mistakes ALL Lesbians Make - and to avoid them with one app

8. TRIVIA
Called “re-entrants,” dolphins once lived on land and looked and behaved something like a small wolf but with five hoof-like toes on each foot instead claws. Some dolphins still have hair on their heads and the Amazon River dolphin has hair on its beak. Dolphins also have remnant finger bones in their flippers, a forearm, wrists, and a few remnant leg bones deep inside their bodies.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Health is not simply the absence of illness. Real health is the will to overcome every form of adversity and use even the worst of circumstances as a springboard for new growth and development. Simply put, the essence of health is the constant renewal and rejuvenation of life.