SATURDAY 10th JANUARY 2015 07:46 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (10th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
German IV SS Panzer Korps counterattacks toward Budapest
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front are fighting in Budapest

On the Western Front:
British 2nd Army reaches Laroche

The Battle of the Bulge:
US 1st Army continues attacking the northern flank of the Bulge and US 3rd Army the southern flank

US 9th Army makes local attacks around the Kall River
US 7th Army attacks around Althorn, Hatten, Gambsheim, and Herrlisheim 

Greece...
A ceasefire is arranged between British forces and Greek communists

In the Atlantic...
British vessel Blackheath is sunk by U-870 

In the Pacific...
US 6th Army attacks around Labrador, Aguilar, Umanday, Polong, San Carlos, Malisiqui, Dumpay, Mapandan, Santa Barbara, San Jacinto, and Manoag on Luzon. Offshore, two USN LCI vessels are sunk by Japanese demolition craft

HQ of US 13th Fighter Command transfers to Leyte Island from New Guinea

A US airstrip at Lingayen on Luzon opens for operations 

IJN Coast Defense Vessel No. 42 is sunk by USN submarine Puffer in the East China Sea

Burma...
British 14th Army captures Shwebo, Budalin, and Gangaw
Allied aircraft begin using Yeu airfield

Today's Air Raids...
Germany on airfields and transportation targets by US 8th Air Force
Hanover, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Po Valley, Italy by US 12th Air Force fighters
Celebes Island and Halmahera Island by US FEAF
Japanese positions, supply depots, and other targets around Kawnglang, Nampachi, Man Namman, Pangkai, Mong Yai, Namhsan, Namyao, Se-ping, Panghai, Hosi, Tamawngtawn, and Si-U, and bridges at Bawgyo and Ho-kho, Burma by US 10th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
In town with Missus

Meditation
Me Time
Quality Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I have come to terms with the fact that I am fragile! I am fully aware that the reason I am NOT broken is only partly due to my own efforts and in greater part due to benevolent circumstances. However there is a certain strength in knowing everything could go pear-shaped at any moment. You learn to live a grateful fulfilling life in the moment, leading the life that's right for you.

Though on many an occasion I have simply not wanted to go on playing this character anymore, I know that the most fulfilling experience comes from achieving something in the face of extreme difficulty. At this time the Discipline of Grounding is crucial - to maximize your power by focusing all your concentration on this specific moment.  

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is your attention in the right place?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRAFORD  
Wet and windy at first.
Over the morning, the rain will gradually ease and the temperature drop sharply
The afternoon will be mainly dry but the westerly wind will be raw and wintry showers will arrive in the evening

Max Temp = 12 degC at 6am
Min Temp = 2 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 08:21
Sunset at 16:08  

Weathertrack: A cold front will move rapidly across Britain in the morning introducing a much colder air mass. Britain will then be in a strong westerly airflow between high pressure to the south and strong depressions to the north
Air Pressure: 999 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
My colleagues kept calling me flamingo-features, so I had to put my foot down :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Mock The Week - Unlikely Instructions 

8. TRIVIA
Studies show that people clean up more if there is a faint smell of cleaning liquid in the air, they become more competitive if they see a briefcase, and they become more cooperative if they glimpse words like “dependable”—all without being aware of the change or what triggered it. Scientists note that this shows how everyday sights, smells, and sounds, can activate the subconscious mind.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Happiness does not exist as an isolated quality, nor does it conform to a single fixed pattern. Happiness is something that breathes and lives in the relationships between one person and another.