SATURDAY 31st JANUARY 2015 09:03 GMT

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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

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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.