THURSDAY 8th JANUARY 2015 05:58 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (8th January 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front continues fighting its way into Budapest - 6th Guards Tank Army attacks towards Komarom
German III Panzer Korps continues counterattacking toward Budapest

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

Operation Nordwind:
US 7th Army attacks around Rimling, Aschbach, Gambsheim, Dresenheim, Rohrweiler, and Herrlisheim

In the Pacific...
Four Japanese cargo ships are sunk by USN submarine Barb off the East China Sea
Japanese vessel No. 22 Seikai Maru is sunk by a mine off Haha Jima

Burma...
British 14th Army approaches Shwebo 

Today's Air Raids...
Germany on transportation routes by US 8th Air Force
Graz, Klagenfurt, Salzburg, and Villach, Austria by US 15th Air Force 
Borneo, Luzon and Negros Island by US FEAF
Panay Island by USMC aircraft
Off Luzon on USN and RAN shipping by kamikaze aircraft
Iwo Jima by US 7th Air Force
Tunhunghkam, Mongyu, Hpa-hpun, and Man Om, Nampeng and Mong Longand Namhkai, Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing
Online Promotional Work
Quality Missus Time

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Unfollowers Eliminated = 0
New Followers followed back = 0
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Half the battles fought by this character are internal! Given a preference, I would have chosen a mind easier to manage than this one, which in default mode continually overreacts. Continual effort and attention must be spent on calming it. It is essential as washing in order to maintain wellbeing.

Of course, this struggle to accept is common to many conditions - diabetics for example are in a continual struggle to maintain their correct glucose levels while the rest of us can do it automatically. Many resent and find hard to accept having an issue that those around them do not.

The fact is that to continue to enjoy a fulfilling experience with this character, there must be an acceptance of the need for mind calming to deal with the nasty surprises that occasionally arise to challenge us, but also to prevent self-sabotage in general. I fully embrace and accept the need for mind-calming to be absolute priority #1 in what I do.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you fully accepting of yourself and your own personal needs?  

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy with clear spells
Heavy wind and rain arrives in the late evening
A westerly or south-westerly wind will gradually strengthen
Max Temp = 6 degC at 11am
Min Temp = 4 degC at 8pm
Sunrise at: 08:22
Sunset at 16:05

Weathertrack: A ridge of high pressure during the day will be replaced by a rapidly-forming storm passing north of Britain
Air Pressure: 1013 millibars and rising slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Do subatomic ducks go quark? :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Joey Barone on Saudi-Arabians and Netflix 

8. TRIVIA
Dolphins are like humans in being very unusual in the animal kingdom in that they spend a lot of time enjoying sex and foreplay that is not determined by being “in season” or the urge to procreate. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
When facing adversity, we may think we’ve reached our limit, but actually the more trying the circumstances, the closer we are to making a breakthrough. The darker the night, the nearer the dawn. Victory in life is decided by that last concentrated burst of energy filled with the resolve to win.