TUESDAY 27th JANUARY 2015 10:21 GMT

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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

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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.