SATURDAY 7th FEBRUARY 2015 08:06 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (7th February 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st and 2nd Byelorussian Front break through German Army Group Vistula's defensive lines, whilst 5th Shock Army attacks Kustrin
German 17th Army counterattacks around Grottkau
In Budapest, Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front captures the Southern railway station
German forces withdraw from Visegrad and Mostar in Yugoslavia
German vessel Pollux is written off by Soviet submarine L-3 in the Baltic

In the Soviet Union...
Yalta Conference Day 4

On the Western Front...
US 1st Army attacks around Kommerscheidt, Schmidt, and Harscheid
Us 3rd Army attacks West Wall defences
US 7th Army attacks around Oberhoffen, Herrlisheim, and Offendorf 
French 1st Army is clearing the remnants of the Colmar pocket 

Italy...
US 5th Army conducts limited attacks around Castelnuovo in the Serchio valley

In the Pacific...
IJN Coast Defense Vessel No. 53 is sunk by USN submarine Bergall off French Indochina
Japanese vessel Taigyo Maru sunk by USN submarine Guavina off French Indochina
IJN submarine RO-55 is sunk off Luzon by USN destroyer escort Thomason
Japanese vessel Okinoyama Maru sunk by USN submarine Parche off the Ryukyu Islands 

On Luzon, US 6th Army is fighting in Manila, whilst
11th Airborne Division of US 8th Army advances northward toward Manila

China...
Hunan-Kwangtung-Kiangsi operations: 
40th Infantry Division of Japanese 20th Army captures Hsincheng and 57th Infantry Brigade captures Santushih

Burma...
Indian 15th Corps attacks Ramree town on Ramree Island 

Indian Ocean...
Japanese vessel Nanei Maru is sunk by RN submarine Subtle off the Nicobar Islands 

Today's Air Raids...
Antwerp, Belgium by five V-2 rockets
Zwolfaxing airfield and Vienna, Austria by US 15th Air Force 
Wanne-Eickel, Goch, Kleve, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Magdeburg and Mainz, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
London by five V-2 rockets
North Sea by RAF Bomber Command
Bratislava, Slovakia by US 15th Air Force
Northern Italy on the Brenner Pass and other transportation routes by US 12th Air Force
Pola, Italy by US 15th Air Force
Borneo on airfields and oil facilities by US FEAF
Heito airfield and offshore shipping, Formosa by US FEAF
Saigon and Pnom-Penh, Indochina by US 20th Air Force
Bangkok, Thailand by US 20th Air Force
Hengshan Bridge and transportation routes in China by US 14th Air Force fighters
Burma on Japanese positions, supply dumps, and other targets around Nawngkalio, Man Li, Hsunkwe, Nawnghkio, Loi Hkam, Panghsapye, Na-lang, Wingnang, and Pang Eng Hkye by US 14th Air Force fighters

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 
The Weekend Job got off to a bad start yesterday when my first encounter was with a total bitch customer. Fortunately everybody after was fine but my Dark Side was aroused and my intention to be mindful got torpedoed - I replayed the incident in my mind all day. I bear grudges for life!

However, a good thing came out of it as I finally hit upon the best mindfulness technique, one I stumbled across online this week and recalled on the way home - simply think about thinking. This has the effect of suppressing excess random thought.  

My technique had been to focus on something specific, but "focus fatigue" would often set in. When however I switched my focus to thinking itself, it all went quiet inside. I will put this technique to the test at the Weekend Job today.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
If you have an issue, are you researching ways to address it?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy throughout with a light north-westerly breeze
Max temp = 6 degC at 4pm
Min Temp = 2 degC at 8am
Sunrise at 07:43
Sunset at 17:00

Weathertrack: Weak weather fronts passing over Britain will be reduced to cloud by high pressure
Air Pressure: 1039 millibars and rising 

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Why didn’t the lifeguard save the hippie? Because he was too far out man! :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Al Murray in a basement in Paris, 2013 

8. TRIVIA
Most deaths caused by hurricanes are from drowning

9. ZEN WISDOM
Nonviolence is the highest form of humility; it is supreme courage, of which only a few are capable.