SUNDAY 15th MARCH 2015 06:10 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (15th March 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front is attacking around Samland, Koenigsberg, and Heiligenbeil
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front attacking around Gotenhafen (Gdynia) and Danzig
Polish 1st Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front is assaulting Kolberg
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front begins attacking around Oppeln, Grottkau, and Ratibor
Army Group South's offensive around Lake Balaton is halted completely by Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front
U-367 is sunk by a mine in the Baltic

Germany...
Field-Marshal Albert Kesselring confers with Hitler regarding the Western Front

On the Western Front...
Canadian I Corps, having completed transfer from Italy, enters the line under the command of Canadian 1st Army
US 1st Army, expanding its bridgehead across the Rhine, captures Schweifeld, Lorscheid, and Notscheid
US 3rd Army is advancing across the Moselle River toward the southeast

Operation Undertone: 
US 7th Army launches an offensive west of the Rhine toward Bitche, Lembach, Wissembourg, and Lauterbourg

U-246, missing since April 5 when last reported in the Irish Sea, is written off as lost.

Switzerland...
General Lemnitzer arrives in Switzerland to participate with General Allen Dulles in negotiations with SS General Wolff regarding the surrender of German forces in Italy

In the Pacific...
USN Task Force 92 with three light cruisers and seven destroyers bombards Matsuwa Island

Admiral Nimitz returns to his HQ on Guam after conferences in the USA

New Britain: Australian 6th Infantry Brigade is mopping up Japanese positions on the ridge above the Wulwut River

Japanese vessel Hoseki Maru is sunk by USAAF aircraft in the South China Sea

Luzon: US 6th Army is attacking on the Villa Verde Trail and around Montalban-Antipolo, Mount Pinatubo, and Manbini

Mindanao Island: US 8th Army is attacking around Pasananca reservoir and Pasananca town

Romblon Island: A detachment of US 8th Army continues clearing Japanese positions

Iwo Jima: US V Amphibious Corps is methodically reducing Japanese pockets

Burma...
British 36th Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command is advancing toward Mogok
Japanese 33rd Army is attacking British 14th Army around Meiktila 

Today's Air Raids...
Antwerp, Belgium by 11 V-2 rockets
Zossen (on the German Army HQ), Oranienburg and targets of opportunity in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Ruhland, Germany by US 15th Air Force
Vienna, Klagenfurt, and rail yards in Austria by US 15th Air Force
Bottrop, Castrop-Rauxel, Arnsnerg railway viaduct, Hagen, Misburg, Berlin, Erfurt and Mannheim, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
London by 11 V-2 rockets
Kolin, Czechoslovakia by US 15th Air Force
Northern Italy transportation lines, supply depots, and military targets by US 12th Air Force
Formosa and Pescadore Islands on military targets by US FEAF
Bangkok, Thailand by US 10th Air Force fighters, claiming many Japanese aircraft destroyed on the ground
Moulmein Bridge, Burma by RAF aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Ironing
Lunch
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,882 (no change)
Non-followed eliminated = 0

Unfollowers eliminated = 0

New Followers followed back = 0

Spammers not followed back = 0 

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

Having awoke at 4am for a wee, I could not resist the opportunity to stay awake and get all my blogging done and generally get in front before paying back all the sleep debt in the afternoon!

The Twitter front has gone quiet, so whilst I may not have got to the bottom of it, there appears to be no further problems. The oven problem has made progress in that an engineer is coming Tuesday.

So, with nothing hanging over my head and no major distractions, I can rest up and pursue brain-maintenance today before launching into next week. I am more-than-ever grateful for the little bubble-world of home where I'm loved, accepted and make a difference. However, I'm wise enough to know that I must "make hay while the sun shines" so I am prepared for when my bubble-world eventually pops.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are living with the acceptance that all things must pass?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy in the morning
Showers expected around lunchtime and at any time in the evening
A moderate north-easterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 6 degC at 3pm
Min Temp = 3 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 06:23
Sunset at 18:10
Moon:

   
Weathertrack: High Pressure over Scandanavia is extending over Britain but will not prevent rain-bearing troughs crossing the country
Air Pressure: 1034 millibars and falling slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I walked into the bedroom and tripped on the wife's Bra. It was a booby trap :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!

Reginald D Hunter live at Róisín Dubh

8. TRIVIAAfter horses became domesticated around 4000 B.C., many Indo-European cultures regarded horses as a supreme sacrifice to their gods and often ritually entombed horses. People in the Caucasus practiced horse sacrifice as late as the 1800s.

9. ZEN WISDOMThe greatest tragedy in life is not to die, it is to live as if dead, to let the life within us wither. Toward what goal or achievement are we striving in life? This is the important question to ask ourselves.