SUNDAY 29th MARCH 2015 07:07 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (29th March 1945)
On the Russian Front...
2nd Shock Army and 19th Army of Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front are fighting their way into Danzig
8th Guards Army and 5th Shock Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front capture Kustrin - only 1000 German troops escape death or capture
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front forces German Army Group South into further retreat and isolates some German forces south of Lake Balaton

On the Western Front...
British 2nd Army is attacking around Emmerich, Netterden, Rheine, Winterswijk, Osnabruck, Beikelort, and Coesfeld
US 9th Army is attacking around Dorsten, Marl, Polsum, Feldhausen, Schoven, Gladbeck, and Sterkrade
US 1st Army attacking north toward Paderborn to isolate the Ruhr
US 3rd Army captures Lauterbach and advances rapidly northward and eastward
US 7th Army attacking against strong resistance around Aschaffenburg but captures Mannheim
Final V-1 flying bomb launched from the Netherlands, ending the V-1 offensive

North Sea...
British vessel Jim is sunk by a Kriegsmarine Seehund two-man submarine

English Channel...
RCN frigate Teme is written off by U-315
U-1169 is sunk by RN destroyer escort Duckworth

In the Pacific...
South China Sea:
US FEAF sink two IJN coast defence vessels and a cargo ship
Japanese escort No. 84 is sunk by USN submarine Hammerhead

Luzon:
US 6th Army is attacking around Mount Mataba, captures Lipa, and attacks into Dita

Negros Island:
USN Task Unit 78.3 lands elements of 40th Infantry Division of US 8th Army at Pulupandan Point which moves rapidly inland towards Bacolod

Mindanao Island:
The end of organized Japanese resistance in the Zamboanga sector

Kerama Islands:
US 77th Infantry Division declares the islands secure and open an anchorage, seaplane base, and artillery positions for the upcoming invasion of nearby Okinawa

Okinawa:
Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 52 attack airfields and naval facilities on the island whilst USN Task Force 54 with ten battleships plus cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and rocket-firing landing craft continues bombarding the island

China...
Laohokou operation: 
77th Army of Chinese 1st War Area counterattacks Japanese 34th Army and recovers Nanchang

Burma...
British 36th Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command captures Namsaw and patrols make contact with Chinese 50th Infantry Division around Kyaukme

Today's Air Raids...
Salzgitter and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Northern Italy on transportation routes and military targets by US 12th Air Force
Toshien, Kiirun, Byoritsu, and Eiko, Formosa by US FEAF - three sub-chasers and a cargo ship are sunk offshore
Japan Carrier-based aircraft of USN Task Group 58.1 and Task Group 58.3 attack targets on Kyushu and in nearby waters - thre auxillary sub-chasers, a patrol vessel and ten cargo ships are sunk
Haiphong and military targets in Indochina by US 14th Air Force
Singapore by US 20th Air Force
China on Japanese positions, transportation lines, supply depots, and other targets around Hengyang, Chuchou, Isuho, Nanking, Namyung, and Yoyang by US 14th Air Force
Aungban and transportation routes in Burma by RAF aircraft

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

Twitter Followers = 1,902 (no change)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers followed back = 0

Spammers not followed back = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

I learned something new about myself at the Weekend Job - the importance of keeping hydrated! Not getting a drink before the start of the shift, I felt awful, aggressive and in a foul mood until first break when after a pint of coffee I was a completely different person. I ensured I was fully hydrated after that!

This experience makes me wonder if a lot of the aggressive behaviour I had previously attributed to hunger was actually due to dehydration. Certainly the success of Operation Equinox now clearly requires adequate hydration - I shall ensure that happens!

Keeping my drastic calorie-reduction from Missus will be more difficult over the next fortnight of school holiday, but not impossible! With her lack of peripheral awareness, I believe I'll manage just fine.

Keeping hydrated doesn't stop my unstable moods, but it certainly damps them down, making self-management a lot easier. I now want Operation Equinox to continue automatically (aside from the daily blog photo) freeing up my consciousness to focus on emptying the mind of unnecessary thought and rising to Higher Consciousness.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU

Do you understand why you are behaving as you do?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD

Dry and cloudy start

Rain arrives mid-morning and persists thereafter, occasionally heavy.

Rain finally clears shortly before midnight, and it will be dry overnight

A moderate westerly or south-westerly will blow throughout

Max Temp = 6 degC at 8am

Min Temp = 3degC at midnight

Sunrise at 06:48 BST

Sunset at 19:36 BST

Moon:

 

Weathertrack: A depression and associated troughs will move east across Britain today
Air Pressure: 997 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I’m very good friends with 25 letters of the alphabet. I don’t know y :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Jon Lajoie - I Don't Give A F**k

8. TRIVIA
According to the Outer Space Treaty, the moon is under the same jurisdiction as international waters. The treaty also says the moon can be used for peaceful purposes by all nations, and it prohibits weapons of mass destruction or military bases of any kind on the moon.

9. ZEN WISDOM
“Thank you” is the essence of nonviolence. It contains respect for the other person, humility and a profound affirmation of life.