FRIDAY 1st MAY 2015 07:15 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (1st May 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front continues to advance west
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Ukrainian Front continue assaulting Berlin - Soviet 8th Guards Army captures the Tiergarten and Soviet 3rd Shock Army captures the Reichstag building and flies a Soviet flag from the roof. Soviet troops advance toward the Reich Chancellery
German Army Group E is isolated in Croatia and Slovenia

Berlin Bunker...
General Krebs returns from Zhukov's HQ to report to Bormann and Goebbels that the Soviets insist on unconditional surrender
Goebbels notifies Doenitz in Flensburg by radio that Hitler is dead
Joseph and Magda Goebbels poison their six young children and commit suicide
General Krebs commits suicide
The remaining inhabitatnts of the Bunker evacuate and attempt to escape Berlin - Martin Bormann and SS Dr Ludwig Stumpfegger are killed, SS-Gruppenfuehrer Hans Baur, Hitler's personal pilot, is seriously wounded in the leg. The rest, including SS General Wilhelm Mohnke and Hitler's secretaries Traudl Junge, Gerda Christian, and Else Kruger are captured.

Nazi-held Germany...
Doenitz announces on German radio the death of Hitler and that he is now the Reich president and commander of German armed forces
Doenitz forms a new government, including Count Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk as 'Chief Minister'
Himmler meets with Doentiz but the Admiral refuses to grant him any position in the new government
Doentiz unsuccessfully attempts to communicate with Manstein in order to appoint him commander-in-chief of German armed forces
All remaining U-Boats in port are scuttled: U-3006 at Wilhelmshaven, U-3009 at Bremerhaven and U-3525 at Kiel

Allied-Occupied Germany...
Count Bernadotte arrives Germany at the head of Red Cross 'white bus' mission in effort to rescue concentration camp survivors and displaced persons and transport them to Sweden

Prague...
The citizens rise up in revolt against German occupation

In the Baltic...
Kriegsmarine gun ferry SAT-16 and Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-2001 are sunk by Allied aircraft

Netherlands...
Operation Manna: RAF Bomber Command utilizes Lancaster bombers to drop food supplies to Dutch civilians
Operation Chowhound: US 8th Air Force conducts air drop of food supplies to Dutch civilians with 392 B-17 bombers

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army captures Delfzijl and advances toward Emden
British 2nd Army expands its bridgehead across the Elbe River and advances toward Hamburg and Lubeck
US 9th Army is adjusting occupation boundaries and accepting the surrender of German troops, many having fled from the east
US 1st Army holding positions along Elbe River and Mulde River
US 3rd Army advances deeper into Czechoslovakia and Austria
US 7th Army mops up around Munich, captures Field Marshal von Rundstedt, crosses into Austria and pushes toward Innsbruck
French 1st Army captures Immendstadt, Sonthofen, and Bregenz

France...
French Army Detachment of the Atlantic is attacking German garrison of La Rochelle
German garrison of Ile d'Oleron in the Gironde estuary -- approximately 1500 troops -- surrenders to the Oleron Infantry Brigade overnight

Rhodes...
RN destroyers Kimberley and Catterick and Greek destroyer Kriti bombard German positions while a Greek raiding force lands on the island

Italy...
British 8th Army advances toward Trieste and contacts Tito's Yugoslavian partisans around Monfalcone, where Italian submarine Argo is scuttled
US 5th Army advances rapidly throughout northern Italy and prepares to drive toward the Brenner Pass
Yugoslav partisans fight their way into Trieste - Kriegsmarine torpedo boats TA-22, TA-41, TA-43, and TA-40 (all ex Italian) are scuttled to avoid capture

In the Mediterranean...
British vessel Neuralia is sunk by a mine

In the Pacific...
Tarakan:
Operation Oboe One: 26th Infantry Brigade of Australian 9th Infantry Division lands on Tarakan Island with heavy air and naval support

South China Sea:
Japanese vessel No. 2 Iyasaka Maru is sunk by Allied aircraft

Luzon:
US 6th Army opens the Kennon road to Baguio and attacks around Salacsac Pass, Kembu Plateau, Mount Pacawagan, and Anayan

Mindanao:
US 8th Army is attacking toward Davao

Negros:
US 8th Army is attacking around Cuernos de Negros ridge, Virgne Ridge, and Banana Ridge

Okinawa:
US 10th Army is attacking Japanese 32nd Army around the Asa River line, Maeda escarpment, Gaja Ridge, and Onaga

Japan:
IJN gunboat Chowa Maru is sunk by USN submarine Bowfin off Hokkaido

East China Sea:
Three Japanese cargo ships are sunk by USN PB4Y and PBM
Japanese vessel Richo Go is sunk by a mine off Woosung

China...
General Stratemeyer is named to command US Army Air Forces in China with 10th Air Force and 14th Air Force 

Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
Chinese 94th Army recovers Wuyang from Sekine Detachment of Japanese 20th Army

Burma...
British 14th Army captures Pegu
British 14th Army attacks Japanese 28th Army at Pyalo
Operation Dracula: 
A Battalion of Gurkha paratroopers drops near Elephant Point at the mouth of the Rangoon River and captures the Japanese position, whilst RN warships conduct minesweeping operations offshore

Indian Ocean...
RN Task Force 62 bombards Car Nicobar Island with three destroyers

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing
Meditation
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV Comedy Night

Twitter Followers = 1,917 (up 1)
Non-followed eliminated = 0

Unfollowers eliminated = 0

New Followers followed back = 1

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

I can't remember a time when my mind has been so quiet! I'm in a period where there is, day-to-day at least, no struggle. I fully intend to take advantage of this by raising my consciousness to new heights with the aim of keeping it there. A combination of calm and benevolent circumstances Chromium and other supplements and rediscovering the joy of walking has made it possible. 

Walking has now become a habit - I am starting to need a good daily hike of a minimum of 40 minutes to keep relaxed. This of course further enhances wellbeing. 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How are you going to get your life to where you want it to be?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cool throughout with sunny/clear periods, particularly in the morning
A moderate north-easterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 8 degC at 2pm
Min Temp = 2 degC at 7pm
Sunrise at 05:32
Sunset at 20:37
Moon:

 
Weathertrack: A ridge of high pressure is extending over Britain from an anticyclone over Greenland
Air Pressure: 1014 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I took the road less traveled, now I don't know where I am! :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Megan Dunn on meeting guys

8. TRIVIA
Babies born in May usually weigh on average 200 grams more than babies born in other months.

9. ZEN WISDOM
It is not about how others are or how society is. The most important thing is to ask yourself, “What should I do?” and “What can I do?”

THURSDAY 30th APRIL 2015 07:54 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (30th April 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front is advancing rapidly west
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Ukrainian Front continue assaulting Berlin - there is fierce fighting in the ruins of the Reichstag building
Soviet 4th Ukrainian Front captures Moravska Ostrava

Berlin Bunker...
Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide - their bodies are soaked in petrol and burned outside the bunker
Martin Bormann notifies Admiral Doenitz of his appointment as Hitler's successor, but neglects to tell him the Fuhrer is dead
Overnight, in agreement with Goebbels and Bormann, General Krebs makes his way to Zhukov's HQ with a letter for Stalin offering a German-Soviet armistice

Cuxhaven, Germany...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-455 is sunk by Allied aircraft

Over Northern Germany...
Heavy dogfighting between the Luftwaffe and RAF fighters - the RAF claim many victories, including two Knight's Cross holders killed and another shot down 

Switzerland...
Swiss authorities refuse to allow Yuri Zherebkov into the country to negotiate the surrender and protection of troops of Vlasov's Russian Liberation Committee

Netherlands...
Reichskommissar Seyss-Inquart confers with General Walter Bedell Smith and other Allied officers near Apeldoorn about food supplies and possible surrender of German forces in western Netherlands
Operation Manna: RAF Bomber Command utilizes Lancaster bombers to drop food supplies to Dutch civilians

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army captures Leer and Loga and fights its way into Delfzijl
British 2nd Army advances north toward the Baltic coast
US 3rd Army advances deeper into Czechoslovakia and Austria
US 7th Army captures Munich with minimal opposition
French 1st Army attacking around Immenstadt, Staufen, Lindau, and Bregenz

France...
Operation Jupiter: 
A French naval squadron lands the Oleron Infantry Brigade on German-occupied Ile d'Oleron in the Gironde estuary

French Army Detachment of the Atlantic attacks the German garrison of La Rochelle on the Bay of Biscay

Irish Sea...
U-325 is sunk by a mine

In the Atlantic...
U-1055 vanishes presumed sunk
U-1107 is sunk in the Bay of Biscay by a USN Catalina aircraft
U-879 is sunk by USN destroyer escorts Thomas, Bostwick, and Coffman and frigate Natchez

Italy...
Communist Yugoslav partisans move into Trieste
British 8th Army advances toward Trieste, Belluno, and Udine
US 5th Army enters Milan and reaches Turin and the French border
Col. William O. Darby, acting assistant division commander of US 10th Mountain Division, is killed in action

In the Pacific...
Bougainville Island:
Australian II Corps attacks Japanese 17th Army

Sandau Island:
USN Task Group 74.3 lands an Australian commando squadron and artillery

Tarakan:
USN Task Group 74.3 lands Australian engineers to clear the beaches

Off Sumatra:
Japanese vessel Yuno Maru is sunk by a mine

Luzon:
US 6th Army is clearing Mount Malepunyo area and reorganizing for new attacks

Mindanao:
US 8th Army is attacking toward Davao

Negros:
US 8th Army is attacking around Palimpinon

Okinawa:
US 10th Army is attacking Japanese 32nd Army around the Asa River, Maeda escarpment, Kochi ridge, and Kuhazu
Offshore, several ships are damaged by kamikaze attacks

Yellow Sea:
Japanese vessel Miho Maru is sunk by USN submarine Trepang

China...
Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
Chinese 94th Army attacks the Sekine Detachment of Japanese 20th Army around Wawutang

Burma...
British 15th Corps completes its operations along the Arakan coast as Japanese forces withdraw to the east
RN Task Force 62 bombards Martaban with three destroyers

Indian Ocean...
RN Task Force 62 sinks nine Japanese vessels

Today's Air Raids...
Borneo on airfields by US FEAF - Japanese vessel Kunikawa Maru is sunk offshore
Formosa on military targets by US FEAF
Japan on airfields and military targets by US 20th Air Force
China on Taiyuan, Japanese positions, supply depots, transportation lines, and other targets across southern and eastern China

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Laundry
Mini-hike
Quality Son Time
Supper
Client prep, session and follow-up
Quality Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,916 (up 1)
Non-followed eliminated = 1

@AtenteCostaRica
Unfollowers eliminated = 1

@trimahajano27

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

A bit of a rollercoaster yesterday. Two "wobbly" clients who at the beginning of the day I had written off look like they're back on board. Today we shall see if my clients do what's expected of them!

Whatever the machinations of others, for this character there are new heights of clarity and inner peace, a quiet mind and a well-defined purpose. Gratitude is without doubt the prevailing attitude. I am at peace with the man in the mirror, so with this character so settled, my conscious is free to rise to higher levels. Ultimately consciousness will live outside the character completely and simply "enjoy the show"

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU

Is your life moving in a clear well-defined direction?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD

Mainly dry, cool and cloudy - there will be occasional sunny periods and isolated showers

Skies will clear mid-evening and it will be cold and dry thereafter

A moderate north-westerly will swing north-easterly in the afternoon and subsequently ease

Max Temp = 9 degC at 3pm

Min Temp = 3 degC at midnight

Sunrise at 05:34

Sunset at 20:35

Moon:

 

Weathertrack: A weak depression will move east across Britain today - a ridge of high pressure will then extend over the country from an anticyclone building over Greenland
Air Pressure: 1006 millibars and rising rapidly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I just want one of those jobs where I can be put on paid leave while a committee reviews my behaviour. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Stewart Lee on UKIP

8. TRIVIA
About 37% of all abortions occur to African American women, 34 % to non-Hispanic Caucasian women, 22% to Hispanic women, and 8% to other races (The small overlap between racial categories create a total of 101%). Approximately 50% of women who obtain an abortion are younger than 25. Women who have never married obtain two-thirds of all abortions. Younger women are more likely to request an abortion after 12 weeks.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The worst mistake you can make is to give up on yourself and stop challenging yourself for fear of failure. Keep moving forward with a firm eye on the future, telling yourself, “I’ll start from today!” “I’ll start afresh from now, from this very moment!”

WEDNESDAY 29th APRIL 2015 08:41 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (29th April 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front captures Anklam
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Ukrainian Front continue assaulting Berlin - there is heavy fighting around the Moltke bridge, Interior Ministry, City Hall, flak towers, Chancellery, and Reichstag building. Soviet troops get to within two blocks of the Reich Chancellery and Hitler's bunker, which both come under Soviet artillery fire
German 12th Army attacks around Belzig in an effort to relieve Berlin
Soviet 4th Ukrainian Front is fighting its way into Moravska Ostrava
Soviet troops liberate 3000 female prisoners remaining at Ravensbruk concentration camp
In an Arado 96 aircraft which takes off from a street, Hanna Reitsch and Luftwaffe CinC Field Marshal Greim, each carrying a cyanide capsule presented by Hitler, fly out of Berlin with orders from the Fuehrer to arrest Himmler

Berlin Bunker...
Hitler relieves General Gotthard Heinrici of command of German Army Group Vistula
Hitler marries Eva Braun in his bunker in Berlin with Goebbels and Bormann as witnesses
Hitler dictates his political and personal wills to his secretary, Traudl Junge
Hitler orders German forces to continue fighting in the so-called Alpine Fortress
Hitler expels Goering and Himmler from the Nazi party and names Admiral Karl Doenitz as his successor. He appoints Karl Hanke as leader of the SS, Goebbels as Reich Chancellor, Martin Bormann as party minister, Athur Seyss-Inquart as Foreign Minister, and Field Marshal Schorner as Army CinC
Hitler poisons his dog Blondi to test the effectiveness of the cyanide capsules provided

In the Arctic...
U-Boats gather for an attack on convoy RA 66. U-286 sinks RN destroyer escort Goodall but is detected and sunk by RN frigates Loch Shin and Anguilla and destroyer escort Cotton
U-307 sunk by RN frigate Loch Insh

Netherlands...
Operation Manna: RAF Bomber Command utilizes Lancaster bombers to drop food supplies to Dutch civilians. In a truce with occupying German forces, they are guaranteed safe passage

On the Western Front...
British 2nd Army successfully crosses the Elbe River around Lauenburg, establishes a bridgehead and liberates Neuengamme concentration camp
US 3rd Army is advancing east into Czechoslovakia and south of the Danube
US 7th Army reaches outskirts of Munich and liberates 30,000 survivors at Dachau concentration camp
French 1st Army advancing around Kempten, Immenstadt, Friedrichhafen, and Wangen

Italy...
Italian partisans take control of Milan
British 8th Army captures Venice and advances toward Trieste
US 5th Army reaches Milan and makes contact with British 8th Army around Padua
In Caserta, German representatives sign the surrender of German forces in Italy, to become effective on May 2nd

In the Atlantic...
U-1017 is sunk by RAF aircraft

New York City...
More than 50,000 people demonstrate in New York City to demand a Jewish state in Palestine

In the Pacific...
IJN submarine I-44 is sunk by aircraft from USN escort carrier Tulagi

Tarakan:
USN Task Group 74.3 continues bombarding Japanese positions in preparation for an Australian landing

East Indies:
IJN guardboat Otome Maru is sunk by USN submarine Besugo
German depot vessel Quito sunk by USN submarine Bream off Borneo
Japanese occupation authorities allow the formation of an East Indies consultative body of 67 individuals headed by Sukarno (like many Javans he had no second-name)

Mindanao:
US 8th Army is attacking around Coronon, Astorga, Darong, and Guma

Bohol:
US 8th Army continues mopping up isolated pockets of resistance

Negros:
US 8th Army is attacking around Palimpinon
USN Task Group 78.3 lands US 185th Regimental Combat Team lands near Padan Point which advances inland

Okinawa:
US 10th Army heavily is engaged against Japanese 32nd Army on the Shuri Line
Several warships offshore are damaged ny kamikaze aircraft

Off Japan:
Japanese vessel Taishu Maru is sunk by USN submarine Cero
Japanese vessel No. 1 Aioi Maru is sunk by a mine

China...
Laohokou operation: 
110th Infantry Division of Japanese 12th Army opens unsuccessful attacks against Chinese 1st War Area around Hsipingchen and Chingtzekuan

Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
Counterattacks by Chinese 18th Army and 73rd Army halt Shigehiro Detachment of Japanese 20th Army around Ankiang

Burma...
British 14th Army captures Pyinbongyi and Payagyi north of Pegu and cuts the Japanese escape route to the east from Pegu and Rangoon
The remaining elements of the Japanese garrison withdraw eastward from Rangoon overnight
On the Arakan coast, British 15th Corps occupies Taungup at the terminus of the road to Prome
RAF Spitfires shoot down a Japanese Ki-84 in the last air-to-air combat over Burma
Two IJN motor torpedo boats are sunk by RAF aircraft off Rangoon

Today's Air Raids...
Marcus Island by US 7th Air Force
Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Manus Island by Japanese aircraft, damaging the docks
Borneo and Celebes Island on airfields by US FEAF
Japan on airfields by US 20th Air Force
Thu Dan Mot airfield, Indochina by US FEAF
China on Japanese positions, supply depots, transportation lines, and other targets across southern and eastern China by US 14th Air Force fighters
Pyu, Burma by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Meditation
Me Time 
Supper
Client prep and session
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,915 (no change)
Non-followed eliminated = 1

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

Last night I swore I would NEVER AGAIN see clients without payment in advance! I now normally don't anyway, but I made an exception for a client who had already previously had a 5-session course - and he didn't show!! I've learned that just because you may have scruples and things you would never do, there are always plenty of others who would. And yet despite all that I'm making another exception today! However it's another circumstance not previously encountered, so we'll see how this one goes.

As well as insisting on payment in advance without exception, the other lesson has been acceptance - people and situations just don't behave in the way expected of them. There has to be a letting go and a focus on the people and situations who ARE behaving as wanted. 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are there circumstances where it's absolutely right to say NEVER?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Showers will clear by mid-morning 
Cloud will thin out thereafter and skies will clear by mid-afternoon
Rain will return overnight
A moderate south-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 8 degC at 3pm
Min Temp = 5 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 05:36
Sunset at 20:34
Moon: 

Weathertrack: A depression is moving slowly east across Britain

Air Pressure: 1007 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER

The female praying mantis devours the male within minutes after mating, while the female human prefers to stretch it out over a lifetime. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!

Stewart Lee on not being recognized

8. TRIVIA

On July 1, 2009, shortly after Michael Jackson died, his page became the most popular page on Facebook. Previously, the most popular person on Facebook was U.S. President Obama with just over 6 million fans.

9. ZEN WISDOM

The course of our lives is determined by how we react—what we decide and what we do—at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person’s true worth and greatness.

TUESDAY 28th APRIL 2015 07:35 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (28th April 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front advances rapidly west
German 3rd Panzer army is in full retreat westward
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front and Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front are engaged in heavy fighting in Berlin
Eva Braun's brother-in-law, SS Gruppenfuehrer Hermann Fegelein, is executed outside Hitler's bunker for cowardice and treachery

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army is fighting its way into Leer
British 2nd Army crosses Elbe River around Lauenburg overnight
US 3rd Army is advancing east into Czechoslovakia and south of the Danube
US 7th Army is advancing toward Munich and crosses into Austria
French 1st Army is advancing along the Swiss border toward Austria

Dunkirk, France...
Kriegsmarine Seehund two-man submarines conduct a supply mission to besieged Dunkirk

Italy...
Mussolini, Clara Petacci, and twelve Fascist leaders are captured and executed by partisans at Giulino di Mezzenegra near Lake Dongo - their bodies are hung upside down on display in Milan
British 8th Army is advancing towardd Monselice, Padua, and Venice
US 5th Army captures Alessandria and Vicenza and advances around Piacenza, Brescia, Lake Como, and Lake Garda

In the Pacific...
Tarakan:
USN Task Group 74.3 begins bombarding Japanese positions in preparation for an Australian landing

South China Sea:
Japanese vessel Takasago Maru is sunk by RN submarine Tradewind

Luzon:
US 6th Army starts moving north from Baguio, continues attacking around Mount Mataasna Bundoc, and clears the Cituinan hills

Mindanao:
US 8th Army captures Digos and attacks toward Davao

Okinawa:
US 10th Army is heavily engaged against Japanese 32nd Army on the Shuri Line
Japanese aircraft attack Kadena airfield overnight
Several warships offshore are damaged by kamikaze aircraft
US vessek Bozeman Victory is damaged by Japanese demolition craft

Off Japan:
Japanese vessel Hatsushima Maru sunk by USN submarine Sennet off Honshu
IJN sub chaser Ch-17 is sunk by USN submarine Springer off Kyushu
Japanese vessel T-146 sunk by USN submarine Trepang off Kyushu
Japanese vessel Gakujo Maru is sunk by a mine

China...
Laohokou operation: 
22nd Army Group of Chinese 5th War Area captures Laohokou

Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
Shigehiro Detachment of Japanese 20th Army reaches the Ankiang area

Burma...
British 14th Army is advancing in the Sittang River valley
British 14th Army captures Allanmyo on the Irrawaddy River

Today's Air Raids...
Norway a fighter sweep by Aircraft from RN escort carriers Queen and Searcher
Germany on military targets by US fighters - U-1223 is damaged at Wesermunde and U-56 is written off at Kiel
Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Celebes Island on airfields bu US FEAF
Toshein, Koshun, and military targets on Formosa by US FEAF
Japan on airfields by US 20th Air Force
Saigon, Indochina by US FEAF - 7 vessels are sunk in port
China on Paoching, Shaho, Kaifeng, Showyang, Japanese positions, supply depots, transportation lines, and other targets across southern and eastern China by US 14th Air Force
Burma on Japanese positions, supply depots, transportation lines, and other targets around Namhok and Pawngleng by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Hike
Business networking
Garden
Meditation
Supper
Client prep and session
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,915 (up 4)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 1

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

My Practice is getting busy! A couple of the cases are particularly challenging, but this is a nice problem to have - it's what I love to do and if all the cases were easy, I wouldn't grow and develop as a therapist. In addition, a busy schedule keeps me focused and prevents the mind wandering into dark places and wasting time on unimportant pursuits.

Paradoxically, a busy time keeps my mind quieter and my consciousness higher. This is probably because I am fulfilling the purpose of this character, which means there is less confusion or difficult choices - the path is clearer.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you spending your life on something you actually wish to spend it on?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
A cold, breezy but sunny start
Showers arriving late morning will pass by late afternoon
Sunny thereafter
Mainly dry after dark, but heavy rain is expected tomorrow morning
A strong westerly will swing south-westerly in the evening and ease
Max Temp = 7 degC at 5pm
Min Temp =  3 degC at 7am
Sunrise at 05:38
Sunset at 20:32
Moon: 

Weathertrack: A trough will cross eastward across Britain today, and a depression will arrive the following morning
Air Pressure: 1011 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I told her to cheer up, I can't understand why she isn't happy yet :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Stewart Lee on Tom O'Connor - wonderful!! :D

8. TRIVIA
Hernán Cortés and his men brought with them European diseases—such as small pox, measles, and tuberculosis—for which the Aztecs had no natural resistance. The native population fell from 25 million to less than two million within a century.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one’s life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful.