Friday, 8 May 2015

FRIDAY 8th MAY 2015 08:04 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (8th May 
1945)
On the Russian Front...

German Army Group Courland surrenders
German transports and Kriegsmarine warships are evacuating refugees and troops from Hela to Glucksburg
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front captures Dresden
Soviet 4th Ukrainian Front captures Olomouc
Tito's Yugoslavian partisans capture Zagreb
German forces in Prague surrender
Luftwaffe fighter ace Erich Hartmann, having resumed combat flying in the waning weeks of the war, scores his final victory, number 352
Soviet aircraft attack the German-occupied Danish island of Bornholm
3 U-Boats are scuttled in the Baltic

Norway...
German occupation forces surrender
Reichskommissar Terboven commits suicide

Nazi-held Germany...
German vessels depart Libau and Windau with troops in refugees

On the Western Front...
US 9th Air Force fighter claims the final USAAF air-to-air victory in wartime Europe
General Sepp Dietrich surrenders remnants of his 6th SS Panzer Army to Patton
US 3rd Army makes contact with Soviet forces at Amstetten, Strengberg, and St Peter

North Sea...
U-320 -- previously heavily damaged by RAF aircraft, is scuttled off Norway
US vessel Horace Binney damaged by mine and subsequently written off

Channel Islands...
The German Kommandant rejects a British demand to surrender

London...
Winston Churchill declares victory in Europe over the radio

Italy...
French Army Detachment of the Alps begins occupying Italian territory along the French border

In the Aegean...
The German garrisons of Crete, Milos, Rhodes, Leros, and Cos surrender

Algeria...
Food riots erupt in Setif, quickly spreading into a general revolt

Washington DC...
This date is declared V-E day by President Truman

New Guinea...
Australian 6th Infantry Division is attacking towards toward Wewak 

In the Pacific...
Tarakan:
Australian 26th Infantry Brigade is attacking Japanese position

South China Sea:
Japanese vessel No. 6 Kosho Maru sunk by Allied aircraft off Hainan Island

Luzon:
US 6th Army is attacking around Wawa, Mount Binicayan, and Sugar Loaf Hill

Mindanao:
US 8th Army is attacking around Talomo River, Colgan Woods, and Maramag airfield Number One

Negros:
US 8th Army is gaining ground

Samal Island:
A detachment of US 8th Army lands

Okinawa:
US 10th Army operations are reduced by heavy rainfall, but 1st Marine Regiment is attacking Japanese 32nd Army around Nan Hill

Off Japan:
IJN minesweeper W-39 and Japanese vessel Shuncho Maru are sunk by mines
Japanese vessel No. 3 Daito Maru is sunk by USN submarine Bowfin

Burma:
British 14th Army is engaged against withdrawing Japanese units west of the Irrawaddy River around Padan

Today's Air Raids...
Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Marcus Island by US 7th Air Force
Borneo on airfields by US FEAF
Celebes on airfields by US FEAF
Japan on airfields by US 20th Air Force
Kisarazu airfield, Japan by US 7th Air Force
Indochina on bridges and coastal targets by US 14th Air Force
Phan Rand and Binh Dinh, Indochina by US FEAF
China on bridges and attack targets of opportunity throughout southern and eastern China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Some client follow-up
Meditation
Me Time
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV comedy night

Twitter Followers = 1,937 (up 8)
Non-followed eliminated = 0

Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers followed back = 1
@colortheory, @kykaree, @socccratess, @AmyWalkerCoach, @smiilieforrme
Spammers not followed back = 3
@vex_smile, @Liam29pk, @windsorbath

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 
I'm on something of a roll! My personal circumstances are most benevolent and I am making progress in all departments. 

With the situation of this character so benign, I am free to focus on self-development. The most important of these is raising consciousness - to achieve the aim of a silent intuitively led mind. With a mind so completely emptied, there will be plenty of room for acquiring new knowledge and wisdom which I can then pass on to the next generation. 

The prevailing attitude is gratitude, the prevailing feelings are peace and relief

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is your life achieving something?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry in the morning
Heavy rain thereafter
An easterly wind will pick up by mid-morning and swing northerly overnight
Max Temp = 11 degC at 1pm
Min Temp = 6 degC at 8am
Sunrise at 05:18
Sunset at 20:50
Moon: 


Weathertrack: A depression is approaching Britain from the south-west
Air Pressure: 1016 millibars and falling

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
The trouble with good jokes is that they often get elected :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Jessi Campbell on neighbours having sex and other matters

8. TRIVIA
Babies don't shed tears when they're upset until they're 2-4 months old

9. ZEN WISDOM
How can you possibly ever know how far or fast you can go if you’ve never run all-out? To give up even before you’ve tried is actually arrogance—an affront to the wondrous power of life within you and disrespectful to yourself.

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