MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY, MONDAY 4th MAY 2015 07:38 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (4th May 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet troops liberate Oranienburg concentration camp
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front captures Schwerin

In the Baltic...
RAF aircraft sink eight vessels and three U-Boats

Norway...
Operation Judgment: 
A RN task force attacks German shipping and bases around Narvik - German depot ship Black Watch and U-711 are sunk

Nazi-Held Territory...
2nd day of the Prague revolt
Belgian Rexist leader and Nazi-collaborator Leon Degrelle reaches Copenhagen and continues onward to Oslo
The Grand Mufti attempts unsuccessfully to escape by car to Switzerland
Wreck of Kriegsmarine battleship Schlesien and heavy cruiser Lutzow along with many other vessels are scuttled at Swinemunde
Kriegsmarine destroyers Z-38, Z-39, Z-34, and Z-43 with two torpedo boats, five steamships, and other vessels depart Swinemunde for Copenhagen
German vessel Hektor (ex raider Orion) sunk by Soviet aircraft at Swinemunde
All U-boats at sea ordered to cease offensive operations, stop all hostile actions, and return to their bases

On the Western Front...
The delegation sent by Doenitz signs the local surrender of German troops in Netherlands, Denmark, and northwest Germany with Montgomery, to be effective on the morning of 5 May
German forces facing British 21st Army Group cease hostilities in the evening
General Franz Halder, imprisoned since July 1944, surrenders to US troops
SOE agent Peter Churchill is liberated by US troops
General Courtney Hodges is ordered to return to the USA en route to Pacific as soon as possible, and his US 1st Army HQ begins relinquishing troops and preparing to transfer for operations against Japan
US 3rd Army is attacking against continued resistance around Linz
US 7th Army captures Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Berchtesgaden
US 7th Army meets US 5th Army at the Brenner Pass
French 1st Army continues to advance eastward beyond Feldkirch
US troops liberate 18,000 survivors of Gunskirchen concentration camp
US 9th Air Force fighters claim 29 Luftwaffe jets destroyed on the ground

France...
Merchand Division of French Army Detachment Of The Atlantic continues attacks against the besieged German garrison at La Rochelle

North Sea...
U-320 is heavily damaged by RAF aircraft

Italy...
In a standoff with Yugoslav communist partisans, New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division of British 8th Army is ordered to hold its positions in Trieste and prepare for possible hostilities
An Allied victory parade is held in Milan
Kriegsmarine torpedo boat TA-40 (ex Italian) is scuttled at Monfalcone

New Guinea...
Australian 6th Infantry Division captures Wom, Ranimboa, and Numoikum

In the Pacific...
Bougainville:
Australian II Corps launches probing attacks against Japanese 17th Army

Tarakan:
Australian 26th Infantry Brigade is fighting its way into Tarakan town

South China Sea:
Japanese vessel No. 2 Yaei Maru is sunk by a mine off Singapore
Japanese vessel Tokachi Maru is sunk by US aircraft

Luzon:
US 6th Army is attacking around Mount Haruna, Wolfhound Ridge, Wawa, and Woodpecker Ridge

Negros:
US 8th Army is mopping up pockets of Japanese resistance around Davao

Samal:
A detachment of US 8th Army lands to secure the island

Okinawa:
Japanese 32nd Army is counterattacking US 10th Army with limited success
Japanese aircraft attack the US airbase at Yontan
USN destroyers Luce and Morrison are sunk and many other ships damaged by kamikaze attacks

Sakishima Islands:
RN Task Force 57 bombards Japanese positions by sea and air

Off Japan:
Japanese vessel Shinpen Maru is sunk by USN submarine Cero off Honshu

East China Sea:
Japanese vessels Koan Maru and Japanese vessel Koan Maru sunk by USN PB4Y and PBM aircraft are sunk by USN PB4Y and PBM aircraft

South China Sea:
Japanese vessel No. 2 Yaei Maru is sunk by a mine off Singapore
Japanese vessel Tokachi Maru is sunk by US aircraft

Yellow Sea:
IJN minesweeper W-20 is sunk by USN submarine Trepang

China...
Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
Sekine Detachment of Japanese 20th Army captures Wawutang

Burma...
Indian 26th Infantry Division secures Rangoon without unopposed
Much of Japanese 28th Army, including units withdrawing from the Arakan, are cut off on the western side of Irrawaddy River

Today's Air Raids...
Marcus Island by US 7th Air Force
Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Borneo on military targets by US FEAF
Celebes Island on military targets by US FEAF
Japan on airfields by US 20th Air Force
Saigon, Indochina by US FEAF
Kota Bharu, Malaya by US FEAF
China on transportation lines, airfields, and other targets throughout southern and eastern China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Client prep and session
Ironing
Missus Time
Me Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

Being the only "morning person" in the house is handy on holidays - I get up to 4 hours to myself! Much of this time is spent blogging. Though I generally enjoy it, it has a genuine purpose - to raise my online profile and make me easy to find on Google. It's paying off too - most clients find me this way, though sometimes you get a "word-of-mouth" chain. These chains break when you finally get one not that motivated or is unsuitable, but they're good while they last.

I've noticed a distinct difference between related practitioners around me and myself - they all diversify looking for income streams. I am in the fortunate position of being financially supported, and I have no desire or intention to deviate from my passion for hypnotherapy. I don't want to do anything else - it is what I want to succeed in and I refuse to be distracted from it!

Unlike those I trained with or even those who trained me, hypnotherapy is not a "string to my bow" - it is the bow! It's where I feel at home and intrinsic to this character. I have a goal of being financially self-supporting as a hypnotherapist and I am with single-minded determination pursuing it!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you fixated on what you want or what you don't want?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout with sunny periods up to late afternoon
A moderate south-westerly will swing easterly during the evening
Max Temp = 14 degC at 4pm
Min Temp = 8 degC at 8am
Sunrise at 05:26
Sunset at 20:43
Moon:

  
Weathertrack: Britain is in a weak ridge of high pressure extending from Europe, but a depression is approaching rapidly from the south
Air Pressure: 1000 millibars and static
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Don't dwell on past mistakes - you've got far worse ones coming up! :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
John Oliver on the Iranian Nuclear Talks

8. TRIVIA
The hottest ever recorded temperature on Earth was 70.7° C (159° F) in the Lut Desert in Iran. The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -89.2° C (-120° F) in Antarctica. The average temperature on Earth is about 14-15° C (59° F)

9. ZEN WISDOM
Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.