TUESDAY 28th JULY 2015 06:52 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (28th July 1945)
Germany...
The Potsdam Conference resumes with Attlee and Bevin in place of Churchill and Eden. Stalin informs Truman and Attlee that Moscow is not accepting the Japanese proposal to send a special representative to mediate an end to the war

New York...
A USAAF B-25 bomber crashes into 78th and 79th floors of the Empire State Building

Ryukyu Islands...
USN destroyer Callaghan is sunk and destroyer Prichett is damaged by Japanese kamaikaze aircraft

Tokyo...
The Japanese government decides to ignore the Potsdam Declaration
The Japanese ambassador in Moscow reports a massive build-up of Soviet forces in the Far East

China...
Chinese forces recover Kweilin

East China Sea...
USN Task Force 32 finds no Japanese shipping targets left

Off Honshu, Japan...
Three Japanase cargo ships are sunk by USN submarine Sennet

Today's Air Raids...
Japan on military targets by US FEAF
Inland Sea, Japan on shipping by USN and RN aircraft - a battleship, a battleship-carrier, a heavy cruiser, a training ship, a light cruiser, a submarine, an escort destroyer, four guardboats, two coast defence vessels, an auxillary minesweeper and nine cargo ships are sunk 
Japan on Tsu, Aomori, Ichinomiya, Ujiyamada, Ogaki, Uwajima amd Shimotsu by US 20th Air Force
China on the Siang-Chiang valley, Shuitang and Kian by US 14th Air Force
Indochina on military targets by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Quality Missus Time
Meditation
Me Time

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Non-followed eliminated = 6
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Unfollowers eliminated = 1
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New Followers followed back = 4
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Spammers not followed back = 2
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION

Most of the time, taking Missus out is a relatively cheap date - yesterday for example, taking the bus to M&S Leeds for lunch and to pick up some nail varnish and bread rolls, to her constituted a Grand Day Out. Ironically, I spent more than her - on a head-cushion for the Consulting Room. On a jaunt to Liverpool later in the week, we will spend more on the coach than we will in the city - probably!

It's the dreaded NEXT catalogue where considerably more cash can be spent from the sofa with a simple phone call. However, after investing heavily in the Consulting Room this month, mainly on new audiovisual equipment, I could not with clear conscience refuse her boots and shoes for the forthcoming Pearl Wedding anniversary - a dress she wanted was out of stock - meaning they never had it in size 22 in the first place! This is blatantly obvious because the new catalogue has only just arrived!

My general view on purchases is to get stuff you want while you can afford it because you may not get another chance - you never know when the last ever opportunity will be. Now especially in our fifties, before age makes us too incapacitated, is the best chance we'll get to live life to the full.

I have only just got to the point where I "get it" and have adequate abundance to experience life truly awakened, so I will savour every precious moment and make the maximum possible difference.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you seizing all the opportunities available to you?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Rain all day, though mostly light
A moderate cool north-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 13 degC at 3pm
Min Temp = 9 degC at 7am
Sunrise at 05:14
Sunset at 21:12
Moon: 

Weathertrack: A depression over Denmark will drag cool northerly winds, troughs and weather fronts over Britain today
Air Pressure: 1000 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I stayed at a really posh hotel this week - the towels were so thick, I could hardly get my suitcase shut. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY
Would I Lie To You - Do the Initials of Lee Mack's Ex-girlfriends spell 'BERMUDA'?

8. TRIVIA
The National University of Mexico was founded in 1551 by Charles V of Spain and is the oldest university in North America.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Make today blossom in the manner most appropriate to the person you uniquely are!