TUESDAY 25th MARCH 2014 06:48 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (25th March 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front attack Tarnopol

In Germany...
Hitler orders the execution of POWs who are recaptured after escaping Stalag Luft III
Manstein and Kleist confer with Hitler regarding the situation on the Russian Front

In the Atlantic...
U-976 is sunk by RAF aircraft in the Bay of Biscay

In the United States...
US Joint Chiefs of Staff decides to disband South Pacific theater, distributing forces to Southwest Pacific and Pacific theaters

In the Pacific...
IJN sub chaser Ch-54 is sunk by USN submarine Pollack 
IJN submarine I-32 sunk by USN destroyer Manlove and sub chaser PC-1135

Japanese 17th Army calls off attacks against US Empress Augusta Bay beachhead, ending last major offensive on Bougainville Island

US 2nd Cavalry Brigade clears Manus Island

In China...
Japanese North China Area Army repairs demolished rail bridge over Yellow River to permit passage of vehicles and light trains for new offensive
Ho Chi Minh conducts a meeting of expatriate Indochinese nationalist leaders 

In Burma...
Indian 17th Infantry Division fighting through Japanese blocks on the Tiddim road in order to withdraw toward Imphal

In India...
Elements of Japanese 31st Infantry Division attack the Indian 50th Infantry Brigade at Sangshak northeast of Imphal 

Today's Air Raids...
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
Hirson, France by US 9th Air Force
Aulnoye and Lyons, France by RAF Bomber Command
Northen France Fighter patrols by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Maloelap Atoll and Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Wewak and military targets in New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul and military targets in New Britain by US 13th Air Force
Chittagong and Cox's Bazaar, India by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Meditation/Me Time
Housework
Client Prep, session and follow-up
Ironing
Missus Time

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Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers = 1
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I have been heavily focused on internal silence, particularly as a method for preventing my Saturday confrontation with management at the Weekend Job going round and round in my head. It's inevitably been in my head, but internal silence has certainly kept it under control.

A significant advance in my self development has been self-acceptance, particularly that in certain situations I will react in an unhelpful manner. I now realize that this isn't "me" because I do not choose it, but I accept fully the responsibility of managing it, in the same way that a diabetic goes not choose his condition but has the responsibility of managing it.

Having seen the benefits in self-control, I am pressing on with the intention of making internal silence my default mind-state.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU 
Are you the master of your own mind?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Rain all day
Rain will move away by evening and it will be dry and cloudy thereafter
A light easterly will veer gradually northerly and ease further
Max Temp = 5 degC
Min Temp = 4 degC
Sunrise at 05:58
Sunset at 18:29

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I wouldn't mind my ex still carrying a torch for me if she didn't have a can of petrol in the other hand : D  

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Anthony Jesselnik in Montreal  

8. TRIVIA
The soft drink Coca-Cola originally contained an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per serving, which combined with caffeine to create the drink’s powerful stimulating effects. While cocaine was officially removed from the drink’s ingredients in 1903, a cocaine-free variety of the coca leaf is still used as a flavour additive 

9. ZEN WISDOM
A person who cannot genuinely empathize with others can never excel as a leader.