Thursday 2 April 2015

GOOD FRIDAY 3rd APRIL 2015 07:55 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (3rd April 
1945)
On the Russian Front...

Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front opens an all-out assault against Koenigsberg

Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front, 1st Byelorussian Front, and 2nd Byelorussian Front are redeploying along the Oder and the Niesse for a new offensive with the objectives of Berlin and the Elbe
7th Guards Army of Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front attacking German 8th Army around Bratislava
46th Army of Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front is advancing toward Vienna
9th Guards Army of Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front captures Weiner Neustadt

Czechoslovakia...
President Benes establishes his government-in-exile at Kosice as provisional government of Czechoslovakia

Germany...
Thousands of prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp forced to evacuate and march away from Allied advance

On the Western Front...
British 2nd Army mops up in Rheine and attacks towards Osnabruck
US 9th Army captures Muenster, advances toward Bielefeld, and attacks the Ruhr pocket
US 1st Army is reducing the Ruhr pocket and advancing east
US 3rd Army is attacking toward Muhlhausen and Suhl
US 15th Army is holding the western side of the Ruhr pocket
US 7th Army finally captures Aschaffenburg and continues to advance east
French 1st Army attacks towards Karlsruhe

In the Pacific...
Bougainville Island:
Australian II Corps troops raid Japanese 17th Army positions along Commando Road

South China Sea:
USN aircraft sink Japanese vessel No. 30 Nanshin Maru off the coast of French Indochina

Luzon:
US 6th Army is attacking in the Legaspi area and around Mount Montalban, Mount Macolod, and Tiaong

Negros:
US 8th Army captures Silay

Cebu:
US 8th Army clears Bolo Ridge

Romblon Island:
US 8th Army secures the island and lands a detachment on Masbate Island

Sanga Sanga Island:
USN minesweeper YMS-71 is sunk offshore by a mine

Okinawa:
US 10th Army turns III Amphibious Corps to attack northward and XXIV Corps to attack southward against Japanese 32nd Army.
Japanese vessel Imari Maru is sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 58
Kamikaze attacks damage escort carrier Wake Island and several other smaller ships

China...
Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
Shigehiro Detachment of Japanese 20th Army begins advancing from Youngfeng towards Lengshuikang

Burma...
British 14th Army attacks Japanese 33rd Army around Kandaung

Today's Air Raids...
Kiel Naval Base, Germany by US 8th Air Force - in a highly successful raid, six U-Boats, five minesweepers, a mine transport, a hospital ship and two cargo ships are sunk
Nordhausen and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Northern Italy on transportation lines, supply depots, methanol plants, and other targets in the Po valley and elsewhere by US 12th Air Force
Tarakan Island by US FEAF
Kagi Airfield, Formosa by US FEAF
Kure and Hiroshima, Japan offshore minelaying by US 20th Air Force
Tachikawa, Koizumi, Shizuoka and military targets in Japan by US 20th Air Force
Hong Kong by US FEAF - two cargo ships and an IJN frigate are sunk
Indochina on bridges, towns, and rail lines by US 14th Air Force
Hainan Island by US FEAF
China on targets of opportunity by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Me Time
Sleep Catchup
Meditation
Quality Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,900 (up 1)
Non-followed eliminated = 1

@gravitycc
Unfollowers eliminated = 1
@KallistiHypno
New Followers followed back = 3
@wisdom943, @ClarineHiser, @IdealLifeHypno
Spammers not followed back = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 
An interesting facet of body-clock is that no matter what time I go to bed, it always wakes me in the earlybright. Due to a self-indulgent "late-nighter to 1.10am, I was still up at 5.15am, so I may catch up on a couple of hours this afternoon! The other item of interest is that I now often wake horny with a boner, but I have learned that this is not a cue for libido relief - if I indulge it I may still be at it an hour later. In fact it's driven by a full bladder. After the early morning wee, the boner vanishes instantly!

Fortunately erectile dysfunction is not the same as impotence - I'm still capable but have to be highly stimulated to be aroused and keep things up, or more reliably take a blue tablet, which I reserve for lovemaking to save money. 

These issues and long-sightedness, my other symptom of ageing, are all inconvenient but manageable and don't get in the way of my happiness. Eyesight bothers me the most - I need to keep reading glasses handy at all times. It's most frustrating when you want to read and there's just a blur in front of you.

Yesterday was the first day of Operation Equinox where I let myself relax a bit! However this doesn't amount to a collapse - discipline will be restored today. I will immensely enjoy having Friday off the Weekend job and have a good slob!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How well do you understand yourself?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Rain all day
Rain finally clears in the early evening but it will remain heavily overcast
Wind negligible
Max Temp = 7 degC at 2pm
Min Temp = 4 degC at 8am
Sunrise at 06:36
Sunset at 19:46
Moon: 

Weathertrack: A depression will move south-east across Britain today
Air Pressure:1013 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Smack the Pony - The Dating Agency Videos Part 1

8. TRIVIA
A group of crows is called a murder or congress. A group of owls is called a parliament, wisdom, or study. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Illness is not something to feel ashamed of. It is not a sign of misfortune or defeat. Suffering is the fuel of wisdom, and it opens the way to happiness. Through illness, human beings can gain insight into the meaning of life, understand its value and dignity, and strive to lead more fulfilling lives.


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