Friday 22 May 2015

SATURDAY 23rd MAY 2015 06:20 BST

Read my book - ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
 

Also available - EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK
 

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (23rd May 
1945)
Flensburg, Germany...

With no German resistance left in Europe, the German Nazi government led by Admiral Doenitz is dissolved by the Allies and arrested en masse, including production chief Albert Speer and General Alfred Jodl

Luneburg, Germany...
Heinrich Himmler commits suicide in British custody

London...
With the wartime coalition dissolved, Churchill submits his resignation to the king and leads a caretaker government until the general election can be held.

Luzon...
US 6th Army is attacking toward the Mariquina River

Mindanao...
US 8th Army opens the Sayre Highway and reaches the Ising area

Negros...
US 8th Army captures Dolan Hill and advances toward Hill 4055

Okinawa...
US 10th Army continues its assault against Japanese 32nd Army with heavy casualties on both sides

Off Japan...
Three Japanese vessels are sunk by mines

China...
Kweilin-Liuchow operations: 
Chinese 29th Army recovers Tehsheng and Sze-en

Burma...
Aung San, representing the provisional government of Burma, meets with General Slim and agrees to place the Burmese National Army under Allied command for operations against the Japanese

Today's Air Raids...
Kataoka, Shumushu Island by US 11th Air Force
Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Tarakan by US FEAF
Borneo on military targets by US FEAF
Sakishima Islands on airfields by RN and USN aircraft
Tokyo by US 20th Air Force - with 520 B-29 bombers overnight, of which 17 lost (3%), dropping 3646 tons of incendiary bombs in the largest B-29 raid of the war. Seventeen square miles of Tokyo is razed to the ground
China on bridges and targets of opportunity around Liping, Yoyang, Changsha, Hengyang, Luntangpu, Chingmen, Shasi, and Ichang by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing 
Meditation
Me Time
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,963 (up 5)
Non-followed eliminated = 0

Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers followed back = 3
@aanimaalfacts, @amimalwoorld1, @AprilMorre, @KnowGoGrow
Spammers not followed back = 1
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 
One of this character's mental weaknesses is to rude/aggressive criticism - it tends to go into endless circles in my mind and I bear grudges for life. It has taken many years to even begin learning how to "let go" of such incidents.

My current strategy is to pass the matter from intellect to intuition, which I visualize as a Buddhist Lama. This at least prevents mental paralysis, but it still takes several days after an encounter to regain balance.

I'm philosophical about this state of affairs - I didn't choose to have this sort of response installed! I can only manage it to the best of my knowledge and ability, and accept that I can be broken and my weaknesses exploited. I can make myself more robust but not invincible, and if something overwhelms my defences, it was caused by destiny and not my own arrogance. I have found that this acceptance of vulnerability paradoxically brings peace of mind.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you fully aware of your personal weaknesses and vulnerabilities?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy throughout
Over the day, a light wind will swing from north-easterly to south-westerly
Max Temp = 15 degC at 7pm
Min Temp = 9 degC at 7am
Sunrise at 04:53
Sunset at 21:15
Moon: 

Weathertrack: A ridge of high pressure from the Azores anticyclone will extend over Britain today
Air Pressure: 1026 millibars and falling slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I try to avoid trouble but I think it likes me! :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz - The ER joke

8. TRIVIA
The Boxer Rebellion between 1898 and 1901 in northern China was against Christian missionaries, foreign diplomats, and technology by a secret group called the “Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists” (Yihequanor I-ho-ch’uan) so named because its members practiced weaponless martial arts as well as secret rituals. Westerners called it “shadow boxing” and the members “Boxers.”

9. ZEN WISDOM
Real love is not two people clinging to each other; it can only be fostered between two strong people secure in their individuality.

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