WEDNESDAY 22nd MAY 2013 07:00 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (22nd May 1943)
In the Black Sea...
Soviet patrol cutter SKA-041 sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft

In Germany...
Adolf Galland pilots a test flight of Me-262 jet fighter, reporting it can allow Germany to regain air superiority

In the Atlantic...
British vessel Alpera sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft off Cape St Vincent
U-569 sunk by aircraft from USN escort carrier Bogue

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, US 7th Infantry Division attack into the Chichagof Valley. A Japanese airstrike on supporting warships is driven off.

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): 39th Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army joins offensive and 87th Army of Chinese 6th War Area withdraws from Yuyuangkuan area

Today's Air Raids...
Kursk, Russia by the Luftwaffe
Kaimana, New Guinea by Japanese aircraft
Chittagong, India by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Bathtime
Online marketing/website construction
Meditation
Lad's Time
Missus Time

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I finally got the housework done but then got involved in researching a new cable/satellite deal. After all that and after several days huffing and puffing, ranting and raging against Virgin Media for poor service, after a family discussion, we actually ended up upgrading our package with them!

Recent large bills, it transpires, were due to Missus calls to Daughter's mobile, so we went for a flat-rate all inclusive package to solve the problem, rather than take the chance of upheaval by switching to Sky. We will give it a few months and review the situation again.

In my temporal life I am in the blissful situation of almost zero stress, with no one on my back - potential antagonists have all been cast out, cut off, or at the Weekend Job, cowered to a comfortable distance. Missus, unlike most wives, almost never nags for stuff. My relationship with Son is my pride and joy, and Daughter, the biggest fly in the ointment, bothers me only in the form of traumatic memory.

Liberated from "firefighting" all day, There is time aplenty to live life and enjoy my little bubble of paradise. My training teaches me not to cling to it, but simply be grateful for the experience, for all things must pass. The only thing that will remain so long as consciousness remains is the joy of having made a difference.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How will you get the best out of the good things in your life?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy all day, with sunny intervals
Sky will clear in the evening to yield bright sunshine
Mainly dry and clear after dark.
A consistent cool north-westerly wind will strengthen up to early evening.
Max Temp =  12 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 04:55
Sunset at 21:13

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
As hearing-aid prices rise, users say "how much?" : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Is it a lie? David Mitchell's pen policy - seriously funny!

8. TRIVIA
Bubonic Plague, the catastrophic "Black Death" of medieval times, is a bacterial infection passed on from the bites of infected rat fleas. The bacteria migrate to the Lymph nodes and multiply rapidly, forming painful black growths called buboes.

In modern civilisation it is almost impossible for such a plague to occur. However plagues themselves remain a threat, particularly from any newly-evolved aggressive airbourne virus.

Viruses and bacteria, no matter how virulent, almost never eradicate an entire species because there are always a few individuals with a natural resistance. These individuals will survive and multiply, restoring the species fairly rapidly.

Evolution tends to favour viruses and bacteria that cause only mild or no symptoms, because since they don't kill their host, they are much more easily spread. A notable exception was the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918. Highly virulent, it spread rapidly because of the First World War, where large numbers of people were gathered together and on the move. It killed many more people than the war itself.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Those who want much are always much in need." - Horace