TUESDAY 13th AUGUST 2013 08:14 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (13th August 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Kalinin Front opens an offensive north of Smolensk
Soviet Steppe Front fights its' way into Kharkov
Soviet Southwest Front opens an offensive against German 1st Panzer Army in the Donbas sector

In Italy...
Royal Navy warships bombard Vibo Velentia 

In Sicily...
US 7th Army enters Randazzo and advances toward Patti on the coastal road
Axis forces continue an orderly evacuation across the Straits of Messina during the night

In the Mediterranean...
Thirty-five Luftwaffe aircraft attack convoy MKS-21, damaging two vessels, but losing nine bombers to Allied fighters 

In the USA...
The first test-drop of a dummy atomic bomb takes place at Dahlgren Naval Proving Ground, Virginia 
Churchill and Roosevelt meet privately at Hyde Park prior to the Quadrant Conference in Quebec, Canada

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Edo Maru sunk by USN submarine Sunfish 
Munda Airfield on New Georgia Island is fully commissioned for use by American aircraft.
Elements of US 43rd Infantry Division land on Vela Cela Island
IJN guardboat No. 15 Dai Nippon Maru sunk by US aircraft off the Bismark Archipelago

Today's Air Raids...
Wiener-Neustadt, Germany by US 9th Air Force
English Channel RAF Fighter patrols
Sardinia USAAF Fighter patrols
Rome and military targets, Italy by USAAF
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force, unaware it is actually abandoned
Guadalcanal on shipping by Japanese aircraft, sinking a transport ship
Kahili and military targets, Bougainville Island by US AirSols
Darwin, Australia by Japanese aircraft
Salamaua and military targets, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Balikpapan oil facilities, Borneo 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing
Gardening
Missus Time
Meditation
Me Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Monday was largely spent quietly recovering from the events of Sunday evening - everybody was shook up. However, with the situation crystallized, healing has begun and everyone can move on with what remains. There will of course be scars, and some mental discipline will be required to keep focus away from unhelpful memories, but with the break being total and absolute, all this is manageable.

The two relationships I have remaining, with Son and Missus, grow ever stronger, and for the foreseeable future I see nothing but bliss in our little bubble-world-of-joy. I will use the energy I derive from it to fulfil my primary life-purpose of making a positive difference, to self, environment and others.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you making the best use of what is available to you?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout with mixed cloudy and sunny spells 
A cool moderate north-westerly will blow throughout the dayA cool moderate north-westerly will blow throughout the dayA cool moderate north-westerly will blow throughout the day
A cool moderate north-westerly will blow throughout the dayA cool moderate north-westerly will blow throughout the dayDry overnight, though clouding over after a clear start
Wind will ease and turn westerly.
Max Temp = 16 degC
Min Temp = 10 degC

Sunrise at 05:41
Sunset at 20:41

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
As soon as you make something idiot-proof, along comes a better idiot. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY
Rich Hall on the TEA Party and Sarah Palin

8. TRIVIA 
The Wolf has historically been a euphemism for a sexual predator. For example, Little Red Riding Hood, who wears a red cape that proclaims her sexual maturity, is seduced off the moral path by a wolf. The sex link endures in common clichés, such as describing a predatory man as “a wolf” or a sexy whistle as a “wolf whistle.”

9. ZEN WISDOM
Truth has to be consistent with your experience or it is not truth, just theory and dogma.