SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER 2013 08:37 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (26th October 1943)
In Moscow...
Second Moscow Conference continues with Allied foreign ministers Molotov, Eden, and Hull

On the Russian Front...
Hitler refuses to allow the German 17th army to withdraw from the Crimea

In the Atlantic...
U-420 is sunk by RAF aircraft 

In the Pacific...
Operation Blissful: USMC 2nd Parachute Battalion conducts a diversionary raid on Choiseul Island.

In New Guinea...
Remnants of Japanese troops around Finschhafen withdraw toward Sattelberg 

In India...
Viceroy Wavell promises to establish famine-relief camps in Bengal

Over Burma...
"The Hump", the US air transport route between India and China, is altered to avoid to avoid any more attacks by Japanese fighters.

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Greece on German airfields by US 12th Air Force
Kara and Kahili, Bougainville Island by US 13th Air Force
Buka Island Airfield by US 13th Air Force
Pombelaa, Celebes Island by US 5th Air Force
Tanimbar Islands military targets by US 5th Air Force
Off Hainan Island on Japanese shipping by US 14th Air Force - 4 Japanese vessels are sunk
Haiphong, Indochina by US 14th Air Force
Kungshan, China by US 14th Air Force  

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging/Me Time
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
Footie on TV with Missus


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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
The ability to separate higher consciousness from the character I play is an odd experience I'm still getting used to. In particular, the way one relates to the other. To raise consciousness from character to "player", it is simply a case of knowing how to relax. To return to character is simply a shift to looking through the character's eyes.

To take all this to the next level of control, I need to learn how to control the character as the player without "becoming" the character. This doesn't work in the same way a man wields a tool. It turns out that you do it by "observing" the character. I have learned that the very act of observing something can change it. When I observe my character from a detached viewpoint, the character alters behaviour, and becomes less reactive and more proactive as intuition takes full control of the character.

All fine and dandy, but the challenging part is keeping the focus in this place of detached observation. I am unfortunately nowhere near this yet. It has taken me this long just to figure out how it all works, and only now do I at least know how to drive it. The next part is sheer persistence and practice to keep focus where it works best.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Can you honestly say that you know what you're doing?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Possibility of showers before mid-morning
Dry with some sunny spells during the day.
Showers, some heavy, in the evening.
There will be a brief dry spell for a few hours after midnight.
A moderate south-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 13 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 07:55
Sunset at 17:46

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
My business, designing and building children's playgrounds, is on the slide : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Mock The Week - Unlikely things to hear at an awards ceremony

8. TRIVIA
On the day the Roman Colosseum officially opened, 5,000 animals were killed. During its history, it has been estimated that over 500,000 people and over a million animals were killed there.

9. ZEN WISDOM
There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self.