SUNDAY 30th DECEMBER 2012 08:00 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (30th December 1942)
On the Russian Front...
German XLVIII Panzer Korps attacking Soviet 3rd Guards Army
German 16th Motorized Division withdrawing from Elista on the Kalmyuk Steppe
Luftwaffe aircraft transport 224 tons of supplies to German 6th Army in Stalingrad pocket

In Norway...
Kriegsmarine heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper and Lutzow depart Altafjord with escorting destroyers to attack convoy JW 51B.

In Vichy...
Vichy accepts an agreement giving Japan control of Indochina's finances and economy.

In Algiers...
Harold Macmillan named British minister in North Africa

In the Atlantic...
Polish vessel Paderewski sunk by U-214
British vessel Fidelity sunk by U-435

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Ryufuku Maru sunk by USN submarine Greenling.
Japanese vessel Hachian Maru sunk by USN submarine Thresher

In New Guinea...
Urbana Force attacking Japanese positions around Buna mission

Today's Air Raids...
L'Orient, France by US 8th Air Force
Gabes and Sfax, Tunisia by US 9th and 12th Air Force
Casablanca, Morocco by Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Condor aircraft
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Lae, Madang, and Wewak, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul, New Britain by US 5th Air Force, sinking one freighter.

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
The milk run before morning quality missus time. Prolonged afternoon meditation then more missus time in the evening.

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3. TODAY'S SELF OBSERVATION
A further three days of easy-going frolics are in prospect before the serious disciplined stuff resumes on Wednesday. I am currently enjoying a deeply-relaxed quiet frame of mind!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you getting proper rest?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Heavy blustery showers all day, evening and overnight
Wind will be strong and south-westerly
Max Temp = 8 degC
Min Temp = 3 degC
Sunrise at 08:25
Sunset at 15:55
Jetstream: Over Britain and westerly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
The say you should test your fire alarm once a month. I try but it's costing me a fortune in houses!  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
John Richardson Live At The Apollo

8. TRIVIA
Ordinary glass turns brown when exposed to nuclear radiation.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us..." - Morihei Ueshiba