THURSDAY 20th DECEMBER 2012 06:10 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (19th December 1942)
On the Russian Front... 3rd Guards Army of Soviet Southwest Front attacks toward Morozovsk, whilst 1st Guards Army attacks toward Chertkovo and Millerovo.
Continued fighting by Soviet 5th Tank Army and 5th Shock Army against German XLVIII Panzer Korps on the Chir River.
Operation Winter Storm: Soviet 2nd Guards Army counter-attack spearheads of Group Hoth on the Myshkova River.
In Stalingrad, General Paulus, presented with his last opportunity for the surrounded 6th Army to break out, is not prepared to defy Hitler's order to stay put and so gives no new orders.
German Army Detachment Hollidt under heavy attack.
Luftwaffe aircraft transport approximately 215 tons of supplies to German 6th Army in Stalingrad pocket. The Luftwaffe has never reached the 300 ton daily requirement except for one day.

In the Arctic... German vessel Pasvik sunk by Soviet submarine L-22

In Berlin... Count Ciano, on behalf of Mussolini, has a final meeting with Hitler.

In the Atlantic... British vessel Otina sunk by U-621

In the Pacific... Japanese vessel Mutsuki Maru sunk by mine off Japanese coast

In New Guinea... Warren Force attack Japanese positions around New Strip east of Buna.

Today's Air Raids...
Duisburg, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Romilly, France by US 8th Air Force and RAF Fighter Command
Sfax, Tunisia by US 12th Air Force on Axis shipping
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Buna Mission, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Lashio, Burma by US 10th Air Force
Magwe, Burma by RAF aircraft
Calcutta, India by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Ironing and the Christmas food shop in the morning.
Prolonged meditation in the afternoon
Missus quality time in the evening

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
With Daughter postponing her arrival until Monday, the prospect of a routine weekend is somewhat comforting, and I can devote myself to standard chores and quality time with Son and Missus.

I am more convinced than ever that it is your loved ones that deserve the lion's share of your direct time and attention. My proudest achievement is my relationship with my son, vastly superior to the average. Yesterday for example we just spontaneously chatted for over an hour. This to me is the best possible use of my time, absolute priority #1. It's all so wonderfully natural - I never force him into things, he is just naturally turning out to be how I would wish and great company too!

I am beside myself with gratitude for the quality of relationship I have with Missus and Son! It inspires me to unilaterally make a difference to those receptive to my gifts and talents, and to aggressively and ruthlessly fend off those who piss me off.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Will what you're focused on bring you joy?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Heavy rain all day, evening and overnight
Wind will be moderate and south-westerly, gradually easing and slowly turning northerly from late afternoon.
Max & Min Temp = 4 degC
Sunrise at 08:23
Sunset at 15:47
Jetstream: Over Britain and westerly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I have CDO. It's like OCD but all the letters are in alphabetical order as they should be. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Ed Byrne slags off Alanis Morissette

8. TRIVIA
AM and shortwave radio stations have better reception at night. This is because the composition of the upper atmosphere is different at night and becomes opaque to longer radio waves, allowing them to bounce off at an angle and go back to Earth much further away from the mast. Unfortunately this also means that there is much more interference, as stations of similar wavelength to the one selected are picked up by your radio.

FM stations can only be picked up a relatively short distance from the mast, as the high frequency radio waves do not "bounce" so interference is rare, and DAB stations' signals carry a unique signature, so no matter how many other stations there are, all other signals are screened out, making reception perfect so long as you are in range.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal." - Mike Ditka