WEDNESDAY 12th DECEMBER 2012 07:24 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (12th December 1942)
On the Russian Front... Operation Winter Storm: German Group Hoth attacks Soviet 51st Army around Kotelnikovo and pushes toward Stalingrad.
Luftwaffe aircraft transport 80 tons of supplies to German 6th Army in Stalingrad pocket
In the North Sea... An allied convoy runs into Kriegsmarine 4th S-Boat flotilla
and four freighters are sunk.

In the English Channel... Kriegsmarine mine destructor vessel Sperrbrecher-144 sunk by Free Norwegian and RN destroyers.

In the Mediterranean... RN submarine P-222 sunk by Italian torpedo boat Fortunale.

In Tunisia... Renewed German attacks around Medjez el Bab.

In Algiers Harbour... Four transports are damaged by manned torpedoes from Italian submarine Ambra

In the Atlantic... British vessel Empire Hawk and Dutch vessel Ombilin sunk by Italian submarine Fecia di Cossato.
British vessel Ripley sunk by U-161

In the Pacific... IJN aircraft carrier Ryuho torpedoed by USN submarine Drum
Japanese vessel Gyokusan Maru sunk by USN submarine Halibut.
Five USN PT boats intercept eleven Japanese destroyers transporting supplies to Guadalcanal. In the ensuing battle, IJN destroyer Terutsuki and USN PT-44 are sunk.

In New Guinea... Australian 21st Infantry Brigade attacking Japanese positions west of Gona.

In the Indian Ocean... British vessel Empire Gull sunk by U-177

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France and Holland on military targets and shipping by RAF Fighter Command and US 8th Air Force fighters
Rouen, France by US 8th Air Force
North Sea Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Tunis and Sfax, Tunisia by US 12th Air Force
Munda Airfield, New Georgia Island by US Cactus Air Force
Lae, Salamaua and Japanese barges off Sanananda, New Guinea
by US 5th Air Force
Mandalay, Burma by RAF bombers

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Business planning in the morning then a client consultation just before lunch.
Son time (moved from Monday) in the early afternoon. Meditation late afternoon. Mainly missus time in the evening.

 Twitter Followers = 1,599 (up 2)
  Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
  Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I am very conscious of being in a stable, happy island of contentment while around me others struggle. I have no guilt whatsoever about this - I have done my share of struggling, and since all things pass, I may struggle in the future. However, I am certainly not indifferent to the struggling around me.

Stable happy times are ideal for two activities - self-consolidation, building oneself up spiritually, and helping others. This is very simple to do, as opportunities for small acts of kindness come your way every day. In this way, the stability and happiness I'm enjoying can be put to good use.

Though I intend to get rid of it at the first opportunity, the Weekend Job is good at keeping me from becoming naive. A hostile dysfunctional environment is a good test of character. It is presenting me with my greatest challenge - how to respond to "raw nerves" being trod on, which has happened three weeks in succession. From working with my clients on their own raw nerves, I know that rehearsal and preparation are essential. Yet up to press I haven't done it - it didn't happen often enough before for me to address it, but I am taking three successive weeks as a prompt from the universe. Let's see how I respond next time!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you well-prepared for challenging and upsetting situations?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Freezing fog at first, lifting to cloud by mid-morning.
It will thereafter remain dry and cloudy but never above freezing.
Wind will be light and westerly, veering south-westerly in the afternoon.
Max Temp = 0 degC
Min Temp = -3 degC
Sunrise at 08:16
Sunset at 15:45
Jetstream: Over the North Sea and northerly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If you quit school, just remember two things. 1. You tried your best, and 2. I don't like pickles on my Big Mac. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Al Murray on Scottish Independence

8. TRIVIA
Tea is the second most widely consumed beverage in the world after water. Half of the world's population drinks it.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have." - S. Richardson