THURSDAY 24th JANUARY 2013 08:00 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (24th January 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 60th Army captures Voronezh
Soviet 40th Army opens an attack against the German 2nd Army
Soviet 6th Army captures Starobelsk
The Soviet North Caucasus Front formed under command of General Maslennikov.
Soviet Don Front continues to reduce the German 6th Army in the Stalingrad pocket, now completely beyond rescue or resupply. Hitler orders Paulus and the 6th Army to fight to the last man and the last bullet.

In the North Sea...
Royal Navy destroyers and German S-Boats skirmish overnight off Lowestoft.
Germans lay mines in the Skagerrak strait.

In Tunisia...
US 1st Armored Division raids Sened Station then withdraws to Gafsa.

In Morocco...
Day 11 - final day of the Casablanca conference between Roosevelt and Churchill. Roosevelt announces the policy of unconditional surrender for Axis nations. It is decided to liberate Tunisia then invade Sicily in the Summer, to continue strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe, for Pacific forces to liberate specific islands in the path to the Philippines, and to undertake amphibious operations in China-Burma-India theatre.

In the Atlantic...
British vessel British Vigilance sunk by U-105
In the Pacific...
US forces gain ground and push toward the Poha River on Guadalcanal.
USN Task Force 67 with four cruisers and eight destroyers shells Japanese facilities on Kolombangara Island.

In Burma...
Indian 55th Infantry Brigade relieves 47th Infantry Brigade in the Mayu peninsula.

Today's Air Raids...
Sousse and Medenine, Tunisia by US 12th Air Force
Vila airfield Kolombangara Island by USN carrier Saratoga's Air Group 5
Munda airfield, New Georgia Island by US aircraft
Lae, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul, Gasmata, and Cape Gloucester, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Dili, Portuguese Timor by US 5th Air Force
Rangoon and Shaduzup, Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Shopping, then client prep, session and follow-up. Late afternoon meditation then a mixture of me time and missus time thereafter.

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
My cough and missus' Gastroenteritis continues to steadily heal. Prolonged and thoroughly enjoyable meditations over the last two days have helped set my mind in the right place for the relatively busy Thurs-Sat segment of the week. I will be focused on the short-term objectives, and start thinking long-term again from Sunday.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is your mind on your objectives?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Foggy start. Fog will lift into cloud with sunny periods from late morning.
Freezing fog and particularly low temperatures overnight.
Wind wil be negligible
Max Temp = -1 degC
Min Temp = -4 degC
Sunrise at 08:06
Sunset at 16:32

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
The problem with the world is the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid people are full of confidence. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Angela Barnes on Russell Howard's Good News

8. TRIVIA
The housefly's wings hum in the middle octave key of F.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think." - Dale Carnegie