SATURDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 2013 07:27 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (2nd February 1943)
On the Russian Front...
In Stalingrad, XI Korps of German 6th Army finally capitulates, ending the Battle of Stalingrad. Stalingrad was the key battle of the war - it demonstrated that the German army was not invincible. It also showed Hitler to be a very poor military commander. His decisions were the cause of the defeat and the catastrophic loss of one of his best armies. Unlike Stalin, who listened to his generals, Hitler, convinced of his own greatness, would continue to override his generals with bad decisions. This, coupled with the fact that that he had made war on the two most powerful industrial countries in the world who were now fully mobilised, made the final outcome inevitable.

Soviet Voronezh Front launches an offensive towards Kursk and Kharkov.

Soviet Southwest Front attack across the lower Donets river.

In Sofia, Bulgaria
The government agrees to comply with the German request to deport all its Jews to Poland.

In the Mediterranean..
RN submarine Safari sinks two Italian vessels .

In Tunisia
General Giovanni Meese is appointed commander of the Italian 1st Army.

In the Atlantic...
US vessel Jeremiah van Rensselar sunk by U-456

In the Pacific...
US 147th Infantry Regiment and 132nd Infantry Regiment advancing on Guadalcanal.
IJN destroyer Makigumo damaged by mine off Cape Esperance and subsequently scuttled
Japanese vessel Kenkoku Maru sunk by US 5th Air Force bombers

In New Guinea...
Australian 17th Infantry Brigade probe Japanese positions around Wau
In Burma...
Indian 55th Infantry Brigade attacking Donbaik in the Arakan.

Today's Air Raids...
Cologne, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Bruges, Belgium by RAF Bomber Command
Abbeville, France by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France on military targets by US 8th Air Force fighters and RAF Fighter Command
North Sea Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Tunis, Tunisia by US 12th Air Force
Munda, New Georgia Island by US 13th Air Force
Shortland Islands by US 13th Air Force
Timka, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul and Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Kengtung, China by US China Air Task Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging, client prep and session before Shift 2 of the Weekend Job. Missus time and TV footie in the late evening.

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
The source of my cough has moved from the bronchi to the trachea, right behind my tonsils. This shows the lungs themselves are significantly healed but the coughing is just as bad, and is playing havoc with my voice. Painkillers will suppress it enough to allow me to work with clients.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you giving sufficient priority to your wellbeing?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Frosty start. Dry and sunny all day, but with a cold raw north-westerly wind.
Dry overnight and clear skies at first, clouding after midnight. 
Wind will be moderate and north-westerly, veering south-westerly overnight.
Max Temp = 3 degC
Min Temp = -2 degC
Sunrise at 07:52
Sunset at 16:50

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I'm not saying you're an idiot, but everyone else is  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
David Finkelstein talks about the strange rules for rating movies

8. TRIVIA
There is no univerally agreed scientific definition of life. So far, whenever a definition is proposed, there is an organism that doesn't conform to it.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life." - Sandra Carey