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THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (10th February 1943)
On
the Russian Front...
Voronezh Front: Soviet 40th Army and 69th Army attack Kharkov, 3rd Tank Army of attack around Chuguyev and captures
Merefa.
Southwest Front: Soviet 6th Army attack around Andreyevka.
German XLVIII Panzer Korps withdraw toward Stalino.
Soviet North Caucasus Front links up with beachhead at Novorossisk
North Sea...
Free Norwegian submarine Uredd, on its way to a raid with commandos on board, is sunk, probably by a mine.
In the Mediterranean...
Italian vessel Cosala sunk by RN submarine HMS Una
In the Atlantic...
U-519 sunk by USAAF aircraft northwest of Spain.
In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Amari Maru sunk by USN submarine Pickerel
US vessel Starr King sunk by IJN submarine I-21
In India...
Ghandi, interned by the British, begins a hunger strike.
In the Indian Ocean...
British vessel Queen Anne sunk by U-509
Today's Air Raids...
Caen, France by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France on military targets by RAF Fighter Command
Off Tunisia on Axis shipping by US 12th Air Force
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Munda, New Georgia Island by US Aircraft
Maymyo, Burma by US 10th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging, the milk run, ironing, long meditation after lunch and some me time before missus time in the evening.
Twitter Followers = 1,614 (down 2)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 2
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
One week on since we discovered the small garden gates stolen, and with the big gate still there, there's a feeling of closure on the matter.
Though I manage it, it doesn't take much to piss me off. The evening break at the Weekend job delayed by 45 minutes for operational reasons was enough to unsettle me, and combined with a hurried end to the shift, my emotions are still grumbling. There is no logic at all to this of course. No harm was done and I got home normal time, but the mechanisms which drive the mind are not logical.
I cannot prevent my buttons being pushed and feelings being ignited, but through years of practice and training, I can launch "counter-programs" that prevent my dark emotions possessing me. This works by a developed power of concentration, reciting affirmations and mantras that put my attention on the moment and the role I wish to play. I consequently no longer inflict my Dark Side on the innocent.
Necessity, it turns out, is not only the mother of invention, but also knowledge, intellectual growth, wisdom and enlightenment. When you need to learn things in order to survive, you learn well!
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you honest with yourself about the darkness within yourself?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Snowing all day varying light to heavy.
Snow will finally peter out overnight.
Wind will be moderate and north-westerly, veering westerly overnight
Max Temp = 1 degC
Min Temp = -1 degC
Sunrise at: 07:37
Sunset at 17:06
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
First you're telling me to be myself, then you're telling me to stop being an idiot - please make your mind up. : D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Adam Ray Sings the Jews
8. TRIVIA
The appendix has no function in modern humans. In herbivorous mammals, its' purpose is to digest cellulose, but the richer omnivorous human diet does not need the energy from this source. Evolution works by the "use it or lose it" principle - organs that are not needed for survival become useless over generations, as individuals diverting resources elsewhere have a competetive edge. For the same reason, species that live successfully in darkness over many generations become blind as their eyes no longer work.
9. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
"Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart." - Marcel Morin
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