WEDNESDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2013 06:46 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (6th February 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Trains begin carrying supplies into Leningrad along new rail line south of Lake Ladoga.
Voronezh Front: Soviet 40th Army advances towards Belgorod and 3rd Tank Army attacks the 1st SS Panzer-Grenadier Division around Pechenegi.
Southwest Front: Soviet 1st Guards Army captures Lisichansk and pushes toward Barvenkovo.
Hitler agrees to Manstein's proposal to withdraw behind Mius River, but not to  evacuate the German 17th Army from the Kuban.

In the Baltic...
German vessel Grundsee sunk, probably by a mine.

In the Mediterranean...
Canadian corvette Louisburg sunk by Axis aircraft off Algeria.
In the Atlantic...
Greek vessel Polyktor sunk by U-266
Polish vessel Zagloba sunk by U-262
In the Pacific...
161st Infantry Regiment of US 25th Infantry Division takes up pursuit of withdrawing Japanese forces on Guadalcanal.
Japanese vessel Gisho Maru sunk by US 5th Air Force bombers.

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France on military targets by RAF Fighter Command
North Sea Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Wau Airfield, New Guinea by Japanese aircraft - Allied AA batteries claim 24 shot down.
Lae, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Myitnge, Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
British Gas calling regarding leaking boiler sometime this morning. Will do computer stuff while waiting. After engineer has been will do the milk run. Son Time over lunch then a long meditation. Mixed me time and missus time in the evening.

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
After some soul-searching, missus and myself have agreed not to replace the stolen small garden gate. We don't have the £200 insurance excess, and we don't want to borrow the money in case a genuine emergency comes up. I will put it down to experience. When the gates were installed in 2011 I was warned by a neighbour that this could happen, but I didn't take the threat seriously. Such is hindsight! I must now adopt the Buddhist principle that if something is taken from you, you must let go of it with your mind.

Another area of acceptance being necessary is regarding my cough - I just need to keep up the aromatherapy and painkillers until it finally heals.

The benefits of the acceptance of adversity is that it frees up your mind to focus on moving forward. Setbacks that do not kill you make you wiser and stronger! I now intend to get on with developing my Practice.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is there anything lost you need to let go of?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Fine and dry all day with sunny periods, but with a raw northerly wind.
Wind will veer north-westerly in the afternoon and ease off.
However, skies will be clear by sunset and consequently it will freeze overnight.
Max Temp = 3 degC
Min Temp -2 degC
Sunrise at 07:45
Sunset at 16:48

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
The cannibal ordered a pizza with everybody on it : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Doctor Who gag reel (er, that means bloopers and funny outtakes)

8. TRIVIA
Swallows migrating across the Sahara Desert get all the water they need from the desert flies they eat on the way.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin