FRIDAY 12th APRIL 2013 07:18 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (12th April 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Tipped off by British Intelligence about German plans, Soviet forces and civilian laborers begin massive expansion of fortifications in the Kursk salient.

In Germany...
German news reports that bodies of 10,000 Polish officers murdered by Soviets have been discovered in Katyn Forest. The Katyn massacre had been ordered by Stalin in March 1940 and was carried out in April-May 1940 to deprive the Poles of those capable of organizing an anti-Soviet resistance.
Romanian Marshal Ion Antonescu meets with Hitler.

In the Mediterranean...
German vessel St Lucien sunk by RN submarine HMS Unruly

In Tunisia...
British 8th Army captures Sousse

In the Atlantic...
Five Allied freighters are lost to U-Boats

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Sapporo Maru is sunk by USN submarine Flying Fish
Operation I-Go: Aircraft of Japanese 11th Air Fleet, reinforced by planes detached from aircraft carriers, attack Allied shipping at Port Moresby with 43 bombers and 131 fighters.

In Burma...
In the Arakan, Indian 4th Infantry Brigade withdraws to Lambaguna-Godusara area overnight.

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Naples, Cosenza, and Crotone, Italy by US 9th Air Force
Trapani, Sicily by USAAF
Bizerte, Ste-Marie du Zit, and Oudna, Tunisia by USAAF
New Guinea military targets by US 5th Air Force - Japanese vessel Sydney Maru sunk at Hansa Bay
Gasmata and Rabaul, New Britain by USAAF
Magwe, Walawbum, and Loiwing, Burma by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging first thing, then housework. A short missus time before Shift 1 of the Weekend Job then Missus Time in the evening.

 Twitter Followers = 1,653 (up 3)
     Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
     Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
It's been a week where normal routines had to be put aside and consequently the house is not as clean and tidy as I would like when clients are due, but family-wise a great success - the time and money investments made have strengthened family togetherness.

A good piece of spiritual advice I learned from Sharon Janis was to live on "many levels at once", from the Universal to the individual. Both ends of this experience spectrum are essential. Without the Universal, life is an experience of struggle, frustration and loss. Without the individual, life cannot be fully experienced.

I am currently experiencing the "Golden Age" from the individual perspective. My daily experience is one of joy, gratitude and inner peace. The things I have lost through age (20/20 vision, libido, suppleness) are not greatly missed. People and situations that are joyless have been ejected from my personal life and I have the strength and resources to keep them at bay. I am making the positive difference that I wish to make and have contributed to the collective wisdom of mankind.

An important additional lesson I have learned is that happiness is not about life being as you'd prefer. Your preferences and inclinations give you incentive but life is not about fulfilling them all.  True fulfilment comes in making an impact, a lasting difference. Life itself cannot be posessed and held onto, but the joy of having participated positively is eternal.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you clear about what you're here for?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Damp, drizzly and overcast until mid-afternoon
A brief dry spell mid-evening will be followede by showers, some heavy thereafter.
Wind will be light and north-easterly
Max Temp = 8 degC
Min Temp = 3 degC
Sunrise at 06:14
Sunset at 20:02

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Who is the leader of the hankies? - the hankerchief : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Fawlty Towers - Don't Mention The War!

8. TRIVIA
Eating beetroot every day will turn your urine pink.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look at your present actions." - Padmasambhava