FRIDAY 19th APRIL 2013 06:44 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (19th April 1943)
In Warsaw...
German police and SS units enter Warsaw's ghetto to forcibly remove remaining Jews to concentration camps. Armed Jewish fighters resist the incursion and drive the police and SS out of the ghetto.

In Berlin...
Norwegian leader Vidkun Quisling consults with Hitler.

At Smyrna, Turkey...
At Smyrna, Italian POWs and internees are exchanged for British POWs and internees, with the balance of Italians delivered to Portugal in June.

In the Mediterranean...
German vessel Mostaganem and Italian vessel Bivona sunk by RN submarine  HMS Unrivalled.
Italian vessel Francesco Crispi sunk by RN submarine HMS Saracen

In Tunisia...
British 8th Army assaults Axis positions at Enfidaville overnight.
US II Corps redeploy to the northern flank of the Tunisian western front.

In the Atlantic...
US vessel Robert Gray sunk by U-108
In Bermuda...
Anglo-American conference on refugees opens
In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel No. 5 Banshu Maru sunk by USN submarine Seawolf
First US night-fighter victory in the Pacific scored by a P-70 over Tulagi Island

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Netherlands RAF Night Fighter patrols
La Spezia, Italy by RAF Bomber Command, Italian destroyer Alpino is sunk
La Sebala and Axis shipping at Tunis by USAAF
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Lae and Hollandia, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Gasmata and Cape Gloucester, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Toungoo, Burma by RAF aircraft
Rangoon and military targets, Burma by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging first thing, then client prep and session. Shift 1 of the Weekend Job then comedy night on TV with Missus.

 Twitter Followers = 1,662 (up 2)
  Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
  Unfollowers eliminated = 1
    @JustinPortland

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I've now gone three days without meditation, and with no opportunities on Friday and Saturday, it will be five days in total, virtually unheard of! I am not as cranky as I would have expected, mainly due to a zero stress environment, but nevertheless, I'm not happy about it. I'm getting by simply chilling out where possible.

I look forward to getting back to my meditation regime on Sunday and intend to be more disciplined and structured next week.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Which is worse, failing or never starting?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Showers, some heavy in the morning.
Cloudy but mainly dry from mid-morning, sky clearing overnight.
Wind negligible
Max Temp = 9 degC
Min Temp = 5 degC
Sunrise at 05:58
Sunset at 20:15

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Don't worry about avoiding temptation - as you grow older, it will avoid you. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Tyler Boeh talks about Californian driving and Facebook

8. TRIVIA
Native Alaskans have the highest rates of botulism in the world due to the way they butcher and store indigenous food (such as seals) under the ground in plastic bags.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas A. Edison