SUNDAY 14th APRIL 2013 07:25 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (14th April 1943)
In the Atlantic...
U-526 is sunk by a mine
German vessel Penerf sunk by RN submarine HMS Ultor
Italian vessel Alcione C. sunk by RN submarine Taurus

In New Guinea...
Operation I-Go: Aircraft of Japanese 11th Air Fleet, reinforced by planes detached from aircraft carriers, attack Allied shipping at Milne Bay. Dutch vessel van Heemskerk and Australian vessel Gorgon are sunk.

In Burma...
General William J Slim takes command of British forces in the Arakan.

Today's Air Raids...
Koenigsberg and Danzig, Germany by Soviet aircraft
Stuttgart, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Chemsford, England by the Luftwaffe
Elmas and Monserrato, Sardinia by USAAF
Tunis, Tunisa by USAAF
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Lungling and Tengchung, China by US 14th Air Force
Manywet and Myitkyina, Burma by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging, the milk run, a good soak in the tub.
Missus time, some client follow-up before lunch.
Long meditation and some me time in the afternnoon
Missus time all evening.

 Twitter Followers = 1,653 (no change)
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Now more than ever I am convinced that to enjoy a fulfilling life-experience boils down very simply to one single factor - concentration. Whatever the mind is focused upon will determine experience. That which has your attention determines your mood, therefore your behaviour and therefore the response from your environment and therefore your experience.

Of course, you inevitably experience a spectrum of moods, but the prime focus when you are at rest is the key one. I always have a choice of focus. I now have, for the majority of my time, a happy loving environment. Immediately beyond it however are plenty of hostile or joyless environments. I can focus on my successful relationships or on my failed relationships.

My focus, left to wander, tends to go looking for trouble! I have learned to spend mental effort to keep focus grounded, continually tugging its leash to bring it back to these key dimensions:
Right Here
Right Now
Making Positive Difference
Intention
Gratitude

By doing so I achieve life's ultimate prize: Peace Of Mind.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is what you're thinking about helping you?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy overcast start.
Heavy showers from mid-morning
Dry with sunny spells from the later afternoon
Dry with clear spells overnight
A strong south-westerly wind will blow all day.
Max Temp = 13 degC
Min Temp = 10 degC
Sunrise at 06:10
Sunset at 20:06

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock   : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Twerksanity!!!

8. TRIVIA
The Richter Scale for measuring earthquakes is now no longer actually used by seismologists. Since 1979 it has been replaced by the Moment-Magnitude Scale, which is more reliable and accurate at longer distances from the epicentre. The figures produced are however quite similar - 7.2 on the Richter Scale is 7.5 on the Moment-Magnitude Scale.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"If you don't run your own life, someone else will." - John Atkinson