THURSDAY 11th APRIL 2013 08:10 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (11th April 1943)
In Germany...
The German Supreme Command (OKH) issues plans for Operation Citadel, the Summer offensive on the Russian Front. The plan involves encircling the large Russian sailent around Kursk.
French POWs still held in Germany have their status changed to "labourers".

In the Mediterranean...
British vessel Runo sunk by U-593
Italian vessel Entella sunk by RN submarine HMS Safari
USAAF intercepts an Axis air supply convoy bound for Tunisia and shoots down 30 aircraft.

In Tunisia..
British 1st Army enters Kairouan and links up with British 8th Army.

In the Atlantic...
The waters off Casablanca are mined by U-Boats
Three Allied freighters and a destroyer, HMS Beverley, are sunk by U-Boats.

In the Pacific...
Yugoslavian vessel Recina sunk by IJN submarine I-26
Operation I-Go: Aircraft of Japanese 11th Air Fleet, reinforced by planes detached from aircraft carriers, attack Allied shipping at Oro Bay with 22 bombers and 72 fighters. An Australian corvette and a freighter are damaged.

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Naples, Italy by US 9th Air Force
Marsala and Trapani, Sicily by USAAF
Enfidaville, Ste-Marie du Zit, and Tunis, Tunisia by USAAF
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Kahili on Bougainville Island, Ballale in the Shortland Islands and Rekata Bay on Santa Isabel Island by US aircraft in the Solomon Islands
New Guinea and Timor military targets by US 5th Air Force.

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging first thing. Shopping then picking up Missus from hospital. A combination of me time and Missus time thereafter.

 Twitter Followers = 1,650 (down 2)
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Operation Missus' Operation was a complete success yesterday, and largely involved me just being there. I got my way and was allowed into the Anaesthetic Room, so I was the last thing Missus remembered beforehand and the first thing she saw after. The surgery itself, a tear-duct bypass, passed off without incident, although it took longer than forecast.

It was a remarkable effect of my training that despite having nothing to do all day but sit there, it all went relatively quickly, and rather than feeling bored out of my skull, I was simply "conscious" and at peace with myself. Though there still inevitably clashes and conflicts with others, within myself there is peace, perfect peace.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you at peace with yourself?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy and overcast, with some heavy rain around midnight.
A cold but moderate easterly will blow all day.
Max Temp = 5 degC
Min Temp = 1 degC
Sunrise at 06:17
Sunset at 20:00

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Two confused robbers run into a bank and shout "Air in the hands mother stickers! This is a fu*k up" : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Brent Morin on School

8.TRIVA
Cows can be found freely wandering the streets of India’s cities. They are considered sacred and will often wear a tilak, a Hindu symbol of good fortune. Cows are considered one of humankind’s seven mothers because they offer milk as does one’s natural mother.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"The tragedy of life is not that is ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it." - W. M. Lewis