FRIDAY 31st MAY 2013 08:40 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (31st May 1943)
In the Wolfschanze, Germany...
In a busy day, Hitler has several important meetings:
General Heinz Guderian unsuccessfully attempts to convince Hitler not to undertake Operation Citadel - the Kursk offensive
Admiral Karl Doenitz reports to Hitler the heavy U-Boat losses in May.
Albert Speer is given the task of controlling U-Boat production

In the North Sea...
British vessel Catford is sunk by a mine off the Humber

In the Atlantic...
U-563 is sunk by RAF Coastal Command aircraft in the Bay of Biscay
U-440 sunk by RAF aircraft

In the Mediterranean...
RN cruiser HMS Orion and two destroyers bombard the Italian garrison on Pantelleria Island overnight.

In Algiers, Algeria...
French generals De Gaulle and Giraud hold a meeting.

In the Pacific...
Attu island is declared liberated. However, small isolated groups of Japanese soldiers continue guerilla warfare until July.

In Tokyo...
The Japanese government awards some Burmese and Malayan territory to Thailand, and formally declares the Dutch East Indies as Japanese possessions.

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): The Japanese 11th Army, having completed its mission, begins to withdraw toward its original positions.

Today's Air Raids...
Netherlands RAF Fighter patrols
Zeebrugge, Belgium by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France Fighter patrols by the RAF and US 8th Air Force
Caen and Cherbourg, France by RAF Bomber Command
Foggia, Italy by USAAF
Pantelleria Island on the Italian garrison by USAAF
Lae, New Guinea.. by US 5th Air Force
Ichang and military targets, China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Brief missus time
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
Missus time in the later evening

Twitter Followers = 1,672 (down 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 1
Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I needn't have worried about the family finances as a healthy profit was made in May, which will comfortably fund Missus' birthday in June.

Yesterday was another day in paradise, surrounded by loved ones and creature comforts. On the spiritual front, I was reminded that the Discipline of Submission requires a calm mind. My needless mild anxiety about the family finances muddied the clarity of my perception, but it was a useful lesson about the absolute primary need for a calm mind to function at a superconscious level. It has consequently been pushed back up the agenda as the no.1 daily priority. Where meditation is not possible, lighter conscious exercises invoving focus on breath will be rigorously practised. Without a calm mind, I am effectively unconscious.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you fully in control of yourself?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, bright and sunny start
Cloud will increase in the afternoon but it will remain dry with sunny spells
Dry and cloudy with clear spells overnight
Very light at first, the wind will pick up to a consistent moderate north-westerly
Max Temp = 18 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 04:44
Sunset at: 21:26

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If you can smile when things go wrong, you're probably on Prozac : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
David Mitchell's riposte to Lee Mack and Jimmy Carr

8. TRIVIA
The Hollywood Hays code, introduced in the 1930s, prohibited movie stars from showing navels on screen.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship." - General Omar Bradley