FRIDAY 3rd MAY 2013 06:45 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (3rd May 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Unsuccessful German counter-attacks fail to stop the Soviet offensive in the Kuban.

In Warsaw...
A group of Jewish women fighters who escaped the Ghetto are captured and executed

In the Netherlands...
German occupying forces surpress the recent wave of strikes by sentencing participating workers to death.

In the Mediterranean...
Italian vessel Campobasso sunk by RN destroyers overnight

In Tunisia...
US II Corps takes Mateur

In Iceland...
General Frank Maxwell Andrews, commander of the US Army in Europe, is killed in a plane crash while on a tour of inspection.

In Burma...
Japanese 55th Infantry Division attacks the British 15th Corps and pushes toward Buthidaung in the Arakan.
The Indian 36th Infantry Brigade unsuccessfully counterattacks.

Today's Air Raids...
Netherlands RAF Bomber Command raid Amsterdam losing 10 out of 12 bombers. Allied Fighter patrols over the rest of the country.
North Sea minelaying along the British coast by the Luftwaffe
Bizerte, Tunisia by USAAF
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Akyab, Burma by the RAF

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
A good soak in the tub
Meditation
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
Comedy night on TV in the later evening

 Twitter Followers = 1,668 (up 3)
    Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
    Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Having been a touch too affected by the drama of the life experience of late, a shift in focus onto higher awareness instantly relieved negative thought that has lingered in April. It is not a case of doing differently but focusing differently, from lower levels to the higher. Spiritual practices are essential tools for maintaining that focus and I'm in the process of rediscovering them. In addition, rising above the temporal is the only way to maintain peace of mind and influence outcomes positively.

I am enjoying dabbling once more in online sources of nondualist wisdom and the welcome return of a quiet mind. In a burst of synchronicity, my Weekend Job manager, one of the most incompetent I've ever worked for, is off long-term due to knee surgery, so going there is now considerably less onerous!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Have you got your mind on the right thing?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER
Dry and cloudy all day and overnight, with some sunny spells in the morning.
Wind will be moderate and south-westerly
Max Temp = 12 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 05:28
Sunset at 20:41

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
The National Lottery is a tax on people who are bad at maths : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Robin Reiser on why women need clarification - very good!

8. TRIVIA
STD's divide into 2 types: bacterial and viral. Bacterial infections, even serious ones like Syphilis, are curable. Viral ones, such as AIDS and Herpes are not, although techniques for managing them have considerably improved.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." - Joseph Addison