MONDAY 20th MAY 2013 07:34 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (20th May 1943)
In the Black Sea...
Soviet warships attack Feodosia and Alushta overnight

In the Mediterranean...
U-303 sunk by RN submarine HMS Sickle
RN minesweeper hms Fantome is wrecked by a mine off Cape Bon.

In the Atlantic...
Dutch vessel Benakat sunk by U-197
U-258 sunk by RAF aircraft

In Washington DC...
The US 10th fleet is created and tasked with anti-U-Boat warfare in the Atlantic, commanded by admiral Ernest King.

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, US 7th Infantry Division attacks around Clevesy Pass and Fish Hook Ridge.
IJN armed merchant cruiser Bangkok Maru sunk by USN submarine Pollack

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): Japanese 11th Army attacks the  Chinese 6th War Area around Ichang and Itu.

In the Indian Ocean...
Neutral Swedish vessel Sicilia sunk by U-181

Today's Air Raids...
Netherlands US 8th Air Force Fighter patrols
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Bay of Biscay minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Grosseto, Italy by USAAF
Sardinia military targets by USAAF
Pantelleria Island by USAAF on the Italian garrison
Rabaul and Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Burma military targets by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Bath
Housework
Meditation
Missus Time thereafter

Twitter Followers = 1,671 (up 12)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
This is the last week before the Late Spring Bank Holiday, where Missus and Son will be at home, so with no clients this week, it's an opportunity for getting some serious promtional work done for both Son's band and my own practice.

I begin the week deeply calm and content, reolved to do all those basic spiritual and mental practices that raise me higher consciousness - embracing uncertainty, the Attitude of Gratitude, attention on my intention, grounding, mundfulness and meditation. My simple self-trigger for remembering to do all this is the exercise of breathing and paying attention. Days such as these when there are no distractions are precious consolidation opportunities.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is it time for a review of your life-choices and where you are going?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
It will be dry but very overcast all morning.
Showers, some heavy and thundery, will arrive by mid-afternoon.
Showers will clear away after dark and it will be dry and cloudy overnight
It will feel warm and humid by noon with a light northerly breeze.
Max Temp = 18 degC
Min Temp = 11 degC
Sunrise at 04:58
Sunset at 21:10

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
The Godfather made the environmentalist an offer he couldn't re-use : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Ryan Conner on a girl with an odd shape and growing up in a multiracial family

8.TRIVIA
The moon is roughly one quarter the size of Earth

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." - James Dean