SATURDAY 1st JUNE 2013 07:48 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (1st June 1943)
In the Arctic...
German vessel Birka II is sunk by a mine

In the Baltic...
Soviet submarine SC-406 sunk by Kriegsmarine warships

In the Lvov Ghetto, Poland...
The SS begin the final clearance of the Ghetto. There is only light isolated armed resistance. Most Jews hide in bunkers and are flushed out by fire. 3,000 are murdered on the first day. Some who are fit to work are sent to Janowska Concentration Camp.

In Great Britain...
The RAF is reorganized. Remaining light and medium bombers of Bomber Command and all aircraft of Army Co-operation Command are transferred to Fighter Command. Army Co-operation Command is disbanded.

In the Atlantic...
U-418 is sunk by RAF Coastal Command aircraft in the Bay of Biscay
In an unsuccessful effort to kill Churchill based on faulty intelligence, a British airliner is shot down by Luftwaffe fighters over the Bay of Biscay, killing actor Leslie Howard and Jewish activist Wilfrid Israel
U-119 conducts minelaying operations off Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

In the United States...
500,000 coal miners go on strike.

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Noborikawa Maru is sunk by USN submarine Trigger
In the Indian Ocean...
Dutch vessel Salabangka is sunk by U-178

Today's Air Raids...
The Kuban, Russia by Soviet aircraft on German positions
Netherlands and Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
North Sea Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Niton and Margate, England by the Luftwaffe
Stagnone Island and Balestrate, Italy by USAAF
Pantelleria Island on the Italian garrison by USAAF
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Sardinia military targets by USAAF
Lae and Bogadjim, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Chananyi, China by US 14th Air Force 

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

Twitter Followers = 1,672 (no change)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 1
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I have reached a conclusion that is anathema to most libertarians - that thought is unhelpful and needs to be minimized. This comes from the meeting of three events: firstly, my experience is that unmanaged thinking triggers unwanted and unhelpful behaviour and emotions. Secondly, the realization that I am not my thoughts - thoughts are internal experiences that happen to me.

Having drawn this conclusion, and having developed the skills and techniques to calm the mind deeply enough to greatly reduce thought, peace of mind has resulted. Unclouded by unnecessary thought, it's like having a cataract removed - I can now experience life so much more clearly and fully.

In the past I would rely on thought to draw a conclusion that I would then act upon. Often though, no conclusion would be reached and the thought would just go round in circles, generating a lot of anxiety and other unhelpful emotions in the process. Now, I generally rely on intuition to guide me. Because intuition does not require words or language, which takes a lot of mental capacity, the energy saved is re-routed to bodily maintenance, which itself improves the functioning of the mind still further.

This brings me a significant step further to my ultimate spiritual objective - permanent peace of mind and continual superconsciousness - to experience life from the Universal perspective - as the Universe rather than an individual.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have a clear goal that you are moving towards?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, bright and sunny most of the day and evening.
Cloudy in the afternoon
Clear overnight
A consistent moderate north-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 8 degC
Sunrise at 04:43
Sunset at 21:27

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
My fridge has exploded - something must have gone off inside. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Jackie Fabulous on her mum and dating

8. TRIVIA
After birth, the human brain more than doubles to reach 60% of its adult size by the time a baby is 1 year old. By 4-5 years, the brain has reached its full size. However, it does not reach maximum computing capacity until it is 25 years old. At this point, the individual brain cells have grown the maximum number of connections between each other.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it." - Margaret Thatcher