Tuesday 14.5.2013 (unfinished)

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (14th May 1943)
In the Arctic...
Soviet submarine M-122 vanishes, probably sunk by the Luftwaffe

In the Black Sea...
Soviet warships bombard Anapa harbour for a second night.

In the "Wolf's Lair", East Prussia...
Hitler receives a reoprt from Admiral Doenitz about the alarming increase in U-Boat losses. Hitler also attends a demonstration of a protoype ironically-named "mouse" tank which is actually huge. This tank is never introduced.

In the English Channel...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-8 sunk by RN MTB-232

In the Atlantic...
Two U-Boats are sunk by USN aircraft

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, US forces are still being held off at Jarmin Pass, despite heavy air support from US 11th Air Force
British Hospital Ship Centaur sunk by IJN submarine I-177
IJN submarine RO-102 sunk by USN PT boats in Vitiaz Strait

In New Guinea...
Japanese forces attack Australian units in Mubo-Salamaua sector.

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): Japanese 11th Army destroying 10th Army Group of Chinese 6th War Area around Chichiang and Nuanshuichieh
In Burma...
Japanese 55th Infantry Division enters Maungdaw, bringing the Arakan campaign to a close.
The Arakan Campaign was a complete failure for the British, caused by poor training and organisation. General Wavell was held ultimately responsible, and was relieved of active military command to become Viceroy of India, his place taken by General Claude Auchinleck. A general reorganisation of the Indian army was initiated.

Today's Air Raids...
Kiel, Germany by US 8th Air Force - three U-Boats are sunk in the harbour.
Ijmuiden, Netherlands by US 8th Air Force
Antwerp and Courtrai, Belgium by US 8th Air Force
Belgium patrols by RAF Fighter Command
Channel Islands patrols by RAF Fighter Command
Civitavecchia, Italy by USAAF
Sardinia Cagliari and military targets by USAAF and RAF
Bougainville Island by US AirSols
New Guinea on Allied bases in the Oro Bay-Dobodura area by Japanese aircraft
New Guinea on military targets by US 5th Air Force
Penfoei, Timor Island by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul, New Britain by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Accompanying missus to her hospital follow-up appointment
Ironing
Using remainder of the day intuitively

 Twitter Followers = 1,647 (down 2)
    Nonfollowed eliminated = 2
    Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Although I did a little tidying up and the laundry, I spent most of yesterday on a video project of no importance at all to either house or Practice - and enjoyed immensely and guilt-free!

Plans were somewhat thrown by missus anouncing that she was ill (clearly not that ill, but she spent most of the day in bed asleep) and inclement weather. I could still have vacuumed the house but a little disappointed by wimpy missus and moody Son, I decided to please myself. I am in the fortunate position right now of being able to afford such indulgencies so I took full advantage.

Though I still have the same swirl of emotions I've always had, these days they cause me much less distress, largely due to the grounding techniques I have learned. However I've not been lulled into delusions of infallibility. I'm not yet so grounded that I couldn't be disrupted by a significant trauma. My most recent fallout with Daughter for example took me over a month to get over, though it did ultimately cause me to become more grounded as a result.

I am not in a position to become invincible, but I am robust, no longer thrown by the trivial or living in fear.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you prepared for the challenges that face you?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
A cold start with showers and hail.
Weather will clear by 9am and the remaining morning will be dry with sunny periods.
Showers will return by mid-afternoon but will clear away by mid-evening
It will be dry and cloudy overnight before heavy rain arrives early tomorrow morning.
Wind will be moderate and south-westerly, veering slowly north-easterly overnight.
Max Temp = 9 degC
Min Temp = 5 degc
Sunrise at 05:07
Sunset at 21:00