WEDNESDAY 8th MAY 2013 08:16 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (8th May 1943)
In Warsaw...
The SS discovers a large bunker that had served as the headquarters of the ZOB, a Jewish resistance organization in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. On discovery, a large group still hiding there, including ZOB commander Mordechaj Anielewicz commit mass suicide by cyanide. However, his deputy Marek Edelman and a small group of ZOB fighters escape into the sewers.

In Gibraltar...
A raid by Italian manned torpedoes results in the loss of British vessels Mahsud and Camerata. US vessel Pat Harrison is badly damaged.

In the Mediterranean...
Italian vessels Maria and Vavara are sunk by Free Greek submarine Papanikolis
Italian vessel Peppino Palomba sunk by RN submarine Safari

In Tunisia...
US II corps eliminate isolated pockets of Axis resistance around Bizerte
British 9th Corps attack towards Cape Bon
Free French XIX Corps attack around Zaghouan
Italian vessel Pro Patria captured by Allies at Sfax

In the Pacific...
Operation Landcrab, the American invasion of Attu Island, is postponed a further three days due to bad weather.
In the Solomons, a group of IJN destroyers sail into Blackett Strait. Oyashio is damaged by mine then sunk by US AirSols aircraft.  Kuroshio is sunk by a mine. Michisio is damaged by USAirSols aircraft.
IJN destroyer Kagero is damaged by a mine off Rendova Island then sunk by USMC aircraft

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): Japanese 11th Army largely destroys elements of Chinese 6th War Area south of An-hsiang (Anshang)

In Burma...
Japanese 55th Infantry Division advances toward Maungdaw in the Arakan
A Japanese-sponsored Independence Preparatory Commission is established in Rangoon.

Today's Air Raids...
Kursk Sector, Russia On Luftwaffe airfields by Soviet Air Force
Pentellaria Island by USAAF on the Italian garrison
Vila, Kolombangara Island by US AirSols
Madang Harbour, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force. Japanese vessels Tomioka Maru and Sumida Maru are sunk.
Rabaul, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Canton, China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Bathtime
Numerous admin tasks on computer.
Son Time
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

 Twitter Followers = 1,672 (no change)
  Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
  Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
If myself and Daughter hated each other, that at least would be simple and we'd know where we were. Similarly, and even better, if we both enjoyed each other's company, as is the case in my relationship with Son, that would be ideal. Unfortunately, the situation as it stands is neither and a recipe for ongoing heartache. We care deeply for each other but bring each other no joy. She can't stand my criticism and I can't stand her rudeness, selfishness, greed and lack of respect. But that doesn't add up to hatred, only a painful mutual disappointment. 

For Son, it's simple - he has severed relations with his sister outright and has no interest in renewing them. I can't do that, even if I wanted to, while Missus lives. I remain interested in her progress, and she yearns for my approval. In terms of her academic performance, talents and abilities, I have pride and approval in abundance. My disapproval is solely in the way she treats and reacts to her nuclear family members.

I have tried a "fresh start" policy in which past hurts were forgiven, but unfortunately this only resulted in fresh ones. On a spiritual level, my dysfunctional relationship with Daughter has been an excellent test and proving ground. I have been stripped of any mawkish notions of love and forgiveness conquering all yet at the same time learned that love is eternal and indestructible.

The upshot of all this is a policy of "love from a safe distance" - keeping channels of communication open, providing aid indirectly as needed, but out of range of the torpedoes. I completely accept without resentment or lament how it is, and will do what I can from where I am indefinitely. For a closer relationship, Daughter must do the one thing she has so far refused to do - be kind rather than right. I'm prepared to accept the possibility that she may never do so.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Have you accepted your situation now, and if so, are you acting to move on from it?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
A dry and cloudy start.
Showers, some heavy, will move in late morning, but clear by late afternoon.
Thereafter it will be dry with sunny intervals.
Cloud will gradually thin out overnight
A cool fresh south-easterly wind will veer south-westerly in the afternoon.
Max Temp = 15 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 05:18
Sunset at 20:50

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Am I getting smart with you? How would you know? : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Fools getting hurt by stuff

8. TRIVIA
Babies require approximately 7,500 nappies per year.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it's all within yourself, in your way of thinking." - Marcus Aurelius