SATURDAY 6th JULY 2013 10:28 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (6th July 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Battle of Kursk
German 9th Army engaged in heavy fighting on the northern shoulder
German 4th Panzer Army on southern shoulder of Kursk salient pushes ten miles north but with heavy losses
Soviet 1st Tank Army ordered to support 6th Guards Army defense against 4th Panzer Army
Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army ordered to move to Prokhorovka under Voronezh Front
German Army Detachment Kempf engaged in heavy fighting on the Donets flank

In Albania...
Albanian partisans conduct their first attacks against newly German troops newly arrived to support the Italians. German troops retaliate by burning down Albanian villages and killing more than 100 civilians.

In the Mediterranean...
British vessel Shahjeban sunk by U-453
Italian vessel Tripoli sunk by RN submarine HMS Saracen

In the Pacific...
USN Task Group 16.7 bombards Kiska Island, unaware that it's being evacuated by the Japanese
Japanese vessel No. 33 Banshu Maru sunk by USN submarine Permit
US 43rd Infantry Division attack along the Munda Trail on New Georgia Island
Liversedge Force with USMC 1st Raider Battalion and two battalions of US 37th Infantry Division crosses Tamakau River and pushes toward Bairoko on New Georgia Island
The Battle of Kula Gulf:
USN Task Group 36.1 intercepts a Japanese naval force reinforcing Japanese troops on New Georgia Island. In the resulting exchange of gunfire and torpedoes, Japanese destroyer Niizuki is sunk, destroyer Ngatsuki is run aground and destroyers Suzukaze, Amagiri and Hatsuyuki are damaged. USN light cruiser Helena is sunk. Both forces then withdraw. In an inconclusive ending, the Japanese had landed only a third of the intended number of troops, but there was no decisive consequences of the battle.

In Singapore...
General Tojo consults with Subhas Chandra Bose regarding the Free India movement and Indian National Army

In the Indian Ocean...
Canadian vessel Jasper Park sunk by U-177
Greek vessel Hydraios sunk by U-198

Today's Air Raids...
Kursk Salient Soviet 16th Air Army attacks German 9th Army with more than 400 aircraft
Netherlands RAF and US 8th Air Force Fighter patrols
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Bay of Biscay Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Sicily Military targets by USAAF: Italian S-boat S-59 sunk at Porto Empedocle
Bizerte, Tunisia by the Luftwaffe
Labu Lagoon, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Penfoei, Timor Island by USAAF
Pailochi, China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Vets
Missus Time
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,673 (up 2)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
The major brake on my ability to influence others is my own very powerful emotions. I often contemplate what power I could wield if they were not so intense! As it is, especially at the Weekend Job, my skills are mostly directed inward rather than outward, keeping myself under control.

With relentless persistence, deeply ingrained subconscious emotional reactions may ultimately cease, but it's taken me until I'm 50 to get this far! However, I have made great progress, and my behaviour is no longer out of control like it used to be - I am at least now well-managed and not inflicting rage on my loved ones or the innocent in general. Considering that I'm quite capable of anything in the absence of self-management, to be an individual who makes a positive difference is in itself an achievement to be proud of.

I do exert some positive influence over people in a way I would not prefer - through the dark emotions. I have no fear of confrontations or brandishing hate and anger at those who are in some way attempting to make my life more difficult to serve their own agenda. People in corporate environments tend to be unprepared for this reponse and will avoid evoking it if possible. Consequently, so long as I remember I'm not invincible, and don't push things too far, I generally get my way. One confrontation over one issue with one individual is usually enough to ensure that person no longer gives me any grief over that issue.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
You have different sides that you show to different people, but who is the real "you"?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Warm, dry and sunny all day
Clear overnight
A south westerly breeze will veer gradually north-westerly in the evening
Max Temp = 23 degC
Min Temp = 16 degC
Sunrise at 04:44
Sunset at 21:38

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I always cry after sex - £200 a time is so expensive! : D

7. TRIVIA
Christina Davis on being adopted and dating after divorce

8. TRIVIA
Most animals cannot sweat - mammals depend on panting to lose heat - a much less efficient method. Humans can consequently survive in the heat much better than other mammals, so long as they have access to enough water to rehydrate. Hunters used to exploit this fact, running down a specific animal such as an antelope for several days until it collapsed with heat exhaustion.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The grateful heart is the most beautiful