TUESDAY 16th JULY 2013 08:55 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (16th July 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet West Front, Bryansk Front, and Central Front attack the German 9th Army.

In London...
Churchill calls for Italy to surrender

In Sicily...
Allied warships bombard Porto Empedocle
British 8th Army captures Piazza Armerina and establishes a small bridgehead across the Simeto River
US 7th Army captures Barrafranca and Porto Empedocle and begins attacking Agrigento
RN aircraft carrier Indomitable heavily damaged by an Axis air attack

In the Mediterranean...
Five Kriegsmarine S-boats heavily damaged in engagement with RN MTBs
RN MTB 316 sunk and another MTB damaged by Italian cruiser Scipione Africano
RN cruiser Cleopatra damaged by Italian submarine Dandolo

In the Atlantic...
U-67 sunk by USN aircraft from escort carrier Core
US vessel Richard Caswell sunk by U-513

In the Pacific...
US 43rd Infantry Division renew their attack toward Munda on New Georgia Island
Allied aircraft begin using a new airfield on Woodlark Island in the Trobiands

In the Indian Ocean...
British vessel Fort Franklin sunk by U-181

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France Allied Fighter patrols
Abbeville, France by US 8th Air Force
Northern Italy on power-stations by RAF Bomber Command
Bari, Italy by USAAF
Ustica Island Radar Station by USAAF
Kahili, Bougainville Island by US 13th Air Force
Guadalcanal by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing
Using time intuitively whilst awaiting a parcel
The Milk Run
Online Marketing
Me Time
Meditation
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,674 (no change)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
This morning I awoke exasperated! And all due to a vivid dream! It is a temptation to attach meaning to an experience where there may be none, but there does seem to be a theme since Saturday of being frustrated by the actions of others in ways that are of no physical consequence yet deeply affected me. My Reiki training tells me to look deep within to find the cause.

At the root lies fear, but of what? My intuition tells me it is of being stiched-up/dealt an injustice. This is undoubtedly a childhood scar that has been trodden on recently. And the correct response? Let go. I cannot stem the flow of negative energy around the universe, nor can I always get hold of perpetrators of such without prohibitive cost. I need only make the right response to any situation that presents itself.

All boiled-down, I have been reminded of the importance of keeping grounded, keeping my focus centred on RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW. That is the only place where you can wield meaningful power. I will be paying particular attention to the Discipline of Grounding throughout today.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is your mind focused on something you can actually affect?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, warm and sunny.
Clear overnight
Negligible wind throughout the day
A North-westerly breeze will pick up in the evening and last all night
Max Temp = 24 degC
Min Temp = 16 degC
Sunrise at 04:46
Sunset at 21:29

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
When the muslim martyr got to heaven, he was gutted to see his 72 virgins were all blokes playing World Of Warcraft  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Hannibal Buress on Russell Howard's Good News
- very good! Has a unique laid-back delivery and some great observational gags.

8. TRIVIA
In Greece, the dead are always buried because the Greek Orthodox Church forbids cremation.

9. ZEN WISDOM
All great literature, ancient and modern, is a bridge connecting one human being to another, one spirit to another. The quality of our life is determined by how many of those bridges we can cross.