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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (2nd August 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Znamenskaya in the Orel salient is liberated by the Soviets

In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-1108 sunk off Texel 

In Lisbon, Portugal
The Italian ambassador requests peace talks with the Allies

In Italy...
Allied propaganda broadcasts warn of an Allied invasion and the consequences of continued Italian resistance

In Sicily... 
British 8th Army captures Regalbuto and attacks Centuripe  

In the Atlantic...
U-106 and Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-420 are sunk by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay.

In the Pacific...
USN Task Group 16.6 and Task Group 16.17 with two battleships, five cruisers, and nine destroyers bombard Kiska Island, and US 11th Air Force bomb installations, unaware that the Japanese have abandoned the island

In the early morning hours, fifteen USN PT boats unsuccessfully intercept IJN destroyers carrying reinforcements for Kolombangara Island. PT-109, commanded by a certain Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, is rammed and sunk by IJN destroyer Amagiri.

US 43rd Infantry Division and 37th Infantry Division attack Munda airfield on New Georgia Island. Advance elements of US 25th Infantry Division arriveto reinforce the assault. Some of the Japanese ground troops are withdrawn to Kolombangara Island.

Three Japanese barges are sunk off Gasmata on New Britain by RAAF aircraft

Following a visit by German officials, all Jews are ordered to register with the Japanese occupation authorities.

Two IJN motor torpedo boats are sunk by US 5th Air Force bombers off Lae, New Guinea.

In the Indian Ocean...
British vessel City of Oran sunk by U-196 

Today's Air Raids...
Hamburg, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Netherlands and Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Merville and St.Omer, France by US 8th Air Force
Reggio Di Calabria, Italy by USAAF
Sardinia USAAF Fighter patrols
New Guinea military targets by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Missus Time
Me Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
"Holiday-At-Home" continues to proceed most joyfully, and I'm enjoying an abundance of both me time and family quality time, and making a real difference just by being here. Keeping focused is absolutely crucial to this ongoing happiness. Letting go of failures and bad memories by focus on the positive is an ongoing, daily and lifelong discipline.

We all have immense power, but is usually dissipated by having mind in the wrong place. To wield it, you have to concentrate your entire awareness onto the difference you can make in this moment, then keep doing that for life. Having learned the hard way that easing off to the default is not a happy or healthy option, I intend to keep my awareness and focus razor-sharp.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What difference are you going to make today?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy in the morning and afternoon
Showers arrive in the evening, but will clear after dusk.
Dry and cloudy overnight
A moderate and mild south-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 21 degC
Min Temp = 17 degC
Sunrise at 05:22
Sunset at 21:03

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
In libraries, the most slippery floors are found in the non-friction section : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
What James Bond would never say  very funny!

8.TRIVIA
Many of the ingredients in chocolate are proven to cause arousal similar in effect to sexual foreplay. In fact, some experts believe chocolate may be even more effective than foreplay for sexual arousal.    

9. ZEN WISDOM
Every individual has a unique gift to offer the rest of us, available only from them.