THURSDAY 8th AUGUST 2013 06:55 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (8th August 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Voronezh Front captures Zolochev and Aleksandrovka while heavy fighting against German 4th Panzer Army continues south and east of Bogodukhov

In Germany...
plans are made for more than a million women and children to be evacuated from Berlin 

In Italy...
Mussolini as imprisoned on Maddalena Island off Sardinia

Italian destroyer Freccia is sunk at Genoa by Allied aircraft 

In Sicily...
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, in charge of all Axis forces in Italy, approves an orderly evacuation of Axis forces from Sicily across the Straits of Messina.
British 8th Army captures Bronte 
US 7th Army attacks toward Randazzo and advances eastward on coastal road 

In the Mediterranean...
RN submarine HMS Parthian is sunk by a mine

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Naruto Maru sunk by USN submarine Whale 
US 25th Infantry Division and Liversedge Force attacks in the Bairoko sector on New Georgia Island.

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Italy Military targets bu USAAF
Kolombangara Island military targets by US AirSols
New Guinea military targets by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Family lunch
Meditation/Me Time
Missus Time

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3. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Son's cancelled trip to see buddies put the kibosh on mine and Missus' intended afternoon of passion, but instead had a great bonding day with Son. With his help our Cherry Tree is no longer threatening to tap on the windows, invade the neighbours or attack passing cars. 

In various crises in the past, I learned this simple spiritual exercise: right here and right now, are you in imminent danger? If not, then once again the universe has looked after you and will continue to do so! I'm not in a crisis right now - far from it, but when I experience a twang of worry, I still find this exercise useful in grounding myself back into the present. It is regular mental and spiritual disciplines and practices that have brought me to this blissful place, and it is they that will keep me here!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How do you respond to nagging thoughts in your head?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Bright and sunny start.
Cloud building from mid-morning may cause drizzle around teatime.
Dry and cloudy thereafter until small hours of Friday when heavy rain arrives.
Negligible wind at first. A consistent light south-westerly from mid-morning.
Max Temp = 20 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
A Transvestite is a man who like to eat, drink, and be Mary : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Very Best of Frankie Boyle On Mock The Week

8. TRIVIA
Influenza is endemic amongst mankind worldwide. On an average year 3 - 5 million people become infected and 250,000 - 500,000 die. 

More deadly strains of flu tend to be less successful as they kill or incapacitate more people, which means that they cannot walk around and infect more victims.

The world's biggest killer disease is Malaria. Depending on mosquitoes to spread itself, and injected directly into the victim's bloodstream, it thrives in wet tropical areas on the poor who do not have the resources to prevent or treat it. This means that 90% of malaria cases occur in Africa. In 2012 there were 23 million recorded cases and 660,000 recorded deaths from Malaria, but many times that go unrecorded.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The life of everyone is only possible because of everyone else.