SATURDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 2013 07:20 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (14th September 1943)
In the Arctic...
A Soviet air attack on a German convoy off Vardo is beaten off with heavy Soviet losses

On the Russian Front...
Soviet West Front attacking toward Smolensk
39th Army of Soviet Kalinin Front captures Dukhovschina
German 9th Army begins withdrawing from Bryansk
German 17th Army abandons the Gotenkopf Line in the Kuban
Hitler agrees to allow German Army Group Center to evacuate Smolensk

In Rastenburg, Germany
Mussolini arrives to meet with Hitler

In the English Channel...
Kriegsmarine auxiliary minesweeper M-3410 sunk by Allied aircraft

In the Mediterranean...
A patrol of British SBS commandos lands on Kos Island and accepts the surrender of a small Italian garrison.

In Italy...
British 1st Airborne Division, advancing from Taranto, enters Bari unopposed 
German units conduct heavy assaults against US and British elements of 5th Army at Salerno beachhead
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of US 82nd Airborne Division drops into Salerno beachhead to reinforce it.
German units conduct heavy assaults against US and British elements of 5th Army at Salerno beachhead. The Allies respond with heavy air support for ground forces, mustering every available aircraft
US vessel Bushrod Washington is set afire by a Luftwaffe attack off Salerno and subsequently explodes

On Corsica...
The remainder of Free French Bataillon de Choc lands at Ajaccio aboard destroyers Le Fantasque and Le Terrible 

In Canada...
Following Quadrant Conference and subsequent visit to the United States, Churchill departs from Halifax aboard RN battlecruiser HMS Renown 

In the Pacific...
US 27th Infantry Regiment and 172nd Infantry Regiment attack the Japanese garrison on Arundel Island. In response the Japanese send reinforcements from Kolombangara Island
35th Regiment of US 25th Infantry Division attacking Japanese positions on Vella Lavella Island

In New Guinea...
The Australian 5th Infantry Division occupies Salamaua 
Japanese troops begin withdrawing from Lae, making a long overland march toward Sio 
Australian 9th Infantry Division attack across the Busu River and push eastward toward Lae

In the Indian Ocean...
Norwegian vessel Bramora is sunk by IJN submarine I-10 

Today's Air Raids...
Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France Allied Fighter patrols
Ballale Island Airfield by US AirSols
Kahili, Bougainville Island by US Air Sols
Guadalcanal, New Georgia and Vella Lavella Island Airfields by Japanese aircraft
Kendari, Celebes Island by US 5th Air Force
Haiphong, Indochina by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Taking cat to the vets
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,672 (up 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated =0
New Followers = 1
@andrewgoldmusic 

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I have known for a while that what you focus on determines how you feel, and that your feelings determine your lines of thought. I have long thought that the best place to keep your awareness is RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, but I'm realizing that it's not quite that simple. The circumstances of the present moment may be uncomfortable, stimulating negative lines of thought.  

As well as being present, you need to be focused on the right thing within the present. I am still fine-tuning the ideal spot for my focus to rest on. I am experimenting with the Reiki exercise of focusing on my connection to the Universe, submission to my Higher Consciousness, and using breathing as a physical focus, putting my ego to sleep. The Weekend Job is an ideal testing ground for testing focus, so we'll see how we go today!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How are you developing and improving yourself at the moment?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cool throughout with sunny periods
Dry and clear overnight
A cool northerly during the day will turn gradually westerly in the evening
Max Temp = 13 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 06:38
Sunset at 19:26

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Despite having an allergy, I bought a cat - it was a rash decision

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY 
Louis C.K. on Selfishness

8.TRIVIA
The quality of dreams depends, at least in part, on the stage of sleep in which the dreams occur. Dreams during REM tend to be more bizarre and detailed and have story line. Dreams in stages 1 and 2 of sleep are simpler and shorter. Deep-sleep dreams tend to be diffused and may be about nothing more than a color or emotion.

9.  ZEN WISDOM
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces nor victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. Renewing faith in the capacity of people—individually and collectively—to create the future, is the most pressing task facing us.