SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER 2013 07:21 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (7th September 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 50th Army is attacking towards Bryansk
German 1st Panzer Army begins withdrawing from Stalino

In Germany...
Professor Willy Messerschmitt meets with Hitler regarding progress of the development of jet fighters.

In Italy...
British 8th Army advances toward Nicastro and Catanzaro
British 231st Infantry Brigade lands near Pizzo overnight in unsuccessful attempt to cut off German withdrawal
British Air Marshal Boyd and Generals O'Connor and Neame slip out of an Italian POW camp and begin a long journey southward to Allied lines.

In the Mediterranean...
RN Force H departs Malta to cover Allied Salerno invasion convoys
Egyptian vessel Hamidieh sunk by U-596
USN LST-417 heavily damaged by unknown submarine and subsequently written off
Italian submarine Vellela sunk by British submarine HMS Shakespeare 

In the Atlantic...
U-669 sunk by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay

In the Pacific...
A new US airfield at Nanomea Atoll is completed and immediately bombed by Japanese aircraft

A new constitution of the pro-Japanese Republic of the Philippines is ratified by convention, but has little popular support

Today's Air Raids...
Brussels, Belgium by US 8th Air Force
Northern France Key roads and railways by US 8th Air Force and RAF Fighter patrols.
Watten V-Weapons site, France by US 8th Air Force
Pabillonis, Sardinia by US 12th Air Force
Darwin, Australia by Japanese aircraft
Lae, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Gokteik, Burma by USAAF

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging/Me Time
Brief Missus Time
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
Catchup TV with Missus

Twitter Followers = 1,670 (no change)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
A smooth shift 1 at the Weekend Job gave me ample opportunity to practice Total Internal Silence - the elimination of superfluous thought. It takes intense concentration! It is getting progressively easier though as I am learning to focus on the pleasure of a still mind. Focusing on that bliss keeps focus itself in place, by the pleasure of being stimulated by it. 

The fundamental importance of meditation in mental development is now very clear to me. It is in the stillness of a meditative trance that you experience for the first time that consciousness itself gives off a pleasant "hum" - the ultimate drug turns out to be being itself, but only through deep meditation will you ever know it's there.

I think that if I had a good teacher, rather than have to discover all this for myself, I could have reached this point of development years ago. On the other hand, having struggled solo, this will make me a good teacher of others.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How fully do you really understand yourself?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy all day, with some sunny spells
Skies will clear after dark
An unusually cool moderate southerly wind will blow throughout
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 06:25
Sunset at 19:44

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Need to sleep? Vote UKIP : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Frankie Boyle with Elle McPherson on the Graham Norton Show - Rudest Bits

8. TRIVIA
With a single Chlamydia infection, there is a 25% chance of sterility for women. With a second infection, there is a 50% chance. And a third infection almost guarantees sterility, due to PID (pelvic inflammatory disease).  

9. ZEN WISDOM
The two wheels that carry dialogue forward are a belief that everyone possesses goodness within, and a spirit of unflagging determination to tap and draw out that goodness. The dialogue ends when you no longer believe in the goodness of the other.