SATURDAY 5th OCTOBER 2013 09:09 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (5th October 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 13th Army and 60th Army attack north of Kiev
Soviet 8th Guards Army pushes across the Dniepr River south of Dnepropetrovsk
Soviet destroyers bombard German positions at Yalta and Alushta overnight

In Germany...
The Wehrmacht calls up men born between 1889 and 1893 (aged 50-54) for military service. 
In a conference with Goering, Hitler rejects a proposal for kamikaze Luftwaffe pilots 

In Italy...
16th Panzer Division of German 10th Army counterattack the British 8th Army around Termoli
Leading elements of US 5th Army reach the Volturno River 

In the Mediterranean...
Italian minelayer Legnano sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft off Leros Island 
Kriegsmarine minelayer Pommern is sunk by a mine 
Abandoning the attempt to hold the Dodecanese Islands, large numbers of Royal Navy ships are ordered out of the Mediterranean for redeployment elsewhere.
 
In the Pacific...
Wake Island is heavily bombarded by USN Task Force 14. Anticipating an invasion, all 98 American prisoners remaining on the island are executed by the Japanese garrison.

Japanese vessel Konron Maru is sunk by USN submarine Wahoo in the Sea Of Japan

In India...
The Chinese 38th Infantry Division ordered to begin moving from Ledo into the Hukawng Valley, opening Stilwell's Albacore Two offensive.

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Araxos Airfield, Greece by US 12th Air Force
Bologna and military targets, Italy by US 12th Air Force
New Guinea on military targets by US 5th Air Force  
Shihweiyao, China by US 14th Air Force

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

Twitter Followers = 1,678 (up 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 1
@JasonEscape
New Followers = 2 
@pdiscoveryuk, @RandolphRobins4

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Friday was one of those days where everything went unexpectedly right - I don't normally expect Fridays to be cracking, as it is effectively my Monday, but I was able to make little crucial differences, I got the "ideal scenario" at the Weekend Job and aside from the usual fab welcome home I get from Missus, the TV was great - really funny. I can't remember going to sleep so grateful.

My learning however tells me it's not so much the circumstances of a day but how you respond to it that makes for a fulfilling life. As well as Friday being a good day, I made the correct response - gratitude. In contrast the last two Saturdays have been soured by encountering the wrong members of the public, resulting in altercations. My responses however were the correct ones, measured rather than the psychopathic responses I'm capable of. The "Man On The Clapham Omnibus" (the legal term for a "reasonable man") would have approved!

I have found my own emotions to be rather like weather - highly unpredictable, but inevitable, so it is important to be prepared, whether it's joy, rage or distress. Knowing the correct response in each case is the key. I have a harder job than most because my emotions are so intense and extreme - it's taken me two-thirds of a lifetime to really understand how to manage them - and I've had no help by the way. What has really helped me in this is having loved ones. Knowing the happiness of others depends on your ability to manage yourself is the ultimate incentive to do so.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR FOR YOU
Are you doing the best thing for the people who love you?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry with frequent sunny spells throughout
Clear overnight
A moderate westerly wind will swing south-westerly after dusk
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 07:15
Sunset at 18:35

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
How do you persuade a chav to take a bath? Leave it in your front garden.

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI - The Great Disappointment 

8. TRIVIA
Because Pluto’s moon Charon and Pluto actually orbit each other, Charon appears to stand still in Pluto’s sky. Additionally, the same sides of Pluto and Charon always face each other. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
Each of us, no matter how weak or ineffectual we may feel ourselves to be, must build deep within our hearts a stronghold for peace, one that will be capable of withstanding and in the end silencing the incessant calls to war.