THURSDAY 24th OCTOBER 2013 07:32 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (24th October 1943)
In Moscow...
Second Moscow Conference continues with Molotov, Eden, and Hull

On the Russian Front...
Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army attack around Krivoi Rog, west of the Dniepr
Soviet 2nd Guards Army are attacking German 6th Army

In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine S-boats attack a heavily escorted British convoy off the coast of Norfolk overnight. British vessel William Stephen is sunk but S-63 and S-88 are sunk by convoy escorts.

In the Mediterranean...
4th Royal East Kent Regiment arrives on Leros Island to reinforce the British 234th Infantry Brigade.
RN destroyer Eclipse, ferrying elements of 4th Royal East Kent Regiment, is sunk by a mine with the loss of 135 troops and 125 crew.

In Italy...
With German forces having withdrawn, US 5th Army enters San Angelo d'Alife 

In the Atlantic...
Norwegian vessel Siranger is sunk by U-155
U-566 is heavily damaged by RAF aircraft and scuttled

In the Indian Ocean...
British vessel Congella is sunk by IJN submarine I-10 

Today's Air Raids...
Wiener-Neustadt, Germany by the US 8th Air Force
Germany military targets by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Northern France military targets by US 9th Air Force
Beauvais, Montdidier, and St Andre de L'Eure, France by US 8th Air Force
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Yugoslavia military targets by US 12th Air Force
Kara and Kahili, Bougainville Island by US 13th Air Force
Lae and Manokwari, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul, New Britain by US 5th Air Force - 85 Japanese aircraft claimed destroyed, IJN destroyer Mochizuki sunk in harbour and vessel Nagaragawa Maru is sunk offshore
Co Bi, Indochina by US 14th Air Force
Htawgaw, Burma by US 14th Air Force

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

Twitter Followers = 1,688 (up 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers = 1
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I shall remember this as the week of glitches! As well as missus being poorly, several online forums and the broadband connection itself had issues, and in attempting to solve them, I created a few more!

Missus has now recovered and gone back to work - albeit for two days before the half-term break. I'm still having some online issues but everything is good enough to function. The most significant glitch of all was probably myself, and the way I reacted to my routine being disrupted. I too have recovered composure, having learned something about myself. We shall see if my response to future disruptions is more controlled! I certainly intend that to be the case.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What is your strategy for coping with things that get to you?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry bright and sunny throughout, though cool in the morning
Increasingly cloudy after dusk, with drizzle by the next morning.
A light south-westerly will swing south-easterly in the afternoon, and strengthen overnight.
Max Temp = 12 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 07:51
Sunset at 17:51

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I've just discovered a new Goth band called The Prevention - they're better than The Cure : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Jay London's oneliners 

8. TRIVIA
In Vulcanology, a "hotspot" is a column of basalt that punctures the earth’s crust and allows magma to escape from the interior. The movement of a tectonic plate over a hot spot forms a chain of volcanic islands, called a seamount. The Hawaiian Islands are the most well-known hotspot. Most volcanic activity takes place at the boundary of tectonic plates. 

The least geologically active place in the world is Australia, with no volcanoes or earthquakes at all. Just a few hundred miles away however, New Zealand is the opposite, with earthquakes and volcanoes aplenty.

9. ZEN WISDOM
If you failed yesterday, strive to win today. If you were defeated today, strive to win tomorrow.