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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (4th November 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd Shock Army start relocating from Leningrad to the Oranienburg pocket
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front commits 3rd Guards Tank Army to the offensive north of Kiev
German 4th Panzer Army, severely depleted, begins to evacuate Kiev 
Soviet 2nd Guards Army continues attacking at Kherson 

In the Baltic...
Five Kriegsmarine minesweepers are damaged by Soviet aircraft

Montbeliard, France...
The French resistance sabotages the Peugeot factory.

In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine S-boat flotillas conduct minelaying operations overnight
British vessel British Progress severely damaged by Kriegsmarine S-boats, towed to port, and subsequently broken up
One Kriegsmarine S-boat sunk and two damaged by RAF aircraft

In Albania...
Communist partisans attack royalist partisans, killing more than fifty

In Italy...
British 8th Army captures Isernia and San Salvo ridge and German forces withdraw to the Sangro River 
US 5th Army attacks across the Volturno River, captures Rocca Pipirozzi, Venafro, San Maria Oliveto, and Roccaravindola  

In the Pacific...
US Marines consolidate their beachhead on Bougainville Island
IJN auxiliary sub chaser Cha-30 is sunk by US aircraft off Bougainville Island 
USMC 2nd Parachute Battalion withdraws after their raid on Choiseul Island 

IJN task force of ten cruisers and ten destroyers arrives at Rabaul on New Britain from Truk for operations against USN forces around Bougainville Island

Japanese vessel Kiyozumi Maru damaged by US 13th Air Force aircraft and taken in tow

Japanese vessels Ryuosan Maru and Tsukushi are sunk by mines off New Ireland, whilst IJN cruiser Isuzu and IJN destroyer Isokaze are damaged.

Japanese vessel Kaifuku Maru is sunk by USN submarine Seawolf 

In New Guinea...
The Japanese evacuate positions at Jivevaneng in the Finschhafen sector overnight  

In China...
Changte Operation: Japanese 11th Army advances toward the Nuanshuichieh-Wangchiachang line 
Japanese vessel Chinko Maru is sunk by US 14th Air Force aircraft at Swatow Harbour with 100,000,000 yuan in Chinese currency aboard

In Burma...
Chinese 38th Infantry Division is counterattacked by elements of Japanese 18th Infantry Division along the Tarung River  

Today's Air Raids...
Leverkusen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Kahili Airfield, Bougainville Island by US 13th Air Force
Buka Island Airfield by US 13th Air Force
Palamalal Plantation, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Housework
Missus Time


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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
After everyone being at home for half-term, and all the excitement of Son turning 18 and arranging logistics for his Conservatoire auditions, it's back to reality for everybody - Missus and Son back to their respective educational institutions and myself getting on with some serious housework - desperately needed after two weeks of enforced neglect. I was pleased to update everything online regarding my Practice so I can focus entirely on being a domestic for the day - it will be good for me to do something physical.

It's another day in paradise with many things to be thankful for, but it's important that I keep up the disciplines that both got it in the first place and enable me to enjoy it. Anything to run smoothly has to be regularly stopped and maintained, and of course with age and things becoming less robust, this is increasingly important. This applies not just to things and one's own body, but relationships. My heavy investment in those who love and appreciate me has brought rich rewards of joy beyond any other experience.

By the end of today, the house and myself will feel much better for a right good clean!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you putting in the necessary maintenance of self, environment and relationships?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cold with clear skies throughout
However it will cloud over during the night and there will be drizzle by tomorrow morning.
A moderate north-westerly will gradually ease and turn southwesterly by midnight, but with no rise in temperature
Max Temp = 7 degC
Min Temp = 1 degC
Sunrise at 07:12
Sunset at 16:28

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
They say laughter is the best medicine, so a bought a cylinder of nitrous oxide : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
QI: French Custard  

8. TRIVIA
In Yemen, more than a quarter of girls are married before the age of 15. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
The courage not to bow to pressure, the courage to stand alone, the courage to maintain one’s determination, the courage to look deep into one’s heart and confront one’s own cowardice and arrogance, the courage to challenge difficulties—those who possess this kind of courage are true victors.