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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (24th November 1943)
In the North Sea...
German vessel Eisstrom sunk by Norwegian submarine Ula

In Italy...
In fighting on the Sangro River, British 8th Army captures Castel Alfedena

In Egypt...
The Cairo Conference with Churchill, Roosevelt and Chiang-Kai-Shek continues

In the Atlantic...
US vessel Melville E. Stone is sunk by U-516 

In the United States...
USN aircraft carrier Wasp is commissioned 

In the Pacific...
Elements of US 6th Marine Regiment search for Japanese stragglers on outlying parts of Tarawa Atoll 
USN escort carrier Liscome Bay is sunk by IJN submarine I-175 off Makin Atoll 

USN destroyer Gansevoort bombards Abemama Atoll

IJN submarine Ro-38 is sunk by USN destroyer Cotton

US 3rd Marine Division attacks around Piva forks on Bougainville Island 
Five IJN destroyers, operating from Rabaul, deliver troops and supplies to Buka Island overnight 

In New Guinea...
Australian 26th Infantry Brigade attacks toward Sattelberg 

In China...
Changte Operation: Japanese 11th Army advances toward Changte 

Today's Air Raids...
Toulon Submarine Base, France by US 15th Air Force - Cruiser Jeanne de Vienne, Destroyer Aigle, Sloop SG.21, Submarines Naiade and Acheron and Kriegsmarine S-boat S-56 are sunk.
Sofia, Bulgaria by US 15th Air Force
Civitavecchia and targets along the Italian front by US 12th Air Force
La Maddelena, Sardinia by the Luftwaffe
Bastia, Corsica by the Luftwaffe
Mille Atoll by US naval aircraft
Buka Island Airfield by US 13th Air Force
Kahili Airfield, Bougainville Island by US 13th Air Force
Kalasa and Finschhafen, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Hanshow and Amoy, China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Quality Missus Time
Meditation
Bookwriting
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,699 (no change)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF OBSERVATION
The Weekend Job is something I would prefer not to do, but unfortunately with it being a quiet year for my Practice and the heavy funding of Son's development, it is more necessary than ever. That said, if every shift was like the two this week, I wouldn't mind doing it at all! They were both completely free of any sort of grief. This has inevitably boosted mood and morale, for which I am most grateful, and made for a great kickstart into a new week. 

Since the collapse of my joint business venture in the Spring, my Practice has taken a back seat to other issues. I need a "big break" or a way of raising my profile to reach a wider audience, and that has to start by it returning to the centre of my attention. That said, it is only one means of serving my Supreme Purpose of making a difference, and I do not wish to restrict the number of possible ways I might do this.

My moment-to-moment priority is to keep grounded in the moment, which will be a lifelong effort for a mind with such an unhealthy default, that can wander into all manner of dark places. What it has taken to get to a generally blissful environment, it will take to stay here, so I will keep taking the insulin of the mind - focus, grounding, meditation and all the other disciplines I have learned and teach to others.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you understand what it takes to maintain a healthy mind?  

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy throughout, freezing fog overnight
A light north-westerly wind will blow throughout
Max Temp = 5 degC
Min Temp = 0 degC
Sunrise at 07:49
Sunset at 15:57

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Holy Water = H2OMG  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Mock The Week - Lines you wouldn't hear in a Blockbuster Movie (very good!)

8. TRIVIA
Reluctant to leave school to devote time to their new search engine, Larry Page and Sergey Brin attempted to sell google.com for $1 million to AltaVista. Fortunately for them, Alta Vista passed . . . as did Yahoo!, Excite, and all the other leading search engines of the day.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one’s life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful.