Tuesday, 19 November 2013

WEDNESDAY 20th WEDNESDAY 2013 07:15 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (20th November 1943)
In Stockholm, Sweden...
A Soviet Minister passes to Finnish representatives Moscow's willingness to discuss peace

In the Mediterranean...  
British forces evacuate Samos Island
Yugoslavian vessel Jela is sunk by a mine off Bari  

In Cairo, Egypt...
General Joseph Stilwell, commander of US forces in China, arrives for the Cairo conference

In Oran, Algeria...
President Roosevelt arrives en route to the Cairo Conference

In the Atlantic...
U-536 sunk by depth-charges from RN Frigate HMS Nene and Canadian corvettes Snowberry and Calgary - 38 dead and 17 survivors

In The United States...
USAAF 20th Bomber Command is activated to control B-29 bomber formations

In the Pacific...
US forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atolls. US 165th Infantry Regiment secures Kotabu Island and pushes surviving defenders into a small pocket on Butaritari Island. USN Task Force 53 lands 2nd Marine Regiment of US 2nd Marine Division on Betio Island at Tarawa Atoll, which encounters strong opposition and takes heavy losses. The Japanese also respond with heavy air attacks. A battleship, light carrier and 2 destroyers are damaged

Japanese vessel Nikko Maru sunk by USN submarine Harder

US 3rd Marine Division attack along the Piva River on Bougainville Island with heavy air support  

Japanese vessel Naples Maru sunk by USN PBY aircraft off New Ireland

Japanese vessel sunk at Rabaul on New Britain by USN PBY aircraft overnight

In New Guinea...
Australian 26th Infantry Brigade attack toward Sattelberg with US air support

In China...
Changte Operation: Japanese 11th Army attack Chinese 74th Army around Chichiaho 

Today's Air Raids...
Audighem V-1 rocket site, France by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Bay of Biscay RAF patrols
Mille Atoll by USN aircraft
Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Housework
Bookwriting
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,695 (down 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 1

@SportGamble
Unfollowers eliminated = 1

@lindabinns
New followers = 1
@AffirmYourLife

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
With all the excitement of Son's Conservatoire auditions out of the way for now, life is settling back into the comfort of ordinary routine, slightly modified by moving shopping day to Wednesday, which I have discovered is quieter and the shelves better stocked. There's something to be said for comfy cosy uneventful domestic bliss!

Such uneventful times are actually very important opportunities to refocus on purpose, objectives and raising consciousness from that of the character I play (the Ego) to the reality of the oneness of all things. When you can calm the mind sufficiently, you can feel the absolutely delicious ecstasy of simply being, which I describe as a "hum". Once you can see how it all is, and that in ultimate truth there is nothing at stake, you can sit back and enjoy the "movie" we call life with peace of mind beneath all the swirling emotions.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you understand what's really going on?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Heavy blustery showers at first
A windy but dry and sunny day will follow
Showers will return by dusk and become persistent heavy rain by mid-evening.
Rain will ease into showers overnight
A strong cold north-westerly will blow throughout, swinging northerly overnight
Max Temp = 5 degC
Min Temp = 2 degC
Sunrise at 07:42
Sunset at 16:42

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Every evening I draw the curtains, but at least my furniture is real : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
George Carlin in an amusing parody of The Architect from The Matrix   

8. TRIVIA
Initially, NBC asked Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry to get rid of the “guy with the pointy ears” partly because they were worried about his “satanic” appearance. Luckily, Roddenberry refused to cut Spock.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Ultimately, the only way to make good friends is to become a good friend yourself. Good people gather around other good people.  

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