THURSDAY 5th DECEMBER 2013 07:26 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (5th December 1943)
In the North Sea...
The Kriegsmarine lays mines

In Italy...
British 8th Army attacks toward Ortona and crosses the Moro River  

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

In the Pacific...
USN destroyers bombard Choiseul Island

USN submarine Narwhal evacuates personnel from Masacalar Bay in the Philippines

Japanese vessel Himeno Maru is sunk by USN submarine Narwhal off the Philippines 

In New Guinea...
Elements of Australian 4th Infantry Brigade advance along the coast of the Huon peninsula from Gusika to Sio, and Japanese forces withdraw from the peninsula towards Madang

In China...
Having captured Changde, The Japanese offensive is wound up.

Today's Air Raids...
Ligescourt, France by US 9th Air Force
Northern France Fighter patrols and attacks on V-weapon sites by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Split, Yugoslavia by US 12th Air Force
Italy The German front line by US 12th Air Force
Bougainville Island and Shortland Island military targets by US 13th Air Force
Finschhafen and Bogadjim, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Cape Gloucester, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Changde, China by US 14th Air Force
Burma minelaying in the Salween and Rangoon Rivers by US 10th Air Force
Heho, Burma by the RAF
Calcutta, India by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Bookwriting
Housework
Quality Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
With Son's final rejection coming through yesterday, we can draw a line under the painful Conservatoire experience. We will still be paying for it for at least a year but I have no regrets - we did our best for our Son with the knowledge we had at the time.

Myself and Son are in similar positions in that we we've got nowhere with our ventures this year and need to make a fresh start with some new initiatives. One thing is clear - we won't give up - ever!! We will pursue our passions and do what we do best.

I have been painfully reminded this week that I can be broken easily by the wrong circumstances. My main strategy is to simply avoid the people and circumstances that upset me. Where I can't, to be as prepared as possible. I have certainly learned a lot from the defeats of this year and will carry that learning into 2014.

This character is still fun to play, but by this time next year I want to playing entirely from the universal rather than ego perspective, so regular grounding and meditation is as important as ever.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Where are you going from here?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Strong winds and heavy squally showers in the morning
Both showers and the wind will gradually ease over the afternoon
Skies will gradually clear over the evening but it will turn cold.
Dry and cold with a frost overnight  
Max Temp =  7 degC
Min Temp = 0 degC
Sunrise at 08:07
Sunset at 15:48

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I made a belt out of old watch straps - it was a waist of time! : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Reginald D Hunter on his Dad's economic theory - very good  : D

8. TRIVIA 
The eruption of the volcano Tambora in Indonesia in 1815 was the greatest volcanic eruption ever  observed by humans and killed over 70,000 people. The effects were felt as far as Europe and North America, including prolonged inclement weather which resulted in food riots and the worst famine in the nineteenth century. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
Failure is an instrumental part of every success. Whether our life has been a triumph or tragedy can only be judged at its very end.