WEDNESDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2014 06:29 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (12th February 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 54th Army, 59th Army, and 67th Army attack Luga
German III Panzer Korps captures Vinograd and Lysyanka but can make no farther progress toward the Korsun pocket

In Germany...
Hitler relieves Admiral Wilhelm Canaris as head of Intelligence and places all Intelligence offices under Himmler.

In the North Sea...
British vessel Cap d'Antifer is sunk by Kriegsmarine S-Boats overnight 
German vessels conduct offensive minelaying operations along British coast overnight, and defensive minelaying in the Skagerrak

In the Adriatic....
RN destroyers bombard Curzola in Yugoslavia overnight 

In Italy... 
New Zealand Corps -- NZ 2nd Infantry Division and Indian 4th Infantry Division -- replaces US II Corps in Cassino sector. General Bernard Freyberg decides that the abbey of Monte Cassino must be bombed.
US VI Corps makes another unsuccessful attack toward the factory in the Anzio beachhead.

In Palestine...
The Jewish Irgun organization bombs British offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

In the Pacific...
A US Marine reconaissance team occupies Arno Atoll   
USN Task Force 58 departs Majuro Atoll for raid on Truk Atoll 

A Company of US 1st Marine Regiment lands on the unoccupied Rooke (Umboi) Island 

Two Japanese fishing vessels are sunk by US 14th Air Force aircraft in the South China Sea
Japanese vessel Ronsan Maru is sunk by USN submarine Tambor 

Over China...
US 14th Air Force fighters intercept a Japanese attack and claim seven fighters shot down

In Burma...
Sinzweya Admin Box continues to hold out against a Japanese attack in the Arakan 

In the Indian Ocean...
British vessel Khedive of Ishmail is sunk by IJN submarine I-27 with the loss of more than 1100 passengers, including more than 700 troops of King's African Rifles. The submarine is then hunted down and sunk by RN destroyers Paladin and Petard 

Japanese vessel Choko Maru is sunk by RN submarine Stonehenge 

Today's Air Raids...
V-Weapons sites in Northern France by US 8th Air Force
Antheor Viaduct, France by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France Fighter patrols by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Southern Italy military targets by US 12th Air Force
Cecina and Lake Nemi, Italy by US 15th Air Force  
Kwajalein Atoll by Japanese aircraft, destroying the main ammunition dump
Eniwetok Atoll by USN aircraft from Task Force 58
Mille Atoll, Wotje Atoll, and Maloelap Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Wewak, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul, New Britain by US 13th Air Force and US AirSols
Burma military targets by US 10th Air Force

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

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
A highly productive day yesterday where I had loads to do and did it! Today will be at an easier pace with lots of me time and personal space. I'm currently enjoying my thoroughly idyllic home life, and I know that my continued fulfilment is largely down to where I put my mind. I intend to keep it thoroughly grounded and focused on my objectives.

4.TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you focused on things that will move your life forward?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Any remaining snow showers will clear before dawn
There will be a window of dry cloudy weather from dawn to mid-morning
Rain arrives mid-morning and it will get steadily windier and wetter
By early evening the wind will be at gale force
Rain will clear before midnight and the wind will ease back to moderate overnight.
Max Temp = 6 degC
Min Temp = 1 degC

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I've started a Goth band called "Prevention" - it will be better than The Cure  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!   
Unlikely things to hear in a Police Station  

8. TRIVIA
Over 75% of people who marry partners from an affair eventually divorce.

9. ZEN WISDOM
We can shape and direct history. Renewing faith in the capacity of people—individually and collectively—to create the future, is the most pressing task of the sage today.