SUNDAY 13th APRIL 2014 08:00 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (13th April 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Guards Army continues attacking the besieged German garrison of Tarnopol
Soviet 46th Army captures Oviodopol
Soviet Independent Coastal Army captures Feodosia in the Crimea
Soviet 4th Ukrainian Front captures Evpatoria and advances toward Sevastopol 
German and Romanian rear echelon troops, enemy POWs and civilians are evacuated by sea from Sevastopol to Romania 

In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-1233 is sunk patrolling Allied aircraft

In London...
Eisenhower formally becomes supreme commander of all Allied air-forces based in the UK

In the Mediterranean...
Greek vessel Taxiarchos sunk by Free Greek submarine Pipinos

In the Pacific...
IJN destroyer Ikazuchi sunk by USN submarine Harder

In New Guinea..
Australian troops capture Bogadjim unopposed

In Burma...
Japanese units continue attacking the Chindit base at White City 
Indian 77th LRP Brigade attacks and captures Mawlu south of White City base
Japanese vessel Kumano Maru is sunk by a mine at Mergui Harbor 

In India...
British 5th Infantry Brigade continues attacks on the Japanese block on the road north of Kohima
Heavy fighting continues at Kohima
Japanese II/60th Battalion and III/67th Battalion attack the Indian 63rd Infantry Brigade around Sengmai north of Imphal 
Indian troops recapture Nungshigum Hill north of Imphal

Today's Air Raids...
Schweinfurt, Augsberg and military targets in Germany by US 8th Air Force
The Luftwaffe loses an unsustainable 66 fighters countering the raids
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France on V-Weapons sites and military targets by US 9th Air Force
Northern France Fighter patrols by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Belgium on military targets by US 9th Air Force
English Channel minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Hungary on military targets by US 15th Air Force. 18 of 535 bombers are lost but claim 40 Luftwaffe fighters shot down and 120 destroyed on the ground
Ancona, Italy and military targets by US 12th Air Force
Maloelap Atoll, Truk Atoll, Jaluit Atoll and Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Truk Atoll by US 13th Air Force
Wakde Islands by US 5th Air Force
New Guinea on military targets by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Namyung, China by Japanese aircraft
Burma on Chindit airfields by Japanese aircraft
The Arakan, Burma on military targets by US 10th Air Force
Imphal, India on Japanese positions by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Meditation/Me Time
Lunch
More Me Time!
Missus Time

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New followers = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I occurred to me on the bus home last night that recent events and upheavals have distracted me from my current wellbeing objective - total internal silence, action by intuition and the attitude of gratitude. I have reawakened to these objectives, and also rediscovered the ability to celebrate he happiness of others and be genuinely happy for them.

Somewhere around the second half of March I got "mugged" by a malaise that I suddenly seem to be waking from. I am now beginning to understand the Zen maxim IF YOU WANT TO BE ENLIGHTENED, PREPARE TO SWEAT WHITE BEADS. The "sweat" comes from the degree of concentration required to prevent getting lost in distraction.

I am currently using the mantra submit to the moment, breathe and listen gratefully to keep myself grounded, and I'm hoping that all my experience of being distracted will finally enable me to stop doing it!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Can you see where you're going?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy with sunny periods
Possibility of some brief isolated showers in the late evening
A moderate to strong westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 9 degC
Min Temp = 6 degC
Sunrise at 06:12
Sunset at 20:04

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If I got a penny for everyone I've met who is as beautiful as you, I'd have all the money in the world.  :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
QI: Fires and Fire Brigades

8. TRIVIA
The most lava ever recorded from a single eruption was the 1783 Laki eruption in Iceland. Though there was no single big explosion, this eruption killed one fourth of Iceland’s population by producing poisonous gases and clouds of ash that resulted in widespread crop failure and starvation.  

9. ZEN WISDOM
The fortitude to fight on through to the very end—this strength is not only the basis of happiness, it is also the force by which social wrongs can be righted.