MONDAY 13th JULY 2015 06:41 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (13th July 1945)
Moscow...
The Japanese ambassador in unsuccessfully attempts to meet with Stalin and Molotov -- as they are leaving for Potsdam -- about facilitating an end to the war. He reports to Tokyo that it would be useless to send a special representative to seek Soviet mediation

Rome...
Italy declares war on Japan

Kuril Islands...
USN Task Force 93 with light cruisers Richmond and Concord and five destroyers begins an anti-shipping sweep

Australia...
Ben Chifley becomes Prime Minister

Mindanao...
US 8th Army and Filipino guerrilla forces are mopping up Japanese remnants

Off the Bonin Islands...
Two IJN guardboats are sunk by USN aircraft

Off Japan...
Two Japanese vessels are sunk and two damaged by mines

China...
Chinese 94th Army recovers Huiyuanyu

Today's Air Raids...
Truk Atoll by US 20th Air Force
Celebes Island fighter sweeps by US FEAF
Luzon on Japanese pockets by US 5th Air force 
Suo and Karenko, Formosa by US FEAF
Japan offshore minelaying by US 20th Air Force
East China Sea minelaying by US 20th Air Force
Canton, China by US FEAF
China on transportation lines, river traffic, Japanese positions, and other military targets by US 14th Air Force
Tonkin, Indochina by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework
Me Time
Meditation
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,979 (down 1)
Non-followed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 2
@renarde, @Alex_Smale

New Followers followed back = 1

@animaalfacts

Spammers not followed back = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION

I have been pondering whether to upgrade my Practice equipment by investing in headphones for clients, either bespoke for £300 - £400 or cobbled together from components for £100 - £200. I would need a mixing desk and two headsets. The advantage of doing this would be eliminating noise distractions from outside sources like kids in the street and car/burglar alarms, and the other family members clonking about indoors. 

My reservations are financial justifiability - my Practice can manage without it and I would be increasing debt just when I have it under £1000. Probably on balance I AM going to make the investment. It is a capital cost, meaning once I've got it, I've got it!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU

Are you investing in your own self-development?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD

Rain most of the day, heavy at times in the morning

Rain moves away in the evening, but it will remain heavily overcast

A light southerly will swing westerly in the evening

Max Temp = 15 degC at 4pm

Min Temp = 13 degC at 7am

Sunrise at 04:52

Sunset at 21:33

Moon: 

Weathertrack: A small depression will cross Britain today, bringing rain to all parts
Air Pressure: 1013 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
When they're hungry, you can find heavy metal fans in the nosh-pit :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Graham Norton Show - Jack Whitehall can't drive

8. TRIVIA
Wolf territory as not just spatial, but spatial-temporal, so that each pack moves in and out of each other’s turf depending on how recently the “no trespassing” signals were posted.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Only when we learn to channel the energy we direct toward winning over others into winning over ourselves can we begin to develop our humanity.