SATURDAY 16th MAY 2015 07:49 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (16th May 1945)
Channel Islands...
Alderney is reoccupied by British troops; the garrison of 3,200 German troops became prisoners of war.

Czechoslovakia...
Exiled Czechoslovakian President Eduard Beneš returns to Prague to a rapturous welcome.

Formosa...
Kukutsu Prisoners of War Camp is opened. There were no buildings for the POWs to stay in so they have to build huts made from trees, bamboo and grass.

Burma...
General William Slim and Aung San meet at Meiktila, Burma;  although Aung San has an anti-British history, he is a promising candidate to lead Burma after the war. 

In the Pacific...
Aircraft from escort carrier HMS Emperor attack Japanese cruiser Haguro at the entrance of the Malacca Strait.
After not responding to communications since 9 Apr 1945, USN submarine Snook is presumed lost.

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
TV Footie

Twitter Followers = 1,956 (no change)
Non-followed eliminated = 2
@PRforAnyone, @wojedotepywaUnfollowers eliminated = 2
@SophieParkky, @FirthSarah, 

New Followers followed back = 2

@PlatoQuotes, @DrStevenLin  

Spammers not followed back = 2

@MH_Virtual, @jymunoryfypa

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

The interesting thing about this character is that I seem to divide opinion down the middle, from family through acquaintances all the way through to Twitter followers. In most cases where I'm not liked, I have either rejected certain individuals or I'm indifferent to their dislike, but just occasionally I'm sad to lose one. The most obvious example of this is Daughter of course, and today I lost a particular online acquaintance. 

Of course, you have to accept rejection and acceptance equally as the natural order of things. If I take a dislike to folks just for being how they are, karma dictates there are those who will respond to me in the same way. After a period of mourning that depends on how close you were, the next move is of course to refocus all your lovin' on the ones who are loving you. 

I have learned that how people respond to you is mainly down to THEM and their own mindset. I cannot change the fundamental nature of my personality, nor the response of others, and I have learned well that it is a very counter-productive policy to attempt to please everyone. You just have to let some folks go and press on fulfilling your own purpose.

There are always both closed doors and open ones. You simply go to the open ones, not stay crying on the doorstep of one that has just slammed shut on you.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have the right attitude when you encounter rejection?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout and mainly sunny
Skies clear completely overnight
A moderate north-westerly will swing slowly south-westerly in the evening
Max Temp = 10 degC at 1pm
Min Temp = 8 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 05:04
Sunset at 21:03

Weathertrack: The Azores anticyclone is extending over Britain, bringing dry settled weather
Air Pressure: 1020 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I have sex twice a week, or as my partner calls it, "Never" :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Jessi Campbell on representing America

8. TRIVIA
Interracial marriage did not become fully legal in the whole of the United States until 1967

9. ZEN WISDOM
You are not merely a passive pawn of historical forces nor a victim of the past. You can shape and direct history if you believe you can