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Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund  celebrates her birthday today.

Happy Birthday dearest Linde Lund!

We wish you the most wonderful birthday ever in the circle of your family and friends.

Lots of joy, golden sunshine and a million times good health!

Linde Lund is very busy right now.

Linde Lund and her Betty MacDonald fan club ESC 2016 team are organizing International Betty MacDonald fan club ESC 2016 meeting in Stockholm with Betty MacDonald fan club ESC fans from 5 continents.

Linde is very popular and Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world can't wait to her again.

Linde Lund is responsible for many outstanding International Betty MacDonald fan club events in the past especially unique and unforgettable Betty MacDonald fan club wedding event in Stockholm. 

Thanks a million for your outstanding work dearest Linde!!!


Again - Happy Birthday dearest Linde in the name of many Betty MacDonald fan club fans from 5 continents.

All our love to you and your family,

Greta

Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund 

 

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Betty MacDonald and Betty MacDonald fan club Royal Wedding Event

 Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Betty MacDonald fan club Royal Wedding Meeting  with many fans from all over the world was unforgettable.

Dear Betty MacDonald fan club Royal Wedding Event team thanks a million for an outstanding organization.

We'll never forget it. 

The  Betty MacDonald fan club Royal Wedding DVD is fascinating and one of the most successful Betty MacDonald fan club event items.
 
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Join one of our Betty MacDonald fan club research teams, please. 

Thanks a million in advance for your outstanding support.

Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli  and our 'Italian Betty MacDonald' - Betty MacDonald fan club honor member author and artist Letizia Mancino belong to the most popular Betty MacDonald fan club teams in our history.

Their many devoted fans are waiting for a new Mr. Tigerli adventure.

Letizia Mancino's  magical Betty MacDonald Gallery  is a special gift for our Betty MacDonald fan club fans.

Take care,

Margret


Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund 

Swedish ex-glamour model becomes princess with wedding to Prince Carl Philip

Prince Edward and Countess of Wessex guests as Sofia Hellqvist, a 30-year-old commoner, marries prince who is third in line to the throne in lavish Stockholm wedding

She is the glamour model turned princess; he is the scion of an ancient royal household.

The aristocracy and royalty of Europe gathered in Stockholm on Saturday to witness the wedding of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden to Sofia Hellqvist.

 ^{Prince Edward and Countess of Wessex arrive (Reuters)}

After the prince appeared to struggle to place the ring on his bride’s finger, the couple said their vows in the royal chapel and a band played a cover version of Coldplay’s song “Fix You”.

The newly-weds were then serenaded by a man singing a Swedish version of “Umbrella” by Rihanna.

 
 ^{Sweden's Princess Madeleine, her husband Christopher O'Neill and Princess Leonore arrive for the wedding (AFP)}

 
The guests were drawn from the second rank of Europe’s royal families, notably Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. The House of Windsor was represented by the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
Prince Carl Philip, 36, is the second child of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia. His 30-year-old wife - now Princess Sofia - is a commoner without a drop of blue blood and an unusually racy background by the standards of royal brides.

 ^{Queen Sonja of Norway, left to right, Queen Margarethe of Denmark and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands (Rex/AFP)}

 
As Sofia Hellqvist, she took part in a Swedish reality TV show called “Paradise Hotel” in 2005.
This placed an array of men and women in a luxury resort, where they tried to avoid being voted off by engaging in various pranks and intrigues, while also becoming progressively more scantily clad.
 
^{Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Sweden's Prince Daniel (AFP)}

 
The previous year, Miss Hellqvist, then aged 20, had posed topless with a boa constrictor for the men’s magazine “Slitz”.
As a glamour model, she won so many hearts among the readers of this publication that they made her “Miss Slitz 2004”. Until she became a Princess of Sweden on Saturday, this was her only previous title.

^{Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist (Rex)}

 
Inevitably, the Swedish media have published the photos of Princess Sofia in various states of undress, but these have not caused any great controversy.
“It’s a shame there’s still so much written about that,” she told Swedish Television in January. “It was 10 years ago, I’ve gotten on with my life since then,” she said. “I don’t regret anything. All these experiences have made me the person I am. I wouldn’t have made those choices today.”
 

 
Thanks to the photos, Swedes have learnt that Princess Sofia possesses a pierced navel and a few discreetly elegant tattoos.
Prince Carl Philip and his new wife are keen to project an image of themselves as modern and open. They are often seen running errands in Stockholm or buying pizza in fast food restaurants.
 
^{Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Sweden's Queen Silvia (AFP)}

 
In the past, royal weddings were “a way of building power alliances”, but today “they’re a way of uniting the monarchy with the people”, said Louise Berglund, a Swedish historian, according to TT, Sweden's only national news wire service.
Raised in a middle class family in the small town of Alvdalen, Miss Hellqvist left Sweden for New York in 2005, where she studied accounting and worked variously as a yoga teacher and waitress. “I can say I have lived my life to the fullest,” she said in the documentary. 

She then served as a volunteer aid worker in several African countries. In 2010, she co-founded “Project Playground”, a charity designed to help disadvantaged children in South Africa.
She left this organisation in March to focus on her new duties as princess, the title she received on her marriage on Saturday.

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Betty MacDonald and a very special birthday

Betty MacDonald fan club fans, 

Happy birthday dear Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Letizia Mancino.  

Thanks a million for Letizia's great contributions.

We wish Letizia Mancino the most wonderful birthday ever.

We hope Letizia enjoys her birthday song very much. 

It's one of my favourite ESC songs ever. 

We are going to publish the new Betty MacDonald fan club ESC 2016 TOP 10 very soon. 



Letizia Mancino and her very special friend - Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli got many fans in 5 continents.

We adore Letizia Mancino's unique Betty MacDonald Gallery.


Betty MacDonald fan Club honor member, artist and writer Letizia Mancino shares her delightful story THE SECOND PARADISE. 
 
Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mary Holmes did such a great job in translating THE SECOND PARADISE.
 
Thanks a million dearest Mary.
 
We are really very grateful.

I'm one of Letizia Maninco's many devoted fans.

Letizia Mancino sent this connecting piece to " The Second Paradise".

DEFIANT AS A COCK

Copyright 2011/2016 by Letizia Mancino
translated by Mary Holmes 

All rights reserved

That was how my friend Hilde Domin was, dear Betty! You would have liked her so much. She had also been in America. At that time you were a famous author but she was still unknown.

-Did she love cats like you do?

-Yes Betty, she sure did!! Otherwise how do you think she could have been a friend of mine?

-Oh Letizia, don’t boast! Hilde was famous!

-It’s all the same to me, Betty, whether a person is famous or not but that person must love animals

-Why was she as defiant as a cock?

-Well Betty, she was simply so!

-Like a pregnant woman in my “Egg and I”?

-No not so! Betty, Hilde was a whole farm!

- A farm, how was that?

- No Betty, Hilde was more! Almost a zoo! Even more. She was all the animals in the world!

-You loved her very much.

-As I love all animals.

You Betty, if I had known you, I would have loved you exactly so because you loved animals.

-But as defiant as a cock from my Bob-farm!

-Yes and no! (Hilde really loved this double form of answer). Listen Betty , I’ll tell you a story about how Hilde was. You would certainly have loved her.
I’ll call my story “The Second Paradise”.

THE SECOND PARADISE

Copyright 2011/2016 by Letizia Mancino
translated by Mary Holmes

All rights reserved


The Lord God, one day, met Adam in Paradise and saw him lying under a palm.

And God spoke to him: Adam, my son, are you happy, are you content with Paradise ?

Adam answered: Oh Lord, it is wonderful!

And God said: But I will create a second Paradise and give you a wife.

Adam answered: Oh Lord, that is wonderful!

And God said: I will create the wife according to your wishes.

And Adam stood under the palm and thought hard.

And God said: Adam, are you ready?

Adam answered: My wife should be as lively as a bird but she should not fly. She should swim like a goldfish but not be a fish….. She should be as playful as a cat but not catch mice….. She should be as busy as an ant but not so small.

And God said: So shall she be: Like a bird, a goldfish, a cat, an ant…

Adam answered: Oh Lord, that is wonderful, but she should be as faithful as a dog.

And God asked: Adam, have you finished?

Oh Lord, cried Adam. She should also be as delightful and gentle as a lamb and as defiant as a cock!

….She should be as curious as a monkey and as pampered as a lapdog.

And God said: So shall she be.

And Adam said: My wife should be as courageous as a lion and as headstrong as a goat…

And God said: So, like a bird, a goldfish, a cat, an ant, a dog, a lamb, a cock, a monkey, a lapdog, a lion, a goat… and slowly and surely he wished to begin creating…

But Adam stretched himself under the palm and called:

Lord, Lord, she should be as adaptable as a chameleon but not creep on four feet.

She should have sparkling eyes like, like… real diamonds. She should be as fiery as a volcano

But … she should have crystal-clear thoughts like a mountain spring.

God, the Almighty, was speechless…

And Adam spoke: Also she should be as quick as lightening…

And God said: Man, have you finished????

No, said Adam! She should be as strong as a horse, as long living as an elephant but as light as a butterfly!

God found Adam’s thoughts were good and said: So, bird, goldfish, cat, ant, dog, lamb, cock, monkey, lapdog, lion, goat, chameleon, genuine diamonds, volcano, mountain spring, lightening, horse, elephant…. butterfly…

God wished at last to begin creating her…

Lord, called Adam… she should be as stable as steel, but as sweet as three graceful women in one…

And God asked: Should she also be a poet?

Yes, called Adam from under the palm…

And God said: Adam have you finished?

Lord, I wish that, in the second Paradise I shall be one and doubled:

So God according to Adams last words created:

HILDE PALM DOMIN
 
Very best wishes


Letizia Mancino


Letizia Mancino is an outstanding writer and artist.
I know you will enjoy this very charming and witty story the same way I did! 

Thanks a Million, dear Letiza Mancino! You made my day!

As you know I'm very interested in pets and excellent literature.

Betty MacDonald Fan Club founder Wolfgang Hampel is working on a Eva Vargas biography. I'd love to know: Did Eva Vargas like pets and cats? 

Letizia Mancino is part of Wolfgang Hampel's new project 'Vita Magica'. 

We got so many requests from fans from all over the world and have great info for you. 

Wolfgang Hampel's stories and satirical poems will be published in several languages for his many fans from all over the world.  

Enjoy a sunny Wednesday,

Greta 

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Betty MacDonald Fan Club proudly presents:

The amazing, very witty, charming, intelligent story written by our brilliant Betty MacDonald Fan Club Honor Member - artist and writer Letizia Mancino.

WHEN YOU DREAM, DREAM BIG

Copyright 2011/2016 by Letizia Mancino
All rights reserved
Translated by D. Tsiaprakas

Betty, I love you! Your books „Anybody can do anything“ and „Onions in the Stew“ are really outstanding! I take them into my hand, and at a stone's throw I am right away in America ! Columbus and the egg: The great discovery!

Your bestseller „The Egg and I“ the greatest discovery. And you and I! I know America: It's true what you are writing: That's America: Absolutely right! No, even to the least detail! The landscape and the passion: Do you know the country where pistols blossom? Brava, Betty, you are describing the Americans vividly, genuinely, insufferably, brushed upon paper. If I like to read your works? To read doesn't even express it! I can even hear and see everything: Nature, culture, subculture.

America has almost remained unchanged! O those cool Americans! Calculating, stockmarket, Wall Street, the financial crisis (even back in 1930), the gamblers, the bankruptcy of companies! The swarming of dodgers and cheaters. People left without money. Dispair und hunger! A terrible „Worst Case“ (when I knew but little English I thought it is sausage with cheese).

Still how impressive is the ability to adaptone self of the Americans: They know how to enjoy life, acrobats of survival! In the twinkle of an eye they achieved to adapt themselves and effect the work of pioneers: In the morning you are a cleaningwoman, in the evening a brothel woman! No problem!

„The insufficient, here it's becoming an event; The indescribable, here it's done;“ Mary Bard Jensen, your sister, was the treasure trove of procuring work: My word, what a power woman with unlimited imagination! She has recommended you everywhere: Betty can do everything, also write novels! Go ahead, sister, hurry up! The editor wants to see your manuscripts! Up to that point you had not written a single line! Wow! And if still everything goes wrong? No problem: When you dream, dream big!

Just look, you have become famous.The Egg and I You know that, Betty? I'll slip into „The Egg and I“ and come and be your guest! I want to get to know your chickens. I hate chickens! I'm a chickens slave from North America! O Betty, without these damned animals, no chance of you becoming famous! „The Egg and I“ you would never have written! How many readers you have made happy!

Your book is so amusing! Your witty fine (almost nasty) remarks about your family members and roundabout neighbours made me laugh so much! You have been born into a special family: Comfort was not desired: I can't but be amazed: What did your father say to your mother? After tomorrow I am going to work elsewhere: Thousands of miles away...He sent her a telegram: LEAVING FOR TWO YEARS ON THURSDAY FOR MEXICO CITY STOP GET READY IF YOU WANT TO COME ALONG – That was on Monday. Mother wired back: SHALL BE READY, and so she was.That's America! Improvisation, change, adventure. You show no weakness: Let's go! Your descriptions, Betty, about the tremendous happenings in nature have deeply frightened me.

Continent America, I'm terrified by you! I feel so small and threatened like a tiny fly before an enormous flyswatter! Your novel is very many-sided! The reader may use it even as a cook book! „The Egg and I“ starts straight away with a recipe: „Next to the wisdom that lamb meat doesn't taste good unless it has been roasted with garlic“. Do you enjoy the American food?

O Betty, it's too fatty for me and I hate garlic! (Betty is presently cooking lunch for Bob. She's continually talking to „STOVE“: STOVE is Bob's rival; in the beginning I thought it was being himself). She turns round and says: Well, so no garlic for you. No lamb either, Betty. I don't eat any meat! I'd actually prefer only fried eggs. Betty, let me make them myself. Then you try it!

Blow! „STOVE“ out of order! I don't succeed in turning it on! Damned! It's got more of a mind of its own than „STOVE“ of my friend, Hilde Domin! Bob's coming! He must eat directly! „Men eat anything, the swines! Says your grandmother Gammy“. Is it true? Do you like my chickens? Bob asked me without introducing himself. Yes, Bob (rude) I love them! I'm vegetarian. Do you want to clean the henhouse with me tomorrow? A, you're always getting up so early at four o'clock! Bob, that's not a job for me! He looked at me disdainfully! A Roman cissy! You need a reeducation at once! Help, Bob's attacking me! I rather change the novel immediately and move to the „Island“! 

Hillary Clinton wins decisive victory over Bernie Sanders in New York primary

Democratic frontrunner victorious, as Trump sweeps to victory in Republican race, reviving his hopes of winning nomination outright

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Hillary Clinton on New York win: ‘Victory is in sight’

Hillary Clinton clinched a decisive victory over Bernie Sanders in New York on Tuesday, crushing hopes among his supporters that a recent winning streak could change the direction of the Democratic presidential race.
In the Republican race, Donald Trump swept to victory in his home state, reviving his hopes of winning the Republican party nomination outright.
Clinton’s projected win by the Associated Press came 45 minutes after polls closed and suggested a commanding performance that could see her take a clear majority of the 291 delegates on offer and extend her national lead.
Appearing at a victory rally in Midtown Manhattan, the former secretary of state said: “Tonight, the race for the Democratic nomination is in the home stretch and victory is in sight.” 

Donald Trump secures essential home-state win in New York

However, she stopped short of calling on her leftwing opponent to drop out, adding: “I am going forward because more voices remain to be heard,” and telling his supporters: “I believe there is much more that unites us than divides us.” With over 98.4% of the votes tallied, Clinton led 57.9% to 42.1% and was ahead in New York City. With more than 1.7 million Democratic votes counted, Clinton held a lead in excess of 280,000. By midnight local time she had won 135 delegates to 104 for Sanders.

With almost 100% of the votes in from the five boroughs of New York City, Clinton was winning everywhere, 20 points ahead in Kings County, which covers Brooklyn, and 39 points ahead in the Bronx, which has the highest proportion of black voters in the city. In Manhattan, Clinton led by 32 points, by 21 points in multicultural Queens and by a narrower seven points in Staten Island.

New York primary results live: track the votes county by county

Sanders lost the block in Brooklyn where he grew up by 36 votes to 19, but in a sign in his dominance in rural areas upstate he beat the former secretary of state in Clinton County. A series of exit polls had suggested a closer race, with CNN putting Clinton’s lead at a much tighter margin of 52%-48%. However, while exit polls indicated Sanders won comfortably with under-40s and white men, Clinton was ahead with older voters, women, and black and Latino supporters.
A packed ballroom at the Sheraton New York Times Square hotel erupted into cheers as the race was called for Clinton. The crowd, in a jubilant mood throughout the evening and entertained by a live band, immediately broke into chants of “Hillary! Hillary!” as Celebration by Kool and the Gang boomed out.
Their mood soured just once, when the live newsfeed on a giant screen mounted behind the stage cut into Donald Trump’s victory speech. In the Republican race, Trump secured a massive home-turf victory, confirmed within seconds of the polls closing.
With over 98.4% of the vote counted, Trump was on 60.5%, with John Kasich on 25.1% and Ted Cruz trailing with just 14.5%.
The billionaire businessman was always expected to thrive in his home state and there was never much doubt that he would defeat Cruz, the Texas senator whose brand of conservatism went down badly here, and Ohio governor Kasich, who struggled to make an impact.
“It’s just incredible,” Trump told a crowd at Trump Tower in Manhattan. “I guess we’re close to 70%, and we’re gonna end at a very high level, and get a lot more delegates than anybody projected, even in their wildest imagination.”
“It’s impossible to catch us,” declared the Queens-born tycoon, surrounded by brass, marble and a big TV showing Fox News. “Nobody should take delegates and claim victory unless they get those delegates with voters and voting, and that’s what’s going to happen. And you watch because the people aren’t going to stand for it. It’s a crooked system, it’s a system that’s rigged and we’re going to go back to the old way: it’s called you vote and you win.”
Clinton, who appeared for a victory speech shortly after 10pm, said: “Today proved once again – there is no place like home. New Yorkers, you have always had my back and I have always tried to have yours.”
After an acrimonious Democratic contest in a state where both candidates have strong personal roots, the former secretary of state is expected to call on Democrats to begin the process of unifying against Republicans, even though Sanders may continue campaigning until July.

New York's strict voter registration rules frustrate Sanders supporters

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But bitter wrangling over alleged voting irregularities and strict registration rules may fuel anger among Sanders supporters who argue the system favours establishment candidates. Earlier Sanders had criticised closed New York primary rules that require voters to register their party affiliation up to six months before the election. “Today, 3 million people in the state of New York who are independents have lost their right to vote in the Democratic or Republican primary. That’s wrong,” said the Vermont senator.
Most polling leading up to Tuesday’s primary showed Clinton comfortably ahead of Sanders in her adopted home state, which elected her to two terms as a US senator and also chose her over Barack Obama in 2008.

Clinton had cautioned her supporters against complacency while barnstorming the state in the days prior to the election, emphasising repeatedly that she was “not taking anything for granted” and nor should they.
Her whirlwind schedule included retail stops all across New York City, from Queens to the Bronx to East Harlem, where her campaign hoped to boost turnout among the African American and Latino voters who have overwhelmingly gravitated toward Clinton over Sanders in other contests.
Although Clinton came into New York with a sizable delegate lead over Sanders, a decisive win in the Empire State should help her lock up the Democratic nomination both mathematically and in narrative. She achieved a victory despite an onslaught of attacks from Sanders, whose campaign grew increasingly sharp in tone in the past few weeks.
On the eve of the New York primary, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters that the math did not add up for Sanders, and argued that the senator had “a very steep and close to impossible path to the nomination”.
“We expect that Secretary Clinton will be the nominee, particularly after tomorrow,” Mook said on a conference call with reporters. “Senator Sanders and his campaign need to decide if they’re going to continue on this line of attack. He needs to decide if he wants to continue making attacks on the Democratic party itself and on allied groups like Planned Parenthood.”
The Sanders campaign, meanwhile, had been playing down expectations of pulling off a surprise win in recent days, but it is likely to focus on the sizable delegate haul from New York as a justification for its strategy of giving of all American voters a chance to express their preference in the Democratic primary.

Before the New York polls closed on Tuesday, he had already moved on to one of the next battleground states, insisting Clinton was getting “nervous” as he took to the stage at Pennsylvania State University.
However, his remarks appeared aimed at managing expectations about the scale of her anticipated victory. “We’re going to do a lot better I think than people thought we would,” he said. “We’re going to do just fine tonight in New York.”
The Vermont senator reserved his strongest language for a blistering attack on New York’s voting process after reports of widespread irregularities and missing registrations.
“We are deeply disturbed by what we’re hearing from polling places across the state,” the campaign said in a statement. “From long lines and dramatic understaffing to longtime voters being forced to cast affidavit ballots and thousands of registered New Yorkers being dropped from the rolls, what’s happening today is a disgrace.
“We need to be making it easier for people to vote, not inventing arbitrary obstacles – and today’s shameful demonstration must underline the urgent importance of fixing voting laws across the country.”
The Clinton campaign had little sympathy for complaints about New York’s closed primary system, which has been in place for many years. “We didn’t set the rules here. We came here to compete,” campaign manager John Podesta told CNN, arguing Clinton did not complain when she lost states.

Betty MacDonald and a very special birthday

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,


one of Betty MacDonald's wonderful friends celebrates birthday in March.

Tell us the name please and you might be the winner of a Betty MacDonald documentary. 

We got so  many birthday cards from Betty MacDonald fan club from all over the world.
 
The winner who sent the best and most original birthday card will be our Betty MacDonald honor guest of the next International Betty MacDonald fan club event.  

A Betty MacDonald fan club birthday exhibit with many very special birthday cards by Betty MacDonald's family and friends.

You'll be able to see wonderful cards for Betty MacDonald with very touching messages for example by her daughter Joan MacDonald Keil or her good friend Monica Sone.  ( see info below ' Betty MacDonald and The plague and I )

There will be a Betty MacDonald fan club birthday event DVD available.

I agree. Jealousy is a very serious illness. These persons have no self value feeling. They act like angry childs, destroy everything and have a miserable life. Very negative persons, indeed!

I feel sorry for our beloved Betty MacDonald because there was lots of jealousy in her life.

You can find comments of other writers for example:

Betty MacDonald only wrote about herself and boring chickens. I can't understand the reason why THE EGG AND I is so successful.

It's so typical for jealous persons.

I'd like to change this sad subject now.  

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Join us in voting for your favourite city, please. 

I'd like to vote for Seattle.  

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You can see brilliant Brad Craft. 

"This is Me," by Bad Kid Billy. [Official Music Video]

Seems I'm in this for a hot second.  I remember being asked to participate one day on the street in front of the bookstore where I work.  I didn't think to ask what it was for, or even so much as the name of the song or the band.  Didn't want to be late coming back from lunch.  Silly bugger.  The very nice young woman with the green hair also featured herein happens to work at Magus Books.  She mentioned she'd seen me.  Told me the name of the band, and here we are.

 

Wolfgang Hampel's  Vita Magica guest was a very famous TV lady, author and singer and she is our new Betty MacDonald fan club honor member.

I bet  Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli  adores our new Betty MacDonald fan club honor member. 

I've read some of Tatjana Geßler's books and I like them very much.  

We are so happy that Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli is back.

Let's have breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick. 

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The situation in Germany and Sweden with many refugees is rather difficult. 

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Alastair Macdonald| Reuters

BRUSSELS: Amid all the arguments about the feasibility, legality and morality of the European Union’s migrant deal with Turkey, one positive result, say EU officials and diplomats, is that at least it hasn’t wrecked the Cyprus peace process. But it remains to be seen whether that can, as one EU senior official hopes, “turn a threat into an opportunity” to use intensified contacts between Nicosia and Ankara to secure reunification of the island’s Greek-speaking EU member state and a breakaway, Turkey-backed north after four decades of division.
The migrant deal is intended to halt illegal migration flows to Europe in return for financial and political rewards for Ankara. EU Council head Donald Tusk, who chaired Friday’s EU-Turkey summit, said a compromise accepted by Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu to avoid a Cypriot veto on the migrant deal was a “very promising signal for the future.”
Rapprochement between the Greek- and Turkish-speaking halves of the island in the past year hasraised hopes of a deal that could bring a rare bright spot of peace in a troubled region. Last week, however, Turkey’s demand to open five negotiating topics, known as chapters, in long-stalled talks on its distant membership prospects with the EU set Ankara – along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other EU leaders keen for a deal – on a collision course with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.
Cyprus had blocked the five chapters for years over Turkey’s failure to recognize its right to access Turkish ports as part of a customs union deal with the entire EU and vowed to veto any deal it disliked. In the end, in return for taking back migrants from Greek islands, Turkey settled for – among other benefits – opening just one chapter, which Cyprus had not frozen.
“We really dodged a bullet on this one,” said James Ker-Lindsay of the London School of Economics, who has advised U.N. negotiators seeking a settlement on Cyprus. “It could have got very, very nasty if Turkey had decided to dig its heels in.”
Turkey’s EU affairs minister had warned Europeans not to let Cypriot “caprice” block a deal and EU officials acknowledged that Merkel and other leaders, under huge pressure at home over the arrival of migrants from Turkey, were impatient with Cyprus. In the end, however, Davutoglu accepted the deal and told a news conference he was “optimistic” about relations with the EU.
Anastasiades voiced “full satisfaction” and said he would support Turkey’s EU accession talks if it meets his conditions. Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci tweeted: “The EU-Turkey deal reached as a result of the compromise culture is a positive outcome which is also helpful for the Cyprus negotiations.”
Officials involved in the talks said Tusk had been anxious to broker a compromise to avoid a domestic backlash against Anastasiades at parliamentary elections on May 22 that might imperil his cooperation with Akinci, who took office a year ago.
“This may be the last generation of politicians in Cyprus who still want a settlement,” a senior EU official said of the rapport between the two, who are both in their late 60s.
“To wreck Anastasiades is to derail the settlement process.”
Tusk got a personal taste of the issue on a visit to Nicosia and Ankara before the summit. Leaving Cyprus on a Belgian air force NATO plane for NATO member Turkey, Tusk had to fly via Greece due to Turkish refusal to recognize the island state.
Turkey, backed by Merkel, sprang its offer to take back migrants – in return for, among other things, five new accession chapters – on unsuspecting EU leaders at a special summit two weeks ago. Anastasiades then came under heavy pressure to agree.
“Five [EU] leaders in a room shouting at him to give ground wasn’t going to work and could derail the peace process,” an EU official said of efforts to convince Anastasiades on March 7.
Diplomats involved in the negotiations said Turkey appeared to believe it had sufficient leverage over the EU on migration to overcome the Cypriot block on accession chapters. In the end, however, EU negotiators closed ranks to avoid a Cypriot veto.
Yet despite the deterrent effect hoped for from the accord, migrants have arrived on Greek islands since the deportation scheme came into force Sunday, raising the prospect of more negotiations between the EU and Turkey. That may mean further discussion with Cyprus that cuts across the peace talks, despite Anastasiades’ insistence they are “two distinct processes.”
Ker-Lindsay at LSE said the interplay of the EU migration issue with U.N.-mediated efforts for a reunification deal could still cause “serious problems,” though he said all sides, including Turkey, appeared keen on a settlement for the island.
Tusk urged Davutoglu to see a possible virtuous circle: “A comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem will be beneficial to the wider security and stability of the region – and in particular to the strategic relationship between Turkey and the EU.”

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on March 22, 2016, on page 6.

Bayern Munich 4-2 Juventus (AET, agg 6-4): German giants stage stunning comeback as Thiago Alcantara and Kingsley Coman strike in extra-time thanks to Thomas Muller's last minute header

• Juventus took shock early lead at the Allianz Arena as Paul Pogba kept his cool to place the ball past Manuel Neuer
• Juan Cuadrado doubled advantage for visitors, curling the ball home after a blistering run from Alvaro Morata
• Robert Lewandowski replied for hosts with a powerful header on 72 minutes to give Bayern a lifeline
• Thomas Muller struck a dramatic late equaliser for the hosts in the final minute to take tie to extra-time
• Bayern pair Thiago Alcantara and Kingsley Coman struck in the additional half hour to give Munich victory
• Coman is on a two-year loan from Juventus and scored to ensure his parent club were eliminated
• German giants join Real Madrid, Atletico, Barcelona, PSG, Wolfsburg, Manchester City and Benfica in quarters
• Click the link to relive all the action as it unfolded at the Allianz Arena with Sportsmail's live coverage of the clash

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Published: 22:16 GMT, 16 March 2016 | Updated: 07:46 GMT, 17 March 2016 

 

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For 85 minutes, the awkward prospect of Manuel Pellegrini outrunning Pep Guardiola in the Champions League was amusingly real. For just as long, Guardiola faced the extraordinary possibility of being cast as a Bayern Munich failure.

That is the strange lot for a man who looks set to collect a third straight Bundesliga title but whose appointment three years ago was based on the greater brief of winning the Champions League. Cleaning up domestic business is nice and expected; winning in Europe is all that ever really mattered.

On Wednesday night, that almost came crashing down in a weird and wonderful match between the best of Italy and the best of Germany. Juventus crushed Bayern for more than an hour and led by goals from Paul Pogba and Juan Cuadrado, giving them a 4-2 aggregate lead. 

Bayern winger Kingsley Coman - on loan from Juventus - bends his boot around the ball to curl it into the net and confirm the win

The Bayern Munich squad pile on goalscorer Alcantara as they held the lead for the first time on Wednesday evening in Germany

Thiago Alcantara looks ecstatic and removed his shirt after firing Bayern Munich ahead in the second half of extra time against Juventus

Bayern Munich celebrate their emphatic victory

Bayern hero Muller celebrates with supporters and shouts into a megaphone after the German side secured their place in the last eight

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MATCH FACTS 

Bayern Munich: Neuer, Lahm, Kimmich, Benatia (Bernat, 45), Alaba, Alonso (Coman, 60) Douglas Costa, Muller, Vidal, Ribery (Thiago, 101), Lewandowski. 

Subs: Ulreich, Rafinha, Gotze, Rode.

Scorer: Lewandowksi, 72, Muller, 90, Alcantara 106, Coman, 109

Booked: Kimmich, Bernat, Vidal, Thiago, Lewandowski. 

Juventus: Buffon, Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, Evra, Khedira (Sturaro, 68), Pogba, Cuadrado (Pereyra, 89), Hernanes, Alex Sandro, Morata (Mandzukic, 72). 

Subs: Neto, Zaza, Asamoah, Rugani.

Scorers: Pogba, 5, Cuadrado, 27

Booked: Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Cuadrado, Pereyra, Khedira, Sturaro, Mandzukic. 

Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Attendance: 70,000 

How undignified it seemed that the man who is coming to Manchester City this summer would exit the Champions League before Pellegrini.

But then came the glorious fightback.

Robert Lewandowski gave Guardiola’s side a lifeline with a 72nd-minute header and Thomas Muller scored in stoppage time, taking the game into extra-time. A pair of crosses and a pair of headed goals; it’s not Guardiola football as we know it, but it did the job.

Just like that, 2-0 down on the night had become 2-2 and that became 4-2 up with excellent extra time goals from Guardiola’s substitutes, Thiago Alcantara and Kingsley Coman, the latter a Juventus player on loan in Germany. Brilliantly dramatic.

And all this in a tie that had already had its share of swings in the first leg. Bayern, remember, had led 2-0 in Turin only to draw 2-2. A pair of away goals ought to have given them the edge in Munich last night, or at least a slight feeling of comfort.

The opposite was true. Whatever was Guardiola’s plan, it went horribly, woefully wrong. They faced a Juventus side determined to swamp the midfield and squeeze the life out of Bayern’s defence, which is precisely what happened.

The opening goal, scored after only six minutes, was a calamity of Bayern mistakes from a pair of players in Manuel Neuer and David Alaba who tend to make so few. Tellingly, they were mistakes made in panic.

Sami Khedira was the creator, in so much that he hit an excellent throughball that ultimately led to the goal. 

But before it reached Pogba, Neuer made the rash decision to sprint from his goal for a ball that Alaba was better placed to deal with. Alaba hesitated as his goalkeeper closed in, allowing Stephan Lichtsteiner the opportunity to beat both men to the punch and square to Pogba. With the goal vacated, the former Manchester United midfielder threaded a shot between two covering defenders and Bayern were behind. 

Muller shouted and sang along with supporters as the rest of the Bayern Munich sat and looked on from the Allianz Arena pitch

Paul Pogba put the Italians ahead against Bayern Munich as he side-footed the ball home on the edge of the area on five minutes

Pogba is congratulated by his team-mates as they surround the midfielder after taking the lead at the home of the Bundesliga leaders

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola looks dejected with his side trailing to Italian giants Juventus midway through the first half

Juan Cuadrado doubled the advantage for the away side with an assured finish after neat feet to get the better of Mehda Benatia (right)

Cuadrado watches his effort curl past goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and into the corner of the net as Juventus took control with a 2-0 lead

Cuadrado is congratulated by Juventus team-mates Stephan Lichtsteiner (second left), Andrea Barzagli (left) and midfielder Hernanes 

Juventus defender Alex Sandro climbs above Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso to win possession for the away side in the air

Juan Cuadrado scored an impressive second following Alvaro Morata's bustling run - CLICK HERE for more from our brilliant Match Zone

Champions League quarter-finalists 

Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Wolfsburg, Benfica, Bayern Munich, Barcelona

Draw will commence at 11am on Friday  

Juventus' defeat means that England will still enter four clubs in next season’s Champions League, as Italy can no longer better their UEFA coefficient.

That strike could be chalked down to errors and a second almost followed in a similar vein, with Neuer scuffing a clearance and Morata scoring, only to incorrectly judged offside.

That was a let off for Bayern, but Juventus made it 2-0 soon enough with a quite brilliant counter-attacking goal created by the brilliance of Morata and buried wonderfully by Cuadrado.

Morata almost scored an exceptional third close to the hour, which coincided with the great recovery.

With 18 minutes to play, Douglas Costa, impressive on the right in place of Arjen Robben, who had a cold, sent over a brilliant cross and Lewandowski headed his eighth goal in eight Champions League games this season. Basic, direct stuff from a club that can elaborate with the best of them.

The kicker was that they did again in stoppage time. Excellent substitute Kingsley Coman crossed from the right in stoppage time and Muller won the header. Guardiola was a picture of waving arms and wild eyes.

The effect was greater in extra time. Thiago put Bayern ahead in the 108th minute and Coman scored moments later. Two fine goals, one big impact.

Guardiola, one of the great managers football has known, is not a failure just yet. 

Striker Robert Lewandowski climbed high at the back post to score a header for Bayern on 72 minutes and cut Juventus' lead in half

Lewandowski jumps for joy and rallies supporters behind the goal after giving Bayern Munich a lifeline with less than 20 minutes to play

Bayern forward Thomas Muller heads the ball towards goal to score a dramatic late equaliser in the final minute to take the tie to extra-time

Muller is congratulated by Lewandowski and roars in the direction of David Alaba after netting to save Bayern's European campaign

Buffon lies on the ground beaten by Thiago Alcantara's extra-time goal which set Bayern Munich on their way to reaching the next round

Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson settles a dispute between Bayern Munich forward Muller and Juventus centre back Leonardo Bonucci

Juventus' legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon clenches his fists in celebration in the first half but was left dejected as he left the pitch

Pogba, scorer of Juve's first goal, attempts to win possession under pressure from Bayern Munich pair Xabi Alonso and Thomas Muller

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ToonSarny, Newcastle, United Kingdom, about 8 hours ago

unreal match and i had a bet on for there to be over 1.5 goals in extra time...end to end stuff, two great teams battling out shame it was at this stage of the CL would of made a cracking SF or final.

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shane, london, about 14 hours ago

Juve not at full strength, battered Bayern for most of the game. The crucial ( not offside ) goal that would have made it 3-0 was denied by yet another dire decision.

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VAShiroi, Wuppertal, Germany, about 13 hours ago

You are wrong. The "offside goal" would have been the second goal, not the third. No one knows how the game would go on after that.

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VAShiroi, Wuppertal, Germany, about 12 hours ago

And I forgot to mention that Bayern weren't at their full strength either. No Robben, no Boateng, no Martinez or Badstuber.

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lifeisjem, penang, Malaysia, about 15 hours ago

Gutted. Went to bed at the 85th minute :(

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Jerry_Cat, Hamm, Germany, about 20 hours ago

Juve you are not the last club or country who got müllered . This guy is unbelievable

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Jerry_Cat, Hamm, Germany, about 19 hours ago

" Club or country " relates to " got müllered " and not to "Juve" , i mean thats obvious , so the question is who is the illiterate one , i guess it´s not me . By the way do you speak a second language ?

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Roberto777, Leeds, United Kingdom, about 17 hours ago

Jerry in this country what you just said is 'cringe worthy'. Look that up in the dictionary.

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Kev D.C., Weybridge, United Kingdom, about 20 hours ago

How is that Cuadrado, who is one of the worst players I have ever seen in a Chelsea shirt in 40 years, looks half decent playing for Juve?

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Rando, Kingston, Jamaica, about 20 hours ago

Bayern for champions league

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Lozzac, Bristol, United Kingdom, about 20 hours ago

Firstly I think Pep is an excellent manager and tactician proven last night. The one thing that he could do that Allegri couldn't however was have an impact from the bench. Juve were already without 3 starters in Chiellini, Marchisio and Dybala. I don't rate Manzdukic, he's heavy on his feet and doesn't have the pace of Morata that caused Bayern so many problems in the first half. The offside goal ultimately was a game changer as Bayern could not have come back from a 3 goal half time deficit proven by it taking them 72 minutes to score. To anyone that says we would have parked the bus after 2 if you'd watched the first half you would have seen that actually we were still pressing after we got the second and it could easily have been 3 or 4 by half time. FACT. I'm a massive Juve fan and proud of what we achieved last night. We took one of the worlds best teams to the brink, we are pretty much written off beforehand. I'm gutted we couldn't hang on but proud of how my team played. FORZA

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VAShiroi, Wuppertal, Germany, about 18 hours ago

Juve COULD have scored 3 to 4 goals in the first half BUT the disallowed goal would have been the second one. No one knows what could have happened then. They could have scored more or the game could have taken another turn as well. That is a FACT. Also you shouldn't forget that Bayern were playing without their best CBs ( Boateng, Martinez and also Badstuber ). Benatia was the only CB that is back from injury, yet he's still not even close to any good form. I still can't understand why PEP brought him from the beginning. He hasn't even played against Bremen last saturday. He doesn't have much field practise since coming back from injury. That I think was a mistake by PEP. He should have played the same starting eleven like in the matches before ( f.e. Dortmund, Bremen etc ).

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SnowyCarvaholic, Liverpool, United Kingdom, about 21 hours ago

Juve will feel hard done by getting so close to knocking out Bayern but that turn around was simply incredible. Bayern vs Barca final hopefully.

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phil_g, greater manchester, United Kingdom, about 21 hours ago

If Morata had stayed on....Bayern would be out !!!

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Dudduru, Gateshead, United Kingdom, about 21 hours ago

Evra should have kicked that ball on the stands !!! Everybody knows that if you are winning on the 91st minute you have to stop playing football !!!!

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tricktrack, london, United Kingdom, about 21 hours ago

Muller, the killing machine! that boy is Germany's finest ever! scores final, world cup, european cup, champions league, he doesnt stutter or panic! is unbelievable he doesnt even look like a footballer with his socks down to his ankles! Amazing player!

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mageman, Rammstein, Germany, about 21 hours ago

He's indeed amazing. Funny thing is many think he's arrogant or even unbearable and in fact he couldn't be any more down to earth

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