Betty MacDonald fan club fans,
i'd be very happy if I could join Betty MacDonald fan club fans in Seattle today.
I bet they have a great time there.
I'm going to share a very important letter by Betty MacDonald describing her experiences with jealousy.
Having a bad childhood or not - you can't act like this - making others down whenever you can because of your jealousy.
These 'poor' people only think in black and white terms. They believe they are the only good and selfless ones - the others are always very selfish and only interested in earning money and using people.
How childish is a behaviour like this? In reality they feel isolated and very lonesome in their selfbuild prisons. They are afraid of others and live in their own world. They tell their fairy-tales over and over again all the time and at the end they believe in their own fake stories.
You can feel sorry in a way for people like this but if they are slanderous towards others they should be sued. You can't tolerate people like this. They try to damage your reputation because of their mental disorder.
Betty MacDonald describes her bad experiences with jealousy.
Poor Betty had lots of them!
I'll share it in Betty MacDonald Newsletter March.
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.
Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli is back.
Let's have breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick.
Enjoy Betty MacDonald's very beautiful Vashon Island, please.
My ESC favourites are Poland and Czech Republic.
Have a very nice Sunday.
Yours,
Bella
Don't miss this very special book, please.
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Wolfgang Hampel - Wikipedia ( English )
Wolfgang Hampel - Wikipedia ( English ) - The Egg and I
Wolfgang Hampel - Wikipedia ( German )
Vashon Island - Wikipedia ( German )
Wolfgang Hampel - Monica Sone - Wikipedia ( English )
Wolfgang Hampel - Ma and Pa Kettle - Wikipedia ( English )
Wolfgang Hampel - Ma and Pa Kettle - Wikipedia ( French )
Wolfgang Hampel in Florida State University
Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel
Betty MacDonald fan club interviews on CD/DVD
Betty MacDonald fan club items
Betty MacDonald fan club items - comments
Betty MacDonald fan club - The Stove and I
Betty MacDonald fan club groups
Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund
Rita Knobel Ulrich - Islam in Germany - a very interesting ZDF ( 2nd German Television ) documentary with English subtitles
The situation in Germany and Sweden with many refugees is rather difficult.
Now in its fourth year, the French Fest at Seattle Center is a part of the Seattle Center’s FESTÁL cultural event series and attracts 5,000 visitors. The event is free and open to the public (no admittance tickets are required). French Fest draws its inspiration from the worldwide “Day of Francophonie,” organized in over 100 countries each March to celebrate the diversity of Francophone cultures and traditions around the world.
During the Seattle event, festival-goers of all ages have an opportunity to enjoy many activities – all with a “French” twist: live music, theater and dance performances, French cuisine, book sales, informative seminars and demonstrations, “best baguette” contest, games and more.
The event also features a unique Career Expo (Salon de l’Emploi) with the participation of local and international companies seeking French speakers and workshops led by employment professionals.
The event is organized by the nonprofit organization, France Education Northwest, with the support of Seattle Center FESTÁL, the French-American Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest, the Consular Agency of France in Seattle, Coca-Cola, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile and other key supporters.
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Seattle Center Festál
Seattle’s French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures
March 20, 2016
Armory Main Floor, Fisher Pavilion
http://fenpnw.org/french-fest/
Seattle's French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures
Join
the community for Seattle’s 3rd Annual French Fest: A Celebration of
French-Speaking Cultures on March 20, 2016 at Seattle Center Armory.
Seattle's
French Fest is free, family-friendly and open to the public with the
purpose of promoting and raising awareness of Francophone cultures and
traditions to the residents of the Greater Seattle area. During the
one-day event, festival-goers will listen to live music, watch dance
performances, taste international cuisine, learn from informative
seminars and cooking demonstrations, play games and enjoy a day full of
fun activities en français!
Seattle's
French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures is presented in
partnership with France Education Northwest, under the auspices of the
Consular Agency of France.
French-American Chamber of Commerce
2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 490
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 443-4703
http://fenpnw.org/french-fest/
Have you ever wondered how the Cannelés Bordelais
are made ?
Chef Maxime Jaouen from La Parisienne - French Bakery will teach you how!
Originally from Brittany, Maxime studied pastry and bakery in a well-known establishment in Lorient and Rennes.
After graduating he lived and worked in England and then in Nantes. Maxime recently arrived in the US; he is the pastry Chef of the French bakery, La Parisienne, and is already enjoying American life.
Breaking news
Business news and information from the European Union
- Is 'helicopter money' moving on to ECB's radar? — 21 March 2016, 00:03 CET
- It's a concept that conjures up images of European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi donning his flying suit, starting his helicopter and flying out over the eurozone to throw money to the crowds below.
- 'Civil war' grips UK government after shock resignation — 20 March 2016, 18:27 CET
- A top British eurosceptic minister who quit over welfare cuts launched a damaging attack on Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday, exposing serious tensions in his government ahead of June's referendum on EU membership.
- Migrants still arriving as EU-Turkey deal enters force — 20 March 2016, 18:13 CET
- Flimsy boats packed with migrants continued to land in Greece from Turkey on Sunday despite the start of a landmark deal between the European Union and Ankara to stem the massive influx.
- Kosovo PM's brother sought asylum in Germany — 20 March 2016, 16:07 CET
- Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said Sunday his brother had sought asylum in Germany, after joining the mass migrant influx into the European Union last year.
- US views EU, Turkey migrant deal as 'important step' — 19 March 2016, 10:37 CET
- The United States views a deal by Turkish and EU leaders to curb the influx of migrants into Europe as an "important step," the State Department said.
- EU, Turkey strike 'historic' deal to send back migrants — 18 March 2016, 23:39 CET
- Turkish and EU leaders on Friday agreed a "historic" deal for curbing the influx of migrants that has plunged Europe into its biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II.
- UN cautious over how EU-Turkey migrant deal implemented — 18 March 2016, 20:37 CET
- The United Nations' refugee agency warned Friday it will be watching closely to see how the Turkey-EU migrant deal is implemented, stressing the right to asylum must be paramount.
- Bulgaria reinforces border to tackle migrant problem — 18 March 2016, 19:47 CET
- Bulgaria on Friday deployed extra police and troops on its border with Macedonia in a joint exercise aimed at tackling a migrant influx, the defence ministry announced.
- Erdogan accuses Europe of 'surrendering to terror' — 18 March 2016, 19:42 CET
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Europe of "surrendering to terror" for allowing displays of support for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), days after a bombing in Ankara claimed by Kurdish rebels.
- Key points of EU-Turkey deal — 18 March 2016, 19:08 CET
- The European Union and Turkey sealed a controversial deal on Friday to curb an unprecedented flow of migrants to Europe in exchange for concessions to Ankara.
- Turkish PM hails EU migrant deal as 'historic day' — 18 March 2016, 18:07 CET
- Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hailed a "historic day" Friday as the European Union and his country clinched a deal to try and curb the flow of migrants to Europe.
- Sweden wants EU to ban import of live American lobsters — 18 March 2016, 17:17 CET
- The Swedish government said Friday it had asked the European Union to block the import of live American lobster, in a bid to avoid contamination of its native species.
- Migrants to be returned from Greece to Turkey from Sunday: Czech PM — 18 March 2016, 16:02 CET
- All migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey starting Sunday will be sent back under a new deal sealed at a Brussels summit Friday, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said.
- Tusk recommends revised Turkey migrant deal to EU leaders: EU official — 18 March 2016, 15:07 CET
- EU president Donald Tusk recommended Friday that European Union leaders approve a revised deal with Turkey to halt the massive influx of migrants into the bloc, an EU official said.
- Lukewarm Labour support risks Cameron's Brexit campaign — 18 March 2016, 14:42 CET
- Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron needs left-wing voters to keep Britain in the European Union in a June referendum, but the opposition Labour leader has so far shown little enthusiasm to deliver them.
- EU, Turkish leaders close in on migration deal — 18 March 2016, 14:32 CET
- The EU and Turkey closed in Friday on a crucial deal to curb the huge flow of migrants to Europe despite Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warning that he would not bargain over the fate of refugees.
- EU leaders discuss how to handle Libya migrants — 18 March 2016, 14:02 CET
- Leaders from six EU nations led by Britain were holding talks Friday on how to tackle migration from Libya at a Brussels summit focused on dealing with an unprecedented influx of people fleeing war in Syria.
- Key points of EU-Turkey proposals — 18 March 2016, 13:52 CET
- The EU and Turkey are negotiating a controversial deal to curb an unprecedented flow of migrants to Europe in exchange for concessions to Ankara.
- Erdogan urges Europe to stop backing Kurd rebels — 18 March 2016, 13:17 CET
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on European countries to stop supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), days after a bombing claimed by Kurdish rebels killed 35 people in Ankara.
- Britain out of EU could be like Singapore: financier — 18 March 2016, 12:52 CET
- Britain leaving the European Union could be like Singapore becoming independent from Malaysia in 1965, a top British financier said on Friday, playing down the potential impact of Brexit on the City of London.
- Hungary moves to close refugee camps — 18 March 2016, 12:05 CET
- Hungary is considering shutting its permanent refugee camps, officials said Friday, in yet another sign of the government's anti-migrant stance.
- EU to allow countries to scrap tampon tax — 18 March 2016, 12:05 CET
- The European Union said Thursday it will give its 28 member states the option of completely removing a tax on tampons which feminists had denounced as unfair.
- Europe must share data on warzone aviation risks: report — 18 March 2016, 12:04 CET
- European countries must do a better job sharing information on the risk to civil aviation over conflict zones, said a report commissioned after the downing of MH17 over Ukraine and published Thursday.
- Brexit splits cost UK Conservatives support: poll — 18 March 2016, 11:58 CET
- Divisions in British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party over the EU referendum are costing it support, according to a poll Friday showing the opposition Labour taking the lead for the first time in months.
- Davutoglu warns EU leaders no bargaining over refugee plight — 18 March 2016, 11:57 CET
- Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu warned there would be no "bargaining" over the plight of refugees as he entered crunch talks Friday with EU leaders about plans to curb the unprecedented numbers reaching Europe.
Latest / Race Report
Rosberg wins drama-filled Melbourne race
20 Mar 2016
Ferrari seized control at the start of Sunday’s 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix, but a mid-race stoppage after a huge accident involving Fernando Alonso turned the race on its head, helping Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg to what had looked an unlikely victory.
RACE RESULTS
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:48:15.565 | 25 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +8.060s | 18 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | +9.643s | 15 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | +24.330s | 12 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Williams | +58.979s | 10 |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | +72.081s | 8 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | +74.199s | 6 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | +75.153s | 4 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | +75.680s | 2 |
| 10 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | +76.833s | 1 |
Team mate Lewis Hamilton recovered from a nightmare start to
finish second, while Sebastian Vettel – who led into Turn 1 and looked
very much in charge prior to the red flags – had to settle for third
after 57 laps of Albert Park.
Local hero Daniel Ricciardo took a popular fourth place for Red Bull, well clear of the Williams of Felipe Massa, while Romain Grosjean gave the all-new Haas team points on their debut with sixth.
Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg, Williams’ Valtteri Bottas, and the Toro Rosso duo of Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen completed the top ten, with Renault’s Jolyon Palmer narrowly missing out on a point in his maiden Grand Prix.
McLaren's Alonso and Haas's Esteban Gutierrez meanwhile were thankfully able to walk away from a huge crash at Turn 3 which caused the red flags to fly on lap 19.
Up until that moment it was Ferrari who held the cards, Vettel and Raikkonen having burst between the two Silver Arrows to snatch a one-two away from the start.
Hamilton got the worst of it, his slow start compounded by losing further ground and positions - and possibly some front wing endplate - in the opening turns, with Verstappen and Massa both able to pick him off and push him from pole to seventh.
That dynamic would all change. Following a 20-minute break to clear the debris from Alonso and Gutierrez's crash, the race restarted with Ferrari still on an aggressive two-stop strategy of using supersoft tyres. Mercedes though had gone conservative and selected the mediums, meaning Ferrari would need to pit again and Mercedes wouldn't. Game on.
It was soon clear that Vettel was not going to open up the 24s gap that he needed for a final stop, and when that came - from supersofts to softs - on the 35th lap, Rosberg, Hamilton and a feisty Ricciardo overtook the Ferrari. Hamilton closed in on the Red Bull and overtook for second place on the 42nd lap, but couldn't make serious inroads into Rosberg's 10s lead.
The Briton's attention instead went on protecting his position as Vettel closed in. With seven laps to run the pair were split by just half a second - but try as he might Vettel could not engineer a move, with his challenge failing two laps from the end when he ran deep and onto the grass at the penultimate turn.
Like Vettel, Ricciardo also bolted on fresh tyres - in his case the supersofts - and flew late on, the Australian setting the fastest lap and rising up to fourth, just missing out on becoming the first Australian to claim a Grand Prix podium on home soil.
Massa was an uneventful fifth, while behind Grosjean sprang a sensation in sixth, giving Haas points in their debut race.
Toro Rosso provided plenty of drama as Sainz and Verstappen quarrelled with each other, and with a host of other cars. It was not always a happy affair, with Verstappen angered by the team's decision to pit Sainz first, and then to not instruct him to move aside. The pair even made very light contact in Turn 15 a few laps from the end, with Verstappen spinning as a result. He caught back up to Sainz by the chequered flag, although neither was able to find a way past Bottas or Hulkenberg.
Palmer's very convincing debut for Renault saw him finish 11th, ahead of team mate Kevin Magnussen who lost time with a puncture on the opening lap but made it up when the race was red flagged and restarted.
Sergio Perez was 13th for Force India, while Jenson Button looked good early on but faded to 14th for McLaren. Felipe Nasr could not repeat 2015's fifth place for Sauber and finished 15th as team mate Marcus Ericsson retired with transmission problems, while rookie Pascal Wehrlein - who made a sensational start to run 15th for a while - was the last of the classified runners in 16th.
There were several retirements - besides Alonso and Gutierrez, Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat hit problems and retired even before getting to the grid, while Manor's Rio Haryanto went out with driveline problems and Raikkonen retired soon after the restart with suspected turbo failure which led to a spectacular fire in his Ferrari's airbox.
Local hero Daniel Ricciardo took a popular fourth place for Red Bull, well clear of the Williams of Felipe Massa, while Romain Grosjean gave the all-new Haas team points on their debut with sixth.
Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg, Williams’ Valtteri Bottas, and the Toro Rosso duo of Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen completed the top ten, with Renault’s Jolyon Palmer narrowly missing out on a point in his maiden Grand Prix.
McLaren's Alonso and Haas's Esteban Gutierrez meanwhile were thankfully able to walk away from a huge crash at Turn 3 which caused the red flags to fly on lap 19.
Up until that moment it was Ferrari who held the cards, Vettel and Raikkonen having burst between the two Silver Arrows to snatch a one-two away from the start.
Hamilton got the worst of it, his slow start compounded by losing further ground and positions - and possibly some front wing endplate - in the opening turns, with Verstappen and Massa both able to pick him off and push him from pole to seventh.
That dynamic would all change. Following a 20-minute break to clear the debris from Alonso and Gutierrez's crash, the race restarted with Ferrari still on an aggressive two-stop strategy of using supersoft tyres. Mercedes though had gone conservative and selected the mediums, meaning Ferrari would need to pit again and Mercedes wouldn't. Game on.
It was soon clear that Vettel was not going to open up the 24s gap that he needed for a final stop, and when that came - from supersofts to softs - on the 35th lap, Rosberg, Hamilton and a feisty Ricciardo overtook the Ferrari. Hamilton closed in on the Red Bull and overtook for second place on the 42nd lap, but couldn't make serious inroads into Rosberg's 10s lead.
The Briton's attention instead went on protecting his position as Vettel closed in. With seven laps to run the pair were split by just half a second - but try as he might Vettel could not engineer a move, with his challenge failing two laps from the end when he ran deep and onto the grass at the penultimate turn.
Like Vettel, Ricciardo also bolted on fresh tyres - in his case the supersofts - and flew late on, the Australian setting the fastest lap and rising up to fourth, just missing out on becoming the first Australian to claim a Grand Prix podium on home soil.
Massa was an uneventful fifth, while behind Grosjean sprang a sensation in sixth, giving Haas points in their debut race.
Toro Rosso provided plenty of drama as Sainz and Verstappen quarrelled with each other, and with a host of other cars. It was not always a happy affair, with Verstappen angered by the team's decision to pit Sainz first, and then to not instruct him to move aside. The pair even made very light contact in Turn 15 a few laps from the end, with Verstappen spinning as a result. He caught back up to Sainz by the chequered flag, although neither was able to find a way past Bottas or Hulkenberg.
Palmer's very convincing debut for Renault saw him finish 11th, ahead of team mate Kevin Magnussen who lost time with a puncture on the opening lap but made it up when the race was red flagged and restarted.
Sergio Perez was 13th for Force India, while Jenson Button looked good early on but faded to 14th for McLaren. Felipe Nasr could not repeat 2015's fifth place for Sauber and finished 15th as team mate Marcus Ericsson retired with transmission problems, while rookie Pascal Wehrlein - who made a sensational start to run 15th for a while - was the last of the classified runners in 16th.
There were several retirements - besides Alonso and Gutierrez, Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat hit problems and retired even before getting to the grid, while Manor's Rio Haryanto went out with driveline problems and Raikkonen retired soon after the restart with suspected turbo failure which led to a spectacular fire in his Ferrari's airbox.
