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A blood drive will be held in Guttenberg on Tuesday, May 6, from 1:00-6:00 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church - Fellowship Hall, 203 Pearl Street.
No appointments are necessary, and walk-ins are welcome.
A blood donation is a gift that doesn't cost a thing but can provide hope to hospital patients in need. Every day, the Red Cross must collect about 15,000 pints of blood to meet the needs of patients at 2,700 hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide, including 34 in the Badger-Hawkeye Region.
A blood drive will be held at St. John's Lutheran Church, 203 Pearl Street, Guttenberg, on Tuesday, May 6, from 1:00-6:00 p.m.
All blood types are needed to ensure an adequate blood supply, and those with types O negative, A negative, B negative and AB positive and negative are especially encouraged to give.
Representative Bruce Braley, left, spoke with Care Center Administrator Dr. Janette Simon and staff member Jim Powers about quality resident care - which includes the view from Acre Street. Simon told Braley, "The view of the river is very orienting and calming for residents." (Press photo by Molly Moser)
By Molly Moser
The Guttenberg Care Center welcomed representative Bruce Braley on Tuesday, April 15. The congressman visited to discuss senior fraud and his recent efforts to protect Iowa's seniors from scam artists. Braley also spoke in depth with Care Center Administrator Dr. Janette Simon about the challenges and achievements of care facilities in rural Iowa.
On a tour of the Care Center's neighborhoods, Simon and Braley discussed a wide variety of topics, including funding and regulations, the assisted living and outpatient therapy additions that are underway, and a four-year study conducted at the Care Center which proved that residents involved in meaningful planned activities had increased appetites and decreased need for pain medication.
Braley recently announced his support for two pieces of legislation aimed at senior fraud prevention. The Anti-Spoofing Act would prohibit deceptive caller ID spoofing—a popular scam that defrauds unsuspecting seniors by displaying a name or entity on caller ID that appears to be trustworthy.
Marilyn Fredlake, left, and Toni Schmelzer enjoyed a seven-day Hawaiian cruise aboard the Norwegian Pride of America. (Photo submitted)
"Marilyn came up to me one day at the office and asked, 'If you could go anywhere, where would you go?' Thinking it was just a simple question, I said Hawaii." Toni Schmelzer, who works with Marilyn Fredlake at Brown's Sales and Leasing in Guttenberg, didn't know she was signing up for two weeks of tropical adventures.
Schmelzer thought her long-time friend was teasing when she invited her on a Hawaiian vacation. "Oh my goodness. It took months. I had to hand her a ticket before she really believed she was going," recalls Fredlake.
The two women boarded a plane headed for the Honolulu Airport on Oahu. It was Schmelzer's first flight, the first of many more 'firsts' she'd experience in the days to come. When the plane reached its destination, she set her eyes on the ocean for the first time in her life. She enjoyed her first bite of lobster, learned to barter on the streets of Waikiki, and boarded a cruise ship for the first time.
By Shelia Tomkins
Discussion on the powers and duties of the city planning and zoning commission and zoning board of adjustment highlighted a special city council meeting on Monday, April 14.
Mayor Russ Loven, council members Virginia Saeugling, Fred Schaub, Dave Schlueter, Steve Friedlein and Jane Parker, City Manager Mary Willett and City Attorney Mike Schuster were in attendance.
Members of the P & Z board — Dan Parker, Howard Hubbell, Don Herkes, Jim Eglseder, Janette Hansel, Steve Dikkers and J.J. Rochford — were present as City Attorney Michael Schuster reviewed the purpose and history of zoning regulations. "The idea is to balance the needs of individuals with the welfare of society as a whole," he said.
In the 1970s Guttenberg prepared a comprehensive plan that included its first zoning ordinances. The city's Planning and Zoning board serves in an advisory capacity, making recommendations to the council. The Zoning Board of Adjustment is a stand-alone quasi-judicial body that hears appeals and grants variances. Schuster explained the relationships between the P &Z board, the Board of Adjustment and the city council. Discussion was also held on what the city's zoning ordinance specifies about building garages on contiguous lots.
Clara May (Weber) Ludvik, 64, of Guttenberg, died Saturday, April 12, 2014, at her home in Guttenberg.
Visitation was before services at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Guttenberg.
Graveside services were Tuesday, April 15, at the Guttenberg City Cemetery, conducted by Rev. Harold McMillin.
Clara was born on Nov. 22, 1949, in Guttenberg to Tracy and Corrine (Barry) Weber.
Jo-Ann Joyce Behnken, 81, of Colesburg, died on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home.
Visitation was Monday, April 21, at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Edgewood and one hour before the services at the church.
Funeral services were Tuesday, April 22, at United Methodist Church in Colesburg, conducted by Pastor Allen Craft.
Interment was at Brown Cemetery, Colesburg.
The RAGBRAI Committee is still in need of food vendors for Saturday, July 26. Nearly 20,000 visitors are expected here that day.
If you have a club, organization or business that has a need for a fundraiser, consider becoming a food vendor for RAGBRAI. The deadline to register is May 15.
Following is general information for food vendors. More detailed information is available from Linda Benskin at 252-2020 or 252-3538, or Jane Augustyn at 252-3820 or 252-1938.
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The Guttenberg city council, meeting in regular session on April 7, took the first step in increasing water and sewer rates, heard a request to replace an ambulance, accepted responsibility for maintenance of a park restroom, listened to a RAGBRAI update, and moved forward on funding for the Acre Street project.
Water, sewer increases
The council approved the first reading of an ordinance that will increase water and sewer rates each $1 per month. Before final passage, the ordinance must be approved at a second and third public reading. Upon final approval, the new base rate will be $24.25 for water and $24.50 for sewer.
"The revenues for the utilities are not keeping up with expenses," City Manager Willett told The Press. "The council is looking to examine the revenues and expenditures and evaluate the rates every year, instead of having large rate increases."
As the world around us comes back to life, we once again dedicate a day to celebrating and protecting its splendor. Though we might be better served by observing Earth Day every day, this year marks 44 since the day many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement. The first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, capitalized on directing the energy of the anti-war protest movement, and bringing attention to environmental concerns.
Collecting litter is a typical way to honor Earth Day, and Guttenberg is offering several special collections on April 26. The Guttenberg Police Department will sponsor its annual prescription drug drop-off that Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in the alley behind the Municipal Building. A shred-a-thon, for secure disposal of sensitive documents, will be held that day thanks to Iowa Senior Medicare Patrol. In conjunction with these events, the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital is sponsoring a sharps disposal at the site.
The GMH Auxiliary recently heard a presentation from Todd Kuhse, a representative of Waste Management (WM), who spoke in detail about what happens to Guttenberg's trash and recycling after it's been picked up by the company.
Waste Management states that Guttenberg's trash is sent to the Winneshiek County Landfill, located between Frankville and Decorah. Yard waste ends up in a compost site in Prairie du Chien.
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Frying, slicing, and sautéing a bevy of authentic Italian favorites, pizzas, and seafood, Nick's Pizza and Clam Bar sates stomachs with savory sandwiches and platefuls of pasta. Prime palates with fried clam baskets ($8.95) and jumbo homemade crab cakes ($10.95), then pick from linguine, penne, or bow-tie noodles to pair with the seafood marinara awash with shrimp, calamari, scallops, mussels, and clams ($19.95). Divers in search of deep-blue edibles will delight over a two-pound lobster dinner, which partners freshly boiled pinchers with drawn butter and corn on the cob (market price).
For more than 50 years, Albert's Pizza's chefs have been prepping pies a little differently: they layer the cheese beneath the sauce, where it melts and merges with the crust. That crust is housemade each day, forming entire pies as well as square slices for purchase. You can customize your pizza or go with a gourmet option, many of which come with toppings that evoke Italian dishes. For example, there's a baked-ziti pizza, a fettucine-alfredo pizza, and a lasagna pizza along with classic meat lovers' and hawaiian variants.
The menu also features sandwiches, calzones, pasta dinners, and sliders, small versions of sandwiches served in 3- or 6-packs. None of Albert's extra food in the kitchen goes to waste?the staff donates the surplus to Island Harvest, an organization dedicated to hunger-relief efforts throughout Long Island.
Singas Pizza's chefs calm restless appetites by singing sauce-speckled lullabies from a menu of pizzas, pillowy pastas, sandwiches, wings, and burgers. Tuck teeth into 360 degrees of gustatory bliss with one of Singas's 10-inch pies, crowned with toppings that range from traditional pepperoni or sausage ($5.99) to less-orthodox accents including breaded eggplant ($6.99), buffalo chicken ($6.99), and anti-cheese. Singas's heaping bowls of spaghetti come in seven varieties ($5.49+), warming stomachs with a swirling array of old-world flavors with toppings including sweet italian sausage, creamy garlic sauce, and mushrooms. Palates pining for bread-ensconced eats can opt for a hot pastrami sandwich ($6.49), which smuggles sizzling meat, onions, and green peppers under a veil of melted provolone cheese.
Michael Zachary's - Pizza, Burgers, Authentic Gyros, Ice Cream combines four of the most delicious foods known to humankind. The menu is full of pizzas crowned with meatballs, sausage, and veggies; sandwiches stuffed with ground steak; and ice cream loaded with candies and toppings.
Cooks at Michael Anthony's Pizza kick out authentic Italian favorites such as chicken, veal, and seafood dishes as well as pasta and pizza. Breaded cutlets of chicken or veal parmigiana overflow with layers of tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, while the broiled shrimp oregenata comes dressed in rich helpings of garlic and lemon. Pastas such as penne, rigatoni, and six-cheese pasta purses are prepared with sun dried tomatoes, prosciutto, and vegetables tossed in cream sauces or baked with sausage and peppers. The kitchen also kicks out pizzas, including a gluten-free variety, as well as American dishes such as chicken cordon bleu and NY strip steaks. On Friday nights, guests can enjoy live entertainment while they dine.
Waves of heat radiate from an open oven door as a chef pulls out a Sicilian pizza baked to a golden finish, then slides in a fresh crust topped with eggplant, roasted peppers, and house-made mozzarella cheese. Other chefs prep for the dinner rush, cutting up homemade rigatoni noodles to later douse with a tomato or beef bolognese cream sauce. Classic Italian dishes can be prepared family style, in which heaps of pasta are divided among siblings according to their age or skill at dogsled racing. Emilio's catering service also brings platters of pasta, salad, and sandwiches to parties of all sizes.


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West Ham striker Andy Carroll ruled out with hamstring injury
West Ham striker Andy Carroll has been ruled out for between five and six weeks with a hamstring injury.
The 23-year-old withdrew from England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine after limping off 68 minutes into his debut against Fulham.
A scan has revealed that Carroll's hamstring injury is serious, ruling him out of one Capital One Cup and four Premier League games.
Carroll joined the Hammers on loan from Liverpool last Thursday.
The former Newcastle United forward now faces a race to be fit for England's next World Cup qualifying double-header, against San Marino and Poland, in early October.
England start their qualifying campaign at the Zimbru Stadium in Moldova on Friday, before facing Ukraine at Wembley next Tuesday.
Carroll played a key role in two of West Ham's goals in Saturday's 3-0 win over Fulham.
"We were ready to bring him off and unfortunately on that last jump he got hit by Brede Hangeland," said Hammers boss Sam Allardyce.
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3rd September 2012 - 4:53Target men only for the weaker teams? I suppose Drogba was a winger for Chelsea in your book, Torn. Ignorant.
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3rd September 2012 - 0:20Newcastle fan here, Andy Carroll is an immense talent, Liverpool are crazy buying him and not playing to his abilities I.E. You wouldn't put high balls into Zola? You'd play it to his feet. As for the board not backing them - 15M allen and 10M Borini is enough, they bought you a striker. Rodgers has more resources now then ever before - can he finish higher then his PB of 12th in English leagues?
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2nd September 2012 - 22:28CROUCH AND CARROLL
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2nd September 2012 - 21:01No:6 Maybe yes?
I honestly don't give a flying one about England.
Did you know we won it in '66.
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It's not the kind of literary fare usually associated with the prim image of librarians. But public libraries from Queens, the highest-circulation library system in the country, to York County in central Pennsylvania, are embracing urban fiction as an exciting, if sometimes controversial, way to draw new people into reading rooms, spread literacy and reflect and explore the interests and concerns of the public they serve.


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Great location in Korea town.
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I think that The location was good and the stafd was welcoming.
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It was just simply a place to crash for the night for a decent price nothing special about it in any way shape or form about it
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The location was really good. Hotel is in desperate need of updating and renovations.
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This was a very quaint hotel in the middle of Manhattan. The staff was very nice and accommodating. The location was perfect for us and for the price you could not beat it. We would stay there again in a heart beat.
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This midtown Manhattan hotel is two blocks from the Empire State Building and a two-minute walk from the 33rd Street-Lexington subway station. A continental breakfast is available and a restaurant is on-site.
Rooms at the Grand Union Hotel are adorned with dark wood furnishings and equipped with cable TV and a mini-refrigerator. Bathrooms feature marble tile.
The Captain Café, attached to the Grand Union, is a small, diner style eatery known for its large burgers and counter service. Breakfast is also served daily.
The elegant lobby is decorated with works from local artists. Concierge services and internet kiosks are on-site. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel.
The Hotel Grand Union is three blocks from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. St. Patrick's Cathedral is one mile away.
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Ideally located in Manhattan, 2 blocks from the Empire State Building and half a block from the Herald Square subway station, this historic hotel features uniquely designed accommodations.
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Ideally located in Times Square, this Manhattan hotel has a 24-hour front desk. Edison Hotel - Triumph Group is just an 8-minute walk from Rockefeller Center and a 10-minute walk from Bryant Park.
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Holiday Inn Express Madison Square Garden Just 2 blocks from Madison Square Garden, this downtown Manhattan hotel has a daily hot breakfast and rooms with free Wi-Fi and a cable TV. Penn Station is just a 5-minute walk away.
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This hotel in Manhattan is a short walk to Herald Square, the Empire State Building and Macy's. The rooms at Hotel Stanford feature cable TV, a refrigerator and a work desk.
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Great location in Korea town.
Beds weren't real comfortable but ok for only a few nights as it's a great price for the location. The shower was tiny.
I think that The location was good and the stafd was welcoming.
The bedroom was not well cleaned! It smelled terrible , specially the sheets in the bed!
The hotel's location-price balance is nearly unbelievable if you compare with others.
Although the location is perfect, the rooms are not the best at all.
Room got very cold during the night disturbing sleep, unable to get sleep until heating system switched on.
The location and the cafe dinner that had great food
The breakfast was just a bit limited
Location; Simple but nice breakfast
Cold bedroom (heater was not enough); Too expensive to what was offered.
I spent 2 nights at the Grand Union. Staffs were really nice and location as well. They includes quick breakfast. After checkout, I could leave my luggage in the hotel. This was also helpful.
The room was small and window is small. The elevator was very slow and there is only one elevator in the hotel.
Location. Location. Location. Staff were helpful and pleasant.
1st room was above front entrance to hotel. Lots of street noise. Moved us no problem. 2nd room was roasting with no thermostat to turn heating down. Had to use air-con (in December) which was very loud.
location was fantastic close to everything and within walking distance of many attractions
Good location, clean, staff helpful
restaurant not big enough, no bread to make toast.
It was just simply a place to crash for the night for a decent price nothing special about it in any way shape or form about it
staff was very friendly and courteous Breakfast was free a courteous plus! They gave all our party bottled water when we came in Family room was big and spacious! Standard room was a good size just to go and sleep!
blankets had dusty smell Bathroom could be a bit more cleaner
The location was really good. Hotel is in desperate need of updating and renovations.
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very unfriendly staff tiny room with very old equipment noisy hit system
This was a very quaint hotel in the middle of Manhattan. The staff was very nice and accommodating. The location was perfect for us and for the price you could not beat it. We would stay there again in a heart beat.
The mattress was a little uncomfortable. We only stayed one night but if we stayed longer if might have been a bigger issue for use.
Proximity to sights; Walkable from train station (Penn); Room size good (four person room); Clean bathroom; Free continental breakfast; Good WiFi in bedroom;
Bedroom windows, with no net curtains, looked out onto next-door apartments and dirty roof tops; Only one, slow, lift; Cramped breakfast room necessitated some guests eating off their knees on the lobby chairs (or balancing breakfast items back to their bedrooms);
Great location for exploring the city. Close to lots of good bars in Murray hill area. Close to subway to go up and down town. Included breakfast was good and fresh. Lift wasn't a problem as we just walked up and down the stairs. Wifi was strong on the 5th floor. Overall exactly what we needed for a week in NYC.
Warm, comfortable and clean rooms. Free Wifi in rooms. Right next to Empire State Building and Metro station.
Elevator is tiny and slow, quicker to use stairs. Breakfast room is small and fills up quiv Quickly. Plumbing/ Heating is ancient and can be noisy.
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Breakfast good. Room too small and bathroom inadequate with only cold water in the shower! Over priced.
Accommodations less than adequate.


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Comment on this storyEva Longoria has been stealing from the 'Desperate Housewives' set.
The 37-year-old actress wanted mementos from the eight years on the programme - which will come to an end this month - but admitted bosses had to stop her from taking more items and she is trying to conceal what she has already taken.
She said: "I have stolen some stuff but I'm not going to tell you exactly what because they'll ask for it back.
"They've already told me, 'Stop stealing things.' I don't want them to know what it is that I have stashed away. What I really want are the Warhols but I haven't found them!"
Eva has admitted the read-through of the final script of the series turned into a "crying fest" because she and her co-stars Brenda Strong, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross were overwhelmed with emotion.
She admitted to TV Guide magazine: "It was a crying fest. "Brenda couldn't get through her voice-overs. I couldn't get through my dialogue."
Felicity added: "We sat there crying, hugging and reminiscing."
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The journal Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves is one of the few worldwide publications of results obtained in research in physics and chemistry of combustion of substances in various phase states, detonation processes, obtaining new materials in combustion waves, shock waves, and detonation waves, explosive welding, response of materials and structures to dynamic loading, high-velocity impact, and powder compaction. Structural and chemical transformations of matter in shock and detonation waves and related phenomena are considered. Papers on the development of analytical and numerical models of phenomena under study are also published in the journal.
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Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves is a translation of the peer-reviewed journal Fizika Goreniya i Vzryza, a publication of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1965. The English version of the journal is published simultaneously with the Russian original.
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Georgia 45, Arkansas 32 - Key Numbers
Key numbers from Arkansas' 45-32 loss to Georgia:
Confident Defense Ready For Next Challenge
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas safety Rohan Gaines has been through the lean seasons.
Arkansas vs. No. 10 Georgia - Pregame Analysis
Derby Developing at New Position
FAYETTEVILLE — Zach Derby was in Razorback Stadium last Saturday and, like everyone else, couldn't believe it when he saw the play unfolding.
Four Downs: Fixing Four Down Issues; Mitchell Makes Most of Time
1. Fixing Fourth Down: Arkansas offensive coordinator Jim Chaney said Sunday he planned to re-evaluate what the Razorbacks were doing in short-yardage situations after two prominent misfires against Texas A&M and Alabama.
Midseason Report: Hogs Feel Close to Breakthrough
FAYETTEVILLE — It didn't take long for Arkansas coach Bret Bielema's emotions to show after last Saturday's 14-13 loss to seventh-ranked Alabama.
Four Downs: Linebacker Update, Hogs Ready If Gurley Plays
1. Ellis Update: Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said Arkansas linebacker Brooks Ellis is recovering quickly from the bruised knee he suffered against Alabama.
UGA Takes East Lead Without Gurley
FAYETTEVILLE — Georgia had to get through an important SEC East showdown at Missouri without its biggest star last Saturday.
Four Downs: Hogs Still Scoreless in Fourth Quarter
1. Scoreless Fourth: Arkansas spent two weeks working on its fourth quarter flaws after suffering a 35-28 overtime loss to Texas A&M. The struggles – at least on offense – didn't end in the 14-13 loss to Alabama in Razorback Stadium last Saturday.
Arkansas Unveils 2014 Schedule
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas is still trying to navigate through the 2014 season.
Bielema Hopes Collins Rebounds From 'Bad Stretch'
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas running back Alex Collins has turned in plenty of impressive performances in his 18 games with the Razorbacks.
Four Downs: Ellis Doubtful Because of Knee Injury
1. Ellis Likely Out: Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said the Razorbacks likely will be without starting middle linebacker Brooks Ellis against 10th-ranked Georgia on Saturday.
SEC: Referee Made Mistake Running Clock
FAYETTEVILLE — The Southeastern Conference issued a statement indicating an officiating mistake at the end of Alabama's 14-13 win against Arkansas.
Razorback Rewind — Alabama 14, Arkansas 13
Grading the Five Keys
Broken Record: Frustrated Hogs Fall Again
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas wanted to prove it wasn't the same team that suffered back-to-back beatings to Alabama.
Defense Shines, But Hogs Fall Short
FAYETTEVILLE — The moral victories are growing tiresome. Actual victories are preferable.
Notes: Collins Misses First Quarter; Scoring Drought Ends
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas started Saturday's game with leading rusher Alex Collins standing on the sideline.
Alabama 14, Arkansas 13 — Key Performers
Key Performers from Arkansas' 14-13 loss to Alabama.
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How do you get to the Grand Budapest Hotel? To be sure you will not find it on Trip Advisor, or on any maps of the region. Ditto the kingdom of Zubrowka, within whose borders it purportedly lies. But if you first travel to that beleaguered republic of Tomainia, where the dictator Adenoid Hynkel is on the rise to power, then cross over to nearby Bandrika, where visiting ladies are wont to vanish, and finally detour through Marshovia, whose king is known for his attraction to merry widows, you'll be near enough to smell the artisanal confections of Mendel's, official supplier of baked goods to the Grand Budapest and all of its denizens.
Of course, the true provenance of this extraordinary establishment is the expansive imagination of Wes Anderson, above flanked by "Grand Budapest Hotel" cast members Tony Revolori and Bill Murray, who has set his eighth feature film in exactly the kind of imaginary backlot Europe that was once the domain of Chaplin, Hitchcock, Lubitsch, et al. It is the Europe, too, of Stefan Zweig, the Austrian-born writer whose sublime novellas of unrequited passion and romantic longing made him the most widely translated author of the 1920s and '30s, and who never recovered from the loss of his beloved Vienna, which he fled in 1934 with Hitler on the rise. Eight years later, living in self-imposed exile in Brazil, he and his second wife took their own lives. (In between, Zweig decamped briefly in America, which failed to seduce him as it did his fellow Viennese emigres, Lubitsch, Billy Wilder and Max Ophuls, who achieved his greatest Hollywood success with his 1948 Zweig adaptation: "Letter From an Unknown Woman.")
The exile life has agreed better with Anderson, who since 2005 has lived off and on (but mostly on) in Paris, where he first came across Zweig's writing in the late, lamented Village Voice bookshop, just as the combined efforts of the New York Review of Books and Pushkin Press began reprinting the author's complete oeuvre in new English translations. "I think I read the first page in the store and thought OK, this is a new favorite writer of mine," Anderson says of Zweig's 1939 "Beware of Pity," his only full-fledged novel, which recounts the tragic, one-sided romance between a paraplegic baroness and a sympathetic cavalry lieutenant. "Then in the Luxembourg Gardens, there's a bronze bust of Zweig, which I had never paid any attention to, and I thought, That's the guy I'm reading. He's more famous than I realized."
Indeed, beyond his literary fame, Zweig was nearly as celebrated for being, in the words of biographer George Prochnik, "the quintessential dandy cosmopolite," with a penchant for custom-tailored British suits not unlike the herringbone tweed number Anderson himself is sporting when we meet at Berlin's storied Adlon Hotel, a few hours before "The Grand Budapest Hotel" opens the 64th Berlin Film Festival Feb. 6. "He seemed like he had so many friends in so many places, interesting friends," the director says. "And he had interesting habits, in particular collecting books and manuscripts and musical scores" -- a collection that included original pieces by Goethe and Mozart, as well as Beethoven's own writing desk.
Anderson began to see how he might marry his newfound literary enthusiasm to a long-gestating screenplay idea he'd cooked up with the British artist and illustrator Hugo Guinness (who shares a "story by" credit), inspired by a mutual friend whom Anderson describes thusly: "He has a gentlyâ¦I don't want to say 'patronizing' manner, but he guides you about things that you don't know that he does, and it's only better for everyone if you let him steer you in the right direction. He corrects your errors and suggests an alternative. That's sort of how we are with him."
In the film, that mentor figure has become the Grand Budapest's effete concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes), who takes a young bellhop (newcomer Revolori) under his wing and, following the mysterious death of Gustave's wealthy octogenarian mistress (Tilda Swinton), sets off on a scampering caper full of intrigue and espionage, clandestine romances and disputed estates, all set against the rise of Fascism and the looming shadow of war. Which war exactly? "We're doing some mixture of wars in some made-up country," Anderson says. "I read a chapter of this book that was in somebody's house on a coffee table, 'Present at the Creation,' which is Dean Acheson's big analysis of the Second World War, and his interpretation is that there was only one war, which he describes as a single war of German aggression in two movements. And I thought that would suit our story, to think of things that way, even though we don't even have real Germans. I don't think that theory probably has a lot of stock in academic circles, but I liked it, certainly for our own dramatic purposes."
So we are alternately in 1932 and 1968, in the Grand Budapest's glory days and its post-Communist decay, where an aged Zero, now the hotel's melancholic proprietor (F. Murray Abraham) relates the story of his eventful life to a Zweig-like writer (Jude Law). "That's a bit of a theatrical device for setting the stage, and he used it all the time in these psychological stories," Anderson says of the film's multiple circumscribed realities -- a favorite Zweig trope. "It's an unusual combination and very seductive and effective. That's one thing I very clearly stole completely."
The result is Anderson's most ambitious and deeply felt movie to date, with a sprawling, "Grand Hotel"-like cast of characters (played by virtually every key member of the director's stock company, plus a few newcomers) and a ceaselessly inventive design that combines its maker's famously fastidious eye for live-action detail with the even more expressive possibilities of animation (elaborate miniatures, cut-outs, stop-motion effects, etc.) carried over from "The Fantastic Mr. Fox."
For all its flights of visual and narrative fancy, there's an inescapable gravity to "The Grand Budapest Hotel" that goes a long way to countering claims (such as those voiced by Richard Brody in a 2009 "New Yorker" profile) that Anderson has steadfastly ignored real-world politics in his films. Though the proto-Nazis of "Grand Budapest" (here called the ZZ instead of the SS) may sport color-coordinated pseudo-swastikas, they fire real bullets. Like the best work of the golden-age Hollywood masters to which it nods, it is a film that proffers enchantment and heartbreak in nearly equal measure. The despair of Zweig (and of his contemporaries Joseph Roth and Thomas Mann) for an irrecoverable pre-War Europe, subtly permeates every frame.
"I think the darkness is built into it, and it's there just because it felt like it wanted to be," says Anderson, who also cites Frank Borzage's superb 1940 melodrama "The Moral Storm" one of the only Hollywood films of the period to directly confront the mounting Nazi menace, among his movie's cinematic precursors. "It has nothing to do with me feeling obligated to do one thing or another. Probably funny fascist wouldn't be that funny. I do think the realistic treatment of this part of history is not something I'm particularly drawn to do because it's been done over and over and over again. I wanted to make our own thing and see what we could tap into."
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After the Pirates beat the Braves by a 3-1 score on July 25, the two teams engaged in a 19-inning bout that saw the Braves win on a questionable call at the plate.
That has sparked the Pirates' current woes as the team has won just once in their past 11 games. They have dropped a season-high eight straight and have given up 14 home runs in their past four games.
The downturn has seen the team fall well out of first place in the NL Central after a couple of stints in the top spot in July. Also, the team is now three games under .500.
Jesus Guzman, Kyle Blanks and Aaron Cunningham all hit home runs while Will Venable went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored for the Padres, who have won two straight. Aaron Harang (10-3) benefited from the run support. He got the win despite giving up 13 hits and four runs over five innings.
"Everybody contributed tonight, even the bench players," said San Diego manager Bud Black. "The guys had a good game and it was a good win to start out the series."
It was a season-high in runs for the Padres as they topped their 14-run mark set on July 20 against Florida.
Ryan Ludwick was 4-for-4 with an RBI against his former team while Ryan Doumit added a solo home run for Pittsburgh. Jeff Karstens (8-6) had his shortest outing of the season as he was tagged for nine runs on nine hits over just 3 1/3 innings.
"We're hanging breaking balls and elevating fastballs too much," said Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle. "And it's not just one pitcher, it's hurting everyone."
The Pirates got RBI singles from Neil Walker and Ludwick in the first inning for an early 2-0 lead, but the Padres got both of those runs back in the second as Venable punched an RBI single to right and Martinez drove home a run later in the inning with a groundout.
Ronny Cedeno singled home Xavier Paul in the bottom of the second while Headley brought home Cameron Maybin in the top of the third to again tie the game.
Doumit hit a solo home run to right in the bottom of the third to give the Pirates a 4-3 lead, but it would prove fleeting.
The Padres quickly tied the game as Venable led off with a walk, moved to second on a Blanks single and came home when Martinez singled.
After Maybin singled to load the bases, Bartlett drew a walk to put the Padres on top. Headley then added to that in a big way when he hit the first pitch he saw over the center field wall for a 9-4 lead.
Blanks added a solo home run, his first of the season, off the left field foul pole in the fifth.
The Padres got three more in the seventh. Orlando Hudson led off with a walk and scored when Venable followed with a triple. A Martinez groundout later in the inning brought home Venable and Cunningham added a pinch-hit home run, the first homer of his career, for a 13-4 lead.
Garrett Jones drew a bases-loaded walk to force home a run in the seventh for the Pirates, but Guzman blasted a two-run home run in the eighth for a 15-5 lead.
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American business sours on China
By Gideon Rachman
Published: July 12 2010 22:19 | Last updated: July 12 2010 22:19
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Multinational companies still have a vaguely villainous image for much of
the left. But they are one of the most powerful forces in the world
pushing for peace, prosperity and international co-operation.
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Were it not for the power of big business, the relationship between the US
and China might have gone sour years ago. There are forces on both sides
of the Pacific * Chinese nationalists, American trade unionists, the
military establishments of both countries * that would be happy with a
more adversarial relationship. For the past generation it has been US
multinationals that have made the counter-argument * that a stronger and
more prosperous China could be good for America.
So it is ominous, not just for business but for international politics,
that corporate America is showing increasing signs of disillusionment with
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In recent months, three of the most celebrated and powerful companies in
the US have clashed with the Chinese government. Google, Goldman Sachs and
General Electric are symbols of American prowess in technology, finance
and industry.
Google*s high-profile dispute over censorship came within an ace of
forcing the company out of China. Even after last week*s face-saving
compromise, the company*s future in China remains highly uncertain. Last
month, the backlash against Goldman Sachs reached China, as the banking
group found itself accused in the official media of *going around the
Chinese market slurping gold and sucking silver*, and of making excessive
Complaints from Jeff Immelt, GE*s chief executive * even though they were
later qualified * are particularly telling because Mr Immelt has made a
substantial personal commitment to the Chinese market. Last year, I
visited GE*s gleaming new research facility in Shanghai. Under Jack Welch,
Mr Immelt*s predecessor, the company had made a modest investment in
China-based research. Mr Immelt has stepped it up considerably. GE now
employs more than 2,000 Chinese engineers working on cutting-edge
environmental and healthcare technology, much of it designed for the local
market. Last year GE made more than $6bn in sales in China.
*US wants China to break down trade barriers - but what of its own?*
Yet these are relatively modest figures for one of America*s most
successful multinationals. GE*s overall revenues worldwide last year were
$157bn and the company had been hoping to make $10bn a year in China by
now. At a private dinner in Italy last month, Mr Immelt gave voice to his
frustrations about the way the Chinese government is treating foreign
companies, saying: *I*m not sure that in the end they want any of us to
win or any of us to be successful.*
These remarks challenge the way in which both American and Chinese
political leaders have talked about the relationship between their two
nations. On a visit to a Boeing factory in the US a couple of years ago,
Hu Jintao, the Chinese president, lauded a big Chinese order as an example
of *win-win* logic. Successive US presidents, including Barack Obama, have
said the US welcomes the rise of China because, in a globalised world,
both sides gain from burgeoning business ties.
In some ways, it is a strange time for multinationals to go sour on China.
For many, the Chinese market is finally beginning to deliver on its
long-anticipated promise. American fast food companies such as KFC and
McDonald*s are doing very well. China is now the world*s largest market
for vehicles.
And yet when Google, Goldman Sachs and GE all run into difficulties
simultaneously, it seems clear that a bigger trend is at work. Privately,
senior US officials have been worrying for some time that Chinese trade
and economic policy is taking a more nationalist direction that is
penalising US companies. They worry that, after 30 years of strong
economic growth, China believes it can now afford to take a less welcoming
attitude to foreign investment, and instead concentrate on promoting
national champions.
A souring in the relationship between American business and China would
come at a particularly bad time in relations between the two countries.
The Great Recession has begun to undermine the US*s acceptance of
globalisation. With US unemployment still uncomfortably close to 10 per
cent and the country*s power to shape the world challenged by rising
budget deficits and military setbacks, American politicians and academics
are increasingly questioning if the US should welcome the rise of China.
Anti-Chinese sentiment is reflected in the push in Congress to impose
trade sanctions on the country*s goods, in response to China*s refusal to
let its currency rise substantially against the dollar.
In the past, American business has acted as the single biggest constraint
on an anti-Chinese backlash in the US. If companies such as GE, Google and
Goldman Sachs qualify their support for China or refuse to speak up, the
protectionist bandwagon will gather speed.
The Chinese government, of course, is not stupid. China*s growing
confidence in dealing with the US, and the world in general, is still
matched by a cautious desire to avoid conflict. At strategic moments, the
Chinese government is likely to make tactical concessions * whether on
Google or the currency * in an effort to head off a damaging conflict with
the US. But with American business and the American public increasingly
restive, the risks of miscalculation are growing.
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