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211 apartments for rent near Iowa City, IA
Apartments in Iowa City, IA
Guide to Iowa City
Iowa City Apartments For Rent
The mighty Iowa River loops and twists through Iowa City, a Midwestern gem in the heart of Iowa and the home of the University of Iowa. But this isn't your typical college town – Iowa City has been called one of the top cities to live, it has a huge arts scene, and the downtown shopping district is simply fantastic.
This city is proud of their Hawkeyes! These 26-time national champions are part of NCAA Division I as members of the Big Ten, and college sports fans in black and gold are everywhere. And whether you are cheering at a Hawkeyes football game or strolling along the Ped Mall and enjoying this downtown area's brick-paved streets, quaint shops, restaurants, and boutiques, you'll love living in your new Iowa City apartment! Want to know more about living in Iowa City? Here's everything you need to know before making the move!
Things to Do in Iowa City:
From outdoor adventures to fine arts to historic sites, Iowa City is filled with things to do. Of course, Downtown Iowa City is stunning, from its brick streets to its historical architecture to the variety shops and restaurants. Several bars, such as The Union, Vito's, Third Base, and Donelly's are hotspots in the Ped Mall.
During the summer, downtown Iowa City hosts the Iowa City Jazz Festival, the Iowa City Arts Festival, and Saturday Night Free Movies. The Englert Theater and Hancher Theater both hold theater, orchestral, and dance performances throughout the year.
After you select an Iowa City apartment to rent, be sure to go for a walk and admire the Victorian architecture that defines this city. Look for the copulas and lacy gingerbread of the Linsay House, built in 1893. Add touring Plum Grove, the home of Iowa's first Territorial Governor and built in 1844, to your Iowa City "must-do" list.
Of course, you'll want to make Kinnick Stadium your go-to place during football season, especially if you enjoy tailgating! Kinnick Stadium is home to the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and is the seventh-largest stadium in the Big Ten and one of the nation's largest university-owned stadiums. The stadium holds more than 70,000 people and was built in 1929.
If you prefer basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, or wrestling, then the Carver-Hawkeye Arena is a terrific location to enjoy these sports events. The arena, which seats more than 15,000, opened in 1983.
Silos and Smoke Stacks, a National Heritage Area, is one of just 49 federally-designated heritage areas. The area covers 37 counties and 20,000 square miles. It contains historic sites such as the Coralville Schoolhouse, built in 1876; museums, such as the Ackley Heritage Center, Belmond Historical Society Museum, and the Amana Heritage Society Museums; and the 64-mile tour of barn quilts that make up the Barn Quilts of Grundy County. Other notable sites include Cedar Valley Arboretum and Botanic Gardens, the historic Brucemore, and F.W. Kent Park.
Outdoor adventurers will love renting an apartment in Iowa City – the mighty Iowa River provides boating and fishing opportunities, while nearby hills and bluffs are ideal for hiking. Iowa City maintains 41 parks, ranging from small neighborhood parks to large riverfront parks to specialty parks, such as Thornberry Dog Park, Skateboard Park, and Rita's Ranch Dog Park.
City Park is a large, 107-acre park that includes walking/running trails, a swimming pool, a riverfront boat ramp, the Riverside Theatre, Riverside Festival Stage, picnic areas, outdoor ice skating, carnival rides, a canoe dock, bocce courts, ball fields, and tennis courts.
Iowa City hosts a variety of festivals and events, including a Top Chef: Downtown competition, the Iowa City Jazz Festival, the Iowa Soul Festival, the Iowa Arts Festival, Taste of Iowa City, and Northside Oktoberfest.
What to Consider When Moving to Iowa City:
Iowa City's history predates statehood. The Iowa Territory was established in 1838 with Burlington as its capital. Iowa City became the territory's capital in 1841. The Old Capitol Building, listed as a National Historic Landmark, was built in 1842. Iowa officially became a state in 1846.
Top-rated UI, a Public Ivy, is a top-rated research university that was founded in 1847. Four UI buildings surround the Old Capitol, forming the "Pentacrest." These buildings date back to 1898 and include MacLean Hall, Macbride Hall, Schaeffer Hall, and Jessup Hall.
Iowa City has a quirky side. After choosing an Iowa City apartment, you may notice a few interesting and unusual things about your new city. For example, during the winter months, you may see trees wearing sweaters. Throughout Downtown and the Northside Marketplace, over 130 trees are "dressed" by about 120 local knitters. When the "Tree Huggers" are removed, they are washed and repurposed as blankets and scarves and donated to local charity groups.
During the summer, you may stumble upon a piano or two (or several). These public pianos can be found in the Ped Mall and along Washington Street and Market Street downtown, and are available to anyone who wants to test out their musical skills – even those who have never played a note.
The Moffitt Cottages can be found all over Iowa City. These whimsical cottages resemble something out of a fairy tale and date back to the 1920s, when Howard F. Moffitt wanted to design affordable and attractive housing. Five of these stone cottages make up the Muscatine Avenue Moffitt Cottage Historic District. Moffitt built roughly 200 homes in Iowa City and Coralville, mostly using recycled materials and a terrific imagination.
Why Iowa City Apartments Are Hot:
Iowa City is a vibrant, active college town – but it is also nationally recognized as an excellent city to raise a family and retire to. With beautiful neighborhoods, a lively arts scene, and a terrific live-work-play district downtown, Iowa City delivers a small-town feel with big-city amenities. While UI is the city's largest employer, you'll discover a rich and diverse economy once you move to your new apartment in Iowa City. Several Fortune 500 companies are located here. Iowa City is home to Procter & Gamble, Oral B Laboratories/Gilette, Pearson, ACT headquarters, Moore North America, and more.
Why Iowa City?
- The University of Iowa, considered a Public Ivy, is a top-rated research university located on 1,700 acres in Iowa City.
- Cheering on the Hawkeyes! The UI Hawkeyes are part of the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference.
- The nearby Amana Colonies is a fascinating collection of seven villages and are considered a National Historic Landmark.
- The Englert Theatre is a vaudeville-era playhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- The Devonian Fossil Gorge is an amazing location, ranked as one of Iowa City's most popular attractions.
- Founded in 1858, the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History houses a unique collection of Native American artifacts, mammals, and birds.


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Bread & Circuses: Greece vs US Riots
by Barry Ritholtz - May 12th, 2010, 10:00am
Greek's weak productivity and profligacy now threatens the early retirement age, extensive unemployment benefits and guaranteed vacation time of the Greek worker. While US laborers would consider the Greek system to be more akin to summer camp than actual labor, the Greek population is rioting in the streets.
In the US, the reaction to the real estate bust, credit collapse and market crash of 2008-09 was much more modest. As the nation crept up to the edge of the abyss, there was investor panic and widespread fear, but the populace in the states remained remarkably placid.
It wasn't always this way. Prior to the current era, Americans did occasionally take to the streets. 600 Iowa farmers abducted a judge who was doing mortgage foreclosures, threatening to lynch him. The governor declared martial law, and troops were sent to quell the riots.
Have a look at these 1930s articles from the NYT:
We are now defined by endless distractions, and 1000s of channels of hi def, flat screen, home theater. We have plenty of food. The nation remains wealthy, even if that wealth is unevenly distributed. Our never resting entertainment industry has managed to thoroughly distract us from our problems — perhaps too well.
The Romans had it right — bread and circuses are all politicians need to keep the population complacent and themselves in power.
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47 Responses to "Bread & Circuses: Greece vs US Riots"
tenaciousd says:
Wow. I used to live in northwest Iowa. I didn't know the locals had ever been that rowdy. I have newfound respect for them–or, at least for their grandparents!
keithpiccirillo says:
My town wouldn't let me build a moat around my English Tudor, so I had to buy precious metals instead.
So it goes.
Robespierre says:
It goes beyond Bread & Circuses. For riots to happen there would have to be a true opposition party or organization. In the US there is no such thing just the illusion of it. Democrats and Republicans are exactly the same in actions. All perceived differences are for show. That is your real Bread & Circuses. The other place where you will find resistance would be Unions and/or Universities. Unions are as corrupt as the two parties and students are busy with their gadgets and to cynical to actually believe in the possibility of change. What I will expect in the US as far as a violent manifestation of discontent along the lines of a home grown fringe group hit and hide violence. IMHO
Ken B says:
You call that respectable?
polizeros says:
The populist movements, which started in the 1890′s, emerged primarily from Midwest farmers who were losing their farms to predatory banks and being gouged by commodity speculators (sound familiar?). They formed co-ops, controlled state legislatures, and had a senator. For a while, they were a powerful force.
We're seeing a resurgence in populism today.
The populists in North Dakota in the 1915 were a major force in creating their state-run bank. It is the only such bank in existence today. North Dakota also has a budget surplus. These two facts, I think, are directly related.
Unfortunately, history like this has been scrubbed from the history books, for the most part. But hey, unlike socialism, populism has a long and vibrant history here and is red white and blue American.
itserich says:
I live in Iowa.
Endless distractions.
We have what I would call a truly awful Democratic governor, but I will vote for him because the Republicans are primarily concerned about stopping gay marriage.
Trinkets and the culture wars keep Americans mollified while the Treasury is looted.
alfred e says:
@BR: good post.
Huxley had it right. AS long as they get their soma all will sleep well.
Besides, TPTB have the technology to detect and thwart insurgency before it boils over. Or so they think.
It might get interesting.
flipspiceland says:
It's always about Incentives.
There is a huge incentive to fight like hell when the single most important luxury in the world ( not appreciated as much by those who do not live in an idyllic climate) is TIME. With a capital T.
TIME became noticed as the single most important luxury of the 21st century and beyond when most realized that you only get about 80 years + or – in which to live. And the prime years are when you can get the most bang out of it. This is not as much appreciated in other countries at the conscious level as much as it is in many European countries.
If you live on a paradisical island, you likely value your TIME more than any single material object you can find. Threats to that lifestyle are going to be met with protest, violence, and death.
By taking away some of the TIME Greeks (next the British, then the French) have had to themselves for whatever pursuits they choose, what with their 30 hour work weeks, early retirement (to use their time as they see fit) and other ways to use TIME unencumbered with actually having to work for a living, a disincentive has been introduced and good luck with trying to change a multi-generational attitude like that.
PhilB says:
BR you are right…Bread and Circuses.
But you are leaving out one MAJOR difference. The US has bought the placid behavior of their masses by massive govt spending and bailouts. Unemployment benefits keep getting extened, people live in houses which banks normally would have foreclosed on if their money was at stake, credit is tight but again all bank lending was backstopped by the US govt. US govt has increased govt jobs and taxes have yet to rise significantly
Greece is in the opposite situation. It must reduce govt spending, reduce govt jobs and increase taxes. Now the US will need to do all this eventually too, they just bought time to allow the powerful elite to maintain their posts and continue to leech of middle-class.
You want riots? Balance the US budget!
The Curmudgeon says:
Alas, when the Romans lost their bread, they still had their circuses. Gladiator games were held in the Coliseum right up until the time that the barbarians finally stormed the gates and relieved the city of both. I imagine we'll do the same–living in street alleys because we mortgaged the house to get season tickets to watch our favorite teams.
In the meantime, it's true that cheap food is actually the greatest of the mass's opiates–far beyond drugs or drinking or nicotine. Just look at the obesity figures in America. There is a hollow spot in our souls, a lost sense of purpose, that many of us try to fill with carbohydrates. Food is a drug for a great many people in America. But sports are a bigger and more powerful drug. Take away the Super Bowl, and then you'd have riots.
Jessica6 says:
This Greek 'profligacy' has rather less to do with retirees and vacations and probably rather more to do with good old-fashioned corruption.
Complicit in Corruption
How German Companies Bribed Their Way to Greek Deals
By Jörg Schmitt
Greece's rampant corruption is one of the reasons why the country's economy is in such a mess. German companies have taken advantage of the system for years in order to secure lucrative deals.
Miza and fakelaki are the lubrication that keeps the Greek economy running smoothly. Fakelaki — literally "small envelope" — is a payment used when Greeks need to be treated by a doctor or are having trouble with a tax auditor.
Miza, on the other hand, is the money that doesn't fit into a small envelope and requires something bigger, like a suitcase, or when the cash needs to be squirreled away in an account in one of the world's many tax havens. Without miza — i.e., bribes — virtually no foreign company could do business in Greece. Large government contracts are particularly prone to miza.
These deals often allow millions to flow via shell corporations around the world and back into the pockets of industrialists, civil servants, the military and politicians. Meanwhile, the payments are usually declared on the company's books as commissions for negotiating contracts. And German industry is one of the major players in the game of miza Monopoly.
Highly Lucrative Deals
Germany is one of Greece's leading trading partners. Last year, Germany exported goods worth €6.7 billion ($8.5 billion) to Greece — compared to a volume of imports of only €1.9 billion. But what methods are used to achieve this enormous surplus?
… read on. They have every right to be angry.
Machiavelli999 says:
"The Romans had it right — bread and circuses are all politicians need to keep the population complacent and themselves in power."
True, but after seeing what happens when the population starts paying attention (e.g. Tea Parties, etc.), perhaps keeping the population complacent is the best way to govern.
Dogfish says:
"You call that respectable?"
I sure do. It's the type of actions that our founding fathers called for when the government went astray, as it has in current times, thanks to the confluence of corporate influence, political malfeasance, and civilian indifference.
+1 Curmudgeon
Reminds me of what Chomsky talks about in Manufacturing Consent.
Dogfish says:
"True, but after seeing what happens when the population starts paying attention (e.g. Tea Parties, etc.), perhaps keeping the population complacent is the best way to govern."
The Tea Parties are an example of a powerful minority convincing an ignorant majority that they share the same interests. It's the same way the Republicans rose to prominence in the mid 90′s with Newt and his contract leading the way.
People are getting energized, they just have no direction because they are really clueless as to how things really work in this country. This makes them quite susceptible to having a direction suggested to them. Reminds me of the painting of the chess game between one fat banker, with his pieces represented by skyscrapers and factories, versus a dozen little people, their pieces represented by houses and small business. Organized greed will always defeat disorganized democracy.
Dogfish says:
Also, if the Tea Parties didn't represent the interests of the elite, they wouldn't receive a quarter of the attention and coverage that they currently do, if that.
PhilB says:
Jessica6 (or Jennifer8?)
While their is massive corruption in Greece, the US has just exhibited the largest financial transfer of wealth within its society because of outright fraud and corruption at all levels of government and major corporations.
We have plenty of reason to riot too! We just havent had our bread taken away yet, its been financed on the backs of our children.
Marcus Aurelius says:
I'm not usually so harsh, but those farmers should have hung that judge on the spot (and then moved on to the next judge) — he'd have done it to them and cited his magisterial power and Constitutional authority to do so as he passed sentence and handed them over to the executioner. Then he'd have gone home, had a nice dinner (thanks to the farmers' labor), and a good night's sleep.
The most rank and low-brow criminality in our system can be found in our Judiciary — where opinion and power can't be challenged, and whose members rely on their Union (Bar Associations) to protect their industry from oversight or regulation by those not in the club. The Judiciary or its equivalent is where the rubber hits the road in any tyrannical system.
Patrick Neid says:
"In the US, the reaction to the real estate bust, credit collapse and market crash of 2008-09 was much more modest. As the nation crept up to the edge of the abyss, there was investor panic and widespread fear, but the populace in the states remained remarkably placid."
While that is true to date, I think it simply reflects that nothing has happened out of the ordinary yet. Sure there has been layoffs, very common in recessions, declining real estate prices, although new, folks had a sense that prices were absurd. Buy a house, do nothing, become a zillionaire!
The riots in the streets will be coming if, like Greece, we have to cut spending 20% and raise taxes 50% and lay off vast numbers of public union members. Obama and crew, previous admins knew this. Let's see what happens in California over the next year.
I don't think its all a coincidence that there are gigantic forces against gun ownership.
mathman says:
Here's part III of a six part series on the state of things financial:
bdg123 says:
Greek profligacy and lack of productivity ………. a myth perpetuated by the most unproductive and profligate across the globe – the American financial industry. Productivity so low it has required backstopping $20 trillion in assets it holds in the American economy and there are countless trillions more across the globe. I think that statement was lifted from a recent Mauldin email. Mauldin is beholden to a belief system he doesn't even understand. A virtuous person who believes in a system that is morally-bankrupt.
Greece's lack of productivity and profligacy is nothing of the sort. The people of Greece are just as productive as the people of the United States. It is financial corruption and government corruption that has caused this crisis. In large part fueled by financial corruption in the United States.
The only people at risk in this crisis are the wealthy Americans and wealthy Europeans – the bond holders. Greece should demand a huge haircut from the bondholders or simply default on their sovereign debt and start over with a public banking system.
The profligacy starts and ends on Wall Street.
Marcus Aurelius says:
Patrick Neid Says:
I don't think its all a coincidence that there are gigantic forces against gun ownership.
Dude, I think you're trippin'. Please provide a link to these "gigantic" forces. I have yet to hear any politician call for anything but reasonable restrictions on "gun" ownership.
BTW: The Constitution says nothing about owning guns. It does, however, say something about "bearing arms." If taken at face value, why should the private individual not be allowed to own bombs, or tanks, or missiles?
Years ago, a fellow I know came up with what I think is a perfect form of gun control: Any citizen may own any gun longer than his or her own leg. Such a weapon cannot be concealed, so that the other (non-threatened feeling) members of society know exactly who and what they are dealing with in their day-to-day social interactions. This simple law would protect the ostensible "right to bear arms" while doing away with the ability of someone with a nefarious agenda to act with impunity up until the point of criminality.
realgm says:
I just saw this about California.
California state gov't is basically insolvent. Quite a lot of states in the US are in similar situations, but people had been ignoring these news. Would California be a US version of what happened in Greece? Obviously, the FED can just print more money and bailout the states.
The "terrible cut" mentioned by Schwarzenegger may trigger riots in the US.
What is your take here, Barry? This should be more concerning to the US citizens than what's happening in Greece or in 1930.
davver says:
The end of hunger means the end of revolution. Name a revolution whose participants had full bellies?
DeDude says:
Now lets get this straight, it was the financial terror attack of Goldman on Greece that is causing all their problems. And the US government has so far not lifted a finger to bring these financial terrorists from Wall Street to justice – or even prevent a similar attack on a defenseless little country in the future.
Ramstone says:
Just wait a couple weeks, your riot will materialize…
Rogue satellite could kill cable programming
flipspiceland says:
As a born Chocolatarian, I object to the all-inclusive carbohydrate bash. Can we get an exemption
or a Cap and Trade on this one delicious resource?
Dogfish says:
Convince an entity (person, nation, etc) to take larger loans than they should based on inflated projections of growth, then, when they default (as planned for and expected by the lender), demand the pound of flesh in return, in the form of wage cuts, privatization of public resources, etc. For some reason bondholder haircuts are never on the table.
Straight out of Confessions of an Economic Hitman and Shock Doctrine.
DeDude says:
In Europe a large part of the increases in productivity has been converted to self-indulgence in more free time. In US it has been converted to self-indulgence with more "stuff" (bigger houses, cars etc.). Problem in both places is that most of the increases in productivity was sucked up by the rich and most of what was given to the middle class was given on credit. Our materialistic self-indulgencies have driven our (and the Chineses) GDP way up giving a false sense of increased wealth, whereas the European self-indulgence in time has left the impression of a stagnating economy. Sooner or later both sides of the Atlantic has to deal with the fact that as efficiency grow free time is being produced (i.e., machines do the work). If you use that time to produce more things you have to find costumers for those things. If you distribute that time as free time to the population, you have to find an efficient way to transfer wealth from the owners of the automated factories to the unemployed workers from the old time factories.
patient renter says:
It's an interesting dichotomy, but don't the Greeks have satellite TV and all sorts of entertainment of their own? I think there's something else more to what's going on…
TIME became noticed as the single most important luxury of the 21st century and beyond when most realized that you only get about 80 years + or – in which to live.
Bad news. You guys are getting ripped off there too. Christians and Jews get to live forever. I suppose you shouldn't trust GS to sell you a life either
I imagine we'll do the same–living in street alleys because we mortgaged the house to get season tickets to watch our favorite teams.
No season's tickets (those are for the bankers). They will be putting a flat screen TV on every corner soon so it will be the next best thing. Especially when 3DHD comes out into the mainstream
Also, if the Tea Parties didn't represent the interests of the elite, they wouldn't receive a quarter of the attention and coverage that they currently do, if that.
Fantastic point Dogfish! Ron Paul and Austrian economic thought are prime examples
The Constitution says nothing about owning guns. It does, however, say something about "bearing arms." If taken at face value, why should the private individual not be allowed to own bombs, or tanks, or missiles?
Or tank tops for that matter. Oh wait. Never mind
radioman says:
Ray Bradbury predicted this in 1947 with Fahrenheit 451, the book, which is more about dominating a society with distractions rather than letting them think freely (vs the movie which is mainly a superficial action/adventure flick) . I was always amazed at how prophetic Bradbury was. I guess he just based it on history and bread & circuses!
Todd in SM says:
Military Industrial Complex
Americans now know (and see on TV) that if they get too out of line they will be teargassed, tazed, or worse.
Not the case prior to 1965. The populace far outnumbered the enforcing authorities.
Bokolis says:
The clippings underscore the well-understood (by the PTB, hence the circus and bread) reality that our founding fathers revolted for a lot less than the shyte they pull on us now. I didn't hear of anyone running down to the NASDAQ building and kicking in a window, or of anyone throwing a flare (or even a bottle rocket) at the NYSE. Does anybody so much as e-mail their local Congressman (every time he signs a bill he hasn't read) to call him a
Twit (or, if a Congresswoman, a dishrag)?
Deal with enough Californians, then tell me about weak productivity and profligacy…that's all media misdirection away from the above reality. That they surely don't live to work in the motherland as they do here doesn't equate to lavish living. The Beastie Boys notwithstanding, I've never met anyone that would fight for their right to party. The people rioting are making 15k Euro per year and getting taxed 25% on it. That's the same as the corporate tax rate- which is about to get reduced- without the ability to hide income…if companies here can show one set of books to the Street and another to the IRS, you can be sure that the books in Greece are being roasted on a spit.
Until the trend of taxing labor instead of wealth reverses (both in Greece and in the US), national balance sheets will remain broken and economies will remain built on inflated asset prices. Shame that, it is only when those asset prices drop that people can see the gutted house of cards (as represented by outsourced jobs) upon which economies are built.
The Curmudgeon says:
Anything and everything in moderation, even chocolate. Heroin would be okay, if anybody could figure out a way to take just one hit…
The American Revolution, for one, had folks with mostly full bellies fighting folks with yet fuller ones. Hungry people rarely incite rebellion. It's hard to fight on an empty stomach. Revolutions come after subsistence is achieved and there are further riches to be fought over.
But there's no reason for Americans to revolt. It's not like anybody thinks that blood in the streets will make them richer, or keep them from becoming poorer.
Dogfish says:
"The populace far outnumbered the enforcing authorities."
That is still the case. Keep in mind also that there would be a sizable number of those law-enforcing authorities that may have a moment of conscience when tasked with imprisoning or incapacitating their friends and neighbors – that's a little different than being asked to do so to brown-skinned foreigners half a world away.
The occupation of Iraq is a fine example of what happens when hubris meets reality. America is still the sleeping giant of yore, if we continue down this path of global elitist overreach and the masses truly get active, may your diety of choice help us all.
Dogfish says:
ha, "diety" = "deity"
damn we need an edit function up in here, up in here
freejack says:
"Todd in SM Said: Not the case prior to 1965. The populace far outnumbered the enforcing authorities."
Then, we had the 'War on Drugs' ………..
zitidiamond says:
Ronnie, through tax cuts and massive deficit spending, was a master practioner of the bread and circus formula. However, he took it step further by offering all Americans the opportunity to elevate themselves by blaming their problems, and those of society, in general, on the poor.
DL says:
"The nation remains wealthy, even if that wealth is unevenly distributed"
I don't know how true that is any more, given all the public (and consumer) debt.
However, the U.S. can still borrow at very favorable rates. For now, that is enough.
advsys says:
What you say is correct if this were our 1935. I am not sure that one can say that today will follow 1929 – 34. 1929 was not the year of major damage to the markets. It was the start of a multi year value destruction. Everyone keeps treating today like it is 1935. Just because Bernanke used 1934 to justify his choice of how to fix the problem. Most likely we are kind of topsy turvey to the 29 -34 crash. We did the 34 part it is quite possible that now we go into the 1930 – 32 part.
DuchessGateau says:
Excellent point about cheap food. Did you see that Walmart is donating $2 billion in food to food banks? Thank God the govt and private sector are making it a priority to feed people. Comments to this blog indicate that many TBP readers believe our politicians still fear the mob, and food stamps are not altruism. The mob seems powerless to me, but perhaps they are just waiting for a leader. The ECB had MUCH more influence over the so-called bail-out of Greece than their rioting mob. This was a bailout of the French and German banks who owned Greek debt. But did the banks require fire-bombings and 3 deaths to seal the deal? I am left wondering. Nobody knows who does what in the middle of a rioting mob. The banks benefitted from this bailout, as they have from all the others.
Ole Drippy says:
Don't meth with Iowa…
darincbrown says:
Barry said, "We have plenty of food."
Heh. That depends on who "we" is. In the Central Valley of California, the epicenter of the housing bust, charitable food pantries have seen the number of people stopping by increase by a factor of 3 or more. Even those who don't go to food pantries are often living paycheck to paycheck, and you wouldn't know it, because they don't exactly advertise the fact. The truth is that the average person is in far worse financial shape than they may superficially appear.
I think the reason we haven't seen what is shown in the articles above is because stop-gap measures have bought time — unemployment benefits, modest stimulus programs, bailouts, deceptive state accounting tricks. But only so much time can be bought. Already, California has a 13% unemployment rate and a 24% U6-unemployment rate.
The state is certainly insolvent. Only one of two outcomes can happen: a) massive federal bailout, or b) additional massive layoffs of the public sector, drastic reduction or elimination of many social services, and steep tax hikes. Under the latter scenario, the state will slip deeper into recession, and the unemployment rate could easily reach 20% and the U6-unemployment rate could easily reach 30-35%, and include a large proportion of highly educated professionals and technocrats. The reduction or elimination of many social services would mean that large numbers of people (the working poor) will simply die of poverty and lack of basic medical services.
This will spark a response from the people. The question is what form it will take — populism or proto-fascism? The answer to that question will largely determine the future.
purple says:
I agree with the immediate above. Transfers from the state have prevented a lot of social uprisings. And also the cult of personality behind Obama.
The people who would be rioting are convinced Obama has their back. Imagine Mc Cain in the office with 10 % unemployment and you're going to get a different picture of social conditions.
nyet says:
The American people are a bunch of suck ups. The ideology of the "free market" has destroyed our ability to stand up for ourselves. That is the reason we've tolerated decades of declining wages and job security and benefits, along with skyrocketing college costs and on and on. We believe in being suck ups, believe that if we just do it sincerely enough we will Get Rich Too. The System Works, folks, really it does.
When I saw those Greeks hurling rocks to protest austerity measures, I thought, How UnAmerican.
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Nando says:
I went to law school in Iowa. I have a newfound respect for the farmers of that state. (They should have beaten the judge with cue balls in socks.)

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As government train wrecks go, the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative makes me think of that old film clip of two locomotives colliding head-on.
As detailed by Illinois Auditor General William Holland, the 2010 Chicago anti-violence program was a spectacular explosion that sent $55 million in taxpayer dollars flying every which way until much of it disappeared into thin air. The August 2010 program has been described as a "slush fund" for Gov. Pat Quinn - a means of dispensing lots of dollars to (a) look like he was taking action against the gun violence that plagued some Chicago neighborhoods in summer 2010 and (b) shore up votes for a tough reelection campaign.
Now Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has begun a criminal investigation of the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative.
Reports the Chicago Sun-Times:
A criminal grand jury has launched a probe into Gov. Pat Quinn's troubled anti-violence program - once likened to "a political slush fund" - delivering a major blow to the Democrat as he seeks re-election this fall.
On Tuesday, the Quinn administration turned over 1,000 documents pertaining to the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative to the Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez following a subpoena from her office.
The request was issued to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity on March 19 and sought records tied to the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative - including those for the Chicago Area Project, a program tied to the husband of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown.
Holland's report established firmly that this program fit the dictionary definition of "boondoggle."
But the real problem here is that the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative is merely a symptom of a much greater problem in Illinois government.
We've seen all too often in recent history the results of the state's lax standards for ensuring that the grant money it hands out actually goes toward the purpose it's supposed to serve.
Three weeks ago, a former Illinois Department of Public Health chief of staff Quinshaunta R. Golden pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield to bribery and kickback charges involving $13 million in grant and contract funds.
Four other individuals are scheduled for trial in a related case in U.S. District Court in June.
This follows the indictments in 2011 of Margaret Davis and Tonja Cook, who between 2005 and 2009 obtained 15 state grants, ostensibly to promote nursing careers through the Chicago chapter of the Black Nurses Association. Instead, they spent $500,000 on personal expenses. They pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering charges.
Former Country Club Hills police chief Regina Evans and her husband Ronald Evans were indicted in 2012 for stealing a 2009 Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity grant worth $1.25 million.
The money was for two nonprofits the couple operated and was purportedly going to toward training bricklayers and electricians and providing GED preparation. The Evanses pleaded guilty to numerous felony counts and are awaiting sentencing. Prosecutors are seeking 10 years for Regina Evans at her May 1 sentencing in federal court in Springfield.
And these are the ones who got caught.
Why can't Illinois get a handle on this?
In 2009, as the Blagojevich scandal was taking the nation by storm, the newly appointed Gov. Quinn formed the 15-member Illinois Reform Commission to help the state avoid the corruption trouble that came to define Blagojevich and his predecessor, George Ryan.
Go look at the report here, and scroll down to page 23, where the commission recommends extensive reform of the state's procurement process. Isn't it time to dig these ideas back up and apply them to the grant process?
I'd be remiss if I didn't throw a reality check in here. The actions described above are outrageous, as is the carelessness and lack of oversight that allowed them to happen. It only reinforces the notion that state government is at best inept and at worst corrupt.
But the amounts abused are in the millions. In the grand scheme of Illinois' broken budget, they total a tiny fraction of the current backlog of unpaid bills - " $5.1 billion. It would take about 93 Neighborhood Recovery Initiatives (if you consider the entire program a waste) to fill that hole.
In other words, don't look to ending these crazy boondoggles as the solution to the state's deep budget trouble.
We'll be keeping an eye on the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and the U.S. Attorneys in both Chicago and Springfield. The previous prosecutions of state grant abusers could pale in comparison to the large-scale fraud hinted at in Holland's report on the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative.Matthew Dietrich is Reboot's executive editor. An award-winning journalist, Dietrich is the former editorial page editor of the State Journal Register in Springfield. He believes in holding our politicians accountable. You can find Reboot on Facebook and on Twitter @rebootillinois.


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The former Hilda Purin and her husband were married Dec. 21, 1947, at Midvale Church of God in Midvale. They attend Dennison Foursquare Gospel Church in Dennison.
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so i'm almost 2 weeks into actual "coached" training. hopefully i'm not jinxing myself by posting about it all before the long run. as usual, i am very concerned about the jinx. do not take the jinx for granted. it's real.
after the july 4th race i usually keep things pretty low key and fight injury until i scramble to make something happen in the fall. i was happy enough to actually race on the 4th and continue to keep running until now. that's not to say that i'm uninjured and awesome. there's always pain. i think that goes without saying. it's just a matter of whether or not the pain alters gait and makes you super cranky. for now i'm not just king of super cranky. i went from a weird insertion point achilles thing to a hamstring thing (from weeding) to a very painful shin crapfest. it hurts, but not all the time. if you take away one thing from this post it's this: if you think your shoes are on their way out...BUY NEW ONES!!! i was waiting and waiting for my (free) brooks shoes to come in from the team and it took too long. I finally sucked it up and bought new shoes when the rubber wore off my 2nd pair of Cadences. it was way too late. as if on cue, my team endorsed shoes came in a few days later. 1 pair of Ghost 6s and my racers (which i can't wait to wear!)... both NOT the color i requested....beggars can't be choosers so i smiled and was super grateful just to get new kicks. who cares about colors anyway? not me really.
regardless, it may be too late. the shin still hurts. i'm able to get through the workouts and it seems to (kind of) be getting less insufferable with each run. we'll see. it's still summer. i'm not usually up in the 50's in july! i sure hope i can keep this up.
so what am i doing? i think it's called the base and hill phase. I won't go into detail, but i basically have to reach a certain mileage each week. This week is 55 which is not so bad. each week adds 5 miles then it dips down every few weeks when i reach 70 until marathon training kicks in, at which point i hope to get up to 80+. once a week i do mile repeats. they have been ok. it's a lot slower than i usually do them so i'll have to find out why. the next workout is 5 x 800 meter hills (these suck ballz). i was probably most nervous about this workout. i'm still not sure i'm doing them right. i feel too slow and that the elevation gain isn't enough. the hill i found only has an elevation gain of 136 feet. i just don't know if that's enough even though it feels like it. unfortunately there's a lot of traffic on that road so i might have to move elsewhere anyway. finally, i do a long run that is at pace...what pace? i'm not sure. it seems to get faster after a few weeks so i assume it's marathon pace. each week 1 mile is added. so far so good. i've gotten through them despite being nervous that i wouldn't. so far i've been a bit faster than the pace proposed. something to discuss with the coach in due time. he really does know best, but doesn't know me.
something else that is new for me is the addition of pre-running warmups. mostly core and lunge routines. since this is a weak spot for me, i've been happy to have to add the exercises. on top of what is "required"...i've found a lot of great info here. i usually do lunges, planks, and myrtle. see below (if the embedded video works). click here if it doesn't, it should, but i don't see it coming up. i've had a lot less hip pain on my runs. maybe i'm not such an old lady after all
this is a great video too, but i haven't tried a lot of the exercises yet.
other than that i've been eating well, not sleeping enough and trying to gut it out with work until my glorious vacation in Lake George next month. summer at work sucks for me. that vacation is a long time coming.
race on my friends!
15 miles @ 7 min's/mile is work. Good luck.
weeding injuries are the worst.
Ugh I've had my share of knee/hamstring issues from yardwork!!!! Booooo!!! Glad you're enjoying the structure, and hopefully the new shoes take care of the rest of the twinjuries!!! YOU'RE. SO. FAST!!!!
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 26.2.
Long runs in the 7's may never seem slow to me! I guess we are all in different places. Really hope that your injuries don't slow you down!
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step
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I hope that you beat all those aches and pains so that we can see what fast really is
Summer at work sucks for me, too. We can commisserate together.
Run fun! ~Mike
Enjoy Lake George!
Most limitations are self made.
This post may give me the incentive to go to the LRS today. I have 497 miles on a pair of Ghost 5s, and 6s sound like a pretty good idea. So thanks! Thanks also for giving me an excuse not to weed.
ok now i feel like an idiot
it happens every year and i never learn!!
Awesome and congrats
Rock on and keep on running.....
Um, were you talking directly to me about the shoe thing?? I keep trying to be a cheapskate about getting new shoes, but I am thinking that something's gotta give. And I can't just blame everything on summer, lol. I'm hoping you have a super relaxing and enjoyable vacation; sounds lovely.
That is quite a base you are building. With your mileage, that shoe waiting-game was kind of funny. You've got to be burning through a pair every other month.
I hope the shin feels better soon and doesn't amount to anything. I've done that video workout and it's a good one. I also recommend the book Anatomy for Runners:
That one helped me a lot
"Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing" - Hunter S. Thompson
I prolly would have done the same thing on the shoe front ... then again, I love buying shoes, so maybe not ...
Love Jay's videos! Coach Runwithjill introduced me to these 2 years ago. Side note of useless trivia which I am full of, girl demonstrating these exercises is a professional runner from Gering, Kneebraska.
Hope the shin feels better soon! One more reason to hate yard work
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Those look like some good hip exercises. I'll have to steal them! Hope your shin and all your other ailments heal up soon!


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Costumed re-enactors will lead tour-goers through St. Mary Cemetery, with tours at 2 and 4 p.m. Sunday.
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? Philemon W. Bininger (portrayed by Randy Groff), a jeweler who died in 1893 while "his" building, The Columbian, was under construction.
? Esther H. Brocker (portrayed by Julie Foster), the first female graduate of what became Capital Law School, and Lancaster's first female attorney.
? Maria Ewing (portrayed by Trisha Clifford-Sprouse) and her husband Thomas Ewing (portrayed by John Pekar), a U.S. senator and an important early family who raised William T. Sherman after his father died.
? Sallie Farmer (portrayed by Mary Rogers), a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II, a nurse and a prisoner of war.
? Gustav Hamberger (portrayed by Caleb Tipple), owner of a woolen mill on South Broad Street near the canal.
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- Have you gotten the opportunity to participate in field trips, field work, or travel as part of your education?
Field trips for multiple classes.
- Have you gotten the opportunity to participate in a student research project while at UWM?
Sort of, I did an independent study with Dr. Barry Cameron preparing samples from Iceland looking at CO2 and H2O content.
- What trait or thing has allowed you to succeed in geology?
I love to be outside and I'm eager to learn. It's a very broad yet complicated field.
- How would you describe the Department of Geosciences at UWM to a prospective student?
It's amazing, like a big family. Professors rock.
- Do you have any advice that you would give to a student who is new to the Geoscience major at UWM?
Work hard but have fun. Don't forget to use the sweet computer lab.
- What do you most enjoy about Milwaukee?
It has a great atmosphere. Summers are hoppin', the lake is beautiful, there are great restaurants and bars. It's big but not too big.
- What are your plans after you graduate?
To get a grown up job that I love.


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Here are the candidates for judge of Hamilton County Municipal Court:
District 1: Dwane K. Mallory
District 2: Tyrone K. Yates
District 3: Ted Berry
District 4: Megan Shanahan
District 5: Heather S. Russell
District 6: Richard Bernat
District 7: Melissa Powers
Our endorsements for the judicial races in Hamilton County include ...
Never mind. It doesnt matter.
Thats because none of the seven judicial seats on the ballot is being contested. Every single candidate is running unopposed.
Some are Republicans, some are Democrats. They are a qualified bunch who we expect will serve the county well.
But candidates should not run unopposed. Once in a while, its understandable, but having all seven races with just a single candidate strikes us as unfortunate.
While some observers speculate the political parties have an agreement not to run opponents as a cost-saving measure, party leaders blame it on judicial districts that are drawn, the way many legislative districts are, to ensure safe seats for one party or another.
Its hard to find lawyers who will step away from their practices to run when they know its next to impossible to win, said Hamilton County Republican Party Chairman Alex Triantafilou. Judges are also subject to strict fundraising requirements, which gives incumbents an advantage.
And then theres the cozy nature of the field, in which incumbents and would-be challengers run across one another all the time.
The lawyers who would be qualified to be a judge have to practice in front of the judges, said Hamilton County Democratic Party Chairman Tim Burke. When the candidate who wants to run for judge has a case in front of a judge they might run against, that discourages candidates as well.
The slim ballot is another reminder of the many flaws with the way we choose judges. Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen OConnor acknowledged that earlier this year when she began promoting her plan to reform judicial elections.
While judges have incredible influence sentencing criminals, awarding injury settlements and deciding political fights choosing them is a low priority for many voters. About one-quarter of all voters simply skip judicial elections on the ballot, and those who do vote for judge candidates often rely on party affiliation or even the ethnicity of a candidates surname.
Theres a crisis of confidence when it comes to electing judges. About 75 percent of Americans think campaign donations to judges influence courtroom decisions; almost half of all state judges agree. Its uncomfortable to think of prospective judges stumping for cash and votes, and identifying with political parties, when they should be beholden only to the law.
Surveys show that people dont like the idea of having a bipartisan board appoint judges, and efforts in Ohio to abolish judicial elections in favor of appointments have failed. Yet with so many candidates running unopposed, its really the political parties who end up appointing judges, when bipartisan or nonpartisan appointments would be better.
OConnor acknowledges the lack of support for appointments and she doesnt propose them as a solution, but her plan has some good ideas. You can read more about it here: http://tinyurl.com/ky8bsww or http://ohiocourts2013.org .
In the meantime, vote for Dwane Mallory, Tyrone Yates, Ted Berry, Megan Shanahan, Heather Russell, Richard Bernat and Melissa Powers. Or dont. It doesnt really matter which, in an election thats supposed to have a low turnout anyway, gives disinterested voters one less reason to show up. ■


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Bank Holiday events in Derbyshire
Posted: August 25, 2012|
BEER lovers can sample a wide range of ales at a beer festival this bank holiday weekend.
City pub The Exeter Arms, in Exeter Street, is holding the event – which includes live music – until Monday night.
Meanwhile, on Sunday from 11am to 3pm, Darley Park in Derby will be the scene of a Bark in the Park and Fun Dog Show. There will be stalls and live music.
The three-day Matlock Madness Bikers' Festival will feature more than 15 live bands from tomorrow until Monday.
As well as the bands, there will be a Harley Davidson stall, bikers' clothing sales and a celebration of body art with an award-winning tattooist in residence at the festival.
Day tickets are £15 for the Saturday and Sunday and £10 for the Monday, or £30 for a weekend pass.
The festival will take place off Chesterfield Road, Matlock Moor, opposite Wayside Caravan Park.
Today and tomorrow, visitors can enjoy a free food and craft fair being held at Elvaston Castle. The event is being held in the castle grounds between 10am and 6pm today and from 10am to 4pm tomorrow.


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Morning skate update: Stars trying small tweaks as they try to win a big game for Lindy Ruff
Daryl Reaugh dazzles from First Niagara Center with his pregame video here.
BUFFALO, N.Y. _ The Stars swapped a couple of forwards and juggled their D pairs all over at the morning skate at First Niagara Center Monday, but should see only small movement for tonight's game against the Sabres.
Erik Cole was pushed up to the top line and Rich Peverley moved down to the third line, as the Stars continue to tweak their lineup. The defense pairs were juggled throughout the skate, but Kevin Connauton was skating with Travis Morin after the skate, so both look like healthy scratches. That means you could see a fairly similar Stars lineup tonight:
Jamie Benn-Tyler Seguin-Erik Cole
Ray Whitney-Cody Eakin-Alex Chiasson
Valeri Nichushkin-Shawn Horcoff-Rich Peverley
Lane MacDermid-Vern Fiddler-Antoine Roussel
Brenden Dillon-Stephane Robidas
Trevor Daley-Sergei Gonchar
Alex Goligoski-Jordie Benn
Kari Lehtonen
The big news is that Lindy Ruff is coming back to coach against the team he used to coach for more than 15 seasons. There was a large media throng today, and Ruff answered questions at a press conference instead of the normal humble gathering.
Here is the video from his press conference.
Here are a few highlights:
On Returning:
"It was strange, coming in and walking to the other side. First guy you see is James the security guy, and I got a big hug from James. It was nice, but it was just an incredibly strange feeling. … A lot of good memories, a lot of good memories. You try to push that aside and play a game tonight."
On the state of the Sabres, who seem to be rebuilding:
"I understand what is happening. I've watched my share of games. I watch some of the young players play, and I understand where they are at. It's tough to see where the team is at in the standings, but I watch how some of these players play and how some of the young players play, and I think there is a lot of promise there. It's really tough, but I understand where they are at."
On whether he can still root for the Sabres:
"Not tonight I can't…I can root in between games and they're in the East. I root for the city and I root for the team. I want to see them do well."
The Sabres traded leading scorer Thomas Vanek to the Islanders for Matt Moulson and two draft picks. Moulson in his last game against the Stars scored four goals. Here's the video on that.
Here are the Sabres' expected lines:
Matt Moulson-Cody Hodgson-Brian Flynn
Steve Ott-Marcus Foligno-Mikhail Grigorenko
Zemgus Girgensons-Johan Larsson-Tyler Ennis
Ville Leino-Cody McCormick-Drew Stafford
Tyler Myers-Nikita Zadorov
Christian Ehrhoff-Mark Pysyk
Rasmus Ristolainen-Henrik Tallinder
Ryan Miller
Former Stars fan favorite Steve Ott was named co-captain with Thomas Vanek before the season and now stands alone as the team's only captain. He was hit by a puck blocking a shot his last game and missed the morning skate, but said he has thought a lot about playing the Stars _ his first team and a team where he played nine seasons.
"It's bittersweet, obviously, because I loved my time in Dallas because the organization was so great to my upbringing and my career," he said. "I have some great friends over there, I have some friends for life over there and that's more important than anything else."
Ott is a master chirper and asked if he would be using his personal information to get under the skin of his former teammates.
"I'm going to be funny, maybe cross the line a little bit," he said. "But I've got to make sure there are no microphones around."
Ott and Stars defenseman Trevor Daley are good friends and took a summer driving trip together. Daley said it would be fun to chirp back at Ott.
"We played junior hockey against each other, so we know each other pretty well," Daley said. "He's chirped me before, we've fought before, so it will be just like old times."