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For the past few years, the search for rental housing in the Twin Cities has been a frustrating game of musical chairs: not enough to go around. Recently, though, there have been signs that the market is becoming more hospitable to renters.
"Especially since last October, it's easier to rent and the prices have been more affordable," says Deb Marsh, the coordinator of customer service and communications for housing and residential life at the University of Minnesota. "Before, it might take a week or more for people to find a place. Now it takes two or three days," adds Marsh, who connects students with apartment units within three miles of the University's main campus in Minneapolis. "Landlords are dropping rents down $50 to $100, because they're not getting the calls. Usually they advertise for places six months out, but today, for the first time since I started working here two years ago, I got a call from a landlord of a housing complex saying they had immediate vacancies."
Marsh's anecdotal experience is borne out by a quarterly report issued by the Minneapolis-based real estate counseling firm GVA Marquette Advisors. According to the most current Apartment Trends report, vacancies for rental housing in the Twin Cities metro area jumped to 4 percent at the end of 2001--up from a rate of 2.5 percent the previous quarter and 1.8 percent a year ago. The report cites a slowing economy and the addition of new housing complexes as reasons for increasing vacancies. But in its "market overview," GVA emphasizes that the higher number of vacancies is being fueled by openings in high-end housing complexes in suburbs such as Maple Grove, Eden Prairie, and Minnetonka. "The demand for affordable housing remains strong," the report maintains.
That's an understatement, says Angie Bernhard, research and policy director for the Minneapolis-based Family Housing Fund, which helps provide housing for the seven-county metro region. "The cheapest unit in the GVA report is a $569 monthly average for studio apartments," Bernhard notes. "You'd have to be earning $11 an hour to afford that studio, and obviously if you have a family, that studio is not an option. The average rent for a two-bedroom in the GVA report is $913. You'd have to be earning about $17.55 an hour to afford that."
Pointing out that a recent housing report issued by the state's Office of the Legislative Auditor shows that half the jobs in Minnesota pay less than $13.50 an hour, Bernhard asserts that most families will continue to have trouble finding affordable housing that fits their needs. "We are pleased to see the vacancy rates going up, even if they haven't reached the five-percent rate that most people consider to be market equilibrium," she says. "But the reality for many families isn't much different. Before, lower-income people couldn't even find an apartment. Now they might be able to find one, but they still can't afford it."
Some landlords, however, contend that the rise in vacancy rates marks the beginning of a process that will result in lower rents throughout the metro area. "Especially in the western and southern suburbs, there are some huge vacancy numbers right now," explains Craig Miller, founder of the Camden Landlord Association in Minneapolis and owner of hundreds of units in the metro area. "Those areas won't stay self-contained, because people move to where rents are cheaper."
Along with more apartment vacancies in the outer suburbs, Miller says he is seeing more one- and two-bedroom units opening up as students and young professionals feel the economic crunch and either move in together or return to their parents' homes. Affluent homeowners who chose to keep their starter homes and become landlords are getting pinched as well, Miller says. He suggests that these signs herald a correction in the present overinflated real estate market. "A building in south Minneapolis that used to sell for $20,000 to $30,000 per unit has been going for $50,000 to $60,000 per unit," says Miller. "It's hard to make debt payments on that higher-priced building if the vacancy rates are high. So either rental prices will go down or landlords will go bankrupt. And even if they go bankrupt, a sharp operator will walk in and buy it for a lower price and start renting it at a lower rate."
Miller foresees that trend colliding with the current residential construction boom, which was spurred by the belated response of nonprofit and local-government agencies to the recent housing crisis. A glut in housing, he says, would cause landlords to cut back on building maintenance and become more tolerant of problem tenants, diminishing the value of their properties and opening the way for neighborhood gentrification by real estate speculators. "The local government agencies want to build more housing. I would argue that it may be too much too late, and will aggravate the problem," he says.
But even Miller agrees that a deflated housing market won't necessarily lower prices enough to address the needs of impoverished families, particularly new immigrants who arrive in the Twin Cities without adequate resources to get established. According to Minneapolis Deputy Mayor David Fey, a former member of the city's affordable-housing task force, these families account for a large percentage of the population growth in the inner city. "We've got a lot of low-income immigrants, who tend to be larger families in need of larger housing units," says Fey. "The housing we have built in the city recently doesn't begin to offset all the units we have lost [through demolition] over the years. Add that up and we've still got a significant housing problem."
The problem comes home to roost at social-service agencies such as Centro, a community center on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis that serves the region's Latino population. "Housing is still a big problem," says Marlon Ferray, the agency's director of community programs. "There is a need for large apartments because we have so many large families coming in, but the economy is so bad that most of the people we see work part-time, or they don't work at all. Yes, we get more notices now saying that apartments are available--before, we didn't get any. And yes, sometimes single guys can get together and get an apartment, when they advertise, say, for a one-bedroom for three people. But that still leaves a huge group of people. And we still have a big problem finding them a place to live."
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – The mother of Lisa Frost, who was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, is making progress in her recovery after she was found floating in a pool Sunday afternoon, according to her ex-husband.
Deputies believe Melanie Frost, 56, accidentally fell into the pool at her ex-husband's home Sunday afternoon, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. Sheriff's officials said they do not suspect foul play or that suicide was a factor.
Frost was put on a ventilator at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo on Sunday, authorities said. However, former husband Tom Frost said she awoke Monday morning and was "doing much better." Doctors told him on Monday that they were "cautiously optimistic" that she might make a full recovery. On Tuesday, he said, doctors were able to remove her breathing tube.
"She's very cognizant. One of her friends went to visit her, and she knew who she was. She's got great motor skills," Tom Frost said. "So far, her progress is just quite remarkable."
It is unknown exactly how long Melanie Frost was in the water before she was pulled out by her ex-husband, who found her. However, Tom Frost said doctors told him it could not have been more than 10 minutes given how well her recovery is progressing.
On Sunday, Tom Frost was working a day shift as a traveling substation operator for Southern California Edison. By chance, he was assigned to cover the South County region that day, he said.
Melanie Frost was at the Via Adelfa home she and her husband once shared to celebrate Mother's Day with their son Daniel and his wife, who were expected to come by later.
Tom Frost began to worry when his ex-wife didn't answer the phone. He decided to stop by the home around 2:30 p.m. to bring her lunch and check on her. He found her floating and unconscious in the back yard pool. He pulled her out and began to administer CPR until paramedics arrived.
"She has seizures, but in this case, as with people who have lost a child, she had a drinking problem, so she had been drinking," Tom Frost said. "She basically lost her balance, fell, hit herself, because she had a small cut above her left eye; probably hit her head and fell into the pool."
Tom Frost said he disclosed the details surrounding the incident to end speculation it was anything other than an accident. He said he also hopes it will inspire those in similar situations to seek help.
Tom Frost has repeatedly called his ex-wife's recovery a miracle, crediting their daughter for looking out for them.
"Lisa is always in the back of my mind, she's always pushing me in different directions," Tom Frost said. "I wasn't supposed to get off work until 6. This time, she said go home, dad, check up on mom, and thank god I did."
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While I have used performance test tools for a number of years now, they all operate at the network level, recording traffic between the client and server.
Most of the time, managers are interested in the performance that the end user sees.
With RIA applications such as Flex, part of the performance that the user sees is comprised of calculations etc on the client desktop itself. But most tools do not record that time.
Some RIAs include a profiler, but the profiler is only simulating one client.
Has anyone found a good solution to this? The best idea I can come up with is to have a network level tool (e.g. Neoload) creating load on the server, then using either a profiler or some GUI-automation to record full client times. This seems a bit clunky though.


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Why we're fat? Food is easier to get, harder to resist
Part 3 in a series
Nov. 25: America's all-consuming war with fat
Dec. 2: Are all calories created equal?
This week: Society's just desserts
How often do you go to fast-food restaurants?
Rarely 63% (341)
Once or twice a week 27% (145)
Three or more times a week 11% (58)
544 total votes.
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How local food availability effects children
Relationship between food environment and childhood obesity
Having once worn a dress made entirely of raw meat, the pop singer Lady Gaga is famous — or notorious, depending upon how you feel about food as frockery — for her extravagant, often risqué, outfits.
But when 26-year-old Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta hit the concert scene this year, watchers went wild for different reason: Her skimpy costumes revealed that there was more of her to reveal.
The singer had added about 30 pounds to her 5-foot-1, formerly 100-pound frame, spawning a storm of magazine stories, blog posts and snarky jokes. It was a Gaga brouhaha.
Americans worry a lot about body weight, theirs and everybody else's. Gaga's Body Mass Index still falls within the "normal" range, but in a July Gallup poll, 81 percent of Americans said obesity was an "extremely serious" or "very serious" social problem. Smoking came in a distant second at 67 percent.
"For the first time," observed writer Daniel Engber in Slate, "respondents have shown that they're more worried about jiggly thighs than blackened lungs."
To be sure, there are a lot more jiggly thighs out there than blackened lungs, not to mention bouncing bellies and wobbly arms. More than two-thirds of American adults (and one-third of their children) are overweight or obese. More than half of our pet dogs and cats are, too.
The causes and effects of obesity thread through the fabric of America, a tangle of confusions, contradictions and controversies. Billions of dollars are spent to persuade us to eat and eat often. Food is continuously reinvented so that it is easier to consume — and harder to resist. For a fattened nation, the ramifications spill out in ways far more troubling than Lady Gaga's midriff.
Eat your vegetables
Americans eat one-third more processed food than fresh; more packaged food per person than just about anybody else on Earth. This convenient fact contains an inconvenient truth: The more a food is processed, the less it tends to resemble actual food.
Ten ounces of real strawberries, for example, has 90 calories, 5 grams of fiber, abundant vitamins and minerals and myriad phytochemicals believed to promote good health. One ounce of Betty Crocker's Strawberry Splash Fruit Gushers also contains 90 calories, but zero fiber and almost no measurable nutrients. No actual strawberries, either.
Eating right — and smart — is hard to do. It's a big part of why so many Americans are so fat. Many things make eating right difficult, even for the well-intentioned. Two cases in point:
- Unavoidable, ubiquitous advertising. The Journal of Public Health Policy estimates the food industry spends as much as $10 billion a year on advertising, more than the Gross National Product of 61 different countries. Almost $2 billion is spent targeting children. The average child sees roughly 5,500 food commercials on TV every year — about 15 per day.
How many times a day can mom counter by saying, "Carrots are good for you."
- Confounding research. Food science is complicated and often misleading, according to Dr. David Ludwig, a Harvard University professor of pediatrics and nutrition. In 2007, Ludwig and colleagues analyzed 206 original scientific research papers and articles published between 1999 and 2003 that examined the health effects of soft drinks, juices and milks.
The majority of the studies were funded, at least in part, by the food and drink industry, though many studies did not explicitly say so. The researchers found a strong association between the type of funding and the conclusions drawn: Studies funded exclusively by industry were four to eight times more likely to have conclusions favorable to the financial interests of the sponsoring company than articles not funded by food or drink companies.


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Agreed. Though, why the hell does a car need connectivity, or updates? I can see having connectivity for your devices, but not for the car itself.
This is EXACTLY what I was gonna say. Open Source it!
let people choose a central node address
When I read the article above, I thought it was a made up name ... try saying it ... "Demon Strawman" .. too weird that there is a real person
Loved how they repeated it soooooo many times you had to simplify and just link to a previous article:
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Sounds a little like Judge Dread doesn't it ? o_O
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I missed that comment first go 'round ... but I gotta ask..
Did it leave a crater? 0_o
Check your sarcasm meter ... I think it needs adjustment
Because, again, without that, why would there be any incentive at all for her to have written her diary...
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Just a note: when a judge suggests you "might as well have argued that the sky is the ground," things are unlikely to end well for you.
That's why they combined them and created a new one: chattel
Funny thing is that it's actually an old term that was basically a derogatory term for people as property... imagine that 0_o
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Perhaps it's just me, but these things may go without saying. More interesting than these broad statements is an understanding of specific ways that software and other computer based technologies are being used in experimentation, scientific visualization and sharing of ideas. This is an ever-expanding quest, as technologic advancement and the semantic web are progressing at a blistering pace. However, to begin to understand one small aspect of how software is used in the sciences, I turned to a JoVE search.


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Mauvaise wrote:starfish88 wrote:I raise you 12mm! Yup I had a 12mm overjet when I began!
I'm another in the 12mm overjet club. I did have (4) extrations (premolars) because I have a very small mouth and there was no room to uncrowd bottom teeth or move top teeth without. However, I got down to a normal overjet, I'd say about 3mm without measuring, all with just elastics! It's amazing. I'll have to ask my ortho tomorrow when I see him for the exact measurement.
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So what about the list of Pokemon catch? They still say appear on the original locations :s
Well at least, where can I get Chikorita?
It would be nice if you do a list and put online or also patch the pokedex with the actual locations.
You're welcome...I'm just happy u decided to try mah game.
As for the Pokemon location thing, well...I don't know how to hack in the new Pokemon location into the Poke'dex...And too be honest with u, dude, I really have no intention in making an encounter list for this hack. I don't really find it worth the time. lol Sorry...
If you really want a full location list of this game...I suggest downloding PPRE from Projectpokemon forums and look at the pokemon from there. or if u want to...u could ask me. I really have no problem in disclosing a certain Pokemon whereabouts, ya know? ;3
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Command Sergeant Major Barretto's previous assignments include: B Company 1-22nd INF, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY. A Company 5-11th AIR Pathfinder INF, Fort Rucker AL. HHC BDE, 8th PERSCOM, Camp Coiner, Korea. A Company 1-14th INF, 25th (Light) Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI. 1st BN 327th Infantry Regiment, Fort Campbell, KY, 1st BN, 15th Infantry Regiment, Ft Benning, GA. He has completed three tours in Somalia in support of Operation Restore Hope from December 1992 to February 1994, one tour in Haiti in support of Operation Uphold Democracy from September 1994 to October 1994, one tour in Aghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom V from April 2004 to April 2005, two tours in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom V from August 2006 to October 2007 and Operation Iraqi Freedom 09-11 from October 2008 to September 2009.
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Rhizobacterial salicylate production provokes headaches!
- Peter A. H. M. BakkerAffiliated withPlant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Utrecht University Email author
- , LongXian RanAffiliated withCollege of Forestry, Agricultural University of Hebei
- , Jesús Mercado-BlancoAffiliated withDepartamento de Protección de Cultivos, Instituto de agricultura Sostenible (CSIC)
Salicylic acid (SA) is produced in significant amounts by certain plant growth promoting rhizosphere bacteria, and some of these rhizobacteria have the ability to induce systemic resistance against diseases in plants. Exogenous application of SA to plants has long been known to lead to protection against a range of plant pathogens through the elicitation of systemic acquired resistance. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the SA producing plant beneficial rhizobacteria elicit induced resistance through the production of SA.
Scope and conclusions
However, we discuss here that bacterial secretion of SA in vitro appears to be an artifact and that the bacteria will normally incorporate SA into SA-containing metabolites, mainly SA-based siderophores, under environmental conditions. Therefore, we argue that rhizobacteria do not likely excrete free SA into the rhizosphere thereby not inducing resistance in plants through this metabolite. SA detected in the rhizosphere is most likely produced by the plant and we discuss the impact of this phenolic compound on microbial interactions.
KeywordsAntibiotic resistance Induced systemic resistance Microbial interactions Pseudomonas spp. Rhizosphere Salicylate Siderophores
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- Jesús Mercado-Blanco (3)
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- 1. Plant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 2. College of Forestry, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, 071001, Hebei, People's Republic of China
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Oklahoma City firefighters battled a large house fire Wednesday in the 8500 block of NE 129. Fire officials said the house is a total loss.
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Dear Heloise: In regard to the column that appeared in the (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Sun Sentinel, I would like to add to your discussion on erasing computer files.
Even when computer files are erased from the recycle bin, they are not permanently erased from the computer's hard drive. Erasing the files leaves the files on the hard drive, but tells the computer that it would be OK to overwrite the location (where the files are on the hard drive) and reuse that space. The files continue to reside on the hard drive, and there are programs that can recover files that have been "erased" because they have not actually been erased.
Likewise, there are programs that will actually overwrite the space on the hard drive, where the file resides, so that it cannot be recovered, but it takes an additional program to do this.
This is why it is so important, when discarding or recycling a computer, that the hard drive be thoroughly scrubbed by a special program, or that the hard drive is removed from the computer and destroyed before discarding, donating or recycling a computer. Otherwise, it would be possible to read files that someone thought had been erased and that might contain financial information, passwords, personal information, etc. — Bill Parker, via email
Dear Heloise: This hint has made my bread baking even more enjoyable and was given to me by a good friend. I always dreaded washing the bowl after making bread. I now use a couple of paper towels, instead of my dishcloth or sponge, and when done, I simply throw the paper towels in the trash. — Janet in Bella Vista, Ark.
Dear Heloise: The plastic lids that come on containers of stacked potato chips are a near-perfect fit for a common-size metal can, such as the ones containing beans, peas, etc. I save those lids to cover such cans in the fridge when I don't use all the contents. — Doug Johnson, Denham Springs, La.
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CUBA'S geographic location and size have helped to define its unique history and culture. Christopher Columbus visited Cuba, the largest of the Caribbean islands, on his first voyage to the New World in 1492. Although the island did not contain the large deposits of gold later found on the Spanish mainland, the Spaniards were not disappointed. They soon realized that the island's geographic position was as valuable as any precious metal. Cuba is situated at the crossroads of three important water passages: the straits of Florida, the Yucatan channel, and the windward passage. Whoever governs the island also controls the adjacent waterways. The first governor of the island, Diego Velázquez, founded the capital city of Havana. By 1519 this port city had become a strategic center for exploring the continent and returning to the mother country. In the contemporary period, the island's proximity to the United States has forced it to play an unwanted role in U.S. foreign policy, influencing many decisions made by the U.S. government. (For example, Kennedy's Alliance for Progress was a reaction to Castro's influence in Latin America, the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba helped to define U.S.-Soviet relations, and the Elián González affair is helping to clarify U.S. immigration policy.)
Spaniards, Africans, and Chinese make up the island's population and culture. To obtain economic wealth and improve their social position, Spaniards enslaved the native inhabitants of the island. Hard work beyond physical limitations and exposure to previously unknown diseases practically eliminated Cuba's native Tainos and Ciboneys. West Coast Africans soon replaced the Amerindian population. They first accompanied the Spanish conquerors


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MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — An offshoot of the Snohomish River near Marysville has been known as Ebey Slough for 150 years.
The city of Marysville and others are asking the State Committee on Geographic Names to change it to Ebey Estuary. The city thinks "estuary" fits better than "slough" with its revitalization plans. The committee meets Friday in Olympia.
The waterway was named for Army Col. Isaac Ebey who led the first steam-powered boat trip up the river in 1855.
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Fitting into God's "Foolishness"
In 1 Corinthians 1:21, Paul gives us an interesting insight into how you and I please God.
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
God's methods are astounding. To bring men and women into His family through the foolishness of preaching! When people hear the gospel preached and believe it, God is pleased.
Now how is the gospel preached? Through your life and mine. Every one of us has been entrusted by God with some gift to communicate the gospel. Perhaps you have been entrusted by God with unusual wealth. Or maybe a marvelous singing voice, or the ability to communicate, or perhaps the skill to assimilate facts.
Whatever it is, God has put something in each of us that somehow fits into His great master plan of winning this lost world to Jesus Christ.
God has chosen to use these weak, fallible vessels to share the simple gospel message that the world is separated from Him because of sin. In His mercy, God reached down to the human race when He sent His own Son, Who willingly gave up His life on the cross and died for our sins. The price was paid. God's eternal justice was satisfied. And the Holy Spirit raised Jesus Christ from the dead.
That is the message our world so desperately needs to hear today! God is pleased when you share that "foolishness." So however God has gifted you, use that gift today to present a living Jesus to our dying world!
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A new study shows that a positive attitude about aging can contribute to a longer, happier life - even more than low cholesterol or regular exercise. The report finds that the negative images of aging and the elderly in popular culture can have serious health consequences, lowering some individuals' will to live. NPR's Richard Knox reports.
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So a .war is a .jar, but it contains web application components and is laid out according to a specific structure. A .war is designed to be deployed to a web application server such as Tomcat or Jetty or a Java EE server such as JBoss or Glassfish.
The main difference between a JAR and a WAR is that a JAR is not really a single purpose format, while a WAR is. With a JAR file, you can package lots of different things. Usually you package up Java classes, but you could put pretty much anything into a JAR file, and you can create JARs that have whatever files and directory formats you want. For instance, Oracle (at least in 8.1.x) actually uses JAR files to distribute the Oracle software on the install CDs, and IBM uses them to distribute an installable version of the documentation for WebSphere. Technically you can put JSP pages, HTML pages, servlet classes, etc. in a JAR, but you generally don't -- you use a WAR.
WAR files are JAR files with a specific format. This format is defined in the servlet spec (which you can look at on the java.sun.com site). Essentially, the WAR file is a standard format for web applications that has specific directories and specific files. This includes a WEB-INF directory, a WEB-INF/web.xml file used to describe the application, a WEB-INF/lib directory for JAR files used by the application, and a WEB-INF/classes directory for class files that aren't distributed in a JAR. You would put the pages (JSPs and HTML) in the WAR as well. Then, you can distribute your application as one file, instead of as a collection of images, HTML pages, and Java classes.
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Husband arrested in Iraqi woman's killing
EL CAJON The eight-month investigation into the beating death of an Iraqi woman in her El Cajon dining room has led to the arrest of her husband, police announced Friday, putting to rest any notion that the mother of five was the victim of a hate crime.
Kassim Alhimidi, 48, was arrested at the El Cajon police station Thursday evening and booked into jail on one count of murder in the slaying of Shaima Alawadi.
He is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
Alawadi, 32, was apparently planning to divorce her husband and move with her children to Texas, her brother, Hass Alawadi, told U-T San Diego. He said the husband had known about her plans to divorce for quite some time.
"After months of hard work, ... we determined this homicide was the result of domestic violence and not a hate crime," El Cajon Police Chief Jim Redman said at a news conference Friday.
Investigators did not discuss possible motive or evidence in the case. No other arrests have been made, Redman said.
Alawadi was attacked at the family's Skyview Street home March 21, when her husband had reportedly left to take their four younger children to school. She was struck on the head at least six times and suffered four skull fractures, according to court records. She was taken off of life support three days later.
A threatening note that called the family terrorists and told them to go back where they came from was found near her body. The handwritten note turned out to be a copy, not an original, according to court records. The family said a similar note had been left on their door weeks earlier, but they did not report the incident to police or keep the note.
The early implications that the slaying was a possible hate crime spawned international attention, especially among the Muslim community. Peace rallies and candlelight vigils promoting unity and a Muslim woman's right to wear a head scarf spread throughout the world.
Alhimidi and his children gave tearful interviews to the media in the days following the slaying, and the widower was seen crying over his wife's casket during her funeral in Iraq, at one point fainting.
In an interview a week after the killing, her husband told the Arabic Al Arabiya News: "My wife was a victim of xenophobia."
But court records obtained at El Cajon Superior Court showed a family in turmoil.
Police who searched the home after the slaying found court paperwork to file for divorce in Alawadi's Ford Explorer. The packet was still blank, but a form requesting a wavier of court fees was filled out in handwriting with Alawadi's name, address and phone number.
The couple hailed from the same city of al-Samawa in southern Iraq, and they married in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia before moving to the U.S., Alhimidi told Al Arabiya. The husband, who had suffered health problems, was on disability and hadn't worked in years, and his wife was a homemaker.
The couple's 17-year-old daughter, Fatima Alhimidi, was also distraught about a pending arranged marriage to a cousin, the court documents show. She had attempted suicide five months earlier by jumping out of her mother's moving car.
According to police, the fatal attack on Alawadi occurred about 11 a.m., when only Alawadi and Fatima were reportedly home.
Fatima told police she was in her bedroom when she heard her mother squeal, and about 10 seconds later heard the sound of glass breaking, according to a search warrant affidavit. She thought maybe her mom had dropped a plate.


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In order to manage the challenges brought about by the rapid growth of mobile broadband traffic and provide better data services for end users, operators worldwide have incorporated UMTS for GSM 900MHz re-farming to deploy their networks. More than half of these operators, however, own less than 5 MHz bandwidth of contiguous spectrum. Scalable UMTS helps operators realize the benefits of efficient spectrum re-farming, allowing them to maximize their return on network investments.
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So we've had the Burley Rock-n-Roll Softride out for three rides of about 12 miles each (first thread is here The New Tandem ). We now have a great setup for the stoker bars, have the seat pretty much dialed in, and really enjoyed the last ride. Many thanks to Mark at Precision Tandems who helped.
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Las Vegas is a magical city. You don't have to travel far in any direction to experience some of the best restaurants, spas, entertainment and shopping in the US. But there's something else that makes this destination more alluring than most. Something that tends to escape the notice of most visitors who are so mesmerized by the lure of the Vegas Strip that they don't look beyond its shimmering lights. It is the city's proximity to a stunning variety of outdoor destinations, including the incredible Valley of Fire State Park.
Head 45 minutes northwest by car and you'll find yourself in the pristine beauty of Mount Charleston in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, which tends to be 30 degrees cooler than the Las Vegas valley below. Explore 45 minutes to the south and discover the serenity of Lake Mead where boating, fishing and more awaits. An hour northeast along Interstate 15? Travel in this direction for the vivid colour and rich history of The Valley of Fire State Park, the oldest and largest in Nevada.
Named for its gorgeous red rock formations, thought to have been created by shifting sand dunes from a time when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, the park covers some 42,000 acres. Brush up on your knowledge of sandstone, shale and limestone, as you'll be able to find them all here. And, when someone tries to take a rock back with them as a memento, you can let them know it's illegal to do so. The same is true for the flowers, cacti and other desert vegetation that may only be admired while in the park.
Many visitors choose to view the park's natural beauty by travelling along its 20 miles of paved road; however, don't come all this way without stepping foot outside your vehicle. There are trails to explore, picnic spots to enjoy, Indian petroglyphs from an incredible 3,000 years ago to discover, and natural wildlife to stumble upon, from desert tortoises to rattlesnakes. It's not recommended you get too close to either as the former is protected under state law and the latter, while usually only seen on TV or in movies and a novelty to most, are as dangerous as you'd expect.
Depending on the time of your visit, roadrunners, rabbits, coyotes, lizards, and other desert inhabitants may also cross your path.
Jeff Prozeller, a resident of Canada and frequent Las Vegas visitor, says the park's name was enough to spark his curiosity about the remote landscape. "I had gone to the Hoover Dam and Red Rock Canyon and really enjoyed the experience there," said Prozeller. "Looking for a fuller experience, I heard of the Valley of Fire State Park and the name alone had me intrigued. That was nothing compared to the beauty the park had in store. I had a brochure from the concierge desk at my Las Vegas hotel and the pictures were so mind-blowing that I had to go. It did not disappoint."
To get the most from your trip, Prozeller recommends several landmarks and offers some important tips best known in advance. "There are quite a few spectacles you don't want to miss, the first being Elephant Rock. It is absolutely amazing to see in person," he says. "Other hot spots in the park are the Beehives, which aren't literal beehives, although the rocks might have you fooled, and Fire Canyon which is an incredible contrast between fire red and creamy white formations. The view goes on for miles. It's such a breathtaking spot."
"Make sure you gas up, bring food and sunscreen," adds Prozeller. "Lastly, remember that it is a desert. Your clothes and shoes will be covered in red dust so leave the fashion statements for another day."
Like the park itself, the Valley of Fire Visitor's Center is open daily. Hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The recreation area can be enjoyed from sun up to sundown, and campers are welcome to stay the night in designated sites. An entry fee of $10 (US) is charged per car, however, additional charges ranging from $10-$20 will be required if camping overnight.
Although open year-round, some thought should also be given to when you visit. The Valley of Fire State Park could be named for the intense, triple-digit heat the area experiences in the summer. Temperatures can soar as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Spring and autumn are the most temperate times to explore. While this road trip may not be an escape from the highs of Sin City, Prozeller says there is relief of another sort to be found.
"Las Vegas tourists should consider a trip to Valley of Fire because it gets you away from the hustle and bustle of The Strip and downtown," he says. "You can really enjoy nature. The silence and calmness are a nice respite after a couple days of high energy fun."
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