From late 2008 to the middle of 2009, Vancouver had a serious gang violence problem. People were getting shot at a rapid pace, and the city already had 14 homicides from January to June (it normally has around 15 or 16 all year).

After that, Canadian LEOs from Vancouver, the provincial government of BC, and the federal government all began to coordinate their investigations at a single integrated anti-gang violence center.

The results were dramatic and immediate – dozens of arrests were made, property and drugs and weapons were confiscated, and Vancouver finished 2009 with a total of 19 homicides.

So far in 2010, it only has six homicides. That’s actually a little below normal.

Should American LEOs from violent cities like Chicago, Phoenix, Baltimore or New Orleans visit Vancouver, and learn how to do some real, successful policing?

My plates and registration where suspended on an "inoperable" but registered vehicle I own.

Phoenix, or maybe the whole of Arizona, requires me to have current registration on all vehicles, running or not, located on my property if they can be seen from the street. And yet, the DMV (or MVD as it’s called here) suspended my plates and registration on one of the inoperable vehicles I own for lack of insurance coverage on said vehicle.

Am I required to insure inoperable vehicles? Furthermore, am I required to declare a vehicle as inoperable with the DMV or my insurance company? Is there a special type of registration required that I did not know about?

My husband is military, we started to rent a place in Arizona, we now have to get out of the lease because he is going to go remote, which means he will be all over the state as the task force needs him. So he will not be able to keeo the rental. My husband had them put in the lease a military clause, but we are unable to produce any papers stating that he is going remote. They are verbal orders. I showed the landlord the line on his orders which states he can be moved anywhere in Arizona per task force needs, but he is saying that he needs something different from the original orders. Something that would state that he is unable to stay in the house because of a change. But my husbands base will not make new orders for something already stated. Please see the military clause I am attaching and tell me, is he right, or are we right, or what can we do? Please Help!

Any other provision of this lease to the contrary notwithstanding, at least thirty (30) days prior to the normal expiration of the term of this Lease as noted under the heading TERM OF LEASE above, Tenant shall give written notice to Landlord of Tenant’s intention to surrender the residence at the expiration of the Lease term. If said written notice is not timely given, the Tenant shall become a month-to-month tenant as defined by applicable Arizona law, and all provisions of this Lease will remain in full force and effect, unless this Lease is extended or renewed for a specific term by written agreement of Landlord and Tenant.

If Tenant becomes a month-to-month tenant in the manner described above, Tenant must give a thirty (30) day written notice to the Landlord of Tenant’s intention to surrender the residence. At any time during a month-to-month tenancy Landlord may terminate the month-to-month Lease by serving Tenant with a written notice of termination, or by any other means allowed by applicable Arizona law. Upon termination, Tenant shall vacate the premises and deliver same unto Landlord on or before the expiration of the period of notice.

Military Clause: This Lease is executed with the express understanding by Landlord that Tenant is on active duty with United States Armed Forces. Therefore, the lease may be terminated by Tenant (1) 14 days after Tenant notifies Landlord, in writing, that the Tenant has received involuntary permanent change of station orders to a duty station located more than 50 miles from Phoenix, Arizona. (2) 72 hours after Tenant notifies Landlord, in writing, that the Tenant has been activated for Title 10 orders overseas (3) 14 days after Tenant notifies Landlord, in writing, that Operation Jump Start ends before June 30, 2008. Tenant will provide Landlord with a copy of such documents as may be necessary to substantiate the exercise of this military release clause. When this Lease is terminated through this military clause, the deposit will be returned to the Tenant minus 0 non-refundable cleaning fee and other fees for damages to the property, if any.

Hello all, I am curently in the I.B. (International Baccalaureate) program in school and am planning my EE (Extended Essay) which I have to write over the summer. This essay, for those of you that do not know about it is an essay of any topic that you chose and ranges in between 3,000 and 4,000 words.
I have picked my topic and it is the title: a character comparison between Dumbledore and Gandalf.

A little background: I have religiously read the Harry Potter series and have viewed all the movies numerous times. I have passages memorized. I am an avid fan. Now for The Lord of the Rings side, I have seen all the movies 2-3 times and really enjoyed them and I have much respect for Tolkien. I bought 7 Tolkien books off of eBay for including shipping! I am currently reading them now. I blasted through the Hobbit in about 3 days and am 75, or so, pages into The Felowship.

I am going to list what I have found similar between the two characters and I am asking for peer review from YAHOO! Answers. I request that you argue points that are weak, what could be included to make them stronger, and what is not the truth. (Guided, I have not picked what is actually going into the paper, these are just ideas that I could expand on):

1). The respected animals of the two wizards and their symbolism. I could list Fawkes’ role in HP:2 and how after Dumbledore dies in HP:6, he is shown flying away to be reborn, blah blah blah. I could tell how Gandalf’s horse is the best in the land and how he acquired it.

2). The two wizard’s role of importance. This involves their leadership positions (Leader of the Order of the Phoenix and Leader of the Fellowship of the Ring, respectfully). I could tie in how Dumbledore orchestrated the mission to acquire horcruxes ("The Cave," in HP:6 specifically) and how Gandalf brings the dwarf clan to Bilbo’s house and tells him he is going to be their burglar. Gandalf orchestrates "The Burglary."

3). The nature, age and appearance of the wizards. I want to argue that their natures are that… relaxed-winky-comical (I need a more specific word). First things I think of are Dumbledore stopping the processions in HP:1 to speak four words: "Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!" I think Gandalf shows this in The Hobbit when after the group spends their first night on Beorn’s property, Gandalf comes back and rather than immediately telling the group why he hasn’t been there all day, he finds it necessary to blow smoke rings every where. *I think age and appearance are rather obvious. The appearance take the idea of the classic Merlin dress (which I’m assuming I can trace back to more Norse). I know Dumbledore, according to an interview with Rowling was 115-116 when he dies. I have read that Gandalf was in his thousands when The Lord of the Rings takes place. Drastically different in age, but the idea of ‘old’ is carried over.
-I want to find an example of Gandalf being nimble (to compare to Dumbledore’s perfect breast stroke in "The Cave" – HP:6).

4). I may attempt to argue the resurrections. Gandalf the Grey – Gandalf the White, easy enough. The Dumbledore side is more tricky. I think Dumbledore is resurrected in all of his pictures which are all over the magical world, Hogwarts namely. Now, after Harry’s horcrux is destroyed by Voldemort himself, "Platform 9 3/4" is the dream-like…thing involving Harry, Dumbledore and *Voldemort’s spirit?* I want to argue that this is real, while being fake, but all the while being magical and it is Dumbledore being resurrected.

Also -

Comic relief?
Resourcefullness – Dumbledore can conjure up a mean transformation! (a comfy, or not, couch). Also, he can make an invisibilty charm that is as strong as Harry’s cloak. I, sadly, do not know Gandalf as well as Dumbledore…

This is not a research paper, this is an investigation, FYI.

Who wants to tango with me?

Currently I am staying at a motel, paying by the week.

When I first came here, I could call room to room, directly from my room. Now when I try to do this I get a busy signal. I called the front desk from my cell and asked why this is happening? Why cant I call room to room. I was told that there is a block on room to room calls and ALL calls MUST go through the switchboard.

After speaking with a wife of an employee here, she tells me that its the manager of the hotel. The employees live here on the property and this manager doesn’t want employees calling each other in their rooms with her (the manager) not knowing about it. Therefore all calls MUST go through the switchboard. So because of this, all guests must also be forced to place room to room calls, through the front desk as well.

What the heck? I’ve never heard of such a thing before!

Is this invasion of privacy? What right does anyone have to monitor who or when Im calling?

Can I complain about this and if so, who do I contact?

This is a motel in Phoenix, AZ. As far as I can tell, its a single motel….not a chain and has no corporate office to call.

Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this, I appreciate your time.
I dont want to check out. I want to be able to call room to room without invasion of my privacy. Isn’t there some law against what this manager is doing?

My specs:

BIOS Properties:
Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version 3.14
Release Date 01/17/2006
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB

System Properties:
Manufacturer Compaq Presario 061
Motherboard Properties:
Manufacturer ASUSTek Computer INC.
[ Processors / AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ ]

Processor Properties:
Manufacturer AMD
Version AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
External Clock 200 MHz
Maximum Clock 3700 MHz
Current Clock 2200 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 1.4 V
Status Enabled
Upgrade Socket 939
Socket Designation Socket 939

My graphics card is an integrated ATI Xpress 200.

What type of graphics cards could i get/

I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I rented a room in a home from a guy who told me he was the homeowner. He left a note for me stating that he was sorry, but he was being evicted.

I have since found out that he was renting the home himself. I have had NO contact with the property managers or owners. The original tenant has moved out of the state with some of his belongings and abandoned the home to me.

I have no idea how long I have before I am evicted or if I will just come home after work to find my things in the front yard.

As someone who is not on the lease but has established residence (keys to the place, furniture and belongings in home) what are my rights? Since I have never been notified by anyone, how long do I have in Arizona before I am forcibly evicted? Or will they be willing to let me live there at a reduced rate to just keep the place from being abandoned?

Thank you

Hello,

I was looking for a bit of information about investing in the Las Vegas real estate market. My wife and I are looking to invest in Real Estate in Arizona or Las Vegas. We feel this is a great time to purchase some investment homes and create cash flow. Based on the research we have done over the past two months we came to the conclusion that Las Vegas would be a better investment, however Arizona is not ruled out.

To get to the point, the questions I have are as follows:

1. The media is making us hesitant about doing anything with our money. Does anyone know of any good websites that provide good information about real estate in Las Vegas when it comes to investing?

2. How about other investments? I am not the most computer literate person and was looking for websites and what you call "forums" where I can share ideas about general investing.

3. Do you think real estate is a good investment? I know this isn’t a "investing" site, but anyone who has any insight would be great. Don’t be scared to voice your opinion as we will consult ourselves before making a decision.

Thank you for your time.

i met this old guy who lives downtown (phoenix) he has this cool old house he has lived in for years and years and years, its a little dilapidated but not an eyesore or anything its a cool historic house, anyway so the city and a developer are trying to force him off the property, they have already torn down all the other houses on that street and the next street over creating a LARGE open area that they can build a highrise on, basically all they need is his little lot.
so far they have not been able to budge him but they try to fine him all the time for everything they can,even like leaving his trash can out, (hes 79 years old and disabled!) he has no money and just wants them to leave him alone.
can they MAKE him leave eventually? if so how? like what law does it fall under?
im trying to help this guy by doing his yard work and im going to paint his house so they will not keep fining him but i would like to find a way to make the city leave him alone!