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My landlord raised my rent to 6%. Los Angeles has an apartment rent stabilization ordinance allowing only a 3% increase in rent for July 2010- June 2011.

My landlord states this does not apply because he claims I am renting a "condo" and there is no rent control in Westwood. There is no HOA fee, no common area, and the landlord owns all the units. What is my next move? Call city hall? HUD?

I saw an advertising for a law firm in Southlake,Texas that displays the lawyer's name on a US Marshall's badge. I cannot see any reference to that person actually being a US Marshall. How can I find out if he really is a US Marshall? If he is not a US Marshall, isn't there a law against impersonating an officer of the law?

I prefer pure fright rather than suspense or gore.

My favorites are (not in any order)

Homicidal, Phantasm, Exorcist, Omen, Psycho, Poltergeist, Ringu, Ju-on, 13 Ghosts, Recycle, Don't be afraid of the dark,

My suspenseful list:

Jaws, Halloween, Last House on the Left, Hills Have Eyes, The Other, Messengers, Friday 13th, anything by M. Night Shylaman or Stephen King, Descent, Suspiria, Alien, Thing

My gore list:

Texas Chainsaw, anything by George Romero, Saw, Hostel,

Any other recommendations?

Carlos Slim is now the second most richest person, a telecom and media magnate in Mexico. Yet 100,000 Mexicans leave that country annually and illegally into the US. It's unfathomable that one person could make so much money when his countrymen are so poor they risk their lives to escape across the border. Now he states he wants to donate millions to Bill Gates' charity?

The Ottawa treaty was signed to ban the use and stockpiling of anti-personnel (AP)mines. Most of the world considers APs illegal, yet noone denounces Iraqi "insurgents" for using them.

Technically, IEDs are AP mines. More than 10,000 est. Iraqi civilians have been decimated by these landmines.

Sigma Hospital has 4 cardiologists working full time.

Doctor A has been with Sigma for 22 years performed 2000 catheterizations with 8 major complications.

Doctor B has been with Sigma for 13 years performed 1660 catheterizations with 1 major complication

Doctor C has been with Sigma for 9 years performed 886 catheterizations with 7 major complications

Doctor D has been with Sigma for 3 years performed 159 catheterizations with 2 major complications

You are the hospital lawyer, you recommend not to renew

A.. doctor A’s contract

B. doctor B’s contract

C. doctor C’s contract

D. doctor D’s contract

And Why?

My motherboard and cpu was upgraded to AMD-64 3500+ on ECS Mobo running 800Mhz DDR2 dual processors. Is WinXP 64-bit ed necessary? Can't I run WinXP Pro (32-bit ed)? My old HDD FAT32 doesn't seem to boot on the new setup. I didn't think re-formatting to NTFS was necessary. Is my MBR corrupt? I don't know, it won't post and I get a BSOD. There's a message but it flickers out so fast I can't get the codes. Thanks ahead of time.