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    Home inspection of resale - Agents come along?

    When a home inspection arranged by the buyer, is it the norm to have both agents attend as well?
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    Resale inspection of roof

    How do they inspect the roof these days, do any use drones?
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    Realtor rebate for new house

    What's the difference between resale and new house when it comes to realtor rebate? If the same relator represents the buyer for a resale there won't be a rebate, however for a new house the expectation is to have one? What's the reasoning for that?
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    Sushi Ota (San Diego)

    We just find excuses to go to San Diego ...and end the day there !! so far we did not find in OC any comparable place for great sushi :-( excepthttp://www.yelp.com/biz/ohshima-japanese-cuisine-orange-3
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    Irvine City Manager salary

    he might not get enough to be motivated to deal with the traffic lights!
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    Decorated Birthday cakes

    I'm looking for recommendations where from to order a decorated birthday cake (with preference to Frozen  :))
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    Selling a home...big realtor or Redfin

    If you pay the MLS flat fee , why do you need to pay for the selling agent?
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    IUSD does away with traditional math path

    In order to come to a conclusion, it needs to be proven , to prove that the schools here are better with a direct correlation to the level of teachers and administration ...and it is not due to other factors like socioeconomically status.
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    IUSD does away with traditional math path

    Some may move to Irvine because of the scores that are accomplished by the students , this students might be spending more time , effort and money in extra hours to achieve these scores by getting tutors, this is not necessarily can be linked to level of teaching within the schools. Others may...
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    IUSD does away with traditional math path

    No one likes changes , it?s all about trust, if you trust the decision makers that their decision was right , that they have a proven record of previous successful changes, that they know what needs to be done and have a good solid plan to execute it with minimizing the risk and the potential...
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    IUSD does away with traditional math path

    Thanks for sharing this information, two points of concern that I see here: 1. Moving from one scope of curriculum (current state) to a new curriculum will potentially create gaps /pockets of missed fundamental building blocks which are so important in Math. 2. Very disturbing that they don?t...
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    IUSD does away with traditional math path

    Being an expert in Math or in any subject, is not enough, one should be able to teach in a way the other side (aka Student ) will understand, this is a special skill not everyone holds, of course this has to be their major to begin with it but it does not imply that once they have it they can teach.
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    All 2013 salaries for Irvine Unified

    Who actually measures their performance if at all? The purpose of teaching is kind of providing service to the students , but if there is no acceptable channel to provide feedback and see results then they end up high at the Olympus above all, backing and supporting each other.
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    All 2013 salaries for Irvine Unified

    well with these salaries, we can actually extend the kindergarten day to more than just 3 hours a day....with a system that relies heavily on a support from volunteering parents. I can think of few other options to make a good use.
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    All 2013 salaries for Irvine Unified

    http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2013/school-districts/orange/irvine-unified/ Just wonder from what pocket these salaries are paid and how come they always looking for donations and complain there is not enough funding?
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