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    What are my internet service provider options in Irvine?

    I'm pretty happy with my Nighthawk
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    What are my internet service provider options in Irvine?

    I heard those are not very good through walls (if you are planning on doing your backhaul via wireless).
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    Montessori shcool Franchised?

    I think this gets undervalued a lot. For any private school in general, you end up with peers that are spread out geographically.
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    Montessori shcool Franchised?

    You may want to read about Peter LePort and in general the whole board of the LePort Montessori schools. Can't be more of an Ayn Rand fanboy than that whole bunch of "objectivists".
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    Toyota moving to Texas

    Seems that those paying the taxes (SpaceX and ULA) are backing it. If things pick up from where we are, rocket traffic out of Venderberg will some day be like semi trucks on the 710.
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    4K LED TV Recommendation???

    If anything, might only be better when viewed at the sweet spot. I find that it distorts horizontal lines on the sides (they seem to curve up/down). On the OLEDs it's a quite a premium to go flat. It seems to me that people do not want curved. Is this a marketing gimmick that backfired?
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    4K LED TV Recommendation???

    I've never understood the appeal of a curved display ...
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    Toyota moving to Texas

    Don't mess with car taxes in CA (anything else is fair game). Didn't they learn anything from Gray Davis?
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    4K LED TV Recommendation???

    I got a 70" Samsung from Costco last year (6300 series, I think). The box was gigantic and barely fit in the bed of smaller pickup truck. Mine is hooked up to a receiver using the HDMI port with ARC. The Samsung remote can control volume and I only need to use the receiver remote to switch...
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    Immigration Ban

    "No person shall receive any preference or priority or be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of the person's race, sex, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence" [Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]
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    Immigration Ban

    True that it was already happening to some degree, but they rate at which it is happening now has skyrocketed as a direct consequence of the immigration EO. Without the EO, the number of incidences would have been pretty much below the radar. Add to that the detention of (mostly suspected...
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    Immigration Ban

    Have you been following the affront against the civil liberties of American citizens at international point of entry? This is all done in the name of "national security" and the follow the guidance of an executive order. The text of an EO may say one thing, but the way it gets implemented is...
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    Immigration Ban

    That is not what the Executive Order # 9066 spelled out, but it is what ended up happening.
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    what is a CAT 5E plug?

    There should be a communications closet/area where all the ethernet cables go (they go between there and each one of the jacks you are putting in). Each one of those cables needs to go into a router to "activate" the jack in the room.
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    what is a CAT 5E plug?

    You will need a router that is hooked up to the cable modem (or a combo modem/router). I have both. Wired Cat6 for media/TV and PC at desk. Wireless for mobile/tablet/laptop.
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    what is a CAT 5E plug?

    If you want a reliable high bandwidth link, you have to have cat5. Any decent new TV will have an ethernet port. 4K @ 60Hz requires around 60-70Mbps.
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    Obamacare on Life Support article

    It outlawed the practice of rescission and removed the dollar caps (or set rather high caps on grandfathered plans) on a number of essential benefits (that insurers had to provide) on new plans. I would say that these are things that are pretty big for anyone on the individual marketplace.
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    My son got hurt at Quail Hill Community Center class!

    I'm pretty sure they agreed to this when they signed up: In consideration of accepting this registration and to the extent permitted by law, I hereby agree to release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless on behalf of myself (and any minor children for whom I have the capacity to contract) the...
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    My son got hurt at Quail Hill Community Center class!

    This doesn't seem like bullying. Sounds more like a frustration/aggression issue with kids/toddlers. I know that they will kick out aggressive kids from more organized city programs (for example, iPAC).
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    Kumon and common core

    Kumon is to build up arithmetic skills, not problem solving skills. This method is essentially incompatible with common core or learning mathematics. However, having strong arithmetic skills is enables learning math quicker - but you can get there by doing your own worksheets and not paying some...
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