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    Asian nail salon hierarchy

    According to this BBC article from a few days ago, it's 51% Vietnamese nationally and 80% in California. Also, Tippi Hedren (from "The Birds" and Melanie Griffith's mother) had a hand in getting Vietnamese refugees into the nail salon business. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32544343
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    Sling

    Amazon Fire TV Stick unless you need the features for the box (connecting an USB HD, Bluetooth headphones, voice search on remote). Both can be sideloaded with apps without requiring a root. Highly recommend installing Kodi (formerly XBMC)  and some of the popular plugins to get access to tons...
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    Parklane Walnut village/any other places?

    They're referring to College Park, Georgia. Where rappers like Ludacris and 2 Chainz are from.
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    Junk fooding

    World's largest coupon for Buttery Jack. http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/jack-box-unveils-worlds-largest-coupon-8-story-high-monstrosity-163774
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    Mexican People Try Taco Bell for the First Time

    Buzzfeed did Chinese people try Panda Express last month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo59LlkTDe4
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    TV

    The prize is $1 million for the winning team. The airfare is paid for by  the Amazing Race. They are typically given a certain amount of money before each leg for taxis, transportation, etc. There was one season finale where the team in the lead didn't have enough money to pay the cab fare...
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    TV

    You can watch the last three episodes on CBS.com for free. They currently have episodes 1-3 available.
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    3-Car Garage Homes

    The dairy farms will eventually be gone from the Inland Empire. This LA Times article from 2006 predicted they would be gone by 2011. But the housing bubble crash delayed that date. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dairy9jan09-story.html#page=1 A more recent article about the decline of...
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    Disturbing article found about Portola High School. Scheduled to open in 2016

    I heard the new high school will be named "Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters".
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    Municipal Library

    I've been to all three Irvine libraries. All the times I've gone, I've never noticed that they're overcrowded or even crowded. So what is the great demand for this $200 million library? As for the library sq. ft per person metric. This is artificially lower because the UCI student population is...
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    Junk fooding

    Their corporate headquarters is in an office building next to the UCI In N Out. Also an In N Out at the Tustin District.
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    Retail Openings and Closures

    How are you guys getting to the District? I always enter through Warner or Tustin Ranch and don't have a problem with the traffic.
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    The Interview

    This guy is everywhere. He's also playing the Taiwanese dad in the upcoming ABC show "Fresh Off the Boat". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOutgc-GG6g
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    Amex Small Business Saturday (11/30) $10 off purchase of $10 or more

    I spent $240 at Ace Crown Hardware. $150 in a gift card and the rest in hardware. They were nice enough to split the charge over multiple cards. Spent the last $60 at Urban Plates.
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    Amazon Fire TV Stick

    http://kodi.wiki/view/Amazon_Fire_TV_Stick It looks like XBMC (soon to be Kodi) can be set up on the stick the same way (very easy) as on the regular Fire TV. I have it set up on my Fire TV (non-stick) and it works very well.
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    Amex Small Business Saturday (11/30) $10 off purchase of $10 or more

    To be clear, it's 3x$10 transactions. Crown Ace Hardware on Culver is on the list. Time to get some LED light bulbs, folding chairs, padlocks, etc.
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    IAC LEASE RENEWAL NEGOTIATION QUESTIONS

    The reason the 5 month lease is cheaper than the 18 month is TIC believes they can raise the rent in five months above the 18 month rate.
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    Comp killers, bubble bursters, listings that make you want to go crazy reno/flip

    19 Desert Willow (Plan 2) closed 9/18 at $1 million ($354/sq. ft). 54 Desert Willow (Plan 3) closed 10/2 at $1.24 million ($388/sq. ft.) 38 Desert Willow (Plan 3) went pending on 9/3. Last price was $1.299 million ($406/sq. ft). 21 Desert Willow (Plan 3) just listed on 9/26 at $1.2825 million...
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    Thank God We have a guard gate!

    "Changing Lanes 2: Paris is Burning"
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    Any New High Schools Planned for the Tustin or Irvine Areas?

    Well, there are also Anton Legacy apartments (225 units) opening by the end of the year next to the Standard Pacific homes. And the 500? units already being leased by TIC on Tustin Ranch Rd (http://www.irvinecompanyapartments.com/communities/amalfi).
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