It’s Friday at lunch, and you know what that means… time to clear out the old links…
- Be True to Your School. Two school related items. In the first, more than $90K in student funds were taken from student accounts in a San Diego High School. Specifically, district officials discovered $21,583 had been taken from nine clubs at the 1,500-student campus without their knowledge, as well as finding $72,712 in bills, as much as two years old, had not been paid for everything from football and cheerleader uniforms to yearbooks and Advanced Placement tests. In the second, a school in Orange County is scrapping student IDs that were color coded based on student test scores. High ranking color cards give students free admission to athletic events, as well as discounts to school dances and at local businesses. Low ranking card colors required students to stand in a separate cafeteria lunch line and come with no benefits. The cards were dropped because they were viewed as a form of segregation.
- Car Colors. One would think most car owners lived in Irvine, because the top car colors are … bland. Specifically: 20% white, 19% silver, 18% black. Roughly similar for other colors. Sigh. Perhaps Henry Ford was on to something.
- Saying Goodbye. A truly interesting article on how Steve Jobs said goodbye to his friends. In short… he didn’t, except for a few. He focused his remaining time on his family. This really gives a great insight into the guy.
- With Fronds Like This. An interesting article on how one Orthodox community in NY is working with date palm growers in Indio CA to get palm fronds for their lulavs for Sukkot. They are going so far as to acquire land to grow their own; they won’t get religious products from Israel.
- Fish Balls. Yes, like Matza Balls. Specifically, an interesting article on how Manischewitz is trying to reinvigorate the gefilte fish market by developing Moroccan Fish Balls. Good luck. M’self, I can’t stand gefilte fish.
- Overweight Pumpkins. Just like my article earlier in the week about growing super-hot peppers, a group of farmers are doing whatever they can to grow a 1-ton pumpkin.
- Hitting Your Pocket. A dispute between Walgreens and Express Scripts may hit you in your prescription pocket, especially if you (like me) use Anthem Blue Cross.
- It’s Dead, Jim. Mazda is killing the rotary engine. I remember when I first learned about the rotary engine and thought it was so cool. Now it’s a dead engine running.
