Schooled

The Indianapolis school districts should probably reverse their decision to delay the start of classes by one hour and instead institute a day of morning.

Seems they were counting their trophies before they were earned.

“I do not want to rehash what happened in the Super Bowl last time,” he said, “I’m just trying to be proactive.”

School districts can institute two-hour delays only for emergencies, such as bad weather or utility problems, or loosing the super bowl!

The Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett signaled that he would not look kindly on school districts granting non-emergency delays.

However, there appears to be no contingency plan in place for loosing.

When asked about one for the Super Bowl, Mr Bennett broke out into an impromptu rendition of "I left my heart, in Sun Life Stadium".

Meanwhile, the Louisiana School System has officially announced that "Who Dat" is now an acceptable word in the English Language Dictionary.

Congratulations Saints!

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The double wammy

Here it comes. The ol' one-two knock out punch!


Superbowl Sunday






Snow Storm










This has prompted a mad rush to the stores who just can't seem to keep anything on the shelf.


















We're only 18.7 inches away from being the snowiest winter in 100 years, and by everyones projections we are scheduled to get 18 - 24 Friday and Saturday.

And I can't remember the last time we (Washington DC area) had 3 snow events in the same week prompting the crazy school system to close schools 4 out of 5 days!

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Time to Stock up?

In the old days...
Back to school meant more shopping. More shopping meant spending more money on the economy.

Now a days...
Back to school means snuffled noses, sneezes, germs and the dreaded H1N1 !!!
And stock market hype!!!

At this point, I'd like to thank the following....

WHO for saying that this flu season could be even worse.
and
The pharma companies (some of them at least) finally getting around to developing a vaccine.

The swine flu (pandemic) index I put together last spring is once again on the move.





















This week alone has seen quite a rise in two of my favorites on the is list; Qdel and SVA.

QDEL - develops the test for the flu which your doctor does when you go to him or her and say you don't feel well.

SVA - develops the vaccine you take, so you don't have to take the test.

Though I might be a day (in this case a week) late and a dollar short, I think it is time once again (for those who a willing to take a bit of a risk) to ride the hype wave.

As always, invest wisely and good luck surfing!

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