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Dear Reader,
I believe as a general rule most people act with the best of intentions. We all want to do things that make us, our family, or our world just a little better. Every once in a while, though, we get sidetracked. It's during times like these that we all benefit from a little nudge in the right direction. Let me give you an example.
When my oldest daughter was young, she loved to sit in the shopping cart on our trips to the store. Her fascination ended, I guess, the day her lower leg wedged between two of the bars in the cart. For a half-hour we tried everything, including yanking at it from every angle and slathering her leg with lotion in an attempt to slide it out. I even tried to invoke the superhuman strength I hear parents sometimes get when their child is in grave danger. (After multiple attempts to pry apart the metal bars with my bare hands failed, I came to the conclusion that "leg stuck in a shopping cart" must not qualify as a grave danger scenario.)
Certain we’d done everything we possibly could have, and shortly after some very “thoughtful” bystander commented to my already hysterical wife “you might want to call an ambulance, her ankle is definitely broken,” we called 911. Within minutes the fire department arrived. A few unsuccessful tugs later, one particularly burly firefighter made it clear what had to happen next. “We’ll just have cut it free!” he declared. My daughter immediately stopped crying and her eyes grew as big as hockey pucks. Seconds later the firefighter bounded through the door with what looked like giant pruning shears. Before he could reach her, my daughter had freed her leg under her own power. Baffled by how she could have accomplished in 3 seconds what we couldn’t achieve in almost an hour, we asked how she was able to finally free her leg. “I just pulled as hard as I could,” she said. “I really didn't want that fireman to cut off my leg!"
For my daughter, “the nudge” was a misunderstanding; for you, we’d like to try a discount and the chance to hear from the top analytic minds in the world. On October 24-25 in Orlando, FL, SAS hosts the 13th annual analytics conference, Analytics 2011. To give you a little nudge toward something we know is good for you, we’re offering anyone who registers before September 16 $200 off the conference fee. Analytics 2011 gives you an opportunity to hear from more than 60 top-notch speakers, access to the latest research and enlightening case studies in the field, and a chance to network with more than 1,000 of your professional peers. The presentations (PDF) will address a wide range of topics such as data mining, data visualization, forecasting, optimization, predictive modeling, text analytics and more. It's the largest analytics conference in the world and an opportunity you can't afford to miss.
We hope to see you in Orlando this October.
Larry LaRusso
Editor, SAS Training Report
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Take this opportunity to update your subscriber profile. An updated profile allows you to receive customized course schedules for the training centers closest to you and articles specific to your fields of interest. Visit the SAS training page for up-to-date training information in your area.
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