World Statistics Day is October 20. This seems like a good excuse to advertise statistics (and a bit of R) to a world that could surely use more thoughtfulness. Here is a blog post with some ideas: http://www.portfolioprobe.com/2010/10/19/ideas-for-world-statistics-day/ Additional ideas are certainly welcome. -- Patrick Burns pburns at pburns.seanet.com http://www.portfolioprobe.com/blog http://www.burns-stat.com (home of 'Some hints for the R beginner' and 'The R Inferno')