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Have you seen this week's news item on "tanning mom" Patricia Krentcil, the New Jersey mother accused of sunburning her young daughter in a tanning booth?

Now I'm as big a fan of diversity as the next guy, and lovingly embrace people of every visible color (although I do find House Speaker John Boehner's  orange a bit frightening). However, this lady is too much. She is like George Hamilton squared. I've seen a more humanlike complexion on a copper roof.

Apparently Ms. Krentcil is a victim of "tanorexia" so I probably shouldn't be so harsh. But sheesh, didn't Magda the neighbor lady in "There's Something About Mary" teach us anything?

What's really irksome is how much she spends on this selfish, loathsome, and unhealthy habit ($100/month per news reports), and only shares it with one child!!! (I hate a mother who picks favorites.)  For that kind of money she could buy a couple of cartons of Lucky Strike and share them with all five of her kids.

I wouldn't date tanning mom with a carbon radioisotope.

Announcing the League of Analytic Superheros

We aren't talking Agent Orange and Copper Philiac (alter-egos of the above mentioned Mr. Boehner and Ms. Krentcil), or even MC Hammer.

Bill Franks aka Dr. Insight

We are talking about the SAS and Teradata launch of the League of Analytic Superheroes – a talent search for best-of-the-best individuals, teams and companies who are masters of integrating analytic solutions from SAS and Teradata to produce earth-shattering insights and tangible business value.

The first two analytic superheroes were unmasked at SAS® Global Forum in Orlando, FL last week. The leader of the illustrious League is Chief Analytics Officer Bill Franks of Teradata, aka Dr. Insight. Joining Bill was Rick Andrews (aka Illumino), who works in the Office of the Actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Rick Andrews aka Illumino

Do you have analytics superpowers?   If so, you could be honored at an upcoming SAS or Teradata event, and immortalized with a graphic illustration and action figure in your superhero likeness.

Tell us your story.  The League needs you.

(See my colleague Shannon Heath's SAS Voices blog for a full account of the unveiling.)

Tags Analytic Superhero Bill Franks George Hamilton John Boehner Lucky Strike MC Hammer Rick Andrews SAS SAS Voices Shannon Heath tanning mom Teradata There's Something About Mary
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Mike Gilliland

Product Marketing Manager

Michael Gilliland is a longtime business forecasting practitioner and formerly a Product Marketing Manager for SAS Forecasting. He is on the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Forecasters, and is Associate Editor of their practitioner journal Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. Mike is author of The Business Forecasting Deal (Wiley, 2010) and former editor of the free e-book Forecasting with SAS: Special Collection (SAS Press, 2020). He is principal editor of Business Forecasting: Practical Problems and Solutions (Wiley, 2015) and Business Forecasting: The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Wiley, 2021). In 2017 Mike received the Institute of Business Forecasting's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2021 his paper "FVA: A Reality Check on Forecasting Practices" was inducted into the Foresight Hall of Fame. Mike initiated The Business Forecasting Deal blog in 2009 to help expose the seamy underbelly of forecasting practice, and to provide practical solutions to its most vexing problems.

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