Last week, I took a little time off due to school vacation week. But because I was off by no means translates into a vacation for all. That said, my e-mail in box was certainly still working, based on the inexorable deluge of e-mail coming through at all hours of the day and night. Many of the items I received were notable and typically would merit individual news items of their own, but in the interest of getting caught up and moving forward, I thought it would be good to provide a brief summary of some of the key data-driven things that occurred while I was out of the office.