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Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Did attempted border crossings really 'surge' in March?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/04/crossings1-702x336.png)
During the past few days, several news outlets told us that the number of illegal border crossings 'surged' in March 2018. This is a topic that interests me, therefore I wanted to see if the data supported what the news was claiming... Trump's desire to secure the US borders is
![The Best Job in America](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/04/Data_Scientists01-702x336.png)
According to Glassdoor, data scientist tops the list of the 50 Best Jobs in America. The rankings are determined by combining three factors: number of job openings, salary and overall job satisfaction rating. With a median base salary of $110,000, an abundance of unfilled positions and high job satisfaction, there’s no denying that data science is hot.
![100+ presentations about data visualization at SAS Global Forum!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/04/mary_presenting-600x336.jpg)
Being the Graph Guy, I wanted to know about all the "data visualization" presentations at the upcoming SAS Global Forum 2018 conference. I tried going through the official interface to search for such sessions, but it was difficult (impossible?) to know that I had found them all. Therefore I created
![Jedi SAS Tricks: Transwarp Processing with DS2 in SAS® Viya® Mastering the SAS® DS2 Procedure book cover image](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/04/51BRX4zkUFL._SX404_BO1204203200_-406x336.jpg)
When speed is required at scale, it's hard to beat parallel processing data in memory with DS2 and SAS® Viya® with the amazing Cloud Analytic Services (CAS)!
![Tracking the reentry of China's space station](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/04/tiangong_1-702x336.png)
If you grew up as a space-junkie kid like me, then you've probably been watching the news for the past few days, wondering when and where China's Tiangong 1 space station was going to fall out of orbit, and crash to Earth. According to Popular Mechanics (PM), that happened at 8:16pm
![Can you name that music media player?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/03/riaa_music_revenue-702x336.png)
These days, it's all about music streaming ... You sign up for a service, you let them know your music preferences, and they create a virtual "radio station" that plays the songs you probably want to hear. But that just doesn't compare with going to a physical record store, buying