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Robert AllisonApril 6, 2018 3

Did attempted border crossings really 'surge' in March?

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

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Government

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Mastering the SAS® DS2 Procedure book cover image

SAS JediApril 4, 2018 4

Jedi SAS Tricks: Transwarp Processing with DS2 in SAS® Viya®

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)!

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 2, 2018 1

Tracking the reentry of China's space station

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

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Government

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Robert AllisonMarch 28, 2018 7

Can you name that music media player?

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

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Robert AllisonMarch 26, 2018 9

Avoiding rush hour traffic!

As the Research Triangle Park becomes more popular, we're getting a lot more traffic on the roads. And with flexible work hours, of course I try to pick a time to drive to work when there's less traffic. I recently saw a cool infographic showing the most popular times when

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Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Mastering the SAS DS2 Procedure second edition - the DS to DS2 Procedure

SAS JediMarch 26, 2018 26

Jedi SAS Tricks: The DSTODS2 Procedure

You have the infrastructure, and you know that DATA step would run so much better in DS2, but it’s complicated and you don’t know how to get started. Well, if you have SAS 9.4M5, rejoice! The DStoDS2 procedure is here, and it’s a humdinger! (No, Chris, not a Hemedinger… ;-) It's

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips | SAS Events

Robert AllisonMarch 6, 2018 8

What to do in Denver, during SAS Global Forum!

Are you going to Denver, Colorado, and wondering what fun/interesting/eclectic things you can do there? Then this is the map for you! For the past couple of years, I've made maps of the city SAS Global Forum is in, pointing out some of the attractions that conference attendees might want

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Retail | Sports & Entertainment | Travel

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Robert AllisonMarch 5, 2018 4

Converting your old SAS jobs to use the new GfK maps

Do you procrastinate and find excuses to delay doing certain things, even when you know they really ought to be done? And you probably realize that starting those projects is usually the hardest part, eh? Well, I finally started converting hundreds of my SAS examples to use the new GfK maps,

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Robert AllisonFebruary 20, 2018 4

Examining 200k+ Russian troll tweets

Unless you live under a rock, you've probably seen news reports that Russian trolls have been posting on social media to allegedly conduct "what they called information warfare against the United States, with the stated goal of spreading distrust toward the candidates and the political system in general," according to

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Robert AllisonFebruary 14, 2018 38

Building a SAS Global Forum infographic

You might have seen a SAS Global Forum infographic floating around the web. And maybe you wondered how you might create something similar using SAS software? If so, then this blog's for you - I have created my own version of the infographic using SAS/Graph, and I'll show you how

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