It’s difficult to look at the Middle East today and be optimistic. Every U.S. president since the turn of the century has entered office promising to strike peace agreements in this region, only to ...

American Pro Wrestling has not only a busy week ahead, but an eventful one. It all starts Wednesday at the annual Bland County (Va.) Fair and Horse Show. After its regular weekly television taping on ...

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I used to think that regardless of any political differences, there were some universal truths about humanity. I used to think that across all nationalities and beliefs, if a child was wandering into ...

Freedom is desired by most, experienced by fewer, threatened by many. Difficult to establish, more difficult to maintain, constantly at risk. Freedom is a pyramid-shaped continuum. Possible freedoms ...

This summer, millions of people from around the world will visit America’s national parks, eager to marvel at iconic landscapes such as the Grand Canyon, Yosemite Valley and Old Faithful. These places ...

It's unclear to me how CoalescingMergeTree is meant to interact with column nullability. My specific use case is this: I have a table as follows: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS jobs_minimal ( job_id ...

Hey, Food Dude: It’s been years since you ran one of these columns pitting your near-encyclopedic knowledge against questions that you generally make up yourself. And I, for one, have missed them as ...

Have you ever stared at a massive dataset, only to realize it’s riddled with empty columns that serve no purpose? It’s a frustrating scenario—one that wastes time, clutters your workflow, and makes ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...

States should think twice before following New Hampshire’s lead and creating state strategic crypto reserves. That state’s lawmakers placed a dubious bet using public funds on a shady and risky ...

For more than a decade, the creation of a true downtown has been one of the most consistent and important priorities raised by our business community. The Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce has ...