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WalletHub’s recently released rankings of the happiest cities seems to defy reality. Then again, the psychologists who concocted the rankings seem to defy common sense.The list was conjured by a bunch of homogeneous professors — by one measure, liberal professors outnumber conservatives by 12 to 1. What’s more, the professors behind this “happiest cities” ranking are all psychologists, in one form or another. Perhaps one of the professions most dominated by liberal social activists, studies indicate that the ratio of liberals to conservatives in the field of psychology is 14 to 1. That’s not very diverse.Not to unnecessarily cast aspersions,...

The city of Monterey has decided to apply a new rule to a purposed cell tower ordinance Thursday. The proposed ordinance would limit cell equipment to mostly commercial and industrial areas, residential areas will only be considered if wireless companies could prove the tower is necessary to provide service. According to county official’s, residents demanded the ordinance to include a 100-foot setback from homes, which was approved by the city council. Officials say that the ordinance will have to go back to the council for a final reading.

The Salinas police department say they arrested 6 people for the burglary of a cannabis dispensary early Saturday morning on the 1000 block of Terven Avenue. According to Commander John Murray officers arrived at the scene of the burglary which he says happened around 4:45 a.m. Investigators say the the suspects fled in two separate vehicles heading north and south of the dispensary. The northbound pursuit ended in Oakland, where one suspect was arrested by the authorities. The California Highway Patrol assisted with the Bay Area pursuit. Meanwhile the Monterey County Sheriff's officer assisted in the southbound pursuit which ended...

The Boulder, Colorado home where child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found murdered is now up for sale, according to a recently-posted listing. The Zillow listing boasts 7,240 square feet of "elegant living areas" in an "epic Boulder location." The home has 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and 3 half-baths. The A-frame-style house was listed on Wednesday for $7 million – a 250% increase from its selling price of under $2 million in 2014. The Ramseys sold the home less than two years after 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the house's basement in 1996.

Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake of Arizona alleged Saturday that she was offered a bribe to stay out of politics for two years. “Something happened to me this week before I left for CPAC, and it shows how desperate these people are to stop me,” Lake said during the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

A dangerous designer drug dubbed ‘pink cocaine’ is said to be sweeping through Europe and has been found in several locations in the UK. Despite its name, the pink-coloured drug is not made from cocaine and is actually a mixture of ketamine and MDMA at inconsistent levels. As well as being known as ‘pink cocaine', the drug is also called ‘tuci’ or 2C. The video player is currently playing an ad. According to a report from the UN, it’s been found in Spain, Austria, Switzerland and the UK. It was discovered at a UK festival last year, prompting drug checking...

Former President Trump won the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll on Saturday as the preferred 2024 GOP presidential nominee and former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake won as the vice presidential choice of CPAC attendees. Over 2,000 votes were cast and Trump won with 62% while Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis earned 20%. DeSantis also came in second as the vice presidential pick with 14% compared to 20% for Lake.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent and end the tiresome, twice-a-year adjusting of the clocks. “This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid,” Rubio said. “Locking the clock has overwhelming bipartisan and popular support. This Congress, I hope that we can finally get it done.” A previous version of the bill, known as the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023, unanimously passed in the Senate last year but languished in the House of Representatives for months.

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian army Failed its major attack | They never learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8vLOAdQSwk Follow on Instagram up to date uploads. https://www.instagram.com/denys_pilot/ ****SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). March 2, 2023 Invasion Day 372 – Summary https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-372-summary/ Website recap of – February 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/website-recap-february-2023/

Music legend Chaka Khan has blasted the mag’s editors as “blind bitches” who “need hearing aids” in a new interview — after they dared to rank her at No. 29 on a “The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time” list behind such belters as Adele and Mary J. Blige. In a lively chat with Andrew Goldman on his “The Originals” podcast for Los Angeles Magazine, Khan complained of the rankings, “These are blind bitches! They are blind as a motherf–king bat! They need hearing aids… These must be the children of Helen Keller!” In the interview, she went off on...

A strategy of eight weeks of bedaquiline-linezolid is noninferior to a standard regimen for tuberculosis, according to a study. Nicholas I. Paton, M.D. and colleagues conducted an adaptive, open-label, noninferiority trial involving participants with rifampicin-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis. A total of 674 participants were randomly assigned to undergo standard treatment (rifampicin and isoniazid for 24 weeks with pyrazinamide and ethambutol for the first eight weeks) or a strategy involving initial treatment with an eight-week regimen, extended treatment for persistent clinical disease, monitoring after treatment, and retreatment for relapse; four participants withdrew consent or were lost to follow-up. Four strategy groups were...

The impact of the war in Ukraine is being felt far beyond the European continent. In a bid to cut its dependence on Russian gas, Europe is keen to shore up its energy supply and look for alternative sources. As the war in Ukraine passed its one-year mark, and following the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron and Felipe VI, the King of Spain, Euronews spoke to Angola's President João Lourenço about the vision of Africa's second-largest oil producer, and a potential supplier of natural gas to Europe. War in Ukraine: What has been Angola's position? In two of the...

During an event in New Delhi, where he had been taking part in talks among the G20 group of industrialized nations,...In a session that was part of the "Raisina Dialogue 2023" series, Lavrov was asked by one audience member how the war had affected Russia's energy strategy. "The war which we are trying to stop and which was launched against us," Lavrov said, before laughter rang out among the audience.

A long-established Alzheimer's drug can help people with a disorder that causes them to compulsively pull at their hair or pick at their skin, a new clinical trial has concluded. Memantine considerably improved symptoms in 3 out of 5 patients with either trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) or excoriation (skin-picking) disorder, researchers reported. Hair-pulling and skin-picking disorders affect an estimated 3% to 4% of Americans, Grant said. Patients obsessively pull out strands of hair or pick at their skin, often doing themselves real physical harm. Overly high levels of glutamate in the brain can cause nerve cells to become overexcited, and this...

He believes that experimental treatments like ayahuasca, psilocybin and mushrooms aided him in coming to terms with his mother’s death. "They cleared away this idea that I had in my head that…I needed to cry to prove to my mother that I missed her," he told Cooper at the time. "When in fact, all she wanted was for me to be happy." He had also mentioned psychedelic use in Spare, writing that they allowed him to “redefine reality.” “Under the influence of these substances I was able to let go of rigid preconcepts, to see that there was another world...

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the incident, which forced the Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet to divert to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The plane was carrying five people who were flying from Keene, New Hampshire, to Leesburg, Virginia, according to the NTSB. The safety board said it was interviewing the two crew members and two surviving passengers and that it had removed the jet’s cockpit voice and data recorders. A Federal Aviation Administration database showed the jet belonged to Conexon, which is based in Kansas City, Mo., and brings fiber internet to rural...

“Born Again, Born from Above, Born of Water and the Spirit” (John 3:1-17) As most of you know, I’ve got a big birthday coming up this week, a milestone birthday, on March 7. But I have an even more important birthday coming up later this year, on September 10. Because it was on that date that I was “Born Again, Born from Above, Born of Water and the Spirit.” Let me explain. I was born physically on March 7, 1953. That was my birthday according to the flesh. But I was born spiritually on September 10 of that same year....

Mr Museveni, who was in a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, said a friendly environment in Uganda makes it unnecessary for one to work harderPretoria. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has told the South African business community, while pitching trade opportunities in Uganda, that the citizens he has led for nearly three decades are lazy. Mr Museveni, who was in a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, said a friendly environment in Uganda makes it unnecessary for one to work harder. "... we at the equator ... we have two rainy seasons - that...

A clip of a histrionic Russell Brand on Real Time with Bill Maher went viral on Saturday—in which the comedian, who owns multiple multi-million-dollar homes, accused political analyst and fellow guest John Heilemann of hypocrisy for criticizing Fox News from “within the castle of MSNBC.” In the two-minute clip, a shouting Brand maintained that MSNBC was fundamentally no different from Fox News. All this, he loudly insisted, contrasts with the “real journalism” of National Security Agency consultant-turned-Russian defector Edward Snowden and former RT host Julian Assange. Talking over Heilemann’s attempts to answer his criticism, Brand asserted that both channels are...