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The world's happiest people aren't in Qatar, the richest country by most measures. They aren't in Japan, the nation with the highest life expectancy. Canada, with its chart-topping percentage of college graduates, doesn't make the top 10.
A poll released Wednesday of nearly 150,000 people around the world says seven of the world's 10 countries with the most upbeat attitudes are in Latin America.
Many of the seven do poorly in traditional measures of well-being, like Guatemala, a country torn by decades of civil war followed by waves of gang-driven criminality that give it one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Guatemala sits just above Iraq on the United Nations' Human Development Index, a composite of life expectancy, education and per capita income. But it ranks seventh in positive emotions.
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A sexy swimsuit model and countless other lusty New Yorkers say tomorrow’s predicted Mayan apocalypse is a great reason to have sex, and are turning to social media and doomsday-themed parties in hopes of fully experiencing humanity’s steamy climax.
"If I die, I don’t want to die on a dry spell!" declared model Niki Ghazian.
The sexy fashion plate, who works in New York and Los Angeles, told The Post she’ll attend a fashion party with friends tonight to celebrate Doomsday Eve — and, hopefully, hook up with someone hot.
All the horny hubbub has been caused by a doomsday prediction made by the ancient Mayan calendar, which predicts the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012, at 11:11 a.m.
While some people around the world are arming themselves and digging into bunkers, many New Yorkers are simply hoping for a hot time.
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There are a few ways to let the waiter know you want to pay up and leave but setting fire to the restaurant's Christmas tree isn't one of them. Until now.
An impatient diner at a Denny's restaurant became so irate at being made to wait for his bill that he decided to take matters into his own hands.
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he man set fire to the Christmas tree in the I-35 location of Denny's in San Antonio, Texas, causing $150,000 worth of damage before fleeing the scene.
The restaurant's motto: 'America's diner is always open' no longer has the ring of truth about it as it closed following the fire.
The cost of repair is nearly four times the $40,000 franchise fee for one of the restaurants.
No one was believed to be hurt in the incident on Sunday night, although the restaurant has suffered considerable smoke damage
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As politicians, the Democratic members of the Wilmington, Del., City Council were early and enthusiastic supporters of Obamacare.
As employers, they are suffering from sticker shock after learning Obamacare for one employee could cost as much as $17,500 per year. They say they do not want to pay it.
The Affordable Care Act requires employers with more than 50 employees to provide health insurance for anyone who works more than 30 hours a week. Some city employees who work more than 30 hours a week are considered part-time and do not receive benefits such as health insurance.
Now that city leaders have read the Obamacare bill and know what is in it, that could change.
Wilmington is a predominantly black city with a high crime rate that supported Obama in the 2008 and 2012 elections by wide margins.
But no one thought about the cost of Obamacare – other than to pooh-pooh any notion that Obamacare could cause any economic dislocation.
Not until now: City leaders want to avoid the extra expense of Obamacare for city employees – many of whom work as school crossing guards and for the city’s park system in the summer – reducing their hours and changing their status to part-time.
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Hold the phone. NASA says the world is not ending.
The agency is
swamped with phone calls and emails from concerned citizens wondering about the possibility the world will end on Dec. 21, spokesman Dwayne Brown told the Los Angeles Times.
Between 200 and 300 people have been contacting NASA each day for weeks with queries about the alleged apocalypse that some believe was forecasted by the ancient Mayans, Brown said. Normally, the space agency only gets about
90 emails and phone calls a day, according to the Independent.
NASA is confident that there will be a day after tomorrow. The agency has already issued a
press release titled, "Why the World Didn't End Yesterday' and dated it Dec. 22, in advance.
