Monday, March 28, 2016

Is Lagos the Most Dangerous Party City on the Planet?

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it was midnight on Saturday and the club was heating up. Some men were decked out in black tie, others in Ankara print caftans and matching fezzes. They leaned on the bar in double-breasted sports coats and Windsor knots, and glided across the dance floor in high-dollar sneakers, draped in silver and gold chains, eyeballing women of all shapes and shades who dazzled in designer gowns, slinky dresses, short shorts or miniskirts, by turns accentuating or revealing ample curves, long legs or an elegant neckline.
It was my second night in Lagos, Nigeria, and once more I was in a room of clinking glasses and rumbling bass, a room filled with Nigeria’s upper crust bouncing to indigenous Afro-pop. Everything was washed in hot pink. Beams from a bank of rotating lights glinted off gaslight chandeliers and mirrored ornaments behind the bar. Bottles of Dom Pérignon set in buckets of dry ice left vapor trails as they streamed from the bar in the arms of statuesque African beauties conveying them to booths manned by oil or telecom executives, real estate developers, entrepreneurs and their guests.
Many of them, still in their 20s and 30s, were already millionaires, and all of them were hustlers. This was Lagos (pronounced “lay-gos”) after all, and one conceit is that everybody here has three hustles: An oil mogul may also own a restaurant while bankrolling a recording session with an up-and-coming MC. On the street level it’s no different. In this export-dependent, corrupt, dangerous city, whether you’re living high or low, one job never feels like enough.

Isis 'crucifies Catholic Priest on Good Friday' after Yemen kidnapping

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An Indian Catholic priest is believed to have been crucified by Isis on Good Friday. 
There were fears of the Islamist group's intention to kill Tom Uzhunnalil, who was believed have been kidnapped, after rumours circulated online suggesting he may be crucified around the holy festival.
Mr Uzhunnalil is believed to have been taken from a retirement home in Yemen during an attack by Islamic extremists on 4 March. 
The group shot 16 people - including four nuns - during the incident at the home in Aden, which is run by missionaries, the International Business Times India said.
The execution of the priest by the same method the Romans used to kill Jesus – an event marked by Christians around the world on Good Friday – was confirmed at the Easter Vigil Mass by Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna. 

Donald Trump says UK and Europe are not safe places following Brussels terror attacks

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Donal Trump has said Britain and Europe are "not safe places" following the terror attacks, which killed at least 31 people in Brussels on Tuesday. 
The twin blasts at the Zaventeem airport and at the Maalbeek Metro station in the heart of the Belgian capital left more than 360 people injured, with 62 people still in critical conditions. 
Speaking five days after the attack,  US Republican president front-runner said Europe has lots of "very, very severe" problems and that even America is not a safe place for Americans. 
I don't think Bruss - England or I don't think that Europe is a safe place. No, I don't. I think there are a lot of problems in Europe that are very, very severe," he told ABC. 
"When you look at Brussels, when you look at the way they've handled things from law enforcement standpoints, when you look at Paris, when you look at so many other places, no, it's not (safe)".

6 rules to actually look good in a suit

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    Sometimes, it can seem like we at Business Insider are a little obsessive about fit when it comes to suits.
    But it really is the most important thing when wearing a suit (besides confidence, but that's more a byproduct than a requirement).
    For a suit to look as good as possible, all these different parts of the perfect fit need to come together just so, presented as a cohesive package.
    We've decided it's high time to enumerate all these intricacies of fit one by one, as modeled on Eddie Redmayne, the best man wearing suits alive today.
    Redmayne has fit down pat, so there's no better teacher.
    Let's take it from the top and break it down:
    Shoulder alignment.
    This is the most important thing you're checking to see if a suit jacket fits correctly. Everything else can be tailored except the shoulders.
     The jacket's shoulder should end before the end of your actual shoulder.
    A good way to test this is by leaning against a wall. Ifthe shoulder pad of your jacket hits before your actual shoulder, it's too big. Redmayne's jacket fits well.
    High armholes. Armholes are the subtle difference between a well-fitting modern jacket and a poorly fitting, more conservatively cut jacket.
    You want them high, but with no restriction of movement. When you move your arm, your whole jacket shouldn't move.
    This is another thing can't be tailored, and you must check before purchase. You can tell by the fit of Redmayne's jacket it has high armholes.

    picture of tragic girl Summer Grant killed when inflatable was blown 150 metres


    Summer Blackie, who died when a bouncy castle she was on at Harlow's Town Park Fair was thrown across a park by a gust of wind
    Summer Grant, who died when a bouncy castle she was on at Harlow's Town Park Fair was thrown across a park by a gust of wind

    This is the tragic young girl who was killed in a horror accident that saw a fun fair bouncy castle thrown across a park by a gust of wind.
    Summer Grant, who only turned seven in January, was playing when she was suddenly trapped inside the inflatable as it was picked up and flung 500 feet downhill.
    The bouncy castle was sent soaring so high it cleared a row of caravans parked nearby as families watched on in horror.
    Summer was on an Easter weekend trip to see relatives when, as she played alone on the Toy Story-themed castle, the 25mph winds ripped its moorings from the ground and sent the whole structure into the air.
    Despite the best efforts of paramedics at the scene, little Summer died in hospital from her injuries.

    Two women, a man and three Rottweilers found dead inside horror home as police search for clues

    Police forensics and detectives at a house on East Park Street, Leeds, where three bodies have been found
    Police forensics teams are scouring a horror home tonight after finding the dead bodies of two women, a man and three Rottweilers.
    Officers in white outfits have been seen filing into the home in search of clues after the gruesome discovery was made earlier today.
    Two women, who were thought to be in a relationship, a man and three dogs, were thought to have been lying dead in the property for more than 24 hours before being discovered.
    The two women were found in the living room.
    The body of the male - believed to be a friend or lodger aged around 18 - was found in the kitchen.
    There had been a "small fire" in the property but the blaze had gone out before fire fighters and police were alerted.

    Sunday, March 27, 2016

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