Beware! Used underwear can give you syphilis, other STDs

She drives slowly, being careful of the many vehicles and the milling crowd in the market. Suddenly, she pulls over her Sports Utility Vehicle, alights, walks into a stall and joins other shoppers selecting second-hand underwear from a heap.

She is lucky to find a parking space because it is scarce on Fridays at Vesper Market, off Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Badagry Local Government Area, Lagos. On the major market day (Friday) finding space to either walk or park vehicles is usually a big challenge.

That is the day shoppers converge on the market to buy from the newest consignments of second-hand clothes from London, United States, Italy and other countries.

Second-hand clothes? Yes, even second-hand underwear!

There, you find buyers who resell the wares in other smaller markets. You will also find direct users – both low and medium income earners. Wholesale transactions are done on Fridays. On offer are all types of used clothes, shoes, bags and underwear for men, women and children.

The woman, who later identified herself as Danny, told Saturday PUNCH that she had a regular customer in the market. She visits the market only when her customer informs her, via the telephone, that there are new consignments.

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Meet 30-Year Old German Model With World’s Biggest Boobs

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30yr old German nude model known as Beshine has the world’s real biggest boobs. Her breasts weighs 20pounds each and fills a Z cup. According to her, It is always an adventure to be in public with such big boobs.

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World's 'vainest' skyscrapers

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the "vainest" skyscrapers in the world, a report measuring the extent of spires and other height-boosting additions to the top of buildings said on Thursday.

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) said unusable space at the top of the UAE's 19 tallest buildings was an average 19 percent of their total height, a measure it called the "vanity height". (Reuters)

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10 Things to Know for Friday

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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
1. U.S. CONSIDERS USING MILITARY TO TRAIN SYRIAN REBELS
The proposal would take time to put in place and likely would not begin until after possible strikes.
2. OBAMA RUNS INTO OPPOSITION FOR A STRIKE IN SYRIA
Russia, China and the European Union condemn the chemical weapons attack in Assad's country but say it's too soon for military action.
3. WHAT POPE FRANCIS WROTE ABOUT SYRIA
Francis ratcheted up his call for peace and urged the G-20 "to lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution."

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9 traits women find attractive in men

For all the men out there wondering what women really want in a man it boils down to several key personality traits that women find attractive. Although there are literally hundreds of “traits” that can be used to describe a person, the following list is what the majority of women I’ve encountered and interviewed across the country express what it is they want in their “ideal man”.

Traits Women Find Attractive:

Ambitious

Women want to be with a man who is going somewhere or has the desire to be successful at whatever he’s pursuing. A man who has big dreams and goals and going after it is very attractive. Too often I hear complaints from women about their partners who have become “complacent”, sort of stuck in a rut. Having ambition shows characteristics of a leader, and most women are happy to support and follow a leader.

Attractive

Let’s face it, if a man is “attractive” to a woman then there is usually great chemistry and interest in the relationship. Women appreciate a man who takes care of himself and is concerned about his appearance. Men can also “let themselves go” and look dishevelled and worn down. I often hear women say that they don’t want a couch potato or a man with a beer belly. Looks do matter to women and even more so if she keeps

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25 misconceptions guys have about sex

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We don’t know what man spread the rumor that duration has anything to do with the quality of sex

Every once in a while, a woman encounters a man so thoroughly misguided about sex, it’s shocking that he’s managed to maintain his incorrect ways without a woman setting him straight. It would be impressive if it wasn’t so heartbreaking. And annoying.
Even men with the best of intentions are sometimes guilty of sexual missteps. Learn from their mistakes (yes, we’re generously assuming you’ve yet to make any) and be sure to take copious notes: These are 25 Misconceptions Guys Have About Sex.
If sex doesn’t last for hours, it’s not satisfying.
We don’t know what man spread the rumor that duration has anything to do with the quality of sex, but we do know we want to punch that dude in his overactive dick. Most nights, these marathon sessions just have us silently begging for mercy for our uteri and agonizing over how much sleep we’re losing. Save the into-the-wee-hours sex sessions for vacations, when you have nothing to do but bone the day away. On a daily basis, 15-20 minutes (not including foreplay) will do just fine.
Even spontaneous quickies are appreciated over an hour of mindless, machine-like thrusting. As long as your sex life isn’t subsisting on quickies alone, you’ll never be faulted for the occasional wham-bam-thank-you-mam.
Manscaping is a must. 
Despite the myth glossy magazines continue to perpetuate, a man whose body is as hairless as a newborn seal is not more desirable. Work with what God gave you, not against it. When you insist on shaving your chest, arms, and all of your pubes, you look like you should have a vagina, and when the stubble grows in, we feel like we’re hooking up with a lazy transvestite.

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Most Heavily-tatooed Man Has 3D Tattoo on Entire Skin, Eye

Human branding, also referred to as 'scarification', is the latest craze in body art and Britain's most heavily tattoed man has refused to be left behind.

Matthew Whelan,33, from Birmingham

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This is the highest bridge in the world

The Sidhue River Bridge hangs 1,627 feet (496 meters) above the water, according to highestbridges.com. It's located in China's Hubei Province, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of the well-known Yangtze River area called Three Gorges.

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Marijuana, safer than painkillers — STUDY

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BELIEVE it or not, but you could be safer ingesting marijuana -the most used illegal drug on Earth – than a prescription pain killer drug. Findings by a brand new first-of-its-kind global study conducted at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, USA, showed that prescription pain killers, though legal, could be the deadliest drug of all.

A publication in The Lancet, revealed that marijuana, though often preferred to other illicit drugs of addiction such as cocaine, heroin and amphetamines are responsible for killing fewer persons than addictive painkillers such as Oxycontin and Vicodinbe.

Of a total of 78,000 drug deaths, prescription pain pills accounted for more than half. The study does not mention why marijuana has become the most popular drug, controversy over the legalisation of cannabis in some US states rages on.

While marijuana use is still illegal according to federal law, the new global report found that men in their 20s were most likely to abuse any of the drugs studied. Drugs such as Ecstasy and other hallucinogens were not included due to a lack of data.

The study also found that Australia, Russia, the UK and the US were the hardest hit by substance abuse. Those living in these areas were also more likely to use the drugs which originated closer to home.

For instance, persons living in Asia or Australia were more inclined to abuse amphetamines and opioids whereas North Americans used more marijuana and cocaine.

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Today in History

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2013. There are 119 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:

On September 3, 1943, Allied forces invaded Italy during World War II, the same day Italian officials signed a secret armistice with the Allies.
On this date:
In 1189, England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
In 1658, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, died in London; he was succeeded by his son, Richard.
In 1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War.
In 1861, during the Civil War, Confederate forces invaded the border state of Kentucky, which had declared its neutrality in the conflict.
In 1868, the Japanese city of Edo was renamed Tokyo.
In 1923, the United States and Mexico resumed diplomatic relations.
In 1939, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany, two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland.

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Hidden Dangers Of Deodorant Spray: 16-Yr-Old Died Because Of Deodarant

The deodorant is the world’s best-selling male grooming product, sold in 60 countries.

Dangerous over-use: Inhaling chemicals from deodorant aerosols can cause skin reactions, aggravate allergies and may trigger fatal heart problems
The primary target for spray deodorants is thought to be 13 to 18-year-olds, with mums the main buyers, according to Marketing Magazine.
So powerful is its hold on the teen market that some teachers have gone on to online forums to complain about it, sharing anecdotes about having to teach through the fug of deodorant.
But some experts are concerned teenagers are over-using deodorant, warning that inhaling chemicals from the aerosols may cause allergic skin reactions, asthma and breathing difficulties.
In very rare cases they may even trigger fatal heart problems.
Maureen Jenkins, director of clinical services at Allergy UK, says: "Around one in three adults in the UK have some form of allergic disease — asthma, rhinitis or eczema — and their symptoms are easily aggravated by perfumed products and exacerbated by aerosol chemicals.

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7 grammar rules you really should pay attention to

Semicolons should be used rarely, if at all. And beware dangling modifiers!

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These rules were not meant to be broken.

1. The subjunctive
This one is pretty simple. When you're writing about a non-true situation — usually following the word if or the verb wish — the verb to be is rendered as were.
So:
* If I was were a rich man.
* I wish I was were an Oscar Mayer wiener.
* If Hillary Clinton was were president, things would be a whole lot different.
If you are using if for other purposes (hypothetical situations, questions), you don't use the subjunctive.
* The reporter asked him if he were was happy.
* If an intruder were was here last night, he would have left footprints, so let's look at the ground outside.
2. Bad parallelism
This issue comes up most often in lists, for example: My friend made salsa, guacamole, and brought chips. If you start out by having made cover the first two items, it has to cover subsequent ones as well. To fix, you usually have to do just a little rewriting. Thus, My friend made salsa and guacamole and brought chips to go with them.

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The 10 best TV shows from the first half of 2013

From an absolutely stellar pool of both new and returning TV shows, we pick the 10 best

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It's a very, very good time to be a TV fan. We're only halfway through 2013, but there have already been a number of excellent TV shows to devour this year — so many, in fact, that even the most ardent viewer probably couldn't keep track of them all.

Looking back at the past six months, which TV shows have truly proven themselves to be can't-miss? Here, a rundown of the 10 best TV shows from the first half of 2013 — and information on how you can watch them if you were unlucky enough to miss them the first time around:

10. Mad Men (AMC)

How good is Mad Men? Despite delivering what was easily its weakest season ever, it's still one of the best shows on TV. The AMC drama's sixth season saw Don Draper returning to his hard-drinking, philandering status quo against the tumultuous political backdrop of 1968. Though the season reserved much of its forward momentum for its game-changing final episode — which laid plenty of groundwork for next year's seventh and final season — Mad Men remained gorgeous, impeccably acted appointment television throughout the entirety of its sixth season.

Where you can watch it: Individual episodes can be bought for $1.99 on Amazon; a seventh season has been ordered.

9. Hannibal (NBC)

After appearances in four novels and five feature films — with ever-diminishing returns — one might have thought that audiences had grown tired of digesting stories about the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter. But showrunner Bryan Fuller has improbably managed to breathe new life into the franchise with Hannibal, a prequel following FBI Agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), who bonds with Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) before he's been caught and arrested for his crimes. Pay attention, Hollywood: This is how you make a tired old franchise feel new again.

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10 things you need to know today: September 2, 2013

1. Morsi to stand trial for inciting murderMohamad Morsi — Egypt's first democratically elected president, who was ousted by the military earlier this summer — has been accused, among other charges, of ordering the deaths of at least seven people in December 2012. On December 4 and 5, thousands of protesters had gathered outside of the presidential palace in response to the Islamist president's decrees giving himself more power. The state prosecutor referred Morsi for trial on Sunday evening, but the date of trial is yet to be announced. [BBC]

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2. Internet restrictions go into effect in Vietnam
A law prohibiting the sharing of non-personal information on blogs and social networks, known as Decree 72, has gone into effect in Vietnam. The law also requires that local servers for international internet companies remain in Vietnam. Many bloggers and other activists have already been convicted for publishing anti-state material. [BBC]

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Travelers - 12 laws Travelers may not have realized you were breaking

Travelers take heed -- those Venice pigeons are not for feeding

Arrest that deviant!

The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office has identified several reasons travelers might suddenly, surprisingly, find themselves in jail and -- wait for it -- it’s because they broke the law.
But these aren’t thieves or drug-runners falling prey to advanced policing strategies.
They’re just travelers who didn’t know what they do back home is not always acceptable everywhere else.
“It is important to remember that laws and customs can vary greatly from country to country,” says Charles Hay, director of Consular Services, adding that what may be perfectly legal in a traveler’s home country could incur fines or jail sentences elsewhere.
The FCO adds that travelers have been particularly caught off guard in the Netherlands, Italy and the United Arab Emirates recently.
Some of the lesser-known crimes identified by the FCO are below.
Let us know if you’ve ever fallen foul of a law you didn’t know you were breaking in the comments.
Netherlands: Don’t carry or use drugs. While the Netherlands has a reputation for being tolerant on the use of so-called ‘soft drugs’ this exists only for designated areas. Possession of prohibited substances or buying them can carry a prison sentence. Penalty: Arrest, detention.
Venice: Feeding the pigeons is against the law. Penalty: Fines.
Japan: It is illegal to take some commonly available nasal sprays containing pseudoephedrine into Japan. Penalty: Fines.

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Melbourne world`s most liveable city for third year

Bangalore: Melbourne has once again been named the best city in the world to live, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Global Liveability Survey.

This is the third consecutive year that the Victorian capital has been at the top of the influential index, since taking the title from Vancouver after a run of almost a decade. Before this, Melbourne had consistently been in the top three positions of the 140 cities listed, a statement said.

The EIU`s Liveability Ranking, part of the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, assesses living conditions in 140 cities around the world by assigning a rating across five broad categories of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

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Internet Addicted Children to be Treated in Special Camps

Japan is making plans to start using internet "fasting" camps where children who are addicted to the online world will be able to get some help from education experts.

Over 500,000 Japanese children between the ages of 12 and 18 are believed to be addicted to the internet, although the ministry of education can not give an exact number, as "t is difficult to get accurate figures on the scale of the problem."
"It is becoming more and more of a problem," Akifumi Sekine, a spokesman for the ministry, said.
"We estimate this affects around 518,000 children at middle and high schools across Japan, but that figure is rising and there could be far more cases because we do not know about them all."
The government received a request to fund immersion programmes designed to get children away from their computers, mobile phones and hand-held game devices, according to the international press.
"We want to get them out of the virtual world and to encourage them to have real communication with other children and adults," Sekine said.

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