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The Oracle Today Wednesday February 21, 2018
True Confession
“I had an affair with my dad’s second wife” M y name is Testimony. But I can assure you that polygamy is not a good testimony. Polygamy is evil. And the consequences of polygamy linger even after the main actor may have passed away. That is why it is said that the evil that men do lives after them. My father was an Urhobo chief who had two wives. My mother was his first wife and they lived happily together for many years until my father decided to marry again. However, fate was to make me fall for my father’s second wife. When I turned 30, my father married a very young girl old enough to be not only my younger sister, but also my girlfriend, as his second wife. As his first son, my father told me to help his new wife adjust to our home. That was how I became friends with my young step-mother. I kept her company whenever my dad traveled and we became so inseparable that anytime she was bored with staying at home, she asked me to take her out for a change. As fate would have it, on Christmas Day last year, my father traveled out for business. There was love in the air and Onome, his second wife, was lonely. She told me she felt like swimming and I took her to a hotel with a nice swimming pool. Only two people were in the swimming pool that day, so we had it almost all to ourselves. Inside the water, I mistakenly put my hand on Onome’s breast while playing with her. When my hand felt her breast, it was as if a high current of electricity went through my body. Our eyes met and as we stared deep into each other’s eyes, I noticed the fire of desire in her eyes. I was also burning with desire, so I kissed and fondled her. We didn’t want the lifeguard to observe what we were doing
because we knew it was an offence to make love in the pool. So we swam to the extreme end of the pool where we thought the lifeguard wouldn’t notice what was happening. At the extreme end of the pool, we embraced. We made ripples in the water as we moved in unison in a most passionate lovemaking. My father’s second wife’s moans sounded like music to my ears. The fish that can see that its water is getting shallower cannot be stranded.
Later that day at home, Onome called me and said that what we did was an abomination, but she couldn’t help herself. She asked me if it was possible for her to divorce my father and marry me, and I said that that would be a crazy thing to do. My affair with my step-mum has continued up till now. This year, I’m thinking of traveling out of Nigeria secretly with Onome. But I fear if my father finds out, he’ll curse us. Onome says that she’ll take me to one
powerful native doctor at Ore in Ondo state who will give us charms that will cancel whatever curse my father might decide to pronounce on us if we elope. But I’m still afraid because I don’t know if it will work. Please I want readers to advise me on what to do because I’m so confused right now. Call or text your reactions to this story to 07031028714. Email: ireto007@yahoo.com
Could THIS end the pain for millions of arthritis... Continued from Page: 33 WHAT IS OSTEOARTHRITIS? Osteoarthritis - sometimes called ‘wear and tear’ - is a condition that occurs when the surfaces within joints become damaged. Cartilage covering the ends of bones gradually thin over time, and the bone thickens, according to Arthritis Research UK. Around a third of people aged 45 years and over in the UK suffer from the condition. This equates to roughly 8.75 million people. At least 20 million are known to suffer in the US. It is different to rheumatoid arthritis, a long-term illness in which the immune system causes the body to attack itself, causing painful, swollen and stiff joints. Replacement joints are often necessary for osteoarthritis patients, because the joint has been worn down and causes agonising pain. Dr Evseenko said: ‘It is not going to cure arthritis, but it will delay the progression of arthritis to the damaging stages when patients need joint replacements, which account for a million surgeries a year in the US.’ About 160,000 hip and knee replacements a year are carried out by the NHS in
England and Wales, with the figure rising by roughly eight per cent annually as the population ages. How does it work? As its name implies, the new molecule RCGD 423 (Regulator of Cartilage Growth and Differentiation) fuels regeneration while curbing inflammation. It exerts its effects by communicating with a specific protein in the body. This molecule, called GP130 (glycoprotein 130) receptor, receives two very different types of signals. These promote cartilage development in
the embryo, and trigger chronic inflammation in the adult. The study showed RCGD 423 amplifies the Gp130 receptor’s ability to receive the developmental signals that can stimulate cartilage regeneration. At the same time it blocks the inflammatory signals that can lead to cartilage degeneration over the long term. The team is already laying the groundwork for a clinical trial to test RCGD 423, or a similar molecule, as a treatment for osteoarthritis or juvenile arthritis. Dr Evseenko sees RCGD 423 as a proto-
type for a new class of anti-inflammatory drugs with a very broad range of uses. His lab has already developed several structural analogs of RCGD 423 with varying biological effects and potency. In a previous study, published in Nature Cell Biology, RCGD 423 was shown to activate stem cells to make hair grow. The lab is partnering with other scientists to explore the broader potential of these molecules. This includes using them to treat rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, neurological, heart diseases and baldness.
Doing yoga NAKED can boost your sex life... Continued from Page: 33 translates to better relationships at work, with family and most importantly, with oneself.’ She says women learn to ‘accept and love their naked bodies, it directly effects their relationship with their partners so men have become big supporters of mine.’ Rosie said: ‘In my old job, I was earning well but drinking and smoking too much, and had put on weight too. That’s when a friend suggested hot yoga. ‘The studio was down the road from me so
I decided to give it a shot. In six months, I felt more relaxed and alive than I had in the last three years. ‘I decided I wanted a fresh start but I didn’t know what I wanted to do. ‘My friend was going to India to study yoga and asked me to come along, so I jumped at the chance.’ She says leaving her job was terrifying, but that the trip to India changed her life. More and more women have since joined Rosie’s naked yoga revolution, and in the past three years she has run hundreds of
successful workshops across Australia. She has even been invited to the Naked in Motion studio in New York later this year to bring her unique brand of yoga to the USA. And the 30-year-old said as far as she is aware, she is the only person on the globe holding naked yoga workshops currently. Rosie said: ‘I feel like Australia is ready. Our women are ready to step out of their comfort zone, to participate in ‘self-love’, to appreciate and respect their bodies. I can’t believe why anyone didn’t think of it before.’