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'Sex organs disappear after handshakes'
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Male sex organs are allegedly disappearing with a simple handshake in the Town of Guidiguidi in the Mayo Danay division in the Far North Region, of Cameroon. Fear and confusion now plague the men in the country after repeated reports of this strange phenomenon.
It all started few weeks ago when three men alleged that their sex organs had disappeared mysteriously, pointing fingers at another gentleman.

The latter was brutally beaten until the Lamido of Guidiguidi intervened. The three men were immediately taken to the Guidiguidi Integrated Health Centre. After a series of tests carried by the Chief Medical Officer, no abnormalities were identified.

In the town of Maga and Puse, some other persons alleged that their sex organs had disappeared but medical examinations did reveal no abnormality.

The most dramatic incident took place on Velley. The incident involved six men who cried out for help after shaking hands with a stranger.

They complained that their sex organs had disappeared strangely. This engendered trouble in the locality.

The crown pounced on the accused, determined to have him pay the price of all the penises that had been snatched away.

The gentleman was almost lynched; thankfully, the Lamido of Yagoua intervened and summoned the victims. He ordered medical tests but the results, once again proofed no abnormality.

One of the six victims explained that he was ripped by a strange sensation when he greeted the accused.

He said he had goose pimples at that moment and felt like his sex organ had shrunk into his stomach.

In spite of these recurrent reports of sexual organs disappearing, modern medicine is yet to explain the phenomenon or else, it remains an unsolved mystery.

The panic-stricken population of the Mayo Danay Division is presently very vigilant; they take nothing for granted, above all no handshake, unless you don't care about your manhood.

from Solomon Tembang Mforgham, AfricaNews reporter in Limbe, Cameroon

December 5, 2008 | 6:37 AM Comments  1 comments

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"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits."
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It is a wonderful thing to know that words are exactly what they are---words; which come out and then evaporate and go with the breeze. Spoken word, that is, will come out and then fade away. Written words can equally be erased or discarded. People hearing or reading words can use words anyway they choose to, take them to heart and react accordingly, or hear them and no matter how bad they are, make a decision even though difficult, to have total control over their reaction to those words.

Painful words, especially when laced with lies can cut as sharp as a knife and inflict such pain. Painful words have driven people to end their lives, to take another person's live or just to go through life feeling less than what God designed them to be. Painful words can kill a human spirit.
Painful words spoken in a competitive setting as in a debate or campaign are best put aside with a handshake at the end of the exercise and left right there.

Rising up above hurtful words and lies which are meant to cut down is a difficult task which if, and when mastered, is an art that brings great joy and peace. The task starts with learning to know and love who one is. Armed with the knowledge that people are made in the image of God and the knowledge that God is not in the business of making garbage or useless creations, it becomes easier to start learning how to take those fiery arrows of hurtful words, lies and half truths in stride. It may be weighing the heart down, with tears stinging the eyes, but as soon as one remembers that whoever is saying or writing these words is not even in control of the air that goes in and out of them to make those words possible, the impact of the arrows start fading away instantly. It starts making it clear that those words may actually be the outlet for inner turmoil and pressure for the speaker or writer. Looking at it that way puts the hearer in a position to switch from being a victim to being a person who extends pity and compassion to the speaker. Blessed are the merciful---- for they shall obtain mercy and the mercy works wonders, wiping off the pain and replacing it with fulfillment and joy and appreciation of God's gifts many of which are taken for granted.

A person who just received the bad news that they may not live to the end of the year will not mind hearing a few bad painful words if that will change their bleak situation. Putting words in their right place, in the air, helps blow them away and if written words, read and erase off the mind and dwell on blessings all around, counting them; good health, sight, hearing, the ability to walk, children, family, to mention a few. In other words, blessings wipe away the impact of hateful words.

Words are powerful. Words can do so many different things. They can edify. They can diminish. Words can unite. They can disperse. Bad, hurtful words have the tendency to destroy but we as humans with the ability to CHOOSE can choose the way we react to words, which includes rising above bad words, trying to put into consideration the speaker of the words and what drives a person to speak or write hurtful words. The focus becomes the source of the words. The best thing becomes to make the choice to let the speaker of the hurtful words off the hook completely. That gets rid of garbage and baggage which can weigh down a person in an unbelievable manner. Such garbage can hold down a person, preventing progress, preventing happiness, stealing peace and fulfillment.

The best thing to do then becomes to choose to let words be just what they are---Words. In one way, out the other.
This Thanksgiving, I am very thankful for the ability to let words be just words and nothing more. God's word never changes and that makes all the difference in the world. Man's words on the other hand, as powerful as they may be are not carved in stone, will not necessarily have real power, unless we let them.

Chinwe Enemchukwu,
Author of " The power of words,and then choices"

November 29, 2008 | 1:23 PM Comments  0 comments

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Transition Report: Big Climate Action News
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"My presidency will mark a new chapter in America's leadership on climate change that will strengthen our security and create millions of new jobs in the process."
– President-elect Barack Obama, November 18, 2008

Today has been a big day in the fight against global warming.

President-elect Barack Obama gave his strongest public commitment to date in support of a national cap-and-trade system to reduce America's global warming pollution and unleash a clean energy revolution.

The President-elect told the Bi-Partisan Governors Global Climate Summit, underway this week in Los Angeles, CA:

I promise you this: When I am president, any governor who's willing to promote clean energy will have a partner in the White House. Any company that's willing to invest in clean energy will have an ally in Washington. And any nation that's willing to join the cause of combating climate change will have an ally in the United States of America.

He went on to call for a national cap-and-trade system that will "establish strong annual targets that set us on a course to reduce emissions to their 1990 levels by 2020 and reduce them an additional 80% by 2050."

What makes this statement momentous is that it signals President-elect Obama's intention to make global warming a central priority for his first term.

EDF President Fred Krupp issued the following statement in response:

President-elect Obama got it exactly right. His plan... will jump-start job creation in new energy industries, and take a huge step toward solving climate change. We strongly applaud President-elect Obama's statement today, and his leadership on this issue.

Meanwhile, at a news conference back in Washington, DC, EDF joined a diverse coalition of 32 leading corporations and environmental groups in calling for national legislation to limit the release of global warming pollution.

EDF was a founding member last year of the coalition—the United States Climate Action Partnership, or US-CAP for short—which was established to add powerful support for effective national climate legislation.

Taken together, these announcements represent a truly historic day in our fight against global warming.

It is important to remember, however, we haven't won anything yet.

These words, while encouraging, won't mean a thing if we can't move legislation through both the House and the Senate starting January 20th.

This gets us in the game, but we've got a lot of work ahead.

We'll keep you posted through regular Transition Report emails.

In the meantime, please forward this email to friends, family, colleagues, and anyone else interested in joining our global warming fight.

Encourage them to sign onto our 2009 Green Energy Petition: http://action.edf.org/campaign/green_energy_petition

And, please keep your comments coming into our Green Room.