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'My heart was breaking for the father who didn't want to know me', Fern Britton reveals her troubled childhood
My first clear memory is of being propped in my pram while my mother did things in the garden.
There's an old photo of exactly this situation, complete with my teddy bear, Mr Holly, sitting beside me.
Other memories lead on from that one: staring at the world upside down through my legs, the smell of new-mown grass, my big sister Cherry, by then around eight or nine, teaching me how to roly-poly down the lawn.
Bear necessities: Fern with her teddy, Mr Holly
The corner of memory set aside for my father, however, is empty. A complete blank.
It was in 1957, the year I was born, that my father had his first starring role in a film - ironically named The Birthday Present.
A very young Sylvia Sims was his leading lady. At 33, handsome and talented, Tony Britton was on the way up.
My parents were living in Ealing when I came along. But within a few months, our little family had moved to a substantial four-bedroom house in Buckinghamshire - my father's film-star status demanding something rather grander than a rented attic flat.
With its four bedrooms, French windows, wall-to-wall parquet and oak panelling, our new home was the ultimate in Home Counties chic.
Dada did live with us from time to time, my mother assures me, so I must believe her, but I have no memory of it.
There were dinner parties, she says: Bob Monkhouse and his wife were among their friends; the boxer Freddy Mills was Cherry's godfather.
Mummy loved entertaining and did it brilliantly - she always has done. Our neighbours seemed all to be witty and eccentric.
Rare moment: Fern with 'Mummy' and 'Dada'. But the TV presenter has few memories of her father as a child
I remember one couple who drove a vintage Bentley, their Irish wolfhounds lording it in the back, complete with goggles.
My father remained a glamorous, if shadowy, presence throughout my childhood. There were no pictures of him in the house. I only knew what he looked like because I'd see him on TV, when I would wave to him madly.
I understood enough about acting to know that he couldn't wave back, but obviously he could see me, just as I could see Mummy when we did plays at school.
One afternoon in midsummer, when I must have been about four, I remember very clearly being put down for an afternoon rest and informing Johnson - the teddy who had displaced Mr Holly in my affections - that I was 'too old for an afternoon sleep'.
It was one of those brilliant summer days that childhood memory is filled with, and I wanted to be outside in the garden playing.
Smiles hid her pain: A 14-year-old Fern
Although the curtains were drawn the window was open, and it wasn't long before I heard voices. I got up, stood on a chair and peered out.
There, sitting on the swing seat were my mother, my sister and a man. Instantly I knew who it was: Dada!
Mummy must have thought I was asleep and didn't want to disturb me.
He was there, it turned out, not to see me, but to take Cherry away on holiday and my mother hadn't wanted me to know what was happening, fearing - rightly - that I would feel left out.
I don't know why he didn't keep in touch with me. Maybe he felt he had forfeited the right to interfere. Maybe my mother wanted to keep me to herself.
But from his perspective, while he barely knew me, Cherry had been his golden girl. It must have been hard for him not to watch her grow up.
All I was told was that there was another lady whom he'd met before he met Mummy, and that he'd had to go back to that lady.
Whether that was true I still don't know. But to all intents and purposes I never had a father, or the life that went with it.
Divorce was rare in those days. School friends might have had fathers they rarely saw - bankers who worked in the City, or film directors away on location for long periods of time - but at least they were a presence in the house.
Their coats would be hanging in the hall. Their shoes would be by the door. There'd be a toothbrush and a tooth-mug in the bathroom.
I didn't even know what fathers did.
It came as a great shock later to discover that men washed their hair! I mean, how girly! They had so little of it, what was the point?
Mummy and I had a nice time on our own. She even became a drama teacher at my school.
Our holidays were always spent in Cornwall and my memories of them are of eternal sunshine, happiness and freedom.
The guillotine on our charmed existence came down shortly before Christmas 1963, when I was six-and-a-half years old.
There was a large mortgage on our house, and my father was having to fund his other life at the same time.
My mother fought to retain the status quo - to keep the house and the lifestyle that went with it - but ultimately it was Dada who had to pay, and when the money ran out he had no option but to sell.
Grown up: Fern with her second husband Phil Vickery and, right, in her younger days as a TV presenter
The change in our fortunes was dramatic. Our new home was built in a style that could best be described as Sixties box.
In my eyes it was tiny - certainly compared with what we had known before.
At our old house there'd been a gardener and a housekeeper. Now, when the fire had to be laid, it was Mummy who raked the ashes and brought in the coal.
She had to shop, cook and clean. Lack of money shadowed her life like a permanent cloud.
With what little spare cash she had, Mummy continued to look wonderfully glamorous.
Tall and willowy, with jet-black hair, an hour-glass figure and skin like porcelain, she had the timeless elegance of a Vogue model. But she was living under great strain.
Early one morning, a little over a year after we moved, the phone rang. I watched as she walked across to the window, lifted the receiver and said 'Hello' then fell to the floor.
The only sound was a woman's voice saying 'Hello! Hello!' coming from the dangling receiver, just like in an old film.
I jumped up, put it back in its cradle, then tried to get Mummy to talk, but she just lay there on the carpet, looking waxy and yellow with her eyes closed.
'Come quick,' I said, running through to Cherry. 'It's Mummy!' My sister came and covered her up with a blanket.
My next memory is of sitting in our neighbours' kitchen having breakfast. Someone must have taken me to school.
I spent the rest of the day trying not to show how frightened I was. I didn't cry, I just kept on smiling. If I didn't cry, it would be all right.
I got back home, not knowing if Mummy was going to be there. Cherry opened the door.
'Is Mummy all right?' 'The doctor's been and she's having a sleep.' 'But she's all right?'
Not waiting to hear the answer, I rushed upstairs to see for myself.
She was lying slightly propped up, with her bed-jacket on.
But something was wrong. Although her eyes were open, she didn't turn her head towards me. In fact, she didn't move at all.
I can't remember now what I felt, but the shock, the sight of her lying there not responding in any way, must have been terrifying. This was my mummy...
Later that evening the doctor returned, and when he came down from seeing his patient, he took me into the lounge for a chat. Mummy had had a stroke, he said.
He explained how electricity makes our brains work, and that it crosses from one side to the other, like a ping-pong ball, and that Mummy's had stopped in the middle, which meant she couldn't move either side of her body or speak.
She needed a lot of rest, a lot of me being a good girl.
Strangely, for me, the days that followed were a happy time. For a few days I had this mute and immobile person all to myself, feeding her, giving her drinks, brushing her hair and generally playing nurse.
She recovered her speech comparatively quickly, but it was a full year before she was back to her full self. And then came another jolt to my world.
I was about nine years old when I first met George, the man who would eventually become my stepfather.
He worked as a public health inspector and was a balding man with silvery-grey hair round the sides, always neatly brushed, and a neatly clipped moustache. He looked exactly like the military man he had once been.
At first I liked him coming over - it was nice having a man around the house. But it wasn't long before I realised things had changed.
From being Mummy's little girl, I felt suddenly displaced in the pecking order. Until then our house had been surprisingly free of rules. Now rules were everywhere.
I had to knock every time I entered a room. I wasn't allowed to sit next to Mummy on the sofa. I had to go to bed on my own and there was no more tucking in.
Worse, my glamorous mummy had turned into someone else.
The familiar clack-clack of her heels was silenced overnight (George wasn't a tall man, while she was 5ft 10in).
From then on it was brogues, hand-knitted suits and bobbly cardigans for her.
As for make-up - well, George didn't like it. And this was a woman who had never dreamt of leaving the house without her 'face' on.
Hair, nails - everything that seemed part of her pre-George identity was abandoned.
I don't remember now if I showed how unhappy I was or whether I simply confided everything to my teddy, dealing with it all by popping my first imaginary 'Fern Britton pill', as my husband Phil calls it - that is, radiating my broadest smile while inside falling apart.
George's great aim was to achieve 'a champagne lifestyle on beer money' and he was an early fan of DIY. On one occasion he decided the fireplace in the lounge could do with being bigger.
Next thing we knew there was a howling gale coming through the house. He had attacked the wall with a little too much force and knocked through to the garage.
His most eccentric way of saving money was in the area of food. Part of his job as a health inspector was to visit supermarkets whose freezing systems had broken down.
In order to claim on insurance, the food had to be officially condemned. George would bring back whatever he thought was still edible.
There was nothing wrong with it, he assured us. He only brought back stuff that hadn't started to thaw.
As for a freezer to keep it in, ours was one he'd found on the local tip. Obviously chucked out by a shop, it was branded Coca-Cola and had a sliding top.
It kept us going for years, as indeed did the salvaged food. For weeks we'd live on boil-in-the-bag cod or Bird's Eye orange mousse.
One day, after I had left home, I came back for the weekend to find my mother standing at the twin-tub washing machine with one hand behind her back.
'What are you doing, Mummy?' 'Taking care I'm not making a circuit.'
'What on earth do you mean, not making a circuit?' I asked.
'Well, George says the washing machine's live.'
It was another item of equipment he'd rescued from the tip. The situation was getting ridiculous.
'Look, George,' I said. 'You can't let her use a washing machine that's live. This isn't right.'
'Don't worry,' he said. 'I always make sure Mummy's wearing her rubber boots when she's doing the laundry.'
Some time in the mid-Sixties, when I was about nine, Rex Harrison had left the West End production of My Fair Lady to make the film version and my father had stepped into the role of Professor Higgins.
It was decided that we'd go to see him.
I had never been to a proper grown-up theatre before and from beginning to end I was mesmerised.
After the curtain came down - to thunderous applause, and quite rightly, because he was bloody brilliant - we waited until the audience had left, and then somebody took us through the pass door, which connects backstage with the auditorium.
In Dada's dressing room we sat there chatting as he took off his make-up, smearing his face with handfuls of Pond's cold cream from a big tub.
Other people began to flutter round him, each one smelling of something different, and each one smoking - Gauloises, Rothmans and cigars - as Dada poured out tumblers of whisky.
And, oh, the pride when I was asked: 'And who might you be?'
'I'm Fifi,' I'd reply. 'That's my dada.'
Seeing Dada at the theatre was a treat, but a difficult one. He and my mother would embrace and there would be tears of regret, of emotion, and I knew it was hard for both of them.
As I watched, I told myself they did love each other. It was simply that they were not allowed to be together.
There had to be an outside force keeping them apart. It was nothing to do with them.
At school, when children talked about their fathers, I would say: 'My daddy's an actor.'
The next question was inevitably, 'So where is he, then?' as I was obviously making it up.
All I knew was that he wasn't a daddy in the way other children had daddies: there at your birthday party to organise the games, or on Bonfire Night to light the fireworks and hand out the sparklers.
Once George had arrived on the scene, there were a few more trips to the theatre, but then the door somehow shut. I didn't see or hear it shut, but shut it was.
I can still recall the bleak sense of dislocation and powerlessness that would overwhelm me.
I'd spend hours alone in my room, reading and listening to plays and comedy shows on the radio.
Everything would be all right, I decided, if I could find Dada and ask him to come home. On the outside, I'd continue to smile.
In the spring of 1971, when I was around 14, my mother went abroad for a month to see relatives in Malaysia. I was to stay behind with George, by now my stepfather.
Her last instruction - called out as she disappeared into departures at Heathrow - was that I should 'be helpful'. I did genuinely try, but somehow I never got it right.
When I peeled the potatoes, I did either too many or too few.
And if I attempted to speak over dinner George would remind me of one of his favourite sayings: 'Empty vessels make most noise.'
One day he said he'd pick me up from school. I waited and waited until one by one the shops began to close.
By the time he arrived, it was dark. He opened the car door from the inside to let me in, but said nothing. There was a terrible atmosphere.
What I wanted to say was: 'Why are you late?' What I actually said was: 'What have I done?'
'It's not what you've done, it's what you didn't do,' he replied.
'What didn't I do?' 'You failed to kiss me goodbye this morning when I dropped you off,' said George. He didn't speak to me for more than a week.
I can't now remember when Dada started to write to me, but at some point letters began to be exchanged and the sight of that elegant handwriting on the doormat would fill me with excitement.
I'd keep the envelope in my school bag and read and reread its contents.
My letters to him were full of the usual teenage stuff, including updates on the various boys I'd by now started seeing.
His letters had a lightness and wit that I'm not sure I appreciated back then.
One line, commenting on some young man I'd written to him about, is etched on my memory: 'How's Young Lochinvar, that poor lovecrazed fool?'
Much as I longed to see Dada, I never did. But by now I was old enough to baby-sit, which gave me a freedom that I still didn't have at home, even at 16 or 17.
I could open a door without knocking. And I could use the phone without being watched or listened to.
One evening, I was chatting to the children I was looking after about their father, and I fell to thinking about my own.
He was, I knew, at that time in a play in the West End called The Dame Of Sark.
Slowly an idea formed in my mind. I knew where Dada was, and if I had a good enough reason, I could even telephone him.
The next morning I got the phone number for the theatre and called the box office. The show started at 7.30, they said, so why didn't I ring the stage door about half-an-hour earlier?
That evening, sick with excitement I watched the hands of the clock move slowly round until they reached seven o'clock and then, my hand shaking, I dialled the number.
'Stage door, Wyndham's.' 'Oh, good evening, er - may I speak to Tony Britton, please?'
'Depends who wants him, luv.' 'His daughter.' 'Sorry, miss. Just a tick and I'll go and get him.'
I waited, listening to the slow sound of feet receding, brisk footsteps returning, and then the clearing of a throat.
The next voice I heard was my father's. I told him how I was thinking of coming with some friends from school to see his play.
Good idea, he said, and I must be sure to let him know when. And of course, after the show, we should all go backstage.
My English teacher agreed to the idea and the trip was arranged. In the minibus bowling down the A40 the others were almost as excited as I was.
As for the play, I savoured every second, bursting with pride.
All the other girls knew Tony Britton was my father, and there was lots of nudging when he appeared on stage, and a great deal of twittering in the interval at the idea that we were going backstage.
The stage doorman escorted us up to my father's dressing room, and at the last minute I pushed myself to the front of our straggling line.
As long as I was first through the door, and said 'Dada', he would know it was me.
So that was what I did, and the moment he saw me, he reached out both arms and pulled me towards him.
My father treated us like royalty, grown-up royalty. He offered everyone a glass of wine and a cigarette from his packet of Rothman's, flicking his silver lighter to light each one. It was all so glamorous and sophisticated.
Eventually we said our goodbyes and left, though not before I got another hug and a kiss. On the way home I could not stop grinning.
All those years of hearing about everybody else's dad and suddenly the dad they were talking about was mine.
• Extracted from Fern: My Life by Fern Britton, to be published by Michael Joseph on November 6 at £18.99. Copyright Fern Britton 2008 .To order a copy for £17.10 (p&p free), call 0845 155 0720.
Read the second installment from Fern Britton's memoir on Monday: Drink-driving and a desperate overdose
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Until my son moved to Tel Aviv, I had no reason to go there. Friends had told me I wouldn't like it.
They said, Tel Aviv wasn't so much an Israeli city as it was a European city in Israel. It was secular and predominantly Leftist, just like Europe. Tel Aviv, they told me, didn't see itself as part of Israel.
Now that my son has moved to Tel Aviv, I've been there. I can understand how my friends felt. Tel Aviv doesn't have a particularly Jewish face or feel. It really does appear mostly secular.
I can also see why people in Tel Aviv might not feel connected to the rest of Israel. The city has so much tourism, wealth and 'culture' one might indeed believe it was carved out from the rest of Israel.
It wasn't vulnerable. It wasn't a destination for Arabs intent upon killing Jews. It was a safety bubble, characterized more by fun than fear.
In 2012, Tel Aviv was hit by rockets fired from Gaza. Tel Avivians were surprised. A rocket would explode near-by and Tel Avivians didn't run for cover. They just looked around and asked, 'what was that?'
That's what a self-defined protective bubble does for you. It teaches you to say, 'what, me worry?'
Tel Avivians now worry. Their safety bubble has burst. They're afraid to send their children to school today (Raphael Poch, "Terror strikes at the heart of Tel Aviv education", Arutz Sheva, January 3, 2016). There's terror in the streets of Tel Aviv.
Twice in the past six weeks, I've had the eerie experience of talking to my son on the phone in the middle of a Tel Aviv terror attack. None of my other children—who live in the Jerusalem area (where most recent terror attacks have hit)--have been on the phone with me during an unfolding terror attack. But that's happened to me twice with my one child supposedly surrounded by a protective bubble.
The first Tel Aviv terror event I experienced on the phone with my son took place on November 19, 2015. That terror attack took place inside the building where he works. Thank G-d, he'd decided to go to work late that day--to get an early hair-cut. By the time he'd arrived at his building, the place was swarming with police; the air outside the building screamed with sirens from police and Emergency vehicles rushing to the scene. That's when he called me.
This past Friday, January 1, 2016, my son and I shared a second Tel Aviv terror event over the phone. It was our normal Friday contact. As we spoke, I could hear multiple sirens loud enough to drown out our conversation. After a moment of this noise, my son asked if I was currently on-line. I answered, yes. He said, there were police and Emergency vehicles converging right in front of his apartment building, and police were getting out of their cars and running towards a near-by spot he couldn't see from his apartment window.
He asked me to surf the internet, to see if I could find any reports of an unfolding terror attack in Tel Aviv. It took 5 seconds: terror attack unfolding in Tel Aviv; multiple shots fired; at least one dead, several wounded; more to follow.
In the end, two Jews were shot dead, seven wounded just yards from where my son lives. They were shot by an Arab. Somewhere in all of the chaos, a Tel Aviv cab driver was also murdered by gunfire. Police are investigating to see if he was yet another terror victim.
As of noon, January 3, 2016, the assailant was still at large, presumably still in Tel Aviv.
Tel Aviv is afraid. Parents were keeping children off the street and away from school ("Terror strikes", above).
According to Arab news, the male assailant in this attack is from a family where a cousin had been killed by Israeli Border Police ("2 Israelis killed, 7 injured in Tel Aviv shooting", Ma'an News, January 1, 2016, updated January 2, 2016). The Arab report gave no date for that incident. After the cousin's death, this assailant began to suffer depression. Since that time (no dates given), this 28-year old had attacked an Israeli soldier with a screwdriver (in 2007). He had also served jail time in Israel for attempting to steal a gun from an Israeli soldier—and for drug possession (ibid).
Israelis in Tel Aviv who knew this assailant all state emphatically that this man was not mentally ill (Cynthia Blank, "Residents: Tel Aviv shooter definitely sane", Arutz Sheva, January 3, 2016).
Israelis in Tel Aviv who knew this assailant all state emphatically that this man was not mentally ill (Cynthia Blank, "Residents: Tel Aviv shooter definitely sane", Arutz Sheva, January 3, 2016).
He had a temper, Israelis said (ibid). On January 1, 2016, he went to Tel Aviv to kill Jews. He succeeded.
Tel Aviv is no longer protected. Its bubble has burst. It's now on the front line, just like the rest of us.
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Wayfair offers a Tadpoles chandelier table top lamp 23 inches in height that is available in pink, red and silver, as of October, 2014. This table lamp uses a 25-watt light bulb. Target offers a chandelier lamp that is 20 inches tall, 8 inches wide, uses a 25-watt light bulb and has a cord power switch. Target also offers a Tadpoles chandelier lamp that is only 10 inches in height, as of October, 2014. The price of chandelier table lamps will differ based on retail location and manufacturer.


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thyssenkrupp's TeleRetail delivery robot debuts in the US
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Three-dimensional boundary layer and turbulence measurements of flow inside a rotating helical channel of a turbomachinery rotor are described. The rotor is a four-bladed axial flow inducer operated at large axial pressure gradient. The mean velocity profiles, turbulence intensities and shear stresses, and limiting stream-line angles are measured at various radial and chordwise locations, using rotating triaxial hot-wire and conventional probes. The radial flows in the rotor channel are found to be higher compared to those at zero or small axial pressure gradient. The radial component of turbulence intensity is found to be higher than the streamwise component due to the effect of rotation. Flow near the annulus wall is found to be highly complex due to the interaction of the blade boundary layers and the annulus wall resulting in an appreciable radial inward flow, and a large defect in the mainstream velocity. Increased level of turbulence intensity and shear stresses near the midpassage are also observed near this radial location.
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Other than the authentic Filipino dishes that we prepared during my son's 10th birthday, I also made some sweets and treats for the kids and guests.
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Silene was born in 1942 in Vicenza, Italy, and developed an interest in art at a very early age. Many sculptors lived in the neighborhood where she grew up, and Silene went almost every day after school from one artist shop to the next, watching them sculpt for hours. Inspired by this experience, she developed a very unique painting technique that has become her signature style.
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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013, Article ID 349129, 8 pages
Effects of Flavonoids on Rumen Fermentation Activity, Methane Production, and Microbial Population
1Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
2Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), East and North-East Branch, P.O. Box 91735/844, Mashhad, Iran
3Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
4Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, International Branch, P.O. Box 91779/4888, Mashhad, Iran
Received 14 April 2013; Revised 12 August 2013; Accepted 26 August 2013
Academic Editor: Nico Boon
Copyright © 2013 Ehsan Oskoueian et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ehsan Oskoueian, Norhani Abdullah, and Armin Oskoueian, "Effects of Flavonoids on Rumen Fermentation Activity, Methane Production, and Microbial Population," BioMed Research International, vol. 2013, Article ID 349129, 8 pages, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/349129.


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Digital TV
when it fucks up during a match = one of the most annoying things that can possibly happen.
I watch football in pubs
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since moving a full house into a bedroom and losing my virgin on demand
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The funny thing about the cl1toris is that people barely know the basics about it. All they know is the location and also they know that when stimulated it can make the act of s3x better. But there's more.
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The White House conducted a drug survey in 2008 to assess the prevalence of cocaine use and addiction. This was called the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. These are some of the findings:
- Around 36 million Americans who were over the age of 12 admitted to trying cocaine even if that meant a single use. This number translates to 14.7 percent of the total US population in that age range.
- In the previous year of this study, close to 5.3 million Americans admitted to using cocaine within the last 12 months while 1.9 million admitted to using the drug within the last month.
- First-time users over the age of 12 accounted for 722,000 persons who tried cocaine in the past 12 months. This breaks down to around 2,000 new users every day. The good news is this number is actually lower than figures reported for 2007. Overall, there has been a decline in cocaine use since 2001.
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The White House Drug Policy study also delved into the specific area of cocaine use among teenagers. These are the report's findings:
- Of high school and college students, 3.3 percent admit to being current cocaine users.
- Eight percent of high school students said they tried out cocaine while they were still in high school.
- In terms of access to the drug, 19 percent of eight graders, 28 percent of 10th graders and 38 percent of teens all told researchers working on the White House Drug Policy that is was easy to get a hold of cocaine when they wanted it.
Cocaine Crime Statistics
Using, buying or selling cocaine is a crime. Attached to cocaine trafficking and use are many other criminal activities such as gun possession, robbery and murder. In fact, around 17 percent of incarcerated inmates told researchers that they committed some form of crime to pay for their cocaine use. When it comes to importing cocaine, sadly America has become number one on this list.There are even more crime statistics related to cocaine use:
- Around 20 percent of the current inmate population was arrested while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
- According to the DEA, in 2004 alone illegal cocaine activity accounted for over 12,000 federal drug busts.
- The DEA also has found that minute particles of cocaine substances can actually be identified on nearly all the paper money in circulation throughout the country.
- The Bureau of Justice Statistics found that over 27 percent of the prisoner population in 2004 admitted to be frequent cocaine or crack users.
Short-Term Effects of Cocaine Use
The short-term effects of cocaine use can show up instantly even with first-time use. Among these effects are:
- Rise in body temperature
- Increase in heart rate
- Dilated pupils
- High blood pressure
- Constricted blood vessels
Long-Term Risks of Cocaine Use
Cocaine is an extremely addictive substance. Habitual users often build up a tolerance for the drug which leads to increased usage. This cycle of addiction also feeds the potential for arrest and/or causes permanent physical damage and in some cases even death.
The most common form of cocaine use is to snort the drug in powdered form. Over time, this continuous snorting can cause damage to nasal membranes that results in frequent nosebleeds and even a loss of smell. A person who injects cocaine on a regular basis runs the risk of contracting HIV or hepatitis from shared needle use.
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This is one of the most common and easy-to-spot physical symptoms. If a person simply gets a nosebleed, it doesn't necessarily mean they are a cocaine abuser; however, persistent nosebleeds should be a red flag for cocaine use. This is because with constant use, cocaine actually damages nasal membranes, forcing them to collapse and bleed.
Major Money Problems
A cocaine addict can quickly spiral into financial ruin as they continue to feed their habit. If your loved one is constantly borrowing money, selling off valuables or if you suspect them of stealing from you, it might be an indication of a growing cocaine problem
Disruption of Sleeping Patterns
Cocaine abuse often occurs via a pattern of long binges followed by extended periods of crashing out. A person who is spending a lot of daylight time in bed "recovering" from the night before could be having an issue with the drug.
Lapses at Work
When a person crashes from a cocaine binge, the last thing they want to do is get up for work. This could put their job in jeopardy. Continually missing work could force their manager to dismiss them. This could only increase the pressure for them to find money and use.
Changes in Behavior
Despite what some people think, cocaine abuse isn't a lot of fun. In fact, it can cause a person to suffer through panic attacks and experience bouts of paranoia. There will also be mood swings, lashing out and other forms of disruptive behavior as their bodies are thrown into upheaval from the drug use.
The Physical Effects of Long-term Cocaine Use
Cocaine also acts as an appetite suppressant. As a result of ongoing use, a person can begin to experience rapid weight lose which can have a debilitating overall impact on their body.
- Fevers
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- Convulsions
- Nausea
- Blurred vision
- Heart attacks
- Respiratory failure
Beyond the physical risks, there are also emotional issues to contend with. A person who finds themselves struggling with cocaine addiction could also be experiencing periods of paranoia, mood swings and hallucinations. They will also begin a pattern of lying and stealing to support their habits. Too often these conditions lead to the dissolution of marriages and the fracturing of families.


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Our story opened with the damaged frigate slipping past the Anarchy, both ships having fired their bearing guns just before the pass in old sea tradition. Onboard, the party came to grips with the message Arndt had just sent, and wondered at the identity of the shrouded figure they could see on his weatherdeck through the spyglass. In short order, as the frigate and its escorts retreated, the Vengeance came alongside the Anarchy, bringing the party aboard by small boat.
Once there, the group greeted Arndt and caught up for a bit with him and his crew before turning their attention to the shrouded figure waiting in the captain's cabin. She introduced herself as Talia Carsindan, former paladin and descendant of Arturo Ducet, now fallen from grace and among the most powerful of Ducet's followers- and the namesake of Talia's Vengeance. Though her very presence put some of the party on edge, they group found her more agreeable and forthcoming with information than Ducet had ever been. In their conversation, she told them a bit about her history and her work alongside Ducet (whom she somewhat creepily refers to as "Father"). She informed the party that her interest was piqued with Finn's communication to Arndt about their plans- she had been aboard several days at that point, seeking a way through the Black Fleet perimeter and get enough information about the commander in Haralin to target and remove him, per "Father's" wishes. And thus, she offered a partnership. They breach the shore together, then go their separate ways. She would help the party as it suited her plans, but her goal was only to kill the commander of forces ashore in Haralin, and make it messy and terrifying. Once the party agreed, Talia hired Thuli and the Anarchy on temporarily to help with the plan, and they waited for darkness.
Having moved along the shore a good distance from the scene of the battle, their ship made for a wide cove as the last vestiges of sunlight slipped from the sky. A rowboat transferred them a short way before they moved farther on their own. Moving closer, they spotted two watchposts close enough to have a chance to make them out as they moved through the surf. Using a series of spells, the party slipped undetected between the watchposts and up the short, rocky cliff that formed a natural barrier between the beach and the island beyond. As they made their way farther inland, they spotted a disturbance at one of the posts as what could only be Talia attacked the guard there and disappeared into the night. Discretion being the better part of valor, they moved quickly to put distance between themselves and the confused sentry or possibly dead body that would soon be discovered there. Consulting their rudimentary map, the party decided to head for the road on the far side of the island and use that to proceed south toward the city. After a safe distance had been covered and they were thoroughly embedded in the wild spaces of the island, the group settled in to camp for the night.
During the night, whistling sounds from far away in the south could be heard on the air, but were not easily assignable to any particular source. As day broke, Zayn summoned horses to speed the party's advance across the island. Much of the first day of travel, both overland and on the road, was uneventful. At one point, Tarsus inadvertently sprang a trap left in the road, taking bad cuts along with a little bruising to his ego, but nothing life-threatening. The trap consisted of a smattering of small blades and used a drawn sapling to provide spring energy- it seemed to have been set quickly with few materials, but was nonetheless effective at convincing the group to travel more carefully. Camp that night went peacefully, all things considered, with only more mysterious noises in the night from far away south.
On the second day, travel along the road was going smoothly until the group came upon a small marine scout patrol. Trying to assert their way past the patrol, the group's efforts were firmly rebuffed by the leader. He barely got out a direct ultimatum when Sindar and Tarsus both attacked him. The patrol's two archers were ready for the attack, and returned fire immediately. A lot of blood was spilled in a short time, but the group came out decidedly on top, with only the patrol's leader left alive. The group questioned him, and he remained uncooperative, but professional. Deciding against more of a body trail, the party knocked him out and left him as they proceeded south. Moving off the road slightly, they traded some movement speed for increased safety from other patrols. It took several more hours to reach their first goal, the village of Sado, where they hoped to check on the locals and perhaps gain some intel on the marines. Instead, they found only death.
It seemed the entire village had been massacred. A shallow mass grave was filled with the bodies of the former inhabitants, covered over with lime chalk. The village had been pillaged and stripped of valuables, as well. Swallowing their disgust, the party took what time they could to deal with proper funeral rights before moving on. Two hours later, they came upon the nearby village of Berin. There, the scene in Sado was repeated with stark efficiency. It seemed that the Black Fleet took their motto very seriously- "Clear the way", indeed. The only difference in Berin was that the mass grave was slightly outside of town, near a scene that looked like the villagers had tried to form a defensive line with whatever they had for weapons. After the same routine as they had taken in Sado, the party moved on again.
After several more hours, they came to Hoppis, a small hamlet carved into the rock of the low hilly range that marked the island's west shore at this latitude. And again, they were greeted only by a long, shallow ditch full of dead bodies covered in lime to mask the smell. After doing what they could for the lost souls of this village, the group decided to bunker up in one of the stone slab buildings and rest for the night. Setting out the next morning, they made quickly for Haralin. Part way through the day, the group came upon a strange patch of road, only to discover immediately that it concealed a fire trap that was lit by a nearby archer. As soon as the searing arrow was away from his bow, he ran into the woods. Pushing through the mediocre damage of the trap, the party gave chase. Seconds later, the real trap was sprung as more archers revealed themselves from elevated positions when the party chased their prey into a gully. Scout marines with swords rushed the party at the same time, and the fight was on.
These soldiers were not looking for prisoners, opening up with a flurry of slaying arrows meant to kill lesser foes outright. The party responded in kind, but the superior position of the archers began taking its toll in a hurry. Finn did his level best to keep everyone on their feet, but some members of the party came very close to collapsing. Tarsus left an impressive trail of dead melee fights as he worked his way across the battlefield, but only stayed standing due to a last-second heroic intervention from Finn. This perceived weakness baited some of the remaining archers to abandon advantageous positions for better killshots, and Sindar and Zayn capitalized on the mistake, wiping out the remaining marines. Searching corpses, they found written orders to kill Sindar and capture Tarsus. It seemed they party had probably not found everyone from that earlier scout patrol, after all. Someone had make it back ahead of them to report in, and it was unlikely to be the nearly crippled sergeant they left behind.
Deciding they were a little too light on intel to proceed safely, Finn used a Speak with Dead spell on one of the dead soldiers to try an glean some information. He learned the names of the overall commander of Imperial forces in Haralin, as well as the scout commander that penned the orders they had found. Finn further discovered a few key tidbits about the details of the wall defenses of the inland sides of Haralin.
Our story closed as the group removed what useful things they could find before burying the soldiers' bodies and moving on.
The Vote
The vote has been tabled in the Asad while missing delegates are searched for and rescued. An automatic procedural clock of 60 days started when they went missing, with 12 days now remaining before the delegates are declared dead and replaced.
The Black Fleet has been spotted in Riyaqan waters, moving east along the southern coast.
Quote of the Day
"I have only visceral objections to consensual polymorphed bestiality." -Tarsus


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They need to think outside the box on this one.
Biggest problem is the mortar and a location to shoot it.
They need to find something that will work as the mortar and then design the shell to that size.
Makes about as much sense as building a bullet and then looking for a gun that can shoot the bullet.
Does it matter if the shell is 54", 55", 56", 57", 58", 59".
The mortar and location will be the expensive part.
If they could find a location out in the desert and install the mortar, they could reuse it each year.
I would check around with the scrap yards and oil industry for something that might be the right size for the mortar.
The oil industry use large diameter pressure and reactor vessels that could be converted to a mortar.
They do make large size HDPE pipe but it is made off-shore to order. They make fiberglass but it is very expensive for that diameter.
The mortar installation will need some major foundation work to absorb the lift charge.
A location with good solid footing will be expensive to dig the hole for the mortar.
A location with soft soil will be easy to dig the hole, but will require a great deal of foundation footings for the mortar.


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so last time i was here, was a while ago.i thought i was pregnant due to the fact that i hadn't gotten my period for 3 months. But i have an irregular cycle, which sucks! i finally got my period after waiting almost 5 months without my af. Af came sep.8th,- sep 12th . Af only lasted 4 1/2 days as usual but it was on and off. i was intimate with my fiance before my cycle started,during,and after( sorry for all the details im just really desperate and need someone to understand what im going through waiting for a sign)after my cycle finished i still feel like im about to get my period, i feel sore breast, basically pregnacy symptoms. but what if my mind is just tricking me into believing im expecting something ive wanted since i can remember. i need advice, someone to talk to! i been ttc for about almost 8 months now. and im loosing hope of ever being a mother.....
18/09/2016 at 16:42
Don't get discourage Ellie!
My hubby and been ttc for 6 months w/o using ovulation kits and just having fun baby dancing and let it happen naturally. Don't give up!
24/09/2016 at 04:12
Thank you so much @bbydnce but i think i might be pregnant. wish me luck . How are you doing
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By greene
Jelly can be made using Callicarpa Americana - American Beautyberry. It's all-American and easier than apple pie.
May 19, 2014 7:39 PM CST
|Greene~ I never knew you could eat those beautiful berries! What an awesome article. I totally love your writing style. I will try to capture enough beauty berries to give this a try. Oh, and a side note ~ I too, have a Jack the dog
And a Thunder as well
I aspire to be the person my dog thinks I am
May 19, 2014 8:03 PM CST
| @Toni,
Jack and Thunder are beautiful; thank you for sharing their photos. (Have you visited our pet thread?)
Hope you enjoy hunting for the American beautyberry and can harvest enough to make jelly. If you are short of the berries, add a few apples to make up the difference. Please remember to leave some of the berries for the mockingbirds; they eat these in the winter months. Since you have dogs and I am assuming at least one of them is a male dog, I will tell you that I do not harvest the berries from the lower 1/3 of any given shrub... ...those are the ones the birds can have.
Nothing to do with berries or jelly, but my dog has discovered clothes. He thinks he looks sexy in his new shirt.
Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith"
May 19, 2014 8:43 PM CST
|" my dog has discovered clothes. He thinks he looks sexy in his new shirt."
That is way toooo funny. Your dog DOES look sexy in his new shirt
Back to the "leave some berries for the birds" Oh, if you only knew how much wildlife I feed. It is a miracle when I actually get to harvest anything for myself. I spend countless hours in the garden, too much money purchasing seeds, and amendments, only to loose most of what I produce to the birds, gophers, mice, voles, slugs, and bugs. But, I keep on trying. I know they gotta eat too, and my stuff is easier, and tastes better than the stuff they could get on the rest of our thirteen acres, and surrounding wildlife habitat.
I aspire to be the person my dog thinks I am
May 19, 2014 9:32 PM CST
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
September 17, 1997
6 comments:
- Rita said...
What can I say? A loss so great, so much pain, your son such a special heart. And yet Bea somehow you shine. You still bring joy to others in the midst of the pain you carry. Many hugs to you.
- 17 September, 2009
- Gina said...
I'm sending you hugs from across the pond. There's nothing I could say that would help take away the pain. Keep being strong my friend
Love and hugs Gina xxx
- 18 September, 2009
- tisme said...
Just wanted to say, you are in my thoughts. I can not imagine the pain you have everyday of your life, missing Mark.
I love the picture of him with your grandchildren. I had not seen that one of him.
Be well, Take care!
- 20 September, 2009
- shawkl said...
and there truly is no comfort for a broken heart.
What a handsome young man he was, what a beautiful smile.
Here's a big hug for you my friend; may you always remember the good times more often than the bad.
- 20 September, 2009
- Shogun said...
It is just heartbreaking.
I also like that photo with the little kiddie pool.
- 21 September, 2009
always marshamy heart gose with you.
- 21 September, 2009


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MAH-CET 2019 Eligibility Criteria
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A little while back I wrote a post or two about the way in which the Red Kite has spread well beyond it's Chiltern Hills stronghold. If you ever drive along the M40, you will no doubt spot these large birds of prey circling high above the motorway. Take a little detour off the main roads into the countryside around the Stokenchurch area and you can easily go on a Kite spotting tour. Why not stop off on a nice summer's day (especially right now, as the weather is so nice), find yourself a nice field, sit on a fence and watch the sky? I spent an entire day doing just that in the attempt to capture a half decent shot of at least one of these stunning birds. Suffice to say despite finding some great subjects, I failed to capture anything half decent on camera.
The tale of two posts
http://www.nicklewis.net/2007/10/18/red-kites-in-hampshire attracted 23 comments and the more recent post http://www.nicklewis.net/2008/05/22/red-kites-in-hampshire-follow-up has beaten that record with 31 comments and today I have approved 3 of those.
People seem to be genuinely fascinated by kites whether they are big birders or not. Many like me quite often spot them whilst out driving and don't often get the opportunity to watch them for a longer period of time. Some people do get the chance to see them at closer quarters such as feeding from their own back gardens and this happens a great deal in Stokenchurch as far as I know!
The Project: What I have in mind?
- To meet people involved with Red Kites – Conservationists, admirers, birders and others. People play an important role in the re-introduction of species that have in the past been hunted to extinction. Many have been taking place in recent years and this particular programme has by far been the most high profile. It is therefore interesting to meet people who are involved with the overall work in this field.
- Opportunities to photograph Red Kites at close quarters but in a considerate and correct manner.
- I would like to write a series of articles here on the blog complete with photographs and at the same time submit a selection of images to the agency and libraries that I work with.
- Finally I will stipulate that where I am not allowed to go for the preservation of nesting sites, I will respect and not at any time give away these locations via the blog.
I will as ever write more about the project as it takes shape…. which will no doubt take a long time, as these things generally do. Patience is a valuable skill to have in the world of photography and wildlife!


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King Edwards Swimming Pool, Sheffield
- A small swimming pool located in Sheffield. Built in 1933.
- Transferred to an independent trust in 1993 as part of a reorganisation of Sheffield facilities around the 1991 World Student Games.
- No support from the council, post-transfer in 1993, until capital provided for repairs in 2012. A further grant from the Inspired facilities fund in 2014.
- Costs reduced by: reviewing utility providers, changed staff conditions and flexibility, and careful attention to detail.
- Income increased by: more effective programming to use pool time, expansion of swimming lessons and development of new sessions.
1. Description before transfer
The pool was built in 1933 as part of King Edward VII School, whose ground it occupies. Prior to transfer in 1993 it was being run as a council facility, completely separate from the school. The catchment area was local. The pool is a thirty three and a third yard pool with two shallow ends and the deepest part of the pool is 1.37m
2. The catalyst for a transfer
The council planned to close the pool as part of redeveloping swimming facilities in Sheffield for the World Student Games in 1991. Several other small pools were closed at the same time, diverting demand to the two new flagship facilities: Ponds Forge and Hillsborough. These pools are 2 and 3 miles from King Edwards, respectively. They are centrally situated for public transport in Sheffield, but King Edwards is more easily accessible from the South West of the city.
3. The process of asset transfer
Prior to transfer the pool had a board of directors including a chair who was an ex-pupil of King Edwards School. The chair recruited four other people to become trustees of a charitable trust, King Edward VII School Swimming Pool Trust, formed in 1993 to run the pool. The trust is limited by guarantee. The trust took over the pool management from the council, paying a peppercorn rent of £300 per year with an initial 12 year lease.
Nothing was spent on the pool building by the council before transfer. The pool manager, post-transfer, felt that the council were willing for the trust to take over the pool because they did not think it was economically viable and would fold in 6 months. The closure of other local facilities had been politically unpopular and if King Edwards closed after the trust had taken it over this could be attributed to the trust rather than the council.
The trustees were private business people. They had experience of running businesses, but not swimming pools or leisure facilities. They employed a prominent local swimming instructor to be the new pool manager. The new manager was an experienced swimming teacher and previous to the transfer had been working for Sheffield Recreation Services where he re-wrote Sheffield's Swim Scheme. He was trained as an electrical engineer, but knew nothing about the technicalities of running a swimming pool. There were no manuals left in the building so he had to teach himself how to run the plant. After 18 months he attended a training course on pool maintenance, run by the Institute of Baths and Recreation Management (from which CIMSPA has developed).
No assistance was provided by the council, apart from providing a £50 float on the first Monday of trust operation, and which was reclaimed on the first Friday.
4. The role of volunteers after transfer
The 4 original trustees from 1990 remain, with a new one joining five years ago. Apart from work placement volunteers, the trustees are the only volunteers. There is not a friends group.
5. Changes in the pool – post transfer
The trust criteria specify a certain amount of public use. Swimming lessons were greatly expanded; building on the expertise of the new manager. The programme was totally changed to make use of as much of the opening time as possible, after consultation with local people. For example, there is public swimming from 7.15 to 8.45 every week day morning. Previously these were times when the pool might be open, but under used, or not used at all. The programme has been kept as stable as possible and the manager feels this continuity is important in maintaining demand. The most important sessions are swimming lessons for children. Others sessions include: over 50's; mother and toddlers – with warm water; adult lessons; aquarobics for adults and lane swimming. The developed programme greatly expanded the catchment area which now extends to Barnsley and Derbyshire. All the numerous local private schools use the pool, which is in walking distance. This use has been expanded to fill most of the school terms.
No staff transferred from the council. Apart from the manager all staff are employed on the minimum wage rate and are not in a employer contribution pension scheme. Previously staff would take just one role but now all staff perform all roles required at the pool – cleaning, reception, poolside, etc - and rotate at 20 minute intervals. They are only employed for the hours when they are required. Thus the pool of staff are deployed as a resource to match demand. As labour is the main cost this means costs have been considerably reduced as staff time is used most effectively.
A close watch has been made on all costs, such as turning off lights and equipment when not required, taking the same attitude as if it was one's own house. Utility bills have been renegotiated every two years to take advantage of the best rates by one of the trustees who has expertise in this as part of his job.
There is no formal link to King Edwards School, apart from use of the school car park after 3.30pm. and at weekends. At other times parking has to be on local streets, which is limited. Greater links with the school have been discussed, but not developed.
The initial 12 year lease was extended to a further 12 years, and then extended further to allow a large capital grant to be applied for, see below.
6. The additional contribution of volunteers
- The only volunteers are the trustees, who bring a set of business skills and contacts; for example, in negotiating the most favourable utility rates. Volunteers are not used in other roles and there is not a 'friends group' to raise funds or support the pool.
7. Important success factors
- The most important factor is probably the single minded determination of the new pool manager to make the pool viable. This included the challenge of teaching himself to run the pool plant.
- The trustees brought a package of skills.
- Costs were cut by changing staff conditions and using staff much more effectively as a resource to match demand.
- Costs were cut by a careful attention to each item and by renegotiating utility bills regularly.
- Income was raised by expanding the programme to fill as much of the pool time as possible.
- The expanded programme matches strong local demand for swimming lessons and for sessions, such as over 50's and mother and toddler.
- There is also strong local demand from a concentration of local private schools within close walking distance.
- Unlike other facilities there was no co-operation from the council in facilitating the transfer and no early upgrade of facilities. However, in a way this reinforced the new manager's motivation to make it succeed. In his view, at the time of transfer, the council perceived the pool as an unwelcome competitor. Relations have improved since 2009 as the pool has fed children into the Sheffield swimming squad, based at Ponds Forge swimming pool. Sheffield council provided a subsidy of running costs for the two years before 2012.The Council supported capital refurbishments in 2012. Extension of the lease in 2014 allowed successful application for a further grant for capital improvements.
8. Sustainability
In 2012 a complete new roof was put on the pool and extensive re-wiring and new boilers fitted. Funds were provided by the council for this work. Two directors contributed donations and there were some other private donations and a loan.
At the end of 2014 the pool was awarded a grant of £50,000 from the Inspired Facilities fund. This will be used to insulate some of the roof and refurbish the ladies' changing rooms and showers. At the time of application for the grant the lease with the council only had two years to run, so the council extended it for another 20 years to meet a condition of the grant.
A few thousand pounds was spent by the trust on ongoing repairs and maintenance when the income was high and the money was more available. This was mainly in the early years of the trust taking over, up to about 2008/9. This money was spent on the plant room, shower areas and repairs.
These are the only significant capital improvements made since the trust took over the pool. This recent work reflects a more supportive attitude from the council over the last few years.
It was not difficult to recruit one new trustee.
Official website
King Edward VII School Swimming Pool Trust
Geoff Nichols: University of Sheffield
Deborah Forbes: University of Newcastle
Lindsay Findlay-King and Gordon Macfadyen: University of Northumbria
©2015 The University of Sheffield
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THURSDAY, Aug. 16, 2012 (MedPage Today) — Young, healthy men who added a daily dose of walnuts to their usual diet had improved semen parameters, a randomized trial showed.
After 12 weeks, those who ate walnuts had better sperm vitality, motility, and morphology compared with those who avoided tree nuts altogether, according to Wendie Robbins, PhD, of the University of California Los Angeles, and colleagues.
Walnuts also were associated with improvements in serum omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, the researchers reported online in Biology of Reproduction.
"Whether adding walnuts to the diet will go beyond the shifts in sperm parameters as seen in this study to improving birth outcomes for men within fertility clinic populations or in the general population is not yet known and will require further research," they wrote.
Polyunsaturated fatty acids — which are found in high concentrations in fish, fish oil supplements, flax seed, and tree nuts — have been shown in animal and human laboratory studies to be involved in sperm maturation and membrane function. However, not all clinical studies of male fertility have shown differences in polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations between fertile and infertile participants.
Nuts, and walnuts in particular, have a high concentration of alpha-linolenic acid — a natural source of omega-3 — in addition to omega-6 fatty acids, antioxidants, and micronutrients like folic acid.
Robbins and colleagues set out to explore whether adding walnuts to a Western-style diet would improve semen quality. They randomized 117 healthy men ages 21 to 35 (mean age 25) with no known history of infertility to add 75 grams of whole-shelled walnuts a day to their usual diet or to continue their usual eating habits while avoiding tree nuts.
The walnuts were supplied by the California Walnut Commission, which provided funding for the study.
At baseline, the two groups were similar in age, education level, race, body mass index (BMI), body weight, and physical activity levels. During the 12-week study, there were no significant changes in BMI, body weight, or physical activity in either group.
Sperm parameters improved in the group that consumed walnuts (but not in the control group), resulting in significantly better sperm vitality, motility, and morphology.
Serum fatty acid profiles were similar in the two groups at baseline, and only the participants eating walnuts had significant increases in omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids through 12 weeks.
The only omega-3 that increased was alpha-linolenic acid.
Despite the change in serum fatty acids, the fatty acid profile in the sperm did not show changes within each group. However, a nonsignificant increase in eicosadienoic acid in the walnut group, coupled with a nonsignificant decrease in the control group, resulted in a significant between-group difference.
There were no differences between the groups in sperm aneuploidy for chromosomes X, Y, and 18 at baseline or at the end of the study, but in the walnut group there were significant decrease in sex chromosome disomy and sperm missing a sex chromosome.
Increasing amounts of alpha-linolenic acid in the sperm were associated with a lower proportion of sperm missing a sex chromosome and percentage of sperm with any numerical chromosomal abnormality at the 12-week visit.
The authors acknowledged that the study was limited by the collection of blood specimens for hormone analysis at all times during the day.
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Volume 17, Issue 2 (2000)
Front Matter
An Analysis of the NLRB's "Runaway Shop" Doctrine in the Context of Mid-Term Work Relocation Based on Union Labor Costs
Jan W. Sturner
"Membership" Obligations Under NLRA Section 8(a)(3): A Proposal for Statutory Change
Ronald Turner
The Struggle For Human Rights
Harry Wu
Employment Benefits: Will Your Significant Other Be Covered?
Renee M. Scire and Christopher A. Raimondi