Using credit cards has become the part of lifestyle because of its multiple salient benefits. As of today, more than 51 million UK adults almost 96% of population use credit card. The fast-growing acceptance of credit cards in all the social segments is increasing the possibilities of online frauds also, but still, it is beneficial to use it carefully keeping in mind all the risk factors. The total transactions made through credit card are expected to be £942 billion by 2026. The interest-free period is the most lucrative feature that encourages more and more people to use a credit card.
A credit card makes buying the expensive items easier even if you don't have funds in the account; the credit card allows payment in full at the time of purchase, but you actually pay the cost over the months as per convenience. The credit card payments are safer if compared to payments made through cheque, cash or debit card. Section 75 of Consumer Credit Act defines that credit card agency is responsible for any type of misrepresentation or contract breach by the retailer. The 0% interest rate period allows getting the funds as and when you need without paying any interest rate for a short period. Some credit card issuing companies offer periodic incentives also; it means you save by shopping through credit cards. The interest-free period facility can be used to pay the debt owned at other shopping cards before the interest rate free period of those cards ends. In case of emergency, you can withdraw the cash also provided you have not used total credit limit. In addition to these benefits, some people are making money also by using credit cards. Wouldn't you like to do so?
Get Money With Credit Card Cash-Back: To earn money using a credit card, ask for a card that has cash back facility. Cash back facility can help you win even up to 5% of the total value of a purchase. By developing the habit of making all the possible investments through credit card, you can max the earning; that may be about £500 per year.
Get a credit card with a sign-up bonus: Because of increasing competition in credit cards business, the agencies offer lucrative schemes; a sign-up bonus is one of those benefits. A reward may come to a kitty in different forms like free stay in a hotel, points for airline ticket buying, cash to credit card account. To earn the hefty bonus, you need to spend a certain amount on credit card within a specified period after getting a credit card.
Use the credit card issuer's discount shopping malls: It needs you to have planned ahead for shopping. By picking up the points that privilege your card especially is an excellent way to earn by spending. You can save considerably on movie tickets, flowers purchases, dining, travelling etc. by making the purchase through credit card issuer's malls. Before getting one such card, look at online credit card issuer's discount mall to check the possibility of getting discounts.
Sell the Rewards Points But Carefully: The numbers of credit cards offer travel rewards points to the frequent traveller but if you are not a frequent traveller or you are not going to travel within the specified period, selling the earned points by booking tickets for the friends and family members is an inventive way to get cash. It is a win-win condition for both the parties; the friend receives a discounted ticket, and you get immediate cash back. However, all the credit cards don't allow the sell the reward points; therefore, check the terms and conditions before selling your reward points.
Take advantage of price difference adjustments: Many times we see a rate slashing of an item after some time that you purchase. Many times, it seems to embrace. Some credit cards refund the price difference under price protection scheme. The ease of getting back the price difference depends on the type of credit card. The price difference is not limited just to the concerned retailer to receive claim benefit; even if you find the price difference at another retailer, you are eligible to get the benefit. To get this benefit, you need to claim for the identified gap.
Extended warranty free of cost: The extended warranty on expensive electronic items is a big issue; in most cases, it comes at a price. This can be yours automatically that too without paying extra by choosing the right credit card. Numbers of cards provide extended warranty as privilege benefit without charging any fee. Check the credit card's benefits before making a purchase. Keep the purchase receipt safe for warranty period so that you could easily claim for free service.
Do online shopping: The habit of online shopping with a credit card may help you earn a good percentage of the spent amount. Online stores accepting the credit card type that you have offered better discounts rather than the city stores. To get the extra discounts, you will have to find the stores that are providing the maximum discounts on the items that you need.
Santander Everyday Credit Card, Post Office Platinum Card, Tesco Bank Foundation Credit Card, Capital One Quicksilver Credit Card, Express Platinum Cashback Everyday Card etc. are the top ranking credit cards known for giving lucrative cash, bonus and rewards benefits. These are available for any adult UK citizen; online applying process for these cards is simple. By having these, you can get up to 3 months interest-free period on the made purchases; just think how much you can save.
Getting privilege benefits from the credit cards seems reasonable, but any trick of maximising the benefits works only when you keep an eye on spending and pay the dues well in time. Using the credit cards for more purchases and paying the dues on time help you get more cash limit; the available cash limit can be used as the anytime no guarantor- guaranteed short-term loan source also. The credit cards issuers give monthly statements, and the users can access the accounts online even; so, never let go any payment a miss.


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UK Navy's Largest Ship Undocks
The undocking of amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy's largest ship, at the end of July marked an important milestone in the extensive 15 month deep maintenance period being carried out by Babcock. The upkeep programme is the largest on a Royal Navy warship in Devonport for over 20 years, and is the first on an amphibious ship under the full implementation of the Surface Ship Support Alliance (SSSA) Class Output Management (COM) approach, under which Babcock leads the support of all amphibious vessels.
This latest significant milestone, achieved on-schedule after seven months in dock, comes about half way through the programme. The massive upkeep period is around three times the size of a typical Type 23 docking period, with the programme including over 60 upgrades, significant mechanical improvements including two major system installations, a number of other substantial work packages such as represervation work, plus a full programme of deep maintenance.
Among the alteration and addition packages are the new 997 Medium Range Radar system; four 30mm Automated Small Calibre Gun Systems to replace existing 20mm guns (involving installation of over 20,000 metres of power and control cabling); a new fire detection system; the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) (DII(F)) enabling information sharing and collaborative working across the Armed Forces and MoD; and the DNA(2) Command System – the 'brain' of the ship and central to its fighting capability against air and surface threats.
Additionally, the two major system installations include a first-of-class Membrane Bio-Reactor (MBR) system which treats waste water and sewage to permit discharge at sea, and a further first-of-class ballast water treatment system. These will ensure the ship is compliant with new environmental legislation regarding treatment of ballast water and black and grey water discharges and able to operate anywhere in the world.
Further substantial work packages to be undertaken, in addition to the full programme of deep maintenance, include major represervation work (renewing the flight deck, superstructure and hull coatings, plus machinery space and internal compartment painting), and upgrades and improvements to living quarters including mess and recreational areas, cabins and bathrooms, as well as improvements to the laundry and sick bay complex. In all the programme will employ an average of 300 Babcock employees plus staff from over 70 contractor companies.
HMS Ocean went into dock in December 2012, in the newly developed 10 Dock facility in Babcock's Devonport Royal Dockyard, which has undergone a significant investment and refurbishment programme to provide a first class facility to service the UK's amphibious fleet. The undocking milestone last month (July 2013) marked the completion of the dock-dependent elements, and work will now continue on the ship alongside. Ship's staff will move on board in early November, and this highly capable warship is expected to leave Devonport for sea trials in early 2014.
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I practice gratitude. I focus on what I'm thankful for. It isn't always the big stuff either. It's the grin I received from a child that made me smile in the grocery store. It reminds me that I get a chance to witness something so special in a world that often misses the little things that surround us daily.
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I think it means being intentional about your path. Even when you aren't clear about next steps, it is being committed to you. Through many losses of loved ones in my life, I recognize that we have limited time on the planet. Every funeral I've been to, I've never heard people get up to talk about the deceased's job, car, or house. We remember people for how they made us feel. Living on purpose is about creating a legacy that matters.
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Gent, Belgium – London, UK, 4 April 2019 AllThingsTalk has announced a cloud platform designed in partnership with OKdo, a new global technology company launched today by Electrocomponents Plc (LSE:ECM). Okdo is dedicated to single board computing (SBC) and the opportunities arising from the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. Based on the AllThingsTalk Cloud platform, OKdo Cloud is an end-to-end device connectivity solution that simplifies design, prototyping and full scale deployment of IoT products. OKdo Cloud is offered free-of-charge for proto-typing to engineers, makers and innovators and allows connecting devices such as Raspberry Pi or Arduino.
IoT and Industry 4.0 are gaining momentum, but are held back by market fragmentation, competing standards and security concerns. Connecting hardware to cloud in a reliable way requires a specific mix of hardware and software skills and this learning curve is a major blocker. OKdo Cloud removes these barriers by offering a set of pre-configured hardware packages and an easy-to-use, secure device and data management layer, removing the complexity from IoT design with the aim to accelerate the adoption of IoT.
OKdo Cloud provides an intuitive, single platform that can be used by anyone, regardless of the project complexity or the individual's technical skills. Users can connect their IoT devices, allowing them to interact, store and visualise data using mobile or web dashboards to build breakthrough applications.
Whether it's home automation, healthcare, transportation, retail, energy or any other sector, IoT devices are generating valuable data. The ability to securely store, process, visualise and understand this data and the insight it provides to users, is central to OKdo Cloud.
Stefaan Top, COO and CCO at AllThingsTalk said: "This partnership with OKdo is an important next step in the ambition of AllThingsTalk to make IoT technologies accessible for developers and business innovators across the globe. Developed by AllThingsTalk and jointly marketed, the OKdo IoT Cloud in combination with carefully selected hardware, will guide customers at every stage of the IoT innovation process."
"At OKdo we want to help people to design the world. The IoT and connected devices are at the heart of their visions, so we're really excited to launch the OKdo Cloud, making it easier for our customers' visions to become a reality," explained Richard Curtin, SVP Technology at OKdo. "OKdo Cloud is agnostic and focused on visualisation of data. It supports everyone from makers, entrepreneurs, start-ups and global businesses. By offering OKdo Cloud free-of-charge our plan is to build communities to help accelerate the adoption of IoT and enable ideas to reach their full potential."
Nils Christensson, VP IoT at OKdo, said: "We're really pleased to partner with AllThingsTalk. We're excited to provide our customers with the OKdo Cloud as a free tool to help them learn, explore, innovate and make the design process faster, easier and more affordable.
"Our customers all over the world actively work on IoT projects to enhance the quality of life, boost productivity and enable sustainability. OKdo Cloud will help them launch their products to market more quickly. With business and enterprise customers in mind we will also be offering IoT Cloud "Spaces", a paid-for subscription with more advanced functionality to complement the free-of-charge entry product."
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TMA is currently seeking a talented and hungry Event Environment Designer to join the ranks of our growing experiential division. This position will work out of our Dallas office.
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Liquid lipsticks are quite in trend these days. They are smooth, easy to apply and give long lasting moisturized finish to your lips which is not possible with the regular lipstick. I have not tried liquid lipsticks so thought of giving it a try with Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid Lip color.
Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid lip color has about 11 colors for your different moods. From luscious pink to very berry, all the shades required from work to play are added to it.
I got Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid Mat 1 & Mat 4 from the collection for starters. Let's review them!
One as bought from a cosmetics counter in mall, and another from an online cosmetics website. Although the packaging was same but the one I got from online was Made in China and what it looks like made for Korean market, coz the text looks like Chinese (I suppose, please tell me if I am wrong). However, the quality and quantity was same so it didn't bother me much!
Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid lip color in Vivid Rose Mat 1 is a very pretty hot pink shade with matte finish. Perfect for lighter skin tones, this color is the every day pink you have been looking for.
Packaging is basic Maybelline Colorsensational Lip Polish style container, but with black cap and details. The applicator wand and brush is also same.
As the name suggests, it is a vibrant coral shade with pinkish cool undertones. If you want to try a orangish coral lip color but do not want it to stand out on your face, this can be perfect for you. Another every day color, Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid Mat Vibrant coral is a must have in your makeup kit.
Packaging is basic Maybelline Colorsensational Lip Polish style container, with black cap and details. The applicator wand and brush is also same.
I love both the shades and currently wearing them alternately every day!
What I loved most about them is the smooth matte finish it gives to the lips. It looks glossy while applying but after a little while becomes matte with natural finish on the lips.It does not dry your lips like most of the matte lipsticks. I have tried Colorbar, Lakme, Sugar and Faces Matte Lipsticks, but after a little while of applying it, it starts crumbling. They sometimes make your lips dry and chapped too.
Travel friendly packaging, easy to carry in your handbag.
Gorgeous colors with good pigmentation. I found that pigmentation of Mat 4 is better than Mat 1.
Gives an even matte finish without any dryness.
Long lasting, lasts for at least 5-6 hours.
Pigmentation may vary with lip color.
I am in love with these lip colors, and I think so will you. Do try them and tell me which shades you tried!


How to change skin tone in Photoshop is a must learn subject for every photographer because many times while shooting people often it is observed that the skin tone of some part of their body has mismatch of color than some other part. The obvious causes of such differences in skin tone color can be due to tan, make up or skin discoloration. Like every problem has a solution this too has. And it has a very simple solution explain step by step here.
Really cool settings like levels, adjustments and color settings integrated with some cool trick of using different groups together using a single layer mask can make a picture have same skin tone at every exposed place. Here is the step by step method about how to change skin tone in Photoshop.
The first step to successful photo enhancement is to analyze the imperfect areas. A new layer on the original image is a good idea to begin. Using the brush you can first start sampling some color from the skin of the body. Take different color samples from diff body parts from dark to highlights and keep each sample at a corner of the photograph on this new layer.
The reason why you must take samples of diff skin tones is to understand what's happening with the image. And analyze inside your mind that for changing one color to another what steps are required to be taken.
In a scenario where the face is much lighter than the rest of the body you need to darken the tone of the face and maybe add more warm colors to the dark areas.
While learning how to change skin tone in Photoshop one must understand that these settings will work differently for different photos. Hence one must use their own discretion. From the levels instead of using the RGB channel to tweak the dark and light levels select red and tweak the same settings. This will make the redness of the skin either go lighter or darker as per your need. Choose warm output to the face by using more of yellow or orange tones.
The next step would be to group this layer with itself and to add a layer mask to it. This is because we want to changes to happen only on the skin tone and not on the entire photograph. Using the layer we can paint white on the black on the entire face area so it shows us the layer beneath with a warm tone. Going back to the level you can tweak the colors red, blue and green and find the perfect tone.
The final step is to work on the saturation level of the color which gives the most natural looking photograph.


Conversion of existing Reinforced Concrete Aeration Tanks into Digester and Equalization Tanks.
The upgraded wastewater treatment plant has been in operation since 2011 and is serving the Village well. The WWTP has reliably met the conditions of the Village's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit consistently while reducing the maintenance required by WWTP staff.


Proposals solicited through this RFA will use a two-step proposal process. Only proposers submitting Step-1 proposals determined to be relevant with respect to the Research Emphases outlined in Section I.B. of the RFA will be invited to submit full Step-2 proposals.


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Q: How can I talk to the goth kids if I sold part of the goth set? So, I have done everything I need to to start the DDR session with the goth kids. However, I accidentally sold one of the goth clothes. The guy at the U-Stor-It doesn't seem to have any more to sell and I can't buy them back from the person I sold them to. Because of this, I cannot re-equip the goth clothes. Is there a way to proceed from here?

A: go to a store that has buyback and get it back.

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Whilst the show continues to conflict with itself over each episode's focus, the performances and writing continue to hold Hannibal together, if only just.
With wholly poor performances and direction that fails to create suspense or threat, Confine is an unsuccessful attempt to reach the highs of the home invasion genre.
A great "slice of life" film, rife with detail, Neighbouring Sounds really gives a sense of what life is like in a middle-class neighbourhood in Brazil.
Despicable Me 2 expands on the first film by upping the silliness, energy and warmth, it is a bona fide family hit.
There is plenty you could be watching but The Internship is charming and funny enough to enjoy.
Roobla reviews Room, a story told in the perspective of a child born in captivity.
With a stronger focus on Dr. Lecter comes a more violent and action-packed show, with Fromage pushing Hannibal to the blood stained center of the stage.
I Am Breathing is a touching and hugely affecting documentary about the extraordinary strength of a family dealing with a heartbreaking situation.
High spirited, wonderfully funny and confidently directed, Much Ado About Nothing is a treat for not just Joss Whedon fans, but for all to enjoy.
Entity is at times confused and not the most standout low budget horror but offers some genuine creeps along the way.
Jay Baruchel travels to LA to hang out with Seth Rogen but when Rogen takes him to James Franco's house for an all-star party, events are thrown off when the world starts to end.
A Haunted House is a found-footage parody in the vein of Scary Movie, sending up horrors Paranormal Activity, The Exorcist, The Devil Inside and many more.
Behind the Candelabra is not kitsch it is openly enjoyable, a glittering, camp and respectful celebration of an American icon and his whirlwind romance that is staggeringly performed.
In a beautifully shot and touchingly constructed film, Shun Li and the Poet is as charming as it is tranquil, serving to deliver a warming story in a serene manner.
Whilst Sorbet begins to lift the veil and peer behind the carefully constructed mask of Dr. Lecter, the rest of Hannibal may be showing signs of struggle.


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Insurers win dispute with union over commission payments
Posted: 9th April 2014 In: Corporate Commercial
An insurance company has won a legal dispute with a trade union over commission payments on the sale of its services to new customers.
The case involved Unite the Union and Liverpool Victoria Banking Services.
They had an agreement whereby Unite allowed Victoria access to its members in order to market and sell services to them. In return, Victoria would pay Unite a commission on the sales it made to those union members.
The dispute arose when Victoria began its own marketing campaign to the general public. It gained several new customers, including some members of Unite who had not previously bought its services.
Unite claimed it was entitled to commission on these customers, even though they had not been gained through the in-house marketing system as laid out in the agreement.
Victoria refused to pay, arguing that the new customers had come through its own marketing campaign, which was totally independent of the in-house agreement with Unite. The fact that some of the new customers were members of the Unite union was just a coincidence.
Unite took action but the court ruled in favour of Victoria. Under the agreement, Victoria was allowed to market and sell its services to the members of Unite, and paid a commission on the new customers it gained through that channel.
The Unite members that came through Victoria's general marketing campaign did not apply under this agreement and so no commission was due.
Please contact us if you would like more information about financial disputes or any other aspect of contract law.


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Darryl Strawberry
January 4, 2012 /in BioProject - Person Home Run Champions Rookie of the Year 1980s All-Stars, 1990s All-Stars 1986 New York Mets, Nuclear Powered Baseball /by admin
This article was written by Shawn Morris
For many African American males growing up in poverty-stricken households throughout Los Angeles, sports offered a chance to break away from the cultural and economic restraints imposed on them by their surroundings. This was no different for a young Darryl Eugene Strawberry (born March 12, 1962, in Los Angeles). Darryl was the third boy born to Henry and Ruby Strawberry, and would be followed by two sisters. By 1970 the family was residing in a small house in the Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. Strawberry recalled his father as being a negative influence early in his life. Henry Strawberry held down a steady job as a postal clerk, but suffered from many of the same vices that would plague Darryl's life. He would often come home in drunken rages and physically assault Ruby, as well as Darryl and his older brother Ronnie. Much of Darryl's younger years were spent in fear of their father until one night when he was about 10 years old. On that night Henry came home intoxicated, and began to verbally and physically assault Ruby. The police showed up and just like that, Henry was gone from his children's lives,1 only to reappear when it was evident Darryl was a remarkable talent on the baseball field and would be a top pick in the major-league draft.
"It's sad. I never had a real relationship with him. He never sat me down and talked to me kindly, never gave me a word of fatherly advice or counsel, never taught me to tie my shoe or hit a baseball. None of those things a father and son are supposed to do, he either ignored me or beat me, period," Strawberry said in 2009.2 What Henry did give his youngest son was a love for sports and athletic abilities. Like many of the other children in the Crenshaw neighborhood, Darryl went to the local park to watch his father play on one of the many softball teams in the area. His father could "whip the ball across the plate so fast you wouldn't know where to start your swing. … He'd hit the long ball over and over again, every time he came to bat."3 After his father disappeared from his life, Darryl felt an absence and turned to sports as a refuge and escape from everything bothering him. "I was very good at every sport I tried," he said. "I'm not bragging. It was just in me. I loved it. It was pure joy for me to play baseball, basketball, and football. While I was playing I could almost forget my anger and my troubles. Almost."4 Ruby was devoted to her family, held a full-time job at a local telephone company, and supported Darryl playing baseball. She knew how happy it made him, and she was shocked to see that on the field he was not the same, lazy Darryl she knew at home.
After attending numerous junior high schools, Strawberry attended the predominantly African-American Crenshaw High School. Crenshaw was an athletic powerhouse. Scouts came to Crenshaw games; it was Darryl's chance to get noticed, to gain the fame and notoriety so many young athletes from similar circumstances were searching for. Basketball was his first love and his gangly frame gave him an advantage on the court, but baseball came the most natural to him. "Right from the start I could pitch, I could hit home runs, I could steal bases, I could field. I didn't think much about it, I didn't study the game, I just went out there and did it."5 By the time he reached Crenshaw, Strawberry had earned a reputation throughout the Los Angeles Little League, but none of that mattered to Crenshaw baseball coach Brooks Hurst.
When Darryl entered Crenshaw High for the 10th grade, he was already 6-feet-3. He was long and lean and covered with sinewy muscle, not the type created by hours in a weight room or supplements, but the real thing. "He had the body of a basketball forward and the natural baseball swing, a powerful, looping uppercut, of a historic homerun hitter," a writer said of him.6 To Brooks Hurst, Darryl was just like many of the young black men he had coached, full of talent and lacking discipline. At Crenshaw, Hurst did his best to instill the qualities his players were lacking to help them succeed on and off the field. Any backtalk or mouthing off to him and he would make them run till they dropped from exhaustion.7
For many of his players, Hurst was the only stable male figure in their lives. He was familiar with Darryl and his situation; both older brothers had played for him at Crenshaw. Hurst did his best to watch over Darryl and guide him to make the right choices during his three years at Crenshaw. Strawberry struggled his first year in high school; although there was no denying his talent, he was given no special treatment under Hurst. He tried to drill into Darryl to "beat the ball to the spot" when playing the outfield and to run hard for balls that fell in for base hits, not just glide to them and let singles turn into extra bases. Coach Hurst often found himself annoyed with Darryl and his approach of only giving a half-effort. "I had to sit him down and talk to him a lot. I had him run laps. I would tell him: The scouts come in here with assumptions about inner-city ballplayers. You have to counteract that. Don't give them the ammunition. But finally, I just ran out of patience."8 Finally, Darryl's first high-school season ended early when he was kicked off the team. "I just said to him, 'This isn't working out. I hope you want to come back next year,' " Hurst recalled. "Darryl took it pretty well. He still came to games. He helped lug the equipment."9
Despite his talent, when Strawberry came back for the 1979 season there were some who thought he was not the best talent on the team. He also had to contend with Corrie Dillard and another player who would go on to the major leagues, Chris Brown. Besides those three, the rest of the Crenshaw team was also talented, so much so that many of the second-stringers would end up with professional contracts. On the playing field the 1979 Crenshaw team was in the midst of a spectacular season. Strawberry was having an outstanding year at the plate, in the outfield, and when he took the mound. The team easily defeated many of its inner-city opponents. Early in the season, the Los Angeles Times reported, "(A)fter a 15-5 mugging of Hamilton, Crenshaw has now scored 31 runs in its last two games."10 Many of Darryl's relatives who had been largely absent from his life began to appear at his games as well, including his father. Coach Hurst did his best to shield his players from the circus enveloping them, and keeping their focus on the game itself. Throughout the season the team kept playing at a high level and by the time the regular season was drawing to a close Crenshaw had lost only a handful of games — and in each of those cases Hurst had benched one of his star players for disciplinary reasons.
When the regular season finished, the Crenshaw High Cougars entered the Los Angeles Unified School District baseball playoffs. Anchored by senior Chris Brown and junior Darryl Strawberry, it was the first inner-city school in many years that had the talent to compete against those in the San Fernando Valley that benefited from manicured fields, booster clubs, and year-round instruction.11 Playing the way they had many times during the regular season, the Cougars cruised their way through the first two rounds of the playoffs by a combined score of 23-4. Nothing, it seemed could keep Crenshaw from hitting. In the semifinal round they powered their way over Monroe High by a score of 10-7.12 In the three playoff games Strawberry hit three triples in addition to a home run, and was the winning pitcher in two of the contests.13 Next stop for Crenshaw was the championship game at Dodger Stadium.
On June 6, 1979, the Cougars boarded the bus for the short trip to Dodger Stadium. Their opponent was Granada Hills, a team that played with few mistakes and relied on the "small ball" approach, lots of bunting, and good defense. Their third baseman was a high-school football standout, Stanford-bound John Elway. The Crenshaw players had their work cut out for them, and when Granada Hills jumped out to an early 2-0 lead; their task became much more difficult. A strong third inning put Crenshaw back on top by a run and the Granada Hills coach pulled Elway from third base and put him in as pitcher. After his eight warmup pitches, Elway struck out the next batter to end the inning. On the mound Strawberry began to crumble. Unnerved by the Little League tactics of fake bunts, he began to become erratic and after walking several batters he was pulled and sent to the outfield. By the end of the fifth inning, Granada had scored another six runs on three hits because of Crenshaw's bad pitching and sloppy fielding, and the Crenshaw hopes were in rapid decline.14 Elway shut the Cougars down. "The team that scout George Genovese considered from top to bottom, the most talented assemblage of high-school talent ever, could not win the LA city championship."15
When Strawberry returned to Crenshaw for his senior year all of the attention was lavished upon him. Without Brown to share the spotlight, it became the season of Strawberry. Coach Hurst was continuously chasing agents off the baseball field and out of the Crenshaw hallways. Strawberry often found himself surrounded by an entourage and those looking for any piece of stardom that association with him brought. As his ego grew, his attitude only seemed to worsen, according to some teammates. George Cook recalled, "Darryl Strawberry didn't listen to [Coach Hurst]."16 The press buildup surrounding Strawberry and the coming baseball draft overshadowed anything else he accomplished his senior year. Sports Illustrated published a feature on Strawberry late in his senior season, with a picture caption that said, "Darryl, 18, is likened to Ted Williams."17 "He's got a Williams-type physical makeup — tall, rangy, good leverage," scout Phil Pote told Sports Illustrated. "He's got bat quickness, he can drive the ball. The ball just jumps off his bat."18
Strawberry had dreamed about being the first overall pick in the draft, and in June of 1980, the New York Mets made that happen. The Mets were hoping he would help turn the franchise around. Not only did he have the potential to help on the field, he could provide them with much-needed box-office revenue as well. The team provided him with a $200,000 signing bonus to forgo college and flew him to New York to show him off to the press. But before Strawberry was able to play in Shea Stadium he had to first prove himself in the minor leagues.
A few days later, Strawberry found himself in a landscape vastly different than that of Manhattan or Los Angeles. Kingsport, Tennessee, was home to the Mets' team in the rookie-level Appalachian League and Strawberry's first step in the Mets farm system. During that 1980 season, in 180 plate appearances he batted .268 with five home runs. His work ethic was still sloppy, according to some and he was often late arriving to the stadium, onetime even missing a game.19 A player not of Strawberry's status would have had harsh repercussions for missing a game, but not Strawberry; his absence was largely ignored by those in the organization.
The following season Strawberry was assigned to the High-A Lynchburg Mets. He continued to struggle and failed to live up to all the hype that was heaped upon him before the draft. Off the field, the 19-year-old Strawberry was homesick and called his mother every day. On the field he was struggling against many of the pitchers he faced. They easily fooled him with hard fastballs inside and breaking balls. Strawberry possessed the power to put the ball into play, but he struggled to make the contact that had made him a legend at Crenshaw. In 123 games with Lynchburg in 1981, Strawberry managed to hit 13 home runs and bat .255 for the season.
The next spring Strawberry continued to climb the farm-system ladder, and started the season with the Double-A Jackson Mets. It was in Jackson, Mississippi, where he became locked-in at the plate and began to flash the talent the Mets saw in him when they drafted him. He began to see the ball better and figure out opposing pitchers. Although he struck out 145 times, by the end of the season he had driven in 97 runs and hit 34 home runs. Rather than take the winter off, the Mets had Strawberry extend his year by playing winter ball for a team in Caracas, Venezuela. He credited the experience with speeding up his development and better preparing him for the coming season. Strawberry remarked, "I felt confident after my season in South America because I'd been able to hit some of their best pitchers."20
To start the 1983 season, the Mets sent Strawberry to their top affiliate, the Triple-A Tidewater Tides. The organization wanted to keep him in the minors for one more season before bringing him up to New York, but many believed he would see the Big Apple before the year was over. Under manager Davey Johnson, Strawberry got off to a great start at Triple A. "My first ten or so games at Tidewater were spectacular. Whether I had improved to the point where I could hit anything any Triple-A pitcher could throw, or whether Triple-A pitching wasn't as good as it was supposed to be, I don't know," he said.21 At the same time, the Mets were off to a dreadful start and the New York newspaper headlines began to call for Strawberry. In early May Darryl was summoned from Tidewater. Mets general manager Frank Cashen regretted having to call him up ahead of schedule, but Strawberry had the potential to help fill the empty seats and on May 6, 1983, he made his major-league debut.22
Strawberry stood an imposing 6-feet-6 with a playing weight of 190 pounds; he batted and threw left, and was a right fielder for most of his career. His debut, against the Cincinnati Reds was less than spectacular, with three strikeouts and a foul popup during six plate appearances in an extra-inning win by the Mets. Strawberry also worked a couple of walks and stole a base late in the game. The Mets' manager, George Bamberger, encouraged the rookie to go out onto the field and have fun. However, Bamberger resigned on June 2 and was replaced by Frank Howard, one of his coaches. Howard began to demand more out of Strawberry and assigned hitting coach Jim Frey to help. Under Frey's tutelage, Strawberry began to blossom and adjust to major-league pitching. His struggles at the plate began to disappear and in September Strawberry found his groove. It was also at this time that Strawberry began to succumb to the New York lifestyle and started experimenting with cocaine. His immaturity and desire to be liked left him vulnerable to negative influences. "Darryl was someone who always wanted to be liked," said his mother, Ruby.23 During his rookie campaign Strawberry was introduced to cocaine by two Mets veterans who told him, "It was the thing to do in the big leagues."24 Despite his off-field habits, Strawberry continued to produce quality numbers. His 108 hits, 26 home runs, 74 RBIs, and 19 stolen bases were enough for him to be voted the National League Rookie of the Year. After the season Howard was replaced as manager by Davey Johnson. Under Johnson, Strawberry and the Mets became a powerhouse franchise for the rest of the decade.
Once Johnson was at the helm, the Mets began to turn things around on the field and produce wins with regularity. The attendance at Shea Stadium began to increase, and it was becoming clear throughout the city that the Yankees were not the only show in town anymore. Rookie Dwight Gooden was a stud on the mound, and Strawberry was continuing to rise to stardom in the outfield, being named to the All-Star team in July. He also began to use amphetamines with regularity during the 1984 season.25 Most members of the hard-partying Mets team already were, as amphetamines allowed the players to go drink and abuse drugs all night, and play the next day with no hangover or ill feelings. By the end of the season, Johnson had guided the Mets from a team that came in last place the previous year to a second-place finish in the NL East.
The 1985 season again saw an increase in the number of Mets victories; the team that won only 68 games in 1983 rang up 98 victories in 1995. Strawberry continued to produce at the plate and help put fans in the seats. Attendance at Shea Stadium was now more than double that of his rookie year: 2.7 million vs. 1.1 million. Strawberry was also married that year to Lisa Andrews, a tumultuous relationship that resulted in court appearances and ultimately divorce. Although he appeared in 37 fewer games than he did in 1984 due to minor health issues and slight injuries, Strawberry still scored 79 runs and hit 29 home runs, both more than his previous year's total. While it was enough to earn Strawberry a trip to his second consecutive All-Star Game, his performance was not enough to help power the Mets into the postseason. But that would change the next season.
"We had a sense of destiny in 1986, a belief that it would all come together for us in a great, historic display of baseball power," said Strawberry.26 The expectations were high for the Mets as early as spring training; they had won 98 games the season before and were in almost every aspect more skilled, more intense, and more arrogant than the Cardinals, Cubs, and the rest of the NL East.27 After an indifferent start to the season, things began to turn around for the Mets. They went on one of the greatest runs in franchise history, reeling off 11 wins in a row before losing a game, then winning another seven in a row. The Mets were on fire through May. Although he was having a great year on the field, off it Strawberry continued to alienate himself from teammates as his ego grew. His head was as large as the Goodyear Blimp, and with each new magazine cover story and autograph request it only got bigger. His teammates felt he was vicious and selfish, taking a great deal of pride in making others feel inferior.28 By now Strawberry was routinely abusing drugs and drinking heavily in the clubhouse. Under the MLB drug policy in place in the 1980s, no team could compel a player to take a drug test, and with the Mets winning in amazing fashion on a regular basis, no one was willing to rein in Strawberry and get him under control.
For most of the 1986 season the Mets were the first-place team and the others in the division futilely chased them. The 108-win Mets were heavy favorites to capture the World Series. The National League Championship Series, went six games and included two thrilling extra-inning contests before the Mets emerged victorious over Houston. Strawberry hit a crucial home run in Game Three to help propel the Mets to victory, and finished the NLCS with two home runs and five RBIs. The 1986 World Series, pitting the Mets against the Boston Red Sox, opened at Shea Stadium on October 18. After six games the teams were tied with three victories apiece, and Strawberry was a nonfactor at the plate. But in Game Seven, when it came time to deliver, Strawberry stepped up. Boston had mounted a mini-rally in the top of the eighth inning to pull within one run of the Mets, but when Strawberry led off the bottom of the inning with a solo home run, there was no doubt it was New York's night. The miracle season of 1986, highlighted by so many late-game heroics and the team's never-say-die attitude concluded with the Mets as the world champions.
The Mets' descent from the World Series heights started before the 1987 campaign when ace pitcher Dwight Gooden was admitted into a drug-treatment center a week before the start of the season. Strawberry was able to hide his demons throughout the season and produced at the plate. He had career highs with 108 runs scored, 104 RBIs, 36 stolen bases, and 39 home runs. Despite his increased offensive output, the Mets finished second in the division and missed the playoffs. In 1988 Strawberry again reached the century mark in runs scored and RBIs, smashed a league-leading 39 home runs, and led the National League in slugging and OPS. He was named to his fifth straight All-Star Game and was runner-up to Kirk Gibson for the MVP. The Mets finished in first place in the NL East, winning 100 games. However, they failed to recapture the magic of 1986 and fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games in the NLCS. In 1989 Strawberry was unable to repeat the success of the two previous seasons. Across the board his numbers fell off dramatically and the turmoil in the Mets clubhouse spilled out in front of the media when Strawberry and teammate Keith Hernandez got into a scuffle during team picture day with the cameras rolling.29 As Strawberry suffered through his worst year with the Mets statistically (.225 batting average), the team began to falter and failed to make the postseason.
When Davey Johnson was fired early in the 1990 season, Strawberry declared he would leave the Mets at the end of the season as a free agent. He performed well and earned a seventh consecutive All-Star appearance. His last season as a Met concluded with 37 home runs and a career-best 108 runs batted in. That offseason Strawberry was true to his word and left the Mets to return home to Los Angeles, signing a five-year contract for $20.25 million with the Dodgers.
Strawberry's first year in LA, 1991, was his best in Dodger blue, but even though he was named to his eighth All-Star contest in July, he batted just .265 and his other numbers were down. In 1992 Strawberry played in only 43 games before injuring his back. He had back surgery in September. He tried to return far too soon and was off and on the disabled list of much of 1993, getting just 100 at-bats as his batting average tumbled to a disappointing .140.30 As he fell apart on the baseball field, his personal life was no better. He was going through a messy and public divorce from Lisa, and the ever-present drug- and alcohol-abuse rumors swirled around him despite his claims of sobriety. Eventually Strawberry came clean to the Dodgers about his addiction and they placed him on the disabled list, and sent him off to the Betty Ford Clinic. When he was finally released from treatment, the Dodgers cut ties with the once-hailed hometown hero.
After being away from the game for a little over a year, Strawberry found a team willing to take another chance on him and signed with the San Francisco Giants on June 19, 1994. Strawberry was now 32 and promised the team he was ready to live a drug-free lifestyle. The Giants felt his guarantee of sobriety was genuine and took a chance on the slugger. With Strawberry in the lineup, the Giants flourished and won nine straight to come within 4½ games of the division-leading Dodgers. Despite his less than overwhelming numbers — 4 home runs, 17 RBIs, and a .239 average in 92 at-bats — the Giants were impressed. The players' strike of 1994 interrupted the team's plans to capture the division from the Dodgers, but the Giants were left with a positive impression of Strawberry and his recovery.31 He had a job waiting for him in 1995 in San Francisco.
But Strawberry would not get the chance to go back to the Bay Area. Troubles with the IRS arose over unreported income from card-show appearances, and, facing the prospect of jail time, Strawberry relapsed into using hard drugs and began to fail drug tests and display erratic behavior. While he was prepared to go to jail for the income-tax charges, Strawberry was let off with probation, community service, and a hefty bill for back taxes. But once again he would get another chance to turn his baseball career around, this time with the New York Yankees.
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner believed he could rehabilitate Strawberry and that the 296-foot porch in right field was no match for his uppercut swing. From 1995 through the 1999 season Strawberry was a member of the Yankees, but the dreams of Strawberry home runs landing in Yankee Stadium's right-field porch with consistent regularity were never realized. He was never able to recapture the glory he had experienced across town at Shea Stadium.
The 1995 season was full of setbacks for Strawberry. His legal troubles resulted in court-ordered restrictions that dictated where he could reside and the hours he was able to be away from his residence. Steinbrenner's determination to help Darryl turn his life around resulted in the Yankees appointing a full-time "guardian" to shadow Strawberry at all times, as well as regular drug testing to ensure that he would not slip up again. After rehabbing at the Yankees' facilities in Tampa, Strawberry was ready to hit the field. In 1995 he played in 31 minor-league games for the Tampa Yankees, Gulf Coast League Yankees, and the Columbus Clippers before rejoining the big-league club for 32 games toward the end of the season.
Strawberry spent 63 games in 1996 with the big-league club and hit 11 home runs. He helped the Yankees defeat the Orioles in the ALCS, hitting three home runs and collecting five RBIs, then went on to win another World Series, over the Atlanta Braves, alongside former Mets teammates David Cone and Dwight Gooden. In 1997 injuries derailed Strawberry and he played in only 16 minor-league games and 11 for the Yankees. For the first time in his career he failed to hit a home run that season. Then 1998 was a bounce-back season for Darryl at the plate, as he played in over 100 games for the first time since the 1991 season. In a part-time role he belted 24 home runs and had 57 RBIs to go along with a .247 average. For the third time in his career he became a World Series winner, but that accomplishment was overshadowed by a diagnosis of colon cancer that kept him from playing in the World Series.
In 1999 after cancer treatments after a 140-day MLB-mandated suspension for possessing cocaine and soliciting an undercover police officer for sex, the 37-year-old Strawberry returned to the Yankees. In limited playing time he managed only three home runs. However he was able to recapture postseason glory once again when he hit a decisive three-run home run that played a critical role in helping the Yankees sweep the Texas Rangers in the Division Series, then hit another homer as then the Yankees knocked off Boston in the ALCS before moving on to another World Series championship, over Atlanta. When the season concluded Strawberry retired from baseball as an eight-time All Star with four World Series rings — not a bad accomplishment for an inner-city kid from an impoverished neighborhood.
After baseball Strawberry continued to struggle with addiction and run-ins with the law. In 2000 his cancer returned and he started chemotherapy. However, this setback was not enough to quench his desire for drugs and he spent much of the next three years in and out of treatment centers and prison on drug-related charges. As of 2015, Strawberry was married to his wife, Tracy, and was an ordained minister. He devoted a great deal of his time to his family, church, and his charity work for those affected by autism. He said he remained remorseful for his past actions and was fully aware of the impact they had on his career. With his natural talent Strawberry could have been one of baseball's greatest hitters if it were not for his naïve nature, immaturity, and ultimately his substance abuse. In a book published in 2009 he admitted, "I made some good choices, and I made some really bad ones."32
1 Darryl Strawberry with Arthur Rust Jr., Darryl (New York: Bantam Books, 1992), 82-88.
2 Darryl Strawberry, Straw: Finding My Way (New York: Ecco, 2009), 9.
3 Strawberry, Darryl, 76-77.
4 Strawberry, Straw, 21.
5 Strawberry, Straw, 21-22.
6 Michael Sokolove, The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry & the Boys of Crenshaw (New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004), 51.
7 Sokolove, 35.
10 Sokolove, 75.
12 Sokolove, 82-84.
18 Cited in Sokolove, 96.
19 Sokolove, 100.
20 Strawberry, Darryl, 128-129.
23 Bob Klapisch, High and Tight: The Rise and Fall of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. (New York: Villard Books, 1996), 26.
25 Klapisch, 23-26.
26 Strawberry, Darryl, 188.
27 Jeff Pearlman, The Bad Guys Won (New York: Harper Collins, 2004), 43.
28 Pearlman, 137-138.
29 Klapisch, 71.
31 Klapisch, 135-138.
32 Strawberry, Straw: Finding My Way, 199.
Darryl Eugene Strawberry
March 12, 1962 at Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Home Run Champions · Rookie of the Year · 1980s All-Stars · 1990s All-Stars · 1986 New York Mets · Nuclear Powered Baseball
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Skerryvore will be virtually first-footing around the world on New Year's Day
Multi award-winning band Skerryvore have announced that they are going first footing around the world this 1st January as they take to people's living rooms internationally this New Year's Day!
It's first footing with a twist, as the eight-piece won't be knocking at your door with a piece of coal for your fire or a box of shortbread, but instead they will be encouraging you to get the whisky poured to toast the New Year as they perform a special live stream that can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own sofa from anywhere in the world.
As well as a live performance, members of Skerryvore will also take the time to read out 'Happy New Year' wishes for those who can't be with loved ones to say to them in person whilst also broadcasting surprise Happy New Year messages from artists and friends across the world.
As part of the line-up of entertainment, the band will also showcase a virtual tour of the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and Cottage, where they will be given behind the scenes access to areas of the museum and cottage as they take viewers to the home of National Bard and composer of 'Auld Lang Syne'.
The New Year's Day Live show will also include a performance from singer-songwriter Norrie MacIver, originally from the Isle of Lewis and best-recognised as the frontman for Scottish group Skipinnish.
The show will be available to watch live, with ticketing details available at www.skerryvore.com/new-years-day-live/. There will be no fixed cost per view, with fans invited to 'pay what you want' for their ticket as well as access to exclusive merchandise and content.
Viewers will also be in with the chance to win a unique signed and framed vinyl of 'Everyday Heroes' – the charity single that the band released in April of this year to raise money for NHS charities. The single went to number one in the iTunes charts within just 12 hours of being released.
Daniel Gillespie, founding member and Managing Director for Skerryvore, said: "The festive season is usually one of the busiest periods of the year for us as we take to the road and tour around Scotland celebrating the Christmas season with a run of gigs for fans across the country. It's such a special time of the year as we get to meet up with friends to celebrate the festive season. We will really miss that this year, so we've been working hard to bring some kind of festive show to audiences not just here in Scotland but across the world and start off 2021 as we mean to go on – playing live music! So, here's farewell to the auld acquaintance of 2020 and the challenges it has brought, and let's take a cup o 'kindness yet for 2021 and all the exciting new positives that we truly hope will come with this promising New Year."
Skerryvore was formed by brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (pipes, whistles and accordion) from Tiree alongside Livingston based musicians Fraser West (drums) and Alec Dalglish (guitar and vocals). The line-up now also includes Craig Espie (fiddle) and Jodie Bremaneson (bass), Scott Wood (pipes and whistles) and Alan Scobie (keyboards).
Together they mix Scottish folk music with pop, rock and Americana influences to create their own high-energy brand of contemporary Scottish traditional music that has seen them twice awarded Scotland's Live Act of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards.
Over the last fifteen years the band has performed in more than 25 countries worldwide including across the UK, Europe, USA, Canada and Australia.
Tickets for SKERRYVORE: NEW YEARS DAY LIVE are available to buy at www.skerryvore.com/new-years-day-live/
Skerryvore's complete discography is available to purchase at: www.skerryvore.com
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This is about medicine, not theology | Mark Sant
FULL INTERVIEW • The ongoing IVF debate has sparked a wave of pro-life concern; but for obstetrician Mark Sant, that is a case of missing the baby for the test-tube. Infertility is a medical condition, he argues... and should be approached as such
Last updated on 13 May 2018, 6:13pm
by Raphael Vassallo
Mark Sant
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the proposed amendments to IVF legislation. First off, however: is it necessary to amend this law in the first place? What needs to be changed?
It is necessary, and how. The aim behind IVF Is that infertile women will go home [after treatment] and have a baby. But the law that we have now is extremely restrictive, and in quite a few cases does not allow us to reach our aim. The current law allows us to attempt to fertilise two eggs; which is very different from having two embryos. In exceptional circumstances, the law allows us to apply for a concession to try to fertilise three eggs. Now: what happens in the rest of Europe? Usually, you collect all the eggs – in a normal cycle, between eight and 15 – and attempt to fertilise them all. Why? Because when you attempt to fertilise 15 eggs, you will get 10 to 12 that will actually fertilise; and these will then have to develop. Also, abroad they are allowed to go up to five days [before implantation] instead of only three [as is the case here]. By the end of that process, from 15 eggs, you will end up with five or six. One will be implanted, and the rest are frozen. But what are we doing [in Malta]? We are attempting to fertilise only two eggs – which sometimes gives you two embryos – and we have to [implant] them both by the third day. We don't allow them to go up to the fifth day...
What is significant in the difference between implanting after three or five days?
By the fifth day, the embryo will have shifted from its mother's infrastructure, to its own. This gives more opportunity to identify genetically abnormal embryos – and by 'genetic abnormalities', I'm not referring to Down's Syndrome, or abnormalities that will still give rise to a live birth. I'm talking about problems that will lead to failed implantation, or miscarriages. So, by leaving implantation to the fifth day, it will give you a way to at least try to weed out the really bad ones. Those will not be replaced [back in the womb]... what's the point of replacing an embryo that is destined to fail? In our case, however, if we had to wait until day five, in many cases we will not be implanting anything at all. [...] in reality, we are very often replacing embryos that are destined to fail. Is that right? Is that going to help us achieve our objective?
And yet, the law as it stands is called the 'Embryo Protection Act'...
It's a very big misnomer...
... so it seems, as from what you're saying it doesn't seem to be offering much protection to embryos at all...
It's even worse. What I've been talking about so far are embryos that are destined to fail... which haven't really had anything done to them. But we are in a worse situation than that. Today, we know that, if you measure one of the hormones at the time of actually triggering ovulation... basically, if the progesterone level is over 1.5 – that reduces the chances of an embryo implanting by around 20%. Abroad, in those cases they would freeze the embryo, and replace it later [when the hormone levels are lower]. What do we do? We put it in anyway. So what are we doing? We're sending at least one fifth of our embryos to certain death, if you want to look at it that way. You call that embryo protection? It's embryo destruction...
We're sending at least one fifth of our embryos to certain death, if you want to look at it that way. You call that embryo protection? It's embryo destruction...
Another effect is to raise the hopes of expectant mothers, in cases where chances of success are minimal. Do you encounter cases like that?
Unfortunately, as I tell my patients all the time: we are going to do our best, you are doing your best... but this is like a lottery. When you buy a lottery ticket, you don't commit yourself to buying a new house or car... because, in most cases, you are not going to win the lottery. With IVF, it's the same. Even in the best scenarios, two-thirds of the people we are going to start the process on, are going to remain empty-handed...
Is this because our law is faulty... or is it a statistic about IVF in general?
If you take IVF in general: on the first cycle – what we call the 'fresh' cycle – without subdividing by age, or any other factor... you are looking at a 33-35% chance of [success]. Abroad, it is slightly different... they can freeze embryos, and can attempt to fertilise all a woman's eggs... so if you have four or five embryos, you will implant one to begin with; and if it doesn't work, then you take one of the remaining [frozen] embryos, thaw it, and put it back in. That process is much, much simpler: you do not have to stimulate the woman with all those injections; you don't have to give her anaesthetic to collect her eggs... because everything's already been done. So then, there is what we call the cumulative success rate, per cycle that you have stimulated. With freezing, one stimulation gives you four, five chances. That pushes up the cumulative successive rate to between 60 and 70%. In our case, without freezing... you only have one chance. If that fails, you have to start the process again. Basically, you have to stimulate the patient every time...
One aspect that is rarely discussed is how all this affects the patient. What does a woman undergoing IVF treatment actually go through?
When we do IVF, we take over the cycle. We shut down her own cycle, and stimulate everything afresh. [...] The process involves two weeks of multiple injections; and when the eggs have matured enough, we administer a light anaesthetic to retrieve those eggs, using a trans-vaginal ultrasound with a needle on it. We puncture the ovaries, and aspirate those eggs. The eggs are then sent to the lab, where, currently, any two are taken for an attempt at fertilisation. The rest are frozen, using oocyte vitrification...
And the success rate is not satisfactory...
No. [...] The latest European statistics show that for a woman aged 35 or younger, you need eight eggs to get one good embryo. In women aged 36 and older, you need 25 eggs. So basically it's lottery. That's why the success rate with frozen oocytes is dismal...
Meanwhile, the discussion has also been characterised by concerns with abortion: there have been highly emotive public protests against 'freezing babies', making no distinction between a human embryo, and a foetus. From a medical perspective... what is the difference, anyway?
It is a continuum: you stick labels as you go along. When a baby is born, we call it a newborn baby... then we call it a toddler when it starts to walk a bit; then a child, then an adolescent, then an adult... there aren't clear definitions: it's a continuum...
By that argument, the protestors may have a point. If the definitions aren't clear, they can be stretched backwards as much as forwards...
But then, science does give definitions. An adolescent, for example, is going to go through puberty. A baby has to have been born; before that, it's a foetus... which is not the same thing as an embryo. But you can take the argument back even further. Before you were an embryo, you were a sperm and an egg. And if we were to go on ethical issues: contraception was 'not right' because it stopped the potential for that life. Even a sperm and egg, lying next to each other, can give rise to life. But what is an embryo? By day three, it will consist of about seven to eight cells. Those cells are all identical, and have the potential [to become an individual]; but they still have to give rise to a placenta... to membranes... eventually, to a foetus. Potentially, they could give rise to three foetuses. So how can you call that an 'individual', with its own identity? It could become three people...
Fr Peter Serracino Inglott had made a similar argument some years ago: we cannot talk of an individual 'soul' for the same reason. But that's a case of applying theological reasoning to scientific issues. Is that a good way to approach this issue?
No, I think it's very unfortunate. But one finds oneself compelled to do it, because these are the arguments being thrown at us all the time. I have been compelled to look things up, and – in a similar, in my opinion, ridiculous fashion – I have had to come up with comparisons. Muslims, for instance, believe that the soul starts at 40 days [from conception]; in Judaism, it's when the organs start to form. I think it's useless to go down this route... but I feel I have to, because these are the arguments we face all the time...
Nonetheless, there are other arguments which are less emotive. If the success rate with frozen embryos is high, we could end up with a surplus of viable frozen embryos: raising questions as to what to do with them in the long run...
I think we have reached a point in this interview where I can say that I don't like the proposed amended law. It is still too restrictive, and I really don't see why our citizens with fertility issues have to be second-class. The proposed amendment says that we will be able to attempt to fertilise five eggs... but not even the first time round. For the first time, you will only be allowed to attempt to fertilise three. I think that's incredibly ridiculous. So, if I have a situation which is dismal – I can tell straight away that it's a hopeless situation – they're telling me that I have to subject that patient to a whole cycle of IVF, to fertilise three eggs... just so that she might qualify for a slightly better chance with five. Why? [pause]. Even if we are to going to go with this super-restrictive idea, at least it should be the Embryo Authority to decide: I present the case, and they decide if it's a genuine case that can go straight for five embryos. Why should I have to compel somebody to go through all the hardships of a full IVF cycle, so that they can qualify for another chance?
It seems to me that the reason for these restrictions is to appease the general public. Would you agree?
Not even the general public. I would say it's to appease the objections of certain individuals. Unfortunately, the people who are really going to need this therapy are not being consulted. The infertile population we have right now is not being consulted... and please note: it is at least one in six people... and expected to increase. One in six is not a small number. But they are not being consulted, mainly because they are not coming forward. The stigma is still there. We think of Third World countries where infertile women are cast out of communities, as something disgusting – and it is – but we do the same thing here. A woman who is infertile still feels the taboo. And even more than that, they are scared to come forward because, if they eventually do have a child through IVF, and people get to know about it... they are afraid that even their children will be stigmatised. That is why very few come out in public. But the ones who are really going to need it are not voicing their opinion. I think it's ridiculous that people who have had four, five, nine children feel empowered enough to impose on the childless, and tell them: 'Lump it. You're not going to have babies...'
I think it's ridiculous that people who have had four, five, nine children feel empowered enough to impose on the childless, and tell them: 'Lump it. You're not going to have babies...'
This seems to echo arguments made in Parliament recently, to the effect that legislators should not grant rights that have been 'denied by God and nature'. What is your answer to that?
That argument throws away medicine in general. Let's say I have a strong family history of heart disease – my father died at 40, his brother died at 42... and I'm next in line. So I go and have an angiogram done, and find that my veins are a bit tight. So we put stints in them, and I end up living till I'm 70 or 80. I was not meant to live that long. My genes were meant for me to snuff it when I was 40... but medicine intervened. We do the same thing with disabled people. Do we throw them away? No. We care for them, medicine tries its best, etc. Same with renal failure. We don't give up on those cases: we try to obtain organs and transplant them. This is about medicine. And this concept, that infertility is 'just a luxury', is wrong. In Europe, infertility is a medical condition. If you have a right to medicine, you have a right to medical treatment for infertility. [...] The idea that this is just about women being capricious... wanting to have a child, because she 'would like to have one'... is wrong. That woman has a very basic, instinctive need to procreate; and the inability to do so is a medical condition, and that is how it has to be treated. I really hate it when people talk about a woman 'desiring to have a child'. No. She might 'desire' to have a nice set of curtains... not to have a baby. The baby is an instinctive need, not a desire.
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