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Using the best technology available today, Slumpbot .200 identifies a few players who are currently having trouble and then offers solutions for recovery.
Tim Lincecum(notes), San Francisco
Data: 5-2, 3.20 ERA, 1.182 WHIP, 2.78 K/BB
Malfunction: On May 15, Lincecum stood at 5-0 with a 1.76 ERA. Since then, he's given up 18 runs in 22 1/3 innings and his ERA has nearly doubled. Perhaps even more amazingly, he walked exactly five men in each of his final four starts in May after having only walked five men once in all of 2009. He was also knocked out of the game on May 26 before completing five innings, the first time he'd failed to go five since September of 2009.
It can't help that the Giants are currently breaking in a new catcher, hot prospect Buster Posey(notes), but Lincecum's regular receiver, Bengie Molina(notes), downplays concerns:
"I really believe all he is doing is missing spots with his fastball."
Diagnosis: There's no question that Lincecum has been missing his spots. For his career, 63 percent of his pitches have been strikes and over his past five starts, it's been 60 percent. Far worse has been his first-pitch strike percentage, which was 57 percent last year, but is only 51 percent this year, so he's starting far more batters on a hitter's count.
Lincecum's declining fastball velocity has been well-documented, as he's just averaged 91.3 mph this year, down from 92.4 in 2009 and 94.1 in 2008. In his last start, he topped out at 93, slower than his average fastball during his first Cy Young campaign. He makes up for it with a solid breaking ball and devastating changeup, but he can't blow people away with the fastball any more, and he's needed more pitches per plate appearance than in previous years. Over the years, he has convinced management, media and fans that his unorthodox mechanics and training regimen keeps his arm injury-free, but there's no question that his declining velocity and increasing pitch counts have coincided with declining results this year. Only Lincecum knows whether he's hurt... but Giant fans know the scoreboard is hurting.
Reboot Directions: His most recent start was better than his May slide — seven innings, six hits, three earned runs, and six strikeouts to two walks — though still not up to his usual standards. Still, it was reassuring to see his strikeout-to-walk ratio back to three and in order for him to continue to succeed with his diminished fastball, it will need to remain there.
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Nate McLouth(notes), Atlanta Braves .180/299/.287, 3 HR, 14 RBI
Nate McLouth's putrid season has placed him high up on the "worst players in baseball" list, not far from the wretched Aramis Ramirez(notes) (whom I covered a month ago). He has played comparably to trade partner Charlie Morton(notes), who's 1-9 with a 9.35 ERA for the Pirates. McLouth's .225 BABIP isn't helping any, but he's also striking out more than usual and hitting into fewer line drives than usual, and swinging at the first pitch much more than usual. He's a mediocre player who's had horrifically bad luck, with predictably appalling results.
Adam LaRoche(notes), Arizona Diamondbacks .250/.344/.443, 7 HR, 34 RBI
Andy LaRoche(notes), Pittsburgh Pirates .244/.309/.338, 3 HR, 11 RBI
Earlier this year, I profiled the slumping Upton brothers, who have predictably hit better of late. Now the LaRoches have taken the torch. Adam is a notorious second-half player, so his May-June struggles (.688 OPS in his last 34 games) are hardly surprising. But Andy is slowly playing his way out of the major leagues. Once a major prospect in his own right, he is 26 and has never convincingly showed that he can hit in the major leagues. In exactly 1,000 major league at-bats, he has a .663 OPS. Andy's career is on life support, and if he fails to hit for the rest of the summer, he won't be in a slump — he'll be out of a job.
Todd Helton(notes), Colorado Rockies .240/.357/.309, 1 HR, 11 RBI
Todd Helton is 36 and in the twilight of a wonderful career, but his skills are declining and he's unfortunately owed $29 million through 2013. He enjoyed a nice rebound last year, but he hasn't hit 20 homers since 2005, and his power numbers are even worse than his injury-plagued 2008. He hasn't missed any time due to injury this year, but this power outage is so disturbing that he's either injured or on his way out of the league. The Rockies recently bumped him down to sixth in the lineup, but they might do well to give his back a thorough examination. Whether he's injured or not, he isn't doing them any favors by staying in the lineup.


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ICBC More Than Doubles Bad-Loan Provisions as Economy Coolsby
World's biggest bank reports 0.5% quarterly profit gain
Lender's earnings underscore weak bank reporting season
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the world's largest lender by assets, reported a 0.5 percent increase in quarterly profit from a year earlier as it more than doubled provisions for bad loans.
Net income climbed to 72.7 billion yuan ($11.5 billion) in the three months ended Sept. 30, a Hong Kong exchange filing showed Friday. That was close to the 72.8 billion yuan average of three analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
The lender set aside 19.3 billion yuan of provisions for bad loans in the quarter, more than double the amount a year earlier. Its bad-loan ratio stood at 1.44 percent of total credit, up from 1.4 percent at the end of June.
"ICBC's earnings growth in the fourth quarter may be even slower or they may even see a profit decline," said Chen Xingyu, a Shanghai-based analyst at Phillip Securities Research. "The bad-loan situation will only deteriorate over the next year."
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At a press briefing in Beijing in August, ICBC President Yi Huiman indicated that the lender might need to abandon a target of keeping its nonperforming loan ratio at 1.45 percent this year, citing "severe" conditions.
While the banking industry's official nonperforming loan ratio is 1.5 percent, analysts say the number is understated. BNP Paribas SA estimates 9 percent for Chinese banks listed in Hong Kong, while Autonomous Research says the level could be closer to 20 percent.
An economic slowdown is weighing on profits just as interest-rate cuts put pressure on margins and the government deregulates finance to intensify competition. Bank of China Ltd., another of the nation's big-four banks, on Thursday reported its first quarterly profit decline since the global financial crisis.
In a sign of how Chinese banks' profit growth has waned, ICBC's net income has fluctuated between gains and declines over the past four quarters, growing a maximum of 1.4 percent.
ICBC's result came after China Construction Bank Corp. reported earnings that were little changed from a year earlier, while Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., another of the big-four banks, returned to profit growth with a 1 percent gain.
Bank of Communications Co. earlier on Friday reported a 14.7 billion yuan profit. That compared with the 15.4 billion-yuan average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.


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Black is slimming and I need all the help I can get. madre says there isn't enough black clothing in the world....
I would have picked camouflage but that wasn't one of the choices...
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Spacious 1 Bedroom 1 block from Times Square - 8214A
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Площадь50 м²
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Midtown West one bedroom apartment in a desirable elevator building with a doorman can accommodate up to 4 adults. The apartment includes living room, dining area, and kitchen for a convenient stay with all the comforts of home. The living room features a plush L shaped sofa perfect for lounging and mingling with your companions while taking a break from the busy streets of New York City. The sofa easily converts into a Full sized pull out bed to provide an extra sleeping accommodation. In the common area you will also find a dining table with seating for 6 for your dining enjoyment. The fully equipped white cabinet kitchen includes appliances, dishware and cookware. Full bathroom with shower, marble tub and towels provided. The bedroom features a Queen sized bed with matching nightstand and dresser for your belongings. There is also a Laundromat on the premises that is available for your use. The building is located on 45th Street and 8th Avenue, meaning you're a short walk away from the allure of the lights of Times Square that draws millions of tourist every year. This is a great location since you are located in the middle of Manhattan making traveling throughout the city for sightseeing that much more convenient. Also, Times Square is conveniently a stop for various subway lines. The area also offers a great selection of fine restaurants including those on Restaurant Row (West 46th Street) and 9th Avenue. There is also a wide selection of nightlife activities from Irish pubs, to piano bars, to comedy shows. New York is also the center of the arts world featuring a wide array of cultural institutions for the performing arts such as Alvin Ailey Dance Company and the various Broadways shows available. Visit Bryant Park for a laid back afternoon and social atmosphere. Here you can enjoy their free movie screenings in the summer or ice-skating in the winter. Rockefeller center is also a major attraction during the Christmas season with the Christmas tree and Christmas decorations. It will truly have you in the holiday spirit. Make this your choice for a memorable New York City trip!
USA Stay residences are not hotels. USA Stay does not supply daily housekeeping services and other amenities commonly expected during a hotel stay. The USA Stay residences do not comply with the same fire safety and building code requirements as a hotel. Contact customer service for any maintenance issues - there is not a front desk or staff at any of the residences
Правила Проживания-Security deposit required.
-Tenant pays their own electricity.
-The keys are picked up at the office near the apartment.
Cleaning service fee included in the total nightly price.
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+ : Logement calme idéalement situé à un bloc de Times Square. Grande chambre. Efforts de déco
- : Accueil impersonnel, à la chaîne par une société qui gère des locations d'appartements sur NYC (où est l'hôte ?)
Aucun service (pas assez de draps et de serviettes dans l'appartement => réclamation puis obligés d'aller les chercher le lendemain soir car promesse de les apporter non tenue; pas de chauffage dans le salon => ne sont jamais passés voir)
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Я рекомендую эту квартиру очень хорошо расположен в Манхэттене. Это просторный, мы были 7 человек. Описание соответствует действительности. Не беспокойтесь, чтобы получить ключи, Wi-Fi работает ... Малый мере одна ванная комната для 4 спальни это слишком мало, и 2 номера имеют вид на крошечном внутреннем дворе не очень чистый. В противном случае приятный отдых ....
Je conseille cet appartement très bien situé dans Manhattan. Il est spacieux, nous étions 7 personnes. La description est conforme à la réalité. Aucun soucis pour récupérer les clefs, le wifi fonctionne ... Les petits moins, 1 salle de bain pour 4 chambres c'est trop peu et 2 des chambres ont une vue sur la minuscule cour intérieur pas très propre. Sinon agréable séjour ....
The rented apartment, advertized on the platform wimdu.de as "Luxus-LOFT 3 Schlafzimmer, 2 Bäder – Ausstattung" ("Luxury LOFT 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths – Equiped") had several serious defects and deviations from the published specifications. The use of the apartment as described in the ad was not possible, leading to additional unplanned costs and expenses. As per the terms and conditions, all problems were promptly reported and well documented by photographs.
The shortcomings in detail:
• Severe uncleanliness (including bed sheets, towels, bathroom, kitchen, refrigerator, floors) and other serious hygiene issues throughout the entire apartment
• No Wi-Fi or Internet access, a direct deviation from the terms of reference in your ad
• Toilet was broken/defective – the tank ran constantly
• Air conditioning unit did not work (it was masked)
• Soiled linens and bedding
• One of the bedrooms had no bedding whatsoever (due to the low temperatures it was not possible to stay overnight)
• Soiled towels
• Dirty, foul-smelling refrigerator – completely non-usable
• Non-usable cabinets (misconstruction)
• Dirty floors throughout the apartment and in particular the bathrooms
• Dirty windows
• The trash was never emptied
• There were defective doorknobs which would fall out of the door
• There was no laundry detergent
• The clocks were defective
• TVs did not work – all four of them
No promised on-site support was received from you as the responsible US agency. No support was received at any time, no action was taken to address any of the shortcomings. A selection of the submitted photographs can be found in the appendix to my e-mail.
Never again!
Windu is the most expensive website to rent an apartment on the face of the earth. Based on an email sent by CityKit (Management Company of the property) the actual cost of the apartment was $2001.00 for 7 days but we paid to Windu 2,421.21. This means 420 (20%) commission. Making this type of commission could be typical in the industry but letting the client to find out about it is very unprofessional. Hiding key information like the location of the apartment is no very professional either (third floor without elevator) Later we realized the apartment was in poor shape and not properly maintained, CityKit totally ignored our request for simple things missing like extra cover and linen for the sofa bed or to send a technician to fix a huge leak on the bathroom sink. Definitely I won't recommend Wimdu to a friend.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
Great location, but it is not really a 1BR apartment, It's a very small place, well locatedand clean. But when you add in all the costs (e.g. Wimdu booking fee) and hassle (driving back and forth to guest services for the key, TV not working) you wonder if it would have been more convenient to stay in a hotel.
Had a great stay in this apt. Everything went smooth, picking up the keys and finding the apt. It was clean and has everything you possibly need. Don't forget to take earplugs :) It's on the second floor, so you're right in the middle of all the sounds from the city. Been here with 4 adults and it's big enough. Location was great, subway just 3 blocks down, grocerystore around the corner... Would stay here again
I would like to have 2 sets of towels for 1 week !
Very good location and good size apartment with all the necessities for our party of 8 people. Quite a few restaurants nearby and a subway station just down the street. We had a problem with the radiators that wouldn't stop heating and one of them had a broken knob. We called the agency who were very nice and helpful and sent a man to fix it - it didn't help though... Also it was litterally painful to shower in the apartment because of the water temperature that was constantly changing between either ice cold or burning hot, and that caused us quite a bit of frustration during our stay.
Besides from that the apartment was very nice and clean and with plenty of towels and we enjoyed our stay!
The location of the apartment (Thompson Street/Houston Street) is very good, subway stations are quite nearby and there are lots of supermarkets, shops and restaurants in the neighborhood.
The flat is located on the 3rd floor which is not very convenient with luggage because there is no elevator; unfortunately it could have been cleaner.
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I've discovered in my social media experience there truly is a sense of camaraderie amongst the majority of users! Chances are if you are bold enough to seek assistance with a particular issue/question you will receive a quality response from at least one person, usually many. That is spectacular!
Like most other things in life, the energy and passion you invest into your own Social Media (SM) network will determine the value of your experience! In an online community an individual influences his/her own experience by making choices, conscious or sub-conscious, regarding the honesty, tone and direction of communications with other users. Most SM experts recommend transparency as the most effective choice for communications.
Usually, a person's core values and morals will influence their interactions. Of course that is not always the case, as some users view online social media as an opportunity to play out their fantasies and engage in experimental behavior. This is particularly true in places like Second Life (SL), (http://www.secondlife.com) a virtual world where a person designs an online version of themselves, called an "avitar." In SL an avitar may embody both real and unreal physical characteristics, including gender choice and human/non human appearance. Users have the choice to communicate in whatever context they wish and their behavior is only governed by the SL terms of service. (TOS)
SM is sort of the "Wild West" of business communications, as it is a relatively unrestricted communication forum with many avenues still to be explored. That is both exciting and dangerous. In my SM experience I have learned some lessons over time and here are a few high points:
- Golden Rule — Treat other people the way you wish to be treated. There probably is no greater truth in this world …!
- Visibility — Expect that whatever you say or do in a social media application may be seen by anyone and everyone. This includes employers, prospective employers, customers, spouses, significant others, pastors, family, etc.
- Do Not Self Promote — Don't make your communications an infomercial for your company or products. This is one of the biggest mistakes made by many users.. instead be helpful to people and request their help, when needed. Build relationships… the business opportunities and recognition will follow!
- Make It Personal — Show fellow users tidbits of who you are through your communications and actions. People are drawn to other interesting people …. it makes them feel real and it opens the door to finding commonality!
I do not have all the "right answers" as to what constitutes the proper way to engage social media but hopefully this article has been helpful to you in making decisions on how to integrate it into your life.
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The Murrieta City Council will select a new mayor, and likely a new mayor pro tem, on Tuesday during its regularly scheduled meeting.
The new mayor will take the seat vacated by Councilman Harry Ramos, who was stripped of the mayoral title following the release of an 81-page report that concluded he violated the city's Code of Conduct while serving as mayor.
The alleged violations included relatively minor claims of not being prepared for meetings and more serious allegations of using his position to pick up women during official functions and secure favors.
At the special meeting on Oct. 8 in which he was stripped of his title, the council also cut off any funding for travel outside of the city limits and removed him from regional commissions.
Ramos has rejected calls to step down from the council, saying he is being targeted because of his political beliefs.
He has called the council's investigation into his behavior a "kangaroo court" and questioned the actions of the city manager, who, he feels, conspired against him.
According to the report, Ramos told a city employee he was going to fire her after he helped get the city manager, Rick Dudley, fired.
Ramos and the city are being sued by a woman who claims the then-mayor sexually harassed her following a chamber mixer in January.
Following the announcement of her claims, the chamber looked into the actions by Ramos at other chamber events and suspended his membership.
The city is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20 in City Hall.
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New words are being invented all the time, both online and offline. The Internet is responsible for a host of new words and phrases, many of which end up making it into dictionaries.
Having previously looked at 10 Internet phrases we would like to see die in a fire Kill It With Fire: 10 Internet Expressions That Need To Die [Weird & Wonderful Web] Kill It With Fire: 10 Internet Expressions That Need To Die [Weird & Wonderful Web] Languages are forever evolving. Some new words and phrases are readily accepted into common parlance. Others remain confined to the Internet, where they are often overused to the point that they need to die. Read More , it's high time we balanced things out with a look at a collection of new words currently vying for inclusion in the next Collins English Dictionary.
This is the Twictionary. Drumroll, please…
Collins Twictionary
Which new word should go into the new print edition @collinsdict? Voting closes 28 May so choose now! >> http://t.co/Cd7tkIJBW5 #Twictionary
— Collins Dictionary (@collinsdict) May 23, 2014
The Twictionary is Collins' attempt to utilize the power of Twitter to decide which Internet-originated words should make it into the twelfth edition of the Collins English Dictionary.
Collins has chosen nine words it feels have crossed over into the mainstream to such a degree they can legitimately be added to a real dictionary. And as physical books 5 Great Apps for Avid Readers Who Prefer a Real Printed Book [Android] 5 Great Apps for Avid Readers Who Prefer a Real Printed Book [Android] If there is one area in life that I believe technology will never completely eradicate older "technology" is in the area of reading. While many people have adopted the great e-book readers and publications that... Read More can sit on shelves for many generations, this is a huge responsibility for us all.
Or perhaps it's just a bit of fun and we can all spend the weekend using these words at inappropriate times. You can decide that for yourself, but to make sure you're using the words in the correct manner we have defined each of them below.
I'm super excited for Big Hero 6. It looks adorkable.
— TOOLERZ (@TairuPANdA) May 23, 2014
Dorky in an adorable way.
If you're dorky and adorable then you're adorkable. Hipsters the world over 7 Great Websites Poking Fun At Hipsters 7 Great Websites Poking Fun At Hipsters Hipsters, or scenesters as they're sometimes called, are a sub-culture who want to be different. At all costs. That longing to be different has now come full circle, where it's actually the norm (or at... Read More will be overjoyed at the news. "Hey, look at that guy reading Twilight. He's so adorkable I want to marry him."
Why do people hate on the "duck face" whys it matter what face someone makes In a pic to you.. You must be bored. Get a new activity. ????
— SydneyRae (@SydneyRaeFace) May 18, 2014
The traditional 'pouting' facial expression in selfies.
No one seems to know why women pull a duckface as soon as a camera is pointed at them. But they do it. A lot. "I thought that girl was hot until I got the photos developed and saw her duckface. Ugh."
#euromaidan fortifications strengthened dramatically since February… Will they still be here after Sunday? #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/VBobNMFUtm
— Maxim Tucker (@MaxRTucker) May 21, 2014
The original pro-Europe protests in Ukraine.
The only serious word on the list, which makes me balk at the idea of mocking it. But what the hell. "Did you see EuroMaidan on the news last night? It sure beat the riots in London for causing chaos."
What did you think of that 'fatberg'? Scarey! That's what happens when we pour fat down our sinks. They clog up your pipes – and the sewers.
— Sean Robinson (@SeanRobinson530) May 20, 2014
A large mass of solid waste, grease, etc, clogging a sewage system.
Once you've seen a fatberg you can never unsee it. And to think these things all live in the sewers below us. "The water takes ages to run away. My plumber is blaming the fatberg, which turned out to be the nickname he uses for his wife."
"The sheep are in good shape, Daddy!" #felfie #tnfelfie #blessed pic.twitter.com/Qa8AmYXj2Z
— Michael A. Shirley (@4HMan) May 18, 2014
A farmer selfie.
Everyone takes selfies 5 Things To Avoid When Taking Selfies 5 Things To Avoid When Taking Selfies Selfies shouldn't be taken lightly, and there are many things you need to avoid. Read More , even farmers, apparently, though I have never seen one doing so myself. A farmer selfie is a felfie, obviously. "Oh, I love taking felfies. This is me with Dolly the sheep. And this is me with Dobbin the horse. I suck at naming my animals."
No to all of them. Especially to Fracktivist. If you do that, then you MUST add words for activists against ANYTHING! http://t.co/e6xMpERnRh
— Ben Farrow (@EstragonHelmer) May 22, 2014
An activist who protests against fracking.
Fracking is a controversial process which has caused activists to rise up against those keen on it. These people are fracking activists, or fracktivists. "Watch out, the fractivist army is heading our way, and they have placards. Placards!"
It's a Gayday in the Gayborhood! Won't you be my neighbor?????????
— cluelessgayguy (@songsnotthesame) May 23, 2014
Gay-friendly neighbourhood, eg Castro in San Francisco.
To counter the problem of homophobia, gay-friendly neighbourhoods are becoming commonplace. And what better way to describe them than gaybourhoods. "Welcome to the gaybourhood, everyone is welcome here. Except homophobes."
#nomakeupselfie pic.twitter.com/E5a5ArgQ5W
— gee atherton (@gee_atherton) May 14, 2014
Selfie of a woman without make-up, posted online to raise awareness.
The #nomakeupselfie hashtag was intended to raise money and awareness for cancer charities. And it did. But it also reminded people that there is such a thing as natural beauty. "Miley Cyrus posted a nomakeupselfie, but she kept hold of the foam finger."
Vaguebooking is a cheap way to get attention from people. Same goes for Vaguetweeting. Just say what you mean.
— Dana Lisa Young (@danayoung) May 21, 2014
Posting deliberately vague status updates on social media.
We covered the imbecilic art of vaguebooking What Is The Imbecilic Art Of Vaguebooking? What Is The Imbecilic Art Of Vaguebooking? You may not have heard of the term Vaguebooking, but I can guarantee you will have seen at least one example of it in action. Certainly if you're active on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or any... Read More in depth a couple of years ago. It's an ongoing problem though, and together we can find a cure. "My cousin is vaguebooking again, but you can't unfriend family members, can you?"
Vote Now!
Now that you know what all of the words in the Collins Twictionary mean and how you would use them in a sentence, it's time to vote for your favorite. Voting ends on May 28, which only gives you a few days to get tweeting 7 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Twitter 7 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Twitter Twitter has now been with us for seven years and counting. This was seven years to the day since Jack Dorsey sent out the first tweet in 2006, at a time when the micro-blogging social... Read More with your preferred choice.
Don't pull an adorkable duckface while voting, or some felfie-loving fractivists may launch a fatberg on your vaguebooking gayborhood in an attack which #nomakeupselfie-supporting journalists will describe as the new EuroMaidan.
You have been warned. Now do your duty.
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Mary Oliver Quotes About SilenceQuotes about: Silence
Praying It doesn't have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don't try to make them elaborate, this isn't a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.
When death comes…. I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering: what it's going to be like, that cottage of darkness? And therefore I look upon everything as a brotherhood and a sisterhood, and I look upon time as no more than an idea, and I consider eternity as another possibility, and I think of each life as a flower, as common as a field daisy, and as singular, and each name a comfortable music in the mouth, tending, as all music does, toward silence, and each body as a lion of courage, and something precious to the earth. [from the poem "When Death Comes"]
Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through. His voice is deep, then he lifts it until it seems to fall from the sky. I am thrilled. I am grateful. Then, by the end of morning, he's gone, nothing but silence out of the tree where he rested for a night. And this I find acceptable. Not enough is a poor life. But too much is, well, too much. Imagine Verdi or Mahler every day, all day. It would exhaust anyone.
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How Lethal Bacteria Evolve to Survive
The golden age of medicine began with the discovery of antibiotics. Less than 90 years later, their overuse has given rise to deadly "superbugs."
Earlier this year, Dr. Neil Fishman faced a tough decision. A 54-year-old man fell off his roof while doing housework, injuring his leg. Six months later, bacteria resistant to most antibiotics had infected the wound. Fishman, associate chief medical officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, saw few choices: use an old, toxic antibiotic that didn't work well and would destroy the patient's kidneys, or amputate his leg.
"It's scary to me that in 2014 those are the only two options to give him," Fishman, who is also chair of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America's Education & Research Foundation, told Healthline.
The patient had his leg amputated, thus saving his life. That case is anything but isolated. Fishman has been working on antibiotic resistance since the early 1990s, and has watched along with other infectious disease experts as deadly bacteria have grown stronger, antibiotic use has increased, and new antibiotic discovery has fallen to an all-time low.
It has been 86 years since the first antibiotic was discovered. Experts like Fishman can cite reams of scientific evidence that show antibiotics are not as safe as they were once thought to be, and that widespread, indiscriminate antibiotic use triggers antibiotic resistance and other complications.
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But how do single-celled organisms continue to outsmart the species that put men on the moon and robots on Mars? The short answer is that they've been doing it since long before we learned to walk on two feet.
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The discovery of antibiotics made all medical procedures less risky, but they are slowly losing their effectiveness.
Bacteria are everywhere. And in most cases, that's a good thing. Those tiny, single-celled organisms are keeping you alive by helping you digest your meals and aiding your body in fighting off infection and disease. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health are isolating and mapping the genes of all these bacteria, collectively called the human microbiome.
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While humans simply can't exist without the help of bacteria, many strains are deadly and have been the source of billions of deaths throughout history.
Humans were given a leg up when Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria under a microscope in 1676, and one better when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. Those discoveries have led to the development of dozens of classes of antibiotics.
These drugs have been so crucial for so long that we've nearly forgotten what it's like when common medical problems become life-or-death situations, though the signs of a reversal have been there all along.
Those who have been studying the issue, from top U.S. government infectious-disease scientists to doctors fighting to save their patients' lives, say we need to quit our old habits and get with the new science. According to the World Health Organization, we aren't far from a world where our best defenses against bacteria are rendered useless.
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"People aren't going to be able to have their teeth fixed, or their hip replaced, if we don't stop this. All of the new medicine, all of the new surgeries, the basis of that being successful is antibiotic use," she told Healthline. "We're talking about strep throat being fatal. That's the scariest thing."
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The discovery of antibiotics made all medical procedures less risky, but they are slowly losing their effectiveness.
Bacteria have always had the ability to evolve defenses against organisms designed to kill them. In fact, microbes, including bacteria, are the most abundant and toughest forms of life on our planet.
Some of these single-celled organisms have become so tough that we now call them "superbugs" because they can outsmart our best antibiotic defenses. And 23,000 Americans die each year because of them.
A recent study in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society found that antibiotic-resistant bacteria are on the rise, especially in children ages 1 to 5. While a large number of infections occur inside the healthcare system, these children infected with drug-resistant bacteria had limited exposure to hospitals. And nearly three-quarters of the bacteria studied produced an enzyme that made them resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics.
Bacteria that had been isolated from the earth's surface for more than four million years have been discovered in the depths of Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico. Researchers found that those bacteria were highly resistant to as many as 14 different commercially available antibiotics.
"This supports a growing understanding that antibiotic resistance is natural, ancient, and hard wired in the microbial pangenome," the researchers wrote in the journal PLOS One.
Before the discovery of antibiotics, routine surgeries, cuts, and diseases caused by bacteria were often fatal. For example, tuberculosis (TB)—caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis—killed millions of people all over the world each year. The development of the antibiotic streptomycin in 1943 reduced the fatality rate for this common bacterial infection by 90 percent.
But TB hasn't gone away. Multidrug-resistant TB—those strains that are resistant to the drugs isoniazid and rifampin—increased after a resurgence in 1992, are widespread in some developing countries, and still hospitalized 72 Americans in 2012.
Drug-resistant TB is only one of the threats identified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The top three are:
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff): populates a person's gut and can cause lethal diarrhea
- Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE): nicknamed the "nightmare bacteria" because this family of bacteria is fatal in half of all cases
- Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a species of bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea, which can cause infertility in young women
While these are the biggest threats, recent research published in the journal Current Biology found that bacteria all over the world—on nearly every surface—have the ability to become antibiotic resistant. The most abundant and diverse pool of resistance was found in soil, where bacteria possessed genes resistant to vancomycin, tetracycline, or beta-lactam antibiotics.
All three are commonly used in veterinary and human medicine. The overuse of antibiotics was something Fleming warned about after discovering penicillin more than eight decades ago.
"It is not difficult to make microbes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them, and the same thing has occasionally happened in the body," he wrote while accepting the Nobel Prize in 1945. "The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. Then there is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug, make them resistant."
While you can't buy over-the-counter antibiotics at your neighborhood pharmacy, they are available at animal-feed stores. The widespread use of antibiotics in animals and humans has public health officials sounding the alarm that something must change.
"We are literally running out of antibiotics. We're seeing more and more germs that our current antibiotics can't treat," Fishman said. "We're dangerously close to what the world looked like before the discovery of penicillin."
How Bacteria Evolve to Survive
Superbugs can learn how to outsmart antibiotics, including by eating their dead.
The most common way bacteria develop drug resistance is through lateral gene transfer, in which bacteria pass information to one another like a student passing a note in class.
Dr. Karl Klose of the University of Texas at San Antonio explained this phenomenon during a TEDx talk: "This is equivalent of you going to the funeral of someone who had blue eyes, taking a piece of their body out of the casket, and eating it. And hey! You have blue eyes too. But now imagine that instead of blue eyes, you now are resistant to tetracycline."
Bacteria can also transfer genes using viruses, direct contact, and good old-fashioned reproduction. While it can take decades to develop a new antibiotic, bacteria can evolve around one in as little as 20 minutes.
Dr. John Bolton, clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, said it's basic biology that the easiest way to develop antibiotic resistance is to administer low doses of antibiotics over a long period of time, much like how antibiotics are used in animal feed. "It's a scary situation, and we've known about it for 40 to 50 years," he said.
Using Antibiotics in Livestock
The animals we eat are fed a steady diet of antibiotics, in part because it fattens them up.
Agriculture accounts for 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S., and there's continued pressure from interested parties to maintain the status quo.
As of 2011, about 80 percent of all swine farms, cattle feedlots, and sheep farms reported that they use low levels of antibiotics in feed and water for growth or health purposes, according to the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Carmen Cordova, a microbiologist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said emerging science shows how antibiotic use in animals affects human health. She said studies now show how Staphylococcus aureus, one type of staph bacteria, can be present in humans, transferred through close contact to pigs, where it picks up resistance to the antibiotics in their feed, and then re-entered into the human population through pork consumption.
"The risks were acknowledged 40 years ago. What's changed is that now you have more solid evidence. You have more sophisticated ways to show this is happening," Cordova told Healthline. "The studies that are coming out now are really solid, concrete pieces of evidence that can really put this picture together."
More Antibiotics Makes Things Worse
Public health campaigns encourage doctors to use good judgment.
Antibiotics become less effective the more often they're used, and C. diff is one example of how this occurs. While scientists once thought antibiotics were the cure for this stomach infection, experts now know they are actually the cause.
Drug-resistant C. diff infections—which account for 12 percent of all hospital-acquired infections—occur when beta-lactam antibiotics clear the gut of other bacteria, allowing C. diff to flourish and cause potentially fatal diarrhea.
The way C. diff infections work is only one discovery that is leading scientists to believe antibiotics aren't as safe as once thought. The most widespread overuse of antibiotics in humans is as a treatment for the common cold. As viruses—not bacteria—are the cause of colds, administering antibiotics does nothing but give bacteria ample experience to outsmart the drugs and potentially cause unwanted side effects such as vomiting and diarrhea.
"We've been trusted with these antibiotics that have been developed over decades and we need to preserve their effectiveness for the future," Dr. Tom Frieden, CDC director, warned in September. "More medication isn't better. The right medications are better. It is not too late. If we're not careful, the medicine chest will be empty."
The CDC and other major health organizations have launched public-awareness campaigns urging patients and doctors to be judicious with using antibiotics because the CDC has presented evidence that slowing prescribing rates is directly linked to fewer drug-resistant bacteria.
Ramanan Laxminarayan, director and senior fellow at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, said that we need a seismic shift in how antibiotics are handled in order to slow the oncoming epidemic.
"We need to stop thinking of antibiotics as commodities and more as resources," he told Healthline.
The next story in this series examines how antibiotics are used in healthcare, why patients continue to demand antibiotics, and how financial incentives are beginning to reduce hospital-acquired infections.Continue to the next article »