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How does this medication work? What will it do for me?
Metoprolol belongs to the class of medications called beta-blockers. Metoprolol is used to treat high blood pressure and prevent the symptoms of certain types of angina (chest pain). It is also used to help reduce the risk of death right after a heart attack. It works by reducing the demands put on the heart.
Metoprolol is also taken by people who have had a heart attack to reduce the risk of having another one. Metoprolol is often used in combination with other high blood pressure medications such as diuretics (water pills) when the use of one medication by itself is not enough to control blood pressure.
This medication may be available under multiple brand names and/or in several different forms. Any specific brand name of this medication may not be available in all of the forms or approved for all of the conditions discussed here. As well, some forms of this medication may not be used for all of the conditions discussed here.
Your doctor may have suggested this medication for conditions other than the ones listed in these drug information articles. If you have not discussed this with your doctor or are not sure why you are taking this medication, speak to your doctor. Do not stop taking this medication without consulting your doctor.
Do not give this medication to anyone else, even if they have the same symptoms as you do. It can be harmful for people to take this medication if their doctor has not prescribed it.
How should I use this medication?
The usual maintenance dose of metoprolol ranges from 100 mg daily to 200 mg daily, however the dose may be increased to 400 mg daily if necessary to obtain symptom control. Immediate-release tablets are taken in 2 divided doses while slow-release tablets are taken once a day.
The medication may be taken with or without food. Try to take the doses of metoprolol at the same time each day.
The doctor may increase the dose if the desired results have not been achieved within one week. Once the best dose has been found with the immediate-release tablets, the slow-release tablets may be substituted at an equal daily dose for convenience.
Many things can affect the dose of medication that a person needs, such as body weight, other medical conditions, and other medications. If your doctor has recommended a dose different from the ones listed here, do not change the way that you are taking the medication without consulting your doctor.
It is important that this medication be taken exactly as prescribed by your doctor. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible and continue with your regular schedule. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. If you are not sure what to do after missing a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Store this medication at room temperature, protect it from light and moisture, and keep it out of the reach of children.
Do not dispose of medications in wastewater (e.g. down the sink or in the toilet) or in household garbage. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medications that are no longer needed or have expired.
What form(s) does this medication come in?
Each mL of aqueous injectable solution contains metoprolol 1 mg and sodium chloride 9 mg.
Who should NOT take this medication?
Do not take metoprolol if you:
- are allergic to metoprolol or any ingredients of the medication
- are allergic to other beta blockers
- are scheduled to have anesthesia with an agent that causes myocardial depression (e.g., ether)
- have a condition known as right ventricular failure caused by excessive blood pressure in the lungs
- have a condition known as "sick sinus syndrome"
- have a slow heartbeat caused by heart rhythm problems
- have asthma or other obstructive respiratory diseases (for the intravenous form of metoprolol only)
- have cardiogenic shock
- have overt heart failure
- have serious heart block
- have severe circulatory disorders
- have had a heart attack accompanied by:
- a heart rate less than 45 beats per minute
- significant heart block
- very low blood pressure
- moderate to severe cardiac failure
What side effects are possible with this medication?
Many medications can cause side effects. A side effect is an unwanted response to a medication when it is taken in normal doses. Side effects can be mild or severe, temporary or permanent. The side effects listed below are not experienced by everyone who takes this medication. If you are concerned about side effects, discuss the risks and benefits of this medication with your doctor.
The following side effects have been reported by at least 1% of people taking this medication. Many of these side effects can be managed, and some may go away on their own over time.
Contact your doctor if you experience these side effects and they are severe or bothersome. Your pharmacist may be able to advise you on managing side effects.
- abdominal pain or discomfort
- changes in sexual desire or ability
- constipation
- diarrhea
- dizziness or lightheadedness
- drowsiness (slight)
- dry mouth
- headache
- increased sensitivity to sunlight
- increased sweating
- tiredness or weakness
- vivid dreams
- weight gain
Although most of the side effects listed below don't happen very often, they could lead to serious problems if you do not check with your doctor or seek medical attention.
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
- back or joint pain
- breathing difficulty or wheezing
- chest pain
- cold hands and feet
- confusion
- hallucinations (hearing or seeing things that aren't there)
- red, scaling, or crusted skin
- signs of depression (e.g., poor concentration, changes in weight, changes in sleep, decreased interest in activities, thoughts of suicide)
- signs of heart problems (e.g., fast, irregular heartbeat or pulse, chest pain, difficulty breathing, tiredness with activity, swelling of feet, ankles, or lower legs)
- signs of kidney problems (e.g., increased need to urinate, decreased urine production, skin itching, nausea, vomiting, rash)
- signs of liver problems (e.g., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, dark urine, pale stools)
- slow heartbeat (especially less than 40 beats per minute)
- tingling sensation in the extremities
Stop taking the medication and seek immediate medical attention if any of the following occur:
- fingers or toes cold to touch, painful or discoloured
- symptoms of a serious allergic reaction (such as swelling of the face or throat, hives, or difficulty breathing)
Some people may experience side effects other than those listed. Check with your doctor if you notice any symptom that worries you while you are taking this medication.
Are there any other precautions or warnings for this medication?
Before you begin using a medication, be sure to inform your doctor of any medical conditions or allergies you may have, any medications you are taking, whether you are pregnant or breast-feeding, and any other significant facts about your health. These factors may affect how you should use this medication.
Breathing conditions: Patients with asthma and certain other breathing problems should, in general, not take a beta-blocker such as metoprolol. If you have these types of conditions and your doctor prescribed metoprolol for you, it may be at a lower dose, and your doctor will monitor you regularly while you are taking this medication.
Diabetes: The signs of low blood sugar may not be as noticeable when taking metoprolol. This medication may make it more difficult for people with diabetes to control their blood sugar. If you have diabetes, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed. Your doctor will monitor you while you are taking this medication and may need to adjust the doses of antidiabetes medications.
Dizziness or fainting: Dizziness or fainting are side effects of metoprolol and may occur after first starting this medication. Avoid driving and other potentially hazardous tasks until you have determined how this medication affects you.
Heart disease: Beta-blockers, such as metoprolol, can worsen existing heart failure. It is important to take metoprolol exactly as prescribed by your doctor to decrease the chance of this happening. If you have a history of heart disease, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Hyperthyroidism (high level of thyroid hormones): If you have hyperthyroidism, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed. Stopping the medication suddenly could worsen this condition.
Liver function: Liver disease or reduced liver function may cause this medication to build up in the body, causing side effects. If you have liver problems, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed. Your doctor may want to test your liver function regularly with blood tests while you are taking this medication.
If you experience symptoms of liver problems such as fatigue, feeling unwell, loss of appetite, nausea, yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, dark urine, pale stools, abdominal pain or swelling, and itchy skin, contact your doctor immediately.
Severe allergies: If you have allergies severe enough to cause anaphylaxis (a severe allergic reaction where swelling of the face, lips, and throat make it difficult to breathe), discuss with your doctor about what to do if you have an allergic reaction. Metoprolol may make it more difficult to treat severe allergic reactions with epinephrine.
Stopping the medication: People with heart disease who stop taking this medication abruptly may experience severe effects, such as chest pain, irregular heartbeat, or heart attack. If you have heart disease, do not stop taking this medication without checking with your doctor first. When this medication needs to be stopped, it should be done gradually under supervision of your doctor.
Surgery: If you are scheduled for surgery, inform all health care professionals involved in your care that you are taking metoprolol.
Pregnancy: The medication should not be used during pregnancy unless the benefits outweigh the risks. If you become pregnant while taking this medication, contact your doctor immediately.
Breast-feeding: This medication passes into breast milk. If you are a breast-feeding mother and are taking metoprolol, it may affect your baby. Talk to your doctor about whether you should continue breast-feeding.
Children: The safety and effectiveness of using this medication have not been established for children.
Seniors: Normal adult doses of metoprolol may cause a drop in blood pressure that is larger than anticipated. Lower doses may be necessary for seniors.
What other drugs could interact with this medication?
There may be an interaction between metoprolol and any of the following:
If you are taking any medications containing this drug, speak with your doctor or pharmacist. Depending on your specific circumstances, your doctor may want you to:
- stop taking one of the medications,
- change one of the medications to another,
- change how you are taking one or both of the medications, or
- leave everything as is.
An interaction between two medications does not always mean that you must stop taking one of them. Speak to your doctor about how any drug interactions are being managed or should be managed.
Medications other than those listed above may interact with this medication. Tell your doctor or prescriber about all prescription, over-the-counter (non-prescription) and herbal medications that you are taking. Also tell them about any supplements you take. Since caffeine, alcohol, the nicotine from cigarettes, or illegal drugs can affect the action of many medications, you should let your prescriber know if you use them.
All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2017. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/drug/getdrug/Betaloc


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HuffPost Moderates Comments To Please Advertisers [Updated: Or Not]
from the that-doesn't-actually-help-advertisers deptUpdate: After hearing from a few people at Huffington Post, it appears that the original explanation from Isaf was unclear, and led us to believe they were moderating comments based on advertiser preferences. However, Huffington Post has now clarified that they use the same AI just to determine how to post ads on certain content -- and that's what Isaf meant with his remarks. Not that they moderate comments based on advertiser preferences.
We've been somewhat excited that we're rapidly approaching one million total comments on Techdirt. We thought it was quite a nice milestone. But we feel a bit small to learn that the Huffington Post already has over 70 million comments just this year alone. Over at Poynter, Jeff Sonderman has a fascinating interview with the site's director of community, Justin Isaf, about how they manage all those comments. Apparently they have a staff of 30 full time comment moderators, helped along by some artificial intelligence (named Julia) from a company they bought just for this technology.
Now, obviously, sites have lots of different philosophies on moderating comments. Our own is pretty open. We have a spam filter that tries to cut out obvious spam (of which we get about 1,000 per day, last I checked) and other than that comments are basically unmoderated. We do have a system that allows the community to vote on funny and insightful comments (which we then round up in a weekly "best of" post). We also, just recently, introduced our first word/last word feature, which lets the community promote certain comments. Finally the community can also "report" comments they find problematic, which then minimizes those comments, though they remain available for anyone to see with one click. We've found that this system of trusting the community works pretty damn well overall.
HuffPo, on the other hand, between the technology and the moderators, seems more focused on nudging the conversation themselves. I can understand and respect that choice, but there was one detail that struck me as a bit questionable:
I'm a big fan of having machines help us with the lower level tasks, freeing up time, resources and brain power for more interesting and complex tasks. Julia [the artificial intelligence system that HuffPo owns] takes that a few steps further and helps us with a lot of other aspects of HuffPost in addition to helping weed out abusive members, including identifying intelligent conversations for promotion, and content that is a mismatch for our advertisers. She has allowed us to do a lot more with a lot less.(Note: see update at the top). I recognize that these are all advertising businesses, but I'm a bit surprised to see HuffPo so blatantly admit that they moderate comments if they're "a mismatch for our advertisers." I've seen plenty of sites say they'll moderate inappropriate commentary, but leave reasonable commentary alone even if it's critical. But HuffPo is basically saying that if advertisers aren't likely to like the comments, they may moderate them. It's their system, and they can do what they want with that, but personally, that makes me feel uncomfortable. We've always tried to promote the fact that our own community is very opinionated (and not shy about it) when we've spoken to advertisers, and we use that as a way of explaining why things they do should be authentic and real, rather than forced and phony. And, because of that, we'd like to think that we're able to drive more interesting engagement. If you leave open the possibility of moderating comments that advertisers won't like, that seems to only encourage bogus and annoying advertising, since marketers may never learn that people don't actually like that kind of thing.
In the end, HuffPo's position is obviously self-serving, even as they pretend that it's best for advertisers. What they may end up doing is hiding the fact that the advertisements are bad, rather than improving the quality of the advertising. Now, obviously, I'm sure AOL does quite fine with HuffPo's ad selling (and they're a hell of a lot bigger than us), but it still struck me as interesting to see the company so blatantly admit how it reacts to content their advertisers might think is "a mismatch."
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The Stranger is the 13th episode of TRON: Uprising. Beck is held captive by a mysterious program and learns a dark secret about his role as Tron's mentee. Meanwhile, Able tries to investigate a secret superweapon being built by the Occupation.
Able ordered Beck to bring back some supplies from Gallium City. Beck, discovering the road blocked by a storm, decided to circle around the resulting traffic jam by going through the Outlands. He discovered a strange one-way portal, was accidentally sucked inside, and met the mysterious program who resided in the vast compressed space within. While trying to escape, he learned that he was not the first program to be mentored by Tron, and that Tron himself had imprisoned the first renegade in the compressed space upon discovering his insane plan to "free" the Grid by destroying it.
Meanwhile, Tron arrived at the garage in secret, seeking Beck's assistance in investigating a secret project headed by Dyson in Purgos. With Beck still missing, Able volunteered to assist instead, and the two uncovered the construction of a secret superweapon -- a yellow-circuited recognizer as large as the center of the city -- though not soon enough to prevent the giant craft from being finished.After foiling the first renegade's plan and destroying his doomsday device, Beck returned to Tron's hideout, unsettled but unwilling to confront his mentor directly. He dropped hints to probe for the real reason Tron had chosen to mentor him, but Tron answered evasively, and Beck realized that Tron had never intended to tell him the truth.
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- Cyrus is the first Basic program other than Sark's Lieutenant to be portrayed with visible circuits on his skin; he mentions that his appearance hardly fits Clu's idea of perfection. The shackles on Cyrus' device holding Beck onto his chair also burn several layers of scar-like circuits under his skin, which are later visible when Beck touches his wrists.
- This episode contains the first mention of compressed space within the computer world.
- The device with which the Cyrus intended to destroy the Grid was built to generate a devastating electromagnetic pulse.
- During his vision while the device was activated, Beck saw a reddened image of the laser in Kevin Flynn's lab under the arcade, as well as both Tron and Clu, who each appeared in a white void, calling Beck's name.
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Letter to the full House, Opposing H. Con. Res 34 – the FY12 Budget Resolution
April 14, 2011
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the National Education Association (NEA), we urge you to VOTE NO on H. Con. Res 34 – the FY12 Budget Resolution – scheduled for floor consideration this week. By choosing Wall Street over Main Street, this budget will result in more joblessness for the middle class and more tax breaks for the wealthiest in our country. In fact, according to the Economic Policy Institute, the proposed budget would result in roughly 900,000 jobs lost in 2012 and roughly 1.3 million jobs lost in 2013 -- in an economy already 11 million jobs short of reaching pre-recession unemployment rates. The middle class continues to struggle to find work, pay more for health care, and worry about their children's education and future. Seniors continue to worry about their retirement security. Yet, this budget proposal provides rhetoric rather than solutions.
Attached for your information are several charts comparing the cost of tax cuts for the wealthiest ($1 trillion over ten years) with that of providing Title I ($476 billion to fully fund Part A), special education ($306 billion to meet the federal governments promised level), and Pell Grants ($544 million to increase the maximum award by $400 a year) to those in need.
The proposed budget leaves struggling middle class families to fend for themselves. We urge you to:
- Oppose this budget proposal
- Support the Democratic alternative budget.
Votes associated with this issue may be included in NEA's Legislative Report Card for the 112th Congress.
Educators understand that Congress must work to ensure America's long-term economic prosperity. And, we recognize that we must address the nation's serious fiscal challenges. However, we do not believe that cutting education funding and slashing programs that serve children, the elderly, and working families is the answer. The sad truth is that this budget proposal is not for the children, the working families, or the seniors. It is for the wealthy. It is a reflection of dangerous choices that threaten our future by devastating whole segments of the population while catering to those least in need of attention and support.
The gap in income growth between the richest and the poorest American families is staggering. According to the Economic Policy Institute, between 1979 and 2005, households at the bottom fifth of the income scale have seen an average, inflation-adjusted income growth of just $200. Importantly, that does not represent an average annual increase in income of $200, but rather, an increase of $200 over the entire 26-year period. By contrast, a small number of households at the top 0.1% of the income scale saw average income growth of almost $6 million over that same period. This budget proposal will only exacerbate this unacceptable imbalance.
It is unconscionable to expect children, the elderly, the poor, and the disabled to bear the brunt of the pain while sparing the wealthy corporations and greedy CEOs. The single largest contributing factor to the deficit is the tax cuts enacted under the last administration and renewed in 2010. It cost our nation $700 billion to extend the tax cuts for single filers earning over $200,000 a year and joint filers earning over $250,000. CBO numbers show that by the end of this decade well over half of the deficit will have resulted from these tax cuts, and this share will continue to grow after that.
The increasing erosion of the corporate tax base has brought us to the point today where, measured by either corporate taxes as a percentage of GDP or corporate taxes as a percentage of overall tax revenues, the US ranks substantially below other OECD nations. As many as two out of three US corporations paid zero in federal income taxes over much of the previous decade, according to the GAO. The share of federal revenues coming from corporate taxes has shrunk by two-thirds in the last fifty years. This is seriously undermining our ability to make the necessary investments in education that are sorely needed in order to return our nation to prosperity. We should be looking for ways to increase revenue responsibly and to close tax loopholes that do nothing to strengthen our economy.
For example:
- We could raise an estimated $200 billion in annual additional revenues by ending or reducing the practice of "deferral" that allows corporations to set up mailboxes overseas and to shelter profits.
- We could increase revenue by ending the "carried-interest loophole" that allows hedge fund managers to be taxed at the 15 percent capital gains rate rather than their marginal income tax rate.
Investing in education should be a top priority for the budget resolution. Yet, the proposed budget all but ignores proven education programs, and focuses instead on slashing critical student financial aid and funneling taxpayer dollars to private schools. This is shortsighted policy that will jeopardize our students' future and the future strength of our nation. Investing in education makes both good fiscal sense and good public policy. In addition to widespread productivity increases, the higher earnings of educated workers generate higher tax payments at the local, state, and federal levels. Consistent productive employment reduces dependence on public income-transfer programs and all workers, regardless of education level, earn more when there are more college graduates in the labor force. (Education Pays, The College Board, 2007).
We strongly oppose provisions in the budget proposal that would undermine efforts to improve education, as well as those that would harm those who can least afford cuts to the programs on which they rely. Specifically, we oppose:
- Cutting non-security discretionary spending below 08 levels and freezing it at that level for five years. The bulk of the 10-year deficit reduction comes from cutting non-security discretionary spending – a devastating blow to children, working families, and our most vulnerable populations. In fact, function 500 (Education and Training) is cut by $17.7 billion or more than 18 percent in FY12 and by $250 billion over 10 years. Our nation's economic strength and future success depend on our ability to innovate, educate, and compete in the global marketplace. Failing to invest when investment is called for is a plan for permanent austerity, not long-term success.
- Dismantling health care for children, the poor, disabled, and elderly by turning Medicaid into a block grant program. The block grant proposal would cost states and the federal government more money due to cut backs and limits on health care services for Medicaid beneficiaries. It is clear that the proposed changes to Medicaid would put additional pressures on stretched state budgets and would, therefore, have a direct, negative impact on the resources available for students and schools. Heritage Foundation analysis forecasts reductions in federal Medicaid grants to state and local governments of $966 trillion over ten years, and additional cuts in aid to state and local governments of twice that amount – another $1.85 trillion over ten years. This combined revenue loss of $2.8 trillion will put in extreme jeopardy state and local governments' ability to provide education, health and all services their citizens demand and depend.
We are also deeply concerned about the impact of this proposal on the students in our schools. Of the 68 million people covered by Medicaid in 2010, half are children under the age of 19, whose families depend on Medicaid for health care coverage. One-third of all children in this country are served by Medicaid. Children who lack access to health care services are less likely to come to school healthy and ready to learn and to succeed academically.
- Cutting Pell Grants. Maintaining and increasing Pell Grant awards is critical to ensuring access to higher education. Cutting Pell Grants is not the answer to balancing the budget. It simply restricts access to the higher education so essential for success in today's economy. Without the federal commitment to student financial aid, there will not be enough educated, skilled Americans to sustain economic recovery or secure our nation's future for the next generation.
- Extending the District of Columbia Voucher Program. It is wrong to funnel millions of taxpayer dollars to private schools while cutting programs that help millions of students in public schools. The DC program has yielded no evidence of positive academic impact on the students the program was designed to assist – those attending schools been designated as needing improvement. The program also has been proven to have no impact on achievement in mathematics, no impact on male students, no impact on students entering the program in the second year of its existence, and no impact on those students who scored in the lower third of baseline reading tests; i.e., those most in need of assistance. (The Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years, http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20094050).
Vouchers are not real education reform. Pulling 1,200 children out of a system that serves 65,000 doesn't solve problems – it ignores them. Our focus should be on strategies proven to increase student achievement, such as increasing parental involvement, strengthening teacher training, and reducing class size. And, our goal should be to prepare all students for the jobs of the future, not to allow a few students and parents to choose a private school at taxpayer expense.
- Converting Medicare into a voucher system. Contrary to the rhetoric surrounding this proposal, beneficiaries would likely find that their voucher would not allow them to purchase a package of benefits comparable to that which Medicare now provides, since traditional Medicare generally pays less to providers and incurs lower administrative expenses than private insurance. In addition, insurers would be allowed to charge older and sicker Medicare beneficiaries higher premiums and would surely attempt to reject enrollees in poor health (who cost much more), as private plans do today in the Medicare Advantage program.
The Democratic alternative offers a different vision for our nation. While freezing non-defense discretionary spending for five years, it will allow for growth in funding for education, research, and innovation, reflecting their importance in promoting job growth. The Democratic alternative will also sustain the maximum Pell grant award at $5,550. And, it will protect Medicaid and Medicare.
Chairman Ryan's budget places the burden for addressing the nation's financial crisis squarely on the shoulders of the middle class and the poor. It runs completely counter to our values as a nation, by failing to take care of those most in need while sparing those at higher income levels. It asks children, working families, elderly, and disabled populations to make greater sacrifices than others. It is time for Congress to stand up and decide what sort of nation we want to be. Are we a nation that sacrifices our children to pay for the excesses of Wall Street? Or, are we a nation that recognizes that investments in the middle class and those who are vulnerable lift us all up and strengthen us as a country?
We urge you to stand up for those whose voices are too often ignored by VOTING NO on this ill-conceived proposal.
Kim Anderson
Director of Government Relations
Mary Kusler
Manager of Federal Advocacy


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In my last post I wrote about how many more calories you could get if you grew beans and corn out and harvested the dried seeds. If you really wanted to grow a lot of calories in a small space, however, you would take a look at potatoes. The low Biointensive yield shown in the Master Charts of How To Grow More Vegetables (HTGMV) by John Jeavons is 100 pounds per 100 ft². There is an average of 349 calories per pound in potatoes—a little more in russets and less in white potatoes, with red-skinned spuds in the middle. If you were really hard-core in growing your calories, I suppose you would grow the russets at 358 calories per pound rather than the whites at 318, but I don't care for the russet varieties as much as the others. A yield of 100 pounds, which is the best yield I've had, would give you 34,900 calories per 100 ft² bed. Comparing it to the corn that I talked about in that last post, with flour corn at 18,216, potatoes would give you 1.9 times the calories. Looking at the beans, with dried beans at 6,152 calories per 100 ft², growing potatoes would give you 5.7 times the calories in the same space.
In order to get all your calories from potatoes, however, you would have to eat many more pounds of potatoes than either beans or corn. To reach 2,000 calories per day, you would need to eat 5.7 pounds of potatoes, 1.2 pounds of flour corn, or 1.3 pounds of dried beans. Your calorie requirements might even be more than that, depending upon your age, sex, and lifestyle. The weight of the corn and beans is the dried weight. When considering the eating, multiply by 3 for the cooked weight, unless it is made into bread and tortillas, then multiply by 2. Hopefully your diet will be more diverse that just potatoes, corn, or beans, but this is how they would compare.
A man once told me that in survival training in the military, he was told that you could get everything you need from a diet of potatoes and milk. According to nutrition charts, a diet of too many potatoes could be toxic in potassium. On the other hand, if you need potassium, eat more potatoes. Having fermented foods, such as sauerkraut, in your diet would help rid your body of toxins. I think it was in the book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price that I read that the people he met in the mountains of Peru ate mostly potatoes dipped in a "gravy" of kaolin clay. The clay would have helped rid the body of toxins. It depends on the soil, climate conditions, and how it is grown, whether a food has certain nutrients or toxins in it. Studying indigenous diets is important if you want to grow all your own food. Our culture has lost some of the practices that were important in bringing food to the table. Sometimes they are the key we need to be successful in our endeavors.
Sweet potatoes are another good calorie crop. They might yield a little less per bed, but have a little more calories per pound. At the low biointensive yield that would mean 30,750 calories per 100 ft². In HTGMV Jeavons designates crops as area-efficient if they produce significant calories per area and weight-efficient if the amount that needs to be eaten for all one's calories is 9 pounds/day or less. Of course, potatoes head the list of crops that are both area-efficient and weight-efficient. Other crops on the list besides sweet potatoes are Jerusalem artichokes, garlic, leeks, parsnips, and salsify. The information about area and weight efficiency for these crops is in HTGMV and is available online at http://www.growbiointensive.org/grow_main.html.
You might not be growing all your food, but putting a hearty meal on the table occasionally that consists of only food you have grown is pretty satisfying. Check out my Homegrown Friday posts to see some of my experiences on that in 2011 and 2012. If you have done something similar, by all means, add a comment and tell us about it.
It is good to know what to grow and prepare that will fill you up. There are so many factors to consider when planning your diet around what you grow. You want to make sure it is a sustainable diet, so while you are growing crops for high yields in some things, you are also growing crops that will feed back the soil. That's where the grains come in. They are weight-efficient, but not area-efficient when it comes to calories, but they produce a lot of necessary carbon for your compost making. The beans, also, are weight-efficient and not area-efficient. You could, however, grow pole beans up the corn stalks and that would up your yield of calories per 100 ft². Beans and grains pair well together to provide the necessary amino acids that make up protein. I'll talk about growing protein in the next post. See you then!
More about Growing Calories at http://www.motherearthnews.com/permaculture/growing-calories.aspx.


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Italians really know how to eat. A meal always begins with wine, and since no one ever drinks wine without food, a selection of antipasti (literally, "before the meal" snacks) appears on the table or sideboard. No rush, you talk, sip wine and nibble, sometimes for hours. For this purpose, Italian cooks have perfected a broad repertoire of little dishes. In some regions, Piedmont, for example, the sheer number and variety of antipasti can be alarming. But who can resist carne cruda (raw veal with a thread of olive oil and, in season, shaved white truffles) or thick, velvety-skinned roasted peppers rolled up with a tuna and caper stuffing? Not I. Not ever.
Italian restaurants in L.A. celebrate the tradition too. Here's where to find some of the best selections of antipasti around.
— S. Irene Virbila
Ombra Michael Young at Ombra in Studio City likes to ply guests with "antipastini." Those include diminutive cone-shaped arancini (rice balls stuffed with meat ragú), creamy baccalà (salt cod and potatoes) or a lovely salad of Spanish octopus with Gaeta olives, potato and pesto. I have to get the white bean salad with red onion, capers and shrimp, maybe his classic vitello tonnato (sliced roast veal with tuna sauce) too, before moving on to his excellent pasta and risotto courses. Young is really into wine, meaning you can always drink well at this Studio City newcomer.
3737 Cahuenga Blvd., Studio City, (818) 985-7337, https://www.ombrala.com. Antipasti, $11 to $14.
Il Grano Sal Marino, chef-owner of Il Grano (and now executive chef at his family's Marino Ristorante), loves to serve crudo (raw seafood) as antipasti, and his creations from sushi-grade fish may be the best items on the menu. Other little bites to start the meal include a salad of shaved baby purple artichokes with heirloom apple and arugula or Dungeness crab with a fennel and blood orange salad showered with shaved bottarga. In season, he stuffs zucchini blossoms with ricotta seasoned with fresh marjoram. You can savor beef tongue with salsa verde too, a classic Piedmontese appetizer.
11359 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles; (310) 477-7886, https://www.ilgrano.com. Antipasti, $15 to $21.
Culina Culina at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills has its own crudo bar, where cooks prepare raw seafood such as yellowtail rolled up with cucumber, star anise and tarragon or scallops with shaved black truffle and lemon. Don't eat raw seafood? Chef Victor Casanova (yes, really, that's his name) turns out vegetarian options too — roasted eggplant with wild arugula and tomato pesto or roasted baby artichokes with olives and new potatoes. Do try the grilled octopus with fiery harissa and chickpeas, Wagyu meatballs in San Marzano tomato sauce, maybe even Manila clams in a roasted red pepper broth with smoky pancetta and lemon. Sharing the antipasti here could be dangerous: You may never even get to the pasta or main courses.
300 S. Doheny Drive, Los Angeles, (310) 860-4000, culinarestaurant.com. Crudo and antipasti, $6 to $19.
Pizzeria il Fico This new pizzeria from Vincenti chef Nicola Mastronardi proposes an array of classic antipasti. I head straight for the Roman-style artichokes in a broth fragrant with mint, or the bruschetta topped with burrata and cherry tomatoes. You can find fresh fava beans with pecorino and crispy guanciale, also meatballs filled with mozzarella and, my favorite, panzerotti stuffed with mozzarella and tomato, then fried. Not to forget Mastronardi's fritto misto (mixed fry) of calamari, shrimp and vegetables, a dish he's been making at Vincenti for years. To be followed with a thin-crusted pizza from the wood-burning oven.
310 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, (310) 271-3426, https://www.pizzeriailfico.com; antipasti, $8 to $14.
Angelini Osteria Angelini Osteria's antipasti tend to be more substantial than most — fresh anchovies with a salad of greens and beets, delicious braised tripe with tomatoes, or chicken livers with green beans and a splash of real aceto balsamico. Grilled, slightly charred quail with the house-made guanciale is another treat. At lunch, order a pizza Margherita afterward, and at dinner, the superlative bombolotti all' amatriciana or bistecca all fiorentina for two.
7313 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 297-0070, https://www.angeliniosteria.com. Antipasti, $13 to $18.
Sotto Sotto's menu doesn't strictly use the word "antipasti," but you can find the equivalent tucked into the "small" and "medium" categories. That would be the delightful panelle (chickpea fritters with lemon) and peppers al forno (peppers roasted in the wood-burning oven and garnished with oregano and capers). Under "medium," chef-owners Steve Samson and Zach Pollack propose succulent grilled pork meatballs with bitter greens and pecorino, braised ocopus with chickpeas, chard, preserved lemon and bottarga. My fave, though, has to be sardines alla piastro (on a flat griddle) with a winter Sicilian citrus salad in a crushed olive-pistachio vinaigrette. One of the few L.A. Italians to feature truly regional dishes.
9575 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, (310) 277-0210, https://www.sottorestaurant.com. Antipasti, $5 to $16.


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When I don't go to work, I tend not to commute by bike. That's something of a tautology, which I believe is also the name of those snow camels from the beginning of Empire Strikes Back. So, I had nothing to blog about, unless you wanted to read about how I missed the opportunity to get EtP the pumpkin spice spa package at the groomer. Luckily, though, the #bikeDC community is full of wonderful people and when I heard that one of them had a ride home that she really enjoyed, I reached out and "BAM!" within seconds I had this post waiting for me in my inbox. I really ought to adjust my "You've got mail" sound to something more soothing than "BAM!" When I get a lot of spam, it's like I'm at the Somme. Anyway. It also helps that this post of courtesy of the internet's most beloved bike commuter (they had a vote and she won), who can crank out a great blog post like nobody's business. Thanks, MG!
Fall days like the past few we've had are some of my favorites for bike commuting. Days are mild, but neither the mornings or evenings have that cold bite to them yet. Night comes sooner, clearing out the commuter traffic somewhat.
Tonight I jetted out of the office just as the last bit of daylight was still in the sky. I looked at the flags around the Washington Monument. They said to me, "Tailwind on the backside of Hains Point." I felt the mild air breeze by. It said, "You should ride some extra miles."
I agreed and guided myself through the Lincoln Memorial tourists and down Ohio Drive to that famous local bicycle haunt, Hains Point. Despite the pleasant temperatures, the Point was pretty empty. The occasional roadie buzzed by me. Little did they know I was carrying a hefty cookbook in my pannier. And a U-Lock. A pair of shoes. An umbrella. And War and Peace, large print version. Ok, not War and Peace, but the other things, yes. So that's the only reason they were passing me. Yeah, that's the story I told myself.
|Even slow laps around Hains Point are still faster than making a pot roast!
I've really been enjoying the Point of late. For whatever reason, I've been finding it quite meditative. I fought the headwind down north/east side of the point and made the turn to the tailwind. Yes! I tooled around lost in thought, watching the lights of the planes as they waited in diagonal lines in the sky to land at National Airport.
As I went to begin another lap, someone greeted me. My friend Michael! He was riding a carbon bike with no fenders, but we're friends anyway. Not having seen each other for several weeks, we rode around chatting and catching up on life.
As we rode, a group of three cyclists passed on our left. One of them rode a beautiful red Bridgestone RB-1 that I'd seen on the Point before, accessorized with a white Ortlieb pannier. Style points for that pannier, sir. Some of you know that bike man Grant Petersen designed these bikes before founding Rivendell (and prior to writing his current book, Just Ride).
The other bike looked like a Coho. Cohos are handbuilt bikes that were made in North Carolina by Chuck Lathe. I've ridden a couple of brevets with Chuck, and always liked the aesthetics of his bikes. Chuck stopped making Cohos a couple of years ago, and I have never seen them in our area.
I told Michael I had to ask this guy about his bike. Michael and I pulled up alongside the trio, and I asked the owner about his beautiful Coho. It was so exciting to see lugged steel on Hains Point! According to the owner, I was looking at the last Coho that Chuck Lathe ever made. Wow!
If you're not a steel bike geek, my story might not sound too exciting. For me, though, it was the cherry on top of my beautiful evening. I enjoyed the beautiful weather and quiet night, unexpectedly caught up with a good friend, and saw two stunning steel bikes that are no longer made, all from the perch of my saddle on the post-work commute.


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WATERLOO, Wis. — Firefighters from two communities were needed to battle a blaze in the middle of downtown Waterloo Tuesday afternoon.
The blaze started in a former taxidermy shop in the 200 block of East Madison Street in Waterloo just after noon Tuesday.
Firefighters from Marshall and Waterloo were called upon to fight the fire, which started in the back of the former shop.
The building had been converted from a business to a residence. A wood frame structure in back likely dates to the 1920s.
Fire officials said no one was injured in the blaze. The building did have a resident in the front of the building, but he was not hurt.
Waterloo Fire Chief Vern Butzine said firefighters extinguished the blaze in about two and a half hours.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is ready to hit the road on a new campaign-style public relations trip, hoping to breathe new life into the push for stronger gun control laws.
With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid planning to bring a scaled back package of gun legislation to the Senate floor early next month, the White House is hoping they can rebuild some of the momentum that has been lost in the months since the Newtown shootings.
A White House official would not comment on the timing of more presidential travel, but said people should expect to see Obama travel outside DC to bolster his insistence that gun control measures "deserve a vote" in Congress.
Obama will have help. Over the coming two-week congressional recess, representatives of the Brady Campaign and Mike Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns tell BuzzFeed they're gearing up for major campaigns aimed at ginning up votes for gun control over recess. That includes grassroots lobbying of members while they're home and other efforts.
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Big East M5: 12.13.12 EditionPosted by Will Tucker on December 13th, 2012
- Yesterday, we speculated that reconciliation between the Big East and its seven Catholic basketball schools seemed less likely after reading comments from Marquette's AD Larry Williams in a Tuesday radio interview. Just after midnight this morning, the venerable Brett McMurphy reported that "it's becoming 'more likely' the basketball schools will break away from the league's football members," with an announcement coming in as little as 24-48 hours. The Big East bylaws are apparently filled with byzantine procedural protocol, but it appears Temple would not have a vote in the matter of dissolution, after all. So if those seven schools can reach a consensus, there's nothing UConn, Mike Aresco, or anyone else can do to stop them.
- Though Rick Pitino has explicitly prohibited sophomore Chane Behanan from speaking to the media this semester, the embattled forward has developed a surreptitious ritual during his postgame locker room exits. Always the first to leave, he repeats the same refrain as he walks past media waiting for player interviews: "I just want to say, all I want to do is win a national championship." Though his steady play (8.8 PPG, 7.8 RPG) has at times been overshadowed by disciplinary issues and precocious freshman Montrezl Harrell, Behanan has showed maturity in competing rather than sulking. Considering ego or complacency may have been the culprits that landed him in the doghouse with Pitino, it's hard to imagine his coach being too upset over this kind of team-oriented, ambitious statement.
- The Casual Hoya pegged Georgetown #5 behind Louisville, Syracuse, Cincinnati and Notre Dame in yesterday's power rankings, and made two salient comments that put the Hoyas' offensive woes into perspective. The team shooting percentage of 46.2% is only 0.3% lower than last year, and its shooting inside the arc has improved, but the Hoyas' three-point and free throw shooting percentages are the lowest in John Thompson III's tenure. Part of the problem might be at the center position: "Georgetown's centers under III have either been future 1st round picks or seniors. [Mikael] Hopkins currently is neither."
- Villanova exorcised some demons over the course of their Big 5 rivalry games over the last couple weeks. In holding on to win a heated game against St. Joe's on Tuesday, the Wildcats earned a measure of redemption for the errors that helped La Salle erase seemingly insurmountable last-minute deficits and beat Nova last month. Correcting mistakes identified and dissected by a coach on film is always a more onerous task than simply acknowledging those mistakes and resolving to do better. "That's part of our building process," said Jay Wright, "You've got to get it done in that situation." Nova has gone 3-1 in the two weeks since the La Salle collapse, and closed out its Big 5 series strong with wins over Penn and St. Joseph's.
- Jim Boeheim is hedging his bets on losing an underclassman to the draft after this season, as evidenced by his recent recruitment of Class of 2013 5-star center Dakari Johnson. The Orange are out of available scholarships, with five guys already committed in Johnson's recruiting class. While it's possible Boeheim is preparing for a player to transfer –– or be told to transfer, a la Jared Swopshire at Louisville –– it's more likely sophomore Michael Carter-Williams is planning to cash in on his skyrocketing draft stock after this season.


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Meet Lucy Walker, documentarian behind "Countdown to Zero"
Today is the 65th anniversary of the first nuclear test in the U.S., and with it came the dawning of the very serious implications of this invention -- ones that still haunt us today. Filmmaker Lucy Walker recently premiered a documentary about the man who led that test, J. Robert Oppenheimer, at Sundance and screened it at Cannes. An exclusive featurette from the film, "Countdown to Zero," is on our homepage today (and below).
What were you hoping to accomplish with this film?
Einstein described his support of the development of nuclear weapons as his one mistake, because their invention had changed everything except for our way of seeing, and thus we are drifting towards unparalleled catastrophe. I made this film to change the complacent thinking and avert a nuclear catastrophe.
How did you become interested in this topic?
As a child my most frightening nightmares were about nuclear bombs going off.
What did you learn during the making of this film that you didn't know before?
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How did YouTube help in your research, if at all?
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Soquel, California (pronounced "so-kell") is a quiet town off the Northern California coastline, rooted within Spanish land grants dating back to 1776. Located approximately 70 miles south of San Francisco, most beach tourists driving the winding Highway 1 route to Santa Cruz beach spots rarely give it a second thought. However, those opting for the quieter, redwood tree-lined back roads have an opportunity to see this town first hand.
To the left and on the hill from the main four corners is a beautiful New England-styled church. Straight down the street is the unique Porter Memorial Library built in 1912 while to the right, is the Ugly Mug coffee house. But it's the spot just outside of town at 550 Old San Jose Road that draws the most interest from fans of Skip Spence and genealogists tracing family history.
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Established in 1852, many of Soquel's original families have now either died out or moved away. However, there are still local residents with direct ties to early pioneer days and Alice Daubenbis is one of them. She traces her roots to the town (and cemetery) founder, John Daubenbiss (her 3rd Gr.- uncle) and Sarah Lard Daubenbiss, the daughter of Fielding and Nancy Lard who traveled west with a 160 wagon train caravan to start their new life in California.
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Fielding Lard worked as a guide for the 160-member wagon train coming from Missouri and along the way, he gained a son-in-law, Riley Septimus Moutrey, who played an integral part in the first team sent to rescue the infamous Donner Party.
Another descendant with several generations of family ties is Dick Nutter, currently president of the Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association.
Charles Ryder, (Dick's Nutter's 2nd Gr. –Grandfather) endured the harrowing ocean journey around Cape Horn before eventually settling in Soquel. He later married Harriet Kirby who had come west with her siblings to join her father, Gershom Kirby (Dick's 3rd Gr. –Grandfather). Harriet's marker can be seen below on the left, but unfortunately, it is uncertain exactly where the stone should be placed due to later years of cemetery neglect. Harriet's brother, Silas Kirby, served during the Civil War and his stone can be seen on the right. While both markers have suffered the undignified fate of being forgotten, the irony is that the stones have been left remarkably well preserved.
However, it's not just family history links that are seen here. There is also the lost language of flowers.
Below left, Louisa's headstone is decorated with morning glories to symbolize the Resurrection and roses to also remind us of Paradise's fragrance. In the middle is Mama's stone (Elizabeth Conant, b. 1852, d.1901) engraved with calla lilies to signify beauty and marriage along with what appears to be bell flowers, symbols of constancy and gratitude. Below right, is Frank Noble (d. 1858 at 6 months). His stone shows a carved hand with three extended fingers representing the Trinity, reaching from heaven to pluck the rose of innocence.
As the visitor wanders into the newer section, a gradual progression away from floral imagery becomes more apparent. Take Olive Meachen's memorial (d. 1881) as a starting example. The first carving is an open book signifying the deceased's name's registration in the Book of Life.
The front shows a dove for purity, holding a sign saying, "Father, I am coming." The dove is surrounded by ferns for humility and sincerity, roses, evening primroses for eternal love and memory, plus morning glories for the Resurrection. Below these, is a now faded inscription. The left hand column is reserved for naming practicalities while its starkness is relieved by another small bouquet.
Now compare Olive's stone against the simpler lines for Lola Abbott (b. 1924, d. 1935) and Caroline Lotman (b. 1834, d.1912), whose stones are seen below. As an interesting point for family genealogists, Caroline's marker has her maiden name, "nee Leonhard," inscribed, something not typically done on a pioneer wife's marker.
As the stones become newer, more personalizing appears. A carved wooden Russian plaque with the words, "Oh Lord, Save" in Old Church Slavonic, a tiled patchwork quilt, a boulder marker for Adam Darling…
…until finally, a set of handprints, forever frozen in time, and a surfboard, complete the circle.
And perhaps this is the most commonly overlooked aspect of Soquel Cemetery – the creative evolution of cemetery metaphor from the early pioneers to modern times.
(c) 2009 by G.E. Anderson
Additional Sources:
– Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography by Douglas Keister
– Capitola, CA historical context overview
– Forest of Nisene Marks: Spanish & Mexican Heritage Sites
– The Donner Party Diaries, by Daniel M. Rosen
– Skip Spence Biography