Thank you Linda Lou, I knew minced was small, diced was cubes but didn't know size (I think I've seen "1/4" dice" but wouldn't know if that was on the large or the small side), and "roughly chopped" would be really big, but I don't know what "chopped" meant. I will cut onions and peppers to app. 1/4", Annie said she quarters tomatoes to make it chunkier so still want to know her consistency. Lisa, yes I do know 16 oz = 1 C fluid. I just assumed that paste should not exceed sauce, and it's easier to pour 4 oz out of a sauce can (to get 12 oz of sauce to equal the paste) than to spoon paste out (unless I measure it in Tbsp, then thoroughly scrape the spoon out). I'm not even sure how much I scraped out of the 12 oz can. But that brings up something I never thought of - the 12oz can is sold by weight, not volume, and I assume the recipe is referring to volume? So who knows how much I *really* got out of the 12 oz weight can? Of course, I could measure it next time, but if 12 (or 16) oz volume comes out to weigh more b/c paste is so dense, then I assume that wouldn't be safe either, the salsa would be too thick. Now I'm *really* confused. I did find on the Canadian Fight Bac website "cooked type (salsa) and not processed, it can be refrigerated for one month." - now, I did process these, opened 2 jars (1 hot, 1 medium) yesterday to taste and will use today at a BBQ. If I open the others and stir to oxygenate, will they last 2 weeks to a month? Or should I freeze them? http://www.canfightbac.org/cpcfse/en/cookwell/ask/where_how/#1684

Exactly--to each their own. Our current house and previous house have/had two story family rooms that are open to the upper level. The house before that had a story and a half or two story vaulted family room. My FIL never felt comfortable in the space, but I suspect he never felt comfortable in the entire house. It represented too much psychological baggage for him. He didn't visit often. For us, the two story space was a practical choice. We have some original artwork that is large. The smaller piece is about 4 x 6 ft. Artwork that size demands a larger wall space. On a smaller wall, it would make a room claustrophobic and could not be displayed properly. The room is comfortable without echoes, heating/cooling issues, etc. Our family benefitted as we always felt we were "in touch" with each other although we might be in different areas of the house. When our children were young I was able to keep tabs on them very easily. If it became too quiet upstairs, I knew to check on things. The noise from the main level never disturbed their sleep. It's just how they grew up.

It's not a no-brainer as mojomom suggests. Only by doing two 2017 federal tax projections, one with a state tax payment acceleration (of state income and property tax, most typically) and one without, can one be sure if accelerating state tax payments produce a federal tax savings. I think the most common reason why acceleration isn't a benefit is because many people are always subject to the alternative minimum tax. I am. In other cases, the prepayment can trigger it and limit or even eliminate the benefit. It's not an all or nothing proposition. Some may have benefit from SOME of the prepayment, maybe a lot, and maybe not much at all. Who and why can't be generalized, it depends on what income and what deductions, and how much of which, will be in one's 2017 return

You mean you can't burn the house down if you leave the gas burners on? Even if you say you can't, I'm not going to fully believe it and still be concerned about it. @porkchop_z5b_MI I do not understand your comment. No one has said that. To review: I said I was interested in the safety factors of induction because I was concerned my mother might forget to turn burners off with her gas range. @kaseki responded that induction is not significantly safer with respect to pan contents left on the burner and the failure to turn off that burner. A fire could still happen under those circumstances. Then there were two subsequent comments that were very helpful. I repeat, no one said that "you can't burn the house down if you leave the gas burners on".