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Assemble your squads, Arizona. Taylor Swift is coming to town.
The singer-songwriter announced the initial dates for her 2018 Reputation tour, which will kick off on Tuesday, May 8, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
The announcement follows a great weekend for the pop star. Her new album sold around 700,000 copies in the U.S. on its first day of release, putting it on track to be Swift's fifth No. 1 album on Billboard's charts.
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It's an impressive feat, considering the controversy that's dogged the singer recently — from her feud with Kanye West blowing up in her face to the public's mixed reactions to Swift's single "Look What You Made Me Do."
But with strong album sales and a well-received music guest spot on SNL, it looks like Taylor Swift still has both feet firmly planted in the pop firmament. And local fans will get a chance to bask in her full Swiftian glory in May.
Tickets for the show will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, December 13, via Ticketmaster.
Fans have a chance to purchase tickets in advance of the public sale via Taylor Swift Tix (a site powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan). Registration for Taylor Swift Tix is currently open and runs through November 28.


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Seeking a "Troubled Teen School" in Montana? We List the Best Schools for Troubled Teens
Troubled teens require an alternative form of school that accepts misbehaving boys and girls
We List a Number of Specialized Schools Equipped to Enroll Troubled Teens in Montana
Typical schools and boarding schools are inappropriate with troubled teens. Such schools are not prepared to take care of behavioral and emotional difficulties of troubled teens. They keep no counselors or therapists on staff to care for the true need. Troubled teenager behaviors cause distractions in the classroom and in campus life, a scenario which can't be tolerated in typical schools.
Therapeutic Environment That Helps Troubled Teens
Troubled teen residential schools are also called therapeutic boarding schools or emotional growth schools. These schools are equipped to work with the psychological and social needs of teens with troubles. These troubled teen boarding schools hire professional therapists to provide individual and group counseling. They help teens to get through to the reason behind the problem. As opposed to covering them up, ignoring them, or expressing them in inappropriate ways, teenagers discover how to identify their emotions and handle them constructively.
Therapeutic boarding schools are a haven for troubled teens to heal and grow. They include constant care from trained staff to keep students safe. As well, every event in the schedule in a troubled teen boarding school is structured for growth.
Improved Education at Boarding Schools for Troubled Teens
Academics hold a key place in troubled teen boarding schools, much like with traditional private boarding schools, although their approach differs. Therapeutic boarding schools understand that troubled teens frequently struggle with school and frequently have missed time, hurt their GPA, or missed required credits for graduation. The majority of therapeutic boarding schools use individual education plans and work-at-your-own pace curricula with a lot of one-to-one instruction and tutoring. In this way, troubled teens earn forgiveness for low grades, they get up to date or get ahead on graduation requirements, and so they find motivation to do well at school again.
Troubled Teen School Offer Restoration and Healing for Teens and Families
Students at troubled teen boarding schools take part in a number of therapeutic activities intended to teach life skills and heal emotional issues. The best therapeutic boarding schools assist parents together with their teens, working toward renewal of the entire family. These troubled teen boarding schools prepare teens to go back home to healthy family life and move forward to positive futures.
More about Troubled Teen Schools in Montana:
Montana (MT) is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, island ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name, derived from the Spanish word Lang (mountain). Montana has several nicknames, none official, including: Big Sky Country and The Treasure State, and slogans that include Land of the Shining Mountains and more recently, The Last Best Place. Montana is the 4th most extensive, but the 7th least populous and the 3rd least densely populated of the 50 United States. The ten largest cities are: Billings, 106,954; Missoula, 68,394; Great Falls, 58,893; Bozeman, 38,695; Butte-Silver Bow, 33,730; Helena , 29,134; Kalispell, 20,487; Upper Yellowstone Valley, 12,251; Havre, 9,620; Blackfeet, 9,319.
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Deborah Schwartz-Kates
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Lansing McLoskey
The tragic and devastating September 11 attacks resulted in a variety of original musical responses. Exemplary works expressed their reactions through overt 9/11-concentric dialogues to express themes of mourning, military retribution, dissent and commemoration. An examination of such works concludes that effective musical responses express a direct message clarified by supporting musical and/or textual materials. Musical materials can accentuate the specific thematic message of the responsive work as they often evoke images and emotions reminiscent of the attacks and their aftermath. Compositional techniques used in these works are often reminiscent of historical works written in similar circumstances. The recurrence of these historical approaches illuminates the timeless compositional design of historical examples and exemplifies modern advancements in music composition and production. A comparison between classical and popular post-9/11 musical compositions concludes that certain classical and popular genres deal with responsive themes more effectively than others. A recommendation for further study is enclosed.
September 11; 9/11; Ground Zero; World Trade Center; Twin Towers; September 11 2001; September 11 Attacks; Terrorism; Terrorist; Musical Responses; Vengeance; Retribution; Military; Patriotic; Dissent; Political; Protest; Commemorative; Mourning; Vietnam War; Pearl Harbor; Hip-hop; Rap; Popular Music; Pop; Country Music
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Claassen, Andrew Robertson, "After the Towers Fell: Musical Responses to 9/11" (2009). Open Access Theses. 204.


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Pitching Report: Stephen Strasburg's changeup keys recent success
Stephen Strasburg would likely be fine just as soon forgetting the first two months of the 2015 season. They were, inarguably, the worst two months of his major league career, as he amassed a 6.55 ERA and 1.72 WHIP in 47 1/3 innings. While Strasburg won't necessarily be reliving any of those starts, it's good for him to remember them. Quite simply, nothing was working for him in those 10 trips to the mound. By remembering what gave him so much trouble in April and May of this year, he can make the necessary adjustments to have success in the second half. He seems to be on that track after his first two starts since coming off the DL.
Strasburg is one of our Pitchers of the Week, which we'll get to in the next section. I don't want to take away too much from that, but he won both of his starts, striking out 15 batters and allowing a total of two runs, eight hits and two walks in 12 innings. Strasburg may sit in the mid-90s with his fastball, but it was his secondary pitches, specifically his changeup, that helped turn him into an ace in the majors. For the first two months of 2015, that changeup abandoned him. Check out the pitch's whiff rate by season, going back to 2012.
Strasburg isn't exactly getting tattooed on the pitch—hitters have a .233 batting average and .349 slugging percentage against it—but it has not been anywhere near the putaway offering this season that is has been his entire career. With counts extending longer than usual and Strasburg forced to go to other pitches, his results have suffered.
Something interesting happened in Strasburg's first start back from the DL. He threw 94 pitches in that start, a win over the Braves, and just four were changeups, with 61 being fastballs and 29 being curveballs. The changeup was back, to a degree, in his second post-DL outing, a victory over the Phillies. He threw 113 pitches against Philadelphia. Sixty-five were fastballs, 30 curves and 18 were changeups, good for 15.9% of his total pitches. Last year, the changeup had a usage rate of 20.2%. Here's the best news about the changeup, however. It was good. Really good. Of the 18 he threw, 10 were strikes, including seven whiffs. The Phillies swung at it nine times and put it in play just once, resulting in a Ben Revere groundout.
The changeup was clearly at its best right away in the win over the Phillies. He showed that in Ryan Howard's first at-bat of the game. Strasburg used the changeup to get ahead 0-1, and it finally had the sort of movement we expect to see from the pitch.
He then dropped it in on a 1-1 count, spotting it beautifully low and away, out of the strike zone. There's nothing Howard can do but swing over the top.
Now let's take a look at the pitch with Strasburg in a plus count. After getting ahead of Howard with the change on the first pitch of the at-bat, he doubles up and comes right back with it on the second pitch.
That one isn't perfect in terms of location, but the movement is so nasty and the similar look to his fastball coming out of the hand completely fools Howard. How about we see Strasburg make someone other than Howard look foolish with the change, though. Here it is against Freddy Galvis on an 0-1 count. Again, Strasburg gets ahead and then buries the pitch. Galvis commits, and by time he reads changeup, it's too late for him to do anything about it.
This is how Strasburg's changeup looked last season, and why the pitch helped him strike out a career-high 242 batters. It's also the pitch he needs to be the ace everyone expected him to be at the start of the season. If he can throw it for the rest of the year the way he did against the Phillies over the weekend, that's exactly the pitcher he will be.
Pitchers of the Week
Zack Greinke, Dodgers: 13 2/3 IP, 1 W, 11 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.73 WHIP
Greinke made a couple of strong starts last week, but he was only rewarded with a win in one of them. He started his week by tossing six shutout innings against the Cubs, allowing three hits and two walks while striking out five. Unfortunately for him and the Dodgers, Jason Hammel was just as good, and the Cubs eventually won 1-0 in 10 innings. Greinke was even better in his weekend outing against the Marlins, throwing 7 2/3 shutout frames, striking out six and allowing five baserunners. His offense showed up enough in that one to help him notch his sixth win of the season. The 31-year-old Greinke is in the midst of what could end up being the best year of his career. He's 6-2 with a 1.58 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 94 strikeouts against 20 walks in 108 1/3 innings. The strikeout rate is down, so his FIP is more than a full run higher than his ERA, but he's limiting hard contact, evidenced by a 26.8% hard-hit rate. Greinke is on the short list to start the All-Star Game for the NL.
Stephen Strasburg, Nationals: 12 IP, 2 W, 15 K, 1.50 ERA, 0.83 WHIP
It's a bit too early to say Strasburg is back in any more than the literal sense that he's off the DL and in the Washington rotation, but it sure looked like he was back in the figurative sense last week. In his first start since missing about a month with a trapezius injury, Strasburg didn't allow a run in five innings against the Braves, struck out six batters, and dealt with five baserunners. In his next start, a win over the Phillies, he surrendered two runs on four hits and a walk in seven innings, fanning nine. The Nationals and fantasy owners need Strasburg to pitch like the top-five pitcher he was assumed to be was back in March, and last week suggests he is back on that path. He'll next take the ball on Saturday against the Giants.
Waiver Wire: Marco Estrada, Matt Duffy headline this week's top options
Collin McHugh, Astros: 16 IP, 2 W, 14 K, 1.69 ERA, 0.88 WHIP
McHugh earned a pair of wins for the Astros last week, beating both the Angels and Yankees. He went eight innings in each outing, something he hadn't done once all season until last week. He danced around nine hits and a walk to allow just two runs to the Angels, striking out six batters in an easy 13-3 win. He was nearly unhittable against the Yankees, surrendering one run on two hits, striking out eight. McHugh hit a rough patch in late May and early June, but he has now won three consecutive starts, allowing a total of six runs with 22 strikeouts in 22 innings in that stretch. For the season, he's 9-3 with a 4.51 ERA, 1.27 WHIP and 84 strikeouts in 101 2/3 innings. His next start is Saturday against the Red Sox.
Pitchers of the Weak
Trevor Bauer, Indians: 10 IP, 8 K, 9.90 ERA, 1.90 WHIP
Bauer had a rough week, taking losses against the Tigers and Orioles. He had one of his worst starts of the year with Detroit in Cleveland at the start of the week, allowing seven runs on nine hits and four walks in just three innings. It was the second time in three starts he failed to make it through four innings while allowing at least six runs. He was better in Baltimore over the weekend, but still gave up four runs on five hits in seven innings. Bauer, for the most part, has had a good season, and fantasy owners shouldn't be losing confidence in him. At the same time, he's on pace to blow by the career-high 153 innings he threw last season, so he'll be entering uncharted water sometime in August or early September. That's something to keep an eye on as the season progresses. He'll take the mound on Friday against the Pirates.
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James Shields, Padres: 4 IP, 7 K, 15.75 ERA, 2.75 WHIP
Shields got rocked in his only start last week, a loss to the Giants. They touched him up for seven runs on nine hits and two walks in four innings. Pat Murphy sent Shields back out for the fifth inning, but all he did was surrender a triple to Matt Duffy and single to Buster Posey before getting the hook. The one saving grace for fantasy owners was that he did contribute seven strikeouts, which came in handy regardless of whether your league uses raw strikeouts or K/9 as a category. The start was Shields' worst as a member of the Padres, and his shortest outing in nearly two years. He has been good, but not great, this year, totaling a 4.24 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and 116 strikeouts against 31 walks in his first season in San Diego. He'll draw a matchup with the Mariners on Wednesday.
Michael Pineda, Yankees: 11 1/3 IP, 8 K, 7.94 ERA, 1.68 WHIP
Pineda was so bad in his first start of the week that not even a great outing against the Astros over the weekend could save his overall performance. The Phillies of all teams knocked him around for eight runs on 11 hits in just 3 1/3 innings on Monday of last week, dealing him his fourth loss of the season. Pineda took his fifth loss on Sunday, but not all losses are created equal. He threw eight innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts. It was technically a complete game, since the Yankees lost as the road team, Pineda's first such outing of the year. Even with the dreadful start against the Phillies, he's enjoying a strong season in his first full year on the mound since 2011, racking up a 4.08 ERA, 2.73 FIP, 1.24 WHIP and 95 strikeouts against 12 walks in 92 2/3 innings. Pineda's next start is Sunday against the Rays.
Buy, sell or hold
Buy: Matt Moore, Rays
Moore looked great in his final rehab start with Triple-A Durham on Saturday, striking out eight batters in five innings. He also allowed two earned runs on five hits, but that doesn't matter nearly as much as the fact that he threw 94 pitches and reported nothing wrong with the surgically repaired elbow on his left arm. Moore will rejoin the Rays' rotation on Thursday, taking on the Indians. Somehow, he's still available in about 70% of fantasy leagues, and that's something that needs to change immediately. It's not often that you can add a pitcher of Moore's caliber from the waiver wire this late in the season. He made 27 starts in 2013, his age-24 season, racking up a 3.29 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 175 strikeouts in 177 1/3 innings. Tommy John surgery cost him all but two starts of last season, but his velocity has been good during his rehab assignment, and he looks ready to pick up where he left off two years ago. This is the type of pitcher who should be owned in at least 85% of leagues, not 25%. Unless you're rotation is absolutely stacked, there's someone you can drop for him right now.
Sell: Jonathan Papelbon, Phillies, Francisco Rodriguez, Brewers, Tyler Clippard, A's, John Axford, Rockies
We're just 48 hours from July, the month during which baseball's hot stove again kicks into high gear. Contending teams are always looking for bullpen help this time of year, and that makes the tradeable closers on non-contenders some of the most talked-about names on the market. Papelbon, Rodriguez, Clippard and Axford are the four pitchers who most snugly fit that bill this season. The Phillies, Brewers, A's and Rockies are going nowhere this season, and they'd also have no reason to hold onto their respective current closers for the future. In the Phillies' case, Papelbon's contract is, in part, preventing them from making the moves that could get them back on the road to respectability. This sell recommendation is for those of you who own these closers in –only leagues. Any of the four could very well end up moving leagues by the end of July. There is, of course, no guarantee any of them gets traded, and they could always be dealt within their own league. However, you don't want to lose an asset and get nothing in return. Over these next four weeks, consider getting aggressive with these closers in the trade market, especially if you can afford to deal them without getting a closer in return.
Hitting Report: Will Steven Souza's power turn into 30 homers this year?
Hold: Jaime Garcia, Cardinals
In the interest of full disclosure, Garcia was going to be this week's sell recommendation before it surfaced that he was dealing with a groin cramp during his start on Wednesday. Now that he's again suffering from an injury, it will be awfully hard to sell him to anyone who has paid attention to his health troubles over the last three years. Garcia has been pitching quite well since rejoining the St. Louis rotation late in May, going 3-3 with a 1.69 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and 32 strikeouts in 48 innings. It's the low strikeout rate, combined with his health history, that would have made him such an attractive sell candidate this week. For now, his owners should simply hold onto him until we get more information on his groin injury. The Cardinals are calling him day-to-day, but he was unable to throw a scheduled side session over the weekend. He is likely to start against the White Sox on Thursday, though. If he looks good in that start, get the trade talks up and running.
Prospect Watch
Mark Appel, Astros
You could be forgiven for thinking that Appel would be turning something older than 24 on his upcoming July 15 birthday. After all, he was selected three separate times in the amateur draft, including twice in the top 10. The Astros were only able to take him first overall in 2013 after the Pirates failed to sign him when they took him eighth overall the prior year. Appel's pro career has not developed like many thought it would, especially those in the Astros' front office who drafted him over Kris Bryant two years ago. It appears that the selection of Appel at No. 1 may finally be paying dividends.
Appel got off to a strong start this year at Double-A Corpus Christi, but things started to unravel in late April, and that carried on through May. In six starts from April 29 through May 28, he allowed at least five runs three times, and failed to make it through six innings even once. In a season where Appel desperately needed to pitch his way to the Triple-A level, it looked like he'd again be stuck at Corpus Christi. All that changed in June, when he allowed four earned runs and fanned 20 batters in 23 1/3 innings across four starts. That was enough to earn himself a promotion to Triple-A Fresno, and put him on a path to starting the 2016 season with the big league club.[daily_cut.mlb]
Appel struggled in his first outing with Fresno, allowing seven runs on seven hits in three innings. The good news, however, is that his stuff still plays to the majors. His fastball is a mid-90s offering that can touch 100 when he reaches back for it. Scouts consider his changeup and slider as plus pitches, as well. He still struggles with command, and that's where he'll have to make major strides to be with the Astros next season. He's highly unlikely to make a fantasy impact this season, but he's someone who should be on your radar late in the year in case he gets a September promotion.
Two-start pitchers
- Chris Sale
- Gerrit Cole
- Sonny Gray
- Danny Salazar
- Cole Hamels
- Jordan Zimmermann
- Shelby Miller
- Lance Lynn
- Clay Buchholz
- Lance McCullers
- Ian Kennedy
- Jimmy Nelson
- Eduardo Rodriguez
- Justin Verlander
- Mat Latos
- Marco Estrada
- Mike Bolsinger
- CC Sabathia
- Mike Leake
- Ryan Vogelsong
- Jorge De La Rosa
- Rubby De La Rosa
- C.J. Wilson
- Phil Hughes
- Jon Niese
- Wandy Rodriguez
- Mike Montgomery
- Erasmo Ramirez
- Kyle Hendricks
- R.A. Dickey
- Danny Duffy
- Cody Anderson
- Sean O'Sullivan
- Taylor Jungmann
- Allen Webster
- David Hale
- Colby Lewis
- Nate Karns
- Kendall Graveman
- Mike Pelfrey
- Bud Norris
- Joe Blanton
GIF of the Week
Dallas Keuchel just missed out on being one of the Pitchers of the Week after throwing a complete game shutout with 12 strikeouts against the Yankees. His slider was very good that night, as Alex Rodriguez found out in the fourth inning.


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After the media centered Samsung Galaxy S4 release and a strong simultaneous presentation of the HTC One in US and UK, it was time that LG held an event of its own. LG has sent out invites for a 1st May Event in New York that could certainly mark the release of their Phablet, LG Optimus G Pro.
Galaxy Note 2 Competitor will come the by Q2.
Adding to that, we can also be sure because there is currently no smartphone of LG being rumored which is big enough to get an event for itself.
The LG Optimus G Pro has a 1.7 GHz. Snapdragon 600 processor 2 GB RAM and with a Adreno 320 GPU for smooth Graphics. The Device has a smashing 5.5 Inch screen at true 1080p mind boggling 440 ppi which gives Phones like HTC Droid DNA a run for its money.
The Phone has a powerful 13 MP Camera and a front camera as well for video calling. and is set to come with Android Jelly Bean 4.1. The LG Phone has a 32 GB Internal memory and an SD card slot to add up 64 GB more. The best thing about this phone is its battery. Hosting a 3140 mAh. Battery


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Environmental Education at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge is a multi-faceted program dedicated to explaining the natural environment. The program is implemented by volunteers. Both on-site and off-site activities are available.
Urban Birds is a series of lessons that introduce urban students, who are often disconnected from the environment, to birds that live in their neighborhoods. Cornell Lab of Ornithology provides the basic materials. 15 birds are studied over a period of weeks. This program is held off-site and is an after-school enrichment program.
Refuge Tours are part of a field trip experience by area schools. An interpreter provides anecdotal information about the Refuge. Birds and other animals sighted during the trip around the Wildlife Drive are identified and described.
School Classes cover a number of subjects. Refuge Volunteers provide the lessons and distribute appropriate materials. These programs are held off-site at the school.
School Field Trips come to the Refuge for hands on experiences in the natural environment. The students participate in insect identification, plant recognition, pond skimming and salt water seining. The program provides a real world look at what is in the water.
Home School students are given components required of their science curriculum. Their visit to the Refuge includes the curricular items used in the field trip experience. Hiking on Refuge trails can also be a part of this program.
Adult Education is available for groups seeking to expand their environmental knowledge. Programs offered are tailored to the group's interests.
Visitor Information Center volunteers offer visitors answers to their questions about the Refuge and wildlife in general. The Gallery displays are self-guided and give visitors an introductory background to the salt marsh, beaches, and the flora and fauna found there.


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It begins to populate after 1860, when Mr. Juan Luis Lacaze , a businessman that had taken part in the construction of the port at La Paloma (Department of Rocha, Uruguay) as well as in the exploitation of gold mines at Minas de Corrales (Department of Rivera, Uruguay)
Starting in 1884, under Lavalle, Médice&Co. builders of the structures at the La Plata (Argentina) port, he opens the Lacaze&Co. company for the exploit of the quarries of the Minuano Brook.
Beginning in 1896 they build and expand the Sauce port with a 72-meter long breakwater, a 97-meter long dock, and big warehouses. They also built a railway that communicates with the Route to Minuano, from where they also extracted stone to build the streets of La Plata.
They also used the railway to transport the bluish granite to be used in the construction of the Congress building in Buenos Aires.
The Sauce port was the exit channel for the products from the surrounding areas, so naturally, the city developed.
The National Railways built an extension of their lines from the city of Rosario up to there.
A year after Mr. Lacaze died in Germany (August, 1908), Puerto Sauce's name is changed to Juan Lacaze.
The great development undergone by this area during most of the 20th. century was due to the installation of two major industrial complexes that would make use of the exit to the sea offered by the port: the National Paper mill (1898), and the Salvo Textile Factory (1905), later purchased by Mr. Campomar, the two most important factories, in their specialty, in the country.
At present, with a population of 12,966, the paper mill continues to be one of the economic engines of the city, together with the shipping activities through its port with its 7 meters of depth, as well as the tourist activity because of their marina that attracts the lovers of sports sailing.


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Canning Peaches, Pears, and Appricotsposted by Andrea | 08/25/2011
My mom and I have been canning peaches all morning {33 quarts total}… and we're just about finished!
I know I've said this before, but canning really is pretty easy! Yes, it takes time and effort; yes, you make a bit of a mess; yes it's more difficult than buying store-bought canned peaches — but if you've ever tasted home-canned peaches, you know that it is totally worth it!
So, if you are thinking about canning peaches — or anything else this fall, let me just encourage you to give it a try! I'm hoping to post more about my canning adventures throughout the fall months, but for now, I thought it might be helpful if I re-posted the following article from last September. It's all about canning peaches, pears, and apricots {which are all in season, or soon to be in season, here in Michigan}.
And here's a link to another post about getting ready for canning season.
Happy Canning!!
I don't think there is anything more delicious than opening up a can of homegrown, home-canned fruit in the middle of winter. There is just something about it that tastes even better than fresh fruit — but that might be the added sugar!
If you've never tried to can your own fruit, now is a great time to start. There is still plenty of time to pick up some fresh produce from a local farmer's market or u-pick farm — and I guarantee it's easier than you might think.
As always, my advice for beginners is to START SMALL!
Start with a half bushel of fruit. This should be plenty for 10-12 jars of fruit plus extra to eat. Also, by starting with a half bushel, you can probably finish the job in 2-3 hours.
- Water-bath canner
- 10-12 Quart-size canning jars (I like to use wide-mouth if possible)
- 10-12 Rings and lids
- A canning kit is also nice to have. It includes a funnel, jar tongs, magnetic lid lifter, and a few other handy tools.
- Several towels and rags
- 9×13″ containers to hold the peelings
- Good pairing knife
- A friend — to make the process go a bit quicker!
- Fruit: a half bushel should be enough for at least 10 jars plus extra to eat
- Sugar: anywhere from 3-10 cups; depending on how heavy you like your syrup
1. Wash fruit thoroughly:
For peaches and apricots, I wear rubber gloves and vigorously rub them under very hot water. This loosens the skins and makes them much easier to peal.
If your fruit isn't quite ripe, simply lay out sheets of newspaper on a cement floor, spread out your fruit and cover with additional sheets of newspaper. It should ripen within 2 or 3 days.
2. Peal, halve, and pit your fruit:This is when it's nice to have a helper!
3. Place each half into a quart jar: cut-side down,nesting to them together
4. Make a Simple Syrup: this recipe is for 7 quart jars (there is room for 7 jars in a canner)
In a medium saucepan, mix desired amount of sugar with 7 cups of water. Stir sugar/water mixture until sugar is dissolved and mixture is bubbly
- Light syrup = 2.5 cups sugar to 7 c. water (this is what I use)
- Medium syrup = 4 c. sugar to 7 c. water
- Heavy syrup = 7 c. sugar to 7 c. water
5. Ladle syrup over the fruit: leave a 1/2 inch headspace.
6. Seal jars with sterilized lids and rings: make sure you wipe the tops of the jars first
7. Process jars for 25 – 30 minutes: in a water-bath canner (it usually take 20-30 minutes to come to a full boil, at which point you should set your timer for 25 minutes)
8. Cool and seal jars: remove jars from the canner and allow to cool on a towel for 12 to 24 hours. Make sure each jars seals. (you'll hear a 'pop' and the middle of the lid will be slightly indented)
9. Wash and Store: Remove the rings and thoroughly wash the jars and rings in hot soapy water (they will be very sticky). Label each jar and store in a cool, dry place.
10. Enjoy all year round!
See, I told you it wasn't that bad!
I know if may seem a bit overwhelming at first, but once you try it a time or two, it will seem like second nature.
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Do you leave the stove on high and boil for 25 minutes after it begins to boil?
how much fruit is a bushel?
can u store them w/ the rings? That's how my mennonite friend's do them.
I use the cold-pack method for canning peaches. No syrup required! Plus it is healthier without the syrup. And much quicker to can too!
Blanche/skin peaches, then cut in half.
Pack in bottles.
Put in desired amount of sugar and fruit fresh (I put in 3 TBL sugar and 1 tsp fruit fresh per quart)
Pour hot water in jar.
Put on lids.
Load into water bath canner and cook!
Tammy Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Marne, thanks for sharing this…I have heard of doing it this way but hadn't seen specific instructions.
l. Reply:
July 28th, 2012 at 8:28 am
what is fruit fresh? pectin?
Megan Camp08/26/2011
Hmmm. I've never heard of the rubber gloves and hot water. We've always blanched the peaches and then dumped them into a tub of ice water. If the peaches are ripe, the skins slide right off. Way to go canning while pregnant. I usually chickened out when I was pregnant. 🙂
Andrea Reply:
August 26th, 2011 at 11:29 am
Megan, we use the blanching method for tomatoes — but my mom and I think it's just too "rough" on the peaches. If you simply rub them under hot water, the skins come off almost as easily as if you blanch them, and the peaches are often less bruised and more "yellow" looking {if that make sense}
I'm sure they taste the same, so either method would work — and the only reason I wear rubber gloves is because the water is SO hot!! Those are totally optional!
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The second mushroom I found, was a yellow coral mushroom, a Ramaria species. This ground-dwelling mushroom looks like a buried yellow cauliflower. It was a pain to clean because its numerous stalks trapped all sorts of soil debris. But it was worth the effort. Sauteed in butter and garlic, it had a nice nutty flavor.
The final mushroom, a slippery jack (Suillus brevipes), was the best tasting of the three. In contrast to the previous two mushrooms, this one was hard to find. Typically, the mushroom was partly buried under a thin mat of pine needles and its brown color provided good camouflage from harvesters.
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This time around too, we had Commissioner of Elections Dayananda Dissanayake, (besides quite amusingly characterizing this as a 'pleasant election'), castigating government politicians for abusing state resources. Mr Dissanayake should conserve his energies and refrain from even making such statements when it is patently clear that he intends to do nothing about it.
Inability to be shocked
A courageous and principled Commissioner of Elections would have acted very differently at a point long time ago. It is clear that there is neither courage nor principles involved here in any sense whatsoever. But it is also clear that the situation will not be very different even if we had an Elections Commission, given that its members would be appointed under the 18th Amendment to the Constitution on the President's sole dictates with little effective intervention by a proverbially toothless Parliamentary Council.
The basic integrity of the electoral process in this country has become deeply suspect following the Presidential polls of 2010 when we witnessed the ghastly spectacle of Mr Dissanayake literally weeping and wailing, though not quite gnashing his teeth, on national television amidst laments that he could not do his job anymore. The fact that he withdrew his unseemly laments three short days later and seemed happier than ever to continue in his job is, of course, old news. But as much as when the nadir is reached, very little has the power to shock or surprise any more, reports of violence, chasing away of polls agents and the misuse of state resources and the state media at the recent polls fail to stir any interest. How can they when so much has gone on before?
Crossing the line
Let me be clear on this point. This is not to say that we had elections as pure as the driven snow in previous years. On the contrary, the Wayamba elections will always be an ugly scar on the face of the Kumaratunge administration and many were the instances in previous years when elections were marred by violence and fraud. However, there was always a sense that a line should not be crossed. Indeed, the Wayamba example is a good one in this respect. As ugly as it was, public outrage at the level of intimidation and violence was strong and compelled a political response on the part of the then government. We have little of that public outrage left now regrettably.
On its part, a weak and pathetically ineffective Opposition is only able to issue frivolous statements from time to time urging the masses to rise up in revolt against a corrupt government. Cumulatively, the collapse of the Opposition is to the detriment of not only itself or indeed to the wider public interest as a whole. It is also to the detriment of the government. History always teaches us that a government with no opposition, either from public opinion or from alternative political parties, will tend towards despotism and ultimately its own destruction. What we see in the Middle East is a good reflection. This is perhaps a fitting lesson that Sri Lanka will learn in the years ahead.
Ironies in the negation of the law
At each and every point, the ironies in the manner in which the law is negated, are enormous. In the old systems, as flawed and problematic as public offices were, there was a semblance of dignity and integrity about them. We are already painfully aware of the fate that has befallen the Elections Commissioner. Another example is our doing away with the office of the Bribery Commissioner and instead installing a Bribery Commission in place along with what was said to be a vastly improved law on bribery and corruption. The effects and results of this 'vastly improved law' (however true this may be in theory) are negligible down the years.
Even when efforts are taken by the Commission to bring corrupt officials to justice, these efforts are negated at various levels, either through insufficiency of state resources, political infiltration of the Commission and at a higher level, political infiltration of the legal process. How can the result be any different when the overpowering authority of the executive determines the manner in which decisions are taken at all stages of the legal process? The bringing of the Department of the Attorney General under the direct supervision of the Presidential Secretariat was no accident after all surely?
Living in corruption and clover
In the meantime, the spoils are there for the most visible taking. Those victorious at the jostling for seats at the polls this week are now for a grand time in office where the pickings at the local government level (though nothing compared to the stupendous corruption at the national level) will still suffice to keep them in clover for a considerable period of time. We should wish them well indeed.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Sri Lanka: Using elections to disable democracy
By Tisaranee Gunasekara | The Sunday Leader
"His smiling picture is everywhere…. He's given his name to all the squares….
He's burned the last soothsayer — Who failed to kneel before the idol….
From the Caribbean to China's Great Wall — The dictator-dragon is being cloned."
— Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (The Dragon)
The election took place in a context totally advantageous to the regime. The 18th Amendment had tilted the electoral-field firmly in its favour. The opposition is in unprecedented disarray. Polling took place mostly in rural/suburban areas where the Rajapaksas enjoy considerable popularity. Elections for all municipal councils were postponed, to save the UPFA from a humiliating defeat in Colombo. The governing coalition ignored election laws with impunity and abused state power and resources at will.
Defeat was impossible under such conditions.
And yet, instead of taking the election in their stride, the Rajapaksas campaigned with manic energy. This poll, though unimportant as an electoral battle, was of immense significance as a political contestation. What was at stake was not just power at the local government level but also the Rajapaksas' capacity to maintain their hegemony in the South, including within the SLFP. A less-than-total win would weaken the Ruling Family's standing in the country and loosen its grip on the SLFP.
A stunning victory would enhance the 'Rajapaksa magic' and convince rank and file SLFPers to shift their allegiance unreservedly from the Bandaranaike-dynasty to the Rajapaksa-dynasty.
So the President and his siblings spearheaded the election campaign while senior SLFPers were reduced to a barely visible ancillary role. Under Rajapaksa tutelage, the campaign became a hot-war against the opposition and a cold-war against the remaining pockets of (passive) resistance to Rajapaksa Rule within the SLFP. The main focus was on Hambantota, the traditional Rajapaksa fiefdom and Gampaha, the former Bandaranaike stronghold, which Basil Rajapaksa is intent on taking over.
Interestingly, Brother Basil, rather than First Son Namal, functioned as the second-in-command to the President, demonstrating that this is still Rajapaksa Brothers Inc. (though it may metamorphose into Rajapaksa and Sons Inc. someday.) The campaign also debunked persistent rumours about a major 'fall-out' within the Ruling Family.
There would be differences of opinion among various members of the family, as well as incompatibilities created by competitive personal agendas (for instance, between Uncle Basil and Nephew Namal). But these are mere 'tiffs' of no strategic import and do not prevent genuine unity in defence of the overall Familial Project.
A Dysfunctional Society
Despots want their people to become permanent navel-gazers. A despot's utopia is a society in which people live in their own petty private worlds surrounded by massive psychological ramparts. Milton Meyer has pointed out that non-interference was what the Nazis wanted from ordinary Germans: "Absolutely nothing was expected of them except to go on as they had paying their taxes, reading their local paper and listening to the radio" (They Thought They were Free). Similarly the Rajapaksas want nothing more from Sri Lankans than passive, silent acquiescence to their rule. Their ideal is an accommodationist mindset, characterised by indifference and apathy, and a temperament which ignores even the most obvious injustices because of a deep-seated belief that 'nothing can be done'. A Rajapaksa landslide at the election will etch this deadly and deadening fatalism ever more deeply into the collective Southern-psyche by making long term Rajapaksa Rule seem even more of a fait accompli than before.
Despots prefer dysfunctional societies purged of natural compassion and human solidarity, especially across primordial or political barriers. They compel people to focus on dividing lines rather than on unifying factors, thereby reducing drastically the politico-psychological space for common vision and common action.
The Rajapaksas would want their Southern base to believe that their draconian policies towards civilian Tamils or Colombo's poor are correct. They would want the Sinhalese to be indifferent to the forced registration of Tamils, the non-poor to be indifferent to mass eviction of the poor and the well-fed to be indifferent to the fact that 20% of Lankan children are undernourished.
The Rajapaksas would regard with paranoia the idea of oppositional unity across ethnic, religious and class lines on the basis of political freedom and socio-economic justice (a project of politico-social liberalism in contradistinction to economic neo-liberalism). Their counter is Sinhala Supremacism masquerading as patriotism; and resurrecting the dead Tiger periodically to keep ethnic over determination alive.
A key lesson of Arab revolutions is the decisive role of the military. If the army is not a national entity but the security force of the Ruling Family, it does not cavil at reacting with overwhelming violence to unarmed protests. Such an army would either crush a peaceful uprising immediately or cause it to change its peaceful character and become violent, by compelling protestors to arm themselves in sheer self-defence. The regime can then characterise the revolution as a civil war and drown it in a blood-tide, as Muammar Gaddafi is doing in Libya. The Libyan Army (unlike the armies in Egypt and Tunisia and even in Bahrain) is not a national entity but a mere praetorian guard for the Gaddafi Family. This is no accident but the outcome of deliberate policy; during his 42 year rule, Gaddafi destroyed the relative autonomy of the Libyan Army and turned it into his personal tool.
In Sri Lanka, the process of Rajapaksising the Armed Forces is well underway. The siblings have deployed for this purpose their signature carrot-and-stick policy, symbolised in the contrasting fates of Gen. Sarath Fonseka and Gen. Shavendra Silva. Gen. Fonseka is a prisoner in Welikada jail, while Gen. Silva is in New York, as Sri Lanka's Deputy Permanent Ambassador to the UN. The message these antipodal ends send to every serving or retired officer is as unmistakable as the message sent by the pre-emptive sacking of Mangala Samaraweera to SLFP seniors – no one is big enough to escape the wrath of the Rajapaksas.
Total, unquestioning loyalty to the Ruling Family is the only option available to those who want to avoid trouble and get ahead in life. Mussolini defined his fascist model as "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state". 'All within the Family, nothing outside the Family, nothing against the Family' is the Rajapaksa ethos.
Despots believe that their rule represent the end of history. But a day comes when the promise of bread, the reality of expensive circuses and the fear of barbarians at the gate cease to suffice. The Rajapaksa Rule will last for a while, but this 'low dishonest decade' (or decades) will end someday. The democracy tsunami cannot be confined to the Arab World, nor will Sri Lanka be immune to the democratic Zeitgeist of the new century. The Rajapaksas have already begun to prepare for this future danger by working diligently to erase the line of demarcation between the Ruling Family and the Armed Forces. Their aim would be to turn the Lankan military into their praetorian guard, a debased force which will not balk at mowing down unarmed and peaceful Sinhala protesters.
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Male seeking Female/Male cabin mate - Caribbean
Hello, My name is Jonathan. Single straight puerto rican - 30 yrs old looking for a cabin mate. I can leave from any port in florida and I am open on departure month, lets say (july-september). I shared a cabin last year with a gentleman I met through here which worked out well. I thought I would try to share a room with a girl who shares similar cruise interests. Strictly platonic as I am cruising to relax and have a good time. Here is a little about me.
- I am very social and will go out of my way to meet people. I met a family that was cruising last year and we all hung out for the rest of the trip.
- During days at sea I like to hang out by the pool and hit the gym.
- I go to comedy shows and will hang out at the clubs till close.
- I am up for any excursion.
- I am ok if you want to do your own thing or if you want to hang out together.
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hi Jim,Your decision is smart and a good one. Of course you have several options (outside of 401k).I am not sure which City / State do you live but OH, PA, IN are all strong rental markets with reasonably priced homes (older ones). but try not to buy fixer upper / too old ones which require tremendous maintenance. If you can bootstrap 10,000 to 20,000 $ you can land up a local deal. Don't expect the very first deal to be too profitable but a good start and experience for you. Funding for your 1st property: If you have a decent credit score try a CREDIT UNIONS (not the BIG B.S Banks!) or other lenders of repute. Make sure the TITLE IS CLEAR and you get WARRANTY DEED on the property AND the land on which the property sits. Go with a good title company who will take care of everything including escrow until closing and an agent. If you know someone well who you can trust, and who is into real estate take him/her with you. I wish you success in your venture
how much do you want to make before you kick the bucket? reasonable question that a financial planner never asks.
Even if you have personal savings I don't recommend using it...use other funding sources, seller financing, private money to start out with if you can...always depends on the deal! Have to buy right from the get go. Get educated as much as you can, but then take massive action! I recommend Alan Cowgill's course on private money, and no, I don't receive any referral from that, thanks!
Thank you to those who answered my question, I have taken something from each of you. I live in NJ which is a difficult rental market depending where you look. I am near Jersey Shore.How Much am I looking for? Enough cash flow to be able to stay in NJ for retirement. I figured about an additional $50K on top of current projected savings. However, would very much consider nearly retirement with twice that :)I could boostrap some cash, bit likely wouldn't do the crowd funding gig....then again maybe I haven't researched that enough yet.Thank you for the specific advice in clear title, etc, and to Jim C for Alan Cowgill reference, will look into.What do you guys think about doing real estate in a self directed IRA rollover from 401k?
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Steve Spurrier. I could say South Carolina, but down in Columbia it�s really all about the �ol ball coach. He�s probably another recruiting class or two away from being a serious challenge to Florida, Georgia and Tennessee in the SEC East, but then again his Gamecocks beat the Gators and Tennessee in 2005 and lost by only two points to Georgia. The passing combination of QB Blake Mitchell and WR Sidney Rice, with another year of Spurrier�s offense under their belts, could become one of the most dangerous duos in the nation.
Ohio State�s offense. Sure, it was good last year, but look out in 2006. For one thing, Troy Smith is settled in at quarterback. This time last year, he was preparing to sit out the opener on suspension and did not start the big game vs. Texas (which probably cost the Buckeyes a shot at the national championship). Toward the end of last season, Coach Jim Tressel starting getting the ball in Ted Ginn Jr.�s hands a lot more. That will be a foundation of his game plan from the opening whistle this year. Ohio State�s running game, in the hands of Antonio Pittman (1,331 yards last year) and freshman stud Chris Wells, should make the Buckeyes one of the most prolific offenses in the nation. They just need to improve their turnover margin (-.75 in 2005, 104th in the nation).
Air Force. It wasn�t long ago that this school was among the most dangerous non-BCS teams in the nation. Now, well, not so much. The sands are running out of the hourglass for 68-year-old head coach Fisher DeBerry. After posting only two losing records in his first 20 seasons in Colorado Springs, DeBerry�s Falcons have gone 5-6 and 4-7 the last two years. There is some twisted irony in the fact that Air Force, whose players will soon be an integral part of our nation�s national defense, ranked 100th nationally in scoring defense last season. Quarterback Shaun Carney will keep the Falcons in most games this year, but that awful defense will keep the Falcons out of the win column often and push DeBerry toward retirement.
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