Month: March 2016

Posted in Home

Best cupcake recipe ever!

Posted on by Joan Smith

Found this cupcake recipe online – it’s a definite bake-again!

Simple Vanilla Cupcakes

  • Servings: 20-25
  • Difficulty: easy
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Via Food.com

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
  • 3⁄4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375f or 150c; line muffin cups with papers.
  2. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time.
  3. Add flour (mixed with baking powder and salt) alternating with milk beat well; stir in vanilla.
  4. Divide evenly among pans and bake for 18 minutes. Let cool in pans.

Posted in Work
Posted on by Joan Smith

Historically, craftsmen tended to concentrate in urban centers and formed guilds. The skill required by their professions is and the need to be permanently involved in the exchange of goods also demanded a generally higher level of education, and craftsmen were usually in a more privileged position than the peasantry in societal hierarchy.

The households of craftsmen were not as self-sufficient as those of people engaged in agricultural work and therefore had to rely on the exchange of goods.

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Posted in Ideas

Volunteer projects

Posted on by Laurel Fulford

Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial gain. Volunteering is also renowned for skill development, and is often intended to promote goodness or to improve human quality of life. Volunteering may have positive benefits for the volunteer as well as for the person or community served. It is also intended to make contacts for possible employment. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster.

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Posted in Books

Best books of the year so far

Posted on by Joan Smith

Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize).

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