Set your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, or 190 degrees Celsius. Many modern ovens will alert you when they're done preheating. If yours doesn't have this feature, preheat the oven for at least ten minutes to bring it to temperature. You can use two circular 8-inch (21cm x 5cm) cake pans, a nine-inch (23cm x 8cm) Bundt pan, or two 8-inch (23cm x 13cm x 6cm) loaf pans. Rub the inside of the pan and dust it with flour to create a non-stick surface. Alternatively, spray cooking spray on the inside of the pan. Discard any extra flour leftover from greasing and flouring the pan. Gently pour the cake batter into the cake pans. Use a spatula to scrape the sides of the mixing bowl clean. If you're using two cake pans, fill them as evenly as you can. To do so, add a large dollop of cake batter to each pan until all of it has been used. If you want to create a beautiful pattern, carefully arrange the sliced plums in a spiral formation. If you want to create a rustic, haphazard look, drop the plum slices into the batter in a random pattern. If you are using plum halves instead of slices, set the plum halves in the batter flesh-down and press gently. Don't press the plums too far into the batter. The batter will rise around the plums in the oven. When finished, the cake will have a golden-brown crust. To test whether or not your cake is done, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is done baking. If it's covered in batter, let the cake continue baking for five more minutes and check it again. Once the cake is done cooking, remove it from the oven. Slide the cake out of the pan and onto a wire baking rack to cool. If you let it cool in the pan, the bottom will become soggy. Allow the cake cool completely. While the cake is cooling, dust a layer of confectioner's sugar over the top to add visual excitement. Once the cake has cooled, serve your plum cake with a hot cup of tea or coffee. Alternatively, make a caramel sauce and pour it over a slice of plum cake before serving it. Finally, if you have a strong sweet tooth, serve a slice of cake with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream. Refrigerate any leftover cake. Eat the cake within three days of baking it.
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One-sentence summary -- Preheat your oven. Grease and flour a cake pan. Pour in the batter. Arrange the sliced plums. Bake the cake for 40-45 minutes. Place the cake on a pastry rack to cool. Serve the plum cake.

A chaplain is ordained or hired by an organization or faith group to minister to people's needs in a variety of different settings. Chaplains commonly work at hospitals, nursing homes, military bases and in prisons. As a chaplain, your role is to connect with people in need of guidance and provide counsel and solace to those who are ill, confined to the home, or deployed away from their hometown. Depending on where you are employed, your duties could include: Visiting people affiliated with your church or synagogue or organization at home or in the hospital, or holding office hours during which people can come to you. Listening to and praying with people in need of spiritual support. Leading religious services or prayer sessions. Providing grief counseling. Conducting funeral services. A chaplain must be capable of deep empathy and open to forming relationships with a variety of different people from all backgrounds. As a chaplain, you will be in a position to help people who are at their most vulnerable, whether they're terminally ill or stationed in a place far away from their home and family. Having the ability to connect with people from any type of background is the most important prerequisite for being a chaplain. Chaplains working in hospitals and prisons and at military bases interact with people who have a variety of different religious backgrounds. Some people seeking spiritual guidance may not be religious at all. To be an effective chaplain, it's important to be open to and accepting of all types of religious beliefs, even those different from your own. Even if you're affiliated with a particular religious congregation, you'll need to be able to work with people who come from many different walks of life. You may be called to counsel someone who has made choices that go against the tenets of your religion, for example. An ability to put your personal opinions aside for the sake of being as helpful and empathetic as possible is important no matter who you're working with. No matter where you work as a chaplain, you will encounter new individuals on a regular basis. There is a chance that you may only meet someone once or twice, and so you must be able to help, inspire, and motivate people with whom you've only just become acquainted. The goal is always to forge deep, meaningful bonds that will sustain people through the very toughest circumstances. It takes a special person to be able to form this type of relationship quickly. One of your main duties as a chaplain will be counseling those under spiritual distress. When people come to you for help, they will share sensitive details with you with the expectation that you keep that information between the two of you. Just as a counselor or psychiatrist is expected to remain confidential, you will be expected to do the same. A chaplain who cannot be trusted will soon lose his potency and effectiveness. People experience spiritual crises all throughout the day, even in the middle of the night. Depending on where you work, like a doctor on call, you may need to drop what you're doing or wake up at odd hours to help someone who is troubled. Being selfless in this way does not come easy to most people; it can be exhausting and take a personal toll. It's this particular generosity of spirit that makes chaplains special. However, it will be important to erect some boundaries to protect your own personal life. You may or may not choose to give out your personal contact information, for example. Depending on where you are employed, there may be other restrictions in place. When you have to offer guidance to people all day long, you may start to feel your energy drain away. As a chaplain, you must be able to help yourself and keep yourself from deteriorating spiritually. Being firm in your own spirituality and being able to handle the stress of helping others is integral to becoming a chaplain who can make a difference.
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One-sentence summary -- Understand what the job entails. Be open minded and empathetic. Be able to meet the spiritual needs of strangers. Be trustworthy and able to maintain confidentiality. Be available to help at all times. Be spiritually strong.

The best time to pick your flowers is in the morning after the dew has evaporated. This is when they will be the most fresh. Pressed flower buds are lovely, as are flowers which are fully bloomed. Try to pick flowers in a variety of stages for a natural look. Other flowers that press well include single-petal roses, Cosmos, California poppy, and Queen Anne's Lace. Flowers with bulky blooms, like roses or carnations, take much longer to dry and don't look as nice when they're pressed. You may want to hang them to dry them instead. Some flowers, like lilies, have stamens which protrude from the petals. Remove these before you press the flower or the stamen will leave a stain on the dried petals. If you're going to display your flowers in a frame, you can add other natural touches by drying leaves, grasses, herbs, and ferns in your press.
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Pick flowers when they are dry. Harvest flowers when they are about to open or just before their peak. Select flowers with naturally flat blooms, like violets and daisies. Remove any obvious stamens from your flowers. Press leaves, ferns, and grasses if you want to accent your flowers.