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Underage Alcohol Use and Dating Abuse Perpetration
Recruitment status was Not yet recruiting
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|June 28, 2012
|Last Updated Date
|July 3, 2012
|Start Date ICMJE
|July 2012
|Primary Completion Date
|Not Provided
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Dating abuse perpetration [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Self-reported perpetration of dating abuse, including acts such as pushing, hitting, kicking and forcing partner to have sex.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Dating abuse-related knowledge [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Knowledge about which dating behaviors are considered abusive and unhealthy
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01632176 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Underage Alcohol Use and Dating Abuse Perpetration
|Official Title ICMJE
|Underage Alcohol Use and Dating Abuse Perpetration
|Brief Summary
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) study is a small scale test of the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a brief motivational interview-style intervention. The intervention will take place in the pediatric and adult emergency departments by a trained interventionist and will follow an intervention algorithm developed by a team of dating abuse and brief intervention experts. The research design is as follows: the investigators will randomize youth ages 16-21 to one of two groups: one group who receives the intervention (N=~40), and the other which does not (N=~40). The investigators will compare changes in outcomes from baseline to 3-month follow-up for those in both groups. The investigators will be looking at outcomes including dating abuse-related knowledge, attitudes about the use of violence to resolve conflict, and dating abuse behavior (perpetration and/or victimization), including alcohol-related dating abuse perpetration.
Statement of study hypothesis: Those youth who participate in the brief motivational interview-style intervention will report less dating abuse perpetration at the 3-month follow-up than those in the control group.
|Detailed Description
|Not Provided
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Phase
|Phase 1
|Study Design ICMJE
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Subject)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Condition ICMJE
|Intervention ICMJE
|Behavioral: Reducing Alcohol Use and Dating Abuse Among Youth (READY)
This is a one session brief motivational interview-style intervention that follows a 9-step intervention algorithm. The intervention is delivered by a trained motivational interview interventionist. There is a 10 day booster call following the intervention.
|Study Arm (s)
|Publications *
|Not Provided
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Not yet recruiting
|Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Completion Date
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|Primary Completion Date
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|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|16 Years to 21 Years
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contacts ICMJE
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE
|United States
|Removed Location Countries
|Administrative Information
|NCT Number ICMJE
|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|Responsible Party
|Boston University
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|Boston University
|Collaborators ICMJE
|National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
|Investigators ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Information Provided By
|Boston University
|Verification Date
|July 2012
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Streusel Overkill is Good – Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Streusel Crumb Cake with or without RaspberriesFebruary 4, 2013 at 11:59 am | Posted in Breakfast, Cakes, Dessert, Fruit, Giveaway, SRC | 78 Comments
Tags: baking, Brown Butter, chocolate chips, Pecans, raspberries, Recipe, streusel, Streusel Cake
I love warm rainy days in the spring and summer. I love the scent of lilacs. I love the smell of Fall. I love when someone brushes my hair. Are you gagging yet? Well you won't be when I tell you what I love next.
I love streusel..lots and lots of streusel. Who doesn't? I don't think I've ever met a person who doesn't love streusel. However, I know plenty of people who hate the scent of lilacs, abhor rainy days, despise Fall because it's the official end of summer, and can't stand someone else brushing, much less touching, their hair.
Continue Reading Streusel Overkill is Good – Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Streusel Crumb Cake with or without Raspberries…
Chocolate Chunk Strawberry Malted Yogurt Loaf for Twelve LoavesAugust 1, 2012 at 10:17 pm | Posted in Breads, Cakes, Dessert, Fruit, Twelve Loaves | 70 Comments
Tags: #getbaking, Chocolate, malted loaf, Malted Milk Powder, quick bread, strawberries
Remember when I announced that there was a new bread baking challenge in town called The Bread Baking Society and I participated in the focaccia theme last May? Well that new bread baking challenge is now a NEWER bread baking challenge. My friend, Lora, of Cake Duchess, the brainchild behind The Bread Baking Society, has decided to give The Bread Baking Society a small makeover and has invited me, her Mom, Elizabeth of food and thrift, Barbara of Creative Culinary, and Jamie of Life's a Feast along for the ride. Say hello to Twelve Loaves, and below is what it's all about and the rules – beautifully written by Jamie and beautifully copied and pasted by me!
Twelve Loaves was created to inspire you to bake more from scratch at home, in your kitchen. Bake along with us every month and discover and rediscover the joys of home baking for your family and friends. We know it's not an easy task and we are here to inspire you along the way. A Baking Revolution!
What unites Twelve Loaves and all of you? We love baking from scratch because people love eating real bread, real cakes, delectable treats right out of the oven. Together we will discover new recipes and learn and master new techniques, discover flavors, textures, new ways to experience bread at the table with family and friends. 12 months, 12 baked goods, 12 challenges… so get baking!
Our very first Twelve Loaves theme for the month of August is Bread with Summer Fruit. Bake a bread, yeast or quick bread, loaf or individual, filled, stuffed, studded or topped with your favorite fresh summer fruit or berries.
Just follow the rules, it's as easy as pie:
1. When you post your Twelve Loaves bread on your blog, make sure that you mention the Twelve Loaves challenge in your post and mention and link back to Lora, Lisa and Jamie's blogs. Please make sure that your Bread is inspired by the theme! This is obligatory if you would like your link to be included!
2. Please link your post to the linky tool at the bottom of Lora, Lisa or Jamie's blog. It must be a bread baked to the Twelve Loaves theme.
3. Feel free to promote the Twelve Loaves by proudly displaying the Twelve Loaves badge in your Twelve Loaves post as well as in your sidebar! It isn't mandatory but is a nice way to get the word out!
4. Have your Twelve Loaves bread post up any time in August..the deadline is August 31, 2012.
Chat with our hostesses : Jamie @lifesafeast Lisa (me) @parsleynsage Lora @cakeduchess Barbara @CreativCulinary
Now, Get Baking!
With that said..I'm the hostess with the leastest. Jamie made a gorgeous chocolate chip cherry maple challah, Lizzy made a stunning, limoncello glazed blueberry – peach bread , Barbara made a luscious cherry bread with a crunchy cinnamon almond topping, and Lora made a beautiful blueberry cream cheese braid. I made a quick bread..because it was well..quick and I wanted to bake with them, not just put up an announcement. However..this quick bread is kind of special. The title says it all…malted, as in malted milk powder is added to the batter. There are malted layer cakes, malted milkshakes, malted milk balls, and I even saw some malted pancakes and waffles on the internet a few months ago, so why not malted quick bread?
My kitchen timer didn't go off. 8 minutes over baked.
I love most anything that has malted milk powder in it. One summer, years ago, there was a Dairy Queen about 15 minutes from where I lived at the time. Every time I passed it..which was often, I pulled in and ordered either a strawberry or vanilla malted milkshake. I still remember that first icy sip on those hot, summer nights, the malty flavor tickling my palate in such a good, good way . That Dairy Queen was soon knocked down, replaced by a drive-through bank. Unfortunately, it wouldn't let me withdraw a malted milkshake.
Soon I was knocking back boxes and boxes of malted milk balls to satiate my malted addiction.
Discovering malted milk powder in the supermarket was a happy day for me, and for the rest of that summer I was making my own vanilla malted milkshakes. However, they were not even close to the ones I used to get at Dairy Queen, (I can never get a milkshake or malt as thick and creamy as the ones you get at any ice cream establishment – no matter how much ice cream I add. What's the secret?) but the malted flavor still hit the spot.
Regardless, I think every artery in my heart is glad that DQ went away, as well as my stomach and butt.
Having said all that, the flavor the malted milk powder in this quick bread/cake, along with chunks of fresh strawberries and Valrhona chocolate, is out of this world and reminiscent of a malted milkshake. The thing is…how do you describe the flavor of malted? I've pondered this over and over, and I cannot find any adjectives that fits. Anyone? Beuller? Beuller?
I took a base recipe for quick bread/loaf cake from the Joy of Baking, made a few basic changes to it, and then went to town . I love how it turned out, an explosion of fresh strawberry and creamy, melted chocolate throughout the super moist, malted vanilla loaf. Strawberries may not bake up very pretty, as you can see in the photos, but who cares if it tastes good?
Initially I was going to use a variety of fruits, minus chocolate, in this bread – sticking with my 'eat the rainbow' theme this summer, but then decided it was overkill. Plus, I couldn't find a green fruit I felt would work well. Cooked kiwi? NO. Kiwi loses a ton of flavor when cooked, unless made into a jam with loads of sugar. Green grapes? Nahh – better eaten out of hand.
That said, I do have one regret. I wish I had topped the bread with more strawberry slices and chocolate chunks. I sliced up one strawberry and placed it on top with a sprinkle of malted milk powder. The batter rose over half the strawberry slices, leaving me with three slices playing peekaboo, instead of the original six, front and center. So, if you do make this..I suggest a good amount of strawberry slices, chocolate chunks and malted milk powder on top. Not only will it look better, but it'll add more texture, and flavor, of course.
Finally, once again, you have the whole month of August to link up your summer fruit bread..any kind of bread..no yeast required. Just click on the linky below and follow the directions. Don't forget to tweet (if you use Twitter – not required) your fruity creation @TwelveLoaves with the hashtags #TwelveLoaves and #getbaking !
You can use any recipe you'd like..including any of ours! The sky is the limit..as long as your bread contains summer fruit.
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- ½ cup (4 oz) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- ¾ cup malted milk powder
- 1½ cups fresh strawberry chunks ( I quarted each strawberry)
- 1 cup good quality semisweet, milk or bittersweet chocolate. cut into chunks*
- extra flour for coating the chocolate and strawberries
- extra strawberries and chocolate chunks to top the bread
- Stir the malted milk powder into the sour cream or yogurt and let dissolve while you prepare everything.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, or in a bowl with a hand mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Add the sugar and continue to beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined before adding the next egg. Beat in vanilla extract.
- On low speed, alternately add the flour mixture with the sour cream or yogurt malted powder mixture...ending with the flour, beating until just combined and uniform.
- Place the strawberry and chocolate chunks in a strainer over a bowl or garbage can, and coat them with flour, about ¼ cup...shaking off the excess flour into the bowl or garbage can beneath it.
- Fold the flour coated strawberries and chocolate into the batter gently, (the batter will be a little thick).
- Pour and scrape the batter into a lightly greased and floured 9 x 5 - inch loaf pan. Top with extra strawberry chunks, chocolate chunks and a big sprinkle of malted milk powder.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 60 - 65 minutes, until the loaf is puffed, golden brown and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool on rack fully before slicing.
- Keep any leftovers wrapped and refrigerated for about two days at most. although I doubt you'll have any leftovers!
Bad Boy First Love Part 16 will be coming soon. I couldn't hit that zone..and when I don't hit that zone..I don't flow..and when I don't flow..it sucks, which has happened in about half or more of the parts.
Japanese Inspired Battenberg Cake with Cashew MarzipanJune 28, 2012 at 8:02 am | Posted in Asian, Cakes, Daring Bakers, Dessert | 80 Comments
Tags: battenberg Cake, Black Sesame, Cashew Marzipan, Chocolate, Fondant, Ginger, Japanese, Matcha Powder, Modeling Chocolate, Sakura
Would you like a spot of matcha tea with your black sesame – ginger scones? By golly, I've done it again! I've taken something traditional, and went completely barmy on it! OK, I wrote a whole entry in 'Brit' lingo back in '09, and I'm not going to make any of you who remember, suffer through it again.
However..I've taken a thoroughly British cake called a Battenberg Cake, first created to celebrate the marriage of Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Victoria to husband Prince Louis of Battenberg, and infused it with Asian, mainly Japanese, flavors, and decorated it in kind. I know one thing for sure..as tasty and pretty as it is, it would probably shock the tickety-boos out of the Queen if it was served to her at any tea or special event.
Mandy of What The Fruitcake?! came to our rescue last-minute to present us with the Battenburg Cake challenge! She highlighted Mary Berry's techniques and recipes to allow us to create this unique little cake with ease.
I was supposed to co-host, or shall I say sidekick this challenge with Mandy, but like a lot of promises and deadlines the past 3 months, I had to drop out (or delay). Not that I didn't try, but, unfortunately, the humidity ghoul came stomping down on my jubilee – again. I ordered a Battenberg pan because I wanted to take the easy way out, (which I will get to in a moment), and just my luck, two tries stuck to the pan because of the stickiness in the air.
I won't bore you with the trials and tribulations of my homemade cashew marzipan,but I will say the humidity made it nearly impossible to roll out and wrap the cake in..so we ate it in chunks and I regretfully had to inform Mandy I wouldn't be able to pull this one out in time. It certainly doesn't help matters when your brain has been scattered too.
Scattered brain doesn't make for focused baking, decorating, or anything for that matter.
However, there is a light at the end of this tunnel. As a participant instead of co-host, I had some time to take advantage of a few clear weekend days and weeknights to play with the Battenberg, and my cashew marzipan rolled out quite nicely.
As for the aforementioned Battenberg pan – when you see the challenge recipe if you click the link below, you'll notice that you don't need a Battenberg pan to make this cake. A 7 to 8-inch square pan that you divide in half with parchment paper or foil works perfectly. Once the cake is baked, you slice each half in half, trimming off the uneven crusty bits, to get perfect squares. Simple, right? Why spend the money on a Battenberg pan?
Well, I'm a horrible cutter/trimmer. I always cut things crookedly. This is why I bought the pan – to make my presently off-kilter life on-kilter. The less I have to think about something, the better.
So, now that I didn't have to worry about anything other than slicing the top of the cakes off the pan with one quick and simple cut, it made it easier to play and play I did. When I was going to co-host, Mandy asked if I might want to make a matcha – black sesame version, or something off the beaten path.
Since I did something very similar with the Daring Bakers Dobos Torte (egads, horrific photos – look away!), again, back in '09, it was an affirmative. I added 1 tablespoon of matcha powder and 2 teaspoons milk to half the batter, and 1 cup of black sesame seeds to the other half. It doesn't get any easier than that.
My original plan was to bind the cakes together with a sweet adzuki bean paste or an adzuki bean paste buttercream, like I did with the Daring Bakers Dobos Torte (Oh, those photos kill me!). I changed my mind after deciding this baby needed some chocolate. I steeped some fresh ginger in hot cream, then poured it over chopped, dark chocolate, letting it set to a medium ganache, and used that instead. Definitely a good decision.
For the wrap, I colored homemade cashew marzipan red, then added dark modeling chocolate (aka chocolate plastique – included in the challenge recipes) tree branches, and tiny white fondant Japanese cherry blossoms called sakura – well, my version of them. I decided to do the blossoms and branches at the last minute, and each blossom took for-ev-er by hand, with no tools. I got so fed up after three, that I started pinching them into stars- so that was the most tedious part, but again, it was my decision, not something Mandy requested.
With that said, I'm not a fan of fondant, but there's not a ton of tiny blossoms (or stars) so you can either eat them or flick them into the trash if you don't care for fondant either.
Thanks for an awesome challenge, Mandy, my dear friend! To get all the recipes for the Battenberg cake, and see a gorgeous array of step-by-step photos, not to mention two awesome Battenburg cakes Mandy made, click HERE. To see the beautiful Battenburg cakes my fellow Daring Bakers created, click on the links to their blogs, HERE.
Zebra Cake from 2007, and Peanut Butter Cup BrowniesJune 17, 2012 at 11:10 am | Posted in Bars/Brownies, Cakes, Dessert | 82 Comments
Tags: baking, Cake, Chocolate, First Love, vanilla, Zebra Cake
Dear Readers ,
First off, the above is a transitional header and name (desserts and line drives was too long). I still haven't decided where I'm going to go with this, but I got sick of looking at that ugly, old header.
Secondly, please excuse these old photos, but love this cake. Not only is it cool to look at – but it's moist, delectable and easy to make.
Love 'n stuff,
Back in January of 2011, my computer crashed. The hard drive was annihilated. I lost all of my photos. Some of those photos were of several amazing and somewhat laborious, treats, two of the treats that I especially mourn to this day. One was a beautiful Tourte Milanese – layers of colorful, roasted vegetables, serrano ham and softly scrambled, herbed eggs encased in golden puff pastry. The other was a Gateau Basque, best described as a mix of a cake, cookie and pie, from the Basque region of France, filled with luscious almond pastry cream and homemade cherry jam. They were both so lovely, aesthetically, and exquisite in flavor, that I did everything I could with the dead hard drive, bringing it from place to place, to see what they could retrieve from it.
Wouldn't you know it, they were able to get most everything off of it EXCEPT the laborious treats and the Tourte Milanese and Gateua Basque. Why? Why? Why?
I still hold on to that drive with the hope that, miraculously, someone will be able to find and extract even one photo of each. The truth is, the two that slay me, were also a little labor intensive, and I haven't had the time or motivation to really dig into recreating either. Plus, I don't often get good photos, but by some stroke of luck, the photos of these two extravagant goodies, including the prep photos, were some of the best I've ever taken. Again..
Why? Why? WHY?
Here's the kicker, a group of photos of a zebra cake I made in 2007, were all there, well, most of them..(some of the prep photos didn't make it)..in perfect condition. These photos were from a time before a food blog was even a twinkle in my eye. Back then, I took quick shots with a point and shoot, under kitchen lighting, and sometimes I used *gasp* a flash.
They were also able to pull these 2009 peanut butter cup brownies off the drive. One problem, though..just the one photo you see above the zebra batter, when there were originally 10 full size photos. This one had been cropped already.
Barring the photo quality, it's a pretty cool looking cake..so I decided to post it. As I mentioned in my last post..I haven't had the time to cook or bake anything really blog worthy, unless you consider boiled, boxed pasta with a simple tomato sauce and sloppy tuna sandwiches on wheat toast, blog worthy. In other words, I haven't felt like spending hours sifting through 100 photos of sloppy tuna salad, and then hours of post-processing the best of the bland.
At least the ugly overnight oatmeal had a little pizzazz with the use of an almost empty peanut butter jar and the near endless possibilities of add-ins.
So, here's my zebra cake, in all it's ancient point and shoot glory. I love the way the stripes came out, and it was quite moist and tasty, therefore – blog worthy. However, for some reason I cannot recollect nor fathom why I placed the cake slices on top of a cheap cake turntable. It looks weird. Please look at the cool, zebra stripes and blur out the weird-looking cake turntable. I'm uhh, kinda embarrassed!
I want you all to make this cake and impress everyone you serve it to It'll look better on your plate and table than it does in these antiquated photos. Oh, and make the peanut butter cup brownies too! Had to add that.
- 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped..or chocolate chips
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
- 3 large eggs
- 1¼ cups granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 10 regular size Reese's peanut butter cups, coarsely chopped
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. I line the pan with foil or parchment paper, making sure there is overhang to use as handles to lift out the brownies, Spray/grease foil or parchment if you use this method.
- Microwave chopped chocolate and butter for about 45 seconds. If not mostly melted, microwave for 20 more seconds. Stir until smooth. Whisk in the cocoa powder and espresso powder. Set aside. OR, melt in a double boiler.
- Whisk together eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, peanut butter and salt until combined. Whisk the warm chocolate mixture into the egg mixture. Stir in the flour until just combined. Fold chopped Reese's peanut butter cups into batter. Pour mixture into pan, spread evenly and smooth the surface with a rubber spatula.
- Bake approximately 35-40 minutes. Brownies will be slightly puffed and a toothpick inserted into the center should come out mostly clean. Cool to room temperature for about 2 hours. Cut into 1″ squares. Store in a tightly sealed container; preferably in the refrigerator.
- Chocolate and Vanilla Zebra Cake
- 2¼ cups cake flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil or coconut oil.. or butter*
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons dark cocoa powder
- 1 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream (milk is fine too)
- Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- * If using butter, cream it together with the sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, until each one is fully incorporated. Add vanilla extract. If using oil, beat together the eggs, oil, and sugar until light and fluffy, then add vanilla extract.
- Alternate adding the flour mixture with the yogurt or sour cream or milk, starting and ending with the flour. Do not over mix.
- Now - This is where it all begins with the batter to make the zebra pattern.
- Here's a video that shows you the zebra method, and another one using a spoon, which is how I do it, AND one more for good measure, since my step-by-step photos weren't recovered. I didn't use pastry bags, (good idea, though), just tablespoons and less batter of each color per drop than what you see in the video, to produce stripes that are closer together. The below instructions explain how I did it.
- Divide the batter in half, into two separate bowls, and add about 3-5 T of dark cocoa (I use Dutch Processed) to one half of the batter. If the white batter is too runny, add 3-5 tablespoons of flour to it. You want the white and chocolate batter to be close in viscosity.
- To start..you'll be 'layering' 1 to 3 tablespoons of each batter, right on top of one another into a lightly greased 8 or 9-inch cake pan.(I add a parchment circle, and lightly grease that too). I used an 8-inch round cake pan.
- Starting with the white batter drop 1-3 tablespoons on the bottom of the pan, then drop 1-3 tablespoons of the chocolate batter right on top of the white batter, in the middle, then 1-3 tablespoons of white on top of the chocolate, then repeat with the white batter in the middle of chocolate batter. Keep alternating batters in the center of each until you've used up both batters. It will look lopsided at several points..spreading more to one side of the pan, but by the time you're close to finished, it'll start to even out. It should look like a bullseye of white and dark batter, as you can see in the photo right below this recipe
- The less tablespoons of batter you use, the closer together the stripes will be. I used 2 tablespoons batter of each per drop..but use up to 4 for thicker stripes.
- Bake in a preheated 350F oven for anywhere from 35 to 45 minutes. A toothpick or skewer inserted in the center of the cake, should come out clean when it's done.
- Try this with other flavors/colors, like matcha with the chocolate, pistachio paste, or raspberry syrup or ground, dehydrated raspberries. You can make this cake a kaleidoscope of stripe. Let your imagination run wild!
butter* - I've heard that all butter prevents you from getting a tight zebra pattern like mine. It will still 'zebra', but not like what you see here.
Caramelized Banana Pudding Cheesecake with Salted Cashew Praline – Vanilla Wafer Crust, for My Guest Post at The Gingered WhiskMay 24, 2012 at 10:56 am | Posted in Cakes, Cheese, Dessert, Fruit | 41 Comments
Tags: baking, Banana Cheesecake, Banana Pudding, Bananas, caramel, Cashew Nuts, Cheesecake, Guest Post, The Gingered Whisk, Vanilla Wafers
Last March, Jenni, of the beautiful blog, The Gingered Whisk, asked me to do a guest post. Naturally, I jumped in, and wanted to get to work on it immediately. Jenni and I have been friends since 2009, and we hosted the Daring Cooks Cassoulet Challenge together at the end of 2010. Then, some not so great stuff happened on my end, and Jenni found out she was moving. Several times, between us, the date changed. Now that things have calmed down here, and Jenni is all settled into her new home..it's finally happening.
I made a lot of commitments prior to life semi-combusting, and now those commitments are piling up all at once. I like it, though – it feels great to get back into the kitchen a little more. I still don't have much time due to work, but I squeeze it in as best I can.
SO, do you love banana pudding, the kind with the vanilla wafers (is there any other kind?)? Do you love caramel? If so, you'll love this twist on banana pudding and vanilla wafers in a cheesecake. It's gooey, it's rich, it's sinful, it's worth the calories. Portion control are my key words for this cheesecake. In this case, TWO big slices equals one portion, k? Bananas are good for you! Potassium!
To get the recipe and see more photos, although I really couldn't gussy it up due to rain and muggy weather melting ev-er-y-thing, click HERE and please check out Jenni's blog. This chick can cook and bake like nobody's business. She could make the tar on a beaten path in NYC in 98 degree heat taste good!
That said, a note. Not all of the caramelized bananas will look beautifully caramelized inside of the cheesecake once baked. The cheesecake batter dilutes a lot of that golden beauty. I had to cut through the whole cheesecake to find one slice where some of the bananas remained that beautiful color after baking, for photo purposes. If you look closely at my slice photos, you'll see the washed out color of some of the caramelized bananas. But, no effect on flavor or texture, and in the end, that's all that matters.
On another note, I was nominated for a Food Stories Award by Maureen of The Orgasmic Chef. To say I'm surprised is an understatement. I've just been journaling a memory from a happy, innocent time to soothe my aching grown-up soul during a difficult period the past few months – I guess you could call it my own personal therapy. Glad some have enjoyed it. However, before my Bad Boy First Love memoir, there are loads of mile long food stories, so I hope those are taken into consideration. Who could forget the squirrels that ate my joconde paste?
As part of this nomination, they'd like a random fact about me. Here goes …..
As much as I wax poetic about baking and cooking from scratch, I'm a slave to the occasional fluffernutter sandwich, and it must be marshmallow cream from a jar. Also, sometimes I scrape the cream from oreos with my teeth, and ditch the cookies. Lovely, huh? I'm a vanilla gal to the bone.
They'd also like me to nominate 5 other food bloggers for this award. This was so tough to narrow down because there are SO many great food story writers out there, but I finally managed to choose 5. Here they are;
Lifes a Feast – Her memories intertwine with the food effortlessly. Not only can Jamie tell a story , but she does it with such flair, amazing imagery and love..happy or sad. A fabulous, gifted writer in every way.
Bibberche – Lana's stories have made me laugh, cry, literally feel her every emotion. A beautiful writer and storyteller.
Creative Culinary – I love reading Barb's posts because she flows….her writing is breezy, not to mention, she never holds back when it comes to controversial issues. She tells it like it is – no sugar-coating.
A Few Rotten Vegetables and Moldy Cheese – A friend linked me to her site, and I read the whole damn blog in one sitting. I can identify with most everything she talks about – been there/done that. She doesn't know me, so I guess I'm her stalker – huge crush. I wish she would post more. Oh, she is NOT a food blogger, just a chef who writes – she makes that very clear.
La Mia Cucina – Lis, the founder of Daring Bakers, doesn't blog anymore, but I wish she would. Go read her blog now. You will be spewing all kinds of matter all over your computer screen. Not only great writing/story telling, but 'effin HILARIOUS! THIS post still brings on wheezing, tearing laughter.
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Skinny Cheesecake for SRC and New Weight Watchers Fresh MealsMarch 5, 2012 at 12:00 pm | Posted in Cakes, Cheese, Dessert, Fruit, Healthy, Rainbow, SRC | 66 Comments
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For this months Secret Recipe Club, I decided to keep it skinny, since I also happen to be reviewing a few new Weight Watchers Fresh Meals in this post. When I saw this Cheesecake with Sour Cream at Cook Book of Trial and Error, the blog I was assigned for March, I knew I had to try it. Look at how creamy and decadent it looks! Would you believe it has almost 5 times less calories than a full fat cheesecake? Trust me, you'd never know it. It's lighter in texture, more like a a mix between a ricotta cheesecake and full-fat cheesecake, but the flavor is closer to fatty the cheesecake, I was pleasantly surprised.
I was a bit devious, though. I had a few questions about the recipe and since it's supposed to be a 'secret' when you have someone's blog, I left an innocuous comment asking those questions. When she quickly responded with the answers (less butter and crumbs in lieu of powder), she asked me to let her know how it turns out. I told I would definitely let her know – 100%. Now, I'm letting her know – It turned out amazing and everyone who tried it cannot believe it's a skinny cheesecake! 2950 calories for thole cake..245 calories per slice!
Then again, I didn't post as Guest or Anonymous, so I'm sure she put two and two together and figured it out. Also, I tried to emulate the cinnamon zigzag in her photo, freehand, but it didn't quite work out – so excuse the strip that looks like dirt.
That said, please be sure to visit her blog, she's got some really fantastic recipes!
On another skinny note..
Remember last September when I reviewed Weight Watchers Fresh Meals and Deli Salads? Well, Catherine Bowen Brophy of Greencore/Weight Watchers sent me 5 new fresh meals to try and tell you about. Like I mentioned in the previous review, I like Weight Watchers because it's a sensible way to diet and the food is delicious and filling. The meals I received, in order from favorite to least favorite, are;
Photos above courtesy Weight Watchers
Beef Steak Tips with Potatoes and Vegetables – This was my favorite of the 5. I wanted to lick the carton clean when I was finished. 20 minutes later I realized I was full and satisfied. This is what I love about Weight Watchers.
Southwestern Style Turkey Chili – I loved the heartiness and flavor of this chili, but it needed a bit more spice. But, again, it filled me up, so that's a gold star.
Teryaki Chicken – The sauce was really good, and it tasted pretty close to what you might get at a good Japanese restaurant. However, it needed salt and teryaki should never,ever need salt.
Chicken Curry – Again, like with the chili, I felt it needed more kick, but I love really hot and spicy food, so maybe it's just me. Nice flavor and the sauce was silky.
Wild Alaskan Salmon – This was the least of my favorites. The salmon was bland, dry and the texture not pleasing at all, but, what do you excpect from pre-frozen packaged fish? That's a tough one to pull off. I wanted to dredge each side in cajun seasoning and give it a quick sear, THEN, smother it with some kind of sauce, but that kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? They need to rework this one.
You can always add extra spice to kick up the heat, so I'm giving these 5 new Fresh Meals a 7.5 out of 10, the main caveat being the salmon. You won't get 5-star caliber food here, but you will get tasty food that fills you up, without deprivation . My favorite diet plan out there, by far.
Before I get to the cheesecake recipe, I'd like to thank my friend, Mandy, from What the Fruitcake?! – for converting the measurements in this recipe from metrics to US for me. Also, to see all the delicious dishes my fellow SRC'ers made from their assigned blogs, click on the blue frog below.
You can make this cheesecake using farmer's or cottage cheese for a ricotta like cheesecake, or yogurt cheese for a creamy NY like cheesecake.
- 4.6 ounces animal or graham cracker crumbs (I forgot to measure after I weighed, but I will do that later with remaining crumbs)
- 3 to 5 tablespoons melted butter (it could get too greasy with 5, so start with 3, which worked for me)
- 1¾ cups Farmers or Cottage cheese or 2 cups Yogurt Cheese (recipe linked in notes) *
- ⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon Buttermilk or Yogurt *
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1⅓ cups sour cream
- ⅓ cup sugar
- Place the animal or graham crackers in a food processor and pulse until you get fine crumbs. Transfer the crumbs to a clean bowl and drizzle in the melted butter, stirring, until it holds together somewhat. As mentioned above, you shouldn't need all 5 tablespoons, the cheesecake filling will bind it together when baking.
- Press the crumbs into a greased 9-inch cake or springform pan – just the bottom. Use the bottom of a glass to really pack it in. Place in the freezer while you make the filling. You can also use a 5"x7" square Pyrex pan, if you want to make cheese cake squares. I used an 8-inch springform pan, which doubled the baking time (see notes)**. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a food processor, combine all the ingredients for the cheese filling until uniform and silky. Remove the graham cracker crust from the freezer, and pour the filling on top of it.
- Place in the preheated oven and bake for 5 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degreees F and bake for 15 minutes.
- Combine the sour cream with the sugar. After the cheesecake has baked for 15 minutes at 350F, remove it from the oven and spread the sour cream on top evenly - be gentle, as it will be slightly jiggly in the middle. Bake for another 5 minutes.
- Let the cheesecake cool to room temperature, then chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving. I topped my mini cheesecakes (I cut them out of the leftover large cheesecake with a round biscuit cutter) with a melange of cut up fruits and honey.
** I used a 7½ to 8-inch round springform pan. The baking time was 10 minutes at 400 degrees F, then 30 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees F, and another 10 minutes with the sour cream topping.
I was not compensated monetarily for my Weight Watchers Fresh Meals review, only sent the meals free of charge. All opinions expressed are my own.
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- Cook Time : 45 min
- Ready Time : 1 hour, 10 min
- 1 1/4 cup dry elbow macaroni (5 ounces)
- 1 1/2 cup small diced, unpeeled, tart green or red apples
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 1/4 cup whole milk (lower fat milk can be substituted)
- 1 small bay leaf
- 2 1/3 cup shredded sharp white or yellow cheddar cheese (about 10 ounces)
- 1/2 teaspoon dry sherry
- 1/3 cup plain panko (Japanese bread crumbs - regular bread crumbs can be substituted)
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2 Cook pasta in large saucepan according to package directions until al dente. Rinse with cold water to stop the cooking; drain well. Return pasta to saucepan. Add apples.
3 Meanwhile, melt butter in medium heavy saucepan. Add onion and cook over medium heat about 3 minutes or tender. Stir in flour; cook and stir about 1 minute or until fragrant.
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5 Remove and discard bay leaf. Stir in 2 cups of the cheese and dry sherry. Cook and stir about 1 minute or until cheese is melted. Remove from heat; season to taste with salt and pepper.
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The battle began a seven-year war which established the Rhine as the boundary of the Roman Empire for the next four hundred years, until the decline of the Roman influence in the West. The Roman Empire made no further concerted attempts to conquer Germania beyond the Rhine.
The battle (which is called Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Varusschlacht or Hermannsschlacht in German) had a profound effect on 19th century German nationalism along with the recovery of the histories of Tacitus in the 15th century, in which the Germans identified with the Germanic tribes as a way to give the (at the time politically disunited) "German people" a common origin.
In 1808, the German author Heinrich von Kleist's play Die Hermannsschlacht aroused anti-Napoleonic sentiment, even though it could not be performed under occupation. Later, the figure of Arminius was used to represent the ideals of freedom and unification — as supported by German liberals, and opposed by the reactionary rulers of the German states. A memorial — the Hermannsdenkmal — was begun during this period, and Arminius became a symbol of Pan Germanism. The monument lay unfinished for decades until after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, which unified the country. The completed monument was then a symbol of conservative German nationalism. The battle and the Hermannsdenkmal monument is also commemorated by the similar Hermann Heights Monument in New Ulm, MN, U.S.A.
Varus' opponent, Arminius, had lived in Rome as a hostage in his youth, where he had received a military education and had even been given the rank of Equestrian. After his return, he was a trusted advisor to Varus. In secret, he forged an alliance of Germanic tribes that had traditionally been enemies (the Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, Bructeri, Chauci and Sicambri), but which he was able to unite due to outrage over Varus' measures. Historians believe that these were no different from the measures used to establish any nascent province — which often resulted in revolts .
While Varus was on his way from his summer camp somewhere west of the Weser river (despite recent finds indicating a Roman presence near the modern city of Minden, its location remains disputed; other sites near Minden or Rinteln have been suggested by the historian Delbrück and the military writer Pastenaci, respectively) to the winter headquarters near the Rhine, he heard reports of a local rebellion, fabricated by Arminius. Varus decided to quell this uprising immediately and take a detour through territory unfamiliar to the Romans. Arminius, who accompanied Varus, probably directed him along a route that would facilitate an ambush. Another Cheruscan nobleman, Segestes, father of Arminius' wife, and opposed to the marriage, warned Varus the night before the departure of the Roman forces, allegedly even suggesting that Varus apprehend him along with several Germanic leaders whom he identified as covert participants in the planned uprising. But his warning was dismissed as the result of a personal feud. Arminius then left under the pretext of drumming up Germanic forces to support the Roman campaign, but instead led his troops, who must have been waiting in the vicinity, in attacks on surrounding Roman garrisons. Recent archaeological finds place the battle in Osnabrück County, Lower Saxony. On the basis of Roman accounts, the Romans must at this time have been marching northwestward from the area that is now the city of Detmold, passing east of Osnabrück; they must then have camped in this area prior to being attacked.
The line of march was now stretched out perilously long — estimates are that it surpassed 15 km (9 miles), and was perhaps as long as 20 km (12 miles). It was then suddenly attacked by Germanic warriors. Arminius knew Roman tactics very well and could direct his troops to counter them effectively, using locally superior numbers against the spread-out Roman legions. The Romans managed to set up a fortified night camp, and the next morning broke out into the open country north of the Wiehen mountains, near the modern town of Osterkappeln. The break-out cost them heavy losses, as did a further attempt to escape by marching through another forested area, with the torrential rains continuing, preventing them from using their bows, and rendering them virtually defenseless, as their shields too became waterlogged.
They then undertook a night march to escape, but marched straight into another trap that Arminius had set, at the foot of Kalkriese Hill (near Osnabrück). There, the sandy, open strip on which the Romans could march easily was constricted by the hill, so that there was a gap of only about 100 m between the woods and the swampland at the edge of the Great Bog. Moreover, the road was blocked by a trench, and, towards the forest, an earthen wall had been built along the roadside, permitting the Germanic tribesmen to attack the Romans from cover. The Romans made a desperate attempt to storm the wall, but failed, and the highest-ranking officer next to Varus, Numonius Vala, abandoned the troops by riding off with the cavalry; however, he too was overtaken by the Germanic cavalry and killed, according to Velleius Paterculus. The Germanic warriors then stormed the field and slaughtered the disintegrating Roman forces; Varus committed suicide. Velleius reports that one commander, Ceionus, "shamefully" surrendered, while his colleague Eggius "heroically" died leading his doomed troops.
Around 15,000–20,000 Roman soldiers must have died; not only Varus, but also many of his officers are said to have taken their own lives by falling on their swords in the approved manner. Tacitus wrote that many officers were sacrificed by the Germanic forces as part of their indigenous religious ceremonies. However, others were ransomed, and the common soldiers appear to have been enslaved.
All Roman accounts stress the completeness of the Roman defeat, the extremely heavy Roman casualties, and the minimal Germanic losses. That account is confirmed by the finds at Kalkriese, where, along with 6000 pieces (largely scraps) of Roman equipment, there is only one single item — part of a spur — that is clearly Germanic. Even allowing for the fact that several thousand Germanic soldiers were deserting militiamen who wore italians armor (which would thus show up as "Roman" in the archaeological digs), and for the fact that the Germanic tribes wore less metal and more perishable organic material, this indicates surprisingly slight Germanic losses. The Germanic practice of burying dead Germanic warriors' battle gear with them may have contributed to the lack of Germanic relics, given the victors' ability to gather such at their leisure.
The victory over the legions was followed by a clean sweep of all Roman forts, garrisons and cities — of which there were at least two — east of the Rhine; the remaining two Roman legions, commanded by Varus' nephew Lucius Nonius Asprenas, were content to try to hold that river. One fort (or possibly city), Aliso, fended off the Germanic tribes for many weeks, perhaps a few months, before the garrison, which included survivors of the Teutoburg Forest, successfully broke out under their commander, Lucius Caeditius and reached the Rhine.
The three legion numbers were never used again by the Romans after this defeat, unlike other legions that were restructured — a case unique in Roman history.
The battle abruptly ended the period of triumphant and exuberant Roman expansion that had followed the end of the Civil Wars 40 years earlier. Augustus' stepson Tiberius took effective control, and prepared for the continuation of the war.
The Germanic tribes, on the other hand, profited greatly from the plunder of their victory, and gradually began to move to a higher stage of development, although they were still a long way from political unification. This was apparently the goal of Arminius, however, who immediately sent Varus' severed head to Marbod, king of the Marcomanni, the other most powerful Germanic ruler, with the offer of an anti-Roman alliance. Marbod declined the offer, sent the head on to Rome for burial, and remained neutral throughout the ensuing war. Only thereafter did a brief, inconclusive war break out between the two Germanic leaders.
During the next centuries, the Germanic tribes were able to profit from trade with Rome, without suffering the Roman yoke, and to absorb those elements of Roman culture which they wanted.
In spite of doubts on the part of his uncle, Emperor Tiberius, Germanicus managed to raise another huge army and invaded Germania again the next year, in 16 AD. He forced a crossing of the Weser near modern Minden, suffering heavy losses, and then met Arminius' army at Idistoviso, further up the Weser, near modern Rinteln, in an engagement often called the Battle of the Weser River. Germanicus's leadership and command qualities were shown in full at the battle as his superior tactics and better trained and equipped legions inflicted huge casualties on the Germanic armies with only minor losses. One final battle was fought at the Angivarian Wall west of modern Hanover, repeating the pattern of high Germanic fatalities forcing them to flee. With his main objectives reached and with winter approaching Germanicus ordered his army back to their winter camps, with the fleet occasioning some damage by a storm in the North Sea. Although only a small number of soldiers died it was still a bad ending for a brilliantly fought campaign. After a few more raids across the Rhine, which resulted in the recovery of two of the three legions' eagles lost in 9 A.D., Germanicus was recalled to Rome and informed by Tiberius that he would be given a triumph and reassigned to a different command.
The third standard was recovered in 41 AD by Publius Gabinius from the Chauci during the reign of Claudius, brother to Germanicus, according to Cassius Dio in Roman History Book LX {Book 60} Chapter 8 Possibly the recovered aquilae were placed within the Temple of the Avenging Mars, (Tempio di Mars Ultor), the ruins of which stand today in the Forum of Augustus by the Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome.
The last chapter of this story is recounted by the historian Tacitus, in Annales (xii.27). Around 50 AD, bands of Chatti invaded Roman territory in Germania Superior, possibly an area in Hesse east of the Rhine which the Romans appear to have still held, and began to plunder. The Roman commander, Lucius Pomponius, raised a force from the Vangiones and Nemetes supported by Roman cavalry. They attacked the Chatti from both sides and defeated them, and joyfully found and liberated some of the men from Varus' legions, who had been held in slavery for 40 years.
Despite the successes enjoyed by his troops, Germanicus' campaign in Germania was in reaction to the mutinous intentions of his troops, and lacked any strategic value. In addition he engaged the very Germanic leader (Arminius) who had destroyed three Roman legions in AD 9, and exposed his troops to the remains of those dead Romans. Furthermore, in leading his troops across the Rhine, without recourse to Tiberius, he flouted the instructions of Augustus to keep that river as the boundary of the empire, and opened himself to doubts about his motives in such independent action. These errors in strategic and political judgement gave Tiberius reason enough to recall his nephew.
As a symbol of unified Romantic nationalism, the Hermannsdenkmal (Hermann's monument), a statue in Detmold paid for largely out of private funds, was completed in 1875 to commemorate the battle; similar statues also exist outside of Germany in German-founded communities including New Ulm, Minnesota.
In 1847, Josef Viktor von Scheffel wrote a lengthy song, "Als die Römer frech geworden" ("When the Romans started to misbehave"), relating the tale of the battle with somewhat gloating humour. Copies of the text are still found on many souvenirs available at the Detmold monument.
For almost 2000 years, the site of the battle was unidentified. The main clue to its location was an allusion to the saltus Teutoburgiensis in section i.60-62 of Tacitus's Annals, an area "not far" from the land between the upper reaches of the Lippe and Ems Rivers in central Westphalia.
During the 19th century, theories as to the true site of the battle abounded, and the followers of one theory successfully argued for the area of a long wooded ridge called the Osning, around Bielefeld. This was then renamed the Teutoburg Forest, and became the site of the Detmold Memorial.
Late 20th-century research and excavations at Kalkriese Hill (52°26'29"N, 8°8'26"E.) were sparked by finds by British amateur archaeologist Major Tony Clunn's discovery of coins from the reign of Augustus (and none minted later), and some ovoid leaden Roman sling shot. Clunn was casually prospecting with a metal detector in hopes of finding "the odd Roman coin." The excavations soon turned up more scraps of weapons and equipment, the helmet mask of a Roman officer, the bone pits, and the remains of the Germanic fortifications. As a result, Kalkriese is now perceived to be the actual site of part of the battle, probably its conclusive phase. Kalkriese is a village administratively part of the city of Bramsche, on the north slope fringes of the Wiehengebirge, a ridge-like range of hills in Lower Saxony, north of Osnabrück. The site some 70 km from Detmold was first suggested by 19th-century historian Theodor Mommsen, one of the "founding fathers" of modern research into ancient history.
While the initial excavations were done by the archaeological team of the Kulturhistorisches Museum Osnabrück under the direction of Prof. Wolfgang Schlüter from 1987 onward, after the dimensions of the project became apparent, a new foundation was created to organize future excavations, to build and run a new museum on the site, and to centralise publicity work and documentation. Since 1990 the excavations have been directed by Susanne Wilbers-Rost.
The Varusschlacht Museum ("Varus' Battle Museum") and Park Kalkriese include a large outdoor area with trails leading to a re-creation of part of the earthen wall from the battle, and other outdoor exhibits. An observation tower allows visitors to get an overview of the battle site. Most of the indoor exhibits are housed in the tower. A second building includes the ticket center, museum store and a restaurant. The museum houses a large number of artifacts found at the site, which include fragments of studded sandals legionaries lost in flight, spearheads, and a Roman officer's ceremonial face-mask, which was originally silver-plated. Coins minted with the countermark VAR, distributed by Varus, support the identification of the site. Excavations have revealed battle debris along a corridor almost 15 miles from east to west and little more than a mile wide. A long zig-zagging wall constructed of peat turves and packed sand apparently had been constructed beforehand: concentrations of battle debris before it, and a dearth of finds behind it, testify to the Romans' inability to breach the defense. Human remains found here appear to corroborate Tacitus' account of their later burial. (Smithsonian, p 81)
The German historians Peter Kehne and Reinhard Wolters believe that the battle was probably in the Detmold area after all, and that Kalkriese is the site of one of the battles in 15 AD. This theory is, however, in serious contradiction to Tacitus' account.
A very large body of opinion, including the scholars at the Kalkriese Museum (Susanne Wilbers-Rost, Günther Moosbauer; also Historian Ralf Jahn and British author Adrian Murdoch, see below), believe that the Roman army did not approach Kalkriese from the south of the Wiehen Mountains (i.e., from Detmold), but rather from roughly due east, from Minden, Westphalia. This would have involved a march along the northern edge of the Wiehen mountains, and would have passed through flat, open country, devoid of the dense forests and ravines described by Cassius Dio. Their explanation of this contradiction is that Romans had a stereotyped view of Germania: Just as most Europeans and Americans, hearing the word "Arabia", think "sandy desert", so, they argue, to most Romans, the word "Germania" meant "swampy, rainy forest"; thus, Cassius Dio was, they believe, not really describing the situation, but only reflecting this stereotype. Historians such as Gustav-Adolf Lehmann and Boris Dreyer counter that the description is too detailed and differentiated to be thus dismissed.
Tony Clunn (see below), the discoverer of the battlefield, and a "southern-approach" proponent, believes that the battered Roman Army regrouped north of Ostercappeln, where Varus committed suicide, and that the remnants were finally overcome at the Kalkriese Gap.
Peter Oppitz, in "Das Geheimnis der Varuschlacht", Zagara-Verlag Edition in Kelkheim, Germany, 2006, proposes a new site in Paderborn. Upon the new reading of Tacitus, Paterculus and Florus' writings, together with the discrimination of Dio Cassius writings, the author explains that an ambush took place in the summer camp of Varus, during a peaceful meeting between the Roman commanders and the Germans.
The following is a list of all known references to the battle from the literary sources of classical antiquity. Though the account provided in the Roman History is the most detailed of these, Dio Cassius' almost two century removal from the time of the event, as well as his use of detail mentioned by no earlier author, render it much more likely to be a literary re-imagining of the battle than a reliable historical record.
A movie, named: "Die Hermannsschlacht" / "The Hermann Battle" (Hermann is the popular German name of Arminius) was released between 1993 and 1995. The first public screening of this work took place in Düsseldorf in May 1995. In 1996 the opus was honoured by an international jury in Kiel, where it was presented during an archaeological film festival. "The Hermann Battle" was successfully shown in arthouse-cinemas in the whole of Germany. The actors speak German and Latin, with German subtitles. Famous British artist Tony Cragg has a brief role as a Roman citizen in the palace of Augustus.
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest is also a historical battle that can be played in the video game Rome: Total War. However, it is not an entirely accurate depiction of the historical battle. The scenario is difficult because the Roman troops are heavily outnumbered, not due to superior Germanic strategy.
A 1955 novel, "The Lost Eagles", written by Ralph Graves, gave a fictitious account of a Varus relation, Severus Varus, working to recover the lost eagles of Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, as well as the family's honor. The story follows the historical recovery of the Eagles in the campaigns of Germanicus.


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Featured post – Eagles Player Riley Cooper Apologizes for Racial Slur – "Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper spoke to the media to apologize for using a racial slur in a video that went viral on YouTube."
Two people in the public eye have been "caught" using a racial slur towards the African-American race lately. One of them gets her life stripped away, but the other gets a fine because he is an important person to the team he plays for. Am I the only person who sees anything wrong with this? Is this not a sign that society in itself is prejudice? If one gets stripped of their life, they both should. Honestly, I am not sure why the world has to get involved. I have a very strong belief that everyone, no matter what nationality, amount of money or position you hold in society, is the same to me in my eyes. I do not get the "star-struck" feeling of anyone. We all are human, we all make mistakes and we all die. Of course, it is a mistake to call anyone something that is not nice, but are they sorry for saying it, or sorry they got caught? Another thing, you don't "accidentally" say a racial slur. Babies don't accidentally cuss. They learned it from an older person. Unless you have a medical condition that makes you randomly blurt things out without control, if you use a slur when speaking, you most likely have used the term before. The words "I am sorry" should be taken as seriously and strongly as the words "I love you." Don't abuse them. – Darla Lindauer
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I look into the jar, I see peanut butter on the side and I know it is going to get on my hand. I take the time to wash my hands before I stick my fingers down into the deep cavern-like jar to retrieve the last bit of the peanut butter. Who knew that knuckles were the best cleaner of the insides of jars? It is inevitable: peanut butter knuckles every time! Ha-ha. The idea of a twist-up jar is amazing and so simple that it makes me groan, which I did by the way. Why in this world did I not think of this when it is a huge pet-peeve of mine? So, now I have a question for myself … Why was I OK with getting aggravated every time I made a peanut butter sandwich? I just accepted it as as-is. Again, groan. I have a feeling quite a few of you are thinking the same thing right now. Well, join the non-imagination club with me on this one. Now, if it comes to the jars costing an outrageous price, I will still be licking my peanut butter knuckles. – Darla Lindauer
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Why is it that bacon is so yummy? I have a few off-limit foods that have the potential to make me as big as a house, and bacon is one of them! Honestly, I have not ventured out too much with bacon. I have preferred just eating bacon by itself and a lot of it! With that said, I am not sure I would enjoy all these foods. A bacon gumball or a lollipop? I do not think I want to try it. It would only make me want the real thing. The rest of them, I am definitely up for trying. I think I was in heaven when the restaurant Waffle House had an all-you-can-eat-anything menu. Yes, I went in and ordered only bacon. I should be very glad I am still alive to tell you about it. Ha-ha.– Darla Lindauer
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Sadly, it does seem like the gentlemen of the world may be on the verge of becoming extinct. I remember watching my grandfather and how he took pride in how he presented himself and how he treated my grandma and my mother as the women in his life. I think the downturn in this gentlemanly behavior is one of the bad things to come from the women's liberation movement. I am all for equality, but who said manners had to go out the window? In a world that is moving at such a fast pace, take the time to stop and appreciate courteous behavior. Men, teach your boys these things. Women, letting a man be a gentleman is not losing your independence. Those are my opinions.– Darla Lindauer
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I never knew there was such technology out there. It is amazing. My mind starts to race when I see things like this. Will they make a waterproof cover for them to go into the shower? What are the weight limits? Will it work on different types of terrain? Just from watching these videos, I see positive and negatives of both. Either way, you would have to make sure it is charged up well or you will be stuck. The testers in the video had the look of joy to be more independent; It is too bad the expense of this technology will keep 99 percent of the population from ever trying it. I then wonder, why is so much money spent on research and technology of such a product when only a handful of people will ever be able to buy it? I cannot see it being covered by insurance companies any time soon. Where is the return on investment? It is exciting to know the technology is out there, but if you cannot do anything with it, then what is the point? Bragging rights. I understand some people need to be recognized for a job well done and others being recognized for investing in the breaking technology, but does it really matter when it cannot be used to help? Just a thought – Darla Lindauer
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Welcome To Ujjain
Ujjain is the modern name for Ujjayini. Legend has it that in the hoary past, the God like king Shiva of Avanti commemorated his victory over the demon-ruler of Tripura or Tripuri on the banks of the Narmada by changing the name of his capital, Avantipura to Ujjayini (one who conquers with pride).
Ujjain has been a source of inspiration to ancient Indian sages, poets, dramatists, social commentators and scholars since times immemorial. The city has also nurtured cultural, literary, Vedic and educational institutions
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The largest religious gathering in the world! According to astrologers, the 'Kumbh Fair' takes place when the planet Jupiter enters Aquarius and the Sun enters Aries. Kumbha (Kumbha means pot) Mela (means fair) is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage that takes place at Allahabad (in the state of Uttar Pradesh) at the confluence of three holy rivers - Ganga (Ganges), Yamuna and Saraswati; Haridwar (in the state of Uttar Pradesh) where the river Ganga enters the plains from Himalayas; Ujjain (in Madhya Pradesh), on the banks of shipra river, and Nasik (in Maharashtra) on the banks of Godavari river. The pilgrimage occurs four times every twelve years, once at each of the four locations. Each twelve-year cycle includes the Maha (great) Kumbha Mela at Prayag, attended by millions of people, making it the largest pilgrimage gathering around the world.
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The Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga situated here is the only Jyotirlinga which is facing towards South. It is specially known from Tantric works. Also, this Jyotirlinga is a self Jyotirlinga that means, it was established by itself. a person who visit this place with faith and devotion, he gets his wish fulfilled. It is specially worshiped for longevity and to remove any sort of problem on life. Also, Jyotirlinga is worshipped to reduce inauspicious problems related to health. It is believed that people who worship Mahakal don't fear of death or diseases. And, they get fearlessness in return. Mahakal Jyotirlinga is the king of Ujjain and is protecting it from long time.


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Is climate change becoming the new abortion debate?
Is climate change the new abortion debate? That's the intriguing question posed in a sociological report that attempts to ferret out the ideological beliefs underlining climate skepticism.
Is climate change the new abortion debate? That's the intriguing question posed in a sociological report that attempts to ferret out the ideology underlining climate skepticism.
The report's author, University of Michigan professor Andrew Hoffman, suggests that those involved in the climate debate are experiencing tunnel vision by focusing mainly on science and policy. Doing so, Hoffman says, ignores the danger that the debate has become a "logic schism" in which two sides take warring positions that no scientific evidence can shake – i.e., abortion politics.
Hoffman attended skeptic conferences to try to understand if this was indeed the case. It seems like he found strong evidence it is: As he points out, a 2009 Pew Research Center survey found that one of the strongest predictors of which side people fall on in the climate debate is political affiliation, with 75 percent of Democrats believing in global warming and 35 percent of Republicans doubting its existence. And a recent increase in skepticism among the U.S. public also suggests an ideological motivator – according to the Pew center, only 57 percent of Americans in 2009 believed climate change is occurring as compared with 71 percent in 2008.
So what keeps a skeptic from embracing the majority scientific viewpoint that humans are causing global warming?
Hoffman found three reasons:
1. Liberal conspiracy theories: Skeptics believe that climate-change legislation is a sneaky way for the government to diminish personal freedom, Hoffman says.
2. A belief in the free market: Skeptics think climate laws will throw a monkey wrench into the U.S. economic engine, and that renewable energy won't work without the government providing subsidies, he says.
3. Distrust of the peer-review process: As seen in the ClimateGate e-mail blow-up, skeptics seem to believe that scientists have become corrupt, publishing only the work of their friends and fellow global-warming believers.
Hoffman suggests that we as a society need to deal with these cultural issues before serious climate-change progress can be made. As he says:
Some may argue that the climate skeptic movement is small and thus irrelevant to the debate on what to do about climate change, but as social scientists, we cannot endorse such flippant dismissal. If, as we suspect, skeptics invoke climate frames that resemble abortion politics, this has serious policy implications. As long as members of the skeptic movement are included in the policy debate and sway the opinions of some lawmakers, their discourse is critically relevant.
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In the 1950s Standard Vacuum ("Stanvac"), entered into negotiations with the South Australian government of Sir Thomas Playford for the construction of an oil refinery in Adelaide.
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The X Factor 2012 will enjoy its yearly Halloween theme next weekend!
Next Saturday night will see the remaining ten acts performing Halloween themed song choices in a bid to avoid elimination.
Last week's Halloween saw some surprising choices, such as Adele's Set Fire To The Rain and Every Breath You Take, as well as some more obvious choices like Thriller by Michael Jackson.
Speaking on Xtra Factor, Jahmene told hosts Olly Murs and Caroline Flack: "It's going to be interesting, it's an odd theme to pick songs for."
Meanwhile Ella Henderson revealed she would be back into the routine of rehearsals straight away tomorrow.
And the 16-year-old added that she felt Lucy Spraggan would love the theme, branding her the scariest contestant because of her "death stare".
In the groups category, Union J admitted they were "excited" for next week's live show.
George Shelley said: "I love Halloween, it's my favourite time of year… after Christmas, obviously."
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