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These 13 deadly wheel and tire sins can destroy any car's vibe. We show you how to make any car look cool
Trying to describe what makes a car look cool is a little like trying to capture lightning in a bottle. With such a variety of tastes and build styles out there, you'd think there wouldn't be a lot in common between them, but there are a few nearly universal traits that will cause any car to fall short in the visual appeal department.
In preparing this story, we realized we had the perfect example of how to do everything right in the stance department. Seth Wagner's '67 Charger was built by Alan Johnson and crew at Johnson's Hot Rod Shop in Gadsden, Alabama. Alan is considered one of the top muscle car and hot rod builders on the planet (he's built both Ridler and Street Machine of the Year winners), so with his permission, we took the Charger's "rake" apart with a fine-tooth comb for analysis.
…we decided to morph the JHRS Charger into 13 different fake cars, with crimes ranging from minor misdemeanors to blatant felonies.
To be sure, we've found plenty of cars with stance "violations," and we'll even confess to featuring a few of them. Rather than dredge up old photos of real cars that are sure to incite venomous responses from their very real owners, we decided to morph the JHRS Charger into 13 different fake cars, with crimes ranging from minor misdemeanors to blatant felonies. For this task we turned to automotive rendering wizard Kris Horton for his computer illustration talent (www.CarsByKris.com). We worked with Kris over the course of several weeks fine-tuning our violations, and we had a ton of good laughs in the process.
In the course of "destroying" Seth's magnificent Mopar, it became obvious that we needed to have a sense of humor about it. Stance is one of those things that—with the exception of really egregious examples—isn't going to change a car's performance or value all that much one way or the other. No harm, no foul—so do watcha want, magazine opinions be damned. By the same measure, it doesn't cost a lot to get the stance right; in fact, it ought not to cost any more than getting it utterly wrong. Every car needs wheels, tires, and suspension, so you might as well nail it. As a muscle car owner, you've already paid the high price of admission—so why look like a doofus?
And about that sense of humor we were talking about? This author has been guilty of several stance violations over the years, some of them very public ones. I count "Stinkbug," "Gasser," "Slamma," "Low Exhaust," and "Wide Track" among my past indiscretions. I point the finger in the mirror as much as I do at the many violations we see at shows and tracks around the country, so it's been a bit of a learning experience for me too. This exercise is partly for fun, and partly to raise awareness of what makes "cool factor." Before diving in, please check your pride at the door, load up on some levity, and keep an open mind. If you want to flame us anyway, throw your Molotov cocktail my way at firstname.lastname@example.com, and don't forget to enclose a photo of your machine—violator or otherwise.
The "Gasser"
Violation: Frontend too high relative to the rear
The cause: When asked why the front is so high, most people will tell you the rear springs have sagged over time, which may be a contributing factor, but it's not the root cause. Aftermarket springs are the biggest factor, and "gasser look" happens when the front spring pigtail does not fit correctly inside the spring pocket on the control arm. Beyond that, most spring manufacturers build their coils for a "worst case" scenario for legal reasons. A 2-inch drop may be advertised, but if you've got a lightweight V-8 that's been stripped, and the manufacturer built them to handle a big-block with factory iron heads, original A/C, power steering—i.e. fully loaded, you might not get any drop at all. In fact, it might end up higher than stock.
The cure: Switch to a drop spindle to keep the steering geometry correct. Don't be afraid to supplement this with modest, incremental cutting of the spring coil. Keep in mind that if you've got a motion ratio of 2:1, a 1-inch cut to the compressed spring height will produce a 2-inch drop. Mopars can crank down on the torsion bars for free.
When is it OK? If you're doing a retro thing, or building a real gasser, go for it! You'll need to stay period correct with the rest of the equipment though.
The "Stinkbug"
Violation: frontend too low, rearend too high
The cause: We've all seen this look back in the '70s and '80s when high-jacker shocks and shackle kits were big. Perhaps in the quest to perpetrate a proper rake, guys just can't resist that shackle kit or spring spacer blister pack at Pep Boys. In those heady days before Pro Street, guys liked to jack up the rear to emulate the look of the early Pro Stockers and Funny Cars. There was pride in showing off chrome rearend covers, fuel pumps, tube mufflers, air shocks, and anything else that fell off the Super Shops truck. Unfortunately, some of those teenagers grew up and made it big in the contracting business, and are now dropping six figures on custom-built hot rods that look "jess like the one I wrapped around a tree the night of the REO Speedwagon concert back in 1978."
The cure: Take off that shackle kit, or lower those rear coilovers. If you've got a Mopar, crank the torsion bars a tad higher.
When is it OK? This is your whiskey-runnin' car, and the liquor tank back yonder is empty.
The "Floodwater"
Violation: The entire car sits too high
The cause: Also known as the "four-by-four"—this car sits entirely too high all over, and looks like it's designed to ford small streams or go off-roading. This is clearly a case of going crazy with the JC Whitney catalog—over-tall Chinese springs, a shackle kit, over-inflated airbags, maybe even some spring spacers get thrown in the mix. And shame on Mopar guys for cranking torsion bars this high. (Chevelle guys actually seem far more predisposed to this look for some reason.) Sometimes, though, guys order springs too tall by accident, or manufacturers make them too tall. (We've yet to see a spring that was too short.) In the case of too tall springs, it's laziness, or the fear of cutting them (an unwarranted obsession with product safety?) prevents folks from going the shorter spring route. Chronic "floodwater" also occurs when low-hanging headers and an ill-fitting exhaust force guys into the multi-way high-jack.
The cure: Get shorter springs, cut the springs, use drop spindles, crank the torsion bars down, remove the shackle kit, or pull those spring spacers out. Fix your exhaust.
When is it OK? If the crick is risin' and the bridge is out. Also, if you're going for the look that crazy guy had in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (the one with chickens in his trunk)—this is your rake!
The "Donk"
Violation: Obscenely large and patently unsafe wheels and tires
The cause: Like saggy pants, and ball caps with the tags still on them, the superlarge wheels on a donk have their cultural origins in shoplifted merch. That's right, they're supposed to look stolen. The theory is, when you're swiping stuff, you can't be picky on the size because time is of the essence (super small wheels on lowriders fit the bill too). Inner-city gangsters "got the tire rolling," but like many subculture movements before it, donk wheels quickly gained steam in suburbia.
The cure: The mechanical systems of even modern cars are incapable of coping with the inertial juggernaut of supersized wheels (anything over 22 inches). The larger the wheel, the worse the physics nightmare becomes. Excessive rotating inertia makes panic stopping unsafe or impossible, and overall unsprung weight makes handling sluggish and incompliant. Ride quality is also severely impacted as the spring and shock package is overwhelmed by the sheer mass of the wheel and tire. No joke: Downsize your wheels, or risk injury.
When is it OK? If you insist on doing your part for evolution, by all means, thin the heard.
We worked with Kris over the course of several weeks fine-tuning our violations, and we had a ton of good laughs in the process.
The "Slamma"
Violation: Scraping frame while driving
The cause: We have no beef with laying frame in a car with a properly setup air suspension system. In fact, RideTech has one of the most capable suspensions on the market with their AirRide series. You get where you're going, park, then lay frame. People will marvel how you did it. Driving around with a laid frame, however, will result in undercarriage damage, and front suspension geometry that's out of its proper camber curve. Are you perma-laying frame without an adjustable air suspension? You're asking for scraped headers, a smashed oil pan, bottomed-out shocks, unpredictable handling, and uneven tire wear. We like "low" in a traditional non-adjustable spring-type suspension, but too low is dangerous and silly looking.
The cure: Get the AirRide with adjustable ride height.
When is it OK? If your car is strictly for show. It comes off the trailer (good luck with that!), into the convention hall, and then back on the trailer.
The "Narrow Track"
Violation: Tires sucked too far into the body
The cause: Bad planning, a lack of fabrication skill, and poor aesthetic sensibility are the biggest causes here. Wheels that hide from daylight are often the product of a rearend that's too narrow, wheels with not enough outer lip (backspacing), cheaper chassis kits that aren't designed for a specific body or frame, a poor conversion from a Pro Street car to a Pro Touring car, fabrication chops that aren't up to snuff, or deciding on the wheel/tire package too late in the buildup. This violation is most often committed in pro-built ground-up projects where the "pro" part is more wishful thinking than reality. Stock-style suspensions usually skirt the issue because wheel manufacturers usually have something that looks good that fits (you're still on the hook for ordering the right offset wheels). Swapping in a narrowed rearend that's too small for the car can also result in disaster.
The cure: A true "pro" builder doing a chassis car will always mock up the desired wheel/tire in the wheelwell before turning on the plasma cutter. Don't cut steel until the UPS guy delivers the tires! When he does, build the chassis and suspension geometry around the proper visual placement of the tires.
When is it OK? If you want to look like a woolly mammoth tiptoeing through the tulips, this is your strategy right here.
…check your pride at the door, load up on some levity, and keep an open mind.
The "Wide Track"
Violation: Tires sticking out beyond the fender lip
The cause: Dude, you totally bought the wrong rims! Yeah, those 14-inch-wide cheater slicks on autodrag rims seemed like such a good deal at the swap meet lying there forlorn in all their 1988 Pro Street majesty. The price was good, and they were whispering hypnotically: "buy me, buy me…" The guy gets 'em home, they don't fit under the fender lip, so he runs to the Western Auto to get some spring spacers—or heaven forbid—a shackle kit. "Now them suckers fit!" he says gleefully as he pops his 11th beer. It's hard to see the violation when you're seeing double and thinking half.
The cure: Just don't be a dumbass, OK? If you put these on your car, you're not entitled to a car that looks cool.
When is it OK? If you're headed to the Car Craft Summer Nats, or attending a burnout contest in Australia.
The "Flatface"
Violation: No dish on the front wheels but plenty on the rear
The cause: This one is tricky because it arises from the desire to use a potentially much better modern front suspension. Late-model performance cars like the Corvette, Viper, and Camaro are often donor cars—or are used as the geometry models—for the suspensions in older muscle cars. They often have wheels with little backspacing (a high positive offset) in order to provide room for larger brake packages and to reduce the scrub radius—both good things. Thus, the front rim dish is going to be limited. (Project X, in fact, has a C6 Corvette front suspension, and high-positive—offset custom wheels.) Some builders, however, just throw in the towel. Resigned to the fact that the car will need a front wheel with little or no dish, they just quit worrying about the look.
The cure: If you must use a late-model front suspension, you can minimize the disparity between the front and rear wheel offset. Choose a design that accentuates the lip that is there, build the front of the car to fit as much offset as possible, and don't get carried away with too much offset in the rear (i.e. keep it limited in back). Project X is a good example here.
When is it OK? If you don't mind a really expensive car that looks like a half-breed bastard.
Every car needs wheels, tires, and suspension, so you might as well nail it.
Mismatched Shoes
Violation: Sidewall height not proportional to tire height, or to the size of the car
The cause: When ordering tires, the owner or car builder is looking at the overall tire height without considering the sidewall height. In a staggered fitment where the rear is taller than the front, the rear should also have a proportionally taller sidewall. "Even Steven" will do in a pinch, but the rear should never be shorter. Another problem is that tire manufacturers often wimp out when it comes to building larger tires—especially for the rear. They will market a line toward muscle car enthusiasts often as an afterthought, when most of their sizes are for imports or front-wheel-drive cars. As tire makers and car builders court each other for sponsorships, a lot of uncool muscle cars get built with tires that have too short a sidewall, and also not enough width.
The cure: Just buy some Nittos and call it a day. Also, tire makers shouldn't pretend to cater to muscle cars if they really don't.
When is it OK? If you've got a front-wheel-drive hot rod that's traction-limited up front.
The "Fake Rake"
Violation: Car has rake, but doesn't look like it does
The cause: An aesthetically pleasing rake takes into consideration several visual cues, only one of which is the actual angle of the rocker panel relative to the ground. Fake rake happens when the builder only looks at the rocker molding; when the front is closer to the ground than the rear, he's done setting his stance. The eye of the admirer, however, is also judging the distance between the top of the rim lip and the top of the wheel arch; when the top of the rear rim is too high relative to the rear fender lip (when compared to the front situation), the eye sees the front as being jacked up in the air—even when the car may be lower in front!
The cure: On most homebuilt street machines, the front is probably not low enough, and is the most common problem we find when searching for feature cars. On pro-built cars, having too large a wheel in the back often causes it.
When is it OK? If your car is truly fast, you can have whatever rake you want.
As a muscle car owner, you've already paid the high price of admission—so why look like a doofus?
"Hippo in a Tutu"
Violation: Wheel center/spokes too thin for visual mass of car
The cause: Wheel shopping can be fun, and in the process of surfing the web, it's easy to fall in love with a cool wheel that is otherwise not a good match for the size and visual mass of a larger muscle car. You see the wheel as it looked in the photo studio against a white background, but not on your car. The size of the wheel can be perfect, the size of the tires dead on, the rake laid out like a stealth fighter, but when you put 'em on, it just looks like the wheels are going to get crushed by the weight of the car. It's kinda like Rosanne in a bikini—she can do it, but it looks hideous. We all know there is a preponderance of import tuner wheels out there, and they look good on those cars if you like that sort of thing. Tuner spoke wheels work best on cars with a compact silhouette. Smaller muscle machines like early Mustangs and Camaros can handle them fine, but a big B-Body like the '67 Charger? Uh-uh.
The cure: Going to the drags: cool. Dressing your car in drag: uncool. Re-shoe your ride in wheels that nicely balance the visual mass of your car's body. The heavier the car, the beefier the spoke should look. There's also sound engineering support of this argument—heavier cars need stronger, more massive spokes.
When is it OK? If you hang out with the Fast & Furious crowd, have at it.
…it doesn't cost a lot to get the stance right; in fact, it ought not to cost any more than getting it utterly wrong.
Disappearing Wheels
Violation: Painting your wheels so black, they disappear
The cause: Obviously, the cause of this is the desire to have a cool, stealthy appearance. That's not a bad thing in itself, but when the idea is taken to its maximum effect, uh, the wheels disappear. No eye can see them at a glance, and no camera that Canon or Nikon makes can detect them. Short of being picked up by an infrared sensor, these hoops are flyin' under the radar. We get the look, but isn't the idea of spending big on wheels that people actually see them?
The cure: Instead of going with stealth black, lighten up a bit. Try graphite or dark titanium. Maybe black works, but use a machined outer lip and/or a red pinstripe. You'll have stealth, but the shape of the wheel will seduce rather than confound the admirer.
When is it OK? When you really need stealth, or don't plan on washing your wheels for an entire year.
The Low Exhaust
Violation: Exhaust hanging down too far
The cause: Having a low-sounding exhaust is one thing, but having a low-hanging exhaust is both a pain in the rear (literally) and an eyesore. The silhouette of a muscle car can easily be disturbed by low-hanging pipes, mufflers, headers, and other suspension gadgets. We're not saying you need to channel your body over the frame and run the driveline and exhaust through the chassis (although that is cool when the pros do it), we're just saying take a little care to tidy things up. If you don't, you'll begin compromising the stance of your hot rod to make it over driveway ramps, speed bumps, chuckholes, and all the normal stuff you find on a road. Not only does junk hanging down look ugly, the low ground clearance means guys lift the frontend up to clear the bumps. No good on two counts.
The cure: A good rule of thumb is to have 4 inches of clearance, more if possible, at the high center point. Clearance is less critical at the axles than in the center or under the chin. Get the right headers, snug the exhaust up to the floorboard, and get the rake set right.
When is it OK? You live in a world with glass-smooth roads and really tall people.


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Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor
During our stay in Austin this past month, Kathryne and I lived for a month with our version of a very "minimalist" kitchen.
The house that we rented definitely had some of the basic pots and pans. But in order to do our jobs and cook for a month, we got all Google-spreadsheet-y beforehand and coordinated a few "essential" items to bring along, like my favorite Le Creuset Dutch oven (which we both loved so much we had to schedule times to use it), her favorite food processor (that she can't live without), and a good-quality lime juicer (for regular margarita nights at home, a must). We kept culling back our list to keep things as simple as possible, nixing things like our stand mixers and extra baking dishes that would take up space we didn't have. And at the last second, I decided to also leave my beloved slow cooker back at home in KC.
Never again.
Over the course of the month, I decided unequivocally that having a slow cooker is not an option in my kitchen. It's a must!! I kept having idea after idea while we were down there for various slow cooker recipes that I wanted to make, and with us buzzing all over town during the days in evenings, there was no way I was going to babysit some recipes while they slow cooked on the stove. Patience is not a virtue of mine. So instead, I fired up my crock pot the second I got home and have been slow cooking my way through a delicious list of recipes ever since.
First up? Slow cooker tacos al pastor.
I realized — around the time I ate my 500th taco in Austin — that I had actually never tried making tacos al pastor homemade before. Which is something I immediately needed to address, because I'm a mega fan. I mean, tender pork marinated with fresh pineapple and chiles and lime juice? What's not to love??
Well, let's just say that this classic combination is even more lovable when the slow cooker does all the work for you. No need to babysit a pot on the stove all day. Just puree up the marinade, toss it in the slow cooker with your pork, and let the slow cooker work its magic.
Then a big pot of tender, juicy, flavorful, perfect pork will be yours to enjoy.
I served mine up street-taco-style, with fresh chopped cilantro, onions, and a few lime wedges. And since I had some pineapple leftover, I also tossed in a few tidbits. (Fresh, mind you. Resist any temptation to use canned pineapple in this recipe. Resist!)
If you want, you can also add some crumbly Mexican cheese on top, like cotija or queso fresco. But otherwise, the slow cooked pork is the rockstar of the recipe, so there's not much else you need.
Ah, feels so good to write those words again. Slow cooker, I missed you. :)
Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor
This slow cooker tacos al pastor recipe is quick and easy to prepare, full of amazing flavor, and your slow cooker does all the work for you!
- 1 (5-pound) boneless pork shoulder roast (Boston butt), extra fat trimmed off
- 1 (12-oz.) bottle of beer (I used Modelo Negra, or use chicken stock if making this gluten-free)
- 2 chipotles in adobo sauce
- 1 fresh pineapple, peeled and cored, then roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 3 tablespoons chili powder (not cayenne)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- corn tortillas, for serving
- optional toppings: crumbled goat cheese, (extra) diced fresh pineapple, chopped fresh cilantro leaves, chopped red onions, diced avocado, thinly-sliced radishes
Cut the pork shoulder into 2-inch cubes. Add the pork to the bowl of the slow cooker.
Add the chipotles in adobo, pineapple, red onion, chili powder, lime juice, white vinegar, salt, cumin and black pepper to a blender or food processor. Puree until the mixture is completely smooth, about 30-60 seconds. Stir in the beer until it is evenly combined. Then pour the mixture on top of the pork, and toss until the pork is evenly coated.
Cook on low for 8-10 hours, or on high for 4-5 hours, until the pork is completely tender and shreds easily with a fork. Use two forks to shred the pork, then toss it in the remaining juices.
Serve warm on tortillas, garnished with optional toppings.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
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194 comments on "Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor"
Hello! I'm not too familiar with pork. Is a boston butt a similar peice of meat as the shoulder? Thanks!
do you think i could marinade the pork overnight in the puree?
Looks delicious! About how much (weight or volume) pineapple should we use if we were to use pre-sliced pineapple?
Ok I think I may have already asked a similar question way back, so sorry! On an earlier page of comments so I didn't see and completely forgot. Clearly this has been on my wish list of things to make for way too long and I need to finally try this!
Not sure about a lot of this recipe.
For one, there's no such thing as boneless pork shoulder roast. It wouldn't be a shoulder without being bone-in, and it also doesn't exist in stores.
As others have said, the 12 oz of Negro Modelo also makes it very soupy. I scooped out at least 5 cups just like another person said.
When y ou say 2 chiles in adobo, are you taking the seeds oud? And you only mean 2 chiles? Because that's like 0 chile. I just finished a batch earlier last night and it's not spicy at all, and I put in 3 or 4.

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Katie is trying to register on this website (she doesn't exist, probably why she has never used the forums!) on the train, however it is not possible for her to do the moving word thingy on her iPhone. Can the next version on the website be iPhone friendly (as a major product in the mobile phone market)?
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Seattle Seahawks
Almost-Giant O'Brien Schofield could end up huge for Seahawks: "There is going to be disruption"
The Seahawks could sum up their appreciation for O'Brien Schofield's relentless, revitalizing summer in two words.
Thanks, Doc.
In March, on the first day of NFL free agency, the New York Giants agreed to give the Seahawks' free agent an $8 million contract to be their starting strong-side, "Sam" linebacker and a weak-side pass-rush end for two seasons. It was perfect timing; he and his wife Angela just had a baby, Malaki, their second son after 2-year-old Judea. And his wife's favorite team growing up was the Giants.
"She was excited," he says now.
Then she wasn't. A doctor conducting the routine contract physical — the personal physician of the Giants' owner — failed Schofield because, the player says, the doctor assessed Schofield had a potential for knee arthritis. In Schofield's mind, so does just about every player in cleats, especially ones that had that knee reconstructed three years earlier coming out of college.
So much for the family's move east for big free-agent cash. He eventually returned to Seattle on a one-year, $730,000 deal instead, the league minimum for a five-year veteran. That was after the Seahawks had considered Jared Allen in free agency.
That gives Schofield 7.27 million reasons to be motivated for a huge season which would likely land him that elusive, first big free-agent contract every professional athlete in every sport covets.
"I mean, I know a lot of guys are hungry," the affable Schofield said with a grin days before Thursday's exhibition finale at Oakland, "but I don't think they are feelin' what I'm feelin'."
That explains the renewed motor that has made the five-year veteran almost unblockable in three exhibition games this month. The guy with all of eight tackles and just one sack in 17 games last season has five tackles, two sacks, seven quarterback hits and four tackles for losses while playing about half the time this preseason. He's even flying 30-plus yards downfield covering running backs and tight ends in pass routes on zone-blitz assignments; he did that last week against Chicago and this week in practice.
He appears to have beaten out 2013 preseason star Benson Mayowa to be Seahawks' third-down pass rusher off the weak side this season, an antidote to losing Chris Clemons in free agency.
Schofield doesn't specifically blame the Giants for his big free-agent deal that got away.
"Basically I failed my physical because the doctor said I was starting to have arthritis in my left knee, and they didn't want to take a chance on it. As much as I say they it was much more the doctor, because the coaches, they had no clue," he said. "It wasn't until I was about to sign I got a text from my agent that the doctor failed me."
Schofield still shakes his head that the doctor saw him in his office, examined him, let him leave, let him decide to sign the deal — and then told his agent instead of him that he had failed the exam.
"That was shocking in itself," Schofield. "Honestly, I felt I was a Giant, I really did. I was excited about the opportunity to go in and be the starting 'Sam' backer and left end in nickel (defenses).
"But everything happens for a reason. I've got the opportunity to come in and compete for this starting job.
"I have a huge chip on my shoulder, man."
Schofield weighed similar offers from other teams before deciding to return to Seattle. He knew the system and understood what place the Seahawks and returning defensive coordinator Dan Quinn were going to have for him in it this season.
This is the first time Schofield has had the same coordinator in consecutive NFL seasons. Last year Quinn was his fourth defensive coordinator in four years. Quinn decided this spring that Schofield would play solely on the weak-side, at the "Leo" end. That's where Clemons was in Seattle before he left for Jacksonville in a $17.5-million deal.
Even before the fiasco with the Giants, Schofield suffered from a year-long identity crisis. The Arizona Cardinals, the team that drafted him in the fourth round of the 2010 draft, released him on July 27. That was Day 1 of training camp.
"That came to a big surprise to me," he said. "I took it as, I don't know … it was really shocking, man. I didn't know it was coming. That's challenging to get cut on the first day of camp, you know?"
It took him a few days to find a team, because every other one had its 90-man preseason roster set. His first day with the Seahawks was a full scrimmage and mock game about a week into last summer's camp. But through dogged effort that caught every one's attention last summer, one of the last guys into camp made the eventual Super Bowl champions out of the 2013 exhibition season.
"To come in with the Seahawks and they gave me an opportunity, man, I don't take it lightly," he said. "I really don't."
But then he bounced last season between being a strong-side, "Sam" linebacker and the weak-side "Leo" end — sometimes on the same day. Last season Schofield would go to the meeting room for "Sam" linebackers. Then he'd go out to practice a few minutes later and be called over to play the weak side.
"I was like, 'Uh, I haven't been coached for this position,' " he says now. "I never really knew what position I was playing.
"It's exciting to really focus on one position and progress like this. End, to me, it's my natural position. I'm getting those instincts back, and I'm able to play extremely fast. … Now I'm solely a pass rusher off the defensive end. I think it's the most fun position in football."
It is where Schofield had a school-record 24.5 tackles for losses for Wisconsin in 2009, second-most in major college football.
Arizona is where he and his wife still have their offseason home, in Scottsdale. The Cardinals were the team that took a chance on him when the other 31 NFL teams selected 139 other guys before him. He got passed up for half the draft because just before the 2010 Senior Bowl showcase in January Schofield tore the anterior cruciate ligament in that now-maybe-someday-potentially arthritic left knee.
"To have that happen to me right before the combine and the draft, it's like, 'Are you kidding me?' " he said. "But I kept my faith. I surrounded myself with positive people. And I worked my butt off, man. That's been my whole career, just whatever's been thrown at me. Whether it's been injury, whether it's been being a backup or on special teams, I just work my butt off and give max effort."
Right now, he is working as hard as anyone Seattle has on its defensive line. He drills early before practices with Quinn on hand moves and details exclusive to a defensive end. No longer burdened by the responsibilities of stopping the run, too, the guy the Seahawks call "O.B." is focused on just one thing: Getting to and dumping the quarterback.
That focus is producing results.
"Oh, man, right now it's just about getting off the ball. We're not even game-planning," he said. "I just try to get off the ball and let my motor do the rest.
"It's really about playing my heart out. … I've been doing it in practices, since OTAs. And to be able to translate it over into games it feels good.
"I think I am showing my coaches and my teammates with my play that there is going to be disruption.
"It's going to be relentless."


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Beautiful Loser Lyrics
One last kiss before they cart me away and just take one last look before my body decays. This is my last night on earth, my fucking hell. All my life all I've wanted to say, this is love, love, love while the symphony plays. Here in death I would cut my breath just to stay. I'll never love again, take the vision away. You're beautiful, beautiful. I'm a loser alive on a suicide mission to die. Beautiful, beautiful I'm a loser inside suicide. You're beautiful, yeah. I'm a suicide. Fuck, fuck, fuck I wanna fuck till we bleed and there's a time crunch baby I don't want to believe. This is my last night on earth, my fucking hell.


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Once again, Tina, over at Carrots'N'Cake, has come up with an amazing recipe. I couldn't resist converting this recipe to gluten-free and having it to serve over the long Thanksgiving weekend. I am even tempted to possibly serve this for breakfast, as it does have pumpkin in it, so that makes it healthy, right? 😉 The aroma that drifted through my kitchen while this was baking is like something straight out of heaven. I don't know if I can wait for this to cool to dig into it! This would be great served with Cool Whip, topped with powdered sugar or maybe even some ice cream (pumpkin comes to mind, are you surprised?).
Chocolate Pumpkin Loaf
*Recipe courtesy of Carrots'n'Cake, modified to be gluten-free by me
1 1/4 cups flour (I used Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix, but you could use any GF Flour Mix, just make sure to add xanthan gum if you mix doesn't have it already)
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup liquid egg whites
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 can (7.5 ounces) pumpkin
3/4 cup chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 325*F. Grease loaf pan (I used Pam).
2. Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl; blend well.
3. Once mixed, pour batter into loaf pan.
4. Bake for 40-45 minutes, until top is firm and a toothpick comes out clean. (I did 47 minutes)
5. Allow loaf to cool for 15 minutes; dust with powdered sugar (if desired).
This was absolutely amazing. What a unique blend of flavors. It is very moist & rich. A perfect end to a nice fall meal.
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Ford Motor Co chief executive officer Alan Mulally called Japan a currency manipulator that is giving local exporters an unfair edge as the weaker yen threatens to undermine US automakers' profits.
Japan is "absolutely" manipulating its currency, the CEO of the second-biggest US automaker said in a Bloomberg TV interview yesterday.
"With the currency manipulation, we just have to get back to the place where the currencies are set by the markets and the free-trade agreements really are free-trade agreements," he said.
Mulally, who has expressed concerns about the yen throughout this year, illustrates how the currency-led boon for Japanese exporters is drawing mounting international criticism. Bank of Korea Governor Kim Choong-soo this week urged Asian countries to work together to defend themselves against the side-effects of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reflation campaign.
The yen has fallen against every major currency since mid-November last year, including 17 percent versus the US dollar, bolstering the value of overseas sales at Japanese exporters from Toyota Motor Corp to Sony Corp.
Mulally reiterated his concerns that Japan is a closed market for US automakers, who have hired lobbyists to oppose Japan's bid to join negotiations aimed at creating the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a regional free-trade agreement.
Japanese carmakers account for more than 90 percent of sales in their home market.
"It's just the most closed market in the world," Mulally said.
US Representative Sander Levin of Michigan, joined by 46 other Democrats, said in a letter to US President Barack Obama in March that the automobile import market in Japan is unfairly closed to US-made vehicles, and letting the nation join the regional trade deal would hurt rather than help address that imbalance.
It is "not true" that Japan is a closed market, Sho Minekawa, a senior managing officer at Honda Motor Co, said yesterday at a company event in Tokyo when asked about Mulally's comments.
Nissan Motor Co CEO Carlos Ghosn has countered criticism over the yen, saying such calls ignore history. Ghosn has said as recently as late March that the yen is only "neutral" when it trades at ¥100 to the US dollar and that the Japanese currency had averaged about ¥110 in the past 10 to 15 years.
In China, where Mulally is currently visiting to open a factory in the southeastern city of Nanchang at one of Ford's Chinese partners, the CEO said the US automaker's sales have been rising faster than "we all expected."
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The day before Marion cooked these chanterelles in our Chicago kitchen, they were in a stall in Seattle's Pike Place Market. Not much more before that, they had been in a nearby forest. We were in the market on the last morning of our first visit to the Pacific Northwest. Our luggage was already overstuffed with food purchases, many in glass containers padded with laundry in the hope they would survive the flight home. But when we saw these mushrooms, we knew we had to squeeze some into our carry-on bags. I'll turn the kitchen over to Marion now and let her tell you what she did with them.
In another earlier life, I used to gather chanterelles in the wild all summer. It was such an everyday thing that I took it totally for granted. It was part of the season, like swimsuits and the beach. I would be driving along some gravel country road through a spruce forest, and pull the car over, grab a bag or basket and walk around for 20 or 30 minutes until I had found enough.
Species of chanterelle grow across North America and Europe. Here in the Midwest, golden chanterelles are available in summer; in the Pacific Northwest, they fruit from about September to March. Closely related species may be gathered in Europe, too. They can't be cultivated, so every chanterelle you see in a market has been foraged in the wild. Throughout their range, the best place to find them is under conifers. In Nova Scotia, I used to find them under spruce and hemlock. I hear that in some parts of North America, such as Texas and California, they associate with oaks.
Which reminds me to advise you to exercise caution whenever you are mushroom hunting – the chanterelle is very distinctive, but there are fairly similar species, such as the Jack o'Lantern, which can make you sick. And of course when you are wandering in the woods, pay attention to where you are – especially in the wide-open West, bring a compass, watch for landmarks, remain aware of your location and your footing, and avoid crossing into places where you can get into a jam.
The availability of chanterelles here in the Midwest is pretty modest. In the Pacific Northwest, it is easier to forage for them, or you can find them at farmers markets absolutely all over. (Sometimes even Costco sells them.) At Sosio's Produce stand in Seattle's Pike Place Market, we paid about $11 a pound for these, which sounds like an awful lot, except that in the summer, when I saw some not very attractive dryish specimens at a farmers market here in Chicago, the price was $36 a pound. Wowser.
There are many, many ways to use these wonderful mushrooms. Roast them in olive oil with finely minced onion and sage. Sauté them with bacon and then add them to a frittata. Stuff them into ravioli. Use them in a simple sauce to serve alongside a roast chicken or bistro steaks. You can also dry them (gently, at about 145 degrees F. to 150 degrees F. in the oven, or in a very hot sunroom or garage). Pickle them. And once they are sautéed, you may freeze them and thaw later with only slight flavor loss.
Since it had been so long since we've had these wonderful mushrooms, we decided to go with a preparation that would be simple yet luxurious. And while the locally foraged chanterelles traveled with us from Seattle, the fresh sage came from our own backyard. When this dish is ready, it will be gorgeous, with the deep golden mushrooms, the pale golden sauce, the freckles of sage and black pepper and a rich, elegant aroma and flavor. It's just beautiful.
Sautéed chanterelles with cream and linguine fini
Serves 3 to 4
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
8 ounces cream, divided
1 pound fresh chanterelles, torn lengthwise into pieces (see Kitchen Notes)
1-1/2 teaspoons fresh sage, finely minced
1/3 cup shallots, finely minced (one large shallot)
1/3 cup sherry
Salt, pepper
10 ounces linguine fini
Melt 3-1/2 tablespoons butter in a large, heavy skillet. When it is melted and spread evenly on the bottom of the pan, pour in the chopped shallot and chopped sage, stir and saute until the shallots are translucent – it should be about three to four minutes. Then add the mushrooms all at once. Stir them to evenly coat with the butter and the shallots.
At this point, start the water for the pasta.
Sauté the chanterelles over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until they release their liquid (it won't be a huge amount of liquid, and it should take about 10 minutes for this to happen). When you see the liquid appear, salt lightly, grate pepper generously over the whole, and pour six ounces of the cream plus all the sherry into the mushrooms; stir, then let everything all simmer together gently for a little while. In an ideal world, the water will have come to a boil and you can now cook the pasta while the chanterelles meld nicely with the cream. The mushrooms will have shrunk pretty dramatically, and now the cream will cook down and turn a lovely gold color.
Put the remaining cream and butter into a small pan and heat it gently until the butter melts. Swirl it together.
When the pasta is done, rinse it in hot water. Add the cream-and-butter mixture to the sauce, stir and toss. To serve, put the pasta in a warm bowl, pour most of the mushrooms and sauce over it, and toss thoroughly with a pair of forks. Then plate and top with the remaining sauce, some handsome mushrooms and a generous grating of Parmesan, and serve.
Kitchen Notes
The switch. You can use most any fresh mushrooms for this dish. They all will be yummy.
The scrub. To clean chanterelles, examine them and gently brush off any visible dirt. There shouldn't be much. Also, chanterelles tend not to have insect infestations.
The choice. When choosing chanterelles at market, select those that look clean and whole and feel slightly moist and firm; they will have a slightly fruity aroma – some people compare it to apricots. Also the mushroom's surface should look fairly smooth and not as if ravaged. If the only ones you can find feel paper-dry or look filthy, or have track-like marks, consider skipping them.
The heat. Always cook chanterelles before eating – don't eat them raw, for instance on a salad. Some people are sensitive to raw chanterelles.
The cut. Don't. When you are preparing them, don't slice them with a knife – tear them lengthwise.
The shrink. When you cook them, don't be alarmed, but they are going to shrink about 30 to 40 percent. That's just what they do.
Terry Boyd blogs at Blue Kitchen.
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Democrats aiming to retake the House next year against all odds tried to reassure themselves after President Barack Obama's week from hell: The election is still 18 months away, plenty of time for Republicans to turn today's gift into tomorrow's albatross.
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"I think it really is a problem. I'm taken aback by it all," said Democratic House candidate Jim Graves of Minnesota, adding that he intends to air his grievances with the White House during his campaign against GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann.
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Beef&Fries Yeah, I remember Wylies, forget where they were. Seems like they had a big burger like a Whopper? Forgot about the Smaks at Metcalf South too.
kennyb i remember arthur treachers, might have been a drive thru one at 95 and antioch.
You're correct. It was out in front of a strip mall on the northwest corner of 95th and Antioch in O.P. They originally had great fish, but it suffered later on when they went to using lower quality fish. In fact, the Smak's was right across 95th street from the Arthur Treachers. That Smak's later became a Dairy Queen and now I think it is a Blimpie's sandwich place.
vinnyd01 I remember Chutes, but I don't remember if I ever ate there. I don't think they were around long. Didn't all the Smaks become Chutes, or am I remembering incorrectly?
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Ms. Gordon was in the first freshman class of women at Yale College, from which she graduated magna cum laude with distinction in History. At Penn Law School, she served as a teaching assistant to Dean Louis Pollak, became the first woman editor-in-chief of the Law Review, and graduated cum laude in 1976. After clerking on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Gordon clerked for Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. on the Supreme Court of the United States (OT 1977).
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According to a recent report appearing in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper, last January the government enacted several measures to control the exchange rate of foreign currencies in general and the US dollar in particular. These measures were implemented in an attempt to stabilize the currency market in Egypt as well as provide a better investment climate, rid of speculation and ambiguity.
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Empayar Saljuk
Empayar Seljuq Agung (Bahasa Parsi: دولت سلجوقیان) adalah sebuah empayar Islam Sunnah Parsi Zaman Pertengahan[2][3][4][5][6][7], ditubuhkan oleh cabang Qynyq dari Oghuz Turks[8] yang satu ketika pernah mengawal kawasan luas terbentang daripada Hindu Kush ke timur Anatolia dan daripada Asia Tengah ke Teluk Parsi. Dari tanahair mereka berdekatan Laut Aral, Seljuq pada mulanya mara ke dalam Khorasan dan kemudian ke tanah besar Parsi sebelumnya akhirnya menakluk timur Anatolia.
دولت سلجوقیان
Dawlat-i Saljūqiān
Empayar Seljuq Agung
Great Seljuq Empire in its zenith in 1092, upon the death of Malik Shah I[petikan diperlukan]
|Ibu kota
|Bahasa lazim
• 1037 - 1063
|Tuğrul Beg (pertama)
• 1118 - 1153
|Ahmed Sanjar (terakhir)
• Tugrul Beg menubuhkan sistem negaraTugrul Beg menubuhkan sistem negara
• Digantikan oleh Empayar Khwarezmian[1]
|Digantikan oleh Empayar Khwarezmian[1]
|kira-kira 1080
|3,900,000 km2 (1,500,000 bt2)
Empayar Seljuq telah diasaskan oleh Tugrul Beg pada tahun 1037 selepas usaha-usaha pengasas wangsa Seljuk, Seljuq Beg, kembali pada suku pertama kurun ke-11. Bapa Seljuq Beg memegang kedudukan tinggi di Negara Oghuz Yabgu, dan memberi nama beliau kepada negara dan dinasti. Seljuq telah menyatukan keadaan rapuh politik di dunia timur Islam dan memainkan peranan penting di dalam Perang Salib Pertama dan Kedua. Memiliki nilai Parsi tinggi[2][3][4][5] dalam kebudayaan [9][10][11] dan bahasa[2][12][13][14][15], Seljuq juga memainkan peranan penting dalam pembangunan tradisi Parsi-Turki[16].
- ^ Grousset, Rene, The Empire of the Steppes, (New Brunswick:Rutgers University Press, 1988),159,161; In 1194, Togrul III would succumb to the onslaught of the Khwarizmian Turks, who were destined at last to succeed the Seljuks to the empire of the Middle East.
- ^ a b c M.A. Amir-Moezzi, "Shahrbanu", Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, (LINK): "... here one might bear in mind that non-Persian dynasties such as the Ghaznavids, Saljuqs and Ilkhanids were rapidly to adopt the Persian language and have their origins traced back to the ancient kings of Persia rather than to Turkish heroes or Muslim saints ..."
- ^ a b Josef W. Meri, "Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia", Routledge, 2005, p. 399
- ^ a b Michael Mandelbaum, "Central Asia and the World", Council on Foreign Relations (May 1994), p. 79
- ^ a b Jonathan Dewald, "Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World", Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004, p. 24: "Turcoman armies coming from the East had driven the Byzantines out of much of Asia Minor and established the Persianized sultanate of the Seljuks."
- ^ Grousset, Rene, The Empire of the Steppes, (Rutgers University Press, 1991), 161,164; "..renewed the Seljuk attempt to found a great Turko-Persian empire in eastern Iran..", "It is to be noted that the Seljuks, those Turkomans who became sultans of Persia, did not Turkify Persia-no doubt because they did not wish to do so. On the contrary, it was they who voluntarily became Persians and who, in the manner of the great old Sassanid kings, strove to protect the Iranian populations from the plundering of Ghuzz bands and save Iranian culture from the Turkoman menace."
- ^ Possessors and possessed: museums, archaeology, and the visualization of history in the late Ottoman Empire; By Wendy M. K. Shaw; Published by University of California Press, 2003, ISBN 0520233352, 9780520233355; p. 5.
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- Jackson, P. (2002). Review: The History of the Seljuq Turks: The History of the Seljuq Turks.Journal of Islamic Studies 2002 13(1):75-76; doi:10.1093/jis/13.1.75.Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
- Bosworth, C. E. (2001). Notes on Some Turkish Names in Abu 'l-Fadl Bayhaqi's Tarikh-i Mas'udi. Oriens, Vol. 36, 2001 (2001), pp. 299-313.
- Dani, A. H., Masson, V. M. (Eds), Asimova, M. S. (Eds), Litvinsky, B. A. (Eds), Boaworth, C. E. (Eds). (1999). History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers (Pvt. Ltd).
- Hancock, I. (2006). ON ROMANI ORIGINS AND IDENTITY. The Romani Archives and Documentation Center. The University of Texas at Austin.
- Asimov, M. S., Bosworth, C. E. (eds.). (1998). History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Vol. IV: The Age of Achievement: AD 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century, Part One: The Historical, Social and Economic Setting. Multiple History Series. Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
- Dani, A. H., Masson, V. M. (Eds), Asimova, M. S. (Eds), Litvinsky, B. A. (Eds), Boaworth, C. E. (Eds). (1999). History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers (Pvt. Ltd).
- ^ C.E. Bosworth, "Turkish Expansion towards the west" in UNESCO HISTORY OF HUMANITY, Volume IV, titled "From the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century", UNESCO Publishing / Routledge, p. 391: "While the Arabic language retained its primacy in such spheres as law, theology and science, the culture of the Seljuk court and secular literature within the sultanate became largely Persianized; this is seen in the early adoption of Persian epic names by the Seljuk rulers (Qubād, Kay Khusraw and so on) and in the use of Persian as a literary language (Turkish must have been essentially a vehicle for everyday speech at this time). The process of Persianization accelerated in the thirteenth century with the presence in Konya of two of the most distinguished refugees fleeing before the Mongols, Bahā' al-Dīn Walad and his son Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, whose Mathnawī, composed in Konya, constitutes one of the crowning glories of classical Persian literature."
- ^ Mehmed Fuad Koprulu's, "Early Mystics in Turkish Literature", Translated by Gary Leiser and Robert Dankoff , Routledge, 2006, pg 149: "If we wish to sketch, in broad outline, the civilization created by the Seljuks of Anatolia, we must recognize that the local, i.e. non-Muslim, element was fairly insignificant compared to the Turkish and Arab-Persian elements, and that the Persian element was paramount. The Seljuk rulers, to be sure, who were in contact with not only Muslim Persian civilization, but also with the Arab civilizations in al-jazlra and Syria - indeed, with all Muslim peoples as far as India — also had connections with {various} Byzantine courts. Some of these rulers, like the great 'Ala' al-Dln Kai-Qubad I himself, who married Byzantine princesses and thus strengthened relations with their neighbors to the west, lived for many years in Byzantium and became very familiar with the customs and ceremonial at the Byzantine court. Still, this close contact with the ancient Greco-Roman and Christian traditions only resulted in their adoption of a policy of tolerance toward art, aesthetic life, painting, music, independent thought - in short, toward those things that were frowned upon by the narrow and piously ascetic views {of their subjects}. The contact of the common people with the Greeks and Armenians had basically the same result. {Before coming to Anatolia,} the Turks had been in contact with many nations and had long shown their ability to synthesize the artistic elements that thev had adopted from these nations. When they settled in Anatolia, they encountered peoples with whom they had not yet been in contact and immediately established relations with them as well. Ala al-Din Kai-Qubad I established ties with the Genoese and, especially, the Venetians at the ports of Sinop and Antalya, which belonged to him, and granted them commercial and legal concessions. Meanwhile, the Mongol invasion, which caused a great number of scholars and artisans to flee from Turkistan, Iran, and Khwarazm and settle within the Empire of the Seljuks of Anatolia, resulted in a reinforcing of Persian influence on the Anatolian Turks. Indeed, despite all claims to the contrary, there is no question that Persian influence was paramount among the Seljuks of Anatolia. This is clearly revealed by the fact that the sultans who ascended the throne after Ghiyath al-Din Kai-Khusraw I assumed titles taken from ancient Persian mythology, like Kai-Khusraw, Kai-Ka us, and Kai-Qubad; and that. Ala' al-Din Kai-Qubad I had some passages from the Shahname inscribed on the walls of Konya and Sivas. When we take into consideration domestic life in the Konya courts and the sincerity of the favor and attachment of the rulers to Persian poets and Persian literature, then this fact {i.e. the importance of Persian influence} is undeniable. With- regard to the private lives of the rulers, their amusements, and palace ceremonial, the most definite influence was also that of Iran, mixed with the early Turkish traditions, and not that of Byzantium."
- ^ Stephen P. Blake, "Shahjahanabad: The Sovereign City in Mughal India, 1639-1739". Cambridge University Press, 1991. pg 123: "For the Seljuks and Il-Khanids in Iran it was the rulers rather than the conquered who were "Pesianized and Islamicized"
- ^ O.Özgündenli, "Persian Manuscripts in Ottoman and Modern Turkish Libraries", Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, (LINK)
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Seljuq", Online Edition, (LINK): "... Because the Turkish Seljuqs had no Islamic tradition or strong literary heritage of their own, they adopted the cultural language of their Persian instructors in Islam. Literary Persian thus spread to the whole of Iran, and the Arabic language disappeared in that country except in works of religious scholarship ..."
- ^ M. Ravandi, "The Seljuq court at Konya and the Persianisation of Anatolian Cities", in Mesogeios (Mediterranean Studies), vol. 25-6 (2005), pp. 157-69
- ^ F. Daftary, Sectarian and National Movements in Iran, Khorasan, and Trasoxania during Umayyad and Early Abbasid Times, in History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Vol 4, pt. 1; edited by M.S. Asimov and C.E. Bosworth; UNESCO Publishing, Institute of Ismaili Studies: "... Not only did the inhabitants of Khurasan not succumb to the language of the nomadic invaders, but they imposed their own tongue on them. The region could even assimilate the Turkic Ghaznavids and Seljuks (eleventh and twelfth centuries), the Timurids (fourteenth–fifteenth centuries), and the Qajars (nineteenth–twentieth centuries) ..."
- ^ "The Turko-Persian tradition "features Persian culture patronized by Turkic rulers"." See Daniel Pipes: "The Event of Our Era: Former Soviet Muslim Republics Change the Middle East" in Michael Mandelbaum,"Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkemenistan and the World", Council on Foreign Relations, pg 79. Exact statement: "In Short, the Turko-Persian tradition featured Persian culture patronized by Turcophone rulers."
- Previte-Orton, C. W (1971). The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- http://www.selcuklular.com/?
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- G. E. Tetley The Ghaznavid and Seljuk Turks: Poetry as a Source for Iranian History, Abingdon 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-43119-4


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North Korea threats spark buzz on Guam, not panic
Apr 05, 2013, 12:44 PM EDT
(AP Photo/Koji Ueda, File)
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — C.J. Urquico has lived on Guam for 19 years so he's used to a military backdrop to everyday life. Navy ships visit, Air Force jets fly overhead and war games are played off the Pacific island's shores.
There soon will be another military element in this U.S. territory — a defense system will be installed to shoot down incoming missiles and warheads. Its deployment comes amid intensifying threats from North Korea, which recently listed Guam among its targets for a nuclear attack on the United States.
That Guam is a named player in a nuclear showdown is striking for an island known for its slow pace and laid-back attitudes.
"The worst thing that can happen is we allow it to terrorize us," said Urquico, a 36-year-old creative director for a telecommunications company. And while "there's no real sinister feeling in the air," he added: "People are definitely paying attention. I mean, how many times do we ever trend on Twitter?"
The remote tropical island is no stranger to international conflict: the island's waters are a graveyard for rusting tanks from World War II and the oldest residents remember living under Japanese occupation. But residents say North Korea's threat isn't even attracting as much concern as a seasonal typhoon.
"Our sales have been pretty steady," said Michael Benito, general manager at Payless Supermarket in Tamuning on the west side of the island, explaining that there hasn't been a rush to buy canned goods like Spam and corned beef. "There hasn't been any bump in sales."
Benito says most people on Guam are generally prepared for disasters given the region's frequent storms, and are well-equipped with flashlights and other necessities.
"Fortunately everybody has concrete homes here so we're sort of a bunker already," joked Leonard Calvo, vice president of Calvo Enterprises, a firm that invests in insurance, real estate, media and retail as well as other businesses in Guam and other islands.
The businessman from Maite says North Korea's threats have been the topic of conversations at recent family barbecues, but most people are still skeptical of what North Korea can do.
"I think this guy from North Korea is just puffing out his chest," Calvo said. "A lot of people are numb to it."
Social media is abuzz with memes mimicking North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, with one joking that he is worried about "Guam bombs," a popular term for beat-up used cars on Guam.
But others aren't taking the talk lightly. Large headlines about the threats have flashed across the island's main news website for the past week and some residents are brainstorming plans in case the worst case scenario comes true.
Thomas Perez, an 18-year-old student at Guam High School, says he already has picked out a place to barricade himself in case the attack occurs.
"I could probably get there in 15 minutes," he said, adding that he's worried about the effects of nuclear fallout.
Perez isn't the only one thinking about emergency shelter; Guam Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo says the government is providing information to help residents prepare in case of an attack, including guidance for where to hide if radiation is in the air.
Calvo says an attack is unlikely and he has advised the public to go on with their daily lives. But he also says no one can be 100 percent sure of safety.
"As a governor and a father and a husband and a grandfather, I do have some concerns because of the proximity of Guam to North Korea," he said. "We are about a three hour flight away. That's about half the distance from Guam to Hawaii."
Several Guam residents say that they're confident that the missile defense system has what it takes to stop any offense North Korea may launch.
The system on its way to the island is part of a "layered" defense giving the military multiple opportunities to shoot down incoming missiles and warheads before they reach their targets. It's specifically designed to shoot down missiles during their final stage of flight, and is expected to arrive on Guam within the next few weeks.
Even if nothing more happens, for some residents the international attention is significant in itself. University of Guam President Robert Underwood says the threat is an opportunity for students and educators to discuss Guam's role in global military strategy.
Urquico says it's a geography lesson, at least.
"I've never heard anyone make a direct threat to Guam," he said. "My response was: 'Wow, they can find Guam on the map? Most Americans can't.'"
AP writers Anita Hofschneider, Oskar Garcia and Audrey McAvoy contributed to this report from Honolulu.


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This is Orbitor, a game from Evil Alien, an indie studio from Canberra, Australia.
Before you go saying it's a fancier Angry Birds Space, don't; I've actually seen this project before, at an earlier stage, and having been in development for a while it pre-dates Rovio's game by a long shot.
The game's got project pages up on both Kickstarter and Steam's Greenlight, which are linked below.
ORBITOR [Greenlight]
ORBITOR [Kickstarter]