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Ham-Stuffed Manicotti
Ham-Stuffed Manicotti
14 manicotti pasta shells
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup butter or olive oil
1-2 cups cooked cubed ham
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
6 tbs butter or olive oil
6 tbs flour
3 cups milk
2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Cook manicotti as directed on package. Drain, rinse in cool water and set aside. Meanwhile, cook onion, garlic, and green bell pepper in 4 tbs butter or olive oil until tender. Add ham and set aside to cool for 10 minutes. Stir in 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese.
In another heavy saucepan, cook 6 tbs butter or olive oil until foamy. Stir in flour and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture bubbles, about 3 minutes. Add milk, and cook, whisking constantly, until sauce thickens. Stir in cheese. Mix 1/4 of cheese sauce with ham mixture. Fill manicotti shells with ham mixture. Spread about 1/2 cup cheese sauce in greased 13x9" glass baking dish and arrange filled shells over sauce. If there is any leftover stuffing, just sprinkle it over the filled shells. Pour remaining cheese sauce over filled manicotti. At this point the casserole can be cooled in the refrigerator, then wrapped and frozen up to 3 months. To thaw and reheat, thaw casserole overnight in refrigerator, then uncover, sprinkle with 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, and bake at 350 degrees F for 40-50 minutes. If not freezing casserole, sprinkle with 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes until bubbly. Serves 8.
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The Argument for Tennessee's Lane Kiffin As SEC Coach of the YearNovember 8, 2009
When all the delusional Bama and Florida fans pick themselves up off the floor, we can begin.
OK. Coming into his first college head coaching job, Lane Kiffin was left with a roster of what had played like inferior talent and what seemed to be babied egos. Tennessee went 5-7 in 2008, firing the longest tenured coach in the SEC, Phillip Fulmer.
With embarrassing blowouts by Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina being topped off by a loss to Wyoming, outside of a highly touted recruiting class there wasn't too much a UT fan could certainly be excited about.
Holding back expectations more than anything was the uncertainty at the quarterback position. Jonathan Crompton played as bad as any QB has ever played at UT in 2008 and Nick Stephens couldn't do the job well enough to stay in over Crompton.
After a heartbreaking loss to UCLA in which Crompton played terribly and much like the Crompton fans had come to know, the Vols lost a close one at Florida and then another heartbreaker at home to Auburn.
Facing two losses against average at best teams and the outlook that didn't seem very bright, Kiffin and his team found something. What is something? The light. Jon Crompton's light, to be more exact.
In his first three games, Crompton had 5 TDs and 7 interceptions, with all 5 TDs coming against a dreadful Western Kentucky team. In the last six games, the fifth year senior QB has 16 TDs and 3 interceptions. What?
It's not just the stats people, Jonathan Crompton has made some big boy throws. He hit Luke Stocker on a seam route to set up UT's failed FG attempt in the closing seconds, but that throw was one guys on Sunday make.
Perhaps more important however, is that Crompton is making the throws the should make. For a long time, Crompton has struggled with simple throws, inexplicably being high and low and everything in between.
It's not just Crompton, though his improvement is plenty enough to make a case. Nearly every aspect of the Vols' offense has improved under Lane Kiffin.
Finally healthy, Denarious Moore and Gerald Jones are proving to be more than adequate receivers for Tennessee. They still lack the true number one guy to be a dynamic down-field threat, but the backs, tight ends and receivers are all complementing each other well enough to create a productive passing game.
Another impressive position has been the offensive line. Kiffin has had to patch an offensive line together due to injuries and dismissals, and has almost no depth to speak of.
Currently, the Vols are starting two walk-ons and a freshman who has been playing tackle less than a calendar year. This unit has been troubled with some procedure issues, but has performed admirably considering it's makeup.
When pondering who to name "Coach of the Year," I would think the decision makers have one thought: "Who has done the best coaching job?" and not "Who has the most wins?"
Sure, Urban Meyer and Nick Saban are locked into the SEC Championship game. Sure, Les Miles will likely win nine or 10 games at LSU. But isn't that what they were supposed to do?
All three coaches have a few years in their position and their own players to win and lose with. Before the season, they were all three in the top 10 and all three had realistic plans of playing for a conference and national title.
But when it comes to performing, Florida and Bama both squeaked by Tennessee and have both suspiciously been the beneficiary of terrible SEC officiating. One has to wonder if the SEC didn't have the plan of getting them to the Dome undefeated, if they could actually do it on their own.
As far as Miles goes, his LSU team has squeaked by Mississippi State and lost to Florida worse than the Vols in Baton Rouge.
All three teams have showed little improvement as the season has gone along. Granted, they were all on a higher level than UT to start with, but I could argue all day that they've stayed stagnant, and regressed in some cases.
Tennessee, on the other hand, is a vastly different team. Kiffin has the Vols playing like a team who believes it's as good as anyone out there. After thrashing Georgia and South Carolina and giving Bama and Florida fits, people need to look at Kiffin for SEC Coach of the Year seriously.
The Vols are arguably playing as well as any team in the conference right now. Give me Tennessee vs anyone on a neutral field in say, Atlanta, and it's anything but a given.
Kiffin has a huge test coming up this week in Oxford, and a win at Ole Miss would all but solidify this award in my opinion. To go from a team that struggled vs UCLA and Auburn, to being arguably the third best team in the league would be nothing short of amazing.
For opposing fans, this all my be a little hard to understand. For Tennessee fans who have had to sit through Jonathan Crompton, it's all to easy of a decision.
There are many factors, some I haven't even touched, that should land Kiffin the award. You could argue against some of them since some are a matter of perception or opinion, and that's fine.
The one thing I go back to is Crompton. It is nothing short of amazing to watch the turnaround Lane Kiffin has led this kid to. Even at the beginning of this season, people were still touting Crompton as the worst QB in at least 30 years at UT.
Many media publications labeled him as the worst QB in the SEC and some hinted towards one of the worst in the nation. At 16 TDs and 3 interceptions in his last 6 games, is there a hotter QB out there?
Aside from the credit Crompton deserves for working hard, all the credit goes to Kiffin. This kid was in shambles, a shell of a quarterback. He's been transformed to way more than average, but a guy who can make some big time throws in some crucial situations.
Lane Kiffin deserves the SEC Coach of the Year in 2009. He won't get it, politics won't allow that. But get ready SEC, before long, you won't have a choice. It's Lane Kiffin's world, all the rest of you can do is watch him take over the conference.


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Manager Bob Melvin said today that reliever Ryan Cook will be "a couple weeks behind" the rest of the pitchers because of right shoulder inflammation, but when I asked if there is any concern that Cook will miss the start of the season, Melvin said there is no such worry at this point.
Left-handed reliever Sean Doolittle will be held out of bullpen sessions for at least a few days because of a right calf strain. As Melvin noted, both pitchers were brought along slowly last spring after career-high innings totals in 2012 (Doolittle's first full season as a pitcher). This spring shouldn't be much different from last, barring setbacks.
And of course the A's top strength is the bullpen; the team is deep, deep, deep in relievers. So a missed week or two for Doolittle and Cook should not be a problem.
Another reliever, Fernando Rodriguez, is working his way back from Tommy John surgery; he's just about a year removed from the procedure and while he might not make it into a spring game, he is expected to throw in some simulated games or minor-league spring games, where the action can be controlled. Melvin said the ball is coming out of Rodriguez's hand well even just playing catch. "Everything is on schedule," Rodriguez told me.
Among those in action tomorrow at Papago Park: Jarrod Parker, A.J. Griffin, Dan Straily, Drew Pomeranz and Tommy Milone. Though the A's rotation looks pretty much set – Parker, Sonny Gray, Scott Kazmir, Griffin, Straily – Milone, Pomeranz and Josh Lindblom are in the mix for the "sixth starter" type spot, i.e. first guy to get a shot in the event of an injury. Melvin said that Jesse Chavez might be stretched out to start, too; it won't be a bad thing to have the long man ready to throw a lot of innings if needed.
Among the position players reporting early: outfielder Craig Gentry, third baseman Josh Donaldson and first basemen Daric Barton and Nate Freiman.
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FYI regarding John C. Hamilton (ca 1770-1812). He was married to Martha Greer, the d/o James Greer who appeared on the 1790 Laurens Co., SC census. John C. Hamilton may be the son the a William Hamilton who was on the 1790 Newberry Co., SC census. This is the same area and time that Dr. John H. Bush was in those 2 counties of SC. I don't know whether there's a clue hidden there or not.
John C. Hamilton was the security on the will of a Abner Bush in 1787 in Sumner County, TN. Abner Bush's 14 year old son, Abner chose John C. Hamilton as his gaurdian after his father's death. That would indicate that Hamilton and Abner Bush were likely close. Interestingly - Dr. JOhn H> Bush provided security for John C. Hamilton as Abner's guardian.No one has yet to find a link between John H. Bush and Abner Bush but one might well exist. It seems very plausible.
WE have never actually proven Dr. JOhn H. Bush's fathers identity. There may be clues in the naming pattern he chose for his own sons.
1. William B. Bush
2. George Bush
3. John B. Bush (likely B stands for Blalock, Bush's grandfather in law)
4. Alexander Graham BUsh (named for an Alexander Graham with who Bush was associated in Sumner Co. when young Alex was born)
5. Palemon Cage Bush ( named for others in Sumner Co., TN when he was born - Major William Cage
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MY REVIEW OF: ARTIFICIAL GODS (NIGHTS DREAM #3) BY THOMM QUACKENBUSH (January 2016)
Honestly this book was a roller coaster for me. I got really attatched to the characters, especially Chrys and Jasmine. And of course, aliens. I love aliens.
readingismydrug: We Shadows (August 2014)
So the plot points came just when they needed to come. The clues to the mystery always left me thinking, ahhhhh I want more. Which is great. Just enough to always keep me on the edge without feeling I wasnt left hanging too long before more arrived. Unlike the first two installments where I quite literally felt I got nothing till the end. This book is riddle with all those enticing little tidbits of almost full information and crafty little turns that make any readers brain tingle. All in all the plot went as it should, the events and situations where timed right. This was a brilliant piece of fiction.
readingismydrug: We Shadows (August 2014)
Then there was Girl. There are way way WAY too many awesome tings I can say about her. She was by far the most developed driven and deep character in the whole book. And the only one who came out different at the end. The only one whose happy I felt and whose sadness I felt and anger I believed instead of was annoyed by like Shane. Shane always came off as a whiny child who refused to follow orders because she was smarter than everyone and had to do it her way. Girl had a purpose to save Shane, and to remember who she was which was why she was so vague about giving her name. She didnt know and you could relate to the crisis of not knowing who you were and hating the person, Gideon I assume, who trapped and stole that from her. And in the end when she supposedly wasnt insane anymore, her ability to make sense out of everything stayed true to the last page. And even then when Shane asked what she was up to and accused her of keeping secrets, Girl once again had to remind her that she had her own journey to follow. She wasnt the Shane she was before, and what Girl herself was up to was immaterial to Shanes journey. It just baffles me how many times she tells Shane this and she never gets it. Even in the end. Girl was the best thing all up and over in this book as far as the characters and good character development was concerned. She was just brilliant. In Sea of main characters that floated, she swam.
Review for Find what you love and Let it kill you by Thomm Quackenbush (May 2014)
I just finished a book made up of a bunch of story stories written by Thomm Quackenbush. They were really good and I was very impressed by it. Mr Quackenbush's writing is very similar to that of Edger Allen Poe. I do recommend this for those who enjoy some of Edger Allen Poe's work such as Eleonora to read this.
Artificial Gods (Nights Dream #3) by Thomm Quackenbush Review (May 2014)
Great book. I couldnt put it down. It has some great twists and turns. The characters that Thomm created are great. We are introduced to Jasmine. She is trying to figure out how things around her got so out of hand in the blink of an eye. She, her sister, and a friend all go on an adventure to discover if what they saw was real. Jasmine learns along the way not everyone are what they seem to be. She has to decide who she can trust and whether or not they are telling the truth about certain situations that are happening. If you love novels that involve Aliens, and UFOs then you need to add this one to your TBR list. I look forward to reading more books by Thomm.
Review of Dear Satan by Thomm Quackenbush (January 2014)
What a great read ! Yes, it was short, but WOW was it awesome :) Makes you want to check your little ones letters to santa before you mail them ! ! ENJOY and be careful for what you wish for :)
We Shadows (Night's Dream) review (December 2013)
The book We Shadows by Thomm Quackenbush is one of the most engaging books Ive ever read. It is about a woman named Shane who, by the powers of magic world was sucked into an intriguing journey involving a set of interesting characters. As the story treads on it becomes more interesting. I am eagerly looking forward to reading the next two books.
We Shadows (Night's Dream) review (December 2013)
First let me state that I enjoyed reading this. We Shadows by Thomm Quackenbush is an interesting story about a woman named Shane who is first introduced being in a New York bar. She is next seen in a university dorm according to her diary entry, and from there the story keeps getting better. As it moves along a set of unique, interesting characters are introduced. As I kept reading on, this story kept getting better. So much so that I can't wait to find out what happens in part two and three of this so far remarkable series.
Danse Macabre (December 2013)
Vampires are multiplying, and something must be done to stop them. Will Shane be able to learn how in time? This book is full of action and suspense. A must read for any Twilight fan!
Artificial Gods (August 2013)
I dont understand the so-called love triangle between Jasmine, Chrys, and Dylan. However, I like Jasmine and her thoughts on aliens, her relationship with her younger sister, and boys in general. I find the plot and pacing of the story faultless. Also, I have to applause the way Jasmine calmly handles the interrogation from the men in black, who are the worst version of this mysterious group I've read so far - singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in a falsetto?
Alien Hijinks (March 2013)
I really enjoyed Artificial Gods. It's about a college girl who comes home for the summer and sees a UFO in the sky. Although she's not the kind of person who believes in alien life, the next day she's visited by some men who behave very strangely. . . and it just gets weirder from there. Her sister Chrys and a boy that Chrys either is or is not dating get involved in the otherworldly hijinks as well. Are there really aliens? Or are there even darker forces at work that are disguising themeselves as alien life? The story gets a little bit grisly at times, but always stays interesting and unpredictable. I really liked the main character Jasmine, especially her musings about the underpinnings of her relationship with her sister and with boys. Also, the novel has a consistent light humorous touch. The story is set in the Hudson Valley where I live (to get specific, it's set in Pine Bush), and it's always fun to read a story set somewhere you know.
We Shadows by Thomm Quackenbush (May 2013)
Quackenbush is a talented writer, without doubt. The dry, witty humour was worth reading the book for on its own. Shane, for example, very much reminded me of Rory from Gilmore Girls, though there isnt any real reason for me to make that comparison since the genres are so very different. But there just arent a lot of characters that could make grammar jokes funny, probably not many authors either.
Book Review: We Shadows by Thomm Quackenbush (May 2013)
Not an avid fantasy reader I found this novel harder to get into and with no knowledge of this fantasy world a little disconcerting as a unique lexicon seemed to be introduced without much description. Im sure people who love fantasies will find this a more entertaining read then I did but Im just not laid back enough to enjoy this book more.
Book review - We Shadows, Book One of The Nights Dream Series by Thomm Quackenbush by TrueJDK (November 2012)
Quackenbush has brought in a nice mix of existing mythology (and I will admit to some curiosity as to how exactly the two ravens found their way to their new mistress), whilst introducing some new touches (The Reaver, especially is an intriguing character, and again, Im curious about the titles history, as the character was nicely delivered), and playing around with some genre faithfuls (the meddling amateurs, the mysterious possible benefactors, and the like). Some could, perhaps, have been explained a little clearer and benefitted from a bit more time - particularly at the end.
Little Hyuts Dream Series 1&2: Author Interview, Review by Jill Marie (August 2012)
He has created a series that will pull its reader to the underneath of its pages and leave them enraptured in its wake. Thomm's writing style is as unique as it is eloquent. This series exceeds expectations with its remarkable world building and cast of characters. The author has a way of breathing life into these characters and the world they inhabit. I was definitely impressed by both the first and second book in this series.
Goodreads We Shadows by Jinx (February 2012)
This story is a compelling blend of realism and fantasy. As someone who does not often read fantasy books, I found that this one approaches the genre from a quirky enough angle to really maintain my interest and draw me into the storyline. The characters are also remarkably well-developed, the kind for which you can't help but instantly create a detailed image in your mind. The plot is satisfying on multiple levels, with enough danger, mystery, and supernatural intrigue to satisfy someone who's just reading for fun, as well as deeper and more complex emotional material that gives the story real weight.
Amazon "We Shadows" by Samael (February 2012)
Other points for those who would care about this sort of thing: the metaphysics are internally consistent and plausible, the author is obviously well versed in mythology and not just throwing around esoteric terms, but also not letting the details override the story. again, it's obvious that a lot of work went into the crafting of this world, and you can feel the contained excitement to tell us everything about it, but he does a good job of just sprinkling enough of the details to tell the story and showing that rather than being set in stone, many of the rules are etched in metal, and if the right heat or cold are applied can be bent or re-shaped temporarily.


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Law and Citizenship in Early Modern France
Scholars of French history have long maintained that the modern French notion of citizenship--including the concept that citizenship endows one with certain civil rights--is a product of the Enlightenment. But in Law and Citizenship in Early Modern France, historian Charlotte Wells argues that many of the ideas that found their way into Enlightenment tracts in fact had their roots in the French Renaissance.
Wells shows how an understanding of the droit d'aubaine--the legal disabilities of foreign-born residents of the French kingdom--helps to identify the implied rights of native citizens. She then describes how such sixteenth-century jurists as Jean Bacquet, Ren Choppin, and Jean Bodin combined Roman law and feudal principles into an organized concept of citizenship. Through an examination of key 17th-century trials, Wells demonstrates how French "citizens" were gradually transformed into "subjects" during the absolutist reign of Louis XIV. A century later, however, jurists and such writers as Diderot and Montaigne rehabilitated earlier notions of citizenship, thus providing the foundation for further developments in political and legal theory.
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London has Dickens. Tokyo has Murakami. Saigon, Graham Greene. St Petersburg? Well, St Petersburg has just about every other writer worth mentioning in its thrall, from Dostoevsky to Chekov to Nabokov. But what about Phnom Penh? The Pearl of Asia has been and continues to be conspicuously under-represented and under-romanticised in literature.
If anything, maligning the city was something of a literary gentleman's sport in the 19th and early 20th century. Henri Mouhot, 'discoverer' of Angkor Wat, dismissed the city in 1860 as "long and dirty… possessing neither beauty nor interest." Enfant terrible of the 1920s literati Andre Malraux, en route to plunder Banteay Srey temple, wrote that there was no more fitting metaphor for the city than an ancient sitar player, "whose heroic strains had ceased to interest any but the beggars and coolie women squatting around him."
However, this lack of pervasive colonial narrative is in no sense detrimental to Phnom Penh as a city. Rather, it allows current residents of Phnom Penh to conceive of and imagine their city with a liberty denied, say, the denizens of Dublin or Paris. Our City Festival, instated in 2008, aims to do just that- to open up spaces for discussion around urbanism and the city. Combining visual arts, pedagogical elements, performance pieces and interactive events the 10 day Festival, this year based around the theme of 'Urban Currents,' explores notions of confluence and creativity in the ever-changing urban landscape of Phnom Penh.
The idea of holding a themed event around art, architecture and urbanism was born when Dana Langlois, Our City founder and director, became aware of changes in the city and its development. "My main reaction was to the sudden changes in infrastructure- like the destruction of older buildings- and I thought this would be an important and meaningful topic for discussion." Now in its fifth incarnation, Langlois remains convinced of the festival's importance: "There are still ongoing changes, the city itself is very fluid. I think it's extremely relevant here as new generations start looking at their identity and their place in the context of the rest of the world."
Mirroring this urban fluidity, the 10 day event is itself amorphous. Installations, happenings and art will pop up around the city, eschewing didacticism and formalism in favour of creativity and accessibility. "The intention has always been to look towards the Cambodian public and their participation," explains Langlois. "It's about putting art into the public space and making it part of the every day experience." You're as likely to see an Our City event on a street corner as you are in a white cube gallery.
Many will take place at No Problem Park on Street 178, a grand colonial mansion and garden which for the Festival period will house around 10 projects. The garden will host exhibition Water: Curse or Blessing, which highlights the complexities of living with water and changing climates in the Asia Pacific region; inside the mansion installations by Cambodian and international artists will comment and converge upon each other. For Langlois, this space forms the centre of the festival, "looking at the confluence of ideas and how everything intersects and comes together. We're trying to break down this binary idea of arts and architecture to be integrated into a larger conversation."
This conversation extends far beyond the walls of No Problem Park. From Anida Yoeu Ali's conversational performance piece The Public Square, to Eric Elull's dynamic 'Sponge' workshops, which ask participants (or 'spongiformers', to give them their correct nomenclature) to explore the notion of The Body in physical space, to Kong Vollak's architectural city-walks, Our City provides a platform for a multiplicity of narratives on past, present and possible futures of Phnom Penh.
Out of the chorus of voices contributing to Our City, perhaps the most emblematic is the Urban Lab initiative. Bringing together architecture and urban planning students, the Urban Lab provides an opportunity to share resources, ideas and visions about a city in constant flux. Lab organiser Shelby Elizabeth Doyle explains: "we wanted to give a platform and a voice to those students who will actually be designing and building the future of Phnom Penh."
The participating students are more than keen to make their voices heard. 19 year old Em Thavrak describes being part of the Urban Lab in enthusiastic terms "The Lab opens my mind to see the world differently. It's like a wake up call- we are the future architects of our country." During the festival the students' ideas will be showcased at Bophana, including the installation 'Dreams for our City'- a visually nebulous installation conjuring images of the future Phnom Penh. Tan David, an architecture student, has high hopes for the impact of the initiative, and the Festival itself. "I think people will love it, because not many exhibitions focus on architecture. It feels great to be part of Urban Lab, and also to be part of Our City Festival."
Creating this sense of hope and excitement amongst young Phnom Penhites is the realisation of a long-held ambition of Langlois. "One of our main objectives has always been to have the voice of this generation in Our City. I think the real impact of these discussions will come when you see this new generation become the creators and leaders, the ones to realise their vision for their city. That's when we're going to see a big change."
Step aside Mouhot and Malraux; there's a new generation in town, and they're more than ready to make Phnom Penh into their city. Into Our City.


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A GUI Library For Lisp On OS X
by Christopher Roach
Related link: http://www.peter-herth.de/ltk/
Well, its been quite a while since my last blog entry (I've been enjoying myself a bit too much with my family preceded by a bit of skiing as well), but I'm back now and ready to give you all the next installment in my blog on programming languages for the Macintosh. If you've been following my weblog, then you'll no doubt have noticed that my theme for the past few entries has been Lisp—the functional and dynamic programming language with a strong history in AI research—and this post will not break from that tradition.
In my quest to find ways to use Lisp more and more in my everyday programming, I found myself wondering what I could do with Lisp in the arena of GUI libraries. I looked around for a bit and 'lo' and behold I came across Perter Herth's project for porting the Tk GUI library over to Lisp called Ltk. Now, if you've ever done any programming with other dynamic programming languages such as Perl, Python, or Ruby, you've probably come across Tk or perhaps you've even used it. If not, its definitely time you've taken a look at all it can do for you. (On a side note, if you're interested in learning a bit more about the Tk GUI toolkit, check out my articles on Ruby and Tk programming.)
Just in case you've never heard of Tk, its a GUI library that was originally designed to be used with the Tcl scripting language and its moved on since then to nearly every other scripting/glue/dynamic language available. If you've ever found yourself in the position of writing lots of small useful scripts, then Tk should definitely be your GUI library of choice. Its easy to use, portable, and tends to fit best with dynamic languages.
So, the point in all of this is that if, like me, you find Lisp to be a worthwhile, powerful, and interesting language and you've been wanting to find ways to use it more in your daily programming tasks, then take a look at Ltk. It works on OS X and its extremely easy to install.
Speaking of installation, all you need to get up to speed is an install of the Tk GUI library (this comes with the latest versions of OS X, however, you may wish to download and install a copy of the Tk with batteries binary, since Tiger only comes with a subset of the language), a distribution of Lisp (I've found that OpenMCL and SBCL are the easiest to setup, since they already come with ASDF which will be used to automatically load the Ltk library), and a copy of the Ltk library. Once, you've gotten everything downloaded, install both the Lisp distribution and the Tk binary and then add the
ltk folder to a place where you would like to keep all of your Lisp related libraries. Then you'll need to tell your Lisp distro where to find all your library files. You'll do this by setting up your Lisp distro's ASDF central registry. To do this, add the following to your chosen distro's initialization file (for OpenMCL this will be
openmcl-init.lisp and for SBCL this will be
.sbclrc) in your home directory:
(require :asdf)
(setf asdf:*central-registry*
Make sure to replace "/Path/to/your/central/registry/" with your own path, and make sure to end the path with a "/" since this is a directory and not a file. Once, you've added your distro's init file, you'll need to go to the directory you just specified and add a link to the
ltk.asd file in
ltk folder. The following will add this link:
$ cd /Path/to/your/central/registry/
$ ln -s ./ltk/ltk.asd .
These two lines will add a symbolic link to the
ltk.asd file to the central registry, assuming that you've also added the
ltk folder to this directory as well. If not, then point the link to wherever you decided to keep the folder.
Once you've finished all of these tasks, you should be totally setup and ready to try your hand at creating your very first Lisp/Ltk program. Open your favorite editor and create a file named
hello.lisp. In this file place the following code:
(require 'ltk)
(defun hello-1()
(ltk:with-ltk ()
(let ((b (make-instance 'ltk:button
:master nil
:text "Press Me"
:command (lambda ()
(format t "Hello World!~&")))))
(ltk:pack b))))
After you've added the above code to your new file and saved it, you should be able to execute your program by entering one of the following lines at the command prompt:
$ openmcl -l hello.lisp
$ sbcl --load hello.lisp
That should do it. If everything went smoothly with your installs, you should see a small window pop up with a single button in it that asks you to "Press Me". Click on the button and you should see the phrase "Hello World!" pop up in the terminal. If this worked for you, then congratulations, you've created your very first Lisp/Ltk-based GUI application. If not, feel free to leave me a comment and I'll try my best to walk you through any problems you might have had.
So, that's it, that's all there is to creating GUI based Lisp applications on OS X. Its my hope that this will get a few of you already interested in using Lisp to look into it even deeper, and any of you who are the fence about learning Lisp, hopefully this will give you one more reason for choosing Lisp as your next language to learn. (On yet another side note, if your interested in learning a bit more about Lisp, and you also feel the need to contribute to a new community of Lisp lovers and newbies, then take a look at volunteering your services to Peter Seibel's CL Gardeners group.)
Until next time, I wish you all success and fun with all of your programming endeavors.
4 Comments
2006-01-09 18:32:23
Two minor nits
1. For didactical purposes I'd suggest that you don't user
(require 'ltk) because not every Lisp will interpret this as a request to load LTK via ASDF. Use
(asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op :ltk) instead. And wrap this form with an
eval-when if it's in the same file as the rest of the code.
2006-01-11 07:04:18
Two minor nits
Hey, thanks a bunch for the tips, especially the first one--I had no idea that not every Lisp implementation would interpret the call to
require the same, I was just following the Ltk manual on that one.
2006-06-07 08:32:13
|My apologies for a very simple question, but where are you saving the hello.lisp file to get it to load as you suggest from the command line?
|Christopher Roach
2006-06-11 10:53:24


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A datastream consists of two types of data adapters: datasources and data filters. Datasources retrieve data from an input source—the COM interface in the case of Siebel reports—and create data rows from the incoming records. Data filters sort, filter, or perform other computations on data rows. While a datastream must have at least one datasource, it is not required to have any data filters, and in the majority of standard reports data filters are not used.
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It occurs to me that we don't elect leaders, we elect followers. Leaders don't change stances with every new poll that is taken Leaders actually take the initiative to go against the grain of popular opinion. In a democracy, popularity is what matters. Whoever gets the most votes wins, thus those who win must constantly be seeking out the will of the majority. Successful politicians are followers who create the illusion that they are leading. What they are actually doing is seeking re-election. Every move is calculated to please/follow the will of the majority and the majority is whoever has the most money to lobby a cause through. It would be nice to have leaders, but leaders, for the most part, don't get elected. This is why I don't personally put a lot of stock in elections. We get what we want, not what we need. We can complain all day that a politician has done "this" or "that" but they are following the will of the majority. Leaders don't get elected and when they start leading then they don't get re-elected, unless of course where they are leading is where the majority is going. Unfortunately, the majority is almost always wrong. This is why the church must be the voice of God speaking the truth to so called "power". This is why as a minister of the gospel I will never endorse a candidate and will never talk politics in church. God's politics are concerned with the minorities who don't have power; the poor, the disenfranchised, and the outcast…the refugee, the widow, and the orphan. Seeking to help these people is pure religion. The Kingdom of God is "political" not in the sense that it follows the will of the majority, but in the sense that that politics is a term for how a community orders itself. The church is a politic all it's own. When churches start preaching partisan politics then the church has given up its power and it's prophetic voice. This is happening too much and thus the church is too often impotent. The world will not be changed by another election, by Caesar's sword, or by another carnival. The church operates best on the outside doing the hard work of leaders. It seems like the people with power to change things do not lead from a political arena, they change things by lowering themselves and helping the helpless. Those leaders don't generally win elections because they are called to do unpopular things. Unpopular things don't win elections…thus we have a broken system.
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The record is being released on March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) but my plan is to have it mastered, pressed, and mailed out to donors before Christmas. With your help I know this can be accomplished. If you could once again help me spread the word about our gofundme page that would be a great help.
Also, several,of you have told me that you are planning on contributing but just haven't yet. I would encourage you to do it now if you are planning to, then you can get a copy of the album well before the rest of the world.
Just to sweeten the pot a bit more, to all new donors who give $10 or more between now and Thanksgiving, I will immediately send you a track from the new record.
I've listened to the unmastered mixes from start to finish about 6 times now and I still Cant believe how great it sounds.Craig Adams did an amazing job of producing, singing BGV's and assembling some of the best musicians and engineers that Nashville (the world really) have to offer. I'm a blessed man to have such care given to my songs.
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This is such a profound Christian response to violence that I really felt compelled to share it. This is the message of the followers of Christ to any who would make themselves enemies, in this case ISIS.
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The third episode of the Leftovers, which features Mr. Eccleston and has the scene he will not watch, was one of the best performances I've seen on TV since Breaking Bad. I was truly blown away by the writing and his execution of this character, a man so desparately clinging to religion in a world that has seemingly given up on God. I myself am not religious and at times even criticize it for the fanaticism it can induce, but I watched this episode and felt this character's struggle and found myself rooting for his cause despite his flaws. I look forward to more scenes with this character.
Christopher Eccleston on Keeping Quiet About his Religious Beliefs and The Hardest Scene to Shoot in 'The Leftovers'
Christopher Eccleston is no stranger to TV — after all, he is the actor who brought Doctor Who back to life after a sixteen year absence and was also on another cult favorite TV series, Heroes — and he recently returned to the small screen in the HBO series The Leftovers. On the series Eccleston portrays Matt Jamison, a former reverend who is distraught and confused about why he wasn't "chosen" to disappear in a rapture-like event that caused 2% of the world's population to disappear that happened three years before the start of the series. He spoke to Vulture about why he doesn't think he should talk about his own religious beliefs and what was the hardest scene to film.
In the past, Eccleston has identified himself as an atheist. When asked how that worldview affects his performance as a former reverend, Eccleston retreats from his earlier statements on religion. He explains why by saying, "You know, I think I said I was an atheist years ago when I was young and headstrong. I don't know what I would say now. I'd probably say nothing. I actually think it's quite important when you're playing a character like this to keep your mouth shut about that. So, I'm keeping my mouth shut."
He also spoke about the most difficult scene to film, and explains why he doesn't plan on watching it. He reveals, "The scene where Matt puts his camp bed next to his wife, who is in a semi-vegetative state, and stares at the portrait of Job. That's his darkest hour. How to pitch that … crumbling was a challenge, and probably one I won't look at. That was hard. It's those quiet moments where the camera pulls into you and and you try and open yourself outward … I don't want to sound too much like an actor here but you know what I mean? Those moments of fragility are the hardest."


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The Heroes' Walk Looking back now, I can see that I spent my seventh-grade year in a state of depression, imprisoned behind the red-brick, black-iron walls of All Souls Preparatory. All Souls is a private, mostly Catholic school in Bethel, New Jersey, about twenty miles east of Princeton. Back when I was a student, All Souls had two prominent statues on the campus. Franklin D. Roosevelt stood outside the Student Center, which was a little strange since the real President Roosevelt couldn't stand. Yet there he was, with one hand on a cane and the other hand raised in a friendly wave. John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic president, stood outside Kennedy Hall. He was pointing energetically into the air, as if he were speaking. On the last day of school that year, I was sitting in class in Kennedy Hall and looking through the window at FDR. Across the road, the Lowery Library was nearing the end of a major renovation. As part of this, Father Thomas, the headmaster of the school, had decreed that the statues of Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy were to be moved to join a new statue of General Henry M. "Hollerin' Hank" Lowery in an impressive new entranceway to the library. The entrance would consist of the three statues, a brass informational plaque about each one, and a slab with the words the heroes' walk carved into it. That was why Father Leonard, my history teacher, was spending one last class period droning on about World War II and the heroic efforts of General Henry M. Lowery to alert America to the dangers of Adolf Hitler and Nazism. Father Leonard was the twin brother of the headmaster, Father Thomas. They had both attended All Souls Preparatory some thirty years before; now the paths of their lives had circled around and brought them both back to their beloved alma mater. I hated All Souls Preparatory. I hated the uniforms; I hated the snobbery; I hated the tradition. I was an outcast there, and I associated only with other outcasts. One of them, sitting immediately to my left, had just raised his hand. Father Leonard pointed to him warily and said, "Mr. Chander, I trust this comment is pertinent." "Oh yes, Father. It is most pertinent." "Fine. Then you may proceed." "I read that General Lowery was not really opposed to the Nazis. In fact, he thought the Nazis would win the war easily, and he advised President Roosevelt to make a deal with Hitler as soon as he could." Father Leonard looked pained. "I don't think those are facts, Pinak. But if you would care to do some independent study in that area, I will give you extra credit for your research." "I don't need any more credit, Father. I already have an average far above one hundred. I just wanted to perhaps start a discussion." "No. We need not discuss rumors and half-truths and falsehoods. The historical record is perfectly clear about what the General wrote and said at the time." Pinak gave up. 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Your photograph is as good as it speaks for itself," says renowned photographer Raghu Rai, who was in town recently for a photography workshop.
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Because of this, now I no longer see the point of buying super car, modify it, and when I'm bored with it, I couldn't even get a quarter of the total money spent on that vehicle back. This is like an obvious trick of R* to lead players to buy their Cash Card craps.
They're like saying "wazzup amigo, here are super cool cars, but they're expensive yet you have 2 ways: work hard or buy cash cards. Oh wait, don't forget you can modify that too and it cost money, so you can either work hard again or buy cash cards. What? You spent too much on that and now you want to sell that super car which worth 50k+? No man, c'mon we have cash cards for you to buy, but you can also choose to work very hard again and throw that old super car of yours like a trash.


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Kings vs. Lakers: Complete Viewing Guide for Western Conference ClashOctober 10, 2013
The Los Angeles Lakers are an aging team with recently added young pieces that are looking to secure their place in the rotation. The Sacramento Kings are a young franchise that has made key changes during the 2013 NBA offseason.
Tonight the two California teams will meet in a preseason battle. Here's how you can watch it all transpire.
Xavier Henry, Los Angeles Lakers
Position: Guard/Forward
Age: 22
Experience: 4th Season
2012-13 Season Averages
When the Lakers expressed interest in shooting guard Xavier Henry this offseason, I published an article outlining why this is the perfect opportunity for him to turn his career around. Through three preseason games, Henry is averaging 17.0 points for L.A.
It's safe to say the turnaround has begun. The question is will it continue?
Henry has been following in the footsteps of former teammate Brian Roberts, who carved out a quality role after a string of strong preseason performances in 2012-13. With Kobe Bryant still recovering from a torn Achilles tendon and Nick Young serving as an inconsistent sixth man, Henry's role could be large.
It all comes down to how effective he can be during the preseason.
Henry has the opportunity to shine against Ben McLemore and the Kings on Thursday, Oct. 10. Still only 22, Henry has time to remove the bust label, and going toe-to-toe with a fellow scoring guard is the perfect platform for him to begin that process.
If he shines, L.A. may need to rethink its second-unit rotation.
Isaiah Thomas, Sacramento Kings
Position: Point Guard
Age: 24
Experience: 3rd Season
2012-13 Season Averages
The Kings have made drastic adjustments to their roster, with the most notable moves including the additions of Ben McLemore and Greivis Vasquez and the departure of Tyreke Evans. McLemore and Vasquez would form a very strong offensive backcourt, but we shouldn't jump the gun.
Isaiah Thomas is one of the most respected players in the locker room and has been an infectious energy player since entering the league as Mr. Irrelevant—the final pick in the 2011 NBA draft.
During Sacramento's preseason opener, Thomas was 6-of-11 from the field and 2-of-4 from three-point range. He finished with 15 points, six assists, three rebounds and a steal in a losing effort against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors.
Vasquez is the superior offensive player from a facilitating perspective, but he's also a career 32.5 percent shooter from three-point range and a defensive liability. That's bad news if Thomas continues playing this well.
The issue for Thomas, 5'9", is that Vasquez, 6'6", possesses valuable size at the point guard position. While he may not be much to marvel on defense, Vasquez averaged 9.0 assists per game in 2012-13 with a rather underwhelming New Orleans Hornets—now Pelicans—roster.
In Sacramento, Vasquez would have McLemore, DeMarcus Cousins and Marcus Thornton as high-caliber scorers that he can turn to.
Against the Lakers, Thomas will have the opportunity to prove that he can remain the guiding force on offense. Vasquez is sidelined until Monday, Oct. 14, per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports, and Thomas has already stepped up in the preseason.
Keep in mind, Thomas averaged 17.3 points and 5.4 assists on a slash line of .451/.413/.897 after the 2013 All-Star break.
Whenever the Kings and Lakers meet, whether it's the preseason or the playoffs, tensions are high. The rivalry between these two sides is well-established and whenever one can earn an edge over the other, bragging rights are utilized.
Tonight, expect the Kings to take home a big win for team confidence.
The trio of Cousins, McLemore and Thomas is as promising a unit as you can find across the NBA. All three are dangerous scorers who, whether they're playing along the perimeter or the interior, can torch a defense.
The Lakers have Pau Gasol and Steve Nash as counters, but when it comes down to it, relying heavily upon Nick Young and Henry just isn't a proven approach.
The Kings will take this one and help to create momentum for what should be an interesting season in Sacramento. Head coach Mike Malone has one of the best offensive systems in basketball and the personnel to put up points in a hurry.
The Lakers, meanwhile, will continue to mold their rotation during a preseason that's more about finding answers than winning games.
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It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden, in for Guy Raz. It's a small town girl's dream: One day you're strutting the floorboards of a summer stage; the next, the silver screen. Thus is the arc of Elsa Emerson, a Door County, Wisconsin, girl whose life at the Cherry County Playhouse never quite goes away when she becomes the Oscar-winning Laura Lamont.
The quiet merging of the two selves through the decades, happens in "Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures," a high-buzz debut novel from writer Emma Straub. Straub says that her main character came to her while reading a New York Times obit on the life of the real-life actress Jennifer Jones.
EMMA STRAUB: I was just struck by her life. And it just seemed like a novel. And I couldn't get it out of my mind, and so I copied it down, and I just kept going back to it. And when I decided that I did want to write this novel, I made sure to stay away - actually - from Jennifer Jones' biography, because I didn't want it to be, you know, a thinly veiled version of her. I really wanted my Laura Lamont to stand on her own feet.
LYDEN: One of the things that Laura Lamont has to contend with - as a child, and then later on, throughout her life - is that her beautiful older sister, Hildy, the one who put on costumes and sashayed through the house; the one who liked boys; Laura - when she's still Elsa - discovers her, and something really terrible has happened.
STRAUB: Mm-hmm.
LYDEN: Can you tell us what?
STRAUB: After her first night on stage at her parents' theater, Elsa runs up the stairs, excited to tell her older sister about her triumph; and walks into her sister's bedroom, and discovers that her sister has committed suicide. And it's the event that really haunts her for the rest of her life, and it's also sort of the impetus for her to strike out for Hollywood - because her beautiful and talented older sister, who she thought was always destined for great things, you know, is no longer able. She really thinks that she has to do it. She has to live both lives, you know; her own and Hildy's.
LYDEN: So tell us what happens to Elsa.
STRAUB: So when Elsa Emerson is about 17 years old, she marries another actor who is at this theater that her father runs in Door County, Wisconsin. And they move to Los Angeles in the late 1930s, to become movie stars. And when they arrive, they have two children back-to-back - very quickly, And Elsa's acting career is sort of put on pause, and takes a backseat to her husband's.
But then when she's eight months' pregnant with her second child, she meets a producer at a party at the Gardner Brothers' studio - which is my pretend studio that I sort of modeled after Paramount, which was my favorite that I toured. She meets this producer, Irving Green, who dubs her Laura Lamont. He gives her this new name. And then as she becomes Laura Lamont, she makes one very, very good friend, an actress named Ginger Hedges - who's sort of based on Lucille Ball.
LYDEN: And Ginger becomes hugely successful, and Laura wins an Oscar.
STRAUB: Yeah. Laura - you know, Laura had a nice little run there. She dyes her blond hair brown and becomes, you know, what she thinks of as a serious actress; whereas her friend Ginger becomes more of a comedienne. And then things start to - I won't say go wrong, but things get more difficult for Laura, after that.
LYDEN: It's in her endurance that I think she really triumphs. I don't want to give the ending away, but you're very gentle and loyal with this character.
STRAUB: I love her. I love her. You know, I spent a lot of time with her. And I think that because I followed her for so many years, I do feel very, very fond of her - and very loyal to her.
LYDEN: My guest is author Emma Straub. Her new book is "Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures." I want to talk about how she - even though she does not return for well over a decade to Wisconsin, she really kind of carries it with her; because I think what gives this novel its heft is that the old Elsa is still inside her. Her mother just doesn't really relate to this movie star. And constantly, family issues keep bubbling up in this celluloid life.
STRAUB: Mm-hmm. You know, I heard Ann Patchett speak at an event in Brooklyn. And at this event, she said that, you know, people always say to her that they think her novels are, you know, very different from one to the next; but she thinks that she really just has one subject matter. And I started thinking about it, and I think that might be true for me, too; that the subject matter that's really at the heart of this book - and at the heart of many of my short stories, also - is this sort of idea of the self that we present and like, how is that different than the self we are inside?
And it's, you know, Elsa Emerson becomes Laura Lamont, but of course, she's always Elsa as well. And it's sort of having a private life versus a public life; and those issues of, you know, who are we, to our mother? Who are we, to our husband or wife? Who are we, to our children? That's really what she struggles with throughout.
LYDEN: "Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, " Emma, is your first novel. And you had a collection of short stories published before it, and you really kept at it. You had written three or four other novels before this one. Why did you keep going?
STRAUB: You know, I - it absolutely never occurred to me that it wouldn't happen eventually. I never, for a moment, doubted it. You know, I thought, OK, I'm not good enough yet, I'm not there yet, but I'll get there.
LYDEN: That's Emma Straub. Her new book is called "Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures," and she joined us from WBEC, our member station in Chicago. Emma Straub, thank you. Please take a bow.
STRAUB: (LAUGHTER) Thank you very much.
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Montclair, NJ (9/29/08) – Freshman forward Rodrigo Santiago (Wharton, NJ / Morris Hills) was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday. Santiago helped the fifth-ranked Red Hawks to a pair of conference wins as MSU raised its record to 10-0-0 this season.
Santiago earns NJAC Rookie of the Week honors after contributing to a pair of NJAC victories for the Red Hawks. In the first start of his collegiate career, he set-up the game-winning goal by drawing a foul which led to a penalty kick in MSU's 3-0 road win at Rutgers-Newark. Three days later, he tallied a goal and an assist for three points as the Red Hawks' extended their winning-streak to 10 matches with a 3-1 NJAC win over TCNJ.Santiago currently ranks tied for third in the NJAC in assists with five on the season.


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Internet Marketing Secrets – 3 Closely Guarded Internet Marketing Secrets They Will Never Tell
By Vern How Chan
Some Internet Marketing Secrets Are Meant To Be Kept In The Closet…
Before you begin to think that some Internet marketing secrets are really meant for the dumps it really is quite the opposite. You will be presented in the next few minutes the true secrets which really isn't so mystical at all when you think about it.
Rather I'd like to call them, "timeless treasures" that will help you to not only bring you prosperity but also to forever alter your future. Especially when it comes to building a solid income on the Internet for many years to come.
Secret 1: Work A Little More Than Research
One of the main things that most top marketers do with their time when a new project starts is to devote most of it in terms of execution. You should do research yes, but doing just enough before you get started should be the way to go.
If you indulge yourself too much in the forums and continue to read whatever things that people posted then you'll lose the whole idea of starting a project in the first place. Which is really putting money into your wallet.
Secret 2: Take Risks If You Can, Life Is Short
You know most of the time we are truly comfortable with what is predictable and that is human. In the business world, one of the best known Internet marketing secrets is to take risks by trusting your heart.
Do something that you know could work and test it with a time frame to measure your results. If it works, then it works. Ignore what people actually comment about your strategy and keep on going. That is what sets you apart from the crowd.
Secret 3: Improve Your Customer Relationship, Improve Your Income
Perhaps the most underrated Internet marketing secrets of all would be the realm of customer relationships. You can certainly Get buyers to buy from you one time but what determines your prosperity is recurring income or a steady stream of sales.
You can get this by gathering a group of customers who are literally 'loyal' to your product sales and trust you in your ability to deliver value. Now, that does not mean it gives you the approval to abuse this trust. Focus on helping people and you will gain momentum in your sales revenues.
Even A Farmer Knows This
Do you think the seed a farmer planted will yield its crop within 24 hours? No, instead he toils, monitors and ensures that the plant will grow into its full bloom over a period of time. If you don't see results within 24 hours don't be disheartened. Among the best kept Internet marketing secrets is, "to trust unfailingly that your effort will yield a good result sooner or later".


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UFC president Dana White was a guest on "UFC Tonight" this past Tuesday evening, and the boss gave us some more details on the torn ACL suffered by UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.
White also revealed that Urijah Faber would remain on the UFC 148 card, facing an unnamed opponent for the interim title. Rumors have targeted Renan Barao as the likely opponent, as the rising star is scheduled to face Ivan Menjivar on the same night. Menjivar has also been mentioned, along with Michael McDonald.
Dominick was training, not with his team, but for the fight with Faber, and he blew his ACL. Typically, when you blow the ACL, it's nine months (to recover). Look at GSP (Georges St-Pierre). He's an absolute professional and is in amazing shape. He does everything he's supposed to and he's out for nine months.
Cruz was scheduled to defend his title against Faber at UFC 148 on July 7 from Las Vegas. That fight has been called off, but Cruz will remain as coach on The Ultimate Fighter: Live opposite Cruz.
Cruz and Faber have fought twice before, with each man earning a win over the other. "The Dominator" stopped Faber last year in defense of his belt, earning a decision victory.
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The mission of the Center for Organogenesis is to unite interdisciplinary research efforts towards understanding the basic mechanisms by which organs and tissues are formed and maintained and to use this knowledge to regenerate or create replacement tissues and organs, improve stem cell therapies and effective organ transplantation systems that will correct acquired and genetic human disease. Goals of the Center include:
- Increasing the number and scope of interdisciplinary research projects in organogenesis.
- Training students and postdoctoral fellows in interdisciplinary research approaches related to organogenesis.
- Enhancing communication and information exchange among basic, clinical, and applied scientists engaged in organogenesis-related research.
The Center was established through a grant from the Presidential Initiatives Fund (Office of the President, University of Michigan) and through generous additional support from the Office of the Dean, Medical School.