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January 14, 2008
My mom's quasi-incestuous behavior towards my younger brother seriously squicks me out. Is her behavior actually quasi-inscestuous? And what should I do?
Ever since he was about 10, my mom has behaved in pretty disturbing ways towards my little brother. It isn't the normal doting that mothers bestow on their youngest, favorite sons, I think. Examples include:
- Regularly climbing into his bed, refusing to get out because it's so "comfortable", making moaning noises, and asking to sleep with him
- Attempting to play footsie underneath the table at dinner (feet traveling up his pant legs, the whole bit). Every. Dinner.
- Trying to cuddle and touch his thighs, butt, etc.
- Pinning him down and kissing him, over and over, even when he yells in a very not-kidding way for her to let him go
- Extreme over-protectiveness
- Flirting
The touching stuff happens a lot less, now that he's older (over 18) and resists her attempts. But his independence visibly upsets her, especially with regards to dating and sex. Girls who date and are interested in my little brother are sluts and seductress whores, and girls he meets in college deserve any poor treatment he gives them because they were only interested in sex anyway. She really only displays this misogynistic double-standard towards women involved with my little brother--her views towards my other siblings and I with respect to dating and our partners are pretty normal.
Though her behavior is never overtly sexual, I don't believe any molestation actually occurred, and my little brother is by far the most psychologically healthy of any of us (and has no problem standing up to our mother), this behavior still does not sit right with me. Last time I came home I saw her trying to rub his upper thigh and it was sickening.
her behavior normal? And is there anything I can do about it?
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I wonder if, not that this is any excuse for the kind of behavior you are pointing out, he is the youngest child, and so she is having problems distancing herself from him specifically because she has an empty-nest thing going on? I could see the criticism of his girlfriends looking more understandable when put in that light. As for the rest...well, honestly, it would squick me out, too.
What you can do: well, let your Mom know, when your brother isn't there, that her behavior makes you uncomfortable, and could easily be misinterpreted by others, and that she should think about being more discreet. Other than that, since he is over 18 and you don't think any actual abuse ever occurred, I don't think you have any other recourse.
posted by
on January 14, 2008
No, this is not normal. Your brother's an adult now, and you say he has no problem standing up to her, so I'm not sure what you think you need to do. If he's still living there, and doesn't want to, help him move out. Let him know that you're there for him if he wants to talk about anything. I wouldn't bring it up unless he does, though.
posted by
on January 14, 2008
No, this is not normal. I don't believe that it's your problem to deal with, though. He's an adult and appears to know that this behavior is wrong, and seems to be dealing with it as best he can (resisting, etc).
posted by
on January 14, 2008
It sounds like your mom may be experiencing a condition known as Genetic Sexual Attraction and is keeping it barely reined in. Thing is, GSA is usually a condition of relatives who are separated when one or both are still babies and don't meet up until adulthood. There's a discussion of it in
this AskMe thread
, with a link to a particularly interesting Guardian article about GSA.
It appears to be quite common among relatives separated at an early age and reunited in adulthood (some estimates are 50%), but I don't know what the frequency is when that hasn't happened.
The only thing you can do to try to stop it is confront her, I suppose, but instead I'd recommend talking to your brother, feel him out on this. It's really his fight to fight, and it may encourage him to know that there are other family members who notice this behavior and are not okay with it.
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No, it's not normal. I think you're pretty aware as you're describing it that it's pretty weird, but this may be one of those threads where a lot of people have to say "THIS is what's normal, what you are seeing is not normal." to make it clear that what you're seeing isn't normal. As an example:
When I was a kid my Dad would holler up to me and my sister when he woke up on weekend mornings and we'd go downstairs and crawl into bed with him (yes my parents slept separately, and I thought this was normal until I was in high school) and we'd talk about the day and play word games or whatever. It was a wake-up routine and petered out when we were in the double-digit ages which was probably appropriate. I hug and kiss my family. I do not touch them on the butt. I do not flirt with them. If someone who was in my family in a power relationship with me crawled into bed with me and would not leave, I would think that was inappropriate. If someone held me down and kissed me while I yelled I would think that would be "time for a serious talk with some other authoritative adult to figure out wtf is going on"
I think there are a few things missing from this scenario you outline that would help us understand it better.
- what does your brother think about this? Does he seem complicit? Disturbed?
- are you male or female? Does your Mom do any of this stuff with you? Is she even affectionate with you?
- What do your other siblings think about this? If Mom is playing footsie with him Every. Night. surely it's something you've mentioned to one of them?
- is your Mom married or does she have a live-in? Was she ever married or have a live-in of either gender? What did her partner think about this behavior?
- does everyone live at home or not live at home?
Basically there are a few issues
- is what your mom is doing and has done bad for your brother? Part of this depends on your brother's take on it and whether he has issues with this or seems unaffected by it.
- is what your mom is doing and has done bad for the rest of the family (see the favorite kid thread, this sort of thing impacts other people strongly) and what can you do about it? Having some discussions with your sublings is probably the first step here.
- is what your mom is doing and has done bad for your personal relationship with your mom? It seems like from what you've said that this squicks you out. That makes it hard to have a normal "you're the adult and I'm the kid" relationship with a parent, both with her being too intimate with your brother as well as just seeming to exhibit poor boundaries regarding what is sexytime behavior and what is not, basically what is a decent way for a parent to treat a child.
Really the first step is being assertive about what you consider decent behavior when YOU are around. i.e. "hey guys when you do that thigh rubbing thing around me it makes me uncomfortable, could you please stop? because you shouldn't have to just sit there and think "this is weird. Am I the only one who thinks this is weird...?" Even if you ARE the only one who thinks that, it's okay for you to basically say that other people are creeping you out and you wish they would stop. Then you have to be prepared for either having a talk about this and/or backing up your request with some action
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Normal is overrated. More importantly, your obviously biased feelings about this matter are totally irrelevant. This is a matter between your brother and your mother. If you are afraid your brother may be being abused then ask him. Most likely he'll laugh at you and you'll feel silly and that'll be the end of that.
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And what should I do?
Speak to your brother.
posted by
on January 14, 2008
Her behavior wouldn't be so weird if he were very young. My first thought upon reading your e-mail wasn't that this behavior was quasi-incestuous, but that she's behaving as if her son were still a baby because she doesn't want to acknowledge that he's a grown man.
Usually the kid puts the breaks on by about age 13 out of Total OMG Embarrassment that someone might see him as mommy's little boy. Your brother didn't...but what does he think of her behavior, anyway?
posted by
on January 14, 2008
It sounds like your mom may be experiencing a condition known as Genetic Sexual Attraction and is keeping it barely reined in.
Please show us the article in a peer-reviewed publication written by a legitimate scientist on this issue. Do you have one?
OP: I know AskMe is big on "Hey, who's to say what's normal"? But my family is of the co-sleeping, extended-breastfeeding, people stroll around without pants wacky hippie kind, and even I would consider it
extremely odd
if my mom had behaved that way with my 10-year-old brother. So I think that what your mom is exhibiting pretty much goes beyond the more loose kinds of physical affection you might find even in a more non-traditional family, and I would agree with you that on the face of it, it sounds somewhat sexually-motivated.
It may be the case, as others have noted, that your mom is just babying her youngest a little inappropriately and means nothing by it, but if you feel brave, I still think it's worth addressing with her. I don't think you need to say "J'accuse, crazy incest lady!" but even just "Um, mom, what's with the footsie? Don't you think that's sorta... creepy?" should give her a clue that maybe she crossed a line.
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Please show us the article in a peer-reviewed publication written by a legitimate scientist on this issue. Do you have one?
There's a nicer way to make that point, but sure, here's a cite:
Post Adoption Incest and Phenotypic Matching: Experience, Personal Meanings and Biosocial Implications. Greenberg M and Littlewood R. British Journal of Medical Psychology. 1995, 68, 29-44.
And here's Greenberg's page at his practice.
posted by
on January 14, 2008 [
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Ever since he was about 10, my mom has behaved in pretty disturbing ways towards my little brother
This is the part that raises red flags for me. This was not how she acted when he was littler but something that happened at a specific point in his development.
And frankly the truth is that you do not KNOW FOR SURE that she never molested him.
posted by
on January 14, 2008 [
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women will occasionally over-attach themselves to their children for a couple of reasons: a) if she is single, it may simply be out of loneliness, or b) even if she is in a relationship, as a way of seeking out nonsexual affection.
i'm not married, but one common complaint among my married girlfriends is that the only time their husbands touch them is to initiate sex, and it drives them crazy.
whether or not molestation over occurred is a whole other subject. you may want to ask your brother about it. as for what to do with your mom, you should start calling her on her behavior.
what do your siblings think about it? has anyone else raised the subject?
posted by
on January 14, 2008
Your mother's behavior is way out of any frame which could define a healthy relationship between a mother and a son.
At this point in their lives, I think you should devote what energy you have for this to making sure your brother is all right-- specifically, all right in his relationship with women he has a sexual interest in.
Seductive and aggressive mothers are often blamed as one of the formative influences on rapists. Given our culture's tendency to blame everything on bad mothers, from the Fall to schizophrenia, and now even autism, I think this theory deserves to be viewed with great skepticism. However, some things in your question did alarm me:
Girls who date and are interested in my little brother are sluts and seductress whores, and girls he meets in college deserve any poor treatment he gives them because they were only interested in sex anyway.
Having your mother tell you all women you are interested in are 'sluts and whores' and be eager to dismiss anything you do to these sluts and whores as their fault because all they wanted was sex, well, that could be right out of a crime magazine.
I think you should observe your brother's behavior with girls carefully, and even go so far as to ask around among the girls in his circle, if you can get access, to find out the general tenor of his reputation among them.
If you find anything
that "seriously squicks you out" press your brother to get into counseling immediately. Press him
posted by
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This is truly gross and disturbing. I think you need to deal with your own issues with your mother. I'm not saying that it's in your head-- quite the opposite. But if your bro can deal with it, you have to as well. I agree with Jessamyn that you have a right to request some limits. Personally, I would ask for her not to talk about the whores and Jezabelles. Is your bro okay with women?
Sorry for your situation. I want a shower now.
posted by
on January 14, 2008
This is a million percent completely inappropriate. While this may not be explicitly described as "sexual abuse" especially because of his current age, it's certainly incestuous behavior. I worked at an agency that worked with children who had been sexually abused (most often by close friends and family members) and I can say without a doubt that if this case came to us we would intervene, most likely with a recommendation to kid and the mom be separated (pending therapy and a change in the mom's behavior).
What I'd do is talk to a therapist about it in an effort to figure out how to approach either my brother or mom. There are therapists and agencies that deal with these subjects. Get info and advice from them. You can start by calling the department of mental health and human services where you live.
posted by
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It sounds like your Mom has some issues. I'd guess she's insecure and feeling powerless, and gets reassurance that she's cute, charming, attractive, fun, worthwhile etc. from getting a rise out of her youngest child. Fish in a barrel - they love their Moms but it's an unfair burden for her to place on your brother, and if it doesn't bother him yet, it will down the line.
My Mom does this with my younger sister and it drives me bonkers. I feel sorry that my sister has the burden of validating her and it makes me feel passed over and my Mom look like an idiot. Family patterns are hard to break but for the sanity of everyone she should stop singling out your brother and find more mature ways to make a connection with her family. You're all growing after all, and she'll lose your respect if she can't relate to you as adults.
Unfortunately, having that discussion with her is nearly impossible for you, as her child. SHe needs to hear it from a peer or professional.
posted by
on January 14, 2008
I find that disturbing. If a father did it to his daughter, it would definitely be disturbing. What does your dad say about how your mom acts? Do you have any other siblings that can confirm how weird it is.
I think your noticing it is weird (because you might be more forgiving since she's your mom, too) is really important to determining the inappropriateness of her behavior.
It's wrong. It sounds very wrong. Does your brother accept it sometimes or does he hate being around your mom?
posted by
on January 14, 2008
This is wrong. Very, very wrong. My mother did similar things to me when I was young. It seriously fucked me up. As an adult, I've had a hard time with relationships and intimacy. Hell, just look at my post history. Or, if you like, you can email me.
She's what they would call a "seductive mother" and what she is doing is very very wrong. Talk to your brother and make sure he gets help.
posted by
Jake Apathy
on January 14, 2008 [
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Is her behavior normal?
No, absolutely not, in not uncertain terms, this is extremely fucked up behavior. I have no advice about how or why your mother is doing this, but believe, it is not normal. She needs some serious help, but it's going to be hard to get her to see that, let seek help. Your best bet is to talk to your brother and ask him to talk to her.
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Brandon Blatcher
on January 14, 2008 [
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As soon as I read this I thought of Jake Apathy's
posted by
on January 14, 2008
Your mother's behavior is seriously wrong. It could easily mess up your brother, especially in his relationships with women.
I was on the receiving end of similar behavior and I was messed up as a result. So I'll suggest you do what would have helped me: In a calm but serious way, make it clear to your brother that you think your mom's behavior is sick and not his fault, and offer him any support he might want.
He could easily deny there's a problem (it's loaded with shame) but on some level it will register with him that (1) yes, what she's doing is wrong and (2) someone in his family cares about him in a healthy way. If he doesn't want help, just say, "Okay, but I'm here if you ever need me."
The worst part of my situation was the silence and therefore complicity of everyone around me. So if you want to, please talk to your brother.
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There is something known as "emotional incest" AKA having no boundaries. This can be overstated (ie, in the recovery movement, everyone seemed to be a victim of some kind of incest)-- but this seems like a very clearcut case. You might want to check out the research on that.
From what I've read, such lack of boundaries can be *very* harmful for kids, especially in the context of "all the women you like are sluts and whores." Even if there was never any actual sex, this type of behavior doesn't tend to allow children to know what is appropriate in relationships and can cause problems for the children not only in their romantic relationships, but in their relationships with their own children, should they have any. It can also produce feelings of being "invaded"-- with a result that the children are either way "too much information" in their relationships or too heavily guarded to generate or sustain intimacy.
But it seems to me that unless your brother wants to do something about it, there's not much you can do other than ask him and suggest that he get help. This may not be well-received because he may perceive it as an attack or as you trying to take something away from him, so I'd seek professional advice about how to approach it.
[And having just read Jake's thread-- yikes, I can't believe most people didn't say run from that therapist from the very start and I'm glad to hear you did. Recommending calm, nonsexual massage from someone who understands sexual abuse is very good advice-- but recommending illegal activity in that way and in this context is flat out unethical.]
posted by
on January 14, 2008
This is definitely inappropriate, and I say that as someone who is very affectionate with his parents. It's not the *volume* of your mom's attentions that is gross so much as the content.
That being said, talk to your brother about it first. Also, tell us about his relationships with girls-- good? Bad?
posted by
on January 14, 2008
Upper thigh? Where? On top, on the side? Upper thigh can mean anything and might not be all that bad.
Well in truth it doesn't matter. If your brother is grown, then it's between him and her. You could ask him and even tell your mother that you don't want to see this stuff, but really it's their business.
posted by
on January 14, 2008
Look at it this way.
If you saw your brother hanging out with a girl he met in school, and she was playing footsie and tent-bed and putting her hands all over him, and then later on your brother asked you,
"So, do you think she's interested in me? 'Cause I can't tell."
-- you'd probably smack him upside the head for being dense, right?
Well, then, there you go.
posted by
on January 15, 2008 [
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Not normal. Not okay. Read Jessamyn's answer. Read it again.
Good luck to you.
posted by
Joseph Gurl
on January 15, 2008
This is 100% not right. I think you need to talk to your brother (when my brother and I finally broke our silence about our mutual childhood/relationships with our parents, it was 100% constructive and mentally relieving that someone else understood), and then I think you both need to go and talk to a third party professional about the situation without talking it down as something that shouldn't be taken seriously.
If your brother
talk it down, I would make it clear to him that it's OK to change his mind at any point and come to you as a confident, and then independently visit a third party professional to help you deal with how you feel. You feel uncomfortable about it, that's perfectly valid and should be sorted out properly - and I disagree with the idea that it's not your situation to deal with - in a family, experiences are shared regardless of whether you're directly in the line of fire.
posted by
on January 15, 2008
Way late to this post/thread. No idea if the original poster will read this or not but wanted to offer an opinion in case they do.
You may consider asking
a professional
, who
is familial with this type of abuse
, if what your biological mother is doing to her sons is incest.
Under the law, "
child sexual abuse
" is an umbrella term describing criminal and civil offenses in which an adult engages in sexual activity with a minor or exploits a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification.
What Is Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse is defined as
sexual contact, ranging from
to intercourse between a child in mid-adolescence or younger and a person at least five years older (Briere I992, p. 4). By implication, sexual abuse occurs when a person is involved in sexual activity that they do not comprehend and to which they cannot give informed consent. Children should never be regarded as being capable or sufficiently comprehending of giving consent. (In NSW the age of consent is I6 for girls and boys.)
In essence, sexual abuse is 'the exploitation of a child for the sexual gratification of an adult'
Your biological mother is performing these acts for her gratification. She
pins him down
refuses to stop
, even when he yells at her to stop.
Imo, your biological mother is an incest perpetrator and what she is doing to your brother is committing
"pedophilia...a psychological disorder in which an adult experiences a sexual preference for prepubescent children"
I use the term biological mother because I do not think she is behaving maternally, either towards your brother or you. This is not only emotional incest, putting down his girlfriends, which sounds like what a jealous lover would do. It is also *physical* incest. She is touching him in a sexual way. Footsie is a sexual game, as is pinning him down and kissing him when he yells for her not to do that, imposing her sexual power over him. Touching his thigh, his butt in the way you described is sexual. It's inappropriate. It's a violation of her role as a mother and his as a son.
It's also a betrayal of your boundaries because it is
making you a witness to this abuse
. Her doing this in front of you is making you complicit in her crime.
Your brother may feel paralyzed to say or do anything to stop this. It may be what he has experienced as normal. Should he come out of denial, go into therapy and realize what she did to him, own his feelings of rage at her betrayal of the role of mother, he may later blame you for not saying anything to stop this, for not speaking up. But, really, I don't think you can control either your brother or your biological mother. You can control your actions and set boundaries for your own life. If you cannot stand witnessing your brother being molested in front of you, say that. Walk out of the room.
These are
links that may be helpful
to you.
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*not familial, ach, familiar
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-Valentine sends Jugan out to the floor and Albano sends him right back inside. Valentine mixes things up by targeting the arm. Vince reads some viewer mail from Ironton, Ohio, the city where RVD got arrested immediately following a house show that I attended. Figure four gets the win, meanwhile.
THE TONGA KID vs BILL DIXON
-Dixon was billed as hailing from Steubenville, Ohio on Championship Wrestling, but here they bill him from Pittsburgh. I kind of picture Vince looking at his info sheet like Kent Brockman and going "Stub...stoyb...stobba...France!" in frustration before settling on Pittsburgh.
-Tonga does some pretty basic mat wrestling. Dixon shows some fire with kneelifts and a backdrop. Tonga tumbles through an attempted clothesline and then sunset flips Dixon to get the three-count.
BRIAN BLAIR vs CHARLIE FULTON
-Vince does the ring intros himself, so we're just going with "Brian" this time around. Shoulderblock and a hiptoss by Blair. Fulton fights back with an armdrag, but Blair gets an armdrag of his own, and now all of a sudden, Gene Okerlund calls him "B. Brian." The hell?
-Another hiptoss by Blair, and the abdominal stretch pinning combo gets the duke again.
-Same segment that we've already seen, with Roddy Piper burying the departing host and turning it into Piper's Pit.
TITO SANTANA vs BOB BRADLEY
-It amazes me how almost every sign in the crowd in this era is made from a mutilated box. Was posterboard really, really hard to find in 1984?
-Tito works the arm. Bradley gets free and just winds up getting himself bodyslammed for the effort. Bradley throws punches, but tries sending Tito into the ropes, and that's just asking for trouble because Tito bounces off with the flying forearm, and that gets three.
MR. FUJI & TIGER CHUNG LEE vs JOSE LUIS RIVERA & FRANK WILLIAMS
-Fuji & Lee cut the ring in the half well and go to work on Rivera. Rivera fights off Lee and makes the tag. Rivera has "the look" and they seemed to give him a little extra attention by job guy standards in early 1984. Wonder if he was a longterm prospect that they just gave up on?
-Lee puts a nerve hold on Williams and that's when Vince & Gene go silent for the local promo, which is pretty funny because it creates the effect that Lee put on the nerve hold and your commentators said "Fuck this, nothing's happening."
-Backbreaker by the Chunger gets the win.
EDDIE GILBERT vs PAUL VACHON
-Eddie is all of 22 years old here and got a minor push the previous year, being put over as a protege of Bob Backlund. Paul Vachon rakes the back several times and applies a nerve hold, targeting the neck that Gilbert injured a few months ago in a car accident. Gilbert fights back with a slam. Vachon misses a corner charge, and Gilbert pins him immediately, falling ass-backward into victory.
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Police arrest bank robery suspect
Updated On: Mar 02 2014 07:02:18 PM EST
Police have released surveillance footage of a suspect in a Haverhill bank robbery.
TD Bank at 153 Merrimack St. was robbed at 11:50 a.m. by a 40 to 50-year-old man who did not show a weapon, police said. The man was wearing a multicolored winter hat with strings, a maroon jacket and sweatpants and work boots, according to police. They said he was about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed about 190 pounds.
The suspect got away with an undisclosed amount of money and fled on foot away from Washington Square, police said.
On Sunday, police arrested Louis Anthony Colon, 47, whose address is listed as homeless. He is charged with unarmed robbery, police said.
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A tasty Indian ethnic restaurant. Clean ambiance, supportive staff.
Sadya served on plantain leaf during weekends is their speciality.
You feel athome, while away from home there.
If authentic taste is the thing that you are hunting for in Abu Dhabi along with value for money this is it! Fridays are special for traditional "sadya" - a kerala feast.
We settled in for tandoori roti and beef chilly fry and chicken mumtaaz. Missed the authentic kerala parota as an accompaniment as we reached a bit late.Food was...
That was a good surprise. It's walking distance from some of the big hotels in the corniche but it is in a popular area. We were very hungry and this looked acceptable so we went in: the staff has been very kind with us, the food was very good and portions were big, finally when the bill arrived the restaurant...
I have been here twice now and will definitely be going back soon. The restaurant itself is nothing spectacular - it looks very similar to the average curry house you would find in the UK and foreigners are shown upstairs where I pretty much had the place to myself on both visits. The food on the other hand is fantastic....
For folks who have a taste for the Indian, this is just the wanted place. Food was good, though the service is not so quick. Buffet is splendid...worth visiting.
Never eat on a weekend since the food standard is bad as they are trying to cater to a large crowd. Biryani is something you can Ty and it may not disappoint you....
I have visited Ruchi many times and never left disappointed! Fantastic value and great tastes! Always on my list of restaurants to visit when I am I the city!
Dinner here was very good. The dishes were tasty and nicely spiced - not toned down for us... and service was quick and efficient. Waiter were very friendly to the kids and we had no issues with waiters at all.
Price is reasonable and good value for money. There are many places like this in Abu Dhabi, and this is...
Even the bread was not worth eating. The only nice thing was the watermelon juice. It was a bad experience and money wise for 40 dhs per person for which we dint even stay for half an hour. Overall thoroughly disappointing
These are one of the few places you go once, and never again.
The food is below par
Nothing close to how good the food should be for the price.
the service is horrible.
There is nothing called ambiance in this place.
Save yourself the trouble and never go there.
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Dog park, tornado sirens on hold as council delays vote on bond election
Lubbock residents can expect a bond election, but when it will be and what will be on it are still unclear.
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Lubbock Fire Department rescues man stranded in floodwater
The Lubbock Fire Department's rescue unit assisted a stranded motorist whose vehicle was swept by currents at Mackenzie Park.
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Updated: NWS: Hail, high winds in certain parts of Lubbock
There also have been reports of dime-sized hail at the Stars & Stripes drive-in on Clovis Road.
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Traffic Alert: Eastbound lanes of South Loop 289 at Ave. U closed after multi-car crash
All lanes on eastbound South Loop 289 between University and I-27 are blocked following a multi-car crash Thursday morning.
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The West Table Restaurant to open in the Pioneer Condos
The McDougal Companies is pleased to announce The West Table Restaurant will open in the Pioneer Condos building in downtown Lubbock at 1204 Broadway.
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Beast mode: Lubbock High School among top schools in U.S. named by Daily Beast
The Daily Beast, an award-winning online news publication, named the campus on its 2014 list of top high schools in the U.S. Factors considered were graduation and college acceptance rates, college-level courses and examples, percentage of students with free or reduced lunch and SAT and ACT scores.
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Modern Moses: Local faith leaders compare border crisis to Exodus
As thousands of mothers kiss their children on the forehead before sending them on a journey to what they pray is a better life in the land of the free, Lubbock area faith leaders are reminded of another woman who said goodbye to her child too soon.
Lubbock Electric celebrates 70 years
Lubbock Electric has been selling and engineering cotton gin technology since 1944.
Lubbock man accused of biting, spitting on police officers among indicted by grand jury
A 30-year-old Lubbock man is accused of biting off more than he could chew during an encounter with Lubbock police officers earlier this month.
Lubbock Chamber shows its football fever at kickoff breakfast
Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury speaks during the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Football Kickoff Breakfast on Wednesday in Lubbock.
Ruling the roost - city chickens are legal in some areas, often fun
She's like any other hen in many respects, but her place of residence isn't normal.
Council to decide fate of dog parks, tornado sirens in possible bond election
Will Lubbock get a dog park in the next few years? Are tornado sirens in the works? Will major roads get a facelift? Last month the Citizen Advisory Committee gave city leaders a wish list of projects ranging from health and safety to quality of life, asking that residents have the final say in a bond election next May. However, before the issues ... (more)
Lubbock police offering $1,000 reward in McDonald's drive-through robbery
Lubbock police released video footage Wednesday of an armed robbery earlier this month at a McDonald's restaurant.
Lubbock man arrested after accident with Harley-Davidson
A Lubbock man was charged with intoxicated assault following an accident with a motorcycle in the 1700 block of Parkway Drive on Tuesday night.
28-year-old indicted on beating death of lawyer
A 28-year-old Lubbock man has been indicted in the beating death of a lawyer who was killed at the law office where both men were staying.
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Excitement in Lubbock for any one Texas Tech football season is at an all-time high.
Hungry? For some, it's not as easy as opening the fridge for a snack
The face of hunger in Lubbock County could be any skin color. It could speak one of a dozen languages at home.
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Lubbock County prosecutors are pursuing a capital murder charge against a 51-year-old woman accused in the February shooting death of her ex-husband at his home south of Lubbock.
Our View: Let's add some dog parks here, but for cheaper than $500,000
A dog park - or parks - is a great idea for Lubbock. Amarillo is way ahead of Lubbock in making it possible for people to play with their pets off-leash, and it provides a good example for Lubbock to follow.
Lubbock man sentenced to eight years in prison for December Wal-Mart underwear robbery
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The Yellowstone Romance Series
Nurse and avid backpacker Aimee Donovan is offered the opportunity of a lifetime. She encounters a patient who tells her he can send her two hundred years into the past to spend three months in the rugged Yellowstone wilderness at the dawn of the mountain man era. The only requirement: she cannot tell anyone that she's from the future.
How did a white woman suddenly appear in the remote Rocky Mountain wilderness? Trapper Daniel Osborne's first instinct is to protect this mysterious and unconventional woman from the harsh realities of his mountains. While he fights his growing attraction to her, he is left frustrated by her lies and secrecy.
Daniel shows Aimee a side of Yellowstone she's never experienced. She is torn between her feelings for him, and exposing a secret that will destroy everything he holds as truth. As her three months come to an end, she is faced with a dilemma: return to her own time, or stay with the man who opened her eyes to a whole new world. When the decision is made for her, both their lives will be changed forever.
Chase has no idea how he ended up time traveling to the past. He doesn't know the first thing about surviving without modern conveniences. Finding your own food means a quick trip to the nearest fast food joint, not hunting and foraging for it. Time and again, his will is tested to stay alive in this untamed land. Is his growing love for a brave woman who shows him what it truly means to be a man strong enough to keep him in the past, or is he still determined to return to the ease and comforts of the future?
A man willing to risk everything, including his life and all he's worked for, to free the woman he loves from an impossible situation.
Kyle Russell has worked with prominent men, led scouting expeditions through the Yellowstone country, and irritated more than a few Indian braves, but he will never duplicate his father's legendary accomplishments. Captured by a group of Crow warriors, his plans of escape are derailed when a lone white woman is brought into camp.
Kate Ellen Devereaux is on the run. Her guardian is dead, and she is lost in the Yellowstone wilderness. Found by an Indian war party, she is brought into their camp and thrown at the feet of a white captive. If he has plans of escape, she won't be left behind.
Kyle's father may be a legend in the territory, but he never had to deal with an eastern lady full of secrets, a woman who disrupts Kyle's plans to see the Yellowstone area turned into a national park. Convincing her that they are destined to be together may be a greater challenge than gaining support for the park movement. Kate can't afford to show interest in any man, regardless of her growing attraction to her backwoods rescuer. Will her ultimate reason for rejecting him spell doom for their growing love, and the national park idea, or can Kyle find a way to rescue both?
A woman like Danica doesn't interest Josh Osborne. He'd be crazy to get involved with a bossy, strong-willed white woman. His mixed heritage has always made people wary of him. He prefers to be on his own, and his role as protector of the national park's game allows for no attachments.
Danica's dream of ever winning Josh's heart shatters after a cruel twist of fate changes her life forever. Suddenly forced together, they must confront their deepest secrets. Josh can't deny his growing respect and admiration for this brave woman, but will the bond they've forged be powerful enough to turn his feelings into love? When an unforeseen danger threatens their lives, Josh must protect more than the wild inhabitants of the park.
Jana Evans' best friend traveled back in time for true love. Not only is a weathered diary proof that she survived, so is the handsome park ranger standing before Jana now. Her immediate attraction to Aimee's descendant leaves her disturbed and confused, and she rushes back home to the safety of a normal life. An unexpected phone call months later from the very man she wanted to put out of her mind forces her back to Yellowstone. He has news that Aimee met with an untimely death. Is she willing to follow him 200 years into the past to save her best friend's life?
Dan is convinced that Jana holds the key to finding the device that makes time travel possible. He hasn't stopped thinking about her since their one brief encounter months ago. A journey into the past could not only set things in place for his own future, but it might also bring Jana back into his life. Will the truth about his motives shatter any chance they might have at love?
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Two's Company - An All-Star Event Celebrating the Songs of Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
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The haves and the have-nots come face-to-face in the Broadway hit Good People. Written by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole), this Tony-nominated dramatic comedy finds struggling single mother Margie Walsh laid off from her job at the dollar store and left with the reality that her South Boston neighborhood is providing the same level of opportunity it always has: none. It's the kind of place where, for many people, this month's paycheck covers last month's bills. Facing eviction, Maggie's forced to turn to an old high school flame for help. But he's now a successful physician living in the suburbs ... and Margie is way out of her element. With his signature humorous glow, David Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakable hope that come with having next to nothing in America. Learn More
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Wonderful array of the most talented singers doing well-known and lesser-known numbers. My seat was pretty far back, but good acoustics made up for it. (I paid $25 for my ticket and can't see where the free and $10 tickets could have been much worse). The silent auction was fun and all-in-all, a terrific night.
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A great evening featuring a wonderful array of talent performing wonderful Broadway music
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The cast and the musical accompaniment were excellent. Since the honored composers were there, I believe it would have been appropriate to have them formally acknowledged by the crowd.
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This was an amazing star studded event! Loved it!
The show will feature songs from musicals written by composers
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, including: Wicked, Godspell, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Pippin, The Magic Show, Rags, Newsies, Pocahontas, Little Shop of Horrors, Aladdin and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The All-Star Cast will include: Matthew Ashford *_(Days of Our Lives); _Christina Saffran Ashford ; *David Burnham *_(The Light in the Piazza; Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat); _Patrick Cassidy*_ (42nd Street, Aida, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Leader of the Pack, Pirates of Penzance);_ Kirsten Benton Chandler *_(Into The Woods; The Marvelous Wonderettes); _Kevin Earley (Thoroughly Modern Millie; Les Misérables); *Gregory Jbara *_(Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Damn Yankees; Chicago); _Chad Kimball* (Godspell, Lennon, Into The Woods); Vicki Lewis (Chicago; Damn Yankees); Beth Malone *_(Sister Act – The Musical; Ring of Fire); _Michelle Nicastro (Les Misérables; Swan Princess); Linda Purl *_(Happy Days; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer);* Alice Ripley* (Side Show; Sunset Boulevard);_* Julie Reiber and Emily Rozek ;_ *Sara Rue *_(Less Than Perfect; Popular);_ Rex Smith (Pirates of Penzance, Grease, Kiss Me Kate); *Kevin Spirtas_ (Days of Our Lives; A Chorus Line); Alet Taylor *_(The Producers);_ Andy Taylor (The Producers, Moon Over Buffalo); Terry Trotter (Jazz Legend who has performed with Lena Horne, Miles Davis and Natalie Cole); *Bruce Vilanch (Hairspray; Hollywood Squares), _*Jennifer Leigh Warren* (Big River, Little Shop of Horrors, Marie Christine) and exciting surprise appearances!!!
The cast is subject to change.
An exclusive, unique Silent Auction will precede the show at 6:30 p.m. Auction items will include: vacation packages, one-of-a-kind celebrity items, and an array of signed musical quotes from some of musical theater's greatest composer's, including: Stephen Sondheim, John Kander, Stephen Flaherty, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.


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The cream of Bollywood came together to launch the autobiography of veteran actor Dilip Kumar titled Substance and the Shadow.
The 71-year-old actor, who will be seen in a rugged look with grey unkempt moustache and beard, said it has become difficult to hide the get-up of a film from paparazzi.
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Thanks for the Ku-Dos but do not want to take what is really not mine. The truth is , never served in the War zones. Got hurt on one of the Carriers and spent time in the Hospital , but not from the War. Some drunk moving one of the planes on the hanger deck --accident ! Had a hard time walking after that, and got discharged.<quoted text>
Thanks, Whitey, I'm glad you enjoyed the joke. By the way, thank you, and God bless you, for your service to this country, and for being a member of The Greatest Generation! I was born on July 4, 1946, almost exactly nine months after my Dad got home, so you know what his first priority was, ha-ha! Seriously, though, without you guys, and the huge sacrifices you had to endure, during those years, I shudder to think where this country would be today! Have a wonderful, and blessed day, my friend!!!
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Wasting our waterways
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Sports poll: How many weeks of youth sports camps have you or your children participated in?
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EDITORIAL: Treat those who served with honor
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Family outing
African American cultural celebration at Empire State Plaza will feature entertainment and activities for all ages
The Empire State Plaza will come alive with a celebration of African American heritage on Saturday, Aug. 2, with African American Family Day scheduled from noon to 7 p.m.
Get To Know: Diane Deschenes
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Beatles changed popular music
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Sports poll: Which youth sport has the brightest future in the Capital District?
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EDITORIAL: Icon soon to be a memory
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Young scientists compete to see who can tell the best science tale
A large stage, four curious judges and 10 contestants with only three minutes to perform.
Junk King focuses on customer service
Company also strives to recycle whenever possible
It's all about being green for the Junk King.
Residents feel at home at Beacon Pointe
Memory care program nurtures positive experiences for families
Beacon Pointe is a truly different assisted living community for the memory impaired. The difference is The Peregrine Way.
Screen printing with a smile
Sawyer's Screen Printing & Embroidery does all of the work in house
Rob Sawyer started his screen-printing business seven years ago in a rented basement apartment in Albany with a home-built press and light box and several other pieces of equipment that he put together himself.
Get organized with Neat Chic
Owner Catherine Dryden helps her clients get back on track
An organized life is a happy life. At least that's what Catherine Dryden of Neat Chic Organizing believes.
Art is alive at Avila
Residents host exhibit featuring works of all kinds and styles
Avila hosted its first annual art exhibition on June 4 in the new Resident Center, displaying works of art submitted by 19 of its talented Avila residents.
Get in top shape with Top Form in Delmar
Sports performance training is no longer just for professional athletes.
Get To Know: Christine McCarroll
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RealtyUSA broker leads the way
Jessica Richer strives to embody the golden rule
Jessica Richer continues to pile up the awards.
The Animal Hospital provides the latest in care
Veterinary practice also committed to helping animals find their forever homes
The Animal Hospital was established in 1974 and built from the ground up by Dr. Ed Becker on over 22 acres of farmland.
Emergency backup for peace of mind
Ambrose Electric installs top-quality generators and so much more
An extended power outage can be quite the hassle — melting food in the freezer, no lights for hours, no air conditioning and no TV — but a backup generator can help maintain all those comforts. Ambrose Electric can help give homeowners that peace of mind.
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Studio 2020 approach appeals to those wary of traditional gyms
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The confessional, behind-the-scenes showbiz melodrama goes under the knife -- so to speak -- in this drag comedy. [[Feature~V150513~Girls Will Be Girls~girlswillbegirls]] casts three male performers in the roles of Evie Harris ([[Performer~P234985~Jack Plotnick~jackplotnick]]), a has-been starlet of the '70s who has since gone to seed in her decaying Hollywood home; her best friend and domestic servant, Coco ([[Performer~P232667~Clinton Leupp~clintonleupp]]); and Varla ([[Performer~P353197~Jeffrey...more
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Jolie's bridal gown 'adorned with her children's art'
Artwork drawn by Angelina Jolie's children was embroidered into her bridal gown and veil, adding a touch of whimsy to her wedding last month to Brad Pitt, celebrity magazines reported on Tuesday. Two magazines, People and Hello, published photos of the August 23 nuptials in France, with both…AFP
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The so-called "Islamic State" released a video on Tuesday showing a masked militant with a London accent apparently beheading an American journalist and threatening to kill a British captive. The footage, seen by AFP after it was found online by private terrorism monitor SITE, shows 31-year-old…AFP32 mins ago
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Layout Prototyping Part 1: XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<miglayout xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
layout="ins 20" column="[para]0[][100lp, fill][60lp][95lp, fill]" row="">
<item name="man" params="skip" />
<item name="manSep" params="span 3, growx, wrap" />
<item name="compLbl" params="skip" />
<item name="company" params="span, growx" />
<item name="contactLabel" params="skip" />
<item name="contact" params="span, growx" />
<item name="orderLabel" params="skip" />
<item name="order" params="wrap para" />
<item name="ins" params="skip" />
<item name="insSep" params="span 3, growx, wrap" />
<item name="namelabel" params="skip" />
<item name="name" params="span, growx" />
<item name="refNoLabel" params="skip" />
<item name="refNo" params="wrap" />
<item name="statLabel" params="skip" />
<item name="stat" params="wrap para" />
<item name="ship" params="skip" />
<item name="shipSep" params="span 4, growx, wrap" />
<item name="yardLabel" params="skip" />
<item name="yard" params="span, growx" />
<item name="regLabel" params="skip" />
<item name="reg" params=""/>
<item name="hullLabel" params="right" />
<item name="hull" params="wrap" />
<item name="typeLabel" params="skip" />
<item name="type" params=""/>
About five minuets after I finished I realized I created an XSD for what could be more simply represented as a properties file. Here is a properties file version of the same layout.
layout = ins 20So what did I accomplish? Well I can say I successfully built a system that decouples layout parameters from components. Certainly decoupling can be a good design pattern. Gridbag showed that there was some benefit to the XML way of doing things. Yet MigLayout showed that in the end it's all about the capability of the layout manager itself and not the markup. I don't think just applying XML is going to make GUI layout easier all by itself. I have a web start app demonstrating my prototype.
column = [para]0[][100lp, fill][60lp][95lp, fill]
row =
man = skip
manSep = span 3, growx, wrap
compLbl = skip
company = span, growx
contactLabel = skip
contact = span, growx
orderLabel = skip
order = wrap para
ins = skip
insSep = span 3, growx, wrap
namelabel = skip
name = span, growx
refNoLabel = skip
refNo = wrap
statLabel = skip
stat = wrap para
ship = skip
shipSep = span 4, growx, wrap
yardLabel = skip
yard = span, growx
regLabel = skip
reg =
hullLabel = right
hull = wrap
typeLabel = skip
The source is also available. xmllayoutdemo-src.zip
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Jacek Furmankiewicz replied on Mon, 2008/11/17 - 8:10am
Let me introduce you to my little project called the Java SwingBuilder...instead of prototyping the UI, you actually create it (using MigLayout under the hood):
in particular this section:
In particular see more complex example at the bottom.
P.S. XML blows. It's time you looked at YAML :-)
Collin Fagan replied on Mon, 2008/11/17 - 9:58am in response to: Jacek Furmankiewicz
Hi Jacek,
What I mean by prototyping is "prototyping new ways to do layout". This time I'm using XML. My next prototype will use something else, a scripting language, annotations, closures, something, anything until I find a compelling solution. I've taken a look at SwingBuilder and it looks really cool, but I'm going to keep exploring. Even if in the end I just end up proving that SwingBuilder is the way to go.
Jacek Furmankiewicz replied on Mon, 2008/11/17 - 10:06am in response to: Collin Fagan
Thanks for the clarification.
To be frank with you I find that all Java Swing/SWT layout management problems are solved by MigLayout, especially if you pass "debug" into its constructor (which paints all the container edges on the screen so you can see them), e.g.
setLayoutManager(new MigLayout("wrap 3, debug"));
With MigLayout being able to define ALL the layouts for any control in one and only line of code, any other approach to me is secondary.
The SwingBuilder DSL is just an attempt to make it even easier by providing something akin to a GUI builder (think of it as Matisse for Notepad) to make it more visual.
But in my humble opinion, any layout attempt that does not begin with MigLayout is the wrong approach from the get-go. And I speak of that as a MigLayout user (as I did not write it, it's Mikael Grev's brainchild).
Layout management in Java is only hard if you haven't yet discovered MigLayout. Simple :-)
In my team no one even thinks of doing a new Swing or SWT panel without using MigLayout as the main layout manager.
Alexandre Navarro replied on Mon, 2008/11/17 - 6:14pm
Jean-Francois P... replied on Mon, 2008/11/17 - 11:25pm
Personally, I don't buy all this "do it in XML instead of Java", this reminds me of the early times of Spring (before annotations support), which I always refused to use because of that. I wonder if using XML here really simplifies the work of developers who design a GUI: they still need to "code, try and fix" their code (be it Java or XML) until they get what they want. XML simply removes lots of compile-time checks that you can have with Java code.
Did you take a look at DesignGridLayout? With it, you really don't need any XML at all (actually, I'm sure that using XML would make it less easy to use). It makes irrelevant the "code, try and test" iterative GUI design, thanks to its API which makes it clear what the actual layout will look like.
My 2 cents (and shameless self-promotion;-))
Serge Bureau replied on Tue, 2008/11/18 - 8:43am in response to: Collin Fagan
Collin Fagan replied on Tue, 2008/11/18 - 10:20am
Do you really consider XML as any kind of simplification ???
Honestly I wasn't sure how it sure how it would turn out. Flex and Pivot use XML for a lot more then just layout and I wanted to see if there would be any benefit to an XML based system. I agree that it does suffer from the general failing of XML, it's too verbose. It actually made GidBag easier. But as I said in the article, that's not hard. XML/XDS/XMLBeans does have a lot of power, it just might not be right for layout. I like the general idea of decoupling the layout constraints from the component creation code. It seems like that would be a good way make the kinds of subtle adjustments necessary for internationalization or branding. I'll try something else in my next prototype. After I read up on all these projects. :)
Serge Bureau replied on Wed, 2008/11/19 - 9:52am in response to: Collin Fagan
Do you really consider XML as any kind of simplification ???
Honestly I wasn't sure how it sure how it would turn out. Flex and Pivot use XML for a lot more then just layout and I wanted to see if there would be any benefit to an XML based system. I agree that it does suffer from the general failing of XML, it's too verbose. It actually made GidBag easier. But as I said in the article, that's not hard. XML/XDS/XMLBeans does have a lot of power, it just might not be right for layout. I like the general idea of decoupling the layout constraints from the component creation code. It seems like that would be a good way make the kinds of subtle adjustments necessary for internationalization or branding. I'll try something else in my next prototype. After I read up on all these projects. :)[/quote]
Too verbose is the least of it's problem.
You cannot verify what the XML does, code can be compiled and verified, you cannot inhirit from XML, but you do from code.
So to me using XML for this type of problem is the wrong use of it.
Heng Yuan replied on Fri, 2008/11/28 - 8:34am
I guess that you have never heard of CookSwing, which does GridBagLayout, JGoodies Forms layout, SpringLayout etc all in XML.
There are far more profound problems than merely dealing with gridbag layout. Other issues include how swing components are generated and used. For instance, date, formatted fields, listener hook up etc.
Serge Bureau replied on Fri, 2008/11/28 - 12:53pm in response to: Heng Yuan
I guess that you have never heard of CookSwing, which does GridBagLayout, JGoodies Forms layout, SpringLayout etc all in XML.
There are far more profound problems than merely dealing with gridbag layout. Other issues include how swing components are generated and used. For instance, date, formatted fields, listener hook up etc.
Please expalin what you see as an advantage there ?
You end up with an XML mess that can only be checked at run time, very litle testability, etc ...
It is a big step backward.
Something like SwingBuilder in Groovy is much more advanced.
Heng Yuan replied on Sat, 2008/11/29 - 6:12am in response to: Serge Bureau
There are many advantages:
1. complete layout support for all Swing and JGoodies Forms layout all in XML, which are in hierarchical format. The example in this article only deals with a single layer Gridbaglayout, which is really simple. More complex layouts include working in conjunction with tabbed pane, card layout, splitpane etc. Other things include "labelfor" for keyboard shortcuts.
2. i18n support using resourcebundle (specify in xml)
3. l10n support by switching to different XML template (completely different layout, font, text etc)
4. template support. Check JGoodies presentation on uniform layouts. The common layouts of Okay Cancel buttons can be included as templates.
5. specify complex settings for components inside xml. There are many examples in CookSwingDemo (where xml is loaded and GUI generated on the fly). For example, combo box items, choice selections, spinbox range, steps, etc. Some components take a vector of strings which in turn have resourcebundle names. Loading up icons etc. If you want true separation of presentation layer with business logic, you need to have those.
CookSwing generally can take care of them right within XML in more intuitive ways (at least to me). Usually, a good XUL motor would try to minimize going back-n-forth between Java and XML code.
6. Switching components on the fly. In one application, I had the default JTextField component for <textfield>, which is quite mundane. The art person asked if it is possible to add right click and shows the cut/paste/undo/redo menu. I wrote a subclass of JTextField that has such capability and replace the definition of <textfield> with this class (only takes a single line statement), instantly, all text fields now have this updated feature.
For another in house application, I had <dialog> for child dialog windows. Later on, we switched to JIDE docking framework, I wrote a bridge class that replaces the original component used by <dialog>. Instantly, we switched all of our dialogs to docking windows. We actually tested our application using several different frameworks with this approach without drastically changing the code.
7. Exception handling. CookSwing has several choices of handling exceptions. One is trying to ignore them and do as much rendering as possible (which is reasonable, for example, some text / icons might be missing, but you will add them in later) but with traces. One gives you immediate error to run with test, etc.
The list can go on and on.
As for testing, for serious GUI applications, you cannot test the GUI merely using a script. You will have to check behaviors of buttons etc. These are far more complex to test. Laying out Swing components are actually the easiest and least work for Swing.


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