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Cheap, good staff, close to food and interstate, comfy bed, WIFI worked. For a low end hotel it was nice.
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Sehr nettes Personal, hatte was vergessen u das haben sie ganz lieb aufbewahrt mit Zettel bis ich 2 Wochen später wieder kam. sehr sauber u direkt am highway, trotzdem leise und sichere Gegend!
The Brunswick Magnuson Inn is off of Interstate 95, just a 10-minute drive from the center of the city. Guests can enjoy free Wi-Fi and free on-site parking.
A microwave and refrigerator are provided in each room of this Brunswick hotel. Guests can also enjoy cable TV channels for extra entertainment during their stay.
Guests can depend on the 24-hour front desk, and meeting and banquet facilities are also on site.
This hotel is a 30-minute drive from the beaches of Saint Simons Island and Jekyll Island. The Emerald Princess II Casino Boat is 13 miles away.
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Location was great.
I stayed two nights they did not come clean my room. They had people who lived there and they kept there doors open and stood outside alot.
The location was good and the staff were friendly.
The roaches were bad. I paid a lot more there than at other hotels in the area. I had to buy my own liquid plumber so I could get the bathtub shower to drain and there is not breakfast offered at this location.
they have switched owners is now is call Howard Johnson and they were slow checking me and it took them an hour. and they did not give me the room I requested when I book.
The accommodations were what you would expect for the price.....or even slightly better.
The hotel says breakfast is included....there is NO breakfast....only coffee! The hotel says it has a business office and internet.....the internet was not working the whole time I was there.
Cheap, good staff, close to food and interstate, comfy bed, WIFI worked. For a low end hotel it was nice.
Toilet was broken but they sent a service rep quickly. It was a low end hotel.
nasty, not enough towels, bugs and spriders everywhere
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Borgo Bello D is a pleasant and spacious two-story apartment in the characteristic style of the Tuscan countryside. It sleeps two people. From Borgo Bello D you will enjoy an enchanting view of the Tuscan hills. Borgo Bello D is 80 square meters (860 square feet). It features a shared swimming pool, a shared garden, air conditioning (please read description below to check in which rooms the units are installed) and winter heating.
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This month, we will put into practice what we learned in Part 1 of this five-part series on printing in Java. In Part 1, I presented the two printing models: the Printable
and the Pageable
. I also discussed how to use the Book
class to create documents. You will start Part 2 by printing your first page; then you will move on to render more complex documents with Java 2D. In addition, I will explain how to use fonts and all their related classes. And, as promised last month, I will examine the issues concerning printing on different platforms. Note that all examples were compiled and executed using Sun Java 1.3 on both Windows 2000 and Linux.
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Print your first page
In Part 1, you learned that the print system in Java has two distinct models: the Printable
and the Pageable
. Though Printable
can print simple documents, it features several limitations, the major one being that all pages must share the same format. The Pageable
model, on the other hand, offers much more flexibility. Used in conjunction with the Book
class, it can create multipage documents, with each page formatted differently. Listing 1 shows how to print using the Printable
Note: All examples, as well as their accompanying source code, can be downloaded from the Resources section below.
Listing 1 will print a half-inch by half-inch grid using the default margin setting, usually one inch for the top, bottom, left, and right margins. Please note that if you try to execute this example with Java 1.2, the margins will not fit; the left margin will be slightly larger than one inch. A bug in Java 1.2's print API causes this glitch.
Now, let's go through the steps required for printing with the Printable
- Create a
object. This object controls the print process by displaying page and print dialogs, and initiating the print action. - Display the proper dialogs, either print or page dialogs.
- Create a class that implements the
method. - Validate the page number to be rendered.
- Render your page using the
parameter. - If the page renders, return the
value; if the page does not render, return theNO_SUCH_PAGE
Use Pageables and Books to print
As you learned from the previous example, printing with Printable
is a straightforward process, but doesn't offer much flexibility when it comes to handling more complex documents. For these types of tasks, the Pageable
and the Book
classes come in handy. As explained in Part 1 of this series, the Book
class allows you to choose whether each Book
's page will use a different page painter or the same page painter as other pages. To see the Pageable
and the Book
at work, let's begin with this example:
This example will print a two-page document using a painter for the cover page and another painter for the document itself. The cover page will print on a portrait-sized sheet, while the second page will be set up to print in a landscape format. Notice that in Listing 2, each painter prints one page; I don't validate the page parameter. To use a painter to print more than one page, consider the next example:
In Listing 3, the code in line 44 adds a third page using the same painter as the first page. In lines 164 through 171, the if
statement checks for the right page to render. Since this is a simple example, the code to validate the rendered page is also easy. But, as you discovered from the previous examples, paging a document can be complex. The print framework that I introduce later in this series will allow you to concentrate on the task at hand instead of completing fancy calculations to fit your document on a page.
Now that you know how to render pages using the print API, it might be useful to present a dialog with which the user can choose the destination printer. You also might want to give the user an opportunity to change the page format and margins. The Java Print API offers two dialog windows, the printer dialog and the page dialog.
Use the print and the page setup dialogs
In previous versions of Java, you were required to show the print dialog box only. Starting with Java 1.2, you can display either the print or the page dialog. This enables you to create unattended print jobs, an ability that becomes useful when you want to set a server to print documents. Using dialogs on a desktop-type application promotes user-friendliness. Let's take a look at the print dialog, as shown in Figure 1.
With the print dialog box, the user can select a printer and modify its configuration. The user can also set the number of copies to print and select the page range. Using this dialog, you transfer control of the print job to the user. The dialog box provides the only place where the user can decide to proceed with the print job or cancel it.
Below, you will find a small code excerpt that displays the print dialog:
if (printJob.printDialog()) { try { printJob.print(); } catch (Exception PrintException) { PrintException.printStackTrace(); } }
The printDialog()
method, part of the PrinterJob
class, shows the print dialog to the user. This method returns a Boolean
value. If the user selects the Print button, printDialog()
will return true; if the user selects the cancel button, the method returns a false value, and the print job will not proceed. printDialog()
only interacts with your application by returning the Boolean. None of the parameters set in this dialog will affect any of PrinterJob
's objects.
The second dialog is the page dialog. With this dialog, the user can change the page setup. Figure 2 illustrates an example of a page dialog:
Using this dialog, the user can choose all the parameters of the PageFormat
object, including the paper size, the paper source, the orientation of the page, and the margins.
The code excerpt below shows how to invoke the page dialog:
PageFormat documentPageFormat = new PageFormat (); documentPageFormat = printJob.pageDialog (documentPageFormat); book.append (new Document (), documentPageFormat);
If the user selects the OK button, the pageDialog()
method will return a clone of the PageFormat
object reflecting the user's setup. If the user selects the Cancel button, then the method returns an unaltered copy of PageFormat
You have now completed the first step on your path to understanding printing in Java. Let's move on to learn how Java handles text.
Handling text and fonts
Rendering text probably represents the most complex aspect of printing. Long gone are the days of daisy wheel and dot matrix printers, when we only needed to know the number of characters per inch and the width of the page in characters. Full justification of a paragraph was simple, too; we just added spaces between each word until the text aligned with the right margin. To align text vertically, we only sent a CR/LF
code to the printer and started printing the next line. Wow, has printing changed! Using today's technology to print two lines of text, one on top of the other, demands much more knowledge, including how to use fonts.
If you want to render eye-appealing text, you must first understand the structure of a font. Figure 3 illustrates how fonts are laid out. Characters align along a line called the baseline, which is the vertical point of reference for positioning a font. The ascend is the distance between the baseline and the top of the tallest character in a string. The space between the baseline and a string's lowest glyph is the descend. The leading represents the vertical distance between two characters, and the font height is the ascend plus the leading plus the descend. Finally, we call a string's length the advance. All of these parameters are font dependent, meaning that text rendered using an Arial font will not occupy the same physical space as the same text rendered using a Lucida font.
The process of positioning fonts differs from positioning a standard geometrical figure. A rectangle's top left corner sets its origin; the baseline on the Y axis and the first character on the X axis mark a font's origin. See Figure 4 to see the font origin's location.
Two styles of fonts are available:
- Serif fonts feature short lines stemming from and at an angle to the upper and lower ends of a letter. Times New Roman is an example of a serif font.
- Sans serif fonts do not have any decorative elements. The Arial font is a sans serif font.
Each of these font styles can be either monospaced or proportional. A monospaced font is a font in which all characters have the same width. Old printers, such as daisy wheel or dot matrix printers, used monospaced fonts, as do many text-based interfaces. Each character in a proportional font spans a different width. We were introduced to proportional fonts when laser printers came out. The first commercial computers to use proportional fonts on both screen and printer were Apple's Lisa and Macintosh -- for those that can remember that far back.
Accessing fonts
Since Java was designed to be written once and run anywhere (WORA), Java creators had to produce a default font family that all Java-supported platforms could access. Even more importantly, Java needed to provide a selection of default fonts, whether or not the peer operating system includes them. Java offers eight default fonts: Serif, Sans Serif, Dialog, Dialog Input, Lucida Sans, Lucida Sans Typewriter, Lucida Bright, and Monospace.
To stay on the WORA bandwagon, Java uses logical font names. These names automatically map to an operating system's fonts. The mapping occurs in the JDK directory's jre/lib/font.properties
file. In this file, you would discover how a particular operating system font maps to Java's Serif font, for example. A logical font name is a name assigned by Java to an operating system font. If you look at the font.properties
file, the logical name is the name that appears on the left side of the equal sign. As an example, Serif is a logical font name that maps to Times New Roman on my computer.
Aside from the logical font name, you can also access fonts by their font face name or font name. The font name is the name given by the font creator, such as Arial, Courier, Times Roman, or Lucida. An example of a font family is Arial; Arial Bold, Arial Italic and Arial Regular are members of the Arial font family.
If your application needs access to more fonts, set the java.awt.fonts
parameters of the Java command -- as in java -Djava.awt.fonts=[fonts directory] ...
-- to point to a font directory of Type 1 (Postscript) fonts or True Type fonts. This offers a convenient approach for broadening your application's fonts without adding them to the operating system. If your application will run on multiple platforms and you want to make a specific font available to your application, pack the font in your application's jar file.
Related font classes
The Java Graphics API supplies many classes that alleviate the task of manipulating fonts. The definitions of some of the more useful classes follow in the table below:
Name | Type | Description |
Font | Class | The Font class represents an instance of a font face. Use this class to create a new font based on the available fonts on the target system. |
FontMetrics | Class (Abstract) | This class contains information about a font and the rendering device. FontMetrics features many utilities, one of which obtains a string's width. Note that this class is abstract; to acquire an instance, you must call Graphics.getFontMetrics() . Use FontMetrics to learn a font's basic metric information, such as its descend, ascend, leading, or advance. |
FontRenderContext | Class | This class provides information about a font related to the rendering device and the rules required to render such a font. Rules define the quality of the rendering. |
Please refer to the JDK documentation for a complete explanation of each of these classes. To learn how to use these classes, refer to the code examples in this article.
It's not easy to render paragraphs of text by manipulating raw fonts. Writing an algorithm to fully justify text that has a proportional font is a laborious task. And adding support for international characters only adds to the complexity. That's why we will use the TextLayout
and the LineBreakMeasurer
classes to render text.
TextLayout to the rescue
offers a great deal of functionality in rendering high quality text. This class can render bidirectional text such as Japanese text, where figures align right to left instead of the North American style, which flows left to right. The TextLayout
class offers some additional functionalities that we will not use in the course of this series. Features such as text input, caret positioning, and hit testing are not necessary for printing documents, but it's good to know that these features exist.
lays out paragraphs, but it doesn't work alone. To arrange text within a specified width, it needs the help of the LineBreakMeasurer
class. LineBreakMeasurer
will wrap a string of text to fit a predefined width. Since it's a multilingual class, it knows exactly where to break a line of text according to each language's rules. The LineBreakMeasurer
class also does not work alone. It needs information from the FontRenderContext
class, which, as its main function, returns accurate font metrics. To measure text effectively, FontRenderContext
must know the rendering hints for the targeted device and the font type being used.
Before I explain the first example of a TextLayout
application, I need to introduce a new class, AttributedString
. This class is extremely helpful when you want to embed attribute information within a string. For example, let's say that we have the following sentence:
This is a Bold attribute.
If you printed this string without the AttributedString
class, you would use the Graphics.drawString()
method, and the code would look something like this:
Font normalFont = new Font ("serif", Font.PLAIN, 12); Font boldFont = new Font ("serif", Font.BOLD, 12); g2.setFont (normalFont); g2.drawString ("This is a "); g2.setFont (boldFont); g2.drawString ("bold "); g2.setFont (normalFont); g2.drawString ("attribute", 72, 72);
Look how much code we needed just to print a simple line of text. Imagine if we had to render an entire paragraph! We can simplify this example with an AttributedString
object. AttributedString
is a string class that supports absolute attributes, which require that you specify the start and the end position of attributes.
Here is our previous example using AttributedString
AttributedString attributedString = new AttributedString ("This is a Bold attribute"); attributedString.addAttribute (TextAttribute.WEIGHT, TextAttribute.WEIGHT_BOLD, 11, 14); g2.drawString (attributeString.getIterator (), 72, 72);
In the above example, the word Bold
is in boldface type. To apply a bold attribute to the word Bold
, use the addAttribute()
method. The first parameter represents the attribute key, which identifies the family of the attribute you want to set. For example, a TextAttribute.WEIGHT
's attribute key indicates that the set attribute will be of type weight.
The second parameter is the attribute itself. If we set the first parameter to TextAttribute.WEIGHT
, then the available attributes are WEIGHT_DEMIBOLD
, and WEIGHT_ULTRABOLD
The third parameter marks the position at which the program should begin applying the attribute, and the fourth and last parameter indicates where it should stop. You can also apply an attribute to an entire string by using the same method without supplying the start and end parameters. Figure 5 illustrates the structure of the text example in an AttributedString
Try the TextLayout
We have now acquired an understanding of all the classes that we need to work with the TextLayout
class. Example 4 from this article's source code (available in Resources) implements TextLayout
to render a paragraph; Listing 4 provides an excerpt. The width of the paragraph has been set to 7.5 inches. The TextLayout
code is located between lines 162 and 235.
To summarize Listing 4: We created an AttributedString
. The addAttribute()
method sets the font. We then create a LineBreakMeasurer
with two parameters passed to it, a character iterator from the AttributedString
, and a FontRenderContext
to supply the necessary font metrics. In return, the LineBreakMeasurer
will provide a TextLayout
object for each wrapped line. The loop completes some basic math to position each line of text. Keep in mind that fonts are not positioned from their top left corner, like rectangles. Instead, the y=0
is located at the baseline of the font. Also, if you want to properly position one line of text on top of another, you must add the descend and the leading together. Refer back to Figure 1 for a graphical representation of the structure of a font.
The next example will implement full justification. We need to add a few lines of code to the previous example. Here is an excerpt of Example 5:
Listing 5's most interesting code section stretches from line 219 to line 259. Although the TextLayout
class features a method that fully justifies a line of text, the LineBreakMeasurer
includes no functionality for detecting the paragraph's last line of text. Since a fully justified paragraph justifies all lines but the last, we need a way to detect the paragraph's last line and print it without justification.
In order to detect the last line, we must first wrap all lines and store them in a Vector
. Then a for
loop will scan each line to check if it's the last line of the paragraph. If it's not, the getJustifiedLayout()
method justifies it. If it is indeed the last line, it is rendered as is.
Printing images
Printing an image is as straightforward as loading it in an Image
object and invoking the Graphics2D.drawImage()
method. The following example illustrates how to print the NASA Space Station image; see lines 165 and 198 for the actual code that prints the image.
The process of printing an image is divided into three easy steps.
- Create a URL that will point to the image you want to print.
- Load the image using a
class. With this class, you can load GIF, JPEG, and PNG files. If you want to load other image types, use the Advance Imaging API. Check out JavaWorld's Java Tip 43 for more information on loading bitmaps (direct link available in Resources). - Draw the image using the
method of theGraphics2D
needs six parameters. The first is theImage
object to print; the second and third parameters are coordinates for the image's top left position, and the fourth and fifth parameters specify the image's width and height. The last parameter is for theImageObserver
. For the purpose of this example, theDocument
extends theComponent
class. AllComponent
classes implement theImageObserver
By following these three easy steps, you can easily render images on paper. If you need to support more formats, you can always download the Advanced Imaging API from the JavaSoft Website.
Printing on multiple platforms
Although Java has been qualified as a WORA language, it must rely on some services provided by the underlying operating system. In order to validate the issues of printing on multiple platforms, I set up a Linux machine with SuSE 6.4 and Sun Java 1.3. To make the comparison fair between Windows 2000 and Linux, I connected the same HP 5L printer to both computers. My main concern was not the output quality, but how Java handles the differences between Windows, which provides standard print and page setup dialogs, and Linux, which doesn't support standard dialogs.
The first problem I encountered was configuring the printer. SuSE Linux uses the APS print filter, and I could not configure my HP 5L to print properly at 600 by 600 dpi. My printer only worked when set as an HP LaserJet 4 with a resolution of 300 dpi instead of the 600 dpi it could produce if used with the proper driver.
I ran my code on Linux without any changes made from the Windows version, and, despite the resolution difference, it printed with excellent quality and superb performance. The display of the print and page dialogs surprised me. They appeared completely different from their Windows counterparts. Figures 6 and 7 show these dialogs:
The drastic differences in dialogs will deprive your application of some functionality. For example, under Linux, you cannot use the print dialog to select a page range, while you can under its Windows counterpart. In addition, Linux's page dialog has no support to set the margins. If you're writing portable applications, you will have to deal with these major disparities and test your applications on all targeted platforms. As I don't yet have access to a Mac running OS X, I cannot offer an example with this platform. I will attempt to access this new OS soon and share my results in a future article.
Part 2 introduced you to the pitfall of the Java Print API: it only provides a graphic canvas to draw on. As the API lacks such concepts as paragraphs, images, running headers/footers, and tables, you must make primitive calls to it to add functionality. I also touched on the issue of printing on multiple platforms and described the differences between printing under Linux and printing under Windows. In Part 3, I will explain the design of the print framework that we will build in the remaining three articles. Until then, happy printing!
Learn more about this topic
- "Printing in Java," Jean-Pierre Dubé (JavaWorld)
- Part 1: Acquaint yourself with the Java printing model (October 20, 2000)
- Part 2: Print your first page and render complex documents (December 1, 2000)
- Part 3: Jean-Pierre Dubé introduces the print framework that works on top of the Java Print API (January 5, 2001)
- Part 4: Code the print framework
- (February 2, 2001)
- Part 5Discover the print framework's support classes
- (March 2, 2001)
- Download the source code for this article
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What some may feel is justice, the Jackson family would call "insufficient," as Conrad Murray faced the maximum possible sentence of serving four years behind bars.
Court documents revealing Katherine Jackson's victim impact statement say she is "devastated" by the loss of her son and "all of the family members feel angry and betrayed" by Murray.
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quote: This. Every time he's out there, I have to remind myself its not Ivory. Looks just like him on the field.
quote:Does Robinson make the team?
quote:Unless I missed something he hasn't run with the 1s yet... I'd suggest we wait and see how he does if he gets 1st team carries before we jump off the ledge.
quote:And Sean never kept Cadet in the first place, just saying
quote:I'd think Cadet and Robinson will play most of the 3rd game as starters rarely play.
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I wish I could find good deals like that at a flea market but live in a gun friendly area and all the old people would have bought it before I could have produced the money. If they don't buy it, then there is a reason why.
Practice doesn't make perfect, it make permanent. When I hear a Liberal say "I can speak for gun owners because I own a shotgun" I just want to scream "Well I can speak for vegetarians because I like lettuce on my cheeseburger!"
Yeah, I saw a lot of people older than me there.LOL!Don't know why they didn't see this as a deal,unless he had just laid out his display of several guns. I had just gotten 2 550 rd. boxes of hollow point Federal 22s at Wal-Mart, so getting a semi-auto made my day. don-ohio (:^)
went to rogers ,ohio yesterday, bricks of federal ammo were 55.00. also a few guys with older marlin 60s asking 200.00
The prices at the flees markets here have been very high. Just saw a mosion 91-30 for 350. someone that doesn't know better will buy it. And don't get me started on the ammo re sellers. 100 bucks for a brick of 22lr
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Youll hear everyone saying how this one or that one is good but also have 10 people saying the same place burned them or sent them bunk product.
Its a fact this happens with every single one. Doesnt matter if you have a mod or rep telling you otherwise because they get free product to tell you this.
Because the research chems are labeled NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION you cant do shit when its bunk....you were not supposed to eat it anyways.
I once ordered nolva and i got fuking 200mcg Clen labeled as nolva. I took 2ml right when I got it....fukin almost killed me.
At any rate, Formeron will always be as labeled, will always be consistent, will NEVER be bunk.
Here is a picture of some exemestane from the latest hot "research" site....this is the place EVERYONE is parroting how great it is.
Ill spare the company the shame.
THere are quarter inch rock crystals in this stuff. COMPLETELY undissolved in the solution.
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This means the stuff will not work. Even after heating and vigorous shaking the crystals remain.
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The recent re-entry of actress Kavita Kaushik aka Chandramukhi Chautala back on her show "FIR" has the actress travelling across the country to announce her comeback to one and all. So it was Jaipur, also known as the pink city, for Kavita to promote herself as she made the most of it during her visit, from interacting with people to shopping and chatting with the real life cops.
After completion of the promotional activities, Kavita started craving for shopping, a weakness trait found in every woman. So it was Bapu Bazaar for Kavita as she went about looking out for some unique pieces of jewellery items. After trying out certain items she finally purchased a pair of silver hoops and forced the shopkeeper to give the same at a discounted price which he readily agreed.
Kavita while shopping in the busy street was recognized by many who made a dash for her to either for her autograph or take pictures with the actress. Kavita also interacted with a traffic cop what seemed like her taking some valuable tips from him for using them while enacting her role as a cop in "FIR".


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Kristen has finally broken her silence regarding the state of her relationship with Rob! Read on for all the details.
Kristen Stewart has had a tough week promoting On The Road at the Toronto Film Festival! The 22-year-old actress is back out in the public eye for the first time since revelations of an affair with Rupert Sanders led to her split with Robert Pattinson. It was in Toronto that Kristen finally addressed the elephant in the room!
Kristen, looking nervous and embarrassed, finally addressed the state of her relationship with Rob.
"We're going to be fine. We're totally fine," Kristen told the Associated Press when asked about potentially awkward run-ins with Rob during promotion for Breaking Dawn — Part 2.
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Posted at 12:22 PM on September 9, 2012
@annisa—-she washed her under wear in public why should we not talk about it.she should have done it behind closed door if she must.and @um ——why must it be rob that will truely love and kS can go about gauging his heart out when she wants.i thought it takes two to tango.why should she have the right to mess around and rob has to wait for her with an open hand just to prove he loves her. i cannot understand KS supporters at all
Eu estou um pouco confusa,o que ela quis dizer com "Nós vamos ficar bem.Estamos totalmente bem"?Quer dizer que ela está se recuperando e seguindo em frente,ou que ela ainda tem esperanças de que ela e Rob voltem?Eu quero saber,espero que seja de que ela e Rob vão voltar,porque se ela seguir em frente tambem e esquecer o Robert ,meu deus meu mundo acaba!Kristen não desista nunca de Robert,nunca desista do seu amor,nunca desista do união de vocês que é a coisa mais linda do mundo!Robsten Eternamente♥
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Posted at 10:49 AM on September 9, 2012
To sgar—if Rob was lacking as you say, why did Kristen give an interview to Vogue U K a short time ago, and say she loved her boyfriend so much, she missed him, wanted to have babies with him, liked his smell, liked his smell on her body, while clenching her fists and becoming very animated? Why did she stay with him For so long if he was so bad? You know nothing.
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Posted at 10:42 AM on September 9, 2012
She was not talking about that!!! For the second time you take her words out of context first you said the cramped in the car thing when she was talking about her character now this!!! Is like every word she says is used against her, we all know she's very private with her life when there was no scandal you really think she talking now.. keep dreaming!!! She said that about promoting BDP2… Gosh slow news day
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Posted at 10:45 AM on September 9, 2012
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just sayin'
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i hope she's not dellusion her self (if that information is true) beside i too think that all of this mess is the work of rupert and liberty. rupert for seducing her.. and liberty for sending the photografers.. those two wannabies b*****s.. they will remain nobody after all this will calm down and be forgotten.. while rob and kris will continue to succeed together or apart
Posted at 11:46 AM on September 9, 2012
@ l0l, 100%. AMEN…..My very first comment I posted on CB was exactly what you are saying.
That Liberty became aware that Rupert had the hots for Kristen, Liberty played like she did not know and loosened the reins on Rupert and he thought he was getting away with something.
Then, Liberty listens to the conversation that Rupert had with Kristen to meet at the park and Liberty called the paps and gave them a "heads up".
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she wasn't talking about her and rob. read the quote in context. she was saying that the twicast will be fine with promotion. In other words, whatever happened with her and rob, it's not going to affect how they do promotions and they'll be professional about it. People need to get a grip, you're more concerned about their relationship than they are.
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I agree she is only 22 yrs old had 2 long term relationships the girl will be more then fine. Yes she loves Rob and Rob her if not he would not have dared her fir 3 years but all good things come to an end. To those of you (who are Rib fans and never liked her) saying she deserves what she is getting from Rob's hateful b itches grow up. Rob NO SAINT and all Kristen did was kiss a married man which she has already said she was sorry for AND do not say they f ucked because you can not prove it she said it was a moment of a mistakes ad YES people do make moment mistakes without thinking what the out will me that is why it is a mistake. If she had been or were screwing this man then THEN THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AT A PARK. She got cought up in a moment sh it happens it was wrong and she knows it so STFU that she is getting what she deserves she did not kiill anyone she did not blow up a building she did not committ a crime she made a mistake which is what HUMANS do. Kristen does not need Rob she is 22 and has here whole like ahead of her she is an amazing actress and beautiful young women both of which Rob has said many times. If they get back together it will be a decision they make be now or later in life if not they will forever be apart of each others life they have gone through so much withTwilight that nothing will change that. They will end up being friends so GROW UP and move on because everyone else is. You idiots make Rob look like a fool the way you act it is no wonder many in HW made fun of in cause of you guys sad how you are grown women with kids and you act like idiots. I feel your kids or the kids you may have someday.
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Of course she has to tell everyone that "we're going to be fine"and "we're totally fine." For people not to worry so much and get mad at her more. If she said" were trying to be okay or "were not okay"expect people to hate her more and blame everything to her. Honestly; their not okay.
Posted at 10:29 AM on September 9, 2012
@ trampire, who cares if they are ok or not. You don't know these people. It is none of fu"" business. Kristen does not need your approval to say or do anything she wants to.
@dn, Kristen does not need Rob to be Kristen, beautiful, successful and a great actress. It is probably the best thing that could have happened to her, to be single again. She was too young
to be in such a serious relationship.
I married at age 23, and I was too young. Have regretted all my life. Kristen has only been with two guys, she needs to play the field, become a player and then pick a husband. You don't buy the first or second dress you see, you look around!!
Posted at 1:31 PM on September 9, 2012
robsten always
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She wasn't talking about them, but if she was she was lying. As much as she hates the media, and now all the stuff that has been said about her. No one could be okay after that. I think she deserves it all because she done wrong and people don't just get over things like she done. She knew this would happen. They can't go anywhere without being watched. I still think liberty knew and had them set up, and I don't blame her.
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I just want Kristen to know she doesn't need Rob to be okay,If Rob truley loves kristen he will forgive her and take her back.I know Kristen was caught up in someting bigger than her.Kristen will be just fine without Robert.It gives her a new start in life,a bit more wiser and mature.She's gonna be just fine.God willing.
Posted at 9:29 AM on September 9, 2012
@joette : Im so damn tired of everyone saying "if rob truely loves her he will take her back" if you truely love someone you would work out whatever problems you have with them and not cheat. Where's the respect? The trust? Nobody is even concerned how heartbroken rob might have been when she did what she did because everybody is so focused on him taking her back. How do u know that that was all that she did? Rob could have found some other information that could have really hurt him to. Be considerate of that mans feelings gosh.
Posted at 10:15 AM on September 9, 2012
Heart broken Rob will survive. Perhaps, if he had been taking care of business between the sheets, Kristen would not have cheated. A nice guy does not mean that they are sexually adequate and since they are "so nice", they think that every woman is happy with a nice guy. If that is the case, both need to move on. It's better that it happened now, while both are young and children were not involved. Sometimes, things happen for the best. Love in a relationship does not address all of the needs to maintain a healthy relationship. I speak from experience!
Stupid ppl..
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Knowing their past, they wouldn't say anything, but there would be pictures of them walking or driving around LA. That what happened last time and the paps are around enough to get something out there. Come on, people! The paps only get paid when it is noteworthy. They are looking…..
Stupid ppl..
Posted at 9:44 AM on September 9, 2012
^Paparazzi doesnt get everything dude. Alot of celebs and go outside without paps finding them. And thats something that kris and rob are good at most of the time. Besides..there is nothing regarding their relationship that they can get pics of at the moment. Maybe in a month or two when they starting promoting BD but not now. TMZ even said that tracking rob and kris down together or seperately is not an easy thing.
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July 23, 2014
Mayo Clinic chaplain begins a new calling at First Baptist
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July 17, 2014
Faith Community Church is expanding again
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June 23, 2014
St. Mary's and Artful Garden Tours next weekend
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June 11, 2014
HHS alumnus David Neuschwander is ordained
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April 24, 2014
Trinity Lutheran group helps repair a church in the Dominican Republic
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April 17, 2014
Pastor Todd Stocker: Easter is a life-changing event available to all
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March 26, 2014
St. Croix County Chaplain Corps: there to help
It was one of the most horrific crimes in St. Croix County –- the murder of three young girls by their father in July 2012. It was also one of Pastor Larry Szyman's first experiences as a member of the St. Croix County Chaplains Corps. Szyman, who is the pastor at Faith Community...
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March 14, 2014
Lenten suppers, fish frys begin this week
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Kris Nord's men's tennis team had a semester GPA of 3.34 |
June 10, 2013
Curious about what Montana's athletics academic advisors do for a living? One example: The Griz women's golf team, which plays its championship season in the spring, had a department-best 3.41 grade point average this past semester thanks to the diligence of team advisor Jen Zellmer-Cuaresma.
"Jen has been the backbone for us," said second-year UM golf coach Emily Milberger, whose team missed 13 days of class during the spring semester due to tournaments and travel. "She is always there to assist the players with any issue they come up against, so she is a large part of our academic success."
It was a semester -- and full academic year -- of yeoman's work for Zellmer-Cuaresma and former Griz soccer player Grace Harris, who is also an academic advisor. The other advisor position in their office has been unfilled for a year, which means Zellmer-Cuaresma and Harris have been doing the work of three.
Despite being down one advisor, Montana still managed to finish the spring with a semester GPA of 3.02. That left the department's cumulative GPA, now at 3.08, above 3.0 for the 16th straight semester.
Women's golf came out on top in the increasingly competitive intra-departmental battle for academic supremacy. Nine of Montana's 12 programs had semester GPAs of 3.15 or better, and the golf team's 3.41 narrowly topped five other programs that came in at 3.3 or better.
The women's basketball team's GPA of 3.23 is fantastic and would be the envy of a majority of the general undergraduate students, who had an average term GPA of 2.90, but the Lady Griz had the lowest average among the women's programs.
Trailing golf among the women's programs were volleyball (3.39), cross country (3.38), track and field (3.32), tennis (3.30), soccer (3.26) and basketball, teams that accounted for two Big Sky Conference championships (soccer, basketball) and one runner-up finish (tennis) during the academic year.
The men's tennis team, which also plays its championship season in the spring, had its ninth-straight semester with a GPA of 3.0 or better. Coach Kris Nord's team led the men's programs during the spring at 3.34.
The men's cross country team, at 3.15, also finished above 3.0. Basketball and track and field came in at 2.82, football at 2.78, with 42 of its 94 student-athletes posting GPAs of 3.0 or higher.
"Having the department's highest GPA is always going to be a battle, because academics are a priority for all of our programs," Milberger said. "We're all striving to win in our particular sport, but we're also striving to win in academics. It's fun to be a part of that success on both levels."
For Milberger's team, having the best departmental GPA during the spring is an especially noteworthy accomplishment. Most of the team's tournaments are played on Mondays and Tuesdays (if not Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays), followed by late-night flights back to Missoula.
Pre-tournament travel is typically on Saturdays, with practice rounds on Sunday. That effectively wipes out the team's ability to use weekends to catch up on missed class time, so plane trips and airport layovers become impromptu team study halls.
"Spring for us is the more challenging of the seasons, with the travel and chaotic schedule we have, but the players have made academics an emphasis in their daily routines, both as individuals and as a group.
"I'm definitely proud of them for the hard work they put in and the dedication they show to both their studies and their golf games," said Milberger, herself a four-time National Golf Coaches Association Academic All-American while playing at Oklahoma from 2001 to 2005.
Six of the team's seven athletes had semester grade point averages of 3.0 or better, with senior Olivia Weber coming in at 4.0 (and graduating last month with a degree in philosophy and a 3.96 cumulative GPA), freshman Phoebe Tan at 3.94, freshman Kyla Clancy at 3.75 and sophomore Tara Green at 3.56.
"That's our goal, to be successful not only on the course but also in the classroom and push ourselves in both areas," Milberger concluded. "It's fun to see them strive for academics, because that's something that will be with them forever."
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I love doing and watching tests like this…
Effort to completely penetrate a 1/4″ thick piece of welding steel with the 62 gr NATO "green tip" round in 5.56 mm. This is NOT armor plating….far from it. Distance to target was 80 yards. Footage includes slow-motion of the hit.
M.D. Adds : This ammo is no more deadly, than standard .223 ammo, I've shot steel plates with regular FMJ .223 and to be honest I did not see any noticeable difference between the NATO round and standard 55 grain FMJ ammo.
The ATF ban of the 62 grain green tip ammo is just a step to ban all ammo that they classify as a body armor penetrating round.
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Veteran activist Zhang Lin faces a possible five year prison sentence. He was detained for peacefully defending his daughter's right to education. Zhang Lin has several health problems.
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Paradise calls to Chase Wilcox. A man of science fascinated by the rebirth of life in the wake of cataclysmic natural upheaval, he is drawn to the lush beauty of the island of Hawaii and the secrets it holds—while escaping the destruction of his own personal world. Here where warm breezes caress the skin and vibrant colors assault the senses—and where dangerous fires rage unseen beneath the earth's surface—Chase plans to immerse himself in his work...and somehow heal and forget. The last thing he needs or wants is love.
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Winter is already upon us. With it come challenging driving conditions, severe weather and below freezing temperatures. It's a good idea to prepare your vehicle for the season ahead before it gets too cold. Many parts in your car act differently during the cold months. You want to make sure that your car doesn't break down or become hard to control. because you didn't get it ready for the chill. Winterizing your vehicle is an important part of maintaining it, and the professionals at Milex Complete Auto Care and Mr. Transmission would like to offer some tips for doing so.
Dealing with fluids and hoses
The one general component in your car or truck that is most directly affected by the winter months are the fluids. That includes your coolant, antifreeze, oil, transmission fluid and others. In some cases, these fluids will freeze or thicken, affecting the vehicle's ability to operate in the worst conditions. The end result is that some of these liquids could easily freeze in the wrong circumstance, causing the engine to seize up and stop running. You don't want that to happen while you're driving.
One of the things you'll want to do is change the oil. Regular motor oil is likely too thick for you to use, so you want to change it to something with a thinner viscosity. The lower the SAE grade, the thinner the viscosity. You may also want to look at oil that is marked with a "W" grade. These have been tested to work at colder temperatures.
Along with motor oil, you also want to make sure your vehicle's antifreeze is working and at the right levels, as well as adjust the coolant to water ratio to better handle the cold temperatures. Both of these are essential to keeping the engine running, and they can easily lose function if not taken care of. While this is all happening, check your belts and hoses, and replace them if they look worn out. The colder months can wear on these components particularly hard, causing them to snap or break. Finally, change both the windshield wipers and washer fluid. The rock salt used to de-ice the roads can do a number on your windshield and reduce visibility. Make sure that the fluid is able to manage the coldest temperatures, since it has the ability to freeze up. Replacing all these fluids can be done through a professional at a Milex or Mr. Transmission.
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Parish councils have formed a working group to oppose plans for a new £200m power station for Eye airfield.
The Parishes Working Group has been formed by the parishes of Palgrave, Thrandeston, Yaxley, Thornham Magna and Parva and Eye Town Council to represent the views of villagers in time for the public consultation's final submission date on September 4.
David Burn, chairman of Thrandeston Parish Council and a member of the working group, said: "The group exists because we are very concerned that this represents over industrialisation of a rural area and while we recognise that we live next to a disused airfield, large chunks of which can be classified as a brownfield site, development has been piecemeal up until now.
"We regard this as too large for that site to sustain and it reduces its capability of attracting more employment."
A decision on Progress Power's plans for the 299MW gas-fired station is due to be made by the government, but the villagers are concerned about the impact on the countryside from a development they feel would be more suited to more industrialised parts of the country, such as the Thames Estuary.
Suffolk County Council's cabinet has backed the power station plan "in principle," but with concerns about the impact on the countryside.
The construction of an electricity sub-station 1.5kms away has also attracted criticism from opponents because of the effect on the rural area.
Other concerns included light pollution, a loss of heritage and archaeological sites, the impact on house prices and a reduction in the amount of land available for housing developments.
Peter Brooke, a co-opted member of the working group, from Thorndon, said the power station would be visible for miles around.
He added: "I think it is just a totally inappropriate area. There are other industrial areas that would be used to a development of this nature."
The gas power station is expected to operate for no more than 1,500 hours a year and will feature five stacks, each of up to 30m in height, providing power for 400,000 homes.
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What strange people? They want electricity but not power stations. How the education system has failed the children in not understandign the two things go hand in hand.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
The biggest mistake has already been made - allowing the huge, ugly and totally useless wind turbines.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Oh for goodness sake, approve it. These parish councils are so out of touch with the needs of today, everyone one of the wishes to pass the buck . We need new powerstations to keep the lights on and with more and more being decommisioned and replacements being slowed down because of opposition from local residents and parish councils, how pathetic and iggnorant are they to not consider the needs of those people outside of their communities. Additionally It isn't the over industrilaisation of a rural area, its just redeveloping an existing site that is disused and derilict into a useful asset.
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The Ocean of Life
One of the world's most prominent and articulate marine scientists gives us an updated, comprehensive, and engaging account of the ongoing crisis beneath the waves.
That the world's oceans are in crisis shouldn't be news to anyone, but it probably is.
Over the past 15 years, several authors – myself included – have written on the multifaceted disaster unfolding beneath the waves. Boneheaded fishing practices; shortsighted coastal development policies; the mass dumping of pollutants, plastics, and fertilizers into ocean-bound rivers; and climate change have – in a geological blink of the eye – impoverished the seas just when we need their living resources the most.
It's a global crisis of profound significance to life on this planet. Yet because it is taking place largely out of sight and, thus, out of most people's minds, it hasn't received nearly the attention it requires from the public and governments alike. There have been constructive measures taken – particularly in this country – but without broader public awareness of what's happening and what's at stake, even sympathetic political leaders are unlikely to give the oceans the attention they deserve.
Thankfully, one of the world's most prominent and articulate marine scientists is taking his turn at bat. In The Ocean of Life, Callum Roberts – professor of marine conservation at the University of York in the United Kingdom – gives us an updated, comprehensive, and engaging account of the ongoing crisis beneath the waves, and how we humans can turn the situation around. Despite the frightening litany of problems facing the seas, Roberts is optimistic that we can and will mend our ways so that marine resources will be there to help support planet Earth in the year 2050, when it will have nine to ten billion people living on it.


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Yalumba Barossa Patchwork Shiraz 2007
Syrah/Shiraz from Barossa Valley, Australia
Winemaker's Notes
Dark red in color with an aroma of mixed forest floor flavors, balanced with dried plums and an earthy, savory complexity. This medium to full bodied Shiraz wine has a balance of red fruits and earthy, cedar textures and finishes with fine, earthy tannins.
Great now, but will reward a further 3 - 5 years in the cellar. Try with Veal Scallopini.
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Wine Enthusiast - "A great value in Barossa Shiraz, blended from a patchwork of vineyards across the region into a full-bodied, softly textured wine loaded with appealing cherry fruit and dusted with cinnamon, vanilla and brown sugar. "
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Yalumba is one of Australia's oldest family-owned wineries and was founded in 1849 by Samuel Smith. From modest beginnings, the Yalumba Wine Company has grown to become one of Australia's most successful medium-sized wineries, owned by 6th generation Robert Hill Smith. Yalumba regularly receives accolateds for its distinctive wines, as well as for its leadership role in the Australian wine industry in the areas of viti-innovation and environmental policy. The Yalumba premium wine portfolio commences with the fresh and flavorsome varietal wines of the Y Series, then moves up to capture the essence of the Barossa Eden Valleys, explores old world varieties through innovated, modern wines in the Hand Picked line, and culminates with the coveted, collectible Yalumba Rare & Fine wines. View all Yalumba Wines About Barossa Valley
View a map of Barossa Valley wineriesThe Barossa zone consists of two sections - the Barossa Valley and the Eden Valley. Wines from the Eden Valley can be labelled Barossa or Barossa Valley.
Situated just a bit east of the large city of Adelaide, Barossa is Australia's wine headquarters. Mega producers are based here, boutique wineries call it home and a majority of the habitants claim their income on the wine industry. The valley is strewn with a series of hamlets, small towns spotted throughout the region.
Barossa Valley
Barossa is red-wine territory, with red grapes consisting of about two-thirds of the region's plantings. The reds, Shiraz in particular, are lauded for their rich, concentrated flavors and aging potential. Old vines of Shiraz and Grenache are popular, many up to 80 years old. The valley is home to some of the most famous vineyards of Australia - this is where the first Penfolds Grange was made. Whites are also found, mainly from the Semillon grape – these wines are as full-bodied as the reds although harder to find. Riesling and Chardonnay are also planted.
Eden Valley
Right next to Barossa Valley, but a bit higher in elevation, Eden Valley is an ideal neighbor. Many wineries source vineyards from both areas as the climate difference in Eden Valley leads to wines of a different character. Reds are still mainly Shiraz and Grenache, but the wines are often more restrained and less dense than those in the Barossa Valley proper. Whites are popular here too. Eden Valley Rieslings and Semillons are particularly excellent.About Australia
Like the United States, which is about the same size, Australia's winemaking regions are huddled into one or two pockets of the country. The state of South Australia, which produces about 60% of the country's wine, also has the most wineries and sub-regions, including McLaren Vale, Clare Valley, Coonawarra and Barossa Valley. New South Wales is home to the Hunter Valley, while the smaller, southern state of Victoria is best known for theYarra Valley. Head way west to the very large state of Western Australia and you'll find the tiny region of Margaret River at the southern tip. -
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