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public class Utils {

    /**
     * Capitlize each word in a string (journal titles, etc)
     * 
     * @param text
     *          Text to inspect
     * @return Capitalized text
     */
    public static String capitalize(String text) {
        StringBuilder resultText;
        char previousC;

        resultText = new StringBuilder();
        previousC = '.';

        for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
            char c = text.charAt(i);

            if (Character.isLetter(c) && !Character.isLetter(previousC)) {
                resultText.append(Character.toUpperCase(c));
            } else {
                resultText.append(c);
            }
            previousC = c;
        }
        return resultText.toString();
    }
}