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|2013-04-09, 13:44
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I have a bad feeling about the future of the anime... I think the worst thing that could happen to the anime is that 1 arc before the "final" arc there would be a filler that makes luffy look weak just like in the ones we see lately.
I know that not even the manga is close to the end, but if this "make-luffy-weak-in-fillers"-trends goes on like this, it will possibly happen :/
|2013-04-21, 14:02
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|2013-04-22, 13:31
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|2013-05-21, 10:58
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They need a master diplomat, one who has the ability to negotiate and has certain degree of influence in the world....,although luffy has a great inlfuence because of his name, we are talking about during alliances, contracts, investigations,.. robin has little ability to influence people..... (interesingly hoping to be Sengoku's daughter, HAHAHAHA)
physically attractive, long hair up to her waists, wears kimono
preferrably a female, who has a DARK COLD personality, which is clearly seen by her EYES, her weapon is the weapon of reapers plus the ablilty to use chains , though not a devil fruit user. HER INTERESTS ARE OCCULT, MAGIC and mysterious stuff
ANother one is a mysterious yet powerful guy, somewhat like MUKURO/HIBARI of katekyo hitman reborn personality. a male tsundere personality,,, one who cannot clearly identify if he is a strawhat not has he does not directly engage in battles, he prefers special operations, take down strong enemies or reconaissance missions but ready for confrontation when needed.. preferably a mythical zoan user that is excellent in sky battles( well a king of the sky),, A GAMER AND MANGA ADDICT, an OTAKU,,
average size, with a berserkerlike outfit
i want Jinbei (KING OF THE SEA) to join them, hehe
and for some reason SHIKI the LION and DRAGON had conducted a secret meeting in a secret island..
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|2013-07-04, 02:20
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|2013-07-07, 09:19
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Future :
Alliance Between Eutass Kid and the others , i put it on youtube , take a look
|2013-08-18, 01:22
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Serious theories of one piece
This is where ill be posting my theories of One Piece. All of my theories are well thought out and have taken days and weeks of thought for each one, but are constantly changing with the show.
I searched to see if anyone else came to this conclusion like I have, but I was shocked to find that no one has posted anything like this, as far as I could find.
I have no idea what one piece is. I have theories but I'll post them later. But I have an idea that i'm 95% sure is going to be true, and that's about WHERE one piece is. If your looking at the world of One Piece, there are four seas: north blue, east blue, south blue, west blue, plus the red line, a giant 1000 meter tall extremely thick plateau/mountain, that apparently no one ives on for whatever reason, and the grand line, a current of water going in one direction perpendicular to the red line. Normally when ever they're shown the world in the series, the north and east seas are on the top or "north" of the grand line, while the west and south seas are below it, or "south" of it, with the red line running north to south, and the grand line running east to west, or so it appears on the map. But when you think about the names of the seas, you would actually have to turn the map slightly, to make the north blue at the top, the east blue to the east, etc. This would mean that the red line runs northeast to southwest, and the grand line runs northwest to southeast, forming not a cross, but an "X" on either side of the world. As in, you know, "X marks the spot!" Actually this has already been shown in the manga. On either side of the world where the red and grand line form an "X", there is reverse mountain where you enter the grand line, and the "Holy Land" Mariejois. As stated in the manga, it is very hard to find where one piece is, shown when Roger asked Whitebeard if he wanted to know "how to get there". It is implied that one piece is at "Raftel", as well as the true history, but Roger never actually said that it is and island, just a place. Here is my theory about its location. When Luffy reaches the end of the grand line, there won't be and island there and he'll just be staring at the top of reverse mountain, then his "Will of D." will kick in and he'll realize that Raftel isn't an island, it's reverse mountain, or rather, UNDERNEATH reverse mountain, which would explain the ancient looking gates when you start to go up reverse mountain. And that you you would need to stop the water flow and a cave system will be revealed starting where the gates end, or possibly just go under the water flow to watch the water fly up over you with a massive pocket of air underneath it revealing an ancient city, Raftel. Water in one piece has done some crazy things, like the knockup stream, and not to mention sky island and the cloud sea, but I think someone might have done this on purpose to hide the city, the water up the mountain thing. That being said, the "holy land" Mariejois, was probably built on the other side of the world from reverse mountain for a reason, because the founders of the world government knew Raftel was there, clearly, and were terrified of "something" there, so they built their fortress as far away from it was they could, on the other side of the world, in case anyone found it. The location of Mariejois and the fear of the history, one piece, Raftel, etc., shown by the world government seem to prove my theory.
Here are a few other theories I hope to post;
-The devil fruits are actually meant to be found by certain people that the universe has chosen, so they wouldn't actually be random. Their powers just match up so perfectly with their users, implying they were meant to find them. This can also mean a common personality with it's previous users, or maybe a "past lives" sort of thing.
-Vagapunk is actually FROM 500 years in the future and has come back either to stop the World government from being destroyed, which we all know thats where it's heading, or, even more likely, based on the motion of the series, came back and is working through the Government to help it be destroyed and help Luffy on his path using knowledge of how the timeline plays out. (great examples to come)
-And of course what One Piece is *sigh* though I'd really rather not, as I know for a fact I'm going to get it wrong. As I stated above, I really have no clue. When I first started watching the show I knew it wasn't going to be gold, and my theory changed with the feeling of the show. First I thought it would be a seed to grow devil fruits, because I didn't know most people can only have one and when they die it goes to another fruit. Then I thought it was something precious of Roger's like a memento or a family heirloom from ancient times, like the whole "This hat is my treasure" thing. After all, it was Roger's journey that made him king, not what he found. Then I thought it was just the true history. But I was Just caught up in the whole Robin/poneglyph/Ohara thing and came to realize it wasn't that. My current theory will be put in my next post in a few days
Also several others. If anyone thinks i might be giving too much away, please tell me and ill stop posting. Hope this is read!
Luffy: I can't use swords, you bastard!
I don't know how to navigate a ship!
And I can't cook!
Or lie!
And I'm pretty sure I can't live without being helped!
Arlong: How can you be the captain of a ship with no pride!?
What the hell can you even do?
Luffy: I can beat you
|2013-08-18, 08:24
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I really like the Raftel theory. It can't be just an island which can be reached by simply sailing to the end of Grand Line. Some specialty is needed, otherwise one of the Yonkou would have already found it.
The idea that reaching Raftel is connected to the "Will of D." is interesting. I think so too, cause I support the theory that the "Ds" are descendants of the ancients who ruled during the Void Century. Raftel could be the last remaining city of those people and along with the Poneglyphs one of the few remnants from that time.
I'm really interested in the Void Century and the Poneglyphs. I reread the Sykpiea Arc and everytime I read Robin's comment about the Tablets of Clues and Tablet of Truths I'm confused. I so hope Oda has a nice explanation for that.
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|2013-08-19, 14:46
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Sorry about my last post, I accidentally submitted a draft instead of the final copy so there were a couple of spelling errors and some content that i wrote when i was drunk at 2 in the morning that is not in the anime, such as the hight of the red line varying between 10000 meters (somehow the same hight as sky island) and 1000 meters (the height of Mariejois) and the thickness varies. Also that the red line is considered a string of islands with a few currents between them contacting the seas slightly, has it has been implied, I'm not really sure. Also I put that the red line is uninhabited, but that is only along the grand line where the red line is a plateau instead on a mountain. Though the rest of it is right.
This short post is about the strength levels of devil fruits. It was said by Enel and several others that Paramecia type fruits are the weakest of the three, the order of power from weakest to strongest being Paramecia, Zoan in the middle, and Logia as the strongest. But from what we've seen, people with Paramecias can sometimes be significantly stronger than Logia's. Here is my theory on this. When a person first eats a devil fruit, Paramecias will be the weakest, following the order above. Off the bat, Logias are immensely powerful and don't require much training to use. Zoan types will greatly enhance the user's physical strength and agility, and having it for just a little while means you can mop the floor with a group of normal people. Most importantly when a person first gets a Paramecia, their power is weak very hard to use. In the flashback in the very beginning that introduced Shanks, when Luffy first got his power from the fruit, he could be streched when pulled, but could not stretch himself as he can today. During the Marineford War arc, a second flashback reveled that when Luffy and Ace were fighting as kids, Luffy could stretch, but only very little, and it wasn't nearly as fast or as powerful as it is today, and was fairly reminiscent of a wet noodle being thrown at Ace. So here is my thought; when you first get your power, the order of strength is right, but not after you practice with it. In the Water 7 arc, Rob Lucci said that training with a Zoan power increases the users strength, which make sense, a leopard can become stronger, but not learn to shoot energy beams. And with the awakened Zoans introduced at Impel Down, its implied there is a limit to how strong they can be. Logias are the strongest from the get go, but when you think about it, do not Improve with practice. The user can figure out new ways to use it, and get more comfortable throwing their power around, but for the most part, it's level of strength is the same was when you first eat it. And most Logia users tend to rely too much on it, while Paramecias enhance the user, but it's still the user doing the attacking. I think what were going to find out along the series is that paramecias start off as the weakest, but with training, hard work, and creativity, can each become far superior to a Logia, it just takes a long time. For example, who else was shocked by Luffy's gear third? I didn't see it coming, but that goes to show how much a Paramecia can improve.
Luffy: I can't use swords, you bastard!
I don't know how to navigate a ship!
And I can't cook!
Or lie!
And I'm pretty sure I can't live without being helped!
Arlong: How can you be the captain of a ship with no pride!?
What the hell can you even do?
Luffy: I can beat you
|2013-08-19, 19:45
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Also very quickly have you noticed that while Logia's can fly using their powers, they seem to be unable to fly over water? Such as when Kizaru took a boat to get from Marineford to Saboady then was shown riding a cannonball to get onto land? Or when Magallen
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|2013-08-19, 20:30
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^That is probably because they cannot maintain that form for days to travel over the seas.
Notable Exception: Aokiji. He creates ice paths and can take a break on the ice to regenerate his stamina, which would be fatal for anyone who uses it to fly around, because they would fall into the sea and die. And even Aokiji noted that he prefers a ship, because it is much more relaxing.
|2013-08-21, 11:51
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Regarding that Logia flying discussion, I was wondering if there were so many Logia able to fly?
I only remember Smoker, Clown and Crocodile showing the real ability to stay in the air or get to higher levels without touching the ground or a wall by using their abilities.
Normally it should depend on the user's element and the element's density in comparison to the surrounding air, if they are able to levitate.
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Mastitis at Midnight
Heather Herbert
From NEW BEGINNINGS, Vol. 24 No. 4, July-August 2007, pp. 161
My breastfeeding history is varied. I'm currently tandem nursing my second and third children, have nursed through four pregnancies (two resulted in births, two in miscarriages), and I've been nursing for five years, nine months, and two days continuously since my first child was born. Challenges have included primary engorgement that gave me breasts bigger than my children's heads, a premie who couldn't suck, a baby who wouldn't stop sucking, toddler teeth and chewing, toddlers who like to look around without letting go, and a son who liked to lift my shirt in the supermarket. I've nursed in three countries, at supermarkets, in malls, during funerals, and across the entire Atlantic (yes, the whole thing) during a flight. But I still owe huge thanks to veterinarian and author, James Herriott, for saving me on one desperate night.
After having breastfed my first child for a year, I felt lucky. I had never had a plugged duct, cracked nipple, thrush, or bleb. But one night I came down with what seemed to be the worst dose of flu I'd had in years. My temperature skyrocketed to nearly 105 degrees, I was cold, shivering uncontrollably, and my skin hurt. I went upstairs to lie down and as I got undressed I realized that my left breast was incredibly painful. Upon feeling it, I discovered a six-inch long mass on the outside of my breast, and it was hot and hard. Mastitis! And it was midnight with nothing to do but either sit it out or go to our local hospital's "Accident and Emergency" department -- the British equivalent to the emergency room.
I remembered from my breastfeeding books that if a woman develops mastitis, she is supposed to try to empty the breast by having her child feed on that side. I presented my left breast to my daughter, who resolutely refused to even latch on. She did not want to nurse and, in true toddler fashion, she let me know I couldn't make her. Feverishly, I tried to think of something else I could do to get through the night. And what I remembered was a story from James Herriott, author of All Creatures Great and Small, about a farmer who had a cow with mastitis. In "the early days," they didn't have antibiotics, and so the most common treatment was to remove the cow's affected teat and quarter. Well, that wasn't an option for me, thanks! But I also remembered the story of a farmer who, when faced with a prize cow who had mastitis, was told by James Herriott that if he milked that cow frequently it might recover spontaneously. So, I grabbed my manual pump and sat down.
Four solid hours of pumping later, I suddenly had a let down. My breast deflated before my eyes, the hard mass disappeared, and I literally felt my fever drain from me. I went from 104.8 degrees to a normal temperature in a half hour.
I'm sure most of you are wincing at the thought of pumping for four hours. I did suffer from a massive blister -- but it was on my hand. My breast was slightly sore for the next week where the mass had been, but otherwise I didn't have any ill effects, and didn't require antibiotics as the symptoms were entirely gone. I've never had mastitis since, but if it happens again and I can't get to a doctor, I'll tip my hat to my favorite veterinarian.

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Police detained 70 pro-Moscow protesters occupying a regional administration building in eastern Ukraine overnight, but others held out in a standoff in two further cities in what Kiev says is a Russian-led plan to dismember the country.
Ukraine says the seizure of public buildings in its mainly Russian-speaking industrial heartland on Sunday night is a replay of events in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed last month.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said protesters in the town of Kharkiv had been cleared in a lightning, 18 minute "anti-terrorist" operation, pinning responsibility for the building's occupation on Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's ousted Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovich.
"All this (in Kharkiv) was inspired and financed by the Putin-Yanukovich group," said Avakov.
NATO warned Moscow of "grave consequences" to its relationship with the West if it intervened further in Ukraine. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed U.S. accusations that Moscow was destabilising Ukraine, saying the situation could improve only if the interests of Russian speakers were taken into account.
The pro-Russian protesters have been demanding that referendums be held on whether to join Russia like the vote, dismissed by the Kiev and West as illegal, that endorsed Crimea's return to rule by Moscow.
An aide to Avakov said police went in when the Kharkiv protesters failed to give themselves up and surrender their arms. No shots were fired by the police, although some had been from the other side and a grenade was thrown, he said. One police officer was badly wounded and some others less seriously hurt.
The standoff however continued in the mining center of Donetsk, Yanukovich's home base, where a group of pro-Russian deputies inside the main regional authority building on Monday declared a separatist republic.
Ukraine has been in turmoil since late last year when Yanukovich rejected closer relations with the European Union and tilted the former Soviet republic back towards Moscow. That provoked mass protests in which more than 100 people were killed by police and which drove Yanukovich from office in February, leading to Kiev's loss of control in Crimea.
Police say that in a third protest in the city of Luhansk pro-Russia activists inside the main state security building have seized weapons. There was no clear sign that further police operations were imminent in these two cities. "We hope the buildings occupied in Donetsk and Luhansk will soon be freed," acting president Oleksander Turchinov said.
Numbers of protesters involved appear to be small and Ukrainian nationalists, who believe the operations are being coordinated from Russia, say protesters occupying the buildings have been helped by the inaction of corrupt local police.
In Donetsk, steel-and-energy tycoon Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, is mediating with the protesters, but he may have complicated the plans of the authorities by publicly urging authorities not to use force as a solution.
But authorities may anyway have decided not to tempt action by Moscow and hold back and wait for the protests to fizzle out. The West has expressed concern about what it says has been a buildup of Russian forces along the border with Ukraine. Moscow has said the troops are merely taking part in exercises but NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged caution.
"If Russia were to intervene further in Ukraine it would be a historic mistake," he told a news conference in Paris. "It would have grave consequences for our relationship with Russia and would further isolate Russia internationally."
Lavrov denied responsibility for the trouble in Russian-speaking areas of Ukraine. "One should not seek to put the blame on someone else," he told a new conference in Moscow.
"We are deeply convinced ... that the situation cannot be calmed down and changed into national dialogue if the Ukrainian authorities go on ignoring the interests of the southeastern regions of the country."
On Tuesday about 200 people were gathered in front of the building in Donetsk and a group of National Guard were standing to one side. But the situation was calm and there was no sign of any attempt to enter by force.
In Kharkiv, where the "anti-terrorist" operation was carried out, Ukrainian special forces in combat gear, helmets and balaclavas and carrying machine guns stood guard early outside the building whose outside windows were broken. A partly destroyed sign near the main door read: "Avakov - to jail".
Avakov's ministry said the 70 detained were suspected of "illegal activity related to separatism, the organisation of mass disorder, damage to human health" and breaking other laws.
Turchinov said on Monday that Moscow was attempting to repeat "the Crimea scenario" in which pro-Russian forces seized the local parliament and bulldozed through the referendum, clearing the way for Russia to annex the peninsula.
Unlike in Crimea, where ethnic Russians form a majority, most people in the east and south are ethnically Ukrainian, although they speak Russian as a first language.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Lavrov in a phone call on Monday that Washington was watching events in eastern Ukraine with great concern and any further moves by Moscow to destabilise Ukraine would "incur further costs for Russia".
Kerry "called on Russia to publicly disavow the activities of separatists, saboteurs and provocateurs" in Ukraine, the State Department said.
The White House warned Putin against moving "overtly or covertly" into eastern Ukraine and said there was strong evidence that pro-Russian demonstrators in the region were being paid.
Keeping up pressure on Kiev today, the Russian foreign ministry called on Ukraine to stop massing military forces it said were tasked with suppressing anti-government protests.
The dispute has raised fears that Russia might restrict its gas supplies to Ukraine's crippled economy. Russian producer Gazprom confirmed Ukraine had failed to pay for its March supplies but did not say whether the company would take any action against Kiev.
Gazprom cut off supplies to Kiev during price disputes in the winters of 2008/2009 and 2005/2006, disrupting the flow of Russian gas to the EU that is carried via Ukraine. Gazprom said gas transit via Ukraine to Europe remained stable today.


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One of the most galvanizing performers, and versatile Americana musicians in the entire country is basically a Boston-area secret.
One of the most galvanizing performers, and versatile Americana musicians in the entire country is basically a Boston-area secret. Somerville's Tim Gearan likes it that way, and he maintains such a busy schedule of gigs that music fans can catch him, almost literally, any night of the week.
This Saturday is a little bit special however, as Gearan, in his stripped down trio format, will be headlining Club Passim in Harvard Square, playing some of his most recent, unrecorded work. (Saturday's all ages show begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $16. Check www.clubpassim.org for more information.)
At any given point, Gearan might be able to tackle a fiery blues guitar solo, a hip-shaking rhythm and blues groove, or a two-stepping frolic. Gearan the singer boasts a rough-hewn baritone with the sort of warmth and depth of folk star John Gorka. As a songwriter he utilizes all those different facets of his talent, as well as a gift for the kind of detailed, witty, frequently self-deprecating lines that might evoke the best of John Prine or John Hiatt.
But he also has that knack of crafting story-songs that carry the authoritative tone of cultural history, just as The Band's song-vignettes instantly seemed to be part of our collective experience. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," by The Band, for example, seemed like it had to have been penned by someone who was there. But take a listen to the title cut from Gearan's 2012 album "Riverboat," and try to convince yourself that marvelous romp didn't come from halcyon days of yore.
A partial rendering of Gearan's weekly schedule includes frequent Tuesday night gigs in the trio format at Atwood's Tavern in Cambridge, as well as regular Friday night performances at the same club, but with his full, eight-piece band. Monday nights you can find Gearan at Toad in Porter Square, Cambridge, where he's part of the White Owls, along with rocker Dennis Brennan, another local music treasure. At other times Gearan might pop up as a member of The Sea Monsters, and while he isn't an official part of Session Americana, he is good friends with the musicians who form the core of that group and often stops by their gigs, too.
It's easy to see why one publication dubbed Gearan "Residency King of the Hub," or why he won the 2012 Boston Music Award for "Best Ongoing Residency" for his Atwood's series. His instrumental prowess won him a Gibson Guitar Unsung Hero Award in 2004.
Gearan's five albums have shaded sometimes more to one style than another, but they've all been fascinating musical journeys, and all fit nicely under the vast Americana rubric. Seeing his music compared to everyone from Randy Newman to J.J. Cale, to every aspect of The Band is no surprise. The only surprise is why Gearan isn't a major national star touring the world.
"I did plenty of touring in the 1990s," Gearan said from his Somerville home. "Since I got married and we had our baby, I've had more of a longing to be home. I'm also old and lazy."
Gearan toured the world in the '90s as guitarist and co-band leader of soul queen Toni Lynn Washington's band, and as anyone who heard them would tell you, that was an all-star aggregation of some of New England's finest musicians.
"I felt like I had a pretty cozy gig as a sideman there with Toni Lynn," said Gearan. "I guess I was leading the band, along with (keyboardist) Bruce Bears. We did most of the writing, and worked out all the arrangements. I really enjoyed all that and time flew. They booked us solid, year-round all over the United States, and a couple times each year we'd go to Europe too.
"Maybe I got that out of my system," Gearan said. "I can see touring the country in a van when you're a kid, right out of college, sleeping on people's couches, and it is no problem to make those kind of sacrifices. But I love playing around town. Maybe if conditions were different on the road, and maybe when my kid is older, I'll feel better about going out on the road. In the meantime, I'm right here in town and as busy as I want to be."
The time with Washington of course helped develop Gearan's feel for r&b. before that he'd been more of a rock guy who worked a lot of blues, but he also had wide ranging tastes ranging into acoustic music, folk and country. His solo album, when they began appearing about 15 years ago, showed that kind of variety – making for intriguing records, but a hard-to-classify performer.
"Doing the writing for Toni Lynn, obviously that music was geared to her," Gearan explained. "My own solo songs might be 180 degrees away from a lot of that stuff. That's one of the best things about all my different gigs: my Tuesdays are much different than the Fridays. I still love the uptempo r&b hooks, still love rock 'n' roll hooks, and the Fridays have a lot of that. But I've also gone through some writing periods of much more personal tunes, which fit Tuesdays, or will fit the Club Passim show more easily. My sweaty Friday night tunes that get everyone dancing are not the same introspective type of songs I do on other nights."
The Club Passim show will differ from Gearan's usual club dates, in that he'll emphasize his singer-songwriter side, more subtle and lyrics-centered tunes aimed at a listening room audience.
"I'll probably do one long set," Gearan noted. "And I'll write out a much more concrete setlist ahead of time, than I usually do. I have about eight or nine new songs to keep things interesting."
"My Tuesday trio dates are more relaxed, playing whatever comes to mind," added Gearan. "And I love those sweaty Friday nights too. I just like all those different environments. Fridays, with the whole band, we can work out some arrangements. I never play anything exactly the same way every night, but these are all guys who can turn on a dime, so we can have some fun that way. It's not rocket science, so we enjoy opening things up, going in different directions night to night."
That versatility is thrilling, except when people try to describe what style Gearan does.
"All the variety is a strength, or is it a fault?" Gearan chuckled. "Everyone loves to box people in, so 'What kind of music do you play?' is always the first question. I think my mom's generation just called it rock 'n' roll."
The last decade's surge in roots music; country-rock, folk-rock, country-blues, basically any kind of American music that evolved into some kind of rock, has given us Americana. It is a vast tent of often disparate styles, but it fits musical omnivores like Gearan perfectly.
"All I know is I'm seeing as lot of young kids with guitars lately, and that's a good thing," said Gearan. "Purists of any stripe can go jump in the lake, as far as I'm concerned. Muddy Waters was a country guy, and always would've been, until he got to Chicago and plugged in, and gave us electric blues. Music is always evolving, that's what keeps it fresh."
Gearan plans to record his next album by summer's end, at Cambridge's famed Q Division Studios, and he occasionally gets out of the city to venues around New England like Marblehead's Me & Thee Coffeehouse, the Parlor Room in Northampton, Stone Mountain in Maine, or the Narrows Center in Fall River. His stellar octet includes Lou Ulrich on bass, Sean Staples on mandolin, Andy Plaistead on drums, Russell Chudnofsky on guitars, Paul Ahlstrand on sax, Scott Aruda on trumpet, and Chris Anzalone on percussion.


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Trans Woman Wins Breast Implant Contest
Yesterday we expressed some concerns about radio station breast implant contests. However, one appears to have had a happy ending: new breasts to help a trans woman in her transition.
According to CTV, the winner of 90.3 AMP Radio's "Breast Summer Ever" contest is Avery, who will now receive a free breast augmentation. Avery beat nine other finalists — all cis women who wanted implants due to cancer or body dissatisfaction — by a wide margin, receiving 76% of the vote. She says, "entering this competition and winning has helped me to such an extent I can't even explain it."
I still maintain that a contest isn't the ideal way to get a major surgery — for instance, winning ties you to whatever provider offered the prize in the first place, which may not necessarily be the best fit for you. And ideally, health insurance would cover sex reassignment surgery. However, Canada's coverage varies by province, and Alberta, where Avery lives, cut funding for sex reassignment in 2009. So winning the contest may have helped Avery get a surgery she couldn't have afforded otherwise, and it's hard to argue with that. The idea of voting on who "deserves" new breasts remains pretty strange, and ultimately, sex reassignment should be covered for anyone who needs it. But at least as of now, this looks like one breast contest with a happy ending.
Breast Summer Ever Winner Declared [CTV]
Earlier: Radio Station Gives Away Shiny New Pair Of Breasts


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Princeton: Staff didn't harm ball-riding monkey
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Princeton University says it found no evidence that its researchers mistreated a monkey by putting into a ferret exercise ball and had it roll on the floor for 13 minutes.
The university conducted an internal investigation after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed complaints with federal officials in June.
The Times of Trenton (http://bit.ly/Ypooi2 ) reports the university released the results of the inquiry Monday.
The school found no evidence of mistreatment but did say the experiment was not preapproved, as required for all animal experiments. It also said lab staff must be retrained.
PETA had claimed lab staff placed the monkey in the ball for amusement. But Princeton says it was done to explore its use by marmosets.
Information from: The (Trenton, N.J.) Times, http://www.nj.com/times
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I noticed that when my program's GUI (using JFrame) window is minimized and then maximized, the frame contents get erased. Only the buttons reappear as the mouse moves over them.
I tried adding a WindowListener to JFrame and extending an internal class from WindowAdapter containing the following action method:
public class ListenForMaximize extends WindowAdapter { public void windowActivated(WindowEvent e) { mainFrame.invalidate(); mainFrame.validate(); mainFrame.repaint(); System.out.println("Received event"); } }
The "Received Event" println is simply for testing purposes. It prints both when the program is opened and when it is maximized from the taskbar. But, the frame still remains erased. What else do I need to add to the method? Is validating and repainting not the right course of action?
Thanks in advance


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