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Giovanni Battista Grassi
|Giovanni Battista Grassi
27 March 1854
Rovellasca, Italy
|4 May 1925
(aged 71)
Rome, Italy
|Medicine, Entomology, Parasitology
|University of Catania
Sapienza University of Rome
|Alma mater
|University of Pavia
|Doctoral students
|Gustavo Pittaluga
|Known for
|Plasmodium life cycle
malaria control
|Notable awards
|Darwin Medal
Giovanni Battista Grassi (27 March 1854 – 4 May 1925) was an Italian physician and zoologist, most well known for his pioneering works on parasitology, especially on malariology. He also worked on the embryological development of honey bees, on heminth parasites, the vine parasite phylloxera, on migrations and metamorphosis in eels, and on termites. He was the first to describe and establish the life cycle of the human malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, and discovered that only female anopheline mosquitoes are capable of transmitting the disease.[1][2]
Grassi was born in Rovellasca, Italy, in what is now the Province of Como. His father Luigi Grassi was a municipal official, and mother Costanza Mazzuchelli was a noted peasant of unusual intelligence. His early education was at Saronno.
From 1872 he studied medicine at the University of Pavia under professors Camillo Golgi and Giulio Bizzozero and graduated in 1878. After graduation he worked first at Messina in the Naples Zoological Station and the Oceanographic Station founded by Nicolaus Kleinenberg and Anton Dohrn where he studied Chaetognatha, then completed his training at the University of Heidelberg in Germany under the guidance of Karl Gegenbaur and Otto Bütschli. While in Heidelberg, he married Maria Koenen.
In 1883 he became Professor of Comparative Zoology at the University of Catania, studying cestodes, the life cycle of the European eel (Catania) and the Moray eel (Rome). Also in Catania he began to study entomology and wrote a student text "The Origin and Descent of Myriapods and Insects" in addition to scientific papers. He also began to study malaria working with Raimondo Feletti on malaria, especially bird malaria.
In 1895 he was appointed professor of comparative anatomy at Sapienza University of Rome, where he would spend the rest of his life. He joined Angelo Celli, Amico Bignami, Giuseppe Bastianelli and Ettore Marchiafava, who were working on malaria in districts around Rome. Grassi was the group's entomologist. The group announced at the session of the Accademia dei Lincei on 4 December 1889 that a healthy man in a non-malarial zone had contracted tertian malaria after being bitten by an experimentally infected Anopheles claviger. Between 1900 and 1902, Grassi, Gustavo Pittaluga and Giovanni Noè made intensive studies of malaria at Agro Portuense, at Fiumicino, on the Tiber, and on the plain of Capaccio, near Paestum.
In 1902, Grassi abandoned his study of malaria and began work on the sandfly responsible for Leishmaniasis (Phlebotomus papatasii) and on a serious insect pest of the grape vine (Phylloxera vastatrix ). Endemic malaria returned to Italy during and after the First World War and Grassi resumed his mosquito studies.[3]
He died in Rome in 1925, while reading the proof of his last paper, Lezione sulla malaria.[4]
Professional achievements[edit]
Anatomy and entomology[edit]
Grassi's earlier works were on anatomy and then entomology. He studied the development of the vertebral column in bony fishes and also endemic goiter. His studies on bees, myriapods and termites were monumental. He also studied the chetognates and the reproduction of eels, and he described a new species of spider, Koenenia mirabilis in 1885, dedicated to his wife.
He also made significant contribution to the study of the phylloxera of grapes, which he pursued for several years. The notes of his observations La questione fillosserica in Italia (1904) influenced the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, which eventually requested him to do an exhaustive study of this subject. In 1912 he produced a monumental investigation of the morphology and biology of the Italian and other European genera of phylloxera. It was a foundation for systematic control of agricultural pests.[3]
In 1876 Grassi investigated his native hometown Rovellasca for the high mortality of cats and discovered that they were heavily infected with the nematode Dochmius balsami. In 1878, while still a student at the University of Pavia, he discovered anchylostomiasis in Italy from by identifying the eggs from the faeces of infected individuals. He continued to made great impacts on the study of Anguillula intestinalis, filarial worms, Trichocephalus dispar, and Bilharzia. He was the first to show that the human dwarf tapeworm Taenia nana is able to go through its entire life cycle in one animal, without the need of an intermediate host, a notion that had long been rejected. He was also the first to show that the flea Pulex serraticeps is the intermediate host of feline tapeworm Taenia elliptica. Thus he proposed that swallowing of infected fleas (for example, with milk) might be the reason for taeniasis in children.[3] In 1879 he published a work on the life cycle of Strongyloides stercoralis, and erected the genus Strongyloides. In 1890 he, with Salvatore Calandruccio, described Dipetalonema reconditum, a non-pathogenic filarial worm of dogs, and showed that the parasite completed its development in human fleas, Pulex irritans.[1]
The first crucial step in understanding the life cycle of the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides was demonstrated by Grassi in a grotesque fashion. To solve a century-old puzzle of how infection of roundworm is transmitted from one host to another, he ingested the roundworm eggs and identified the similar eggs from his own faeces after several days. Thus proving that the roundworm is transmitted through direct ingestion from contaminated source.[5]
Malaria and the life cycle of Plasmodium[edit]
Grassi made his first contribution on malaria in 1890, when he (with Raimondo Feletti) discovered Haemamoeba vivax, later renamed Plasmodium vivax. He described Proteosoma praecox, the malaria parasite of birds. In 1891 he performed the first inoculation of malaria parasites from one bird into another. He was the first to compile a comprehensive monograph on the identity and impact of different malarial parasites. His work Studi di uno Zoologo Sulla Malaria in 1891 is as relevant today as it was in his time. His description of the specific characteristics responsible for benign tertian (Haemamoeba vivax), malignant tertian (Laverania malariae, renamed P. falciparum) and quartan (Haemamoeba malariae, renamed P. malariae) malaria resolved the confusion of the time. In addition, his monograph also presented the first conclusive depiction that the bite of only female Anopheles mosquitoes could transmit malaria. In a classic experiment, he dispatched 112 volunteers to the Capaccio plains, a malaria-endemic area, protected them from mosquito bites between dusk and dawn, and they did not get malaria (except five of them) compared with 415 unprotected volunteers who all contracted malaria. In 1898 he and Bignami were able to produce the final proof of mosquito transmission of malaria when they fed local mosquitoes (A. claviger) on infected patients and found that uninfected individuals developed malaria through the mosquito bite.[6]
The 1902 Nobel Prize[edit]
The 1902 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Ronald Ross basically for his discovery of the life cycle of malarial parasite (or as the Nobel citation goes: for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism...). That was where the dispute ignited which lasted till today. Grassi was the first to suggest that there must be some developmental stage of Plasmodium in the white blood cells. In 1897, independent of Ross, he, along with his Italian associates, had established the developmental stages of malaria parasites in anopheline mosquitoes; and they described the complete life cycles of P. falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae the following year.[7] When the Nobel nomination was called, a modest and self-centered man, Grassi started to have a fiery polemic over priority with a militant Major Ross, which was further exacerbated by the interference of Robert Koch. The initial opinion of the Nobel Committee was that the prize should be shared between Ross and Grassi. Then Ross made a defamatory campaign accusing Grassi of deliberate fraud. The weight of favour ultimately fell on Ross, largely upon the influences of Koch, the appointed "neutral arbitrator" in the committee; as reported, "Koch threw the full weight of his considerable authority in insisting that Grassi did not deserve the honor" (Koch was quite disgraced in 1898 when Grassi pointed out flaws in his methodology on malarial research). Hence, the verdict.[8] The indelible irony was that Ross was definitely the first to show that malarial parasite was transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes, in his case the avian Plasmodium relictum. But Grassi's work was much more directly relevant to human health as he demonstrated that human malarial parasites were incriminated only by female Anopheles (Interestingly, Ross never identified the mosquito species, being not a zoologist, "grey mosquito with dappled wings" was all that he could offer). Indeed it was Grassi who identified the species correctly, and in 1898 who first established the complete life cycle of P. falciparum, the first human malarial parasite for which the entire cycle was determined. By today's standard, they should have undoubtedly shared the Nobel.[2][9]
Grassi's law[edit]
Grassi had developed a dogma that "there is no malaria without Anopheles" or simply, "anophelism without malaria". This was dubbed the "Grassi's Law", which is formulated as: infected man + anopheles mosquitoes = malaria. Although the equation is straightforwardly correct, the reverse implication is not so. In many areas, he himself had noted that where anopheline vectors were abundant, malaria was not at all prevalent, and sometimes absent. This caused a little problem in understanding malaria epidemiology for some time. In fact, in 1919 he identified three typical malaria prevalent localities, but which were not affected by malaria in the same way, such as the gardens of Schito near Naples, Massarosa in Tuscany, and Alberone in Lombardia. In 1921, after repeated assessment, he concluded with the assumption of the existence of races of Anopheles, that there were morphologically indistinguishable mosquitoes that do not bite humans, and that therefore did not play a role as vectors.[10][11] The enigma was solved in 1925, a year after his death, by his pupil Falleroni, who demonstrated that there are six cryptic species of which only four bite humans and transmit malaria.[4]
He won the Royal Society's Darwin Medal in 1896 for his contribution to the study of termites.[3]
He was made a senator in Italy by King Victor Emmanuel III.[12]
A stamp commemorating Grassi with his portrait on it was issued by the Italian post office in 1955.[13]
Bibliography (partial list)[edit]
- 1898. Rapporti tra la malaria e peculiari insetti (zanzaroni e zanzare palustri). R. C. Accad. Lincei 7:163–177.
- 1899. Ancora sulla malaria. R. C. Accad. Lincei 8:559–561.
- with Bignami,A. and Bastianelli, G.. 1899. Resoconto degli studi fatti sulla malaria durante il mese di gennaio. R. C. Accad. Lincei. 8:100–104.
- 1901. Studii di uno Zoologo sulla Malaria.Atti dei.Linncei.Mem. Cl.sc.fis.ecc.3(5),No. 91:299–516.6 plates in colour.
- ^ a b Roncalli Amici R (2001). "The history of Italian parasitology". Veterinary Parasitology 98 (1–3): 3–10. doi:10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00420-4. PMID 11516576.
- ^ a b Cook G (2007). Tropical Medicine: An Illustrated History of The Pioneers. Academic Press. pp. 93–97. ISBN 9780080559391.
- ^ a b c d Franceschini P (2008). "Grassi, Giovanni Battista". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ a b Capanna E (2008). "Battista Grassi entomologist and the Roman School of Malariology". Parassitologia 50 (3–4): 201–211. PMID 20055229.
- ^ Cox FEG (2006). "History of Human Parasitology". Clinical Microbiology Reviews 15 (4): 595–612. doi:10.1128/CMR.15.4.595-612.2002. PMC 126866. PMID 12364371.
- ^ Cox FEG (2010). "History of the discovery of the malaria parasites and their vectors". Parasites & Vectors 3 (1): 5. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-5. PMC 2825508. PMID 20205846.
- ^ Baccetti B (2008). "History of the early dipteran systematics in Italy: from Lyncei to Battista Grassi". Parasstologia 50 (3–4): 167–172. PMID 20055226.
- ^ Esch GW (2007). Parasites and Infectious Disease: Discovery by Serendipity and Otherwise. Cambridge University Press. pp. 137–138. ISBN 9781139464109.
- ^ Capanna E (2012). "Grassi versus Ross: who solved the riddle of malaria?". International Microbiology 9 (1): 69–74. PMID 16636993.
- ^ Fantini B (1994). "The discovery of transmission mechanisms and the fight against malaria in Italy". Medicina nei secoli 6 (1): 181–212. PMID 11640167.
- ^ Majori G (2012). "Short history of malaria and its eradication in Italy with short notes on the fight against the infection in the Mediterranean basin". Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis 4 (1): e2012016. doi:10.4084/MJHID.2012.016. PMC 3340992. PMID 22550561.
- ^ de Kruif, Paul Microbe Hunters 1956 ed. Pocket Books, p. 291.
- ^ Grassi – Mosquito. Bugsonstamps.com
Further reading[edit]
- Conci, C. & Poggi, R. 1996 Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital. 75 159–382, 418 Fig.
- Howard, L. O. 1930 History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal). Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84 X+1-564, 51 plates
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Giovanni Battista Grassi.
- Biography of Grassi in English.
- Biography of Grassi In Italian, English translation sometimes available.
- Grassi versus Ross
- Contributions to Science
- Some places and memories related to Giovanni Battista Grassi


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When I bought this product
Shortly before Christmas 2011 I decided I wanted a new monitor for my PC so started looking on the Argos website and eventually decided on the LG Flatron E2211 which I think was selling for £100 - £120 at the time, unfortunately Argos no longer sell but it is available from Amazon around the £130 mark.
My Experience / Features
After I opened the box and removed the contents which included the Monitor, base stand, VGA cable (D-SUB) and the instruction manuals I decided I would fit the stand first which is done by lifting the monitor and aligning the base of the monitor with the hole at the top of the stand and push the stand and monitor together until it clicks into place (it is secure once you hear this click).
The next thing I did was place it on my desk and connect it to the computer by connecting the VGA cable into the VGA port on the back of the monitor, although it's labelled D-SUB on the back of this monitor, and to connect the to the mains you need a standard three pin kettle lead which should be included with the monitor, once the monitor is switched on and has a signal to the computer it should detect the monitor almost straight away and auto adjust itself (this can be done manually by pressing the menu button which is the first button from the left of the power button and then pressing the third button from the left of the power button).
As I mentioned above this monitor only has a D-SUB (VGA) port which may be limiting to some as most modern graphics card feature a HDMI port, although this doesn't really bother me too much as I've always connected my monitors with the standard VGA cable.
It also has the socket for the standard three pin power cable that is also used to connect the computer to the mains as I also mentioned in the previous section.
Menu Options
To access the menu, or monitor setup as it's displayed on the screen you start by pressing the first button to the left of the power button (I've also just found out you can press any of the buttons to bring up the menu), this will bring up a small rectangle box at the bottom right hand corner of the screen, the menu options also line up with the corresponding buttons.
The first button on the left is the "Menu" option, pressing the button below this option will allow you quickly adjust the brightness, colour temp and the preset options to your liking, while adjusting these options the buttons act as (from left to right) the back (to return to the previous menu), left and right (to raise or lower the brightness) and down (to move between the item to adjust).
The second button from the left accesses the "Super Energy Saving" feature, once on this menu the buttons again act as the back, left and right options which allow you to turn this feature on, off or to reset the data shown.
The third button from the left access the auto adjust feature, all this does is re-align the display when ever it may be necessary although I don't use this feature that often.
Wall Mounting
On the back of the monitor are the standard VESA wall mounting screw holes (measuring 100 x100mm which would allow you to fit a wall bracket and mount the monitor to the wall, as the connections are on the bottom of the monitor you could easily have a flat bracket that sits flush against the wall, although the stand would need to be removed in this case which can be done by pushing in the button on the back of the monitor (it's labelled "Push") and separate the stand from the monitor.
*This monitor is a decent size (21.5") allowing you to view photos and videos at a decent resolution (up to a maximum of 1920 x 1080 in landscape mode, or 1080 x 1920 in portrait mode.
*The monitor is also very light and doesn't take up too much space even with the stand fitted to the monitor, and would take up even less space if wall mounted
*As this monitor features a VGA port it can also be used to connect to an Xbox 360, although it doesn't have built in speakers so you would have to use a separate sound source
*As I mentioned in the wall mounting section the stand is easily removable so would be very easy to wall mount as the connections are at the bottom of the monitor so wouldn't stick out of the back like some TVs do.
*As I mentioned earlier this monitor only features VGA (D-SUB) as a video connection option which may be limiting to people who use DVI or HDMI.
*The light around the power button can be fairly bright when the monitor is in standby mode as it constantly flashes white, I normally get around this by switching off the monitor when I switch the computer off.
Despite the disadvantages mentioned above this is a very good PC monitor and isn't too expensive, it is a decent size that will allow viewing of photos and videos and could also double as a monitor for an Xbox or even a laptop with a compatible VGA port, I will be giving this 4 DooYoo stars due to the disadvantages I mentioned above
This Full HD monitor delivers brilliant colors, better energy efficiency with LED backlighting technology. If you want a superior movie, games and online content experience, this is the monitor for you.
|Product Description:
|LG E2211S-BN - LED monitor - 21.5"
|Device Type:
|LED-backlit LCD monitor - 21.5"
|Panel Type:
|Aspect Ratio:
|Widescreen - 16:9
|Native Resolution:
|FullHD 1920 x 1080
|Pixel Pitch:
|0.248 mm
|250 cd/m2
|Contrast Ratio:
|1000:1 / 5000000:1 (dynamic)
|Response Time:
|5 ms
|Colour Support:
|16.7 million colours
|Input Connectors:
|Display Position Adjustments:
|Screen Coating:
|3H Hard Coating
|Dimensions (WxDxH):
|50.9 cm x 21 cm x 39.9 cm - with stand
|3 kg
|Environmental Standards:
|ENERGY STAR Qualified
|Compliant Standards:
|Plug and Play, FCC Class B certified, UL, TUV GS, cUL, ISO 13406-2, SEMKO, DDC/CI, TCO Displays 5.0, ISO 9241-307, TCO Displays 5.1, TCO '05
|Manufacturer Warranty:
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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > Without a Sound
Keep it, keep it coming, all your loving, oh please don't stop/Fill me right up from the bottom to the top/Keep me cracking like a bubble, pop, pop, pop!/All your loving!
"Dude, no," said a voice which I assumed was Frankie's--I wasn't sure, as I was still debating whether or not I should open my eyes. "Nightmare Before Christmas. End of conversation."
The other person, who I'd by now pegged as Bob, swore some more, and I opened my eyes just in time to see him throw a piece of toast at Frankie's head. They both started yelling and chucking things.
I closed my eyes again immediately, though, because my head hurt so bad that it wasn't even funny. 'What the shit did I drink last night?' I wondered. I could remember the conversation with Frankie in the kitchen, and then going back out to the lounge room, but after that everything was vague--the only thing I remembered clearly was crying and hugging Bob for about fifteen minutes straight. 'Oh fuck--what the fuck did I tell him?' I opened my eyes again and sat up quickly.
I was on the couch in the living room, and someone had draped a quilt over me, which would explain why I was still alive, and not frozen solid. Leon and Ben were snoring on mattresses on the floor; Andy, Dee and Ester where nowhere to be seen; and Frankie and Bob had stopped their squabbling when they saw I was awake.
"Hey, girl," Frakie grinned. "Come get some, uh...what was it again, Bob?"
"Brekky," Bob said, grinning sheepishly at me. So he'd told Frankie about my Aussie heritage. Smashing.
"Morning," I mumbled, stumbling off of the couch and over to the table the boys were sitting at. I realized I was still wearing the hoodie Frankie'd given me last night. It smelt like smoke--I loved the smell of smoke.
"Whose hoodie am I wearing?" I questioned, even though it didn't really matter.
"That would be mine," Bob shrugged.
"Aww thanks Bob," I smiled sleepily.
"Anytime, girl," he said, pulling me into a hug. Bob gave the best hugs ever, I think. He was so cute and cuddly and soft, like a life-sized teddy bear--and he smelt like smoke, too, which was a definite plus. I closed my eyes and pretended to faint, but he held me up.
"You okay?" he whispered. Frankie had gone to the kitchen for more toast, and apart from the sleeping giants on the floor, we were totally alone. Bob sounded really concerned--I must've told him everything, then.
"Im fine, Bob," I sighed. "But, uh...what did I um...tell you last nigh?" I asked hesitantly. He sighed too.
"You just, uh...told me about your dad," he said reluctantly. I nodded into his chest. "Was that, uh...was that the first time it happened?" he questioned gently. I nodded again, and he sighed again.
"Oh my fucking god! Um, I didn't realise you guys were having a, er...MOMENT!" Frankie practically yelled, coming back with a plate of toast. "I'll leave you guys alone, IF YOU WANT!!"
"Shut the fuck up," Bob growled. I giggled as he let me go. Frankie passed around the toast and we all sat munching.
"I wish I had some Vegemite right now," I blurted suddenly. God, I hadn't thought of Vegemite in years. Now that I did, I really, REALLY wanted some. Bob and Frankie looked at me strangely.
"You want WHAT?" Frankie asked.
"Vegemite," I repeated. "It's an Aussie thing, kind of like Marmite, only...different. You eat it on toast. "
"What does it look like? And taste like?" Bob asked curiously.
"It's black...and it tastes kind of..."I struggled to find the right word. "Sour."
Frankie made a face. "Fuck, girl, you're weirder than I thought! Who wants to eat sour shit on their toast!?"
"I do, for one," I said, wondering why I'd even brought it up. "But whatever. So what school do you guys go to?" I asked.
"Belleville High," they said in unison.
"I do too," I said. "I started like a week ago. How come I've never seen you?"
Bob and Frankie glanced at each other sheepishly.
"We, uh...we kinda wagged last week," Frankie admitted.
"You wagged? The entire fucking WEEK?" I asked incredulously.
"Well...yeah. My cousin in Chicago invited us to his band's first gig, and we kinda stayed a little longer than we planned," Bob said, laughing a little.
"Whoa. And you didn't get in trouble?" I asked.
"Well, we got some chick to pretend she was Bob's mom, and she called the school and said we got food poisoning," Frankie shrugged. "But we're expecting some shit tomorrow."
Fuck--I'd completely forgotten that tomorrow was Monday. I'd have to go to school, which meant I'd have to go home-- something I was not looking forward to doing.
Frankie seemed to remember the same thing.
"Oh yeah, you probably wanna go home," he said. "I can drop you off, if you tell me where to go."
I nodded absent-mindedly. Knowing my dad, he'd probably passed out at my house and, knowing my mom, she'd probably seen his car outside, and kept away. So basically, I couldn't go home, AND I couldn't go to school without my uniform. Maybe I could sleep over at Gerard's place, and just see what happened after that. Yeah, that seemed somewhat plausible.
"Well, Bob has to be home for church at like 10:30, so I can drop you then," Frankie offered.
"Church?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at Bob. That sounded amusing.
"Yeah, I gotta go. My mom doesn't like going by herself," Bob shrugged. Aww. Even more teddy-bear-ish-ness.
"Yeah, Bob's our resident saint," Frankie scoffed, his voice dripping with sarcasm, which earned him a punch on the arm from Bob. Just as they'd started swearing again, a sleepy-looking Dee walked in. They both stopped immediately.
"Morning Dee," Bob smiled, and then quickly punched Frankie again. The death-glare he received in return was enough to chill the heart of Satan himself. Dee smiled and waved, continuing on her way to the kitchen. Frankie sighed and stood up.
"Let's go, Bob," he said.
"No way!" Bob said indignantly.
I haven't eaven finished eating--and besides, I don't have to be home for another twenty minutes."
"Yeah, well, I'm dropping Verity off first," Frankie said irritably. I shot him a sympathetic look.
"Come on, Bob, let's just go," I said. Bob muttered a 'did-I-miss-something,' but got up anyways.
"Shit, you guys are leaving?" Dee asked, coming back in with a mug of coffee. "Aww, did I drive you away?"
Frankie looked pained.
"Nah, we have to take Bob to church," I said hastily. "But, uh, what should I do with these clothes?"
"Aww, just keep 'em," Dee said dismissively. "You can bring them back next weekend.
I looked blankly at her.
"Oh fuck, did you guys really not tell her?" she said, glancing from Frankie to Bob. They shrugged sheepishly. "Well, Frankie's having a party next weekend, and last night we all decided we want you to come. And we won't take no for an answer," she grinned.
"Sweet, I'll come for sure," I smiled back. "Oh, do you, uh, want my number?"
A few minutes later, after I'd scribbled my number on the back of Leon's Kerrang!, Bob, Frankie and I piled into Frankie's car and pulled out onto the road. After a little arguing, it was decided that Greenday was the band of choice, and before long Billie Joe's dynamite vocals were crashing through the air.
We drove around a bit until we got to the main road, and I gave him the directions to Gerard's house. I just hoped their parents weren't home.
I noticed Bob and Frankie were looking at each other strangely as we came to a stop. Frankie spoke up.
"You...you live HERE?" he asked, sounding skeptical.
"No, it's just, uh...I can't really go home right now," I said, glancing at Bob. "This is a friend's place."
"So you know Gerard and Mikey, then?" Frankie asked.
"Yeah...wait, you guys know them too?" I asked, leaning forward. This was a whole new development.
"Fuck yeah!" Frankie laughed. "They're like, the only decent people at Belleville High--except Ray, of course. But you don't know Ray. He's great."
I waved my hand dismissively. I didn't really want to hear about how great some unknown was at that point. "That's so awesome that you know them," I said. Frankie nodded.
"Let's go inside and say hi," Bob said, unbuckling his seat belt.
"What about church?" Frankie teased him.
"Fuck church," Bob shrugged. Then he looked horrified. "I mean--oh, shit--I didn't mean to, you know...commit sacrelige." He looked apologetically at me. I just smiled.
"Wait--sack WHAT!?" Frankie laughed, turning around to look at me.
"Never mind," I giggled. "Let's just go inside."
I ran ahead of the guys (let's not forget, the grass WAS soaking wet, and I WAS barefoot) and banged on the door breathlessly. Gerard opened the door warily as Bob and Frankie joined me on the step.
"Oh! Hey--uh, ha, hum," Gerard trailed off, looking from me to Bob to Frankie in confusion. "Holy fuck!" he yelled suddenly, making me jump. "Verity, what the hell happened?"
For a second I didnt' know what he was talking about, but then I remembered the cuts, the bruises, the swollen lip.
"Umm..." I looked at Bob, who looked like he didn't know why I was looking at HIM. I looked at Frankie, who looked just plain curious. I looked back at Gerard, who looked pretty pissed. "Can we come inside?"
"Oh, shit. Um, sure," he said, stepping to the side and opening the door wider. I hesitated a little before walking in. Frankie and Bob followed me, and both hugged Gerard.
"Your parents--?" I asked.
"Nah, they took Mikey to the doctor," he said. I frowned.
"Just a checkup," he assured me. "For his asthma."
"Oh." I didn't even know he HAD asthma.
"So, um, how do you know these guys?" Gerard asked, scratching the back of his head.
"Umm..."I said again. I glanced at Frankie and Bob.
"Hey Frankie," Bob said quickly, "let's go get some food." I shot him a grateful look.
"Wait, what? We just ate break--" Frankie started, but stopped quickly when he saw the look Bob was giving him."Ah--sounds great." They scampered off to the kitchen. Gerard turned to me.
"Seriously, Verity, now you're starting to worry me. What happened? Are you okay?"
I sighed slightly. As much as I didn't want to tell him, I felt he had a right to know--I mean, I HAD just rocked up to his house, and he didn't yet know that I wanted to stay the night. So I told him everything--my 'visit' from my dad; running onto the street and getting lost; then getting found by Frankie; drinking myself to sleep; and finally, waking up and realizing that my dad was probably still at my house.
"So that's why I came here," I finished, looking up at him. He looked angry. I looked down again. "I know you're probably pissed at me, and I would've called, except I didn't have your number, and--"
"Hey, hey, hey," Gerard cut in. "Don't even mention it. I'm--" He paused and pulled me into a hug. "I'm just sorry that had to happen to you, is all."
"I closed my eyes and let my head rest on Gerard's shoulder as he stroked my tangled hair. I started to cry softly again, letting out the emotions that I'd mostly repressed last night.
"It's okay, it's okay," Gerard breathed, hugging me tighter. I heard him kick the front door shut. "You can stay for as long as you want."
"Thanks, Gerard," I sniffled, pulling back a little to look him in the eyes. He smiled sadly.
"Aw, sugar, don't worry about it."
I smiled back at him and he gently wiped the tears from my cheeks. I winced a little when he accidently touched one of my cuts. Gerard let go of me as Bob and Frankie returned, obviously having eaten nothing.
"Umm...Bob has to go to church, so we're gonna go," Frankie announced, pretending not to have seen us hugging.
"Thank you so much, Frankie," I said again, hugging him. He patted my back awkwardly before pulling away. I smiled a little to myself, and hugged Bob.
"Thanks for listening to my shit last night, Bob. And sorry if I said anything stupid...I was off my rocker," I said, my voice slightly muffled since my face was buried in his chest--he WAS really tall, after all.
"Don't worry about it. And you didn't say anything stupid," Bob lied kindly.
"Oh, and you both gotta come on Saturday," Frankie said, his foot halfway out the door. "And bring Mikey too, yeah?"
Gerard nodded, and they left. We both stood in the hallway, a little unsure of what to do now that we were finally alone.
"You, uh...wanna watch something?" Gerard ventured.
"Sure," I said, wondering if it were possible that he was as nervous as I was. "You got any good movies?"
"Yeah, we have...well, you can just choose one from the cupboard in there," he said, nodding in the direction of the lounge room. "I'll get us something to eat, kay?"
I went into the lounge room and sat in front of the cupboard, looking up at the huge array of DVDs. Most of them were shlock horror, but there were a few psychological ones too, like The Blair Witch Project, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and...The Sixth Sense! That was my favourite scary movie ever! As I grabbed it and read the back cover for what was probably the billionth time in my life, Gerard came back in with a bag of jellysnakes and one of Maltesers.
"Did you find one?" he asked, putting the bags on the coffee table and pulling the couch up close to it.
I nodded. "How about this one?" I asked, holding it up so he could see the cover.
He chuckled. "You like that one? Okay, put it on."
I hesitated. "You sure? Cause if you wanna watch something else..."
"No, it's okay. I wanna watch that one," he said, still with a smile around the corners of his mouth.
I smiled to myself as I put the movie on. I sat next to Gerard on the couch and he got up to turn off the lights. It was pretty dark, even though it was mid-morning. Gerard came back and sat down next to me; he was so close I could feel the warmth of his skin, and it felt so good that it was distracting me from the movie. He ripped open the bag of jellysnakes and held it out to me.
"You want?" he offered. I took a red one and started to suck on it. I pulled my knees up to my chest as we watched.
"Hey Gerard?" I asked, without taking my eyes off the screen.
"Do you mind if...if I hold your hand?" I know, that sounds like the type of move a retarded retard would pull in place of flirting, but I was genuinely freaked out--no matter how many times I watched this movie, it scared the shit out of me every time.
"Sure," he said, laughing a litte as he reached over and grabbed my hand. I seriously couldn't have been happier just then; I loved the feeling of being scared, and just being next to Gerard was enough to make all the shit in my life worthwhile.
Gerard's P.O.V.
I looked at Verity out of the corner of my eye. Even though her light brown hair was messy and she was wearing pajamas, I thought she looked fantastic. Her lips were just the right shade of red, and her dark grey eyes darted intently as she watched the screen. The truth was, I'd seen the movie about a hundred times, and I pretty much hated it by now; but I would've told many more lies than that if I could only make her happy.
"Hey Gerard?" she said suddenly, startling me out of my reflection. She was staring at the screen and sucking on a jellysnake. God, she looked so fucking beautiful.
"Yeah?" I said, trying to sound casual rather than worshipful (if that's even a word).
"Do you mind if...if I hold your hand?" My heard started to beat a little faster. No matter that we'd already kissed--that gesture meant the world to me just then. She was scared, and she wanted me to comfort her.
"Sure." I sort of laughed as I took her hand. I don't know why; maybe because I was just too happy to hold it all in. But I didn't know what was happening in New York at that very minute--somehitng that would threaten the happiness I'd barely grasped ahold of.


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Dayton Daily News
Flavored drinks, targeted advertising and the pressure to fit in lead to 40 percent spike.
By Jim DeBrosse
OXFORD — Rachel Boden just finished her freshman year at Miami University, but she said she's already seen too much binge-drinking among her friends, many of them women.
"They do it to look good and fit in," Boden said. "They think it looks cool. It's not. I've been there and I've seen them."
The irony is, many of her coed friends don't even like the taste of alcohol. "They talk about what they can do to hide the taste. So if you have something that doesn't taste like alcohol, you're definitely going to drink more of it."
Critics say that's the intent behind the proliferation of fizzy, flavored and sweetened alcoholic beverages during the last 10 years, such as Mike's Hard Lemonade, Smirnoff Ice and Bacardi Silver, along with advertising aimed at young people.
They say both are factors in the dramatic increase in binge-drinking among college-age women, which was up 40 percent between 1979 and 2006, according to a study by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Binge-drinking is defined as having had five or more drinks in a row within the past two weeks.
But officials at the Distilled Spirits Council say more recent figures from a national study by the University of Michigan show a decline in binge drinking among college women, from 37 percent in 2006 to 34 percent in 2008.
Trade officials point out that the Federal Trade Commission has twice investigated claims that flavored malt beverage marketing is targeted to youths "and both investigations concluded that these products were marketed to adults."
Brandon Busteed, whose Outside the Classroom website sponsors an online alcohol education class taken by a third of all entering U.S. freshman, said surveys that accompany the course have shown a "flip flop" in coed's attitudes toward the taste of alcohol during the last 10 years.
"In the past, one of the major reasons women said they didn't drink is that they didn't like the taste," Busteed said. "Most recently, one of the top reasons they say they do drink is just the opposite — they do like the taste."
The problem of binge-drinking among college women came to the fore in the Dayton area recently when three different sororities, one at the University of Dayton and two at Miami University, were suspended for having drunken parties this spring, resulting in property damage. The damaged sites were Top of the Market on Webster Street in downtown Dayton, Lake Lyndsay Lodge in St. Clair Twp. and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati.
Sorority members are twice as likely to binge-drink as other college women, but whether sorority membership leads to more drinking or whether heavy drinkers are more likely to join a sorority "becomes a chicken-and-egg thing," said Scott Walters, a behavioral scientist at the University of Texas School of Public Health and author of "Talking With College Students about Alcohol."
"To some extent, both seem true," Walters said. "Women who are risk-takers and more social and outgoing are more likely to drink. They're also more likely to join a sorority."
For whatever reason, more college women across the country are joining sororities, according to the National Panhellenic Conference, the umbrella group for 26 of the largest sororities in the country. New membership in the 26 sorority groups grew from 155,000 in 2001-03 to more than 175,000 in 2007-09, according to the NPC website. In 2009, the sorority groups had nearly 260,000 undergraduate members, with 90,000 new members joining in 2008-09 alone, the NPHC said.
Bethany Bruner, 20, a junior at Miami University, is not a member of a sorority but says many of her friends are. "There just seems to be this culture that if you drink you have to make it worth your while." For those who are under-age, "you have to drink as much as you can and you have to do it before you get caught," she said.
Bruner agreed that "alcopops" have appeal to young women, especially those who are too young to go to bars and order mixed drinks. "When you go out, the girls aren't drinking beer," she said. Often, she said, it's mixed drinks with "lots of shots" of distilled liquor masked by the taste of fruit juices.
To save money and to avoid getting caught for under-age drinking, a growing number of college men and women are "pre-gaming" or "pre-partying" — terms for binge-drinking privately with friends before going out to a party or other social event for the night, Busteed said.
Surveys by Outside the Classroom show that many college women pregame their drinking because they think it's safer to drink with a small group of friends, Busteed said. What the women don't realize is that they are setting themselves up for disaster later that night if they continue to drink.
"Those who pregame are much more likely to experience negative consequences from their drinking," Busteed said.
College women should keep in mind, too, that college men say their top reason for pregaming is they think it will increase their chances for having sex that night, Busteed said.
Angela Lawson, a 17-year-old freshman at the University of Dayton, said there's entirely too much pressure on young women to drink at parties, especially from males. "If you don't drink, you're stuck up. It's like, 'Oh, she thinks she's too good to drink with us.' "
Tricia Lammers, a sophomore at UD, agreed. "If you're at a party and you're not drinking, you're sort of isolated."
Even so, Lammers said she doesn't drink. "I don't see the benefit," she said.


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We take a dip into the personal experience of someone already touched by the horror of the game. A new major player presents herself.
Anna Tare (Female Student #14) was still sitting on the tiled floor of the suburban kitchen. Well, I say sitting. She was in more of a laying position. The floor was cold beneath the exposed skin of her arms and cheeks.
Her eyes were still puffed up from crying and long tear stains had spread down her cheeks. Her rectangular designer glasses were discarded to the floor next to her face. Reflected in the polished glass surface, the smashed mobile phone lay across the room from her.
The only reason that she hadn't moved into the living room or the rest of the house was due to the simple fact that every single door was locked. The only one that remained open was the back door that led from the outside into the kitchen.
It was probably left unlocked when the government evacuated the "playing area."
She just wanted to go home. She wanted her daddy. Her real daddy. Not that sick freak on the other end of the phone. The phone she'd smashed using the knife that she'd found in this kitchen (her actual designated weapon was in fact a small banjo, although this had nothing to do with her current situation).
Reaching out with a trembling hand, she clasped the handle of her kitchen knife and pulled it towards her. It's blade dragged across the tiled surface, resulting in a high toned sound that hurt her ears. This may sound strange but it was (much like a teddy is to a small child) a form of security. It made her feel safe.
The back door creaked open.
Anna shrieked. Scrambling along the floor, she ducked behind the free-standing worktop.
She'd seen it. The person had entered the room, with their arms raised. They were holding a gun!
"Calm down," arose an articulate voice. The trembling tone indicated that whoever the person was, they too were scared. However, the voice also carried with it a certain air of dignity to it that implied that they were attempting to quell the fear. "I'm not going to hurt you."
This wasn't what Anna heard. Echoing in her ears was the sombre maliciousness of: "I'm not going to hurt you. I just wanna torture you, cut off your head, skull-fuck your corpse a couple times, burn the house to the ground and go home and masturbate. Okay?"
Okay, despite being a complete 'daddy's girl', she had what one would call a "truly guttural" mind. Whenever someone would say or do something that she didn't like, she would often respond with: "Ugh, kill yourself." The perfect blend of stuck up bitch and a truly sick mind.
The fact that she was also an avid Anime and Manga fan (among other things), also contributed to her truly stomach churning auditory hallucination. Most Hellsing fans would recognise said speech from Jan Valentine's rant approximately half way through the second OVA of the series. (Now that she thought about it, god she was sad. "Ugh, kill yourself." But alas, there were more pressing matters at hand. This person who'd just entered the house was going to KILL her!!!)
Anna could hear the footsteps coming closer to her. The person who had entered the room might have been speaking, trying to calm her down. She didn't know. She didn't care. This person had a gun. This person was trying to kill her. Those were the rules of the game. She was going to die. Die. Die!!
"Die, you fucking bitch!!" Anna screamed, dashing out from around the free standing worktop and dashing towards the room's new occupant.
As she ran towards the source of the voice, knife flailing wildly in the air, her eyes, now devoid of glasses, obscured her view of her 'enemy' in a fuzzy blur. Despite her vision, however, she still had a decent idea of where the door was, because of the draught. Not to mention the reflection of light off of the barrel of the gun blazing in her peripheral vision.
Despite the SIG-Sauer P230 being a semi-automatic model, due to the close range of the shot, Anna's hearing was disabled for a brief instant. The gun must have been right next to her head when it fired.
That means she passed them.
She continued to run, not bothering to attack the girl with the gun. Instead she opted to sprint through the back door and across the garden. Reaching the back fence, through blurred vision, she desperately looked for the gate. No sooner had she found it, she flung to wooden structure open and ran down the public footpath that joined the backs of the houses. (This was irrelevant, but every house on this road was locked save for the one that she hid in.)
As she ran down the footpath, the nettles that bordered the metal fence on her left slapped at her legs. Several managed to sting her though a hole in her tights. Jesus, that hurts! Wait, the only hole in her tights was way up her thighs. It should be covered by her skirt.
She realised that due to her excessive running, her tight skirt had risen up her legs so much that it was now more of a belt. Other than her tights and underwear (Hmm, g-string, not a bad choice) her lower body was practically naked.
She didn't care. She just wanted to get away. Get away. Get away! Anna turned into the gap in the metal fence and ran into the trees. She fell several times, but every time she got back up and continued to run.
There was no way that bitch in the house was going to catch her.
Robin Seere (Female Student #16) bore a bemused and dumbfounded expression. Lowering the SIG-Sauer in her right hand, she stared out of the back door of the house and found herself (horribly enough) smirking at the sight of Anna sprinting down the footpath.
Sure she knew that the situation was dire, but even in the horrors of The Program, Robin recognised a humorous situation when she saw it. If she was honest, it was probably one of he funniest things she had seen in a while. Almost everybody in the Sixth Form found Anna to be incredibly annoying. Robin saw the situation as karma.
However, despite this, she still felt bad. What if, because of her, Anna ran into someone that was actually playing this fucked up game? What if, because of her, Anna died?
She was an Executive in the school. Despite discarding her badge and blazer, Robin still saw herself as this. She was supposed to do what was right for the students. Jeremy, the head boy, was already dead and Louise was still out there somewhere. That combined with her scaring Anna, she began to feel like they were completely useless. If this was the case with her, she could only imagine how the Officers were dealing with the situation.
(Officers was the term coined by their school that was used to describe prefects. They were divided into two types: Academic, who were in charge of clubs based on the specific subject that they were an officer for; and House, that were tasked with everything to do with the houses that the students were divided into. The only officers included in The Program were Tom Staring [Business Studies Officer], Alex Hall [Politics Officer] and- Wait, that can't be right? Will Pryer [House Officer].)
Robin debated over whether she should chase after Anna and try to calm her down. She decided against this. Sorrowfully clasping the door handle, she closed the back door of the house.
Walking across the kitchen, she reached the door that probably led to the living room. Robin tried the handle, but nothing happened. It was locked. Not one to give up without a fight, however, she slammed her shoulder against the wooden surface and felt the lock buckle. Performing this action once more, she forced the door open.
Examining the wall on the other side of the doorway, she realised that the lock was a simple thin slide, explaining why she was able to force it open.
Robin whirled around suddenly and raised her gun. Breaking into a sigh, she realised it was just a cat and lowered the weapon.
An extremely thin brown cat sat on the sofa on the far side of the room. Tilting it's head to the side, it threw the "who the fuck are you and what the fuck are you doing in my house?" look across to Robin, while still maintaining an air of inexplicable cuteness.
"Aw, you poor thing," Robin cooed, hurrying over the room and sitting on the sofa next to the cat. Scratching it behind the ear with her finger, she noticed just how underfed the cat was. It was probably locked in the house when the government evacuated the owners for The Program.
Picking it up and cradling it in her arms, she carried it to the kitchen and set it down beside the worktop. Opening cupboards at random, she finally found a bowl, a fork and a tin of cat food. Emptying the contents of the tin into the bowl, Robin set it down on the floor and watched the cat eat.
"Don't worry, kitty, you're safe with me," she whispered reassuringly.
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Ft. Sill, Okla._An update on the Fort Sill soldier who was named the Army Times Soldier of the Year last week.
Monday, it was back to work on post for Chief Warrant Officer 2 Karen Beattie. She had been in Washington D.C. receiving the honor.
"I was like, that is really cool that my chain of command thinks so highly of me, but I truly didn't think I would get it because there are so many soldiers that do so many amazing things every single day," WO2 Karen Beattie said.
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Being a REAL Army Wife
The reality of being a military mom is nothing like a TV show.
Tammy Munson: A couple of years ago when Lifetime came out with "Army Wives," I thought, "Hey this is pretty cool ... they will show the rest of America what our life is really like!" This was not the case. It was like Desperate Housewives meets JAG.
The show, while highly entertaining, did not portray what being a military wife was like, not to mention getting a lot of military protocols wrong. For example, the General's wife and the Private's wife will not be hanging out together in a bar, and berets are worn correctly. If my husband saluted like the soldiers do in that TV show, his commander would hem him up.
I am a proud Army wife. I love our life. I'll be the first to admit, it is sometimes very hard. We endure a lot of sacrifice for supporting our spouses so they can serve their country. Yes, we do get nice benefits and military discounts, but I guarantee it's not as nice as one might think.
Yes, it is true that we get a military housing allowance and don't have to spend anymore for our health care. I know many non-military people say to me, "Oh, it must be so romantic being married to a soldier." I guess it does have a sort of romanticism to it, but that is not the norm. There are days when my husband has to work 16 hours a day, get up in the middle of the night to attend to one of his soldiers, etc. A soldier in the Army is a soldier 24/7/365!
The worse part of our life is deployments. We don't get the luxury of knowing where our spouse is, how they are doing, and if they are OK or not. I hear all the time from wives whose husbands travel that they know how I feel. On some level, I'm sure that they do know what it is like to be the only parent in the home for a while. Although their husband is safe and sound in a hotel somewhere and will not be shot at, blown up, etc.
Even though we don't wear a uniform, military spouses are expected to serve as well. We serve our fellow military spouses in times of need, participate in the Family Readiness groups, and engage the local military community. We are both mom and dad to our children; we pick up the slack in our homes while our spouse is away, and we make sure that ALL of our soldiers have what they need.
Today, May 8th, is a very special day for military spouses. It is Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Back in 1984, President Ronald Reagan created this special holiday just for us military spouses in recognition of the sacrifice that we make. I think military spouses should be thanked every day, because without our "service" the United States Armed Forces wouldn't be able to do what they do.
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THANK YOU so much for expressing exactly how I feel, along with other military wives!!!
I LOVE this!! It is so true! My husband is a Marine, so I know exactly what it is like! And that show does us military spouses no justice. I watched one episode and have never watched it again.
Thank you for posting this, and Thank you for being a military spouse!
I love the show. I am not a military wife. First of all, who would watch if the show portrayed your life exactly as it is? (Few people would watch a weekly t.v. show, if my life as a public school teacher were portrayed accurately.) Second of all, should every protocol be portrayed exactly as it happens? I think not (for security reasons). You want a reality show, then go to A&E or BRAVO and pitch your ideas. The show did get people thinking about how you live (I wasn't thinking about it before this). It continues to draw attention to issues affecting the military (and military families) and allows us (people who have no idea about your life) to learn more on our own. My dad is a veteran (served before I was born), so I have always been grateful to the women and men who serve, but I never thought to thank the families, too. However, hearing this point over and over just makes me want to say… you did choose to marry into the military. I don't expect any special thanks for teaching in a high-need area (urban education), I do it because I love the children and the subject I teach. You do what you do, because you love your family. That having been said… Thank you for your sacrifice(s).
LOL! You read my mind, especially about the show. I get comments about the housing allowence all the time and how people think we got it going pretty good, however it barely pays our rent and everything else comes out of our base pay (lol, we are junior enlisted so it is not much). I have also noticed that I am treated like a second class citizen on base because I am a spouse. I like this article because I am now informed about "Military spouse day" and will celebrate it next year. Thank you!
Um,I understand what your saying..to a point..Sure being an "army wife" can be difficult on a husband/wife/child(ren) relationship. However, with the declining economy, more and more people getting laid off every month, and millions of people unable to afford healthcare (or COBRA for that matter);I think you should be greatful your husband has a secure job, military housing, and pretty decent benefits! Something that unfortunately an EXTREMELY large amount of people don't have one or more of these things! So don't give me the "boo-hoo I'm a military wife and its SOOOO difficult!" Save that for your "fellow" military friends! Right about now in this day and age, they are the only ones who can truly relate to you!
I am an army wife and I agree 100%!
Being a Military Spouse can be so hard. Matter of fact, it is real hard. Some people really don't know or understand what we go through.
Prettygirl32 clearly doesn't have the slightest idea. Yes the economy is terrible but it effects us too. My husband and I had to make the hard decision to remain far away from our families to reenlist to secure our future. And yes we chose to marry a soldier. I'm sorry I can't choose who I love. Military housing has very long wait lists and even with allowances you can barely make ends meet off post. ALL of us in and out of the military are suffering. Don't ask for pity if you can't return the respect.
want to know what your REAL army soldier is doing?
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PLAYERS: Ronde Barber
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With promises of a fresh start, a new head coach, millions spent in free agency, half price concessions, free parking, and a celebration of team legend Ronde Barber's 200th consecutive NFL start, one would think the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would have no problem selling out their season opener at Raymond James Stadium against the division rival Carolina Panthers. Think again. According to Buccaneers director of communications Jonathan Grella, the Bucs aren't even close to selling out the contest against the Panthers, which means the game will likely be blacked out. How bad is it? The Bucs are about 9,000 seats away from reaching the new 85 percent blackout exemption rule. That means there are still about 19,000 seats for the game still available as of right now. Unless the Bucs sell those remaining 9,000 tickets before the 4:25 PM deadline on Thursday, this game – like nearly every home regular season game the last two years – will be blacked to local fans within...
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