Rome’s Trevi Fountain flows blood-red

Rome’s Trevi Fountain flows blood-red in ‘anarchist’ protest

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ROME (AFP) — Self-described anarchists on Friday poured dye into Rome’s Trevi Fountain, turning the water in the tourist magnet a bright blood-red, an AFP reporter witnessed.

Leaflets left around the fountain referred to the RomeFilmFest which opened Thursday in the Italian capital: “You wanted just a red carpet; we want a city entirely in vermilion” before denouncing the event’s 15-million-euro (21-million-dollar) budget.

They added: “Today we give birth to a new violent conception of life and history, which exalts the battle against … the toadies of false power, slaves to the global market.”

The statement was signed “FTM Azionefuturista 2007,” in what appears to be a reference to a futuristic art movement founded in 1909 which Mussolini embraced as the official art of fascism.

The tract said the group opposed “this grey and bourgeois society … We who are vulnerable, old, ill, students, workers, we come with vermilion to colour your greyness.”

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Personal

So, Today I’m missing my girlfriend a lot. it’s worse than it’s been this week, just knowing I won’t see her for another week. She’s an amazing girl. a girlfriend. and my best friend. she’s gorgeous, obviously, look at the photo. and you know how there’s a person that makes you feel like a great person? she’s it. I feel like a million dollars with her. and I love fulfilling all those dreams I have, with someone else to support me. theses rainy days don’t bother me anymore. I can dance in the rain with her. the sunny days are brighter.
I’ve got to write a 8-10 page paper on anything. so I’m doing caffeine, for sure. how it affects the body. affects, long term v.short term, chemical processes, composition of caffeine. it should be fun. I’ll probably write here and there.
oh, last night I had a couple glasses of merlot with Ben and Alex. mmm. very tastey and classy. should be doing that again this semester. hopefully with cigars somewhere. and dress suits. Ate at the Diner – Cheese Steak – peppers, onion, mushrooms. yummy. and pounded two beers so I could drunk dial Jacki last night. hahaha. yeah, I’d do anything for her. I really would. And if I couldn’t, I’d try to learn. My bed is so lonely, thank god it’s so small. the space makes it a little bit easier.
This caffeine essay makes me want to have more and more caffeine.

I’ve gotta find out how to install a exe on my linux. ubuntu 3 life.

George Selvie for Heisman

TAMPA, Fla. — Matt Grothe has company in the Heisman race… on his own team.

According to Kevin Blackistone, a national columnist and regular guest on ESPN’s Around the Horn, defensive end George Selvie is a prime candidate for the Heisman and should be the first defensive player considered a favorite since Michigan’s Charles Woodson won the award in 1997.

Selvie has already earned midseason All-America honors from numerous outlets, he is on the most recent Lombardi and Bednarik award lists and is the running for the Ted Hendricks awards as well.

As Blackistone writes:

“Selvie is merely the best pass rusher in the country, leading the nation in sacks. He is the reason South Florida is so stout against the run. When it shutdown the George Selvienation’s leading rusher, Central Florida’s Kevin Smith, last week, Selvie accounted for four tackles behind scrimmage. Tackles for loss is another category in which he leads the nation.

Selvie is the reason South Florida has the 11th best defense in the nation and, if everything ended this October 16th, would be preparing to meet Ohio State for the national championship game.

“His [Selvie’s] numbers are almost freakish,” South Florida defensive line coach Dan McCarney told me Monday. “They’re almost to the point of ridiculous.”

McCarney said he keeps two charts on his wall. One is for sacks; the other is for big plays. Pictures of the players who account for each are appended to the charts.

“We ordered more pictures of Selvie because I ran out of them,” McCarney said.

Selvie didn’t promise so much when he arrived at the Tampa school from Pensacola. South Florida was the only Division I program that offered him a scholarship. And he came as a lanky offensive lineman. He was redshirted. He spent that year winning an award for his work in the weight room. Where’d the discipline come from? Selvie’s father is a 20-year Navy veteran.

Coach Jim Leavitt tried him first at center but moved him to the other side of scrimmage last season because his depth chart there wasn’t as deep. Selvie made Leavitt look like a genius. In an upset at then-seventh ranked West Virginia last season, Selvie made eight tackles and returned a fumble for a touchdown to earn a National Defensive Player of the Week honor.”

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Does ‘Colbert ’08’ Break Federal Law?

Does ‘Colbert ’08’ Break Federal Law?

Ever the publicity hound, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert must understand that no real presidential campaign is complete without a scandal. But does he know that if he succeeds in using his show to help him score a slot on South Carolina ballots as a bona fide 2008 contender, he’ll also violate federal campaign law?

An expert with experience in several prominent Republican campaigns says it looks like Colbert’s getting a corporate contribution from his Report in the form of air time and production costs—that’s prohibited by the Federal Election Commissions Act. “It’s something that I could see people raising,” said the former strategist. “If I was running against Colbert, I would raise this as a campaign issue.”

Viacom, parent company of Comedy Central, has been down this road before with the Showtime reality program The American Candidate, a program about fake presidential candidates in the 2004 elections. In that instance, they got their hotshot Washington attorneys on the case and asked the Federal Election Commission to provide an opinion as to whether or not the show fell under the Federal Election Commissions Act. The FEC said the show was good to go, but with strong reminders that corporations cannot make “any contribution or expenditure in connection with a federal election” and that “any cost incurred in covering or carrying a news story, commentary or editorial by any broadcast station (including a cable television operator, programmer, or producer), newspaper magazine, or other periodical publication, is not a contribution unless the facility is owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate.”

Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions owns The Colbert Report, but clearly Stephen runs the show. In other words, he’s toast.

While a possible violation of a sketchy law by a maybe-real, book-promoting faux pundit isn’t the sort of thing Bob Woodward would tackle, it does give fodder to those who fear Colbert might be this election’s Ralph Nader.

A Comedy Central spokesperson declined comment.
By Nick Curran 10/18/07 4:32 PM

New Cocaine

Redux Cocaine to go Nameless
June 12, 2007
CONTACT: Jared Scott, STICK and MOVE
215-592-0920 | pr@stickandmove.com

LAS VEGAS, NV (June 12, 2007) – Today, Redux Beverages announced that its world-famous energy drink Cocaine would take on a new name, or rather a lack thereof. In a move unprecedented in the cluttered energy drink market, Redux will soon allow its users to individually decide what they want the drink to be called. The new packaging will feature a white “billboard” and copy (“Insert Name Here”) encouraging the user to name it, write on it and brand it. In addition Redux will produce a line of stickers, presented via new in-store displays, to be placed on the cans just in case the user needs a little “help” naming it. Some sticker examples are “Banned by The Man,” “Screwed” and “Censored.” An ongoing naming challenge on the website (DrinkNoName.com) will also be part of the effort.

The impetus for the name change came from political threats from the FDA and several state attorneys general. In May, Redux announced the new name was going to be Censored, but later decided to go a different route, “one that was a lot more fun and engaging” said Redux founder Jamey Kirby.

Mr. Kirby went on to say, “People are tired of all the expected, fake and silly testosterone-fueled, balls-to-the wall goofy names out there. We saw this as an opportunity to put the name of the drink in the hands of the user. Let them decide what they want to call it. We felt this was the best way to maintain the rebellious and fun spirit that the Cocaine brand is.”
Redux Beverages LTD, founded in 2006, manufactures one of the three most-talked about energy drinks on the market (along with Red Bull and Rockstar). Initially called Cocaine, Redux was forced to rename the beverage in 2007 due to FDA regulations. In an innovative move, Redux literally gave naming rights to the user by producing a nameless can featuring a customizable white “billboard” for consumers to write in whatever they want. Redux is also working on new product lines, promised to be equally as innovative, which will be announced soon.

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