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Dica de RP, uma das pessoas que mais entende de restaurantes no Brasil.

O Los Angeles Times publicou uma reportagem mostrando que programadores, analistas e engenheiros de software estão começando a influenciar na política americana.

A The Nation comenta o fracasso da política americana de combate às drogas.

...More than a million people are serving time in our prisons and jails for nonviolent offenses, most drug-related, at a cost to the public of some $9.4 billion a year. Many billions more are spent by the states and the federal government on drug interdiction, drug-law enforcement and drug prosecutions. Harsh laws that require lengthy minimum sentences for the possession of even small amounts of drugs have created a boom in the incarceration of women, tearing mothers away from their children. Much of the country's costly foreign-policy commitments--especially in Latin America and the Caribbean--are determined by drug-war priorities. And yet drug use has actually soared, with twice as many teenagers reporting illegal drug use in 2000 as in 1992.

Um russo abriu uma escola para mochileiros, prometendo ensinar técnicas para conhecer o mundo com pouco ou nenhum dinheiro. Veja Moscow Times.
A escola representa um paradoxo: mochileiro de verdade nunca pagaria um curso... :)

Os inspetores de saúde americanos analisaram os riscos de contaminação da aftosa e liberaram nossas exportações, mas recomendaram uma vigilância extrema nas nossas fronteiras com o Paraguai e Bolívia. Veja CropDecisions.com.

According to Jamil Souza, director of the Agriculture Ministry's animal health department, Brazil will seek to export between 20,000 and 60,000 metric tons of beef per year. Brazil recently overtook Australia as the world's largest beef exporter, shipping 1.5 million tons of beef in the 12-month period up to June, according to recent government figures.