Tales from the Technoverse

Tag: brazil

  • Bullying and the World Cup

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    In some fashion I see a thread between this morning’s story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/13/when-bullying-is-good-for-kids/?tid=up_next which talks about how bullying turns out to be good for the bully (well, duh) and this other morning’s story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/13/brazils-advice-to-world-cup-tourists-dont-scream-when-robbed/?tid=up_next which indicates Brazil’s advice to tourists who visit the World Cup “Don’t scream if robbed”. Have a nice day.

  • July 4th & American Exceptionalism, Reposted

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    In December 2009, I was asked by the Inter-American Development Bank to participate in a project to look at eGovernment for the Brazilian Government. During the time I worked on that effort, I got to know a number of the IADB staff. One of them who was born in  Spain, married an American wife, and…