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To: gg cox who wrote (72511)	2/13/2010 8:45:48 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Some other Brazilians are getting lessons too... :0) Reining in Rio: Not everything goes at Carnival news.yahoo.com RIO DE JANEIRO – The World's Greatest Party opened Friday, but the everything-goes atmosphere of Carnival that turns Rio into a giant oceanside den of debauchery is under assault. The mayor's year-old, zero-tolerance campaign against petty crimes and disorder is on full display at the first Carnival since Rio won its bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Those who drink too much beer at giant street parties and want to use gutters as toilets — always tolerated in the past — are out of luck. Police have already arrested nearly 100 such lawbreakers. Beaches no longer resemble full-service bazaars with greasy snacks delivered on command under a sprawl of rented umbrellas. Beach football by the sea? After 5 p.m. only please. And something else is missing. Rio's world-famous waterfront pickup club for legal prostitutes has closed to make way for a museum.