Category Archives: family

Appeal for “Sheduled Ring” on mobiles

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Anyone who has gone to church, synagogue, mosque, or any regularly-scheduled meeting over the last twenty years has encountered the irritating interruption of cell-phone ringing. Yesterday such an embarrassing event disrupted the NY Philharmonic’s performance at the Lincoln Center. It … Continue reading →

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Birthday in South Lake Tahoe

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

Thank you to all of you who wished me Happy Birthday by various 21st-century means! At Lizzie’s strong encouraging we took a 3-day road trip to Tahoe. Of course we did not check the news to discover that Tahoe is … Continue reading →

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A bird in the hand

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

Today Gabriel and his friend Clark learned a powerful lesson. We were at the local park, throwing tennis balls, when the fellow who was on the other side of the wall remarked that he had found two baby birds on … Continue reading →

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Venezia

Posted on July 16, 2007 by

Venezia   I spent five days in Venice with my family, thanks to Professor Balbo’s hospitality. As numerous writers have pointed out, Venice is unlike any other city in the world. The first, obvious point is that all the major … Continue reading →

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People

Posted on June 4, 2006 by

Here are Engineer Dehyar and Sabri, whom I worked with in 2003. At that time one of my tasks was to go through the International Building Code and identify passages for translation from English. The two sections that seemed useful … Continue reading →

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