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After the purchase, Jeselsohn stashed the tablet in his Zurich home and moved on to other collectibles. Then, three years ago, he invited an Israeli scholar, Ada Yardeni, to Zurich to examine writings on ancient pottery shells. The expert's eye, however, was drawn instead to the tablet with its 87 lines of Hebrew script. "She was fascinated" says Jeselsohn. "Yardeni said the writing was just like on the Dead Sea Scrolls...
...City Council adopted a measure at last night’s weekly meeting that incorporates provisions from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into the Cambridge Municipal Code. The ordinance requires the removal of small architectural barriers that prevent people with disabilities from accessing businesses and public buildings...
Title III of the ADA requires that such barriers must be removed when doing so is “readily achievable”—that is, when it can be done without too much difficulty or expense...
Under the new measure, the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities can enforce these ADA requirements, whereas before, doing so required an appeal to the U.S. Department of Justice...
...Ada Colono, the victim’s mother, declined to comment. Leone’s office and Pring-Wilson’s lawyer could not be reached for comment...