New Year's 2013

Happy New Year ~ 2013		português
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Mauricio, Lucia, Alec, and Sasha at the tailgate party before the June 9th Brazil-Argentina match at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey
MAKE SPACE Dear Friends, Welcome to our 2012 family review. The purpose of this page is to share with you what we have been up to this past year. Here is a quick summary: We continue to live in Holmdel, New Jersey. Mauricio and Lucia still work at AT&T. Sasha lives in Brooklyn and moved to a new apartment there this year. She works for Teach for America, a non-profit in New York City. Alec is studying computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. He will graduate in May 2013. He moved to a new apartment with two house mates for his senior year. He turned 21 on August 3rd. Lucia continues to dance tango and really enjoys it. She traveled to Brazil with Mauricio and Sasha in August-September. Mauricio's work has taken him around the world this year: Spain, four times to Brazil, Florida, Russia, Arizona, and Portugal. He got to work as a call center phone operator for two days this year. We had many visitors. Mauricio's mother, Renalva, spent two months with us and experienced hurricane Sandy with us. We ended the year by traveling to Punta Cana for Christmas vacation. MAKSPACE
Holmdel
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Sunset in Thompson Park	April blossom	Rhododendron in May


Magnolia flowers on the ground in Holmdel Park		Basil from our herb garden
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	We continue living in Holmdel, New Jersey, about 50 miles (80 km) south of New York City. Our home is located by car about 10 minutes from Lucia's work, about 50 minutes from Mauricio's work, about one hour from Sasha's apartment in Brooklyn, and about six hours from Alec's home in Pittsburgh. We had almost no snow during the 2011-12 winter. But, for the second year in a row, we had a hurricane!
Our home in May		Our home in October
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Sod farm in Holmdel, New Jersey		Swans near our house in October

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Pond near our house in Thompson Park		Colors of fall in Thompson Park


Deer on our lawn in October	Some of Holmdel's colorful vegetation	Deer in our backyard in August


August sunset in Thomson Park	Pond in Holmdel Park in October	Colors of fall in Holmdel Park in October
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	Mauricio, Lucia, Sasha, and Renalva keeping warm during Hurricane Sandy in October	Sandy's powerful winds did a lot of damage
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SP	Weatherwise, the big storm in 2012 was Hurricane Sandy which came right over us in October. We lost power, landline phone, and heat for five days, cell phone for three days, but had hot water, cooking gas, and a cooler with ice which helped a lot. We listened to WNYC on a battery-powered radio for five days. Fortunately, unlike many people in the region, our home survived with no damage. Mauricio's mom Renalva was with us during the entire ordeal. Lucia and Mauricio went to Mauricio's lab which had emergency power and got to work a couple of days from there.
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	Sandy destroyed much of New Jersey's beaches
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Sasha
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Mauricio and Sasha at Traif Restaurant in Brooklyn	Lucia and Sasha at Maria & Lou's for Easter	Sasha and Maria in April
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	Sasha has been working at Teach for America in New York City since August of 2010. She lives in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn and commutes to work on the subway. This year she moved to a new apartment, about a mile from her old one. She took over the room from a friend who moved to Chicago to work for the Obama campaign. The room is big with a balcony and her own bathroom and a view of the top floors of the new World Trade Center. She has three house mates.
Sasha working from Holmdel in April		Sasha and Lucia dining in Brooklyn
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Sasha with Lucia at Metlife Stadium during Brazil x Argentina match in June		Sasha at parents home in June
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	In September, Sasha vacationed in Brazil with Mauricio and Lucia. She traveled there with Mauricio to meet her mom who went ahead and came back to Brooklyn alone since her vacation days are limited.
Sasha with Mauricio and Renalva in Itaipava in September		Sasha with cousin Dominique in Itaipava in September
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	In Brazil she first visited her grandmother in Itaipava and was with her aunt Vilma and cousins Dominique and Alexia there.
Sasha with her aunt Vilma and cousins Dominique and Alexia		Sasha with her grandmother Renalva and cousins Dominique and Alexia in Itaipava in September
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		Sasha at Pepe Beach in Rio
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In Rio went with her parents to the home of their friend Renato Carneiro for a rooftop BBQ, saw her maternal grandmother, Maria Ignez, uncle Lucio and aunts Regina and Vera, as well as aunt Maureen and her godfather Geraldo.
	Sasha with Nana, Tony, and Renato in Rio in September	Sasha at Renato's rooftop terrace in Rio in September
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Sasha at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio in September	Sasha at Pousada Casa da Ruth in Geribá Beach, Búzios, in September	Sasha at Pousada Casa da Ruth in Geribá Beach, Búzios, in September
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P	In Brazil, Sasha traveled to Búzios, one of her favorite beach destinations, with her parents and cousin Dominique.
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Sasha walking on Geribá Beach with cousin Dominique in September	Sasha at Tartaruga Beach in Búzios in September	Sasha in Rio in September
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	Being a U. of Michigan graduate, she follows their football closely. Her dad also watches the Michigan games on TV and send SMS to each other commenting on the games. Sasha regularly comes to Holmdel to spend the weekend with her parents.
Sasha with Mauricio in Holmdel in October		Sasha with Lucia in Holmdel in October
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In December, she traveled to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with her parents and Alec for a week during Christmas.
	Hotel room with a view in Punta Cana in December
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P	On December 31st she celebrated her 25th birthday. Sasha's plans for the near future include attending grad school starting 2014.
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Sasha in Punta Cana in December		Sasha turned 25 on December 31st
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Sasha & Alec
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Sasha and Alec with Lucia in Thompson Park in March	Sasha and Alec with Mauricio in Thompson Park in March
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	Sasha and Alec get along very well together. Though Alec lives in Pittsburgh and Sasha in Brooklyn, they managed to see each other many times during 2012.
Sasha and Alec at Japanese restaurant Sono in March		The family having sushi at Sono in March
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	Easter lunch with family and friends in Holmdel	Sasha and Alec at Meflife Stadium in June

Sasha and Alec at home in August	Sasha and Alec at home in Thanksgiving	Sasha and Alec at Juanito's in Red Bank in November
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They both enjoyed spend time together at an all-inclusive resort in Punta Cana ... their first time at an all-inclusive.
	Sasha and Alec sunbathing in Punta Cana in December
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Alec
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Alec with Lucia and Mauricio at home in May	Alec with Lucia at Juanito's in Red Bank in May	Alec with Mauricio leaving Carnegie Mellon for summer break in May
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	Alec goes to college at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. In August, he started his senior year and will graduate on May 19, 2013. Until his junior year he had lived on campus. This year he and two house mates rented a large three-bedroom apartment about 15 minutes from campus. Alec came home to New Jersey for spring break in March, summer break in May, fall break in October, and winter break in December. He spent a good part of his summer composing and recording music with friends in Holmdel. In October he had his first job interview.
Alec's 21st fondue birthday dinner with his parents and sister at Melting Pot in Red Bank		A toast to Alec's 21st birthday!
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Alec turned 21 on August 3rd. We celebrated at a fondue restaurant. Ever since he was 9 and visited France, he loves fondue. The celebration continued at home with friends after dinner.
	Alec with his parents and sister on his 21st birthday	Alec with friend Justen having dinner with his parents, Sasha, and his grandmother, Renalva, in October
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Alec with with Maria during Thanksgiving dinner	Alec with Mauricio leaving Pittsburgh for winter break in December	Alec with Mauricio in Punta Cana during winter break in December
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	In November, Alec came home for Thanksgiving. In December he came home for his winter break and spent a week during Christmas with his parents and sister in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.
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Lucia
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Lucia at home ready to head out to tango in February	Lucia with baby Matteo in NYC in March	Lucia with Mauricio at home on her birthday on March 8th
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	Lucia's passion has continued to be Argentine tango dancing in 2012. She loves it. Most of the time, she dances with her tango partner, Mark Genco.
Lucia dancing tango with Tom at Middletown Arts Center in March		Lucia with Patricia and Valéria in Hoboken in April
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Lucia caring for her roses in May		Lucia at home in June
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	In June Lucia and Mauricio went to see a James Taylor concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. James Taylor was big back in 1978 when Lucia and Mauricio started dating. We were surprised at how many people showed up for the concert!
Lucia at home ready to head out to tango in June		Lucia at James Taylor concert in Holmdel in June
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	Lucia, the photographer, with a Canon EOS-1D in August
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In August Lucia traveled to Brazil, 10 days ahead of Mauricio and Sasha, to attend the 80th birthday party of her aunt Betinha. She took advantage of being in Rio alone for 10 days to practice her other dance styles, like forró, salsa, and samba de gafieira. After Mauricio and Sasha arrived, she continued having dance lessons and even got Mauricio to go with her to a few dance venues, like Rio Scenarium.
	Lucia with sisters Regina and Vera in Rio in September	Lucia and Sasha with Renato Carneiro in Rio in September
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	Lucia got to see all her maternal cousins when she went to Solange's birthday with Mauricio and Sasha.
Lucia with sister Regina and cousins Sonia, Solange, Angela, Evelyn, and Dora at Solange's birthday in Rio in September
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		When New Jersey friends Dora and Frank, together with Janet and Ed, came to Rio for a week in September, Lucia and Mauricio took them to Rio Scenarium with Geraldo Veiga.
Lucia at Pepe Beach in Rio in September	Lucia at Rio Scenarium in Rio in September
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		This year Lucia went to lots of beaches, like Pepe in Barra da Tijuca in Rio, Geribá in Búzios, and Punta Cana.
Lucia at Geribá Beach in Búzios in September
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Lucia enjoying coconut water at Ferradurinha Beach in Búzios in September	Lucia dancing tango with dance partner Mark Genco in December	Lucia on vacation in Punta Cana in December
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		Waist-deep waters in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic in December
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Lucia on snorkeling outing in Punta Cana in December	Lucia in the sky with diamonds in Punta Cana in December	Lucia on the beach on her last day in Punta Cana in December
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Lucia & Mauricio
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	Lucia with Mauricio at home in February	Mauricio with Lucia at Thompson Park in March
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	Lucia and Mauricio have an empty nest, except for the weekends Sasha comes to visit and Alec's school breaks.
Mauricio with Lucia at home in April		Mauricio with Lucia at home in May
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Lucia with Mauricio at Metlife Stadium for Brazil x Argentina friendly in June		Lucia and Mauricio in Thomson Park in July
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Lucia with Mauricio on his birthday BBQ in July	Lucia with Mauricio on their 31st wedding anniversary in August	Lucia and Mauricio having lunch at home in August before heading to Newark airport for her flight to Rio
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Lucia and Mauricio on Alec's 21st birthday		Mauricio and Lucia at Maria & Lou's BBQ in August
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	Geribá Beach, Búzios, in September
A	Lucia and Mauricio celebrated their 31th wedding anniversary on August 16th. They commemorated with a vacation in Rio. Sasha came along for ten days. Besides Rio, the three went to Itaipava and Búzios.

Mauricio and Lucia in Itaipava, Brazil, in August		Lucia with Mauricio at Lagoa in Rio in September with Corcovado in the background
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Mauricio and Lucia at Ferradurinha Beach in Búzios in September	Mauricio with Lucia at home in October
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This year Lucia and Mauricio decided to take a Christmas vacation with the kids, something they had never done. They wanted an island ... Mauricio suggested Hawaii, but Lucia convinced him Hawaii was too far away and they settled on the Caribbean and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. On December 21st, the four of them flew from Newark to Punta Cana and enjoyed seven days in the warm sands and water of the Dominican Republic. Besides baking in the sun, drinking and eating, Lucia managed to get Mauricio to go with her to the hotel discotheque every night while they were in Punta Cana. They were surprised by the number of people from Canada and Russia who vacation in Punta Cana ... must be the cold winter in those places!
	Mauricio and Lucia with Sasha in Punta Cana in December
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Lucia and Mauricio in Punta Cana in December
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Mauricio
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Vertical garden at CaixaForum in Madrid, Spain, in January	Mauricio with colleagues Micael Gallego, Rafael Martí, and Abraham Duarte at U. Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid in January	Mauricio with Rafael Martí at U. de Valencia in January
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	Mauricio still works at the Algorithms & Optimization Research Department of AT&T Labs Research. He works in the same department, with the same boss, since joining AT&T in 1988. As customary, Mauricio traveled a lot in 2012. Most of his travel was work-related, but a few trips still strictly for fun. In January, Mauricio traveled to Spain, to work with Abraham Duarte in Madrid and Rafael Martí in Valencia.
Mauricio at Barra da Tijuca in Rio in February		Mauricio lecturing at ELAVIO in Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, in February
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		In February, Mauricio traveled to Brazil for work and fun. He spent time with his mom in Itaipava, where he got to see his nieces Dominique and Alexia. The main reason for this trip was to lecture at this year's Latin-Iberian-American Operations Research Summer School (ELAVIO), held in Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, and organized by Mauricio's former doctoral student Luciana Buriol. Back in Rio, he worked with Celso Ribeiro on the book they are writing.
	Mauricio wine tasting at the Miolo winery in Bento Gonçalves with Luciana Buriol
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A	Mauricio was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the wines of Bento Gonçalves. It has improved a lot since he was last here in 1982, on vacation with Lucia in southern Brazil.
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Mauricio with Luciana Buriol at Don Laurindo winery in Bento Gonçalves in February	Mauricio with ELAVIO participants in Bento Gonçalves in February	Mauricio with nieces Dominique and Alexia in Rio in February
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Mauricio with Jayme and Andrea in Rio in February	Mauricio with Davi Valadão and Geraldo Veiga in Rio in February	Mauricio dining with Patricia Antunes in Rio in February
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	Besides going to ELAVIO, Mauricio got to spend two weekends with his mother, Renalva, in Itaipava and got to see many friends in Rio.
Mauricio working on book with Celso Ribeiro in Rio in February		Mauricio with his mom Renalva in Itaipava in February
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	In March, Mauricio traveled with visitor Ricardo Silva to Boca Raton, Florida, where he was co-organizer of the 2012 INFORMS Telecommunication Conference. After the conference ended, Mauricio had the afternoon and evening off, so he and Ricardo crossed Florida by car for dinner in Naples, on the Gulf Coast.
Mauricio in Boca Raton, Florida, in March		Mauricio, poolside, at conference venue in Boca Raton in March
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Mauricio in the sunset at Naples, Florida in March	Mauricio with Beto Avrtizer in Princeton in March	Mauricio walking on the boardwalk at Avon by the Sea in April
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A	Ricardo Silva spent most of March working with Mauricio. Throughout March, Mauricio was worried about a possible strike by union workers of his employer. If a strike were to be called, he would have to fill in for the strikers and work as a call-center phone operator away from home. Fortunately, there was no strike ... in April. In August, however, Mauricio was called for two 12-hour shifts at a call center in Connecticut. Mauricio was greatful the strike only lasted two days.
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	Once it was clear that there would be no strike, Mauricio was free to travel. Celso Ribeiro invited him to come to Brazil for ten days and work on their book for a week. Mauricio took his first working vacation of 2012 since there was not enough time to request permission from his employer to travel abroad. Again Mauricio got to spend two weekends with his mother in Itaipava and got to see his nieces Alexia and Dominique (and Alexia's boyfriend Pedro).
Alexia and Pedro in Itaipava in April		Mauricio with Dominique in Itaipava in April
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	Mauricio loves to spend time in Itaipava with Renalva.
Mauricio with Renalva in Itaipava in April		Renalva, Mauricio's mom, at home in Itaipava in April
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	Renalva at home in April
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	As has been customary during Mauricio's trips to Rio, he usually stays at João Lauro Facó's apartment in Pepe Beach, in Barra da Tijuca.
Mauricio with João Lauro Facó in Facó's apartment in Rio in April		Mauricio waking on the boardwalk in Belmar, New Jersey, in April

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	In May, Mauricio traveled to Russia. His trip from Newark to Nizhny Novgorod called for a 12-hour layover in Frankfurt. Fortunately, the beds at the Sheraton at the Frankfurt Airport are very comfortable. Mauricio first attended a spring school in operations research at the Berezka Hotel, outside Nizhny, and then lectured at the NET 2012 conference at the Higher School of Economics in Nizhny.
Mauricio with Panos Pardalos in Russia in May		Mauricio with Panos, Valery, and Sergiy in Russia in May
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Mauricio at Higher School of Economics in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in May	Mauricio enjoying banquet of Russian cuisine for invited speakers in May	Mauricio at Kremlin in Nizhny Novgorod in May
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Mauricio having dinner with friends at the Minin & Chekalov restaurant in Nizhny Novgorod	Mauricio at Red Square in Moscow in May	Statue of Yuri Gagarin in Moscow
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	When Mauricio was in Russia in 2011, he only went through Moscow. This time, he took a long weekend off for a first visit to the Russian capital. Mauricio was pleasantly surprised with the city. Moscow in May is beautiful. The stay was topped off by an evening at the Bolshoi, where he saw Mozart's Magic Flute. Among many things in Moscow, Mauricio liked the red tulips, Red Square, the Kremlin and its museums, Tretyakov Gallery, a cold glass of kvass, Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery, and the Bolshoi.
Mauricio by canon at Kremlin in Moscow in May		Mauricio in Moscow metro in May
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Novodevichy Convent in Moscow in May	Red Square in Moscow by night in May
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A	Back in New Jersey, Mauricio went with Lucia to Neil Sloane's retirement party in Highland Park. There were many very famous mathematicians at Neil's party. Neil is a mathematician who worked in Mauricio's department at AT&T Bell Labs and AT&T Labs since1968. He is probably best known as the creator of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.
		Mauricio with Neil Sloane at Neil's retirement party in May
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Mauricio & Lucia at home with Mauricio's students Guilherme Mainieri and Luis Morán in May	Mauricio at home in May in front of a Renalva	Mauricio's students Guilherme Mainieri and Luis Morán at Shannon Lab in May
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A	Mauricio had two Ph.D. students in 2012. Luis Morán-Mirabal, from Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico, is a student of José Luis González-Velarde. He spent ten months working with Mauricio on automatic tuning of GRASP heuristics and returned to Mexico in July. Mauricio will travel to Monterrey in May 2013 for Luis' Ph.D. defense. Guilherme Mainieri, U. of São Paulo, is a student of Débora Ronconi. He spent six months working with Mauricio on scheduling problems and returned to Brazil in June.
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	In July, Mauricio was invited by Luciana Buriol to spend a week at U. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, to work with her and her student Fernando Stefanello on our research in tollbooth location.
Mauricio with Jayme Guimarães in Itaipava in July		Mauricio with Jayme Guimarães in Itaipava in July
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	Mauricio got to spend another two weekends in Itaipava with his mom in July.
Mauricio's mom, Renalva, at home in Itaipava in July		Mauricio with Alice, Luciana Buriol's daughter, in Porto Alegre in July
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Mauricio at Luciana Buriol's lab at UFRGS in July	Mauricio with Luciana, Claudia, and Dede in Porto Alegre in July	Mauricio with Luciana Buriol and Fernando Stefanello at UFRGS in July
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Mauricio with fellow Brasnet co-founder Sergio Bampi in Porto Alegre in July	Mauricio with Anna Leão and Abilio Lucena in Itaipava in July	Mauricio with niece Alexia in Itaipava in July
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	Mauricio's friend and high school classmate Jayme Guimarães with wife Andrea Miranda, came up to Itaipava on one of the weekends. Mauricio's friend and college classmate Abilio Lucena and wife Anna Leão came up the other weekend, together with Mauricio's niece Alexia with boyfriend Pedro.
Mauricio with his mom, Renalva, in Itaipava in July		Mauricio with Andrea Miranda and Jayme Guimarães in Itaipava in July
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Mauricio with Lelio Facó in Rio in July		Mauricio with mother-in-law Maria Ignez in Rio in July
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	Mauricio got to see friends for lunch, including Lélio Facó and Paula Falconi at Sushi Leblon, and Marcia Fampa at Álvaro's.
Mauricio at Sushi Leblon with Paula Falconi in Rio in July		Mauricio having lunch with Marcia Fampa at Álvaro's in Rio in July
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Back to New Jersey, it was time to celebrate Mauricio's 57th birthday with family and friends. Friends and former Bell Labs colleagues Manoel and Karen (from São Paulo) as well as friends and former UC Berkeley colleagues José (from Porto) and Steve (from New York) came to celebrate with us.
	Mauricio with friends at his birthday BBQ at home in July	Mauricio with UC Berkeley crowd (Lucia, José Gonçalves, and Steve Cosares) at his birthday party
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Mauricio with Rodrigo Toso and Janaína, Carlos, and Lucas Oliveira at Mauricio's BBQ birthday celebration in July	Mauricio with his mom, Renalva, in Itaipava in September	Mauricio with family and friends in Itaipava in September
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		On the last day of August, Mauricio traveled to Brazil with Sasha. Lucia, who was already in Brazil, picked them up at the international airport in Rio and the three drove up to Itaipava to spend the weekend with Renalva. Thanks to Ricardo and Angela for lending their car for us to use during our stay in Brazil. The curious detail was that Mauricio flew to Rio from Newark (half an hour from his home) via Houston and Sasha from Laguardia (15 minutes from her apartment), also via Houston. From Houston to Rio they flew together. Jet setters!
Mauricio at Pepe Beach in Rio in September	Mauricio with Sasha and friends at rooftop BBQ in Rio in September
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Mauricio and Lucia liked very much showing Rio to New Jersey friends Frank, Dora, Janet, and Ed.
	Mauricio with NJ friends Dora, Janet, and Ed at Prainha Beach in Rio in September	Mauricio overlooking Prainha Beach in Rio in September
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Mauricio at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio in September	Mauricio at Geribá Beach in Búzios in September	Mauricio with Lucia, Sasha, and Dominique at Rua das Pedras in Búzios in September
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Mauricio with Christine Guimarães in Saquarema in September	Mauricio with Berkeley crowd: Silvia, Geraldo, Paulo Ney, and his wife Lucia in Rio in September
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	Mauricio finally got to know Bruno Paula's new apartment where he threw a surprise birthday party for his mom, Angela. Bruno spent his 11th grade of high school at Holmdel High School, living with us in 1997-98.
Mauricio with Lucia's cousin Angela at her surprise birthday party in September in Rio
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A	After Sasha and Lucia returned to the U.S., Mauricio traveled to Curitiba to visit his sister Vilma, her children, and grandchildren. He spend one day in Curitiba and a couple of days in Praia do Leste.
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	Mauricio with nieces Anna Maria and Carolina in Curitiba in September	Mauricio with his sister Vilma in Curitba in September
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	Mauricio dining with Vilma, Anna Maria, Luciana, and Michel at Famiglia Fadanelli Cantina in Curitiba in September	Mauricio with his sister Vilma at Santuário Nhundiaquara in Morretes, Paraná, Brazil in September
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	Mauricio with Anna Régia, Ana Bea, and Ezequiel at Praia do Leste, Paraná, in September	Mauricio with sister, nieces, nephew, and friend at Praia do Leste beach house in Paraná in September
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A	The last two weeks of Mauricio's stay in Brazil were for work. He gave a talk at the new IBM Research - Brazil in Rio and a three-hour tutorial at the joint meeting of the Latin-Iberian-American and the Brazilian Operations Research Societies (where he won an award from the International Federation of Operational Research Societies). During the conference, Mauricio stayed at João Lauro Facó He then spent a week working with Celso Ribeiro in Rio on their book project. During that week he spent a few nights sleeping at the apartment of Lucia's cousin Angela and her husband Ricardo Paula.
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Mauricio having lunch at Albamar with José Luis González-Velarde and Geraldo Veiga in Rio in September	Mauricio with Adílson Xavier, Luciana Buriol, and João Lauro Facó at Nelson Maculan's 70th birthday celebration in Rio in July	Mauricio with Nelson Maculan and Silvano Martello at Nelson's 70th birthday celebration at Porcão Rios in Rio in September
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Mauricio receiving IFORS award from Hugo Scolnik at SBPO/CLAIO 2012 in Rio in September
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Mauricio having a beer with Abilio Lucena in Rio in October	Pedra da Gávea in Rio	Botanical Gardens in Rio
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	Mauricio with Celso Ribeiro at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas on a coconut water break from book-writing project in October	Mauricio in Rio with Marcia Fampa after lunch at Rio Brasa in October
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	After working with Celso Ribeiro, Mauricio went back to Itaipava with Jayme Guimarães for a night and to pick up his mother Renalva, who flew to New Jersey with him.
Mauricio with Jayme and his mom Renalva leaving Itaipava on the way to the airport for trip back to New Jersey
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Mauricio with Maria de Luján Latorre and Silvio Binato at Pizzeria Bianco on East Adams Street in Phoenix
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Back in the U.S., Mauricio traveled to Phoenix, Arizona in October to attend the INFORMS Annual Conference.		\
	Mauricio with Sergiy Butenko and Panos Pardalos in Phoenix at INFORMS 2012 in October	Mauricio with Panos Pardalos at Networks Bar & Grill in Phoenix during INFORMS 2012 in October
A		Mauricio's last work-related trip in 2012 was to Porto, Portugal, to work with José Gonçalves. Since he still had a bunch of vacation days left and his employer does not allow anyone to use vacation days after the end of the year, Mauricio officially traveled to Portugal on vacation.

Mauricio at José Gonçalves' home office in Porto in December	Mauricio with José Gonçalves at home of Dalila and Fernando Fontes in Porto in December
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Mauricio eating his first "Francesinha" at Restaurante Cufra in Porto in December	Baixa in Porto
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Besides José, Mauricio saw many old friends in Porto, including Dalila and Fernando Fontes, Ana Viana, her brother Vasco, her husband Abdur Rais and Barcelona friends Helena, Victor, Vera, and Bruno.
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Porto de Gaia, Portugal	Mauricio and the Resende bus company in Matosinhos, Portugal, in December	Dinner with Helena, Victor, Bruno, Vera, Ana, and Abdur at Casa do Pasto Adega do Ribatejo in Porto in December
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	Mauricio at Praia do Senhor da Pedra in Gaia, near Porto, in December
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Visitors
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Lucia's sister Ana with husband Paulo Roberto and stepdaughter Bianca in leaving in January after spending two weeks visiting us	Mauricio and Sasha with Vilma, Luciana, and Luis at Blue Note in NYC in January	Mauricio with Paula Falconi and Lélio Facó at home in January
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	Many friends and family members visited us in 2012. In January, friends and family who spent the final weeks of 2011 with us said goodbye. These were Mauricio's sister Vilma and her daughter Luciana, Lucia's sister Ana, her husband Paulo Roberto and his daughter Bianca, and Mauricio's friend and high school classmate Jayme Guimarães and his wife Andrea and sons Breno and Renan. We also hosted Lelio Facó and Paula Falconi in January.
Ricardo Silva having lunch with us at home in March
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Mauricio working from home with Ricardo Silva in March	Mauricio working at home with Ricardo Silva and Rodrigo Toso in March
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A		In March, Ricardo Silva, who was a post-doc of Mauricio's in 2008-10 visited for a few weeks. Mauricio and Ricardo traveled together to Boca Raton, Florida, for the INFORMS Conference on Telecommunications.
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	Lucia with Ricardo Silva in front of Blue Note in NYC in March	Lucia with Mariá Nascimento in NYC in July
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		In July, Mauricio had work-related visits from José Gonçalves, from Porto, Portugal, Pietro Oliveto, from Birmingham, UK, Mariá Nascimento, from São José dos Campos, Brazil, and Helena Ramalhinho, from Barcelona, Spain.
Mauricio with Mariá Nascimento at Shannon Lab in July	Mauricio in his office at Shannon Lab with José Gonçalves and Pietro Olivetto in July
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	Mauricio with José Gonçalves at Madison Railroad station in July	Mauricio working from home with José Gonçalves in July
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Mauricio with Helena Ramalhinho in his office at Shannon Lab in July		Dinner at home with Helena and Victor (and their children) in July
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	Mauricio's mom, Renalva, in the guest room in October	Renalva with colors of Fall in October
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		Mauricio mother, Renalva, spent two months in Holmdel. She traveled from Rio with Mauricio in early October and returned on her own, via Houston, late November. While in Holmdel, she got to experience the hardships of living through a hurricane.
Renalva in Holmdel waiting for hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012	Mauricio's mom with Marina Roesler at Marina's place in NYC in November
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Mauricio, Lucia, and Renalva have lunch at Dani and Rodrigo's place with Carlos and Andreia in November	Lucia and Renalva with Marina Lucena during Thanksgiving weekend in November	Mauricio with friends Marina, Andreia, Carlos de Andrade, Carlos Oliveira, and Dani at home on Thanksgiving Day
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In November, Carlos Eduardo de Andrade, a Ph.D. student of Flávio Miyazawa of U. de Campinas, Brazil, arrived in New Jersey to work with Mauricio for 15 months. His wife, Andreia de Faria, accompanied him. She will be doing a post-doc at Yale.		We had many friends over for Thanksgiving. Mauricio's mom was still in Holmdel and got to celebrate with us.
	Mauricio with his mom Renalva on the day of her return home in November
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We wish you all the best for 2013. Hope to see you soon. Hugs, kisses, love, good health, good fortune!

Happy New Year ~ 2013

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