Category: Administrative

26 November 2015. It’s Thanksgiving in the United States, a day of family gatherings, feasting, football, and (for some) shopping. This year is also the 50th anniversary of the counterculture anthem for Thanksgiving, Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant, a song about Thanksgiving and a lot more. Here’s Arlo Guthrie singing Alice’s Restaurant 10 years ago at…

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15 October 2015. Science & Enterprise will be traveling today and Friday, so there will be no posts on either of those days. We will resume our regular posting on Monday, 19 October. *     *     *

8 October 2015. We’re covering a story in New York today, so we will not be posting any items. We’ll resume our regular posting tomorrow. *     *     *

23 September 2015. We’ll be observing Yom Kippur today, the day of atonement and holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Regular posting will resume tomorrow. In th meantime, here’s Brazilian gospel singer Leonardo Goncalves with his version of the haunting Hebrew prayer for Yom Kippur, Avinu Malkeinu. (Hat tip: J.J. Goldberg, Jewish Daily Forward) *     …

14 September 2015. Science and Enterprise is taking off on Monday, 14 September to observe Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. We wish everyone of any faith or without, a happy and healthy new year, 5776 in our calendar. We will resume regular posting on Tuesday. *     *     *

7 September 2015. It’s Labor Day in the USA, so Science and Enterprise will take the day off, along with most everyone else. We’ll return to regular posting tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to get working people and their friends in the Labor Day spirit. *     *     *

30 July 2015. Science and Enterprise is taking a mid-Summer break starting tomorrow, 31 July, through Monday, 3 August. We’ll resume our regular posting on Tuesday, 4 August. *     *     *