Are you ready for some football? Welcome to Friday, friends, as we finish the first workweek of September and hunker down for a decidedly autumnal weekend – complete with a full slate of football.
The new NFL season, which officially kicked off Thursday night, begins in earnest Sunday, with both New Jersey teams (yeah, we said it) seeing action. With the Mets and Yankees locked in MLB playoff dogfights, there’s no lacking for entertaining sports this weekend.
Box rebellion: Fine wine, squared.
Wine about it: But first, one more workday to work through.
It’s Sept. 9 out there, delivering two diametrically opposed observations – today is both Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day, a cautionary tale about alcohol and autism sure to make some expectant moms whine, especially on International Box Wine Day, which celebrates the lasting freshness and other benefits of paper packaging.
It all adds up: You can also raise a glass (juice if you’re pregnant) to International Sudoku Day – a natural on 9/9, and if you play, you get it.
The rest is (also) history: We’d like to offer a toast to the former United Colonies, which Congress renamed on Sept. 9, 1776.
The new name – the United States of America – has stuck so far. Here’s to another 246 years at least.
Naturally: Also toast-worthy is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s groundbreaking essay “Nature,” which defined the transcendentalist philosophical movement of the 1820s and 1830s and was published on this date in 1836.
What a rush: They may pop some corks today in California, which was admitted as the 31st U.S. State on this date in 1850.
Winging it: The handwritten log entry detailing the first computer bug, with actual bug.
Literal glitch: The computer bug became a thing (for real) on Sept. 9, 1947, when Harvard scientists traced a digital glitch to a moth stuck between the Harvard Mark II’s relay contacts.
Not ha-ha funny: And if that bit didn’t elicit a giggle, there’s always the canned laugh track – making sitcoms LOL funny, even when they aren’t, since this date in 1950.
The recorded laughter was first used to bolster NBC’s short-lived “The Hank McCune Show,” which apparently needed the help.
Secret recipe: American entrepreneur Harland David Sanders (1890-1980) – a legendary innovator, enduring brand symbol and actual Kentucky colonel (a civilian honor with a high-falutin’ selection commission and everything) – would be 132 years old today.
Gray’s anatomy: Farrah embodies the American Dream.
Also born on Sept. 9 were Russian author Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy (1828-1910), a true literary giant; Swedish archaeologist Oscar Montelius (1843-1921), who chronicled the time before time; Swedish sportsman Bjorn Kjellstrom (1910-1995), who invented the modern compass; American singer and songwriter Otis Ray Redding Jr. (1941-1967), one of pop music’s all-time greats; and American actor Henry Thomas (born 1971), forever E.T.’s 10-year-old best friend.
Gray matter: And take a bow, Farrah Gray! The American businessman, investor, author, columnist and motivational speaker – a door-to-door salesman at age 6 (homemade painted rocks) and self-made millionaire at age 14 (guest lectures) – turns 38 today.
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BUT FIRST, THIS
Animal instincts: Stony Brook’s busiest biotech is at it again, this time inking a new research pact focused on infectious animal diseases – with a potential cancer vaccine in play.
Applied DNA Sciences – the DNA-based supply chain authenticator-turned-Polymerase Chain Reaction-based DNA technology leader – will collaborate with the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine to advance vaccine research and discovery for “animal diseases with agricultural biosecurity implications.” For this effort, college researchers will leverage Applied DNA’s proprietary LinearDNA-based technology, as well as an existing research relationship between LineaRX, the biotech’s circa-2020 subsidiary, and Diego Diel, an associate professor of virology in Cornell’s Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostics.
With several LinearDNA animal vaccine designs progressing toward preclinical studies – and Applied DNA’s lipid nanoparticle-encapsulated LinearDNA canine cancer vaccine slated for a 2023 clinical trial – the company is eager to expand its work with Diel’s team, according to Applied DNA President and CEO James Hayward. “The agreement is an opportunity to … accelerate the application of the LinearDNA platform to the animal health market,” Hayward said Thursday. “We believe an LNP-LinearDNA product has the strong potential to offer enhanced ease of administration and improved clinical outcomes.”
Full terminal: Artist rendering of the completed Terminal One, coming by 2030 to JFK International Airport.
Terminal velocity: With the renovation of LaGuardia Airport on final approach, Albany is turning its attention to that other Queens airport.
“Terminal One” – a $9.5 billion mecca of boarding gates, luggage areas and world-class dining, along with “indoor green spaces” and other state-of-the-art amenities – has ceremoniously broken ground at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Rising on the grounds of JFK’s former Terminal 3 (demolished between 2013 and 2014) and its current, undersized Terminals 1 and 2 (which will be phased out and leveled as the new facilities come online), Phase One of the new, 2.4 million-square-foot terminal is slated to be completed in 2026, with all new gates projected to be ready by 2030.
The massive, privately funded undertaking is “critical and long overdue,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday, trumpeting 6,000 construction-phase jobs and 10,000-plus permanent positions. “Today’s groundbreaking … represents a significant step toward ensuring that our region remains the nation’s gateway to the world,” added Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Chairman Kevin O’Toole. “When completed, this new terminal will represent another crucial step into refashioning our airports … while serving as economic engines for the surrounding community.”
TOP OF THE SITE
Savings plan: Stony Brook University’s 12th Advanced Energy Conference sets the stage for a major state-funding announcement regarding clean-energy storage.
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ICYMI
After nabbing a Nobel for proving Einstein correct, a renowned physicist is joining the faculty at Stony Brook University.
BEST OF THE WEST
Innovate LI’s inbox overrunneth with inspirational innovations from all North American corners. This week’s brightest out-of-towners:
From Pennsylvania: Easton-based ergonomics expert Innovative Ergonomic Solutions rebrands as Human Active Technology, emphasizing workplace productivity.
From California: Fountain Valley-based e-bike retailer Pedego Electric Bikes electrifies its lineup with the versatile Pedego Avenue.
From South Carolina: Rock Hills-based automotive-accessory ace Insignia Group teams with Georgia based digital retailer CarNow to innovate online car sales.
ON THE MOVE
George Siberón
+ George Siberón has been appointed to the New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health Cancer Institute’s Board of Directors. He is executive director of the Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association and a Nassau Community College trustee.
+ Corey Stein has joined Garden City-based Jaspan Schlesinger as an associate in the Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. He was previously a law clerk at the firm.
+ Chris Lascarides has been hired as a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Associates in Patchogue. He was previously a gastroenterologist at Mather Gastroenterology in Port Jefferson.
+ William Halstead has been elected to the Ronkonkoma-based Association for Mental Health and Wellness’ Board of Directors. He is director of environmental services/materials manager at Northwell Health South Oaks Hospital in Amityville.
+ Deanna Iannotta has been hired as an environmental technician at GEI Consultants in Huntington Station. She is a recent graduate of Farmingdale State College.
+ Steve Georgopoulos has been hired as a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Medical Associates in Bridgehampton and Riverhead. He was previously chief of gastrointestinal endoscopy at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.
+ Rachel Quattrocchi has been hired as assistant principal of the Wantagh Middle School. She was previously a middle school reading specialist in the Planview-Old Bethpage School District.
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