Making impressions: Another workweek conquered, another weekend queued – don’t know how you do it, intrepid innovator, but you certainly do it well!
It is indeed Friday out there – Sept. 16, to be precise – and before we get to the last weekend of summer, there’s one more workday to muscle through.
Slamalamadingdong: And before we do that, this friendly reminder to get your seats – like, right now – for BrandSLAM, our innovative “marketing improv” networking event coming Oct. 6 to LaunchPad Huntington.
Part poetry slam, part master marketing seminar, our exciting evening of on-the-fly slogan creation, elevator-pitch perfection and related brand-building is presented by Stony Brook University Economic Development, story-first Huntington PR boutique Brandtelling and our latest program sponsor: Great Neck-based communications cornerstone ZE Creative Communications.
It’s gonna be a blast – but seats are filling up fast! Get on it!
Who’s the barber here?: For the record, it was Martin (left, as Medieval Theodoric), not Murray or Belushi.
Double duty: Here on Sept. 16, we kick things off with National Working Parent Day, an annual salute to all the hardworking professionals who also juggle daycare, pediatrician appointments and band practices.
Some of those hard workers, certainly, are hairstylists – earning them double the double kudos on National Barber Day, also coiffed every Sept. 16.
Double dip: Since everyone’s working so hard, let’s just grab some Mexican tonight – a natural on National Guacamole Day, also going green today.
Iron man: More “red with heroes’ blood” was “Old Ironsides,” which became a thing on this date in 1830 when American physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. penned a famous poem dedicated to the USS Constitution.
The elegy, printed in the Boston Daily Advertiser, was a protest against the proposed decommissioning of the aging warship.
Start those engines: Turning from decommissioning to commissioning, William Durant created General Motors on Sept. 16, 1908.
They control the picture: You’re entering ANOTHER another dimension.
From the inner mind: Turning to Channel 7, the premier episode of the ABC Television Network sci-fi anthology “The Outer Limits” first assured viewers “there is nothing wrong with your television” 59 years ago today.
Public place: And turning to Channel 13, New York television station WNDT – later re-call signed WNET – went on the air on that very same day, Sept. 16, 1963.
Thirteen, as it’s colloquially known, has been a public-broadcasting trailblazer ever since – thanks to the generous support of viewers like you (thank you!).
…just a cigar: German psychoanalyst Karen Horney (1885-1952) – who challenged Freudian determinism and insisted that environmental and social conditions influenced personality more than biological factors – would be 137 years old today.
Curiouser and curiouser: The man behind the Man With the Yellow Hat.
Also born on Sept. 16 were American geographer Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1947), a leading environmental voice of the early 20th Century; American inventor and entrepreneur Jacob Schick (1877-1937), who patented the electric razor; German American illustrator Hans Augusto “H.A.” Rey (1898-1977), who co-created “Curious George” with his wife, Margret; Old Westbury’s own Marvin Middlemark (1919-1989), who invented “rabbit ear” television antennas; and American magician David Seth Kotkin (a.k.a. David Copperfield, born 1956), history’s most commercially successful illusionist.
Well, it means something: And take a bow, Richard Noel Marx! The Grammy-winning American pop rocker – who went triple platinum with his 1987 debut album and never looked back – turns 59 today.
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BUT FIRST, THIS
Tuned in: New CEO Onisis Stasis fully understands the mission at Northwell’s VIVO Health Pharmacy.
Pharm workers: Northwell Health has announced a major shakeup of its progressive pharmaceutical operations.
Doctor of Pharmacy Onisis Stafas, previously a Northwell vice president and the New Hyde Park-based health system’s chief pharmacy officer, has been appointed CEO of VIVO Health Pharmacy, a 10-location specialty pharmacy chain operated by the healthcare giant. The chain, which grew from a single pharmacy located inside Manhasset’s North Shore University Hospital, offers retail, mail-order and clinical pharmacy services.
Northwell also announced Thursday that registered pharmacist Lisa Mulloy, formerly associate vice president of pharmacy operations, has succeeded Stefas as chief pharmacy officer. “As a specialty pharmacy, VIVO Health fills gaps in care and offers a critical service for the wellbeing of its patients – something we want to devote even more resources to,” noted Northwell Health Senior Vice President for Strategic Business Initiatives Adam Boll. “I’m confident that Dr. Stefas will continue to take VIVO Health’s pharmacy services to new heights.”
Something old, something new: You can’t keep a good museum down, as evidenced by the new-and-improved Babylon Village Museum.
Closed for more than two years (first by COVID, then by a comprehensive reorganization plan), the museum (at 117 West Main St. in Babylon) has scheduled a reopening celebration slated to begin at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 24. The ceremony includes the dedication of a new museum flagpole – the original was destroyed during a 2020 windstorm – and the introduction of several new artifacts, including a vintage printing press once used by the old-timey South Side Signal and previously housed at the now-demolished Red Lion English Pub.
All told, volunteers and museum trustees spent thousands of combined hours sifting through documents, photos and memorabilia to curate the new museum exhibits and tell the story of Babylon. “This is a museum for the people of Babylon,” noted Village of Babylon Historical and Preservation Society President Judy Skillen. “We want to give them a better understanding of and appreciation for where they live.”
TOP OF THE SITE
Changing lanes: A federally funded New York State Department of Transportation construction project will significantly remake Long Island Expressway Exit 53.
You know his name: The new executive director of Farmingdale State College’s Broad Hollow Bioscience Park has been around the regional commercialization block.
Going places: From the busiest laboratory to the creepiest cemetery to the vast reaches of outer space … where will Spark: The Innovate Long Island Podcast go next? Tune in to find out.
ICYMI
Cops and colleges respond to active shooters; management and employees battle cybercrime together.
BEST OF THE WEST (AND SOMETIMES NORTH/SOUTH)
Innovate LI’s inbox overrunneth with inspirational innovations from all North American corners. This week’s brightest out-of-towners:
From Minnesota: Minneapolis-based toxicology titan Pet Poison Helpline releases interactive nationwide map of poisonous plants.
From Georgia: Atlanta-based premium cookware brand Calphalon shows its nonsticktoitiveness with new MineralShield and AquaShield technologies.
From New York City: “Emotional technology” leader Hubble Connected innovates its “connected nursery” with new protection, soothing and monitoring tech.
ON THE MOVE
Pragna Shah
+ Pragna Shah has been hired as a senior engineer at Brookhaven-based L.K. McLean Associates. She was previously a design unit supervisor for the New York State Department of Transportation, Region 10, in Hauppauge.
+ Dan Polner has joined Farmingdale State College as executive director of Broad Hollow Bioscience Park. He was previously incubator advocate for the Stony Brook University Office of Economic Development.
+ Richard Margulis has been appointed chairman of the Hauppauge-based Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council’s Board of Directors. He is chief executive officer at Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue.
+ Jacqueline Hilbert has been hired as talent and training coordinator at Ronkonkoma-based Campolo, Middleton & McCormick. She is a May 2022 graduate of St. John’s University.
+ Joseph LaSpina has been elected president of the New York State Bowling Proprietors of America. He is vice president of the Maple Family Centers in Rockville Centre.
+ Joanne Pisani has been appointed director of student services in the Connetquot Central School District. She was previously youth and family services coordinator at the Helen B. Duffield Elementary School in Ronkonkoma.
+ Kim Kubasek has been promoted to chief executive officer at the Developmental Disabilities Institute in Smithtown. She previously served as chief operating officer.
+ Linda Tierney has been appointed president of the Association of Legal Administrators, Long Island Chapter. She is the director of office management at Uniondale-based Forchelli Deegan Terrana.
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BELOW THE FOLD (Heebie Jeebies Edition)
Does whatever a spider can: Yes, that is a dead arachnid doing the lifting.
Fear itself: Real-life terrors that will scare you straight.
Cookie monsters: How to stop the cookie pop-ups terrifying the Internet.
Eight-legged freaks: Dead spiders have been reanimated into ”necrobotic” machines.
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