Fall for you: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the first full day of Autumn 2022, which began in our lovely Northern Hemisphere at precisely 9:03 p.m. EDT Thursday.
Whether or not you love the falling leaves, flannel shirts and pumpkin-spice everything, the first official “fall weekend” awaits – but first, one more workday to navigate. Let’s do it.
The hell you waiting for? There’s less than two weeks until BrandSlam, our (surprisingly popular) “marketing improv” debut featuring our friends at Stony Brook University Economic Development and Huntington-based PR shop Brandtelling (delivered unto you with generous support from Great Neck-based messaging master ZE Creative Communications).
We’ve added new sponsorship opportunities and extra seats at LaunchPad Huntington for our Oct. 6 audience-interactive brand-a-thon… and now they’re disappearing, too!
Giving it to you straight: Here on Sept. 23, it’s Celebrate Bisexuality Day, an international ambisexual observation dating back to 1999 (though probably not at their houses).
A meal in every pot: We also set the table today with National Great American Pot Pie Day, an annual serving of flaky crust filled with steaming meat and veggies.
In a rush? Snap into a Slim Jim, or any other snack-sized atrocity squeezing ground “meat” into an edible casing – it’s also National Snack Stick Day, lowering the gastronomic bar every Sept. 23.
Eight is enough: We can’t say for certain what he had for dinner afterward, but German astronomer Johann Galle discovered Neptune on Sept. 23, 1846.
Neptune was the eighth planet identified in the Solar System (including Earth) and is the farthest official planet from our Sun (we feel you, Pluto).
Hear ye: American publisher and tinkerer Richard Rhodes patented the audiphone, among the first mechanical hearing aids, on this date in 1879.
The legend of The Legend of Zelda: Before there were Mario Brothers, et al, there was Nintendo Koppai, a small playing card company founded in Japan on this date in 1889 – nearly a century before the Nintendo Corp. redefined global gaming.
I am not a fire hydrant: Nixon and his donated dog.
Checkers all the boxes: Brimming with modern-day relevance, then-Republican Vice Presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the infamous and influential Checkers Speech on this date in 1952, denying charges that he pocketed an $18,000 campaign contribution (but admitting his dog was a “political gift”).
Nothing suspicious here at all: And NASA’s Mars Climate Observer, designed to study the planet and relay communications from various deep-space probes, mysteriously burned up as it entered Mars orbit on this date in 1999.
“Scientists” claimed the probe crashed because the smartest engineers on Earth failed to translate English units to the metric system (which somehow didn’t affect anything during the thing’s nine-month journey from Earth … seriously, come on).
Before her time: American suffragist Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927) – an entrepreneur, business owner and social crusader who ran for U.S. President in 1872 – would be 184 years old today.
Life on E Street: Springsteen, hero rocker.
Also born on Sept. 23 were French physicist Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau (1819-1896), who nailed the speed of light; American surgeon William Halsted (1852-1922), the father of modern surgery and a wee bit more; German engineer Robert Bosch (1861-1942), who literally sparked automotive engineering; Irish-born American cook “Typhoid” Mary Mallon (1869-1938), typhoid fever’s U.S. Patient Zero; and American singer, songwriter and pianist Ray Charles (in full Ray Charles Robinson Sr., 1930-2004), the legendary soul music pioneer.
Born in the USA: And take a bow, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen! The all-American singer, songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer – still the voice of the working-class underdog – turns 73 today.
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BUT FIRST, THIS
Selling out: Bad news for Long Islanders who’ve finally decided to put their house on the market – you waited too long, at least for this year.
That’s the word from construction-industry online news and resource hub Construction Coverage, which ranks New York State among the nation’s worst for seasonal drops in both home sales and home prices. When summer ends, school calendars, colder weather and several other factors annually drive down house-sale numbers across the Great Lakes and Northeast, with the Empire State suffering the nation’s sixth-biggest seasonal home-price plunge, according to Construction Coverage’s new comprehensive review.
Factoring statistics from 2015 to 2019, New York median home-sale prices routinely drop 20.2 percent this time of year, nearly doubling the average national decrease of 11 percent. That sad stat is accompanied by a host of other depressing data, including big jumps in the average number of days a home spends on the market – though sale prices should rebound next spring, according to the California-based construction-industry aggregator, with median New York prices historically peaking in July.
Hack job: Not quite … Intelligent CloudCare hackers are both ethical and certified.
Certified fresh: The technologically rich have gotten richer at Hauppauge-based Intelligent CloudCare, which is piling up the new information-technology certifications.
The spinoff of master innovator Intelligent Product Solutions (itself a subsidiary of Forward Industries) has added three security and cloud certifications to its IT credentials: Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker and Microsoft Azure Fundamentals. The new qualifications join Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert, Comptia Network +, AWS Cloud Practitioner and other in-demand certifications already in Intelligent CloudCare’s techno-trophy case.
With demand for cybersecurity and compliance expertise soaring globally, Intelligent CloudCare’s comprehensive security and operational knowledge offers tailored support for clients seeking network management, infrastructure analysis and other IT-related services, according to Managing Director Danny Aponte. “These certifications further demonstrate our expertise and knowledge,” Aponte said. “Our clients get an incredibly experienced team of IT professionals providing a broad range of IT services.”
TOP OF THE SITE
Thanks for your support: Northwell applauds its generous donors as the comprehensive Outpacing the Impossible campaign reaches the $1 billion fundraising plateau.
Recipes for success: With food-insecurity and farm-to-table initiatives in mind, the East End Food Institute is pushing bold plans for a $20 million East End Food Hub.
Farewell address: On her last day as president of ERASE Racism, founder Elaine Gross graced Spark: The Innovate Long Island Podcast to discuss 21 years of social progress – and the critical challenges still ahead for historically segregated Long Island.
ICYMI
What Farmingdale State College will get from its new Esports sponsorship; what U.S. small businesses can learn from savvy Indian entrepreneurs.
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 California: Burlingame-based workforce mental-health solutions provider Lura Health eyes children’s wellbeing with expanded whole-family support.
From New York City: “Healthwear” pioneer Care+Wear enhances comfort and fashion for patients and providers with expanded premium scrubs selection.
From California: El Segundo-based aviation, space and defense VC fund Starburst Ventures launches new early-stage investment fund.
ON THE MOVE
Walter Greene
+ Walter Greene has joined Edgewood-based Lorraine Gregory Communications as director of client engagement. He is a member of ADDAPT and was most recently director of business development for FI Group US.
+ Judith Brown Clarke has been appointed to the National Fitness Foundation’s Board of Directors. She is Stony Brook University’s vice president for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer.
+ Richard Savino has been hired as chief of orthopedic surgery at Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue. He was an orthopedic surgeon at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson.
+ Melville-based Tenenbaum Law has announced two new hires: Amanda Bluver, a recent graduate of Hofstra Law, is a law clerk focusing on New York State and IRS tax controversies, and Adrina DeMarzo, a recent graduate of Providence College School of Business, is a business operations analyst.
+ The Melville-based Long Island Association has elected five new Board of Directors members:
- Greg Clark, MSC Industrial Supply Co. vice president of finance and corporate controller
- John D’Addario III, D’Addario & Company president and CEO
- Magdalonie Paris-Campbell, AT&T regional area manager
- Adhi Sharma, Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital president
- Adam Silvers, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek managing partner
+ Brianna Tesoriero has been promoted to deputy chief executive of the Nursing Home Transition and Diversion Waiver Program at the Suffolk Independent Living Organization in Medford. She previously served as the program’s regional director.
+ Susan Palleschi has been hired as director of breast surgery at Glen Cove Hospital. She is a breast specialist and surgeon with a private practice in Glen Cove.
+ Madeline Martinez has been hired as vice president of mission integration at Syosset-based MercyFirst. She was chief of staff at SCO Family of Services in Glen Cove.
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BELOW THE FOLD (Insectoid Edition)
Gonna need backup: Ants outnumber humans 2.5 million to 1.
Larva stage: An innovative Qatari insect farm is generating real U.S. buzz.
Quadrillion, with a “Q”: Ever wonder how many ants are in the world? Science did.
The (ex)terminator: With no sense of post-apocalyptic irony, Japanese scientists unleash cyborg cockroaches.
Working out the bugs: Please continue supporting the amazing institutions that support Innovate Long Island, including SUNY Old Westbury, where underdeveloped undergrads check in and well-rounded professionals check out. Look them up.
