End, middle, start: Greetings, intrepid innovators, and congratulations on completing another busy workweek, reaching the middle of Autumn and starting another well-earned weekend.
For those keeping score, it’s literally the middle of Autumn – or, more specifically, yesterday was: The mathematical midpoint between this year’s Autumnal Equinox (Sept. 22) and Winter Solstice (Dec. 21) was Nov. 6.
The In crowd: Hug an Inuit today.
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For the people, by the people: Our Nov. 7 edition opens with a hearty ullaakkut to our many readers in the Yukon, Nunavut and other northern Northwest Territories, where International Inuit Day – celebrating the rich cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Great North – is underway. (Why today, of all days? Read on.)
Make a notary of it: Also noteworthy is Notary Public Day, honoring the state-appointed officials who verify signatures, administer oaths, take affidavits and otherwise serve as fraud-deterring impartial witnesses (with their own unique seals and everything).
Speaking of oaths, affidavits, witnesses and the like, National Love Your Lawyer Day – adoring attorneys, bearhugging barristers and otherwise emoting for esquires – makes its case every Nov. 7.
Time for the long pants: Lawyers were almost certainly in the mix when a new law took effect in Paris, France, on this date in 1800, making it illegal for women to wear trousers in public without a police permit.
Smoke ’em if you got ’em: Also taking your breath away is the first U.S. cigarette-manufacturing machine, patented on Nov. 7, 1876, by New York-based inventor Albert Hook.
Tracking progress: You can’t smoke anymore on the Canadian Pacific Railway, which was Canada’s first transcontinental railroad when it was “completed” on this date in 1885 with a final spike ceremony in the mountains of British Columbia.
MO better blues: Immersive artistic experiences await inside the Museum of Modern Art.
MOMA mia: Other debuts associated with this date include New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, which officially opened 96 years ago today.
Bucking the norm: And it doesn’t get more modern than “Buck Rogers,” who became a household name on Nov. 7, 1932, when the 25th Century adventurer rocketed onto the CBS Radio Network.
Originally named “The World in 2432,” the prototype science-fiction radio show would thrill audiences for 15 years, with the titular space hero, co-pilot Wilma Deering and genius scientist Dr. Huer battling evildoers armed with death rays, incendiary missiles and gamma bombs.
Northern light: American politician Eben Nanauq Hopson (1922-1980) – an Iñupiaq native and heavy equipment operator who served in the Alaska Territorial Legislature and the Alaska State Senate, became mayor of his hometown of Utqiaġvik and is remembered as a champion of the Inuit people – would be 103 years old today.
Flower power: Jean Shrimpton was a Vogue regular and one of the first models to achieve international acclaim.
Also born on Nov. 7 were Polish French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867-1934), a two-time Nobel Prize winner making her second-straight Innovate Long Island newsletter appearance; Russian Marxist revolutionary, philosopher and politician Leon Trotsky (born Lev Davidovich Bronstein, 1879-1940), the legendary October Revolution agitator; Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989), the Nobel Prize laureate who founded modern ethology; American evangelist William Franklin “Billy” Graham Jr. (1918-2018), the uber-influential evangelical minister who emphasized personal faith, championed civil rights and preached in front of more people than anyone, ever; and Canadian American singer, songwriter and painter Joni Mitchell (born 1943), a 10-time Grammy Award winner.
Original model: And take a bow, Jean Shrimpton! The British model and actress – an effortlessly beautiful Swinging Sixties icon who might not have been the world’s first supermodel, but is absolutely on the short list – turns 83 today.
Give the beauty queen your best at editor@innovateli.com, where we model ourselves on your news tips – and your calendar events keep us swinging.
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BUT FIRST, THIS
Multi-National: A new-and-improved community education center in the Town of Brookhaven is one of several international wins following a giant gas and electricity utility’s first-ever Global Day of Service.
National Grid employees on two continents joined forces Oct. 14 for the multinational conglomerate’s first Grid for Good Global Day of Service, working side-by-side with local partners to strengthen neighborhoods across the United States and the United Kingdom. Among other progressive projects, volunteers painted and updated the exterior of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County’s Farm and Education Center, readying the Yaphank facility for new community-service and STEM-education activities.
Volunteers also partnered with the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce on a downtown-beautification effort, loaded care packages for under-privileged students supported by Massachusetts’ 501(c)3 nonprofit Bottom Line program and spruced up green spaces in towns and cities across England. “This was a successful effort uniting our employees on both sides of the Atlantic,” noted Komie Jain, National Grid’s global head of social impact and community engagement. “Our Grid for Good Global Day of Service underscores National Grid’s commitment to building stronger, more resilient communities now and into the future.”
Study partner: Rich Humann believes in the blueprint laid out by the HIA-LI/Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency Workforce Development Study.
Pipeline planners: The HIA-LI united school leaders and regional employers Tuesday for a first-ever summit focused on strengthening Long Island’s education-to-industry pipeline.
Recapping data from HIA-LI’s 2023 Workforce Development Study, the inaugural Long Island Workforce Summit gathered superintendents, guidance counselors and other regional educators for a confab with representatives of various Island-based industries, including a megawatt panel discussion – moderated by H2M architects + engineers President and CEO Rich Humann – featuring insights from Suffolk County Community College President Edward Bonahue, Haugland Group CEO Billy Haugland II, Designatronics President and CEO Robert Kufner and Catholic Health Vice President and Chief Community Health Officer Lawrence Eisenstein.
HIA-LI President and CEO Terri Alessi-Miceli cheered an “unprecedented gathering of educators and employers under the HIA-LI banner” and a vital mission to “help young people build great careers here at home,” while Humann, co-chairman of the HIA-LI’s Workforce Development Task Force, applauded the Workforce Development Study, produced in collaboration with the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency. “I’ve seen how employers are hungry for both technical proficiency and job-readiness skills,” Humann added. “The study offers a blueprint – now we’re operationalizing it with the educators in the room.”
TOP OF THE SITE
SNAP in the face: Voices Healthcare Anchor Terry Lynam drills into the federal SNAP snafu, the devastating effects it’s having on Long Island communities and the selfless efforts Islanders are making to overcome the federal government’s disturbing politics.
Go, go, Morgo: County legislator, deputy Suffolk executive, A-list organizational consultant, corporate government-relations guru, a dozen high-level political appointments in between – former English teacher Jim Morgo has been influencing Long Island socioeconomics for nearly 50 years, in ways large and small. Spark: The Innovate Long Island Podcast rolls through a half-century of housing and energy history.
ICYMI
Energetic entrepreneur Ram Maramara is reaching for new heights – literally – with his new energy-storage ambitions.
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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 Florida: Miami-based fan-economics platform Thrust powers up transparent and sustainable celebrity-coin transactions.
From Virginia: Virginia Beach-based alternative-vehicle marketplace Trader Interactive streamlines lending for powersport, offroad, aircraft, marine and commercial buyers and sellers.
From Florida: Lutz-based psychological-assessment facilitator PAR introduces artificial intelligence-powered writing tool to clarify psychoeducational reporting.
ON THE MOVE
Tanya Eldemire
+ Tanya Eldemire has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association’s Melville-based Long Island Chapter. She is a business analyst at State Farm Insurance.
+ Cristina Gulotta has been hired as vice president of marketing at Melville-based Cona Elder Law. She was vice president of digital marketing at Connecticut-based Cenveo.
+ James Celentano has joined J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Garden City as a vice president and banker. He was a vice president at New York City-based Wilmington Trust.
+ Angele Negri-Welch has been hired as a senior compensation specialist at Melville-based H2M architects + engineers. She was a director at Warby Parker in Manhattan.
+ David Westermann Jr. has joined Uniondale-based Cullen and Dykman as a partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department. He was senior partner at Garden City-based Westermann Sheehy.
+ Jacqulyn Loftin has joined Uniondale-based Ruskin Moscou Faltischek as a partner focused on liquidations and corporate bankruptcy restructuring. She was a partner at LaMonica Herbst & Maniscalco in Wantagh.
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BELOW THE FOLD (“Predator” Edition)
Bicep no substitutes: The “atomic handshake” was just one of the bits that made the first “Predator” film (of nine, and counting) a wall-to-wall popcorn classic.
Hey, yo, Yaujta: The original “Predator” was pitched as “Rocky vs. Alien.”
Rescue mission: “Badlands” aims to revive a dormant box office.
Get to the chopper! …and other epic moments from the 1987 classic.
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