The long (and the short) of it: Well done, intrepid innovators! Another workweek conquered, another autumnal weekend queued up – and, as a bonus for approximately 11 to 14 percent of you, a three-day weekend to boot!
Yes, Monday is Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which is indeed one of 10 federally sanctioned annual holidays (meaning government offices, schools and banks are closed, and there’s no U.S. Mail delivery) – but, as far as PTO is concerned, ranks among the least-observed (neck-and-neck with Veterans Day).
For those keeping score, your favorite innovation-news hub will be on the job Monday: Your regularly scheduled Monday Calendar Newsletter will be in your inbox around 5 a.m., as usual. But after that, Innovate Long Island is taking a few days off – no newsletters on Wednesday (Oct. 14) or Friday (Oct. 16). We’ll be back with a fresh Monday edition on Oct. 19. Another reminder Monday.
Match made in heaven: If there’s a better pairing in the culinary world, we haven’t found it.
Small-minded: But today is Friday, so who wants to think about this Monday, or next Monday, or any Monday?!? We’ve got bigger and better things to focus on, starting with National Nanotechnology Day, an annual Oct. 9 observation that goes small to salute miniaturized mechanisms operating on the nanometer scale.
Also sparking interest is National Fire Prevention Day, when individuals, families and communities across the land are urged to refocus on routine safety precautions (and a great day to check the batteries in your smoke detectors).
Incredible, edible: If you’re hungry, it’s World Egg Day, an homage to the remarkably versatile protein provider (a rare natural-food source of Vitamin D, too!) and National Moldy Cheese Day, which sounds disgusting but isn’t – at least, if you and your local cheese monger know what’s what.
For instance, you do not want mold on your mozzarella – that would completely ruin International Beer and Pizza Day, a two-great-tastes-that-go-great-together celebrazione always paired up on Oct. 9.
By any other name: Both pizza (also known as “za,” “pie” and even “flatbread”) and beer (a.k.a. “suds,” “brewski” and sometimes “liquid bread”) go by many names – unlike Kepler’s Supernova, which gives all the credit to German astronomer Johannes Kepler but was actually observed by many stargazers starting on this date in 1604.
Keeping us in stitches: Only one name comes to mind when you consider the modern sewing machine – American inventor and industrialist Isaac Singer, who patented his seminal sewing machine motor on Oct. 9, 1855.
Who’s calling? Other names you know from innovation history include Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson, who connected on the world’s first long-distance phone call on this day in 1876. (Not, like, excessively long, but Boston-to-Cambridge was distant enough.)
Behind the mask: “Phantom” has now been setting audiences swooning for four full decades.
Phan-tastic! Ever heard of Andrew Lloyd Webber? Of course you have – he’s the English composer and musical-theater impresario behind many beloved productions, including “The Phantom of the Opera,” which premiered 40 years ago today at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.
Higher insurance premiums from spaaaaace: And it was the night of Oct. 9, 1992, when a 12-kilogram chunk of chondrite completed its 200-million-mile journey from the Solar System’s main asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter) to Earth.
The space rock punched through the Earth’s upper atmosphere at more than 31,000 miles per hour, burned brighter than a full Moon and left a glittering trail witnessed from Kentucky to New York before smashing into a 1980 Chevy Malibu parked in Peekskill.
Shine on: Popular as a Beatle, more popular as a solo star, eternally popular in death.
Imagine that: English singer, songwriter, musician, author, graphic artist and peace activist John Lennon (1940-1980) – who tried in vain to keep the Beatles together after their tectonic 1970 breakup – would be 86 years old today.
Also born on Oct. 9 were French theologian Robert de Sorbon (1201-1274), who founded what became the revered Sorbonne University; French chemist, theoretician and teacher Pierre Macquer (1718-1784), credited with creating the first chemical dictionary; American Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher and lawyer Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (1823-1893), the first Black newspaper publisher in North America, the first woman publisher in Canada and the second Black woman to attend a U.S. law school; English physicist Sir Peter Mansfield (1933-2017), who shared a 2003 Nobel Prize (with American chemist Paul Lauterbur) for breakthrough research leading to magnetic resonance imaging; and Swedish entrepreneur and retired professional golfer Annika Sörenstam (born 1970), a Hall of Famer who captured 72 LPGA titles (including 11 majors) and is the only woman to break 60 in an official 18-hole tournament.
Yes, “Gómez”: And take a bow, Guillermo del Toro Gómez! The Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning Mexican director, producer and screenwriter – known best for infusing fairy tales, horror and gothic imagery into works ranging from visually grotesque to poetically beautiful – turns 62 today.
Wish the visionary filmmaker well at editor@innovateli.com, where our quest to provide useful socioeconomic intel is no fairy tale – and we are slightly horrified when you don’t share news tips and calendar events.
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BUT FIRST, THIS
Missing links: A three-day “rescue operation” has located dozens of Long Island juveniles previously reported missing.
Led by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Missing Persons Clearinghouse, the state’s Office of Children and Family Services and the National Child Protection Task Force, the Long Island Missing Child Rescue Operation – conducted Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 after months of careful planning – located 34 children and teens reported missing to Nassau and Suffolk police. Investigators not only located the missing kids, but “connected them with people and services that can help protect them from further harm,” according to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office.
The operation united 100-plus professionals from nearly 40 different law-enforcement and social-service agencies, including victim advocates, healthcare providers and social workers. “Locating a missing child requires persistence, coordination and a shared commitment across law enforcement and our community partners,” noted New York State Police Superintendent Steven James. “The New York State Police is proud to support this operation and work alongside agencies and organizations throughout Long Island to help locate these vulnerable children and connect them with the resources and support they need.”
This is only a test: But it sure seemed real when Zucker School students sprung into action on Mass Casualty Incident Day.
What is your emergency? It was the worst day ever – once again – at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
Having completed eight weeks of Emergency Medical Technician training – and the requirements for New York State Emergency Medical Services certification – first-year learners put their skills to the test Sept. 25 during the Hempstead-based medical school’s annual Mass Casualty Incident Day. Dozens of students faced one staged crisis after another, including an active-shooter situation, a terrorist bus bombing, a Long Island Rail Road train derailment, a hazardous waste spill and more, riding in actual Northwell Health ambulances (alongside certified EMTs) and helping to stabilize actor-portrayed “victims” of the various nightmare scenarios.
The nerve-wracking action – complete with billowing smoke, wailing sirens and other discombobulating effects – is a critical part of the future medical professionals’ comprehensive training, according to Northwell Health Physician-in-Chief David Battinelli, who doubles as the Deborah and Lawrence Smith dean of the Zucker School. “We call our rigorous EMT-certification process ‘EMT-on-steroids,’” Battinelli noted. “Our EMT training forces home the fact that our students are going to be active learners, not only to understand the science but how to apply it to patients.”
TOP OF THE SITE
Not forgotten: Voices Media Anchor David Chauvin remembers the life – and profound influence – of former Newsday Editorial Page Editor Jim Klurfeld, a local-news champion who died last week at 81.
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ICYMI
Proper IP protections for cutting-edge healthcare research have never been more important, according to one influential leader of Long Island’s mental-health community, who says the region’s elected officials must make it so.
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: Los Angeles-based plant-derived beverage brand Califia sweetens the pot with its Organic Vanilla Crème and Organic Toasted coconut creamers.
From Massachusetts: Newton-based primary proprietor Sonesta International Hotels Corp. crowns a new program transforming typical hotel stays into “imaginative royal adventures.”
From Utah: South Jordan-based teeth-whitening titan Opalescence brightens smiles (and taste buds) with its limited-edition pumpkin spice- and birthday cake-flavored whitening gels.
ON THE MOVE
Jennifer Capella-Brown
+ Jennifer Capella-Brown has been hired as the Major and Planned Gifts manager at Hauppauge-based Long Island Cares-The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank. She was development manager at Girls Inc. of Long Island in Deer Park.
+ Anatoly Frenkel has been promoted to chairman of the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at Stony Brook University. He was deputy chairman.
+ Matthew Guerra has joined Holbrook-based Germano & Cahill as an associate. He was an associate at the Stefans Law Group in Woodbury.
+ Eldin Radoncic has been hired as director of sales at Farmingdale-based Alcott HR. He was human resource outsourcing district manager at ADP in Melville.
+ Michael Alliksen has been hired as senior vice president of business development, insurance and risk management at Babylon-based McBride Consulting and Business Development Group. He was vice president at Corporate Synergies in Melville.
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BELOW THE FOLD (Brain Food Edition)
Think twice: Turns out Steve Martin isn’t the only man with two brains.
Split decision: Turns out the human brain is actually two separate organs.
Vital cog(nitive): Science explains why AI functions more like a brain than a database.
Gray matter: It’s not just political ideology – multiple studies show structural differences between conservative “red” brains and liberal “blue” brains.
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