Almost there: Welcome to Friday, friends, and the precipice of another autumnal weekend – just one more workday to negotiate.
On the topic of (almost) last calls, you’re running out of time to snag your free seats for BrandSlam, our unique “marketing improv” event coming next Thursday to LaunchPad Huntington. What kind of crazy audience-participation, marketing-mastery, adult-beveragey, laugh-out-loud alchemy are we and our partners – Stony Brook University Economic Development and Huntington-based PR boutique Brandtelling – cooking up? Glad you asked.
Orange aid: A day for truth and reconciliation, eh.
Orange is the new red, white and blue: Back here on Sept. 30, we wish our many readers north of the border a happy (and honest) Orange Shirt Day – all about truth, justice and the Canadian way.
Here in the States, wear whatever color your want, just wear it on your sleeve – today is National Love People Day, when unconditional affection rules.
Chew on this: You’ve got to love Maine magnate John Bacon Curtis, who introduced the first commercially produced chewing gum – known as the “State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum” – on this date in 1848.
For those keeping score, humans have been chewing gum for about 6,000 years.
Circular reasoning: Turning from bubblegum to bubble guns, Massachusetts tinkerer Theodore Timby put a new spin on warfare on Sept. 30, 1862, when he patented the revolving turret.
Main stream: From the Make Love Not War file comes the world’s first hydroelectric plant, which powered up on this date in 1882 on the banks of Wisconsin’s Fox River.
Hot dam: The Hoover (formerly Boulder) Dam was — and still is — a remarkable engineering feat.
Hoover deluxe: Speaking of hydroelectric power, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated massive Boulder Dam – a monumental engineering achievement later renamed Hoover Dam – on this date in 1935.
Bedrock principle: And there were boulders aplenty on Sept. 30, 1960, when “The Flintstones” premiered on the ABC Television Network, becoming the first animated series to occupy a primetime network slot.
Despite animation limits and highly derivative plotlines, the Modern Stone Age Family was a primetime hit – even earning a 1961 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.
Gumming the works: Coincidental to the aforementioned work of gum runner J.B. Curtis, American businessman William Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932) – who founded what became the world’s largest chewing gum manufacturer and distributor – would be 161 years old today.
That’s Rich: Buddy, can you spare a backbeat?
Also born on Sept. 30 were German physicist Hans Geiger (1882-1945), the count-on-him half of the atomic nucleus-discovering Geiger-Marsden experiments; English-born American engineer, architect and suffragist Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (1883-1971), the first woman to obtain a civil engineering degree in the United States; American media magnate Irving Kahn (1917-1994), who invented the teleprompter; American drummer, songwriter and bandleader Bernard “Buddy” Rich (1917-1987), an all-time jazz great; and American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor Truman Capote (1924-1984), whose blood ran cold.
Gold standard: And take a bow, Dame Flora Jane Duffy! The Bermudian triathlete – who captured Bermuda’s first-ever Olympic gold medal during the 2020/21 Games in Tokyo – turns 35 today.
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BUT FIRST, THIS
“Starry” trek: With a full orchestral score and lasers, just as the Dutch master intended.
Gogh-ing to the mall: Vincent Van Gogh is coming to Westbury, sorta.
Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience – an interactive exhibition combining digital recreations of the Dutch Post-Impressionist master’s greatest works with 21st Century lasers and an original orchestral score – is the latest tenant to sign on with Samanea New York, a top-shelf remake of the former Mall at the Source and Fortunoff properties on Old Country Road. Produced by Canadian talent titan Paquin Entertainment Group, Beyond Van Gogh will occupy approximately 28,000 square feet on the second floor of the new mall between Nov. 28 and Jan. 8.
The traveling show joins Samanea New York anchors Empire Adventure Park, Dave & Busters and Bloomingdale’s Furniture Outlet, just part of a comprehensive collection of major-league tenants making the complex a true retail, dining and entertainment gem, according to Samanea New York Real Estate Director Dominic Coluccio. “This impressive and celebrated exhibit will have a significant impact on the region,” Coluccio said Wednesday. “[It] perfectly aligns with our mission to redevelop this iconic property into a premier lifestyle destination.”
On schedule: Ireland has come to Northwell Health, sorta.
New York State’s largest healthcare provider has deployed a groundbreaking scheduling software platform, designed by Ireland-based digital workforce solutions provider CliniShift to optimize internal staffing and schedule management in large and busy healthcare settings. The platform was co-developed by the Irish IT firm and Northwell Health through Enterprise Ireland, the Irish government’s international trade-and-innovation agency.
The Northwell deployment is a showcase of sorts for the scheduling platform, which helps address various workforce-related challenges and “has the potential to be adopted by healthcare systems globally,” according to a joint statement from Northwell and Enterprise Ireland. “Northwell’s International Business Program was created to gain access to global solutions,” noted Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling, himself an Irish import. “This approach … continues to demonstrate the value large health systems bring in collaborating with international companies.”
TOP OF THE SITE
Back to school: The return to in-person interaction is just one of the factors energizing CEWIT’s 18th International Conference on Emerging Technologies for a Smarter World.
Tax shelter: There’s strength in numbers at Forchelli Deegan Terrana, which has supersized its tax certiorari team in the latest high-profile merger of LI law firms.
Sure we can: Straight from regional innovation’s front lines, Season 3 of Spark: The Innovate Long Island Podcast rolls on … already 30 amazing guests (and engaging conversations) in the can! Catch up quick.
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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 New York City: Carbon-tech creator Air Company ascends with experimental carbon-negative jet fuel made from CO2.
From California: Los Angeles-based alternative-sweetener specialist No Sugar Company earns National Day Archives’ approval for National No Sugar Day.
From Canada, eh: Toronto-based real estate tech trendsetter Rent Panda launches innovative digital tenant-screening product for landlords and renters.
ON THE MOVE
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+ Saadia Yunis has been elected to the Ronkonkoma-based Association for Mental Health and Wellness’ Board of Directors. She is co-founder and chairwoman of Muslim Women of Long Island and runs a private marriage and family therapy practice in Deer Park.
+ Tochi Iroku-Malize has been appointed president of the Kansas-based American Academy of Family Physicians. She is a professor of family medicine at Hofstra University’s Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and senior vice president and chairwoman of the Family Medicine Service Line at Northwell Health.
+ Jerry Ward has been elected to Melville-based Accelerate Long Island’s Board of Directors. He is a partner at Jericho-based Ernst & Young.
+ Katey DiStefano has been hired as an organic social media strategist at Hauppauge-based Austin Williams. She was a senior social media editor at Parents.com.
+ Theodore Aponte has been hired as a community outreach coordinator at the Suffolk County Water Authority in Oakdale. He is a part-time student at Stony Brook University.
+ Lisa McGuinness has been appointed chairwoman of Oceanside-based Ocean Financial Federal Credit’s Board of Directors Union. She is president and CEO of LCMC Consulting in Oceanside.
+ Victoria LaSala has been hired as a certified physician assistant at Greenberg Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology in Smithtown. She held the same position at The Dermatology Specialists in Oceanside.
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