Thirteen steps: Fear not, dear reader! We know some of you are spooked by today’s date, but it is Friday and you have conquered another autumnal workweek, with another well-earned weekend waiting beyond the shadows.
Let’s confront those phobias together, one step at a time.
Wrong floor: Some people just can’t handle the number 13.
Frig that: Yes, it’s Oct. 13 out there, when regular triskaidekaphobia (an irrational fear of the number 13) won’t do and the dreadful digits go and ruin your favorite workday with a chilling dose of friggatriskaidekaphobia (a.k.a. paraskevidekatriaphobia, an irrational fear of Friday the 13th).
No worries, intrepid innovators … you’ll be OK. (For the record, fear of the number 13 has been exaggerated for centuries).
Freedom for all: Women fear no chill (and men fear no damned undoable can’t-even-see-it-back-there &@#?% hook-and-eye clasp) on National No Bra Day – less about women’s lib (or fumbled foreplay) than a Breast Cancer Awareness Month eye-opener.
Whatever you wear today (or don’t), it’s also the International Egg Commission’s World Egg Day, so, you know, do your part (scrambled, poached, boiled, deviled, sunny up, over easy, raw like Rocky, whatever).
Non sibi sed patriae: Also making us feel better is the mighty U.S. Navy, which originally set sail as the Continental Navy – 160 men on two boats rigged with swivel guns – on Oct. 13, 1775.
Book smart: Making us feel smarter was the original Old Farmer’s Almanac, which included better science, better weather forecasting and better overall advice than contemporary competitors when it debuted 231 years ago today.
Good point: The prime meridian — differentiating hemispheres, dates and more — could have been any north-south line around the globe.
Kinda arbitrary: Making us reset our watches was the Greenwich meridian, which was officially adopted as Earth’s prime meridian – defining the Eastern and Western hemispheres and settling the matter of global time – on this date in 1884.
Don’t move: Making us feel safer (again) was New York City-based attorney/inventor Samuel Bagno, who patented the ultrasonic burglar detector – designed to sense movement and sound the alarm – on Oct. 13, 1953.
Crash course: And it was this date in 1985 when scientists at the Illinois-based Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory observed the first documented proton-antiproton collision.
The epic (if tiny) smashup – which occurred inside Fermilab’s Tevatron, then the world’s largest proton-antiproton collider – took almost an hour to confirm and produced a world-record center-of-mass energy of 1.6 trillion electron-volts.
Mixed reviews: German scientist and writer Rudolf Ludwig Cal Virchow (1821-1902) – a physician, anthropologist, biologist, pathologist, historian, writer and politician remembered as the “father of modern pathology,” “the pope of medicine” or an ignorant fool, depending on the source – would be 202 years old today.
He and Julio: Paul Simon, otherworldly everyman.
Also born on Oct. 13 were French historian Jules Quicherat (1814-1882), who essentially introduced archaeology to France; English ethnographer, writer and explorer Mary Kingsley (1862-1900), who helped Western cultures understand Africa; first woman British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher (1925-2013), the staunch conservative who bridged Reagan and Gorbachev; former American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan (born 1969), among history’s most famous assault victims; and English comedian, actor, writer and producer Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971), politically incorrect, socially fearless, hard to spot and frequently hilarious.
You can call him Al: And take a bow, Paul Frederic Simon! The American singer-songwriter – Jersey-born, Queens-raised, globally embraced – turns 82 today.
Wish The Boxer well at editor@innovateli.com, where everyone from Cecilia to Mrs. Robinson knows there are 50 Ways to leave a news tip (and we’re Slip Slidin’ Away without your calendar events).
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BUT FIRST, THIS
Gathering Moss: Friends, roomies and contemporaries of the Moss Wellness Center celebrate its big expansion.
Well, well: A Garden City co-working space catering primarily to wellness professionals has celebrated an impressive expansion.
Moss Wellness Workspace, a community of wellness professionals and other transient entrepreneurs that opened on bustling Franklin Avenue last year with 3,500 flexible square feet of space (and modest membership plans), has cut the ribbon on a 2,000-square-foot expansion. Featuring part-time private offices, communal workstations and various open and private lounges, the now-5,500-square-foot co-working mecca is designed for both day-to-day professional operations and one-off event-hosting, with various amenities – high-speed WiFi, centralized Long Island location, free snacks for members – sweetening the pot.
The addition arrives on the one-year anniversary of the original space, which has already hosted 30-plus member businesses. “Various room layouts can be reserved for focused productivity, workshops (and) team, patient and client meetings,” noted Moss Wellness Workspace co-founder Diana Lillo, who trumpeted other unique benefits for “agile” business owners. “Wellness professionals occupy many of the full-time offices, which can provide other members with a convenient way to incorporate self-care throughout the workday.”
Institutional knowledge: New York’s largest healthcare network is pumping up its cardiovascular care.
New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health has announced the creation of the Northwell Cardiovascular Institute, which will unite eight clinical centers of excellence and other Northwell resources on a mission to enhance prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease across the health system’s 21-hospital network. Five “core principles” will guide the CVI’s mission: Education and Training, Engagement and Philanthropy, Quality and Standards, Research and Innovation and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
The health system dubbed the new institute a “strategic shift” signifying its “commitment to the advancement of cardiovascular care,” while CVI Co-executive Director Alan Hartman trumpeted the continuation of a theme. “We formally put a name to something which has occurred at Northwell for some time,” said Hartman, the health system’s executive director of Cardiothoracic Services. “And that is the integration of cardiovascular services for the entire health system …all of our hospitals, as well as our ambulatory sites, have a unified vision and delivery care model to serve the greater New York area and all of Long Island.”
TOP OF THE SITE
Mock around the clock: The nation’s most innovative mock-trial competition returned to Hofstra University this weekend, with Zucker School of Medicine students in starring roles.
In retrospect: Former Nassau County Executive (and fiercely independent thinker) Laura Curran joins Spark: The Innovate Long Island Podcast to discuss media machinations, cutthroat campaigning, chronic cronyism … and the simple pleasure of leaving it all behind.
ICYMI
The latest Marcum-Hofstra CEO Survey offers a tepid review of the ambitious Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (including many execs who say the progressive law has made things worse).
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: Irvine-based sustainable-transportation purebred Alpha Motor Corp. elevates EVs with adventure-ready Nightwolf electric truck.
From California: Diamond Bar-based textile titan Bedsure safeguards furry friends’ physical and psychological needs with cozy, stress-reducing pet-bed selection.
From California: Los Angeles-based gaming-lifestyle pioneer XSET enhances its brand in collaboration with celebrated gamer/streamer/designer Clix Conrod.
ON THE MOVE
Gabriella Leon
+ Gabriella Leon has been hired as an associate at Quatela Chimeri in Hauppauge. She was an associate at the Law Offices of Sandra M. Radna in Melville.
+ Brian Crimmins has been hired as chief operating officer at Chaminade High School in Mineola. He was chief executive officer at Changing Our World in Manhattan.
+ The Long Island Association has elected five new members to its Board of Directors:
- Linda Armyn, president and chief executive officer at Bethpage Federal Credit Union
- Kara Cannon, interim chief executive officer at Enzo Biochem
- James Maron, senior vice president/Long Island commercial banking leader at Wells Fargo & Co.
- Tora Matsuoka, partner at Seasoned Hospitality
- Felicia Tucker, managing partner-Long Island office at KPMG
+ Jenny Klaum has been hired as an account executive at Hauppauge-based Austin Williams. She was a media and communications manager at Queens-based CenterLight Health System.
+ Michael Bailis has been hired as chief growth officer at Ronkonkoma-based Engerywise. He was co-founder and co-owner of Ronkonkoma-based SUNation Solar Systems.
+ Dylan Colucci has been hired as a tax associate at Ronkonkoma-based Sasserath & Co. He was a tax associate for Indiana-based KSM.
+ Oscar Michelen has been elected president of the Garden City-based Long Island Hispanic Bar Association. He is a partner at Mineola-based Cuomo LLC.
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