Like clockwork: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, and not just any Friday but the last under Daylight Saving Time until next March.
Clock in: In Patchogue and other U.S. locales, time trips Sunday morning.
Yes, as a reward for completing another busy workweek, take an extra luxurious hour this weekend – only one-third of the world’s nations observe Daylight Saving Time, but we’re among them, so “fall back” to Standard Time at 2 a.m. Sunday (followed by months of mid-afternoon sunsets).
Think outside the box: For what it’s worth, today is Nov. 3, and you can grab the bull by the horns on National Cliché Day, when originality falls by the wayside and overused oldies but goodies are the only game in town. (It is what it is, but to be honest, we avoid it like the plague).
PB and eeeeewwwww: Today is also World Jellyfish Day, which is all about the enigmatic medusa-phase sea jellies’ vital ecological role and nothing at all to do with peanut butter – something you’ll want to keep straight on National Sandwich Day, celebrating the culinary genius of hungry cardplayer John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, every Nov. 3. (More Montagu below.)
I’ll be home late: We don’t know if she could cook, but we know she probably didn’t have to after this date in 1896, when Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah – already a noted physician – defeated a wide field of candidates (including her husband) to become the first woman elected a U.S. state senator.
Worth its weight in gold: Also seeking balance was J.H. Hunter, the African American inventor who patented the portable weight scale on Nov. 3, 1896.
This is an emergency: Also tipping the scales (toward greater maritime safety) was the procedural signal “SOS,” approved as the primary international distress signal 117 years ago today by the attendees of the International Radiotelegraph Convention. (Not that this did the Titanic any good).
Keep frozen: Birdseye had a vision.
Frozen in time: Weighing in on kitchen convenience was all-time American innovator Clarence Birdseye, who first marketed frozen peas on this date in 1952.
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound: And it was Nov. 3, 1954, when the original, terrifying “Godzilla” – mirroring dark moods wrought by atomic destruction – roared onto Japanese movie screens.
With Big G currently living large on the big and small screens, anniversary celebrations abound. (And if you’re feeling nostalgic, check out this slightly foulmouthed review of Godzilla’s sketchy filmography through the early 2000s. Funny stuff!)
Keeping up with Jones: Loïs studied in Boston, taught in North Carolina, lectured in Washington, blossomed abroad and led the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem globetrotter: African American artist Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998) – a teacher and painter who flourished abroad, founded art schools, taught for decades at Howard University and greatly influenced the Harlem Renaissance – would be 118 years old today.
Also born on Nov. 3 were Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714), hailed as the father of occupational medicine; aforementioned British Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu (1718-1792), who bungled England’s naval superiority during the American Revolution but invented finger foods (or did he?); Canadian Air Force officer William Barker (1894-1930), a fearless World War I fighter ace and most decorated serviceman in Canadian military history; U.S. Army Brigadier Gen. Elizabeth Hoisington (1918-2007), one of the first two women promoted to one-star U.S. general; and lightning rod athlete/political activist Colin Kaepernick (born 1987), the former NFL quarterback who seems destined to stay that way.
Wintour is here: And take a bow, Dame Anna Wintour! The British American media executive – the fashion-making, career-staking and otherwise uber-influential editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine for the better part of the last four decades – turns 74 today.
Give your best to the media titan – who also oversees all Condé Nast publications – at editor@innovateli.com, where your news tips turn our pages and your calendar events are always in style.
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BUT FIRST, THIS
Bus start/stop: The new Suffolk County Transit strategy eliminates several bus routes while streamlining overall services.
Route cause: No, you didn’t miss your bus – there’s a good chance it doesn’t stop there anymore.
Welcome to the leaner (and possibly just slightly meaner) Suffolk County Transit, the Yaphank-based fixed-route bus-service provider that’s rolled out a “new transit network” that “reflects the priorities of, and is more useful to, the riding public,” according to a statement released this week. Leveraging years of public input (and up-to-date vehicular-transportation realities), the new system adds Sunday services, extends evening hours, beefs up holiday routes and guarantees buses on the half hour across its coverage area – while also eliminating 14 previous routes, reducing the total number of independent countywide routes from 41 to 27.
While cutting some routes and renavigating others, the new system – which also incorporates numerous “timed transfers” designed to “speed riders on trips across the county,” according to the statement – still extends west to Amityville, north to Northport, south to Fire Island and east to Montauk. More information on the new routes available right here.
Scale model: The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency has created a sliding tax-break scale to encourage new affordable-housing projects.
Billing it a “first-of-its-kind policy,” the IDA has introduced “dedicated provisions to further incentivize the equal distribution of newly constructed affordable units across various income brackets.” Right at the top: “special consideration” of tax breaks for developers who designate more than 10 percent of new units as affordable or build housing specifically for the physically or intellectually challenged, with discretionary consideration of additional IDA benefits based on the number of units reserved for military veterans, construction in transit-oriented zones and other factors.
The new policy is intended to “ensure the variety of housing needs for Suffolk County’s diverse populations are met,” according to Suffolk IDA Acting Executive Director Kelly Murphy. “We need housing of every kind in Suffolk County, but the intention of this policy is to create as many affordable units as possible,” Murphy noted. “Margins can be razor-thin when constructing multifamily housing, which is why this policy seeks to provide a scale of increasing benefits based on the number of affordable units.”
TOP OF THE SITE
Rising Wind: Thirty-five miles off Montauk, construction has begun on South Fork Wind’s first gargantuan turbine.
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Reviewing 10 years of coordinated Suffolk County downtown-redevelopment efforts, partners propose a blueprint for sustainable Long Island progress.
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 Illinois: Chicago-based digital-services firm West Monroe enhances efficiency and productivity with Nigel, a cutting-edge generative AI tool.
From Washington State: Seattle-based physical rehab/healthy aging ace Ludica Health redefines 55-and-over fitness with revolutionary exercise program.
From Massachusetts: Tokyo-based med-tech master Jolly Good hangs its first U.S. shingle in Brookline, where an ambitious subsidiary is electrifying medical VR.
ON THE MOVE
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+ Steve Bello has been appointed to the Farmingdale College Foundation’s Board of Directors. He is senior vice president, regional executive director and market president of New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health.
+ Cathy Sue Cutler has been appointed chairwoman of Upton-based Brookhaven National Laboratory’s new Isotope Research and Production Department. She served most recently as director of BNL’s Medical Isotope Research and Production Program.
+ Bradley Caravana has been hired as manager of web development and operations at Farmingdale State College. He was a full-stack developer for the Maxim Group in Manhattan.
+ Kaitlin Christof has been hired as a government affairs and advocacy relations manager at Hauppauge-based Long Island Cares. She was previously a legislative aide and scheduler for New York State Assemblyman Steve Stern.
+ Thomas Lennon has been hired as a paralegal at Smithtown-based Futterman, Lanza & Pasculli. He was a legal assistant at Riverhead-based Sheryll Law.
+ Christie Warmuth has been promoted to assistant manager of agency relations for Hauppauge-based Long Island Cares. She was previously an agency relations associate.
+ Lori Maldavir has been hired as director of program outreach at the Alzheimer’s Association Long Island’s Melville chapter. She was director at the Day Haven Adult Care Services in Ronkonkoma.
+ Alexandra Vecchio has been hired as an associate at Egan & Golden in Bridgehampton. She is a recent graduate of Albany Law School.
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BELOW THE FOLD (Meanwhile, Back On The… Edition)
Plants in spaaaaace: Science says it’s possible, at least on the Moon.
Wind farm: Ørsted is flying high off New York … but not off New Jersey.
Pot farm: Growers burn profits as Albany bungles adult legalization.
Lunar farm: Yes, plants can grow on the moon.
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