The start of the fiscal year, even if not recognized with champagne and fireworks, often signals new beginnings. In the months and weeks leading up to July, there is often a burst of activity in nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit executives and their boards of directors create and ratify new budgets. Perhaps the governance or nominating committee puts forth a slate of new directors. Officers sometimes step into new leadership roles. In some years, there will be a new board chair; in others, a board chair may be considering how to have an impact during the final year in office.
Here are some manageable and worthwhile fiscal New Year's resolutions to support nonprofit executives and board chairs working together to foster a productive, collaborative year for leadership and for the organization.
Executive directors and board chairs should meet regularly. Schedule regular face-to-face meetings with additional calls periodically and build trust through candid conversation. Agree that all topics are on the table for discussion. Foster developing a strong partnership that puts the organization first.
Ensure that staff and other directors are brought into conversations as necessary and appropriate. Even if the board wants to hold executive sessions following board meetings, be forthright about the importance of directors having time to "talk amongst themselves" as a way to further build trust and reflect on their own work.
Each leader is a valuable asset to the other.
Executive directors/CEOs: You know everything about the organization and the ways it delivers on its mission. Share what you know so your board chair is also knowledgeable. The more you share, the better you and your board chair can strategize together.
Board chairs: You have the ability to open doors for your organization's executive. Be a connector. Make introductions that may lead to collaborations, increased fundraising, new board members, and professional development.
Each of you has something to learn from the other.
Executives: You can benefit from the perspective your board chair has on the organization and the environment. The board chair understands what is going on in the minds of other board members and can demystify it for you.
Conversely, board chairs: You may have much to learn about the true needs of your organization's client base, or what staff experiences day-to-day.
Working together you can inspire your board and staff to persevere and work with you to achieve the organization's goals.
Ask each other questions and together brainstorm answers. Value and play to each other's strengths. Understand that while your roles are different, your desires for your organization are the same.
Everyone wants to leave a mark. Serving on a nonprofit board permits an individual to pursue a passion, champion a cause, and support a meaningful effort.
For many, leading a nonprofit board offers the possibility of contributing to the world in a particular, meaningful way that is different from one's profession.
Serving in an executive management position signifies having attained a high level of leadership. Nonprofit EDs/CEOs come in many varieties. You may be a founder, someone who worked through the ranks to reach your position, or you may have come from a completely different line of work.
While a board chair might not have prior experience in this role, the executive director/CEO is the constant in the leadership equation as board chairs come and go according to term limits. Understanding the organization's past and present puts the chief executive in a prime position to work with board chairs to identify their unique assets and a way to capitalize on them when leading the board.
Perhaps the board chair came through the volunteer ranks of your organization by starting as a committee member and rising to committee chair. If yes, the chair is well situated to impress upon other board members the value and importance of engaging with the organization through committee work or asking their friends to participate. The resulting legacy may be focused attention to ensuring that board members participate broadly and share their talents freely with the organization.
Maybe the board chair deeply embraces the duties to support the organization financially, to introduce potential donors to the nonprofit, and to introduce the nonprofit to potential donors. If this is the case, the chair may foster a culture of giving that pervades the volunteer ranks. The legacy of this board chair can be a roster of engaged new donors and a board that embraces its fundraising duties.
Perhaps the board chair is emotionally intelligent, a good communicator, and a warm and welcoming individual. With your encouragement, the chair can use these engaging personal traits to inspire a boardroom culture that supports collegiality and candor. If you are lucky enough to have a board chair who understands the benefits of these intangible qualities, harness that energy and see the good that follows.
Executive directors/CEOs have distinct sets of qualities that serve them well in their leadership roles. Knowing and navigating the internal and external landscapes that support or challenge their organizations are primary. Understanding an organization's needs based on where it sits on the lifecycle spectrum is also important.
Maybe a founding executive has nurtured the organization since it was no more than an idea or a dream. With passion, drive, and persuasiveness this leader has built something that makes a difference in the lives of individuals and communities. While subsequent leaders will leave their marks, few, if any, will make the same kinds of sacrifices. The founder's legacy is singular and profound.
Perhaps the executive director/CEO has led the organization through a crisis or a time of ambiguity, modeling behaviors such as courage and resilience with staff and board members. This realistic and transparent response in the face of adversity sets a tone of individual and organizational adaptability. The resulting legacy of honest dealings with colleagues may be increased trust in the leader and commitment to the organization.
It is imaginable that an executive director/CEO has risen through the organization's ranks. This leader, observed and promoted by different supervisors throughout a long career, has likely shown initiative, sought out mentors and professional development, and become deeply invested in the mission. Moreover, this individual probably has the emotional intelligence and capacity for self-reflection to understand what it means to supervise former peers. The legacy in this scenario is one of seeking opportunity and rising to all the inherent challenges of leadership. A further legacy is the message others in the organization take and apply to their own growth and professional path.
The new fiscal year is a blank slate ready for new energy and achievements. It is the next installment in your organization's continuing story.
Successful executives and board chairs set an example of what commitment to the organization looks like. They communicate with staff and other board members to ensure open dialogue and shared vision.
Working together, they uncover each other's talents. Capitalizing on their shared leadership experience both enriches and leaves a lasting impression on the organization.
So, raise a glass to your partnership because with each New Year—fiscal and calendar—the opportunity of a new beginning spurs creativity and excitement. Cheers!


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Rep. Koung: "Time for Another Person to Take Over"
Ishmael F. Menkor
Rep Jeremiah K. Koung speaking at the program marking the dedication six classroom annex to J. W. Pearson Extension in Ganta.
— With eyes on the Senate, Rep. Koung prepares to relinquish District #1 seat
Nimba County District #1 Representative Jeremiah Kpan Koung says that he will not run for re-election in the District come the 2023 general election.
Speaking at the dedicatory program marking the dedication of the six-classroom annex to the John Wesley Pearson Extension School in Ganta on Monday, September 9, 2019, he told the citizens to find somebody that will replace him in the coming 2023 election.
He said the two terms given him were enough and it was time that another person takeover to foster the development initiatives in the district.
"I have been given the chance twice, and it is time that other person takeover to continue. Sometimes the next person will do better than what I have done," he said.
"If you are in school and passed in a class two times, it is better to leave that particular class. You wouldn't continue repeating the same over and over," he added, saying that if he will do something, it should be higher.
The dedicated six-classroom annex was constructed by Rep. Koung to increase the seating capacity in the school and also allow the school to operate at secondary level.
He said students living around the LPMC Community and its' environs find it difficult to reach the only public secondary school (J. W. Pearson), so he decided to build the annex to increase secondary education in the community.
"Gradually, we will continue to build new structures in the future," he said.
Rep. Jeremiah Koung presenting a receipt for 1,000 bags of cement to the Women's Department of the Inland Church as part of activities marking the dedication.
During the first term of Rep. Koung, he constructed two new annexes to the main J. W. Pearson as a means of increasing the capacity for effective learning.
Prior to the construction of these annexes, classes used to be congested, with over 100 persons in each class.
He has constructed several other public schools in some communities around Ganta, since he was elected as representative in 2011.
The dedicatory ceremony, which was highly attended by a cross section of citizens, including Rep. Johnson Gwaikolo, chiefs, elders, members of both Muslim and Christian community and others, was full praises from citizens, regarding his developmental initiative in district.
Representative Gwaikolo praised Rep. Koung for the jobs well done and urged the school authority to take care of the facility and use it for its intended purpose.
Rep. Koung is among many Nimbaians, who have expressed their desires to contest in the coming mid-term senatorial election in 2020.
Current opinion polls from the local radio stations across Nimba put Jeremiah Koung in the lead when it comes to the pending mid-term election, followed by incumbent Senator Thomas S. Grupee.
Supt. Dorr Cooper has yet to state clearly whether he will be in the race, something critics believed is a delay tactic to hold on to power and use the county development money to fund his senatorial ambition.
Supt. Cooper's senatorial ambitions have put the county development initiative on a standstill, with many lawmakers refusing to trust him with the US$1.1 million intended for development in Nimba.
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J bbn oy September 11, 2019 At 9:39 am
Hahahahahahah………..representative is now constructing school building….or extension. Is that legal……where did he get the money from?
F. Hney September 11, 2019 At 11:17 am
Although it is way too soon for Rep. Koung to be praised, there is no doubt that the Nimba county Lower House lawmaker shapes up as "one of a kind". Koung wants to become a senator. There's nothing wrong with that at all. However, Koung deserves to be credited because he plans to resign as a Lower House lawmaker before officially declaring his candidacy for the upcoming senatorial seat. Such a move makes Koung one of a kind.
A few days ago, Rep. Kogar who happens to be a fellow Nimbian as Rep. Koung, announced his intention to challenge senator Prince Johnson, the Sr. unbeaten Nimba county strongman in the upcoming election. Shortly after declaring his intention to run against senator Prince Johnson, Kogar got an impressive endorsement from a group of Nimba county churchwomen. To many pundits in and out of Liberia, Kogar's early endorsement by a group of churchwomen was seen as a good start. The truth is that it is unusual for women, especially those who are not politically savvy to throw their weight behind Kogar's senatorial intentions. But, realistically, the churchwomen who endorsed Kogar as well as Kogar himself have committed no malfeasance. After all, eligible Liberians have a right to form an opinion in order to make informed decisions.
The Enigma:
Like Koung who plans to step down from his Lower House seat before he officially gets into the Nimba county senatorial contest, Kogar has yet to announce whether he will resign before he runs. If Kogar is serious about putting up a formidable fight to unseat senator Johnson, it's all honky-dory. But, Kogar will be viewed with extreme skepticism if he runs without resigning his Lower House seat.
Joe Moses September 11, 2019 At 8:22 pm
The question here that one should be asking is this: Will a crime be committed if Kogar does not resign his seat before running? If no crime will be committed, then, he can be viewed with all the extreme skepticism as long as he operates within the confines the law. That will be a moral issue, and as i heard one lawyer say, "Morality is not law".
Uncle F. Hney, I have come to realize that you have a very good heart and I say that to say you mentioned supra that "Koung deserved to be credited because he plans to resign as a lower house lawmaker before officially declaring his candidacy for the upcoming senatorial seat.. I think you should wait until his plans is translated into action.
Sad to say, but I dont take Liberian politicians by their words. Harsh but true.
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A 27-year-old American woman has pled guilty to supporting ISIS with the use of Bitcoin, money laundering, and bank fraud.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, in 2017, Zoobia Shahnaz, a resident of Brentwood, Long Island, wired over $150,000 to people and shell organizations that were fronts for ISIS in Turkey, Pakistan, and China, reports CNBC.
For two weeks, she assisted in providing medical aid to Syrian refugees in Amman [Jordan] and in the Zataari Refugee camp, where ISIS exercises significant influence.
Yet, while it's possible she came further under the influence of them there, she had also previously conducted her own research on "joining the ISIS," as well as how to travel to Syria. In March 2017, Shahnaz proceeded to scam Chase Bank, American Express, TD Bank, and Discover by obtaining six credit cards.
Following on from that, in June of the same year, she fraudulently applied for and obtained a loan from a bank in Manhattan, worth $22,500. She then proceeded to make several wire transactions overseas. Before being intercepted at JFK airport for a flight to Pakistan before heading to Turkey in July 2017, she had quit her job and obtained a Pakistani passport, without her family's knowledge.
Zoobia Shahnaz faces up to 20 years in prison when she is eventually sentenced.
While this case highlights the use of crypto in funding terrorism, it's not highly effective.
There are enough case studies of jihadist groups experimenting with cryptocurrencies to suggest that…terrorists [will] to try to exploit digital tokens as the technology spreads.
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Welcome to another linkup with the ladies from The Well (you can check out past linkups here)! This month's question is What are your summer essentials?
As the women from The Well described it, this is a fun, easy breezy prompt for June which I think is needed. Sometimes I tend to get a bit serious over here and we need some fun to lighten up!
Frankly, I'm not a huge fan of summer. I get awful reactions to bug bites and am constantly trying to find a piece of shade, for my complexion don't ya know. Plus, I love school so when I am not in class it is terribly upsetting. I'm strange, I know. So what do I rely on to make summer slightly more bearable?
A picnic basket. I LOVE picnics! There is nothing better than going to a park or a lake and spending hours talking and laughing and eating picnic food. It is absolutely the best.
Sunscreen and hats. For the aforementioned complexion.
Sundresses. Basically my summer uniform.
Books. This goes for every season really, but especially during the summer when there is more time. I set a yearly reading goal and the summer is when I am able to get ahead.
The perfect summer playlist. Mine includes tons of Bollywood of course, but it is essential to have a playlist you can put on whenever to set the perfect mood.


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VISUAL CONTROL OF VELOCITY OF APPROACH BY PIGEONS WHEN LANDING
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Films of pigeons flying to a perch were analysed to test a theory of how speed of approach and timing of foot extension in preparation for landing are visually controlled. Rapid neural computation of distance to perch and of speed and deceleration would seem to be required. However, according to the theory, none of this is necessary. Simpler control is possible based solely on the value of the tau function of certain optic variables x, where the tau function of × is × divided by its rate of change; i.e. tau(x)=x/x˙˙ tau(x) is a first-order approximation of time to contact with the perch and so could be used for timing foot extension. Controlled braking is possible by simply keeping tau(x), the rate of change of tau(x), constant. The results indicated that pigeons did regulate their braking when approaching the perch by keeping tau(x) constant and initiated foot extension when tau(x) reached a threshold value of approximately 150 ms. They followed this procedure even when they had one eye covered, and so binocular vision was not necessary for regulating braking or timing foot extension. It is shown that an optic variable that the pigeons could be using is the width of the optic projection of the gap between foot and perch. It is further shown that they could be using the same optic variable for controlling the trajectory of their feet to contact the perch.
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Rockville Centre is a village located in New York's Nassau County in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 24,568.
The Village of Rockville Centre is inside the southwest part of the Town of Hempstead.
Near Rockaway, formerly a village for the Reckouackie Indians, in the late 17th century included what today is Rockville Centre, as well as Oceanside, Lynbrook, and East Rockaway. Population increased slowly through the 17th century, but with the erection of DeMott's Mill on Smith's Pond, Rockville Centre's position as a commercial center for the South Shore of Long Island began to emerge. The revolutionary fervor sweeping other parts of the thirteen colonies seemed far removed from the inhabitants of Near Rockaway, until June 1776, when a skirmish at DeMott's Mill turned neighbor against neighbor as the forces of independence swept through a fiercely loyalist community.
As the 19th century unfolded, perhaps the single most important event, other than incorporation, in transforming the hamlet into a thriving Village, occurred when Robert Pettit, in 1849, applied to the United States Post Office for permission to open a post office in his general store. Several names for this postal address were rejected in Washington, including Smithville, Smithtown, and Rockville, but the addition of "Centre" created what the Post Office agreed was a distinctive-sounding designation.
"Gentlemen wishing a county seat will find it to their interest to secure lots in said Village." With development came entrepreneurs who established newspapers, such as "The Picket," first published in 1865, with a distinct anti-South bias. It was "The South Side Observer," a successor paper which first touted the idea of a referendum on incorporation.
The Village Green is located on the site of the Wallace home. It is the setting for a variety of special events for residents, including summer concerts, springtime arts festival and holiday programs.
The arrival of the railroad in 1867 heralded the entry of Rockville Centre into the modern era. It was now possible to get into New York City faster and more frequently than had ever been possible by stage coach on the Jamaica Plain Road or by sailing ship from East Rockaway.By 1870, the local press was urging a home rule referendum.
Even before its establishment as a municipality, Rockville Centre enjoyed diverse services, including a volunteer fire company founded in 1875, a public library opened in 1882, and the South Shore's first high school, opened in 1892. South Side High School occupied the building and grounds which now house the Rockville Centre Municipal Building. The former high school, now Village Hall, erected a New York State historic marker in front of the building after its 100th birthday. It sets forth the building's place in the history of this Village and Long Island.
As incorporation and self-determination of municipal services dawned, Rockville Centre was a thriving community of 2,000.
Village History Reflects Its Growth and Stability The date: July 15,1893. The place: Atheneum Hall. The vote: 139 in favor, 79 opposed. With that, the citizens of Rockville Centre, Queens County, State of New York, took the first step toward the home rule and self determination.
Following ratification of the home rule referendum, the first Village elections were held on August 19, 1893, and John Lyon was elected Village President. This title, for the Village's chief elected official was changed to Mayor in 1925, during the tenure of Charles Richmond. Mr. Lyon was joined on the Village Board by Edwin Wallace, Edwin Seabury, Glentworth Combes, Nelson Seaman, and John Runcie. The first Village Board meeting was held on August 26, at the Wallace home on Maple Avenue.
The First water and electric utilities building on the south side of Maple Avenue was constructed on land obtained by the Village from Captain Edwin Wallace. Water service started in 1895, and the electric generating plant began operations at that site in 1898.
The original steam generator used to pump Village water is on display at the utilities complex on Maple Avenue.
The motivating force behind the creation of a municipal water utility was concern for controlling the spread of fires. In 1895, residents approved the levy of a water tax to construct a water system. The Water Department was established on land donated by Trustee Wallace, where it still stands today. Originally, water mains were installed in the downtown business district, and gradually, residential pumping was added to the system.
The original wells were about convert|50|ft|m deep while water is pumped today from 10 wells nearly convert|1000|ft|m deep, and enters the distribution system under pressure from storage in four towers that collectively hold nearly 4 million gallons.
At the outset, the power plant averaged 206,182 kilowatt hours of power per year to 285 customers. Today, with the continuing upgrade of the generators, and the Village's access to hydropower supplied by the Power Authority of the State of New York, Rockville Centre's Electric Light and Power provides more than 10,000 residential and commercial customers with approximately 170 million kilowatt hours of power each year, at rates substantially below any other electric utility in the region.
The out front philosophy is still evident as the Village works to complete an electric enhancement project which will ensure Rockville Centre's continued access to safe, efficient and economical electric power.
Back in 1925, the Long Island Rail Road ran at ground level, through downtown Rockville Centre. Front Street was wide enough at that time to permit two-way traffic with sufficient space in the center to provide some convenient parking for some residents commuting to NYC.
Throughout its first 35 years, Rockville Centre grew and prospered. The expansion northward and the advent of residential development in the late 1910s and early 1920s resulted in the creation of a Building Department, and sewers were installed in the late 20's. In 1926, the Village was one of the first Long Island communities to install traffic lights, and by 1928, the Rockville Centre Police Department was completely motorized.
The year-round programs attracted 1900 boys and girls, ages 5 to 18, in 1956; today's extensive recreation schedule of classes, events, and facilities' use is enjoyed by every age group, from toddler to senior citizen. In 1992, more than 10,000 residents utilized the Recreation Center and the Village's parks.
The safety and convenience of having the railroad tracks run overhead has narrowed Front Street. The increase in the number of LIRR commuters has been accommodated at the parking fields built by the Village during the forties and fifties in areas near the station.
During the mid-50's, the Village built commuter parking fields, and augmented existing lots to provide space for the explosion of automobiles experienced in the post-war period. It successfully urged the State to complete the rerouting of the Sunrise Highway/ Merrick Road intersection, to eliminate a hazardous entry into the Village, and it approved preliminary plans to eliminate substandard housing in the west end of the community.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre was established in 1957.
Rockville Centre was featured in the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, staring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and Elijah Wood.
Rockville Centre School District
[http://www.rvcschools.org/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1 Rockville Centre's public school district] consists of five elementary schools which include: [http://www.rvcschools.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=5 Watson] , [http://www.rvcschools.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=2 Covert] , [http://www.rvcschools.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=6 Wilson] , [http://www.rvcschools.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=3 Hewitt] ,and [http://www.rvcschools.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=4 Riverside] . In addition to the elementary schools, Rockville Centre also consists of [http://www.rvcschools.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=7 South Side Middle School] and [http://www.rvcschools.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=8 South Side High School] .
In 2008, South Side High School was again ranked in Newsweek's [http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380 The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,300 top U.S. schools] , this year at #42. Year after year, RVC has maintained this distinction, at #44 in 2007, #32 in 2006, #45 in 2005 and #65 in 2003.
Rockville Centre is located at 40°39'48" North, 73°38'13" West (40.663390, -73.636831)GR|1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.7 km²), of which, 3.3 square miles (8.5 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it is water. The total area is 2.38% water.
As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there are 24,568 people residing in the village, organized into 9,201 households and 6,468 families. The population density is 7,496.5 people per square mile (2,892.0/km²). There are 9,419 housing units at an average density of 2,874.0/sq mi (1,108.7/km²); as of 2004 [http://www.ci.rockville-centre.ny.us/bn_state1.html] , the average homevalue is more than $500,000. The racial makeup of the village is 90.88% White, 3.72% African American, 1.42% Asian, 0.08% Native American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.83% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. 7.72% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 9,201 households, out of which 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% are married couples living together, 9.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% are non-families. 26.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 3.25.
In the village the population is spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 81.9 males.
The median income for a household in the village is $79,345, and the median income for a family is $103,315. Males have a median income of $70,149 versus $43,800 for females. The per capita income for the village is $40,739. 5.0% of the population and 2.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 7.0% of those under the age of 18 and 5.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Notable current and former residents of Rockville Centre include:
*Bill Fillmaff (1985-),1998 Worldwide Poker Champion, author of Secret System.
*Dave Attell (1965-), comedian, was raised there.
*Pete Axthelm (1943-1991), critically acclaimed sportswriter, columnist, journalist, and TV sports commentator was raised in Rockville Centre.
*Kevin Connors, ESPNNEWS Sports Anchor, was raised in Rockville Centre and graduated from South Side High School.
*Ted Demme (1963-2002), film director and producer, grew up here and graduated from South Side HS and was the nephew of Academy Award winning film director Jonathan Demme. Ted's films included "The Ref", "Beautiful Girls", "Monument Ave." and "Blow".
*Billy Donovan (1965-), former New York Knicks player, University of Florida 2 time back to back National Championship head basketball coach, was born and raised in Rockville Centre, starred at St.Agnes Cathedral HS; led Providence College to the 1987 Final Four and was named the Southeast Regional MVP. [Hermoso, Rafael. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E5DD133DF93BA25750C0A9679C8B63 "COLLEGE BASKETBALL: SOUTH; Easy Part For Florida Is Playing The Game"] , "The New York Times", March 18, 2001. Accessed November 25, 2007. "Donovan was reared in Rockville Centre, N.Y."] His dad, Bill, is in the Boston College Hall of Fame and lives here.
*Joseph Fins (1959-), physician and medical ethicist, is a graduate of South Side High School.
*Doris Kearns Goodwin, award winning author, historian, TV news analyst, and 1995 Pulitzer Prize winner for history grew up in Rockville Centre; her book on the Brooklyn Dodgers, "Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir" (ISBN 0-684-82489-2), features the village.Gussow, Mel. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E1DF1E39F931A25752C1A961958260 "AT LUNCH WITH: Doris Kearns Goodwin; Foundations of a Lifetime, Found in the Box Scores"] , "The New York Times", November 12, 1997. Accessed December 12, 2007. "Growing up in the 1950's in the Long Island suburb of Rockville Centre, she defined herself by her family, her street, her town, her Roman Catholic religion and her team, the Brooklyn Dodgers."]
*Mel Gussow (1933-2005), theatre critic for "The New York Times".
*Ray Heatherton (1909-1997), The 'Merry Mailman', lived in Rockville Centre; he hosted a series of long running children's TV shows in the '50's and '60s. Heathertons' daughter, Joey Heatherton, attended St. Agnes HS and became a well-known actress, singer, and dancer.
* Art Heyman, college All-American at Duke University and first pick of the 1963 NBA draft by the NY Knicks was born here and owned and operated the Back Street Bar and Grill after his playing days.
*Henry Hill Mob Imformant had a home in Rockville Centre.
*Joan Jett (1958-), lived there during the 1980s [Ketcham, Diane. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5D61F30F93AA15750C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 "LONG ISLANDERS"] , "The New York Times", March 29, 1987. Accessed November 17, 2007. "Ms. Jett, who has a home in Rockville Centre, will perform the concert possibly in May, he said."]
*Dean Kamen (1951-), Segway Human Transporter inventor. [Marshall, Angela. [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1601&dept_id=479859&newsid=7668579&PAG=461&rfi=9 "Inventor wins national honor: Villager recognized for contributions to science"] , "Rockville Centre Herald", April 10, 2003. "It is hardly a stretch of the imagination to believe that one day there will be a sign at the entrances to Rockville Centre saying 'Birthplace of Dean Kamen.'"]
*Kerry Keating - Head Coach, Santa Clara University Broncos and former UCLA Bruins' assistant coach. [ [http://santaclarabroncos.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/keating_kerry00.html Kerry Keating] , CSTV. Accessed November 17, 2007. "Keating was born on July 15, 1971 in Stoughton, Mass., and was raised in Rockville Centre, N.Y. He attended high school at Archbishop Molloy and graduated from Seton Hall Prep."]
*Wendy Aron, American Author "Hide & Seek" Sitcom Writer Family Ties
*Sandy Koufax (1935-), former major league Hall of Famer and pitching great, lived in Rockville Centre from 1944-1949 before moving back to Brooklyn for 10th grade. He won the Cy Young Award 3 times by unanimous voting and was the NL MVP in 1963. He was the World Series MVP twice [ 63' 65'] , threw 3 no-hitters and a perfect game, and is widely considered one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
*Frank Layden, former Niagara Univ. coach, Atlanta Hawks assistant coach, and president and head coach of the Utah Jazz where he won the 1984 NBA coach and executive of the year awards; got his coaching and teaching start at St. Agnes Cathedral H.S. and lived here in the late 50s.
* Brendan Malone, assistant coach for the Orlando Magic [NBA] , and former head coach of the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers lived here while coaching for years at Power Memorial HS in NYC.
* Anne Meara (1929-), actress and comic was raised in Rockville Centre. For decades, she and her husband Jerry Stiller formed one of America's most famous comedy acts on stage and television; Stiller and Meara.
*John Nolan and Michelle Nolan of the band Straylight Run were born there.
*Mark O'Connell, the drummer of the band Taking Back Sunday, grew up in Rockville Centre and attended South Side High School.
*Daryl Palumbo (1979-), of the bands GlassJaw and Head Automatica.
*Floyd Patterson (1935-2006), Heavyweight Champion of the World lived here in the late 50s. [Nichols, Joseph C. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C11F738551A7A93CBA8178DD85F448685F9 "30,000 EXPECTED AT POLO GROUNDS; Johansson's First Defense Likely to Bring Receipts of $750,000 at Gate"] , "The New York Times", June 19, 1960. Accessed December 8, 2007. "Ingemar Johansson, a 27-year-old native of Goteborg Sweden, will make the first defense of his world heavyweight championship tomorrow night. He will oppose the previous title-holder, Floyd Patterson of Rockville Centre, L.I., in a fight scheduled for fifteen rounds at the Polo Grounds."]
*Frank Pellegrino, actor and restaurateur appearing in the movie "Goodfellas" and "The Sopranos" who is also co-owner of Rao's restaurant in NYC lives there.
* Ted Robinson, Emmy Award winning and veteran radio and TV play-by-play sports announcer for NBC, USA, and other networks was raised in Rockville Centre.
*Howard Stern (1954-), radio personality, attended South Side High School after he moved to RVC from Roosevelt. [ [http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-hometown_stern,0,2669272.story?coll=ny_community_guide_lihistory_util Howard Stern] , "Newsday". Accessed December 4, 2007. "That was the last straw. In June, 1969, when Howard was 15, the Sterns made their move -- to predominantly white, middle-class Rockville Centre."]
*Jay Wright (1961-), the head coach of the Villanova Wildcats basketball team, lived in Rockville Centre for years while he was the head coach of the Hofstra University Pride basketball team.
*Jamie Smith, reporter of CBS 3-KYW Philadelphia, AP Award Winner, was born in Rockville Centre, went to St. Agnes Cathedral Parish [http://cbs3.com/bios/local_bio_008133748.html] .
* Broadway lighting designer Don Holder ("The Lion King"; Tony Award) ("Movin' Out") graduated from South Side High School.
* Marc Turnesa, golfer on the PGA Tour, grew up in Rockville Centre and attended South Side High School. His dad Mike is head pro at the Rockville Links C.C. Both help carry on the tradition of the famous Turnesa brothers royal family of golf.
* Wally Rooney, retired 23 yr. veteran NBA referee; former supervisor of NBA officials, and former NABR union president lives and raised his family here.
* Brian Mahoney, former Haggerty award winner while a Manhattan College standout; N.Y. Net player [ABA] ; and head basketball coach at Manhattan College and St. John's University where he won Big East coach of the year [92-93] ; grew up, starred at St. Agnes H.S. and makes his home here.
* Jimmy Hayes, all time Boston Univ. basketball scoring avg. leader @ 24.3ppg [1967 - 70] and NY Net [ABA] was born and starred for St. Agnes Cathedral H.S. here.
* Frank Morris(coach) coached at St. Agnes Cathedral HS from 1961-87; taking over the successful boys program started in 1954 by the well known educator, referee, and former St. Johns U. player, Jim Lennon. Together the two compiled an astounding 573-130 record in 31 seasons. Morris has been credited with transforming scholastic basketball on Long Island by implementing a revolutionary, unrelenting fast break offense, to go along with a tenacious full court man to man defense; both learned from his lacrosse playing days at Cortland State. His extremely well conditioned teams compiled a 491-122 record in 26 seasons against some of the toughest competition in the metropolitan NYC area; the east coast and beyond; winning many Long Island championships, NYS titles, and significant regional and national exposure and prominence. The two men helped build the Rockville Centre high school into a local perennial powerhouse; and sent a multitude of players to many fine colleges and universities throughout the nation on basketball scholarships; right up until the high school was closed in 1987.
* AJ Wynder, member of the 90-91 NBA Boston Celtics, played at St. Agnes HS.
* Terry McDermott, upon graduating St. Agnes HS in 1969 was the 8th overall pick in the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft by the LA Dodgers. He played briefly for the Dodgers in 1972 before injuries cut short his career and he became a TV sports reporter/director in Albuquerque, N.M.
* Tim Moriarty, deceased Hockey Hall of Fame writer and author who covered the NY Islanders for Newsday during their championship runs, as well as following the Rangers and writing books; lived here.
* Billy Idol, Rock Singer, lived in Rockville Centre for a brief period of a few years during his early childhood before returning to England with his family.
* Frank Alagia, was a high school all American at St. Agnes HS in 1972 and won the 1976 Naismith Award as the best player in the nation under six feet tall his senior year at St. Johns Univ.
* Dean Skelos, State Senator New York State Senate's Republican Majority Leader; grew up and still lives here.
* Ed O'Toole, 1946, 47', and 48' USA national champion in the 10,000 meters; and member of the 1948 USA Olympic Team in London; lived and raised his large family here.
* [http://www.ci.rockville-centre.ny.us/ Village's official website]
* [http://www.rvcschools.org/ Rockville Centre Public School District]
* [http://www.rvclibrary.org/ Rockville Centre Public Library]
* [http://www.rockvillecentrechamber.com/ Official website] of the village's Chamber of Commerce
* " [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1601&nav_sec=60586 Rockville Centre Herald] "
* [http://www.stagnescathedral.org/ Parish of Saint Agnes Cathedral]
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Sichuan hospitals use 5G tech for quake medical rescue
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A patient receives a 5G real-time remote video consultation at a ward in Changning County Hospital of TCM in Changning, Sichuan province, on June 19. [Photo/Chinanews.com]
Hospitals in Southwest China's Sichuan province for the first time used 5G technology for disaster medical rescue, after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Changning county on Monday.
According to the official Weibo account of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, at 1:25 pm on Tuesday, an ambulance equipped with a 5G emergency rescue system - the first of its kind in the country - carrying a medical team from Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital and engineers from China Mobile Sichuan Company and China Mobile (Chengdu) Industrial Research Institute assisting the joint rescue efforts arrived at Changning County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
At around 9:30 pm, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital launched a 5G real-time remote video consultation with its medical team on a patient admitted to Changning County Hospital of TCM for a suspected spleen rupture.
This is the world's first case of applying 5G technology to disaster medical rescue.
According to Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, the 5G emergency rescue system, which integrates artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality and drone applications, allows a series of medical checks including blood tests, electrocardiograms and ultrasounds to be given to patients right away. The information can then be transferred back to the hospital in real time, which greatly saved time in rescuing patients.
The rescue system also helped another 72-year-old patient who got a fracture in the earthquake. According to report from Chinanews.com, a temporary ward supported by 5G technology was established at the epicenter of the disaster zone for consultation with doctors from Chengdu, as the aged patient had a previous history of high blood pressure and cerebral infarction, which necessitated more careful treatment.
"The 5G-based network thoroughly solved the problems of poor definition and distortion of images, as well as interrupted signal transmissions," said Li Wei, deputy director of the emergency center of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital.
Hospitals in Southwest China's Sichuan province for the first time used 5G technology for disaster medical rescue, after an earthquake hit Changning county on Monday.