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#StPatricksDay was first observed around the 10th century and has since evolved into a celebration of Irish culture and heritage open to anyone. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in more countries than any other single-day national festival, mainly due to America’s enthusiasm for what many consider a holiday. For those in the U.S. looking to celebrate properly, use the Irish toast “sláinte,” which translates to “good health.” 🍀 Are you going out to celebrate the day?? For St. Patrick’s Day, the nationaltoday.com/ data science team surveyed 1,000 Americans on how they plan to spend the day. Wear green: 30% Eat Irish food: 13% I don’t plan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day: 12% Pinch people who don’t wear green: 9% Drink green beer: 8% Go to a St. Patrick’s Day parade: 6% Listen to Irish music: 5% Watch an Irish movie: 4% Go on a pub crawl: 3% Go Irish dancing: 2%

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Food is a powerful tool. It can bring a family together at the end of the day, communicate a culture’s history, or be a symbol of love. In times of crisis however, it becomes an even more powerful tool for healing a community and our partner, World Central Kitchen, knows this better than anyone. We're highlighting their mission and the incredible work they do all over the world in our most recent blog post. Check it out!

Ever attend a party where the guest of honor was the Grim Reaper himself? Well, welcome to the world of 'Death Cafes'. These insightful soirees celebrate life while discussing the inevitable - our grand exit. And the heroes of the day? They're end-of-life doulas who although lacking formal licensing, undergo rigorous training through orgs like NEDA or INELDA.💀 Just as with births, deaths too have doulas who ease the transition. It's fascinating how one road ends where another begins, isn’t it? This unconventional approach is reshaping our conversations around death, making it less of a dread and more of a dialogue about life. Guess it’s time to trade the black robes for party hats, folks! If macabre-themed muffins and skeleton-bone sandwiches peaked your curiosity, then you’d relish reading this insightful take on how these death cafes are actually teeming with life:

As I’ve identified in numerous write-ups, our conversations drift through many different topics but we usually spend a bit of time on one or two items. Like the eclipse last week, this week’s main conversation point also came as no surprise: broadcaster Rebecca Lobo’s comment about Albany and the reaction that followed. Not every controversy has a universal response, but we were mostly in agreement that - although her comment was rude (or at least flippant) - there was some truth spoken, and now it’s what we choose to do about it (including nothing, which is also a choice). Of course there are reasons for Albany being a bit quieter than she and other visitors may have expected or desired - Easter weekend and Monday night (typically a dark night for restaurants and bars), as well as staffing challenges that pretty much all the hospitality industry is trying to work through. But this was a unique opportunity to shine and we knew it was coming. Inside the arena, I don’t think there was any issue with the energy, the competitiveness of the games, and the sold out crowd, including Ted Lasso (who somehow was able to find his way to Albany). Perhaps it’s reputation or that smAlbany attitude that we haven’t quite shaken yet, but those of us who know the region can rattle off a long list of things to do. How we make sure it’s available and accessible to anyone who wants it is the new challenge if we don’t want to get cracked on again. On a lighter note, whenever Melanie Metzger is on, I always ask her to tell us a fun library fact including services libraries provide the public may not be aware of. Did you know that our regional libraries have baking pans and utensils available to sign out, including some branches that can loan out mixers? Another reason why libraries are so good for our community. #TheMoreYouKnow Joining Melanie and me this week were Karen Candida-Lombardo, Crickett Thomas-O'Dell, Rose Miller, SPHR, Heather Rogers, Miriam Dushane, PHR, SHRM-CP, Alana Feldman, Robert Pistilli, Kellie Fredericks, Dr. Tom Denham, Betty Wall, P.E., Kate Otis, Tammy Doucette, Charles (CJ) Harkola, Jennifer DeGroff, Steven Horowitz, Sherry Long, MJ, Phil Wilton MBA, and Jill VanHoesen. The Our Hour Coffee Hour is sponsored by Motor Oil Coffee. #CoffeeHour #CantGetWormsAtTheLibrary #Sure

'Eating a healthy meal shouldn’t be a privilege but a human right!' 🤝 Scaramouche and The Stop have a longstanding relationship that centers around bringing people together through food. We both know that community is the secret sauce. Learn more about our partnership in our new blog: https://lnkd.in/e28seDg7

Some interesting echoes of Sir John Hegarty's MAD//FEST LONDON talk yesterday in Sir Martin Sorrell's talk today. Asked what he’d recommend to youngsters joining the industry Sir Martin said learn Chinese, Spanish and coding – not just because they’re useful skills, but because it’ll exercise your brain in a way that we don’t do enough of now. Whilst Sir Martin Sorrell also talked about trying tech fast, because it will change faster than you think, Rory Sutherland talked about what slow AI might look like. Sometimes we need to take time to do things, we need to put in the right amount of effort to achieve what we need to. Being more efficient can be easy to achieve, being more effective is often much harder. Thanks MAD//FEST – lots of great thinking to make the little grey cells fire up – now to slowly digest and think about the learnings to take forward.

As we usher in the #Thanksgiving festivities, our team wants to ensure your celebrations are not only joyful but safe. Click the link below for a few crucial tips to keep in mind. https://bit.ly/3QPmnYo