BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Limba - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Limba X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://limba.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Limba REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20060402T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20061029T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070907T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070907T000000 DTSTAMP:20070907T040000Z CREATED:20070907T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20070907T040000Z UID:4260-1189123200-1189123200@limba.net SUMMARY:Joseph Ambrosio\, Odyne Corporation DESCRIPTION:The presentation today by Dan DeMeo of Odyne Corporation was outstanding\,\nboth in content and presentation. \nThe topic today was\, creating the systems needed to use hybrid technology on\nlarger vehicles. Odyne has approached the advancement of Hybrid on the concept\nof modular construction vs whole vehicle manufacture. Many of the components of\ntheir system are off-the-shelf technology. By using heavy duty electric motors\nthat were built by GE and used by the elevator industry for decades\, Odyne has\nadapted them for use in buses and trucks. These are high voltage units that\noperate off DC battery power. The vehicles also have small internal combustion\nengines that are used to recharge the batteries and they operate at more or less\nconstant speeds without the need to accelerate. The internal combustion engine\nis 1/3 the size that would be otherwise needed. \nThe applications that are most advantages are heavy vehicles that make many\nstops and starts\, such as garbage trucks and buses. Fuel costs are reduced\ndramatically. We have seen this demonstrated in  passenger vehicles. Now we have\nthe technology modified to work in larger vehicles. \nThe electric motors have much higher performance features at low speed than\ndo conventional engines. The  vehicles also have the capacity to recapture\nthe braking energy of the vehicle and drastically reduce brake wear. \nThere is a very healthy return on investment too\, according to Mr. DeMeo\,\nmaking this technology attractive in the pursuit of cleaner air\, as well\nas better operating economics. \nI found that the most exciting part of Odyne’s efforts is that the technology\ncan be used in old equipment as well as newly manufactured units. They refitted\nan old garbage truck that was destined to the salvage yard\, replaced the\noperating power train\, painted it and put it back on the road. It works better\nand more efficiently than a brand new non-hybrid truck of similar size. \nWebsite Photographs were provided by John Rigrod of Hammer Magazine and Craig Plunkett of CEDX Corporation. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/joseph-ambrosio-odyne-corporation/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070914T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070914T000000 DTSTAMP:20070914T040000Z CREATED:20070914T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20070914T040000Z UID:4255-1189728000-1189728000@limba.net SUMMARY:Dr Robert Scott\, President\, Adelphi DESCRIPTION:This morning’s speaker was Dr. Robert Scott\, President of Adelphi University. Dr Scott is keenly aware of the pitfalls of institutions of higher education. Of the many things that can detract from the essential missions of our colleges is the fact that we can go astray in academia as much as we can in business. \nThere were miss-steps by universities in dealing with big pharma\, defense contractors and other powerful business interests. These miss-steps tend to compromise the core values of educational institutions\,  but on balance they resist and make corrections in course.\n\nHis warning for himself and others in his position is to be wary of the temptations that are presented to people who are dealing with budgets. Building a sports stadium and then selling the sky-boxes for hundreds of thousands of dollars is not in the best interest of the institutions. According to Scott it compromises the integrity of the school. On the other hand he admits to renting the rooftops of university buildings to cell phone providers and garnering a handsome fee for that use.\nDr Scott went on to express his belief that universities are not the trainning rooms for industry. They are the places where we deal in more than just the established knowns. They are the places where we discuss the unknowns. Universities are supposed to question what we think. He pointed out that slavery was legal and rationalized in our concept of law. Nevertheless it had to be challenged\, not in legal terms\, but in terms of ethics. In other words what is fair. He closed that part of the presentation with the notion that universities most function\, and be viewed as ethical  centers for the larger society.\nDr Scott pointed out that curiculum standards for American learning institutions are models for much of the world. As a result we attract students like no other country on earth. Long Island schools are among the best in a nation that can claim superlatives in education. (About $60 billion pours into the US institutions of higher learning attributable to fees paid by foreign students)\nAs an economic entity much can be said for education at this level. Adelphi has an operating budget of about $200 million per year. The combined operating budgets of all of Long Islands universities and colleges is $3.7 billion. That has an overall effect on the economy of Long Island of $10 Billion. As you can see\, not small potatoes.\n\nDuring the Q&A period a comment was posed about the beneficial effect of the GI Bill that rewarded our military servicemen and women after WWII. It was arguably the most effective way of keeping America competitive. Dr Scott launched into this one\, and said we now have a GI Bill that young soldiers have to opt into at the cost of $100 per month. A soldier with a wife and child may opt not to sign on because of his needs and limited pay. According to Dr. Scott that was a recruiting tool with an obvious flaw. He went on to say that many of the companies that now exist here on Long Island and around the country were started by these fortunate recipients of higher education\, and we all profited by their gain. \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/dr-robert-scott-president-adelphi/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070921T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070921T000000 DTSTAMP:20070921T040000Z CREATED:20070921T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20070921T040000Z UID:4250-1190332800-1190332800@limba.net SUMMARY:Hon. Tim Bishop\, Congressman 1st Congressional District DESCRIPTION:The Honorable Tim Bishop\, Congressman from Long Island’s 1st District\, was our speaker this morning. We requested that he speak about energy. In particular we wanted to hear about Congressman Steve Israel’s legislation. We also asked to comment on the conduct of the  occupation of Iraq\, and how that is going.\n \nMr Bishop pointed out what\, columnist\, Tom Freedman stated a while back\, United States is funding both sides of this war. We buy oil from a region that supports terrorism\, and we suffer the economic costs of fielding our own troops and equipment. That answer actually bridged the two initial focal points we asked about.\n \nBut sticking to the original question Tim said their was some good news. Where global warming has been questioned in the past\, it is now taken for fact. The earth is getting warmer. The fact that we recognize that puts us in the position of doing something about it. Some of the things we should be doing are;\n\nRoll back the $16.5 billion in tax breaks given to the oil industry. There is no rational for selecting the industry for tax abatement when they are probably the most profitable sector of the economy.\nMandate that utility companies produce at least 15% of their power using non-polluting alternative energy by a date certain.\nReconsider properly sited Nuclear Power plants.\nPass an alternative energy research and development bill such as the one proposed by Congressman Israel\nHe suggested that bio-fuels can and should be developed\, although corn based fuel is less than an optimum use of that product for fuel. He was being kind\, but having corn farmers as your constituents could color your opinion.\n\nThere are two alternative energy bills that are presently being considered. One in the House and one in the Senate. There is considerable differences and according to Mr. Bishop\, they may be difficult to resolve.\n \nTurning his attention back to Iraq he told us the United States has invested more than $20 billion in training and equipping the Iraqi security forces\, and they have little to show for the effort. The chief of staff\, General Petraes boss\, General Mullen said we are not going to resolve the Iraqi situation by military means. Tim then gave some statistics on the polling of the Iraqi people. 70% of Iraqi’s think it is OK to attack American soldiers. Congressman Bishop is adamant on our need to redeploy our troops away from the centers of the action. The president is equally adamant about keeping on doing what we are doing.\nHe then cited the GAO report that bluntly stated that Al Queda has completely reconstituted itself with the net result being interpreted as\, we are no more secure now than we were before 9-11.\n \nIt was suggested that enough criminal behavior has occurred in this White House to warrant impeachment. He rejected that idea on the grounds that it would tie up the country and be seen as a "bloodless coupe" if Bush and Cheney were impeached and convicted. That scenario would leave Speaker Pelosi in the presidency. In other words\, it aint gonna’ happen.\n\nErnie Fazio URL:https://limba.net/calendar/hon-tim-bishop-congressman-1st-congressional-district/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070928T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070928T000000 DTSTAMP:20070928T040000Z CREATED:20070928T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20070928T040000Z UID:4257-1190937600-1190937600@limba.net SUMMARY:LIBDC Conference at Montauk-NO LIMBA MEETING DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/libdc-conference-at-montauk-no-limba-meeting/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR