BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Limba - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20071005T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071005T000000 DTSTAMP:20071005T040000Z CREATED:20071005T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20071005T040000Z UID:4265-1191542400-1191542400@limba.net SUMMARY:Fuel Cell Technology\, John Francescina DESCRIPTION:John Franceschina of Fuel Cell Energy spoke on the use of major size fuel cells that his company builds. John Eff of Long Island Energy Partners wrote the report. Here is John’s report;\n\nOn Friday October 5\, attendees at the weekly LIMBA meeting were treated to a very informative presentation by John Franceschina of Fuel Cell Energy. Fuel Cell Energy\, located in Danbury\, Ct  is a manufacturer and installer of Fuel Cells. Fuel Cells generate electrical and thermal energy from a chemical \nreaction with the introduction of a source fuel such as natural gas. Mr Franceschina presented the advantages of fuel cell technology and how Fuel Cell Energy’s stationery cells can help Long Island increase electric supply while decreasing the carbon footprint. The commercially available products come in several size ranges for various market applications such as hospitals\, nursing homes\, manufacturing plants\, waste water treatment plants\, large hotels and colleges and universities. Numerous installations have been in operation across the country. Coupled with 90% availability\, low emissions\,and low noise\, fuel cells can be the commercially "green" technology sited easily. \n\n–John Eff URL:https://limba.net/calendar/fuel-cell-technology-john-francescina/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20071012T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071012T000000 DTSTAMP:20071012T040000Z CREATED:20071012T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20071012T040000Z UID:4256-1192147200-1192147200@limba.net SUMMARY:Brookhaven Supervisor\, Brian Foley DESCRIPTION:This week\, 10/12\, our speaker was Town of Brookhaven Supervisor\, Brian Foley. Mr Foley began by telling us that the Town of Brookhaven has taken the position that they must be business friendly. Good projects will be assisted by the towns planning department. Where the town employees can assist in cutting red tape\, they will. The NY State Empire Zone was begun under a previous administration. It is being preserved and expanded by the Foley team.\n \nThe Town has inaugurated a system that tracks requests and makes sure that inquiries for assistance are properly routed. That system has helped builders and developers get things approved or rejected quickly to save time and money. where and when follow-up is needed it happens.\n \nThe issue of the "Ferries for Homeland Security" was brought up and a copy of LIMBA’s proposal on that project was given to the Supervisor ( a copy is attached). We asked if the Town could support our efforts and the economic development officer\, Ray Donnelly\, said it would be looked at favorably.\n \nWe also suggested that having LIPA sell power to Gershow recycling would have a beneficial effect on air quality. There are issues with that request that are presently being dealt with.\n(We held this meeting on the premises of Tradewinds Environmenta Restoration. We thank them for their hospitality) URL:https://limba.net/calendar/brookhaven-supervisor-brian-foley/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20071019T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071019T000000 DTSTAMP:20071019T040000Z CREATED:20071019T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20071019T040000Z UID:4263-1192752000-1192752000@limba.net SUMMARY:Hon Tom Spota\, Suffolk County District Atty DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this morning was Suffolk District Attorney\, Tom Spota. Mr Spota began by stating that his most important contemporary duties are involved with terror attack prevention. An audience member mentioned that there were Middle Eastern men taking parachuting  lessons on the east end. Mr Spota acknowledged that fact but declined to discuss it further.\n \nA while back DA Spota created a street gang unit and gave us some insights on how sophisticated some of these gang leaders were. He told us of a gang leader that was in his 40’s and was using his illegal gains to buy real estate. All of which Mr Spota seized when an arrest was made.\n \nAs important as those two items of law prosecution are the item that resonated with the audience more than others were the government corruption cases. White collar crime is not dismissible to Spota just because it is "an insurance company" or the "government" that is taking the hit. It is important crime because it challenges the trust we place in the system we live in.\n \nTom told of a school superintendent that was being paid $340\,000\, was issued a car and credit card to pay car expenses\, plus a $700/ month car allowance. In addition to that he was getting a $40\,000/ year guaranteed annuity. He then wrote himself a check from the payroll account for another 168\,000. The following week he wrote another check from the same account for 178\,000. Nobody in the school district picked up on any of this. This grand theft was discovered after his office made a routine investigation. This was a particularly egregious case\, but Spota said they found many other troubling mishandling of funds in other districts.\n \n\nHe then discussed identity theft and computer fraud. In these cases the amount of the theft was enormous compared to armed robbery and violent crime\, but the more troubling aspect of these thefts were that in the large majority of cases the money was transferred overseas to countries that are hostile to America. \nPictured: Bill Miller\, Suffolk District Attorney Tom Spota and Ernie Fazio URL:https://limba.net/calendar/hon-tom-spota-suffolk-county-district-atty/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20071026T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071026T000000 DTSTAMP:20071026T040000Z CREATED:20071026T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20071026T040000Z UID:4269-1193356800-1193356800@limba.net SUMMARY:Round Table Discussion DESCRIPTION:Members and friends\nThis morning we conducted one of our occasional "Round Table Discussions" I find these sessions very helpful in setting the agenda for LIMBA. \nOne of the suggestions was to re-create that staccato of issues that are worth repeating again and again. Paul Townsend was very successful at moving issues along because he wouldn’t let them die.\nHere are some of the issues that our members decided should be on that list;\n \nSewers-All attempts to provide denser housing are thwarted by the need for sewers. Instead of committing all of the 1/4% sales tax for land acquisition\, perhaps we could address sewers and make it possible to retain strategically located open space. This would assist economic development\, create more housing\, and still preserve open space\nReduce\, realign\, and condense government services. It would be more efficient to give more authority to county government and reduce town government. Park districts on Long Island would be recognized as regional resources. People from Smithtown should be welcome in Huntington and Babylon parks as well as all other jurisdictions\nWe need to rethink fire districts-Are we better served by this costly redundancy of fire equipment and locations\, or should we consolidate fire departments? And while we are at it\, shouldn’t we examine the idea of a paid fire department\, under county auspices? Wouldn’t we then have more coverage over all periods of the day\, at possibly less cost?\nThe schools are Long Island’s "sacred cows". However the schools have done their critics a favor recently. School financial scandals are more widespread than previously suspected\, giving rise to the notion that a county-wide oversight would be able to reign in the rogues. Even where blatant fraud and theft were not apparent\, there seems to be a cavalier attitude to spending.\nLIPA is excluded from NYSERDA’s energy research programs. I believe the reason for that is\, that as a state authority LIPA is not obligated to participate in NYSERDA"s programs and dose not pay for them either. Perhaps we can legally change that and then Long Island can partake in NYSERDA largesse.\nLastly we discussed the concept of pumped storage. This concept allows a generating facility to buy inexpensive off-peak hydro-power from upstate during the night and pumping water to a higher elevation. During the day the water is released to operate generators to supply power at peak load times. A serious look at this technology should be considered in adding to an array of generating options for the future.\n \nLIMBA is always true to its own self imposed time restraints and we adjourned at 9:30. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/round-table-discussion-4/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR