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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080307T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080307T000000 DTSTAMP:20080307T050000Z CREATED:20080307T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20080307T050000Z UID:4280-1204848000-1204848000@limba.net SUMMARY:Steve Levy- County Executive DESCRIPTION:Members and friends:  \nFriday our speaker was Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy. Mr. Levy\, as most of you know\, is a very engaging speaker. He began by reviewing the financing of the budget and pointed out that a relatively large decrease in county taxes makes a small impact on the taxes we pay\, because most of our taxes are absorbed by the school districts.\n \nHaving made that point\, he stressed the need to reduce or contain taxes is important on every level. His efforts at redeploying the police from desk jobs to street jobs put more police in effective crime fighting duties and fewer desk assignments. The desk assignments were filled with less critically skilled civilians that drew commensurately lower pay\n \nServices vs. taxes is the balance that an executive must constantly make. Should we retain or expand services at the cost of raising taxes? IASked Levy. n the days of Long Island’s economic expansion that question was less of a dilemma. With a wildly expanding economy we can and did expand services\, and that money was well spent.\, according to Levy. Today we have circumstances that demand that we spend the taxpayers money wisely. We must not make living here so expensive that we lose our tax base and further exacerbate the problem. “Don’t sacrifice the good for the sake of the (unachievable) perfect” was his closing remark on that topic.\n \nHe gave the example of having the County operate a nursing home. According to Levy the County loses $11 Million per year on that nursing home. Mr. Levy says that the private sector can do that same job cheaper even if it 100% funded by taxpayer money.\n \nProviding major infrastructure is now more difficult because in the past state and federal monies provided 87% of the funding\, today it is zero. Bubkis\, if you will (bubkis has been described as a big zero with rim removed).\n \n\nOptimistically\, as Steve was winding down his talk\, he cited our capacity to be the energy-centric region of the country\, creating thousands of jobs in the emerging green energy industry. Coupling the various research and learning centers such as Brookhaven Labs\, SUNY Stony Brook\, and Cold Spring Harbor Labs\, with major industrial entities\, such as Keyspan/National Grid\, we can win the global battle for energy independence and create those high paying jobs. He also had similar remarks about the developments in wireless communications that are being advanced at Stony Brook \nErnie Fazio URL:https://limba.net/calendar/steve-levy-county-executive-2/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080314T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080314T000000 DTSTAMP:20080314T040000Z CREATED:20080314T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20080314T040000Z UID:4281-1205452800-1205452800@limba.net SUMMARY:Strategic Alliances with SUNY institutions-LarryWeber PhD DESCRIPTION:This morning our speaker was  Lawrence Weber PhD.  Recently Larry assumed a position at SUNY Stony Brook in business development. The topic was "Strategic Alliances with Sony Brook University." \nThe university created a unit that forms cooperative situations with innovators and established businesses to develop marketable ideas. The premise is that most of the people that have ideas may be missing an important ingredient. Sometimes it is research money\, or staffing\, or sophisticated equipment needed to carry out the research that is needed to develop a product or procedure. \nAfter discussing the needs and the terms of cooperation the university will enter into a written agreement with the innovator. All the questions of patent ownership\, responsibilities of the parties\, and other concerns should come up at that point. Usually the university retains a portion of the ownership. The royalties are then re-fed back to the university and used to further new research. Faculty and graduate students work hand in hand with the innovator \nThere are a number of successful joint ventures that have resulted in millions of dollars coming back to the university\, but most of those millions are the result of the success of one drug. In the meantime there are many efforts that came to fruition in terms of a granted patent. However they\, for one reason or another never resulted in any earnings. These patents may be useful to someone else if that person can see the value. If that is the case\, they can be\, by agreement\, be released to another person or company. These patents can be viewed by the public on line. If you see a marketable use for any of these patents\, the university will gladly enter into an agreement to release them. \nThis unit is a powerful engine for research and development on Long Island and has been under the leadership of Dr. Yacov Shamash since its inception. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/strategic-alliances-with-suny-institutions-larryweber-phd/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080321T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080321T000000 DTSTAMP:20080321T040000Z CREATED:20080321T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20080321T040000Z UID:4284-1206057600-1206057600@limba.net SUMMARY:Good Friday No Meeting DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/good-friday-no-meeting-4/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080328T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080328T000000 DTSTAMP:20080328T040000Z CREATED:20080328T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20080328T040000Z UID:4283-1206662400-1206662400@limba.net SUMMARY:Irwin Kellner PhD. What's Next? DESCRIPTION:Dr Kellner is always an interesting participant at LIMBA. We get good insights on the local and national economy. Please join us. \nErnie Fazio URL:https://limba.net/calendar/irwin-kellner-phd-whats-next/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR