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:20081107T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081107T000000 DTSTAMP:20081107T050000Z CREATED:20081107T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081107T050000Z UID:4313-1226016000-1226016000@limba.net SUMMARY:Charles Wang- The Lighthouse Development DESCRIPTION:This morning our speaker was Paul Lancey\, Senior VP of The Lighthouse Development Group. The proposed building of a large multi-use site at what is sometimes referred to as the “Nassau Hub” has impressed many\, and at the same time caused others to object. \n  \nMr. Lancey went through the various elements of the plan\, which included the central part of this vision. A modernization and renovated of the Nassau Coliseum\, residences of varying cost and size that can be purchased and a sizeable number of rental apartments. \n  \nThere is\, as part of the plan to have addedional office space in the mix. These offices would lend themselves to use by people occupying the residential section.  There will be open recreational areas\, a canal with architecturally appealing bridges. The canal will have a promenade with café’s adjacent the canal to accommodate outdoor dining in good weather. \n  \nThere will be a sports oriented business center devoted to fitness\, sports medicine\, and sports technical equipment. These sports oriented businesses will be useful to the surrounding universities and the professional sports teams located at the coliseum \n  \nAll of the infrastructure will be tied together by being a generally walkable 150 acre complex. In addition it will be served by buses. The need for transportation links to the Long Island Railroad has not been included in the plan\, but it is apparent that a light rail connector would greatly enhance the overall plan. \n  \nThis proposal has been around for about 5 years and though it has been modified somewhat to answer the concerns of critics\, but it still has not come to fruition. The frustration of the developers was apparent in the presentation. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/charles-wang-the-lighthouse-development/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081114T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081114T000000 DTSTAMP:20081114T050000Z CREATED:20081114T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081114T050000Z UID:4317-1226620800-1226620800@limba.net SUMMARY:William Cronin The NY Port Authority DESCRIPTION:This morning our speaker was William Cronin from the New York Port Authority. Mr. Cronin’s expertise is in the shipping operations of the Port\, but was quite knowledgeable on other aspects of the NYPA operations. \nBill began by giving us a little history. The NYPA was originally created to coordinate rail service from New Jersey to New York\, and facilitate a smooth transfer of goods through several jurisdictions. Then the Holland Tunnel was built to create a better revenue stream and subsequently the Lincoln Tunnel was added\, as was the George Washington Bridge. \n  \nIdlewild Airport\, and LaGuardia Airports were owned by the city of New York and Newark Airport was owned by the city of Newark. All of these became NYPA properties. In the 70’s The World Trade Center was built and a companion project was the PATH train link to NJ \n  \nToday Port Newark and Port Elizabeth is a big part of the NYPA responsibilities and the security for all of these operations is a formidable task. \n  \nRecently NYPA acquired New York- New Jersey Rail LLC. The purpose of this acquisition was to reactivate a\, long out of use\, rail link and bridge that would bring rail freight traffic to Staten Island where it could be barged across the Narrows and delivered to Brooklyn. Brooklyn has rail links that connect to Long Island. In fact these are the very same rail links that congressman Nadler referred to when he made his presentation at LIMBA for a tunnel from New Jersey to Brooklyn. Nadler has made federal money available for the initial study of this idea\, but Cronin told us the NYPA was not interested\, indicating that it was not a viable idea\, so they refused the money. \n  \nDuring the Q&A portion of the meeting I asked Mr. Cronin\, “If this barge link is such a good idea\, why not get behind Mr. Nadler’s proposal for the tunnel?” Bill Cronin said the NYPA simply did not think it was a good idea. \n  \nI wrote this piece late in the afternoon and by the time I put my recap together I found in my Email in-box two notes dated yesterday and today\, that were attached to an email from Bill Cronin. NYPA reversed their decision to complete a feasibility study on creating the tunnel that congressman Nadler proposed. The study will now go forward. This is very good news for the region and Long Island. Mr. Nadler was thrilled with the decision. \n  \nIt is true Long Island can substantially increase rail freight with quicker and less costly fixes\, but this is the kind of robust infrastructure the region needs to support the growing economy of Long Island. This is a scoop folks and you heard it here first. You’ll be reading about it. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/william-cronin-the-ny-port-authority/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081121T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081121T000000 DTSTAMP:20081121T050000Z CREATED:20081121T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081121T050000Z UID:4318-1227225600-1227225600@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA Round Table DESCRIPTION:  \nThis morning we conducted a LIMBA RoundTable Discussion. There was much to report. \nThis week the new Advanced Energy Research and Development Center that is being built on the campus of SUNY Stony Brook held a 2-day conference at the Hyatt Windwatch in Hauppauge. There were many interesting ideas presented on alternate energy\, conservation and innovation. One of the issues that have been the concern of large-scale wind and solar providers is the robustness of the transmission grid\, or more precisely\, the lack thereof. One of the speakers addressed that very topic. Ed Reinfurt\, Executive Director of the New York State Foundation for Science\, Technology and Innovation made an impassioned speech on building a power highway that will get our renewable energy plants power to our major centers of population. He claimed that the system has not kept up with the times. He will be speaking at LIMBA in January.  \nWe also discussed the Mag-Lev train. I met with the inventors at the conference after they made a presentation on the “2nd Generation Mag-Lev” Drs. Danby and Powell have designed and built a prototype of the new concept in Florida. The new guide way system can be built at a fraction of the cost of the original design. The new design allows the Mag-Lev to operate on the same track as conventional rail when entering cities using a modified guide way between the tracks. This will make the vehicle capable of entering Grand Central and Penn station at conventional speeds and then ramping up to 350 m/p/h on its own dedicated guideways outside of the city.  \nMag-Lev is important because it is an electric technology and uses 1/10 the fuel per passenger than conventional rails. The vehicle can also transport trucks in a roll-on roll-off operation. This technology plays into the new energy initiatives being promoted by congressman Israel. We\, at LIMBA\, intend to make Mag-Lev a focus of our efforts going forward because Long Island has the knowledge base to make it happen.  \nWe also discussed congressman Nadler’s proposed tunnel from Bayonne to Brooklyn. All of the elements we discussed have a symbiosis and present enormous opportunities for the Long Island region. Look for a detailed presentation of Mag-Lev on the LIMBA website within a few weeks. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-round-table/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081128T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081128T000000 DTSTAMP:20081128T050000Z CREATED:20081128T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081128T050000Z UID:4319-1227830400-1227830400@limba.net SUMMARY:Thanksgiving weekend-no meeting DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/thanksgiving-weekend-no-meeting/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR