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:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110204T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110204T000000 DTSTAMP:20110204T050000Z CREATED:20110204T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110204T050000Z UID:4447-1296777600-1296777600@limba.net SUMMARY:Synergy Presentation by Jeanne Fontana DESCRIPTION:While we do not have the exact title and focus yet we will be discussing strategies for advancing your business. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/synergy-presentation-by-jeanne-fontana/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110205T000000 DTSTAMP:20110205T050000Z CREATED:20110205T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110205T050000Z UID:4641-1296864000-1296864000@limba.net SUMMARY:Wayne Horsely -The State of State Parks-LI DESCRIPTION: There have been numerouse park improvement projects started in the last 2 years. Mr Horsely will give us an update on what has been done URL:https://limba.net/calendar/wayne-horsely-the-state-of-state-parks-li/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110205T000000 DTSTAMP:20110205T050000Z CREATED:20110205T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110205T050000Z UID:4642-1296864000-1296864000@limba.net SUMMARY:Wayne Horsely -The State of State Parks-LI DESCRIPTION: There have been numerouse park improvement projects started in the last 2 years. Mr Horsely will give us an update on what has been done \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/wayne-horsely-the-state-of-state-parks-li-2/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110211T000000 DTSTAMP:20110211T050000Z CREATED:20110211T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110211T050000Z UID:4454-1297382400-1297382400@limba.net SUMMARY:Colonel Anthony Moncayo- Perspectives on Cuba DESCRIPTION:Colonel (ret) Anthony Moncayo\, USAR will discuss his recently completed 17 month tour at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay\, Cuba serving as Director\, Office of Military Commissions – South\, and his interaction with Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay’s detainee operations. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/colonel-anthony-moncayo-perspectives-on-cuba/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110217T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110217T000000 DTSTAMP:20110217T050000Z CREATED:20110217T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110217T050000Z UID:4445-1297900800-1297900800@limba.net SUMMARY:Karaoke at Windows on the Lake DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/karaoke-at-windows-on-the-lake/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110218T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110218T000000 DTSTAMP:20110218T050000Z CREATED:20110218T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110218T050000Z UID:4446-1297987200-1297987200@limba.net SUMMARY:Presidents Day weekend - No Meeting DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/presidents-day-weekend-no-meeting-6/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110225T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110225T000000 DTSTAMP:20110225T050000Z CREATED:20110225T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110225T050000Z UID:4449-1298592000-1298592000@limba.net SUMMARY:Covanta Plant Tour- Electric Power from Waste DESCRIPTION:Another in our continuing our series of field trips to important Long Island locations\, today’s meeting was held at Islip Town’s Resource recovery plant next to Long Island MacArthur Airport. \nThe plant is run under contract by Covanta\, burning solid waste and generating around ten Megawatts of electricity\, which is then sold to LIPA.  The town and Covanta share the revenue brought in by the plant.  An additional revenue stream is generated by separating and selling recyclable metals from the waste stream both before and after waste burning.\n\nAs with our meeting at the Northport power station\, the meeting opened with a discussion of safety issues.   The Covanta plant has compiled an impressive streak of over 2270 days that were accident-free\, a testament to conscientious work.  The plant is part of OSHA’s VPP program\, attaining star status. \nWaste to energy facilities have come far from their days where they were simply incinerators of garbage.  European countries with their limited space for landfills have long been the leaders in the waste to energy area.  The LIMA plant is a recovery operation\, getting back energy and metals from the wast stream.  It also reduces the volume of waste\, so that the ultimate end product of ash is a far smaller volume than the original source material. \n  \nAbout 50 pounds of metal per ton of solid waste is recovered\, and about 500 Kilowatt-hours per ton of electricity is able to be generated from that waste.  The recycling of the metals reduces greenhouse gas emissions substantially\, as opposed to new metal production. \n  \nThe plant also operates well under its emissions limits\, producing up to only 5% of the allowable levels.  This is due to the extensive gas scrubbers\, particulate filters\, and the O’Connor combustor design that is employed.  As part of the company’s continuous improvement programs\, projects to further reduce Nitrous Oxides\, Mercury\, and Dioxin emissions are underway.  During the program’s lifetime\, the facility was also part of EPA’s Performance Track program.\n  \nCurrently\, Long Island exports about 800\,000 tons of solid waste per year.  The Islip plant burns about 176\,000 tons per year.  This additional fuel could be used to generate more base-load electricity as the Islip plant does.  Currently\, it puts out an average of 10-12 Megawatts of power.  \n  \nThe plant has been in continuous operation since 1990\, about three years after the saga of the Mobro 4000\, Islip’s infamous "Garbage Barge"\, assuring that there won’t be a repeat of that.  Dealing with the waste stream generated by living isn’t attractive\, but is one of those necessaries.  Landfilling it generates Methane\, a greenhouse gas\, and incurs expensive transportation and landfilling costs.  Burning it generates electricity and recovers some recyclable metals\, but also introduces other kinds of air pollution.  It is a game of the lesser of evils\, that we must address. \n  \nInforming ourselves about the realities that are available to us allows us to make better decisions that are easier to live with.  Understanding the options before us is one of the main missions of LIMBA.  On a rainy late winter Friday morning\, we learned a lot more about one of the ways we can deal with the real issues of our lifestyle.  Come join us to be better educated about the real\, practical issues that are facing Long Island so that we can all make the best decisions together. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/covanta-plant-tour-electric-power-from-waste/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR