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: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:20110304T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110304T000000 DTSTAMP:20190315T055733Z CREATED:20110304T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190315T055733Z UID:4458-1299196800-1299196800@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA presents Walter Copan of BNL- Doing Bus w/Lab DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nAlternate Speaker for Friday’s Meeting\nTest\nWe’re happy to announce that Walter Copan will join us to speak about "Doing Business with Brookhaven National Laboratories"\nMr Copan is manager of BNL’s Technology and Commercialization and Partnerships. \n  \nCome and learn how you can do business with the lab. \nMeeting will take place at the Holiday Inn 3845 Veterans Memorial Hwy\, Ronkonkoma    Hote phone 631 585-9500 \nRegister on-line www.limba.net or call 631 757-1698\n \n \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-presents-walter-copan-of-bnl-doing-bus-wlab/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110311T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110311T000000 DTSTAMP:20110311T050000Z CREATED:20110311T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110311T050000Z UID:4452-1299801600-1299801600@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA presents Jeanne Fontana for a special program - free DESCRIPTION:Meet the marketing challenge! \n  \nThis morning LIMBA presented a free business educational program. Our Speaker was Jeanne Fontana\, Fontana President and CEO of Synergy3\, a marketing and media firm. Her experience and knowledge puts her in a good position to help her clients select a campaign using various media and approaches \n  \nShe began this morning by quoting the age-old understanding of effectiveness\, 20% of the players do 80% of the business. "You want to make the decisions that make you part of that 20%" \n  \nCreate an understanding of expectations on your business. 40% of your receipts should be profit. Establish realistic sales goals. Create and value your brand. Realize that you must take business away from your competition. Find what is unique about your product or service and develop a marketing strategy around that feature. \n  \nBuild a target and stay on that target. Doing so reduces risk. Understand the strength and weaknesses of the various media available for your marketing campaign. A weak media option for one product or service could be a very strong medial for another. In other words tailor your campaign to what works for your sales effort. \n  \nSome businesses will benefit from a targeted campaign with exposure in a niche market. Jeanne gave the example of the Jordan construction panel company advertising in the construction oriented Hammer Magazine. Hammer is a better advertising media than a daily paper for that product. \n  \nAnother media topic Fontana covered was radio. The people who tune in classical would not be the same people who listen to Hip Hop. You may use one or the other depending the demographic you want to reach. In any case Fontana said you want to focus as much as possible to reach your desired audience. \n  \nFontana\, at one point\, looked around the room and said\, "being here in rooms like this one is important to meeting people and increasing your knowledge." \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-presents-jeanne-fontana-for-a-special-program-free/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110318T000000 DTSTAMP:20110318T040000Z CREATED:20110318T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110318T040000Z UID:4456-1300406400-1300406400@limba.net SUMMARY:Frank Zeman PhD Energy Management NYIT at NYIT campus DESCRIPTION:Sustainability at NYIT was introduced by John Eff an adjunct professor at the school and a long term LIMBA member. \n  \nThe subject was the promise of the Plug-in Hybrid. The expectations for this technology were quite high. After a careful study of the technology in real world experience\, it fell short of the mark by a lot. It was expected that the Plug-in Hybrid might yield the equivalent of 190 miles per gallon. The testing indicated that this promising technology did only marginally better than a Prius or other hybrids. \n  \nAfter being shown various charts and performance graphs\, the audience was prepared to ask questions. The topic\, though technical at times\, was very well presented by Dr. Zeman. The audience asked\, "Why weren’t the mileage goals realized?" Frank stated that there are probably a host of reasons. \nAmong those reasons were; the weight of the heavy battery\, and the lack of optimum driver training. In other words the vehicles were driven in a way that would not maximize gas mileage. \n  \nThere were other problems too; They went into this thinking the most charging would take place at night\, when there would be surplus power on the grid. It turns out that there was little difference between nighttime and daytime charging. \n  \nPatent attorney\, Chris Garvey\, suggested that a high-speed flywheel weighing only 55lbs could replace most of the 1000 lb battery. The flywheel would store an enormous amount of energy and unlike the braking recharging that takes place in a Prius at 35%\, the flywheel would capture close to 100%. The feasibility of that was discussed in terms of negative effects that may be transferred to the vehicle\, such as the gyroscope effect. \n  \nThe consensus was that better answers to high mileage vehicles lies in the engineering of lighter but stronger body materials\, and lighter more powerful batteries. Are we there yet? No\, but we’re workin’ on it. The message of today’s presentation is that science needs to be tried and tested again and again. Or\, in the words of Thomas Edison\, "My success is the result of 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration"— Amen URL:https://limba.net/calendar/frank-zeman-phd-energy-management-nyit-at-nyit-campus/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110325T000000 DTSTAMP:20110325T040000Z CREATED:20110325T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110325T040000Z UID:4451-1301011200-1301011200@limba.net SUMMARY:Congressman Hon. Tim Bishop- LIFT sponsored DESCRIPTION:Congressman Tim Bishop first came to LIMBA when he had made a decision to run for the seat held by Felix Grucci in 2002.  He had been provost at Southampton College and he was relatively unknown. Recently he won re-election in a very hard won race. His report and observations were the subject of today’s meeting. \n  \nMr. Bishop began to talk about the budget and how out of balance it has become\, but the portion of the budget that is being attacked is not where the real money is. The budget is currently $1.5 Trillion in deficit and he agreed that must be addressed. He noted that the budget that the congress wants to pass would mean a big setback for Long Island. Money potentially lost at Brookhaven National Laboratories would result in 950 high paying jobs being lost. What is of equal importance is the research work that would be delayed\, thereby losing the future jobs that the research would lead to. \n  \nPell grants are being challenged. Education of 9 million students nationwide would be affected. Again this will hamper job recovery down the road\, "this is eating the seed corn" according to Bishop. Cutting out the heart of innovation and growth makes no sense. All of these cuts are painful and counterproductive. \n  \nIncentives for companies to expand their production and engineering must be stopped. Why incentives a company to manufacture elsewhere? he asked. Why do we educate foreign students to the doctorate level and then make America inhospitable. Why not encourage them to stay instead of forcing them back to their country’s of origin. \n  \nDuring the Q&A someone asked if farm subsidies were in the budget. The answer was yes\, despite the fact Suffolk is the largest farm county in the state Long Island gets none of it. Farm subsidies remain untouched\, and those subsidies are given to the largest agri-businesses in the country\, not the small farmer. \n  \nAnother question on military spending came up\, and how we still have about 650 bases around the world. "Couldn’t we close some of those?" The answer was yes and we could do a lot more. Bishop gave the example of the alternate engine for fighter jets that was rejected by the Secretary of Defense\, is still in the spending bill and that engine will add billions to our deficit. \n  \nThen the congressman quoted the words of the President of Shell oil from a few years ago\, when he said. "If oil prices rise to $70/barrel\, there is no reason that could justify those subsidies. You may have noticed oil prices are $106. \n  \nTim asked when will we see federal money available for public sewer systems. His answer was\, not any time soon. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/congressman-hon-tim-bishop-lift-sponsored/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR