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:20110513T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110513T000000 DTSTAMP:20110513T040000Z CREATED:20110513T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110513T040000Z UID:4438-1305244800-1305244800@limba.net SUMMARY:K Christopher Soller Supt - Fire Island Nat Seashore DESCRIPTION:This morning’s meeting was a reminder that we have on Long Island at our disposal an excellent recreational area that is as varied as it is interesting. No matter what about living near oceans and bays attracts you\, it is here on Fire Island. It is well within our reach in terms of distance and cost. \n  \nOur speaker this morning was the Superintendent of the Fire Island National Seashore K Christopher Soller. Mr. Soller has worked for the park service for over 30 years and has a real passion of the park. His knowledge of the park is extensive\, and there is a lot about the park to know. \n  \nFire Island has a long history that dates back to the early settlers and the native Indians that used this spit of land to fish and hunt whales. In the early part of the 20th century it was the playground of the glitzy New York entertainment people. Later in the 20’s and 30’s it was a landing place for rum runners who transported their wares from off-shore vessels\, across the island and the Great South Bay\, with the hooch coming into places like Patchogue\, Sayville and Bay Shore. \n  \nMr. Soller stuck to the modern history of Fire Island and discussed the strange arrangement of the park. This is a park that has about 4500 private homes and privately owned businesses\, located in 17 communities. Fire Island is also shared by the State of New York. So managing this real estate with these various interests to deal with\, is no easy task. It has three interesting visitors centers located in Sailors Haven\, Watch Hill\, and the Wilderness Center which is located at the end of the road coming from the main island at Shirley. In addition there is the Fire Island lighthouse adjacent to Robert Moses Park. \n  \nAmong the interesting aspects of the island is the array of wildlife. And I’m not talking about Saturday nights in the villages. There are\, as most people know a lot of deer\, but there also red fox\, piping plovers\, owls\, gulls\, turtles\, and hundreds\, if not thousands of other species. \n  \nThe William Floyd Estate is not on Fire Island\, but it is part of the Fire Island National Seashore Park. (William Floyd was one of the New York signers of the Declaration of Independence).This property is comprised of the main house\, 12 out-buildings a family graveyard 8 ½ miles of paths on 613 acres. The estate can be accessed by using the William Floyd Parkway and is before the bridge to Fire Island. \n  \nMore on this local treasure can be found by contacting: \nFire Island National Seashore \n120 Laurel Street \nPatchogue NY 11772 \nPhone 631 687-4750 \nwww.nps.gov/fiis URL:https://limba.net/calendar/k-christopher-soller-supt-fire-island-nat-seashore/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110520T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110520T000000 DTSTAMP:20110520T040000Z CREATED:20110520T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110520T040000Z UID:4457-1305849600-1305849600@limba.net SUMMARY:Congressman Steve Israel Federal Energy R&D DESCRIPTION:Independence Party of Huntington\, Ken Baynes\, was invited to introduce the speaker \n  \nThis morning our speaker\, Congressman Steve Israel gave his assessment of where we are going with our energy policy\, or the lack thereof. He brought to our attention the absolute absurdity of our wars in the Middle East. Not that he disagreed with the wars\, he didn’t address that\, but the fact that we are borrowing money from the Chinese\, an economic competitor\, to pay the oil producing countries who then train suicide bombers with the cash\, is absurd. \n  \nHe suggested that the can-do mindset of making things happen got lost along the way. "The 110 corridor was sod farms and pumpkin patches prior to WWII. Very quickly it became the manufacturing center of Long Island’s war effort" according to Mr. Israel. "We had the will." \n  \nHe told us a little about DARPA. This agency develops the most sophisticated weaponry with a large budget in secrecy. The results of this research are impressive. He then proffered the idea that the same approach to energy research would yield the same level of results \n  \nSteve spoke about John F Kennedy’s approach to the space program. In JFK’s speech at Rice University he stated "we will land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth within a decade." Of course\, at that time\, nobody knew how that was going to happen. What we knew was that we wanted it to happen. Therein lies the difference between that era’s leaders and what we have in Washington today. Nobody back then wrung their hands and lamented that it was too hard to accomplish. I’m sure there were doubters but the quality of national leadership was great enough to overcome the naysayers. \n  \nWhile the people in Washington are not creating an energy plan\, there are things that we can do locally with what is known technology. The congressman told us of a program in the Town of Babylon known as PACE. Babylon residents can finance their energy saving equipment such as solar panels\, geothermal systems and window replacement by agreeing to an increase in taxes over the next 20 years. The example Israel gave was a $30\, 000 energy upgrade that would save more money than the monthly increase in taxes. If you can save $400 / month and the extra taxes 207.37/ month ($30\,000 at 5.5% over 20 years) the upgrade is a net gain. If you sell the house you are not responsible for the balance of the loan. It stays with the house. In addition the house is more saleable. We need to repeat this program in other Long Island towns \n  \nMr. Israel spent some of his time with us discussing the benefits of investing in infrastructure. The examples he gave were the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal opened up the Great Lakes to the commerce of New York Harbor and catapulted the State of New York into a major financial power. The transcontinental railroad was built in the middle of the Civil War and opened up the country to travel and commerce that knitted this continent together. The Interstate Defense Highway as it was called then again changed the economics of the country. "We have built our way out of challenging times in the past\, and we need to it again" according to Israel. \n  \nHe completed his remarks by stating that for every billion invested in infrastructure has a 6 billion return to the economy. Steve suggested that in consideration of the present economic situation an infrastructure bank can be created using private funds and union pension funds with backing from the federal government. One thing is for sure we need ideas. \n  \nErnie Fazio \n \n\n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/congressman-steve-israel-federal-energy-rd/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110527T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110527T000000 DTSTAMP:20110527T040000Z CREATED:20110527T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110527T040000Z UID:4462-1306454400-1306454400@limba.net SUMMARY:Memorial Day weekend-NO MEETING DESCRIPTION:As is our tradition we do not have meeting where the Monday afer is a holiday URL:https://limba.net/calendar/memorial-day-weekend-no-meeting-3/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR