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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120504T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120504T000000 DTSTAMP:20120504T040000Z CREATED:20120504T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120504T040000Z UID:4489-1336089600-1336089600@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA Dr. Matt Cordaro- Governors Energy Highway DESCRIPTION:Our Speaker this morning\, Dr Matt Cordaro has been a constant voice on energy matters since the 1970’s. His experience in the utility field is matched by very few people anywhere. With the level of expertise he brings to the table you can expect the presentation to have some depth\, and it did. \nCordaro’s topic was the Governors Energy Highway. The idea is to knit together a wide system of generation coming from various sources in the state. More pointedly\, bringing generally low polluting\, low cost power from upstate to downstate. Presently there is an abundance of available power from Hydro Quebec and wind generation in New York that cannot efficiently be moved to the so-called load pockets such as Long Island \nMatt stated that there are a large number of generators locally that “were already old when I was young.” 40% of the power plants are over 40 years old and 22% are over 50 years old. \nLast month an advisory board was formed to create an unclogging project. The panel will address; Efficiency\, Renewables\, and Repowering\, The underlying objectives are to lower costs\, create competitive rates\, and develop new technologies. \nThe grand idea of building a 1000 megawatt had broad initial support. The environmentalists liked it because it would tap non-polluting sources such as wind and previously built hydro. Already on the planning boards is the Champlain-Hudson Express planned for the northern part of the state. That will cover the area coming down from Canada toward Albany. The overall plan is very complex and just refining the connections is going to cost about $2billion. The other elements are new generation facilities\, repowering old power plants\, and abandoning old inefficient plants\, particularly high polluting coal burning power plants. Some of the repowering efforts will be right here on Long Island. \nDuring the Q&A which was quite lively due to the level of expertise in the room\, the question of vulnerability came up. Would we become too dependent on this new system if that power link was sabotaged\, or broken? The answer is no because we would still be required to have 80% of the needed generating capacity in place. In other words we would still have generators in place that could be fired up if needed. \nThe question about carbon based energy still being an important component of the energy mix was raised. Cordaro agreed that the natural gas plants would still be used\, but any new plants would be combined cycle gas burning plants that pollute very little. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-dr-matt-cordaro-governors-energy-highway/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120511T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120511T000000 DTSTAMP:20120511T040000Z CREATED:20120511T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120511T040000Z UID:4506-1336694400-1336694400@limba.net SUMMARY:Tom Croci- Islip Town Supervisor DESCRIPTION:The new supervisor of Islip\, Tom Croci was our speaker this morning. Every changing of the guard has surprises that appear after the transition. Islip was no exception. But Tom went into this election knowing that hard decisions would have to be made. \n  \nThe problem with cutting costs is that there is usually a good rationale for creating a service or a department. Therefore cutting something out of the budget means hurting good programs. Mr. Croci has taken the stance that in many cases you can strip a program of some if the administration costs and still retain the program by consolidating departments. That is what he has done in some cases. \n  \nRevenues on the other hand can be enhanced\, not by raising taxes\, but by marketing useful services that bring revenues to business such as the Free Trade Zone. The utilization has risen to 80% from 14% in a few short months. \n  \nCreating awareness that there is urgency in solving problems is useful in getting things to change\, according to Croci. Doing so with a team approach where people feel that they are part of a big picture helps create the right attitudes. Whether they are appointed or unionized public service workers\, adept leadership will get you where you need to go. Croci told us that so far the unions are cooperative\, and seem to understand the urgency as well everybody else. \n  \nAnother area that can be made to be more of a municipal contributor is the airport. “This will not be another JFK or LaGuardia but the level of service we had in the past should be maintained.” We have one major airline\, Southwest\, and while that has been a good service the planes have been packed and other airlines could come in and take on direct routes that Southwest is not interested in serving. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/tom-croci-islip-town-supervisor/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120518T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120518T000000 DTSTAMP:20120518T040000Z CREATED:20120518T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120518T040000Z UID:4508-1337299200-1337299200@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA - Jeremy Brown PhD - Dowling President DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeremy Brown\, president of Dowling College\, was our speaker this morning\, and he got our attention when he stated that more information was made available last year than in the previous 5\,000. The implication is that this avalanche of information is likely to continue. Moreover that information is available worldwide and America no longer has the natural advantage. The competitiveness of other regions of the world will force us to think anew on how to remain the economic leader. \nAccord to Brown\, training for specific skills may still be appropriate\, but the expected reality is that a student will encounter opportunities that require quite different skills. Therefore the training of student should address that probability. Specific training should be looked upon as a platform from which to grow\, according to Brown. Change being a constant is what we need to adapt to\, bearing in mind that we may have numerous jobs over a lifetime. \nCollege needs to be entrepreneurial\, and the arts may be as important as hard sciences. In other words creativity is nurtured by more than an assemblage of “facts.” \nDr Brown thinks failure has a bad and undeserving name (my words). Failure is the process that helps us discard the ideas that are unworkable and leads to solutions. \nAs far as non-academic pursuits such as sports are concerned\, they have value too. Dr Brown told us that he has learned much playing basketball that gave him knowledge that was converted usefully in his serious endeavors. \nThe feeling I got from the meeting was that we are in a new world. We are grappling with new concepts of learning and working\, and we are learning all the time about the new chapter. Moreover that new chapter will help write the next chapter. The future may be a bit scary\, but scary can also be exciting. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-jeremy-brown-phd-dowling-president/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120525T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120525T000000 DTSTAMP:20120525T040000Z CREATED:20120525T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120525T040000Z UID:4513-1337904000-1337904000@limba.net SUMMARY:NO Meeting Memorial Day weekend DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/no-meeting-memorial-day-weekend-3/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR