The Corridor

Everybody watches the energy markets. We are beings of energy and consume it in great quantities and various forms to sustain ourselves and our sometimes lavish lifestyles. As luck would have it, we appear to be running out of it, and so must find alternative methods of producing energy so that we can continue to live.

Our cover story is about the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at Stony Brook University, the people who work there and the marvelous things that come out of it...

It's 9:30 am...the first Saturday in January and all over the country tens of thousands of high school students are anxiously awaiting the reveal of the new FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition's "Game of the Year" that has been kept a big secret up until now. On Long Island, over 2000 eyes are fixated on the huge screens in the auditorium of the Jacob Javits Center at Stony Brook University. The excitement is building...the countdown begins...

Queen Victoria said to her beloved Disraeli “Thou wouldst not spake thusly of me had I been born crested instead of cloven!”

Bob Thaves, 20th c. humorist, said about Fred Astaire: “Sure he was great, but don’t forget Ginger Rogers did everything he did backwards…and in high heels!”

Nancy Engelhardt, designer with Paul Tonna of the Energeia Partnership at Molloy College said “It is due time that we take responsibility for our own. If you are on your way to the top, take a woman with you...

Ben Franklin once said “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”.

You own a business. You pay your taxes. You purchase property. You maintain the property, you improve it. You pay your property taxes. You nurture your business, it grows. You keep paying your taxes. Now it is time to sell your property and get a bigger one. But what about the capital gains taxes?

You own investment property. You pay your property taxes. You maintain and improve the property for years, but are ready for a change or have another opportunity...

Save Money • Conserve Energy • Increase Value

Stop the rain and watch for a rainbow. There's a new avenue for marketing real estate properties in the "green" niche that appeal to customers who desire these features when purchasing every type of real estate. Buyers are searching for energy efficiency and agents offering properties with green attributes is definitely the next wave.

Energy efficiency resonates with buyers and more often they will respond favorably to properties with reduced energy costs that translate to increased value...