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Obama: 'It is time to turn the page" on Iraq - msnbc.com (blog)

Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. This was my pledge to the American people as a candidate for this office. Last February, I announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of Iraq, while redoubling our efforts to strengthen Iraq's Security Forces and support its government and people. That is what we have done. We have removed nearly 100,000 U.S. troops from Iraq. We have closed or transferred hundreds of bases to the Iraqis. And we have moved millions of pieces of equipment out of Iraq.

Ending this war is not only in Iraq's interest - it is in our own. The United States has paid a huge price to put the future of Iraq in the hands of its people. We have sent our young men and women to make enormous sacrifices in Iraq, and spent vast resources abroad at a time of tight budgets at home. We have persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it is time to turn the page.

This was an excellent speech. He cannot sit there and crucify the prior Admin. That's not the definition of a leader. This speech is being watched worldwide and he handled it perfectly. He called President Bush today to speak with him. That to me is the definition of class, despite what the McCains of the world are saying publicly. President Obama had to see this war to its finish. He had no choice.

13 votes #1.1 - Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:25 PM EDT herewegoagain-1972081 "New president"? His term is half over and he is still new? Did he just prepare for the job during the last 18 months? What's he going to do the next 18 months, trying to figure out how to be a President? I don't have too much hope for him to figure that out and change his inept egotism to bonifide leadership.

Obama: 'It is time to turn the page" on Iraq - msnbc.com (blog)

End-users replacing vertical spindle pumps with submersibles - Creamer Media's Mining Weekly

Pump supplier ITT Water & Wastewater has decided to offer its Flygt HS 5100 or HS 5150 submersible slurry pump at a discounted price after identifying a trend whereby vertical spindle pumps are being replaced with submersible pumps.

Wheeler says that slurry handling is considered one of the most demanding applications for any pump, and one of the most expensive in terms of wear and tear, maintenance and downtime.

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End-users replacing vertical spindle pumps with submersibles - Creamer Media's Mining Weekly

Long journey, short road - Homer Tribune

Editors Note: This is the second of a two-part series looking at the Pile Bay Road leading from Williamsport to Lake Iliamna. An area of economic and environmental sensitivity, Iliamna is preparing for the Pebble Partnership to complete feasibility work on its proposed copper/gold and molybdenum mine.

HOMER TRIBUNE/Naomi Klouda - Iliamna Development Corp., CEO Lisa Reimers, with sister Sue Anelon, maintain an uncommitted stance to the Pebble Project but develop ideas for bringing jobs to the villages with IDC's transportation and construction projects. Some of those involve Pebble.

When the state fixed a 6-mile segment of the Pile Bay Road outside Iliamna last summer for $6.2 million, they built pullouts to take some of the pressure off its limitations as a one-way gravel road.

The newly built turnouts allow a northbound truck to pull over if a southbound one comes along, as well as providing spots for emergency pullovers.

Long journey, short road - Homer Tribune

Ways to Wealth: Some stores friendly to RV stayovers - Memphis Commercial Appeal

Elaine: Walmart has been the leader in allowing RV owners to park overnight in their lots at no charge. But they are not alone. Kmart, Costco and Flying J truck stops do as well. But Walmart remains the most popular choice among RVers. With campgrounds and RV parks charging $25 to $40 per night, the savings over a long trip can be substantial.

Some Walmarts do not allow overnight parking due to local restrictions. These stores usually post signs that state this policy. You may find these restrictions more prevalent in tourist attraction destinations. For example in Orlando, you may have to park in a Walmart as far as 30 miles away from the city and its theme parks.

Walmart is so accustomed to allowing overnight RV parking in its lots that most have designated areas for RVs and campers (no 18-wheelers). Its security personnel are trained to direct RVers to these areas and brief the occupants on the conditions for overnight parking.

Most Walmarts allow you to leave your vehicle in designated areas for 24 hours a day for as many as a few weeks to as few as three days -- extremely popular destinations usually have shorter stay maximums.

Ways to Wealth: Some stores friendly to RV stayovers - Memphis Commercial Appeal

Pickens Plan, the Sequel - Energy Collective (blog)

How can you not love T. Boone Pickens? Here's someone who made his fortune in oil, and now he's advising us to switch major parts of the US economy to wind and natural gas. And unlike some of the other concepts for taking a big bite out of our oil consumption, his current idea actually stands a chance of making a significant difference on a timescale of years, rather than decades. At the same time, however, Mr. Pickens has sometimes been a tad bit less than accurate with the numbers he uses to make his points. Remember those ads about the $700 billion per year we were sending overseas to buy oil? Even at its absolute peak in July 2008, reality was more like $500 billion, and the total for 2008 ended up around $385 billion, based on net imports and the average refiner acquisition cost for the year. That's hardly peanuts, but it's roughly half his cited figure. So let's take a look at the key numbers behind his proposal to convert long-distance trucking to natural gas. It's a great idea, though not quite as much of an economic slam-dunk as it might seem when he describes it.

Strictly in energy terms, that 7 gallons might even be a bit low. A million BTUs of gas (roughly 1,000 cubic feet or one MCF) would deliver as much energy to a truck as 7.8 gallons of diesel. And fundamentally, he's right that the recent price relationship between natural gas and crude oil makes gas a tremendous bargain, BTU for BTU. However, the prices he mentions in the Spectator interview constitute an apples vs. oranges comparison from both sides. Even if natural gas remained at a steady $4.50/MCF at the wellhead for the next 20 years, which seems unlikely despite the bounties of shale, that's not what you'd pay at the natural gas pump.

Start with the fact that it costs something to transport gas from the wellhead, wherever that might be, to market. Based on current pricing relationships , if gas starts out at $4.50, then by the time it's sold to a commercial account, which is probably how filling stations would be classified, it could cost as much as $9. And someone has to invest in the equipment to compress it to 3,000 or 3,600 psi and pump it into an 18-wheeler's tanks. Even with tax credits to help, a station owner will need to make a return on that investment, and some profit, too. Add another buck an MCF to cover that, and we're up to $10/MCF, which equates to $1.28/gal. of diesel. For a reality check on this, I took a look at cngprices.com , which shows the locations and pricing for stations selling compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles around the country, expressed in dollars per gasoline-equivalent-gallon (GGE). Prices range from roughly $1.25 to around $2, with a few outliers over $3. Since a GGE contains about 10% less energy than a gallon of diesel, you'd have to bump these prices up by about 10% to get the equivalent for a fair comparison.

Under $2 is still pretty cheap, but you shouldn't compare that to the $2.90/gal average retail price of diesel this week. The latter includes federal excise tax of $0.244/gal. and state excise and sales taxes that range from $0.08-0.49/gal. and average $0.281/gal. As best I can tell, CNG is taxed at the federal gasoline tax rate of $0.183/gal., while states seem to tax it to a much lesser extent than gasoline and diesel, as for example the $0.085/gal rate in Utah , compared to their state fuels tax of $0.245/gal. However, this is only viable as long as demand for CNG is tiny, relative to other fuels. If Mr. Pickens succeeds in displacing large quantities of diesel with CNG, then it will either need to carry a similar tax burden, or the lost revenues must be collected in some other fashion. If you strip out the taxes to get to an apples-to-apples price to compare diesel to CNG, it works out to around $2.50, give or take a dime or two, depending on location. So while CNG is still clearly cheaper than diesel, it's rarely $1/gal. cheaper on a truly comparable basis. This, together with conversion costs as high as the $65,000 per truck that Mr. Pickens cited, might explain why market forces alone haven't led to a rapid switch to CNG-fueled transport.

Pickens Plan, the Sequel - Energy Collective (blog)

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