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Mambiche (mom bee chay) House (instagram mambichehouse #mambichehouse) is a newly renovated Caribbean cottage with ocean views located in the Mambiche Hills neighborhood of Isabel Segunda on the island of Vieques. The house overlooks Fort Conde de Mirasol (built in the mid-1800's), Isabel Segunda and the ocean. In the distance you can see the main island of Puerto Rico and the island of Culebra. Mambiche Hills is a friendly, quiet neighborhood with a mix of local and seasonal residents and is a 2 minute drive (or 10 minute walk) to the restaurants, shops and bars in Isabel Segunda.
There are two bedrooms; a master bedroom with a queen bed and direct access to the 150 square foot back patio, and a second bedroom with two twin beds (which can be kept separate or combined to form a king bed). The master bedroom has AC and the second bedroom (as well as the living room) has a ceiling fan. There are also two stand-up fans which can be used in any room. The living room and kitchen are open plan and there is a front patio where you can enjoy your morning coffee. The kitchen has a coffee maker, blender, fridge/freezer, pots, pans, utensils and most everything you need for cooking. The bathroom has also been completely renovated. The back patio, which can also be accessed from the hallway, has two Adirondack chairs for lounging, as well as regular chairs, a bench and an outdoor table so that you can enjoy meals outside. Not to be overlooked is our outdoor shower where you can rinse off after a day at the beach! We have mature mango, papaya and avocado trees on our property, so if you are there in the right season, you can help yourself! The house is stocked with everything you need for the beach including beach towels, beach chairs, an umbrella and a cooler. There is private off street parking in front of the house as well.
Mambiche Hills is not only convenient to the amenities in Isabel Segunda but is within 15 minutes to some of the best beaches in the Caribbean. Please note that renting a car is highly advisable (and really necessary) in order to get to these beaches and to explore the island. While you can get a publico (local taxi) to Sun Bay and Red Beach, publicos will not take you to some of the more remote beaches. We keep a car on the island so feel free to inquire if you are interesting in renting it, however there are also several car rental agencies on the island. Book cars well in advance as they tend to run out in high season.
Vieques is filled with great restaurants, from Sorce, the new restaurant at the W Resort and Spa, to El Reseulve, a local empanada shack. There are also various street food vendors on the roadside as you drive to the beach and fun local dive bars. Both Isabel Segunda and Esperanza, on the south side of the island, have fun bars and excellent restaurants. (Upon booking, we will send you a list of our top picks for bars and restaurants on Vieques…there is no shortage!). There is a grocery store in Isabel Segunda (although it may not compare favorably to your local Whole Foods) and several convenience stores nearby where you can stock up on drinks and other basics.
To the extent you want to do more than sit on the incredible beaches, there are numerous activities including biking, hiking, snorkeling, fishing, kayaking, sailing and birdwatching. Don't miss the nightly Bioluminescence Bay tour!
Here is a link for a short video on the house and Vieques (taken by one of our renters)!
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Please feel free to contact us with any questions!
We loved our stay on Vieques at Mambiche House. The house is exactly as listed and was perfect for our family of three. We already voted to spend next spring break at Mambiche! The island is small and everything seemed within a 20 minute drive. Everyone was very nice, food and groceries were easy to find and prices comparable to our home in the US. Plus, the beaches were priceless! We were sad to leave and rank this vacation one of our best yet. Thank you Matthew and Catherine!
Amazing!!!! Actually, amazing doesn't do it justice.....Every step of the process was incredibly smooth and easy with the homeowner, great communication and very helpful. The house is not only cute, it's very comfortable, welcoming, and safe. We were over the moon about how comfy the bed was, after a long day at the beach it was so nice to have a nice bed at night! We rented the car from Matthew (highly recommended, you NEED a car to get to the beaches) it's a great beach vehicle and got us everywhere we needed to go!
The location is great, Aida and Nano (the house managers) live a block away, so if there was ever a problem they could just walk down and help! (they also drove us to and from the airport!). When we were initially booking our trip we were on the fence about a house vs a hotel, WE ARE SO HAPPY WE WENT WITH A HOUSE! Especially after speaking with other vacationers who were at the hotels.
The WIFI in the house is fast and reliable, hot water is great, and the kitchen is awesome! We went to the fish market and farmers market the first day we arrived and had plenty of groceries to make breakfast, beach snacks and dinner!
This was our first trip to Vieques, and after our first day, we pretty much decided we would be back! (and probably at this house, it was so amazing!!!!!!!)
Had an amazing time in the Mambiche House on Vieques!! My wife and I stayed 5 nights and loved every minute. The house was exactly as presented in the pictures and provides a very authentic island experience! The house had everything we needed and renting the car from Matt was a no-brainer. We just loaded up every morning and went to one of the many amazing, secluded beaches within 10-15 minutes of the house. The view from the patio is fantastic, overlooking the old fort and ocean, and makes for a great breakfast spot. My wife and I would definitely come back and do it all over again. For anyone considering a trip to Vieques I would highly recommend staying here.
Nice house, exactly as shown in the posted pictures. Located in a real neighborhood, urban for the island, with interesting neighbors to chat with, dogs, cats, chickens, etc. Easy walk to town. House caretakers were great - Nano was a big help and was readily available. House had all necessary supplies for a terrific vacation, and the supplied pina colada ingredients were really a wonderful touch.
We had a great week at Mambiche House in February. Our CapeAir flight to Vieques was cancelled when we arrived in San Juan, so they put us up at the Airport Hotel, gave us a meal voucher and flew us to the island on the first flight the next day. A quick call to Nano, the house manager, who was already aware of the flight cancellation, and - no problem, he'd pick us up at the airport in the morning.
The house was spotlessly clean with comfortable beds and more than enough towels. We also appreciated the aesthetic decor. Matt was super responsive to any question that came up. Best place to watch the Super Bowl - Al's Mar Azul. Can't find the beach chairs and umbrella - look under the guest room beds.
All in all, a charming vacation destination. Plan on getting a car to get to the many fantastic beaches all over the island.
What a great opportunity to avoid the typical tourist route and really feel immersed in local Vieques life. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, and appreciated Matthew's extensive recommendations and excellent communication throughout the process!
The house itself is pretty much as advertised—a cute and comfy cottage that's bright, cheery and clean. We loved the air conditioner in the bedroom, not only did it keep things nice and cool for sleeping, it also drowned out any neighborhood noise at night. The bed was super comfortable!
We appreciated the extra amenities: wifi service (hard to come by on the island!!), plenty of towels, and complimentary pina colada fixings!
The Mambiche Hills neighborhood is your typical Caribbean barrio, and it's within easy walking distance of the main town of Isabel Segundo. We loved exploring the city on foot, though we did really appreciate the Jeep we rented for half the trip to visit the different beaches. Within walking distance, our favorite things were sunsets at Al's Mar Azul, chatting with the locals at the Plaza Bar, dinner at Conuco, and finding treasures at Sea Glass Beach.
You can't beat the price for a private vacation cottage! Highly recommended.
Fine place, good location, friendly relations between neighbors, safe street. Vieques as wonderful as ever.
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Food, wine and relaxing by our outdoor fireplace are the few simple things we enjoy and you can enjoy these things at our house in the hilltop village of Morruzze! We also like the beach, watersports and watching the sun set with our rum and tonics in Vieques!


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I live in a large apartment complex with nine buildings. In the building that I live in, there is a prankster who loves to set off the fire alarms every chance they get. It can be during the day, or late at night or early in the morning. All the tenants ignore it because they know it is a false alarm. Management and Corporate have been called on this many times and they always say, "Oh, we will do something about it." Yet, nothing is ever done. I am so afraid to think that one day there just might be a fire and all of us will just ignore the alarms. Who is responsible for this? It has to stop somehow. Putting a camera by the alarms was suggested, even putting covers over them, but management and corporate won't do it.
You could always involve the police / fire department. I used to be a supervisor in a housing complex and I had to deal with this issue. I worked with the police with setting up cameras and using black-lights to check for the relflective powder on the residents hands. Many states will hand out fines for illegally pulling alarms. We also set up a reward for anyone who gave information that led to the arrest of someone who pulled an alarm.
HELLO! Our son is attending college in San Francisco. He and a room mate on on the top floor. Two days ago, our son was alone in the apt and taking a shower (read: long shower if I know him at all). When he shut off the shower he heard an alarm going off. Thank Gawd he checked it out. There was a major fire in the middle of the 12 story building.
That said, if there were a prankster causing tenants to become complacent, I don't think my son would have given that alarm a second thought.
This is serious. Remember the squeeky wheel gets the grease and keep squeeking!
Are these being set off on purpose? Someone is pulling them? In my apartment if I cook ANYTHING in the oven (and open the oven door and steam comes out) or saute/fry anything on the stove (not even the least smokey or burned), the fire alarm in my apartment goes off EVERY TIME when there is not the least bit of threat of fire.
I've asked the landlord to move the alarm appropriately so it's not so extremely oversensitive. I've taken to removing the battery while I cook, putting it someplace prominent so I remember to put it back in afterwards. It's a huge nuisance and I can't make normal or reasonable use of my kitchen without disabling it first. Grr.
Just wondering if someone is really setting it off on purpose or if it's not set up correctly in their apartment?


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Veronica/speedwell is slowly taking hold in my yard. I've tried pulling it up but it's outpacing me. Seems every other day I pull up about a half-gallon's worth as measured by my weed bucket.
It's time to escalate. So far I've tried both Ortho Weed-B-Gone Max and Bayer Advanced All-In-One weedkiller using a pump sprayer. It seems like speedwell actually thrives on the Ortho spray. If I didn't know better, I'd guess that it contained fertilizer instead.
After several applications of the Bayer spray at the recommended concentration, the speedwell turns slightly yellow but the yellowed plants return to green if I go more than a week between sprays. On a whim, I poured about a tablespoon of Bayer at full strength on a small cluster of speedwell and it indeed killed it but I obviously cannot do this over the entire yard.
My question: what is available to homeowners that can effectively control this weed? I've read that dithiopyr and isoxaben are both effective but I haven't found anything at the local home center or farm store that contains them.
Products with 8% Triclopyr will work, but it may take as many as 4 treatments to really get it done. Yes, the products that you've used (check them!) have 1.5% Triclopyr in them, but ground ivy and speedwells laugh at that concentration. You'll find that Ortho's Chickweed, Clover and Oxalis Killer as well as Ortho's Brush-B-Gon Poison Ivy Killer both contain the 8% Triclopyr needed. Treatments should be about 10-14 days apart. Stay on schedule - a late treatment will send you back to the starting line (it recovers too much).
I have this same problem and appreciate your advice Andy! I had put on Weed-B-Gone just over a week ago and it didn't do squat. Today, by chance, I went over all of my speedwell with Ortho's Chickweek, Clover and Oxalis Killer. I now have it on my schedule to keep doing it every 10 days or so.
Kinda late I know, but I had the same issue, and the same results with WBG. I dug into the topic some and found that mecoprop is about the best type of herbicide you can use on speedwell. Fortunately I stumbled across Speedzone (5.8% or so) of MCPP and it really knocked that speedwell for a loop. After just a couple of days I had upwards of 70% turning brown and withering. By the end of two weeks all the speedwell I had sprayed was dead.
Of course it grows so low to the ground that I've still got some popping up, but I'll get to it. I can definately tell that the lawn likes it because those areas where I've beaten the speedwell back in, the grass is growing much better.
Our very large lawn is being taken over more every year by veronica. I read with interest the spray suggestions, but we have two dogs. Is there anything that can help that will not be harmful to the dogs? ( We have about an acre of lawn )


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The present invention provides a process for catalytic upgrading of refractory hydrocarbon charge stocks, such as coker gas oil, to premium products including gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel and low sulfur cracking stock initially by catalytic hydrotreating and cascading the hydrotreater effluent, through a hydrocracking zone, without change in the pressure of the system, containing a catalyst which is characterized by a crystalline zeolite having a silica/alumina ratio greater than 12 and a constraint index of 1 to 12.
1. A dual bed process for upgrading a refractory hydrocarbon feed, characterized by a Bromine No. greater than about 10 and an aromatics content of at least about 40 weight percent, which comprises contacting a stream of said feed initially in a hydrotreating zone containing a bed of hydrotreating catalyst under reaction conditions which include a pressure within the range of about 100 to about 1800 psig, a temperature between about 550� F. and about 850� F. in the presence of between about 2.4 and about 24 moles of hydrogen/mole of hydrocarbon charge to convert sulfur and nitrogen derivatives of hydrocarbon to hydrogen sulfide and ammonia; passing the entire effluent from said hydrotreating zone to a hydrocracking zone containing a bed of hydrocracking catalyst comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite characterized by a silica to alumina ratio of at least about 12 and a constraint index within the approximate range of 1 to 12 in combination with a metal component exhibiting hydrogenation/dehydrogenation activity under reaction conditions which include a pressure within the above stated range, a hydrogen concentration between about 2 and about 23 moles of hydrogen per mole of charge to said latter zone and a temperature between about 650� F. and about 950� F. and recovering gasoline of high octane number directly as a product of the aforenoted dual bed sequential operation.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrocarbon feed contains between about 40 and about 70 weight percent of aromatics and has a Bromine No. in the approximate range of 10 to 60.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrocarbon feed is a catalytic cracking cycle stock.
4. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrocarbon feed is coker gas oil.
5. The process of claim 1 wherein said zeolite is ZSM-5.
6. The process of claim 1 wherein said metal component is a transition metal.
7. The process of claim 1 wherein said metal component is a metal of Group VIII.
8. The process of claim 1 wherein said metal component is palladium.
9. The process of claim 1 wherein said metal component is zinc.
10. The process of claim 1 wherein said metal component is a combination of palladium and zinc.
11. The process of claim 1 wherein said pressure is between about 500 and about 1500 psig.
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 793,706 filed May 4, 1977 which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 4,153,540.
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This invention relates to catalytic upgrading of refractory hydrocarbon charge stocks, such as, for example, a coker gas oil, in a dual bed hydrotreating/hydrocracking cascade system.
2. Discussion of the Prior Art
Present refinery practice in upgrading coker gas oil generally involves hydroprocessing to remove hetero-atoms, followed by fluid catalytic cracking or high pressure hydrocracking in a two step operation. Such processes have entailed high equipment costs. Thus, fluid catalytic cracking of even hydroprocessed material requires high severity operation causing excessive coke formation, leading to reduced catalyst life. The necessity to use high pressure has placed an additional economic burden in the overall process.
In accordance with the present invention, there has been discovered a dual bed hydrotreating/hydrocracking cascade process for effectively upgrading refractory hydrocarbon stocks characterized by a Bromine No. greater than about 10 and an aromatics content of at least about 40 weight percent, such as coker gas oil, catalytic cracking cycle stock and shale oil, which process can be carried out at substantially lower pressures than those heretofore employed in the aforenoted two stage high pressure process.
The present process has been found to provide unexpectedly good yields and selectivity for the conversion of the above characterized refractory hydrocarbon feeds to yield useful products including gasoline, kerosene of low freeze point, Diesel or home heating fuel, low in pour point and sulfur and low sulfur distillate suitable for use as a catalytic cracking charge stock.
The refractory hydrocarbon feed, contemplated for upgrading in according with the present process contains at least about 40 and generally between about 40 and about 70 weight percent aromatics and has a Bromine No. in excess of about 10 and usually in the approximate range of 10 to 60. Representative of such feeds are low hydrogen refractory materials, such as catalytic cracking cycle stocks, shale oils and coker gas oils, which are mostly poly-aromatic in structure and may contain appreciable amounts of sulfur, capable of being effectively removed in accordance with the present process.
The dual catalyst bed cascade process of this invention is conducted at a pressure within the approximate range of 100 to 1800 psig and preferably between about 500 and about 1500 psig. The temperature is generally within the approximate range of 550� F. to 950� F., with an increasing temperature gradient, as the feed passes initially through the bed of hydrotreating catalyst and thereafter through the bed of hydrocracking catalyst. Suitably, the temperature in the hydrotreating catalyst bed will be within the approximate range of 550� F. to 850� F. and in the hydrocracking catalyst bed within the approximate range of 650� F. to 950� F. The feed is conducted through the catalyst beds at an overall space velocity between about 0.1 and about 5 and preferably between about 0.2 and about 2, along with hydrogen initially present in the hydrotreating zone in an amount between about 1000 and about 10,000 standard cubic feet per barrel of feed, corresponding to a ratio of between about 2.4 and about 24 moles of hydrogen per mole of hydrocarbon and thereafter present in the hydrocracking zone in an amount between about 2 and about 23 moles of hydrogen per mole of charge to said hydrocracking zone.
The hydrotreating catalysts employed are generally metals or metal oxides of Group VIB and/or Group VIII deposited on a solid porous support such as silica and/or metal oxides such as alumina, titania, zirconia or mixtures thereof. Representative Group VIB include molybdenum, chromium and tungsten and Group VIII metals include nickel, cobalt, palladium and platinum. These metal components are deposited, in the form of metals or metal oxides, on the indicated supports in amounts generally between about 0.1 and about 20 weight percent.
Initial hydrotreating of the refractory hydrocarbon feed serves to convert sulfur and nitrogen derivatives of hydrocarbon to hydrogen sulfide and ammonia while depositing metal contaminant from hydrodecomposition of any organo-metal compounds. The entire effluent from the hydrotreating zone containing hydrogen, hydrocarbons, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia is passed to a hydrocracking zone over catalyst containing a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite, characterized by a silica/alumina ratio greater than 12 and a constraint index, as hereinafter defined, in the approximate range of 1 to 12, such as, for example, zeolite ZSM-5 and a metal having activity to catalyze hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions. Representative of the latter metals are those of Group VIII and other metals commonly referred to as transition metals.
Thus, the process of this invention provides a dual bed system for upgrading a nitrogen and sulfur-containing hydrocarbon charge by contacting a stream of such charge initially in a hydrotreating zone containing a hydrotreating catalyst under the aforenoted conditions and thereafter passing the entire effluent from the hydrotreating zone to a hydrocracking zone containing a particularly defined crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite-containing hydrocracking catalyst under the above specified conditions of reaction. The latter zeolite-containing catalyst would appear to have the unique ability to bring pressure requirements for the hydrocracking zone to within the range of pressure employed in the hydrotreating zone, i.e., permit use of lower pressures in the hydrocracking zone over those previously employed. Moreover, the ability of the present process to convert the above stocks, such as coker gas oil to gasoline, which can be directly blended to pool octane gasoline without the need for reforming is a significant feature differentiating the present operation from previous high pressure hydrocracking systems which produce low octane naphtha.
The catalyst employed in the hydrocracking zone of the hereinabove described process comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite which is a member of a novel class of zeolites exhibiting some unusual properties. These zeolites induce profound transformation of aliphatic hydrocarbons to aromatic hydrocarbons in commercially desirable yields and are generally highly effective in conversion reactions involving aromatic hydrocarbons. Although they have unusually low alumina contents, i.e., high silica to alumina ratios, they are very active even when the silica to alumina ratio exceeds 30. The activity is surprising since catalytic activity is generally attributed to framework aluminum atoms and cations associated with these aluminum atoms. These zeolites retain their crystallinity for long periods in spite of the presence of steam at high temperature which induces irreversible collapse of the framework of other zeolites, e.g., of the X and A type.
An important characteristic of the crystal structure of this class of zeolites is that it provides constrained access to, and egress from the intracrystalline free space by virtue of having a pore dimension greater than about 5 Angstroms and pore windows of about a size such as would be provided by 10-membered rings of oxygen atoms. It is to be understood, of course, that these rings are those formed by the regular disposition of the tetrahedra making up the anionic framework of the crystalline aluminosilicate, the oxygen atoms themselves being bonded to the silicon or aluminum atoms at the centers of the tetrahedra. Briefly, the preferred type zeolites useful in this invention possess, in combination: a silica to alumina mole ratio of at least about 12; and a structure providing constrained access to the crystalline free space.
The silica to alumina ratio referred to may be determined by conventional analysis. This ratio is meant to represent, as closely as possible, the ratio in the rigid anionic framework of the zeolite crystal and to exclude aluminum in the binder or in cationic or other form within the channels. Although zeolites with a silica to alumina ratio of at least 12 are useful, it is preferred to use zeolites having higher ratios of at least about 30. Such zeolites, after activation, acquire an intracrystalline sorption capacity for normal hexane which is greater than that for water, i.e., they exhibit "hydrophobic" properties.
The type zeolites useful in this invention freely sorb normal hexane and have a pore dimension greater than about 5 Angstroms. In addition, the structure must provide constrained access to larger molecules. It is sometimes possible to judge from a known crystal structure whether such constrained access exists. For example, if the only pore windows in a crystal are formed by 8-membered rings of oxygen atoms, then access by molecules of larger cross-section than normal hexane is excluded and the zeolite is not of the desired type. Windows of 10-membered rings are preferred, although, in some instances, excessive puckering or pore blockage may render these zeolites ineffective. Twelve-membered rings do not generally appear to offer sufficient constraint to produce the advantageous conversions, although puckered structures exist such as TMA offretite which is a known effective zeolite. Also, structures can be conceived, due to pore blockage or other cause, that may be operative.
Rather than attempt to judge from crystal structure whether or not a zeolite possesses the necessary constrained access, a simple determination of the "constraint index" may be made by passing continuously a mixture of an equal weight of normal hexane and 3-methylpentane over a sample of zeolite at atmospheric pressure according to the following procedure. A sample of the zeolite, in the form of pellets or extrudate, is crushed to a particle size about that of course sand and mounted in a glass tube. Prior to testing, the zeolite is treated with a stream of air at 1000� F. for at least 15 minutes. The zeolite is then flushed with helium and the temperature adjusted between 550� F. and 950� F. to give an overall conversion between 10% and 60%. The mixture of hydrocarbons is passed at 1 liquid hourly space velocity (i.e., 1 volume of liquid hydrocarbon per volume of zeolite per hour) over the zeolite with a helium dilution to give a helium to total hydrocarbon mole ratio of 4:1. After 20 minutes on stream, a sample of the effluent is taken and analyzed, most conveniently by gas chromatography, to determine the fraction remaining unchanged for each of the two hydrocarbons.
The "constraint index" is calculated as follows: ##EQU1##
The constraint index approximates the ratio of the cracking rate constants for the two hydrocarbons. Zeolites suitable for the present invention are those having a constraint index in the approximate range of 1 to 12. Constraint Index (CI) values for some typical zeolites are:
______________________________________CAS C.I.______________________________________ZSM-5 8.3ZSM-11 8.7ZSM-12 2ZSM-38 2ZSM-35 4.5Clinoptilolite 3.4TMA Offretite 3.7Beta 0.6ZSM-4 0.5H-Zeolon 0.4 -REY 0.4Amorphous Silica-Alumina 0.6Erionite 38______________________________________
It is to be realized that the above constraint index values typically characterize the specified zeolites but that such are the cumulative result of several variables used in determination and calculation thereof. Thus, for a given zeolite depending on the temperature employed within the aforenoted range of 550� F. to 950� F., with accompanying conversion between 10% and 60%, the constraint index may vary within the indicated approximate range of 1 to 12. Likewise, other variables such as the crystal size of the zeolite, the presence of possible occluded contaminants and binders intimately combined with the zeolite may affect the constraint index. It will accordingly be understood by those skilled in the art that the constraint index, as utilized herein, while affording a highly useful means for characterizing the zeolites of interest is approximate, taking into consideration the manner of its determination; with probability, in some instances, of compounding variable extremes.
While the above experimental procedure will enable one to achieve the desired overall conversion of 10 to 60% for most catalyst samples and represents preferred conditions, it may occasionally be necessary to use somewhat more severe conditions for samples of very low activity, such as those having a very high silica to alumina ratio. In those instances, a temperature of up to about 1000� F. and a liquid hourly space velocity of less than one, such as 0.1 or less, can be employed in order to achieve a minimum total conversion of about 10%.
The class of zeolites defined herein is exemplified by ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, ZSM-35 and ZSM-38 and other similar materials. U.S. Pat. No. 3,702,886 describing and claiming ZSM-5 is incorporated herein by reference.
ZSM-11 is more particularly described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,709,979, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
ZSM-12 is more particularly described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,832,449, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
ZSM-35 is more particularly described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,016,245, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
ZSM-38 is more particularly described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,046,859, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The specific zeolites described, when prepared in the presence of organic cations, are catalytically inactive, possibly because the intracrystalline free space is occupied by organic cations from the forming solution. They may be activated by heating in an inert atmosphere at 1000� F. for one hour, for example, followed by base exchange with ammonium salts followed by calcination at 1000� F. in air. The presence of organic cation in the forming solution may not be absolutely essential to the formation of this type zeolite; however, the presence of these cations does appear to favor the formation of this special type of zeolite. More generally, it is desirable to activate this type catalyst by base exchange with ammonium salts followed by calcination in air at about 1000� F. for from about 15 minutes to about 24 hours.
Natural zeolites may sometimes be converted to this type zeolite catalyst by various activation procedures and other treatments such as base exchange, steaming, alumina extraction and calcination, in combinations. Natural minerals which may be so treated include ferrierite, brewsterite, stilbite, dachiardite, epistilbite, heulandite, and clinoptilolite. The preferred crystalline aluminosilicates are ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, ZSM-38 and ZSM-35 with ZSM-5 particularly preferred.
In a preferred aspect of this invention, the zeolites hereof are selected as those having a crystal framework density, in the dry hydrogen form, of not substantially below about 1.6 grams per cubic centimeter. It has been found that zeolites which satisfy all three of these criteria are most desired because they tend to maximize the production of gasoline boiling range hydrocarbons products. Therefore, the preferred zeolites of this invention are those having a constraint index as defined above of about 1 to about 12, a silica to alumina ratio of at least about 12 and a dried crystal density of not less than about 1.6 grams per cubic centimeter. The dry density for known structures may be calculated from the number of silicon plus aluminum atoms per 1000 cubic Angstroms, as given, e.g., on Page 19 of the article on Zeolite Structure by W. M. Meier. This paper, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference, is included in "Proceedings of the Conference on Molecular Sieves, London, April 1967," published by the Society of Chemical Industry, London, 1968. When the crystal structure is unknown, the crystal framework density may be determined by classical pyknometer techniques. For example, it may be determined by immersing the dry hydrogen form of the zeolite in an organic solvent which is not sorbed by the crystal. It is possible that the unusual sustained activity and stability of this class of zeolites is associated with its high crystal anionic framework density of not less than about 1.6 grams per cubic centimeter. This high density, of course, must be associated with a relatively small amount of free space within the crystal, which might be expected to result in more stable structures. This free space, however, is important as the locus of catalytic activity.
Crystal framework densities of some typical zeolites are:
______________________________________ Void FrameworkZeolite Volume Density______________________________________Ferrierite 0.28 cc/cc 1.76 g/cc -Mordenite .28 1.7ZSM-5, -11 .29 1.79Dachiardite .32 1.72L .32 1.61Clinoptilolite .34 1.71Laumontite .34 1.77ZSM-4 (Omega) .38 1.65Heulandite .39 1.69P .41 1.57Offretite .40 1.55Levynite .40 1.54Erionite .35 1.51Gmelinite .44 1.46Chabazite .47 1.45A .5 1.3Y .48 1.27______________________________________
The crystal size of the synthesized zeolite is generally within the approximate range of 0.01 to 40 microns. Preferably, the crystal size of the above-described crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite employed in the process of the invention is less than about 0.05 micron.
When synthesized in the alkali metal form, the zeolite is conveniently converted to the hydrogen form, generally by intermediate formation of the ammonium form as a result of ammonium ion exchange and calcination of ammonium form to yield the hydrogen form. In addition to the hydrogen form, other forms of the zeolite wherein the original alkali metal has been reduced to less than about 1.5 percent by weight may be used. Thus, the original alkali metal of the zeolite may be replaced by ion exchange with other suitable ions of Groups IB to VIII of the Periodic Table, including, by way of example, nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, calcium or rare earth metals.
Generally, however, the zeolite either directly or via initial ammonium exchange followed by calcination, is preferably hydrogen exchanged such that a predominate proportion of its exchangeable cations are hydrogen ions. In general, it is contemplated that more than 50 percent and preferably more than 75 percent of the cationic sites of the crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite will be occupied by hydrogen ions.
In practicing the process described herein, it may be desirable to incorporate the above-described crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite in another material resistant to the temperature and other conditions employed in the process. Such matrix materials include synthetic or naturally occurring substances as well as inorganic materials such as clay, silica and/or metal oxides. The latter may be either naturally occurring or in the form of gelatinous precipitates or gels including mixtures of silica and metal oxides. Naturally occurring clays, which can be composited with the zeolite include those of the montmorillonite and kaolin families, which families include the sub-bentonites and the kaolins commonly known as Dixie, McNamee-Georgia and Florida clays or others in which the main mineral constituent is halloysite, kaolinite, dickite, nacrite or anauxite. Such clays can be used in a raw state as originally mined or initially subjected to calcination, acid treatment or chemical modification.
In addition to the foregoing materials, the zeolites employed herein may be composited with a porous matrix material, such as alumina, silica-alumina, silica-magnesia, silica-zirconia, silica-thoria, silica-berylia, silica-titania as well as ternary compositions, such as silica-alumina-thoria, silica-alumina-zirconia, silica-alumina-magnesia and silica-magnesia-zirconia. The matrix may be in the form of a cogel. The relative proportions of zeolite component and inorganic oxide gel matrix may vary widely with the zeolite content ranging from between about 1 to about 99 percent by weight and more usually in the range of about 5 to about 80 percent by weight of the composite.
The above zeolite, either as such or after compositing with a matrix, is combined with a minor amount, generally between about 0.1 and about 20 weight percent of a metal having hydrogenation/dehydrogenation promotion properties. Preferred metals are those of Group VIII of the Periodic Table. Palladium is highly effective, as are the other Group VIII noble metals platinum, iridium, osmium, ruthenium and rhodium. Nickel, cobalt, etc. are effective. Other metals, particularly those called transition metals may be employed. The metals may be used alone or in combination, e.g., palladium and zinc. The metals may be incorporated in the finished catalyst by any of the techniques well known in the art such as base exchange, impregnation and the like.
Conditions for effective hydrotreating are well known and need no detailed review except to note that cascading the hydrotreater effluent to the second stage requires that sufficient hydrogen be supplied with charge to the hydrotreater zone in order that requirements of both stages shall be satisfied. Pressure in the system described herein will be the same for the hydrotreating and hydrocracking zones and generally within the approximate range of 100 to 1800 psig and preferably between about 500 and about 1500 psig. Generally, it will be found desirable to employ higher temperature in the second than in the first stage to achieve high conversion to lower boiling products in the second stage. This is accomplished by inter-stage heating. Space velocities for the two stages are adjusted by sizes of the catalyst beds.
The following examples will serve to illustrate the process of the invention without limiting the same:
A coker heavy gas oil was processed, along with hydrogen, in a system made up of an initial bed of hydrotreating catalyst and second bed of hydrocracking catalyst.
The charge stock had the following properties:
______________________________________Analysis, Elemental, % Carbon 85.9 Hydrogen 11.49 Iron .00006 Nickel <.00001 Nitrogen, Total .13 Nitrogen, Basic .05 Oxygen .11 Sulfur 2.30 Vanadium .00001Bromide No. 12.4Carbon Residue, Conradson, % .01______________________________________Distillation, �F. % Vol.%______________________________________ IRP 357 5 505 10 559 20 598 30 623 40 643 50 662 60 682 70 705 80 729 90 759 95 779Gravity, API 22.9Pour Point, �F. 60Type Analysis, Wt.% Paraffins 20.6 Mononaphthenes 9.9 Polynaphthenes 19.2 Aromatics 50.4Viscosity, cs, 40� C. 9.856Viscosity, cs, 100� C. 2.494______________________________________
Operating conditions included a pressure of 1000 psig, a hydrotreating catalyst bed temperature of 700�-732� F., a hydrocracking bed temperature of 796�-868� F., hydrogen in the amount of 2500 standard cubic feet of hydrogen per barrel of charge and an overall space velocity of 0.3-0.5.
The hydrotreating catalyst was in the form of an extrudate having a surface area of 129 m2 /gram and containing, expressed as weight percent oxides, the following metals:
______________________________________ Cobalt 1.75% Molybdenum 10% Nickel 1.75% Titanium 30.7% Zirconium 30.7% Aluminum 25%______________________________________
Effluent from the hydrotreating zone was passed directly without interstage separation to a hydrocracking zone containing catalyst. The hydrocracking catalyst was HZSM-5 containing 0.5 weight percent palladium and 0.6 weight percent zinc. This catalyst, having a surface area of 315 m2 /gram, was prepared by ion-exchanging HZSM-5 with aqueous Zn(NO3)2, followed by water washing and impregnation of the wet cake with aqueous palladium tetramine nitrate, after which, the composite was dried and calcined at 1000� F. The resulting material was wet slurried with 35 weight percent Al2 O3, extruded in the form of 1/16" particles, dried and calcined in air at 1000� F.
The results obtained in runs extending from 6 to 41 days are set forth in the following Table:
TABLE 1__________________________________________________________________________Run No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7__________________________________________________________________________Time on Stream, Days 6 10 14 20 27 34 41Temperature, �F., Ave.Hydrotreating Catalyst Bed 700 702 726 722 721 712 732Hydrocracking Catalyst Bed 796 796 821 820 844 842 868Pressure, psig 1000 1000 1000 1000H2 Flow, SCFB 2500 2500 2500 2500Space Velocity, vv-1 Hr-1Hydrotreating Catalyst Bed 1 1 1 1 0.6 0.6 0.6Hydrocracking Catalyst Bed 1 1 1 1 0.6 0.6 0.6Overall 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 ChargeYields, Wt. % C1 0 .36 .26 .49 .42 .89 1.05 1.54 C2 0 .73 .51 .91 .81 1.75 1.99 2.82 C3 0 4.13 3.15 5.54 5.06 11.4 11.3 13.7 C4 0 5.10 4.16 6.52 5.71 11.2 8.4 8.66C5 -300� F. 0 11.2 11.9 11.7 11.3 15.7 10.8 11.2330-420 .25 3.33 3.09 4.40 3.42 3.2 3.30 3.47420-538 6.24 12.1 12.4 12.6 12.8 11.3 12.0 12.4538-690 51.19 39.3 40.4 37.2 38.9 29.9 33.9 31.2690-805 32.79 18.4 18.6 16.0 16.8 11.8 13.7 11.8 802+ 9.55 4.2 4.0 3.44 3.56 2.43 2.89 2.56 NH3 .11 .12 .14 .11 .15 .15 .14 H2 O .11 .11 .12 .11 .12 .12 .12 H2 S 2.22 2.10 2.27 2.25 2.39 2.38 2.36Total 101.25 100.94 101.29 101.31 102.12 102.01 102.05H2 Comsumption, SCFB 718 523 736 756 1206 1147 1175Conversion to 420� F., net 24.6 22.0 29.3 26.5 43.9 36.6 41.1Conversion to 540� F. net 30.5 29.0 35.7 33.0 48.9 42.3 47.3Selectivity(C4 -420) � 100/420� F.- 78.8 82.9 76.3 76.2 68.0 60.8 56.1(C4 -540) � 100/540� F.- 82.8 86.5 80.5 81.0 71.3 66.1 61.8Total Yield of UpgradedNaphtha & Distillates (C4 -805� F.) 89.4 88.0 88.4 88.9 83.1 82.1 78.7Liquid Analysis, Wt. % Hydrogen 11.36 11.94 11.78 11.72 11.88 11.48 11.68 11.36 Nitrogen 0.13 .042 0.33 .02 .024 0.13 .014 .018 Oxygen .11 .012 .018 .01 .01 .004 .005 .006 Sulfur 2.31 .255 .39 .212 .23 .10 .098 .133__________________________________________________________________________
It will be seen from the above tabulated data that the same show net conversion as high as 49% to 540� F.- and 44% to 420� F.-. The total yield of naphtha plus distillate (C4 -850� F.) was as much as 89%. Moreover, it will be seen that the catalyst exhibited good stability as evident from results obtained after an uninterrupted on-stream period of 41 days.
Separation of representative liquid products was effected by fluorescent indicator absorption into volume percent aromatics, olefins and saturates. Results for the liquid products obtained in Run Nos. 1, 5, 6 and 7 of Table 1 are shown below:
TABLE 2______________________________________Run No. 1 5 6 7______________________________________Conversion to 540� F.- 31 49 43 48FIA, vol.% Aromatics 59.0 56.8 57.6 60.3 Olefins 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.7 Saturates 39.9 41.9 41.0 38.0______________________________________
Results from inspections of appropriate boiling range products are shown in the table set forth below:
TABLE 3______________________________________Boiling Range, �F. IBP-455 455-636 636+______________________________________Wt.%Analysis, wt.% Nitrogen, Total .0043 .0059 .051 Nitrogen, Basic .002 .002 .004 Hydrogen 13.27 11.58 11.04 Sulfur .193 .051 .315Gravity, API 60/60 -- 24.2 --PONA, wt.% Paraffins 42.61 8.3 Olefins 8.87 [34.7] Naphthenes 16.86 Aromatics 31.31 57.1Cetane Number -- 36FIA, vol.% Saturates 57.4 Olefins 11.8 Aromatics 30.8ROMO, micro 85.6RON3, micro 94.7Pour Point, �F. <-65Smoke Point 7.0Bromine No. 24.6 2.3______________________________________
It will be evident from the foregoing that useful product fractions show a pool octane quality gasoline containing 31% aromatics (86 RON-Clear); a light gas oil suitable for diesel fuel or No. 2 fuel (0.05% sulfur) and a heavier fraction with 0.3% sulfur useful as a cracking stock.
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Check in was easy & convenient; room was nice, clean & pretty well appointed. Everything was in working order. Breakfast was adequate; breakfast area was kept clean & stocked. Staff was all very outgoing and friendly
internet access not posted in rooms or told at check in. Once I asked, it was easy to access & use.
All of it the kick back breakfast was good staff very nice. An very very clean. Geat time. Thanks.
The room was ok
There were tons of kids running everywhere no sleep from the running and yelling down halls all night slamming doors. Pool filled with all kids no room to go and use those facilities.
Space in the room, location, friendly personnel
Even though room suppose to be in a non smoking section, could smell that people were smoking somewhere close by.
Big room, nice setting.
The heater sits under the window and the cold from the window makes the heater think the room is cold, so even on the lowest setting the heat would run constantly. Fixed this by cracking the window a bit..
The staff was extremely courteous and the hotel was clean and the room very comfortable. I especially enjoyed the walking path around the pond. The only issue is its location right next to the Interstate. The traffic was noticeably loud all night--makes for tough sleeping.
Low price, good value.
Plumbing (shower and toilet)
Big Bathroom, clean, plenty of space for clothes, good breakfast, courteous staff
Very helpful staff, very nice room, and very good breakfast.
The hallway smelled a bit like the carpet needed cleaning. One of the exercise machines wasn't working up to par.
There wasn't anything that I liked.
The staff was rude. They were filthy and so unprofessional, they never cleaned the rooms and they only refreshed the towels after.having.to ask multiple times. They pushed around a shopping cart with.towels in it. They rolled their eyes.
Staff were very nice & accommodating when issues were brought to their attention. I did receive a credit for deficiencies I brought to them.
All the noise & dust from the carpet removal going on outside my door & all through the hall. Other floors already had carpet replaced so I wasn't sure why they rented any rooms on that floor.
Very clean. Excellent breakfast. Everything was in working order. Very comfortable bed.
Clean, very clean
Breakfast could have offered a bit more.
Spacious room w/kitchen.
Free breakfast didn't offer much.
Clean rooms and good breakfast & heated pool
Everything went well no complaints
For the star rating, this hotel was outstanding. The staff was unbelievably friendly and helpful. Breakfast was more than expected. We didn't need lunch for sure.
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Editorial Comment — February 2015
The Devil in the Details…
A great deal of credit is due the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC), led by Chairman Alphonso Maldon Jr. The Commission took on an exceptionally complex, emotionally charged and wide-ranging subject, and produced a strong body of work in its allotted time, involving trips across the country and overseas to listen to servicemembers, families and retirees, taking input from sources too numerous to mention here. It presented its findings in an organized and well-explained report, handling questions with impressive fluency when called on by both House and Senate Armed Services Committees (HASC, SASC).
No matter what one thinks of its findings, there's no question the Commission took the matter at hand seriously and examined it thoroughly, presenting recommendations worth thoughtful consideration, deep deliberation and debate.
But it is important to remember that the MCRMC's draft legislative proposals are just that, a set of proposals — much like the White House's almost simultaneously released defense budget is also only a set of proposals — that will have to go through a series of processes before they are permitted (or not, as the case may be) to influence legislation in Congress.
It seems that there is such an appetite for reform in this budget-constrained period, that one must pause and ask oneself, does this hunger to accept any reforms that get some kind of "modernizing" job done — while at the same time achieving so-called "efficiencies" and the holy grail of savings — mean that any proposal that does these things must be rubber-stamped, but with no really important details questioned down to their true second- or third-order consequences?
For some, it seems, it has almost become an unquestioned article of faith that full-on reform must be applied to every area the Commission touched, when perhaps a less intrusive point-by-point method might benefit the military patron and the government more.
Regarding exchanges and commissaries, a careful and detail-oriented team of specialists intimately familiar with the subject matter is needed, for when it comes to grocery and retail, details really do matter. Details make all the difference for military exchanges, AAFES and NEXCOM and MCX, just as they do for retailers like Walmart and JCPenney. Likewise for grocery businesses, details are important matters of distinction between companies such as Kroger, Whole Foods and Aldi, just as they are for a benefit that just happens to be a business, the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA).
For exchanges, details also mean differences of many millions of dollars in revenues for recapitalization and MWR, and ultimately how much top-line money DoD has available to allocate to core on-base programs that are key to the all-volunteer force. Details in this segment of the MCRMC's work will ultimately mean the difference between ensuring that the commissary is still "worth the trip," or possibly undermining the entire resale and MWR system.
Rather than the be-all, end-all, all-or-nothing solution, the MCRMC's recommendations should be a starting point for more detailed, thorough and well-thought-out discussion. What was mentioned in the SASC and HASC hearings immediately following release of the Commission report merely skimmed the surface as far as military resale is concerned; and it will be the responsibility of the personnel subcommittees of each chamber, and others, not to let the work of decades of finetuning military resale categories and business models fall by the wayside in a headlong rush to reform.
There are reasons, many reasons, why exchanges and commissaries have not been consolidated even after many previous studies. And although it is nearly 10 years since the last DoD-sponsored study failed to find a compelling business case scenario for exchange consolidation, that has been a decade of solid military resale cooperative efforts that have largely gone unrecognized.
It is disconcerting, a shame, that the zeal to de-fund benefits such as commissaries and second destination transportation (SDT) — for that is essentially what the Pentagon has been working toward — has begun to taint so much thinking surrounding these matters to such a degree that few now understand how resale has been part of the solution, rather than the opposite. Commissaries and exchanges, for their 0.25 percent of the Defense budget, have proven time and time again that they return a benefit to the military community that is far more than, as the Commission reported, "a benefit that servicemembers and families want to keep."
Certainly that is gratifying to hear, but resale is much more than that; it is:
- consistently viable in spite of decades of ongoing "efficiencies;"
- the safest place for military families to shop in an unpredictable world;
- an important employer of service family members, wounded warriors, and many more veterans; and
- a business structure that returns between two and 10 times the value of the working capital invested in it.
This latter return on investment (ROI) has been studied by industry and military family and servicemember groups — but consistently ignored by the CBO, the Defense Business Board and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis. While there are always t's to cross and i's to be dotted in any in-depth study, military resale and resale industry expert testimonies should play a critical factor in the hearings of the personnel subcommittees before any decisions are made on what next steps are preferred.
Let's not short-change the decades of refinements the resale organizations have put in place, and let's definitely not short-change servicemembers, retirees and their families. At the end of the day, Congress must not allow any whipped-up frenzy to protect overhyped buzzwords like "holistic" and "integrated" to get in the way of the more important business of protecting the integrity of military patrons' resale benefits.


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Now the banks are at it again (with the connivance of the US Government) getting Mark to Market dumped and playing a giant shell game to hide the fact that even after the bailout their balance sheets are terrible. And people are buying into this b******t?
I'm with Peter on this. This rally may not be all fueled by suckers, but this IS a sucker's rally. Once this market is finished playing out and the big players have sucked everything they can out of the middle class and small investors, there is going to be another generation of people (like those who survived the 20s and 30s) who will never put another dime into the stock market as long as they live.Apr 13, 2009. 12:19 PM | 28 Likes |Link to Comment
Bernanke Testimony Indicates Fed Still in Denial [View article]
This just goes to prove, the more things change, the more they remain the same. Change the name of the decade and the names of the players, you still get the same old horse puckey.Jun 9, 2010. 01:08 PM | 27 Likes |Link to Comment
For the Last Time, Is Gold in a Bubble? [View article]Jun 26, 2010. 02:50 PM | 23 Likes |Link to Comment
Stocks Will Fall 37% or Gold Will Rally 60% [View article]
On Jun 02 05:40 AM Chandragupta wrote:
> The next BUBBLE may very well be in Gold.Jun 2, 2009. 11:08 AM | 22 Likes |Link to Comment
Bernanke Testimony Indicates Fed Still in Denial [View article]
Guess Ben's gnomes are hard at work keeping the economy going!Jun 9, 2010. 01:42 PM | 20 Likes |Link to Comment
Worst-Case Scenario for Geithner Is Here [View article]
On the plus side, anyone with a modicum of intelligence can see through the spin and balderdash.
Don't get me wrong -- I'm not a permabear -- but I would like to see the market going up because of increased value, earnings, profitability ... any of the good past historical reasons for owning stocks. Because if it is going up based on spin, manipulation and some deep pocket banks or hedge funds who are day trading, it can go down MUCH faster than it has gone up. And I don't want to get caught in that downdraft if it happens.May 8, 2009. 11:04 AM | 20 Likes |Link to Comment
Job Numbers from the Bureau of Spurious Statistics [View article]
Employment numbers have been the easiest ones to cook the books on and that's why they do it.
Remember Twain and/or Disraeli: "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics"
May 8, 2009. 10:59 AM | 19 Likes |Link to Comment
Bernanke, Gold, And the Keynesian Endpoint [View article]
Ben knows perfectly well what's going on. But in this country it's better to be judged as being clueless than being a liar. Just ask Greenspan.Jun 14, 2010. 01:40 PM | 18 Likes |Link to Comment
Barney Frank on Housing: No Wonder the Economy's a Mess [View article]
Glass-Steagal was repealed on President Clinton's watch, not Bush.
The middle class of this country was sold down the river by the Democrats and the Republicans both. And people are figuring it out, which is why incumbents of both parties are running scared about the results of the November elections.May 23, 2010. 08:46 PM | 17 Likes |Link to Comment
Bernanke, Gold, And the Keynesian Endpoint [View article]
Either way, it doesn't bode well for the future of fiat currencies.Jun 14, 2010. 07:54 PM | 16 Likes |Link to Comment
Dollar's Purchasing Power Annihilated - The Chart They Don't Want You to See [View article]
Do I really care that the $3 fast food combo I bought 9 years ago is now $6? Yes, because the price of that particular assortment of items has doubled. Now, it may be better for me to get the sandwich by itself for $4 and not have the combo, but that's not about value, that gets into the realm of social engineering.
Extrapolated over a span of 100 years, that 3% inflation gives you a loss of approximately 95% of your purchasing power, all other things being equal. Other things NOT being equal, it has not in fact done so.
What has happened since the 1960s is that the real American standard of living has dropped. Some of this was inevitable as the US was at the height of its power in the 1950s and early 1960s and you can't stay on top of the game forever.
For whatever reason, whether it was imperial overstretch or a natural consequence of the evolution of world economies, it is my opinion that the US standard of living has been eroding for over the last 30 years. THAT's the fly in the ointment. And that's what people can see. Within our lifetimes our economic traction has been slipping, and recent events suggest that it's going to get worse.
The government now has a vested interest in acting like inflation is low, because otherwise social security and medicare will implode into a giant black hole of fiscal excess. So government is no longer a neutral compiler and reporter of statistics, it is the government's interest to paint the CPI numbers with as rosy a brush as possible. This is why the CPI has been manipulated and will continue to be manipulated to the detriment of all those on fixed incomes.
That's the big issue and that's what's going to come back to bite us all in the ass sooner or later.May 9, 2009. 12:34 PM | 16 Likes |Link to Comment
Inane Thoughts of the Day: CNNMoney Article Says 'Housing Shortage Is Coming'; Coldwell Banker CEO Says Now Is the 'Absolute Best Time' to Buy a Home [View article]
Realtors have not been known for being particularly honest even in the best of times. Now, when they are flat out desperate, their claims are getting ridiculous.
And of course, back to the big problem. The answer to a problem of too much debt is not adding more debt. Krugman is wrong. Soros is wrong. You don't cure your alcoholism problem by going out and continuing to get drunk.Jun 25, 2010. 01:58 PM | 15 Likes |Link to Comment
Rich countries borrowed from the future, paying the bill will be difficult, and so will living in a thriftier world, The Economist says. Debt is a powerful drug, and the withdrawal - as annual income is forced to exceed annual expenditure - may well cause misery. [View news story]
I'm not sure if Clinton has come out since then and apologized for his mistake. He has shown a bit of contriteness about a few other things that look bad in hindsight, for which I won't say I give him credit (I would never extend credit to that man) but which at least make him look less clueless.
The kind of happiness you get from going into debt and consuming excessively is best likened to a drug high. Feels great while it lasts, not so great afterwards. Leading therefore to a desire for more of what you had before, but with no real solution in sight until you break the cycle.Jun 24, 2010. 07:04 PM | 14 Likes |Link to Comment
U.S. Economy Gives More Reasons to Own Silver and Gold [View article]
A lot of fiat currencies (including but by no means limited to the dollar) are headed straight into the toilet and if the US government would stop playing games with the numbers you might have a clue how bad our situation actually is.
Posts like yours make it clear that not everyone is on one side of this trade. With all the hatred still evident towards gold and silver from the mainstream financial media it is clear to me that we are a long way away from a market top in gold and silver.Jan 6, 2010. 04:38 PM | 13 Likes |Link to Comment
Former Fed Governor Mishkin Slams 'Paul Bill': Are We in Wonderland? [View article]
Put them all out of a job and let god sort out their souls.
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> I have more faith in the Fed than I do a bunch of politicians.Dec 3, 2009. 02:31 PM | 13 Likes |Link to Comment


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