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The cloud's easy-come, easy-go nature is a perfect fit for an extremely uncertain economic environment, where businesses are sitting on record levels of cash. When companies do spend money these days, they do so on stock buybacks—anything to keep from actually investing in new capacity (where's the demand?) or on hiring new workers. So the cloud's rental model beats the traditional server room's ownership model hands-down in this environment.
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Private and hybrid clouds are the answer here. As efforts like Nimbula and OpenStack mature and gain momentum, that slice of state CIOs for whom cloud isn't relevant will shrink. One of the main drivers for private and/or hybrid cloud adoption will be pressure to consolidate, which the report indicates that CIOs are feeling in a major way. Take a look at the table at the top of this post, which shows the status and composition of state consolidation initiatives:
All of the areas listed can be meaningfully affected by the cloud, some in more obvious ways than others. Email, backup/disaster recovery, servers, storage, and content management are all no-brainer candidates for the private/hybrid cloud treatment. Once these services are consolidated along more traditional IT infrastructure lines, it will be easier to move them to the cloud to get further efficiencies.
On a tangentially related note, there was another common theme that I've noticed that came out in the following aside:
One CIO notes, "Some of the major challenges to adoption relate to funding streams, that is, how to pay for cloud services and infrastructure, and to policies on use."
Again, it's the same story of workers taking the individual initiative to use low-cost cloud services and paying for them out of non-IT-related pockets of departmental budgets, like office supplies. Why wait for IT to provision a task-specific VM or bring up a physical machine when you can do the same thing for a few bucks at Amazon? And why fill out the paperwork that goes with the request, when Amazon will take a credit card?Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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|October 17th, 2010, 01:44 PM
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Billion-Dollar Foreclosure Mess Took Root at $75K House
...How much will the foreclosure mess cost? Estimates are still forming, writes Mark Gongloff in Friday's WSJ.
Some $154 billion in mortgages could be affected by foreclosure delays, according to an estimate this week by Laurie Goodman, senior managing director at mortgage-bond trader Amherst Securities Group LP in New York.
Morgan Stanley trading-desk analyst Greg Gore estimated in a conference call on Tuesday that as much as $134 billion of mortgage bonds held by the nation's four biggest banks could ultimately be affected by foreclosure delays.
That's a lot of money for a problem that the NY Times traces back to a $75,000 house in Denmark, Me. The article, by David Streitfield, looks at a home Nicolle Bradbury bought seven years ago; a tiny little house near the New Hampshire border.
A couple of years ago, Ms. Bradbury lost her job and could no longer make the $474 monthly payments. But her run-of-the-mill foreclosure became anything but when it landed in front of a lawyer at a nonproift group who had worked in the foreclosure industry for years–helping to foreclose on homes that small business owners had put up as collateral.
The lawyer, Thomas Cox, succeeded in getting the deposition of a GMAC 'robo-signer' who admitted that he didn't read through the 400 foreclosures he signed each day.
Mr. Cox then laid out in a court filing what he'd heard from robo-signer Jeffrey Stephan:
When Stephan says in an affidavit that he has personal knowledge of the facts stated in his affidavits, he doesn't. When he says that he has custody and control of the loan documents, he doesn't. When he says that he is attaching 'a true and accurate' copy of a note or a mortgage, he has no idea if that is so, because he does not look at the exhibits. When he makes any other statement of fact, he has no idea if it is true. When the notary says that Stephan appeared before him or her, he didn't.
The judge hearing Ms. Bradbury's foreclosure case was persuaded. He rejected GMAC's request for a foreclosure without trial. Even when given the chance to file amended documents, the judge noted, GMAC still didn't even include the actual street address of the Maine house.
Lawyers around the country are now looking at this case as a model for further litigation, writes Mr. Streitfield.
Don Saunders of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association tells the New York Times: "This ammunition will be front and center in thousands of foreclosure cases."
A $75K bullet to take down a billion-dollar industry?
|October 18th, 2010, 10:07 AM
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I'm still not sure what to think of haulting foreclosures. On one hand it's great that people will not lose their homes on the other, people who are ready to buy will not have as much opportunity.
What will this do to property values? Will they increase because the houses on the market do not have to compete with foreclosures?
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This whole mess began with Clinton saying everybody deserves to own a home, reguardless if the have a job or even afford it. With that then to inform the banks that they will have to lend to anybody even if they should only be renters.
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Halting foreclosures is just going to accelerate the nailing of the coffin to hold our dead economy. By halting them, it just means that rather than 200,000 to 300,000 per month hitting the market, there will millions that hit the market all at the same time. Supply and demand... Flood the market all at once will destroy any value left in the housing market. Great plan.
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What about the impact on the banking industry? What is going to happen when these banks are sued out of existance? Not that they don't deserve to go bankrupt but will they? Or will the nice government men step in and bail them out at your expense (again)?
We are so screwed.
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I understand your dual feelings on this subject, but consider this thought. The home that started all this mess was almost 2 years without a payment. The foreclosure was not halted because the paperwork was wrong, or because a mistake had been made, but because of a technical violation of the law. When you boil it down, she agreed to make payments and didn't, and agreed to give back the house if she didn't make payments. Now she won't give back the house or make the payments and refuses to leave until she is forcibly evicted. And the bank is on trial now because someone did not completely read a package of documents? Did she completely read all of her docs before she signed her mortgage. I bet you her 75k mortgage she didn't read any of them.
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A very long read but well worth your time.....
The Second Leg Down of Americas Death Spiral
I swear to God Almighty: Mortgage Backed Securities are Americas Herpesthe gift that keeps on oozing.
Last Friday, Bank of America announced that it was suspending all foreclosure proceedings, presumably until further notice. Other banks have already suspended foreclosures in a whole truckload of states. A nationwide moratorium on foreclosures might soon happenwhich would be a big deal:Global Financial Crisis, Part IILonger, Wider and Uncut.
But the mainstream mediasurprise-surprisehas downplayed the whole shebang. Theyre throwing terms out there into the ether, but devoid of context or explanation: Robo-signings, foreclosure mills, forged signatures, double booking, MERSits confusing as all get-out.
So the mainstream media just mentions it casuallyand in other news tonight . . .like its no big deal: A couple-three lines, lots of complicated, unfamiliar terms, an attitude like its a brouhaha overpaperwork of all things!and thenzappo-presto-change-o!: Theyre showing video footage of a cute koala nursing in the arms of a San Diego zookeeper.
But even the koalas know that something awful is heading Americas way. Smart little critters, theyre heading for the treetops, to get away from this mess.
So what the hell is going on with the God forsaken mortgage mess in the United States?
Its got a lot of bells and whistles, but its basically quite simple: Its all about the fucking Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS). Again.
then we heard tonight on CNBC that Bank of America was going to restart the foreclosure process!!
There are two videos that I would liketo bring to your attention on the foreclosure mess:
1. the first one has to do with the ratings agencies and how they committed fraud on on the Mortgaged backed securities they were rating:
here you see how a family who were foreclosed upon, hacksawed the locks and re-entered their foreclosed home.
You will see that the bankers just made up numbers. They had no idea what was owed on the property.
I urge you to watch both videos as you will get a sense of what is happening in America tonight.
Also I received this commentary from J. Mauldin and it contains another wonderful summary of the fraud and why it happened.
I will highlight the entire passage for you: I would like to thank Ross Pellegrino and Ron Kapan for sending me this article.
Homeowners can only be foreclosed and evicted from their homes by the person or institution who actually has the loan paperonly the note-holder has legal standing to ask a court to foreclose and evict. Not the mortgage, the note, which is the actual IOU that people sign, promising to pay back the mortgage loan.
Before mortgage-backed securities, most mortgage loans were issued by the local savings & loan. So the note usually didnt go anywhere: it stayed in the offices of the S&L down the street.
But once mortgage loan securitization happened, things got sloppythey got sloppy by the very nature of mortgage-backed securities.
The whole purpose of MBSs was for different investors to have their different risk appetites satiated with different bonds. Some bond customers wanted super-safe bonds with low returns, some others wanted riskier bonds with correspondingly higher rates of return.
Therefore, as everyone knows, the loans were bundled into REMICs (Real-Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits, a special vehicle designed to hold the loans for tax purposes), and then sliced & dicedsplit up and put into tranches, according to their likelihood of default, their interest rates, and other characteristics.
This slicing and dicing created senior tranches, where the loans would likely be paid in full, if the past history of mortgage loan statistics was to be believed. And it also created junior tranches, where the loans might well default, again according to past history and statistics. (A whole range of tranches was created, of course, but for the purposes of this discussion we can ignore all those countless other variations.)
These various tranches were sold to different investors, according to their risk appetite. Thats why some of the MBS bonds were rated as safe as Treasury bonds, and others were rated by the ratings agencies as risky as junk bonds.
But heres the key issue: When an MBS was first created, all the mortgages were pristinenone had defaulted yet, because they were all brand-new loans. Statistically, some would default and some others would be paid back in fullbut which ones specifically would default? No one knew, of course. If I toss a coin 1,000 times, statistically, 500 tosses the coin will land headsbut what will the result be of, say, the 723rd toss? No one knows.
Same with mortgages. So in fact, it wasnt that the riskier loans were in junior tranches and the safer ones were in senior tranches: rather, all the loans were in the REMIC, and if and when a mortgage in a given bundle of mortgages defaulted, the junior tranche holders would take the losses first, and the senior tranche holder last.
But who were the owners of the junior-tranche bond and the senior-tranche bonds? Two different people. Therefore, the mortgage note was not actually signed over to the bond holder. In fact, it couldnt be signed over. Because, again, since no one knew which mortgage would default first, it was impossible to assign a specific mortgage to a specific bond.
Therefore, how to make sure the safe mortgage loan stayed with the safe MBS tranche, and the risky and/or defaulting mortgage went to the riskier tranche?
Enter stage right the famed MERSthe Mortgage Electronic Registration System.
MERS was the repository of these digitized mortgage notes that the banks originated from the actual mortgage loans signed by homebuyers. MERS was jointly owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (yes, those two again I know, I know: like the chlamydia and the gonorrhea of the financial worldyou cure em, but they just keep coming back).
The purpose of MERS was to help in the securitization process. Basically, MERS directed defaulting mortgages to the appropriate tranches of mortgage bonds. MERS was essentially where the digitized mortgage notes were sliced and diced and rearranged so as to create the mortgage-backed securities. Think of MERS as Dr. Frankensteins operating table, where the beast got put together.
However, legallyand this is the important partMERS didnt hold any mortgage notes: the true owner of the mortgage notes should have been the REMICs.
But the REMICs didnt own the notes either, because of a fluke of the ratings agencies: the REMICs had to be bankruptcy remote, in order to get the precious ratings needed to peddle mortgage-backed Securities to institutional investors.
So somewhere between the REMICs and MERS, the chain of title was broken.
Now, what does broken chain of title mean? Simple: when a homebuyer signs a mortgage, the key document is the note. As I said before, its the actual IOU. In order for the mortgage note to be sold or transferred to someone else (and therefore turned into a mortgage-backed security), this document has to be physically endorsed to the next person. All of these signatures on the note are called the chain of title.
You can endorse the note as many times as you pleasebut you have to have a clear chain of title right on the actual note: I sold the note to Moe, who sold it to Larry, who sold it to Curly, and all our notarized signatures are actually, physically, on the note, one after the other.
If for whatever reason any of these signatures is skipped, then the chain of title is said to be broken. Therefore, legally, the mortgage note is no longer valid. That is, the person who took out the mortgage loan to pay for the house no longer owes the loan, because he no longer knows whom to pay.
To repeat: if the chain of title of the note is broken, then the borrower no longer owes any money on the loan.
Read that last sentence again, please. Dont worry, Ill wait.
You read it again? Good: Now you see the can of worms thats opening up.
The broken chain of title might not have been an issue if there hadnt been an unusual number of foreclosures. Before the housing bubble collapse, the people who defaulted on their mortgages wouldnt have bothered to check to see that the paperwork was in order.
But as everyone knows, following the housing collapse of 2007-10-and-counting, there has been a boatload of foreclosuresand foreclosures on a lot of people who werent sloppy bums who skipped out on their mortgage payments, but smart and cautious people who got squeezed by circumstances.
These people started contesting their foreclosures and evictions, and so started looking into the chain-of-title issue, and thats when the paperwork became important. So the chain of title became crucial and the botched paperwork became a nontrivial issue.
Now, the banks had hired foreclosure millslaw firms that specialized in foreclosuresin order to handle the massive volume of foreclosures and evictions that occurred because of the housing crisis. The foreclosure mills, as one would expect, were the first to spot the broken chain of titles.
Well, what do you know, it turns out that these foreclosure mills might have faked and falsified documentation, so as to fraudulently repair the chain-of-title issue, thereby proving that the banks had judicial standing to foreclose on delinquent mortgages. These foreclosure mills might have even forged the loan note itselfWait, why am I hedging? The foreclosure mills did actually, deliberately, and categorically fake and falsify documents, in order to expedite these foreclosures and evictions. Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism, who has been all over this story, put up a price list for this service from a company called DocXyes, a price list for forged documents. Talk about your one-stop shopping!
So in other words, a massive fraud was carried out, with the inevitable innocent bystanders getting caught up in the fraud: the guy who got foreclosed and evicted from his home in Florida, even though he didnt actually have a mortgage, and in fact owned his house free and clear. The family that was foreclosed and evicted, even though they had a perfect mortgage payment record. Et cetera, depressing et cetera.
Now, the reason this all came to light is not because too many people were getting screwed by the banks or the government or someone with some power saw what was going on and decided to put a stop to itthat would have been nice, to see a shining knight in armor, riding on a white horse.
But thats not how America works nowadays.
No, alarm bells started going off when the title insurance companies started to refuse to insure the titles.
In every sale, a title insurance company insures that the title is free and clear that the prospective buyer is in fact buying a properly vetted house, with its title issues all in order. Title insurance companies stopped providing their service becauseof coursethey didnt want to expose themselves to the risk that the chain of title had been broken, and that the bank had illegally foreclosed on the previous owner.
Thats when things started getting interesting: thats when the attorneys general of various states started snooping around and making noises (elections are coming up, after all).
The fact that Ally Financial (formerly GMAC), JP Morgan Chase, and now Bank of America have suspended foreclosures signals that this is a serious problemobviously. Banks that size, with that much exposure to foreclosed properties, dont suspend foreclosures just because theyre good corporate citizens who want to do the right thing, and who have all their paperwork in strict ordertheyre halting their foreclosures for a reason.
The move by the United States Congress last week, to sneak by the Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act? That was all the banking lobby. They wanted to shove down that law, so that their foreclosure mills forged and fraudulent documents would not be scrutinized by out-of-state judges. (The spineless cowards in the Senate carried out their masters will by a voice voteso that there would be no registry of who had voted for it, and therefore no accountability.)
And President Obamas pocket veto of the measure? He had to veto itif hed signed it, there would have been political hell to pay, plus it would have been challenged almost immediately, and likely overturned as unconstitutional in short order. (But he didnt have the gumption to come right out and veto ithe pocket vetoed it.)
As soon as the White House announced the pocket vetothe very next day!Bank of America halted all foreclosures, nationwide. Why do you think that happened? Because the banks are in troubleagain. Over the same thing as last timethe damned mortgage-backed securities!
The reason the banks are in the tank again is, if theyve been foreclosing on people they didnt have the legal right to foreclose on, then those people have the right to get their houses back. And the people who bought those foreclosed houses from the bank might not actually own the houses they paid for.
And it wont matter if a particular caseor even most caseswere on the up and up: It wont matter if most of the foreclosures and evictions were truly due to the homeowner failing to pay his mortgage. The fraud committed by the foreclosure mills casts enough doubt that, now, all foreclosures come into question. Not only that, all mortgages come into question.
People still havent figured out what all this means. But Ill tell you: if enough mortgage-paying homeowners realize that they may be able to get out of their mortgage loans and keep their houses, scott-free? Thats basically a license to halt payments right now, thank you. Thats basically a license to tell the banks to take a hike.
What are the banks going to dotry to foreclose and then evict you? Show me the paper, Mr. Banker, will be all you need to say.
This is a major, major crisis. The Lehman bankruptcy could be a spring rain compared to this hurricane. And if this isnt handled rightand handled right quick, in the next couple of weeks at the outsidethis crisis could also spell the end of the mortgage business altogether. Of banking altogether. Hell, of civil society. What do you think happens in a country when the citizens realize they dont need to pay their debts?
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as many folks replying to his blog post have pointed out, there are differences between what he calls the chain of title vs. a recorded mortgage or assignment of mortgage vs. a promissory note.
his post correctly illustrates a huge problem with the secondary mortgage market, loan servicing and mortgage backed securities - but that's really not news.
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I read it here, but he was quoting Jim Sinclair. Who's the Gonzo?
I personally don't need mortgage advice but maybe some will need to know. I sold my house last year and have become a renter by choice. I'm waiting on the side lines now. I do want to keep the value of my savings though.
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Valid foreclosures should go ahead.
If you can't pay the note, you lose the house, that is the contract.
What is disturbing are those cases where the foreclosure should not be proceeding, but are because of rubber stamping of paperwork. The checks and balances need to take place. After all, it is a persons/families home we are talking about.
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Over the next couple of weeks, over on Guardian Travel, we've something of a seaside scoffing summer special for your delectation.
As part of my ongoing quest to find Britain's best budget eats - cafes, delis, chippies, pubs, all manner of places where you can eat well for under £10-a-head, essentially - I've been busy scouring the Lancashire and Yorkshire coasts for cut-price culinary delights and dropping the odd clanger along the way (but more of Scarborough's Glasshouse next week).
So, first up, today, we have my Lancashire Top 10 - covering the coast from Lytham St Anne's up to Hest Bank. Next Friday, you'll be able to read, rave over and despair at my choices in Yorkshire.
As ever, this post is as much a chance to talk not just about the places I have included - the Hest Bank Inn, the Palatine, Hastings and Todderstaffes in Lytham, the Cartford Inn - but to suggest others that you think I have missed.
Do you know of a Fylde gem that isn't in my Top 10? Did I miss a trick by not stopping off to try the South African menu at the Stork? Would you rate Morecambe's Chill Juice Bar over Cafe Artisan? Is the lunch menu at Blackpool's Mandarin an even better bargain than that at Kwizeen? Does my chippy round-up (Cottage, Whelan's, Seniors, Thornton Fisheries) neglect any renowned local institutions?
I'm particularly interested in reports on For Heaven's Cake in St Anne's (whose cupcakes looked great ... as I passed on the bus), and the thoughts of any regulars at Blackpool's Toast. I wanted to love the latter, it being one of the few bright spots of innovation and relative sophistication in a resort that could very much do with the variety. However, I was distinctly underwhelmed by a "Lancashire rarebit" which (no beer, no mustard, no Worcestershire sauce, no jazzy rarebit tomfoolery) was actually just Bowland cheddar (not Lancs?) cheese on white sliced toast, with a couple of rashers of bacon. It was perfectly edible, but, at £4.10 a pop, hardly a world beater.
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Keith Patterson had just accepted a coaching position with offensive wizard Gus Malzahn at Arkansas State when his phone rang.
The call changed Patterson's life, as well as his zip code for the third time in a year.
West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen was on the other end of the line. His sales pitch hooked Patterson.
Only a year after becoming the defensive coordinator at Pitt, and less than two weeks after taking a new job to be closer to family, Patterson decided to relocate one more time.
Ultimately, the opportunity to be a defensive coordinator in the Big 12 and work for another offensive-minded coach was too tempting to pass up.
"I knew my family situation was going to dictate what I did," said Patterson, who is from Marlow, Okla. "I was going to try to get back as close as I possibly could to our hometown. I ended up going to Arkansas State with Gus Malzahn for almost two weeks. Then, Dana called. I flew out and talked to him and felt like, career-wise, it was a good move. My family's roots are in Oklahoma and Texas, so it's right in the heart of Big 12 country."
Holgorsen felt it was important to bring Patterson to Morgantown, W.Va., for the same reason Patterson agreed to listen to him: mutual respect.
Last year, in Holgorsen's first season at WVU, the Mountaineers matched their lowest point total of the season, while being held to their second-lowest yardage output in a 21-20 win over Pitt. As an assistant at Oklahoma State, Houston and Texas Tech, Holgorsen had seen his offenses have trouble moving the ball easily against Patterson's defenses at Pitt and Tulsa.
"I've known his body of work for years," Holgorsen said. "Our transformation from the stack to the 3-4 is something that he did several years ago at Tulsa. He was running the stack at one point, and then transitioned to the 3-4. He had many reasons why he wanted to do that, which were the same reasons why we did."
Said Patterson, who was Pitt's interim coach in the BBVA Compass Bowl when Todd Graham abruptly left for Arizona State: "I didn't know Dana personally. It was just having the respect for what he's done offensively. I spent time trying to figure out defending him at Pitt and trying to become a better coach."
Patterson said his year at Pitt was both exciting and sad.
He enjoyed coaching a defense that ranked third in the nation in sacks and 21st against the run. He disliked how his tenure with the Panthers ended.
"I loved the city of Pittsburgh. I enjoyed living there. I felt like I was close with our players on defense. I was excited about our future. I was excited about going into the ACC and hopefully be able to revive the program," Patterson said. "I hated that it had to end that way."
Patterson said he didn't join Graham at Arizona State for personal reasons.
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I have been using Evercoat finish sand high speed polyester primer surfacer on my charger. I have primered 3/4 of the car. The problem i am having is that there two small spots where the primer hasnt hardened. they were primed at different times. one is on the cowel the other is on the roof-sail panel. I believe that there is body led in both areas. Is this a common problem with this primer and how do I prevent this from happening.
Any input would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Dawger
It should not be a common spot with the primer. Also you state that you believe there is lead in those areas. Has it been taken down to the bare metal in those two spots or have you put something else over it before you primed. Need a little more info before making a call.
I believe that I may have sanded down to the led in those areas as i have been block sanding until the highs appear and the lows dissapear.(trying to get straighter than factory) The spots are rather small (1-2 square inches) and irregulary shaped (the shape of Michigan) I have used this same stuff on three other cars and never had anv problems.
You can rule out the primer. You will have to remove what primer is in those areas and try and neutralize whatever is there. It sounds like the lead was not properly cleaned before and is contaminated. Did you ever notice any previous problems in those areas? Try cleaning it exceptionally well and spray again.
that is what i figured I am working out doors and it has been raining so I havent been messing with it.Kind of a bummer though when everything starts looking good ans straight and you have to go back a step.Not bad for wet sanding though.
thanks for the replies Dawger
WOW... Spray poly will harden over lead any day of the week. Is it hard in other areas of the same application??? And what about the rain and wet sanding.....NO NO NO.... Poly is very porous. It will retain that moisture for quite some time. Once painted, it could let go....Be careful.
The area that is soft ts about 1 square inch out of a full cup. the second time it happened I had allready primed the area previous with good results. It appeared after I blocked it out ans applied a second coat.
As far as the wet sanding goes me and a friend painted four cars with this stuff this year. Each was wet sanded the day before being painted with no ill efects. Maybe I was lucky. The can also says sand wet or dry ?
Next time I make it to town I will ask the guy at the paint store about this problem.
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Hey Dawger ,
I've used Evercoat primer for years ,and the only thing I can think of is a possible contamination of the primer. You stated that the uncured spots were only small ones ,and that there were only 2 .
The first thought I had was a chunk of unmixed primer had went through the gun . The second was possibly oil contamination either from the compressor ,or ,the air hose .Are you using a screw on type filter at the GUN ? You'ld be surprised at the crap that comes out of an air hose ,and how big the pieces are that can make their way through a tiny orifice in a paint gun .
I have never had problems with Evercoat primers over lead ,as long as the metal is clean and not contaminated . As I stated in a different post , I would NEVER use Featherfill Primer over bare metal ,without using an epoxy primer under it . If you are using Slick Sand ,however ,that is another matter .Slick Sand states right on the label ,that it should NEVER be used over acid type primers (ie, Du Pont Etching Primer etc.) You can use Slick Sand on bare metal but they recommend sanding the metal with nothing finer than #80 grit sandpaper .And ,finally ,Featherfill CANNOT be sanded wet ,HOWEVER ,Slick Sand can ,and I do it all the time !!! Hope this helps , Rick
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I've had Perfect painting weather ( mid 70's) so i decided to get some stuff done. I painted some on the 56 engine bay and decided to give the Charger another shot. I sanded the primer off the soft areas washed it down with thinner and shot it again. Same dam problem. This time the spots are bigger because I exposed more led. The led seems to be the problem. Next i think I'll try some cheap spray can primer over the areas first then top with the evercoat. If someone has a better sugestion please reply.
P.S. at least the chevy is looking good.
Thanks again Dawger
I just recieved a reply from evercoat and they say that there should be no problem spraying over led . They sugested that i sand down the led and apply a glazing putty over it.
I'll try the spray can primer first if that does'nt work i guess i'm sanding off the led.
Who put on the lead? Was it new stuff? I can only think that the lead was contaminated had say silicon or something, then was melted in when applied. If it were me I would remove the lead and start over, even if you get something to dry over it I don't think it is going to stick very well. Sound like work but would you rather do it now or once the car is all done?
Even roughing the area up and putting filler over that would worry me, if it is oil or silicone the filler will lift before long.
The filler is all factory. It's where the A pillar meets the cowl and on the top where it meets the sail panel. the paint was good in these areas before I started messing with it . It was just a bit wavy where the factory finished it. All I wanted to do was smooth it up a bit. I'm afraid that if I remove all the led from these seams I will lose some strength in the body.(440 4-speed in a unibody) There is allready some distortion in the rear quarters that appears to be from body flex.
Thanks again Dawger
i had this problem on a 57 chevy so i called the paint store they told me to wipe it out with vinegar and prime again and it worked.
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Dawger ,
There is NO reason to remove the FACTORY applied leadwork ,unless it is cracked ,or, bubbling which usually means rust under the lead . They leaded those seams ,not for strength as much as for flexibility . Vinegar will do basically the same as metal-prep ,it is an acid , and ,as I said before ,Slick Sand should NOT be applied over acid prepped metal ,or acid based primers . I M O , I would do as Evercoat people suggested , with one exception .... I personally would sand the lead work down SLIGHTLY below the rest of the metal surface using a D A sander with #36 grit paper . THEN apply a skim coat of their brand of polyester glazing putty , OVER the lead to bring the surface level ,THEN apply another coat of the primer . They do make poly putties that are compatible with almost ANY type of metal ,just ask your local jobber what is available . Hope that helps Rick
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- 2/3 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
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- Drain and discard marinade. Grill, covered, over medium-hot heat for 6-10 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a meat thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°; well-done, 170°). To serve, thinly slice across the grain. Yield: 6 servings.
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Clinton leaves Washington late Tuesday for the United Arab Emirates, where she and other members of the so-called Contact Group on Libya will try to boost pressure on Gadhafi to leave and increase support for the country's opposition. Thursday's meeting in Abu Dhabi comes as NATO has stepped up its attacks with daytime airstrikes on targets in Tripoli. Gadhafi has responded by denouncing the rebels and vowing not to surrender.
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Lakeview couple give 75 years, collectively, to the U.S. military
The war in Vietnam was in full swing when Roy Burmeister, who grew up in the Rothbury area, reached draft age. Though he had never considered a career in the military, when his papers came, Roy — like so many young men of the era — answered the call.
Even now, after serving with the military for over 40 years, Roy remembers his thoughts on the day his draft notice arrived.
"I graduated in '67 and was drafted in '69," Roy says. "I had very mixed feelings about my draft notice. I knew what was going on in Vietnam and I knew what I was going to end up doing."
After serving his tour of duty with the 1st Infantry Division, Roy returned home in 1971 and joined the Army Reserves. Though he may not have realized it at the time, he had found his life's calling, serving his country.
As is often the case in the military, Roy moved around from job to job as he advanced through the ranks, "cross-training" with the military police, field artillery, and other duties. In 1992, he made command sergeant major in the Reserves, while still with the field artillery. Shortly after that, the army turned over all all combat arms to the National Guard, for reasons that remain a mystery to Roy.
"Politicians way above me made that call," Roy says.
In 2003, Roy was deployed to Ozbekestan (which he explains is the correct spelling, not "Uzbekistan," as usually appears in American media reports), Afghanistan. While serving there during two separate tours — the last of which ended in 2008 — Roy's job was to provide forward logistics and support the operations of the active army.
The suggestion that Roy's unit might have been something less than "active," only elicits a smile.
"I got shot at and blown up once," Roy casually explains, as if dodging bullets and IED's (Improvised Explosive Devices) is all in a day's work. "I have been around the block once or twice."
Roy's then-girlfriend and now-wife, Gail Morrison, was at home when she heard the news of his most recent brush with death.
"All I know is that it scared the bejeezus out of me," Gail remembers.
In addition to aiding the active army, one of Roy's primary functions in Afghanistan was to serve as a sort of military social worker, helping the indigenous population through a variety of almost unimaginably difficult situations.
Providing services to a refugee camp took up much of Roy's time. It is military functions such as these that never get press coverage, Roy says.
"The media puts down what it wants to put down," Roy adds. "But I know we took care of those children at that refugee camp. We did major food drops there. They usually lose 10 percent of the children because of the weather every winter. That year, they lost only two infants; that was because of what we did."
Roy admits the army's humanitarian efforts often go unappreciated by the older generation of Afghans; the hope, he says, is for the future.
"We know we're not going to change this generation," he says. "This one is too set in their ways. But we're working to change the next. If we can influence the children coming up, this is good."
Still, many would find it difficult to care deeply for a populace in which many consider you the enemy. But as Roy puts it, "We're human. We care just as much as everybody.
"People back home have a vague idea what's going on there, but you can't really tell them. If they knew all the humanitarian stuff we're doing, they might think differently, but nobody talks about that. You get attached to these children and start thinking, God, that's the heaviest mined area I've ever seen. It's so easy to get hurt."
Gail Morrison (distantly related to rock 'n' roll icon Jim Morrison) is no stranger to the ways of military life. She enrolled in the Army back in 1964.
"They wanted me to go in as an officer because I had a nursing degree," Gail says. "But I would have wound up a captain and at the time I was engaged to a man named Blye. There was no way I was going to be 'Captain Blye.'"
Instead she served as enlisted and eventually developed 11 different military occupational specialties, including clerk typist, nursing, fuel and resupply, truck driver and Chief Legal NCO. For a short while, she was stationed in Hanoi, but was discharged soon after when she became pregnant.
Two children and several years later, Gail re-upped for a tour in the Reserves.
"My husband pitched a fit, but that was all right," Gail explains. "What wasn't all right is that he used to take it out on me and I often went into work with bruises."
It wasn't many months after her previous husband died that Gail's daughters — Sylvia June and Hellen Rose Anne — convinced her to start dating again. Shortly thereafter, she met Roy.
"I had literally sat down and prayed, 'God, this is what I want in a man. I'd like him to go in the way of God, be in the military, and be Native American.'"
Three weeks later Gail met her new Sgt. Major; Roy, a Blackfoot on his mother's side.
"When he walked in and introduced himself to me, I thought, 'Oh, boy,'" Gail says. "Well, we've been together since '98, but just recently tied the knot when he came home from Afghanistan. He brought me the ring when he came home. He had bought the stones in Afghanistan and had a Pakistani jeweler put the ring together. When he got home that morning, he had the ring with him."
Though Gail's tour of duty with the military was shorter by far than Roy's, she achieved some impressive goals during her tenure, the most notable of which was being the first female drill sergeant in the history of the active army. Moreover, she trained men, something unheard of at the time, especially for a 30-year-old woman.
"I was with the Reserves at the time," Gail explains. "When I pulled up, he (a recruit) said, 'Hey, she's a female.' I told him to drop and give me 25 pushups. He thought he was going to have a heart attack and said so. I gave him another 25 and he never said another word to me."
Gail, naturally soft-spoken even to this day, admits the hardest part of her job was to learn to project her voice in typical drill sergeant manner. The physical side of the job was less a problem for her.
"I can still run two miles in 18 minutes," she says. "I've done a lot of firsts in my life and I've always been active."
Now retired from the military, Gail teaches metaphysical classes, astrology and numerology every Thursday night at The Healing Center in Lakeview.
Roy, also retiring "in the next couple years," says he's not sure what he's going to do to fill the hours.
"When you've been busy all your life, you don't want to stop," Roy says. "I don't know. I used to build motorcycles. Maybe I'll do that."
Gail shakes her head, smiling. "He's gonna build me my library first."


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Reshard Langford, SS, Vanderbilt
A senior, Langford has just about as much experience as a college player can have. He has started 45 straight games dating back to his freshman year, bouncing back and forth between free safety and strong safety (where he currently resides). He also redshirted in 2004 before stepping into a key role. Langford can run as low as 4.50 in the 40-yard-dash and has decent size (6'2 and 210 pounds), but his real value comes as a hard hitter. He is revered as the hardest hitter on Vanderbilt's bowl-eligible squad. Langford also has a nose for the football, tying for the team lead in interceptions as a junior with three. A natural team leader, Langford was voted to be a captain at the end of the 2007 season. With utmost durability and no off-the-field issues of any kind, Langford will be a safe, solid choice for any NFL team in the upcoming draft (especially one looking for secondary depth and seeking a player who can step in and produce immediately if a starter goes down). Langford, however, does not project as an absolute star and it's hard to imagine him going off the board on Day 1. A selection midway through Day 2 of next April's proceedings should be expected.
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This is a discussion on Super East Coast Meet within the New England States forums, part of the Regional Discussion category; well you're in luck because that is where it looks like we are going......
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BRASELTON, Ga. (March 7, 2003) Due to numerous issues that have caused cancellations by both event promoters, American Le Mans Series events that were to be run in 2003 in Mexico City and Washington, D.C., will not be held, series officials have announced.
The sports car endurance racing series was to have held a new event on April 5 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, and June 29 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., in a return engagement of a successful event held in 2002. Series officials indicated that they are actively seeking replacement events to be held in 2003.
It is with deep regret that we have been forced to make this announcement, said Scott Atherton, President and CEO of the American Le Mans Series. It is profoundly unfortunate that both these events have been simultaneously cancelled, but a variety of circumstances will prevent each event organizer from holding their races this year.
The removal of these two events from our schedule has immediate impact on our fans, race teams, sponsors, suppliers, manufacturers and media who have made plans to be at these races, and right now that is our primary concern, he said.
Atherton said that despite every effort to resolve the complex issues, the organizer of the Mexico City event, Grupo Automovilistico Nacional y Deportivo (GRAND), has informed IMSA and the American Le Mans Series that it will not conduct what was to have been a six-hour race in 2003. Atherton said he could not elaborate on the circumstances of the default, but did confirm that every effort was being made to secure future events with GRAND in Mexico.
The event at RFK Stadium is promoted by National Grand Prix Holdings, LLC. For this year, the race has become a victim of operational problems on behalf of the event organizer, said Atherton.
Having worked closely with the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission for the past several months, I can honestly say that there is an unwavering commitment by all involved to retain this event and we will do everything in our collective power to see that this race returns to our schedule in the near future, said Atherton.
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In addition, we remain fully committed to our long-term plan of establishing a schedule that concentrates on date stability and successful events at the key sports car racing venues in North America, he said. This will not deter us from steering the course we have charted for the American Le Mans Series.
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With that said...I don't think that the Super East Coast Meet will be held this year...
Hopefully the ALMS race will be held in 2004...
I am sure that a good number of people were already planning on attending the Penn Rally (sorry southern guys)...we will be sure to get something together there...
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San Juan Capistrano, Calif. – August 19, 2008 – Surfing America, the national governing body for the sport of surfing, crowned ten new USA Champions after the adult and longboard divisions of the SIMA Surfing America USA Championships presented by PacSun were completed Tuesday in small, but contestable Huntington Beach, CA surf.
"There's a fun, little combo swell and it's peaky. Plus, the wind stayed light through most of the finals," said Surfing America competition director Darren Brilhart. "The surfing has been incredible so far. Tomorrow kicks off the junior divisions and it should be pretty exciting because the best kids in the nation are here."
Taking down the Mens final (18-29) was North Carolina's Cody Leutgens, who left his fellow competitors looking for a combination of scores after posting a total of 17.00 points (8.83 and 8.17). Leutgens lit up a pair of righthanders with explosive, fins-free surfing.
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In a rare occurence, eventual Girls Longboard winner Kate Easton was required to leave the line-up with just under seven minutes remaining after amassing two interference penalties during the twenty-five minute final. Easton amazingly retained the lead despite having her two top scores (a 14.83 total) cut in half. Largely thanks to her near-perfect 9.5 ride, Easton earned her first USA Championship title.
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"We're excited about this year's all-inclusive USA Championship event because we have one of the best fields of competitors ever," said Surfing America executive director Mike Gerard. "With the junior divisions kicking off tomorrow, things will really begin to heat up."
All youth divisions will run from Wednesday, August 20th through Sunday, August 24th, with the naming of the 2008/2009 PacSun USA Surf Team after the finals. The event includes a live webcast on www.SurfingAmerica.org that begins on Thursday, August 21st.
Official Results of the adult and longboard divisions of the 2008 SIMA Surfing America USA Championships presented by PacSun are as follows:
1) Cody Leutgens (NC)
2) Chris McDonald (NC)
3) Chad Maseri (CA)
4) Jared Williams (CA)
1) Mia Melamed (HI)
2) Jessie Carnes (FL)
3) Kayla Beckman (FL)
4) Mary Setterholm (CA)
Girl's Longboard
1) Kate Easton (VA)
2) Anneke Barrie (CA)
3) Michelle Bautista-Layton (CA)
4) Chelsea Gresham (FL)
Women's Longboard
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2) Blythe Bejan (CA)
3) Nathalie Glenn (CA)
4) Brittany Tupaj (TX)
Junior Longboard
1) Dylan Andrews (FL)
2) Eli Gillis (CA)
3) Weston Williams (NC)
4) Nelson Ahina (HI)
Men's Longboard
1) Ty Roach (NC)
2) Nathan Floyd (TX)
3) La'akea Davis (HI)
4) Josh Rapozo (CA)
Senior Longboard
1) Mike Gallard (CA)
2) Terry Gallard (CA)
3) Kai Dilling (SC)
4) Gabe Frimbes (CA)
1) Stephen Moore (CA)
2) Zack May (TX)
3) Tim Senneff (CA)
4) Brady Martin (CA)
1) Bill MacLoud (CA)
2) Mike Gallard (CA)
3) Kai Dilling (CA)
4) Terry Gillard (CA)
1) John Silver (CA)
2) Rich Fignetti (CA)
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|February 18th, 2009, 12:41 AM
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88 chevota suspension mods?
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Just got the shop cleared enough to get my toy in. I am going to at least rebuild the back half of the frame and am thinking about doing some suspension mods at the same time. Anyone have any suggestions, 4 link, 3 link, bags, struts, springs? I am trying to figure out which way to go. I am also considering building the full frame, but I think I want to keep the independent front end, any reason not to?
The truck currently has 4 inch lift springs in the rear and a superlift 4-5 up front. The back half of the frame is weak and needs some repair. I am kinda leaning toward, starting from scratch building a whole new frame but time is also going to be an issue as it is late in the build season. What would ya'll do?
|February 18th, 2009, 09:47 AM
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I am currently running 33 X 12.50 for tires. Im not looking to go any bigger I just thought as long as i am going to rebuild the frame I may as well do some suspension mods. As you may have noticed by the title of the thread, this truck is no where near stock now. Pretty much the only thing stock is the frame, axle housings, control arms, and some of the cab. The list keeps getting shorter and shorter, lol. Ive had it for 12 yrs and do some work on it every few yrs.
I forgot to mention this was originaly a v6 truck so it has the bigger axles.
I like to play in the sand, climb hills and trail ride, never got into crawling. Although I want some good articulation, it will be helpfull while trail riding.
Does everyone not like the ifs because of the limited travel? or are people experiencing breakage problems?
|February 18th, 2009, 11:34 AM
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both breakage and limited travel are problems. By putting a front axle in you can have the benefit of lockers articulation and strength. If you want a better ride for the rear look at putting 63" chevys in. they will give you plenty of travel and are really soft. I would also suggest not to tear into your pickup until you have collected most of your parts. I have made the mistake of tearing down my rig before I had anything. 2 years later it was still taking space in my garage.
|February 18th, 2009, 11:56 AM
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LOL I know the feeling I started my 74 gto project then kinda ran out of ambition on it. sat tore down in my garage for like 2-3 yrs before i moved it out to the barn where it still sits waiting to be finished. I plan to get at that after I do the truck, I have more fun with the truck so that comes first.
I'm not to worried about having the parts unless I decide to replace the front axle, then I will need the axle first. I plan to make as many of the parts myself as I can. I have a cnc plasma cutter, lathe, mill, and welders. I am real handy at making things out of metal. The rest of the stuff I will need is pretty readily available. I have a frame table lined up, should be available in about a month. Hopefully this will be a fairly quick build, it all depends on how busy I get with powder coat work though.
How about air bags? anyone have any expierience with an air setup? good idea? bad idea? Im worried about wheel hop if I decide to go air ride.
|February 19th, 2009, 09:14 PM
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I don't believe there's anything larger with V6 axles, excet the diff itself in the rear has a 4 pinion carrier.
The issues with the IFS:
The ring and pinion is small and weak
The CV axles are weak
You have to space down the IFS junk which hurts ground clearance and stresses the frame/components.
In general, almost no one ever wheels IFS, so no one knows what to do with it.
What motor are you running (said originaly a v6 truck and now its a 'chevota')..?
|February 20th, 2009, 12:23 AM
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I am running a 4.3 chevy vortec. 4l60e trans .456 gear lock in rear, chevy Xfer case i forget the model right now.
I build this truck to go out and have fun in, not rock crawling crazy fun, just cruisin through the trail and up and down the dunes. Now I am throwing a new twist on it, I will be showing it and the pc work that I am going to do on it. So I want to fancify the suspension when I rebuild the frame. I am trying to decide which way to go with this. Whatever I decide to do, I will be making as many of the parts myself as i can. I think i am capable of constructing new control arms and if I decide to go pre runner style.
???? Air bags on an off road vehicle, any expeiriences? good or bad. I dont mean the ones in the steering wheel. lol
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|February 20th, 2009, 02:05 PM
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I don't think I would go nuts on the rear suspension unless I were SASing the front too. I would not waste money on the IFS, ditched mine finally a few years ago and never look back. There is something to say for peace of mind having that straight axle up there, not to mention the cool factor. Although I never broke the ring and pinion or CV's (they are tougher than people give them credit for), I did break a lift bracket (Trailmaster lift, sheared it in half), bent up the crappy rear crossmember that Trailmaster includes, and broke a torsion bar mount off the frame (had to drive home on the bumpstop that time). That was pretty much the last straw.
Ditch the IFS and forget it!!!
|February 21st, 2009, 09:17 AM
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I would agree, don't go too crazy. A set of good rear springs, longer than stock with a lot of leaves would be the ticket.
For the front, well, if you really want to keep IFS, then..
Not cheap or easy, but cool. Makes the front 6.5" wider, so you'd want a new rear axle.
|February 21st, 2009, 10:00 AM
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I broke a few teeth off the ring gear in the front once and last yr I broke one of the superlift axle brackets. If i decide to keep the IFS, I will keep the front axle and cv shafts but the rest, lift kit, control arms, torsion bars, will go in the scrap pile along with the stock frame.
Thanks for that link, that is along the line of what I am thinking about. How much do they get for that kit? Im just curious, like I said I will be building all my components. I wonder why, 6.5 inches wider?
I currently have a set of 4 inch lift springs in the rear, I put those on when i did a bunch of work to the truck back in 02. You guys are saying leave that alone? I get some axle wrap now, i was thinking a 4 link setup would help cure that. Or should I just keep the springs and add ladder bars?
Too many choices.......lol. I need to make up my mind in the next couple wks so I can get started on whatever I decide. For now the spare motor is getting a badly needed kote job.
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Hi- I have have a kitchen/breakfast area baywindow that has suffered some water damage. The sheetrock, and moulding have been removed from the area 2" below all three windows. I now have to replace the sheetrock which I know I can do. What has me stumped is the inner radius where the sheetrock corners meet. Is there a form for this or is this a "trick" of the trade? Should I just hire someone to do this?
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