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A Patchwork to Celebrate the150th Anniversary of Italy


By Judy J. Pinegar

In north eastern Italy, on the flat landscape of the Venito region, with the spectacular Dolomite mountains in the distance, sits the city on Vicenza. It is home to one of the premier art showcases around the world, called Abilmente, with a spring showing on March 3-6, 2011, and a fall showing to be held October 20 to October 23, 2011 at the Fiera di Vicenza (Fair of Vicenza) located at Via dell Oreficeria 16, Vicenza, Venito, Italy.

A feature of Abilmente are the “Workshops”(or Ateliers), spaces where the practical aspects and exhibitions combine. The settings will highlight the work of leading artists in each sector, providing plenty of ideas to others. There are chances to participate in several courses held by the leading associations and artists in each sector. The planned workshops are: “A Voyage into the World of Color”, “Patchwork” “Natural Dye” “DIY Fashion: Bijoux and Accessories” and “Creating with Paper”:

This year in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Union of Italy, there is a special Creative Workshop (called Patchwork Atelier). Here the Associazione Nazionale Quilt Italia, the star of this workshop, presents the Italian cultures, images and landscapes of the regions that have united to make Italy a truly great nation. The show will display, through original pieces of patchwork quilt, the distinctive features that characterize each individual region.

The website for Abilmente, http://www.abilmente.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1764 contains information about how to come to the show including prices, maps and information about where to stay, for the October 20-23, 2011 fall showing.

So fashion your 2011 fall tour of Italy around a visit to the Venito region!!

Photos courtesy of Abilmente:

Written by Judy J. Pinegar
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Real Estate

Kenny Roger’s Estate For Sale For $20 Million

httpv://youtu.be/KyOtL-H-UAQ

The Grand Athens, Georgia Resort that Kenny Rogers called home until 2003 is on the market. The home is a reflection of the country star as he had a hand in just about every facet this 973-acre property’s design. ”The Gambler” designed every inch of his domain, from the 18-hole championship golf course modeled after PGA tour stops to the 12,000-square-foot main house. The sprawling plantation has amenities and space to qualify as a private resort, with a 90,000-square-foot state-of-the-art equestrian facility, two barns, two swimming pools, clay tennis courts, a spa, a conference center, three fish-stocked lakes, and a lake house. And let’s not forget the six-bedroom guest house, the four-bedroom guest house, and four one-bedroom villas. You wouldn’t expect his guests to have to stay in a hotel, would you?

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Real Estate

Bank of America Gets Foreclosed

httpv://youtu.be/MBuCSTFJffY

How screwed up are the banks? They foreclose on a home that has no mortgage! So the attorney for the couple forecloses on the bank (really a sheriffs sale). Great!

Between “robosigning” where banks make up false mortgage notes, to not doing mortgage modifications, the banks continue the drive this country into the ground. Of course, none of the banks CEO’s responsible for this mess have gone to jail. Where do you think you and I would be if we forged mortgages?

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Real Estate

Old Mortgage Scam Aims to Hijack a Payment or Two

Image courtesy of True Blue Realtor.com
Image courtesy of True Blue Realtor.com


A mortgage scam in which con artists send letters telling borrowers they should begin sending their mortgage payments to a fictitious company that has begun servicing their loan, is making the rounds again.  Unfortunately, by the time borrowers figure out their loan has not changed servicer’s, they’ve already sent one or two mortgage payments to the fictitious company.’

Making sense of the story

  • According to those familiar with the scam, it typically works because most borrowers are unaware of the rules when it comes to the transfer of mortgage-servicing rights.  Under the law, the current servicer is required to send a “goodbye” letter notifying the borrower that payments should be sent to a new company as of a certain date.
  • A week or two later, the law says the borrower should receive a second letter, which, by law, should include a welcome missive from the new servicer with the details of the mortgage payment – a breakdown among principal, interest, and escrow.  The package also is likely to include a few payment coupons, if not a brand-new coupon book, and self-addressed printed envelopes for borrowers to make payments.
  • Both the goodbye and welcome letter should include the mortgage loan number.  If either letter does not, or if the information included in one doesn’t match what’s in the other, borrowers should call their original servicers to inquire.
  • Borrowers only receiving one letter should be extra cautious.  Even if everything appears to be standard procedure, borrowers are still advised to call the first company’s toll-free number just to be sure.

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Real Estate

You Own My Mortgage? Prove It

Delinquent home owners are finding a wild-card in saving their home from foreclosure. In court, more home owners are successfully arguing that their mortgage companies can’t prove they own the loan and don’t have the right to foreclose on them.

The Wall Street Journal reports: “In some cases, borrowers are showing courts that banks failed to properly assign ownership of mortgages after they were pooled into mortgage-backed securities. In other cases, borrowers say that lenders backdated or fabricated documents to fix those errors.”

In a few cases, home owners have even had their foreclosures reversed as courts blame lenders’ sloppy paperwork.

Some argue that borrowers are using “arcane legal rules” to get free houses when not paying their bills. Banking industry lawyer Laurence E. Platt at K&L Gates in Washington says “the real assault on the legal system” are efforts by judges and local officials to not give lenders their rightful ownership and make foreclosures nearly impossible.

However, attorney Thomas Ice in Royal Palm Beach, Fla., argues that borrowers shouldn’t have to tolerate incomplete or falsified evidence by lenders.

Source: “Banks Hit Hurdle to Foreclosures,” The Wall Street Journal (June 1, 2011)
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Real Estate

Mansion in Las Vegas Price Cut, From $60 million to $25 Million

Here’s a deal for you, great price reduction, more then 50%, now’s the time to buy. A Las Vegas mansion owned by Brunei Prince that was once valued at $60 Million and is now on sale for less than half that amount. Hurry, its only $25 million.

Source: Wall Street Journal

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John J. O’Dell
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(530) 263-1091
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