Fannie Mae's Home Path Mortgage program offers special financing options and incentives to individuals and real estate investors. Buyers who purchase Fannie Mae foreclosure properties can take advantage of Home Path's low down payment requirements and flexible mortgage terms.

Properties listed through the Home Path Mortgage website consist of single family homes, townhouses, and individual condominium units. Real estate for sale listings include bank owned homes and foreclosure properties.

It is imperative for buyers to conduct due diligence when purchasing repossessed homes. HomePath properties are sold in "as is" condition and often require repairs or renovations. In some cases, Fannie Mae will invest in minor repairs to improve the property's marketability.

Properties requiring significant repair may qualify for the Home Path renovation program. Under this program, buyers can apply for a home loan which includes additional funds for repair work.

The Home Path Mortgage program is a good option for borrowers unable to meet conventional home lending down payment requirements. A unique feature of HomePath is borrowers are allowed to obtain down payment assistance from outside sources. These can include grant money, monetary gift or loan from family, friends, employer, non-profit group or charitable organization.

Borrowers can apply for down payment assistance grants through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Neighborhood Stabilization Program. NSP grant eligibility requirements and program details are presented at HUD.gov.

Prior to submitting an offer on Home Path Mortgage properties, borrowers must be prequalified. While mortgage prequalification does not guarantee mortgage loan acceptance, it does let borrowers know how much home they can afford. Borrowers can apply for prequalified lending with the lender of their choice.

First time home buyers can further increase savings by taking advantage of the $8000 federal housing tax credit. This tax incentive is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2010; although mortgage financiers believe the home buying credit will be extended. Individuals interested in purchasing a HomePath property should take advantage of tax incentives, along with first time home buyer programs, prior to the scheduled deadline.

Real estate investors can also apply for NSP grants to purchase discounted Fannie Mae properties. HomePath real estate is listed using the "first look" provision which gives first time home buyers and NSP grant money recipients first dibs on listed homes. Unless investors have received NSP funds, they must wait 15 days before bidding on HomePath properties. Under the program, investors can submit offers on up to five homes for sale.

Investors can use Home Path Mortgage homes as rental property; rehab the home and flip it; or enter into seller carry back mortgages. Seller carry back is a finance option where sellers carry a portion of financing. This technique is often used to sell properties to buyers with poor credit.

Not all Fannie Mae homes qualify for HomePath financing. Only properties presented at Home Path website are eligible for the special finance options. Borrowers should comparison shop to obtain the best rate. An additional 1/4-percent interest rate can increase the overall loan by several thousand dollars. Several local and national mortgage lenders are participating in the Home Path Mortgage program. Learn more about the program and participating lenders by visiting www.HomePath.com.

Source: http://www.homepath.com/

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Utah Economy ... Better Than Most.

With the real estate market bouncing up and down during these trying times there are 10 cities that are going to be the places many are going to consider living in because real estate is reasonable and offers a higher chance for job and career opportunities. With the recession affecting the real estate market it also gives way to the fact that smart shoppers can snag serious deals on homes and condos at some of the best prices on the market and many of those real estate deals are in these 10 cities. The ten cities that are featured are in fact scattered throughout the United States from all directions and it's becoming the choices for many who are moving from high priced places like New York and San Francisco. Below are a list of these cities and how many people are starting to call these cities home:

Raleigh, North Carolina
Boise, Idaho
Cincinnati, Ohio
Chicago, Illinois
Salt Lake City, Utah
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Atlanta, Georgia
Little Rock, Arkansas
Birmingham, Alabama

These 10 cities are going to be a choice for many who are looking for more job opportunities and somewhat more inexpensive living since New York and San Francisco are two most expensive cities to live in right now and many can't keep up with the rising cost of living in these two cities and are needing more of a break instead of having a financial choke hold. These cities are right now offering cheaper living and better job opportunities especially to those who are in the health care field because the job market for these 10 cities is booming big time and will continue to rise in the next 2-5 years. This is also the time now for many people to go back to school in these cities as well to make themselves more employable for the job market so when certain areas take off people are ready to jump right in and work and not have to face a crisis the way many people did when the recession started and for those who were working during the last recession when Reagan was president who are getting ready to retire, but will find themselves considering these cities as a place to move to because retirees will be looking for more cheaper accommodations and even a second career since many retirees ardent going to get much from retirement which may lead them to move to a more affordable city that offers them a chance to scale back financially and is friendly to the smaller budget.

These cities are also being noted for other things besides cheaper living, but it's also more about education, career, and the best place to raise a family because some cities aren't suited for family life and are more suited for different lifestyles. More Midwestern cities such as Chicago are not only career savvy, but also family friendly for the working professional who wants to have an affordable place to raise a family. Southern cities like Little Rock and Birmingham are also good places to consider for cheaper living and a good place to raise a family. With the real estate market in recession mode this is the time to shop for the home of your dreams because the prices are fallen within affordable standards so those who are first time home buyers will snag deals on homes and even rental property because so many people who lost their homes to foreclosure have left a cornucopia of property that's worth taking a look at. You can get a lot out of this real estate recession by finding cheaper living in the 10 cities mentioned, but you can also find bigger and better opportunities in these cities where you can live in modest comfort without breaking the bank.

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Four Corners... Off By 2.5 Miles: What it Means for Utah

Tourist love visit the American Southwest tourist attraction called the Four Corners, BUT is it where it should be? For over a century, it has been west of the US Route 160 and US Route 40 intersection, or is it?

The only place in the entire USA where four states come to a point is the Four Corners. The states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah touch, as seen in some pictures. It forms a ” + ” symbol, and each straight spoke radiating from the center of the plus sign extends in 4 cardinal directions to finish a perfect straight line boundary for all states. The map of the 4 states, with the exception of Colorado ( which has 4 straight state boundaries separating it from surrounding states), shows New Mexico to the south east, Arizona to the southwest and Utah to the northwest showing these straight spokes representing the only perfectly straight lines for each state.

As reported by Associated Press, the National Geodetic Survey now announces that the Four Corners marker, where all these states meet, is off by 2½ miles. The new location should be 2½ miles to the east of U.S. 160 in Colorado and northeast of the San Juan River as it flows into New Mexico. By today’s official marker, it sits at 109 02 42.62019 W longitude and 36 59 56.31532 N latitude, according to the Desert News in Utah, making the “wrong location” too far to the west.

The Four Corners ” + ” marked in concrete on the ground has always been west of the intersection of U.S. Route 160 and U.S. Route 64. Traveling about 5 miles west of this intersection, the landscape continues to be a wasteland of Colorado (or coming from the south through New Mexico or Arizona, the landscape is still void of trees or hills, just flat wasteland, nothingness) in order to get to this tourist attraction.

Supposedly, this 4 state meeting point was surveyed by the government in 1868 in an initial survey of Colorado’s southern boundary.

However, the current claim by the National Geodetic Survey is that this survey is inaccurate.

A statement made by the San Juan County surveyor David Bronson comment about the present monument, “That’s the accepted location.”

“That’s a long ways to be off,” he acknowledged of the 2.5-mile discrepancy, but stressed to the Desert News that once it was set, it remained.

For travelers not familiar with this tourist attraction, it may not be an insignificant trivia. Travelers who have made an extraordinary effort to go out of their way to traverse uninspiring landscape just to arrive at this very spot, would be very disappointed that the new revelation nullifies their pilgrimage and pictures.

What is the significance of this new National Geodetic Survey for the four states? What are the major ramifications with the new discovery that the Four Corners is off the mark by 2½ miles to the east, downhill from US Route 16?

1. This predicament poses problems for politicians, communities and the legal system. Utah

affected by the new location. The use of crude equipment versus the current GPS (global positioning system) resulted in Utah and Arizona to the west losing the most land in the original survey “mistake” while Colorado and New Mexico gained ground. This property is affected by the 2½ miles shift of boundary to the east.

2. It is not clearly stated in the media, but one wonders if an entire rectangular block of land the length of the north south boundary 2½ miles wide. The new boundary further east affects a significant amount of real estate as the states out west are relatively large compared to small states back east. It is not defined, but it does not seem that the new shift east only affects a linear relocation along the boundary that is in between the north states of Utah and Colorado and the southern states of Arizona and New Mexico.

3. Besides acres of real estate, other considerations involve state taxation and water rights.

4. In addition, there needs to be an upfront capital to relocate the tourist facility and new roads leading to the new tourist attraction to continue to attract tourists, particularly foreigners who LOVE the Four Corners. It is an added 20 miles from a very popular internationally renowned Mesa Verde National Park. Perhaps the Obama stimulus could be used to resolve this legitimate issue.

5. The discovery may just be numbers of longitude and latitude, but the significance of this important information is likely to be pursued for long-term,

8. Fortunately all states affected are all within states within one country of USA. The resolution may not be fast or easy, but communities are not torn asunder by citizenship.

The Four Corners is a popular tourist attraction, especially popular with European and other overseas tourists who make a pilgrimage to this very location in the middle of nowhere just to take the must-have picture . The traditional pose is to stretch a hand or a foot in each of 4 states as seen in these pictures. http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&sa=1&q=four+corners+in+Colorado+&btnG=Search+Images&aq=f&oq=

Having personally made the trip to the Four Corners twice, it was decided then that the long and uninspiring landscape to the Four Corners was too boring and too much of a hardship to have a 3rd visit. If changes are made regarding the relocation of this site, tourists including myself may again make a bee-line to the Four Corners just to read a plague about the new discovery and it’s ramifications and to take updated pictures..

Information that might motivate your next visit to the Four Corners include tourist attractions in the vicinity:

de Chelly National Monument

Hovenweep National Monument

Mesa Verde National Park and Monument Valley

Mountain Ranges in the Four Corners include Sleeping Ute Mountains, Abajo Mountains and the Chuska Mountains

Economic capital and largest city in the region is Farmington, New Mexico.

Source:

Tourists @ 4 corners http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&sa=1&q=four+corners+in+Colorado+&btnG=Search+Images&aq=f&oq=

Four Corners marker, where states meet, is off by 2½ miles http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2009089938_webfourcorners20.html

Mesa Verde in Colorado http://www.mesaverdenationalpark.explorefourcorners.com/

Four Corners National Parks http://www.explorefourcorners.com/national_parks.html

The new GPS location of the Four Corners http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705298412,00.html


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When Saint George Utah was Born

What do Saint George Utah, your own self and your favorite bottle of beer have in common? Hmm...if you said "They all have a born-on date!" then your own self would also be correct! If you were born on July 4th of any year then follow along as we look at who shares your birthday as well as historical events and other facts specific to your own personal born on date!

General information about July 4th birthdays:

If you were born on July 4th of any standard year then you were born on the 185th day of the calendar year. If you happen to have been born during a leap year then you were born on the 186th day of that calendar year. If you are a U.S. citizen and your July 4th birthday occurred in 1993 or any year earlier, then you are legally able to obtain a valid state drivers license once you have met all educational requirements to do so. Any person born on July 4th of 1991 or any year earlier is legally able to purchase cigarettes or smoke in public and any person born on July 4th of 1988 or any year earlier is legally able to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages while living or traveling in the U.S.

If your birthday falls on July 4th of 1959 or any year earlier, then it means you have been conquering and exploring this world for a half a century or longer and are now allowed to start asking in the U.S. about senior discounts at a multitude of commercial businesses, events and services! Different companies set the eligibility age higher if their policy calls for it but age 50 is the lowest beginning age of eligibility in the U.S. A great site to check out senior discount deals at is listed below.

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Astrological data for July 4th birthdays:

In accordance with Western Astrology, those born on July 4th are born under Cancer, the sign of the Crab which is of Water Element, of Fixed Quality and ruled planetarily by the silvery white Moon. The constellation of Cancer holds some well known stars or star clusters such as the Kwan Kei cluster (Bright Fire), Praesepe or Beehive Cluster(the manger) and Asellus Borealis(the northern donkey). Cancerian folk are often described as very intuitive, home loving and deeply sentimental though they do need the attention and social interaction through community situations or individuals that they feel comfortable with and that they feel understands them or they will quickly "clam up" and retreat into their Crab shell never to be enticed out again for fear of repeated hurt-whether real or imagined in nature. Most Cancerian souls love to take care and provide a safe home or environment for others and they are fabulous hosts with warm homes you are invited into or lost souls wandering and depressing to be around if those needs are somehow not available. They love to do anything inside or out that has to do with the home, and often there is a prominent water feature on or near their property. Cancerians are usually very cheery, loyal and resourceful but often times inside very insecure which can cause struggle in relationships because there natural protective Cancer tendencies allow it remain inside until it manifests as a point of no return break instead of open communication that could have easily fixed it prior. Cancer folk tend to be very creative in any field they choose and also are easily influenced by the mother/mother figure in their life(male or female) or by the lack of at a very deep level as well as tend to be very adept at mothering others-for better or for worse benefit wise of both parties. They keep everything and refuse to throw out even their old tennis shoes that they outgrew in high school unless of course for the benefit of another then without question. Cooking, music and water recreation are oft times hobbies and pursuits of those born under the sign of Cancer. If you wish to gain a greater understanding of Western Astrology (or Chinese Astrology dependent upon your birth year) visit this informative link courtesy of Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_sign

Find your Cancer glyph at the bottom of the page when you are done to check out your Cancer specific traits. Famous fellow Cancerians include Robin Williams, John Quincy Adams, Ernest Hemingway, Princess Diana, Lindsay Lohan, Henry VIII, Meryl Streep, George Michael, Louis Armstrong, Prince William, Dalai Lama, David Spade, Cyndi Lauper, Helen Keller, Kris Kristofferson, Tobey Maguire, Rembrandt, James Cagney, Sly Stallone, Liv Tyler, Jerry Hall, Tom Cruise, George W. Bush, Jimmy Smits, Edward VIII-Duke of Windsor, Ringo Starr, Henry David Thoreau, Jack Dempsey, Sir Edmund Hillary, 50 Cent, Ingmar Bergman Anjelica Huston, Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Carlos Santana, David Hasselhoff, Nelson Mandela, Giorgio Armani, Ross Perot, Georges Pompidou, and Linda Rondstat. Countries "born" under the sign of Cancer are the United States of America, Yugoslavia, Canada, Holland, Scotland and New Zealand. States "born" under the sign of Cancer are New York, New Hampshire, Missouri, Wyoming and Idaho.

If you are interested in current daily/weekly forecasts for the Cancer sign stop by the link below for each day of your astrological year!

http://www.bridgettwalther.com/daily.asp?sign=Gemini

Birthstone/Birth Flower specifics for July 4th birthdays:

The birthstone most commonly associated with your July 4th birthday is the glowing Ruby, root of which is found in Latinized "ruber" meaning "red". Pearl and Moonstone are also less common stones for July births. It symbolizes courage, devotion, integrity, happiness and strength. The clarity of the ruby's red color is reputed to energetically induce prosperity and enhance energy as well as to energetically effect and possibly lessen blood diseases and infections and for increasing metabolism and mind alertness. Rubies are found heavily in Asia Minor and Northern Africa but are also found in the South Eastern United States. The deep red ruby color accounts for the most popular of the precious gems desired but ironically the lighter a ruby's "redness" is(some rare times even a translucent violet)-the higher the clarity of that particular stone, similar to sapphires and emeralds. The red of the ruby often was used in early Christianity to denote fire and today still signifies the powerful intercession of the Holy Spirit and Pentecost. The ruby's hardness is second only to that of the diamond.

For those of you born on July 3rd your birth flower is The Water Lily. Alternate and less common is The Blue Larkspur. Water lilies root deep in soil beneath a body of water but its full blooms float and open on the surface. There are two main groups of water lilies-tropical and hardy. A very temperamental flower, the lily is always "picky" about its surrounding climate with some varieties preferring the cool northern latitudes of Alaska and Canada, blooming only during the day while the more well known ones indigenous to warm tropical climates-this variety blooms both day and night and is fully fragrant. The Water Lily seed has an amazing fertility range with seeds remaining plantable and viable, surviving for up to 2000 years. The Larkspur is a clustering blue garden flower, gathered in a long fat dolphin shaped shaft upon its lengthy stem. Called Lark's Heel by Shakespeare the clusters draw butterflies and bumble bees when in bloom like magnets. It is a beautiful flower for arrangements and grows throughout Northern America but is also toxic to farm animals when ingested in very large amounts (as with free grazing) so no tossing it on anyone's salad even though it would take a truckload to make a human even sick-just look and enjoy its beauty! Unique fact: though it is toxic on a level-it also is/was used in many cultures to counteract the poison of a scorpion sting allowing the victim to escape the local muscular paralysis that accompanied the sting. The Larkspur symbolically means from Roman times an open heart and ardent attachment.

http://www.birthstones.org.uk/index.htm

Important historical events which have occurred on July 4th:

1054 - Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days)-right ascension 5H 34M 31.97S
1415 - Angelo Correr becomes Pope Gregory XII
1634 - The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France, later to become the Canadian province of Quebec.
1636 - City of Providence, Rhode Island form
1652 - Prince of Condé starts blood bath in Paris
1776 - Declaration of Independence-US gains independence from Britain
1796 - 1st Independence Day celebration is held
1802 - US Military Academy officially opens (West Point, NY)
1803 - The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
1817 - Construction on Erie Canal begins
1819 - William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet
1827 - Slavery abolished in NY
1828 - Construction begins on B & O (Baltimore-Ohio) 1st US passenger RR
1829 - Cornerstone laid for 1st US mint (Chestnut & Juniper St, Phila)
1831 - "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston
1836 - Wisconsin Territory forms
1837 - Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
1840 - The Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic crossing with a scheduled end.
1845 - Henry David Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond
1845 - Texas Congress votes for annexation to US
1855 - In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published.
1863 - Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho)
1863 - General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg
1863 - Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces
1865 - 1st edition of "Alice in Wonderland" is published
1866 - Firecracker thrown in wood starts fire destroying half of Portland, Maine, US
1876 - 1st public exhibition of electric light in SF
1876 - Batholdi visits Bedloe Island, future home of his Statue of Liberty
1881 - Booker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama)
1882 - Telegraph Hill Observatory opens in SF
1883 - Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebr
1884 - 1st US bullfight held (Dodge City Ks)
1884 - Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris
1886 - 1st scheduled transcontinental passenger train reaches Pt Moody, BC
1887 - The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
1892 - Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4.
1894 - Republic of Hawaii proclaimed, Sanford B Dole as president
1895 - Katherine Lee Bates publishes "America the Beautiful"
1898 - US flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War)
1903 - Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, Pres TR sends message
1906 - Gr Brit, France & Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia
1911 - 105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)
1911 - 106°F (41°C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)
1914 - 1st US motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks)
1918 - Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa
1918 - Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
1927 - First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
1931 - 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium
1933 - Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge
1936 - League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy
1940 - British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
1941 - Howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin
1942 - 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II)
1944 - 1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy
1944 - 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, US fleet near Iwo Jima
1946 - Philippines gains independence from US
1950 - The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
1952 - Canadain Currency, Mint & Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted
1956 - US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland
1959 - America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled
1959 - Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony
1960 - America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled
1960 - Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 HRs
1961 - Walt Disney is one of the two main speakers on the Independence Day in The Rebuild Hills at Skørping in Denmark
1962 - Island Records begins
1964 - Beachboy's "I Get Around" reaches #1
1966 - Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos
1966 - LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
1967 - Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
1968 - Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched
1969 - "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in UK
1969 - 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep & Janis Joplin
1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1970 - Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
1971 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1975 - Ted Bundy victim Nancy Baird disappears from Layton, Utah
1977 - Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie
1980 - Nolan Ryan is 4th to strikeout 3,000
1984 - Yuri Sedykh of USSR throws hammer a record 86.33 m
1985 - Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins
1987 - 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (75 63)
1987 - Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission
1987 - Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so
1987 - Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France
1988 - KC releases pitcher Dan Quisenberry, whose 238 saves are the 4th most
1988 - US navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290
1989 - 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide
1990 - 400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minn
1990 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1990 - 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner & Gettysburg Address
1993 - Pizza Hut blimp deflates & lands safely on W 56th street in NYC
1994 - Russian manned space craft TM-18, lands
1996 - Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service begins
1997 - US space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars
2004 - The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks)
2005 - The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2006 - Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC.
2006 - North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan/East Sea.

Famous passings on July 4th:

965 - Pope Benedict V, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. unknown)
1336 - Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65
1623 - William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80
1627 - Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies
1648 - Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601)
1742 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671)
1754 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680)
1768 - Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58
1787 - Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71
1826 - John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90
1826 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president (1801-09), dies at 83
1831 - James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73
1845 - Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies
1848 - Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies
1851 - Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67
1863 - Paul Joseph Revere, US grandson of Paul Revere/Union brig-gen, dies
1881 - Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)
1882 - Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)
1891 - Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (b. 1809)
1901 - John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies
1905 - Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830)
1910 - Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75
1916 - Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888)
1917 - Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84
1926 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901)
1929 - Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70
1934 - "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies
1934 - Chaim Nachman Bialik, zionist poet, dies
1934 - Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics (b. 1867)
1941 - Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881)
1963 - Fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66
1971 - August Derleth, American writer and editor (b. 1909)
1973 - Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39
1974 - Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, dies
1975 - Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
1976 - Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet (b. 1895)
1977 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918)
1979 - Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer (b. 1905)
1980 - Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (b. 1895)
1986 - Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
1991 - Victor Chang, Australian physician (b. 1936)
1992 - Astor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (Tango Nuevo), dies at 71
1992 - Joe Newman, US jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies
1993 - Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
1993 - Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65
1994 - Arthur Berry, artist, dies at 69
1995 - Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres), dies at 74
1995 - Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar, dies at 85
1995 - Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67
1997 - Charles Kuralt, news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
1999 - Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917)
2002 - Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (b. 1951)
2002 - Winnifred Quick, American Titanic survivor (b. 1904)
2003 - Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
2003 - André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
2004 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920)
2004 - Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), an eccentric street entertainer in Nottingham, England (b. 1932)
2005 - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
2007 - Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)
2008 - Charles Wheeler, British journalist (b. 1923)
2008 - Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
2008 - Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (b. 1980)
2008 - Thomas M. Disch, American science fiction author (b. 1940)
2008 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)

Famous Births on July 4th:

1330 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)
1546 - Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)
1610 - Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)
1694 - Louis-Claude Daquin, , French organist/composer (La Rose)
1715 - Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales)
1719 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797)
1776-United States of America born
1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mass, author (House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter)
1810 - Phineas T Barnum, circus magnate
1816 - Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (d. 1899)
1826 - Stephen Foster, Lawrencevil, Pa, composer (Oh! Susanna, Swanee River)
1847 - James Anthony Bailey, Detroit, circus impresario (Barnum & Bailey)
1867 - Stephen Mather, organized US National Park Service
1868 - Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer (d. 1921)
1869 - Karl Seitz, president of Austria
1872 - Calvin Coolidge, [Silent Cal], Plymouth Vt, (R) 30th pres (1923-29)
1875 - Giovanni & Giacomo Tocci, Italy, siamese twins
1881 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)
1883 - Rube Goldberg, cartoonist (who made the easy outrageously difficult)
1884 - Alexander Byvanck, Dutch art historian/archaeologist
1885 - Louis B Mayer, Minsk Russia, motion-picture executive (MGM)
1895 - Irving Caesar, songwriter
1895 - Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator
1896 - Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981)
1898 - Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (Mimi, Rembrandt)
1898 - Johnny Lee, Missouri, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy)
1900 - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans LA, jazz musician (Hello Dolly)
1902 - Meyer Lansky, mobster (Started numbers)
1904 - Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist
1905 - Irving Johnson, American adventurer (d. 1991)
1907 - Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (d. 1996)
1908 - Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman (Club of Rome)
1909 - Alec Templeton, Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer (Concertino Lirico)
1909 - Lynette Roberts, poet
1909 - Madeleine Barot, resistance heroine
1910 - Francis D Foley, US lt adm (WW II, Guadalcanal)
1910 - Gloria Stuart, actress (Rose-Titanic)/founder (Screen Actors Guild)
1912 - Viviane Romance, French actress (d. 1991)
1914 - Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car designer
1915 - Christine Lavant, writer
1917 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
1918 - Abigail Van Buren, [Mrs Morton Phillips], Sioux City Iowa, columnist
1918 - Ann Landers, Sioux City Iowa, twin sister/advice columnist
1918 - Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984)
1920 - Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat
1920 - Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
1921 - Gerard Debreu, France, economist (Nobel 1983)
1924 - Eva Marie Saint, Newark NJ, actress (On the Waterfront)
1926 - Mary Stuart, Miami Fla, actress (Jo-Search for Tomorrow)
1927 - Gina Lollobrigida, Subiaco Italy, actress (Trapeze, Falcon Crest)
1927 - Neil Simon, Bronx, playwright (Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues)
1928 - Cathy Berberian, Armenia, US singer
1928 - Lloyd Lambert, bassist
1928 - Patrick Tilley, UK, sci-fi author (1st Family, Blood River)
1928 - Stephen Boyd, [William Millar], Ire, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur)
1929 - Al Davis, American businessman
1930 - George Steinbrenner, owner (NY Yankees)/ship builder/horse owner
1930 - Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower
1937 - Thomas Nagel, American philosopher
1938 - Bill Withers, Slab Fork WV, rhythm & blues singer (Lean on Me)
1941 - Brian Willson, American peace activist
1942 - Michael G C F, English prince of Kent
1943 - Al "Blind Owl" Wilson, rock guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat)
1943 - Dave Rowberry, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1946 - Michael Milken, LA Calif, partner (Intl Capital Access Group)
1946 - Ron Kovic, disabled vietnam vet (Born on 4th of July)
1946 - Ed O'Ross, American actor
1947 - Morganna Roberts, Louisville Ky, (Baseball's kissing bandit)
1948 - Jeremy Spencer, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well)
1948 - René Arnoux, France, formula-1 racer (6th place-1980)
1949 - Joyce Brothers, psychologist/author/columnist
1951 - Ralph Johnson, rock drummer (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star)
1951 - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician
1954 - Jim Beattie, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1955 - John Waite, vocalist (Babies/Bad English-Forget Me Not, Missing You)
1962 - Neil Morrissey, English actor
1963 - Henri Leconte, France, tennis player (French finalist 1988)
1964 - Mark Whiting, American filmmaker and actor
1966 - Lee Reherman, American actor
1967 - Vinny Castilla, Oaxaca Mexico, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
1967 - Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
1968 - Loville Derek, NFL running back (Denver Broncos, Superbowl 32)
1968 - Mark Lenzi, Huntsville Ala, diver (Olympics-bronze-96)
1968 - Jack Frost, American musician
1969 - David Wittman Buffalo, NY, 1.5k runner
1969 - Tim Jackson, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-96)
1971 - Steve Rucchin, Thunder Bay, NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1971 - Koko, sign-language gorilla
1971 - Andrew Murray, English entrepreneur
1972 - Steve Giles, St Stephens New Brunswick, canoeist (Olympics-6-92, 96)
1973 - Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver
1973 - Jan Magnussen, Danish racing driver
1976 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1977 - Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel
1977 - Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
1978 - Vicky Kaya, Greek supermodel and actress
1978 - Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak)
1978 - Becki Newton, American actress
1980 - Muhammad Ali Hasan, American filmmaker
1980 - Max Elliott Slade, American film actor
1983 - Ben Jorgensen, American musician
1983 - Andy Mrotek, American musician
1984 - Gina Glocksen, American singer
1984 - Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer

Holidays/Observances for July 4th:

Catholics around the globe celebrate annually in July during the month long observance honoring Most Precious Blood of Jesus. July 4th is also the Roman Catholic feast day of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, Queen Consort, also known as Elizabeth of Aragon. Rwanda annually observes Liberation Day on July 4th and the United States of America celebrates its independence from British rule won in 1776 with Independence Day national holiday. July 4th is also the approximate date each year of Earth's aphelion, its farthest approach yearly from the Sun.

Hope this look at what makes your birthday of July 4th special and historically unique has been informative-perhaps even that cabbage patch doll stored in a box in your attic from two decades(or three) ago would enjoy checking their "born on" date out too! Feel free to click on any of the resource links for additional specifics and extra info about any of the categories we looked into above that are relative to your July 4th celebration of birth. Oh...and by the way-have a happy birthday!

Sources:

If you would like to learn more about Saint George Utah Real Estate go to SaintGeorgeHomes.net

http://www.wikipedia.org/

http://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/jun.php

http://www.history.com/

http://www.timeanddate.com/

http://www.historyorb.com/today/

Finding a Place In Southern Utah to Live?

If you re looking to buy a home in southern utah I can help...if not, I can still help by giving you some useful information.

Finding a place to rent is always a hassle. You have to wade through tons of classified ads as you buy paper after paper just hoping that you’ll find the right one, not wanting to go and walk through another hole in the wall. Having just finished an apartment hunt myself, I know the pain of the journey and wish to make your time easier. Here are some great resources for finding the right home without having to wade through all the paper.


The Daily Herald: The Daily Herald is the local Utah county paper. The easiest and best way to access its classified ads is at www.harktheherald.com (cute huh?) Here you will find a comprehensive listing of all the rentals available in Utah County by category. Each one has information about the rental and contact information for further questions. The only problem with this listing is that you can’t change the order to suit your search. The listings are almost in chronological order, with the new listings on the last pages, but not always, so searching can be a little tricky. It does have some great information though and a lot of useful listings.



The Deseret News/Salt Lake Tribune: Both of these major Utah newspapers have joined together in an overall real-estate website which can be accessed at www.desnews.com. This listing allows for detailed searches dependent on category and date of listing. This makes them easy to search through. The only problem with this search method is that it is a search from
Ogden to Spanish Fork, so you have to weed through the unwanted listings. There is a lot of useful information to be found and it’s all in one place.



KSL: This television network is also a great marketplace for finding almost anything. When you visit www.ksl.com and click on classifieds there are many different categories to choose from. The real-estate listings allow you to search by category and also by price or age of home, apartment, or condo. This comes in handy if you’re trying to avoid breaking your wallet or being swallowed up by 70’s shag carpet. KSL also lists the newer listings up front in yellow, so if you’re a regular browser you can see what you’ve missed. The difficulty with this page is that you don’t know when the listing was actually posted, so you just have to guess and hope that it wasn’t posted two months ago and is already taken.




Craig's List: This online listing is one of the best kept secrets on the internet. Craig's list, located at www.craigslist.com, is a comprehensive classified listing for the entire country. Just click on your city and you’ll find all the information you need. The best thing about this listing is that it is updated every day and listings are categorized by the day they were posted. This makes it easy to search for the newer listings. I was surprised to see the number of people who posted on this search engine, considering that I’d never heard of it before. There is a plethora of information to be found on this simple sight, so don’t forget it when you’re on your search.




Searching for apartments, homes, or condos is always a difficult and time consuming task. I hope I have provided you with some good resources for finding your new home in Utah County . By being on the internet, these resources will save you time, money, and newspaper. Take advantage of them and you’ll make your search a little less difficult. Happy hunting!

• Southern Utah Foreclosures
• Southern Utah Adult Communities
• Southern Utah Golf Homes
• Washington City Utah Homes & Condos
• Santa Clara Utah Homes & Condos
• Southern Utah Horse Property
• Washington County Board Of Realtors Hot Sheet

Saint George Utah Economic Summit 2010

Well is looks like the 2010 Washington County Economic SUMMIT is just around the corner…Wednesday, January 13, 2010 from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM (Bonus sessions from 2-4 PM)
Its going to be held as usual at the Dixie Center located at 1835 Convention Center Drive St. George, UT 84790 (off I-15 Exit 6 "Bluff Street"). Registration for the Summit began on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. so if you want to attend you should call fast!

Currently in its 13th year, the Washington County Economic Summit has the reputation of being the premier business planning event of southern Utah. The Washington County Economic Summit has come to be known as "What's Up Down South," after its most popular session, the rapid fire bullet-point presentations of future projects that will impact the economy of Washington County for the next 18 months.

The Keynote presenters at breakfast and lunch, as well as two sessions of breakout presentations, round out the day's events. Also featured are the afternoon "bonus sessions" that extend the learning and networking opportunities after lunch. The bonus sessions are open to the general public at no charge.

The Breakfast Keynote speaker will be U.S. Senator Bob Bennett. And the Lunch Session Keynote speaker will be will be Utah Governor Gary Herbert.

Hands down this should be at the top of your event schedule if you do business in the Washington County area…or if you would just like to find out about the Utah / Southern Utah economic outlook for 2010. In addition to the detailed Real Estate information provided by the Washington County Board of Realtors Vardell Curtis.

Washington County Board of Realtors MLS Hotsheet
Washington County Board of Realtors Forclosures
Washington County Board of Realtors Golf Properties
Washington County Board of Realtors Horse Property
Washington County Board of Realtors Single Family Homes