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Let democracy grow
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I share the "ethical concerns¹¹ that led the Israeli Supreme Court last week to reject Prime Minister Sharon¹s appointment of Ehud Yatom as his anti-terrorism advisor.
Few could read the description of the killing of the terrorists taken alive from Bus 300 in 1984 without being sickened. Yatom and General Security Services operatives under his command crushed the skulls of the two terrorists, whose hands and feet were bound and their heads covered, with metal bars and rocks. The coldness required to carry out such a killing is hard to imagine.
Nevertheless Yatom¹s claim that it was standard procedure in 1984 that no terrorist who took hostages would escape alive  and that the highest political echelons turned a blind eye to this practice -- appears true. A presidential pardon was practically forced upon Yatom, Yossi Ginossar, and other GSS operatives in 1986 precisely to prevent them from raising this defense in criminal proceedings. And the fact that Yatom continued to serve in the most senior positions in the GSS until 1997 further demonstrates that his actions were the norm.
But even if one were to grant that Yatom¹s killing of the two captured terrorists should not stand in the way of his appointment seventeen years later as the prime minister¹s advisor on terrorism, there remains his almost equally appalling perjury before two governmental commissions investigating the Bus 300 incident. Yatom testified that he had seen Yitzchak Mordechai, the military commander whose troops had rescued the captives aboard the bus, bludgeoning the two captured terrorists with his pistol.
Mordechai was the GSS¹s designated fall guy. In order to save his own career, Yatom was prepared to end Mordechai¹s. That willingness to frame an innocent was not even mitigated by the desire to protect Israel¹s image: The world did not care whether the deed was that of a senior military commander or a senior officer in the GSS.
Agreement with the concerns raised by the Supreme Court about the Yatom appointment, however, does not constitute approval of the Court¹s decision. As is often the case when the Court takes on the role of creating norms for the elected branches, there is a certain suspicion that ideology and the identity of the parties played a not insignificant role in the outcome.
Last year a Supreme Court panel, which included two of the three judges who ruled against Yatom, upheld then Prime Minister Ehud Barak¹s appointment of Yossi Ginossar as a negotiator with the Palestinian Authority. Ginossar¹s involvement in the GSS cover-up of the Bus 300 incident was, if anything, more egregious than Yatom¹s. Even while he served as the GSS representative on the Zorea commission investigating the incident, Ginossar was busy coordinating with Yatom the false testimony to be given to the commission. Retired Court President Moshe Landau rightly characterized Ginossar as a "Trojan horse¹¹ on the commission.
Yet Justice Dalia Dorner, who concurred in last week¹s decision rejecting Yatom¹s appointment, dismissed MK Tzvi Hendel¹s petition against the Ginossar appointment on the grounds that 16 years had already passed since Bus 300. Justice Tova Strasbourg-Cohen, who also sat on both panels, managed to write a three-page concurring opinion last week, without once mentioning the Court¹s decision last year to uphold the Ginossar appointment.
THERE is, however, a more fundamental flaw in the Court¹s decision. Not once in his opinion did Justice Yehoshua Matza point to any statutory criterion governing prime ministerial appointments that Prime Minister Sharon violated. Nor did he find it necessary to point to any source in statute or basic law conferring on the Supreme Court the power to review such appointments.
True, the Barak Court has long asserted that power, but its exercise constitutes a usurpation of powers never granted the Court and not claimed by other supreme courts around the world. Haim Tzadok describes a meeting between British jurists and lawyers and their Israeli counterparts that took place just after the Barak Court ordered the dismissal of Aryeh Deri as a minister. The British jurists expressed amazement that an Israeli court would ever intervene in the appointment of ministers. To which the Israelis replied: Can you imagine a British prime minister appointing a minister under criminal indictment?
From this exchange, Tzadok derives the lesson that it is the task of the Israeli Supreme Court to teach us what, as the British say, "simply isn¹t done.¹¹ That is the wrong lesson.
Admittedly political norms in Israel are shockingly low and the Knesset often dysfunctional. The cure, however, is not for the Court to step in wherever the Knesset has failed and to provide us with its own set of norms. An overreaching Court is not only a symptom of democratic dysfunction but one of its causes. The Court has caused the healthy democratic instincts of Israeli citizens and legislators alike to atrophy.
The argument for democracy, it should be remembered, is not that the decisions emanating from popularly elected legislatures are inherently wiser or more just than those enacted by a Council of Platonic Guardians. Rather democracy is predicated on the inherent equality of each person, and is designed to give each citizen an equal say in the major normative decisions governing his or her life. Through the exercise of that right democracy holds out the promise of developing a citizenry worthy of self-governance.
Ha¹Aretz describes the Israeli Supreme Court as the repository of "all basic human values.¹¹ Democratic theory, however, rejects as a matter of principle the idea that any unelected and unrepresentative body should determine the basic values of society.
If Yossi Sarid believed in democracy, instead of pursuing Ehud Yatom in the Court in the name of "protecting the confidence of the public in government,¹¹ he would have turned to the public and attempted to convince them that they should be outraged. In a properly functioning democracy, elected officials fear repudiation by the voters more than the strictures of the high court.
Leaving everything to the Court in Israel has led to an apathetic and lethargic citizenry. Rather than raising norms of political behavior, reliance on the Court has prevented their development.


NDMC Counselors Recruitment 2017 :North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has released a notification for the recruitment of 172 Counselors. Interested candidates may check the eligibility criteria and apply online from 10-10-2017 to 24-10-2017.
Educational Qualification: Candidates must have passed M.A. in Psychology OR Degree/Diploma in Guidance and Counselling from a recognised university.
How to Apply: Interested and eligible candidates may apply online through NDMC website – www.mcdonline.gov.in – from 10-10-2017 to 24-10-2017.
Counsellors listen to, empathise with, encourage and help to empower individuals. The nature of problems encountered varies according to the setting, but counsellors do not deal with seriously disturbed clients and they do not give advice. Referral and liaison with other agencies is a feature of the work.
Vacancies arise within dedicated counselling services, general practices, hospitals, secondary schools, colleges, universities, or larger companies. Promotion is normally into managerial roles, but opportunities are limited as most counselling departments are very small.
Vacancies are advertised in a variety of publications including The Guardian, Community Care, Nursing Times, and Opportunities.
Some counsellors are successfully self-employed, although this is only possible if you have a good network of contacts for referrals.
As further experience is required, counselling is not normally a first career choice, and many people enter the profession later in life. Experience can be gained through direct approaches to employers, voluntary work, job shadowing and networking.
That said, you can become a counsellor both with or without a degree. For graduates, it's possible to enter the profession with a degree in any subject. A mature attitude and relevant experience is considered to be as important as degree subject you studied, although a psychology or social science degree can be advantageous.
Becoming a member of an organisation such as the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) will aid your entry into the profession. Membership is open to both university graduates and school leavers, with counselling courses available at foundation level through to postgraduate. Further professional training is then usually required to gain accreditation from the BACP.


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OT7 Tournament in Vegas Features Louisville Football Flavor
The top players in the country head to Vegas to compete. And recruit.
By Keith Wynne@Keith_Wynne Jun 9, 2022, 10:14am EDT
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Louisville is set to host over twenty highly-rated official visitors next weekend for a recruiting weekend that has been in the works for months. But, before that weekend comes together, a number of current commits will descend on Las Vegas for the OT7 seven-on-seven tournament starting today. The tournament is part of Overtime Elite which had been focused on basketball alone until now. Cam Newton is an investor and advisor in the project.
It's been an ongoing joke that Pierce Clarkson is the recruiting coordinator for Louisville but this weekend he will truly be in a position to help add to this class. Clarkson has said that he has really just been pushing for guys to come and visit Louisville for themselves but he will have a team of players to help sell the program with him.
UofL has been aggressive this recruiting cycle for wide receivers and secondary players, and they've had a good number of players visit campus already. A good amount of those players will be in Vegas this weekend to compete and for four days, I'd imagine they will hear from the current UofL commits. Below is a look at some of the UofL targets who will be on-site for the tournament.
Premiere LA
Pierce Clarkson will lead a team that features multiple UofL commits. DeAndre Moore, Jahlil McClain, and Jamari Johnson will be some of the top targets on the offensive side of the ball while 2024 safety target Peyton Woodyard will line up on defense.
It has been reported that five-star running back Rueben Owens will join the team as well and Owens hinted at this on his Instagram page. There are no official rosters that I've seen, so we all get to assume that the reporting is correct.
This puts two of Louisville's top recruits on the same team with their top target for a four-day trip that will allow them to set a foundation for their official visit next weekend. Owens has picked up three FutureCast predictions on Rivals to pick Louisville and there is legit buzz that UofL is an option for him. We'll wait and see but two straight weekends around a bunch of Louisville commits won't hurt.
Miami Immortals
Louisville has added to its recruiting department over the last few months and those additions have major ties to Florida. The hires are already paying off as UofL had a trio of Miami Northwestern players in for an unofficial visit last weekend. Andy Jean, Stanquan Clark, and Adam Moore are all talented recruits that Louisville will be working hard to land.
Clark has made it known that UofL has a strong chance to get an official visit in the fall. The linebacker has enough size to play inside for Louisville which is a spot they are looking to fill in this class. UofL will be taking a handful of wide receivers in this class and Jean is likely high on their board. He has offers from UGA, Alabama, Texas A&M, Florida, and Miami so UofL could use some help from the current commits.
South Florida Express
I haven't been able to confirm if he will be in Vegas but current Louisville commit, Rayquan Adkins has played for SFE in the past. The team is absolutely loaded with talent and these rosters are pretty fluid, so it's possible that he won't be on the team.
A guy to keep an eye on here is Nathaniel Joseph. The current Clemson commit is a player I think UofL could look to get in on. The four-star wide receiver from Miami is lightning quick and a big-play machine in the slot.
Sound Mind Sound Body
Safety commit Jayden Davis will reportedly play for SMSB this weekend. Davis was one of the first players to join the class and he has been pursued by Miami as well as some other schools. 2024 safety target, Jacob Oden will also suit up for SMSB. Odom visited campus during the fall and trains with 2022 signee, Jeremiah Caldwell.
Trillion Ballers
While I think the ship has sailed here, Johntay Cook will be playing for this Texas-based squad. Cook has shifted on his finalists and official visits recently so there's a chance UofL jump back into the mix. Clarkson recently said in an interview that Cook would be joining him next weekend for the big official visit weekend. We shall see.
As for matchups, Premium LA matches up with Trillion Ballers on Friday. If Cook needs pressure to make a visit to UofL next weekend, he will get 5 players in his ear telling him to do so.
Jayden Davis will get to face off against his future teammates on Saturday night when his team goes up against Premium LA. SFE will go up against Miami Immortals on Saturday as well. Both teams have players with some UofL interests. An interesting note is that Premium LA is scheduled to play on the same field directly after this game. I doubt Clarkson passes on the opportunity to bend some ears.

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Best Real Estate Lake Norman is Back and Improved!
Over a month ago, on a Monday afternoon, I went to log in to my blog to finish my post on Lake Norman's October real estate sales when I discovered to my horror that my entire blog was gone. After checking other real estate blogs throughout the country that I knew used the same host/server/designer as I, we all realized the server had crashed and the company was gone! For all intents and purposes almost two years worth of my Lake Norman related real estate and community articles were gone.
Lake Norman Newcomers Drop-in at The EnergyExplorium on 11/19/08!
One of the disclosures our folksy Lake Norman real estate agent neglected to mention to my husband and I when we moved here in 2005 was that Duke Energy's McGuire Nuclear Station (yes, a full-blown nuclear power plant) was just 9 miles away from our home…opps!
Every year at this time the Lake Norman area comes alive with pumpkin patches, Halloween festivities for all ages and homes decorated to welcome all of our young trick or treaters.
Carrigan Farms: Open 9-5 weekdays, 9-4 Saturday and 12-4 Sundays through Halloween. Pick a pumpkin, visit the animals and have some fresh apple cider. There are even hayrides every 20 minutes! 1261 Oak Ridge Farm Highway/N.C.150, Mooresville.
The Great Pumpkin Patch for Missions: Pumpkins, decorative corn, gourds and more! Davidson United Methodist Church: 233 S. Main Street. Davidson.
Mooresville's Second Annual Historic Tour of Homes October 17-19 2008!
For those of you interested in seeing some of Lake Norman's historic homes, mark your calendars for October 17-19! Thanks to such great success last year, once again Mooresville is holding The Second Annual Historic Mooresville Tour of Homes. Sponsored by the Mooresville Historic Preservation Commission and DEJ Realty, this event was created last year as a way to promote Historic Downtown Mooresville. Proceeds of the event benefit the Mooresville Historic Preservation and The Mooresville Museum.
This year the VIP Reception is being held in the spectacular J.A. Stewart house located on 832 North Main Street on Friday evening, October 17th from 6-9pm. Soiree Restaurant (located in Historic Downtown Mooresville) and Say Cheese at the Grapevine will be catering the evening reception. Tickets are limited and may be purchased for $40 at the locations on their website: Historic Mooresville Tour of Homes.
Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 on the day of the event. Parking and ticket information is also on their website: Historic Mooresville Tour of Homes.
This group of homes will provide an opportunity for historic home enthusiasts to see everything from small Mill homes to the grand estate on Main Street. Visitors can start and stop at any home on the tour. The tours are given in groups led by an experienced docent (I will be a docent at 329 South Academy on Saturday so be sure and say hi!) so that you learn about the special characteristics of each home as well as some fun history.
If you have been visiting this Lake Norman Real Estate Blogsite for very long you know I love our Historic Downtown Mooresville and I truly hope this opportunity to see so many wonderful historic homes will encourage more of our Lake Norman home owners to venture east a bit and learn more about our historic part of town!
Does Lake Norman Have Affordable Housing?
Several weeks ago I wrote an article "Finding the Truth About Lake Norman's Housing Market: A Case Study" It got such a great response and I learned so much preparing it that I decided to do another one, this time on our beautiful, upscale Crescent Homes Community: The Point.
In these real estate "case studies" I use our Multiple Listing Services Archives to research the actual original listing price and listing date to determine exactly how long a home was on the market before it sold and the actual listing to sales price percentage. The need for this effort stems from the common practice of agents taking a listing off of the market and then listing it as NEW when doing a price reduction. While this is helpful to the home seller because it allows their listing agent to market it as new, it makes it nearly impossible for someone to quickly do an accurate comparative market analysis because our MLS system only gives us the most recent listing prices and listing dates. Hence, the need for the archive search below.
Do a quick search on the MLS for the past three months including the number of active listings, pendings and solds. The Point currently has 123 active listings, 5 pending sales and 9 homes sold since June 15, 2008. This means that at the current rate of sales The Point has about a 41-month supply of inventory. The overall Lake Norman real estate market has about a 28-month supply of inventory so right now The Point has a seriously high number of listings compared to their rate of sales. You will note in the report below that the average days on the market are VERY high.
Before making on offer there is one more thing to do if your are considering a re-sale home: research the tax records to find out as much as possible about the current owners: When did they buy, what was the purchase price, and, if possible, what is the loan amount.
I was actually quite surprised by these findings. Despite the extremely high number of active listings and average days these 9 properties took to sell, the average list to sales price of a home in The Point was only -8.9% with a high of -18.5% and one sale that actually went over asking due to an added boatslip.
One additional observation: Several of these homes sat at their highest listing price for the bulk of their days on the market. Once reduced, they did sell within a couple of months.
Of the 5 pending home sales in The Point right now, 3 are in the $700,000's and 2 are above $1 million.
It does appear that sellers at The Point, whether builders or individual homeowners, seem to be willing to have their homes or estates on the market for over a year without making significant price reductions. Whether this trend will continue remains to be seen. With over 3 years of supply of active listings based upon the current rate of sales I would predict that prices will come down further until the number of homes for sale drops to about a 1 year supply on hand.
Legacy Village; Lake Norman's Newest Live/Work Urban Village!
I remember when Mooresville's Legacy Villagewas just some large renderings under a tent on Williamson Road for Realtors to preview. Today I took the photo above of Phase 1. As you can see, one row of town homes is complete and construction is well underway on the next block.
One of four mixed-use developments planned or underway in Mooresville, Legacy Village is a 28-acre Urban Village style community that includes 118 Townhomes (89 of which are already sold), 200 condo "flats", a 10,470 square-foot child care facility The Learning Experience which is nearly complete, 324,999 square feet of office space, 91,703 square feet of shops, restaurants, and a hotel.
This true "urban density" live/work project couldn't be better timed for Lake Norman considering the current gas prices. It is also strategically located just off of Exit 33 between the 157-acre Lowe's Headquarters and the Lake Norman Regional Hospital and Medical Center in Mooresville.
In hopes of the yet finalized North Corridor Commuter Rail Line from Charlotte to at least Exit 33 in Mooresville, Legacy Village has also dedicated 1.5 acres for a rail station. Their vision is that Legacy Village will become almost a "self contained" small town" according to Doug Hollidge of Pinnacle Properties.
The entire housing and commercial development is currently on schedule with the town homes nearly complete, The Learning Center is due to open in about three weeks and the entire Village is expected to be competed in 4 years.
While it's sometimes hard to let go of the past and our quiet Lake Norman communities, this massive housing and commerical project, along with Langtree at the Lake at Exit 32, Morrison Plantation's The Meeting Street town homes at the Harris Teeter close to Exit 36 and the Mooresville Mills in Historic Downtown Mooresville are 4 urban village housing projects that will offer what many people are already seeking; a home where they can walk to work, shops and dining right here in Lake Norman!
In Part 3 of this series I will feature Morrison Plantation's The Meeting Street town homes.
Lake Norman home buyers and sellers: Changes to forms effective July 1, 2008!
Please Note: There are been many more changes and revisions since I wrote this in 2008 so please check with your Realtor to learn about the latest forms and purchase process!
Effective July 1, 2008, there have been numerous small and more significant changes/additions/deletions to the standard North Carolina real estate forms jointly approved by the North Carolina Association of Realtors AND the North Carolina Bar Association.
Have your REALTOR explain the changes in the forms, especially if you have used the old forms recently.
There is a 60-day grace period to transition to new forms.
Here is a very brief summary of the most notable changes to these 4 forms. *This is general information only. Please note, I am NOT an attorney. If you have any questions regarding these changes please consult a real estate attorney. I would be happy to provide you with names and phone numbers for several in the Mooresville Lake Norman area!
Important clarification of the loan condition (paragraph 5) including when the buyer can terminate the contract with return of their earnest money and when the earnest money will be forfeited due to a breach in the purchase contract.
Clarifications and changes related to Paragraph 16, 1, 17, 27.
New wording has been incorporated into the Dual Agency paragraph 20 and they have eliminated the separate Dual Agency Addendum we have been using.
Clarification/new wording added to address ethical duties of Realtors regarding disclosure of multiple offers and a new Real Estate Commission rule prohibiting "shopping of offers" by real estate agents. Briefly, if the seller authorizes disclosure, a firm shall disclose the existence of other offers, who obtained the other offer(s) but"disclosing the price or other material terms contained in a party's offer to purchase, sell, lease,rent or option real property to a competing party" may not be done without the "express authority of the party making the offer". In other words, without the buyers permission, price or terms must not be disclosed to other buyers or their agents.
This form also has been modified to address the new North Carolina Real Estate Commission rule prohibiting the shopping of offers by real estate agents.
There is also a great, new Form 780 which is a form created to help real estate agents keep track of the increasing number of contractual deadlines and whether they are "time is of the essence" or not.
Again, this is meant to be a brief overview for Lake Norman buyers and sellers of just some of the many changes/additions and deletions to North Carolina real estate contracts that went into affect as of July 1, 2008. For more information, please contact your Realtor or real estate attorney.
There are some indications of major changes to our Offer to Purchase and Contract in the near future. I will devote an entire article to our currently rarely used "Option 2? and why there may be a move to make this the sole option for home buyers and sellers.
The Lake Norman Home Builders Association launched a new quarterly magazine "The Lake" this spring which, according to Larry Airey, Executive Officer of the Lake Norman Builders Association, "flew off the shelves"!
To substantiate that Lake Norman home builders are not just interested but taking action about "Green" building, their second issue of The Lake, Summer 2008, features the "Green Building Guide". On February 14th of this year the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released their "Model Green Homebuilding Guidelines" which are discussed in this feature article with great examples and insights from local builders.
And, it goes on to interview Lake Norman Builders, some of whom are certified Green professionals, about their projects, their focus and their interpretation about how to implement these principles when building a home here in the Lake Norman area. I often read about green efforts nationally but this article goes into great depth with local builders.
Keeping in the green theme, there are two addtional articles "Green your home with these remodeling tips" and finally "Green Communities".
I must say I am quite impressed with this new publication. The quality of the design, photography and local information provided to future and current home owners is top notch. Right now "The Lake" is available in magazine rack around Lake Norman but they are planning to have the ability to mail it directly to homes by the fall issue. I highly recommend that you get a copy before they run out!
Announcing a new feature for this Lake Norman Real Estate Blog: The Friday Hot Sheet!
Despite all of our technology, one part of our real estate practice has consistently been an important part of our routine…pulling the daily, or in this case, bi-monthly Hot Sheet which gives us a snapshot update for all residential real estate activity in Lake Norman for the past two weeks.
The past two weeks almost mirror the first two weeks in June.
New listings are trending down which we would expect at this time of year. Considering our large inventory, this is a good thing!
There are more listings coming back-on-the-market than earlier this year which usually indicates they have fallen out of contract. This could be due to a number of factors like problems with loans, appraisals, inspections or buyers remorse…this is an indication of the uncertainty of our market!
The number of price changes has risen substantially since early spring indicating that price-reductions are increasing as sellers realize they are over-priced.
Pending sales are at their highest which shows a recent upswing in sales about to close.
Solds (contracts that closed in the past two weeks) were down slightly but have remained about the same since April.
Contingent and Conditional Sales are almost identical showing no obvious trends or changes.
Next week I will do my second quarter sales analysis by price-range which will go in to a lot more detail about our sales trends.
Lake Norman Real Estate: First-Time Home Buyers are Welcome!
If you read my article about the schizophrenic nature of the towns along the east side of Lake Norman, then you will already know that the east side of the Interstate 77 is where you will find the original Main Streets and older homes. These areas have also experienced significant growth but because they were mostly farmland and are a fair distance to Lake Norman, the housing growth has focused on more moderately priced homes.
In Mooresville, three of the most popular subdivisions where prices are in the $100,000's – $200,000s are Curtis Pond, Kistler Mill and Linwood Farms. All three of these housing developments are within the city limits of Mooresville so enjoy their excellent schools, and city services like water and sewer.
Right across the street from Curtis Pond is Kistler Mill, which is their sister development. Smaller and completely built out, Kistler Mill (see picture on the left) offers homes from the $100,000's to the low to mid $200,000s. They too have sidewalks and enjoy a neighborly environment.
Linwood Farms is a Ryland community located just out from Historic Downtown Mooresville. Smaller and a bit cozier in feel, there are homes currently for sale from $167,500 – $298,000 that range in size from 1200 square feet to about 3400 square feet. Like Curtis Pond and Kistler Mill, they offer mostly two-story homes. Community amenities include a pool, playground and club house.
These are just a few of our many subdivisions in this great price range!
Added 9/14/08: Harris Crossing is a brand new, smaller subdivision in the same area of Mooresville with homes starting in the high $180,000's.
Anyone who lives in Mooresville down Brawley School Road knows that changes seem to be happening literally every day! Not only are the utility poles being installed in their new locations well inside many homes' and businesses' front yards requiring myriad trees to be removed, but more businesses have also moved since my last update and quite a few homes are now vacated and have bright red numbers on them.
By far the most dramatic of the changes is the preparation of the land for the new Mayhew Promenade across from Fast Phil's which has changed the entire landscape around Stutts Road.
Saturday one of two remaining homes on the Mayhew Promenade lot was officially burned by the fire department while quite a crowd of neighbors looked on. When I stopped this morning to take this picture there was still one spot of flames and smoke.
It is hard to believe that just a few weeks ago this huge area was covered with tall trees and homes were nestled away in them.
In the meantime, The Auto Spa and several other businesses along Brawley School Road have also closed to make room for the widening which is now officiallly being given a "let date" (the date the project is awarded to the contractor) of August 19th for the section from Chuckwood to Williamson Road.
As a resident of Brawley School I must admit I have mixed emotions. Yes, I am very excited at the thought of having 4 wide lanes to ease the traffic. But, I am also a bit sad to see us loosing our wonderful wooded, peaceful roadsides and signs of a slower, gentler times gone by.
* Update 9/14/08: The utility poles have been installed, most structures that had to be removed are now gone and the Bloom Market is looking great!
Mooreville's Brawley School Road Widening Has Begun!
A rather significant change to the data provided about Mooresville Lake Norman homes will take place this week. On March 27, 2008, the display of square footage for all active listings will change from an exact number provided by the listing agent to a RANGE.
The quoting of square footage has been controversial and problematic for Realtors as well as home buyers and sellers for years. I remember when got my license in 1991, due to a lawsuit, many of the local real estate firms had stopped providing any square footage numbers at all.
Then we progressed to a database that required us to provide an assessors figure, a seller's or a figure obtained by an appraiser and we had to state the source of the figure.
When I moved to Mooresville in 2005 I was truly amazed to discover that the North Carolina Real Estate Commission required every listing agent to provide the actual square footage obtained from his/her own measurement. We did sample problems in our broker license classes and not one person came up with the exact same measurement! (I ALWAYS hire a professional to measure my listings).
What hasn't changed: Listing agents will still input an exact square footage into the MLS program and searching by square footage will work just as it has so when searching by square footage, only listings that include the actual square footage input will come up in the search results. Once a sale has been recorded the exact square footage number will replace the range on all reports.
The Residential Square Footage Guidelines put out by the N.C. Real Estate Commission indicates that "deviations of less than 5% will seldom be cause for concern".
A room must have a ceiling height of 7? for it's square footage to be counted.
It will be interesting to see how this change is received!
The Lake Norman neighborhoods I have featured so far have all been waterfront communities where the focus is on the lake. However, there are other lifestyles offered around Lake Norman that are also very popular particularly wooded retreats with a focus on privacy and an almost rural feel. It is all about nature and a desire for a peaceful and even serene environment.
An example of this is the recent Crescent Community The Farms; another quality housing development on Mooresville's Brawley School peninsula on Lake Norman.
Instead of the more formal feeling of The Point or The Harbour at The Point just down the road, The Farms has a casual atmosphere. The rolling hills, heavily wooded lots (which range from .7 to 2.5 acres) and the absence of curbs and sidewalks create a private and rural environment. Most homes share a more traditional design style with large front porches and a touch of Craftsman detailing.
Since this is a relatively new development buyers can choose to build their own or buy a completely finished home built by one of Crescent Communities Featured Builders who are hand-picked by Crescent for their quality and stability. They also maintain an architectural control review to maintain the aesthetics of the neighborhoods.
There are currently 42 active listings in The Farms ranging in price from $529,000 to $1,275,000. Since it's opening, 190 properties have been sold through our MLS (some new construction homes do not get listed in our Multiple Listing Service) with an average sales price of $622,051 and average size of 3814 square feet.
The Farms is just one of many options in and around Mooresville for those wanting a quiet retreat to come home to after work!
Does Lake Norman NC have affordable housing?
Would you be surprised if I told you that there are 43 single family homes for sale in the towns surrounding Lake Norman that are listed UNDER $100,000? What you don't see on most real estate websites about Lake Norman is any information about the modest older homes that are dotted about our more rural areas and clustered around our downtowns.
All of the communties of Mooresville, Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville and Troutman on the east side of Lake Norman truly have two distinct cultures that stem from their historic roots as railroad stopping points for our cotton farmers and the spectacular housing and retail growth along the lake in the past two decades.
The real estate developments on the west side of these Lake Norman towns that include all of the lake shore homes and much of the recent retail growth came about upon the completion of the I-77 in 1975.
However, east of I-77, are the roads that parallels the railroad tracks that run from Charlotte north to Statesville and beyond. It is around this old Main Street that most of our older homes can be found.
Our historic downtowns were all built along or in close proximity to Main Street in the late 1800's and early 1900's. At the same time several large cotton mills were established, the most significant and long standing being the Burlington Mill in Mooresville that closed in 1998 and the Cannon Mill farther southeast in Kannapolis. The mill owners built self-sufficient villages or what we refer to as "mill houses" for their textile workers.
From 1902 – 1930 over 400 homes were built for the influx of cotton workers in Mooresville. A variety of floor plans were built; 3 bedroom T-shaped houses with front and back porches were most common.
Today, the modest historic homes and mill houses clustered around Main Street are just beginning to be appreciated by home buyers. And that means they are still affordable! Of the 18 active real estate listings under $100,000 that are not mobile homes, 14 are mill houses located in the Historic Mooresville Mill Village. They range in size from 640 sq. ft. to just over 1200 sq. ft.; were built between 1911 to 1970 and range in price from $65,000 – $99,900.
Throughout the South there is a textile heritage movement as well as a growing appreciation for historic homes and preservation.
The residents of homes in the Mooresville Mill Village have organized their efforts to renovate and restore these special pieces of living history by creating the Mooresville Mill Village Historic District. On their website you can learn more about the history, as well as their current restoration efforts.
Learn all about Lake Norman from THE expert: Gus Gustafson!
If you truly want to learn anything and everything about Lake Norman, there is only one man to turn to: Gus Gustafson! Although I have seen his fishing articles in The Charlotte Observer I had never met him until I had the pleasure of hearing him speak to our Mooresville/Lake Norman Exchange Club this past Thursday.
For some reason I had always expected him to be a crusty old fisherman and I couldn't have been more wrong! It turns out Gus Gustafson is the Cotton Ketchie of Lake Norman. Yes, he is exceptionally knowledgeable about all aspect of Lake Norman, but his sense of humor and very tall, strong and lively demeanor makes an entire room light up; you would hardly know you are actually LEARNING about Lake Norman or fishing!
He has a weekly column, "Fishin' with Capt. Gus", which is published in The Charlotte Observer, News at Norman, The Lake Norman Times and many others.
Owner of Lake Norman Ventures Inc which provides everything from fishing guide services to luxury chartered boat tours of Lake Norman to the Lake Norman Laugh Liner!
Innovator or seller of boating and fishing products which he sells online on his website.
While you might think that his knowledge and passion is all about fishing you would be terribly wrong. It was clear after hearing him speak that his passion is all about Lake Norman…from the water quality, to the best times of year to visit Lake Norman State Park to when to expect to see Blue Herons, Osprey, Loons and where, down to specific Markers like D4 and D6, to the nature walk and movie at the Duke Energy Explorium.
In his most recent article written on February 10th entitled: Rising Water Levels, Gus writes about lake levels and how they affect fishing, some tips and a list of upcoming events like a new boating course on February 19th "Navigating Lake Norman" held at Mitchell Community College. He also provides current lake levels and a Hot Spot of the Week for fishing.
I plan to hire him to take me and my husband on a long tour of Lake Norman so that I can take my Lake Norman home-buyers out on our boat and introduce them to our incredible lake while viewing homes from the water!
Charlotte #4 Best Cities for Bargain House-Hunters According to Forbes!
I don't often take too much stock in real estate news sources top ten lists because they tend to make gross generalities that sometimes contradict reality for our Lake Norman real estate market. However, this recent article in Forbes: Best Cities For Bargain House-Hunters , caught my attention because Raleigh NC was #2 and Charlotte #4.
Well, what did they consider when ranking for "bargain house-hunters"?
So, a buyers market, healthy job growth and more inventory than buyers…that sure sounds like Lake Norman AND Charlotte!
When I first saw the headline I thought of locations that have large foreclosure rates and unemployment like parts of Michigan, Florida and California. But, truly, those may seem like bargains yet they don't have the strong foundations of jobs that we do here in Lake Norman and Charlotte and they have too many foreclosures.
Just like the Three Bears, we are not too hot or too cold but just right for buyers!
Lake Norman reaches out to newcomers of all ages!
So, you are finally here. You've moved to Lake Norman, whether for work or like me and my family because you fell in love with it, and now that you are here you turn around and realize you are complete strangers! How do you go about meeting new friends here in Lake Norman?
Trust me, I have moved many, many times in my life and I have never found a community more welcoming to newcomers. When we moved here the sellers of our new home had neighbors over to meet us even before our sale was final.
Perhaps it is because Lake Norman and the greater Charlotte area is the destination of so many "transplants" from around the country. But, since so many of us are newcomers, it truly was an almost seamless transition for us.
One of the best resources is newcomers clubs. I am a member of the Mooresville/Lake Norman Newcomers Club; a group of about 200 women that meet the first Wednesday of every month at 10:00a.m. at the Lake Norman Christian Ministries located at 2940 Charlotte Hwy (Hwy 21) just south of Brawley School Rd. The list of monthly events includes: Bowling, Canasta, Euchre, Watercolor Painting, "Chick Flicks" (movies!), Couples Bridge, Oil Painting, Ladies Bridge, Book Club, Couples Euchre, Hiking, Crafts, Out-To-Lunch-Bunch, Garden Club, Ladies Poker, Southern Living Lunch Group (sharing favorite recipes), Golf, Bunco, and special evening programs and outings.
The men's version of our club is called The Golden Boys. They enjoy almost every sport you can imagine from sailing to golf to tennis as well as many other get-togethers.
Mom's in Lake Norman have an incredible resource: LakeNormanMommies.com. The Mommies network is a free community for moms of all ages in the Lake Norman area. "LakeNormanMommies.com offers a simple way to connect with local moms for friendship, support and fun. Members meet on our forums to share information on everything from where to get the best haircut to tips on transitioning to a "big kid" bed." They also offer face-to-face events throughout the Lake Norman area and are a great resource for finding out more about the local schools.
Finally, there are the traditional community churches, schools and civic organizations like The Exchange Club, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, plus quite a few business networking groups. As President-Elect of the Mooresville/Lake Norman Exchange Club it would be my pleasure to have you as my guest to any of our business lunches held the second and fourth Thursdays of every month at the Charles Mack Citizens Center in Downtown Mooresville.
The New North Carlotte Trader Joe's is Awesome!
It was like walking into my best friend's house after not seeing her for a several years. A few things had changed but when I walked through the doors I felt this warm and fuzzy feeling. I had just rekindled an old friendship and rediscovered a part of my past.
The familiar greeting by one of the crew members, the wall of fresh flowers at the entrance and the Hawaiian theme felt like putting on old slippers. I was home.
When I first heard about Trader Joes coming to the greater Charlotte area I felt that now life in Lake Norman was truly as perfect as any place in the US could be. Yes, I might also like a Whole Foods and a Peet's Coffee but I can live without them.
So what is it about Trader Joe's that creates such a cult-like following? I'm amazed at how many of my Lake Norman & Mooresville friends and clients are equally excited about Trader Joe's. Everyone will have a different answer to this and they will all be true. Going to Trader Joe's reminds me a bit of shopping in Berkeley when I was in college. You get a sense of being surrounded by healthy, fresh, highly nutritional and even organic foods. But, it also makes you feel a bit like you are a gourmet because they have exotic products that you can't get in regular super markets. Finally, it makes you want to be a better person. You simply know that you must use canvas shopping bags. In fact, they even have an awards program for people who bring their own re-usable bags for their groceries!
As they say on their website, Trader Joe's buyers: "travel the world – from exotic locales to local farms and dairies – looking for interesting, great tasting foods and beverages at terrific everyday values." I highly recommend that you visit the our new Trader Joe's…it's really not that far from Lake Norman and well worth the drive!
Map to North Charolotte Trader Joe's We live down Brawley School Rd in Mooresville and the drive was about 28 miles. We took the I-77 south to Exit 18. Turn left on to WT Harris Blvd, turn left on to Mallard Creek Rd and finally right on Mallard Creek Church Rd. The Trader Joe's is on your left in a new shopping center at the corner of Arbor Drive. The address is 1820 Arbor Drive. 704.688.9578. They are open daily from 9 am – 9 pm. We went on a Saturday morning. There was no traffic on the road and while the store was busy, there was no wait when checking out. I have a feeling this may become a weekly ritual. I hope to see you all there!
Lake Norman Real Estate: Let's have some fun!
It is truly amazing how much I learned about Web 2.0, social networking on the Internet and technology while working on this Lake Norman real estate blog.
Once in a while I have a little fun while doing research for my real estate and Lake Norman area articles. Okay, sometimes I have a lot of fun while working on my real estate articles!
I mean, really, doesn't everyone need a photo with Lake Norman written on a golf ball or a head that says "LKN ROCKS"?
When I wrote my first post (article) for this blog I hardly knew how to add a picture to it let alone place the picture in the right spot, size it or modify it in any way.
It seems like just about every day I find some new, fun and creative website or tool. ImageChef and BigHUGELabs are two of my favorites…and they are free!
I used ImageChef to create all of these Lake Norman photos. You can write just about anything on a great selection of sign images, license plates, sports items, coffee cups, flowers and even etched in the sand. Warning: Once you get started it is really hard to stop so don't visit this site unless you have lots of time!
BigHUGELabs is another really great site. It enables you to take digital photos and create all sorts of sorts of fun things from Jigsaw puzzles to artistic photo cubes to different types of framing as I used with this Lake Norman sunset photo.
Okay, so tomorrow I'll get back to the huge stack of research materials on Lake Norman Real Estate. In the meantime, have fun with these!
As potential Mooresville and Lake Norman home buyers and home sellers I know how important and difficult it must be to fully understand today's complicated mortgage market. Rates have been going down all this week; there were Fed speeches and I just heard that our own Charlotte-based Bank of America will be buying Countrywide. I decided it would be best to provide you with some insider insight in to the ever-changing mortgage market and how it will affect your Lake Norman home buying or selling process.
I'm honored that Diane requested that I write for you, her loyal Mooresville Lake Norman readers, this week's area mortgage market update.
For scheduled news, the early part of the week was rather slow. A few of the regional Fed Market chairmen were scheduled to give speeches to various groups. They all agreed that the Fed would react accordingly to the various economic reports that are due to be released between now and when the Fed meets again later this month.
Thursday saw the release of Jobless Claims for the previous month. The number of jobless claims came in lower then expected which caused rates for Thursday to rise a bit.
Overall, bonds have been reacting well to the news and have been trading in multi-year highs translating to the lowest interest rates in the past 2 to 2.5 years!
Remember that mortgage interest rates are actually tied to the FNMA 30-year bond as opposed to the 10-year Treasury note. Also, remember that bad economic news translates to good news for bonds. So in order for mortgage rates to improve the economy needs to have bad things happening.
Real estate is in the news just about every day. Between the national decline in sales, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, increases in foreclosures and tougher mortgage standards, it's been a busy time for real estate.
I doubt that the fact that we are in a buyers market in Lake Norman is surprising to you. However, once again, I must quote the saying "all real estate is local" and take it one step further. Lake Norman real estate has pockets of strengths and weaknesses as well as overall trends and it is very important to be armed with this specific information when pricing your Lake Norman home for sale or buying your dream home at the lake.
There is no doubt that our Lake Norman properties have been greatly impacted because of the number of transplants who are coming from markets that are very slow. In fact, I think, because the greater Charlotte, Mooresville and Lake Norman economy is growing we probably wouldn't have experienced a real estate slowdown if we weren't so tied in to what happens to potential buyers coming from states that have been hard hit by the current national housing decline.
Here is the 4th quarter summary of Lake Norman real estate sales. All data I used was obtained through the Charlotte Multiple Listing Service and include the entire Lake Norman area #13 with the exception of the Catawba River. (Areas 13: 1,2,3,4,5).
What does this all mean? In a nut shell, the sales volume in the Lake Norman area has dropped by a whopping 25.5% but the average sales price has dropped only 3.8% compared to the fourth quarter of 2006 and our inventory of active listings has dropped 6.8% since October 1. Because our number of sales dropped so significantly, even though we have slightly less inventory of homes for sale in Lake Norman we currently have significantly more homes for sale than meets the current demand.
Compare the percentage of the properties sold by price range to the percentage of the actives. Example: Properties listed between $300,000 – $399,000 were 20.15% of the sales in the 4th quarter but represent only 12.55% of our active listing inventory. This is a strong price range compared to many others.
Look at the DOM which means the Days a listing was On the Market before it sold. The average DOM for the 4th quarter for all of Lake Norman was 116 days. Obviously, the shorter the time on the market the better for sellers and the stronger the sales were in that price range.
The most important number, however, is the months of supply on hand or the "absorption rate". The months of supply on hand is simply a way to determine, if no new listings were to come on the market and we continued to sell at this current rate per month then how many months would it take to sell out of homes.
Economists say that a healthy, balanced market should have between 6 to 8 months of supply on hand. Therefore, any price range that falls short of these numbers would be very active, lacking in enough listings and basically a sellers market. On the other hand, any price range that has more than 8 months of supply is probably overstocked with listings for the number of sales and therefore it becomes a buyers market. It truly is as simple as supply and demand.
The bottom line is that the overall Lake Norman real estate market has slowed down versus 2006 and inventory is up which would indicate that as a whole, we are in a Buyers Market. However, the lower price ranges are actually very active and there is a lack of inventory.
If you are a buyer, then take note of the price range you are considering to learn what kind of bargaining power you might have.
And, if you are a seller, note that the listings that did sell sold relatively quickly. The key for all sellers right now is to price your home realistically AND stage it so that it is perfect for the few buyers that are looking in your price range.
Researching the Mooresville North Carolina area when contemplating a move is an exciting adventure! There is so much information available it can be a bit overwhelming. Here is a comprehensive list of website links to help you learn about our area; from town, county and state government sites to detailed information about schools, recreation as well as plenty of just plain fun things to discover! Also, be sure and take a look at my list of articles on the left column of this website to learn more about life in Mooresville!
Once you have narrowed your destination to the Lake Norman area, it can be difficult to choose in which town or community to look for your new home. The land around Lake Norman comprises 4 counties and 10 towns; each with it's own character. "Relocating to Mooresville NC" is the first in my series about each of the 10 towns.
Location: 30 miles north of Charlotte in Iredell County on the east bank of Lake Norman straddling the I-77 highway. 2 hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains and 4.5 hours to the ocean.
Geography: Located in the Piedmont section of North Carolina, Mooresville stretches from the east shoreline of Lake Norman on its west through the Historic Downtown eastward to farmlands that abut Rowan and Cabarrus County. The unimproved land in and around Mooresville is a combination of hardwood and pine forests and farmland.
Weather: 4 distinct but mild seasons. Average annual rainfall: 49.32″, % Clear days = 30%, Average high temperature in July: 87.7, Average Low Temperature in January: 26.8.
Real Estate/Housing: Mooresville real estate ranges from modest bungalows in the historic downtown area, first-time buyer subdivisions in the $100,000s, family-oriented communities like Curtis Pond in the high $100,000- mid $200,000s, on up to The Point, a Crescent Homes development covering 1,200 acres on a peninsula jutting out into Lake Norman. With 18 miles of shoreline, an 18-hole gold course designed by Greg Norman, this country club community has homes ranging from the $600,000s to more than $5 million. As a Realtor I can honestly say we have such great diversity of types of housing that I think there is something for everyone!
Lowe's YMCA: A new, 57,00 sq.ft. facility with state-of-the-art fitness equipment, indoor water park, full gymnasium, indoor walking track and outdoor running and walking trail, childwatch, personal training, youth and adult sports, camps, field space, racquetball and lap pool.
Schools: Mooresville has it's own very highly regarded school system: the Mooresville Graded School District. Those outside the town limits attend the top-ranked Iredell County Mooresville schools serving the Lake Norman area. There are also a number of private schools.
Retail Stores: Thanks to our strong economy we have a great selection of chain and private retail stores from Best Buy, Best Bath and Beyond, Staples, Sam's Club, BJ's, Super Target, Super WalMart, Belks to high-end specialty stores like Lavender and Sweet Grass.
Restaurants: Upscale options like Epic Chop House, Al Gusto, Prickly Pear, Jeffrey's, Joel's, Carussos, La Patisserie to fun spots like Shoal's, Lancaster's Barbecue, Big Daddy's to chains like Panera Bread, Camilles and Starbucks to wonderful home cooking like The Daily Grind and Sun Up. We also have every fast food and pizza chain I can think of!
The recent and current growth of Mooresville, including housing, retail shopping centers, office buildings, medical offices and even much anticipated resort Langtree at the Lake have transformed a sleepy textile community into a thriving eclectic community drawing people from all over the country. I love the fact that I can spend time in the historic downtown and experience the essence of a small, close-knit southern town, drive a few miles to find all of the conveniences of a big city or take our boat out on the Lake and escape it all to enjoy the incredible beauty of nature.
How to get rid of unwanted catalogues and help the environment!
Apparently, one of the benefits of shopping online is that you begin to receive myriad unwanted magazines and catalogs. It has gotten so bad for us that I have been thinking we were going to have to get a larger mailbox.
There is help! I just found out about Green Dimes a company that provide services that allow you to stop getting print catalogs you no longer wish to receive; reduce the amount of unsolicited mail in your mailbox while helping to preserve the environment.
It is very easy to do! I signed up with Green Dimes about six months ago and I am now getting only the catalogs I want to get. I used to get 5 or more very day. It's not only great for the environment but it really saves me a lot of time and energy as well.
Help the environment and your postal carrier!
Lake Norman Real Estate Launches Lake Norman Green Homes!
It snows in Birkdale Village every night 2007!
The Huntersville Elementary Choristers will be singing carols at 6 pm at Bunky Gandy's Auto Exchange.
Or just huddle around the bonfire…the weather is turning COLD!
If you can't make tonight's event, drop by Huntersville's Birkdale Village any evening each hour starting at 6pm and let your children dance in the "snow shower"! The center courtyard area surrounding the Christmas tree will enjoy falling snow thanks to 4 snow machines.
When my husband first suggested Maddi's Southern Bistro for lunch on a recent outing, my first thought was…"fried chicken, Ho Hum." I couldn't have been more wrong, there is absolutely nothing ordinary about Maddi's Southern Bistro!
This is apparent from the minute you enter the dining area and your eyes are immediately drawn to the huge, colorful hand-crafted glass chandelier hanging from the ceiling in the center of the room. It just keeps getting better from there. All of the table and stemware are handmade, right down to the tiny "face jug" sugar holders on each table. Owners, Diane and Madis Sulg own this lovely restaurant along with the adjoining, award-winning gallery that features jewelry and Southern folk art, much of which is handcrafted by some of the region's finest folk artists. The gallery art spills into the dining area and adds a wonderful touch to the dining experience.
The service we received was impeccable. Everyone was personally involved in our culinary enjoyment from the hostess to our server to the manager as well.
Most importantly, Executive Chef, Jon DuBay was involved. The "Low Country Shrimp and Grits" for $12.00 consisted of a good quantity of Medium Sized Sauteed Shrimp with Seasonal Vegetables, which happened to now be mostly Zucchini and Squash, served on a bed of Chipotle Cheddar Grits and accompanied by a Lobster-Sherry Butter Sauce. Scrumptious!! I had wavered on this dish when ordering wondering if it may be too rich and heavy but that was not the case at all. My husband, who is not a fan of grits had a taste and then asked for another, and another… He ordered the "Hand Carved Turkey Club" for $7.50 and was thoroughly impressed with the thick slices of Oven Roasted Turkey and Applewood Smoked Bacon accented with a Basil Pesto Aioli and served on Toasted Italian Bread with a side of Asiago French Fries. I couldn't keep my fingers out of his fries…the melted Asiago cheese on them had me addicted at first bite!
Their creative menu features appetizers, soups and salads, sandwiches, entrees and dessert for lunch and they offer an extensive beer, wine (the Ca'del Sarto Pinot Grigio, Fuili, 2005 was a great choice) and liquor menu.
Maddi's Southern Bistro is a feast for both the pallet and the eyes!!!
Learn all about North Carolina Barbecue!
December is THE month for Catawba Valley Pottery Kiln Sales!
I must admit that I write this post with mixed emotions. On the one hand I want everyone to know about my favorite hobby, collecting Catawba Valley pottery, but on the other hand, the more people that learn about these sales the less likely I will get to choose a really good piece of pottery!
Joe Reinhardt is having his annual kiln sale at 10:00a.m. at his home on Cat's Square just down from Burlon Craig's place. Arrive at 9:00 to preview…numbers will be drawn at 10:00. This is Joe's only kiln sale each year and he is one of my favorites!
Steve Abee is having his sale at his home in Lenoir at 2:00p.m. Steve does some incredible swirl pieces!
AV Smith is holding his sale at 12:00 noon in Hickory.
Information on all of these sales can be found on: Catawba Valley Pottery which is a great website created by Steve Abee. It also has some wonderful history and pictures about Catawba Valley Pottery.
Remember, all of these potters sell by a lottery system: they have a pot full of numbers and each attendee picks one. The number you pick determines when you get to choose your piece. If you get a low number it is really exciting because you are one of the first to choose. But, if you pick a high number in some cases you won't even get one piece! Arrive early to preview the whole selection and keep a note of several of your favorite pieces as you may not get your first or even second choice.
I think one of the greatest things about living on Lake Norman is that we are not one large city but rather a group of about 10 small towns clustered around the lake. Each town has their own character and every one is special. This is particularly evident during the holidays when there is such an eclectic assortment of holiday celebrations from large parades to historic home tours to breakfasts with Santa. There truly is something for everyone!
I have surrounded my desk with clippings from local newspapers, the Charlotte Observer, the Lake Norman Magazine and copies of articles on the Internet in an effort to make a list of the most notable of the upcoming events. If I miss anyone, please don't hesitate to add the information in the comment section! The more the merrier!
Lighting of the Christmas Tree in Downtown Mooresville: At John Franklin Park on Main Street. This coincides with the Downtown Mooresville Gallery Crawl and The Mooresville Museum will also be open and serving hot apple cider.
Breakfast with Santa: Mooresville's Lowe's YMCA: 8:30a.m. – 11:30a.m. Food, fellowship, arts and crafts, entertainment and free 5×7 photo with Santa Open to the public. $18 for members, others $25.
Christmas Tree Lighting at the Sherrills Ford Library: Santa will be there with gifts for the children…free!
Christmas at Mt. Mourne: 8am-2pm Photos with Santa, and food. Mt. Mourne Fire Department (1577 Mecklenburg Hwy).
November 30 – December 2 is the Christmas Tour For Sally's Y: A tour of homes to benefit Sally's Y in east Lincoln County featuring Historic Ingleside and 5 unique homes in Maple Grove. $25 per person. Fri and Sat 10 – 5 and Sunday 1 – 5p.m..
Christmas Star Concert: Mooresville Christian Kids Company will present "Finding the Christmas Star" 5pm at Broad Street Methodist Church 355 So. Broad Street. This is a community choir.
Homeschool Christmas: A Victorian Christmas celebration for homeschoolers and their families at the Historic Latta Plantation. 12-4p.m. $5 per person.
Hanukkah Songs and Crafts: Show ages 2-5 the traditions of this favorite Jewish Holiday; featuring songs, crafts and noshes. 10-11:00a.m. Cornelius Art Center $10 per child with adult.
A Candlelight Christmas: Historic Latta Plantation. Step back in time to a 19th century Christmas as you are led through the plantation by lantern. 6-9:00 pm. $7 for Adults. $5:00 for Children 6+.
Pet Photos at Friends for Life LKN Humane Animal Rescue and Huntersville Petco: Pet photos with Santa 11-4p.m. Donation $6.95. Proceeds go to benefit homeless pets. Balloons and prizes for kids and Santa will be there!
Mooresville Library's Holiday Party: 10- Noon. All ages, crafts, Paws to Read, refreshments and Santa.
2007 Stocks for Tots!!!!! THE EVENT for race fans of all types and ages! 5:30p.m. to 10:00p.m. at the Charles Mack Citizens Center in Mooresville. This is an event near and dear to my heart. I will write a separate article about all of the details. I will be there working the VIP Reception. Autographs from NASCAR and other racing celebrities, live auction of sheet metal and other collectibles. For more details go to: www.stocksfortots.com.
So, this takes care of the next two weeks. Please check your local newspapers for other events I may have missed!
It snows in Birkdale Village every night!
19th Annual Christmas in Davidson is Nov. 29 – Dec. 1st 2007!
The opening ceremonies begin on November 29th at 6:00 p.m. on the Village Green and include Santa arriving by fire truck at 6:30.
Arts and Crafts: Handmade Christmas Fairies at The Village Store, cookie decorating at Southern Bella, handmade candies from Heaven Scent, angel ornaments from Angels of '97, hand knitted scarves and shawls from The Knitting Lady, Beadexplorations from the Depot Artist Group, homemade gift bags from the Lake Norman Teen Council, hand painted ornaments and accessories from Brooke Powel Hand Painted Accessories. Wow, what a list!
Lots of wonderful food from chili and cornbread to coffee, to hot chocolate, donuts, hot dogs and baked goods all for sale to benefit various charities.
This is the 2007 Christmas in Davidson Ornament designed by Pittsburg artist Tom Pollard. It depicts the "hip and historic" Town of Davidson.
The event concludes on the evening of December 1st with a parade through town.
To me, this is what the holidays are all about; a community joins together to share their joy and warmth, raise money for those less fortunate, and have wholesome fun with friends and family!
Moving to Lake Norman North Carolina; Amazing Discoveries!
When my husband and I moved to Lake Norman in 2005 we knew pretty much nothing about the area, let alone the state. Since then we have discovered the beautiful mountains and beaches, the great weather, the wonderful blend of new and old, urban and rural, natives and resident transplants from all of the country.
One of the first things I did was subscribe to Our State: North Carolina. Our State is a beautiful source of history, current events and wonderful explorations into the wonderful state of North Carolina.
First successful powered flight. Orville Wright's first flight was on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk NC.
First English settlement in the New World. Sir Walter Raleigh arrived on Roanoke Island in 1587 and began the first English settlement in the New World.
First formal sanction of American Independence. The "Halifax Resolves" of 1776 was the first official call for independence by a colony.
First Gold Rush: Move over California, it turns out North Carolina's gold rush began 45 years before yours! During the height of the gold mining in NC, we led the nation in gold production!
First musical note transmitted by radio: In 1902, Reginal Fessenden, considered to be greatest wireless radio inventor at that time, transmitted the first musical notes about 48 miles from Buxton to Manteo in 1902.
First book published by an African-American in the South: George Moses Horton had been a slave for 68 years, "often walking miles to the UNC campus where he sold his poems to students…In 1829, The Hope of Liberty became the first book published by an African American author in the South.
This incredible list made me realize that North Carolina is much more than just a wonderful place to live. In fact, it has a deep and important history that has greatly impacted our entire nation. I am proud to be a North Carolinian!
Mooresville on Money Magazine's Best Places to Live!
Lake Norman has become a destination for so many out-of-staters that we actually have a name: "Transplants". Or, if you are originally from the North, moved to Florida and THEN moved to Lake Norman you are known as "Half-backers" as you moved half-way back to the north!
One of the first questions I get is about our weather; particularly concerns about the humidity in the summer, if one needs to worry about hurricanes and how cold it gets in the winter. Our great weather is one of the reasons so many choose to move to Lake Norman. We have four very distinct yet mild seasons: Spring and Fall are simply gorgeous with bright skies and mild temperatures.
The past few years we have gotten one snow storm with several inches of snow that melted that day. Summers are warm and yes we do have some humidity but not nearly as much as the states south of us. We average about 3 inches of rain every month. The last hurricane to come this far inland with any force was Hurricane Hugo in the early 1990's and that storm did cause trees to topple. Since then we have just experienced some rain or wind if that.
Next on many people's lists are insects, reptiles and wildlife. Folks, we are not Florida, so even I, coming from California, find the bugs easily handled in the heart of their summer season with some deet. We have some mosquitoes but we have a monthly bug service which eliminates spiders, ants, and all other pesky insects so I personally don't consider bugs an issue. There are a few snakes here and there although I have only seen a couple of them dead in the road. We have lots of bunnies, squirrels, some deer, raccoons and opossums plus an amazing array of birds. One of the first things I recommend is putting a least one bird feeder out. The bright red cardinals, our state bird, are so pretty but we also get blue birds and so many others that I can't name!
Somewhere near the top on the list is how easy or hard is it to assimilate into the community? Will we be accepted and welcomed? My personal experience is that the warmth and acceptance matches your efforts to embrace the community and try to make a contribution rather than try to change it to suit your old ways. I have found our neighbors and new friends to be as warm and sincerely kind as any in the many states I have lived. Even though I went to Berkeley and am one of those crazy Californians I feel completely welcomed by the native Southerners. The one caution I would make is to please not constantly refer to your previous state as: "Well, in such and such" we did this or had that. Because transplants out-number natives you will find quite a few restaurants and markets like Trader Joes that came from other areas in the country. Stores of all kinds from all over the country are either here or planning on coming here in the near future. It's the best of all worlds! You can eat great North Carolina barbecue one day and delicious fish tacos the next!
Sports of all kinds are a big part of life around Lake Norman; from organized competitive sports for those of all ages to every kind of water sport like sailing, water skiing, jet skiing, wind surfing, kite sailing, kayaking, mountain and road cycling, golf, tennis, fishing, skateboarding parks, and of course racing of everything from motorcycles to drag racers to sprint cars to NASCAR.
Are Lake Norman and towns like Mooresville, Davidson, Huntersville, Cornelius, Denver and Sherrills Ford small towns? Well, yes and no. Individually their populations are small but when you combine them and add that fact that Charlotte is about 30 miles south we have access to a metropolitan lifestyle and shopping but can also immerse ourselves in our small towns as well.
Commuting will be an issue if you plan to live in the northern Lake Norman communities and have to work in Charlotte. I have maps with estimated distances and commuting times for any of you who are interested. There are plans to widen a number of roads including the I-77 but until those are successfully completed you best consider the commuting challenges of each area carefully before deciding where to live.
One of the decisions you will need to make when looking for your ideal Lake Norman home is whether you want to live in a subdivision with lots of community amenities like pools, play grounds, golf, tennis, community meeting rooms and lake access or boat slips or independent of any planned communities. I have found that families tend to gravitate to subdivisions with amenities for their children and that us Baby Boomers tend to want to be a bit more independent and live where there are few if any community rules or restrictions.
Finally, schools, taxes and insurance rates are of great interest. In my next post I will provide all of the links that you will need to research all of the area schools, county taxes and insurance rates. In the meantime, feel free to contact me for those links or for materials I can mail to you about schools.
Want to weigh in on one of these subjects or ask a question? Use the "comment" section or email me directly. Check the link below to my two extensive resource guides/website links for Lake Norman relocation and Lake Norman sports.
Trader Joe's Opens This Friday, August 17th!
For those of you who follow my posts, you know that I have already written about why it is so awesome that a Trader Joe's is opening in Charlotte and what makes Trader Joe's so special. (See What's Happening section in this blog). If you don't believe me, just read today's Charlotte Observer The cover of the Living Section plus page 4 is devoted to the Trader Joe's grand opening including an article "Getting to Know Joe" and some recipes!
When: "lei cutting" (ribbon cutting) at 8:45 a.m.. Regular daily hours are 9.a.m.-9.p.m.
What's New in Mooresville, Lake Norman?
How to buy the best face jugs in Catawba Valley!
Early Saturday morning I picked up a friend and drove west on the 150/16/10 for about 45 minutes until we arrived at what would look to most people to be a very modest home with an old, rather odd-looking outbuilding.
The only sign that it might be more that just a quiet farm was the policeman helping people cross the street from the field where they had parked to enter renowned potter Kim Ellington's front yard. As we turned the corner into the yard we could see them all.
From tiny bud vases to one large vase about 36″ tall, several hundred pieces of pottery were spread out on the lawn, tree stumps and folding tables.
Way back in the back were 6 face jugs and 3 snake jugs.The reason I point this out is that Kim Ellington very rarely makes these any more so buying one directly from him is nearly impossible.
During the next hour about 75 people, mostly serious collectors, quietly arrived and start circling around the yard whispering to each other, picking up the pottery for a closer look, and trying hard to hide their excitement about any one piece. It's a bit like playing poker!.
About 10:00a.m. Kim Ellington made an announcement that he and his wife would each have a pot full of numbers from which we each were allowed to draw one. After everyone had a number (mine was 27 and my friend's was 70), the entire group of us moved away from the pottery and Kim called out Number 1. The lucky drawer of number 1 quickly walked to his favorite piece and picked it up holding it tightly. Not one I wanted so I was still safe. Number 2. This young dentist who is ALWAYS lucky, chose my favorite face jug. As they got closer to 27 all of the face jugs and snake jugs were gone. Well, I consoled myself that I already had one of his face jugs and a snake jug which I had bought from a collector last year. My friend, who is a Catawba Valley pottery newbie, won a beautiful little vase for having the highest number.
There is absolutely no way to describe the excitement and unique experience of attending a Catawba Valley Kiln Sale. The system of drawing numbers came about when the Godfather of Catawba Valley Pottery, Burlon Craig, got so popular that when he dropped the rope to let people in his yard to buy his pots and face jugs people literally got trampled and pots were broken when two people grabbed for the same one. From that point on, he used this number-drawing system which today is still used by all of the more renowned Catawba Valley potters. I once met a writer who had traveled all the way from Indiana just to experience a Catawba Valley Kiln sale, not even to buy the pottery!
Don't be surprised if you have never read about an upcoming kiln sale in Catawba Valley. While the more business-like potters do send out post cards to their mailing lists, I hear about many of them through word-of-mouth. So, if YOU want to find out about upcoming kiln sales, check the website CV Pottery.com or drop me a quick email and I will notify you as soon as I hear about the next one. Oh, by the way, my friend who won the vase but had vowed she would never buy a face or snake jug? She emailed after we got home asking me to let her know when the next sale was as she had a perfect place picked out for a few pieces of pottery; another collector is born!
Lake Norman, Face Jugs and North Carolina Pottery; a True Story!
Did you know that Lake Norman is smack in the middle of some of the best pottery making in the entire country? To the east of us about 60 miles is the community of Seagrove and just to the west of Lake Norman is Catawba Valley. Both of these areas can trace their potters and styles back several centuries. Yet for the most part their styles, glazes, shapes and even the way the potters sell their work varies greatly. Two separate regions with two wonderfully collectible but different pottery and Lake Norman right in the middle!
When I first moved to Lake Norman from California I had no idea North Carolina was known for its pottery or what a "Face Jug" was let alone the difference between an alkaline glaze and a salt glaze or Seagrove pottery versus Catawba Valley pottery. The first face jugs I ever saw were in Cotton Ketchie's Landmark Gallery in Mooresville. I guess like most folks, my first impression was…well…YUK. I could not understand the attraction.
Like many potters, Ben and his family live on the same property as his gallery/shop in Seagrove. He holds periodic "kiln sales" . Each sale will offer specific glazes from one of his selection of kilns. When you attend a Ben Owen III kiln sale, plan on arriving before the sun as it is first-come first-served and some people even camp out overnight! I have met some wonderful people from all over the country while waiting in line. We peak in the windows of his gallery to try to see all of the new pieces because once you get inside you must rush to grab your favorite pieces very quickly or they will be snatched up by another collector Ben Owen III's gallery before a sale.
Above is a picture of Ben Owen adding the finishing touches to a stunning vase he just "turned" on his potter's wheel at his workshop in Seagrove.
I can't even remember when I turned from the lovely Seagrove pottery to the earthy Catawba Valley pottery. I think it was after I read "Turners and Burners…The Folk Potters of North Carolina" by Charles G Zug III, truly the Bible of North Carolina pottery. His research and attention to detail was so great that several of today's more popular Catawba Valley potters used it as a reference guide while teaching themselves how to turn, glaze and burn.
The entire legacy of Catawba Valley pottery rests on the shoulders of one man, Burlon B.Craig. True to the heritage, he continued the tradition of digging his own clay, grinding his own alkaline glazes out of glass, turning his potter's wheel with his foot and firing his groundhog kiln using leftover wood from lumber mills. Burlon made face jugs, butter churns, jars, pitchers, bird houses, snake jugs and his unique swirl pieces until he died in 2002 at the age of 88. Today, some of his earlier pieces will sell at auctions for thousands of dollars.
Thanks to Burlon Craig a new generation of Catawba Valley potters emerged in the late 1980's. Most hold fast to the same traditions of hand digging their own clay, making their own glazes and building their own groundhog wood-burning kilns.
Above is a photo of an early face jug by Burlon Craig and a picture of Burlon Craig working on a 5-gallon jug.
I encourage anyone reading this to visit Seagrove or one of the Catawba Valley potter's kiln sales. I will put updates on this blog site of upcoming kiln sales and events. In the fall there is a Seagrove Pottery Festival AND a Burlon Craig Festival where many potters come to sell their work. If you have any questions send them my direction!
You could come because there are going to be over 40 of North Carolina's top artists selling everything from oil paintings to gorgeous turned-wood pieces that would light up anyones home.
You could come to MEET these artists and even commission someone like William Sundberg to paint a special remembrance of a favorite classic car, boat or motorcycle.
You could come to the Friday Evening Charity Gala and bid on over 40 donated pieces of art in our silent or live auction and enjoy a delicious catered buffet dinner by Nancy Brody, Shelton Vineyards Wine and music by Night Shift. Only 350 tickets are sold to this special evening and we sell out every year!
You could come and bring your children so that they can enjoy the art and the many children's activities.
You could come to say hi to me as I will be there Friday evening and all day Saturday!
You could come to see "Cotton" Ketchie's newest giclee release Mountain Grandeur and even buy a $5 raffle ticket or two in hopes of winning this beautiful piece of art!
But, I hope you will come to help us remember the 37 children that died last year in North Carolina as a result of child abuse. All of the proceeds received by the Mooresville/Lake Norman Exchange Club from this event will benefit the Exchange/SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now)/ Child and Parenting Centers of Iredell County. www.iredellscan.org.
We had over 1600 reported cases of child abuse in Iredell County last year. So please, come to enjoy the art knowing that you are making a difference in our own community. If you are not able to come but would like to make a donation please drop me a quick email and I will send you the details. And, of course, I have tickets to the Evening Gala…first come, first served!
Trader Joe's is coming to Lake Norman!
Some might ask why the fact that a small grocery store opening in the Charlotte area would make the front page of The Charlotte Observer. Well, I can only guess that those who are asking have never shopped at a Trader Joe's! Because once you have been to a Trader Joe's you will find yourself going back again and again and again.
In fact, they have such a cult following that there are even groups formed to lobby the privately owned company to open a store in their neighborhood/city.
I feel that I was indeed quite fortunate to live in Pasadena where Trader Joe's was born. I even knew the original owners who have since sold it to another private company. As this wonderful company evolved, they never lost the essence of what makes them Trader Joe's and yet I'm not sure I can describe their essence in words. It is a small grocery store, kind of healthy, reasonably priced, a unique and even exotic selection of salads and ready to eat fresh and frozen foods, fresh organic produce, meats, imported cheeses, beers, wines, lot of nuts, desserts, candy (incredible chocolate), staples like milk and eggs and unusal items that they buy in bulk for a one-time only opportunity.
This is one of their most famous items. Truly good wine for $2!
When you approach the front doors of a Trader Joe's, you will be welcomed by an incredible array of fresh flowers and plants. As you enter the store, you will be greeted by more fresh flowers and orchid plants, and also a friendly hello from one of the 'crew" in a Hawaiian shirt. The nautical island theme may escape you as your eyes are drawn immediately to the front displays of whatever interesting items they are featuring…everything from wine to Italian Panetones…always at incredibly low prices. You see, Trader Joe's is about really cool, delicious foods and beverages at very reasonable to even low prices. You simply can't beat that combination!
Trader Joes is now open!


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Clay Wright has found the silver lining for Oklahoma and Texas cattlemen. While many producers found it necessary to de-stock during the summer and fall of 2006 because of drought conditions, Wright, a livestock specialist with The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, in Ardmore, Okla., sees this as an opportunity.
Increasing herd uniformity is beneficial for several reasons. First, a limited calving season of 90 or fewer days contributes more to efficiency and profit potential than any other management practice.
Wright said another opportunity to improve herd quality after the de-stocking of 2006 comes during the restocking process. Since many ranchers are beginning to restock for the next growing season, Wright suggested buying replacements that maintain the herd uniformity established after the de-stocking.
He said ranchers should define a 90-day calving/breeding season appropriate to their resources and management, then purchase mature replacements that will calve during the first half of that calving season. Bred heifers should calve at least 30 days before the beginning of that season.
Wright offered up one final tip: Buy spring-calving replacements in a body condition score (BCS) of at least 5, preferably 5.5 to 6.


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Queen Mary I
Standard Name: Mary I, Queen
Used Form: Mary Tudor
Dedications Mary Basset
MB , as Mary Clarcke, translated the first five books of the Ecclesiastical History written in Greek by Eusebius . She dedicated a handwritten presentation copy to Mary Tudor before the latter became queen.
Blain, Virginia, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy, editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Family and Intimate relationships Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth's elder half-sister, Mary Tudor , was estranged from her by loyalty to her mother (Catherine of Aragon , whom Elizabeth's mother had supplanted) and by her fervent Catholicism. The gap narrowed slightly when...
Family and Intimate relationships Anne Bacon
Her husband had six surviving children already. AB had two daughters (who died young) before her two sons. In August 1557 she was hoping that her daughter Susan might get over her recurring fits of...
Family and Intimate relationships Mary Basset
MB 's second husband had at the time of their marriage already been imprisoned in the Tower of London; upon Mary Tudor 's accession, James Basset travelled on diplomatic missions between Mary and Philip of Spain
Family and Intimate relationships Anne Locke
Henry Locke was a half-brother of the younger Rose Hickman, later Throckmorton , who at the age of eighty-four wrote for her children a brief but vivid account of her life up to the time...
Family and Intimate relationships Mary Caesar
His great-great-father, Cesare Adelmare , had migrated from Italy to England and become physician to Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I .
Sedgwick, Romney, editor. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1715-1754.
Under Charles Caesar (1673-1741)
Charles Caesar, though later a devoted husband, was said at...
Fictionalization Katherine Parr
Dozens of fictional representations of KP inhabit the fringes of the many re-imaginings of her husband and her step-daughter; few of them pay any attention to her intellectual life or her writing. She takes centre...
Literary responses Georgiana Fullerton
The Athenæum published a positive review of Constance Sherwood on 16 September 1865, claiming that GFhas written a book which no one can read without deep interest; and she has written it in an...
Literary Setting Anna Eliza Bray
The novel is set near Canterbury in a village called Wellminster during the reign of Queen Mary . It details the lives of a persecuted Protestant family.
Bray, Anna Eliza. The Novels and Romances of Anna Eliza Bray. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.
Mudge, Bradford Keyes, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 116. Gale Research, 1992.
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The patriarch, Owen Witford, is...
Literary Setting Emmuska, Baroness Orczy
The story is set in sixteenth-century England and France in the reign of Charles V , Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. The opening page presents an air of historical evidence in a sentence...
Occupation Katherine Parr
Before her second husband died, KP had taken up, like her mother before her, a Court post as lady-in-waiting to Princess Mary .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
This year she wrote to Mary in Latin enlisting her support.
Devereux, Edward James. "The Publication of the English Paraphrases of Erasmus". Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, pp. 348 - 57.
King, John N. "Patronage and Piety: The Influence of Catherine Parr". Silent But For the Word: Tudor Women as Patrons, Translators, and Writers of Religious Works, edited by Margaret P. Hannay, Kent State University Press, 1985.
Occupation Mary Basset
Mary Tudor , dedicatee of MB 's translation from Eusebius, made Basset one of her chamber gentlewomen at Court.
politics Katherine Parr
KP supervised the education, encouraged the writing, and tried to form the minds of her new batch of step-children: Mary , Elizabeth , and Edward . (Susan E. James in the Oxford Dictionary of...
politics Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth's youth was lived in the shadow of national power politics. Her younger brother succeeded her father as king. The year she turned twenty he died, and Lady Jane Grey , placed on the throne...
Juan Luis Vives of Valencia, while living in England, wrote Satellitium, a plan of studies for Princess Mary (daughter of Henry VIII ).
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An unknown person presented to Queen Mary Tudor the finely illuminated manuscript now known as the Queen Mary Psalter (Royal 2 B vii in the British Library ).
The sixteen-year-old Edward VI died, producing a succession crisis: for fear of rule by his Catholic sister Mary , Edward pronounced both his sisters to be bastards, and the crown passed (very briefly) to Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey was deposed as queen, and Mary Tudor assumed the throne of England and Wales.
An eighteen-year-old servant, Elizabeth Croft , confessed in front of a crowd gathered at St Paul's Cross in London that she had taken part in a hoax, playing a supernatural voice that spoke from a...
One year after succeeding to the throne, Mary Tudor married Philip of Spain , thereby strengthening the hand of others who wished, as she did, to re-Catholicize England.
Bridewell Prison , the first house of correction for vagrants and beggars, was established in the same building as the recently-founded Bridewell Royal Hospital a residence for apprentices during their training.
The law was changed to permit burning alive for heresy: during the rest of Mary I 's reign at least 274 persons were burned in England for their Protestant belief.
Thomas Cranmer was burned alive for heresy at Oxford, after withdrawing the recantation he had formerly made under threat of such a death: this was one of the most famous Protestant martyrdoms under Mary Tudor .
The Royal Charter of the Stationers' Company of London, granted by Mary Tudor , restricted the privilege of book-production to its limited membership.
Queen Mary I died, and Elizabeth I assumed the throne of England and Wales.
The complete GenevaBible appeared, translated by English Protestant exiles from the reign of Mary : the first accessible or mass-circulation edition of the Bible in English, with small format and roman (not gothic) print.
John Taylor published The Needles Excellency: A New Booke wherin are divers Admirable Workes wrought with the Needle, which includes (along with hints on embroidery) praise of great ladies.
Richard Steele 's reference in The Tatler to the new fashion of hoop petticoats marked the establishment of the mode in England or at least in London.
Actress Peggy Ashcroft toured Norway with a show of her own devising, Words on Women and Some Women's Words, originally written for performance at London University .


The frame of the 2008 rent statistics contains a total of 718,469 dwellings, of which 357,266 are government-subsidised and 361,203 non-subsidised.
In the statistics for year 2008 the parameters are: rents exceeding EUR 18 per square metre in the Greater Helsinki Area and EUR 13 per square metre elsewhere in the country have been removed from the data on government-subsidised dwellings. For government-subsidised dwellings, the lowest inclusion limits for rents per square metre were set at EUR 5.5 in the Greater Helsinki Area, EUR 5 in the satellite munici-palities, major towns and in the rest of the country.
The data in this publication describe rent levels and changes in rents in 2008. Detailed statistics have been updated into the database tables of the Rents of dwellings -statistics. The database tables and additional information are available at the homepage of the statistics: www.stat.fi > Topics > Housing > Rents of dwellings.
Inquiry data: The interview data obtained in connection with the Labour Force Survey replace the previously used questionnaire inquiry data. The interview data improves the coverage of non-subsidised dwellings. However, due to reasons connected with the Labour Force Survey the sample now concentrates more on larger dwellings and the dispersion of the rents of smaller dwellings is now greater than in the old statis-tics.
New tenancies: In the revised annual rent statistics, a new tenancy refers to a tenancy started in the year the statistics examine. In the old rent statistics (because of the time when the inquiry data were collected) a new tenancy referred to a tenancy started within less than 12 months before April of the reference year, e.g. in the 2003 statistics during the period from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003.
It should be noted that the year-on-year change in the 2004 rent statistics is not comparable to the old 2003 rent statistics. Tables from the 2003 rent statistics pro-duced with the revised method are obtainable from Statistics Finland.
ISSN=1798-1018. 2008, Quality Description Definitions: Rents of Dwellings . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 25.4.2019].


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