There is a New South emerging, a South losing the folksy traditions of an agrarian society with the rapidity of an avalanche -- especially within recent decades.

As the New South snowballs toward further urbanization, it becomes more and more homogeneous with the North -- a tendency which Willard Thorp terms `` Yankeefication '', as evidenced in such cities as Charlotte, Birmingham, and Houston.

Yet he presents a realm of source material which may well serve other writers if not himself: the problems with which a New South must grapple in groping through a blind adolescence into the maturity of urbanization.

New England academies welcome fugitives from the provinces, South as well as West.

A dear, respected friend of mine, who like myself grew up in the South and has spent many years in New England, said to me not long ago: `` I can't forgive New England for rejecting all complicity ''.

South of Laurel Grove Cemetery, and below the junction of the Neversink and the Delaware, was the Tri-State Rock, from which Stevie could spy New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as New York, simply by spinning around on his heel.

In eleven states, the fiscal year of the cities ends on December 31, while the state fiscal year ends on June 30 ( Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin ).

Work that might cost $500 to $750 in the South could cost $750 to $1,200 in New York City or Chicago.

The suppositions in the previous illustration might be sufficiently altered by establishing a connection between general company practice and local practice in the South, and by establishing such direct connection between the practice and the economic well-being of stores located in New York and general company policy.

Also, the state with the largest number of Negroes is New York -- not in the South at all.

* Ada ( ship ), wooden Ketch, wrecked near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

* Aberdeen, New South Wales

** Aberdeen railway station, New South Wales

Andrew Penman, chief executive of The Cancer Council New South Wales, called for further research on the matter.

The group includes eight genera and about 85 species distributed in the temperate zones of Europe and Asia, Malaysia, India, Madagascar, Africa and the Pacific, from Australia and New Zealand to South America.

* Latest day on which New Year festivals in South and Southeast Asian cultures can fall.

* 1770 – James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, Queensland and claims the east coast of Australia as New South Wales in the name of King George III.

* 1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters ( 13 inches ) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The New Testament offered to the public today is the first result of the work of a joint committee made up of representatives of the Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, Congregational Union, Baptist Union, Presbyterian Church of England, Churches in Wales, Churches in Ireland, Society of Friends, British and Foreign Bible Society and National Society of Scotland.

Countries that officially recognize the Armenian genocide include Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Vatican City and Venezuela ; additionally, some regional governments of countries recognize the Armenian genocide, such as New South Wales in Australia and Wales in the United Kingdom, also officially recognize the Armenian Genocide.

As a result of this policy, Adelaide does not share the convict settlement history of other Australian cities like Sydney, New South Wales ; Brisbane, Queensland and Hobart, Tasmania.

However, by mid-1837 the South Australian Register was warning of escaped convicts from New South Wales, and tenders for a temporary gaol were sought.

Adelaide's early economy started to get on its feet in 1838 with the arrival of livestock from New South Wales and Tasmania.

( Scuba diving for abalone in the states of New South Wales and Western Australia is illegal ; a free-diving catch limit of two is allowed ).

* 1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

* Albert, New South Wales, a town in Australia

* Alfred Town, a village in New South Wales, Australia

Australian English started diverging from British English after the founding of the colony of New South Wales in 1788 and was recognised as being different from British English by 1820.

The earliest form of Australian English was first spoken by the children of the colonists born into the colony of New South Wales.

Records from the early 19th century survive to this day describing the distinct dialect that had surfaced in the colonies since first settlement in 1788, with Peter Miller Cunningham's 1827 book Two Years in New South Wales, describing the distinctive accent and vocabulary of the native born colonists, different from that of their parents and with a strong London influence.

The first of the Australian gold rushes, in the 1850s, began a large wave of immigration, with approximately two per cent of the population of the United Kingdom emigrating to the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria.

The lighthouse and its grounds are New South Wales territory, but cut off from the rest of the state by the strip of ACT land.

ADFA teaches military undergraduates and postgraduates and is officially a campus of the University of New South Wales while Duntroon provides Australian Army Officer training.

* 1983 – Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player

* 1985 – Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby player

* 1979 – Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player

* 1985 – Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player

* 1986 – Laura Langman, New Zealand netball player

* 1978 – Greg Rawlinson, New Zealand rugby player

* 1982 – Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby player

* 1975 – Sean Marks, New Zealand-American basketball player

* 1983 – Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player

* 1986 – Lelia Masaga, New Zealand rugby player

* 1979 – Ross Filipo, New Zealand rugby player

* 1982 – Sitiveni Sivivatu, New Zealand rugby player

* 1905 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player ( d. 1986 )

Tim Blake ( synthesiser player on Planet Gong ) produced a solo album called " Blake's New Jerusalem ", including a 20 minute track with lyrics from Blake's poem.

In 1949 the Four Home Unions combined formally to create a Tours Committee and for the first time, every player of the 1950 Lions squad was an international before the New Zealand series.

The New York Mets have featured a " Home Run Apple " that rises whenever a Mets player hits a home run.

* Leana de Bruin ( born 1977 ), South African and New Zealand netball player

Born-again athletes like New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford and former Rams Superbowl XXXIV winning quarterback Kurt Warner, Olympic hurderler Lolo Jones, boxer Katie Taylor and New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin.

In the field of New Flamenco, the works and performances of Spanish composer and player Paco de Lucía are known worldwide.

* In Fallout RPG games Fallout 2, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, the player can " cow tip " a Brahmin ( a mutant two-headed cow ).

The highest-ranked female player in the world as of May 2012 is Jenny Clarke of New Zealand.

* 1948 – Frank Oliver, New Zealand rugby player

* 1983 – Anthony Boric, New Zealand All Black rugby player

* 1985 – Alby Mathewson, New Zealand rugby player