Lawn

A lawn is an area of aesthetic and recreational land planted with grasses or other durable plants and can be defined by four characteristics: It is composed only of grass species; it is subject to weed and pest control; it is subject to practices aimed at maintaining its green color; and it is regularly mowed to ensure an acceptable length . Low ornamental meadows in natural landscaping styles are a contemporary option of a lawn. In recreational contexts, the specialised names turf, pitch, field or green may be used, depending on the sport and the continent.

The term lawn, referring to a managed grass space, dates to no earlier than the 16th century. Tied to suburban expansion and the creation of the household aesthetic, the lawn is an important aspect of the interaction between the natural environment and the constructed urban and suburban space.

Lawns are a common feature of private gardens, public landscapes and parks in many parts of the world. They are created for aesthetic pleasure, as well as for sports or other outdoor recreational use. Lawns are useful as a playing surface both because they mitigate erosion and dust generated by intensive foot traffic and because they provide a cushion for players in sports such as rugby, football, soccer, cricket, baseball, golf, tennis, hockey and lawn bocce.

500-Pound Shark Snatches Sailfish From Anglers’ Hook

Edit Breitbart 15 Apr 2016

A group of anglers and tourists went out off the Miami shore looking to make big catch. The anglers made one, hooking a large sailfish ... Bouncer Smith told WPTV....

photo: US Air Force / Senior Airman Gino Reyes

File - Detainees pray in the recreation area of Camp Four at Joint Task Force Guantanamo.

US frees 9 Guantanamo prisoners, sends them to Saudi Arabia

Edit Stars and Stripes 16 Apr 2016

MIAMI — The U.S. has released nine more prisoners from its base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sent them to Saudi Arabia for resettlement, officials said Saturday. The move announced in a Pentagon statement is part of an effort by President Barack Obama's administration to release detainees considered low-risk while seeking to transfer the remainder to the U.S ... and some have called for new restrictions on future releases and transfers ... ....

photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris

Migrants, most of them from Pakistan, protest against the EU- Turkey deal about migration inside the entrance of Moria camp in the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Pope Francis flies to Lesbos to highlight humanitarian crisis in Europe

Edit The Guardian 16 Apr 2016

Pope and Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew to turn spotlight on Europe’s controversial deal with Turkey to end refugee crisis. Pope Francis, widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest defender of refugees, flies into Lesbos on Saturday to highlight the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Europe ... Related. The idealists of Lesbos. volunteers at the heart of the refugee crisis ... Related. Pope Francis and Bernie Sanders ... Facebook. Twitter ... ....

photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

US President Barack Obama, right, smiles as he looks over towards Cuban President Raul Castro

Raúl Castro derides US democracy in speech to Cuban Communist Party

Edit The Guardian 16 Apr 2016

President Raúl Castro on Saturday derided American democracy as a sham, saying he saw no difference between Democrats and Republicans. Related. Smiles all around after Obama's Cuba visit – but which side got more out of it?. During a two-hour address to the twice-a-decade meeting of the Cuban Communist Party, Castro recalled a conversation with a US official during President Obama’s recent visit. He told “el Americano”, he said ... Related ... ....

photo: AP / Willis Glassgow

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

NY Post Editorial Board Endorses 'Rookie' Donald Trump In Republican Primary

Edit WorldNews.com 15 Apr 2016

Despite citing a few qualms, the editorial board of the New York Post endorsed Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in an editorial on late Thursday, the first major New York publication to do so, CBS News reported. "Trump is now an imperfect messenger carrying a vital message ... better informed on policy, more self-disciplined and less thin-skinned," the editorial read....

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Petrina Di Cosmo of Fair Lawn (1920-2016); known to all as ‘Mom’ for good reason

Edit North Jersey 17 Apr 2016

Petrina Di Cosmo was universally known as “Mom.” No moniker better suited the indomitable Fair Lawn woman, all 5 feet of her, who mothered her own kids, a slew of foster kids and just about any kid who came her way ... ....

Cherry blossom love

Edit Indian Express 17 Apr 2016

Sakura picnic. The colour-drenched streets of Tokyo reached their peak this week. It’s sakura, or cherry blossom season ... Over centuries, their short-lived bloom has woven itself into the country’s imagination as a symbol of hope ... Entry is free. One of Tokyo’s largest parks with undulating lawns, ponds and forested areas of cherry blossoms, it was buzzing with picnickers; everyone had tumbled outside to revel among the flowers....

Forever Home: Brenau Celebrates May Day 2016 (Brenau University)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Apr 2016

(Source. Brenau University). Paris Hawkins, the May Prince, gets a hug from Cessna Kleinmoedig Veeris, WC '02, during the Brenau University Alumnae Reunion Weekend on Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Gainesville, Ga. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University). April 16, 2016 ... Friday and Saturday's events were marked by tears of joy, tears of nostalgia and tears of remembrance ... Everybody's like a family.' ... The 2016 May Court poses on Brenau's front lawn....

14-year-old boy shot in Chicago Lawn

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 16 Apr 2016

... foot Friday evening in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the South Side....

The woman who wants to completely reinvent our lawns

Edit Vox 16 Apr 2016

The lawn, as we know it, is an anachronism ... And our lawns require a lot of chemistry. Landscapers often apply chemicals to lawns at more than double the concentrations used in industrial agriculture. Edwina von Gal, a landscape architect, has a vision of a new lawn to match the changing times. It’s a lawn with a diversity of plants, taller grasses, and a gentler, undulating appearance ... What’s wrong with the lawn as it is?....

No drought for high & mighty's gardens in Latur

Edit DNA India 16 Apr 2016

Pole, who had imposed prohibitory orders under Sec 144 of the IPC fearing water riots a fortnight ago, tried to downplay the crisis in Latur when asked about his lawns ... Water rights activist Amol Gowande pointed out how the bureaucrats' lawns send a wrong signal to other Latur residents ... Just across the collectorate office one of the poshest hotels in Latur city too was using piped drinking water for its lawns....

2-alarm Forest Lawn-Forest Heights fire leaves 4 homeless

Edit CBC 16 Apr 2016

Four residents are homeless after a two-alarm fire in southeast Calgary Friday afternoon ... ....

Men’s Soccer Announces Recruiting Class (Fordham University)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Apr 2016

The group includes transfer student Cole Stevenson (Leawood, Kans./Rockhurst (Denver)), Connor DeFilippis (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa), Bart Dziedzic (Darien, Conn./Darien), Dantae ......

MC fines 3, issues 56 notices for flouting ban on Day 1

Edit Indian Express 16 Apr 2016

On the first day of the ban on watering of lawns and washing cars on Friday, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation penalised three persons and issued 56 notices for misuse of water ... Share This Article. Related Article ... Ban on watering lawns, washing car remains on paper In a week, 274 notices issued for water misuse Water wastage....

Teacher McBride has finished his homework on All-Ireland rivals Cork

Edit Belfast Telegraph 16 Apr 2016

Try as he might, Ciaran 'Dinky' McBride couldn't quite find himself enjoying his Monaghan Under-21 side's victory over Tyrone in the Ulster final a couple of weeks ago ... Share Go To ... "They are a running team ... In a forward line that also featured Canavan and Stephen Lawn, McBride won two Under-21 All-Ireland titles under Danny Ball and Frank Martin in 1991 and 1992 ... Pete was on one side of me and Stephen Lawn was on the other....

cop wins

Edit Reuters 16 Apr 2016

A man in Michigan attempts to escape police on a moped, driving over lawns and through wooded areas, before being derailed on a train track. Diane Hodges reports. ....

Palatial Ross estate built in 1904 open Sunday

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 16 Apr 2016

The landscaped grounds offer rolling lawns, a pool and a bocce ball court, as well as ......

$1.95 million in Berkeley