With the General Assembly now a month past a budget deadline, North Carolina Budget Director Lee Roberts is calling for state agencies to prepare for a government shutdown.

It’s never happened before and Roberts said Thursday it’s extremely unlikely, but in a memo to state agencies obtained by WNCN News, he’s asking them to prepare to cut back to providing only essential services.

“It’s now been five months. Our fiscal year ended,” Roberts said. “We’re one of only five states where the legislature has not completed its budget for the year.”

Browsin for new music. Have to keep reminding myself that just because I missed it at the time, stuff that came out in 2005 isn't new, it's old.

The waters in Rio de Janeiro, host of the 2016 Summer Olympics, are teeming with viruses and bacteria from human feces, an investigation by the Associated Press has found.

In some tests, the levels of contamination are up to 1.7 million times what would be considered hazardous on a California beach, according to the AP analysis, which is the first independent testing for both viruses and bacteria at Olympic sites. Brazilian officials and the International Olympic Committee only test for bacteria.

Fevers and stomach problems have already beleaguered some athletes training in Rio, the AP reported. Because most sewage is not treated in Brazil, dangerous waste freely makes its way to bodies of water where Olympians will swim and boat.

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An American expert in waterborne viruses, Kristina Mena, said that the levels found in the waters mean someone would have a 99 percent chance of infection from ingesting a mere three teaspoons of water.

I'd probably skip it.

"Here lies George Johnson, Hanged by mistake, 1882.
He was right, we was wrong, but we strung him up and now he's gone."

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The Ross Sisters!

After the first minute of lip-syncing, shit gets crazy.

The NC sharks are busy this summer.

Might just keep me out of the water when we do our beach trip in Sept..

Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Legal Nationwide

They stopped short of making it mandatory, however.