diff --git a/OpenMetaverse/AssetTypes.cs b/OpenMetaverse/AssetTypes.cs
index 1d24f9bd..025054cf 100644
--- a/OpenMetaverse/AssetTypes.cs
+++ b/OpenMetaverse/AssetTypes.cs
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
                                     fields[1] = fields[1].Replace(',', '.');
 
                                 float weight = float.Parse(fields[1], System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Float,
-                                    Helpers.EnUsCulture.NumberFormat);
+                                    Utils.EnUsCulture.NumberFormat);
 
                                 Params[id] = weight;
                             }
diff --git a/OpenMetaverse/GridManager.cs b/OpenMetaverse/GridManager.cs
index acc6a09d..cc6b0e61 100644
--- a/OpenMetaverse/GridManager.cs
+++ b/OpenMetaverse/GridManager.cs
@@ -107,17 +107,8 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
         /// <returns></returns>
         public override string ToString()
         {
-            StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder("GridRegion: ");
-            output.Append(Name); output.Append(Helpers.NewLine);
-            output.Append("RegionHandle: " + RegionHandle); output.Append(Helpers.NewLine);
-            output.Append(String.Format("X: {0} Y: {1}", X, Y)); output.Append(Helpers.NewLine);
-            output.Append("MapImageID: " + MapImageID.ToString()); output.Append(Helpers.NewLine);
-            output.Append("Access: " + Access); output.Append(Helpers.NewLine);
-            output.Append("RegionFlags: " + RegionFlags); output.Append(Helpers.NewLine);
-            output.Append("WaterHeight: " + WaterHeight); output.Append(Helpers.NewLine);
-            output.Append("Agents: " + Agents);
-
-            return output.ToString();
+            return String.Format("{0} ({1}/{2}), Handle: {3}, MapImage: {4}, Access: {5}, Flags: {6}",
+                Name, X, Y, RegionHandle, MapImageID, Access, RegionFlags);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenMetaverse/Helpers.cs b/OpenMetaverse/Helpers.cs
index d4624484..9f2d4963 100644
--- a/OpenMetaverse/Helpers.cs
+++ b/OpenMetaverse/Helpers.cs
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
         /// <summary>This header flag signals that the message is compressed using zerocoding</summary>
         public const byte MSG_ZEROCODED = 0x80;
 
-        public static readonly string NewLine = Environment.NewLine;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Passed to Logger.Log() to identify the severity of a log entry
         /// </summary>
@@ -72,12 +70,6 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
             Debug
         };
 
-        /// <summary>Provide a single instance of the CultureInfo class to
-        /// help parsing in situations where the grid assumes an en-us 
-        /// culture</summary>
-        public static readonly System.Globalization.CultureInfo EnUsCulture =
-            new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-us");
-
         /// <summary>
         /// 
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/OpenMetaverse/InventoryManager.cs b/OpenMetaverse/InventoryManager.cs
index 5951db0c..51747c0f 100644
--- a/OpenMetaverse/InventoryManager.cs
+++ b/OpenMetaverse/InventoryManager.cs
@@ -2871,7 +2871,7 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        Logger.Log("Unrecognized token " + key + " in: " + Helpers.NewLine + taskData,
+                        Logger.Log("Unrecognized token " + key + " in: " + Environment.NewLine + taskData,
                             Helpers.LogLevel.Error);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/OpenMetaverse/Primitives/TextureEntry.cs b/OpenMetaverse/Primitives/TextureEntry.cs
index 08cf4f28..8534744c 100644
--- a/OpenMetaverse/Primitives/TextureEntry.cs
+++ b/OpenMetaverse/Primitives/TextureEntry.cs
@@ -1073,12 +1073,12 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse
             {
                 string output = String.Empty;
 
-                output += "Default Face: " + DefaultTexture.ToString() + Helpers.NewLine;
+                output += "Default Face: " + DefaultTexture.ToString() + Environment.NewLine;
 
                 for (int i = 0; i < FaceTextures.Length; i++)
                 {
                     if (FaceTextures[i] != null)
-                        output += "Face " + i + ": " + FaceTextures[i].ToString() + Helpers.NewLine;
+                        output += "Face " + i + ": " + FaceTextures[i].ToString() + Environment.NewLine;
                 }
 
                 return output;
diff --git a/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/NotationLLSD.cs b/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/NotationLLSD.cs
index 9779dbe4..b1c2abd3 100644
--- a/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/NotationLLSD.cs
+++ b/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/NotationLLSD.cs
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse.StructuredData
 
         private static void SerializeLLSDNotationArrayFormatted(StringWriter writer, string intend, OSDArray osdArray)
         {
-            writer.Write(Helpers.NewLine);
+            writer.WriteLine();
             writer.Write(intend);
             writer.Write(arrayBeginNotationMarker);
             int lastIndex = osdArray.Count - 1;
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse.StructuredData
             for (int idx = 0; idx <= lastIndex; idx++)
             {
                 if (osdArray[idx].Type != OSDType.Array && osdArray[idx].Type != OSDType.Map)
-                    writer.Write(Helpers.NewLine);
+                    writer.WriteLine();
                 writer.Write(intend + baseIndent);
                 SerializeLLSDNotationElementFormatted(writer, intend, osdArray[idx]);
                 if (idx < lastIndex)
@@ -552,17 +552,17 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse.StructuredData
                     writer.Write(kommaNotationDelimiter);
                 }
             }
-            writer.Write(Helpers.NewLine);
+            writer.WriteLine();
             writer.Write(intend);
             writer.Write(arrayEndNotationMarker);
         }
 
         private static void SerializeLLSDNotationMapFormatted(StringWriter writer, string intend, OSDMap osdMap)
         {
-            writer.Write(Helpers.NewLine);
+            writer.WriteLine();
             writer.Write(intend);
             writer.Write(mapBeginNotationMarker);
-            writer.Write(Helpers.NewLine);
+            writer.WriteLine();
             int lastIndex = osdMap.Count - 1;
             int idx = 0;
 
@@ -576,15 +576,15 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse.StructuredData
                 SerializeLLSDNotationElementFormatted(writer, intend, kvp.Value);
                 if (idx < lastIndex)
                 {
-                    writer.Write(Helpers.NewLine);
+                    writer.WriteLine();
                     writer.Write(intend + baseIndent);
                     writer.Write(kommaNotationDelimiter);
-                    writer.Write(Helpers.NewLine);
+                    writer.WriteLine();
                 }
 
                 idx++;
             }
-            writer.Write(Helpers.NewLine);
+            writer.WriteLine();
             writer.Write(intend);
             writer.Write(mapEndNotationMarker);
         }
diff --git a/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/StructuredData.cs b/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/StructuredData.cs
index 82688277..eb96998d 100644
--- a/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/StructuredData.cs
+++ b/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/StructuredData.cs
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse.StructuredData
         }
  
         public override double AsReal() { return value; }
-        public override string AsString() { return value.ToString(Helpers.EnUsCulture); }
+        public override string AsString() { return value.ToString(Utils.EnUsCulture); }
         public override byte[] AsBinary() { return Utils.DoubleToBytes(value); }
         public override string ToString() { return AsString(); }
     }
diff --git a/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/XmlLLSD.cs b/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/XmlLLSD.cs
index 75057109..6b2a4e9a 100644
--- a/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/XmlLLSD.cs
+++ b/OpenMetaverse/StructuredData/XmlLLSD.cs
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ namespace OpenMetaverse.StructuredData
             if (LastXmlErrors == String.Empty)
                 LastXmlErrors = error;
             else
-                LastXmlErrors += Helpers.NewLine + error;
+                LastXmlErrors += Environment.NewLine + error;
         }
     }
 }