But the start-ups remain counter-balanced by less business oriented parts of the festival.

CNN: The changing culture of SXSW Interactive

The Northern Ireland Assembly was set up in 1998 as a power-sharing body that balanced the interests of unionists (who want to remain attached to Britain) and nationalists (who want a united Ireland).

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All of these issues present a number of critical challenges that will remain well beyond 2012 and whose solution requires a comprehensive, balanced and phased approach which takes into account aspects related to technology, financing and investment as well as policy and institutions.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples

The new results are the first from an ongoing study intended to assess mental health in a representative population sample, balanced for demographics and including people who returned home and those who remain dispersed around the country.

NPR: Mental Issues Surge, Suicide Rates Flat Post-Katrina

So the Yankees remain a team that draws walks and hits home runs, but the aggressive, speedy element that has balanced that attack in recent years is missing.

WSJ: The Yankees Shalt Not Steal

And like I said, we remain hopeful that we can achieve something significant here, something the American people clearly support, which is a balanced package to reduce the deficit significantly.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

"Although risks remain, the global economy is having its strongest sustained expansion in more than 30 years and is becoming more balanced, " the central bank presidents and finance ministers said in a joint statement.

BBC: NEWS | Business | G7 ministers confident on growth