The international community must support stable regions, for example Puntland, and offer long-awaited development incentives in order to attract the attention of other Somali regions that see the benefits as counter-weight to joining extremists,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Started in 1987 as a way to bring national attention to Texas musicians like Schneider, South by Southwest is a now week-long event with performers from every continent arriving in Austin, trying to get the attention of booking agents,managers, publishers,record labels, radio presenters,critics and others in the music industry.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07