| PS3: Glass half full or empty?
I don't believe titles like Haze or Metal Gear Solid 4 will shift that many more PS3s. But I do think Blu-ray's impact will begin to bite Microsoft. Few observers believe that HD-DVD will ever be anything more than the second placed finisher in a two horse race. And the growing library of Blu-ray titles, coupled with the PS3's capability to take on new features, makes the console an ever more practical choice as a next-gen disc player. Throw in the console's ability to connect to a PSP remotely - and remember sales forecasts for PSPs are positive - plus the growing media hub functionality, and PS3 may not be the lame duck some thought it was 12 months ago. Sony boss Howard Stringer believes PS3 is now "out of the woods". But let's not forget the R&D costs associated with the PlayStation 3 - Sony are many, many years away from recouping the costs of that development effort into the Cell processor and Blu-ray technology.
Editorial: Labor for LNG
All the Mailbag correspondents who lately have denounced the proposed liquid natural gas terminal at Bradwood Landing on the Columbia River might be interested in what organized labor has to say."The Oregon AFL-CIO is solidly in support of a proposed liquid natural gas terminal along the Columbia River near Astoria," the labor federation said in a press statement Wednesday, "The facility will create 450 construction jobs over three years, plus 65 permanent living-wage jobs, and generate $7.8 million a year in taxes for Clatsop County."The union already has an agreement that union contractors will build the terminal if it's allowed. Jobs for its members obviously are the group's main concern, but Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain also said of the project: "It will ... help secure a more stable energy future for Oregon."The labor federation makes two other important points to answer critics who worry about safety and the environment.On safety: "The natural gas will be held in two-foot-thick concrete double-wall storage tanks, and tankers will operate under strict regulations of the U.S.
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The trip not only highlights his country's growing influence on its Arab neighbor in the post-Saddam Hussein era, but it also serves as an act of defiance toward the U.S., which accuses Iran of training and giving weapons to Shiite extremists in Iraq.
US Military Kills al-Qaida Leader
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New Mexico News Brief, Monday, Feb. 18
Chandler also was the Clovis police chief for nine years. TIJERAS, N.M. - The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment on a proposal to designate a motorized road and trail system in the Sandia Ranger District. The agency said comments on the environmental assessment will be taken for 30 days. .
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