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Trouble with the chair: Clint mocked for RNC bit

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Clint Eastwood earned plenty of bad reviews for his latest performance: a bizarre, rambling endorsement of Mitt Romney.

"Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic," tweeted film critic Roger Ebert as Eastwood adlibbed Thursday night to an audience of millions ? and one empty chair ? on stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. "He didn't need to do this to himself. It's unworthy of him."

Eastwood carried on a kooky, long-winded conversation with an imaginary President Barack Obama, telling him that he failed to deliver on his promises, and it's time for Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, to take over.

"Mr. President, how do you handle promises that you have made when you were running for election, and how do you handle them? I mean, what do you say to people?" he said at one point to the empty chair.

Twitter was instantly ablaze with comments mocking the Oscar-winning director of "Unforgiven" and "Million Dollar Baby."

"Clint has now eclipsed the total word count of his last three films," tweeted film critic Richard Roeper during the speech, which was intended to last five minutes but went on for nearly 12.

Howard Kurtz, host of CNN's "Reliable Sources," said "Clint's empty chair act" was the "weirdest convention moment I have ever seen." Joe Scarborough, the conservative host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," declared that "a great night for Mitt Romney just got sidetracked by Clint Eastwood."

Minutes after Eastwood began his speech, someone created an (at)InvisibleObama account on Twitter. It has already amassed 30,000 followers and counting.

"I heard that Clint Eastwood was channeling me at the RNC," tweeted comic actor Bob Newhart, known for his one-sided conversation bits. "My lawyers and I are drafting our lawsuit."

The 82-year-old actor and director also talked about Oprah Winfrey, Obama's unfulfilled promise to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and lawyers. At one point, he referenced dismissing Obama and making a change.

"When somebody doesn't do the job, you gotta let 'em go," Eastwood said. The tough-guy actor of "Dirty Harry" fame then drew a finger across his throat.

The Obama campaign shot back afterward by tweeting a photo of the back of the president's chair, with Obama's head peeking over it, along with the line: "This seat's taken."

Eastwood, a fiscal conservative who takes left-leaning stands on social issues such as gay marriage and environmental protections, made waves with conservatives earlier this year when he starred in a Super Bowl spot for Chrysler, a company that benefited from government support. Eastwood, who endorsed Romney earlier this month at a campaign event in Sun Valley, Idaho, and once served as mayor of Carmel, Calif., defended his appearance in the commercial, noting it had nothing to do with his politics.

Inside the convention, the crowd cheered Eastwood's entrance and shouted his famed catchphrase, "Go ahead, make my day." But backstage, stern-faced Romney aides winced at times as Eastwood's remarks stretched on. After his speech, Romney's camp defended Eastwood.

"He's an American icon," Romney spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told CNN's Piers Morgan. "You can't look at him at through the same political lens that you would other politicians. He's Clint Eastwood."

There was seemingly more discussion Thursday night on Twitter about Eastwood's awkward performance than Romney's actual acceptance speech.

"Is this a segment for 'Mrs. Eastwood and Company'?" asked "Star Trek" actor Zachary Quinto on Twitter, referencing the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"-like E! reality series starring Eastwood's wife, Dina.

Several celebrities and comedians lightheartedly hypothesized on the micro-blogging site how Democrats could top the over-the-top routine at their own convention in Charlotte, N.C., next week.

"To restore balance to the universe, Obama must have Tommy Chong onstage at the DNC talking to a steak," joked Patton Oswalt.

Original "Star Trek" actor George Takei said he was "drafting a DNC speech to (an) imaginary Romney in an empty factory."

"Saturday Night Live" cast member Seth Myers had an entirely different idea: "(Vice President Joe) Biden has to go shirtless for DNC to top it."

For Hollywood veteran Eastwood, his chance to rebound likely comes Sept. 21 in more familiar territory. That's when his next film, the baseball drama "Trouble With the Curve," opens.

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Follow AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang.

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Associated Press writers Donna Cassata, Kasie Hunt, Steve Peoples and Philip Elliott in Tampa, Fla., and Leanne Italie in New York contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/trouble-chair-clint-mocked-rnc-bit-064853773.html

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SEC Proposes JOBS Act General Solicitation Rules

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On August 29, 2012, the SEC proposed rules to permit general solicitation and general advertising in securities offerings under Rule 506 of Regulation D and Rule 144A of the Securities Act, as required by the JOBS Act?...show full speedread

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On August 29, 2012, the SEC proposed rules to permit general solicitation and general advertising in securities offerings under Rule 506 of Regulation D and Rule 144A of the Securities Act, as required by the JOBS Act?(www.practicallaw.com/2-518-7869).

Rule 506

Under proposed rules, a new Rule 506(c) would be added, permitting general solicitation and general advertising to offer and sell securities if:

The issuer takes reasonable steps to verify that the purchasers are accredited investors?(www.practicallaw.com/0-382-3212).
All purchasers of the securities are accredited investors because:
- they fall within one of the categories of accredited investors under Rule 501; or
- the issuer reasonably believes that the purchasers fall within one of the categories of accredited investors at the time of sale.

Whether steps taken to verify accredited investor status are reasonable would be an objective determination, based on the particular facts and circumstances of each transaction. The SEC chose not to include in the rules uniform verification methods or a non-exhaustive list of methods on the theory that either would be impractical, inflexible and ineffective to apply to all situations.

Instead, the proposing release suggests several factors that may be considered, including the:

Type of purchaser and the type of accredited investor that the purchaser claims to be.
Amount and type of information that the issuer has about the purchaser.
Nature of the offering, including the manner of the solicitation and the terms of the offering.

The SEC suggested that factors should work together in increasing or mitigating verification steps. For example, a solicitation to registered broker-dealer purchasers would require fewer verification steps than a widely disseminated e-mail or social media solicitation with natural person purchasers. In the case of a widely disseminated solicitation accessible to the general public, the SEC does not believe that an issuer has taken reasonable verification steps if it required only that an investor check a box in a questionnaire or sign a form, absent other verifying information about the investor.

The SEC also viewed favorably suggestions by commentators relating to reliable third-party verification services and requiring a high minimum investment amount in a Rule 506(c) offering as examples of good verification steps. In any event, it would be important to retain adequate records that document the verification steps taken.

If an investor in a 506(c) offering does not actually qualify as an accredited investor, the issuer would not lose the ability to rely on the 506(c) exemption for that offering if the issuer took the reasonable verification steps and reasonably believed that investor was an accredited investor.

As now proposed, the rules would preserve the existing Rule 506 as a separate exemption so that companies conducting 506 offerings without the use of general solicitation and general advertising would be exempt from the new verification rule. The proposing release confirms that the reasonable belief standard for accredited investor status in Rule 501(a) remains unchanged by the JOBS Act.

The proposal does not amend the Section 4(a)(2) exemption.

Form D

Form D?(www.practicallaw.com/2-382-3490) would be revised to add a separate field or check box requiring issuers to indicate whether they are claiming an exemption under Rule 506(c).

Rule 144A

Rule 144A would be revised to permit securities to be offered under Rule 144A to persons other than qualified institutional buyers?(www.practicallaw.com/1-382-3730) (QIBs), including with the use of general solicitation or general advertising, if those securities are actually sold only to investors which the seller and any person acting on behalf of the seller reasonably believe is a QIB.

Regulation S

The proposing release indicates that global securities offerings with a Rule 144A or Rule 506 component in the US and a concurrent offshore offering conducted in compliance with Regulation S?(www.practicallaw.com/3-382-3748) will not be integrated.

Public Comments

The SEC is accepting public comments on the proposed rules until 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

For more on the JOBS Act , see Road Map to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012?(www.practicallaw.com/6-518-6858).

Source: http://us.practicallaw.com/5-520-9488?source=rss

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McCaskill Veterans' Event Irks Legionaires

ST. JOSEPH, Mo.?A routine campaign stop by Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill at an American Legion Hall on Wednesday ultimately irked veterans and forced the McCaskill campaign to apologize after officials from the nonpartisan legion said they did not know beforehand that the event would be political.

In one of two public events yesterday, McCaskill appeared at American Legion?Pony Express?Post 359 here with Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., who grew up in the city, to tout her efforts to reduce contracting waste in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hall Coordinator Janet Traylor and other legion officials said they granted McCaskill?s campaign free use of the facility because they were under the impression that the event would be a nonpolitical discussion of veterans? benefits, similar to one McCaskill, with aides from her Senate office in tow, held there in 2010. Legion officials? personal political preferences varied, but none called themselves McCaskill supporters or Democrats.

Before McCaskill?s remarks Wednesday, Post Commander Bernie Swartz, and District Post Commander Jerome Goolsby left the room, and Swartz said he scraped a plan to lead attendees in the pledge of allegiance.

Traylor, Goolsby, Swartz, and other legion officials said they were surprised and dismayed when they realized they were hosting a McCaskill campaign event. The American Legion is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization, and officials said they are prohibited from appearing at political events in legion attire or from allowing legion identification to appear in pictures or video or the event.

?When they slapped that [campaign] sign on, we scattered like roaches to clean everything up,? Traylor said. ?We feel we were misled.?I don?t appreciate as a hall coordinator being put in that position,? she said.

Legion officials said had they known it was a political event, they would have required the campaign to pay to use the hall.

The backlash was immensely awkward for the campaign because it threatened to undermine McCaskill?s effort to use the appearance to highlight her support for, and from, veterans. McCaskill last week traveled Missouri in what her campaign dubbed a ?Vets for Claire? tour.

Webb, a former Marine, decorated Vietnam veteran and onetime Navy secretary, said during his remarks that he felt awkward talking politics in an American Legion post.

Traylor said that McCaskil's campaign outreach director, Justin Vail, who set up the event, left her with the impression the event would be nonpartisan when they arranged it.

McCaskill aides declined to discuss conversations with legion officials on the record, but attributed the snafu to a communication failure, not false information. An e-mail that Vail sent to Goolsby on Tuesday evening clearly described the event as organized by McCaskill?s campaign.

?We?re incredibly sorry that any miscommunication might have occurred,? said Erik Dorey, a campaign spokesman. ?Claire takes her relationship with Missouri's veterans very seriously, and we would never do anything to put veterans' service organizations in an uncomfortable position.??

Vail also personally apologized to legion officials on Wednesday after learning of their concerns; the apology seemed to partly mollify the officials.

?Senators need to know they can come here, but there are correct policies and practices that they need to follow so we can be a proper host for them,? Goolsby said. ?So either they didn?t know it or they didn?t consider it, and we?re not happy about that, but they apologized for it, and it?s fine.?

Another legion official, Ron Rice, who helped arrange the event, downplayed the matter after speaking to Vail. ?It was just was just a simple misunderstanding, and we?re not irritated at all and we?re not upset at all,? he said. ?We just can?t endorse any political party.?

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mccaskill-veterans-event-irks-legionaires-132505595--politics.html

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Hurricane Isaac: New Orleans braces for test of its storm preparations (+video)

With maximum winds from Hurricane Isaac expected to be 80 miles an hour, the storm's main threat is posed by water. The new New Orleans surge barrier has been closed for the first time.

By Pete Spotts,?Staff writer / August 28, 2012

Jefferson Parish employees Jeremy Carter, left and Gerald Brown, right, secure a US Flood Control Tiger Dam in an effort to keep flood waters at bay as Hurricane Isaac reaches southern Louisiana.

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Tropical storm Isaac reached hurricane status early Tuesday afternoon as it bore down on a shuttered southeastern Louisiana.

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And while the storm is expected to make landfall Thursday night with maximum sustained winds of about 80 miles an hour, the storm's biggest threat is posed by water ? from the storm surge initially, along the coast, and flooding inland.

For the first time since it was built following hurricane Katrina in 2005, a $1.1-billion surge barrier has been closed to help protect New Orleans from surge-related flooding. The barrier, some 26 feet high and 1.8 miles long, is designed to prevent a storm surge from rolling up a shipping canal the US Army Corps of Engineers built at the behest of Congress to cut the amount of time it takes for ships to travel between New Orleans and the Gulf.

The canal served as a conduit funneling Katrina's storm surge into a large lagoon dubbed Lake Borgne and on into Lake Ponchartrain.

In addition, following Katrina, the Corps of Engineers was given the job of repairing and upgrading the system of pumps that draw storm water out of New Orleans, just under half of which is below sea level. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu pronounced all of them ready for operation during Isaac's downpours.

Several parishes have ordered mandatory evacuations for communities on the coast. Isaac's category 1 rating, however, is too low to trigger mandatory evacuations for New Orleans. Even so, at a press briefing Tuesday, Mayor Landrieu strongly encouraged people who live in Orleans Parish outside the city's levee system to evacuate.

Meanwhile, in Washington, President Obama declared states of emergency for Louisiana and Mississippi, setting the stage for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate relief efforts and provide other forms of assistance to stricken areas.

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Online Plus Size Clothing For Women: Convenient or Not? | Jackie's ...

As a plus size woman myself, I always find it challenging to shop for clothes in plus sizes. Why? Let me fill you in about it!

It always seem like the variety is poor, the material is stretchy but not the most appealing, the fashion seems for appropriate for older women than younger ones and the right size is often not available.

Does it mean that online shopping may be easier to do then shopping in local stores? Here are a few things to consider before choosing what is the best way for you to shop and find what you really want to wear?for all types of occasions.

Disadvantages of shopping in person

Here are the kinds of disadvantages that I have noticed about shopping in local stores.

1. The quantity of stores offering an inventory of plus size clothing for women is often limited and they are usually located far apart.

2. When a department store is offering a plus size clothing section, the sizes that are usually available do not have a lot of depth and the amount of clothes in each size is quite limited.

3. When you are shopping in a store that offers a plus size section amongst regular size clothing, you often feel embarrassed to browse in that section.

4. Because of the limited depth in the sizing chart of stores offering plus size apparel, you often end up spending a lot of time trying different items before either finding what you want or settling for something else that may not be fitting as nicely or be as comfortable as desired.

5. The fashion offered in plus sizes often seem fit for older women and ignore younger tastes and designers? names are limited.

6. I often came to the negative conclusion that plus size clothing for women is usually more expensive than regular sizes.

7. The inventory and selections are often very limited, especially in a store offering only a section of plus size apparel compared to a boutique specializing in plus sizes.

8. The type of material use for plus size clothing for women is usually similar or identical to the material used in maternity clothes which is not always flattering or displaying high quality.

Advantages of shopping in person

Here are the kinds of advantages that someone can benefit from when shopping a local stores.

1. What you see is what you get!

2. You can try the clothes on before purchasing them.

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4. You can choose a variety of types of payment.

5. You can get some advice either from a friend or a salesperson.

6. There are no extra charges for delivery.

Disadvantages of shopping online

Here are the kinds of disadvantages of shopping online.

1. What you see on a photographed model or in a picture may not look the same on you or when you receive it.

2. You better know your size as you are unable to try it on before purchasing it.

3. You have to wait for your plus size apparel to be delivered to wear it.

4. You only have one option concerning the type of payment?credit cards.

5. Advice may not be easy to give or receive as you are not trying on the outfit to make a decision about it.

6. Shipping and / or delivery represent extra costs on top of the price of the plus size clothing item purchased.

Advantages of shopping online

Here are the kinds of advantages of shopping online.

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2. When an online department store is offering a plus size clothing section, the sizes that are usually available have a lot of depth and the amount of clothes in each size is higher as well.

3. When you are shopping online that offers a plus size section amongst regular size clothing, you don?t feel embarrassed to browse in that section as nobody is staring at you.

4. Because of the sizing chart offered by online stores selling plus size apparel, you are able to either browse in your size if you know your measurements or use their measurement tips to enable you to take your own. This way, you can be sure that your clothes with fit you properly and that you will feel comfortable wearing them as well.

5. The fashion offered in plus sizes are made available in models that will satisfy women of any age range. Also, you can find a great variety of designers? names as well.

6. No matter what size you may be looking for, sales and good prices are also part of the deal when shopping online.

7. The inventory and selections offered are excellent despite the fact if it is a store that offers a plus size section or if it is one specialized in plus size clothing for women.

8. The type of material use for plus size clothing for women is usually of higher quality which will look more flattering and pleasing to both the eye and the touch.

Now that you have read the advantages and disadvantages of both shopping in local stores and online, you can make a decision more easily as you are now aware of quite a few aspects of shopping for online plus size clothing for women. Now what will be your answer to the question: ?Convenient or not??

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U.S. soldier accused of leading militia plot was suspect in wife's death

(Reuters) - The U.S. Army private accused of being the ringleader of an anti-government militia in Georgia was a suspect in the death of his wife months before prosecutors say he and three fellow soldiers murdered two people to keep their clandestine group secret, authorities said.

Isaac Aguigui funded the anarchist militia FEAR, or Forever Enduring Always Ready, with up to $500,000 in life insurance benefits he collected after his wife's death in July 2011, prosecutors said.

Aguigui and three other soldiers stationed at Fort Stewart in southeastern Georgia near Savannah have since been charged with murder and other offenses stemming from the December 5, 2011, shooting deaths of a former soldier and his teenage girlfriend.

Aguigui, 19, and two others were scheduled to appear in court in Long County, Georgia, for a hearing on Thursday. A third co-defendant reached a plea deal with prosecutors on Monday.

The accused militia members had plotted to assassinate President Barack Obama and to attack their Army base and a dam in Aguigui's home state of Washington, Assistant County District Attorney Isabel Pauley said during those proceedings.

They also discussed poisoning the apple crop in Washington state and had purchased $87,000 worth of weapons to carry out their planned attacks, she said.

Prosecutors said the group crossed the line from conspiracy to actual violence when they killed Michael Roark, 19, and Tiffany York, 17, whose bodies were found in a wooded area near the base, in a bid to keep them from exposing the militia.

One of the four accused killers, Private First-Class Michael Burnett, pleaded guilty on Monday to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter and agreed to testify against his three co-defendants.

As part of the plea deal, he would be spared the death penalty so long as he cooperates.

WIFE'S SUSPICIOUS DEATH

Months before the two slayings in December, military authorities were investigating Aguigui's role in the death of his wife, also a soldier at Fort Stewart, according to Sergeant John Kruse of the police department in Wenatchee, near Aguigui's northwest Washington hometown of Cashmere.

Kruse told Reuters on Wednesday he inquired about Aguigui with the Army Criminal Investigation Command when a member of Aguigui's family approached the police sergeant with concerns she had about her relative. At the time, Kruse said, Aguigui was on leave from the Army and visiting his old neighborhood.

In addition to confirming the relative's claims that Aguigui was under investigation in connection with the suspicious death of his wife, Kruse said he also confirmed with a local gun merchant that Aguigui had recently purchased 15 firearms, several of them semiautomatic rifles.

Kruse said he informed the FBI about his findings and that Aguigui was interviewed by FBI agents before he returned to Fort Stewart.

Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesman Chris Grey said the agency has an ongoing investigation against Aguigui but declined to comment further. The FBI declined comment.

Pauley, the Long County prosecutor, also has said the death of Aguigui's wife, Deirdre Wetzker Aguigui, was regarded as suspicious. None of the authorities Reuters contacted revealed any of the circumstances known about her death.

She was 24 years old and five months pregnant when she died in July 2011, said her father, Alma Wetzker, reached by telephone at his home in Minnesota. He declined to speculate about his daughter's death while it was under investigation.

He said the couple met at the U.S. Military Preparatory Academy in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

"Isaac is a natural leader and he has tremendous capacity to do whatever he wants to accomplish," Wetzker said, adding that his daughter "never would have gone along with what they're accusing Isaac of."

His late daughter was an Arab-language linguist for the Army who had served in Iraq and was promoted to the rank of sergeant shortly before her death, he said.

(Reporting by Jonathan Kaminsky in Olympia, Washington, and David Beasley in Atlanta; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-soldier-accused-leading-militia-plot-suspect-wifes-044319322.html

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"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you." -Tyrion Lannister, A Song of Ice and Fire

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Epicenter ? Blog Archive ? Challenges as Opportunities

Jeremy Fiance,?co-founder of the UC Berkeley chapter of The Kairos Society, believes that?global challenges are entrepreneurs? greatest opportunities.?

Jeremy Fiance pitches a company called MasterMind on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Jeremy Fiance
University of California-Berkeley
Class of 2014
Majors: Business, Economics and Computer Science Interdisciplinary Study

I was always entrepreneurial, but I just didn?t realize it until I reached college. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to gain exposure to the startup realm. In my first semester, I was a finalist in a UC Berkeley entrepreneurship competition judged by a notable panel of business leaders for my EdTech concept LectConnect. This competition made me realize I could turn my business ideas into realities and inspired me explore more entrepreneurial opportunities.

Since then, I?ve worked with two startups, a non-profit, an angel investment group, and I?m in the process of working with professors, alumni, students, and campus centers to create a unique incubator/accelerator program. I?m a rising junior studying business and interdisciplinary topics with a focus on the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in economic growth. It frustrates me that too many great ideas die. Too many talented individuals take the safe route when they have the capacity to change the world. I hope to help spark the start of a cultural shift at UC Berkeley and beyond.

Toward the end of my freshman year, I was asked by a student entrepreneur from USC, ?What if the future international leaders of tomorrow were friends in their youth?? Together they could tackle some of the world?s most pressing global challenges. This is the mission of The Kairos Society. At its core, The Kairos Society is about building cross-cultural, meaningful relationships and working with today?s leaders to discuss and come up with venture solutions in areas such as education, healthcare and clean energy. We believe that these global challenges are entrepreneurs? greatest opportunities. Kairos fellows are using entrepreneurship and innovations as tools to tackle such problems. With Kairos Society, there are no barriers.

I co-founded the UC Berkeley chapter of The Kairos Society last year and am currently running the Bay Area region. My co-founders and I brought together a core group of talented students from all ends of campus and fields of study to create a unique forum for global thinking. Many of these students are already changing the world in diverse areas with venture solutions. Through Kairos, I have connected some of Berkeley?s brightest to create a unique local group that links to a community of over 1,200 fellows across over 20 countries. We have brought in some of the world?s brightest thought leaders, and we are implementing unique programs collaborating with some of the most influential global corporations on disruptive open innovation platforms. I?m not saying we are solving world peace, but it?s something to strive for, and it starts with bringing together the leaders of tomorrow to start developing a better an understanding of the world we live in and how we can create a brighter future.

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Sony unveils an alphabet soup of Android phones at IFA

At IFA in Berlin, Sony shows off new Xperia T, Xperia V, and Xperia J smart phones.

By Kenneth Butler,?LAPTOP Mag / August 29, 2012

Sony chief Kazuo Hirai introduces the new Xperia lineup.

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Sony's on a roll at the IFA 2012 tech conference in Berlin today. In addition to a?new Android 4.0 tablet?with a Surface-style keyboard dock, the company also showcased three new Xperia Android smartphones.

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Not much about the three devices was discussed during Sony's presentation, but the company was sure to mention that the Xperia T will have a 4.6-inch HD screen. The Sony rep also dished on the phone's 13-megapixel camera which has the added punch of capturing 1080p HD video. The last feature teased was the T's "sleep to snap" camera shutter feature, which helps take pictures faster even if the phone is in rest mode.?

After the event, the company launched ?product pages that divulged more specifics about each device. In addition to that 1080p back-facing camera, the Xperia T will also sport a 720HD front-facing camera, which is sure to give video calls a much needed bump in visual quality.

The slightly smaller Xperia V packs a 4.3-inch display and the same back-facing camera as its larger sibling, the Xperia T. Sony bills this device as "the ultimate LTE smartphone experience", so expect to the phone to land on AT&T or Verizon networks when it comes to the United States.?

Bringing up the rear in features and size is the 4-inch Xperia J. Because of its 5-MP camera and slim 9.2mm design, we expect this device to be a budget-minded offering in Sony's lineup.?

On the software side of things, Sony says the Xperia T and V will initially ship with Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich, but that the phones will also be upgraded to Jelly Bean sometime following launch. ?Sony reps also used the Xperia T to promote new NFC tools that will be included in its upcoming devices. The first was a bump-to-share feature similar to Samsung's Galaxy S Beam tool. Xperia owners can take their phone and bump it with another Sony products to launch actions such as sharing video to a television or sending music to an audio system.?

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Japan opposition to slap PM with censure motion

Japan's opposition was set Wednesday to file a censure motion against Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda that threatens to stall parliament and bolster calls for snap elections.

The non-binding motion, expected to pass the opposition-controlled upper house, amounts to a slap on the wrist for the premier and is seen as highly embarrassing.

It heaps more pressure on his government ahead of a general election expected to be called in early November.

It would also effectively end the parliamentary session, killing a government debt financing bill and forcing a downward budget adjustment.

Public support ratings for Noda's cabinet were down to 30 percent in recent surveys and the opposition have demanded that he call general elections as they move to oust his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from power.

This month Noda was forced to promise the leading opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) that he would call elections in return for their support for a bill that would double Japan's sales tax to 10 percent by 2015 -- seen as key to chopping the country's massive public debt.

The legislation, which at the same time makes provision to revamp Japan's precarious social security system, has been the main focus of Noda's premiership.

Its passage was a rare tangible achievement in the revolving-door world of Japanese leaders that has seen six prime ministers in as many years, but could cost Noda, who has only been in office for 11 months, his job.

Observers say the ruling DPJ is likely to suffer at the hands of voters disappointed by their lacklustre three years in office, after five decades of almost unbroken LDP rule.

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Amnesty urges Balkans to probe war disappearances

FILE - This is July 9, 2001 file photo of a mass grave which used to contain bodies of Kosovo Albanians at a police compound in Belgrade suburb of Batajnica, Serbia. The banner in front of the hole reads ``Stop Police.'' Amnesty International and regional Balkan human rights organizations, on Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012 urged the Balkan states to investigate the fate of some 14,000 people still missing from the region's conflicts and for those responsible for their disappearance to be punished. The groups charged ahead of the International Day of the Disappeared on Thursday that the Balkan governments lack political will to deal with the problem more than two decades after the wars started. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Relatives searching for the missing from the Balkan conflicts, from left: Ljiljana Alvir, Seida Karabasic, Olgica Bozanic attend a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Amnesty International and regional Balkan human rights organizations, on Wednesday urged the Balkan states to investigate the fate of some 14,000 people still missing from the region's conflicts and for those responsible for their disappearance to be punished. The groups charged ahead of the International Day of the Disappeared on Thursday that the Balkan governments lack political will to deal with the problem more than two decades after the wars started. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Ljiljana Alvir is convinced Serbian authorities know how her brother died during the war in Croatia, and where his remains are. She just doubts they want to tell her.

"Serbian institutions have the information where he was killed, and where his bones lie," but they are hiding the truth, she said at a press conference Wednesday to mark the International Day of the Disappeared. "Everyone deserves to find where the bones of their loved ones lie."

Alvir, a Croat from Vukovar ? who lost both her fianc? and brother during the Serb conquest of the city in 1991 ? is one of the many people across the Balkans that Amnesty International says are still searching for news on the whereabouts of the some 14,000 people still missing since the end of the Balkan conflicts in 1990s.

Amnesty says most of the missing ? more than 10,000 ? are linked to the 1992-95 conflict in Bosnia, about 2,400 disappeared during the 1991-95 war in Croatia, and another 1,800 during the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo.

The wars erupted when the former Yugoslavia broke up and its former republics and ethnic groups turned against each other. Croatia's decision in 1991 to declare independence triggered a war with the Serb-led Yugoslav army which overran the eastern parts of the country, including Vukovar. The town fell in November 1991, after months of siege and heavy battle reduced it to rubble. Hundreds of people were killed by Serb troops when they took control and thousands more disappeared, including Alvir's brother.

Amnesty and regional human rights organizations on Wednesday urged the states that emerged after the breakup ? Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo ? to investigate the fate of the disappeared. The states have all repeatedly pledged to resolve their fate, and thousands of people have since been unearthed from mass graves and identified.

Amnesty also called for those responsible to be punished, and charged that Balkan governments lack the political will to prosecute those responsible more than two decades after the wars started.

Jezerca Tigani, Amnesty's Europe and Central Asia deputy program director, said Wednesday that the lack of an investigation and prosecutions remains a serious concern. "The major obstacle is ... a persistent lack of political will in the countries in the region," he said.

Critics insist that the governments have been deliberately concealing full truth to avoid responsibility. The families of the missing on Wednesday urged the European Union to condition any progress in the accession process of the Balkan states with the question of the missing.

Tigani said their fate and whereabouts is "a daily source of pain for relatives" still waiting to learn. "People living in the Balkans have not closed the chapter of enforced disappearances ... For the families of the disappeared; having the body returned for burial is the first step towards achieving justice."

Saida Karabasic, whose father was killed by Bosnian Serb troops in the western town of Prijedor, said that those who have the power to resolve the fate of the missing and are not doing it "are accomplices in the crime."

"We do not see an end to our agony," she said.

The International Day of the Disappeared commemorates those worldwide who have gone missing in armed conflicts or other situations of violence, and remembers the plight of their families.

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Amer Cohadzic in Bosnia contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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