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This Fourth Revised Edition of Computer Organization and Design includes a complete set of updated and new exercises, along with improvements and changes suggested by instructors and students. Focusing on the revolutionary change taking place in industry today?the switch from uniprocessor to multicore microprocessors?this classic textbook has a modern and up-to-date focus on parallelism in all its forms. Examples highlighting multicore and GPU processor designs are supported with performance and benchmarking data. As with previous editions, a MIPS processor is the core used to present the fundamentals of hardware technologies, assembly language, computer arithmetic, pipelining, memory hierarchies and I/O. Sections on the ARM and x86 architectures are also included.

• The companion CD provides a toolkit of simulators and compilers along with tutorials for using them, as well as advanced content for further study and a search utility for finding content on the CD and in the printed text. For the convenience of readers who have purchased an ebook edition or who may have misplaced the CD-ROM, all CD content is available as a download at bit.ly/nFXcLq
• This Revised Fourth Edition of Computer Organization and Design has been updated with new exercises and improvements throughout suggested by instructors teaching from the book
• Covers the revolutionary change from sequential to parallel computing, with a chapter on parallelism and sections in every chapter highlighting parallel hardware and software topics
• Includes an appendix by the Chief Scientist and the Director of Architecture of NVIDIA covering the emergence and importance of the modern GPU, describing in detail for the first time the highly parallel, highly multithreaded multiprocessor optimized for visual computing

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Computer Abstractions and Technology
Chapter 2. Instructions: Language of the Computer
Chapter 3. Arithmetic for Computers
Chapter 4. The Processor
Chapter 5. Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy
Chapter 6. Storage and Other I/O Topics
Chapter 7. Multicores, Multiprocessors, and Clusters

Book Details

• Paperback: 914 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 4th Edition (October 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0123747503
• ISBN-13: 978-0123747501

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Wis.-based Oshkosh to lay off 900 this summer

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) -- Defense contractor Oshkosh Corp. plans to lay off 900 people this summer as military vehicle orders decline.

The Oshkosh-based company says it will begin laying off 700 hourly employees in mid-June, with 200 salaried employees to be laid off by the end of July.

Company leaders say production is declining as the military continues to wind down from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Oshkosh executive vice president and president of defense John Urias says while other business segments of Oshkosh and many U.S. companies were enduring layoffs during the recession, Oshkosh Defense was hiring employees. But Urias says circumstances have now changed.

WLUK-TV (http://bit.ly/10Gbt7O ) reports that Oshkosh Defense said it was able to save about 165 jobs by keeping in-house work that traditionally had been done externally.

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Relationships .. The Lost Cause? | An amazing culture scene is ...

Oh how it feels good to be back. I?ve been gone from the blog scene due to various obligations such as The United States Army & trying not to fuck someone up around here for their racist antics, but like usual, they can?t hold me down lol. But since I?m on the brink of my getting out of the uniform service, I figured I should give you guys something new til I return to full form after my full discharge.

Now I would?ve made this Rants & Raves VII but I figured that you guys deserved my A++ game when I post one of those, So I?ll hold off til I get ample time to sit and think and put it together in a more tasteful manner. But there?s one thing that bothers me now a days, & that?s the value of a relationship. Too many times I?ve heard recently ?It?s ok .. It doesn?t mean anything if you?re not married?. Now this is the part where I get confused. You mean to tell me it?s ok to go out and lie & cheat on someone you?re dating just because you guys aren?t married. Now that is something that I can?t wrap my finger or my mind around because I thought the whole reason for being in a relationship and dating someone was for the purpose of potentially marrying them.

Now I understand in the beginning when you?re getting to know them and you aren?t too sure if you guys are going to make it to the next day because you?re walking around on egg shells essentially because you guys are in the getting to know phase. But after you make that conscience decision to say ?hey, I think this person might be worth it in the long run?, You should not have a feeling of wanting to cheat while you?re with that person. You slowly but surely let loose of all those loose ends that weren?t really relationship potential because if they were .. You?d be dating them right now rather than the person you?re with at the current moment, then you engage in being fully invested in getting to know them.

But as I stated before more than one person has pointed out to me that if you aren?t married to that person, then you aren?t obligated to be faithful. I find that a shame because to me, the foundation of your marriage comes from a strong friendship and a partnership that is developed over time after being with that individual. You shouldn?t want to cheat and lie to that person anyways, because to me if you do, then you don?t belong together anyways. If things get hard and you want to run away, then you don?t belong together with that person. If you can?t openly express yourself to that person and they at least try to understand where you come from, then you don?t belong with that person.

At some point you give up certain things you use to do when you were single so that you can? build a better relationship with that other person. I wrote a blog almost three years ago about things that you should give up when you?re working on a relationship with someone. just some basic things that you should want to do when you get with someone you could potentially see yourself with in the future.Here?s that list to jog? your memory?

1. Stop conversing with people you talked to, dated, fucked, or even looked at with interest.?[Face it, what good can come from this, like really, what could possibly come out of a person that you use to mess around with. Friends or no friends, whether they're cool or they're not. The person you're in a relationship with will always have a problem with them as long as they're around. Just stop it for Pete's sake!]

2. Clubbing, Drinking, & anything else.?[You should come to the realization that none of these things apply to you anymore. Like ok seriously, what's the point of going out to the club with your friends. That's only going to cause more awkward tension when you go back and say, "oo well I was with my friends at the club a little buzzed & I danced with this one guy like three times, blah blah blah." give it a rest. If you're really serious about your significant other. Then you know it's time to hang the club attire up]

3. Texting & Phone Calls?[This goes along the lines of number one. Like seriously, anybody that calls or texts you after 11:30 talking about "What's up?" needs to be put in their places immediately. Like what in the blue hell do you think someone wants at that time of the night, everybody is already in a club somewhere, so they're not calling about that. & they're definitely not calling to talk about homework. Come to your senses, they're not good for the health of your relationship]

4. The Meetings?[There will be a serious of meetings of friends of the person you're involved with. Just try to be studious and do all the things that you did when you met and attracted the person that you talked to, cause nine times out of ten, the person you talk to, their friends are just like them in some kind of way, so they would probably be the same person a sense.]

5. Break bad habits?[oo geez, this a relationship killer. If you don't know how to move past the bad things that held you back from previous relationships progressing, then you're basically screwed. Cause how can you move forward if you're doing the same thing from the past?]

Now as I re-read that list & thought if any of it made sense to my 26 year old self, because I wrote it when I was 23, and the only thing I can debate about is #2 because I found out different levels of clubbing, you can go to kick backs and nice bars, but other than that, if you?re over the age of 24, then you shouldn?t be face down and ass up in the middle of any club and expect someone to take you serious.

I find it odd how people can say, it?s ok because you?re not married. That just an gate way conversation for when you get up there in some years of marriage and the other person decides to tell you that they just sucked 12 dicks and kissed you on the mouth or ate whole bunch of ass and decided to tongue your throat down. We as a society need to do better when it comes to relationships, because too many failed relationships these days involve kids and if you take the time to work on your problems now, then maybe later you won?t have anything to work out besides what restaurants to eat or where to retire.

But hey, this is strictly my opinion, if you feel different, feel free to share. Because I know some dumb ass is going to try and dispute this just because they want to be difficult lol
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This was a post on the whim so if there are a lot of grammatical errors, keep it to yourself, no one gives a shit lol& like always visit my homie Tiff?s blog over at?http://dolcezzasweet.blogspot.com/?.. it?s some pretty dope stuff over there, until next time!! >Posted?by?Devy Dev

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Kenya inaugurates Uhuru Kenyatta as president

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ? Tens of thousands of Kenyans and about a dozen African leaders on Tuesday packed a sports stadium to watch the inauguration of Kenya's fourth president, Uhuru Kenyatta.

Kenyatta, 51, the son of Kenya's first president, becomes the second sitting African president to face charges at the International Criminal Court over allegations he helped orchestrate the vicious tribe-on-tribe violence that marred Kenya's 2007 presidential election.

Before the March 4 vote, the top U.S. official for Africa warned of "consequences" if Kenyatta was voted into office. European countries offered similar warnings. But the U.S. ambassador and European ambassadors were in attendance at Tuesday's ceremony, and analysts say they doubt the warnings of consequences will amount to very much.

Kenya is the lynchpin economy for East Africa's economy and the West's most vital security partner. Kenyan troops are helping battle al-Shabab militants inside Somalia, and Kenya hosts a U.S. military base near the Somali border.

Kenyatta ? the son of Jomo Kenyatta ? won the country's March 4 election victory with 50.07 percent of the vote. That win was challenged by outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga and civil society groups that complained of myriad anomalies in the voting process, but the Supreme Court upheld Kenyatta's win.

That court process, as well as requests by Odinga for peace, helped Kenya avoid the bloody deaths the country saw for two months in late 2007 and early 2008, when more than 1,000 people died in postelection violence.

Kenyatta has insisted he is innocent on allegations he helped orchestrate the violence and has pledged to cooperate with the ICC. His trial is scheduled to begin in July.

Kenyatta's deputy, William Ruto, faces similar charges at the ICC. His trial is set to begin in May.

Even as thousands cheered the dignitaries arriving at the Nairobi sports stadium, some in the crowd had Kenya's past violence on their mind.

"Kenyatta should put reconciliation as his priority. He must make sure we come as one nation," said Ndungu Kariuki, a 35-year-old engineer who was at the ceremony. "The charges against Uhuru are framed I was affected by the postelection violence and I know what happened. Kenyatta will be free."

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks ended modestly higher Monday, shrugging off an early decline, as investors waited to see whether big U.S. companies would deliver on expectations of strong earnings in 2013.

Alcoa became the first major U.S. company to report earnings late Monday, and the results were mostly good. Aluminum maker's income was higher than analysts were expecting, but its revenue fell slightly short of expectations. Later this week the pace picks up with reports from Bed Bath & Beyond, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase.

A big factor driving the Standard & Poor's 500 up 9.6 percent this year has been optimism that it will be a good year for company profits. While the expectations for the first quarter are relatively modest, many investors are expecting to see more of a pickup in earnings later in the year.

"We need to see some earnings growth here to justify the big gains we've seen in the first quarter," said Ryan Detrick, a senior technical analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research.

Earnings for companies in the S&P 500 index are expected to rise by 0.7 percent from the first quarter of last year, but that growth is expected to accelerate sharply to 13 percent in the final three-month period of the year, according to data from S&P Capital IQ.

On Monday the Dow Jones industrial average rose 48.23 points, or 0.3 percent, to close at 14,613.48. The index started the day lower and fell as much as 67 points during morning trading. Alcoa's gain of 1.8 percent was one of the biggest in the Dow. It rose 15 cents to $8.39. The stock was off seven cents in after-hours trading.

The S&P 500 index closed up 9.79 points, or 0.6 percent, at 1,563.07.

The Dow and S&P have struggled for direction over the past three weeks. The S&P 500 has alternated between gains and losses every day as investors take advantage of any weakness to add to their holdings.

Telecommunications stocks fell 0.5 percent and health care stocks inched up just 0.2 percent, lagging the rest of the market. The two industry groups have performed well this year as investors sought out less risky stocks that pay good dividends. Health care companies are up almost 16 percent, making them the best performers in the S&P 500.

Lufkin Industries, an oilfield equipment maker, surged $24.03, or 38 percent, to $87.96 after General Electric Co. agreed to buy the company for $3 billion. GE wants to bolster its oil and gas operations. Its stock rose 19 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $23.12.

Johnson & Johnson logged the biggest percentage decline on the 30-member Dow Jones industrial average, dropping 93 cents to $81.11. Analysts at JPMorgan cut their rating on the stock to "neutral," saying it has risen too far, too fast. Johnson & Johnson is up 16 percent this year.

Stocks fell Friday after the government reported a slowdown in hiring that was far worse than economists had expected. The report capped a bad week: The S&P 500 logged its biggest weekly decline of the year as signs emerged that U.S. growth is starting to cool.

In other trading, the Nasdaq composite index rose 18.39 points, or 0.6 percent, to 3,222.25.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 1.75 percent from 1.71 percent late Friday. It went as 1.69 percent Friday, its lowest level of the year. The benchmark rate has fallen from a recent high of 2.06 percent reached March 11 as demand for low-risk assets increases.

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Do cells in the blood, heart and lungs smell the food we eat?

Apr. 7, 2013 ? In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life than previously believed, scientists have found that heart, blood, lung and other cells in the body have the same receptors for sensing odors that exist in the nose. It opens the door to questions about whether the heart, for instance, "smells" that fresh-brewed cup of coffee or cinnamon bun, according to the research leader, who spoke in New Orleans on April 7 at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.

Peter Schieberle, Ph.D., an international authority on food chemistry and technology, explained that scientists thought that the nose had a monopoly on olfactory receptors. Located on special cells in the mucus-covered olfactory epithelium in the back of the nose, olfactory receptors are docking ports for the airborne chemical compounds responsible for the smell of food and other substances. Those molecules connect with the receptors, triggering a chain of biochemical events that register in the brain as specific odors. But discovery of olfactory receptors on other, non-olfactory cells came as a surprise.

"Our team recently discovered that blood cells -- not only cells in the nose -- have odorant receptors," said Schieberle. "In the nose, these so-called receptors sense substances called odorants and translate them into an aroma that we interpret as pleasing or not pleasing in the brain. But surprisingly, there is growing evidence that also the heart, the lungs and many other non-olfactory organs have these receptors. And once a food is eaten, its components move from the stomach into the bloodstream. But does this mean that, for instance, the heart 'smells' the steak you just ate? We don't know the answer to that question."

His team recently found that primary blood cells isolated from human blood samples are attracted to the odorant molecules responsible for producing a certain aroma. Schieberle described one experiment in which scientists put an attractant odorant compound on one side of a partitioned multi-well chamber, and blood cells on the other side. The blood cells moved toward the odor.

"Once odor components are inside the body, however, it is unclear whether they are functioning in the same way as they do in the nose," he stated. "But we would like to find out."

Schieberle's group and colleagues at the Technical University of Munich work in a field termed "sensomics," which focuses on understanding exactly how the mouth and the nose sense key aroma, taste and texture compounds in foods, especially comfort foods like chocolate and roasted coffee.

For example, baked beans and beans in foods like chili provide a "full," rich mouth-feel. Adding the component of beans responsible for this texture to another food could give it the same sensation in the mouth, he explained. Natural components also can interact with substances in foods to create new sensations.

The researchers use sensomics to better understand why foods taste, feel and smell appetizing or unappetizing. They use laboratory instruments to pick apart the chemical components. They then put those components together in different combinations and give these versions to human taste-testers who evaluate the foods. In this way, they discovered that although coffee contains 1,000 potential odor components, only 25 actually interact with an odor receptor in the nose and are smelled.

"Receptors help us sense flavors and aromas in the mouth and nose," said Schieberle. "These receptors are called G-protein-coupled receptors, and they were the topic of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2012. They translate these sensations into a perception in the brain telling us about the qualities of a food." Odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system also were the topic of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Of the total of around 1,000 receptors in the human body, about 800 of these are G-protein-coupled receptors, he said. Half of these G-protein-coupled receptors sense and translate aromas. But only 27 taste receptors exist. And although much research in the food industry has gone into identifying food components, little effort has focused on the tying those components to flavor perceptions until now, he said.

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Kerry mourns 'selfless, idealistic' US diplomat

This image made from AP video shows the scene moments after a car bomb exploded in front the PRT, Provincial Reconstruction Team, in Qalat, Zabul province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, April 6, 2013. Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said.(AP Photo via AP video)

This image made from AP video shows the scene moments after a car bomb exploded in front the PRT, Provincial Reconstruction Team, in Qalat, Zabul province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, April 6, 2013. Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said.(AP Photo via AP video)

An Afghan policeman stands guard on the roof of a house in the outskirts of Kabul, Saturday, April 6, 2013. NATO says a blast in Afghanistan has killed four coalition service members and two civilians working with the alliance. The blast from a roadside bomb occurred Saturday in southern Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Jawad Jalali)

ISTANBUL (AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in Afghanistan, including a "selfless, idealistic" young diplomat on a mission to donate books to students.

In the deadliest day in eight months for the United States in the war, militants killed six Americans in separate attacks Saturday, the violence occurring hours after the U.S. military's top officer arrived in Afghanistan for consultations with Afghan and U.S.-led coalition officials.

Kerry, in Turkey for meetings with the country's leaders, said 25-year-old Anne Smedinghoff of Illinois had assisted him when he visited Afghanistan two weeks ago. She served as his control officer, an honor often bestowed on up-and-coming members of the U.S. foreign service.

At a news conference with Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, Kerry described Smedinghoff as "a selfless, idealistic woman who woke up yesterday morning and set out to bring textbooks to school children, to bring them knowledge."

"Anne and those with her," Kerry said, "were attacked by the Taliban terrorists who woke up that day not with a mission to educate or to help, but with a mission to destroy. A brave American was determined to brighten the light of learning through books, written in the native tongue of the students she had never met, whom she felt it incumbent to help."

Kerry said Smedinghoff "was met by a cowardly terrorist determined to bring darkness and death to total strangers. These are the challenges that our citizens face, not just in Afghanistan but in many dangerous parts of the world ? where a nihilism, an empty approach, is willing to take life rather than give it."

The attack also killed three U.S. service members, a U.S. civilian who worked for the U.S. Defense Department and an Afghan doctor when the group was struck by an explosion while traveling to a school in southern Afghanistan, according to coalition officials and the State Department.

Another American civilian was killed in a separate attack in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement.

It was the deadliest day for Americans since Aug. 16, when seven U.S. service members died in two attacks in Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban insurgency. Six were killed when their helicopter was shot down by insurgents and one soldier died in a roadside bomb explosion.

Officials said the explosion Saturday came just as a coalition convoy drove past a caravan of vehicles carrying the governor of Zabul province to the event at the school.

A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility and said the bomber was seeking to target either a coalition convoy or the governor.

Kerry said the terrorists only "strengthened the resolve of the nation, the diplomatic corps, the military, all resources determined to continue the hard work of helping people to help themselves."

He said "America does not and will not cower before terrorism. We are going to forge on, we're going to step up. ... We put ourselves in harm's way because we believe in giving hope to our brothers and sisters all over the world, knowing that we share universal human values with people all over the world ? the dignity of opportunity and progress," the Obama administration's top diplomat said.

"So it is now up to us to determine what the legacy of this tragedy will be. Where others seek to destroy, we intend to show a stronger determination in order to brighten our shared future, even when others try to darken it with violence. That was Anne's mission," he added.

The deaths brought the number of foreign military troops killed this year to 30, including 22 Americans. A total of six foreign civilians have died in Afghanistan so far this year, according to an AP count.

The Taliban have said civilians working for the government or the coalition are legitimate targets, despite a warning from the United Nations that such killings may violate international law.

In earlier remarks Sunday to U.S. consulate workers, Kerry said that "folks who want to kill people, and that's all they want to do, are scared of knowledge. They want to shut the doors and they don't want people to make their choices about the future. For them, it's you do things our way, or we throw acid in your face or we put a bullet in your face," he said.

Kerry described Smedinghoff as "vivacious, smart, capable, chosen often by the ambassador there to be the lead person because of her capacity."

He said "there are no words for anyone to describe the extraordinary harsh contradiction for a young 25-year-old woman, with all of her future ahead of her, believing in the possibilities of diplomacy to improve people's lives, making a difference, having an impact" to be killed, Kerry said.

Smedinghoff previously served in Venezuela.

"The world lost a truly beautiful soul today," her parents, Tom and Mary Beth Smedinghoff, said in a statement emailed to The Washington Post.

"Working as a public diplomacy officer, she particularly enjoyed the opportunity to work directly with the Afghan people and was always looking for opportunities to reach out and help to make a difference in the lives of those living in a country ravaged by war," they said. "We are consoled knowing that she was doing what she loved, and that she was serving her country by helping to make a positive difference in the world."

The last American diplomat killed on the job was Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya. Stevens and three other American died in an attack Sept. 11 on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, Libya. No one has yet been brought to justice in that attack.

Associated Press

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Slain W.Va. sheriff honored during funeral

DELBARTON, W.Va. (AP) ? Slain southern West Virginia Sheriff Eugene Crum was remembered Sunday for his warmth, kindness and dedication to tackling Mingo County's pervasive drug problems.

Hundreds of mourners, including nearly 400 law enforcement officers from several states, packed Mingo Central High School for Crum's funeral.

The 59-year-old sheriff was shot to death Wednesday, a little more than three months after taking office.

"We ask all the time where have all the heroes gone?" Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury said during his eulogy. "Let me tell you, sometimes we walk in their midst and we don't know we got them. He was mine."

Although county Prosecutor Michael Sparks has said there's no substantial evidence that Crum's death was drug-related, Thornsbury said Crum had received threats due to his job.

"He was aware he was being persecuted by some, but the saving grace was that he knew he was loved by many."

The last conversation Thornsbury had with Crum included those job risks and occurred just a few minutes before his death.

"He looked at me and he said, 'I'm going to fight the good fight,'" Thornsbury said.

And with that, Crum left for lunch.

He was shot as he ate in a downtown Williamson parking lot.

Police charged 37-year-old Tennis Melvin Maynard with murder and the motive is still unclear.

Thornsbury recalled the day he went looking for Crum more than a decade ago when the judge needed to find a chief magistrate. He tracked down Crum at a bowling alley and swore him into office right there.

Crum stepped down as magistrate in January 2012 in order to seek the sheriff's job. Before winning that job, he was appointed by the prosecutor's office last August as a special investigator for drug enforcement.

Thornsbury said under Crum's short watch as sheriff, the county saw 57 felony convictions, and state Delegate Harry Keith White, who campaigned with Crum last year, said there were more indictments under Crum than the county had seen in the past eight years.

Thornsbury said Crum loved going to Mingo Central football games with his grandson, hanging out with family at his backyard pool and going fishing during the summer on his pontoon boat. But his dream was to unite the sheriff's department.

"It was his destiny," Thornsbury said. "When you think about it, many of us don't get the chance to live our dreams. He did."

Thornsbury said Crum went after drug dealers and buyers "not for the glory of arrests but because, he said, 'I've been to too many funeral homes. I've been to too many wakes. I've seen too many crying families. I've seen too many lost.'

"He wanted to do something about it. He wanted to rid the scourge."

County Commission President John Mark Hubbard said Crum wanted to make a difference, and he did.

"And shame on anyone in this room within the sound of my voice who will not make sure that the change that this man laid his life down for does not continue," Hubbard said, drawing loud applause.

In between speakers and while a hymn was being sung, Rosie Crum walked to her husband's open casket, stroking his head. A U.S. flag was draped over part of the casket, surrounded by dozens of colorful flower arrangements.

She was appointed interim sheriff the day after his death.

"We need to stand behind her, we need help her and we need to fight for her," said the Rev. Paul Caudill, a family friend. "We need to step up. I'm sure he would tell you now, don't give up the fight. Stand for what's right."

After the funeral, dozens of people lined a road leading to a cemetery in Lenore. Some carried signs and balloons, and two Williamson fire trucks formed an arch draped with a U.S. flag.

"Goodbye to our hero," read a sign made by Cindy McClanahan and her two grandsons as they waited for Crum's hearse.

"He helped everybody he knew," McClanahan said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/slain-w-va-sheriff-honored-during-funeral-213750073.html

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip meet during the Baltic Sea Forum session in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Shtukina, Government Press service)

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip meet during the Baltic Sea Forum session in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Shtukina, Government Press service)

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ? Tired of grumbling about economic austerity? Maybe it's time to sing about it.

So say two Americans living in Estonia.

Inspired by a lively social media exchange between Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, the two expats have composed an operetta that offers point and counterpoint on the value of austerity ? an ever more prominent reality in Europe's struggling economy.

"Music and economics are not mutually exclusive," said Eugene Birman, who composed the music for the oeuvre premiering Sunday as part of the annual Estonian Music Days festival. Scott Diel wrote the lyrics.

In the 16-minute performance, an Estonian soprano presents both sides of the online spat, accompanied by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.

Last year Krugman, writing in his blog in The New York Times, questioned the benefits of Estonia becoming "a poster child for austerity defenders" after the nation saw economic output collapse by nearly 20 percent during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Unemployment soared and many Estonians fled the country for work elsewhere in Europe.

Ilves, a former U.S. citizen who gave up his passport to serve in Estonia's government, reacted with a Twitter salvo that slammed Krugman for being "smug, overbearing and patronizing."

The English language operetta's title "Nostra Culpa" ? "Our Fault" in Latin ? is taken from one of Ilves' sarcastic tweets: "But yes, what do we know? We're just dumb and silly East Europeans. Unenlightened. Someday we too will understand. Nostra culpa."

In another tweet, Ilves suggested that the dispute boiled down to "a Princeton vs. Columbia thing" ? a reference to Krugman's professorship at Princeton University and Ilves' degree from Columbia University.

At a rehearsal this week, the orchestra led by conductor Risto Joost gave a powerful rendition of Birman's atonal score, as soprano Iris Oja tried to capture the sarcasm and indignation of Ilves' tweets.

"Silly. Eastern. Europeans? Unenlightened?" she sang, pausing after each word before bawling a high-pitched "Nostra Culpaaaa!"

Birman says he was fascinated by the "almost animalistic reaction" that he saw in Ilves' attempt to defend the honor of Estonia, a nation of 1.3 million, whose government raised taxes and cut salaries for public sector workers in response to the country's deep recession.

"A knightly crusade against the oppressor, if you will. Don't you think that's classic opera material?" said Birman, who was born in neighboring Latvia but grew up in the U.S.

Diel, who has followed Estonia's economic development in the past 20 years since it gained independence from the Soviet Union, picked up on the debate and proposed putting it to music to Birman.

Diel said the libretto is divided into two movements. The first quotes from Krugman's blog to reflect his Keynesian philosophy of spending your way out of crisis. The second part is based on Ilves' tweets.

Nowhere in the operetta are Ilves or Krugman mentioned, as the composers wanted to give the work a wider focus. "I thought this exchange between these two gentlemen was on some level a proxy for the larger argument," Diel said. "But let the listeners decide."

Birman, who also studied economics at Columbia, said it's not a piece about personalities or egos. "There is no winner or loser," he said.

With Cyprus joining the increasingly long list of European countries forced to swallow the bitter prescription of austerity ? steep budget cuts that trigger joblessness and social angst ? the theme hasn't lost its timeliness.

Birman's composition isn't easy to categorize. Oja said the work is best described as contemporary: "I find it very alive, almost like improvisation."

Neither Krugman nor Ilves responded to requests for comment. Birman and Diel said they had invited both to Sunday's performance but received no replies.

"Makes no difference to me whether they attend or not," Birman said. "It's not about particular persons."

Associated Press

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Sex assault, the Internet and a town divided

TORRINGTON, Conn.?? Two 18-year-old high school football players had been arrested, accused of the statutory rape of two 13-year-old girls. Their friends then rallied to their defense, attacking the girls on Twitter. And so, when the Twitter posts brought national condemnation to this old mill town, the principal of Torrington High School decided it was time to appeal to her students? better natures.

In her note on March 22, the principal, Joanne R. Creedon, urged the students to ?get that spotlight on the good.? Among other student-sponsored good deeds, she said, the Interact Club was holding a dodgeball tournament for charity that Friday. ?Come out for one of these events, have fun, and show everyone what T.H.S. is really about,? she wrote.

The dodgeball tournament seemed to go off without a hitch. But the next Monday, the winning team appeared in a picture on the front page of The Register Citizen, the local newspaper ? extending their fingers in 2?s and 1?s, for the ?21? on the football jersey of one of the accused players, Edgar Gonzalez, who remains in jail.

The paper had found the photo on Instagram. Someone had posted it with a label: #FreeEdgar.

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The older residents of Torrington, a city of 36,000 in northwestern Connecticut bypassed by economic recovery, would like their town to be known for its middle-class values, for the way people lend a hand to their neighbors. But they have seemed helpless as Torrington has become synonymous with #FreeEdgar, the defiant Twitter hashtag that has come to stand for everything the teenagers believe is wrong with the arrests ? and everything outsiders believe is wrong with the town.

When The Register Citizen published several teenagers? Twitter messages defending Mr. Gonzalez and the other football player, Joan Toribio, both 18-year-old seniors, on March 20, a minor scandal became a town preoccupation. It brought unavoidable if rough comparisons to the rape case in Steubenville, Ohio, last year, where repeated violations of a teenage girl were chronicled in social media.

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In the last two weeks, two 17-year-old boys were arrested, charged, like the 18-year-olds, with sexual assault involving 13-year-old girls. All along, social media have continued to buzz, and Torrington?s parents and school officials have been left to play catch-up, trying to bridge a generational divide that has never felt so sharp here before.

Twitter accounts normally used to complain about homework, to chatter and to flirt were instead used to accuse the girls of ?destroying? the young men?s lives. ?Snitch,? they called one girl, asking why only the male students were being prosecuted if she, too, said yes to having sexual relations. Some people worry that the two girls, who were sending Twitter messages back and forth and to the young men until early February, not long before the first arrests, have seen the messages about them.

?Young girls acting like whores there?s no punishment for that,? one student posted the day after Mr. Gonzalez?s arrest on Feb. 20, continuing, ?young men acting like boys is a sentence.?

Many adults in the community have been aghast at the posts, particularly those attacking the girls. They also have expressed frustration that many teenagers do not understand the statutory rape law, which is predicated on the notion that juveniles are not mature enough to consent to sex with an older partner. The furor prompted Kenneth Traub, the Board of Education chairman, to convene a community forum on sexual assault, with members of the Police Department and sexual assault counselors.

?It?s a hard time in Torrington right now,? said Barbara Spiegel, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony Project, a center here for battered women and victims of sexual assault.

School officials have asked Ms. Spiegel?s counselors to meet with students, including those in the dodgeball photo, acknowledging that administrators must try to change teenagers? attitudes without being able to regulate what they say online. At Torrington Middle School, where the two victims are in eighth grade, administrators also called an assembly to warn against online ?name-calling.?

?It?s not completely uncharted territory, but it?s new,? Ms. Spiegel said. ?A while back it was Myspace, and then it was Facebook, and then it was sexting, and now it?s Twitter.?

The school superintendent, Cheryl F. Kloczko, has urged parents to speak to their children, telling them that inappropriate posts can result in suspension or expulsion. But no students, Mr. Traub said, have yet gone before the board for a social-media-related expulsion hearing. (Mr. Traub said he did not know whether there had been any suspensions, and Ms. Kloczko declined to comment.)

Adding to the district?s challenges is that while there is plenty of speculation online about the statutory rape case, there is little official information. The police have said only that the arrests of Mr. Toribio and Mr. Gonzalez, both residents of a modest housing complex known as Highwoods, stemmed from separate episodes around Feb. 10; one of the victims? parents reported an assault to the police on Feb. 11.

Mr. Toribio is free on $100,000 bond; his lawyer, Charles Brower, declined to comment. Mr. Gonzalez, who also faces several charges related to a March 2012 robbery, is being held at the New Haven Correctional Center. His lawyer, J. Patten Brown III, said he intended to fight the charges at trial.

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Mr. Toribio, Mr. Gonzalez and the two 17-year-olds, whose names have not been disclosed because they are minors, face similar charges of risk of injury to a minor and second-degree sexual assault, which in Connecticut is defined as sex with someone who cannot legally consent to sex, like someone under 16. (The law makes an exception if those involved are less than three years apart.) The police have not said whether the arrests are related, only that there are two victims.

?The chick, she should get in trouble, too,? a high school sophomore, who declined to give his name, said in an interview outside the school last week. ?It?s probably a regular thing she does. It wouldn?t surprise me.?

At times, adults in Torrington have struggled to grasp teenagers? online habits as much as students have struggled to grasp the consequences of their posts. At one news conference, Ms. Kloczko broke into tears, saying that while the district tried to teach students moral behavior, ?sometimes it seems that just isn?t enough.?

Mr. Traub said he believed that the Twitter messages were posted ?just to get a reaction.?

?I put no weight in any comments made online,? he said. ?I don?t believe in Twitter. I don?t believe in Facebook. I don?t think that 13-year-olds should spend as much time online as they do.?

In the middle of the controversy is The Register Citizen, which has strived since 2010 to welcome the community into its newsroom, inviting local residents to participate in daily news meetings, but now finds itself both scolding that community and defending its coverage of it.

In editorials, the newspaper has admonished that ? ?statutory? rape is rape? and ?rape is not O.K.,? and called for tighter controls on bullying, positions many readers have cheered. It also published ?15 good things about Torrington High School? after students accused it of drawing undue negative attention to the school. Several students and parents complained when the newspaper published teenagers? Twitter handles and messages ? a move the editor, John Berry, said ?helped stress that people couldn?t turn around and say, ?It?s not my kids.? ?

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Jessica Glenza, the lead reporter on the coverage of the cyberbullying of the girls, said people had asked whether she had searched for offensive Twitter posts that could tie the case to the rape in Steubenville.

?No, because who would expect to find something like that?? she said. ?No one would.?

Since then, several Twitter accounts that used the #FreeEdgar hashtag have been shut down or made private. But the 13-year-old girls are still posting. They write about school, movies, friends and, once in a while, about sadness.

This story, "Sex Assault, Internet and a Connecticut Town?s Divide," first appeared in The New York Times.

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High Falls Film Festival Starts in Rochester in Two Weeks ...

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27 Screenings Including 4 Premieres
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?In just two weeks, the 11th annual The High Falls Film Festival returns presenting 27 screenings from 13 countries including four premieres, panel discussions, parties, many free events and more than 50 award-winning independent features, documentaries and shorts. ?It all starts April 18 to April 21 (highfallsfilmfestival.com). ??
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The High Falls Film Festival is one of the few film festivals worldwide that celebrates the work of women filmmakers. Films will be shown at The Little Theatre, the Cinema Theater and the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.
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Festival Premieres
? ????The Way to Nowhere Island (World Premiere)
? ????Pretty Brutal (North American Premiere)
? ????Go Public Project - Shorts (U.S. Premiere
? ????Watchtower (New York State Premiere)

Final Films Announced
? ????Watchtower - Thursday April 18, 7PM, Little 5 Theatre - NYS Premiere ??

Seher and Nihat are running away from the city, their families, and pasts. But even high in the beautiful Turkish mountains, as a waitress at a remote bus stop and as a lookout at a forest watchtower, it is not far enough. As their lives intersect, they are forced to confront their pasts.

? ????Pretty Brutal - Friday April 19, 9:30 PM, Cinema Theater - North American Premiere

Follows girl skaters into the full-contact world of New Zealand?s first Roller Derby league. Their challenge: run a democracy and train together as sisters then savage each other come match day. As tension mounts, will they preserve their newfound community or tear each other apart?
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? ????First Comes Love - Saturday April 20, 4PM Little 5 Theatre

In this frank and revealing first-person documentary, filmmaker Nina Davenport tackles the subject of her own biological clock ? and her dilemma when she realizes she?s running out of time. Single but feeling the pull of motherhood, the determined New Yorker sets about getting pregnant on her own terms, and with more than a little help from her friends.

? ????Molly Maxwell - Saturday April 20, 1PM, Dryden Theatre

Bookish Molly has always followed the rules - her mother's, and her school?s. But she is lacking direction and drive. Her genius IQ has not allowed her to focus on a discipline or subject, a key part of her school?s curriculum. When a handsome new English teacher is hired, Molly convinces him to teach her photography.

Special Free Film Events
? ????April 14 - 1-4pm - Film for All - His Girl Friday (1940) Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell

o ??2-3:30PM ?- WXXI TV Broadcast
o ??1-4PM - Kate Gleason Aud., Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County. Live screening with post film panel discussion.

? ????Informal Coffee Chats with Directors - April 18, 19 & 20, 9:30 - 11:00am.. Rochester Plaza State Street Grill. ?Free. Complimentary coffee and Danish.
? ????So You Want to Make a Movie Panel Discussion - Saturday, April 20, 9-10:15AM. Free. Moderator: Nora Brown, Finger Lakes Film Office. Panelists: Nick DiBella, Writer/Director; Mark Costello, Boylan Code, Entertainment Law; Ray Justice, Entrepreneur, Justice Enterprises; Taine Ann Riggio, Producer
? ????The Future of Film: The Impact of Digital on the Film Industry Panel Discussion - Saturday, April 20th from 10:30am to noon, Free. Moderator: ?Malcolm Spaull. ?Panelists: Ricky Figueroa and Les Moore, RIT, Susan Rogers, WXXI/Little and others. ?

Parties!
? ????Opening Night Party ? Thursday, April 18, 9- 11:45PM, Inn on Broadway, cocktails & hors d'oeuvres, walk the red carpet, have your picture taken, mingle with filmmakers. Tickets, $25 at highfallsfilmfestival.com. ??
? ????Party at the Strathallan ? Friday, April 19, 9- 11:45PM, join filmmakers and film fans for this party on the rooftop at the newly renovated Strathallan. Free admission. Cash bar.
? ????Closing Night Party ? Saturday, April 20, 9pm to 11:45pm, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, sweets & coffee, Potter Peristyle, George Eastman House. Mingle with the filmmakers and celebrate the conclusion of our 11th annual film festival. Tickets, $25 at highfallsfilmfestival.com. ?

Film Tickets on sale now at http://highfallsfilmfestival.com/tickets <http://highfallsfilmfestival.com/tickets>

• Film Tickets - $12 per film, ($10 students and seniors 65+, ID required at door) plus service charges, $15 ($13 students and seniors 65+, ID required at door) for opening and closing night films plus service charges. Service charges per ticket are $.50 at Mobile Box Offices, and $1.75 online and for phone orders. ?All sales final, no refunds or exchanges. For complete details see highfallsfilmfestival.com.
• Mobile box offices ?- Get help choosing movies that match your interests and save $1.25 per ticket off convenience fee charges. See highfallsfilmfestival.com for locations.

Film & Event Schedule - See http://highfallsfilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule <http://highfallsfilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule> ?for film synopses, trailers, casts and female contributors. Please note: schedule subject to change.

Thursday April 18
9:30 - 11:00 a.m. ? Informal Coffee Chat w/directors, Rochester Plaza, FREE
6:30 p.m. ? Girls in the Band, Little 1 (Q&A w/ director to follow)
7:00 p.m. ? Watchtower, Little 5, (NYS Premiere)
9:00 - 11:45 p.m. ? Opening Night Party, Inn on Broadway.
9:15 p.m. ? Facing Mirrors, Little 1
9:30 p.m. ? Eight Shorts about life and love, Little 5
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Friday April 19
9:30 - 11:00 a.m. ? Informal Coffee Chat with directors at the Rochester Plaza State Street Grill, FREE
1:15 p.m. ? California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown, Cinema
4:00 p.m. ? Girls in the Band, Cinema (Q&A w/ filmmaker to follow)
6:30 p.m. ? Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, Little 1, (Fashion Show to follow)
6:30 p.m. ? The Most Fun I?ve Ever Had With My Pants On, Cinema (Q&A w/ filmmaker to follow)
6:45 p.m. ?? Unfinished Spaces, Little 5
9:00 ? Midnight - Party at the Strathallan, A Doubletree Hilton
9:15 p.m. ? Casting By, Little 1
9:30 p.m. ?? Turn Me On, Dammit, Little 5,
9:30 p.m. ?? Pretty Brutal, Cinema (North American Premiere)

Saturday April 20
9 - 10:15 a.m. ? So You Want To Make A Movie? Panel Discussion, Little 5 FREE
9:30 - 11:00 a.m. ? Informal Coffee Chat w/ directors, Rochester Plaza, FREE
10:30 ? Noon a.m. ? Future of Film - The Impact of Digital Media Panel Discussion, Little 1, FREE,
11:00 a.m. ? RIT Women of SOFA, Little 5, ?(Meet & Greet, Little Cafe to follow)
12:30 p.m. ? Go Public Project, 4 shorts & Panel Discussion w/Director, Little 1
1:00 p.m. ? Molly Maxwell, Dryden
1:15 p.m. ? The Way to Nowhere Island, Little 5 (World Premiere)
3:15 p.m. ? Future Weather, Little 1
3:30 p.m. ? Shorts Program 2: Dead Ends - 8 shorts on death and letting go, Little 5
3:30 p.m. ? How We Got Away With It, Dryden
6:00 p.m. ? First Comes Love, Little 5
6:30 p.m. ? Margarita, Little 1 (Q&A w filmmaker to follow)
6:30 p.m. ? The Day I Saw Your Heart, Dryden
9:00 ? Midnight, Wrap-up Party, Potter Peristyle, George Eastman House
9:00 p.m. ? A Teacher, Dryden
9:15 p.m. ? Harisma, Little 1
9:30 p.m. ? A Lot Like You, Little 1 (Q&A w filmmaker to follow)

Sunday April 21
3:30 p.m. ? Audience Choice, Best of the Fest Documentary, Little 1
6:00 p.m. ? Audience Choice, Best of the Fest Narrative, Little 1

Films with Rochester Connections
? ????The Women of SoFA show, a 94-minute screening of 11 shorts, produced by young women filmmakers from all over the world currently studying at RIT.
? ????How We Got Away With It was shot in Rochester, was written by Greece NY native Jeff Barry, and the film?s lead producer, Erin Craig is a Webster native.

Latest news ?- sign up for news alerts at highfallsfilmfestival.com and follow the festival on Twitter and Facebook.

More Information - Call the Festival office at 585-279-8312 or the Box Office at 585-820-0845 or email orders@HighFallsFilmFestival.com with any ticket questions.

Sponsors - High Falls Film Festival is sponsored by First Niagara, the Democrat & Chronicle, Harris Beach PLLC, 13WHAM TV & CW16, Monroe County, VisitRochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Boylan Code, City of Rochester, The Community Foundation, ?EFP Rotenberg, Delta Stratagem, The Gouvernet Arts Fund at The Community Foundation, CMI Communications, International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, Lenel, Midtown Athletic Club, Jack and Barbara Kraushaar, Nocon & Associates, Rochester Finger Lakes Film & Video Office, Rochester General Health System, Rochester Riverside Convention Center, ?Strathallan, Elaine Spaull - City Councilwoman, US Sweepstakes & Fulfillment Company, WXXI, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, Smugtown Beacon, Rochester Riverside Convention WXXI, Yelp and One Hip Chic.

About High Falls Film Festival
Founded in 2001, the High Falls Film Festival is one of the longest running women?s film festivals on the East Coast and one of the few film festivals worldwide that celebrates the work of women filmmakers. A non-profit organization, the High Falls Film Festival has screened hundreds of films since its inception, spotlighting the cinematic works of women and bringing the finest independent motion pictures and film artists to Rochester and Western New York audiences. ?The Festival includes features, documentaries, and shorts. ?The Festival has also offered programs in film education as well as student film making competitions.
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High-profile rapes threaten India tourism business

In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, German tourist Carolina De Paola, 22, walks near the landmark Gateway of India in Mumbai, India. A fatal gang rape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour. On a train, a man grabbed De Paolo's breasts from behind but she never reported the crime, deciding there would be no point. Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry with a new study showing tourism has plunged. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, German tourist Carolina De Paola, 22, walks near the landmark Gateway of India in Mumbai, India. A fatal gang rape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour. On a train, a man grabbed De Paolo's breasts from behind but she never reported the crime, deciding there would be no point. Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry with a new study showing tourism has plunged. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

MUMBAI, India (AP) ? A fatal gang rape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans Carolina De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour. The attack was awful, but there is crime everywhere, they figured, and they'd take precautions.

Then a man sidled up to Wahner on a train to Goa and ran his hand up her leg a few weeks into the trip. On another train, a different man grabbed De Paolo's breasts from behind.

"I wanted to scream and do something, but he ran away," De Paolo said. She never reported the crime, deciding there would be no point. The two women, both 22, say there were times they didn't feel safe, but they insist they still would come to India again.

That separates them from many tourists, who are choosing not to come at all.

Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry. A new study shows tourism has plunged, especially among women, since a 23-year-old Indian student was raped on a New Delhi bus and later died from her injuries ? a case that garnered worldwide publicity. The government denies any fall off in tourism.

Concerns only grew after the reported gang rape of a Swiss woman in central India last month and after a British woman jumped out of her hotel room window fearing the manager was trying to break into her room to sexually assault her. That incident happened in Agra, home to the Taj Mahal, one of India's chief tourist attractions.

Merchants say India is being unfairly singled out, but perception is everything in the tourist business. And businesses catering to tourists are already suffering.

Foreign tourist arrivals have dropped 25 percent since the December gang rape in New Delhi, and the number of female travelers fell by 35 percent, according to the study by the New Delhi-based Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry. The study, which surveyed 1,200 tour operators across the country, indicated that "concerns about the safety of female travelers" have changed tourists' plans. Instead, they are going to countries perceived to be safer, including Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi disputed the survey Wednesday, saying that foreign tourist arrivals into India in January and February grew by 2.1 percent.

But Mehraj Shora says it is hard to see that as business dries up in his Mumbai carpet shop.

"Every day it's getting worse," Shora laments. "Tourists are coming, but not like before."

In good times, Shora used to sell two or three Kashmiri carpets a day to foreign visitors at prices starting at $300. Now, days might go by without a single rug sold. He estimates sales are down 50 percent and says the rape cases have added to the strain of a stalling economy.

He blames the international media for hyping recent cases when crimes occur in any country. "Actually, India is quite safe. In some ways it's safer than other places."

Still, just as the New Delhi gang rape sparked a national outcry over the mistreatment of women, the attacks on female tourists have highlighted what has long been known: Women traveling in India, especially alone, frequently face unwanted advances from men.

Crimes against female tourists happen everywhere. Thailand has, for instance, seen at least three rapes of foreign tourists this year. In the Philippines, a local man was arrested in January on charges of raping a 23-year-old British woman on the resort island of Boracay. Over the weekend in Brazil, an American woman was gang raped and beaten aboard a public minibus she had boarded in Rio de Janeiro. Still, in India it is particularly easy to find stories from foreign women who, like some Indian women, have been harassed, followed or fondled.

Italian model Ginevra Leggeri, 21, says she had no warning when a man groped her from behind while she was walking with a friend in Mumbai, where she came to work a few months ago.

"I was completely covered and we were just walking, and this man touched me, and I started screaming and I slapped him," she said.

Her friend and co-worker Amy Manson, 19, quickly pointed out that a pair of Indian men on a passing motorbike saw the incident and stopped to confront the attacker.

"An Indian guy grabbed her, but then two other Indian guys came and helped us," Manson said. "So it's like a 50-50 situation."

But she hesitates when asked if she would recommend a friend visit, and she agrees India's tourist business will be damaged if it doesn't take action to protect women. Last month, the government passed new, more stringent, laws against sexual violence.

"It's not just the girl in Delhi ... this has been happening for years and years and years," Manson said. "It's just coming out now, which is good, because maybe things will change."

Imran Latha, owner of the Visit India tour company in Mumbai, said some Indian men assume when they see foreign women drink or do drugs that they also are eager for sex. The only solution, he said, is for tourists to dress modestly and protect themselves.

"Trust me, India cannot do anything. The Indian government is the worst in the world. If we can't protect our own countrywomen, what can we do for foreigners?" he said.

At the end of their six-week trip, De Paolo and Wahner say their groping incidents are not the only thing they'll remember about a vast and richly cultured subcontinent.

Still, Wahner said, "Now, after this trip, I would for example never travel alone as a woman in India."

They quickly learned to take precautions: always dressing modestly in long sleeves and trousers outside major cities, rarely venturing out of their hotels after dark. Being friendly, but not too friendly, to men and trying to find Indian women for company.

"It's strange. You don't want to judge every man who sits next to you," Wahner said. "But sometimes in the end, yes, they do touch you."

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On your mark, get set, benchmark! 3DMark Android Edition now on Google Play

Android just gained another go-to for benchmarking. After failing to hit the 2012 mark for its Android-specific performance software, Futuremark's finally delivering on its promise and making 3DMark available today on Google Play. Typically used as a PC benchmarking tool, the free-to-download app now lets users catalog and compare performance across Windows and Android devices -- iOS and WinRT versions are still listed as "coming soon." There are a few caveats to use, though, as the application requires a smartphone or tablet running Android 3.1 or higher, with 300MB of storage space, a minimum of 1GB RAM and the ability to play nice with OpenGL ES 2.0 (which is about 90 percent of all Android devices, according to Google). Who knows? It could even find a permanent place in our own Android reviews soon. Only time and testing will tell -- check after the break for a video preview of what's in store.

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Source: Google Play, Futuremark

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/02/3dmark-android-benchmark-now-on-google-play/

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