DC401 April Meeting - NickD on DeDECTed - Wednesday, April 1

Lecture: Songsmith: Automatic Accompaniment for Vocal Melodies - Thursday,

April 2

Symposium: Embodiment & Mobility (RISD D+M) - Friday, April 3

Lecture: Chris Salter - Music and the Body - Friday, April 3

Dance/Music/Play - Friday, April 3rd - Saturday, April 4th

Upcoming:

Concert: Willits, Gomberg, and Drums and Circuits - Friday, April 10

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DC401 April Meeting - NickD on DeDECTed

Wednesday, April 1

5:30-7pm

AS220, 115 Empire St

April Fool’s day brings us a treat as NickD presents on the deDECTed project.

DECT or Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications, is a standard used for

various data communications devices, most commonly phones but also mobile

POS systems. Mostly deployed in Europe and making leaps and boundsin the US

DECT was the recent focus of some hackers in Germany who sought out to

create a Linux stack and driver for DECT hardware. With this hardware you

can intercept DECT communications where encryption is optional, including

cordless phones.

At this talk Nick will talk in details about the Dedected project, it’s

goals and progress as well as demonstrate a live intercept of a DECT phone

call and conversation.

have come together in Washington, DC for National Arts Advocacy Day, a

united effort to tell Capitol Hill how important culture is to our

communities, how much arts education means to our children, and how

much the arts improve our daily lives. 83 National CoSponsors have

helped us shape this united arts message to Congress.

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This year, Arts Advocacy Day will be busier than ever, and not only

because of the near-record number of advocates attending. Americans

for the Arts has once again been asked by House Interior Appropriations

Subcommittee Chairman Norm Dicks (D-WA) to organize a hearing on the

arts on Arts Advocacy Day. We are very pleased that our President

& CEO Robert Lynch will be joined by several other national leaders

in the arts, including Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center

Wynton Marsalis, GRAMMY(R)-nominated singer-songwriter Josh Groban,

GRAMMY(R)-Award winning singer Linda Ronstadt, and business leader and

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Board member Jeremy Nowak, to testify at

the hearing. The Subcommittee is expected to webcast the hearing live

starting at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. A link to the webcast can be

found on the House Appropriations Committee

website:http://capwiz.com/artsusa/utr/1/CBQGKECEEL/OCWMKEDNZD/3121504021

Even if you’re not able to join us in Washington, you can still

participate in Arts Advocacy Day by asking your Members of Congress to

support the arts. By visiting our E-Advocacy Center, you’ll be able to

send a message directly to your Representative and Senators telling

them why the arts are important to you and your community. We’ve

provided bullet points covering our eleven key Arts Advocacy Day

issues, which you can use in the sample letter that we’ve drafted for

you. We also encourage you to write your own unique story to illustrate

the importance of the arts to your community. Using the E-Advocacy

Center, you can create and send your letter to Congress in less than

two minutes. We urge you to send your message to Congress today to

coincide with our office visits to the Hill. Click here to send your

message:

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