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SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth
Mon, June 29 - Sat, July 4, 2015
- Contents | Additional Info
- Instructor: Adrien de Beaupre
- 36 CPEs
- Laptop Required
The concepts learned in 503 helped me bridge a gap in knowledge of what we need to better protect our organization.
Excellent Instruction!
Reports of prominent organizations being hacked and suffering irreparable reputational damage have become all too common. How can you prevent your company from becoming the next victim of a major cyber attack?
SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth delivers the technical knowledge, insight, and hands-on training you need to defend your network with confidence. You will learn about the underlying theory of TCP/IP and the most used application protocols, such as HTTP, so that you can intelligently examine network traffic for signs of an intrusion. You will get plenty of practice learning to configure and master different open-source tools like tcpdump, Wireshark, Snort, Bro, and many more. Daily hands-on exercises suitable for all experience levels reinforce the course book material so that you can transfer knowledge to execution. Basic exercises include assistive hints while advanced options provide a more challenging experience for students who may already know the material or who have quickly mastered new material. In addition, most exercises include an "extra credit" stumper question intended to challenge even the most advanced student.
Industry expert Mike Poor has created a VMware distribution, Packetrix, specifically for this course. As the name implies, Packetrix contains many of the tricks of the trade to perform packet and traffic analysis. It is supplemented with demonstration "pcaps," which are files that contain network traffic. This allows students to follow along on their laptops with the class material and demonstrations. The pcaps also provide a good library of network traffic to use when reviewing the material, especially for certification.
SEC503 is most appropriate for students who are or will become intrusion detection/prevention or security analysts, although others may benefit from the course as well. Students range all the way from seasoned analysts to novices with some TCP/IP background, but to keep pace with the class students are expected to have at least a basic working knowledge of TCP/IP (see www.sans.org//media/security-training/tcpip_quiz.php ). Please note that the Packetrix VMware used in class is a Linux distribution, so we strongly recommend that you spend some time getting familiar with a Linux environment that uses the command line for entry, along with learning some of the core Unix commands, before coming to class.
Preserving the security of your site in today's threat environment is more challenging than ever before. The security landscape is continually changing from what was once only perimeter protection to protecting exposed and mobile systems that are almost always connected and often vulnerable. Security-savvy employees who can help detect and prevent intrusions are therefore in great demand. Our goal in SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth is to acquaint you with the core knowledge, tools, and techniques to defend your networks. The training will prepare you to put your new skills and knowledge to work immediately upon returning to a live environment.
Course Syllabus and Course Contents
Fundamentals of Traffic Analysis
- TCP/IP concepts
- Using tcpdump and Wireshark
- Link layer, IPv4, IPv6, and fragmentation
- Transport layers TCP, UDP, and ICMP
Application Protocols
- Microsoft protocols
- IDS evasions
- Examination or real-world traffic
Hands-On Snort and Bro Usage
- Running, installing, configuring, and customizing Snort
- Writing Snort rules
- Running, installing, configuring, and customizing Bro
- Writing Bro scripts and signatures, and raising Bro notices
Network Traffic Forensics and Monitoring
- Analyst toolkit
- Using the SiLK open-source network flow tool
- Network forensics
- Using logs for correlation
- OSSEC open-source HIDS/SIM
You Will Learn:
- How to analyze traffic traversing your site to avoid becoming another "Hacked!" headline
- How to place, customize, and tune your IDS/IPS for maximum detection
- Hands-on detection, analysis, and network forensic investigation with a variety of open-source tools
- TCP/IP and common application protocols to gain insight about your network traffic, enabling you to distinguish normal from abnormal traffic
- The benefits of using signature-based, flow, and hybrid traffic analysis frameworks to augment detection
Course Syllabus
SEC503.1: Fundamentals of Traffic Analysis: Part I
Adrien de Beaupre
Mon Jun 29th, 2015
Day 1 provides a refresher or introduction, depending on your background, to TCP/IP. It covers the essential foundations such as the TCP/IP communication model, theory of bits, bytes, binary and hexadecimal, an introduction to Wireshark, the IP layer, and both IPv4 and IPv6 and packet fragmentation in both. We describe the layers and analyze traffic not just in theory and function, but from the perspective of an attacker and defender.
All traffic is discussed and displayed using the two open-source tools Wireshark and tcpdump. Students can follow along with the instructor viewing the sample traffic capture files supplied. Six hands-on exercises, one after each major topic, offer you the opportunity to reinforce what you just learned.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Concepts of TCP/IP
- TCP/IP communications model
- Data encapsulation/de-encapsulation
- Discussion of bits, bytes, binary, and hex
Introduction to Wireshark
- Navigating around Wireshark
- Examination of Wireshark statistics
- Stream reassembly
- Finding content in packets
Network Access/Link Layer: Layer 2
- Introduction to 802.x link layer
- Address resolution protocol
- ARP spoofing
IP Layer: Layer 3
- IPv4
- Examination of fields in theory and practice
- Checksums and their importance, especially for an IDS/IPS
- Fragmentation: IP header fields involved in fragmentation, composition of the fragments, fragmentation attacks
- IPv6
- Comparison with IPv4
- IPv6 addresses
- Neighbor discovery protocol
- Extension headers
- IPv6 in transition
SEC503.2: Fundamentals of Traffic Analysis: Part II
Adrien de Beaupre
Tue Jun 30th, 2015
Day 2 continues where the previous day ended in understanding TCP/IP. Two essential tools - Wireshark and tcpdump - are explored to give you the skills to analyze your own traffic. The focus of these tools on Day 2 is filtering traffic of interest in Wireshark using display filters and in tcpdump using Berkeley Packet Filters. We proceed with our exploration of the TCP/IP layers covering TCP, UDP, and ICMP. Once again, we describe the layers and analyze traffic not just in theory and function, but from the perspective of an attacker and defender.
All traffic is discussed and displayed using the two-open source tools, Wireshark and tcpdump. Students can follow along with the instructor viewing the sample capture files supplied. Four hands-on exercises, one after each major topic, offer you the opportunity to reinforce what you just learned.
Note: This course is available to SEC503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Wireshark Display Filters
- Examination of some of the many ways that Wireshark facilitates creating display filters
- Composition of display filters
Writing tcpdump Filters
- Format of tcpdump filters
- Use of bit masking
- Examination of fields in theory and practice
- Packet dissection
- Checksums
- Normal and abnormal TCP stimulus and response
- Importance of TCP reassembly for IDS/IPS
- Examination of fields in theory and practice
- UDP stimulus and response
- Examination of fields in theory and practice
- When ICMP messages should not be sent
- Use in mapping and reconnaissance
- Normal ICMP
- Malicious ICMP
SEC503.3: Application Protocols and Traffic Analysis
Adrien de Beaupre
Wed Jul 1st, 2015
Day 3 culminates the examination of TCP/IP with an exploration of the application protocol layer. The concentration is on some of the most widely used, and sometimes vulnerable, crucial application protocols: HTTP, SMTP, DNS, and Microsoft communications. Our focus is on traffic analysis, a key skill in intrusion detection.
IDS/IPS evasions are the bane of the analyst, so the theory and possible implications of evasions at different protocol layers are examined. The day concludes with an analysis of some real-world traffic captures.
Once again, we describe the applications not just in theory and function, but from the perspective of an attacker and defender. All traffic is discussed and displayed using the two-open source tools, Wireshark and tcpdump. Students can follow along with the instructor viewing the sample traffic capture files supplied. Four hands-on exercises, one after each major topic, offer you the opportunity to reinforce what you just learned.
Note: This course is available to SEC503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Advanced Wireshark
- Exporting web objects
- Extracting SMTP attachment content
- Sample Wireshark investigation of an incident
- Tshark
Detection Methods for Application Protocols
- Pattern matching, protocol decode, and anomaly detection
- Detection challenges
Microsoft Protocols
- Detection challenges
- Protocol format
- Sample of attacks
- Detection challenges
- Protocol format
- Sample of attacks
- Detection challenges
- Its vital role in the Internet
- The resolution process
- Caching
- Malicious DNS, including Cache poisoning
IDS/IPS Evasion Theory
- Theory and implications of evasions at different protocol layers
- Sampling of evasions
- Necessity for target-based detection
Real-World Traffic Analysis
- Client attacks
- DDoS attacks
- Four-way handshake
- TCP reset attack
- Malformed DNS DoS
SEC503.4: Open-Source IDS: Snort and Bro
Adrien de Beaupre
Thu Jul 2nd, 2015
The fundamental knowledge gained from the first three days provides a fluid progression into one of the most popular days SEC503. Snort and Bro are widely deployed open-source IDS/IPS solutions that have been industry standards for over a decade. We take a unique approach of teaching both open-source IDS solutions by presenting them in their operational life-cycle phases from planning to updating. This will offer you a broader view of what is entailed for the production operation of each of the tools. This is more than just a step-by-step discussion of install, configure, and run the tools. This approach provides a recipe for a successful deliberated deployment, not just a haphazard "download and install the code and hope for the best."
The introduction to these two tools gives you the requisite theory and hands-on skills to deploy them at your job. You will understand the differences and strengths of each tool, and how they can provide benefits to your network security and inspection of noteworthy events.
There are three hands-on exercises: the mechanics of running Snort; writing a Snort rule, and and learning Bro's capabilities, such using its scripting language, writing signatures, and raising a notice to report about a given event.
Note: This course is available to Security 503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Operational Lifecycle of Open-Source IDS
- Planning, installation, configuration, running, customization, auditing, refinement, and updating
- Function of an IDS
- The analyst's role in detection
- Flow process for Snort and Bro
- Similarities and differences between Snort and Bro
- Introduction to Snort
- Planning, including deployment scenarios
- Running
- Modes of operation: sniffer, packet logger, NIDS
- Plug-ins
- Customization
- Writing Snort rules
- Refining
- Solutions for dealing with false negatives and positives
- Writing a rule for a vulnerability
- Tips for writing efficient rules
- Introduction to Bro
- Planning
- Operational modes
- Standalone on a single host
- Cluster on multiple hosts/cores
- Running
- BroControl to manage Bro
- Running in standalone mode
- Running in cluster mode
- Customization
- Understanding and deploying Bro's policy neutral features
- Bro scripting
- Signatures
Comparing Snort and Bro to Analyze Same Traffic
- Examination of output from each - Snort alerts and Bro logs
- Tips for performing Bro log correlation
- Customizing Bro to add a new signature and raise a notice about malicious traffic
SEC503.5: Network Traffic Forensics and Monitoring
Adrien de Beaupre
Fri Jul 3rd, 2015
On the penultimate day, you'll become familiar with other tools in the "analyst toolkit" to enhance your analytical skills and give you alternative perspectives of traffic. The open-source network flow tool SiLK is introduced. It offers the capability to summarize network flows to assist in anomaly detection and retrospective analysis, especially at sites where the volume is so prohibitively large that full packet captures cannot be retained for very long, if at all.
A very powerful and useful packet crafting tool called Scapy is introduced. It can help you craft packets to perform a variety of testing, such as generating traffic to test a new Snort rule.
The topic of network forensics is examined to show you how to investigate an incident using multiple approaches, including log analysis. Finally, you can see how your forensic data can be correlated and analyzed by open-source tools, with a concentration on the OSSEC that acts as a host-based IDS and Security Information and Event Manager (SIEM).
Five sets of hands-on exercises, one after each major topic, offer you the opportunity to reinforce what you just learned.
Note: This course is available to SEC503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Analyst Toolkit
- Ngrep, tcpflow, p0f, Chaosreader, tcpreplay
- Introduction of concept of network flow
- Understand the uses for flow
Packet Crafting
- Using Scapy to craft,read/write from to pcaps, alter, and send packets
Network Forensics
- Learn what it is
- Become aware of indicators of network issues
- Learn to investigate incidents using some sample traffic of:
- Exploited host
- Phishing attack
Network Architecture for Monitoring
- Become familiar with hardware used with and for monitoring
Correlation of Indicators
- Examination of log files
- Understand different methods of correlation
SEC503.6: IDS Challenge
Adrien de Beaupre
Sat Jul 4th, 2015
The week culminates with a fun hands-on challenge where you find and analyze traffic to a vulnerable honeynet host using many of the same tools you mastered during the week. Students can work alone or in groups with or without workbook guidance. This is a great way to end the week because it reinforces what you've learned by challenging you to think analytically, gives you a sense of accomplishment, and strengthens your confidence to employ what you've learned in in a real-world environment.
Note: This course is available to SEC503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Additional Information
Laptop Required
You will need to run a Linux VMware image supplied at the training event on your laptop for the hands-on exercises that will be performed in class. Some familiarity and comfort with Linux and entering commands via the command line will facilitate your experience with the hands-on exercises.
VMware Player or VMware Workstation is required for the class. If you plan to use a Macintosh laptop, please make sure you bring VMware Fusion.
You must have either the free VMware Player 3 or later or the commercial VMware Workstation 6 or later installed on your system prior to coming to class. You can download VMware Player for free at https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
Alternatively, if you want a more flexible and configurable tool, you can download a free 30-day trial copy of VMware Workstation from. https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
VMware will send you a time-limited license number for VMware Workstation if you register for the trial at their Web site. No license number is required for VMware Player.
If you are a Macintosh user, you must have VMware Fusion 3 or later installed on your system prior to coming to class. It is available for a free 30-day trial copy at https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
Mandatory Laptop Hardware Requirements
- x86- or x64-compatible 1.5 GHz CPU minimum or higher
- USB Port
- 2 gigabyte RAM minimum with 4 GB or higher recommended
- 12 gigabyte available hard drive space
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Mac OS X, and Linux - any type
- Any Service Pack level is acceptable for your Windows XP/Vista/Win 7/8
Do not bring a laptop with sensitive data stored on it. SANS is not responsible if your laptop is stolen or compromised.
By bringing the right equipment and preparing in advance, you can maximize what you will learn and have a lot of fun.
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Who Should Attend
- Intrusion detection (all levels), system, and security analysts
- Analysts will be introduced to or become more proficient in the use of traffic analysis tools for signs of intrusions.
- Network engineers /administrators
- Network engineers/administrators will understand the importance of optimal placement of IDS sensors and how the use of network forensics such as log data and network flow data can enhance the capability to identify intrusions.
- Hands-on security managers
- Hands-on security managers will understand the complexities of intrusion detection and assist analysts by providing them with the resources necessary for success.
- Students must have at least a working knowledge of TCP/IP and hexadecimal. To test your knowledge, see our TCP/IP and Hex Quizzes.
- Familiarity and comfort with the use of Linux commands such as cd, sudo, pwd, ls, more, less
What You Will Receive
- Course book with each day's material
- Workbook with hands-on exercises and questions
- DVD with the Packetrix Linux VMware image
- TCP/IP pamphlet cheat sheet
You Will Be Able To
- Configure and run open-source Snort and write Snort signatures
- Configure and run open-source Bro to provide a hybrid traffic analysis framework
- Understand TCP/IP component layers to identify normal and abnormal traffic
- Use open-source traffic analysis tools to identify signs of an intrusion
- Comprehend the need to employ network forensics to investigate traffic to identify and investigate a possible intrusion
- Use Wireshark to carve out suspicious file attachments
- Write tcpdump filters to selectively examine a particular traffic trait
- Synthesize disparate log files to widen and augment analysis
- Use the open-source network flow tool SiLK to find network behavior anomalies
- Use your knowledge of network architecture and hardware to customize placement of IDS sensors and sniff traffic off the wire
Hands-on Training
The hands-on training in SEC503 is intended to be both approachable and challenging for beginners and seasoned veterans. There are two different approaches for each exercise. The first contains guidance and hints for those with less experience, and the second contains no guidance and is directed toward those with more experience. In addition, an optional "Extra Credit" question is available for each exercise for advanced students who want a particularly challenging brain teaser. A sampling of hands-on exercises includes the following:
- Day 1: Hands-On: Introduction to Wireshark
- Day 2: Hands-On: Writing tcpdump filters
- Day 3: Hands-On: Application protocols and detection
- Day 4: Hands-On: Writing a Snort rule
- Day 5: Hands-On: Network traffic forensics
- Day 6: Hands-On: The entire day is spent analyzing traffic from an actual intrusion
Press & Reviews
"This course provides a good basis of knowledge and presents important tools which will be at the core of any intrusion analysis." - Thomas Kelly, DIA
"This course is valuable for anyone interested in IDS. The instructor's knowledge and willingness to help you understand the material is unlike any other training I have been to. Great course and instructor." - Dannie Arnold, U.S. Army
"Course was designed around real-world intrusions and is highly needed for network security administrators and/or analysts."- Hector Araiza, U.S. Air Force
What To Take Next?
Courses that lead in to SEC503:
Courses that are prerequisites for SEC503:
Courses that are good follow-ups to SEC503:
Author Statement
When I was invited to be a member of a computer incident response team in the late 1990s (just after Al Gore invented the Internet), there was no formal cybersecurity training available. Consequently, I learned on the job and made my share, and then some, of mistakes. I was so naive that I tried to report an attack on our network by a host with an IP address in the 192.168 reserved private network, available for use by anyone. Needless to say, I got a very embarrassing enlightenment when someone clued me in. With the benefit of experience and the passage of time, there are many lessons to be shared with you. This knowledge affords you the opportunity to learn and practice in the classroom to prepare you for the fast-paced always-interesting job of intrusion detection analysts.
- Judy Novak


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6 comments:
Yeah, the tour is screwed when Tiger's done.
- Average Golfer said...
Woods has done very little to "bring" people to participating in the sport. The numbers have been relatively static during his reign and probably dropping in the current economic milieu. He has brought tons of casual viewers and propped up purses via TV. That's why his competitors love him.
Given the "run" I'm sure the Tour wouldn't trade a minute. What happens when Woods disappears? Easy, the Tour goes back to it's pre-Tiger stature. Golf will never be a participation sport for the masses. Too much time, money, and lack of access. It's a niche sport.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
I think Bobbio pretty much nailed it.
- Matt said...
It all depends on how long Tiger decides to stick around. Once he breaks Jack's record, he may begin to grow bored. On the other hand, maybe he will want to play until he is 65. Just imagine, when he is 50, he can play all the senior tour majors and regular majors. I think he would be motivated by 9 majors per year.
There are a lot of exciting younger players coming up like MciIroy, danny lee, and ryo ishikawa, but there will never be another Tiger.
Good thoughts.
True, Bobbio, golf is a niche sport. But, in reality, there are only three sports that aren't niche sports these days--basketball, baseball, and football.
When Tiger is done, things will suck. But I think the sport will fare much better than its pre-Tiger stature. In the age of the internet, instant sports news and niche sports networks (e.g. The Golf Channel), I don't think the game will take that big a hit. But I guess you never know.
- George Pennells said...
I believe that we must never say never. Through the ages there were the superstars that lit up the game and drew the crowds. There are lot of great young golfers around and maybe the next Tiger Woods must still be born, but rest assured the next supergolfer will come. What golf needs now is a rivalry like Tennis has Federer and Nadal or like the great rivalries of yesteryear between Nicklaus,Palmer and Gary Player.


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Don't take me light or play me light: we two of the same
God melted the Rubik's cube into fluid and threw it into my intuitive brain
I'm eating food for moving music in the gratuitous lane
Been through twice, now I'm running through until I'm through with the game!
You can find me under a black cloud: I'm a dark star
Only thing I hate worse than a mark, is a marked car
I climb mountains like Marvin Gaye, Tammy Terrell
You could put a face on my style; it'd be Sammy Cassell's
I switch the fire up like I am a tranny from Hell
What I got in my hand right now should remind you of Stanley Burrell
Cause it's the hammer, the cannon, you can dance with the shells
My pet peeves are granny panties and planning to fail
I'm a heavyweight; I'm catastrophic
When I set it like Farenheit 9/11, meditate 'til the levees break
I tar and feather featherweights until my 'fetti straight
The MAC-11'll clap your melon and give your ass spaghetti face
You ever looked inside some dying eyes?
You'll see surprise and realize there's no denying God
When was the last time that you heard that the "I" in "try"?
Ryan vibes like cyanide; I am proud
To say that I've evolved, there's only one "I" in defying odds
Small-time arrogance perishes every time to giant pride
Who y'all respect is probably cross-dressing
Your favorite MC can probably find himself, vibing to my Lost Sessions
I'm legendary
Now everybody wanna believe me
But they don't really know what's in my heart
This time around it's startin' to feel easy
My enemies starting to fall down
(I'm legendary, legen-legendary, le-le-legendary)
My enemies starting to fall down
(I'm legendary, leg-legendary)
Fall down (le-le-legendary, legendary, legendary)
I'm legendary
[Verse 2]
I got my noodles intact
You want support of Detroit rap, niggas can Google this gat
'Cause we the reason why you eating, we put the food on the map
Right where the mitten is and you ain't do jack
Just who we kidding here? This here's a different year
So you shouldn't assume that I'm tryna measure up to you
When I tell you the ruler is back, in fact
As far as you new kids, what have you did?
I know that I've burnt some bridges in the past, but I'm happy to say that I built a new bridge
As far as killing I'm forever willing and ready
I will make my children's peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a machete
You marry the streets then we will kill at your wedding
Tell every guest at your reception they gon' get more than just hit with confetti
Now your bitch a believer
You know what you get when you mix a bumblebee with a lamb?
You get the 'Ghini I'm sitting in
Riding through Pittsburgh while I'm listening to Wiz Khalifa
Black and Yellow, the blunted joint: here's the reefer
One minute you tough, one minute you shook
I know, I learned a while ago, to hide power from you, I should just put it in a book
You illiterate parasites: I kill you every time
Throw a nigga' body around the room, have a nigga looking like Jamiroquai
And yes I, am a firm believer that the naked truth
Looks a hundred times better than the best-dressed lie
And why you niggas is hating?
I wonder is God really an atheist? He made me the same temperature as his nemesis Satan
Y'all need to repent cause y'all been imitating
A statue of me, to you is a statute of limitations
You backwards as me and a feminist dating
Let's tally the sales like Gladys and Patti LaBelle: I'm a big wig
My straw's in the hole of a volcano: I'm having a big swig
Now everybody wanna believe me
But they don't really know what's in my heart
This time around it's startin' to feel easy
My enemies starting to fall down
(I'm legendary, legen-legendary, le-le-legendary)
My enemies starting to fall down
(I'm legendary, leg-legendary)
Fall down (le-le-legendary, legendary, legendary)
I'm legendary
Royce / Travis collabo akin to Lupe Fiasco's Joaquin Phoenix
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I've mentioned to someone that watching the Jersey Shore is like watching Animal Planet. It's like watching the mating habits of a cheetah, or something like that. There's no doubt in my mind that this is true.
Where to begin? The douchebagginess of the cast leaves you speechless. There are no words to describe these self-professed guidos and guidettes. In tonight's episode, sparks fly as Ronnie and Sammi hook up and fight once again. Ronnie admits to loving Sammi. Meanwhile, Angelina gets super-drunk and cock-blocks The Situation and Pauly D, who don't take kindly to her cock-blocking ways.
Sammi finally leaves after having constant arguments with Ron over the last few days. It got pretty bad. They have a very dysfunctional relationship. They both need to behave as adults before they can be together. I doubt that this will ever happen though.
Warning: This post might offend you.
[Ed. note: I had to put some warning here, and I thought that this was kind of funny, but you have been warned!]
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St. Charles Health System has partnered with Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and Cascades East Transit (CET) to address transportation in Bend. The investment in public transit is just one of many ways the health system is working to improve parking at the Bend campus and access to care for patients with limited transportation options.
Bus routes within the city of Bend have been expanded and a bus stop has been added to the St. Charles Bend campus to provide additional access for patients and visitors.
This new bus stop is on Medical Center Drive, just off of Neff Road and across from the St. Charles Immediate Care building.
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University of Illinois-led SONIC Center awarded $30 million for computing on nanoscale fabrics
(Urbana, Ill.) -- Led by faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a multi-university research team has received $30 million to launch the Systems On Nanoscale Information fabriCs (SONIC) Center. The center – part of a new $194 million initiative called the Semiconductor Technology Advanced Research network (STARnet) – will focus on substantially enhancing the information processing power and storage capacity of integrated circuits (ICs) and related systems, which is critical in maintaining reliability as devices continue to shrink and improve in energy efficiency.
Society is increasingly dependent on electronic information and has come to expect electronic devices – cell phones, tablets, laptops, cameras and others – to decrease in cost, offer more features and provide longer-lasting battery power. In the past, such advances have been made possible by the frequent reduction in size of a basic building block – the transistor switch.
Today, these switches are so small that their behavior is fraught with uncertainty due to quantum effects. The challenge is to design reliable and energy-efficient computing systems using the unreliable switches that arise as researchers seek to make devices even smaller and more energy-efficient. SONIC's innovative research agenda seeks to address this issue by treating the problem of computing using unreliable devices and circuits as one of communicating information over unreliable channels.
"Essentially, we're not going to try to build a reliable switch, but instead discover methods to build reliable systems," said SONIC Director Naresh Shanbhag, the Jack S. Kilby Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "It turns out that while information resides at the highest level and nanoscale components at the lowest level, they can both be mathematically described with the same statistical framework. No one has successfully captured this similarity between them before."
The center seeks to create a new computing paradigm – using information processing instead of data processing – to extend scaling of nanoscale devices beyond what is feasible today. Computing devices today are primarily data pipes and data crunchers. By borrowing probabilistic techniques from the field of communications, SONIC researchers plan to transform these systems into statistical information processors that are able to infer intent and handle uncertainty while consuming much less energy than traditional computers.
SONIC is supported by STARnet, which will provide funding over the next five years to six centers at universities. Funded by the Department of Defense and U.S. semiconductor and supplier companies as a public-private partnership, STARnet projects help maintain U.S. leadership in semiconductor technology vital to U.S. prosperity, security and intelligence. The STARnet program is administered by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies.
"STARnet is a collaborative network of stellar university research centers whose goal is to enable the continued pace of growth of the microelectronics industry, unconstrained by the daunting list of fundamental physical limits that threaten," said Gilroy Vandentop, the new SRC program executive director.
"This is a truly multidisciplinary research effort. Here at Illinois, we have faculty investigators from the Departments of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering, " said Andrew Singer, a theme leader in SONIC and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The Coordinated Science Laboratory at Illinois, where four SONIC researchers are faculty members, will support SONIC's administrative activities.
The SONIC team consists of 23 faculty researchers from universities across the nation, including Carnegie Mellon University; Princeton University; Stanford University; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of California, San Diego; the University of California, Santa Barbara; and the University of Michigan. Other Illinois faculty include Pavan Kumar Hanumolu, Rakesh Kumar, and Eric Pop, Electrical and Computer Engineering; John A. Rogers, Materials Science and Engineering; and Rob Rutenbar, Computer Science.
In addition to SONIC, University of Illinois researchers are also involved with two other STARnet research centers. Douglas L. Jones, a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will contribute to the TerraSwarm Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, which aims to address pervasive integration of smart, networked sensors and actuators into our connected world. Wen-mei Hwu and Deming Chen, both Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty, will participate in the Center for Future Architectures Research (C-FAR), led by the University of Michigan. C-FAR will develop future scalable computer systems architectures that leverage emerging circuit fabrics to enable new commercial/defense applications.
Media Inquiries:
kgudemanillinois [dot] edu (Kim Gudeman)
Coordinated Science Laboratory
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DEPARTMENT (STORE) : The Game
-The first 3 numbers signify a case within the total group of 121 cases
-The 4th number represents the length (in feet) of the case
-The last 3 numbers signify its life span, that is, the number of days this particular case is played. Once it reaches this expiration date, the case is played by others. Hence, each player(s) in selecting a case, subscribes to play for a given time period. Note: the oldest cases have no expiration date (and no keys), but must be played throughout the entire semester.
The playing board is the architectural plan of the North Gallery.
Each case will travel across the playing board according to a set of algorithms* incorporating the following variables, or Terms of Entaglement:
-a timeline of historic department store beginnings (a date starting from 1826 through 2008), corresponding to the year of an important department store founding
-the design of Louis Sullivan's architectural ornament interpreted as "functional ornament;" an overlay of lines derived from the ornamentation determines the path of case movement
-local weather, in terms of average daily temperature is subtracted from the optimum department store temperature (determined by study to be 64.4 ° F) to obtain a heating/cooling differential
-a daily count of visitors to the Department (Store), as determined by the people-counter system
-names of participating players, reduced to their numerological figure
-phases of the moon determine dates of case movement. The cases will move on the following dates, which correspond to times when the moon enters each sign:
Taurus 7:57 pm cst wed 9/17/08
Gemini 10:17 pm cst fri 9/19/08
Leo 4:14 am cst wed 9/24/08
Virgo 8:53 am cst fri 9/26/08
Scorpio 11:27 pm cst tues 9/30/08
Sagittarius 10:15 am cst fri 10/3/08
Aquarius 11:03 am cst wed 10/8/08
Pisces 8:31 pm cst fri 10/10/08
Taurus 4:31 am cst wed 10/15/08
Gemini 5:26 am cst fri 10/17/08
Leo 9:36 am cst tues 10/21/08
Virgo 2:41 pm cst thur 10/23/08
Scorpio 6:48 am cst tues 10/28/08
Sagittarius 5:41 pm cst Thur 10/30/08
Aquarius 6:01 pm cst tues 11/4/08
Pisces 4:42 pm cst fri 11/7/08
Taurus 2:05 pm cst Tues 11/11/08
Gemini 2:11 pm cst Thur 11/13/08
Virgo 7:12 pm cst wed 11/19/06
Sagittarius 11:14 pm cst wed 11/26/08
Aquarius 12:46 am cst tues 12/2/08
Pisces 12:24 pm cst thur 12/4/08
Taurus 12:53 am cst tues 12/9/08
Gemini 1:34 am cst Thur 12/11/08
When cases meet...touch...collide, the players are called in to negotiate their collision and to affect the next play. Here, the players may also put into effect a new algorithm.
A map of all movement will be tracked on the southeast wall and by a webcam.
*algorithm : |ˈalgəˌriðəm|
a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations
Note: details for the exact algorithmic formulas are written on northeast wall of the gallery
Invitation to Play
A collaboration of
All Departments (programs, collections…) of
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
with J. Morgan Puett
Please accept our invitation to be a part of this new project which is a playful game-entanglement with and in the site of the Sullivan Galleries on the 7th floor of 33 South State, SAIC's Sullivan Building.
In Department (Store) we will engage with over 100 classic glass horizontal display cases, which we will fill with things (of all sorts), but what form that takes is exactly the question we put forth to you– the potential participants in this project.
At SAIC there are many aspects of departments, programs and individuals not on view; departments within departments, special collections, and things of material culture. Working with the each and any part of the institution, we could expose what is hidden and make them for a time transparent.
We ask:
What is important? What is the case you want to make? and How will you display it?
Further, we will ask a series of questions of the site—the new Sullivan Galleries and historic Louis Sullivan Building. By doing so, we will set up a game of rules and these rules will cause the cases to move in different directions. This will be an emergent process that will reflect a complex and rich dialogue within the institution and among persons at the school, and potentially the museum(s), alums, the city, and so on.
A listing–flowing–churning of processes, algorithms, people, and things will activate a constant motion: in essence, a stop-frame experience from day-to-day, finding new arrangements of things and people throughout the fall semester.
The interiors of the cases will be shifting, changing, filling—coaxing us toward a shared experience of exchange and collaboration between us and things
Come play!
To play: Please contact email@example.com starting August 11th
[All movements and rearrangements are meticulously monitored by a store manager and a schematic on the main wall of the Department (Store) gallery will chart the course of this project.]
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sullivan Galleries
33 South State Street, 7th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel. 312.629.6635
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11 am– 6 pm
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Need homepage design for a large church in United States.
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Hobe Sound Bible Church
Main navigation should be: Home, Information, Ministries, Multimedia, Snapshots, Contact; we will want to be able to carry this navigation through to the sub-pages.
The mailing address and phone (PO BOX 1065, Hobe Sound, FL 33475 (772)546-5696) should appear somewhere on the homepage in a manner such that it can easily be carried through to each of the sub-pages.
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Fountain of Tears
Jessica Rivera · Jesus Montoya
Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano
Ainadamar -
Fountain of Tears
Dawn Upshaw · Kelley O'Connor
Jessica Rivera · Jesus Montoya
Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano
Int. Release 01 Sep. 2006
0289 477 6165 5
Osvaldo Golijov unveils his debut opera Ainadamar (featuring Dawn Upshaw) on his second world-premiere recording for Deutsche Grammophon
Track List
Osvaldo Golijov (1960 - )
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Jeremy Flower
Act 1: Mariana
Dawn Upshaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Norman Mackenzie
Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rivera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Norman Mackenzie
Dawn Upshaw, Kelley O'Connor, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
Kelley O'Connor, Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rivera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
Jesús Montoya, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
Act 2: Federico
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rivera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
Kelley O'Connor, Dawn Upshaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
Jesús Montoya, Dawn Upshaw, Kelley O'Connor, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Norman Mackenzie
Dawn Upshaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Norman Mackenzie
Kelley O'Connor, Eduardo Chama, Robb Asklof, Sean Mayer, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
Act 3: Margarita
Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rivera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Norman Mackenzie
Kelley O'Connor, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
Jessica Rivera, Dawn Upshaw, Kelley O'Connor, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Norman Mackenzie
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Norman Mackenzie
Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rivera, Kelley O'Connor, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
Dawn Upshaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Norman Mackenzie
Total Playing Time 1:20:16
The event of the year . . . Golijov's sound -- a personal mix involving Yiddish melody and Latin American dance rhythms -- flows joyously, till it's no longer heard but only felt, like a pulse or an electrical current.
At first blush, a new opera meditating on the life and death of Spanish poet/playwright Federico Garcia Lorca seems an unlikely choice to be a chart hit. However, Osvaldo Golijov's "Ainadamar" is precisely that . . . Amid his gorgeous lyrical lines and brilliantly colored orchestration, Golijov embroiders the guitar and cante jondo ("deep song") idioms of traditional flamenco with lilting Afro-Cuban grooves and hypnotic field recordings made in Chiapas, Mexico . . . Upshaw's enthusiasm seems to be shared by audiences, programmers and critics alike.
Golijov is exceedingly modest, but he is one of the few composers today whose works are profoundly shifting the geography of the classical music world . . . sliding among genres the way other composers modulate to different keys, yet his works move brilliantly beyond collage . . . Golijov's works jump off the stage with rhythm and passion; they swing seamlessly from the earthy to the sublime and tap rich veins of lyricism. Over a few short years, and while still young, he has emerged as a major energizing force in a classical world in need of a new vision . . .
(Ainadamar). . . an arresting work of history and reverie about the Spanish writer Federico García Lorca, his loves, his legacy and his murder at the hands of Franco's forces during the Spanish Civil War . . ."Ainadamar" does not linger on the tragedy of Lorca's death. In the final scene, memories of violence and suffering drift away as the three female voices come together in a lush Straussian trio. It is a bold theatrical gesture that Golijov makes without hesitation.
No one writing music today crosses stylistic barriers with more lyrical bravado and sheer compositional nerve than Osvaldo Golijov.
Osvaldo Golijov's beautiful "Ainadamar" will be heard for the first time here and is not to be missed . . . focus exclusively on the music -- and the singing in particular of Dawn Upshaw and Kelley O'Connor, both quite wonderful.
"Ainadamar" has proved outstanding, both on the theater and on this splendid disc. Hwang's episodic text (and indeed the opera itself) is nonrealistic, poetic and deliberately repetitive . . . Closely miked, Dawn Upshaw flourishes in her still-girlish upper-middle voice, and manages convincing rendition of deep-lying cante jondo inflections, as well as suggestions of simmering temperament. Kelly O'Connor, singing superbly in duskily fresh, androgynous contralto, makes a moving Lorca. Mezzo Jennifer Rivera soars warmly as Margarita's student, Nuria. All told, Golijov's opera stands high among this decade's more persuasive and moving new musical-theater works.
. . . beautifully produced . . . beguiling sensuality and original, compelling drama that relates art to politically frightful times, distant from but not entirely unlike our own . . . so powerful a vocal and dramatic presence is Dawn Upshaw's Xirgu that we experience Lorca's death through her own. Golijov . . . has become famous for his Latin charisma, which is once more splashed all over this enormously appealing and highly theatrical score . . . Kelly O'Connor, a dark, alluring mezzo who was plucked from the USC student vocal program to create the role of Lorca, is a find. And the conductor, Robert Spano, gets lovingly inside the music.
. . . the most famous and successful composer of his generation . . . Golijov has the gift of creating memorable melody, of propelling events forward through pulsing and intricately layered rhythms. He can create an atmosphere, a color, a tinta, to use Verdi's word. The work has an airless, dreamlike, hallucinatory quality.
The melodies shiver with erotic intervals and scales; bittersweet half-steps weep with sundrenched nostalgia and the soul of Spain. Arias of languid beauty are interrupted by exuberant outbursts of rhythm, orchestral color and violence. The inventive orchestration finds room for the improvisatory wail of an authentic flamenco singer, guitars and a heart-stopping passage of rhythmically layered gunshots . . . Soprano Dawn Upshaw, at ease with sumptuous melodic lines and folk idioms, gives a ravishing and focused portrayal of Margarita. In the trouser role of Lorca, mezzo Kelley O'Connor sings with an intense lyricism. As Margarita's student Nuria, soprano Jessica Rivera makes a fine impression. Robert Spano conducts with authority . . . this is an opera that deserves a place in the repertory ż immediately.
"There's an honesty and a beauty in his music. Working with him has put me in a position where I am looking at my own life and my own music in a different way, and I am asking myself different questions, because I'm so moved by what he is doing." (Dawn Upshaw)
. . . music of dark beauty and rare authority . . . Golijov's most gripping and durable work to date . . . Throughout the fast-flowing opera, Golijov's genius ripples and roils, with the ASO augmented by flamenco guitarists and percussionists ż creating a sound world at once familiar, enticing and deeply unsettling . . . It's Golijov's masterpiece, destined to be among the great musical achievements of our time.
. . . all that star power never outhshines the raw emotion of this CD . . . Her [O'Connor's] lusty, androgynous voice is a real find.
The electronic elements are masterfully conceived, starting from the opening scene, which turns the sounds of galloping horses into rat-a-tat counterpoint. If I remain baffled by "Ainadamar," the performers on the Deutsche Grammophon recording seem enthralled with the work. There are brave and vulnerable performances from the soprano Dawn Upshaw, a Golijov champion . . . The conductor Robert Spano draws a vivid performance, by turns incisive, rhapsodic and expansive, from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus . . . here is an opera that pushes the dramatic boundaries of the genre, boldly mixing real time with remembered and transfigured scenes from the intertwined lives of its characters.
. . . the music is wholeheartedly emotional and sometimes vigorous, it tends to meditation more than action . . . It is dazzlingly presented: guitars and percussion, Jesús Montoya's flamenco improvisations and Kelley O'Connor's startling low mezzo as the poet, Dawn Upshaw's brilliance and tonal generosity as Xirgu, all rest on glowing orchestral colours and cunning production.
Osvaldo Golijov . . . possesses one of the most distinctive and immediately appealing compositional gifts to come along in some time. His sure dramatic instincts are apparent in "Ainadamar" . . . presented with the strongest possible advocacy by a cast featuring Dawn Upshaw and supported by the musically omnivorous Robert Spano and his Atlanta forces . . . Golijov's advanced tonal language, infused with Latin/Iberian and Middle Eastern elements, is irresistible . . . Upshaw sings with sweep, tremendous emotional range and linguistic security . . . DG's sound is dynamic and timbrally smooth . . .
"Ainadamar" has enjoyed success on stage but here proves a real 'opera of the imagination'. It is dazzlingly presented: guitars and percussion, Jesús Montoya's flamenco improvisations and Kelley O'Connor's startling low mezzo as the poet, Dawn Upshaw's brilliance and tonal generosity as Xirgu, all rest on glowing orchestral colours and cunning production.
``Ainadamarżż is imaginative, original, compelling. This recording should really get your blood circulating . . . One of todayżs most talked-about composers . . . the music really cooks. Golijov writes brilliantly for the voice. He mixes styles and instruments like a master chef . . . The singing is equally spectacular. Soprano Dawn Upshaw brilliantly projects the lead role of Margarita Xirgu with sparkling tone, vivid expression and such a sure grasp of the idiom that I initially thought it must be a Spanish singer.
. . . I find his Lorca-inspired new opera stunning . . . It feels immediate, fresh and relevant.
[James H. North]: . . . I was so shattered by Golijov's music . . . The music was stunning, indescribable. I was on a high for weeks, telling anyone who would listen that this was the best new opera in half a century . . . On this disc, the magic is back . . . The performance is as mesmerizing as the music. Dawn Upshaw has become the dramatic singer of our day, pushed by Golijov's demanding music, much of which was written for her . . . ["Ainadamar"] demands a wide range of vocal technique, in moods coarse as well as subtle: Upshaw delivers them all convincingly and with much beauty of sound, over an astonishingly wide range . . . Kelley O'Connor does admirably, and all the supporting forces, live and electronic, are most effective . . . the haunting atmosphere of Golijov and Hwang's opera is beautifully captured . . . I cannot imagine any other composer going so far in so many direction. And yet it all comes together into a single, saturated whole. In this new century of globalization on all fronts ż political, commercial, and cultural ż we have at last a truly international composer, one to whom no one else can be compared . . . Like Beethoven and Stravinsky, Golijov is breaking new ground. Perhaps future generations will look back on "Ainadamar" as the "Eroica" and "Le sacre du printemps" of the 21st century.
[Robert Carl]: . . . I've always admired his imagination, deep musicality, and multicultural grasp . . . I find it enormously inventive, stunning in the risks taken and met . . . Overall this is a triumph . . . Golijov's music is most of the time stunning . . . It's visceral, and doesn't sound like pseudo-flamenco. When the music gets quiet, it can also be overwhelming . . . there's a vocal quartet that bespeaks both consolation and terror, nearly Mozartian in inspiration . . . The performances are at the level of the art. The three female principles . . . are deft in their vocal characterizations and passionate without pushing into diva excess. All the other performers stand out as selfless members of the ensemble, with no weak links. And Spano obviously loves this music, exercising just the right level of control to project its strength without reining in its feverish energy . . . Above all, this is the first Golijov piece where I hear not just a deeply talented composer, but a great spirit emerging.
First and foremost, a bouquet to DG for having the courage to record "Ainadamar" as an act of faith in one of the most intriguing among a younger generation of international composers . . . Dawn Upshaw, who has forged a deep bond with Golijov's music, is Margarita Xirgu. It's a commanding performance of a role that was written in a way that allows Upshaw to display her special vocal gifts. How does she produce that extraordinary flattened tone in the final trio when Margarita is dying? And could any singer have been more seductive in 'A lŕ Habana' . . . O'Connor, she could wring tears from the stoniest Andalucian landscape in 'De mi fuente tú emerges', her last blessing on Margarita. With a dearth of musical bricks to work with, Jessica Rivera as Nuria, the faithful pupil, tries her hardest to build a character out of straw . . . the music too is irresistible and "sui generis" . . . listen to they rhythmic energy from those guitars in the interlude 'Crepúsculo delirante' or the melody that underpins Lorca's confession when it's shadowed on the vibraphone. It's original; it's affecting; and it won't let you go.
. . . a superb collaboration . . . To my ears it is Golijovżs best score yet, and by far the most compelling in its cohesiveness; he saturates the sound work in a gypsy-flamenco idiom, which conjures up an overwhelming atmosphere of sultry claustrophobia perfect for the subject matter. The performances are superb, especially Dawn Upshaw as Margarita Xirgu . . .
Speaking of opera, Osvaldo Golijovżs żAinadamarż is on the list . . . because at last Iżve found a piece of his I can be genuinely enthusiastic about, and Iżd like to celebrate that. Itżs also nicer to hear an American work that is not a rehash of a film or novel. The opera is a shattering portrait of the intersecting passions of art, human love, and politics.
Dawn Upshaw has championed Golijov's music before on disc (the song cycle "Ayre") and is a powerfully emotive and sensually lyrical Margarita. She's supported by a strong cast and the versatile Robert Spano. "Ainadamar" is immediately engaging, incorporating Latin, Middle Eastern, and pop influences, as well as electronica.
Pride of place in 2006, indeed for the 21st century, goes to Osvaldo Golijov's "Ainadamar". Golijov makes totally new, original music from aold traditions, and I find "Ainadamar" to be the most moving opera since Berg, Janácek, and "Peter Grimes".
This unique, 80-minute opera must be heard . . . the whole piece is sheer poetry. This is stunning.
Golijov shows here why he's such a hot property. The opera is a free-floating biography of Federico García Lorca, with a Latin-influenced, alternately exalted and brutal score that's so vibrant it feels dangerous, like a religious rite that could take you to hell as well as heaven.
A major contemporary voice, Golijov writes vibrantly colored, rhythmically charged and melodically swooning music that pulsates with flamenco and other folk sources. His opera, a memory play about Catalan actress Margarita Xirgu, shivers with eroticism and the soul of Spain.
Upshaw sings with great versatility, bringing a pop-style gustiness to the more assertive Latin numbers but also the transparency of tone we associate with her in the opera house; her ethereal singing of "adios" at the close of the trio is especially touching. O'Connor's lower register gets a workout in impersonating Lorca, and she makes a fine moment of Lorca's haunting song about gazing at statue of Mariana. Jessica Rivera's soprano has the right youthful purity for Nuria's music. And Robert Spano lets the opera's exuberance soar while ensuring that its introspective moments tell.
What audiences will see and hear is an exceptionally poignant and multifaceted work that has continued to evolve in subtle yet meaningful ways . . . A recording on the Deutsche Grammophon label won two Grammy awards this year.
Außer Frage steht Golijovs Talent als Vokalkomponist und Stimmmagier. Dawn Upshaw singt die Partie der Margarita mit einer überirdischen Leichtigkeit, zerbrechlichen, glasklaren Höhen und einem sonderbaren Gespür für Golijovs Vokaleffekte und Intervallsprünge. Kelly O'Connor ist ihr in der Partie des Lorca eine brillante Partnerin. Die junge Sängerin verfügt über eine gewaltige Palette an Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten, von der dunklen, erdenen, aber unwahrscheinlich ausgeglichenen und präsenten Tiefe, bis hin zu einer samt abgerundeten Oberlage. Jessica Rivera besticht mit ihrem jugendlich lyrischen Sopran. Robert Spano leitet das Atlanta Symphony Orchestra mit Leidenschaft und impulsiver Dynamik. Dass das alles andere als herkömmliche zeitgenössische Musik ist, liegt auf der Hand . . .
Osvaldo Golijov gilt als vielseitiger Klanggestalter zwischen vielen stilistischen Stühlen. Mit beiden Händen greift er in die Traditionen des Barock, des Mittelalters, er lässt sich von wiegenden Rhythmen Lateinamerikas ebenso inspirieren wie von uralten Gesängen der Sepharden ż dies jedoch alles andere als unbekümmert.
Die Solisten der mit dem Atlanta Symphony Orchestra unter Robert Spano produzierten Ersteinspielung von »Ainadamar« zumindest kosten jeden ton ihrer griffigen Parts aus. Vorweg Dawn Upshaw, die als Margarita alle Möglichkeiten nutzt, die zwischen pastellfarbener Grazie und pastoser Leuchtkraft changierende Ausdruckspalette der Rolle auszureizen. Jessica Rivera ist eine hellstimmige, engelgleiche Nuria, Kelley O'Connor setzt als Lorca mit nachtschwarzen Alt-Registern einen vokalen Kontrapunkt . . . Auch in der Alten Welt wird das Publikum wohl von Golijov wieder hingerissen sein.
Die als Mezzosopran (vorzüglich: Kelley O'Connor) angelegte Partie García Lorcas darf in neobarocken Belcantolinien schwelgen, die sich gelegentlich zu Flamenco-Verschlingungen verdichten . . . Daß Golijov sein Stilgemisch souverän beherrscht, steht außer Frage. Im Terzett der drei Frauenstimmen, mit Jessica Rivera als Nuria, beweist er auch kontrapunktische Künste.
Nicht nur dieser dramaturgische Kniff ist spektakulär, auch die Musik. Golijov bietet ein breites musikalisches Repertoire . . . Golijov hat eine unverwechselbare musikalische Sprache entwickelt . . . Wunderbar interpretiert werden diese melodischen Wechselbäder durch die schon erwähnte Dawn Upshaw und andere herausragende Sänger . . .
Le ton y est aussi éloquent que vigoureux, Osvaldo Golijov ménageant des passages d'un grand lyrisme pour son interprčte-vedette . . . l'emploi du clavier numérique renforce le potentiel rythmique des instruments de l'orchestre. La richesse orchestrale et mélodique d'"Ainadamar" repose sur un équilibre quasi parfait . . . Dčs lors, certains passages, directement liés au flamenco (cante jondo), au baroque, au bel canto ainsi qu'aux traditions juives et musulmanes, s'intčgrent avec naturel ŕ cet ouvrage, d'une facture brillamment composite. Merci ŕ Robert Spano, chef accompli qui, ŕ la tęte de l'Orchestre symphonique d'Atlanta, nous fait découvrir et apprécier la derničre partition d'un des compositeurs les plus stimulants de sa génération.
L'aria de Lorca "ŕ la statue de Mariana", magnifique nocturne, langoureux, mystérieux, distribue trčs astucieusement ses lentes notes aux tenues de cordes, pizzicatos de violoncelles et harpes. On comprend alors que Peter Sellars ait été séduit par cette partition simple et belle, dont il a contribué ŕ remodeler le livret et la trame définitive.
Golijov funde maravillosamente la música cubana con el folklore gitano ... la música andaluza y sones profundamente latinos y árabes, logrando una partitura virtuosa en su mestizaje. Gran trabajo de la Sinfónica de Atlanta y su coro femenino, y también de Upshaw.
El resultado llega a ser fantasmagórico y de una gran tensión en el contenido. La belleza doliente de la voz de Dawn Upshaw eleva la categoría de esta premičre, mientras que Robert Spano logra dibujar con magia este flirteo entre la ópera y el flamenco en el que ambos se compenetran de forma insospechada.
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Today in Sure, Why Not? news, we have learned that, thanks to Netflix's insatiable need for original content, there is now a Between Two Ferns movie. That's right, Zach Galifianakis's awkward interview show has been turned into a film. How will that work? Honestly, who cares? It looks hilarious. Full Story
A night for Bradley Cooper
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Bradley Cooper was honoured last night at the American Cinematheque Award dinner. He couldn't skip this one. As I've mentioned, Bradley's maintained a pretty low public profile Full Story
Tulip Fever is insane
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Filmed in 2014, intended for release in 2015, eventually slated in 2016, inevitably kicked to 2017, and then bumped a few times just to be sure, Tulip Fever hop-scotched its way across release calendars so much it became a joke among Full Story
Jon Hamm in Keeping UP With The Joneses
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Hillary Between Two Ferns
I don't think I've gotten quite enough people yelling at me about politics and the election, so let's talk about Hillary Clinton's appearance on Between Two Ferns. Yesterday the twentieth episode of Between Two Ferns came out and it features Hillary Clinton doing some #MillennialOutreach by way of viral videos. Full Story
Gal Gadot's abs
Are the most memorable thing in the first trailer for Keeping Up With the Joneses. It's an action-comedy that looks like a cross between Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Burbs with a dash of Date Night thrown in, and stars Isla Fisher, Zach Galifianakis—who I BARELY recognized—Jon Hamm, and Gadot. Full Story
Joaquin or Zach?
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Zach Galifianakis was at the SAGs the other night with the Birdman team and I kept thinking it was Joaquin Phoenix. Doesn't he look like Joaquin Phoenix now? The real Joaquin Phoenix was probably very happy to not be at the SAGs on Sunday but still had to be in Rome yesterday to promote Inherent Vice and is maybe growing his hair into a Javier Bardem No Country For Old Men bob. Full Story
Bradley Pitts Between Two Ferns
Brad Pitt really wants you to see Fury. The small details are what get me initially. Like how they Scotch tape the microphones on this show. It's a slow build. The first two minutes aren't all that exciting. But then. Zach Galifianakis goes for it. I mean, sure, it's not hard to go for it when both of you are in on it. Full Story
The Hangover slow motion walking
Besides Bradley Cooper's hair, my favourite part of The Hangover 3 comes at the end, when Todd Phillips montages together all the shots of the guys slow motion walking from the entire franchise. Can't remember what song he cut it to but it looks good. They slow motion walk down the hotel corridor in the first movie. Full Story
Coop & Zach
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There's a new two part Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis interviewing several Oscar nominees. The clothing tells me it was shot just after the Oscar Nominees Luncheon. It's good. I've included both below. If you hate Anne Hathaway you'll be annoyed. I worry that Anne Hathaway is becoming a hate-watch. Full Story
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Just another first round bust of a running back.Anyone remember Tim Worley out of Georgia? Our first round pick in 1989? Another fumbler and wasted first round pick. Mendenhall is hurt all the time, he can't hit the holes, and dances. He has the nerve to call out steelers fans after being pissed because we lost to a ****** team? Probably to cover his own *** too.Two fumbles yesterday. When your qb is out, you need your running game to step it up (aka franco and Rocky 1976).
I wish the Steelers would send his bin ladin loving *** packing and take Wallace with him.


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We were discussing keeping track of business mileage, and it came up that most of us tax pros, and probably most other business persons, make multiple trips to the same locations on a regular basis – in my case to Office Depot for supplies, to my mail drop (which is also a client), to the bank, and to various business clients.
I was reminded of a practice many, many, many years ago when I was a "para-professional" (official title was "Business Services Associate") in the Small Business Department of Deloitte, Haskins + Sells – one of the then "big eight" international CPA firms. We had to record the mileage to and from our client's offices on our time report. The firm would reimburse us for business miles – and would turn around and bill the client for the mileage. But rather than have to count the miles for each individual trip the firm provided employees with a chart that listed the round-trip mileage from our office to each of the firm's clients. If Client A indicated 20 miles each time I would go to Client A I would record 20 miles on my report.
I expect that the mileage was clocked on the first visit from the office to the client, and that mileage was used as the standard for every trip from then on. If a client moved the standard would be changed accordingly.
My colleague mentioned that she had heard of clients who looked up the mileage between the addresses of their office and the business location in Yahoo or Google, and used that figure instead of actually clocking the mileage. I felt this could short change the driver. Isn't the mileage provided on these online services more "as the crow flies" than actual driving miles? I think it is much "more better" to do as I think DH+S did – on your first round-trip to a location to which you will be making multiple stops record the exact mileage from your odometer. You can then use the same miles each time you make a round-trip from your office to the location.
There is a downside to using a pre-determined mileage figure. In reality each individual round-trip to a location is not always exactly the same number of miles.
On one trip excessive traffic may cause me to take an alternate route to save time – i.e. get off a major highway and take back roads, which is more actual miles but less travel time. Or road construction or an accident may force me to take a detour that ends up being more miles. On another trip I may stop to buy office supplies or visit the Post Office to mail business packages on the way to or from a client, which would add a couple of miles to that specific trip.
I realize that we are not talking about thousands of miles lost – but if you do a lot of client visits the added miles could add up.
The bottom line is that clocking each and every individual business trip is the best and most accurate way to record your true business mileage. This is not difficult – you just have to get into the habit. You can use a simple pocket date book to keep track of business trips. Enter the location, business purpose and miles driven. For example - "Office Depot (Union City) to purchase office supplies 4 miles" or "Business Client, LLC (Watchung) to do payroll and accounts payable 56 miles" or "Wachovia (Union City) to make deposit for client 3 miles".
If you are the lazy type – or forget to set the odometer – you can always use a standard mile amount – the "DH+S method". But remember - you still have to keep a record of the date, location, and business purpose for each trip in some kind of log or record book.


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On Thursday, the entire staffs of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games were given pink slips. The company, which released "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning" (which I reviewed in February), was in partnership with the state of Rhode Island to bring jobs into the state and give former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 Studios fuel to evolve into a big-time game developer. The company was in the midst of developing a project called "Copernicus," an MMORPG based in the same universe as "Amalur." Big Huge Games, based in Timonium, became a subsidiary of 38 Studios almost three years ago to the day.
The Sun's Gus Sentementes was over at Big Huge's offices before being booted out today, but it seems the entire teams at both companies have indeed been let go. WPRI has an excellent timeline of how the tax credit and loan between the state of Rhode Island and 38 Studios developed. Gamasutra obtained a copy of the layoff letter sent to employees.
In the wake of the news, Twitter erupted with game industry professionals expressing sympathies and immediately trying to help former 38 Studios and Big Huge Games employees find new jobs. The hashtag #38jobs soon became a nation and world-wide trending topic. Ultimately, the studio produced one solid title that sold around a million copies. It's puzzling and unfortunate that a financial arrangement was in place with a state government that allowed for a game that sold that well to make the entire studio a failure. Even worse is the fact that Big Huge Games, which obviously developed a large portion of the game, still seems like a casualty of its parent company's financial indiscretion.
•••• From @gehrig38, 38 Studios founder Curt Schilling: "Reckoning, 38 Studios first game, has outperformed EA's projections by selling 1.2mm copies in its first 90 days"
•••• Schilling again, in response to a tweet that asked "does that mean you're going to pay back your govt bail out money?": "@jay_mayo Haven't received a penny of it, and have not asked for any."
•••• From @BigHugeGames: "Thank you all so much for the remarkable show of support for us and our people during this time. It has meant more than we can say! #38jobs"
Top awkward moments from Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee's presser yesterday
•••• "The idea was to create an 'emotional attachment' from players. The next game that comes out, we have a higher rate of success. That's what we're hearing from the experts."
•••• "Industry experts tell us that it's very very expensive." ... "It costs tens of millions of dollars to market, and that's just what it costs. There's also what they call 'maintaining' the game, so that players that call in and ask questions, you have to provide that service. It's expensive."
•••• "Companies fail overnight all the time." Chafee then likened 38 Studio's sudden downturn to the Boston Red Sox needing to sell Babe Ruth in order to make up for financial losses suffered when the owners of the team invested in an unsuccessful play. He also mentioned how the family that previously owned the New England Patriots had to sell the team when they lost money from a Michael Jackson concert.
•••• "The experts are saying ["Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning" needed to sell in] the 3 million range, just to break even."
•••• "The experts are saying 'you did everything right. You put your money in, you supported the game, and you didn't meddle.' If I had meddled, there wouldn't have been all this horrible violence in the game. And this sexism."
•••• "The game failed. The game failed."
•••• The WPRI news anchor not realizing he was on a live internet video stream, preening and busting the chops of his crew before going "live" with a news report.
"I got my start at Big Huge Games and so I have a lot of love and nostalgia for the company. I am sad to see it shut down, because I still have a lot of friends there and I know how hard they worked to make Kingdoms of Amular (which is a great game). Short term, this will hurt the industry in the area, because a lot of the team will end up being recruited by out of state game makers. I fear that 38 Studios closure will be used as an example of why not to invest in game companies, but hopefully, people will understand that 38 Studios issues were specific to them and not a reflection on the health of the industry. If I could give the guys leaving Big Huge Games and 38 Studios any advice, it would be to 'see this as an opportunity to take a couple risks and follow your passions.'"
•••• "Mass Effect 3's" next expansion pack, "Rebellion," goes live after the holiday weekend and features new maps and goodies for multiplayer. It's free for Online Pass holders. [Joystiq]
•••• "Diablo 3" gets a patch update, but the launch of the real-money auction house has been pushed back to an undetermined date. [Blizzard]
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Farmingdale State - 81, Maritime College - 47
Throggs Neck, N.Y. – The Farmingdale State men's basketball team defeated Maritime College, 81-47, Thursday night at the Riesenberg Hall Gymnasium. The win improves the Rams overall record to 11-4, 7-1 in the Skyline, while the Privateers fall to 2-14 on the season, 2-7 in conference play.
The Rams scored the first six points of the game and built its lead up to 18-13 with 11:33 left in the half. The Privateers cut the deficit to just one, 18-17, before freshman Tyler Brown (New York, N.Y.) nailed a three-pointer at 7:47 to give the Privateers their only lead of the night. Farmingdale State fought back and ended the half on a 13-2 run to hold a 31-22 lead at the break.
The Rams came out strong in the second, expanding their lead to double-digits and as much as 22 points in the first five minutes. 14 second-half turnovers by Maritime led to 12 points for the Rams. The Farmingdale lead grew to 30 points with 10:03 to go, squandering any chance for the Privateers to come back.
The Rams were led by junior AJ Matthews (Brooklyn, N.Y.), who recorded his 13th double-double of the season in the first half, entering the break with 11 points and 13 rebounds. He finished the night with 23 points and a game-high 20 rebounds. Freshman Ibrahim Johnson (New York, N.Y.) registered a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
For Maritime, senior Mike McSloy (Kings Park, N.Y.) scored 27 points for the second consecutive game, while also leading the team with seven rebounds and three rebounds. Junior Henry Evans (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) tallied six points and sophomore Jack Cole (Bethany Beach, Del.) chipped in with five.
The Rams will now host Purchase College on Saturday, January 21st in a conference doubleheader with the women's team. The women tip-off at 1:00 p.m., followed by the men's game at 3:00 p.m.


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