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Assessment of Energy Use and Energy Savings Potential in Selected Industrial Sectors in India. LBNL, 2005. LBNL-57293..
The California Climate Action Registry: Development of Methodologies for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Generation. Berkeley: LBNL, 2002. LBNL-50250..
"Carbon dioxide emissions from the global cement industry." Annual Reviews of Energy & the Environment 26 (2001). LBNL-49097..
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China Energy and Emissions Path to 2030. . 2013. LBNL-4866E..
China's industrial sector in an international context. Vol. 29. 2000. LBNL-46273..
"Climate Change 2014 Mitigation of Climate Change." IPCC 5th Assessment Report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014..
Conference Paper Partnerships for Clean Development and Climate: Business and Technology Cooperation Benefits. 2006. LBNL-61472..
"Cost of reducing carbon emissions." Energy Policy 26 (1998). LBNL-40829..
Development of an energy conservation voluntary agreement pilot project in the steel sector in Shandong. Vol. 28. 2004. LBNL-51608 Chinese..
Development of an Energy Conservation Voluntary Agreement: Pilot Project in the Steel Sector in Shandong Province. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; China Energy Conservation Association, 2003. LBNL-51608..
Development of Energy Balances for the State of California. 2005. LBNL-54923..
"Development of methodologies for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation for the California climate action registry." International Emissions Inventory Conference. Vol. 12. 2002. LBNL-50225..
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Energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions reduction opportunities in the U.S. cement industry. Vol. 25. 1999. LBNL-44182..
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Energy Efficiency Improvement Opportunities for the Cement Industry. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2008. LBNL-72E..
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Analysis: The political contest about nothing
There was once a television show about nothing. In New Hampshire we now witnessing a political contest about nothing.
The sleepy race for New Hampshire Republican Party chair will be over in two weeks. The race comes at a fascinating time for Republicans nationally as well as locally. Party members are purportedly discussing big questions amongst themselves. Should the party be more moderate? Should it to a better job reaching women? Should they be led by more conservative leaders who stand for something? Should all big ideological questions be set aside to focus on the tactics of winning that Democrats seem be crushing them on.
Instead of idle -- however passionate -- conversation, the 500 newly elected members on the state Republican committee are presented with a decision to make. With state party chair Wayne MacDonald is stepping down. The full committee will meet in Bedford on Jan. 26 to select a new leader. Running for the position are former congressional nominee Jennifer Horn, former chair of the state Republican Liberty Caucus Andrew Hemingway and former presidential candidate Andy Martin, who appears to be running as a protest to Horn.
Typically these races for party chairman fall into one of four dynamics: conservative vs. grassroots; establishment vs. grassroots; geographical; or a difference in how the party should tactically proceed.
This race for party chair has elements of these dynamics. Hemingway is more of "liberty" Republican, but Horn ran as a Tea Party candidate in 2010. Horn does have the backing of the state's political establishment, but there isn't the outrage among state committee members about that existed before. Horn is aided geographically by her two runs in the Second Congressional District because some people there have a relationship with her. When it comes to tactics, Horn said she is a good communicator, but so does Hemingway. Hemingway said there needs to be a focus on social media, but Horn agreed. It leaves voting delegates with the choice of who they either like or who they will believe.
Without a dynamic at play there also isn't a mandate for the one who wins. Two years ago Republicans gathered in probably the most high-profile race for party chair the state has ever seen. After all, the winner was profiled everywhere, including The New York Times. That contest between establishment-backed Juliana Bergeron and Tea Party-backed Jack Kimball said something about where the base of the party wanted to go. If Horn or Hemingway win it will signal a possible direction, but not a clear one.
So far this week, WMUR Political Scoop surveyed about 50 members of the 500 member state committee. They are the only ones who can vote. It doesn't matter when Horn announced she had 60 endorsements from party elders when about eight on that list were actually voting members. It was the same theme this week when Horn announced she was endorsed by Sullivan County Republican chair Steve Cunningham and state Sen. Russell Prescott. Neither are on this year's state committee. Hemingway announced the backing of former U.S. Sens. Bob Smith and Gordon Humphrey. That might matter for branding Hemingway, but is also equally useless since they aren't on the committee.
Among those actually on the committee there appears to be a clear winner: undecided. While there is a slight edge to Horn the responses, undecided appears to be winning the day.
There is a reason why so many are undecided. They don't know who either one of these people are and they cannot figure out a dynamic to serve as a guide for their decision.
Listen to Jim Coffey, of New Ipswich, who is one of the undecided. He is a second term state representative and has served on his town's board of selectman for eight terms.
"It is a very interesting choice," Coffey said. "It comes down to personality. I don't really know either one of them. Horn seems to have given a lot of service to the party and she is closer in my age. Hemingway is a computer geek and that isn't a bad thing. I like both of them. I have no idea who I am voting for."
And who can blame Coffey and the others for being confused? Neither candidate is really offering much in the way to help them make a decision.
This week both Horn and Hemingway sent letters to committee members. In their letters Hemingway and Horn describe a little about themselves and talk about their goals. In his letter Hemingway talks about the need to upgrade phones and technology. (Why need Hemingway, couldn't Horn just outsource that?) Horn sends over a four-page wish list with lines like "I will be committed from day one to defeating Maggie Hassan in 2014 and restoring a Republican to our corner office for the first time since 2004." (Wouldn't Hemingway be equally committed?)
Both talk a lot about the need to be better at fundraising, but when they ran their own groups or campaigns, fundraising was never been a strong point.
What Republicans are left with is a campaign of basically two candidates (Martin isn't a factor) who are asking people they don't know to just trust them more than the other person.
Even the language among those who have decided is telling.
Sue Carroll, of Atkinson, said she is backing Hemingway because she was troubled to learn about Horn's I.R.S. tax lien and her longstanding campaign debt. The debt is a Horn personal loan. She thinks the party needs someone who can run "the books" competently. She trusts the other person more.
Rusty Bulis, of Littleton, said he is backing Horn because she is from Nashua and the party should have someone from the Southern part of the state, though he admires what he has read about Hemingway. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
The confusion of the candidates and the choice might be best understood by Lino Avellani, of Sanbornville. He was among the 60 that Horn originally announced as a supporter. This week he said he was undecided that the "party needs to get younger" implying he might select the younger Hemingway.
Avellani said he will learn more at a meeting Thursday night. Others said they will take the time to call the candidates or read up more. The fact so many haven't thus far is telling, but they will need to make a decision. Somehow.


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For the Day of Archaeology 2012 and the end of my course on Christian and Moslem archeology (4th-20th centuries) in the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, we went on a field trip to downtown Haifa to see remnants from bygone times marking the contemporary landscape. Strolling along Jaffa Street we examined the houses built at the beginning of the 20th century, following the construction of Haifa harbor and the building of the Hejaz Railways, which connected Haifa to the holy Moslem cities.The houses represent various Ottoman (16th-20th) styles and traditions, and there are also a few cemeteries and religious institutions, both Moslem and Christian, along the street.
In spite of its beauty and historical importance, the street, inhabited nowadays by an impoverished Arab population, is neglected. Rumors say that the neglect of this area stems, not only from political grounds, but from a process of gentrification that attracts rich people into this neighborhood in the center of town and forces the poor population to leave. Standing in the shed of one of the old buildings, I referred to the idea that the structure of a neighborhood, such as that of Jaffa Street, was vital for the reproduction of social life of the community living there.
The obliteration of historical knowledge, on the other hand, by violent act of foundation of a new neighborhood can produce a tangible influence on people's identities. The students, however, when asked to comment on the status of preservation of the contemporary landscape were reluctant to express their opinion. Their reluctance may be related to their technological background and lack of a humanistic one. It may also be the result of the composition of the course, attended mostly by Arab students who are unwilling to express their opinion regarding the contemporary landscape as a sort of a protest against the State because of their displacement and dispossession by the hegemonic culture.


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PORTLAND, Ore. – Two teams scrambling for points left no stone unturned in a wild display as the Columbus Crew and Portland Timbers played to a 3-3 draw Saturday night at a raucous Providence Park.
In a match highlighted by a red card, a penalty kick and three late goals, an 85th minute Gaston Fernandez strike rescued a valuable and unlikely point for the Timbers, who were cut down to 10 men in the 34th minute.
A first-half brace by Columbus Crew forward Federico Higuain after a fifth-minute goal by Portland's Maximiliano Urruti seemingly put the Crew in the driver's seat heading into the second half up 2-1.
But Timbers captain Will Johnson first came to the rescue with an equalizer in the 80th minute, which was answered seconds later by Crew substitute Ethan Finlay.
It all led to Fernandez's late heroics, when he was the beneficiary of a friendly bounce following a Diego Valeri free kick from midfield, giving him an easy tap-in on Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark.
Despite just one win in their first 11 games, the Timbers' unbeaten streak is now at four games, moving them out of last place in the Western Conference and into eighth place.
And while Columbus, who were without World Cup hopefuls Michael Parkhurst and Waylon Francis, will be disappointed to give up a late lead up a man, the draw breaks their three-game losing streak and three-game goalless stretch. They move into sixth place in the Eastern Conference with 13 points from 11 games.
It all started off so well for the Timbers.
In the fifth minute, Johnson forced a turnover at midfield, drove the left channel before laying off to Steve Zakuani. He played a quick ball through to Urruti who beat Clark to the top netting.
But then the wheels fell off for Portland.
Higuain first converted on his cheeky chip shot from 25 yards out in the 14th minute to tie it at 1-1.
A straight red on Alvas Powell in the 34th minute for his tackle on Chad Barson added to the sting. And the Crew capitalized when defender Mamadou "Futty" Danso was whistled for a penalty in the area when he pulled down Giancarlo Gonzalez as he attempted to get on the end of a Higuain corner kick in the final moments of second-half stoppage time.
Higuain easily converted on his penalty for the 2-1 halftime lead.
Johnson gave the Timbers life once again in the 80th minute when Valeri played a long ball into the area for Jack Jewsbury. After a brief scrum, the ball fell to Johnson who fired home.
But at the restart, Higuain fed Finlay for a shot that deflected off Danso and past Portland goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts to give the Crew back the lead briefly at 3-2.
Then, in the 85th minute, Valeri's long free kick was headed by Timbers newcomer Fanendo Adi in the box right to an unmarked Fernandez for the final crescendo.
The Timbers next play Saturday at the New York Red Bulls, while Columbus play host to the Chicago Fire on the same day.
Dan Itel covers the Timbers for MLSsoccer.com.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
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|Federico Higuain
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|Gaston Fernandez
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A federal panel authorized late Monday the sale of A123 Systems Inc. to a Chinese auto-parts maker, according to the buyers.
Wanxiang Group Corp. said Tuesday it received approval from the US Treasury Department's Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to purchase the bankrupt batterymaker. The approval is the last official hurdle before the Chinese company can take control of A123. The approval comes despite concerns that the $257 million deal would give Chinese authorities access to energy technology developed with clean-energy grants from the US government.
The Department of Energy awarded $249 million in grants to A123 Systems, based in Waltham, Mass., of which it received $130 million before declaring bankruptcy last October. The department has said it will not award the remaining funds to A123.
"American taxpayers should not be funding technology that will in turn be used in competition against American companies," wrote Rep. Bill Huizenga (R) of Michigan, in an e-mail to Reuters Tuesday.
Some in Congress oppose the deal on national security grounds. A123 Systems holds existing contracts with the US Department of Defense. Those were sold independently to Navitas Systems, an Illinois energy company, but questions linger over how secure the military technologies are from exposure to Wanxiang, which has ties to the Chinese government.
"We don't have any answers on whether U.S. national security concerns are protected," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) of Iowa said in a statement Tuesday. "The only thing that's clear is a foreign-owned company will benefit from the millions of dollars given to A123 through the President's stimulus package. That's troubling."
Last December, Wanxiang outbid Johnson Controls of Milwaukee for the rights to A123 Systems, which makes electric car batteries for Fisker Automotive, BMW, General Motors, and other companies. The company has downplayed national security concerns.
"There is no question that CFIUS process is there to fully protect national security issues and we are glad that we could have addressed all the concerns CFIUS has," Wanxiang's president wrote in an e-mail to Reuters.
Congress may explore legislation to block similar sales in the future, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, but it is unlikely lawmakers will hold up the A123 sale.
"From a practical standpoint, this is probably it," Josh Zive, an attorney at the Washington office of Bracewell & Giuliani and an expert on the CFIUS review process, told the Wall Street Journal.


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"Also marching in the parade were anti-Quinn protesters carrying a large, yellow "LGBT against Quinn" sign–baffling at least one police officer, who was apparently a fan of Ms. Quinn.
"Who would be against Quinn?" he asked.
Note: Although I am a critic of Quinn's I feel badly for her --- look at the photo....
I can't help it I feel sorry for her. I just don't want her for mayor. She sold us out.


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Blackstar Amplification has only been around since 2007, but the fast rise of the U.K. manufacturer shouldn't be all that surprising, given that its design team boasts a number of Marshall veterans. Build quality, tone, and affordable prices have also helped make the high-gain-centric brand a top seller.
At Summer NAMM 2013, Blackstar introduced their new LT pedal line, which was designed with affordability in mind (prices range from $79 to $149). The series comprises five dirt pedals: LT Drive, LT Dist, LT Metal, LT Boost, and the dual-mode LT Dual.
Unlike Blackstar's larger HT-series pedals, the LTs have no vacuum tubes and run on standard 9-volt power. LT pedals feature buffered bypass and click-less, noiseless footswitches. We check out the LT Drive, LT Dist, and LT Metal here. In this review, we take the LT Dual and LT Boost for a spin.
LT Dual
These days it's not unusual for guitarists to use one pedal for rhythm sounds and another for lead tones, which makes dual-mode dirt pedals among the most practical designs around. They're a great way to maximize pedalboard space and minimize cabling.
While the LT Dual has twice the functionality of its siblings, it's only a bit bigger (although with a street price of $149.99, it is the most expensive pedal in the line). Even with the extra size, it's smaller than Blackstar's earlier HT series pedals. The Dual's control panel contains gain and level knobs for each channel and shared tone and ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) controls. The ISF knob lets you gradually sweep between American- and British-style raunch.
tougher but still fairly refined.
Though Blackstar doesn't specifically designate either channel as lead or rhythm, channel 1 is the lower gain of the two and is the better candidate for rhythm tasks. I did my first experiments in low-gain territory, setting both channels with gain around 7 o'clock, tone at noon, and ISF at 10 o'clock. At these settings, channel 1 was pretty clean unless I picked fairly hard, while channel 2 sounded thicker and readily kicked out the kind of low-gain dirt you want for a solid, classic-rock tone. To get both channels to a comparable state of saturation, I had to boost channel 1's gain between 9 and 10 o'clock.
With both gain controls at noon, channel 1 delivered a crunchy, almost AC/DC-like rhythm tone. Cranking the ISF clockwise yielded a little extra British beefiness, though this came at the expense of detail and clarity.
Compact, self-contained distortion factory that covers a gazillion gain-based needs.
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Cranking the gain makes channel 1 really aggressive, and here you start to see the potential of the two channels beyond the traditional rhythm/lead binary. At these settings, with this much gain, channel 1 would be an excellent lead channel. That said, when I compared it to channel 2 at the same settings, I often thought of the latter: "Now, that's a lead tone."
Initially, the shared tone shaping controls seemed like a drawback, particularly because I liked the strong personality of the ISF on the other LT pedals and would have liked to use two ISF controls to strike a greater sonic contrast on this device. But with the right tweaks, it's pretty easy to find a setting that works for both channels and your rig.
It's worth noting that although there are two channels, you can't cascade them into each other or use one channel to goose its mate like you can with some other dual-mode dirt boxes. However, this omission doesn't diminish the LT Dual's killer sounds.
The Verdict
The LT Dual makes it easy to dial in excellent sounds for each channel. And if you combine the LT Dual with a sparkly clean amp, you've got a killer set of fundamental tones. Dual-mode dirt pedals can be a godsend when both channels sound truly compelling, and with the LT Dual, Blackstar hit the mark.


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The past week has been huge for people who want to see the United States go big on climate change. First Hurricane Sandy vaulted climate change back into the public debate. Now the reelection of Barack Obama means that there will be someone in the White House who cares strongly about the issue. The combination creates an opportunity to press for climate action.
That makes it all the more critical for people who care about climate change to get things right. If they remember one thing, it should be this: they will need to build coalitions if they want to go big.
The contours of the sort of policy that might have a shot at becoming the foundation for a coalition aren't too tough to figure out. They probably look a lot like what President Obama advocates when he talks about pursuing an "all of the above strategy". That would blend serious action to curb emissions from fossil fuel consumption with steps to help facilitate safe expansion of U.S. oil and gas production. (That, incidentally, looks a lot like what John McCain advocated in 2008, suggesting that it has the potential for bipartisan appeal.) Indeed now would be a great time to start telling people who are newly concerned with climate change that there are serious approaches to the problem that they can embrace that don't require radical revisions to how they think about the world.
Yet many of the loudest voices on climate change, particularly in the aftermath of Sandy, appear to have other ideas on their minds. To them the lesson of recent weeks seems to be that now is the time to redouble those strategies that appeal most to those who are already charged up about climate action. That means renewed efforts to block pipeline, shale, and other oil and gas developments – despite the fact that a substantial majority of Americans are opposed.
The instinct is understandable, but it is ultimately likely to be counterproductive, for two big reasons. The first is a matter of substance: blocking U.S. oil and gas development would have barely any impact on either U.S. or world emissions, and might make things worse. Curbing U.S. oil would nudge emissions lower, but since U.S. production is likely to primarily displace production from others, the impact will probably be very small. More U.S. gas production, meanwhile, is currently reducing emissions by displacing coal, which is good climate news.
All of this means that you need to do considerably more than block oil and gas development if you want to really bend the U.S. emissions curve. What you need is to go directly after emissions from U.S. fossil fuel consumption in a big way, whether that's through an explicit price on carbon, a clean energy standard, or something else. And since that eventually requires action from Congress, you need to build coalitions. I'm not suggesting that advocates for climate action need to satisfy every member of the House and Senate. But really big steps will eventually require collaboration that extends far across party lines – and putting together coalitions in this vein will inevitably require some support for U.S. oil and gas.
Now some advocates will have a ready response: taking a hard line on oil and gas now gives them something that they can trade when it comes time to deal later on. That's not a crazy way for some people to take when they think about strategy. But it's disastrous if it becomes the dominant (or most publicly prominent) approach. The country needs people who will actively articulate a way forward that can be widely embraced – one that, incidentally, probably looks a lot like the "all of the above" strategy that the President has advocated (though not always been able to fully pursue) and that so many have nonetheless mocked.
Moreover, insofar as advocates are merely being tactically shrewd in taking a hard line on oil and gas, they will need to be prepared to compromise in the end in order to get a serious carbon price or clean energy standard through. Telling your grassroots base that U.S. oil and gas development spells certain doom for the planet is not a great way to set that endgame up.
Those who want serious action on climate change should keep one more thing in mind. Four years ago, when the financial crisis hit, many smart analysts said that the opportunity to go big on climate change would return when the economy got back somewhere close to normal. Their mistake wasn't in that analysis – it was in thinking that the return to normal was only a couple of years away. The economy is now slowly limping back to health, and while it's far from being repaired, a considerably stronger economy is a real prospect when you look four years ahead. People who want serious action on climate should probably still be looking at the next year or two as an new opportunity to rebuild support for climate action and to begin to craft new coalitions, much as they did in the few years before President Obama was first elected. Doing that requires presenting a vision that people can embrace without completely overhauling their views of the world. Building that foundation will maximize the odds that it will be possible to make big and necessary things happen when the time is really right
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The high profile events in Steubenville, Ohio, involving the rape of a drunken sixteen year old girl by two fellow high school students, have the potential to shine a broad swath of light on "acquaintance rape" in America. My students and I have been taking the complexities apart in classroom discussions since the guilty verdict was announced. Here are some of the issues we've discussed. They also make for great discussion topics at home.
- America's "Rape Prone Culture," especially its "blame the victim" mentality
- Legal definitions of "rape"
- Confusions about the issue of consent
- The power of "group think"
- The association between alcohol use, poor judgment, and dangerous activity
- The lack of adequate adult supervision when teenagers socialize
- The unbridled use of technology in the hands of young people, and its power to ruin or change young lives forever
- "Jock Culture" and the entitled belief that one is special and above the rules
- The complicity of adults in facilitating and even covering up events that encourage sexual assault
- The lack of empathy among perpetrators and bystanders toward another fellow human being
If the judge in the case has his way, there will be a continuing investigation into several of these elements–many students and adults in the community are involved as witnesses or facilitators of the events surrounding the rapes–that will keep these important issues front and center in the news. Let's hope so.
It's way past time to take acquaintance rape, its multiple causes, and its aftermath seriously.


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Director Guillermo del Toro vows that production on his video game trilogy inSane continues apace even with the attention required for Pacific Rim, his next big cinematic effort.
"Up until the end of pre-production on Pacific Rim, we were still going up to Chicago, to Champaign, Illinois, to work with the developer," Del Toro tells Wired. " I think it's going to be a fun, scary game. It's a maiden voyage into the medium for me."
Del Toro is working with Saints Row developer Volition on inSane, said to be the first offering in a trilogy. Del Toro says the work is proceeding much slower than a film because, "With a videogame, you don't have to solve one screenplay, you have to solve 20 screenplays, because you are giving the player the illusion of free will."
"We're really trying a lot of stuff that I don't think would even fly in the movies" he added. Still, "It's still two-and-a-half or three years away, though, because videogame development is so long," Del Toro cautions.
Wired has more inSane and Pacific Rim in its interview below.
Guillermo Del Toro Talks Vampires, Giant Monsters and the 'Arrogance of Science' [Wired]
(Top photo: Kevork Djansezian | AP)
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Alissa Torres
- Principal Instructor
- Twitter: @sibertor
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alissatorres
Alissa Torres is an explorer at heart. Uncovering the full story of an attacker's exploits requires digging into known and unknown forensic artifacts, and this excavation is exactly what intrigues her. With more than 15 years of experience in computer and network security spanning government, academic, and corporate environments, Alissa has the deep experience and technical savvy to take on even the most difficult computer forensics challenges that come her way. Her current role as an Incident Response Manager at Cargill provides daily challenges "in the trenches" and demands constant technical growth. Alissa is also founder of her own firm, Sibertor Forensics, and has taught internationally in more than 10 countries.
Memory forensics is a bleeding-edge field of Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR), and Alissa is the lead author as well as an instructor of FOR526: Memory Forensics In-Depth and co-author of the SANS Memory Forensics Poster. She also teaches FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis; FOR508: Advanced Digital Forensics, Incident Response, and Threat Hunting; and SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling.
Alissa was introduced to digital forensics during her four years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps. She moved on to various technical roles at KEYW Corporation, Northrop Grumman Information Systems, and as part of Mandiant's computer incident response team (MCIRT). Alissa has worked as an instructor at the U.S. Cyber Challenge Camps and at the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy (DCITA), delivering incident response and network basics to security professionals entering the forensics community. She is passionate about sharing knowledge, presenting annually at regional and national industry conferences and encouraging women's participation in science, technology, engineering, and math through regional outreach programs.
As both an investigator and instructor, Alissa has a constant and infectious desire to always learn more and question everything, an ethos embodied in the SANS DFIR classes. "Our curriculum ensures students gain an understanding of why an artifact matters and how the tools interpret the data." Alissa explains. An inquisitive nature can be the determining factor in investigative success, as Alissa learned when she identified a critical error in one of her team's web proxy timeline procedures. This discovery allowed for the correction of contractual fraud investigations involving the U.S. government. Sharing personal success stories like this one gives students real-world applications for the material they are learning and inspires them to evaluate and optimize their own investigative processes, whether in incident response, digital forensic investigations, or internal offensive reconnaissance.
As attackers learn how forensic investigators work, they become increasingly more sophisticated at leaving fewer traces behind. "We are in an arms race where the key difference is training," says Alissa. Toward that end, she encourages her students to ask more questions, grow the common body of knowledge, and make a difference in the digital forensics community. Her teaching style is best described as a type of "exposure therapy" that introduces concepts but then pushes students to get behind the keyboard and apply these concepts themselves.
Alissa's true passion is memory forensics, a rapidly evolving area of expertise for both attackers and defenders. As malware strives for a minimal footprint on the host, the battlefield exists in system memory. Alissa's students take the skills taught in FOR526 and move their investigations forward, in some cases even uncovering new details in their cases before the week-long class ends.
Alissa has a B.S from the University of Virginia and a M.S. in information technology from the University of Maryland. She is a GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), and holds the GCFE, GCIH, GSEC, CISSP, and EnCE certifications. Alissa has served as a member of the GIAC Advisory Board since 2013 and was recognized by SC Magazine as one of its "2016 Women to Watch." Needless to say, she stays pretty busy. When not enmeshed in metadata and memory structures, Alissa catches every soccer game she can, cheering at her kids' games and scheming to attend matches of her favorite team, Everton. In what time she has left from constant cybersecurity vigilance, Alissa enjoys hiking in the Puerto Rican rain forest and scaling rocks at Big Sur.
Qualifications Summary
- More than 15 years of experience in computer and network security
- Lead author of SANS FOR526: Memory Forensics In-Depth
- GIAC Advisory Board Member since January 2013
- Co-author of the Windows Memory Forensics Poster
Listen to Alissa?s webcast at: Know Normal, Find Evil Windows 10 Memory Forensics Overview.
- Read Alissa's white papers on the SANS IR Survey and Building a World Class SOC
- GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC), June 2015
- GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), June 2014
- GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM), July 2013
- GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), January 2013
- Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE), December 2012
- GIAC Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN), July 2012
- GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), November 2011
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), December 2010
- EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), July 2010 - July 2019
Here is What Students Say About Alissa Torres:
"I love the energy of Alissa Torres' presentation style." - Scott S., US Govt.
"Alissa kept it interesting by pulling from her past experience and demonstrated great passion for the subject." - Matt Leach
"Alissa's teaching skills are remarkable - she is great." - Serge Tumba, GE Capital
"Fantastic- Energetic- Knowledgeable" - Dennis Mooney, Vanguard
"I highly recommend Alissa and SANS computer forensics courses. In April 2015 I attended the SANS Forensics 508: Advanced Digital Forensics and Incident Response (FOR508) course. I had high expectations for the course based on my team lead's recommendation. Alissa and the course exceeded my expectations. Alissa is an outstanding instructor, and SANS FOR508 was the best information security course I have attended. She mixed energy, knowledge, and experience to keep the content productive, relevant, and interesting. I look forward to attending more SANS courses instructed by Alissa." - Chad Rager, Computer Forensic Engineer at ManTech
"This course is known throughout the industry as THE advanced IR and Threat Hunting course. This combined with Alissa's awesome teaching style makes it worth every penny! Alissa's subject matter expertise, enthusiasm, and insights are second to none! Her personalized attention to simulcast viewers was particularly nice because it felt like we were part of the class." - Will Harmon, Trustwave
"Instructors like Alissa are why people keep coming back to SANS. Awesomeness and non-stop energy. She is one of my favorite instructors I've had from SANS, right up there with the likes of Ed Skoudis, John Strand, and Eric Cole. A brilliant presenter who keeps it fun, informative, and turns what other people could make sleep inducing, into non-stop engaging." - Eric Donaldson, Discover Financial Services


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Meet my favorite Mom with a Mission- Rachel Orenstein Packer. Last year Rachel and I met somehow via the web, and Rachel graciously offered to write up some recipes for adults and kids that have egg, nut, and dairy allergies, which oddly seem so prevalent nowadays. Rachel was so passionate about the topic, she then started her own blog, Life is Good, Lick the Bowl and her recipes and valuable advice have been featured in many magazines, newspapers and blogs. Try this Hammentashen recipe which uses moist tofu as a useful substitute for eggs.
Egg, Nut, and Dairy Free (Vegan) Hammentashen
By: Rachel Ornstein Packer
As you may know, my youngest, Ari, was diagnosed with food allergies to eggs and nuts three years ago. At the time, Purim was just around the corner and it painfully dawned on me that he wasn't going to be able to eat any of the hamantashen. Ari usually begins asking for hamantashen in September. Clearly, this was going to be difficult.
My attempts to distract him by focusing on Purim's non-food related activities such as the costume and the carnival, ultimately failed. After all, food is the cornerstone of every Jewish holiday and the iconic hamantash is the defining food of Purim. I hated the fact that food allergies had so quickly dampened Ari's joy of Purim, and I was very determined to change that.
It has been three years since that fateful day at the allergist's office, and while there have been plenty of adjustments, mistakes, questions, and frustrations along the way, one thing is certain…Jewish holidays feel joyful again.
This recipe for Chocolate Hamantashen is my family's favorite creation thus far. It's a kosher recipe thats egg, nut and dairy free, and if you have any vegan friends or relatives on your mishloach manot list…these are perfect. For those who are faint of heart when they hear the word "tofu", please don't be. These hamantashen are so filled with chocolaty goodness, honestly, you can't even taste it…really.
If you are baking for a nut allergic individual, make sure that your ingredients (especially the chocolate) are truly nut free. Please be aware that not all chocolate is the same. Some people are highly sensitive to chocolate products even if they don't contain nuts because they are made on the same product line as nut candy. To play it safe, always check your products carefully and ask questions. If you would like to know more, check out www.foodallergy.org.
Rice Dream Semi Sweet Baking Chips, (these aren't made in a nut free facility, but they use very good manufacturing processes to avoid contamination). They are also completely gluten free but do contain soy. They pack a nice chocolate punch. They work better as a filling for larger hamantashen. OU Pareve.
Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips. These chips are manufactured in a nut, gluten, egg, and dairy and soy free facility. Can't go wrong with these and they are great for a chocolate ganache. They melt very well and taste amazing. They only come in mini form.
HASHAHAR H'AOLE Cocoa Parve Spread. This is my go to for filling hamantashen. The container specifically states that they are nut free. Their website indicates that there are no nuts in any of their products. Again, if you aren't sure, ASK! Chag Sameach.
Cocoa Powder- I use Hershey's without any problems, but again…some people may be sensitive. Always check the labels.
Chocolate Hamantashen- Makes approx. 3 dozen small hamantashen
- ½ block Soft Silken Tofu (I use Mori-nu brand)
- 1 cup sugar (I use Florida Crystals)
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
A Word about Tofu
Tofu is very easy and versatile. In fact, I use it in many baking recipes for various holidays. Below are a few tofu pointers.
- It comes in different consistencies. For this recipe, soft, silken tofu is best. Drain the tofu for a few minutes to remove any excess water.
- Tofu comes in a vacuum-packed box in the refrigerator section of your grocery store (usually in the produce section).
- Cut along the dotted lines at the top and the tofu will easily slide out, just gently guide it into the strainer.
- After draining, cut the block in half.
- Before placing it in the food processor, cut the ½-block piece into smaller pieces to distribute it more thoroughly in the food processor.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a food processor, blend the tofu, oil and sugar until ingredients are smooth and creamy. Make sure to scrape down the sides in order to get all the little bits of tofu blended.
- Add the vanilla and blend again.
- In a separate bowl, sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Combine the liquid ingredients with the dry and mix. You will have to switch to using your hands until it becomes dough. The dough will be sticky. If it is too sticky, just sprinkle with some more flour while you work it into smooth dough.
- Place the dough into a Ziploc bag, or wrap in saran wrap and chill in the freezer for an hour.
- When you are ready to roll out the dough, work with what you need and keep the rest in the freezer. The dough softens rather quickly and is delicate so you have to keep it cold and work fast.
- Place the dough on a floured surface (I usually cut a gallon size Ziploc bag in half and place the dough between the two sheets with a little flour, I find that the dough doesn't stick to the bags as much.
- Roll the dough to ¼-inch thickness and use a round cookie cutter to make rounds. I actually use a small juice glass that is 2 ½ inches round. You can make them bigger if you so desire.
- Fill the hamantashen with a ¼ to ½ tsp. of filling. You can use fruit preserves, jellies, chocolate ganache, plain old chocolate chips (use mini chips for mini hamantashen because they don't tear the dough), or my favorite…Israeli chocolate spread.
- Bring the sides up over the filling and press into a triangular shape. Pinch the seams closed so the filling doesn't ooze out.
- Space the hamantashen out about an inch apart on your baking sheet and bake for 15-17 minutes. Remember, if you want them crunchy like a cookie; keep them in longer than 15 minutes. If you are a cakey hamantashen lover, then begin checking them at around 13 minutes to see how well cooked they are.
- Remove and cool for about 1 minute on baking tray, then transfer to a cookie rack.


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Well, my Planescape chat game's been fun enough that I figure, why not start another one? Difference is twofold in this one, though. First off, board instead of chat. Second, going to be using 3.5 for this rather than 2e. Now, the set-up.
(For those of you I mentioned the 3.5 Tomb of Horrors game to a couple of weeks ago, I'm going this route instead; ToH seems like the sort of thing that's most fun in person, I ended up figuring.)
You all are members of the Planewalker's Guild; a fancy Explorer's Club, essentially. But you're also all fairly new at this, and you don't want to die. Maybe one of you have been holed up in your library studying it from afar until you just had to see some of these things for yourself, maybe one of you left the Prime and found a way into the worlds beyond, maybe one of you was tired of walking around the same few spots time and again and just wanted to see something new. Whatever the reason, you've got the backup of the Guild, and you quickly found other potentially like-minds. Thus, you entered into an agreement with each other; head out together enjoy the benefits of safety in numbers, sometimes to make some money, sometimes just whatever happens to strike the fancies of one of your number. As it might sound, this game'll be somewhat freeform, mostly episodic in nature but with an occasional long-term plot thread.
Other background elements are certainly acceptable, as long as you work your folks into this general concept. Since I imagine these'll all be new folks, a couple paragraphs of background at least would be preferred. In case it becomes relevant at all (though I doubt it will), this game is in the same setting as my current chat-based Planescape game, though a year and a half or so further down the line than it.
You can either post character sheets here or IM them to me. What I'd like those of you not already familiar with Planescape (most of you, I believe) to do is to put together a basic framework background and talk to me about it either here or over IM. Then I can help you fill in the details for it. Pretty much anything background-wise could work for this. Folks that'd like, I can help them work out stuff to fit in their base concept as well, start even earlier than a background framework if necessary. And feel free to work out pre-existing connections between characters as well. And for folks that are wanting it for their backgrounds, I'll be following this post up with the mechanics/cosmology changes from the default D&D cosmology.
Folks in this game can be from any of the planes, of course, as well as from any published D&D setting but Eberron. I'm excluding that one since it has its own cosmology, and it's so solidly tied to the setting with the orbits and the waning/waxing effects on the Material and etc. that I don't want to try ripping it out and replacing it. I have no problem doing this with Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms, however, as it is already established in Planescape that folks from Krynn and Toril are merely silly in their view of the planes. :D
Now, character info! You'll be starting at level 2 for this, with proper starting gold for such. We'll assume everyone's paid their annual dues for the Guild already, and has the full 900 gold after that.
Definitely allowed races: Core races, Aasimar, Tiefling, Bariaur (Planar Handbook), Exiled Modron (Dragon 354)
Probably allowed races: Most anything else, if the background sounds good. Especially planar-linked stuff.
Classes, definitely core, most likely anything from the Manual of the Planes or the Planar Handbook, and case-by-case basis on other stuff you might want to use. Deities, for those of you potentially playing divine classes, beyond core can be drawn from any published setting past or present but Eberron (for reasons mentioned below), as well as from a smattering of real-life pantheons: Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian, Sumerian, Finnish, Celtic, Norse, Chinese, Japanese, or Hindi. Note that the Planescape versions of these deities more than likely won't match the actual versions exactly, but at least in general. Some of these are covered in Deities and Demigods, but for those that aren't, we can discuss appropriate favored weapons and domains as necessary.
Also, you may take up to a single Flaw (as seen here), so long as there is a good reasoning for it within your background. This definitely isn't mandatory by any means, but it's an option if you want it.
Finally, for those really wanting to get into character for this game, I've put up a copy of the Cant of the planes, the most common slang terms used by planars. Any additional information folks might want, feel free to ask here, since I know that wiki is far from complete.
I'll be looking for at least 4 people for this game, but possibly as many as 6. Folks in my current Planescape game can apply, but I would prefer at least half of the party here to be new folks.