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The post about holiday foods was just a warm-up. The only reason to eat all that good-for-you food is to get to the desserts!
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On to dessert number three - pie! Mama made her pumpkin pie using the recipe from the back of the pumpkin can, with an extra egg and TRIPLE the spices. Once you've eaten it, no other pumpkin pie can compare. The less traditional pie that Mama made and that I make for almost every special day (from the winter holidays to birthdays) is lemon meringue pie. A favorite for many of us, it makes your mouth pucker! I spent quite a bit of time on the internet looking for a recipe that replicates that wonderful tartness that Mama's pie always had.
I do believe that having a sweet tooth is an inherited condition!
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Even while a sister chapter in northeastern Pennsylvania is falling short of its fundraising goal, the East Stroudsburg Salvation Army expects to hit its money mark.
Even while a sister chapter in northeastern Pennsylvania is falling short of its fundraising goal, the East Stroudsburg Salvation Army expects to hit its money mark.
"Even in tough economic times as these, people are giving and certain donors this year are even giving more than once," East Stroudsburg Salvation Army Maj. James Gingrich said.
Salvation Army branches in other communities reportedly are having trouble this year meeting collection goals from donations to their holiday Red Kettle campaign.
The Scranton Times-Tribune reported the Scranton Salvation Army as of Thursday had collected $112,000. That's $63,000 short of the $175,000 goal it needs to meet by Monday, the final day of collection.
Scranton Salvation Army Capt. James Kisser was quoted as saying his branch might have to cut or reduce some of its community social service programs, such as the emergency food pantry and Christmas assistance to families, if it doesn't meet this year's collection goal.
Things are going better for East Stroudsburg, which is on track to exceed its $120,000 goal by $1,000. And that's thanks to generous-hearted residents, businesses and organizations in Monroe County.
"And not just during the holidays," Gingrich said. "This year, we had a $10,000 reduction in state funding to our food and shelter programs. One of our area's major employers (Swiftwater-based Sanofi Pasteur) stepped in with a $15,000 donation to help us continue funding those programs."
That and other contributions were very timely in helping residents affected by Hurricane Sandy in October.
"Something many people maybe don't realize is that donations to our Christmastime Red Kettle campaign go to helping people not just during the holiday season, but for the rest of the winter as well," Gingrich said. "During especially harsh winters, like this one is predicted to be, people need help with fuel, housing and food. We're already getting phone calls for help, mainly from working-class or unemployed residents whose benefits have expired and their services are being discontinued."
This isn't the first year the East Stroudsburg Salvation Army has exceeded its Red Kettle goal.
"Last year, we were short of our goal by $7,000, but we more than made up for it with a $10,000 donation from that same employer I mentioned earlier," Gingrich said.
"Even with the economy as tough as it is, people still give. This year, we haven't seen as many large contributions from certain donors, but instead they're giving multiple smaller contributions.
"There are donors in Monroe County who seem to have their fingers on the pulse of the community, especially in times like these, and know just when to step in and help when we really need help," he said.


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The Healthy Relationship & Interpersonal Violence Education (THRIVE) program is committed to creating and promoting a safe environment for the Emporia State University community through educational initiatives and outreach. THRIVE seeks to reduce sexual violence and empower individuals to engage in healthy relationships.
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Once the lights come back on at McKinley High, the Glee club celebrates with an a cappella rendition of "For the Longest Time."
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Three different human RAS genes have been identified: KRAS (homologous to the oncogene from the Kirsten rat sarcoma virus), HRAS (homologous to the oncogene from the Harvey rat sarcoma virus), and NRAS (first isolated from a human neuroblastoma). The different RAS genes are highly homologous but functionally distinct; the degree of redundancy remains a topic of investigation (reviewed in Pylayeva-Gupta et al. 2011). RAS proteins are small GTPases which cycle between inactive guanosine diphosphate (GDP)-bound and active guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-bound forms. RAS proteins are central mediators downstream of growth factor receptor signaling and therefore are critical for cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. RAS can activate several downstream effectors, including the PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway, which is involved in cell survival, and the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK pathway, which is involved in cell proliferation (Figure 1).
RAS has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several cancers. Activating mutations within the RAS gene result in constitutive activation of the RAS GTPase, even in the absence of growth factor signaling. The result is a sustained proliferation signal within the cell.
Specific RAS genes are recurrently mutated in different malignancies. NRAS mutations are particularly common in melanoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, myeloid leukemias, and thyroid carcinoma (for reviews see Karnoub and Weinberg 2008 and Schubbert, Shannon, and Bollag 2007).
Figure 1. Simplified schematic of RAS signaling pathways. Growth factor binding to receptor tyrosine kinases results in RAS activation. The letter "K" within the schema denotes the tyrosine kinase domain.
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Bertelli was born in Modena and was active in the second half of the 16th century. [not from ULAN]
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500168147.
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Matt joined Colorado Public Radio in 2004 and has served as a host for CPR Classical since 2010. Prior to joining the Classical staff, he managed CPR's Technical Operations Center. Matt has a unique background in radio that includes more than two decades of experience hosting news and music programs.
Before coming to CPR, he was radio program director at South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB), managing the station's programming and hosting classical, jazz and news programs. While there, he also narrated the Emmy Award-winning television series "Dakota Pathways", and he continues to host a Saturday night Americana music show, "On Record." Previously, Matt spent six years working as an announcer at Clear Channel Radio in Sioux City, Iowa, in formats ranging from rock to classic country. He started working in radio while still in high school, hosting weekends at KHBT-FM in Humboldt, Iowa.
Outside of his career in radio, Matt is a pianist and keyboardist with the Denver-based Hazel Miller Band, as well as the "house band" pianist for a nationally broadcast country music television program, "The Joey Canyon Show."


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UK's Death Panels Kill, Obamacare Won't Be Different – westernjournalism.com.
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UK's Death Panels Kill, Obamacare Won't Be Different – westernjournalism.com.
Obamacare-like "Death Panels" are already emptying out hospital beds in the United Kingdom. According to one report last year the UK's National Health Service (NHS) euthanized 130,000, mostly expendable seniors. Its benignly named "Care Pathways", kills almost 360 people every day.
Now it's Obamcare's turn to euthanize undesirables. The Supreme Court gave Barack Obama the right to start his own extermination program. Anybody who needs "a little bit too much care" will get put on Obama's list. If you were born before January 1, 1953 he has put a target on your back. You had better not get sick and you had better pray someone derails Obamcare's euthanasia train before a "Death Panel" gavel comes down on your life. When Obama's verdict is death for you there can be no appeal – that's in the bill.
This system needs your death to appear to work. That is the reality of the Supreme Court's ruling – make believe that's not a clear and present danger and you are fooling yourself – it's that simple and that serious.
Government programs NEVER cost near what the liars in Washington tell us they will. Simple observation tells us Obamacare is a giant Ponzi scheme. Under Obamacare, you will become a number and government bureaucrats will kill off "numbers" to make their program seem to work. They will ration care and kill off the old (60 plus) the mentally and the physically challenged.
Democrats rightly claim the phrase "Death Panels" does not appear in Obamacare's 2000 plus pages, but why should it? They don't want us to recognize what they are really up to; liberals never do. Saying Obamacare has no "Death Panels" because those two words aren't in the bill is a cynical lie. The Nazis never sent Jews to "Extermination camps" or gas chambers; they sent them to "Work camps and showers."
Liberal Paul Krugman got it right when he slipped and said, "Some years down the pike, we're going to get the real solution, which is going to be a combination of death panels and sales taxes….."
Obamacare is early death wrapped in government double talk disguised to keep us from understanding the truth. Some years down the pike, we're going to get the truth. That truth is that to these people we're all just numbers they will spend their careers trying to find ways to reduce. Let's do something about it now. Vote conservative in November.
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Irvine, Calif. - Ashley Sims, Katie Wilson and Morgan Thompson spearheaded a strong showing in the sprints Saturday to highlight Cal State Fullerton's efforts at the 2012 Big West Conference Track and Field Championships at UC Irvine.
The trio placed in the individual sprints and teamed with Krizia Apelar to win the 4x100 relay for the second year in a row in a seasonal best time of 45.61 to lead the Titan women to a sixth-place finish with 63 points. The men finished eighth with 16 points.
Sims took second in the 100 and fourth in the 200. Wilson was second in the 400 and fifth in the 200 while Thompson was second in the 200 and third in the 400. UC Davis' Melanise Chapman doubled in the 100 and 200 and Davis nipped UC Santa Barbara for the women's team title, 170 to 169.50. The Gauchos did win the men's title with 179 points to 150 for runnerup Long Beach State.
"Our female sprinters had an outstanding meet," said Head Coach John Elders. "It was a really strong performance."
The Titans also got significant points from Jasmyne Davis, a neophyte in the triple jump, who finished sixth in only her fifth competition. Kara Kalmar was fourth in the women's pole vault and Danielle Morton was sixth in the javelin.
On the men's side, Walter Whitaker placed fourth in the triple jump and Bryan Luther and Aaron Ray ran seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 200 meters. They also contributed to a fourth-place showing in the 4x100 relay.


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The production is directed by award-winning adult film writer-director Jerry Douglas, and will have different guest cast members every week: Sally Kirkland and Bruce Vilanch (tonight, January 31-February 3); Nina Hartley and Christopher Knight (February 7-10); Georgina Spelvin and Ron Jeremy (February 14-17). Adult film stars Veronica Hart and Herschel Savage are part of the on-going, eight-actor company.
In The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, the true story will be revealed: In 1972, a hairdresser from the Bronx made a little movie that grossed over $600 million (possibly the most profitable film of all time) and ignited the sexual revolution. The Deep Throat Sex Scandal takes audiences behind the scenes, into the secret world of adult filmmaking and introduces them to the legendary Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems. The play follows the bizarre journey from the creation of the movie, through the raids, arrests and the banning of the film, to the political fallout of the ensuing courtroom drama, which helped expand the career of high-powered attorney Alan Dershowitz.
The Deep Throat Sex Scandal contains adult themes and nudity; no one eighteen and under will be admitted. Tickets are available online at www.deepthroattheplay.com or by calling 800-838-3006. Special Guilty Pleasures premium-priced packages are also available. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 7 p.m. The Deep Throat Sex Scandal contains adult themes and nudity; no one eighteen and under will be admitted.Photo Credit: Ed Krieger
Bart Tancredi as Vito, Veronica Hart as the ticket taker and Herschel Savage as Gerry Damiano discuss the run of DEEP THROAT at the World Theater in Times Square.
The cast of THE DEEP THROAT SEX SCANDAL in a scene where they are filming DEEP THROAT at a Miami, Florida location.
Actor Bart Tancredi plays the judge in a scene with Marc Ginsburg as Harry Reems from THE DEEP THROAT SEX SCANDAL.
Actors Veronica Hart as Shana Babcock with Natasha Charles Parker as Linda Lovelace, who is breaking up with her abusive husband Chuck Traynor on the phone.
Marc Ginsburg as Harry Reems revels in his popularity as DEEP THROAT becomes a sensation.
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Understanding what's considered normal mental health can be tricky. See how feelings, thoughts and behaviors determine mental health and how to recognize if you or a loved one needs help.
What's the difference between mental health and mental illness? Sometimes the answer is clear, but often the distinction between mental health and mental illness isn't so obvious. For example, if you're afraid of giving a speech in public, does it mean you have a mental health condition or a run-of-the-mill case of nerves? Or, when does shyness become a case of social phobia?
Here's help understanding how mental health conditions are identified.
It's often difficult to distinguish normal mental health from mental illness because there's no easy test to show if something's wrong. Also, primary mental health conditions can be mimicked by physical disorders.
Mental health conditions aren't due to a physical disorder and are diagnosed and treated based on signs and symptoms, as well as on how much the condition affects your daily life. For example, a mental health condition can affect your:
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a guide published by the American Psychiatric Association that explains the signs and symptoms of several hundred mental health conditions.
Mental health providers use the DSM to diagnose everything from anorexia to voyeurism and, if necessary, determine appropriate treatment. Health insurance companies also use the DSM to determine coverage and benefits and to reimburse mental health providers.
To determine if you have a mental health condition, a mental health provider will work with you and your loved ones to assess your symptoms, including when they began and how they've affected your life.
Your mental health provider is likely to ask about:
Your perceptions. How much your signs and symptoms affect your daily activities can help determine what's normal for you. For instance, you might realize that you aren't coping well or that you don't want to do the things you used to enjoy. You might feel sad, hopeless or discouraged.
If your sadness has a specific cause, such as divorce, your feelings could be a normal, temporary reaction. However, if you have symptoms that are severe or don't go away, you could have depression. You might also need to have a physical exam to rule out any underlying health conditions.
Others' perceptions. Your perceptions alone might not give you an accurate picture of your behavior, thoughts or ability to function. Other people in your life can help you understand whether your behavior is normal or healthy.
For example, if you have bipolar disorder, you might think your mood swings are just part of the normal ups and downs of life. Your thoughts and actions, however, might appear abnormal to others or cause problems at work, in relationships or in other areas of your life.
Each mental health condition has its own signs and symptoms. In general, however, professional help might be needed if you experience:
Many people who have mental health conditions consider their signs and symptoms a normal part of life or avoid treatment out of shame or fear. If you're concerned about your mental health, don't hesitate to seek advice.
Consult your family doctor or make an appointment with a counselor or psychologist. With appropriate support, you can identify mental health conditions and explore treatment options, such as medications or counseling.
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At The Micker Brook, we do more than carvery.
Yes, at ours you can tuck into roast dinners good enough for Sunday right through the week. But you'll also find tasty pub-food classics like fish & chips, as well as tasty burgers and a range of freshly made pizzas.
We're not fancy. We just serve really tasty food, fresh from the carving deck and pizza oven at prices that are honest and fair. We pride ourselves on our succulent slow-cooked roasts, our 100% fresh dough pizzas and our juicy burgers and pub classics all with help yourself chips, salad and veg included in the price. Not up for a big meal? Our starters are great for a social snack with drinks.
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LeBron James injury update: Groin, ankle problems flare up
What a Friday night for LeBron James. He passed Larry Bird and Gary Payton on the NBA's all-time scoring list (he's 29th now), he made a bunch of tough shots late in the game, and the Heat lost to the Kings in OT in Sacramento.
On top of all that, James' body started barking again. From ESPN's Michael Wallace:
LeBron says he strained his right groin in addition to tweaking his left ankle. Will be reevaluated in Portland tomorrow.
- Michael Wallace (@WallaceNBA_ESPN) December 28, 2013
"It ain't feeling too good right now," James told reporters of the sore groin.
James isn't the only Heat player battling aches and pains. Miami played Friday without Dwyane Wade (resting his knees), Ray Allen (right knee tendinitis) and Chris Andersen (sore back). James stayed mostly on the perimeter in the second half when his injury started to swell.
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One of our favorite fall views, from the treehouse at Happy Valley Orchard.
We're sleeping with the quilt on almost every night. In the mornings, we wake to the sound of acorns crashing onto the roof as squirrels busily gather them from the oak tree. The sunlight has turned a deeper gold, and our eyes are peeled for new, colorful patches of foliage. Our second fall in Vermont is beginning.
When our family moved from California to Vermont, everyone assumed that our biggest adjustment would be the weather.
We lived in California for five years, which is certainly long enough to get used to the weather. The stereotype that California weather is 72 degrees and sunny every day of the year is both true and not true: California is a huge state, with great variance in climate. In Berkeley, where we lived, the average annual high temperature is 65 degrees, and the average low temperature is 50 degrees, which makes for a pretty mild year all around. Thereare seasons, but they're so subtle that you need to watch carefully for them; Berkeley seasons have to do with the quality of the light, and with whether or not it's raining. (Annual rainfall is 25 inches, but it's limited to the winter months).
Vermont seasons are not subtle – they pull out all the stops. Vermonters may have a reputation for being reserved, but not Vermont weather. Vermont's average annual high temperature is 82 degrees, and the average low is 10 degrees. Average rainfall is 35 inches, but average annual snowfall – a statistic that doesn't exist in Berkeley – is 66 inches.
So, when our friends predicted that weather would be the biggest difference between the Bay Area and Addison County, they were right – both in terms of the weather itself, and in how weather defines the people and culture of a place. Weather affects everything.
For instance, I firmly believe that a major reason Californians are considered laid-back by the rest of the country is because of California weather. Mild temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and subtle seasons make everything easier. Californians can get away with the same wardrobe of jeans and t-shirts year-round. Utility bills are predictable and consistent. And weather is rarely a factor when it comes to planning outdoor activities.
Now, consider Vermont. I read a wonderful quote by the photographer Christopher Churchill in the January/February 2011 issue of Yankee magazine, who said: "You have to be sort of bipolar to live in New England. Manic and running around in the summer, and in the winter inward and reflective."
That about sums it up. You've GOT to be manic and running around during Vermont summers, and not just because that's the only time of year when it's truly comfortable to be outside; it's also the only time of year when the outdoors isn't blanketed by leaves, snow, or mud, so anything that needs doing on your house or yard has to happen in the summer. By late summer, you're busy preparing for winter: canning summer fruits and vegetables, stacking wood, bringing in potted plants and deck furniture, and taking stock of your winter wardrobe. Once upon a time, this summer mania was necessary for survival; being too laid-back during the summer meant you'd freeze or starve when winter hit. Nowadays, it's more likely you'll end up with snowy deck chairs or too-tight boots, but the seasonal urge to prepare is still deeply ingrained.
Then comes winter, when Vermonters become "inward and reflective." That's just poetic language for: "It's too stinkin' cold to leave your house."
So, which is better? The subtle, mild seasons of California? Or the dramatic seasonal variety of Vermont?
The answer, of course, is that both are lovely, but in different ways. California's weather is as close to heaven on earth as I've experienced, and I now realize what a gift it was to have three babies in a place where we could walk to the park and play outside EVERY DAY, without bulking up in coats and boots. I'm equally thrilled that our girls now get to jump in leaf piles, learn winter sports, and – yes, really – play in the mud.
But you know what's funny? In California, the stores still carry fake autumn leaves in the fall, and snowy holiday decorations in the winter. Californians decorate their homes with seasonal trimmings that bear no resemblance to the reality outside their windows. I don't think this is just clever marketing; I think it's because many people so crave the change of seasons, that they're willing to purchase a fake alternative if the actual seasons don't really change.
Change can feel jarring and tiring, but it's also the natural way of things. We all need times to run around outside like maniacs, and we all need times to hunker down inside and reflect. Seasons are nature's way of permitting us to live lives of balanced change.
Now, if only I can keep that perspective while raking leaves and shoveling snow over the coming months.
Faith Gong has worked as an elementary school teacher, a freelance photographer, and a nonprofit manager. Since moving to Addison County in 2011, her work has involved caring for a house in the woods, three young daughters, four laying hens — and writing for her blog, The Pickle Patch.


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It was military appreciation day in Chapel Hill Saturday as the North Carolina Tar Heels donned star-spangled helmets and painted the end zones red, white and blue versus East Carolina.
CHAPEL HILL � It was military appreciation day in Chapel Hill Saturday as the North Carolina Tar Heels donned star-spangled helmets and painted the end zones red, white and blue versus East Carolina.
However, at game�s end, the Pirates left Chapel Hill with a purple and gold stain after a 55-31 victory.
The win marked the first time ECU has beaten North Carolina in Chapel Hill since 1975.
The Pirates improve to 3-1, while the Tar Heels fall to 1-3.
�This was a great win, but a great win for the kids,� ECU coach Ruffin McNeill said. �If you know me by now, you know it�s about those kids. When the kids win the program wins and when the program wins the university wins.�
Quarterback Shane Carden threw for three touchdowns and rushed for three more as the Pirates hung 603 yards of total offense on the Tar Heels� defense.
ECU out-gained the Tar Heels 227-67 on the ground.
Carden tossed for 376 yards on 32-for-47 passing as Lance Ray led the way receiving with five grabs for 84 yards and two scores.
Senior running back Vintavious Cooper set a new career-high with 186 rushing yards on 35 carries. He also racked up 70 receiving yards on eight catches.
�Felt amazing. Definitely felt good to come out against a tough opponent and play really well,� Cooper said. �I didn�t try to come out here and have an individual standout day, but it happened and I am very excited that it did. My hat�s off to the offensive line, they played amazing today and helped me get momentum rolling.�
ECU jumped out to a 21-3 lead, then pushed it to 42-17, as North Carolina never got closer than 11 points from there.
�Very disappointing performance by the Tar Heels today,� North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said. �It was hard for me to find something positive from the sidelines. We still have a long way to go.�
Fedora rang out nothing but praise for the opponent from Greenville.
�I told Ruffin before the game that this is by far his best team,� Fedora said. �He�s in year four and he�s got his guys in there and they understand and believe in what he is doing and they play like it.�
Bryn Renner threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns in the loss.
McNeill and the Pirates downplayed the win to an extent but he hinted that it did have a special meaning to him.
�Having played in this game, I have been asked that quite a bit,� McNeill said. �It�s special and it�s always an intense and hard-hitting game. It�s good and again, I�m happy for the kids.�
McNeill received the celebratory Gatorade shower and game ball, the latter of which he said he is going to take home and give to his father.
The series record between ECU and UNC now stands at 12-3-1 in the Tar Heels� favor.
East Carolina 14 14 14 13 - 55
North Carolina 0 10 14 7 - 31
First Quarter
ECU � Justin Hardy 6 pass from Shane Carden (Warren Harvey kick)
ECU � Lance Ray 7 pass from Carden (Harvey kick)
Second Quarter
UNC � Thomas Moore 21 Field Goal
ECU � Carden 1 run (Harvey kick)
UNC � T.J. Thorpe 32 pass from Quinshad Davis (Moore kick)
ECU � Carden 1 run (Harvey kick)
Third Quarter
ECU � Chris Hairston 3 run (Harvey kick)
UNC � Bug Howard 3 pass from Bryn Renner (Moore kick)
ECU � Carden 1 run (Harvey kick)
UNC � Nic Platt 23 pass from Renner (Moore kick)
Fourth Quarter
ECU � Harvey 32 Field Goal
UNC � Davis 56 pass from Renner (Moore kick)
ECU � Harvey 29 Field Goal
ECU � Ray 48 pass from Carden (Harvey kick)
First Downs 36 26
Rushes-Yards 54-227 32-67
Passing Yards 376 398
Comp-Att-Int 32-47-1 29-47-1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/34 9/94
Punts/Avg. 2/45.5 5/38.2
Individual Statistics: Passing: East Carolina � Shane Carden 32-47 376 yards (3 TD, INT). North Carolina � Bryn Renner 28-46 366 yards (3 TD, INT), Quinshad Davis 1-1 32 yards (TD). Rushing: East Carolina � Vintavious Cooper 35-186 yards , Carden 8-23 (3 TD), Jimmy Williams 1-10, Breon Allen 1-5, Chris Hairston 4-5 (TD), Quataye Smyre 1-5. North Carolina � A.J. Blue 20-68 yards, Khris Francis 4-10, Kendrick Singleton 1-3, Renner 7-(-14). Receiving: East Carolina � Lance Ray 5-84 yards (2 TD), Cooper 8-70, Justin Hardy 6-66, Davon Grayson 2-39, J. Williams 2-28, Isaiah Jones 2-27, Danny Webster 2-16, Cam Worthy 1-16, Zico Pasut 1-11, Allen 1-8, Smyre 1-6, Bryce Williams 1-5. North Carolina � Davis 5-111 yards (TD), T.J. Thorpe 6-70 (TD), Eric Ebron 4-63, Blue 6-56, Ryan Switzer 2-28, Bug Howard 2-26 (TD), Nic Platt 1-23 (TD), Francis 2-13, Mark McNeill 1-8.
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Patients speak out over deaths at dialysis centre
Thirteen people being treated at a Sydney dialysis centre have died in the past year, leaving other patients fearing for their lives because of a lack of doctors on site.
A leading nephrologist from Prince of Wales Hospital, Bruce Pussell, said the number of deaths at the Penrith centre would be considered "unusually high" at the satellite centres linked to his hospital.
"Seriously ill dialysis patients are treated in hospitals where there is a ratio of one nurse to every three patients and not at satellite centres," Professor Pussell said.
"While I am not aware of the situation at the Penrith centre, I would say that in any hospital if you have a cluster of unusually high deaths among patients it would require investigation."
Patients at the Penrith Satellite Dialysis Centre have signed a letter obtained by Fairfax Media claiming at least three patients have died in the past three months in circumstances they claim could have been avoided.
The 15 patients who signed the letter said there are no doctors at the centre and an inadequate number of nurses. They also said many of the patients who died were so chronically ill that they should have been treated in hospital rather than at the centre.
Patients whose conditions deteriorated had to wait up to 20 minutes for an ambulance to transfer them to Nepean Hospital, the letter said.
There had also been six "close calls", the patients said.
The local health district has confirmed 13 of the centre's patients died in the past year, but said the deaths were related to complications from their illnesses rather than inadequate care.
A patient who signed the letter, Melody Sherriff, said while nurses were able to call a doctor for advice, it was not the same as having a doctor on the ward.
About four months ago Ms Sherriff was receiving dialysis at the centre when she suffered pain in her abdomen and lost about 300 millilitres of blood when she went to the toilet.
Nursing staff called the doctor, who did not come into the centre but said Ms Sherriff could either go home or to hospital.
"Thankfully, I chose the hospital," she said.
"The doctors at Nepean ordered a scan and found I was bleeding to death from an artery in my large intestine, requiring an emergency operation.
"Situations like this are why we need a doctor present in the ward. We shouldn't have all these people on the ward who can go at any minute because they're at risk of co-morbidities like stroke if qualified staff aren't there to treat them."
Satellite dialysis centres were set up to treat stable and ambulatory patients, she said, but many of the patients attending the Penrith centre were seriously ill and should be receiving dialysis in hospital. Most major hospitals have at least one satellite dialysis centre to which they are linked.
The Western Renal Service nurse manager for the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Christopher Gibb, agreed that patients receiving dialysis at satellite units should be medically stable.
He said the concerns raised in the letter were been taken seriously and the district was investigating.
"There have been no deaths related to the dialysis procedure, however 13 patients suffering from pre-existing illnesses have passed away as a result of their chronic illness over the past 12 months," he said.
The ration of one nurse to every five or six patients at the centre was consistent with the national average, he said.


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ST. LOUIS – The Kings were the first No. 8 seed to win the Stanley Cup last year and begin their bid for a repeat as a well-respected No. 5 in the Western Conference.
In the process of winning the title last season, the Kings swept the St. Louis Blues – the No. 2 seed – in the Western Conference semifinals.
This time around, the Blues are determined not to be a mere speed bump for the Kings as they meet beginning tonight in a Western Conference first-round matchup.
St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock likes his team's chances of making a deep playoff run, but scoffed away a suggestion that the Blues and Kings have a lot of similarities. After sweeping the Blues in the second round last spring en route to the franchise's first Stanley Cup, the Kings won all three games this season, too, and have taken eight in a row overall.
"Look, we haven't beaten them in two years," Hitchcock said Monday. "I think we're really hungry for this series. It's a matchup that quite frankly if we're going to go far, the confidence if we could win this series would be astronomical."
Hitchcock said the Kings' pace was a bigger factor last spring and added "physical play is the most over-rated thing in playoffs."
Yet the Kings didn't downplay expectations it'll be a physical series.
"Big bodies on each side, I don't anticipate anything else," forward Justin Williams said. "If you're a slow team, you're going to get hit.
"If you skate the puck quick, get out of your zone quick, you're not going to be hit. "
Captain Dustin Brown, who scored twice in the Kings' clinching victory over St. Louis last season, said it's important to remember how grueling the playoffs can be.
"We went through it just last year," Brown said. "But sometimes you've got to really focus on how hard it is, how much work you have to put in to be successful this time of the year. Shift by shift, literally taking it one period at a time."
Part of that mindset means not taking their recent dominance in the series for granted. The Blues made significant moves on defense for the stretch and after the final meeting against the Kings, picking up Jay Bouwmeester and Jordan Leopold.
Jeff Carter had 26 goals and Anze Kopitar had a team-leading 42 points for the Kings.
"The playoffs are about players stepping up," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "Experience has got to help. It's not necessarily winning, it's understanding how long the haul is. We didn't play St. Louis until the second round last year, so St. Louis knows how to win, too.
The Blues have won 12 of their last 15 with a mix of stingy goaltending, tight checking and just enough offense. They won their last six at home to claim the fourth seed in the Western Conference after finishing one point ahead of the Kings.
Forward T.J Oshie, expected back from ankle surgery for Game 1 tonight, believes the key to the series is "probably not let them push us around and intimidate us."
"I think last year, not everyone, but we had some guys that just didn't really want to go into the hard areas," Oshie said. "They're going to come hard and we're going to do the same."
The goalies figure to be in the spotlight, especially with neither team generating much offense. The Kings totaled two or fewer goals in five of their last seven and the Blues scored two or fewer goals in eight consecutive games this month.
Jonathan Quick was ready for it last year, allowing five goals against the Blues and taking the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs MVP with a 1.41 goals-against average.
Brian Elliott gets the Game 1 start for St. Louis ahead of Jaroslav Halak, recovered from a groin injury, off a spectacular rebound from early-season difficulties that included a benching and conditioning stint in the minors. He won nine games in April with three straight shutouts on the road.
Hitchcock said there was a good reason Elliott struggled in the Kings series last year. He was treated for an inner-ear infection throughout the series, and Hitchcock said "I wasn't in the medical thing, all I knew was he had no balance."
Added Hitchcock: "Los Angeles is the only team that has the knowledge of what it takes to win," Hitchcock said. "Everybody else can talk about it, but they have it, they know how deep you have to go. "


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Just try to get a Google executive to say " Facebook." Try it!
Google executives are carefully trained to avoid mentioning Facebook by name. Instead, they refer to " other social competitors," or if pressed, " a certain competitor."
Which is why it was amusing to see how Google danced around how its new Google+ sign-in feature compared to Facebook's near-ubiquitous Facebook Connect, a technology which allows websites and apps to log users in with their Facebook accounts and share actions on Facebook.
Here's what Google's Seth Sternberg wrote:
Google+ doesn't let apps spray "frictionless" updates all over the stream, so app activity will only appear when it's relevant (like when you're actually looking for it).
That's as explicit a dig at Facebook as one can imagine seeing from Google, since Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the concept of "frictionless" sharing in 2011.
Frictionless sharing refers to the practice of letting music, fitness, and news-reading apps automatically share a user's activity with friends without requiring them to explicitly click a series of buttons to share it on Facebook.
It was meant to increase overall sharing activity on Facebook, but it ran into problems. Ordinary users were less concerned about the privacy issues pundits raised than the user-interface challenges it presented — for example, the way news-reading apps insisted that you install them before you could even read an article. (Hardly frictionless.)
Facebook, well aware of the problems frictionless sharing presented, has pulled back considerably on the idea. Frictionless sharing is basically dead, with both Facebook and app developers having moved on to more subtle ways of encouraging users to share updates.
So it's great that Google thinks it can improve on sharing app activity. But the truth is, its slap is coming a year and a half too late.
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ADDISON COUNTY –– While enjoying the summer, many people probably have explored the Trail Around Middlebury, scampered around Moosalamoo Mountain, hiked on the Long Trail or taken binoculars out to Dead Creek for birdwatching.
Some may not realize that these areas, and many others in Addison County, are maintained by nonprofits.
ADDISON COUNTY — Nearly one year after tropical storm Irene hit the state of Vermont local residents are still recovering from the damage. Disaster relief funds and volunteer efforts have dramatically improved conditions, but Irene's aftermath is still a problem for many Vermonters and those working to help them.
STARKSBORO — Lewis Creek Farm, one of Starksboro's largest crop farms, is aiming to expand the already hefty solar energy portfolio in the small town.
At the end of last month, the USDA announced that its Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP) would fund 450 energy projects across the nation. The aim of the program is to help farmers and small rural businesses cut energy consumption and reduce costs.
Eight Vermont projects were funded, including one by Starksboro's Hank Bissell, who runs Lewis Creek Farm.
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ADDISON COUNTY –– Isaiah Goff nodded as Jenn Cunningham described the importance of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes.
MIDDLEBURY –– Tears filled Gwen Buchanan's eyes as she discussed the improvement in her quality of life and happiness since coming to Project Independence, the senior day care program at Elderly Services Inc. (ESI) in Middlebury.
"When I first came here I was awful depressed with life and I just was discouraged," the Vergennes woman said. "I'm better now."
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HINESBURG — The town of Shoreham has netted a $50,000 Vermont Community Development grant that will round out funding for an ongoing expansion project on the town's Platt Memorial Library.
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Obama's white-guy problem seems worse than it is; male nominees and one particular female departure are among the reasons the president is developing an optics problem.
The White House photo of the day on Wednesday showed President Obama meeting with eight "senior advisers," three of them women. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Who would have thought the nation's first black president would have an optics problem? But his parade of second-term nominations so far is white, male, and of a certain average age (62.3, to be exact), and The New York Times is taking note with an article and a photo that shows Obama meeting with 10 men.
Obama initially named four women to his Cabinet and he's losing half of them so far: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and, as of Wednesday evening, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. He still has Janet Napolitano at Homeland Security and Kathleen Sebelius at Health and Human Services. His administration also continues to include U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, whose position is considered "Cabinet level." Lisa Jackson is resigning as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, but that is not a Cabinet-level job.
At lower levels, Obama has a decent record on women. The Times reports that 35 percent of all high-level political appointees outside the White House are female, about equal to Bill Clinton's administration (and higher than 25 percent under George W. Bush). Obama has done even better at some departments; the Times cites Treasury, where 57 percent of appointees are men, compared with 60 percent under Clinton and 64 percent under Bush.
But a confluence of factors is making the frat-house syndrome seem worse than it is.
- Obama has in recent days nominated Sen. John Kerry to go to State, former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be Defense secretary, and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to head the CIA, and is naming White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew as his next Treasury secretary. All white, all guys.
- Hillary Clinton is leaving. Yes, I know I already said that. But she is such a powerful symbol and role model that her absence will leave a void larger than just one woman. In addition, her departure means that men will be in charge at State, Treasury, Defense and Justice—the top four Cabinet posts, ranking fourth through seventh in the presidential line of succession (after the vice president, House speaker and president pro tempore of the Senate).
- Three women in the running for top jobs, or who should have been serious candidates, have been passed over. Foremost is Rice, reportedly Obama's top choice to succeed Clinton, but unable to convince key Republicans she did not mislead the public on the murders of U.S. personnel in Benghazi. Former Deputy Defense Secretary Michele Flournoy was a top candidate for the Pentagon job, but Obama chose Hagel. Lael Brainard, Treasury undersecretary for international affairs, much talked about in some circles to succeed outgoing Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, is losing out to Lew.
- The Obama White House, by some accounts, hasn't always been a wonderful place for women to work. Christina Romer, former head of the Council of Economic Advisers, told author Ron Suskind that she was routinely outmaneuvered and at one particular meeting "felt like a piece of meat." Suskind quoted former communications director Anita Dunn as saying that the White House could legally be classified as "a genuinely hostile workplace for women," though she later said she had told him it was not hostile.
- Obama is a guy's guy. He likes sports. A lot. And his 100-plus golf outings since taking office have been scandalously short of women. According to Mark Knoller of CBS News, the unofficial recorder of all things numerical that involve the White House, Obama's golfing partners have included women only three times: once in October 2009, once in October 2010, and once this month during the president's Hawaii vacation, when his foursome included Allison Davis. As for his other favorite game, basketball, has he played with any women? "Only his daughters, that we know of," Knoller said, though he cautioned that information is limited. (Update: Knoller emails Thursday that "Allison" turns out to be a man, so we're back down to two female golf partners).
Say Obama wants to make a grand gesture; what jobs are left? If he names a female labor secretary to succeed Solis, that will keep him at the status quo. But it's not a top job and it's one many women have held. Plus Solis is Hispanic, so now there's that to worry about as well.
The only immediate opening with stature roughly equivalent to secretary of State, Defense, or Treasury is Lew's job as White House chief of staff. To name a woman, Obama would have to throw top mentionees Ron Klain (former chief of staff to Vice Presidents Al Gore and Joe Biden) and Denis McDonough (currently deputy national-security adviser) under the bus. He does have some logical female options, starting with Nancy-Ann DeParle and Alyssa Mastromonaco. Both now hold the title of deputy chief of staff.
Obama's nominations to date make sense, given his commitments to multilateralism, diplomacy, ending two wars, cautious intervention abroad, institutionalizing the war on terror, getting military and entitlement spending under control, and other ideas he hopes will outlast him. Here's one more: In Bill Clinton's words, a Cabinet that "looks like America."


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A month ago, the Ravens seemed to be destined to use the franchise tag on quarterback Joe Flacco, even though his performance arguably didn't merit a one-year deal worth $14.6 million. The alternative was to let him hit the open market.
Now, it's a no-brainer that the Ravens will apply the franchise tag to Flacco, if the two sides can't work out a long-term deal soon. But if the Ravens win the Super Bowl and if Flacco has a big game, the Ravens would be taking a huge risk by using the non-exclusive version of the tag, since a quarterback-needy and cap-rich team could be very tempted to give up two first-round picks for a crack at Flacco.
So the Ravens may have to use the exclusive version of the franchise tag, which would prevent him from talking to other teams and which would pay Flacco the average of the five highest quarterback cap numbers for the 2013 league year. The tentative numbers are, according to a source with access to the information, $21.55 million for Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, $20.82 million for Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, $20.35 million for Giants quarterback Eli Manning, $20 million for Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, and $19.6 million for Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
That equates to an average of $20.464 million.But here's the caveat. Restructurings aimed at reducing those cap numbers would drop the average, pulling Flacco's exclusive franchise tender lower. Still, the final number will be significantly higher than $14.6 million, and the higher number will be the starting point for talks on a long-term deal.
Don't feel sorry for the Ravens. They opted not to do a deal when doing so would have resulted in a much bigger bargain. If Baltimore wins on Sunday, the gamble Flacco was forced to make will result in a major payday, one way or the other.


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Rancher Cole Richards saves his friend from robbing a bank, but is shot for his efforts, and now is a wanted man. His friend takes him to Oreana to see the doc, where Cole's mistaken for the new marshal. Now he faces a dilemma few men have to face--tell the truth and hang, or live a lie and end up married. Either way could cost him his freedom.
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It seems almost everyone is pretending to be someone else in this new Romantic Western Comedy by Jacquie Rogers. Daisy, a modern-minded woman, who resides in the small pioneer town of Oreana, Idaho, knows what she wants and sets about getting it – but in a most charming and naïve way. Daisy's exploits had me cackling out loud sometimes. When Cole Richards arrives in town wounded, he's mistaken for the long-expected new Marshal. Injured and on the run from the law, Cole keeps his mouth shut in the hopes that he can get out of town without riling up a posse. Cole, however, never ran up against a woman as contrary and beguiling as Miss Daisy.
I was sucked into this story right from the beginning. I became easily caught up in the character's lives and misadventures. With distinct western flair and flavor this well-written, cohesive, and complex character-driven story just thrilled me. Miss Daisy is an enchanting mix of innocence and risqué behavior. When she sets out to get her man, Cole, there is just no stopping her. Daisy, the sleuth, is just as talented – determined to solve the mystery of the escaped bank robber, she will not let a single clue escape scrutiny.
The Charisma between Cole and Daisy sizzles even as the subterfuge heats up. The tension continuously builds between them amid the hilarity of a town that at times seems to have been overrun by imposters. This is a darling romantic story that is a superb start on what I am sure will be an equally enchanting series.
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LITTLE ROCK � Attorneys general of 35 states and 65 members of the Arkansas General Assembly have joined Attorney General Dustin McDaniel in asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion judgment against a pharmaceutical company, McDaniel said Tuesday.
LITTLE ROCK � Attorneys general of 35 states and 65 members of the Arkansas General Assembly have joined Attorney General Dustin McDaniel in asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion judgment against a pharmaceutical company, McDaniel said Tuesday.
A Pulaski County jury found in April 2012 that Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, had repeatedly violated state law. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Timothy Fox ordered the drug maker to pay $1.2 billion in penalties for defrauding the state�s Medicaid system and deceiving Arkansas consumers about the safety risks of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.
Those risks include weight gain and diabetes, as well as strokes among elderly patients.
The attorneys general and state legislators, in separate requests, asked Fox on Tuesday for permission to submit amicus briefs concurrently with McDaniel�s filing of his brief in response to Janssen�s appeal. The AARP, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen and former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Donald Kennedy also submitted amicus briefs for consideration by the court.
Janssen claims that the penalties are excessive and are pre-empted by federal law, and that its marketing tactics are protected under the First Amendment. McDaniel and the amicus briefs argue the reverse.
�My colleagues across the country realize the significance of this case to state attorneys general who are also responsible for protecting the citizens of their state, and that is why they are taking the rare step of seeking to be heard on an issue in the Arkansas Supreme Court,� McDaniel stated Tuesday in a news release.
�This extraordinary coalition of AGs, lawmakers and consumer-advocacy groups has come together to support the important policy behind this case. To deter this type of fraudulent, harmful behavior, states must have the ability to pursue penalties against the wrongdoers,� he stated.
Janssen said Tuesday in a statement, �We believe there is strong merit to our appeal of the court�s decision in Arkansas. Janssen presented abundant evidence showing the company acted responsibly and fully complied with all laws and regulations regarding its antipsychotic prescription medication Risperdal. In addition, the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce, the Washington Legal Foundation and other groups have filed briefs with the Supreme Court in support of our position.
�Risperdal continues to help patients around the world who suffer from the debilitating effects of schizophrenia and bipolar mania.�


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Petitioners want county out of NLX
Petitions with hundreds of names of residents opposing the county's involvement in the Northern Lights Express (NLX) were presented at last week's regular county board meeting in Pine City. County residents spoke during the public forum.
Laura McKenzie attends college in Duluth. She takes the bus back and forth from Pine City when she travels home.
"The bus is never full even on holiday weekends," she said. "I don't see this being very useful. I would never be able to take it." McKenzie said she did not have a car and she'd have to have transportation to get to the train and to get home on this end. "How many people is this going to fit?"
Ben Weiner, Finlayson, said the NLX project hinges on it going 110 mph and a population of 4.5 million casino goers. "It's simply a race to failure."
Tom Swaim, Hinckley, said he'd helped organize the train forum in Hinckley the week before. The answers at that meeting from Ken Buehler, technology chairman of NLX, were canned, he said. "It was evident that he spoke for himself, not the train."
According to the environmental assessment, Swaim said, the clean out station won't be in Sandstone, it will be in Duluth or Minneapolis where it will serve more trains. He said the county board has put $131,000 into the NLX Alliance and they need to apply the money they give to NLX to services that directly apply to Pine County.
Other comments included the future isn't in trains but newer forms of transportation, the county should be spending money on fixing roads and safety, it's an expensive toy that someone else should pay for and residents don't want to be taxed out of their homes.
The county can back out at anytime, said Al Wolter, Hinckley. He said he never hears any feedback from the board. "We don't feel like we've been heard."
County Board Member Mitch Pangerl asked the rest of the board if they could discuss NLX since the presenter did not make it to the meeting. Buehler was scheduled to make a presentation.
"I want to put it off until I hear our presenter," said board Chairman Steve Hallan.
At the end of the meeting, Hinckley resident Dave Ostenson asked when it would be possible to have some communication with the board about NLX. He said he continues to come to meetings when he sees NLX on the agenda. "Are we scaring him (Buehler) away?"
Hallan said Buehler will be at the June 18 regular board meeting in Pine City at 10 a.m. and they could discuss it at that time. "If he doesn't show up, we'll have the meeting anyway."


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Getting hackazon up and running on Wamp on Nov 2016
Following the steps described here will most likely help in fixing the error messages and issues below:
- Installation – unclickable buttons "next step" #5
- Installation #6
- Database problem #9
- demo_database.sql – ERROR 1452 (23000) at line 5 #13
Of all the vulnerable applications from the OWASP's vulnerable web applications directory, Hackazon is up to date with the latest technology stack and customizable vulnerabilities. It's is a great choice to learn and teach ethically hacking today's web applications. As of today, although the project on GitHub reports an update nine months ago, the application still uses recent web technologies to that we can learn hacking like it is 2016. This article helps you set up hackazon on a windows machine.
Things to be downloaded before we get started:
1. Hackazon User guide
Download from https://community.rapid7.com/docs/DOC-3452
Direct Download Link https://community.rapid7.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadBody/3452-102-3-8267/Hackazon_User%27s_Guide.pdf
Alternative like to the Original Hackazon user guide (in case the link above goes dead) – https://renouncedthoughts.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/hackazon_users_guide.pdf
2. Wamp server
Here's the story
I had a Wamp installed on Nov 2014 and I tried using the same Wamp server for hackazon deployment. After following the instructions on the user guide, and going to a browser, hitting http://hackazon.lc the install page came up, and after you put the credentials for the MySQL user hackazon, and hit the Next Step button, the page would load the same page over and over again. So basically I was stuck at the first step of the wizard where you supply the administrator credentials. [Bug #5 filed at "Installation – unclickable buttons "next step" " https://github.com/rapid7/hackazon/issues/5]
I tried everything in the Hackazon User Guide (here after referred to as the user guide) on a Kali linux machine, set up went smooth, just as described in the User Guide and the site was up and running in no time. It was happiness to see the second step of the installation page where you provide the MySQL database credentials.
Though I cant technically confirm if the older version of Wamp was the cause of bug # 5. My guess was may be to reinstall the Wamp to a recent version on a window machine and try the same steps as the user guide. And it indeed, helped me get over the bug # 5.
For Windows, the User Guide describes installation on Wamp 2.some version. However the current stable version available for release is Wamp 3.0.6 at the time of this writing. So something in MySQL changed, some things in Apache changed and hopefully this post will help you fill the gaps between the Hackazon User guide and the recent changes to the Wamp.
1. Download Wamp server
Please ensure your computer has the recent version of VC++ Runtime. If you want to install the VC++ runtime to the recent version, either have it done via Windows Update, or download it from the Microsoft website as recommended by the Wamp servers download page (as in the screenshot above). It is so important for Wamp to function properly that they have even updated their installation agreements during the installation wizard to reflect the installation and update of VC++ runtime. I had to download VC++ runtime for Visual Studio 2015 here at https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=48145.
Ok. Install Wamp. Pretty straight forward installation, go with the defaults.
This is the current Wamp installation on my computer right now.
2. Download Hackazon source code
Head over to the hackazon source code download page at github and download a zip of the hackazon source code.
Have them zip file contents extracted to c:\home\hackazon
3. Rename db.sample.php to dp.php
Head over to C:\home\hackazon\assets\config and rename the file db.sample.php to db.php
4. Create hackazon db and username in MySQL console
Open 'MySQL console' from the Wamp server system tray.
Press Enter on the 'Enter password' prompt if you did not create a MySQL root account password, which is the default during installation. Or if you had created a password for your MySQL installation, authenticate.
Enter the below query to create a database named hackazon.
create database hackazon;
Enter the below query to create a user named 'hackazon' and give it a password. In the screenshot below and in the query below, admin123! is the password, feel free to choose your favorite.
The password you provide here is important as you would need it on the first step of the Hackazon Installation wizard.
GRANT ALL ON hackazon.* TO hackazon@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'admin123!';
After this step, if you are curious, only if you are, head over to phpMyAdmin (from the Wamp Server system tray), login with your root server credentials, to see a database named hackazon, and a user named hackazon. Or just imagine, if the above two queries worked fine, a user name and a database named hackazon would have been created.
Do a restart by selecting Restart All Services from the Wamp server system tray menu.
5. Configuring or Verifying Apache's default port
Open apache's httpd.conf file. From Wamp Server System tray - Apache – httpd.conf
Search for the word Listen, and ensure Apache listens on port 80. I tried changing it from the default settings and tried to configure Apache to run on 7070 port, and hackazon kept giving me 400 Invalid Referrer error message, I couldn't find out why. So I reversed back to the default settings.
Tip: Let's try to configure Apache on the default port 80.
If you have Skype or IIS, running on port 80, change them, at least for now to give hackazon a preference to run on apache's port 80.
Also, search for ServerName and verify if Server localhost also says port 80. I honestly do not know what this for, read the description and figure out. For now, all we are trying to do is configure apache to run on port 80.
6. Configuring the hackazon website set up
Open apache's httpd-vhosts.conf file. From Wamp Server System tray – Apache – httpd-vhosts.conf
Copy paste the below contents of the httpd-vhosts.conf file in to your httpd-vhosts.conf file.
# Virtual Hosts # <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName localhost DocumentRoot c:/wamp64/www <Directory "c:/wamp64/www/"> Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews AllowOverride All Require all granted Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> # <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName hackazon.lc DocumentRoot "c:/home/hackazon/web" <Directory "c:/home/hackazon/web/"> Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews AllowOverride All Require all granted Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost>
Save the file. The vhost settings provided above is good enough to even access http://hackazon.lc from another machine on the LAN.
7. Edit Windows hosts file to bind hackazon.lc to loopback address
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc open hosts file with administrative privileges and add the below entries
127.0.0.1 hackazon.lc ::1 hackazon.lc
8. Restart DNS service from wamp server tools (right click wamp server from system tray)
After Restarting DNS, Restart All Services from wamp server from system tray.
This is all is required to start hackazon installation wizard. For the first time you hit http://hackazon.lc, you will automatically be redirected to the installation wizard.
9. Final tinkering
If you just go with this set up and continue with the Installation Wizard, on step 4 – the final step of the installation wizard will give you an error message as below:
"Error 42S02: SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'hackazon.tbl_product_options_values' doesn't exist".
There is also a bug filed for it. [Bug #9 Database problem https://github.com/rapid7/hackazon/issues/9]
After digging and digging and executing the contents of the db.sql file at C:\home\hackazon\database manually at phpMyAdmin Sql console, it occurred that the default value given for the timestamp data type is not supported by MySQL anymore or you would need to turn off date zero validation for the query execution.
To fix, add the below line at the very top of the db.sql file in C:\home\hackazon\database and save the file.
Now, for one last time, Restart All Services from the Wamp server system tray.
10. Navigating through the Hackazon installation wizard
Open a browser and hit http://hackazon.lc
You will be redirected to http://hackazon.lc/install
Provide the admin123! password, that is the one we typed in the MySQL console. Hit Next Step.
Provide the same password under the Password field, and hit Next Step
Leave the defaults, hit Next Step
Leave the defaults, hit Install
In a couple of seconds, you should be automatically redirected to http://hackazon.lc
Basically, that's it. The hackazon user guide has more information on how to use the vulnerabilities configuration and other things that are specific to the hackazon application itself.
Just to do a walk through, hit http://hackazon.lc/admin, provide user name as admin and password as the password we entered in the MySql console admin123!
Navigate to Vulnerability Config, and choose account from the drop down. Or simply hit the url – http://hackazon.lc/admin/vulnerability?context=account
to see an error page as below:
To fix, click Wamp Server system tray icon - PHP - php.ini
Go to the very end of the php.ini file and comment out the zend_extension line by adding a semi colon ; in the front.
Save the file. Restart All Services.
If you want to access http://hackazon.lc from another computer (let's say 'X') on the same Local Area Network (LAN), Open drivers/etc/hosts file on computer X and add the ip address of the hackazon.lc to point to hackazon.lc.
For every computer on the LAN, modify their windows hosts file to point hackazon.lc to the Wamp servers ip address.
That's how I set up hackazon and got it working. Do you have similar experiences?
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