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Sam Reed forecasts what to expect on Election Night
Retiring Secretary of State Sam Reed was a guest on TVW's Inside Olympia last night discussing what to expect on Election Night next week.
According to Reed:
- Approximately 60% of ballots should be ready for counting on Nov 6 (up from around 55% in previous years).
- 90% of ballots should be on hand by the end of the week.
- This means it could be Friday Nov 9 or later in the month before the results of close races are known.
So while we wait weeks to learn the winner of close races, our neighbors in Oregon (the only other all vote by mail state) will receive "unofficial results" on Election Night due to the state's requirement that ballots be received by Election Day and not just be postmarked.
Changing Washington's ballot deadline to mirror Oregon's has long been a goal of Reed.
As noted by yesterday's Walla Walla Union Bulletin editorial:
Outgoing Secretary of State Sam Reed has suggested requiring all ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
This change would allow elections to be wrapped up faster.
Our neighbors to the south, Oregon, implemented this simple fix. It has worked extremely well.
The only change for voters is a little thinking ahead. Voters either have to mail their ballots several days before Election Day or drop them in drop boxes throughout communities.
A clear winner in Oregon elections can generally be established within a few hours of polls closing. Close races can be settled in a matter of a few days.
The Oregon approach seems to increase voter participation. During the presidential election of 2008, the voter turnout rate in Washington state was 84.6 percent. Oregon's voter turnout that year was 85.7 percent.
Even under Washington's current post-mark by Election Day deadline, county auditors encourage voters not to take a chance by mailing their ballots on Election Day and instead drop them off in a ballot-box to ensure they are eligible for being counted:
In fact, county auditors estimate "thousands" of votes in Washington won't count this year because they will be mailed after the deadline. This is why some support the "definitive" deadline of having ballots due by 8 p.m. on Election Night. Cowlitz County's Auditor notes that due to sharing media with Oregon, very few of its ballots are received after Election Day showing that voter education on the deadline is important:
According to the National Association of Secretaries of State, the vast majority of states require mail-in ballots to actually be received by Election Day. NASS reports:
- In three states, absentee ballots must be returned prior to Election Day.
- In 36 states, absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day.
- In 11 states and the District of Columbia, additional time for the arrival of absentee ballots is provided after Election Day, as long as the absentee ballot is postmarked by Election Day.
Here is a summary of when mail-in ballots are due in each state.
Update 11/15
Here is a debate between Secretary of State Sam Reed and Rep. Hunt on whether to change the state's ballot deadline to Election Day like in Oregon:


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"welcome to the New World," Ryan tells Ramius at the end of the movie.
Mixed messages are not welcome at this juncture in the campaign, from now until November.
For now, I suspect those of us who know President Bush best are simply glad to welcome him home to Texas.
Hanging off the top and sides of the bus, the Pranksters were greeted with screams of "welcome home!"
Téa Obreht's The Tiger's Wife, although it comes as rapturously praised as a novel can, is a welcome relief.
When Atlee arrived at Bruton Street, the welcome that met him was almost cordial.
"You are welcome to your opinion," returned Robert, indifferently.
They are welcome if they bring us death, that supreme solace of the afflicted.
You are welcome to all the comfort you can find in your present situation.
They are welcome to their opinion; but they must not ask me to insult him by holding it.
Old English wilcuma, exclamation of kindly greeting, from earlier wilcuma (n.) "welcome guest," literally "one whose coming is in accord with another's will," from willa "pleasure, desire, choice" (see will (v.)) + cuma "guest," related to cuman (see come). Cf. Old High German willicomo, Middle Dutch wellecome. Meaning "entertainment or public reception as a greeting" is recorded from 1530. You're welcome as a formulaic response to thank you is attested from 1907. Welcome mat first recorded 1951; welcome wagon is attested from 1961.
Old English wilcumian, from wilcuma (see welcome (n.)). Related: Welcomed; welcoming.


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Originally posted by irsuccubus
Charity....perhaps build a kickass bunker....and maybe even buy my very own politician. I hear they are quite the fashion these days.
Originally posted by schuyler
I'd give a lot of it away. I simply do not need $500 million, but I'd be careful how that happened. Just giving money to people doesn't solve their problems. You've got to give in a way that let's people remove themselves from dependancy. Don't just give them fish; teach them how to fish so they can get fish anytime they want--kind of a thing.
i actually think to win that thing would be way more trouble than you can imagine, Be careful what you ask for. You'd have to go into hiding immediately. Everyone would be banging at your door, writing you their personal sob stories. History shows that people don't always handle this well. So I did not buy a ticket.
What Would You Do With $500 million Dollars?


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[UPDATED with Stunning New Development:] Kobe Bryant Accused of Injuring Man's Wrist at Church
Categories: Sports
Nope, nein and negatory.
The biggest scoop is that despite all this shit, Kobe did this last night:
That was over the second best player on the floor, Oklahoma City guard James Harden, for Bryant's 45th point and the win in a Drew League game (thanks, NBA lockout) in what appears to be LA's smallest gym.
Damn glad Mamba's got his priorities straight.
ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 16, 11:13 A.M.: Police in San Diego are investigating a man's claim that he was injured in church by Kobe Bryant.
The Lakers superstar and most-famous Newport Coast resident was attending a St. Therese of Carmel service in Carmel Valley Sunday when the incident is alleged to have happened, according to police.
The Black Mamba believed the man was snapping photos of him and wife Vanessa Bryant with a cell phone camera, so the perennial NBA All-Star took the phone, did not find any pictures and then left the church, police were told (according to San Diego's News 10).
End of story? Not exactly. The man went on to claim that having his mobile removed from his hand somehow resulted in his wrist becoming injured--so severely that the fellow says he had to go to the hospital for treatment.
Wonder if between the church and the emergency room a call was placed on that cell phone to a personal injury attorney?
The police investigation, as they say in the sports pages these days, continues.
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Hamilton claims British GP pole
29 June 2013
Lewis Hamilton claimed a popular pole position for his home grand prix after blitzing Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to the fastest time in Q3 at Silverstone.
The Briton was required to up his game on his final flying lap, as Rosberg erased his earlier lap from P1, but fired his W04 across the line in 1min 29.607secs to put a four-tenths margin between himself and the German.
Only Sebastian Vettel was left to complete a lap after Hamilton, but the world champion could only manage third, easing ahead of Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, but failing to dislodge either Mercedes as he came up a couple of tenths shy of Rosberg's time.
Paul di Resta completed a good afternoon for the local favourites, taking fifth on the grid, and will line-up alongside Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo, as the Australian produced an ideal audition for countryman Webber's seat in 2014.
Adrian Sutil reinforced Force India's pace in seventh, putting himself ahead of Lotus duo Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen, while Fernando Alonso was forced to bring up the rear in tenth spot.
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2013 (Junior Season): Rowed as a member of the Second Varsity Four for the majority of the season ... opened the season with a second-place finish (8:00.3) to No. 3 Princeton at Carnegie Lake, N.J. on March 30 ... earned two wins at the OSU Invitational April 6 at Griggs Reservoir; the first over Tennessee (8:15.40-8:25.47) and the second over No. 13 Notre Dame (8:27.00-8:42.96) ... placed first (7:42.4) over No. 13 Michigan, Michigan State and Indiana at the Big Ten Duals April 13 in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... placed second to No. 3 Virginia (7:44.8) but ahead of Louisville and Oklahoma in the first session of the Clemson Invitational at Lake Hartwell in Clemson, S.C. ... placed first (7:26.7) over Texas, Clemson and Penn during the second session ... earned a third-place finish (8:06.50) behind the first varsity four (7:54.47) and second varsity four (8:05.69) but ahead of No. 8 Harvard-Radcliffe (8:08.57) at Griggs Reservoir May 4 ... captured a first-place finish and gold medal at the 2013 Big Ten Championships with the Third Varsity Four after crossing the line in 7:42.46 ahead of second-place Michigan and third-place Iowa.
2012 (Sophomore Season): Raced as a member of the Fourth Varsity Four at Griggs Reservoir on April 28 ... placed second to No. 2 Virginia in both the morning and afternoon sessions with times of 8:37.99 and 7:58.39, respectively.
2011 (Freshman Season): Did not see action for the Buckeyes.
Prior to Ohio State: Played rugby for the Lakewood Rangers ... won the state championship in rugby in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 ... received player of the match honors at the 2009 rugby nationals, where Lakewood finished runner-up for the second consecutive season.
Personal: Daughter of Peggy and the late Billy Getz ... has two siblings, Sammy and Lexi ... plans to major in international studies and pursue a career with an international business firm ... hobbies include rock climbing, biking, reading and boating ... lists scoring the first tri in the rugby national game her senior year as her greatest sports thrill.


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» Bay Area Daylily Buds Sale: 9: a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Road, More than 125 cultivars and a bargain tale. (920) 468-6881.
» Harvest Fest: Noon-6 p.m. Saturday at Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery, Kewaunee. Celebrate wine made with grapes grown in Wisconsin. Wine sampling, vineyard tours, music, food vendors, local artists. Grape stomp at 3 p.m. Free admission. parallel44.com.
» Art Harvest: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Road. Free admission to celebrate GBBG's 18th anniversary. Daylily and hosta sales, NEW Rose Society and NEW Master Gardeners displays, artists, food. gbbg.org.
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College Excellence Program
College Excellence Program
2015 Eligible Community Colleges
The Aspen Institute is pleased to name the following 150 community colleges eligible for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. We recognize that there are many community colleges around the country that are employing innovative strategies and achieving excellent results for their students. The bar for the Aspen Prize is intentionally set high in order to identify those institutions that have demonstrated exceptional levels of student success.
In a comprehensive review of the publicly available data, these 150 two-year institutions—from 37 states—have demonstrated strong outcomes considering three areas of student success:
- student success in persistence, completion, and transfer;
- consistent improvement in outcomes over time; and
- equity in outcomes for students of all racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
To ensure full representation of the range and diversity of the sector, adjustments were applied with respect to mission, size, and minority representation. For more information on these institutions, please download the 2015 Round I data here. A detailed technical description of how Round 1 eligibility was determined can be found here.
- Calhoun Community College Tanner, AL
- Northeast Alabama Community College Rainsville, AL
- Arizona Western College Yuma, AZ
- Cochise College Douglas, AZ
- Estrella Mountain Community College Avondale, AZ
- GateWay Community College Phoenix, AZ
- Paradise Valley Community College Phoenix, AZ
- Phoenix College Phoenix, AZ
- Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ
- South Mountain Community College Phoenix, AZ
- Pulaski Technical College North Little Rock, AR
- Southern Arkansas University Tech Camden, AR
- University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton Morrilton, AR
- Allan Hancock College Santa Maria, CA
- Citrus College Glendora, CA
- Coastline Community College Fountain Valley, CA
- Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA
- Moorpark College Moorpark, CA
- Mt. San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto, CA
- San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA
**While the performance of Santa Barbara City College would otherwise qualify it for Prize eligibility, as the 2013 co-winner, Santa Barbara is ineligible for the 2015 award.
- Colorado Mountain College Glenwood Springs, CO
- Trinidad State Junior College Trinidad, CO
Manchester Community College Manchester, CT
- Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Chipola College Marianna, FL
- Eastern Florida State College Cocoa, FL
- Edison State College Fort Myers, FL
- Indian River State College Fort Pierce, FL
- Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg, FL
- Miami-Dade College Miami, FL
- Northwest Florida State College Niceville, FL
- Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, FL
- Pasco-Hernando Community College New Port Richey, FL
- Santa Fe College Gainesville, FL
- South Florida State College Avon Park, FL
- State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota Bradenton, FL
- Tallahassee Community College Tallahassee, FL
**While the performance of Valencia College (Orlando, FL) would otherwise qualify it for Prize eligibility, as the 2011 winner, Valencia is ineligible for the 2015 award.
- Darton State College Albany, GA
- Southwest Georgia Technical College Thomasville, GA
- Ellsworth Community College Iowa Falls, IA
- Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa, IA
- North Iowa Area Community College Mason City, IA
- Northwest Iowa Community College Sheldon, IA
- Southeastern Iowa Community College West Burlington, IA
- City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College Chicago, IL
- City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL
- Elgin Community College Elgin, IL
- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Olney Central College Olney, IL
- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Wabash Valley College Mount Carmel, IL
- Kishwaukee College Malta, IL
- McHenry County College Crystal Lake, IL
- Morton College Cicero, IL
- Rend Lake College Ina, IL
- Colby Community College Colby, KS
- Flint Hills Technical College Emporia, KS
- Garden City Community College Garden City, KS
- Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson, KS
- North Central Kansas Technical College Beloit, KS
- Northwest Kansas Technical College Goodland, KS
- Pratt Community College Pratt, KS
- Salina Area Technical College Salina, KS
- Seward County Community College and Area Technical School Liberal, KS
- Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard, KY
- Madisonville Community College Madisonville, KY
- Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Cumberland, KY
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, KY
- Northwest Louisiana Technical College Minden, LA
- South Louisiana Community College Lafayette, LA
- Sowela Technical Community College Lake Charles, LA
- Kennebec Valley Community College Fairfield, ME
- Northern Maine Community College Presque Isle, ME
- Washington County Community College Calais, ME
- Frederick Community College Frederick, MD
- Montgomery College Rockville, MD
Massasoit Community College Brockton, MA
- Delta College University Center, MI
- Macomb Community College Warren, MI
- Mott Community College Flint, MI
- Alexandria Technical & Community College Alexandria, MN
- Central Lakes College-Brainerd Brainerd, MN
- Minnesota State Community and Technical College Fergus Falls, MN
- Minnesota West Community and Technical College Granite Falls, MN
- North Hennepin Community College Brooklyn Park, MN
- Northland Community and Technical College Thief River Falls, MN
- Rainy River Community College International Falls, MN
- Ridgewater College Willmar, MN
- East Mississippi Community College Scooba, MS
- Hinds Community College Raymond, MS
- Holmes Community College Goodman, MS
- Itawamba Community College Fulton, MS
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston, MS
- Pearl River Community College Poplarville, MS
- Southwest Mississippi Community College Summit, MS
- Linn State Technical College Linn, MO
- Metropolitan Community College-Business & Technology Kansas City, MO
- Moberly Area Community College Moberly, MO
- Dawson Community College Glendive, MT
- Miles Community College Miles City, MT
Southeast Community College Area Lincoln, NE
New Jersey
- Middlesex County College Edison, NJ
- Ocean County College Toms River, NJ
New Mexico
New Mexico State University - Dona Ana Community College Las Cruces, NM
New York
- CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx, NY
- CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, NY
- CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY
- Genesee Community College Batavia, NY
- Herkimer County Community College Herkimer, NY
North Carolina
- Alamance Community College Graham, NC
- Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, NC
- Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC
- Surry Community College Dobson, NC
Southern State Community College Hillsboro, OH
Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa, OK
Lane Community College Eugene, OR
- Northampton Community College Bethlehem, PA
- Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster, PA
South Dakota
- Lake Area Technical Institute Watertown, SD
- Mitchell Technical Institute Mitchell, SD
- Alvin Community College Alvin, TX
- Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX
- Cedar Valley College Lancaster, TX
- Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TX
- El Paso Community College El Paso, TX
- Kilgore College Kilgore, TX
- Lee College Baytown, TX
- Mountain View College Dallas, TX
- North Lake College Irving, TX
- San Jacinto College Pasadena, TX
- South Texas College McAllen, TX
- Texas State Technical College Harlingen Harlingen, TX
- Texas State Technical College-Marshall Marshall, TX
- Texas State Technical College-West Texas Sweetwater, TX
- Trinity Valley Community College Athens, TX
- Western Texas College Snyder, TX
- Wharton County Junior College Wharton, TX
Snow College Ephraim, UT
- Dabney S Lancaster Community College Clifton Forge, VA
- New River Community College Dublin, VA
- Virginia Western Community College Roanoke, VA
- Columbia Basin College Pasco, WA
- Olympic College Bremerton, WA
- Renton Technical College Renton, WA
- Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon, WA
- Whatcom Community College Bellingham, WA
**While the performance of Walla Walla Community College (Walla Walla, WA) would otherwise qualify it for Prize eligibility, as the 2013 co-winner, Walla Walla is ineligible for the 2015 award.
West Virginia
Carver Career & Technical Center Charleston, WV
- Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire, WI
- Lakeshore Technical College Cleveland, WI
- Moraine Park Technical College Fond du Lac, WI
- Northcentral Technical College Wausau, WI
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Shell Lake, WI
Please note: Ten finalists will be broadly publicized in the fall 2014. The winner will be announced in early 2015. The 2011 winner, Valencia College, and the 2013 co-winners, Santa Barbara City College and Walla Walla Community College, will not be eligible in the coming year, but are included in the list above to recognize strong performance.


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Novadebt housing counselor Diane Robicheau of Freehold Township takes a call in the housing counseling department in this 2009 file photo.
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New Jersey homeowners facing foreclosure who are meeting their mortgage company at the mediation table will need to pay for legal advice after funding from a state program for free counselors runs out Friday.
The prospect left homeowners fearing that their chances of working out an agreement with their lenders would diminish.
"That's the part that's kind of odd," said Maria Infante, 50, of Manalapan, who used mediation to lower her monthly mortgage payment and stay in her home. "If you're having financial problems and you can't afford a lawyer, how are you going to go through the whole ...


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Hi all,
I'm considering buying this HP netbook from Argos. http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/p...7C14419042.htm
It appears to have a good processor and decent spec... I want something small and neat and for a good price and I think this fits the bill. Also I read that the speakers produce good sound too...
I want to use it for listening to music, browsing the net, downloading and watching the occasional movie, word docs and small bit of photoshop maybe..
Whats your opinion?


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For Sale :steeda retro-fit kit, stock sway bar, bushings and endlinks
location : Lorain, Ohio
I have a stock sway bar 20mm I believe, with bushings and endlinks, and a steeda retro-fit kit for sale.
steeda retro-fit kit : sold
swaybar : $20 +shipping
bushings and endlinks : $15 shipped
if you want everything i'll take $50 plus shipping
pickups are more then welcome.
do you take paypal? if so I might take this off your hands...
how much would shipping be to 87120?
I'll check shipping tonight when i get off work and yeah paypal is find. One thing you'll have to get is the clamps that hold the sway bar to the retro kit i have a set of stock ones brand new but when i tried they where to small you'd have to either bend them or notch the holes to get it to line up. If you Wan't i'll throw those in too. I have them on ebay right now but i can just cancel the auction.
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He didn't need the sway bar, just everything else so if that goes thru I can still sell you the sway bar.
Shipping would be $15 for you though.
bump, everything is still available...
pm sent....
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shipping to 21722 for the steed retro-fit kit only. I have money waiting!
sale pending on everything except the bushings, if someone wants them just pay shipping and they are yours. $5 bucks should cover it.
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Steeda Retro fit kit sold to me :-D Payment just sent through paypal.
Sway bar, Bushings, and Endlinks still available.
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IS 281 Joseph B Cavallaro Middle School
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In 2011, IS 281 Joseph B Cavallaro Middle School had 15 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The New York average is 13 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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IS 281 Joseph B Cavallaro Middle School Reviews
i am a current student at joseph b cavallaro! THE SCHOOL IS AMAVING. the teachers are nice and teach great, each stdent gets their own laptop! IT IS TOUCHSCREEN TOO! anyone that walks into tis school will love it, the teachers are amazing
My son, has just graduated after attending this school in the 8th grade. I whole heartedly would without any reservation recommend this school. Caring, involvement, and thoughtfulness of their assistant principal, Mr Hayden, has exeeded any possible expectations. I am also very pleased with the overall quality of education, safety, friendliness of staff, and concern for children. For my son this school was a transition between private schooling and Brooklyn Tech where he is going to in the 9th grade. Excellent school.
This school is highly educated. They are brought into the 21st centry by allowing the students to have "tablets". Each teacher is nice, friendly, and highly motivated. They encourage their students to try harder and work well. There is a safe atmosphere when you walk in the building, as well as a friendly one, since you are greated with a smiling secuity officer.


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A reapportionment plan upheld recently by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court divides the county among two Senate districts and four House districts. The Shippensburg community is split along county lines.
All legislative districts in the county, old and new, are represented by Republicans in Harrisburg.
Susan Spicka, a Democrat, will no longer live in the 89th House District where she campaigned for the House seat in 2012. She lost to incumbent Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Chambersburg.
"We were very disappointed to see that the Cumberland County piece of Shippensburg, where I happen to live, was sliced off of the 89th House District and put with all of Perry County in the 86th District," Spicka said. "These gerrymandered maps change the lines of legislative districts, but they don't remove the energy and enthusiasm of the large and strong group of volunteers who worked so hard for our campaign."
The rural community of South Mountain will be split among two House districts instead of three. The community and the county will no longer be part of the 91st District, represented by Rep. Dan Moul, R-Gettysburg.
Parts of western Franklin County also will no longer be part of the 86th District, represented by Mark Keller, R-Landisburg.
Western parts of the county go to the 78th District, represented by Dick Hess, R-Bedford, and to the 82nd District, represented by Rep. Adam Harris, R-Mifflintown.
Incumbents Kauffman and Rep.
Franklin County will be part of two Senate districts stretching from Altoona to Dover:
- The 33rd Senatorial District, represented by Sen. Rich Alloway, R-Chambersburg, shifts to the east and will include all of Shippensburg borough and the two surrounding townships in Cumberland County.
- The western part of Franklin County joins the 30th Senatorial District, represented by Sen. John Eichelberger, R-Hollidaysburg.
Every 10 years with the updated Census count, state legislatures are required to redraw boundaries for U.S. representative and state legislative districts to make sure the districts have equal populations.
The Legislative Reapportionment Committee failed to establish acceptable districts in time for the 2012 election cycle. The state Supreme Court required the LRC to revise state legislative boundaries from a 2011 draft after opponents successfully challenged the maps. The court voted 6-0 on May 8 to accept the LRC's final 2012 revision.
The House district maps for Franklin County did not change from the 2011 draft to the 2012 final version. The boundaries of the two local Senate districts were changed in the revision.
The court's ruling revived calls to change the process for redrawing legislative boundaries.
The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania said in a prepared statement: "We reject the current system by which plans are drawn by legislative leaders to protect the interests of incumbent members and candidates of their respective political parties. The court said that there is nothing in current law that prevents creation of plans that consider such political factors - provided that such consideration does not 'override politically neutral constitutional requirements.' These requirements include population equality, contiguity, compactness and respect for the integrity of political subdivisions. Given this rationale, the League believes the Constitution should be changed to place the redistricting process in the hands of a nonpartisan commission using guidelines that put the interests of the voters first."
Amanda Holt, an Allentown resident, drew up her own map in successfully challenging the LRC's 2011 draft. She and others did not win their challenge of the 2012 revised map.
Chief Justice Ronald Castille wrote in the court opinion that Holt's map may have made more compact districts than the LRC's final map, but it did not show that "compactness problems rise to the level of a constitutional violation."
"The LRC's new plan is not perfect, nor is it directly responsive to every challenger's argument respecting individual subdivision splits," he wrote. "But our focus necessarily must be on the plan as a whole rather than on individual splits and districts."
"It took much work, but I believe the 2012 Final Plan is a good map which will ensure every Pennsylvanian has representation in the state House," House majority leader Mike Turzai, R-North Hills, said in a prepared statement. "Of the state's 2,567 municipalities, only 68 or 2.37 percent, have been split in this plan."
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Details of new districts
To view maps and descriptions of the state's final 2012 House and Senate districts and boundaries of earlier districts and proposals visit http://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/Maps/index.cfm.
Descriptions of the legislative districts for 2014 in Franklin County:
Senate District 33
Total population: 264,160 in Franklin, Adams, Cumberland and York counties
Currently represented by Sen. Richard Alloway II, R-Chambersburg
Consisting of the Franklin County townships of Greene, Guilford, Hamilton, Letterkenny, Lurgan, Quincy, Southampton and Washington and boroughs of Chambersburg, Mont Alto, Orrstown, Shippensburg (Franklin County portion) and Waynesboro; all of Adams County; the Cumberland County townships of Shippensburg and Southampton and Borough of Shippensburg (Cumberland County portion); and the York County townships of Penn and West Manheim and the Borough of Hanover.
Senate District 30
Total population: 245,179 in Franklin, Fulton, Cumberland, Huntingdon and Blair counties.
Currently represented by Sen. John Eichelberger, R-Hollidaysburg
Consisting of Franklin County townships of Antrim, Fannett, Metal, Montgomery, Peters, St. Thomas and Warren and the boroughs of Greencastle and Mercersburg; all of Fulton and Blair counties; the Cumberland County townships of Hopewell, Lower Frankford, Lower Mifflin, North Middleton, North Newton, Penn, South Newton, Upper Frankford, Upper Mifflin and West Pennsboro and boroughs of Newburg and Newville; the Huntingdon County townships of Carbon, Cass, Clay, Cromwell, Dublin, Franklin, Hopewell, Juniata, Lincoln, Morris, Penn, Porter, Shirley, Springfield, Spruce Creek, Tell, Todd, Union, Walker, Warriors Mark and Wood and boroughs of Alexandria, Birmingham, Broad Top City, Cassville, Coalmont, Dudley, Marklesburg, Mill Creek, Mount Union, Orbisonia, Rockhill, Saltillo, Shade Gap, Shirleysburg and Three Springs.
House District 78
Total population: 64,181 in Franklin, Fulton and Bedford counties.
Currently represented by Rep. Dick Hess, R-Bedford
Consisting of the Franklin County townships of Montgomery, Peters and Warren and Borough of Mercersburg; all of Fulton County; the Bedford County townships of Bedford, Bloomfield, Broad Top, Colerain, East Providence, East St. Clair, Hopewell, Kimmel, Liberty, Mann, Monroe, Pavia, Snake Spring, South Woodbury, Southampton, West Providence and Woodbury and boroughs of Bedford, Coaldale, Everett, Hopewell, Rainsburg, Saxton, St. Clairsville and Woodbury.
House District 82
Total population: 64,079 in Franklin, Juniata and Mifflin counties.
Currently represented by Adam Harris, R-Mifflintown
Consisting of the Franklin County townships of Fannett, Metal and St. Thomas; all of Juniata County; the Mifflin County townships of Bratton, Derry, Granville, Menno and Oliver and boroughs of Burnham, Juniata Terrace, Lewistown and McVeytown.
House District 89
Total population: 62,975 in Franklin County
Currently represented by Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Chambersburg
Consisting of the Franklin County townships of Greene, Guilford, Lurgan and Southampton and boroughs of Chambersburg, Orrstown and Shippensburg (Franklin County portion).
House District 90
Total population: 63,818 in Franklin County.
Currently represented by Rep. Todd Rock, R-Mont Alto.
Consisting of the townships of Antrim, Hamilton, Letterkenny, Quincy and Washington and the boroughs of Greencastle, Mont Alto and Waynesboro.


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The J.P. Stevens Hawk was voted the GMC's best mascot, according to a recent Home News Tribune readers' poll.
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As Chewey Chukwuneke sprinted for a long touchdown run in the J.P. Stevens High School football squad's season opener, Jaashir Morris raced alongside him.
Morris, positioned on the sideline with the J.P. Stevens cheerleaders and dressed as the school's mascot in a cumbersome Hawk costume, ran a parallel line along the adjacent track, keeping pace with the speedy Chukwuneke as he made his way toward the end zone.
Unlike the players, who were unaware of the mascot's identity at the time, J.P. Stevens coach Mike Ryan knew the Hawk was a former player, who opted not to play this season in order to ...


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Celebration of Life services for James Lewis Sublett, 93, are 1 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church.
He died Saturday.
Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church Building Fund.
Arrangements are under the direction of Harrod Brothers Funeral Home.


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Near infrared multiphoton-induced generation and detection of hydroxyl radicals in a biochemical system
Botchway, SW, Crisostomo, AG, Parker, AW and Bisby, RH 2007, 'Near infrared multiphoton-induced generation and detection of hydroxyl radicals in a biochemical system' , Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 464 (2) , pp. 314-321.
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Solutions of tryptophan and N-hydroxypyridine-2-thione (mercaptopyridine-N-oxide, MPNO) were irradiated at 335 nm. Formation of 5-hydroxytryptophan was inferred from increased fluorescence at 334 nm on excitation at 315 nm, conditions chosen for selective detection of 5 hydroxytryptophan. Such experiments are complicated by overlapping absorption spectra in the region of 300-350 nm. Similar solutions were exposed to multiphoton excitation at 750 nm using 180 fs pulses from a titanium:sapphire laser. In solutions containing both tryptophan and MPNO strong emission at 500 nm was observed that was absent in solutions containing either MPNO or tryptophan only. This emission is ascribed to the characteristic fluorescence ('hyperluminescence') from 5-hydroxyindoles resulting from multiphoton photochemistry. The conclusion that MPNO generates hydroxyl radicals by 2 photon activation at 750 nm is confirmed by the scavenging effects of ethanol and kinetic analysis of the results. This method has potential applications in intracellular induction of oxidative stress using multiphoton near-infrared illumination, a technology that is gaining momentum as a research tool.
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Who among us hasn't dreamt about finding treasure, whether as a child digging in the sand or an adult hiking through the woods? Now anyone can, thanks to modern technology and enthusiastic hobbiests around the world! Geocaching is a modern day, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices.
The library has partnered with the Stafford 350th Anniversary Committee and the Fredericksburg Geocachers to create The Stafford 350 Geocaching Trail! This is a fun, exciting and inexpensive way for families to enjoy a beautiful weekend exploring Stafford County.
- Print the coordinates for each of the ten Trail caches below, or upload them to your device at CRRLCache's page on geocaching.com.
- Take a Stafford Trailblazers booklet (picked up at your closest library branch or a Stafford tourism site) OR a blank piece of paper OR print page 14 of the booklet. Don't forget something to write with!
- Be sure to dress appropriately and follow the safety tips (see pages 3-4 of the Stafford Trailblazers booklet.)
- Venture to each location and find the cache. If you have time, look for some other caches; many locations have mulitiple geocaches.
- Grab some swag out of the box and write down the code word that is found either inside or on the back of the cache.
- Once you've found all ten caches, organize the codewords into a complete sentence.
- Bring the sentence to the Children's Desk at your nearest library branch and receive a prize. If you're not from the area or can't make it to the branch, please mail the completed sentence and your return address to: Headquarters Youth Services, 1201 Caroline St., Fredericksburg, VA 22401
New to geocaching? Geocaching.com offers great tips and videos in the Learn section. Create a free account and you can download the Geocaching.com app to your smartphone to make it even easier to follow the trail. Don't worry if you don't have a GPS or a smart phone with GPS capabilities. The library offers Geocaching Kits available for a 2-week checkout. Inside you'll find a GPS and a great guidebook, The Geocaching Handbook: The Guide for Family Friendly, High-tech Treasure Hunting (also available for individual checkout and as an eBook.)
The Stafford 350 Geocaching Trail
Click here for the coordinates and other information about the caches.


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CARLSBAD >> Linda Dodd is the new executive director of the United Way of Carlsbad and South Eddy County, board chair Cathy Goad has announced.
Last year's United Way campaign raised more than $850,000, most of which will directly support initiatives aiming to provide educational, income and health improvement opportunities for local residents. The United Way of Carlsbad & South Eddy County supports local non-profit organizations and projects designed to make a positive impact on the community. Dodd replaces Shaye Coats, who resigned in March.
"Dodd brings more than 18 years of management-level experience to the table and more than a decade of experience with non-profit organizations," Goad stated. "She has previous experience working with many of our local partner agencies and has made a positive impression everywhere she has worked or volunteered due to her organization, work ethic and dedication."
The United Way received numerous applications for the executive director position, but Dodd's creativity and confidence during her interview with board members were elements that impressed the selection committee, Goad said.
Dodd has most recently served as the program coordinator for the Carlsbad Literacy Program. She also has previous experience as a preschool teacher, corporate sales trainer and sales manager and extensive volunteer service with the Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest, who have honored her with several awards for her volunteerism.
The United Way board consists of a diverse representation of community members, including members of the banking, medical and potash communities.
"Thanks to this generous community, the United Way of Carlsbad & South Eddy County has run a number of extremely successful campaigns. The United Way is increasingly looking for more ways to make a positive impact in the community," Goad concluded. "We believe Linda Dodd is the right person to help us achieve this goal and very much look forward to working with her."


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The Slip
Today just for fun
I went for a walk and slipped on my bum
It did not hurt, it was wet a boggy
A soft landing that left me a little soggy.
Up the side of the field I moved a little more slow
With a careful step, eyes wide and ears open in the hedge row
The birds were unfazed by my presence
Squabbled and sang with wonderful resonances
And into the woods I continued my silent pace
So near to a Rowe buck deer did I come he broke into a race
Clearing a fallen log in one long bound
And into a thicket where he stood ears twitching hoping not to be found.
I let him be, moving softy away
I wanted him to know he was not my prey.
With autumn near done most canopies clear
A sparrow hawk sat high on a bow with a sharp eye and keen ear
Under the litter of discarded leaves in a carpet of brown, gold and green
A woodland mouse scurried along fearful of me, unaware of talons unseen
Into the low lands there's a babbling brook
I stop at the bridge to take a look
In the shadows where the river runs fast
Patience is rewarded as a brook trout darts passed
Summers green pallet and autumn gold all but passed
Growing out of the floor where once was summers high grass
Amazing forms and vibrant colours the fungi grow
A fallen branch dressed in lichen of bight orange dayglow
On the edge of the wood stands a solid beech tree his trunk moss green
Where rare waxed redcaps clamber like a sciences fiction city scene
So I give thanks to my soggy rear end
For the slip a message did send
Take a pace real slow
And the woodland will show
That even in autumn last gasps
With keen eye natural beauty is grasped
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Sir Charles Fox was a British civil engineer who specialized in railways. His firm constructed the Crystal Palace.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials say they've arrested a convicted child killer who's been avoiding parole officers since 2006.
The state Division of Parole & Probation announced Wednesday they'd caught up with 59-year-old Eric William Zessman in Las Vegas. He was arrested after jumping over walls in an attempt to flee officers, and was booked in jail Monday night on parole violations.
State officials say Zessman was convicted of 2nd degree murder in 1976, after his 6-month-old son was found starved to death in a car parked near a Carson City casino.
Zessman was first paroled in 1981, and became a fugitive or committed new crimes during each of his six releases.
Authorities say they were tipped off to Zessman's whereabouts when a caller reported he was abusing an elderly woman.
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From left, Prattville Fire Department Lt. Spence Williamson accepts the Prattville Exchange Club's annual Firefighter of the Year award from PEC President Clayton Bush during the civic club's Oct. 23 meeting.
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The Prattville Exchange Club unveiled last week the club's selection of Lt. Spence Williamson, a 22-year veteran who heads up the Prattville Fire Department's ladder company and its heavy rescue company, as its 2012 Firefighter of the Year.
This year's top firefighter received a commemorative plaque from the civic association, as well as plaudits from his boss and his boss's boss, during the club's regular meeting, held Oct. 23 at the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce building.
PEC President Clayton Bush read from the nomination letter submitted by Assistant Fire Chief Dallis ...


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Looking for a special, one-of-a-kind piece of fashion history? Then hurry to the Ralph Lauren children's store in East Hampton. An inspired collection of vintage pieces makes this particular location different from most other RL boutiques. From concho belts and suede fringe jackets to christening dresses and 20th-century Irish lace, these items do double duty as works of art. Best-selling items include vintage t-shirts and sweatshirts, as well as blouses made of reconstructed antique lace. The (amazing) sales associates will guide you through the sizing while providing the unique history of each item. Without further ado, just a few of our favorites:
Store information: 45 Main Street, East Hampton, NY (631-907-9120)
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Adobe user data breach massive, 38 million compromised by hackers
updated 09:14 pm EDT, Tue October 29, 2013
Source code to Photoshop, Adobe, ColdFusion taken
Updating its customers on a data theft it experienced a month ago, Adobe Systems said today that the magnitude of the lost information was far larger than it originally disclosed. Eclipsing previous estimates, Adobe has revealed that more than 38 million customer accounts, plus source code for Photoshop, Acrobat, ColdFusion, and ColdFusion Builder has been stolen by the hackers.
The user data taken was described as "many invalid Adobe IDs, inactive Adobe IDs, Adobe IDs with invalid encrypted passwords and test account data" by Adobe spokesperson Heather Edell. The company is continuing its investigation to determine which service users are affected. Edell claims that the company wasn't aware of unauthorized use of Adobe accounts as a direct result of the attack. "Our investigation is still ongoing," she said. "We anticipate the full investigation will take some time to complete."
The company is also notifying all banks that process customer payments for Adobe of the breach to help protect customer accounts. Federal law enforcement agencies have also been contacted, and Adobe says it is assisting in their investigations. While saying that "cyber attacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today," Adobe Chief Security Officer Brad Arkin said the company "deeply regrets" that the incident occurred, and that "we will work aggressively to prevent these types of events from occurring in the future."


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Three players on the Wild's roster entering a must-win Game 6 scored at least 20 goals during the regular season.
Those three players -- Jason Pominville (30), Zach Parise (29) and Matt Moulson (23) -- have combined for just two goals in the first five games of their opening round playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche, which the Wild trail 3-2.
Pominville, the team's leading scorer in the regular season, has been out of the goal column all series, while Parise and Moulson recorded their first and only goals in the Wild's 4-3 overtime loss in Game 5 Saturday night.
But as the Wild search for any way to find a win Monday night in St. Paul, coach Mike Yeo isn't worried about the lack of goals from his top scorers.
"We've got to get through this round and then things re-set after that," Yeo said. "And in order to get through this round, obviously we're going to need someone to score a goal (Monday), we're going to need somebody to score more than one goal maybe. But we need everybody going out and playing with the urgency level and taking care of all the details of our game."
Pominville hit the post in Game 1, but hasn't had many scoring chances since.
Parise -- on a line with Pominville and Mikael Granlund -- tied the game at 2-2 early in the third period of Game 5, but didn't have many chances beyond that.
Moulson has had plenty of chances this series, but didn't get his first goal until Saturday.
Regardless of whether the Wild get goals from their top players in Game 6, Yeo said he just wants them to stick to their game.
"To me, it's about making sure that you play the type of game where you give yourself a chance to score a goal, where you give your team a great chance to win a hockey game," Yeo said. "Because if you start putting too much pressure on yourself, you start thinking about that too much, you start to get away from things, you start to lose sight of what we really need right now."
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As students spend a few months away from school to enjoy the summer, your district is preparing its budget for the upcoming school year to make the success of all students its priority.
While it is still too early in the process to be certain, it appears that the state budget recently signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker will not have a major negative impact on our district, at least not to the degree that it will affect the more rural districts in central Wisconsin.
According to the latest numbers, our district will receive a small increase of 1.74 percent in state aid. This is good news, as it means the district will not be subject to a decrease in funding -something that had been possible as state budget deliberations took place during the past several months. The district is committed to continuing the sound and watchful fiscal management it has implemented since August 2010 for a financially secure district now and in the future.
Regardless of what is taking place at the state level, however, our community benefits from the fact that the district has become a leader in seeking efficiencies, creating unique programs that offer services and reduce costs, and ensuring a high return on a quality educational investment for local taxpayers and students. The board, administration and all staff are all committed to these important efforts.
This year, as we continue to make progress on developing our 2013-14 budget, we are keeping two key principles at the core of every decision we make: 1. What is in the best interest of our students, and 2. Providing direct services to our students.
You, our local community members, expect a great deal from your schools, and for good reason. Our schools did very well on the new school report cards issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, or DPI; students continue to achieve higher-than-average scores on the ACT exam and they are rising each year; our Advanced Placement, or AP, enrollment, examinations taken and scores continue to rise; six of our varsity athletic teams earned All State Academic status; Jefferson Elementary School received the DPI School of Recognition award for the second straight year and Kennedy Elementary School earned the national Blue Ribbon Award. In addition, SPASH's graduation rate - at 92.9 percent - is higher than the state average.
While all of these indicators are strong, they motivate us further to help our students achieve to their capacities, which we believe have not yet been met.
What I find truly impressive is that we have been able to preserve and build on this level of excellence while maintaining strong fiscal discipline, remaining responsive to the needs of taxpayers and working to achieve our mission to prepare each student to be successful. During the past several years, local families, business owners and organizations all have had to tighten their belts and cut costs wherever necessary, and your district has been no different. I am proud to report that our organization has been exceptional in finding efficiencies and reducing costs, while continuing to offer exceptional educational opportunities to students and families.
Our teachers and staff members have sacrificed. For example, they have had their base wages frozen for three years, have contributed more to their health insurance and some benefits were restructured and/or reduced. In addition, at the secondary level, teachers have taken on a greater load.
Yet, as professionals, our teachers and staff members are beyond compare. Each day, as I visit schools across the district, teachers and staff are on duty, serving our students - our community's greatest assets - to the best of their individual and collective abilities. I am so very proud of them and our students. You should be, as well.
Preparing a budget for an organization as large as the district is no simple task, but our strong fiscal discipline, paired with our commitment to providing students with the best educational opportunities possible, makes for a winning formula that allows our district to be such a high-performing one.
While we are proud of our budgetary planning and fiduciary responsibility, we remember that these are not the most important parts of our mission. That belongs to our mutual students as we look forward to welcoming them back in September.


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The Prime TV show hosted by Walt Disney himself, "The Wonderful World of Disney�?, is off at making big as Disney.com plans to stream full-length movies online.
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Simulate HTTPS in Tomcat connector or Apache config?
Richard Levy
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Mar 29, 2011 03:39:46
Hi all,
First of all, sorry for the long post, but the reasoning and architecture requires explanation to get the full understanding of the situation.
We are currently migrating our website from Oracle 10g to Apache 2/Tomcat 6.0.29. The site itself is a set of pages where customers select what they want to purchase, then once they're happy, it switches to SSL to gather their customer details and take payments.
The current setup involves two intelligent load-balancers that terminates SSL then hands over to Oracle 10g. The 10g stack has custom Oracle versions of Apache which have configuration options not found in standard Apache and appear to have made configuration simpler. For instance, there is a "simulateHttps" directive that you can give to a virtual host in Oracle Apache which does not exist in the standard version. Using that option, we simply have 2 virtual hosts defined in Apache, one for http traffic and one for https traffic (with simulateHttps set to on). They both forward to OC4J and it works fine.
With the new architecture we have two load-balancer which round-robin to two Apache servers. These servers connect to two
servers which are configured with a mod_jk loadbalancer using session affinity. Through config we have separated HTTP & HTTPS traffic. We have done this because the application needs to identify when it is secure, which we do by simulating HTTP using settings in the connector in the Tomcat server.xml. This is detailed further down.
Obviously we want to keep the same functionality on the Apache/Tomcat stack, and also retain the termination of SSL at the load-balancer, but are having trouble when the application switches to HTTPS. It works fine if we have a single Tomcat instance running, but once the 2nd Tomcat instance is enabled, moving to HTTPS fails because a new session is created.
Our configuration is as follows:
We have 2 Apache servers running - they are served in a round-robin style by the load-balancer. They recieve 2 types of traffic, non-secure and secure, but the secure traffic is NOT encrypted (SSL terminated at the load-balancer).
JkWorkersFile conf/workers.properties Listen 5555 Listen 6666 NameVirtualHost *:5555 NameVirtualHost *:6666 <VirtualHost *:5555> ServerName http://www.mysite.com:80 JkMount /* loadbalancer </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:6666> ServerName https://www.mysite.com:443 JkMount /* loadbalancerSSL </VirtualHost>
We are using mod_jk to connect to Tomcat
worker.list = loadbalancer, loadbalancerSSL, status worker.tomcat1.type=ajp13 worker.tomcat1.host=192.168.1.36 worker.tomcat1.port=8009 worker.tomcat2.type=ajp13 worker.tomcat2.host=192.168.1.85 worker.tomcat2.port=8009 worker.tomcatSSL1.type=ajp13 worker.tomcatSSL1.host=192.168.1.36 worker.tomcatSSL1.port=8010 worker.tomcatSSL2.type=ajp13 worker.tomcatSSL2.host=192.168.1.85 worker.tomcatSSL2.port=8010 worker.loadbalancer.type = lb worker.loadbalancer.sticky_session = 1 worker.loadbalancer.balance_workers = tomcat1,tomcat2 worker.loadbalancer.session_cookie = JSESSIONID worker.loadbalancerSSL.type = lb worker.loadbalancerSSL.sticky_session = 1 worker.loadbalancerSSL.balance_workers = tomcatSSL1,tomcatSSL2 worker.loadbalancerSSL.session_cookie = JSESSIONID worker.status.type = status
As you can see, Apache can receive on either 5555 or 6666 dependant on the source of the traffic. If it's non-secure, it uses the loadbalancer called "loadbalancer" which uses two Tomcats listening on port 8009 - this is a connector in Tomcat that is not secure. For traffic on 6666, "loadbalancerSSL" is used. This is the same two Tomcats but on port 8010 - this is a connector that believes it is secure. Tomcat config is detailed below.
We have 2 Tomcat servers. They too recieve two types of traffic, non-secure and secure, as passed on from Apache.
server.xml Tomcat 1:
<!-- Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009 --> <Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8010" maxThreads="200"/> <!-- This is the secure connetor, although its not using SSL, it's just secure traffic --> <Connector port="8010" protocol="AJP/1.3" connectionTimeout="20000" scheme="https" SSLEnabled="true" secure="true" maxThreads="200" proxyPort="443"/> .... <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost" jvmRoute="tomcat1">
server.xml Tomcat 2:
<!-- Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009 --> <Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8010" maxThreads="200"/> <!-- This is the secure connetor, although its not using SSL, it's just secure traffic --> <Connector port="8010" protocol="AJP/1.3" connectionTimeout="20000" scheme="https" SSLEnabled="true" secure="true" maxThreads="200" proxyPort="443"/> .... <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost" jvmRoute="tomcat2">
As can be seen, the only difference between the two Tomcat configs is the jvmRoute parameter on the Engine config.
The connector on 8009 is a vanilla connector configuration. On 8010, SSL related parameters are set so that it believes it is secure.
What's happening
If I have a single Tomcat running, I can progress all the way through the site, go secure, retain the session and get to the end of the process. As soon as the 2nd Tomcat in introduced, when it goes secure, the site returns to the first page. I believe this is because sticky sessions fails and the requests ends up on a separate server, hence creating a new session. The application detects this and sends the user back to the first page in the process (it needs the data in the session at this point and as there is none, redirects to the start).
I think that sticky sessions fails because the process behind it uses the jvmRoute value from the Tomcat server.xml to append to the end of the JSESSIONID cookie. When the app goes secure and Apache receives traffic on 6666, it starts to look for tomcatSSL[1/2] but none of the tomcats use that jvmRoute and hence it will not be part of the JSESSIONID, so it will not stick to the same server. The reason that it works with one server is because it only has a single server to send it to, therefore will always find the session.
If this is the case, we may have approached this incorrectly. Separating non-SSL and SSL traffic all the way down to Tomcat may not be the answer and we may need to use something in Apache to modify request and response, in the same way that I assume "simulateHttps" worked.
Has anyone else setup a site using this sort of architecture? I can't imagine that this is uncommon in the enterprise?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Many thanks
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Mar 29, 2011 06:18:57
Mixed secure/insecure webapps are common as dirt. However, complicated solutions like this, no, load-balancing or not.
I'm not sure what these Oracle (alleged) enhancements to Apache are good for, but it's for certain that the bog-standard Apache/tomcat configuration doesn't need them, as I am getting along just fine without them, and I'm using the stock Red Hat architecture that Oracle pilfered to create their "Unbreakable Linux" (probably TM).
This is one of the situations where I MIGHT be able to tell, if it was worth it to me to kill a tree and draw diagrams with circles and arrows on it, where you're going overboard. However, frankly, I charge money for that much work.
But I have a suspicion, and my suspicion is that you're not understanding the mechanism that Tomcat uses to switch into SSL mode - which is the SSL "redirect port" specifications in server.xml.
Actually connecting Apache and Tomcat can be done in one of 2 primary ways. Traditionally, it was done via mod_jk, which became mod_jk2, then mod_jk3, which was then folded back into mod_jk2 and abandoned. The newly-recommended way is to use Apache proxy capabilities instead. Either way works, although I find the log files get a little noisy when using the proxy method, because spammers attempt to use the reverse proxy as a spam relay (and will succeed if you don't set things up correctly).
The key factor here is that both SSL and non-SSL channels must be channeled - typically port 80 to Tomcat's 8080 and 443 to Tomcat's 8443 for proxying, although mod_jk will use its own private channel (typically 8009).
As I mentioned before, just because the ID of the session changes, doesn't mean that a whole new session is created. However, to ensure that sessions stick, you do need to make sure that you have the backend Tomcat clustering options configured properly. Aside from purely practical concerns, load-balancing is something that normally also expects server failover capabilities as well.
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Richard Levy
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Mar 30, 2011 02:24:18
We solved the problem in the end - well, with help from the tomcat-users mailing list.
It came down to my lack of understanding about the AJP connector. I'd assumed (incorrectly) that it was pretty dumb and we needed to separate out the SSL traffic all the way to Tomcat (hence the 2 connectors). In reality, the AJP connector is pretty smart and retains information about the request. We simplified our configuration and now it works.
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