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From Brazil, the first our three stories today, starting with an ongoing problem, reported by the Thomson Reuters Foundation:
Latin America's largest country is still losing tropical forests the size of two football fields every minute, despite attempts to tackle illegal logging and improve local land rights, a former head of Brazil's forestry service has said.
Deforestation rates in Brazil, home to the world's biggest expanse of tropical forests, slowed significantly between 2004 and 2010, but have picked up again in recent years due to a lack of innovation and government planning, Tasso Azevedo told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Preserving forests is a key way to reduce emissions of planet-warming gases and combat climate change, as trees suck carbon out of the atmosphere. Forests are also home to hundreds of thousands of people who depend on them for their livelihood.
"In some cases, we are walking backwards," warned Azevedo, citing poor cooperation between competing government departments and civil society in Brazil.
And from Brazil and the Thomson Reuters Foundation again, more devastation, this time human, as activists fighting to preserve lands and forests continue to die at the hands of developers:
Land rights campaigners and environmentalists are facing growing violence and intimidation in Brazil, with at least six activists killed so far this year, a human rights group said.
The killings, tracked between January and February 2016, happened in three largely rural Brazilian states with a history of land conflicts: Rondônia, Maranhão, and Alagoas, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) reported this week.
South America's largest country has some of the world's widest inequality in land distribution, according to a U.S. government report, with one percent of the population owning nearly half of the country's land.
A growing number of activists demanding land reform and rights for indigenous people are facing "an increase in acts of violence, repression and criminalization", the IACHR, that monitors human rights across the Americas, said in a statement.
And for our third story, we move closer to home, via teleSUR English:
The southern Mexican state of Chiapas has been hard hit by the El Niño climate phenomenon causing such an intensive drought that 13 rivers have been completely dried up, Mexican newspaper Reforma said Friday.
State Director of Civil Protection Luis Manuel Garcia told Reforma that 40 Chiapan municipalities have been affected, of which four are experiencing extreme drought.
"All of the biggest rivers in the coastal area of Chiapas have been practically dried up," Garcia said.
In light of the extreme circumstances, Garcia said they would send a petition to the federal government requesting that they issue a state of emergency decree for three of Chiapas' municipalities in order to get financial resources from the National Disaster Fund.

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Sound Transit light rail for West Seattle has momentum – even a mention from the mayor in his State of the City speech. But first, Sound Transit has to make big decisions for its ST3 ballot measure, including what route to pursue to get to this side of the bay, and beyond.
The West Seattle Transportation Coalition wants to make a recommendation with wide local support, so in addition to its "call to action" meeting last month, it launched a survey last week – and is circulating one last call for you to get in on it, if you haven't already. As WSTC co-founder Joe Szilagyi puts it, "Sound Transit's Board is making a decision in the next few months on what sort of train solution West Seattle is getting — so we need YOUR feedback to tell us where you stand, with this 5-10 minute survey!"
The survey closes Friday; answer the questions here as soon as you can.
Every round of wet weather seems to reveal – and/or deepen – another round of potholes.
After one recent storm, C. Johnston had had it with a nearby pothole. With the help of the grandkids, the scenes in the photos above and below emerged (in an alley – nobody was playing in the street!), and CJ sent us the photos. They seemed appropriate for illustrating a reminder about how to report potholes to the city.
This city-generated map is where to start. You can configure it to show pending requests, for example (blue dots). Right this moment, we're not seeing any in West Seattle, unless we're not zooming in closely enough. We DO see dozens of potholes come up as filled in the past 90 days, if you check the box that brings them into view (green dots). Here's a screengrab of one cross-section:
The map doesn't have a "live" embeddable option but on the city website, click any of those green dots, and you'll get details on the right side of the map – when it was reported, when it was filled. Some dots represent more than one pothole.
To report one that you know is open right now but not showing on the map, use this form – or call 206-684-ROAD, and press "1."
P.S. As pointed out by "Pothole Reporter" in comments, the city's Find It Fix It app also can be used to report potholes, among other problems.
In our coverage of the West Seattle Transportation Coalition's recent "call to action" meeting about Sound Transit light rail for West Seattle, we mentioned the group planned to put together a survey/poll with questions they hoped would be answered by as many West Seattleites as possible.
It's ready now. First, WSTC explains it:
In November 2016, we will be asked to vote on "Sound Transit 3," also called "ST3". This vote will help shape the future of light rail to the peninsula. On December 4th, 2015, Sound Transit presented various options to the Sound Transit Board. In response, the WSTC sent (this) letter to the Sound Transit Board, the Mayor and City Council.
On January 28th, 2016, the WSTC held a Call to Action to gauge peninsula residents' reactions to ST proposed ST3 expansion plans. West Seattle Blog coverage of the meeting can be found here.
The WSTC would like YOUR feedback on a survey to help us refine the position we should advocate for. We will be submitting the feedback to Sound Transit's Board and other elected officials that govern Sound Transit.
Here's the survey link: Answer the questions here. There's some urgency, as ST will decide on its plan this spring, asking voters to approve paying for it in a ballot measure this November.
That sign along southbound Fauntleroy Way just south of Edmunds is one of the new signs SDOT has put up in the past few hours between SW Alaska and SW Morgan, along with radar-equipped speed-checking trailers like this one:
And with that, the speed limit on Fauntleroy between The Triangle and Morgan Junction is now uniformly 30 mph, down from 35. SDOT had announced yesterday that the signage changes were planned for today; the trailers were in place this morning, the signs followed this afternoon. It's been almost exactly a year since the city announced speed-limit reductions for arterials including this stretch of Fauntleroy; some are still pending.
Four weeks ago, SDOT told us that Fauntleroy Way was likely less than a month away from the speed-limit cut first announced a year ago. And today, it's official: SDOT crews will be out tomorrow placing signage to change the speed limit to 30 mph "for a 1.25 mile stretch of Fauntleroy Way SW between SW Alaska Street and California Avenue SW. The speed limit currently increases to 35 mph in this segment despite the presence of parks and schools adjacent to the corridor. This change will create a consistent 30 mph speed limit for the entire Fauntleroy corridor."
As SDOT told us last month, today's announcement reiterates that most drivers already travel "slower than existing 35 mph speed limit on this section of Fauntleroy so this should not be a significant change for people that drive this roadway often. However, the speed limit change will help reduce the likelihood and severity of collisions. This is especially true for vulnerable users like pedestrians since lower speeds significantly reduce the survivability of crashes." In addition to new 30-mph signage, SDOT says it will deploy its Speed Watch Trailer along this stretch of Fauntleroy, which was repaved and rechannelized back in 2009.
Other West Seattle arterials, as announced last year, are in line for the 30-mph limit; SDOT told us last month that Delridge also would get a "fog line" when its turn comes up.
(January 2012 WSB photo by Christopher Boffoli)
The re-replacement of more than 600 earthquake-safety cushions under the west end of the West Seattle Bridge could start as soon as late March.
That update today from a spokesperson for SDOT's Fauntleroy Expressway Bearing Pad Replacement Project.
We first reported last month that the re-replacement is finally about to get under way, a year later than first announced, and two years after the city revealed the new cushions installed in 2012 would need to be replaced because of a design-process problem.
Since this work is expected to require dozens of bridge closures – mostly late at night – we had asked last month how SDOT would take into account the Alaskan Way Viaduct closure for the tunneling project that at the time was also expected in March. Since the tunneling's been on hold again for three weeks now, SDOT says today:
We have been hoping to get a firm (or relatively firm) range of dates for the likely AWV closure. However, the Governor's directive to stop any additional drilling until he is satisfied with the answers provided to him about the sinkhole leaves the closure schedule very much in the air.
Given this situation, along with our belief that our project's nighttime closures will generally add no more than a couple of minutes of travel time for detoured motorists, we are going to move ahead. We expect to begin construction sometime between late March and mid-April (and hope to have a firmer schedule in hand from the contractor by the end of February).
While we'd prefer to not have our weeknight closures of the Expressway overlap with the AWV closure, we don't believe there is enough of a linkage between the two to cause us to delay the project.
A briefing is planned at next month's Southwest District Council meeting (6:30 pm Wednesday, March 3rd, Sisson Building), and SDOT says it would be happy to meet with any other interested groups. The city has reiterated that the bridge is safe; tougher cushions extend its lifespan.
That photo tweeted by @jrush78 shows a sign up in The Junction, as Metro gets ready for its March changes – in particular, breaking RapidRide C away from D, and sending C to South Lake Union. We mentioned the plan back in December. Today, Metro issued a reminder of its March 26 systemwide changes, including RapidRide, as detailed here. For a summary of the other changes around the system, go here.
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The West Seattle Transportation Coalition issued a "call for action," and the call was answered.
Its January meeting focused primarily on sorting out what people here want to see in Sound Transit's upcoming ST3 ballot measure – with the "candidate projects" being reviewed for a draft plan that's expected in March, followed by a final plan in June and a regional vote in November.
They're planning to organize the feedback – and collect even more soon, via an online poll.
After gathering that feedback, the meeting took one side trip, into an update on the Fauntleroy Boulevard project, and another call for opinions.
But first, about light rail:
Jim Unland's online petition for repaving a half-mile of Beach Drive south of 61st SW (reported here Sunday) brought out word that part of the road IS on the city's list for repaving this year – between SW Orleans and SW Andover (map), ending just north of where we took the top photo. After hearing about it from Jim, we confirmed it with SDOT late Wednesday, while also asking which if any other sections of West Seattle roadway are on this year's paving list. Spokesperson Norm Mah replied with these:
*SW 106th between 35th and Marine View Drive (eastbound)
*2100 block SW Roxbury – "spot panel replacement"
*26th SW between Roxbury and Cambridge – "spot panel replacement"
Also this year, SW Spokane is due for repaving just east of West Seattle, from East Marginal Way to the "low bridge."
Looking further into the distance, sections of Avalon, 35th, and Roxbury are planned for repaving over the next eight years, as shown on this map:
Back to Beach Drive – we didn't get a timetable in our reply, but Jim said SDOT's acting program manager Sue Byers told him, sometime this summer.
That section of Beach Drive by Weather Watch Park and La Rustica is one of the inspirations behind a petition that's being circulated by Jim Unland. He's seeking signatures to ask the city to repave the half-mile stretch between 61st SW and SW Genesee (map). He explains, "This section of roadway has received numerous 'pothole repairs' but the condition of this stretch of Beach Dr. SW has deteriorated to the point that spot repairs are no longer sufficient. This roadway is frequently used by bicycle riders and the condition of the road poses many hazards to the them and liability to the City of Seattle."
Unland says that petition signatures are set up to cc District 1 Councilmember Lisa Herbold and at-large Councilmembers Lorena González and Tim Burgess as well as SDOT's paving manager Sue Byers. You can sign electronically by going here.
WSDOT posted that miscellaneous tunneling-machine-operations-in-progress video this afternoon to go along with the news that the machine is out of the "access pit" and "is now tunneling in Seattle soil after breaking through the access pit wall late Wednesday. Seattle Tunnel Partners has mined 73 feet and installed 12 concrete tunnel rings since Bertha first moved forward in the pit on Dec. 22. More mining is scheduled to occur this week. Now approaching South Main Street, near Pier 48, Bertha is digging well below the area's notorious fill soil. The top of the machine is approximately 80 feet below the surface in a mixture of glacially compacted material." That's from the newest WSDOT update, which you can read in its entirety here. WSDOT also has set up a new tunnel-machine-tracking page. If all goes well from here, they're still heading toward a March closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct "for about two weeks" while tunneling under the structure. Speaking of The Viaduct, WSDOT adds that crews are starting to take apart the big red crane that's been alongside it during the tunneling-machine-repair process.
(WSB photo looking north on Delridge near Myrtle – existing 'fog line' is toward the left)
Though SDOT reaffirmed two months ago that its planned speed-limit cuts for three more West Seattle arterials would happen before the end of 2015 as planned, they didn't happen. They're still on the way, says SDOT's Jim Curtin, but one of them – Delridge Way north of Orchard – will come with something extra: Fog lines. This news came in another round of correspondence with the concerned citizen whose questions sparked our November followup, "A Dad On Dangerous Delridge." Curtin's first reply to ADODD this week:
In an effort to achieve the lower speeds we seek on Delridge, we will be adding a fog line (aka edge line) to narrow the existing travel lanes on the street. The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has a good website dedicated to lane widths here. Some sections of Delridge already have an edge line but most areas do not. Several locations, including the area just south of the Boren Building (home to two schools), have wide swaths of roadway with little to no organization or structure. The edge line will change that and help us reduce vehicle speeds on the corridor. This work is weather-dependent so we'll need some dry weather before we can install the new pavement markings. We are hoping to make this change in the first quarter of 2016 during a dry stretch. A public communications effort will accompany these changes to help raise awareness of the speed limit change.
After seeing that via a CC in ADODD's correspondence, we followed up with Curtin, first to ask if there's a specified width for the resulting, narrowed traffic lanes: "Travel lanes will be 11 to 12 feet wide depending on the location to match the existing edge lines on the corridor. The roadway channelization will look very similar to the existing conditions on Delridge between Croft Pl SW and SW Myrtle Street." (That's where we took the photo atop this story.) He added that "the edge line will be applied to both sides of the street. Bike lanes are not planned through this low cost effort." No existing markings will be changed, according to Curtin, just "essentially filling in the gaps in the channelization so we will not make changes to existing pavement markings."
Our last question: What about the other arterials set for speed-limit reduction? Curtin replied: "Fauntleroy between Alaska and California will occur first – likely within the next month or so. The speed limit is already 30 mph along most of Fauntleroy but the speed limit jumps up to 35 in this section (which contains mainly residential land uses, Fairmount Park Elementary, and a park). Speed studies show that drivers are already traveling well below the existing 35 mph speed limit on this section of Fauntleroy. We intend to recalibrate the radar speed sign at SW Brandon Street and change the existing speed limit signs. As you know, the design of the roadway was significantly changed in 2009." The 30 mph speed limit for more arterials was first announced last February.
A reader e-mailed tonight to share this safety alert for bicycle commuters:
This morning at 9:00 a.m., there was black ice on the bike path just north of the Spokane St. Bridge on Harbor Island. It was 40 degrees, but this area is probably in shade all day this time of year. A group of cyclists spread bark to improve traction. We could see skid marks where it appeared other cyclists had spilled.
Consider walking your bike through this section. It is only 50 feet or so.
Earlier, we had received one report that a bicycle rider was injured just before 9 am at a location logged by Seattle Fire as 1002 SW Spokane. We didn't get word until long after the call closed, and could only confirm with SFD that one person suffered "minor injuries."
Our coverage of November's Fauntleroy Community Association meeting included a mention of upcoming work to replace "rotten pilings" at the state-ferry dock. FCA just got word today that the work will start tomorrow, with contractor mobilization and site preparation. Two piles will be driven through the deck on Wednesday; "deck repairs and other maintenance needs on the wingwalls and dolphins as required" would happen on Thursday; and it would all wrap up on Friday. We're checking on any specific anticipated traffic effects, and will update this item as needed, as well as including the plan in our daily traffic/transit reports as the week continues.
(WSDOT photo showing propeller for M/V Samish during its construction at Vigor in 2014)
Another state ferry is about to be built at Vigor Industrial on Harbor Island – the fourth 144-car Olympic Class ferry. Washington State Ferries says it's just signed the "Notice to Proceed" for the next ferry, which has a $122 million budget and is expected to launch in mid-2018. Just as construction begins in January, the state Transportation Commission will be discussing what to name the ferry. You're invited to comment on the three options – Cowlitz, Sammamish, Suquamish – and the commission's announcement explains how. Meantime, WSF's announcement says the first two Olympic Class ferries – Tokitae and Samish – were delivered on time and under budget, and that the third, Chimacum, "is on schedule, under budget, and will be assigned to the Seattle/Bremerton route in early 2017."
Reminder if you use Washington State Ferries – its winter schedule starts tomorrow (Sunday, December 27). As part of the seasonal schedule changes, the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route will have fewer weekend sailings. Find the schedule specifics here. WSF will be on the winter schedule through March 19th.
With the Highway 99 tunneling machine restarting, WSDOT has been loudly banging the warning drum about the anticipated two-week Alaskan Way Viaduct closure, once the machine starts digging beneath it. Remember, we survived a one-week closure four years ago during the demolition of its southern mile in October 2011. As part of that, the West Seattle Water Taxi got heavier usage than ever:
(WSB photos, October 2011)
Some runs were at capacity. But this time around, the run will have a bigger new boat, as the M/V Doc Maynard is scheduled to finally take over next month. We asked Rochelle Ogershok from the county Transportation Department what's being discussed so far to maximize the Water Taxi during the anticipated closure, potentially as soon as March, and that was the first thing she mentioned:
Specific to West Seattle the following plans are:
Vessel Schedule and capacity: The Winter Water Taxi schedule will be operated with increased capacity on commute hour sailings. Doc Maynard has a capacity of 278 passengers as compared to 147 passengers on Spirit of Kingston. This is an increased capacity of 786 passengers in the morning and 917 in the afternoon.
Water Taxi Dock Access: The Marine Division is coordinating with the City of Seattle on parking options along Harbor Ave and Don Armeni boat launch similar to what happened during the 2011 closure. Those actions included:
*Additional all-day street parking along Harbor Ave.
*Additional parking at Don Armeni Park
We are also investigating the feasibility of operating larger shuttles to accommodate more passengers.
Again, specific plans have not been finalized – we will continue to coordinate with WSDOT and City of Seattle on closure details and will share with riders as this information becomes available.
The extra spaces at Don Armeni went fast during the October 2011 closure:
Meantime, the state is promising ongoing information about the expected closure via this WSDOT webpage. The real test of the tunneling machine will come when it resumes work early in the New Year.
Another Highway 99 tunneling-machine update from WSDOT before the holiday: The video above shows the machine building the tunnel's 160th ring. (The music you hear isn't a holiday feature, WSDOT says, explaining in the YouTube caption that it's a safety alert.) The full online update says in part:
… In all, Bertha has excavated 8 feet of tunnel since STP restarted the machine early Tuesday. STP crews – which have been working long hours in the weeks leading up to the machine's restart – will take a break over the holidays before resuming tunneling in the first week of January.
When work resumes, crews will mine through the concrete wall of the access pit and into the native soils that will serve as the next stage of STP's testing process. This section of the tunnel route – like the 1,091 feet that came before it – is protected by underground walls that were built to hold the ground in place while crews continue to test the machine.
Bertha will mine toward an underground block of concrete approximately 450 feet north of the access pit. This area is the third and final protected maintenance stop, or safe haven, that STP built prior to the start of tunneling. According to the STP's most recent schedule, the machine will spend up to one month at the safe haven while crews perform maintenance and make final adjustments before tunneling beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct. …
The update also includes a reminder of the two-weeks-or-so Viaduct closure planned when that happens.
Thanks to Lynn Hall for the photo of Washington State Ferries' M/V Puyallup under tow eastbound in Elliott Bay this morning, headed to Vigor on Harbor Island. It's been three weeks since Puyallup left service on the Bainbridge Island route after reported propeller damage. We checked with WSF to see if today's sighting was a sign it'll be back soon. Short answer: No. Longer – WSF spokesperson Ian Sterling tells WSB, "It's going in for a closer look and repair of the damage caused by striking something under the water a few weeks back (likely a chain or cable). Between that and scheduled maintenance, we don't expect it to be back in service for a number of weeks." If all goes according to schedule, though, the Seattle-Bainbridge run will be back to full capacity in about a week or so, which is when M/V Wenatchee is scheduled to return, after sea trials following maintenance work at Vigor.
After a day with just two boats on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth run – leading to big backups at terminals – Washington State Ferries says M/V Cathlamet is fixed and about to go back into service, so the three-boat schedule is resuming, with its late departure on what would have been the 5:35 pm run from Vashon to Southworth.
City crews continue working on West Seattle's second neighborhood greenway, Delridge-Highland Park, and concurrently, on roadside raingardens and other "natural drainage" elements in part of the area. Some of this work will involve temporary water shutoffs, according to this update just sent by project managers:
Seattle Public Utilities began constructing the natural drainage system along 17th Ave SW from SW Cloverdale Street to SW Thistle Street.
Construction crews are installing curb ramps that are compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act standards in this area, and pedestrian detours are in effect. To perform water-service relocations, SPU water crews will shut down the water main two blocks at a time. If your water is going to be shut off, you will receive a door-hanger notification 48 hours in advance. Curbs and sidewalks that were removed for the water service relocations will then be re-installed.
The project webpage says some of that water work was expected to happen today and tomorrow, and includes a reminder that once the water's back on, you might see discoloration for a while.
Meantime, the city's update continues with information on the next round of road and sidewalk work:
Construction to build a pedestrian pathway connecting areas north and south of the cul-de-sac on 17th Ave SW between SW Myrtle and SW Webster streets has been delayed and will begin as early as January 4, 2016.
When construction begins, parking will be limited and pedestrian detours will be in place around the work area. This work is expected to take up to two weeks to complete.
Final work to be done at the intersection of 15th Ave SW and SW Holden St includes pouring curb ramps and sidewalk. We expect this work will be complete by Monday, December 28.
Crews began preparing the intersection at 16th Ave SW and SW Webster St for pedestrian safety improvements, including new crosswalks, new sidewalk, and new ADA-compliant curb ramps.
Crews began pouring sidewalk and curb ramps. Weather permitting, this work is expected to be complete by December 28.
Crews will return to the west side of 21st Ave SW, south of where 21st Ave SW and 22nd Ave SW merge, to rebuild the sidewalk. We expect this work will begin as early as January 4 and will include pouring concrete for sidewalk and asphalt for driveways. Both pours require dry days. Weather permitting, this work will take 2 weeks to complete. Residents will be notified in advance of driveway closures.
Construction is complete at 16th Ave SW and SW Kenyon St.
And the city notice includes the caveat that much of this is weather-dependent, so rain can change the schedule. More updates, and links to the full project plan, can be found here. The work's been under way since late summer.
If you've been waiting for the promised extension of Metro's RapidRide C Line to South Lake Union – as the C and D lines are separated – it's getting closer. SDOT just sent an announcement of work starting in SLU this weekend to get ready for the extension/separation in March. Read on:


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Since 1996, Perfit has been designing, developing and supporting customers on the EMDECS software platform, providing complete IT and software solutions for the heavy-duty truck and trailer maintenance industry. Simplicity is the key to our success, which is just one of the many reasons why our customers love our focused and analytical approach to designing business management software. We also think it's pretty darn good too!
Job Details: Together, with our team of developers and other IT professionals, you will be a contributing to member of Perfit's success by managing the planning, execution and ongoing review of enhancement to our network, infrastructure and cloud systems.You will also be responsible for ensuring optimal day-to-day IT performance, reliability, availability and security of Perfit's client data.
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Knicks 104, Heat 84
Carmelo Anthony had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Knicks gave suffering New Yorkers something to cheer with a victory over Miami in their storm-delayed season opener Friday night.
In the first sporting event in New York since Superstorm Sandy, the Knicks dominated a game the Heat players weren't sure should even be played with the city still so devastated. But the Knicks hoped they could provide a distraction for a few hours, and fans who were able to watch surely loved what they saw from a team that could barely compete with Miami last season.
Steve Novak, a non-factor against the Heat in last season's playoffs, added 17 points off the bench and Raymond Felton had 14 points and nine assists to begin his second stint with the Knicks.
LeBron James scored 23 points for the Heat, so impressive in a season-opening victory over Boston on Tuesday but never really in this one. Dwyane Wade, who thought the game should be postponed, finished with 15 points and Chris Bosh had 12 points and 11 rebounds.
The Heat beat the Knicks in five games in last season's first round, and at least for one night New York appears to have closed the gap on the champs.
But the focus surrounding this one had little to do with basketball.
Even Knicks players weren't sure what kind of crowd to expect with many New Yorkers in such bad shape and perhaps unable to travel to the game with the city's transit system crippled. But Madison Square Garden was packed and lively from well before the tip right through their loud cheers when Rasheed Wallace, retired the last two seasons, entered with about 3 minutes left.
Anthony took the microphone before the game and thanked fans for coming out, telling them that this was the "most important time for the city of New York to come together as one and build the city back up." There was then a moment of silence for the victims of the disaster.
It wasn't long before it was loud again.
Anthony hit two 3-pointers in a 10-0 run that gave New York a quick 11-point lead, and he followed six consecutive points by JR Smith by pulling up for a long 3-pointer and a 30-12 lead with 1:14 left in the first quarter. Anthony was even further away when he tossed in another 3 at the buzzer, capping his 16-point period and giving the Knicks a 33-17 advantage.
The Heat couldn't get the deficit into single digits in the second, but were within 55-44 at halftime following 13 points from Wade after his scoreless first period. Anthony was 1 of 9 in the second after hitting six of 10 shots in the first.
But he had consecutive baskets in the Knicks' run of seven straight points early in the third, and the lead grew to 75-62 on Novak's 3-pointer with 3:12 remaining in the period. New York was ahead 81-63 headed to the fourth.
The Knicks' scheduled opener at Brooklyn on Thursday night was postponed, and Heat players thought this one would be, too. Wade was so sure the Heat weren't coming to New York that he didn't even bother to pack until after practice Thursday.
Bucks 99, Celtics 88
Brandon Jennings had 21 points, 13 assists and six steals and Milwaukee won its opening game for the first time in six years with a victory over Boston.
The Bucks never trailed after the first 6 minutes and led by at least 11 points throughout the second half as the Celtics, who allowed the second-fewest points in the NBA last season, struggled defensively for the second consecutive game. They lost 120-107 to the Miami Heat on Tuesday night, matching the most points they allowed in any game last season.
Boston, in its home opener, was led by Kevin Garnett with 15 points and Rajon Rondo with 14 points and 11 assists. The Celtics lost their first three games last season.
The biggest cheers of the night went to David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox designated hitter seated in the front row at midcourt.
A baseball official with knowledge of the negotiations said the team and Ortiz had agreed to a two-year, $26 million deal. Several fans shouted "congratulations" to Ortiz as he walked to his seat early in the third quarter. A loud cheer went up when he was shown on the video scoreboard, then he raised his left arm straight up to acknowledge the crowd.
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Well, I agree with you that talking to people online is probably better than not having anyone at all. I myself am not the most extroverted person and have had more online friends than offline. However, I've also come to the conclusion that actually meeting people and doing activities together is so much more fulfilling. You have something you can look back to. Always sitting at your PC talking to people online is surely not as rememberable. What is life when you spend most of the time staring at a screen?
I don't feel it's wrong to have online friends. However, I get the feeling that the Internet makes people become less and less outgoing. Introverts will never learn how to make real friends if they always stay inside. For them, the Internet may work as an excuse "oh well, I could probably make friends in my town, but as I can still talk to people online, why should I bother and get outside?".
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Geraldine "Jerry" Parmenter, daughter of the late Everett Kuhlman and Mae Masters Kulman, was born Feb.14, 1923 in Patton, Mo., and departed this life on Aug. 19, 2010, at the age of 87 years, six months and five days.
Jerry married Harold Dean Parmenter on June 15, 1947. Harold preceded her in death on May 27, 2003.
Survivors include two daughters, Carol Parmenter, of Ramstein, Germany, and Patricia Buschjost, of Loveland Colo.; one grandson, Karsen Buschjost, of Loveland; one brother, Carroll Kuhlman, of Houston, Texas and other relatives and many friends.
Jerry was preceded in death by one brother, Derrill Kuhlman.
Jerry was a kindergarten Sunday School teacher for over 50 years.
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Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kennett with Rev. Gary Carter officiating.
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Rated 1 out of 5�by Deerhunter14 A horrible gun I entered the co2 in the handle and put the cover on and co2 blew out February 24, 2015
Rated 1 out of 5�by thesack Leaks bad I have wasted two co2 cartridges on this thing. There is just no way to seal it into the pin. Complete waste of money. November 29, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5�by Nik Do Not Buy This BB gun is sort of fun when it works. But every other shot it jams and I have to take the clip out, and a BB falls out. When it does work it's extremely inaccurate. The sights are off so that just makes everything worse. Do not buy this waste of money. July 27, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5�by Inspec Needs some redesign work I purchased the first air pistol and the pin that punctures the CO2 cartridge did not pierce the cartridge so I returned it. I brought the second back and when I put three cartridges in they all released all the C02 from the cartridge when punctured. I then got the third unit and it worked well for the first two cartridges, and then I had to place a small screwdriver behind the cartridge to get the CO2 cartridge in enough to work. Looks like they have a problem with the pin and cartridge. When it finally worked, it works well. May 20, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5�by Wolverines AVOID AT ALL COSTS I read the bad reviews and thought I'd check it out anyway... Returned it today. Even with the Pelgun oil, the CO2 cartridge leaked a fair amount when installing it, burning the end of my thumb. I got 40 shots out of one cylinder. (I think you're supposed to get 60 shots out of one). At the end of the session, the safety would not engage. I dry fired the gun and was able to engage the safety, removed the mag, and got the 20 unfired BB's out. Worst trigger I've ever felt - unbelievable long creep and takes a hard pull to fire off the shot. Grips were cheap feeling and move around when handling the gun. Do NOT buy this thing... March 23, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5�by blette23 the safety is broken My son has had this gun for about 2 weeks and the safety is broken and allows the gun to continue to be able to shoot even when the safety is on. Returned it today for a different gun. February 25, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5�by Herv Lools good BUT This gun is worthless! Sent back to factory 5 (FIVE) times. Parts broke. lost air DON'T BUY. December 20, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5�by The Doodah Man Fun to plink around with I recently purchase this item on a whim since i've always wanted a co2 pistol and this one looked cool and was reasonably priced. It is easy to use and load and is comfortable in the hand. It is not however accurate at all and i wouldn't expect to hit the target in the same place twice from 5 feet away even if it were nailed down. That being said it still suits my purposes just fine as i wanted it to chase off small annoying animals that make my dog bark all night. if you're looking for accurate buy a rifle, if you want to pop off rounds randomly this is your toy October 23, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5�by Jim Meh To be fair, the pistol looks very nice. This was my first time using a CO2 BB gun, however, it will be the last. Most of my CO2 cartridges leaked as I was tightening the wench, so, I brought the pistol back to the store. The associate there leaked a lot of CO2 getting the cartridge in, but managed to get the pistol shooting (at the cost of probably over half of the cartridge). At least it makes for a good prop. But still a waste of money. October 5, 2013
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What are the modules used to write multi-threaded applications in Python? I'm aware of the basic concurrency mechanisms provided by the language and also of Stackless Python, but what are their respective strengths and weaknesses?
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In order of increasing complexity:
Use the threading module
Use the multiprocessing module
In the simple use case this looks exactly like using
Use an event model, such as Twisted
In all cases I'm assuming you already understand many of the issues involved with multitasking, specifically the tricky issue of how to share data between tasks. If for some reason you don't know when and how to use locks and conditions you have to start with those. Multitasking code is full of subtleties and gotchas, and it's really best to have a good understanding of concepts before you start.
You've already gotten a fair variety of answers, from "fake threads" all the way to external frameworks, but I've seen nobody mention
To expand: as long as you don't need to overlap pure-Python CPU-heavy processing (in which case you need
"Forget" shared memory, supposedly the main plus of threading vs multiprocessing -- it doesn't work well, it doesn't scale well, never has, never will. Use shared memory only for data structures that are set up once before you spawn sub-threads and never changed afterwards -- for everything else, make a single thread responsible for that resource, and communicate with that thread via
Devote a specialized thread to every resource you'd normally think to protect by locks: a mutable data structure or cohesive group thereof, a connection to an external process (a DB, an XMLRPC server, etc), an external file, etc, etc. Get a small thread pool going for general purpose tasks that don't have or need a dedicated resource of that kind -- don't spawn threads as and when needed, or the thread-switching overhead will overwhelm you.
Communication between two threads is always via
Each dedicated thread managing a single resource (or small cohesive set of resources) listens for requests on a specific Queue.Queue instance. Threads in a pool wait on a single shared Queue.Queue (Queue is solidly threadsafe and won't fail you in this).
Threads that just need to queue up a request on some queue (shared or dedicated) do so without waiting for results, and move on. Threads that eventually DO need a result or confirmation for a request queue a pair (request, receivingqueue) with an instance of Queue.Queue they just made, and eventually, when the response or confirmation is indispensable in order to proceed, they get (waiting) from their receivingqueue. Be sure you're ready to get error-responses as well as real responses or confirmations (Twisted's
You can also use Queue to "park" instances of resources which can be used by any one thread but never be shared among multiple threads at one time (DB connections with some DBAPI compoents, cursors with others, etc) -- this lets you relax the dedicated-thread requirement in favor of more pooling (a pool thread that gets from the shared queue a request needing a queueable resource will get that resource from the apppropriate queue, waiting if necessary, etc etc).
Twisted is actually a good way to organize this minuet (or square dance as the case may be), not just thanks to deferreds but because of its sound, solid, highly scalable base architecture: you may arrange things to use threads or subprocesses only when truly warranted, while doing most things normally considered thread-worthy in a single event-driven thread.
But, I realize Twisted is not for everybody -- the "dedicate or pool resources, use Queue up the wazoo, never do anything needing a Lock or, Guido forbid, any synchronization procedure even more advanced, such as semaphore or condition" approach can still be used even if you just can't wrap your head around async event-driven methodologies, and will still deliver more reliability and performance than any other widely-applicable threading approach I've ever stumbled upon.
It depends on what you're trying to do, but I'm partial to just using the
And so on. I often have a producer/consumer setup using a synchronized queue provided by the
Kamaelia is a python framework for building applications with lots of communicating processes.
Here's a video from Pycon 2009. It starts by comparing Kamaelia to Twisted and Parallel Python and then gives a hands on demonstration of Kamaelia.
Easy Concurrency with Kamaelia - Part 1 (59:08)
Regarding Kamaelia, the answer above doesn't really cover the benefit here. Kamaelia's approach provides a unified interface, which is pragmatic not perfect, for dealing with threads, generators & processes in a single system for concurrency.
Fundamentally it provides a metaphor of a running thing which has inboxes, and outboxes. You send messages to outboxes, and when wired together, messages flow from outboxes to inboxes. This metaphor/API remains the same whether you're using generators, threads or processes, or speaking to other systems.
The "not perfect" part is due to syntactic sugar not being added as yet for inboxes and outboxes (though this is under discussion) - there is a focus on safety/usability in the system.
Taking the producer consumer example using bare threading above, this becomes this in Kamaelia:
In this example it doesn't matter if these are threaded components or otherwise, the only difference is between them from a usage perspective is the baseclass for the component. Generator components communicate using lists, threaded components using Queue.Queues and process based using os.pipes.
The reason behind this approach though is to make it harder to make hard to debug bugs. In threading - or any shared memory concurrency you have, the number one problem you face is accidentally broken shared data updates. By using message passing you eliminate one class of bugs.
If you use bare threading and locks everywhere you're generally working on the assumption that when you write code that you won't make any mistakes. Whilst we all aspire to that, it's very rare that will happen. By wrapping up the locking behaviour in one place you simplify where things can go wrong. (Context handlers help, but don't help with accidental updates outside the context handler)
Obviously not every piece of code can be written as message passing and shared style which is why Kamaelia also has a simple software transactional memory (STM), which is a really neat idea with a nasty name - it's more like version control for variables - ie check out some variables, update them and commit back. If you get a clash you rinse and repeat.
Relevant links:
Anyway, I hope that's a useful answer. FWIW, the core reason behind Kamaelia's setup is to make concurrency safer & easier to use in python systems, without the tail wagging the dog. (ie the big bucket of components
I can understand why the other Kamaelia answer was modded down, since even to me it looks more like an ad than an answer. As the author of Kamaelia it's nice to see enthusiasm though I hope this contains a bit more relevant content :-)
And that's my way of saying, please take the caveat that this answer is by definition biased, but for me, Kamaelia's aim is to try and wrap what is IMO best practice. I'd suggest trying a few systems out, and seeing which works for you. (also if this is inappropriate for stack overflow, sorry - I'm new to this forum :-)
I would use the Microthreads (Tasklets) of Stackless Python, if I had to use threads at all.
A whole online game (massivly multiplayer) is build around Stackless and its multithreading principle -- since the original is just to slow for the massivly multiplayer property of the game.
Threads in CPython are widely discouraged. One reason is the GIL -- a global interpreter lock -- that serializes threading for many parts of the execution. My experiance is, that it is really difficult to create fast applications this way. My example codings where all slower with threading -- with one core (but many waits for input should have made some performance boosts possible).
With CPython, rather use seperate processes if possible.
If you really want to get your hands dirty, you can try using generators to fake coroutines. It probably isn't the most efficient in terms of work involved, but coroutines do offer you very fine control of co-operative multitasking rather than pre-emptive multitasking you'll find elsewhere.
One advantage you'll find is that by and large, you will not need locks or mutexes when using co-operative multitasking, but the more important advantage for me was the nearly-zero switching speed between "threads". Of course, Stackless Python is said to be very good for that as well; and then there's Erlang, if it doesn't have to be Python.
Probably the biggest disadvantage in co-operative multitasking is the general lack of workaround for blocking I/O. And in the faked coroutines, you'll also encounter the issue that you can't switch "threads" from anything but the top level of the stack within a thread.
After you've made an even slightly complex application with fake coroutines, you'll really begin to appreciate the work that goes into process scheduling at the OS level.


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