diff --git a/gunicorn/arbiter.py b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
index 2bbf554c..6852ebd5 100644
--- a/gunicorn/arbiter.py
+++ b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ class Arbiter(object):
         self.timeout = 30
         self.reexec_pid = 0
         self.pid = os.getpid()
+        self.log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.init_signals()
         self.listen(self.address)
-        self.log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-        
         self.log.info("Booted Arbiter: %s" % os.getpid())
         
                     
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ class Arbiter(object):
                     
     def sleep(self):
         try:
-            ready = select.select([self.PIPE[0]], [], [], 1)
+            ready = select.select([self.PIPE[0]], [], [], 1.0)
             if not ready[0]:
                 return
             while os.read(self.PIPE[0], 1):
@@ -237,6 +236,7 @@ class Arbiter(object):
             diff = time.time() - os.fstat(worker.tmp.fileno()).st_ctime
             if diff <= self.timeout:
                 continue
+            self.log.error("worker %s PID %s timeout killing." % (str(worker.id), pid))
             self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
     
     def reap_workers(self):
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class Arbiter(object):
                 continue
 
             worker = Worker(i, self.pid, self.LISTENER, self.modname,
-                        self.timeout / 2.0)
+                        self.timeout)
             pid = os.fork()
             if pid != 0:
                 self.WORKERS[pid] = worker
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ class Arbiter(object):
                 worker.run()
                 sys.exit(0)
             except SystemExit:
+                
                 raise
             except:
                 self.log.exception("Exception in worker process.")
@@ -304,7 +305,8 @@ class Arbiter(object):
                 self.log.warning("Problem killing process: %s" % pid)
         except OSError, e:
             if e.errno == errno.ESRCH:
-                pass
-        finally:
-            worker.tmp.close()
+                try:
+                    worker.tmp.close()
+                except:
+                    pass
 
diff --git a/gunicorn/http/response.py b/gunicorn/http/response.py
index 0f7d3df0..6e256900 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/response.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/response.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class HttpResponse(object):
         resp_head.append("Date: %s\r\n" % http_date())
         # broken clients
         resp_head.append("Status: %s\r\n" % str(self.status))
-        # always close the conenction
+        # always close the connection
         resp_head.append("Connection: close\r\n")        
         for name, value in self.headers.items():
             resp_head.append("%s: %s\r\n" % (name, value))
diff --git a/gunicorn/util.py b/gunicorn/util.py
index d45683e0..a7f2e901 100644
--- a/gunicorn/util.py
+++ b/gunicorn/util.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ weekdayname = ['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']
 monthname = [None,
              'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
              'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
-             
 
 def close_on_exec(fd):
     flags = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFD) | fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC
@@ -62,21 +61,9 @@ def write(sock, data):
             if e[0] in (errno.EWOULDBLOCK, errno.EAGAIN):
                 break
             elif e[0] in (errno.EPIPE,):
-                if i == 0:
-                    continue
+                break
             raise
         i += 1
-          
-def write_nonblock(sock, data):
-    while True:
-        try:
-            ret = select.select([], [sock.fileno()], [], 2.0)
-            if ret[1]: break
-        except socket.error, e:
-            if e[0] == errno.EINTR:
-                continue
-            raise
-    write(sock, data)
 
 
 def normalize_name(name):
diff --git a/gunicorn/worker.py b/gunicorn/worker.py
index 811e4649..10e8984d 100644
--- a/gunicorn/worker.py
+++ b/gunicorn/worker.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Worker(object):
     def __init__(self, workerid, ppid, socket, app, timeout):
         self.id = workerid
         self.ppid = ppid
-        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.timeout = timeout / 2.0
         fd, tmpname = tempfile.mkstemp()
         self.tmp = os.fdopen(fd, "r+b")
         self.tmpname = tmpname
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Worker(object):
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.handle_exit)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.handle_exit)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, self.handle_quit)
-
+    
     def handle_quit(self, sig, frame):
         self.alive = False
 
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ class Worker(object):
                 try:
                     client, addr = self.socket.accept() 
                     
+                    self.client = client
+                    
                     # handle connection
                     self.handle(client, addr)
-                    
+
                     # Update the fd mtime on each client completion
                     # to signal that this worker process is alive.
                     spinner = (spinner+1) % 2
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ class Worker(object):
                     
             spinner = (spinner+1) % 2
             self._fchmod(spinner)
+            
 
     def handle(self, client, addr):
         util.close_on_exec(client)
@@ -126,7 +129,6 @@ class Worker(object):
             response = self.app(req.read(), req.start_response)
             http.HttpResponse(client, response, req).send()
         except Exception, e:
-            # TODO: try to send something if an error happend
-            self.log.exception("Error processing request. [%s]" % str(e))
-            # try to send something if an error happend
+            self.log.exception("Error processing request. [%s]" % str(e))    
             util.close(client)
+            
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