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A fruit crumble offers the luscious flavor of a fresh fruit pie without the fuss of making a crust. Celebrate the arrival of cherries with this rich-tasting crumble. The nut-studded topping works great with other fruit combinations too.
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A long legal battle between Del Rey Oaks and a would-be developer of a luxury resort project on Fort Ord is headed for federal bankruptcy court in Delaware.
The city, which filed suit in 2010 against Federal Del Rey Associates of Washington, D.C., failed to persuade a federal judge in San Jose to keep the case — or part of it — in California.
"There's nothing to report, sadly enough," Del Rey Oaks City Manager Daniel Dawson said Wednesday. An Oct. 8 hearing is scheduled in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
Dawson said the case is costing the tiny city plenty.
The case headed for bankruptcy court when Belmont Rock Holdings, a successor to Federal Del Rey Associates, filed a Chapter 11 petition a few days before the suit was to go to trial in March in Monterey County Superior Court.
The city sought damages of about $1.1 million from the developer in 2010, but Federal countersued, claiming Del Rey Oaks was trying to wrest away potential development rights worth $17 million. The countersuit asked the courts to block Del Rey Oaks from working with another developer.
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Northstar Engines and System Technical Discussion Discussion, Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal? in Cadillac Engine Discussion; My 99 Deville with 82K miles started experiencing a horrible hesitation this morning on my way to work, so I ...
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Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
My 99 Deville with 82K miles started experiencing a horrible hesitation this morning on my way to work, so I dropped it at the dealership. I'm still in shock from what they told me. Here's the list of what it "NEEDS":
Diagnostic, Plugs and Wires - $607
Fuel Induction Service - $150
Replace Torque converter, TCC solenoid, Drive sprocket support seal - $1695
Park/Neutral switch, Fluid pressure Switch - $455
Trans Flush - $160
Replace Crank sensors, reprogram pcm - $419
Reseal Lower Crankcase - $2269
Brake Flush - $120
Power Steering fluid flush - $100
I know about the Crankcase oil leak and I've already opened a case with Cadillace Customer Service. But it seems like there is a lot of stuff failing that shouldn't at 80k miles. Any input/advice is well appreciated.
Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
Looks like they saw you coming.....
What part of all that work is supposed to address the hesitation....??? Plugs and wires do not just fail suddenly and start a sudden hesitation typically.
Seems like a better diagnosis is in order instead of throwing the kitchen sink at it.
Did you even know that you had an oil leak before you took it in and found that the "case halfs needed sealing"...???
Seems like they just handed you a list of every feel good thing in existence to have done on the car.
Were you seeing a check engine light or any codes prior to this..???
What exactly is a "fuel induction service" for 150
If the hesitation just started suddenly I would expect something like a fuel pump or the fuel pressure regulator rather than any thing listed.
How did the power steering flush get on the list...???....LOL
The car should not need any of the mentioned items at 80K...not even 100K.
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Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
that is really shady of them telling you all that is needed before you even get a diagnostic. you should only need one of those things on that list
Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
I'm trippin on the drive sprocket support seal...wtf? I may be a little thick sometimes but how the hell can you tell the seals bad till you take the trans apart?
Replace the crank sensors for $419???? What if the engine is already out, supposedly to do the LCC seal...Jeezis!
I'd have 2 words for the guy...and they wouldn't be Merry Christmas!
Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
That's so far off the charts that Stephen Hawking couldn't find it. Probably sounds like it would be cheaper and better to just buy a new car, huh? Exactly what they want you to think. No, those problems are not normal and yes, they've got about 6 guys doing their damndest to bend you over the toolbox. Run away from that place as fast as you can and don't look back.
So I've slammed them, now it's your turn. Have you maintained the car the way it is supposed to be maintained?Mike
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Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
what the F***? You need to get the heck out of there.
Fuel induction service - spray throttle body with cleaner, scrub with toothbrush.
TB spray cleaner - $0.23, labor - 10 minutes ($6)
Look on the customers face when they get a bill for $150 for something they could've done... Priceless.
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Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
My dealership does the same thing... take it in for a recall and you get a list for more $$$ than the car's worth...
And, by the way, when you get the recall for a s/s fuel rail (unless your car has it now) don't let them touch it - go with the old unit until you burn it up. I've been fighting what they did for a couple of months... bottom line, buy it with about 20K and trade it in within two years, or before 50K. Find a way to write these miles off and get a new ride in 24 months!
Be very careful how much $$$ you pour into this car - the resale value drops very quickly - better to pay the maint. cost up front and get rid of it sooner than later. Just my experience, your mileage may vary.
Good luck!
Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
sheeeshh.....run like hell!
Is this even legal for them to do that??? Imagine all those people who don't know any better and just go ahead with the so called 'repairs'??!?
This really pisses me off.......
Although I don't totally agree with 1996deville about buy at 20k miles and sell at 50k, I know where he's comin from. I do agree that its certainly not worth dropping 10,000 bucks into a 99 deville.
I bet you'll have the car back running good for less than a 1000, if not much less. Post back the DTC codes, look through this forum. It may take a little more time but it'll be well worth it.
Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
Let me add a little more info. It was late when I posted the original, and needless to say, it was not a good day. The service engine light did come on when it started the hesitation. They did a "21 point diagnostic inspection" and that is how they turned all this up.
I also knew about the oil leak, and knew what the problem was going to be and already had a case open with cadillac on that. Cadillac customer service and another dealer both claim it's not a known problem and they've never seen it before.
How would I get the diagnostic codes? Is there an easy way?
Seems to me, I should just buy the plugs and plug wires, and just go do that myself and go from there, most likely to another dealer.
Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
I would definitely find another dealer. If your car is hesitating while driving, and the dealer tells you you need to flush out the brake fluid, there's definitely something wrong with them. Before you completely write them off however, go back in there, wehn there are lots of other customers around, and see if you can get them to openly explain why a brake fluid flush is needed to fix and engine hesitation problem. I'm sure this little conversation will get the attention of other customers there. This dealer must think your are total idiot, if they expect you to believe this crap. I mean, flushing the power steering fluid...why? It has absolutely nothing to do with the engine, except the P/S switch, which can be used to control idle....whcih is not when the problem happens anyway. I would suggest just doing the plugs and wires yourself. With the right tools, it's actually not to hard, and can be done within aout 2 1/2 hours. Also, just for future reference, I would suggest getting a factory service manual also. Good Luck with your car.
Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
Another update.... I found some of the DTC codes on the notes from the dealer.
P0300 Current
P0741 History
And cadillac customer service still denies how widespread the crankcase seal problem is.
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Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
Not sure if it's the same on your Deville but on my Seville you hold down the off and warmer buttons on your climate control for about 2 seconds and you'll see your message center go into a diagnostic mode. Have a piece of paper and pen ready and write down the codes as they show up. The codes will be something like PO36, PO61, SO43 and so on.
Once you have all the codes post the results here and some of these other fellas will help you out with the specifics of those codes.
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Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
If I'm not mistaken this is what the codes are telling you,
PO300 Engine misfire detected
PO741 TCC system stuck off
PO1527 Transmission range to pressure switch correlation
PO1599 Engine stall or near stall
If I'm not mistaken the TCC system is your torque converter clutch.
I would suspect there are some other P codes that the dealer didn't mention or write down, the code or codes that will help identify why the engine misfired.
I hope this is accurate information that I've given you and hope it helps.
I believe you can take car of your engine misfire problem for a lot less than quoted by the dealer but that TCC code could be a much more serious problem. I don't know that to be fact because there could be some sensor or solenoid that may be the problem. One of the resident experts will help you out much more than myself. I just happened to be here at the moment and had the time to at least help out a little.
Good luck, you'll get a lot of help here and you can trust the opinions that you receive, bbob has helped myself and was spot on with all of his comments/thoughts.
Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
Being a somewhat intelligent individual, I just chaulked the brake flush, ps flush, etc... to routine maintenance that they were telling me I should have done. I really don't care about that at this point. The total of that work amounts to about $500 and the other stuff is somewhere in the ballpark of $5500. The latter is the work they claim needs done asap. It will save a chunk of money to have the torque converter and the oil leak taken care of at the same time (about 11 hours of labor savings). I have spoken to Cadillac who is issuing me a Owner Loyalty certificate to get $ off any new GM purchase or lease on top of any incentives they have going on. Cadillac customer support has also spoken to the dealership and the dealership is willing to work with me. I'm currently waiting for an email with prices on what actually needs done and what kind of deal they can cut me.
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Re: Major problems at 80K miles. Is this normal?
Curious, did you get the car back or does the dealer have the car and if so, is it somewhat torn apart at this time.


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Will, It's always a pleasure knowing you. I'm happy for your successes and wish you many more.
Red Jacket today and our commitment for the future.
Guys, I felt it was past time to give yall an update in what encompasses Red Jacket Firearms today! What started out with a small group has grown into a major endeavor. At last count, I think there was about 30 full time people here, a few part timers and a few subcontractors. We feel that the TV show has not kept up with what's actually happening here , instead , focusing on what they consider their core "cast" and some of the wilder custom and R&D stuff that comes along . Ya'll know all about that stuff, I want to take a minute and fill you in on "the rest of the story" .
Off camera, we have two full production lines rolling in our second building and have just started dropping machinery in our third. This third building is larger than the first two combined and we're already wondering if we didn't sell ourselves short. The monthly growth we are experiencing typically happens in a time scale measured in years. This has not affected our commitment to detail, quality and customer service but rather has underlined it. The onslaught of orders, phone calls and e-mails was expected but it was also something that we were completely unable [financially] to prepare for.
It's been a hard task catching administration, much less infrastructure, up to the demand and frankly, we're just now getting a handle on it. We're hiring people as fast as we can; getting them trained and on the line/behind the desk and we are still lagging behind our goal. The [supposedly] simple task of something as mundane as a "status check" turns into a nightmare when you're sorting through 2000 [daily] e-mails , 5 phone lines that never stop and a constant crowd at the door that just want to "take a look around" . BTW, it's a rare find for a "phone girl" that understands firearm production and assembly . We plug the holes as best we can, dealing with brushfires as they pop up while doing a systematic overall and redesign of the entire process. Meanwhile, we march forward; new facilities, new machinery and greatly enhanced capabilities. Our 1911 pistol , Piston AR , D.I. AR , Saiga , AK and Vepr furniture line , muzzle devices , new designs for our suppressors and a full accessory line are merely the beginning. Expect to see them on the shelf nationwide. All of the above however are an interim step. We have long range R&D projects, some you've seen in our proof of concept builds, some you'll see pieces of and some we'll need to hold close till fully developed . Every day seems to open a new door; we owe all this to the people bought us here, you, our customers. You have our eternal gratitude and our commitment to be and do the very best for you that we possibly can. Thank you, Will
Will, It's always a pleasure knowing you. I'm happy for your successes and wish you many more.
There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. -- Bertrand Russell
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Robert J. Hanlon
Red Jacket Firearms, "Sons of Guns" is a show that was waiting too happen.
Interesting, informative, and entertaining.
Thank your crew for putting American gun owners in a positive spotlight.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
best of luck to you Will, and don't forget to slow down every once in a while to enjoy life.BTW, i still have that 74 you built me about 6 yrs ago, and it still runs like new.
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." --Samuel Adams
I think you are doing a great job. That being said from a business standpoint it is always hard to make decisions that will carry your business into the future...beyond TVLand.
When to expand, when to hire, what product to focus on, how much to invest, revenue etc. Strategic planning is just as important as customizing a weapon...your customizing your business plan.
Although TV income from contracst is always welcomed, it is a short term windfall. How you invest that income is a long term win. "Plan for the worst, hope for the best," is my motto. Go slow Will, invest on products and capital that will give you a long-term return on your investment and sustain RJF beyond Discovery Channel.
Short-term goals should be maximizing you TV income while building several strong product lines such as 1911, AR, AK etc....plus have fun! Also as we have experienced with the Y2K fears and loads of investment for an event that did not happen, you may want to build up a product or two with a price-point average folks can afford in order to prepare for the Dec. 2012 "Armegeddon" the survivalists are anticipating. There will be a run of weapons purchase and gear within the next 18-24 months in addition to the Obamanesque pressures on gun control.
As a card carrying NRA member, I wish you and the family all the best.
Doug D.
West Virginia
Congratulations on your well earned success!
"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum."
Therefore, whoever wishes for peace, let him prepare for war.
Yeah really, congrats on having a successful business.
Didn't realize you had that much going on, thought your shop was mainly what's shown on the show.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
Winn , 4th , El , ya'll we're the recipients of many a late night , Jim Beam inspired " hey , you know what would be cool " post lol If it weren't for that early guidance , I shudder to think were we would be today . "gone" most likely . Will
You got it goin on.
I dont give a damn about no ratings.
For real.
Everyone here knows about your show.
Even my Dr. at the V.A. said. "You know Will "Sons of Guns.?"
"Hell Yah." Old friend.
Thanks for your shows including Vets Will.
Keep up the good work. Were watching.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781


text: I'm selling my factory head unit out of my 2005 Chevy Silverado. It's a CD player/radio/cassette combo. The truck has the Bose audio system in it so I'm not sure if that means there is a difference between this stereo and and a truck without the Bose setup. The stereo does have a couple of problems though. First off, it won't load or eject a CD. When you push the CD in, it will begin to accept it but when the disc is almost all the way in it stops where it is and the unit continues to make the noise like it's trying to load it in still. I've pushed it in farther with a credit card and it still would load correctly. Ejecting is also a problem. After forcing the disc in and hitting eject, the unit tries to eject it but after getting the CD barely out, the disc stops coming out and the unit makes the noise like its still trying to eject it but to no avail. I used some small needle nose pliers to get it the rest of the way out. I've only had the truck for a few months and this problem was present when I bought it. Therefore, I have no clue if it will play a CD if loaded properly or not. It may be a simple fix such as some small part coming off of a track or it may be worse. The other problem is minor in that the "Band" button and the button directly to the right of it (which I never use and can't recall what it is for) don't light up with the headlights on. Aside from those two issues (and never testing the cassette deck either) it works great. It picks up stations very well, all the buttons work, and it sounds great. It has very little button wear as well. Just let me know if you might be interested in purchasing it. As it is now, I'd like to get $70 for it. I plan on getting an aftermarket to replace it within the week so if no one gets it before then I'll probably try to fix the CD loading problem on my own after I remove it and repost it if I can get it working properly.


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S&W what? They make several 9mm's, all of which are fine for carry.
The only safety you need is something to keep it from discharging when it gets banged around. The rest depends upon proper safety habits, i.e. don't pull the trigger till you want to destroy what you are aiming at.


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Is there anyone out there who would like the opportunity to show off your TBH? I am just south of Harrisbug Pa. but travel is no problem within reason.
I plan on building one and nothing beats actually seeing one and asking questions.
You can contact me directly at mikeandida at cs.com or PM thru beesource.
Thank you.


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History, or the underbelly of history, is at the heart of Kara Walker's work. She plays out her own version of the past on an epic scale, in fragmented visual narratives told through simple paper silhouettes, using as a backdrop one of America's darker historical locations (the antebellum South) and more recently, the linear narrative that underlines the history of modernism. The silhouette aspect of her work finds its roots in nineteenth-century, middle-class Southern "ladies' art" as well as the kitsch, mass-cultural icons and emblems that circulate widely in our society. The protagonists of her minstrel shows, however, owe much to the visceral writings of the Marquis de Sade and Steve Cannon. They lick, suck, dig, poke, shit, or copulate in a series of acts ranging from sexual voracity to outrageous sadism and auspicious indolence.
Walker's use of the silhouette is part of a strategy. Her work aggressively expands the debates on race and its representation beyond the notion of good or bad iconography and imagery. She is pushing her art to a very specific level of narrative cohesion, using seductive visual effects to comment sarcastically, ribaldly, on the history of race relations, slavery, and sexual exploitation. She appropriates and twists the code of the constructed national memory that is American History. And she does it in such a way that no one is let off the hook. In her silhouettes, she says a lot with very little information, which is both the virtue and the vice of stereotyping.
One cannot pretend that the stereotypes she uses—most of which were created in the early nineteenth century—are no longer with us. We cannot pretend that we do not know what they mean and how they make us feel. Her appropriation of history, her historicization of the past, and her narrativization of society force her viewers to confront the idea of a collective memory that still resides in the present moment—that resides in the awareness that black bodies in pain for public consumption have been, and still are, a European/American spectacle. We are not only talking about basketball or boxing, but about Emmett Till, Rodney King, and Amadou Dialou.
Walker's work triply implicates viewers in social guilt: the guilt surrounding the history of slavery, the guilt surrounding the use of stereotypes, and the guilt associated with witnessing sexual and scatological functions. She deliberately uses the narrative authority of the novel—which during the nineteenth century was a cultural form tied to bourgeois society and imperialism—as a system of social reference refining and articulating the authority of a sociohistorical status quo. And in order to make her critique more complex, beyond good and evil, beyond morality, she reveals a sense of humor that allows her to perpetuate stereotypes as she debunks and critiques them. At the end she leaves us conflicted, laughing ourselves to tears.
Walker's intensely charged imagery, a broad institutional recognition and patronage of her work, and a prestigious MacArthur Foundation Grant in 1997 triggered a violent criticism and boycott campaign that year. Led by an older generation of African American artists, including Betye Saar and Howardena Pindell, the campaign attacked the relevancy and the true intent of her work. The criticism targeted Walker's motivation, ability, and freedom (if not morality) to use black stereotypes and to assume responsibility for their cultural and political implications when representations of blackness/whiteness are paired with those of masculinity/femininity and class. The work was labeled "visual terrorism," too "sexist and derogative" to be suitable for the audience's gaze and judgment, and as perpetuating, through negative sexualized images, American racism and its sources.1
Created between August and December 1997, Do You Like Creme in Your Coffee and Chocolate in Your Milk?, a series of sixty-six drawings in various media, was conceived by Walker as a diaristic response to the controversial campaign.2 Often including the artist's writings, the work shares a traditional, though visceral, aesthetic that seems indebted to Francesco Goya, Egon Schiele, and Antonin Artaud. With often abrasive language and iconography, this series echoes Walker's usual preoccupation with the sexualized self and racialized flesh and addresses frontally her feelings about the letter-writing campaign initiated by a "Finger Pointing Matron" against a "27 year old African-American Cunt (with a MacArthur Grant)."3 By attempting to identify the larger issues that the controversy raised—on one of the pages of the work she writes, "The Merits of Arguing over Representation: I mean—you can't please everyone and why should you anyway!? Pindell's argument—that this (My) work is not accepted by ALL Black People is Right … What ARTWORK actually Does that?"—Walker does not deny the necessity of the debate and allows herself to publicize her sarcastic, humorous, and sometimes angry and indignant voice, refusing a monolithic interpretation of her work.
Codes of representation—the ones that have shaped most of twentieth-century modernity—are at the center of Endless Conundrum, An African Anonymous Adventuress (2001). Commissioned by the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland, for its exhibition Ornament and Abstraction, which brought together non-Western, modern, and contemporary works from the Fondation's permanent collection, Endless Conundrum follows the same confrontational structures. The cut-paper composition is dominated by a silhouette evoking Josephine Baker—the "black Venus," the "black pearl," the "Creole Goddess"—being stripped of the banana skirt that took Europe by storm in the 1920s and 1930s. Baker, the Missouri-born singer, dancer, and actress who faced a violent racist reaction in America, embodies a fascination with the "other," and in Walker's composition she is swallowed in an epic, sexualized, dramatic, and historical narrative.
The other protagonists of this narrative are silhouettes of Constantin Brancusi's modern icon, the Endless Column, and the figure of the colonizer who is by turns drawn, attacked, seduced, and devoured by the object of his own covetousness, lust, and ultimate misunderstanding: the exotic "others," fetishes, and sculptures. The most memorable one might be a Gabonese fang ladder, easily mistaken for the Endless Column, or the other way around, and a Congolese Nkisi N'kondi nail figure waving at a fleeing colonizer, echoing its original purpose to "honor" departed ancestors. Part Dante's Inferno and part Jacob's Ladder, Walker's Endless Conundrum pokes at the debate around Primitivism as a Eurocentric construction, in which the "primitives," trapped between savagery and a state of grace, between diabolical rites and superstitions, between darkness and enlightenment, have been stripped from any cultural, religious, and social background and instrumentalized in order to assess the European cultural and historical hegemony.
By expatriating a century of modern art history, Endless Conundrum echoes the critique that Thomas McEvilley articulated against "Primitivism" in 20th-Century Art4 and questions the ideology of the Kantian aesthetic theory that champions pure form and the universality of the modernist canon. "My works are erotically explicit, shameless. I would be happy if visitors would stand in front of my work and feel a bit ashamed—ashamed because they have … simply believed in the project of modernism."5 As she whispers these words, Walker attempts to reclaim a history, both individual and collective, that has never overcome what W. E. B. Du Bois identified as the problem of the "color line."6
For a succinct description of the controversy—the events, the issues, and the persons involved—see "Extreme Times Call for Extreme Heroes," International Review of African American Art 14, no. 3 (1997): 3–15. ↩
The work consists of sixty-six drawings and watercolors on notebook paper and includes the artist's musings on the controversy. ↩
Both phrases are written on pages of the work. ↩
Thomas McEvilley, "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief: 'Primitivism' in 20th-Century Art at the Museum of Modern Art in 1984," Artforum 23, no. 3 (November 1984): 54–61. ↩
Kara Walker, interview with Samuel Herzog, "Die schwartze Seele wird von der Moderne verbraucht," Basler Zeitung, June 9, 2001, 55. Trans. Lynn Dierks. ↩
See W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903). ↩


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A knockdown texture on walls or ceilings is a fast, easy way to hide flaws or repairs. For a beginner, it's more forgiving than other textures. It also has a more subtle look than heavy "popcorn" texture.
Ceilings are notorious for showing flaws. Light shining across that large, uninterrupted surface accentuates every pockmark in the dry- wall mud, every little ridge left by the paint roller.
The usual way to mask these troubles is to spray on acoustical "popcorn" texture. But I go with a "knockdown" texture on most ceilings, whether they're new drywall, old plaster or a repaired ceiling of any type. The beauty of knockdown texture is that it not only hides imperfections but also creates a more subtle look than heavier textures. A typical ceiling takes less than an hour to texture and costs less than $20 in materials. Best of all, it's almost impossible to get wrong—as long as you follow a few simple steps. To spray on the texture, I use a small electric texture gun. But gun powered by an air compressor will work just as well.
You can wipe up a texture mess with a wet rag, but preventing a mess is a lot faster. Remove all furniture from the room, as well as floor coverings, light fixtures and wall hangings. I like to cover the floor with rosin paper instead of drop cloths because I can roll up the entire mess at the end of the job and drop it straight into the trash. I over- lap each course of rosin paper about 6 in. and tape the seams.
Next, mask the top edges of the walls with 1-1/2-in. masking tape. Press the top half of the tape in a straight line along the top of the walls, just under the ceiling line. To the bottom half of the tape, adhere inexpensive 0.8 mil plastic drop cloths, "bagging" the entire room.
You can apply knockdown texture to bare drywall and paint over it later. But I prime and paint the ceiling first, then texture it and leave the texture unpainted. The slight color contrast between flat white ceiling paint and the off-white texture gives ceilings a nice dimensional depth. As a bonus, I don't have to sweat lap marks or flash marks when painting. The texture will hide those imperfections. Depending on the humidity, the ceiling can be ready to texture in as little as three hours after painting.
Aim for the consistency of pancake batter. Mix up more than you think you'll need. Better to waste some mud than to run out before you're done.
I add about 2 in. of water to a clean 2-gallon pail (an ice cream pail is ideal) and mix unaggregated texture powder into it. For knockdown texture, never use mix that contains aggregate. Continue to add water and powder until you have a bit more mix than you think you'll need. Approximately 1-1/2 gallons of mix is adequate for a 10 x 14-ft. room.
Here's a crucial step: Set the mix aside for about 15 minutes to allow for complete water absorption. Otherwise, the mix will thicken in the hopper. It won't spray and you'll have to clean it out and start over. After this "slaking" period, add a bit more water and remix. The final consistency should resemble pancake batter. A mix that's too thick won't spray well, so it's better to error toward a slightly thinner consistency.
When spraying texture onto a white ceiling, it's easy to skip some areas and overdo others. For consistent coverage, work across the room in a 3 x 3-ft. grid pattern.
After filling the hopper, I spray a test pat- tern on the wall plastic. Since months may pass between my knockdown projects, I have to relearn the feel of the spray gun. My goal is to achieve roughly 40 percent coverage. A knockdown finish depends on leaving about 60 percent open space so that the splatters can be "knocked down" to create the desired effect. I use a coarse or medium tip for my splatter application.
After my test run, I spray the ceiling. Spraying an average-size room takes less than 10 minutes. Hold the gun about 18 in. from the ceiling and work in blocks about 3 ft. square. Try to avoid overlap where these blocks meet, but don't worry about a little overlap.
Do worry about too much coverage: Keep the gun in motion to avoid spraying any area too heavily. Knocking down the splatters later will greatly increase the area that the mix covers. So it's better to go with lighter coverage than heavier.
If a room is larger than 225 sq. ft., I only spray and knock down half the ceiling at one time. That prevents the mix from drying before it can be knocked down.
Since the walls are covered with plastic anyway, they're perfect for spray practice. Light, even coverage is your goal. Move the gun faster for less coverage, slower for more. "Just right" should look some- thing like this, but you don't have to be as fussy as Goldilocks.
Drag the knockdown knife in straight, overlapping courses. Work inward from both edges of the ceiling, and keep moving. The splatters dry and harden quickly.
There are really only two ways to spoil a knockdown texture: too much splatter coverage and waiting too long before knocking down the splatters. When the splatters become too dry, you just can't knock them down smoothly. So keep a careful eye on the sheen of the splatters. As soon as the wet shine disappears from the first area you sprayed—usually after 10 to 15 minutes—get moving.
To knock down the splatters, I use an
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Town Square
2007 City Council Election Forum
Original post made by Tyler Hanley, digital editor of Palo Alto Online, on Sep 19, 2007
Please adhere to our guidelines by being respectful and truthful in your postings, and please do not start or spread rumors or innuendo. We will be removing comments that are primarily aimed at criticizing a single candidate. The people who put themselves forward to run for public office deserve our respect even when we may disagree with their views, and our editors will be attempting to keep everyone focused on issues in these discussions.
Thanks for your help and participation.
a resident of Evergreen Park
on Sep 19, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Some questions were posted prior, here
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Here are my questions from that thread
What is your opinion about the recently proposed infrastructure builds, as summarized in recent commission reports - i.e. Public Safety Building, Libraries/Recreation Center (Mitchell Park rebuild and Main/branch improvements)?
Should these infrastructure builds be financed as part of a single bond offering, or go out on separate ballots?
Do you think that Palo Altans are knowledgeable about the real benefits - in metrics that they can understand - of our Public Safety, Library and Recreation Center infrastructure?
If you think Palo Altans don't know enough about these institutions, what will you do to help change that situation?
How would you work with Council members(s) A, B, C, and/or candidates D, E, F, or some combination thereof, to accomplish your stated strategic goals for Palo Alto?
How do you envision Palo Alto's future? Will we grow? By how much? What role will you play in promoting growth, while balancing concerns for neighborhood integrity?
How will you help Palo Alto prepare for a time, some 15-20 years hence, when senior citizens comprose roughly 40% of our population?
How prepared are you to work aggressively toward regional solutions to some of our most vexing problems - i.e. housing, transportation, homelessness? Please relate some of your thinking about these problems.
What is your plan for increasing the effectiveness of city/PAUSD relationship, in ways that state - and complete - real milestones with attached metrics?
What plans will you work to complete that will improve the solicitation of retail services to Palo Alto? What ideas do you have for bringing, merchants, developers, landlords, and citizens together, to create win-win scenarios for retail growth in Palo Alto?
What kind of retail growth would you like to see in Palo Alto?
What is your positino on the Stanford expansion? Please explain in light of the costs AND benefits associated with Stanford's presence.
What is your thinking about the nature of our relationship to Stanford? How would you propose that Palo Alto become a better partner with Stanford? What - if anything - do you think is "broken" regarding Palo Alto/Stanford relations.
What ideas do you have for promoting inter-municipal efficiency, and how would you implement those idea?
What is your opinion about the effectiveness of city staff in the delivery of services?
What ideas do you have for maintaining strong city employee morale, while keeping operational costs down?
What is your opinion about examining the idea of selling Palo Alto Utilities. If you are against the idea of looking into this possibility, please explain your rationale in light of the benefits that such a sale might bring, as well as the costs that a sale might bring.
What is your opinion about intra-urban mass transit? How can we be more effective in providing cheap, accessible, intra-urban mass transportation that gets people where they want to go, when they want to go there.
How important are walkable neighborhoods to you? How do you transport yourself to most intra-city destinations?
PLease elaborate on infill housing, and using same to meet ABAG requirements.
What is your stance on ABAG requirements?
Is Palo Alto's quality of life increasing, or decreasing - why? Please be specific.
What is your opinion on affordable housing? What problems do you perceive - or not - if Palo Alto chooses not to build sufficient affordable housing in the future?
What ideas do you have for environmental sustainability that do not limit growth?
Would you slow down, keep current, or increase the projected pace of population change in Palo Alto?
What is your opinion about the existance of political commissions? Are permanent, or ad hoc commissions more advantageous?
How much time are you prepared to spend working on City Council issues?
Define Palo Alto, in your own words, in 30 seconds.
Define Palo Alto's primary challenges, in your own words, in 60 seconds.
Describe what the entire City Council needs to do to accomplish the goals you are setting out in your campaign, and who you will work with to accomplish those goals. PLease keep this answer to less than two minutes.
Is Palo Alto an environmentally friendly city?
How can we reduce the cost of government without laying off workers, or raising taxes. This is a difficult question; it will challenge your "inside-and-outside-of-the-box-thinking".
Is Palo Alto able to solve the projected problems that you envision on its own?
What retail businesses would you like to see in Palo Alto?
Should Palo Alto maintain some margin of control over the kinds and placement of retail in certain parts of our city? For instance, should we permit 10 beauty salons within a block of each other, or 15 restaurants within two blocks of each other? What can Palo Alto policy makers do to improve the retail mix in our city, in a way that makes our city, and our valued retail merchants and restauranteurs more sustainable?
What is your opinion of the hotel tax? Business license tax? Please explain your position.
What is your position regarding private/public partnerships to pay for city services? What advantages and pitfalls do you perceive?
What is your opinion about the amount of diligence required of commercial property developers prior to development?
What will you do to encourage more of a dialogue between developers and the community before development projects get off the ground?
Describe your most competent opponent in this race. Why is s/he competent, and suited to hold office?
How is it possible to enforce a vision that keeps pace with the accelerating rate of change in our region, especially on a policy-making bodt that consists of nine members, and is driven by consensus?
What is your opinion about paying City Council members a salary between 30-50% of Palo Alto's median salary?
Is the strong city manager model of government a viable municipal management model in current times. Why or why not?
How will Palo Alto sustain its current level of service, with layoffs?
How will Palo Alto sustain it's current level of service, without layoffs?
How will you work with the consistent minority of voters in Palo Alto that tend to vote in just large enough numbers to challenge the spending wishes of the clear majority, in ways that prevent a zero sum result?
What is your stance on FTTx (fiber communications)? Should we be pursing a local, regional, or no solution at all?
What is your plan to help Palo Altans understand guaranteed, coming, water shortages?
What is your opinion about flood control.
Is ABAG good or bad for our region? Why?
Should public commissions be suggesting action on matters of national policy? Why or why not?
What do you think of the 195 Page Mill Rd. project? Do you think we shuold approve it, as is, after a proper environmental review is accomplished, as recently ordered?
What are your thoughts on Edgewood Plaza?
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 19, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Dear AC, While those are all issues that the council has and will continue to face, I confess as a candidate I would not try to answer them as posed. Perhaps an easier way to address the issues would be to consolidate each into a general topic heading. e.g. revenue, city costs, infrastructure, population growth and its pressure, etc. Certainly there is overlap, but such an approach would be less daunting and elicit comment in whole or part.
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 19, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Oh come on - that wasn't even 70 questions!
a resident of Evergreen Park
on Sep 20, 2007 at 12:06 am
Why shouldn't we have answers to these questions? The candidates answer HUNDREDS of questions in their endorsement submissions - questions that are often far more daunting and detailed than these?
There is too much "tamping down" during our municipal elections. Too much "plain vanilla". With 11 candidates, we're going to hear general fluff, and the person with the most lawn signs and an endorsement from the local papers will win. I want to see more dynamism, and specificity - more in depth answers stated in written form.
Coffees and candidate forums are mostly attended by the politically interested - which is a very small fraction of the electorate.
Why should we submit to that?
Why not *170* questions?
bruce, feel free to organize my questions. This is just a starting point.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 20, 2007 at 6:49 am
A little know tactic for winning City Council elections in PA is for candidates to arrange to have coffees at the several senior citizens homes around PA. Polling booths are set up at nearly all the homes so the Seniors don't have to go out to vote. Seniors will vote as a block for those they have met and know.
In a close race, with all these seniors voting, they can tip the balance in favor of one candidate or another.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 21, 2007 at 7:20 pm
How do you propose correcting the management failures?
When will infrastructure receive more attention than eyewash?
a resident of Barron Park
on Oct 15, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Palo Alto Candidate Forum Videos Online and On TV
You are only a couple of clicks away from evaluating videos of all the candidates for Palo Alto City Council and the Palo Alto Unified School Board as well as Palo Alto Measures M and N. Recent candidate forums, conducted by the League of Women Voters and videotaped by the Midpeninsula Community Media Center, are now available on demand at the Media Center web site, Web Link. Each forum has been indexed into separate questions and answers so you can go directly to the subjects that interest you most. Alternatively, you can view the forums on local cable access channels. The complete TV playback schedule is on the Media Center Elections web page at www.communitymediacenter.net/elections_2007.html.
Additionally, there are pro and con arguments provided by the League on two Palo Alto ballot measures. One is about increasing the hotel occupancy tax and the other is about creating an emergency underground water reservoir.
The Media Center will host an Election Night show on November 6th as returns roll in and many of the candidates talk about their campaigns and the results.
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 15, 2007 at 2:09 pm
California Ave business have had to deal with power outages five or six times in this past year, the most recent Friday 1/12/07 at 6:30 pm. This is a huge loss of revenue for a small business. How do you think the Utilities Department should handle this?
a resident of Monroe Park
on Oct 15, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Just saw the media center video
vote espinosa, dykwel, yeh, and burt - in that order
a resident of Green Acres
on Oct 18, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Where can I find future schedule of City Council candidate forums?
a resident of Professorville
on Oct 23, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I am wondering about Pat Burt's experience in the planning commission. Did Pat Burt also working in the planning process? May be someone here can give me a pointer about Pat !!
Mission impossible
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Oct 29, 2007 at 2:30 pm
ABAG is only good for the builder and builder-friendly city council candidates.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 31, 2007 at 11:57 am
I trust that all the candidates are asking themselves how they would have voted on the issue of renaming City Hall Plaza and how they would have prevented this waste of time and money. Anyone of them who think this was a good idea and plan to do something similar in the future, have no place on our city council.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 31, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Pat's good for the short term, but I'm a bit leery of his long-term positions on housing.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 1, 2007 at 6:39 pm
In the light of the recent daylight kidnapping of a Gunn student walking home after school, what proposals do candidates have about keeping our schoolkids safe walking home from school?
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Nov 2, 2007 at 9:22 am
Hi, this is Tim Gray, candidate for Palo Alto City Council.
I live just three blocks from the site of the abduction. It is a wakeup call that public safety must not be taken for granted, no matter how safe our daily life can seem.
In the longer term, we need to preserve resources so that we can spend the money on having an adequate number of police. I would rather get into the City operations and eliminate expensive overtime, and spend that money on police on the street. We must have safe pedestrian corridors if Palo Alto is to ratain its quality and acheive some very important environmental goals of encouraging people to stay out of their cars.
Let's involve the neighborhoods and really design community policing. Let's get more officers like John Costa who understand community policing and neighborhood service. Perhaps we should redirect some of the resources used to ticket drivers going 42 miles an hour on Alma, and have some officers out of their cars and walking some key routes. This could be defined by parents and students -- not by a bureaucrat. Without safety, all the other great things we enjoy about Palo Alto have no value. Let's use citizen participation to extract a radical reorientation to neighborhood safety and public service. Also, let's make sure we are running the City in an efficient manner to avoid a resource crisis and a further weakening of public safety.
I offer this as something I will work towards, without regard to the results of the election.
Best regards,
Tim Gray 650 248-3555
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 2, 2007 at 9:26 am
Thank you Tim for your answer and thank you for realising the needs.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 2, 2007 at 2:26 pm
I urge you guys vote for Sid Espinosa, I'm all for his advocacy for building more affordable in Palo Alto, the current real estate here is way too unaffordable. We value family traditions a lot, thus with more affordable housing complexes will allow more of my relatives to move in and enjoy this wonderful community, isnt it great to see the all the cousines attending same or nearby schools? Family unity is the our strength. The scene of having a large family gathering in the park on sunny weekend days is just unbeatable.
digital editor of Palo Alto Online
on Nov 5, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Tyler Hanley is a registered user.
With election day upon us, we're going to lock the election forums, including this one. When the polls close, we will welcome your continued discussion on the election and what the results will mean for the community. Remember to vote!


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Five programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder were cited for excellence in a ranking of the nation's best graduate schools released this week by U.S. News and World Report.
The law and education graduate programs at CU-Boulder made significant gains in 1997. The overall CU School of Law ranking jumped from 39th to 30th, while the School of Education climbed from 25th to 19th. Also ranked in 1997 were CU-Boulder graduate programs in engineering, music and environmental law.
U.S. News did not conduct national rankings of five other graduate programs in which CU-Boulder received high marks last year. The 1997 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools" ranked the nation's top graduate schools in 16 academic disciplines in 1997, compared to 31 in 1996.
While rankings of colleges and universities often are met with some controversy, we are proud that CU-Boulders programs are highly regarded among the graduate schools evaluated this year by U.S. News and World Report, said CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard Byyny.
These findings underscore the achievements of our faculty, staff and students in continuing to raise the quality of CU-Boulders graduate education.
In the overall 1997 law school rankings in which CU was ranked 30th, Yale University was ranked first followed by Harvard University and the University of Chicago.
In the law specialty rankings, U.S. News ranked CUs environmental law program fifth in the nation for excellence in 1997. The CU program was ranked third in 1996. Lewis and Clark College in Oregon was ranked first again in 1997, followed by the Vermont Law School and Pace University in New York.
The U.S. News rankings in education, in which CU-Boulders School of Education was ranked 19th best in the country, were led by Harvard and Columbia universities, which tied for first.
The master's program in CU-Boulders College of Music was tied for 20th in the nation with Rice University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1997 rankings. CU-Boulders music graduate program also was tied for 20th in 1996. Ranked first in 1997 was the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music.
The graduate program in the College of Engineering and Applied Science ranked 30th best in the nation, the same position it held last year. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford were ranked first and second respectively for the second straight year.
CU's Health Sciences Center was ranked 11th nationally for excellence by the magazine in 1996 in the training of primary care physicians, up from 13th in 1996.
This year the magazine did not rank graduate programs in atomic physics, in which CU-Boulder was ranked first in 1996. It also did not rank graduate programs in advertising (CU-Boulder ranked 13th in 1996) psychology (CU-Boulder ranked 16th in 1996) chemistry (CU-Boulder ranked 20th in 1996) or biology (CU-Boulder ranked 20th in 1996).
The criteria for the U.S. News graduate school rankings included such categories as student selectivity, faculty resources, research activity, institutional reputation and job placement success. The 1997 Americas Best Graduate Schools issue and guidebook will be on newsstands March 3.
1997 rankings by the magazine included education, business, law, medicine, physical therapy, health service administration, pharmacy, social work, engineering, film, drama/theater, architecture, music, fine arts, creative writing programs and veterinary medicine.
Graduate student enrollment is less than 20 percent of the total student population of about 25,000 at CU-Boulder.


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High-end luxury is how we like best to describe this apartment. From the art pieces and the linens to the couch and the beds, we made sure that our collection of unique and attractive pieces combine to create a lovely, stylish, superior vacation rental.
The apartment can actually sleep up to 8 people at one time.
Our location is quiet, peaceful, and charming. Grocery and supermarkets less than 1 minutes walk. This is a great location everything you need just around the corner.
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We had a fantastic stay in New York in Mr Garcia's apartment.
The car service from the airport to the apartment and return journey was faultless and very professional. It took all the stress out of travelling to your apartment when we arrived in New York on a late flight.
Mr Garcia was at the apartment to welcome us and we found him very amicable and helpful. The apartment was well presented and comfortable and suited our needs very well. Comfortable beds and seating, air conditioning, and the free wifi to keep our teenage son happy! The bathroom could do with a bit of an update but perfectly sufficient for our use.
Friendly neighbourhood with the Hudson River at the bottom of the road and the subway a 5 minute walk up the road, taking you into Times Square in about 40 minutes. Make sure you stop in at the Bus Stop Diner on your way to the subway for some great home cooked food. We would definitely come back and stay again and in our opinion the apartment was perfectly situated for our stay in New York.
The apartment is spacy and very convenient for 8 people (2 families with 4 childrens).
The apartment is very well located on the west side of the 135th street. It is 2 minutes walk from the subway line 1. This line is very convenient since it crosses Manhattan from the north to the south and trains are available very late. It takes 1/2h to reach Times Square. and 1 and 1/2h to reach the airport JFK.
The apartment has been rebuilt recently and is very confortable. It is rather quiet for NYC (the city that never sleeps). The rest of the building is something old but you only have to cross it.
The surrounding is quiet and you come back late during the night without any risk.
Regarding the cooking, The apartment is rather well equipped. There is a oven but no oven dish to warm the food inside. The space to prepare the cooking is very limited. Around the apartment you have at least 3 supermarket to buy almost everything ou need to cook.
The main limitation of this apartment is that the toilets and the bathroom are in the same room. When you are 8 people in the flat, it takes at least 2 hours to be ready in the morning.
The manager is very kind. We faced a problem with the toilets and he solved the problem efficiently. He has also print some documents on his own printer since it is almost impossible to find a printer for tourist in NYC (all the cybercafé have disappeared with the new smartphones).
I would be pleased to come back for a future stay in NYC.
L'appartamento era stato scelto fra tante offerte perché era l'unico che aveva una delle tre camere con letti singoli. Quando siamo arrivati abbiamo trovato tutte le camere con letti matrimoniali da una piazza e mezzo. A parte questo il sig. Garcia è stato gentile ad attenderci per diverse ore perché avevamo avuto problemi con i mezzi di trasporto.
E' un po' distante dalle zone di interesse di Manhattan , ma è ben servito da metro e autobus.
Bra område i Harlem, trevlig lägenhet på högsta våningen. väldigt nära till små affärer, snabbmatställen samt tunnelbana för att ta sig vidare till andra delar av manhattan.
Good area in Harlem, nice apartment at the 6:Th. floor , very near to subway , small stores and quick food restaurants
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Being bored at work could have positive results, including an increase in creativity as it gives us time to daydream, according to a new study.
The findings of the study, by Dr Sandi Mann and Rebekah Cadman, have been presented at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology.
Dr Mann, from the University of Central Lancashire, and student Rebekah conducted two studies. In the first, 40 people were asked to carry out the boring task of copying numbers out of a telephone directory for 15 minutes. They were asked to come up with different uses for a pair of polystyrene cups, a task which gave them a chance to display their creativity.
Those who had copied out the telephone numbers were more creative than a control group of 40 who had just been asked to come up with uses for the cups.
To see if daydreaming was a factor in this effect, the researchers conducted a second experiment. It involved an even more boring task than the first, with 30 participants reading rather than writing numbers from the telephone book.
The researchers found the control group were again the least creative, but the people who had just read the names were more creative than those who had to write them out.
Dr Mann said this suggested more passive, boring activities, like reading or attending meetings, can lead to more creativity - while writing, by reducing the scope for daydreaming, reduces the creativity-enhancing effects of boredom.
"Boredom at work has always been seen as something to be eliminated, but perhaps we should be embracing it in order to enhance our creativity," Dr Mann said.
"What we want to do next is to see what the practical implications of this finding are. Do people who are bored at work become more creative in other areas of their work - or do they go home and write novels?"
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On Signing Day, head coaches get to talk to the media, get to take most (if not all) of the credit for putting together their class and are judged by how their class turns out.
And while Hugh Freeze did his share of interviews on Signing Day, much of Ole Miss' efforts on the recruiting trail were a result of the effort of Chris Kiffin.
Ole Miss signed an elite class, and Kiffin was in on many of their top signees, but the one that surprised the most and that was most likely the most difficult pull was five-star offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil, and Kiffin was the lead recruiter there. He is one who can relate to prospects well, and he played a big role in Robert Nkemdiche's decision along with co-defensive coordinator Wesley McGriff, and again, he at some point talked/communicated with many in this Rebel class.
It was for that effort that Kiffin is named Scout/FOXSportsNEXT's 2013 Recruiter of the Year.
Aside from Nkemdiche and Tunsil, the Rebels also signed Antonio Conner, the third-ranked safety in this class and Laquon Treadwell, the fifth-ranked receiver in the nation.
Here are the 2013 Scout/FOXSportsNext Conference Recruiters of the Year:
ACC: Jeremy Pruitt, Florida State
Pruitt did not get to FSU until late in 2012 when he left Alabama for the defensive coordinator job in Tallahassee. He came in with a bang by taking Demarcus Walker away from Alabama and signing him at FSU as an early enrollee. He then went on to turn Jalen Ramsey from USC and help the Noles close with five-star outside linebacker Matthew Thomas and Scout 300 defensive tackle Keith Bryant on Signing Day.
Check out the full post-Signing Day rankings and see where your team ended up.
Big East: Robert Prunty, Cincinnati
Prunty didn't have a lot of time after joining the staff in December, but he went to work quickly and did a great job in getting talent out of Virginia. He got tight end Chris Burton out of Danville, Va., and used his ties as a former Hargrave Military Academy coach to get four-star cornerback Mike Tyson. Prunty also landed four-star junior college outside linebacker Jerrell Jordan and junior defensive end Terrell Hartsfield.
Big Ten: Mark Hagen, Indiana.
Hagen, the Hoosiers' recruiting coordinator, flipped two in-state four-star guys -- Darius Latham, who was committed to Wisconsin, and David Kenney, who was committed to Iowa. The Hoosiers also picked up four-star safety Antonio Allen in the class.
Big 12: Kendal Briles, Baylor
Briles serves as wide receiver coach and offensive recruiting coordinator and ran point on inking Fort Worth (Texas) Southwest High five-star wide receiver Robbie Rhodes. The 6-foot-1, 195-pounder was the highest-rated signee in the Big 12 and the highest-rated recruit that Baylor has signed since the birth of Scout.com. Baylor finished with the No. 25 class.
|Tony Alford (left) made sure the Notre Dame train kept on rolling in recruiting.
Conference USA: Jason Rollins, Tulane
Rollins, Tulane's secondary coach, was a big part of their class in 2013. He helped the Green Wave land eight signees this year, including one of the best in Louisiana, offensive lineman Kenneth Santa Marina. He recruited only a few that he didn't sign this year, and he has a very good track record of getting who he targets in recent years.
Independents: Tony Alford, Notre Dame
You have to look at the job Tony Alford did for Notre Dame as recruiting coordinator. No matter what recruit you spoke with, Alford's name would come up. Especially in Florida, where the Irish pulled in a nice group from the Sunshine State. However, when it mattered the most (Brian Kelly talking to the Eagles), Alford was there to keep the calm and let everyone know what was going on.
MAC: Scott Isphording, Toledo
Isphording, the Toledo quarterbacks coach, got two highly touted quarterbacks, Logan Woodside from Kentucky and then Michael Julian from South Carolina, whom he stole away from several BCS offers.
Mountain West: Keith Bhonapha, Boise State
Bhonapha, the Boise State running backs coach and recruiting coordinator, helped sign arguably the best class in Broncos history. The headliners out of state were running back Aaron Baltazar, receiver Kendal Keys and cornerback Dionza Blue, while they also landed the state's top prospect, Joe Martarano.
|Kirby Smart helped Alabama haul in the nation's No. 3 overall class.
Pac-12: Adrian Klemm, UCLA
Klemm signed the top-ranked offensive tackles in California, Arizona and Tennessee and also landed a four-star lineman from Texas. The Bruins' offensive line coach put together the second-ranked offensive line class in the country while also being one of the point men on four-star receiver Eldridge Massington from Texas.
SEC: Kirby Smart, Alabama
Many talk about Smart's ability to build relationships with prospects and that is one thing he is very strong at. He used that strength to help Alabama land five-stars Reuben Foster and O.J. Howard. He was also able to go into Georgia and help the Crimson Tide sign the top two running backs (Alvin Kamara and Tyren Jones) in that state. The Tide defensive coordinator played a role in many others 'Bama signed in 2013 as well.
Sun Belt: Reed Stringer, Louisiana
Stringer, the assistant head coach, oversaw the Ragin Cajun's recruiting class, the top class in the Sun Belt. Louisiana signed nine three-star prospects, more than double any other school in the conference, including a top 40 safety in Simeon Thomas out of Miami and a top 50 middle linebacker in George Williams, also out of Florida.