diff --git a/gunicorn/arbiter.py b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
index 2ad74c80..6223504a 100644
--- a/gunicorn/arbiter.py
+++ b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
@@ -139,9 +139,12 @@ class Arbiter(object):
         self.manage_workers()
         while True:
             try:
+                self.reap_workers()
                 sig = self.SIG_QUEUE.pop(0) if len(self.SIG_QUEUE) else None
                 if sig is None:
                     self.sleep()
+                    self.murder_workers()
+                    self.manage_workers()
                     continue
                 
                 if sig not in self.SIG_NAMES:
@@ -156,9 +159,8 @@ class Arbiter(object):
                 log.info("Handling signal: %s" % signame)
                 handler()
                 
-                self.reap_workers()
-                self.murder_workers()
-                self.manage_workers()
+                
+                
             except StopIteration:
                 break
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
@@ -255,8 +257,8 @@ class Arbiter(object):
 
     def murder_workers(self):
         for (pid, worker) in list(self.WORKERS.items()):
-            diff = time.time() - os.fstat(worker.tmp.fileno()).st_mtime
-            if diff < self.timeout:
+            diff = time.time() - os.fstat(worker.tmp.fileno()).st_ctime
+            if diff <= self.timeout:
                 continue
             self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
     
diff --git a/gunicorn/worker.py b/gunicorn/worker.py
index 28d37aa2..6f7b3f4f 100644
--- a/gunicorn/worker.py
+++ b/gunicorn/worker.py
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ class Worker(object):
         self.init_signals()
         spinner = 0 
         while self.alive:
-            spinner = (spinner+1) % 2
-            self._fchmod(spinner)
                 
             while self.alive:
+                spinner = (spinner+1) % 2
+                self._fchmod(spinner)
                 try:
                     ret = select.select([self.socket], [], [], 2.0)
                     if ret[0]:
@@ -139,5 +139,3 @@ class Worker(object):
             self.log.exception("Error processing request. [%s]" % str(e))
             msg = "HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error\r\n\r\n"
             util.close(client)
-            
-        del client