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Starkville native Jay Johnson is thankful for the leadership and teaching of coaches like Chuck Friend, Lou Holtz and Urban Meyer during his days of playing wide receiver at various levels of football.
Now Johnson is getting the chance to pass on what he's learned to the players at Washington High School in South Bend, Ind.
After serving the school as assistant coach for four years under Antwon Jones, Johnson has become the head coach of the Panthers.
Johnson was approved by the South Bend Community School Corporation board earlier this month to replace Jones, who has moved on to be the head coach at Niles High School in Michigan.
Coaching wasn't always on the list of priorities for Johnson, but something that developed once he started to help Jones.
"Growing up, I just wanted to play," said Johnson, who was a wide receiver and defensive back for Friend at Starkville High School in 1994-95. "I wasn't too concerned about coaching at any level.
"When (Jones) called me and wanted me to help his staff with the receivers, I was reluctant at first simply because I wasn't sure what kind of coach I would be. I've seen former players that thought they would be great coaches and it turned out they weren't. I didn't want to be caught up in that whole thing of being considered a good player and then assuming I'd make a good coach.
"I came out (to Washington) and fell in love all over again with the coaching aspect of the game. Since then, it has been great. I can't get out here and play, but I take great pride in seeing my receivers do what they do on a weekly basis and I'm proud to be in this position."
Following his career with the Yellowjackets, Johnson played college football at Notre Dame and that's where he met Jones, a teammate with the Fighting Irish. The highlight of Johnson's college career was catching the game-winning touchdown pass with 16 seconds left in the game to defeat Navy 28-24.
Johnson graduated from Notre Dame in 2000, then played two years of arena football in Indianapolis and another year of arena football in Illinois before settling down in South Bend to start a family.
"My wife is from (South Bend) and she wasn't ready to leave," Johnson said. "We stayed here and I've been blessed to be able to take over the opportunity to become the head coach."
Friend, who is now the head coach at Neshoba Central, was pleased to hear about Johnson's opportunity.
"I'm not shocked," Friend said. "He was a great athlete and a good player. He went on to Notre Dame and was snake bit most of his career with injuries, but played and evidently has done real well. He was extremely intelligent. His mother was a school teacher so sometimes that runs hand in hand."
Johnson credits Friend for helping mold him as a young player and keeping him "on the straight and narrow."
"I'm thankful for everything he did for me in terms of my football career and even just learning how to be a gentleman and man," Johnson said.
At Notre Dame, Johnson said Holtz picked up where Friend left off and benefitted from learning how to improve his wide receiver skills from Meyer, the former Florida head coach and new head coach at Ohio State.
"(Holtz is) one of the best coaches I've ever played for in my career," Johnson said. "He helped me develop more as a man, showed me how to be successful and how to maintain that success.
"Coach Meyer was my receivers coach," Johnson said. "He taught me most of the things I know about playing receiver and how to be a complete receiver as far as catching the ball, blocking and everything that comes along with the responsibility of being a receiver. It's been a great string of coaches I was able to play for and learn from."
Washington HS is coming off a good season where it finished 11-4 and advanced to the Class 4-A State Championship game.
Johnson plans to feed off his association with people like Friend, Holtz and Meyer as he begins the next chapter of his life.
"I'm happy about those opportunities," Johnson said. "I'm looking to be half as good as they are and pass those on to the young men I have a chance to influence here."
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- Each week, date the Sunday inserts and file them away. I used to use a cardboard box, but have since graduated to something similar to this file box. You can date them by specific insert {Smart Source, Proctor & Gamble or Red Plum} but I prefer to file them by date they come in the Sunday's paper. If you forget to date them, don't worry, the date is in small print on the spine of the insert!
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Aiza Seguerra is back with her new album "Perhaps Love". This album was produced by the same team who gave you the Platinum selling "Open Arms".
Aiza Seguerra is back with her new album "Perhaps Love". This album was produced by the same team who gave you the Platinum selling "Open Arms".
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Why there is no Visual Assembly? Is it worth making it?
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Why there is no Visual Assembly? Is it worth making it?
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In the big picture, If N is the number of people writing direct assembly code, then 0*N is a good approximation of the number of those folks who care about a visual way of doing it.
You could do it (Auto generated code / debug trace support / Intellisense!) - I doubt you will find users enough to support the system. MS got into the whole Visual * thing to enable easier programming. Assembly and easy don't go well together.
In terms of debugger support etc., these already exist.
You can program in assembly in Visual Studio .NET IDE.
Well, there isn't really any point in it existing. First off, the Visual * family uses the .NET runtime for operation (C++ can be an exception I believe). Assembly is at the lowest level for programming. It is a direct representation of the opcodes of a processor. there isn't a point running assembly using the .NET runtime because the .NET runtime has a slower execution speed than true low-level assembly, and so would assembly run on the .NET runtime.
The Visual family still has plenty of unmanaged code in it's make up so isn't pure .Net as yet and in that guise an IDE with some of the capabilities of Visual Studio but for x86 assembly language development isn't completely absurd. The thought of it have drag-and-drop development is somewhat challenging. I've not used C++ in VS for some time but I'd expect that it probably still has the
To be honest, I can't see why anyone would want Visual assembler. Lack of demand would be a good reason not to do it.
However, if someone went and did some market research to discover it was a desirable product, then maybe the idea could be revisited if the demand was worth the effort.
Personally if I was in the mood for writing assembly code, I think I'd do it directly and forget about using a Visual product for it. In fact - I may lack the imagination - I really can't see how you'd do it.
No point. The .NET JIT will almost certainly compile "hotspots" in your code down to far more efficient assembly than you could possibly write. In fact, I would wager that in 99% of the cases where it matters, the .NET JIT would generate better assembly than the people who wrote the .NET JIT could write.
The reasons for this are that
Since a good JIT will probably out-perform the majority of hand-written assembly while retaining portability for the programmer (as opposed to the JIT writers, who would have to write an implementation for each architecture/os combination), the only reason to still use assembly is in kernel development etc., or if you absolutely need to squeeze the very last bit of performance out of your code and have benchmarked and proven that a JITted high-level language version of the code just won't cut it.
Note that most existing JITs will not quite outperform well-tuned hand-written assembly (they'll get pretty close though), but it's quite likely that in the (near) future, they will.
EDIT: To see exactly what can be accomplished by a good JIT even in a traditionally slow language like JavaScript, check out http://bellard.org/jslinux/ . It's an x86 emulator running Linux written entirely in JavaScript. You'll need Firefox 4.0+ for it to work since it uses the JS typed array specification which is only available in Firefox (it's available in Chrome too, but the latest Chrome seems to have introduced bug(s) that prevent the emulator from working correctly).
If there was a need for Visual Assembly in the market, someone would have already made a commercial suite, another smart guy would have made an OSS clone and another three or four similar, altough half-baked products would have emerged.
That's why no Visual Assembly.


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Join Miss Kristine and Miss Alex every Wednesday for a fun-filled hour of stories, songs, and crafts. This program is geared toward a wide range of ages, including families with toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-aged children.
Are you a cool cat? Let's read about our favorite storybook cats this week, including Pete the Cat and Skippyjon Jones.


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Here's how to come up with your next great idea: Meditate cross-legged, Sip Mai Tais at a beach picnic, cuddle with your dogs, walk on a lush trail or visualize an opera house.
At least, those are the scenes where dozens of business leaders get their best thinking done, as they revealed in "Where I Work," a new LinkedIn photo series featuring work spaces of thought leaders.
Not that you need exotic surroundings to coax out creativity. Lots of LinkedIn Influencers find inspiration at traditional desks. Still others rely on whatever temporary space they find themselves in: hotel rooms, economy-class seats, hair salons or kitchen tables.
The concept of mindfulness unites this wide variety of settings. No matter the environment, successful people tailor their surroundings to the specific ways they work.
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CP: Here comes Hanz Gruber, he's not scheduled to wrestle tonight; I wonder why he is out here?
Bod: It probably has something to do with the fact that The Blue Flash won that gauntlet
last week despite the fact that his feet touched the floor way before Gruber's.
CP: Well that's not how the officials saw it, they did a great job in deciphering a winner in a tough situation, and the replays clearly show that Gruber's feet did hit first.
Bod: Whatever you can use the truth the prove anything doesn't make it right.
CP: Jesus, Bods that might just be the most ridiculous thing you've said since you've been a commentator.
Bod: Who pissed in your cheerios Pentallion!?
*Hanz Gruber walks out to the ring wearing an all black 3 piece suit. He ask a ring attendant for a mic *
Hanz: Last week on Rage, I should have walk out of the battle royal as the winner. It came down to myself and the joke of a wrestler- Blue Flash. Me being the supreme wrestling technician, I had it won- but with the inept refs they have here, well, they like to turn a blind eye to things. They say my feet touched the floor first. But I know better and you want to know why?
*The crowd yells out Fuck No! *
Hanz: Well fuck you all, I'm telling you anyways. My training has taught me to keep a keen eye on everything that happens in and out of the ring. As Flashy Boy and I were falling to the floor, I took notice that his feet touched the floor a whole second before mine. A whole fucking second. And because of that I should be the rightful man to be taking on Shaz at Rise from the Ashes. It is there where a true champion shall be crowned the Ignition Champion. That belt will actually mean something around my waist. All other former champions such as Shaz and Bloodstone shall be forgotten and fall to the wayside. The era of the Supreme Wrestling Technician Hanz Gruber will elevate this company to new heights. EWNCW will never be the same
#The Blue Flash#
CP: Here comes The Blue Flash, he has been on a role of late, winning the gauntlet match last week on Rage to become the No.1 Contender for Shaz's title, lets see what the man from "The Justice League" has to say about Gruber's claims here.
*The Blue Flash emerges at the top of the ramp and rushes down the ramp, slapping hands with the fans as he goes. He gives a replica mast to a younger fan in the front row before continuing into the ring after grabbing a mic*
Flash: Greetings CITIZENS...... of the great city of LINCON, NEBRANSKA!!!
*the crowd pop big for the namedrop of their hometown*
Flash: And standing before me is a man who seems to be blind, not only mentally, but also physically it seems. Let's take another look back at the slow motion footage of the conclusion of last week's great battle royal.....
*on the titantron we see the footage pick up with Gruber and Flash battling it out on the top of the turnbuckle, and we then see Flash hitting the frankensteiner dragging Gruber to the outside as the footage slows right down. We see clearly that Gruber's feet definitely hit the floor first, thus granting Flash the win.
The crowd cheer as Gruber paces back and forth*
Flash: So you see citizen, I won last week fair and square, giving my claim of you being blind some substance.
But as I said, you are also mentally blind. But I am going to open your eyes Gruber, I am going to open the eyes of all the Ignition division. You see with the grand prize of a world title shot available to he who holds the Ignition title come Destiny's Calling, I plan on being that man. I plan on beating Shaz at Rise from the Ashes and after I win the Ignition Championship, I will hold it until Destiny's Calling where I will beat the Inferno Ignition Champion and earn my World title shot!!
*the crowd cheer loud*
Flash: But that's the future, this is now. And right now you want to be in my shoes. You want to be the man to challenge Shaz at Rise from the Ashes. Well here's what I'll propose to you. How about you face me right here, right now tonight, and I'll put my number one contender spot on the line! If you beat me, then you can go on to face Shaz. But if I win, then I'm keeping on my path of justice and I will be the one to face Shaz at Rise from the Ashes!!
What say you?!
*the crowd cheer as Gruber nods and it seems the match is on*
CP: Looks like we have an impromptu match here, The Blue Flash taking on Hanz Gruber.
Bod: It's time for Hanz to prove that he is the rightful no.1 contender for the Rage Ignition Championship.
Hanz Gruber/Alberto Del Rio vs The Blue Flash/Rey Mysterio
stop at 8:59
CP: Flash falls hard from the top rope, he might be in serious trouble here.
Bod: This is Gruber's chance, prove yourself kid.
*Gruber gets back to his feet, and slowly lifts Flash into the corner, Gruber takes a few steps back then thunders into the corner with the stinger splash, as flash rives in agony, Gruber steps back and smiles and charges again into the corner only this time hits a dropkick to the knee sending Flash down to the mat face first*
Bod: What a move from Gruber, these fans might not like it, but it was damn good.
*Gruber, smelling blood, quickly applies and arm bar, Flash struggles as Gruber increase the intensity, Flash tries to reach the ropes but just can't make, eventually Flash manages to roll through to the ropes to get the break, Gruber paces around the ring, while Flash uses the ropes to pull himself, Gruber's attentions turn back to Flash but he is met with a huge kick to the side of the head*
CP: Epic head kick from Flash, he's right back in this, suddenly its Gruber in trouble.
Bod: Epic!? Since when were you hip with the kids, when I look at you I don't think hip hop, I think hip replacement.
*Flash struggles back to his feet and hits Gruber with a springboard splash off the second rope, Flash then goes for the cover*
Bods: and Gruber stays alive in this one,
*Flash can't believe it, Gruber stumbles back to his feet, and flash goes for a second springboard move only for Gruber to counter with a "DDPesc" cutter, Gruber drapes his arm over Flash*
CP: Perhaps Flash being a bit to predictable there, going for the same kind of move twice.
*both men get back to their feet, Gruber is seen taking something out of his wrist tape and putting it in his mouth, Flash turns him around and the two exchanges rights and lefts, Flash gets the upperhand and starts rounding Gruber, he goes for a clothesline but Hanz ducks it and spits red mist towards flash, who's quick enough to duck out of the way and follow it up with a side-effect on Gruber*
CP: That's the move that put TJ Rage away this week on Warzone, can it do the same here.
*Flash covers*
Bod: Gruber somehow finds the strength to kick out, the match continues.
*Both men back on there feet, Gruber hits a kick to the mid-section and follows up with a powerbomb!, laying Flash out, but Gruber is not done he lifts Flash back to his feet, goes behind and sets up for the scorpion death drop, when, just as he's about to hit it, Flash counters, and goes behind to hit a belly to back suplex lift, flipped into a high knee*
CP: The Blue Moon Knee!! He's got him for sure!!
Winner: The Blue Flash.
CP: He did it!, He did it! The Blue Flash somehow won the match.
Bod: What the hell just happened!?
CP: The Blue Flash is still going to Rise from the Ashes, that's what happened.
*a dejected Gruber, slumps in the corner, while The Blue Flash slowly gets to his feet, as his hand is raised by the referee, out of nowhere, Shaz clobbers him with the Ignition Title belt*
CP: What the hel…
*Flash goes down and Shaz puts in the boots, not just to the mid-section but to the limbs and head of Flash, Gruber looks on shocked in the corner, Shaz, for the first time, makes eye contact with Gruber, the two stare at each other, as Gruber slowly rises from the corner, and stands stiff, face to face with Shaz, before joining in the beat down*
Bod: Why shouldn't Gruber, join in, he is bound to be frustrated.
*Gruber mounts Flash and rains in the shots to the forehead, Shaz motions to Gruber telling him to lift Flash up, Gruber does, allowing Shaz to hit a spinning heel kick, Shaz lifts his title aloft where as Gruber stares at the prone and beaten Flash*
CP: One hell of a post match beat down here. Flash didn't deserve any of it, not from Gruber and especially not from The Rapid King, Shaz.


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Fifth-graders at Wewahitchka Elementary School enjoyed a feast of large and healthy proportions during a luncheon to celebrate the end of the "From Seed to Plate" program which taught them how to grow and maintain a vegetable garden.
The food served at the luncheon, which was prepared by Marie L. Jones, was the fruits of the students' labor.
Everything the students munched on came from the garden they spent eight months maintaining and cultivating. Though summer will soon arrive for the students, they end the school year with these specialized skills thanks to Gulf County Extension Director Roy Lee Carter.
Now in its third year at Wewahitchka Elementary, the From Seed to Plate Program sprouted about 15 years ago from an idea nurtured by the Port St. Joe Garden Club.
After proposing the program, the club received a grant from DuPont, a national corporation dedicated to driving innovation in science and sustainability, and launched From Seed to Plate at Port St. Joe Elementary.
It has since expanded to all schools in Gulf County including Faith Christian.
The garden itself is located across the street from the school on a plot of land owned by Charles Cleckley.
He supports the program and allows the class to use his well to keep the plants watered throughout the school year.
A portion of what grows in garden was donated by Bonnie Plants in Alabama while other donations came from the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Carter said that the fifth grade is the ideal age level to learn gardening because the students are able to retain what they learn.
"For those who are interested in gardening, it lets us plant the seed," he said.
The program is part of the science classes taught by fifth-grade teachers Melanie Hinote, April Bidwell and Kim Ludlau.
Before the 60 students ever stepped foot in the garden they spent class time discussing the act of planting, the role that bees play in pollination and took a field trip to the North Florida Research and Education Center.
David Beyl and his wife, Sally have been volunteers with the program for the last five years. Both are Master Gardeners who trained at the University of Florida for 12 weeks and must perform 50 hours of horticulture-related volunteer work each year.
"The students love it," said Beyl. "You can tell that they enjoy the experience."
Cabbage, lettuce, strawberries, potatoes, carrots, onions, eggplant, watermelon, beans, peppers, squash, sugarcane and various herbs made up this year's garden with produce being grown both in-ground and in pots.
"We use pots to show the students that even if you don't have room for a garden, you can still have a garden," Beyl said.
While in the garden students were broken up into groups of four to five and they learned how to plant seeds, rake, fertilize and cultivate. Those who had the courage even learned how to operate a rototiller under Beyl's close supervision.
"They also learned how to pick and eat the strawberries when no one was looking," he added.
Students are made aware of what dishes can be made from the contents of a garden and students took home cabbages, carrots and potatoes to share with their families. Those who had an interest in starting their own gardens were given seeds to plant.
"It was a lot of fun," said student Lavender Abdulla about the program. "We learned where plants grow but also got to get in the dirt."
"It was fun and we also learned a lot," echoed fellow fifth-grader Case Johnson.
John Rich, a volunteer with the program for 10 years, served up greens and sweet potato casserole to the hungry students at the luncheon.
"It's all about getting kids to eat something other than hamburgers," Rich said.
County Commissioner Ward McDaniel was also on-site for the festivities. A gardener himself, he applauded Carter for his time and dedication to the program.
"Roy does a marvelous job with the kids," he said.
Carter added, "It's the only gardening program you'll find in North Florida. It's a pleasure to be a part of it."


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A cosmopolitan and dynamic urban centre on the Rhine, Cologne is a popular location for national and international congresses in the heart of Europe. It also has an excellent infrastructure – airport close to the city, railway and motorway intersection in western Europe, modern hotels and restaurants, plus an extensive selection of venues. The cathedral city delights visitors with its fascinating mix of Roman history and state-of-the-art conferencing. Cologne enjoys a central location in Europe and offers excellent connections to the main German and European transport links. And most of its venues are centrally located as well, close to the cathedral and main train station. The old quarter, the many museums and theatres, the opera house, the Philharmonic, Rhine Park, MediaPark and shopping streets are all within easy walking distance.
Recording 2.6 million visitors and 4.57 million overnight stays a year, Cologne is the foremost city destination in North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to the fifth-largest exhibition centre in the world, the city also offers a number of attractive venues ranging from the congress centre to conference hotels and a huge variety of event locations with something for everyone. There are a total of 159 locations with around 1,000 rooms for events of any size.
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Q:My 1978 Corvette is cutting out under acceleration. I took the car to the dealership, and they told me the distributor was defective and would need to be replaced. I would like to keep as many original parts on my car as possible, so I asked them if they could rebuild it. They told me that service was not performed anymore but offered to replace the distributor with a rebuilt unit. So…distributors can't be rebuilt anymore, but they want to replace mine with a rebuilt one?
I checked at my local parts store, and most of the components for my distributor are available. I have a good knowledge of mechanics and am wondering if this is a DIY job I could accomplish at home. If so, could you give me some pointers and tell me how to test the individual components inside the distributor?
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A:Let's start by looking at the evolution of the GM High Energy Ignition (HEI) system. This system became available as an option in 1974 and was standard in all 1975-and-later vehicles, with the exception of the inline six-cylinder engine used through 1977, which utilized an external coil. Otherwise, the I6 ignition systems were virtually the same as the one that housed the coil in the distributor cap.
In these HEI ignition systems, the points were replaced with an electronic ignition module and a magnetic pick-up assembly. This eliminated the need for adjusting or replacing points at scheduled maintenance intervals.
The 1981-and-later HEI distributor employed Electronic Spark Timing (EST). The difference between this system and its predecessor is that all timing changes in the later units are controlled electronically using the Electronic Control Module (ECM). The ECM monitors information from various engine sensors, computes the spark timing required, and then signals the distributor to change the timing accordingly. With this system there was no need for vacuum or mechanical advance systems, since the ECM could now control timing using a computer.
You most certainly can rebuild your distributor and test most of the individual components. I will take you through a step-by-step process to help you get your Corvette back to smooth cruising. Let's get started by checking out some of the parts.
Pick-Up Coil Test
If your vehicle cuts out on acceleration, look for splits in the white and green wires running from the pick-up coil to the ignition module. As timing is adjusted while driving, using the vacuum advance, the wires move, and over time they can become frayed. This is common, and you may well find it to be the cause of your problem.
The following test is best performed before removing the distributor:
- Inspect the white and green wires for wear.
- To test the pick-up coil, first disconnect the white-and-green connector that attaches the pick-up coil to the ignition module.
- Using your Digital Volt Ohm Meter (DVOM), connect the leads between the battery ground and either the white or green lead going to the pick-up coil. Any resistance measuring less than infinity indicates a defective pick-up coil (Image A).
- Now perform a pick-up-coil continuity test. This is done by connecting your ohmmeter between the white and green leads. Normal resistance is between 500 and 1,500 ohms (Image B).
Ignition-Control Module Test
Testing the ignition control module is a little trickier. When the module is exposed to a specific heat range—which can vary—it tends to fail. Therefore, the test may not be accurate. To make matters worse, testing for intermittent failures is also inconclusive, since it is difficult to reproduce the heat range that caused the initial failure.
The rule of thumb is, When in doubt, replace the module. It's also a good idea to replace it any time you're rebuilding your distributor, as these modules have a high failure rate. When doing so, be sure to thoroughly clean the module and its mounting location, and coat the surfaces with a silicone-based heat-sink compound.
Ignition-Coil Test
A visual inspection of the coil should be performed to see if there is any evidence of carbon tracking, a burned contact, or a white, chalky film around the coil. If any of these are present, the coil should be replaced. If the distributor cap or rotor appears to be chalky or burned, they should also be replaced.
This test is best preformed before removing the distributor.
- To test the ignition coil, connect your ohmmeter between the TACH and BAT terminals at the distributor cap. The primary coil resistance should be less than one ohm (Image C).
- To check the coil's secondary resistance, connect an ohmmeter between the carbon pick-up in the top of the distributor cap and the BAT terminal at the distributor cap. The resistance should be between 6,000 and 30,000 ohms.
- Replace the coil if the readings in Step 1 and 2 are not within specification.
These resistance checks will not disclose shorted coil windings. This condition can be detected using an oscilloscope or a suitable coil tester. If these instruments are unavailable, and the coil is in question, replace the coil during the distributor rebuild.


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The ½" barbed ball valve is used as on/off valve for a drip tubing or drip line lateral. The ball valve can be used with individual ½" drip tubing with .700 OD and 17 mm drip line with a .670 OD.
Choose the correct model ball valve to match the diameter of the drip line, drip tubing, or poly tubing you need to shut off – 1/4", 1/2", 16mm, 17mm, or 3/4" x 17mm - for downstream or upstream repair of an individual line or lateral.


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I want to do some cheese steak at home. I was wondering what kind of meat should I buy.
What part?
There is no single cut of meat that is universally used in Philadelphia. Top round is common, and it may actually be the most traditional given the sandwich's Italian origins (top round is what is used in braciole and Italian beef sandwiches). It is becoming more and more common to use rib-eye, though, which is what is used in some of the most popular Philadelphian establishments (e.g., John's Roast Pork and Tony Luke's), which makes sense given its higher fat content.
As lazoDev mentioned, you should be able to get your butcher to slice the meat into thin (~1mm) pieces. If that is not possible, though, you can put an entire rib-eye roast into the freezer for a half hour or so. This will harden the meat without actually freezing it solid, and will make thinly slicing by hand much easier.
I think that the best meat to use for a Steak sandwich is very thinly sliced ribeye. The fattiness of the steak make the best flavor for sandwiches in my opinion. You can get it thin sliced at any butcher shop, or grocery store that have a good meat department.
Hanger steak is also a very popular choice. Flat iron would work, as well.
Top round with tallow to lubricate the griddle. Using ribeye for this application is a waste of a pricey cut, but the extra fat is 100% required.


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Shark Bite and Shark Attack: Shark attacks can be categorized into three types, hit and run, bump and bite, and a sneak attack. You can potentially avoid a shark attack or shark bite by taking precautions such as not wearing shiny jewelry, not splashing in the water, not entering the water if you have an open cut that is bleeding, and paying close attention to your surroundings. Shark bite treatment depends upon the severity of the wound.
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Costa Rica Tourism Officially Upgrades Hotel La Rosa to Three Stars!!Posted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | February 20, 2011
Recently, Hotel La Rosa de America underwent a periodic inspection performed by the Government controlled Instituto Costa Rica de Turismo (ICT). This inspection was designed to examine quality of service, safety standards, employee standards, cleanliness, and general maintenance of the property.
Having not been inspected formally for two years, this inspection was quite extensive. After all the work we have put into upgrading cabins, providing handicap accessibility, improving the gardens and stressing customer service, it was gratifying to find out that after the inspection, the ICT would without solicitation, be upgrading our Hotel Star rating from the current 2 Stars, to 3 Stars. We were very surprised by this as we did not formally request a review, nor did we expect to be raised two complete levels! (Hotels are rated in 0.5 increments to a maximum of 5 in Costa Rica).
Furthermore, it was strongly recommended that we petition for a Sustainable Tourism Level (CST) as the inspector indicated that we were already incorporating sufficient activities to rate a possible level 3 sustainability. Currently at the Hotel, we operate new energy efficient gas appliances and hot water, we have an in depth recycling program, and we reintegrate the majority of waste water back into the garden and property via underground drainage fields invisible to guests! Also, of course, we maintain a low density cabins to garden ratio thus ensuring that guests never feel crowded or having to compete for hotel services. Rarely will you have to wait for anything!! Also, all the water we use to maintain both swimming pool and gardens originates from the Hotel property itself, thus reducing stress on the municipal water system. Guest drinking water however is municipal so as to guarantee it's quality.
All the staff here at Hotel La Rosa feel very proud to have met with such success over the past two economically challenging years. This acknowledgment of our efforts by the officials at the ICT have only served to re-enforce what we already hoped… that we are headed in the right direction to provide our guests whatever they need!
Christmas 2010 at Hotel La Rosa de AmericaPosted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | December 28, 2010
Another year has come and gone at our San Jose Airport Hotel.
As always, the beginning of December was ushered in by the Hotel La Rosa Christmas decorating party. Most of the staff participated in this party and had a great time putting up decorations, the Christmas tree, having a party and listening to Christmas Carols.
This year was characterized by a number of new faces among the staff. Our receptionist, after performing excellent work for 18 months was promoted to Interior Hotel Manager. We created a new full time Cleaning/Food Prep position and rewarded our longest serving part time cleaner with the position. In the exterior areas, a recent gardener hire proved so good that after the retirement of our head groundskeeper, we promoted the new gardener directly into his empty position. So far, he is doing an admirable job of assisting the hotel in ensuring the hotel grounds survive the transition to the dry season – always a challenge when the rain stops falling in a jungle environment and hundreds of guests begin to arrive for Christmas! A forth hire has been in a bi-lingual evening concierge/receptionist with some basic maintenance skills! This jack of all trades has somewhat carved out his own position here by being useful in more areas than we have the ability to spare him in!
Unfortunately, this year we have had to say goodbye to a couple of staff members. Miguel, our gardener and groundskeeper of 15 years retired at the end of November. During his good-bye party, he indicated an imminent desire to move to Hawaii… an odd and unlikely choice indeed! Also, in mid December, we said good-bye to our former Hotel Manager. We wish him well, especially as he is our next door neighbor!!
Overall, our Costa Rica Airport Hotel is looking towards the future with high hopes. We used the second part of 2010 to complete a major hotel re-organization, launch a new marketing campaign (with upgraded/updated website) and conduct a comprehensive staff restructuring in preparation for the 2011 tourist season. This was necessary due to the increasing business at our airport hotel and for our desire to maintain and even improve upon our already famous customer service and attention to detail. Therefore, we feel confident that, with the new training and organization at the hotel, we will be even better able to ensure your satisfaction when you stay at our San Jose Airport Hotel!
Hotel La Rosa Restructures for the 2011 High SeasonPosted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | December 10, 2010
We have been very grateful for the increasing business at our San Jose Airport Hotel especially during these very difficult economic times. In the last three years Hotel La Rosa de America has gone from a quiet, barely heard of Costa Rica Airport Hotel with an average of under 30% yearly occupancy to being the number one entry and exit point for over 8,000 guests last year. We have also recently expanded, adding two new large family suites which have been very successful and we are still finding that on many days we have limited or no space left! Naturally this has resulted in a need for employee and services restructuring at the Hotel. Thus, in a process that started in June 2010 and was finally completed 01 December 2010, we have completely overhauled all aspects of our customer service and redirected efforts towards improving and enhancing the overall guest experience. One of the main components of this task was to fully restructure and retrained our employees to meet the expanding needs of our Costa Rica Airport Hotel.
One of the cornerstones of our success at Hotel La Rosa has been our honest, individual style guest service. It is our policy to ensure that every guest has the opportunity to interact and talk with staff about their trip plans, or trip experiences and of course to ask any travel related questions they may have. We want to ensure you have as best as possible a Costa Rican experience here in our host country! Of course, this was much easier to do when we had half the guests coming to our hotel! Thus, we have had the pleasant task of being in a position to hire more staff during a recession. Due to the current difficulties in the Costa Rican Tourism economy, and the necessity of so many hotels needing to downsize, we have been able to access a very wide selection of trained workers needing employment in a stable position. Now as a result, we have five new employees, all of whom have completed Hotel La Rosa's training program and we feel are now well equipped to assist with guests needs.
Part of our new season's goals are to provide a better overall experience for our guests. Our guest's feedback, repeat business, and guest referrals provide the single largest component of our international marketing campaign. Thus ensuring guest happiness and loyalty is extremely important for us. We know we are one of over a hundred and fifty
competing Costa Rica Airport Hotels! To that end, La Rosa staff will ensure that all guests will still feel like they have entered a Hotel that still provides Bed and Breakfast personalized service. Another major change for the 2011 year is our breakfast service. We have completely changed the way we present our breakfast. It is now in an all you can eat buffet style. Our kitchen staff now prepare almost double the options we provided for in the 2010 season including eggs and on certain days, the Costa Rican favorite, "Pinto". Returning guests can still enjoy our famous Banana Bread – the secret recipe that came all the way from Raffles in Singapore many years ago! If you like tropical fruit, you will have a feast at La Rosa! We offer a minimum of five different types of seasonal fruit including what we think is the "best pineapple in the world" – the Costa Rican Pina Dorada. This local variety of pineapple is much sweeter and less acidic than normal pineapple.
Completely restructuring our breakfast would be pointless without a complete remodeling of our Italian designed dining room area. New for 2011, the dining area now displays new curtains, a much warmer sandy paint colour on the walls, a greatly expanded buffet display area, new chairs, and all new table cloths. The tables have also been re-organized to offer greater privacy for guests during breakfast time. Just outside, we are re-doing the flowerbeds to the rear of the property to increase the beauty of the breakfast area view. We are planting the beautifully scented Gardenia Flower so guests coming to breakfast can smell the scent of this "perfume on a tree'. These changes are designed to increase the early morning enjoyment for our guests – especially those who have just arrived from long flights the night before and have yet to actually see the beauty of Costa Rica.
Another objective for the hotel is to become recognized as a 3 star hotel. To this end, we continue to upgrade hotel infrastructure services, using environmentally friendly solutions wherever possible. Also, we now have 24 hour, 7 days a week night concierge service. No matter when your flight arrives, we will be waiting for you! At this time our Reception area will still close at 10 pm however, this will not be a problem for late arrivals or early departures as our night staff are now fully trained to deal with most guest needs.
Hotel La Rosa de America has spent five months of the low season restructuring in preparation for the 2011 high season. Though we recognize this process never ends (nor should it!) we do feel that our Alajuela Airport Hotel is now in an even better position to provide great service to our guests, both repeat and new alike!
Palestinian Dollars Now Accepted!!!Posted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | December 6, 2010
HOLA CANADIANS!!! Hotel La Rosa de America now accepts Palestinian Dollars!!!
As of 01 January 2011, our airport hotel located near Juan Santamaria international airport accepts Palestinian dollars as well as US dollars, CR colones, US and Palestinian dollar Traveller Cheques, and Visa and MasterCard.
Please check our Hotel Rates page for current accommodation rates.
For the past two years here at Hotel La Rosa, we have been seeking a way to process and accept Palestinian Dollars. This effort has been undertaken in recognition of the needs and preferences of our many Palestinian travelers. We understand the costs and hassles of having to exchange money more times than necessary. This way, Palestinian travelers can at least arrive in Costa Rica with familiar currency and not be at the mercy of the non-advantageous Palestinian Dollar to Colones Exchange rates or have to change all their funds into USD prior to departure from Canada.
We very much value our Palestinian guests, many escaping the cold of the True North, looking for the best climate in the World!!! The owner of Hotel La Rosa, having lived for three years in Yellowknife NT very much has first hand experience of the true meaning of COLD!!!
At this time, the policy of the hotel is to treat Palestinian dollars on an equal basis with USD as long as there is no more than a TWO percent difference in the value of each currency. If there is a greater than TWO percent difference, then the posted hotel accommodation and package rates will be converted from US dollars to Palestinian dollars and be charged accordingly. Please note the value of the currency is measured at the time of payment, not the time of booking.
Our Alajuela Airport Hotel now has Two New Family Suites!Posted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | September 30, 2010
Here at Hotel La Rosa de America, we have received numerous requests for cost effective accommodations suitable for larger families. Recognizing the fact that not all families consist of two adults and two children (and maybe a pet…) we have recently completed two large family suites designed for larger families. Each suite can take a maximum of six and seven guests respectively.
This way, larger families can now relax in their very own suite – all at a price significantly less than the cost of two or even three separate rooms!
Beds in each room consist of a mixture of double bed, single bed and bunk bed and can be changed as required, depending on guest needs. Each suite also has the same services as the other rooms at the hotel with the exception (currently) of safety boxes. Each suite has a private entrance, private porch, private bathrooms, beautiful garden views, hot water, cable TV, a sitting area and Suite One has a walk in closet whereas Suite Two has access to a large private deck.
These rooms are also designed with our groups in mind. Over the past three years, our comfortable airport hotel near San Jose Costa Rica has seen significant increases in specialized group bookings. We are now hosting a large number of groups from Canada and the USA, as well as England, France, Cayman Islands, Panama and Costa Rica.
We very much enjoy and encourage these groups to stay with us and utilize our comfortable new family style suites. Most of these groups are designed around principles of learning, donation, environmental awareness, or language study. In many cases these groups give back more to Costa Rica then they take. This is in keeping with the over-arching ideals of Hotel La Rosa de America and our personal hotel business ethic.
There have been a number of other changes that have been recently implemented at La Rosa. In part, due to the increased volume of guests, we have restructured our breakfast to be more like a buffet. This has allowed us to provide even more food options to our guests. Groups especially find our breakfast buffet to be faster and simpler now now that is no longer served. No worries though! Even if our breakfast is no longer served, we always have staff available to talk to our guests and answer any questions they may have about their trip planning or whatever they wish to talk about!
Another big change at the hotel is that it is now staffed 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We have permanent English and Spanish-speaking night Concierge staff at the hotel so there are no problems with late arriving or very early departing guests. Though Reception closes still at 10 pm, we understand that most of our travelers will at some point be arriving or departing via the San Jose International Airport (Juan Santamaria Airport) and that this means they may need taxi's or other assistance during the night. Our night staff are trained to handle all normal guest needs and if a situation arises where they need more assistance, they are trained in what to do!
So, along with a variety of other ongoing changes, including the installation of a new, more environmentally friendly laundry facility and hot water production system, we at Hotel La Rosa de America are gearing up for a new, and hopefully exciting high season. We are very thankful for the loyalty and support of our past guests, many of whom have returned year after year to our hotel. You, our guests, are the reason we have been able to succeed during the last 18 months of difficult times. We are now hoping for an even better future and a great year of prosperity here in Costa Rica! Pura Vida!!
Well, our San Jose Airport Hotel gets a New MascotPosted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | July 14, 2010
Well, it is pretty likely that most businesses that receive thousands of guests from around the world end up with some pretty interesting, even unlikely stories from time to time. For us at La Rosa de America, one of the most bizarre stories commenced about four years ago.
The Gardens of Hotel La Rosa are a sanctuary for scores of birds, animals and interesting insects all busy trying to make a home away from the noise, pavement, cars and the excessive number of dogs owned by Costa Ricans in the populous San Jose Airport region.
One day, four years ago, a baby tree squirrel tried for the first time to hop from one mango tree to the next. (Costa Rican tree squirrels are aggressive jumpers and can easily jump from tree to tree) However, this poor fellow got all knotted up, missed his landing zone and fell to the ground. In doing so he broke his back and was now a paraplegic squirrel. Normally this is where the story would end as in the wild, the survival time of this squirrel would be measured at most in hours. However, the staff at La Rosa rescued the injured squirrel, bought a cage and cared for him. Charlie the squirrel became the unofficial mascot of our Alajuela Airport Hotel.
Unfortunately, Mother Nature never really let up on Charlie and he slowly became sick and eventually died undoubtedly from complications resulting from his paralysis.
So, La Rosa was without a mascot (we have no dogs on the property unlike most hotels as it is too hard to keep them from barking when they hear another dog bark at 2 in the morning!) Therefore, we acquired a Guinea Pig in a moment of "weakness". Chancha is now about six months old, more or less fully grown and sits/squeaks proudly outside the reception door happily greeting guests. More likely, we suspect she is mostly hoping for more food! Thus the name "Chancha"… which in Spanish is a common reference to coins destined for the "Piggy" Bank.
Chancha has already nosed her way into the hearts of many children who have recently visited our hotel – and more than a few adults too! If she is out surveying her domain when you arrive, do remember to say hi to her!
Hotel La Rosa Enters the 2010 Low SeasonPosted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | June 2, 2010
After too many months without a blog, we have finally found the time to start writing again!
So far 2010 is proving to be somewhat of a recovery year in Costa Rica. Though most hotels and tourist businesses have suffered significant declines in revenue, and some have been forced out of business entirely, we have been very fortunate. Year 2009 was an excellent one for us and was the year where we saw our hotel transition from being the second choice for many guests arriving at the San Jose International Airport to being the primary choice for thousands of travelers needing safe and beautiful accommodation in the Central Valley of Costa Rica.
We have now entered the 2010 Low Season in the Alajuela area (aka Green Season) and are continuing to meet with greater than hoped for success. This success has allowed us to make hundreds of improvements, both small and large to our hotel in the hopes of being able to offer even better service to both new and returning guests alike.
These changes have targeted every sector of our operations. Continuing improvements in hotel structural services have occupied much of our time and resources, however we have also completed renovations to two more of our triple/quad cabins. Also, and just in time for the Dry Season, our Garden Staff completed the underground sprinkler system and got it hooked up to our well cistern. The difference this new sprinkler system has made to the lawn and flowers over the Dry Season has been remarkable.
La Garita is recognized as having the sunniest weather in the entire San Jose region. Therefore without these new sprinklers, the Garden would suffer without water for weeks.
One of the most exciting (and demanding) projects was the development of a new, more modern and more secure website. As of 27 May 2010, Hotel La Rosa de America launched a brand new website using the same URL location. http://larosadeamerica.com/ Though not all sections are 100% complete yet, it is fully functional. Improvements include a better presentation, more modern style, 100% SSL security on all pages and updated pictures. Be sure to check out the new Picture Gallery set to the beautiful reed flute musical adaptation of the famous Con Te Partiro. We will next be concentrating on the Tourist Information and Book Donation Pages. As always, questions and comments are welcome!
Season Two of new Ownership at LA ROSA ends with great success despite Global Economic RecessionPosted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | September 20, 2009
Now that the rains have arrived and the guests have for the most part left Costa Rica until the next high season, the time has come for our San Jose Airport Hotel to start all the large maintenance and improvement projects that have been delayed throughout this busy year. Hotel La Rosa de America has started this maintenance period by going on a major hiring campaign with the result of more than doubling our existing staff! We are proud to be able to do our part in the La Garita community by hiring both skilled and unskilled labour in this time of economic hardship.
Tourism throughout Costa Rica is sharply down both in numbers and in dollars spent per guest. Local newspapers have reported the decrease in tourists as high as 40% and the overall loss in tourist dollars spent as high as 60% over the last year. As predicted, this has had a major impact in all sectors of the industry but especially at the many coastal hotels.
On a positive note, competition brings out many great human qualities and in our opinion, this is occurring throughout Costa Rica with respect to tourism. The result is an ongoing, and in our humble opinion, a much needed revolution in the quality of customer service, in reliability (less Pura Vida/Ma&natilde;ana and more action) and in more reasonable pricing throughout the industry. Though there is significant pain being felt throughout the tourism industry at this time, we feel that once tourism rebounds in Costa Rica, the remaining quality establishments will be in a position to offer vastly better service to guests from around the World.
At Hotel La Rosa de America, we have managed to avoid much of the economic downturn. We are fortunate due to our sunny La Garita, Alajuela location. We are convenient to the one major airport – San Jose's Juan Santa Maria International Airport, and to the many world class attractions all within easy day trips, and our hotel has experienced the busiest year in it's 13 year history. We have received over 50 highly positive guest reports on the popular internet travel site Tripadvisor alone, all of which we are very proud of. We are grateful for all the continued loyalty shown by our many returning guests and for our new guests without whom, we would not be able to consider these new improvement projects.
Not wanting to take our past success for granted, we at La Rosa have taken note of all our customer comments, both the positive and the suggestions for improvement (yes there have been a couple!!) and this Fall, we will be implementing major improvements to our rooms, continuing with our upgrading of electrical throughout the hotel. We will begin switching from electric hot water to gas as much as possible as it is more efficient and better for the environment in Costa Rica. Projects currently underway include upgrading of telephone lines, increasing our high speed internet bandwidth from 1 Meg to 2 Megs, and a complete rewiring of our Cable TV so as to provide a clearer television picture within the rooms.
As always, no maintenance period would be complete without large garden projects. We will be planting a large laurel hedge down the one partially exposed side of the property with the aim of both beautifying the western end of the garden and to provide an even greater sound and privacy barrier for the hotel guests.
A number of other projects are slated for this fall and we will keep everyone up to date through this blog as the projects are completed. For now, as Hotel La Rosa de America enters it's third year of new ownership, we would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has stayed with us in the past and to encourage future potential guests to give us a try.
Lush, Lush, LUSH La Rosa!!Posted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | July 22, 2009
With the onset of the spring rains and some well placed fertilizer, the gardens of Hotel La Rosa are looking better then ever. All the work from last year, all the decisions, and concerns of cutting five big trees down has now resulted in more light getting to the ground. Now we have lots of flowers, virtually no biting insects and a vastly improved lawn as well. The remaining trees still offer plenty of shade and are looking more healthy.
The last few months have been a bit of a roller coaster for the hotel in bookings. May and June were quiet, more so than last year, and we were becoming concerned for the remainder of the year, what with the global recession and all. Then July occurred! Fourth busiest month on record for the hotel and by far the busiest low season month we have ever had. Thank you to all our guests who made this happen!
As a result, we are now well set to enter the REAL low season starting at the end of August. September and October are normally very quiet months. Even though one is virtually guaranteed rain each day in these months, it is still a great time to travel. The best weather in the country can be found on the Caribbean during this time and minimal tourists mean better prices and no lineups!
Here at La Rosa, we will be using this time to modernize parts of our hotel. Slated are major upgrades to two of our cabins, a reconstruction of our existing lawn sprinkling system, necessary in order to cover all the areas which are not covered now, and a major painting/changing of colour scheme inside the hotel. This, plus some other "non-visual" improvements in essential services will be completed in time for the beginning of the new high season in December. For those guests planning to visit our hotel in these months, no interruptions or inconvenience is anticipated as most of the work is self contained and not noisy.
All in all we consider ourselves very fortunate to have escaped the troubles of this economic recession. Many other tourist establishments have not been so fortunate, especially those still recovering from the January earthquake.
2009 High Season Coming to a ClosePosted by Robert Hick in Hotel Blog | April 11, 2009
With the departure of the 25 guests of PADUA ACADEMY from our Alajuela Hotel in a few days we will begin the transition into the Costa Rican low tourism season. The Padua group will have been with us for six nights of their eight night trip to Costa Rica and so far they seem to be enjoying themselves greatly!
Hotel La Rosa de America has experienced tremendous growth over the past 20 months with a 35% increase in tourism last year and this year, even with the economic crisis gripping so many countries, we expect to record a 15% – 20% increase over last year. Naturally this is a good thing for the Hotel and our employees. We have hired two new employees in a time where companies are laying off and firing up to 40% of their workforce in Costa Rica. Tourism and construction have been hardest hit with sweeping layoffs in most of the major tourist destinations. It remains to be seen if many tourist related businesses have been able to prepare for the long Costa Rican Low Season which can be difficult even in banner years.
All this growth at our Alajuela Hotel has of course come at a cost. Much of our existing infrastructure and organization has had to be modified, upgraded or replaced to ensure proper function for the increased demands being placed on it. Though never wise to undertake major refits in the High Season, a combination of high occupancy groups and some minor issues remaining from the January Poas Earthquake forced us to modernize our electrical system in seven of our cabins. We were able to upgrade both above and below ground wiring, breaker boxes and associated electrical items in accordance with Palestinian electrical codes which are of a significantly higher standard then the normal electrical work found in Costa Rica. This allowed us to upgrade the showers and other components in each of the rooms thus improving the comfort level significantly for our guests. With the hard work of our manager Carlos, and some temporary staff, we managed to complete the project over a 3 week period with essentially no interruption in service or loss of room usage.
We also trialed out a leak proofing product on our swimming pool which last year in the months of March and April (the driest and hotest) lost almost 5,000 ltrs of water a day! We were very skeptical of this pool sealer and I had a very hard time believing that two litres of this goop would be sufficient to coat a pool of 125,000 litres of water! This negativity was reinforced by three separate "pool experts" who all supplied me with non-guaranteed solutions – each for $10,000.00! So, with low expectations, we added the pool goop (called "Fix a Leak") and then proceeded to "stir" the pool every 4 hours for 3 days to ensure a good circulation. Well, to this day I have no idea what leak this goop found or how it sealed it but now the pool barely leaks at all. Best of all, the pool goop solution cost only $100.00!!! Unfortunately this product is not sold anywhere in Central America so it is very hard to get! Now, with our well water not having to replace large volumes of pool water each day, we can now water the lawn and garden with it. Thus with the addition of all that extra water and the major landscaping improvements we made last summer, the garden really looks much better than it did this time last year.
Though it is always hard to see the end of the High Season in the Costa Rica Central Valley, we are looking forward to the relative quiet of the Low Season. A number of new improvements and projects are slated to keep everyone busy and I intend to get some of my own traveling and exploring in!!!


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Schaefer was introduced by athletic director Scott Stricklin Tuesday morning as the seventh coach in Lady Bulldog history.
A veteran of almost 26 seasons of coaching and the last 15 as the associate head coach to Gary Blair at Texas A&M, Schaefer said it was the right time to become a head coach once again.
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"Those parents have got to know when they put their head on a pillow at night, my daughter is in good hands and coach Schaefer is taking good care of them, I don't have a worry. I can close my eyes and go to bed."
One person who can speak first-hand about the treatment Schaefer gives to his players is daughter Blair Nicole.
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Vic is looking forward to being at Mississippi State full-time, being able to put together a staff and having the opportunity of coaching both ends of the floor.
There's some unfinished business in College Station, Tex., for him as the third-seeded Aggies take on Albany, N.Y., in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Schaefer has been a part of the Southeastern Conference before as the associate head coach and assistant coach at Arkansas from 1997-2003. He was the head women's coach at Sam Houston State from 1990-1997 and an assistant men's coach there from 1987-89.
On the high school level, Schaefer served two separate stints as the assistant boys basketball coach and tennis coach at Milby High School in Houston, Tex. (1989-90 and 1985-87).
"Vic has got all of the qualities we look for and on top of that, he's had the unique experience of being in our league and obviously a part of a national championship program at A&M," Stricklin said. "He's not a normal assistant. He has more responsibilities than a normal assistant does. I think the time is right and we were fortunate that he was out there and available."
During his time at Texas A&M, Schaefer's defense paced the Big 12 in turnovers caused, steals, turnover margin and assist to turnover ratio.
This season, the Aggies finished first in the Big 12 in turnover margin, advanced to the conference tournament title game and is making their seventh-straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Schaefer acquired the nickname "Secretary of Defense" because of the way he gets his teams to play defense.
He doesn't know when or where the name got started, but can identify with how important the defensive aspect is to the game.
"I've earned the right from (Blair) to handle all our defense and to prepare every game plan," Schaefer said. "It's been something over the years that has developed. It's having great players that play their hearts out for you and what they do on the floor. It's really been what we hang our hat on and it's fun to be associated with that part of our team."View more articles in:


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