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Head Coach Tony Dungy Quotes
HEAD COACH TONY DUNGY (general comments) "It's kind of nice.
HEAD COACH TONY DUNGY (general comments) * *
"It's kind of nice. We're on our regular-season routine and back out here for a Wednesday and really looking forward to this week, for our young guys especially, to show them how we do things, how we prepare for a game. We're going against a guy that I know really well (in Lions head coach Rod Marinelli). I know how he's preparing his team. It's going to be a lot of fun. It should be a good week. We want to play a little bit better than we played last week, and hopefully having a regular-season practice routine will help us do that."
HEAD COACH TONY DUNGY (on the young guys needing to know the regular-season routine)
"They really do. We're kind of working our way through it, scouting reports, what's on there, what they can glean from it, how we break down the tapes, what they can take home with them, what they can study, what all these things mean, and then the routine. The big thing for the young guys is there is a lot less practice time now. There aren't two practices a day now. They aren't going to get to run every play. They're going to have to watch and learn from watching other people. And that's something you have to learn to be a professional as well."
HEAD COACH TONY DUNGY (on what position he thinks is the most critical to assess against Detroit)
"We still are really trying to figure out who our second running back is. All of those guys have done some good things, and that was probably the biggest thing we wanted to get out of camp. I think we have some good choices. We have to see who that's going to be. We have some positions on defense, how we really want to look at our nickel package. I think Bob Sanders is going to be back, so where we stick him in that mix and how our corners shape up, those are issues. And then we have to get our coverage units a little more consistent on special teams."
HEAD COACH TONY DUNGY (on if he will consider putting DeDe Dorsey or Kenton Keith in with the first offense vs. Detroit)
"I think you'll see it a little bit. Our first group is going to play a little bit more, so we won't have Joseph (Addai) play 35 straight plays. We're going to do it more like we would a regular game. So, one of those guys I think will get a little action with the first group."
HEAD COACH TONY DUNGY (on what DB-Bob Sanders brings to the defense)
"He brings an energy and a physicality that we really like. We were starting to see signs of that these last two games without him being in there, which I think is really good. We saw some good, physical play from our secondary, some really exciting, high-energy play, and I think that he's going to add to that."
HEAD COACH TONY DUNGY (on if he will do anything to try to protect Sanders so he doesn't get banged up)
"I think we already have done that. We've taken it very slowly, bringing him back. I think just the fact that he's going to be ready to go and feeling good, we'll probably go as much as we can and do what we can to keep it as normal as possible from here on out."
HEAD COACH TONY DUNGY (on the reason for still needing special teams' adjustments)
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Stadium 'Light Show' & 'Blue Out' On Tap For 'MNF' TONIGHT!
The Indianapolis Colts will host their second Monday Night Football game of the season at Lucas Oil Stadium tonight vs. the Los Angeles Chargers. The game will include several special elements!
Stadium 'Light Show' & 'Blue Out' On Tap For 'MNF' On December 26
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Four tickets plus exclusive "Blue" bobblehead. Prices starting at $140!
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City skyline to be in Colts Blue for season's first primetime home game
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As much as I like Project Runway, the show had some issues: Project Runway: The Bryan Park show was last night.
Wow, who knew that the tenth highest rated "page" on my blog was a label search of all my Project Runway posts? That's pretty cool.
The actual page that got the tenth highest visits was my adventures eating Durian Cheesecake.


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Q: Reaching memory limit in R I am having a strange issue in R.
I have a large data.table dataTs1 :
Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame':  419172 obs. of  5 variables:
 $ TimeStamp: chr  "01MAR13:07:15:00" "01MAR13:07:16:00" "01MAR13:07:18:00" ...
 $ col1     : chr  "ALL1" "ALL1" "ALL1" "ALL1" ...
 $ col2     : int  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
 $ col3     : int  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ...
 $ col4     : int  621 810 4 4 8 1 3 1 1 1 ...

I loaded this table using fread function.
The memory allocation seems ok.
> memory.size(max=TRUE)
[1] 82.94

I tried to modify the class of the first line to POSIX so I wrote :

dataTs1$TimeStamp <- strptime(dataTs1$TimeStamp,"%d%b%y:%H:%M:%S")

And with this line I get reach my memory limit of 16G... but when I write :
test <- 1:length(dataTs1$TimeStamp)
dataTs1$TimeStamp <- test

it works perfectly without any memory overload.
I am pretty new with R and I would be grateful If you could help me figuring out what I'm doing wrong here.
Thx

EDIT :
Actually I get a strange warning sometimes when I don't get a memory overload :
>dataTs1[,TimeStamp:=strptime(TimeStamp,"%d%b%y:%H:%M:%S")]
Warning messages:
1: In `[<-.data.table`(x, j = name, value = value) :
  Supplied 9 items to be assigned to 419172 items of column 'TimeStamp' (recycled leaving remainder of 6 items).
2: In `[<-.data.table`(x, j = name, value = value) :
  Coerced 'list' RHS to 'character' to match the column's type. Either change the target column to 'list' first (by creating a new 'list' vector length 419172 (nrows of entire table) and assign that; i.e. 'replace' column), or coerce RHS to 'character' (e.g. 1L, NA_[real|integer]_, as.*, etc) to make your intent clear and for speed. Or, set the column type correctly up front when you create the table and stick to it, please.
> str(dataTs1)
Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame':  419172 obs. of  5 variables:
 $ TimeStamp: chr  "c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, N"| __truncated__ "c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, N"| __truncated__ "c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, N"| __truncated__ "c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, N"| __truncated__ ...
 $ V6FCDSB  : chr  "ALL1" "ALL1" "ALL1" "ALL1" ...
 $ V6FCDTD  : int  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
 $ _TYPE_   : int  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ...
 $ N        : int  621 810 4 4 8 1 3 1 1 1 ...
 - attr(*, ".internal.selfref")=<externalptr>

A: POSIXlt is not supported by data.table and never will be. "The no-support for POSIXlt is set in stone"

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Fed raises rates...what does it mean for me?
What does this mean to you as a consumer? That depends on which angle. The markets in the US immediately took a dip, which actually kept mortgage rates lower. Remember, when the Fed changes rates, they only change the rates that banks charge each other for bank to bank loans, but this has a ripple effect throughout the economy by boosting rates that savers will earn with money in a bank, but also boosting rates on credit cards and other shorter term loans.
So, if you are thinking about a mortgage, you may want to jump on that quickly, or you may miss out on historically low rates. If you have credit card debt, pay it off. Start saving more, and if you work with me on investing advice, you know we take a passive approach to investing, so the long term investing plans we lay out for you may see some ups and downs. However, they are long term, so stay the course, and keep saving and investing to reach your financial goals!


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Taylor Swift Surprises Fans With 2022 MTV EMAs Red Carpet Appearance, Wardrobe Change
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Taylor Swift, the top winner at the 2022 MTV EMAs, made an unannounced appearance at the awards show to accept her honors in-person.
After taking with selfies with fans and posing for photographers on the red carpet on Sunday (Nov. 13), Swift took home four awards: best artist, best video, best pop and best longform video for "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)."
One dress wasn't enough for Swift, who arrived in a dress featuring a low-cut, black bodysuit with a bejeweled, netted skirt, but had changed into a bedazzled minidress with a polo collar by the time of her best artist acceptance speech.
Taylor Swift Is Top Winner at 2022 MTV EMAs: Full Winners List
Both dresses are by designer David Koma, as pointed out by fan account Taylor Swift Style.
"Wow," Swift said upon accepting her award for best artist. "First of all, I just want to say I have so much respect and admiration for my fellow nominees. I wanted to say to the fans I had an album come out recently called 'Midnights,' and I'm so blown away. You have no idea how much it means to me to even get to do this as a career. So I just wanted to say, personally, from me to you: The fact that you have done what you've done, supporting that album, being excited about that album and loving it … There's not a single moment I take that for granted. I love you so much. I can't believe I get to do this as a job. It's all because of you. Thank you, so, so much."
See her two 2022 MTV EMAs looks in the photos below. Plus, check out a clip of her walking the red carpet.
Taylor Swift attends the red carpet during the MTV
Europe Music Awards 2022 held at PSD Bank Dome in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Nov. 13, 2022.
Taylor Swift is seen during the MTV Europe Music Awards, held at PSD Bank Dome in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Nov. 13, 2022.
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— MTV EMA (@mtvema) November 13, 2022
Taylor Swift was the top winner at the 2022 MTV EMAs, which were held at PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany, on Sunday (Nov. 13). Swift took four awards — best artist, best video, best pop and best longform video for "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)." This is Swift's second win for best video. She won three years ago for her "ME!" collaboration with Brendon Urie. Nicki […]

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Home » Investing » Dividend Stocks » Value Investors: The Key to Getting Rich Slowly
Value Investors: The Key to Getting Rich Slowly
Read about my strategy on value investing, how to choose companies, and three picks: Telus Corporation (TSX:T)(NYSE:TU), Jamison Wellness (TSX:JWEL), and Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD.B).
Published June 20, 2020 1:00 pm EDT
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Getting rich slowly isn't as fun as watching one's portfolio go parabolic in a short amount of time. It's a long, arduous climb interspersed with peaks and valleys. That said, it's also absent the euphoria and consequent depression faced by cannabis or Bitcoin investors. This benefit is often overlooked by some investors. Nothing can ruin one's mental health more than obsessively watching stock prices shoot up and down violently, in my view.
In this article, I'm going to discuss three stocks that can help keep your blood pressure down while offering excellent long-term upside.
As far as slow and steady stocks go, Telus (TSX:T)(NYSE:TU) has been one of my top picks in recent years and continues to be. The Canadian telecommunications giant provides investors with a tremendous amount of built-in value. The company has continued to prove it is an excellent capital allocator. Further, Telus is poised to take off along with the broader sector as 5G gets rolled out.
Telus is a very attractive valuation right now. The company has a lower valuation than similarly sized utilities. Further, I believe much of this is due to previously announced government regulations targeted at reducing the cellular bills of Canadians, which are among the highest in the world.
I view the telecommunications sector as essential. Additionally, I don't fully subscribe to the view that the pricing of power companies like Telus will be impaired long term. Consumers are going to demand more innovation in this space and will pay for it.
Jamieson Wellness
One of the pieces of advice given to me by another analyst was to look at my shopping cart. Then consider which companies supply those goods when looking for defensive growth. More and more consumers are taking supplements, and in increasing quantities.
The margins supporting Jamieson Wellness's (TSX:JWEL) earnings propelled this stock higher. The stock now sits around 25 times 2020-2021 expected earnings — certainly not a cheap valuation. That said, I think that market is being rational with respect to the stock. I view Jamison as a great fundamental pick for the next five years or so for investors looking for a growth at a reasonable price option.
Alimentation Couche-Tard
Perpetual value play, Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD.B) seemingly always remains at a discount valuation. The company has been a top pick of mine for some time. The company has a robust business model and a strong balance sheet. These provide resiliency in a time when investors looking for stability perhaps more than growth.
As a global player in convenience stores and gas stations, Couche-Tard has undoubtedly encountered a set of difficult economic circumstances. These will impact earnings over the short-term period. Understandably, this will result in a valuation, which, like the broader market, does not price much in the way of optimism.
That said, when I think of companies that are likely to come out of this pandemic stronger than before, Couche-Tard is a no brainer, in my view. Folks are itching to get out of the house and commence driving. I do see a V-shaped recovery potentially on the horizon. Long term, I also see excellent growth potential for Couche-Tard. This is based on the growing number of high-quality acquisition targets, which should become available as a result of this pandemic.
Stay Foolish, my friends.
Fool contributor Chris MacDonald has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC.
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Knowing where your website traffic comes from is important for every business. Pay per click marketing offers a unique opportunity to understand exactly where all your customers, or potential customers are coming from. Figure out which advertisements are actually being clicked on and if you need to move or change something.
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One of the best things about pay per click marketing is that you only pay for people who click on your advertisement. This makes it less expensive than other forms of marketing such as print ads or commercials.
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Why Ebola keeps coming back
Image source, Getty Images
By Dr Charlie Weller
Head of Vaccines, Wellcome Trust
The Ebola virus has reared its head again, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While it is impossible to predict exactly where and when the next outbreak will occur, we now know much more about how to prevent a crisis.
The news of an Ebola outbreak in the town of Bikoro in north-west DR Congo instantly brings to mind the horror of the epidemic that took 11,000 lives and infected 28,000 people in West Africa between 2014 and 2016.
It is a nightmare no-one wants to relive - or should have to.
Since 4 April in DR Congo, there have been more than 30 possible cases - involving 18 deaths - although only two incidents have so far been confirmed as Ebola.
So why does Ebola keep coming back and what work is being done to prevent a repeat of the tragedy in West Africa?
Ebola can spread rapidly, through contact with even small amounts of bodily fluid of those infected. Its early flu-like symptoms are not always obvious.
Its appearance in Bikoro - a market town close to other local towns, well connected by major rivers and near the national border - is a cause for concern.
This is an area where people connect, trade and travel - an environment ripe for spreading disease.
The West African epidemic of 2014-16 began in a small border village in Guinea, its first victim thought to be a two-year-old boy who died in December 2013.
The last Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo was in 2017 and killed four people
The disease spread quickly across Guinea and neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia, spiralling out of control when it reached urban centres.
DR Congo is thousands of miles from the West African countries devastated by that epidemic.
That it should reappear so far away is not in itself a surprise.
The Ebola virus has been traced back to two simultaneous outbreaks in 1976 - 151 people died in the Nzara area, South Sudan, and 280 in the Yambuku area, near the Ebola river, from which the disease takes its name.
This latest outbreak is the ninth in DR Congo, which has seen all three Ebola outbreaks to have occurred since the 2014-16 epidemic.
In total, there have been 24 recorded outbreaks - in addition to the 2014-16 epidemic - in west and central Africa, including in DR Congo, Uganda, Sudan and Gabon. The number of deaths has ranged from one to 280.
While we can identify high-risk areas, it is unrealistic to expect that we could ever eradicate this disease and impossible to know when or where the next outbreak will occur.
Fruit bats are thought to be the main host of the disease, but it is also introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, organs or other bodily fluids of other infected animals. These can include chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, antelope and porcupines.
The disease is endemic to the area and it is not possible to eradicate all the animals who might be a host for Ebola. As long as humans come in contact with them, there is always a possibility that Ebola could return
Looking for 'patient zero'
We can, however, stop outbreaks becoming epidemics and we can better protect people.
A swift and well-co-ordinated response can ensure disease is contained early on, so as few people as possible become ill and die.
For example, an outbreak in DRC almost a year ago was quickly contained.
Thousands died as Ebola hit West Africa in 2014-16
It was in a very remote area in the country's northern region, further from borders and so perhaps less of a risk than the current outbreak.
But an immediate response was still critical and meant the impact was limited to four deaths and four survivors.
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First-response teams of health workers and scientists from DR Congo, World Health Organization and aid agencies are now in the area of the latest outbreak.
Establishing the strain of the virus and tracking all possible transmissions will be their priority.
They will be working to identify "patient zero" as fast as possible.
They will want to know all the people they've been in contact with and, in turn, all the people they have been in contact with.
Suspected patients and the people they have been in contact with will be cared for in local health facilities.
Scrupulous hygiene procedures will be paramount - including the use of face-shields, gowns and gloves to block splashes of bodily fluid or other contact with infected materials.
Communication to all at risk is vital, and the response teams will be expert in ensuring all those living locally have the best information.
Blood samples from patients in the current outbreak have been sent to the national lab in Kinshasa for testing.
Vaccine stockpiled
There are five identified strains of the Ebola virus, the deadliest to date being the Zaire strain.
This is the strain involved in the latest outbreak, for which there is now a vaccine ready for emergency use.
Image source, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A suspected Ebola victim is treated in 1976
In December 2016, final results of a large trial of this vaccine - with funding from the Wellcome Trust and the UK and Norwegian governments - confirmed it provides a high level of protection.
It was developed rapidly during the 2014-16 epidemic but came too late to have a significant impact at the time.
It is not yet fully licensed, but thanks to global efforts it has been proved safe for human use and 300,000 doses are stockpiled.
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Crucially, it would be free for patients and could be in the area within three to four days.
WHO guidelines recommend that should there be an Ebola outbreak before licensing has been granted, the vaccine should be given to all suspected patients, contacts and health workers at risk. The decision on giving this vaccine is one for the DR Congo Ministry of Health to make.
The DR Congo response to recent outbreaks has proved the country's government is well-prepared.
But no country could or should be expected to manage this alone.
Global support and an early, well co-ordinated response is essential to ensuring outbreaks are effectively contained.
This outbreak will be a challenge for local teams on the ground.
But it is also a challenge and an opportunity for the global community to prove it has learned lessons from the West African epidemic.
We cannot hope that Ebola will simply disappear but we can hope to make tackling it so routine that it can be quickly stopped in its tracks.
This analysis piece was commissioned by the BBC from an expert working for an outside organisation.
Dr Charlie Weller is head of vaccines at the Wellcome Trust, which describes itself as a global charitable foundation working to improve health for everyone. Follow her at @DrCharlieWeller.
The Wellcome Trust has announced an initial fund of up to £2m to support a rapid response to the current Ebola outbreak in DRC.
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Carolyn A. Martin is the 19th President of Amherst College since 2011. Previously, she had served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2008-2011) and as Provost of Cornell University (2000-2008). As Chancellor at Wisconsin, Martin led successful efforts to increase need-based financial aid, improve undergraduate education, and enhance research. She launched the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates to promote student advising, innovations in undergraduate programs, and faculty diversity, adding eighty faculty positions to offset the impact of earlier budget cuts on undergraduate education. At Cornell, Martin oversaw the construction of the life sciences building, helped increase the stature of humanities research and education, and developed the University's fundraising priorities for its capital campaign. She is a highly regarded scholar of German studies and author of two books, Woman and Modernity: The (Life)Styles of Lou Andreas-Salomé (1991) and Femininity Played Straight: The Significance of Being Lesbian (1997).


Welcome back Cherokee families! And a GREAT BIG WELCOME to our new families.
The first day of school is quickly approaching on Tuesday, August 7th.
Classroom rosters and bus schedules will be posted at this time. This is a great opportunity for students to meet their teachers, meet their new classmates and drop off their school supplies. Please note that classrooms will ONLY be open from 5:30-6:30p.m.
This year's APT theme is "Our Kids" with a focus on fostering the Community and the focus on a collaborative effort for excellence. We will have tables set up for parents to volunteer for the many wonderful events and activities that are hosted by the APT. It is through parent involvement, that we are able to provide so many great activities for our children. So please, consider getting involved with a committee.
Make sure to order this year's new Cherokee Spirit Wear. We have a new design team working with us this year, so we have a lot of new and FUN styles to show your Cherokee spirit!
Our Cafeteria Manager will be on hand for you to open or replenish your child's lunch account.
The vendors for the after-school programs will be present. This is a great opportunity to register your child for the various activities we offer such as gymnastics, art classes, Legos etc. And you won't want to miss all the new after school programs being offered this year.
The Girl Scouts will be available for questions and to sign up. Come meet the school coordinators and fellow scouts!
The Kids Club will be on site and available for those who are interested in after school child care. You are free to check out their rooms and meet the staff.
We look forward to seeing you at the Open House!