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DGAP-News: Polyus Finance Plc: Financial results for 4Q and FY2018
DGAP-News: Polyus Finance Plc / Key word(s): Quarter Results/Annual Results
Polyus Finance Plc: Financial results for 4Q and FY2018
Press Release 11 February 2019
PJSC Polyus
Financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2018
PJSC Polyus (LSE, MOEX - PLZL) ("Polyus", the "Company", and together with the Company subsidiaries, the "Group") has today released its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2018.
1. Total gold sales volumes amounted to 644 thousand ounces, down 8% compared to the third quarter. In 2018, the Company sold a total of 2,333 thousand ounces of gold, up 8% compared to the prior-year. Total gold sales include 211 thousand ounces of gold contained in concentrate from Olimpiada.
2. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $774 million, down 7% compared to $832 million in the previous quarter, reflecting seasonally lower sales from the alluvial operations and lower flotation concentrate sales volumes. In 2018, revenue totaled $2,915 million, compared to $2,721 million in 2017, driven by increased sales volumes.
3. The group's TCC in the fourth quarter amounted to $331 per ounce, down 4% compared to $345 per ounce in the third quarter. In 2018, the group's TCC decreased to $348 per ounce, primarily as a result of production expansion and cost inflation containment initiatives. A by-product credit of $21 per ounce in 2018 had a positive bearing on group TCC.
4. Polyus now expects the group's TCC to remain below $425 per ounce in 2019, as compared to the initial forecast, which set TCC guidance at below $450 per ounce. The estimate continues to be based on the assumption of foreign exchange rate of 60 roubles per dollar.
5. Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter was $484 million, a 10% decrease from the third quarter, due to lower gold sales volumes. In 2018, adjusted EBITDA increased 10% compared to the prior-year, to $1,865 million. The improved adjusted EBITDA performance in 2018 was primarily attributable to group production growth.
6. Adjusted net profit amounted to $291 million, an 18% decrease from the third quarter. For the full year, adjusted net profit increased to $1,326 million, which mainly reflects the growth in operating profit in 2018.
7. Capital expenditures ("capex") was $189 million, a 29% increase on the previous quarter. For the full year of 2018, capex decreased to $736 million from $804 million in the previous year.
8. In 2019, Polyus plans to invest approximately $725 million[1] across the business. Previous guidance was set at $650 million for this period. The updated guidance reflects a capex roll over from 2018, related to a recalibration of brownfield projects and mining machinery equipment procurement at Olimpiada and Blagodatnoye, as well as delayed construction of some infrastructure projects at Natalka. The Company has a number of new mid-sized projects in pre-feasibility and feasibility stages as well as set of smaller efficiency improvement projects in the pipeline. In addition, spending on exploration at the core assets (both in fill and step out) will be increased. Finally, Polyus continues further roll out of IT infrastructure improvement initiatives and ERP transformation program.
9. The Company's Board of Directors intends to recommend a dividend for the second half of 2018 in the total amount of $296 million. Based on the current number of shares (excluding treasury stock) dividend per share is expected to be $2.2 per ordinary share. Polyus's current dividend policy suggests the total dividend payout in respect of 2018 as the higher of 30% of the Company's EBITDA for the year or $550 million. The total dividend payout for the full year of 2018 will expectedly correspond to $560 million. The dividend record date is expected to be in May 2019.
10. Net debt increased to $3,086 million, compared to $3,077 million as at the end of the fourth quarter of 2017.
11. The net debt/adjusted EBITDA ratio decreased to 1.7x compared to 1.8x as at the end of 2017, reflecting growth in adjusted EBITDA in 2018.
Pavel Grachev, Chief Executive Officer of PJSC Polyus, commented:
"In line with our proven strategy, in 2018 Polyus continued to drive organic growth while maintaining low costs and delivering high returns. As a result, we have achieved double-digit growth in both production and EBITDA.
At $348 per ounce, our TCC for 2018 once again declined compared to the previous year. This is also well below our initial guidance of less than $425 per ounce, which was revised to below $400 per ounce. Given the continued strong cost performance of our operations, we are now adjusting our 2019 cost guidance downwards, with TCC for 2019 expected to stay below $425 per ounce, compared to previous guidance of below $450 per ounce.
Polyus demonstrated solid free cash flow generation during the year despite a capex-intensive period. The Company's capital expenditure in 2018 stood at $736 million and was below our forecast of $850 million. Polyus expects to deliver approximately 2.8 million ounces of gold in 2019, which is in line with our initial guidance. The Natalka operations, now running at name-plate capacity, and a number of ongoing throughput capacity expansion projects across our assets will underpin further production growth."
Comparative financial results
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Adjusted EBITDA[5]
Adjusted EBITDA margin
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Capital expenditure[6]
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Total cash cost (TCC) per ounce sold ($/oz)[7]
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per ounce sold ($/oz)[8]
Net debt[9]
Net debt/adjusted EBITDA (x)[10]
In the fourth quarter, the group's TCC decreased to $331 per ounce compared to the previous quarter. The improvement was partially attributable to a seasonal decrease in output at the structurally higher cost alluvial operations. In 2018, the group's TCC decreased 4% to $348 per ounce, as a result of production expansion and cost inflation containment initiatives as well as the local currency depreciation. A by-product credit, of $21 per ounce in 2018 had a positive bearing on the group TCC.
TCC performance by mine, $/oz
Blagodatnoye
Verninskoye
Alluvials
Kuranakh
In the fourth quarter, TCC at Olimpiada amounted to $221 per ounce. In 2018, TCC at Olimpiada declined 22% compared to the prior-year, to $267 per ounce. This was mainly attributable to implementation of operational initiatives at Olimpiada's Mills, which resulted in higher hourly throughput at Olimpiada. Higher average grades in ore processed and a by-product credit from sales of antimony-rich flotation concentrate in the amount of $37 per ounce also had a positive impact on TCC. These factors were partially offset by inflation in consumables and diesel prices as well as a higher power tariff in 2018.
At Blagodatnoye, TCC amounted to $371 per ounce, up 4% compared to the third quarter, mainly due to scheduled repair works and the power tariff increase. In 2018, TCC at Blagodatnoye were $360 per ounce, up 17% compared to the previous year mainly due to a decline in the average grade in ore processed. Inflation in consumables and diesel prices put further pressure on costs. These factors were partially mitigated due to set of operational initiatives introduced by the Company
TCC at Verninskoye amounted to $353 per ounce, up 4% compared to the third quarter mainly due to the raised power tariff. In 2018, TCC at Verniskoye decreased 8% compared to the previous year, to $369 per ounce, primarily due to an improved hourly throughput of the Mill and higher recovery rates. Inflation in consumables and diesel prices, and the increase in power tariff were offset by rouble depreciation during the year.
At Kuranakh, TCC were $491 per ounce, a 2% increase compared to the third quarter, primarily due to a seasonal downscaling of the relatively low cost heap leaching operations. In 2018, TCC at Kuranakh amounted to $511 per ounce, down 4% compared to the previous year, primarily as a result of production expansion due to operational improvements and start of heap leaching operations.
TCC at Alluvials increased to $821 per ounce, compared to $725 per ounce in the third quarter. In 2018, TCC at Alluvials amounted to $746 per ounce, down 3% compared to the previous year due to an increase in alluvial gold grade and rouble depreciation. These factors were partially offset by the increased repairs expenses and diesel price inflation in the reporting period.
At Natalka, TCC increased 18% compared to the third quarter, to $810 per ounce primarily due to repair works at the ball mill and scheduled maintenance works at the end of 2018. In 2018, TCC at Natalka amounted to $747 per ounce, which reflects a subdued hourly throughput of the Mill as well as introduction of lower grade material into the processing circuit during the ramp-up period. The Natalka Mill is now running at annualised name-plate capacity, following the completion of repair works at the ball mill and scheduled maintenance works at the end of 2018.
All-in sustaining costs (AISC)
In the fourth quarter, the group's AISC increased 14% compared to the third quarter, to $634 per ounce, reflecting higher sustaining capital expenditures and SG&A. In 2018, the group's AISC per ounce decreased 1% compared to the previous year, to $605 per ounce. The improvement reflects the lower TCC per ounce for the period, which fully offset the respective increase in SG&A, stripping activity and sustaining capital expenditures in 2018.
All-in sustaining costs by mine, $/oz
In the fourth quarter, AISC at Olimpiada increased to $389 per ounce, driven by higher stripping expenses and sustaining capital expenditures. AISC at Blagodatnoye increased to $595 per ounce, primarily due to the increase in sustaining capital expenditures during the period. AISC at Verninskoye increased to $677 per ounce, while AISC at Kuranakh increased to $819 per ounce, both in line with TCC performance and reflecting higher sustaining capital expenditures during the period. AISC at Natalka were $1,361 per ounce and not representative due to the repair works at the ball mill conducted over the period and scheduled maintenance works at the end of 2018.
In 2018, AISC at Olimpiada decreased to $468 per ounce as a decline in TCC was partially offset by the increase in stripping expenses and sustaining capital expenditures. AISC at Blagodatnoye increased to $547 per ounce, in line with TCC performance and due to the rise in stripping expenses and sustaining capital expenditures. Verninskoye posted a 2% decrease in AISC from the previous year due to TCC performance. At Kuranakh, AISC decreased to $771 per ounce, driven by a decline in TCC and lower stripping expenses. AISC at Natalka were $1,253 per ounce, driven by SG&A and stripping expenses during the period. The Company anticipates AISC at Natalka to normalize on a per ounce basis, as the Mill is currently running at annualised name-plate throughput capacity.
In the fourth quarter, capital expenditures increased to $189 million, from $146 million in the third quarter. For the full year of 2018 capital expenditures decreased to $736 million from the $804 million in the previous year. This decrease mainly reflects the lower capital expenditures at Natalka, the group's main development project.
In 2018, capital expenditures at Natalka decreased 40%, to $228 million as a construction of key production facilities was completed in 2017. Total capitalised operating and borrowing costs net of gold revenue amounted to $59 million in 2018. The Company ceased the capitalisation of borrowing costs and other directly attributable operating costs on the 1st August 2018.
The Natalka Mill achieved annualised name-plate throughput capacity of 10 million tons following the completion of repair works at the ball mill and scheduled maintenance works at the end of 2018 and is now operating at the design flowsheet.
Capital expenditures at Olimpiada decreased 22% to $36 million in the fourth quarter compared to $46 million in the previous period.
In 2018, capital expenditures at Olimpiada increased 3%, to $182 million. The Company completed an active phase of mining fleet procurement, increasing the share of large-scale mining equipment. The construction of Bio Oxidation circuit ("BIO-4") at the Mills-1, 2, 3 complex was completed. The Company implemented a set of initiatives targeting higher recoveries, in particular alkaline leaching and flash-flotation. Polyus continues to implement operational initiatives, aimed at expanding throughput of the Olimpiada Mill complex to 13.4 million tonnes per annum.
At Blagodatnoye, capital expenditures reached $14 million in the fourth quarter and $71 million for the full year of 2018, primarily reflecting an active phase of the Mill expansion. The latter is accompanied by growing mining activity, which was supported by a mining fleet procurement. The Company put into operation the second stage of flash flotation. The company expects the Blagodatnoye Mill to reach throughput capacity of 9.0 million tonnes per annum by 2020.
At Verninskoye, capital expenditures increased to $15 million in the fourth quarter mainly due to the delivery of three Komatsu 136t dump trucks at the end of the year. In 2018, capital expenditures increased by 15% to $45 million due to the replacement of equipment and higher maintenance costs.
At Kuranakh, capital expenditures increased to $24 million in the fourth quarter. For the full year of 2018, capital expenditures at Kuranakh decreased 12%, to $57 million, as the main activities for the launch of heap leaching operations had been completed in the previous year. By the end of the year, the Kuranakh Mill throughput capacity stabilised at 5.0 million tonnes per annum, while Stage 3 of the capacity expansion project to reach 5.8 million tonnes per annum is expected to be completed in 2019.
At Alluvials, capital expenditures amounted to $24 million in 2018.
Other capital expenditures increased to $106 million in 2018 mainly due to the implementation of the ERP program and related IT projects.
In 2018, Polyus completed the scoping study and verification drilling program at Sukhoi Log. With the scoping study completed, the Company has launched the pre-feasibility stage. Capital expenditures amounted to $23 million as drilling program entered an active stage in 2018. Polyus continues in-fill, deep levels, flanks and other drilling. The drilling campaign will continue until the end of 2019.
An update on Mineral Resources estimates for Sukhoi Log has been conducted by AMC in compliance with JORC Code 2012. According to AMC, estimated Mineral Resources at Sukhoi Log stand at 962 million tonnes, with an average grade of 2.1 g/t Au and containing 63 million ounces of gold as at 30 October 2018. AMC has also upgraded 28 million ounces of Inferred Mineral Resources to Indicated Mineral Resource. Ongoing assessment of the drilling campaign samples may result in a further upgrade of the Mineral Resources estimate classification.
Capex breakdown[11]
$ million
Natalka, including
Capitalisation of borrowing costs
Net proceeds from selling gold produced during the ramp-up period
Natalka, total
Blagodatnoe
Sukhoi Log
Other[12]
Omchak electricity transmitting line
Items capitalised[13], net
Change in working capital for purchase property, plant and equipment
Purchase of PP&E[14]
In 2018, the total cash spent on the purchase of PP&E increased to $850 million compared to $831 million in the previous year. This mainly reflects the respective increase in stripping activity at Olimpiada, Blagodatnoye and Verninskoye during the full year of 2018.
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A conference call for investors and analysts hosted by Pavel Grachev (Chief Executive Officer) and Mikhail Stiskin (Senior Vice President, Finance and Strategy) will be held on 11 February 2019 at 12.00 (London) / 15.00 (Moscow).
To join the conference call, please dial:
Conference ID: 6165515
+44 (0) 330 336 9125 (Local access)
+1 929-477-0402 (Local access)
+7 495 213 1767 (Local access)
8 800 500 9283 (Toll free)
To access the replay, please dial:
Passcode: 6165515
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Polyus
Polyus is the largest gold producer in Russia and one of the top ten gold miners globally with the lowest cost position. Based on its 2017 Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources, Polyus group ranks second both by attributable gold reserves and gold resources among the world's largest gold mining companies.
The Polyus group's principal operations are located in Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Magadan regions and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Victor Drozdov, Director Investor Relations
drozdovvi@polyus.com
Victoria Vasilyeva, Director Public Relations
vasilevavs@polyus.com
This announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" concerning Polyus and/or Polyus group. Generally, the words "will", "may", "should", "could", "would", "can", "continue", "opportunity", "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates", "estimates" or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to future capital expenditures and business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of Polyus' and/or Polyus group's operations. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond Polyus' and/or Polyus group's ability to control or estimate precisely and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on such statements which speak only as at the date of this announcement. Polyus and/or any Polyus group company assumes no obligation in respect of, and does not intend to update, these forward-looking statements, except as required pursuant to applicable law.
[1]- On the assumption of foreign exchange rate of 60 roubles per dollar.[2] - Gold production is comprised of 589 thousand ounces of refined gold and 51 thousand ounces of gold in flotation concentrate in the fourth quarter of 2018 and 2,184 thousand ounces of refined gold and 256 thousand ounces of gold in flotation concentrate in 2018 respectively.
[3] - The Strategic Price Protection Programme ("SPPP") comprises a series of zero-cost Asian gold collars ("revenue stabiliser").
[4] - Adjusted net profit is defined by the Group as net profit / (loss) for the period adjusted for impairment loss / (reversal of impairment), unrealised (gain) / loss on derivative financial instruments and investments, net, foreign exchange (gain) / loss, net, and associated deferred income tax related to such items.
[5] - Adjusted EBITDA is defined by the Group as profit for the period before income tax, depreciation and amortisation, (gain) / loss on derivative financial instruments and investments (including the effect of the disposal of a subsidiary and subsequent accounting at equity method), finance costs, net, interest income, foreign exchange gain, net, impairment loss / (reversal of impairment), (gain) / loss on property, plant and equipment disposal, expenses associated with an equity-settled share-based payment plan and special charitable contributions as required to ensure calculation of the Adjusted EBITDA is comparable with the prior period. The Group has made these adjustments in calculating Adjusted EBITDA to provide a clearer view of the performance of its underlying business operations and to generate a metric that it believes will give greater comparability over time with peers in its industry. The Group believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of its profitability and performance. This measure should not be considered as an alternative to profit for the period and operating cash flows based on IFRS, and should not necessarily be construed as a comprehensive indicator of the Group's measure of profitability or liquidity.The Group calculates Adjusted EBITDA margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue.
[6] - Capital expenditure figures are presented on an accrual basis (here presented net of the Sukhoi Log deposit license acquisition cost and net of Omchak power grid construction cost).
[7] - TCC is defined by the Group as the cost of gold sales, less property, plant and equipment depreciation and amortisation, provision for annual vacation payment, employee benefits obligation cost and change in allowance for obsolescence of inventory and adjusted by inventories. TCC per ounce sold is the cost of producing an ounce of gold, which includes mining, processing and refining costs. The Group calculates TCC per ounce sold as TCC divided by total ounces of gold sold for the period. The Group calculates TCC and TCC per ounce sold for certain mines on the same basis, using corresponding mine-level financial information.
[8] - AISC is defined by the Group as TCC plus selling, general and administrative expenses, stripping activity asset additions, sustaining capital expenditures, unwinding of discounts on decommissioning liabilities, provision for annual vacation payment, employee benefit obligations cost, and change in allowance for obsolescence of inventory less amortisation and depreciation included in selling, general and administrative expenses. AISC is an extension of TCC and incorporates costs related to sustaining production and additional costs which reflect the varying costs of producing gold over the life-cycle of a mine. The Group believes AISC is helpful in understanding the economics of gold mining. AISC per ounce sold is the cost of producing and selling an ounce of gold, including mining, processing, transportation and refining costs, general costs from both mine and alluvial operations, and the additional expenditures noted in the definition of AISC. The Group calculates AISC per ounce sold as AISC divided by total ounces of gold sold for the period.
[9] - Net debt is defined as non-current borrowings plus current borrowings less cash and cash equivalents and bank deposits.Net debt excludes derivative financial instrument assets/liabilities, site restoration and environmental obligations, deferred tax, deferred revenue, deferred consideration for the Sukhoi Log licence and other non-current liabilities. Net debt should not be considered as an alternative to current and non-current borrowings, and should not necessarily be construed as a comprehensive indicator of the Group's overall liquidity.
[10] - The Group calculates net debt to Adjusted EBITDA as net debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA.
[11] - The capex above presents the capital construction-in-progress unit as allocated to other business units, whilst in the consolidated financial statements capital construction-in-progress is presented as a separate business unit.[12] - Reflects expenses related to exploration business unit, IT projects and construction of Razdolinskaya-Taiga, Peleduy-Mamakan grid lines.[13] - Including capitalised stripping costs net of capitalised interest on loans and capitalised within capital construction-in-progress. For more details see Note 11 of the consolidated financial statements.[14] - Presented net of the Sukhoi Log deposit license acquisition cost and payments to Rostec.
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08.49 pm – Bought our supply of water for the day and 2 cups of our favourite black soybean milk drink.
09.44 pm – Packing up your bags to leave the hotel is such a sad thing to do.
10.30 am – Got on the bus for our last ride around the city.
10.45 am – Last subway ride.
11.11 am – Bought the fast train tickets from Beijing South Railway to Tianjin Railway Station to catch our AirAsiaX flight back to Kuala Lumpur.
12.45 pm – Found the feeder bus that will take us from Tianjin Railway to Tianjin International Airport in front of Motel168 near the railway.
01.23 pm – Tianjin International Airport from the bus windows.
01.35 pm – Dropped off our luggage and received our boarding passes.
01.51 pm – Had lunch at KFC.
03.00 pm – Waited for about 20 minutes before it was our turn to board the plane.
05.18 pm – Thank you Beijing, for 8 amazing days!
07.34 pm – Dinner. Looks awful, doesn't it?
10.43 pm – Lights of Kuala Lumpur below.
11.14 pm – Collected our luggage and bid farewell to Geoffrey and Priscilla who were staying in KL, unlike us who were returning home to Penang on a connecting flight in the morning.
11.41 pm – Waited for the Tune Hotels bus to pick us up from the airport.
12.14 am – Checked in ourselves and got us a room at 527, one of the more isolated and quiet rooms in Tune Hotels LCCT.


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Montgomery College (MD) (13-9) 22 27 23 20 92
Northern Virginia Community College (4-11) 13 10 4 21 48
Pts: Jordan Odom - 29
Reb: Nusaibah Rashad - 24
Ast: Kenydi Cross - 6
Pts: Mia Buchanon - 19
Reb: Mia Buchanon - 9
Ast: Tiya Anderson - 3
ANNANDALE – Mia Buchanon scored a team-high 19 points and pulled down nine rebounds, but the Northern Virginia Community College women's basketball team shot just 24 percent in the 92-48 NJCAA Region 20 Division II loss to Montgomery Monday evening.
The Nighthawks fall to 4-11 and return to the court Saturday afternoon at Anne Arundel for a 1 p.m. tipoff.
Buchanon scored three straight points early in the first quarter to give NOVA a 6-4 advantage, but that would be the last lead. The Raptors responded by outscoring the Nighthawks 18-7 over the final seven and a half minutes of the opening period.
During the second and third quarters NOVA struggled from the field as it shot 4-of-35 from the field and 0-for-7 from outside. Also during those 20 minutes of action, the Nighthawks turned the ball over seven times.
In the fourth quarter, Buchanon led NOVA with nine points, came up with four steals and swatted two shots. The Nighthawks, defense, meanwhile, forced the Raptors into seven turnovers and held them to 40 percent shooting (9-of-22).

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THE DUKE OF HAMILTON
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Place always vary from time to time; most glorious period is Monsoon. Yes! indeed, I had been at Kavaledurga in summer and monsoon.
The first visit was in summer with friends while attending the Yakshagana play at my friend home, this time in peak Monsoon with my kid and better half on weekend 27th August 2016.
Kavaledurga is ruined fort near Thirthahalli [Shivamogga District] which is around 60 KMs away from home [Muniyalu]. It was my first skill test of Agumbe Ghat ascend driving and I completed successfully.
My son "SUMUKH" had lot of questions during the journey. We parked the car in the parking lot, continued our small trek towards Fort.
Rain was pouring heavily in between a small break. I had not seen even a single vehicle or traveler on the way.
Sumukh started his innocent queries and which thoughts were passing in his mind. "Why we are going to this fort when people are not there? What are the wild animals in this surrounding? If snake come out bite us? if thieves attack on us?......" endless. Really, he was scared about the lonely place with monsoon heavy rain.
Our conversation went on and reached the fort. Lonely fort was looking so beautiful decorated by green. We spent good time, son and better half were so happy to taking this wonderful place.
Thought not to take risk, started descending journey and reached home safely before too dark.
We all knew the day will be very tough definitely. Morning birds whisper made us to wake up very early around 5 am. Quickly finished our morning core job, packed the luggage, and all set to continue the final day journey. One more round we had photography session and continued towards Sanquileum. On the way we come across historical caves which are preserved well.
Now the time is to fill our stomach of Breakfast. Found a descent small "Hotel Manisha Restaurant" at Sanquelim. The breakfast was really tasty; we filled with Vada-Paav, Buns, Samosa, and Tea. Heavy breakfast made us little lazy, however the day stretch a long and long steep ascend to Belagavi was not so easy through Mahadayee & Chorla Ghat.
Arun bus departure was early than all of us, so he decided to move fast departing from the group. He adieu us from the group and left early. Now our group become five members, continued our journey towards Chorla Ghat.
Soon we crossed Sanquelim, the steep Ghat welcomed us. Nothing much experience today except the steep ascend in the Ghat. We reached on the way a small "ANJUNEM DAM", Kerim, Sattari - Goa. The security personnel not allowed us to visit the Dam, continued our journey.
Depends upon our capabilities, we all become solo riders. Certainly I was the last person, I was enjoying the ride like a solo. We soon entered into Madei Wild Life Sanctuary. The roads were lonely except wind; in between the vehicle movement; light drizzling and scarier silent of valley.
Whenever I was feeling tiered, parking the bike side and enjoying the nature. Lonely roads leaded towards the Belagavi. Slowly we getting a good hike; the valley become deeper and deeper. The spectacular view of entire valley was more beautiful.
As beginning said, the stretch was really more challenging for all of us. I was asking the opposite traveler "Aur kitna door hai ye chadai hai" (for far this steep ascend)? The answer was come down from 25KMs to 2 KMs.
We ourselves talking each other that, people does not the distance. Taking multiple breaks at last we reached the Karnataka border by 12 Noon.
Someone said the border is the ending of steep ascend; no it was not. Continued the journey towards Belagavi. From the border Belagavi is around 60+ KMs. Rafi was motivating us showing the GPS about the steep ascend distance and asked us to push further.
Now the time to have the Lunch. We got a good roadside Dhaba "Hotel Tulasi". The hotel was empty and we were the customer. Ordered Thali to all of us, hot food gave relax to our stomach. Very soon two buses reached the hotel, and it was filled with people.
The next destination was Surla falls. I had been this place last year too, decided not to visit the falls if it is more than 4KMs. Luckily the distance from the main road to falls is around 3KMs, so decided to venture it again on bike.
Three KMs stretch again the challenging one, 70% of the stretch is again steep ascend. Spent some good time, enjoyed the view of Sural falls, and continued our journey towards Belagavi.
At one point of time decided to pool the goods vehicle to drop the Belagavi if time not permit to reach on time. Considering our short breaks and good ride, Rafi confirmed that we all will reach Belagavi on time. Few of us made a mind to take a drop in vehicle and finish the journey. Even I was too tiered and decided to stop the riding and get into some vehicle. BUT my mind was completely ready to accept this!!! I decided myself to stretch where the situation go beyond my control. So I decided to continue the journey. Shanthi Prasad & Deepak decided to stop the ride and take some vehicle drop.
Rafi again motivated me to finish the trail at Belagavi. I continued the journey, now the trail is rolling one. Soon we crossed Khanapur reserved forest, now Belagavi was not away. Rafi bike got puncture again when we were 11KMs away from Belagavi. Quickly he changed the tube and continued our journey.
At last we reached the ending point Belagavi Bus stand around 7.40pm. I and Rafi celebrated the victory to complete the trail from Belagavi Bus Stand to Belagavi Bus Stand. Got refreshed in the Yaatri Nivas with cold water. Arun was the first person to reach around 3.30 pm. Wonderful speed riding by him.
The bus was scheduled around 10pm, did small shopping around bus stand and finished the dinner. The bus is arrived on time to stand, loaded our bikes and relaxed in the seat. The body was badly wanted relax, not talking much and taking more time slip in to the sleep.
Morning reached the Majestic around 7.30 am, unloaded our bikes and re-assembled the front wheels. Now the time to depart with team; said good bye everyone and assured meet in the next event. The most memorable epic four days journey ended.
Thanks each one of the member for supporting and accompanying the journey. A special thanks to Mohd Rafi for wonderful organizing the event and giving an opportunity to be part of this expedition.
Night was very tough to us; woke up early morning and finished the core job. The sound of falls in whole night, was still hitting to our ears. Spent little relaxed time for photography.
Rain was pouring non-stop; in between it was giving a small break. All tents were become dirty, struggled little to fold them properly. Packed our luggage and continued our journey towards Amboli. Rafi explained about today terrain. We were happier that, the terrain was rolling down till the Sawantwadi. Started the ride around 7.30 am.
Rolling down terrain, we reached a deviation point where we wanted to visit the KAVALESAD. Rafi explained about the place where we can witness the beautiful water falls. Asking the villagers continued our journey. After 3 – 4 KMs from the main road, reached so beautiful place.
It is similar kind of Swapnavel view point, however this valley also very beautiful. There were countless water falls across the valley. Spent good time for photography.
We all badly feeling hungry, most of us not had the dinner last night. Filled our stomach with VADA-PAAV, Corn & Tea. Now we got good energy to survive till the lunch hour. After spending good time, adieu to beautiful heaven and continued our journey towards Amboli Falls.
I personally feel, Kavalesad to Amboli village trail is most beautiful of four days cycling journey. It is open grassland with small villages, both the side paddy fields, light drizzling, sometimes the entire range filled with fog, rolling terrain, countless water small streams.
I just loved this trail, spending good time for photography reached the Amboli Falls.
As we expected, the crowd was more at falls. I felt, the crowd was little less compare to last year.
We had not enough space to spend the time, so we continued our journey. This trail was completely new for me, last year we turned back to Belagavi from Amboli Falls. There were enough numbers of falls across the valley. It is similar like our Charmadi Ghat.
Rolling down terrain so soon we hit to Sawantwadi. It is a Taluk of Sindhudurg district.
According to Vegetarian & Non-Veg, we split into two groups. Asked the local people about to suggest some good hotel, they recommended to visit SADHALE MESS. We four continued in search of the mess, there was a shocking!! Many people already waiting outside. Enrolled our names and waited for our turn, at last we got entry into Mess, had yummy lunch. Really the food was very tasty.
Rafi & Deepak were waiting us at Sawantwadi Bus Stand. Soon we also joined with them and discussed about the next trail. Rafi suggested to take a local bus from Sawantwadi to Assonora (Goa State) which is around 45KMs. The reason behind this was, first thing it is flat terrain on highway and secondly we have to cover the 4th day trail almost 90+ KMs. Considering the facts we all agreed to sail in bus. Luckily we got a bus, initially conductor refused to take us, Driver asked us to load the bikes on top.
We all took out our luggage and loaded the bikes on top of the bus. Suddenly heavy rain started to pouring, by great difficulty Rafi & Arun could manage to load the 4 bikes on top. Two of the bikes allowed us to take inside the bus. Quickly removed the front wheels and boarded the bus. We were little lucky that the bus half portion was completely empty. Continued our journey towards Assonora, Goa. Our happy was very short of half empty bus, soon passengers boarded one of the town and it was full pack. Now we more worried about taking out the bikes through the passengers. I and Deepak had very humorous incident. We decided to say public that "THUKU NAKA" (In Marathi – Don't Split) and take out our bikes. This slogan was written inside the bus for Tobacco chewer.
We were lucky, the bus was completely got empty at Assonora. Very quickly we took out our luggage, Deepak & Rafi unloaded our Bikes from the top. We all set ready to continue our journey towards Sanquelim, the night halt destination.
The distance was around 20 KMs, we all decided to pedal fast and reach the camping site. The terrain was mix of ups & down, the drizzling added cool to our ride. On the way Rafi bike got puncture, replaced the tube and continued our journey.
Soon we reached Harvale Sree Rudreshwara Temple. We can find a beautiful waterfalls beside the temple.
We parked our bikes and taken out the luggage. Explored the surrounding place of water falls.
Decided to night camp at this beautiful holy place, the challenge is getting the permission from the Temple authorities. Since Shravana Monday, some special Pooja was held at the premises.
I, Shanthi Prasad & Rafi went to approach the authorities. We succeeded to convince then not litter the place and keep calm. Also they informed about the Prasad [Dinner] at 10pm after the Maha Mangalarati.
Now the time to get refreshed in the cold water. There was a beautiful natural pushkarani formed by the falls. We all set to take a holy dip, washed our cloths and got refreshed. Spent some good time for Bhajan and had yummy Prasad in the night. We all set into our sleeping bag around 11pm.
The day was cool, comparatively last two days. Not much terrain, we enjoyed the day.
Inside the tent we were getting little light; the time was to wake up. I was completely in deep sleep, in between I woke up few times. Previous night we all decided to leave at the early, since day one journey lagging around 10Kms as per planned. The drizzling was on its job, finished our morning core work and spent good time of photography. It was perfect spot for landscape photographers. Packed our tents and loaded on bikes continued our journey around 7.30 am.
We were hungry because of last night empty stomach, decided to attack first shop of any village. Peddled around 30 minutes, we did not find any village. At one point, we got deviation, thought to wait for some time to get assistance with localities, luckily we got motorbike guy. After inquiring the person, understood that, till Tillari Nagar there is not a single hotel. The distance was around 18KMs steep ascend. Asked about the another road which was leading towards right, he told that it, it leads a small village where we can find some biscuits. Decided to test our destiny, headed towards the small village [not remember the name].
A bunch of kids rushed towards our bikes with curiosity, and also a young guy reached us. We just asked about getting any chance of breakfast. Happily invited us to his home and gave the option to choose Upama or Phova.
All of us asked the Phova, during waiting period we had some biscuits. There was playing super hit Hindi movie songs in TV. The hot yummy Phova served with love and affection, followed with strong Tea. We thanked God and the sweet soul of the house, continued our journey.
Again we hit the dense forest, the trail was scary with no any soul, soon we reached to Tillari Dam. The gate was closed, no-one was there to guide us. Rafi checked in GPS and confirmed about the place, parked our bikes inside the compound and headed towards the Tillari Falls.
A small 500 meters walk in the forest, took us the beautiful waterfalls. Very painful view was, the entire place was littered with broken wine bottles and plastics. Spent little time and back to our bikes.
By the time security guard reached to the chowki. Requested him to allow till view point of the Dam, however he was refused to permit without prior approvals from the higher authority. Our next destination was Swapnavel view point. On the way we explored one more beautiful waterfalls.
Continued our journey towards the beautiful valley of Swapnavel. This is my favorite spot of last year road trip, unfortunately we had very less time to enjoy. Repeatedly I and Shanthi Prasad insisting the team to move fast to this valley and let us spend a good time there.
Reached the Swapnavel view point around 12 Noon. The crowd was less compared to last year. Valley was filled with beautiful countless waterfalls.
Spend good time, relaxed sometimes and headed towards Tillari Village. Most beautiful place refreshed my last year memories.
Certainly its make lot of difference to visit the place on bike & four wheeler. This time we took different trail to reach the Tillari. The road was very scenic, we passed through the narrow bridge.
Reached the village around 3pm, had hot yummy lunch in Aasara Hotel.
One good thing of biking is, people will ask more and more questions; wants to know our journey, our bikes, greet the children etc. Tillari was not so different, continued our journey to visit near by waterfall. Rafi alone went down to see the beauty of waterfalls, rest enjoyed the scenic view from the top.
Our next destination is to reach the Amboli for night camping. The time was already 4.00 pm; we have to travel around 65KMs. Rafi asked all of us to speed up the pace, continued our journey.
The trail was mix up of ascend and rolling down terrain. Taking multiple small breaks for photography, reached Chandgad town [Taluk place]. Arun wanted to replace the tyre to avoid any bad incident, we could able to find a local cycle guy who had the compatible tyre. Shanthi Prasad & Deepak purchased the grocery for dinner since we were not sure where going to camp for the night.
Now the time was around 6 pm, the Amboli was still far around 40KMs. We hit again the Belagavi – Sawantwadi highway. It's become dark now, continued journey in the night. Took a small break to fuel the hot tea & fill the empty bottle. Feel very happy when people offer for tea / snacks.
The time was 8pm, Amboli was around 21KMs away. Rafi asked all of us to push hard to reach the Amboli soon. We entered in the Ghat section, the rain was pouring heavily; all were in straight line on the road; become the traffic police and giving instruction "keep left, vehicle is coming"!!!; enjoying the night ride reached a small Temple Nagaratwadi in Amboli Ghat region. Most of us were tiered and wanted to relax ourselves; Deepak & Rafi went to explore the temple surrounding area. They come up with two strange questions; 1) How many of you not Insured yourself and still want camp in this place? 2) Not sure how so strong the platform which can tolerate all of us for this night?!!!
Beside the temple huge gorging waterfalls with deep depth; if you down few steps there is a platform across the falls which built to enjoy the scenic view of the falls. No soul around the temple, except the roaring of falls. We all decided to stop our day-2 ride and pitch the tents. The rain was on its continue job, the place was little congested, and the whole platform was completely wet. We not bothered about all these facts, brought down our bikes to settle for night.
Soon we pitched our tents, changed our wet cloths and settled inside comfortably. I was not in the mood to have the dinner, two banana survived me the whole night. Except me and Sreeharsha, all went up the Temple, prepared the Maggie and finished the dinner. The night was very tough to all of us; rain was non-stop; the platform filled with water. Our entire tent surface got wet, could not able to sleep properly.
The day was again most memorable and challenging to all of us. Night riding in heavy rain was the challenging.


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What about layoffs and furloughs and demotions at corporate?
McClatchy has announced it will lay off 15% of its workforce and reduce wages for most of the employees who remain. In addition, many employees will be subject to unpaid furloughs. But what about the corporate office?
So far McClatchy has made no announcement about layoffs or unpaid furloughs at the corporate office or the DC bureau, beyond reducing Gary Pruitt's salary ($1.1 million in 2007) by 15%, and other executive salaries by 10%.
I'm keeping track of the announced layoffs at McClatchy, and just added DC bureau and the corporate office to the list. Click here to see the list.
Yesterday I emailed Elaine Lintecum and Peter Tira to ask if there will be layoffs or demotions or unpaid furloughs at the corporate office or the DC bureau. Lintecum and Tira are the official media contacts at at McClatchy.
Their response?
on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
There have been no "lay-off's" in our department, but through outsourcing and attrition, we've gone from 12.5 to 4. Keep in mind that they're shifting a lot of the admin work that was done locally to corporate.
Not that I'm defending McClatchy, but seriously, who would talk to you?
A company that cares about repairing its image would at least comment.
Whatever employees are left at any McClatchy paper have to be concerned that the whole thing will collapse any day. Those who got buyouts should feel fortunate to get off the ship while they're still loading the lifeboats. Whoever is left on board is going down with the ship, I'm afraid, because the company won't be able to afford buyouts when it goes bankrupt.
Funny. That is exactly what we say to the KC Star when they call.
The word is suposed to come out Monday at Charlotte,a profitable paper, is looking at an ugly senario.Paycuts are def. and furloughs are most likely,1 in the fist half of the year and possibly 1 in the last half.It's not going to be pretty according to one supervisor.Bad thing for myself is I'm way too young to take a buyout and no where else in the region pays the salary I make.So I guess I'll have to hope and pray someone will come in and buy the paper or hope McClatchy doesn't make it go belly up and leave me with nothing. Who Knows.....
Corp outsourced the tax dept. last year as well as a number of people from another group. And it's pretty small, overall. That's not to say they won't make more cuts...my guess is corp goes last, after all the papers.
I just left Sac Bee on my own last week for a state job. I wasn't eligible for severance and all I left with was vacation pay. Before I left, I talked to a gal in Corporate and she said that after all the layoffs, paycuts, etc. are made, they will see where they are financially to determine if the Corporate folks even need to be included. How unfair is that?
That would be a TERRIBLE stance for a newspaper to take.
The Star has been brutal with Mayor Mark Funkhouser, even going so far as to retract their endorsement.
Do you think the newspaper would find it acceptable if he just decided not to talk to them because they had been mean to him?
8:05, that's not a good comparison. A mayor is obligated to answer to the press, a company is not obligated to discuss upcoming personnel changes with a blogger. Especially one whose aim is to expose that company's foibles.
And believe me, I am not on the side of McClatchy as a rule.
I've never taken the stance that anyone -- even elected officials -- has to talk to my paper. But it's certainly smart of them to. They do it because newspapers allow them to get their side out to a large number of people. And because if they don't, they'll look like crap in their community's main forum for debate.
But a blog has no institutional heft. No one knows what any blog in particular stands for, or whether the blogger has an agenda, or whether the blog has three readers or a few hundred. Bloggers are generally amateurs who don't know how to get sources to talk, don't have all day to work the phone or jump out of a bush, and have no leverage to make them talk.
It's easy to stiff a blogger, and there's not much downside. The decline of newspapers means corporations and politicians won't be held accountable for their acts.
Case in point here.
Right, even the big name bloggers don't have a lot of credibility.
Someone described McClatchy as "hidebound" the other day and that is a fact. Some may think the newfangled interwebs are a series of tubes, like Sen. Ted Stevens once explained.


The collector's edition release will include the full game soundtrack on vinyl.
The "rhythm violence" game Thumper, which Phil described last year as "a simulated panic attack" (but in a good way), will be out on October 13. Developer Marc Flury also announced plans for a limited-release collector's edition that's being created in conjunction with iam8bit.
Flury said further details about Thumper will be released as its launch comes closer.


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R.I. Time Lapse: Flu season came in waves
Michael Delaney Journal Staff Writer
For most of us, winter colds and flu are nothing but an unpleasant annoyance. But 100 years ago, before modern medicine and vaccines, people across the United States — including in Rhode Island — were still reeling from the Spanish flu. It came in waves, with many cases in the fall of 1918. And 10 years ago, lines were everywhere as Rhode Islanders clamored to get the flu vaccine.


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Eight teams taking part in this week's Christmas Classic basketball tournament in Summerside
Jason Simmonds · Journalist , SaltWire Network staff | Posted: Dec. 15, 2022, 10:46 a.m. | Updated: Dec. 15, 2022, 11:29 a.m. | 4 Min Read
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SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — The 2022 Three Oaks Senior High School ADL Christmas Classic tips off on two fronts Dec. 15.
The host Three Oaks Axemen meet the Bluefield Bobcats at the Three Oaks gymnasium at 5:30 p.m., and the Colonel Gray Colonels take on the Charlottetown Rural Raiders in a 7:30 p.m. start at Charlottetown Rural.
Eight teams are competing in the senior boys' AAA-level basketball tournament, which continues through until Dec. 17.
Games on Dec. 16 and 17 will be played at Three Oaks and Athena Consolidated School in Summerside.
Three Oaks Axemen show the poise of a championship team in gold-medal game
Christmas Classic final between Three Oaks, Charlottetown Rural goes right down to the final shot
The teams are divided into two four-team pools. At the end of round-robin play, the teams will cross-over in placement games on Dec. 17, with the two first-place teams meeting in the championship contest at 2:30 p.m.
The Green Pool features Three Oaks, Millwood, Fredericton High, and Bluefield.
Charlottetown Rural, Colonel Gray, Westisle, and Bluefield Team Two comprise the Red Pool.
One of the highlights of the tournament is the star shooting event and three-point contest that takes place at Three Oaks on Dec. 16 at 6:10 p.m.
Following is the tournament schedule, with the gymnasium in parenthesis:
5:30 p.m. – Three Oaks vs. Bluefield (Three Oaks).
7:30 p.m. – Colonel Gray vs. Charlottetown Rural (Charlottetown Rural).
1 p.m. – Charlottetown Rural vs. Westisle (Three Oaks).
2:45 p.m. – Three Oaks vs. Millwood (Three Oaks); Fredericton High vs. Bluefield (Athena).
4:30 p.m. – Charlottetown Rural vs. Bluefield Team Two (Three Oaks); Colonel Gray vs. Westisle (Athena).
6:30 p.m. – Star shooting and three-point shooting contest.
7 p.m. – Colonel Gray vs. Bluefield Team Two (Three Oaks); Bluefield vs. Millwood (Athena).
8:45 p.m. – Three Oaks vs. Fredericton High (Three Oaks).
9 a.m. – Fredericton High vs. Millwood (Three Oaks); Westisle vs. Bluefield Team Two (Athena).
11 a.m. – Third-place team in Green Pool vs. third-place team in Red Pool (Three Oaks); fourth-place team in Green Pool vs. fourth-place team in Red Pool (Athena).
12:45 p.m. – Second-place team in Green Pool vs. second-place team in Red Pool (Three Oaks).
2:30 p.m. – First-place team in Green Pool vs. second-place team in Red Pool (Three Oaks).
Jason Simmonds is a sports editor with the SaltWire Network in Prince Edward Island. He can be reached by email at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @JpsportsJason.
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Petter S. Freed leaves The Hate
"As of today, May 29th, I'm no longer a member of TPH. I've had lots of pleasant musical moments this far in my life. Many of them has been being locked up in a 200 square ft flat with K. The magic that went down between 2002-2008 in that flat is something I will always look back at with a smile. I also smile when I think of other things we did, that had nothing to do with music. But I'll leave those things out for now I think. It's been a pleasure playing with those guys (and girl) since they truly are gifted in a special way all of them. K is so good at writing/producing this kind of music it's almost ridiculous, writing with him has been a walk in the park cause we just connect.
J is one insane vocalist. When we recorded the last album he had moments where he sounded so good both me and K was about to leave the room. Crying. And most of the time he just said "well, it's ok I guess…". It's not just ok J, it's top notch. World class.
And Jonna, the beautiful little bastard. I must confess though, when K took her into the band I never though she could do anything near what Mia did before her. Fuck me sideways I was wrong. And she's growing every time she enters a studio it seems. "New" guys Mike and Mojjo joined in and as always I was skeptical. Fucked sideways again. I don't even have to mention how extremely talented those fuckers are. Marko (webmaster) doesn't play any instrument, but he's in the fuckin' band and he rules. Supreme.
And the last member of the band, the most important: The fans. If there were a professional fans league, the TPH fans would win every fuckin' year. The ones that has been there from the start (you know who you are) and the ones that has been comin' along during the time: You are the shit that makes this band tick. In a very serious way. You all rule (now send me a Zippo).
So, why quit? It's simple, I just don't feel like doing it anymore. I've lost the TPH vibe somewhere. I don't know why, and I don't know where. But it's fuckin' gone. From the inside, I can say that the future for TPH is brighter then ever, the new stuff sounds demonic and K is pumped as usual to bring domination.
This is gettin' extremely dramatic, so I'll just say thanks to everyone involved and from now on I'll follow this band as a fan, not guitarist.
Cheers / Mazza"
After 6 years and 3 studio albums together Petter, aka Mazza, has asked to be relieved of his duty in The Project Hate MCMXCIX. We wish we could start up some drama here and make it all look like the world's most fucked up rock'n'roll circus, but we can't, haha… Thing is, we part the best of friends. We are on exactly the same terms as in the past, the only thing that has changed is that Mazza is no longer a part of the band. Mazza hasn't been much involved at all (we still credit him for 2 or 3 riffs though, haha) with the writing process for the next studio album, simply becoz he hasn't been motivated. So, seriously, we weren't very surprised that Mazza felt he could as well step down from his position as guitarist in TPH. We wanna thank him whole heartedly for the fantastic work he's done with us over the years, we might very well not have sounded as awesome as we do today hadn't Mazza been involved in building up the Christ-hating machine you know as TPH over the last 3 albums he was a part of.
Tack som fan, Mazza. We love you. Well, Jörgen doesn't, but me and Jo do, the rest of the guys don't know you too well, haha…
This leads us to the following… It's obvious that we need someone to replace Mazza, and who better than the one guy who's been writing the coming TPH album together with me? Yes, that's right, welcome Anders Bertilsson (Ruin, Coldworker) to The Hate. The choice was obvious. Anders and myself accidentally found out about a year ago that we work very well together, one thing led to another and all of a sudden we were writing material for The Project Hate MCMXCIX. And since Mazza didn't show much interest in being a part of it, we naturally continued writing together. And continued. And continued. Until one day we realized that we had actually completed 7 songs. 7 tunes that sound better than anything we have ever done in the past, and fuck knows we have done some fantastic shit. So, it was a no-brainer to ask Anders to join The Hate as he pretty much already was in the family.
This is what Anders has got to say:
"After drinking/riding our horses of steel/drinking a bit more, and working on the upcoming TPH album together with my brother (bonded by beer) Lord K Philipson, it's an honor to be asked to join The Project Hate MCMXCIX. Being a long time fan of the music, and sharing many of the same musical views as K, it's amazing to be an official part of the band. A band consisting of insanely skilled people all around. Hate arise, Jesus dies…"
That's where we are today. We are still finishing up the lyrics for the next album (halfway there) and will soon start to plan the recording, which is a major job to do. But we love it.
So, to finish this off: Thanx for everything, Mazza. Vi syns på krogen, din jävla dåre. Welcome to The Hate, Anders. We are very, very happy with you being a part of The Project Hate MCMXCIX.
A new era of Domination has begun.
// The Hate, May 29th, 2008 | Filed in News, The Project Hate | Comment now »
Late May update
Yeah, it's been a while again. That doesn't mean we are slacking. Very much the opposite in fact. The guitars for the 6th installment of Hate are more or less completed. What we are doing now is just finetuning and adding stuff all the time, since we have nothing better to do while writing and finishing up the lyrics. We are about halfway into that process as well, so as you can see – shit is moving on very nicely.
We have no idea as for now when to record the drums and whatnot, and as we have stated so many times before: we are in no rush whatsoever. There's a lot of pieces in this puzzle and we deal with them one by one, just to make sure we are reaching perfection. And, well, we are. How suprising. Not.
So, just so you know – we are doing great and will now continue to work on our 6th studio album. More news will come when we have something more to tell you. But now you know what we are up to; creating the best damn album in our career. Again.
// The Hate, May 22nd, 2008 | Filed in News, The Project Hate | Comment now »


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Q: Pandas Rolling: How to roll from left to right or from up to down? As default, I have a question that I am using the Pandas.DataFrame.rolling() method. And I find the method only calculate the value according to the previous number or the center number of this value. And now I need to get value according to the later number. Such as:
import pandas as pd
datas = pd.DataFrame({"a": [1,2,3]})
datas["c"] = datas["a"].rolling(2, min_periods=1).mean()

datas:
   a    c
0  1  1.0
1  2  1.5
2  3  2.5

How can I get datas, such as:
   a    c
0  1  1.5
1  2  2.5
2  3  3.0

I would be grateful if anyone could answer it.

A: You can reverse the column by calling .iloc[::-1] before rolling:
datas["c"] = datas["a"].iloc[::-1].rolling(2, min_periods=1).mean()

This would give you the wanted dataframe.

A: You can reverse the dataframe and do the rolling.
datas = datas[::-1]
datas['c'] = datas.rolling(2,min_periods=1).mean()
datas=datas[::-1]

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Super Bowl XLIX: New England Patriots beat Seattle Seahawks in stunning finish to win fourth championship
Seattle Seahawks try to repeat last year's win as they take on the New England Patriots.
New England Patriots beat Seattle Seahawks, 28-24, in stunning finish to win their fourth championship.
New England's Matthew Slater (18) and Shane Vereen (34) celebrate the franchise's fourth Super Bowl title after a 28-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. Andy Lyons/Getty Images
By Mark Maske
Mark Maske
Sports reporter covering the NFL
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The New England Patriots faced a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter against one of the most imposing defenses in recent NFL memory. They weren't fazed.
Their own defense was backed up to the shadow of its goal line as the Seattle Seahawks marched resolutely to within a yard of a game-winning touchdown in the final seconds of a memorably great and competitive Super Bowl. No matter.
The Patriots shrugged all of that off. They got a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes by ever-more-legendary quarterback Tom Brady and a game-saving interception by rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler to beat the Seahawks, 28-24, here Sunday evening.
"We needed a great play at the end," Brady said, "and we got it."
The Patriots secured their fourth Super Bowl title with Brady as their quarterback and Bill Belichick as their coach, and they did so in about the most dramatic fashion imaginable. They trailed, 24-14, until Brady's touchdown passes of four yards to wide receiver Danny Amendola with just less than eight minutes remaining and of three yards to wideout Julian Edelman with just more than two minutes left.
After a stunning end to Super Bowl XLIX, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks to win their fourth NFL championship. The Post's Des Bieler and Neil Greenberg discuss what went wrong for the Seahawks and why the Patriots are one of the NFL's best teams of all time. (The_Washington_Post)
"Tom's the best ever. . . . He's been to six Super Bowls," Edelman said. "He's won four with the salary cap. It's hard to argue against that."
The Seahawks, trying for a second straight Super Bowl title, drove to the New England 1-yard line, aided by a remarkable juggling reception by wide receiver Jermaine Kearse while he was on the turf. But Butler, the defender victimized by Kearse's catch, cut in front of wideout Ricardo Lockette to intercept a pass by quarterback Russell Wilson with 20 seconds to go.
"I thought it was a touchdown, honestly," said Wilson, who called it an "unfortunate situation" and added: "We played lights out, for the most part. We fought so hard. You've got to give the Patriots credit."
The Seahawks opted against handing the ball to hard-running tailback Marshawn Lynch on the decisive play. Coach Pete Carroll said his team planned to run the ball on the following play but did not have the proper personnel grouping on the field to run it on that play against New England's goal-line defense.
"We decided to call the other call," Carroll said. "They work out sometimes and don't other times. This time it didn't work out. The football thought was let's make sure we match up right."
The Patriots managed to run out the clock, but not before the two teams engaged in an on-field scuffle that resulted in the ejection of Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin.
"This is a hard thing to take," Carroll said.
The euphoria and the misery: Boston and Seattle react to the Patriots' Super Bowl win
Fans in Boston and Seattle reacted with exhilaration and disappointment after the Patriots came through with a last minute interception with seconds left in the game to win Super Bowl XLIX.
Relive some of the great plays and key player performances from past Super Bowl games.
Brady threw for 328 yards on 37-for-50 passing and was named the game's most valuable player. He moved past Joe Montana as the career leader in Super Bowl touchdown passes with 13. Brady also threw two interceptions.
Brady had first-half touchdown passes to wide receiver Brandon LaFell and tight end Rob Gronkowski as the Patriots had early leads of 7-0 and 14-7.
Wilson threw two touchdown passes for the Seahawks. Lynch ran for 102 yards and a touchdown. Wide receiver Doug Baldwin had a touchdown catch. None of those contributions came as a particular surprise. The stunner was unheralded wideout Chris Matthews, who had zero NFL catches when the day began, contributing four catches for 109 yards and a touchdown.
A week filled with talk of the DeflateGate controversy gave way to a compelling game as the Patriots won their first Super Bowl since the 2004 season. They'd lost their two Super Bowl appearances since then, both to the New York Giants.
New England controlled the play in the game's early going. But just like the Seahawks' opponent in the NFC championship game, the Green Bay Packers, the Patriots failed to take full advantage of their opportunities and Seattle remained within striking distance.
Brady had success early on by throwing short, quick-hitting passes that enabled him to release the football before the Seattle pass rushers arrived. New England managed a first down on its opening possession before punting, then moved to the Seattle 10-yard line on its second drive.
On a third-and-six play from there, Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett managed to put a solid hit on Brady just as Brady delivered a pass. Brady's throw went directly to Seattle's nickel cornerback, Jeremy Lane, who made the grab at the goal line for an interception.
But Lane's left arm was bent grotesquely when he fell on it at the end of his return. His exit from the game quickly had an effect on the proceedings.
The Patriots picked on Seattle reserve cornerback Tharold Simon while driving to a touchdown on their next possession. Edelman sprinted away from Simon for a 23-yard catch and run on a third-and-nine play, and LaFell cut to the inside against Simon's coverage to catch an 11-yard touchdown throw by Brady.
The offensive production picked up from there. Matthews had a 44-yard catch, on only Wilson's second completion of the game, to set up Lynch's three-yard touchdown run.
Brady and the Patriots crafted a nice drive in the two-minute offense to take the lead. The Patriots got a favorable matchup with Gronkowski going one on one against linebacker K.J. Wright, and they exploited it with Brady lobbing a 22-yard touchdown pass to the tight end.
But the Seahawks were left with 31 seconds on the first-half clock, and they took advantage. A 23-yard catch by Lockette, plus a 15-yard face-mask penalty against Patriots cornerback Kyle Arrington, gave Seattle a first down at the New England 11-yard line with six seconds left.
Carroll gambled and left his offense on the field for one shot at the end zone. It paid off, with Wilson lofting a touchdown pass to the 6-foot-5 Matthews working against 5-11 cornerback Logan Ryan.
Matthews was back at it early in the third quarter, making a 45-yard catch to set up a 27-yard field goal by place kicker Steven Hauschka that gave the Seahawks their first lead.
Brady threw a pass toward Gronkowski in the middle of the field but had it intercepted by linebacker Bobby Wagner. That led to Wilson's three-yard touchdown pass to Baldwin, who lost Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis when Revis collided with an official in the middle of the field.
A television camera caught Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman signaling Revis's jersey number, 24, on the Seattle sideline. But the Patriots weren't done.
"We were down 10 and we said, 'We've got to make one drive and get back in the game,' " Brady said.
Summary: Patriots 28, Seahawks 24
Jenkins: Brady a worthy MVP
Goal line play-calling dooms Seahawks
Chad: Brady and Belichick are a Super duo
Carroll takes blame for late play-call
Photos: Scenes from the Super Bowl
Complete coverage and analysis of the Super Bowl
Graphic: History of the halftime show
Seahawks have talent to return to the Super Bowl
Video: 2015 Super Bowl ads
Best of Super Bowl 2015: Everything about the game
Patriots face offseason questions on Revis, DeflateGate
Mark Maske Mark Maske covers the NFL for The Washington Post. He has covered the NFL and the Washington Redskins since 1998. He previously covered baseball, the Baltimore Orioles, the effort to bring a major league team to Washington, and colleges. Follow


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The beauty of the "Millennium" series of Godzilla films, which lasted from 1999 until 2004, is that the producers were pretty much given "carte blanche" to do whatever they wanted with each film. Shusuke Kaneko, director of the excellent Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (GMK), ran with this freedom, portraying Godzilla as a sadistic fiend with supernatural powers who can only be taken down by an all-star team of kaiju. For the follow-up, 2002's Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla, director Masaaki Tezuka would go in a very different direction, turning to anime for inspiration rather than folklore to create what is essentially a stripped-down and self-contained retelling of 1992's Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 2.
The beginning of the film will feel familiar to anyone who has seen Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, which was also directed by Tezuka. The same ominous music is used, and once again we are introduced via flashback to a female soldier who harbors a grudge against Godzilla. The soldier, Akane Yashino, is indirectly responsible for the death of her squad at the hands (claws?) of Godzilla, and as a result becomes emotionally closed-off to the world. Several years later, a scientist named Tokumitsu Yuhara successfully uses the skeletal remains of the original Godzilla (killed in 1954) to create MechaGodzilla, AKA "Kiryu" – a biomechanical monster who is to be piloted by Akane and used to destroy Godzilla.
It feels so good to be able to summarize the plot to a Godzilla film in one paragraph! Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla has a lean, efficiently-told story that nonetheless has some of the more relatable characters in the series. Each character has believable motivations as well as an arc that contains just enough development to cause you to genuinely root for them. Akane is cold and detached, but you sense her intense sorrow and repentance, which never get in the way of her sense of duty as a soldier. Similarly, Tokumitsu juggles his moral obligations as a scientist with his responsibilities as a single father.
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla is hugely influenced by anime – in particular, the 1990's series Neon Genesis Evangelion. For those not familiar with the greatest anime series of all-time, here is a quick synopsis. After a mysterious apocalyptic event, Earth is under constant attack by monstrous creatures referred to as "angels," who can only be stopped by titanic biomechanical robots that are piloted by emotionally unstable teens. Evangelion's fingerprints are all over this film, from the basic plot resemblance to Kiryu going "berserk" in a similar fashion to Unit 01 from the anime. There's much more, but I'll refrain from embarrassing myself too much. Just go watch Evangelion, now!
The film builds up to one long battle between Kiryu and Godzilla that is imaginative and thrilling. Kiryu shows a degree of versatility unseen in previous films featuring MechaGodzilla, with proficiency in close-range combat as well as the expected arsenal of missiles and lasers. Kiryu's jetpack provides the mechanical beast with some much-needed mobility, but one of the film's biggest drawbacks is how comical it is to watch a CGI monster zip around Tokyo at ridiculous speeds. Aside from the flight effects, the distracting CGI is reigned-in, and we're treated to some good old-fashioned monster wrasslin'.
While not as daring and unpredictable as GMK, Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla is still one of the most enjoyable films in the series, and arguably the best of the five that feature the robotic doppelganger. It combines two of my favorite geek properties, but shows a surprising amount of restraint by wearing its admiration of Evangelion on its sleeve without being overindulgent. The film is full of eye-popping imagery and plenty of exciting action, and never wears out its welcome. Fortunately, we get a chance to be reunited with Tezuka and Kiryu in the next film, which is the only direct sequel in the Millennium series.
Fun Fact: Titanosaurus (from 1975's Terror of MechaGodzilla) was originally planned to team up with Kiryu against Godzilla.


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In this day and age, making games is more accessible than ever. Top notch tools are available cheaply (or free!) to just about anyone who wants them. That said, it takes significantly more than just tools to make great games. It takes talent, money, and time. What we don't need is offices. Even big AAA game studios could improve their bottom line with this concept. Here is a proposition for why game builders, big and small, should seriously consider making games with remote workers as a deliberate choice.
The most obvious difference is cost. When you are already paying for a safe place to sleep, why let that space go to waste while you are away at work eight or nine hours a day? While it is still true that a dedicated space for work is required, the additional square footage cost is far below the cost of a completely separate space. This also takes into account the shared space of multiple people in one office.
Even the concept of a typical modern office is difficult to understand for a creative person. At some point in the the last decade someone suggested that the "open office" plan promoted collaboration. While us game makers are all about trying new ideas, it has been proven through multiple studies that open offices only end up creating more distraction. While distraction can be an issue at home as well, there are ways to minimize it. Home offices are not a good strategy for parents of young children, for example. However, once they are school-age you will have a house that is quiet and filled with the love of your family, ready for creativity to flow.
This suggests another point about our office environment. At places like IBM in the late 70's, They had a job to do, and wanted to look good doing it. So it was no concern at all to put on a suit and a tie. Therefore the dress code was less about a form of control by the corporation, and more of a concession to what the people working in that company wanted. Why should that be any different today? And this extends to decorating our working space to any degree we like, without fear of offending anyone.
Game developers typically have two modes: they are at the keyboard making stuff happen, or they are thinking about what they will do the next time they are at the keyboard. Working at home allows us to make things happen when we think of them, not have to wait until the next morning. By then, we've already forgotten the idea!
This is one of the many myths about working at home: that it reduces productivity. It is true that it takes a certain kind of mindset to not take advantage of the situation. But one of the things that defines us as developers is that this is what we want to be doing, more than anything else. This isn't "work" to us. It is freedom, a kind that is so much more rewarding when you get to escape to that place any time we like.
In the interest of full disclosure, let me tell you a little about myself. In the five years I've worked for my last company, I have walked into the office twice. Technically I was based out of the San Francisco office, but I live and work from my home in Kansas City, Missouri. Before that, I worked remotely for people all over the world including New York and London since 2003.
For most of my last project, I was the sole programmer creating the entire user interface experience outside of the core gameplay itself. Clearly I was a necessary and valued member of the team. Unfortunately me and the other two remote workers in the company in other cities were recently laid off. At the time of the layoff, all of us were working on critical path features of a newly released game. Less than a month ago our company entered into an agreement with a company well-known for extreme secrecy.
It is my opinion that this is a direct result of one of the myths of remote workers: that they are more likely to reveal company or investor secrets, that we are somehow less secure because our computers are allowed to leave the office for extended periods of time. Yet the three of us worked for the last 12 months on a project owned by very big name intellectual property owners, without a single incident of leaked information or stolen equipment.
It could be argued that houses are more secure than an office. Every person in a household knows every other person, intimately. Every unusual face sticks out like a sore thumb. In an office's business hours, who can pay attention to all the people who must come and go in a normal day? Sure, you could hire guards or install cameras. But all of that is quite expensive compared to the built-in security of a household. And if something ever does happen, you've lost only one machine, instead of having twenty machines available to a thief all in one place.
For those of you who have never attempted such an adventure, here are a few easy guidelines that have proven extremely useful over the years.
Treat every email, every instant message, every phone call as though you were standing in front of that person. Be respectful, don't interrupt, and remember that this isn't like the internet: these people do know who you are.
Team gatherings are just as important for remote workers as it is in an office. When starting a major milestone on a project, we gather the team to hash things out. Start projects by bringing everyone to a central location for a week to get as much on paper as you can. That way as we follow up with weekly online meetings there is a basis of understanding. Not to mention it breeds the camaraderie needed to get through the hard times.
Video conferencing is not as necessary as it used to be, with the advent of things like Google's online presentation and document editing software. It's not perfect, but it is a huge step in the right direction. On the other hand, quality audio conferencing is a must. Do not underestimate the importance of being able to interrupt someone to make a supporting comment. Unfortunately there is not much good software that can both keep a solid connection and also allow people to interrupt each other. Whatever you do, use headsets. The built-in computer microphones and speakers add a lot of unnecessary noise.
Have work accounts for email and instant messengers separate from personal ones. This way you can "tune out" work or personal life at appropriate times. A major point is reducing distractions, and having your inbox ping at you 20 times a day is the opposite of intended.
You might think there is more to it, but in truth there is not. It is as simple as π. Therefore I bid you great game-making!


The petition has been filed in the Gujarat High Court for the cancellation of the examination of the Lok Sabha on January 6. According to the information received, 5 candidates, including Geeta Baria, have filed a petition in the High Court.
There were allegations that confidentiality was not maintained in the examination of the Lok Sabha poll, so the exams were re-organized. Even before this, one candidate accuses the barcode of not being imposed in the examination. So, what is the verdict that the High Court decides on this petition?
It is important to have a dispute before the debate on the issue of the LRD examined from the beginning. In which audio clips have been viral for the examination of the blood test. The development aid in the audio has come up against the communication with P.A.
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