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Question: Gulf Resources' (GURE) CEO Xiaobin Liu on Q2 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Gulf Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:GURE)
Q2 2017 Results Earnings Conference Call
August 14, 2017 08:30 AM ET
Executives
Helen Xu - Director, IR
Xiaobin Liu - CEO
Analysts
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the Gulf Resources 2017 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers’ remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you.
Helen, you may begin your conference.
Helen Xu
Thank you, operator. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and good evening to those of you joining us from China, and we’d like to welcome all of you to Gulf Resources’ second quarter 2017 earnings conference call. My name is Helen, the IR Director. Our CEO of the Company Mr. Xiaobin Liu will also join this call today.
I will be offering translation for management comments for the Company’s operating results. I would like to remind you that -- to all of our listeners that in this call, management’s remarks will contain forward-looking statements which are subject to risks and uncertainties. The management may make additional forward-looking statements. Therefore, Company claims the protection of Safe Harbor for the forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Actual results may differ from those discussed today depending upon a number of risk factors, including, but not limited to, the general economic business condition in China, future product development and production capabilities, shipments to end customers, market acceptance of new and existing products, additional competition from the existing and new competitors for the bromine and other oilfields, agriculture and any other production chemicals and changing technology, the ability to make future bromine asset purchase and various other factors beyond the Company’s control.
All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this precautionary statement and the risk factors detailed with the Company’s reports filed with the SEC. Accordingly, our company believe that expectation reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable and there can be no assurance of such will prove to be correct. In addition, any reference to the Company’s future performance represents the management’s estimates as of today, the 14th of August, 2017.
Company assumes no obligation to update these projections in the future as market conditions may change. For those of you who are unable to listen to the entire call at this time, a replay will be available for 14 days at the Company’s website. This call is also accessible through the webcast and the link is accessible through our website. Please look at our press release issued early for details.
So, I will start with the financial discussion first and later Mr. Liu will provide his conclusion for this quarter of 2017 and then we’ll go for the Q&A session.
On July 10, 2017 the Company issued a press release that stated at the present time Gulf expects to report strong results in bromine and improved results in chemicals for the second quarter of 2017. However, excluding potential extraordinary items and currency exchange problems, the company expects to report revenues in the second quarter of 2017 increase over those in the previous year; it also expects to report that earnings and earnings per share increase by double-digit.
In order to understand how it is related to our guidance and to appreciate the strength and weakness relating to our business. We have to understand impact of changes in the currency. In the second quarter of 2016, the exchange rate was RMB 6.53 per U.S. dollar; in the second quarter 2017, it was RMB 6.85 per U.S. dollar. We buy and sell our products in RMB; we do virtually no business with U.S. dollar. The exchange rate impact on our company when our accounts translate the RMB results into U.S. dollars.
During the second quarter our net revenue was essentially flat at approximately $47.5 million against approximately $47.6 million. However, when we look at converting them to RMB, our revenue increased 4.8% to RMBs 326 million from RMB 311 million. Gross margin improved by 11.9%. As a percentage of revenue, the increase was 43.3% from 38.7%. We were very pleased to show these strong results.
Reported income from operations increased 7% to $18.5 million. However, we incurred a currency translation loss for the quarter of approximately $466,700 as compared to a gain the same quarter of the previous year in 2016 of approximately $679,200, which has been called as unrealized gain or loss on translation of intercompany balance in Company’s 10-Q. Including the impact of the currency translation transactions, income from operations would have been approximately $18.9 million against approximately $16.7 million, an increase of 13.8%.
Reported net income was approximately $13.8 million against $13.2 million, an increase of 4%. Net income excluding currency changes would have been approximately $14.2 million against $12.5 million, an increase of 13.6%. Reported diluted earnings per share were $0.29 against $0.28, an increase of 3.6%. However, after excluding the impact of currency changes, reported diluted earnings per share would have been $0.30 against $0.27, an increase of 13.6%. Comprehensive net income increased 512% to approximately $21 million from $3.4 million.
So, now we look at segment data. Reported net revenue in bromine and crude salt were approximately $20.9 million against $20.8 million, an increase of 0.8%. In RMB, net revenue in bromine and crude salt were RMB around 143.5 million against RMB 135.8 million, an increase of 5.7%. Bromine prices were very consistent and crude salt price improved as well. With good pricing and strong cost control, reported income from operations in bromine and crude salt increased around 31.8% to $10.8 million from $8.2 million. Income from operations in RMB in bromine and crude salt segment increased 38.3% to RMB approximately RMB 33.9 million from RMB 53.5 million. We were very pleased to have shown such strong results in these segments.
Reported net revenue in chemicals was $26.6 million against $26.8 million, a decline of 1%. However, if we look at RMB, the net revenue in chemicals was around RMB 182.2 million against RMB 175.1 million, an increase of 4%. Reported income from operations in chemicals declined 2.5% to $8.3 million from $8.5 million. Income from operations in RMB in chemicals increased 2.3% to RMB 53 million (sic) [RMB 57 million] from RMB 55.7 million.
Now, let’s look at the balance sheet. Our balance sheet continues to strengthen. At the end of the quarter, we had cash on hand of $176.3 million or $3.77 per diluted share, this is more than twice of our current share price.
Net net cash, which is cash minus all liabilities, was $151.6 million or $3.24 per diluted share. Shareholders’ equity increased 8.9% to $8.13 per diluted share from $7.47 per share at the end of the fiscal year of 2016. Working capital was $246.4 million or $5.26 per fully diluted share. We generated $8.6 million in free cash.
Our accounts receivable increased 67.6% to $86.9 million. With the economic slowdown and tightened credit in China, we elected to use our strong balance sheet to provide support for our customers. We have had long experience with most of these customers, and believe we will collect virtually all of our outstanding receivables.
Now, let’s look at the Company’s six months results. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, net revenue declined 2% to $80.3 million from $82.1 million. While we have the same issue with the changes in the currency, we are only going to discuss six months result in U.S. dollars as with the second quarter, the six months results look significantly better in RMB.
Cost of revenues declined by 11% because of strong cost control. Income from operations increased by 13%. The impact of unrealized loss or gain on translation of intercompany balance, or we can call it currency adjustment represented a cost of $603,900. In the prior period, it represented benefit of $548,700. Excluding the impact of this unrealized loss or gain on translation of intercompany balance or currency adjustment, the income from operation before taxes were $29.9 million against $25.4 million, an increase of 17.5%.
Income from before tax increased 13% to approximately $29.5 million; including the impact of currency translation income before tax increased 17.5% to approximately $30.1 million. Net income increased 11% to $21.8 million. Excluding this similar impact from currency adjustment, net income increased 17.3% to $22.4 million, even with the higher tax rates, primarily caused by exchange related issues. Earnings per share increased 11.9% to $0.47 from $0.42. Excluding the currency adjustment earnings per share increased 17.3% to $0.48 from $0.41. Comprehensive net income increased 164% to approximately $31.1 million from $11.8 million.
Now we look at natural gas project update. We would like to give you an update on natural gas project. We overly surprised that our first natural gas will have issues related to water and other potential impurities. From the beginning, we have said that or in the past we stated that we were going to produce small quantities as a test until we were confident that we could produce natural gas of sufficiently higher quality. Our greater concern was that we will contract major amount of natural gas only to discover types of problems we have now found, we also stated that we were not going to drill any more wells until our first well were producing economically successful levels. We’re now consulting with Southwest Petroleum University in Sichuan Province to assess the issues related to our natural gas. At the present time, we do not yet have the final results. However, we believe that these issues can be resolved.
We’re confident that there are larger quantities of natural gas in Daying. We believe that the types of problems we have encountered are relatively common and not difficult to resolve, as solution is largely to ensure the purchase of some additional equipment that will enable us to improve the quality of the natural gas. By eliminating water and other potential impurities, until the report is completed by University, we will postpone the drilling of additional wells. We will keep you updated as we receive report from the Southwest Petroleum University.
Our second half and future projections. As we enter the second half of 2017, we feel very positive about our business. Bromine prices have remained strong. Demand is starting to increase. Our chemicals business has stabilized and is also showing good signs of improvement. Based on the current tone of our business, we believe we can show good increase in sales and earnings in RMB during the second half of the year 2017.
There, however, is one major issue that we could have significant impact on our sales and earnings in the second half of the year 2017 and beyond.
We will now turn the call over to Mr. Liu to discuss this issue.
Xiaobin Liu
[Foreign Language]
Helen Xu
As many of you may have read, government of China is taking now a much more active role in enforcing environment solution as a big issue in China. The government wants to improve air and water quality. It also wants to ensure that factories are now dumping hazard materials in areas near pollution center.
I am sorry, there is a translation mistake. So, the government does not want to ensure that factories are now dumping dangerous materials in areas near the population center. As a result, throughout the country, the government is to inspect mines, factories and other related facilities. Their practice [ph] is to force those that violate the rules, to increase their level of quality or close their facilities. In addition, they are tracking down many unlicensed operators [indiscernible] Chinese government set goal of closing 4,300 -- around 4,300 coal mines from year 2016 to year 2019.
Intermediate to long run, we consider this to be a substantial opportunity in the bromine industry, for example, we have many small unlicensed competitors, also have many smaller licensed competitors that have significantly underinvested in their facilities. We believe the government may force the unlicensed competitors close; we also believe most of smaller competitors may not have the capital to bring their mines as factories in the companies meet government regulation. Factories in China are currently very restricted except for major state-owned companies. The smaller companies in our industry will probably not be able to bring the money to being compliant.
We had wanted to strong [ph] capital because we saw that natural gas was a great opportunity and also because we did foresee the types of possibilities of results [indiscernible] with our strong balance sheet and cash balances, we believe we’ve got prospective position, and made by the factories at lower prices, we currently have enough cash flow to drill our wells, acquisitions within industry and still find ways of recognizing our shareholders value.
We do believe the new government regulation will increase the cost of doing business. On the other hand we also have belief that substantial amount of capabilities, factories will be removed from the market; with fewer competitors, we believe prices will increase faster than costs. Our current bromine mines and factories are currently operating at utilization rates of about 40%. If demand remains less by numbers of competitors and industry capacity significantly reduced, we will have substantial leverage in our business model. The same facts of conditions that apply to the bromine industry also apply to the chemical industry.
There are two issues that we cannot control, the first one is timing. We do not know how long it will take the government to close many of unlicensed mines and factories or to first many of these modern mines and factories to upgrade their facilities. We also do not know how our mines and facilities will be impacted by government inspection. We know that we have continually invested in upgrading our facilities. We believe our facilities are more state-of-the-art than those of most of our competitors.
We also have a diversified production base. Last year, we were forced to close one of our bromine mines and factory. This year, our earnings in bromine and crude salt are up substantially. Our diversified base lessens our risk.
However, it’s possible that government may force us to significantly increase our capital investments, especially for processes that improve environmental quality. Since the inspections are just about to start, we cannot project timing at this time. As Helen mentioned, if these inspections were not occurring, we believe we will have a strong second half of year 2017. We also believe that the likelihood is that this inspection will result in favorable outcomes of our Company. This leads to say, we cannot control the timing of the government inspection or the impacts on any factory specifically, we can only say that we have invested more on upgrading our facilities than have our competitors and we are financially strong Chinese company in the bromine industry.
Our best guess is that one year from now we will have many fewer competitors and significantly higher profit. The only uncertainties are timing and the potential costs. We expect to have a full understanding of the implications within the next two months. As soon as we have more certainty concerning the impact of the new government regulation on our company and our industry, we will upgrade investors and provide detailed earnings guidance.
So, now, I will turn the call back to Helen for the question-and-answer segment of the call.
Helen Xu
Hi, operator, can we start the question-and-answer session?
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
[Operator Instructions] And our first question comes from the line of Rex Manuel [ph].
Unidentified Analyst
Thank you for taking my question. I may have missed this in your conference call. Did you have any immediate plans on trying to do something about the share price? I appreciate all the efforts that you’ve done to make this a great company, but shareholders have not been rewarded this time. Thank you.
Helen Xu
So, this is Helen here and I’ll answer your question on behalf of Mr. Liu and the company management. So, regarding your question, as we already mentioned that central government already sent an inspection team for the -- to the province to assess on the company’s factories and the industry. And to know the cost to operate, the impact of this inspection team we’ll have on our company and the cost we have to spend on the upgrading company’s facilities are not confirmed yet. But once all the implications being confirmed within the next two months by this inspection team, the companies will decide what to do next to revert our shareholder value, maybe by the third quarter of this year 2017 to decide pay the -- if going to pay the dividend or share buyback.
Unidentified Analyst
Thank you. And also could you tell me, do you have any -- you look at any acquisitions of other companies that would be accretive to Gulf’s earnings?
Helen Xu
Okay. It’s always in the Company’s strategy to vertically or horizontally to acquire assets of factories in the industry and it’s always actively looking, but until now we’re not confirmed yet if there is any decided but we’re always in the industry to find our acquisition target.
Operator
And our next question comes from the line of Adam Valdo. [Ph]
Unidentified Analyst
Good day. And I really want to follow up on the line of questioning of the previous caller, Mr. Manuel. You all continue to do an excellent job, as evidenced by the latest quarter’s solid results in operating your company and building your Company. The share price obviously has not reflected the strong growth of the Company with stock trading at less than 50% of the Company’s cash balance per share and less than a quarter of its book value per share. We’ve explored over several years options for the Company to repurchase shares, to initiate a dividend couple of quarters ago. Even I think in the most recent quarter back in May after the March quarter results, you talked about making acquisitions of companies with significant export earnings as a way to be able to have cash balances in U.S. dollars to be able to buy back shares. Can you update us on the progress if any that you’ve made in looking at acquisitions of businesses with export earnings already in place in U.S. dollars? Can you update us on your own efforts to grow your own internal export business which you’ve been for several quarters that might result in dollar earnings that could be put into share buybacks? Give us the sense for how aggressively you’re going to be moving here in future quarters to have your share price more accurately reflect the strong results of the underlying Company? Thank you.
Helen Xu
It’s Helen here. So, try and understand your question, let me make it clear. So, your first question, you want to know how about the export acquisition going on, right?
Unidentified Analyst
Yes, Helen. I mean, you have talked in several recent quarterly conference calls about making acquisitions of companies with dollar denominated export earnings which would allow you to have dollar sources of earnings in the future for -- that could be used for share buybacks and dividends and wouldn’t be relying on the foreign exchange controls in the People’s Republic of China. You have talked about growing your own export business without acquisition through your internal operations. Can you give us an update on your initiatives, both to acquire companies with existing dollar denominated export earnings and your own internal initiatives to build your own internal dollar denominated export business?
Helen Xu
Okay. The Company is always looking for acquisition targets in order to help it to transfer dollars into overseas [indiscernible] dollars in overseas, to find these acquisition targets. And as you know that we did not really find a specific target yet. And as we mentioned to the first investor’s question that until the third quarter, company can decide based on the impact of the central government inspection team they will have on industry and on the Company’s facilities, the company can decide it’s going to paying dividends or buying share -- doing buyback.
Unidentified Analyst
No, that’s helpful, Helen. Are you all now signaling though a greater willingness to pay dividend and undertake share buybacks than you have in the past. I mean you’ve cited appropriate concerns in the past about how much you would be investing in the natural gas business and how quickly as a reason for holding cash. Now, obviously you have the uncertainties around environmental regulations and what you might have to invest in your existing facilities for that. But, at the same time, you seem to saying, once we have greater uncertainty -- a greater certainty around the impact of the environmental regulations on this, we actually are more interested to be more aggressive in buying back shares and dividends -- buying back shares and having dividends. So, can you just expand on that a little bit for me? Is management and the Board now much more aggressive in its mindset to use its very strong balance sheet to force its share price to more accurately reflect the underlying value of the Company by buying back shares and having a dividend in the very near term?
Helen Xu
Until now, because management and the Board of Directors think that Company’s major problem is still its operations. And since they are not very familiar with the capital markets, so they would like to kick the Company’s operating business on its track first, everything when operating like operations side everything -- every uncertainties confirmed, then it can decide like on the capital market how to do to increase its share value by buying shares back or by paying dividend.
Unidentified Analyst
Helen, I do think you all are very strong operators; as managers in your industry, you’ve done a very good job there and you all are shareholders and those of us who are not management who our shareholders have not been rewarded for that strong operating performance. And obviously, there is a big disconnect there. And I just hope that what you’re now signaling is a greater aggressiveness on the part of the Board and management to buy back shares and dividends. I hope that’s what you’re signaling here. Is that what you’re signaling here?
Helen Xu
I can understand you and other investors’ view. But, management wants to emphasize that they think there are two major opportunities in front of the Company. First one is a natural gas project; it’s really a great opportunity for the company to expand its industry. And the second opportunity is now the government is doing inspection on industry, if industry consolidated, it’s also a really great opportunity for company to make business strong positioned in this industry and it would be the Company’s middle and long-term objective as well.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay. May I touch on one other topic? You all put out a press release in June in which you talked about some small inside -- forced inside management sales of stock. And it was not a subsequent filing with the SEC about those sales. When I go and look for the press release now, it doesn’t look to be out there anymore. Is that something that in the end did not occur or can you just clarify for us what happened with that press release in June about small inside management sales of stock that were forced by the context of -- I believe they were forced by the context of the accounts in which they were held. May be can you just clarify that once and for all for us?
Helen Xu
Okay. First of all, there are only parts of the shares sold by management and it’s not all. And since…
Unidentified Analyst
Yes, I know.
Helen Xu
There are not -- because there are some shares being [ph] account with one broker, one agent and that agent is going to close its service for this -- I don’t know how to call it, but they are going to close that service and then asked management to transfer the shares to other agents in a very short notice time. There is no time for them to transfer the shares. So, they had to sell it at that time, because in China if we are filling all the papers, it would take more than a month. And by that time, they only had few time to this action, that’s why we decided sale part of shares first.
Unidentified Analyst
No, I understand that, that’s a helpful estimation. That’s more or less what the press release said. There hasn’t been a subsequent filing with the SEC about those share sales. Is that because management then repurchased the shares or where do we stand in terms of the net small change in insider ownership as a result of that event? Has there been a small management -- small reduction in management’s ownership in the end or did they repurchase those shares and other account that they were required to sell in that one broker’s account?
Helen Xu
No, it’s just a few shares being sold. No, repurchase.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay, so small amount of shares sold…
Unidentified Company Representative
Repurchase…
Unidentified Analyst
I am sorry. Did you say they then repurchased those -- that small number of shares in other accounts?
Helen Xu
No, no, no. I mean, if they want to repurchase, they have to have another account, but there is no time for them do that at that time.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay. So, the summary is, there was this small insider share sale, as reported in the press release in June; there has not been an SEC filing; is there going to be an SEC filling on that small insider share sale than?
Helen Xu
There is SEC filing we made on Form-4.
Unidentified Analyst
On Form-4? I have not seen that visible on SEC, EDGAR. Perhaps, I’ll follow up with you on that separately. It’s not on the SECs website.
Helen Xu
No, no, I am sure it’s been filed. If…
Unidentified Analyst
Okay, so you all filed with Form-4 with the SEC; it just hasn’t been posted yet by the SEC on its sec.gov…
Helen Xu
I am not sure like if you are looking right, but the Form has been filed on time after they sold the shares.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay. So, you did file Form-4
Helen Xu
Yes. If you cannot see it, you can email me, I may find the link and forward to you.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay, I did already email you. I’ll follow up you with you again on that email I already sent you on this issue. So, thank you very much for taking my questions and comments.
Helen Xu
Okay. You’re welcome.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] And we have a question from the line of [indiscernible].
Unidentified Analyst
Hey. Thanks for taking my call. I was just wondering as quarter-after-quarter we talk about increasing shareholder value, and follow-up on last couple of guys that have spoken, you have all done a great job with managing the Company. Has there ever been any thought about just taking company public or being sold at reasonable price? And in that way, management can take advantage of the natural gas opportunities that will lay down the road?
Helen Xu
Hello. I don’t understand, like what your specific question?
Unidentified Analyst
I mean, we go through this and you have to listen to us. But, we go through this quarter-after-quarter, when we talk about how we’re going to increase shareholder value. There always seems to be something. And I was just wondering has the Board of Directors ever thought about putting the Company up for sale or possibly taking it private like some other small Chinese companies have done? Thank you.
Helen Xu
I got you. And the response from management that because the uncertainties from government we cannot control and also the natural gas as we said is a testing well, we also do not know what’s going to happen. So, all these uncertainties is not under company’s management control. And we will talk about the priority or buy back company and management go back to discuss with Board of Directors, maybe we can talk with Chairman and Board of Directors and maybe come to you back, if you can send me an email.
Unidentified Analyst
I will. Thank you.
Helen Xu
Okay. Thank you. You’re welcome.
Operator
And our next question comes from the line of [indiscernible]
Unidentified Analyst
Hi. I have a few questions, actually. May be first of all, do you have any comments on the letter that we sent you a month ago from unrecovered cash? [Ph] I had a question -- I am sorry. Did you get my question?
Helen Xu
No, I didn’t get it. The line is not clear.
Unidentified Analyst
I was asking, did you have any comments on the letter that we sent to you a month ago from unrecovered cash?
Helen Xu
What it’s about?
Unidentified Analyst
We sent you a letter, to the Board, a month ago; it was regarding the share repurchases and shareholder return et cetera and the cash, excess cash.
Helen Xu
Like we explained in the first and the second question to our investors that Company cannot speak [ph] what to do now until and the third quarter finished, until the central government inspections team finished their assessment on the company’s factories, and then we can see what impact it will have on our company’s facilities and on the industry, then it can decide if it’s going to pay dividend or do share buyback.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay. Can you maybe clarify why you need -- why you exactly need to hold so much cash when you have no debt and you already have very strong cash flows and why it doesn’t return any interest if you would expect it to -- at least some of it to be kept in short term investments?
Helen Xu
Sorry. I really cannot hear you very clear.
Unidentified Analyst
Yes. Maybe can you clarify why you need to hold so much cash and why it doesn’t return any interest?
Helen Xu
Because firstly, it’s not fixed savings, so the interest rate is very low in China, especially at company’s level, certainly because company’s not sure how much it’s going to invest on the natural gas projects and how much on this upgrading of its factories currently. So, it cannot make all the cash on fixed side.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay. So, why it doesn’t [multiple speakers] So, why don’t you raise issues on debt, [ph] instead of just using shareholders’ equity?
Helen Xu
We can go back discuss with management team and the Board of Directors and will respond you back later on. You can email me.
Unidentified Analyst
Yes, okay.
Operator
And we have a follow-up question from the line of Adam Valdo. [Ph]
Unidentified Analyst
[Technical Difficulty]
Helen Xu
Hello?
Unidentified Analyst
Hello, can you hear me?
Helen Xu
Yes.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay, you can hear me. I apologize. Thank you for taking my follow-up question, which really builds on the questions of the previous questioner. You all have done a wonderful job operating the company. And the share price doesn’t come close to reflecting your reported financial results in terms of your balance sheet strength.
Quarter after quarter after quarter, we have this debate about how do we -- what steps can management take and the Board take to buybacks, dividends, export earnings, other initiatives to have the share price in the public market more accurately reflect the company’s reported financial results and its reported balance sheet strength. And many other industries and Chinese and private equity funds have teamed up with managers who have the significant opportunities you have in the natural gas area and the consolidation of your own industry because of new environmental regulations like government promulgating private equity funds, have routinely teamed up with strong operating managers such as the management of this Company, to take the company private and to pay the public shareholders a decent value for their shares [indiscernible] trading but they capture a lot of the upside value beyond that. So, I want to really ask again what the previous question was asking which is how seriously has the board and the management here considered taking the Company private in partnership with the increasingly numerous number of private equity funds in China? Thank you.
Helen Xu
Hi, Adam. This question, I cannot answer right now, as I said before. We may go back to this Company’s management team and the Board of Directors and decide and email back or we make an announcement. But until now, this question, we cannot -- it’s not in our control to answer this question.
Unidentified Analyst
Well, I respectfully suggest that given the strength of -- management’s strength, very impressive strength in operating the Company but their relatively lower strength in dealing with the capital markets, teaming up with the private equity fund and going private here is probably the best outcome for the existing public shareholders, the existing management terms of realizing value for their shares and also for delivering a good return for a private equity fund to invest. Thank you for taking my questions and hearing my comments.
Helen Xu
Okay, thank you very much. I will forward this to Board of Directors.
Operator
And there are no further questions at this time.
Helen Xu
Hey, operator, if there is no more question, can we close the call for today?
Operator
We actually just had a popping question from the line of John Tim [ph]
Unidentified Analyst
Hi. Yes, thanks for taking my call, Helen. So, I just would like to make a recommendation. So, I know that in the past your Company had a professional Investor Relations who would deal with conference calland quarterly -- earnings calls. So, are there any folks from management to have a more professional interlocutor or translator who can do this call more in a professional manner?
Helen Xu
Sorry. How should I call you?
Unidentified Analyst
John.
Helen Xu
Hi, John. Okay. Before our company used CCG as our IR company, but then later on CCG was closed. So, until now, they did not find that folks [ph] that suits Company to do our professional IR yet. But we will find -- we will be looking for it. Company is always looking for it.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay. Yes. It has been more than year. If the Company is really serious about looking for a professional Investor Relations, then I would really hope that the management really will consider something serious. I think quarter after quarter, I would see this as an improvement in terms of generating investor -- generating investor trust and getting management credibility. Just a recommendation…
Helen Xu
Okay. [Multiple speakers] maybe we can do this more actively.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay. Yes. I appreciate it. Nothing to discard your effort. I think you have been doing a good job, Helen. Thanks for keeping all the investors informed.
Helen Xu
Okay, thank you. You’re welcome.
Operator
And we have a question from the line of Rex Manuel. [Ph]
Unidentified Analyst
Thanks for taking my follow-up question. I wonder why you haven’t put more effort in getting the story out about Gulf Resources. It’s hard to find a company with no debt and this much cash and share price just lingered year after year. Why aren’t you doing more road shows or hiring, as kind of follow-up to last question, hiring some more professionals to maybe present your story and get it out to the investment community? Thank you, again doing wonderful job that’s being done, other than the share price. Thank you.
Helen Xu
Thank you. I got comments and we will forward this to Board of Directors and management, and the Company may arrange more road shows or presentations.
Unidentified Analyst
Pardon me? Are you planning any road shows or any investment conferences to try to pitch Gulf Resources to other shareholders, other investors? Any efforts being put in that category or in that direction to increase shareholder…
Helen Xu
Yes, the company is always looking for opportunities to go to meet our investors and to attending the conferences.
Unidentified Analyst
I think more effort needed to put in that direction because you have such a great story to tell and it’s just not getting out to a lot of small investors. I think small and large investors should be very interested in Gulf Resources, if they knew about it. Thank you very much for taking my call.
Helen Xu
Okay. We’ve got all these comments and we will pay more activation and attention on this message. And I will forward this to management team and Board of Directors, maybe we should put more efforts on this matter.
Operator
And there are no further questions at this time.
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Okay. Can we close the call for today?
Operator
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By Jason Keidel
Super Bowl LII
Philadelphia Eagles (15-3) vs. New England Patriots (15-3)
Sunday, February 4, 6:30 pm ET
One more game, the game, four quarters to distill six months and decide the winner of the NFL for the 2017 season. Super Bowl LII features the New England Patriots, the classic chalk and talk of football for the last 17 years, making a league-record 10th trip to the Super Bowl, and the eighth since Bill Belichick and Tom formed the most famous and successful HC-QB tandem in history.
The Pats play the Philadelphia Eagles, the ultimate upstart, faces covered with German Shepherd masks to remind us how long they’ve been overlooked and underdogs. They’ve long been a forlorn franchise, making its third trip to the Super Bowl, looking for their first Lombardi Trophy, and first NFL title since they beat Vince Lombardi, himself, in 1960.
First, the bad news for the underdog Eagles. The Pats under Brady and Belichick are 4-1 against the Eagles. The Pats have a combined 73 Super Bowls played among their players. The Eagles have eight. Tom Brady has thrown more playoff touchdowns (68) than Nick Foles has tossed in his entire career (61). The Pats have beaten every team not from the Meadowlands, and every QB not named Eli Manning.
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The good news for the Eagles is the NFL’s leading passer is 0-5 when he reaches the Super Bowl. Brady led the league in passing yards in 2017. The other good news is of the Pats’ prior seven Super Bowls this century, they opened none with a TD drive. In fact, Brady has yet to lead the Pats on a scoring drive of any kind in the first quarter of any of his Super Bowls. It belies their regular season efficiency, as the Patriots have scored a FG or TD in nine opening drives during the 2017 season, going 7-2 in those games. Just further proof the Super Bowl is exalted and accelerated, even for a veteran-hardened team like New England.
The bad news for the Eagles is the Patriots have scored 77 points combined in the fourth quarter and overtime during those games, which is why they’ve won five of seven, including that biblical comeback last year against Atlanta. The Pats have also toppled the Eagles in the Super Bowl, 13 years ago, a game the Eagles could have won but ran out of gas in the fourth quarter, which fueled some ugly postgame backbiting, led by Terrell Owens, who called out QB Donovan McNabb for coming up lame and sick, heaving and vomiting over the last few minutes of the game.
So as soon as the Eagles soothe their Super Bowl jitters — a very real thing, any player will tell you — the sooner they can get to putting it on the Pats, much the way Atlanta did last year, before forgetting they had the lead, the clock, and Devonta Freeman running the ball. The Eagles are aggressive on both sides of the ball. By any objective measure, they have a deeper and more talented roster, a better offensive and defensive line, and a better overall defense.
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The Patriots are five-point favorites for two reasons — Brady and Belichick — and their combined wisdom, experience, talent and temerity. On paper, the Eagles seem to have the edge. Of course, the Super Bowl is played on a football field, albeit and neutral field, not in theory or with computerized algorithms. Another level of New England’s gridiron genius is their perseverance, patience, and absolute allergy to making big mistakes. Many times the Patriots win games just by making fewer errors. We’ve often heard that teams lose games more than win them, which has been the ultimate science behind the Patriots’ playoff success.
If we look at the playoffs, no one can doubt that the Eagles have looked exponentially better. Philadelphia has put forward record-setting defense in January, top five all-time in average playoff points per game against a team in the Super Bowl era. The Eagles D has yielded 17 points so far in the postseason, averaging 8.5 points per game. Only the 2000 Giants and 2000 Ravens have been more stingy to this point than the 2017 Eagles.
Of course, the Pats are harder to kill than Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger combined. Even when you have the symbolic boot on their throat, you’d better grind until life leaves their eyes, there’s no breathing, and no pulse. Just ask Atlanta. If the Eagles jump out front, they have the defense to make it stick, and Foles has proved he’s got enough talent and temerity to avoid the big gaffe that felled the Seahawks and Falcons before them.
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This iteration of the Eagles may be more beloved than any in history. More than the Dick Vermeil squads, more than the Reggie White club, led by the ornery Buddy Ryan. This is not just the most cherished team, but also the best in franchise history. How many premature postmortems must we write about these Eagles before we finally realize they refuse to die?
Prediction: Eagles win, 26-24
Jason writes a weekly column for CBS Local Sports. He is a native New Yorker, sans the elitist sensibilities, and believes there’s a world west of the Hudson River. A Yankees devotee and Steelers groupie, he has been scouring the forest of fertile NYC sports sections since the 1970s. He has written over 500 columns for WFAN/CBS NY, and also worked as a freelance writer for Sports Illustrated and Newsday subsidiary amNew York. He made his bones as a boxing writer, occasionally covering fights in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, but mostly inside Madison Square Garden. Follow him on Twitter @JasonKeidel.

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With the new year now underway, it is just three months until a landmark law comes in to force in Scotland, making so-called ‘revenge porn’ disclosures a criminal offence.
The new law under the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm Act will mean that, from April 1, being convicted of the offence of disclosing or threatening to disclose an intimate photo or video will carry a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.
The offence will cover situations where someone shares either filmed and still images of another person in an intimate situation. This includes images taken in private where someone is nude or clothed only in underwear or showing a person engaged in a sexual act.
The specific new law is being introduced to address a growing problem – as easy access to devices like smart phones mean pictures and videos taken with the expectation of privacy can now far more easily be shared publicly online through, for example, social media.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said: “We will not tolerate domestic abuse and harassment in a progressive and modern Scotland, which is why we have taken these measures to create this new criminal offence.
“Recklessly disclosing private and intimate images taken when privacy is expected can be extremely cruel and degrading for victims, as well as causing fear and alarm. It may also be symptomatic of highly abusive and manipulative behaviour towards an ex-partner.
“This new offence, which comes into force very soon, sends out a strong warning to anyone considering sharing such images. This move reflects technological changes and acknowledges the distress inflicted by this serious crime.
“We know legislation alone is not enough to tackle abusive behaviour and sexual violence. That is why we are taking forward a whole range of work in our drive to eliminate it in all its forms from Scottish society.”

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As sports fans, we sometimes take things for granted. It’s not entirely our fault. In this day and age, it just seems as if we’ve just seen everything. So when something truly special happens, it doesn’t always attract the appreciation it deserves.
Such is the case for the amazing rivalry that has developed between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers over the last few seasons.
We have seen some mighty clashes over the years. There’s no denying that the competition during the 1980s between Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers and Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics was fierce.
From 1980-1989, at least one of these two teams was represented in each NBA Finals. The Lakers took home five titles, while the Celtics managed to win three. Los Angeles and Boston owned the decade, but at the end of the era, these two legendary franchises only met in the championship three times in four years.
A look at rivalries in other sports reveals similar storylines.
The Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers lead the way for the NFL, having met three times in the Super Bowl. However these three match-ups occurred in 1976, 1979, and 1996. You’d have to go all the way back to the early 1950s, before the NFL-AFL merger, to find the same two teams vying for a championship in three consecutive years (the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns, 1952-1954).
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In the NHL, you also have to turn back the clock to the early 50s, when goalies did not wear face masks, to find the sport’s latest and only trilogy. The Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens met in the Stanley Cup Finals from 1954-1956. No two teams have done this since.
It’s been almost a century in MLB. The New York Giants and the New York Yankees are the only teams to meet in three straight World Series, and it happened from 1921-1923.
Intense rivalries, at the highest level, do not happen often. This is why what the Cavaliers and Warriors have accomplished over the last few years is a truly spectacular.
For the first time in American sports history, two teams will go toe-to-toe in the championship for the fourth consecutive year.
But it didn’t always look as if the Warriors and Cavs’ round-four matchup would happen.
Golden State dealt with injuries to all four of the team’s all-stars this season. Kevin Durant and Steph Curry sat out the most of the four, combining to miss 45 games during the regular season. Curry was also absent in the postseason until Game 2 of the Conference Semifinals.
Golden State then had to get past a Houston Rockets squad that led the league in wins and was structured to match up against this Warriors squad, which obviously was no easy task. They lost former Finals MVP Andre Iguodala in Game 3, and found themselves down 3-2 — backs to the wall — heading into Game 6.
But the Warriors battled and found a way to persevere, winning Games 6 and 7 to clinch their spot in the Finals.
Things looked even more uncertain in Cleveland this season. After Kyrie Irving forced his way out of town last summer, LeBron James was left with a rather weak supporting cast.
Upon struggling throughout the first half of the season, the Cavaliers shook things up at the trade deadline. Cleveland sent six players packing to various cities while infusing the team with some youth by acquiring Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr., George Hill and Rodney Hood.
The Cavs finished the season as the Eastern Conference’s No. 4 seed, and needed seven games to get past the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs. Things also looked gloomy during the Eastern Conference Finals, as James and Co. went down 3-2 against the Celtics.
But as we’ve seen many times before, James put Cleveland on his back and guided the team to back-to-back victories, even playing all 48 minutes in Game 7.
LeBron has now scored 612 points in the 2018 playoffs, the most ever in a single postseason heading into the Finals. He needs only 148 points to break Michael Jordan’s record of 759 points in the 1992 postseason, and considering that he is averaging 34.0 points per game through the first three rounds, this seems like a realistic accomplishment.
So NBA fans, one year later, we are right back where we left off — Golden State vs. Cleveland, Round 4. And everyone should be thrilled with this Finals matchup.
We must applaud what these two franchises have done over the last four seasons. We should enjoy watching five of the last six NBA MVPs who will play in this matchup.
And, most importantly, we should appreciate the moment, as we are watching something that has never been done before, and may never happen again.
We are witnessing American sports history.
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A potential Aug. 26 date for the long-rumored Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is back on the table.
Nevada Athletic Commission chairman Anthony Marnell announced Wednesday that Mayweather Promotions received approval to promote a boxing event Aug. 26, per ESPN's Brett Okamoto.
Per Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe called the Nevada Athletic Commission on Tuesday night "to get Aug. 26...back on agenda and date approved."
This comes one day after Bob Bennett, executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission, said Mayweather's camp verbally retracted the Aug. 26 date request prior to a commission meeting, per Pugmire.
ESPN's Dan Rafael reported Tuesday that Mayweather Promotions planned to ask the commission for an Aug. 26 date to promote a boxing match that was expected to be the showdown between Mayweather and McGregor.
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) " As Bill Cosby awaits a verdict in his sexual assault case in Pennsylvania, the comedian's civil lawyers are fighting civil lawsuits against him by 10 women around the country.
Currently, seven women have defamation suits pending in Massachusetts, while three more have defamation or sexual battery suits pending in California. Cosby has denied any wrongdoing.
The criminal case against Cosby partly stems from the accuser's related civil lawsuit. Prosecutors reopened a criminal investigation and filed charges in 2015 after Cosby's deposition in the woman's 2005 lawsuit was unsealed, and they realized the 12-year statute of limitations for felony sexual assault had not yet expired.
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Cosby is being sued in Los Angeles by Judy Huth, who accuses the comedian of forcing her to perform a sex act on him in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion around 1974, when she was 15. A trial date may be set later this month for the sexual battery case. Cosby has given a sealed deposition in the case. Huth's lawyer, Gloria Allred, says the scheduling of a second deposition is on hold because of the criminal trial.
Chloe Goins, a former model who claims Cosby drugged and sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008, is also suing the comedian on sexual battery and other claims. Prosecutors rejected filing a case against Cosby based on Goins' allegations, which they said investigators could not corroborate. A judge recently denied Cosby's motion to dismiss the case and a trial has been scheduled for June 2018.
The comedian also faces a defamation lawsuit by model Janice Dickinson, who claims Cosby drugged and raped her in Lake Tahoe, California, in 1982. Cosby is appealing a ruling allowing Dickinson's case to proceed.
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Seven women are suing Cosby for defamation in separate lawsuits pending in Massachusetts, where Cosby has a home in Shelburne Falls. They say he sexually abused them decades ago, and then defamed them after they went public by having his agents deny the claims and brand them liars.
An eighth woman had withdrawn her lawsuit. And a federal judge dismissed a ninth accuser's case, finding her complaint inadequate.
The remaining plaintiffs are Tamara Green, Therese Serignese, Linda Traitz, Louisa Moritz, Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis and Angela Leslie. Cosby is seeking to have their cases dismissed. Serignese and Bowman have been attending the criminal trial near Philadelphia.

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PHILADELPHIA — The start of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial is being pushed back a few days to give both sides more time to wrangle over pretrial issues.
Judge Steven O’Neill issued an order Monday moving the start of jury selection to April 2. It had been scheduled for March 29.
O’Neill says he’ll instead hold final pretrial hearings March 29 and 30.
Cosby has pleaded not guilty to charges he drugged and molested Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
O’Neill hasn’t ruled on whether jurors can hear about Cosby’s settlement with Constand or if his lawyers can mention another accuser by name in their opening statement. Cosby’s lawyers are objecting to O’Neill’s ruling allowing up to five other accusers to testify.
Cosby’s first trial last year ended in a hung jury.
The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they grant permission, which Constand has done.
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The German economy grew by less than expected in the second quarter as net trade dampened an overall expansion which was driven by strong household spending and rising state expenditure, the Federal Statistics Office said on Tuesday.
Seasonally and calendar adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in Europe's biggest economy rose by 0.6 percent on the quarter, the data showed. This was slightly weaker than the consensus forecast of 0.7 percent in a Reuters poll.
But the growth rate for the first quarter was revised up to 0.7 percent on the quarter from 0.6 percent.
Unadjusted data showed the economy grew by 0.8 percent on the year in the second quarter. This compared with a consensus forecast of 1.9 percent. Adjusted for calendar affects, the yearly growth rate was 2.1 percent in the April-June period.

Official figures show that industrial output across the 19 countries that make up the eurozone fell in June, a development that will likely reinforce concerns about the export-sapping impact of the rising euro.
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Eurostat said Monday that output declined by 0.6 percent during the month, giving up half the previous month's gain.
The fall, the first since February, was in line with predictions in financial markets, with many economists warning about the implications of the euro's 10 percent rise against the dollar this year on the back of strong eurozone economic data and uncertainty over the economic program of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Despite the June fall, industrial production was still a healthy 2.6 percent higher compared with a year earlier, though down on May's 3.9 percent annual rate.


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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump pressed his top military aides about whether he could invade Venezuela during an Oval Office discussion last year.
His inquiry came during a discussion about imposing sanctions on the South American country as it was roiled by political and economic crises, according to a report on Wednesday.
According to the New York Post, the suggestion stunned the aides, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster - both of whom are no longer with the Trump administration - and sparked a heated debate for about five minutes last August, the Associated Press reported.
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General McMaster was among the advisers who explained that any military action could backfire and threaten the support the US built up with other Latin American governments to punish President Nicolas Maduro for jailing opponents and consolidating power in an effort to establish a dictatorship.
Despite the arguments against, Mr Trump persisted and brought up the successful use of the US military to invade Panama and Grenada in the 1980s.
Although the US President gave no indication he was about to call up the military, the idea appeared to remain in his head.
The next day, on August 11, Mr Trump floated the idea that he would use a "military option" to solve the escalating unrest in Venezuela that threatened security in the area.
"We are all over the world and we have troops all over the world in places that are very, very far away," the president said. "Venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering, and they are dying. We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary."
Mr Trump also mentioned the proposal with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the AP reported, and in September spoke to leaders of four Latin American countries at the United Nations General Assembly about it.
Eventually, Gen. McMaster was able to persuade Mr Trump of how dangerous an invasion would be.
The White House declined comment, the AP reported, but a spokesman for the National Security Council said the US will consider all options to restore Venezuela's democracy.
The US, Canada and the European Union have slapped sanctions on Maduro and dozens of Venezuela officials over allegations of corruption, drug trafficking and human rights abuses.
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Americans are slowly warming up to self-driving cars The fear factor surrounding self-driving cars appears to be slowly receding.
Toyota will invest billions in new self-driving car company Toyota is stepping on the gas to develop a commercially viable autonomous car.
Self-driving truck drives with no one on board A startup has upped the ante in the race to develop self-driving vehicles.
Trump pushes death penalty for some drug dealers President Donald Trump officially proposed imposing the death penalty for certain drug dealers on Monday.
Trump blasts Russia probe as 'WITCH HUNT' President Donald Trump on Monday continued his Twitter attack on special counsel Robert Mueller, calling the ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election a "witch hunt."
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Question: REVIEW: Billingshurst Choral Society offer Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Billingshurst Leisure Centre

Those of us who attended Billingshurst Choral Society’s performance of Elijah were fortunate indeed.
Mendelssohn's dramatic work, based on the life of the Old Testament prophet, presents challenges to a choir: its powerful passages of angelic light through to darkest shade demand stamina, and a disciplined and sensitive approach. Musical director Cathal Garvey more than met these challenges to inject drama, tension and narrative drive into the performance. Here was a choir well-prepared, a choir who clearly enjoy singing for their director. There was clear diction throughout, particularly notable in tightly rhythmical declamatory choruses; quiet, reflective passages were well executed adding texture and richness.
The fine quartet of soloists provided much of the emotion in this most operatic of oratorios. In particular, Paul Carey-Jones gave an Elijah of immense presence, his glorious voice and moving delivery producing an outstanding interpretation of Mendelssohn's masterpiece. William Revill sang the Youth with confidence, the purity of his voice a highlight. BCS can be proud of their achievement.
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From colourful pantomime to sacred delights, there's plenty to enjoy...
1 PANTOMIME
Sleeping Beauty, Grove Theatre, Dunstable, December 8 to January 2
Dunstable is getting ready to wake up to panto season as Sleeping Beauty takes to the stage at the Grove Theatre. The festive spectacular will star John Partridge, who is best known for his role as Christian Clarke in EastEnders but has become a West End star in his own right. John has worked with several rock and pop acts, including U2 and the Pet Shop Boys, and he was invited to judge Lloyd Webber’s TV show, Over The Rainbow. He appeared in La Cage Aux Folles, A Chorus Line and Chicago, and will be turning on the charm as the Prince, having originally trained in ballet at the Royal Ballet Lower School. Sally Lindsay, who played Shelley Unwin in Coronation Street, will take no nonsense as the wicked fairy godmother Carabosse. Sally has starred on screen in series including Mount Pleasant, Open All Hours and Scott & Bailey, as well as appearing as a regular panellist on Loose Women. Bringing wholesome goodness to the stage will be CBeebies presenter Rebecca Keatley as Fairy Moonbeam. Rebecca is best known for her energetic and bubbly role in CBeebies’ Justin’s House and Swashbuckle, but more recently CBeebies fans will be watching her on the hit children’s TV show Let’s Play.
Details: grovetheatre.co.uk
2 PANTOMIME
Dick Whittington, Harpenden Public Halls, December 9 to 22
Two stars from children’s TV will be taking to the stage in Harpenden when the Public Halls hosts its annual pantomime. This year’s show is Dick Whittington and tells the story of the boy who travels to London in search of fame and fortune. The panto stars Jen Pringle, from Channel 5’s Milkshake, as Fairy Bowbells. Jen is also a voice on Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom and Peppa Pig.
Luke Roberts, from TV’s Hi-5, returns as Idle Jack. Luke is well known from the hit TV show and spent this summer performing twice daily at Butlins resorts across the UK. From BBC Three Counties Radio, Ernie Almond returns to the Harpenden stage as the Sultan of Morocco, while Alissa King-Underwood, 2016’s Miss Cambridgeshire, will play the part of Alice. Musical theatre performer Kane Coxall takes the lead role of Dick Whittington.
Details: harpendenpublichalls.co.uk
3 MUSIC
Christmas Gala Concert, St Mary’s church, West Street, Dunstable, December 10
Visitors are promised a delightful evening of Christmas songs and carols performed by Caritas Harmony. They will be led by musical director Margaret Blenkin, with the singers performing every song from memory. The evening will be hosted by Radio Verulam’s Nick Hazell and will also include a performance of Christmas music given by the accomp
lished Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble. The concert will raise money for three charities chosen by Dunstable mayor Councillor Gloria Martin: Hospice at Home Volunteers, South Beds Dial-A-Ride and Dunstable and District Scout Council.
Details: www.caritasharmony.co.uk
4 MUSIC
Christmas Concert,St Mary’s church, Luton, December 11
Rufus Frowde, organist and assistant director of music at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, returns to the Music on Mondays series with a special Christmas concert sung by The Hampton Court Royal Consort of Voices accompanied by the harpist Daniel de Fry. The music is conceived around the seven Antiphons of Advent and features Britten’s evergreen A Ceremony of Carols. Music from John Rutter, James MacMillan, Rufus Frowde, Henryk Górecki, Andrew Carter, Bob Chilcott, Thomas Tallis, Benjamin Britten and Jonathan Dove also features, with many traditional seasonal sacred pieces. This special concert is being offered as a memorial to Maggie Cole, a long-standing member of Luton Music who died in November. She received wonderful care at the Keech Hospice, for which there will be a retiring collection.
Details: www.Lutonmusic.org.uk
5 COMEDY
Happy Shark Comedy Club, Bear Club, Luton, December 13
‘The Voice of Love Island’, Iain Stirling, headlines a night of laughter at the Bear Club.
Details: facebook.com/happysharkcomedy


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DUBLIN Irish retail sales volumes fell 0.7 percent month-on-month in March to stand 3.2 percent higher than a year ago as a Brexit-influenced fall in car sales continued to weigh on headline growth, data showed on Friday.
Retail sales have grown strongly since Ireland became the fastest growing economy in the European Union in 2014 but the sharp fall in the value of sterling against the euro following Britain's vote to leave the bloc has led to a surge in used-car imports.
Excluding car sales, which fell 10 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, "core" retail sales far outstripped the headline rate, expanding by 0.7 percent month-on-month and 6.0 percent on an annual basis.
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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Question: Lopez helps Lakers edge Nets 102-99 in return to Brooklyn

NEW YORK — Brook Lopez smiled through a tribute video that showed his highlights stretching back to when he played in New Jersey in red, white and blue uniforms.
Then he went out and added a few more — this time at the Nets’ expense.
Lopez scored 19 points in his return to Brooklyn, making the Lakers’ final basket with 1:28 left to help Los Angeles hold on for a 102-99 victory on Friday night.
The Nets’ career leader in scoring and blocked shots also had a big block down the stretch as the Lakers did just enough to avoid a third straight loss.
“Brook was great tonight,” Lakers coach Luke Walton said. “He did a good job. We don’t win that game without him obviously.”
Julius Randle had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Brandon Ingram added 16 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for the Lakers. Josh Hart finished with 15 points and 14 rebounds, helping Los Angeles to a 56-38 advantage on the boards.
Spencer Dinwiddie had 23 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Nets. Rookie Jarrett Allen, playing the centre spot Lopez occupied for nine seasons in New Jersey and later Brooklyn before getting dealt to Los Angeles in the trade that brought D’Angelo Russell to Brooklyn, had a season-best 20 points.
“He was the face of the franchise here and now I am here trying to become the face, too,” Allen said of facing Lopez. “Just going back and forth. I mean, it’s a good challenge.”
Lopez came out on the winning end of it, blocking Allen’s shot with 1:41 left to preserve a two-point lead, then scoring on a short running hook.
The No. 10 pick in the 2008 draft by the Nets, Lopez has had to navigate a new role in Los Angeles, where the Lakers like to play small and fast. But they needed his big presence in a low-scoring fourth quarter.
“It’s just been different all season but I just try to stay ready,” Lopez said.
Allen was 6 for 6 for 16 points in the first half, but Lopez answered with 12 points in the third quarter, going 5 for 5 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers to send the teams to the fourth tied at 85.
The Lakers shut the Nets out for more than five minutes while scoring 11 straight to open a 96-87 lead.
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Lakers: The Nets played a video tribute for Lopez between the first and second quarters that included him dunking over his twin brother, Robin. “I definitely caught that,” Lopez said. “They could have like three or four more of those obviously, it happened so often.” … Kyle Kuzma was drafted with the No. 27 pick, which the Lakers acquired from the Nets in the Lopez-Russell trade. … The Lakers attended the musical “Hamilton” on Broadway on Thursday night.
Nets: James Webb III made a 3-pointer in the first half for his first NBA points. The Nets said he was the first Boise State alum to score in the NBA since Coby Karl in 2007-08. … Russell finished with 15 points off the bench.
DUNKING LIKE DAD
With Larry Nance Jr. chosen Thursday for the Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star weekend, he’ll have a chance to follow in his father’s footsteps — or flight path. Larry Nance was an NBA high flyer who won the inaugural event in 1984 in Phoenix.
“His dad was obviously one of the all-time best and now he’s got a chance to go and show what he can do,” Walton said.
Walton also followed his father, Hall of Famer Bill Walton, to the NBA.
“Larry’s obviously living his own career, he’s doing his own thing, but there’s something special when you get to do what your father did,” Walton added.
LIN’S INJURY
Jeremy Lin has been rehabbing in Vancouver after rupturing his right patellar tendon in the Nets’ season opener. He declined to offer much specific about his treatment, but is working to not only heal the knee but also build up other parts of his body so he can come back quicker and stronger.
“To have a year off is really, how can I best maximize this time and also to put myself in a position where I’m not in this position again,” Lin said. “I mean this is sports so nothing’s guaranteed, but just addressing a lot of muscle and balances, movement, deficiencies, all these different things.”
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Lakers: Visit Oklahoma City on Sunday.
Nets: Host Milwaukee on Sunday.
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(CNN) The new year is made for resolutions -- and predictions.
So here's what will happen in the world of tennis in 2017 in a season that will feature a comeback for veteran stars Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal.
Federer to make a slam final ...
At Wimbledon, where he has won a record-equaling seven titles.
Federer has some work to do to return to the top five, given his inactivity since deciding to end his season in July . But, if reports are to be believed, the Swiss legend is in great shape as he trains in Dubai.
Motivation remains sky high for Federer -- the 35-year-old plans on playing a couple more seasons -- and even when injured he came close to reaching the final at Wimbledon.
We're celebrating the 13th anniversary of the RF Foundation. Some reflections on what has been an impactful journey: https://t.co/rOAKILGYVx — Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) December 16, 2016
If Federer, the men's leader with 17 majors, makes the final and plays defending champion Andy Murray, his chances would appear to be good. Federer has won five straight matches against Scotland's two-time Olympic gold medalist and new world No. 1.
No new men's winners
Grigor Dimitrov. Kei Nishikori. Milos Raonic. By now, some would have expected at least one of the trio to have won a grand slam.
The "Big Four" of Federer, Nadal, Murray and Novak Djokovic, however, continue to reign supreme, with Stan Wawrinka adding to a superlative quintet. Advances in recovery, nutrition and training mean those five players are able to sustain their high levels for longer periods.
Since the beginning of 2010 -- 28 majors ago -- only six players aside from the quintet have appeared in a grand slam final, including Raonic at Wimbledon this year and Nishikori at the US Open in 2014.
Expect the dominance of those five to continue and don't expect any new men's grand slam winners.
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Serena to win two majors
Several women's pros said last year that Angelique Kerber's win over Williams at the Australian Open gave them the belief that they too could topple the American. Kerber added a second major at the US Open.
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If Williams' aura has faded slightly, she certainly wasn't far off winning three majors in 2016 instead of the one title she secured at Wimbledon.
At 35 such physical issues aren't a surprise but Williams should return to the circuit refreshed and with less pressure than 11 months ago when the California native had to back up a sensational 2015 season that saw her come within two wins of achieving a calendar year grand slam.
She won Wimbledon, the Australian and French Open titles in that year but went out in the semifinal of the US Open.
Kerber to add to slam collection
Is Kerber, who ended Williams' stay at No. 1 in September, a one-year wonder destined to fade in 2017? Her game, and the current WTA landscape, suggest not.
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The German left-hander is no longer a defensive player largely retrieving at the back of the court. Rather, aggression has slowly but surely found its way into the 28-year-old's game. She is also competing better than ever.
And with the pregnant Victoria Azarenka off the tour for a while longer and Sharapova not back from her drug suspension until late April -- with the Russian needing time to return to form -- Kerber will, if healthy, remain in the top two for a while yet.
Based on her matches with Williams in 2016, tennis fans surely want the rivalry to intensify. Their two encounters at the Australian Open and Wimbledon were classics.
Nadal to win 15th major
Those who have wanted Nadal to add to his coaching setup got their wish last month when Carlos Moya joined the 14-time grand slam winner's team.
Moya -- apart from being a former world No. 1 and grand slam winner himself -- was Nadal's mentor. Like the "King of Clay, he hails from the island of Mallorca in Spain.
Nadal is hoping for a spike in results, similar to those Djokovic and Murray experienced when working with grand slam winners Boris Becker and Ivan Lendl respectively.
Working against Nadal, though, is his age -- at 30 he is a year older than Murray and Djokovic -- and has suffered an array of injuries.
A wrist complaint scuppered his 2016 season after appearing to be in form. He had rediscovered his confidence early in the clay-court season.
But Nadal, for the time being, is healthy, and the arrival of Moya -- who was alongside Raonic as the Canadian reached a career high third in in the rankings -- will only be a boost. He is reportedly practicing well in the off-season.
Nadal is too much of a champion, at this stage of his career, to simply fade away.
His last grand slam title came at the French Open in 2014 and with a record nine titles at Roland Garros to his name, Paris is the likeliest spot for another triumph at a major.


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Whitsunday FC premier men and Reserves teams won on forfeit after the Magpies withdrew on Saturday to play tri-series matches.
Whitsunday FC premier men and Reserves teams won on forfeit after the Magpies withdrew on Saturday to play tri-series matches. PETER CARRUTHERS
THE Whitsunday FC Premier Men's team had plans to travel to Bowen to face off against the Magpies Crusaders on Saturday, however a last-minute call-up to play in the Premier League Tri Series meant the Mackay side forfeited.
Whitsunday FC got the points for the win and are now sitting in equal second place on the Mackay and Regional Football Zone ladder after seven rounds.
Sharing the second place position with the Rangers and the Magpies, Wanderers are on top with six wins from seven matches.
After claiming the wooden spoon last season, Whitsunday FC's Tom Machin said a better showing this season was a welcome turnaround.
"It is a big change compared to last year when we were really short on players,” he said.
Machin said the returning coach has provided focus and structure to the team and the club as a whole.
"We have been working on different training styles the moral in the team better.”
The Whitsunday/Proserpine Under-14s side had a great game against City Brothers and managed to take a draw.
Machin said the Under-12s team was kicking some goals this season and is well placed in equal third position on the MRFZ ladder.
The Reserve Grade Men's side also won off the back of a forfeit by the Magpies and are equal second on the ladder after winning five matches from seven starts.
Next week the Premier Men's and Reserve teams go head to head with the City Brothers. Machin said he expected it to be a "battle” against a side known for their physicality when the two teams meet at the City Brothers field in Mackay on Saturday.
The U12s take on West United, U14s Premier team play Brothers Eagles as do the Under-13s side in Mackay.

LEAGUE: The Fraser Coast Fan Day was an enormous success. Now, local rugby league leaders must work out how to capitalise on two more upcoming opportunities to put their sport in the spotlight.
The region's rugby league fans could not be more spoilt.
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Thousands of people turned Seafront Oval maroon on Tuesday when Queensland's State of Origin team visited the Fraser Coast for its annual trip to reconnect with fans in regional areas.
Every player of the Game III squad signed autographs, posed for selfies and kick and passed footballs with kids of all ages for two hours.
Maroons Fraser Coast Fan Day - Wende Tonkin with Josh McGuire. Alistair Brightman
Jerseys from our four clubs were seen amongst the throng of the supporters, and the experience of being with players the calibre of Daly Cherry-Evans, Billy Slater and Dane Gagai may inspire a greater love for the game.
Junior players will re-enact scenes of their favourite players at Hervey Bay's Stafford Park this weekend as teams from Hervey Bay, Wallaroos, Burrum, Gympie and Murgon converge for the two-day Gary Horne Carnival.
Junior rugby league grand final, Maryborough - Hervey Bay U12 North defeated Hervey Bay U12 West - North Hunter Cullen. Valerie Horton
Second-tier rugby league will return to the Fraser Coast at the end of this month.
Maryborough will host an Intrust Super Cup Country Week game on the weekend of July 21-22, as the league leading Burleigh Bears face Central Queensland Capras.
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Sunshine Coast Falcons return to Stafford Park for its Intrust Super Cup match against Northern Pride on July 28.
ON THE BURST: Falcons player Chris Lewis against Burleigh on the Gold Coast this month. SMP Images
Fraser Coast Junior Rugby League experienced a 7% increase in participation from 2016 to 2017. This is the prime opportunity for local league clubs to put recruitment for next season into overdrive.


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Question: Broncos' Devontae Booker: Racks up 109 yards, two scores in season finale

Booker rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries and added 52 yards and a score on two catches in Sunday's win over the Raiders.
The season ended the way the Broncos had hoped it would start for Booker, who scored on an 11 yard off-tackle to start the game and then added a second score on a 43-yard screen on third and long in the second quarter. Booker's uneven rookie season was partially his own doing, but sub-par offensive line play didn't help matters. The line looked decidedly better on Sunday and, with Denver returning to a two-back offense for the first time since rookie fullback Andy Janovich went on injured reserve, Booker showed flashes of quality play. If he can build off of how 2016 ended, he should serve as a quality complement to C.J. Anderson entering 2017.

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Heyward-Bey caught one pass for 46 yards in Pittsburgh's 27-24 overtime win against Cleveland on Sunday.
DHB had his first reception since Week 7, and finishes the regular season with 114 yards and two scores on six receptions. He also had one rushing attempt for 60 yards, which came in Week 6 against Miami, who the Steelers will host in the Wild Card playoff game.