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Mercer International Inc. (NASDAQ:MERC)
Q1 2014 Earnings Conference Call
May 2, 2014 10:00 AM ET
David M. Gandossi – Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary Relations
Jimmy S.H. Lee – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Paul C. Quinn – RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.
Andrew M. Kuske – Credit Suisse
Andrew E. Shapiro – Lawndale Capital Management LLC
David Quezada – Raymond James Ltd.
Good morning and welcome to Mercer International's First Quarter 2014 Earnings Conference Call. On the call today is Jimmy Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercer International; and David Gandossi, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.
I will now hand the call over to David Gandossi.
David M. Gandossi
Thanks, Aaron. Good morning everyone. As usual, we will begin with formal remarks, after which we will be happy to take your questions. Please note that in this morning's conference call, we will make forward-looking statements according to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. I'd like to call your attention to the risks related to these statements, which are more fully described in our press release and with the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
I'd first like to begin by reminding everyone that effective October 1, 2013, we have changed our reporting currency from the Euro to the U.S. dollar. Our historical financial information and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q, our annual report on Form 10-K and our earnings press release has been translated to reflect this change, as if it had been previously reported in U.S. dollars. As a result, all monetary references in today's call will be in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.
I'll now cover some of the key financial aspects of the quarter, and then I'll pass the call over to Jimmy.
In Q1, we achieved $59 million and increase of almost $32 million relative to the fourth quarter. In Q1 pulp pricing was up and solid demand across all markets led to higher sales volumes. Pulp list prices rose in the quarter to $925 per ton in Europe and $760 per ton in China as of the end of Q1.
On average list prices were up close to $20 per ton in both the markets. Also positively affecting EBITDA this quarter were the impact of favorable foreign exchange movements on our Canadian dollar cost and lower SG&A cost. In addition, not having a major maintenance and no restructuring costs in the quarter further contributed to the higher EBITDA compared to the quarter four.
Overall our mill set a new quarterly pulp production record in Q1 led by Stendal, who are benefiting from the recently completed Blue Mill project coupled with solid production at both Celgar and Rosenthal. Our finished good inventory volumes were essentially flat and strong sales pace with the record production.
We reported net income of $21 million for the quarter were $0.38 per basic share compared to a net loss of $9.8 million or a loss of $0.18 per basic share in Q4. Our Q1 2014 net income includes a non-cash unrealized gain of approximately $3.2 million on the mark-to-market valuation of our fixed interest rate swap.
The U.S. GAAP IFRS differences relating to major maintenance did not have any impact this quarter, when comparing our EBITDA to those at many of our competitors because we did not have the major maintenance shut in Q1.
Switching to cash flow, our consolidated cash position was up approximately $24 million compared to Q4 sitting at over $172 million. Quarterly working capital movements increased cash by almost $18 million on a net basis, primarily due to an increase in accounts payable and a decrease in inventories partially offset by an increase in accounts receivables.
Capital expenditures including intangible asset expenditures grew approximately $8.3 million during the quarter of this total roughly $4.4 million was spent at Stendal, the majority of which comprise final payments on Stendal's Blue Mill project. In addition, $1.7 million was spent on the development of our new enterprise wide software system, while the remainder was spent on high return capital projects at Rosenthal and Celgar.
On the financial side, Stendal made the schedule principle payments on its Stendal and Blue Mill facilities totaling approximately $30 million. And Rosenthal made the final payment on its investment term loan. As at the end of the first quarter Stendal had received a total of approximately €8.8 million of the €11 million worth of government grants, it is eligible for regarding the Blue Mill project. The outstanding government grant balance is expected to be received by the end of the Q2.
Our working capital on the 12-month period ended March 31 excluding cash and short-term debt increased by approximately $12 million to $201 million. The increase was primarily due to higher inventories and prepaid expenses and lower payables. In terms of liquidity at March 31, we had approximately €28.4 million of undrawn revolvers available at Rosenthal and approximately C$38.3 million available at Celgar.
Our $172 million of cash at the end of Q1 is comprised of approximately $108 million for the Restricted Group and about $64 million at Stendal. Net debt to equity on a consolidated basis at March 31 is down slightly from Q4 at approximately 2.1 times equity, while the Restricted Group's net debt to equity was also down slightly at less than 0.6 times equity.
In July 2013, we announced a workforce reduction at the Celgar mill. At March 31, 2014 this process is on target with no significant cost incurred in Q1 and we continue to expect this workforce reduction will realize pretax savings between $8 million and $10 million annually with about 80% of those annual savings being realized this year. I would also like to provide a quick update on our project to implement a new enterprise resource planning or ERP solution.
As I noted in Q4, we have selected SAP as it best meets our current needs and is flexible enough to meet our needs going forward as our business evolves. This project is going as planned and is on target to be completed in stages over the next two years. One final point on April 2, we closed down an equity offering and issued $8.05 million new common shares, which included the underwriters full option of $1.05 million common shares.
The shares were offer to the public at a price of $7.15 per share with the net proceeds from this offering totaling approximately $53.6 million. This offering was a strategic initiative to ensure Stendal mill has strong financial flexibility and to also allow us to perceive with certain targeted high return capital projects. Due to the timing of this transaction will be counted for Q2. And that ends the – my overview of the financial results.
So I will now turn the call over to Jimmy.
Jimmy S.H. Lee
Thanks David. Good morning everyone. Let me start by saying we are very pleased with our first quarter results compared to Q4. Pulp prices were up and our sales volumes increased significantly. The success of our Blue Mill project is also reflected in our results as Stendal strong production led the way in achieving record pulp production and record electricity sales volumes.
In the first quarter, steady demand pushed average NBSK list prices up across all markets. In Europe, the quarterly average list price rose to $920 per ton, while the Chinese quarterly average list price were up to $753 per ton.
In March, NBSK produced inventories were at 28 days, down one day from February. At these inventory levels, the NBSK market is considered to be imbalance.
It is worth noting that inventory levels came down despite the logistical issue facing certain Canadian producers, which limited sales and force producers to build finished good inventory. Specifically extreme winter conditions in North America, which created unreliable railcar availability through the winter, while currently Canadian railcars mandated priority for grain shipments continues to see really limit railcar availability for pulp shipments.
And in February, container truck drivers went on strike at the port of Vancouver, which effectively stop all pulp shipments through the port from most of Q1. The truckers are now back at work, but the cargo backlog will take weeks to unwind. Not surprisingly given the new capacity that is coming online, the March hardwood pulp inventories are up three days from February at 48 days.
I will speak a little bit more about this in a moment. NBSK list prices in April are $130 in North America, $925 in Europe, and $750 in China. We believe that despite the slightly lower April prices in China that low customer inventories will force buyers back into the market in late Q2 or early Q3, which should create upward pricing pressure.
Adding to the – expect the pricing pressure is the fact that NBSK production will start to slowdown as mills begin to take their annual maintenance shuts. And in Europe supply will be further reduced in the short-term as recoverable issue at an Austrian NBSK mill forces it to curtail production.
Overall we do not expect prices to drop significantly in Q2. In addition, when thinking about the demand for NBSK, it is worth noting that there are approximately 3 million tons of incremental tissue capacity coming online globally in 2014 with approximately 1.8 million tons coming online in China.
In addition, there are approximately $1.3 million more tons of tissue capacity scheduled to come online in 2015. This growth in tissue capacity is unprecedented and it is expected to further tighten the NBSK market. As a result we continue to be optimistic about the demands for NBSK. With regard to the approximately 1.6 million tons of new hardwood capacity coming online in 2014, certain analyst expect it will create a drag on the NBSK market. We do not share this view and we believe that the papermaker's ability to substitute hardwood for softwood is limited due to the fact that modern paper machines require certain strength characteristics from the raw materials in order for the machines to run at the high speeds that they are designed for.
However, it is clear that certain customers are expecting NBSK prices to fall with some analyst predicting Chinese pricing as low as $700 per ton. We believe that the lower April pricing in China to be the result of this market psychology, but we expect that this will be shortlist given the current NBSK supply situation. Including that we were seeing fewer tons of NBSK being shipped to China from Europe due to the strong European demand. Consequently we don't believe that a large price gap between hardwood and softwood will be significantly negative it will have a significant negative impact on NBSK pricing in the near future.
Turning to our pulp production for a moment, Q1 was a record production quarter for us. Stendal achieved its second-best quarterly production, while Rosenthal had another strong production quarter, and despite some unplanned downtime Stendal also had solid production. In total we produced approximately 382,000 tons of pulp this quarter compared to approximately 365,000 tons in the fourth quarter and approximately 361,000 tons in the first quarter of 2013.
Our Q1 production was broken down as follows, Stendal produced 171,000 tons, Celgar produced 119,000 tons, and Rosenthal produced 92,000 tons.
In addition, the mills produced approximately 466 gigawatt hours of electricity in the quarter, compared to 436 in Q4, and 424 gigawatt hours in Q1 of 2013. Our pulp sales volumes were up in Q1 and totaled approximately 301,000 tons compared to 359,000 tons in the fourth quarter and 357,000 tons in Q1 of 2013.
I would also like to highlight the Celgar's Q1 sales were about 21,000 tons lower than expected due to the railcar and pulp related logistical issue I mentioned earlier.
The sales by mill in the quarter were as follows, Stendal sold 188,000 tons, Celgar sold 98,000 tons, and Rosenthal sold 95,000 tons. While our Q1 sales by region were Europe 219,000 tons, China 114,000 tons, and all other regions combined were 48,000 tons.
Now let me take a moment to discuss developments in the wood market relative to the fourth quarter. Our per ton German fiber cost were down in Q1. Throughout 2013, a number of factors contributed to create several of the higher fiber costs we have seen – ever seen in Europe, made in Q4 2013 and through Q1 the fiber market dynamics began to change.
On unusually warm winter allows for steady harvesting rates and in addition sawmills continue to run at high rates. Which has increased the supply of chips, on the demand side the warm weather has significantly decreased the demand for wood pellets and in turn the pellet producer's demand for chips.
Overall, we have seen our German fiber costs come down and we expect further decreases in Q2. We continue to monitor closely and are very focused on opportunities to reduce our German fiber costs going forward. In British Columbia, our per ton fiber costs were essentially flat in the first quarter relative to Q4, primarily due to continued strong sawmilling activity in Celgar's fiber basket.
We anticipate that Celgar's fiber cost was relatively flat through the second quarter. We are currently satisfied with each mill fiber inventories and expect it will be able to continue to source the fiber we need.
We regularly get questions about the timing of our annual major maintenance shuts, so I'd like to highlight that our 2014 shuts are scheduled as follows. Celgar, will be down in Q2 for 10 days or approximately 14,000 tons, Rosenthal will be down for 12 days in Q3, or approximately 12,000 tons; and Stendal is not scheduled to have a major maintenance shut in 2014. But instead, we'll have two small two-day shuts in Q2 and Q4, of approximately 3,600 tons each.
As David mentioned, we issued roughly 8 million new common shares in early April. We are very pleased with the demand for our common shares and the fact that we have a number of new shareholders as a result. We believe that this will increase the liquidity of Mercer's shares. With respect to our NAFTA claim, we are working with our advisors to move this process forward, and we continue to expect our case to be heard in the mid to late 2014, with a decisions several months after that. We will provide regular updates, as we move through this process.
In closing, there is pressure on the market price concession due to the current supply of hardwood and the widening price gap between hardwood and NBSK. However, we believe that the market fundamentals will reverse that pressure late in Q2 or early Q3 statistically speaking the market is in balance based on the producer inventory levels. In addition customer inventory levels are low and demand in the form of new tissue capacity is expected to grow to 2014 and 2015.
Consequently, we currently feel pricing momentum will begin to build late in the second quarter and we remain confident that the new hardwood capacity will not have a significant negative impact on the NBSK pricing. We continued to be optimistic about the medium to long-term NBSK supply demand fundamentals, which we foresee as being driven by increased economic standards globally.
That is the conclusion of my prepared remarks, and I will turn the call back to the operator. So we can open the call questions. Thank you.
Question-and-Answer Session
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from the line of Paul Quinn, RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead.
Paul C. Quinn – RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.
Yes, thanks very much, good morning. Just a question on, you referenced the March stats that show softwood in balance yet we're seeing, I would say, the start of some price weakness in China. How do you reconcile those two, and what do you expect China for the balance in Q2.
Jimmy S.H. Lee
If you look at the situation clearly we believe that the weakness in prices driven by more psychology than anything else. I think everybody's stock in the market down clearly of course from the buyers perspective in China, they are hesitant to buy because everybody is telling them prices will come off. And playing into the situation clearly is the fact that certain not necessarily NBSK producers, but also the Russian as you know NBSK producers because of whatever reason logistical issues as you know as well as other reasons have announced significant price decreases.
There's been others which are followed as a result. But I think if you look at the European and North American situation clearly prices have held up relatively. Well, and at the same time we know that the customer inventory levels certainly from what I can gather, seems to be pretty much at the lower end. We know in terms of our own production inventory levels side from the Celgar situation because of the port and others which of course everyone is quite familiar, certainly in terms of our German operations the inventory levels are very low. Compared to any other kind of similar type of quarters going into the early part of this year. So I think this is not because this is really I would say it's a psychological driven price weakness more than anything rather than and absolute pure demand or supply, Paul.
Paul C. Quinn – RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.
Okay and then just earlier this week we heard from International Paper regarding their Ilim operation in Brask, and they were describing the startup of that machine as challenging which - but it seems to have been gaining traction and operating rates are 70% and they expect to get that back fully operating by the end of the year. Do you think that have an effect on the market at all?
Jimmy S.H. Lee
No, I think that basically the incremental increase in their production coupled with the fact that of course you're getting new capacity being started up particularly and the tissue area will support really that incremental tons coming into the market. So we're pretty confident that increase in supply will not really have a big impact.
Paul C. Quinn – RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.
Okay and just lastly a comment I welcome your difference of opinion with just about every other company out there that seems to be very cautious on price, and I'm definitely cautious on price going forward, but - so it sounds like your view is additional hardwood capacity is not going to effect softwood pricing. I'm hoping you are right so best of luck in the quarter.
Jimmy S.H. Lee
Thanks Paul.
Your next question comes from the line of Andrew Kuske from Credit Suisse. Please go ahead.
Andrew M. Kuske – Credit Suisse
Thank you, good morning I guess questions for Jimmy. And it's just if you could just give us some perspective on your thoughts and your feelings about the cycle currently, and how it feels, say, versus past cycles. Are we at a point where you feel like you're going to do more mid-cycle numbers or were you trending towards more of a peak cycle? Because the prices would really imply something more on a peak basis?
Jimmy S.H. Lee
Yes, but I mean if you look at the pricing from a European perspective really from a Euro, it certainly not at peak prices, so yes in dollar terms yes certainly it is near to what historic peak pricing has been. But at the same time underlying that of course is the significant increase in discounts which really do not reflect the existing mill that presently the producers are getting.
The other fact I think is a little bit different in terms of this cycle that people are not maybe focusing on is the fact that this probably is the first cycle that I've seen were pretty much all the mills have run right through. I'm talking about the marginal mills that typically have taken market related downtime, this cycle they did not. And that's because they have been owned by different group and it's a significant amount of tons, which of course continue to run through the cycle. And considering that these have been running inventory levels at the producer side has continued to be drawn down. And if you look at the impacts of the ports strike on the railcar situation even I was expecting that inventory levels would actually build because of that, but surprisingly that was actually an inventory drop.
That is a very positive development in my mind and it clearly shows the demand side is strong and supply is limited. Now unlike past cycles when prices are been high, what you always have is these marginal mills which are taking curtailments all of a sudden starting to come back into the market. And therefore forcing the cycle again to drop and we go back to the cyclical situation that industry as typically been accustomed to.
Now we don't know what the impact of really the non-closures of these marginal mills at this cycle will mean in terms of the shape of the cycle this time around. My expectation is that you got pretty much everybody running, who is able to run – running, inventory levels are pretty good. There is no new capacity or marketable capacity that I'm aware of which will suddenly come back to hit the market. And so I'm expecting this is a gradual recovery, prices continuing to improve and new customers and new capacity certainly will continue to produce that incremental demand growth that should pick up a flak in the system. And that's why I am optimistic, I don't see quite the reasons why some of I guess my peers in the industry are taking a different view, but as I said like market physiology can be a very strong influence and how people could see things.
Andrew M. Kuske – Credit Suisse
So that's very helpful. Just a follow-up on a couple of your points, you given the operating rates where they are in the high 90s on the softwood side, and really the tightness in the market and some fourth quartile facilities that are operating pretty much flat at the stores we can see. What do you think your cost advantages say on a per ton basis or your economic returns that you get per ton versus say those fourth quartile mills?
Jimmy S.H. Lee
I really haven't looked at the numbers recently, but of course I know that based on the production problems – many of these marginal facilities. The cost, the operating cost is significantly high and of course that isn't really the main barrier I think in terms of the market right now. I think what is really important to understand is that you have everybody running and inventory levels are still dropping. And this will continue to build pricing momentum rather than really a weakness. And at the same time these guys ramp through the weak cycle. So even though they were losing money, they continue to operate. So we know that no matter what the pricing situation is going to be its likely that these guys will continue to run like they did. And that is why I view this particularly cycle very much differently than of the other current cycle that we've seen recently.
Andrew M. Kuske – Credit Suisse
Okay, that's very helpful thank you.
(Operator Instructions) Your next question comes from the line of Andrew Shapiro Lawndale Capital. Your line is now open.
Andrew E. Shapiro – Lawndale Capital Management LLC
Hi, thank you, a few questions. And then I'll back out. You made some money on the equity, money raised this quarter, have you already, and to what extent, downstreamed equity dollars down into Stendal, and did your joint venture partner coparticipate or what has our – Mercer's ownership percentage in Stendal increased up to now?
David M. Gandossi
Yes, Dave here. Yes, so we have not downstreamed anybody yet we're anticipating doing that either late in the third quarter or really in the fourth quarter. As we disclosed in our offering material where we are going to put €10 million in as part of our commitments from the amendment that we did in 2009, we are currently negotiating with our minority partner and working with the banks on our structure. And we'll just have to update you as that progresses.
Andrew E. Shapiro – Lawndale Capital Management LLC
Okay. And the log shipments due to the port strike and all that - absent the port strike, were you guys shipping or did you have, were you using the full container capacity up, whereby this, we'll call it rollback, into the current quarter of all the lost shipments pushes something from this quarter into the next quarter? In other words, is there a makeup in some incremental cash flow and revenues we ought to see as a result of the strike now being ended, or is it, in a sense, rolled forward constantly and thus permanently lost?
David M. Gandossi
No, it will, I would expect would be pretty much caught up by the end of the second quarter, Andy. So if we left 21,000 tons behind current EBITDA margins there is sort of $4.5 million to $5 million it will flip from quarter one and to quarter two on those tons will be my guess.
Andrew E. Shapiro – Lawndale Capital Management LLC
Okay. And since you are talking about a NAFTA claim litigation timing for the beginning of the court case itself to be mid-2014 and as we speak it is now May. Are there any particular milestones, hearings, timing that is already scheduled, in this case, for presentation of each party's case?
David M. Gandossi
Yes, so milestone for us was, we filed our memorial which is a massive document with all of our action figures and expert testimony and justification of damages and so on. Canada now has the period of time I think it's three months, two or three months to respond and file there is and then there is questions replies back and forth a few times with arbitration in person interviews early in the 2015.
Andrew E. Shapiro – Lawndale Capital Management LLC
Okay. And when did you make the filing for the three-month time, when did start clicking away?
David M. Gandossi
Our memorial I guess three weeks ago.
Andrew E. Shapiro – Lawndale Capital Management LLC
Okay. And is that a matter of public records in Canada.
David M. Gandossi
No, it's not at this stage now.
Andrew E. Shapiro – Lawndale Capital Management LLC
Okay, not at this stage. Great. And the last thing is, how big is the facility in Austria, I guess it was, that Jimmy referred to where there is some unexpected downtime, lost production, and how long might that kind of remodel or construction take?
Jimmy S.H. Lee
We think it's an integrated mill right now and they have restarted one of their older small recovery folder, so our estimate of the impact from a market pulp perspective is around somewhere in the order about 14,000 tons per month type of estimate.
Andrew E. Shapiro – Lawndale Capital Management LLC
Okay, 14 a months. How many months is fixing this kind of problem generally take.
Jimmy S.H. Lee
Well, I mean it's going to take many months, we think probably it would be a year maybe little bit more.
Andrew E. Shapiro – Lawndale Capital Management LLC
Okay, great.
David M. Gandossi
Great, thanks no more questions.
Your next question comes from the line of David Quezada from Raymond James. Please go ahead.
David Quezada – Raymond James Ltd.
Thanks, good morning guys. Just a quick question for you, and I apologize if this was addressed earlier, could you – and I know the Blue Mill Project is complete and was successful. Do you have any other sort of discretionary CapEx projects worth discussing over the next 12 to 18 months?
Jimmy S.H. Lee
Gentlemen, we got a few things I'm pretty excited about we are building a new toll oil – the first tall oil plant for Rosenthal as I think as a lot of listeners now we used to – and Stendal is our only mill of the tall oil plant, we used to ship soap from Rosenthal to Stendal and then we got so good at (indiscernible) Stendal that they fully utilizing and we increased the capacity of Stendal, so they are pretty fully loaded with around soaps, so we're building a second tall oil plant at Rosenthal.
So Celgar focused this year is on their chip screen which is one piece of equipment that we think has a really big impact, positive impact if you modernize that, so that's underway. And I guess the other really big focus for us is on our – on the wood side here in Europe we got a full core perhaps on all sort of strategies that not only will help us reduce our wood cost here at Europe, but also help us develop if you like bigger trading business or bigger footprint that contributes to lower wood cost, but also provide some margin for us as well. So lots to talk about in the coming years, things like railcar logistics we run about 300 railcar in Germany, so we're focusing on that fleet, finding a way to get a deeper reach, lower the cost and those kinds of things. So in early days that quite excited about it, and none of it's really heavy capital but it's all quite accretive, we think, and strategically we're very excited about the wood strategy in particular.
David Quezada – Raymond James Ltd.
And it's a good color, thank you very much.
And we have no further questions at this time I'll turn the call back over to the presenters.
Jimmy S.H. Lee
Well, I thank everyone for coming to today's call and thank you.
This concludes today's call. You may now disconnect.
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The 11-year veteran was averaging a career-low 16.4 points per game through the Lakers' first 25 games; Kobe Bryant publicly declared that Andrew Bynum had passed Gasol as the team's No. 2 scoring option; and the bad news continued Thursday as the Western Conference All-Star reserves were announced and Gasol was left off the list.
Gasol is a four-time All-Star and had been an All-Star in each of the three full seasons since joining the Lakers in Feb. 2008, but was bested by Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge, Minnesota's Kevin Love as well as by his younger brother, Memphis' Marc Gasol, as the big men who will back up West starters Bynum, Blake Griffin of the L.A. Clippers and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
He learned of the snub before the Lakers played the Boston Celtics on Thursday when a reporter approached him while he was stretching on the court about 10 minutes before tipoff.
"I was like, 'Oh, [expletive], well, I'm happy for [Marc]," Gasol said after putting up 25 points, 14 rebounds and contributing a game-saving block on Boston's Ray Allen in the Lakers' 88-87 overtime win.
Gasol said the reporter was skeptical of his reaction to the news.
"Yeah, he's my brother," Gasol said. "I love him to death and he just makes me proud."
Even though Pau Gasol's averages of 16.4 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.2 blocks per game on 50.3 percent shooting might be below his standards, they are still on par with his brother Marc's averages of 15.0 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.2 blocks per game on 49.3 percent shooting. Furthermore, the Lakers' 14-11 record coming into Thursday was better than the Grizzlies' 13-13 mark, yet Marc Gasol is set to become a first-time All-Star on Feb. 26 in Orlando and Pau Gasol will have to wait for his fifth All-Star selection.
"I want to congratulate to all the ones that have been picked by the fans and by the coaches," Gasol said. "I'm happy for my brother that he made it. He says a lot of him and of our family. I'm just really proud that he got to that level.
"Obviously I'm not excited that I didn't get picked. It's an honor and a great recognition for a player to be a part of an NBA All-Star [team], but it's been a crazy year and either way, obviously it would have been good if I was picked, but there's not much I can do about it."
His teammate Kobe Bryant, who will be making his 14th All-Star appearance as a starter in Orlando, was less gracious about the news.
"It's going to be extremely weird [not having Pau Gasol on the team]," Bryant said. "I really don't know how to react to it without saying anything that's disrespectful to some of our peers and contemporaries. I firmly believe Pau deserves to be there. He deserves to be there every single year simply because he's one of the best players in the league."
When asked if the coaches who voted on the reserves got it wrong, Gasol did point out what he felt was an imbalance in the roster.
"I don't vote," Gasol said. "I'm not a coach. It's surprising that they picked so many guards though. They picked three or four point guards. But, again, I don't make those calls and I congratulate each and every one of them. They're all great, amazing players and they all deserve to be there."
Phoenix's Steve Nash, San Antonio's Tony Parker and Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook will back up the starting point guard, Chris Paul of the L.A. Clippers.
Dave McMenamin covers the Lakers for ESPNLosAngeles.com.


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Thursday, September 29 at 6:00PM
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October 3, Monday, at 6PM
Join us at the Uxbridge Free Public Library, Monday, October 3rd, at 6:00 PM for a Creative Writing workshop with Zach Parrish. We will discuss themes in writing and work on our own pieces of fiction.
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Representative Kevin Kuros - Open Office Hour
October 4, 2016~Tuesday~ from 4-5PM
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Senator Ryan Fattman Open Office Hour
October 11, 2016~ Tuesday~ 5-6PM
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October 6, at 1:30PM
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October 20, Thursday, 6:30PM
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Caroline E. Zani author of "Piper Once & Again"
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November 3, 2016 at 6:30PM
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Book Club~ The Bookies~ Open to all
October 20, 2016 at 2PM
We will discuss The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Extra copies will be ordered in regular, large print, audio, and available at the circulation desk.
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Create with Coloring
Thursday, October 6th from 3-4PM
Come in to relax and color. Coloring books, boxes, pens, and pencils will be provided.
Recycling Program with Bonnie Coombs
Monday, October 24, from 6:30- 7:30PM
Learn how you can make a difference with new Styrofoam recycling in the Blackstone Valley.
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October 27, Thursday, 3-4PM
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Saturday's Downton Abbey Tea was a lovely time!
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The Red Hat Society of Mendon in attendance had the loveliest hats and tea cups!
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Developing Asian economies will post robust growth in 2007, underpinned by strengthening domestic demand and a broadly favorable outlook for the international economy, ADB says in a new major report.
Economic growth in Southeast Asia is projected to slow a little to 5.6% in 2007, due mainly to a softening in some major export markets, according to the 2007 edition of ADB's flagship annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook (ADO).
About 40 securities regulators from around Asia and the Pacific are gathering here to share knowledge about collective investment schemes and hedge funds.
The countries of the Mekong region took a major step forward today in linking their nations through improved transportation and border facilities.
In small ethnic communities scattered around the uplands of the Mekong region, groups of women come together during afternoons to listen to a rare form of entertainment - radio dramas that teach them about HIV/AIDS, trafficking and drug use.
ADB is supporting a regional knowledge center focused on public finance that opens today in Manila.
East Asia should build now on its recent economic achievements to forge ties that can achieve a vision of lasting stability and prosperity for the region, ADB's President Haruhiko Kuroda told leaders attending the Second East Asia Summit today.
ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda yesterday met with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Cebu, Philippines. They exchanged views to further strengthen relations between ADB and the PRC and discussed the importance of regional economic cooperation and integration for sustainable development and poverty reduction.
ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda today participated in the summit meetings of two important subregional economic cooperation groups and offered continued support for their efforts to reduce poverty and promote growth.


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PlayStation Meeting 2016 live report
I will have forgotten it in an hour. There's exactly one country on earth that cares for BST Reply 0
Yeah, because having to Google when these things start every time is not annoying at all.. Reply 0
Had to go to another, American, site to find out when it starts (I'm CET myself) Reply 0
"You can follow it all starting from 3PM ET, 8PM BST, 9PM CET from the live stream embedded below." How hard would it be to add that to articles like this? I have no clue what BST is Reply 0
Digital Foundry: Let's build a 1080p60 gaming PC
I did a quick check to see what I could build a similar system for here in Sweden (I changed the unnecessary water cooling and the fancy case and chose some other brands) and the total was �808. Sweden has 25% VAT and generally higher prices..
It's a weird build. Also, I would go with the RX 480 8GB since it will most definitely be more future proof as games drift toward DX12 and Vulkan. Reply 0
"We have to do better when we launch NX"
"[Nintendo must] have that continuous beat of great new games that are motivating more and more people to pick up the hardware and more and more people to pick up the software," he added. "Those are the critical lessons."
Nintendo has been releasing consoles since the eighties and you've learned that lesson now?? Reply +8
Nvidia's Pascal-powered laptop chips are a true generational leap
It IS an unhealthy monopoly. The GTX960M equipped laptops retailed for around $1200-1300 in Sweden. These new GTX1060 equipped laptops start at $2300!
That's what no competition does. Reply +12
EA Gamescom 2016 live report
What the hell is BST? Reply 0
Fan-made Pok�mon Uranium pulled after 1.5m downloads
I absolutely understand why Nintendo does this (they simply have to protect their IP under current copyright laws), but I still wish there was some legal way of making projects like these possible. There's so much talent and passion out there that's being wasted! Reply +3
The making of Head Over Heels
How embarrassing. I never knew Head Over Heels was a big game because I sucked so bad at it I never made it through more than maybe a handful of rooms :( Reply +1
Nintendo NX - games, specs, release date and everything we know about the new portable system
Knowing Nintendo (by looking at the 3DS hardware, for example) I don't think they're aiming for the high-end Tegra X2 or even the Tegra X1. I would not be surprised to see the Tegra K1 in the NX since it's older and cheaper.. Reply 0
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 review
Weird. The RX 480 and the GTX 1060 cost the same in Sweden. They're both around 2899 SEK ($336, �256). I was expecting the RX 480 to be slightly less than that.. Reply +1
It looks like the Thargoids are finally coming to Elite: Dangerous
I, for one, welcome our Thargoid overlords. Reply +34
Pok�mon Go: Type locations, and discovering Pok�mon types by habitat
Yeah..no. I've found fish in the middle of town and no matter where I go I'm surrounded by Rattata, that pidgey bird and Drowzee's. I'm pretty sure by now that it's completely random, which is a tad disappointing. Reply 0
Looks like the original Dead Rising is headed to PS4
In all other games a timer would bother me and make me not want to play the game. But for some reason the timer in the original Dead Rising worked for me. Maybe it was because you kept your character intact every time you died (you never lost experience points or levels)?
I just remember that those bosses that seemed impossible at level 3 were suddenly manageable at level 16 (on my fifth try or something). I never managed to save everybody, but I did eventually complete the game. Reply 0
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming Z review: Living the 4K dream?
This card costs 8695 SEK in Sweden. That's $1016. Or �768. Or �919.
Yes. Hmm.. Thank you, Nvidia, but you can keep it. Reply +3
Ghostbusters review
It's games like these that makes me miss Ellie. Nothing wrong with Aoife's review (except maybe being too kind?), but Ellie could be so ruthlessly, deliciously harsh. Always made me laugh. Reply +5
NES mini won't connect online, won't get more games
Open the hatch to find an SD card reader and Nintendo selling little SD cards that look like the old cartridges.. that would have been cool. Reply +1
Pok�mon Go guide, beginner's tips
What is the CP of a creature and can I increase it? I went to a rival gym and everyone had creatures of CP 800-1200. My strongest one has like CP 193. :/ Reply 0
Pok�mon Go is the most popular mobile game in US history
Pokemon Go hasn't launched in Sweden yet, but seeing as it's so simple installing it anyhow on an Android phone (it took 5 seconds on my phone), I figured I'd give it a try anyhow.
Went out last night and everywhere, and I really mean everywhere, I met people holding their phones to their faces and walking around in a typical Pokemon Go pose. I even chatted with a few and took photos of a pair (to show my friends who didn't believe me).
It really is insane. I walked 13 kilometers btw. Ow. Reply +1
When Kickstarters go bad: chasing down the Recreated ZX Spectrum
I've never understood the people who view Kickstarter as a regular store. Don't use Kickstarter if you think you're buying something from an online store and never invest more than you can afford to lose!
Kickstarter is there to give people with similar interests a chance to come together to fulfill a common goal. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it does not. I view it as an copportunity to fund projects that have no commercial chance and instead need to be kickstarted by people with the same niche interest as me. Reply +12
Red Dead Redemption finally gets Xbox One backwards compatibility this Friday
I'm still hoping for a PC port! Any day now.. :/ Reply 0
State of Decay 2 is coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 in 2017
Loved the first one (despite the technical problems). The only thing I wished for was that it was bigger.. which this is! Lovely news. Reply +3
Here's the Titanfall 2 single-player and multiplayer gameplay trailer
Crap, I knew I shouldn't have watched that Battlefield 1 trailer before this.. Reply +1
FIFA 17 has a story mode with a Mass Effect-style dialogue wheel
I'm actually interested in this! I don't play FIFA but I've always dreamed of a soccer RPG, where I have to evolve a 16 year old nobody up to international top level.
Single player, story-driven.. soccer game. Ok, that does sound weird. Reply +15
Xiaomi Mi5 review
I'm still using the Mi2 that I bought in April 2013, based on the review I read on here back then. Still the best phone I've ever used! Absolutely flawless build quality, great os, great size and fantastic performance. Even now, three years after, I'm still getting updates.
I've ordered one of these though. The Mi5 Pro (128GB). It might be too big for me, but I really want that fingerprint reader.. we shall see.
Edit: the review forgot to mention that the black 128GB version comes with a ceramic backside. I'm hoping it doesn't break as easily seeing as it's much harder. Reply +5
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 review
@VideoGameAddict25 Seriously? The cheapest 1070 I can find in Sweden is 5000 SEK (�420). I think Nvidia enjoys fucking everyone over. Reply +6
Skyrim remaster, Prey 2, Wolfenstein 2, Evil Within 2 rumoured for E3
That's good news! I'm currently playing through Wolfenstein: The New Order for the first time and I'm absolutely loving it. Wouldn't mind playing a sequel to that. Reply +3
AMD's Polaris-powered RX 480 graphics card priced at $199
So I read about these cards and the Fury 2 in the distant future. But what about a 490X? Like, the Polaris equivalent of the 290X (great card) and 390X? I have heard nothing about those? Reply 0
Face-Off: Dead Island: The Definitive Collection
@jabberwocky Could you list a few "gamebreaking bugs" you've encountered? Reply 0
Techland is making two new games - and one sounds a lot like Dying Light 2
I hope they include the car (from the expansion) directly in Dying Light 2. I had so much fun with that buggy! Also, a few more driveable car models to find in the world wouldn't hurt.. Reply 0
Why I hope it's the end for Uncharted
@man.the.king So hope about you skip Ellie's articles then? Then maybe you don't have to state over and over how you dislike them? Just a thought. Reply -2
Battlefield announced live: watch here
@FireMonkey Someone other then me who remembers the great Codename: Eagle! There are dozens of us! Reply +1
Windows 10 will cost $119 after July
Got a new computer at work and it has Win 10 on it. The first two weeks I had three blue screens of death. Not a good sign. After that there hasn't been a problem though.
Still undecided on what to do with my Win 7 computer at home. Reply +1
It looks like a mocap actor has revealed Watch Dogs 2's new protagonist
I actually really enjoyed the first game, even though you could see where they cut corners from the original gameplay plan (press one button to win every situation was probably not in their original design documents).
I suspect Watch_Doge 2 will be much improved in the gameplay elements this time around. More involved at least. Reply +2
In Theory: Can next-gen Nvidia tech offer Titan X power for GTX 970 money?
@Dorlingus To be honest, though, I've been ridiculously happy with my 290X. Underrated card. Reply +7
Performance Analysis: Doom beta on PS4 and Xbox One
@cloudskipa Just because the technology is there, doesn't mean it's being used. Maybe the parts of the game DF have access to are undemanding enough for the PS4 image to never degrade? Reply +6
15 years on, Runescape now has a new graphics engine
Last time I logged into Runescape it said something like, "You last logged in 4800 days ago" (probably not that much). Pretty cool that it still exists. Reply 0
What does it take to run Dark Souls 3 at 1080p60?
Rust now assigns gender permanently based on SteamID
@dogmanstaruk Why do people write this? "They should..." NO! The developers should do exactly what they want. If this is what they want, then so be it. Why are some people so entitled they think every developer should always cater to their every wish? Reply +1
What went wrong with Quantum Break on PC?
@JaqenHGhar80 Well, 8 GB is actually 100% more than 4 GB.. and unless you use vast amounts of antialiasing and high resolutions, amount of VRAM doesn't affect performance that linearly. Reply 0
R9 390 50% faster than the GTX970?
AMD has regained GPU Chief Architect Raja Koduri (he went to Apple for a couple of years). I guess it's starting to pay off. AMD also released drivers for Quantum Break a few days after release. Fast for AMD's standards. Reply +16
Two Worlds 3 officially announced for 2019
And here I thought I was the only one who had the Two Worlds games as my secret, dirty pleasure!
I actually liked both games in the series. I remember playing the first game, wearing my incredible, hand-crafted heavy metal armour and going for a swim. Turns out that's the only game I've ever played where a character sinks like a rock when wearing heavy armour in water. Probably also the only game I've played where my world saving hero has died such an undignified death.. Great times. Reply 0
Sniper Elite 4 brings a little more polish and a lot more scale to the series
I played Sniper Elite 3, but I was surprised to find that the actual sniper parts of the game was lacking. Enemies didn't appear unless you were a certain distance away from them, meaning that you could never make those ridiculous super long distance shots. Other than that, it was an excellent game so I hope they've fixed it for number 4. Reply 0
The Division is UK's biggest ever Q1 launch
Fallout: The Frontier looks like the most ambitious New Vegas mod yet
@CategoryTheory That's just not true. Daggerfall, Morrowind and Olbivion were all at the top of the graphics throne when they were released. But they don't seem to age well, I can agree with that. Reply 0
Remedy still in talks about Alan Wake 2
@KORNdoggy I still remember the original reveal, with the tornado over the lumber mill and the panoramic view as the camera zoomed over the forests. It looked so good!
Then we got a corridor shooter in the end. Reply +1
In Play: Which moments in games do you really remember?
In the year 2000 I found this weird little game called Gothic that looked intriguing. I'd never heard of it, but I was starved for something to play and bought it anyway.
It turned out to be a fully 3D RPG, unlike anything I'd ever seen. It begins with you getting your butt whipped, you're thrown into a pond and left to your own devices. It took me probably 30 minutes to understand the controls and then I played for 5 minutes before I got my ass handed to me the first time. After an hour or so I was furious and had barely managed to get down the mountain path you start on and suddenly this whole world opened up in front of me. I could see miles around, with forests stretching out in all directions, a river flowing underneath and a castle gleaming on the horizon. It was awesome.
In a state of pure joy I ran down the path, into the nearest beautiful forest and was immediately assaulted by a pack of wolves who unceremoniously tore me to pieces. Loved the Gothic series ever since. Reply +3
Finding the fun in Star Citizen
I love that you can seemingly wander into someone's ship like a space freeloader. I will play this game and never own my own ship!! Reply +5


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I must admit that I was reluctant to publicly share my perspective on President Obamas recent statement regarding same sex marriage because too often his presidency has caused separation within the ranks of African American leadership. And yet, what does an African American pastor do when his Africa American president makes a decision that eventually will destroy the foundation of not only the African American community, but the nation as a whole? Does that pastor take a risk that he will be misunderstood and labeled as an Uncle Tom, a Republican Party pawn, or someone "the white man has bought out"? If I do not take the risk, knowing that mentality in itself is as discriminatory as it gets, I become a co-conspirator in keeping us in bondage to our culture; suggesting that none of us is free to think or speak outside of what we are told.
I am neither a Republican, an "Uncle Tom" or bought out by anyone. I am simply accepting my responsibility as a citizen and a prophetic voice crying out in the wilderness of this generation. I decided that the risk is worth it. It is my responsibility as a pastor to speak to issues both popular and unpopular which affect the moral fiber of our society. I cannot be silent whether it comes from a Bush led, or an Obama led White House. My response must be the same. Tis true, the moral fiber of every generation is always challenged. However, challenges to our moral core must not be ignored. They must be met with bold correction or their seeds will suffocate us into chaos and extinction. If we begin to grow up a society that condones sexual behavior that cannot reproduce life, what other result can we expect? Our President is proof that politicians cannot set our moral agenda. Too often they are co-opted by the polls of an ever changing culture or influenced by the latest voting bloc that could get them over the edge in an election.
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While many of us have persons in our families whom we love dearly, that practice homosexuality, it is irresponsible for us to sanction it as a "norm" for family life. To make it a norm will eventually change the thinking of every new generation to fight the principles of the bible, the core beliefs that keep us from being totally unrestrained as a people. Standards of living are important. They give us balance. President Obama set a dangerous precedent from the highest office in the land with no spiritual counsel or future insight to the full ramification of his statement. Or did he? If he did, then we must deduce several things: 1) He has little to no regard for the church and many of its leaders; 2) He denies the foundational truth or at best misinterprets scriptures on what the Word of God says how a family is structured; 3) He seeks to weaken the voice of the once only, free voice in our society (The African American pastor). Down the road, not to marry same sex couples will eventually spell the end of funding that so many depend upon to do ministry and eventually may end in jail time for violation of rights or discrimination accusations. At the very least we will be spending unnecessary and needed monies in court to fight for principles we preach.
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And if he doesn't bishop? What then? Will you renounce his presidency and urge your followers to do the same and not vote for him?
I love his sign-off —"At the feet of Christ." A prophetic voice.
Yes, I saw that too! I like that! A godly and wise man is he.
Many are going to have to decide what is more important to them - obedience to Christ, or the color of their skin.
That's what it comes down to.
Lest we forget that the demcorats are the party of the KKK.
What is not pointed out by the media (or by anyone) but is amazing when looked at within a historic perspective is that we are about to have the party of the KKK, who fought against civil rights for nearly their entire history, now redefine the meaning of civil rights in America.
Why is it never discussed as to how this issue will redefine civil rights? Is precedent being set for a persons sexual behavior to possibly be as important (or more important?) as their race or gender? When more forms of sexual behavior or sexual identification become recoginized as protected classes then how do all these different protected classes weigh against eachother? Is being homosexual more important then being black?
To the best of my knowledge, a person's behavior has never been a means to identify a group for protection under civil rights legislation or any legal precedent. The party of the KKK is about to completely reconfigure the meaning of civil rights.
It amazes me that the party of the KKK is possibly near accomplishing the complete reconfiguration of the meaning of civil rights and no one even points out that fact.
I try to point that out to this dumbass I work with to no avail. They will continue to be dumbasses.
Obama decided he was going to self-identify as black. Even though raised a muslim he knew he had to be perceived as a Christian so he joined with rev Wright. I don't think he ever really perceived the urban-black-Christian culture which, although voting Democrat for years is actually very morally conservative. Some of them are waking up praise God!
Mr. President, Rescind Your Remarks, Revisit Your Views and hear the voice of the Lord. We need you to stand for what is right, not what appears to be popular.
For the very first time, I'm starting to think that some Black voters might actually stay home on Election Day because of this. Hey, if this caused 1% of the Black voters to stay home, that could make a difference in a close race in some states.
A godly and wise man is he.
I'm 100% certain that he is a very fine gentleman. But, I'm 90% certain that he will still vote for Obama.
>> A godly and wise man is he.
But from the words he wrote, and the way he wrote them — in the privacy of the voting booth, he'll pull the "black" lever before he'll ever pull the "holy" lever, if the "holy" lever happens to belong to a white man.
"Many are going to have to decide what is more important to them - obedience to Christ, or the color of their skin."
We already know the answer to that question.
Will it be a week or ten days before we hear about sexual misconduct or child molestation accusations against Bishop Husband?
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A quick survey of today's news brings some encouraging signs for those who support choice in health care. First, CNN reports that Nancy Pelosi's most trusted ally has moved dramatically off message:
Speaking in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, Murtha said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wanted a health-care bill passed before the current August recess.
"She said we're going to have it before we left," Murtha said. "We said, 'No, no, we want some time to think about this.' We're taking some time to make sure it's done right. I don't know that we'll get something done before January, and even then we may not get it done. We're going to do it right when it's finally done..."
Some town hall meetings on health care have erupted in emotional and angry debate, and Murtha said such a response is natural in uncertain times such as the current economic recession.
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Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. presented his cooperative health care proposal here Thursday and told an audience of 100 that he would not vote for a government-run health care program...
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[Conrad] said he and the Senate Finance Committee have yet to submit a final proposal. The proposal needs more time and shouldn't be rushed, he said.
President Barack Obama had originally set an August deadline for the House and Senate to pass health care reform. That target is too rushed, Conrad said.
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As chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Conrad plays a critical role in how the Senate considers health care reform. Notably, he'll be responsible for anything that winds up in the reconciliation package - the fallback for Democrats if they can't get 60 votes for their health care agenda.
This comes on top of the declaration by Representative Heath Shuler that he opposes the House Democrat health care bill.
The battle over Obamacare is far from being won, but it's clear that opponents are winning right now. The lesson: keep doing what you're doing! Call your Congressman, talk to your friends, show up at townhalls... your voice is being heard!
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