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Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI) Q1 2018 Earnings Conference Call April 24, 2018 10:00 AM ET
Executives
Matthew Preston - IR
Robert Jornayvaz - Executive Chairman, President & CEO
Joseph Montoya - VP, CAO & Principal Financial Officer
Mark McDonald - VP, Sales & Marketing
Analysts
Joan Tong - Stephens Inc.
Fahad Tariq - BMO Capital Markets
John Roberts - UBS Investment Bank
Jason Ursaner - Bumbershoot Holdings
DeForest Hinman - Walthausen & Co.
Jonathan Evans - SG Capital Management
Christopher Perrella - Bloomberg Intelligence
Michael Hughes - SGF Capital
Operator
Thank you for standing by. This is the conference operator. Welcome to the Intrepid Potash, Inc. First Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to turn the conference over to Matt Preston, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Matthew Preston
Thanks, Kyle. Good morning, and welcome, everyone. I remind you that parts of our discussion today will include forward-looking statements as defined by the U.S. securities laws. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and based on a number of assumptions which we believe are reasonable. These statements are based on the information available to us today, and we assume no obligation to update them. You can find more information about risks and uncertainties to our future performance in our periodic reports filed with the SEC.
During today's call, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial and operational measures. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in this morning's press release. Our SEC filings and press releases are available on our website at intrepidpotash.com.
Presenting on the call today are Bob Jornayvaz, our Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, President and CEO; and Joseph Montoya, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Mark McDonald, our Vice President of Sales and Marketing, is also available for questions.
I'll now turn the call over to Bob.
Robert Jornayvaz
Thank you, Matt, and good morning to everyone for being here. Strong execution across our facilities, combined with our strategic moves over the past year to grow our by-product and water sales and improve our balance sheet, drove a great start to 2018. Net income of $1.8 million during the quarter was not only a significant increase compared to last year, but represented our first quarter with positive earnings since the beginning of a downturn in the cycle in early 2015. Good fundamentals in the potash and Trio markets during the first quarter spurred healthy demand, and we expect this to continue into the second quarter. Distribution channel customers are showing confidence in K pricing, booking new orders at the increased price levels for the potash and Trio prior to the end of the winter fill shipping windows.
On the potash side, robust truck and rail movement into the Southern Plains, an important region for us, given the location advantage of our Carlsbad facility, drove a year-over-year increase in agricultural sales. Cool wet weather in the Pacific Northwest and recent snows in the Upper Midwest is leading to a later-than-normal season in those regions, and we expect field application to continue into early June.
Import tons are at a more stable supply along the river, with most of the additional tons we saw in recent years moving into other countries. We also haven't seen nor do we expect much of an impact from the new production that came online in recent months and believe this will lead to a stable second half of the year for our potash tons.
Increased confidence in K pricing was most evident in our domestic Trio sales volume during the quarter, which was up 18% compared to the prior year. Price increases that were affected on spot tons sold during the quarter and tons shipped beginning in March will be fully reflected in our second quarter results. While we're encouraged by these higher-price levels, overall nutrient pricing for Trio gives -- for the components of Trio, gives us reason to believe that there's still room for pricing upside for Trio from the actual market.
During the first quarter, we saw a decrease in our international sales volume, due in part to normal variations in the timing of shipments but also as we start to focus on areas that provide the most favorable shipping lanes and margin opportunities. We're also seeing increasing competition in some international markets, although we believe our efforts to establish strong, long-term relationships with our customers will benefit us in the long term and reduce increased competitive pressure from one major competitor, which continues to weigh on an international pricing for the remainder of 2018.
As expected, our water business took another significant step forward during the first quarter, with our dedicated water team driving another quarter of significant sales growth. Total sales, including byproducts, were a quarterly record of $5.5 million, a $2 million increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. In addition, we received $3.7 million in cash under a separate prearranged water commitment, bringing our total water activity during the quarter to $9.2 million. I want to repeat that, $9.2 million of water activity for the first quarter of 2018. Our water team continues to work on new deals with operators, distributors and oilfield services to grow that business and utilize our additional water rights. Most of our current contracts were negotiated with oil pricing in the mid- to high-40s, so current pricing above $60 per barrel gives us confidence in not only our water business but should also support our brine industrial KCl subs. We still expect water sales to be between $20 million and $30 million for 2018. With our first quarter results, we're clearly on track to achieve that goal.
Our other initiatives, which include our Intrepid oilfield services and the expansion of our trucking fleet, continue to progress during the quarter as we work directly with oil and gas operators, service companies and established distributors in the area. We are also working with consultants on frac designs to increasingly promote the value of KCl as a drilling and completion fluid additive. In the last month, we added another industrial and byproduct salesman to our team and now have trucks and drivers available and licensed at our Carlsbad and Moab facilities, driving greater responsiveness with just-in-time delivery to our customers.
We are also in the process of building out a company-wide salt strategy with the goal of at least doubling our salt sales in 2019. As a reminder, we have about 3 tons of salt available for each ton of potash we produce at the HB Mine. Similar to the brine sales plant we enacted over the past year, we have the salt available to us and are now building a marketing strategy to maximize its value. A larger sales team has allowed us to shift responsibilities around and have a more focused approach in the premium feed market, which includes pet food, equine nourishment, feed supplements and the organic fertilizer market.
Our Trio product, which is armory and Safe Feed/Safe Food-certified, provides an incredible value in the growing market for organic food. As our stores struggle to meet customers' demands for organic food, we feel our Safe Feed/Safe Food fertilizer is a very undervalued part of our company, and we are actively working on promoting Trio into these markets.
Finally, we are working with an experienced lithium extraction company to perform additional testing on the modest lithium resource in our Wendover brine. Based on initial test results, we both believe this resource is promising for the production of high-value lithium with a relatively low cost of production. Additional testing is scheduled to take place over the next few months.
Before wrapping up my prepared remarks, I'd like to provide an update on the ongoing development of our long-term strategy. As we come up our first quarter of net income in several years and we reflect on our improved balance sheet, we are refocusing our efforts on developing a long-term strategy for sustained growth and a more diverse Intrepid. Our board recently formed a strategy committee, chaired by one of our independent directors, to oversee a formal collaborative effort among our senior management team. We look forward to expanding our long-term vision for Intrepid in the upcoming quarters.
I'll now turn the call over to Joseph to provide more details on our financial results and outlook.
Joseph Montoya
Thank you, Bob, and good morning, everyone. Net income of $1.8 million during the first quarter was a $15.5 million increase compared to the prior year, driven primarily by an increase in water sales, byproduct production and sales, and a reduction in our interest expense.
Our potash segment recorded a gross margin of $4.9 million in the first quarter as increased production and sales of byproducts, which includes salt, magnesium chloride and brine, led to a decrease in our potash cost of goods sold.
We saw a slight decrease of potash sales volume compared to the prior year as strong sales into the ag markets was offset by a decrease in industrial sales volumes. Production volume of 125,000 tons during the first quarter was an increase compared to last year, due once again to increased run time across our facilities. As a result to processing quicker than the previous year, our HB facility began its evaporation season at the end of March, while our Moab and Wendover facilities will continue to operate for part of the second quarter.
Due to the timing of our summer shutdown at our facilities, we will produce fewer potash tons in the second quarter of 2018 when compared to the second quarter of last year. This will, however, benefit our production in future periods as we are increasing the overall evaporation time across our ton systems. We expect to restart production in early September at our potash facilities.
Average net realized sales price per ton increased to $243 for the quarter, as increases in the prevailing market prices for potash were partially offset by a decrease in sales volume into the industrial market, which carries premium pricing. The $20-per-ton prices increase announced in January became effective on most of the spot tons sold during the first quarter and is now in effect for most of booked sales in April. Due to wet weather in parts of the U.S. that delayed some shipments in the first quarter, a small portion of our sales in the second quarter will still be at the winter fill pricing.
Our Trio segment generated a gross deficit of $2.1 million in the first quarter, which is an improvement of $3.1 million compared to the prior year. The improvement was driven primarily by our focus on higher-margin international opportunities, which reduced a lower-of-cost-or-market adjustments related to international shipments compared to the prior year. Trio production of 47,000 tons in the quarter reflects a reduced production schedule that began in the summer last year.
Shifting to our water business. As Bob mentioned earlier, we sold $5.5 million of freshwater during the quarter. Beginning this year, we are recording a sale of freshwater as revenue, and it is included in the other segment in the 10-Q, which will be filed later today. A portion of our water sales are a byproduct of our operations and are, therefore, shown as a credit to our potash or Trio cost of goods sold. Total byproduct sales of water during the quarter were $675,000.
SG&A expense of $4 million in the first quarter was a decrease compared to last year and the sequential fourth quarter due to a decrease in admin wages and timing of travel expenses. We expect our quarterly run rate to be slightly higher for the remainder of 2018, with full year SG&A expense to be approximately $19 million.
Moving on to capital investment and liquidity. We invested $3.5 million in capital projects in the first quarter and maintain our guidance of $12 million to $16 million in spending for the full year.
Cash flow from operations totaled $13.9 million for the quarter, increasing our cash balance to $6.1 million and allowing us to reduce the outstanding debt of our asset-backed facility to $1.5 million at quarter-end. We expect the improvement in our liquidity position, bolstered by a stronger year-over-year outlook for cash generated from operations, will allow us to fund the required $10 million prepayment of our senior notes from cash on hand by December of this year. In addition, we anticipate staying in the lowest-pricing tier for our debt throughout 2018 as a result of the overall improvement in earnings and cash flow generation from our business.
That concludes our prepared remarks. Operator, we are now ready to take questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
[Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from Mark Connelly with Stephens.
Joan Tong
This is actually Joan Tong for Mark Connelly. I have a couple of questions here. You mentioned that you have shifted your international focus with Trio sales. Can you discuss which markets look promising right now, whether the difference in netback is material?
Robert Jornayvaz
We've got an intense focus on Central America and Latin America. And we're doing quite well in terms of growing our volumes and stabilizing our pricing in Central America and Latin America. We're finding that getting all the way over to Southeast Asia is probably a more difficult market, but it's a good market, and so we're working on that. But our Central American market is extremely strong.
Joan Tong
Okay, that's great. And then your freight expenses actually increased during the quarter, even though it appears that international sales was lower in the mix. So how should we think about freight over the next couple of quarters?
Robert Jornayvaz
As improving. We're working in a variety of different ways, in a variety of partnerships to schedule out our vessels on a more timely basis or a more predictable basis. And we have other projects that we're working on with other companies just to reduce both their cost of freight and our cost of freight as we go into similar markets together.
Joseph Montoya
I would just add to that, Joan, if I may. This is Joseph. That, as you know, freight across-the-board or across the whole industry is increasing, not necessarily specific to Intrepid or to Trio domestic or internationally. So in addition to the things that Bob mentioned, we're also working on other things relative to our domestic freight. You talked a little bit on the call, and we talked in previous quarters about the truck fleet that we're building, and part of that is not only just-in-time delivery for our customers but also to help manage the freight expense.
Joan Tong
Okay, got it. And then the next question I have, what do you think is a good target for inventory level for Trio? Will you continue to operate at a reduced schedule until you reach that level?
Robert Jornayvaz
We're finding for different parts of our Trio product levels, that we need to carry actually higher inventories, as we've seen our first quarter and the order book that's developing after the second quarter. So we're looking at various ways to produce more types of certain products on the Trio side.
Operator
Our next question comes from Joel Jackson with BMO.
Fahad Tariq
It's Fahad on for Joel. My first question, for several quarters now, you've maintained the $20 million to $30 million target for water sales in 2018. Does this range represent the peak water opportunity? I guess, to put it in another way, how much of the peak water potential does this range represent?
Robert Jornayvaz
I guess I don't understand your question. What do you mean? We have significantly more water rights, and we're very clear that we've got a water team dedicated to making additional sales. So if you could articulate your question a little better, it'd be helpful.
Fahad Tariq
Yes, I mean, I guess what's the rationale for maintaining the $20 million to $30 million? I guess, the expectation might have been that, that range would have increased as these water, these new initiatives materialize, and maybe that range gets higher, maybe $30 million to $40 million or $40 million to $50 million. Just curious why maintain the $20 million to $30 million, what that means in terms of the broader opportunity?
Robert Jornayvaz
Well, we want to remain conservative, honest, truthful in terms of what we know we can achieve. And so we, obviously, have goals, as we've said repeatedly, of trying to beat our goals. But these are very achievable goals and very realistic expectations. So once again, I just don't understand of why we would set something -- set a bar. We clearly want to beat our goals, but these are very realistic, worthwhile expectations. I mean, let's not forget, just 1.5 years ago, the number was zero.
Fahad Tariq
Right. Okay. Unrelated question, on fuel, it looks like volumes increased a little bit sequentially, more domestic sales to your international sales, but the average selling price only increased about $4 a ton quarter-over-quarter. Can you talk a bit more about the pricing dynamic in the domestic market? And are you having to offer price discounts to, maybe encourage farmers to adopt Trio? Any color would be helpful.
Robert Jornayvaz
No, if you look at the components of Trio, as we have said many times, Trio is composed of 42% SOP and 58% magnesium sulfate. So if you were to take those two components, those two are trading, the percentages of those two components are trading at about $120 to $130 premium over Trio. So our Trio struggles, if you will, continue to be as we've expressed. I think there's pretty intense competition with one competitor. And we believe that our goal is to continue to grow the market as we have done. We've added warehouses. We've added a lot of new customers. We've added a lot of new sales instead of cannibalizing sales. So we continue to believe in Trio as a great product. And just want to remind you, if you just go back 2 to 3 years before we got into debt covenant issues, how high the price of Trio was and how actively it was used. So we believe the volumes of Trio consumed in the United States over the last decade. We believe it's a good, solid, strong growing market. And we're going to continue to pursue it in a very dynamic way.
Operator
Our next question comes from John Roberts with UBS.
John Roberts
The $3.7 million received for the separate prearranged water commitment, that was all recognized in the quarter. There was no deferred revenue, I think, with that. At least, I couldn't see that. Does that involve future water rights that someone has? Or was it something delivered in the quarter? And if it's in the future, what's the future amount of revenue the customer has the ability to take under what -- under that payment?
Robert Jornayvaz
I'll let Joseph explain it in detail. But as we've explained many times, we entered into a contract that they passed $3.875 million per quarter to be on call, have the water ready to deliver and be able to deliver. And as we deliver water, that water goes into revenue or into sales. But we got the cash, so we received the cash payment. And so month-to-month, they will take different amounts of water. And so that number will fluctuate. And so I'll let Joseph explain in more detail.
Joseph Montoya
No, thanks for the question. So first of all, the answer to your -- the first part of your question is no. The $3.7 million is not included in the $5.5 million . The $5.5 million is purely revenue or cash that was recorded as sales. Part of it is revenue. And as I described in the prepared comments, part of it is in byproduct credit. The $3.7 million is completely separate and part of that under the new revenue recognition rules, ASC 606, which we adopted in Q1 for all public companies. You'll now see a contract liability as the new verbiage. We will start to diminish that contract liability of the $3.7 million as we deliver water against that, as Bob mentioned. So the $5.5 million is water delivered in Q1. The $3.7 million is on top of that, that will recognize to revenue and diminish the contract liability as we continue to distribute or deliver more water.
Robert Jornayvaz
What's difficult from an accounting perspective is that we get the cash and we have to account for the revenue separately as the water moves out. But the cash is a guaranteed payment.
John Roberts
So on your balance sheet, it's that accrued liabilities line of $8.168 million? That's where it's booked against the cash that you received?
Joseph Montoya
I believe so, yes. I'm not looking at [indiscernible] at the moment. But yes, it's in our accrued liabilities.
John Roberts
Okay, that's what I was looking for. And then what are water byproducts?
Joseph Montoya
Water byproducts is product -- is water that's flowing through the plant. So in our processing facilities, for example, we may use freshwater to cool our potash that's coming off of the compactors. So we -- if we use it in the plant and then sell it, we call that a byproduct.
John Roberts
Okay. And then lastly, why was industrial potash demand down?
Robert Jornayvaz
Well, I had to say we're working on a variety of initiatives. You're looking at one quarter. And so let's just be clear in terms of weather in the Rocky Mountains and the restrictions on drilling, completing, et cetera, in the Rocky Mountains that occurs in that area where we're most focused. As we build on our sales team and we move it further south, I think you'll see those numbers go up pretty dramatically. But you've got to remember in the Rocky Mountains, you have all kinds of drilling, completion restrictions. We can't even have rigs working. So there's just -- there's regulatory reasons as to why that happens in any individual one quarter.
Joseph Montoya
I want to go back to your question on the balance sheet classification of the $3.7 million. It's not in the accrued liabilities number of $8.7 million. It's on -- basically, in it's own line on other current liabilities of $3.7 million. So that's where the contract liability is. That's how much it is. The $8 million of accrued liabilities is just regular and recurring liabilities consistent with prior periods.
Operator
Our next question comes from Jason Ursaner from Bumbershoot Holdings.
Jason Ursaner
I just want to first focus on Trio, because I think it's the only piece of the business that really seems to be holding you back right now, and there obviously some confusion and probably some skepticism because obviously, Bob, you're clearly very confident in the strategy and the long-term value, but I think it's maybe fair to say that there's no visible signs yet on the change. So besides the freight issue, for people that don't use the product every day, could you maybe help explain the disconnect? Yes, you've talked about agronomic value before, and maybe just what's giving you confidence in the strategy that maybe we don't see in the numbers yet?
Robert Jornayvaz
Well, as I've said before, Trio is composed of 2 primary products if you look at the rest of the fertilizer space, 42% SOP and 58% magnesium sulfate. So if you're a distributor and you're carrying those 2 products in your bands, you're carrying SOP at a much higher value because you're not carrying it in a form of 42% SOP. So if someone were to blend 42% SOP and 58% magnesium sulfate, which means they're carrying 100% of both of those products in 2 separate bands, they're achieving prices well in excess of $100 greater than Trio because chemical composition is made out of that breakdown that I just gave you. So if there weren't such a wide disparity between the chemical composition of the product, which is 1 granule versus a mixed blend of two, then I didn't have the great confidence in having lived through the Trio market over the last 15 years. I feel like I have a darn good understanding of who the customers are, what they're willing to do, what they're willing to buy and the competition that we are up against.
And so we believe we bring incredible agronomic value, especially in the fact that it's armory-certified, it's Food Safe/Feed Safe. And as we look at the growth in the organic market, which is occurring as we speak on a much greater scale, as we see the value of the inputs, we see the initiatives that we're taking at the mine site to reduce cost, we believe it's a product that, as you know, used to add tens of millions of dollars to our bottom line. And so we don't have any reason to believe that we can't get back to that place given the strength and the value of K and the value of the magnesium and the location of the magnesium-deficient soils, which exists not only in the United States but internationally. We see the value of various sulfur products in terms of things like sulfur-coated bentonite. And so when we take the value of the 3 components, the potassium, the magnesium and the sulfur and the lack of chloride and what's going on in those other products and the pricing of those other products, Trio continues to be an anomaly. And when we visit with customers, it's an anomaly to the competition, 1 primary customer, 1 primary competitor.
Jason Ursaner
Okay. And so when you talk about long-term upside in pricing, yes, I think people look at the gross deficit and kind of see that as we can get back to profitability on a segment basis. But I mean, you alluded to, this used to be significantly profitable, tens of millions of dollars. I mean, when you talk about long-term upside in pricing, it's not a couple of dollars on the margin when you're talking about $100-plus spread? I mean, there should be significant material upside over time, I would think, is more of what you're alluding to.
Robert Jornayvaz
That's what we believe, and that's where we were. And so it would be a very difficult case to make if that's not where the pricing was.
Jason Ursaner
Okay. And just focusing now on water for a second. The separate contract, the $3.7 million commitment, I understand, I guess, why that's not just considered a sale. But that's through a single -- that was the single major customer, that's a $15 million contract. That's just their component. and to be clear, it's not a onetime item, that's a continuing ongoing quarterly number?
Robert Jornayvaz
Yes, it's actually higher. It's $3.875 million every quarter for the next 5 years, so this is our first quarter. And so what we owe them is water on our balance sheet, and we have plenty of water to deliver against that contract.
Joseph Montoya
Yes, Jason, even though it's recorded in our liability section of our balance sheet, it's deferred revenue. And it's revenue that we will record as we deliver the water, as Bob points out. It's not a liability as in we're going to pay $3.7 million of cash to them or to anyone else. It's a liability in a sense that it's deferred revenue.
Jason Ursaner
Right. But I guess I'm more at, is this -- because it's the first quarter that you recognize this? And then future quarters, it's going to come through as the sale with every -- with all the other water sales or [indiscernible]
Robert Jornayvaz
Every quarter is going to be a little bit different as that customer takes more or less water. And so for example, about $200,000 of that payment, because it was the very first quarter, the ponds were filled up. That's what they took, but they're not taking water out of those ponds, and so you'll see the sales part grow and the separate prepayment discussion, it'll go up and then go down. The good news is to think of it in terms of water sales and a guarantee payment of $3.875 million in addition to water sales.
Joseph Montoya
Jason, it's going to vary from quarter-to-quarter, again, as Bob pointed out, depending on the amount of water that's actually delivered.
Jason Ursaner
Okay. And so the sales that are being reported, the $4.8 million, I guess when you think about visibility on those sales, are you not -- do you not have longer-term commitment to those more spot price sales? Or this one contract was just kind of executed differently?
Joseph Montoya
As we've talked about it on calls in previous quarters, we've got agreements with many different water customers, and they vary in terms of lengths and price per barrel and lots of things. So yes, we have water that we recorded in the first quarter from all of our customers. The water that's recorded, the $5.5 million, part of which is in sales and part of it is in byproduct credit, the $5.5 million that we've delivered in water is all a function of the water that's been delivered in the quarter. And that's the way that we'll continue to report our water sales on a go-forward basis.
Robert Jornayvaz
If we can come up with a better word than activity, we would. But the number to focus on is $9.2 million of water activity in the quarter. And so that's the best way to focus on it because you have water sales and then you have cash. And so from an accounting perspective, we have to break it out differently, and that's why we're trying to give you a view into what the overall activity look like for the quarter.
Jason Ursaner
I fully understand that. I mean, it's a great number. I guess what I'm also getting at, the $5.5 million versus $3.5 million last quarter, which is obviously very good organic growth, it doesn't sound like there's anything in there that's atypical or that, [indiscernible]
Joseph Montoya
No, it's just continued organic growth and focus on sales. It's apples-to-apples. It's just a bigger apple in Q1 than it was in Q4.
Jason Ursaner
And the other customers that are of -- sorry.
Robert Jornayvaz
The bottom line is, it's great news if you look at the growth and you look at the overall activity level of what we've achieved with our water team and what we continue to achieve. It's just confusing accounting terminology.
Jason Ursaner
Sure. Sure. But just to follow up on Joel's question, you're not predicting any down quarters from here. You're just -- you don't have visibility. You'd like to -- it's more of a conservatism in keeping the range as it is rather than the [indiscernible]
Robert Jornayvaz
It's the first quarter.
Jason Ursaner
Yes.
Robert Jornayvaz
It's the first quarter.
Operator
Our next question comes DeForest Hinman from Walthausen & Co.
DeForest Hinman
Just a couple of questions. Just so we're clear, I think you said in the prepared commentary, potash pricing, $20 price increases in effect as of April, is that correct?
Joseph Montoya
Yes, again, there's a little bit of that. Due to weather delays, we'll still be at the winter fill pricing. But the majority of the sales will be at the $20 price increase.
DeForest Hinman
And then just so we're clear again, Trio is up $15 a ton as well?
Joseph Montoya
That's correct.
DeForest Hinman
Okay. And then just so everyone's clear on this water liability, I think I understand the nuances on some of the accounting, but I'm going to definitely read through the Q. But at any point does that $3.875 million through the contractual arrangement remove itself as a liability, like it's a take or pay for 1 quarter, so that liability is always going to be in the range of like $3.8 million, $3.7 million? Or is this big customer isn't as active with frac-ing and they make that cash payment to you, does it continue to increase higher?
Joseph Montoya
Yes, that's a fair question, and I don't really -- I don't want to prognosticate as to what I think the answer is. I think the way you're understanding it is spot on. The deferred revenue will remain deferred revenue until we deliver the water and it becomes revenue.
Robert Jornayvaz
But they keep paying the cash.
Joseph Montoya
So the contract is for five years, and it will be a quarterly payment. And how we account for that will either be deferred revenue or it'll be revenue, again depending on how much water is actually delivered under the contract. And so I think your understanding is spot on, DeForest.
DeForest Hinman
Okay, and then just maybe another way for further clarification, this is not a take-or-pay contract?
Robert Jornayvaz
You can characterize it in a lot of different ways. It's a guaranteed payment. I think take-or-pay is one good way to look at it. I mean, regardless of whether or not they take the water, they have to make the payment.
DeForest Hinman
Okay. And then, from my understanding, I'm going to try to learn more about this stuff with the water, would you characterize -- this is probably some commentary and discussion you're going to get this from your customers, is first quarter reflective of lower level of activity from a seasonal perspective, and we should, in fact, expect an activity ramp in warmer weather months?
Robert Jornayvaz
Well, first of all, you're talking about totally different geographies. So if you look at our primary industrial activity that we're focused on in terms of our oilfield services, our mixing, our trucking, it's up in the Rockies, whereas our water activity, as you know, is down near Carlsbad. So we're doing with 2 good different geographies that have 2 different geologic needs. So if we look at the use of KCl as a clay inhibitor in the Delaware Basin, it's different than it is in the San Juan basin, which is different than it is in the Uinta Basin or in the Peons basin or in the Powder River Basin. So the geologic formation that has different types of clay that require different types of clay inhibitors is different in each basin. So if we talk about water activity, we're talking about water activity much further south in the Delaware Basin or the greater Permian Basin or when we're talking about KCl industrial sales activity, that's happening up in the North, in the Rocky Mountains states in different basins that have more Cretaceous sands that have more requirements for clay inhibitors.
DeForest Hinman
So I guess a more simplistic way to ask it is, should we anticipate a meaningful step-up in water sales in the second quarter versus that first quarter number?
Robert Jornayvaz
We just don't gauge. We work with a lot of our customers on their frac schedules. And so right now, if you look at -- if you go drive around Midland, Odessa, Pecos, Texas, Carlsbad, New Mexico hubs Artesia, there's a lot of traffic. There's definitely a demand for frac crews. There's not as many frac crews up and running as there were in 2014. So there are just a lot of variables. But what we believe -- the good news for our water sales in the southern portion of our geography is it's $60 crude versus $45 crude is a very different environment in terms of level of profitability for the 3,000-plus DUCs, or Drilled but Uncompleted Wells, that surround us in the Delaware Basin.
DeForest Hinman
Okay, that's helpful. A little bit different line of questioning. Really good number on operating cash flow side. Looks like we've spent kind of front-end loaded some of the CapEx. But you look at kind of your normal cadence on the AR, and it looks like from a working capital perspective, second quarter might be pretty good, too. You referenced it in the press release that the ability to pay the December note, it looks like it's going to be much easier to achieve. You talked about the Strategic Planning with the board. With this newfound cash flow, can you kind of help us understand may be first capital allocation and maybe some bigger picture opportunities that could be present that you've been thinking about? And I'm saying that in light of some previous commentary, I think it was around those AMAX holdings. Is there other opportunities on solution mining, building more ponds and things like that? So kind of a long way to question, but your thoughts would be very helpful.
Robert Jornayvaz
Well, as we've seen in our brine business, we've seen in our trucking, in the oilfield services piece, we're able to make very bite-size investments that carry a high rate of return. And so we're going to continue to look at areas where we can make, what I'll call, bite-size investments that carry with them significant rates of return as the primary mechanisms to continue to diversify our revenue stream that makes us stronger to look at opportunities that are slightly larger each quarter and each year as we move forward. As you know, we came out of the year with a loss last year. And so now that we're back in the profitability and generating free cash flow, we're going to be very thoughtful and competent in how we spend that money to make sure that we're generating significant rates of return on the small amounts that we have the opportunity to invest to really complement and continue to increase our volumes in products that we already produce, and in some cases, our waste products that we're able to turn into a byproduct.
Joseph Montoya
So an example of that, and we talked about this in more detail in, I think, the third quarter call would be the brine station that we set up in New Mexico. The cost to do that was less than $100,000, I think we talked about. And it's paid for itself multiple times over. And so continuing to focus on things that are immediately accretive and fit in with our strategy are things that we're continuing to look at. But your perception is good. We anticipate looking at other opportunities and continue to do that as the year progresses.
Robert Jornayvaz
The other thing I would say is that over the last year, we've invested in strategic salesmen by adding two industrial oil and gas salesmen, which have been -- allowed us to free up people to work on the feed part of the business and the organic part of our business, which we feel has incredible upside as we look at some of the significant transactions that have taken place just, for example, in the grocery store space. And so we're going to work hard on really working on those markets where we have much higher margins. And because we're OMRI-certified, because we're Food Safe/Feed Safe, we believe we have great opportunities to continue to expand those high-margin markets by investing in people that help us really focus on those markets.
DeForest Hinman
Okay. And last question, you mentioned the strategy committee with the board focusing on that long-term plan. Can you help us understand the timing of when that review will be complete and when we would hear more shareholders regarding that plan?
Robert Jornayvaz
I think over the course of the year, you're going to hear excerpts as we continue to build it out. But the crucial element is that we've got an extremely dedicated board. I would always like to remind people, look at the resumes and the people that are on our board, they're of an extremely high quality. And they not only understand the oil business, but they understand the agricultural business and the opportunities that are available to us. And so as we continue to model out the opportunities that we're pursuing, we're going to try to get on the path that once again creates the most long-term value for our shareholders.
Operator
The next question comes from Chris Perella from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Christopher Perrella
With the buildup on the potash inventory, do you expect to run down that buildup in the second quarter? Or you're going to still hold on to some inventory headed into the summer months?
Joseph Montoya
No, as you know, our potash is now completely produced from the solution facilities. We have no more conventional mining. So all of our production will be in the third and first -- sorry, in the fourth and first quarter with a little bit in the third quarter. But as we go into the summer months, then we can only sell down, we can't continue to build potash inventories. So this is our first quarter that we're able to talk about quarter-over-quarter, only having solar potash tons, so it'll be a little bit more consistent year-over-year with regular fluctuations in terms of market conditions or evaporation conditions, et cetera. It won't be exactly the same year-over-year but [indiscernible]
Robert Jornayvaz
Yes. Our biggest concern is what is -- we're having discussions around what is the minimal amount of inventory that we can carry because we've got -- we just got very robust demand. I don't know if Mark would like to add anything to that.
Mark McDonald
No, I think that good first quarter on the sales and we expect that momentum to move into the second quarter. And I think the other point that Bob made earlier is our geographic position of our facilities has really allowed us to take advantage of some of that early season growth opportunities.
Christopher Perrella
All right. And then, I guess, most of the demand in the third quarter would be, I guess, some summer fill and then industrial demand. So frac-ing, it's really well. You could possibly see some uptick year-over-year demand in the third quarter for potash?
Mark McDonald
Yes, I think, it's Mark here again. We certainly, as you indicated, we do expect or forecasting some increase in frac-ing activity as we move through, I think as Bob alluded to, as the weather improves. We should see some increase in our Rocky Mountains basin area. And then I think that if you look at the ag side of things, we're probably a little early at this stage to forecast too far in the third quarter. We really need to see how this first and second quarter play out, a slight delay here in summer seeding and planting activities, but we'll be prepared as we move to summer to take advantage of any increase in activity if that occurs.
Christopher Perrella
All right. And the investment in trucking, would that be-- is that primarily for the oil and gas market? And then the ag markets would be served by your typical distribution partners?
Robert Jornayvaz
No, what we've done is that we bought trucks with a variety of different types of trailers so that we can supply customers. If you follow trucking, the e-log requirements that have gone into place have made trucking availability more difficult and more expensive. And so our ability to have a fleet of trucks with a variety of trailers to service different customers and preload those trailers so that they're ready to go is just an additional service that we can provide that other producers can't because they're so far away from the market.
Christopher Perrella
All right. And then my last question, from the way that the debt is structured now, does it makes sense to prepay any of that, say, in 2019 once you get through the next $10 million payment?
Joseph Montoya
I would say it's a bit premature to answer that question. Obviously, we're starting to feel a little bit more stable in terms of cash flow generation and the business turning the corner, generating a profit in the first quarter for several years. So it's certainly something we're looking at. But as I mentioned in the prepared remarks, we're at the lowest pricing of our debt structure currently, and I think it's at market rates. And so certainly, while we continue to look at it and consider options, I think we're in a pretty good position right now.
Operator
Our next question comes from Jon Evans with SG Capital.
Jonathan Evans
Can I just ask you a question relative to the accounting issue again. And I guess what I was curious to understand is, when the current liability comes through the revenue line, what kind of margin are you going to use on it?
Joseph Montoya
It's the same business, so it's absolutely the same margin.
Jonathan Evans
So it's like you've talked about 85% to 90%. So I could assume 87%, kind of roughly in the middle?
Joseph Montoya
It's low. It's high 80s to low 90s, absolutely. It's still a very high-margin business. The way that we account for it doesn't change that any way, whatsoever.
Jonathan Evans
So just to be clear, if the sales had matched up with the prepayment, I mean, basically, you'd add about another $3.2 million to $3.3 million in EBITDA, right?
Joseph Montoya
Absolutely. Absolutely.
Jonathan Evans
Okay. And then the other question I have for you is if you would x out in your water business the prepayment from your large customer, what I'm curious to understand is, a lot of the people in the basin had talked about weather issues, frac crew issues, et cetera, and now as they're going into the second quarter, they're talking about this acceleration. You guys had a 50% sequential in water sales, and the basin was struggling. It seems like the basin is starting to accelerate. So is there any reason if the basin accelerates that you wouldn't participate in that acceleration?
Robert Jornayvaz
That's a good analogy, but we're not going to predict the weather.
Operator
[Operator Instructions]. Our next question comes from Mike Hughes with SGF Capital.
Michael Hughes
I think you said in the past that right around the $30 million level, the water business could potentially become more capital-intensive. So I guess my question is, are you seeing some of the oilfield service players start to build out their infrastructure so it won't be necessary for you to make those capital investments to grow the water business beyond the $30 million level?
Joseph Montoya
To be clear, I don't think that we've said that. And I don't rely on my memory for everything, but pretty sure we've said -- what we've said is that the contracts that we enter into with the different customers are all different. And while we've experienced little to minimal capital investment relative to our water contracts, that we get to enjoy based upon the people that we're working with, infrastructure that's already in place. And so I think we expect that to continue. I don't think there's anything magical that would say in order to go above $30 million, we will have to invest ex million dollars of capital.
Robert Jornayvaz
Yes. I'd say quite to the contrary, we're seeing a lot of that infrastructure built out. And as we said in our comments, our water team continues to work on additional deals, projects, et cetera, but they're not looking to us to build out the infrastructure.
Michael Hughes
Okay. And then one follow-up on the water. At the $30 million in revenue kind of level, what percentage of your acre fee does that represent?
Robert Jornayvaz
It's still significantly less than 1/3. I'm going to say it's more on the -- because all the pricing varies, it's definitely less than 1/3. I would say it's closer to 25%. I apologize for not having the math. But you've got to remember, there are various deals at various prices, and so that has an impact.
Michael Hughes
Okay. So obviously, there's significant upside still beyond the $30 million level on the water business?
Joseph Montoya
Again, as Bob mentioned several questions ago, I think we're very comfortable and confident in the $20 million to $30 million range. And I think we need to stick by that.
Michael Hughes
Right. I meant beyond to 2018, the number can grow significantly because we have the water rights that are unused at this point?
Robert Jornayvaz
I think that's a very fair assumption, but please don't take that as guidance.
Operator
This concludes the question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Bob Jornayvaz for any closing remarks.
Robert Jornayvaz
I just want to thank everyone for their time this morning and their interest in Intrepid. We really appreciate it, and we look forward to further conversations and bringing up to speed on everything we're doing here. Thank you again. And once again, we really appreciate your time and interest.
Operator
This concludes today's conference call. You may disconnect your lines. Thank you for participating, and have a pleasant day.
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Culp, Inc. released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The textile maker reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.04, Bloomberg Earnings reports.
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Question: Wild night in Miami: Heat top Nuggets 149-141 in 2 OTs

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"There's no stats. The stat machine blew up I guess," Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. "But the only stat I cared about tonight is that I'm proud of the way we competed, I'm proud of the way we executed, I'm proud of the fact that we gave ourselves a chance."
Neither team was at full strength. For Miami, Dwyane Wade (left hamstring strain) missed his fourth consecutive game, and Hassan Whiteside (left hip pain) sat out his fifth straight contest. Denver was without leading scorer Gary Harris, sidelined again by a strained right knee that could keep him out several more days.
Denver led 16-5 after 3 1/2 minutes, and that was the only double-digit lead by either side for about the next three hours. It was airtight until the very final moments, almost to an absurd degree.
After one quarter, Denver led by one.
Halftime, Miami led by one.
After three, Miami still by one.
After regulation, tied.
After one overtime, still tied.
"That's as playoffs as it comes," Olynyk said.
Back and forth they went all night, two teams who played a one-point game at Denver back in November — that one not being decided until Dion Waiters' missed jumper as time expired sealed the Nuggets' win. This one had even more fireworks, with the Heat missing shots at the end of regulation and the first overtime before finding a way in the second OT.
Olynyk and James Johnson had all 13 Miami points in the first overtime.
"We didn't exactly want it to be like this," said Ellington, who rattled home a 3-pointer to start the second OT and put Miami ahead for good. "But these are the types of games that show your character."
TIP-INS
Nuggets: Including the franchise's ABA days, all 28 previous Nuggets teams to finish .500 or better made the playoffs. That streak seems in jeopardy now. ... Denver fell to 19-5 in games where it scores at least 115 points. The Nuggets are now 17-30 when allowing more than 105.
Heat: It was the highest-scoring first four quarters of an overtime game in Heat history. The previous before-OT high was 115 at Golden State on Dec. 1, 2008. ... A pregame moment of silence was held for the six victims of last week's bridge collapse near Florida International University. ... The previous scoring record was 141 points, done twice.
NEVER FORGET
The Heat continue paying tributes to the 17 victims of the shooting last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and several players spent their day off Sunday at the Parkland Rec League Basketball Championship, honouring the lives of victims Joaquin Oliver, Luke Hoyer and Alex Schacter by announcing scholarships in their names — as well as a $500,000 donation.
ROAD TRIP
This seven-game trip for the Nuggets is their longest since a seven-gamer in the 2011-12 season. As if a late-season two-week trip wasn't tough enough, Denver's remaining schedule is brutal; after visiting Chicago on Wednesday, the Nuggets will have 10 games left — all against teams currently in the playoff mix.
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Nuggets: Visit Chicago on Wednesday.
Heat: Host New York on Wednesday.
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Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra talks about Boston Celtics' Isaiah Thomas' 52-point night Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, against the Heat. The Celtics’ 5-9, 185-point guard scored 29 of his career-high 52 points in the fourth quarter – all but six of his team’s 35 points in the final period – lifting Boston to a thrilling 117-114 victory over Miami at TD Garden.


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WEST HOLLYWOOD—The city of West Hollywood, along with Los Angeles County Supervisor Shelia Kuehl and the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) have partnered to sponsor a lunch event called HouseLA, to introduce new incentives available to landlords who are willing to rent to families and individuals of homelessness.
According to a press release from the city of West Hollywood, the available incentives are for landlords who partner with the County of Los Angeles, as well as with community-based organizations. The event will take place on Wednesday, February 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m at Emerson College, located at 5960 West Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
While the event is free to attend, registration is required by reserving a ticket at www.eventbrite.com/e/housela-tickets-30525556762
“The event is to share information on funding available to landlords to get folks experiencing homelessness housed,” said J. Peter Noonan, Rent Stabilization and Housing Manager for the city of West Hollywood to Canyon News.
The city of West Hollywood will co-sponsor HouseLA with Los Angeles County Supervisor Shelia Kuehl, The People Concern, the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles, Brilliant Corners, and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. West Hollywood is committed to providing social services to community members in need.
West Hollywood’s Homelessness Initiative seeks to address homelessness through a collaborative, multi-agency response. The Homeless Initiative recently launched a pilot program at the West Hollywood Library, which offers on-site outreach and services for community members who are homeless.
In January 2017, the city of West Hollywood took part in the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, organized by the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority (LAHSA). The count results will be released in spring 2017 by LAHSA.
For more information regarding the HouseLA event, please contact J. Peter Noonan, Rent Stabilization and Housing Manager at the city of West Hollywood at (323) 848-6596 or pnoonan@weho.org.
For more information about the city of West Hollywood’s efforts to end homelessness, please visit www.weho.org/homeless and for information on the City’s housing programs visit www.weho.org/housing.
For concerns about a community member who is homeless contact the West Hollywood Homeless Initiative Concern Line at (323) 848-6590. During nights and weekends, please call the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station at (310) 855-8850.

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Dear Amy: My boyfriend and I have been on/off for the last five years.
During the time we were apart, he had another girlfriend. I didn’t know about her. He and I maintained a “friends with benefits” relationship during our breaks.
After I became pregnant with his child, I found out that they were very serious. I learned that she was pregnant, too. Our sons were born nine days apart.
They are no longer together, and he and I are trying to work things out, but I can’t seem to let their relationship go.
I know that Facebook isn’t “life,” but it bothers me that their entire relationship was broadcast on FB, but he won’t even acknowledge us as being in a relationship.
He has never posted a picture of us or of our son.
He says he’s ashamed of himself (not of me), but I can’t help but feel like he’s not being truthful. I think he’s ashamed of me.
He tells me all the time: “You’re not her,” which makes me feel like he wishes he wasn’t with me. He says I’m being insecure, and that he’s never going to care about Facebook.
I just don’t get why he could care about his Facebook status when he was with her, but not with me?
Am I being stupid?
— Worried
Dear Worried: When you ask me if you’re being “stupid,” you run the risk of supplying me with a descriptor I’d rather not apply to a woman with a young child. However, this whole situation is unfortunate — because Rome is burning and you’re worried about your Facebook status.
I do agree that this status is a sign of where your guy’s priorities are, and while I’m not inclined to side with him, I do appreciate his embarrassment over fathering two babies (days apart) with two different women. Yes, he should feel embarrassed. He deceived both women (I imagine), and now his ability to be a good parent to both of his sons is compromised because one baby’s mother is insecure and threatened by the other. This impedes his ability to be present in his sons’ lives.
Your guy is not in charge of Facebook. You should post whatever photos you want the world to see. When people start to realize that your partner has two sons the same age with different women, he (and you) will face some questions.
Please understand that parenthood will not magically change your guy’s character. You should get all of your legal, custodial and financial ducks in a row regarding the child, encourage this man to be a good father to both of his children, but understand that he may not intend to lead a monogamous life.
Dear Amy: My “adult” 23-year-old son is home for the holidays.
He leads a more liberal lifestyle than my husband and me, and suffice it to say not only do our politics not match up, but neither do our hygiene practices.
To be blunt, his BO is killing us! I didn’t raise him this way and I absolutely can’t stand it.
I just can’t embrace not showering daily and not using a daily dose of antiperspirant.
How do you address an awkward and difficult topic with a person who is also awkward and difficult?
— Mother of the Smelly Kid
Dear Mother: I assume you have heard the term “adulting.” This is a recently minted verb to describe the process that people in their 20s are now undertaking to finally exit their lengthy childhoods. Adulting refers to assuming some life skills, such as doing dishes, paying bills, and — yes, cleaning oneself.
I’m assuming that you did teach your son these skills, but your fear of mentioning this now indicates that you are actually afraid to relate to him both as a parent and as a fellow adult.
(This doesn’t have anything to do with your politics — or his — by the way.)
Tell your son, “We love having you home. But you’ve got to wash yourself — and your clothes — while you’re here. Let me show you how to use the washer, and let’s put in a load.”
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Question: What Is The Logan Act, And Why Does It Matter?

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If Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, was trying to reassure the Russian ambassador about sanctions leveled by the Obama administration, then he may have broken the law.
That law is the Logan Act. It's gotten a lot of attention recently and is at the center of the scandal surrounding Flynn, who resigned Monday night after multiple reports were published noting that he had misled the vice president and others in the administration. Flynn categorically denied to Mike Pence, then vice president-elect, last month that he had discussed the sanctions.
That has turned out to be not true. And Pence unwittingly repeated the falsehood on Sunday shows. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday that Trump asked for Flynn's resignation because of an "eroding level of trust." He reiterated that it was not a "legal issue, but a trust issue."
"There was nothing wrong or inappropriate about those discussions," Spicer contended.
But without the release of the transcript of the phone call — which exists — between Flynn and the Russian ambassador, there's no way to know if there isn't a legal issue.
So what is the Logan Act, has it ever been prosecuted and could Flynn be susceptible?
First, what is it?
The Logan Act states, in part:
"Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both."
Let's break that down. This is saying that no private person can try to conduct foreign policy without the permission of the U.S. government. Specifically, that person isn't allowed to talk with a foreign government or its representative and try to influence foreign policy.
When was it put in place and why?
It's named for Dr. George Logan, a Republican lawmaker from Pennsylvania, who traveled to France in 1798 and negotiated a lifting of an embargo and the release of American sailors held captive in French prisons. He did so without the permission of President John Adams, though he was a friend of then-Vice President Thomas Jefferson.
It was after the French Revolution, and the United States didn't help France because of a treaty with England. The French were upset and began robbing passing American ships and jailing its sailors. Official Adams administration envoys tried unsuccessfully to settle the unrest with France — and the country appeared tumbling toward war with France.
That's when Logan, a Quaker, embarked on his effort. He succeeded, but when he got back to the U.S., Adams, Washington and others were furious. Congress then acted to bar actions like Logan's from taking place again.
Has anyone ever been prosecuted?
No, but plenty of people have been mentioned in relation to it and at least one was indicted.
The indictment was way back in 1803, four years after the law was put in place. An anonymous column ran in a Kentucky newspaper arguing for "A Western America" allied with France. The U.S. attorney for Kentucky was an Adams ally and got a grand jury to indict Francis Flournoy, a farmer, who actually wrote the column. But it never went to trial. Later that year, the Louisiana Purchase, which expanded the U.S. West, made it moot.
Various courts have mentioned the Logan Act, as the Congressional Research Service points out, but it has mostly been used as a weapon to try to shame political opponents. For example, in the 1980s, there was former House Speaker Jim Wright's relationship with the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and Jesse Jackson negotiating in Syria and Cuba for prisoner releases.
"That is the law of the land," a frustrated President Ronald Reagan said in an interview in 1984 of the Logan Act and Jackson's efforts, adding, "We are not going to take legal action, but I do feel that while in this instance he was successful, there were things that make you pause and think."
During the George W. Bush administration, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took a trip to Syria and talked about improving U.S.-Syria relations with that government, irritating the White House. Former President Jimmy Carter also traveled to Syria in 2008 to meet with Hamas about Mideast peace. As recently as 2015, the act was mentioned again when 47 Republican U.S. senators wrote a letter to Iran downplaying the nuclear deal.
And Syria raised the potential of a Logan Act violation when Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii met with Syrian leader Bashar Assad last month before President Trump took office.
"I wanted to see if there was, in some small way, a way that I could express the love and the aloha and the care that the American people have for the people of Syria," she told CNN.
The Obama administration's official position was regime change in Syria.
Could Flynn be susceptible?
If Flynn, in any way, reassured the Russian ambassador in his phone conversations or texts that the incoming Trump administration would loosen or drop the sanctions Obama put in place, that could potentially be a violation.
As noted above, there is a transcript. The White House is confident Flynn didn't say anything that could have violated the law. Of course, that could be open to interpretation. It would be up to the Jeff Sessions Justice Department to review the transcript and bring a case, if it saw fit. That is seen as unlikely.
But there are other ways in which Flynn could be at risk.
Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday it's possible that Flynn will be called to testify under oath. More could become known about the specifics of the call before then. The New York Times reports Tuesday evening that the FBI questioned Flynn in the early days of the Trump presidency about his conversations. And investigators believe Flynn "was not entirely forthcoming":
"That raises the stakes of what so far has been a political scandal that cost Mr. Flynn his job. If the authorities conclude that Mr. Flynn knowingly lied to the F.B.I., it could expose him to a felony charge."

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Question: False alarm as coastguard helicopter called to Bracklesham

A surfer reported missing this morning was found safe and well in Bracklesham, the coastguard has confirmed.
HM Coastguard sent a search and rescue helicopter to help in the search, which started with a call at about 10.15am reporting a surfer missing in the Shoreham area.
A coastguard spokesman said: “Shoreham Coastguard Rescue Team, Shoreham RNLI Lifeboats and the HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Lee on Solent have been carrying out a thorough search of the area.
“Just before 11.30am a further report came in from Sussex Police reporting that the overdue surfer had been found safe and well in the Selsey area.
“It is believed that she had changed her mind about the location she was going to surf in but was unable to update her family as her phone had run out of battery.”
Other coastguard call outs this week included two reports of suspected explosive items on beachs at Medmerry Beach and East Head, at West Wittering.
The rusty metal object reported at Medmerry Beach on Saturday was found to be safe on closer investigation by experts, while the ammunitions box found at West Wittering on Friday was found to be empty.
Selsey Coastguard tweeted about the incidents over the weekend, encouraging beach-goers to always report suspicious items to the emergency services on 999.

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Image copyright Chris Downer Image caption The diver went missing from a boat north east of the Cava lighthouse
A missing diver has been recovered from Scapa Flow, the coastguard has said.
The alarm was raised at 16:00 and a mayday call was made to all vessels in waters near Orkney to help in the search.
A boat north east of Cava Lighthouse reported one of their divers 15 minutes overdue.
Stromness and Kirkwall coastguard teams, a search and rescue helicopter, and the Longhope RNLI lifeboat were also involved in the operation.
There has been no information about the diver's condition.


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Question: IIT-Hyderabad to launch two new B Tech courses

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IIT Hyderabad introduces two new courses for students from the academic session 2017-18. IIT Hyderabad introduces two new courses for students from the academic session 2017-18.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad will launch two new courses — B Tech (Minor in Design) and B Tech (Engineering Mathematics) courses are being introduced following interest from students as well as employers who are increasingly looking for these skills. The Institute will commence classes for this course from the academic year 2017-18 and will intake between 15 and 20 students.
The new courses are launched keeping the growing demand of students and the industry in mind. Explains IIT-Hyderabad Director U B Desai, “Multi-disciplinary areas are constantly emerging not just within the academic world but also within the industry. These areas require new ways of thinking and new skills. These new courses aim to fulfill such emergent requirements.”
Department of Mathematics, IIT-Hyderabad Head Prof D Sukumar said “The B Tech (Engineering Mathematics) will enable students to pursue higher studies in Math, such as a PhD in world class universities.” Further, it will also help students to take up research and development work in national as well as international laboratories, he said.
There are also many industry and multi-national company jobs which require math analytical skills, he said adding the intake for the course is 10 students.
Students taking B Tech (Engineering Mathematics) course in IIT-Hyderabad will be exposed, from the first semester, to the foundations and fundamentals required for higher mathematics.
Speaking about the B Tech (Minor in Design), Department of Design, IIT Hyderabad assistant professor Neelkantan said, “The advantage of the Minor in Design Course is not just about employability but also supporting the students to be creative thinkers and begin initiatives of their own.”
The minor courses that would be offered include creative product design, principles of animation and moving images, digital heritage, visual communication and digital imaging, built-environment/ urban space design, special topics on design, introduction to ergonomics and design, word and image immersion, movement art, technology and environmental installations and performances, the release added.
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IIIT Hyderabad campus. (Photo from official IIIT-H page) IIIT Hyderabad campus. (Photo from official IIIT-H page)
The International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-Hyderabad) has achieved 100 per cent placements for B Tech final year with average salary offers between Rs 13.4 and Rs 18.8 lakh per annum. In a press release, IIIT-Hyderabad said, “The BTech graduates received job offers with average salaries for various programmes ranging between Rs 13.4 lakh and Rs 18.8 lakh per annum. Our students are among the most sought after by the technology and product industry,” it claimed.
Moreover, the graduates of the masters programmes in IT too received good offers with average salary offers between Rs 14 lakh and Rs 17.7 lakh per annum. “IIIT-Hyderabad graduates from the masters programmes in IT received job offers from leading companies with for various programmes ranging between Rs 14 lakh and Rs 17.7 lakh per annum,” the institute said. A total of 116 companies registered for the placement session.
IIIT-Hyderabad on August 13 also conducted its 16th convocation ceremony where 473 students graduated, with a record number of 84 research students, including 16 PhDs, said the statement.
G V Prasad, the CEO of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, was the chief guest on the occasion. Prof Raj Reddy, the chairman of the governing council of IIIT-Hyderabad, presided over the convocation ceremony.
As per report, the gold medal for academic excellence was given to Gautam Vepa, B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering in absentia.
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Question: One-fifth of Americans find workplace hostile or threatening

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In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a person types on a laptop keyboard, in North Andover, Mass. The American workplace is grueling, stressful and surprisingly hostile. So finds an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers, released Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, by the Rand Corp., Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Los Angeles. Elise Amendola AP Photo

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