Wonderful, one of Xu’s students, had arranged our meeting in Keelung, a port city northeast of Taipei where Xu and his wife Shimu (our “teacher-mother”) lived. Wonderful—his real name was Huang Defu, but the English nickname had stuck—was a fit and cheerful man in his early 50s. He now sat next to Xu, drinking a cup of apple vinegar and translating for me whenever Xu veered into Taiwanese. (The dialect, like the families of most Taiwanese themselves, had emigrated hundreds of years ago mainly from China’s Fujian province, and is now filled with expressions unique to Formosa.) Wonderful had served as a soldier on Kinmen in 1985, a decade after Xu. The two of them were among the ten million Taiwanese men who have been sent to guard the island since 1949. In that year, after losing the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists had retreated from mainland China to Taiwan, but had managed to keep hold of Kinmen, Matsu, and Penghu—the “coastal islands” which lay between them.

While we have historically provided detailed guidance each year, this year, we have decided to also provide our expectation for adjusted EBITDA and diluted earnings per share. In 2019, we expect adjusted EBITDA to be between $275 million and $315 million, and we expect diluted earnings per share to be between $0.80 and $1.10. The outstanding share count as of January 31, 2019 was 83.9 million shares.

For the 75th consecutive year, show attendees can talk face-to-face with hundreds of local companies all under one roof and this year, will have access to some live, on-site design consults for immediate feedback and advice. From simple DIY tasks to total room revamps, homeowners will find everything they need at this year’s Home Show.

The galvanized steel coil and the molten plating solution undergo complex physical and chemical reactions to form a corrosion-resistant structure of a zinc-iron alloy layer. The alloy layer is integrated with the pure zinc layer and the steel coil base, so its corrosion resistance is strong.

“The building management didn’t want to use any flame or welding in an occupied building, and the project’s engineer didn’t like the idea of having a copper-press system behind the walls,” Long explained. “That gave us the opportunity to discuss Aquatherm pipe, and it turned out to be the perfect solution for this retrofit.”

“If we didn’t have those three machines, we would probably be a $5 million instead of a $10 million-annual-revenue company,” Andy said.

• A Clear understanding of the Aluminizing Galvanized Steel market supported growth, constraints, opportunities, practicableness study. • Concise Aluminizing Galvanized Steel Market study supported major nation-states. • Analysis of evolving market segments in addition as a whole study of existing Aluminizing Galvanized Steel market segments.

Midstream Permian basin activity will be strong, offset by a slowdown in Northeast U.S. gas transmission infrastructure spend. Our Canadian business is nearly 80% upstream and is being negatively impacted by the crude differentials and government imposed production restrictions. Our International segment is being impacted by an $80 million decline from the ramping up of the TCO future growth project.

• The Buffalo State Philharmonia Orchestra will perform on March 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall. The performance features winners in the Young Artist Competition. Professionals outside the college evaluate Buffalo State students on musical proficiency and aptitude. The concert is free. For more information, call (716) 878-3005 or visit https://buffalostatepac.org/calendar/music-department-series/event:buffalo-state…

Since Rapid Media launched the festival back in 2006, the World Tour has screened 959 times to more than 282,864 audience members. Rapid Media has awarded $71,000 to paddling filmmakers and helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for charitable causes. The Paddling Film Festival World Tour has grown to become one of the largest paddling events in the world.

21mar7:00 pmA Tribute to Pink Floyd’s The Wall w/ Critt & FriendsA Tribute to Pink Floyd’s The Wall w/ Critt & Friends7:00 pm Buffalo Iron Works

“By 1975, the water demons were tired of killing,” Xu told me. “Most of them just fulfilled their duty by taking something, some object or personal possession, as ‘proof’ for their superiors. Their superiors were tired of it, too.” Perhaps the frogmen would take a packet of cigarettes, or a weapon, or a scrap of paper they could call intelligence. The corners of Xu’s mouth were suddenly twitching: the comedian had returned. “In the early days, Anna, the shuigui would cut off an ear or a—”