Our Permian Basin upstream revenue in 2018 was up 62% over 2017. We also ended 2018 in a strong balance sheet position, further reducing our leverage, defined as net debt to adjusted EBITDA to 2.3 times from 2.7 times at the end of 2017.

Turning to our results based on end market sector. Upstream sector fourth quarter 2018 sales increased 22% from the same quarter last year to $339 million, with growth in all geographic segments as described earlier.

22mar5:00 pm8:00 pmM&T Fourth Friday: Plates & Pasta Exhibit – Preview Reception and BPS City Honors International Baccalaureate Senior Art Exhibit5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Buffalo Arts Studio

“Yes, they do sand-extraction,” Mr. Hong says. “And some Kinmenese invest in it.” The owners of the boats, and the workers, are mainlanders, he explains, but some locals have put in some money, which they get back later, after the sand is sold. It is another reminder of how complex the cross-Straits relationship is, especially here. There are those who deplore the increasing closeness, and those who seek to profit from something that they believe cannot be stopped anyway. Sometimes they are the same people.

For soloists, I’d bet it takes about 30 minutes to set up; for groups, an hour. A bear-hang kit weighs less than a hard-sided canister or an Ursack, but the savings is entirely negated by its inefficiency.

Stuntman Seriously Injured when Trampled by a Horse Employer: Warstein Limited, Simi Valley At 3:00 p.m. on February 9, 2012, Employee #1 was involved in a movie production at the Big Sky Ranch located in Simi Valley, California. Employee #1 sustained serious injuries (unspecified fractures) when he fell from a horse during movie production and was trampled by the horse. Employee #1 was transported to the Los Robles Medical Center and was hospitalized for seven days. Employee #1 underwent multiple surgeries for his injuries. At 3:00 p.m. on February 9, 2012, Employee #1 was involved in a movie production at the Big Sky Ranch located in Simi Valley, California. Employee #1 sustained serious injuries (unspecified fractures) when he fell from a horse during movie production and was trampled by the horse. Employee #1 was transported to the Los Robles Medical Center and was hospitalized for seven days. Employee #1 underwent multiple surgeries for his injuries.

To understand why the Insulated AXL is less warm than other pads, it’s useful to understand its construction. The pad is kind of built like a sandwich, with the 20-denier, high-tenacity ripstop nylon acting as the bread and the PrimaLoft Silver synthetic insulation laminated to a Mylar sheet as the filling. 

Before the mainland and Taiwan opened up to each other, he explains, Kinmenese men, and Taiwanese men in general, were looking for producers of babies; they couldn’t depend solely on Taiwanese women, with their higher levels of education. First, the men found Filipina and Vietnamese wives, but it proved problematic. “They’d have to make hand gestures to understand each other!” Weng says. Now, there are the lupei. More Taiwanese men are marrying mainland women, especially on Kinmen, he says. “At least we speak the same language. And now that you can travel easily back and forth, people can get to know each other slowly. It’s more of a real love story now. . .”

“In the evenings, we’d play them songs,” Wonderful said. “We liked to use music to touch their hearts. We played Deng Lijun. Do you know Deng Lijun?”

With the sleeve in place, my Jeep XJ-loving friend Michael set about cutting a patch panel to replace the outside wall that was missing from that second, roughly 11-inch long section of frame. To do that, he snagged a piece of cardboard and some scissors, and made this template:

… But then players from a very different sort of industry came calling, seemingly all at once: the nascent cryptocurrency miners whose computers consume vast amounts of energy and emit a sweltering degree of heat.

14. The front suspension and steering have been completely installed and are ready for brakes and rolling stock. This can all be done in a matter of a couple of hours.