Some recommend putting sand in the PVC before making your bend. Here’s a demo of that method in action:

He kept a map of the U.S., coloring-in with pencil places they’d played and using a pen when they played to a crowd of over 1,000. Eight years into their mission, the 50 states were solid black. (Alaska and Hawaii fell late in 1995.) “I still have the map,” Popper says. “It’s in my safe.”

This summary provides a brief overview of information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the information set forth under “Risk Factors,” “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. Unless indicated otherwise, the information presented in this prospectus assumes (i) an initial public offering price of $             per share (the midpoint of the price range on the cover page of this prospectus), (ii) that the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional shares, and (iii) other than in the consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, the consummation of a stock split immediately prior to and contingent upon the completion of this offering pursuant to which each share of common stock held of record by the holder thereof will be reclassified into approximately              shares of common stock (the “Stock Split”).

Our named executive officers have the opportunity to earn annual cash bonuses to compensate them for attaining short-term company and individual performance goals. Bonus awards for performance in 2017 are set forth in the Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation column of the Summary Compensation Table above. Each named executive officer has an annual target bonus that is expressed as a percentage of his annual base salary. The target bonus percentages for our named executive officers were 70% for Mr. Galitzine, 50% for Mr. Mastervich and 50% for Mr. Makarov. Awards under our bonus plan for 2017 were generally based on financial and operational criteria, including our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, total shipments achieved, health, safety and environmental goals, contributions to our talent development and succession management efforts, department-level criteria and individual contributions; however the Board maintains ultimate discretion over all bonus payouts and no awards are paid unless approved by the Board.

The primary elements of compensation for our named executive officers are base salary, annual cash bonuses and participation in a supplementary executive retirement plan. The named executive officers also participate in employee benefit plans and programs that we offer to our other full-time employees on the same basis and receive certain additional benefits and perquisites, as described below.

We entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Galitzine on April 1, 2016, which has an initial term until December 31, 2022 and which will automatically renew for additional one year periods unless either Mr. Galitzine or we give at least 90 days’ notice of non-renewal to the other party. The agreement provides for an initial annual base salary in the amount of $780,000 and the opportunity to earn an annual performance-based bonus, with a target of 70% of base salary and maximum payment opportunity of 140% of base salary, subject to the achievement of performance goals determined in accordance with our annual bonus plan. Pursuant to the employment agreement, we have agreed to reimburse Mr. Galitzine for tax advice and consulting services (up to $35,000 per year) and to pay for all reasonable costs in connection with the purchase, use, maintenance and insurance of a company vehicle as well as a driver to transport Mr. Galitzine to and from the office, airports and on business trips. The employment agreement also entitles Mr. Galitzine to participate in the LTIP, with a target payment opportunity of 75% of his base salary, subject to the achievement of performance goals determined in accordance with the LTIP. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Galitzine is entitled to receive reimbursement and make-whole payments for certain state or local taxes incurred as a result of his significant travel obligations on behalf of the company, other than taxes for services provided in the state of Texas.

Here, they teach you how to make a simple Halloween monster. Find the assembly diagram in a PDF here.

Dee glanced up at thick ribs in the ceiling, soft and milk-like. "I haven’t seen Val anywhere either. She coming to these powwows here too?"

The “OG Kush” lineage is a product of prohibition-era indoor cultivation. In the 1990s, Florida resident Matt “Bubba” Berger grew a “Northern Lights” cutting he would later dub “Bubba” after the term of endearment bestowed upon him by his grandmother. Berger also acquired a local Floridian favorite known as “Krippy” or “Supernaut” from local grower Alec Anderson. As the story goes, “Krippy” was renamed “Kush” after a friend of Berger’s claimed the dense, colorful, round buds looked like something he called “Kush Berries” with no apparent knowledge of the important impact of Hindu Kush landraces on traditional sinsemilla varieties. And, it is entirely possible that the name “Kush” was subconsciously associated with cannabis. Most likely, the “Northern Lights”-based variety “Bubba” parent was more closely related to a true Afghan Hindu Kush landrace than what would eventually become the famous “OG Kush” clonal variety.

The Company was a guarantor (jointly and severally with certain other PAO TMK subsidiaries) of $500 million 7.75% loan participation notes due 2018 issued by TMK Capital S.A. (SPV/structured entity of PAO TMK) for the sole purpose of financing a loan to PAO TMK. The notes were admitted for trading on the London Stock Exchange. The outstanding principal amount of the notes was $231.4 million as of December 31, 2017. In January 2018, TMK Capital S.A. fully repaid the outstanding balance of the 7.75% loan participant notes due 2018. The Company is no longer a guarantor of these participation notes.

PVC pipe is extremely rigid, but this technique allows you to bend PVC pipe at angles up to 90 degrees without kinking.

But while background checks might prevent some violent offenders from buying guns, they would likely do little to prevent suicides.