Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against a Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

"Your M Theory, all this bullshit about entanglement, and that’s what you come up with? Push my tongue into my teeth?"

“You often have only 30 to 60 days to write a very detailed application. We have developed a ton of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and employee handbooks for cultivation, processing and retail. We take those SOPs and tailor them to the state’s regulations and the client’s facility. If you don’t already have these documents, you don’t have much time to put all this content together. Anyone thinking about applying for a license should be well capitalized, have a good board of advisors and, if necessary, use a consulting company that has all these documents in place and a proven track record for writing winning applications.”

"Eventually Teru left his position at Facebook/Instagram. I really enjoyed working with him and I asked him if he could give me another contact to help me when I ran into issues. He wrote to Facebook/Instagram but they didn’t respond. I was left with no "censorship guide”."

Demand for OCTG generally correlates with the prices of crude oil and natural gas and the number of active drilling rigs in the market. The oil and gas industry has traditionally been volatile and is influenced by a combination of long-term, short-term and cyclical trends, including domestic and international supply and demand for oil and gas, current and expected future prices for oil and gas and the perceived sustainability of those prices and capital investments of E&P operators toward their development and production of oil and gas reserves. The oil and gas industry is also impacted by general domestic and international economic conditions, political instability in oil producing countries, government regulations (both in the United States and internationally), levels of consumer demand, adverse weather conditions and other factors that are beyond manufacturers’ control. Declines, sustained weakness and volatility in commodity prices over the course of 2014 through 2016, and the consequent reduction in capital expenditures by E&P operators on drilling and production activity, adversely affected the demand for OCTG. However, average crude oil prices during 2017 and the six months ended June 30, 2018 were substantially higher relative to the low commodity prices experienced in the first quarter of 2016. As a result, drilling and completion activity increased, which resulted in improved operational and financial performance of oil and gas producers.

The following table provides the summary of transactions for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 with other subsidiaries of PAO TMK:

“I remember having that feeling of, ‘Wow, I didn’t know we could do that.’ It’s like you’re a thoroughbred race horse and you get a jockey who knows you can run a little faster than you thought,” says Popper. “All of life is the search for a comfortable chair, but if you want to sound good, you’ve got to take up a saddle.”

principal stockholder, and used it to partially repay intercompany debt owed to PAO TMK and its subsidiary. Our primary uses of capital have been investing in and maintaining our property and equipment and repaying indebtedness.

Shaked: Adopting standards—such as certification for the quality of production where medicines and practices are evaluated, regulated and recommended on the basis of experimental process, and becoming one of the tools that doctors can use for their patients—enables us to offer our vast knowledge of production systems to international markets. As we well know, in these markets, distribution, marketing and the use of cannabis are measured according to medical criteria. At the same time, we are concerned with guaranteeing high standards and top-quality products for the 4,500 patients we service locally.

On June 30, 2014, our subsidiary Ultra Premium Oilfield Services, Ltd., or Ultra, entered into a license agreement with Oilfield Services & Technologies, LLC, or OS&T, a subsidiary of OFS, pursuant to which Ultra granted to OS&T a non-exclusive license to market, distribute, offer for sale and sell in the United States oilfield casing, tubing and other products patented by Ultra and manufactured by Ultra manufacturing facilities in Houston, Texas, Odessa, Texas or Brookfield, Ohio or a certain OS&T manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. The license agreement also granted to OS&T a license in and to certain of Ultra’s proprietary technology and trademarks for use in connection with the marketing, distribution and sale of such products in the United States. OS&T agreed to pay Ultra a royalty ranging from $5.00 to $69.00 based on the type of product manufactured and sold using the specified licensed technology. On the same date, Ultra entered into a license agreement with OS&T, pursuant to which Ultra granted to OS&T a non-exclusive license in and to certain of Ultra’s proprietary technology and trademarks for use in connection with the manufacturing, threading or repair of oilfield casing, tubing and other products for Ultra or a licensed seller at a licensed manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas.

“[Natalie] is our instigator. Our catalyst,” says Reese Witherspoon, Portman’s producer on the upcoming Pale Blue Dot.

Each year when he takes his place on the tree, fond memories of a great four years at Tech and a treasured, longstanding friendship add extra warmth to my holiday season.