The Yarn Company is honored to be sponsoring knitting studies at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, the oldest and most prestigious institution to teach textile design in Israel! Established in 1970, the Department of Textile Design's original purpose was to provide competent personnel for the textile and fashion industries---engineering and design. Since then, the college has blossomed: Shenkar is now a top-ranked, internationally recognized multidisciplinary art, design and engineering academy, unique in academic quality and scope.
We are beyond proud to be creating an affiliation with Shenkar. Starting now, all first-year students will use a fabulous selection of yarns from The Yarn Company in their knitting courses.
In the Department of Textiles, the first-year foundation studies are seen as one of the most fundamental and crucial experiences of the entire learning process. Students are taught using a classical threefold approach: print, weave, and knit. However, greatly enriching this foundation are practical and theoretical design courses focusing on fabric and the body, space and textile product design, material innovation, and crafts and art-oriented practice.
Like Maria Zalsman, all the staff at Shenkar are practicing designers, artists, academics, and technicians. Graduates from the college work in the textile industry in Israel and abroad (Muji, Calvin Klein, Pentland) and also go into product and interior design, architecture, fashion, and art. The skills acquired at Shenkar give graduates unusual flexibility in the fiber world, allowing them to adapt to industry or independent creative practice of design or art.
Join us in welcoming our first Shenkar student team!
Behold! The students in the knitting class at Shenkar have created amazing pieces!
Seeing the students work with the varied fibers (under the direction of instructor Maria Zverin) we sent is a thrill- this talented group is well on its way to create masterpieces like the prolific alumni of the school, some of which we are lucky to be working with, and are featuring weekly in our newsletter, on our site and in store.
Meanwhile, check back regularly to follow the young designers' class progress!
See the story on Shenkar's own website as well! Don't miss the video!


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Set amid beautiful gardens in the Cornish seaside destination of Hayle, Pine Trees is a residential care home in the popular Connor Downs area of the town.
The ranch style house has been converted to a dedicated care home for older people with 35 single rooms all on the ground floor, all with en-suite facilities or personal washing facilities.
A major refurbishment programme has modernised the accommodation throughout the house and re-decoration and new furnishings provide cosy and comfortable surroundings. The re-development has benefited by a 10 bedded extension and has also included installation of modern facilities and the latest equipment to ensure the health and safety of our residents if they have restricted mobility.
We have a regular programme of activities and outings for our residents to take part in as and when they wish. Our garden is a popular destination all year around and our large conservatory enables our residents to enjoy the beautiful outdoors whatever the weather.


While body hair removal seems to be a whole lot easier to manage, getting rid of facial hair is a whole other ballgame.
From unruly brows, a fuzzy upper lip, sideburns or even some fine hair on your cheeks and chin, they pose a set of challenges respectively, which is why different approaches are taken when removing them.
Regularly trimming and shaping your brows helps to frame your face and can even help give your features a lift.
Unruly eyebrow hairs can be removed via waxing, threading or tweezing, and all of these methods are all equally safe, hassle-free and affordable.
Waxing and threading can eliminate even the ultra-fine hairs that are between brows or on the lids, which tweezers might be unable to grasp.
Waxing and threading are best left to professionals while it is perfectly fine to tweeze the few errant hairs in between your salon appointments.
The easiest way to remove hair around the sideburns is by shaving. Some women with a fuzzier sideburn find that it might interfere with make-up, so eliminating them can help achieve a smoother and more flawless make-up application.
Having pesky hair on the upper lip might give a moustache-y appearance or even make your lips look droopy.
You can shave it off yourself, because tweezing might not be able to grab all the tiny hairs effectively. If you prefer to leave it to the pros, you can also opt for threading and waxing as both are effective and quick.
If your nose hairs can't remain tucked within your nostrils, make sure it remains out of sight to the rest of the world by using a nose hair trimmer.
Ever wonder how so many celebrities have such incredibly refined skin texture and their make-up seems to just meld with their skin seamlessly?
Chances are, they are fans of dermaplaning. It involves a skilled therapist or a trained doctor who uses a surgical scalpel to scrape off dead skin cells and tiny hairs on the skin surface.
Since dermaplaning removes dead skin cells, your skincare products absorb much better and your skin instantly looks brighter. Make-up application is ultra-smooth and flawless.
But if having a blade to your face is more than you can stomach, you can also count on threading to remove unwanted hair on your cheeks, which is also known as peach fuzz. Since it does not involve removing the top layer of your skin, threading is suitable for those with sensitive skin.


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NEW YORK - According to the New York State Department of Health, two out of 20 people infected during a measles outbreak were children whose parents had opted not to vaccinate. This, of course, means that 18 of the people infected WERE vaccinated. The mainstream media still somehow blames the outbreak on a decline in vaccinations.


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Report urges new permanent residence UK visa for EU citizens
Posted on: 07 Mar 2017 | Tags: ,
A recent study coordinated by the Trade Unions Congress, business groups, EU remain campaigners and leave campaigners has suggested giving permanent residence status to the citizen belonging from European Union countries if they can prove that are living in the UK for at least five years. Later this permanent residency status can be converted into indefinite leave to remain if the UK exits from the group of European Union countries.
Sanwar Ali, a reputed news editor expressed his thought in this matter and he said that the discussion is going on the for visa schemes of EU citizens. He also said that currently the Tier 2 sponsorship license and Tier 2 visa system for the non-EU citizens are very much tough and thus the EU people who will be working in Britain after the post-Brexit situation may find the visa scheme as a much harder condition.
This report has made an appeal to the government so that they can confirm that the almost 2.8 million EU citizens who are currently residing in the UK become able to stay here after Britain leaves the committee of the European Union. This report also warns the government as it may take more than a century to complete all the application filed by the UK citizens for permanent residence visas.
Mr. Stuart, a renowned member of the Conservations expressed that the British government should emphasize on the topic of the rights and status of the EU citizens while debating with the other EU country members on the negotiation table. But the government said that they can't guarantee anything about the future of 2.8 million EU citizens until and unless another EU country member agrees on the post-Brexit situation. She also mentioned that the prime minister should take a step forward to unblock the uncertainty about the future of EU citizens in Britain.
According to the report and Mr. Stuart, the Britain government should clear the future of these EU citizens if they can stay here after the Brexit. This announcement is important to create an impact on the citizen of the EU about the goodwill of the British government and will also help the country to continue a good relation with the other European countries.
In the conclusion of the report, it is stated that the EU citizens should be granted a permanent residence visa in the UK when article 55 will be triggered. Moreover, people who have a proof of residing in the UK more than five years should also be allowed for the permanent resident visa. This report also studies also asked the home officers to investigate how fast all the application can be processed while the home office said that they are piloting a fast online system to solve this matter as soon as possible.

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MF 109 : Be Positive and Win, with Winnie Sun
Winnie Sun is the Founder of Sun Group Wealth Partners, an award-winning financial consulting firm. Today, Winnie will share one simple tip for building wealth that you can start doing today.
Founder of Sun Group Wealth Partners, an award-winning financial consulting firm.
Financial Adviser, Social Media Expert/Influencer w/ 100k+ followers on Twitter.
Join Winnie for her weekly Tweet Chat.
Speaker specializing in Corporate 529, Millennial Finance, GenX Finance, Baby Boomer Finance, Wealth Management, 401k, Stock/Option Strategies and more.
Contributor, Forbes.
Named one of 'Women to Watch' by InvestmentNews.
Host of Renegade Millionaire Show.
Founder, The Campaign for Next Generation Employees.
Registered Representative for LPL Financial.
Owned a Television Production Company (Started in College!): sold the company and recruited to work at Smith Barney which led to her highly successful 16+ year career as an entrepreneur and financial adviser.
Media Appearances:
Sun Group Media Room
Huffington Post Live
CNBC Closing Bell
Winnie has had an incredibly unique career journey. While still in college, Winnie started a TV audience production company. However, it wasn't an easy road. As Winnie shares, she was seen as a "failure" and a bit of a disappointment by her parents who, like many Asian parents, hope to see their kids enter law, medicine or engineering. However, Winnie made the company a success: so much so, that she was working w/ hit programs like America's Funniest Home Videos, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and shows on MTV. That said, Winnie is no stranger to setbacks. Working w/ big shows means you're often at the mercy of their ratings, renewals, and cancellations. As Winnie shares, there were times where she would sign a contract w/ a big show only to have it fall thru b/c it got canceled. Other times, her company would lose a contract to a competitor w/o rhyme or reason. Those moments are tough, especially when you've put in so much time and sweat equity into trying to win contracts. But Winnie shares an important perspective: everything in life happens for a reason and you have to learn to let things go; "some things you just have to trust to karma." Interestingly, letting go is part how Winnie pivoted from television production to financial planning.
While at UCLA, Winnie was not only running a TV production company but studying certified financial planning (CFP) at night. During the program, she was encouraged by the dean to attend a recruiting session for Smith Barney (now Citigroup). While at the session, Winnie felt a bit intimidated, being surrounded by 6-ft tall, beautiful LA people who looked like movie stars and athletes. Towards the end of the recruiting session, Winnie was told she would be lucky to get a job there and to not be disappointed if she didn't get picked. Soon after hearing this, she was then told by someone at the company, "we would like to see you." Winnie's first thought was that she parked in the wrong spot. Winnie was escorted to a back office where there were 8 men sitting at a table, wearing expensive suits w/ equally expensive monogram shirts and cufflinks. After answering a few questions about her successful TV production business, one of the executives said, "well young lady, we're not letting you leave this room until you sign with us." Soon after, Winnie sold her TV production to a competitor and started her new career in the financial and wealth planning industry.
Winnie found financial planning to be a really good fit from day 1. Winnie ended up staying w/ Smith Barney for 11 years and enjoyed a wonderful career w/ all the perks and benefits. However, Winnie always felt there was more she could do. As she put it in her own words, "there was so much more I wanted to share out to the world and there wasn't a way for me to do it." In addition, Winnie's parents were entrepreneurs, having done everything from run a pizza shop to real estate. Growing up in that environment, Winnie always wanted to have control over her schedule, her time, and who she did business with. The defining moment came when Morgan Stanley bought Smith Barney and she decided to break away and start her own firm. Winnie had established good relationships w/ many wire services and eventually signed w/ an independent broker-dealer. Although the broker-dealer didn't provide a big check, it was a great starting point since this would allow Winnie to do the things she wanted to do; specifically, have more control over how she marketed herself and develop a personal brand.
Another aha moment came from the many client events Winnie put together, which she described as "love fests." Winnie realized if she could somehow "bottle" the love that her clients had for her and the excellent financial service she provided, she would have no trouble getting new clients. Winnie knew it was time to break away from big firm life and start flying as an entrepreneur. Coincidentally, that's when social media came into play. Ironically, Winnie is a fairly private person but she took on the challenge of learning social media; leveraging platforms like Twitter to scale her business. Keep in mind, Winnie had given up a significant amount of money by leaving Morgan Stanley to start her own business. But looking back, Winnie had this undeniable confidence that led her to walk away from big firm life and start her own business. The risk paid off and big. Since launching five years ago, Winnie has scaled Sun Group Wealth Partners into a multi-million dollar business but more importantly, she has achieved her goal of freedom and greater control over her brand and business. This is what has kept Winnie winning and moving forward.
In speaking with Winnie, the one quality that stands out is this incredible positivity that lets her know that no matter what she will be ok. In the back of her mind, Winnie knew that even if a job or business venture didn't work out, she would be fine. Against everyone trying to convince her otherwise, Winnie left her job and launched two very successful businesses. So what is this magical superpower that Winnie has? It's really two important qualities that have allowed her to move forward: 1) an incredibly positive outlook such that Winnie doesn't care what anyone else thinks, and 2) an equally impressive work ethic such that she can and will outwork anybody else. Moreover, Winnie knew that if she didn't listen to the entrepreneurial spirit within her, she would always feel trapped.
Having run two very successful businesses, Winnie's story is about believing in yourself and something higher. You can't let naysayers tear you down. You also have to let go of the things that hold you back. Finally, if you decide to pursue an entrepreneurial itch, you have to follow thru w/ confidence and a winning attitude.
Knowledge bursts on building wealth:
One simple tip for building wealth that you can start doing today:
Winnie's number 1 piece of advice: set up an auto-savings system similar to how you use auto-pay for your bills. Your 401k may not be enough so set up a separate account such as an IRA and schedule an auto-pay schedule to deposit funds into that account. Winnie enhances this another great tip: set aside some additional "lunch money" slush funds and when there are corrections in the market, double up what you're putting into that account.
Join Winnie's Tweet Chat to learn more great financial and wealth building hacks.
Gary Vaynerchuk: provides excellent advice on business, social media, entrepreneurship, and mindset.
Books by Gary Vaynerchuk.
Buffer to manage social media.
How Winnie recharges when facing a roadblock or challenge:
Keep a zen life.
Rule of thumb: no negativity allowed in the home or office and this includes employees and clients. One big choice Winnie made when she became an entrepreneur was to really embrace the idea that you can choose the clients you want to work with.
Sleep enough.
Exercise enough.
Winnie shares this sage piece of advice w/ her younger self: there is no place in my life for negativity. You don't need negativity to be successful. Be very careful w/ the choices you have in life b/c even if you're making a lot of money, all it takes is one piece of negativity to completely throw your momentum and growth. Choose yourself before you choose your business and know that it's not selfish to make that choice. Rather, it's good for you and ultimately, your clients.
"Believe in yourself, always."
Connect with Winnie:
Sun Group Wealth Partners
Renegade Millionaire Show
Tweet Chat
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On May 6 NVIDIA unveiled its two flagship Pascal video cards – the GeForce GTX 1080 and the GeForce GTX 1070 but the company published the tech specs of the GTX 1080 model only leaving millions of gamers wondering what the GTX 1070 would bring. We knew well in advance the GTX 1070 would be slower than the GTX 1080 and this can be seen in the name of the graphics card but how much slower will the GTX 1070 be?
We now have the answer to this question – the Videocardz web site has published the tech specs of the GeForce GTX 1070. According to the provided information the GTX 1070 will come with a cut-down 16 nm GP104 GPU that will feature 15 SMX units enabled out of a total of 20. This means that the GTX 1070 will have 1920 CUDA cores, 120 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The card will sport 8 GB of GDDR5 memory at 7000 MHz with a 256-bit memory bus for 256 GB/sec of memory bandwidth. The nominal GPU speed is unknown but the GP104 chip will reach a maximum Turbo Boost GPU frequency of 1600 MHz. The GTX 1070 will reach 6.75 TFLOP/s of single-precision floating point performance and will come with TDP of 150 watts. The card will require additional power from an 8-pin power connector and will offer support for 2-way SLI as well as three DisplayPort 1.4 connectors and one HDMI 2.0b port. The cut-down GPU should then deliver at least 20 per cent less performance compared to the GTX 1080.
The GeForce GTX 1070 will debut on June 10 this year. The card is expected to sell for USD 379.


Summer Shindigs return to The Cow Bar & Restaurant at Tapnell Farm! Big summer parties every Thursday evening from the 26th July until the 30th August, with different entertainment every week!
On 30th August we will be hosting our Outdoor Cinema – with a FREE screening of the new "Peter Rabbit" Movie!
Join us for live music, outdoor inflatables, games and tasty refreshments perfect for all the family to enjoy; if we're lucky there'll even be a truly epic sunset!
Relax on the lawn and chill out to the acoustic tunes of our band. Stroll on over to our pop-up Bar serving up refreshing summer thirst-quenchers, and tasty mocktails for the kids! The outdoor BBQ will be serving up tasty flame-grilled food, and if you get in quick you can even book in for dinner at The Cow (the restaurant is always fully booked on Shindig nights, so book online to avoid disappointment).
*Please note the Rodeo Bull and some other rides have a charge.


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grizzly lake
By JOE CARTWRIGHT
Photos by Joe Cartwright
This trail is a fun, relatively short trail leading to a beautiful back country lake. This 2-mile trail, however, leads through one of the areas that was most devastated by the 1988 fires in the area. When I first hiked to the lake in 1973, the trail led through a mix of heavy forest and meadow. Fires in 1976 and 1988 changed all this. Many of the photos showing "total devastation" from the 1988 fires were shot on this trail. Instead of forests, the trail now mainly leads through wildflower-filled meadows and hillsides.
Grizzly Lake is one of those lakes set in an indescribably beautiful settings: A long, narrow lake in a steep mountain valley. On one of my trips to this lake, I hiked in with a group of co-workers for an overnight stay. We had a permit to camp at the north end of the lake, where Straight Creek flows out of the lake. There were eight or nine of us and we planned to hike to the lake in the evening after work, spend the night, and hike out the next morning.
One of our party, Sally, was a study in contrasts: On one hand, she was a tall, thin, pale-blonde sorority girl from Alabama who was drop-dead gorgeous. On the other hand, she was a lean, mean Hiking Machine who could outpace any of the guys on any trail. Her first love was the wilderness and I know she preferred to be known as the Hiking Machine to any other category she might fit.
We all bedded down for the night around the remains of our campfire. The morning dawned icy cold, as expected. I was burrowed deep into my sleeping bag, hoping someone else would have the incentive to build up the fire. I heard a splash, followed by a Yosemite-Sam torrent of profanity. Sally had awakened first, gone over to the lake for a look, and had slipped and fallen into the freezing lake. As I pulled my head out of my sleeping bag, I saw her slosh, dripping wet, over and start building up the fire. She was mainly interested in getting her socks and boots dry before we had to hit the trail back.
As I look back on the photos from that trip, I think about the people with me: Sally, of course; Liz, who was from Houston and has been a close friend through all these decades since. Nick and Kristi were not a couple then, but the following summer, romance bloomed and I heard they were later married. Yet another Yellowstone Couple, one of many I know. There are others in the photo whose names are since lost to me, but I hope their Yellowstone Experience was as memorable as mine.
Hiking group on the Grizzly Lake Trail.
View from Grizzly Lake Trail
Drying socks over a smoky campfire at Grizzly Lake
Our Grizzly Lake Hiking crew -- except for me.


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Home Sports Football Defensive tackle Jaylen Pickle makes immediate impact on Wildcats' defense
Defensive tackle Jaylen Pickle makes immediate impact on Wildcats' defense
Sophomore defensive tackle Jaylen Pickle eyes down Oklahoma running back Seth McGowan in the Wildcats 38-35 upset victory over the Sooners last Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Ty Russell | Oklahoma Athletics)
There are plenty of well-known members on the football team, but there are also members who are finding the spotlight and getting the chance to contribute.
Sophomore defensive tackle Jaylen Pickle is one of those players. Pickle got his first start against Oklahoma last week and immediately made an impact.
Pickle redshirted in 2018 and only saw playing time against Bowling Green in 2019. He was injured in the Wildcats' season opener against Arkansas State, and got to show his skills for the first time against Oklahoma.
While others might have struggled with nerves after realizing their first career start would take place in one of the most hostile environments in college football, Pickle said he was prepared for his first glimpse of Big 12 Conference action.
"I don't think I really felt nervous; I felt I was prepared for that," Pickle said. "You know how like sometimes you get butterflies in your stomach? I never really felt like I got those. Maybe it was just because I thought I prepared well."
Know Your Opponent: Texas Tech's speed, size a threat
His performance backs that up. On the Sooners' first drive of the game, Pickle tipped freshman quarterback Spencer Rattler's pass at the line of scrimmage — and the ball landed in senior linebacker Elijah Sullivan's hands for an interception.
"I thought [Jaylen] did some really good things against Oklahoma," head coach Chris Klieman said. "He has great length. He was able to deflect the pass early in the game when Elijah had the interception. He [also] did some really good things in the run game"
The 6-foot-4-inch, 313-pound defensive back said there were a lot of emotions going on.
"It felt good. It felt amazing actually to be out there with all my brothers, especially coming away with a win, and especially against a top-tier team like we played," Pickle said.
Pickle said he thinks the Wildcat defense is improving, and said they prepared better for Oklahoma than for Arkansas State.
"I feel like we attacked better when we were preparing for Oklahoma," Pickle said. "I feel like everybody's mindset was completely different. I feel like we just attacked everything that was thrown at us the whole week. Obviously, we had a lot of adversity with people being out and everything, and I feel like we attacked that very well and our mindsets were just different."
Creating turnovers was critical for K-State's defense against the Sooners
"Turnovers going into every game is big for the defense," Pickle said. "We obviously don't score, so we wanted to give the ball back to the offense and get off the field."
Klieman said he's excited about Pickle and expects to see big things from him in the future.
"[Pickle] needs to continue to work on his game, but I see great improvement from him," Klieman said.
Pickle's next chance to shine is at 2:30 p.m. Saturday against Texas Tech at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
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An unauthorized dance party and concert at the Ghost Ship Artists' Collective Warehouse turned into one of the deadliest fires in Oakland's history. Seventy people were inside, 36 were killed. It took just 15 seconds from the time the first flame was noticed until the entire building was engulfed.
The Oakland fire department, The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Alameda County Arson Task Force compiled a 50-page report detailing important information about the three-alarm blaze and its recovery efforts. It took 25 fire firefighters five hours to extinguish the Oakland warehouse fire. The report stated that the roof collapsed, making it difficult for responders to put out the flames and search for survivors. While the exact cause is still unknown, there is speculation that it could have been an electrical failure, but candles or smoking materials could not be ruled out. According to the report, the warehouse was cluttered with furniture and had rickety stairs, dark and dangerous passageways and very few exits. One investigator said the tenant turned it into a 'death trap.' That individual, along with one other, were charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Two years prior to the deadly incident, the Oakland Fire Captain visited the property because he was concerned after seeing the 'high fire load' of materials stacked inside. He sent a report but never received a follow-up. In 2018, news about the Oakland warehouse fire resurfaced because lawyers were able to reach a plea deal with the two defendants.
The Oakland warehouse fire is a tragedy that rocked the city of Oakland and the state of California. Unfortunately, warehouse fires are not uncommon. Firefighters respond to an average of 1,200 warehouse fires in the United States every year. They cause $155 million in direct property damage annually.
There are several ways to help keep fires from spreading. Working fire extinguishers and a sprinkler system throughout the property are imperative. There should always be clearly-marked, easily accessible exits. Live video surveillance can be an effective supplement to your fire safety plan. Many customized systems include security cameras that are watched in real time. Trained operators can look for smoke or flames and immediately notify local responders. In addition, thermal imaging cameras can be used to detect heat, potentially preventing costly damage.
The Oakland warehouse fire will be a strong memory for Californians for quite some time. There were many factors that contributed to an incident that could have been prevented. To increase the safety of your warehouse property, work with specialists to develop and execute a strategy.
If you would like more information about warehouse security with a video surveillance system, contact us here.


DLC LumiSheet is proud to introduce an addition to our line of LED light panels: new LumiSheet Flex. This backlight is incredibly thin, lightweight, and flexible. Already making waves in retail and architectural design, LumiSheet Flex is economical, easy to install, and opens up design options that weren't achievable until now.
DLC's new LumiSheet Flex can make a big impact on retail and architectural design, build, and installation. Here are some of the top reasons why customers are specifying this 2 mm panel.
It's easy to include curves, twists, and turns into LED backlighting with LumiSheet Flex. This panel can be curved on site to take on the shape its needed to.
Streamlined retail and architecture design sometimes requires an incredibly slim profile, where every millimeter counts. LumiSheet Flex, at 3/32" (2 mm) thick, with a 3/8" (9.2 mm) extrusion, fits in places where no other panel can.
LumiSheet Flex is very light at 0.5 lbs / sq ft (0.23 kg / sq m). This low weight reduces shipping expenses. DLC manufactures it locally in the USA and Canada, further slashing customers' shipping bills.
It finds the perfect fit, even on not-so-perfect surfaces. Because it is so flexible, this panel is forgiving of slight variations in architecture and housing. Further, lightweight LumiSheet Flex requires less effort to lift and install.
Designers don't need to sacrifice light quality to gain flexibilty. LumiSheet Flex offers the even, beautiful, bright light you expect from the LumiSheet name.
Learn more about LumiSheet Flex here.


If you're a Hearthstone player that's really big on rat creatures, rejoice. You only have a little over a week to wait for the release of the game's Kobolds & Catacombs update.
Announced at Blizzcon, the expansion adds legendary weapons to the game and promises free PvE dungeon runs. But more importantly, it brings the little candle-loving ratfolk to your decks and will take players to an underground realm filled with shiny things and lots of monsters.
As with most Blizzard expansions, this one is available to pre-purchase. For $49.99, players will get 50 card packs and a Hoard-centric card back. The card back will be made available to players as soon as their purchase is processed. You'll have to wait for release day to get the cards.
In addition to the pre-purchase, Blizzard also announced some launch rewards. Players who log in after the expansion release will receive 3 Kobolds & Catacombs card packs and a random Legendary Weapon card for free. There will also be a chance to earn more card packs by completing three one-time only, sequential Dungeon run quests. You'll need to unlock these by completing the Duelist Quest if you haven't already.


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Grundfos appoints new Group Executive Vice President for Business Development
Ernst Lutz is a mechanical engineer and has a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech and an Executive MBA. He has thorough knowledge about the pump industry and deep experience with innovation, technology and engineering.
"Ernst Lutz knows our industry from within, and has a deep experience with innovating new, customer-focused technologies. He is a truly global leader focused on people, technology and making a real difference. I am very happy to have Ernst on the team," says CEO Mads Nipper.
Ernst Lutz comes from a position as CEO for EIT RawMaterials. Previously, he has held key positions in the Sulzer Group, latest as Chief Technology Officer, CTO. Prior to that, employment in Rio Tinto Alcan, Alcan and Alusuisse brought him to Shanghai and Paris, among other places, where he has had the responsibility for technology and development in different positions.
"I am both proud and happy for the opportunity to work with the most innovative pump manufacturer in the world. Grundfos is the strongest brand in the business and I have always found it fascinating how well the company has managed to set standards in the industry. I look forward to being part of taking that to the next level through customer-focused technology and digital innovation," says Ernst Lutz.
Ernst Lutz will be part of the Executive Team and joins Grundfos in September.


Several designers at the Javits Convention Center decided to break-through the 500+ exhibitions by showing visitors how their products are made.
At the core of New York Design Week is The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, a trade show for designers, retailers, and journalists. Held at the Javits Convention Center, ICFF featured more than 500 exhibitors, and after exploring what seemed like aisle after aisle, many designs started to look the same.
To break out of the clutter, several designers created live 'pop-up' workshops in their booth, and as a result, these were some of the most heavily trafficked stands of the show. While live demo's aren't a new idea, the workshops created the opportunity for people to watch and engage their curiosity with the craftsmen. Unlike technology or a traditional pamphlet or brochure that tells a one-dimensional story about a designer's process and resulting work, the workshops engaged multiple senses and encouraged a human connection- at each booth, traditional hand tools were used, which helped add an additional layer of narrative as people watched the product being produced.


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Annett State Forest is a  state forest of New Hampshire located in the town of Rindge in Cheshire County and extending north into Sharon in Hillsborough County. It includes Annett Wayside Park and Hubbard Pond, which offers canoe access.

Annett Wayside Park at 538 Cathedral Road features picnic facilities and a  hiking trail to Black Reservoir.

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New Hampshire state forests
Parks in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Parks in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Rindge, New Hampshire

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Diocese: Archdiocese of Southwark
A warm and welcoming Parish in the Southwark Diocese.
St. Joseph Parish Church, St. Joseph`s Presbytery, Orpington, Kent, BR5 4AR
St. Joseph`s Presbytery
ST. MARY CRAY
BR5 4AR
St Philomena`s Catholic Primary, Orpington (0.3 miles)
St Peter And St Paul`s Catholic Primary, Orpington (1.5 miles)
St James Catholic Primary, Petts Wood (2 miles)
Holy Innocents Catholic Primary, Orpington (2 miles)
St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary, Sidcup (2.3 miles)
Our Lady of the Crays, Orpington (0 miles)
St James, Petts Wood (1.9 miles)
Holy Innocents, Orpington (1.9 miles)
St Mary, Chislehurst (2.3 miles)
Church of the Apostles, Swanley (2.8 miles)


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E-Commerce - Hamburg, March 2016
SAP Hybris 6.0: Medienwerft wins Bartscher's B2B relaunch
Medienwerft has won the pitch for the relaunch of Bartscher GmbH's B2B online shops. Medienwerft will implement a responsive shop in close cooperation with the SAP service provider intelligence AG for its new client, one of the largest B2B providers in the large-scale catering sector.
The agency will use the new version 6.0 of SAP Hybris, which was released this April. In addition to design and creation, the Hamburg-based agency is responsible for the technical front-end implementation of the new B2B shop.
About Bartscher
Since its founding in 1876 and the expansion of the business in the 1960s, Bartscher GmbH has become one of the leading companies in the large-scale catering sector. Today, the commercial kitchen supplier has a modern high-bay warehouse with 9,000 pallet spaces and 15,000 square meters of warehouse space at its site in Salzkotten. With over 1,800 products, its diverse range covers almost everything that commercial kitchens need. With its own sales offices in many countries, Bartscher GmbH also offers the full range of its products and services in Europe.


The german phone code 036203 represents Niederzimmern in Thüringen.
Note for calls from abroad: In addition to the German country code (+49 or 0049) you can omit the foregoing zero of the dialling code for Niederzimmern. So you can dial +4936203... and add the number of the phone line you want to reach.
Wich place is a "must see" for a tourist in Niederzimmern?


With less than one month to go to the Ostrava 2019 World Championships, hosts Czech Republic delivered a convincing performance as they secured two comfortable victories on their way to the Para Ice Hockey Slovakia Cup title.
It was Slovakia's first time staging an international Para ice hockey event.
The three-team competition took place in the city of Dolny Kubin from 26-28 March, with Germany joining the Czech and the home nation.
Czech Republic beat Germany 2-0 in the opening game with goals from Martin Kudela and Miroslav Novotny, before going on to beat Slovakia 6-2 and secure the title.
Kudela and Novotny scored again for the Czech along with Karel Wagner, Thomas Kvoch, Pavel Kubes and Pavel Dolezal. Peter Kascak and Ales Raus scored for the hosts.
In the third match, Slovakia defeated Germany 4-3 in the penalty shootout to finish in second place. Peter Stit scored the game-winning shot.
During the Slovakia Cup, World Para Ice Hockey also organised a Technical Delegate course with six participants from five countries.
The course aimed at providing more experience and a better understanding of the role and function of a World Para Ice Hockey Technical Delegate.
The activity was one of 29 projects funded by the Agitos Foundation Grant Support Programme (GSP) in 2018.
The Ostrava 2019 World Championships will take place from 27 April - 4 May. The competition will be livestreamed on the World Para Ice Hockey website and Facebook page.


4/3/2019 – BioCryst Pharmaceuticals was upgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating.
4/2/2019 – BioCryst Pharmaceuticals had its price target raised by analysts at JMP Securities from $16.00 to $18.00. They now have a "market outperform" rating on the stock.
4/2/2019 – BioCryst Pharmaceuticals had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $6.00 to $8.00. They now have an "equal weight" rating on the stock.
3/19/2019 – BioCryst Pharmaceuticals was downgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating.
2/28/2019 – BioCryst Pharmaceuticals was downgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating.
Shares of NASDAQ BCRX traded down $0.36 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $7.98. The stock had a trading volume of 4,959 shares, compared to its average volume of 847,401. The firm has a market capitalization of $895.21 million, a P/E ratio of -8.14 and a beta of 1.80. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a 1-year low of $4.76 and a 1-year high of $9.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57, a current ratio of 1.65 and a quick ratio of 1.62.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 4th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.25) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.26) by $0.01. The business had revenue of $2.73 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 million. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals had a negative return on equity of 175.83% and a negative net margin of 490.25%. On average, equities research analysts expect that BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will post -1.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.
In related news, CFO Thomas R. Staab II sold 5,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.85, for a total transaction of $49,250.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 133,426 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,314,246.10. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, VP Lynne Powell sold 12,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.75, for a total value of $117,000.00. Following the sale, the vice president now owns 6,000 shares in the company, valued at $58,500. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 32,500 shares of company stock worth $308,725. Company insiders own 4.50% of the company's stock.
A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. RA Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 15.4% during the 4th quarter. RA Capital Management LLC now owns 10,660,349 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $86,029,000 after purchasing an additional 1,425,657 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. increased its holdings in BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 8,849,427 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $71,413,000 after purchasing an additional 79,571 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc increased its holdings in BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 9.2% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc now owns 5,798,229 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $44,240,000 after purchasing an additional 490,319 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 9.2% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,798,229 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $44,240,000 after purchasing an additional 490,319 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 9.7% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,227,763 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $9,908,000 after purchasing an additional 108,785 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.90% of the company's stock.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a biotechnology company, discovers oral and small-molecule medicines. The company markets peramivir injection, an intravenous neuraminidase inhibitor, for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza under the RAPIVAB, ALPIVAB, RAPIACTA, and PERAMIFLU names; and Mundesine, an oral purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitor for peripheral T-cell lymphoma.
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Harald Wurm, né le  à Schwaz, est un fondeur autrichien, spécialiste du sprint.

Biographie
En 2002, il fait ses débuts internationaux et participe à la Coupe du monde, puis marque ses premiers points en 2005 à Nové Město na Moravě avec une huitième place. Il réalise son meilleur résultat individuel quelques mois plus tard avec une  place à Düsseldorf. Dans cette même localité, il est quatrième d'un sprint par équipes en 2010.

Chez les jeunes, il termine cinquième du sprint aux Championnats du monde junior en 2004 à Stryn et gagne le sprint aux Championnats du monde des moins de 23 ans en 2006 à Stryn.

Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2006 où il passe les qualifications en sprint mais est éliminé en quarts de finale. Il devient cette année champion du monde des moins de 23 ans de sprint.
Aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2014, à Sotchi, il est  du sprint libre et  du sprint par équipes.

En , il subit des allégations de dopage et est alors suspendu par sa fédération.

Palmarès

Jeux olympiques

Championnats du monde
Son meilleur résultat aux Championnats du monde est une septième place en sprint par équipes en 2013.

Légende :
  : pas d'épreuve
 — : Non disputée par Wurm

Coupe du monde
 Meilleur classement général :  en 2013.
 Meilleur résultat individuel : .

Classements par saison

Championnats du monde des moins de 23 ans
  Médaille d'or du sprint en 2006 à Kranj.

Championnats d'Autriche
 Champion d'Autriche du sprint en 2008.

Références

Liens externes

Naissance en septembre 1984
Fondeur autrichien
Fondeur aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2006
Fondeur aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2014
Naissance à Schwaz
Sportif suspendu pour dopage


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Blackstone – Stock Analysis
1 Blackstone - Stock Analysis - History
2 Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Industry Overview
3 Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Business Overview
4 Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Investments
5 Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Recent Transactions
5.1 Strategic Partnership with AIG
6 Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Financials
6.1 Q2 2021 and YTD Results
7 Blackrock - Stock Analysis - Credit Ratings
8 Blackrock - Stock Analysis - Dividends and Share Repurchases
9 Blackrock - Stock Analysis - Valuation
10 Blackrock - Stock Analysis - Final Thoughts
In my August 14th Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) stock analysis I disclose the purchase of additional BAM shares through various accounts. I conclude that post stating:
'I have no interest in investing in cryptocurrencies, SPACs, or complex derivative products. I do, however, want exposure to alternative assets thus my reason for investing in BAM.'
Having said this, my plan has been to also have exposure to another leading asset manager.
After reviewing several Blackstone (BX) 10-K and 10-Qs, listening to multiple interviews with Stephen Schwarzman (BX's Chairman and CEO) and Jonathan Gray (BX's President and COO), reading Schwarzman's autobiography (What It Takes - Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence) and King of Capital - The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone by David Carey and John E. Morris, I initiated a position on August 19 @ ~$110/share within one of the 'Core' accounts in the FFJ Portfolio; I now hold 500 BX shares and will reflect same in my FFJ Portfolio - August 2021 Report.
While BX does invest client money through SPACs, not all SPACs are created equal. A BX related SPAC is a far cry from some of the garbage SPACs that have a remote, if any, probability of ever generating a profit.
Depending on the terms of the SPAC, BX can generate income through various means. The same can not be said from acquiring shares in a SPAC.
We also have to consider that BX has 'only' $120B of its $684B in Assets Under Management (AUM); these assets are within BX's Corporate Private Equity line of business. BX generates income from other lines of business so BX investors are not totally dependent on whether these SPACs are successful or not.
Blackstone - Stock Analysis - History
In the Fall 1985, Schwarzman and Pete Perterson each invested $200,000 of their own personal capital and founded BX. The books I mention above go into detail on their respective backgrounds and the challenges they faced when starting BX.
BX's partnership structure since inception limited the market for its shares. Management recognized this and on July 1, 2019, it was converted from a publicly traded partnership to a corporation. More details on this conversion is accessible in a video, presentation, and a series of FAQs.
Although BX was highly successful as a publicly traded partnership, the true underlying value of the company has been unleashed following this conversion. This is borne out in BX's share price far outperforming the S&P 500 in the ~2 years following this conversion.
Source: Tickertech
I can not possibly cover the firm's entire history but suffice it to say, BX has been remarkably successful for much longer than a couple of years!
How successful? Well...as of the time I compose this post on August 27, 2021...
BX has in excess of $684B of AUM as at the end of Q2 2021. By comparison, BAM's website reflects $625B in AUM.
Schwartzman's net worth is estimated to be in excess of $36B; he is ranked #79 on Forbes' 2021 list of billionaires.
Pete Peterson passed away in in March 2018 at the age of 91. At his time of passing, his net worth was estimated to be ~$2B.
Jonathan Gray, named BX's President and COO in February 2018 and considered a potential successor to Steve Schwarzman, ranks #638 on Forbes' 2021 list of billionaires with an estimated net worth of $7.1B.
It doesn't take much to put 2 and 2 together to see that BX's business is extremely lucrative and rewards patient and disciplined investors.
Furthermore, while past performance is not indicative of future performance, BX's successful track record of over 3 decades gives us a degree of comfort that BX is not simply a 'flash in the pan'.
BX - 2018 Investor Day Presentation
Obviously, investment returns are not predictable. However, if BX can generate a conservative 12% net return then, using the Rule of 72, investors can estimate their investment to double in 6 years.
I will gladly accept this rate of return!
Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Industry Overview
The Asset Management industry is fragmented and highly competitive. A few other well-known publicly traded companies in this space are BlackRock (BLK), Brookfield (BAM), KKR & Co (KKR), Apollo (APO), and The Carlyle Group (CG). In addition, there are privately held competitors such as ThomaBravo; Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) - one of my holdings - acquired Ellie Mae from ThomaBravo for $11B.
While this is a highly competitive space, BX is arguably the leader. Its market cap is currently more than $142B and it has the wherewithal to complete transactions that many of its peers can not. By way of comparison, BAM's market cap is currently ~$87B!
Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Business Overview
Unlike BAM, BX does not hold an Investor Day every year. BX last held an Investor Day on September 21, 2018 (click here for access to the presentation and webcast).
Much has changed since this presentation...in a good way. At the time of the presentation, BX had $439B in AUM versus the current $684B. Despite this $245B increase in AUM, BX has sold multiple investments resulting in highly attractive investment returns for its shareholders and sophisticated investors. This list of investors includes the world's largest institutional investors such as endowments, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds that provide retirement benefits for over 31 million teachers, firefighters, nurses and others.
Although BX faces significant competition from asset managers with extremely bright individuals, BX is unique from many of its peers.
In addition to the above, BX is known as the place to work if you want to be in the asset management space. BX attracts and retains incredible talent having hired only 86 from 14,906 applicants in 2018. Academic standing is not the only consideration when it comes to hiring candidates. Strong people skills and the ability to work as part of a team are critical.
In Schwarzman's autobiography 'What It Takes', he discusses his formative years with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) and Lehman Brothers. Reading about his years with Lehman explains why it is no longer in existence!
Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Investments
The 'Our Businesses' section of BX's website has a menu of the areas of business in which BX invests. As noted earlier, BX has just under $120B in AUM in 98 portfolio companies and has $35B of capital to invest.
The June 30, 2021 Form 13-F reflects the companies in which BX has invested. We see from this list that many are SPACs. As much as some SPACs are 'toxic', we must be careful not to paint every SPAC with the same brush. Some SPACs will be very profitable.
In the case of BX's SPAC investments, BX has a reputation to uphold. The reason BX is arguably the leader in its space is that it has demonstrated to its sophisticated clients and prospective clients that it knows how to generate attractive investment returns. If it starts investing in SPACs which do not have a hope of ever generating a positive investor return, BX will tarnish its reputation.
In Canada, there are asset managers which manage portfolios that include SPACs. These firms, however, are minuscule and are unable to compete at the same level as BX. Furthermore, I can not hold a direct stake in these asset managers since they are private entities.
If I am going to have exposure to SPACs, I want ways to make money even if the SPACs are not highly successful. In the case of BX, it structures deals so it generates a combination of:
management fees;
incentive fees;
carried interest (performance allocations); and
advisory and transaction fees
It also has a reputation at the upper echelons throughout the world that it must uphold. Its sheer size also allows it to do deals that are far too large for many other asset managers.
Do you want to invest in this.....
BX - Q2 2021 Investor Presentation - July 22, 2021
or a much smaller asset manager that can not compete in the same space as BX?
Another key consideration is risk mitigation. This is an important component of BX's investment philosophy!
The same can not be said about many other companies in the asset management space.
Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Recent Transactions
BX is continually active. Press Releases about recent investment activity are accessible here.
Strategic Partnership with AIG
Much like BAM, BX is also expanding into the insurance business. It recently announced its expansion into the retail and insurance channels via the impending acquisition of a 9.9% equity stake in AIG's Life & Retirement business for $2.2B in an all-cash transaction. As part of this agreement, AIG also agreed to enter into a long-term strategic asset management relationship with BX to manage an initial $50B of AIG's Life & Retirement existing investment portfolio upon closing of the equity investment. This amount is to increase to $92.5B over the next 6 years.
Included in this announcement is a definitive agreement for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), a long-term, perpetual capital vehicle affiliated with BX to acquire AIG's interests in a U.S. affordable housing portfolio for approximately $5.1B; this is also an all-cash transaction and closing is expected in Q4 2021.
The retail and insurance channels have approximately $110T in assets globally - nearly double the size of the institutional channel in which BX has exclusively focused.
BX has identified these two channels as being dramatically underpenetrated in their allocations to alternative investments. While BX has invested significantly over the last decade to build out its distribution capabilities in these channels, it has incurred significant costs but has not generated commensurate revenue. This should change as it expands its product lineup, including moving into lower-risk return areas like core-plus real estate and private credit.
In retail, an $80T addressable market, BX's long-term strategy was to develop the highest-quality support organization for retail customers and to service the largest private wealth distribution systems globally. BX is now establishing a leading platform in the asset management industry with a menu of products that include BX's non-traded REIT, BREIT, and its new BDC, BCRED.
On the Q2 call with analysts, management indicated the response from individual investors for Blackstone-managed private real estate and
credit has been excellent. In this regard, BX is raising nearly $4B/month for BREIT and BCRED.
The demand for these products is expected to continue to grow and management believes this powerful distribution channel is ideal for other products under development. In fact, BX is currently launching a new vehicle in Europe that is similar to BREIT. Sales are expected to start in September and additional products are in the planning and development stage.
On the insurance front, BX will become the exclusive external manager of a significant portion of AIG's life and retirement portfolio. This will rank BX as the 3rd largest US public life insurer. This partnership accelerates BX's growth in the $30T global insurance market, with BX becoming one of the two largest alternative managers in this space.
Blackstone - Stock Analysis - Financials
Q2 2021 and YTD Results
On July 22, BX released Q2 2021 and YTD results in which it reported distributable earnings (DE) that nearly doubled year-over-year to $1.1B, while fee-related earnings (FRE) increased 30% to over $0.7B. Both DE and FRE for the last 12 months reached record levels. In fact, BX's investment performance represented the best quarter and 12-month period of fund appreciation in the firm's 35.5-year history. Furthermore, AUM grew 21% year-over-year to $684B which is another record.
In Q2, total inflows were $37B and $116B over the past 12 months. Perpetual AUM increased 55% year-over-year to nearly $170B. Growth in perpetual capital is like planting perennials, which have a recurring and compounding contribution to BX's financials, and meaningfully accelerates growth in fee-related earnings.
The largest single-engine of perpetual capital and fee-related earnings is the real estate Core+ business. AUM has grown to $85B across 5 vehicles. The largest of these, BREIT, raised ~$6B in Q2 and an additional $2.6B of monthly subscriptions after quarter end on July 1, bringing it to $34B in total size. BX will also be launching a 6th Core+ vehicle, BEPIF, which like BREIT will target high-quality, income-producing assets on behalf of retail investors; the focus will be on European real estate.
A host of other activities contributed to BX's strong Q2 results. Additional information is found in the Q2 Earnings Presentation and the Supplemental Financial Data.
Blackrock - Stock Analysis - Credit Ratings
One might expect BX to have significant long-term debt. This, however, is not the case. Schwarzman learned from his experiences that risk must be tightly controlled. Failure to properly control risk leads to the likes of Lehman and Bear Stearns. Here today...gone tomorrow.
Looking at page 7 of 189 in BX's Q2 10-Q, we see 'Loans Payable' of $5.6B and ~$2.5B of 'Cash on Hand'. Net the two and you get ~$3B. Not bad for a company that has ~$684B in AUM.
Note 12 - Borrowings in the Q2 10-Q reflects a schedule of Senior Notes Payable. The interest rates are very attractive and the amount repayable in any given year is extremely manageable.
The senior unsecured domestic long-term debt ratings assigned by the major rating agencies are:
S&P Global assigns an A+ long-term unsecured debt credit rating with a stable outlook; and
Fitch assigns an A+ long-term unsecured debt credit rating with a stable outlook;
S&P Global's and Fitch's ratings are the top tier in the upper-medium-grade investment-grade tier. Surprisingly, I am unable to locate ratings assigned to BX by Moody's and I see from page 21 of 41 in the Q2 2021 Earnings Presentation that no mention is made of a rating by Moody's.
S&P Global and Fitch define BX as having a STRONG capacity to meet its financial commitments. It is, however, somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligors in higher-rated categories.
The deconsolidated Balance Sheet highlights reassure me that my BX investment is within my risk tolerance.
Blackrock - Stock Analysis - Dividends and Share Repurchases
BX distributes a quarterly dividend. Using the last 4 quarterly dividend payments totalling $3.02, we arrive at a ~2.4% dividend yield based on the current ~$124.24 share price.
Investors who limit their investments to companies with a track record of dividends that increase annually, however, may shy away from an investment in BX. This is because BX's quarterly dividend fluctuates.
BX's dividend is dependent upon DE. Management states that DE is meaningful as it increases comparability between periods and more accurately reflects earnings that are available for distribution to shareholders.
Given this, BX's dividend policy is based on this metric:
'Our intention is to pay to holders of common stock a quarterly dividend representing approximately 85% of The Blackstone Group Inc.'s share of Distributable Earnings, subject to adjustment by amounts determined by our board of directors to be necessary or appropriate to provide for the conduct of our business, to make appropriate investments in our business and funds, to comply with applicable law, any of our debt instruments or other agreements, or to provide for future cash requirements such as tax-related payments, clawback obligations and dividends to shareholders for any ensuing quarter. The dividend amount could also be adjusted upward in any one quarter.'
Page 124 of 366 in BX's FY2020 10-K reflects a reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to The Blackstone Group Inc. to Distributable Earnings, Total Segment Distributable Earnings, Fee-Related Earnings and Adjusted EBITDA. A similar table is on page 117 of 189 in the Q2 2021 10-Q.
NOTE: DE is a pre-tax non-GAAP financial measurement. It differs from Economic Net Income because it only includes the cash-generating portion of the performance and investment-related revenues and compensation expenses. Investors use DE as a proxy for cash earnings. However, DE includes some non-cash expenses – equity compensation from annual employee grants as well as depreciation.
Personally, BX's dividend is not a factor in my decision to invest in the company. I am investing in BX from a total return perspective and envision long-term capital gains will form the bulk of my investment return.
On July 16, 2019, BX's board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $1.0B of Class A common stock and Blackstone Holdings Partnership Units. The repurchase program may be changed, suspended or discontinued at any time and does not have a specified expiration date.
During FY2018, BX repurchased 16.0 million shares of Blackstone Class A common stock at a total cost of $0.5415B.
In FY2019, BX repurchased 12.8 million shares of Blackstone Class A common stock at a total cost of $0.5619B.
During FY2020, BX repurchased 9.0 million shares of Blackstone Class A common stock at a total cost of $0.474B.
In Q1 2021, BX reported the repurchase of 4.0 million common shares over the last 12 months.
In Q2 2021, BX repurchased 3.2 million common shares and it has repurchased 5.2 million common shares over the last 12 months; the available authorization remaining was $0.758B at June 30, 2021.
While the Diluted Weighted-Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding was ~1.207B in FY2018, 676.2B in FY2019, 697.3B in FY2020, and increased to 715.6B in Q2 2021, I have no qualms about the increase in the number of outstanding shares as long as the underlying value of each share appreciates over the long term.
Blackrock - Stock Analysis - Valuation
As with BAM, some portfolio managers shy away from BX because it is not easy to value; BX is continually making sizable investment transactions so earnings estimates can quickly become outdated.
BX is much like BAM in that it raises pools of funds from clients in the tens of billions of dollars. It then deploys these funds thus resulting in multiple billion-dollar acquisitions annually; the size of these acquisitions has grown significantly over the years.
BX uses its expertise to improve the performance of the companies in which it invests with the intent of monetizing these assets as part of its capital recycling programs. It is not, therefore, unusual to see wide swings in YoY GAAP results.
While diluted EPS and adjusted diluted EPS is a metric I typically use to value most of the companies I analyze, these metrics are not appropriate for BX; BX uses the following 2 key metrics to more accurately measure its performance.
Distributable Earnings (DE)
Fee Related Earnings (FRE)
A definition of these terms and other terms are found at the end of the Q2 2021 Earnings Presentation and within the FY2020 10-K.
I do not try to estimate the following year's DE and FRE nor does BX provide guidance.
Looking at DE and FRE results extracted from the Q4 and FYE 2017 - FY2020 and Q2 2021 Earnings Presentations, however, we can see that BX generates impressive results.
Blackrock - Stock Analysis - Final Thoughts
I am a staunch believer in investing in high-quality companies for the long term. Investing in BX with this in mind is doubly important because BX's investments typically do not generate peak results until several years into the future. The Strategic Partnership with AIG section of this post (see above) is an example of BX investing in an opportunity for a decade without anything to show for its investment up to the present. Now, however, this investment is highly likely to generate very significant returns.
Although BX's share price has increased slightly after my purchase, I envision BX's share price appreciating significantly over the next decade or two. I, therefore, intend to continue to acquire shares; I also intend to continue to acquire BAM shares.
My reasoning for investing in these two companies is that I want exposure to alternative assets. I, however, do not have the resources to identify what are good and terrible alternative assets. By investing in BX and BAM, I benefit from their expertise and minimize my risk.
As far as the unreliability of the value of the quarterly dividend, this is a non-issue for me. I am investing for the capital gains potential and not for the dividend income.
Note: Please send any feedback, corrections, or questions to [email protected].
Disclosure: I am long BX and BAM.
Disclaimer: I do not know your individual circumstances and do not provide individualized advice or recommendations. I encourage you to make investment decisions by conducting your own research and due diligence. Consult your financial advisor about your specific situation.
I wrote this article myself and it expresses my own opinions. I do not receive compensation for it and have no business relationship with any company mentioned in this article.
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Dear friends and readers, this post is a continuation of my earlier post on Maharashtrian Cuisine. I will share with you some more facets of this very delicious cuisine. Mumbai as we all know is not only the capital of Maharashtra, but is also the financial capital of India. Apart from leaving a distinct mark on the world map for its very prominent and extremely popular film industry, Mumbai is home to two very popular dishes namely 1) Vada Pav and 2) Pav Bhaji. Vada Pav is basically deep fried Potato dumplings coated in gram flour batter, served inside a square bun or pav with liberal servings of coconut chutney and a very spicy yet yummy dry garlic chutney. Pav Bhaji is basically a vegetable mish mash, wherein vegetables are steamed, spiced and mashed finely with a masher and served along with a soft bread roll or pav. Starting from Mumbai Airport , you will find the city dotted in every nook and corner with shops selling these two fast food dishes.
Pune is the second most important city and is also the technical hub of Maharashtra. Pune is also a city of immense hostorical significance having been home to the Maratha Rulers. The food here is traditionally laced and delicately flavoured. Some of the very popular dishes of Pune are 1) Puneri Misal, where Misal means mixture in Marathi. Misal is a combination of many different ingredients from a moth bean or dried peas curry, to yogurt, a spicy gravy, boiled spiced diced potatoes etc. arranged in multiple layers, garnished and usually served along with a soft roll or pav . Puneri Misal is mildy spiced compared to the other versions.
2) Thalipeeth or a savoury multigrain pancake, 3) Dalimbi usal a traditional dish made with field beans cooked in a tangy kokum gravy using coconut and local spices, 4)Bakarwadi a spicy snack in which flour based round discs are stuffed with interesting spices, coconut, poppy seeds etc. I wouldn't miss these dishes for sure on a visit to Pune.
The dishes that are cooked in the kitchen's of Vidharbha or the interior region of Maharashtra are more spiced up than the coastal region and uses very commonly gram flour and ground peanuts in many a dishes. Konkan or the coastal region is known for its wide variety of sea food and fish dishes. Here the use of kokum is very prominent in most of the dishes. Nagpur is another city with a glorious history and is known for its spicy Non-Vegetarian preparations, where clove and pepper ground together as a paste is used to give the heat to the curries and not chillies. These dishes are part of the famous Saoji cuisine of Nagpur.
The city of Aurangabad has rich Mogul inflence in its cuisine, having been ruled by Mogul rulers for a long long time. So do check out their fragrant pulaos and lipsmacking biryanis when you visit Aurangabad.When you visit Kolhapur, do not leave the city without a taste of the very famous Matnacha Rassa or red hot mutton curry. I had a friend from Solapur who used to treat me regularly with a dish called Shengachi Poli or Flat bread with a sweet groundnut filling, which she mentioned was the most in demand dish there and therefore I always associate Solapur with this Dish.
On a culinary shopping spree in Maharashtra, the 4 things that I would without fail pick up are, Dagad Phool or Black stone flower, Charoli or tiny almond flavoured dried seeds, dried and salted, the well known fish, Bombil / Bombay Duck, Oranges, Alphanso Mango, just to name a few.
Everyday dishes in Maharashtrian cuisine primarily include Bhakri or flat breads made out of millet, Bhaajis or vegetable dishes infused with the special spice Goda Masala, indigenous to this region, Amti or sweet and sour lentil curry which is infused with tamarind and jaggery, giving the perfect tangy and sweet taste, Varan or lentil curry, koshimbir or raw salads mixed with yogurt and topped with ground roasted peanuts. Popular desserts are Basundi or reduced thick creamy milk flavoured with saffron, Srikhand or sweet flavoured yogurt, Amras or thick mango juice, puran poli or sweet flat bread with a jaggery and lentil filling and modak or sweet dumpling made of rice flour and stuffed with coconut and jaggery.
After my earnest attempt at trying to bring to you a very tiny portion from the mammoth repertoire of Maharashtrian cuisine, lets head to the dish whose recipe I am going to share with you right below. Matki Chi Usal or Moth Bean Sprouts curry is a very healthy and yummy curry. I got hooked to this curry after having it at my sister's friend's house in Mumbai. I was taken over by its subtle flavours and the feeling of eating something nutritiously yummy with every bite. After that this dish has found its way to my dinning table, a number of times and therefore, I chose to bring to you, lovely people, the recipe of Matki Chi Usal.
It's a very very simple dish to cook and takes about 25-30 minutes from start to finish, is protein rich and fiber sufficient and most importantly so delicious. The only thing that you got to do here is to make the moth bean sprouts at home which normally takes about 24 hours. But these days many supermarkets have these ready made sprouts and if you can get your hand on a moth bean sprouts packet, then nothing like it. If you cannot find one at your supermarket, no worries, follow my simple step by step pictorial procedure and make your own sprouts at home.
This dish is also a part of the Traditional Maharashtra Cuisine theme for Blog Hop by the Culinary Hoppers this month. So do check out their delicious Maharastrian fare by clicking on the links given right below on this page.
The picture below shows Matki or Moth Beans.
1) Wash the Matki in a colander thoroughly and then transfer it into a large bowl, cover it with sufficient water and leave it to soak overnight or minimum 8 hours. The amount of water used should be sufficient and you can fill the bowl in which you have soaked the matki upto the brim. Cover the bowl with a dish or cover and do not refrigerate.
After soaking for 8 hours or more the matki will become double its size.
2) Take a large bowl. Place a clean cloth inside the bowl. Drain the water completely in which you had soaked the matki. Wash the Matki nicely in water. Drain all the water out. Put the matki inside the cloth placed inside the bowl.
3) Now bring the edges of your cloth together and tie it tightly to resemble a potli or money bag. Refer picture below.
With the sprouts inside your cloth shaped as a money bag, placed inside the bowl, cover the bowl and then leave the bowl in the warmest corner of your kitchen. I leave it usually inside my oven.
Leave it undisturbed at least for 12 hours or more. After that time open your potli and voila you have super nutritious sprouted matki inside.
Sprouts or germinated seeds of legumes or grains are considered as wonder food because they are super high in nutrition. It is said that seeds have the highest value in terms of nutrients when they are seedlings or sprouts. Sprouts not only make your immunity system stronger but is a powerful blood purifier which act as a shield and protects you from many impending maladies. Therefore it is a great idea to include sprouts regularly into your diet.
4) 1/2 Tsp of Asafoetida Powder ( Gluten Free Versions are available ) I have used gluten free hing.
10) 1/2 Tsp Goda Masala ( Use Garam Masala if you do not have Goda Masala) Recipe of Goda masala soon on the blog.
1) Take a wok / kadai or thick bottom frying pan. Add oil, followed by Mustard seeds when the oil is hot and let it crackle.
Next add in the Asafoetida.
Follow this by adding in the chopped Onions. Saute the onions till they loose colour and becomes translucent.
Add the chopped tomatoes. Mix.
Next add salt, turmeric and red chilli powder. Mix well.
2) Now add the Matki sprouts. Mix well coating the sprouts with the masala.
Pour water into the wok.
Give everything a nice stir and let the Matki cook in all the masala for at least 10 minutes. I like a light crunch in my matki sprouts, so I cook only for 10 minutes on medium flame or until most of the water evaporates. This is a thick gravy so we do not want too much water in it. Cooking the Matki for 15 minutes or more makes it quite soft. So take your pick of the time.
3) Once cooked add coconut and goda masala and mix well.
Add Jaggery and wait till it gets completely incorporated in the gravy.
Remove the wok from the heat and keep aside.
4) To prepare the garnishing take grated coconut and raw peanuts in a pan.
Lightly toast them till coconut and peanut slightly changes colour.
Remove pan from heat , cool and transfer the contents of the pan into a grinder.
Grind coarsely into powder. Our Garnishing is ready.
5) Tranfer the Matki Chi Usal from the wok into a serving bowl. Garnish with chopped fresh coriander leaves and the lightly toasted crushed peanut and coconut powder.
Serve with lemon wedges, green chillies, onions and pav / soft rolls or with Bhakris / Indian flatbreads made of pearl millet or sorghum flour.
Just before eating squeeze lemon on top, mix and enjoy your deliciously nutritious matki chi usal.
1) Take a wok / kadai or thick bottom frying pan. Add Mustard seeds when the oil is hot and let it crackle.
Give everything a nice stir and let the Matki cook in all the masala for at least 10 minutes. I like the light crunch so I cook only for 10 minutes on medium flame or until most of the water evaporates. This is a thick gravy so we do not want too much water in it. Cooking the Matki for 15 minutes or more makes it quite soft. So take your pick of the time.
Add Jaggery and wait till it completely incorporated in the gravy.


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The goal is to slow down the decaying process or completely cease bacteria impact and extend the shelf life of the products stored in temperature-controlled units. Refrigerated containers are no different from household refrigerators in this regard, with larger storage space; the only distinguishing factor is, one is for personal use and the other, industrial. Thereby, keeping cargo fresh for a longer duration and the capability of transporting it to further distances.
Reefer containers are an innovation that has helped boom the export/import industry. By refrigerating commodities at various temperatures and sub-temperatures humankind has managed to extend the shelf-life of various commodities. In present times, reefers are used to transport or store commodities like fish, meat, dairy, fruits & vegetables, flowers, pharmaceuticals and more.
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This is possible due to reefer technology, temperature-controlled storage and transportation. Some of these fruits are harvested and boxed before they are ripened and then stored at pre-set and predetermined low temperatures to slow the ripening process. These intermodal containers (shipping containers) are transported, off-loaded, inspected and finally displayed across the aisle you are gazing upon.
Various commodities require unimaginable temperatures and storage of varied conditions to transport them to distances. With innovation, reefer containers have evolved to accommodate and give precision that ensures the commodities stored in question are kept preserved until use. This gave rise to various reefers that help temperature ranges from +30 degrees to cryogenic temperatures of -150 degrees.
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Reefers still follow the basic dimensions of regular containers, or what the industry calls 'Dry Containers'.
Across the size dimensions, the basic Reefers comes in 10 ft, 20 ft and 40 ft with a mix of high cube (HC/HQ – Normal container heights are 8'6" and HQ Containers are 9'6"). We'll soon explain the dimensions and the sizes of containers in another article; stay tuned for updates.
Closed Reefer
Closed reefers are the commonly used refrigerated containers. These containers come with an integral front wall with an all-electric heating and cooling unit to help with maintaining temperatures at the required level.
Common reefers ensure the ambient temperature is maintained, proper airflow is managed and drainage is diverted away from the goods. With the temperature range of 2C to 8C, these reefers help with the transportation of various edible commodities and packaged goods.
Modified/ Controlled Atmosphere (MA/CA) Reefer Container
This type of reefer container uses insulation to maintain a constant atmosphere. This is achieved by replacing the consumed oxygen within its walls, using an air exchange system or air-flow management system. The system helps in controlling the atmosphere at equilibrium with the product's deterioration rate. These insulated reefers help ensure the commodities that oxidise and those that speed-up deterioration can be curbed and achieve a longer shelf-life.
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Q: tc class ceil inheritance Using traffic shaping (tc) on Linux, trying to limit throughput in 2 levels.
Class 1:20 inherits from 1:10 but traffic restriction does not apply. The traffic is being limiting using the limit of the last class.
class htb 1:1 root rate 1Gbit ceil 1Gbit burst 15125b cburst 1375b
class htb 1:10 parent 1:1 rate 4Mbit ceil 5Mbit burst 15Kb cburst 1600b
class htb 1:20 parent 1:10 leaf 200: prio 0 rate 9Mbit ceil 10Mbit burst 15Kb cburst 1600b
class htb 1:30 parent 1:10 leaf 300: prio 0 rate 9Mbit ceil 10Mbit burst 15Kb cburst 1600b

I'm filtering per station using the following filter:
filter parent 1: protocol all pref 5 u32
filter parent 1: protocol all pref 5 u32 fh 800: ht divisor 1
filter parent 1: protocol all pref 5 u32 fh 800::20 order 32 key ht 800 bkt 0 flowid 1:20
  match 00000800/0000ffff at -4
  match 5be42dc1/ffffffff at -12
  match 00009cd3/0000ffff at -16

Using iperf TCP to test:
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0- 1.0 sec  1.25 MBytes  10.5 Mbits/sec
[  3]  1.0- 2.0 sec  1.12 MBytes  9.44 Mbits/sec
[  3]  2.0- 3.0 sec  1.00 MBytes  8.39 Mbits/sec

All traffic is passing though the 2 classes:
class htb 1:10 parent 1:1 rate 4Mbit ceil 5Mbit linklayer ethernet burst 15Kb/1 mpu 0b overhead 0b cburst 1600b/1 mpu 0b overhead 0b level 6
 Sent 31091090 bytes 20545 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
 rate 0bit 0pps backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
 lended: 0 borrowed: 0 giants: 0
 tokens: -135041557 ctokens: -86778070

class htb 1:20 parent 1:10 leaf 200: prio 0 quantum 112500 rate 9Mbit ceil 10Mbit linklayer ethernet burst 15Kb/1 mpu 0b overhead 0b cburst 1600b/1 mpu 0b overhead 0b level 0
 Sent 31091090 bytes 20545 pkt (dropped 17, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
 rate 0bit 0pps backlog 0b 101p requeues 0
 lended: 20545 borrowed: 0 giants: 0
 tokens: -20701 ctokens: 1075

A: If you want to limit traffic per ip then you can use this method (i`m using it to limit virtual servers bandwidth virtualized with openvz, but you can customize it by your requirements):
tc qdisc del dev venet0 root
tc qdisc add dev venet0 root handle 1: htb default 10
tc class add dev venet0 parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 1000mbit burst 15k
tc class add dev venet0 parent 1:1 classid 1:10 htb rate 50mbit ceil 50mbit burst 15k

tc qdisc add dev venet0 parent 1:10 handle 10: sfq perturb 10

interface=eth0
tc qdisc del dev $interface root
tc qdisc add dev $interface root handle 1: htb default 10
tc class add dev $interface parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 1000mbit burst 15k
tc class add dev $interface parent 1:1 classid 1:110 htb rate 50mbit ceil 50mbit burst 15k

tc qdisc add dev $interface parent 1:110 handle 110: sfq perturb 10

and then for each ipv4 address:
tc filter add dev venet0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip dst $IPADDRESS flowid 1:10
tc filter add dev $interface protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip src $IPADDRESS flowid 1:110

For each ipv6:
tc filter add dev venet0 protocol ipv6 parent 1:0 prio 2 u32 match ip6 dst $ipv6/128 flowid 1:10
tc filter add dev $interface protocol ipv6 parent 1:0 prio 2 u32 match ip6 src $ipv6/128 flowid 1:110

DS48236.vpsnet.com:~$ tc qdisc show
qdisc htb 1: dev eth0 root refcnt 2 r2q 10 default 10 direct_packets_stat 2630716
qdisc sfq 110: dev eth0 parent 1:110 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 120: dev eth0 parent 1:120 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 130: dev eth0 parent 1:130 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 140: dev eth0 parent 1:140 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 150: dev eth0 parent 1:150 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 160: dev eth0 parent 1:160 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 170: dev eth0 parent 1:170 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 180: dev eth0 parent 1:180 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 190: dev eth0 parent 1:190 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 1110: dev eth0 parent 1:1110 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 1111: dev eth0 parent 1:1111 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 1100: dev eth0 parent 1:1100 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc htb 1: dev venet0 root refcnt 2 r2q 10 default 10 direct_packets_stat 0
qdisc sfq 10: dev venet0 parent 1:10 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 20: dev venet0 parent 1:20 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 30: dev venet0 parent 1:30 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 40: dev venet0 parent 1:40 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 50: dev venet0 parent 1:50 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 60: dev venet0 parent 1:60 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 70: dev venet0 parent 1:70 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 80: dev venet0 parent 1:80 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 90: dev venet0 parent 1:90 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 110: dev venet0 parent 1:110 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 111: dev venet0 parent 1:111 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
qdisc sfq 100: dev venet0 parent 1:100 limit 127p quantum 1514b divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
DS48236.vpsnet.com:~$

If you want to limit traffic per one interface then you need to modify:
For each ipv4 address:
tc filter add dev venet0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip dst $IPADDRESS flowid 1:10
tc filter add dev $interface protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip src $IPADDRESS flowid 1:110

and do not create qdisc and class for venet0
So with one interface it will look something like:
interface=eth0
tc qdisc del dev $interface root
tc qdisc add dev $interface root handle 1: htb default 10
tc class add dev $interface parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 1000mbit burst 15k
tc class add dev $interface parent 1:1 classid 1:110 htb rate 50mbit ceil 50mbit burst 15k

tc qdisc add dev $interface parent 1:110 handle 110: sfq perturb 10

For each ip:
tc filter add dev $interface protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip dst $IPADDRESS flowid 1:110
tc filter add dev $interface protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip src $IPADDRESS flowid 1:110

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