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Corporate Office Properties Trust Reports Strong Third Quarter 2008 Results
October 29, 2008 9:25pm EDT Download as PDF
COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) (NYSE:OFC) announced today financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008.
--  10.3% increase to $.64 per share in Diluted Funds from
Operations ("Diluted FFO") or $36.2 million for the third
quarter 2008, from $.58 or $32.4 million for the third quarter
--  Diluted earnings per share ("Diluted EPS") of $.19 or $8.9
million of net income available to common shareholders for the
third quarter 2008 as compared to $.15 per diluted share or
$7.4 million of net income available to common shareholders
for the third quarter 2007.
--  8.0% increase in Adjusted Funds from Operations ("AFFO")
diluted to $25.8 million for the third quarter 2008 as
compared to $23.9 million for the third quarter 2007. 11.7%
increase in AFFO to $75.4 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 as compared to $67.5 million for the nine
months ended September 30, 2007.
--  93.2% occupied and 94.3% leased for our wholly-owned portfolio
as of September 30, 2008.
--  1.1 million square feet of overall leasing for the third
quarter 2008, including renewal, retenanting and development
--  79.6% renewal rate on expiring leases for the third quarter
2008, with a 26.7% increase in total straight-line rent for
renewed space.
--  3.1% increase in same office property cash NOI for the
quarter, excluding the effect of a $431,000 reduction in lease
termination fees. Including the effect of lower lease
termination fees, same office property cash NOI increased 2.4%
for the quarter. The Company's same office portfolio for the
quarter ended September 30, 2008 represents 89.9% of the
rentable square feet of its consolidated portfolio and
consists of 218 properties.
--  9.6% increase in quarterly common dividend from $.34 to $.3725
per share.
--  3.7 million common shares issued at a public offering price of
$39.00 per share. The net proceeds were used to pay down the
Company's Revolving Credit Facility.
"We are pleased with our strong third quarter results which indicate that despite a deteriorating economy, we are well positioned for the balance of 2008 and into 2009 to deliver strong FFO growth," stated Randall M. Griffin, President and CEO, Corporate Office Properties Trust. "We have no remaining debt maturities for the balance of 2008 and have minimal debt maturities for 2009 and 2010. Our core business remains strong as demonstrated by our year to date renewal rate of 78%," he added.
Revenues from real estate operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 were $101.6 million, as compared to revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 of $94.1 million.
Diluted FFO payout ratio year to date was 58.5% and 61.4% for the third quarter 2008 as compared to 58.3% for the third quarter 2007. Diluted AFFO payout ratio year to date was 79.7% and 86.1% for the third quarter 2008 as compared to 79.1% for the third quarter 2007.
As of September 30, 2008, the Company had a total market capitalization of $4.5 billion, with $1.9 billion in debt outstanding, equating to a 41.4% debt-to-total market capitalization ratio.
As of September 30, 2008, the Company's weighted average interest rate was 5.1% and the Company had 71.2% of the total debt subject to fixed interest rates.
For the third quarter 2008, the Company's EBITDA to interest expense coverage ratio was 3.04x and the EBITDA to fixed charge coverage ratio was 2.53x.
At September 30, 2008, the Company's wholly-owned portfolio of 235 office properties totaled 18.3 million square feet. The weighted average remaining lease term for the portfolio was 4.8 years and the average rental rate (including tenant reimbursements) was $22.17 per square foot.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2008, 850,000 square feet was renewed equating to a 79.6% renewal rate, at an average committed cost of $8.24 per square foot. Total rent on renewed space increased 26.7% on a straight-line basis, as measured from the straight-line rent in effect preceding the renewal date and increased 13.1% on a cash basis. For renewed and retenanted space of 950,000 square feet, total straight-line rent increased 23.1% and total rent on a cash basis increased 9.8%. The average committed cost for renewed and retenanted space was $10.14 per square foot. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, 1.6 million square feet was renewed equating to a 77.9% renewal rate, at an average committed cost of $6.49 per square foot.
The Company recognized total lease termination fees of $188,000, net of write-offs of related straight-line rents and accretion of intangible assets and liabilities for the quarter, as compared to $1.2 million in the third quarter of 2007.
During the quarter, the Company signed leases for 333,000 square feet of space at the Unisys Campus in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Included in this total are the following:
--  a new lease with Merck, Inc. to continue occupancy of the
entire 219,000 square foot property located at 785 Jolly Road.
--  a renewal of Unisys Corporation for the entire 114,000 square
foot property located at 751 Jolly Road.
At quarter end, the Company had 2.7 million square feet under construction, development and redevelopment for a total projected cost of $526.3 million.
The Company's land inventory (wholly-owned and joint venture) at quarter end totaled 1,872 acres that can support 16.5 million square feet of development.
During the quarter, the Company placed 44,000 square feet of development projects into service.
The Company signed leases for 122,000 square feet of space under construction and development during the quarter. Included in this total are the following:
--  39,000 square feet of the 156,000 square foot property located
at 302 Sentinel Drive (302 NBP) in Annapolis Junction,
Maryland, leased to a large credit worthy tenant.
at 10807 New Allegiance Drive (Epic One) in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, leased to Lockheed Martin Corporation.
at 5520 Research Park Drive (UMBC) in Baltimore, Maryland,
leased to RMF Engineering, Inc.
at 5825 University Research Court (M Square Research Park) in
College Park, Maryland.
Acquisition Activity
The Company acquired 138 acres during the quarter for $16.1 million. Included in this total, are the following:
--  31 acre land parcel in San Antonio, Texas for $8.1 million
that can support approximately 500,000 developable square
feet.
--  107 acre land parcel in close proximity to Fort Detrick in
Frederick, Maryland for $8.0 million that can support
approximately 1.0 million developable square feet.
During the quarter, the Company completed the following transactions:
--  Issued 3.7 million common shares at a public offering price of
$39.00 per share for net proceeds after underwriting discounts
but before offering expenses of $139.2 million. The net
proceeds were used to pay down the Company's Revolving Credit
Facility.
--  Closed on a $221.4 million loan requiring interest only
payments for the term at variable rate of LIBOR plus 225 basis
points. The loan has a four year term with an option to extend
by an additional year. The Company used $63.5 million of the
proceeds to repay construction loan facilities due to mature
in 2008, $11.8 million to repay borrowings under the Company's
Construction Revolver, $142.0 million to repay borrowings
under the Company's Revolving Credit Facility and the balance
to fund transaction costs.
--  The aggregate amount of maturing debt repaid by the Company
totaled $187.6 million during the quarter, excluding scheduled
principal amortization payments and repayments of our
revolving credit facilities. The Company has no remaining debt
scheduled to mature during 2008 and only $92.8 million of
loans maturing in 2009.
The Company placed into service 91,000 square feet in two properties located at 7700 Potranco Road in San Antonio, Texas, leased entirely to a large credit worthy tenant.
The Company's 2008 EPS guidance has been revised from a range of $.62 to $.70 to a range of $.70 to $.73 per diluted share.
The Company's 2008 FFO guidance has been revised from a range of $2.42 to $2.48 to a range of $2.43 to $2.46 per diluted share, representing FFO growth of 8.5% to 9.8% compared to 2007 actual results.
Within the United States:
Conference Call and Webcast Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008
Time: 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Dial In Number: 888-713-4215
Outside the United States:
A replay of this call will be available beginning Thursday, October 30 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time through Thursday, November 13 at midnight Eastern Time. To access the replay, please call 888-286-8010 and use passcode 51167930.
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Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) (NYSE:OFC) is a specialty office real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on strategic customer relationships and specialized tenant requirements in the U.S. Government, Defense Information Technology and Data sectors. The Company acquires, develops, manages and leases properties which are typically concentrated in large office parks primarily located adjacent to government demand drivers and/or in growth corridors. As of September 30, 2008, the Company owned 254 office and data properties totaling 19.1 million rentable square feet, which includes 19 properties totaling 847,000 square feet held through joint ventures. The Company's portfolio primarily consists of technically sophisticated buildings in visually appealing settings that are environmentally sensitive, sustainable and meet unique customer requirements. More information on COPT can be found at www.copt.com.
--  general economic and business conditions, which will, among
other things, affect office property demand and rents, tenant
--  adverse changes in the real estate markets including, among
other things, increased competition with other companies;
--  risk of real estate acquisition and development, including,
among other things, risks that development projects may not be
completed on schedule, that tenants may not take occupancy or
pay rent or that development or operating costs may be greater
than anticipated;
--  risks of investing through joint venture structures, including
risks that the Company's joint venture partners may not
fulfill their financial obligations as investors or may take
actions that are inconsistent with the Company's objectives;
--  our ability to satisfy and operate effectively under federal
income tax rules relating to real estate investment trusts and
partnerships;
The Company undertakes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements. For further information, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Item 1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
2008      2007
--------- ---------
Real estate revenues                             $101,644  $ 94,102
Service operations revenues                        90,002    10,957
Total revenues                                  191,646   105,059
Property operating expenses                        35,854    31,577
Depreciation and other amortization associated
with real estate operations                       25,583    26,025
Service operations expenses                        87,657    10,313
General and administrative expenses                 6,103     5,743
Total operating expenses                        155,197    73,658
Operating income                                     36,449    31,401
Interest expense                                    (20,506)  (20,968)
Amortization of deferred financing costs             (1,169)     (901)
Gain on sales of non-real estate investments              1         -
Income from continuing operations before equity in
loss of unconsolidated entities, income taxes and
minority interests                                  14,775     9,532
Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities               (57)      (46)
Income tax expense                                      (97)     (197)
Income from continuing operations before minority
interests                                           14,621     9,289
Minority interests in income from continuing
operations                                          (1,668)     (942)
Income from continuing operations                    12,953     8,347
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net          (8)    2,046
Income before gain on sales of real estate           12,945    10,393
Gain on sales of real estate, net                         4     1,038
Net income                                           12,949    11,431
Preferred share dividends                            (4,025)   (4,025)
Net income available to common shareholders        $  8,924  $  7,406
========= =========
Earnings per share "EPS" computation
Numerator                                          $  8,924  $  7,406
Weighted average common shares - basic               47,273    46,781
Dilutive effect of share-based compensation awards      916     1,005
Weighted average common shares - diluted             48,189    47,786
Basic                                            $   0.19  $   0.16
Diluted                                          $   0.19  $   0.15
Net income                                         $ 12,949  $ 11,431
Add: Real estate-related depreciation and
amortization                                        25,583    26,266
Add: Depreciation and amortization on
unconsolidated real estate entities                    162       166
Less: Depreciation and amortization allocable to
minority interests in other consolidated entities      (74)      (48)
Gain on sales of real estate, excluding
development portion                                      -    (2,789)
Funds from operations ("FFO")                        38,620    35,026
Add: Minority interests-common units in the
Operating Partnership                                1,592     1,351
Less: Preferred share dividends                      (4,025)   (4,025)
Funds from operations - basic and diluted ("Basic
and Diluted FFO")                                   36,187    32,352
Less: Straight-line rent adjustments                 (2,850)   (3,247)
Less: Recurring capital expenditures                 (7,008)   (4,664)
Less: Amortization of deferred market rental
revenue                                               (555)     (585)
Adjusted funds from operations - diluted ("Diluted
AFFO")                                            $ 25,774  $ 23,856
Weighted average common shares                     47,273    46,781
Conversion of weighted average common units         8,130     8,297
Weighted average common shares/units - basic FFO
per share                                         55,403    55,078
Dilutive effect of share-based compensation
awards                                               916     1,005
Weighted average common shares/units - diluted
FFO per share                                     56,319    56,083
Diluted FFO per common share                       $   0.64  $   0.58
Dividends/distributions per common share/unit      $ 0.3725  $ 0.3400
Earnings payout ratio                                 215.0%    217.3%
Diluted FFO payout ratio                               61.4%     58.3%
Diluted AFFO payout ratio                              86.1%     79.1%
EBITDA interest coverage ratio                         3.04x     2.92x
EBITDA fixed charge coverage ratio                     2.53x     2.44x
Reconciliation of denominators for diluted EPS and
Denominator for diluted EPS                          48,189    47,786
Weighted average common units                         8,130     8,297
Denominator for diluted FFO per share                56,319    56,083
Nine Months Ended
Real estate revenues                             $296,906  $273,344
Service operations revenues                       123,040    32,727
Property operating expenses                       104,353    92,168
Service operations expenses                       120,090    31,463
General and administrative expenses                18,072    15,946
Total operating expenses                        317,945   218,388
Operating income                                    102,001    87,683
Amortization of deferred financing costs             (2,882)   (2,706)
Gain on sales of non-real estate investments             52     1,033
minority interests                                  38,919    24,829
Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities              (167)     (197)
Income tax expense                                     (102)     (480)
interests                                           38,650    24,152
operations                                          (4,469)   (2,282)
Income from continuing operations                    34,181    21,870
Income from discontinued operations, net              2,179     1,786
Gain on sales of real estate, net                       837     1,199
Preferred share dividends                           (12,076)  (12,043)
Net income available to common shareholders        $ 25,121  $ 12,812
Numerator                                          $ 25,121  $ 12,812
minority interests in other consolidated entities     (198)     (137)
development portion                                 (2,630)   (2,778)
Funds from operations ("FFO")                       110,340   102,096
Less: Preferred share dividends                     (12,076)  (12,043)
and Diluted FFO")                                  102,765    92,477
Less: Recurring capital expenditures                (17,611)  (14,331)
revenue                                             (1,458)   (1,569)
September    December
30,         31,
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Investment in real estate,
net of accumulated
depreciation               $2,743,576  $2,603,939
Total assets                 3,099,728   2,931,853
Debt                         1,856,280   1,825,842
Total liabilities            2,025,661   1,979,116
Minority interests             141,526     130,095
Beneficiaries' equity          932,541     822,642
Debt to total assets              59.9%       62.3%
value of real estate
assets                           58.3%       60.8%
Debt to total market
capitalization                   41.4%       48.0%
Property Data (wholly owned
properties)
(as of period end)
Number of operating
properties owned                  235         228
Total net rentable square
feet owned (in thousands)      18,283      17,832
Occupancy                         94.3%       92.6%
total assets               $3,099,728  $2,931,853
included in investment in
real estate                  (356,152)   (327,914)
Accumulated depreciation on
real estate assets            339,429     288,747
Intangible assets on real
estate acquisitions, net       98,282     108,661
of real estate assets      $3,181,287  $3,001,347
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Three Months Ended    Nine Months Ended
September 30,        September 30,
----------------------- ------------------
2008        2007       2008     2007
----------- ----------- -------- ---------
and incentives on
operating properties       $    6,305  $    4,605  $14,883  $ 18,795
Total capital improvements
on operating properties         3,179       2,514    6,827     6,482
Total leasing costs on
operating properties              999         719    2,764     5,712
properties                     (1,995)     (1,887)  (4,077)  (11,381)
improvements on operating
properties                     (1,299)     (1,198)  (2,667)   (3,052)
costs incurred on
operating properties             (217)        (89)    (269)   (2,281)
Add: Recurring improvements
held through joint
ventures                           36           -      150        56
Recurring capital
expenditures               $    7,008  $    4,664  $17,611  $ 14,331
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Three Months     Nine Months
Ended            Ended
September 30,    September 30,
----------------- ---------------
2008     2007    2008    2007
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Reconciliation of dividends for
earnings payout ratio to dividends
and distributions for FFO & AFFO
Common share dividends for earnings
payout ratio                        $19,183  $16,092  $51,553 $45,234
Common unit distributions              3,021    2,777    8,564   7,905
Dividends and distributions for FFO
& AFFO payout ratio                 $22,204  $18,869  $60,117 $53,139
======== ======== ======= =======
Reconciliation of GAAP net income to
earnings before interest, income
taxes, depreciation and
amortization ("EBITDA")
Net income                           $12,949  $11,431
Interest expense on continuing
operations                           20,506   20,968
Interest expense on discontinued
operations                                -      177
Income tax expense                        97      197
Real estate-related depreciation and
amortization                         25,583   26,266
Amortization of deferred financing
costs-continuing operations           1,169      901
Other depreciation and amortization      401      339
Minority interests                     1,667    1,504
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EBITDA                               $62,372  $61,783
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Reconciliation of interest expense
from continuing operations to the
denominators for interest coverage-
EBITDA and fixed charge coverage-
Interest expense from continuing
operations                          $20,506  $20,968
Interest expense from discontinued
Denominator for interest coverage-
EBITDA                               20,506   21,145
Preferred share dividends              4,025    4,025
Preferred unit distributions             165      165
Denominator for fixed charge
coverage-EBITDA                     $24,696  $25,335
Reconciliation of same property net
operating income to same property
cash net operating income and same
property cash net operating income,
adjusted for lease termination fees
Same property net operating income   $61,294  $60,879
Less: Straight-line rent adjustments  (2,001)  (2,816)
Less: Amortization of deferred
market rental revenue                  (381)    (506)
Same property cash net operating
income                              $58,912  $57,557
Less: Lease termination fees, gross     (188)    (619)
income, adjusted
for lease termination fees        $58,724  $56,938
Reconciliation of projected EPS-diluted to
projected diluted FFO per share
Low      High
Numerator for projected EPS-diluted                $ 34,311  $ 35,773
Less: Gain on sales of real estate, net of taxes,
excluding development portion (1)                   (2,630)   (2,630)
Real estate-related depreciation and amortization
(2)                                                101,429   101,429
Minority interests-common units                       6,007     6,263
Numerator for projected diluted FFO per share      $139,117  $140,835
Denominator for projected EPS-diluted                49,122    49,122
Denominator for projected diluted FFO per share      57,250    57,250
Projected EPS - diluted                            $   0.70  $   0.73
Projected diluted FFO per share                    $   2.43  $   2.46
(1) Reconciliation excludes any potential gains or losses from the
future sale of previously depreciated operating properties.
(2) The estimate of real estate-related depreciation and amortization
excludes any impact of potential write-offs resulting from lease
terminations.
Top Twenty Office Tenants of Wholly Owned Properties as of September
30, 2008 (1)
Percentage of
Total        Total
Number of  Occupied     Occupied
Tenant                  Leases   Square Feet  Square Feet
--------------------------       --------- ----------- -------------
United States of America      (5)   66      2,496,636      14.7%
Corporation                  (6)   16      1,139,591      6.7%
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.            8       710,692       4.2%
Corporation                  (6)    4       454,533       2.7%
L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc.               (6)    5       267,354       1.6%
Unisys Corporation            (7)    5       760,145       4.5%
The Aerospace Corporation            3       245,598       1.4%
ITT Corporation               (6)   14       290,312       1.7%
Wachovia Corporation          (6)    4       183,577       1.1%
Comcast Corporation           (6)   11       342,266       2.0%
AT&T Corporation              (6)    8       306,988       1.8%
Ciena Corporation                    4       229,848       1.3%
The Boeing Company            (6)    4       143,480       0.8%
BAE Systems PLC               (6)    7       212,339       1.2%
Science Applications
International Corp.          (6)    9       137,142       0.8%
The Johns Hopkins
Institutions                 (6)    4       124,749       0.7%
Merck & Co., Inc. (Unisys)(6) (7)    2       227,273       1.3%
Magellan Health Services,
Inc.                                2       113,727       0.7%
AARP                                 1       104,695       0.6%
Subtotal Top 20 Office
Tenants                            186     8,779,545      51.5%
All remaining tenants               771     8,253,548      48.5%
Total/Weighted Average              957    17,033,093     100.0%
Total         Percentage        Weighted
Annualized       of Total         Average
Rental     Annualized Rental   Remaining
Tenant             Revenue (2)(3)      Revenue      Lease Term (4)
---------------       --------------- ----------------- --------------
of America        (5)    $60,530           16.0%            6.3
Corporation       (6)     28,457           7.5%             7.5
Booz Allen
Hamilton, Inc.            19,932           5.3%             5.8
Holdings, Inc.    (6)     9,590            2.5%             5.5
Corporation       (7)     9,048            2.4%             2.5
Corporation               7,268            1.9%             6.4
ITT Corporation    (6)     6,833            1.8%             5.6
Wachovia
The Boeing
Company           (6)     4,199            1.1%             2.9
BAE Systems PLC    (6)     3,164            0.8%             4.0
Corp.             (6)     2,957            0.8%             1.1
Institutions      (6)     2,911            0.8%             7.8
Merck & Co.,
Inc. (Unisys) (6) (7)     2,747            0.7%             3.5
Magellan Health
Services, Inc.            2,673            0.7%             2.8
AARP                       2,571            0.7%             13.2
Subtotal Top 20
Office Tenants           205,436           54.4%            5.6
All remaining
tenants                  172,177           45.6%            3.8
Total/Weighted
Average                  $377,613         100.0%            4.8
(1) Table excludes owner occupied leasing activity which represents
150,373 square feet with a weighted average remaining lease term
of 6.5 years as of September 30, 2008.
(2) Total Annualized Rental Revenue is the monthly contractual base
rent as of September 30, 2008, multiplied by 12, plus the
estimated annualized expense reimbursements under existing office
leases.
(3) Order of tenants is based on Annualized Rent.
(4) The weighting of the lease term was computed using Total Rental
Revenue.
(5) Many of our government leases are subject to early termination
provisions which are customary to government leases.
The weighted average remaining lease term was computed assuming no
exercise of such early termination rights.
(6) Includes affiliated organizations or agencies.
(7) Merck & Co., Inc. subleases 219,065 rentable square feet from
Unisys' 960,349 leased rentable square feet in our Greater
Philadelphia region.
Source: Corporate Office Properties Trust


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What 2,000 Calories Of Food Looks Like At Top Restaurants
Fast food is a beast like no other. Over the years, chain restaurants have started to scrap their Super Size Me ways and even begun offering smaller portions. Still, many of the meals at some of our favorite guilty pleasures would be lying if they called themselves healthy – but just how unhealthy are they?
Taking popular American restaurant chains, such as Chipotle, Shake Shack, Potbelly, and comparing it with home cooked meals, this story shows an insightful look into the amount of calories one unknowingly ingests during a meal at one of these places. For reference, most adults should consume 1,600 to 2,400 calories a day. Some of these single meals well exceed that.
POTBELLY Orange Mango juice (250), big Italian sandwich with mayonnaise (1,088), chips (220), cookie (420).
CHIPOTLE Carnitas burrito (945), chips and guacamole (770), Coke (276).
SHAKE SHACK Double ShackBurger (770), fries (470), Black and White shake (760).
RUTH'S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE Cowboy Ribeye steak (1,690), martini (230).
P.F. CHANG'S Spinach (120), dumplings (195), orange beef (565), pad thai (580), caramel cake (430), wine (125).
OLIVE GARDEN Salad (150), breadstick (140), Tour of Italy sampler (1,500), quartino of wine (230).
IHOP Classic Skillet, with sausage (1,880); orange juice (110).
MAGGIANO'S LITTLE ITALY Zuccotto cake (1,790), cappuccino (220).
CHEESECAKE FACTORY Louisiana Chicken Pasta (2,370).
SONIC Peanut Butter Caramel Pie Shake (2,090).
BURGER KING Double Whopper with cheese (1,070), onion rings (410), vanilla milkshake (550).
MCDONALD'S Crispy Chicken sandwich with bacon (750), fries (340), Coke (200), McFlurry with Oreos (690).
WENDY'S Baconator Cheeseburger (940), Potato with bacon and cheese (520), Caesar salad (250), Coke (320).
SUBWAY Cold-cut combo (375), chips (230), chicken noodle soup with oyster crackers (155), cookie (220), Buffalo-chicken salad (360), Coke (200), egg-and-cheese flatbread (370), juice (100).
STARBUCKS Java Chip Frappucino (460), latte (190), orange mango smoothie (270), grilled cheese (580), popcorn (125), sausage croissant (410).
PIZZA HUT Meat Lover's Stuffed Crust pizza (880), baked wings with blue cheese (340), Mountain Dew (440), two cookies (360).
AT HOME Yogurt with fruit and nuts (210), toast and jam (85), coffee (2), beef stir-fry and farro (400), diet soda (0), pretzels (220), pear (100), chicken and arugula (490), brussels sprouts and squash (55), water (0), wine (120), cookies (200).
AT HOME Butternut squash hash with fried egg (175), turkey chili (410), tortilla chips (120), water (0), coffee (2), chicken wings (280), berries with yogurt (130), orecchiette with chicken sausage and broccoli rabe (435), beer (155), ice cream with poached pear (370).
But there is some good news: As you'll see below, it's not so hard to eat bountifully and stay under 2,000 calories. It's just hard to do so at most restaurants.
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Skikes on TV - The Living room Update
We had a terrific response after skikes were demonstrated last Friday 16 August on the "Hot or Not" segment of the popular Channel 10 lifestyle program The Living Room
If you missed it you can watch the show (Series2, episode 25) online at the shows website http://livingroomtv.com.au/video.htm Around the 9 minute mark of the video you can see Barry Du Bois rolling around very well as a skike noobie. Well done Baz!
Please then go to The Living Room "Hot or Not" webpage and vote for skikes as being 'HOT' http://livingroomtv.com.au/hot-or-not-listing-4462.htm?pritab=6 and view the progress of voting.
Vic Ski Chase update - Rocky Valley Rush
After the unfortunate cancellation of three of the Vic Ski Chase events due to insufficient snow, the competition is up and running again after the successful running of the Rocky Valley Rush. Many thanks to the team at Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club who once again put on a great event in what was promising to be very challenging conditions. Somehow they managed to put together a race with a tail-wind for 90% of the course.
In the women's competition a couple of recent registrations saw the Oldis sisters rocket into second and fourth place, with Kerryn Rim and Belinda Phillips holding on to first and third places respectively after solid performances in the Rocky valley Rush. With one event to go (Hoppet/Birkebeiner/Joey) there appear to be only two people capable of challenging Kerryn's strong lead, the very promising XC skiing new-comers, Brianna and Aliena Oldis.
In the men's competition Kevin Tory has an unbeatable lead, demonstrating the old maxim "you've got to be in it to win it". Ben Derrick and Ian Franzke are currently in second and third place respectively, but they could face serious challenges from Bruce Ellis, Paul Waller and Merve Trease this Saturday. (Remember only your best two Falls Creek events are included in the points tally.)
Full results can be accessed here:
MensSkiChaseResultsInterim19Aug2013 WomensSkiChaseResultsInterim19Aug2013
Skikes on TV this Friday
A reminder that Skikes are going to be demonstrated this Friday 16 August on the "Hot or Not" segment of the popular Channel 10 lifestyle program The Living Room
The Hot or Not segment is usually aired in the first 15 minutes of the show so be watching from 7.30pm.
After the show goes to air, the entire show (Series2, episode 25) can be watched online at the shows website http://livingroomtv.com.au/video.htm
With the popularity of the show we are expecting a rush on orders. Current stocks are good but may not last. If you've been thinking of getting into skikes, now is the time to act as prices on the next shipment will increase.
Vic Ski Chase Update - Bullfight Charge
The Bullfight charge was the second event to be held in the Victorian Ski Chase. Not surprisingly, the only skier to compete in both events (Kevin Tory) now holds a handy lead in the men's competition. A great ski by Bruce Ellis sees him jump straight to second place. In the women's competition Penny Grose is the only registered newcomer, and she jumps to fourth place with a second place finish.
Check out these links for the latest results:
WomensSkiChaseResults 5 Aug 2013
MensSkiChaseResults5 Aug 2013
(The results include people who have registered but are yet to participate in an event.)
A reminder that everyone who registers and participates in at least one event receives a chance to win a pair of skikes from Skike Australia, and all entrants 25 and under are also eligible for a chance to win prize money. See competition details on the Victorian Ski Chase page.
We still have fewer than 10 male and female participants with ski chase points who are eligible for the cash prize (25 and under). So if you have competed in either event we encourage you to register and get your name included in the prize draw.
Vic Ski Chase Update - High Plains Tour Results
The first event of the Victorian Ski chase to be held this year was the Snowgum Wodonga high Plains Tour. A good turn-out in great skiing weather (despite the threat of rain) saw some great racing and some familiar names appearing at the top of the leader board.
In the women's competition Kerryn Rim had a solid start 10 points clear of second place Emma Pollard, with Belinda Phillips two points behind her in third place. In the men's competition, a big win by Ben Derrick combined with his no longer insignificant age points sees him take a substantial lead. A very honourable mention goes to J-C Legras who put in an incredible ski to take second place, a few points clear of third place Ian Franzke. With only three points separating third and eighth place we can look forward to changes in the top three positions in the coming weeks. In both the mens and womens competition we could see changes in these places as more people register for the competition.
A reminder that everyone who registers receives a chance to win a pair of skikes. All entrants 25 and under are also eligible for a chance to win prize money. See competition details on our Victorian Ski Chase page.
At present we only have six males and two females eligible for the prize money. As the top ten male and female point scorers go into the draw for a $600 prize, the odds are looking pretty good for these entrants. You've got to be in it to win it, so register here at http://tinyurl.com/victorianskichase. Further information also available at www.ausxc.com
2013-mens-ski-chase-results-interim-15-july.pdf
2013-womens-ski-chase-results-interim-15-july.pdf


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MAMaZ Against Malaria: Mervis' story
One night in May 2018, 3-year-old Mervis from Kebumba, Serenje District, Zambia, began to show signs of being unwell. She had a high fever and had lost her appetite. By the next morning, the situation had taken a dramatic turn for the worse: little Mervis had begun convulsing.
Priscilla Chibuye, Mervis' mother, rushed her to the nearest Community Health Volunteer, Idess. Thanks to the training Idess had received through the MAMaZ Against Malaria (MAM) project, she quickly suspected severe malaria and administered two artesunate suppositories. These helped to stabilise Mervis until she could get to a health facility.
Meanwhile, Justina, an Emergency Transport Service bicycle rider, was called. The journey to Mulilima Rural Health Centre took an hour and a half. On arrival, it was confirmed that Mervis was suffering from severe malaria.
She was promptly given injected artesunate. Later that evening, following her second dose of treatment, Mervis was already starting to show signs of improvement. She began to show interest in her surroundings and ask for food again. The next morning, Mervis received her third and final dose of injected artesunate and was soon discharged. Mum Priscilla was given oral artemisinin combination therapy to complete Mervis' malaria treatment at home.
During a follow-up visit Idess made to the family, Priscilla remarked that, before the MAM project came to her community, many children used to die from severe malaria. She was grateful the situation today had changed, and that her own daughter had made a full recovery.


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Israel names Golan Heights settlement after Trump
International | Written by : IANS| Updated: Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 05:36 PM
Tel Aviv, June 17 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled a new settlement -- Trump Heights -- in the occupied Golan Heights, named after the US President.
"We're going to establish a new community something that hasn't happened in many years, in honour of President Donald Trump," Haaretz newspaper quoted Netanyahu as saying on Sunday during a government meeting.
Building work was yet to begin but a sign bearing Trump's name and US and Israeli flags was unveiled, reports said. Critics slammed the move a publicity stunt with no legal authority.
"This is a historic day," Netanyahu said, hailing President Trump as "a friend of Israel", the daily reported.
According to him, naming of the establishment after Trump constituted a gesture of respect for the US President's actions "for the good of the state of Israel in a wide variety of areas", which included recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights -- a move that was criticised by the international community.
US Ambassador David Friedman, who attended the ceremony, called the settlement "well deserved, but much appreciated".
According to a government proposal, the establishment will be part of the Golan Regional Council and will be built in the extant Kela Alon community, in which dozens of families already live, Haaretz said.
The plan would see the settlement established in what is now the Bruchim neighbourhood, in which a few families live.
Israel seized the Golan from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war. In March, the US became the first country to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the area since Israel effectively annexed it in 1981.
Trump later took to Twitter to thank Netanyahu and his government on the move, saying, "Thank you PM Netanyahu and the State of Israel for this great honour."
Trump also retweeted a tweet by the US Ambassador, who wrote about the ceremony on his Twitter handle.
"A great day on the Golan. PM Netanyahu and I had the honour to dedicate 'Trump Heights' -- first time Israel has dedicated a village in honour of a sitting President since Harry Truman (1949). Happy Birthday Mr President," Friedman said in his tweet.
But despite the fanfare, as the current government is temporary it cannot officially approve the establishment. At this point, it can only start the administrative work on the project.
Last week, an event to "recognize America in the Golan" that was supposed to be organised by Netanyahu and Friedman was cancelled a few days before the schedule.
According to head of the Golan Regional Council Haim Rokah, it was cancelled due to "dissolving the Knesset (Parliament), governmental reasons and legal problems that were out of our control".


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Frederick D. Rednour
Frederick Dwight Rednour, originally from Sparta, IL, passed away January 7, 2022, peacefully in his home in Lompoc, California where he lived for the past 61 years.
He was born on March 6, 1929, at home in Sparta, Illinois to Fredrick Lee Rednour of Steeleville, Illinois and Gladys Sarah (nee Rainey) Rednour of Walsh, Illinois.
Fred was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters Evelyn Rednour, Mildred Miller and Blair Rainey (aka Juanita Rednour). He is survived by his younger sister, Patricia Childers (Randy) of Colp, Illinois, his son, Jim Rednour of Morton Illinois and daughter, Rona Rednour (Jay Blacksher) of Aztec, New Mexico.
He left the family farm in Illinois at the age of 17 to enlist in the Navy. Then he transferred to the Army and went to Japan. A year after completing his service he was called back to serve in the Korean War as a Paratrooper Recon Scout. He was part of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team known as the "Rakkasans".
Fred made many life-long friends while he was employed by General Telephone for 40 years, working as a lineman, cable splicer, then an installer and repairman. He was a gentle, loving and giving man who lived a simple life. He was an avid deer and boar hunter and enjoyed white river rafting and panning for gold well into his 70's. More amazing was that he was 92 years old before he stopped riding his bicycle around Lompoc only months before he passed away due to complications with his breathing. He was blessed to very good neighbors who shared their love, kindness and families with him over the years.
In keeping with Fred's request, a private family graveside service will be observed.
Heil-Schuessler & Sinn Funeral Home of Sparta Illinois has assisted the family with arrangements.


This time of year I'm particularly mindful of the damage that the sun does to the skin of my patients. Since we do a lot of face and breast work, those areas, in particular, end up drawing my attention quite a bit.
One critical approach to preventing that damage is minimizing sun exposure: avoiding those bright daylight hours of 10am-2pm; and the liberal use of good, broad spectrum sunscreens. Because finding the products can be challenging, our office carries some of the best products available to achieve the highest level of defense. Some of our products even include a tinted sunscreen that can replace your makeup.
Lastly, treating those sun damaged areas always begins with fading creams. The best of those is Lytera 2.0 from SkinMedica. In my view, the results are superior when we also add a Retinol product, which is why I almost always sell them together. It's always possible that additional treatments with laser/light-based devices will be needed, those do cost a bit more and require the patient not be tanned and not currently seeing sun exposure.
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This new restaurant "Kya Baat Hai" (Kharadi) has come as a surprise to me. Since entering we were introduced to many mini surprises, for example, on their each table you will find one sanitizer. That one small cup holding all the important packaged items, such as pickle, sugar, oregano, chilli flakes etc. Wondering how to open them, well they have given a small scissor as well. The staff is quite organized, urging and well dressed.
The interior is very welcoming. It's vibrant. The best part is you can see the busy road from your table. The other part of this restaurant is downstairs. If there is a code for simple and elegant interior, then they have almost cracked it. I would rate 4.5 to the interior.
Looking for serenity, you will hundred percent find. Looking for decent crowd, you will hundred percent find it. The open kitchen with clean and well dresses chefs gives you a vibe that you have made a right decision by coming to this restaurant. I would rate 5 to the ambience.
They had a unique menu earlier but seeing the increasing demand of Indian cuisine, they changed it. We ordered vegetable cocktail soup which was to die for-highly recommended. Right from Masala papad to mango pulp juice to buttermilk and main course they win our hearts. I would rate 4.5 to the food.
Looking at the area and craze for this new place, management can to change the rates in the coming future. Currently the prices are very reasonable and pocket friendly.
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Heard her for the first time in Gaylak this summer am not a dedicated country music fan but she is awesome. She blesses herror audience with superb talent and charm. God bless I will surely keep up with her.
May God Bless you EmiSunshine.
When can l see Emi in Nashville? This is my vacation this year.
Hi Lena! Emi is Nashville a lot, please check her tour dates for when new Nashville shows are listed. thank you!


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According to Windows Weekly podcast (49:40), Mary Jo Foley got a confirmed from Microsoft that Office mobile's editing capability will be free for Surface Go as it has a smaller screen size than 10.1-inch. However, Microsoft did recommend users to use Office 365 to get the full functionality of Microsoft Office.
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Sometimes I think people forget that on the other side of the keyboard are other people. Things we would never say to someone in real life are often typed and sent without any regard for how the other person may feel because they can't see us.
I am insanely open about my experience with lupus. No one who has met me over the past couple of years is unaware of what I'm battling. It's not because I show up and introduce it, but it has been a huge part of everything I've done since my diagnosis. I was diagnosed in February 2016, and by August, I'd sold all of my belongings and moved to a foreign country to seek affordable and quality healthcare. When people ask what brought me to [insert country] — I'm on my third one — I tell them I moved because of a healthcare issue. It is a very big part of my story.
I share my experience in this column and on social media. I have special hashtags, am an administrator of online support groups, and talk about my experience on YouTube. When I get inbox messages, I will always respond to another sufferer unless they are saying things that I truly have no words for and would rather not engage. I also get emails from people who have no clue what this battle is about. I thought I would share a few things that I think are party fouls.
I am a representative of a multilevel marketing company, and we have people who have been cured of lupus with our products.
No! You don't! Lupus has no cure — if it did, the medical community and every single last one of us who are battling the disease would be beating a path to your door. We do not want people trying to capitalize on our illness. We pay our medical professionals enough; we aren't going to pay you. Do you have great products? Maybe, but you lose me the minute you tell me you can cure me.
Jesus is the answer. By his stripes you are healed.
No! First of all, not everyone believes in Jesus. Secondly, did he not know who I was when I got my diagnosis? Did he forget and allow me to get this illness? To push religion into the inbox of a stranger is about as cool as pushing politics into their inboxes — or your family vacation pictures. Do I know you?
Lupus is a catch-all name they give to a pretend condition, so people who think they are sick feel justified in their complaints.
No! These failed kidneys, swollen heart linings, and fluid on these lungs mean that many of us have some insanely serious imaginations. I would like to invite my imagination to meet up with my bank account because it is producing some very real issues. Perhaps it can produce some very real dollars to pay for my imaginary condition.
These are just a few things that I have gotten in my inbox. When I initially got sick and started getting some of this, it really bothered me to the point of hurting my feelings. Now it just irks me and makes me shake my head. Please be considerate when you decide you are going to reach out to people via the internet. Your intentions may be good, but you need to know your audience. Think before you hit the send button. As we would say in sales: Read the room.
Tagged affordable healthcare, online community, public, reactions, send button.


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DeShazo Group was invited to assist the design team lead by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of Chicago, Illinois, in developing a master plan for the future campus of Parkland Hospital. The campus, located within the Dallas Medical District, is home to other burgeoning medical institutions such as the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Children's Medical Center of Dallas.
The new Parkland campus will be directly served by future light rail transit (LRT) and a new internal street system. Design of the future campus was very urban in nature, celebrating the interaction of pedestrians, transit, and automobiles with a dense grid of streets. Special accommodations were made to facilitate inter-institutional traffic via overhead pedestrian bridges, street-running shuttle services, and connector roadways.
The firm was heavily involved developing LRT and bus transit facility alternatives as well as developing roadway and access designs that would be compatible with future development traffic conditions.


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; This volume is divided into two parts: "Blessings and Cursings" and "The Official Declaration of 1978." The first part lists and elaborates upon "Ten Blessings of the Holy Priesthood. " It presents guidelines to help us determine how well we are qualifying for these Priesthood blessings-both individually and as a church. It also discusses punishments and cursings that can result through abuse and misuse of Priesthood power. The second half is a review of the Official Declaration issued n 1978, wherein it provided that "all worthy male members of the church may be ordained to the Priesthood without regard for race or color. "


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Q: clojure-solr-0.2.0 and solr4 I'm trying to get clojure-solr-0.2.0 working with solr4 (trunk nightly build). I'm getting the following exception:
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Invalid version or the data in not in 'javabin' format
at org.apache.solr.common.util.JavaBinCodec.unmarshal(JavaBinCodec.java:99)
at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.BinaryResponseParser.processResponse(BinaryResponseParser.java:39)
at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CommonsHttpSolrServer.request(CommonsHttpSolrServer.java:466)
at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CommonsHttpSolrServer.request(CommonsHttpSolrServer.java:243)
at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.QueryRequest.process(QueryRequest.java:89)

I'm assuming this is because clojure-solr is using some version of solrj library that is from solr3 codebase and javabin format changed between versions.
Is there some easy way to get this to work?
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I deleted solrj from my project's lib folder, and replaced it with lib/apache-solr-solrj-4.0-2012-05-15_08-20-37.jar. I was hoping that would just work since the same classes (should) be found on the classpath at runtime (the transitive dependency should only be required when lein deps is run to fetch dependencies (or so I reasoned). The result was a class not found at runtime:
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:    org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CommonsHttpSolrServer
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at clojure.lang.DynamicClassLoader.findClass(DynamicClassLoader.java:61)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
at clojure_solr$eval1423$loading__4414__auto____1424.invoke(clojure_solr.clj:1)
at clojure_solr$eval1423.invoke(clojure_solr.clj:1)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5424)
... 95 more

And the problem is that CommonsHttpSolrServer is no longer present in the jar:
$ jar tf lib/apache-solr-solrj-4.0-2012-05-15_08-20-37.jar |grep Http
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrServer$1.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrServer$2.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrServer$3.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrServer$DeflateDecompressingEntity.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrServer$GzipDecompressingEntity.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrServer$UseCompressionRequestInterceptor.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrServer$UseCompressionResponseInterceptor.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrServer.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer$1.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer$Req.class
org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/LBHttpSolrServer$Rsp.class
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Being the only sports team at Pasadena City College (PCC) to make it to the South Coast Conference (SCC) North Division Playoffs, the Lancers were fully prepared, however, going up against the number one ranked team in the state proved to be harder than expected.
The Lasers' title remains intact, having only lost one match in the last two seasons, after beaming victory away from the Lancers in a three set match ( 25-27, 22-25, 18-25) Tuesday night at Irvine Valley College.
PCC did not go quietly into defeat, they went out kicking and screaming. Team captain and freshman outside hitter, Leslie Rivera, led her team in attacking with 30 total attacks, 7 kills, and 9 digs. Sophomore defensive specialist/libero Pamela Galvan anchored defense with 21 digs, freshman opposite/middle blocker Abby Martin had 26 total attacks, and sophomore setter Tehya Topalian contributed with 12 assist and 7 digs.
The Lancers were up during the first set 18-13 then again with 21-17 before getting stuck in rotation allowing the Lasers to score 7 points in a row.
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The Lancers are still two-time SCC North Division champions and although eliminated, showed Irvine that it is not easy to take out a 16th seed team. Head coach Terrill is 2-2 heading into the off-season and extremely optimistic of the 9 returning players.
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Nestled below the verdant Morne Bruce hill, and located about 50 meters from the Roseau River, is the 40-acre Botanic Gardens of Dominica. This area of undulating land is the largest tract of semi-open space in the city of Roseau. With an elevation of about 66 ft (20 meters) above sea level, the Botanic Gardens receives approximately 85 inches (218 cm) of rainfall annually, with favorable conditions for the growing of a wide variety of tropical plants.
The "Gardens," as it is popularly known, is situated on land formally cultivated in sugarcane. The idea of establishing the Roseau Botanic Gardens was conceived in 1889 by the British Crown Government.
The Gardens was established in two distinct sections: an ornamental section and an economic section. The latter was devoted to research and the propagation of plants of economic importance.
The Botanic Gardens has survived several tropical storms and hurricanes. In spite of these setbacks, the Gardens still provide the only open space in the city for the citizens and visitors to enjoy. It continues to be the idyllic setting for cricket matches, national parades and cultural celebrations, religious open air ceremonies and recreational activities. And its beauty and serenity still mark it as one of the gems of the Caribbean.
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Armedangels - Sustainable Fashion E-Commerce
Armedangels is a social fashion e-commerce company headquartered in Cologne that focuses on sustainability, fair working conditions, and environmentally-friendly, non-hazardous material. The company sells its clothing online and through conventional distribution channels in five different countries. Armedangels appeals to a strongly growing customer group that places great value on the aforementioned criteria. Since its foundation in 2007 as a pure online shop with just a few T-shirt designs, the company has, in its own view, successfully established itself as a young, sustainable brand.Armedangels generates substantial turnovers, is growing strongly, employs over 90 people and is represented in fourteen countries. In 2018, Armedangels was able to achieve a 100 percent ratio in the use of sustainable raw materials. The company has not yet published its recent positive sales performance, which continues to be positive, so we are committed to confidentiality.Share 2.8%
AuctionTech - Online livestream technology for auctions
AuctionTech has been founded in 2017 by lead employees of Auctionata, the former biggest online auction house for luxury goods, and from which's insolvency estate the online livestream auction technology, developed over many years at great expense, has been acquired at a low price with the help of German Startups Group. The founding team around CEO Jan Thiel offers regular auction houses and online marketplaces this unique technology as a cloud Software-as-a-Serivce so they can operate live video auctions without latency and by that reach bidders worldwide no matter their respective size or geographical location. Potential segments besides artworks, luxury goods, watches, jewelry and antiquates are also classic cars, real estate and B2B investment goods. The product can be embedded easily in the auction house's own website as a white label solution for a license fee so no brand or media disruption occurs. Late 2018 AuctionTech announced its cooperation with RE⁄MAX Austria, the Austrian market leader and world's biggest real estate agent, to roll out a digital bidding process for the sale of real estate which will be extended to other countries in the future. Only recently, AuctionTech entered into a partnership with star auctioneer and founder of the third largest auction house in the world, Simon de Pury, to jointly enable online auctions in real time from anywhere in the world. German Startups Group is involved as lead investor.Share 23,4%
Chrono24 - The world's leading online market for luxury watches
Chrono24 is the world's leading online marketplace for luxury watches, based in Karlsruhe. Founded in 2003 by Tim Stracke, Dirk Schwartz and Michael Kroska, the company is considered the first choice online for watch enthusiasts as well as traders when it comes to new, pre-owned and vintage luxury watches. Already in 2017, the value of watches transacted through Chrono24 amounted to over 1bn euros. Chrono24 estimates that one out of three luxury watch enthusiast worldwide uses Chrono24.On Chrono24, more than 10,000 professional dealers and private sellers from over 90 countries offer more than 250,000 watches. With content in 22 languages, the website attracts more than 350,000 visitors every day. Over 2 million users have already downloaded the Chrono24 apps for iOS and Android.Share 1.2%
Delivery Hero – Online Food Delivery Service
Delivery Hero is an international online and mobile food ordering and delivery platform founded in 2011. Through the website or via the app, users can find restaurants filtered by cuisine in their area, browse menus, read reviews, and order with the appropriate delivery service with a few clicks. The affiliated restaurants pay Delivery Hero a commission for the placing of the orders with the restaurants.After the acquisitions of its competitor foodpanda in December of 2016 and the restaurant logistics provider Foodora in September of 2015, Delivery Hero processes each month, by their own accounts, orders in the double-digit million range on commission over the Internet, with approximately 270,000 restaurants in more than 40 countries connected to its service. The company has over 6,000 employees in different locations around the world with a staff consisting of approximately 1.000 people working from its Berlin headquarters. Delivery Hero is one of the fastest-growing young tech companies according to The Next Web European Tech5 2015 and listed in the Prime Standard segment of Deutsche Börse since 30 July 2017.
Exozet is a repeatedly awarded digital agency that offers consultancy and execution services for the 'Digital Transformation' of all business processes. This includes, in particular, the design, realisation, and operation of demanding multimedia solutions with focus on mobile, video, virtual and augmented reality as well as e-commerce and online marketing on various platforms – the seamless combination of technology and design in the digital media. Exozet employs approximately 140 staff in Berlin (headquarters), Potsdam-Babelsberg, and Vienna. In addition to media conglomerates such as Axel Springer or BBC, big-name brands and organizations such as ZDF, Media Broadcast - freenet, Gothaer, Burda, Audi and Deutsche Telekom as well as startups such as Wooga, LaterPay, Adviqo, colorfy, the Zene, and portfolio companies of German Startups Group have been or are clients of Exozet.Exozet was founded by CEO Frank Zahn. In 2016, Peter Skulimma joined Exozet as Chief Commercial Officer.Share 50.8%
Fiagon - MedTech for ENT Navigation
Fiagon is a MedTech startup that develops and manufactures innovative surgical navigation systems of the latest generation with its patented "Flexsensor" technology. With its electromagnetic navigation technology, Fiagon, together with world-renowned doctors, set a new standard in medical ENT navigation in recent years. This, in the company's view, unique technology is being used internationally, from the headquarters in Hennigsdorf near Berlin, in Europe as well as the US and China for oral and maxillofacial surgery, neurosurgery, and spine surgery. In 2018, Fiagon was named one of the top 1.000 fastest growing companies in Europe by the Financial Times.Share 2.2%
Friendsurance – Insurance FinTech
In 2010, the founders of Friendsurance realized that many people own insurances that they rarely or never use. Insurance companies, however, do not demonstrate appreciation for cautious and fair behaviour. Therefore, Friendsurance developed a new insurance principle, which rewards insurance customers with premium cash backs if they remain free of claims. Insurance customers form small groups and part of their insurance premiums are pooled. In case the group members remain claim free, they each get part of the money in the pool back at the end of the year in form of a cash back. Typically, every year over 75% of those who use the Friendsurance principle receive a cash back on their premiums.Currently, the Friendsurance principle can be used for personal liability, householders', legal, and electronics insurances of renowned providers. Insurances closed directly on www.friendsurance.de already include the Friendsurance principle free of charge.Friendsurance's vision is to make insurances cheaper for everyone. Currently, approximately 90 employees work for this goal at the company's headquarters in Berlin. Friendsurance cooperates with many insurance providers.Apart from the German Startups Group, e.ventures and the technology investment fund Horizons Ventures of the Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing count among the shareholders.
Fyber - Mobile Advertising Monetization Strategies
Fyber (formerly SponsorPay), founded in 2009, is an AdTech company and provider of mobile advertising monetization strategies for app developers and publishers. Fyber is able to automatically optimize and manage ad revenues with the aid of a unified mobile supply side platform, for example through an ad marketplace on which the offering of mobile ads by app developers and publishers is brought together with demand from advertisers using real-time bidding. Within this, advertisers are given the opportunity to reach over 150 million monthly unique app users. Fyber was recently chosen by VentureBeat as one of the Top 10 Mobile Advertising Companies, and it has approximately 180 employees across its headquarters in Berlin and branches in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Istanbul, Seoul, and Tokyo.German Startups Group had an indirect share in Fyber by means of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV). The SPVs sold their shares to a company listed on the stock exchange in October 2014.
Lingoda - Online-Sprachschule
Lingoda is the number one trusted online language school. Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2013, and provides convenient and accessible online language courses in several different languages to over 60,000 students worldwide. Lingoda's private and small group classes are taught by over 1,000 qualified, native-speaking teachers. With over 450,000 classes available per year and accessible 24/7, Lingoda's mission is to empower even the busiest people to master a language and unlock their potential — at any time, from anywhere.
The founders of Lingoda believe in a communicative approach to language learning: mastering a language means being able to speak it with confidence. Their CEFR-focused (Common European Framework of Reference) learning materials are designed by linguistic experts and focus on meaningful topics that are applicable to the students' interests, careers and everyday lives. Thanks to their extensive rotating roster of teachers and the small group classes, students are exposed to a variety of regional accents and expressions within the same language and have the time and space to practice speaking in every lesson. Lingoda's team includes over 100 international professionals from 30 countries and 40 languages. In 2020, Crunchbase listed Lingoda among the 10 largest online language learning companies globally. Lingoda has a score of 4.5 of possible 5.0 on Trustpilot and 75% of their reviews rated as 'excellent'.
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Mister Spex – Brand Glasses Online
For many,Mister Spex is a synonym for online opticians in Germany. Through the Internet, the company offers an extensive range of high-quality prescription glasses, sunglasses, and contact lenses at competitive prices. In addition to the broad product range, price transparency and price savings, customers also benefit from free services such as eye tests and the adjustment of glasses thanks to local partner opticians in Germany. The company also has its own optician workshop in Berlin with final assembly and quality control. Furthermore, the company extends its offline presence and has opened twelve brick-and-mortar stores, others are in preparation and planning. Only six months after opening, the first store received the Red Dot Design Award for its innovative space concept, one of the most important international design awards in the Communication Design category.In July 2013, Mister Spex acquired the Swedish online eyewear shops Lensstore and Loveyewear and the Norwegian online optician Lensit.no. Mister Spex now operates in ten countries and is Europe's leading online optician with a portfolio of around 9.000 frames. The company dispatches up to 15.000 parcels per day from the 2017 newly established Berlin logistics center.Share 0.5%
Onefootball - Largest online football platform
The mobile, web, and smartwatch app Onefootball with over 20 million users in around 200 countries, is the world's largest online football platform according to its own figures.As one of the most prominent German startups, Onefootball gives football fans various ways to inform themselves about their favourite teams through news, live results, and statistics. It also allows fans to actively engage with these clubs through social features and betting as well as tipping opportunities.
In 2019, Onefootball, in cooperation with the pay-TV channel Sky Deutschland, became the first provider worldwide to add the feature to stream matches of the second German Bundesliga as well as DFB Cup matches on a pay-per-view basis directly within the app.
Union Square Ventures, one of the most successful American venture capital investors, Klaus Hommels' VC fund Lakestar, prominent business angels, and sports goods manufacturer Adidas, which also acts as a strategic partner, are some of Onefootball's investors. Onefootball was chosen by Google as one of the top 50 Android apps globally in 2014 and 2015. Furthermore, Wired Magazine counted it as one of the "100 hottest European startups 2015". Onefootball was featured at the WWDC 2016, Apple's major developer conference, as one of only a few German apps.Share 0.25%
reBuy – The Easy Buy and Sell Platform
More than five million happy customers and 15 years of experience in reCommerce - this is rebuy, the online shop for selling and buying used media and consumer electronics. reBuy offers a 36-month warranty, which is unique in the market, and over 3 million refurbished items are always available in the logistics center. The reCommerce company, founded in 2004, is the European market leader in the area of used electronics. reBuy closed the past financial year (2017) with a positive operating result (EBITDA) and revenues of 109 million euros. In Germany, customers can sell or buy electronics and media articles from a total of 14 categories on reBuy.de. Internationally, the company operates in Austria, France, the UK and the Netherlands and is continuing to expand with its 500 employees. reBuy's vision is that used goods will be seen as a conscious alternative to new goods, without any compromises in appearance or functionality, but with a great deal of price savings.German Startups Group is invested in reBuy together with well-known investors such as DuMont Venture, Hasso Plattner Ventures as well as Iris Capital and OP Ventures.
Remerge - App Retargeting
The AdTech startup remerge enables app providers to place ads through an integrated retargeting platform in more than 350,000 other apps, according to the company. Thus, advertisers can reach, according to Remerge, up to 700,000 users worldwide per second. The addressed user target group can be defined in detail according to various criteria. This reduces scatter losses and therefore increases the advertiser's marketing impact as well as the revenue of the app publisher since higher click rates can be achieved through Remerge. Apps become increasingly more important as an advertising medium because of their enormous international prevalence on more than 2.5 billion smartphones worldwide. Remerge has achieved a growth in revenue of over 500% in the first three quarters of 2016 compared to last year's period, according to the company.Share 2.4%
Scalable Capital - Asset Management Technology
With the help of modern risk management technology, Scalable Capital provides access to cost-efficient, professional asset management - a kind of financial investment that used to be reserved for wealthier investors due to the costs associated with personal investment advisors. The FinTech startup, founded in December 2014 in Munich, provides their customers with a globally diversified ETF portfolio, tailor-made to the personal risk profile of each user, supervised and managed around the clock. The individual risk tolerance of the investor is the benchmark for all investment decisions.CEO Erik Podzuweit previously was Co-CEO of Westing and Executive Director at Goldman Sachs. Scalable Capital is an authorised wealth manager by the BaFin and the FCA. The company is winner of the Angel's Choice Award of the Web Summit 2015 and the FintechGermany Award 2016, was awarded the grade 'very good' by the finance magazine Euro am Sonntag, won the Innovation Award for the best automatic online wealth management at the Börsentag 2016, and was named the best robo advisor in Germany by Brokervergleich.de. Scalable Capital is the leading robo advisor in Europe with assets under management of more than 200 million euros. Apart from German Startups Group, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Monk's Hill Ventures, MPGI, and several buiness angels have invested in Scalable Capital.
Simplesurance – One-Click Online Insurance for Purchases
In partnership with reputable insurers, Berlin-based Simplesurance offers consumers individual product insurance. For example, insurance against iPhone breakage or warranty extensions can be bought directly at the point of online sale with just a few clicks and at very reasonable conditions. The online shop earns a commission and can offer its customers an additional service, while Simplesurance earns a margin on all insurance policies sold online. With B2C portals in, according to the company, nine European countries, Simplesurance also offers the option to insure products or devices already purchased. Together with the renowned insurer Tokio Marine and the largest Japanese airline All Nippon Airways, Simplesurance prepares the launch of Japan's first travel cancellation insurance for flight cancellations due to adverse weather conditions.Share 1.6%
SoundCloud - Social sound platform
SoundCloud, founded in 2007, is a social sound platform based in London, with operational headquarters in Berlin, which is also where the management is based. SoundCloud gives users access to one of the world's largest communities of music and audio creators according to their own statements. SoundCloud allows everyone via widgets, apps, and their own platform to discover original music and audio, connect with each other, and share their sounds with the world. In addition, sound creators can use the platform to instantly record, upload, and share sounds across websites, blogs, and social networks.SoundCloud has approximately 170 million users. The company generates revenue through paid subscriptions like pro and premier plans, which give musicians the opportunity, for example, to gain more exposure. In early 2016, the platform introduced the subscription model 'SoundCloud Go', which enables listeners to gain access to an extended music catalogue - particularly of the three major labels - and an offline listening function.
The feature is now available in more than 15 countries worldwide, giving artists the opportunity to monetize their music. In 2019, SoundCloud announced several new features, such as the integration of its catalogue in DJ programs of the leading providers Native Instruments, Pioneer DJ, Serato and Virtual DJ, as well as the ability for artists to use SoundCloud Premier to list their songs with other streaming providers and monetize them there as well. SoundCloud is the only service that offers a holistic solution for the commercial distribution of music without disintermediaries.Share 0.15%
Wunder Mobility – Mobility technology service provider
Wunder, founded in 2014 in Hamburg, offers the world's leading urban P2P ridesharing platform which helps users organize carpooling in rural areas. Users can request a ride via mobile app to their desired destination at the push of a button and subsequently tip the driver. Wunder receives a certain percentage from each payment. Afterwards, both guest and driver have the opportunity to rate the experience with one another, which ensures the high quality of the community.Wunder is still considered the world's leading urban P2P ridesharing provider, while, over the years, also being able to develop its services into an own platform, which now even has its own operating system, the Wunder Mobility OS. In addition to its former core business, Wunder Mobility now offers complementary products such as Wunder Carpool, Wunder Shuttle or Wunder Fleet which serve as the technology for providers of connected cars, urban mobility solutions such as car parks or shuttles and even ride sharing providers of bicycles and e-scooters. In 2019, Wunder Mobility, in cooperation with the City of Hamburg, launched the first nationwide project for extensive digital documentation, analysis and planning of new mobility services. This exclusive direct connection to the city's traffic and mobility system gives Wunder Mobility a long-term competitive advantage through a more comprehensive data network.Gunnar Froh, founder and CEO of Wunder, previously was operations manager at Airbnb. German Startups Group is invested in the mobility startup alongside with Partech Ventures, amongst other venture capital providers, as well as a group of renowned business angels.Share 0.40%
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Amorelie - Sensual E-Commerce
Since the beginning of 2013, Amorelie has stood for a sensual lifestyle online shop that offers a high quality portfolio as well as compelling functionality. Presented in a friendly and exclusive environment full of joie de vivre, Amorelie attracts confident, modern women and couples. The product range covers toys, exclusive lingerie, and sensual products, such as erotic literature. Passion, physical well-being, sex, and happiness are the main focus of Amorelie, which showcases a stylish, innovative, and accessible Lovestyle-world instead of intimidating "erotic products" of low quality.The team of founders held key roles before. Lea-Sophie Cramer previously was Vice President Asia of both Rocket Internet and Groupon, while Sebastian Pollok was an analyst at e.ventures in San Francisco and an entrepreneur also at Rocket Internet.German Startups Group invested together with well-known co-investors, such as SevenVentures, TA Ventures, Paua Ventures, Otto Capital, and Cherry Ventures, alongside whom it sold its shares to 7Commerce GmbH, the strategic investment arm of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, in March 2015.
CRX Markets - Supply chain finance platform
CRX Markets is a Munich-based supply chain finance platform that allows suppliers to sell claims against their clients, i.e. to securitize the bundled claims, without the involvement of an intermediary, e.g. a factoring bank, and to automatically trigger a bidding contest between institutional investors as sellers in order to maximize revenue from the sale of the claims and ensure that money is received earlier. According to the company, the customers benefit from a stabilized supply chain and the optimisation of circulating assets. Furthermore, the marketplace created by CRX Markets also offers, in our opinion, companies, banks, and investors attractive investment opportunities through its transparent structure and competition-oriented methods.CRX Markets won the FintechGermany Award in 2016. Founder and manager Moritz von der Linden and supervisory board member Carlo Kölzer are the founders of the highly successful foreign exchange trading online platform 360T, which was acquired by Deutsche Börse in 2015.
Software Solutions for review management
Since 2009, Customer Alliance supports hotels worldwide with the help of various products in collecting and integrating customer centric data as well as realising their revenue potential.
With its product 'Review Analytics', Customer Alliance provides a reliable 360° review management solution for the thorough and professional handling of online reviews. It manages online reviews and provides essential statistics for quality management.
Additionally, the tool 'Price Analytics' supports hotels in doing effective pricing by tracking the price structure of competitors and by warning hoteliers about changes on the business market in advance.
"Booked", the newest product by Customer Alliance, is a responsive booking engine that enables hotels to implement an easily-maintained booking widget on their websites, with which customers can quickly and directly book hotel rooms. Thus, hotels can reduce their commission payments. Today, more than 3.500 hotels from over 35 countries use Customer Alliance software solutions.Share 1.9%
eWings.com – Platform for Flight Bookings
eWings is an online booking platform. eWings provides air travellers and frequent flyers with the opportunity for simple and easy booking.eWings was founded in August 2013 by Thilo Hardt, co-founder of Mister Spex and Entrepreneur in Residence of DN Capital London. In August 2015, eWings was ranked among CB Insights' '15 High Momentum German Early Stage Startups'. Apart from German Startups Group, DN Capital and Kima Ventures invested in eWings.
Pyreg - GreenTec for Carbonisation Machinery
Since 2010, Pyreg designs, develops, and manufactures machinery for carbonisation purposes, which convert wet biomasses into valuable biochar in an environmentally-friendly way as well as sewage sludge into fertilizing substrates which almost free of pollutants. During the process, a surplus in heat energy is created that can also be efficiently used for different purposes. Irrespective of whether used in the waste water, fertiliser, composting, forestry and agriculture industries or municipalities, the combination of multi-purpose benefits of a Pyreg system contributes to enhancing the value chain of its respective operators.Pyreg is committed to climate protection and its high-quality machines is not only known for its economical but also its ecological sustainability. A single Pyreg 500 unit – for the production of biochar for instance – effectively sequesters the annual CO2 emissions of up to 500 motor vehicles per year.Pyreg was nominated in 2016 by the German Institute for Invention for the, according to the institute, oldest innovation award in the world, the Dieselmedaille, as the most sustainable innovation.German Startups Group has invested in Pyreg along with different holding companies, including Skion GmbH of Quandt heiress Susanne Klatten, and knowledgeable business angels.
realbest - online transaction platform for real estate
realbest is the first online transaction platform for real estate that digitalises the significant steps within the purchase and sales process. The company, founded in 2013 and based in Berlin, sells real estate across Germany from private and professional property sellers through its online network of qualified real estate agents and financial service providers. According to the company, this network reaches over 2.5 million potential buyers. Currently, over 350 million euros worth of real estate offering can be found on realbest.Co-investors include Obotritia Capital from Rolf Elgeti, Ventech as well as Immotech ventures from the property developer Marius Marschall von Bieberstein.
Thinksurance - Commercial Insurance Platform
Founded as Gewerbeversicherung24 in 2015, Thinksurance's online platform supports the development, analysis and sale of commercial insurance policies. With its B2B platform, Frankfurt's Insurtech connects insurers and distributors as well as insurance brokers, pools and agencies in order to digitally map the entire insurance process from needs analysis to conclusion in the future. Thinksurance relies on its own API, which can be easily integrated into the customer's own systems and used to analyse, optimise and control the sales process. According to Thinksurance, this reduces the time it takes to close a commercial insurance contract by an average of 80% from up to several weeks to just a few minutes to broker a policy. Thinksurance now has more than 10.000 brokers among its customers; with the change of name in 2019, the brand is no longer tied only to the German commercial insurance market. An expansion of the product range beyond traditional commercial insurance as well as projects for further internationalization are already planned with the first distributors and insurance partners.Share 1,34%
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