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Tahyna virus (TAHV) is widely distributed in Europe and Asia. A previous study reported a high level of conservation of the TAHV genome in isolates from Europe. During 2006 and 2007, three Tahyna virus isolates from mosquitoes were obtained from various locations in Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. We analyzed the complete coding sequence of full-length small, medium, and large segments of these isolates. Molecular and phylogenetic analyses of the three complete TAHV genomes showed that sequence identity between isolates from China and Europe was more divergent, and an unexpected level of medium segment diversity was found among isolates from China compared with high levels of sequence conservation for the small and large segments. This study indicated that effects of genotypic diversity on the ecology, transmission, and pathogenicity of TAHV in China should be studied.
Tahyna virus (TAHV) is a member of the California serogroup of the family Bunyaviridae and the genus Orthobunyavirus. Viruses of the genus Orthobunyavirus are arthropod-borne and possess a single-stranded, negative-sense RNA genome of three segments designated small (S), medium (M), and large (L), which encode the nucleocapsid (N), the surface polyprotein, and the polymerase protein, respectively. Tahyna virus was first isolated in Czechoslovakia in 1958 from a pool of Aedes caspius mosquitoes.1
Since that time, TAHV has been found and shown to be associated with human illness throughout parts of Europe and Asia.2–4 Typical clinical manifestations of TAHV infection include influenza-like symptoms of fever and respiratory congestion; the infection may also cause acute arthritis, pharyngitis, and complications of the central nervous system.5 Previous studies identified a high level of conservation of the TAHV genome, even though viruses were obtained from temporally distinct regions over a long period.6,7
In 2006, TAHV was isolated for the first time in the People's Republic of China, and human infection has been confirmed in this country.8,9 The first TAHV isolate (XJ0625) from China was obtained from Culex sp. mosquitoes in Kashi, Xinjiang.8 Subsequently, in 2007, two TAHV isolates (XJ0708 and XJ0710) were obtained from separate pools of Aedes vexans mosquitoes obtained in Bayinguoleng, Xinjiang, approximately 900 km east of Kashi. This report describes comprehensive genomic characterization of these TAHV isolates from China. Molecular and phylogenetic analyses of the N protein, polyprotein, and polymerase open reading frames (ORFs) indicate a relatively high level of M segment diversity compared with that of the S and L segments of these TAHVs from China.
The TAHV isolates were obtained from mosquito pools. These pools were obtained as part of arthropod-borne virus surveillance efforts in the People's Republic of China. All procedures used were performed according to manufacturer's instructions unless stated otherwise. Mosquitoes were collected in light traps, identified by morphologic characteristics, and separated by genus/species/collection site into pools of up to 50–100 specimens. The pools were triturated in minimal essential medium and clarified by centrifugation. One hundred microliters of resultant supernatants was then added to confluent layers of BHK-21 cells in six-well plates. Inoculated cells were then incubated at 37°C and inspected daily for cytopathic effects. Cells infected with supernatant from mosquito pools XJ0625 (containing 100 Culex mosquitoes that were not identified to species), XJ0708, and XJ0710 (containing 60 and 70 Ae. vexans mosquitoes in each pool, respectively) showed initial signs of cytopathic effects at day one post-inoculation. Supernatants from these cells were collected at day 2 post-inoculation and were inoculated into 25-cm2 flasks containing BHK-21 cells.
Viral RNA was extracted directly from 140 μL of infected, second passage BHK-21 cell culture supernatants of XJ0625, XJ0708 and XJ0710 by using the QiaAMP Viral RNA Extraction Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA). After extraction, cDNAs were randomly transcribed from purified viral RNAs by using Ready-To-Go™ You-Prime First-Strand Beads (GE Healthcare, Little Chalfont, United Kingdom) and random hexanucleotide primers. The XJ0625, XJ0708, and XJ0710 isolates were identified as TAHVs by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification with Ex Taq DNA polymerase (Takara, Tokyo, Japan) and sequencing by using primers specific for the S segment of the TAHV genome.10
Whole genome sequencing was then performed by using PCR-based amplification of viral cDNAs with Ex Taq DNA polymerase (Takara, Japan) and primers specific for conserved regions of California serogroup virus genomes. Amplified products were examined by agarose gel electrophoresis (1% gel) and purified by using the QIA Quick Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen). Purified amplification products were then sequenced directly by using primers designed as described above. Each nucleotide position was confirmed by generation of multiple sequences in the 5¢ and 3¢ directions. The origin of each nucleotide sequence was confirmed by repeated RNA extraction, cDNA generation, partial PCR reamplification, and nucleotide sequencing directly from BHK-21 cell isolates. Consensus sequences were assembled by using Contig Express Project software (Vector NTI Advance 1001 package; Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA).
To compare TAHVs from China at the molecular level, we calculated nucleotide and amino acid identities for S, M, and L segment ORFs of selected TAHV isolates by using a CLUSTAL W alignment of sequences and MEGA version 4 software (Table 1). These analyses showed that the S segment nucleocapsid ORFs of TAHVs from China (XJ0625, XJ0708, and XJ0710) have greater than 99% nucleotide and amino acid sequence identities (Table 1). Similarly, the TAHV L segment polymerase ORFs had ≥ 96.7% nucleotide and amino acid sequence identities (Table 1). The S segment contains the N gene and the L segment contains the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene; both of these genes were relatively conserved within genus Orthobunyavirus. Although all virus isolates from Xinjiang or Europe were conserved within each group, the divergence between the two groups were still significant; isolates from Xinjiang showed no more than 92.5% or 83.1% nucleotide identities with Bardos 92 in S or L segments, respectively (Table 1).
In contrast to highly conservation of S and L segments in virus isolates from Xinjiang, analyses of glycoprotein ORFs of these viruses indicate a striking diversity of M segment genotypes within the Xinjiang group. Nucleotide identities of GN, NSm, and GC protein sequences in isolates from Xinjiang were 82.5–97% (GN), 82.4–96.2% (NSm), and 80.1–96.1% (GC). Identities for virus isolates from Xinjiang were much lower than those for virus isolates from Europe.6,7 Also, identities between virus isolates from Xinjiang and Europe were much lower than those within each group (Supplementary Table 1).
On the basis of host cell entry functions of envelope glycoproteins and diversity of hosts encountered in the arthropod-borne virus transmission cycle, relative diversity of TAHV M segment genotypes when compared with S and L segment genotypes is not unexpected. However, the degree of M segment diversity (< 20% nucleotide sequence diversity) among viruses isolated from the same geographic location of Xinjiang is surprising. The striking pattern of dissimilarity of M segment sequences in contrast to a relatively high degree of similarity in S and L segment sequences provides evidence of possible reassortment of genomic segments between variant strains of TAHV in China. Although significant divergence was observed in the M segment, no amino acid changes were observed for CT and TMD motifs in virus isolates from Xinjiang. These two domains were highly conserved. The CT domain plays an important role in targeting heterodimerized GN and GC proteins to the Golgi apparatus, and the TMD domain is important for virus assembly and morphogenesis.11,12
A previous study indicated that high degree of identity in the 5¢ and 3¢ regions of the M segment, although deletions may have occurred within 3¢ non-coding region.6 Nucleotide identities within virus isolates from Xinjiang were 95.1–100% in the 5¢ untranslated region (UTR) and 93.7–97.2% in the 3¢UTR. In addition, XJ0625 has two nucleotides deleted at positions 43 and 87 in the 3¢-non-coding region in the 3¢UTR (positions 4427 and 4471 for the whole M segment sequence). All virus isolates used in this study were passaged no more than three times after isolation from field mosquitoes. Therefore, it is likely that deletions to the genome did not occur during laboratory passage and that sequences reflect properties of viruses in nature. In addition, the variable region is not likely necessary for functions relevant to virus growth in such cell lines.
Phylogenetic analyses of the newly isolated TAHVs from China indicated that neighbor-joining and maximum-parsimony trees shared highly similar topologies and bootstrap values for major groupings (Figure 1). Phylogenies generated from TAHV N gene and polymerase gene ORFs infer that TAHV isolates from China are more closely related to one another than to the isolates from Europe, as indicated by the strong bootstrap support of these groupings (Figure 1). In contrast with geographically consistent groupings generated for S and L segments, although the M segment sequences of XJ0625 and XJ0710 group together with extreme support, the M segment ORF of isolate XJ0708 from China aligns independently within the context of a relatively large diversity of isolates from Europe, including the serologically related variant Lumbo TAHV strain. Interestingly, phylogenetic analysis based on GN, NSm, and GC generated different topology for XJ0708 (Supplementary Figures 1–3). These data further support diversity of M segment genotypes or virus reassortment in Xinjiang, China. In addition, preliminary phenotypic analyses showed markedly larger plaques for the divergent XJ0708 isolate (2.8 mm) than pinpoint plaques for XJ0625 (0.2 mm) and XJ0710 (0.2 mm) isolates in BHK-21 cells (Figure 2), which indicated diversity of phenotypes that correspond to different genotypes.
Although TAHVs and infections with TAHVs have been reported in Xinjiang and Qinghai Province, the association of TAHV with human illness is still not clearly defined.8,9 Our findings support the need for additional study of the diversity of TAHVs and the potential impact of that diversity on the ecology, epidemiology, and pathogenicity of TAHV in China.
We thank Amy J. Lambert (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) for help with the experiment design and assistance in the preparation and writing of this manuscript. We also thank staff members at the Xinjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xinjiang, China for the assistance in obtaining mosquito samples.
Note: Supplemental table and figures are available at www.ajtmh.org.
Financial support: This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (no. 2008ZX10004-001), The Young Scholar Scientific Research Foundation of China CDC (no.2010A105), a Development Grant from the State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (2008SKLID105), and China CDC–US CDC Cooperative Agreement U19-GH000004.
Authors' addresses: Zhi Lu, Shi-Hong Fu, Feng-Tian Wang, Qing Tang, and Guo-Dong Liang, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China, E-mails: moc.liamtoh@tilfil, moc.liamtoh@ufgnohihs, moc.361@28tfgnaw, moc.anis@40gnatq, and moc.liamtoh@gnaildg. Roger S. Nasci, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Fort Collins, CO, E-mail: vog.cdc@0nsr.
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1. Re: Stuck Thread causing heap to grow steeply and resulting in crashFabioDouek Mar 31, 2013 1:45 AM (in response to 826746)Hi Naresh,1 person found this helpful
Weblogic tunes itself to create new threads whenever needed. If threads are stuck, depending on the number of stuck threads and the number of available threads, weblogic will create new threads to serve the incoming requests.
Each thread itself will consume space from the heap, but usually it will not be enough to cause out of memory (it depends on size of heap, num of threads, etc). Having said that, while a thread is active or stuck, some of the instantiated objects might not be released. This could be one of the reasons why you are running out of memory.
Another possibility, is that your stored procedure is returning huge result sets. Could this be the case? Is it returning cursors or types?
I think you should look into the stored procedures and fix the issue there.
In the meantime, if you want to protect the server, you could try to use workmanagers to try to limit the number of threads in parallel. This will not resolve the issue. It means that weblogic will stop accepting new requests until there are threads (configurable) available, but it will protect (depending on how you configure it) against out of memory.
What is the current JVM heap size?
What kind of load are you handling?
How many active threads and stuck threads do you see in the worst case scenario?
Fabio Douek
2. Re: Stuck Thread causing heap to grow steeply and resulting in crash826746 Apr 1, 2013 6:59 PM (in response to FabioDouek)Hi Fabio,
Thanks for such good explanation.
We have 6 GB RAM and have application running in 4 servers. During peak time we have around 100 users using the system.
I will investigate further and see If my procedure or Sql is returning huge sets of data which might be causing out of memory.
Edited by: Naresh on Apr 1, 2013 11:59 AM
3. Re: Stuck Thread causing heap to grow steeply and resulting in crashritbttcs Apr 2, 2013 8:50 AM (in response to 826746)Hi Naresh,
You can try creating a Work Manager Connection Pool in weblogic console. Path -> Home >Summary of Work Managers. After creating the conn pool, please go to configuration tab and check ignore stuck threads. I had a similar problem earlier and this helped me a lot.
4. Re: Stuck Thread causing heap to grow steeply and resulting in crashFabioDouek Apr 2, 2013 11:39 AM (in response to 826746)Hi Naresh,
100 users for 4 servers seems that it will generate a relatively small load. Having said that, I've seen weblogic running out of memory with one user using an application, because the resultset size wasn't being limited.
Just to confirm, the 6GB of RAM is the Java Heap size, right?
5. Re: Stuck Thread causing heap to grow steeply and resulting in crash826746 Apr 2, 2013 3:24 PM (in response to FabioDouek)Yes Fabio,
We have 6 GB RAM for Java Heap.
Application is relatively big and has around 120 pages , database tables has millions of records.
At times we have long running queries in database (due to sorting or filtering or any other reason) which is making thread go into stuck mode. I tried to replicate the scenario in local and dev environments by creating stuck threads (invoking long running queries which are running during production crash) - Now when I do this , I dont see heap growing abnormally either in DEV or local environments.
Please suggest on how to proceed to find the root cause.
6. Re: Stuck Thread causing heap to grow steeply and resulting in crashanjhawar - oracle Apr 3, 2013 4:15 AM (in response to 826746)I think this setup needs profiling. To start-off, i would recommend collecting heap dump or jrf (if jrockit), instructions for them are available on net, as it varies with jvm versions and vendors.
Post that you should look for the thread which you believe is stuck and a possible cause using OQL in memory analyzer tool over the heap dumps.
Conceptually, till the time the objects (or data if you say) is being referenced, JVM cannot garbage collect it. So, I would say we need to figure out what are the contents of the heap, before coming to a conclusion that the threads which are stuck is causing the issue. Why I say so it that, I have seen in past that many-a-times, we suspect stuck threads to be an issue but it turns out to be that we are "knocking the wrong door".
Long running threads (aka STUCK thread in WLS), will normally cause memory issues, if the references/task that its trying to perform has a large local data (i.e. data with the thread scope), so it the time the thread is not released the data is alive (irrespective of the fact that the data is used or not).
Now, my first thought of this situation is that stuck thread is not an issue, considering that you are not able to replicate this in UAT post simulating stuck threads. Thus please collect some heap dumps (may be when you start observing memory increase) and then review them comparatively, I think that should be helpful.
7. Re: Stuck Thread causing heap to grow steeply and resulting in crashFabioDouek Apr 3, 2013 11:26 AM (in response to 826746)Hi Naresh,
The suggestion given by AJ makes total sense.
At this stage, it's not even possible to correlate the Stuck thread with the OOM.
Depending on how often the issue happens in production, it might be more or less difficult to find the issue (how often does the issue happen?)
As AJ mentioned, you can use JRockit mission control or take a heap dump. Usually you would take a head dump on demand, and use Jrockit mission control for a limited period of time. You should definitely do this.
Additionally, you should:
1) Log GC, as follows: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E15289_01/doc.40/e15061/verbose.htm
2) Use Weblogic dashboard. You can easily monitor the heap for your servers in realtime: http://<ADMINSERVER>/console/dashboard
3) Run a realistic performance test in either UAT or preprod, and monitor the heap. Testing with one user wouldn't help, as sessions are created per user, for example.
4) Talk to developers: What is being stored in the session? Is there data being cached? A code review might help
8. Re: Stuck Thread causing heap to grow steeply and resulting in crash826746 Apr 3, 2013 7:21 PM (in response to FabioDouek)Hi AJ/Fabio,
Thanks for all your suggestions.
We enabled flags to collect heap dump on production server crash , once I get the heap dump I should be able to see the live object instances occupying memory.
We see production server crash 2-3 times a month , so never know when this is going to happen again. I am the developer for the APP and we dont store much of data in session.
I will post results once I get heap dump.


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Although growth rates of population and developed land were high in most Regions, population density varies significantly from one Region to the next (Exhibit 4). In 2010, EPA Region 2 was the most densely populated Region, at 516 people per square mile; EPA Region 10 was the least densely populated, with an average of approximately 15.7 people per square mile (including Alaska). Between 1950 and 2010, the population density of EPA Region 9 showed the greatest percentage change, increasing by nearly a factor of four from 31 to 124 people per square mile. During the same period, the nationwide average population density doubled, from 43 to 87 people per square mile.
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Intercensal figures are estimates based on administrative records of births, deaths, and migration, and thus differ from the decennial census data in methodology and accuracy.
- Sampling and non-sampling errors exist for all census data as a result of errors during the data collection and processing phases.
- The criteria for estimating urban population have changed over time as defined by the Census Bureau (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012).
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Urban and rural population data for Exhibit 1 were obtained from two U.S. Census Bureau publications: data from 1790 to 1990 are from U.S. Census Bureau (1993); 2000 and 2010 data are from U.S. Census Bureau (2013).
In Exhibit 2, population change was calculated from population estimates published in U.S. Census Bureau (1993, 2002a, 2009, 2015). Changes in acreage of developed land were calculated based on acreage figures reported every 5 years by the NRI (USDA NRCS, 2015).
Exhibit 3 is based on population estimates by state for 1982 and 2012, published in U.S. Census Bureau (1993, 2015), and NRI developed land estimates by state, published in USDA NRCS (2015). The figure was developed by grouping the published state data by EPA Region, then calculating percent change between 1982 and 2012.
Population density by EPA Region (Exhibit 4) was calculated based on three published data sets: population every 10 years from 1950 to 2010 by state (U.S. Census Bureau, 2002b and 2011); and land area by state (U.S. Census Bureau, 2002c).
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Cats do spray, do you know why?
The cat goes near a vertical structure, the tail is being lifted vertically and a small amount of urine is being sprayed from just beneath the tails of the cat. This is a very common scene for pet owners. The sprayed urine hits the ground surface firmly. One can notice very intense quivering movement of the tail [the tip] of the cat at that time. The cat will show intense concentration on its face.
If you consider this as litter box problem, then you are absolutely wrong. It is a kind of communication, [nonverbal nature] of this cat with the other fellow cats. The meaning of this act is that this area is mine. It is like ear marking its area, there by informing the other cats not to enter his domain.
The spray of the cat contains a substance called pheromone. These chemical substances are produced in the cat's body for this kind of nonverbal communication. In cat's body, different types of pheromones are produced by different parts. The pheromones are used for attracting mate, defining their boundary, expressing the well being etc. The pheromone combinations are unique for a cat and the combination is not the same in other cat. Just as the finger prints differ from individual to individual, the pheromone combination too differs from cat to cat.
The cats use different ways to mark their boundary. Some cats scratch the substance or surface, some cats leave their faces in a place uncovered, and some cats rub against a particular thing at the boundary. but spraying is the most common method. Males especially, the intact ones are aggressive in spraying. This can't rule out the possibility of spraying in castrated males, as they too spray if aroused. Female do indulge in spaying practice, but they do so in squatting position.
In general the urine marking can be done either by standing or squating position by the cat. The volume of the fluid that comes out may be small or can match the regular outflow. The vertical structures are the prime targets. Some cats exhibit virtual marking behavior. Here there is no urine passed and this act is also called as phantom spraying.
Things to do if the spraying is noticed
The vet needs to be consulted to rule out the medical problem possibility.
Neutering the cat is a good idea as this can solve the spraying problem the area needs to be cleaned completely using product that contains deodouriser. Better to avoid ammonia mixed or based products as the smell of ammonia may induce the cat to spray again.
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They 'claimed' they'd tried to contact us to let us know but they hadn't. They were exceptionally rude to both my wife and I. With one representative even laughing down the phone at me! The reason for cancellation was that a 'computer glitch' had led to our condo being rented out for $900 for the week. They told us we now had to pay $1,600 for the week. An absolutely ridiculous price for the smallest condo they had.
Prior to making the booking my wife had telephoned to confirm pricing and was told that the condo was being rented out for that price as it hadn't been modernised. Subsequently I re-checked the information on the website and that same condo now had a 'recently modernised' tag!
These guys are rip off merchants. They don't care about you or your vacation - just out to get as much money as possible. Hence previous reviews have moaned about this management company.
I left messages for the owner of the company to call me back - he never did. All I was told was "We don't let rooms out for free". At one point their representative informed me that the owner probably wouldn't call me back as I just wanted to moan at someone and maybe he (the rep) should just take the beating.
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Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) Given Average Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts
Shares of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) have been given an average recommendation of "Hold" by the eight analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $56.50.
A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. BidaskClub upgraded shares of Highwoods Properties from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 14th. Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $55.00 target price on shares of Highwoods Properties in a research report on Wednesday, April 19th. Finally, ValuEngine cut shares of Highwoods Properties from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, June 2nd.
In related news, COO Theodore J. Klinck sold 10,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.51, for a total transaction of $525,100.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 63,194 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,318,316.94. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 1.90% of the company's stock.
Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Independent Portfolio Consultants Inc. raised its stake in Highwoods Properties by 17.5% in the second quarter. Independent Portfolio Consultants Inc. now owns 2,743 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $139,000 after buying an additional 408 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Highwoods Properties by 13.6% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,083 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $151,000 after buying an additional 369 shares during the period. Two Sigma Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Highwoods Properties during the first quarter valued at about $210,000. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Highwoods Properties during the first quarter valued at about $255,000. Finally, World Asset Management Inc boosted its position in shares of Highwoods Properties by 3.6% in the first quarter. World Asset Management Inc now owns 6,233 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $306,000 after buying an additional 217 shares during the period. 98.83% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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Shares of Highwoods Properties (HIW) traded down 0.02% on Tuesday, hitting $50.51. 232,615 shares of the stock traded hands. The firm has a market cap of $5.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.78 and a beta of 0.88. Highwoods Properties has a 52 week low of $45.83 and a 52 week high of $56.23. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $51.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $50.85.
Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $169.41 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $167.20 million. Highwoods Properties had a net margin of 18.29% and a return on equity of 5.80%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.82 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Highwoods Properties will post $1.18 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Highwoods Properties Company Profile
Highwoods Properties, Inc is an office real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company's primary business is the operation, acquisition and development of office properties. The Company's segments include Office and Other. The Company owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages properties primarily in the best business districts (BBDs) of Atlanta, Greensboro, Memphis, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa.
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Each summer, I try to have a goal to learn a new skill in either knitting or crochet. This summer it is Brioche Knitting. This technique is from the Netherlands known as "Patentsteek". Nancy Marchant has written a comprehensive book on Brioche Knitting...I figure in an effort to make it more popular here in the United States. The technique is different than your usual knitting, but once you get the hang of it, it's not that difficult.
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What the president and his family eat to gear up for the one of the biggest nights of world politics.
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The week we've been waiting for has finally arrived: the Wuthering Bytes festival in Hebden Bridge, the temporary centre of the UK Maker Belt, begins on Friday. We've already waxed lyrical about the exciting talks on Friday and the OSHCamp presentations on Saturday, but there's another reason to be popping along to sunny Yorkshire this weekend: hands-on workshops on the Sunday.
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Little Lady (リトルレディ Ritoru Redi) is the thirty-third episode of Mirai Sentai Timeranger.
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Kilimanjaro - Machame Route - Day 1 - Tuesday 3rd March
Breakfast was served from 6am so I was up and about around half five. The power had still not come on from the night before and so the head torch was out to do the final packing of my daypack. The majority of the morning was spent running around like a headless chicken trying to organise the rental gear and settle my bill form the plate of chips and a bottle of water for the night before.
We all stood waiting to meet our guides; I was the only one who was doing the Machame route from my company. My guide was called Felex; he was 56 years old and a bit of a veteran. When I asked him how many times he had reached the summit his answer was, "Oh I gave up counting years ago, somewhere between one hundred and fifty and two hundred!"
Felex and myself jumped in the vehicle along with a couple of other men who I later found out were my porters. We picked up the rest of the team along the way including Alex, my chef! We approached the Machame
Machame Gate
gate at around eleven o'clock and after signing the climbers' book and after the guides had divided everything up so that they were all carrying an equal share we headed up the path to Machame camp.
Felex said that it would take us somewhere in the region of 5-6 hours and we were ascending about 1200m. The trees and plants were very dense for the whole of the first day as the climate was still pretty warm at that height. I hiked in shorts and a long sleeve shirt and was still quite hot and sticky. We stopped quickly for lunch at around one in the afternoon and made it to Machame camp at 3000m by 4.20pm. It had taken us just a little over four hours, which according to Felex was pretty quick and we'd have to take it a bit slower the next day.
By the time I we had walked to where we were camping my tent was already set up with my bag inside and a flask of hot water for tea or coffee! It was a very nice treat after a few hours walking and then came the popcorn! Once I had scoffed
Afternoon Tea
al of my afternoon tea I went for a short walk around the campsite, chatted with two American guys I had met whilst hiking and had a quick wash with a bowl of hot water before dinner.
Before attempting to summit "Kili" I had wondered whether I would lose weight in the process due to all the walking but after seeing my first plate of food that was brought for dinner I highly doubted any weight was going to be lost! I had a platter size dish piled high with rice, vegetables and lots of beef cooked in a black bean sauce, followed by a plate of fruit and more tea or coffee!
There is not much else to do up on the mountain on your own as there is no electricity, not to mention running water, so it was bed time as soon as the sun dipped over the other side of the peak.
Day 2
It rained most of the night on Tuesday but I slept very well nonetheless. I was awake by quarter to seven and we were up and out of camp just after eight o'clock. The hike on Wednesday (day 2) would
My "Home"
take us to Shira Caves, which were at about 3800m so only a climb of 800m vertically. The time it would take to walk was supposed to be about 4-5 hours but we arrived at the camp just before noon. Again our pace was very quick even though it felt slow to me I was a bit worried that I was going ahead of myself and that it might hinder my chances of reaching Uhuru peak.
We had dinner early, at around 5.30pm after a short hike (40 mins) to Shira Hut which was maybe 50m above the caves. The reason for doing this is because apparently walking slightly higher and then coming down to sleep increases your chances of acclimatising better. At this point I couldn't feel any effects of the altitude but I stayed very hydrated, as I was sure that the headaches etc weren't far away. I was probably drinking between 3 and 4 litres of water a day. The team would boil water at night and have it in my plastic bottles ready for the morning. I also added chlorine treatment tablets just to make sure I wasn't going to get ill from drinking it,
Machame Camp
as that would have dire effects on the state of my hydration.
The surroundings had become increasingly baron in comparison to Machame camp. There were fewer trees and even fewer plants and bushes. The only wildlife that was around were huge crows that would wait around for an unsuspecting hiker to leave their food lying around ready to be picked up and flown off!
My tent had started to feel quite homely by this point, which was good as I still had another 4 nights to spend in it!
Day 3
I slept very badly on the second night. The increase in altitude had resulted in a much colder night than that of the first night. It was only when I got out of my tent in the morning at half six that I realised the tent was frozen on the outside and had probably been like that all night. It was a very clear morning though and we could see the snow capped peak of the mountain, which was a real treat.
The plan for the day was to leave Shira Caves at around 7.30am and hike to Barranco. It was going to take
Shira Caves
about 5 hours and we would end up only 100m higher at 3900m. During the course of the day we would ascend to a height of 4600m, which was at a point called Lava Tower. We reached Lava tower by 11am and bumped into two porters from another group coming down the mountain. Felex stopped and chatted with them a while and we carried on up the to top of Lava tower. As we got there he turned and asked me whether I knew whom "Ashrey Co" was? I pondered on it a while and then realised that he was actually saying Ashley Cole! He then explained that his wife (Cheryl) amongst other famous people were one camp ahead of us!
We decided then, that if the Comic Relief group were camping at Barranco then we'd pitch camp there for the night, but it they had gone all the way to Karancha we'd decide when we got to Barranco whether or not we would keep on going. We marched down to Barranco and as there was no sign of the 100+ group we carried on, much to the dismay of my porters who sadly had started putting up my
Photo 7
tent! (I did feel pretty bad at the time…)
Barranco Wall is the steepest section on the whole mountain as the name suggests and so hands are required to hold onto the rocks. As we approached the top of the wall I could hear a lot of commotion coming from just above us (I was sure it was them). Sure enough as we came up over the ridge about fifty or so people were sat on the top with huge BBC cameras and radio antennae. None of the Celebrities were there but I had a short chat with the head coordinator about how it was all going.
As we continued on to Karancha Camp I could smell perfume in the distance. One smell I did not expect to find on the mountain. Very shortly afterwards I spotted three "celebrity like" looking women walking slowly down the trail. Suddenly I started to feel a little nervous but managed a little, "Hi, how's it going?" as I passed them.
We made it to the camp just after three in the afternoon. We'd been hiking for a little under eight hours and I was ready for a rest. The pattern for
Day 3 sight of the summit
the evening followed pretty much the first two nights except for the customary spying on the comic relief crowd!
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Hey Todd n Luc, What a fabulous time you must have had on the 1st 3 days Todd on the Killi climb, soooooo lookin 4ward to the rest of the climb. Hope to catch up on Skype when you get to Mauritius. (only 28 degrees, partly cloudy and rain for the next few days!!) Dad xxx
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fab reading and photos, lucky your memory is so good it seems so much has happened for you since!! great speaking yest its funny you knowing all the names of the teeth now!!! love miss you xx trying to print it off for retarded g dad but got bloody paper jam and cant get back off the printer!! where are you when i need you? rhys is obviously still in bed and linc is destroying the kitchen!!! xxxxxxx
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