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Olaf's Frozen Escape! to open at Walt Disney Studios. [April Fools Day 2016]
UPDATE: Happy April Fools day everyone!
I hope you all enjoyed our April Fools Day prank this year…..
We can't take full credit for this prank story concept as it originally appeared on the Touring Plans blog in year.
According to a leaked Euro Disney S.C.A. press release, Olaf's Frozen Escape! will be coming to Walt Disney Studios at Disneyland Paris in 2018.
The attraction will find Guests in a brand new interstellar attraction featuring the lovable snowman from Frozen, Olaf.
The new attraction will see the popular Frozen character mistakenly captured by the galactic authorities who send him to a containment facility, where all kinds of mayhem breaks out.
According to the concept art, the Olaf pre-show includes other characters from Frozen.
Once Guests are seated in the round theater, they will receive a warm hug helping to encourage them to remain seated. The lights will dim and Olaf will appear right in front of guest's eyes!
Then, because he doesn't have his personal snow cloud with him, Olaf starts melting, causing him to short-circuit the laser beams, therefore allowing him to be able to interact with Guests.
This fantastic experience will feature cutting-edge audio, the feel of icy cold water droplets, and wait… do you smell carrots?
Guests will also feel as though Olaf is sitting right there on top of their shoulders! Once order is restored to the facility, Olaf will be sent to Arendelle where he can spread the Frozen love wherever he can!
This attraction will be a welcome addition to the resort and Olaf is so lovable and is the perfect character to take over for much loved Stitch Live!
Olaf's Frozen Escape! is scheduled to open sometime in 2018.
Source: Lirpa Loof
Author Salon Mickey BlogPosted on March 31, 2016 April 2, 2016 Categories Uncategorized
Duffy, ShellieMay and I would like to wish all our readers a very happy Easter.
We hope the Easter Bunny brought you lots of yummy Easter Eggs.
Author Salon Mickey BlogPosted on March 27, 2016 Categories Uncategorized
Disneyland Paris Wanderlust Trolley Bag
Duffy and I received a few comments about the Wanderlust bag we used on our trip to Disneyland Paris last week so here is some more information about it.
The bag we used was a Disneyland Paris Wanderlust trolley bag and it is decorated with Mickey artwork and Disneyland Paris inspired travel badges.
The bag is a wheeled trolley case but it can also be worn as a rucksack with adjustable straps at the back. The main compartment has a zip closure which you can attach a padlock to make it secure.
It has a carry handle, a handy front pocket with zipped closure for keeping your travel documents close at hand and two convenient mesh side pockets for keeping bottles of water within easy reach.
The bag also has an extendable handle and two wheels which makes it very easy to navigating around the airport or Eurostar station. The back pocket conveniently contains two adjustable backpack straps so the bag can be worn as a rucksack.
The dimensions of the bag are: 57cm high x 35cm width x 35cm depth .
The Wanderlust bag is available from a number of boutiques in Disneyland Paris including the Temple Traders Boutique in Adventureland and the boutique at Disney's Sequoia Lodge Hotel priced at 79.99€.
Author Salon Mickey BlogPosted on March 22, 2016 March 22, 2016 Categories Uncategorized
Britain's Got Talent in Disney's The Forest of Enchantment
The new Disneyland Pairs show 'The Forest of Enchantment: A Disney Musical Adventure' debuted on 10 February 2016 and has received mixed reviews from some Disneyland Paris fans, so during our visit last week Duffy and I took the opportunity to see the show for ourselves.
The Chaparral Theater has been transformed from its Frozen Sing Along winter backdrop into a spring time enchanted forest and this new twenty-minute show, features characters, and songs from Pocahontas, The Jungle Book, Tarzan, Tangled, and Brave.
The Forest of Enchantment show has fourteen British Cast Members involved in the production including Britain's Got Talent contestants Rosie Hale and Jordan Todd.
Rosie Hale rose to fame last year as part of the four-piece Disney girl group Misstasia, who impressed Britain's Got Talent judges Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon with their first audition when they sang 'Part of your World' from Disney's The Little Mermaid.
Although the group did not make it to the grand final of the ITV competition, which was won by Jules O'Dwyer and her dog Matisse, Rosie kept on singing and she has since gone on to land the role of The Storyteller in the 'The Forest of Enchantment'.
Rosie who studied musical theater at Stratford College told the Stratford Observer that she had to see off more than 200 rivals in Paris and London to get the part. She said: "Every number's got really special moments, and we do something in every one, so it's so much fun."
Fellow Britain's Got Talent contestant Jordan Todd, who got close to the finals with opera group Kingdom Tenors, told Metro: 'That's what makes it special, the fact that every number has something in it that's a Disney classic, that has a special moment and then because it is so fast paced it's like, oh then the next, then the next, so there's always something".
The set design and scenery is wonderful and was created by Disneyland Paris Set Designer Yves Ollier who was inspired by pop-up books, and he turned to illustrator Mathew Reinhart who is known for his Cinderella, The Jungle Book and Star Wars pop-up books for assistance.
The costumes are also to the amazing quality you expect from Disneyland Paris and it took a team of 40 dressmakers from the Costuming Workshop two months to create more than the 50 costumes used in the show.
Photo Credit: dein-dlrp.de / Torsten Schneider
The music for the show was developed by Diseyland Paris Music Director, Vasile Sirli, in collaboration with Gordon and Lisa Goodwin who previously composed The Incredibles' ending credits theme.
'The most famous songs from the films are part of the show,' said the show's director Christophe Leclercq in an interviewwith the press recently 'But we also wanted this performance to feature original compositions, written in the spirit of Broadway musicals.".
The show features the songs 'Colors of the Wind' from Pocahontas, 'The Bare Necessities' and 'I Wanna Be Like You' from The Jungle Book, the Phil Collins hit 'Son of Man' from Tarzan, the Rapunzel and Flynn Rider duet 'I see the light' from Tangled and 'Touch the Sky' from Brave.
Well what did Duffy and I think of The Forest of Enchantment show – well we throughly enjoyed it and highly recommend you take it in during your next trip. I would say it is much better than the Frozen Summer Fun 'Sing Along' show it temporarily replaces.
The Forest of Enchantment: A Disney Musical Adventure is performed in English five times a day in The Chaparral Theater in Frontierland until 8 May 2016.
Photo Credits: Disneyland Paris and Torsten Schneider of dein-dlrp.de
Statement Released By The Shareholders Club Clarifying The Posistion For Existing Members.
Following yesterday's announcement by the Shareholders Club increasing the number of shares required for new applicants are required to hold to join the Club. A statement has been released today to clarify the position for existing members.
The Shareholders club confirms that these new applicable general conditions from March 10th, 2016 concern only the new members (never be members of the Club before this date) who have to hold 1000 shares minimum.
The former members of the Club (until March 9th, 2016) are not impacted by these new conditions if they make the renewal of their card at the latest in 60 days following its expiration date.
The new cards validity will be of 5 years for all the Club members.
The current cards (valid until 2017 or 2018) remain valid up to the expiration date and will not be reproduced with the 5-year term.
This new 5-year term will be applicable only during the renewal and according to your date of membership (so with 5 or 100 or 1000 shares)
Attention: the former members of the Club (before March 10th, 2016) will see applying the new criteria of 1000 shares if they do not make by their renewal in 60 days after the expiration date.
The renewal, according the current general conditions, is not automatic and remains a personal move from the member.
To sum up for a renewal:
If you are a member before October 1st, 2005 : hold a minimum of 5 shares
If you are a member between October 1st, 2005 and March 9th, 2016 : hold a minimum of 100 shares
If you are a member since March 10th, 2016 : hold a minimum of 1000 shares
Please contact us for any further information
Euro Disney S.C.A. Shareholders Club
New Membership Criteria Of The Euro Disney Shareholders Club Announced
Euro Disney S.C.A. have today announced the new membership criteria for the Disneyland Paris Shareholders Club – Disney Le Club Actionnaires.
Applications for new memberships will be accepted from Thursday, March 10, 2016, and new applicants and members wishing to renew will now need to hold a minimum of 1,000 Euro Disney S.C.A. shares.
At today's share price (€1.26) it will cost €1,260 / £972.00 to become a new member of the Shareholders Club.
New applicants will be able to apply for membership to the Shareholders Club via the corporate Disneyland Pairs website here.
Existing members of the Club are not impacted by these new conditions if they renew their membership within 60 days following their cards expiration date. Following renewal, Shareholders cards will now be valid for 5 years for all Club members.
Current membership cards will remain valid up to the expiration date and will not be reproduced with the 5-year term.
However, members of the Club who joined between October 1st, 2005 and before March 10th, 2016 will have to meet the new criteria of 1000 shares if they do not make by their renewal within 60 days after the expiration date of their membership card.
Members of the Shareholders Club who joined prior to October 1st, 2005 a minimum holding of five (5) Euro Disney S.C.A. shares is required to be a member.
The Shareholders Club has today published the below guide for existing members of the Club on their website following the new membership criteria announcement.
Membership criteria:
Starting from March 10th, 2016: the Shareholders Club is only accessible to individual Euro Disney S.C.A. shareholders holding a minimum of one thousand (1,000) Euro Disney S.C.A. shares (ISIN code: FR0010540740) in a bearer or in a registered form. The membership is free and valid for five (5) year and until the last day of the month expiration indicated on the card.
As a reminder, until March 9th, 2016: the Shareholders Club was accessible to individual Euro Disney S.C.A. shareholders holding a minimum of one hundred (100) Euro Disney S.C.A. shares (ISIN code: FR0010540740) in a bearer or in a registered form. The membership is free and valid now for five (5) years and until the last day of the month expiration indicated on the card.
Shareholders who fulfill the following conditions are exempt from these criteria:
Being members of the Shareholders Club an earlier date than October 1st, 2005 and justify at the time of their renewal request to the Shareholders Club, a holding of a minimum of five (5) Euro Disney S.C.A. shares.
Since October 1st, 2015, the temporary certificates are no longer delivered or accepted. Only the membership cards that include a magnetic strip (cards issued since October, 2012) are valid in the cash registers of shops, restaurants of Disneyland® Paris, at the gate to Salon Mickey and for purchase of parks tickets, annual passports (not available by internet).
Please consider making your renewal at most 60 days before the date of expiration.
Members of the Shareholders Club who joined the Club prior to March 9th, 2016 must also renew their card at the earliest 60 days before the expiration of their card and at the latest 60 days after the expiration (versus an unlimited period before). After this delay, the new membership criteria (holding of a minimum of 1,000 shares) will apply.
Reminder on the modifications of the Shareholders Club general conditions:
Euro Disney S.C.A. reserves the right to modify without prior notice the general conditions and/or the eligibility conditions and/or the characteristics of the Shareholders Club, including the different types and levels of offers and discounts proposed to the members of the Shareholders Club.
Euro Disney S.C.A. also reserves the right to terminate Shareholders Club activities for any reason and at any moment, in which case it commits to honor all reservations made up to and including the dates benefitting from a Shareholders Club discount.
Author Salon Mickey BlogPosted on March 9, 2016 March 9, 2016 Categories UncategorizedTags Euro Disney S.C.A., Recapitalisation, shareholders Club
St. David's Welsh Festival 2016 Programme
This weekend (5 March 2016) Disneyland Paris pulls out all the stops to create an incredible celebration of all things Welsh with the return of the St David's Welsh Festival, and here is the programme for 2016.
Meet and Greet with Mickey and Minnie in their traditional Welsh costumes
Frontierland – Cottonwood Creek Ranch
Aelwyd y Waun Ddyfal choir
A Welsh choir will perform a repertoire of traditional and popular songs including a Disney Medley with a special participation from the Urdd National Eisteddfod.
Fantasyland – Royal Castle Stage
10:15 / 11:05 / 13:00 / 13:50
Disney Performing Arts OnStage
Welsh armature performers will be taking to the stage to entertain as part of the Disney Performing Arts OnStage programme
Welsh Pre-parade
A special Welsh pre-parade of Disney Magic on Parade!
St David's Fireworks
The day ends with a stunning finale when Sleeping Beauty Castle comes alive with the colours of St David's Day.
Friday 4 March – Sunday 6 March
Welsh Street Market
Billy Bob's Country Western Saloon
Friday 4 March & Saturday 5 March
The Roving Crows – an award winning original Celtic folk fusion band
Author Salon Mickey BlogPosted on March 4, 2016 March 5, 2016 Categories UncategorizedTags St Davids Welsh Festival
DLP Hot Seat in the Hot Seat.
Last month saw a new style Disneyland Paris podcast hit the internet, the DLP Hot Seat hosted by 19 year-old Disney fan Mitchell. If you have not listened to his podcast yet I can thoroughly recommend the show.
It's an unusual format for a Disneyland Paris podcast, instead of telling us all the news and rumours from Paris he has instead decided to explore the fandom of Disneyland Paris by interviewing the resorts fans.
So I thought I would turn the tables on Mitchell and place him in the hot seat for a change and interview him about his new podcast.
Please introduce your yourself?
I'm Mitchell, in my 19 years on this planet I've done a lot of different things, but Disney has always seemed to come back into my heart no matter what, I'm a big fan of television and the showbiz industry and have done a lot of work within that over the last six years.
Who long have you been a fan of Disneyland Paris?
I'd say I've loved Disneyland Paris since my first trip in 2004, however I only really became involved in the forums and Twitter in February 2013.
When did you first visit Disneyland Paris?
I first went in 2004 with my mum, returning in 2006 with my whole family. I then had a long gap, where we were booking trips but not being able to do them.
I finally broke that habit last year and did two coach day trips and a five day holiday. This year I'm planning six days in March, and five days in October and a few day trips here and there to quench my Disney thirst!
Are you an Annual Pass holder?
I am, I bought my Dream pass in October and am incredibly happy with it! Although I do forget to use my discounts a lot of the time!
How did you come up with the idea of the DLP Hot Seat?
I had been thinking for a while of doing something in the fandom, a lot of people have their things (podcasts, blogs, YouTube channels, online shops), where as I felt that I didn't almost, so I'd been thinking through a few ideas.
In early December this idea came to me and I slowly worked it all out, just as I was set to start it, I remembered that Steve Riley from the Dedicated to DLP podcast had done '20 questions with a DLP Fan' on his website, but thankfully I got Steve's blessing and then started again and here we are!
Originally it was going to be a blog post, but I wanted to play with a few platforms, but a podcast seemed to work best.
Do you have a favourite episode so far?
I really enjoyed recording with Isaac from Hyperion Gazette, I think we bounce off each other really well, we recorded for almost 2 hours when we only had about eight questions.
I loved recording with Alyssa and Gaetane, they were a bit of a stab in the dark, I knew Gaetane from a character website and had chatted to Alyssa once or twice. When so many people signed up for series one, I had to pair some up so I asked both girls if they'd mind being paired up, I didn't realise how much of a winner I was onto until we recorded, what an amazing first episode!
Darren Vose was fun, I loved recording with Stephanie Wyatt, Andrew and Geoff were such a laugh, there's a few bits from that interview yet to be published, Martin Walker is an amazing guy as are all the future episodes all ready to be published!
When is the next series going to begin?
I'm going to start work in the summer time, I'm unsure when it'll go out, probably around summer time actually.
Why did you choose to broadcast episodes in rapid succession, then a break and not a weekly or monthly show?
We're on a 14 episode series, I chose to do a weekly show for a few months as these were originally going to be half hour, some have overflown so it's become a bit longer, as a person I lose interest very quickly, so if it became a weekly thing, I'd struggle a month or two down the line, but knowing I have a series makes me a lot more motivation, although I haven't lost that yet, I've really enjoyed recording them!
But yeah a weekly series with a few months break is a plan of action, who knows if this will run out of steam soon, but at the minute that's the plan, I already have some amazing guests lined up for series two and we still have some amazing guests lined up for this series!
Anything else you would like to tell the readers of Salon Mickey?
I can give you an exclusive!
The last episode of series one in April is gonna be quite big, we've got Steve from Dedicated To DLP, Mark from IMDO and Dedicated To DLP, Andrew from Magical DLP, Isaac from Hyperion Gazette and myself in a big podcast mash up!
It's probably going to be manic and impossible to record, but everyone's up for it and I think as of last night we have a date of recording, as well as this we have episodes recorded with Sam4God, Rebecca Phillips and Luke (NI DLP Geek), I'll be recording with Eleanor Hawthorne next Wednesday, we will be having a bonus bloopers episode at some point as well as three other episodes that I haven't revealed yet, but all fantastic people!
I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank everybody for their kind support, it's been so humbling to have people that I've followed for years and people that have helped fuel my obsession of Disneyland Paris like Laura Knighton, Steve and Mark, you and so many more people listening and sending in questions to work that I've produced.
Well thank you and congratulations on a fantastic podcast. It's been fun to listening to the episodes.
I'm so honoured that people have decided to welcome me into the community with this podcast, it really does mean a lot, I hope you all enjoy the future episodes!
You can find the DLP Hot Seat on Twitter and listen to the podcast via:
http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mitchell/dlp-hot-seat?refid=stpr
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-disneyland-paris-hot-seat/id1077024110?mt=2
http://www.buzzsprout.com/54780
Author Salon Mickey BlogPosted on March 2, 2016 March 2, 2016 Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on DLP Hot Seat in the Hot Seat.
Duffy has his boarding pass for the last Starspeeder 3000 to Endor
I'm excited to announce that Duffy and I have boarding passes for the last Star Tours voyage of the Starspeeder 3000 to the forest moon of Endor before their retirement.
The iconic Star Tours attraction in Discoveryland will close for twelve months on 16 March 2016 when the rides Starspeeder 3000s will be replaced under the Disneyland Paris Experience Enhancement Programme with the all new and upgraded Starspeeder 1000s which will be taking Guests on exciting new voyages to alien worlds like Naboo and Coruscant.
Duffy and I will be attending the Star Tours closing ceremony evening at Disneyland Paris on 16 March and you will be able to follow us live from the event on our Twitter and Facebook pages.
The upgraded Star Tours attraction is scheduled to reopen in March 2017.
Author Salon Mickey BlogPosted on March 1, 2016 March 2, 2016 Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on Duffy has his boarding pass for the last Starspeeder 3000 to Endor
The final trip to Endor
Disneyland Paris Shareholders have been invited by Club Actionnaires d'Euro Disney S.C.A. to the final voyage of the legendary Star Tours attraction before it closes for a year for a facelift.
On this occasion, Shareholders can experience a final trip on the Endor Express at an exclusive event and take part in the ultimate travel to the moon of Endor in company of Rex, captain of the Starspeeder 3000 !
Shareholders will be able to find out more about this legendary attraction during a presentation at Videopolis, meet some Star Wars characters, and enjoy the latest opportunities to buy Star Tours merchandise and partake in the rides closing ceremony.
Registration is open to all members of the Shareholders Club who hold a membership card that is valid today and until at least March 16, 2016.
Each valid Shareholders Club card (issued to one or to multiple holders) entitled you to one invitation to the event. Online registration is mandatory and must be completed no later than Friday, March 11, 2016.
To register Shareholders can log into "Your Personal Space" which you can access from the Shareholders Club Internet page or by clicking on the following link:
http://corporate.disneylandparis.com/shareholders/shareholders-club/index.xhtml
Author Salon Mickey BlogPosted on March 1, 2016 March 2, 2016 Categories Uncategorized


The Visit Sarawak Campaign's plane livery will be launched by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg at Kuching International Airport on February 2.
The AirAsia plane will fly for at least two years with a possible three-year extension, along an international route, to enhance the visibility of Sarawak's brand and name, in the aims of achieving the state's goal of 5 million visitors by the end of 2019.
The plane livery features a large rhinoceros hornbill along the side of the aircraft, as well as the Visit Sarawak Campaign's logo and tagline, "Sarawak – More to Discover".


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Journal of Education of the Academy of the New Church.


The Head of the James Regatta is located at Robious Landing Park, 3800 James River Road, Midlothian, Virginia in northern Chesterfield County on the south bank of the James River. The incredible 101-acre park is adjacent to James River High School, and only 10 miles from downtown Richmond, Virginia. The site includes easy parking for team trailers, lots of shade trees for team tents, picnic shelters, permanent modern restrooms, a children's playground, and nearly 3 miles of nature trails in addition to close access to the James River.


Right behind Marvel and Pixar, the Easter egg king of Hollywood movie making is most certainly Disney. The animators work on these films for years at a time, and like to sneak in little jokes and references for fans to discover for years to come. People scour these movies with a fine tooth comb, looking for any clever Disney Easter eggs and hidden nods that throw back to Disney's storied history. This list includes all kinds of fun facts and little details you might not have noticed in Disney's animated classics.
Disney has been planting Easter eggs (by hand and frame by frame, back in the day) since before the term was even relevant. From Genie's many, many references to other classic Disney movies in Aladdin, to the many Lady and the Tramp nods in 101 Dalmatians, Easter eggs in Disney movies are everywhere, if you're only paying attention!
This list contains Easter eggs from classic Disney animated films (all pre-1995). So, whether it's Sebastian showing up in Aladdin, Bambi's mother being resurrected and appearing in flashback in a few films, or Goofy, Mickey and Donald popping up in the strangest of places, these are the best Easter eggs in classic Disney Films!
Upvote the most interesting and surprising classic Disney movie Easter eggs below and don't worry, there's an entire list of Easter eggs from modern Disney movies and all those hidden Mickeys, too!
The Little Mermaid's Sebastian makes a cameo as the Genie looks for a royal recipe to transform Aladdin into a prince.
When Triton's enters the amphitheater, he passes three special guests in the audience. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy appear just to the left of Triton's back.
The canine stars of Lady and the Tramp (1955) appear in the Twilight Bark scene. The cocker spaniel in the middle of the street is Lady and The Tramp is the mutt barking from the top of the parked car.
After earning his freedom, the Genie prepares for his trip to Disney World by donning a Hawaiian shirt and Goofy's cap.


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While there are many elements that will play a role in your ultimate success and happiness, if you have to identify the single most important of them—the one you could not be successful without—it would be discipline.
You will see people succeed with all kinds of weaknesses, but you will never see anyone achieve any great accomplishment without discipline.
Not only is discipline critical to your success, but it is also the ultimate accelerator to any great accomplishment.
I will share a story with you. It's a story which was shared with me by one of our mentors.
"When he was in the school, he was a very good badminton player but there was a player in the same batch who was a state level champion and he used to beat him every single time with huge difference. No matter what he did, he never won against him.He used to blow him out of the water in every single match, so he knew he(my mentor) can't beat him with skill but surely he can beat him if he found out his weakness and exploit it. He came to know that champion was not used to run much, because of his superior skills. My mentor decided to beat him in the speed.
There was a state level competition which was going to be held after 3months time, so their sports teacher told them that only one of them can go, whoever wins the most practice matches will go to play for competition.
My mentor, from the next day onwards, started to run every single morning, in the sports complex. No matter how bad he was feeling, he did it relentlessly, without skipping s single day, then he used to tie sandbags to his legs and run, in that way he increased his overall fitness, energy and stamina, then he asked some of his friends that while practicing badminton , they should help him, they agreed to do so, he practiced in the court, singlehandedly against two players, till he mastered the quickness.
If you want to become more disciplined, here's what you must do. The process of becoming disciplined starts by doing the small things. Things like picking up your coffee mug and putting it in the dishwasher, making your bed, returning your calls and emails in a timely manner, being on time for your appointments, getting your project done on time and so on.
As you practice being disciplined by doing small things, you will then have the discipline to do the big things. This is why the process of becoming disciplined begins by doing the little things—simple things you can do.
From this point forward, when you need to do something you don't feel like doing, then say to yourself, "If I don't feel like doing it, then I MUST DO IT NOW!" Then immediately, without further delay, do it.
As you implement self-discipline into your daily life you will begin to feel like you are in control of your life. You will feel confident and motivated because you're moving toward your goals and you will feel proud of the person you are becoming in the process.
The single most important key to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you don't feel like doing it.


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We can produce genuine leather albums in a range of colours with or without apertures.
A very tactile cover soft to touch great for baby portraits or that boudoir shoot.
Again, available in a range of colours.
Robust and strong to last generations.
Just a few of the variations available.


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// Copyright (c) Microsoft.  All Rights Reserved.  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.  See License.txt in the project root for license information.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.ErrorReporting;
using Roslyn.Utilities;
using StreamJsonRpc;

namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Remote
{
    internal static partial class Extensions
    {
        public static async Task InvokeAsync(
            this JsonRpc rpc, string targetName, IEnumerable<object> arguments,
            Func<Stream, CancellationToken, Task> funcWithDirectStreamAsync, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            using (var mergedCancellation = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken))
            using (var stream = new ServerDirectStream())
            {
                try
                {
                    // send request by adding direct stream name to end of arguments
                    var task = rpc.InvokeAsync(targetName, arguments.Concat(stream.Name).ToArray());

                    // if invoke throws an exception, make sure we raise cancellation.
                    RaiseCancellationIfInvokeFailed(task, mergedCancellation, cancellationToken);

                    // wait for asset source to respond
                    await stream.WaitForDirectConnectionAsync(mergedCancellation.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);

                    // run user task with direct stream
                    await funcWithDirectStreamAsync(stream, mergedCancellation.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);

                    // wait task to finish
                    await task.ConfigureAwait(false);
                }
                catch (Exception ex) when (ReportUnlessCanceled(ex, mergedCancellation.Token, cancellationToken))
                {
                    // important to use cancelationToken here rather than mergedCancellationToken.
                    // there is a slight delay when merged cancellation token will be notified once cancellation token
                    // is raised, it can cause one to be in cancelled mode and the other is not. here, one we
                    // actually care is the cancellation token given in, not the merged cancellation token.
                    // but we need merged one to cancel operation if InvokeAsync has failed. if it failed without
                    // cancellation token is raised, then we do want to have watson report
                    cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                    throw;
                }
            }
        }

        public static async Task<T> InvokeAsync<T>(
            this JsonRpc rpc, string targetName, IEnumerable<object> arguments,
            Func<Stream, CancellationToken, Task<T>> funcWithDirectStreamAsync, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            using (var mergedCancellation = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken))
            using (var stream = new ServerDirectStream())
            {
                try
                {
                    // send request to asset source
                    var task = rpc.InvokeAsync(targetName, arguments.Concat(stream.Name).ToArray());

                    // if invoke throws an exception, make sure we raise cancellation.
                    RaiseCancellationIfInvokeFailed(task, mergedCancellation, cancellationToken);

                    // wait for asset source to respond
                    await stream.WaitForDirectConnectionAsync(mergedCancellation.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);

                    // run user task with direct stream
                    var result = await funcWithDirectStreamAsync(stream, mergedCancellation.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);

                    // wait task to finish
                    await task.ConfigureAwait(false);

                    return result;
                }
                catch (Exception ex) when (ReportUnlessCanceled(ex, mergedCancellation.Token, cancellationToken))
                {
                    // important to use cancelationToken here rather than mergedCancellationToken.
                    // there is a slight delay when merged cancellation token will be notified once cancellation token
                    // is raised, it can cause one to be in cancelled mode and the other is not. here, one we
                    // actually care is the cancellation token given in, not the merged cancellation token.
                    cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                    throw;
                }
            }
        }

        public static async Task InvokeAsync(
            this JsonRpc rpc, string targetName, IEnumerable<object> arguments,
            Action<Stream, CancellationToken> actionWithDirectStream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            using (var mergedCancellation = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken))
            using (var stream = new ServerDirectStream())
            {
                try
                {
                    // send request by adding direct stream name to end of arguments
                    var task = rpc.InvokeAsync(targetName, arguments.Concat(stream.Name).ToArray());

                    // if invoke throws an exception, make sure we raise cancellation.
                    RaiseCancellationIfInvokeFailed(task, mergedCancellation, cancellationToken);

                    // wait for asset source to respond
                    await stream.WaitForDirectConnectionAsync(mergedCancellation.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);

                    // run user task with direct stream
                    actionWithDirectStream(stream, mergedCancellation.Token);

                    // wait task to finish
                    await task.ConfigureAwait(false);
                }
                catch (Exception ex) when (ReportUnlessCanceled(ex, mergedCancellation.Token, cancellationToken))
                {
                    // important to use cancelationToken here rather than mergedCancellationToken.
                    // there is a slight delay when merged cancellation token will be notified once cancellation token
                    // is raised, it can cause one to be in cancelled mode and the other is not. here, one we
                    // actually care is the cancellation token given in, not the merged cancellation token.
                    cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                    throw;
                }
            }
        }

        public static async Task<T> InvokeAsync<T>(
            this JsonRpc rpc, string targetName, IEnumerable<object> arguments,
            Func<Stream, CancellationToken, T> funcWithDirectStream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            using (var mergedCancellation = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken))
            using (var stream = new ServerDirectStream())
            {
                try
                {
                    // send request to asset source
                    var task = rpc.InvokeAsync(targetName, arguments.Concat(stream.Name).ToArray());

                    // if invoke throws an exception, make sure we raise cancellation.
                    RaiseCancellationIfInvokeFailed(task, mergedCancellation, cancellationToken);

                    // wait for asset source to respond
                    await stream.WaitForDirectConnectionAsync(mergedCancellation.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);

                    // run user task with direct stream
                    var result = funcWithDirectStream(stream, mergedCancellation.Token);

                    // wait task to finish
                    await task.ConfigureAwait(false);

                    return result;
                }
                catch (Exception ex) when (ReportUnlessCanceled(ex, mergedCancellation.Token, cancellationToken))
                {
                    // important to use cancelationToken here rather than mergedCancellationToken.
                    // there is a slight delay when merged cancellation token will be notified once cancellation token
                    // is raised, it can cause one to be in cancelled mode and the other is not. here, one we
                    // actually care is the cancellation token given in, not the merged cancellation token.
                    cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                    throw;
                }
            }
        }

#pragma warning disable CA1068 // this method accepts 2 cancellation tokens
        private static bool ReportUnlessCanceled(Exception ex, CancellationToken remoteToken, CancellationToken hostToken)
#pragma warning restore CA1068 // CancellationToken parameters must come last
        {
            // check whether we are in cancellation mode

            // things are either cancelled by us (hostToken) or cancelled by OOP (remoteToken).
            // "cancelled by us" means operation user invoked is cancelled by another user action such as explicit cancel, or typing.
            // "cancelled by OOP" means operation user invoked is cancelled due to issue on OOP such as user killed OOP process.

            if (hostToken.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                // we are under our own cancellation, we don't care what the exception is.
                // due to the way we do cancellation (forcefully closing connection in the middle of reading/writing)
                // various exceptions can be thrown. for example, if we close our own named pipe stream in the middle of
                // object reader/writer using it, we could get invalid operation exception or invalid cast exception.
                return true;
            }

            if (remoteToken.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                // now we allow connection to be closed by users by killing remote host process.
                // in those case, it will be converted to remote token cancellation. we accept that as known
                // exception, and allow us to not crash
                return true;
            }

            // unexpected exception case. crash VS
            return FatalError.Report(ex);
        }

        private static void RaiseCancellationIfInvokeFailed(Task task, CancellationTokenSource mergedCancellation, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            // if invoke throws an exception, make sure we raise cancellation
            var dummy = task.ContinueWith(p =>
            {
                try
                {
                    // now, we allow user to kill OOP process, when that happen,
                    // just raise cancellation
                    mergedCancellation.Cancel();
                }
                catch (ObjectDisposedException)
                {
                    // merged cancellation is already disposed
                }
            }, cancellationToken, TaskContinuationOptions.NotOnRanToCompletion | TaskContinuationOptions.ExecuteSynchronously, TaskScheduler.Default);
        }
    }
}


Aeration involves removal of soil cores to improve water and air movement in compacted soils, and aids in promoting deeper and increased root growth and thatch management. Long-term, your lawn will respond quicker to fertilizer and water runoff will be reduced when irrigating.
When it comes to increasing lawn thickness and health, overseeding can be essential. It can help discourage future weeds while also aiding recovery from summer heat, disease and insect activity. Seeding during late summer or early fall will give grass the maximum time to develop a deep extensive root system and mature before the onset of winter stresses.
Aeration is recommended when overseeding to give seeds more soil contact and provide a moist, protected environment required for germination.
Throughout the fall, remove fallen tree leaves and debris from your lawn. Studies have shown mulching tree leaves back into your lawn effectively clears away tree leaf debris that otherwise can become matted and damage your lawn over the winter. Clean and edge landscape beds, leaving no more than 2-3 inches of mulch in the beds.
Lowering the mower height by one or two settings during the last few mowings before winter reduces grass diseases associated with snow. Avoid walking on frost-covered lawns, as doing so may cause brown footprints to appear later that can remain visible until spring.
"A healthy lawn encourages you to live life outside more with your family, friends and neighbors," says TruGreen Chief Science Officer Dr. Kirk Hurto. "There's no time like late summer and early fall to start preparing your yard for those spring and summertime outdoor gatherings."


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AP: Abused kids die as authorities fail to protect
HOLBROOK MOHR and GARANCE BURKE The Associated Press
BUTTE, Montana — At least 786 children died of abuse or neglect in the U.S. in a six-year span in plain view of child protection authorities — many of them beaten, starved or left alone to drown while agencies had good reason to know they were in danger, The Associated Press has found.
To determine that number, the AP canvassed the 50 states, the District of Columbia and all branches of the military — circumventing a system that does a terrible job of accounting for child deaths. Many states struggled to provide numbers. Secrecy often prevailed.
Most of the 786 children whose cases were compiled by the AP were under the age of 4. They lost their lives even as authorities were investigating their families or providing some form of protective services because of previous instances of neglect, violence or other troubles in the home.
Take Mattisyn Blaz, a 2-month-old from Montana who died when her father spiked her "like a football," in the words of a prosecutor.
Matthew Blaz was well-known to child services personnel and police. Just two weeks after Mattisyn was born on June 25, 2013, he came home drunk, grabbed his wife by her hair and threw her to the kitchen floor while she clung to the newborn. He snatched the baby from her arms, giving her back only when Jennifer Blaz called police.
Jennifer Blaz said a child protective services worker visited the day after her husband's attack, spoke with her briefly and left. Her husband pleaded guilty to assault and was ordered by a judge to take anger management classes and stay away from his wife.
She said the next official contact between the family and Montana child services came more than six weeks later — the day of Mattisyn's funeral.
The system also failed Ethan Henderson, who was only 10 weeks old but already had been treated for a broken arm when his father hurled him into a recliner so hard that it caused a fatal brain injury.
Maine hotline workers had received at least 13 calls warning that Ethan or his siblings were suffering abuse — including assertions that an older sister had been found covered in bruises, was possibly being sexually abused and had been burned by a stove because she was left unsupervised.
Ethan himself had arrived at daycare with deep red bruises dappling his arm.
Still, the caseworker who inspected the family's cramped trailer six days before Ethan died on May 8, 2012, wrote that the baby appeared "well cared for and safe in the care of his parents."
Because no single, complete set of data exists for the deaths of children who already were being overseen by child protective services workers, the information compiled over the course of AP's eight-month investigation represents the most comprehensive statistics publicly available.
The AP reviewed thousands of pages of official reports, child fatality records and police documents for the period in question, which ran from fiscal year 2008 through 2013.
And, even then, the number of abuse and neglect fatalities where a prior open case existed at the time of death is undoubtedly much higher than the tally of 760.
Seven states reported a total of 230 open-case child deaths over the six-year period, but those were not included in the AP count because the states could not make a distinction between investigations started due to the incident that ultimately led to a child's death and cases that already were open when the child received the fatal injury.
Some states did not provide data for all six years, not all branches of the military provided complete information, and no count of open-case deaths of any type was obtained from the Bureau of Indian Affairs or FBI, which investigate allegations of abuse on reservations.
The lack of comprehensive data makes it difficult to measure how well those responsible for keeping children safe are protecting their most vulnerable charges.
The data collection system on child deaths is so flawed that no one can even say with accuracy how many children overall die from abuse or neglect every year. The federal government estimates an average of about 1,650 deaths annually in recent years; many believe the actual number is twice as high.
Even more lacking is comprehensive, publicly available data about the number of children dying while the subject of an open case or while receiving assistance from the agencies that exist to keep them safe — the focus of AP's reporting.
When asked to explain why so many children with open cases have died at the hands of their caretakers, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the nation's major child abuse prevention programs, said the agency had no immediate response.
But spokeswoman Laura Goulding said colleagues wanted to know more about how the AP derived its figures. "Are you willing to share your source for that?" she wrote in an email.
States submit information on child abuse deaths to the federal government on a voluntary basis — some of it comprehensive, some of it inaccurate.
For instance, a significant number of deaths were not reported to the South Carolina team reviewing child deaths in the state, said Perry Simpson, director of the South Carolina Legislative Audit Council. That meant the data the review team provided the federal government was wrong.
And a judge in Kentucky issued a scathing order last year against the state's Cabinet for Health and Family Services for willfully circumventing open records laws and failing to release full records on child abuse deaths, fining the agency $765,000.
"There can be no effective prevention when there is no public examination of the underlying facts," Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd said.
In some cases, states withhold information about child deaths in violation of the terms of federal grants they receive.
HHS says all states receiving grants under a prevention and treatment program must "allow the public to access information when child abuse or neglect results in a child fatality," unless those details would put children, their families or those who report child abuse at risk, or jeopardize an investigation.
In addition, grants issued under a section of the Social Security Act are tied to a requirement that states describe how they calculate data on child maltreatment deaths submitted to the federal government.
Still, no state has ever been found to be in violation of disclosure requirements and federal grants have never been withheld, according to Catherine Nolan, who directs the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, a sub-agency of HHS.
"Obviously, the overarching goal is always keeping the children safe from harm. It's a matter of how the states have decided they want to do it," Nolan said.
The information that states provide to the federal government through the voluntary system also is severely lacking. A 2013 report showed that 17 states did not provide the federal government with a key measure of performance: how many children had died of child abuse after being removed from their homes and then reunited with their families within a five- year period.
Withholding information about such fatalities allows child protective agencies to shroud their activities — and their failures. It also leaves a major void for researchers and policy makers looking for ways to identify and protect the children in risky situations.
"We all agree that we cannot solve a problem this complex until we agree it exists," said David Sanders, chairman of the federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, whose members have been traveling the country studying child deaths under a congressional mandate.
"If, for example, you want to fix something like fatalities due to children being left alone, it seems that it would be important to know how often that is happening and what it looks like to come up with a solution," he said.
The child welfare system is fragmented, with hundreds of different agencies — from state governments to county offices, tribes and the military — operating by their own set of standards.
Some states, like New York and Ohio, have county-administered systems, with data collection and retention scattered. In others, a state agency provides child welfare services. And still others, such as Florida, have privatized some child welfare operations.
And because there is no single definition of what constitutes abuse or neglect, what is counted as maltreatment in one locality may not be in another.
Nowhere was the AP's challenge steeper than Montana, where the state's confidentiality law allows the child protective services agency to operate with impunity. The AP discovered the Department of Public Health and Human Services' involvement in Mattisyn Blaz's short life, and her death, only by examining hundreds of pages of court files from the criminal trial of her father.
The state makes public only the number of children who died from maltreatment in a given year. Officials said state law prohibits them from releasing details on the number of children who died after having a prior history with child protective services.
Department spokesman Jon Ebelt acknowledged Montana law conflicts with federal disclosure requirements and said officials would seek a change in state law to allow for the disclosure of more information.
As part of the blanket secrecy, it is not clear what, if anything, child welfare authorities did to help Mattisyn Blaz.
Based on information obtained from the court file, it is clear that Matthew Blaz's violent streak was known to authorities. His former girlfriend had accused him of assaulting her while she cradled their 9-week-old son in 2011. He attacked his wife, Jennifer, at least twice in 2012, on one occasion dragging her around the house by her hair. She told authorities he regularly threatened to kill her.
Mattisyn's older half-sister— 10 at the time — cowered under a bed after Blaz threatened to come after her and was so afraid she began sleeping with a knife nearby, the children's grandmother said.
The protective order issued in July 2013 should have prevented Matthew Blaz from remaining in the home, but soon he was back with the family. "I honestly thought after I bailed him out and we talked, and with the no alcohol, you know, and him going to AA, I really thought things were going to change," his wife said.
When Jennifer Blaz went to work on Aug. 16, 2013, she left her husband to care for the girls. For reasons still unknown, he became enraged and threw the baby, fracturing her skull and causing other devastating injuries, according to prosecutor Samm Cox.
Later that day, he loaded the children into his car and drove across town to pick up a chain saw that had been repaired and then stopped for some sandwiches. He dropped one off to his wife at work, but never mentioned anything was wrong with the baby.
When Matthew picked his wife up that afternoon, he calmly told her that a 12-year-old neighborhood boy had dropped Mattisyn earlier in the day. Jennifer noticed the baby didn't look right and called for an ambulance.
By then, it was too late for little Mattisyn.
Last month, Matthew Blaz was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole.
When President Richard Nixon signed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act into law in 1974, it was seen as a sign of federal commitment to preventing child abuse through state-level monitoring.
But in 1995, a board reviewing the progress that had been made issued a scathing report headlined "A Nation's Shame: Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States."
The report called for better information and transparency, and flagged "serious gaps in data collection." ''Until we develop more comprehensive and sophisticated data, our efforts to understand and prevent child maltreatment-related deaths will be severely handicapped," it said.
Nearly 20 years later, the AP found that many such problems persist.
Michael Petit, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, said meetings have been fruitful but will bring no substantive change unless Congress requires states to do more.
"The child safety net in this country is not equal to the size of the problem that's coming at it," said Petit, the former head of Maine's child protective services agency and founder of the advocacy group Every Child Matters. "The system overall is in crisis."
That system is plagued with worker shortages and a serious overload of cases. For instance, a caseworker in Texas who investigated abuse reports about a 2-year-old who eventually died in the care of his mother was juggling 37 cases a few weeks before he died.
— Budgets are tight, and some experts say funding shortages lead to more deaths. Conditions improved when Alabama spent more money on child welfare as part of a 15-year federal consent decree. But since 2007, when the decree ended, funding has shrunk nearly every year — and the number of open-case deaths has started to climb, from one in 2009 to five in 2013.
— Insufficient training for those who answer child abuse hotlines leads to reports being misclassified, sometimes with deadly consequences. In Arizona, a June 2013 call about an 8-month-old with a suspicious broken arm was logged incorrectly and not investigated. The girl died of a brain injury about a month later, after being burned on the face with a cigarette lighter and shaken violently.
— The lack of a comprehensive national child welfare database that would allow caseworkers to keep track of individual cases, child by child, means some abusive caregivers known to authorities can slip through the cracks by crossing state lines.
— A policy that promotes keeping families intact plays a major role in the number of deaths, because children remain in abusive situations. According to Vermont police, 2-year-old Dezirae Sheldon was left in her home even after suffering two broken legs under suspicious circumstances. Caseworkers said they'd felt "an overwhelming push" to keep the family together, based on their general training. Dezirae died in February from blunt force trauma to the head; her stepfather is charged with second-degree murder. A police detective wrote: "This focus on reunification very often puts the needs of the parents often above the needs and interest of the child or victim."
— Worst of all, nearly 40 percent of the 3 million child abuse and neglect complaints made annually to child protective services hotlines in the U.S. are "screened out" and never investigated.
The case of 10-week-old Ethan Henderson — whose family in Arundel, Maine, had been the subject of at least 13 calls to child protective services — presents a particularly telling example of a repeated systemic failure.
Only two of those calls were investigated — one involving Ethan and his twin brother, and the other, their sister. In addition, more than a half-dozen physicians, nurses and other caregivers failed to report signs that the blue-eyed boy with wispy blond hair was being terribly hurt. Some have escaped scrutiny and punishment to this day.
Maine child welfare officials said the state's confidentiality law prohibited them from discussing details about their involvement in Ethan's case. Records obtained by AP, however, suggest the state missed numerous opportunities to properly assess the safety of Ethan and his siblings, neglecting to follow up promptly even after identifying warning signs.
According to evidence produced as part of the criminal case against Ethan's father, Gordon Collins-Faunce, the police made two of those calls but hotline workers decided that neither merited a response.
Ethan's grandmother, Jan Collins, said she called the hotline just before the twins were born because she feared her son and another man who frequented the family's mobile home could hurt the children.
"I said I thought Gordon was delusional. They just dismissed that," she said. "I kept thinking that tomorrow I will find out that the state has gotten involved."
The twins were born a few weeks premature on Feb. 21, 2012 — and just four weeks later, Ethan's mother took him to a nearby hospital with a broken left arm. She told his pediatrician that Ethan's father had accidentally twisted it lifting the baby from his crib. The doctor never reported the injury, even though Maine law requires physicians to immediately report possible child abuse.
About a month later, Ethan arrived at daycare unable to move his neck and with dark bruises on his right arm. Workers took photos of the bruises, but never reported them, said Maine Police Det. Lauren Edstrom, who investigated Ethan's death. The next week, Ethan arrived at daycare with such a high fever that workers called his mother to take him to the hospital, evidence shows.
When Ethan was nearly 10 weeks old, a family friend finally called the hotline to report bruises on the twins and a white, blistering burn on their sister's hand. Edstrom said the friend decided to tell hotline workers she was a daycare volunteer so that they would take the report seriously. That represented the second report worthy of investigation.
Melissa Guillerault, the child welfare agency worker dispatched to the gray double-wide trailer on May 2, called ahead to let the family know she was coming. Still, she found Collins-Faunce and his wife had five bags of trash on the porch.
Though the state later acknowledged Guillerault learned of Ethan's earlier broken arm during that visit, records show she found the couple to be "cooperative and engaging." She said the children "appeared clean, healthy and comfortable," although she didn't inspect them for bruises. In a section of her report designated for the listing of "signs of danger," the worker wrote: "None at this time."
Three days later, according to Collins-Faunce's confession to police, he grew so frustrated by Ethan's cries that he picked up his son by the head and threw him into a chair, causing severe brain damage. Before calling 911, evidence shows he went outside to smoke and play the video game "Police Pursuit."
Ethan died three days later, on May 8, 2012. His father was convicted of manslaughter last year; his siblings were placed in foster care and adopted.
Virginia McNamara, a pediatric nurse who visited Ethan at his home and never reported the signs of possible abuse, lost her license to practice in Maine. Ethan's pediatrician, Dr. Lisa Gouldsbrough, was never disciplined, although she received a letter of guidance from the Maine board that licenses osteopathic doctors aimed at helping her "in avoiding complaints of this nature in the future." Guillerault was promoted to a supervisory role within the department, a position she still holds.
None of them responded to AP's requests for comment, and neither did the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
The records that spell out the state's involvement with the family remain secret.
The AP National Investigative Team can be reached at investigate@ap.org

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Is Industrial Real Estate Vanishing?
Net absorption of warehousing and manufacturing space in the U.S. has been positive for 19 consecutive quarters, yet continued improvement is expected at least through 2015.
The main drivers of industrial real estate; cargo volumes at seaports, rail freight volumes, gains in gross domestic product, increasing retail sales and a gradually improving housing market, all indicate that the trend will continue.
Although the industry is feeling good about itself, expansion will be measured and steady, and overbuilding will be avoided. Institutional investors, as well as investors from overseas, will create a more disciplined investment environment.
61.2 million square feet of industrial space was absorbed in the fourth quarter of 2014, an increase of 20.9 percent compared to the same quarter in 2013. For the whole year, 215 million square feet of industrial space was absorbed nationwide, an increase of 27.6 percent from 2013. Although, each region is different, and as soon as softness is detected in a market, new construction slows down.
Even with the recent tumble in oil prices, companies leasing industrial properties will focus on transportation costs. Therefore, locations that offer logistical advantages including proximity to seaports, rail hubs and large population centers will continue to lead the way.


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