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This briefing examines the migration of non-EU family members to the UK. This includes both 'family unification', where migrants come to live in the UK with family members who are either British citizens or settled residents; and 'dependants', who are the family members of migrants who have permission to stay only temporarily.
Key Points
- Non-EU long-term family migration to the UK has declined since 2006, and stood at 49,000 or 17% of all non-EU immigration in 2017
- Non-EU family migrants are more likely to settle in the UK long term, compared to workers and students
- In 2017, 95% of non-EEA family unification migrants were marital partners or children
- South Asia is the most common region of family migrants' nationality
- Dependants of temporary visa holders outnumber family unification migrants, and the dependants of workers contribute the largest share of dependants
- Non-EU long-term family migration to the UK has declined since 2006, and stood at 49,000 or 17% of all non-EU immigration in 2017
Understanding the Evidence
Policy on family migration
Unlike citizens of EEA countries or Switzerland, non-EEA and non-Swiss nationals require a visa to come to the UK for six months or more to live with a family member. (In this briefing, "non-EEA" should hereafter be taken to mean also non-Swiss.)
In this briefing, we discuss two main kinds of family migration. 'Family unification' refers to migrants entering or remaining in the UK to live with family members who are British citizens or have settled status. This includes unmarried or same-sex partners; fiancé(e)s or proposed civil partners; spouses or civil partners; children; and (in a smaller number of cases) adult or elderly dependent relatives. Other people come to the UK as 'dependants' of migrants without British citizenship or settlement and who have permission to stay only temporarily, on any other visa, such as work, study, or family.
Since July 2012, if a non-EEA citizen is applying as a partner of a British citizen or non-British citizen with indefinite leave to remain, the sponsor must have an annual income of at least £18,600, or £22,400 if the partner sponsored is bringing one child, plus £2,400 for each of any additional children. This is the 'minimum income threshold' (see the Migration Observatory report, The Minimum Income Requirement for Non-EEA Family Members in the UK). A partner may apply for permanent settlement after five years of residence in the UK.
Family migration rules in the UK primarily admit spouses or children. Adult or elderly dependent relatives may be able to come under certain, restricted circumstances, and must, for example, demonstrate that they require long-term personal care to perform everyday tasks, and that such care can be provided only in the UK by their sponsor (and not abroad by someone else), without recourse to public funds.
From November 2010, non-EEA nationals applying to enter or extend their stay as a partner of a British citizen or settled person were required to demonstrate a level of English language proficiency, with some exceptions.
Data sources
This briefing draws mainly upon three sources of data about non-EU/non-EEA family migration to the UK: long-term international migration (LTIM) estimates produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS); Home Office administrative data on visas issued and asylum applications; and Home Office data on border admissions. These sources define and measure family migration differently, and hence produce different estimates of it.
The ONS estimates are based primarily upon data produced by the International Passenger Survey (IPS). The IPS is a sample survey conducted at all of the UK's major airports and sea routes, and the Channel Tunnel. The IPS defines a migrant as a respondent who states that they intend to come to the UK for one year or more. Migrant respondents are asked to provide their "main reason" for migrating. The question is an open one and the answers are coded by an interviewer into one of four categories, including to "accompany/join" a family member, which encompasses both family unification and dependant migration.
Home Office administrative statistics on visas issued and asylum applications are the second main source of data. The Home Office classifies individuals by the type of visa they were granted, which includes visas to enter the UK, and any subsequent grants of extensions of stay in the UK, as well as grants of settlement (indefinite leave to remain) or settlement.
Unlike ONS estimates, the Home Office breaks down family migration into three categories: "family" visas (i.e., visas for the purposes of family unification); "dependants joining or accompanying" (i.e., dependants); and "EEA family permits", for non-EEA migrants who enter or remain in the UK as family members of EEA nationals. Home Office visa statistics include people entering or staying in the UK for any period of time, and not just a year or more. This is one reason that Home Office estimates of family migration are bigger than those based on IPS data (as seen in Figure 2). Other reasons for the difference include: some people issued visas do not arrive in the UK, which would prevent them from being included in IPS counts; the visa granted might be different from the main reason of stay stated in response to the IPS; and some people switch visas while in the UK, which might create a further inconsistency with their stated reason for migration in response to the IPS.
Dependant visas are granted by the Home Office to a "main applicant" and their dependant(s), with the dependant recorded under the immigration route of the main applicant (i.e., as a dependant of a worker or student). There are also data on the dependants of asylum seekers. Asylum seekers and their dependants are not issued visas and are recorded separately by the Home Office. These figures do not include people who join someone who has already been granted refugee status or humanitarian protection.
A third source of information on family migration are Home Office administrative data on non-EEA border admissions, which are compiled from samples of landing cards completed by passengers arriving at UK ports of entry. Home Office data on border admissions break down family unification migration into ten sub-categories, depending on the entrant's relationship with their sponsor: common law spouse, same-sex partner, fiancé, fiancée, proposed civil partner, husband, wife, civil partner, child, and 'other', which includes adult or elderly dependent relative).
Note that the ONS data are for non-EU citizens while the Home Office visa data are for non-EEA citizens (i.e., citizens not from EU countries, or Iceland, Lichtenstein, or Norway). Because immigration from Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway is small, non-EU and non-EEA migrant numbers are very similar.
Non-EU long-term family migration to the UK has declined since 2006 and stood at 49,000 or 17% of all non-EU immigration in 2017
The number of family migrants to the UK has been relatively stable over the last 25 years, in contrast to other types of migration that have risen and fallen more dramatically.
During the 1990s, the number of non-EU citizens moving to the UK for at least a year to be with family members averaged around 36,000 per year. Non-EU family migration averaged around 60,000 per year from 2000–2009, and 48,000 per year from 2010–2017.
Despite family migration levels being relatively stable, family makes up a smaller share of all migration than it did in the 1990s. This is because total immigration also increased over this period, and more sharply than family migration (Figure 1). In 2017, family migration made up 17% of all non-EU long-term immigration.
Recent declines in non-EU family migration began in 2006, reaching a low point of 39,000 in 2012 – the lowest level since 1998. This coincided with a fall in overall migration from 2006, and may also have been driven in part by the introduction of the English language requirement in 2010 and minimum income threshold in 2012 (see the Migration Observatory commentary, How many people have been prevented from bringing a partner to the UK due to the £18,600 minimum income requirement?).
Figure 1
Data on the number of family visas issued confirm the downward trend in the late 2000s (Figure 2). (Comparable visa data are not available before 2005.) The number of family visas granted is higher than the ONS estimate of long-term family migration, primarily because visa data include people intending to move to the UK for less than one year (see Understanding the Evidence for further causes of the difference).
Figure 2
Family migrants are more likely to settle long term in the UK than workers and students
Of just under 50,000 people granted a family visa in 2011, 69% (just over 34,000) had permanent settlement or British citizenship five years later (Home Office, 2018). This included 79% of people with visas for family unification and 44% of dependants (Figure 3).
One reason dependants are less likely to settle than family unification migrants is that their stay in the UK depends on the length of stay of the "main applicant". Among main applicants, rates of settlement are lower for those on work or study visas than for those on family unification visas. Further information on settlement, including data on parents, grandparents, and other family members, can be found in the Migration Observatory briefing, Settlement in the UK.
Figure 3
Whilst family migration makes up a small share of all immigration to the UK (Figure 1), because family migrants are more likely to settle, they make up a large share of the non-EU migrant population living in the UK. In 2017, 50% (2,815,000) of the UK's non-EU born population said that they had come to the UK for family reasons, according to the Labour Force Survey (Table 1).
Table 1
Great Britain non-EU born population by main reason for migration, 2017
|Main reason for migration
|Number of foreign born
|Percentage of non-EU foreign born
In 2017, 95% of non-EEA family unification migrants were partners or children
A large majority of people admitted to the UK for family unification are partners or children: 95% in 2017, according to data on admissions at the border. The most common category of family unification migrant is wives. In 2017, wives constituted 55% of all family unification border admissions (11,300), while husbands made up 20%, civil partners 9%, and children 10%.
Statistics are not regularly published on the number of adult or elderly dependent relatives (ADRs) admitted. However, the Home Office (2018b) has said that the number of ADR visas issued has been small since July 2012, when new rules came into effect restricting their entry: 2,782 ADR visa applications were made from 9 July 2012 to 31 December 2015, of which 606 were successful – contributing an average share of around 0.5% of all family unification visas per year.
South Asia is the most common region of nationality for family migrants
South Asia has been the most common region of nationality for family migrants since at least 2004, according to long-term immigration estimates. In 2017, citizens of South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) were particularly likely to have moved to the UK for family reasons, compared with other regions (Figure 4). Over a third (36%) of all long-term migrants from South Asia were family migrants.
Figure 4
Dependants of temporary visa holders outnumber family unification migrants, and the dependants of workers contribute the largest share of dependants
From the year ending December 2005 to the year ending December 2018, dependants of people on temporary visas contributed 50% or more of total family migrants in all years except 2018, outnumbering family unification migrants (Figure 5).
Figure 5
The post-2012 increase in the issuance of EEA family permits coincided with an increase in the population of EU migrants during this period (see the Migration Observatory briefing, EU Migration to and from the UK).
Among dependants of people on temporary visas, the largest category is dependants of work visa holders (Figure 6). From 2005 to 2018, the dependants of workers averaged around 45,000 per year. The annual average number of student dependants for this period was 20,000 per year, compared with 6,000 per year for asylum dependants.
Figure 6
Evidence gaps and limitations
Because there is no single definition of family migration used across all datasets, evidence produced by different datasets are not comparable. ONS long-term migration estimates are based on migrants' self-reported intention to reside in the UK for one year or more, and on migrants' self-reported reason for migrating, though motivations for migration are complex, with people often moving for multiple reasons.
By contrast, Home Office visa data are based on administrative counts and reflect a person's legal permission rather than their intention. They also include people coming for periods of less than a year. This explains in part why estimates of family migration differ across data sources, sometimes substantially, and why caution must be exercised in comparisons across them.
In addition to this lack of commensurability between data sources, each source also has its own particular limitations. ONS estimates of long-term international migration are based on the International Passenger Survey, which has several well-known limitations. These have led the ONS to state that the IPS has been "stretched beyond its original purpose". Of these limitations, two are especially relevant to ONS estimates of non-EU family migration.
First, according to a review of the IPS by the UK Statistics Authority (2013), estimates based on the survey are "subject to relatively wide margins of uncertainty". These margins become proportionally larger when examining subsets of long-term migrants, such as family migrants.
Second, in a review (2014) of the quality of its long-term international migration estimates from 2001 to 2011, the ONS revised its net migration estimates for that decade, based on evidence that they had substantially underestimated migration from the EU8 countries. However, no revised estimates have been provided for the more detailed breakdown of inflows and outflows of long-term international migrants by variables such as reason for migration and citizenship, variables critical to the data on family migration that have been drawn upon in this briefing.
A limitation of Home Office data on visas issued and border admissions is that they do not show how many of the British sponsors of family unification migrants were themselves foreign-born. A Home Office (2011) investigation into this question was limited by small sample sizes, and not all cases were selected randomly. The Home Office (2011) examined a selection of 531 records of marriage-related migration through marriage in 2009, concerning applicants from selected countries. For those that were randomly selected (according to Migration Observatory correspondence with the Home Office), there was notable variation in the percentages of sponsors who were themselves foreign-born, from 11% of people sponsoring American spouses, to 67% of those sponsoring Bangladeshi spouses.
- Home Office. "Family Migration: evidence and analysis, 2nd edition". Occasional Paper 94, Home Office, London, 2011
- Home Office. "Statistics on changes in migrants' visa and leave status: 2016". Home Office, London, 2018a
- Home Office. "User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics". Home Office, London, 2018b
- Office for National Statistics. "Quality of Long-Term International Migration estimates from 2001 to 2011". Office for National Statistics, London, 2014
- UK Statistics Authority. "The Robustness of the International Passenger Survey". UK Statistics Authority, London, Monitoring Review, 4/13, June 2013
Related material
- Migration Observatory briefing – EU Migration to and from the UK
- Migration Observatory briefing – Immigration by Category: Workers, Students, Family Members, Asylum Applicants
- Migration Observatory briefing – Settlement in the UK
- Migration Observatory briefing – Where do migrants live in the UK?
- Migration Observatory commentary – How many people have been prevented from bringing a partner to the UK due to the £18,600 minimum income requirement?
- Migration Observatory report – The Minimum Income Requirement for Non-EEA Family Members in the UK
- Migration Observatory report – Top Ten Problems in the Evidence Base for Public Debate and Policy-Making on Immigration in the UK
Research for this briefing was supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust


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Penney and I are back in action, with the 8th (!!) installment of our Penney & Jenny show. This week we dive into why it can be so difficult to embrace liminal space, also known as a transitional state of "in-between."
Penney equates the liminal space to the time when a caterpillar has created and entered the cocoon, but has not transitioned into a butterfly. It is the space in which we are given the chance to rest, reset, and recharge before moving into the next phase. It sounds lovely when put that way, so why do we often want to rush the process?
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[02:34] Penney and I chat about liminal space and needing to step away from projects to gain clarity.
[03:39] Penney shares how the downtime after launching her latest book has led into liminal space.
[06:17] We define "liminal" and discuss the origin of the word.
[11:42] Our left brain associates stopping with loss — which is why taking a break or pausing, spending time in the liminal space feels so counter-intuitive.
[13:45] Boredom is a sign that you've outgrown your previous career or business incarnation.
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[30:44] Penney had a "goo" state before moving into the liminal space after launching her book. She talks about the different states and how taking the time allowed her to pivot.
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[43:05] Acknowledge the liminal state and stop resisting the process. The more you resist, the longer the state seems to last.
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NOW THERE'S TWO left, and the first weekend of campaigning to the Conservative party electorate was dominated by the reports of an altercation between Boris Johnson and his girlfriend at their home.
Both Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are vying to be the next Prime Minister of the UK with one of them set to be chosen in the coming weeks by the 100,000+ people who are members of the Conservative Party in Britain.
But whoever takes the top job here will have a massive effect on Ireland as Brexit continues to loom large on the political horizon. A no-deal Brexit still remains a distinct possibility, and it would have extremely damaging repercussions in Ireland.
Johnson has said that the UK will be leaving the EU on 31 October with or without a deal, while Hunt has also said a no-deal is a distinct possibility.
The former London Mayor has also consistently rallied against the Northern Irish backstop and downplayed the significance of the current soft border, while Jeremy Hunt has been talking up a "technological solution" to the border that hasn't yet been forthcoming.
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A Mistake that Produced a Miracle
Tosha1 is a teacher in Angola. As a government employee, she was recently sent far away from the city where she grew up. Deep in the bush, at a rural school, her life went from bad to worse. As a non-Christian, surrounded by a community steeped in witchcraft she held tightly onto her idols to keep her safe.
Then, one morning, as she awoke she heard the words that would set her free from a life of witchcraft and slavery. By the slip of her hand, while searching for the news on the BBC, she tuned into TWR.
She had never been interested in listening to the Word of God before. But that day, she heard it in a different way. The preacher taught in a way she'd never encountered before and it kept her tuned in for 20 minutes. The next day, she was drawn back to the same broadcast and she listened intently. That whole week she listened carefully to what the pastor had to say.
She was listening to Thru the Bible (TTB), which is a five year explanation of the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation, by the late Dr. J Vernon McGee. TTB has been translated and adapted into many languages, including Tosha's language, Umbundu. Below, she completes her story:
"I didn't know what to do because my heart was so hot and confused that my desire was to see a preacher. One evening at the end of the programme, the preacher said the following sentence: 'If you want to accept Jesus, kneel yourself and follow me in this prayer.' Urgently I left my chair, I kneeled down and I followed the preacher. After the programme, I felt happy but I still had those idols. 'What could I do?' I asked. By the leading of the Holy Spirit, I took all that stuff and I burned it in the fire. God delivered me from the oppression of witchcraft through TTB."
Please take a moment and pray for Tosha, as she stands as a witness in her community to the power of God in Christ.
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Clark, Walter,1846–1924, American jurist, b. Halifax co., N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina (A.B., 1864; A.M., 1867). He entered the Confederate army at 15 and was commended for gallantry in action at Antietam and Fredericksburg. Clark was appointed (1885) judge of the superior court and elected (1889) to the supreme court of North Carolina, where he served until his death. He gained a national reputation for his independent decisions and supported many progressive causes in addresses and articles. Clark prepared an Annotated Code of Civil Procedure, annotated 164 volumes of Supreme Court Reports, edited 16 volumes of the State Records of North Carolina, and did other writing and translating.
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Late recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as thymoma.
Gordana Drpa, Bernard Budimir, Sanja Kusačić Kuna, Suzana Kukulj.
Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common thyroid tumor, although generally rare. It has a good outcome because it rarely metastasizes, and if it does, it is characterized by local spread. Recurrence is also infrequent and usually occurs within three to fve years afer primary tumor treatment, although late relapses have been reported sporadically. Thymoma is another rare neoplasm. As it has a typical radiological presentation in the upper anterior mediastinum, biopsies are unnecessary because it is unlikely that the postoperative pathohistological fnding will be surprising. We describe a rare case of a late recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a mediastinal mass, twenty-one years afer the primary carcinoma. Because of the long interval between thyroid carcinoma treatment and appearance of the new tumor mass, with characteristic features, thymoma was suspected. However, the postoperative pathohistological fndings revealed that the tumor was a papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis, probably originating from a mediastinal lymph node. To our best knowledge, this is the second reported case of this kind.


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As someone who grew up with snowfall every holiday season, I must admit I'm a little over the whole idea of snow. But after moving down south, something in me has ignited a new love of this weather. Maybe it's the fact that there's not that much, or maybe it's because snow makes for great pictures. *wink* Whatever it is though, I'm glad that I have something else other than the Holiday season to look forward to!
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post201575986230437900..comments2020-04-02T12:04:23.191+10:00Comments on Pursuit of Felicity: Seven Years, Five Months + Four Days.Felicity // Pursuit of Felicityhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post-81108801744452572372016-07-01T09:12:22.197+10:002016-07-01T09:12:22.197+10:00Thanks Rhiannon! I took me by surprise as well, ev...Thanks Rhiannon! I took me by surprise as well, even though I was expecting it. Sounds weird I know. I really appreciate you leaving a comment. Your support is very comforting! :) xFelicity // Pursuit of Felicityhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post-74684725998109220622016-06-29T11:23:14.580+10:002016-06-29T11:23:14.580+10:00Hi Felicity, I just wanted to say I am so sorry to...Hi Felicity, I just wanted to say I am so sorry to hear this! I really wasn't expecting to read a blog post that said this from you and I really hope you are doing ok.

I know that you will find someone perfect for you. Like others that have commented, I've read your blog for many years and wish you only the best xxRhiannonhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post-84868096132961088802016-06-28T03:24:04.300+10:002016-06-28T03:24:04.300+10:00I had a 10 year relationship end 2.5 years ago. I ...I had a 10 year relationship end 2.5 years ago. I am still struggling to get over it even though I am in another relationship, but I am trying so hard. You are young and I promise you it will be ok. At least you weren't already married, because I can tell you that divorce is the worst thing in the world. Amberhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post-65981760845120290302016-06-24T20:07:03.763+10:002016-06-24T20:07:03.763+10:00Thanks so much for leaving this comment, it gives ...Thanks so much for leaving this comment, it gives me real hope for the future! :D I really do appreciate it! xxFelicity // Pursuit of Felicityhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post-86205894648682373112016-06-24T20:05:16.699+10:002016-06-24T20:05:16.699+10:00Hey Amber! Your comment was so sweet. It made me s...Hey Amber! Your comment was so sweet. It made me smile the most genuine smile. Thank you! :) I can't wait for the day that I make it out the other side. I feel absolutely ruined at the moment. I go to work and fake a smile but inside I just feel all used up. :( xxFelicity // Pursuit of Felicityhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post-27449589001669030952016-06-23T09:28:53.940+10:002016-06-23T09:28:53.940+10:00Oh im so sorry, 7 years is a long time. I was wit...Oh im so sorry, 7 years is a long time. I was with my x for 8 years and I remember how big that split was. I met my Hubby, 6 months later and actually realised what love was supposed to be like. I hope the same happens fo you XGreen Tea and Cupcakeshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post-78291812145676554482016-06-23T09:13:54.635+10:002016-06-23T09:13:54.635+10:00Felicity, I'm sorry you are going through this...Felicity, I'm sorry you are going through this, but I feel like you are already stronger than I am now, and I'm 34! I know you will come out the other side of this happier and stronger, but I know what you are going through right now and it is terrible. I've been reading your blog for many years and I just wanted you to know that random people here on the internet really care about you :)Amberhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post-53248427032709467492016-06-21T20:55:56.430+10:002016-06-21T20:55:56.430+10:00Hey Lauren! Thank you so much for reading and send...Hey Lauren! Thank you so much for reading and sending your well wishes. If it were truly up to me I would stay with B forever and we'd be perfectly happy, but I can't control the way he feels or what he puts into the relationship, and sadly it just isn't enough anymore. :( It absolutely breaks my heart but I know I need to stand up for my happiness and fight for the love I deserve. :) Thanks again for your support! xxFelicity // Pursuit of Felicityhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605553427854936810.post-15521986112199566812016-06-21T20:42:14.167+10:002016-06-21T20:42:14.167+10:00Hi Felicity ! I've been reading your blog for ...Hi Felicity ! I've been reading your blog for years now, and i was so sorry to read this post :( I hope you have everything you need & that in your heart of hearts you feel like this is the right move for you both, Sending you nothing but love ! If you need someone to chat with, drop me an email xxthat girl next doorhttps://email@example.com


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The Toronto Star's Christopher Hume has extended my vocabulary, introducing me to the word "facadomy".
This is where historic buildings are torn down in the name of progress but the façade is retained.
He tells me the City of Toronto has often been party to this "mutilation" but things may be changing. City officials have decided that knocking down heritage properties without permission is no longer OK.
"The owner of a heritage building at 267 Queen Street East and the contractor who demolished it earlier this year have been served with a summons that could see them fined $1 million and spend a year behind bars."
Excellent. This is precisely what is needed.
Anyway… The story gets me thinking about facadomy in historic Newmarket.
The Forrest Group is currently working up plans to redevelop the Clock Tower site in Main Street South (see earlier posts below).
In January 2011 the Clock Tower Inn Retirement Residence was offered for sale at $3,275,000.
On 1 March 2011 it was snapped up for $2,340,000 by 2259613 Ontario Inc.
Also known as Main Street Clock Inc.
Also known as Robert Forrest.
Unfortunately for Bob, he doesn't own all the land required for the monstrous new Condo he wants to plonk down in the middle of Main Street.
He needs to buy out Michael Bryan, the owner of the row of historic buildings next to the Clock Tower. Forrest wants to demolish the buildings but retain the facades.
My spies tell me a very substantial pot of cash has been dangled before Mr Bryan's eyes but the deal is conditional on Newmarket granting all the necessary approvals.
And these should not be forthcoming. No way.
Main Street is not for sale. Not at any price.
Newmarket councillors should take their cue from the Town's own Heritage Advisory Committee which rejected the plan last month, saying it was unable to support the proposed building's mass and height.
Councillors have already designated the downtown area a Heritage Conservation District (although the concomitant By Law awaits) and that means preserving irreplaceable heritage buildings - and renowned views and panoramas.
In its Ontario Heritage Toolkit, the Ministry of Culture specifically addresses this issue.
"The significance of a Heritage Conservation District often extends beyond its built heritage, structures, streets, landscape and other physical and spatial elements, to include important vistas and views between and towards buildings and spaces within the district."
Alas, despite all these fine words and reams of policies, Councillors can still side with the developer if they so choose.The Town's top planner, Rick Nethery, tells me
"Proposals that do not necessarily conform to all aspects of a Heritage Conservation District plan, whether it is in full force or not, can continue to be approved by Council if deemed appropriate."
Seems to me this gives councillors – and those who advise them – carte blanche to do whatever they please.
And it also gives encouragement to Bob Forrest who clearly believes the Town's Heritage Conservation policies present no obstacle to his plans and, with a nod and a wink, he can navigate his way through them.


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The objectives of this paper is to develop the Eco-Traffic Signal Sys-tem (Eco-TSS) that can improve fuel consumption and delays at an isolated in-tersection under Connected Vehicle environment. The proposed system consists of an eco-driving algorithm and a traffic signal optimization process to figure out an optimal solution minimizing fuel consumption and delays. We developed a bi-level optimization method for the Eco-TSS and evaluated the impact of the Eco-TSS within traffic simulation to compare it with existing traffic signal controls. As results, the system showed fuel savings of 5-10% and travel-time reduction by 12% over existing control method.
We submitted the paper to the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Vehicles(IOV 2016).


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The Rejuvenating Power of Yoga
The power and benefits of yoga lies in it's unique ability to balance your energies – mental, physical and spiritual. It can only be experienced, not explained!
How does yoga work on all these dimensions of your being? Here are some bits of valuable information on yoga and its power to transform yourself.
When we talk about yoga, it is mostly the asanas, the body postures, coming to mind. It is 100% true and has been scientifically proven many times that the body postures in yoga do help you to maintain good health and vigour. But, how?
How yogasanas act on your whole being?
- Improves blood circulation.
- Purifies the blood.
- Massages the glands and stimulates the nervous & endocrine system.
- Ensures perfect coordination among all the body organs,
- Flow of prana is regulated and improved,
- Increases the flow of prana-rich blood to the brain.
- Removes energetic blockages within the subtle body.
- Allows flexibility, agility and the total free range of movement in every limb throughout the body.
The first thing that happens with the regular practice of yogaasanas is that your joints become flexible, muscles become loosened, paving the way for the effective circulation of blood throughout the body.
This circulation of blood is very important for improving your overall level of health and vitality. The veins of the cardiovascular system are the physical equivalents of the nadis in the pranic body. By improving the flow of the blood, we are simultaneously improving the flow of the prana, as well. The brain is receiving more oxygen-rich blood, allowing for better focus, awareness and improved brain function.
Enjoy More High Energy, Charisma, Motivation and Inner Strength!
We often times wonder why we may sometimes feel low energy, lethargic, and mentally dull. It is the effect of improper circulation of blood and prana. Just as the blood is stagnated, the life-force in your body is also stagnated. If the circulation of the blood is balanced and regulated, all the organs in the body function properly without any malfunction. Blood can properly flow to the brain and the vital and mental energies in the body can flow uninterruptedly.
Yogasanas also help to evacuate impure blood from the tissues and cells. This is one of the key benefits that yoga asanas can give you to keep away lethargy and a dull mind.
You may have noticed, at least few times in your life, that an agitated mind and the breath are closely related. When your breathing is faster, the mind is also agitated with thoughts. It happens vice versa too. When the mind is restless or agitated or angry, observe your breath, concentrate on your breath through the nostrils and you can get rid of this mental situation. It is very important that you should focus on the breath and the body movements during the practice, so that your mind automatically gains the awareness in all the actions performed throughout the day.
Remaining aware is important in our professional and personal life. Inhalation and exhalation is the essential part of yogasanas. Again and again we see that the key is in the breath. When you consciously fill your body with air while inhaling through the nostrils, it results in activating the dormant cells in the brain, particularly in the frontal lobe. Regular yogic breathing always helps the heart to pump the blood effectively. With regular practice, abhyasa, you will notice that your memory power, reasoning, concentration, decision making power and clarity of thoughts is greatly improved.
Improving the Flow of Vitality Through Your Body
Breathing and effective blood circulation not only increase the productivity of the brain, but also stimulates the nervous system by energizing the whole body resulting in giving you an acute, energized and focused mental state. You will witness that all the cells throughout the body are active and tingling with vitality, improving your physical and mental condition remarkably.
The life sustaining energy called as "prana" moves around your body freely without any blocks. This is the energy that keeps each and every body cell alive. Prana is the bioenergietic blueprint of all life, with which nothing can come into existence. Yoga teaches that there is a subtle nervous system made of "nadis" or subtle channels that carry the pranic energy.
Yogasanas improve the digestive system by utilizing the essence of the food that we consume. Once the blocks are cleared and the muscles and joints are flexible and free, the system automatically distributes the prana across the body. Since yoga helps to remove any energy blocks in the body, it allows for the pranic body to maintain the physical body optimally.
Overall, the regular practice of yoga asanas activates the vital life-force energy at the nucleus of every cell, rejuvenating your whole being. Your vitality, mental strength, physical health are all balanced holistically with the yogic approach. Yoga is among, if not the most natural and non-intrusive approach for achieving and maintaining perfect physical and mental health.
Increasing Vitality and Balancing the Mind & Emotions
Yogic philosophy says there are seven important energy centers located in the body. These energy centers are called as "chakras" in yoga. Each chakra is directly associated with at least one internal organ. Chakra is a Sanskrit word, meaning wheel. Don't think it is a physical wheel! It is a subtle wheel or can be thought of as a vortex just like a magnetic field of energy. Each chakra has its own characteristics. When your mind is fully energised, it means that the chakras are healthy and active. If your mind is dull, the chakras are not in a good condition or are not receiving the prana they need due to energetic blocks.
Most of us have mental blocks when it comes to accepting the facts in daily life. Mental blocks are directly connected with the physical blocks in the body. There are three major forces in the body, and they directly correspond to the three major nadis. There is mental power, vital power and spiritual power. The mental power of manas shakti flows through the ida nadi. The vital power of prana shakti flows through the pingala nadi. The spiritual power of kundalini shakti flows through the sushumna nadi, in the core of the spinal column.
If you overload the stomach with too much of food just because you liked the food too much, what would be your state of mind? You can easily guess. Disturbed, just like your belly. Why? Because, the internal digestive organs in the body won't be able to function well. Once the digestion is not proper, the stomach starts constipating, leading to uneasy bowel movements. Blocking of the bowel movement makes the mind sluggish and lethargic. The analytical capability of the intellectual mind reduces and leads to mental blocks in decision making, lethargy and eventually depression. It reduces the awareness level, decreasing your quality of life and ability to interact with the world.
The Glory Of Yoga – Maintaining Optimal Health
Yoga helps to understand the functioning of the internal body organs, their relation with the mind and the state of mind, etc. Same is with a patient with diabetes. The insulin produced by the pancreas reduces and sugar levels shoot up. The yoga asanas affecting these organs help to regain the productivity by purifying the tissues and cells. It is been proven by medical scientist and doctors that yoga asanas do not have ill effects on the body and mind, if done properly with guidance.
It has also been proven that the effect of yoga lasts longer than any other medical approach. The problem with the modern life style is that most of us approach a medical doctor only when we find that there is some problem in health. Yoga is just the opposite. Regular yoga practice will maintain optimal health and make sure that the body doesn't reach a condition where a degenerative disease can enter.
The main objective of yoga is to lead a harmonious, holistic life through a completely scientific approach. Yoga practice is not confined to only reaping physical benefits. It is for the mind as well as the spirit. From a pure Vedanta approach, yoga is the only way to realize the self and experience the divinity within. The best part is that there is no specific qualification required to start learning yoga practice. Anyone with interest and passion can learn yoga. Determination, confidence and other qualities of mind automatically follows over a period of time with regular practice. One can easily observe the difference in as little as one weeks time after the start of daily practice.


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We have 2 shows this weekend. March 2, Nightlight in Chapel Hill – CD release party, w/Toddlers $5 March 3, 3pm In-store at School Kids records in Raleigh FREE Come out and see us!
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Behind the scenes
Here's a video of us in the studio for this record
WNYC is streaming the new record up until release…
Wanna hear it? http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/blogs/soundcheck-blog/2013/feb/26/check-ahead-kingsbury-manx-bronze-age/
March 5th is the day we're all waiting for, the release of the new record! It should be available at most college-type record stores as well as the expected online outlets. Most importantly, you can order it from http://www.odessarecords.com/artists/manx/, which … Continue reading
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Talking Manx and other things
Special thanks to Jay and Patrick of Talus, or Scree for having me on their podcast to talk Manx and stuff. Here's the link to check it out. http://talusorscree.com/2013/01/14/talus-or-scree-tripping-into-the-bronze-age-a-conversation-with-bill-taylor/ If you need more incentive, there's a song from the new … Continue reading


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Hello ,
Please let me know the Difference between Qualys Vulnerability Management (VM)& Qualys Web application Scanning (QWAS)
Hi Aniket,
Here are the two product descriptions from Qualys Community:
QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM) automates the lifecycle of network auditing and vulnerability management across the enterprise, including network discovery and mapping, asset prioritization, vulnerability assessment reporting and remediation tracking by business risk.
QualysGuard Web Application Scanning (WAS) accurately discovers, catalogs and scans large numbers of web applications. WAS identifies web application vulnerabilities in the OWASP Top Ten like SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS) and URL redirection as well as emerging threats such as Slowloris. Through its use of Selenium, WAS can effectively scan web applications that require complex authentication with multi-step login processes.
The key difference is that VM focuses on protecting your IT systems, and WAS focuses on protecting your web applications.
Regards, Robert


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More than just polling, end-to-end managed data transport. PollView Advanced is designed for organizations like retailers with multiple sites requiring regular data transfers. A powerful data transport/polling solution available for a wide range of platforms, PollView Advanced provides automated, unattended, schedule driven data transport and job execution in multi-site environments, across dial-up, RAS, TCP/IP and Internet connections, as well as management of the polling server. Includes the exclusive Worldview map-based interface and our own PollView Explorer-style interface which give you at-a-glance status of your data transport environment. Available with a variety of options, including Mlink, FTP, XCOM, and Advantage Data Transport. PollView Advanced is also an integral part of our full featured Retail Systems Management Solution, PollView Enterprise
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18ct White Gold, Sapphire and Diamond Stud Earrings
18ct White Gold, Sapphire and Diamond Stud Earrings
The 18ct white gold stud earrings have pins and butterflies and are each set with an oval-cut blue sapphire (4.0mm x 3.7mm – circa 0.25ct each). Fifteen round brilliant-cut diamonds (circa 0.02ct each – 0.60ct total for the pair) are channel-set round the sapphires. The heads of the earrings are in the shape of a square with truncated corners making an irregular octagon. The earrings and butterflies are marked "18k" and "N" on the earrings.
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Link to the Post by Gary Vaynerchuck.
Link to the Post by Gary Vaynerchuck.
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The New York Times bestselling author draws from his popular show #AskGaryVee to offer surprising, often outrageous, and imminently useful and honest answers to everything you've ever wanted to know—and more—about navigating the new world.
Gary Vaynerchuk—the inspiring and unconventional entrepreneur who introduced us to the concept of crush it—knows how to get things done, have fun, and be massively successful. A marketing and business genius, Gary had the foresight to go beyond traditional methods and use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to reach an untapped audience that continues to grow.
#AskGaryVee showcases the most useful and interesting questions Gary has addressed on his popular show. Distilling and expanding on the podcast's most urgent and evergreen themes, Gary presents practical, timely, and timeless advice on marketing, social media, entrepreneurship, and everything else you've been afraid to ask but are dying to know. Gary gives you the insights and information you need on everything from effectively using Twitter to launching a small business, hiring superstars to creating a personal brand, launching products effectively to staying healthy—and even buying wine.
Whether you're planning to start your own company, working in digital media, or have landed your first job in a traditional company, #AskGaryVee is your essential guide to making things happen in a big way.
My personal tip: Get the Audiobook for the full experience. If you listen to Gary's voice you'll catch fire for sure!
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Mobile gaming is fast becoming a viable (and cheaper) alternative to gaming consoles, and while it still has room to improve, the gap between mobile and console gaming shrinking all the time. Modern Combat 5 : Blackout was only released a couple of days ago, but just in case you're already hankering after something else to play, Warner Bros' have released their latest installment in the Batman franchise: Arkham Origins.
Batman: Arkham Origins doesn't offer the same immersive experience as the console or PC versions, instead it's more a beat-em-up game such as Tekken or Injustice : Gods Among Us, albeit without the complicated controls. Controlling the Caped Crusader merely consists of tapping once for a jab, three times for a combo, with special moves at specific times being activated by sliding the screen. You can attempt to shield Batman from the opponents attack by holding 2 fingers on the screen. I did find that the relatively simple controls helped when casting the screen to the TV via ChromeCast, only really having to look at the mobile when performing special moves, though this was reduced as time went on. Every opponent has their own weaknesses and strengths, so it's up to you to change your method of attack according to which villain you are fighting against.
As is the trend these days, Arkham Origins is 'Free' to play, with bundles of 'WayneTech' being available to purchase through the In-App-Purchase menu. The add-ons begin at $1.99 (£1.17) with the WayneTech Bundle 6 and the Wayne Enterprises bundles being the most expensive at $99 (£58.71), a hefty hunk of change. Fair warning: If this is for your kids to play, you might want to ensure that your account needs password approval for every single purchase. Better to be safe than sorry.
As for enjoyment, it's not my typical game type, but in testing I managed to lose 40 minutes of my life, with no regrets, and I plan on keeping it on the phone to join my other five games :Plants v Zombies 1 & 2, Scrabble, MoviePop and SongPop. It reminded me of playing StreetFighter way-back-when at the gaming arcades that stole so much of my youth, and that's not a bad thing. Needless to say, if you are looking for a full-on Batman experience with a fully fleshed out story-line, then Batman: Arkham Origins will probably disappoint. There's more images and a video for you to browse through just below.
You can install Batman: Arkham Origins by clicking the Play Store link below, it also available on iOS if that's how you roll. Remember that its a download of 1.63GB, so if you don't have unlimited data on your service plan, wait until you can access WiFi to install the game. Let us know how you get on in the comments below or at our Google Plus page.


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Four Against Darkness is a solo dungeon crawling pencil & paper game written by Andrea Sfiligoi and published by Ganesha Games. It's available in PDF format from Wargames Vault (which is where I got my copy) and also in printed or PDF format directly from Ganesha Games and from Amazon.
I picked this up when it first came out but hadn't found the opportunity to play it. A quiet Sunday afternoon with wild winds outside finally provided an ideal time to read through the rules and give them a go.
The digital download includes a 90-page black & white game booklet with a colour cover. Some of the most frequently used play aids are also reproduced in a mini booklet format with eight pages on a single A4 sheet. I printed the full booklet (except the cover) on 4 pages per sheet of A4 and it came out perfectly readable. While it's certainly possible to play just using the PDF, I think that given the need to flick back and forth around the text, that wouldn't be ideal. As well as the rules, you need something to write with, some grid paper and two ordinary six-sided dice to play.
In this book are the core rules and a system for generating random dungeon crawling adventures so there is no narrative play in this book (such as you would find in a traditional paragraph based solo gamebook), although additional paid-for expansions do include narrative scenarios. You create a party of four characters chosen from the available character classes (Warrior, Cleric, Rogue, Wizard, Barbarian, Elf, Dwarf & Halfling), roll for a random dungeon entrance, select a door or corridor leading off from the entrance and begin your adventure…
Characters have a level (stats at 1 and capped at 5 in these rules), Life (based on class and level), Attack roll (based on class, level and weapon), Defence Roll (based on equipment), various class-specific traits and some starting gold – which is the only random element of character creation. You also must select a marching order which determines who fights in rooms, corridors and when subject to an ambush.
As you exit each section of map, you generate the next from one of 36 possibilities (a mixture of corridors and rooms) and then randomly determine the contents which can be one of treasure, trapped treasure, special events, special features, vermin, minions (the most common), nothing (although you can still search the area), weird monsters, a boss or a small dragon's lair – each of which have further sub-tables to define them. If you back track through the dungeon, you have a small chance of being ambushed by random monsters. As you encounter bosses and small dragons, there is an increasingly likelihood that they will be the final boss which has slightly higher stats and other effects. If you ever run out doors and corridors to explore, the last available room includes the final boss.
When you encounter monsters you can either pile in and attack them or wait and see what they do. If you wait and see, each monster has it's own reaction table and they can occasionally be helpful or at least open to bribery if you're not in a fit state to fight. Combat is pretty straightforward with (usually) the party acting first to make melee and missile attacks, cast spells, etc. with powerful attacks eliminating multiple minions or doing significant damage to bosses. Usually minions or bosses will take a morale test when reduced to half strength or run away. Bosses who don't flee after a morale test will fight on at a reduced capacity. Rather than rolling for monsters to attack, each character will instead make defence rolls based on the level of the monster attacking, the character's equipment and any relevant modifiers. Bosses can have special attacks and other effects unique to them. There are a lot of special rules covering all sorts of situations – including dragging around a character who has been turned to stone!
The game I played took about an hour and a quarter as I although I read the rules before playing, there was still a bit of effort to look things up while I was getting the hang of it. I explored a total of 15 locations before stumbling into the final boss (a small dragon), defeating it and retracing my steps to the start of the dungeon. All four of my characters survived but a couple of them were pretty beaten up and all but one character increased to level 2. I didn't encounter any special events, special features or weird monsters so I think there will be a decent amount of replayability as I explore additional dungeons and my characters level-up further. Most of the encounter tables only have six options so there will obviously come a point where the games get a little bit repetitive even if you experiment with using different character classes but there are a lot of supplements containing stand-alone narrative campaigns and expanded rules, with the game designers promising the game will continue to grow and be supported.
For playing the games, I used the excellent A5 Gamer's Notebook from SquareHex in the UK. These card covered notebooks have 6mm grid paper (22 squares by 34 squares) on one side of each page and ruled lines on the other side, which makes them perfect for RPGs and solo gamebooks where you need to draw maps and keep notes. I picked these up from a Kickstarter years ago on the basis that they were bound to be useful for something so I was really pleased to find a purpose they are so well suited to.
The game was really enjoyable and I'm definitely keen to play again, either as a solo game or as a lightweight fantasy RPG with a group.
The only faults I could find with the rules were a couple of minor typos and the fact that while the contents page include hyperlinks, none of the rest of the document does so if you're playing with the PDF you have to manually navigate back and forth a lot and the organisation of the sections isn't necessarily the most logical.
There are now quite a few additional supplements to add further content to the game, most priced at only a few dollars each:
- Caves of the Kobold Slave-Masters – Three session solo adventure
- Dark Waters – Solo adventure, new aquatic monsters and Swashbuckler character class
- Knight of Destiny – Solo Arthurian adventure for a single character of the new Paladin character class
- Fiendish Foes – Micro supplement which adds new encounter tables for character levels 3-4
- The Three Rings – Solo adventure for character levels 3-4
- Four Against the Abyss – Expanded rules for character levels 5-9
- Treasure Hunters of Charlemagne – Narrative historical adventure (requires Four Against the Abyss)
- Buried Secrets – Narrative solo adventure for a single Cleric character, first of the five-part Gathering of the Four campaign coming in 2018
There is also discussion of a horror themed version of Four Against Darkness being released at some point in the future…