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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Welcome to our information about provision for learners with Special Educational Needs (SEN). All governing bodies of maintained schools and maintained nursery schools and the proprietors of academy schools have a legal duty to publish information on their website about the implementation of the governing body's or the proprietor's policy for pupils with SEN. The information published must be update annually.
SEN changes:
The 2014 Special Educational Needs code of practice aims to put each young person and their family at the centre of discussions about the support offered to them. The changes fall under two main categories:
1) The introduction of a new Children's and Family Act
2) A revised SEN Code of Practice
The Children's and Family Act 2014:
This Act was passed in March 2014. The act extends the SEN system from birth to 25, giving children, young people and their parent's greater control and choice in decisions and ensuring needs are properly met. Some of the key changes include:
- replacing old statements with a new birth- to-25 education, health and care plan;
- offering families personal budge
- improving cooperation between all the services that support children and their families, particularly requiring local authorities and health authorities to work together.
The revised Code of Practice:
The Code of Practice (2014) covers the 0-25 age range and includes guidance relating to disabled children and young people as well as those with SEN. The code encompasses the Children's and Family Act and some of its aims are to ensure:
- There is a clearer focus on the participation of children and young people and parents in decision-making at individual and strategic levels
- There is a stronger focus on high aspirations and on improving outcomes for children and young people
- It includes guidance on the joint planning and commissioning of services to ensure close co-operation between education, health and social care
- It includes guidance on publishing a Local Offer of support for children and young people with SEN or disabilities
- There is new guidance for education and training settings on taking a graduated approach to identifying and supporting pupils and students with SEN (to replace School Action and School Action Plus)
- For children and young people with more complex needs a co-ordinated assessment process and the new 0-25 Education, Health and Care plan (EHC plan) replace statements and Learning Difficulty Assessments (LDAs)
- There is a greater focus on support that enables those with SEN to succeed in their education and make a successful transition to adulthood.
Local Offer
What is the Local Offer?
The Local Offer is published as part of the SEND reforms under the Children and Families Bill.
It explains how the local authority will work with parents, local schools and colleges, as well as other services such as Health and Wellbeing Boards. This will encourage a more joined-up process when delivering services for disabled children and should make the system less stressful for families. It aims to give parents more information about the services and expertise available locally, and increasing their choice. It should also:
- Give you information about education, health and care services
- Give you information about leisure activities and support groups
- Hold all the information in one place
- Be clear, comprehensive and accessible
- Make service provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations
- Be developed and reviewed with service providers and service users
Norfolk's Local offer can be found on the website below, under SEND changes:
Special Educational Needs Information for C.J.S
Ms Hall has responsibility for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities within our school. She is responsible for managing the provision for all children who require additional support.
Our Approach to Teaching Learners with SEN
Our School Aims are:
- To stimulate intellectual growth by encouraging enquiry and a love of learning.
- To teach children how to communicate effectively and to provide challenges and opportunities for each child's social, intellectual, emotional and physical development.
- To provide equal opportunity for each pupil to achieve their true potential.
- To provide for pupils a sensitive and stable community in which to work so every child can have the confidence to develop both as an individual and as a responsible member of society.
- To provide a secure and ordered environment in which pupils will be encouraged to respect themselves, others and the environment.
- To prepare them to cope with the demands and rapidly changing circumstances of our modern world.
Costessey Junior School is committed to ensuring maximum inclusion of all children (including vulnerable learners) whilst meeting their individual needs. We have a high regard for pastoral support and strive to promote independent and happy learners.
How we identify Special Educational Needs
Early identification is key to ensuring children receive the appropriate help they need. We work closely with our local infant schools so that any need which has already been identified can be catered for through transition from infants to juniors.
Throughout a child's time here at Costessey Junior School, a trigger for additional support may be highlighted through teacher observation & assessment or by the progress a child makes from one half term to the next.
Once identified appropriate action will be put in place. This often takes the following steps:
- A discussion with the child
- Support materials in class to assist with learning
- Attending an intervention group to close the gap in the child's learning
- Continued tracking and monitoring to identify successes and measure impact of support
Sometimes the difficulty the child has is due to the way they like to learn (visually, auditory or kinaesthetically) and at this point adjustments are made and progress is seen without them being considered as having a Special Educational Need.
If concerns remain after addition support is put in place, a child may be considered to have Special Educational Needs.
The definition of special Educational Needs (SEN)
A child or young person (aged 0-25) has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them. A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if they:
(a) have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age; or
(b) have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools or mainstream post-16 institutions.
(Code of Practice 2014, 1.8)
In accordance with the code of Practice, children's needs will primarily fall under one of four areas:
- Communication and interaction
- Cognition and learning
- Social, mental and emotional health
- Sensory and/or physical
In many cases, for children who have multiple or complex needs, these areas overlap. This is taken into consideration.
When a child has Special Educational Needs:
Once a child has been identified as continuing to require addition support, following in class support and intervention, a number of things may happen:
- A discussion with parents will take place and the child is likely to be put on the Special Educational Needs register.
- The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) for the school will be informed and may carry out their own assessments and provide addition support, resources or strategies around the child. The assessments that may be used are:
- Ravens Progressive Matrices
- Bristish Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS)
- Dyslexia profile
- Salford Reading Test
- Catch up Literacy assessment
- Following this input, additional targets or support may be put in place to support the child in and around school.
- Regular tracking and monitoring will continue
- Year group teachers, SENCO & the senior leadership team may plan together to best support the child.
Education & Health Care plans:
Education & Health Care plans are considered when it is established that a child may have a considerable need which requires ongoing additional support in order to learn and be the best that they can be. The likely process of this is as follows:
- With parental consent, the SENCO may seek help from external agencies to gain a greater insight into the child's needs. This could include the help of an Educational Psychologist, an Advisory Support Teacher, the school nursing team, a speech and language therapist, an occupation therapist, the community paediatrician, the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Team (CAMHS), parent support agencies or other local NHS or support services
- Any given agency may choose to carry out further assessment or provide their own intervention to either investigate further or support the needs of the child. Often they liaise with parents and school staff to ensure their expertise and ideas are shared, this may be in the form of a report, a phone call or a face to face meeting.
- In a meeting with parents, it may be discussed that a formal process of identification and support is needed. This would be the beginning process to apply for an Education, Health & Care plan (EHCP). At this point, the Additional Needs Co-ordinator for Norfolk will be informed and a meeting will take place with multi agencies, including the parents and the school, to look at how the school can offer a collaborative approach to meet the child's needs. At the meeting, parents and professionals may suggest that additional funds are required and an application for this could be requested.
When considering granting a child with an Education, Health Care plan and/or funding, the local authority may want to consider:
- evidence that the school has responded appropriately to the requirements of the National Curriculum, especially the section entitled "Inclusion: Providing effective learning opportunities for all children"
- evidence provided by the child's school, parents and other professionals where they have been involved with the child, as to the nature, extent and cause of the child's learning difficulties
- evidence of action already taken by the child's school to meet and overcome these difficulties
- evidence of the rate and style of the child's progress
- Evidence from external agencies working with the child
What we do to support learners with SEN
Intervention and provision:
Children receive a broad and balanced curriculum which is already differentiated many ways to meet the needs of all learners. In some classes additional adult support is given to support those children with additional needs. In addition to this all children requiring additional support attend structured and timed interventions on a weekly basis. These include:
- Maths intervention: Targeted support, Maths Whizz, Dynamo Maths or mental maths support. Reading intervention: Targeted support, Lexia, Read Write Inc. groups, 1-1 reading
- Writing intervention: Handwriting, spellings or grammar, catch up literacy, Rapid Writing
- Development of fine or gross motor skills
- Support to increase memory skills
- Social and emotional support or friendship groups.
- Support to manage behaviour
- Support to develop a positive attitude to learning and independent skills.
The school works closely with the child, parents and other professionals to provide appropriate adaptations where necessary. Some children may require additional resources such as writing slopes or pencil grips to aid them with their work. Others may require a behaviour & incentive plan to support them in situations they find difficult. At all times we work in the best interest of the child with consideration to other's safety.
Children at Costessey Junior School know many ways in which they receive help at school. In recent class discussions led by our school council, children listed over 25 strategies or interventions that support them with their work.
How we find out if this is Effective
All interventions are reviewed half termly, children may continue with an intervention or have an intervention discontinued if adequate progress has been made or it is deemed no longer suitable to meet the child's needs. Each child who has, at present or in the past, been considered to require addition support is recorded on our working provision map document.
Preparing for the Next Step
Costessey Junior School works very closely with Ormiston Victory Academy and other local high schools to ensure smooth transitions take place for every child when they leave us in year 6. Where possible, intra school activities are built into the curriculum to give children a feel for life in year 7. Transition days and open evenings are put in place for all children and following discussions between the SENCOs and teaching staff, additional sessions are put in place for those with additional needs. Norfolk Education Admission's Services manages the placement of children going to mainstream schools.
For some of our learners with Special Educational Needs, alternative provision is chosen whether that is at the end of year 6 or earlier in their time at Junior School. Parents and children may choose to attend a Specialist Resource Base (SRB) which caters for specific additional needs or a Special School, which will cater for moderate to complex needs of a wide variety. In both cases, parents can state their wishes at an upcoming annual review or mid-year. The SENCO will liaise with the additional needs co-ordinator and a meeting will be held to amend a child's statement or Educational Health Care Plan. At this point the additional needs co-ordinator will advise the school to apply for a place at an SRB or they will begin procedures to apply for a place at a Special School.
With any type of transition, if parents are not happy with a placement, appeal processes are in place through Norfolk admissions or Norfolk's SEN team.
Other Opportunities for Learning
Throughout a child's schooling with us, a number of opportunities are given to broaden their learning and understanding, including:
- Inter school activities
- Swimming lessons
- Sports lessons with CSF trained staff
- School trips
- Sports clubs
- Homework club
- Cooking club
- Gardening club
- ICT club
- Pupil choice workshops
- Visitor workshops
- Instrument lessons
Out of school our children report they attend some of the following clubs:
- Street Dance at City Academy
- FDC football at Longwater Lane
- Brownies at Bowthorpe Church
- ESKA Karate at OVA sports hall.
Have Your Say
We welcome any comments and suggestions regarding our Special Educational Needs information. The Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) for the school is Ms Laband who can be contacted via email: email@example.com or telephone: 01603 742203.
Advice and Support
If you have any concerns about your child please come and talk to us. Alternatively if you would like to talk to someone and get impartial advice and support you can contact Norfolk SEND Partnership.


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Our view of relationship, love, and spirituality which are presumably immaterial is commonly measured through scales- the way he moves, the way he looks to someone in the eye when talking, the way he breathed and sighed, or why he didn't give any present last Christmas. This measurement is like a standard of faith that is being based on religion, like he was obligated to say yes without knowing the real score.
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I begin each month sending out an email to everyone who has been a part of one the Circles of Trust I facilitate. I call it Living Courage. It is a practice that calls me to the task of listening and keeping in alignment with WholeHeart's tag line: "living on the learning edge." Here is my reflection and experience with the Courage Principle: "An appreciation of paradox enriches our lives and helps us hold greater complexity."
When I was a teenager, I was drawn to Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA. In the early/mid seventies it was a place of color and character. In the summer of 1975, a young man handed me a greeting card. He didn't want anything in return. It was a gift he was sharing freely with those passing by. On it was a pen and ink drawing and the words:
It was a paradox I didn't understand – speaking without words. I've held onto that card for forty-two years. Its wisdom has slowly revealed itself to me.
Love is expressed in many ways. It is not limited to "I love you" romance. It has become my practice to live love, rather than wait for it to find me. My morning mantra is: May I be lit, May I be light, May I be love.
This month I have been living this paradox. I began October at a poetry workshop at Kirkridge in Pennsylvania: Bread for the Journey. I anticipated learning more about writing poetry, but instead learned about living life with attentive presence - as poetry invites.
Rather than listening and writing down snippets of phrases and images to be crafted into poems, I am listening to and acting upon the whispers that come to me at odd hours of the day and night. "Gift this person a book, reach out here or there, send a package of old treasures to your childhood friend, drive your parents to say goodbye to their dear friends in Maine..."
My whispers can be quite clear, but they are a different voice than my to-do's that also track me down. There is a different quality to living in this way - following currents rather than plans. This is my way of "speaking I love you in ten thousand ways." Paradoxes are riddles that I need to hold and consider from many directions - sometimes for decades. They contain gifts that unwrap slowly.
I wonder about our actions and interactions and the unknown ripples they make. I offer these questions as you live the paradoxes of life:
· How might you speak "I love you" without using the words today?
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So, one of my best friends, Esther, is six months pregnant. Yes, Esther from the other half of the "let's be Indian princesses and get covered in poison ivy" chapter of my life…and many other chapters of my life.. And, to make matters even more fun, her older brother Henry and his wife Dana, are a couple months behind her on the road to parenthood. We're super close to them also, and we're so excited for their whole family. From no grandkids to two grandkids in one season. It's awesome.
Something to know about Esther is that she has always been a little (read: A LOT) fancy. In fact, she was "Fancy Nancy" come to life as a child. Which I guess makes sense…they did name her after a beautiful queen. She has a great sense of style and is the fashionista of our foursome (Claire, Esther, Me, and Natalie who grew up together), with a degree in fashion merchandising from FSU and a natural gift for art. So, when my mom and I sat down to plan out her baby shower, we wanted to do things a little differently than we normally do. We took some ideas from different event planners (who may or may not be mentioned on Friday), and we infused them into our decor.
Instead of flowers, baby-related items, etc. that you usually see as decorations on the main table at a baby shower, we went with big, pink ostrich feathers stuck down into strands of pearls. These were in the background and on either side of the three tiers of oreo truffles in milk and white chocolate drizzled in pink.
Another element we loved was to have everything lined up. You can't really tell in this photo, but everything was basically in lines. The carrots and cucumbers are more obvious. But here there was a dip lined behind the veggies, whipped cream lined up behind the strawberries, chocolate mouse behind (but not with) the crackers and cheese ball. And behind all of that was a tray with napkins in pink and white, a tray lined with said napkins holding lines of stacked silver spoons, and a stack of plates. Having everything in an organized, lined vertical format on the table draws the eye. I might have to try this in more obvious ways at the next party I help throw.
Normally vertical lines would be more obvious simply because you could spread it out over the whole table. But at this party, the table was serving double duty. All the food was on one side. And on the other, we had a punch bowl full of pink lemonade, two pitchers of water, and lines of glasses rimmed with pink sugar. Most had lemons but some did not, so people could go without lemon if they preferred. Of course, it's kind of hard to see the glasses in this picture as they're clear.
I also made a banner to go on the front of the table. It serves double duty because when the party's over, it gets packed up and sent home with Ess-the-Mess so it can hang up at the hospital when Charlotte is born. (And so help me, I ironed and ironed that tablecloth, but it was clearly resisting in some places. It's bothering me so much to see it in the pictures. It wasn't really that noticeable in person.) I intended the banner to be in pinks and browns, but my printer was low on ink and printed a purply grey instead, so, short on time, I went with it.
Here's the whole table…well, all that would fit in the picture. My 50mm lens definitely doesn't always let me get everything I want in a shot.
And then there's the mom-to-be herself. I can't claim any credit with her beauty. She looked stunning, which is pretty much par for the course as far as Esther's concerned. Here she is after opening a gift from my mom- a pretty dress and a sweet little pearl bracelet that has a charm on it that's engraved with the initials for Charlotte, Esther's baby girl. Esther's wearing a pearl bracelet in this picture too, I just realized. As my mama said, "every well-bred, Southern girl should have some pearls." Welcome to the south, y'all.
My mom couldn't be at the shower because she had to go to Savannah to be with her mom the day before. The other hostesses, Claire, Natalie, and Mrs. Lynn (Claire's mom) were so awesome. I would have been overwhelmed if they hadn't been there to help me. They were calling all day to see what they could do extra to help, to see if I needed them early, and to make sure I could handle my part and my mom's both or did I want help with her share. They are so great. All but Mrs. Lynn are pictured below…well…she is pictured below in the background…washing dishes…while we goof off after the shower.
Me, Esther, Natalie, Claire. We're a dignified bunch.
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Singapore's Tourist Influx Increased In 2011
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) recorded an increase in the arrival of tourists in Singapore for 2011, with a record of 13.2 million visitors from coming from different countries in the world. This marked a rise of 13.1% from the previous year's record of 11.6 million visitors.
As per record, the arrival of visitors in 2011 was recorded to hit high during the first quarter of the year, with January registering the most number.
The top five international visitors generating income for Singapore are Indonesia (2,592,000), China (1,577,000), Malaysia (1,141,000), Australia (956,000), and India (869,000). These markets accounted for 53% of total visitor arrivals for the first quarter of 2011.
Tourism receipts were recorded to amount to S$ 22.2 billion for 2011. The previous year's record was only S$18.8 billion. The tourists who came for the year are said to have spent on sightseeing and entertainment in Singapore. A total of S$ 5.5 billion in receipts was recorded on these spending.
Meanwhile, it was noted that 231, 000 UK tourists visited Singapore, also in the said year, and statistics showed their recorded spending for the first six months, which amounted to S$ 282 million. The receipts showed spending in accommodation, shopping and food.
With the influx of visitors, hotel revenue was also seen to rise to 28% as compared to last year's record. A total of S$ 2.6 billion was gained from hotel revenues.
Year in and year out, Singapore attracts tourists from all over the world. Described as a "thriving cosmopolitan city," the country is bustling with numerous shopping malls, hotels, museums, and dining and entertainment hotspots which visitors can enjoy and experience. The country is home to different races and cultures. It boasts of a stable economy and strong government. Add to these, Singapore is rich in culture and history, language, arts and architecture.
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On Sunday, June 12 at 4:00, I will lead a prayer walk around the neighborhood behind the church. Any and all are welcome to be a part of this visible, non-threatening (all dogs abide by the leash law, right?) ministry into the community. No, we will not carry signs saying we are from AUMC. We will walk and pray. This is a first step in connecting with our neighborhood. For years we have asked them to "come to us". But Jesus told us to "Go". We take the Gospel into the world. The world around us used to come. There was a "Christian memory" in most people….back then! But that doesn't work anymore. We have generations today with no such memory of childhood Sunday school or revivals through which to connect. Therefore, we must take the initiative! Walking and praying give us a good start. We will not knock on doors or seek to converse, unless someone asks, "What are you doing?" Then we can offer to pray specifically for the person. Otherwise, we will stop and pray for the "family in this house and the family in that house and for the ministry of that church and for the students of this school." You get the idea.
We are not Aldersgate promoting ourselves. We are Christians making a very simple spiritual foray into the world around us. It will be more effective than we may ever know. Make plans to be here, weather permitting. And pray for the effectiveness of the prayer walk! - - Ben


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Emmanuel Grenier and I have just submitted this 84-page! long paper, also posted on arxiv (arXiv:1705.05323). This work is a continuation and completion of the program (initiated in Grenier-Toan1 and Grenier-Toan2) to derive pointwise estimates on the Green function and sharp bounds on the semigroup of linearized Navier-Stokes around a stationary boundary layer profile.
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The aim of this paper (arXiv:1705.04672), with E. Grenier, is to investigate the stability of Prandtl boundary layers in the vanishing viscosity limit: . In his CPAM2000 paper, Grenier proved that there exists no Prandtl's asymptotic expansion involving one Prandtl's boundary layer with thickness of order , which describes the inviscid limit of Navier-Stokes equations. The instability gives rise to a viscous boundary sublayer whose thickness is of order . In this paper, we point out how the stability of the classical Prandtl's layer is linked to the stability of this sublayer. In particular, we prove that the two layers cannot both be nonlinearly stable in . That is, either the Prandtl's layer or the boundary sublayer is nonlinearly unstable in the sup norm.


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Hope skipping the football worked out for her
Hope skipping the football worked out for her
A follower of the schools of Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett, Benaud and Thunberg
I had a glimpse of Eureka
Chewing me up, chewing me up and spitting me out
-jected, I was rejected
I wasn't good enough to be elected
Lava, it was like lava
Moving through my body like fire
They still want her back on the football field. First things first though, winning the Ashes
Is the Test streamed online?
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87 doing it against the Aussies again, 187 anyway,.
I may go to this tomorrow unless Sarah Taylor cops one in her face and loses a tooth or gets a black eye, I've got a major thing for her (nearly half as much as Jono likes Kohli), I hate it when wicketkeepers don't wear a helmet when standing up to spinners (cue Sarah Taylor can use my helmet joke).
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Solid enough from Australia, I shouldn't have put the mocker on Ellyse lol but I'm happy enough for now
Great turn around from the Aussie women. From 5/99 to make 274 dec. and then bowl the Pom's out for 164 with two days left.
Australia looking alright in a Test match in England does appear to have set into motion the apocalypse, however.
Heard Edwards talking about the series. I don't think she saw this as a possibility, having to win all 3 T20's to draw the series and retain the the ashes.
I didn't see any of it, but the England Ladies are back in contention after winning the first Twenty20 yesterday. Two to go and England need to win them both to draw the series and retain the Ashes.
BBC Sport - Women's Ashes 2015: England Twenty20 win keeps series alive
Loved it, replay on before the men in Australia I heard? Anyway I'm happy with the win. Some aging players for England, we'll see some changes for them
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.
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Yep, England had a great generation but it's time to move on to the next phase
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Summer All-Together Worship
9:30 am
Faith Journey Sunday School Class
Faith Journeys is a Sunday morning class for adults of all ages. Our goal is to help each other to grow spiritually through the use of informal Bible study, lively, informed conversation and prayer.
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Raise your hand if you used to see The Munsters TV series and secretly envied the trendy lifting stairs where Spot the pet dragon, dwelt below. My hands is way up. The Munster mansion was positively riddled with secret rooms and hidden compartments. The laboratory of grandpa was obtained through a trapdoor in the floor. After you were in the lab, if you pushed on a stone in the wall, then part of the stone wall swung away to show a dungeon. When Herman had a call to make, he tugged on a bellpull, the wall slid open, and a coffin glided out and started to show the phone. Pretty slick. And those were only some of the secret doors and hidden rooms. You'll need to see the reruns and see just how many others you'll be able to spot.
You may not have a laboratory, a dungeon or dragon, and you probably use a mobile phone that you can just hide in a pocket, but it doesn't mean concealed rooms, passageways or compartments are not a great idea. Check out how these homeowners generated a little puzzle and fun in their houses. Is there anything you want to hide?
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You really can have that lifting stairs on your own house with no creepy Munster décor. This one hides another stairs to a lower level. This is a lot more intriguing than a coat closet. I simply don't understand how I'd keep it a mystery, because I'd like to reveal it to everyone.
Red Ridge Millwork
This wine cellar has a bounty of storage out in plain view. However …
Red Ridge Millwork
… the very valuable vintages become stashed in another wine cellar revealed when this whole storage tank opens up. Great idea to use a wine cellar to hide your own wine cellar.
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In the movies, we observe a wall safe hidden by artwork. What about using artwork to hide things that simply are not that pretty to look at? Framed movie posters can be the perfect way to hide AV parts and that collection of DVDs.
Hidden Door Store
I began thinking about this when one of my clients asked a concealed room for guns. The customer wanted to be certain the guns were protected and concealed in case of a burglary. If what you are hiding is dangerous, put it behind a heavy-duty door that can be locked. The lock is significant if a person discovers your secret spot, but the concealed accessibility behind a bookcase keeps people from even thinking there might be some thing back there.
This photograph and the next three show a wall with sliding panels that appear to be as much for aesthetic appeal as they are for concealing storage compartments as well as the entry to a bedroom.
The ladder rolls along the wall to get access to storage. The wall panel on the left has restored back to show storage. The decorative metal panel slides to the right to demonstrate another doorway behind it.
When the whitened wall panel to the left is open to show the storage, it is hiding the workplace.
A bedroom is supporting the decorative metal panel and a white door. A real sense of solitude is generated while the bedroom entry is behind two layers.
The very best way to hide the entry to an area is to keep people from imagining it is there in the first place. This paneling on the entire wall on each side of the fireplace looks like a normal wall treatment in an upscale house.
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Who would even suspect among the panels opens? The hardware that you choose should be completely invisible. For this kind of door take a look at this invisible hinge from Soss.
Compass Wall Door by Lualdi Porte
These doors are not actually hidden, since they've handles. But if they were used using the hardware shown in the previous photo rather, people would not assume they aren't solid walls, since they move floor to ceiling and the wood is continued in paneling around the room.
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Rather than hiding a door within a wall, how about making the whole wall the entry? You would think this is the end wall of a market, but the whole wall slides back to reveal a great little living room. It gives a whole new meaning to the thought of a hideaway.
Choice Wood Company
Using bookcases is by far the number-one way a concealed room is hidden. I believe this works best when you have a library or an office with several bookcases lined up so nothing appears out of place or leads people to suspect a concealed door. But how do you make a recessed bookcase swing open? Read on.
Pangaea Interior Design, Portland, OR
Hidden Door
Here is the hardware that you need to earn a recessed bookcase glide forward and then swing to the side.
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A display case is a bit less likely to arouse suspicion. Utilize museum wax to secure objects to the shelves.
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Back again to the idea of that usable space beneath the stairs. You do not need to hide an whole room; drawers beneath the risers are a great idea. And if you only eliminate the noticeable manage …
… and use a little piece of almost-hidden pull or push hardware, then you have a convenient secret compartment — a great idea, even if it's only for hiding sneakers.
Lipa Woodwork
The compartments beneath this stairway could be wholly secret with no pulls. Again, push latch hardware would do the trick.
Lipa Woodwork
And look at just how handy it is to access all that storage as it slides right out instead of you having to crawl into that deep, dark closet.
So let's : What could you put in a secret compartment?
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Three walking adventures in Costa Rica
For a relatively small country, Costa Rica packs a big punch. From cloudforests to volcanoes, mangrove swamps to sweeping beaches, it's home to an incredible diversity of habitats – plus some of Central America's best luxury hotels. It's no wonder Costa Rica is also one of the happiest countries on the planet. Here's our top pick of three outdoor adventure hotspots that are certain to put a smile on your face.
There are more than a dozen volcanoes in Costa Rica. But for sheer drama and Jurassic-Park-esque adventure, it has to be Arenal. Rising to 5358-ft and ringed by forest, it has the archetypal volcano silhouette, complete with the occasional puff of smoke from the crater. Of course, it's when you get up close that the drama really begins.
For a quick taste of what it's all about, join the trails of Sendero Colada 1968 and Tucanes. At 3.4 and 2 kilometres respectively, these paths wind through the secondary forest to rocky, rugged lava fields. You may spot toucans and parrots and even hear a faint rumble from the crater above.
You can safely hike these trails independently – provided you stick to the paths and follow the signs. However, for a truly unique experience there are numerous guides who can take you to some of the lesser-known viewpoints. As well as the volcano itself, there are hot springs, waterfalls, hanging bridges and zip-wires to discover.
Put your feet up
To make your visit as indulgent as it is intrepid, stay at Nayara Hotel Spa and Gardens. This eco-luxury hotel overlooks the rainforest and the volcano and offers spectacular views, not to mention sublime spa treatments.
Head up to north-west Costa Rica and you'll arrive at one of Latin America's most exclusive retreats: Peninsula Papagayo. It's a dreamland of secluded coves, emerald rainforest and sapphire seas. You could happily while away days, weeks or months on the beaches such as Playa Nacascolo. But – when adventure calls – there are plenty hikes on your doorstep. Join a guided tour and you could be serenaded by howler monkeys, entranced by iguanas and bewitched by butterflies. Or book onto a nocturnal tour into the jungle for the chance to see creatures such as porcupines and the elusive three-toed sloth.
Live the dream
Peninsula Papagayo is home to some of Costa Rica's best hotels, including the heavenly El Alma Soul Retreat. Peacefully located in gorgeous tropical gardens, this is 'Pura Vida' perfection.
For another slice of paradise, head south along the Pacific coast – which gives almost five times more space to play with than Costa Rica's Caribbean side.
One of our favourite off-the-beaten-track destinations is around the small hamlet of Ojochal – and, more specifically, the beach of Playa Tortuga. Here you'll find breath-taking views of mountains, rainforest and sparkling blue seas. Kick off your shoes (or flip-flops) and feel the sand between your toes. You may even spot dolphins and whales just off the coast.
If you can tear yourself away from the waterside, there are more adventures to be had just inland at the majestic Nauyaca Waterfalls. An exciting (and sweaty) 3km hike from the car park brings you to these beautiful pools. Refresh yourself with a dip in the crisp, clear waters. Just remember to bring water and a snack as, once you're there, you won't want to leave.
Take it all in
As refreshing as the waterfalls is the spellbinding Hotel Three Sixty. Perched above the rainforest with views across the Pacific, it's a paradise of infinity pools and endless pampering.


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This Kerala inspired burger is packed with South Indian flavor.
It's BOLD, JUICY, and FLAVORFUL.
Spicy masala fries and tangy fresh onion chutney are a perfect accompaniment to this full flavor burger.
To save time make and marinade your burger patties the night before.
First, make the masala paste. In a small skillet heat one tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot add the ginger-garlic paste. Cook for 30 seconds while stirring continuously, until aromatic. Add the ground spices and cook for 30 more seconds. Remove from heat and transfer to a small bowl. Let cool completely.
Season the meat with masala paste and shape into four burger patties.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
Season the burgers with salt and pepper. Cook over medium-high heat, preferably in a cast iron skillet or a grill pan. Cook three minutes per side for medium. Serve topped with onion chutney, oven fries, ketchup and a little mayo.
Preheat oven to 400 F. In a small bowl mix the spices.
Cut the potatoes into wedges. Peel and cut them in half then cut each half into thirds.
In a large bowl toss the potatoes with spice mix and oil. Arrange potato wedges in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes rotating halfway through.
Thinly slice a red onion and jalapeno. Season with salt and lemon juice and set aside.
Right before serving stir in cilantro.
Top cooked burgers with generous portions.
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Markinch whistle stop visit from MP
Last week Peter Grant (MP) for Glenrothes, Fife, and MP for the constituency that our Markinch CHP biomass plant is within came to the Scottish site. It might be parliamentary recess, however local MP Peter made time to visit the power plant, meet the team and have a site tour.
Mr Grant was keen to understand more about the general operations and how the plant has operated since its main steam customer went into administration a few years ago. The MP's other purpose for the visit was to understand more about the proposed energy centre that is a critical part of the new Glenrothes Energy Network, a district heating network that plans to provide heat to hundreds of homes and businesses in Fife.
Mark Picton, Markinch site manager said, "It's great to have important stakeholders in the area taking an interest in the plant. He met the management team and took time to talk to the control room shift. He was very positive towards the District Heating Scheme, particularly noting the longer term benefits the Scheme would offer in local employment. He also noted the important of reducing the costs of heating for local residents in the long term and helping to reduce CO2 emissions."
MP Peter Grant commented on the visit, "It was very impressive to see the Biomass Plant up close and to hear at first-hand about the options being considered for the District Heating Scheme.
"The Biomass Plant is the largest plant of its kind on this island and is contributing to the economy of Mid-Fife in many ways.
"The Markinch plant delivers a reduction in fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions of around 150,000 tonnes per annum, delivering a major contribution to renewable energy consumption targets."
The site also hosted a visit with Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, next week . Jenny is a member of both the Local Government and Communities Committee and the Health & Sport Committee, and is Parliamentary Liaison Officer to John Swinney MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. She has been a strong supporter of the station in the past, having already visited the site over the past 12 months to understand more about how a power plant operates.
The demolition of the former Tullis Russel building that was recently purchased in order to develop the Energy Centre is progressing well. The demolition team, Erith, have erected fencing, established a site compound and are operating twelve hours a day, six days a week.
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Ten Mindful Steps to an Empowered and Positive Pregnancy & Birth Experience
Take these ten steps during your pregnancy to prepare your body and mind for the experience of a lifetime and a birth you will remember with joy.
1. Prepare your Body with Yoga
Yoga is the optimum physical practice for pregnancy. Working on every level of the being from the physical to the energetic, there is no better way to exercise, develop body awareness, discover breath work and deepen your connection to yourself than with yoga. Practice at least once a week to reap the benefits. Attend your local Pregnancy Yoga class, and then between classes incorporate a little yoga into your day a couple of days a week - some ideas here on my youtube channel for Pregnancy Yoga online. Your body and mind will thank you for the time and care you show yourself and your emerging pregnancy, you will be fit and centred as you approach the birth and you will have prepared your body to stretch and open during the birthing process.
2. Prepare your Mind with Meditation
Learning to meditate is the single greatest gift you can give yourself this pregnancy. Meditation is not about creating peace of mind – though that is an inevitable consequence – it is about learning to be with experience, however it is, without needing to change, fix or avoid it. Meditation enables us to become more self-aware, calmer and better able to cope with the challenges Life brings our way. Ten minutes of meditation every day will literally transform your state of mind. Here's a short pregnancy yoga meditation and breathing practice to try.
3. Learn to Live Mindfully
Whilst Yoga and Meditation will bring you greater self-awareness during practice, Mindfulness helps you to live in that way beyond the meditation cushion and the yoga mat. Learning how to bring a more Mindful attention to your experience will create a liberating space between the stimulus you experience and your response to it – whether it is the intense sensations of your labour contractions or the distressing cries of your new-born baby.
4. Be Ready to Work outs your Fears
Few pregnancies will pass without moments of fear or doubt, whatever your mindset and preparation. Pain is entirely subjective and it is definitely compounded by fear. Usually, if we have not learned otherwise, we tend to avoid feeling the powerful emotion of fear. So learning to work with Fear itself will transform your birthing experience. Similarly exploring the nature of Pain and unique Labour Pain will empower you to trust and surrender to the process as it moves through you. My hypnobirthing classes allow you to recognise fears you have, conscious and unconscious, and work with them to have a calm and positive birth experience.
5. Learn Your Birth Rights
This should be a cornerstone of contemporary birth education – and essential for every woman serious about birthing without intervention. First you need to learn your legal Birth Rights, then find out what the NICE guidelines are around your unique situation (aged 40, Strep B, VBAC, Post-dates etc). Finally explore your hospital's policy on the key aspects of the labour and birth process. Now that you know the system you are birthing in you can see how it sits with your own birth preferences and calmly asses the risks and benefits of the choices you make from an INFORMED position. The phrase Am I Allowed is anathema in modern child-birthing. I give or do not give consent is the appropriate language to use. It reminds you whose birth this is and, in the end, who is personally responsible for the child in your womb.
6. Choose Your caregivers Wisely
As you move through pregnancy and learn more about the birthing world your choices will become clearer to you. Once those choices emerge make sure that your birthing environment and the people around you will support you in fulfilling them. From the place you birth in to the caregivers you have. Ask questions until you feel satisfied. And if you are not happy with your caregiver – then change them. It is your right to do so. Another key aspect of this step is to prepare your Birth Partner. Some fathers and partners fare better in the birthing room than others. First of all make sure that your partner really wants to be there. It means an open and honest conversation. If he or she does then make sure you do some practical birth prep work together so that he or she knows what being a good birth partner means and how best to support you on your birth journey. We look at this a lot in my Hypnobirthing Course, so that your partner can be the most amazing birth support, and you can become a real birthing 'dream team' together!
7. Discover Your Pelvis
Practising pelvic floor exercises or kegels is really important, in pregnancy and for the rest of your life too. But there is more, the pelvis is not only the gateway to life outside the womb for your baby but it is also the source of your feminine essence and sexuality. Pregnancy is the time to discover how you feel about this part of your body.
Pelvic massage, perineal massage, developing pelvic awareness through visualisation, stretching and toning the soft tissue of the pelvis using body work and awareness exercises. Learning to breathe right down into the pelvis is really important. In this way by the time you come to birth your baby you will feel comfortable, relaxed and connected to your birthing body.
8. Read Plenty of Positive Birth Stories
They offer a far more effective birth education that any expert's opinion will. They report from the front line of the most awesome experience. They convey the truth of the birth experience most directly and crucially, they show you how women cope with the experience using the skills they have. Here's s great website where you can take you fill of positive birth stories.
9. Write your Birth Plan and a Postnatal Plan
As you approach the end of your pregnancy, the birth plan (or birth preferences or birth choices, whatever you'd like to call them) becomes a document of all that you have learned and discovered along the way and the informed choices you now make as a result. Even though you know that birth often does not go to plan this document is an essential record of your preferences and of how you would like to be supported during labour. Taking the time to write a postnatal care plan is also an essential investment in what can often be a very vulnerable time. We look at both Birth and Post Natal plans in my Hypnobirthing classes. and I give you a worksheet all about each of them too to support you.
10. Learn Relaxation Skills and Practices for Labour
From hypnotic visualisation and positive affirmation, to touch and massage, to acupressure and aromatherapy there are a plethora of relaxation tools and birth skills available to those couples who are ready to learn them.
Find the movements and positions which will make you more comfortable through the various stages of labour and discover how sounding in labour is the most natural and effective global birthing practice. Feel confident that you are equipped, realistic, open-minded and ready mentally, physically and emotionally to embrace the birth journey you find yourself on.
I hope you have enjoyed learning more about a mindful approach to pregnancy childbirth with this Ten Step Guide, and that you feel empowered to take the journey toward creating a beautiful and empowering experience for you and your family.
Mindful Hypnobirthing courses - complete birth preparation with Susan Bradley - full details here
A ten hour course, with *loads* of amazing extras costs £225 (this includes all Course materials, plenty of MP3's and a place for your birth partner too)
Next Group Hypnobirthing Course Dates:
January course - Saturday 20th and 27th January 2018. 9.30am to 2.30pm
February course - Saturday 17th and 24th February 2018. 9.30am to 2.30pm
Course Venue: Tadcaster Road, York, YO24 1GS
One to One courses available at time to suit you.
Find full details on my Hypnobirthing courses here
Find more about my Pregnancy Yoga classes in York and Harrogate here.


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Lamb's Retreats for Songwriters
The 25th annual Lamb's Retreat for Songwriters, October 31-November 10, 2019
Directed by John D. Lamb at the Birchwood Inn, Harbor Springs, Michigan
October 31-November 3, 2019 Special guests: Michael Smith, Anne Hills, Joel Mabus, Ray Bonneville, Claudia Schmidt.
November 7-10, 2019 Special guests: Pierce Pettis, Joshua Davis, Julianne Ankley, Chris Buhalis, Olivia Millerschin.
Artists-in-residence October 31-November 10, 2019: Whoever registers for all ten days.
Weekend packages include Thursday night gala reception, 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, wine and beverages.
10 day package: Stay for two weekends and the four days in between at a special rate. Check in Thursday, Oct. 31 and check out Sunday, Nov 10, 2019. Includes all weekend workshops and meals.
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Season 7 of American Horror Story began last night and, once again, Ryan Murphy's mega-hit anthology series has excited, befuddled, and (most importantly) defied expectations! We'll be bringing you day-after recaps for American Horror Story: Cult all season long, delivering important commentary and insights as the series develops. First, here's everything we knew about Cult before last night's premiere, summed up in a concise little vid courtesy of TVGuide.com.
Official Synopsis: We're breaking down everything you need to know about Cult, including Evan Peters' terrifying role, Sarah Paulson's major phobia and more!
Related Article: Latest Trailer for "AHS: Cult" is Motion Comic Featuring TWISTY THE CLOWN
Warning: Below There Be Spoilers!
Opening on Election Night 2016, the first episode sets up the dichotomy between Evan Peter's character Kai and Sarah Paulson's Ally. They represent polar political opposites, and both play extremes: The maniacal Trump supporter vs the over-reactionary Hilary supporter. A midpoint scene featuring a clown attack has us wondering if Ally is being stalked or going crazy. A trip to a psychiatrist reveals dee-seeded fears of clowns, confined spaces, blood, and holes.
The return of Twisty (John Carroll Lynch) via comic-book was choice!
Kai exerts a Svengali-like control over his sister Winter (Billie Lourd), helping her invade the home Ally shares with her wife Ivy (Allison Pill) and son Oz (Cooper Dodson) as a live-in nanny; she sets to work corrupting Oz's brain by exposing him to extreme violence on the internet. Meanwhile, Ally is the victim of another masturbating clown and begins to agree with the popular consensus: She's going nuts.
The show ends with a gang of clowns exiting an Ice Cream truck and slaughtering the family next door. Their leader wears a clown mask with three faces, each with a distinctly dick-shaped nose. How much is real and how much was a night terror is open to interpretation—especially when paramedics reveal the cause of deaths: Murder/suicide.
What did you consider the most shocking moment of last night's premiere of American Horror Story: Cult? What are your first impressions of this new season? Sound off in the Comments section!
Check out the trailer for next week's episode of American Horror Story: Cult Episode 2: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, below.
American Horror Story: Cult cast members include: Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Billie Lourd, Leslie Grossman, Adina Porter, Cheyenne Jackson, Billy Eichner, Colton Haynes, Alison Pill, John Carroll Lynch, Lena Dunham, Frances Conroy, and Mare Winningham.
Related Article: Reviews Are in for "American Horror Story: Cult"!


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When analyzing the role of men in the household, it's clear that those roles have changed over the years. Data from the American Time Use Survey and the Pew Research Center reveals that in 2011 men were spending far more time performing household duties than they were in 1965. Men spent 10 hours per week on chores in 2011, which is more than double the amount of time (four hours) they devoted to household duties in 1965.
Despite that more active role at home, many men still feel they are not spending enough time with their children. The Pew survey, which examined more than 2,500 adults, found that 46 percent of fathers felt they weren't spending enough time as they wanted to with their kids. Professional commitments keep many men from spending ample time with their kids, and while it many not be realistic for most fathers to walk away from their careers, there are steps men can take to make more time for their families.
* Don't overextend yourself at the office. Much is made of how today's youngsters have more hectic schedules than those of yesteryear. But it's not just kids who are overextending themselves. Fathers who can't say no at the office might be legends in the boardroom, but that willingness to take on extra work could be cutting into the time they spend with their families. Learn to delegate more at the office, taking on only what you can handle in a normal day's work. Taking on too many responsibilities can significantly cut into the time you have available for family.
* Turn off the television. After a long day at the office, it can be tempting to come home and unwind in front of the television. But you might be spending more time in front of the tube than you think, and that time on the couch is valuable time that could be spent connecting with your family. In its 2011 American Time Use Survey, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that individuals age 15 and over spent more than half of their leisure time watching television. While bonding over a favorite movie or television show can bring families closer together, keeping the television on as background noise during dinner or other times of the day can make it harder for families to connect and share meaningful conversation. Turn the television off when eating dinner and work to reduce the time you and your family spend in front of the TV.
* Leave the office at a set time every day. The demands of a successful career can be significant, and many fathers admit to sacrificing family time for the sake of their careers. But it's possible to have a successful career and still spend more time with your family. One trick is to leave your office at a reasonable time every day, regardless of work demands. Making it home for family dinners each night can have a profound impact on your children. A survey from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse found that the more children have dinners with their parents, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs. Men who want to spend more time with their families should make it a priority to leave their jobs at a set time each day, regardless of their workload. Technology has made it possible to stay connected to your work even when you aren't in the office, so you can always get things done at home after dinner with your family while the kids are doing their homework.
* Stop working on weekends. Men who travel often for business or those who simply cannot get away from the office on weeknights should reserve their weekends for time with the family. Don't take your work home with you on the weekend and don't check your email until you go back to work on Monday. Work-related distractions, such as checking your email on your smartphone, can take away from the time you have with your family.


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Sulcorebutia frankiana
(This plant comes in a 3.5 inch pot. You will receive a very similar plant to the one in the picture. It may or may not be blooming at the time of your purchase. The plant is shipped in its pot to prevent any damage to the roots).
Flowers: Usually pink to dark-magenta or dark-red. Flowers are produced in late spring and remain open for three or four days.
Cultivation and propagation: It grows rather slowly and needs a very good drainage to avoid rotting. It requires also an appropriate air circulation and is sometime grafted to avoid root problems.
Sun exposure: Light shade when young, full sun later (light shadow may be useful in the hot summer days).
Watering: It requires moderately watering through the growing season. This can be done weekly or more frequently during the summertime, if the weather is sunny enough, but allow to dry fully before watering again. Kept this way, plants will show a healthy growth. Keep rather dry as soon as the temperature starts dropping in October and keep it strictly dry throughout the winter quiescent period since it is very sensitive to any moisture excesses. The plants may survive outside without protection in winter (cold hardy to -5°) but is then somewhat prone to rot, too.
Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz
All of our plants are grown under the same conditions, although not all the plants are the same. You will receive a similar plant in size and shape to the ones in the pictures. Our plants are hand-picked and carefully selected to bring you the best quality possible. Please allow us up to 3 business days to process your order. If you wish to receive your order on a specific date or have special instructions, please add a note at the checkout.
Planet Desert's customer service goal is simple: We are committed to providing our customers total satisfaction. Every time. Guaranteed. Please feel free to drop us a line with any questions, comments or to share your thoughts on this site.
What makes us different is the passion and the attention to the detail in all we do here at Planet Desert. We are confident in the quality of our products. That's why all our plants have a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
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Colder Regions Warning: We are now offering 72-hour heat packs for an additional $3.00 If your order is $50.00 or more, and if we think that it is necessary, you will get a heat pack free of charge.
To prevent plants from freezing while in transit, orders placed for areas with extreme severe freezing temperatures will be held for shipment until it is safe to ship.
At this time, we are not shipping international, we are in a process to get some certification until then, we won't be able to ship to any country outside of the US
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The Federal Reserve has taken dead aim on merchant banking, proposing to ban the practice as part of a "take no risk" regulation strategy.
Merchant banking has been around for centuries. Why crack down now?
The business originated during the Italian Renaissance. Small, family-run banks would finance sea voyages and other trading missions, taking a share of the profits. This was high-risk finance. All could be lost as a result of a storm, the occasional war or even piracy. In the following centuries, merchant banking spread across Europe and then to the United States, becoming the occupation of the big banking houses like J.P. Morgan.
Bank trading activities are more limited today. Now, when the term "merchant banking" is used, it generally refers to banks like Goldman Sachs buying and selling nonfinancial companies. In other words, when banks act like private equity or venture capital firms in buying a company or investing in a start-up.
Despite merchant banking's storied past, the Federal Reserve has seized this moment to try to strike it down. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, the Fed was required to conduct a study of risk-taking by banks like Goldman and Bank of America.
The study was due in early 2012, but the Fed issued it last week, so only four and a half years late. Better late than never.
In the study, the Fed called for Congress to ban the practice. The reason the report provided was the banal-sounding language that "the existing statutory merchant banking authority" allows for investment banks registered with the Fed as bank holding companies to "engage in activities that pose risks to the organizations' safety and soundness."
This is yet another step by the government to restrain big banks in their activities under the guise of tamping down risk, making the banks more like boring utilities.
Yet the question is whether this is a step too far. A business that has never substantially affected the soundness of banks is now threatened with extinction.
The proposed ban is another step back to the Glass-Steagall Act, the New Deal-era law that separated regular banking from investment banking and also limited the ability of banks to engage in merchant banking.
But there was never a complete prohibition even under Glass-Steagall. Investment banks like Goldman, which at the time were not chartered by the Fed as bank holding companies, could regularly engage in merchant banking, while commercial banks were allowed to engage in smaller merchant banking investments not exceeding 5 percent of their capital.
These limitations ended in 1999 with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which ended Glass-Steagall. This law specifically permitted merchant banking by bank holding companies. The removal of this stricture was uncontroversial at the time, as the debate was more focused on whether commercial banks could enter into investment banking and vice versa.
The reason at the time was that these activities did not substantially increase the risk of banks.
But then came the 2008 financial crisis, when the trading activities of investment banks played a part in the near collapse of the financial system. In the years since, banks have been on the defensive, as the Volcker Rule and other regulations have sought to limit their activities to plain-vanilla banking.
Nonetheless, the banking industry reacted to the latest regulatory move like a man seeing a headline in his morning paper and spitting out his coffee in shock.
"Bank holding companies," a trade group said in response, "have successfully used the merchant banking authority granted to them by law to finance start-ups and growing companies, fueling jobs and economic growth." This business has been done, it noted, "without any threat whatsoever to the safety and soundness of their affiliated banks or to the financial system at large."
Randall D. Guynn, the head of the Davis Polk law firm's financial institutions group, described the proposed ban as "a solution in search of a problem."
The reason for the industry's exasperation is easy to see. Merchant banking is simply the practice of buying operating companies. The risk to a bank holding company is twofold. First, the bank could lose its money — as with any investment. Or second, it could be held liable for the debts of that company.
The risk of losing the entire investment would appear to be the most problematic, but the Fed did not seem too troubled by this. This is in part a result of other regulations that limit the risk.
First, banks are penalized for these investments by having a charge applied to their allowable capital. Second, the bank must sell the investment within 10 years, a period that can be extended by application to 15 years. These investments are monitored heavily these days to ensure they are not unduly risky.
Merchant banking can be a profitable business. And it allows banks to take part in the business of their clients — getting to know them better and having more of a stake in their success.
This may be why Fed, in its release, relied on the legal technicality of potential liability to argue for a ban. The Fed stated that by investing in these companies, a bank increases the "risks of being legally liable for the operations of the portfolio company when a portfolio company is less likely to be able to satisfy the claims of creditors and tort claimants."
This argument would be given an "F" by any professor of a basic corporation law class. Corporations are beings of limited liability — that is one of their key benefits. Courts will not hold shareholders liable for the debts or obligations of a corporate entity they own.
A court will sometimes order this shield pierced, but if the bank operates the company separately (as it usually does), this should never happen. Given this, the Fed's report puts forth a contorted hypothesis that a bank could be liable if a company it owned experienced an "environmental" event like bankruptcy. But when has that ever happened?
Given the shaky justifications for this proposed ban — and the fact that Congress would need to enact it, making it unlikely to happen any time soon — perhaps another explanation is in order. It's "bank-shaming." In other words, no risk is worth taking and no investment is worth holding, and any bank that thinks otherwise will be publicly discredited.
So regulators are on the march, determined to rein in any activities that may not be core to banking, whether or not those activities make sense or the data supports them.
Indeed, in the Fed's report, there was no data on whether merchant banking was profitable, whether banks were held liable for it or whether it was indeed risky. In fact, there was no data at all. Nor was there any consideration of the downsides to this ban, like the loss of an investor in growth businesses and smaller profits for banks, presumably meaning less credit.
The Fed may be right, but in a bank-shaming world, the downsides of eliminating risk for banks do not seem to matter much, nor does the data. We are in a world where regulators want no risk no matter the costs.


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A few weeks ago I headed out on a sunny weekend afternoon with Young Gun to a beautiful spot in the Royal National Park known to locals as Temptation Creek (the track is known as this, I think the waterway itself technically has another name).
Access to the creek is from the suburb of Grays Point, on the plateau at the northern end of the park, down a steep fire trail (and unfortunately, back up again once you're finished!). There's often no water in the creek, but we had had heavy rain which ensured it would be flowing and specifically chose to go there as Young Gun had a photography assignment to do for Year 8 Visual Arts and he wanted to photograph the waterfall.
The waterfall? This was a first for me, although I've been down to the Creek many times over the 12 or so years I lived in Grays Point, I didn't know there was a waterfall. The result was a gorgeous wander with my lovely son down a little track beside the creek until finally, suddenly we came across the waterfall. You can see the results for yourself on my flickr page, but here's a sneak preview: