A neurosurgeon at the University of Cape Town is pioneering a way to diagnose a brain condition through patients' eyes.
Since ancient times, the eye has been seen as a portal to the innermost secrets of the human mind and body – a window to the soul. Taking a more literal approach to this metaphorical truth, Dr Llewellyn Padayachy, a paediatric neurosurgeon at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has spent the past five years or so researching a novel diagnostic method that uses ultrasound and the eye as a window to the brain.
More often than not, the reason for this is that the children come from impoverished rural areas, where the condition would not have been picked up in a primary healthcare clinic, due to a lack of resources.
While accurate data regarding the number of hydrocephalus cases on the African continent is sparse, conservative estimates put it at some 100 000 cases annually. In the United States, it affects about one million people in every stage of life: from infants to the elderly.
One of the first indications of hydrocephalus in children is raised pressure inside their skulls. And up until recently, the gold standard for measuring this has been drilling a hole in the skull, placing a catheter in the brain and directly measuring the pressure.
Undergoing this sort of procedure is highly traumatic for any patient and even more so for babies and young children.
Witnessing this procedure first-hand on a daily basis inspired Padayachy to set out in search of a non-invasive means to measure pressure in the brain. Furthermore, he wanted it to be reproduceable and simple enough to use at primary healthcare clinics in rural settings to help diagnose hydrocephalus earlier.
With its connection to the brain via the optic nerve, the eye can serve as a gateway for physicians and surgeons. Unsurprisingly, Padayachy's journey toward developing a 'holy grail', non-invasive technique to assess pressure inside the skull started with the eye.
At the time, he had been using ultrasound as an intraoperative guidance tool to improve surgical precision – both for tumours and hydrocephalus. This led him to explore its further diagnostic potential as a non-invasive tool.
So Padayachy and team, which include Norwegian engineers Tormod Selbekk and Reidar Brekken, who were introduced to each other many years ago by UCT Professor Graham Fieggen, started using a small ultrasound probe to scan about 2.5 centimetres behind the eye, allowing them to view the optic nerve and the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds it – and analyse this dynamic relationship as a marker for brain pressure.
The eye is directly linked to the brain via the optic nerve, which sits at the back of the eyeball. As pressure in the brain builds up, cerebrospinal fluid is forced along the optic nerve sheath, which then dilates in the same way as a balloon inflates.
During an inspiring year at Oxford University, as part of his Hamilton Naki Clinical Scholarship in 2016/2017, Padayachy studied the use of magnetic resonance imaging and other novel, non-invasive techniques that use the visual pathway to assess brain function. Thereafter, he returned to Cape Town to round up some of his work with researchers at SINTEF, an independent research organisation in Trondheim, Norway.
In addition to static images, the team started collecting 10-second video clips to capture the pulse-related motion of the nerve sheath behind the eye. In combination, these static and dynamic images would allow them to measure the diameter of the nerve sheath as well as its stiffness, significantly advancing current thinking in this field.
"If you have a sheath that is wide and stiff, it is more predictive of raised intracranial pressure than a sheath that is wide and quite [relaxed]," explains Padayachy.
This formula for defining intracranial pressure is central to the team's patent, which takes the form of a software package that enables users to harness ultrasound data efficiently and effectively. This has not only lead to Padayachy's PhD and a number of publications, but also to the creation of spinoff company NISONIC (Non-Invasive SONographic IntraCanial pressure monitor).
The team's commercialisation company is currently in the process of acquiring the European Conformity mark, after which they aim to get prototypes equipped with the patented software available in the next two years.
While Padayachy's invention was inspired by the dream of offering primary healthcare clinics in rural settings the opportunity to diagnose raised intracranial pressure and possible hydrocephalus in children early on, it turns out that this tool could be useful in a surprising number of other settings.
NASA has recently found that astronauts in space develop visual impairment due to raised intracranial pressure, which can prove to be life-threatening in a job where being able to see is clearly of the utmost importance.
Thus, having a non-invasive, portable tool that can measure intracranial pressure in space would – no doubt – be hugely useful.
Story: Nadia Krige. Photo: Pexels, Pixabay.


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Welcome to Forgotten F1 Teams – a mini series from Sidepodcast chronicling the rise and fall of teams that couldn't stay the distance. This is the fourth show, we've already looked at Simtek, Pacific and Forti, but today we're talking about Arrows.
Arrows Grand Prix came to life in 1977, founded by previous Shadow employees, Franco Ambrosio, Alan Rees, Jackie Oliver, Dave Wass and Tony Southgate – the surnames of whom spell out Arrows… sort of. Based in Milton Keynes, their Formula 1 entry was a bit of a rush job, with their first ever car being produced in just 53 days. Riccardo Patrese was brought on board to steer the car and the early signs were promising. They finished tenth in their first race in '78, almost won their second, and picked up some points in their third Grand Prix.
Unfortunately, the team didn't have an easy start to life with some early controversies. Founder Franco Ambrosio had to leave the team after being found guilty of financial misconduct in Italy, and sent to prison. The team were then sued by Shadow for copyright on their chassis, which was upheld by the court. However, this didn't stop them, as while the decision was being made over the the copied chassis, Arrows had built a brand new car, which then took to the track without them having to miss a race.
Patrese was involved in a serious multi-car pile up at the Italian Grand Prix that year. Fellow driver Ronnie Peterson died after the accident, and James Hunt, who was also involved, led a successful campaign to get Patrese banned from racing at the next Grand Prix.
In 1984, Arrows partnered with BMW, who brought their turbo engines on board, and the team received sponsorship from Barclay – a cigarette company. Their championship efforts improved, from 9th up to 8th the following year. In 1987, when BMW split from the team, things got even better. 6th in the championship that year, and 4th the next.
At the beginning of the next decade, the Japanese Footwork corporation became a prominent sponsor, and in 1991, this became the new name of the team. They kept it until 1996, when the sponsor withdrew support, and they became Arrows again. To replace Footwork, a new investor, Tom Walkinshaw was brought on board, and he successfully signed up defending champion Damon Hill. At the 1997 Hungarian GP, the team so very nearly got their first win, albeit mostly due to luck, but that ran out when a throttle problem meant Hill had to crawl to the finish handing the lead to Villeneuve on the final lap.
Walkinshaw gradually bought out ownership of the entire team, but under his reign, engine partnerships changed at the drop of a hat, and drivers were also coming and going. By 2002, Jos Verstappen was suing the team for breach of contract, Arrows was unsuccessfully trying to sue Pedro Diniz for leaving them, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen was suing them for not having been paid yet. By the middle of the season, Arrows had no money left, and suspicions were beginning to mount about their ability to continue in the championship. At the French Grand Prix, both drivers failed to qualify, but it appeared that they could have had they tried just that little bit harder. The data showed that both drivers had been competitive in the first two sectors but not in the last. They were threatened with bringing the sport into disrepute, trying not to qualify because they couldn't afford to race. Before anything could be made of the situation though, the team had gone into liquidation.
A friend of Walkinshaw's bought up some of the team's assets to partner them with previous purchased Prost team assets, and enter Formula 1. The FIA disagreed. The rights for the chassis were picked up by Paul Stoddart of Minardi, and then by Super Aguri who ran a modified version in 2006.
Although compared to some of our Forgotten teams, lasting 15 years in the sport is a successful campaign, the team's greatest "achievement" is having participated in 382 races without a win.
That's it for this edition of Forgotten F1 Teams. Please let me know what you remember of the Arrows team on Sidepodcast.com or via the Voicemail – 0121 28 87225. I will be back tomorrow with our next Forgotten team.


Guinea-Bissau's NAP was launched in 2010 for the period 2010-2011. As of November 2016, no new NAP has been presented. The development of the NAP was led by Comite de Pilotagem Nactional (IMC). Civil society, women's organizations, and international organizations helped in the development of Guinea Bissau's NAP.
During the late 1990's, Guinea-Bissau had a bloody conflict that cost the lives of thousands of people, mostly women and children. During this conflict there were serious violations of the fundamental rights of women and international humanitarian law. Women were exposed to sexual abuse, physical and psychological assaults, looting carried out by the troops of the warring parties. These acts were never punished. In recent years, there has been fear of renewed instability, but efforts are underway by civil society, and in particular women's organizations, to sustain peace in search of sustainable development.
From a recent academic analysis: Guinea-Bissau's NAP shows a preoccupation with the lack of women's participation in national peacekeeping efforts and conflict resolution situations. The Implementation Plan delineates measures to increase women's representation in national decision-making organisms as well as international security and conflict resolution forums (Miller, Pournik, & Swaine, 2014).
WILPF International does not have a country section in Guinea-Bissau and therefore was not involved in the development process of Guinea-Bissau's NAP.
Representatives from Civil Society Organizations, Political Parties, Women Organizations and International Organizations have participatory roles in the development and implementation of the NAP.
As stated above, CSOs were geenrally involved in the NAP implementation. However, there are no specific civil society organizations mentioned in the NAP to carry out activities.
Civil society organizations and women's organizations, in general, are mentioned as being a part of the National Steering Committee that will be appointed by the government for monitoring and evaluating the NAP.
There is no direct mention for which actor will implement which action or specified objective in the NAP.
Those involved in monitoring and evaluation as part of the National Steering Committee include: A representative of the Prime Minister, a representative of Parliament, The Ministry of National Defence, Ministry of Family, Women, and Social Cohesion, Ministry of the Interior, National Police, Political Parties, and Steering Committee of the Peacebuilding Mission.
Ensure the strengthening and expansion of efforts for the safety, physical and mental health, welfare, economic security and the dignity of women and girls by the promotion and safeguarding of their fundamental human rights.
Perform the equal access of men and women to aid distribution mechanisms, services and actions of humanitarian aid and of national and international aid to relocation.
Support the participation of at least 40% of women in peace negotiations and in the implementation of the agreements resulting from the negotiations, until December 2010.
Prepare and transmit to the Secretary General of the United Nations, a list of women to be nominated for the functions of special sent UN Secretary-General, head of the civilian police and military observers, of judges and all organisms, international judicial and other competent bodies in the field of peaceful settlement of disputes until June 2010.
Revise the electoral law and framework law of political parties, with the purpose to establish quotas based on gender in electoral lists for the eligible positions.
Guinea-Bissau's NAP is for the period 2010-2011, and also gives timeframes for many actions, but not all. These timeframes specify a particular month in 2011 (e.g. June 2011).
There is no estimated or allocated budget in Guinea-Bissau's NAP. Only for the first objective do they mention a source of funding - in this case the PTA and IMC. There is no strategy for fundraising or a way to ensure that funds raised are used to implement the NAP.
Besides the actions and specific objectives described above, there are no other form of indicators given in the NAP.
To better monitor the practical implementation of this action plan, it is necessary to create a solid structure that covers all the political and social awareness in the country. In fact, a good implementation of the PNA 1325 requires an effective system of monitoring and evaluation, responsible for its implementation.
It is in this context that State institutions were selected, women's organisations and civil society to be part of the structure called Steering Committee.
The members of the Steering Committee shall be appointed by an act of the Government.
Disarmament is not explicitly addressed in the NAP, however under Prevention they mention a Guns for Food program to help collect small arms around the country.


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Christopher Cipoletti, Managing Director.
Christopher Cipoletti, Managing Director. Christopher Cipoletti started his career with the regional law firm of Hall & Evans, LLC where he became a partner after 6 years. He moved to Holme Roberts & Owen (now Bryan Cave) where he was a partner working with businesses and sports organizations. Mr. Cipoletti founded the firm of James & Cipoletti, LLP in 1997 where he was engaged in the representation of businesses and nonprofits with an emphasis on healthcare, education, technology, and sports organizations. In 2003, Mr. Cipoletti became the CEO of a national nonprofit, the American Numismatic Association, where he oversaw a $6 million operating budget, a $24 million investment portfolio, and over $100 million in tangible assets. During his almost 5 year tenure, he grew the organization's assets by 28% and its membership (customer) base by 17%. After leaving the Association, Mr. Cipoletti has been a successful business consultant, assisting clients with growth strategies, organizational structure and capital raising. He has also served in several interim CEO and COO roles for clients.
An active participant in the Colorado Springs community, Mr. Cipoletti is the Board Chair of Pikes Peak Market (Colorado Springs' public market) and Vice Chair of Colorado Springs Leadership Institute. He was a founding Board Member and founding Co-Chair of Atlas Preparatory Charter School, Board Chair of the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, Board Chair of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, a member of the Colorado State Quarter Commission, and a Trustee of the Pikes Peak Library District, among numerous other community boards. Mr. Cipoletti was recognized by the Colorado Springs Business Journal in the inaugural class of "40 Under 40" business leaders (now CSBJ Rising Young Professionals).
Mr. Cipoletti has worked around the United States with businesses in a variety of sectors from direct mail marketing, logistics, software & app development, medical practices and medical devices, and sports and entertainment. He has helped drive successful plans for businesses ranging in size from $10 million to $75 million in annual revenue.
Some of Mr. Cipoletti's accomplishments include:
a business analysis and multi-state growth plan for a $15 million medical device manufacturer and sales operation. As a part of the growth plan, Mr. Cipoletti raised $8 million in private equity capital for the business.
an organizational assessment for a direct mail marketing business that was losing $750,000 annually. In eight months, Mr. Cipoletti helped restructure the operation, realign resources, implement a new product line, eliminate the deficit, and show a $500,000 profit. After two years, the business showed a $2 million profit.
work with a regional logistics company that had stagnated for almost 4 years. Mr. Cipoletti assessed the operations, provided the owners and leadership with executive coaching, developed a growth plan and helped implement new software for operational efficiencies. The company saw growth of 20% including profitability year over year.
Christopher Franz, Managing Director.
Chris Franz has over 20 years of experience building and scaling high tech, high growth companies. Mr. Franz has founded more than 10 startups focusing on emerging technology, data analytics, SaaS software and data center systems. He has built companies funded by venture capital, angel capital and bootstrapping, running technology organizations with budgets as large as $3.5 billion. Mr Franz has managed investment funds with Atrium Capital Management Group and First Capital Ventures. Mr. Franz has managed and deployed over $100 million in fund assets and over $75 million in lending facilities. Mr. Franz has served in leadership roles with businesses including Northrup Grumman, TRW and Health Allies (acquired by UnitedHealth Group).
Mr. Franz is a respected mentor, board member and leader of the entrepreneurial startup movement in Colorado. He had been appointed to the Colorado Economic Development Commission, where the commissioners approve grants and incentives to recruit and grow great companies in Colorado. In 2016, he was selected as a Colorado Governor's Fellow, a program that brings private and nonprofit sector leaders together to contribute to pubic leadership with dynamism, innovation, and experience complimentary to traditional government leaders. Mr. Franz is a facilitator for the TechStars Startup Weekend program and has served on numerous start-up and non-profit boards to drive the entrepreneurial ecosystem, including the boards of Startup Colorado and Peak Startup. He was named the 2007 Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Colorado Springs Business Journal. Mr. Franz holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Arsenal drop Eddie Nketiah transfer hint after Leeds United recall
Arsenal are linked with a host of business in the January transfer window and an accidental reveal has taken place at the Emirates Stadium
Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah's loan to Bristol City appears to be confirmed. (Image: Image via Arsenal.com)
Arsenal's official website appears to have accidentally confirmed Eddie Nketiah's next move following his recall from Leeds United earlier this month.
The 20-year-old made 17 appearances in the Championship for Marcelo Bielsa's title-chasers but the vast majority were off the bench, with Patrick Bamford the preferred option.
As a result, Arsenal activated a recall clause in the player's contract at the beginning of the month to bring his spell at Elland Road to a premature end.
However, while Arsenal are short of strikers following Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's suspension after a red card against Crystal Palace, his return to North London was expected to be brief.
Arsenal fans send message to Stan Kroenke after Tottenham overtake them in football rich list
Ospina stalls and Bielik suffers setback as former Arsenal players make strides at new clubs
A host of clubs were being linked with a loan move for the highly-rated forward for the remainder of the season - and the club's official website seems to have prematurely confirmed his destination.
On his player profile, an image of Nketiah was accompanied by the message 'on loan' - posted above the badge of Bristol City, who narrowly missed out on his services in the summer, it has now however been changed back to Leeds.
The Robins were favourites to secure Nketiah's services this month given their historic links but a number of other Championship sides had expressed an interest.
The InvinciblesMan United and the teams Liverpool must overcome to equal Arsenal's Invincibles recordLiverpool have a strong chance of equalling Arsenal's 49-match unbeaten record in the Premier League before becoming the new Invincibles if they go a full season without suffering a single loss
Arsenal WomenArsenal Women vs Chelsea Women live: Vivianne Miedema and Sam Kerr feature in WSL clashLive coverage of Arsenal Women vs Chelsea Women in the FA Women's Super League from the Meadow Park, including stream details, goal updates and live score
Ben ChilwellChelsea fans have a Ben Chilwell transfer theory as Brendan Rodgers makes surprise decisionThe Blues have been linked with a move for the Foxes and England full-back, and he's not in the squad for the Premier League clash against Burnley at Turf Moor
Arsenal vs Sheffield UnitedDavid Luiz inspires Gabriel Martinelli as Lucas Torreira shows Arsenal fans just what he's about
The moments you may have missed from the Gunner's 1-1 draw with Sheffield United in the Premier League


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Scott Mills has co-signed a letter to the Telegraph calling on the government to ensure all MS sufferers get the right treatment.
The MS Society reports that approximately 60pc of multiple sclerosis sufferers are not getting the right treatment they need within the NHS.
In some incidents the charity has reported that patients suffering from the neurological condition are being told they are not ill enough to be allowed the drugs, while others have been told the treatments are not available.
Scott has joined 25 other celebrity supporters to write to the Telegraph warning that the UK is the worst in Europe at providing drugs for sufferers.
The letter has also been signed by David Tennant, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Lorraine Kelly.
Scott's support for the MS Society comes after his mother, Sandra, and former Assistant Producer, Beccy, were diagnosed with the condition.


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Turkey suspends 9,000 police officers for 'Gulen links'
Suspension follows arrests targeting alleged network of US-based cleric blamed by Turkey for failed coup attempt.
Turkey has temporarily suspended more than 9,000 personnel from the country's police force while they are investigated for suspected links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the country's state-run news agency said.
Anadolu Agency said that police personnel were removed from duty on Wednesday, hours after Turkey launched nationwide operations, detaining more than a thousand people with alleged ties to Gulen's movement which Turkey blames for orchestrating a failed coup in July.
The operation was launched in all of Turkey's 81 provinces and targeted the network's structure in the police force.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu described the arrests as an "important step" towards the government's aim at "bringing down" the Gulen movement.
READ MORE: Turkey's failed coup attempt – All you need to know
The operations were carried out as part of a probe led by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Anadolou Agency reported, adding that a nationwide hunt for more suspects continued.
Authorities have arrested more than 47,000 people since the failed coup, Turkey's interior minister said, including some 10,700 police officers and 7,400 military personnel, and sacked or suspended 120,000 others from a wide range of professions including soldiers, police, teachers and public servants, over alleged links with what Turkey's government deems to be terrorist groups.
UpFront: Turkey crackdown: Has Erdogan gone too far?
The latest arrests come ten days after a tightly contested referendum approved the expansion of presidential powers, according to preliminary results.
The referendum bitterly divided Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan argues that strengthening the presidency will avert instability associated with coalition governments, at a time when Turkey also faces security threats from armed groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) and the Kurdish PKK.
But his critics fear a drift into authoritarianism, with a leader they see as bent on eroding modern Turkey's democracy and creating one-man rule.
Mass detentions immediately after the attempted coup were supported by many Turks, who agreed with Erdogan when he blamed Gulen for orchestrating the coup, which killed at least 240 people, mostly civilians. But criticism mounted as the arrests widened.
Gulen has denied orchestrating the coup attempt.
Counting the closures: Turkey's media shutdown – The Listening Post
UK report: Some Gulenists involved in Turkish coup
'Relative lack of hard evidence' that Gulen movement as a whole was behind coup attempt, UK Parliament reports says.
Largest post-coup bid trial opens with 330 suspects
Charges for those allegedly involved in failed July military coup range from murder to trying to overthrow government.
Turkey: Government launches purge after attempted coup
Nearly 3,000 soldiers arrested and 2,700 judges fired as Turkey begins punishing those linked to attempted coup.


Make Things (Happen) Now Open!
Impressions from the Social In Practice opening, plus news from contributing artists who are Making Things Happen.
Activity sheets freely available in Make Things (Happen) at Social in Practice at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, NYC.
Thanks to everyone who made it to the Nathan Cummings Foundation for the opening of Social in Practice on Thursday.
The breadth of the artists in the show is impressive. Curated by Deb Willis and Hank Willis Thomas, the exhibition includes diverse, socially-engaged photographers. There's a lot of work, and it's beautifully installed in NCF's spacious offices. I'm going to return—there's much to take in!
I'm so happy with the positive responses to Make Things (Happen). Many viewers took activity sheets home—can't wait to see their results at #mkthngs and #mkthngshppn.
Social in Practice is on view at the Nathan Cummings Foundation at 475 Tenth Avenue, between W. 36th & 37th Streets (in the same building that used to house Exit Art), 14th floor. Viewable by appointment Mondays through Fridays now until October; email exhibits@nathancummings.org.
Make Things (Happen) allows me to share the work of compelling artists and their practices. I'll post occasional digests of their current goings-on, to help contextualize their activity sheets for your participation.
Still from Julie Perini's video "The White Lady Diaries" (2013)// Source: Hyperallergic.com via JuliePerini.org.
In addition to experimental video work, Portland, OR-based Julie Perini examines whiteness. Safe and Sound?, a documentary on the race and police brutality developed by Perini and others, and her White Lady Diaries short videos were recently featured in "Seeing Past Portland's Whiteness" by Alicia Eler on Hyperallergic (March 24, 2014).
I have met white people who feel like it would be politically incorrect for them to speak about race whatsoever. But that's not true—as Julie exemplefies with her activity sheet, Instructions for White People Fighting White Supremacy in the United States #1.
Maurice Carlin, Performance Publishing: Regent Trading Estate. // Photo Gwen Jones. Source: MauriceCarlin.com.
It's the last weekend to see Salford, UK-based Maurice Carlin's epic site-specific printmaking project, Performance Publishing: Regent Trading Estate. The estate is situated behind Islington Mill, the massive mill-turned-artist-studios/alternative-art-school/music venue/alternative-art-experiment Carlin co-runs. Viewing hours are Sunday and Monday 12-6pm; or see the lovely photos on MauriceCarlin.com.
Fittingly for a founder of an alternative art school, Carlin's activity sheet, Primary Sources, describes experimental procedures for developing artworks. Give it a try!


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Richard Murphy on tax, accounting and political economy
From the Heart of Capital to the Classic Gold Choice, tax avoidance is just a beat away
Corporate Watch have published the latest work to reveal a company using debt financing to shift all their profits out of the UK. As they note:
This is Global, the UK's biggest commercial radio company with stations including Heart, Capital and Classic FM, has not paid any UK corporation tax in the last five years, after sending more than £200 million through tax havens, an investigation by Corporate Watch, revealed in the Sunday Times today, has found. The company also owns Xfm, Choice, Gold and LBC and manages bands including The Wanted and Lawson through its Global Talent business. Its music publishing division has The Vaccines, Ellie Goulding, Corrine Bailey Rae, LMFAO and The Waterboys on its books.
As they also note:
Thanks to the revenues from its radio and other businesses, Global made an operating profit of £33 million in 2012, on a turnover of £209 million. But Corporate Watch has found that huge interest payments on loans it has taken from its owners through the Channel Islands Stock Exchange have wiped out its taxable profits in the UK.
Global's UK companies are ultimately owned and controlled by the Jersey-based company Global Radio Group Limited. The UK companies' accounts show they have borrowed £233 million from their owners at a massive 15% interest rate, with another £252 million at 10.5% from another company only described as a "connected party".
In 2012, interest payments of £60 million on these loans helped turn the £33 million profit into a £29 million loss, leaving Global with a UK tax credit of £257,000 for the year. Previous years' accounts also show either no tax paid or credits received. In total, more than £200 million has left the UK as interest payments to the owners since Global was founded in 2007.
And this pays, of course, because the vast majority of the proceeds appear to flow through tax havens:
Jersey does not charge companies like Global Radio Group Limited any corporation tax. The Jersey Company Registry shows Global Radio Group Limited is itself 99% owned by a British Virgin Islands-registered company called Global Radio Worldwide Limited. The BVI also has a zero corporation tax rate. The other 1% is owned from London by Ashley Tabor in a personal capacity.
Global has said:
A statement from Global in response to questions from Corporate Watch said this is all because of the "significant and legitimate investment" in the business: "once the cost of this investment is taken into account, Global has not made a taxable profit".
Corporate Watch in response correctly note:
But high interest loans through tax havens are not the only way investors can put their money into a company. They could, for example, have invested their money as equity and received dividends based on the company's performance. But dividends are paid after a company is taxed and so do not reduce its tax bill.
This is exactly the same point that I have made about nPower. Using debt funding money can flow, untaxed, out of the UK quite legally. We all lose as a result.
And the trick in this case is, undoubtedly, tax avoidance. Corporate Watch are right to note that:
Keen Corporate Watch readers will recognise this as the quoted Eurobond ruse, beloved of water and healthcare companies, and many others.
Global's owners can receive the interest payments tax-free because they have issued the loans as "quoted Eurobonds". Normally, when a UK company pays interest to a non-UK company, it has to "withhold" 20% of the payments and give it to the UK tax authorities. But if the loans are issued as quoted Eurobonds on a "recognised" stock exchange, such as the Channel Islands' or the Cayman Islands', they benefit from an exemption that means no withholding tax is taken off.
So this is deliberate structuring to get a tax result. And I'm afraid I am quite sure the General Anti-Abuse Rule won't go near it. This is now considered 'normal practice' and the GAAR goes nowhere near that.
The result is that one company is mopping up large parts of the local radio business, and all with the help of an implicit tax subsidy - precisely because local radio stations pay their tax and those structured like Global can avoid that obligation. It's legal, no doubt. But it's not ethical. And worse it is undermining markets.
This is yet another sign of the massively harmful impact of tax avoidance on competition and the world we live in.
And is another reason why the General Anti-Abuse Rule is not good enough and a general anti-avoidance principle is needed.
Justin Pearce says:
April 23 2013 at 10:40 am
How on earth can your GAAP apply if the misapplication of WHT on interest on Eurobonds is specifically provided for in s882 ITA.
This is no different to investing in an ISA, are you suggesting your GAAP will apply to people investing in ISA's solely to gain a tax advantage?
Incidentally, this is no unintended loophole either – HMRC, in 2012, specifically looked at WHT on Eurobond interest where the holder of the bond is a related party – they decided to retain the status quo.
Richard Murphy says:
April 23 2013 at 4:27 pm
The GAAP applies to the abuse of law
As does the GAAR
April 24 2013 at 9:06 am
And so therefore irrelevant in this instance.
Still doesn't explain why you seem to think your GAAP will have the effect of somehow reversing the effect of the Eurobond interest.
Isn't this just another example of non-expert rabble-rousing against corporates without any attention to the rule of law.
The abuse of law is now an acknowledged principle in tax
A general anti-avoidance principle would like at whether the Channel Islands arrangement had economic substance to it. If it did not it would fail
Not that hard to understand, I'd have thought
Well of course it has substance, a Eurobond was placed in Jersey and acquired by a related party. That is substance in the general sense of the word.
Anyway, your own GAAP cannot touch this arrangement as Section 2 provides:
Arrangements are not tax arrangements if—
(a) the arrangement was specifically permitted by legislation or regulation relating to any of the taxes referred to in section 1(3) or is clearly 5 consistent with principles on which the taxes referred to in section 1(3)
are based whether express or implied, or
April 24 2013 at 12:22 pm
That is not substance
That is the charade of substance
And my GAAP is only a draft – I am under no illusion that it is perfect
Mike Dimmick says:
It's also because Ofcom is designed as a light-touch – some (me) might say soft-touch – regulator. Ofcom have allowed Global and its predecessors to slowly remove all their public service obligations and their regional content, save the breakfast shows, which even then have often been merged into larger regions (example: HEART Oxfordshire, formerly Fox FM, has been merged with HEART Berkshire, formerly 2-TEN FM, formerly Radio 210, to form HEART Thames Valley). The larger groups have gained greater efficiency, to the point where effectively they operate national stations by stealth.
Through the use of tax havens, the larger groups could claim that they were unprofitable or barely profitable, and so claim to Ofcom that they would not be able to continue running if certain restrictions were not removed. Each time it seemed like a small change, but the net effect over years was to eliminate all locality and independence from Independent Local Radio.
The IBA could resist these salami-slicing tactics, but its replacement, the Radio Authority (under Thatcher, no surprise) was too weak, and Labour's creation of Ofcom did not really beef up what the regulator was allowed to do.
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"Normally, when a UK company pays interest to a non-UK company, it has to "withhold" 20% of the payments and give it to the UK tax authorities. But if the loans are issued as quoted Eurobonds on a "recognised" stock exchange, such as the Channel Islands' or the Cayman Islands', they benefit from an exemption that means no withholding tax is taken off."
Just curious. Why would Eurobonds gain an exemption. Wht was the rationale for that?
It was originally an abuse of rules on regulated stock exchanges – which supposedly the stock exchange is
And lobbying has kept it in place
the GAAR wont touch this – it is very enlightening looking at the examples given in the GAAR guidance as to what is and isnt ok, im surprised at what is deemed acceptable to be honest.
as for the eurobond exemption – well HMRC consulted on this a month or so ago and decided not to change it as changing it would cause numerous tax issues for very standard corporate structures (eg if you had a UK treasury/cash pooling vehicle for an international group for example) – presumably the theory was that we wanted to attract that type of activity into the UK.
I dont know why they dont just abolish interest withholding to be honest, its basically an optional tax in the corporate world anyway there are so many ways around it.
The GAAR is far too narrow in scope
I have said so before and I will say so again
And it will change
interesting comment – it appears to be far far narrower in scope than anyone (even the most optimistic commentators) thought it was going to be. I know you cant answer this, but it appears that the guidance panel is nothing more than a sham and that it was really Aaronson and Steve Edge who wrote the guidance (you can tell who wrote which bits as the writing style changes)
Im not surprised you got a thank you letter from HMT to be honest – I read it as more of a "thank you for blessing our very narrow GAAR and thanks for agreeing to be captured" !
I don't think those on the committee thought I was captured
Equally votes could have been 10:1
As for the scope – I was never under any illusion – even during the process I said this would not work
I think part B was a win though – and worth my while
Part D reveals all the weaknesses and why this needs reform
As does the reasonableness test – I could not have been clearer on that
i agree the reasonableness test is a complete muddle – so much for the big simplification project !
If a GAAR case goes to the court of appeal and HMRC win 2 judges to 1, then in fact the taxpayer wins, such is the ridiculousness of this double reasonableness test !?!?
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Following yesterday's teaser trailer for Toy Story 4, Disney•Pixar has released another teaser video for Toy Story 4 featuring the reveal that comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have joined the voice cast as two new characters, Ducky and Bunny. In the video, the pair react to yesterday's teaser in a safe for work parody of one of their sketches from Key & Peele. Check it out below along with three more character posters for the sequel!
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele join newcomer Tony Hale in the voice cast alongside returning cast members Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, Patricia Arquette and Joan Cusack.
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Der Burgwall von Mölln war Teil einer mittelalterlichen slawischen  Inselburg. Er liegt nördlich von Mölln am Rande des fast verlandeten Möllner Sees  in der Mecklenburgische Seenplatte. Trotz Einebnung durch Ackerbewirtschaftung ist der Wall im Gelände gut  erkennbar. Ausgrabungen durch Volker Schmidt im Jahr 1988 erbrachten hier den Hinweis auf den Sitz eines möglichen Tollenserfürsten. Die Anlage war zweigliedrig, oval und hatte nur ein Zugangstor. Es führte eine bogenförmige Brücke von Mölln her zur damaligen Insel. Die Brücke wurde auf einem künstlichen Sanddamm errichtet, den man heute noch gut in den vegetationsärmeren Zeiten erkennt. Demnach hatte der Möllner See schon in der Zeit des 10. bis 12. Jahrhunderts niedrigen Wasserstand. Nach heutigem Kenntnisstand ist die Möllner Burg die Burg Gotebant aus der Überlieferung. Da man bei den Untersuchungen massive Holzkohleschichten vorfand, ist die Burg wahrscheinlich in einer großen Feuerkatastrophe untergegangen. Der Möllner See war damals noch mit dem Gädebehner- und dem Kastorfer See verbunden. Da einige weitere Slawenburgen hier lagen, ist wahrscheinlich, dass der See zur Slawenzeit eine gewisse Bedeutung hatte. Es wird vermutet, dass sich hier das politische und wirtschaftliche Machtzentrum der Tollenser befand.

Literatur
 Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch: Die Burg und das Land Gotebant. In: Jahrbücher des Vereins für Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde. – Bd. 25 (1860), S. 268–278 (Digitalisat)
Volker Schmidt: Slawische Burgwälle an der Kastorfer-Möllner Seenkette. In: Alfried Wieczorek, Hans-Martin Hinz (Hrsg.): Europas Mitte um 1000. Theiss, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8062-1544-8, Seite 282–285.

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Are Demolition Projects Possible in the Winter?
Winter is almost here — and for those of us in New Jersey and other snowy states, it's time to get our houses, vehicles, and wardrobes ready for what's ahead. Hopefully you were able to finish those summer renovation and remodeling projects, because things are going to get a lot more difficult as the temperature drops and the snow begins to fly.
But hold on a second. Is it really necessary to put the brakes on all of your plans, just because the season is changing? Sure, the winter weather can be cruel at times. But what about all those days and weeks when it really isn't that bad? Could, say, a demolition project still go ahead, despite the harsh outdoor conditions?
The answer is yes — depending, of course, on the size and scope of your project, and the weather forecast. Most professional debris removal and demolition companies will be happy to tackle your project during the cold season, and will be able to do so in a very professional way. Why? Because they have the proper equipment, training and experience to deliver results, even in the snow.
But what kind of demolition project would you want to take on during winter months? Shouldn't you simply wait until spring? Wouldn't that be easier?
Well, it depends on your goals and what you're trying to achieve. If you have an old outdoor deck that you want removed, for example, there's no reason why you can't have this done during winter, have all the materials hauled off for good, and have a nice head start when it comes to spring home improvement projects.
If you're doing something inside the home — taking out a wall to create a more open floor plan, for example, you can definitely use the winter months to accomplish this. Just beware that you'll have to deal with a certain degree of inconvenience while the project is underway. But most professionals will be able to get in and out quickly, without compromising the integrity and professional standards of the work.
If you're doing larger scale renovations on your home or business, you probably do want to wait until the weather is more agreeable before you think about demolition work. The exception to this would be if the winter weather were mild, and you had somewhere else to stay while the renovation work was being done.
In the end the feasibility of winter demolition projects really comes down to the professionalism and skill of the company you're dealing with. The most skilled demolition specialists will be totally honest with you about the results and time frames you can expect during the winter. Many of them will even offer you special deals for work completing during this time, since business tends to be slower.
Either way, and no matter what time of year it is, you'll want to make sure your demolition work is in the hands of people who truly know what they're doing. Far too many projects have taken a nasty turn for the worse because the company hired to handle the demolition work wasn't a truly professional and reputable organization.
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Incoming! Incoming! Uh . . . pardon me while I interrupt this false alarm to quote Martin Luther King:
"Science investigates," he says in	The Strength To Love, "religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals."
These words stopped me in my tracks on MLK Day. They seemed to fill a hole in the breaking news, which never quite manages to balance power with wisdom, or even acknowledge the distinction.
Our relationship to power is unquestioned, e.g.: "In the United States itself, there are around [nuclear] 4,500 warheads, of which approximately 1,740 are deployed," Karthika Sasikumar writes at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. "Even more worrying, around 900 of these are on hair-trigger alert, which means that they could be launched within 10 minutes of receiving a warning (which could turn out to be a false alarm). . . .
"The threat to the United States is very real, but fattening the nuclear arsenal is not a rational response. The United States already has 100 times as many warheads as North Korea. . . ."
The US has enormous power, but so what? Such data is almost never addressed in the mainstream media – certainly not in the context of . . . disarmament. That concept is sealed shut, barred from the consciousness of generals and news anchors.
Certainly it didn't come up in the coverage of what happened last Saturday in Hawaii, when an employee of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency hit the wrong link on his computer screen during a shift change and an incoming-missile alert went statewide, throwing residents and tourists into 38 minutes of panic: "Children going down manholes, stores closing their doors to those seeking shelter and cars driving at high speeds ..."
Nor did it come up three days later, when a false missile alert went off in Japan, a country with a few memories of the real thing: "Within 10 seconds the fire that wiped out the city came after us at full speed. Everyone was naked. Bodies were swelling up. Some people were so deformed I couldn't tell if they were male or female. People died screaming, 'Please give me water!'"
So said Emiko Okada, who was a little girl living with her family on the outskirts of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Her older sister, who had just left for school, disappeared that morning and was never seen again. Emiko tells her story in the remarkable 2010 documentary Atomic Mom.
In a column I wrote about the movie at the time, I asked: "What if schoolchildren stood facing not the American flag every morning before class started but a photograph of a devastated Hiroshima, shortly after it was obliterated by our atomic bomb, and pledged their allegiance to the idea that such a thing will never happen again?"
What, I wondered, if we started facing our fears instead of living in fear? To do so, we have to find wisdom in the maw of power.
What we find instead is a president who shook up the whole planet when he called Haiti and the countries of Africa shithole nations – managing, as far as I can tell, to make the word 'shithole' far more acceptable to utter in public than 'disarmament.'
But the monstrousness of the word isn't that it used to be obscene, but rather that it does what so many other words do: renders a segment of humanity soulless: the enemy, and therefore expendable. Japan is now our ally, but when we nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki, its people were Japs or Nips and without value.
This article has been excerpted from: 'Nuclear Annihilation and the Wisdom of Mass Salvation.'
Courtesy: Commondreams.org


Allergy season is upon us. For those of you who suffer from winter, summer or seasonally ranging allergies, there are some natural fixes that Mother Nature has to offer that can enable you to defeat allergies. We'll give you a head start with our top seven picks for all-natural, affordable products.
Green tea is loaded with a ton of good-for-you antioxidants that can help prevent allergies. But namely, one sticks out here: an antioxidant phytonutrient called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). It helps to block the body's release of histamine and immunoglobulin E (IgE); both key culprits in allergic reactions. They key is in finding truly organic green tea like that which is offered by American Tea Room. Experts say that a few cups of this per day helps keep the allergies at bay.
Quercetin is another powerful antioxidant that helps to prevent inflammation. It is a potent anti-histamine and phytonutrient that also helps accomplish a similar goal like green tea does. You can also find it naturally occurring in onions as well as in apples. Vitacost offers bottles of this on the cheap, made in GMP certified labs. It's a simple way to naturally help reduce allergic symptoms and reactions without using traditional meds.
Some people use pineapple enzyme to combat seasonal allergies. Pineapples contain the enzyme bromelain, which has been shown to help prevent allergic reactions and reduce swelling of the lungs. This enzyme is fairly inexpensive. Places like Wal-Mart offer it online for about $15 plus shipping and tax.
A lot of people have allergies to dust mites and to other airborne allergies. The problem is that these allergies often can become easily trapped and embedded in our bedding. But certain types of bedding are inhospitable to these allergens. A company called SmartSilk makes a pillow that is spun from natural silk, and that prevents dust mites and allergens from settling in. Starting with where you sleep is a great first step in preventing future allergies. These pillows may cost a bit more than other fixes listed here (around $140 each). But bear in mind you do spend one-third of your life in bed; so it's always good to have a bedtime fix as well.
For indoor allergies, Allium Cepa is a great all-natural fix. It helps prevent all forms of indoor allergies and is commonly prescribed by homeopathic doctors. It's an extract from the red onion. The permeating scent of the pellets (which slowly dissolve in your mouth) are enough to unclog your sinuses and provide fast relief. Places like Pure Formula have pellets available online for about $5.50.
A classic fix for stuffy noses and irritated sinuses is a neti pot. You can easily find these at your local health food store or at places online like DrugStore.com for under $20. You basically follow the instructions for filling the neti pot, and then wash out your nasal passages. After a few tries, you will be a pro at opening your sinuses and flusing out the allergens that are so bothersome.
I'll be back soon with even more low-cost, all-natural fixes for those of you who do battle with allergies and sinus infections, myself included.