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Liberal Studies >
Samuel Yelton
Committee on Liberal Studies
79 5th Avenue, room 711A
Paul Kottman
Senior Secretary
Weston Finfer
Liberal Studies Student Handbook (PDF)
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Courses in the Department of Liberal Studies survey modern society through groundbreaking thinkers and significant developments in the arts, social history, cultural theory, politics, and philosophy. Students will enhance their own ideas through nonfiction writing and criticism, improving the clarity of their thinking and analytical construction.
Please consult the New School Course Catalog for a full list of courses. Fall 2019 courses include:
Women's Intellectual History, GLIB 5145
Gina Walker, Professor of Women's Studies
Women's Intellectual History complements and corrects the traditional narrative of Western thought, created by and dealing with mainly men. We ask: What are the historical assumptions about the connections between women's sexuality and their learning, beginning with the ancients? What role did religion and "natural philosophy" play in facilitating or limiting women's access to education? How did continuing debate over whether the mind "has sex" influence decisions about the cultural roles for which women should be educated? Was there a causal relation between la querelle des femmes and the diffusion of l'égalité des sexes, first proposed by the Cartesian Poullain de la Barre? We examine texts on, contexts of, and new information about earlier "learned ladies" that feminist scholarship has recovered over the past 40 years: Enheduanna, Sappho, Diotima, Aspasia, Hypatia, early Christian martyr Vibia Perpetua, the 12th-century thinker Hildegard of Bingen and her contemporary Heloise, the erotic trobaritz, and Christine de Pizan and her political vision of a "City of Ladies." We ask: Did women have the same "Renaissance" as men? We read the 16th-century Venetian humanists, "honorable courtesans," and poets Tullia d'Aragona, Veronica Franco, and Gaspara Stampa, who develop neo-Platonist ideas of their own. We consider Elizabeth I of England as an early modern humanist "prince," one of "the monstrous regiment of women rulers" in Europe and a beacon of clusters of early modern women thinkers. We scrutinize new critical perspectives, such as an enlightened "republic of women," to elucidate disputes in current theory and historiography about a lineage of earlier "feminists" and what we have inherited from them.
What Was the Human, GLIB 5149
Dominic Pettman, Professor of Culture and Media
This course starts with the provocative claim that we are no longer human. (Indeed, it entertains the possibility that we never were human — but we'll get to that later.) Reviewing key moments in the history of thought concerning our own "species being" (Marx), this seminar is aimed at identifying common themes concerning the self-description of the human across epochs and cultures. In doing so, we effectively chart a retrospective prospectus of the human race. Special attention is placed on canonical attempts to identify and fix a human essence or element and on intellectual projects designed to demonstrate the errors — and even delusions — they contain. The last part of the course concentrates on the figure of the so-called posthuman, especially in its role as avatar of triumphant or inevitable technics. Readings include works by Plato, La Mettrie, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Georges Bataille, Marshall McLuhan, Gilles Deleuze, Alphonso Lingis, Bernard Stiegler, David Wills, Steven Shaviro, Donna Haraway, Sylvia Wynter, and Rosi Braidotti. We also discuss films and other pop cultural phenomena relating to this theme. Undergraduates seeking to take this course must contact the instructor for permission.
The Personal and the Political in Creative Nonfiction, GLIB 5176
Melissa Monroe, Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies
How does a writer shape personal experience into work that speaks to issues of general political and social importance? In this course, we examine short pieces and excerpts from books by a wide range of writers who have used the first person to report on current events, engage with public figures, and reflect on social or cultural phenomena. Authors covered include James Agee, Nicholson Baker, James Baldwin, Max Beerbohm, Jenny Diski, Susan Faludi, Henry James, Margo Jefferson, Alfred Kazin, Janet Malcolm, Jan Morris, Maggie Nelson, E.B. White, Colson Whitehead, and Virginia Woolf. We focus on the construction of narrative voice and perspective and on the ethical and psychological questions that arise when an author serves as a character in their own work. The course has a strong workshop component: Students write three brief essays and one longer one, and we spend part of almost every meeting discussing effective examples of student work.
The Death of Everything: The Postmodern Condition Revisited, GLIB 5232
Jeremy Varon, Professor of History
In the last decades of the 20th century, a specter haunted the intellectual and cultural life of the developed West: postmodernism. Adherents of a new, postmodern sensibility declared the project of Occidental modernity dead, with its great pillars lying in ruins: reason, rationality, the self, the author, ideologies of emancipation, all myths of progress, and the very idea of truth. The question burned: How were we to make sense and make the most of this brave new world? Could the postmodern condition be grasped as a "system"? Could it ever be transcended, whether by the force of its own logic or by collective political will? Never fully answered, such questions faded from view. Interest in postmodernism has roared back to life with the characterization of Trump and other strongmen as "postmodern" leaders, reveling in a "post-truth" world. Left-wing intellectuals who promoted the postmodern turn are made to wonder if they had a hidden hand in today's authoritarian condition. This indictment raises the questions: Just what was postmodernism? What have its effects and legacy been? How might a past bear responsibility for a future? This seminar approaches these questions by reconstructing postmodernism at its moment of inception. We examine seminal postmodern texts that set the terms of debate; look at exemplary instances of postmodern culture drawn from film, TV, media, art, and architecture; ask if postmodernism had, or implied, a "politics"; blend "deep play" with rigorous inquiry; and consider both negative and positive ways of understanding the legacy of postmodernism.
The Making of the Modern World, GLIB 5542
Paul Kottman, Associate Professor of Liberal Studies
The course presents an interpretation and evaluation of the fate of modernity, as understood by some of the most influential thinkers of the past 250 years, involving currents in the arts, social history, cultural theory, politics, and philosophy. "Modernity" is understood here to entail such phenomena as the emergence of the nation-state, ambitious claims for the authority of reason in human affairs, the increasing authority of the natural sciences, the advent of a discourse of natural or human rights, aesthetic modernism, capitalism and the free market, and globalization and social movements that take up new demands of mutuality, from feminism to the labor movement. Each of these issues will be addressed, through readings of works by Descartes, Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Darwin, Nietzsche, de Beauvoir, Arendt, and others — alongside consideration of a range of cultural products and social practices. (Required core course for MA Liberal Studies students)
Nihilism, GLIB 5705
Eugene Thacker, Professor of Media Studies
This seminar will examine philosophical nihilism through an engagement with the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and of thinkers responding to him, including Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Luce Irigaray, Karl Jaspers, Pierre Klossowski, Karl Löwith, Lev Shestov, and Keiji Nishitani and more recent figures including Ray Brassier, Arthur Kroker, Keith Ansell Pearson, and Nandita Biswas Mellamphy.
Conceptualization of Culture, GLIB 6157
Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies
The preoccupation of many social thinkers with the phenomenon of "culture" long antedates J.G. Herder's remark that "nothing is more indeterminate than this word." Still, a preoccupation with culture has been widely shared ever since — by historians, sociologists, and anthropologists. This seminar is addressed to those who are interested in the history of social thought, the sociology of knowledge, and studies of culture and will explore the main debates surrounding the idea of culture and its development. Whether discussing the Greek notion of paidea, the romantic ideal of genius, or the historiographic essays of the Annales historians of our own day, we trace the dynamics of two contrasting approaches to culture: the broadly empirical and anthropological approach and the more narrowly normative "humanistic" approach. The readings — some of them passionate critiques of culture — include works by Plato, Aristophanes, Vico, Rousseau, Herder, Goethe, Marx, Ferdinand de Saussure, Sigmund Freud, Fernand Braudel, J. Heuzinga, Ernst Cassirer, Mikhail Bakhtin, Kwame Anthony Appiah, and Samuel Beckett.

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ROOST IN PEACE A GROVE OF TREES FAVORED BY BIRDS IS SPARED DESTRUCTION BY A ROAD PROJECT.
TODD NELSON, Staff WriterSUN-SENTINEL
PEMBROKE PINES -- A road project's damage to a rare bird roost nearby would be limited under a compromise reached on Thursday.
Most of a cluster of melaleucas and Australian pines, the favored overnight perch of hundreds of cattle egrets, blue herons and other birds, would be spared under the plan.
"There aren't too many sites like this left," said Edwin Rosenberg, an Audubon Society member. "Not only in Pembroke Pines, but all around Broward County. The whole county's been devastated."
Native species of trees that are more appealing to birds, such as bald cypress, will be planted near the roost to encourage the birds to stay in the area and lure them farther away from the road widening and the additional traffic to come.
Rosenberg and Donald Burgess, Broward County's chief naturalist, said they knew of only two similar roosts in the county. The birds apparently like the isolated spot, despite the less-desirable exotic trees, because they have little else from which to choose, they said.
Mayor Charles Flanagan said the city would oversee preservation of the roost. Environmentalists and engineers agreed to the plan after they inspected the site at dusk.
Palm Avenue will be widened from two to four lanes between Taft Street and Stirling Road in a $3 million county project, said engineer John Calvin of Berry and Calvin, a Hollywood firm that is designing the project.
Construction will probably begin in March and take a year to complete, Calvin said.
"I can't stop the road. It's going to be built," Flanagan said. "But I want to do everything I can to protect the birds."
The roost, which covers an acre along a canal northeast of Taft Street and Palm Avenue, each night welcomes hundreds of birds that by day roam from the cattle pastures of southwest Broward to as far away as the Everglades, foraging for insects.
"If Ebeneezer Scrooge drove by here, I think even he would enjoy this view," Flanagan said.
Burgess and Rosenberg said they welcomed Flanagan's support in preserving the area, but were not sure the unusual strategy would work. If the birds are not happy with the results, they may leave, they said.
"You can't talk to the birds and tell them where to go," Rosenberg said. "Who knows what they will like."
Calvin said one melaleuca tree used by the birds probably would have to be cut down to make room for the widening of the road. The western end of the canal, parallel to Taft Street, would have to be filled to create space for a turning lane, he said.
Calvin, Rosenberg and Burgess recommended several steps to counter damage to the roost, including installing a dirt mound to serve as a buffer between the road work and roosting site before construction begins.


The identity of fundamentalism is a continuous challenge. One does not read very much about the topic without realizing that fundamentalism is somewhat like good food… it means different things to different people. Several weeks ago, a blog that I read from time to time had an entry about Fundamentalists in the Church? It referenced writer and lecturer Karen Armstrong who lectured on Fundamentalism and the Battle for God.
After starting and stopping numerous times, here it is … My "something" about fundamentalism as I have seen it, and do see it. This article is a direct response to the blog and the comments that were made there. I don't pretend to speak for all, and perhaps not for anyone but myself. But here is my brief attempt to lay out some basics. Of course, it is necessary in writing something of this length to be simplistic and to gloss over some needed details. I hope those interested will continue their research.
Fundamentalism, she argued, is found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and even secular humanism. It is not orthodox, she said, but rather it is a "new doctrine", characterized by the two ingredients of independence and innovation. Behind fundamentalism is the fear of annihilation and fundamentalism becomes more extreme when attacked.
I think she is dead wrong. First, to associate historic Christian fundamentalism with that of Judaism, Islam, etc. simply doesn't understand what Christian fundamentalism is. The unique connotation of Christian fundamentalism (hereafter simply "fundamentalism") makes it markedly distinct from all other forms of fundamentalism, whatever similarities they might share. Even within Christian fundamentalism broadly defined, there are many who have no legitimate claim to the title of fundamentalist for a variety of reasons, including their departure from the historic doctrinal positions. Second, to say that fundamentalism is new is also to misunderstand what fundamentalism is, and it is here that I shall park my horse for a moment.
Fundamentalism as a movement arose in the early part of the 20th century in response to the theological liberalism and weakening of the gospel that came from the continental theologians in the 19th century. There was a rising "scholasticism" bent on denying or recharacterizing the doctrines held since the beginning of the church that had been systematized throughout church history. The late 19th century and early 20th century saw the rise of the social gospel through men like Bushnell, Rauschenbusch, Strong, Gladden and others, and this social gospel began to squeeze out the biblical gospel. What began as a "both/and" for many soon become a "one only." And they chose the wrong one. In response to this shift in theology and practice, a series of booklets entitled "The Fundamentals" were written by a number of men in order to defend orthodox theology. The name "fundamentalist" was coined by Curtis Lee Laws in 1920 when he said, "We suggest that those who still cling to the great fundamentals and who mean to do battle royal for the fundamentals shall be called fundamentalists" (see The Watchman Examiner, July 1, 1920). All that to say this: When Armstrong says that fundamentalism was a "new doctrine," she is not correct. Fundamentalism was a plea to hold on to the "old doctrine" that was being compromised by theological liberalism.
For fundamentalists, the most important standard of truth is the truth of God's word. An old saying goes, "God said it; I believe it; that settles it." For the fundamentalist, the saying would read, "God said it; that settles it." Personal belief can not be made a criterion for truth, nor can acceptance by others. The "great fundamentals" revealed by God in Scripture are the absolute truth and are worthy of our full commitment of belief. While church history records the development, or systematization, of doctrine, the creeping liberalism of the nineteenth century was far different. It was a complete denial, in many cases, of what orthodox theology had always believed. Fundamentalism was a reaction against change in doctrine.
Fundamentalism has a second criterion, as outlined by Laws. Not only did they "cling to the great fundamentals," but they also "mean[t] to do battle royal for the fundamentals." For the fundamentalist, it is not enough to simply hold to doctrine. It is necessary to battle for them. This "earnest contention" (cf. Jude 3) includes going as far as separation from those who reject the core doctrines of the faith, a separation such as is outlined in passages like Romans 16:17-18, 3 John 8-11, Jude, and others. It is not separation on personal preference or personality. It is separation based on doctrine and obedience. According to Romans 16:17-18, the fundamentalist is not the one charged with division. It is the one who contradicts the Bible who is the divisive person. Too many times that is turned around and the fundamentalist is labeled the schismatic.
For the fundamentalist, loving God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, meant that God's enemies were your enemies. You were commanded to love them and reach them with the gospel, not to work alongside them in ministry or ecclesiastical union. It was not enough to "agree to disagree." The core doctrines deserved unbending loyalty. Those who refused to obey God must be separated from in the interest of purity and holiness of the Church and the doctrines that God revealed.
Let me try to sum this up, though perhaps I have raised more questions than I have answered. A fundamentalist is first and foremost committed to the core doctrines of Christianity. I have called them the "load bearing doctrines," the doctrines without which the house of Christianity falls. Obviously, not all doctrine fits in this category, but there are certainly some that do such as the virgin birth, salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, the bodily resurrection of Christ from the dead, the personal coming of Christ at the end of the age, as well as some others. A fundamentalist is committed to whole-hearted acceptance of and commitment to these things that God has clearly revealed in Scripture.
This article will continue in part two.
Larry Rogier pastors Grace Baptist Church in River Rouge, Michigan. This article is used by permission from his blog, Stuff Out Loud.


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Chinese Stars
Chinese Stars's website
Providence's Chinese Stars features two members of the late, great chaotic noise-band Arab on Radar and a member of the Rhode Island electro-rock group, Six Finger Satellite. Chinese Stars, while plenty fucked up, are slightly more listenable than Arab on Radar. But you'll still hear the choppy guitars, bass-drum freakouts, and the distorted-beyond-repair vocals that are well embedded in the Providence indie music scene.
The band maintains a sense of humor throughout the disorder. Their lyrics are completely from outer space, seemingly made up on the spot and having little to no meaning or relevance. While their antics could get grating if you put their albums on repeat, they should be really fun to see live. And that's all that really matters, right?
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/**
 * Created by PhpStorm.
 * User: maglo
 * Date: 24/08/2016
 * Time: 23:32
 */

namespace JSAppBundle\Controller;

use JSAppBundle\Entity\TypeArticle;
use JSAppBundle\Form\TypeArticleType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\Form;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Annotation\ApiDoc;
use FOS\RestBundle\Context\Context;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use FOS\RestBundle\Controller\Annotations as REST;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;

class TypeArticleController extends CoreRestController
{

    /**
     * Get single TypeArticle,
     *
     * @ApiDoc(
     *   resource = true,
     *   description = "Gets a Page for a given id",
     *   output = "JSAppBundle\Entity\TypeArticle",
     *   statusCodes = {
     *     200 = "Returned when successful",
     *     404 = "Returned when the page is not found"
     *   }
     * )
     *
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     * templateVar="form",
     * serializerEnableMaxDepthChecks=true
     * )
     *
     * @param Request $request the request object
     * @param int $id the user id
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     * @Route("/api/v1/typetichier/{id}.{_format}", name="get-typearticle")
     * @throws NotFoundHttpException when page not exist
     */
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    {

        $core = $this->getJsService();
        $manager = $core->getTypeArticleManager();
        $typeArticle = $manager->load($id);
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                $form = $this->createForm(TypeArticleType::class, $typeArticle, array('method' => $request->getMethod()));
                $form->handleRequest($request);
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                return $form;
            }
        }
        else{

            $form = $this->createForm(TypeArticleType::class, $typeArticle, array('method' => $request->getMethod()));
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    }

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        $core = $this->getJsService();
        $manager = $core->getTypeArticleManager();
        $user=$manager->load($id);
        $manager->delete($user);
        return array("success" => true, "data" => null, "message" => "Attachement type deleted successfully");
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                $typeArticle=$manager->load($id);
            }

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                    return array("success" => true, "data" => $typeArticle, "message" => "Author created successfully");

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Q: Div stuck at bottom of parent I have the situation in the screenshot below:

I want the div surrounded in blue to be aligned to the top of the parent div (surrounded in black) as the image (surrounded in red) is. How can I accomplish this?
I know top -10px is an option (where 10 is replaced with the exact number) but I need this to work on various screen sizes so finding the exact value that fixes the problem with that method is not an option.
The html for the divs is below:

Title

Price

Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description

And the CSS:
.product {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 10px;
    width: 100%;
    height: 330px;
    border: 5px solid black;
}

.productImg {
    width: 240px;
    height: 300px;
    display: inline-block;
    border: 3px solid red;
}

.productTxt {
    border: 3px solid blue;
    display: inline-block;
}

A: vertical-align: top will align that element to the top.

.product {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 10px;
  width: 100%;
  height: 330px;
  border: 5px solid black;
}

.productImg {
  width: 240px;
  height: 300px;
  display: inline-block;
  border: 3px solid red;
}

.productTxt {
  border: 3px solid blue;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: top;
}

Title

Price

Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description Short Description

A: Use flexbox. And align it like this:
.product {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 10px;
    width: 100%;
    height: 330px;
    border: 5px solid black;
    display:flex;
    align-items:flex-start;
}

Here is a fiddle: http://codepen.io/ruchiccio/pen/ZemOyV

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Building Integrity in Government
By Rusudan Kemularia
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One of the most important policy questions for any government is how to build institutional integrity. How can a government eliminate corruption and make public institutions more trustworthy? There are different concepts in theory and practices on the ground that aims at addressing this question. In this post, I will discuss the 'institution-first' conception of integrity in correlation with taxation.
The "purpose" is one of the important components of integrity. Edmund Burke, emphasized that 'revenue is the chief preoccupation of the state. Nay more it is the state.' Furthermore, 'a tax institution achieves its main purpose when it raises revenues effectively and equitably for the state's necessary or legitimate activities and functions. Tax institutions have one 'obligatory purpose' and that is to raise revenue effectively and equitably.'
Moreover, the ratio of tax collection to GDP in developed countries usually outstrips that of developing countries. Nicholas Kaldor has suggested that 'developing countries raise about 8 to 15 percent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as tax revenue, while the ratio for advanced countries is 25 to 30 percent. More than sixty years after this issue came to the fore, and after more than thirty years of tax administration reforms in developing countries, it remains largely unresolved.'
2. Legitimacy of Purpose
"Legitimacy of purpose" is another critical component of integrity. The taxpayer does not like to pay taxes but as Benjamin Franklin once observed, 'in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.' Democratically elected government and its tax administration can have a purposeof tax collection in order to provide public goods. Before changes to Georgia's constitution in 2010, the government had the flexibility to raise the taxes and modify the tax structure without a referendum. Georgia's current constitution requires this measure to be taken. Furthermore, article 94 of the constitution stipulates that 'taxes and fees shall be paid in the amount and under the procedure determined by law. Only law shall determine the structure of taxes and fees and the procedure for introduction thereof. Exemption from taxes shall be permitted only by law.' In general, such strict regulation and minimized discretion of government could increase the public trust toward tax administration. However, it could be problematic for the government to address economic shocks, and balance high budget deficit in a timely and effective manner.
3. Pursuit of Purpose
The "pursuit of purpose" is essential to build integrity at a tax institution.Any tax administration has limited human and financial resources, which are critical for the effective collection of revenue. There is not a sufficient number of well-trained civil servants and tax inspectors capable of doing the required job, especially in developing countries.
The government of Georgia established the finance academy of the ministry of finance to train civil servants on the job, as the tax legislation is complex and requires special knowledge. While these initiatives have been important, tax administrations still face the problem of highly qualified civil servants moving to the private sector rather than staying in the public service. This 'leakage' of highly trained tax specialists to the private sector diminishes the resources at the disposal of tax administrations.
4. Legitimacy of Pursuit
Simplification of tax legislation is important to legitimate pursuit of purpose. The complex tax system and vague tax provisions create the preferable regime for fraudulent and corrupt transactions. Thus, a simplification of the tax code of Georgia and the elimination of ambiguous norms surrounding tax rules enabled the Revenue Service to achieve its core objectives in legitimate ways.
Hundreds of changes were made to the tax legislation. These were necessary to mitigate the risks associated with corruption and to rebuild public trust toward the tax authority in Georgia. However, frequent changes to the tax law created uncertainty and concerns: the biggest achievement was the consultation process held between tax institution and stakeholders in order to discuss the legislative changes, however this process was not always transparent and comprehensive.
Design and implementation of tax legislation poses challenges for administrations attempting to create conditions of tax certainty. For example, a report by the OECD and IMF in March 2017 suggests that 'the major source of tax uncertainty is complex and poorly drafted tax legislation and the frequency of legislative changes.'
Commitment of the tax authority is vital to build integrity. The advance ruling is the instrument which is legally binding for the tax administration and the taxpayer. The aim of this instrument is to promote clarity and consistency regarding the application of the tax law and commit the Revenue Service to act according to the ruling. A taxpayer can submit the application to the Revenue Service asking the interpretation of particular taxable transaction. After introducing such rulings, the tax administration is obliged to follow its interpretation.
According to the IMF in 2016, the advantages of a private tax ruling are 'promotion of clarity and consistency regarding the application of the tax law for both taxpayers and the tax authority.' Increased certainty around the tax treatment of transactions also raises taxpayer confidence in the tax system.
There are, however, arguments against a private ruling practice. The disadvantages of a private ruling practice could include: 'risk of base erosion where incorrect or inappropriate rulings are issued or published.' If the incorrect ruling is issued, it could decrease revenue. However, the revenue risk is limited, because the tax ruling is confined to the taxpayer to whom it was issued. In addition to this, the advance ruling system may help tax authority to identify potential structural weaknesses in the tax legislation.
Table 1. Advance ruling by OECD countries
6. Robustness
Finally, robustness of tax system is essential for public integrity.IT-based risk assessment was introduced in Georgia's Revenue Service, in order to create a more robust tax system. Before introducing this mechanism, the tax inspections were conducted manually. Then, the selection of companies for assessment was based on the tax inspector's preferences. The risk assessment system (software) was therefore developed based on a number of objective parameters, such as profit margin, average salaries of employees, changes in revenue and profit, etc. This system helps to increase tax certainty as there is low risk of taxpayers being selected based on individual interests. Furthermore, the system is effective in terms of tax collection. It selects companies based on risk level. At the initial stage 80–90 percent of all tax audits were conducted based on the IT system. Nowadays all audits are triggered electronically.
To conclude the improvement of all components of institutional integrity, such as legitimate purpose, legitimate pursuit, commitment and robustness lead to improvements in the tax system and improved public trust towards the tax administration. Georgia's case can be used as an example of building integrity at tax institution.
Rusudan Kemularia was a Deputy Minister of Finance and Secretary to the Parliament (2010-2012) in Georgia, leading tax policy reforms. She holds a MPP degree at Oxford University and was a summer intern for the Building Integrity team in 2018.
* The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Building Integrity Programme.
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Extinct Attractions – Discovery River Boats
by Cole Geryak | Feb 20, 2020 3:28 PM Pacific Time
Tags: Discovery River Boats, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Radio Disney, Walt Disney World
Welcome to Extinct Attractions. This week we'll be going on a wet and wild tour of the Animal Kingdom.
Via Disney Parks Blog
Last week, Disney announced that there would be nearly a week of celebrations at Animal Kingdom for Earth Day. The theme park has been tied to April 22 and Earth Day ever since it opened on that day in 1998, and it's awesome that they still celebrate it every year. So much of the park is built on the foundation of conservation and environmentalism that it is such a perfect group of festivities. Plus, Earth Day does not get a lot of attention, so it is pretty cool that it actually gets theme park recognition.
But before we get too deep into Animal Kingdom in the present, let's go back to opening day, April 22, 1998 and look at the only opening day ride that no longer exists in the park today.
Via Disney Wiki
When Discover River Boats opened, guests were misinformed about the attraction, thinking that it was the Animal Kingdom's version of the Jungle Cruise. There was a skipper who would drive the boat around and crack a couple of jokes, but her or his job was primarily to guide the boat and provide some information about the park.
The best way to think about the boats was as Animal Kingdom's version of the railroad. Along the way, there were a few cool effects and animatronics to see, but at its core, it was designed to transport guests from one area of the park to another. However, guests didn't really catch this memo as the waits quickly became over an hour to ride this, admittedly, not particularly thrilling attraction.
I never got the chance to experience the attraction myself, but I did really enjoy my time watching the video of it that was filmed during a preview of the park from March of 1998. The banter between the people on the boat and the skipper was really interesting because no one on the boat quite knew what to expect from the park, so it was an interesting history lesson to hear what they were saying about the park at that time. The highlight of the interaction, though, was when someone asked "Is The Tree of Life real?" and the skipper without hesitation responded, "Yup." The questioner completely bought it, and it's just one of the funniest interactions I've ever heard at a Disney Park.
Via Kungaloosh Radio
As I mentioned earlier, there were some effects along the way, with the first being a trip by a fire-breathing dragon's cave. Though the cave was simply a rock with a fire cannon in it, it was a clever way to tease Beastly Kingdom, the proposed mythical creature land that never quite made its way into existence.
After the cave, guests passing Africa saw some geysers erupt, with a slight chance to get damp if it was a particularly windy day. These geysers actually continued to have some life after the attraction closed with guests walking from Camp Mickey-Minnie to Africa occasionally seeing the geysers go off.
Via Jeff Lange DVD
The most impressive thing that guests got to see was an animatronic iguanodon near Dinoland USA. The animatronic was a perfect way to entice guests to ride Countdown to Extinction once they got off the river boats, and with all the animatronic dinosaurs being in the dark on that attraction, it was particularly cool to see a moving dinosaur in the daylight.
As a whole, I really liked the Discovery River Boats for what they were. I so wish that I had the chance to just float along Discovery River and see the park from a whole new vantage point. It just seemed like such a pleasant journey and as a huge PeopleMover fan, it gave me those vibes.
Via Discovery River Boats
Eventually, Disney got tired of people not understanding the purpose of the attraction and renamed it the Discovery River Taxi in November 1998. They hoped that the rename would help curb some of the crowds by really focusing the attention on its service of transporting guests across the park. Along with the rename, they unfortunately also took away some of the fun by removing the iguanodon and stripping the skipper's speaking role, instead relying on a pre-recorded narrator. They did add a little something, bringing in small animals to the boat for people to look at along the way, but in my opinion, the lack of iguanodon was reason enough to consider the attraction downgraded.
Guests agreed almost too wholeheartedly, with the wait times reducing significantly as time went on. I would guess that a lot of this effect had to do with people being disappointed after their first time, so word of mouth spread that it wasn't a great attraction, or underwhelming at the very least.
To help combat the lack of guests, Disney rebranded the attraction again to the Radio Disney River Cruise. The only major change that they made was changing the narrator to Radio Disney hosts. I've got to admit, I'm a bit confused about Radio Disney's part in the attraction because it doesn't exactly seem to scream Animal Kingdom.
Sadly, it was all for naught as the attraction only lasted another five months before closing on August 21, 1999, not even making it a full year and a half. The worst part is that pretty much nothing has replaced it to this day, with nearly all of the boats reportedly just sitting in storage backstage. A few of the boats were repurposed for the waterways around Magic Kingdom, but for the most part everything has simply sat dormant. Today, Rivers of Light: We Are One can be seen in the large lake part of the river, but everything else sits empty waiting for life.
I would love to see the Discovery River Boats come back one day.. Disney's Animal Kingdom keeps getting busier and busier, so adding in a nice people eater like the Discovery River Boats would be a fantastic addition, especially with how much the park has expanded over the years.
Well, that brings today's journey to a close, so here's a glance at what's coming soon.
This Universal attraction is based on an IP they purchased a few years ago.
This Universal attraction is still alive in one domestic park, but its days appear numbered.
The fifth installment of this IP's movie franchise is expected to come out soon.
Via Funny or Die
Thanks for reading and have a magical day!
Cole Geryak
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A railroad from Poughkeepsie through Pleasant Valley to connect to the D&C at Stissing was completed by 1872. This line was called the Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railroad, but they went bankrupt in a year and a half. The line was sold and renamed the Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad. When the ND&C Railroad was formed out of the old D&C Railroad in 1877 there was already a section of ND&C track between Stissing and Pine Plains being used by the former P&E RR renamed PH&B RR. The PH&B Railroad ran from Poughkeepsie through Pleasant Valley and Salt Point to Stissing Junction then onto ND&C rails to Pine Plains. Beyond Pine Plains the PH&B ran on its own rails again northward through a section of Columbia County to Boston Corners then back into Dutchess County to Millerton and State Line. The short section of track between Stissing and Pine Plains was used by the PH&B and successor railroads through the entire life of the ND&C. This section of trackage rights later became part of the Central New England & Western Railroad.
In the northeastern part of Dutchess County there were other railroads competing with the ND&C in hauling milk to New York City. What had once been the P&E RR was reorganized under new management and was renamed the PH&B RR. Their tracks never reached Hartford or Boston but they did reach Boston Corners which is in New York state near the Massachusetts line. This railroad actually leased trackage rights from the ND&C Railroad between Stissing and Pine Plains. For that section of the line, the two railroads ran trains on the same tracks. The PH&B Railroad routed their milk shipments eastward to Boston Corners where they connected with the Harlem line of the NYC Railroad to New York City. On those same tracks between Stissing and Pine Plains, the ND&C trains were hauling milk westward to connect with the Hudson Line of the NYC Railroad or a river steamboat at Dutchess Junction to reach the New York City markets.
The PH&B (formerly P&E) went bankrupt again in 1884. They survived by selling their Boston Corners to Millerton trackage to the Hartford & Connecticut Western RR. By 1887 they emerged with a new name, New York & Massachusetts Railway.
When the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge first opened in December 1888 the rail connection into Connecticut was the former P&E Railroad (renamed PH&B and again as New York & Massachusetts Railway). The route connected to the ND&C Railroad at Stissing. It ran on ND&C rails to Pine Plains then on NY&M rails again to Boston Corners, Millerton and State Line Junction. This route was never satisfactory for a number of reasons. It connected to Hartford but was not very convenient for southern Connecticut cities. In addition, the people who owned the New York & Massachusetts line refused to sell it to the Bridge company. The Bridge Company built a 28-mile line called Th Poughkeepsie & Connecticut (P&C) in parallel with the old P&E (NY&M) through Pleasant Valley and Pine Plains to Silvernails in Columbia County. At Silvernails the P&C connected to the Rhinebeck & Connecticut for access to New England.
In 1889 the Central New England & Western Railroad was formed out of several smaller railroads in northern Dutchess County NY. Included in the CNE&W Railroad were the Poughkeepsie Bridge Railroad, the Hartford & Connecticut Western Railroad, the Hudson Connecting Railroad, the Rhinebeck & Connecticut Railroad and the Poughkeepsie & Connecticut Railroad. The CNE&W Railroad used the same set of connecting tracks owned by the ND&C Railroad between Millerton and State Line to reach Connecticut. The CNE&W and the NY&M were still competing on parallel tracks between Poughkeepsie and Pine Plains.
In an effort to compete with the coal traffic over the Poughkeepsie bridge, in 1889 the ND&C worked out an agreement with the NY&M (former P&E) for a new coal yard in Poughkeepsie. The arrangement was that the ND&C would haul coal northeast from the Dutchess Junction dock to connect with the NY&M at Stissing. The NY&M would then haul the coal southwest through Pleasant Valley to Poughkeepsie. This route was many miles longer than the bridge route which ran directly into Poughkeepsie off the bridge. It was longer, more expensive and involved a transfer at Stissing. This route also had the problem of winter ice at the Dutchess Junction dock but ND&C coal could be delivered to Poughkeepsie. Major customers would be the State Hospital and Vassar College.
In December 1889 trains began hauling coal via Dutchess Junction, Stissing and Pleasant Valley to Poughkeepsie over the NY&M. The D&H Canal Co. sent barges 30 miles down the river from Rondout Landing near Kingston to Dutchess Junction dock. All did not go as smoothly as planned. In April 1899 the Hudson River State Hospital refused the only railroad bid for coal delivery. They wanted to get coal by boats and teams of horses and wagons at the Poughkeepsie waterfront. After all, the D&H coal barges passed within sight of the State Hospital on the way down the river to Dutchess Junction. William Underhill, who was the ND&C Railroad General Freight Agent, went to Poughkeepsie to meet with the State Hospital managers. He came back with a signed contract to haul the coal by rail all the way from Dutchess Junction to Stissing and back to Poughkeepsie via the NY&M. I would certainly be interested in knowing how he convinced them.
In 1893 the NY&M changed names again and became the Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railway. It began as the P&E Railroad and ended as the P&E Railway. After years of struggling the P&E was merged into the CNE Rwy in 1907. The CNE built a short section of track to connect the old P&E with the P&C rails near Pine Plains. They then abandoned the P&C parallel line south of Pine Plains but kept the connection north to Silvernails. New Haven abandonments continued through the 1920's and 1930's. By 1938 the last of the east-west rails from Columbia County south to Poughkeepsie and Hopewell Junction in Dutchess County were torn out. The rails were sold for scrap to Japan.
A grand excursion and banquet were planned for the opening of the P&E RR in 1871.
The P&E route is marked in dark red on this map.
The P&E leased trackage rights from the D&C/ND&C between Stissing and Pine Plains.
Note the roof of the roundhouse is serrated so that it looks almost like part of a castle.
The P&E RR main yard and engine facilities were in the Smith St. Yard in Poughkeepsie. There was a passenger station, a freight house plus a turntable and engine house. The local trolley line on Smith St. also served the station. Tracks at upper left went to the hospital branch and, via a switchback, connected to the Hudson line along the river. That route also crossed Parker Avenue and connected to the main line across the big RR bridge. At lower right the P&E tracks went east to Pleasant Valley, Salt Point, Stanfordville, Stissing, Pine Plains, Boston Corners and State Line near Millerton.
PH&B Smith Street yard in Poughkeepsie.
Engine at left is the original #2 before Olivia was purchased. At right is #4 and the roundhouse.
PH&B Timetable dated 11 October 1878.
Federal Bearings was one of the customers served by the Hospital Branch in Poughkeepsie.
PH&B Engine #1 in the Smith Street yard in Poughkeepsie.
Note the "castle" roof line on the engine house.
PH&B engine #2 was called "Hartford". Later when the railroad name had changed back to P&E, this engine was traded in for a new #2 which was named "Olivia".
Olivia was built by the Rogers Locomotive Works in 1893.
This locomotive later became CNE #204 and was scrapped in December 1913.
Note the slot in the front coupler so it could accept the old style link and pin couplings. The air hose on the front indicates air brakes.
This is the front page of the P&E Timetable listing the fares.
This side of the P&E Timetable lists the trains and schedules. There were six passenger trains a day from Poughkeepsie.
P&E Rwy check dated 1902. Note that the name is P&E Railway Co.
CNE station sign in Poughkeepsie in 1968. This station sign had survived from the P&E days.


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Pop Royalty, US Pride and a Special Court: 5 Facts on Kosovo
Here are five things to know about the former Serbian province, which broke away from Belgrade in a bloody 1990s war and is still fighting for full global recognition of its statehood.
Agence France-presse / February 12, 2021
(Image by Mesut Toker from Pixabay via Courthouse News)
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AFP) — Kosovo, one of Europe's poorest economies, will hold early legislative elections on Sunday.
America the great
Kosovo's reputation as "the most pro-American country" in the world is visible on the streets, where U.S. flags are a common sight.
The love for all things American is rooted in gratitude for Washington's support during Kosovo's struggle for independence from Serbia, including the U.S.-led NATO intervention that ended the war in 1999.
The capital, Pristina, is home to a statue of former U.S. president Bill Clinton, a bust of former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright and a boulevard named after former president George W. Bush.
Klinton and Medllin — a Kosovar twist on Clinton and Madeleine — are also popular names for children born after the conflict.
The late son of the current U.S. president, Beau Biden, also has a street named in his honor for his work in Kosovo training judges after the war.
With popularity comes influence. Washington wields heavy clout in Pristina, leading to the joke that Kosovo has two governments: one that is elected and another in the U.S. embassy.
Pop royalty and diaspora
Kosovo is home to around 1.8 million people, with another 700,000 estimated to live abroad, mostly in Germany and Switzerland.
The diaspora is a hefty economic force, transferring home around 800 million euros ($900 million) each year — direct spending that equals a year's government budget.
The former province is home to one of Europe's youngest populations, with half aged under 25.
It also has among the highest unemployment rates for youth, topping 50%, a major factor pushing people to move abroad.
Some of Kosovo's most famous ambassadors are diaspora pop stars, including the UK-raised Dua Lipa and Rita Ora, who both speak proudly of their Kosovo roots and do not miss a chance to promote its independence.
Three flags
Three different flags can be found flying across Kosovo.
The official flag bears the diamond shape of its territory and six stars symbolizing the six main ethnic groups on a blue background.
It is jokingly called a "towel" by members of Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority, who believe the flag was adopted largely to please Western patrons who wanted a neutral symbol.
The colors more commonly flown across Kosovo are the pan-Albanian symbol of a black double-headed eagle on a red background, which is also the official flag of neighboring Albania.
The exception is in enclaves home to Kosovo's significant Serb minority, who still fly the Serbian colors as a symbol of their loyalty to Belgrade.
Justice abroad
Since 2015, Kosovo has been beholden to a war crimes court with a unique status.
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers operates under Kosovo law but has international judges and is based in the Dutch city, The Hague.
Its location comes from the sensitivity of the investigations: alleged crimes committed during Kosovo's 1998-99 rebellion against Serbia.
The hope is to protect witnesses from threats and heavy pressure in a society where the former rebel leaders still hold significant sway.
Kosovo's former president, Hashim Thaci, resigned in late 2020 after he was indicted by the court and is now awaiting trial in The Hague for crimes including murder, torture and persecution during the war.
Moderate Islam
More than 90% of Kosovars identify as Muslim, making it one of Europe's few Muslim-majority territories.
Most practice a liberal form of Sunni Islam.
Research shows that for many, religion is a private matter and ethnicity takes precedence.
"The religion of the Albanians is Albanianism," goes one common saying.
But recent years have seen growing pockets of extremism, leading authorities to crack down on a handful of radical imams.
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About 80 percent of people with hemophilia have Type A, meaning they have little or no clotting factor VIII in their blood. About 20 percent have Type B, where they're missing or have low levels of clotting factor IX. However, types A and B both cause the same issues for patients.
Hemophilia affects about one in 7,500 males. Female hemophilia patients are rare.
Delaying hemophilia therapy can have significant consequences. Patients can develop inhibitors — antibodies that fight the treatments. They can also develop joint pain, swelling, and bleeding that can damage or destroy the joints.
Treatment for hemophilia patients has progressed a long way. With proper treatment, children diagnosed with hemophilia today can live as long as children without it.
Hemophilia is caused by an issue with a gene on the X chromosome. Females rarely have hemophilia because both X chromosomes must have the gene. If a female has one X chromosome with the faulty gene, she will be a "carrier" who can pass the gene to her children.
A male usually has hemophilia because his mother was a carrier. But in up to 30 percent of hemophilia cases, a healthy gene mutates and passes from mother to son.
Hemophilia patients will bruise more easily than people without hemophilia. The signs and symptoms will vary by how severe the hemophilia is.
Hemophilia is classified by the amount of clotting factor in the blood, not by how severe the symptoms are. Symptoms might not match the indicated category.
External bleeding, or bleeding outside the body. Nose and mouth bleeding are common. Bleeding is especially concerning if it has no obvious cause, seems abnormally heavy for the wound size, or starts again after it has stopped.
Internal bleeding, or bleeding inside the body that can't necessarily be seen. External signs can include large bruises or blood in the urine or stool. Blood might also collect in joints. This will cause swelling and pain when the joint bends. If the bleeding isn't treated, the joint can be permanently damaged.
Life-threatening bleeding can occur in the brain after a simple bump on the head. Symptoms include long and painful headaches, stiff neck, sleepiness, vomiting, double vision, convulsions, seizures, and problems moving the arms and legs.
Most people with severe hemophilia are diagnosed as infants. People with mild or moderate hemophilia might not be diagnosed until adulthood.
The main treatment for hemophilia is factor replacement therapy. This involves concentrates of the needed clotting factor being infused into a vein. This therapy can be conducted regularly (called preventive or prophylactic therapy), or only when needed to stop bleeding (called on-demand therapy).
Desmopressin, or DDAVP, is a hormone that causes the body to release stored clotting factor.
Antifibrinolytic medicines help keep blood clots from breaking down. They can be used for mild bleeding or before dental work.
Pain medicines or steroids might be used on a case-by-case basis for swollen joints. Physical therapy might be another option.
Treatments vary depending on each patient's circumstances and type of hemophilia.
Mild hemophilia doesn't usually require replacement therapy, although a DDAVP product called Stimate® might be given.
Moderate hemophilia might be treated with replacement therapy depending on physical activity of the patient. Certain activities or surgeries might call for treatment beforehand.
Severe hemophilia is treated with regular replacement therapy, often multiple times per week.
Many hemophilia patients choose to infuse themselves at home. Treatment at home works for as-needed and ongoing therapy and has several advantages. Home infusion can mean quicker and more engaging treatment, less time at the doctor's office, and lower cost.
Doctors' offices are good resources to learn more about home treatment. Doctors can even implant devices in patients' veins to make them easier to access for therapy. Infection is a risk with these devices.
Hemophilia treatment centers (HTCs) are a vital resource. There are more than 100 in the United States, focused on providing support, education, and treatment to hemophilia patients and their families. HTCs are staffed by doctors who specialize in blood disorders, nurse coordinators, dentists, physical therapists, social workers, and other specialists. For more information or to find an HTC, visit cdc.gov/ncbddd/hemophilia/HTC.html.
Clotting factor treatments can be expensive and often require prior authorization, meaning the insurance company must approve their use after they are prescribed. It's important for hemophilia patients to understand their insurance coverage. Diplomat consumer advocates can help patients check current insurance benefits and explore access and assistance programs.
Hemophilia patients must be careful with medications like aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and other medicines that can cause bleeding. Doctors and pharmacists can help patients choose and use medications safely.
See your doctor or other provider for checkups.
Make sure your healthcare providers know you have hemophilia. It's also important to tell the medical staff at your workplace and any coaches or gym trainers.
See your dentist regularly and make sure they know you have hemophilia.
Keep a record of your treatments and take it with you to medical appointments.
Be alert to symptoms of bleeding, particularly in your joints. Call your doctor or go to the emergency room if you have heavy bleeding from a wound, bleeding you can't stop, joint pain or swelling, or any signs of bleeding in the brain.
Talk with your doctors to learn basic information and emergency care procedures.
Talk with Diplomat staff for treatment options, education, and support. Consumer advocates at Diplomat can help with psychosocial issues, financial and transportation problems, and other concerns. Contact us at info@diplomat.is to connect with your advocate.
Look for the many available books and Internet materials about hemophilia, both for you and your child. Diplomat has many available resources for your family, including a set of books about hemophilia for young children.
Look into support groups and summer camps for children with hemophilia. Ask your Diplomat consumer advocate about these groups and camps.
Protect your young children with hemophilia from objects and activities that could cause bleeding. Use protective equipment when riding tricycles or bicycles, and safety belts or straps in car seats, highchairs, and strollers. Pad sharp corners in the home and be alert for small, sharp objects.
Be alert for signs of bleeding and be prepared to treat bleeding if it occurs.
Make sure that all caregivers know your child has hemophilia. Your child should wear a medical ID bracelet or necklace. Consider a Diplomat StrapWrap® medical alert ID for backpacks or car seats.
Reassure your children. They might feel they caused their hemophilia. It's important to explain their condition is not their fault and provide emotional support. Your Diplomat patient advocate is happy to help.
Although hemophilia patients can still be physically active, they might need to avoid certain sports or activities. Contact sports and other activities that could cause bleeding — such as football, hockey, and wrestling — should be avoided. Activities such as walking, swimming, biking, and golf are generally safe. Doctors, physical therapists, and hemophilia treatment center staff members can help hemophilia patients design safe exercise programs that work for them. Some doctors recommend treatment with clotting factor before exercising.
Up to 20 percent of patients with severe hemophilia A will develop antibodies that cause their bodies to reject the blood factors used in their treatment. Up to 5 percent of patients with hemophilia B will develop a similar response. These antibody responses are called "inhibitors." They often appear during the first year of treatment and make hemophilia more difficult and costly to treat. Patients can develop multijoint arthropathy (joint damage from abnormal bleeding in one or more joints), which further increases the cost of treatment. This is why physical therapy is often a part of treatment for patients with inhibitors.
Diplomat's REBUILD program offers physical therapy for people with hemophilia. It connects patients, their local therapists, and physical therapists who specialize in hemophilia and related bleeding disorders. To learn more, visit the REBUILD web page.
Source: Adapted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Inhibitors drive up the cost of hemophilia treatment. According to a study in 2008, hemophilia patients with inhibitors paid almost five times as much for their treatment as patients without inhibitors. More than 75 percent of those costs were for clotting factor concentrate.
Diplomat consumer advocates can connect patients with help to reduce the costs of treatment. Contact us at info@diplomat.is to learn more.
Hemophilia with inhibitors can be difficult to treat. A hemophilia treatment center (HTC) specializes in treating people with hemophilia and is recommended for inhibitor treatment.
-Giving patients high doses of clotting factor concentrates to overcome low levels of inhibitors.
-Using bypassing agents, which help form clots by "bypassing" inhibitors rather than attempting to replace missing factors. Because these agents can make blood clot too readily, monitoring is important.
-Using immune tolerance induction (ITI) therapy, which treats patients by using high levels of clotting factor concentrates over a long period. The goal is to overwhelm the inhibitor reaction and train the body to accept treatment. This works in about 80 percent of cases, but treatment might continue for years even after the inhibitors go away.
Diplomat offers all clotting products and bypassing agents used in these inhibitor treatments. Diplomat can also play an important role in supporting patients who undergo a treatment regimen as intensive as ITI. Our IMPACT program provides treatment "coaches," training aids, family and school educational programs, increased clinical interventions, and financial review or counseling. It also includes heightened reporting for and coordination with provider offices. Read more about the IMPACT program to see how we can help.
These concentrates, sometimes called "whole molecule" or "co-protein" products, contain both factor VIII and von Willebrand factor (VWF) proteins. VWF blocks inhibitors from attacking factor VIII.
FEIBA NF is a bypassing agent to treat bleeding in people with inhibitors. Research shows that FEIBA NF can greatly reduce the frequency of bleeding for patients with severe hemophilia A. See more at feiba.com/hcp/prophylaxis.html.
NovoSeven RT is a bypassing agent to treat bleeding in people with inhibitors. It contains factor VII and is recombinant (made without human blood or plasma). It can be readministered in as little as two hours after the initial dose. See more at novosevenrt.com.
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2 Valentino LA, "Assessing the benefits of FEIBA prophylaxis in haemophilia patients with inhibitors," Haemophilia, 2010;16:263-271.
3 Perry D, Berntorp E, Tait C, et al., "FEIBA prophylaxis in haemophilia patients: a clinical update and treatment recommendations," Haemophilia, 2010;16:80-89.
4 Valentino LA, Carcao M, Mathew P, et al., "The application of bypassing agent prophylaxis in haemophilia A patients with inhibitors: a meeting report," Haemophilia, 2009;15:959-965.
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