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Types of ACL Injuries - Topic Overview
An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury often is called a sprain. A sprain occurs when the threads or fibers of the ligament stretch or are torn.
See a picture of the knee and the ACL .
An ACL injury is classified as a grade I, II, or III sprain.
Grade I sprain
- The fibers of the ligament are stretched, but there is no tear.
- There is a little tenderness and swelling.
- The knee does not feel unstable or give out during activity.
Grade II sprain
- The fibers of the ligament are partially torn.
- There is a little tenderness and moderate swelling.
- The joint may feel unstable or give out during activity.
Grade III sprain
- The fibers of the ligament are completely torn (ruptured); the ligament itself has torn completely into two parts.
- There is tenderness (but not a lot of pain, especially when compared to the seriousness of the injury). There may be a little swelling or a lot of swelling.
- The ligament cannot control knee movements. The knee feels unstable or gives out at certain times.
An ACL avulsion occurs when the ACL is torn away from either the upper leg bone or lower leg bone. This type of injury is more common in children than adults.
An avulsion fracture occurs when the ACL is torn away from the leg bone with a piece of the bone.
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Lamar University | |
Motto | Texas Roots. Infinite Possibilities. |
Established | September 17, 1923 |
Type | Public State University Space Grant |
Endowment | $90.9 million[1] |
President | Kenneth Evans[2] |
Academic staff | 378 |
Admin. staff | 705 |
Students | 14,288[3] |
Undergraduates | 9672 |
Location | Beaumont, Texas, USA |
Campus | Urban, 270 acres (1.092 km2)[4] |
Former names | South Park Junior College (1923-32) Lamar College (1932-49) Lamar State College of Technology (1949-71) |
Colors | Red and white[5] - |
Athletics | NCAA Division I – SC |
Sports | 17 varsity teams |
Nickname | Cardinals / Lady Cardinals |
Mascot | Big Red the Cardinal |
Affiliations | TSU System |
Website | www.lamar.edu |
Lamar University | |
Motto | Texas Roots. Infinite Possibilities. |
Established | September 17, 1923 |
Type | Public State University Space Grant |
Endowment | $90.9 million[1] |
President | Kenneth Evans[2] |
Academic staff | 378 |
Admin. staff | 705 |
Students | 14,288[3] |
Undergraduates | 9672 |
Location | Beaumont, Texas, USA |
Campus | Urban, 270 acres (1.092 km2)[4] |
Former names | South Park Junior College (1923-32) Lamar College (1932-49) Lamar State College of Technology (1949-71) |
Colors | Red and white[5] - |
Athletics | NCAA Division I – SC |
Sports | 17 varsity teams |
Nickname | Cardinals / Lady Cardinals |
Mascot | Big Red the Cardinal |
Affiliations | TSU System |
Website | www.lamar.edu |
Lamar University, often referred to as Lamar or LU, is a comprehensive coeducational public research university located in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar confers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and is classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. Lamar has been a member of the Texas State University System since 1995. It was previously the flagship institution of the now defunct Lamar University System. As of Fall 2013, the university enrollment was 14,054 students.[6] Lamar University recently concluded its first-ever comprehensive campaign, exceeding the campaign goal of $125M with a final campaign tally of $132M.[7]
Lamar University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It is characterized as a National University in the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report. Lamar is a member of the stateu online academic partnership, which offers high school students the opportunity to earn college credits before college. Lamar was one of 10 colleges nationwide named to the Great Colleges to Work For Honor Roll by the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2009.[8]
In July 2010 Lamar was chosen to join the Gulf Project, a coalition of scientists, policy experts and researchers working to protect Texas' economy and environment in the event of a disaster, such as the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.[9]
Louis R. Pietzsch founded a public junior college in Beaumont's South Park. He had become intensely interested in the junior college movement while enrolled in summer school at the University of Chicago in 1918, and by 1921, was convinced that South Park should have a junior college.
Lamar University started on September 17, 1923 as South Park Junior College, operating on the unused third floor of the new South Park High School, Pietzsch acted as the first president of the college. South Park Junior College became the first college in Texas to receive Texas Department of Education approval during the first year of operation, and became fully accredited in 1925.
In 1932, the college administration, recognizing that the junior college was serving the region rather than just the community, renamed it as Lamar College. It was named for Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas. Because he arranged to set aside land in counties for public schools, he is regarded as the "Father of Texas Education." A statue of him was installed in the quadrangle of the campus near the Setzer Student Center. The inscription is: "The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy and, while guided and controlled by virtue, the noblest attribute of man. It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge and the only security that freemen desire."
In 1933, the college was moving toward independence from South Park High School when construction began on new facilities. By 1942, the college was completely independent of the South Park school district, and operations moved to the current campus.
With the end of World War II, an influx of veterans boosted enrollment. The Lamar board of trustees asked the Texas Legislature to promote Lamar College to a four-year state college. The initial attempt in 1947, led in the Texas House of Representatives by Jack Brooks and in the Texas Senate by W. R. Cousins, Jr., failed, but the following year the two sponsors again advanced the bill through both houses. On June 14, 1949, Governor Beauford Jester signed the bill creating Lamar State College of Technology; it was to focus on engineering and science, an emphasis that continues today.
Enrollment continued to grow throughout the 1950s and 1960s, reaching 10,000 students. Graduate work was authorized in 1960, when master's degrees were offered in several fields.[10] The enrollment plateaued in the 1970s as the baby boomers generation reached adulthood.
In 1969, Lamar State College opened its first branch at a center in Orange, Texas. In 1970, Lamar State College began offering its first doctoral program, the Doctor of Engineering. In 1971 the college's name was officially changed to Lamar University.[10]
In 1975, the university merged with Port Arthur College in Port Arthur, Texas, creating Lamar University-Port Arthur. In 1983, state Senator Carl A. Parker sponsored a bill creating the Lamar University System. In 1986, Lamar University-Orange and Lamar University-Port Arthur were granted accreditation separate from the main campus. Lamar Institute of Technology was created in 1990 in Beaumont to provide technical, business, health, and industrial education through programs two years or fewer in length.
In 1995, the Lamar University System was incorporated into the Texas State University System, with the Lamar State College - Orange, Lamar State College - Port Arthur and Lamar Institute of Technology campuses becoming separate entities within the system. In the fall of 1998 the Lamar University faculty numbered 423 and student enrollment was 8,241. Since the reorganization, Lamar University's enrollment has continually increased.
Total enrollment reached 15,000 students in Fall 2012. Recently numerous construction projects have revitalized or replaced old buildings. In addition football was revived as a varsity sport.
The campus was moved to the current site in 1942 because the school had outgrown its current location and taken on a more regional role. In the late 1990s, Lamar began undertaking campus improvement projects. Most buildings on the campus dated to the late 1960s and 70s. Many older buildings in the northern part of the campus were gutted and refinished one-by-one.
In 2001, the University began replacing its 1960s-vintage residence halls with new apartment-style housing facilities, dubbed "Cardinal Village." Older campus housing facilities have been demolished as the Cardinal Village complex has expanded to meet demand. Demand for on-campus housing has risen, coinciding with the opening of the new residence halls. Cardinal Village II, III & IV were built specifically to meet these demands. As of January 2006[update], a new gourmet food-court style dining hall was opened to provide students with a wider selection of dining opportunities.[11]
In March 2005, the McDonald Gym temporarily closed. The gym underwent extensive renovation and adjacent to it, a new recreational sports center was built. The $19 million center, named the Sheila Umphrey Recreational Sports Center, opened in April 2007.[12] The 129,500-foot (39,500 m) facility includes 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) of cardiovascular and free-weight training; a one-tenth-mile indoor walking/jogging track; a 43-foot (13 m) climbing wall; basketball, volleyball and badminton courts; racquetball, handball and squash courts; a wellness and fitness center; health food café and juice bar; lounge areas with pool tables; an outdoor putting green; and air hockey, foosball, video games and TV.
Montagne Center, home of Cardinals Basketball
In August 2007, the University completed construction on Cardinal Village IV, a $16-million expansion of its state-of-the-art residence halls.[13] The University completed construction of Cardinal Village Phase V in August 2010 bringing on-campus housing capacity to 2,500 students.
The University, in anticipation of the return of football program in 2010, renovated and upgraded Provost Umphrey Stadium (formerly Cardinal Stadium) and a new state-of-the-art Dauphin Athletic Complex.[14]
Lamar offers 63 undergraduate, 47 master's and nine doctoral degree programs in five academic colleges, these include the College of Engineering, College of Education and Human Development, College of Business, College of Fine Arts and Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences. Lamar is classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and is one of only two universities classified as such within the Texas State University System.[15] Lamar and Kunming University of Science and Technology in southwest China have an exchange program that allows Chinese students to attend Lamar for one year while pursuing their bachelor's degree.[16]
The university also has many academic units that fall outside of the five main colleges. The College of Graduate Studies handles graduate students. The Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement offers training and support to faculty and runs the university's Active and Collaborative Engagement for Students (ACES) Program. The ACES program is designed to provide support to high risk students and integrate active learning methods into all core courses at LU. The university also provides secondary education through the Texas Academy for Leadership in the Humanities, stateu.com and the Texas Governor's School.
In the summer of 2009, Lamar University partnered with the University of Texas at Arlington to create an online dual credit program for high school students in Texas, stateu.com. The partnership between the two universities operates at the website stateu.com.[17] Online dual credit courses are available for free to high school students through state funding via House Bill 3646.[18]
The BAAS online degree completion program, an expansion of a degree the University has offered for almost 20 years, is offered online through Lamar University Academic Partnerships. The online degree completion program is priced affordably at one of the lowest tuition rates in the country.
The Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities (better known as TALH), is a dual-credit high school program created for gifted and talented high school students in their junior and senior years. Students live on campus in the Cardinal Village residence halls. The program enjoys great success with most students receiving major scholarships upon completion such as Lamar's prestigious Mirabeau Scholarship. The participants are known to Lamar students as the Academy Kids, citing their young age.
In August 2010, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) released a study on core curriculum standards for 715 four-year institutions. The study compared colleges on their commitment to core subjects deemed essential to a well-rounded, competitive education. Lamar was one of only 16 institutions to receive an A rating.[19] The study was featured in the Washington Post with a tag line "Forget Harvard and think Lamar."[20] In October 2010, the University announced they would raise admission standards for the second time in two years because of the increased enrollment.[21] The enrollment standards increase took effect in the fall of 2011. Lamar is considered a National University by the U.S. News & World Report's 2012 ranking. In 2011 66.8% of students who applied to Lamar were admitted.[22]
The College of Engineering is arguably the school's most respected program. Lamar's birth was in large part due to the demand for technically trained individuals in the area, after the 1901 Spindletop oil discovery, making Beaumont, Texas one of the most heavily industrialized areas of the United States. The school was founded in 1923 as a junior college. On September 1, 1951, the Texas Legislature promoted the school to a four-year institution and renamed the school Lamar State College of Technology. The legislature specifically noted the school would emphasize engineering, technology, and science to serve the regions large industrial base.[23] The school immediately began granting engineering degrees in 1951. In 1970, Lamar's history as a science and technology school was again a driving force in a name change. The state authorized Lamar to offer its first doctoral degree program, the doctor of engineering. A dream shared by many became a reality on May 3, 1971, when Governor Preston Smith signed a bill changing the name of Lamar State College of Technology to Lamar University. In 2005, Lamar's First Ph.D program was established in the College of Engineering: the Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering.[24]
The College of Engineering has 10 research centers under its authority. These are coordinated under the Texas Centers for Technology Incubation (TCTI).[25] The college also participates in the Texas Space Grant Consortium, which sponsors research on space based technologies.[26]
The Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering was established with a $5 million donation from Dan F. Smith in 2009.[27] Lamar University Chemical Engineering has the proud history of being one of the top rated programs in the country. The program continually produces the same or more M.S. in Chemical Engineering graduates than universities such as Stanford, IIT and MIT.[28] The building housing the Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering program was dedicated the Charles and Eleanor Garrett Engineering Center in Fall 2012.
Headed by Dr. Robert Yuan, the Civil Engineering department is one of the broadest departments in the college offering eight degree programs.
The Philip M. Drayer Department of Electrical Engineering was endowed with a $5 million gift from Philip M. Drayer in 2007.[29] The department has been chaired by Harley Myler, Ph.D., since 2001. Dr. Myler is the inaugural holder of the Mitchell Endowed chair in Telecommunications. The department has many successful alumni in the industry including Phil Drayer (LUEE '67), and Charles Garrett (LUEE '59) inventor and founder of Garrett Metal Detectors.[30]
The Industrial Engineering department is currently headed by Dr. Brian Craig. It offers two undergraduate degrees: B.S. Industrial Engineering, and B.S. in Industrial Technology; and four graduate degrees: Master of Engineering Industrial Engineering, Master of Science Industrial Engineering, Doctor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering, and Master of Engineering Management.
The Mechanical Engineering department is currently headed by Dr. Hsing-wei Chu. It offers both undergraduate degree (B.S) as well as graduate degrees, consisting of degrees programs in Master of Engineering ( M.E.), Master of Engineering Science (M.E.S) and Doctor of Engineering (D.E.). The department is affiliated with ASME and ASTM in order to prepare undergraduate and graduate students in getting updated on the latest challenges faced by the industry and prepare them for intercollegiate competitions as well as industry level symposiums, resulting in rewarding careers in mechanical engineering professions. The department is equipped with the latest simulation software and systems that enable students to develop their skills and apply the knowledge and principles of product design and development in mechanical engineering applications.[31]
The University established the College of Business in 1972. Prior to this time, degrees in business and economics were granted by the Division of Business, which was established in 1951, and the School of Business, established in 1954. All undergraduate and graduate degree programs of the College of Business are accredited by AACSB International.
Four departments—Accounting and Business Law; Economics and Finance; Information Systems and Analysis; and Management and Marketing—make up the College of Business. The Bachelor of Business Administration degree is granted in all areas. A Bachelor of Science degree is granted in Economics.[32] In Fall 2008, the College of Business acquired a new program, the Reese Construction Management program, with a $1.25 million donation from Jerry and Sheila Reese. The program is headed by Steve McCrary Ph.D.
The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education's 2011-2012 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes ranked Lamar's MBA program in the top 100 in the world for the third consecutive year. In November 2010, Janie Nelson Steinhagen and Mark Steinhagen created the Janie Nelson Steinhagen and Mark Steinhagen Global Fellows Endowment in the College of Business.[33] The endowment will provide graduate students and faculty with opportunities to gain first-hand knowledge of the global marketplace. Students taking advantage of the Steinhagen Global Fellows Endowment will travel abroad accompanied by a College of Business faculty Steinhagen Global Fellow. They will participate in classes and seminars with other students, visit businesses and experience the culture of the country – all at an advanced level.
Through the Entrepreneurship Lecture Series, endowed by a business alumnus, students and faculty have the opportunity to be inspired by the world's leading entrepreneurs. The series brings high profile and dynamic speakers to the campus yearly.[34]
The College of Education and Human Development comprises five departments: Educational Leadership, Family & Consumer Sciences, Health & Kinesiology, Counseling and Special Populations and Professional Pedagogy.
The teacher preparation and education graduate programs of the College of Education and Human Development are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) at both the initial teacher preparation and advanced preparation levels. Lamar is among the largest educators of teachers in the nation due to its large Masters in Education program.[35]
Family and Consumer Science graduates with post-baccalaureate work routinely experience a 90-100 percent pass rate on the American Dietetic Association (ADA) Registration Examination.
The Educator Preparation Program (EPP) is accredited by the State Board of Educator Certification and routinely has an average 96% summary pass rate for all certification tests.
The College hosts the Governor's School of Texas, a three-week summer program for gifted high school students.
The College of Arts and Sciences houses a wide variety of Lamar's academic programs. Fields of study include but are not limited to: Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Nursing, Music, English, Foreign Language, History, Political Science and Psychology.[36] The College is home to the JoAnne Gay Dishman Department of Nursing. The nursing department consists of BSN and ADN degrees. They have recorded a nearly 100% pass rate on the NCLEX-RN exam, a national exam required to receive a license to practice. The master of nursing online program in the Lamar University JoAnne Gay Dishman Department of Nursing has been ranked second in the nation for excellence in faculty credentials and training by U.S. News & World Report in Fall 2012.
The College of Fine Arts and Communication offers degree programs in communication fields such as Journalism and Broadcasting and fine arts degree programs such as Art, Theater, Music and Dance. Department programs are housed in the Music, Theater, Art and Communications buildings. The college is home to the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music. The department of communications operates LUTV, a local educational access television station and KVLU (FM 93.1) a National Public Radio station. The Department of Art's faculty includes internationally acclaimed artists Keith Carter and Prince Varughese Thomas.
The Lamar University campus is located off of Martin Luther King Boulevard, near U.S. Highway 69, in the southeast part of Beaumont, Texas. The campus is 7 miles (11 km) from the Jack Brooks Regional Airport, 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Neches River and 5 miles (8.0 km) from Downtown Beaumont. The Big Thicket National Preserve, Village Creek State Park, and The Gulf of Mexico are all located within 30 minutes of the school. Facilities include the 10,080 seat Montagne Center, the eight-story Mary and John Gray Library and the 16,000 seat Provost Umphrey Stadium.
Cardinal Village is the university's community of apartment-style dormitories, part of Lamar University's investment in student life on campus. As of 2010, there were five "Phases" of Cardinal Village with the capacity to house 2500 students. Each room includes a private bedroom, furnished with the necessities of college life such as a mini-refrigerator, microwave, computer desk, telephone outlets, cable TV ready, and easy connectivity to the University's network. Cardinal Village housing also offers community centers, study areas, meeting rooms, fitness centers, a swimming pool, on-site laundry facilities, basketball and volleyball courts, social lounges, and parking. During the summer of 2011 all five phases of Cardinal village were renamed for previously-demolished residence halls on campus: Phase I - Gentry Hall, Phase II - Morris Hall, Phase III - Combs Hall, Phase IV - Campbell Hall and Phase V - Monroe Hall.[37]
As the tallest structure on campus at eight stories, the Mary and John Gray Library serves as a landmark for the university. The library was completed on April 26, 1976 taking two and a half years to complete. It was named for Mary and John Gray who are considered the "First Family" of the University. Its collection exceeds 1.3 million volumes with interlibrary accessibility providing access to millions more. An online catalog is available to locate titles and allowing students to search selected databases at no cost. When you need an answer, a service-oriented library staff provides assistance in the use of reference materials, documents, special collections and instructional media.[38]
The Sheila Umphrey Recreational Sports Center was completed in 2007 at a cost of $19 million.[39] The construction included renovation of the McDonald Gym which had previously served as the university's sports center and home of the volleyball program. The naming of the center was made possible by a $5 million donation by local attorney Walter Umphrey in 2005. The 129,550-square-foot (12,036 m2) center includes a 13,000 sq ft (1,200 m2) cardiovascular room, a one-tenth-mile walking/jogging track, a 43-foot (13 m) climbing wall, basketball, indoor floor hockey/soccer arena, volleyball, badminton courts, racquetball courts. The center also sports a wellness and fitness center, health food café and juice bar. The lounge areas include pool tables, putting green, air hockey, foosball, video games and large screen TV.[40] The center is home to the Recreational Sports Office which organizes and hosts intramural sports leagues and sport clubs teams such as volleyball, basketball, flag football, cricket, badminton, indoor soccer, pool, ultimate frisbee and air hockey.[41]
The University's Brooks-Shivers Dining Hall provides a bistro ambience. It was completed in 2006 for $6.2 million and is named for Southeast Texas congressman Jack Brooks and former Texas governor Allan Shivers. The new facility provides a state-of-the-art dining experience. The 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m2) hall is set on a food court-style floor plan that offers a variety of seating areas from barstools to booths. Dining options range from a salad bar, grill and central bakery to pizza, stir fry, Mexican food, pasta, deli and soup stations. The state-of-the-art facility has striking interiors that include artwork created by Lamar University art students and faculty and the latest in high-tech equipment and taste-satisfying food that's focused on variety combine to create a palate-pleasing dining experience at the center of campus. On campus food services are provided by external company Chartwells who, in addition to the dining hall, provides options to franchised fast food chains and coffee shops.
The Setzer Student Center (or the Set as it is known by students) hosts social and cultural activities throughout the year and is the hub for campus student organizations. The lounge areas, Mirabeau's Café and the Cardinal's Nest eatery provide students with a place to socialize and relax. The Setzer Center also houses the bookstore, which stocks text books, school supplies, and Lamar University/Lamar Cardinals merchandise. Administrative divisions located in the Set include the Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement and the Office of Planning and Assessment. During the Spring 2012 semester, the Student Government Association, led by then-president Andrew Greenberg, passed a student-wide referendum to finance renovation and remodeling the Setzer Student Center. The vote was passed with 81% approval. Ongoing remodeling and renovation projects continue to improve the center.
The Dishman Art Museum serves as a teaching facility and art museum for Lamar. The museum was established in 1983.[42] The museum offers students an opportunity to experience diverse styles that reflect international trends as well as exhibit their own work. The Art Museum is open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday.[43] Admission to the museum is completely free.[44] The Museum's permanent collection includes 19th- and 20th-century paintings from American and European artist and Tribal Art from Africa, New Guinea, and Pre-Columbian Mexico.
The Spindletop-Gladys City Museum is an open-air museum. The museum commemorates the 1901 discovery of oil by the Lucas Gusher in Beaumont. The oil discovery was located on Spindletop salt dome in South Beaumont, the boomtown that sprung up around the well was known as Gladys City. The discovery soon produced 100,000 barrels of oil per day, making it the most productive in the world at that time. This productivity sparked an oil boom in Texas that continues to this day.
The Lamar Cardinals (or Cards) refers to the collegiate athletic teams of Lamar University. The inception of the nickname "Cardinals" dates back to the school's name change to Lamar in 1932. The teams compete in Division I of NCAA athletics for all of its varsity sports. Lamar has participated in practically every level of collegiate athletics from its inception as a junior college in 1923 to its gaining university status in 1971. Lamar fields teams in each of the seventeen sports the Southland Conference sponsors. Lamar sponsors fifteen teams (seven men's teams and eight women's teams)[45] that compete in the NCAA's Southland Conference for those seventeen sports. The newest teams are the reinstated football team beginning in 2010, and women's softball which began play in the 2013 season. With the addition of softball, Lamar is the only Southland Conference program to sponsor all men's and women's sports.
The Cardinals participate in men's and women's basketball, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, cross country, tennis, women's soccer, softball and volleyball, and men's baseball and football.
Under former head coach Larry Kennan, Cardinal fans responded when he delivered a 6-3-2 club in 1979, his first season with the team. Lamar set all-time attendance records under Kennan by averaging 16,380 in 1980. Games against Louisiana Tech (17,600) and West Texas State (17,250) rank second and third, respectively, behind the standing-room-only 18,500 Baylor drew for the 1980 opener. The football program's signature win came on September 5, 1981 in Waco, the Cardinals triumphed with an 18-17 win over the UPI #20 ranked Baylor Bears.[46] In 1987 Lamar football went independent to join the American South Conference, and the program was dropped altogether in 1989.
On January 30, 2008, 78% of Lamar students voted to approve the athletics fee required for football's resurrection. This vote set in motion the football team's return for the 2010 season.[47] Regents of The Texas State University System approved the athletics fee to reinstate football at its regular meeting February 20, 2008. On May 19, 2008, Ray Woodard was chosen as head coach for the football program. Thanks to a major gift from an anonymous donor, the football field now bears the name W.S. "Bud" Leonard Field, named for a former player and longtime Lamar advocate, and regent.[48]
The Lamar University Cardinals football team returned to the gridiron, after a 21-year hiatus, on September 4, 2010. The first-year squad compiled a respectable 5-6 record. The Cardinals opened Southland Conference play in 2011. The return of football to Lamar University is in part due to a generous donation from Beaumont-based law firm, Provost Umphrey. To help renovate the stadium, Walter Umphrey and his wife Sheila also made a personal donation. The stadium is now named "Provost Umphrey Stadium".[49]
Founded in 1924 the men's and women's basketball teams at Lamar have both advanced deep into the NCAA tournament. The men's team has four NIT appearances, six NCAA tournament appearances, four second round appearances, and one sweet 16 appearance. The women's team has two WNIT appearance, two NCAA tournament appearances, and one elite eight appearance.
The men's program was previously coached by notable coaches Billy Tubbs, Pat Foster and Pat Knight. The women's team is currently under direction of Robin Harmony.
Over the years, both the men's and women's programs have had the highest average attendance in the Southland Conference and play their games in the 10,080 seat Montagne Center.
The Lamar Cardinals baseball team represents Lamar University and competes in the Southland Conference of the NCAA's Division I. Except for five seasons (1987-1991), the Cardinals baseball team has been coached by Jim Gilligan since 1973.[50] With over 1000 career wins as a head coach he is one of the most winning coaches in NCAA history. The Cardinals baseball team leads the Southland Conference with 10 regular season titles and has participated in the NCAA Division I Regional Baseball Tournament thirteen times.
For Spring 2013, the university enrolled, 8,400 undergraduate and 4,609 graduate students. For Spring 2013, the student body was 4,958 male and 8,051 female.[51] In 2012-2013 the five most popular fields of study were business, engineering, general studies, interdisciplinary studies and nursing.[52] The student-to-faculty ratio was 19:1, among the lowest in the state of Texas.
The University Press also known as the UP is the student operated newspaper of Lamar. The paper was known previously as the S'Park Plug and the Red Bird before becoming the University Press in recognition of Lamar gaining university status in 1971. The University Press has grown into one of Lamar's showpieces. It is the largest student-run business on campus, and it has become one of the most respected student newspapers in the country. Since 1977, the University Press and its magazines have garnered more than 800 awards, including first place for Best Non-Daily Student Newspaper in 1994 and 2005 from The Associated Press Managing Editors of Texas and second place from the same group in 1988, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011 and 2012. The UP has averaged more than 26 awards a year in those 35 years.
KVLU, 91.3FM, is Lamar's very own public radio station. The station is member-supported but receives funding from the university as well. The station operates on campus. Students in the Communications Department can gain real-world experience on the staff of KVLU, or by hosting their own program.
LUTV is Lamar's student operated Television Station. The Programs of LUTV are broadcast on local cable TV. Programming includes newscasts to talk shows to soap operas, Lamar University's television programming runs the gamut all programming is student-created and student inspired. LU students produce a weekly 30-minute newscast, a light-news package bundled with a talk-show, and four unique student and faculty talk shows, all aired on local educational-access television.[53]
LUTV also supports C-SPAN and the SETCAST program, covering 222 governmental meetings for the Southeast Texas Regional Council of Governments. These public meetings are aired on local cable systems in Orange, Port Arthur and Beaumont. The program provides 10 full-time scholarships for Lamar television students.
The program emphasizes industry-standard equipment with a mix of linear and nonlinear editing equipment including Leightronix Ultranexus broadcast computer, MAC Pro Quad Core desktop workstation with Final Cut Pro and Adobe Production Premium CS6. LUTV broadcast students work with Panasonic AG-HMC150 AVCCAM camcorders and a Newtek Tri-Caster system to support LUTV programming.
LUTV provides students with the opportunity to envision, write, create, direct, report, anchor and star in their own productions.
Lamar boasts 17 National Fraternities and Sororities. College Panhellenic Council (CPC) is the governing body for the three National Pan-Hellenic Council chapters at LU. National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) governs the eight historically African American fraternities and sororities, while The Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) governs men's fraternities.[54]
Fraternities | Sororities | Co-Ed |
The student body of Lamar has developed many traditions over the years. Homecoming events like the Greek vs. Faculty Basketball Game, block party and Cardinal Mania Bonfire occur annually on Homecoming week. Food Fest is an event on campus where every organization is given a booth in the Setzer Student Center from which they can sell food. There are normally over 100 groups that participate in Food Fest. Greek organizations also annually hold Greek Olympics among all the different fraternities and sororities. It is a tradition among Cardinal athletes not to step on the Cardinal head in the athletic complex weight room. The L' Raisers a student spirit organization, is responsible for fostering traditions at athletic events. In 2011 the "Endzone Angels" were formed, they help the Football program with fundraising, recruiting and spirit. The Angels are a group of approximately 30 female students, they wear red dresses and cowboy boots to each home football game.[55]
The 'L' Yell The 'L' Yell occurs during football kickoffs. To accomplish the 'L' Yell, fans form an L with their right hand raised in the air. At ten seconds prior to kickoff, fans yell "L" until the kicker hits the ball, then the entire stadium yells the letter "U" and rocks the L in their right hand to the right, this forms a U shape. This signifies LU which is a popular moniker for the university. The "'L' Yell" achieves a Doppler effect in the football stadium and is used to intimidate the opposing team. This tradition carries over into many other sports such as free throws in basketball games and serves during volleyball.
Traditions of Lamar University also extend to singing the schools fight song Go Big Red and the Alma Mater.
The Alumni of Lamar University have gone on to distinguish themselves in every aspect of society. With over 75,000 alumni the school has a significant alumni base.
The average starting salary for a Lamar graduate is among the highest in Texas. The median starting salary for a Lamar graduate is $42,000 and the median mid-career salary is $77,400. Lamar has the highest median starting and mid-career salary in the Texas State University System.[56]
There have been several Cardinals go on to distinguish themselves nationally and internationally in sports such as PGA Tour golfer Chris Stroud, MLB player Kevin Millar and college coaches such as Billy Tubbs and Jim Gilligan.
In Business many Cardinals have gone on to found companies and lead Fortune 500 companies. Dan F. Smith an engineering alumnus was CEO of Lyondell. Tom Giannopolous heads MICROS. Charles Garrett another engineering alumnus founded invented and is CEO of Garrett Metal Detectors, one of the worlds largest suppliers of security metal detectors.
In politics such leaders as Jack Brooks, Nick Lampson and Elvin Santos have gone on to be national politicians.
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We will, of course. Paul and Sheila would never accept such a hapless excuse. Never give up hope--keep working, wheedling, organizing! We Minnesotans will never give up our voice for justice, which is unique in our nation!
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Elm Street roadway project nearing completionAug. 20, 2014 |
Chris Goudreau "The street looks like a brand new street at this point," Department of Public Works (DPW) Superintendent Robert Peirent said. "And it's a street that we anticipate will last for the next 15 or 20 years without the need for any major maintenance or reconstruction." Funding for the project came from the Commonwealth's Chapter 90 program, Peirent stated. Before the project began nearly a month ago, the road had poor drainage, a large number of potholes and puddles, and a rough surface, he explained. The entire roadway has been through a process of reclamation, which involves pulverizing the pavement's surface and blending it down into the subsurface material to strengthen that layer prior to the placement of a new pavement, he said. "Grates were adjusted to make drainage work better, to allow water to sheet off the roadway more correctly, and then the street was repaved," Peirent added. The lane lines and crosswalks have also been painted in the roadway, he said. Currently, the project is finishing its final grading process near the edges of the roadway and workers are preparing to seed areas for grass, he said. This cleanup phase is scheduled to be finished within a couple weeks. Grading involves the use of mechanized equipment to shape a roadway, he said. "With regard to the paving and roadwork on Elm Street, we work very closely with the town DPW," Superintendent of Schools Gordon Smith said. "They have done an excellent job keeping us informed of the progress and the potential detours. "The work has gone exceptionally well," he added. "We do not foresee any problems with the start of school and our bus routes. We, however, will work closely with the DPW and the East Longmeadow Police Department in order to be sure that we are aware of any potential detours." The Elm Street project was also worked in conjunction with the improvement to traffic signals on Mapleshade Avenue and Elm Street, Peirent said. "The traffic portions of the signal work had to be done before the road was paved," he said. "The subsurface material ... there was some conduits and wiring that needed to be installed in the roadway." New traffic signals and controllers will be completely installed near Mapleshade Avenue by late September or early October, Peirent added. "There are new handicap access ramps being constructed as we speak in that intersection [of Elm Street and Mapleshade Avenue] as well," he said. Peirent said he thinks town residents and people have driven on the road are happy with the project's result. "It's been known for a long time that that road has required repair," he said. "It's been the roadway that we spend the most maintaining and fixing potholes on year after year." |


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Ok, I know this isn't really a dessert question but I think someone might be able to help.
When I got my kitchenaid mixer it came with a small (red I think, with white spiral binding) recipe book. I need a recipe from it but cannot find it!! If anyone has this book I need the recipe for a sweet potato dish. I don't remember what it is called but it calls for mashed sweet potatoes and there is a corn flake topping on it. PLEASE help, my family will kill me if I don't make it for Thanksgiving! |
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Is this it? Found at another forum.... WOW, that does look good. Since it's sitting right here, here's the recipe from the PRO 600 manual: 2 medium sweet potatoes, cooked and peeled Place potatoes in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to speed 2 and mix about 30 seconds. Add milk, sugar, eggs, 2 tablespoons butter, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Turn to speed 4 and beat about 1 minute. Spread mixture in greased 9" pie plate. Bake at 400F for 20 minutes or until set. Clean bowl and beater. Crunch Praline Topping: Place all topping ingredients in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. turn to STIR speed and mix about 15 seconds. Spread on hot puff. Bake 10 minutes longer. Yield: 6 servings (1/2 c. per serving) Per serving: about 268 cal, 6 g protein, 35 g carb, 12 g fat, 2 mg cholesterol, 176 mg sodium Brooks in Dallas |
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G C Lichtenberg: "It is as if our languages were confounded: when we want a thought, they bring us a word; when we ask for a word, they give us a dash; and when we expect a dash, there comes a piece of bawdy."
W H Auden: "But in my arms till break of day / Let the living creature lie. / Mortal, guilty, but to me/ The entirely beautiful."
Werner Herzog: "We are surrounded by worn-out, banal, useless and exhausted images, limping and dragging themselves behind the rest of our cultural evolution."
John Gray: "Unlike Schopenhauer, who lamented the human lot, Leopardi believed that the best response to life is laughter. What fascinated Schopenhauer, along with many later writers, was Leopardi's insistence that illusion is necessary to human happiness."
Art Spiegelman: "You know words in a way are hitting you on the left side of your brain, music and visual arts hit on the right side of the brain, so the idea is to pummel you, to send you from left brain to right brain and back until you're as unbalanced as I am."
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The Greediest Generation has made Traffic Deadlier than Terrorism
The answer still is: Traffic.
Black humour now has mushroomed on the subject. Times of India Mirror reported on Jan 1 2009: "Death has a five day week...almost". You are less likely to get killed on a Pune road on Thursdays and Sundays.
Not just that. Times of India reported on December 17, 2008: drowning,poisoning, fire, by falling, electrocution, lightning strikes, due to firearms are also deadlier than terror.
"According to the Planning Commission, the social cost of road accidents in India stands at Rs. 55,000 crore annually. This constitutes 3% of the country's GDP." (Times of India, December 12, 2008)
The cost of terrorism is certainly less than 3% of GDP.
Marathi news daily Pudhari पुढारी reported on Sunday December 08, 2008:
"Pune has 2400 (road) accidents in a year involving 450 deaths."
Considering this stat, terrorism- even of the latest kind- is a side-show.
Shame on us! The Greediest Generation.
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN said in NYT on December 07, 2008:
"I've been thinking a lot lately about Tom Brokaw's book "The Greatest Generation," that classic about our parents and their incredible sacrifices during World War II. What I've been thinking about actually is this: What book will our kids write about us? "The Greediest Generation?" "The Complacent Generation?" Or maybe: "The Subprime Generation: How My Parents Bailed Themselves Out for Their Excesses by Charging It All on My Visa Card."
Our kids should be so much more radical than they are today…"
Should be.
But I don't see them anywhere. Most of the middle-class kids I see are highly conformists. They want to drive their own vehicle- a big one at that.
Carl Sagan has said:
"…Some of the habits of our age will doubtless be considered barbaric by later generations- perhaps for insisting that small children and even infants sleep alone instead of with their parents; or exciting nationalist passions as a means of gaining popular approval and achieving high political office; or allowing bribery and corruption as a way of life; or keeping pets; or eating animals and jailing chimpanzees; or criminalizing the use of euphoriants by adults; or allowing our children to grow up ignorant."
India is already guilty of "…exciting nationalist passions as a means of gaining popular approval and achieving high political office; or allowing bribery and corruption as a way of life …"
If Sagan were to be alive and visit Pune now, he would have surely included "keeping public transport paralysed while encouraging more and more private vehicles on lawless roads of Pune" to his list.
'So do you fancy staying in and getting obese or going out and getting murdered?
The Spectator 2007
My caption:
'So do you fancy staying in and getting obese or going out and getting killed on a Pune road while driving?'


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Time is Money: Using the unmodified Auction House {WoW}
Apr 7th 2009 5:10PM How dare you make it seem like this game is playable without the use of add-ons!
The Colosseum: Anthany {WoW}
Jan 31st 2009 9:31PM Also, additionally, we just learned how to type today as well, also.
Extended maintenance for Tuesday {WoW}
Jan 19th 2009 11:44PM Can I voice my confusion everytime you say "extended maintenance" when really I think of this as "normal maintenance" times? You should call this "normal" maintenance and the days they have rolling restarts "shortened" maintenance.
Spiritual Guidance: The Discipline raiding spec thoughts and review {WoW}
Oct 21st 2008 9:27AM No, I *THINK* what was being said is that there's no reason if you have 3 or 4 other healers that you couldn't allow 1 super-specialized shield machine to be in the mix.
As evidenced by the amount of chat on my server about "what's the best spec for _____ class," I think people are too hung up on "winning the game". Thankfully Blizzard is working to change the need for "the one right spec," but it'll be a while before people accept them.
I look at it this way: If you are running dungeons or instances, I understand the need to minimize repair bills/wipes/etc. However, my goal in the game is not "to never die ever, so I need the cookie cutter spec with *these* exact enchants and *these* exact gems." Cherish this time right now with nerfed dungeons and let people experiment. If wiping in a dungeon or having a group fall apart ruins your entire day, maybe you should take a deep breath and step away from the computer for a second.
Tinnitus: Leatherworking drums cause a debuff {WoW}
Jul 31st 2008 3:35PM AKA, instead of just brute forcing your way through instances, you'll have to get better. Got it.
WoW Moviewatch: A look at Dalaran {WoW}
Jul 29th 2008 12:33PM I'd pay good money to have that be the background music that constantly plays when you're in the city.
Hunter pet aggro may be fixed in Wrath {WoW}
Jul 24th 2008 12:58PM Well there is the problem. The mindset that hunters NEED to kill things faster than 30 seconds a pop. Can't we slow down and just enjoy the game?
It's the argument of the person who consistantly goes 10 MPH over the speed limit. You only run into the people who slow you down because you insist on going so fast.
Hunter pet aggro may be fixed in Wrath {WoW}
Jul 24th 2008 11:33AM Don't hunters have something on a 30 second cooldown that wipes aggro for them?
I play a hunter, too. I've learned that part of being a hunter is recognizing that it's okay to stop shooting for 5 or 6 seconds to let your pet attack the mob alone. The pet isn't in danger of dying if you stop DPS for a bit, trust me.
Beta invites going out {WoW}
Jul 18th 2008 10:49AM I'd love to see an article on here about why you SHOULDN'T play the beta. Am I alone in feeling like I'd hate to play the beta, level up to however much I can, and then just have to do it all over again when the expansion actually comes out?
Plus the more you play the beta, the more jaded and bored with the expansion you'll be when it actually comes out, right? I feel like I'm missing some larger element of the mentality behind beta-testers, and why they'd want to do it in the first place.
Breakfast Topic: The world ends in five hours... {WoW}
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The NAMI Board of Directors has charged NPRI's Access to Medications Task Force to examine the available evidence on trends, practices and alternatives to limit access to medications for people with severe mental illness, and to provide policy guidance on this issue to the Board. This report to the Board provides a comprehensive strategy for addressing threats to access to medications.
The policy recommendations fall into three major categories: federal, state and community and are arranged by legislative, regulatory, legal and evidence-based initiatives.
The Task Force also recommended a set of deliverables that NAMI should develop to facilitate the actions proposed in this report to the Board.
States face increasingly difficult fiscal situations. State tax revenues are falling more sharply than they have at any time in the past ten years and Medicaid health care costs are skyrocketing. Spending on prescription drugs is the fastest growing proportion of Medicaid spending.
While spending on prescription drugs accounts for around 10 percent of total spending on health care in the U.S., recently, prescription drug costs have contributed disproportionately, to the sharp upturn in overall health care costs. As a result, prescription drugs are consuming a growing share of Medicaid dollars, accounting for 10 percent of Medicaid spending. Moreover, Medicaid spending on prescription drugs has increased 18 percent annually for the last three years.
Increased spending on prescription drugs for the Medicaid population is being driven by four factors:
To control pharmaceutical spending, a number of states have adopted or are considering restrictions on access to certain types of more expensive medications, including psychotropic medications, in their Medicaid programs. States will be attempting to improve their capacity to control drug costs in the following ways:
All of these options are being given serious consideration by states as they struggle to control Medicaid expenditures on prescription drugs. Prior authorization proposals have appeared in legislation, appropriations bills and regulations. They pose significant threats for Medicaid recipients with mental illnesses trying to access medications prescribed by their treating physician.
It is current NAMI policy that decisions regarding specific medications prescribed to persons with severe mental illness should be based on the clinical judgments of treatment providers, not on economic factors. NAMI strongly opposes measures that limit access to treatment with psychotropic medications such as atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
In response to the developing threats to access to medications for people with severe mental illness, the NAMI Policy Research Institute's Access to Medications Task Force was created and charged by the NAMI Board of Directors to examine the available evidence and provide policy guidance on this issue to the NAMI Board, NAMI's grassroots advocates, and policymakers.
The Access to Medications Task Force met on December 9, 2002 to:
An agenda and supporting material for the task force meeting are included in the enclosed binder for your information.
To organize its work, the Access to Medication Task Force developed guidelines for its deliberations. The policies that flow from these guidelines were based on extensive discussions and they address both short and long term issues as well as the needs and interests of NAMI's members at federal, state and local levels.
Cost containment and stringent utilization controls often hurts access. Prescription drugs are essential to the recovery and continuing health of most people with severe mental illness. Ensuring access to the most effective psychotropic medications is essential.
Pharmaceutical companies must bring drugs to the market place at reasonable and affordable prices. At the same time, state agencies must provide sufficient funding to guarantee access to potentially cost-saving medications and must avoid regulations that simply shift healthcare costs.
Appropriate medication is as important to recovery from mental illnesses as it is for recovery from somatic illnesses. It offers the same alternative to more expensive care and treatment in both cases. If policymakers choose to do less for fewer people with mental illness, the cost of this neglect will not only be counted in human suffering, it will reappear in other areas of their budgets and/or in other levels of government.
Policymakers should weigh the costs of any strategy being considered against the anticipated benefits. Medicaid programs must measure the costs and health consequences and identify the risks inherent in a strategy. Cost containment and accountability must go hand in hand.
Rising pharmacy costs must be understood as part of the larger picture: dramatic reductions in long-term hospitalizations and criminalization result from access to effective medication, comprehensive outpatient treatment and timely short term inpatient treatment. We need to ensure that people with mental illnesses have adequate medications so fewer people end up being hospitalized longer than necessary or inappropriately incarcerated.
The mission of an effective patient care system is to deliver long-term value to the patient and society. Improving clinical quality by using evidence-based prescribing practices may require short-term investments and garner long-term savings.
It is very likely that using prior authorization programs along with other cost controls will reduce the medication compliance of people with severe mental illness. Previous implementation of multiple cost containment programs led to a significant number of persons with severe mental illness not receiving their medications. Barriers to appropriate care should be avoided. If individuals are denied access to medications, adverse events or outcomes should be reported by a physician charged with that responsibility. We believe this requirement is consistent with evidence-based health care practice.
Will advances in the pharmaceutical treatment of mental illness add to overall health care costs or yield savings as they supplant or reduce the need for other costly treatments? Patients should receive care based on the best available scientific knowledge. Cost control paradigms may reduce pressure on specific budget line items and they may be designed to minimize access concerns but they do not and are not designed to ensure quality care.
Access to psychotropic medications should not vary from state to state or from clinician to clinician because of cost containment decisions made by policymakers. Policymakers should base their decisions on the best available data from research on the cost benefit of the new generation of psychotropic medications. The Task force believes that access to medications should focus on a disease management approach to treatment.
Recommendations of the Access to Medications Task Force
The Task Force recommends that NAMI pursue the following strategies to ensure open access to medications in the current budget deficit environment. They should be seen as an integrated, comprehensive approach to addressing the needs and interests of the people we serve.
NAMI Policy Template
Legislative Regulatory Legal Evidence-Based
1. Support an Increase in FMAP
The federal government reimburses states for a substantial portion of their Medicaid costs. The Medicaid budget problems that states are experiencing are being exacerbated by reductions in federal Medicaid matching payments to some states. These payments are based on the "Federal Medical Assistance Percentage" or FMAP. The FMAP is determined by historical economic data. The current FMAP rates are based on data from years prior to the recession, placing a number of states in the position of having to fund their Medicaid programs with fewer federal dollars at a time when states are facing record state revenue shortfalls.
Realizing the service, infrastructure, and community economic impacts of the loss of federal funds if states cut back on their Medicaid spending, governors are aggressively supporting initiatives in Congress that will increase the federal match rates. Governors are also aware that there are serious implications regarding the safety of patients, cooperation of unions and loss of accreditation for Medicaid funds as state hospital staff cuts reach dangerous levels. Proponents of an FMAP increase contend that increased federal support will temper the need for drastic cuts in Medicaid programs.
NAMI should support congressional legislative efforts to increase FMAP in 2003, and work closely with the National Governors' Association, Association of County Commissioners and Association of State Legislators as they work to increase federal Medicaid matching rates.
NAMI should closely monitor and support appropriate, emerging legislative initiatives to expand prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries. State pressure to control prescription drug spending will mount in the absence of a Medicare drug benefit. Many states must pay the expense of drug assistance programs for Medicare beneficiaries who do not have incomes low enough to qualify for Medicaid. They must also provide the state match for dually eligible recipients under Medicaid. The federalization of prescription drug expenses for these groups through the provision of a Medicare drug benefit has profound implications for state budgets and for the Medicaid program.
3. Support System-Wide Health Care Reform
The Access Task Force supports systemic health care reform to address the coverage, cost and quality problems in the health care delivery and financing system. NAMI should monitor systemic health care reform initiatives and support those that lead to better access to the most effective treatments. NAMI should participate in appropriate hearings and meetings addressing mental illness system reform and health care system reform. These two initiatives are inextricably intertwined.
Specifically, as a part of mental illness system reform, an information and tracking system should be established to support officials (e.g., a physicians), who are responsible, for monitoring individuals served and individuals denied service. It is critically important that a risk management type-officer be held accountable for monitoring and keeping appropriate records, otherwise reform efforts will be slowed. There must be better data collection processes at the state level, with federal oversight, so that a reasonable evaluation of the system of care can occur.
The President's New Freedom Commission should address these issues in their final report.
NAMI should continue to press the Center for Medicaid and State Operations within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to provide written guidance to state directors advising them of both their legal authority to create carve outs for medications for severe mental illnesses and the policy justification for such a measure. We believe that such guidance is consistent with federal Medicaid law and the current Administration's policy with respect to access to treatment for people with disabilities.
NAMI supports increased research budget allocations to the National Institute of Mental Health. That research will develop a better understanding of access to services and treatment as well as the potential impact of the new generation of psychotropic medications. It would enable NAMI and other advocates to identify evidence-based practices that should shape public policy recommendations.
NAMI also supports increased funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) initiatives that translate research into evidence-based practices. AHRQ should sponsor research on newer psychotropic medications compared to older medications, so patients receive medical care based on the best available scientific knowledge.
NAMI should monitor the TMAP initiative (see below) to determine if its protocols can lead to more effective and more cost-effective, prescribing practices.
1. Exemption of Psychotropic Medications
Carve Outs
NAMI should promote and develop model language on carve-outs for anti-psychotic, anti-depressant, anti-anxiety and anti-convulsant medications as a starting point in discussions with state officials. The language should include a narrower carve-out like "anti-psychotic medications only," which should be considered only as a last resort, when a broader approach is not politically or economically achievable.
Advocates should emphatically oppose the use of fail-first provisions prior to authorization of state-of-the-art psychiatric medications.
NAMI must make it clear, in the appropriations process, that adequate funding of the state's mental health care system is critical to ensure the health of the state's citizens and communities. People with severe mental illness are the most vulnerable consumers – removing access to treatment is life threatening and provides no cost savings to the state over the long term.
Adequate funding and support of a strong mental health system and Medicaid program in every state must be one of NAMI's highest priorities. The Task Force supports the development of a tracking system that would identify which individuals are or are not served. It is important to be able to document that our nation's failure to provide adequate services for children and adults with mental illnesses has resulted in a crisis for schools, families, communities, and the states.
To further influence policy on access, NAMI advocates should arrange meetings with state Medicaid officials and officials in the executive branch, as well as with state policymakers and their staffs.
3. Pharmaceutical Pricing
The Task Force supports research and development efforts that support the development of new and effective medications. However, NAMI must not support pricing practices which make these same medications inaccessible to mentally ill people who depend on them. NAMI should monitor efforts on the part of pharmaceutical companies to not only contain but also reduce costs and to bring to market affordable medications. NAMI should monitor efforts by states to contain the cost of medications through more efficient purchasing arrangements that control the rate of escalation in prescription drug costs without harming access to medications.
Additional advocacy efforts should insist on procedures to protect Medicaid recipients with severe mental illness from harm.
The following actions are recommended:
A person, ideally a physician, should be appointed by the governor to see that all individuals served or denied care are tracked and that all adverse events are reported in a timely and pubic manner.
It is clear from presentations to the Task Force, that Medicaid prior authorization programs are high risk cost containment strategies and they are not an effective management strategy based on private sector experience. Based on data from Florida that was collected in April 2002, about 35,000 people who sought medications left the pharmacy without filling their prescriptions. It is estimated that nearly one-third of those consumers never received their medications. Another 22,000 people received a different medication or less than the amount prescribed. It is clear to the Task Force that the consequences for people with severe mental illness will be devastating in Florida and other states if Medicaid prior authorization programs become more commonplace. Prior authorization programs may help state Medicaid programs control their budgets in the short term, but unintended consequences such as increases in the costs of hospitalization and incarceration in the criminal justice system will offset any savings.
Further, the Task Force heard presentations that supplemental rebate programs are confusing to consumers and physicians because they may not be aware of when a drug is covered or not at any given time.
Additional testimony highlighted that states can only exclude eight categories of drugs from their Medicaid formularies and still comply with federal rules. These include "lifestyle drugs", investigational drugs, smoking cessation products and drugs that pose a high risk of abuse.
Therefore, NAMI should closely track state supplemental rebate reform initiatives and exclusions from formularies as part of its overall legal strategy. NAMI should consider participating in class-action suits that would oppose restricting low-income Medicaid clients' access to prescription drugs through burdensome prior authorization requirements, in order to extract supplemental rebates from drug manufacturers in exchange for preferred drug list (PDL) inclusion.
NAMI should consider filing amicus briefs and should support efforts to maintain access to treatment through other court actions.
NAMI should work with broad-based coalitions of consumers, providers, legal rights groups, other health care advocacy organizations, and other appropriate groups to support such initiatives. Establishing short-term broad-based coalitions with interest groups who have similar objectives regarding access to prescription drugs can enhance NAMI's effectiveness on the access issue.
Massachusetts Medicaid and Mental Health Departments have introduced a voluntary polypharmacy review process, with medical service provider education and compliance tracking, as an alternative to a preferred drug list. By educating prescribers and applying prior authorization procedures to polypharmacy practices for which there is minimal or no evidence base, Medicaid agencies may be able to improve care and moderate increases in expenditures for psychotropic medications. The Task Force heard that recent research points to significant physical health risk to patients who are taking multiple psychotropic medications. The Massachusetts approach is an attempt to change the clinical culture and to actively engage physicians in a dialogue about prescribing practices.
NAMI should support adjunctive pharmacy, which is defined as the use of an antipsychotic medication with one or more additional psychoactive medications (including another antipsychotic) when monotherapy options have been exhausted or specific psychiatric symptoms are being targeted.
NAMI should encourage the use of clinically tested medication algorithms to ensure the utilization of evidence-based medication practices. The Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP) has produced treatment algorithms (including prescription drug therapy) for three serious mental illnesses – schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disease. The paradigm has been adopted in other states. NAMI should support the continued development and evaluation of the efficacy of TMAP as an alternative to Medicaid cost containment strategies.
Advocates should contact their county commissioners, mental health directors and other local stakeholders to collaborate in engaging state Medicaid agencies on the access issue.
2. Work the Media
Advocates should contact the media's health care reporters to discuss the potential implications of impeding access to prescription drugs.
The NAMI Policy Research Institute has recently developed a comprehensive and integrated set of products (fact sheets, bulletins, alerts, sample letters to legislators and editorial boards, op-eds) to enable advocates to effectively engage state policymakers and other stakeholders on the access issue. The Task Force requested that the Institute develop the following information to aid in the efforts of advocates:
The Task Force believes that to ensure that people with severe mental illness have open access to critically necessary medications, NAMI and other advocates should use the strategies and tools outlined in this report to the Board. Advocates must work with policymakers and through appropriate channels to ensure that limited public dollars are used in the most effective way to protect access to the most effective treatments for people with severe mental illnesses. The next few years will be the most challenging mental health advocates have ever faced. We will need a comprehensive and coordinated effort to prevent long term damage to vulnerable people and an already inadequate system of care.
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It is never, ever too early to start introducing children to music. I don't remember when I didn't hear music growing up. My mom had an extensive record collection and played it for us, so I grew up on 50s standards and big band music. I could sing "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" when I was five.
I think music does for small children what nothing else can do. It engages every part of their brains. I mean, think of how many kids learned The Preamble from singing it with the "Schoolhouse Rock" cartoons on Saturday morning! I was singing it was I was four or five, for sure. I also learned grammar, math and history because of that series.
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The One Paragraph Steve Jobs Resignation Report
August 25th, 2011After the markets closed, a letter from Steve Jobs was released Wednesday afternoon, in which he said he's immediately resigning as CEO of Apple Inc., but will remain Chairman of the Board and an Apple employee. As expected, COO Tim Cook is assuming the CEO position full time; he had served as interim CEO during Jobs' extended sick leave. While the news is saddening to users of Apple's products, I wasn't surprised to hear of this decision. Some might even suggest that Jobs' illness has grown worse in recent months, but that information hasn't been made public. I would also hope that this isn't the reason why publication of Jobs' authorized biography was moved up to later this year. In the meantime, since Jobs will remain with Apple, no doubt he'll continue to be involved in strategic decisions, particularly new products. Indeed, his resignation letter states: "I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role." At the same time, I do expect that Apple's stock price will take a dive for a while until the market has a chance to assess the meaning of this decision. But it will probably go back up again soon, since no other tech company seems able to compete with Apple head on. In the meantime, it's unfortunate that some of the articles about Jobs are reading more like eulogies than profiles. Let's hope we can look at his career with a more sensible perspective, considering it's not actually over.
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.- The U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Mary Ann Glendon, warned in an article published by the L'Osservatore Romano that fundamentalist secularism that excludes faith from public life is threatening the United States and is an attack on so-called "positive secularity" and individual freedoms.
In her article, Glendon recounts how Church-State relations have played out in the U.S. since the 19th century, and the recent visit to the country by Pope Benedict XVI, during which the Pope warned of the need to strengthen relations. While in the U.S., Pope Benedict encouraged Catholics to bring their faith into the public square as an explicit way of living out and strengthening freedom.
Glendon went on to note how the 1962 Supreme Court decision outlawing prayer in schools was part of a "secularism that sought to eliminate all vestige of religious faith from public institutions in the United States."
"The legitimacy of every form of cooperation between the churches and the State is currently in doubt," Glendon said, adding that the "pressure on organizations to sacrifice their own principles is very strong," such as in the case of Catholic Charities of Massachusetts, which closed down its adoption program in 2006 out of a refusal to allow homosexuals to adopt."
Glendon also cites Professor Philip Hamburger, who explains that "the first amendment, originally thought to limit the government, has been increasingly interpreted by the Court to mean limiting religion and confining it to the private sphere."
"This interpretation—based on a very individualistic concept of freedom—has as its effect the limiting of the religious freedom of many people, people for whom the worship community is important," the ambassador said.
"Of course there are exceptions to these tendencies," she continued, but it is not "an exaggeration to say that, in the current situation, the 'positive model' of secularity is fighting for its life."
Glendon also offered an interesting observation on the survival of institutions such as public schools, which "depend on families and the surrounding community." Preserving "the free society may depend—ironically—on the protection of certain institutions that are not organized on the basis of liberal principles, that is: families, schools, churches and all other intermediate bodies of civil society," she stated.
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