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U OF E Men’s Basketball Defeats Top-Ranked Kentucky At Rupp Arena

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Men’s Basketball Defeats Top-Ranked Kentucky At Rupp Arena

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Tuesday’s game marked the third time in Evansville (2-0) history that the Aces took on the #1 team.  The win also had major significance in Missouri Valley Conference history as the victory was the first time a member school defeated a top-ranked non-conference team on the road.  It was the 13th-ever MVC win over a #1 school and the ninth in non-conference play.  The last Valley win over the #1 school since Nov. 21, 2015 when UNI defeated North Carolina in Cedar Falls.

“I don’t know if anything matches this other than winning a national championship from a basketball standpoint,” Aces head coach Walter McCarty said. “It’s awesome to be able to come in here and play on this type of stage and my guys, I have a good group of guys. They love each other and they’re really connected. And this group to come in here and be able to do that is just awesome.  It does not get any better than that.”

Leading the Purple Aces was senior K.J. Riley.  He scored 18 points while going a perfect 8-for-8 from the line.  Sam Cunliffe posted his second 17-point effort in as many games.  He hit six shots with two coming from outside.  He also added a team-high six rebounds.  Kentucky (2-1) saw Immanuel Quickley score 16 points to go along with 9 rebounds.  Tyrese Maxey recorded 15.

The win marked the 17th in program history against ranked opponents.  The last win came on January 1, 2015 when UE defeated #23 UNI.  The highest previous opponent that the program defeated came when the Aces took down #7 Purdue on Dec. 19, 1983.

After Kentucky scored the opening three points of the night, Noah Frederking got UE on the board with a layup.  Jawaun Newton drained a three on an in-bound player to tie it up at 5-5 and six minutes in, Sam Cunliffe dunked it to give UE its first lead at 10-8.

The Wildcats rebounded to back a 16-15 lead, but with 10:28 left in the half, Cunliffe was true from long range and gave UE a lead that it would not give up for the remainder of the half.  It started a 9-0 stretch, including seven in a row by Cunliffe.  Artur Labinowicz wrapped up the run on a second-chance layup that pushed the lead to 24-16 with 6:13 left in the half.

Held scoreless for four minutes, Kentucky scored four in a row to cut the Aces lead in half, but a triple by Riley and a pair of free throws on the ensuing possession gave the Aces a 29-22 lead.  UK closed in the final moments as they went to the half trailing the Aces by a 34-30 margin.  Cunliffe was the top performer in the opening 20 minutes, scoring 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting.

Noah Frederking drained a triple in the first possession of the second half, but the top-ranked Wildcats worked their way back, eventually tying it up at 44-44 as Tyrese Maxey scored five in a row, including the tying triple with 12:25 on the clock.  Kentucky would retake the lead at 48-46 on a pair of free throws a minute later.

Shamar Givance made sure that lead did not last too long as the next possession saw him nail his first bucket of the game – a triple to give the Aces the lead.  After UK tied it back up with eight minutes remaining, it was UE’s senior coming through once again, draining his second trey make it a 56-53 contest.

Williams’ fourth basket of the game, coupled with a confident three from Frederking, saw UE establish a 61-55 advantage at the 4-minute mark.  UK got within three in the final minute at 65-62 on a Quickley layup.  Following a UE turnover, the Wildcats had the ball down three with 14 seconds left.  Maxey drove to the basket for a layup to make it a 1-point game.  On the inbound, the Wildcats fouled Sam Cunliffe.  With the game hanging in the balance, he drained both free throws to push the lead back to three.  Kentucky had one final chance, but a Maxey triple at the buzzer fell short, giving UE the win.

In just two days, the Aces are back home as they take on IU Kokomo on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. inside the Ford Center.

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Hospital Monopolies Drive Up Health Care Costs, Study Shows

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Hospital Monopolies Drive Up Health Care Costs, Study Shows

November 13, 2019     Posted by 

By Brynna Sentel
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS—Over nearly 20 years Hoosiers went from having lower than average healthcare costs to medical expenses that were much higher than average and a Ball State University study helps explain why.

That study, by Ball State’s Michael Hicks, shows that medical expenditures are so high because not-for-profit hospitals have monopolies in their markets. Hicks is the director of the school’s Center for Business and Economic Research.

Hicks’ study shows that in 1998 Hoosiers paid an average of $330 less on healthcare than the average American but by 2017, Hoosiers were paying on average $819 more.

“This is the most positive response of anything that I have ever written,” Hicks said. “I’ve had board members of hospitals in two different systems say ‘hey, keep it up. You’re exactly right, this is what we have been complaining against but we can’t get any traction.’”

Although this report has received a lot of positive feedback, Brian Tabor, president of the Indiana Hospital Association, does not believe Indiana has a monopoly problem in healthcare and said the numbers don’t show the full picture.

“I feel it is imperative to dispel these myths, as the report does a disservice to the thousands of caregivers who work every day to serve patients,” Tabor said in a press release.

The hospital association said the study ignores the community benefit, which includes providing financial assistance, training medical professionals, conducting life-saving research, and much more.

“Indiana’s not-for-profit hospitals are absolutely committed to improving public health and investing in their communities,” Tabor said. “The annual benefit they provide approaches $2.5 billion for the most recently available data.”

Despite the increase in the cost of healthcare, the quality of service did not follow suit, Hicks’ research shows. From 1998 to 2017, Indiana fell nine places in national rankings for healthcare outcomes.

“I think the boards of these hospitals have lost track of their public mission,” Hicks said. “We are one of the few states in the country that is wholly dominated by not-for-profit hospitals so it’s a structural problem across the state.”

In 2015, not-for-profit hospitals in Indiana collected a little more than $1.7 billion in profits, according to the study.

The largest for-profit hospital company in the nation had a profit rate of 5.4 percent. In contrast, the number one not-for-profit hospital in Indiana had a profit rate of 49%, and the number 10 had a profit rate of 19.4%.

This could in part be because of the increase in network mergers across the state. Between 1998 and 2017, there were 1,625 hospital mergers nationwide and within the same two decades, Indiana also experienced increases in mergers.

“When I moved here in 2007 there were four hospitals in the region that I am in now, four independent hospitals and now there are two, and both are owned by different networks, and three of the four hospitals are held by the same network,” Hicks said.

All of the top 10 not-for-profit hospitals with the highest profit rates in Indiana are in one of five healthcare networks. There were only nine hospitals that were less profitable than the national average and only one of them was part of a network.

Indiana’s five largest not-for-profit hospital systems accumulated more than $27 billion in profits by 2017. This is about 8% of Indiana’s total Gross Domestic Product in 2017 and about 12 times the reserves the entire state holds in the event of an economic downturn.

Reserves are usually meant to last up to 180 days should their income stop completely. These not-for-profits have reserves that could last nearly eight years without collecting any revenue, according to the study.

Within the study Hicks proposed three broad policy changes—returning competition to not-for-profit markets, imposing a tax on not-for-profits that earn profits at rates consistent with private sector firms, and returning the revenue to health and educational services.

“It’s too big, to acute of a problem here in Indiana for it to be ignored by researchers in universities and elsewhere,” Hicks said.

IHA has requested an independent analysis of the data in hopes of putting the credibly of the study to rest and will be released soon.

FOOTNOTE:  Brynna Sentel is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

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Over 1,000 Students Have Left This Indiana District To Home-School

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Over 1,000 students have left this Indiana district to home-school. Can it solve its hidden dropout problem?

BY DYLAN PEERS MCCOY  – CHALKBEAT-INDIANJA – 1 HOUR AGO

 

An under the radar crisis is happening at Indiana high schools, as thousands of students leave without diplomas. Many of those students have diminished opportunities for careers and further education. Yet they are left out of state grad rates.

It’s easy to assume that hidden dropouts are primarily a problem at schools that we already knew were struggling — even if we didn’t know how many of the students were leaving without diplomas. Our first story focused on two Indianapolis campuses that had been taken over by the state for academic problems.

But we looked further into the data on how many students were removed from the grad rate because they were categorized as leaving to home-school. Many of the places with exceptionally high numbers have consistently earned passing grades from the state.

At Muncie Central High School, for example, over 100 students in the class of 2018 were labeled as leaving to home-school, and the numbers have been high for years. Now, new district leaders say they are overhauling options for struggling teens and changing the withdrawal process as they try to keep students from leaving to home-school.

Read the full story of Muncie, the district with the largest number of students leaving for home-school from the class of 2018. 

That’s just one story we uncovered. But we know there are more. So we’re sharing the data with readers. Tell us what you find.

Check out our database of how many students left each Indiana high school. 

— Dylan Peers McCoy, reporter

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE GOP?

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October 13, 2019

What is the Purpose of the GOP?

By Richard Moss

A year ago I was locked in a political race for the Republican nomination for Congress from Indiana’s 8th district.  I was running against the then four-term incumbent, Larry Bucshon.  I had also run in the prior election cycle in 2016.  And I had run in 2014 against Mike Braun (now U.S. Senator for Indiana) for state representative (HR 63).

Among issues popular among conservatives, I also had what I thought was a compelling platform regarding the incumbent: Bucshon and his family had moved to Washington D.C.  I had hoped that this factor combined with his generally weak voting record could propel me to an upset victory, which is never easy against an incumbent.  I started early and ran hard.  I had raised money and traveled extensively throughout the 18 counties of Indiana’s 8th district, meeting and interacting with voters.

Despite a vigorous, hard-hitting campaign, we came up short –- actually worse than the prior election.  I had dropped from 35% to 26%.  I also observed that many in the 8th district county-level GOP establishment were upset over my criticism of Bucshon for moving to D.C.  I contended, however, that a representative and his family must live, work, and attend schools in the area he represented.  In this era of an increasingly centralized federal government, far removed from its constituents, Bucshon’s decision to move to Washington exemplified a D.C.-centric mentality that defined perfectly what was wrong with our political system — and why I had run.

Having lost in three political campaigns, I can report that it is wonderful not to run for office.  The reasons for running in three separate campaigns, however, have not disappeared.  Our “one-party” system in Washington remains profoundly corrupt and self-serving.  It consists of career politicians from both parties, special interests, donors, and lobbyists, all of whom agree on one thing: growing the size of government.

The Republican Party, in its budgeting and voting, is a left-of-center party; it is, as I often referred to it as, the Republican wing of the Democratic Party.  With an increasingly Marxist Democratic Party and no serious conservative opposition from “soft-progressive” Republicans, the trajectory of the nation is all to the left: more spending, more programs, more socialism, and ultimately more tyranny.

Rather than promote a constitutional, limited government agenda that would actually expand liberty and shrink the power of the federal government, the GOP, in effect, embraces the tenets and policies of the Democrats (other than occasional, meaningless rhetorical flourishes to the contrary).  Thus, there is no active force to thwart the mortgaging of the nation and future generations by politicians seeking short-term political gain.

Thanks to our federal government, for example, we have annual trillion-dollar deficits, a national debt approaching $22 trillion (larger than our GDP), and $200 trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities.  The actuaries of Medicare and Social Security indicate both programs will be bankrupt in 2026 and 2035 respectively.  The Republican Party, allegedly a stronghold of fiscal prudence, is, in fact, handmaiden to profligacy and insolvency.

The GOP remains hapless on the issue of immigration.  It has done nothing to curtail and reform legal immigration to reflect the national interest (i.e. to make it meritocratic, limited, and diverse; to end chain migration, the “diversity” visa, birthright citizenship, and lawless “sanctuary cities,” among many critical issues); it has not secured the southern border nor prevented the influx of hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, virtually all of who are impoverished, uneducated, and unskilled, and who will burden our schools, hospitals, courts, and public systems.  Many of them are disease carriers, drug dealers, criminals, and terrorists.  Thanks to feckless Republicans, our immigration system has become a giant welfare magnet for the world, a threat to our sovereignty, the rule of law, and national security.

Utterly feeble on the cultural front, the Republican Party has meekly accepted the cultural Marxism of the left rather than push back against the nihilism and degradation of our popular and politically correct culture.  It has failed to promulgate a conservative “narrative” to confront the anti-Christian, anti-family, anti-American narrative foisted upon us by our cultural overlords.

Today’s Democrat Party, overtaken by the radical French Revolutionary Left, is not the Democratic Party of your grandfather or father, of Truman or Kennedy.  This bunch, should they come to power, is preparing the ground for future gulags not unlike their Marxist predecessors of the 20th century.

In effect, the conservative movement lacks a political vehicle with which to enact its agenda, policies, and narrative, hence the nation is at the mercy of liberal dem.  Absent effective and principled resistance from a fighting Republican Party, the leftward tilt of the nation, its decline into socialism and bankruptcy, its fragmentation into tribalized, warring identity groups, and the continued breakdown of its culture, is unavoidable.  The Trump years, like the Reagan era, will represent temporary but minor respites in the downward spiral of the country.

We live in treacherous times and the fault lines dividing us may be insurmountable.  But conservatives must continue to uphold our priorities that the nation may return to its foundational principles and beliefs.  We must reassert the religious and cultural underpinnings of the country, the central role of the two-parent family, faith, and the Judeo-Christian tradition; we should foster an appreciation of our unique history and heritage, of liberty, individual rights, the rule of law, free markets, and the principles of our founding documents, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.  We, the believers, must remain the vanguard defending Western and American civilization — with or without the Republican Party.

FOOTNOTE: Dr. Moss is a practicing Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, author, and columnist, residing in Jasper, IN.  He has written A Surgeon’s Odyssey and Matilda’s Triumph available on amazon.com.  Find more of his essays at richardmossmd.com.  Visit Richard Moss, M.D. on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

This article was posted by the City-County Observer without opinion, bias or editing.

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‘Tis the Season…

When everything is so merry and bright! Twinkling lights, decorated trees, mistletoe, eggnog, holiday music, Santa visits, and family traditions are what make this season so magical.

We hope you’ll make memories this holiday season in Evansville. And when you’re here, capture the perfect picture in front of our lighted back drop in Downtown Evansville! It could be your next Christmas card!
4 Reasons To Experience Evansville This Holiday Season
Christmas Decor Galore!
From 12 foot nutcrackers to enormous snowflakes to decorated store fronts, there is holiday decor galore! Spend a leisurely weekend taking in all of the sites around the city.
60 Sparkling Light Displays
Nothing gives you the feeling of Christmas more than a carriage ride through the Ritzy’s Fantasy of Lights. Grab a blanket and some hot cocoa, while you relax in a horse drawn carriage enjoying 60 light displays. You may visit the Fantasy of Lights November 28 – January 1. Click here for more information.
Holiday Plays, Musicals & Traditions
With so many holiday events, you’re sure to find something for everyone! Holiday traditions include Straight No Chaser, Peppermint Pops, a Downtown Christmas, Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker and Reitz Home Candlelight tour just to name a few. Some new, must-see events include Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, The Collingsworth Family Christmas Tour and Elf on the Shelf. To view all of the holiday events and more, click here. 
Holiday Shopping
Looking for that perfect gift or holiday decoration? Come shop our eclectic local boutiques. Then head over to Eastland Mall where you’ll find more than 130 stores and Santa! To view our shopping districts, click here.
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Be Inspired: The Art of Meditation to Develop Your Craft

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Volume IX | November 5, 2019
Your monthly news & updates
Check out what’s new at Twymon Art! The Twymon Art Gallery offers local artists and the community a space for art, education, and creativity. Join us for our exhibitions and educational workshops!
Be Inspired: The Art of Meditation to Develop Your Craft
Meditation can be many things to many people. It can be a way to find quiet and a time for the self. It can be a way to deal with stressors throughout the day and a path towards health. Regardless of the goal in mind, the process is similar for many: practice, practice, practice. But what happens when you practice. What are some of the things people encounter and how does that help people who want to be a better creator as opposed to creating more?
The first ingredient to a successful meditation practice is the dedication everyday to the practice. Next would be to have perseverance, because you will not always want to take the time to be quiet; whether mentally, physically, or spiritually. Being consistent with your meditation is key to reaching your objective. Also it helps to see your choice to meditate as a path or road that leads to your goal as well as an adventure to learn many new things. You will discover aspects of yourself that you previously could not see because you were too preoccupied with too many other things that you did not have time to see.
When you are quiet and still, you will begin to notice things that you may not have been aware of before, like your tone and the depth of your breath. You can notice if your inhale is only lifting your upper ribs or if you feel it in the lower ribs, too. You can notice if your breathing pattern carries any feelings with it; if your is shallow, will it cause more anxious thoughts and if it is deep, will your thoughts be more reassuring and calm. These are definite things to notice and reflect upon without forcing yourself to do so.
You will eventually be able to follow your breath more and more as well as get less and less involved in your thoughts and long-drawn out stories going on in your mind. When you stop yourself from getting carried away by your thoughts and feelings, you will eventually notice that you feel calmer and more in control even when it feels frustrating. Eventually you will notice that you are progressing into a calmer state, a more serene sense of self, and therefore a more productive life.
Being open to noticing the unique aspects of your breath can bring big rewards to your artistic life. The need to worry to deal with projects will fall away and you will be left with gracefully moving through those projects. You will have more patience with yourself to take those baby steps towards new goals. Once you begin achieving your goals, a whole world will open up to you. Notice if you are happier with your artwork or how you handle challenges. Are you becoming more innovative or trying new things? Are you becoming a better artist and more creative? You will understand that meditation is a path for a creator, and the breaths you take are the tools you use to build works of art designed for yourself and the world.
Painting “No Air” by Sydney Bruner- Twymon Art Gallery Resident Artist
Mental Illness and Creativity: Outside the Box
People with mental illness have a perspective on the world that is outside the norm, outside the box. Schizophrenia causes the individual to have hallucinations and delusions while Bipolar causes the individual to have severe mood swings. In some cultures, people with these experiences are considered gifts to their community. They are not seen as burdens or dangers to society; they are consulted because their way of seeing things is outside of what the norm can see.This abnormal perspective can be used to teach people in the community about other worlds or different ways of seeing a problem, for example. This life path is a creative path.
Creative means to think outside the box, outside what the norm is thinking and doing. The life of the person with a mental illness is a high form of creativity, of imagination.Their life operates on it, depends on it, and knows nothing else. When this person focuses his or her talents on bringing their creativity to the outside world, then others get a glimpse of the creative’s internal world. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was a talented painted and suffered from several episodes of psychosis in his later years. Sylivia Plath (1932-1963) was a gifted poet who suffered from severe depression. Louis Wain (1860-1939) was a Dutch artist who also suffered from severe depression and psychosis.
One must keep in mind that being creative does not mean you will have a mental illness. Furthermore, having a mental illness does not mean one is an artist. Many times, those who have been diagnosed with a mental illness are suffering, and time, space, energy, and resources are not there to produce art in whichever form it may be. Artists bring novelty and creativity to the world. The result can be like medicine for the artist who is suffering and like a mystical experience for the one who is admiring the artist’s work.
Paintings “Holla”(upper) and “It Hurts” (lower) by William “Billy” Twymon II
Twymon Art Gallery Founder and Resident Artist
Thank you so much for attending our exhibit and closing reception Activist Art for Social Change with Wendy G. Turner! We are so proud to have had such an amazing artist for our show and now Wendy is one of our resident artist!!! We appreciate you all for joining us and making this show such a wonderful success! We look forward to seeing you all again at our December Winter Art Sale.
Fresh Off the Easel
“Running Into the Light”
by William “Billy” Twymon II
Available for purchase at the
Twymon Art Gallery
  • Subject: Abstract Portraiture
  • 48×24
  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Framing: Unframed
  • Materials: Canvas, Acrylic
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“Sing It Baby”
by William “Billy” Twymon II
Available for purchase at the
Twymon Art Gallery
  • Subject: Abstract Portraiture/Slash Art
  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Framing: Unframed
  • Materials: Canvas, Acrylic
About Twymon Art Gallery
Twymon Art Gallery was established in 2016 in Evansville, Indiana. The gallery was founded by owner and resident artist Billy Twymon II.
The mission of Twymon Art Gallery is to showcase the artwork of emerging and established artists and artisans in the Tri-state region of Southwestern Indiana. The gallery’s art collection highlights the unique art styles and artistic cultures of our resident artists. The Twymon Art Gallery specializes in the resale of select works from local artists and presents innovative art exhibitions to our community.
The Twymon Art Gallery offers our local community a space for art education, through gallery workshops, and a creative space workspace to support emerging artist.
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1730 North Burkhardt Rd Suite D.
Evansville, IN 47715
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DWIGHT YOAKAM VICTORY THEATRE – FEBRUARY 27

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DWIGHT YOAKAM VICTORY THEATRE – FEBRUARY 27

TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY AT 10 AM.

Evansville, IN– Victory Theatre is excited to announce Dwight Yoakam will return to play at Victory Theatre on February 27. Tickets will start at $49 and go on sale to the public on Friday, November 15th at 10 am.

Dwight Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, and he is a 21-time nominated, multiple GRAMMY Award winner. He has 12 gold albums and 9 platinum or multi-platinum albums, with five of those albums topping Billboard’s Country Albums chart and another 14 landings in the Top 10. He is also the recipient of the Artist of the Year award from the Americana Music Association, the most prestigious award offered by the organization.

In addition to his musical career, Yoakam is a formidable film and television actor who has appeared in over 40 feature films including Sling Blade and Panic Room. In 2016, he recurred in David E. Kelley’s Amazon series Goliath. Recently, he appeared in director Steven Soderbergh’s film Logan Lucky with Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig. Yoakam is capable of seamlessly melting into his roles and impressively standing toe-to-toe with some of the world’s top thespians over the course of his storied and successful acting career, including Jodie Foster, Tommy Lee Jones, Jared Leto, Forest Whitaker, and Matthew McConaughey.

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