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A Surgeon’s Odyssey

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A Surgeon’s Odyssey

by Dr. Richard Moss

Have a look. Check out links.  A good read.  Available on Amazon or Simon/Schuster online. I have copies in my house and office if nearby.  Happy to sign.  Softcover, hardcover, Ebook.  Leave a comment and five stars if so moved.  thanks, Richard.

From 1987 to 1990, author Dr. Richard Moss traveled extensively through Asia while working as a cancer surgeon in four different countries including Thailand, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. His work was voluntary, however, the payoff was in the rich, fascinating, and, often bizarre experiences he had both as a surgeon and wanderer.

Based on this three-year excursion, A Surgeons Odyssey delves into the true-to-life adventures, struggles, and quandaries of a young surgeon from humble beginnings who found himself in a strange and tragic but beautiful world, striving to save those suffering from horrifying disease under hellish circumstances. In this memoir, Moss shares his story that includes insights into life, other cultures and religions, and the tragedy of intolerable disease amidst destitution and scarcity.

A Surgeons Odyssey tells of a young man’s decision to forgo comfort and financial security for the adventure of a lifetime, pitting himself against the specter of overwhelming suffering and illness. It narrates the unique journey of a cancer surgeon who, against conventional wisdom, embarked on a pilgrimage of healing and experienced surgical triumphs and setbacks amidst some of the most beguiling and fascinating cultures in the world. Richard Moss MD.

LINK TO BOOK.

https://www.archwaypublishing.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-001172278

USI Board of Trustees approves 2019-2021 biennial budget request

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At its regular meeting on Thursday, September 6, the University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees reviewed and approved the 2019-2021 Operating and Capital Improvement Budget Request that will be submitted to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE).

The operating budget was developed using the performance funding metrics created by the ICHE. In addition to increases in overall degree competition, at-risk degree completion, student persistence and on-time graduation rate, USI will be eligible to receive funding for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) degree completion. If the metrics are funded at the levels recommended by ICHE, the University would receive more than $4.4 million for improved performance.

In its 2017-19 Capital Improvement Budget Request, USI received board approval to renovate and expand the Health Professions Center. This $48 million proposed project will improve classrooms, laboratories, student study space and technology infrastructure across all three floors of the center. As part of these improvements, the Student Health Center would be moved to a new facility for University Health Services, Counseling and Wellness.

Additional components of the 2019-2021 budget request include a small increase in funding for Historic New Harmony, and continued funding for Campus Security Enhancements, STEM Innovation and Expansion Initiative, Strong Start Summer Bridge Program, Dual Credit and funding for general repair and rehabilitation of campus facilities.

In other business, the Board of Trustees approved housing and meal plan rates for the 2019-2020 school year and approved the distribution of 2018-2019 general repair and rehabilitation funds for campus improvements

Volleyball heads to Illinois State and Bradley Aces play on Friday and Saturday

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Road play continues for the University of Evansville volleyball team as the Purple Aces head to central Illinois to face Illinois State on Friday evening before heading to Bradley on Saturday.  Both matches will begin at 7 p.m.

UE played its first three league matches over the last week; the team competed hard in each one, but enters the weekend at 0-3.  Highlighting the opening three matches was a 5-set contest at home against Loyola in the opener as Rachel Tam posted 22 kills with Mildrelis Rodriguez finishing with 17.

The start of conference play did not deter the great start to the year for Rachel Tam.  In the first three MVC matches, Tam recorded 3.92 kills per frame – including 22 against Loyola; the only difference for Tam has been her hitting percentage, overall, she is hitting .208, but finished at 0.122 in the first three league matches.

Sophomore Allana McInnis has settled in as UE’s top setter and has responded with at least 18 assists in seven of the last eight matches.  That included the top match of her college career against Tennessee State, where she had a total of 60 assists in leading UE to a 5-set win; she posted 51 in the MVC opener against Loyola.  McInnis continues to play well as a sophomore, notching 6.19 assists per game while recording 16 or more in 11 of the 16 matches; since the NKU match on Sept. 8, she has averaged 7.9 assists per set, a total of 236 over the course of 30 sets.

Illinois State comes into the weekend with a 10-4 overall mark and are 2-0 in the first two league matches with road victories at Missouri State and Southern Illinois.  The Redbirds do a nice job of spreading the ball around as six players average between 2 and 3 kills per set; Lexi Varga has the top tally of 2.81; they lead the MVC hitting .246.  On defense, Courtney Pence paces the Valley with 5.48 digs per frame.

Bradley has also gotten off to a nice start in 2018, sitting at 12-2 while picking up two road wins in the opening weekend of league play.  Erica Haslag is the top offensive player, notching 3.87 kills per set, ranking third in the conference.

UKE COMBS IS BRINGING HIS “BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART” TOUR TO FORD CENTER FEBRUARY 16

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LUKE COMBS CONFIRMS 2019 HEADLINE ARENA TOUR

TICKETS ON SALE NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

NOMINATED FOR MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR AND NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR AT 2018 CMA AWARDS

Luke Combs will kick off his “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” in 2019—his first ever headline arena tour, marking another major career milestone for the breakthrough musician. The extensive tour—which will feature special guests LANCO and Jameson Rodgers—will commence January 31 at Birmingham’s Legacy Arena at the BJCC and will span through the

legendary venues across the country including New York’sand Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, among many others.

The tour—which was originally announced by Combs earlier this morning on SiriusXM’s The Highway channel—will go on-sale next Friday, September 14 at 12:00PM local time. In an effort

to combat scalping, fan club tickets will be sold through the Ticketmaster Verify FanTM program and all tickets will have fan-focused pricing offered between $25-$50.

His second headline tour, the “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” follows Combs’ record- breaking, 55-city sold-out “Don’t Tempt Me With A Good Time Tour”—completed earlier this year—and will be preceded by a series of fall U.K./European headline shows—which sold out months in advance. See below for details.

The tour culminates a massive breakthrough year for Combs, which saw the release of his platinum certified debut album, This One’s For You, released on River House Artists/Columbia Nashville and two recent nominations at the 2018 CMA Awards for Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year.

This One’s For You is currently the most streamed country album of 2018, achieving over one billion streams and was also the largest album debut from a new country artist in 2017. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart, where it has spent a total of 12 weeks at #1 and at #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. Additionally, Combs has had three consecutive #1 radio singles—3x platinum “Hurricane,” 2x platinum “When It Rains It Pours” and platinum “One Number Away.”

In addition to his breakout debut album, Combs released the deluxe edition, This One’s For YouToo, earlier this summer, which landed at #1 on Billboard Country Albums Chart and #4 onBillboard 200 Chart.

Since the release of This One’s For You, Combs has been named Billboard’s Top 100 Artist and Top New Country Artist of 2017, “Best New Country Artist” at the iHeart Radio Awards, Music Row’s “Breakthrough Artist Of The Year” and 2017 Artist To Watch by Amazon Music, Billboard, Bobby Bones, CMT, HuffPost, Nashville Lifestyles, Pandora and Rolling Stone.

This One’s For You was produced by Scott Moffatt (except for “One Number Away,” whichwas co-produced by Sammy Mitchell and Jackie Boyz) and recorded in Nashville, TN at Gold Cassette Studios and Direct Image Recording Studio.

LUKE COMBS’ “BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART TOUR”

January 31—Birmingham, AL—Legacy Arena at the BJCC* February 1—Huntington, WV—Big Sandy Superstore Arena* February 2—Greensboro, NC—Greensboro Coliseum Complex* February 7—Wichita, KS—INTRUST Bank Arena*

February 8—North Little Rock, AR—Verizon Arena*
February 9—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center*
February 14—Greenville, SC—Bon Secours Wellness Arena*
February 15—Knoxville, TN—Thompson-Boling Arena*
February 16—Evansville, IN—Ford Center*
February 21—Hershey, PA—Giant Center*
February 22—Columbus, OH—Schottenstein Center*
February 23—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena*
February 28—New York, NY—Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom†March 1—Bangor, ME—Cross Insurance Center*
March 2—Worcester, MA—DCU Center*
March 8—Tupelo, MS—BancorpSouth Arena*

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March 9—Orange Beach, AL—Amphitheatre at The Wharf* March 28—London, ON—Budweiser Garden*
March 29—Oshawa, ON—Tribute Communities Centre* March 30—Kingston, Ontario—Leon’s Centre*

April 11—Duluth, MN—AMSOIL Arena* April 12—Moline, IL—TaxSlayer Center* April 13—Saginaw, MI—Dow Event Center* April 25—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center* April 26—La Crosse, WI—La Crosse Center* May 10—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center*

May 11—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center Omaha* May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheater*

UE men’s golf opens season on Saturday at IU

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Aces play Saturday and Sunday

 The University of Evansville men’s golf team opens its 2018-19 campaign this weekend at the Fuzzy Zoeller Invitational in Henryville, Ind.

Hosted by Indiana University, the tournament will take place at Champions Pointe Golf Club on Saturday and Sunday.  Par will be 72 for the event with yardage set for 7,174.  Three rounds will take place with two on Saturday and a final set of 18 holes on Sunday.

A total of 13 teams will be participating including: Indiana, Bethune-Cookman, Bowling Green, Evansville, Georgetown, IUPUI, Oakland, Fort Wayne, Southern Illinois, Toledo, Western Illinois, Western Kentucky and Youngstown State.

UE looks to replace one of the best golfers in program history with the graduation of Tyler Gray.  His career average of 73.67 was the lowest in program history.  Four returning players look to step into Gray’s spot including Noah Reese, Matthew Ladd, Spencer Wagner and Cameron Weyer.

Reese has the lowest stroke average of any returning players, finishing last year with a 76.00.  His top effort in 2017-18 was a 7th place finish at the Butler Fall Invitational.  Ladd completed the season just behind him with a 76.04.  He had a great fall season in 2017, notching a 74.33 average.  Wagner and Weyer finished with averages of 76.76 and 77.16, respectively.

Evansville also returns Jessie Brumley, Gabe Rohleder and Robert Waggoner to go along with newcomers Dallas Koth and Tyler Roat.

 

Redbird Invitational marks opener for women’s golf

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Aces play Sunday and Monday

 The fall season for the Purple Aces women’s golf team commences on Sunday with the University of Evansville taking part in the Redbird Invitational in Normal, Ill.

Set for Sunday and Monday, the Aces play a total of 54 holes with 36 in day one and 18 more in the final day.  Weibring Golf Club is the host course and features a par of 72 and yardage of 6,002.

Joining UE in the tournament are host Illinois State, Akron, Western Illinois, Ohio, Ball State, Bowling Green, UNI, Bradley, Butler, Northern Illinois, Drake, Eastern Kentucky, Illinois Wesleyan and Loyola.

Evansville brings a balanced team into the 2018-19 campaign with three returning players and three newcomers.  Leading the returners is sophomore Sophia Rohleder.  The Evansville native recorded an 80.69 average as a freshman and found her groove in the spring of 2018, finishing at 79.33.  She posted a pair of 12th place efforts in March.

Behind her was Madison Chaney.  Chaney completed the year with an 81.42 average, but also had a great spring, finishing at 79.40 with an impressive finish of 9th at the Lonnie Barton Invitational.  Lexie Sollman is back for her junior season; her best finish last year was a 20th at the Alabama State Spring Kickoff.

Set to make their debuts for UE are Sydney Anderson, Alyssa McMinn and Caitlin O’Donnell.

 

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Volleyball hosts Dunn Hospitality Invitational on Saturday

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UE faces Austin Peay and Northern Kentucky

The annual Dunn Hospitality Tournament is next up for the University of Evansville volleyball team as the Purple Aces return to Meeks Family Fieldhouse to host Austin Peay and Northern Kentucky on Saturday.

UE faces the Governors at 3 p.m. before taking on the Norse at 7 p.m.; APSU and NKU will square off at 11 a.m.  Evansville is coming off of another strong weekend that saw them go 2-1 at the Phoenix Classic.  After dropping the opener to Elon, UE fought back to defeat Gardner-Webb and North Carolina Central.  Mildrelis Rodriguez and Rocio Fortuny earned All-Tournament honors.

A great beginning to her junior season continued for Rachel Tam, who has recorded at least 13 kills in all seven matches for UE.  Tam’s 138 kills ranks second in the nation while her 145.5 total points is fourth; she ranks 20th in the country in total attacks with 309.  Tam had one of the best weekends in program history in leading the Purple Aces to a perfect 3-0 mark and the Leatherneck Invitational Championship with 79 total kills including her career mark of 29 at WIU.

Mildrelis Rodriguez continued to show her prowess on both sides of the floor over the last week of play for the Purple Aces.  She was second on the team with 3.44 kills/set and 3.12 digs/frame with her top effort coming against Gardner-Webb as she tallied 20 kills and 17 digs.  Overall, she ranks second on the squad in both statistics for the season.

Senior Olivia Goldstein saw extended playing time in the Elon trip and responded in a big way, posting back-to-back 24-dig performances in wins over Gardner-Webb and NC Central, both were the highest totals of her career.  Her previous career mark in digs was 22.

Defending Ohio Valley Conference champion Austin Peay will mark the first match of the home tournament.  The Governors were 30-6 last season and have carried that momentum into 2018, winning their first six matches in tournaments at UMKC and Middle Tennessee State.  Cecily Gable leads APSU with 4.20 kills per set while Kristen Stucker averages 10.87 assists/set.

Northern Kentucky enters play with an even 3-3 mark with wins over Toledo, Weber State and Northern Illinois; their losses have come to Notre Dame, Virginia and Nevada.  Hale

COA slams courts, DCS for violating parents’ due process

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Katie Stancombe for www.theindianalawyer.com

The Indiana Court of Appeals reiterated harsh words at the Department of Child Services and Indiana trial courts after it reversed another case involving the failure to afford due process protections to families in termination of parental rights cases.

Mother L.R. was facing a petition to terminate her parental rights to her three minor children. She failed to appear for a “status of counsel” hearing, prompting the Vanderburgh Superior Court to enter a default judgment against her. On DCS’s motion, the trial court terminated L.R.’s parental rights on that basis alone, and though L.R. filed a timely motion to correct error, she was denied the opportunity to explain her failure to appear at hearing.DCS conceded that L.R. “was not provided the due process protection to which she is entitled” and that the court’s termination order failed to enter findings of fact and conclusions of law as required by Indiana Code section 31-35-2-8.

On July 9, the appellate court issued an order addressing similar due process violations in termination of parental rights cases from Indiana trial courts statewide. That order noted that over a six-month period, DCS had filed eight motions to remand in separate, but substantially similar cases, instead of filing an appellate brief.

That order found that by filing a motion to remand, “DCS has successfully avoided defending repeated, significant violations of due process in termination of parental rights cases.”

“The increasing frequency of these motions suggest that there are repeated, significant violations of due process occurring in termination of parental rights cases throughout this state,” Judge Paul Mathias wrote.  “This is a disturbing trend given the fundamental rights at issue in these types of cases.”

Mathias cited In re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of J.K., B.K., and I.R. (Minor Children) and L.R. (Mother) v. Indiana Department of Child Services, 18A-JT-529, as one such case referenced in the July 9 order, reprimanding both DCS and the trial courts for falling short.

“While the Court commends DCS for essentially conceding error in these cases, the Court is obligated to formally admonish DCS for its failure to afford litigants throughout this state the due process rights they are owed,” the court order continued. “Furthermore, the Court also reminds the trial courts throughout this state of their duty to ensure that litigants’ due process rights are not violated.”

The court reversed the termination order against L.R. and remanded the case for proceedings. The COA decision comes nearly two months after the July 9 order, which was specifically directed to Vanderburgh Superior Judge Brent J. Niemeier and Magistrate Judge Renee A. Ferguson, who presided in L.R.’s case. The COA’s July 9 published order also directed a copy of the order to be placed in four other Vanderburgh County TPR cases identified by case number.

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