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San Francisco Man With Devil Name, 2 Others Charged In Murder And Backyard Burial In North CarolinaA San Francisco native who adopted the devil name used in the movie "The Exorcist" is one of three arrested in North Carolina for murder after deputies found skeletal remains of two victims buried in shallow graves at a home there.
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Woman's Remains Found In Brisbane After Man Shows Off Human SkullPolice in Brisbane were working to identify a woman whose remains were found on a hillside - a discovery prompted by the November arrest of a man who was walking around with a human skull.
FBI Searches Abandoned Well For Human Remains In 'Speed Freak Killers' CaseThe FBI has begun excavation of an abandoned well in Central California in a renewed search for victims of a pair known as the "Speed Freak Killers."
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Pleasanton Police Discover Woman's Remains Inside Trash CanAuthorities in Alameda County are investigating human remains that were found in a trash can in the Pleasanton foothills on Thursday.
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Rain Delays Search For Bodies In 'Speed Freak Killers' CaseThe effort is focused in an area where a convicted serial killer said there might be 10 or more victims from a methamphetamine-fueled killing spree he and a childhood friend were part of in the 1980s and 1990s.
Yosemite Remains May Be Of Missing Livermore ManHuman remains found in Yosemite National Park earlier this month might be those of a Livermore man who went missing while on a hike in the park in 2003, a park spokeswoman said Tuesday.


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What Is a Gum Biopsy?
A gum biopsy is a medical procedure in which a tissue sample is extracted from your gums for laboratory analysis. The test is used to diagnose causes of abnormal tissue in your gums, which might be a result of oral cancer or noncancerous mouth sores.
Your gums also are known as gingiva. The gingival tissue is the tissue that immediately surrounds and supports your teeth. A gum biopsy is also called a gingival biopsy.
Types of Gum Biopsies
Your doctor may choose from several different procedures to perform your gum biopsy.
Incisional Biopsy
An incisional gum biopsy is the most common method of gum biopsy. In this procedure, your doctor will remove a piece of the suspicious tissue and another of the nearby healthy tissue.
By comparing the two samples, your doctor can determine if a cancerous area is forming from the cells on that gum tissue, if the cancer cells come from another deeper growth, or if they have spread to the gum from a different site elsewhere in your body.
Excisional Biopsy
During an excisional gum biopsy, your doctor may remove the entire growth—depending on the size and location of the lesion, or sore.
This type of biopsy is normally used to take out a small lesion that is in an easily reachable area of your mouth. Your doctor will remove the lesion, along with some of the nearby healthy tissue. This provides a sample for diagnosis, and helps prevent the lesion from spreading or growing.
Percutaneous Biopsy
There are two different types of percutaneous biopsies—or procedures where a doctor inserts a biopsy needle through your skin.
A fine needle biopsy may be used if the abnormal area is large. In this procedure, a small needle connected to a syringe extracts cells from the lesion. Your doctor may collect cells from different points on one lesion at the same time.
A core needle biopsy, or punch biopsy, uses a small circular blade to cut out a tissue sample. The blade is pushed down on your gum and your doctor pulls on the center of the area to withdraw a circular sample. The sample is freed from the tissue with small scissors or a scalpel. Your doctor may decide to use a punch biopsy depending on the location of the abnormal tissue and how easy it is to reach.
Brush Biopsy
A brush biopsy is a noninvasive procedure used to gather tissue by forcefully rubbing a brush against the abnormal area of your gum. It is used for an initial evaluation, or testing.
A brush biopsy is often your doctor's first step if your symptoms do not call for an immediate open or needle biopsy. If the results from this test show any suspicious growth or cancer, your doctor will likely do an incisional or percutaneous biopsy to confirm a diagnosis.
What Does a Gum Biopsy Test For?
A gum biopsy is done to examine and diagnose abnormal gum tissue.
Your doctor may recommend a gum biopsy to help him or her diagnose:
- a sore or lesion on your gum that lasts longer than two weeks
- a white or red patch on your gum
- ulcers on your gum
- swelling of your gum that does not subside
- changes in your gums that cause loose teeth or dentures
A gum biopsy can also be used to determine the stage or extent of a cancer that has been identified by imaging tests, such as X-rays, computed tomography (CT) scans, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.
The information provided by a gum biopsy, together with the findings of imaging tests, can help your doctor to find gum cancer as early as possible. This gives you more time for treatments, resulting in less disfiguration or scarring from tumors and a higher rate of survival.
Preparation for a Gum Biopsy
Typically, you do not have to do much to prepare for a gum biopsy.
You should tell your doctor about any prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, or herbal supplements you take. Discuss how these should be used before and during the test.
Your doctor may provide special instructions if you are taking medications that might affect the results of the gum biopsy. These include anti-coagulants (blood thinners); non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), like aspirin or ibuprofen; and any other medications that affect blood clotting.
You may have to stop eating for a few hours before your gum biopsy.
How a Gum Biopsy Is Done
A gum biopsy usually is done as an outpatient procedure at a hospital or in your doctor's office.
A physician, dentist, or periodontist typically does the biopsy. A periodontist is a dentist who specializes in diseases related to the gums and mouth tissue.
First, the gum tissue to be examined will be sterilized with a topical preparation, or a special cream that is rubbed on the area. Then, an injection of local anesthesia will numb your gum. You may feel a stinging sensation while the anesthesia is being injected. Instead of an injection, your doctor may simply spray a painkiller onto the abnormal tissue.
A cheek retractor may be used to allow your doctor better access to your entire mouth. This tool also improves the lighting inside your mouth.
If the location of the lesion is in a hard-to-reach area of your gums, your doctor may use general anesthesia. This will put you into a deep sleep for the whole procedure. It will allow him or her to move around your mouth and reach difficult areas without causing you any pain.
Incisional Or Excisional Open Biopsy
If you are having an incisional or excisional open biopsy, your doctor will make a small incision through the skin. You may feel some pressure or minor discomfort when the biopsy is taken or the lesion is removed. However, because of the topical anesthesia, you should not feel any pain.
Electrocauterization may be needed to stop any bleeding. This procedure involves the use of an electric current or laser to seal blood vessels. In some cases, your doctor will use stitches to close the open area and speed your recovery. Sometimes, the stitches are absorbable—meaning they dissolve naturally. If not, they will need to be removed in about a week.
Percutaneous Fine Needle Biopsy
If you are having a percutaneous fine needle biopsy, your doctor will insert a needle through the lesion on your gum and extract the tissue sample. He or she may repeat the same technique at several different points in the affected area.
Percutaneous Core Needle Biopsy
If you are having a percutaneous core needle biopsy, your doctor will press the core needle, which is a small circular blade, onto the affected area. The needle cuts out a section of skin with a round border. Pulling on the center of the area, your doctor will extract a plug, or core, of cells.
You will hear a loud clicking or popping sound from the spring-loaded needle when the tissue sample is pulled out.
There is rarely much bleeding from the site during this type of biopsy. The area usually heals without needing stitches.
Brush Biopsy
If you are having a brush biopsy, you may not need topical or local anesthesia at the site. First, your doctor will rub a brush strongly against the abnormal area of your gum.
The procedure is able to collect cancerous cells, since the links that bind these cells to each other and to the nearby normal cells are normally weak. You may experience only minimal bleeding, discomfort, or pain during this procedure.
Since the technique is noninvasive, you will not need stitches afterward.
Recovery from a Gum Biopsy
After your gum biopsy is completed, the numbness in your gums will gradually wear off. You will be able to resume your normal activities and diet on the same day.
During your recovery, the biopsy might be sore for a few days. Your doctor may ask you to avoid brushing around the biopsy site for one week. Also, if you received stitches, you may have to return to your doctor or dentist to have them removed.
If your gums bleed, become swollen, or remain sore for a long period of time, you should contact your doctor.
Risks of a Gum Biopsy
A gum biopsy can provide valuable information to your doctor, helping him or her find gum cancer at its earliest and most curable stage. In this way, the benefits of a gum biopsy often outweigh the risks.
Prolonged bleeding and infection of the gums are two potentially serious, but rare, risks. Contact your doctor if you experience:
- excessive bleeding at the biopsy site
- soreness or pain that lasts longer than a few days
- swelling of the gums
- fever or chills
Interpreting the Results of a Gum Biopsy
The tissue sample taken during your gum biopsy will be sent to a laboratory. A pathologist—a doctor who specializes in disease diagnosis—will examine the tissue.
Your sample will be analyzed under a microscope. The pathologist will identify any signs of cancer or other abnormalities and make a report for your doctor.
If your biopsy shows gum cancer, the information will help your doctor choose a treatment plan based on the stage of cancer. Early diagnosis of gum cancer can help make sure that you have the best chance of successful treatment and recovery.
If the results of your brush biopsy show precancerous or cancerous cells, you will need an incisional or percutaneous biopsy to confirm the diagnosis before beginning treatment.
An abnormal result from a gum biopsy could also be caused by:
- systemic amyloidosis: a condition where abnormal proteins, called amyloids, build up in your organs and spread to other parts of your body, including your gums
- thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP): a rare, potentially fatal, blood clotting disorder that can cause bleeding of the gums
- benign mouth sores caused by infections and diseases that can be identified by analysis in a laboratory


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Microsoft's decision to drop the Zune HD from its XNA development kit may actually be hints at plans for its sequel, leaks indicated on Tuesday. Multiple sources toldZDNet that the follow-up touchscreen player will be "similar to an iPod touch," indicating a more general-purpose role than the media-heavy Zune HD. With Windows Phone 7 as the only known mobile OS supported by XNA 4.0, the shift implies that Microsoft may use a variant of its phone OS to drive the next Zune.
A decision of the sort would potentially alienate developers that have been writing software for the Zune as it would render the Zune HD a "dead end" with no real market. However, Zune HD app development was extremely limited and was never expected to have a broad app catalog. Microsoft may be embracing a more Apple-like strategy that is willing to abandon a legacy platform in favor of encouraging apps that work on both its smartphone OS as well as its media players.
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"I think Texans understand what we're doing, they support it and that will be reflected in their elected officials' vote," Perry said in an interview this week with the El Paso Times.
In a wide-ranging discussion about the upcoming legislative session, the Republican leader, who will be sworn in Tuesday for a second full term, outlined his goals for the next 140 days.
Besides his package of border security bills, he said he plans to push initiatives to improve access to health care and higher education.
Over the last year, Perry has spent more than $20 million on border security operations. The money has helped pay for overtime and equipment for border sheriffs' departments and increased communications among border law enforcement agencies.
Some of those funds, about $200,000, were spent on a November test run of Perry's idea to put hundreds of cameras on the border and broadcast the footage online, allowing anyone anywhere to report border trespassers and criminals.
The efforts, Perry said, won favor with the public and helped him win the 39 percent of votes that returned him to office in November. "If there was one place where inarguably we won the day in the election, it was on the issue of border security," he said.
Since the election, news reports have shown mixed results from the border security operations.
Statistics from the first six months of Operation Linebacker, the cornerstone of state security measures, showed that border sheriffs turned over undocumented immigrants to Border Patrol seven times more often than they arrested criminals.
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A recent El Paso Times analysis of local crime rates also showed that since Operation Linebacker started in El Paso County, the crime rate increased 3 percent.
Another El Paso Times report revealed that Perry's monthlong border camera test netted just 10 undocumented immigrants, one drug bust and one interrupted smuggling route.
Some lawmakers have said the statistics from the border security operations so far have caused concern about the effectiveness of the programs and the need for accountability in how state money is spent.
"The border cameras demonstrated how cost-ineffective it is," state Rep. Norma Chávez, D-El Paso, said.
State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, has filed legislation meant to increase accountability for how local sheriffs use state border security dollars and to prevent officers from asking citizens about their immigration status and nationality.
But Perry said he's already won the public debate on his border security operations and is confident lawmakers will approve the money to continue the program.
State Rep. David Swinford, R-Dumas, has offered to carry the legislation in the Texas House. He is chairman of the House State Affairs Committee.
Swinford said he lives just miles from one of the meat-processing plants where federal agents conducted immigration raids last month. "One thing I do understand is what the problem is," he said.
Swinford said Perry's plan strikes a good balance.
"I don't think it'll be as harsh as some people want, and I don't think it'll be as lenient as some people want," he said.
Perry also said he plans to push "a very intriguing and thoughtful way to address that big group of the working uninsured in particular out there."
He would not reveal more details about his ideas to increase access to health care.
During the legislative session Perry said he would encourage an open debate about how to increase accountability and access to higher education in Texas.
"How do we increase the minority enrollment? How do we get more at-risk kids in school? How do we keep more of our kids in Texas?" he said are some of the questions he wants to address.
Perry added that he wants Texas to continue allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition. Legislators have filed several bills that would eliminate that provision.
Texas was the first state to pass a law allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates. "Here's what people have missed on the in-state tuition: They must be in process of getting citizenship before they're eligible for that."
Perry has said he wants legislators to avoid divisive immigration-related issues. He said efforts to take away in-state tuition would be divisive.
Brandi Grissom may be reached at email@example.com;
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The long-standing legal disagreement between LG Electronics and Quanta Computer Inc. has been settled, with Quanta agreeing to pay LG royalties for use of its patented computer technology, LG announced on Tuesday. The two companies entered into a settlement and license agreement, putting an end to two pending lawsuits over Taiwan-based Quanta using four of LG's US patents without permission pertaining to DVD readers in notebook computers.
The pair of lawsuits were pending in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuits were dismissed after the two companies reached an agreement, though specific information as to the amount of the royalties or how they are being paid has not been disclosed. The allegedly infringed-on patents have to do with the methods of data transaction in computers rather than the physical components.
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Migrating monarch butterflies are in "grave danger," according to a report that shows their colonies in Mexico now occupy the smallest area since records began in 1993. (National Geographic News)
Learn more about monarchs, migration, milkweed, and metamorphosis.
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- Read the short section "Migration Mystery" in our article "Monarch Migration Mystery." According to experts, more than half a billion monarchs spend their winter in Central Mexico. How can the monarch butterfly be in "grave danger," as the Nat Geo News article says, with that kind of population?
- Monarch migration, not the butterflies themselves, are threatened. "The monarch butterfly as a species is not endangered. What is endangered is its migratory phenomenon from Canada to Mexico and back," explains Omar Vidal, director general of WWF-Mexico, in the Nat Geo News article.
- What are the chief reasons monarch migration is threatened, according to the Nat Geo News article?
- Loss of habitat, including deforestation and destruction of the butterfly's most important food source, milkweed.
- Severe weather, including storms and droughts.
- Milkweed, the plant on which monarchs rely, is a pest to farmers. As its name implies, milkweed is a weed, diverting important nutrients from crops such as corn and soy when it grows in a field. Farmers are not going to sacrifice their livelihoods to preserve monarch migration routes, so what can be done to help the butterflies? (The Nat Geo News article gives you a few suggestions.)
- Urban planners can plant milkweed in unused areas, such as vacant lots, medians, and roadsides.
- Gardeners can plant milkweed in their home gardens.
- Classrooms can get involved in monarch-related citizen science projects. Check out these opportunities:
- Check in with the good folks at the North American Butterfly Association. They have good ideas, and lots of programs.


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Delicious, creative cuisine and impeccable table art. Our chefs pull out all the stops to ensure you have a fabulous and entertaining meal.
Completely redecorated and redesigned, this spacious restaurant near the main bar and lagoon pool welcomes you mornings, lunchtime and evenings with friends and family for international cuisine from the buffet.
Restaurant with tables for 2 to 8 people, equipped with high chairs for babies.
For information: the restaurant may be closed at certain periods.
This restaurant welcomes you for sumptuous international cuisine served from the buffet, close to the water's edge. The view over the lagoon from the superb terrace will take your breath away.
Tables for 2 to 8 people, equipped with high chairs for babies.
For information: the restaurant may be closed at certain periods.
In a charming waterside location with a wonderful view over the lagoon, this restaurant, bar and lounge is the ideal venue for relaxing gourmet moments. Table service, with a good selection of snacks.
For information, this restaurant will not be open from 24 August to 4 December 2015, during which time it will be undergoing transformation in order to provide a brand new eating experience. When the restaurant re-opens on 4 December there will be table service in the evening, for adults.
We apologise for this temporary closure, in the aim of providing you with an exciting new experience at Club Med Punta Cana!
For information, the Hispaniola will remain open all day during thus period.
There are two Baby corners, one in the Samana restaurant and the other in the Hispaniola, proposing sweet and savoury baby foods and all the equipment required to prepare babies' meals.
Available all day and evening (during bar opening hours) in all the bars in the Resort.
Drinks included(served by the glass and in the bars only):
Water, fruit juices, sodas, hot drinks, cocktails with and without alcohol, local and/or international spirits, wines.
Sweet and savoury snacks.
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Champagne, VSOP and XO spirits, bottled and canned drinks (available in certain Resorts from vending machines and/or the Club Med Boutique®), certain super-premium brands and bottled wines available in some of our restaurants and bars.
Located on the first floor of the main building opposite the swimming pool, this bar has beautifully refined decor. Take the time to enjoy the tranquillity of the sea view from the terrace.
Cigar humidor (at extra cost).
On one of the island's finest beaches in the shade of the coconut palms, this bar has a touch of the exotic and a festive note, with its spacious dance floor. The terrace juts out slightly over the sea. An ideal spot for a refreshing pause in the daytime or to learn to dance the Bachata and the Merengue. At night the stars shine bright between the coconut trees.
Le Céleste serves light snacks. For information: we apologise that the Céleste will not be open from 24 August to 4 December 2015, but Club Med Punta Cana is preparing new surprises for your future enoyment!
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Police issued a warrant today for a man wanted in the assault and attempted abduction of a parent near Bell Elementary School earlier this month.
The suspect, Pablo Crespo Ramirez, is a former resident of the North Center neighborhood where the woman was attacked, police say. They believe he is no longer in the area.
Officer John Willner announced the move today at a meeting of parents and community members at the school. Principal Robert Guercio called the meeting to allow parents to voice their concerns and dispel rumors circulated after the incident.
"The reality is we had a very serious incident here, and we can't have misinformation going around," Guercio says.
The woman was attacked at 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 12 in the alley between Bell and Oakley streets near Bell Elementary while walking to a meeting at the school. A man grabbed her by the thighs and attempted to drag her to an unmarked white SUV parked in the alley, Guercio says.
The woman kicked and screamed for help, getting the attention of other parents nearby. The attacker fled, and the victim chased him down the alley, calling out the license plate number of the vehicle he was driving, Guercio says.
The license plate number led directly to the identification of the suspect, police say.
After the incident, numerous rumors circulated around the neighborhood, including one that a child had been abducted. Police, however, said that was not true.
During the meeting, parents asked questions about the incident and sought safety tips.
They also asked whether the most recent incident was related to other crimes reported in the area prior to Aug. 21, when police issued a community alert. Officer Willner said the department was unable to release information about an ongoing investigation.
"Once this offender is in custody, we may be able to develop further information that links him to other crimes," Willner said, "but at this point, we're not able to say that this is a pattern in any way."
Stacey Stern, 41, who has two children at Bell, was at the school when the attack happened. She says she's been impressed by the police presence after the incident.
"They're on bikes, they're on cars. They're throughout the neighborhood. They're following us home. It's amazing," Stern says.
Stern says the incident has been a wake-up call for many families, including hers.
"I'm carrying mace. Got my pepper spray in my purse. And my husband's walking us to school every morning," Stern says.
Police describe Ramirez as about 5-foot-5-inches tall, 140 pounds with a medium complexion, long hair and a mustache. Residents are urged to call 9-1-1 if they see the suspect or have information on his whereabouts.


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A large crowd packs the council chambers to hear an entertainment ordinance Monday during the Lafayette City Council meeting at city hall in Lafayette. / By Brent Drinkut/Journal & Courier
Entertainment permits: Key points
On Monday, Lafayette Police Chief Don Roush said he plans to meet with promoters and venue managers before bringing a proposed entertainment permit ordinance back to the Lafayette City Council. He didn't have a timetable for when that would happen.
Here are some of the highlights from the ordinance, as proposed:
Under the ordinance, an entertainment event would be any "where dancing is indulged in or permitted, where music is performed live or reproduced by any type of electronic or mechanical device, and shall include sporting events."
Entertainment halls with a capacity of 250 or more would need to receive permits for individual events.
Annual entertainment hall permits would cost $100. Event permits would cost $25 each.
Failure to obtain the licenses or permits would carry a penalty of up to $1,000 per offense.
Exemptions from permit requirements would be offered to nonprofit groups, educational institutions, clubs or fraternities holding events limited to members, theatrical productions, and private events, such as weddings.
Promoters would have to provide a list of shows done in the past six months, names and address of all partners and their criminal backgrounds.
Among the grounds for denial listed are for events in which "persons under the age of 21 years will be admitted ... and the event is to be held on premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages." Critics have asked whether that would include all-age venues such as Lafayette Theater or restaurants with beer and wine licenses.
If Lafayette City Council members didn't have an idea about how serious the local music and live entertainment scene was about protecting its turf, they got a good look Monday night - without a word being spoken.
Lafayette Police Chief Don Roush sent notice earlier in the day that he would pull the plug on a proposed entertainment ordinance - something that galvanized the nightclub crowd like few shows can do. He said he would ask the city council to give him time to work out kinks in a permit system he touts as a way to keep venues safe. And he did, asking the city council to table the request for now.
Once the party moved outside the council chambers, the dozens of musicians, music fans and local promoters who filed into downtown for the city hall show looked like a cast from any given night at The Black Sparrow chatting up Roush.
That doesn't mean entertainment permits were going away. Tabled doesn't mean dead. But, Roush said, he was ready to figure out how to get an ordinance written in a way that promoters could live with and that still gives his officers advance warning of big events and the problems they sometimes bring.
"I was really glad to see Chief Roush so willing to come out and talk to some of us after his request to table the issue," said Ryan Smith, who organized the Save Local Music! Facebook site to recruit people to speak up at the council meeting after the proposed ordinance was first discussed last week. "He seemed very sincere. From some of the conversations I heard, it sounds like Roush simply needs to be educated as to how a show is put together and who is actually doing the legwork to make the event happen."
What the club crowd will find out about Roush's legwork is that he's generally more interested in gathering "partners" - if you get recruited into the task of refining this ordinance, get ready to hear that "partners" talk early and often - than he is about my-way-or-the-highway. The first part's his style. The second part's not the deal, in public anyway, for Roush.
"Going into tonight, I wanted to know who could partner with us on this," Roush said after the meeting. "Tonight, I think I found plenty. I was a little unsure when I walked out of that meeting, wondering what I was in for. But this was pretty nice, everyone out here, willing to talk."
They're willing to talk, because there's a lot at stake. And those with the biggest stake aren't ready to believe city hall fully comprehends the delicate, flower-box nature of a scene that is built on love, not necessarily money.
Nearly two decades ago, I remember the owner of a struggling nightclub on West Lafayette's Levee admitting it was time to dismantle his live music stage. At a time when the local music scene wasn't close to what it is today, losing a single venue was a huge blow to the handful of scattered souls trying to hold things together with open mike nights, finagling visits by acquaintances on tour in beat-up vans and settling for a rotating crop of bands from Indianapolis and Chicagoland.
Have you ever thought about ramming your head against a wall one night after another, the owner asked me when I could only ask: Why are you giving up? He left it at that and closed the doors.
The musicians, promoters and fans assembled around Roush on Monday night understand that - understand the vagaries of live music and trying to build on the sinking sand of intangibles.
What they preside over is fragile. A venue here, a band worn out there and the scene crumbles a bit.
"We were concerned (the ordinance) was going to hurt the music scene," said Shea Hack, founder of Greater Lafayette Intellectual Entertainment and host of the "Local Music Show" on WBAA. "We were concerned this could unravel what we're trying to do."
So what, tucked in eight pages of the "Entertainment Activities Ordinance," could be the straw that sends the next bar owner or a promoter packing? That answer isn't exactly clear. But the assumption that something in there would do the trick was impressed upon Roush several times and in several ways.
"Quite honestly, I'm a pro-business person," Roush said Monday night. "My boss is very keen on the downtown. So I am, too."
His boss would be Mayor Tony Roswarski, who has proved to be a fan of downtown development and a promoter of the night scene there. But even then, there were murmurs Monday night about fresh memories of Roswarski's denial last summer of a riverfront district liquor license for Zoolegers, a nightclub looking to move from Main Street, after residents on North Sixth Street balked at having the bar next door.
Could event licensing and the hassles that come with it be the next slap at nightlife - and, in very real ways, to momentum in the downtown district? Judging from backstage after the first act Monday, with promoters getting face time with the police chief, that's not where this show is heading.
Bangert is a columnist with the J&C. Contact him at email@example.com. Follow on Twitter @davebangert.


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10:30 AM, Nov 22, 2010 • By FRANK CANNON
There is an under-noticed bright spot for the Republican Party after the recent midterm election: Gains with Hispanic voters and Hispanic politicians.
The numbers are deceptive at first glance. Overall, exit polls show that Hispanic voters nationwide broke a little less than 2-to-1 for Democratic candidates. But the details tell an interesting story. In fact, the numbers point to some opportunities for Republicans.
As several commentators have observed, the 2010 elections saw conservative Hispanics break through to win major offices in New Mexico, Florida and Nevada. Until this year, a conservative Hispanic in public office was likely to be a Cuban-American. In the Congress now stumbling toward its lame-duck finale, four Hispanic Republicans served time – three House members and their fellow Floridian, Sen. Mel Martinez, who retired in August of 2009. All are of Cuban descent.
Onn November 3, the number of Hispanic Republican major officeholders had risen by 150 percent. Of much greater significance, three of those Hispanics were elected to statewide offices, two of them as first-time Hispanic governors of recently blue states. Most important, their ranks include both Mexican-American and Puerto Rican conservatives.
New Mexico governor-elect Susana Martinez may present the most compelling example. As Luisita Lopez Torregrosa writes for Politics Daily, Martinez was expected to get 30 percent of the Hispanic vote in her state, which would have been an elevated total for a Republican there. Instead, she over-performed and earned 38 percent of the Hispanic vote against her Democratic opponent. Martinez is emblematic of the Tea Party movement in that she is a fiscal conservative who is also pro-life and unabashedly opposed to same-sex marriage.
So, too, is Marco Rubio of Florida, a fresh face whose meteoric rise on the national scene came against considerable odds – forcing a popular incumbent governor in the GOP primary to drop out, then winning a three-way race against that same man and a Democratic congressman in the general election. Rubio, who is of Cuban-American ancestry, blends a message of opportunity, family, and integrity that unnerves national Democrats to the point that they sent in Bill Clinton in a last-ditch effort to save the day.
The argument that 10 Hispanic office-holders do not a revolution make might have some force if the deeper lesson of November 2 is lost on GOP leaders. The Hispanic vote did not migrate to these pace-setting Republicans because the party's stale "ethnic outreach strategy" finally hit its stride. The new conservative Hispanic governors, senator, and members of Congress won their races on substantive grounds. It's the belief systems of the new Hispanic conservatives that broke down barriers and borders.
Consider Raul Labrador, who came from 20 points behind to defeat incumbent Walt Minnick in Idaho. That victory is especially impressive given Minnick's blue dog record as an opponent of the TARP bailout legislation and votes against the $800 billion stimulus bill and Obamacare. Consider Quico Canseco as well, who prevailed in a close contest with a popular Democratic veteran, Ciro Rodriguez, in Texas's 23rd Congressional District around San Antonio. No House district has a longer continuous border with Mexico. The symbolism should not be lost on anyone, but the symbol matters less than the fact that Canseco's credo combines economic virtues with traditional values that align with the moral and family sense of most Hispanic-Americans. Rodriguez voted for the stimulus and for Obamacare, much to the chagrin of pro-life voters in his district.
More troubling for Democrats still: In Texas's 27th Congressional District (which includes Corpus Christi and Brownsville), 28-year incumbent Democrat Solomon Ortiz looks to be losing the recount against Republican challenger Blake Farenthold, in a heavily Hispanic district no less.
The Democrats had their bright spots with Hispanic voters on November 2, particularly in Nevada where it seems likely that Sharron Angle, whose campaign ran a particularly stark anti-illegal-immigration ad on the eve of the election, lost enough Hispanic votes to account for 90 percent of her margin of defeat. But the warning signs are there even in the bright spots. Brian Sandoval became the first Hispanic governor of Nevada on a more moderate platform than Angle's on immigration (and, to be fair, more liberal views on abortion), trouncing Harry Reid's handpicked biological successor, his son Rory.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have signed undrafted free agent safety Mario Russell from Carson-Newman.
Scouts Inc. assigned a rating of 30 to Russell and ranked him as the 72nd safety.
Russell is your typical big fish in a small pond as the 6-feet, 200 pound safety was the star of the Carson-Newman defense his final three seasons in Jefferson City. Last year in 11 games, Russell ranked second on the team in tackles with 83 and added seven passes defensed, two sacks, one interception.
In 2007, he teamed up with current Chief Anthony Toribio as a starter at Carson-Newman.
Safety is a position that an undrafted player like Russell might have a chance to stick. Eric Berry and Kendrick Lewis are the clear starters, but beyond that it's wide open deep in the Kansas City secondary.
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