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Vancouver Canucks' Keith Ballard makes all the little plays
Calgary Flames' Blake Comeau, left, crashes into Vancouver Canucks goalie Cory Schneider as Canucks' Keith Ballard, right, watches during second period NHL action in Vancouver on Wednesday January 23, 2013.
Photograph by: THE CANADIAN PRESS , Darryl Dyck
ST. PAUL, Minn. - It's not hard to cheer for Keith Ballard, whose humility and sense of humour carried him after his game left.
The 30-year-old defenceman is never going to be the guy the Vancouver Canucks promised when general manager Mike Gillis sacrificed offensive prospect Michael Grabner and a first-round draft pick to acquire Ballard from the Florida Panthers in 2010.
On a good team, he is not a top-four blue-liner who will play 22-24 minutes a night. His strong skating cannot drive the attack and his competitiveness doesn't change anyone's game plan. What Keith Ballard turned out to be, besides a great teammate, is a steady National Hockey League defenceman.
His greatest fault is that the Panthers overpaid when they signed him to a six-year, $25.2-million US contract in 2009, and Gillis overpaid to get him a year later. And those two transactions created an expectation that was impossible for Ballard to fulfil.
After trying to be a player he is not, he is finally the player he needs to be for the Canucks.
"Part of the problem is I just was never really sure what I was supposed to do," Ballard said Wednesday.
"I spent so much time last year on the mental side of things, working with a sports psychologist, because until I came here I never had any adversity in hockey. Going back to five years old, I just went out and played and didn't worry about anything.
"I've put in so much work on the mental aspect of it that I feel like such a different person, on and off the ice. Coming into this year, I just felt like myself again."
Ballard, who is from Baudette, Minn., should feel at home Thursday night. He'll be playing against the Minnesota Wild in front of family and friends, albeit with a heart aching at the loss this week of his grandfather.
Ballard is one of the most "human" players on the Canucks.
He arrived from Florida still recovering from hip surgery and soon played himself out of coach Alain Vigneault's lineup.
Last season, after regaining some confidence and reliability, Ballard suffered a concussion in February and missed the final 29 games of the regular season.
Since his trade, people have wondered how the team might get rid of him and his contract. But Ballard is still here and not only playing, but playing his best hockey as a Canuck.
He and third-year pro Chris Tanev have become so dependable as a third pairing, Vigneault no longer worries about his defence matchups. It wasn't by accident Ballard and Tanev were on the ice in the final minute of overtime on Tuesday, when Tanev's first NHL goal beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2.
Ballard hasn't registered a point in nine games – his keep-in helped set up Tanev's winner – but he co-leads the Canucks at plus-four. And his average ice time of 17:10 is more than Ballard logged in all but a handful of the 47 games he played last season.
"What he has stopped doing is chasing the game all over the ice," Canuck associate coach Rick Bowness said. "So now the game comes to him and he's in control."
Bowness, an assistant coach in Phoenix when Ballard began his NHL career with the Coyotes, remembers the defenceman when he was a minor-league prospect during the 2004-05 lockout.
"I've known Keith a long time," Bowness said. "What I remember from Keith ... we saw an earnest kid who wanted to learn and wanted to work and wanted to do well. You never forget those guys. You know deep in their heart, they really want to do well. And you want to see them do well. I've got a lot of time for people like that."
Bowness said Ballard, an 11th-overall draft pick in 2002 who was traded twice before playing in the NHL, also tried to do too much in Phoenix before learning to play within himself. The same thing has happened with the Canucks, he said.
Tanev and Ballard are an interesting pair. Tanev, who was never drafted, hardly says a word and his game is equally understated.
Ballard is one of the most talkative guys on the team and is known on the ice, as much as anything, for periodically catapulting opposing wingers with his hip check.
Their partnership is unchanged since the start of the season, and Tanev and Ballard have been the Canucks' most consistent defensive pairing. Tanev also is plus-four.
"He's calm and patient and I'm a bit more abrasive, so there are some complimentary strengths there," Ballard said. "But we communicate so well, on the ice and off the ice. Every morning after a game we'll sit down at a computer and watch our shifts together and talk about little plays."
That's what Ballard is: a little-play defenceman. There's nothing wrong with that. Thirty little plays a game will keep him in the NHL another eight years.
"My game fell apart for a year and it was a battle to get all that back," Ballard said. "Last year, I focused on building my foundation back — being reliable and consistent and using my strengths. But I was very conservative last year. I wasn't playing to just not make mistakes, but I wasn't playing to make things happen. This year, we talked about taking that next step."


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Bevacizumab and Docetaxel in Treating Older Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00541099
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 8, 2007
Results First Posted : August 21, 2014
Last Update Posted : March 27, 2019
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RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, also work in different ways to kill tumor cells or stop them from growing. Giving bevacizumab together with docetaxel may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving bevacizumab together with docetaxel works in treating older patients with stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
|Condition or disease
|Lung Cancer
|Biological: bevacizumab Drug: docetaxel
|Phase 2
- To determine the proportion of elderly (≥ 75 years of age) patients with stage III or IV non-small cell lung cancer surviving for at least 6 months when treated with a combination of bevacizumab and weekly docetaxel.
- To assess the progression-free and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
- To determine the response rate in patients treated with this regimen.
- To assess the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on days 1 and 15 and docetaxel IV on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment may repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for 4 weeks.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|11 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of Bevacizumab and Weekly Docetaxel in Elderly (≥ 75 Years) Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
|Study Start Date :
|January 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2013
Experimental: Avastin & Docetaxel
Avastin 10.0 mg/kg on days 1 and 15; Dexamethasone 4 mg evening before, morning of and evening of each dose of docetaxel; Docetaxel 35 mg/m2 on day 1, 8, 15
Biological: bevacizumab
Avastin 10.0 mg/kg on days 1 and 15
Other Name: Avastin
Drug: docetaxel
Dexamethasone 4 mg evening before, morning of and evening of each dose of docetaxel.Docetaxel 35 mg/m2 on day 1, 8, 15
Other Name: TAXOTERE®
- Survival [ Time Frame: 6 months when treated with combination of Avastin and weekly docetaxel ]
- Progression-free Survival [ Time Frame: 6 months when treated with combination of Avastin and weekly docetaxel ]Progression-free survival in months via the Kaplan-Meier method
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: 4 weeks after removal from study or until death ]Overall survival using Kaplan-Meier method.
- Response Rate [ Time Frame: Every 8 weeks ]
- Toxicity According to NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 3.0 [ Time Frame: 1st and 2nd week of each 21 day cycle, up to six cycles. ]Toxicity: using the highest grade of each toxicity experienced by each patient according to NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3.0.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|75 Years to 120 Years (Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer
Stage III or IV disease
- Stage III disease allowed, provided the patient is not a candidate for concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy
- Mixed histology allowed, provided the biopsy has less than 50% squamous cell histology
- Measurable or evaluable disease
Exclusion criteria:
- Squamous cell histology
- Evidence of cavitation in the tumor
- Tumors in close proximity to major blood vessels
No active, untreated brain metastases
- More than 7 days since prior treatment for brain metastases AND no evidence of hemorrhage in the lesion
- Stable or declining dose of steroids allowed
Inclusion criteria:
- ECOG performance status (PS) 0-2 OR Karnofsky PS 60-100%
- Life expectancy > 12 weeks
- Leukocytes ≥ 3,000/μL
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/μL
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/μL
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN (< 5 times ULN if patients has liver metastases)
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times normal
- Left ventricular function ≥ normal by MUGA scan or ECHO
- Urine protein:creatinine ratio ≤ 1.0 AND/OR urine protein ≤ 1+ by dipstick analysis OR protein ≤ 1 g/24-hour urine collection
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception and women should avoid breastfeeding
Exclusion criteria:
Resting blood pressure (BP) consistently > 140/90 mm Hg
- Patients whose BP is controlled (≤ 140 mm Hg systolic and ≤ 90 mm Hg diastolic) after adjusting, starting, or increasing the medications are eligible
- Significant hemorrhage (i.e., > 30 mL bleeding/episode ) or hemoptysis (i.e., > 5 mL fresh blood in one episode) in the previous 3 months
- Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy
- Significant traumatic injury within the past 28 days
- Abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within the past 6 months
History of other active malignancies
- If patient has other cancers such as PSA only (without clinical or radiographic evidence) prostate cancer, the patient can still be considered for this protocol if, in the clinical judgment of the treating physician, NSCLC is the most important malignancy and the other malignancy will not impact patient's overall survival
- Myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular episode within the past year
- Serious nonhealing wound or ulcer
- Significant vascular disease such as aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, or symptomatic peripheral vascular disease
Uncontrolled concurrent illness that would limit compliance with study requirements including, but not limited to, the following:
- Ongoing or active infection
- New York Heart Association class II-IV congestive heart failure
- Unstable angina pectoris
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Psychiatric illness/social situations
- Known hypersensitivity to any component of bevacizumab
- More than 7 days since prior radiotherapy and recovered
- No concurrent full-dose warfarin or its equivalent (i.e., unfractionated and/or low molecular-weight heparin)
- More than 10 days since prior and no concurrent aspirin ≥ 325 mg/day or chronic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- More than 28 days since prior and no concurrent major surgical procedure or open biopsy
- More than 7 days since prior core biopsy or other minor procedure, excluding placement of a vascular access device
- No other concurrent investigational agents, commercial agents, or therapies
- More than 30 days since prior participation in a trial involving an investigational agent
- No prior chemotherapy
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00541099
|United States, Michigan
|Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201-1379
|United States, Nevada
|Nevada Cancer Institute
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89135
|United States, Ohio
|Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
|Principal Investigator:
|Shirish M. Gadgeel, MD
|Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
|Responsible Party:
|Shirish M. Gadgeel, Principal Investigator, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P30CA022453 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|October 8, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|August 21, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|March 27, 2019
|Last Verified:
|August 2014
stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
Lung Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Bronchial Neoplasms
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Antineoplastic Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action


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So the BIG Vintage Millennium Falcon flew in last week in all its $250 glory and collectors are wondering about the other ToysRUs big holiday exclusive, the ROTJ Vintage Endor AT-AT with uniquely painted "poopie feet". The partial answer lies with our neighbors to the north.
While utilizing the same huge and gorgeous 2010 mold with all its fantastic bells and whistles, this AT-AT has a distinct Endor soiled paint app as well as a different colored Driver (black gloves and boots) and Speeder Bike. That's right, unlike the Vintage re-packaged Falcon, many will want to open this one. But you'll also admire and want to keep the Kenner inspired package because it's black and silver and nostalgicky.
ToysRUs Canada has this exclusive available now and with a pricepoint of $149.99 CAD which probably means it's the same price in USD (give or take a couple of pennies) unless TRU U.S. wants to up the price here. We hope not.
The lucky Canadians can also enjoy the AT-AT being on sale for $112.47 with FREE Shipping. Unfortunately, TRU Canada doesn't ship outside the country so you'll have to source a Canadian buddy to buy or trade one for you. The packaging is also tri-lingual if you're specifically after a U.S. box.
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Click here to visit the TRU Canada listing and be sure to let us know once the AT-AT is spotted in the good old U.S.A.
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The Central Connecticut women's soccer team fell to St. John's at the CCSU Soccer Field Friday night in their 2013 home opener by a score of 4-0. With the loss, the Blue Devils' record drops to 0-3-0 while the Red Storm improves to 5-0-0. Freshman Christiana Solomou landed all three of her shots on goal to lead CCSU on the offense.
Defensively, senior Nikola Deiter registered six saves in the first half of play before freshman Nikki Turley entered her first collegiate game between the posts to take her turn and add two saves of her own.
The CCSU defense started the game strong, rendering the threatening Red Storm scoreless until 16 minutes into the first half when a shot from the left corner of the box from St. John's Rachel Daly landed low in the goal to put the Blue Devils down by one.
Daly added another over 11 minutes later to increase the deficit to two before the Red Storm notched a third goal in the 29th minute of play to put the Blue Devils behind by three.
Opening the second half in a game reminiscent of last week's 3-0 loss to UConn, the Blue Devils fought back and allowed just one more goal before regulation play expired to bring the final score to 4-0.
Central tallied 18 shots in the match, six on goal, while St. John's also posted 18 shots, landing 12 on goal. Solomou led the squad with three shots on goal, closely followed by junior Tori Sousa, who posted two of her five shots on goal. Freshman Morgan Santoro also added a shot on goal.
The Blue Devils registered eight saves compared to six for the Red Storm and St. John's surpassed CCSU in corner kicks three to one.
CCSU hits the road for their next match up on Sunday, Sept. 8, where they will head to Lehigh. Kickoff for the game is scheduled for 3 p.m.


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Running Silver: Restoring Atlantic Rivers and Their Great Fish Migrations
(Lyons Press, 2013)
Atlantic coast rivers "ran silver" with schools of salmon, shad, and other fishes during early colonial times, the spawners pushing their way upstream to complete life cycles that once replenished marine fisheries along the Eastern Seaboard. Over the centuries these stocks were so stressed that virtually all are now severely depressed, with many extinct and some simply forgotten. Running Silver is an important and fascinating look at the fish whose history, life cycles, and conservation challenges are so poorly understood. Drawing on the author's thirty-year career as scientist and educator, the book tells the story of the past, present, and future of these sea-river fish through research, historical accounts, personal anecdotes, interviews, and images. John Waldman (Prof., Queens) serves on the doctoral faculty in biology and earth and environmental sciences.
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the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
I actually believe I've discovered the cause, and it's so obvious that I'm embarrassed that I didn't figure it out decades ago.
I'm not going to reveal what I believe is the cause - not even privately, because the other outspoken, here, won't agree with me anyway.
I am, though, going to presume an asshological "above the fray" posture, and - if anyone accepts the troll, here, watch others present all the same old proposed causes and offer all the same old proposed cures.
yes...This is a troll, because I'm attempting to goad people into posting.
yes...I honestly believe that I've discovered the primary cause of embouchure octave buzzing.
Re: the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
What is, "embouchure octave buzzing". Definition please.
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flattered/honored that you would read my troll, sir"
I didn't say that I wouldn't state what does ~not~ cause it...so this (below) is something that (though many believe it is the cause, because this condition is related) does ~not~ directly cause it:
- fatigue
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First time I heard a troller admit to the troll before anyone posted LOL.
I would put a good signature here, but i dont have one, so this will make do.
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I never found holding the tuba on my lap as normal. It felt heavy and slippy. Is it alright if I put it on my chair? As I grow taller would I have to change to a "lap" position?
I would put a good signature here, but i dont have one, so this will make do.
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You know I am off the wall enough with my theories of how the universe works, (or brass instruments, for that matter - pun intended) that I would probably agree with you.
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Re: the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
I believe there are many possible causes but since I have had a little of this lately, Id be interested for you to share what you think the causes are as a mouthpiece maker.
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Is this the "double buzz?"
I vote for loss of control of lower lip as cause, and firming that up a bit as cure. There may be other causes too.
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What about tightly-torqued or long-time-screwed-together components?
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I agree with the double buzz. A double buzz is where the upper and . Lower lip vibrate on different frequencies. Here is my solution ( passes salt around)
First when the double buzz happens allow it to continue to get the feel of the wrong way. Next slowly THINK about a slight change. Changes are sometimes less then a millimeter differences. By thinking you are allowing the micro adustments to happen as apposed to doing as more muscles get involved on a subconscious level. Once you get the feel when the double buzz disappears, play to remember the right feeling. To cement the idea allow your lips to double buzz then adjust so no double buzz. As a longtone doublebuz then corrected,double, then correct. Do this untill you can double buzz at will. It's called control
Re: the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
Probably it's side to side. At least, according to some people who've thought about it more than I.
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I can do something which I use to think was a double buzz. But which is not, I call it a hyper buzz, and its pretty freaky because it defies the laws of tuba.
Or maybe it doesnt and I just dont get it.
Anyway, I dont think you should cop out on this because you think peeps wont agree with you. Just tell us what you think.
Even pros have been completely freaked out by the double buzz, so lets dispell the myth starting with u
You make mouthpieces after all, why the hangup?
Re: the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
"fatigued muscles"...?? sure...of course...obviously...
MORE THAN "fatigued muscles", it is
"fatigued muscles trying to play a pitch on a tuba that is the wrong length".
I (yeah, as in the original post: "it's so obvious that I'm embarrassed that I didn't figure it out decades ago") FINALLY discovered that pitches that split into octaves are pitches where my TIRED muscles (yes, but...) are trying to "lip/favor" pitches in tune, rather than the tuba being the correct length for that troublesome pitch to resonate.
...move a slide...use a flatter/sharper (whichever is appropriate) fingering...etc...OR (simply) play the pitch out-of-tune (at the frequency that the tuba's given length prefers to resonate) It STOPS.
I don't read very much on trombone forums about this problem.
Re: the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
Thats pretty interesting. but what if the player is the problem, trying to buzz the pitch and the pitch is off but the instrument is the right length.
Re: the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
That person, then, SHOULD be playing the PIANO...you know, the piano in their den, of in the back of their own house.
Re: the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
Well, that one I can answer authoritatively, because I live mostly on trombone forums.
Yes. We talk it extensively. Once the habit forms it can be tough to break. I think after considerable discussion over a length of time we've arrived at consensus.
Re: the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
For me, "accurate slide positions" is the reason that I know longer attempt to double on bass trombone...
...It simply requires too much maintenance time (for me).
I still suspect that anyone who has trouble with this (regardless of the brass instrument) is
- tired
- trying to buzz a different pitch than is defined by the length of the instrument (whether the buzz frequency is "off", or whether the length of the air column is "off"...either way, they aren't matching up, and this acoustical mismatch is causing - yeah, along with muscle exhaustion - the conflict/interference.)
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My bass trombone sound IS a double buzz. Dont let me near one.
Re: the cause of embouchure octave buzzing
I don't disagree with bloke at all about the problem of playing a pitch on the wrong length of tubing. I believe it to be a major problem on tuba and trombone. When you chip a note that's the most common cause. (It can come from either direction - think the wrong pitch for your tubing length, even slightly, and you get a chipped note or bad tone; think the right pitch for the note, and have the tubing length wrong and the same thing happens.)
Where I disagree is the idea that trombonists don't have that problem. They have infinitely adjustable tubing length, why would they ever do it wrong? But as bloke notes, it isn't that easy to get every position dialed in in every octave, and hit them at speed.
You have to make the tubing the right length. You have to think and set for the right pitch. Depending somewhat on the range, you also have to have the mouthpiece angle just right, and the tongue level right. I was experimenting this morning on trombone, playing a G above middle C. With the slide right, angle right, pitch firmly in my brain, I succeeded in consistently chipping the start of the note simply by using a wrong vowel sound.
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Nashville sound
The Nashville sound originated during the mid 1950s as a subgenre of American country music, replacing the chart dominance of the rough honky tonk music which was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s with "smooth strings and choruses", "sophisticated background vocals" and "smooth tempos" associated with traditional pop.[1][2] It was an attempt "to revive country sales, which had been devastated by the rise of rock 'n' roll" as a distinct genre from the rockabilly that spawned it.[2]
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The Nashville sound was pioneered by staff at RCA Victor, Columbia Records and Decca Records in Nashville, Tennessee. RCA Victor manager and producer Chet Atkins, and producers Steve Sholes, Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, and recording engineer Bill Porter invented the form by replacing elements of the popular honky tonk style (fiddles, steel guitar, nasal lead vocals) with "smooth" elements from 1950s pop music (string sections, background vocals, crooning lead vocals), and using "slick" production, and pop music structures.[3][4] The producers relied on a small group of studio musicians known as the Nashville A-Team, whose quick adaptability and creative input made them vital to the hit-making process. The Anita Kerr Quartet was the main vocal backing group in the early 1960s. In 1960, Time reported that Nashville had "nosed out Hollywood as the nation's second biggest (after New York) record-producing center."[5]
The term Nashville sound was first mentioned in an article about Jim Reeves in 1958 in the Music Reporter and again in 1960 in a TIME article about Reeves.[6] Other observers have identified several recordings that helped establish the early Nashville sound. Country historian Rich Kienzle says that "Gone", a Ferlin Husky hit recorded in November 1956, "may well have pointed the way to the Nashville sound." Writer Colin Escott proclaims Reeves' "Four Walls", recorded February 1957, to be the "first 'Nashville sound' record", and Chet Atkins, the RCA Victor producer and guitarist most often credited with being the sound's primary artistic creator, pointed to his production of Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me" later the same year.[7]
In an essay published in Heartaches by the Number: Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles, David Cantwell argues that Elvis Presley's rock and roll recording of "Don't Be Cruel" in July 1956 was the record that sparked the beginning of the era now called the Nashville sound.[7] Cantwell, however, doesn't factor in earlier Nashville recordings using vocal choruses or the fact that Presley's recordings were not marketed as country.
Regarding the Nashville sound, the record producer Owen Bradley stated
"Now we've cut out the fiddle and steel guitar and added choruses to country music. But it can't stop there. It always has to keep developing to keep fresh."[8] -Owen Bradley
Quonset Hut Studio, RCA Studio B and later RCA Studio A, located directly center of Music Row, were considered pivotal as well as essential locations to the development of the Nashville Sound musical techniques. RCA Studio A specifically was designed and built to incorporate these techniques and was designed by RCA's sound engineer John E. Volkmann.[9]
In the early 1960s, the Nashville sound began to be challenged by the rival Bakersfield sound on the country side[3] and by the British Invasion on the pop side; compounding these problems were the sudden deaths, in separate airplane crashes, of Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves, two of the Nashville sound's biggest stars. Nashville's pop song structure became more pronounced, and it morphed into what was called countrypolitan—a smoother sound typified through the use of lush string arrangements with a real orchestra and often background vocals provided by a choir. Countrypolitan was aimed straight at mainstream markets, and its music sold well through the later 1960s into the early 1970s. Among the architects of this sound were producers Billy Sherrill (who was instrumental in shaping Tammy Wynette's early career) and Glenn Sutton. Artists who typified the countrypolitan sound initially included Wynette, Glen Campbell (who recorded in Hollywood and not Nashville), Lynn Anderson, George Jones, Charlie Rich, and Charley Pride.[4]
The Bakersfield sound, and later outlaw country, dominated country music among aficionados while countrypolitan reigned on the pop charts.[4]
Upon being asked what the Nashville sound was, Chet Atkins put his hand into his pocket, shook his loose change, and said "That's what it is. It's the sound of money".[10]
Country popEdit
By the late 1970s and 1980s, many pop music singers picked up the countrypolitan style and created what is known as country pop, the fusion of country music and pop music.
Examples of the Nashville soundEdit
Classic examples of Nashville sound recordings:
- "Four Walls" by Jim Reeves (1957)
- "Gone" by Ferlin Husky (1957)
- "A Fallen Star" by Jimmy C. Newman (1957)
- "The Three Bells" by The Browns (1959)
- "Only the Lonely" by Roy Orbison (1960)
- "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" by Hank Locklin (1960)
- "He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves (1960)
- "Last Date" by Floyd Cramer (1960)
- "I'm Sorry" by Brenda Lee (1960)
- "I Fall to Pieces" by Patsy Cline (1961)
- "Hello Fool" by Ralph Emery (1961)
- "A Little Bitty Tear", "Call Me Mister In-Between", and "Funny Way of Laughin'" by Burl Ives (1962) (Ives was not a country singer, but a folk singer)
- "The End of the World" by Skeeter Davis (1963)
- "Here Comes My Baby" by Dottie West (1964)
- "Make the World Go Away" by Eddy Arnold (1965)
- "Misty Blue" by Wilma Burgess (1966)
- "Danny Boy" by Ray Price (1967)
Examples of countrypolitanEdit
- "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson (1971)
- "Help Me Make It Through the Night" by Sammi Smith (1971)
- "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" by Charley Pride
- "Eleven Roses" by Hank Williams, Jr. (1972)
- "Behind Closed Doors" by Charlie Rich (1973)
- "Good News" by Jody Miller (1973)
- "The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich (1973)
- "Paper Roses" by Marie Osmond (1973)
- "The Door" by George Jones (1974)
- "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell (1975)
- "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones (1980)
- "Slow Hand" by Conway Twitty (1982)
- The music of Ronnie Milsap
- "Lady", "You Decorated My Life" and similar songs by Kenny Rogers
- "When I Think About Cheatin'" by Gretchen Wilson (2004)
- Sparrow by Ashley Monroe (2018)
- Meet Me At The River by Dawn Landes (2018)
See alsoEdit
- The Nashville A-Team
- Nashville Sounds, a baseball team that borrows its name from the style
- Schlager music, the category under which much of Nashville country falls in Europe
- ^ Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. pp. 7, 115–117, 169. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9.
- ^ a b Dawidoff, Nicholas (1997). In the Country of Country. Great Britain: Faber and Faber. pp. 48–50. ISBN 0-571-19174-6.
- ^ a b The Tennessee Encyclopedia. Nashville Recording Industry. Accessed April 9, 2016.
- ^ a b c Sanjek, Russell. (1988). "American Popular Music and Its Business: the first four hundred years". Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504311-1.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-11-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Bill Ivey, Encyclopedia of Country Music
- ^ a b "The "Nashville Sound" Begins". Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ^ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music (1st ed.). Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
- ^ "Three Years After Being Saved from Wrecking Ball Studio a Still Makes an Impact". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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Given that Phil Simms works with human Ambien pill Jim Nantz, you could be lulled into thinking that the CBS lead analyst is a relatively mild, non-controversial media presence. But every once in a while, Phil gets a little bit nutty, and it's been happening more frequently as of late.
First there were his angry comments about QB stats last year, which essentially made him the NFL's answer to Joe Morgan. Then, he lamented the fact that players aren't able to yell at fans anymore. Now, he's taking issue with people who believe that Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck is a franchise savior for whatever team drafts him:
I just don't see big-time NFL throws. I don't care what anybody says. I've watched a lot of him. He never takes it and rips it in there. And you can say what you want but, man, you've got to be able to crease that ball every once in a while. We see it every week in these games. Hey, he can develop it but even in the USC game, you know, he's very careful with it, guides it a lot... There's not a lot of rotation on the ball and there's not a tremendous amount of power. Not that you need to have that power arm.
I like the last sentence because it completely undermines everything Simms just said. As for not being able to make big-time NFL throws, I'll refer you to Luck's highlight reel, which features him making extremely accurate passes into tight coverage, which is exactly the kind of thing NFL scouts look for.
The glorification of arm strength went out of fashion a long time ago. That happens when the likes of Jeff George and JaMarcus Russell get drafted solely by their ability to blow up watermelons with a tight spiral, and lack virtually every other quality needed to be a success.
There are many, many more important measures for grading a college QB prospect, most importantly accuracy. And Luck is historically accurate as far as passers go. Of course, Simms wouldn't know such things because he believes the field of statistics is the Devil's carpentry.
You only need to look to Simms' favorite player in the whole wide world, Tom Brady, to know that arm strength is nowhere near as important as the ability to read defenses quickly and get rid of the ball accurately before the pass rush arrives.
Of course, Simms also once said that Peyton Manning would never "(let the Colts) draft Andrew Luck." Never mind that Peyton isn't the GM of the Colts and therefore doesn't have the authority to make such decisions. Perhaps Simms is so enamored with the likes of Manning and Brady (two athletes he has spent the bulk of his career praising) that he merely hates the IDEA of Luck being called in to replace Manning, especially when people use stats (THE GALL) to make the case.
Here's what I think: Phil Simms has never been that good of an NFL analyst. He's been thoroughly outclassed by the likes of Cris Collinsworth in the booth, and I think he's resorting to boneheaded caveman remarks just so that he can be a little more memorable as an analyst. I have no stats to support that theory. I feel it in my GUT. For Phil Simms, that should be enough.


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Opinion 13-42
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Digest: The Rules Governing Judicial Conduct do not prohibit a justice court from advertising for local not-for-profit organizations willing to accept court placements of defendants to serve community service sentences.
Rule(s): Criminal Procedure Law §§ 170.55(6), 390.30(6); Executive Law § 261; Judiciary Law § 212(2)(l); Penal Law § 65.10(2); 22 NYCRR 100.2; 100.2(A); 100.3(B)(1); 100.3(B)(7); Opinions 12-139; 92-53 (Vol. IX).
The inquiring judge says his/her justice court has recently found it difficult to place defendants, who have been sentenced to community service, with local not-for-profit organizations.1 The judge asks whether it is ethically permissible for the court to "run local newspaper or radio ads" inviting local not-for-profit organizations "who would benefit from and be willing to accept" individuals sentenced to perform community service and "submit reports to the court" to so notify the court. The advertisement would not promise to place any defendants with such organizations.
A judge must always avoid even the appearance of impropriety (see 22 NYCRR 100.2) and must always promote public confidence in the judiciary's integrity and impartiality (see 22 NYCRR 100.2[A]). A judge shall be faithful to the law and maintain professional competence in it (see 22 NYCRR 100.3[B][1]) and shall dispose of all judicial matters promptly, efficiently and fairly (see 22 NYCRR 100.3[B][7]).
This inquiry is one of first impression for the Committee.2 Given that judges may lawfully impose community service obligations under specified circumstances to the extent authorized by law (e.g., Criminal Procedure Law §§ 170.55[6], 390.30[6]; Penal Law § 65.10[2]), the Committee does not see any appearance of impropriety were a court to invite all local not-for-profit organizations to express their interest in accepting such placements, provided the advertisement does not reasonably create an impression that defendants will be placed with organizations that are not eligible to accept such placements.
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The Committee notes that it cannot comment on the wording of the proposed advertisement or on any administrative or legal requirements that the inquiring judge may need to consider (see Judiciary Law § 212[2][l]).
1 Judges may impose community service as a sanction for certain offenders in conjunction with specific dispositions imposed by a criminal court (see e.g. Criminal Procedure Law §§ 170.55[6] [as a condition of an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal]; 390.30[6] [as a condition of probation]; Penal Law § 65.10[2] [in addition to incarceration or with restitution]).
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City rolls out new technology to track workers' gas
Albuquerque leaders said they now have a fool-proof way to make sure nobody can steal city gas after Target 7 uncovered hundreds of gallons of fuel that taxpayers paid for vanished.
With gas prices hovering around $3 per gallon, it's easy to count every penny.
"The city uses literally millions of gallons of fuel every year fueling our fleet," said John Soladay with the city of Albuquerque.
Last year, Target 7 discovered hundreds of gallons of gas simply vanished from a city fuel pump. Now, the city has pumped up its technology to ensure only city employees, working on city time can fill up on the taxpayer's dime.
Before the new technology, city employees used gas cards.
"When you have 4,500 vehicles and you have white cards in the vehicles and the guy fills up and sticks it in his pocket, gets in another car, it's easy for the cards to get swapped around," Soladay said.
Soladay said the new key should eliminate the problem, and works together with new computers inside city cars.
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That chip connects with the computers in the cars transmits the odometer reading and then shuts the system down when the nozzle is pulled down.
The technology comes at a cost but Soladay said it is more accurate and efficient.
The city is currently using the tracking technology in more than 750 city cars. The city fleet has more than 4,500 vehicles.


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This is a frenetic time of year for most people and even the most dedicated person can be thrown off his or her healthy lifestyle plan. Social events seem to revolve around tables full of food and drinks, and all-day shopping sprees find people eating in the mall food court — or worse. Exercise time gets replaced with parties, shopping and family visits. It would be easy for the fitness professional to give in to the wave of good tidings, but I believe we would be doing a disservice to our clients. Certainly we want our clients to enjoy this time of year, but there are ways to help them keep things in check.
Holding a contest challenging clients to maintain their weight during the holidays can be extremely effective. The original concept is to have your clients weigh in the week before Thanksgiving and then weigh out during the first week of January. Those people who maintained weight within two pounds (to account for scale error) get placed into a random drawing for a prize. The prize needs to be relatively significant. One other piece of the contest is to send out weekly motivational e-mails to the participants. Important: To retain participant anonymity when you build your e-mail address list, send the e-mail to yourself and blind copy the participants.
Because you are receiving this issue of Club Industry after Thanksgiving, you could modify the contest this year and challenge clients to get back on track immediately after the holidays. Much of the holiday weight gain occurs because people tend to extend the holiday celebration well into the New Year. You could run a contest that challenges them to maintain their weight during the month of January. Once your clients are successfully maintaining their weight, then you can realistically begin focusing on weight loss in February and March.
Here are several points you will want to share with your clients through flyers, bulletin boards, e-mails or discussion:
- Don't try to diet. Your goal should be to maintain weight, not lose it.
- When shopping, pre-plan several quick, healthy snacks and have them readily available (pack a small cooler and leave it in the car).
- Offer to bring a favorite healthy dish to holiday parties, so you know there will be at least one "safe" item for you to eat.
- Stand far away from buffets so you're not tempted to constantly nibble.
- Don't completely cut out high-fat, high-sugar holiday favorites. Instead, choose small portions after filling your plate with healthier options.
- Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach can lead to overeating and overdrinking, so eat a small snack before going to a social event and alternate between alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
- You need exercise more at this time of year than at any other time. Exercise burns calories and also lessens stress, which commonly leads to overeating.
- Invite visiting friends and family to go to the gym with you.
- Take long walks before or after a meal.
National statistics range, but most tell us that people gain an average of five to eight pounds during the holiday season. You can help your clients stay focused by establishing the underlying theme of "moderation" during the holidays — not deprivation. If you tell your clients to abstain from eating cookies and gravy, you will lose them completely. Instead, lower the bar just a bit and encourage your clients to maintain their weight and keep exercising.
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I posted a bit ago and got some advice on my kitty's newly diagnosed CRF. Sorry this is so long.... my worry is making me ramble!
Gollum is 16 1/2 years old, a fat black domestic shorthair. I have had her since she was born. We currently reside on an Air Force base in Japan, along with her two younger step-sisters. While I always tried to feed my babies well, I was ignorant for a long time on proper cat nutrition, and so they have grown up on dry food, various brands that I (wrongly) believed to be "good" along the way. About 2 years ago, I decided to switch them to a healthier diet, so they all began eating the Evo Wild Cravings Chicken and Turkey dry. All 3 loved it.
Several months ago, Gollum was suspected to have the beginnings of CRF. With extremely limited choices in a foreign country on a base, I immediately switched her to Science Diet Mature Adult Active Longevity cat food (as they are the only offering that was low phosphorous). She started getting canned food mixed with water regularly, and some kibbles on the side. The vet says her blood test numbers are good (not too high) and her urine concentration is okay as well, so she just has early signs, not major failure yet. I also ordered several cases of the Organix brand canned catfood (Turkey & Salmon, Turkey & Spinach, Turkey & Seafood, and Turkey, Brown Rice, & Chicken.) While not my first choice (I wanted to stay grain-free...) it was one of the few that was low phosphorous, organic, and could be mail ordered and shipped to me!! All 3 cats now eat that, although they don't care for it. *sigh Next round will have to be something else... The two cats without CRF still get some EVO dry as well, and Gollum has been getting the Science Diet Active Longevity mixed with Now! Grain-free Adult Cat food. But this switch is only in the past couple of weeks. She was mostly on the Science Diet (canned and dry) when the NEW problem occured.
About 4 weeks ago, Gollum started going back and forth to the litter box, peeing in tiny drips and drops. Squatting on the floor. Crying. And then I noticed blood in with her urine. We went to the vet and she was diagnosed with a UTI and placed on Clavamox for 2 weeks. She seemed to be better, all cleared up. Less than a week after her last dose, the symptoms came back. Another urine sample to the vet, bacteria detected, back on the Clavamox. Today, I took Gollum in for an ultrasound (which turned out to simply be some x-rays.) The x-rays detected several stones in her bladder (2 bigger ones at 5mm and approx 4 smaller ones). Unfortunately, she is not finding crystals in the urine samples, which means they are probably not struvite. However, she does not know what kind of stones they are.
I have been told to keep Gollum on the Clavamox for another month (as the infection will return as soon as I stop) and was told to keep her on a STRICT diet of only Hills Prescription Diet c/d multicare bladder health. The vet is out of the canned (and won't get more for over a month), so she can have ONLY dry (which seems counterproductive to the CRF; I also don't know what the phosphorous of the c/d formula is.) The vet is hoping this will dissolve the stones in a month, but has scheduled surgery in early October if it does not. Our concern (both the vet and I) is Gollum's age (nearly 17) plus the CRF may complicate the surgery.
My mommy-worry is that by changing her catfood to the Science Diet in hopes of getting the CRF under control, I caused her newest problem of stones! But now we must deal with that...
My question: What are some GOOD foods that I can give my poor Gollum? Something for stones/bladder health that is also low phosphorous for her CRF. I would prefer something organic and grain-free, but I'm sure I'm asking for the impossible at this point. I also give her a little Omega-3 supplement every day, some canned pumpkin for fiber (the Clavamox was making her constipated) and Dasuquin 2x/day for arthritis. Is there a good "bladder health" supplement that I could give her to help with the stones as well?
I'm not ready to lose my baby girl, and the stress of all these health issues is driving us both crazy!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
According to the Hill's site http://www.hillspet.com/products/pd-...ealth-dry.html the c/d dry has a dry matter phos of 0.65%
Having not dealt directly with bladder stones I don't have as much insight with them, though I have an article here http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=1741 which states that if they are oxalate stones they can not be dissolved by diet & must be surgically removed. The prescription diet is supposedly to re-balance the urine pH to check to see if they are struvite or oxalate.
If she does go in for surgery be sure to have a blood test done before hand to recheck the kidney levels, ensure they will have her on IV fluids during the surgery & there is someone there just to monitor the anaesthesia.
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crf in cats
I saw that your cat has CRF. Do you know what the creatinine and BUN level is? We have 2 cats with CRF. Also, our cats used to get tons of urinary issues until we got them off all dry food and any food that has any fish in it... including any fish oil. This has made a HUGE difference! We only feed wellness canned and raw. We started them on RenAvast about a month and a half ago and this has been great for them. Their appetite is better and their coats are looking better. They go back in for a blood test next month and we are hopeful that their creatinine levels have gone down.
Back in Jan 2010, her CRE = 1.6 mg/dl, and BUN = 40.0 mg/dl. At that time, the vet didn't seem concerned about her numbers.
However, in May 2011, her CRE = 2.5 mg/dl, and BUN = 43.5 mg/dl. This is when she said she thinks she has CRF.
A re-check in July 2011 was CRE = 1.7 mg/dl, and BUN = 35.1 mg/dl. This was after I switched her from EVO Wild Cravings dry to Science Diet Active Maturity canned and dry (which is low phosphorous but full of junk fillers....)
The UTIs started about 2 months after I had switched her food, and I suspect it may have unfortunately been caused by the excess grain/filler (corn and soy are high in oxalates) in the Science Diet food.
It is unfortunate for both me and my cat that I am in Japan where I have access to only one vet (on base) and she is Japanese, so communication is occasionally difficult. I also have very limited access to a variety of catfood.
Gollum is now on the Prescription c/d for Bladder Health dry and I guess we shall see what is still there in a month. Still junky food in my opinion, but I have no choice now.
Once the stones are removed, I will go back to a high-quality low phosphorous canned food for her (I'm thinking the EVO 95% chicken and turkey; she doesn't care for the Organix and they all have seafood which my cats aren't used to anyway.)
That is interesting that your cats had urinary issues from seafood. I just recently started the Omega-3 fish oil after reading that it was a good supplement for CRF cats. I'll have to look into the RenAvast.
That link describing oxalate stones is very useful. Thank you. I tend to suspect that the stones are indeed oxalate (not struvite) and that this change in diet is not going to help. But I will certainly be happy if they do dissolve and surgery isn't necessary!
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Syria could turn into a new Somalia - UN's Brahimi
The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said he fears the country could "turn into a new Somalia" unless the crisis does not end soon.
In an interview with the newspaper al-Hayat, Mr Brahimi warned of a scenario in which warlords and militia filled a void left by a collapsed state.
Somalia has been without an effective central government since 1991.
Meanwhile, the UK said it would support offering President Bashar al-Assad a safe exit if it ended the bloodshed.
Prime Minister David Cameron told al-Arabiya TV that the international community should consider anything "to get that man out of the country".
But he also said he would favour Mr Assad "facing the full force of international law and justice for what he has done".
'Difficult and scary truth'
Mr Brahimi, who succeeded Kofi Annan as the international envoy to Syria in August, spoke to al-Hayat a week after the failure of the four-day ceasefire he brokered to coincide with the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.
In the interview, the Algerian diplomat played down the risk of sectarian and ethnic partition - which some observers have suggested could see President Assad's powerful Alawite minority forming a state in Syria's north-east - warning that the country faced something worse.
"People are talking about the risk of partition in Syria. I do not see partition," Mr Brahimi said.
"I believe that if this issue is not dealt with correctly, the danger is 'Somalisation' and not partition - the collapse of the state and the emergence of warlords, militias and fighting groups," he added.
Years of fighting in Somalia between rival clans and warlords, and an inability to deal with famine and disease, have led to the deaths of up to a million people since President Siad Barre was toppled in 1991.
Mr Brahimi said he was seeking a binding resolution from the UN Security Council based on the guidelines for a political transition which were agreed in Geneva in June by the so-called Action Group for Syria.
"Everyone must face a bitter, difficult and scary truth: that this type of crisis - if not dealt with correctly day by day - can go on for a year, two years and more," he said. "I hope that it doesn't go on for this period, and it might not if everyone inside and outside [Syria] does what he should."
Generals 'defect'
On Tuesday, clashes, shelling, explosions and air raids were reported in different parts of Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based activist group, said seven people had been killed by government air raids in the Houla region of Homs province, and that eight people had died after troops shelled the town of Saraqeb in Idlib province.
Seven civilians were also killed when warplanes bombed the south-eastern Damascus suburb of Kafarbatna, it added.
Later, there was a bomb explosion in the Waroud area of Qudsaya, a north-western suburb of the capital populated mostly by Alawites.
The SOHR said at least 10 civilians had been killed and more than 40 wounded when three devices were detonated. The official Sana news agency said several people had died.
Earlier, Sana said Mohammed Osama Lahm, the brother of the speaker of the People's Assembly, had been shot dead in the Midan district.
The Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency meanwhile said seven Syrian generals had been given refuge after being allowed to cross the border near the town of Reyhanli, in Hatay province.
The generals have reportedly been sent to the nearby Apaydin refugee camp - a well-guarded facility built on farmland which houses other former Syrian army officers. Their identities and ranks were not released.
In Jordan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with Riad Hijab, a former Syrian prime minister who defected in August.
He urged the opposition to abandon its precondition that the president had to step down before any peace talks can be held.
Mr Hijab later told al-Arabiya that Russia was "searching for a political solution in which Bashar al-Assad stays". This, he said, was "impossible".


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People always need to eat; there should be plenty of business. Some restaurant buyers think there is prestige to owning a popular eating establishment. But it isn't an easy business purchase. Peter Siegel, MBA (BizBen Founder, ProBuy & ProSell Program Director at 925-785-3118) reviews this topic.
What are the actual "provable" adjusted net earnings (cash flow) of a small to mid-sized business being purchased? Buyers need to look carefully at all financial info for the "real" adjusted net income/cash flow. Peter Siegel, MBA (BizBen ProBuy & ProSell Lead Facilitator) at 925-785-3118 explains.
Ever wonder what is involved in obtaining business purchase financing to buy a business or franchise? Peter Siegel, MBA who has over 25 years advising on all types of financing for business buyers in this BizBen Podcast & Webinar - SBA loans, Non-SBA Financing, Alternative Financing Sources.
Restaurant franchise offerings are among the most popular of the business types potential business buyers seek. What many would-be owners don't realize is that there are specific tips for buying fast food or restaurant franchises that don't necessarily apply to independent restaurants for sale.