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The four dignities lay out the stages of the path of warriorship. They are qualities that are innate to our own body, mind, and windhorse. Connecting with the energy and insight of each dignity brings further embodiment and deeper understanding of who we are and how to enjoy and engage the world. This program will combine sitting meditation, windhorse practice, study of a Shambhala treasure text (terma), sensory and outdoor explorations, and spending time with each other as a community of warriors in the world.
We will be spending a good amount of time outdoors, so please bring warm, waterproof clothing and good waterproof shoes/boots. Qigong (Eva Wong's lineage) will be offered before breakfast each morning for those interested in learning this form. It is optional. We will be doing other body exercises, so please bring loose comfortable clothing for moving around inside.
This program is offered as one continuous retreat, but this is the first part that could be taken separately.
Meek grounds us in our heart. We train to overcome arrogance and uncover our inherent gentleness and friendliness. We cannot move forward without the energy of brave humbleness. Begins November 14 at 7:30pm and concludes on November 16th at 5:00 p.m.
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Fan Tip: Want to see us? Ask your favorite venue to bring us to your town! You can do so on their various social sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
NOTE: After you receive your welcome email, click "Confirm my email so that I will be eligible for any exclusives from One-Eyed Doll" or,"Update Contact Info" and add your ZIP CODE for local show updates!!!
Surprise!!! We've released a new single to celebrate Kimberly's birthday!!! Grab it at OUR MUSIC SITE and enjoy.. xo
Surprise! We're having a GIVEAWAY!
THE BBQ PIT & BBQ FORK FROM THE BE MY FRIEND VIDEO, WHICH WAS USED TO SLAY AND COOK JEFFREY NOTHING! Mmm! Now you can make your own brisket out of the members of Mushroomhead anytime you want!
Every dollar you spend on CDs, Fan Packages and Downloads at our MUSIC SITE from today until later next week will get you our awesome music PLUS ONE FREE ENTRY into the giveaway!!! We'll announce the winner on OUR FACEBOOK by random drawing next week. Be ready!
Now is a great time to update your catalog and buy our albums as gifts for your worthy friends!
$1 = One Entry
$10 = Ten Entries
$100 = One Hundred Entries
...and so on.
Already have everything? WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU THOUGHT! We've got all sorts of new stuff!
We JUST POSTED three new remixes today!! They're super fun! CLICK HERE!
ReMONSTERED is NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD!! CLICK HERE!
This week will be crazaaay with the release of ReMonstered!!! Junior and I and our happy animal friends are going to be busy personally packing and mailing your pre-ordered CDs, putting together fabulous fan apprecation packages with extra TLC and recording your custom VOICEMAILS and remixes (click here to find out how to get one)!!
I'll be enclosing a free autographed-by-me sticker with every single pre-order to say thanks. :D Score!
As soon as these are all shipped out (this week sometime), the pre-order will be over. You still have your chance to get in on the fun and get your free sticker if you pre-order REMonstered at our site right now!
You can also download ReMonstered on Itunes HERE. Yay!
(Make sure to give it a great review and 5 star rating, please and franks!)
Why get ReMOnstered? Cause it sounds way awesomer now with Junior on drums, it's got a rad new remix/remaster AND a never-before-heard bonus track - and it's filled with live puppies! Also, we updated the inside artwork with photos by the amazing Austin TX photographer Brent LaVelle and upgraded the packaging to fancy book-like digipack. BAM!
Pre-order ReMonstered at our site!
Big hugs to all of you who have supported this special reissue. And yes, we have a brand new AMAZING release also finished.. We just really wanted to get this out there first. I have SO many songs to share with you from my little rock and roll heart.. Look out for news coming shortly!!
Thanks for being my best email subscriber friends!
Love and Gratitude,
The Be My Friend Single is now available on all platforms, including Itunes, various major retailers like Amazon and our Bandcamp music site.
CLICK TO GRAB IT FROM OUR SITE ( w/ LYRICS, FAN PACKAGES AND MERCH)
Fall Tour was so much fun that MUSHROOMHEAD has invited us out for their Winter USA Tour!! Check out these December dates below!!
Don't see your town listed below? Ask your favorite venue to book us!
TIP: After you receive your welcome email, click "Confirm my email so that I will be eligible for any exclusives from One-Eyed Doll" or,"Update Contact Info" and add your ZIP CODE for local show updates!!!
Surpriiise! We made a music video on tour for one of our favorite songs!!! It can be seen right now at Revolver! CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT NOW and make lots of nice comments for us to read!!
THANKS, FOR DEBUTING OUR VIDEO, REVOLVER!! We feel so lucky! Eek!
I'm not telling you what song it is... I want it to be a surprise! I'm only going to tell you that it was directed by the amazing Patrick Kendall (You're a Vampire, Committed) and features Waylon and Jeffrey from Mushroomhead AND our awesome roadies, Shotty, Pez and Tony!! Cause if you're our stage tech, I'm probably going to want to kill you in a music video. Full credits are below. Look at all these talented peeps who helped us make our video! Hi, Olga! I'm hugging you!
Shot & Directed by Patrick Kendall
Produced by: Monière Noore
FX Hair & Makeup by: Athena Zhe
Stylist: Olga Yarlug
Location PA: Stan Saja
DaVinci Colorist: Niger Miles
Production Company: Jelly Jam Productions
Shot on Red
Set & Props Designed by: Anthony Giordano, Scare Pro FX
Waylon Reavis of Mushroomhead
Jeffrey Nothing of Mushroomhead
James "Shotty" Shotwell
Pez Hopper
Tony Schiavo
Denise Chagaris-Cattaneo
Toshi Salvino
Pierce Cravens
Eric Klimek
Kimberly Freeman
Thanks to Anthony Giordano & Al Dorso of State Scare for the amazing location!
Thanks to Drew Schiro for letting us use his sweet garage!
Thanks to Revolver for debuting our video!
GO WATCH OUR VIDEO AT REVOLVER, and find out what the hype is all about!!! :) Remember to leave us nice feedback and spread the word like crazaaay! It makes us feel all fuzzy. YAY!
*To be read aloud in guttural metal voice*
OMG! It's the NEW Plumes of Death shirt featuring an AWESOME original drawing by Bob White!
Pre-order it HERE!
Use this discount code to get $5 OFF!
Expires 09/15/2013.
Huge thanks to Bob White. We feel really lucky to have his drawing on our stuff. Check the product page to find out how to get in touch with him for commission inquiries and well-deserved praise!
As soon as we get enough pre-orders, we'll be able to get these FRICKIN AWESOME SHIRTS printed in sizes S-3X and sent out to you fans.. You might even be able to grab yours on tour if we have them in by then! Bring your receipt to the show for the chance to be among the very first to get it! Otherwise, we'll get them mailed out to you savvy first-batch pre-orderers after we get back from tour in November with extra TLC.
Want to see the back? :D Ok!
Pre-order the Plumes of Death Shirt HERE!
See you on tour, I hope!
xoxox kimberly
This is something we really look forward to every tour.. VIPing it up with YOU FANS!!! Check out our upcoming tour dates with the amazing MUSHROOMHEAD below and get our VIP package!!! Your badge is good for as many shows as you can make it to, so plan a caravan! See you on tour!! xoxo kimberly and junior
Don't see your town listed below? Ask your favorite venue to book us!
TIP: After you receive your welcome email, click "Confirm my email so that I will be eligible for any exclusives from One-Eyed Doll" or,"Update Contact Info" and add your ZIP CODE for local show updates!!!
We've come up with a KILLER new modified version of the original KF Syren XT Pro guitar - and even a super rare tour-used battle axe option for the ULTIMATE COLLECTOR!! Yesss!
You'll notice that the prices on these are way lower than usual.. About 50% off, in fact. Since Tregan recently decided to sell direct-only, they've been able to offer all of their guitars straight to buyers without having to go through retail stores. That means they don't have to mark them up as much, so they're way easier for regular folks to own. I don't know if that's a temporary change, but hey they're way affordable at the moment, so take advantage! Anywho, this change has allowed us to follow through with some creative new ideas for my signature line!!! See below!
And yes, each guitar still comes to meeee first to personally inspect, doodle my signature upon, hug and stash presents in. :)
This is something I've wanted to offer for a long time.... It's a simpler string-through "Hard Tail" version of the XT PRO for people who don't necessarily need the extra hardware and like to be able to switch tunings on the fly. It's stocked with Tregan's premium gear and plays like a gem. I'll have one of these on tour with me this Fall with Mushroomhead (DATES HERE) to use as my alternate tunings axe!! Not having the Floyd Rose on there makes it way easy to switch around when I'm not planning on doing whammy bar stuff.. So excited!!! I'll take some real life pics soon!! :) Click the image for specs and more info..
You can watch the Syren XT PRO in glorious action in our music video for Committed (directed by the freakishly talented Patrick Kendall)! Tony really cares about every detail and patiently collabed with me to create the perfect hand-modded guitar for my needs. This is my dream guitar built just to my liking, a pleasure to play... Comes stocked with all my favorite high-end licensed hardware like a Floyd Rose, dual outputs, Grover Tuners and a brilliant Seymour Duncan Invader humbucker!! This is a great studio AND tour guitar. I am so spoiled. Anyway, if you order one, it'll be just like my main tour guitar, with all the bells and whistles. :) I'd be able to grab it from you and use it on stage if needed. Hey, not a bad idea.. ;) Click the picture below for all the specs and a closer look.
The amazing Dave Navarro has his very own Kimberly Freeman Limited Syren XT PRO. How awesome is that!?!? Check out Dave's band Jane's Addiction, listen to his radio show Dark Matter with Dave Navarro and watch him on Ink Master! So much respect for this guy!!
ATTENTION COLLECTORS!!! :D I'll hug my own trusty signature battle axe goodbye and send it off to you!!! Tony at Tregan will then send me a fresh guitar to use thereafter, and I'll use that one until someone claims it! SO FUN!! Complete with stage diving scars, dried-on sweat and love!!! I'll leave the strings I've been using on it as is, and maybe also my guitar strap if I have another one to use on hand. It'll be a little different every time, cause each singature guitar that Tony makes for me is a truly unique and lovely work of art. Man, typing that just reminded me of how very blessed I am. I can't thank Tony enough for all he's done. All of my guitars came from pawn shops before he welcomed me into the Tregan family. <3
Our talented friends MUSHROOMHEAD have graciously invited us to hit the road with them again this Halloween season for their big 20th Anniversary USA Tour!! And of course, we've accepted!
Pssst.. We're working out a fun VIP Package for you exclusive types! Look for the release email soon!
Don't see your town listed below? Ask your favorite venue to book us!
We are super duper excited to announce that YES, we will be on the road this Halloween season!! Get on our mailing list to be the first to get our Fall 2013 USA tour dates!
We're joining Polkadot Cadaver and Exotic Animal Petting Zoo for 7 dates of their USA tour in June!
Photo by the amazing Karen Mandall taken at The Whisky a Go-Go April 19, 2013
With more packed houses and sold out nights than ever before, we are SUPER stoked to report that the Seduce and Destroy tour was a complete success!! We want to thank you fans for coming out to support us with our friends Otep and Picture Me Broken!!! Thanks to our amazing crew, Melinda and Mike for helping out big time!!! Follow their blogs and like their facebook pages HERE! Thanks to Otep for taking us along on tour with her for the third time in two years. She's been a great support, and we love her and the guys very much.
More tour dates are being announced soon. Make sure you're on our email list to get the news first!
We're hitting the USA again this Spring with our friends Otep and Picture Me Broken.. Dates are still being added, so check back for updates!
(Get two or more and save at least $50! Bring a friend!)
We're hitting the USA again this Spring with our friends Otep and Picture Me Broken.. Dates are still being added, so check back for updates!
We'd like to thank AdventureQuest Worlds for hosting our video in-game and Revolver Magazine for featuring it on their site!!!
See the Special Extended Director's Cut with bonus mini-film footage HERE!!!
Shot & Directed by Patrick Kendall
Starring Payton Skye McHugh, Mark Becker, Melinda Colburn, Corey Fabyan, Kimberly Freeman and Jason Rufuss Sewell
Art Director / Hair Rigging: Anthony Giordano ~ www.statescare.com
Wardrobe & Stylist: Olga "Turka" Yarlug
Assistant Camera and Steadicam: Ray Chin
Visual Effects: Brandon Robinson & Paul Kendall
Production Assistant: Joey Montefusco
Production Assistant: Jason Chin
Special Thanks to Anne & Randy Bates
Very Special Thanks to Rob Hoffman!
Production Company: Jelly Jam Productions ~ www.jellyjam.com
Shot at the Bates Motel - Glen Mills, PA ~ www.thebatesmotel.com
See this video in-game at http://aq.com
Released 26 October 2012
Written by Kimberly Freeman
Produced by Sylvia Massy at Loud Palace in Weed, CA
Engineered by Jared Scott, Zak Stirling and Mariano Aponte
Mixed by Rich Veltrop
Mastered by Eric Broyhill, Monsterlab Audio
Cover Photo by Patrick Kendall
Kimberly Freeman: Vocals and Guitar
Junior: Drums and Bass
Use code: BEMYFRIEND for 23% OFF at checkout!
What more could a band wish for?
We're releasing our brand new video IN-GAME.. In fact, it's being premiered in a virtual insane asylum. The mad geniuses at Artix Entertainment have devised an incredible live event based on the Committed video concept, complete with character voice acting from the band!
From AdventureQuest Worlds Design notes:
There will be even MORE in-game music by One-Eyed Doll -- and an entire CD release!! The first small batch of Something About a Dragon CDs will be sold exclusively at HEROMART and live shows, and the download will be available to fans at our MUSIC SITE.
We'll also be releasing a special EXTENDED DIRECTOR'S CUT of the video on our Youtube channel and the Committed single on our MUSIC SITE.
We're so grateful to the Artix Entertainment crew for bringing us into their family. We hope you'll all join us Friday!
We're excited to be playing a HOMETOWN SHOW this weekend in Austin! Click the flyer for tickets, set times and details!!
One-Eyed Doll is joining forces once again with popular massively multiplayer role-playing game makers Artix Entertainment for a live online event, music video and product release focusing on Halloween. Stay tuned here and at the AdventureQuestWorlds Design Notes for updates!
That's right!! We made this sweet music video ourselves to show off a song from our new album, Dirty!!!! Check it out! :) Love it? Get the new album Dirty HERE!!!
DIRTY IS HERE!!!!! YAyyyY!!!! We only made 1000 of the first vinyl print, so get yours before they run out!!!!! Thanks SO MUCH to all of you who pre-ordered our record!!! YOU MADE THIS HAPPEN!!!!
About Dirty:
Junior and I recorded this album with Sylvia Massy's amazing vintage equipment in Weed, California at RadioStar Studios. With our friend and engineer Zak Stirling and the blessing of the great Sylvia Massy, we were in great company.
We played the guitar and drum parts together old school in an abandoned church to capture our natural live groove. There were weird organs and all sorts of fun stuff for us to play with in there, and we took full advantage!! These songs resonate with darkness, dirt and the spirits who live in that old church turned studio.. I can literally smell the place when I listen to these songs.
This album is really gnarly and raw, a little bluesy and VERY dark.. It's serious and brooding.. kind of calls back to our Sabbath, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd influences. We couldn't help but revisit a couple of our classics in this style. You will hear three familiar tunes that we have always wanted to record in this way, and the rest is completely new stuff - some that I've been holding onto for years for the opportunity to record vinyl, and some new that I wrote just for this project. It's all INCREDIBLE sounding, so real you can taste it. :) Hope you all enjoy experiencing this music as much as we love creating it.
xoxoxo, kimberly
Goodbye to a beloved Austin icon, who I was honored to be flashed by on a regular basis when I worked on 6th Street at the tattoo shop and played shows on Red River...
We had a great time with Bots in The Garage in San Antonio... Check out the interview and two live songs!
Two girls in Holland gave their class a presentation all about One-Eyed Doll. We give them an A++++++!
Thanks so much to Jonny Flash for helping me deal with the switcharoo process. All that back end server DNS crap is not my thing, I'm telling you.. but Jonny is a wizard! See his wonderful website, VHPSTUDIOS.COM right HERE and hire him for something nerdy. Also buy his album, on which I am a backup singer!
A note from Jason, AKA, "Junior":
"I remember the moment clearly. It was during our 2010 Spring US tour. Kimberly and I were sitting at a coffee shop in Philadelphia, and she nonchalantly forwarded me an email from a producer. Kimberly gets lots of letters from producers hoping we'll record with them, but usually she just deletes them. Thus far I had recorded all of the albums... Break, Monster, Sleep and Hole - and she was quite satisfied to continue making our music in house. This particular email struck her fancy though, because it was from... gasp... a girl!
A couple of weeks ago, we were stuck in the middle of New Mexico at a junk yard with a blown transmission and no way home. We put the word out ("ummmm heeeeey fans.. now would be a greeeat time to download something.."), and in one day we raised enough money in downloads and straight up donations from our website to get home.
SURPRISE!!! Here is another thank you gift to our wonderful fans.. We wish we could hug every single one of you right now!! This will have to do for now. :D
We are excited to release a brand new shiny single!!! We've only ever played this live at a handful of house parties and small shows..
"Scorpion Death" is a true story of harrowing tragedy, revenge and blood lust.


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July 15, 2013, 2:10 PM — Wine and Windows RT: What's the Point?
As I was looking at today's open source news, I ran across an announcement about Linux 3.11's features. At the bottom of the list there was a blurb about Wine being able to run Windows RT apps.
Is it me or is this just a huge waste of developer time? Windows RT devices aren't selling well at all, it seems to be yet another gigantic bomb from Microsoft. So why waste the time and effort to support it in the first place?
I've never been a huge fan of Wine anyway. It has its uses, but I prefer native Linux apps to trying to run Windows applications. I recognize that your mileage may vary in that sense, I'm sure some folks find Wine useful.
But the Windows RT user base is tiny, and it doesn't seem to be getting any bigger. In fact, Microsoft seems to be slashing prices on Windows RT devices in a feeble and desperate attempt to gin up sales.
I'll go out on a limb here, and hazard a guess that Windows RT isn't long for this world. It appears to have been a very bad idea that somehow made it out of Microsoft's lab and into a world that has little or no use for it. The future seems very bleak indeed for Windows RT. I doubt it will last another year, though I could be wrong. We'll see.
Do you give a hoot if Wine can run Windows RT apps? Do you own a Windows RT device? Tell me in the comments below.
Wanted to let you know that the patch that allows that just got committed in Linus tree: [1]
This means that Kernel 3.11 will have everything to run applications ported to Windows RT.
A good list of such applications and libraries can be found at [2].
See [3] & [4] for more information on the Wine side.
Linux 3.11 Features
Speaking of Linux 3.11, Parity Portal has a good list of expected features. The list is too long to get into here, but check out the article for an overview of what you can expect in Linux 3.11.
Linux 3.11 brings with it Btrfs file-system changes including regular work on performance fixes, bug-fixes, and code-cleanups. The merge includes tuning of "crc code as well as our transaction commits." The improvements also bring with it resolution of issues related to early enospc.
F2FS doesn't bring a whole lot of new things to Linux 3.11 but, it does include a fix for regression found in Linux 3.10. The performance of the file system is slower with 3.10 as compared to 3.9 in some workload cases notes Phoronix.
Linux Mint 15 KDE: A Breath of Fresh Air
Susan Linton at Ostatic has a brief article up about switching to Linux Mint 15 KDE. Her experiences seem quite positive.


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Hansacanyon: Heat-Sensing Illuminated Faucets
If you're familiar with safety spoons (spoons with heat sensitivity properties that turn white if the temperature is too high), you might be intrigued by Hansacanyon -- a line of color-altering, heat sensing faucets that do what the safety spoon does, albeit via an entirely different technology.
Hansa's line of faucets for sinks, baths and showers uses embedded LEDs and presumably some kind of internal thermometer to indicate water temperature. The magenta glow offers a visual cue that the water's too hot before you scald your skin.
Aside from the fun factor, there's the safety component and, as with the spoons, this is very useful for households with kids.
See Hansa's website for more information.
(Edited from a post originally published 8.31.06)
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I don't know about the faucet, but surely it's time to start a trend of using those brightly colored safety spoons with some sort of caldo-freddo dessert for adults.
Those are cool, as I don't have any kids I had never even heard of safety spoons, but I can definitely invision myself being totally enthralled by the colors in the spoons as well as the faucets:)
So I agree. Cool as all getup. But not new. This was being showcased on some other design sites a few months back. The kicker is.. try locating and buying one of these here in the good ol us of a. We were so jazzed by this when we first saw it. And then we started the hunt to get one ordered. Noooo luck. We ended up talking to a distributor in Vancouver who was having issues in getting pricing/etc.
Someone needs to do this for glass. The first rule of chemistry lab that I tell all my students is that hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass. And there are still people who burn themselves each year...
Here's a version from ThinkGeek:
For the faucet:http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/8122/
For the shower:http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/a446/


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Hanaa, has been on hunger strike for 35 days. "Hanaa can die any moment," Hanaa's brother, Omar told Gulf News. "Israeli authorities have denied any of her family to visit her," he added.
Her father Yahya said his daughter was determined. "My daughter sticks to her words and promises. She has committed to do this for herself and for Palestine," he told Gulf News.
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"After we sent her recent medical report the Israeli court promised to review the case and make a decision by Sunday," Mahmoud Hassan, Hanaa's lawyer told Gulf News. Dozens of prisoners have joined Hanaa's hunger strike in solidarity. "Israel is facing the heat over their practice of unlawful detentions," he said.
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Post-1950 African & Caribbean Literature
Course Description
An intensive survey of the modem English literature written outside of the United
Kingdom and the United States. The second semester of this course focuses on Caribbean
nations such as Jamaica and Trinidad and African nations such as Nigeria, South
Africa, and Kenya. Among the writers studied are V .S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott, Jean
Rhys, Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Offered alternate years.
Course Credit
Three hours
Course Professor
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Regular meetings Public Hospital District No. 1 Board of Hospital Commissioners are held on the fourth Thursday of the month (except holidays) beginning at 12:30 p.m. in the Sandifur Room at Newport Hospital.
Meeting Agendas
As of July 1, 2014, regular meetings agendas for Public Hospital District No. 1 Board of Hospital Commissioners will be posted online no later than 24 hours prior to the published start time of the meeting. To access the agenda in PDF format, click on the correct meeting date below.
July 3, 2014 Agenda
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Board Officers Elected by Hospital District
The governing body of Public Hospital District No.1 of Pend Oreille County doing business as Newport Hospital and Health Services announced its officers for the 2014 Board of Hospital Commissioners, as elected by their peers.
Lynnette is an Usk resident who was
elected to the board in November 2009.
Ms. Elswick worked in the financial/accounting
field for 25 years. For more than eight years
she worked for the hospital district where she
served as Controller/District Treasurer.
Lois has been a resident of Pend Oreille County
for 25 years, the past 12 years as the Owner/
Operator of a medical massage therapy practice.
Lois was appointed to the hospital Board in June 2011
and was officially elected to the Board in November 2011
Ray and his family are long time
Diamond Lake residents. Mr. King
has been the Newport City Administrator
for more than 10 years. King also served
30 years in Air Nat'l Guard. Ray is a
veteran of the First Gulf War and of Kosovo.
John Jordan, Commissioner
John previously served as a hospital
Commissioner from 1996-2010 and is
currently the general manager of the
Pend Oreille Public Utility District (PUD).
Jordan's extensive background in finance,
municipal law, and his commitment to the
community will fit well with the existing board
and leadership team.


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- Prostatectomy
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- Simple prostatectomy—removal of part of prostate
- Radical prostatectomy—removal of entire prostate and some surrounding tissue
|Anatomy of the Prostate
|Copyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
Reasons for Procedure
Possible Complications
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Inability to control urinary stream ( incontinence )
- Inability to get an erection ( impotence ) and other sexual difficulties
- Blood clots in the legs or lungs
- Sterility
- Injury to the rectum or other nearby structures
- Obesity
- Chronic or recent illness
- Lung, kidney, liver, or heart disease
- Smoking
- Alcohol abuse or drug use
- Use of certain prescription medicines
- Diabetes
- Additional surgery to repair a hernia of the groin
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
- Physical exam
- Blood and urine tests
- Chest x-ray
- Electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG)—a test that records the heart's activity by measuring electrical currents through the heart muscle
- Ultrasound —a test that uses sound waves to visualize the inside of the body
- Bone scan or CT scan , if your doctor is concerned about a spreading cancer
Talk to your doctor about your medicines. You may be asked to stop taking some medicines up to one week before the procedure, like:
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Blood thinners
- Anti-platelets
- The night before, have a light meal. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight.
Description of Procedure
- Open surgery—incision is made in the skin to allow the doctor to see the prostate
- Laparoscopic surgery—only very small incisions are needed; the surgery is done with specialized tools and a tiny camera that is passed through the incisions
- Robot-assisted surgery—similar to laparoscopic with use of small incisions but the surgery is done with robotic tools that the surgeon controls
- Lack of access to the lymph nodes
- Higher risk of nerve damage
After Procedure
How Long Will It Take?
- Simple prostatectomy—2-4 hours
- Radical prostatectomy—2-4 hours
Will It Hurt?
- 7-10 days after open surgery
- 3-4 days after laparoscopic surgery
Average Hospital Stay
Post-procedure Care
Take medicines as directed.
- Your doctor may give you antibiotics to prevent infection. Stool softeners may also be given to prevent constipation .
- You may need to take a medicine for several weeks to normalize your bladder function.
- For a while, you may need prescription pain medicines. You will then be switched to non-prescription pain relievers (such as acetaminophen ) as needed. Avoid taking aspirin or aspirin-containing products.
- When resting in bed, keep legs elevated and moving. This will help to prevent blood clots from forming in your legs.
- To promote healing, resume normal activities as soon as possible.
- Drink plenty of liquids. Doing so will help to clear your bladder of urine and blood.
- Ask your doctor about when it is safe to shower, bathe, or soak in water.
- Wash the incision gently with mild soap and water.
- Do not drive unless your doctor has given you permission to do so. You may need to wait up to one month.
- Avoid vigorous exercise for six weeks after surgery.
- Resume sexual activity when able.
- Avoid caffeine, alcohol, spicy foods, or any other food or drink that might aggravate your stomach, intestines, bladder, or urinary tract.
- Be sure to follow your doctor's instructions .
Call Your Doctor
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site
- Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medications you were given after surgery, or which persist for more than two days after discharge from the hospital
- Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
- Pain, burning, urgency or frequency of urination, or persistent blood in the urine
- Poor drainage from Foley catheter
- Abdominal swelling or pain
- Cough , shortness of breath, or chest pain,
- Headaches, muscle aches, dizziness, or general ill feeling
- Constipation
- New, unexplained symptoms
- Drainage from your incision
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Urology Care Foundation http://www.urologyhealth.org
Men's Health Centre http://www.menshealthcentre.net
Urology Resource Center Canada http://urologyresourcecentre.org
Griffith HW, Moore S, Yoder K. Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness & Surgery . New York, NY: Putnam Publishing Group; 2000.
Le CQ, Gettman MT. Laparoscopic and robotic radical prostatectomy. Exper Rev Anticancer Ther . 2006;6:1003-1011.
Mitchell RE, Lee BT, Cookson MS, et al. Immediate surgical outcomes for radical prostatectomy in the University HealthSystem Consortium Clinical Data Base: the impact of hospital case volume, hospital size and geographical region on 48 000 patients. BJU Int . 2009 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print].
Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/ . Updated August 27, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.
Prostate cancer. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/ . Updated August 20, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.
General information about prostate cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate . Accessed September 11, 2012.
6/2/2011 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us : Mills E, Eyawo O, Lockhart I, Kelly S, Wu P, Ebbert JO. Smoking cessation reduces postoperative complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Med . 2011;124(2):144-154.e8.
10/21/2013 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us : O'Reilly EA, Burke JP, O'Connell PR. A meta-analysis of surgical morbidity and recurrence after laparoscopic and open repair of primary unilateral inguinal hernia. Ann Surg. 2012 May;255(5):846-53.
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If you've been following my blog, you already know that I won a free ticket to fly to Toronto thanks to Virgin America's #VXToronto Twitter campaign. I'll write about the "Virgin" experience later. Right now I want to share with you all what I learned on this trip.
I've had many people ask me, "Was the trip worth it?" My answer, of course, is "Of course!" Because what I was doing in Toronto is what I do in social media everyday: meet new people, have interesting conversations, share information, and learn a lot of new things, things that help advance my business as well as my career. What is there not to like about that?
I wanted to share with you all what I learned or confirmed on this trip for your future reference. It is just one example of what is possible if, when you go on a business trip, you schedule your own tweetup or meetup and go out there and Windmill Network! All this happened primarily over a 2-hour tweetup, so if you have never gone to a tweetup before, this is a preview of the types of people you could be meeting and conversations you could be having!
1) Partner Up for Successful Windmill Networking
Earlier this year I hosted good Windmill Networking events on business trips to Jacksonville, New York City, and Portland. But each time I was a lone soldier, doing almost all of the inviting and legwork in finding a venue by myself. This time I had the help of a local in Toronto, Judy Gombita, someone I had never met before but gotten to know through Twitter. Judy took on the event as if it were her own, spreading the word through her network and Twitter and helping me secure a venue for the event. In fact, it was someone who listened in to our Twitter conversation, Candice Best, who ended up partnering with the two of us and executing on the final venue selection and logistics. From Judy's and Candice's efforts we were able to get 40+ people to attend a tweetup at a coffee bar on a Thursday night. By far my most successful Windmill Networking event…thanks to the help of my partners Judy and Candice!
Advice: When going to another city and trying to organize a networking event, try to find at least one local contact in your network who can help you on the venue selection as well as spreading the word. Your networking event will be the more successful for it!
2) Twitter Relationships are REAL
As the above illustrates, these two people who partnered with me I met through Twitter. I had never met them before in real life, and yet they treated me like family going out of there way to make sure that I had a pleasant stay in the "T-dot." And it wasn't just them. There was @Animal, the famous recruiter who has a raucous, entertaining yet educational Recruiting Animal Internet radio show about recruiters and jobseekers, who I had a chance to meet in real life and get to know over coffee at Tim Horton's. There were people seeing my tweets from the Virgin flight who lived in Toronto and came out to meet me the next night. There were countless other tweeps that I met that were drawn into conversations from Judy on Twitter. In fact, most of the people that I met in Toronto I had met, not through the 300+ LinkedIn connections I had living in Toronto, but in one way or another through Twitter. Twitter has helped enrich my life in countless ways, and I realize this even more as I write my 2nd book, which will be on Twitter of course! Some people give Twitter a bad rap, talking about the automated bots that exist and the Direct Message spam. If you can look beyond that there is a golden group of real people out there to meet and develop relationships with.
Advice: Part of the problem of starting out on Twitter is not finding relevant people to follow. Do yourself a favor: go to the Twitter Yellow Pages Twellow as well as the Twitter List Directory Site Listorious, enter some keywords of things you have an interest in or the name of your local city, and look for people that might be interesting to follow. You're bound to find someone…and then take it from there!
3) Social Media Events are Not Just about Freebies
Through Candice's help, we were able to secure not only free coffee tastings from our sponsor Crafted, but also some free beer (Mill Street Brewery), pizza (Pizzeria Libretto), and chocolate (Nestle…in the picture). But we weren't able to advertise these things until the last minute. It had no affect on the turnout. Those coming to a networking event were coming for the networking and meeting people, not the freebies. Sure, it was nice to know that local businesses were supporting the event and, don't get me wrong, the food and drink was awesome and greatly appreciated! But if you think freebies are enough to draw a large crowd for networking, think again: it's all about the networking!
Advice: Businesses often think they need to give something away to provide "value" to their social media audience. While providing free products does get your product talked about in social media and are appreciated by attendees, try going beyond that by thinking outside of the box in terms of other ways of providing value and becoming participants in social media events, which could draw more potential future customers to the event!
4) Businesses are Starting to Realize the Value of Content Curation
Whenever I speak with clients about social media strategy, the subject of content curation always comes up. Still understood by relatively few, the art of sharing content about your line of business, if done right over time and combined with your own compelling content, can help elevate you to a subject matter expert or even a thought leader status. Imagine how surprised I was when members of a start-up company from Toronto, ConnectedN, were excitedly talking about their software platform which helps businesses automatically curate and publish content. Here's a video of an interview I had at my #VXToronto tweetup with the co-founder, Brad Milne:
Advice: If you want to know how content curation can be utilized as part of a comprehensive social media strategy for your business, please contact me. If you're ready to invest in a platform to help automate the content curation process, contact ConnectedN!
5) Think Social Media? Think Canada!
Whenever I think of areas of the world that foster the growth of social media companies, I always think of the Bay Area. Think about it: Within a small area of California one can visit the headquarters of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn! The existence of these companies in close proximity has spurred countless social media startups in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and surrounding areas. But this trip made me realize how many of the leading social media companies are located in Canada, not the Bay Area:
The leading social media monitoring software company? Many would say Radian6, and they are located in the beautiful Canadian province of New Brunswick, northeast of Maine.
Up-and-coming social media monitoring software company? We were blessed by the presence of Sheldon Levine, the community manager for Toronto-based Sysomos, who are apparently working with a lot of big brands and are gaining major traction in the market.
The leading integrated social media client platform? Look no further than HootSuite, hailing from Vancouver.
Although there are many excellent social media agencies that exist worldwide, one that has gotten recognition as one of the top 15 social media agencies worldwide and is also famous for its relationship with Ford, is the Social Media Group which hails from Toronto.
Advice: Be on the lookout for exciting social media startups to spring up in Canada in the next 6 to 12 months.
6) The Zen of SlideShare
I've been talking a lot about SlideShare recently, primarily from a B2B social media marketing perspective. But there's another side of SlideShare, something concerning the "Sharing" of content through social media and developing your personal brand. I always talk about blogging being a great way to share your expertise with the world. Why not take it one step further and repurpose your content into a Powerpoint presentation and upload it to SlideShare? If you've ever spoken on a subject, why not upload your presentation to SlideShare to share with those that might not have had a chance to hear you speak? A presentation is a powerful way to package and share something in a format that is easy-to-read and professional looking. Furthermore the demographic that is active on SlideShare is overwhelmingly professional.
It was a conversation with Sacha Chua, an Enterprise 2.0 consultant working for IBM, tech evangelist, and Toronto rockstar that helped me see the light. She has uploaded 25+ presentations to her SlideShare account, and she has shared information on topics ranging from "The Shy Connector" to "A Teacher's Guide to Web 2.0 at School." In fact, her most popular presentation, "The Gen Y Guide to Web 2.0 @Work," has more than 50,000 views! That is more views than a lot of blogs get in one year!
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Not once has Obama's nominee voted to reject a defense budget.
The National Intelligence Community's Global Trends report reveals a future of continued fearmongering and American exceptionalism.
The US military's "Pacific Pivot" is raising tensions with China and prompting local resistance.
The US military's aggressive Asia-Pacific strategy is escalating tensions with China and prompting local resistance throughout the region.
How can two generals be hailed as military heroes, when the wars they commanded failed spectacularly?
Petraeus may have had the affair, but we're all responsible for the U.S' worshipful embrace of our military generals.
If the director of the CIA and a Reserve intelligence officer can't even conduct a decent affair, what does that say about the institution that groomed them?
Most media has lauded Petraeus for his military success. But his true strength was as a P.R. prodigy.
As the infrastructure of many U.S. cities crumbles, the Pentagon continues to pump over a billion dollars into military bases throughout the Middle East.
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