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Zemek: 10 Ways to Improve College Football
Matt Zemek
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Posted Jan 12, 2009
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The bowls, all 34 of them, are finally over. Sounds like a perfect time to forcefully register a final few opinions on a sport that greatly needs ample reforms and readjustments.
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Okay, college football fans. The fastest four months of the year are done, and the slow eight-month wait until Labor Day weekend is just beginning. Before the 2008 campaign fades into memory, here are 10 recommended actions you need to think about as you contemplate ways in which you can improve this sport. Find the e-mails, fax numbers, and phone numbers of your conference commissioner, your university president, your athletic director, your favorite TV executive, and other relevant administrators. Then apply group pressure. Repeat, wash, rinse…
The following recommendations—formulated during the bowl season—can be tweaked and tinkered with to suit your own views. What matters, though, is that college football reforms itself in a positive manner. Off-field concerns are hugely important—more so, in fact, than any on-field considerations—but since we're primarily here to talk about the product we see on Saturdays and in the bowl games, we might as well try to improve the ways in which this sport is structured. Here we go, then…
1) College football needs parity in 13th games, if seasons are to continue in their current form.
The Big 12, SEC, and ACC have conference championship games. The Pac-10, Big East, and Big Ten do not. Is it any surprise that the SEC and Big 12 have won the past four national titles, and that the Pac-10 has had an at-large BCS bowl team just two times in the 11-season BCS era? Teams need to play an equal number of games for seasons to be fairly fought. The West played the best football in the bowl games. With better TV arrangements, perhaps the West could get its foot in the national title game door a little more often.
2) If SEC schools won't use their 12th games to schedule anyone important, let's then reduce the season to 11 games, opening the door in future years for a modified bowl season with a moved-up calendar that can accommodate a plus-one in the 2014 season.
If the regular season could finish up on Thanksgiving weekend, the lower-tier bowls could all be played before Christmas. The middle-tier bowls could all be played in late December. The signature bowls could all be played on New Year's Day. A plus-one could be staged on Jan. 8, the current date for two of the three BCS title games that have been contested under the current FOX television contract.
3) The head honchos of the Pac-10, Mountain West, and the WAC need to find ways to promote football in the Pacific and Mountain time zones. They should create an event called the "Western Football Classic."
Credit for this idea goes to CFN reader Kelly Velayas, but I'm tweaking it. With the woefully ineffective Tom Hansen departing as Pac-10 commissioner, football fans in California and Oregon need to make their voices heard in Walnut Creek (the California town where the Pac-10's offices are located), as a new boss prepares to run the league.
Mr. Velayas proposed that on the first weekend of December, the Mountain West Conference champion should play the Western Athletic Conference champion on a neutral field, with the winner going to the Rose Bowl against the Pac-10 champion. When the Rose Bowl's TV contract with ABC expires, that idea might have legs, but the longstanding tie with the Big Ten could very definitely stand in the way of such a plan.
My recommended solution? Make the Western Football Classic a two-game event on the first weekend of December involving four seeded teams with a provision for no rematches of regular-season games. Have the champions of all three leagues—the Pac, the MWC, and the WAC—participate. Then invite the best second-place team in the three leagues (based on a certain set of criteria and/or rankings) as a wild-card entry. Play one game in Denver every year—for the Mountain time zone fans—and one game in a rotation of suburban Phoenix (Glendale or Tempe), Los Angeles and San Francisco for Pacific time zone fans. If the Western Football Classic had made its hypothetical debut this season, what would the landscape have looked like on the first weekend of December?
Game 1, Phoenix, Friday, 8 p.m. Eastern: No. 1 seed USC (Pac-10 champion) vs. No. 4 seed TCU (at-large).
Game 2, Denver, Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Eastern: No. 3 seed Boise State vs. No. 2 seed Utah.
ABC, CBS, Fox Sports Net, and ESPN would have all loved to broadcast one or both of those games. Tell me that kind of event wouldn't match the Big 12 and SEC title games in terms of popularity… It makes too much sense. Pick up the phone and dash off a fax or e-mail, and see what might happen five years down the line.
4) In the absence of really big reforms such as the Western Football Classic, the western U.S. football conferences need to negotiate a legitimate and responsible TV deal.
Many of the Pac-10's biggest games, the ones that centrally affected the Rose Bowl race (Oregon-Oregon State on Nov. 29, in particular) were carried on Versus, a niche cable network with distribution problems similar to those faced by NFL Network. Pac-10 games get relegated to small regional cable outlets in time slots that do not give the conference maximum national visibility. Unless or until this changes, it's hard to expect the league to get the same respect enjoyed by the SEC or Big 12. It's no wonder that the Pac has had just two at-large teams (Oregon State, 2000 season; USC, 2002 season) in BCS bowl games over the past 11 years.
5) Moving beyond the West, it's necessary for all of college football, beginning with the ESPN deal starting in the 2010 season, to rework the bowl schedule. This need exists independently of any playoff or plus-one issues that simply won't be on the table until 2014.
Even without a reduced bowl lineup (which should be pursued), and even without a ban on 6-6 teams (which should be enacted despite a 6-3 record from .500 teams in bowl games), the bowl season can be reworked in one sensible way: Make New Year's Day matter again.
The sport used to gain so much of its excitement and stature from the January 1 crescendo of really significant top-shelf matchups, one after the other. The spreading out of bowls has taken the magic out of the kinds of experiences that made me a college football diehard as a little boy. New Year's used to be a college football fan's Christmas. Now, it's just another day with bowl games. Even without other reforms, it's a worthwhile goal to make January 1 sing with significance. The plan is as follows for the arrangement of the five BCS bowls:
Step One:
On the final Saturday of December, play the BCS bowl game (Fiesta, Orange, Sugar, Rose) that's being staged in the same stadium as the BCS Championship Game. The Rose Bowl gets an exemption because of its contract exclusivity and its rightful place as the sport's most traditional bowl game.
Step Two:
On New Year's Day, play the other three BCS bowls with no other college football competition. Game 1 is at 1 p.m. Eastern, Game 2 at 5 p.m., and Game 3 at 9 p.m. This would be the closest one could come to matching NBC's old New Year's Day trio of the Fiesta Bowl (Charlie Jones doing the play-by-play with one of multiple analysts), followed by the Rose Bowl (Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen), and then the Orange Bowl (Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy). Once again, the Rose Bowl would always get the 5 p.m. slot in a bow to tradition.
Step Three:
On Jan. 3, play the BCS Championship Game. With the host city's regular bowl game having been played on the final Saturday of December, the turnaround would normally be quite workable from a logistical standpoint. Teams wouldn't have to suffer the especially long layoffs that plagued Big 12 offenses this past bowl season. Fans wouldn't lose touch with the sport (read: NFL wild card weekend) in the week between New Year's Day and the BCS title game on Jan. 7 or 8. This plan would be revised only if the Rose Bowl stadium is the site of the BCS title game. In that case, the one-week break between the flagship bowl and the title tilt would be justified.
6) Have in-division point differential become the tiebreaker for three-way ties in divisions of BCS conferences.
Let's make sure this loophole gets closed up, in case you might have forgotten about the Big 12 South's train wreck. At the time this piece was written, no official changes have been announced by the Big 12 office. Give the commish (Dan Beebe) a buzz or an e-mail.
7) The Big Ten needs to play its rivalry games on the first Saturday of December, as long as we have a 12-game season and not an 11-game campaign.
The Big Ten doesn't have slow teams (ask Penn State quarterback Darryl Clark or Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor), but it does have flat teams in bowl games. Why? It's not surprising: When conference teams all play their last league games (usually the last games of the entire regular season, barring a 13th game in Hawaii or something similar) before Thanksgiving, they wind up having 45- or 50-day breaks between the season finale and the bowl game. That's not conducive to good football. It also leaves the Big Ten starved of publicity on a weekend when the Big 12 and SEC gain maximum exposure because of their conference championship extravaganzas. It's time for the stodgy Big Ten to enter the 21st century.
8) If the Western Football Classic doesn't become reality, other BCS conferences should seriously consider using Thanksgiving Friday and/or the first Friday of December to stage their most significant late-season contests.
The ACC might get a bigger crowd and a better party scene if the league moves its title game from midday on Saturday to Friday night in prime time. The Big East and Pac-10 could also benefit from a blockbuster on the night before the SEC and Big 12 take ownership of the first Saturday of December.
9) In addition to tabulating strength of schedule as a core BCS measurement, the system needs to account for the many variables attached to scheduling itself.
It's not entirely fair to penalize a school for scheduling a hard game that, in three or four years, turns out to be relatively easy. In a similar vein, it isn't completely just to reward a school that schedules a seemingly easy game which, in the course of a few seasons, turns out to be hard. Moreover, teams like Boise State are never able to secure home-and-homes with teams from big-boy conferences. If teams in the BCS conferences do want to protect their standing in the sport, they also need to acknowledge when they duck certain invitations and challenges. Part of the BCS's schedule component, then, should acknowledge any notable examples of teams who either avoided scheduling a big-name opponent, or wanted to schedule a big-name opponent, but were rebuffed in the process. Adding these elastic, due-process elements to the BCS schedule formula would greatly democratize the whole derby, which—like it or not—will be around for at least five more seasons.
10) If greater scheduling parity isn't brought about by member schools who are left to their own devices, start instituting the conference challenges that college basketball implements.
It's embarrassing that the roundball realm—whose wildly successful March tournament creates an enticing set of cross-pollinated matchups that settle arguments and resolve debates—pits power conferences against each other in early December, in the early stages of the regular season. The Big Ten plays the ACC, the Pac-10 plays the Big 12, and the Big East goes up against the SEC. There's absolutely no reason this can't happen in the non-conference part of each college football season. None.
What should be thought about is the timing of the three or four non-conference games each college football team plays. It's fair to allow one cupcake for each power conference team, on opening day or very early in September. Fine—in a sport with no preseason games, it's reasonable to expect a team to use one game as a glorified practice. But in the other two or three out-of-conference games, America's super six (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, Pac-10) need to lock horns, and at a level of appreciable (not identical, but appreciable) competitiveness. By taking the guesswork and the intentionality away from the schools and coaches themselves, college football's power brokers can enhance the sanctity of the regular season and ensure that BCS debates will be based more on raw merit and less on beauty contest principles.

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Last week, when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, reading from a letter sent from the White House to members of Congress, announced that the U.S. intelligence community believed that the Syrian regime may have used chemical weapons against its own people, the Obama administration wasn't quite ready for the round-the-clock cable-news frenzy that followed.
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As for the White House letter to Congress, it was carefully hedged. "[O]ur intelligence community does assess with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the chemical agent sarin," it read. "[O]ur standard of evidence must build on these intelligence assessments as we seek to establish credible and corroborated facts," it continued.
The use of qualifiers and the focus on the evidence from the White House is no accident: Past intelligence failures and the public's war exhaustion loom over the entire discussion of what to do when it comes to Syria. But among many at the State Department, as the death toll from the conflict climbs toward 100,000 people and the refugee population soars into the millions, a sense of "huge frustration" is growing, one department source said.
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But for many of the officials closest to the Syria issue, the "mood is, we should have been doing more a long time ago," this official said. Elsewhere within the State Department there is sympathy for an Obama administration facing few good options in Syria — alongside a sense the White House should have known this day of red line reckoning would come.
And for some, that translates into great frustration with the Obama administration's policy on Syria thus far. "It is borderline isolationist," said a third State Department official familiar with deliberations on Syria, referring to the administration's approach. "They are learning all the wrong things from Iraq."
In this official's view, the White House policy to contain the crisis within Syria's borders and to force Bashar al-Assad's regime into negotiations faces slim odds of success because Syria's ruler sees the conflict as an existential threat to the ruling family. The calculus grew more complicated last week when eight senators forced the White House to share its view of widespread reports of the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons, no matter how much top administration officials couched the language in qualifiers.
"The issue of chemical weapons is extremely problematic for the strategy of containment because it is not even the question of the weapons falling into wrong hands, it is the precedent this is setting," said the third official, noting that Turkey and the Arab Gulf states are surely watching to see how the Americans will respond to Syria's crossing of the proverbial red line. And then of course there is Iran. "If we are going to demonstrate an inability to respond we could be creating a big problem for us and our allies in the region down the line."
This official and others who favor greater intervention in the region swiftly acknowledge that there are no risk-free options and a whole slew of problematic and potentially lethal unknowns. But they argue that inaction presents greater risk.
"That is not who we are and what we do and how we have protected our interests for the last 60 years," said this official. "That is not how you do it in the Middle East; you can't sit back as a country that borders a NATO ally, Iraq, Israel goes up in flames."
And while it has become popular to invoke the Iraq example, others say Bosnia is the closest parallel given the role of Russia, the ethnic nature of the conflict, and the devastating and escalating number of civilian casualties.
The word "Dayton" — referring to the 1995 talks that led to the end of the fighting in the Bosnian war — was heard around the State Department last week, but it means different things to different people. And the White House is keenly aware that the American public has no appetite to engage in a new round of war after a decade of conflict in the Middle East and South Asia that has left more than
6,000 American service members dead. The president campaigned in 2008 on ending the war in Iraq and in 2012 on ending the war in Afghanistan. Getting embroiled in another conflict in the Middle East is not on the White House's agenda.
"This is a problem they did not want to deal with and then it was just put in front of them in a way that they could not avoid," said the first official. "This is a tricky one. And I have a feeling that, like a lot of these things, there is no good answer."
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A graduate of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, Josh lived in Yokohama, Japan, and studied at Tokyo's Sophia University. He speaks conversational Japanese and has reported from the region. He has also worked at the House International Relations Committee, the Embassy of Japan, and the Brookings Institution.
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Before moving to Foreign Policy, Lynch reported on diplomacy and national security for the Washington Post for more than a decade. As the Washington Post's United Nations reporter, Lynch had been involved in the paper's diplomatic coverage of crises in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, and Somalia, as well as the nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea. He also played a key part in the Post's diplomatic reporting on the Iraq war, the International Criminal Court, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Lynch's enterprise reporting has explored the underside of international diplomacy. His investigations have uncovered a U.S. spying operation in Iraq, Dick Cheney's former company's financial links to Saddam Hussein, and documented numerous sexual misconduct and corruption scandals.
Lynch has appeared frequently on the Lehrer News Hour, MSNBC, NPR radio, and the BBC. He has also moderated public discussions on foreign policy, including interviews with Susan E. Rice, the U.S. National Security Advisor, Gerard Araud, France's U.N. ambassador, and other senior diplomatic leaders.
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Cheers: To new three-dimensional mammography technology now available in Southwest Washington. The new equipment is in use at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center's Kearney Breast Center and soon will be available at The Vancouver Clinic. The technology provides radiologists with much clearer images, tissue layer by tissue layer, and should greatly reduce the number of inconclusive or false-positive tests. In the past, some women have experienced the awful ordeal of hearing their mammogram result wasn't normal, and then having to wait more days for expensive, sometimes painful, follow-up testing, before learning they do not have cancer. The state-of-the-art equipment is a real boon to all women who undergo these tests and to the women's loved ones.Jeers: To continuing repairs to the rapidly aging Interstate 5 Bridge. Recently, a counterweight came partially loose from its track, necessitating emergency repairs that resulted in traffic jams as the drawbridge had to be lifted. These repeated repair-related bridge lifts present more evidence that this bridge must be replaced. It's worth noting that the failure was on the southbound span, which has been in service 53 years. That's the new span. The northbound bridge has been in service since Feb. 14, 1917, when horses, wagons and, yes, light rail (streetcars) were among the common traffic using what was then a toll bridge.
Cheers: To Babies in Need. Not the infants, but the program by that name, which for a dozen years has provided mothers of infants with layettes, pajamas, gowns, diapers and other clothing and linens. The program is run out of All Saints Episcopal Church in Hazel Dell, where it recently expanded from the basement into its own larger, freestanding building. Donations can be left anytime at a covered bin on the church grounds, or for more information, phone Kitty Ash, 360-573-8299. The website is http://babiesinneed.org.
Jeers: To mistakes in pensions paid to some former Oregon public employees. To recoup more than $156 million overpaid to these "window retirees" who retired between April 2000 and April 2004, more than 20,000 other public pensioners will see their checks reduced by 2 percent this year. Another 8,000 people will be asked to repay benefits they mistakenly received. The mistakes add to a lengthy list of reasons why state governments should move away from defined-benefit plans and start offering defined-contribution plans, similar to the 401(k) plans that are so common in the private sector.
Cheers: To city officials' decision to raise the speed limit on Southeast Columbia Way through the Columbia Business Center to 30 mph. The speed limit was 25 mph, but a traffic survey showed that most motorists drive faster. Rather than crack down or ignore the problem, traffic engineers recommended raising the speed limit. That makes sense in this area, where the street is wide, there are almost no children, and the traffic is predominately commercial and industrial. Now the only arterial street in Vancouver with a speed limit of 25 mph is Fort Vancouver Way, which cuts through the Clark College campus and is full of pedestrians and cars turning into and out of parking lots.
Jeers: To lack of a complete safety plan at a waste conversion plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, which lies along the Columbia River upstream of Clark County. The Associated Press reported recently that the federal government says a $12.3 billion nuclear waste handling facility under construction at Hanford will be safe, but at the same time admits it lacks the information to resolve some technical problems and write a complete safety plan. Before the plant starts to operate in 2019, the government must resolve all technical issues.


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Francois Etoundi assaulted Gareth Evans, also a weightlifter, in the Athletes' Village on Wednesday morning, Glasgow Sheriff Court heard.
The assault followed an earlier verbal exchange between the pair relating to Mr Evans' athlete girlfriend.
Sheriff Andrew Cubie said Etoundi, 29, had brought "the law of the playground" into the Athletes' Village, while his behaviour "undermines the concept of the friendly games".
Defence lawyer David Hunter said Etoundi, who is originally from Cameroon, was "bitterly bitterly disappointed".
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Cheetahs flyhalf Meyer Bosman says he won't be intimidated by IRB Player of the Year Dan Carter.
Saturday's Vodacom Super 14 match against the Crusaders in Christchurch sees the current Bok No 10 facing Carter for the first time in his short career.
In the orange corner is Bosman, who turns 21 on Sunday. He has played just two Tests and 10 Super Rugby matches. He admits he is still learning his way in professional rugby and is far from the finished article.
In the red corner, is the 24-year-old Carter who is officially the best rugby player on the planet. He has already played 24 Tests for the All Blacks and made 45 appearances for the Crusaders.
However, while Carter has spent more time in the ring, Bosman believes he can deliver a few well-timed punches on Saturday.
"It's going to be a challenge playing against him, but he doesn't scare me," Bosman told keo.co.za from Christchurch. "I play rugby for contests like this. The only way I can measure myself is to play against the best, and Carter is No 1 in the world."
Bosman also enjoyed playing against Stephen Larkham – the best Australian flyhalf – in Canberra last weekend.
"I learnt a helluva lot from him in that game," said Bosman. "He's a great player and has achieved so much with the Brumbies and Wallabies. Larkham knows how to outsmart the opposition, which is something I'm trying to do."
The Cheetahs are still hurting after their 53-20 drubbing to the Brumbies, but Bosman sees no reason why they can't stand their ground against the champions and current log leaders.
"Look, we know it's going to be tough, but we've worked hard in training this week on the problem areas we identified after the Brumbies game," said Bosman. "Losing our first two tour matches hasn't been ideal, but we want to pick up some points over the next couple of weeks."
Meanwhile, coach Rassie Erasmus will name his team to play the Crusaders on Wednesday. Gaffie du Toit is expected to return to the match 22, with Falie Oelschig replacing Michael Claassens at scrumhalf and Keith Lowen replacing Barry Goodes at centre. Corniel van Zyl may also come into the starting XV for Cobus Grobler to give Erasmus more options in the line-out.
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Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is a procedure for men who have an enlarged prostate gland (benign prostatic hyperplasia).
You will meet the surgeon carrying out your procedure to discuss your care. It may differ from what is described here as it will be designed to meet your individual needs.
If you have an enlarged prostate gland, you may find it difficult to pass urine because your prostate gland may obstruct the flow of urine from your bladder. Your surgeon may suggest that you have a procedure known as TURP to remove a section of your prostate gland. This can help to reduce the pressure on your bladder if other types of treatment, such as medicines, haven't helped.
Preparation Preparing for TURP
Your surgeon will explain how to prepare for your procedure. For example, if you smoke you will be asked to stop, as smoking increases your risk of getting a chest and wound infection, which can slow your recovery.
If you have been prescribed anticoagulant medicines, such as clopidogrel, which can stop your blood from clotting, you may be advised to stop taking these before your procedure. This is because you may bleed more after your procedure if you're taking these.
Your surgeon will discuss with you what will happen before, during and after your procedure, and any pain you might have. This is your opportunity to understand what will happen, and you can help yourself by preparing questions to ask about the risks, benefits and any alternatives to the procedure. This will help you to be informed, so you can give your consent for the procedure to go ahead, which you may be asked to do by signing a consent form.
The procedure is usually carried out under general anaesthesia. This means you will be asleep during the procedure. Alternatively, you may have the procedure under spinal or epidural anaesthesia. This completely blocks feeling from your waist down and you will stay awake during the procedure. You may be offered a sedative with a spinal anaesthetic – this relieves anxiety and helps you to relax.
Your surgeon or anaesthetist will advise which type of anaesthesia is most suitable for you.
If you're having a general anaesthetic, you will be asked to follow fasting instructions. This means not eating or drinking, typically for about six hours beforehand. However, it's important to follow your anaesthetist's or surgeon's advice.
You may be asked to wear compression stockings to help prevent blood clots forming in the veins in your legs. You may need to have an injection of an anticlotting medicine called heparin as well as, or instead of, wearing compression stockings.
Alternatives What are the alternatives to TURP?
Conservative management
If your symptoms aren't bothering you too much, your GP may suggest you don't have treatment straight away. Instead, he or she would monitor your condition with routine check-ups. You may also be offered medicines to help to treat your condition. Your GP may give you some advice on simple lifestyle changes you can make to improve your symptoms. This may include cutting down on caffeine and alcohol, and reducing the amount of fluid you drink in the evening.
Alternative types of treatment
If your enlarged prostate gland symptoms don't get better, your GP may refer you to a surgeon for advice about your treatment options. TURP is only one type of procedure for an enlarged prostate gland.
Alternative types of procedure include the following.
- Bipolar TURP. This procedure is similar to TURP. However, the instruments and fluids used in the procedure are different to those used in standard TURP, reducing the risk of a potentially serious complication known as TURP syndrome.
- Transurethral incision of the prostate. This is a similar procedure to TURP, but involves making one or two small cuts in the neck of your bladder and prostate rather than removing part of your prostate. It's usually only suitable for men whose prostate is only moderately enlarged.
- Open prostatectomy. This isn't a common procedure and is usually only carried out if you have a very large, benign (non-cancerous) prostate. A cut is made in your abdomen (tummy) and the outer portion of your prostate is removed.
- Minimally invasive treatment (such as electrovaporisation or laser prostatectomy – also called holmium laser enucleation of the prostate). In these types of procedure, laser or electrical energy is used to burn off excess tissue from your prostate. Generally these procedures are the least invasive but don't remove as much tissue as standard or bipolar TURP.
- Transurethral needle ablation of the prostate. This procedure uses needles to deliver heat to your prostate to destroy excess tissue. This procedure may have fewer complications than TURP, but the possibility of needing a repeat procedure is higher. This procedure isn't often used in the UK.
Your surgeon will discuss which procedure is most suitable for you. This will depend on how severe your condition is and what is available at your hospital.
The procedure What happens during TURP?
The procedure will take up to an hour.
Your surgeon will insert a narrow, rigid, metallic, tube-like telescopic camera called an endoscope into your urethra (the tube that carries urine from your bladder and out through your penis). He or she will then insert a specially adapted surgical instrument called a resectoscope. This is an electrically heated wire loop that is used to cut out and remove the middle of your enlarged prostate. Your surgeon will insert a catheter (a thin flexible tube) into your urethra to drain urine from your bladder into a bag. This is because you may not be able to urinate normally immediately after the procedure as you may have some swelling.
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Aftercare What to expect afterwards
You will need to rest until the effects of the anaesthetic have passed. You may not be able to feel or move your legs for several hours after a spinal or epidural anaesthetic.
You may need pain relief to help with any discomfort as the anaesthetic wears off.
You will have a catheter to drain urine from your bladder into a bag. The catheter will also be used to wash out your bladder with a sterile solution, which helps to flush out any blood clots in your bladder. The catheter will be removed when your urine begins to run clear. This is usually within 24 to 48 hours. Occasionally, you may need to keep the catheter in for a short period after you go home. If so, your nurse will show you how to look after it.
You may have a drip in your arm to prevent you getting dehydrated. This will be removed once you're drinking enough fluids. You will be encouraged to get out of bed and move around as this helps prevent chest infections and blood clots developing in your legs.
You will usually be able to go home after about two days. You will need to arrange for someone to drive you home. General anaesthesia temporarily affects your co-ordination and reasoning skills, so you must not drive, drink alcohol, operate machinery or sign legal documents for 24 hours afterwards. If you're in any doubt about driving, contact your motor insurer so that you're aware of their recommendations, and always follow your surgeon's advice.
Recovery Recovering from TURP
If you need pain relief, you can take over-the-counter painkillers, such as paracetamol or ibuprofen. Always read the patient information that comes with your medicine and if you have any questions, ask your pharmacist for advice.
You may be advised to increase your fluid intake to flush out your bladder and help you to recover. You may find that you have some blood clots in your urine around 10 to 14 days after your procedure. These are scabs from your prostate healing and coming away. If increasing your fluid intake doesn't clear this up, see your GP.
A small number of men get a urinary infection after the TURP procedure. If you have any stinging when you urinate, see your GP so that your urine can be tested for an infection. Your GP will prescribe you antibiotics if you need them.
It can take up to four weeks to recover fully from TURP. After two to three weeks you can resume your normal activities. To help your recovery, your surgeon may recommend that you do pelvic floor exercises. Your doctor or nurse at the hospital will explain how to do these and how often. Please see our frequently asked questions for more information about pelvic floor exercises.
Don't do any strenuous activity for about four weeks after your procedure. You can have sex as soon as you're comfortable – this will probably be at least three to four weeks after your procedure.
Risks What are the risks?
As with every procedure, there are some risks associated with TURP. We have not included the chance of these happening as they are specific to you and differ for every person. Ask your surgeon to explain how these risks apply to you.
Side-effects are the unwanted but mostly temporary effects you may get after having the procedure, for example, feeling sick from the effects of the anaesthetic.
Some specific side-effects of TURP include the following.
- Blood in your urine. This is usually an expected side-effect of the procedure and isn't normally a cause for concern. If it continues for longer than two weeks, see your GP.
- An urgent need to pass urine. This is sometimes accompanied by a burning sensation when you pass urine.
- Incontinence (urine leakage). Talk to your GP if this happens, but it usually improves with time.
- Erectile dysfunction (impotence). This doesn't usually happen and you're unlikely to be affected if you had normal erections before your procedure.
Complications are when problems occur during or after your procedure. The possible complications of any procedure includes an unexpected reaction to the anaesthetic, excessive bleeding or developing a blood clot, usually in a vein in your leg (deep vein thrombosis, DVT). Specific complications of TURP include the following.
- Retrograde ejaculation. This is where semen passes into your bladder during an orgasm instead of out of your penis. You will then pass the semen mixed with urine the next time you urinate. Retrograde ejaculation is permanent and can affect your fertility, so talk to your doctor if you're concerned.
- Infection. You may be given antibiotics before your procedure to prevent infection.
- TURP syndrome. This is a condition that can develop if the fluid used to flush your bladder during your procedure is absorbed into your body. This can cause changes in your blood pressure and you may feel sick or vomit. However, this is becoming less common as a different type of fluid is often used to flush your bladder, which is less likely to cause TURP syndrome. Please see our frequently asked questions for more information about TURP syndrome.
- Urethral stricture. This is scarring of the inside of your urethra, which causes it to become narrower. Symptoms include problems when urinating, such as urinary retention (being unable to pass urine at all) or incontinence (urine leakage). You may be advised to have a further procedure to widen the inside of your urethra again.
- Your prostate may grow again. If this happens, you may need to have another procedure if too little was removed during the first procedure.
Pros and cons Pros and cons
This information is intended to help you understand the advantages and disadvantages of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Think about how important each particular issue is to you. You and your doctor can work together to make a decision that's right for you. Your decision will be based on your doctor's expert opinion and your personal values and preferences.
- Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) can improve your flow of urine and reduce your symptoms of an enlarged prostate gland, so can improve your quality of life.
- The procedure has a long-lasting effect.
- The prostate tissue that is removed can be sent to a laboratory for testing for cancer cells.
- You may need to stay in hospital for a few days after your procedure.
- At some point you may need another procedure. About seven to eight out of 100 men will need another procedure within four years.
- You may develop a complication, such as TURP syndrome after your procedure. This requires emergency treatment.
- It may take between four and eight weeks to fully recover from TURP and it may take several weeks for your symptoms to improve.
- It's possible that your symptoms won't improve after your procedure.
FAQs FAQs
I have heard about laser treatment for an enlarged prostate – what is this?
Laser treatment uses energy to destroy your prostate tissue. Types of laser treatment include laser resection and photoselective vaporisation of the prostate.
Laser resection (also known as holmium laser enucleation of the prostate – HoLEP) uses beams of laser light to cut out the prostate tissue. If you have this procedure, your doctor will insert a small telescope into your urethra and use a laser to target your prostate. The pieces of prostate tissue will then be sucked out of your bladder.
Photoselective vaporisation of the prostate uses a different type of laser that produces green light. This type of laser light is absorbed by tissue that has a good blood supply, which means there is very little bleeding. The green laser light vaporises your prostate tissue without affecting the surrounding tissue so there is less scarring. Photoselective vaporisation procedures don't remove as much tissue as HoLEP or TURP, so you may need more than one procedure.
Both of these procedures offer advantages over the usual TURP procedure, including:
- reduced bleeding
- a shorter hospital stay
- a shorter time needing a catheter
- reduced risk of TURP syndrome
However, it's important to note that these procedures are more technically demanding than TURP and not as much is known about their long-term effects.
Your surgeon will advise whether laser treatment is suitable for you.
What is TURP syndrome?
TURP syndrome is a complication that you can get as a result of having a TURP procedure. During TURP, fluid is used to wash out your bladder. This fluid can be absorbed into your body and may cause side-effects, such as low blood pressure (hypotension), feeling sick or vomiting.
TURP syndrome occurs if the fluid used to wash debris and blood from your bladder is absorbed into your body. Different types of fluid that are now available make it less likely that you will develop TURP syndrome. There is some evidence to suggest that newer surgical techniques, for example, those using lasers, have a lower risk of TURP syndrome.
TURP syndrome is very rare because your doctor and anaesthetist will take every precaution to prevent it developing, and monitor you closely to ensure that you're well.
Symptoms of TURP syndrome include:
- numbness, 'pins and needles' or a burning sensation on your face and neck
- your abdomen (tummy) appearing swollen because of absorption of the fluid
- changes in your blood pressure
- feeling sick or vomiting
- blurred vision
- headache
- confusion
- seizures
- losing consciousness
- potentially going into a coma
Some of these symptoms don't need treatment (such as blurred vision) and will clear up on their own, but you may be given medicines through a drip to treat others.
Ask your surgeon for more information about TURP and TURP syndrome.
Why do I need to do pelvic floor exercises after TURP?
Pelvic floor exercises can help to improve control of your bladder when you get home after your procedure.
Your pelvic floor is a layer of muscle that supports your bladder and bowel, It plays an important part in bladder and bowel control. Pelvic floor exercises after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) can improve the results of your procedure and help you to recover faster. Pelvic floor exercises can help you maintain good urinary control and prevent erectile dysfunction (impotence) after TURP. If your doctor thinks it would be beneficial for you, he or she will explain how to do these and how often,
You can exercise your pelvic floor muscles by tightening the ring of muscle around your back passage, as if you're trying to control wind. At the same time, imagine you're passing urine and try to stop the flow mid-stream – then restart it. You may see your penis dip down slightly and feel your scrotum lift when you tighten your pelvic floor muscle. It can take time to get the technique right. Your doctor may advise that you build up the number of exercises you do until you are doing several sets a day.
Resources Resources
Further information
- The British Association of Urological Surgeons
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- Guidelines on the management of male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), incl. benign prostatic obstruction (BPO). European Association of Urology. www.uroweb.org, published February 2012
- Lower urinary tract symptoms: the management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), May 2010. www.nice.org.uk
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DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines – Several Filipinos in Sabah have been helping militants in Sulu by regularly sending them money, a ranking Malaysian police official, who was quoted in a radio report, said Tuesday.
Deputy Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysian police assistant chief, did not say what particular group has been benefiting from these remittances but it was an open knowledge that the Abu Sayyaf is a Sulu-based militant.
The Abu Sayyaf, a ragtag band of self-proclaimed Islamists, has been giving Philippine authorities lot of headaches over the years with its kidnapping and bombing activities.
It has been linked to the Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiya – a terror group that operates in Malaysia.
In the past, the Abu Sayyaf had ventured into Malaysian territories, either to rob a bank as what took place in Lahad Datu in 1985; snatch victims as in the case of the 2000 Sipadan hostage crisis; or attack villages, as in the incident of Pulau Pandanan in September of the same year.
Speaking at a news conference in Felda Sahabat, which a Sabah-based radio station has reported on – Khalid said these people – mostly from the district of Sandakan and Semporna – have been placed "under surveillance." He did not disclose the number of those put under surveillance.
"Financing militants in Jolo is a serious offense and those involved would be arrested under the Security Offenses and Special Measures Act (SOSMA)," he was quoted as saying.
SOSMA is an anti-terrorism and anti-rebellion law passed in 2012 and had replaced the equally criticized Internal Security Act. Malaysian authorities could detain a suspect under SOSMA for up to 28 days even without formal charges.
Khalid said if enough evidence were gathered, those who would be detained for helping militants in Sulu could face life imprisonment or even death, depending on the amount of money they had already sent.
But he later hinted the police were still giving them a chance "to stop (sending money)" to "militants" even if their past acts already "amounted to treason."
"The police will not hesitate to act (if they continue sending money to the militants)," Khalid said.
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The UN's special envoy to the Middle East, Terry Roed-Larsen, cancelled Sunday a scheduled visit to Beirut because of the "deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories," a UN official said, cited by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Larsen had been scheduled to arrive in Beirut late Sunday to participate in a two-day demining conference.
The conference is aimed at setting up a plan to start work on demining southern Lebanon in the wake of Israel's withdrawal last year.
Lebanon's Defense Minister Khalil Hrawi told the Daily Star newspaper Sunday that several countries and groups would send military delegations or experts to the event, including the UAE, the US, Italy and the Mines Advisory Group, a British charity organization.
He said that the conference's first day would include a "comprehensive explanation" of the scale of the demining project, after which participants were expected to state their country's contribution.
On Tuesday, delegates will attend a mock demining operation at the army barracks in Nabatieh.
Also participating will be Syrian Army representatives and an American team, which will train officers for the task, he told the paper.
The demonstration will take place in a specially-prepared 3,000-square-meter field, which has been divided into squares and rectangles.
UNIFIL's Ukrainian battalion will provide mine sweepers for the mock operation, while trained dogs will also participate.
"If countries fulfill their promises, we expect to accomplish a lot within three or four years," he said.
"If help remains limited ... it will be a long process. It would take about 15 or 20 years because our capacities are limited and primitive."
In another development, Hrawi confirmed over the weekend that the government had finally received maps of Israeli minefields in the south, the paper said.
But the maps, which authorities received from Israel via the United Nations, are "very limited," Hrawi said.
Staffan de Mistura, personal representative of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, announced on Thursday that maps covering 70 percent of the minefields in the former Lebanese occupied territories had been obtained from Israel.
Hrawi said the government had asked countries that have ties with Israel, such as the United States, France and Italy, to pressure Israel to hand over the rest of the maps.
"We should have the maps, but I find it difficult because planting mines has a military objective," said Hrawi.
"If we obtain the maps, it would be better and if not, we'll continue our work," said the minister – Albawaba.com
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Since I left you guys with so many unanswered questions. I'll pretty much try to answer them all in this itty bitty epilogue. This is mainly for you Novi Novak Fans ;) Hope You Guys Like It.!
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Nicole's P.O.V
" Mommy who is coming?" My six year old son asked.
I answered him for the millionth time, " Your uncle sweety. He's in town."
" I can see he got the dozing off gene from you." Smirked my husband James.
Slapping his arm, I warned, " Hey dont blame me for having a creative mind."
" Oh ya thats what we'll call it." He said jokingly before kissing my cheek and pulling Robert into his arms.
He squirmmed in his fathers grasp but was laughing, " And I thought one James was enough." Said Emily as she walked into the kitchen.
Who was now nine months pregnant with her soon to be beautiful baby girl, " Look at my little angel. She's about ready to pop." I rubbed her belly.
" I cannot wait! Her mood swings have been driving me crazy." Corbin followed his wife, of course carrying all of her bags.
She laughed, " Yeah I know. Let me take advantage."
" Trust me man Nicole was crazy when she was pregnant so I feel your pain." James patted Corbin on the back.
Emily and I shook our heads at the stupidity of our husbands, " I swear they're such drama queens."
" I totally agree." She sat herself down and rubbed her belly.
Corbin pulled out a bottle of water, and handed it towards her, " You were going to ask me. I can see it in your eyes."
" You did this to me. So now its payback time. " She smirked at him.
I high-fived her, " Preach it girlfriend."
As James and Corbin sat down discussing the superbowl, and Robert kept playing with his drums. I sat with Emily having our weekly gossip. We were just discussing our neighbor's new scandal when I heard the doorbell ring. Robbie was the first to bolt towards the door, I followed him and saw the door opened to a smiling Novi.
" Hey big boy." He pulled Robbie into his arms.
I smiled at the two, " Hey uncle Novi." Robbie hugged Novi back.
" Hey stranger." I gave him a side hug.
Kissing my temple he laughed, " Oh shutup I've only been gone for what six months."
" Ya Ya whatever. Come on everyones waiting." I ushered him to follow me.
But he didn't move, " I have a suprise for everyone." He said.
" Robbie go over to daddy and Uncle Novi and me will come right now." I pulled Robbie off of Novi and set him down.
He obeyed and ran into the living room, " So whats the supri-" But I was cut off when I saw a girl - who looked very familiar - walk behind Novi. With a slight bump.
" Tiffany!!" Screamed Emily, who was gripping onto the wall as she penguin-ed walked over to the front door.
I looked at Tiffany shocked, " Tiffany is that you!!"
" Haha Yeah its me." She smiled at me.
I punched Novi, " Why are we just hearing about this now!!"


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