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A Comparative Study of the Intubating Conditions and Cardiovascular Effects following Succinylcholine and Rocuronium in Adult Elective Surgical Patients
R Verma, R Goordayal, S Jaiswal, G Sinha
cardiovascular effects, intubating conditions, rocuronium, succinylcholine
R Verma, R Goordayal, S Jaiswal, G Sinha. A Comparative Study of the Intubating Conditions and Cardiovascular Effects following Succinylcholine and Rocuronium in Adult Elective Surgical Patients. The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology. 2006 Volume 14 Number 1.
Background: The study was aimed to compare the effect on intubating conditions, onset, clinical duration and cardiovascular effects following administration of Succinylcholine and Rocuronium in Adult Elective Surgical patients.
Materials and Methods: In a prospective randomised controlled trial, seventy five adult ASA grade I or II patients of either sex in the age group of 18-65 years undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia were given either succinylcholine 1mg/kg (group S), Rocuronium 0.6mg/kg (group R) or Rocuronium 0.9mg/kg (group R+) after induction with thiopentone 4-6mg / kg body weight.
Results and conclusion: The study revealed a statistically significant difference in onset time between the three groups: fastest in group S (52.8  15 sec) followed by R+ (102.6  40.8 sec) and R (163.2  58.2 sec) respectively. Intubating conditions were excellent to good in 92% patients in group S, 88% in group R and 100% in group R+. Heart rate and mean arterial pressure were increased in all the three groups with persistence in group R+ > R > S.
Maintenance of a patent airway is a basic and essential component of general anaesthesia (GA), regardless of the technique selected. Endotracheal intubation is one of the available means of doing so in common day to day practice. Muscle relaxants are useful in providing adequate relaxation and enable laryngoscopy and intubation.
In spite of its many undesirable effects, suxamethonium is still preferred in certain clinical situations over most other, mostly non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents, to produce muscle relaxation prior to endotracheal intubation. Its rapid onset of profound muscle relaxation and short apnoea time are special attributes in patients with a high gastric volume as it allows a quick securing of the airway without the need to ventilate the patient, if so needed during the apnoeic interval to prevent desaturation.
Rocuronium is a relatively newer non-depolarizing muscle relaxant. It is expected to have an onset time possibly as rapid as that of succinylcholine without its adverse side effects. But, unlike succinylcholine, rocuronium has little or no cardiovascular side effects (1), and does not cause histamine release (2). Thus it is ideal for rapid-sequence induction of anesthesia and may be preferable to succinylcholine in compromised patients in whom cardiovascular effects are to be avoided. Also, rocuronium has an intermediate duration of action (20-35 min) (3,4), similar to that of vecuronium and atracurium and does not depend extensively on renal elimination, hepato-biliary mechanisms primarily accounting for elimination.
The present study was designed to compare the endotracheal intubating conditions, onset and duration of clinical relaxation and cardiovascular side effects after administration of rocuronium and succinylcholine in adult patients undergoing elective surgery.
This study was conducted in the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sir Sunderlal Hospital, Banaras Hindu University. Prior to commencing the investigation, approval was obtained from both the ethical and hospital research committee.
75 adult patients of either sex aged between 18-65 years, belonging to either of ASA class I or II and scheduled for elective surgery, were included in this prospective randomized study. Exclusion criteria were- Patients with potential airway problems and suspected difficult intubations, (other than Malampatti grade I or II airway anatomy), patients suffering from neuromuscular disease, patients receiving any medication known to interact with neuromuscular blocking drugs, for example- aminoglycoside antibiotics during the last 24 hours .
All patients received 0.25-0.5 mg oral alprazolam premedication in the evening before surgery and at 2 hrs before induction of anaesthesia. Patients were randomly assigned to any one of the following three groups:
Group S : Patients receiving intravenous succinylcholine 1.0 mg/kg. Group R : Patients receiving intravenous rocuronium (Esmeron) 0.6 mg/kg. Group R+ : Patients receiving intravenous rocuronium 0.9 mg/kg.
GA Technique:
Inj. Tramadol 2 mg/kg was administered IV, as an analgesic agent in all the three groups. No anticholinergic drug was given during the period of observation.
Patients were preoxygenated for 3 minutes. Anesthesia was induced with intravenous Inj. thiopentone sodium 4-6 mg/kg, the endpoint being the loss of the eyelash reflex. The IV line was flushed with the running IV fluid and immediately a bolus dose of the respective muscle relaxant corresponding to the study group concerned, was injected. Cardiovascular data were recorded at regular one-minute intervals for first ten minutes.
Neuromuscular monitoring was done using a peripheral nerve stimulator (Tristim Tm Model NS-3a) and stimulating the ulnar nerve at the wrist via surface electrodes placed along the course of the nerve. Supra maximal square wave impulses of 0.2 mSec duration in a train-of-four sequence (2 Hz) were delivered. Baseline evoked mechanical response of the adductor pollicis muscle was assessed visually/manually and/or recorded via a force displacement transducer and displayed as a tracing. The evoked response to ulnar nerve TOF stimulation every 10 seconds was recorded. Onset time was recorded on complete ablation of first twitch of TOF while intubating condition was assessed clinically first after 60 sec. then every 30 seconds subsequently. The duration of laryngoscopy was restricted to 15 sec at each attempt. Muscle relaxant was repeated on 25 % recovery of T1 of TOF (clinical duration).
Intubating conditions were assessed clinically according to the criteria proposed by Goldberg and colleagues, based on observations of jaw relaxation, vocal cord relaxation and motor response to intubation. A scale of 4 grades as described below was used:
Excellent: Jaw relaxed, vocal cords apart and immobile and no diaphragmatic movement.
Good: Jaw relaxed vocal cords apart and immobile and some diaphragmatic movement.
Poor: Jaw relaxed, vocal cords moving and bucking.
Inadequate: Jaw not relaxed and laryngoscopy impossible.
Anaesthesia was maintained on nitrous oxide in oxygen (2:1) and halothane. Additional doses of non-depolarizing muscle relaxant when given when recovery of T1 reached 25%. The repeat of dose in groups was Inj. Rocuronium 0.6 mg/kg
For the purpose of this study, the following observations were recorded.
Assessment of the three facets of intubation (jaw relaxation, cord relaxation, reaction to intubation) and overall grading of intubating conditions.
Response of the adductor pollicis muscles to percutaneous ulnar nerve TOF stimulation at the wrist before injection of muscle relaxant (baseline), regularly after administration of muscle relaxant till complete abolition of first twitch (onset time) and 25% recovery of T1 (clinical duration).
Cardiovascular data (mean arterial BP, HR, SaO2, ECG) before induction (baseline), at the time of intubation and at every minute for 10 minutes thereafter.
Occurrence of fasciculations and/or other complications.
Statistical analysis: The observations were analysed statistically and expressed as mean and standard error of the mean. Various parameters for the three groups were compared using paired "t" test, one way (ANOVA). For testing the association of demographic data chi square test was applied.
p<0.05 was considered to be significant. To test the significance between the groups where 'f' value was significant, the multiple range tests (Student Newman Keuls (SNK) test) has been used. Differences were considered significant when p<0.05.
Observations And Results
Mean age, body weight and sex ratio in all the three groups were almost similar with insignificant difference (p> 0.05).
Table I: Demographic data
The clinical duration was highly significant in all the three groups (Table-2) being lowest in group S, higher in group R and highest in group R+.
Table II: Onset time and clinical duration (Mean SD)
The intubating conditions in group S were comparable to group R+ at 60 sec [92% in group S compared to 100% in group R+]. The patients in group R had acceptable intubating conditions in 88% of cases, although a large number [52%] had some diaphragmatic movements [good intubating condition] while in 12.0% cases the intubating condition was poor [Table- III].
Table III: Intubating conditions in different groups at 60 seconds
The hemodynamic data as observed in the three groups is given in table- IV. The heart rates showed an increasing trend and until remaining above the baseline for above 6 min in all the three groups. Increases in MBP were found to be significant up to 3, 4 and 6 min in group S, R and R+ respectively. The maximum increases from base line in these were 18.5%, 20.2% and 23.9% in the three respective groups.
No adverse changes in ECG and SaO2 were observed. Muscle fasciculations were observed after administration of succinylcholine as predicted.
Table IV: Hemodynamic parameters (Mean heart rate & M.A.P SD).
An ideal muscle relaxant should have non-depolarizing mechanism of action, rapid onset, short duration, rapid recovery, non-cumulative, no histamine release, no cardiovascular side effects, high potency, and prompt reversibility by cholinesterase inhibitors and pharmacologically inactive metabolites.
All the three study groups were similar with regards to age, sex and weight. There was significant difference in onset time between three groups. Group S showing fastest onset (52.8 ± 15.0 sec) compared to R+ (102.6 ± 40.8 sec) and R (163.2 ± 58.2 sec). Magonian et al. (5) reported an onset time with succinylcholine (50.0 ± 17.0 sec), 89.0 ± 33.0 sec. and 75.0 ± 28.0 sec after 0.6mg/kg and 0.9mg/kg rocuronium respectively. On other hand Latorre et al (6) reported an onset time of 48.0 ± 16.0 sec after 1 mg/kg succinylcholine and onset time of 3.0 minutes after 0.6mg/kg rocuronium. However Weirda et al. (4) reported an onset time of 172.0 sec after rocuronium 0.6mg/kg.
The duration of action of succinylcholine as reported by Latoree et al. (6) was 7.0 ±2.1 while clinical duration observed in our study was 5.74 ± 1.58 min.
A clinical duration of 17.4 ± 3.2 min after 0.06 mg/ kg rocuronium was reported by Booji et al. (7) is 17.4, while we found duration of 22.86 ± 4.9 min after 0.6mg/kg rocuronium. Mirakhur et al. (3) and Weirda et al. (4) reported a clinical duration of 30.0 min and 33.0 min respectively after 0.9mg/kg rocuronium. This duration is close to our observation of 34.26 ± 5.6 min with 0.9 mg/ kg of rocuronium.
Intubating conditions as observed by Mirakhur et al. (3), Copper et al. (8) Huizinga et al.(9) and Shukla et. al. (10) were good or acceptable in 95% patients at 60 seconds and in all patients at 90 seconds. The average intubating time as reported by Mirakhur et al. (3) was 89 seconds. However, in our study we observed excellent to good intubating conditions in 92% in group S, 88% in group R and in 100% in group R+. Our observations in rocuronium groups are very close to that observed by above authors (3, 8,9,10).
No significant changes were observed in hemodynamic parameters by Nitschman et al.(1), Mac Coy et al.(11) and Shukla et. al. (10) with 0.6 mg/kg rocuronium whereas Robertson et al.(12) reported a 10-15% increase in mean arterial pressure and 5-10% increase in heart rate with 0.9 mg/kg rocuronium. Sparr et al.(13) found maximum increase in heart rate and mean arterial pressure of approximately 20% and 35% respectively following intubation after rocuronium and this returned to baseline values in 5 minutes. We observed an increased heart rate, mean arterial pressure at 1 minute after drug administration in all the three groups which persisted up to 3 min in group S, 4.00 min in group R and 5 min in group R+. This is same as reported by other authors. The rise in heart rate and mean arterial pressure may be as a result of sympathetic stimulation produced due to laryngoscopy and intubation.
Thus from the above study we conclude that rocuronium in 0.9 mg/kg is safer, better and superior alternative to succinylcholine (1 mg/kg) in conditions where the latter is contraindicated or hazardous.
Ravi Verma, M.D,D.A Department of Anesthesiology Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University Varanasi .India E-mail- drravi_verma@yahoo.com
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3.	Mirakhur RK, Cooper AR, Clarke RSJ. Onset and intubating conditions of rocuronium bromide compared to those of suxamethonium. Eur J Anaesth. 1994 ; 11 (9) : 41-43.
4.	Weirda JMKH, Hommes FDM, Nag JHA, Van den Broek L. Comparison of time course of action and endotracheal intubating conditions of vecuronium bromide, rocuronium bromide, and mivacurium chloride. Anaesthesia 1995; 50 : 393-96
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R. K. Verma, M.D., D.A.
Reader, Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
R., Goordayal, M.D.
Ex-Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
S. Jaiswal, M.D.
Junior Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
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Green Day vs. Jawbreaker
Posted on July 22, 2014 by keith — 21 Comments ↓
This gem was submitted by Mark Adams
Jawbreaker is one of my all time favorite bands. Granted the four chord punk riff simplicity of the "Boxcar" (1994) verse is nothing mind blowingly original. But check out Green Day's "She's a Rebel" (2004) and the similarity is unmistakable.
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Jawbreaker - "Boxcar" (1994)
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Mark Adams July 28, 2014 at 9:40 am
Thanks. Do you like these sort of posts because they give you an excuse to listen to some of your favourite music? Anyway, I have a crazy Green Day comparison, but maybe it's a bit of a stretch, the verse of Minority (2000) sounds kind of like Mickey Mouse's theme song.
Keith Post author July 28, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Ha. Yeah, I would definitely prefer these over One Direction.
Maybe you could save yourself the hassle by asking Ben to look into the other One Direction similarities, except maybe you wouldn't be that cruel.
Mark Adams October 4, 2014 at 9:35 am
For another Disney and Green Day comparison, I think part of Geek Stink Breath (1995) sounds like part of the Donald Duck presents music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r_WQXvGhv8#t=31s
Mark Adams July 29, 2014 at 12:46 pm
A guy by the name of Paul Pike claimed to have written the songs from American Idiot and filed for a court case with scant evidence in 2006.
Horseshoes and Handgrenades (2009) sounds like a profanity-filled version of main offender by The Hives (2000), and I guess Hitchin' a Ride (1997) sounds quite a bit like Stray Cat Strut not just in the popular riff, but in the melody as well.
And the riff from Boulevard of Broken Dreams sounds kind of like She's My Heroine by Agent 51 (2003). Anyway, I don't know how likely it is they heard these songs.
Mark Adams August 18, 2014 at 1:17 am
Guess I'd better add the verse melody of If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback (2008). If Today Was Your Last Day peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Adult Top 40, #1 on the UK Rock chart and #26 on the ARIA charts. Boulevard of Broken Dreams was the first song to top the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks (for 14 weeks), Modern Rock Tracks (16 weeks), Adult Top 40 (11 weeks) and Mainstream Top 40 (4 weeks) and also topped the Pop 100. It was also Green Day's first song to reach the Adult Contempory chart, peaking at #30 and reached #5 on the ARIA charts. Chart performance information courtesy of Wikipedia, but there are many references.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6g-muQm54
Mark Adams August 19, 2014 at 12:41 pm
The guitar solo or instrumental break of BOBD sounds even more like She's My Heroine.
Green Day also has Restless Heart Syndrome (2009).
And maybe I could add Nightlife (2012), but it's in a drastically different style.
And funnily enough, Nightlife also sounds like this.
But Horseshoes and Handgrenades also sounds like their own Prosthetic Head (1997), which sounds kind of like Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Joe Jackson (1979).
And Last of the American Girls (2009) sounds kind of like a cross between Fun, Fun, Fun (1964) and When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbing Along).
Mark Adams August 5, 2014 at 9:05 am
Anyway, Green Day, Jawbreaker and Dillinger Four all started out playing at The Alternative Music Foundation, 924 Gilman Street. Also, maybe they had heard She's My Heroine as Agent 51 was signed to their Adeline Records in 2001, but then again, the album which contained She's My Heroine was released by another company. They could have still heard them practising the song in the studio before they left the company.
And the riff from Platypus (I Hate You) off of nimrod in 1997 sounds kind of like Master of Puppets by Metallica (1986).
http://www.muzu.tv/metallica/master-of-puppets-video/267173/undefined
This might be a bit of a stretch, but the riff from East Jesus Nowhere (2009) sounds kind of like that of Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull (1971). Anyway, it sounds more like Locomotive Breath than Disposable Teens by Marilyn Manson, where the only similarity is the deadened strums. There is also a video performance for the Green Day song where Will Ferrell plays Cowbell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPu18Wt8e7Y
Mark Adams August 20, 2014 at 10:38 am
The Forgotten (2012) sounds kind of like Always On My Mind, written by Willie Nelson and originally performed by Brenda Lee (1972). Interesting that the similar portions begin at around the same point and that's not the beginning. All I know about the chart performance of The Forgotten is that it reached #39 on the UK Rock Chart, according to Wikipedia, but there are some references. I suppose Megan Washington's new song Begin Again sounds kind of like these, but I can't find it on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rs2m3lhg-k#t=1m30s
Mark Adams August 27, 2014 at 1:28 pm
And the melody of Boxcar sounds kind of like Exhuming McCarthy by R.E.M, off of Document (1987) and Strange by Wire (1977). A comment states that Strange sounds like Sister Ray by The Velvet Underground (1968). R.E.M. covered Strange on the same album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDclzxulwT8
While I'm on the subject The One I Love by R.E.M. (1987) sounds kind of like Solitary Man by Neil Diamond (1966).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7oQEPfe-O8
Dan June 23, 2016 at 2:33 pm
I think Pick Up Lines by Dynamite Hack sounds like a faster Boxcar.
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To Cite: Sharifi Zahabi E, Entezari M H, Maracy M R , Yaran M. Effect of soy flour enriched bread consumption on anthropometric indices and blood pressure and its association with ApoE genotype in overweight and obese women, J Kermanshah Univ Med Sci. 2015 ; 18(12):e70726. doi: 10.22110/jkums.v18i12.2203.
Background: Recent publications indicate that consumption of soy products may have favorable effects on body composition and blood pressure. These effects might be associated with presence of specific polymorphism in Apo E gene. This study was conducted to examine the effects of consumption of soy flour enriched bread on anthropometric indices and blood pressure and its association with ApoE genotype in overweight and obese women.
Methods: In this randomized cross-over clinical, 30 overweight and obese women were randomly assigned to regular diet and soy bread diet groups and received a mild weight loss diet for 6 weeks and a washout period for 20-d. Subjects in the soy bread diet were asked to consume 120 gr of enriched soy bread instead of the same amount of their usual bread intake.
Results: No significant effects of soy bread on systolic blood pressure (SBP) and anthropometric indices were observed compared to the regular diet (P> 0.05). For diastolic blood pressure (DBP), comparison of mean differences of variables between two groups showed a marginally significant effect of soy bread (P=0.06). Compared to the regular diet, soy bread had a significant effect on DBP in the group with Apo ɛ2 allele (P=0.028).
Conclusion: Soy bread consumption might have favorable effects on the blood pressure of overweight and obese women with E2 allele.


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Raimondo Touts Goal to Make Energy System 10 Times Cleaner
Directs State Energy Team to Work with Utilities to Procure 400MW of Affordable, Clean Energy
PROVIDENCE, RI - Governor Gina M. Raimondo touted progress toward her administration's goal to make Rhode Island's energy system 10 times cleaner. Since announcing the goal to bring 1,000 megawatts of clean energy into the state's energy portfolio last spring, Rhode Island has more than doubled the amount of renewable power. Building on this progress, Governor Raimondo directed her energy team today to work with the state's utilities to issue a procurement for up to 400 megawatts of affordable, clean energy by this summer.
"Our commitment to a greener energy future is good for our environment and good for our economy. Since announcing our goal to make our energy system 10 times cleaner, we've more than doubled the amount of renewable energy in the state, from roughly 100 megawatts to 230," said Governor Raimondo. "Few states are as vulnerable to climate change as Rhode Island. Our investments and commitment to fighting climate change will create jobs and protect our environment. That's why we set this goal, and it's why I'm directing my team to work with Rhode Island's utilities to procure another 400 megawatts of clean and renewable energy by the end of this summer."
The Office of Energy Resources will collaborate with the state's utilities to design a request for proposals. The specific details of the RFP will be released at a later date.
"Because of the critical groundwork we have conducted in Rhode Island - including the first-ever offshore wind farm in the country and our nationally renowned energy efficiency programs - we have created a strong foundation for a more affordable, reliable and clean energy system," said State Energy Commissioner Carol Grant. "Local homeowners, businesses and governments are actively installing renewable energy projects throughout the state, which is helping our environment while bolstering the State's clean energy industry."
The 1,000-megawatt goal directs Rhode Island's energy team to seek a broad mix of clean resources - including offshore and on-shore wind, hydro and solar. The state's existing and successful clean energy programs are working well, contributing to clean energy expansion and job growth throughout Rhode Island. This large-scale procurement will supplement and accelerate the state's progress, and diversify its mix of clean energy.
"This competitive RFP will help to deliver more clean energy for Rhode Island at the lowest market rates, which will protect ratepayers' wallets," said Macky McCleary, administrator of the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers. "We look forward to reviewing some innovative proposals."
"We commend Governor Raimondo for her leadership in driving clean energy development through the solicitation announced today for 400 megawatts of solar, wind, and other clean energy resources," said Northeast Clean Energy Council President Peter Rothstein. "Ambitious policy actions like this are putting Rhode Island on the map as an increasingly attractive market for clean energy and economic development."
Since 2014, Rhode Island has added more than 5,000 green jobs, a 66 percent increase. The Governor's goal calls for 20,000 green jobs by 2020. Since 2014, the state has also increased the number of solar companies that are approved to do business with the state eight-fold, from six to 48. Last year, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) ranked RI #3 in the United States for energy efficiency programs and policies. And after launch a virtual net metering program in 2011, it's been expanded to include private and public schools, nonprofits, federal government buildings and hospitals.
Click the link below to see Rhode Island's progress toward the Governor's clean energy goal.


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William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Place: Government Art Collection
Hogarth's series of four engravings 'The Times of the Day' are probably the most famous prints in his oeuvre. This matched set of the four is all in early lifetime impressions, before any of the later rework.
Hogarth conceived of the 'Times of the Day' as a 'progress' in the same way as his compositions for 'The Harlot's Progress' for example. They were a comment on moral degeneration. The concept of 'progressions' in a series of paintings, whether in the form of 'the seasons' or of the 'times of day' had a long history in European art before it was adopted by Hogarth. His revolutionary contribution to the genre was to transfer the settings from the traditional country landscapes, with the changing crops for example, to city views. He wrote that he considered the city to the landscape of the 18th century, the hub of life.
The portraits and social satires of William Hogarth, painter and engraver, have come to define the period in which he lived. His best known works include his series of satirical of paintings, such as 'The Beggar's Opera' (c.1729, Birmingham City Art Gallery, private collection and National Gallery of Art, Washington) and 'A Rake's Progress' (c.1734, Sir John Soane's Museum, London). He also painted formal portraits, including the philanthropist 'Captain Thomas Coram' (1740, Coram family, in the care of the Foundling Museum, London) and 'The Graham Children' (1742, National Gallery, London). Hogarth lived and worked in London for most of his life and was a major benefactor of the Foundling Museum during the 1740s, founded by Captain Coram.
lantern, topography, genre, morning, winter, smoke, fire, ice, boy, man, woman, 18th century costume, dress, wig, basket, kissing, servant, begging, fighting, sword, piazza, coffee house, church, door, window, chimney
Transferred from the British Museum, July 1946
Collection of the British Museum; by whom transferred to the Ministry of Works in 1946


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Congratulations to Emma Santistevan, Birch Creek Elementary's 2022-23 Teacher of the Year!
Only three years into her teaching career, Birch Creek Elementary School Teacher of the Year Emma Santistevan has the "skills and insights of a veteran teacher," says Principal Trudy Wilson. Students, parents, other teachers, and faculty around Birch Creek know Santistevan for two things: she is always willing to try new things and strives to find the best possible practice to use to help her students, and she has a gift for connecting with her students.
Born and raised in Cache Valley, Santistevan grew up attending CCSD schools. She had terrific experiences that inspired her to become a teacher. "I had really good teachers that had good relationships with their students, so that inspired me," Santistevan explained. One of those teachers was Santistevan's fifth-grade teacher, Stacie Williamson, who is now the principal at River Heights Elementary School. "I felt like we were a team, and she had our best interest in mind, and that just sparked that joy and the thought that this was something I could totally do. And then I was into teaching forever," said Santistevan.
Experiences like fifth grade with Mrs. Williamson motivated Santistevan to stay in the district. After student teaching at Edith Bowen Elementary School and graduating from Utah State University, Santistevan decided to work at Birch Creek Elementary School as a fifth-grade teacher. "I feel very fortunate that I was the administrator to hire Emma. This is her third year at Birch Creek, and I often forget that she is such a new teacher to the profession because she is just fantastic," Principal Wilson expressed.
Throughout her career so far, Santistevan has seen herself grow and improve as a teacher. In addition, she has discovered her teaching philosophy and style. "You can practice so much when you're a student teacher, but then, when you're actually in it and doing all these things on your own, you have to figure out what's going to work best for you," Santistevan commented.
For Santistevan, what works is being willing to try new things and find the best evidence-based approach for every single part of teaching. "I just keep trying new things. I just love learning, and I tell the kids that all the time," Santistevan explained. "I tell them that just because I got my degree doesn't mean I know everything. And I share with them all the time what I'm learning. So we're all learning together."
Another focus Santistevan has in the classroom is her relationships with her students. "My relationship with the students is the number one most important thing," Santistevan explained. "I focus on that so hard at the beginning of the year—on building those relationships and making sure they can trust me so that I can teach them. They will not learn from anyone they don't trust, especially in the upper grades."
Santistevan's approach to building relationships is focused on meaningful conversations and getting to know the whole student, including their personality, learning style, how they like to sit, what subjects they are good at, etc. During the first couple months of the year, she observes the students and then adjusts. "Sometimes we force our students to adjust to what we like, but students will learn so much better if we're able to figure them out," Santistevan said. "Really getting to know how students are as a whole person can help us be on the same page. Then we can trust each other and start learning from one another."
Santistevan takes the time to focus on this relationship with her students, especially the students labeled as 'hard.' She has found they trust her more and are willing to listen to what she has to say more than if she doesn't take the time to build those relationships and or treats them a certain way based on the things she's heard.
Santistevan shared a story of a student she had one year. This student had a negative relationship with education and adults. "I made it my ultimate goal that year to build a good relationship with that student. And at the beginning of the year, you could tell he was trying to figure me out and see if we would be a good match or if we would hate each other, and I was trying to figure him out too," Santistevan explained.
The way they developed a relationship was through jokes. "I got to know him, and he ended up being one of my favorites. And I honestly don't even think I did anything magical or special. It was just taking the time to listen to what he had to say," Santistevan continued. "When I would listen to him or ask about a story he was writing or laugh at his jokes, his eyes would light up. And I think that's all he needed."
Principal Wilson isn't the only person who has noticed the remarkable gifts Santistevan brings to her classroom. Other teachers, faculty, and parents also see and express their appreciation and awe for what she does. "Mrs. Santistevan encompasses everything you hope your child's teacher to be and more. We do not say this lightly when we say that a teacher such as Emma comes along maybe once in a student's life," one parent expressed. "We have no doubt that teaching is her calling in life as it shines through every single day in her classroom."
Santistevan was honored at the December 1st board meeting.
Emma Santistevan with Birch Creek Principal Trudy Wilson and board member Kathy Christiansen
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Ray Ockenden
"If we [the UK] don't have access to the art, the architecture, the music, say nothing of the ideas and the philosophy of European countries, then we are very, very impoverished."
Interview by Annie Hayeter
Dr Ray Ockenden is an emeritus fellow of Wadham college at the University of Oxford, which he joined in 1967 as its first fellow in German.
Ockenden started to learn German at the age of 13. Following an influential trip to Hamburg, which sowed the seeds for his interest in languages, and curiously for an Englishman, also converted his tea drinking habits, Ockenden first spent a year in Heidelberg and then went on to complete an Oxford undergraduate degree in German and French. Following an exploratory year as a schoolmaster and a year as a graduate student at Balliol College at the University of Oxford, he took up a post as a lecturer in German at Bedford College, London, and after seven years there, joined Wadham College.
He has been teaching German literature and language for the university and for many other Oxford colleges since at Wadham, and has fulfilled several college offices such as Dean, Senior Tutor and Sub-Warden, as well as its Dean of degrees.
Ray Ockenden's research work, like his tutorial, teaching and lecturing, has been concerned with German literature, especially poetry from 1750 to the present day. He has written about Goethe and also the later poetry of Bertholt Brecht. Most recently he published about the German romantic poet, Eduard Mörike.
Apart from enjoying his love of teaching, of poetry and of European wine, Ray is an active, long-standing member of the Oxford Bach Choir.
In his interview with Annie Hayter he reflects on the British pragmatism that the EU might lose out on in the future, the smell of the metro in Paris, and the curiosity of flying into St. Leningrad but out of St. Petersburg in the early 1990s. His advice for the younger generation: "A tad more listening and a tad less talking."
Ockenden was interviewed by Annie Hayter, a writer and poet from London. Hayter is an alumna of the Barbican Young Poets and the London Writers Awards. She won the BBC Proms Young Poet and performed at the Brighton festival, the Southbank Centre, the Barbican and on BBC Radio Three.
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Political awareness
I forgot to tell you an important story to illustrate that my family wasn't enormously politically aware, and that is that my father, then aged thirty-six and his younger brother, he was thirty-four, and his youngest brother aged twenty-seven. They decided that they would like to do a walking holiday together on the continent, particularly France. […] And once my father had finished his school teaching term, they set off this walking holiday in August 1939. And when they got to Paris, and went, of course, to visit the famous Louvre Museum, somewhat disconcerted to discover that all the paintings were being taken down and taken away. Because, of course, everybody knew that there was going to be a war and they were taking the paintings to safety. So the three not so young men decided that perhaps they ought to abandon this plan, how they had ever conceived it, I don't know.
I think one of the obvious tragedies about Britain is that really rather interesting and quite important Englishness, which we can bring to bear on the continental system. I mean, what we are losing, of course, is gigantic and I don't need to stress that. But the European Union is losing a certain measure, I think, of good old-fashioned sense, common sense and, of course, a feeling of tradition, because we do still have that from the good fortune of having not been invaded since 1066. And we have certain continuities which are loved.[…….] [My hope is that] that we will be part of Europe again and actually being able to contribute what is characteristically English and characteristically British to the European mix, and that the channel continues to be merely 25 miles of water and not anything more serious than that.
On language and cultural exchange
I think you only really understand a country when you speak its language and the fact that English is such a dominant language and that this country is turning into a monoglot country, is, of course, a source of great sadness to me because I know what riches lie in learning other languages, and opening up their cultures. […] I mean, my taste in music, my taste in art, I can't imagine if I were limited [….] But, you know, if we don't have access to the art, the architecture, the music, say nothing of the ideas and the philosophy of European countries, then we are very, very impoverished.[…] And I hope, and that's a different sort of hope, that the massive decline in learning of European languages, which we can see now in schools, is somehow reversed. […] I started teaching at a time when German was suddenly expanding both at schools, but also very much in universities. And I've just seen it shrinking and shrinking. And it's not good for people to suppose that they have the only language that matters. And then the only set of ideas that matter.
On the GDR/Fall of the Berlin wall
I spent a whole summer term at the University of Jena, in the GDR. It happens to be the summer term of 1989. So you might say, what signs did you glimpse of a gigantic change about to overtake Europe? Answer – nil, zero, nothing. (Laughter). A few people were leaking over the front here into Hungary. And some people were protesting a bit about the communist regime. But the idea that the wall was going to fall within a matter of months, absolutely no sign at all. […] And I retained a certain sort of romantic view of what East Germany might have been like if it had been united with West Germany in a more positive way. It was, of course, a takeover by the West. It was an economic takeover particularly, and any ideals that the East might have still believed in got entirely buried and that I regretted.
On freedom
I think I've always had enormous amounts of freedom, I suppose. The freedom to say what I felt and thought, to write what I thought and felt, and I don't think that that's ever been in question in my life. And I've been again, I've been very fortunate in that respect. I can't think of any any situation where I felt that was that was being limited.
On feeling at home
I support the cricket team [in Yorkshire] and it's about as far as my loyalty to Yorkshire goes. Otherwise I don't feel I belong. And this is what distinguishes me from all my German friends, is that I don't feel I belong anywhere. In a way that if you're German, you absolutely do need to have to want to be somewhere. And I don't feel I have those roots. I mean, I was born in London. I went back to live in London briefly and then started my academic career, taught at the University of London. I spent seven years there. I don't feel myself to be a Londoner. And I've spent of course, I spent most of my life in Oxford without feeling that this is a place where I have roots, I just have my life. That may have helped this feeling that I could find roots elsewhere in other places.
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The National Parks fire lookout adventure game, Firewatch, has been teased earlier this year by developers Campo Santo to arrive on the Nintendo Switch in 2018, and a recent tweet confirmed its official release date, which is now right around the corner.
Firewatch was a short but memorable adventure game taking players through ins and outs of keeping a keen eye out for forest fires during the peak of fire season. The story unfolds as the mentally distraught volunteer "fire-watcher" begins discovering unsettling instances as the days tick away on a remote mountain range apart of Yellowstone.
The only consistent interaction is with the woman guiding your character along the mountain area via walkie-talkie. The game plays more as a sleuthing adventure with the means of interacting with certain objects found throughout the game which eventually push the gripping narrative to its unforgettable climax.
The game released for the PS4, Xbox One and PC all the way back in 2016, but has been working on bringing the title over to the hybrid Switch console.
Firewatch for the Nintendo Switch is set to release this month on December 17th, 2018.


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Futuro Cube – The new fun gaming device!
Entertainment April 5, 2013 by Syeda Fatima
We have to face it; as much as we like playing games on our cell phones, the gaming aspect is not met until you exclusively use a gaming device. The Futuro Cube is a tech invention that will change your portable gaming fun. Highly sensitive to touch and colorful, this cube is a must-have for those who love to play games.
A creation by Princip Interactive, the Futuro Cube may look like children's play but are actually the opposite. This product has been designed to keep your brain stimulated and up your physical activity by all the tapping and movements needed for the games.
The games are spread over all six sides of the cube, and it provides new levels of difficulty to its already pre-loaded games, puzzles, brainteasers, etc. The console does take time to get used to and understand, as it is a new invention; however, once you've understood it, your gaming experience will be elevated to the next level.
There are games like Gomoku, Cubris (similar to Tetris), Snake, etc. All of these have been revamped to create excitement. A new game called the Gravity Puzzle, akin to the Rubiks game, is also available on the cube. Not only can all these games be played solo they can also be teamed with multiple players.
Futuro Cube
Coming to the tech specs, the brain of the Futuro Cube is a Cortex M3 ARM-based processor supported by 128 MB of onboard NAND Flash memory. The device runs on a 1 Ah Li-Pol battery that supports hours of continuous play, with recharging taking some 2.5 hours over micro USB (also used for firmware upgrades and resources upload via Windows/Mac computer).
A 2.4 GHz proprietary wireless radio link caters for multi-player fun with other Futuro Cube players up to five meters (16 ft) apart. The device also gives out 16-bit/22 kHz audio through its speaker sporting a double output sound canal, which is helped along with a 1 W class-D amplifier and Inter-IC Sound (I2S) digital output.
The Futuro Cube is available for $99.99, an investment for those who really like good games and time pass without wearing down the battery of their smartphones and tablets.
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BULGARIA FIGHTER JETS INCOMING PUBLIC TENDER
By Julien BRUGNETTI on March 27, 2017 / Blog, Bulgaria / Leave a comment
Since 2006, the replacement of the Bulgarian Air Force's MiG-29 Fulcrums has been bandied by successive governments. Nevertheless, today it constitutes one of the paramount priorities of the Bulgarian defence apparatus.
Having entered NATO in 2004, Bulgaria still relies on its outdated soviet MiG29s to ensure its air force core task. As stated in the Program for the development of the defense capabilities of the Bulgarian armed forces 2020, the Bulgarian air force is primarily appointed to ensure the air space sovereignty, alone or with the backing of NATO nations. Facing its pertaining duties, Bulgaria's unwavering willingness to harmonize its main air force jet fighters with NATO compatible standards is far from a surprise. To pave the way for this in depth military reform, Bulgarian government initiated a defence budget enhancement program to raise the army FY16 budget to 1.35%, 1.5% in FY18, up to 2% in FY24 (NATO budget compliance threshold).
Hence the purchase of a new multi-purpose aircraft is of an utmost importance and represents a substantial effort for the tight state budget with €767 million dedicated. Within this amount, half of it will be dedicated to a first batch of eight jets in the 2018-2020 delivery period while the rest will be devoted to a second batch of eight jets with a post 2022 delivery. The bid package also includes besides the aircraft supply, flight training and trainings for the technical staff, air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons, logistics, ground equipment and other related goods and services.
The tender for the aircraft supply has been held between Dec 9th 2016 and March 13th 2017 with three materials shortlisted bearing air force officials' interest:
JAS-39 Gripen C/Ds: brand new from Sweden
F16 A/Bs: mid-life Portuguese units upgraded by Ogma (with logistic package from US Lockheed Martin).
Eurofighter Typhoon T-1 standard: second hand units from Italy.
The interdepartmental working group appointed by the prime minister, opened the submitted proposals in the presence of representatives of Italy, Portugal, the USA and Sweden. The working group, chaired by the Air Force Commander Major-General Tcanko Stoykov will start analyzing and evaluating responses on March 14th and should hand in its conclusion in a month.
However, partiality allegations have recently strained the tender process. Criterias have been modified to lower the weight attributed to "expected shelf life", supposedly to advantage the fate of used Portuguese F-16.
In the meantime, Bulgarian officials signed a maintenance agreement with Poland, thus validating the loosening strategic ties with Russia, to put up-to-date its aging MIG-29 fleet. Bulgaria spent €36 million last year on acquiring new engines and other spare parts for its current 15 RAC MiG-29 fighters (further €16 million maintenance spending expected). The MiG 29 useful life extension will help to back-up the Bulgarian air force transition towards a fully operational and modern jet fighters fleet.
With the incoming renewal of most of NATO F-16 fleets (Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Turkey), the Portuguese F-16 choice could be more sustainable for the tight Bulgarian military budget by providing a wider pool of spare parts in order to lower maintenance costs on the mid-long term and to enhance optimization of its component overhaul.
Another advantage for the F-16 bid is the recent choice made by neighboring Romania. Bulgarian air forces would lean on neighboring air forces, operating the same jet fighters, with obvious interoperability benefits during joint air policing operations. Hence, this multi-purpose aircraft program should allow Bulgaria to fully comply with its NATO mission frame, adopted during the Wales' organization summit, i.e. to provide security to NATO southern flank.
Furthermore, as regards with equipment investment doctrine (Program for the development of the defense capabilities 2020), Bulgaria is tilting toward a tighter cooperation with NATO agencies. This in order to enhance its planes integration within the organization's framework, to get highest NATO financial and economic leverages in fixing prices and to harvest outcomes for the development of the Bulgarian subcontractor industry.
As defence budget in Bulgaria is severely outstretched, the air force is not to buy state of the art new fighters jets. Indeed, the three shortlisted aircrafts are all three fourth generation birds. Moreover, two of the contenders offer second hand aircrafts. Even if it seems to have more chance to win the adjudication, the F-16 will have to face the harsh competition of the Eurofighter Typhoon, also second handed. At the opposite, the Gripen, with its more modern standard, has already been widely exported and might be a serious challenger with consequences for incoming tenders in Europe (Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia).
Written by Nicolas Charrié (Analyst) for OIDA Strategic Intelligence


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I received a call from Skye of all places from Brum's new owner! I told the new owner all his history - he said the car is still running beautifully!
The end of Brum - for me at least! I couldn't sell him to anyone, despite a low selling price and the fact that the car is perfect!! So he's being traded in on the 8th of November for my new MINI Cooper.
The car has been fantastic and will be missed. Reliable, fast and comfortable. Difficult to live with sometimes though with misted up windows, bad vision through the plastic rear screen, heavy non-assisted steering and the lack of ABS is a major problem and the reason I crashed it earlier this year.
Brum for sale!!! I've decided to try and buy a new MINI Cooper instead - It will be more suitable for motorway duties for work (quieter and more economical) and, I think, more trendy and more fun. I've only managed to get the top down a handful of times this year - it just doesn't seem worth it.
shock! - something's actually gone wrong with my car! Its just about the only bit that isn't a Mazda part though - my lovely Air Horns. I've had to remove them for now and its back to making a horrible Nissan Micra type BEEP instead of my lovely loud blaring horns!
Nothings gone wrong! The car has been running perfectly for months and months. I've driven it to London and back a couple of times and have also been zooming all over the highlands in it but it continues to run perfectly, even as it is approaching its service.
I bought Brum a superb Sony CD-player as a thank you for running perfectly all summer!
Running perfectly, nothing to report, even with a 2 day 1000 mile motorway trip.
Running perfectly as usual, nothing to report.
We've had fantastic weather in Scotland for 2 weeks solid and I've had the top down every chance I've got. I joined the Mini Clan for the day and drove to Dunoon via Arrochar. The MX-5 was just perfect, 170 miles of pure fun and only some sunburn!
Had an amazing drive to the highlands and back in one day - the car running beautifully and really impressing. Glorious weather so the tops been down almost constantly!
Spent nearly a full day T-cutting, then polishing the car - the first attention its had (apart from the local carwash) since about October. Looks A LOT better but a few nicks and scratches to attend to after a hard winter on the city street.
Jammed my thumb in the bootlid - argh!!
Had a fantastic drive to Loch Lomond with the top down all day - attracting lots of attention!
Brum is alive and well after his accident last month. The bodyshop (C.H. Bull, Bridge of Weir) got everything perfect after some adjustments and it drives as new now. Its got a new set of alloy wheels on it, and I've finally installed the cup-holders that I ordered ages ago (they replaced the ashtray).
Brum's been MOT'd for another year. A broken rear coil spring was discovered - I was surprised I hadn't noticed, and I didn't feel anything different when I got it back!
I lost confidence in the brakes (non ABS) after the crash so played around with them a bit. Someone on the MX5 group told me to brake at 75% until the nose dips, then to brake hard to avoid premature brake lock-up. It seems to work!
Took Brum to the Skid Pan oval at Crail - fantastic fun but the car got VERY dirty! I learnt a lot about rear-drive handling.
8th Feb: I CRASHED BRUM! :-( I was out visiting Arno and Angus, and took a small back road (B777 to Beith). For some reason I didn't see a corner properly and didn't brake in time - Brum skidded and went headfirst into a wall. The suspension looks knackered and there's bodywork damage to the front. I'd only gone out for a drive in him because I felt I hadn't driven him for a while - I was really enjoying it up until the crunch! The driver's side front wheel was bent over and also not round any more (it hit the kerb side on) so the car had to be half-dragged half-driven onto the recover vehicle.
The locks are a bit sticky, a funny thing happens to the hood sometimes (twice in one year) where I have to fold it down and back up again to close a gap around the passenger's window - any ideas? The boot's needing a good slam now too.
I've been looking at new MOMO steering wheel's and CD-players - sometime soon I hope!
29th - Dug Mazda out of its snowdrift. VERY difficult to open either door - the glass had frozen to the rubber seals! Very little traction from the rear wheels although it steers OK in the snow.
28th/29th - HEAVY Snow fell here - 15 inches overnight. The Mazda is VERY tail happy even on flat roads, the slightest incline can cause it to completely lose traction. The Mini was MUCH better in the snow (fwd, heavy front, skinny tyres).
Brum is filthy but I don't see much point in cleaning him as he only gets dirty again! Locks are a wee bit sticky sometimes and boot sometimes needs a couple of slams before it shuts but that's all there is to report!
Leant Brum to my brother in law John for 3 weeks while I holidayed in the United States. Think he enjoyed it a lot more than his usual transport - a 1.1 litre Metro and a 1.6 litre Volvo! Unortunately he left the lights on (no warning buzzer!) and drained the battery which meant that the engine management seemed to forget all its "learning" and was a bit spluttery but after a good thrashing in the hills it soon reverted to its normal smooth self!
Very slippery on the late Autumn roads here with the leaves, salt etc. When I'm on my own the rear end is very willing to let go!
Love the way the hood inflates when you put the fan on full - hadn't noticed this until recently! It deflates when you turn the fan off - I guess it means my seals are all OK!
Brum has just returned from his 36 month service (at 24000 miles). It didn't feel like it needed it and the oil was still semi-transparent. New brake pads & wipers were all that was required but the service still cost a hefty £350! Carried out perfectly though by Queensborough Mazda - including oiling the locks, washing & vacuuming the car and doing a full bodywork check (all ok). The new MX-5 Isola in the showroom is gorgeous - red with a red hardtop for 15 grand.
Its quite simple - there's nothing else to report! The car just keeps running perfectly - its amazing! Thousands and thousands of miles without a hiccup. Wish I could afford a hardtop though - Autumn is suddenly here and although the car is still nice & snug with the soft top, its not going to be down now until next year I'd guess and a glass rear window would be much more useful as it has a heated screen too.
Spent nearly a whole day T-cutting and polishing the car. Its still not ultimately as shiny as my Mini used to be, but it looks great anyway.
For various reasons I had to use Brum for a few work-related trips to the South of England meaning that he suddenly clocked up a big mileage. He's handled this comfortably. Excellent motorway car, although a higher 5th gear would be nice as he sits at about 4250 rpm when cruising.
Suffered a tyre blow-out at 80mph on the motorway at one point! Very scary, as was driving on the teeny space-saver until I could find a replacement 195/50 VR15 tyre.
Got 110+ mph out of him on an uphill stretch of road - he did this easily, in 5th gear, without any fuss and in a few seconds from 80mph. It didn't seem any less smooth than at 80mph cruise.
Got 320 miles out of a tank of mostly high-speed motorway miles. Still unsure about how big the tank is or how accurate the gauge is.
He's now due for a thorough valet and I'm going to renovate his paintwork as his lustre has been faded a bit by all the miles.
Found the rattle! A white nut was rolling about under the rear parcel shelf...wonder what it's meant to do? I've saved it just in case.
Discovered that I can safely jet-wash it as long as I don't aim the jet at the seals. It leaks less than my old Mini.
Paint doesn't seem incredibly shiny - even when washed/polished. Maybe his previous owner neglected him.
Tonneau cover almost impossible to fit properly!
Had a tyre blowout at 80mph on the motorway - car behaved perfectly and just kind of sat down on the road and shook!
Took it for a trip to the North West of Scotland for a sunny long weekend by the beach and fell in love with the car even more! Its just brilliant. What more can I say? See photos in the Brum Gallery.
Feels very fast - even when just trying to cruise - the bonnet lifts and it just takes off when you put your foot down even a wee bit.
Popup headlights quite embarrassing - when you flash your lights, everyone thinks you're showing off, also compared to the Mini's 6x60w lights, they're pretty pathetic output.
fantastic speakers in front doors - much better than I'd hoped - surely cant be standard!?
Gears are gorgeous - you can change using only your wrist - compared to the Mini's "rowing" acting its just amazing!
Nowhere to put anything compared to Mini!
No buttons/toys even compared to Mini!
Lots of attention - more than I expected...?
Fairly difficult to park - where are the wheels?!


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MacKelfresh SEO & Digital Marketing
Author: Robert MacKelfresh
SEO vs SEM vs PPC: What are the Differences?
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and represents the efforts to acquire free, organic traffic.
PPC stands for Pay Per Click advertising and represents the effort to acquire paid traffic.
SEM stands for Search Engine Marketing and represents the effort to acquire both organic SEO traffic and paid PPC traffic
SEM is often mis-labeled and misunderstood to be synonymous with PPC almost to the point that it has been redefined.
Sometimes acronyms have minds of their own! When it comes to these three acronyms, their meaning and the branch of internet marketing they envelope have changed quite a bit, mostly due to misusage. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow and kind of understand that even though a term really doesn't mean the usage you're seeing, it's close enough. But, the below descriptions and differences are a more traditional, accurate definition of each term/acronym.
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. In general, SEO is meant to define the science and art of optimizing a website for search engines with the intent of ranking higher in the organic SERPS (search engine results pages) which leads to more free or un-paid traffic.
SEO can be broken down into different sub-practices and focus areas such as on-site optimization and off-site optimization.
On-Site optimization is focused on META Information, website structure, and content development, organization, and optimization for the most part.
Off-Site optimization used to be primarily focused on link-building, but now includes un-paid content syndication via social media and link building for the most part.
PPC stands for Pay Per Click advertising. In general PPC is meant to define the science and art of acquiring paid traffic for a website. This includes activities such as placing ads on Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other search engines through platforms such as Google AdWords. It also includes paid native advertising placements on networks such as Outbrain and Taboola. There are many other facets of PPC advertising, but all have one thing in common, they are paid, not free or organic.
SEM stands for Search Engine Marketing. In general, SEM is meant to define and envelope both SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and PPC (Pay Per Click) into one umbrella.
Over the years, the term SEM has almost become synonymous with PPC unfortunately. Depending on who you're talking to and how long they've been in the internet marketing world, they may use these terms exclusively or interchangeably. By definition, SEM and PPC are meant to describe different ideas though.
One key difference between SEM and PPC is that SEM includes SEO (organic, free traffic) whereas PPC does not. Another key difference is that SEM only refers to Search Engine Marketing. So when it comes to paid or PPC traffic under SEM, you are referring only to the search engine portion of PPC, example: Google AdWords. SEM would not, by definition, envelope paid activities such as Native Advertising and Paid Social Media Ads.
Synonymous terms like Internet Marketing or Digital Marketing would cover all of the above, with Digital Marketing being the newer, modern version of the two.


An international group of experts met last year and exchanged their latest findings in bioprocessing technology at the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Upstream and Downstream Technology Forum, held at Sartorius College in Göttingen, Germany. This conference continues a more than decade-long tradition of bringing together leaders in bioprocess development and biomanufacturing operations from the world's leading biopharmaceutical companies to explain how they are addressing the most important industry challenges.
Although conference presentations were divided as related to either upstream processing, downstream processing, or where upstream meets downstream, the goal was to show that process optimization relies on the integration of all operations. Higher cell titers and the efficiency of upstream unit systems directly affect downstream processing and purification. Optimized biomanufacturing is needed to shorten timelines, reduce costs, and reach the clinic quickly and confidently.
Developing highly productive, efficient processes were popular topics at the forum. An increasing number of biomanufacturers are implementing quality by design (QbD) principles by incorporating risk management at every process step. By monitoring variability and linking critical process parameters to product quality, biomanufacturers can ensure high-quality products through robust production processes.
Automation is making rapid progress in upstream processing. Automated systems reduce variability because they decrease or eliminate the number of manual operations in a process step. They also reduce setup time compared with manual operations, thereby saving costs. Several presentations focused on how upstream processes can incorporate automated systems in their design.
High-throughput tools are a significant technology that the biopharmaceutical industry has adopted in recent years and received significant attention from the invited speakers who described how scientists could apply them during the rapid development of upstream processes. Biomanufacturers today are interested in flexible options for their upstream operations. Several presentations focused on the various platform options for upstream operations such as cell cultivation of high cell density cultures, including fed-batch, perfusion, and continuous processing as well as optimized or custom media for highly productive cell lines.
Single-use bioreactor systems continue to be of great interest, and forum presentations showed that "high levels of comparability" between single-use bioreactors and multiuse systems in novel applicatons. Other presenters described how upstream processes that have been developed can be scaled-up to allow robust commercial manufacturing in single-use bioreactors. Process analytical technologies and knowledge management tools are providing unprecedented amounts of information on our bioprocesses, leading to greater control over product quality.
Downstream processing experts at the forum described the latest methods and techniques that the biopharmaceutical industry is applying for monoclonal antibody, viral vaccine, and antibody–drug conjugate purification. Presenters described how single-use technologies are being applied across entire purification processes. This is allowing companies to install additional manufacturing capacity more quickly and with lower capital expenditure.
Speakers also explained the latest processing techniques to ensure the viral safety of drug products. By adopting these approaches in downstream processing, the industry can develop higher performing and safer biological drugs for patients.
To share this information with a wider audience, we are pleased to invite you to read a summary of last year's Upstream and Downstream Technology Forum.


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Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), is comprised of many of the world's most popular multimedia entertainment brands, including MTV, MTV LIVE HD, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, BET Networks and more. Viacom brands reach more than 4.4 billion cumulative subscribers in 180+ countries and territories via more than 300 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties, in 42 languages. Visit www.viacom.com
Mark Whitehead
President And Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Tan Chee Kiat
Senior Vice President And Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific
Amit Arora
Senior Vice President, Strategy And Business Development, Asia Pacific
Ben Richardson
Senior Vice President And General Manager, Australia And New Zealand
Pierre Cheung
Senior Vice President And General Manager, Greater China
Susumu Imata
Senior Vice President And General Manager, Japan
Paras Sharma
Senior Vice President And General Manager, Southeast Asia
Viacom produces music and lifestyle shows, award shows and local productions in Asia Pacific for global, regional or local telecast in 2018:
-MTV Spotlight @ Hyperplay, Video Music Awards Japan, MTV Unplugged Japan, MTV Unplugged Melbourne
-3rd season of Comedy Central Stand-Up, Asia!
-Nickelodeon's Sharkdog, its first animated short-form series from Asia
-Southeast Asia pilot of the legendary YO! MTV Raps
The following local reboots have been commissioned in 2019:
-YO! MTV Raps Southeast Asia series
-MTV Australia's MTV Cribs and MTV TRL
MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, BET, Colors, Rishtey, VH1 local and JV/Partnership feeds
Channel distribution in Asia
In Asia, VIMN operates 39 television feeds across 48 markets, reaching over 1,180 million households across cable, DTT, DTH, IPTV, mobile and internet platforms.
Mobile/wireless/broadband/online
On-demand content (MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central) is widely available across Asia through authenticated Catch Up VOD AND SVOD with various affiliate partners and digital video platforms. Viacom Play Plex is a suite of mobile TV apps offering VOD access to the best content from its international TV brands. Nickelodeon Play and Nick Jr. Play apps are now available in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Nickelodeon Play is also available in Indonesia. In 2018, MTV Play and Comedy Central Play were launched in Singapore.
Asif Alif
Director, Affiliate Sales, Southeast Asia
Peter Giakoumelos
Vice President, Advertising Sales, Southeast Asia
151 Lorong Chuan
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www.mtvasia.com
www.nick-asia.com
www.comedycentralasia.com