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American College of Cardiology is All Heart with Blackmagic Design
If you have never seen CardioSource (http://www.cardiosource.org/), it is possible that you might confuse the site with something developed by one of the major broadcast news networks. Strings of news stories, special features and doctor and researcher interviews are used to keep viewers on top of the world of cardiology. The site has featured nearly 600 unique web segments just this past year!
The volume and production value alone would lead most people to assume that teams of dedicated video production professionals, spending huge amounts of time and money, are continuously slaving over the site. But in reality, it is just a small team of video and content management professionals that includes Associate Director of Video Production Justin Schauble, Video Specialist David Wardrick and Morgan Bramlet, Senior Director of Branding, Creative and Video handling the video content for the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) online news site.
The ACC is a nonprofit organization for medical professionals based in downtown Washington, DC, dedicated to the continuous education of its 39,000 members around the latest news and theories in cardiac medicine. And the production of CardioSource is instrumental in accomplishing this mission. But as a nonprofit, funds for equipment and personnel have to be kept to a minimum. So the organization turned to ACC Studios' video team and Blackmagic Design's Multibridge Eclipse and DeckLink HD Extreme.
ACC originally had a small setup for producing educational VHS tapes. But the organization could see the need for more media-rich and regularly produced web-based resources. With a Master's in Film and Video Production and a dozen years of freelancing experience for numerous educational associations, this was an ideal undertaking for Schauble, when he started there four years ago. Two years later, Wardrick, a former Tech Coordinator at Convention and Conference Video, lent a helping hand.
ACC Studios has since built in-house capabilities that have set ACC apart from other non-profit organizations in the medical field. Schauble and his team can do things that would be five to ten times as expensive out of house, yet boast in-house capabilities unparalleled by any other organization of its size, or even larger.
At the inception of CardioSource, Schauble had to rely on a two-Mac, one-camera operation. Since then, he has evolved his workflow to include a studio of affordable, but sophisticated equipment to produce video segments including CardioSourceVideoNews (CVN), The ACC Update, coverage of industry events and other special features.
CVN was the first to launch with The ACC Update premiering just this fall. In just a few short years, ACC's media gurus-who now total eight-have helped make incredible progress in updating members on changes and developments in medical policy, legislation, standards, guidelines and cardiovascular research.
Building CardioSouce
On average, four weekly programs appear on CardioSource. CVN appears in regularly scheduled, two to four-minute series in the form of science and quality care related videos. ACC Update is a longer news format show, with an anchor. Episodes consist of four to five advocacy or education-based lead stories, and also include one-on-one interviews with industry experts.
And just like the cardiac professionals that rely on ACC to stay up to speed and maintain their certifications, Schauble and his team trust a robust arsenal of advanced gear to get hundreds of web segments up on CardioSource.
Each segment is shot on three JVC GY-HM700 ProHD camcorders with Canon KT14x4.4KRSJ HD lenses. And a full greenscreen cyc is used for the majority of productions that don't take place on set.
Capture begins with one of two switchers: a NewTek TriCaster TCXD300 for projects that demand real-time chromakey and a Grass Valley Indigo for more traditional work. Then all footage is fed directly into the Multibridge Eclipse via Final Cut Pro.
The Multibridge Eclipse is what helps Schauble and his team maintain the standard of quality they strive for. He explains, "We rely on it to capture ProRes 422 in realtime. We're shooting live to digital, and with the mission critical captures we deal with on a daily basis, we need to know our equipment won't fail."
ACC's studio is also outfitted with five workstations, each equipped with a DeckLink HD Extreme and supported by a TerraBlock hard drive. From the moment Schauble calls "Clear!" members of his team are ready to edit and publish. Using the HD Extreme, they can jump to any editing bay, and see the same images on every Panasonic monitor. "This provides a baseline for everything we do, eliminating variables and making it possible to publish footage online in 30 minutes or less," he says.
One bay, the content conversion station, is even set up to bring in DVCAM, MiniDV, VHS and BETACAM SP content, plugged into the HD Extreme through a component cable and the Multibridge Eclipse. Schauble's Blackmagic infrastructural backbone has made CardioSource a true "anything in, anything out" operation.
"I met Grant Petty two years ago at the FCPUG Supermeet at NAB, and have since been continually impressed with how Blackmagic has jumped ahead of the competition," says Schauble. "As we continue to receive increasingly complex requests, we appreciate everything Blackmagic has come up with to overcome countless obstacles in the field, all at unbeatable price points. As long as they keep pushing the envelope, we'll be right behind them doing the same."
"At the end of the day, our job is simple. We're responsible for promoting best practices in cardiac care, and we have to get that information out as quickly and professionally as possible. Through education, we are indirectly driving the advancement of cardiac medicine."
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- Liver shunts are vascular abnormalities that redirect a portion of blood circulation around the liver, thus bypassing filtration of the blood by the liver, which results in accumulation of toxic waste products within the body.
- This is a common congenital abnormality seen in dogs and cats that may result in poor growth (runt of the litter), vomiting/diarrhea, excessive drinking/urination, stones in the bladder, and periods of altered mentation or even seizures.
- Liver shunts come in several varieties, including:
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- Additional testing is typically required to establish a diagnosis and may include liver function testing (bile acid measurements), X-rays, abdominal ultrasound, computed tomography (CT scan), technesium scanning, or exploratory surgery.
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- Patients with shunts that are very small, causing few, if any, clinical signs of disease, may be successfully managed with or without surgery.
- In most cases, surgical exploration and attenuation (decreasing blood flow) or ligation (completely stopping blood flow) of the shunting vessel is the best method of treatment for liver shunt.
- Most commonly, a shunting vessel is identified and either ligated acutely with suture or attenuated with an ameroid ring that acutely decreases blood flow and gradually stops blood flow over time.
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I love house. I love rap. I love A-Trak's style.
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Shower Tiles Easily Pop Out - Bad Installation?
I started on a project to replace some cracked grout and one loose tile on my shower floor. After removing the loose tile, I was able to remove four neighboring tiles with my hands. Then, using only a screwdriver, I've been able to pop out all of the remaining floor tiles with no breakage.
Is this normal, or does this indicate that the tile was not installed correctly? I always thought you had to break tiles to remove them. [I've also noticed that the white thinset(?) beneath the tiles seems moist (e.g., with a slight grey tinge) after I remove the tiles. After a few days, the thinset is white and feels dry.]
Also, when installing the new floor tiles, should I grout between the wall and floor tiles (as previously), or should I use an appropriate caulk? Note that the wall tiles previously overlapped the floor tiles by about 3/8-1/2" with sanded grout in between.
How old is the installation? You're right about the tiles, they should not be popping out. How thick is the base the tiles are on? The situation you describe is usually associated with an inadequate substrate. Caulk is put into areas where two different planes meet. But I wouldn't concern myself with that now. If the areas start to crack, then I would address it. The wet thinset is normal. Grout does not stop water from getting below the surface. There will be a liner and a special drain to funnel the water down the drain pipe. If indeed you have that construction. With a tiled base, that's what you should have.
I think the people installing the tiles likely use those ready mixed cement rather than power mixing cement, which is quick and easy for them but not good bonding...
The tile job is almost two years old, but the cracked grout and loose tile showed up after about 1.5 years. I assume that when you say "base" and "substrate" that you are referring to the thinset/cement that adheres them to the solid floor (concrete?) below. I haven't started scraping it up yet, but I'd guess it's about 1/8" or less beneath the tiles. The coverage on the back of the tiles is probably 90-100%
Thanks for your responses. When I started removing the tiles, I decided I'd only remove what I could using the screwdriver. But after so many came out, I started worrying that I was tearing out tiles unnecessarily. I'll be sure to use a good cement/substrate - thanks for that tip.
My next step is to scrape up all the thinset/cement. That sounds like fun! I'm obviously a novice, but I think I have the patience to do this correctly. My husband thinks we should pay someone to retile, but I like the challenge!
2 Years old tile installation definitely consider a young installation, Good installations should last tens of years... There is definitely problems in original installation...
It is NOT normal for thinset to be wet, unless you mean it was wet only on the surface. It IS, however, normal (which is this product's downfall) for mastic to be wet and soft if used in a wet location (doesn't get any more wet than a shower :thumbsup: ).
When you replace it, make sure you use thinset(that comes in a bag and you have to mix yourself) and not mastic(which is probably what the "experts" at home depot or lowes will suggest).
Grout with sanded grout if the spacing is more than 3/16", unsanded if less. Caulk at any change in plane (like Ron6519 said).
EDIT: Read up on tiling a shower also. It's alot different than just laying a floor. Schluter makes kits to take the place of the liner, which will make it cost more, but easier. You'll need a 2 part drain and.....well anyway, read up on it, lol. If you have any questions, come on back and someone will help ya out.
Yep, your discription is screaming out to me mastic not thinset.
As a side note though, we've removed thousands of square feet of tile from showers, floors and walls, and even perfect installations pop off with ease with the right tools, but what you are describing sounds like mastic which isn't the proper material for a shower and part of the reason they are coming off way too easily.:no:
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Insight: Barrick Gold's Peter Munk seeks to regain his Midas touch
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Peter Munk has long driven the agenda for Barrick Gold Corp, the company he formed in 1983 and built into the world's largest gold producer, but recent missteps have raised questions about the leadership of a man once seen as a visionary in the industry.
Munk, who owns a stake of less than a quarter of a percent in the company, still steers Barrick's strategy from his position as chairman, and he is now attempting to shore up the miner's position. But some investors, seizing on what they view as misguided decisions and problems at several mines, are questioning both the company's direction, and Munk's role.
In the last two years, gold miners across the globe have been stung by falling bullion prices and a surge in costs. Barrick has fared worse than its rivals, outlining about $13 billion in writedowns this year alone.
Its share price is down nearly 65 percent in two years, outpacing a 50 percent drop in the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index, and a 26 percent drop in the price of spot gold.
While environmental woes at its Pascua-Lama gold-mining project, high in the Andes, have been the biggest drag on Barrick's share price, investors have taken the most issue with its disappointing push into copper and with a proposal to give Munk's heir apparent, co-chairman John Thornton, an unusually large, $11.9 million signing bonus.
In interviews with Reuters, five Barrick insiders said Munk himself played a pivotal role in both these decisions.
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Koo, who prefers to dress casually and is generally media-shy, is an avid bird watcher who keeps a telescope in his office so he can peer at the birds on a tiny islet in the Han River that runs through Seoul. He studied business administration at Ashland University in Ohio, and then honed his management skills for 20 years at LG Chemical and LG Electronics before he took over LG's helm in 1995. He immediately pledged to promote openness and transparency. A year later, he unveiled a reform plan placing emphasis on profitability and shareholder value, instead of expansion at any cost.
Koo has followed through at Dacom, which he took over in January after a fight for control with another chaebol. He immediately set up talks with shareholder activists to hear and accept their recommendations aimed at establishing a "global-standard" corporate governance system. Explained Koo shortly after taking the helm: "Our society has learned a lot of lessons from the recent economic crisis. But what we businessmen must pay attention to is changing the corporate governance system."


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Stageworks routinely brings thought-provoking modern theater to audiences in the heart of this community's vital urban core. ... more »
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Black Dagger Military Hunt Club Inc.
4.90909 stars 55 reviews
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I want to start by saying thank you to all Veterans on this Veterans Day! My name is Thomas Taylor and I am a 20yr Coast Guard... more »
Bess the Book Bus Inc
5 stars 49 reviews
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Bess the Book Bus is an amazing literacy outreach organization that provides books to children. I've seen first-hand the enthusiasm... more »
Florida Parrot Rescue Inc
5 stars 42 reviews
palominobbaby13 wrote:
I was interested in adopting a particular bird from them and still am! But am in need of a bit more experience with that birds... more »
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