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News24
2 days ago
- General
- News24
Temba concedes ‘tough' but ‘tactical' Proteas decisions on eve of Test final
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The Citizen
03-06-2025
- Climate
- The Citizen
Proteas ‘comfortable' with preparations despite rain disrupting warm-cup clash
Conrad said the Proteas had spent some quality time in the nets since arriving in the UK at the weekend. Proteas player Aiden Markram looks on during the abandoned opening day of the warm-up match against Zimbabwe in Arundel on Tuesday. Picture: Matthew Lewis/ICC/Getty Images South Africa have had a good start to their final preparations for the World Test Championship final, according to head coach Shukri Conrad, despite the opening day of their only warm-up match being called off. Having last played a Test in January, the majority of the SA team had focused on limited overs cricket this year, giving them only a single four-day game against Zimbabwe in Arundel to fine-tune ahead of the clash against Australia in the global final. And while the first day of the match was abandoned on Tuesday due to rain, Conrad was pleased the Proteas had already spent quality time together as a group after arriving in the UK at the weekend. 'We've had two really good days where batters have spent extensive time in the nets, and I'm not too worried about coming from different formats – guys adapt very quickly – so I'm comfortable with where we're at,' Conrad said. 'It's not ideal (the weather disruption) but you come to expect this, and this is part of what could potentially be thrown up, so if we have another day of rain tomorrow we've just got to make it work as best we can.' Proteas captain Temba Bavuma and head coach Shukri Conrad during a training session in Arundel this week. Picture: Matthew Lewis/ICC/Getty Images Looking ahead Conrad did hope, however, that the weather would clear up over the next few days in order to give the Proteas players some time in the middle ahead of the Test final against Australia starting in London on 11 June. 'Hopefully we get something tomorrow and we can go a little bit later, so the batters can spend some time at the wicket and the bowlers can get some more miles in the legs,' he said. 'That's pretty much what this four-day game was going to be about anyway.'
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
The camera tech propelling shows like Adolescence
Three strong knocks from the police battering ram and the front door bursts open. There's a lot of follow heavily-armed officers as they stream into the house, a woman drops to the floor as the camera turns left, and we head up a small, dimly lit staircase, passing a man with his back against the wall, hands raised, yelling to no moments, a 13-year-old boy has been arrested and we're back outside in the morning light. The family screams on the front lawn as the camera returns to the boy, now a detainee in the dark interior of a police this happens in three minutes. In one take. It is an early scene in Netflix's hit show Adolescence, which was watched by more than 120 million people worldwide in its first wouldn't have been possible to film a sequence quite like this five years ago, the show's cinematographer Matthew Lewis claimed in a recent interview. Each of the four, roughly one hour-long episodes of Adolescence was shot entirely in one take, known as a "oner", with the camera frequently following characters through frantic scenes, or switching from handheld to vehicle-mounted filming. Lightweight, self-stabilising cameras that can adjust to dramatic changes in environmental lighting have sparked a small revolution in the film and TV the end of Adolescence's second episode, for instance, the camera moves from filming inside a car to crossing a road, to flying over nearby streets, and then to ground level can just about detect the switch from drone to human operator – there's a minuscule wobble – but unless you're looking for them, these transitions are effectively was made possible in part by a DJI Ronin 4D, a small, high-resolution camera that has multiple built-in sensors for detecting movement in relation to the floor and nearby allows internal mechanisms to compensate for that movement and achieve smooth, stable footage. The result is "phenomenal", says seasoned filmmaker and Boston University professor Tim initially doubted that episodes of Adolescence really were shot in a single take. "As soon as I saw it I knew, no, that was absolutely done in one take."Camera technology has developed significantly lately, he 2014, Prof Palmer worked on a hospital drama called Critical, which required lengthy shots in busy hospital corridors. "It was just little joystick video game controllers to make the camera pan and tilt, and that was just not precise enough," he of such TV programmes have long tried to capture the energy of hospital environments. One episode of 1990s BBC series Cardiac Arrest opens in a hectic triaging unit. As far as I can tell, there is only one cut in the first 10 minutes – but the camera moves rather robotically back and forth. It is nowhere near as dynamic as Palmer adds that gimbals, stabilising devices for cameras, have been around for years now, but methods of controlling them and pulling footage remotely have only recently become highly also mentions how some of the latest cameras have built-in filters that can be controlled remotely, or stabilisation technology that can be activated or deactivated at the press of a button. "That's a complete game-changer," he says. Long single takes are far from a new concept in cinema. There are examples dating back the 2015 film Victoria, a hair-raising, two-hour and 20 minute feature film that its makers say was shot in a single take. Some have expressed scepticism about this in the past, but cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen tells the BBC emphatically, "There are no edits or cuts."While Mr Brandth Grøvlen had to rely on the technology of the time, he says that the slightly shaky images were intentional – the director wanted a film that reminded viewers of footage shot by news crews in warzones."It feels very much in the moment, but also like you never know what's going to happen," says Mr Brandth Grøvlen, "You're taken on a journey."He used a Canon C300, a small motion picture camera well-suited to documentary filmmaking. Mr Brandth Grøvlen reduced the weight of the camera as much as possible by only adding essential accessories. He also practised the movements he planned to make during takes of the final film in order to achieve "muscle memory" of the process."When they suddenly start running I have to shift my grip on the camera from holding it on the side handle to the top handle – that way it shakes a little bit less," he explains. The Ronin 4D is DJI's "first dedicated cinema camera", says Brett Halladay, product education manager at the describes the extensive stabilisation technology and the fact that the device transmits footage wirelessly to on-set monitors. It automatically selects a frequency based on the best available are some limitations, though. The camera is not set up for vertical filming – increasingly in-demand with the rise of video-sharing smartphone apps such as Halladay points out that it is possible to shoot in landscape and crop to a portrait, or vertical, image, though that might not be the most "ideal" solution, he cameras are available. Canon, for instance, touts its line of lightweight Cinema EOS Griffin, a manager at Canon, says these cameras are finding a market among filmmakers aiming to shoot with increased freedom, or who want to put cameras in tiny podcast studios and livestream high-quality shots of hosts and their guests. The rise of highly ergonomic cameras could have a big impact on the quality of film and TV, says Booker T Mattison, a screenwriter and director who teaches filmmaking at the University of Georgia. "Point of view is often represented by the camera itself," he says. "It absolutely, 100% allows you to tell better, more dynamic stories."There's a risk that obsessing over one-take TV shows could become a gimmick at the expense of good storytelling, says Carey Duffy, director of product experiences at Cooke Cooke lenses were used by the makers of Adolescence. Mr Duffy explains that his firm designed these lenses to work with emerging, lightweight cameras and that this was possible in part because of the shorter distance between the back of the lens and the image sensor in those cameras, versus earlier fascination over "oners" won't be enough to retain audiences, says Prof Palmer: "Personally, it's not going to make me want to watch something because it's shot it one take – I want to watch these things because they're good."
The Star
02-05-2025
- Climate
- The Star
Worst of New Zealand's wild weather passes, cleanup begins
Strong winds hit Lyall bay in Wellington, New Zealand May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -The majority of severe weather warnings across New Zealand have now been lifted, according to New Zealand government weather forecaster Metservice on Friday. New Zealand's capital city of Wellington was hit by the strongest winds in more than a decade on Thursday, closing schools and offices and cancelling flights. Farther south, in the Canterbury region, in the middle of the South Island, heavy rains caused flooding and landslides, forcing a few people to evacuate. Both Christchurch City and Selwyn District remain in states of emergency as there was still surface flooding and road closures. However, Selwyn District Council said in a Facebook post that the worst of the weather was over. Wellington International Airport had reopened, although local news organization Stuff reported that not all planes had managed to land. Images on local news sites showed rocks and debris littering the road along the city's south coast and waves continuing to break over the sea walls. Wellington Region Emergency Management Office said on a post on Facebook that it continued to advise people not to travel unless necessary. (Reporting by Lucy Craymer in WellingtonEditing by Matthew Lewis)
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Ashland doctor admits to giving patients unapproved weight loss drug
ASHLAND, Ky. (FOX 56) — An Ashland doctor accused of buying and administering a generic version of a popular weight loss drug under the table to unknowing patients has pleaded guilty. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), prosecutors reached a plea agreement with Matthew Lewis, 44, owner of Lewis Family Care, in which he admitted to purchasing non-Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved semaglutide from unlicensed suppliers in Georgia and California in 2023 to administer to patients at a weight loss clinic. Read more of the latest Kentucky news The FDA has reportedly only approved three drugs with semaglutide as the active ingredient—Ozempic, Rybelsus, and Wegovy—to improve blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes or for weight loss in Wegovy's case. No generic semaglutide drugs have been approved by the FDA. The drugs arrived at Lewis Family Care packaged in a vial marked with a warning that the drugs were intended for lab research and development only. According to the DOJ, Lewis reportedly purchased the semaglutide using Venmo, Afterpay, or over the phone and disguised the order's description as 'meal prep.' The vials were reportedly stored in Lewis' office, and officials report that his patients were not informed they'd be administered non-FDA-approved semaglutide. According to the DOJ, Lewis Family Care's weight loss clinic made $249,044.40 between May 2023 and February 2024. 'Prescription drugs are highly regulated in this country in order to keep patients safe,' said Acting U.S. Attorney Paul McCaffrey. 'At a time of increased public interest in weight-loss drugs like Wegovy, Lewis chose profit margins over patient safety when he purchased non-FDA-approved semaglutide and administered it to his patients.' Henderson County assesses damage after 'historic flooding' Governor's Derby Celebration poster for 2025 unveiled Ashland doctor admits to giving patients unapproved weight loss drug 'Physicians who administer misbranded drugs that come from outside the secure and regulated supply chain—particularly products that are injectable and pose sterility concerns—not only puts their patients' health at risk but also violate their patients' trust,' said George Scavdis, special agent in charge, FDA Office of Criminal Investigations, Metro Washington Field Office. 'We will continue to pursue and bring to justice those who would disregard and jeopardize public health and safety by selling misbranded drugs.' Lewis is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 18 and faces three years in prison. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
