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Think you can’t go mountaineering in the Peak District? Think again
Mountaineering in the Peak District? Is it even possible? Well, not only is it possible, it’s recommended. You just have to use your imagination and take an altogether alternative approach Loads of scrambling in the Peak District?” typed Tom in a confused text message. “But it’s just paths and moors!” “Wait and see,” I replied with a knowing emoji wink... I developed the Kinder Clamber when I was training for The Alps.
A legendary mountain pass and Britain’s third-highest peak – in one epic walk
Climb one of Scotland’s highest peaks and traverse the wild Cairngorm plateau, while hugging arguably her best mountain pass. The Cairngorms is like an upside-down mountain range, with colossal coires and violent cliffs that jump out beneath your feet when you least expect it. Add to this the grandest of mountain passes in Scotland, and a hulking giant of a peak like Braeriach, and you've got a walk like no other.
Meta ditches fact-checking ahead of Trump presidency
Meta is scrapping third-party fact-checking and will recommend more political content across its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a video posted to Facebook today that the company will be taking a more ‘personalised approach to political content’ and embrace moderation via crowdsourcing, citing a desire to enable ‘free speech’. ‘We’ve reached a point where it’s just too many mistakes and too much censorship,’ said Zuckerberg.
Co‐production of insights for place‐based approaches to revitalise te taiao in Aotearoa New Zealand
1 INTRODUCTION Globally, innovative land management and uses are needed to respond to pressing environmental challenges due to biodiversity loss, climate change and waterway degradation (Rockström et al., 2020). In Aotearoa New Zealand, government and industry are calling for land management, use, value chain and market opportunities to address similar local challenges (Ministry for Primary Industries, 2022).
Meta names Derya Matras as VP of EMEA
On 12 November, Meta announced that Derya Matras will succeed Angie Gifford as Vice President of Europe, Middle East and Africa. Matras will reportedly join Nicola Mendelsohn’s team immediately and work with Gifford in December to ensure a smooth handover before she leaves the role at the end of the year. Matras joined Meta in 2015 and has overseen the company’s operations in over 80 countries. More specifically, she has led teams in Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, the UK and Northern Europe.
Virtual fashion is looking sharp
Is the global fashion industry in a wobbly and uncertain place right now? Perhaps. According to McKinsey’s State of Fashion 2024 report, it is. But there are areas where it seems to be growing and thriving. One such place is in digital and virtual fashion. Not that this is new news, necessarily, but back in 2021 Fashion Editor at The Guardian, Hannah Marriott, wrote about how digital fashion designers were being sought for the UK’s first degree in virtual couture.
Dubit and The GenX Media announce partnership
The games studio, Dubit, and the Dubai-based Metaverse adtech agency, The Gen X Media, have joined forces to bring immersive Roblox media products and services to the MENA and APAC regions. Dubit has previously worked with world-renowned brands such as Adidas, Unilever and H&M to build immersive campaigns on Roblox, the online gaming platform. More specifically, some of its work includes creating virtual activations within games and executing awareness-raising projects.
Quick Tips: Fire up your inspiration with Live 12’s Generative Tools
When you grab that precious bit of time to make some music at the end of the day, staring at a blank MIDI clip can be uninspiring at best and daunting at worst. Every producer experiences mental blocks, and sometimes these can even make you afraid to open the DAW in the first place. Ableton Live 12 offers some powerful new ways to generate both rhythmic and melodic ideas, and then to transform them into something unique and creative.
Momentum raises Alzheimer's awareness on Fortnite
Currently, more than 55 million people live with dementia worldwide, and nearly 10 million new cases are added every year. According to WHO, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and makes up 60–70% of cases.
Gaming strategies: where should brands go from here?
Gaming strategies hold huge cultural power for brands… But if we want to play, we need to look beyond the mainstream for resonance with the full gaming community. The cinematic and widely anticipated (although allegedly unplanned) release of Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6’s trailer is a testament to the cultural power of gaming.
Rethinking fatherhood and the language of parenting in men
Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants. Socrates, circa 470 BC As we grow older, we see the world differently… We find it hard to keep up with the constant change, but we’re also happier to sit back and be content, leading to us becoming more conservative (small c).
The rise of Botanarchy
Guerrilla gardening is back in business as a new generation reimagines this nature-based direct action to clap back against capitalism, climate change, and social inequality. State of the grey-tion Our world is getting greyer by the minute. Already, concrete outweighs every tree, bush, and shrub on Earth. As our species races towards , we’re eradicating nature — and our access to it — at an alarming rate.
Hope will save us all, hopefully
It’s easy to feel hopeless at the moment. Whether it’s international or national news, it’s a bit of a misery fest out there. Now, we all know the way the news works (“if it bleeds, it leads”) and we kind of know that it’s not as hopeless as it all seems, but sometimes it can feel like it. From a commercial standpoint, for agencies and clients alike, it’s easy to slide into a gloom about the future — from inflation to tech layoffs — and think that hope is just pointless naïve optimism.
TikTok introduces new ad products
TikTok launched several new new ad products today at TikTok World, aimed at making creator-brand partnerships easier, faster and more effective on the social platform. Most of solutions the company launched today revolves around TikTok’s platform for branded content collaborations, TikTok Creator Marketplace (TTCM) and gives brands tools to find creators more efficiently, reach creators at scale and measure and optimize the performance of their campaigns.
People in Payments: Attracting and empowering tomorrow's talent
Is strategic talent acquisition a board level imperative in your organisation? It’s a question worth considering as companies benefit the most when the Talent agenda gets equal billing at the top table alongside technology, innovation, and commercial strategy. In the ever evolving and innovative payments sector, new expertise and experience combinations are in high demand to attract new investment, successfully navigate through complexity, and execute on market opportunity.
A Ride Worth Leaving: Escaping the Anxiety of the Modern Church
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. —Ecclesiastes 1:9 Imagine a windmill with its blade turning in the breeze. The blade of the windmill can turn quickly or slowly, but the apparatus is attached to a spoke that is driven into the ground. As it spins the blade never actually goes anywhere other than around the spoke, no matter how fast the wind blows.
Utopias and dystopias of perception
One of the most eye-opening books of the last few years is Factfulness. This 2018 bestseller was by the Swedish data scientist Hans Rosling and compares how our perceptions of the world differ from the reality. At the heart of his work is a survey he sent to 12,000 people in 14 countries. To give you an idea of the questions, I’ve included a couple below. Grab a pen and paper and note down your best guess to each of them.
The Surprising Importance of Self in Ministry Leadership
According to a Business Insider report, LeBron James spends about $1.5 million each year caring for his body—an investment that has paid off with a superstar career. What if pastors were willing to spend substantial effort caring for their souls? Advertise on TGC In my pastoral ministry (and in my recent doctoral studies), Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST) has helped me understand the surprising importance of investing in oneself for ministry leadership.
Plasma amino acid concentrations during experimental hyperinsulinemia in 2 laminitis models
Abstract Background Endocrinopathic laminitis develops in association with insulin dysregulation, but the role of insulin in the pathogenesis remains unclear. Hyperinsulinemia can cause hypoaminoacidemia, which is associated with integumentary lesions in other species and therefore warrants investigation as a potential mechanism in laminitis. Objective Evaluate plasma amino acid concentrations in the euglycemic‐hyperinsulinemic clamp (EHC) and prolonged glucose infusion (PGI) laminitis models.
Children At Play, by Max Tundra
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Effect of digital hypothermia on lamellar inflammatory signaling in the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp laminitis model
Abstract Background Continuous digital hypothermia (CDH) prevents lamellar failure in the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp (EHC) model of laminitis, but the protective mechanisms are unclear. Hypothesis/Objectives To determine if CDH inhibits lamellar inflammatory signaling in the EHC model of laminitis. Animals Eight Standardbred horses. Methods Prospective experimental study. Horses underwent an EHC, with 1 forelimb treated with CDH and the other kept at ambient temperature (AMB).
Effect of digital hypothermia on lamellar inflammatory signaling in the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp laminitis model
Abstract Background Continuous digital hypothermia (CDH) prevents lamellar failure in the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp (EHC) model of laminitis, but the protective mechanisms are unclear. Hypothesis/Objectives To determine if CDH inhibits lamellar inflammatory signaling in the EHC model of laminitis. Animals Eight Standardbred horses. Methods Prospective experimental study. Horses underwent an EHC, with 1 forelimb treated with CDH and the other kept at ambient temperature (AMB).
Lamellar energy metabolism and perfusion in the euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp model of equine laminitis
Abstract Background Hyperinsulinaemia is associated with the development of endocrinopathic laminitis; however, the mechanisms remain unclear. Objectives Evaluate the effects of hyperinsulinaemia on lamellar energy metabolism and perfusion during laminitis development. Study design In vivo experiment. Methods Eight Standardbred horses were instrumented with a microdialysis probe in the lamellae of a forelimb.
The effect of continuous digital hypothermia on lamellar energy metabolism and perfusion during laminitis development in two experimental models
GENERAL ARTICLE Andrew W. van Eps Corresponding Author E-mail address: vaneps@upenn.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6108-2503 Australian Equine Laminitis Research Unit, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia New Bolton Center, Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence Andrew W.
Digital copyright: AI and Blockchain | Lexology
Copyright law is being challenged by disruptive technologies such as AI and blockchain, themes explored by our Partner Simon Stokes in the recently published fifth edition of his book, Digital Copyright. Artificial intelligence and virtual reality The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are starting to pose significant challenges to how we conceive and apply copyright. This is because copyright law is rooted in two significant assumptions.
Fire assembly points: 5 things you should know
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 states that “emergency routes and exits must lead as directly as possible to a place of safety” and that procedures for serious and imminent danger must enable the persons concerned to “immediately proceed to a place of safety in the event of their being exposed to serious, imminent and unavoidable danger”. So what do you need to remember about fire assembly points to keep your staff safe in the event of a fire?
The Fire Safety Order – simplified - IFSEC Global
Fire-safety adviceThe Fire Safety Order – simplifiedDo you find the Fire Safety Act daunting? Or do you just need a quick refresh of the main points? If so, then read our summary of the Fire Safety Act below. This will help determine if your workplace is compliant with fire safety legislation. What is the Fire Safety Act?
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