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LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION Amanda Preston has been a literary agent for over 20 years and co-founded LBA in 2005. She won the RNA Literary Agent of the Year award in 2018.  She represents commercial and reading group fiction, as well as a range of narrative non-fiction and memoir. She loves working with authors, championing them every step of the way, and works with them and their publishing teams to build them into brand names and award winning and bestselling authors in the UK and internationally. Whether commercial or reading-group, she loves innovative and well-written stories that hook her in from the start and whose voice stays with her. She is looking for novels that demand to be talked about and shared, whatever their genre, and that she is still thinking about days after finishing.  She is on the hunt for a high-concept thriller which is character and plot driven, but also has a discussable issue at its heart i.e Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey and Girl A by Abigail Dean. She love thrillers where the location is as integral to the plot as the crime i.e The Dry by Jane Harper and The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse, and would love a good locked-room thriller but is only looking for fresh and unique ideas in this area.  She is also on the hunt for a glorious book club love story that is doing something a bit different and special i.e Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus or anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid or Liane Moriarty! Or smart, contemporary, observant romcoms with a very strong emphasis on diverse / own voices.  Finally, she would love a historical that vividly brings that period to life as well as having a stunning plot i.e, The Familiars by Stacey Halls and The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal. Amanda would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words). (In addition to the paid sessions, Amanda is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print).  By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Friday 29 November 2024

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION Clare set up the Liverpool Literary Agency in 2020 to help address inequality and underrepresentation in the publishing industry. With more than 15 years’ experience of writing and editing professionally, including the publication of two novels, Definitions (2015) and We Are of Dust (2018 - which has received development funding from the Liverpool Film Office for a TV adaptation), she has developed an in-depth knowledge of what commissioning editors and publishers expect to see from a submitted manuscript. With a background in PR and marketing, alongside teaching on creative writing programmes, Clare also has extensive experience in pitching and promoting writers and has been nominated for the Romantic Novelist Association Agent of the Year Award! Clare would love to see historical fiction, crime fiction, psychological thrillers and women’s fiction, but she is open to all great writing with a strong hook in any area (excluding non-fiction, children’s and YA). She actively encourages submissions from writers who have been traditionally under-represented. Clare would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document. (In addition to the paid sessions, Clare is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print).  By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Monday 9 December 2024

Course Introduction Covers B12 deficiency, pernicious anaemia, diagnosis, treatment and management. It also covers signs and symptoms. Please note: this course is for health care professionals or those working in Primary Care. It is not open to Beauticians unless you are a registered healthcare professional. If in doubt- please email annie at training@anniebarr.com or phone +44 7500048222 About this event Course Introduction This course concentrates on B12 deficiency, symptoms, treatments and management. The course covers B12 deficiency, pernicious anaemia, diagnosis, treatment and management. It also covers signs and symptoms of pernicious anaemia. This course is interactive and we include case studies and discuss issues regarding diagnostic testing.  We review inclusion and exclusion criteria and identification of appropriate clients. Delegates will get the opportunity to review practice with hands on practical demonstrations of how to give injections correctly. We will cover administration techniques, where to give the injections and record keeping / documentation. We will discuss role and responsibilities and contraindications and precautions. The delegates will leave this course with an example of an individual protocol of Patient Specific Direction (PSD) and a competence based framework document to be used in practice. This course is very interactive. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Understand the need for accountability and responsibility in relation to role development Demonstrate an understanding of safe practice Describe the signs and symptoms of pernicious anaemia Describe pernicious anaemia and its impact on patients Fully understand the principles, and practice B12 deficiency and B12 injections Understand the importance of safety issues related to giving injections Understand the law relating to role and function of the HCA and prescribing. Describe why patients require B12 injectionsBe able to correctly identify anatomical sites for injectionsDemonstrate correct administration techniquesDemonstrate how to correctly dispose of wasteDemonstrate correct infection control procedures and use of PPEDescribe when patients require referral and understand the importance of referral using correct clinical pathwaysDemonstrate an understanding of anaphylaxis and emergency proceduresUnderstand the need for correct prescribing proceduresBe able to document consultations following your organisations procedures     COURSE CONTENTS Role and responsibilities Accountability guidelines and requirements Pernicious anaemia Blood- function B12 Deficiency Risk factors/groups Causes of B12 deficiency Diagnosis and reference ranges, testing Protocols and guidelines Factors affecting B12 diagnosis and treatment Factors affecting absorption B12 injections and common side effects Could it be B12 Deficiency Supplements Side effects and management including ADR’s Contraindications and Precautions Correct Administration and techniques including practical session Injection sites Legal Issues including consent Prescribing and Patient Specific Directions What to record Storage Disposal of injections/waste Infection control Needle stick injuries Competence and supervised practice Policies and procedures Facts and Figures Setting up and running a clinic Insurance/indemnity Research/evidence base and resources Please note Anaphylaxis is not covered on this course, however we do run a separate Anaphylaxis 1hr training course, which takes place at the end of this B12 webinar. If you wish to do the 1 hr Anaphylaxis also, you should book onto BOTH courses. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? HCAs Nurses Doctors Pharmacists Anyone interested in Vitamin B12 deficiency and pernicious anaemia and those working with clients with B12 deficiency AB Health Group awards CPD points / certificate of attendance for each course. If you would prefer an accredited certificate by our accrediting body Aim Qualifications we can organise this. The charge for the certificate including postage is £30.

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5 x 1-1 Women's Voice Medicine Programme (Online)The Journey to Vocal Freedom "Our Voices are like seeds, they can sit dormant until the right conditions present themselves, and when this occurs they come bursting out full bloom!"These sessions are designed as a ritual. We have a consultation at first to determine what to energetically work on and to set intentions. I then guide you through your own Voice Empowerment Journey, we use meditation, affirmations, embodied movement, breathwork and playful sounding to support your journey to a fuller, confident and expressive voice.  Things I can support you with: Learning how to trust your Voice How to feel more confident in your own self expression Finding creativity in your flow Understanding how to use your voice for healing How to work with both the Shakti and Shiva energies in sound Finding love for your own authentic Voice and Sound During the 5 week journey, we will drop into a new exploration each week: Week 1: Voice Play - Activating the Inner Child Week 2: Voice Power - Learning how to expand your sound Week 3: Voice and Emotion - Explore how to transmute your emotion into embodied sound Week 4: Voice and Vibration - Using chanting and Bija Mantras Week 5 : Voice and Words - Creating your own Medicine Songs If you are a practising sound healer, we can also work on how you can open your voice as a healing tool to support your sound healing modality.This 5 week 1-1 Voice Medicine Coaching Programme costs £250 (Booking fees apply). (Normally £350)The sessions can be booked weekly as per your schedule and will be tailored to your individual needs. "The journey to vocal freedom is a beautiful one, and is becoming more important for us women as the Feminine energies continue to rise."If you are feeling ready to uncover your True Feminine Intuition through sacred sound, then I would be honoured to support you.  Warmest Wishes from Saraswati Vanisha @ Sing for Your Soul

The ‘Mastering Management Fundamentals Open Programme’ is a 5 module online course that is designed to improve your management success and performance. It will give you the practical tools and insight to be able to make changes and directly improve your management skills over a 5-6 month period.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Software engineers concerned with building, managing and deploying AI solutions that leverage Azure AI Services, Azure AI Search, and Azure OpenAI. They are familiar with C# or Python and have knowledge on using REST-based APIs to build computer vision, language analysis, knowledge mining, intelligent search, and generative AI solutions on Azure. AI-102 Designing and Implementing an Azure AI Solution is intended for software developers wanting to build AI infused applications that leverage?Azure AI Services,?Azure AI Search, and?Azure OpenAI. The course will use C# or Python as the programming language. Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have: Knowledge of Microsoft Azure and ability to navigate the Azure portal Knowledge of either C# or Python Familiarity with JSON and REST programming semantics Recommended course prerequisites AI-900T00: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals course 1 - Prepare to develop AI solutions on Azure Define artificial intelligence Understand AI-related terms Understand considerations for AI Engineers Understand considerations for responsible AI Understand capabilities of Azure Machine Learning Understand capabilities of Azure AI Services Understand capabilities of the Azure Bot Service Understand capabilities of Azure Cognitive Search 2 - Create and consume Azure AI services Provision an Azure AI services resource Identify endpoints and keys Use a REST API Use an SDK 3 - Secure Azure AI services Consider authentication Implement network security 4 - Monitor Azure AI services Monitor cost Create alerts View metrics Manage diagnostic logging 5 - Deploy Azure AI services in containers Understand containers Use Azure AI services containers 6 - Analyze images Provision an Azure AI Vision resource Analyze an image Generate a smart-cropped thumbnail 7 - Classify images Provision Azure resources for Azure AI Custom Vision Understand image classification Train an image classifier 8 - Detect, analyze, and recognize faces Identify options for face detection analysis and identification Understand considerations for face analysis Detect faces with the Azure AI Vision service Understand capabilities of the face service Compare and match detected faces Implement facial recognition 9 - Read Text in images and documents with the Azure AI Vision Service Explore Azure AI Vision options for reading text Use the Read API 10 - Analyze video Understand Azure Video Indexer capabilities Extract custom insights Use Video Analyzer widgets and APIs 11 - Analyze text with Azure AI Language Provision an Azure AI Language resource Detect language Extract key phrases Analyze sentiment Extract entities Extract linked entities 12 - Build a question answering solution Understand question answering Compare question answering to Azure AI Language understanding Create a knowledge base Implement multi-turn conversation Test and publish a knowledge base Use a knowledge base Improve question answering performance 13 - Build a conversational language understanding model Understand prebuilt capabilities of the Azure AI Language service Understand resources for building a conversational language understanding model Define intents, utterances, and entities Use patterns to differentiate similar utterances Use pre-built entity components Train, test, publish, and review a conversational language understanding model 14 - Create a custom text classification solution Understand types of classification projects Understand how to build text classification projects 15 - Create a custom named entity extraction solution Understand custom named entity recognition Label your data Train and evaluate your model 16 - Translate text with Azure AI Translator service Provision an Azure AI Translator resource Specify translation options Define custom translations 17 - Create speech-enabled apps with Azure AI services Provision an Azure resource for speech Use the Azure AI Speech to Text API Use the text to speech API Configure audio format and voices Use Speech Synthesis Markup Language 18 - Translate speech with the Azure AI Speech service Provision an Azure resource for speech translation Translate speech to text Synthesize translations 19 - Create an Azure AI Search solution Manage capacity Understand search components Understand the indexing process Search an index Apply filtering and sorting Enhance the index 20 - Create a custom skill for Azure AI Search Create a custom skill Add a custom skill to a skillset 21 - Create a knowledge store with Azure AI Search Define projections Define a knowledge store 22 - Plan an Azure AI Document Intelligence solution Understand AI Document Intelligence Plan Azure AI Document Intelligence resources Choose a model type 23 - Use prebuilt Azure AI Document Intelligence models Understand prebuilt models Use the General Document, Read, and Layout models Use financial, ID, and tax models 24 - Extract data from forms with Azure Document Intelligence What is Azure Document Intelligence? Get started with Azure Document Intelligence Train custom models Use Azure Document Intelligence models Use the Azure Document Intelligence Studio 25 - Get started with Azure OpenAI Service Access Azure OpenAI Service Use Azure OpenAI Studio Explore types of generative AI models Deploy generative AI models Use prompts to get completions from models Test models in Azure OpenAI Studio's playgrounds 26 - Build natural language solutions with Azure OpenAI Service Integrate Azure OpenAI into your app Use Azure OpenAI REST API Use Azure OpenAI SDK 27 - Apply prompt engineering with Azure OpenAI Service Understand prompt engineering Write more effective prompts Provide context to improve accuracy 28 - Generate code with Azure OpenAI Service Construct code from natural language Complete code and assist the development process Fix bugs and improve your code 29 - Generate images with Azure OpenAI Service What is DALL-E? Explore DALL-E in Azure OpenAI Studio Use the Azure OpenAI REST API to consume DALL-E models 30 - Use your own data with Azure OpenAI Service Understand how to use your own data Add your own data source Chat with your model using your own data 31 - Fundamentals of Responsible Generative AI Plan a responsible generative AI solution Identify potential harms Measure potential harms Mitigate potential harms Operate a responsible generative AI solution

Eyes Wide Open - Reframing Your Fears as Fiction You create your own reality, and you believe it: whether you perceive a path blocked by obstacles or one wide open to opportunities.Isaac shares his eye-opening perspective on sight itself as he reveals how blindness became a blessing in his life of remarkable achievement, from Hollywood to Harvard, and from the Supreme Court to entrepreneur and CEO. "You'll gain the vision to shape your life and business deliberately, with awareness and accountability.' This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

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