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Prolacta Clinical Advisory Board Members Present Webinar on Improved Growth Metrics for Preterm Infants Fed an Exclusive Human Milk Diet

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

DUARTE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prolacta Bioscience®, the world's leading hospital provider of 100% human milk-based nutritional products for critically ill, premature infants, announced today that two members of the Prolacta Clinical Advisory Board (PCAB) will present a webinar for clinicians who care for preterm infants titled "Improved Growth Metrics for Preterm Infants Supported With a Human Milk Diet" on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 9 a.m. PT.

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  • Stacia Pegram, MA, RDN, LD, and Patti Perks, MS, RDN, CNSC, will present "Improved Growth Metrics for Preterm Infants Supported With a Human Milk Diet" on Dec. 1
    DUARTE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prolacta Bioscience , the world's leading hospital provider of 100% human milk-based nutritional products for critically ill, premature infants, announced today that two members of the Prolacta Clinical Advisory Board (PCAB) will present a webinar for clinicians who care for preterm infants titled "Improved Growth Metrics for Preterm Infants Supported With a Human Milk Diet" on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 9 a.m. PT.
  • Perks and Pegram are members of the Prolacta Clinical Advisory Board (PCAB), a group of neonatologists, neonatal nursing leaders, and neonatal dietitians with broadly recognized clinical expertise.
  • Prolacta's 100% human milk-based nutritional products have been evaluated in more than 20 clinical studies published in peer-reviewed journals.
  • Prolacta maintains the industry's strictest quality and safety standards for screening, testing, and processing donor human milk.

The News Photographer Association of Canada Announces 2021 National Pictures of the Year Award Winners

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Monday, July 4, 2022

Within a single image lies the power to motivate a nation, convey the unspoken heart of an event, reveal great truths or expose transgression.

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  • Within a single image lies the power to motivate a nation, convey the unspoken heart of an event, reveal great truths or expose transgression.
  • The News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) is especially pleased to recognize Canadian photojournalism's excellence, perseverance, and importance in announcing the 16th annual National Pictures of the Year (NPOY) award competition winners.
  • These photographers dedicated eight straight hours, plus more via email, out of their busy schedules to provide constructive criticism while selecting the winners of this year's National Pictures of the Year contest.
  • Peter Mather, documentary and wildlife photographer, Weronika Murray, documentary photographer, and Mark Kelly, portrait photographer and workshop instructor, donated their time and expertise to judge the student portfolios.

Canada's Top Photojournalists of 2020 Recognized at Premiere Competition

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Monday, March 22, 2021

Great photos deconstruct moments down to their essence to help us see the complete narrative - our heartbreak, our joy, our failures and our triumphs.

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  • Great photos deconstruct moments down to their essence to help us see the complete narrative - our heartbreak, our joy, our failures and our triumphs.
  • Through a pandemic, Canada's photojournalists have masked up and documented the world around us.
  • Today, the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) is pleased to recognize the country's best photojournalism of 2020 for the 14th Annual National Pictures of the Year (NPOY) awards competition.
  • This national organization includes over 300 professional visual journalists, freelancers, photo editors and photojournalism students from across Canada.

News Photographers Association of Canada Reacts to Assault of Photojournalist

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Thursday, January 7, 2021

Members of the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) are strongly condemning and calling for criminal action in today's assault of Canadian photojournalist Ben Nelms, who was on assignment covering a pro-Trump rally in Vancouver.

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  • Members of the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) are strongly condemning and calling for criminal action in today's assault of Canadian photojournalist Ben Nelms, who was on assignment covering a pro-Trump rally in Vancouver.
  • The award-winning photojournalist, the current Canadian News Photographer of the Year, was punched in the face and assaulted in a completely unprovoked attack by a demonstrator.
  • Through a variety of efforts, the association challenges its members to better themselves and to continually raise the bar of industry standards.
  • This national organization includes over 300 professional press and documentary photographers, photo editors and photojournalism students from across Canada.

New Canadian BIPOC Mentorship Program Launched

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 15, 2020 /CNW/ -Room Up Front, a new mentorship program for early career Canadian BIPOC photojournalists has just been launched by a group of Canadian working professionals to help support early career photographers.

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  • VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 15, 2020 /CNW/ -Room Up Front, a new mentorship program for early career Canadian BIPOC photojournalists has just been launched by a group of Canadian working professionals to help support early career photographers.
  • This initiative is intended to contribute to a media landscape that more fully represents the Canadians it serves.
  • By helping talented aspiring journalists to succeed and reinvigorate the industry that supports us all with critical perspectives and relevance to under-represented communities.
  • Ryan McLeod, Vice-President of the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) adds"It's exciting to see Room Up Front launching their mentorship program.

News Photographers Association of Canada Reacts to Press Freedom Violations

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

TORONTO, June 1, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ -Members of the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) are extremely dismayed over numerous press freedom violations occurring across the United States in recent days.

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  • TORONTO, June 1, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ -Members of the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) are extremely dismayed over numerous press freedom violations occurring across the United States in recent days.
  • "Photo and visual journalists, as well as their colleagues across news media, are fulfilling their mandate of documenting this horrifically difficult time in the United States history.
  • Through a variety of efforts, the association challenges its members to better themselves and to continually raise the bar of industry standards.
  • This national organization includes over 300 professional press and documentary photographers, photo editors and photojournalism students from across Canada.

Top photojournalists recognized at largest competition in Canada

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Sunday, April 26, 2020

VANCOUVER, April 25, 2020 /CNW/ - Great photos tell stories.They transcend language and cultural barriers and speak to basic human nature.

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  • VANCOUVER, April 25, 2020 /CNW/ - Great photos tell stories.They transcend language and cultural barriers and speak to basic human nature.
  • A great photo is a snapshot of time that can reveal the world's most profound tales of heartbreak, joy and reality with one single image.
  • Today, the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) is pleased to recognize the excellence represented in submissions by 135 of Canada's outstanding photojournalists in announcing the finalists in the thirteenth annual National Pictures of the Year (NPOY) awards competition.
  • Over 2,000 photographs along with 22 multimedia productions from across Canada were entered in this year's competition, representing a spectacular body of work.

Porting.com Announces Industry-First Microsoft Azure NPAC Certified SOA

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Friday, January 31, 2020

On January 30th, 2020 Porting.com announced the successful deployment of their enhanced NPAC certified local number porting solution, PortControl, on Microsoft Azure.

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  • On January 30th, 2020 Porting.com announced the successful deployment of their enhanced NPAC certified local number porting solution, PortControl, on Microsoft Azure.
  • PortControl is the first and only NPAC certified LNP SOA backed by Azure's trusted infrastructure.
  • The cross platform, virtual, circuit, and location redundant Microsoft Azure exceeds our customer's reliability needs.
  • Orders - Industry-first Order based SOA for LNP subscription management with NPAC that uses color to tell a story about your numbers.

iconectiv Completes Final Regional Transition to Modern, Cost-Effective, Secure NPAC

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Monday, May 21, 2018

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- iconectiv , the next Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for the United States, today announced the successful third and final regional cutover of the Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) transition.

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  • BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- iconectiv , the next Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for the United States, today announced the successful third and final regional cutover of the Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) transition.
  • This cutover follows iconectiv's successful transition of the Southeast, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest NPAC Regions over recent weeks.
  • "This final regional transition brings us near the end of a more than decade-long journey to bring the nation a modern and cost effective number portability system," said Richard Jacowleff, CEO at iconectiv.
  • Now that the NPAC's regional transition is complete, iconectiv stands ready to continue to advance industry competition, innovation and consumer freedom in telecom."

iconectiv Announces Cutover of Three Regional NPAC Systems

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Monday, May 7, 2018

This was the second regional cutover of NPAC data and services for Service Providers, Service Bureaus and Providers of Telecom-Related Services (PTRS), following iconectiv's successful transition of the Southeast NPAC Region on April 8, 2018.

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  • This was the second regional cutover of NPAC data and services for Service Providers, Service Bureaus and Providers of Telecom-Related Services (PTRS), following iconectiv's successful transition of the Southeast NPAC Region on April 8, 2018.
  • Prior to the regional NPAC transitions, iconectiv successfully transitioned services for law enforcement and businesses that must comply with Wireless Do Not Call lists in March.
  • The United States NPAC is the world's largest system of databases of ported telephone numbers and consists of seven different regional databases.
  • The remaining regions , (Southwest, West and West Coast), are scheduled to transition to iconectiv on May 20, 2018.