Mes: agosto 2020

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Paley Center for Media is proud to announce that PaleyFest LA, the country’s premier television festival, is virtual for the first time and will be available for view today starting at 9:00 am EST on the Paley Center’s YouTube channel. These programs are free to view and sponsored by Citi.

The Virtual PaleyFest LA selections include: Netflix’s Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings, YouTube’s Justin Bieber: Seasons, NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Amazon Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, FX on Hulu’s Mrs. America, Pop TV’s One Day at a Time, Starz’s Outlander, Netflix’s Ozark, and Netflix’s Queer Eye. 

Additionally, Citi cardmembers and Paley Center Members can view an exclusive conversation with the cast and creative team from Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek, as they reflect on their sixth and final season.

«We’re so pleased to present PaleyFest LA virtually for the first time through our Paley YouTube channel,» said Maureen J. Reidy, the Paley Center’s President & CEO. «Television fans can enjoy this binge worthy lineup of programs featuring the television shows they’ve come to love all from the comfort of home.»

PaleyFest supports the Paley Center’s many education initiatives including education workshops serving 10,000 youth annually, the Paley Impact series which features programs centered around today’s most pressing social issues and the role of media in our society, and the continued preservation of the Paley Archive, featuring 160,000 historically significant television and radio programs.

Virtual PaleyFest LA Lineup:

Dolly Parton & Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings:

Dolly Parton, Executive Producer, Sam Haskell, Executive Producer, Kathleen Turner (Miss Mary Shaw), and Ginnifer Goodwin (Genevieve Carson)

Moderated by Jim Halterman, West Coast Bureau Chief, TV Guide Magazine/TV Insider  

Justin Bieber: Seasons:

Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber, Michael D. Ratner, Director, Scooter Braun, Executive Producer, Allison Kaye, Poo Bear, Josh Gudwin, Joe Termini, Ryan Good, and Alex Piper 

Moderated by Shirley Halperin, Variety 

Late Night with Seth Meyers:

Seth Meyers, Host, Mike Shoemaker, Producer, Alex Baze, Head Writer & Producer, Sal Gentile, Supervising Producer & Closer Look Supervising Writer, Amber Ruffin, Writer, and Jenny Hagel, Writer 

Moderated by Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times 

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel:

Amy Sherman Palladino, Creator & Executive Producer, Daniel Palladino, Executive Producer, Rachel Brosnahan (Miriam «Midge» Maisel), Alex Borstein (Susie Myerson), Tony Shalhoub (Abe Weissman), Marin Hinkle (Rose Weissman),  Michael Zegen (Joel Maisel), Kevin Pollak (Moishe Maisel), Caroline Aaron (Shirley Maisel), Jane Lynch (Sophie Lennon), Luke Kirby (Lenny Bruce), LeRoy McClain (Shy Baldwin), Stephanie Hsu, (Mei), and Sterling K. Brown (Reggie)

Moderator: Jessica Radloff, West Coast Editor, Glamour

Mrs. America: 

Cate Blanchett (Phyllis Schlafly), Executive Producer, Rose Byrne (Gloria Steinem), Uzo Aduba (Shirley Chisholm), Sarah Paulson (Alice Macray), Margo Martindale (Bella Abzug), Ari Graynor (Brenda Feigen-Fasteau), John Slattery (Fred Schlafly), Dahvi Waller, Creator, Executive Producer, Showrunner, & Writer, Stacey Sher, Executive Producer, Ryan Fleck, Executive Producer & Director, and Coco Francini, Executive Producer 

Moderated by Martha Raddatz, ABC News’ Chief Global Affairs Correspondent  

One Day at a Time: 

Mike Royce, Executive Producer, Brent Miller, Executive Producer, Gloria Calderon Kellett, Executive Producer,  

Justina Machado (Penelope Alvarez), Rita Moreno (Lydia Riera), Isabella Gomez (Elena Alvarez), Marcel Ruiz (Alex Alvarez), Todd Grinnell (Pat Schneider), Stephen Tobolowsky (Dr. Leslie Berkowitz), India de Beaufort (Avery), Sheridan Pierce (Syd), Ed Quinn (Max Ferraro), Raquel Justice (Nora)

Moderated by Stacey Abrams, Founder, Fair Fight 

Outlander:

Caitriona Balfe (Claire Fraser), Sam Heughan (Jamie Fraser), Sophie Skelton (Brianna Fraser MacKenzie), Richard Rankin (Roger MacKenzie), Diana Gabaldon, Author, Maril Davis, Executive Producer, and Matthew B. Roberts, Executive Producer 

Moderator: Kate Hahn, TV Guide Magazine 

Ozark:

Jason Bateman (Martin ‘Marty’ Byrde), Executive Producer, Laura Linney (Wendy Byrde), Julia Garner (Ruth),

Janet McTeer (Helen Pierce), Tom Pelphrey (Ben Davis), and Chris Mundy, Executive Producer

Moderator: Dave Karger, Host, Turner Classic Movies; Special Correspondent, IMDb

Queer Eye:

Bobby Berk, Host, Karamo Brown, Host, Tan France, Host, Antoni Porowski, Host, and Jonathan Van Ness, Host 

Moderated by Patrick Gomez, Editor in Chief, A.V. Club 

Members Only Event

Schitt’s Creek: 

Dan Levy (David Rose), Co-creator & Executive Producer, Eugene Levy (Johnny Rose), Co-creator & Executive Producer, 

Catherine O’Hara (Moira Rose), Consulting Producer, and Annie Murphy (Alexis Rose)

Moderated by Patrick Gomez, Editor in Chief, A.V. Club 

For more information, please visit paleyfest.org.

About The Paley Center for Media
The Paley Center for Media is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms, drawing upon its curatorial expertise, an international collection, and close relationships with the media community. The general public can participate in Paley programs in both New York and Los Angeles that explore and celebrate the creativity, the innovations, the personalities, and the leaders who are shaping media. They can also access the Paley Center’s permanent media collection, which contains over 160,000 television and radio programs and advertisements. Through the global programs of its Media Council and International Council, the Paley Center also serves as a neutral setting where media professionals can engage in discussion and debate about the evolving media landscape. Previously known as The Museum of Television & Radio, the Paley Center was founded in 1975 by William S. Paley, a pioneering innovator in the industry. For more information, please visit paleycenter.org.

 

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — National class action lawsuits have been filed against the largest pharmacy chains in the country for discrimination in refusing to fill legitimate prescriptions for opioid medication.  Edith Fuog, a 48 yr. old Hispanic divorced mother , from Riverview, Fla., filed a nationwide class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island located in Providence, R.I. against CVS on behalf of the millions of other legitimate users of legally prescribed opioid medication, seeking legal relief that will allow them to get their legitimate opioid prescriptions filled, as written, without additional limitations or restrictions, and without the constant fear that their prescriptions will be denied. 

Susan Smith, a 43 yr. old married mother from Castro Valley, Ca., has filed a similar national class action against Walgreens and Costco in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California located in San Francisco, Ca.

Edith Fuog suffers from chronic pain brought on by numerous medical conditions, including stage-1 breast cancer, MRSA, VRSA, Guillainn-Barre Syndrome, Parsonage Turner Syndrome, Trigeminal Facial Nerve Neuropathy, Hashimotos Thyroid disease, Lupus and arthritis.  As alleged in her lawsuit, since at least 2017, numerous different CVS pharmacies have refused to fill her legitimate prescriptions for opioid medication in violation of the American with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the anti-discrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act.  She filed complaints with CVS’ corporate headquarters, but despite promises that the matter would be investigated, has never heard back from CVS.

Susan Smith suffers from Mesial Temporal Lobe Sclerosis of the brain, which is an extreme form of scar tissue in her brain that leaves her with constant migraine headaches that are so severe, that at times she cannot walk, will lose vision in her eyes, and experiences extreme bouts of nausea and vomiting.  The only medications she can take to provide her with any sort of relief from the extreme pain are opioids.  As alleged in her lawsuit, numerous Walgreens and Costco pharmacies have refused to fill her legitimate prescriptions for opioid medication in violation of the American with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the anti-discrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act.  She complained to Walgreens corporate, but they were dismissive of her plight. 

Efforts to combat the national crisis of abuse of opioids, while originally well-intentioned, have led to discrimination against millions of Americans who legitimately need opioid medication to combat the terrible pain they live with every day.  As alleged in the lawsuits, CVS, Walgreens and Costco have implemented nationwide policies that  that have resulted in their pharmacies treating patients who presents a valid prescription for opioid medication as if they are a drug abuser, interfering with the customer’s relationship with his or her treating doctor and improperly refusing to fill legitimate prescriptions for opioid pain medication or imposing medically unnecessary limitations or other requirements before agreeing to fill the prescriptions.

As noted in the suits, in a June 16, 2020 letter to the CDC, the American Medical Association stated that «The nation no longer has a prescription opioid-driven epidemic» and «We can no longer afford to view increasing drug-related mortality through a prescription drug-myopic lens.»  The AMA noted that guidelines issued by the CDC in 2016 «included multiple arbitrary dosage and quantity limitation recommendations that have been consistently misapplied by State legislatures, national pharmacy chains, pharmacy benefit management companies, health insurance companies and federal agencies.»  The AMA letter cited CVS and Walgreens policies as «inappropriate» policies that misapply «the CDC guidelines in different ways and have resulted in specific harm to patients.»  The AMA further noted that: «These policies, moreover, have not withstood any meaningful evaluation or data analysis as to whether they have improved pain care or reduced opioid-related harms.»

As Scott Hirsch, one of the lead attorneys handling the cases, explained:  «Many Americans are unaware of the difficulties chronic pain patients have getting pharmacies to fill their lawfully-obtained opioid prescriptions.   It is not only a crisis for Edith and Susan, but for millions of Americans due to the backlash caused in part by the national publicity concerning opioid abuse.  These lawsuits seek to allow the millions of chronic pain patients to obtain their legitimate opioid prescriptions without being discriminated against, harassed, denied, or embarrassed.  It will hopefully improve their quality of life and save many lives in the process.»

The filed Class Actions are: Smith v. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., et al., Case No.: 20-cv-05451 and Fuog v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al., Case No.: 20-cv-00337

For a copy of the Complaints and more information about the allegations, click here or visit https://seekingjusticeforpainpatients.com.

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With millions of children not returning to school campuses this fall, families living in poverty face the most challenging road ahead. As a leading national organization aiding families in need, Baby2Baby continues to provide diapers, food and education essentials.  This year alone, they will service nearly one million children, a five-time increase from years past. With distance learning most devastating for children living in poverty, donations are needed more than ever to continue to keep up with the demand. 

Led by Co-Presidents Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein, Baby2Baby is a mega diaper bank and nonprofit organization providing essential items to children ages 0-12 across the nation.  Since March, they’ve distributed 30 million basic essentials including clothing, school supplies, food and more to families impacted by the pandemic. When Baby2Baby is able to provide these essential items to children living in poverty, families can focus their extremely limited funds to pay rent and feed their children. 

With classrooms closed, not only are low-income students nationwide missing out on the two free meals they receive at school, they are also not getting the supplies they need to keep up while learning at home.  Since COVID-19 began, Baby2Baby has seen an 87% increase in food insecurity with the children in their program skipping dinner and sharing food with their younger siblings.  Parents are forced to take unimaginable measures like making homemade diapers out of newspapers and towels. Due to this need, Baby2Baby has more than tripled its monthly diaper distribution to over 3 million diapers each month. 

«The impact of distance learning is the most challenging for children living in poverty,» shared Baby2Baby Co-Presidents Norah Weinstein and Kelly Sawyer Patricof. «Since COVID, we have been distributing 420% more items — from diapers and clothing to masks and school supplies — each week.  Now that school is remote for the foreseeable future, the needs will increase even more drastically because students are losing the food and support they would typically receive in the classroom.  Our job is to get these families the hygiene, clothing, backpacks and basic essentials they need so they can use their extremely limited resources to feed their children and keep them safe.»

As a leader in the field, Baby2Baby has already distributed millions of items to school districts and childcare centers throughout the United States, and is gearing up to distribute hundreds of thousands of notebooks, pens and pencils, glue sticks, rulers, binders, and backpacks in the coming weeks to meet the 156% increase from last year in requests for school supplies due to school closures and children learning at home. 

To support and donate please visit BABY2BABY.ORG.

ABOUT BABY2BABY:
In the last 9 years, Baby2Baby, a nonprofit organization led by Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein that provides diapers, clothing and other supplies to children living in poverty, has distributed over 100 million items — more than any organization of its kind — to children in homeless shelters, domestic violence programs, foster care, hospitals and school districts as well as to children across the country who have lost everything in the wake of disasters. Through their COVID-19 relief work, they are on track to distribute 50 million items in 2020 alone.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Aravo Solutions, the leading provider of intelligent automation applications for third-party risk and performance management, has announced the general availability of Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience. Using this pre-configured application, organizations can take a proactive, supplier-based approach to preventing disruptions of all kinds that can stem from natural disasters to man-made events.

«The global pandemic has heightened awareness of emerging risks associated with supply chain disruption all the way to the board level,» says Kimberley Allan, CMO at Aravo. «Regulators are also asking tough questions about what is being done to prevent disruption. With Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience, third-party risk programs can implement the functionality needed to address these demands in a matter of days.»

In a recent survey, 74% of respondents reported that supply chain disruptions and constraints would be the greatest threat to their manufacturing business over the next 12 months*. However, COVID-19 has exposed organizations of all kinds to unprecedented hazards, such as cybersecurity and continuity risks associated with the broad shift to remote work, and exposed the brittleness of existing supply chains.

«In the wake of the pandemic, our clients quickly leveraged Aravo’s inherent platform capabilities to reach out to their third parties and analyze the impact on their operations,» comments Aravo CTO Eric Hensley. «Because of the flexibility and extensibility of the platform, Aravo has been able to fully develop a ready-to-use application in a matter of months that will automate that process for them with the added benefits of pre-configured hazard monitoring and reporting. The application will further help them manage business processes for mitigating risks and identifying alternate suppliers.»

Capabilities:

• Hazard reporting. Through integration with a global monitoring platform, such as DisasterAWARE, Aravo sends alerts when a supplier could potentially be impacted by issues such as weather, geo-political unrest, or virtually any other hazard. Hazards can also be reported in Aravo by users or by third parties using the Third Party Portal.
• Business impact assessments. Based on alerts, users can send online business impact surveys to potentially affected third parties. Aravo scores the responses and automates a review process to determine if further action is needed.
• Action plans. If an incident requires mitigation, Aravo automates the steps within the action plan through completion with a robust audit trail. To ensure continuity of supply, the solution can also identify alternate sources of supply, giving users the option of using Aravo to launch an RFx.
• Reporting. Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience includes pre-configured dashboards and reports that provide visibility into potential risk exposure from the portfolio level all the way down to the specific contract or engagement, including details of remediation activities.

Benefits of Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience

With Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience, third-party risk programs can deliver value to the business:

• Prevent disruption caused by lack of information about potential emerging risks.
• Defend continuity of supply by gathering the data needed to make decisions.
• Respond to threats through automated risk mitigation plans and identification of alternate suppliers.
• Recover from incidents potentially disruptive incidents by ensuring mitigation plans fully implemented and concluded.

Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience is generally available now. For more information or to request a demo, please visit https://aravo.com/products/supply-chain-resilience/.

About Aravo

Aravo delivers the market’s smartest third-party risk and performance management solutions, powered by intelligent automation.

For more than 20 years now, Aravo’s combination of award-winning technology and unrivaled domain expertise has helped the world’s most respected brands accelerate and optimize their third-party management programs, delivering better business outcomes faster and ensuring the agility to adapt as programs evolve.

With solutions built on technology designed for usability, agility, and scale, even the most complex organizations can keep pace with the high velocity of regulatory change. As a centralized system of record for all data related to third-party risk, Aravo helps organizations achieve a complete view of their third-party ecosystem throughout the lifecycle of the relationship, from intake through off-boarding and all stages in between and across all risk domains.

Aravo is trusted by the world’s leading brands, helping them manage the risk and improve the performance of more than 5 million third parties, suppliers and vendors across the globe. https://aravo.com/.

*June 2020 industry survey conducted by Almonty Industries

 

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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Ericom Software, a leader in secure web and application access solutions, announced today the introduction of Ericom Application Isolator, a new solution that integrates with existing remote access VPNs and Next Generation Firewalls to secure corporate applications and data from the security risks associated with excessive access rights inside a network. The Standard Edition of the software is available for free and can be downloaded from Ericom’s website.

Ericom Application Isolator addresses the security risks created by the broad access rights granted to users and devices on corporate networks, which create an environment hackers or malicious insiders can easily exploit. Extensive permissions unnecessarily expose applications and other resources to threats, enabling lateral spread of malware and attacks inside the network. The solution prevents attacks by limiting remote and internal application access to only what is typically required. It cloaks applications from unauthorized users, stopping the spread of threats by making them invisible to would-be attackers.

«We all realize networks face elevated security risk, especially now that organizations have doubled-down on VPNs to connect their newly-remote workforces to the apps and data they need,» said David Canellos, Ericom Software Chief Executive Officer. «The increase in remote workers as a result of COVID-19 has created a surge in cybercrime, driving organizations to look for cost-effective ways to add Zero Trust security to their existing environments, and Ericom Application Isolator offers a simple way to quickly bolster their defenses.»

Ericom Application Isolator delivers key Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) controls that make applications and resources invisible to hackers if they manage to somehow penetrate a network, preventing lateral movement attacks. It also limits access for authenticated users to only the specific applications they need, thereby reducing the risk of insider-attacks. The lightweight software seamlessly integrates with existing VPN and NGFW infrastructures, and leverages patent-pending advanced machine-learning capabilities to simplify deployment and use. When used with other integrated security controls, including Ericom Shield Remote Browser Isolation, Ericom Application Isolator supports organizations adopting a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) security framework.

«To support work-from-home initiatives resulting from COVID-19, many businesses scaled up their investment in VPNs and NGFWs to connect their newly distributed workforce to corporate applications and IT resources. With these initial priorities now addressed, organizations should re-examine their network defenses to ensure that effective security protections are in place, including zero-trust capabilities,» said John Grady Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). «Ericom Application Isolator is a streamlined, cost-effective way to add important zero-trust security controls to existing VPNs and firewalls, protecting organizations from lateral movement attacks that result in ransomware spread, data loss, and significant business disruption.»

New solution capabilities announced today include:

• Application/Resource Cloaking – makes corporate applications and resources invisible to users without proper permissions. Users connect to the network as usual, either while at the office or remotely using their VPN client, and Ericom Application Isolator enforces least-privileged access policies. Authenticated users with valid permissions have no change in their user experience.
• Automatic Access Policy Creation – simplifies the process of establishing per-user remote (North-South) and internal (East-West) secure access policies. The solution’s patent-pending Auto-Policy Manager automatically generates per-user (or group) access policies based on network traffic analysis over a configurable time period. Manual adjustments can be applied as needed to quickly define and deploy least-privileged access policies for the entire organization.
• Integrations with Leading VPNs and NGFWs – leverages an organization’s existing investments in VPNs and NGFWs to accelerate their move to Zero Trust Security. The solution can be deployed quickly, does not require any new agents to be installed, and operates with the gateways and VPN clients of leading vendors, including Check Point, Forcepoint, Fortinet, OpenVPN, and more. The software also integrates with Microsoft Active Directory to authenticate and authorize users while they are in corporate offices accessing internal resources. The current list of supported integrations is available on Ericom’s website.
• Activity Reporting and Monitoring – gives IT professionals visibility into application and resource access and use. It allows for policy verification and ongoing learning and adjustment of policies based on observed usage patterns and can be used to meet internal compliance and audit requirements.

«Ericom Application Isolator has added an important set of capabilities to our remote access security approach,» said Joe Morin, CEO of Cyflare. «The solution was plug and play with our existing VPN infrastructure, required no endpoint agent, and provided an automated process to create our least-privileged access policies. I highly recommend it for organizations looking for a quick and efficient way to add zero trust network access capabilities to their environments.»

Pricing & Availability
Ericom Application Isolator is available in two editions, Standard and Advanced. The Standard Edition is free, and the Advanced Edition, which includes additional features and capabilities, is priced at $2.25 per user per month. Visit http://www.ericom.com to learn more and download the software.

About Ericom Software
Ericom Software provides businesses with secure access to the web and corporate applications, in the cloud and on-premises, from any device or location. Leveraging innovative isolation capabilities and multiple secure access technologies, Ericom’s solutions ensure that devices and applications are protected from cybersecurity threats, and users can connect to only the specific resources they are authorized to access.

Ericom’s platform of browser isolation, remote access, secure connectivity, mobility, and virtualization technologies enhances cybersecurity and productivity while reducing cost and complexity for tens of thousands of businesses and millions of end-users worldwide. The company has offices in the US, UK, and EMEA, and a global network of distributors and partners.

For more information about Ericom and its products, visit http://www.ericom.com. You can also follow Ericom Software on our blog, as well as on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.

 

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