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V3 Issue 201
V3 | Issue 201 | 10.19.21
Data breaches: national, regional, and in the courts. REvil's attempted comeback. Comments on Sinclair Broadcast's response to ransomware.
Argentina's big data breach.
Data breach at University Medical Center, Newark.
Hospital breach lawsuit.
What happened to REvil, this time around?
More comment on Sinclair Broadcast Group's ransomware incident.
Argentina ID system breach exposes data of millions.
Argentina's national ID card system was reportedly breached by a hacker who is now selling access to his bounty -- ID details for the entire population -- on the dark web. News of the leak first surfaced last month when a Twitter user posted the ID photos of several dozen celebrities, then published a post on a hacking forum boasting he could supply the personal details of any Argentinian requested. After investigating the incident, the Ministry of Interior's security team found a Ministry of Health VPN account had accessed the Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAPER) for specific photos at the very same time they were posted on Twitter. The authorities concluded that a breach had not occurred and began investigating eight government workers in connection to the leak. However, the Record by Recorded Future spoke with the hacker peddling the data, who provided evidence he is indeed in possession of a copy of the entire RENAPER database. He also says he plans to continue selling the data, adding "Maybe in a few days I'm going to publish [the data of] 1 million or 2 million people."
Saryu Nayyar, CEO of Gurucul, commented on some of the early reports of this breach:
"There is a credible report that an attacker has breached the Argentinian national database and obtain information on all citizens of that country. The data includes names, home addresses, birth dates, gender info, ID card issuance and expiration dates, labor identification codes, Trámite numbers, citizen numbers, and government photo IDs. This data is currently either being sold off to interested buyers, or held for ransom to the Argentinian government.
"The attacker apparently got access to the data through a VPN using a legitimate user account, through what the attacker claimed was "employee carelessness." This is an extreme example of an insider threat in that while the attacker probably isn't an employee, an insider was the source of the breach.
"This demonstrates the need for all organizations to use analytics and machine learning to look for and flag unusual activities on the network. It's highly unlikely that a legitimate employee would have a need to download all records. A good analytics solution would have made use of real time data to quickly identified that anomaly, making it possible to remediate before the download was complete.
Doug Britton, CEO of Haystack Solutions, also reacting to early reports, thinks the root cause of such risk may be a shortage of security professionals:
"If this is valid, it is an example of a highly sensitive and distressing breach. Sensitive data that was "secure" several years ago is now being threatened with highly interconnected systems that allow different attack vectors that are even more difficult to protect against. Ultimately data is increasingly more difficult to secure. Hackers are taking advantage and can wreak havoc on a global scale. Furthermore, if there was an insider assisting, then this is troublesome on another level.
"There needs to be a global investment in cyber security professionals. We can see that there are steps that could have been taken to make the entire database more secure and difficult to exfiltrate. Investing in a strong cybersecurity team can help organizations understand their unique security challenges and implement measures to stay one step ahead of these types of attacks. We have the technology to find cyber talent regardless of language or geography. We need to find the next generation of international cyber experts before public infrastructure is exploited and public confidence is eroded."
Rajiv Pimplaskar, CRO at Veridium discerns lessons about fat targets and, especially, fat targets of opportunity, and how porous knowledge-based authentication can render their defenses:
"National ID databases like RENAPER help health, financial and telecom companies underwrite the Know Your Customer (KYC) process with Government source verification and have shown tremendous promise disintermediating fraud across emerging markets. However, such databases can create massive honeypots with significant downside ramifications in the event of a data breach.
"National ID systems should move away from Knowledge Based Authentication (KBA) such as PIN or Passwords and embrace biometric modalities like face and fingerprint. Biometrics reduce the risk envelope of credential theft and lateral movement that can proliferate data breaches.
"Several contactless biometric solutions are available to be accessed via consumer smartphones that can enable a variety of remote enrollment and verification use cases. Such modalities should be device independent so as to provide consistent access and user experience for all citizens regardless of make and model of their mobile phone."
Tony Pepper, CEO of Egress, observed that big disruptive attacks are well within the capabilities of criminals:
"This is a monumental hack, exposing the personal details of up to 46 million people. The black market for stolen data is big business, and cybercriminals will stop at nothing to find their next big payday. This attack should be a warning to governments: cybercriminals have the means to execute large-scale, sophisticated attacks, and their citizens' data is under threat.
"With the data of millions at risk, Argentinian citizens are now prime targets for follow-up attacks, such as financial fraud, sophisticated phishing attempts and impersonation scams, aimed at stealing further personal data, identities and even their money."
Patient data exposed by hospital employee.
Data Guidance reports that University Hospital Newark (UH), located in the state of New Jersey, has disclosed a data breach in which an employee passed on private patient data to unauthorized individuals. The hospital notified the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights that over nine thousand patients were impacted by the incident, and the exposed data include names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, medical record numbers, and treatment info.
Trevor Morgan, product manager with comforte AG, wrote to explain the nature of one aspect of the insider threat:
"The data breach incident that University Hospital disclosed about a former employee who viewed and shared highly sensitive patient information accentuates the threat posed by the 'inside job. We often focus on threat actors working on the outside of our perimeters trying to get into the enterprise environment and thereby compromise data, but people on the inside have a leg up because usually they have some access to the internal network environment and IT resources. Also, employees are usually granted a certain level of trust with enterprise data, even if they don't have access and rights to all information within the organization. Working from the inside with an implied level of trust means that the inside job has more time to develop and execute an effective exfiltration strategy.
"The answer to counter this threat is to recognize how vulnerable businesses are from the inside and to adopt security stances like Zero Trust, which denies implicit trust to users, devices, and other entities regardless of their location within the network. Reduce or better yet eliminate implicit trust, challenge data requests more frequently and aggressively, and provide bare-minimum privileges if an expressed need for data or resources can actually be validated. Don't trust, but still verify."
Sascha Fahrbach, cybersecurity evangelist at Fudo Security, reminds us that "insiders" aren't confined to employees:
"Insider threats remain a significant risk for organizations, and healthcare, in particular, is highly vulnerable due to all the valuable PII that cybercriminals are after. With the pivot to remote work and cloud migration, that task has become even more of a challenge. We have to remember that insiders aren't only limited to employees. This term can also encompass contractors, suppliers, as well as former employees.
"Thankfully, there is a lot of guidance available to aid organizations in preparing themselves as best they can to mitigate this risk. For any organization to stand a chance, first, an audit should take place. It's vital to know what a typical 'normal' situation looks like. Only then can proper security policy guide the rest of the way. With the NIST cybersecurity framework, a thorough roadmap is given to the industry, which can help with a comprehensive plan covering vital elements: identify, protect, detect, respond and recover.
"Unfortunately, no one can ever guarantee complete security. There is still the human factor at the core, and this can play out in various ways. Ultimately, it is a holistic approach to security that encompasses secure access, significantly reducing risk. When organizations incorporate zero-trust into their departments, a positive step is taken to combat insider threats."
In the wake of a ransomware attack on UF Health, a medical network located in the state of Florida, an impacted patient has filed a class action lawsuit seeking damages in excess of $5 million. Village-News explains, the suit alleges that UF Health downplayed the incident and "failed to implement industry protocols and exercise reasonable care in protecting and safeguarding" the data, which was subsequently offered for sale on the dark web. The data of over 700,000 patients were compromised.
Steve Moore, chief security strategist at Exabeam, agrees that this might be the last call for REvil, which has sustained an organizational failure we normally associate with legitimate enterprises. "This latest disruption seems to be caused by insider fighting or possible offensive takedown – it's the final blow to REvil," he said. "The operator only mentions a 'third party' – no attempt is made to identify their identity. Keep in mind these are organizations like any other, but with fewer rules. Based on information shared, they lost control of their backups which contained keys to overtake their network. In the exciting twist, the adversary was seemingly taken down due to weak technology hygiene, a flaw generally exploited by them to extort money from their victims."
More comment on Sinclair Broadcasting's ransomware incident.
Matt Glenn, Illumio's VP of Product Management, sees no immediate end to the ransomware threat, and thinks it significant that the gang hit Sinclair over the weekend:
"We're seeing attackers wait for holidays or the weekend to strike with ransomware, proving they are becoming increasingly calculated as they await their 'perfect opportunity.' Ransomware attacks continue to proliferate, so business resiliency remains the name of the game. Organizations that are prepared for cyber incidents -- and recognize them as inevitable -- are better able to withstand the impact and consequences when they are hit with an attack. As communicated by the Biden Administration in their Executive Order on cybersecurity, cyber resiliency must start with an "assume breach" mindset. This includes making Zero Trust strategy adoption a priority -- as opposed to solely approaching cybersecurity from a preventative standpoint. Think of it this way: In today's world, bad actors will always find a way in. It's not enough to surround your castles with moats if invaders are already inside your walls.
Chris Clements, VP of Solutions Architecture at Cerberus Sentinel, sees ransomware moving out to touch sectors that the gangs had hitherto overlooked:
"I think more and more industries are coming to the rude awakening that they are now targets of cyberattack. The old mindset of 'we're too small' or 'we don't have anything hackers would be after' is simply no longer true. The epidemic of ransomware attacks largely fueled by the advent of cryptocurrency's enabling of bank-free extortion payments has effectively monetized every network in the world. Further, modern cybercrime rings have become highly skilled operations with significant budgets. 'Zero-day' exploits, once thought to be largely the purview of nation-state level actors are now well within the operating budget to purchase or develop in house for even moderate ransomware gangs. These factors leave many organizations with an antiquated approach to information security extremely vulnerable to suffering a significant compromise.
"It's also important to observe that while cybersecurity insurance may help assist with paying for a ransom, there are intangibles that can't be covered such as prolonged operational downtime or loss of customer confidence."
RiskLens CEO Nick Sanna thinks CISOs need to work on communicating cyber risk in business terms. "The pressure is on CISOs of all industries to justify the right investments in cybersecurity to a business audience who will support them if they understand the financial impact of ransomware attacks to their organization," he said. "Quantifying cyber risk in financial terms is key to get the right buy-in and level of protection against this increasingly prevalent threat."
There are also legal and policy dimensions to ransomware attacks of this kind. Robert Cattanach, a partner at the international law firm Dorsey & Whitney, commented, "The onslaught of ransomware attacks continues virtually unabated (notwithstanding President Biden's admonishments to President Putin, which may or may not have paused the scourge briefly). Many ransomware events pass unnoticed, as the hacked entity sees no upside to making the vulnerability pubic, and the reputational damage remains significant. So what can we learn from the Sinclair attack?" He went on to enumerate some lessons:
1. "Criminal enterprises will remain huge threats to US companies for the foreseeable future, and no target is safe. This means you. And you, and you, and you," Cattanach says.
2. "Practice, practice, practice. By all public accounts, Sinclair appears to have been completely unprepared for this contingency. No out of channel backups for the chain of command – such as simple and cheap burner phones – and apparently no contingency plans for when, not if, systems are encrypted. Reporters and news rooms were left to manage on their own. Some companies can muddle through, but if your commercial currency depends on reliable access to systems, you need to spend the time and money necessary to have a backup plan," Cattanach says.
3. "The hackers hold all the cards. Even if Sinclair restores through backup – which itself carries risks of re-infection – it may still face the Hobson's choice of sensitive information being dumped on the dark web if it refuses to pay the ransom. If the personal information of California residents is determined to have been exfiltrated, or potentially even accessed, there will be a class-action stampede to the courthouse," Cattanach says.
4. "Messaging within the first 24-48 hours is critical; but risky. Underplay the impact and you immediately lose credibility. Admitting you don't know gets the same result. Overstimating tanks your stock. Typically, forensic investigations take several days, or even weeks, to determine the extent and cause. You can't figure this stuff out on the fly," Cattanach says.
5. "All of which is to say you need a plan, developed by actual stakeholders, not their minions, and a process to assemble the key decision makers at least virtually, craft the content and cadence of your messaging, and make the best decisions you can with incomplete and likely conflicting information (the fog of breach)," Cattanach says.
Cattanach's conclusion is, "If any good can come of this, it will be in the lessons learned for Sinclair and the targets about to find out the hard way,"
REvil Domains Hijacked, Forum Representative Announces Group's Intention to Go Offline (Digital Shadows) An unknown individual accessed parts of the backend of REvil website's landing page and blog, leading the new forum representative to conclude that a third party has access to website backups and Onion service keys.
Kemper Proposes $17.6M Settlement of Data Breach Claims (Insurance Journal) Kemper Insurance has proposed to settle a class action stemming from two data breaches in a deal valued at about $17.6 million. The dual breaches could
Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group identifies data breach (Baltimore Sun) Sinclair Broadcast Group said Monday that it's suffered a data breach and is still working to determine what information the data contained.
Ransomware attack knocks some Sinclair television stations off the air (Washington Post) The company says hackers targeted several of its servers and workstations and took unspecified data
Sinclair Broadcast Group says it suffered a ransomware attack and has had data stolen (NPR.org) The broadcast giant, which is known for pushing a conservative viewpoint, did not immediately say how many of its TV stations were directly affected.
Owner of Maine TV stations probes weekend data breach, finds ransomware (Press Herald) The Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates WGME and WPFO in Maine, said Monday that it is working to determine what information the data contained.
USA: University Hospital Newark notifies OCR of data breach (DataGuidance) The University Hospital Newark ('UH') notified, on 8 October 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ('HHS') Office for Civil Rights ('OCR') of a data security incident affecting  9,329 individuals. In particular, the UH stated that between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2017 some personal health information of individuals had been accessed by one of UH's employees who had also provided patient information to unauthorised individuals.
Data breach prompts review at Missouri teacher pension fund (KY3) Officials with the pension fund serving teachers and other public school employees in Missouri say they're reviewing safety protocols after a data breach.
What is spyware, exactly? Cybersecurity experts explain (Yahoo) Spyware is a term that's thrown around a lot with cybersecurity, but what is it, exactly? Here's what you need to know — and how to protect yourself.
T-Mobile Says Arbitration Applies to Consumer Data Breach Claims (Bloomberg Law) T-Mobile US Inc. is seeking to resolve out of a court a consumer lawsuit over a hack that exposed millions of customer records, arguing in a Georgia federal court filing that an arbitration agreement applies.
T-Mobile Seeks Arbitration Of Consumer's Data Breach Suit (Law360) T-Mobile wants to end a proposed class action over its massive consumer data breach, arguing in Georgia federal court that all customers agreed to arbitrate claims against T-Mobile upon signing the terms and conditions when opening a line.
Amazon Appeals Record $865M Fine for Violation of EU Data Protection Rules (Insurance Journal) Amazon.com Inc. appealed a record 746 million-euro ($865 million) penalty for allegedly violating the European Union's tough data-protection rules. The
A Million People's Personal Information Leaked by Chinese VPN Application (WizCase) WizCase's security team recently discovered a major leak affecting Quickfox, a free VPN service primarily used to access Chinese sites from outside of mainland China. The leak exposed a variety of personally identifiable information (PII) from users, including names, phone numbers, other software installed on their device, and more. There was no need for ...
Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nude Photos From Hundreds of iCloud Accounts (Vice) Hao Kuo Chi advertised his iCloud hacking service as "icloudripper4you" but also kept images for his personal collection.


Transformation: Are You Empowered Enough to Know Your Worth?
Transformation is a word that has popped up for me lately in the last couple of weeks. I thought the messages I was receiving in regards to transformation were pertaining to a change that was going on in my life. It had to be something tangible, something I could see which made sense because I have had to make some major decisions lately.
However, as I contemplated over all the signs I was receiving, I suddenly had a realization that the transformation I was seeing in my outer world was reflecting the transformation I was going through internally. It was a perfect match.
What was really happening was the resistance of an internal change that I knew deep down needed to happen. I was seeing familiar patterns happening in my life once again. I was very frustrated and fed up. I knew in that moment that making the change in my outer world was not going to fix the problem. I had to look deeper.
What I discovered about the familiar pattern I was seeing is that I had been living and operating in this particular area of my life from my inauthentic self. There were old wounds, false beliefs that have been subconsciously helping me to self-sabotage my dreams.
So the real Transformation I needed to go through was living from my false self to my authentic self, to living the truth of who I am instead of who I think I am. There is nothing on the outside that I could ever change to fix this.
As I begin my transformation from where I have been to where I want to be, there are distractions and a certain amount of discomfort. It is not easy but it is a choice.
I choose to be empowered and accept my true worth and value.
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Why Fantasy Cricket App as a business startup?
Adaptable things of RG Fantasy Cricket Platform!
Don't hesitate to enter into Fantasy Sports Business, It's completely Legal!
Cost of Fantasy Cricket App Development!
Let's begin with the Why segment than we will move ahead towards Adaptive things, features, Cost and legality of the Fantasy Cricket Platforms.
Fantasy Cricket App, is on the boom and around 67% of the population have knowledge about it. And according to the stats provided by Fantasy Sports Trade Association (fsta.org) more than 18 crore Indian fans are aware of the platform. We all knew the craze of cricket in India and it directly reflects on Fantasy Sport Apps.
There are almost 900% growth in the segment as currently there are approx. 20 million users which have been just 2 million in 2016. And around 89% of users plays fantasy sports at least one time in a month. Even the leader of this segment Dream11, have around 1.8 crore registered users.
This ratio increases at the time of famous leagues such as IPL, World Cup, Asia Cup, etc. Even, few startups just launched their application in that particular period and then hold down their functions again till the next season.
If you are thinking about it as a startup option, then there are two types of options available, one Daily contest and second league-based contests. You can go with anyone according to your prospect and as per your business model.
Be ready in 2019 with your adaptive Fantasy Cricket App, as this is the year of opportunity. In 2019 there are two major ICC events scheduled – IPL 2019 and Cricket World Cup.
The interface of any application or website, is the first thing that attracts a user and make them remember your business. We mind it and always provide higher results than their expectations. What we commit, is completely responsive application, eye-catchy graphics, trendy fluid designs, and performing features.
Under an economic budget package, you will be offered amazing brand identity – A logo that reflects your business concept clearly.
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According to a survey, almost 90% industry giants and experts attest that a great UI increases the chances of success. Because a user first interacts with the interface and then go with the functions. If you succeeded in capturing their consciousness, then you can easily make them your prominent users.
The second thing that holds a user on your application, is the unique features. And Fantasy Cricket App Solution required it most. Why?
Because there are plenty of applications already running and having a similar kind of thing will make you one of them not an extraordinary platform. We care for that, and always come up with some unique, but required updates that can help you to achieve desired success.
Even, we consider the similarity a negative aspect thus we try to produce something attractive, elegant and quite impressive way to function the most common features such as: login and sign up. From league dashboard to team selection and from account profile to transaction history, we have created a unique way in our Fantasy Cricket Platform.
If you want to discuss your idea or want to check out a demo, keep in touch with us!
A game never runs similarly for different organizations, that's why we have implemented an easy to customize feature in all our solutions. Our Fantasy Cricket Platform used to have all essential features, that're required to run it directly, but we also offer uniqueness and futuristic features with our complete customization.
If you want to add some module in your league-based platform, yes, we can do that.
If you want to increase functionalities in your daily contest platform, yes, we can also do that.
You just need to express your interest and your requirement, we can add or subtract them from our pre-build platform.
We understand the complexity of code, and that's why we try to make everything easy for those who don't know it. And most of time business owner doesn't know how to code, then how can they manage app's functions.
To limit that barrier, we have built an easy to manage dashboard for both, business owners and users. Owners can easily manage their leagues, match countdowns, team placements, match fees, and other operations, whereas users can easily create their accounts, teams and join contests.
There are always two versions in a Fantasy Cricket App, one is Freemium, where user can join contests freely, and second is Premium, where users have to pay a match fee to join paid contests. In both cases user can win an amount decided by the owner.
To manage paid contests and to receive match fee from users, Fantasy Platform requires an adaptable & universal payment option. Here, at RG Infotech's Fantasy Cricket Platform, we have incorporated Paytm and PayUMoney and can implement other major payment options such as PayPal, Net Banking, Stripe, CCAvenue, etc.
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As the requirement of trending things, company has incorporated trendiest design options, more user centric interface, better flow of cash, easiest way to manage contests, and much more. To get more details or the demo presentation, you can discuss with the dexterous geeks.
Users, the end entity, for which we have created our solution demanded elegant and eye-catchy designs along with easy to use features. We have already noted that and worked on our interface as a premium feature.
Admin, the one who can manage all operations, the owner of the solutions or someone who can manage platform, requires featured solution that can comply with the guidelines, law and users as well. From where he/she can arrange things, set-up contests, manage users, and operate other segments too. We care this thing and build-up an easy to understand admin dashboard with interactive UI.
To make the solution more impressive and futuristic, we have embedded trendy additional features in it. Additional features that surely enhance the performance, speed up the operations, and cut down the admin efforts.
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If we consider the development from scratch than it will be a costly investment. While on other hand, you have an economic solution through which you can easily setup your own Fantasy Cricket Platform. At RG Infotech, you can use subscription model, which can cut down your high investment into monthly subscription along with one-time setup cost.
The cost of a Fantasy Cricket Platform is only $950 (one-time setup cost) plus monthly subscription cost of $365, in which you will get a web application and one Android Application.
If we compare traditional costing and subscription costing than there is a huge difference. With Subscription Model, you can opt an eminent, performing, and functioning Fantasy Cricket Platform in just $1315 and start your fantasy sport business immediately.
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Completely legal, Game of mere skills – Fantasy Cricket is the future of online gaming in India. It already has established its roots and is expected to grow with time as more countries are going to adapt the concept and legalize it.
Remember IPL 2018? The biggest premier league which officially running their own Fantasy app and usually revealed the stats of fantasy cricket app users in between their live matches. They have recorded 8-9 million users on their app, even the leading giant – Dream 11s owner Harsh Jain stated that "in the IPL season they have grown their user base from 20 million to 40 million".
So, the stats clearly showing the rapid growth of Fantasy Cricket Platforms in such tournaments and in 2019, you have much better opportunity to grow your fantasy sports business as ICC already scheduled IPL and Cricket World Cup in 2019.
Hire expert Fantasy App Developer to build an elegant and interactive Fantasy Cricket App Platform before 2019 and Get your chances to win the opportunity. Cheers!
Fantasy Cricket Platform, one of the trendiest things that's growing day-by-day and yes, this has a great potential as well to make you an entrepreneur. With pre-build solution and subscription model, it seems more comfortable for new startups, who wants to establish their own business but in a limited investment. Hope you guys get enough reach towards your great step. Finger Crossed, cheers!
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Why is cat litter scented? I mean, really, do people really want to smell floral scented cat deposits? Just scoop the deposit and move on. I can't imagine the cat deposit stinking any longer than a humans once the source of the odor is removed.
Have a pacifer-using child? How about removing the gadget before snapping a picture? I can't tell you the number of pacifier-pusses I see on Facebook. OK, I'm old and my children didn't use pacifiers so I am biased but I would sure like to see a lovely toddler smile without a gadget. Say Cheese!
I am one of those annoying people who drive the speed limit – well, most of the time. I drive in the right lane leaving the left lane open to pass. Yeah, it's the law – slower traffic keep right. So, the next time you pass me, please refrain from flipping me the bird because I'm not speeding like you. And, thank you to the most recent speeder who showed me how karma works. Hope you have the cash to pay your ticket.


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Canadian Rockies becoming un-bear-able. Protect the Bow Valley's remaining wild spaces now
This petition had 21,270 supporters
Three Sisters FOR Wildlife started this petition to Alberta government and Canmore Town Council
You have a chance right now to make all the difference for the future of Canada's wildlife.
The Rocky Mountain parks are among Canada's true jewels — places that all who live there, have visited, or who wish to visit hold dear to their hearts. They symbolize our deep respect for the land and all that it provides, and they allow the world to witness Canadians' dedication to conservation and environmental leadership.
The town of Canmore is situated between two of the largest protected areas in the Canadian Rockies — Banff National Park and Kananaskis Country. The continentally significant valley in which Canmore is situated is not protected under Parks legislation, and has experienced exponential development growth over the last couple of decades. The footprint of the town now sprawls up both the northern and southern slopes of the valley, and threatens to sever the movement of wildlife species between their habitats in Banff National Park and Kananaskis Country.
The Bow Valley — where Canmore is situated — is a gravel bed river ecosystem, which is relatively rare in the protected areas of the Canadian Rockies but provides prime habitat for grizzlies, elk, wolves, deer and other animals. The Bow Valley is well known to be a critical route in the movement of these species between the parks.
The movement of large mammals through the valley and the survival of those that make it their home are threatened by the human activity and development in Canmore. If the pressure becomes great enough, these animals will no longer be able to move through, and their populations on either side of the movement corridor will become isolated from one another. Isolated populations eventually "wink out" as they lose the genetic diversity that makes them resilient to disturbances like climate change.
What can we do to ensure that this does not happen?
Wildlife corridors
Wildlife corridors are areas of land reserved for animals so that they can:
• move freely while looking for food;
• migrate safely and effectively without human interference;
• find mates in other regions, promoting the genetic diversity that is critical to the survival of wildlife populations.
Since the early 1990s, Canmore has been ground zero for research into how wildlife corridors work and why they are necessary. Due to the work of local governments, hundreds of conservation organizations, scientists and researchers, we now know a lot about what is needed for a wildlife corridor to be functional for all the species who use it.
Currently there are a number of developers looking to expand the development footprint within the Bow Valley by building commercial and residential real estate, including a casino, a massive conference centre, more than a dozen hotels, housing, and commercial businesses within and around the Town of Canmore. When combined, these developments would double the size of town to 34,000 residents in a relatively short span of time.
With such growth, the residents of Canmore are concerned that wildlife will no longer be able to disperse and maneuver through the valley.
How you can help? Please take these 2 simple steps:
1) Sign this petition asking Alberta's Minister of Environment and Parks, Shannon Phillips, to conduct a cumulative impacts study that takes into consideration ALL current and foreseeable large-scale developments in the Bow Valley.
2) Write your OWN LETTER outlining your concerns to the decision-makers below. Address your letter to Roger Ramcharita at the email address provided and copy Shannon Phillips, Cam Westhead and Canmore town council.
We're asking Alberta's Minister of Environment and Parks to:
1. Conduct a cumulative impacts study; consider the impact that the decisions we make today will have on future generations of wildlife and people;
2. Protect Canmore and the Bow Valley's very unique ecosystems, which need to be preserved in order for wildlife in the entire region to flourish. Use the very best science and use the precautionary principle in making decisions about the future of wildlife in the Bow Valley.
We're asking the Town of Canmore Council to:
3. Not issue new approvals on development proposals that would expand Canmore's footprint until a cumulative impacts study is conducted by a multi-jurisdictional task force. Note that we are not calling for a moratorium on all development, just a pause on approvals of new, large-scale developments on undeveloped lands at the edges of the town.
4. Consider instead of resort-driven growth (such as casinos, hotels and conference centres), refocusing on growing the area as a centre for environmental and scientific research, particularly pertaining to the conservation of wildlife and wilderness.
This petition to be delivered to:
Shannon Phillips, Minister of Environment and Parks: AEP.Minister@gov.ab.ca
Cameron Westhead, MLA for Banff-Cochrane: banff.cochrane@assembly.ab.ca
Canmore Town Council: council@canmore.ca
Roger Ramcharita, Executive Director, Alberta Environment and Parks, South Saskatchewan Region: AEP.wildlifecorridor@gov.ab.ca
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The Tale of Despereaux
Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
By DiCamillo, Kate
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Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt. He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, as well as designs, which became among the best-known images of the period.

In the second part of his career, at the age of 57, he returned to his homeland and devoted himself to a series of twenty monumental canvases known as The Slav Epic, depicting the history of all the Slavic peoples of the world, which he painted between 1912 and 1926. In 1928, on the 10th anniversary of the independence of Czechoslovakia, he presented the series to the Czech nation. He considered it his most important work.

Early life

Mucha was born on 24 July 1860 in the small town of Ivančice in southern Moravia, then a province of the Austrian Empire (currently a region of the Czech Republic). His family had a very modest income; his father Ondřej was a court usher, and his mother Amálie was a miller's daughter. Ondřej had six children, all with names starting with A. Alphonse was his first child with Amálie, followed by Anna and Anděla.

Mucha showed an early talent for drawing; a local merchant impressed by his work provided him with paper for free, though it was considered a luxury. In the preschool period, he drew exclusively with his left hand. He also had a talent for music: he was an alto singer and violin player.

After completing Volksschule, he wanted to continue with his studies, but his family was not able to fund them, as they were already funding the studies of his three step-siblings. His music teacher sent him to Pavel Křížkovský, choirmaster of St Thomas's Abbey in Brno, to be admitted to the choir and to have his studies funded by the monastery. Křížovský was impressed by his talent, but he was not able to admit and fund him, as he had just admitted another talented young musician, Leoš Janáček.

Křížovský sent him to a choirmaster of the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, who admitted him as a chorister and funded his studies at the gymnasium in Brno, where he received his secondary school education. After his voice broke, he gave up his chorister position, but played as a violinist during masses.

He became devoutly religious, and wrote later, "For me, the notions of painting, going to church, and music are so closely knit that often I cannot decide whether I like church for its music, or music for its place in the mystery which it accompanies."  He grew up in an environment of intense Czech nationalism in all the arts, from music to literature and painting. He designed flyers and posters for patriotic rallies.

His singing abilities allowed him to continue his musical education at the Gymnázium Brno in the Moravian capital of Brno, but his true ambition was to become an artist. He found some employment designing theatrical scenery and other decorations. In 1878 he applied to the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, but was rejected and advised to "find a different career". In 1880, at the age of 19, he traveled to Vienna, the political and cultural capital of the Empire, and found employment as an apprentice scenery painter for a company which made sets for Vienna theaters. While in Vienna, he discovered the museums, churches, palaces and especially theaters, for which he received free tickets from his employer.   He also discovered Hans Makart, a very prominent academic painter, who created murals for many of the palaces and government buildings in Vienna, and was a master of portraits and historical paintings in grand format.  His style turned Mucha in that artistic direction and influenced his later work.  He also began experimenting with photography, which became an important tool in his later work.

To his misfortune, a terrible fire in 1881 destroyed the Ringtheater, the major client of his firm.  Later in 1881, almost without funds, he took a train as far north as his money would take him. He arrived in Mikulov in southern Moravia, and began making portraits, decorative art and lettering for tombstones.   His work was appreciated, and he was commissioned by Count Eduard Khuen Belasi, a local landlord and nobleman, to paint a series of murals for his residence at Emmahof Castle, and then at his ancestral home in the Tyrol, Gandegg Castle. The paintings at Emmahof were destroyed by fire in 1948, but his early versions in small format exist (now on display at the museum in Brno).  He showed his skill at mythological themes, the female form, and lush vegetal decoration. Belasi, who was also an amateur painter, took Mucha on expeditions to see art in Venice, Florence and Milan, and introduced him to many artists, including the famous Bavarian romantic painter, Wilhelm Kray, who lived in Munich.

Munich
Count Belasi decided to bring Mucha to Munich for formal training, and paid his tuition fees and living expenses at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. He moved there in September 1885. It is not clear how Mucha actually studied at the Munich Academy; there is no record of his being enrolled as a student there. However, he did become friends with a number of notable Slavic artists there, including the Czechs Karel Vítězslav Mašek and Ludek Marold and the Russian Leonid Pasternak, father of the famous poet and novelist Boris Pasternak. He founded a Czech students' club, and contributed political illustrations to nationalist publications in Prague. In 1886 he received a notable commission for a painting of the Czech patron saints Cyril and Methodius,  from a group of Czech emigrants, including some of his relatives,  who had founded a Roman Catholic church in the town of Pisek, North Dakota. He was very happy with the artistic environment of Munich: he wrote to friends, "Here I am in my new element, painting. I cross all sorts of currents, but without effort, and even with joy.  Here, for the first time,  I can find the objectives to reach which used to seem inaccessible."  However, he found he could not remain forever in Munich; the Bavarian authorities imposed increasing restrictions upon foreign students and residents.  Count Belasi suggested that he travel either to Rome or to Paris. With Belasi's financial support, he decided in 1887 to move to Paris.

Studies and first success in Paris

Mucha moved to Paris in 1888 where he enrolled in the Académie Julian and the following year, 1889, Académie Colarossi.  The two schools taught a wide variety of different styles.  His first professors at the Académie Julian were Jules Lefebvre who specialized in female nudes and allegorical paintings, and Jean-Paul Laurens, whose specialties were historical and religious paintings in a realistic and dramatic style.  At the end of 1889, as he approached the age of thirty, his patron, Count Belasi, decided that Mucha had received enough education and ended his subsidies.

When he arrived in Paris, Mucha found shelter with the help of the large Slavic community.  He lived in a boarding house called the Crémerie at 13 rue de la Grande Chaumière, whose owner, Charlotte Caron, was famous for sheltering struggling artists; when needed she accepted paintings or drawings in place of rent.  Mucha decided to follow the path of another Czech painter he knew from Munich, Ludek Marold, who had made a successful career as an illustrator for magazines.  In 1890 and 1891, he began providing illustrations for the weekly magazine La Vie populaire, which published novels in weekly segments. His illustration for a novel by Guy de Maupassant, called The Useless Beauty, was on the cover of 22 May 1890 edition.  He also made illustrations for  Le Petit Français Illustré, which published stories for young people in both magazine and book form. For this magazine he provided dramatic scenes of battles and other historic events, including a cover illustration of a scene from the Franco-Prussian War which was on 23 January 1892 edition.

His illustrations began to give him a regular income.  He was able to buy a harmonium to continue his musical interests, and his first camera, which used glass-plate negatives.  He took pictures of himself and his friends, and also regularly used it to compose his drawings. He became friends with Paul Gauguin, and shared a studio with him for a time when Gauguin returned from Tahiti in the summer of 1893. In late autumn 1894 he also became friends with the playwright August Strindberg, with whom he had a common interest in philosophy and mysticism.

His magazine illustrations led to book illustration; he was commissioned to provide illustrations for Scenes and Episodes of German History  by historian Charles Seignobos. Four of his illustrations, including one depicting the death of Frederic Barbarossa,  were chosen for display at the 1894 Paris Salon of Artists.  He received a medal of honor, his first official recognition.

Mucha added another important client in the early 1890s; the Central Library of Fine Arts, which specialized in the publication of books about art, architecture and the decorative arts.  It later launched a new magazine in 1897 called Art et Decoration, which played an early and important role in publicizing the Art Nouveau style.  He continued to publish illustrations for his other clients, including illustrating a children's book of poetry by Eugène Manuel, and illustrations for a magazine of the theater arts,  called La Costume au théâtre.

Sarah Bernhardt and Gismonda

At the end of 1894 his career took a dramatic and unexpected turn when he began to work for French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt.  As Mucha later described it, on 26 December Bernhardt made a telephone call to Maurice de Brunhoff, the manager of the publishing firm Lemercier which printed her theatrical posters, ordering a new poster for the continuation of the play Gismonda.  The play,  by Victorien Sardou, had already opened with great success on 31 October 1894 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance on the Boulevard Saint-Martin. Bernhardt decided to have a poster made to advertise the prolongation of the theatrical run after the Christmas break, insisting it be ready by 1 January 1895.  Because of the holidays, none of the regular Lemercier artists were available.

When Bernhardt called, Mucha happened to be at the publishing house correcting proofs.  He already had experience painting Bernhardt; he had made a series of illustrations of her performing in  Cleopatra for Costume au Théâtre in 1890. When Gismonda opened in October 1894, Mucha had been commissioned by the magazine Le Gaulois to make a series of illustrations of Bernhardt in the role for a special Christmas supplement, which was published at Christmas 1894, for the high price of fifty centimes a copy.

Brunhoff asked Mucha to quickly design the new poster for Bernhardt. The poster was more than life-size; a little more than two meters high, with Bernhardt in the costume of a Byzantine noblewoman, dressed in an orchid headdress and floral stole, and holding a palm branch in the Easter procession near the end of the play. One of the innovative features of the posters was the ornate rainbow-shaped arch behind the head, almost like a halo, which focused attention on her face; this feature appeared in all of his future theater posters. Probably because of a shortage of time, some areas of the background were left blank, without his usual decoration. The only background decoration were the Byzantine mosaic tiles behind her head. The poster featured extremely fine draftsmanship and delicate pastel colors, unlike the typical brightly-colored posters of the time. The top of the poster, with the title,  was richly composed and ornamented, and balanced the bottom, where the essential information was given in the shortest possible form: just the name of the theater.

The poster appeared on the streets of Paris on 1 January 1895 and caused an immediate sensation.  Bernhardt was pleased by the reaction; she ordered four thousand copies of the poster in 1895 and 1896, and gave Mucha a six-year contract to produce more. With his posters all over the city,  Mucha found himself quite suddenly famous.

Following Gismonda, Bernhardt switched to a different printer,  F. Champenois, who, like Mucha, was put under contract to work for Bernhardt for six years.  Champenois had a large printing house on Boulevard Saint Michel which employed three hundred workers, with twenty steam presses. He gave Mucha a generous monthly salary in exchange for the rights to publish all his works.  With his increased income, Mucha was able to move to a three-bedroom apartment with a large studio inside a large historic house at 6 rue du Val-de-Grâce originally built by François Mansart.

Mucha designed posters for each successive Bernhardt play, beginning with a reprise of one of her early great successes, La Dame aux Camelias (September 1896), followed by Lorenzaccio (1896); Medea (1898); La Tosca (1898) and Hamlet (1899).  He sometimes worked from photographs of Bernhardt, as he did for La Tosca. In addition to posters, he designed theatrical programs, sets, costumes, and jewelry for Bernhardt. The enterprising Bernhardt set aside a certain number of printed posters of each play to sell to collectors.

Commercial art and posters
The success of the Bernhardt posters brought Mucha commissions for advertising posters. He designed posters for JOB cigarette papers, Ruinart Champagne,  Lefèvre-Utile biscuits, Nestlé baby food, Idéal Chocolate, the Beers of the Meuse, Moët-Chandon champagne, Trappestine brandy, and Waverly and Perfect bicycles. With Champenois, he also created a new kind of product, a decorative panel, a poster without text, purely for decoration. They were published in large print runs for a modest price. The first series was The Seasons, published in 1896, depicting four different women in extremely decorative floral settings representing the seasons of the year. In 1897 he produced an individual decorative panel of a young woman in a floral setting, called Reverie,  for Champenois.  He also designed a calendar with a woman's head surrounded by the signs of the zodiac. The rights were resold to Léon Deschamps, the editor of the arts review La Plume, who brought it out with great success in 1897. The Seasons series was followed by The Flowers, The Arts (1898), The Times of Day (1899), Precious Stones (1900), and The Moon and the Stars (1902).  Between 1896 and 1904 Mucha created over one hundred poster designs for Champenois.  These were sold in various formats, ranging from expensive versions printed on Japanese paper or vellum, to less expensive versions which combined multiple images, to calendars and postcards.

His posters focused almost entirely on beautiful women in lavish settings with their hair usually curling in arabesque forms and filling the frame.  His poster for the railway line between Paris and Monaco-Monte-Carlo (1897) did not show a train or any identifiable scene of Monaco or Monte-Carlo; it showed a beautiful young woman in a kind of reverie, surrounded by swirling floral images, which suggested the turning wheels of a train.

The fame of his posters led to success in the art world; he was invited by Deschamps to show his work in the Salon des Cent exhibition in 1896, and then, in 1897, to have a major retrospective in the same gallery showing 448 works. The magazine La Plume made a special edition devoted to his work, and his exhibition traveled to Vienna, Prague, Munich, Brussels, London, and New York, giving him an international reputation.

Decorative panels

1900 Paris Universal Exposition
The Paris Universal Exposition of 1900, famous as the first grand showcase of the Art Nouveau, gave Mucha an opportunity to move in an entirely different direction, toward the large-scale historical paintings which he had admired in Vienna. It also allowed him to express his Czech patriotism.  His foreign name had caused much speculation in the French press,  which distressed him. Sarah Bernhardt stood up on his behalf, declaring in La France that Mucha was "a Czech from Moravia not only by birth and origin, but also by feeling, by conviction and by patriotism."  He applied to the Austrian government and received a commission to create murals for the Pavilion of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Exposition.  This pavilion displayed examples of industry, agriculture and culture of these provinces which in 1878, by the Treaty of Berlin, had been taken away from Turkey and put under the tutorship of Austria. The temporary building built for the Exposition had three large halls with two levels, with a ceiling more than twelve meters high, and with natural light from skylights.  His experience in theater decoration gave him the ability to paint large-scale paintings in a short period of time.

Mucha's original concept was a group of murals depicting the suffering of the Slavic inhabitants of the region caused by the occupation by foreign powers.  The sponsors of the exhibit, the Austrian government, the new occupier of the region, declared that this was a little pessimistic for a World's Fair. He changed his project to depict a future society in the Balkans where Catholic and Orthodox Christians and Muslims lived in harmony together;  this was accepted, and he began work. Mucha immediately departed for the Balkans to make sketches of Balkan costumes, ceremonies and architecture which he put into his new work.  His decoration included one large allegorical painting, Bosnia Offers Her Products to the Universal Exposition, plus an additional set of murals on three walls, showing the history and cultural development of the region. He did discreetly include some images of the sufferings of the Bosnians under foreign rule which appear in the arched band at the top of the mural.  As he had done with his theater work, he often took photographs of posed models, and painted from them, simplifying the forms.  While the work depicted dramatic events, the overall impression given by the work was one of serenity and harmony.  In addition to the murals, Mucha also designed a menu for the restaurant of the Bosnia Pavilion.

His work appeared in many forms at the Exposition. He designed the posters for the official Austrian participation in the Exposition, the menu for the restaurant at the Bosnian pavilion, and menu for the official opening banquet. He produced displays for the jeweler Georges Fouquet and the perfume maker Houbigant, with statuettes and panels of women depicting the scents of rose, orange blossom, violet and buttercup. His more serious art works, including his drawings for Le Pater, were shown in the Austrian Pavilion and in the Austrian section of the Grand Palais.

His work at the Exposition earned him the title of Knight of the Order of Franz Joseph from the Austrian government, and the Legion of Honour from the French Government. During the course of the Exposition, Mucha proposed another unusual project.  The French Government planned to take down the Eiffel Tower, built especially for the Exposition, as soon as the Exposition ended.  Mucha proposed that, after the Exposition, the top of the tower should be replaced by a sculptural monument to humanity be constructed on the pedestal. The tower proved to be popular with both tourists and Parisians, and the Eiffel Tower remained after the Exhibit ended.

Jewelry and collaboration with Fouquet
Mucha's many interests included jewelry.  His 1902 book, Documents Decoratifs, contained plates of elaborate designs for brooches and other pieces, with swirling arabesques and vegetal forms, with incrustations of enamel and colored stones. In 1899 he collaborated with the jeweler Georges Fouquet to make a bracelet for Sarah Bernhardt in the form of a serpent, made of gold and enamel, similar to the costume jewelry Bernhardt wore in Medea. According to Jiri Mucha, this bracelet was created to conceal Bernhardt's arthritic wrist. The spiraling design of the snake is a nod to Mucha's swirling Art Nouveau painting style. The Cascade pendant designed for Fouquet by Mucha )1900) is in the form of a waterfall, composed of gold, enamel, opals, tiny diamonds, paillons, and a barocco or misshapen pearl.  After the 1900 Exposition, Fouquet decided to open a new shop at 6 Rue Royale, across the street from the restaurant Maxim's.  He asked Mucha to design the interior.

The centerpieces of the design were two peacocks, the traditional symbol of luxury, made of bronze and wood with colored glass decoration. To the side was a shell-shaped fountain, with three gargoyles spouting water into basins, surrounding the statue of a nude woman.  The salon was further decorated with carved moldings and stained glass, thin columents with vegetal designs, and a ceiling with molded floral and vegetal elements. It marked a summit of Art Nouveau decoration.

The Salon opened in 1901, just as tastes were beginning to change, moving away from Art Nouveau to more naturalistic patterns.  It was taken apart in 1923, and a replaced by a more traditional shop design.  Fortunately most of the original decoration was preserved, and was donated in 1914 and 1949 to the Carnavalet Museum in Paris, where it can be seen today.

Documents Decoratifs and teaching
Mucha's next project was a series of seventy-two printed plates of watercolors of designs, titled Documents Decoratifs, which were published in 1902 by the Librarie Centrale des Beaux-arts.  They represented ways that floral, vegetal and natural forms could be used in decoration and decorative objects.  In about 1900 he had begun to teach at the Academy Colarossi, where he himself had been a student when he first arrived in Paris.  His course was precisely described in the catalog: "The object of the Mucha course is to permit the student to have the necessary knowledge for artistic decoration, applied to decorative panels, windows, porcelain, enamels, furniture, jewelry, posters, etc."

Le Pater

Mucha made a considerable income from his theatrical and advertising work, but he wished even more to be recognized as a serious artist and philosopher. He was a devoted Catholic, but also was interested in mysticism.  In January 1898 he joined the Paris masonic lodge of the Grand Orient de France. Shortly before the 1900 Exposition, as he wrote in his memoirs, "I had not found any real satisfaction in my old kind of work.  I saw that my way was to be found elsewhere,  little bit higher. I sought a way to spread the light which reached further into even the darkest corners. I didn't have to look for very long.  The Pater Noster (Lord's Prayer): why not give the words a pictorial expression?".  He approached his publisher, Henri Piazza, and proposed
the book, in these words:  "First a cover page with symbolist ornament; then the same ornament developed in a kind a variation on each line of the prayer; a page explaining each line in a calligraphic form; and a page rendering the idea of each line in the form of an image."

Le Pater was published on 20 December 1899, only 510 copies were printed. The original watercolor paintings of the page were displayed in the Austrian pavilion at the 1900 Exposition.  He considered Le Pater to be his printed masterpiece, and referred to it in the New York Sun of 5 January 1900 as a work into which he had "put his soul".  The critic Charles Masson, who reviewed it for Art et Decoration, wrote: "There is in that man a visionary;  it is the work of an imagination not suspected by those who only know his talent for the agreeable and charming."

American travels and marriage
In March 1904, Mucha sailed for New York and the beginning of his first visit to the United States. His intent was to find funding for his grand project, The Slav Epic, which he had conceived during the 1900 Exposition.  He had letters of introduction from Baroness Salomon de Rothschild. When he landed in New York, he was already a celebrity in the United States; his posters had been widely displayed during Sarah Bernhardt's annual American tours since 1896.  He rented a studio near Central Park, in New York, made portraits, and gave interviews and lectures. He also made contact with Pan-Slavic organizations.  At one Pan-Slavic banquet in New York City, he met Charles Richard Crane, a wealthy businessman and philanthropist, who was a passionate Slavophile. He commissioned Mucha to make a portrait of his daughter in a traditional Slavic style, More important, he shared Mucha's enthusiasm for a series of monumental paintings on Slavic history, and he became Mucha's most important patron.  When Mucha designed the Czechoslovak bills, he used his portrait of Crane's daughter as the model for Slavia for the 100 koruna bill.

From New York, he wrote to his family in Moravia: "You must have been very surprised by my decision to come to America, perhaps even amazed. But in fact I had been preparing to come here for some time. It had become clear to me that that I would never have time to do the things I wanted to do if I did not get away from the treadmill of Paris, I would be constantly bound to publishers and their whims...in America, I don't expect to find wealth, comfort, or fame for myself, only the opportunity to do some more useful work."

He still had commissions to complete in France, and returned to Paris at the end of May 1904. He finished his commissions and returned to New York in early January 1905, and made four more trips between 1905 and 1910, usually staying for five to six months. In 1906, he returned to New York with his new wife, (Marie/Maria) Chytilová, whom he had married on 10 June 1906, in Prague. He remained in the U.S. until 1909.  Their first child, Jaroslava, was born in New York in 1909.

His principal income in the United States came from teaching; he taught illustration and design at the New York School of Applied Design for Women, at the Philadelphia School of Art for five weeks, and became a visiting professor at the Art Institute of Chicago.  He rejected most commercial proposals, but accepted one proposal in 1906 to design boxes and a store display for Savon Mucha, a soap bar.  In 1908 he also undertook one large decoration project, for the interior of the German Theater of New York; he produced three large allegorical murals, in the Art Nouveau style, representing Tragedy, Comedy and Truth. Besides the decoration, he made graphic designs, stage and costume designs.

Artistically, the trip was not a success; portrait painting was not his strong point, and the German Theater closed in 1909, one year after it opened.  He made posters for the American actress Mrs. Leslie Carter (known as 'The American Sarah Bernhardt') and the Broadway star Maude Adams, but they were largely echoes of his Bernhardt posters.  His finest work in America is often considered to be his portrait of Josephine Crane Bradley, the daughter of his patron, in the character of Slavia, in Slavic costume and surrounded by symbols from Slavic folklore and art. His contact with Crane made possible his most ambitious artistic project, the Slav Epic.

Move to Prague and the Slav Epic (1910–1928)

During his long stay in Paris, Mucha had never given up his dream of being a history painter, and to illustrate accomplishments of the Slavic peoples of Europe.  He completed his plans for the Slav Epic in 1908 and 1909, and in February 1910, Charles Crane agreed to fund the project.  In 1909, he had been offered a commission to paint murals on the interior of the new city hall of Prague.  He made the decision to return to his old country, still then part of the Austrian Empire. He wrote to his wife, "I will be able to do something really good, not just for the art critic but for our Slav souls."

His first project in 1910 was the decoration of the reception room of the mayor of Prague. This quickly became controversial, because local Prague artists resented the work being given to an artist they considered an outsider.  A compromise was reached, whereby he decorated the Lord Mayor's Hall, while the other artists decorated the other rooms. He designed and created a series of large-scale murals for the domed ceiling and walls with athletic figures in heroic poses, depicting the contributions of Slavs to European history over the centuries, and the theme of Slavic unity. These paintings on the ceiling and walls were in sharp contrast to his Parisian work, and were designed to send a patriotic message.

The Lord Mayor's Hall was finished in 1911, and Mucha was able to devote his attention to what he considered his most important work; The Slav Epic, a series of large paintings illustrating the achievements of the Slavic peoples over history. The series had twenty paintings, half devoted to the history of the Czechs, and ten to other Slavic peoples (Russians, Poles, Serbs, Hungarians, Bulgarians, and the Balkans,  including the Orthodox monasteries of Mount Athos. The canvases were enormous; the finished works measured six by eight meters.  To paint them he rented an apartment and a studio in the Zbiroh Castle in western Bohemia, where he lived and worked until 1928.

While living in Paris Mucha had imagined the series as "light shining into the souls of all people with its clear ideals and burning warnings."  To prepare the project he traveled to all the Slavic countries, from Russia and Poland to the Balkans, making sketches and taking photographs. He used costumed models and still and motion picture cameras to set the scenes, often encouraging the models to create their own poses. He used egg tempera paint, which, according to his research, was quicker-drying and more luminous, and would last longer.

He created the twenty canvases between 1912 and 1926.  He worked throughout the First World War, when the Austrian Empire was at war with France, despite wartime restrictions, which made canvas hard to obtain.  He continued his work after the war ended, when the new Czechoslovak Republic was created. The cycle was completed in 1928 in time for the tenth anniversary of the proclamation of the Czechoslovak Republic.

Under the conditions of his contract he donated his work to the city of Prague in 1928.  The Slav Epic was shown in Prague twice in his lifetime, in 1919 and 1928. After 1928 it was rolled up and put into storage.

From 1963 until 2012 the series was on display in the chateau in Moravský Krumlov in the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic. In 2012 the series was put on display at the National Gallery's Veletržní Palace in Prague. In 2021 it was announced that a new, permanent home would be found for the paintings in central Prague, to be completed in 2026.

While he was working on the Slav Epic, he also did work for the Czech government.  In 1918, he designed the korun  bank note, with the image of Slavia, the daughter of his American patron Charles Crane.  He also designed postage stamps for his new country. He declined commercial work, but did make occasional posters for philanthropic and cultural events, such as the Lottery of the Union of Southwestern Moravia, and for Prague cultural events.

Making of The Slav Epic

Last years and death
In the political turmoil of the 1930s, Mucha's work received little attention in Czechoslovakia.  However, in 1936 a major retrospective was held in Paris at the Jeu de Paume museum, with 139 works, including three canvases from the Slav Epic.

Hitler and Nazi Germany began to threaten Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. Mucha began work on a new series, a triptych depicting the Age of Reason, the Age of Wisdom and the Age of Love, which he worked on from 1936 to 1938, but never completed. On 15 March 1939, the German army paraded through Prague, and Hitler, at Prague castle, declared lands of the former Czechoslovakia to be part of the Greater German Reich as the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Mucha's role as a Slav nationalist and Freemason made him a prime target.  He was arrested, interrogated for several days, and released.  By then his health was broken. He contracted pneumonia and died on 14 July 1939, 10 days short of his 79th birthday  and a few weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War.  Though public gatherings were banned, a huge crowd attended his interment in the Slavín Monument of Vyšehrad cemetery, reserved for notable figures in Czech culture.

Legacy
Mucha was and remains best known for his Art Nouveau work, which frustrated him.  According to his son and biographer, Jiří Mucha, he did not think much of Art Nouveau.  "What is it, Art Nouveau?" he asked. "...Art can never be new."  He took the greatest pride in his work as a history painter.

Although it enjoys great popularity today, at the time of his death Mucha's style was considered outdated. His son, author Jiří Mucha, devoted much of his life to writing about him and bringing attention to his artwork. In his own country, the new authorities were not interested in Mucha. The Slav Epic was rolled and stored for twenty-five years before being shown in Moravský Krumlov.  The National Gallery in Prague now displays the Slav Epic, and has the major collection of his work.

Mucha is also credited with restoring the movement of Czech Freemasonry.

One of the largest collections of Mucha's works is in the possession of former world no. 1 professional tennis player Ivan Lendl, who started collecting his works upon meeting Jiří Mucha in 1982. His collection was exhibited publicly for the first time in 2013 in Prague.

See also
 Art Nouveau posters and graphic arts
 List of works by Alphonse Mucha
 Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
 Salon des Cent

References

Bibliography

 Wilfried Rogasch (ed.): Alfons Mucha: The Great Masters of Art, Hirmer publishers, Munich 2020, .

External links

 The Mucha Foundation
 Mucha Museum in Prague

 Community Website sharing news, articles and individuals' opinions about Mucha's art

1860 births
1939 deaths
19th-century Czech male artists
19th-century Czech painters
19th-century Czech people
20th-century Czech male artists
20th-century Czech painters
20th-century Czech people
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Q: Unable to import WebService/Schema I've created a web service (.Net 3.5), but when I try and add a web reference to it from another application I get the following error:

Custom tool error: Unable to import WebService/Schema. The parameter 'sectionGroupName' is invalid.

When I double-click it it takes me to the settings file.

How do I get around this?

A: Fix the sectionGroupName parameter.
Customizing SectionGroups and Sections in Web.config in C#

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Lansdowne High School parents reject renovations
Parents say they need new school
Tim Tooten
Education Reporter
Some Baltimore County parents and teachers are turning their thumbs down to a planned school renovation. They believe Lansdowne High School should be rebuilt instead. The school is starting to show its age. The building is more than 50 years old. The school system wants to invest millions of dollars to fix it up, but some question if it's worth it. Baltimore County Schools Superintendent Dallas Dance made the rounds at Lansdowne High on the first day of school, then shared an announcement.
Some Baltimore County parents and teachers are turning their thumbs down to a planned school renovation. They believe Lansdowne High School should be rebuilt instead.Download the WBAL appThe school is starting to show its age. The building is more than 50 years old.The school system wants to invest millions of dollars to fix it up, but some question if it's worth it.Baltimore County Schools Superintendent Dallas Dance made the rounds at Lansdowne High on the first day of school, then shared an announcement."We are about to do renovation here at Lansdowne High School that will include air conditioning," Dance said.But not everybody is convinced adding air condition to a very hot building is the right move, at least for now."I feel like Lansdowne has been ignored for a long time," Kathy Bloom said.Bloom said what's being proposed is a Band Aid."We know that the renovation that they've proposed is to just put central air conditioning in, and to put an elevator in, and it's not going to fix the foundation problems, the plumbing, the poor drinking water, the asbestos," Bloom said.WBAL-TV 11 News came across pictures on Lansdowne Needs a New High School Facebook page. They show a building overdue for repairs."This is an equity issue and it's a health issue," teacher Jim Melia said.Some teachers said it's hard to overlook conditions inside Lansdowne High."It's a waste of taxpayer dollars, $30 million of air condition is almost half way or the third of a way toward a new school. Why not put in temporary AC units, which would cost $500," Melia said.Baltimore County school spokesman Mychael Dickerson responded to teacher and parent concerns."We appreciate the Lansdowne High School community's engagement. We recognize the condition of Lansdowne High and support the upcoming renovation, but we won't know the scope of the project until we have the feasibility study back," Dickerson said in a statement.But another Lansdowne teacher said time is running out."We have a lake behind the school, and on that side we understand some of the footing, on the auditorium side, it's kind of sinking. The basement of the auditorium is like being outside when it rains," teacher Pat Carroll said.Parents said in the case of Lansdowne, when it rains it pours.School officials can't say when they'll release the findings from the lansdowne feasibility study.
LANSDOWNE, Md. —
Some Baltimore County parents and teachers are turning their thumbs down to a planned school renovation. They believe Lansdowne High School should be rebuilt instead.
Download the WBAL app
Parents seek replacement, not repairs at Dulaney High School
The school is starting to show its age. The building is more than 50 years old.
The school system wants to invest millions of dollars to fix it up, but some question if it's worth it.
Baltimore County Schools Superintendent Dallas Dance made the rounds at Lansdowne High on the first day of school, then shared an announcement.
"We are about to do renovation here at Lansdowne High School that will include air conditioning," Dance said.
But not everybody is convinced adding air condition to a very hot building is the right move, at least for now.
"I feel like Lansdowne has been ignored for a long time," Kathy Bloom said.
Bloom said what's being proposed is a Band Aid.
"We know that the renovation that they've proposed is to just put central air conditioning in, and to put an elevator in, and it's not going to fix the foundation problems, the plumbing, the poor drinking water, the asbestos," Bloom said.
WBAL-TV 11 News came across pictures on Lansdowne Needs a New High School Facebook page. They show a building overdue for repairs.
"This is an equity issue and it's a health issue," teacher Jim Melia said.
Some teachers said it's hard to overlook conditions inside Lansdowne High.
"It's a waste of taxpayer dollars, $30 million of air condition is almost half way or the third of a way toward a new school. Why not put in temporary AC units, which would cost $500," Melia said.
Baltimore County school spokesman Mychael Dickerson responded to teacher and parent concerns.
"We appreciate the Lansdowne High School community's engagement. We recognize the condition of Lansdowne High and support the upcoming renovation, but we won't know the scope of the project until we have the feasibility study back," Dickerson said in a statement.
But another Lansdowne teacher said time is running out.
"We have a lake behind the school, and on that side we understand some of the footing, on the auditorium side, it's kind of sinking. The basement of the auditorium is like being outside when it rains," teacher Pat Carroll said.
Parents said in the case of Lansdowne, when it rains it pours.
School officials can't say when they'll release the findings from the lansdowne feasibility study.


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Barbara Jane Marie (Barcomb) Alsheimer
Obituary of Barbara Jane Marie (Barcomb) Alsheimer
Mrs. Barbara Jane Marie (Barcomb) Alsheimer, passed away peacefully at the Abraham House in Rome, New York on August 15, 2022.
Barbara was born on April 23, 1939 in Burke, New York, the daughter of Sherman and Marian (Dame) Barcomb. She graduated from Utica Free Academy in 1956. Barbara was married to Andrew (Pat) Alsheimer on November 15, 1958. Barbara worked various jobs including at Utica National Insurance Company, St. Luke's Hospital and for 15 years, as a Teaching Assistant in Special Education with the Utica School District. Barbara had many hobbies including gardening, quilting, and crossword puzzles. Her greatest joy was spending time with her immediate and extended family and her many friends, including all the gang at Dunkin Donuts.
Mrs. Alsheimer was predeceased by her loving husband, Pat; her brothers, Lyle, Ronald and Jeffrey and her life-long friend, Maxine Gelfuso. Surviving are her son Andrew Alsheimer and daughter, Kelly Drew of Clinton, New York; daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Bill Cady of Rome, New York and daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Patrick Devitt of Dublin Ireland. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Dana, Paddy, Erin and Andrea; her sisters, Peggy and Deanna and many nieces and nephews.
Barbara's family wishes to extend gratitude to all the caregivers and staff at Abraham House in Rome and Hospice Care for the loving care they gave Barbara in her final weeks. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Abraham House by calling, (315) 733-8210.
Visitation for family and friends is Friday, August 19, 2022 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Heintz Funeral Home, 408 Herkimer Rd., N. Utica, followed by a service at 6:00 p.m. at the conclusion of visitation.
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Este pessoal da Merging, às vezes parece que anda a dormir!
Well of course they are all going to say that.
I notice Wavelab is supported, probably because it is well written code, OS unimportant.
I can confirm that, as far as my not-very-extensive testing went, PMX 10 beta 3 works perfectly fine on Windows 10 Pro (build 10240). I'm running native with Ravenna-over-ASIO and a HAPI box.
antoszka wrote: I can confirm that, as far as my not-very-extensive testing went, PMX 10 beta 3 works perfectly fine on Windows 10 Pro (build 10240). I'm running native with Ravenna-over-ASIO and a HAPI box.
Great to know it´s working fine. Does anybody running Masscore, had a try with win10 as well?
Hopefully as win10 requirements are relatively simple in terms of computer power, on par with win7, I hope I can still install my old Pyramix V7 Masscore on it. Providing we get RTX for win10 that is.
I heard on the grapevine that the imminent PMX10 works with a new version of RTX on W81, so it probably will work on W10. At least it will be easier to find a copy of W81 than W7.
Can you confirm that you have installed Pyramix V10 UNDER Windows 10 ?
Yes, but now, you cannot install Pyramix V9xxx 64 bits in windows 10 64 bits. It's not compatible.
What? is that true. I've just ordered a new laptop to run Native and Ovation. It comes with Windows 8 and was planning to upgrade it to 10. Are you now telling me that won't work? Or is the telling me you having a laugh?
Bernard is obviously having a laugh. PMX 9.1.8 Native running beautifully here on Windows 10 on both studio and laptop machines. Absolutely no issues so far.
Yes, I upgraded, but the driver signing prevents install on 8.1 as well.
No instability of ASIO here, but I am using a beta 10 version of ASIO.
I've just taken delivery of a laptop the primary purpose of which is to have Pyramix Native and Ovation.
It has arrived with Win 8.1 home already installed. I am now considering downgrading to Windows 7 Pro which I have in a sealed box on the shelf, or upgrade to Win 10 in the hope that PMX 10 will work when it is eventually released.
I'm in no rush to complete this project, it's first paid job will be around Christmas. I am prepared to wait and see what happens, but if anyone has any thoughts as to how best to proceed, I would be interested to hear them.
But after trying W10, (very "pretty" with many new gadgets) I have seen many behaviour problems, (between Pyramix and other programs, for example) instability after reboots, etc, etc...I prefer to stay with W7 and expect to the 10th version of Pyramix, version I hope compatible with W10.
So, I apply the proverb : "does not break what works"
Well, PMX v10 (MassCore) is running just fine with Win7. Will learn how v10 Native fares, soon-ish.
I have Win10 running at home and I agree with Bernard's assessment, so I wouldn't risk it on paying work yet.


Do social determinants increase the risk of an in-hospital critical event when admitted to medicine or surgery?
Colour Stability Testing for Pantoprazole Formulations: Can Blinding be Maintained in a Randomized Trial?
Non-Invasive Administration of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Critically Ill Adults and its Effects on Right Ventricular Function - a Cohort Study.
Feasibility of a web-based neurocognitive battery for assessing cognitive function in ICU survivors: a pilot study.
Respiratory Variation of Inferior Vena Cava Diameter in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Spontaneous Breathing Effort: An Observational Study.
CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INJURY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS.
Predicting in-hospital mortality in pneumonia-associated septic shock patients using Classification and Regression Tree (CART) methodology..
Implementation of an Interprofessional Early Mobility Protocol in Multiple ICUs in an Academic Health Sciences Centre.
Effects of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy on Mechanical Ventilation Pressures in ICU Patients.
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in: Jurassic Park: Raptor, Comic books
Jurassic Park: Raptor I
Jurassic Park: Raptor
Jurassic Park: Raptor II
Jurassic Park: Raptor I is "the official continuation of the hit movie!" as Topps comics called it. It is the first part of the Raptor series. It came with 3 William Stout trading cards.
2 Chronology
The story starts after the events of the movie Jurassic Park at Isla Nublar. Everyone who survived the Isla Nublar Incident, except Ellie and Alan, has returned to the main land. Ian Malcolm is in hospital, and John Hammond, Tim, and Lex have returned to Hammond's estate.
Because InGen was an American corporation the US Army, under the command of General West, has arrived at island to take care of the situation. The dinosaur expert of the army is Dr. Jeremiah Fischer, a somewhat arrogant man in black clothes, he already had a reputation in paleontology before Dr. Grant was born.
The aim of the operation is to get the animals back behind the fences, kill all the Velociraptors, search for eggs, and run scientific tests on the animals.
The army manages to track down the Tyrannosaurus rex (that saved Grant, Ellie and the children in the film) and to surround it with tanks. But the T. rex beats the tanks away. Grant and Ellie use themselves as bait, when the animal is ready to attack them she is hit by two tranquilizers and falls unconscious.
After that there is an argument between Alan, General West and Dr. Fischer. Grant believes that whoever shot the tyrannosaur, shot her with one too many tranquilizers and that a stimulant should be administered. When Alan hears the news that no Raptor eggs were found in their pen he insists that they should look for nests outside the pen. He thinks that the raptors were smart enough to break out of their pen. General West and Dr. Fischer make it clear that they are not willing to listen and therefore Grant and Ellie go to search for nests themselves.
Grant drives to the westcoast of the island. He thinks it is the perfect spot for raptors to nest, as it is far away from the human settlements in the east and there are lots of caves that are hidden by the tide. It is a beautiful place, and Ellie wishes that her and Alan could finally spend some time together.
Ellie and Grant find a cave and enter it. In the cave, the two discover George Lawala, a black hunter who claims that he's the best there is. Lawala informs them that he has been hired to capture dinosaurs from the island. Immediately there is a fight between Grant and Lawala, they run further into the cave and find a raptor mother with five children. Grant, Sattler and Lawala quickly flee outside.
The raptor attacks Lawala but he is able to kill her. Ellie and Grant have lost their weapons but Alan still wants to return to the cave to prevent George Lawala from taking the animals to the main land. When they return to take cave, George throws a net over them; he anticipated their return.
Grant and Ellie are able to break free, but in the end they are both knocked unconscious. When they awake they, and the five baby raptors, are captured in plastic bags that are pulled by Lawala's boat.
The story continued in Jurassic Park: Raptor II.
It is unclear precisely when the story takes place, a text box says: ... three days later! This can be three days after the last scene in the movie, in which case Grant and Ellie left the island; or it can be the third day after they arrived at the island, in which case they (contrary to the movie) have stayed on the island. However, Grant mentions that they had left Jurassic Park. But because West hired Fischer as an advisor and does not take the advise of Alan or Ellie it is unlikely the army would have taken Grant or Ellie by design. Ellie also states that she and Alan had no time together since they arrived at Jurassic Park, that would be unlikely if they were on the main land for three days.
The raptor-egg-seeking plot is an allusion to an event in the first novel. In the novel, after the system in back online and the power is restored, Grant urges everyone to seek the nests of the raptors. And they find a nest in a cave near the sea.
According to most maps of the movie version of Isla Nublar most human settlements (like the Visitor Center) were located on the western side of the island. The comics and movies have thus different versions of the island.
Steve Englehart: Writer
Armando Gil: Pencils and inks
Renee Witterstaetter: Editor/colors
Jim Salicrup: Editor in chief
Michael Golden: Frontispiece


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package org.olat.course.assessment.bulk;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.apache.log4j.Level;
import org.olat.core.gui.translator.Translator;
/**
 *
 * Description:

 * Proxy for the column numbering
 *
 *

 * Initial Date:  19.12.2005

 *
 * @author Alexander Schneider
 */
public class HeaderColumnTranslator implements Translator {
	private Translator origTranslator;

	public HeaderColumnTranslator(Translator origTranslator){
		this.origTranslator = origTranslator;
	}

	public String translate(String key) {
		return translate(key, null);
	}

	@Override
	public String translate(String key, String[] args) {
		return translate(key, args, Level.WARN);
	}

	@Override
	public String translate(String key, String[] args, Level missingTranslationLogLevel) {
		String val;
		if(key.startsWith("ccc")){
			String t = key.substring(3);
			val = origTranslator.translate("column", new String[]{t});
		}else if (key.startsWith("hhh")){
			val = key.substring(3);
		}else{
			val = origTranslator.translate(key, args, missingTranslationLogLevel);
		}
		return val;
	}

	/**
	 * @see org.olat.core.gui.translator.Translator#translate(java.lang.String,
	 *      java.lang.String[], boolean)
	 */
	public String translate(String key, String[] args, boolean fallBackToDefaultLocale) {
		// no fall back to default locale
		return translate(key, args);
	}

	public Locale getLocale() {
		return origTranslator.getLocale();
	}

	public void setLocale(Locale locale) {
		origTranslator.setLocale(locale);
	}
}

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