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Baird Capital's Venture Team Leads $12.8MM Series B Investment in Saranas
HOUSTON – July 19, 2021 –Today, Saranas, Inc. announced a $12.8 million Series B investment led by Baird Capital, the venture capital and global private equity arm of Baird. Baird Capital was joined in the investment by Austin, Texas-based S3 Ventures.
Saranas is a privately held medical device company focusing on improving patient outcomes through early detection and monitoring of internal bleeding complications. The company's patented Early Bird® Bleed Monitoring System ("Early Bird") for vascular access procedures enables physicians to mitigate downstream consequences by addressing bleeds immediately before they become complications, improving patient outcomes and lowering healthcare costs. The Early Bird remains the first and only device of its kind.
"We are pleased to announce this round of funding led by Baird Capital," said Saranas President and CEO James Reinstein. "It underscores the importance of real-time monitoring of bleeding complications and our opportunity to accelerate the commercialization of Early Bird. We look forward to expanding our clinical evidence through prospective clinical trials and launching next generation products, including Bird on a Wire, to address a much broader range of endovascular procedures."
"As the Saranas team will say, 'Bleeding happens, but complications don't have to,'" said Amy Len Kobe, Principal with Baird Capital. "Baird Capital is proud to partner with Saranas to address bleeding complication challenges and provide solutions that improve outcomes and reduce costs for patients, physicians and providers. We are also pleased to invest in Houston, a growing ecosystem of healthcare innovation and a target market for Baird."
"S3 is enthusiastic about Saranas' game-changing medical device advancements," said Brian R. Smith, Managing Director, S3 Ventures. "We invest in companies that are re-imagining the way the world works, lives and heals, and we believe Saranas is a perfect representation of this."
Baird has been committed to growing its presence in Texas since opening the first office in 1985. In 2018, Baird Capital announced a strategic partnership with the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston, a world leader in collaborative medicine and research. The Baird Capital-TMC partnership remains significant as it continues to bring deep venture expertise in healthcare and technology as well as access to capital to Houston.
For more information on Baird Capital and its venture capital team, please visit BairdCapital.com.
About Saranas
Saranas is a privately held Houston-based medical device company focused on improving patient outcomes through early detection and monitoring of internal bleeding complications. The company's patented Early Bird Bleed Monitoring System for vascular access procedures enables physicians to mitigate downstream consequences by addressing bleeding complications immediately, improving patient outcomes and lowering healthcare costs. For more information, please visit www.saranas.com.
About The Early Bird® Bleed Monitoring System
The Early Bird® Bleed Monitoring System includes a Bleed Detection Array with integrated electrodes in a fully functional vascular access sheath. The Early Bird is designed to measure changes in bioimpedance to detect and monitor bleeding from vessel injury during endovascular procedures, such as a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), hemodynamic support device placement, or other complex endovascular interventions, where the femoral artery or vein is used to obtain vascular access. Visual and audible indicators on the Early Bird notify the clinician of the onset and progression of bleeding events.
About Baird Capital
Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments in strategically targeted sectors around the world. Having invested in more than 320 companies over its history, Baird Capital partners with entrepreneurs and, leveraging its executive networks, strives to build exceptional companies. Baird Capital provides operational support to its portfolio companies through teams on the ground in the United States, Europe and Asia, a proactive portfolio operations team and a deep network of relationships, which together strive to deliver enhanced shareholder value. Baird Capital is the direct private investment arm of Robert W. Baird & Co. For more information, please visit BairdCapital.com.
About S3 Ventures
Based in Austin, S3 Ventures is the largest venture capital firm focused on Texas. Backed by a philanthropic, multi-billion-dollar family for over fourteen years, S3 Ventures empowers great entrepreneurs with the patient capital and true resources required to grow extraordinary, high-impact companies in Business Technology, Consumer Digital Experiences, and Healthcare Technology. With more than half-a-billion dollars in assets under management, S3 Ventures leads Seed, Series A, and Series B investments with the capacity to follow-on for the life of a company.
Our Commitment to Texas
Baird's unique structure, industry-leading expertise and unwavering client focus give our Texas-area associates a personal interest in creating great financial outcomes for local families, individuals and the communities we share.


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Board Room - Add for a Full Renovation
Additional Demolition
Artwork, Accessories, and Mirrors (Installed)
Articulated Drywall Ceiling (New)
Millwork Running Trim (Stained Hardwood Crown, Chair, and Base)
Millwork Serving Stations
Board Room Conference Table
AV Infrastructure: Ceiling speakers and cabling; wall and floor input/output plates and cabling; control plates and cabling and processors; rack in AV room with audio processing and amplification; array of ceiling rigging points with CAT 6 AVnet cabling
and power (power by others); retractable projection screens. Portable equipment by others.
$5,218.74 $1,006.33 $8,428.20 $2,831.72
$11,096.35 $3,483.94 $5,175.00 $3,781.05
to $6,210.30 to $1,517.53 to $13,162.42 to $4,696.73 to $18,899.79 to $4,566.40 to $4,794.72 to $13,562.21 to $5,076.00 to $8,452.50 to $5,671.57
to $21,489.83
$1,259.86 $10,507.31 $3,779.04 $17,007.72 $3,689.65 $4,220.66 $12,452.57 $3,946.67 $7,095.50 $4,726.31
Board Room Full Renovation Additional Cost Subtotal $74,807.13 to $108,100.00 $92,765.50 Board Room Full Renovation Additional Cost Per SF $102.76 to $148.49 $127.43
Exercise Facility Softgoods Renovation
Assume a three-bay facility of approximately 28' x 39' (1,092 SF). Ceiling 12' AFF.
Demolition $1,304.69 to Artwork (Installed) $606.37 to Clock $64.43 to Hamper $369.19 to T owel Caddy $406.32 to Sport Flooring $19,490.11 to Mirrors $2,484.00 to
$1,917.89 $917.06 $94.26 $475.28 $521.96 $21,294.00 $3,960.00 $829.92 $540.00 $4,453.49 $3,389.36 $739.45
Remove and Reinstall Exercise Equipment
Vinyl Wallcovering (LY 54")
$546.00 to
$320.00 to $2,090.84 to $2,322.13 to
Exercise Facility Softgoods Renovation Cost Subtotal $30,491.05 to $39,132.67 $34,830.96 Exercise Facility Softgoods Renovation Cost Per SF $27.92 to $35.84 $31.90

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Families with genetic mutations that heighten their risk for disease face many complex and personal decisions including how and when to share such information with their children. In fact, many parents express that they choose to undergo genetic testing to learn whether they have a mutation that could be passed on to their children. Further, these parents may elect to have preventive surgeries and often look for guidance on how to explain this decision to their children as the decision to undergo these procedures impacts the entire family.


A California father has been arrested for allegedly shooting dead the mother of his young son during a custody exchange at a local police station.
Police in California says Jacob Munn, 30, killed the 27-year-old mother of his child, Brenda Renteria, with a shotgun in front of the Hawthorne police headquarters on Sunday. Renteria died at the scene.
The couple's 17-month-old son was present at the shooting but was not physically hurt. He was reportedly inside the police station at the time, reported KTLA.
The vehicle, with a small cross hanging off the rear-view mirror, was later found abandoned in Denny's parking lot half a mile south of the police station, but the suspect was nowhere to be found.
It took police about three hours to track down Munn, who was taken into custody in the 4400 blocks of 134th street in Hawthorne, not far from where his pickup truck was found, at around 9.15pm.
Online records indicate that Munn has a prior criminal record that included an arrest in December 2017 on a charge of battery on a former companion.
DailyMail revealed that Munn is the owner of a moving business registered in Temecula, California, called Lionspaw Movers.
A call to a phone number associated with Munn's moving company went straight to voicemail Monday afternoon.


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Celebrity deaths in 2020: Remembering the stars who died this year
Celebrity deaths in 2020 include basketball legend Kobe Bryant, singer-actress Naya Rivera, "Black Panther" actor Chadwick Boseman, "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek, and TV star Regis Philbin.Getty Images
By Geoff Herbert | gherbert@syracuse.com
As the year comes to a close, we're remembering our favorite entertainers, athletes and other famous people who died in 2020.
Celebrity deaths this year include TV hosts Regis Philbin and Alex Trebek; music legends like Bill Withers, Kenny Rogers, Little Richard, and Eddie Van Halen; sports stars like Kobe Bryant, Tom Seaver and Whitey Ford; actors Sean Connery, Kirk Douglas, Chadwick Boseman, Naya Rivera, Kelly Preston; and Syracuse University alumni Jerry Stiller and Sam Lloyd. Covid-19 also claimed the lives of people like Roy Horn (of Siegfried & Roy fame) and singer-songwriter John Prine.
See the year's most notable deaths, followed by the full list of 2020 celebrity deaths below:
CELEBRITY DEATHS IN 2020:
Alex Trebek - The longtime "Jeopardy!" host died Nov. 8 at 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Sean Connery - The actor, best known for originating the role of James Bond, died Oct. 31 at 90. His credits also included "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "The Rock" and "The Untouchables."
Whitey Ford - The pitcher known as "Chairman of the Board," who led the New York Yankees to six World Series titles, died Oct. 8 at 91.
Eddie Van Halen - The Van Halen co-founder, widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, died Oct. 6 at age 65 after a battle with throat cancer.
Gale Sayers - The legendary Chicago Bears running back whose friendship with Brian Piccolo inspired the TV movie "Brian's Song," died Sept. 23 at 77.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - The Supreme Court justice and women's rights pioneer known as "RBG" died Sept. 18 at age 87 after battling metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Diana Rigg - The actress, known for playing Emma Peel in "The Avengers" and roles in "Game of Thrones" and James Bond, died Sept. 10 at 82.
Tom Seaver - "Tom Terrific," the baseball pitcher who led New York's Miracle Mets to the 1969 World Series, died of complications from Lewy body dementia and Covid-19 on Aug. 31 at 75.
John Thompson, Jr. - The Georgetown basketball coach, who won an NCAA championship in 1984 with player Patrick Ewing and famously rivaled Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, died Aug. 30 at 78.
Chadwick Boseman - The actor, who played T'Challa in Marvel's "Black Panther," Jackie Robinson in "42," and Syracuse football great Floyd Little in "The Express," died Aug. 28 at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer.
Wilford Brimley - The "Cocoon" actor and Quaker Oats spokesperson died Aug. 1 at 85 after suffering a kidney ailment.
Regis Philbin - The legendary TV host, whose career included "Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," died July 24 at age 88.
John Lewis - The longtime congressman and civil rights icon died July 17 at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Naya Rivera - The "Glee" actress and "Sorry" singer was found dead July 13 at age 33, five days after she went missing while boating with her 4-year-old son.
Kelly Preston - The actress and wife of John Travolta died July 12 at age 57 after a two-year battle with breast cancer.
Charlie Daniels - The country music legend, best known for the Grammy-winning hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," died July 6 at 83.
Benny Mardones - The "Into the Night" singer, who made Syracuse his second home, died June 19 at age 73.
Ian Holm - The actor, known for roles in "Lord of the Rings," "Chariots of Fire" and "Alien," died of Parkinson's disease at age 88 on June 19.
Fred Willard - The prolific comedy actor, whose roles included "Anchorman," "A Mighty Wind" and "Modern Family," died May 15 at 86.
Jerry Stiller - The Syracuse University alumnus, "Seinfeld" actor and father of Ben Stiller died May 11 at 92.
Little Richard - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer behind hits "Tutti Frutti," "Long Tall Sally" and "Good Golly Miss Molly" died of bone cancer May 9 at age 87.
Roy Horn — The legendary Siegfried & Roy entertainer, who was critically injured by one of their famed white tigers in 2003, died May 8 of complications from coronavirus at age 75.
Sam Lloyd - The Syracuse University alumnus and actor, best known for playing Ted Buckland on "Scrubs" and had roles in "Seinfeld," "Galaxy Quest," "The West Wing," "Cougar Town" and "Desperate Housewives," died May 1 at 56 after a cancer battle.
John Prine — The influential singer-songwriter, known for songs like "Angel from Montgomery" and "Hello in There," died April 7 from complications due to Covid-19.
Frank Maloney - The former Syracuse football coach, who succeeded College Football Hall of Famer Ben Schwartzwalder at SU from 1974 to 1980, died March 30 from complications of metastatic brain melanoma. He was 79.
Bill Withers - The soul singer, whose hits included "Lean on Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine," died March 30 at 81.
Kenny Rogers - The country music singer died March 20 at age 81.
Max von Sydow - The Oscar-nominated actor, whose credits include "Star Wars," "Game of Thrones," "Flash Gordon," and "Minority Report," died March 8 at 90.
Kirk Douglas - The "Spartacus" star and father of actor Michael Douglas died Feb. 5 at age 103.
Kobe Bryant - The NBA legend died at age 41 in a helicopter crash with eight other people, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, on Jan. 26.
Neil Peart - The Rush drummer died Jan. 7 at age 67 after a battle with brain cancer.
Don Larsen - The New York Yankees baseball legend, who pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series, died Jan. 1 at 90 after a battle with esophageal cancer.
FULL LIST OF CELEBRITY DEATHS IN 2020:
Nick Gordon - The former boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown died Jan. 1 at 30.
Lexii Alijai - The up-and-coming Minnesota rapper died Jan. 1 at age 21.
Elizabeth Wurtzel - The "Prozac Nation" author died Jan. 7 at age 52 after a battle with breast cancer.
Silvio Horta - The "Ugly Betty" creator died by suicide Jan. 7 at age 45.
Harry Hains - The "American Horror Story" actor died Jan. 7 at 27.
Neil Peart - The Rush drummer died Jan. 7 at age 67 after a battle with brain cancer..
Buck Henry - "The Graduate" screenwriter died Jan. 8 of a heart attack at age 89.
Edd Byrnes - The "Kookie Kookie" singer, who played Vince Fontaine in "Grease," died Jan. 8 at 87.
Stan Kirsch - The "Highlander" TV series star died Jan. 11 at 51.
Norma Michaels - The actress, whose credits included "King of Queens," "Modern Family" and "Everybody Loves Raymond," died Jan. 11 at 95.
Jack Kehoe - The "Serpico" and "The Sting" actor died Jan. 14 at 85.
Rocky Johnson - The WWE Hall of Famer, known as "Soul Man" and the father of actor-wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, died Jan. 15 at 75.
David Olney - The folk singer died of a heart attack while performing on stage Jan. 18 at age 71.
Terry Jones - The Monty Python co-founder and co-director of "Monty Python & The Holy Grail" died Jan. 21 at 77.
Tyler Gwozdz - The former "Bachelorette" contestant died Jan. 22 at 29.
John Karlen - The Emmy-winning "Cagney & Lacey" actor died Jan. 22 at 86.
Jim Lehrer - The longtime PBS news anchor, who moderated 12 presidential debates, died Jan. 23 at 85.
Marj Dusay - The Emmy-nominated actress, whose credits included "Guiding Light" and "MacArthur," died Jan. 28 at 83.
Fred Silverman - The TV producer behind "All in the Family," "Soap" and "Hill Street Blues" died Jan. 30 at 82.
John Andretti - The NASCAR racecar driver died Jan. 30 at 56 after a battle with cancer.
Mary Higgins Clark - The prolific novelist, known as the Queen of Suspense, died Jan. 31 at 92.
Gene Reynolds - The co-creator of "Lou Grant" and "M*A*S*H" died Feb. 3 at 96.
Bill Britten - The actor, who played Bozo the Clown for New York's WPIX in the 1960s, died Feb. 4 at 91.
Kevin Conway - The actor, whose credits included "Gettysburg," "Oz" and "The Good Wife," died Feb. 5 at 77.
Roger Kahn - "The Boys of Summer" baseball writer and former Utica Blue Sox owner died Feb. 6 at 92.
Orson Bean - The actor, known for roles in "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" and "The Twilight Zone," died Feb. 7 at 91.
Raphael Coleman - The "Nanny McPhee" actor did Feb. 7 at 25.
Ann E. Todd - The former child star, who appeared in 40 films during the Golden Age of Hollywood, died Feb. 7 at 88.
Robert Conrad - The "Wild Wild West" star died Feb. 8 at 84.
Lynn Cohen - The "Munich," "Sex & The City" and "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" actress died Feb. 14 at 86.
Esther Scott - The character actress who appeared in "Boyz N the Hood," "Dreamgirls" "Transformers" and "Beverly Hills 90210," died Feb. 14 at 66.
Caroline Flack - The former "Love Island" host died Feb. 15 at age 40.
Nikita Pearl Waligwa - The star of Disney's "Queen of Katwe" died Feb. 15 at 15 due to a brain tumor.
Tony Fernandez - The Toronto Blue Jays shortstop, who played for the Syracuse Chiefs from 1981-84 and won a World Series in 1993, died Feb. 15 at 57.
Zoe Caldwell - The four-time Tony Award winner died Feb. 16 at 86.
Jason Davis - The actor, who voiced Mikey Blumberg on Disney's "Recess" and appeared on "Roseanne" and "Rush Hour," died Feb. 16 at 35.
Kellye Nakahara - The actress, who played Nurse Kellye on "M*A*S*H" and the cook in the movie "Clue," died Feb. 16 at 72 following a battle with cancer.
Ja'Net DuBois - The "Good Times" star, who sang and co-wrote the "The Jeffersons" theme song "Movin' On Up," died Feb. 17 at 74.
Charles Portis - The novelist best known for "True Grit" died Feb. 17 at 86.
Pop Smoke - The rapper, born Bashar Barakah Jackson, was shot to death Feb. 19 at age 20.
Sy Sperling - The founder of the HairClub for Men (and "also a client") died Feb. 19 at 78.
B. Smith - The Model, author and restaurateur died Feb. 22 at 70 after a battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease.
Baby Peggy - Silent film star Diana Serra Cary, who appeared in more than 100 short films and festures from 1921 to 1924, died Feb. 24 at 101.
Katherine Johnson - The mathematician who worked on NASA's early space missions and was portrayed in the film "Hidden Figures," died Feb. 24 at 101.
Lee Phillip Bell - The co-creator of "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful" died Feb. 25 at 91.
Gene Dynarski - The actor, who played Izzy Mandelbaum Jr. on "Seinfeld" and appeared in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," died Feb. 27 at 86.
Joe Coulombe - The Trader Joe's founder died Feb. 28 at 89.
Jack Welch - The GE chief who became a business superstar died March 1 at 84.
James Lipton - The "Inside the Actor's Studio" host died March 2 at 93.
Bobbie Battista - The TV journalist, one of the first anchors on CNN's "Headline News" when it launched in 1981, died March 3 at 67.
Roscoe Born - The soap opera actor, best known for "The Young and the Restless" and "Days of Our Lives," died March 3 at 69.
Barbara Martin - The singer, one of the original members of The Supremes and lead singer on 1962′s "After All," died March 4 at age 76.
Danny Tidwell - The "So You Think You Can Dance" star died in a car crash March 6 at 35.
Lorenzo Brino - The child star who appeared on The CW's "7th Heaven" with his brother Nikolas as the youngest Camden children, died in a car crash March 9 at 21.
Lyle Waggoner - The "Carol Burnett Show" and "Wonder Woman" actor died March 17 at 84.
Lucia Bosé — The Italian actress, who appeared in more than 50 movies including Fellini's "Satyricon," died March 23 at age 89. Reports said she died of pneumonia and was infected with COVID-19.
Manu Dibango — The African jazz-funk saxophone legend died of coronavirus on March 24. He was 86. Dibango, who was born in Cameroon and moved to Paris at 15, was best known for the 1972 hit "Soul Makossa," sampled by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones on "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," plus songs by Will Smith, Kanye West, Rihanna and A Tribe Called Quest.
Terrence McNally — The Tony-winning playwright died March 24 of complications from coronavirus at age 81.
Dave Edwards - The former basketball player at Georgetown and Texas A&M died March 24 of complications from coronavirus.
Stuart Gordon - The "Re-Animator" director and co-creator of "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" died March 24 at 72.
Floyd Cardoz — Cardoz competed on "Top Chef," won "Top Chef Masters," and operated successful restaurants in both India and New York. The chef died in New Jersey on March 25 of complications from the coronavirus, his company said. He was 59.
Mark Blum — The stage and film actor, best known for roles in "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Crocodile Dundee," died of complications from the coronavirus on March 26. Blum was 69.
Fred "Curly" Neal - The Harlem Globetrotters basketball star died March 26 at age 77.
David Schramm - The "Wings" actor, best known for playing airline owner Roy Biggins on the '90s sitcom, died March 28 at 73.
Joe Diffie — The Grammy-winning country singer, known for hits like "Third Rock from the Sun" and "John Deere Green," died March 29 of complications from coronavirus. He was 61.
Alan Merrill — The Arrows guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, best known for co-writing "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (famously covered by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts), died March 29 of complications from coronavirus.
Ken Shimura — The Japanese comedian died March 29 after a weeks-long battle with coronavirus. He was 70.
Maria Mercader — The CBS News producer and TV journalist died March 29 of coronavirus at age 54. Mercader "courageously fought cancer and related illnesses for 20 years, enduring numerous treatments and surgeries," CBS said in a statement.
Tomie dePaola - The children's author and illustrator, best known for creating the Strega Nona books, died March 30 at 85.
Hilary Heath — The horror film actress, best known for starring opposite Vincent Price in 1968′s "Witchfinder General," 1969′s "The Oblong Box" and 1970′s "Cry of the Banshee," died of coronavirus on March 30 at 74.
Vincent Marzello - The actor, who played Luke's father in 1990′s "The Witches" and voiced Farmer Pickles in the children's animated series "Bob the Builder," died March 31 at 68.
Wallace Roney — The Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter and Miles Davis protege died of complications from coronavirus on March 31 at 59.
Julie Bennett — The voiceover actress, whose 83 film and TV credits included Cindy Bear on "The Yogi Bear Show" and Aunt May on "Spider-Man: The Animated Series," died of COVID-19 on March 31 at age 88.
Andrew Jack — The celebrity dialect coach and actor, who played Major Ematt in the "Star Wars" movies, died of complications from coronavirus on March 31. The 76-year-old Hollywood veteran worked on dialects and accents with big names like Viggo Mortensen, Christian Bale, and Robert Downey, Jr. and was credited in "Avengers: Endgame," "Sherlock Holmes," "Lord of the Rings," "Men in Black: International," and "Die Another Day."
Adam Schlesinger — The Grammy-winning Fountains of Wayne singer, best known for the 2003 hit "Stacy's Mom," died of complications from coronavirus on April 1. Schlesinger won three Emmys, including for his work on "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," and was nominated for an Oscar for writing "That Thing You Do" from the 1996 Tom Hanks movie of the same name.
Ellis Marsalis Jr. — The New Orleans jazz pianist and father of greats like Wynton and Branford Marsalis died April 1 of pneumonia brought on by coronavirus, his son Ellis Marsalis III said. He was 85.
Eddie Large -- The UK comedian, who performed with Syd Little as "Little and Large" on television in the '70s and '80s, died April 2 at age 78 after testing positive for COVID-19.
Sergio Rossi - The famed Italian shoe designer died of coronavirus April 2 at age 84.
Patricia Bosworth — The actress and author died April 3 at age 86 from pneumonia brought on by coronavirus, her family said. She starred opposite Audrey Hepburn in 1959′s "The Nun's Story" and wrote biographies on Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Jane Fonda and Diane Arbus.
Jay Benedict — The "Aliens" and "The Dark Knight Rises" actor died April 4 at age 68 from coronavirus complications. He played Newt's father in "Aliens" and a "rich twit" in Christopher Nolan's Batman film.
Tom Dempsey - The NFL kicker for New Orleans Saints and Buffalo Bills died of Covid-19 on April 4 at age 73.
Timothy "Timmy" Brown - The Philadelphia Eagles football player and actor who appeared in "M*A*S*H" and "Nashville," died April 4 at 82.
Lee Fierro — The "Jaws" actress, best known for playing the grieving mother who slaps Chief Brody after her son dies in a shark attack, died April 5 of complications from COVID-19 at age 91.
Shirley Douglas - The Canadian actress and mother of Kiefer Sutherland died April 5 at 86.
Thomas L. Miller - The Broadway and TV producer, whose shows included "Full House," "Happy Days" and "Family Matters," died April 5 at 79.
Honor Blackman - The actress, best known for playing Pussy Galore in James Bond's "Goldfinger" and Cathy Gale on "The Avengers," died April 6 at 94.
James Drury - The star of Western TV series "The Virginian" died April 6 at 85.
Hal Wilner — The record producer and longtime "Saturday Night Live" producer died April 7 at age 64.
Allen Garfield — The veteran character actor, known for roles in 1975′s "Nashville," Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 drama "The Conversation," and as Chief Lutz in "Beverly Hills Cop II," died April 7 from coronavirus.
Chynna Rogers - The New York-based rapper and model, known simply as Chynna, died April 8 at age 25
Danny Goldman - The actor whose credits included "The Smurfs" and "Young Frankenstein" died April 12 at 80.
Logan Williams - The actor who played a young version of Barry Allen on The CW's "The Flash" died April 2 at 16.
Mort Drucker - The MAD Magazine cartoonist died April 9 at 91.
Allen Daviau — The Oscar-nominated cinematographer, whose credits included "E.T." and "The Color Purple," died from coronavirus on April 15 at 77.
Brian Dennehy - The actor, best known for Sylvester Stallone's "First Blood" and Chris Farley's "Tommy Boy," died April 15 at 81.
Ranjit Chowdhry - The Bollywood star, who appeared on "The Office" as telemarketer Vikram, died April 15 at 64.
Howard Finkel - The WWE announcer known as "The Fink" died April 16 at 69.
Matthew Seligman — The English musician who played bass for David Bowie and others died April 17 at 64 of complications from Covid-19.
Tom Lester - The "Green Acres" actor died April 20 at 81 from complications related to Parkinson's disease.
Joel Rogosin — The Emmy-nominated "Knight Rider" and "Magnum, P.I." writer and producer died of complications from coronavirus April 21 at age 87.
Shirley Knight - The Oscar-nominated actress, whose credits included "Sweet Bird of Youth," "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," "Desperate Housewives," and "As Good As It Gets," died April 22 at 83.
Fred the Godson — The New York rapper, who appeared on the cover of XXL's 2011 Freshman issue with Meek Mill, Kendrick Lamar and Mac Miller, died April 23 at age 35 after being hospitalized with coronavirus.
Troy Sneed — The Grammy-nominated gospel singer died April 27 at 52 of complications from coronavirus.
Ashley Ross - The "Little Women: Atlanta" reality star, also known as Ms. Minnie, died in a car crash April 27 at 34.
Irrfan Khan - The Bollywood actor who starred in "Slumdog Millionaire" died April 29 at age 53.
Florian Schneider - The Grammy-winning Kraftwerk co-founder died April 30 of cancer at age 73.
B.J. Hogg - The "Game of Thrones" actor died April 30 at 65.
Matt Keough - The former MLB pitcher, who appeared on 'Real Housewives of Orange County' with his ex-wife Jeana Keough, died May 1 at 64
Cady Groves - The country singer died May 2 at 30.
Don Shula - The legendary Miami Dolphins football coach died May 4 at 90.
Millie Small - The "My Boy Lollipop" singer from Jamaica died May 5 at 73.
Brian Howe - The rock singer, who performed with Ted Nugent and Bad Company, died May 5 at 66.
Andre Harrell - The Uptown Records founder, credited with discovering Sean "Diddy" Combs, died May 7 at 59.
Paul Vasquez - The "Double Rainbow" guy, whose 2010 viral video was seen by more than 46 million people, died May 9 at 57.
Geno Silva - The "Scarface" actor, who killed Al Pacino's Tony Montana with a shotgun in the 1983 movie, died May 9 at age 72.
Betty Wright - The Grammy-winning "Clean Up Woman" singer died of cancer May 10 at 66.
Phyllis George - The Miss America 1971 winner and former sportscaster died of a rare blood cancer on May 11 at age 70.
Gregory Tyree Boyce - The actor, best known for playing Tyler Crowley in "Twilight," and his girlfriend Natalie Adepoju were found dead in his Las Vegas home May 13. Boyce was 30.
Lynn Shelton - The "GLOW" and "Mad Men" director died May 15 at age 54 due to a blood disorder.
Frank Bielec - The Interior designer, who appeared on TLC and Discovery's "Trading Spaces," died May 15 at 72.
Ken Osmond - The "Leave it to Beaver" actor, who played Eddie Haskell, died May 18 at 76.
Jerry Sloan - The former Utah Jazz head coach died May 22 at 78 from complications from Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.
Richard Herd - The character actor, who played Mr. Wilhelm on "Seinfeld" and had roles in "All the President's Men" and "Get Out," died of cancer May 26 at 87.
Peggy Pope - The actress, whose credits included "9 to 5" ("atta girl!") and "Harvey," died May 27 at 91.
Larry Kramer - "The Normal Heart" playwright and AIDS activist died May 27 at age 84.
Bob Kulick - The Grammy-winning guitarist who played with KISS, Lou Reed and Meat Loaf, died May 28 at age 70.
Mary Pat Gleason - The "Moms" and "A Cinderella Story" actress died of cancer June 2 at 70.
Wes Unseld - The Basketball Hall of Famer, who won NBA Rookie of Year and MVP in 1969 a decade before leading Washington to its only NBA championship, died June 2 at 74.
Chris Trousdale - The Dream Street singer, who performed in the "It Happens Every Time" boy band alongside Jesse McCartney, Greg Raposo, Matt Ballinger, and Frankie Galasso, died June 2 at 34.
Kurt Thomas - The first U.S. male to win gold at the Gymnastic World Championships died June 5 at 64.
Bonnie Pointer - The Pointer Sisters singer died June 8 at 69.
Sushant Singh Rajput - The Bollywood star died June 14 at 34.
Galyn Gorg - The actress, who had roles in "Twin Peaks," "Star Trek," "RoboCop 2," "Point Break," "M.A.N.T.I.S." and "Lost," died June 14 at 55 after a cancer battle.
Yohan - The South Korean singer born Kim Jeong-hwan, a member of the K-pop band TST, died June 16 at 28.
Jean Kennedy Smith - The former U.S. ambassador to Ireland and the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy died June 17 at age 92.
Vera Lynn - The World War II "Forces' Sweetheart" singer, known for "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "We'll Meet Again," died June 18 at 103.
Joel Schumacher - The director of "The Lost Boys," "Falling Down" and two Batman movies died June 22 at 80.
Steve Bing - The movie producer and father of Elizabeth Hurley's son Damian died by suicide June 22 at age 55.
Huey - The "Pop, Lock & Drop It" rapper, whose real name is Lawrence Franks Jr., was killed at age 32 in a June 25 shooting in Missouri.
Milton Glaser - The designer of the iconic "I ♥ NY" logo died June 26 at 91.
Carl Reiner - The comedy writer, director and performer (and father of actor-filmmaker Rob Reiner) died June 29 at 98.
Hugh Downs - The TV broadcaster, whose credits included Jack Paar's "The Tonight Show," NBC's "Today" show and ABC's "20/20," died July 1 at 99.
Earl Cameron - The "Pool of London" star, one of the first Black actors to break into British cinema, died July 3 at 102.
Nick Cordero - The Broadway star died July 5 at age 41 after a months-long battle with coronavirus.
Ennio Morricone - The Oscar-winning film composer whose credits included "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "The Untouchables" died July 6 at 91.
Benjamin Keough - The son of Lisa Marie Presley and grandson of Elvis Presley died July 12 at 27.
Joanna Cole - The "Magic School Bus" author died July 12 at 75.
Grant Imahara - The "MythBusters" host died of a brain aneurysm July 13 at age 49.
Phyllis Somerville - The actress, whose credits included "The Sopranos" and "Little Children," died July 16 at 76.
John Saxon — The "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Enter the Dragon" actor died July 25 at 83.
Peter Green - The Fleetwood Mac founder and guitarist died July 25 at age 73.
Olivia de Havilland - The "Gone with the Wind" actress died July 26 at age 104.
Mahlon Reyes - The "Deadliest Catch" star died July 26 at 38.
Malik B - The rapper and founding member of The Roots died July 29 at 47.
Herman Cain - The former Godfather's Pizza CEO, who ran for president in 2012, died July 30 at 74 after being hospitalized with coronavirus.
Alan Parker - The director of "Bugsy Malone," "Midnight Express," "Evita" and "Pink Floyd: The Wall" died July 31 at 76.
Reni Santoni - The actor, who played Chico Gonzalez in Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" and Poppie on "Seinfeld," died Aug. 1 at 81.
John Hume - The Nobel Peace Prize winner who worked to end Northern Ireland violence died Aug. 3 at 83.
Raymond Allen - The "Good Times" and "Sanford & Son" actor died Aug. 10 at 91.
Trini Lopez - The "Lemon Tree" singer and actor best known for "The Dirty Dozen" died of Covid-19 complications Aug. 11 at age 83.
Sumner Redstone - The ViacomCBS media mogul died Aug. 11 at 97.
Ash Christian - The Emmy-winning producer and actor, who shot the movie "Paper Spiders" in Syracuse in 2019, died Aug. 13 at age 35.
Linda Manz - The "Out of the Blue" and "Days of Heaven" actress died Aug. 14 at 58 after a battle with lung cancer and pneumonia.
Jack Sherman - The guitarist who played on Red Hot Chili Peppers' debut album died Aug. 18 at 64.
Ben Cross - The "Chariots of Fire" and "Star Trek" actor died Aug. 18 at 72.
Chi Chi DeVayne - The "RuPaul's Drag Race" star, whose real name was Zavion Davenport, died Aug. 20 at 34.
Frankie Banali - The drummer for Quiet Riot and W.A.S.P. died Aug. 20 at age 68 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Riley Gale - The Power Trip singer died Aug. 24 at 34.
Joe Ruby - The co-creator of "Scooby-Doo" died Aug. 26 at 87.
Justin Townes Earle - The Americana singer-songwriter and son of Steve Earle died Aug. 28 at 38.
Cliff Robinson - The Buffalo native, who played 18 seasons in the NBA and appeared on TV's "Survivor," died Aug. 29 at age 53.
Erick Morillo - The DJ and producer best known for the 1994 hit "I Like to Move It" (under the name Reel 2 Reel) died Sept. 1 at 49.
Ian Mitchell - The Bay City Rollers bassist died Sept. 1 at 62.
Kevin Dobson - The "Kojak" and "Knots Landing" actor died Sept. 6 of a heart attack at age 77.
Bruce Williamson - The one-time lead singer of The Temptations died Sept. 6 at 49 after a battle with coronavirus.
Lou Brock - The Baseball Hall of Famer who won two World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals died Sept. 6 at 81.
Aaron Grissom - The "Top Chef" contestant died in a motorcycle crash Sept. 8 at 34.
Stevie Lee - The actor and wrestler known as Puppet died Sept. 9 at age 54.
Frederick "Toots" Hibbert - The reggae singer who fronted Toots and the Maytals died Sept. 11 at 77.
Sei Ashina - The Japanese actress, known for roles in "Silk" and "Kamen Rider Hibiki," died by suicide Sept. 14 at 36.
Winston Groom - The "Forrest Gump" author died Sept. 17 at 77.
Pamela Hutchinson - The Emotions singer died Sept. 18 at 61.
Michael Lonsdale - The actor, who played villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film "Moonraker," died Sept. 21 at age 89.
Tommy DeVito - The founding member of '60s group the Four Seasons, alongside Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, and Nick Massi, died of Covid-19 on Sept. 21 at 92.
Jackie Stallone - The famed astrologer, reality TV star and mother of Sylvester Stallone, died Sept. 21 at 98.
Joseph Laurinaitis - The WWE wrestler, known as Road Warrior Animal, died Sept. 22 at 60.
Gale Sayers - The legendary Chicago Bears running back, whose friendship with Brian Piccolo inspired the TV movie "Brian's Song," died Sept. 23 at 77.
Yuko Takeuchi - The Japanese actress, who appeared in 1998′s "Ring" (a.k.a. "Ringu"), died Sept. 27 at 40.
Bonni Lou Kern - One of the original Mouseketeers on "The Mickey Mouse Club" died Sept. 28 at age 79.
Helen Reddy - The "I Am Woman" singer and feminist icon died Sept. 29 at 78.
Mac Davis - The country singer and songwriter for Elvis Presley died Sept. 29 at 78.
Steve Barnes - The personal injury attorney, best known as one-half of Cellino & Barnes, died at age 61 on Oct. 2 in a plane crash with his niece.
Bob Gibson - The Baseball Hall of Famer, who won two World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals, died Oct. 2 at 84 after a pancreatic cancer battle.
Anthony Galindo Ibarra - The former Menudo singer died Oct. 3 at 41.
Clark Middleton - The "Kill Bill" and "The Blacklist" actor died of West Nile Virus Oct. 4 at 63.
Margaret Nolan - The actress and model, who appeared covered in gold paint in James Bond's "Goldfinger," died Oct. 5 at 76.
Johnny Nash - The "I Can See Clearly Now" singer died Oct. 6 at 80.
Tom Kennedy - The game show host, best known for "Name That Tune" and "Split Second," died Oct. 7 at 93.
Charlie Moore - The gold medalist in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics Olympic and former Cornell University athletic director died of pancreatic cancer Oct. 8 at 91.
Joe Morgan - The Baseball Hall of Famer who led the Cincinnati Reds to back-to-back World Series titles in 1975 and 1976 died Oct. 11 at 77.
Conchata Ferrell - The actress, best known for playing Berta the housekeeper on TV's "Two and a Half Men," died Oct. 12 at 77.
James Redford - The filmmaker, and son of Robert Redford, died Oct. 16 at 58.
Doreen Montalvo - The "In the Heights" and "The Good Wife" actress died Oct. 17 at 56.
Spencer Davis - The Spencer Davis Group co-founder, best known for the hit "Gimme Some Lovin'," died Oct. 19 at 81.
William Blinn - The screenwriter behind 'Brian's Song,' 'Roots,' and 'Purple Rain' died Oct. 22 at 83.
Leanza Cornett - The 1993 Miss America winner died Oct. 28 at 49 on October 28.
MF Doom - The British rapper, born Daniel Dumile and known for projects like KMD, Madvillain (with Madlib), and Danger Doom (with Danger Mouse), died Oct. 31 at 49.
Luis Troyano - The "Great British Bake Off" contestant died in October at age 48.
Rhonda Fleming - The "Spellbound" actress and "Queen of Technicolor" died in October at age 97.
Nikki McKibbin - The "American Idol" singer, who finished in third place on season 1 in 2002, died Nov. 1 at 42 after suffering a brain aneurysm.
Carol Arthur DeLuise - The 'Blazing Saddles' actress and widow of Dom DeLuise died Nov. 1 at 85.
Eddie Hassell - The "Surface" and "The Kids Are Alright" actor died Nov. 1 at 30 after being shot outside his girlfriend's apartment in Texas.
Elsa Raven - The character actress best known as the "Save the clock tower!" lady in "Back to the Future" died Nov. 3 at age 91. Raven, whose real name was Elsa Rabinowitz, died also appeared in "Titanic," "The Amityville Horror," and "In the Line of Fire."
Brax - The rapper and social media influencer, born Braxton Baker, died Nov. 5 at 21.
King Von - The rapper, born Dayvon Bennett, was shot dead Nov. 6 at age 26.
Norm Crosby - The deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, '70s and '80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, died Nov. 7 at 93.
Ben Watkins - The "MasterChef Junior" star, who appeared on season 6 of the Gordon Ramsey cooking show, died Nov. 16 at age 14 after a battle with cancer.
Hal Ketchum - The country singer from Upstate New York died Nov. 23 at 67.
Diego Maradona - The Argentinian soccer legend, who scored the "Hand of God" goal during the 1986 World Cup, died Nov. 25 at 60.
David Prowse - The actor who played Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" movies died Nov. 28 at 85.
Alison Lurie - The Pulitzer-winning novelist and Cornell professor emerita died Dec. 3 at 94.
Whitney Collings - The "Bad Girls Club" star died Dec. 4 at age 33.
David Lander - The "Laverne & Shirley" actor, best known for playing Squiggy on the '70s sitcom, died Dec. 4 at 73.
Natalie Desselle Reid - The "B.A.P.S." and "Eve" actress died Dec. 7 at 53.
Arnie Robinson Jr. - The Olympic gold medalist, who won the long jump event in 1976, died Dec. 1 at 73 after a battle with Covid-19.
Jason Slater - The original Third Eye Blind bassist died of liver failure Dec. 9 at 49.
Ray Perkins - The former New York Giants coach died Dec. 9 at 79.
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister - The "Friday" actor and wrestler died Dec. 10 at 62.
Carol Sutton - The "Steel Magnolias" and "Ray" actress died of Covid-19 on Dec. 10 at 76.
Dame Barbara Windsor - The "Carry On" and "East Enders" actress died Dec. 11 at 83.
Charley Pride - The country singer died of Covid-19 on Dec. 12, just weeks after he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the CMAs. He was 86.
John Le Carre - The British author, born David John Moore Cornwell, died Dec. 12 at 89. The former British Secret Service agent wrote novels like "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," "The Night Manager," "The Constant Gardener" and "A Most Wanted Man."
Ann Reinking - The Tony-winning "Chicago" star and Bob Fosse collaborator died Dec. 12 at 71,
Jeremy Bulloch - The actor who played Boba Fett in the original "Star Wars" trilogy died Dec. 17 at 75 after a longtime battle with Parkinson's disease.
Kevin Greene - The NFL great and Hall of fame linebacker died Dec. 22 at 58.
Leslie West - The Mountain rocker, who played at Woodstock and performed "Mississippi Queen," died Dec. 22 at 75.
Rebecca Luker - The Tony-nominated Broadway actress died Dec. 23 at 59.
Stella Tennant - The fashion model and British aristocrat died Dec. 23 at 50.
John "Ecstasy" Fletcher - The Whodini rapper, whose hits included "Friends" and "The Freaks Come Out at Night," died Dec. 23 at 56.
Larry Barron - The "Survivor" producer and Syracuse University alumnus who led WJPZ's launch on FM as Z89 died Dec. 24 at 55.
Phil Niekro - Knucksie, the Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher who won 300 games with his knuckleball, died Dec. 26 at 81.
Marilyn Herr - Merrily, a cast member on the long-running Syracuse children's TV show "Magic Toy Shop," died Dec. 26 at 92.
Jon Huber - The Rochester native, who wrestled in the WWE as Luke Harper and AEW as Brodie Lee, died Dec. 26 at 41.
Pierre Cardin - The French fashion designer died at age 98, the French Academy of Fine Arts said Dec. 29.
Joe Clark - The bat-wielding New Jersey principal who inspired the 1988 movie "Lean on Me" died Dec. 29 at 82.
Dawn Wells - The "Gilligan's Island" actress, who played Mary Ann on the '60s TV show, died Dec. 30 of complications from Covid-19 at age 82.
Shabba-Doo - Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quiñones, an actor, breakdancer and choreographer best known for playing Ozone in "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," died Dec. 30 at 65.
Celebrity deaths in 2019: Stars who died
Celebrity deaths in 2018: Famous people who died


The little pink rosebud is a seed, and she is very happy resting in her dark and quiet house. One day the rain and the sun came to try to visit the little pink rosebud, but she doesn't want any visitors. The rain and the sun keep trying to get the little pink rosebud to open her door and come out with them. Finally, she opens the door, and the sun and the rain grab her tiny little hands and bring her out to the garden. The little pink rosebud was so excited to be a part of the garden and to start to grow like the other flowers.
This book was exciting to me; it is a story about how flowers grow but also about friends. The sun and the rain helped the little pink rosebud to come out even though she was shy in the beginning. The pictures in the book are beautiful, and it is fun to watch the little pink rosebud change on each page to grow from a seed into a flower with the help of the sun and the rain.


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by pomonaljane | January 3, 2020 · 4:02 pm
Judging Story Competitions Part 2
This continuing story of a rural writing competition is from the beginning of the prize presentation evening, wherein Jane presented her own credentials – included here because it is relevant to this blog and to Pomonal Publishing generally. Then she addressed the younger writers:
It's lovely to see you all here tonight, and it's been a great privilege to read the entries and select the winners. But before we get to that most exciting bit, I think it only fair that you should know something about me. Why have I been asked to stand in judgement of your creative writing? So I'll tell you a little about myself:
I grew up in Northern Victoria between the Murray River and the Broken Creek, but like many country kids, I went down to Melbourne for a tertiary education. I went to art school. Both my parents were painters, as was my late brother, Chris Nicholls who some of you may have known. Bron Nicholls, an author of both adult and children's literature, is my older sister and was for many years my writing mentor.
Initially I trained as a photographer, then as a filmmaker, and I worked in the film industry in Melbourne for almost 20 years. But writing has always been a major part in my life. I kept an extensive journal, I wrote short stories, poetry and film scripts, – and I taught writing too: tutoring for the Victorian Adult Literacy Council, teaching Screen Writing for accredited film courses, and finally, when I moved up here, both Creative Writing and Script Writing for Stotts Correspondence College.
Eventually I began writing (and rewriting) my first novel. But by the time I was happy with it, about ten years ago now, it had become clear that I'd left it too late to find a mainstream publisher. The nature of the book industry had changed so much that even previously published and acclaimed Australian authors were no longer considered profitable.
I recently learned of a many-times published author whose latest manuscript was rejected because, and I quote: 'though 'beautifully written as always', her publisher 'no longer handled literature because there was no money in it.
Because I knew quite a few accomplished writers in similar situations, I became an accidental publisher myself – taking advantage of the digital technologies that have transformed our lives, to create a writer-driven, small publishing venture, based here in the Grampians. Pomonal Publishing. Already we have produced a dozen books and have several others in the pipeline. And of course you can read more about it on our blog. This blog.
But now, I'd like to speak specifically to the younger writers in our midst...
photo by Ree
Human beings have been telling stories since prehistoric times, when our earliest ancestors gathered around fires, their only source of heat and light after the sun went down, to tell the stories that would make us who we are.
In this very place, in this country we call the Wimmera, right here, ancient people told their stories for many thousands of years. I think it right that we acknowledge them, the traditional owners of this country, the first Australians.
Because the art of telling stories dates back to the beginning of human culture, writing stories connects each of you to this very ancient tradition; you can really be proud of that. But entering a writing competition is not like running a race on Sports Day, You can't see the person ahead or behind you – and there's no finish line. So…if you can't write to win, what makes a winning story?
Firstly, it must be original. Though it's sometimes said that there are no original stories – that they've all been told before. I don't believe that's true, any more than I believe each of you is exactly the same. Every person relates to the world around them in their own unique way. And a good story lies more in the telling than in the bare facts; so finding an authentic voice for your narrator, or for your main character, is a big part of the writing process. (For our younger writers: Authentic just means: real, true, not a copy or a fake.)
Of course correct grammar and spelling will always help, and there's a lot you can learn at school about the writer's craft – but it's important that when you write, you don't do it to win competitions, but because it's what you love to do, or because you have something to say, something that needs to be heard.
And don't forget that writing goes hand in hand with reading. Particularly for young writers. That really is the best way to learn about story-telling and to improve your own writing. Nobody ever became a good writer watching DVDs or television. When you watch TV all the imagination comes from the other side of the screen. We just sit back with our mental feet up, taking it easy.
But when we get into a good book our minds are working all the time to picture what we read. Each of us sees the story unfold in our own imagination. And that's what makes our brain stretch its creative bits. So, if you want to be a writer: More Books Less TV, yes? And now to the prizes…
Tagged as Pomonal Publishing, writing, writing and publishing, writing competitions
by pomonaljane | October 1, 2018 · 5:18 pm
When the Cat Speaks
Bron Nicholls' intricately crafted novella, opens a window into the joys and sorrows of growing old alone in regional Australia. This work has the eloquent simplicity of Kent Haruf's Our Souls At Night, coupled with the womanly psychological observations of an early Doris Lessing.
Nell, in her seventy-ninth year, narrates her past and her present as a thoughtful observation of the world around her; of her participation in it on her own terms and learning from each challenge. There is plot, but it subtle. There is drama, but it is organic and uncontrived. Bron Nicholls excels in a style of writing that makes us look again at the familiar.
But she also writes in terms that make the book suitable for any age group, and, because she captures the minutiae of ageing that society and media often prefer to ignore, this is a book that would make a marvellous study piece in schools. For older readers, living alone, it is a must.
It is now available from Pomonal Publishing, or, for locals in the Grampians, from the Stawell Library's new 'local author' shelf.
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Tagged as Ageing, Australia, Bron Nicholls, Pomonal Publishing, women writers, writing and publishing
by pomonaljane | August 20, 2018 · 1:23 pm
Coming Soon: Bron Nicholls' latest.
Next month we will be releasing Bron Nicholls's delightful Novella: When the Cat Speaks.
Nicholls is an acclaimed author of both adult and children's literature. Her previous books include: Move; Three Way Street; Mullaway: Reasons of the Heart; Zeno's Paradise; An Imaginary Mother; The Humming Tree; Currawong Calling.
Watch this space for release date, reviews and purchase details.
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Tagged as Bron Nicholls, Indie Publishing, Nicholls, Pomonal Publishing, publishing, Victorian Writers, writing and publishing
by pomonaljane | April 25, 2017 · 4:17 pm
Fremantle Launch for 'Argot'
Christopher Konrad's powerful poetry collection, Argot, will have its Western Australian launch in Fremantle next month.
This collection explores the domain of the personal, perhaps even secret speech, the half-hidden languages derived from culture, family and desire. The collection will be launched by award winning poet and author, Shane McCauley [most recently, The Drunken Elk, Sunline Press, and Trickster, Walleah Press.]
Thursday May 11
Orient Hotel
39 High St. Fremantle
Kindly supported by New Edition Books – Fremantle
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Christopher Konrad
We are proud to announce the release of a new poetry collection, 'Argot' by the powerful voice of Christopher Konrad, a Western Australian poet, whose work has been published in numerous journals and has won several poetry awards, he now lives and works on the south eastern strip of this big continent. See earlier post August 8 .
I first read Konrad's work a year ago when he contacted Pomonal Publishing with the manuscript of 'Argot' and I knew immediately that this was one I wanted to turn into a book. But my health has slowed me down . . . so I also knew this was not going to happen . . . unless I changed the way things are done around here. I must demand more hands-on involvement from writers who wish to publish with us.
Chris Konrad rose to that challenge and did all the layout himself, even designed his own cover (with quite a bit of interference from me) and organized the print run. He hopes to properly launch the collection in Western Australia, where both he and his work are better known, but in the meantime it is available here.
Here's one of from the collection:
Crashing waves carry us onto the crushed sand to find there, on the
shore – something's missing. Just out of reach, always at finger-tip
edge, singing out like buildings tumbling down into the sea. Never
quite there – Angels nod towards the dry dirt. Not quite or, she,
standing upon the bridge looking skywards, like a plea, like
inevitability & somewhere in-between another race we cannot
conceive but somehow so remote, & their celestial music. I feel the
wind salty through my fingers & the graining waves through my toes:
it is not in vain this edge, this ligature & liminal of day. Not for
nothing, the sculptures of the heart or mind.
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by pomonaljane | August 8, 2016 · 7:31 pm
Christopher Konrad's latest poetry collection soon to be released by Pomonal Publishing!
In this collection of poems Konrad explores the domain of the personal, perhaps even secret speech; the half hidden languages derived from culture, family, and desire. Employing that slippage of language which only poetry can properly convey – the liminal, free-floating or tangled structure of the written or spoken word – enabling it to be just what we make of it.
Watch this space for launch details
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Tagged as Australian writing, Chris Konrad, poetry, Pomonal Publishing, publishing
by pomonaljane | June 15, 2016 · 6:23 pm
Chamber Launch Shots
Photos, as promised:
Katherine Brabon launching 'Shots from the Chamber' at the Chamber Art & Coffee House on June 11.
Proud editors, from left: Christopher, Ben, and Myron.
David Wood, poet, reading his poem from the anthology.
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Tagged as books, Chamber Poets, Pomonal Publishing, publishing, Woodend Winter Arts Festival
'Shots from the Chamber' ring out!
The first anthology of poems by the Chamber Poets was let fly today amid much celebration at the Chamber Arts & Coffee House. The event was part of the Woodend Winter Arts Festival. This exciting, germane, community-affiliated publication was launched by Katherine Brabon, winner of the 2016 Vogel Award, who was born in Woodend. Contributing poets then read from their work.
Unfortunately I was unable to be there to represent Pomonal Publishing, as it was just too far for me to drive in a day, so I can't yet show you pictures. For those of you at the festival: copies of the anthology can still be purchased from the Chamber Coffee House, from the New Leaf bookshop in Woodend, and it will soon be available online, through Amazon.
'Shots from the Chamber' is a remarkable volume featuring over sixty poets who have read at this event since its inception in February 2013. Hosted by founder of the band Going Down Swinging Myron Lysenko, Chamber Poets is a spoken word event incorporating art and music.
The book was edited by Ben Oost, Myron Lysenko and Christopher Race, with an introduction by poet and academic, Andrew Burke, a foreword by Myron Lysenko, and an extract from a forthcoming memoir by Ron Burrows. And, in addition to those 60 + contributors comprising both established and emerging poets, there are photos by Philip Holgate and David Crosbie. The book design was done by myself and Ben Oost. I promise pictures of the event as soon as they arrive in the PP inbox.
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Tagged as Australian writing, books, Chamber Poets, poetry, Woodend Winter Arts Festival
by pomonaljane | June 9, 2016 · 2:07 pm
3 days to book-launch
As we count down to the launch of 'Shots from the Chamber' here is what Myron Lysenko, Chamber Poets convenor, has to say about the poetry/poets included in this publication:
We hope that this anthology will capture something of the atmosphere prevalent at Chamber Poets: the highs and the lows, the established poet and the emerging poet; sometimes poets come out of the closet and read for the first time in public, sometimes somebody inadvertently caught up in the reading while trying to get a glass of wine ends up being inspired by what they hear and goes off to write their own poetry. The anthology is inclusive as it showcases poets at the height of their careers or at the beginning, and everything in between. It can be read from start to finish, or just by dipping in from poet to poet.
We are very proud to present a wonderful representation of the readings that have been staged with such famous poets and identities such as Judith Rodriguez, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Claire Gaskin, II. O., Alice Savona, Kevin Brophy, Jennifer Compton, Joe Dolce, John Flaus, John Bryson, Gaylene Carbis, Ross Donlon, Andy Jackson, Klare Lanson and John A. Scott.
We are pleased to republish John A Scott's four sonnets, which won the Peter Porter Poetry Prize of 2013, a poem each from Anna Fern and Maurice McNamara who both wrote a poem about their shared experience of being caught in a railway tunnel and being surprised by on unexpected oncoming train. There are poems from other poetry couples: Lish and Paul Skec both writing about Minyip, Myron and Jade writing haiku about their relationship, poems from poetry twins Emily Polites and Bronwen Manger, father and daughter Ben and Soleil Oost, who is the youngest poet at 9 years old and John Flaus the oldest at 82.
Thank you to all the feature poets and open section poets who submitted to the anthology. We received over two hundred poems. Many addressed the general theme of life in Central Victoria. The book is a combination of poets living in Melbourne and poets who encircle Woodend.
Thank you also to our sponsors and people who donated to the costs of the book: Macedon Ranges Shire Council, Bendigo Bank and the patrons at the Village Larder who threw in coins and notes into a jar beside the till. Thank to Philip Holgate for the use of the premises and we welcome the hospitality of new owner Remy Shpayzer.
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Tagged as Australian writing, books, Myron Lysenko, poetry, Woodend Winter Arts Festival, writing
Woodend's Chamber of Poets
Woodend's Winter Arts Festival will kick off on June 10 – just another way we try to keep warm in here Victoria – and with it our next poetry publication: 'Shots from the Chamber, An anthology from the Chamber Poets'.
The titular chamber was once Woodend's Council Chambers but long since has been home to a delightfully arty cafe: the Chamber Art & Coffee House. Once monthly it hosts an open mic gathering of poets in a warm friendly atmosphere where many varied voices and all developmental levels of poetry are equally welcomed.
Each month a more established poet is also invited to read, so the venue has seen some of Australia's most renowned poets. The anthology reflects this diversity and the philosophy of inclusiveness that is the Chamber Poets hallmark. From Judith Rodrigues to Chris Wallace-Crabbe; from John Flaus to Pomonal Publishing's Christopher Race (pictured) whose first collection we launched only a year ago.
Festival goers are invited to attend the launch of this latest publication. Entry is free and the anthology will be on sale for $20. Meanwhile, watch this space for more about the anthology, its editors and contributors.
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by pomonaljane | May 3, 2016 · 3:51 pm
A splendid kind of darkness
Bright autumn sun interspersed with showers, inclement cloud the darkly spectacular backdrop to a radiance of red/gold foliage – Clunes is at its magical best in moody weather. The lighting seemed purposely tuned to shades of Annie Drum's collection of stories, 'Like Trees', launched at the festival on Sunday. See previous posts.
A cold wind did not deter Clunes Booktown festival goers. The upper room of 'the Warehouse' where Neil Boyack's segment of the program unfolded was packed with readers of, and true believers in BOOKS. Yes, that good old fashioned printed word.
Introduced and lauded by Boyack, Annie assured us that the sometimes darkness of her stories was no cause for the concern that had been (kindly) expressed; she was in fact quite okay in herself. Then she read the story: Hero And The Machine, from the collection, and from which I've quoted in an earlier post.
Two days previously Annie had spoken about Boyack's support of her writing in an interview on VOICE FM Ballarat. Neil is a Central Victorian author and convenor of the Newstead Short Story Tattoo, a small literary festival that features both known and emerging writers, with a substantial sidedish of music and fireside storytelling. His particular support for new and emerging voices was substansiated on Sunday by the inclusion of a very young writer indeed: Zach Haywood, a student of Maryborough Education Centre, reading for the first time with remarkable poise.
Other readers were Nathan Curnow, and Bronwyn Blaiklock both published poets and consummate poet-performers. Kirsten Boerema charmed us with her powerful voice and magical ukulele accompaniment.
Those wishing to purchase a copy of LIKE TREES may do so by contacting us through Pomonal Publishing's main website.
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by franholloway | May 3, 2016 · 11:07 am
Annie's Stories Hitting the Highway
Only hours to go now, and I bet Ms Drum is feeling a tad nervous – as any emerging writer would be with the launch of her first published book. Fortunately she'll be singing with her Acappella group in 'the singing room' (St Thomas Aquinas) shortly, and that ought to relax the diaphragm.
The Clunes Booktown 10th anniversary festival is well underway, despite a damp weekend. Annie's collection of short stories, LIKE TREES will be launched by Neil Boyack in the Newstead Poetry Short Story Tattoo Presents segment, at 3.00 in the warehouse.
Annie spoke about her writing and the publication of this collection on community radio station Voice FM Ballarat during the week and I'll put segments of her interview up here as soon as I'm back at my desk. Meanwhile get down to Clunes and buy some, buy lots of books, enjoy the long-awaited rain and support small publishers
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one week to 'take off'
Annie Drum 's first collection of short stories will be launched by Neil Boyack on May 1st at the tenth anniversary festival, Clunes Book Town
These are razor-edged stories investigating the bounds of identity, provoking questions: How do we travel? And more importantly: What do we travel as? Read the full Press Release on the Pomonal Publishing website.
…when she gave birth there was a sense of something sacred and almost like order. Throughout the labour Hero kept asking – how big is the egg? The large nurse said – a baby, you're having a baby. The other nurse laughed, a sort of a crazy sound, and Hero thought she must be a bit off centre. When the large nurse presented her with a darling little bird in a tight white blanket Hero thought her heart might burst…
The launch will take place in the 'Newstead Literary Tattoo Presents' segment, in the Warehouse at 3.00 pm. To attend you will need to purchase a festival ticket. This will enable entry to all of the many exciting literary events of the weekend. See the festival website for further details.
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by pomonaljane | April 18, 2016 · 10:25 am
'Like Trees' by Annie Drum
Two weeks till we launch Annie Drum's first collection of short stories. An event I've anticipated for nigh on thirty years, after reading an early story by 'the girl downstairs' in a block of East Melbourne flats.
Why has this taken so long? Well, the radical change in the ideology of publishing houses, for one thing. In this advanced stage/age of capitalism, in a society obsessed by the concept of perpetual-growth-driven profit, a beautiful voice is easily overlooked. (This, of course, is exactly why small, non-profit publishers like us had to come into existence.)
And perhaps also life itself has intervened, slowing down the pace at which Drum could pursue her career in literature. But this slower maturation of her voice will perhaps, like a good wine, prove worth the wait.
Today I am a tree, tall and alive, with sap crystals on my body. The wind is strong but I sway with it, we are the same. My trunk is wide and my jewels wink and glint in the sun. People walk by and never see me amongst the other trees. A little way up the street is James Owen, he is also a tree. That's where he went, you see. I smile at him, and he waves a branch at me.
Watch this space for more about this magical collection of stories over the next two weeks. Maybe I can entice Annie to speak to us about her work on this blog.
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by pomonaljane | March 17, 2016 · 11:49 am
Let me tell you about some exciting new books we are working on for the first 6 months of this year:
Annie Shearing has been writing a series for younger readers, each focusing on a thorny or critical event challenging a group of friends in the outer suburbs of Melbourne; each book features a different member of the group. The first – 'Anna & the Last House in Melbourne' – will be ready later this month.
Pomonal Publishing's Anthea Nicholls is the designer and all round hands-on person for this series.
Next up: 'Like Trees' short stories by Annie Drum – an emerging writer of literary fiction, whose close observation of life, coupled with quirky, moving depiction of people in fragile mind-states makes for poignant reading.
It is a personal pleasure to see this first collection of Drum's stories carrying the Pomonal Publishing logo, as her writing has enchanted me for many years. It will be launched 1st May at the Clunes Booktown 10th anniversary.
The 'Like Trees' book design is being done by the talented Lin Tobias. We are delighted to have her expertise on this and, hopefully, future projects.
Chamber Poets (known to us for hosting the 2015 launch of Christopher Race's 'Still Life With Grandmother') are producing a members' poetry anthology. The theme is 'Place' and submissions are now closed. The editing team are Ben Oost, Christopher Race, and convenor Myron Lysenko. Hands-on layout will be done by Ben Oost with my input. It will be launched at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival in June.
While I've been taking a back seat on all these projects, I've been focusing on reading submissions, and on the editing and book design for:
'Macka' a story about the adventures of a tame cockatoo that gets caught up with a wild flock and swept away in a colossal storm. This is a story for adults to read to children, written and beautifully illustrated by Peter Voice.
Peter Voice is an artist known for his work with Chalk Circle. He is currently involved with the founding of the WAMA, the Wildlife Art Museum (to be located near Pomonal).
Watch this space for more about each of these projects.
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by pomonaljane | January 18, 2016 · 9:46 am
An Imaginary Mother
Pomonal Publishing (or that part of it responsible for this blog) has been quiet over the southern summer buildup of heat, dry, Christmas/New Year madness and the usual bushfire threats. But I promise new posts soon as we get up to speed with several exciting projects for 2016.
In the meantime, here's a book recommendation, not one of our own publications, but written by one of our collective. Imaginary Mother by Bron Nicholls, published by BlackPepper
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by pomonaljane | September 30, 2015 · 4:20 pm
Talent in the Wings
As mentioned in a previous post, I edit a community newsletter as a sideline to my publishing 'hobby'. It was in this context that I discovered the talents of a remarkable 11 year old, living down our dusty road a little way – a young person intending to become a writer when she finishes school, and already turning out work of staggering maturity. Below is a review piece she wrote recently for the newsletter about Pomonal Publishing. Her byline: Evie
This local organization consists of a group of talented writers, editors and artists who publish their own books and sell them (mostly) online. They are also responsible for the monthly Pomonal Newsletter, which helps to inform the community of what's been happening and events coming up. With a population around 350, our small town has lots going on!
Pomonal Publishing has a website where you can view new book releases and also read their blog. Fellow writers review the books and offer constructive feedback to the writer. One aspect I loved was reading about the world of writing and publishing.
I was asked to read and review their latest publication: 'Currawong Creek' by Bron Nicholls (who has written two other books for young readers). I loved this book and would describe it as heart warming and sophisticated. I particularly liked the main character Alice, with her different thoughts and the way she saw the world. I loved the bit where she finally made a new friend, and the type of relationship they had (not being in each others faces). I also liked the caring and warm relationship she had with her grand parents.
Pomonal Publishing is a fantastic establishment and I hope it continues. Make sure you check it out on: http://www.pomonalpublishing.com and look out for their books, now available at our local shop too!
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'Currawong Calling' by Australian author, Bron Nicholls
Alice Weaver doesn't like the things other kids like, computer stuff and television, she only loves books. And she has never had a best friend. When Mum and Dad send her to stay with her grandparents in Currawong Creek, bad movies start screening inside her head. Who to tell? There is only Joe, a loyal Border Collie, until Alice feeds a wounded bird, and sets off a chain of events she couldn't have imagined.
'Currawong Calling' a book for younger readers by Bron Nicholls, author of 'Mulliway' & 'Three Way Street' is available for purchase from June 30th. This is a limited edition publication from the acclaimed Australian author so you will need to contact us via this blog (leave a comment) or the main Pomonal Publishing website to order your copy.
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And work goes on…
In recovery mode after the launch of our second poetry publication: 'Still Life With Grandmother'. (Is it a month already?) Those of you who understand this publishing hobby was only meant to keep me out of mischief while my body fell into undignified demise, may well imagine the toll that event took on me. If you missed the excitement, visit YouTube to hear the author, Christopher Race, reading from the title poem. Or yours truly trying to ensure Pomonal Publishing is not taken to be something it never can be, unless someone more able than myself sits in the driving seat.
We struggle on, getting ready to upload 'Currawong Calling', the latest work for younger readers by acclaimed children's author, Bron Nicholls (my sister, as it happens). A quiet novel for a more individual readership, this will be a limited edition, by author request. Fans of Bron's work may let us know via this site, if you would like to pre-order a copy.
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Tagged as Australia, books, Christopher Race, Nicholls, Pomonal Publishing, publishing


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May was a hard month. I lost two friends.
The first was Jeff Baird, an amazing photographer who is responsible for all the lovely images you ever see of my work. But in the ten years he shot my work, he became more than my photographer–he became my friend, as he did with many of the artists he worked with.
Jeff was well-known in Vermont for many other outstanding things he did, and there are many aspects of his life I knew nothing about til after he died.
The other friend was a fellow artist in the League of NH Craftsmen, Donna (Hiromura) Saydek. Donna served on many critical committees for the League, including the Board of Trustees and Fair Committee (where I saw her most.) She also coordinated The Next Generation tent at the League's annual fair, where children of craftspeople could display, market and sell their own work. When my children participated, I got to see first hand how excellent Donna was with these budding craftspeople. She was patient, calm, encouraging yet firm. And she never lost sight of this fact: The Next Generation was the kids' opportunity, not just for sales, but for personal growth. She made room for that to happen in countless ways.
Jeff and Donna were both surrounded by family and friends who did everything they could to make those last days as comfortable and happy as possible. Both were surrounded by love….
Two good people are gone, and I will miss them terribly.


Our latest lightning-lashed hardcover is a head-exploder from end to end—on the fiction front there's Thomas McGuane and Aimee Bender, Deb Olin Unferth and Ryan Boudinot, ill-fated river trips and lovelorn robots and Hollywood super-agents bent on revenge; on the nonfiction side there are amazing accounts of upheaval and rebirth in Tehran and Mississippi and Mexico City and Riverside, California. There is full-color art all the way through, too, and a special section of Australian Aboriginal fiction that is so good you won't believe it. This one is overstuffed in the best summer blockbuster fashion—let it into your life!
Letters from Susan Straight, Jason Polan, David Lida, John Flowers, and Cirocco Dunlap.


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HomeNewsAMC raises $ 917 million of fresh investment capital from mid-December 2020
AMC raises $ 917 million of fresh investment capital from mid-December 2020
ram January 25, 2021
Movie theater giant AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. signed deals for $917 million in financing to survive the Covid-19 pandemic for months longer without resorting to bankruptcy, the company said Monday.
AMC, the world's largest movie theater chain, said it had executed a commitment letter for $411 million in debt financing through increasing the size of and refinancing a European credit facility while raising $506 million in equity since mid-December.
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. ("AMC" or the "Company") (NYSE: AMC), the largest movie theatre company in the United States and globally, announced today that since December 14, 2020, it has successfully raised or signed commitment letters to receive $917 million of new equity and debt capital. This increased liquidity should allow the company to make it through this dark coronavirus-impacted winter.
On this new European debt, AMC has the option of paying non-cash PIK interest throughout its duration. Of this $917 million in much-welcomed monies, AMC has raised $506 million of equity, from the issuance of 164.7 million new common shares, along with the previously announced securing of $100 million of additional first-lien debt and the concurrent issuance of 22 million new common shares to convert $100 million of second-lien debt into equity. In addition, the Company has executed commitment letters for $411 million of incremental debt capital in place through mid-2023, unless repaid before then, through the upsizing and refinancing of its European revolving credit facility. All amounts are prior to factoring in transaction costs, investment banking fees and original issue discounts.
Based on a variety of assumptions, including future attendance levels, the Company estimates that its financial runway has been extended deep into 2021. AMC also is presuming that it will continue to make progress in its ongoing dialogue with theatre landlords about the amounts and timing of owed theatre lease payments.
Given the push to vaccinate the general population, an increase in cinema attendance seems likely, although AMC notes that no one knows for sure the future course of this and other strains of the coronavirus, and therefore thoughts as to future cash needs of AMC are uncertain. Investors are cautioned accordingly.
Adam Aron, AMC CEO and President, said, "Today, the sun is shining on AMC. After securing more than $1 billion of cash between April and November of 2020, through equity and debt raises along with a modest amount of asset sales, we are proud to announce today that over the past six weeks AMC has raised an additional $917 million capital infusion to bolster and solidify our liquidity and financial position. This means that any talk of an imminent bankruptcy for AMC is completely off the table."
Aron added, "Looking ahead, for AMC to succeed over the medium term, we are going to need for much of the general public in the U.S. and abroad to be vaccinated. To that end, we are grateful to the world's medical communities for their heroic efforts to thwart the COVID virus. Similarly, we welcome the commitment by the new Biden administration and of other governments domestically and internationally to a broad-based vaccination program."
For more details, and especially to take particular note of various risk factors surrounding AMC, see the Form 8-K filings made today and previously with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


The focus of this thesis is negotiating a visual arts curriculum with Grade 8 students. The action research study offered me a way to transform and revitalize my classroom practice to counteract the disengagement experienced by many students at this age level. I aimed to provide an example of curriculum negotiation with middle years art students in a western Canadian context. The study was guided by five research questions dealing with implementation, meeting curricular outcomes, increasing student engagement, valuing the artistic experience, and empowering students. Data collection took many forms: questionnaires, interviews, field notes, and a survey. During the study, I implemented three pedagogical action strategies that gradually transferred responsibility and ownership for visual arts learning to the students. The students' artwork provided evidence that curriculum negotiation positively impacts students' valuing of the artistic experience, sustains students' levels of engagement, increases students' sense of empowerment, and positively impacts students' artistry.


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Sabbath and the Art of Rest
Produced by 'The Ezra Klein Show'
Do we know how to truly rest? Who would we be if we did?
I've been wrestling with these questions since I read Abraham Joshua Heschel's stunning book "The Sabbath" in college. The ancient Jewish ritual of the Sabbath reserves a full day per week for rest. As it's commonly practiced, that means about 25 hours every week of no work, very little technology and plenty of in-person gathering.
But the Sabbath is a much more radical approach to rest than a simple respite from work and technology. Implicit in the practice of the Sabbath is a stinging critique of the speed at which we live our lives, the ways we choose to spend our time and how we think about the idea of rest itself. That, at least, is a central argument of Judith Shulevitz's wonderful book, "The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time."
[You can listen to this episode of "The Ezra Klein Show" on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google or wherever you get your podcasts.]
Shulevitz is a longtime culture critic and currently a contributing writer for The Atlantic. Her book isn't just about the Sabbath itself, it's about the world the Sabbath tries to create: one with an entirely different conception of time, morality, rest and community. It's the kind of world that is wholly different from our own, and one whose wisdom is urgently needed.
So, to kick off the new year, I invited Shulevitz on the show to explore what the Sabbath is, the value system embedded within it and what lessons it holds for our lives. I left the conversation feeling awed by how such an ancient practice can feel simultaneously so radical and yet so incredibly urgent.
You can listen to our whole conversation by following "The Ezra Klein Show" on Apple, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts. View a list of book recommendations from our guests here.
(A full transcript of the episode will be available midday on the Times website.)
Credit…Elena Siebert
"The Ezra Klein Show" is produced by Emefa Agawu, Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld, Rogé Karma and Kristin Lin. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, Mary Marge Locker and Kate Sinclair. Original music by Isaac Jones. Mixing by Jeff Geld. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Pat McCusker.
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Anton Lutz (* 19. Februar 1894 in Prambachkirchen; † 2. Mai 1992 in Linz) war ein österreichischer Maler.

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Lutz wurde als dreizehntes Kind von Schulleiter Otto Lutz (* 18. Februar 1843 in Obernberg am Inn) und Antonia Lutz (* 1. April 1855 in Waizenkirchen) geboren. Als sein Vater 1903 starb, übersiedelte die Mutter mit zwölf Kindern in den heutigen Linzer Stadtteil Urfahr. Anton Lutz besuchte bis 1908 die Volksschule in Urfahr und erhielt hier ersten Zeichenunterricht.

Von 1909 bis 1913 besuchte er die kaiserlich königliche (k.k.) Lehrerbildungsanstalt in Linz; im selben Jahr stellte er seine Werke erstmals aus und beteiligte sich gemeinsam mit Franz Brosch, Klemens Brosch, Heinz Bitzan und Franz Sedlacek an der Gründung der Linzer Künstlervereinigung MAERZ.

1914 trat er eine Stelle als Lehrer an, sein Militärdienst (Erster Weltkrieg) endete 1918 und danach war er wiederum bis 1939 als Volksschullehrer tätig. 1922 heiratete er Therese Rieder. Im selben Jahr begann er eine künstlerische Ausbildung in München bei Constantin Gerhardinger und Heinrich Knirr, die 1923 endete. 1926 wurde Tochter Ilse geboren; sie heiratete Karl Leitl und ist die Mutter des österreichischen Politikers Christoph Leitl.

1935 erhielt Lutz seine erste Einzelausstellung. Das Amt des Präsidenten des Oberösterreichischen Kunstvereines bekleidete er von 1934 bis 1938, von 1939 bis 1943 leistete er Kriegsdienst im Zweiten Weltkrieg. 1948 nahm er wieder  das Präsidentenamt an und übte es bis 1963 aus, bis er als Ehrenpräsident in den Vorstand wechselte.

1991 starb seine Frau Therese und im Jahr darauf er selbst.

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Das Frühwerk ist durch Secession und Impressionismus geprägt. Zweiterer bleibt bis Mitte der 1930er Jahre bestimmend. Danach treten Motive des Realismus und der Neuen Sachlichkeit in den Vordergrund. Im Spätwerk (ab 1950) widmete er sich verstärkt der Abstraktion. Lutz thematisierte besonders Phänomene des Lichts und wird deshalb auch "Meister des Lichts" genannt.  Seine Schaffensperiode reichte bis 1988. In dieser Zeit entstand das letzte Ölbild.

Literatur
 Rainer Zimmermann: Expressiver Realismus. Malerei der verschollenen Generation. Hirmer, München 1994, S. 412.
Peter Assmann (Hrsg.) / Franz Smola (Hrsg.): Lichtimpressionen. Der Maler Anton Lutz 1894-1992. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Wien / Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra, 2005

Auszeichnungen

 1924 Geldpreis des Bundesministeriums für Unterricht (1.000.000 Kronen)
 1926 Ehrenpreis des Oberösterreichischen Kunstvereines
 1931 Staatspreis des Bundesministeriums für Unterricht
 1934 Staatspreismedaille
 1952 Preis der Stadt Linz
 1969 Verleihung des Professorentitels durch den Bundespräsidenten
 1974 Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst
 1978 Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse
 1979 Kulturmedaille der Stadt Linz
 1983 Goldenes Ehrenzeichen des Landes Oberösterreich
 1989 Ehrenring der Stadt Linz

Weblinks

 Gesamtverzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Anton Lutz
 Anton Lutz: Bilder von Kallmünz

Einzelnachweise

Maler (Linz)
Träger des österreichischen Ehrenkreuzes für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse
Träger des Goldenen Ehrenzeichens des Landes Oberösterreich
Ehrenringträger der Stadt Linz
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resource (n.)
1610s, "any means of supplying a want or deficiency," from French resourse "a source, a spring," noun use of fem. past participle of Old French resourdre "to rally, raise again," from Latin resurgere "rise again" (see resurgent).
The meaning "possibility of aid or assistance" (often with a negative) is by 1690s; the meaning "expedient, device, shift" also is from 1690s. Resources as "a country's wealth, means of raising money and supplies" is recorded by 1779. A library resource center was so called by 1968.
resource (v.)
"supply with resources," 1975, from resource (n.). Related: Resourced; resourcing.
resourceful (adj.)
1807, "shifty, fertile in expedient," from resource (n.) + -ful. By 1847 as "rich or abounding in resources." Related: Resourcefully; resourcefulness. Resourceless is from 1787.
by 1990, initialism (acronym) from uniform resource locator.
pis aller (n.)
"last resource, what one would do at the worst," 1670s, French, literally "to go worse," from pis "worse," from Latin peius, neuter of peior "worse" (see pejorative) + aller "to go" (see alley (n.1)).
resort (v.)
c. 1400, resorten, "advance, proceed; come or go; return (to a subject or topic); go to (someone) for aid, turn to for protection, mercy, etc.," from Old French resortir "recourse, appeal" (Modern French ressortir), from resort "resource, a help, an aid" (see resort (n.)). Related: Resorted; resorting.
sustainability (n.)
1907, in reference to a legal objection, from sustainable + -ity. General sense (in economics, agriculture, ecology) by 1972.
Sustainability is defined as a requirement of our generation to manage the resource base such that the average quality of life that we ensure ourselves can potentially be shared by all future generations. ... Development is sustainable if it involves a non-decreasing average quality of life. [Geir B. Asheim, "Sustainability," The World Bank, 1994]
resort (n.)
late 14c., "that to which one has recourse for aid or assistance, source of comfort and solace," from Old French resort "resource, a help, an aid, a remedy," back-formation from resortir "to resort," literally "to go out again," from re- "again" (see re-) + sortir "go out" (see sortie).
The meaning "place people go for recreation" is recorded by 1754. Phrase in the last resort "ultimately" (1670s) translates French en dernier ressort, originally a last court of legal appeals.
expedient (adj.)
late 14c., "advantageous, fit, proper to a purpose," from Old French expedient "useful, beneficial" (14c.) or directly from Latin expedientem (nominative expediens) "beneficial," present participle of expedire "make fit or ready, prepare" (see expedite). The noun meaning "a device adopted in an exigency, that which serves to advance a desired result" is from 1650s. Related: Expediential; expedientially (both 19c.).
Expedient, contrivance, and device indicate artificial means of escape from difficulty or embarrassment; resource indicates natural means or something possessed; resort and shift may indicate either. [Century Dictionary]
loose cannon (n.)
in the figurative sense "wildly irresponsible person, potent person or thing freed from usual restraint," by 1896; in the literal sense an object of dread on old warships; the figurative use probably arose from a celebrated scene in a popular late novel by Victor Hugo:
You can reason with a bull dog, astonish a bull, fascinate a boa, frighten a tiger, soften a lion; no resource with such a monster as a loose cannon. You cannot kill it, it is dead; and at the same time it lives. It lives with a sinister life which comes from the infinite. It is moved by the ship, which is moved by the sea, which is moved by the wind. This exterminator is a plaything. [Victor Hugo, "Ninety Three," 1874]


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Baby shower favors are customary for the host to provide to guests to thank them for taking part in the planned celebration. Taking time to attend and celebrate with friends and family can be more difficult for some, but showing gratitude for this effort and giving everyone something to remember the occasion by is always a good idea.
A ton of money needn't be spend on baby shower favors. There are several options for homemade baby shower favors or very inexpensive options. The cost and extravagance is not what's important – it simply needs to be something which commemorates the occasion.
Several retail and online stores specialize in such items, and can even be coordinated with many different baby shower themes. You may use a variety or sole items such as candles, candies, photo frames, magnets, writing utensils with an inscription of the coming baby's name, home bath and spa products, or even seed packets. Yellow rubber duckies are always a classic favorite, as well as bottle-shaped or appropriately colored baby shower favors.
More formal baby showers may in fact call for a more extravagant choice in baby shower favours. Upscale items commonly used at these types of parties include silver tea spoons tied with a ribbon, coffee scoops, fine chocolate candy, and candles set inside a crystal bootie. These are also usually wrapped in baby shower themed bags and boxes for a great presentation on the table.
Baby shower favours can cost anywhere from $1 to several dollars a piece. This is why the hosts' budget for the event is so important – the tone and type of baby shower to be held will largely determine the most appropriate choice in favors for the guests. A more formal event will require a larger budget for this item, which may mean that costs need to be cut elsewhere.
The larger the party, the more expensive the baby shower favors become, too. Every person that attends will need to leave with one, so make sure you order and purchase plenty for unexpected arrivals who failed to RSVP.
Also take in to account the types of guests you're inviting. Varying ages, marital statuses, mothers and non-mothers will require a more general baby shower favor that all of these types will find appealing and useful. If you're holding a co-ed or couples shower, this will require some added thought to make the favor a fun item for the men, too.
If the party is planned well in advance, you can keep your eyes open for sale and clearance baby shower favors at local supply or online stores. This can also be something that you shop for before ever setting the date; simply ask the mother for input, or what type of theme and colors she'll want to see included. Of course, at this time you'll have no idea how many guests will attend.
If your favors are more specific, a time period to shop for them is 4 to 6 weeks before the party. Also, keep your receipts in the case that you need to return more expensive favors.


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Q: iptables Port Forwarding — no service with the port I have setup a network as in the image below:

Firewall (FW) running CentOS 6 has two physical interfaces with subinterfaces:
eth0:2 — 10.100.1.78/25
eth0:3 — 10.100.1.79/25
eth3 — 192.168.0.21/24
eth3:1 — 192.168.1.21/24
The task is to forward packets from Host C to either Host A or Host B on port 990. There is no router in the network and hosts don't see each other.
My solution:
Host C needs to connect to Host A.
Host C sends a packet destined to FW (10.100.1.79, eth0:3) on port 990.
FW receives it on eth0:3 and forwards it to Host A (192.168.0.21) with the same port 990
iptables is empty and ACCEPT all policy is set, thus no packet is blocked. Here are the NAT rules:
iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -d 10.100.1.79 --dport 990 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.21:990
iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -d 192.168.0.21 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 990 -j SNAT --to-source 10.100.1.79
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -i eth0:3 -d 192.168.0.22 --dport 990 -j ACCEPT

There is no service listening on port 990 on FW
PORT      STATE SERVICE
22/tcp    open  ssh
23/tcp    open  telnet
25/tcp    open  smtp
111/tcp   open  rpcbind
631/tcp   open  ipp
10000/tcp open  snet-sensor-mgmt

Here is the ip route:
10.100.1.0/25 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.100.1.76
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth3  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.21
192.168.0.0/24 dev eth3  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.21

When I try telnet localhost 990, the following message appears:
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused

How can I accomplish the initial task? Do I have to have a service:990 running in order to forward packets?

A: Try changing this from 21 to 22.
iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -d 10.100.1.79 --dport 990 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.22:990

And dropping the:
iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -d 192.168.0.21 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 990 -j SNAT --to-source 10.100.1.79

I'll explain if it solves the problem.