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Clark's Fine Art's March 10 auction showcases artworks from Rona Barrett collection, other distinguished West Coast collections and estatesFebruary 28th, 2012 by admin
Veteran celebrity journalist Barrett to donate proceeds to foundation benefiting seniors
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. – The southern California auction house Clark's Fine Art is preparing its spacious gallery for a March 10 sale filled with beautiful artworks, quality furniture and decorative art. The 310-lot sale features several important West Coast consignments, including artworks from the collection of trailblazing entertainment columnist Rona Barrett. Proceeds from the sale of the Barrett collection will benefit The Rona Barrett Foundation, which provides assistance to seniors in need.
Additionally, the auction includes highly collectible drawings from the Diane and Sandy Besser collection; and desirable contemporary prints from the Irv Wiener collection. Furniture, paintings and decorative art objects have come directly from the Estate of Harold Berkowitz and the Estate of Guy McElwaine, who was chairman and CEO of Columbia Pictures during the 1980s.
The caliber of fine art to be offered sets the tone for the entire sale. The selection is led by a Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French/Swiss, 1859-1923) lithographed color poster, artist-signed and dated 1896. Titled La Rue: Affiches Charles Verneau, the vividly colored impression depicts a bustling street scene populated with a cross-section of French society. Bright and lively, the massive six-panel Art Nouveau poster measures 90½ by 116¼ inches and is expected to make $50,000-$70,000.
Other 19th-century paintings to be auctioned include an Alexandre-Marie Colin (French, 1798-1873) oil on canvas titled Man and Woman by the Shoreline, est. $6,000-$9,000; and Hugh Bolton Jones' (American, 1848-1927) Farmers Tilling the Fields, a 30 by 50-inch oil on canvas that could harvest a winning bid of $4,000-$6,000. Boy with Dog, a 19th-century Continental school oil on canvas, measures 40 by 30 inches and is estimated at $2,000-$4,000. All three artworks are from the Estate of Guy McElwaine.
An outstanding 1837 British painting, after 17th-century artist Aelbert Cuyp, is Jacob Thompson's (1806-1879) River Landscape with Horsemen and Peasants. A signed work, it is estimated at $20,000-$30,000. Peasant Girl in Field, a 1917 oil on canvas by the Polish artist Antoni Piotrowski (1953-1924), is signed and dated both at lower right and on verso. Its estimate is $5,000-$10,000.
The distinctive grace of the hand of Vietnamese artist Le Pho (1907-2001) is seen in his signed Flower Still Life, a tranquil 28¾ by 21¼-inch work that the consignor acquired from the Wally Findlay Gallery in Beverly Hills. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.
California artists are well represented in the sale. A monumental painted and welded-steel sculpture by Guy Dill (b. 1946-) could realize $15,000-$25,000; while Charles Arnoldi's (b. 1946-) acrylic painting on chain-sawed multilayered plywood, titled Untouchable, is entered in the sale with a $7,000-$9,000 estimate. A 48-inch-square untitled mixed media on canvas by Mary Ann Corse (b. 1945-) was acquired directly from the artist, whose abstract works have been shown at the Guggenheim and Whitney Museum of American Art. It carries an estimate of $5,000-$7,000.
Other American artists include visualist and sculptor Robert Longo (b. 1953-), whose 1989 End of Season – a mixed media work numbered 9/11 on the artist's label on verso – carries an $8,000-$12,000 estimate. The Longo comes from the Irv Wiener collection, as does a selection of prints by Louise Nevelson, Terry Winters, Carroll Dunham, Barbara Bloom and Helen Frankenthaler. The art selection continues with an Edward Curtis (1868-1952) platinum photograph titled Standing Woman in Dress and drawings by John Sloan and David Burliuk (Russian, 1882-1967).
A Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941-) blue and gold work of acrylic and metallic paint on paper is framed with glass, reflecting the medium for which the Seattle-based artist is so widely acclaimed. It is estimated at $2,000-$3,000.
A beautiful array of Reuge music boxes will be auctioned, with estimates ranging from $200-$400 for an inlaid marquetry box that plays four songs to $1,000-$2,000 for a singing automaton bird box with oval pop-up. Also by Reuge, a musical erotic pocket watch, Louis XVI style, has a 15-inch gold chain and colored stone inlays and key. Estimate: $2,000-$4,000.
Interior furnishings include a dining set, sideboard, mahogany cheval mirror and a sparkling leaded-crystal chandelier with 20 lamps, estimated at $2,000-$4,000. In addition, the auction features Chinese porcelains, sterling silver wares, an antique carousel horse, and a collection of letters Charles Manson wrote to his attorney, Irving Kanarek, during the infamous Helter Skelter trial.
Clark's Fine Art welcomes all forms of bidding for its March 10 auction, including live at the gallery, absentee, by phone, or live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.com. The gallery is located at 14931 Califa St., Space A, Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), CA 91411. The auction will begin at noon Pacific Time. Preview 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, March 5 through Friday, March 9, and from 10 a.m. till noon on auction day.
For additional information on any lot in the sale, call 818-783-3052 or e-mail email@example.com. View the fully illustrated catalog online at www.LiveAuctioneers.com. Visit Clark's website at www.estateauctionservice.com.
Sotheby's London – The Collection of Giovanni and Gabriella BarillaJanuary 27th, 2012 by admin
From their Geneva residence, the collection of Giovanni and Gabriella Barilla, descendants of the famous dynasty of pasta makers, encompasses pieces for both the passionate and composed collector. Among one of the most important European collections of German and Italian porcelain, early Meissen by Böttger, Baroque commedia dell'arte figures by Kändler, and rare models and harlequins from the Wiessenfels group, mix happily with exceptional and very rare Capodimonte pieces, Buen Retiro, Vezzi and Fabrica Ferdinandea, Napoli groups and figures – altogether encapsulating the vibrance of 'carnival'. Together with colourful Maiolica, Faenza and Della Robbia, these compliment and enrich the collection of elegant 18th century Venetian furniture and paintings, drawings, silver, works of art, books and 15th century manuscripts.
Rago Arts and Auction Center – Discovery AuctionDecember 29th, 2011 by admin
Fri., Jan. 13 @ 11am:
Discovery Day One / Early 20th C. &
Estates Goods
Sat., Jan. 14 @ 11am:
Discovery Day Two /
20th C. Modern
Jan. 7-11, noon-5pm
Jan. 12, noon-7pm
Open Jan. 13/14 @ 9am
Sotheby's New York – Property from the Collection of Dodie RosekransDecember 2nd, 2011 by admin
Additional property from the Collection of Dodie Rosekrans will be offered in the following sales:
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Contemporary Art Day Sale
Old Master Paintings
Old Master Drawings
Egyptian, Classical, and Western Asiatic Antiquities
This December Sotheby's will offer Property from the Collection of Dodie Rosekrans. A celebrated philanthropist, style icon and patron of both fine and decorative arts, Dodie Rosekrans was known internationally both for her sense of adventure and unfailingly generous spirit. A trailblazer and trendsetter in fashion, the arts and society, she made a name for herself in each of the cities in which she lived with her late husband John Rosekrans: San Francisco – where she was born to Michael Naify, founder of the movie chain that became United Artists – Paris and Venice. Mr and Mrs Rosekrans's charitable contributions were numerous, highlighted by their efforts to support the museums of San Francisco and Paris, the latter of which earned Mrs Rosekrans France's Légion d'Honneur.
Quinn's Dec. 10 auction spans Old Masters to modern art, with a premier selection of French paintings as its centerpieceNovember 22nd, 2011 by admin
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Some of Washington DC's most elegant homes were the sources for Quinn's Auction Galleries' upcoming sale of international fine and decorative art, with an afternoon session dedicated to Asian art and antiquities. The Dec. 10 event includes 750 lots led by a selection of French paintings whose overall quality surpasses that of any seen in previous Quinn's auctions.
"We're particularly excited about the French paintings in this sale, especially the oil-on-canvas harvest scene by Leon Augustin L'hermitte, which is expected to make $100,000 to $150,000," said Quinn's Executive Vice President Matthew Quinn. According to the consignor's family records, the 32 by 38-inch artwork by L'hermitte (French, 1844-1925) was purchased from New York art dealers in the 1930s for a mere $200.
"Only recently, a L'hermitte of similar size and subject matter sold for $278,000 at Sotheby's, so we feel the one in our sale could very well bring a similar amount," said Quinn.
An excellent watercolor and pencil on paper laid to board painting by Eugene Boudin (French, 1824-1898) is initialed by the artist and dated "66." The 5½ by 10 1/8 inch work is a classic scene of women at the beach with parasols and is titled Sur La Plage (On the Beach). Purchased at Sotheby's in 1984 for $16,000, it is now estimated at $20,000-$30,000.
An exceptional Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) aquatinted lithograph, Tete de Femme, pencil-signed and numbered "2/125," was created in 1930. With a 2005 auction price of $11,400 as a comparable, it is entered in Quinn's sale with an estimate of $8,000-$12,000.
Old Masters are a fitting complement to the French artworks in the sale and include a painting by the accomplished Dutch artist Abraham Hendricksz van Beyeren (1620-1690), whose works have sold in the past for as much as $100,000. On Dec. 10, Quinn's will offer an especially nice van Beyeren oil-on-panel still life that depicts ripe peaches and plump bunches of grapes in a beautifully detailed silver taza. The artist-monogrammed work was executed circa 1675-1676 and measures 24 by 19¾ inches (framed). The painting comes to the auction block from a London art dealer and has been conservatively estimated at $25,000-$35,000.
A signed and dated 1670 oil-on-panel painting by Jan van Hutchenberg (Dutch, 1647-1733) depicts a hunting party at rest in the Roman Campagna. Consigned by the same London art dealer as the van Beyeren, the 13- by 16-inch picture titled An Elegant Company Making Merry near Classical Ruins is expected to bring $12,000-$16,000.
Another noteworthy painting is a Eugene Claude oil on canvas, approximately 30 by 50 inches, that Quinn says "has all the elements for which the artist is known." This particular painting incorporates asparagus, beets, pomegranates, a rabbit and chicken. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.
Three Rembrandt (Dutch, 1606-1669) etchings are entered in the auction, including a 1633 first-state etching of Ship of Fortune. First-state examples of this particular etching are very rare, according to Quinn. "To our knowledge, this is probably only the third one to emerge in the last 25 years," he said. Measuring 4½ by 7 1/8 inches, it carries an estimate of $13,000-$15,000.
The two other Rembrandt etchings to be auctioned include The Omval, second state, 1645, estimated at $8,000-$10,000; and The Raising of Lazarus, undetermined state, 1631-32, with an estimate of $2,000-$4,000.
The Saturday morning session features a broad range of classic art, from 17th-century Old Masters to late-19th-Century Impressionist works, but collectors of modern works will not be left out. The array of desirable modern paintings awaiting bidders includes such highlights as Montana artist Theodore Waddell's (b. 1941-) 72-inch-square oil-on-canvas still life titled Blackfoot Horses, est. $8,000-$12,000; an autumnal oil-on-canvas landscape by Brown County, Indiana artist Derk Smit (1889-1985), est. $3,000-$5,000; plus one other work by Smit.
In addition to art, Quinn's will offer 40+ lots of American, English and European silver; as well as decorative art, including an estate collection of Rookwood pottery. The majority has come direct from private residences in the DC area. A furniture highlight is a circa-1860 to 1870 American carved oak Renaissance Revival hunt board of unusual design. Its cabinets are carved with high-relief depictions of fish and fowl, and its top has a carved anthemion crest flanked by scrolling acanthus over a carved deer-head trophy mount with real antlers. An impressive piece, it is estimated at $3,000-$5,000.
The afternoon session commencing at 3 p.m. is devoted exclusively to Asian decorative art and includes a fine selection of 200+ snuff bottles. Nineteen of the bottles have provenance from The Estate of Edmund F. Dwyer, and were part of the collection sold on Oct. 12, 1987 at Christie's. A choice example from the assortment in Quinn's sale displays an opalescent snowstorm ground with red glass overlay carved with a continuous river scene and figures. Dating from sometime between 1750 and 1820, the bottle is estimated at $3,000-$4,000.
Additionally, the Asian session includes Chinese scrolls, beautifully carved jade pieces and other sought-after 18th- to 20th-century Chinese decorative artworks from DC and Baltimore-area estates.
Quinn's Dec. 10 auction sessions will commence at 11 a.m. (International Fine & Decorative Art) and 3 p.m. (Asian Art & Antiquities). The gallery is located at 431 N. Maple Ave., Falls Church, VA 22046. For additional information, call Matthew Quinn at 703-532-5632 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit Quinn's online at www.quinnsauction.com.
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. to Hold Two-Day Winter Catalogue Auction on December 2nd and 3rd.November 18th, 2011 by admin
Over 1000 lots of fine art, silver, estate jewelry, furniture and fine wine to be offered at LLAES, Ltd.'s Two-Day Winter Catalogue Auction. Fine Wine to be sold Friday December 2nd at 5:30 PM, The Personal Collection of Joseph D. Rowand to be sold Friday, December 2nd at 7 PM, and Fine & Decorative Arts to be sold Saturday, December 3rd at 9 AM.
Following on the heels of two consecutive million dollar sales, LLAES, Ltd. is proud to announce their last catalogue sale of the year. Leland Little states, "This sale promises to maintain the momentum that has been generated at our previous two catalogue auctions." The sale will feature the personal collection of Joseph D. Rowand, founder of Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, the largest collection of rare and fine wine to date, and a quality collection of fine and decorative arts. This event will be held at the firm's newly expanded state-of-the-art auction gallery in Hillsborough, NC. Little elaborates, "We are pleased to announce the completion and use of our 5,500 square foot extension which offers an additional 2,000 square feet of gallery display combined with the largest walk in wine cooler in the Southeast." Floor, absentee, telephone, and live online bidding through Live Auctioneers will be available both days.
The two day schedule will begin on Friday, December 2nd with an Hors D'oeuvre and Wine Reception for floor bidders. The Rare and Fine Wine Auction will begin promptly at 5:30 PM. Particular lots of note include: nine bottles of vintage 1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild (est. $21,000-$26,000), twelve bottles of vintage 1986 Chateau Lafite Rothschild (est. $27,500-$32,000), and two bottles of vintage 1985 Montrachet (est. $4,500-$6,500). These lots have all been removed from the subterranean wine cellar of an avid collector.
Following the same evening at 7PM, LLAES, Ltd. will offer the personal collection of Joseph D. Rowand, founder of Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC. 164 lots will be offered at this second session. There are no pre-sale estimates for this session as it constitutes an estate collection with all items to be sold to the highest bidder. Lots of interest include the Catalogue cover lot, an oil on canvas by Maud Gatewood, entitled, "Green Shade," which is one of twelve works offered by the famed Gatewood. Other lots of note include an oil on canvas by Claude Howell (NC, 1915-1977) entitled, "Boy with Watermelon," a ceramic sculpture entitled, "Two Figures," by Mark Chatterley, a Saarinan "Tulip" Table and a pair of chairs, and an oil on canvas by John Beerman (NC) entitled, "Seven Lombardi Poplars…"
On Saturday, December 3rd at 9AM, over 700 lots of fine and decorative arts will be offered. This session features multi-estate national and international level collections, beginning with 106 fresh to the market Asian Art offerings. Lots to watch include a pair of Chinese Famille Rose Lidded Bowls with a mark for Qianlong (est. $800-$1,200), a Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Pear Form Vase with a six character mark for Tongzhi reign (est. $800-$1,200), and a Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Elephant (est. $2,000-$4,000).
American Art offerings will be a highlight of the sale. An acrylic on canvas by Rafael Cauduro, who is considered to be among the finest muralists and artists currently living and working in Mexico, entitled, "My Grandfather" (est. $6,000-$9,000) will generate excitement. Other strong lots include an oil on canvas by Anthony Thieme (MA, 1888-1954), entitled, "Pigeon Cove" (est. $6,000-$8,000), a mixed media on board signed and dated "Dale Nichols 1947," entitled "Red Barn in Snow" (est. $2,000-$4,000), a drypoint on heavy wove paper by Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) signed and entitled "Kleine Welten XII" (est. $8,000-$12,000), and a still life oil on canvas by Thomas Wightman, Charleston, SC (est. $3,000-$5,000).
American Furniture will be led by a New York Renaissance Revival Bedroom Suite, circa 1870s with elaborate relief carving as well as incised and pierced details (est. $10,000-$20,000), a Philadelphia Tall Post Tester Bed, circa 1820-30 (est. $8,000-$12,000), and a Pennsylvania Paint Decorated Dower Chest, 18th century (est. $4,000-$8,000). Other fine lots include an American Classical Breakfront, second quarter 19th century (est. $4,000-$8,000) and a New York Federal Drop Leaf Parlor Table, circa 1810-30 (est. $3,000-$5,000). A Continental offering of note is a Pair of Regency Inlaid Card Tables, circa 1810 (est. $3,000-$5,000).
Fine Jewelry offerings include 71 extremely strong lots that are sure to generate animated bidding. An Impressive 9.90 carat Platinum and Diamond ring centering on one emerald cut diamond (est. $80,000-$100,000) will certainly be a lot to watch. Other one of a kind pieces include a Diamond Line Bracelet comprised of 33 round brilliant cut diamonds (est. $10,000-$20,000), an Art Deco Platinum and Diamond Bracelet (est. $2,500-$5,500), an 18KT Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise Toucan Brooch (est. $1,500-$2,500), an 18KT Gold and Diamond Cartier Brooch (est. $1,000-$3,000), and an 18KT Diamond En Tremblant Brooch, Hammerman Bros. (est. $1,000-$2,000).
Fine Silver offerings, both American and Continental, will excite and satisfy silver buyers. American offerings will be led by a Gorham "Maintenon" Sterling Tea & Coffee Service (est. $10,000-$12,000) and Hector Aguilar "Aztec" Silver & Rosewood Flatware, circa 1940-1950 (est. $6,000-$9,000). Continental Silver lots of note include a Georg Jensen "Pyramid" Sterling Flatware Service for eight (est. $5,000-$7,000), a Pair of Georgian Silver Salvers bearing the date letter for 1798 (est. $1,000-$3,000), and a Russian Silver Vodka Bucket, circa 1908 (est. $800-$1,200).
Rounding out the sale will be ten lots of fine musical instruments from an Eastern North Carolina Private Collection, led by a 1958 Gibson Les Paul Jr. Electric Guitar, 3/4 Size (est. $3,000-$5,000), sixteen lots of sculpture in various mediums, led by a cold painted gilt bronze by Pierre Le Faguays (est. $1,000-$3,000), and a 1977 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith III four door sedan (est. $10,000-$15,000).
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd.'s Spring Catalogue Auction will be held in March of 2012. LLAES, Ltd. is always seeking quality consignments, whether it be an entire estate or a significant item. If you would like to discuss selling please call at 919-644-1243 or email at email@example.com. To learn more about Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. please visit their new website at www.LLAUCTIONS.com.
Millea Bros. – Fall Estates Auctions at the Morristown ArmoryNovember 17th, 2011 by admin
Sotheby's London – Important Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & ClocksNovember 15th, 2011 by admin
On December 6th Sotheby's will offer a sale of Important English and Continental Furniture, silver, ceramics and clocks.
The sale will include fine pieces from the late 17th to 19th centuries, many from distinguished collections which have not been on the market for many years.
For further information please contact one of our specialists on +44 (0)207 293 6441.
Sotheby's Paris – Un Intérieur Parisien des Années 30November 4th, 2011 by admin
This 20th Century Design auction contains a series of pre-war masterpieces that have not appeared on the market — in recent times, or ever — showing the strength of this collecting area at Sotheby's. An inventory of the sale reads like a celebration of the greatest names in this period: a unique bar by Eckart Muthesius, together with a rare black lacquer and brown leather Eileen Gray armchair, both created for the Maharaja of Indore, a copper and tubular metal occasional table given by Eileen Gray to the mother of the current owner, a Marcel Coard cabinet bought 30 years ago, a unique Eugène Printz dining table, and a whole room lacquered boiserie by Jean Dunand.
The post-war section is similarly important with many European movements represented, including pieces by Josef Hoffmann, Grete Jalk, Franco Albini, and Franz von Stuck. There is particular emphasis on the French decorative arts, with works by Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Guy de Rougemont, Jean Dunand, Maria Pergay, Line Vautrin, and Francois Xavier Lalanne.


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So I did go ahead and make Gigot de Sept Heures out of Saveur this Saturday... though I was slightly more responsible than I thought I would be, ripping some old CD's that had been sitting by my computer for weeks instead of just playing video games for seven hours. I don't really have a lot to say about it though... it's fairly simple, but not cheap:
So probably better for special occasions, but whatever.
The one criticism I have for the recipe is that you don't make a sauce from the juices... which seems like a shame after 7 hours of cooking. Since it cooks for 3-3.5 hours uncovered at the end, there isn't even enough liquid left over to make a sauce if you wanted to, which seems like a weakness in the method.
But you definitely end up with fall apart tender meat, and some tasty beans. So overall I thought it was good and worth it... a perfect Sunday Dinner dish when you want to stay around the house and not be too burdened by cooking while still getting an amazing dish at the end. I basted every 30 minutes and that seemed plenty.

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A disciplinary commission in its latest recommendation is all but ridiculing Circuit Judge Scott DuPont's claim that he is fit to continue serving as a judge in Flagler and Putnam counties.
A devastating 21-page opinion by the commission issued Wednesday, the latest salvo in a back-and-forth between it and DuPont since allegations of misconduct by the judge emerged a year and a half ago, uses words like "outrageous," "disturbing," "scurrilous," "beyond reckless," "will not follow the law," "unfit," and all but calls him a liar.
"Combining the election violations with the other judicial misconduct findings, this Court has no alternative but to conclude Judge DuPont is presently unfit to continue service on the Court," the commission found, ratcheting up language it had used previously to signal that DuPont's days on the bench, in its view, should be over.
After a year-long investigation, the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission in February recommended in an extraordinary finding that Circuit Judge Scott DuPont should be removed from the bench. DuPont was elected in 2010 and was then serving as a civil court judge, dividing his time between Flagler and Putnam counties.
The findings against DuPont pointed to a history of heavy-handedness, abuses of power and misconduct on the campaign trail.
Soon after the recommendation was issued, Raul Zambrano, chief judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which includes Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia, ordered DuPont to clear out of both courthouses pending the resolution of the case. While DuPont has been focused on his defense, his case has caused ripples of disruptions through the ranks of the circuit's judges, causing a significant reshuffling of judges' assignments.
The Judicial Qualifications Commission is a constitutionally mandated, independent investigatory and disciplinary agency separate from the court system. But it only investigates judges' misconduct. It's ultimately up to the state Supreme Court to decide whether to implement the commission's recommendations. It usually does so. The commission rarely recommends removal. A judge facing such a recommendation even more rarely lets it get to that point, or to within striking distance of the Supreme Court's gavel, preferring to resign rather than face what, absent unusual reversals, would be an ignominious and very public judgement by the state's highest court.
DuPont is choosing to fight on, as is his right. While the commission's findings were preceded by an elaborate process that included a lengthy, trial-like hearing where witnesses testified on both sides of the case, the process since affords DuPont the right of reply—and the commission the right to reply to DuPont's reply.
DuPont's response on March 21 was a 40-page self-exoneration that cited allegations for which he was found not guilty and other allegations that, while sustained, contrasted with the testimonies of numerous people—judges, clerks of court, law enforcement officers—who in DuPont's view spoke glowingly about his service, his work ethic, his command of the law and his conduct in court. "Given the undisputed fact that the only testimony regarding his present fitness to remain in office has been uniformly and overwhelmingly positive," his response asserted through Rutledge Riles and Lisa Gavin, his attorneys, "we request that this Court allow him to continue to serve the Seventh Judicial Circuit."
The Judicial Qualification Commission's response at times reads like a sneer at DuPont's claim that glowing testimony on his behalf was either "uniformly" positive or "undisputed."
The response acknowledges that the commission "failed to produce a single witness who testified that Judge DuPont is presently unfit to hold office." But the commission retorted that it proved that DuPont "abused his position and showed himself to be unfit" through the variety of acts found inappropriate over the course of the case, whether it was "ordering money taken from litigants unlawfully; intentionally violating judicial campaign rules in a way that caused permanent harm to private citizens; prioritizing campaigning for reelection over lawful performance of his duties; and announcing to the public that he would ignore his judicial oath."
The response then calls DuPont a liar, albeit in more decorous language: "Furthermore, Judge DuPont's testimony to the FJQC was, at times, not worthy of belief," concluding that the commission "findings, the law, and the expectations of the public mandate that he is presently unfit to serve."
The response underscores DuPont's untruthfulness in his own response in March, when the judge claimed the character witnesses who spoke on his behalf gave "unqualified" opinions about him. That was not the case. The opinions were "tempered with concerns about his conduct in the present case," the commission wrote.
The commission's response then again goes through the charges it had found to be valid causes for removing DuPont, starting with his explicit statements during a televised campaign forum that he would refuse to find statutes unconstitutional because "it's not my job to legislate from the bench." Aside from clearly misunderstanding the role of a judge—confusing the interpretation and application of law, which is the responsibility of a judge, with the creation of law, which is not—the statement was in violation of judicial rules, announcing his pre-determined decision that he would not decide certain cases.
He had also conducted bond hearings outside the presence of defendants' counsel, knowingly spread "false and misleading campaign information," ordered a bailiff to seize a litigant's money during a hearing.
The qualifications commission's response then lists in a series of six bullet points the judge's qualities it had previously acknowledged: hard-working, generous with his time, "extraordinarily efficient," interested in children, originator of a truancy court in Putnam and helpful to litigants who represented themselves. But the short list appears as a set-up to a longer list of nine bullet points—more bullets than points—intended to refute the claim that one set of qualities excuses another set of flaws.
He had, the commission found, in its words,
- executed a document attesting to his familiarity with the Judicial Canons;
• attended the JEAC Forum for judicial candidates where the rules of campaign behavior were outlined in painstaking detail, and ignored those instructions;
• ignored the warnings of colleague Circuit Judge Howard McGillin;
• ignored the warnings of colleague Circuit Judge Matthew Foxman;
• repeated scurrilous attacks on his opponent and family by allowing his website to remain in public view for an extended period of time; repeated scurrilous attacks in the televised campaign forum;
• repeated scurrilous attacks in a questionnaire submitted to the League of Women Voters;
• ignored the directions of his campaign manager not to publish any material that had not been vetted; and
• refused to execute a "hold harmless" agreement to protect his campaign manager from liability for his behavior.
Then came characterizations harsher than any the commission had used so far: "The FJQC recommended removal and to argue otherwise defies logic, evidence, and the law. The record conclusively shows that Judge DuPont will not follow rules; will not follow the law; will not abide by his oath; and will not heed the advice of those whom he can, and should, trust."
The Judicial Qualifications Commission's Reply to DuPont:


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We are extremely proud of the Academic department at Daniels Academy. We are an accredited High School that is specifically designed to meet the needs of students with a learning disability of pervasive social challenges, including, but not limited to those with the diagnosis of:
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
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Each student has an individualized plan in meeting their academic needs. This individualized approach, along with year round schooling, makes it possible for students to recover credits if needed. With a strong focus on executive skills and personal mentorship, the academy strives to help students learn to manage thoughts and behaviors related to each young man's learning disability that have previously interfered with success in school.
We believe that one of our main purposes is to help our students find and develop their strengths and interests. Some of our students have experienced failures in their past school experiences. Because of their learning disability, they often come to our school with anxiety and are afraid they will fail again. We have highly trained teachers and academic support staff that know how to individualize the curriculum for each student, challenge each student, and then offer enough support for our students to experience success.
We are interested in our students experiencing deeper learning, not just memorizing for tests and forgetting information the following year. Our students are often visual learners and we tailor our classes to accommodate all learning styles. Our class size usually ranges from five to ten students. Daniels Academy offers all classes that a student needs to graduate from High School in Utah.
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At Daniels Academy we have chosen to build curriculum and learning around four pillars that we as a staff feel are vital to our student's growth. We offer academics that are tailored toward individuals with learning disabilities and differences such as Nonverbal Learning Disorder, ADHD, and Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Social Learning:
At Daniels Academy we believe that for our students to be successful both in their work and their personal relationships they must learn to collaborate and interact with others in a thoughtful and respectful way. In our school we spend time on many activities to build these skills. Some of our learning takes place in the context of a classroom discussion. Students are expected to listen to other's perspectives and give their own in a thoughtful and respectful manner. Teachers are well-versed in creating social norms in the classroom that are explicit.
When things happen that are outside the expected norms we find perfect teachable moments to inject social skills. We also have norms for small group work and project work. Traditionally this type of work has been difficult for our students. We believe that whatever time we take to teach collaboration is time well spent.
We have group therapy sessions during the school day where we also address social learning and discuss how things are going socially and talk about new skill sets to improve their social relationships. We give out an award each week for our student who showed "random acts of kindness", as well as our student who was a "good friend to other students". We place heavy emphasis on social learning in our school, making it a priority every day.
Emotional Regulation:
In our school, we try to create an atmosphere that is comfortable both physically and emotionally for our students. If a student is feeling over-stimulated by the sounds of project building in their class, we try to recognize this before it becomes problematic. We work with the students in their advisory sessions and in group therapy to teach them ways to effectively advocate when they feel their emotions are beginning to run high, and they are not comfortable in the setting they are in. This is incredibly valuable for students with learning differences like Autistic Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and Nonverbal Learning Disorder.
Each teacher works with an average of 10 students in a class assisted by an academic coach who helps support the learning environment and process. If one of the students is having a hard day it is not unusual for an academic coach to take that student for a walk outside and try to problem-solve or just have some quiet regrouping time so that they can return to class in a more positive space.
Sometimes students will find themselves in a conflict with another student in the classroom. We use a restorative justice curriculum to talk through these conflicts in private and find solutions relative to the conflict at hand. We find that most of the time the conflicts between our students come from misunderstandings in their communications and the restorative justice circle gives them a venue to clarify the meanings of their words and an opportunity to repair hurt feelings.
Executive Functioning:
We try to create scaffolding in our academic program that will enable our students to be successful in their classes. Each student has an academic advisor they meet with on a weekly basis. They bring to their advisor a form, which they have circulated to all their teachers. On this form will be information about how they are currently performing in each class. With their academic advisor they will celebrate their successes and create goals for the areas in which they need improvements.
Our goal is to have our students find effective ways to organize themselves and their schoolwork that will transfer into their next educational setting. We work with students on discovering what works best for them to keep up with their assignments. We have small tasks for them each day: bringing their backpack home and back to school each day; arriving at the school prepared with writing tools and paper and whatever else is needed for their classes. We are constantly working to find new and creative solutions that are individualized to each student's needs.
Daily Living Skills:
Although much of the work on Life Skills takes place in the residential setting we also focus on Life Skills Development in the school. Each day our students are expected to have some type of a physical workout during the school day. The students walk to the local gym and have a number of different options to get some movement and recharge for the rest of the day. This facilitates the practice of self-care for our Autistic Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and Nonverbal Learning Disorder (among other differences) students.
We believe this healthy life skill is one that can benefit them throughout their life. We offer Health classes to address some of the Life Skills that we feel our students can benefit from in creating a healthy lifestyle. Our students are expected to arrive at school clean, and dressed appropriately. Every Friday we have an academic field trip.
We attend museums, businesses, non-profit organizations, and all types of community venues that can augment what they are learning in their classrooms. During these field trips there are often many opportunities to teach Life Skills. In different contexts our students are taught to behave in different ways. These are Life Skills they will need wherever they should go after their time at Daniels Academy. After these field trips they have an opportunity to process what they learned in a group therapy session. We want to make these days an important part of their growth and maturation.


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CTO leadership: A new frontier for Nigeria's telecoms sector
By ADEDEJI FAKOREDE
NIGERIA'S recognition as a leading player in the African telecommunications ecosystem has again manifested as it takes full leadership control of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation (CTO).
The CTO is the oldest and largest Commonwealth membership organisation in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and uses its experience and expertise to support members in using ICTs to deliver effective development interventions that enrich, empower and emancipate all peoples within the Commonwealth and beyond.
It supports members in delivering effective ICTs through its three operational divisions: research and consultancy; training and capacity development; and events and conferences.
CTO currently focuses on six key areas: regulatory environments, mobile broadband, cyber security, youth and ICTs, skills development and entrepreneurship, and ICTs and disability.
Indeed, Nigeria's emergence may not have come as a surprise. This is because the country is currently the largest telecommunications market in Africa. It has well over 150 million active telephone lines, mobile Internet users of over 90 million, coupled with over $32 billion local and foreign direct investments (FDIs).
A tech-based research firm, Pyramid Research, rated the country as having one of the fastest telecommunications sector, with a yearly growth rate of 30 per cent.
While teledensity peaked at 107 per cent up from less than one per cent in 2001, the country had again recognised and developed a broadband policy which is expected to be an enabler of faster economic development.
In the National Broadband Plan, the country has set an auspicious 30 per cent broadband penetration target to be achieved by 2018 up from the six per cent penetration recorded in 2013. Broadband penetration currently stands at 10 per cent in the country.
Meanwhile, the conducive regulatory regime provided by the telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been recognised locally and internationally as one of the key factors to the accelerated growth being recorded in the nation's telecoms market.
Already, a number of telecoms regulators from across the African countries have also, at one time or the other, come to understudy the NCC. This feat has also propelled Nigeria to leadership position in some regional and International telecommunications organisations, which of course included the CTO, where Nigeria recently took over the leadership position.
CTO leadership mantle
The 54-member nations of the CTO rose from its yearly forum and council meeting held last week in Nairobi, Kenya with the election of Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the acting Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC as the new Chairman of the commonwealth body, a position help by the former NCC boss, Dr. Eugene Juwah until few weeks back. Chairmanship of the CTO, by its rules, is usually country-specific and the position is held by that country's chief telecoms regulator. Nigeria won the position in 2014 and by yesterday's election, the first tenure ended and another began.
Side by side with the election of Danbatta was the resumption of Shola Taylor as the Secretary- General and Chief Executive of CTO.
Taylor, an engineer was named Secretary-General on June 16, 2015 in London, United Kingdom and subsequently took oath of office during the opening of the CTO Forum 2015 held last week in Nairobi, Kenya.
The oath ceremony took place in the presence of over 400 participants, including representatives of over 30 member countries who attended the Forum which took place on September 16 17.
Bigger role for the NCC boss
With the re-election of Nigeria to the Chairmanship and Secretary General positions the country has effectively taken control of the affairs of the close-knit CTO and it would be expected to be a major force in championing telecommunications development, not only in its homeland but also deploys an Afro-centric approach to its regulation.
Meanwhile, the Director Public Affairs, NCC, Tony Ojobo, has thanked member nations for the honour done to Nigeria and assured that the new CTO leadership controlled by Nigeria will provide visionary leadership that will take the organisation to the next level.
"The CTO leadership, I believe, will continue to play greater role in telecoms regulations and policies by putting general commonwealth telecoms development agenda at the front burner," he said.
Ojobo also commended the immediate past Secretary General, Prof. Tim Unwin, for his dedication to duty, which he said, had positively impacted on member nations towards engendering increased collaboration for wider access to telecommunications services.
On the administrative activities, Ojobo gave said that Taylor 35 years' experience as a consummate and well-groomed engineer will be put to bear on the activities of CTO, saying it is hoped that Taylor "will translate many of those pending decisions to actions in the days ahead thereby taking the CTO to the next level, providing visionary leadership in the process."
Making the difference
Speaking at the oath taking ceremony, Taylor assured of his readiness to work with necessary stakeholders towards making a difference in the telecoms landscape among the commonwealth nations.
He said: "I feel a high sense of responsibility to take this organisation to greater heights. It is indeed a big challenge and I am all set to build on the foundations of my predecessors. I did not take this job just to be seen talking. I want to make a difference and plant a new ICT tree at the CTO."
More specifically, Taylor said he was determined to make a difference for all member countries in a number of areas such as mobile and amateur issues; science issues; aeronautical; maritime and radiolocation issues; fixed-satellite service; mobile-satellite service as well as satellite regulatory issues.
He promised to leverage on his robust national, regional and international experiences to unleash greater development in the member nations in the next one year.
Before his appointment as the Secretary- General of CTO, Taylor has been the Chief Executive of Kemilinks International, a global ICT Consultancy firm based in Lagos, Nigeria.
A telecommunications engineer by training, he brings his over 35 years of global telecommunications experience in ICTs with government and the private sector to CTO. He has consulted for several blue chip companies in Nigeria and the global ICT communities.
From 1994 and 1999, Taylor served as Regional Director of Inmarsat. He also served as Space Technology coordinator for developing countries at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) from 1993 to1994. He had earlier served as Project Director at ITU from 1987 to 1993.
CTO/ITU collaboration
Meanwhile, representing the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Deputy Secretary-General, Malcolm Johnson, expressed the readiness of the Union to collaborate with the CTO to advance the development of ICTs throughout the Commonwealth.
He expressed full confidence in the ability of Shola Taylor, who early in the year narrowly missed being the Secretary-General of ITU, to lead the Organisation successfully and wished him well.
Stakeholders views
According to stakeholders in the Nigeria's telecommunications sector, the new leadership mantle bestowed on the country was a justification of the confidence and belief the member nations have in the Nigeria's telecoms regulatory prowess, which, they said, had positioned the country as a force to reckon with in the global telecoms stage.
President of the Association of Telecoms Companies, Lanre Ajayi, said over the years, Nigeria has been playing noticeable role in the development of telecoms market in the African continent. "We have liberalized the sector and allowed more players to come into the market to play under good regulatory regime and this has deepened competition, which is good for the end users."
Ajayi explained that Taylor's rich experience will certainly impact positively on the CTO with Nigeria benefitting from this current position.
Also, a telecom analyst and Chief Executive Officer of AAA Infotek, Akin Akinbo, said Nigeria's current position at CTO further reinforced its prominent role in instilling robust telecoms regulation at home and its ability to propel the needed growth in the commonwealth nations.
"This new status of Nigeria, taking full control of CTO leadership is something that we think will impact generally on commonwealth nations as they tap into the regulatory skills of Nigeria and specifically on Nigeria where the country is able to benefit from expected global collaboration with CTO," said President, Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo.
According to experts, while the current status of Nigeria as being at the helm of affairs of CTO has been lauded, the Taylor-led leadership has been tasked to explore more on how the Commonwealth region can effectively take a front position in the use broadband and other ICT tools for socio-economic transformation.


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Print/Online Articles
Las Vegas Review-Journal 1/14/17: "Crash that killed actress Carole Lombard, 21 others near Las Vegas still echoes after 75 years" by Keith Rogers including quotes by Robert Matzen
Las Vegas Review-Journal 4/2/15: "Remembering Miss Lombard" by Ron Kantowski with references to Fireball and author Robert Matzen
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 9/29/14: "Fort Wayne native and acting legend Carole Lombard's life, death topic of first Mather Lecture Series"
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 9/25/14: "The History Center announces Mather Lecture series speakers" by staff reporter lists author Robert Matzen as guest lecturer
Fox News National 3/12/14 Op-Ed by Robert Matzen: "Malaysia Airlines riddle - mysterious aviation disasters are nothing new"
Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine March 2014: book review of Fireball
Living the Zealous Life with Jamie Beckett 01/31/14: Interview with Robert Matzen
The Hollywood Reporter 1/24/14: "Carole Lombard met her end heading home to Clark Gable"
Margaret Lockwood Society 1/24/14: "Interview with Robert Matzen, author of Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3"
New York Post 1/19/14: "Why did Carole Lombard die?" by Lou Lumenick
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings blogspot 1/16/14: "Carole Lombard and TWA Flight 3"
A Classic Movie Blog 1/15/14: Fireball book review
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 1/13/14: "New book examines plane crash that killed Hollywood star, Fort Wayne native Carole Lombard"
Greenbriar Picture Shows BlogSpot 1/9/14: "2014's First Must-Read: Fireball Tells a Harrowing Carole Lombard Story" by John McElwee
Closer Weekly 12/30/13: "Carole Lombard Shines in a new book"
Las Vegas Review-Journal 12/16/13: "Author gives new insight into death of actress Carole Lombard" by Jane Ann Morrison
The National Enquirer 10/14/13: "The Coin Toss That Doomed Carole Lombard" by dsiegel
The Globe 10/14/13: "Carole Lombard Didn't Have to Die!"
Journeys in Classic Film website 10/14/13: "Fireball is a gripping, harrowing, and ultimately upsetting biography"
General Avaiation News 10/10/13: "We remember the bad, forget the good" by Jamie Beckett
KNPR Las Vegas NV 01/25/17: 20-minute in-studio interview with Robert Matzen on the 75th anniversary of the crash of TWA Flight 3
WANE-TV Fort Wayne IN 10/5/14: Staff interview with Robert Matzen
TV Confidential 5/25/14:Show No. 238, Ed Robertson interview with Robert Matzen
KDKA AM-1020 Pittsburgh 5/5/14: Rob Pratte interview with Robert Matzen
KSKA-TV Pittsburgh 4/20/14: Jon Delano interview with Robert Matzen on Sunday Business Page
WQED-TV Pittsburgh 4/10/14: Telling Carole Lombard's Story on Pittsburgh 360
KLAS-TV Las Vegas 4/7/14: Paul Joncich interview with Robert Matzen
KSNV-TV Las Vegas 4/7/14: Tom Hawley interview with Robert Matzen
WISH-TV Indianapolis 3/31/14: Andi Hauser interview with Robert Matzen
Relevant Radio Minnesota 3/15/14: Glen Lewerenz radio interview with Robert Matzen
FSN 3/12/14: Kevin Lynch national radio interview with Robert Matzen
Sputnik News (formerly Voice of Russia) 3/12/14: Crystal Park radio interview with Robert Matzen
WSPD-FM 1130 Toledo 02/13/14: Fred Lefebvre interview with Robert Matzen
KQV News Radio Pittsburgh 01/31/14: P.J. Maloney interview with Robert Matzen
A Touch of Grey 12/22/13: Carole Marks welcomes author Robert Matzen on her nationally syndicated radio show for a 20-minute interview
WHNZ 1250 Lutz, FL Health, Wealth, & Wisdom 10/7/13: Evan Gold interview with Robert Matzen


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[Christianity Today Movies; Aug 25, 2011]
Here's what happens. You prepare for a phone interview with an actor or director by thinking up a list of questions. Really, you only need one or two good ones, and the conversation takes care of itself.
But the person being interviewed has a different perspective. There are certain points they want to get across, regardless of which questions you ask. They may have been reiterating these same points into different microphones a dozen times a day for many days.
In this case, I wanted to ask Vera Farmiga, director and star of Higher Ground, about the portrayal of the church community in the film. It's more affectionate and positive than the stereotypes we often see; it's notably more positive even than the presentation of this community in the book that preceded the movie. In response to an audience question at Sundance, Farmiga said that she had earlier spent three years with the project and then backed off, because she didn't feel right about the way the community was being depicted. I wanted to hear more about that.
Vera, however, wanted to talk about the inherent struggle that accompanies a search for God; she sees the film as being an honest representation of the experience shared by adherents of any and every kind of faith, everyone who knows those "I won't let go until you bless me" moments. Here's how our conversation went.
Whenever evangelical Christians hear there's a movie coming out that includes a depiction of evangelical Christians, they get nervous, because it is so often negative.
Understandably so. I get it. I understand that defensiveness or fear.
The memoir that preceded the movie, This Dark World, depicted a church that many evangelicals would consider oppressive or cultish, and they worry that people might think it depicts evangelicals everywhere. Higher Ground is not like that, though. It's a more positive presentation. Was that a deliberate decision?
Absolutely. You know, it's not even a positive or negative portrayal; I'm not skewing it either direction. I'm just showing a legitimate struggle — the struggle to find intimacy in our relationships with God. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say "I'm struggling" and to find your voice. That honesty, the terror, the fear, is brutal — the admitting of that. But God is big enough to accommodate it.
I wanted to make a legitimate film about that struggle. So to me, as the director and as the actress, my responsibility is just to tell — is to be blatant about it. Look, I think it's easier to digest if you ask me well, did you skew it positive, did you skew it negative? And it's really not a skew, it's not a bias.
Carolyn Briggs herself will tell you that when that memoir was written—well, look at the title: This Dark World. It's now been renamed Higher Ground. It's piggyback marketing, but it's also a more positive title. The book was written at a very dark time in her life with very little perspective. And she admits that the editors have skewed the memoir in a direction where it appears like she completely rejected her faith, whereas she's never wholly been able to do that. It's been a lifelong journey for her, but it's between her and God. And she had the courage to talk about that struggle. That touched me to the depths of my being, to the depths of my soul. I admired her courage in that story.
And that's a journey that you share, to some extent?
I think we all do. Look, I mean you'd have to rip out all the pages about Job; you'd have to rip out all the pages about Thomas in the Bible, if this wasn't a human condition, a legitimate one.
You know, I really felt that it's possible, especially in these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is, "My God is greater than your God" and we're fighting in the name of our God — we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually. God is love. I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the God of love, the great "I am" energy.
And so this was a challenge. I'm asking audience members that are not fundamental Christians to have a certain measure of tolerance, of openness and receptivity. And I'm saying, "Come and witness a story about a search for authentic faith." That search requires that we make a big leap into a world of uncertainty, and these are expressions of courage and strength rather than fear and weakness. That might not be easy to grasp.
Christians may be able to grasp this more easily than non-Christians would expect, because we are so familiar with this experience of struggling.
I agree. I think what she wrestles with is what everybody wrestles with, no matter what your belief system is, no matter how you're approaching God.
Something that surprised me in the movie was how positive the characters are. We expect members of conservative churches to be presented as unattractive people.
Unattractive, lacking a sense of humor, lacking sexuality, lacking personality. This really is a fringe community, and yes, the pastor was having a really selfish day when he shut Corinne down [in a scene where Corinne is rebuked for appearing to preach, usurping the masculine role]. Pastors are human beings, too. And these are real issues that I think women at that time and place in history were struggling with.
Again, it is a fringe community. I keep stating that. I keep saying that I'm not trying to make a big statement about Christianity and patriarchy. It's not. It really has to do just with this certain denomination in a time and place in history.
A lot of that has changed since the 70s; the role of women is very different than it was four decades ago.
Yeah, but I think there still is sort of a gender bias in terms of pastoring churches and the numbers there, but that is changing as well.
Well, there's a gender bias in Congress, you know; it's everywhere.
Yeah, it's everywhere. It's in my profession; the reason I took the reins of this film was because I feel like I don't get the opportunities that I want to voice the challenges of my soul. I feel like since Down to the Bone (2004), which was I think my calling card for every film I've ever done, I think that since that experience I haven't really had the opportunity to delve so deeply into not only the physical, emotional and intellectual scope of a character but into the spiritual dimension. So this was me creating my opportunity.
That's great. And it was to some degree autobiographical because of struggles you yourself have known?
Absolutely. And will know the end of my days. I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith. My father instilled in me — of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself — to define God, to define holiness for myself. That was my parents' number one lesson for us. They are men and women of God and that's where they operate from.
There is a really rich artistic tradition in Eastern Catholicism; there's a lot of beauty there.
We started off Ukrainian Catholic, and that's still part of our heritage and has been an influence as well, but my parents had moved to a certain nondenominational, Pentecostal Christianity, just to be clear. In their search for a more personal [faith], to get away from ritual, even though ritual is so beautiful, I think they were looking for very direct [faith].
Were you raised in a Pentecostal church, then? How old were you when they made the switch?
I was raised in many different kinds of church. I've sat in hundreds and hundreds of denominations. And ultimately the closest one to our house was — we traipsed around everywhere, we moved several times. But we went back and forth between holy days in the Ukrainian Catholic church, and Sundays at the local evangelical house of worship.
Can you tell us anything about where you're attending now?
I have not been home enough. Just as perspective, our two-and-a-half year old has been on 80-something flights in his life. We're constantly going, constantly traveling. So for us, God is in temples and in churches, and on park benches. I don't belong to any particular church, but I'm someone who will be able to walk in any place of worship, any house of worship, and have a direct correspondence.
Thank you for giving us a character like Annika. She's delightful and surprising, in that she's nothing like how evangelicals Christians are usually depicted. She's a blessing, in that way.
I agree. I just got chills. I agree. That's Christians as I know them, with all their perfections and imperfections. I mean, that's humans as I know them.


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Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced iPhone-app versions of three classic HP calculators: the HP 12c, HP 12c Platinum, and HP 15C.
When run in landscape mode, each app uses the original ROM code and provides an exact visual replica of the actual horizontal-format calculator, making it familiar to users of the originals. The $15 HP 12c and $20 HP 12c Platinum provide the same business-focused functions and formulas as the hardware models, and the $30 HP 15c includes all of the original's scientific algorithms and calculation sequences, including matrix, root, and complex-number functions. All three apps are also, like their hardware counterparts, programmable. (The HP 12c and 12c Platinum are still in production; the HP 15c is no longer made, but used models still command high prices.)
HP has taken advantage of the iPhone and iPod touch's hardware to add functionality. For example, the company has included a vertical calculator interface when the iPhone is rotated. In this mode, you get a simplified version of the calculator that hides many of the advanced features. The HP 12c Platinum app gains the same editing features and algebraic entry, compared to the standard HP 12c, as its hardware counterpart, but also includes a tip calculator in vertical mode. And because the iPhone's hardware is much more powerful than the 4-bit processors on the hardware models, each software calculator is much faster than the original.
The original 12c or 15c calculators also provided useful formulas and references on the back. The company has preserved this popular feature in software: tap on the HP logo on the "front" of the software version and the view rotates to display a faux backside.
The HP 12c and HP 15c should be available on the iTunes App Store today or tomorrow; the HP 12c Platinum is scheduled for release in early August. The company is also releasing similar software calculators for Windows. HP representatives told Macworld that the company is considering bringing other classic models to the iPhone, depending on how well these apps do.
Updated 6/25/09 2:35am: Corrected misstatement about HP 12c Platinum being discontinued. It is still available.


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|Stuck in a moment you can't get out of
|All That You Can't Leave Behind
|The first and last time I threw away all my secular music
|What were you before you were anything at all?
|You taste like salt and sunshine
|A consequence of actually feeling
|I had forgotten the bear's name, and could not find my way home to the Thousand Acre wood
|I beg of you, cradle my head so that I might be with you forever
|the streets are distorted and strange
|In this place, in this room, in this moment
|What face did you have before your mother and father were born?
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|What did people use as incidental music before Moby was invented?
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As a species, we are currently crossing from the Age of Pisces into the Age of Aquarius. Although many people consider the Age of Pisces to begin at year 0 with the birth of Jesus with Aquarian Age beginning at 2000, most astronomers agree that the Age of Pisces actually begin in year 498 C.E., indicating entry into Aquarius in 2658 C.E.
Under the Age of Pisces we have seen the Piscean archetypes of sacrifice of the individual ego, universal love and compassion, assimilation, and the more negative projections of illusion, fantasy and delusion. Each astrological age has been represented by a deistic pantheon; the end of each age is marked by the ending of the worship of that pantheon. The Piscean Age has been marked by the growth of the three major monotheistic religions, each of which claims to be the only correct one, and the attempted dissolution of the individual ego. As we move from the Piscean age into Aquarius, the awakener, we are being shown that the Emperor doesn't have any clothes, that any unreality upon which we have based our religious foundations will be shattered in the upcoming years. The ideas in The Da Vinci Code have been around for 2000 years, but they are only now erupting into the public awareness. What will this mean for humanity?
The equatorial bulge of the earth causes a shifting in the earth's axis and the point at which the Sun at the vernal equinox points to the zodiacal constellations. This phenomenon is known as the "Precession" and creates the period of 25,920 years that we call the "Great Year." The "Great Year" is divided into twelve "Great Ages" each of approximately 2160 years. Because of the "orb of influence," or "orb," which describes the fact that a change in sign makes itself known several degrees before the actual change (also known as the "cusp"), there is some flexibility to the 2160 figure.
While the Great Ages certainly go back to the formation of the Earth itself, the Ages that are known to us are:
Age of Leo: 10,300-8,140 BCE. Modern scientific techniques, looking at erosion patterns, agree with the great sage Edgar Cayce, who dated the great Sphinx of Egypt back to a period of great rains in that country, something which hasn't happened since the end of the ice age (typically considered to be 10,500 BCE). Although little is known of this period, it could have presided over a "Golden Age" (Leo rules gold) where the Sun was worshipped as the primordial god of light and life.
Age of Cancer: 8,140-6,000 BCE. Cancer is the sign of the Moon and the Mother, and this Age corresponded to the worship of the Great Goddess and the Moon. Cancer is a water sign, and many scientists believe that this period corresponded to the end of the ice age and the Great Deluge of myth that resulted from catastrophic melting of glaciers. As humans began to form tribes they became more concerned with family groupings and geneaology, another hallmark of Cancer. Women were considered the source of creation since they bore the children.
Age of Gemini: 6,000-3,800 BCE. Gemini rules communication and speech, and this age saw the development of the first written languages and establishment of villages. The cult of Twin Gods in creation myths began during this period (twins represented the masculine and feminine principle). The wheel and plough are invented (Gemini rules thoughts and ideas), aiding in the spread of agriculture.
Age of Taurus: 3,800-1,660 BCE. Agriculture (Taurus is ruled by the Earth and Venus) makes its way throughout cultures in the Americas, Africa and Asia. The first temples were built in Mesopotamia and the first jewelry and aesthetic objects (Venus) are created. Bull cults (Taurus is symbolized by the bull) were dominant in Greece and Egypt, and the worship of the more sexualized goddess Innana/ Ishtar/ Ashtoreth also became popular.
The Age of Aries (1,662 BCE – 498 CE) was the Age of the Hero and the Warrior. The eruption of the volcano Santorini in 1680 destroyed the Minoan civilization and along with it their Bull cult (age of Taurus). This age was marked synchronistically by the Indo-Aryan (Aries) migration and the beginnings of cattle domestication (conquering the Bull god). Rituals of the Mithraic cult involved slaughtering of bulls, which has come down to us today as the bullfight. The gods of the Age of Aries, as in each age before them, eradicated the gods that preceded them.
Little is known about the origins of the Aryan people, but they were warriors possessing military technology superior to that of their neighbors, facilitating their takeover of much of Asia during this period. The Arien Age also witnessed the first Olympic games in Greece and the development of the Greek and Roman empire. The Hero archetype was central to the Greek and Roman cultures, with their gods who were constantly doing battle. Yahweh, the god of the Jewish people who gained prevalence during this time, combined characteristics of both the Warrior and the Hero. He demanded the transformation of the Hero in his disciple Abraham, and advised on military conquests.
Finally our own Age of Pisces (498 – 2,658 CE ), symbolized by the Fish, and representing the Sacred descending to the Mundane world. Pisces rules universal compassion, sacrifice of the individual Ego, and martyrdom. Pisces is a feminine sign, yet during the reign of Pisces we have seen the suppression and re-emergence of the feminine, and no story tells this quite as dramatically as the transformation of Mary Magdalene, the real story behind The DaVinci Code. The Church recently admitted that Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute but a true follower. However, when the Nag Hammadi scrolls were discovered and translated, it was revealed that Mary was more than a follower but an actual apostle, giving rise anew to theories of Mary having been wife to Jesus.
The story of the life and death of Jesus the Christ and the evolution of the religion that bears his name mirrors the Piscean age perfectly. Pisces is sign of the water element, and the origin of Christianity finds Jesus being baptized in a river, symbolizing the dissolution of the personal ego into the river of faith, a ritual that continues today. Even in pre-Christian times, the sacred wells of the British Isles were places where the gods and goddesses would be present. The teachings of Jesus express the Piscean values of compassion, universal love and brotherhood. However, last 2000 years have not always expressed those concepts in their highest form.
The call for the end of individualism and the necessity for blind belief that marks the evolution of the Piscean age has led to the more negative manifestation of Pisces: illusion and delusion. The famed Dark Ages in western civilization occurred because the ruling Roman Catholic Church wanted to suppress all knowledge and keep their adherents in the literal darkness. At that time the realm of knowledge spread to the Arab world, which is now in its own Dark Age.
The date for the end of the Piscean age is in much dispute. As earlier discussed, most would like the Ages to fit into a nice 2000 year package which would put us squarely in the beginning of the Aquarian age. However, astronomical calculations tell us that this is not true, and that the Aquarian age technically will not begin until approximately 2600 CE. Regardless, we are in the last decan of Pisces and moving away from the Pisces influence of sacrifice of the individual ego. As the Piscean mists begin to separate, the knowledge and understanding that Aquarius demands is beginning to make itself known.
The religion of Christianity is built around the death and resurrection of Jesus, yet for 2000 years that very tenet has been in doubt. The four gospels each tell a completely different story of the end of the life of Jesus, and there are no details of the resurrection. As with much of the Christian story (and I mean no offence to Christians here), the story of the resurrection must be taken on faith. There are some questions as to whether Jesus even died on the cross – a mysterious individual named Simon the Cyrene offered to carry Jesus's cross, and some theorize that it was Simon that actually died on the cross and not Jesus. Others question whether the "vinegar and gall" given to Jesus wasn't snake venom that caused him to fall into a swoon, thereby fooling the Romans into thinking he had died when in fact he was in a deep unconscious state. Pontius Pilate "marvelled if he were already dead" and changed the established procedure of leaving him on the cross to be eaten by carrion, but instead authorized that his body be brought down to leave in his tomb. Many believe that Jesus and Mary were then spirited out of Jerusalem and taken to Europe where they lived happily ever after.
For centuries these ideas were suppressed and their adherents tortured and murdered for heresy, but in the 20th century these ideas began to spring forth anew such as the book Holy Blood and Holy Grail. First published in 1982, this book was a cult classic until the Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" appeared on the scene. Evidently the collective consciousness is now ready to absorb these ideas and begin to examine the truth that lies behind the faith.
As we enter the Aquarian Age, what will our new gods be? Aquarius rules technology and radical thought, invention and ascension. The last Aquarian age (around 28,000 BC) marked the end of the Neanderthal and the birth of Cro Magnon man. Will our species be similarly transformed over the next 2500 years? We can try to predict the future, but life has a way of evolving in a way that we cannot imagine.


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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — First a quick parable every skier has heard: never give up. From coaches, teachers and certainly parents, it's always the same. Never give up. For those on the receiving end of the timeworn parable, it can sound like the annoying advice of elders; something that only applies in the later years. Easily brushed off words that might apply later, never now.
During Sunday's blustery and downright frigid 30-kilometer skiathlon, the first men's cross-country race of the 2018 Olympic Games, that parable came into play not more than fifteen seconds after the start. Sixty-eight skiers shot off the line and merged into the classic ski tracks — the front-row athletes, the likes of Canada's Alex Harvey, Norwegians Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Switzerland's Dario Cologna, and Finland's Iivo Niskanen, skied clean up the first climb.
Caught up in the striding, double poling and the tumbling was Norway's 24-year-old Simen Hegstad Krüger, bib 7, waving his arm as he lay prone on the snow. Skier down — broken pole. There really didn't seem much to it other than it was bib 7. Bib 7 slow to get up, slow to unstrap his mangled pole, slow to get into the tracks and single stick for tens of meters. Bib 7. Krüger.
Then the coach arrives, the pole becomes functional, the game is on. By then, Niskanen, a renowned classic skier, had accelerated the pace. From the front, the pack was pulled apart like taffy. From the back of the mass of skiers, where Krüger now ventured, a sea of 67 other bib numbers waited to be picked off. Whatever the phrase "never give up" is in Norwegian, it most certainly rattled around in Krüger's mind.
"It's my first-ever Olympic race and it started in the worst possible way," Krüger said during the post-race press conference. "I just had to try to stay calm and use some time to catch up because I think if I had skied too fast there after my crash, I don't think I would have any power when I caught up."
Let's ascend from the bottom up on Krüger's World Cup results pyramid. He has 28 World Cup top-30 results, 12 of which are top 10's. Of those top 10's, he has two podiums: a third place in the fifth stage of the 2017 Tour de Ski, the 10 k skate in Toblach, Italy, and another win in Toblach this past December in the 15 k skate.
Surely this is no spoiler — bib 7 won the Olympic 30 k skiathlon on Sunday in 1:16:20 hours in burley conditions. On top of that, consider this: he's a first-time Olympian, this was his first Olympic race and first championship gold.
Let's get back to Niskanen, who is a no-joke classic skier. Of all his major wins, including Finland's National Junior Championships (with multiple titles in 2012 and 2013), you have to comb through to find a freestyle win. There are three skate wins, none on the World Cup. And here's another striking piece of information, according to the International Ski Federation (FIS) database, Niskanen has never won off of Finnish soil except for the 15 k classic at 2014 U23 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
PyeongChang is in South Korea, seven time zones from Finland.
Number crunching in sport is nothing new. Somebody in the Norwegian head-shed must have known Niskanen's skewed geographic preference.
Off the Finn went with the skiathlon favorites all in tow. By all accounts, Niskanen set a punchy pace. Nearly through 10 k, the 26 year old owned it. No doubt he knew his chances were slim if he didn't break the pack and stretch out a solo lead before the transition to 15 k of skate technique. For a bit after 10 k, Sundby took some pulls up front. But in what became a familiar classic leg trend, the 13 skiers, separated by no more than five seconds, zipped down the banked corner before the 15 k mark gear exchange led by none other than Niskanen.
The Finn had done the job of cutting the lead pack down to a manageable number, but he hadn't built a gap from which he could nurse a cushion during the skate leg. In being the fox for at least 12 hounds, Niskanen had burned through his high-pace fuel. Fourth out of the transition, 1.3 seconds behind Klæbo in first, he was back in 18th just under 4 k later, 9 seconds out of first. He ultimately finished the skiathlon in 19th place, 1:14.2 minutes behind the winner.
A quick swap of the skis and the poles and the 21-year-old young gun from Norway, Klæbo, was first through the 15 k time check. Harvey followed next with a tight grouping from first to 13th within 9.5 seconds, tightening pole straps on the run and readying for the skate leg throwdown.
Here's the thing: the 14th skier through the exchange, 15.2 seconds back was Krüger. This athlete was in 67th at 0.88 k, and improved to 57th 1.5 k later. Fast and steady, Krüger would reel in the front group. By 17.25 k, he was within a few seconds of lead.
"As soon as I changed skis, then suddenly my legs felt great again," Krüger said at the press conference. "I knew that now all possibilities are open again and just tried to start fresh."
The skate leg's dynamics proved the opposite of the classic. There was no Niskanen-type breaking the wind. At moments it appeared Harvey would surge, or Cologna, or Sundby, or Holund, or Great Britain's Andrew Musgrave.
Krüger hung tight, never taking the leadership reins.
"I knew that the skating part is my strongest part and I had to try to save some power the first two laps there and just stay with the group," Krüger reflected.
The plot thickened as the k's ticked off. With the likes of Sundby in the pack, Krüger couldn't risk a finish-line sprint. In his third Olympics, Sundby is still seeking his first Olympic gold (after taking bronze in the Sochi 30 k skiathlon and silver in the 2010 Vancouver 4 x 5 k relay).
Before Sundby, 33, could dictate the closing chapter of Sunday's race, Krüger stung the group with a power surge around 26.25 k and quickly gapped the chasers by 9.1 seconds. A little over a kilometer later, Krüger had opened up a 22.8-second lead.
"I know that there's some quite fast skiers in the group, so I knew that my chance was to get rid of them before the finish," Krüger said of his tactics. "When I got some meters there I had to go for it and don't look back."
He never looked back. It was an exclamation-point Olympic gold medal win, and he beat Sundby in second by 8 seconds and another Norwegian teammate Hans Christer Holund in third by 9.9 seconds.
Although Krüger kept his eyes focused ahead, Sundby said during the press conference that he and Holund were looking around for potential chasers.
"For sure, we have a really clear team tactics," Sundby explained of why he and Holund did not attempt to close the gap on Krüger. "If one of us gets seconds from the rest of the pack, the others cannot try to catch him, so me and Hans Christer, I think we were waiting for Alex, Dario, Maurice [Manificat], everybody else to try to catch Simen. I think both of us were a bit surprised that nobody really tried."
Both Sundby and Holund acknowledged that when the gap grew to 20 seconds, they felt the team pact to not chase down a potential Norwegian gold medalist had been honored. On the final hill climb before the finish Sundby and Holund went.
"I don't think either me or Martin wanted to have Alex or Dario, we didn't want to sprint with them in the last few hundred meters so when it was like 1 1/2 kilometers [to go], I think [Sundby] said or I said, 'Now we just go,' " Holund said at the press conference. "And we did that in the hill."
Sundby settled for silver and Holund bronze, 2.8 seconds clear of Denis Spitsov, representing the Olympics Athletes of Russia, in fourth.
"For sure, for us it was a bit frustrating, we also wanted to go for the gold for sure," Sundby said. "But our team tactics was clear today and it's just amazing that we really pulled this [podium sweep] off."
"… Simen is a really strong guy, not just physical but also mental," said the 28-year-old Holund, also in his Olympic debut. "I think we should give credit to Simen that he was actually daring to break loose on the last lap there. I don't think many people would have the confidence to do that and that's why he deserves that gold medal."
After the race, Krüger acknowledged that he owed some gratitude to his silver and bronze Norwegian teammates.
"I think both the guys there on both sides [of me] could've gone faster when I got some meters, but they let the others do the work," noted Krüger. "So I think I owe them a big thanks for not catching up with me when I went for it."
Spitsov, 21, also in his first Olympics, finished fourth, ahead of France's Maurice Manificat in fifth (+14.2), Cologna in sixth (+25.1), Musgrave in seventh (+25.7), and Harvey, who edged Martin Jaks of the Czech Republic, for eighth (+33.4 and +33.8, respectively). Klæbo, one of the pre-race favorites, finished 10th (+43.4).
Harvey, who had been eyeing the skiathlon, said after the race the best skiers had won.
"I think the three best guys won today," Harvey told FasterSkier after. "It was a fair race and they were just stronger than anybody else in the world."
Asked about the race's defining breakaways in the final kilometers, he said he just didn't have the legs to react.
"I was feeling good until Sundby and Holund went and then I just couldn't go," Harvey said.
After Harvey's top 10, the next Canadian across the line was Devon Kershaw in 36th (+3:35.3). Graeme Killick finished 45th (+5:19.6), and Knute Johnsgaard was lapped and did not finish.
Kershaw noted the high pace during the classic leg curtailed his later-race efforts.
"I was really shocked that the classic went out as hard as it did," Kershaw told FasterSkier. "And, after that, you're in survival mode … It was really, really brutal today. "You know, it wasn't the coldest day I've done, but it was for sure the windiest race I've ever competed in. When you're having a bad day, that wind really tears at your mind, so I struggled."
For the U.S., Scott Patterson led the way in 18th (+1:07.5). In his first Olympics, Patterson's moxy was palpable. The the 26-year-old, first-year U.S. Ski Team member began the skate leg in 27th position, 47.7 seconds behind the leaders.
Immediately as Patterson skated away, his powerful strides were evidence he'd only be picking off spots in the final 15 k.
"The last couple skiathlons I've done it's been a little bit rough classic," Patterson told FasterSkier after. "Then you switch to skating and it's like, 'OK, now I know what I'm doing', and it definitely felt like that today."
A year ago at the pre-Olympic World Cup in PyeongChang, Patterson finished ninth in the 30 k skiathlon. Besides that result, his best individual World Cup finish was 27th in the 15 k freestyle mass start at the most recent World Cup on Jan. 28 in Seefeld, Austria.
As he completed the third of four skate laps, Patterson could see Sundby's lead group 34 seconds ahead of him.
"Everyone was giving us splits off to that front group and it was like, 'OK, maybe we can make it, maybe we can make it,' " Patterson reflected, smiling. "But then you're also like, 'They're going to start charging real soon.' So I was kind of optimistic, but also, when you're leading that pack, it's like, I want this pack to move up, but I don't want to be the one making it move up because that's a lot of work."
He credited France's Jules Lapierre, who finished 15th, and Italy's Francesco de Fabiani, who placed 20th, for helping to pull the group along.
"I ended up leading the final sprint hill quite a few times, but [Lapierre] did a lot of work out on the course, which was super helpful…," Patterson said. "We were able to kind of pull apart our group a bit and pick off a few of the guys struggling from the lead pack, like we got Iivo Niskanen right at the end, which I was pretty psyched about."
Also for the U.S., Erik Bjornsen finished 42nd (+4:34.7), Paddy Caldwell 51st (+6:58.1), and Noah Hoffman 54th (+7:08.7).
"I really enjoy both courses and I think the classic portion was maybe a little trickier with the wind today," Caldwell said of his race. "I was just telling Reese [Hanneman] that I thought that things were pulling apart more in the classic side. You know, if you lose the group in front of you and then you catch the wind, it gets really tough. I think that the time gaps today are probably going to be quite, quite large because of that, but we had awesome skis on both sides [classic and skate]. I was trying to maintain position in classic and pick off people where I could in skate."
In his second Olympics, Hoffman also said the wind played a factor.
"Honestly, it was gusty and there were sections where you'd come into the wind and just be brought to a dead stop," Hoffman said. "But overall, it could have been a lot more of a grind because we had this warm spell the last couple days and the snow was quite fast out there. It was an uphill wind in terms of the general direction, and so for the most part the downhills were slower, but still tucking and then the uphills, you got a little bit of a boost … My body wasn't there today."
Olympic cross-country racing continues Tuesday with the men's and women's classic sprints.
- 2018 Olympics
- 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics
- Alex Harvey
- Andrew Musgrave
- Andrey Larkov
- Canadian National Ski Team
- Dario Cologna
- Devon Kershaw
- Erik Bjornsen
- General
- Graeme Killick
- Hans Christer Holund
- IIvo Niskanen
- Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
- knute johnsgaard
- Martin Johnsrud Sundby
- Maurice Manificat
- Noah Hoffman
- Paddy Caldwell
- Pyeongchang
- PyeongChang 30 k skiathlon
- Racing
- Scott Patterson
- Simen Hegstad Krüger
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Bristol City 0 PNE 1
Robinson grabbed his fifth goal in a North End shirt – all of them away from home – just before the half hour mark, firing home from close range from Chris Humphrey's right wing cross.
Manager Simon Grayson made three changes to the side that lost its long unbeaten home record the previous week, with Scott Wiseman returning after international duty with Gibraltar, John Welsh in for the injured Alan Browne in midfield and the big surprise seeing a change in goal, with Thorsten Stuckmann in for Jamie Jones between the sticks.
The yellows started the game brightly, playing towards the empty end, with a new stand set for construction and on eight minutes a great flick on from Joe Garner found Humphrey who the ball drilled across, but a Robins defender sliced away to safety.
Immediately on the counter came the home side's first real chance, Luke Freeman freeing Aaron Wilbraham who rounded Stuckmann but fired wide with the goal gaping – a glaring miss from Steve Cotterill's top scorer.
Twelve minutes in and on loan front man Robinson put over a deep cross from the left hand touchline, Garner rose highest, but headed straight at Frank Fielding in the Bristol goal.
Just before the quarter hour mark there was a chance at both ends – firstly former Yeovil Town man Luke Ayling sidefooted wide unmarked at the back post after Freeman's cross from the left and then John Welsh picked up a ball ten yards outside the box and danced past three tackles before being brought down as he was about to be free on goal, but referee Roger East shook his head leaving the Scouser in disbelief.
On 19 minutes Paul Huntington thought he had scored when a header from former Bristol man Neil Kilkenny's corner was cleared off the line by Fielding – a great save out of top left hand corner.
But the deadlock was broken on 28 minutes. It was a great break from North End. Kilkenny had the ball in his own half and set off Garner down the right hand side. He in turn played in Humphrey who flew past the full back and delivered into the no man's land between the defence and goalkeeper and Callum Robinson rushed onto it at the back post and fired into the empty net from six yards out.
With six minutes of the half left there was a great chance to double the lead; Humphrey was played wide right by Gallagher, he made a great deep cross to Garner who turned inside and instead of shooting he squared to Robinson, but he scuffed his low shot straight at Fielding.
North End were forced into a change at the break, Joe Garner replaced by Kevin Davies – the top scorer having taken a few whacks in the first half.
The home side, as expected, started the second half in the ascendency and Paul Huntington made a fine strong challenge to deny Kieran Agard a strike on goal six minutes into the half.
After a period of intense pressure and half a dozen corners for the home side a header from Aden Flint from Luke Freeman's corner was a whisker over the cross bar 20 minutes into the second period.
The next great chance fell to Davies as Callum Robinson was sent down the left by John Welsh and cleverly pulled the ball back to the No.9 on the penalty spot, but his low effort was claimed to his left by Fielding.
The home side won a corner in the first minute of stoppage time and sent keeper Frank Fielding forward. The first was headed over and the second cleared and North End held on to return to winning ways.
Bristol City line-up: Fielding, Little (Kane, 70), Williams, Flint, Smith, Freeman (Emmanuel-Thomas, 70), Wilbraham (c), Agard, Pack (B Reid, 85), Ayling, Bryan. Subs not used: Richards, El-Abd, Wagstaff, Cunningham.
PNE line-up: Stuckmann, Wiseman, Buchanan, Kilkenny, Clarke (c), Huntington, Humphrey (King, 74), Welsh, Garner (K Davies, 46), Gallagher, Robinson. Subs not used: Jones, Laird, Beckford, K Reid, Brownhill.
Attendance: 13,245 (904 away fans)
Referee: Mr R East