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Shahid Malik (born November 24, 1967 Burnley) is British Member of Parliament for Dewsbury and serves as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice. He is the first British Muslim to be made a Minister in any British Government. In June 2007, on becoming Prime Minister Gordon Brown made the historic decision to appoint Mr Malik as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development. The position was unpaid. It was a very rapid rise to ministerial level given that Mr Malik had only been elected as the Member of Parliament for Dewsbury at the 2005 General Election. On 4 October 2008, Malik was moved to his current position.
His constituency of Dewsbury is viewed as one of the most challenging in the UK. In 2005 the BNP recorded its highest vote in the country in Dewsbury and two months later his constituency was home to the ringleader of the 7/7 attacks, Mohammad Sidique Khan.
He was little known in Labour circles until he was elected to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC) (the first non-white person to hold that position) at his first attempt in 2000. Prominent left winger, Mark Seddon, then editor of Tribune, was defeated in the same election, and it claimed by Malik's supporters that this motivated numerous Tribune diary stories targeting him .
Malik shot to national prominence in June 2001 during the riots in his hometown, Burnley in Lancashire. His father, Rafique (a former Mayor), was Deputy Mayor of the town at the time. He claimed to be trying to calm the crowds of British Pakistani youths who had been confronting the police and whilst doing so Malik was beaten by the police, handcuffed and arrested. The event was caught on television cameras. Images of Shahid, his face covered in blood, having refused to have it washed off, were broadcast nationally. Malik was later offered an apology by Lancashire Police and praised by the Chief Constable for his 'peace-keeping' role during the disturbances.
Shahid Malik had hoped to be selected in Burnley where Peter Pike had indicated he was standing down. However, the National Executive Committee decided that this Constituency Labour Party should have an all-women shortlist Malik, however, responded to the decision by writing an article in The Guardian reafirrming his support for the policy of all-women shortlists. He stood for selection in Brent East after Labour lost the 2003 by-election but was controversially left off the shortlist, despite winning more nominations and votes than other candidates - indeed Malik had more votes than the sum of the votes of two male candidates (Robert Evans and Raj Jethwa) who went on to be shortlisted. Insults were traded that the selection had been 'stitched-up' for Evans, the by-election candidate; however, Yasmin Qureshi went on to win the Brent East selection but then failed to regain the once safe Labour seat at the general election in May 2005.
On 30th November 2006, the New Statesman 'revealed' that Labour peer, Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, campaigned for the Tories during the Dewsbury election in 2005. Ahmed is said to have backed Sayeeda Warsi, vice-chair of the Conservative Party, a personal friend. According to the New Statesman's report, Warsi "welcomed Lord Ahmed's support".
Shahid Malik served as an international election monitor for the Palestinian Presidential elections in 2005 and Parliamentary elections in January 2006.
As an anti-hate campaigner he has written articles on the Holocaust and been a supporter of the UK's Holocaust Memorial Day – remembering the Nazi genocide. He has also given talks across the UK alongside one of the world's best known Holocaust survivors, Eva Schloss, the stepsister of famous war diarist Anne Frank.
Malik was an open critic of the war in Iraq. Despite this the London Evening Standard suggested that Shahid had overstated his opposition to the war in Iraq in an attempt to be selected in Brent East. He complained to the Press Complaints Commission over these newspaper reports which were subsequently retracted acknowledging Shahid had on numerous occasions expressed opposition previously, including on national news broadcasts and at the Labour Party Annual Conference.
However, despite being openly critical of the war in Iraq, Shahid Malik voted very strongly against investigating the Iraq war. His decision to vote against investigating the war, despite his opposition to it, has not sat well with some constituents.
In August 2006, while Parliamentary Private Secretary to Schools Minister Jim Knight, he became the most senior British Parliamentarian to sign an open letter to the Prime Minister criticising the UK's foreign policy silence following Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
Later in 2006, he visited the bombed areas of Lebanon and was shocked by the devastation caused by Israeli bombings of civilian areas. On his return to the UK he raised the issue in Parliament where he asked the Foreign Secretary: "Is my right hon. Friend aware that, according to the Mines Advisory Group and a cross-party group that was in Lebanon last month, some 32.7 million sq m of land are infected and contaminated by cluster munitions? According to the Mines Advisory Group, if the Israeli Government were to give it grid references for the 1.2 million bombs that were let loose in the last three days of action, instead of three children dying a day, as is the case, the number would, it hopes, be much less. Will he use his good offices to ensure that we put sufficient pressure on the Israeli Government to move forward on this important issue?"
In October 2007, it was revealed that he had on two separate occasions when visiting the USA been detained. In November 2006 he was detained for an hour while entering JFK Airport in New York, where he had been invited by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to deliver an anti-terrorism speech to a mainly Muslim audience of 300. In October 2007 he was returning from a Ministerial trip when he claimed to have been detained for some 40 minutes at Washington, D.C.'s Dulles Airport and had his hand luggage searched for explosive traces. He had the previous day had a meeting with the Department of Homeland Security on security issues.
US security officials, however, stated that they reviewed a videotape of his detention, which shows that he was detained for eight minutes. The officials also rubbished his assertion that he was chosen because of his religion. However, US Authorities later accepted in writing that the eight minutes they referred to was the time for secondary screening and not the time he was detained. The US Homeland Securities Department accepted that his actual detention was considerably longer than eight minutes.
When elected in May 2005 Shahid Malik set himself a target to open the doors of democracy for his constituents. At the last count, October 2007, Shahid announced that some 2,250 people from Dewsbury and Mirfield had been guests of the MP at Westminster. The overwhelming majority were school students.
In November 2007, Mr Malik launched a libel action in the High Court against the Dewsbury Press and former Conservative councillor Jonathan Scott. Mr Malik later agreed to an out-of-court settlement after the defendants agreed to print an agreed statement in The Press newspaper.
In the agreed statement in the Press newspaper former Conservative Councillor Jonathan Scott said: " I am happy to make clear that my letter was never intended to accuse Mr Malik of orchestrating gangs of thugs or playing the race card. This was an interpretation some people placed upon my letter and subsequent article, an interpretation which I disagreed with. I never intended to accuse Mr Malik of having any responsibility for the threats and acts of intimidation made against me."
And in addition, Mr Lockwood who was editor of the Press newspaper at the time said: "We want to make it clear that we never accused Shahid of any impropriety whatsoever during the elections."
In the agreed statement Mr Malik said: "I have been brought up to believe that the most precious thing I have is my integrity and reputation and so I am thrilled at the outcome. I can now continue serving the people of Dewsbury and Mirfield with my head held high."
Shahid Malik has had a number of significant national roles prior to being involved in politics. These roles include:
National Chair of the Urban Forum: Elected annually via 450+ member organisations - a renowned national regeneration policy network made up of residents and community organisations , with the aim of pushing power to local people in deprived neighbourhoods.
Commissioner to the Northern Ireland Equality Commission: Appointed by then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mo Mowlam as the only Great British Commissioner (1999-2002) to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, which was born out of the 'Good Friday Peace Agreement' – dealing with equalities issues between Catholics & Protestants, Unionists & Nationalists, and discrimination by race, gender, disability, sexuality, age.
Commissioner for Racial Equality, Great Britain: Law enforcement agency under the Race Relations Act 1976 working to eliminate racial discrimination across Great Britain.
Vice-Chair of United Nations body, UNESCO UK: Working to engage UK civic society in UNESCO's work in contributing to world peace, security, justice and human rights, by promoting collaboration between nations on educational, scientific, cultural and communications projects.
Government Adviser on Community Cohesion and Neighbourhood Renewal
Shahid Malik was elected as the Member of Parliament for Dewsbury in May 2005 and became the only newly elected Labour MP to be placed on the powerful Home Affairs Select Committee.
In December 2005 he won the prestigious House Magazine 'Best Maiden Speech of the Parliament' award which is regarded as the Parliamentary Oscars. The award is made once every four years and Shahid beat off over 100 other new MPs.
In January 2006 he became the Parliamentary ' Pool Champion ' – with the title came £1500 which he donated to local charities and causes in his constituency.
In February 2006 he was runner-up in the 'Channel Four News Rising Star Awards'.
In the Government reshuffle in May 2006 he was promoted to the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Schools Minister.
In June 29th 2007 he was appointed a minister in the Department for International Development, making him Britain's first Muslim Minister albeit one of the few who do not get paid for doing their job.
Since the London bombings of 7 July 2005, Malik has played a prominent role as one of the public faces of Muslim leadership in the UK. He has spoken in criticism of some of the responses to the bombings, and some of the suggestions of what needs to be done. He was invited to join a national working group of key Muslim leaders seeking answers to the bombings. He has called not just for internal reform within Muslim communities, but also for the rest of society to help tackle poverty and isolation of minority groups.
US security officials first reacted by stating that they had reviewed a videotape of his detention, where they stated that he was detained for eight minutes. The officials also rubbished any assertion that he was chosen because of his religion yet only three people were held and all three were Muslims.
However, US Authorities later accepted in writing that the eight minutes they referred to was the time for secondary screening and not the time he was detained. The US Homeland Securities Department accepted that his actual detention was considerably longer than eight minutes.
Mr Malik seemed quite philosophical about his treatment and later wrote on his website: ""Following discussions with the USA Ambassador to the UK, Robert Tuttle, I have happily accepted his apology for the mix up that occurred during my departure from Washington Dulles airport over the weekend. In addition, following discussions with representatives from the Department of Homeland Securities in the USA, I want to reiterate my belief that no malice whatsoever was intended. I am looking forward to getting back out to the USA and continuing our work in tackling the common global challenges that our great nations face."
True to his word he spent his honeymoon in the USA in February 2008.


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You can never really get all the creamy mayo out of a mayonnaise jar. No matter how much you scrape, there's always a tantalizing amount still clutching to the crevices, the crannies, the nooks, mocking you with its inaccessibility. Which got Chef John thinking. He likes to use a little bit of mayonnaise to help emulsify and add creaminess to his vinaigrettes anyway. Why not shake up a batch of vinaigrette in an "empty" mayo jar? There's no waste! Watch the video, then get the recipe for Chef John's Empty Mayo Jar Dressing. It's pure genius. See more Chef John videos >>
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Gunmen takeover a police vehicle in Ramadi December 30 2013. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani
RAMADI, Iraq: Iraqi forces killed 10 gunmen Monday in clashes that erupted as they cleared a Sunni Arab protest camp in a move likely to fan resentment among the minority community.
As the fighting raged, prayer leaders exhorted followers to "go to jihad," or holy war, while gunmen replaced security forces on some streets in the city of Ramadi, near the protest site west of Baghdad.
Forty-four Iraqi MPs announced their resignation in the wake of the violence, which came just days after a deadly raid on the home of a Sunni lawmaker in the city, capital of restive Anbar province.
A similar operation at a Sunni protest camp outside the northern town of Hawijah in April triggered clashes in which dozens of people died, sparking a wave of revenge attacks and sending death tolls soaring.
Dr. Ahmad al-Ani of Ramadi hospital said 10 gunmen were killed and 30 wounded Monday.
An AFP journalist in Ramadi reported heavy fighting, and saw helicopters firing into the area of the protest site, where demonstrators had gathered for more than a year.
Gunmen burned two security force vehicles and seized a third.
Sporadic clashes continued, and gunmen could be seen on some Ramadi streets, while security forces were seen at the edge of the city.
The fighting spread to the nearby city of Fallujah, where police Captain Omar Oda said militants burned military vehicles during clashes with security forces.
Dr. Assem al-Hamdani said 11 gunmen were wounded.
Forty-four MPs announced their resignation Monday evening, triggering the latest in a long line of political crises.
The lawmakers also demanded "the withdrawal of the army ... and the release of MP Ahmad al-Alwani," a Sunni who was arrested during a deadly raid Saturday.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's spokesman, Ali Mussawi, said military sources confirmed tents at the protest site had been removed and the highway towards neighboring Jordan and Syria reopened.
This was done "without any losses, after Al-Qaeda and its members escaped from the camp to the city, and they are being pursued now," Mussawi told AFP.
He was echoing a charge made on Dec. 22 by Maliki, who said "the sit-in site in Anbar has turned into a headquarters for the Al-Qaeda leadership."
The sprawling protest camp on the highway outside Ramadi included a stage from which speakers could address crowds, a large roofed structure and dozens of tents.
Hundreds camped out overnight while numbers regularly rose to many thousands on Fridays, the traditional Muslim day of prayer, rest and protest.
Protests broke out in Sunni Arab-majority areas of Iraq late last year after the arrest of guards of then-Finance Minister Rafa al-Essawi, an influential Sunni Arab, on terrorism charges.
Sunnis saw the arrests as yet another example of the Shiite-led government targeting one of their leaders.
In December 2011, guards of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, another prominent Sunni politician, were arrested and accused of terrorism. Hashemi fled abroad and has since been given multiple death sentences in absentia for charges including murder.
The demonstrations tapped into long-standing grievances of Sunni Arabs, who say they are both marginalized by the government and unfairly targeted with heavy-handed tactics by security forces.
In another incident that has escalated tensions, security forces Saturday raided the Ramadi home of Sunni Arab MP Ahmad al-Alwani, who backs the anti-government protesters, arresting him and sparking clashes that killed his brother, five guards and a security force member.
Sunni discontent has been a key factor in an escalating death toll this year, boosting recruitment for militant groups and eroding cooperation with security forces.
But while the government has made some concessions to placate Sunni Arabs, including freeing prisoners and raising the salaries of anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen, underlying issues remain unaddressed.Nationwide death tolls from violence have reached a level not seen since 2008, when Iraq was just emerging from a brutal period of sectarian killings.
The violence continued elsewhere Monday, with another at least 17 people, among them eight security force members, killed in attacks.
More than 6,750 people have been killed in violence since the beginning of the year, according to AFP figures based on security and medical sources.
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Rose Magazine partnered with the Pasadena POPS and the Star-News to celebrate the kick-off of our summer dining and entertainment issue on Friday, June 18.
The party was held on the lawn adjacent to the Rose Bowl, which is the new concert venue for the POPS.
Guests enjoyed food and drink from Pasadena eateries like Porta Via and Polkatots Cupcakes.
Rose Magazine's Woman of the Year, Nadine Washington, helped co-host the celebration and was honored with an official pin recognizing the commendation.
The festivities concluded with a working-rehearsal performance by the POPS and guest artists Cirque de la Symphonie, as they prepared to open their summer concert season the following night.
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A New World, Right in Front of Your Face
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In 2011, Palmer Luckey, an eighteen-year-old technician at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, built a set of virtual-reality goggles in his parents' garage. A lifelong enthusiast of virtual reality—wholly immersive computer-simulated environments—he had stockpiled the well-ordered workshop with commercial and industrial headsets from the recent past. (The term "virtual reality" was likely coined by Jaron Lanier, a pioneer of the technology who was profiled in the magazine in 2011.) Although not a programmer or engineer by schooling, Luckey had spent the last eleven months as an employee working on I.C.T.'s Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy program, in which veterans who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder were guided by therapists while wearing heavy goggles that simulated the terror of combat (using a modified version of the battle game "Full Spectrum Warrior"). The program, dubbed "Virtual Iraq"—exposure therapy, but with pixel bullets—has been in use for several years, and deployed to several dozen Veterans Affairs facilities around the country.


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Arlington Cuts Overnight, Stakes Purses
Arlington International Racecourse has cut overnight purses by 10% and trimmed the purses of most of its few remaining graded stakes.
Arlington International Racecourse has cut overnight purses by 10% and trimmed the purses of most of its few remaining graded stakes.
Let's Go Stable's Divine Oath stormed up the rail and denied British raider Our Channel a win in the $200,000 American Derby (gr. IIIT) July 12 at Arlington International Racecourse.
Abdulla al Monsoori's Our Channel leads a group for the $200,000 American Derby (gr. IIIT) on "Million Preview Day" at Arlington Park, hoping to recover from a poor run in the June 7 English Derby (Eng-I).
Millennium Farms today announced 2014 stud fees for its four stallions, including grade I winner Swagger Jack. All fees are payable when the foal stands and nurses.
Infinite Magic, overlooked at 12-1 odds, prevailed by head over Admiral Kitten and Stormy Len to register his first graded stakes win in the $200,000 American Derby (gr. IIIT) July 13 over the Arlington Park turf.
WinStar Farm's General Election, winner of the first leg of the Mid-America Triple--the May 25 Arlington Classic--returns to Arlington July 13 to pursue the second race of the series, the $200,000 American Derby.
Bred by Mike Abraham, the filly is out of the Ghazi mare Silent Emotion, a stakes winner of $209,993 and dam of grade 1-placed multiple stakes winner Unspoken Word.
Trainer Chris Block was represented by his 1,000th winner Jan. 12 at Gulfstream Park, when 5-year-old All for Thee rallied through the stretch to score a hard-fought neck victory at odds of 12-1 in the second race of the day.
Off the success of multiple grade I winner Dullahan, Even the Score will see an increase in his stud fee from $10,000 to $12,500 in 2013 at Millennium Farms.
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Cozzetti made the best of an inside trip along the rail as he got up to nip pacesetter All Stormy by a neck in a four-horse blanket finish in the American Derby (gr. IIIT) at Arlington Park.
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Silver Max, who is riding a five-race win streak, returns to Arlington Park for the American Derby (gr. IIIT) Saturday, July 14.
Phipps Stable's Boisterous, third in the Manhattan Handicap on the Belmont Stakes undercard, will carry high weight as he heads a field of 11 turf specialists in $200,000 Arlington Handicap (gr. IIIT) July 14.
Multiple grade I winner Giant Oak has been named the Illinois Horse of the Year and champion older handicap male for 2011
Making his stakes debut in the $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup, favored Papaw Bodie surged to the lead in upper stretch to post a convincing win at Sam Houston Race Park on the night of Jan. 28.
Proceed Bee is the obvious choice in the Jan. 28 John B. Connally Turf Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Sam Houston Race Park. But he will face some still competition from the likes of several other promising horses.
Multiple grade I winner is Giant Causeway's leading runner on dirt.
Sent off at 41-1, Afleet Again ran down Birdrun and Giant Oak in deep stretch to pull a shocker in the opening race on Day 2 of the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
A. U. Miner, third in last year's Breeders' Cup Marathon, draws post 11 for this year's renewal. The opener to the Nov. 5 program to be run at 1 3/4 miles.
Third at mid-stretch, former claimer Headache closed steadily to edge Where's Sterling by a half-length in the $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) in Illinois Oct. 8.
Grade I winner Giant Oak faces stiff competition from nine challengers in Hawthorne Racecourse's marquee fall event.
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Havre de Grace will face males for the first time in the $750,000 Woodward (gr.l) Sept. 3 at Saratoga, where she will meet seven rivals.
Tizway picked up his second consecutive grade I victory Aug. 6 at Saratoga when he took over approaching the quarter-pole and breezed to an easy score in the $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I).
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Commemorative activities last weekend centred on, "Wetlands: Protect our waters wet."
The Minister of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development has urged all Cameroonians to put all hands on deck for the conservation of water for the present and future use. Minister Pierre Hele was speaking in Yaounde on Friday February 1 as he chaired commemorative activities leading up to the 2013 World Wetlands Day observed Saturday February 2 on the theme, "Wetlands: Protect our waters wet."
The biggest challenge Cameroon like other countries face, he said, is the worldwide phenomenon of climate change which is affecting all dimensions of life, including water. "This means that as we are struggling to conserve, climate change comes in to reduce the volumes of water that we have around the world. Wetlands in Cameroon serve the same purpose that they serve around the world given the geographical situation of our country-extreme dryness in the north and extreme wetness in the south," the Minister said.
Like him, the Secretary General at the Ministry, Akwa Patrick Kum Bong, said there is need to harmonise dryness and wetness to make water adequately available where it is dry and where it is wet. "We are struggling to tackle this challenge in a number of ways. Belonging to the Ramsar Convention helps us to sensitise people on the need to preserve the bit of water that we have especially in the wetlands. In the ministry, we have a project for the eradication of water hyacinth not only to make the water ways navigable but also accessible for fishermen and for farmers. In the north, we have a Green Sahel Project for the planting of trees which is a good step in managing water. It seeks to stop the desert from advancing but also to retain some water in the soil by covering the surface. The challenges are there, the initiatives are also there unfortunately we don't have the means to go as we would have wanted," he said.
According to the Focal Point of the Ramsar Convention in Cameroon, Serge Ondoua, water is a determinant factor in the country's fragile ecosystem and must be constantly protected for posterity. In song, drama and artwork exhibition by students of schools around Yaounde who thronged the Conference Centre for the event, demonstrated the need for local councils to integrate water management in their communal plans if the ravaging effects of climate change must be cushioned for the wellbeing of the population and the environment.


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ABU DHABI The Abu Dhabi leg of the community event and cancer research fundraiser, the Terry Fox Run, is set to take place on the Abu Dhabi Corniche on February 17.
The Run, now in its 17th year in the Capital, is held under the patronage of Shaikh Sultan bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, Advisor to the President. The Terry Fox Run, also known as 'The Marathon of Hope', gives cancer patients the hope that one day, a cure, or even prevention, for cancer will be found.
The Run plays a major role in supporting medical research that is not only helping to raise cancer awareness among the community, but is also financially contributing to research conducted here in the UAE. The UAE plays an important part in the accelerating search for the cure and prevention of cancer, thanks to the efforts of the annual Terry Fox Runs held in Abu Dhabi along with other cities in the UAE.
On the day, the programme will begin at 7am. A 15-minute aerobic session will help warm-up the crowd, and the 40-member Abu Dhabi Police band will play the UAE national anthem before the Run begins.
The Run will kick off from the Abu Dhabi Corniche (a.k.a.: the Fanzone) to the car park near the Corniche Hospital, and back. People can walk, run, roller-skate or skateboard, and the course is accessible to wheelchairs and strollers. However, cycling will not be permitted due to safety precautions. Registration begins at 7am and the Run itself will start at 10am. Cash and cheque donations are accepted on the event day. —
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DH '58: Design for the Home
- Dates: March 5, 1958 through April 27, 1958
- Collections: Decorative Arts
Spring 1957: Three young architect-designers have begun work on plans for a special installation of "DH '58," the Museum's national exhibition of modern home furnishings to open to the public on March 5. This team, representing fresh, new talent, is composed of Romaldo Giurgola, Paul Mitarachi and Gerhard M. Kallman. The Museum selected them for the job after scrutinizing the work of numerous other potential installation designers. The originality and ingenuity of their proposals seemed most promising. The show will be installed in the Museum's large first floor Special Exhibitions Galleries, an area of 4,200 square feet.
Romaldo Giurgola, aged 33, graduated in architecture from the University of Rome and received his Masters degree from Columbia. He practiced architecture in Italy prior to coming to this country in 1954. In New York he was Art Director of Interiors. At present he teaches architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He designed, among other things, the South East Asia Exhibition for the U.S. Department of Commerce, in collaboration with Paul Mitarachi.
Paul Mitarchi, aged 36, received his degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is a member of the American Institute of Architects. He has practiced architecture in Greece, El Salvador and the United States, has also done exhibition installations in the U.S., and office building and town planning in El Salvador. For the past 3 years he has maintained his own independent practice in New York City.
Gerhard M. Kallman, aged 42, is a graduate of the London Architectural Association and an Associate of the R.I.B.A. (Royal Institute of British Architects). He has worked in England and the United States as an architect and interior designer. He formerly taught at the Institute of Design in Chicago and now teaches in New York at Cooper Union and Columbia. He is author of numerous articles for Interiors, Forum and London's Architectural Review.
Although the installed exhibition cannot be ready until the first of March, final selections of home furnishings will be in the Museum by the end of January. Press wishing to photograph in advance, for March release, may make appointments for February for this purpose.
"DH'58" will contain selections from all modern home furnishings and accessories available in the U. S., chosen by a Selection Committee consisting of Jens Risom, designer; Tom O'Hare, merchandiser; and Robert Riley, Curator. The purpose of the exhibition is to make the buying public more aware of the fact that art may be brought into the home and daily life through everything purchased; it aims to achieve this in a thoroughly practical manner by showing available items which, in the opinion of the Selection Committee, are well designed for their purpose.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a check-list stating source, designer, retail outlet and price of each item displayed. The show will remain on view through April 27.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1953 - 1970. 1957, 058-59. View Original 1 . View Original 2
March 3, 1958: A comprehensive exhibition of modern home furnishings will be on view in the large Special Exhibition Galleries on the Museum's main floor from March 5 through April 27. All the 450 items shown are available on the U.S. market today, all have been chosen - from many more hundreds submitted - by a Selection Committee of experts, for quality of modern design. The exhibition has been installed in specially designed settings by a team of young architects of fresh and ingenious talent. The purpose of the exhibition is to make the buying public more aware of the fact that art may be brought into the home and daily life through everything purchased. Accompanying the show is a check-list stating designer, source, retail outlet and price of each item displayed. The admission fee, which includes, the source list with prices of items, will be 75 cents. The press is requested to make this clear to the public since this is the first time the Museum has charged admission for a special exhibition.
The jury for DH '58 was composed of:
Jens Risom, designer
Tom O'Hare, merchandiser, Abraham & Straus, member of Associated Merchandising Corporation
Robert Riley, Curator of Industrial Design, Brooklyn Museum
A special lecture based on the display will be given at the Museum on opening day, March 5, at 2 p.m., by Mr. Edgar Kaufmann, noted design authority. This will be open to Members of the Museum and their guests and to members of the press.
The architects who have designed the special construction and installation for the exhibition are:
Romaldo Giurgola, 36-year-old Rome architect, now teaching at the University of Pennsylvania.
Paul Mitarachi, AIA, formerly an architect in Greece and El Salvador, now practicing architecture in New York City.
Gerhard M. Kallmann, from London's Architectural Association and the R.I.B.A., now teaching at Cooper Union and Columbia University.
In making selections, the jury placed no limitation on price, country of origin or year of production as long as it felt that standards of modern design were met. Thus may be found side by side a handsome walnut table by Edward Wormley which has been available for a number of years, and a sofa-bed by Jens Risom, so new that it is fresh from the craftman's hands; and a $12 stool from Japan along with a $900 couch from Denmark.
The jury was particularly interested in items which showed ingenuity on the part of designers and an effort to work out new approaches and better solutions to old problems. Jury members also showed concern for neat and careful detailing of a simple, direct nature. On the basis of material submitted to the jurors, they were grateful that they did not have to select an exhibition from the new market alone, for they felt that the large number of current imitations and the small supply of pieces showing originality would have permitted only a thin and meager show. This was perhaps particularly true in the field of furniture. Lighting equipment, for long one of the most difficult areas in which to find good modern solutions, still proved to be something of a problem, but the jury was pleased to find as many as 22 which they thought worthy of presentation, for this represents a distinct improvement over the recent past. Many gay and handsome fabrics and accessories from many countries were found, though there was surprising poverty in some fields. For example, stainless steel flatware, despite its great popularity and the quantity submitted, offered very few designs that were acceptable. Floor coverings also proved disappointingly unimaginative and are therefore represented by only 12 examples. Not a single television set submitted seemed worth exhibiting, and only one radio, one loudspeaker and one air-conditioner are shown. It is, of course, possible that these disappointments might have been allayed had more manufacturers, distributors and designers taken the trouble to submit more material.
The architects have designed the 4,200-sq.-ft. area as a handsome background for the items shown - to display them to their best advantage rather than to overpower them. Natural building materials are used: untreated oak and simple metal elements as a complement rather than a conflict with the elements of the furnishings. The space retains its own true scale and is treated like a huge crate container; it has the scale of architecture rather than that of a house or room.
Sloping slats of oak have been constructed along all the side walls, and wood steps and ramps rise from the floor, supplying a literal as well as a psychological change of pace. The long gallery is illuminated the whole length of both walls through enormous unbleached muslin panels sloping down from the ceiling. In the central area additional lighting in wells of concentration pick up various groupings.
The small entrance gallery offers a brief historical introduction to home furnishing design and its effect on and relationship to clothes and posture. Four vignettes of the furniture, costumes and figures of four periods - 1790, 1810, 1880 and 1958 - are represented by a settee or chair of each period and a mannequin in the clothes of the period. This is accompanied by the statement on one wall:
"Our position in life is determined by our houses, our food, our clothes, our furniture. All of these are designed for the appearance we wish to assume. But our lives change our ideas of how to live. The hooped skirt and corsetted waist could not manage a modern contour chair. Nor would sweatshirt and dungarees choose Victorian rosewood. This is how we looked in 1790 and 1810 and 1880. These current designs for the home are an important part of how we will look and live in 1958."
On entering the main gallery down a ramp, one sees pits dropped through the ramp floor, below the level of one's feet, containing groupings of furniture, rugs, accessories. One of these stresses the outdoors, for a number of items are designed for porch and yard use. Other groups, such as one of furniture for children, are found above foot level on platforms. Cantilevered metal arms project unsupported from the sloping-slat side walls to display drapery fabrics or to hold glass shelves for stainless steel, glassware and ceramics. Two massive display troughs in the middle of the gallery have been constructed of the plain wood lined with bright orange, red & green felt as a background against which to see exhibits placed on large panels of plate glass which seem to float above. There is a feeling throughout of constant flow and circulation. The higher points on the ramps offer a perspective of the whole display, a chance to make sure one has not missed any section; while at the same time all items may be examined closely, sat upon, handled.
Seating Units
Among the newer seating units in the exhibition appear lively innovations by such well-known designers as George Nelson, Maurizio Tempestini, Vestergaard Jensen, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Jens Risom, Edward Wormley, as well as a remarkable conversation piece from Italy by the architects, not well known here, Conti, Forlani and Grassi.
George Nelson has contributed a molded plywood chair, its back and arms all in one curving, debonair strip, with the gay fantasy of a paper cut-out. Its round seat is cushioned in black fabric; the bent plywood legs taper almost to a point. The Italian designer, Tempestini, whose work has frequently been admired in this country, now sends here a new metal chair rather like a semicircle of decorative wrought-iron fencing, from floor to top of back and arms, surrounding a brightly cushioned seat wide enough for one-and-a-half people. Denmark's Vestergaard Jensen presents a teak couch, supported by elegantly curved ribs, ultra pure in line and detail, rich in its utter simplicity.
As an answer to the many complaints of recent years that there was no really big, luxurious upholstered chair in modern, Charles Eames has designed an outsize molded plywood chair with ottoman, upholstered here in white naugahyde. The back is divided horizontally, with a separate upholstered shell-shape for a head rest. The Saarinen chair is a further development on the molded plastic one-piece basket chair. It is an armless chair supported on a single post pedestal, all in white. Jens Risom's walnut couch-bed is an ingenious solution to the problem of how to turn a sloping sofa, not too wide for comfortable seating, into a flat, wider bed. A bar-stool with curved slat back and cushioned seat by Edward Wormley is made of bent plywood with tapered legs equipped with brass rungs to hitch the heels on whichever way one swivels.
The Italian nylon cord chair by Conti, Forlani and Grassi appealed to the jury as a genuine effort to arrive at a completely novel effect, even if it seems a bit complicated at first glance. Its transparent cord seat, back and arms like a great spiderweb give an unsubstantial airiness that makes its solid comfort quite surprising, and the cantilevered black metal frame supporting the back as if it were floating in space shows ingenuity.
Among the many other seating units included are three armless chairs with cane backs and upholstered seats, designed by Edward Wormley to fit together side by side against a wall with prim precision. Chairs by Jens Risom include a leather swivel armchair on casters, sturdy, roomy, with a neat, boxy, forthright appearance. Another leather chair of distinction is designed by Poul Kjaerholm in oxhide on a chrome base with a clean, direct utilization of these two materials. A new group of upholstered pieces on oak frames, by Børge Mogensen, consists of a low lounge chair, an ottoman and a 3-seat sofa, all with a light, neat appearance far removed from the "overstuffed" concept, and at the same time comfortable. A similar effect is achieved in a simple cane-backed love seat by Peter Hvidt and Mølgaard Nielsen; under its three cushions, plastic cord looped back and forth serves as springs. There are several casual chairs, including a set of stacking chairs each in a different color of nylon cord, which is wrapped around a metal frame to make seat and back; a walnut and birch chair with rush seat from George Nakashima; a rattan chair from Holland; and two very light demountable metal chairs with black or white sling seats - known in their native Denmark as "bachelor" chairs since they are supposedly always on the move.
Children's Corner:
The group for children includes three stacking chairs in bent plywood by Thonet, earliest makers of bent plywood chairs, each chair a different height to satisfy all ages of children. Two vinyl covered steel wire chairs have been designed in child-sizes by Harry Bertoia, white with little naugahyde seat pads. A bright red and blue plywood semi-circle by Kristian Vedel serves as a high chair or a low chair or a see-saw or a rocker. These are grouped with a little plastic-topped white table with steel wire support designed by Isamu Noguchi, and a 3-drawer white plastic chest with teak top and legs by Florence Knoll.
A convenient feature of some nests of tables today is the device of hanging them in grooves under the tops of the tables themselves so that when one is pulled out from underneath another its slightly raised feet do not catch on the rug. This is the case with a nest of one long table under which slide two half-as-long tables in ash and walnut, by Edward Wormley. Another recent convenience is the use of a formica inset piece in the wood top as an area where a hot pan or dish can do no harm; this appears in a teak coffee table by Greta Jalk. Other coffee tables include two white plastic-topped tables, one with a metal pedestal by Eero Saarinen, the other with a metal splay-foot by George Nelson, both with pristine crispness. A revolving top dining-working table has been ingeniously designed in walnut by Jens Risom, with legs which stop before they reach the table top so that fingers are not caught in the revolving process. It can be locked in any position. Sturdier than the usual Oriental construction is a long, low table with four square stools from Japan, with angle-iron bases and cane tops woven in unusual patterns. A so-called "family" table by William Pahlmann perhaps lends itself even better to card use; it is round, walnut, with white formica top which presents a neat contrast of smooth white and rich-grained dark wood, fashioned in slim lines.
Case Pieces
For small areas without sufficient closet space, an interesting innovation is a cylindrical walnut closet which revolves on an adjustable center bar to be affixed between floor and ceiling of any height; it is by Van der Lancken and Lundquist. A colorful note is a George Nelson chest-cabinet on a frame of white angle irons with a bright orange wood drawer, Masonite sliding panels below in light olive and a black top surface; it is small and compact. The old-fashioned roll-top desk has been turned into a teak bar by Arne Vodder with a black plastic work surface under the roll-top, cut into for an ice bucket, a dropped shelf behind for bottles in use and cabinets below. Vodder also supplies a men's chest in teak with tambour front, detailed with particular neatness in the inside shelving.
A large Japanese bubble lamp by Isamu Noguchi is the first to greet the visitor to the exhibition. It is interesting to note how many other such designers of furniture have also turned their hand to design in this field: Tempestini, Hans Wegner, Alvar Aalto, Philip Johnson, Bruno Mathsson, Ward Bennett, Kristian Vedel are represented with lamp designs. A table lamp from Sweden is made of milk glass all of one piece, base and globe merging into a single unit. An expression of sheer fantasy is a "star chandelier" in brass and aluminum designed by Richard Kelly with the same kind of appeal for an adult that a Christmas tree star has for a child. Ward Bennett has designed a bookshelf lamp particularly useful clamped onto a shelf where a title is being sought after, for its swivel joint lends it great flexibility; the shade of green glass lined with white sheds an agreeable light, the whole fixture is very small and easy to handle. A Kristian Vedel ceiling fixture is a kind of elongated cone of light pine wood which states its case with direct simplicity.
The conversation piece in floor coverings seemed to the jury worthy of inclusion for the flair of imagination it showed. It is a Moroccan rug with long pile in a pale rusty color with bright navy blue Arabic calligraphy at one end and a most surprising raised and tufted circle of woolly blue at the other end, serving presumably as a pillow to lie or sit on. The multicolored carpet in fiber and tufted cotton designed by John Gerald and Katherine Kinnane still lends itself to many uses and bright practicality. One of the season's most popular color combinations in every medium - blue and green - is found in a Bigelow Design Studio carpet. The multicolored trend is carried out in two cotton rugs by John and Earline Brice, one of diamonds set in stripes of sienna, white, olive and gold, the other in blue, mauve and black.
A number of the fabrics selected by the jury are displayed in the exhibition as covers for seating units or, as in the case of Thaibok silks, for oversize "Lazyback" cushions. In upholstery fabrics a number of sturdy plastic combinations appear, by Alexander Girard, Jack Lenor Larsen and Rowen designers. Some particularly interesting drapery fabrics in linen came from Warren Platner, Dorothy Liebes, Sven Markelius, H. Bayer and Louise Shaffer. Colors tend to be cheerful, with some unusual combinations such as pink, orange and brown (Alexander Girard) and black, grey, beige and orange (Vera Neumann). In both drapery and sheer fabrics, Jack Lenor Larsen has effectively woven goat hair with other fibers. An unusually delicate, large-scale print is a sheer by Don Wight of long grasses on white linen batiste.
Several woven grass wallpapers come from Kneedler-Fauchère in strips of natural-color grasses applied to white or grey backgrounds so that there is a three-dimensional quality and an unusual textural effect. The other wall coverings shown are by Estelle Laverne. One, a texture print on canvas, has something of the quality of paint on canvas and is intended to give the effect of a mural.
It is still easier to find well designed dinnerware in plain white, such as Prof. Loeffelhart's white "Schoenwald," than to find acceptable patterns or colors. A good solution in interesting shapes is a charcoal set by Raymond Loewy, with all-black exterior surface and all-white interiors. Lee Rosen has designed an agreeable set in white and grey speckled ceramic, one of very few patterned or colored examples accepted by the jury. A hand-thrown stoneware set comes from Meindert Zaalberg of Holland; in white with black edgings, it has a pleasantly sturdy, truly Dutch solidity about it.
Wood appears in all kinds of uses for the table, particularly teak in serving trays, platters, salad bowls, carving boards, etc. Some good examples come from Jens Quistgaard, who also uses teak handles on his stainless steel flatware. A number of serving trays for many purposes also appear in basket shapes, of Basket Bazaar design.
Still one of the cleanest designs in glassware - and most inexpensive - is that of Freda Diamond in various sizes and two shapes. From abroad come several sets of glassware: Vicke Lindstrand has designed a group in a glass with a very slight gold tone; Kaj Franck sends stemware glasses and a pitcher; Timo Sarpaneva works in clear and smoke-color glass; Prof. Loeffelhart has four sizes of ice-lip pitchers with stirrers.
Particularly original tablecloths and linen place mats have been designed by Tammis Keefe in unusual color combinations. Perhaps the most interesting colors in woven place mats are to be found in some Japanese examples from the Brooklyn Museum Gallery Shop.
Three big white porcelain platters are unusual contributions. One, by Kaj Franck, is a fish platter with drain plate, designed in simple lines. The other two by Ed Langbein, are something of a tour de force: one, also for fish, is in fish shape and comes in five sizes; the other is a huge egg dish with many scooped out sections shaped like a half egg.
Although the jury would have liked to include some decorated plastic dinnerware, none was submitted that was considered acceptable in design. Shown are pieces of all-white by Raymond Loewy and a set of all-black by Russel Wright.
A whole array of simple white porcelain kitchen items has been designed by La Gardo Tackett: syrup sets, sugar sets, funnel and measuring-spoon sets, salt and pepper shakers. These are all made in Japan, and put up in boxes that can continue to be containers for the set. A number of cheerful casseroles in colors - blue, olive, yellow, red - have come from Jens Quistgaard and Erik Herløw. Many shapes and sizes of wooden spoons are an old Swedish standby and can be just as useful in any other country.
Most interesting in design among appliances selected is the very new molded plywood loudspeaker on an aluminum swivel base, designed by Charles Eames. The charcoal enamel "Frigidaire" is clean and uncluttered, and its color is agreeably discreet. The General Electric air conditioner is also unusual in that it is clean and forthright and not encumbered by excess chrome or gaudy dials. G.E.'s "Kitchen Center" combines a sink, range, dish and clothes washers and dryer in a long unit of stainless steel with yellow enamel, a workmanlike presentation to solve a complicated problem. Harmon-Kardon's high fidelity radio set has neat simple lines and has managed the problem of dials without trying to look like a B-56 Bomber's control board.
From large to huge is the range of some brightly colored glass vases designed by Wayne Husted in yellow, red, blue, green. These are not new, but they still have a quality of the pleasantly spectacular. Also large and eye-catching are some pieces of architectural pottery by La Gardo Tackett, and a brown stoneware planter by Karen Karnes.
Newly imported brass bowls in five sizes were made in Korea in thick, sturdy proportions with a fine appreciation of the weightiness of the material. Two wooden bowls from Germany are lined with bright lacquer, one yellow, one blue, which is said to be acid resistant. A small, heavy glass ashtray from Sweden is the ashtray selected by the jury as the only acceptable one from among those submitted.
Wastebaskets shown are sometimes colorful, such as a yellow and a green of woven hemp from Raymor. In contrast is a set in sleek, subdued laminated teak, in three sizes, from Sweden. Another set in three sizes is in black woven bamboo from Japan, neatly cylindrical in shape. A different type of Japanese basket, unusual in character, is a large red-lacquered rectangle with an occasional, casual decoration of gold in geometric form. A Basket Bazaar bucket-basket with handle has interesting lines in its overlapping, vertical wood slats.
Candles and candleholders are well represented. A particularly fanciful candelabrum is a spiral of candles projecting from a stainless steel rod, designed by Poul Kjaerholm obviously just for fun as it is hard to conceive of how it could be lighted. Some remarkably sturdy colored beeswax candles come from Japan and can either stand on their own feet or be speared onto brass and wrought-iron candleholders of Morrison design which also have a solid stance. A small, black wrought-iron candlestick comes from Sweden.
Hardware of simple clean design was agreeable to find. A lever door handle and back plate of white bronze is designed by Arne Jacobsen. Coat hooks in either white bronze or polished brass have a sculptural look; they come from Luten-Clarey-Stern.
A new type of Italian terrazzo marble tile has been laid on the floor of the first "well" under the Noguchi bubble lamp. This comes from a complicated process of rolling marble pieces in a drum, then imbedding the white marble bits in wet greenish terrazzo. The design is by Gio Ponti.
Photographs available: Betty Chamberlain
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March 3, 1958: It was not the intention at this opening of our exhibition for anyone to come forward with a speech on design in general or even a speech on design for the home since all of you individually, designers and manufacturers of the products shown here, obviously fully well know the importance of well planned and well executed contemporary design. The exhibition itself should explain for all of us to the public or the consumer what each of you had in mind when these designs were put into production. I firmly believe that the pieces shown here represent the top layer of the good designs for the home available today.
Tom O'Hare of Abraham & Straus, Bob Riley of this Museum and I were given the very pleasant job of selecting - from the designs submitted - a representative group of products used in the home. This is not a large exhibition - but I think it is a good one. We would all have liked the job to be a much harder one, we would have much preferred to have far more to choose from - and I am sure that all of you as we have - have missed certain designs here. A shame indeed that we could not have called this an exhibition of what in our opinion is the best on the market today - a shame indeed that not every designer and manufacturer proud of his product could pull himself together and submit his designs. This sad little statement from one member of the Selection Committee in no way takes away from the importance of this show, and as I said before, we are proud of it. It is obviously impossible to include every good design available.
The exhibition, as you see it, is the result of a tremendous effort on the part of this Museum - Bob Riley and Betty Chamberlain have worked tremendously hard on getting the show this far. Special thanks should go to both of them from all of us here tonight.
I am extremely pleased with the architectural job of planning, designing and setting up this exhibition and this time again - from
all of us - should go our appreciation, admiration and thanks to the three designers - Paul Mitarachi, Aldo Giurgola and Gerhard Kallmann. I sincerely believe that their scheme represents the very best in today's exhibition and display design.
Now - what is it we have assembled here - is this exhibition different from any previous ones - is it as good as Edgar Kaufmann's "Good Design" exhibitions which we were all sorry to see halted a few years ago - does it point in any direction and in that case in the right direction - have we learned anything - and what is more important is the consumer and all of us who directly or indirectly concern ourselves with what we consider good design - are we all better off today than we were before and are we on the right track?
The question is, of course, a difficult one to answer - it will be much easier ten years from now. We designers and the manufacturers, too, are far too directly involved with the immediate problem really to tell - yet I believe we are the only ones who can really judge this. Let me, therefore, try, try to express what can only be one man's viewpoint. I have been very concerned with our job of selecting these designs because we on the Committee obviously were assuming the role of general critics. It was going to be our job, through this exhibition, to point out to the consumer what good design for the home looked like. It was extremely important to me, therefore, that this job be done as conscientiously and as seriously as we knew how.
I am satisfied that we have lived up to this respect for the importance of the job and I am also satisfied that our selection in the various design divisions has been sufficiently broad. We have never been tempted to accept a design or a product simply because it was well known or because it had been shown before as being good design or perhaps because it was a good seller. We were not concerned with just new designs but obviously we did make an attempt to accept new, creative thinking in product design, rather than accept pieces which had already been established in the minds of a design conscious public. I seriously believe that this exhibition is a stronger one than earlier shows - it seems to me we are all slightly more sure of ourselves, and a great many of the designs - although in many cases influenced by earlier attempts by others - are good individual projects in keeping with high quality standards and well co-ordinated to suit the contemporary home. There is no doubt in my mind that we are fortunate to have a public, a consumer group, far more design-conscious than before, and most of the pieces shown prove that the manufacturer today is far more interested and willing to accept good designs and to work with good product designers. It is obvious too that the consumer is far more quality conscious than before since we know that the good designs are being made and they are being sold, in good stores and to people who care.
We have in my opinion reached a point where the skilled, serious-minded designer has convinced the good manufacturer that we are on the right track. The public, through well-conducted editorial presentations, good displays and good exhibitions has been convinced to the point where it will ask for the good products when shopping. The buyer in turn will request good design from the producer and put pressure on the vendors who up to this point have seen no reason for any change in product design until they were forced to it. This circle, not at all a vicious one, but a very sound, correct and pleasant one, is what creates more and better products - based upon better designs and created by designers who need to be at their very best.
I believe that we are there - I believe that a very firm foundation has been laid. In most cases this has been done by the brave, and often the very small manufacturers and designers - the pioneers. They are the ones who can be very proud of this exhibition and each one of you tonight has a good right to accept this fine result and the pride as you yourselves individually think you are entitled to it.
Let us hope that this exhibition will be well received by the public and be talked about for a while. Let us hope that it will be shown in other parts of the country and let us hope that the good stores will exhibit some or all of the products selected in their individual group displays. Let us hope that the press will help us distribute the enthusiasm we all share.
All we can do now, tonight, is to launch the ship - open the exhibition and be happy with this tremendous shot in the arm to all of us - designers, manufacturers, retailers and consumers - the kind of push we all need.
Let us end up with a roar of thanks to the Brooklyn Museum and its very competent staff for getting this exhibition put together and for bringing it to the consumer - that important person for whom we all work.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1953 - 1970. 1958, 015-18. View Original 1 . View Original 2 . View Original 3 . View Original 4
Spring 1958: Mr. Edgar Kaufmann, well-known design authority, author and lecturer, spoke to more than 200 Members of the Museum and their guests at 2 p.m. on March 5, 1958, in the exhibition galleries of the new DH '58 - Design for the Home show. He pointed out that the show was of good size yet obviously could not represent all tastes of all Americans. The selection was doubtless based on quality both in service and in artistic value; it indicates a distinct, educated taste aimed towards a real standard of living, not just whim. The dominant note - which is reflected both in the selection and the installation, so well in accord one with the other - is one of ease, restfulness, simplicity. There is no tour de force here, but rather a reflection of the desirability of simple, uncomplicated living. Such technical ingenuity as is often displayed in the items is usually subordinated to this simplicity.
This accent on the simple is particularly American and cannot be paralleled in any other country. For our tastes are geared to a democratic social existence, whereas other countries have contrasting social systems in their backgrounds; their respect for the past reflects a reverence for court splendor. Not all European design is colored by this tradition, however, as can be seen in the numerous imports in this show. Another reason for this American feeling is the desire in the U.S. to find a contrast at home upon returning from business complications.
Regarding the relatively high cost of some good modern furniture, Mr. Kaufmann explained that the situation was similar to the initial high cost of the Model T which eventually was reduced to about one-quarter its original price through mass purchasing. The trouble with modern furniture prices is that not enough people are buying.
Mr. Kaufmann pointed out that a good many things shown had been on the market for some time, and that it was a pleasure to see that their excellent quality had kept them available. Among good new things shown he discussed the bed by Bruno Mathsson, who used bentwood, an old, well-established technical device, in presenting a new structural idea, similar in its cantilevered overhang to the structure found in modern buildings.
Mr. Edward Wormley, on the other hand, was not interested in finding a new form for his walnut dining table, but took an old form and made it exceptionally handsome. A particularly interesting feature of this table is the hardware, installed so that the hanging leaf is flush with the top rather than grooved like most drop-leaf tables. The show is not one of brand new notions; nine-tenths of it derives from past soundness.
The great increase in the use of teak, Mr. Kaufmann explained, is due to the Danish fondness for this tough, close-grained wood so suitable for their traditional waxed finish. A few years ago this came as a shock and surprise to Americans who had been accustomed to varnished piano finishes. Now, however, this finish and this material have come to have more and more interest here.
Importers adjust their imports to American taste in some cases. For example, stainless steel sets abroad are composed of quite different pieces, have different functions, shapes, weight, for the European housewife sets her table quite differently from the American.
Absence of pattern, except in fabrics, is noticeable in the exhibition. The Jury members have said they looked and looked but did not like what they saw with surface ornamentation. In most of the last half of the 19th century ornamental design was at a low level and appallingly out of keeping with the item ornamented. From about 1880 to the mid-1930s the best designers concentrated on good solutions of problems in forms without ornament. But the next step now must be to reintroduce some ornamentation, difficult as this may seem. Designers are probably ready for this problem now, however, for style and fashion always must change.
One of the major reasons for such an exhibition as this being held in a Museum is to encourage thought about what art to put with furniture in the home. Mr. Kaufmann urged that people should look at other galleries and think what pictures or sculptures would please them as complements to their favorite furnishings in the show.
Mr. Kaufmann concluded by suggesting that the audience should not worry about what it did not like, but should concentrate on what modern forms mean, how they are directed, what the designer intended. "Look beneath the surface."
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1953 - 1970. 1958, 019-21. View Original 1 . View Original 2 . View Original 3


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I was making focaccia, with an 85% hydration dough, but we had Chinese instead. So I proofed the dough overnight in the refrigerator, folded it today, and shaped and bake baguettes.
One thing is interesting. At this high a hydration, you can't slash the bread with a lame. It's just too soft. Moving the loaves around without messing them up is also pretty tricky.
But it came out OK.
Plus, I want to test that photo attachments are still working.
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FYI, I can see the thumbnail of your baguettes in your posting, however, on the "Forum" page I am still getting the x'ed out blank squares where the thumbnails used to be of the the new photos in the photo gallery.
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The color is really nice. How's the inside texture?
I was going to bake on Tuesday, but it was too windy to start the fire, so I ended up putting all my predoughs, bigas, etc. in the fridge overnight. Yesterday it was STILL too windy, so I ended up baking inside. My rye, which I'd never bulk-risen in the fridge, turned out a really lovely color I haven't achieved before. Nice and reddish-brown, with good color on the slashes. My whole wheat loaves got darker than I like them (not burned by any means, just dark). Does the overnight in the fridge make the color different?
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Hi Elizabeth!
Yes, overnight will affect color for you have changed the sugar content of the dough far more than simple time. The yeast slows a lot in the fridge and the baceria and enzymes keep going. The balance depends on how much and how active the yeast is for they eat sugars. But enzymes make sugar breaking down the flour into sugars so...it sounds like you had higher sugar content than previously. (Note: it is possible to deplete sugar also if you have a lot of yeast!!!0
BTW, James. Those look like pretty good Pain Anciennw which involve wetter dough than usual. Yes, BP 86 is a bitch to handle but it makes great bread!
Hope that is useful!
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Wet baguette dough, like ancienne, is next to impossible to slash with a standard docking blade. The cuts simply close right up. Next time, clip the loaves with kitchen shears held at a very shallow angle to the loaf. To prevent sticking, plunge the shears into flour between cuts. Works.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court for violating federal narcotics trafficking and firearm laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
Devon Baskin, 26, was sentenced to serve 81 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release by United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that on Dec. 26, 2010, Baskin possessed heroin with intent to distribute it and possessed a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Assistant United States Attorney Craig W. Haller prosecuted this case on behalf of the United States.
U.S. Attorney Hickton commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, the Ross Township Police Department, the Canonsburg Police Department, and the Allegheny County Police Department for the successful investigation leading to the convictions in this case.
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Farmer | Sir | John Bretland | 1865-1944 | professor, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (England)
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Sir John Bretland Farmer (1865-1944) was an important botanist at the Royal College of Science (now Imperial College, London) who pioneered the teaching of skills useful for applied botany in the British colonies, transformed his university department and was responsible for a number of scientific studies into chromosomes, cancer and plant physiology.
While studying at Magdalen College, Oxford, Farmer was influenced by Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853-1922), who was at the time the Sherardian professor of botany. Balfour encouraged Farmer to concentrate on botany, which he did. He graduated with first class honours in Natural Science in 1883.
A formative experience in Farmer's life was his trip to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). During this journey, in which he gained experience of the agricultural systems in use in the colonies, and the problems faced by mass agriculture in a tropical climate, he became convinced of the necessity of teaching students the practical details of botany, as well as the theoretical approach, so that they could be of use to this industry. When he took charge of the botany section at the Royal College of Science, he became the first to teach in this unconventional manner.
Among the subjects discussed in his publications were cancerous tissues. Farmer argued that cancerous tissue was made up of cells that had developed into "gametoid" form - they had taken on characteristics of reproductive (gametogenic) cells. Another of his publications reported an experiment he had conducted which showed that certain oxygen-requiring biological processes in plants could continue without an external source of oxygen, providing they were illuminated. This he explained by the production in the plants by respiration of oxygen from carbon dioxide. In other works, Farmer coined the terms 'meiosis' and 'meiotic', investigated wood's ability to conduct water and disproved (in association with Miss L. Digby a theory relating the size of chromosomes with the type of animal.
Farmer was appointed by the government to investigate the workings of the agriculture departments of Britain's non self-governing colonies. The recommendations he made, based in part on his experiences of Ceylon and his experience as professor of botany, made a considerable impact on the agricultural techniques of these territories.
Sir John Bretland Farmer was influenced while at university by Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853-1922)
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1883: Awarded First Class Degree, Magdalen College, Oxford
1892: Appointed Assistant-Professor of Botany, Royal College of Science
1895: Appointed Professor of Botany, Royal College of Science
1900: Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
1919: Awarded Royal Medal of the Royal Society
1919-1921: Elected Vice-President of the Royal Society
1926: Awarded Knighthood
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Stir first 8 ingredients in small bowl. Arrange brisket in large roasting pan; spread spice mixture evenly over both sides. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat broiler. Uncover brisket. Broil until brown, about 5 minutes per side. Turn brisket fat side up in pan.
Set oven temperature to 325°F. Sprinkle leeks, onion, 12 apricots, garlic, thyme, and bay leaves around brisket. Pour wine over. Cover pan with heavy-duty foil and bake brisket until tender, about 2 1/2 hours. Uncover; cool 1 1/2 hours.
Transfer brisket to work surface. Pour juices into large measuring cup. Spoon off fat, reserving 1 tablespoon. Thinly slice brisket across grain on slight diagonal; overlap slices in 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish. Spoon 1 cup degreased pan juices over brisket; cover with foil. Stir reserved 1 tablespoon fat and matzo cake meal in medium saucepan over medium heat 3 minutes. Add remaining degreased pan juices; add remaining 12 apricots. Simmer until sauce thickens and boils, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover brisket and sauce separately and chill.) Rewarm covered brisket in 350°F oven 30 minutes or 45 minutes if chilled. Rewarm sauce over low heat.
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Jessica Ennis will compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, her coach Toni Minichiello has confirmed.
The Olympic champion hopes to claim a Commonwealth gold to complete the set of major championship titles.
"Jessica will be at Glasgow 2014, definitely," said Minichiello, who was in Glasgow last weekend for the International Festival of Athletics Coaching (IFAC).
"That is absolutely the competition plan for us looking ahead. She has not won the Commonwealth title before.
"She was the bronze medallist in Melbourne in 2006 when still quite young and didn't travel to Delhi two years ago. It will not be easy in Glasgow, either.
"There are Canadians and Australians who can step up to the mark there so it will be good competition.
"It is tight in terms of the schedule with Glasgow 2014 coming about a fortnight before the European Championships, but we certainly intend to come to Scotland."
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For you non-hardcore SIFF fans who haven't gotten the word yet, yesterday the Seattle International Film Festival announced their full lineup. [Read More]
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Bachelor Season 15 Spoilers! Reality Steve Maps Out Brad Womack's Season
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Brad Womack's second chance at dumping multiple women began on Monday, January 3. Spoiler King Reality Steve says he has most but not all of the intel on The Bachelor Season 15 and after getting the ending of Ali Fedotowsky's season of The Bachelorette wrong (oops) he's waiting until he's extra sure. As Steve wrote on Tuesday, "I know 100% who the final four are, and the final three. From there, I THINK I have an idea who the final two are, but not definite yet. Filming ended last Wednesday, so this info could come at any minute. It could be tomorrow, or it could come after Thanksgiving. But I'd be shocked if I didn't have it within the next week."
In the meantime, he has tons of new details on the upcoming season, from the schedule to the recycled themes for the dates:
• A scandal-free Bachelor? Steve says there will be — gasp! — no major scandals this season, i.e. people leaving the show for work or girlfriends, etc. If this is true, it would be the first scandal-free season since DeAnna Pappas' season of The Bachelorette. Do the producers think Brad alone will be enough drama?
• Old favorites return: Brad's final two from Season 11, DeAnna and Jenni Croft, will show up on the first episode. Plus, Season 6 lovebirds Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez will appear in the second episode at the cocktail party before the Rose Ceremony. Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi should probably show up as an example of what not to do, but it doesn't sound like they were invited.
• Who's the slapper? Did you see the short new Bachelor promo where the first girl out of the limo slaps Brad? Steve says this lady is not someone he's already spoiled as a contestant on the show. "You don't know who she is yet because I haven't revealed her name," he writes. "I will soon. Definitely has an interesting back story though." (Update: We now know this is Chantal O'Brien!)
• The elimination schedule: There are 11 episodes this season, including the "Women Tell All" special on Monday, March 7, with the finale following on March 14. Here's the full schedule:
Episode 1 (airing Jan. 3): 30 women down to 20
Episode 2 (Jan. 10): 20 to 17
Episode 3 (Jan. 17): 17 to 14
Episode 4 (Jan. 24): 14 to 11
Episode 5 (Jan. 31): 11 to 8 (Filming moved to Las Vegas)
Episode 6 (Feb. 7): 8 to 6 (Filming moved to Costa Rica)
Episode 7 (Feb. 14): 6 to 4 (Filming moved to St. Martins)
Episode 8 (Feb. 21): 4 to 3. Hometown dates.
Episode 9 (Feb. 28): 3 to 2. Overnight dates (Filming moved to South Africa)
Episode 10 (March 7): "Women Tell All" recap episode
Episode 11 (March 14): 2 to 1. Finale.
• These dates sound familiar...: Steve says four women go out and get tattoos together in Vegas, reminiscent of Kasey Kahl's solo tat on Ali's season of The Bachelorette. There will be two private concerts during one-on-one dates this season, and Steve says two very familiar songs will be played. There will be a NASCAR group date where the women do time trials in a car, like on DeAnna's season, where she outraced all the guys. There will be another adrenaline date where Brad and a special lady friend rappel down a building. (Keep an eye on whoever gets this date; the extreme dates tend to bond the star to his or her chosen one.) There's a group date where the women shoot a stunt scene, like the Western shot during Jillian Harris' season. There's a one-on-one date on Catalina Island, where Kiptyn Locke and Tenley Molzahn became Kip-Ten on Bachelor Pad.
The show must also have a special deal with Aria in Las Vegas, since they have been there several times on The Bachelorette and on Bachelor Pad, and they will return again with Brad. There's also a two-on-one date where the women are part of the rehearsal to "a very popular show in Vegas" and one of them gets to perform in the show with Brad, like Ali and Roberto's Lion King Broadway date.
That's the news for now, spoiler lovers! Are you loving Brad 2.0 so far?
Source: Reality Steve
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Sharp tried to touch the back of the automotive world through new tehknologi.
"We've done the research and testing to make Plasmacluster Ion for 10 years, starting in 2000 until now. Plasmacluster Ion this time we made to the riders who use helmets, which can be useful to eliminate bacteria and fungus that cause odor odor at the helm, "said Naoko Yamaguchi Business Product Planning Department. Health and Evironmental Systems Group, Sharp Corp.. Japan in a press conference at the Hotel Indonesia Kempinski, Jalan MH Thamrin, Jakarta, Wednesday (01/12/2011).
With research and surveys conducted, Sharp Plasmacluster Helmet Cleaner products are sure to be received very well. Sharp even claim Plasmaclusternya technology can counteract virulent viruses such as SARS to H1N1.
"Our sales target, 5,000 units per month, we believe that we have built with the cooperation Tarakusuma Beautiful helmet manufacturers such as INK, AGV and others, able to reach the target," said Melianti, Home Appliances Product Manager. Sharp Electronics Indonesia.
With a selling price of Rp 599 000, – Plasmacluster Helmet Cleaner can
issued 25 000 positive and negative ions and takes only 2 watts of electricity.
The use of Plasmacluster Helmet Cleaner is very easy. Only by
put a helmet on top of Plasmacluster Helmet Cleaner and then press a button on it to remove ions, and the helmet is put on at night or for 6-8 hours.
"It will clean your helmet from viruses, bacteria, fungi, that cause odor and ready for use the next day. Other than that the use of this tool can reach 6-7 years of use," added Melianti.
Sharp Plasmacluster was deliberately introduced Helmet Cleaner products in Indonesia, because Indonesia is seen from the people who loved the two-wheel drive.
"Judging from the last 10 years motorcycles have become a prime vehicle for the community and this is a good breakthrough," says Marketing Director Tara PT Indah Kusuma (TKI) Henry Tedjakusuma.
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Riding in on the back of the remarkable success of its HT tube pedal range, Blackstar's LT series don't have valves but boast a similar dynamic response to the HT series, thanks to a patent-applied-for clipping circuit. Here we look at the LT Metal…
"You already know what this pedal is going to deliver: all-out aggressive gain, and loads of it"
You already know what this pedal is going to deliver: all-out aggressive gain, and loads of it. What you might not expect is just how good it sounds - every tone is well defined, with a huge bottom end, making it ideal for seven- and eight-string players.
Those ISF (Blackstar's exclusive Infinite Shape Feature (ISF), which allows you to get both British and American tones at the turn of a dial) and tone controls prove indispensable, aping big metal amps from both sides of the Atlantic, and sculpting the high-end without ever sounding fizzy.
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