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Alessandra Meacci-Dharma Bookshelf
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(Excerpt) Interview with alessandra meacci : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. alessandra meacci : The idea inspiring this project was to bring green into the house in an unusual way : I drawn a Bookshelf with a light structure made in iron rod, where climbing plants can grow between books, determining a soft division in openspaces. I chose the hexagonal form for the wooden modules, a form inspired by the beehive, to strenghten the "organic" feature of the project. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. alessandra meacci : My focus as designer is to create objects that live in the space where they are positioned, through the changes of light during the day, and by means of the interaction of who use them. Dharma has a minimal wireframe rod structure and hanged wood hexagonal modules, that create a succession of empty and full spaces. Letting grow a climbing plant over the rod structure, you can change the visual composition and you can also establish the degree of transparency of your room-divider. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. alessandra meacci : I'm searching for someone interested in a production. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. alessandra meacci : It took me about one month.The difficult in developing this project was to define the base module. I was searching for a shape recalling nature, that can lend an organic feature tho my bookshelf. After several attempts, I defined a kind of three-dimensional hexagonal modules, inspired by the beehives. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. alessandra meacci : As Architect I know that many new houses have big wonderful open spaces, that often are unfortunately difficult to furnish. I was searching to draw a piece of furniture that can be used as a room divider, to ensure a good quality of use of open spaces, preserving, at the same time, their brightness and largeness. Moreover, nowadays there is always a larger desire to have plants in the house, making them an integral part of our interior design. When I drawn Dharma I tried to combine these two requirements . .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. alessandra meacci : I'd like to found a company that can produce Dharma, remaining linked to my product with royalties. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. alessandra meacci : Often, as interior designer, I use room-divider to improve the conditions of use of open spaces .So I decided to draw by myself a bookshelf that can be use as a light partition preserving the largeness and the quality of light of the room, and that can be also used to integrate plants in the home furnishings. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. alessandra meacci : Someone who loves bright and colorful space, that is searching for pieces of versatile furniture and that loves the idea of inserting plants in an unusual way in the interiors. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. alessandra meacci : I used a very unusual shape for the wooden blocks of the bookshelf: I developed an hexagonal three dimensional module that recall the cell of a beehive. I made also accessories to ensure easy use of hexagonal modules. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? Wh.[ End of Excerpt: Read complete interview with alessandra meacci on Dharma Bookshelf at design-interviews.com ]
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In the Author Spotlight & Contest
CONTEST: One lucky commenter will be chosen on Thursday, Nov. 10th to receive a copy of Serena's recent release, A Magical Return. Good luck!
AL: Hi Serena! Welcome to Blog Bites.
Serena: Hi Ann! Thanks so much for having me here for the next few days, I can't wait to check the place out…you know peek around corners, meander down forbidden hallways, burst through closed doors. I've read your Eternal Series, so I just know there must be some sexy vamps here somewhere… ~wink~
AL: Naughty girl, but true...I'm sure you'll find a vamp or two in a shadowed corner waiting to nibble on someone. So, tell us what's happening with you.
Serena: Well, the hubby and I just celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary this year…and I'm happy to report that we both looked at each other that morning and said, "lookin' good, how about another 15?" My eleven year old, Darling Diva, has decided that rather than a jewelry designer, she would like to be an actor/singer (Man those were the days, weren't they? Every kiddo must want to perform at one point…I sure did.) And I am, hopefully, going to be rid of my yearly bout of bronchitis. Yep, a writers dream…let's write some sex today, hack, cough, hack. LOL
AL: Tell us about a current or upcoming release.
Serena: My current release is entitled A Magical Return. It's a story of somewhat human lovers, who have an affinity to the elements and a special ability to carry inside themselves another being. An Other, or a magical essence, here to help protect humans from evil.
Unfortunately, as is the case in romance, all hell breaks loose (literally) and tears our couple apart. But, as the title implies, they get a second chance at love; if they can get over all the bumps in the magical road home.
AL: Sounds like another great read. You know this reader will be checking it out. What other works are you deep into?
Serena: Well, right now I'm nearly finished with my second Jaguar shifter story, The Submission. This time it's all about Marina's (heroine from The Challenge) sister LeAnn and her mate's, Rick and Trent. I had originally thought to have The Submission out quite a while ago, but the characters threw me for a loop the first time I was close to the end. I found myself dismantling the entire story and starting over… Frustrating, for sure, but the characters are always right though, and now the story is that much better.
AL: I have a couple that's like that. You've me them. Christian and Alynn. Who is the author(s) that inspired you to write?
Serena: Wow, you know, I have so many authors I just love to read and find inspiring so it's hard to pick just one. I will say that while I've always had the writing bug, it was my first paranormal romance that made me say, "Oh yeah, I am so going to do this one day." And the author I was reading at the time…Christine Feehan.
AL: Of your books, whose your favorite hero and heroine?
Serena: Gasp, but I love all my characters!! Currently, though, it is not a character from one of my published works or WIP who I find the most fun to scribe for. I've been writing flashes on my group blog Shapeshifter Seductions http://shapeshifterseductions.blogspot.com/ that take place in a fictitious town by the name of Talbot's Peak. This is a wicked fun town, with a cast of characters as long as my…leg. ~wink~
My favorite to write about is Ziva and Nick. Alpha werewolves who put out the town paper and still find time to torment each other.
AL: Have you ever wanted to write your book in one direction but your characters wanted to go in another direction. What did you do in such a situation?
Serena: All the free-wheeling time! LOL I swear I must have the mouthiest, and orneriest, characters around. All the time with what they want and how they want it, never mind what the actual author wants to do… BUT ~I have to whisper this so as to keep the hooting and hollering inside my poor brain to a minimum~ much the same as good customer service, the character is always right. Yep, I said it; I let my characters get away with anything and everything they want, because in the end, they are always right.
AL: It's time to get personal! Do you have a favorite sport, &/or team that you follow?
Serena: Oh my, when you said personal I thought for sure we were gonna talk sex! Ooooh wait, can we include sex as a sport?? No…Okay, but, what if… No again… You're killing me here, Ann ~wink~
Now, where was I? Oh yes, sports. See, I'm not much for sports, unless we're talking the Olympics. Baseball, Football, Hockey…I can take them or leave them, but The Olympics are a must watch for me. Summer or winter, doesn't matter I like them equally. In the summer I can watch them swim and dive, in the winter bobsledding and skeleton. How awesome is that!
AL: Come on, Serena. A man in a football uniform. Now that's a sexy-sport on a stick. Yum! All those hits, and running and more hits, all that male verility on display. Wait....fanning myself. Now, can you describe yourself in 3 sentences or less?
Serena: How about 3 words…Sexy, Sassy and Sensual!
AL: If you weren't writing, what do you suppose you'd be doing?
Serena: Beating back the voices in my head! And probably working an office job where I'd drink too much coffee and gossip incessantly! So, for the safety of others, I'd best continue to write. Heh heh
AL: Where would you like to travel if you had the chance?
Serena: Everywhere! I was bitten by the travel bug at a young age and the need to see everything has yet to wear off. I would love to take to my car, with my hubby and Darling Diva, and see every one of the states in this here country…top to bottom, side to side and with a slow boat to Hawaii at the end. When it's all over…we'd be off to Europe!
AL: Can you share some of your plans for 2012 and beyond?
Serena: Writing, writing and more writing! I have such a back log of idea that need to be written and new ones jumping in everyday, that I could be busy for the rest of my days! I've also given some thought to getting my toes wet in the indie publishing market with a few of my Talbot's Peak shorts, but I'm still trying to decide on that end.
AL: Please share a favorite quote(s) with us.
Serena: Here are a couple of my favorites. Wise words I try to remember every day.
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in. ~Arlo Guthrie
And lastly, the quote that speaks to the reader, the writer and the dreamer in me…
If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in! ~Shel Silverstein
AL: Thanks so much for sharing with us, Serena.
Serena: Thanks for having me here, Ann! I always feel so incredibly welcomed in your lovely writer's cave. Plus, this time I found the room you keep your naughty night dwellers in, so I may never leave! ~wink~
AL: Have fun, Serena! If you'd like to find out more about Serena please visit:
http://serenashay.blogspot.com/ Shapeshifter Seductions-grp blog- http://shapeshifterseductions.blogspot.com/
Serena Shay's Fan Page- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Serena-Shays-Fan-Page/267531343271739
Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/serenashay
The Loss
Conleth "Cole" Douglas, warlock and vessel, needs a miracle. A destructive force has taken hold of his town and it will take more than just he and his magical Other, Cole, to eradicate the Evil. When an attempt to open his lover, Emterra, to their shared destiny fails, Conleth and Cole take extreme measures to stop the rising darkness. Their only option: take it, and themselves, into another realm.
Emterra "Irene" Azzurra, untapped witch and vessel, has given up on finding her own happy-ever-after. Devastated by the loss of her one and only love she becomes disinterested and remote, closed off from a life without Conleth. Even her job as the mayor of the dying town of Douglasville, MO, fails to sustain her, until she gets a blast from the past…
The Return
He's back, alive and whole, but he didn't come alone. The evil they'd hoped to contain in a distant realm has returned with him and is out to finish the job it started. There can be no failure this time, the now middle-aged, Emterra must accept her Other or doom the town to an agonizing death.
Skeptical of his sudden homecoming, Emterra is afraid to hope that his return could be true. She balks at the idea of opening her heart to him again. Especially when he looks like the same young Goth from ten years ago and tries to convince her she's sharing skin with a magical being.
Can Conleth prove his claims of magic and the Others to be true? Can Emterra allow herself to believe in love and his wild claims? Or will the returning Evil finally swallow this town and all its inhabitants into the deepest realms of hell.
April 1st, 10 years ago
Northern Missouri, outside of Douglasville, in a barren tobacco field
Giant plumes of fire shot into the air, bracketing both the stage and Conleth 'Cole' Douglas within their heated embrace. The pyrotechnic display filled the night sky with showers of crackling flames.
An unknown force had let loose a demon within the town of Douglasville. Malevolent was too nice a word for this beast. This evil was a promise maker, a soul sucker, a bloody life taker, and now it was Conleth's job to send it back to Hell. The only problem—he wasn't nearly strong enough on his own. For this, he needed Em.
Emterra Azzurra was many things to him, his friend and lover, his soul mate—but right now what he needed the most was the thing inside her. Deep within the body, he knew quite intimately, was a being of magic, a source of goodness, an Other—one who had the ability to work with his own Other to defeat the evil bearing down on them now.
"Terra quod ventus nos queso ye, adeo nos, reperio vestri populous." 'Earth and wind we beseech ye, come to us, find your host'.
Together Conleth and his Other called the wind and summoned the earth. The task put a strain on their waning energy, as neither power was theirs to wield. Yet, they could only hope there was enough force to release Emterra's powers, link her to the earth and air around them, and free her Other.
Magic spiraled through the crowd, seeping into pores and burrowing under skin, looking for its host, looking for Emterra. She was here. He could feel her; his Other had scented her life force as she'd entered the field of battle.
Con knew Emterra had the power to control the wind and a body to embrace the being she carried inside. With practice, she would hone the skill to become truly powerful, a force to be reckoned with, but time was an indulgence neither could afford. He had to encourage her to try, right here and right now. A gentle introduction to her new life was something he could not give her this time as he had in the past.
He prayed she would forgive him.
"Em," he whispered inside her head. Her thoughts were a confused jumble of fears and questions. She didn't yet believe in psychic links as Conleth did, but this was the only way he could find her in the mass of humanity about to be used as food.
"How can I…in my head…Con." Her emotions were scattered, but in her newly cop-like way, she'd locked them deep down inside. "What are you doing?"
"Something good, my love, nothing that can hurt you." He hoped. "But I need you to trust me."
"Con, I've always trusted you, but…but this time, you've gone too far…please stop."
"Do you remember our last concert, Em?"
He flashed a vision of them into her mind, taking her to a past where they soared into the eclectic world of musical freedoms and expressions, while around them, drugs and liquor flowed freely. Amid the rabid throng, they too screamed and beat their hands in the air to the squeal of the electric guitar and each bang on the skins of the drum.
"Don't, please don't make me remember this, Con."
Her mental plea broke his heart. A heart that had always and would always beat for her and her alone. Unfortunately, his love and devotion to her were not enough to keep him from what he had to do, no matter how painful it may be.
"I'm sorry, my love, but you must remember. I need, no—we—need you to remember.".
He sent her another vision. This time it was a memory of those magically successful moments when she had relaxed and let go enough for her Other to come close. She stood in the past, her hands high above her head as he'd cupped her breasts from behind. They swayed to the ballad screeching from the massive speakers. Nipples hardened to painful points between his fingers and thumbs as he squeezed them. He held her tight as she shook, he knew, from the shocking power filling her body.
"Say it, Em," he'd whispered. "Say the words."
"Vicis congelo," she screamed into the sky above them. The Latin words for 'time freeze' rang clearly through the air.
Everything slowed. The band, being further away from them, moved as if they were stuck in a muddy bog, starting and stopping, their sounds low and slurred. The fans surrounding them, however, froze in pre-and post-head-banging modes. They stood amidst the previous chaos, enthralled by the strength of this new gift.
A steel door ended the vision with a finality that worried him. They were back in the present, with evil all around them, and again she squashed the emotions and thoughts inside her. "Em, please…"
"No Con, that vision is nothing more than a drug-induced nightmare of a time best forgotten. It wasn't real…"
Conleth's Other began demanding release. "It was very real, Em, and what you did then, controlling time, is what we need now."
"Stop it, Con, just stop this. The time for foolish pranks and pretending to be magical are over—it's time to grow up!"
Goddess, he thought as he was pushed back into the background of his mind, exchanging consciousness with his Other—they were screwed.
Yep, clearly, Emterra had taken too many hits, swallows, and pills that crazy night, but youthful stupidity in the past did not explain the weirdness of tonight. First up on the loony list, Con "speaking" to her, inside her own head. That was just not possible, right…
"It has to be a drug flashback or a bad trip." Of course, she no longer took the short road to psychedelic bliss. Self-preservation and a career in law enforcement had curtailed that activity long ago. What was it then, did she just long to hear Con's voice in her head? Did she miss their youthful hijinx enough to imagine the gothy, witchy phase was real?
"Am I going crazy?" If talking to one's self and hearing voices was any indication, she'd jumped on the crazy train the moment she stepped foot on this barren tobacco field.
Hordes of people writhed under the oppressive heat of the flames bursting into the air on stage. The energy was similar to what it had been like at the concerts of her youth, yet the mood was vastly different. The power, drawn from every soul she passed, beat at her with excitement, arousal, and agony. She yearned for more of their pain, but cringed at the cruelty inside her. These people were hurting and she was enjoying it on some level.
Tonight, she didn't even have mind-altering drugs to blame.
Bodies writhed in the dirt of the farm field, screaming for release. Children sobbed next to adults who begged for it to be over. Wisps of red smoke swept over the crowd, a bloody evil probing for a way inside each soul it passed.
The leader of this invisible raping, pillaging mess of hellish torment, it seemed, was Conleth. Arms lifted skyward, he chanted words she'd never heard before, sounds that pulled at her. His words fed life into the columns of fire beside him. Higher they climbed, releasing the bloody red wisps, or possibly pulling them back in—she couldn't tell. Her heart beat faster, pounding to the rhythm of his words. She had to get to him, stop him before it was too late.
She ran full out, palming her Taser as she made a beeline toward the man she loved. Electrified air charged the hair flying around her face. She never faltered; it was as if she were running on the wind.
"Conleth, stop," she screamed at him from the dirt in front of the stage. "Please."
"Malum phasmatis, reverto volo."
Emma shook. He was speaking in Latin, and again she understood. 'Evil spirits, return to me'. Oh Con, what have you done?
"Conleth Cole Douglas, cease and desist. Now!" She used her best cop voice in an attempt to take control of the situation, though she had no idea what the situation was. This night was to have been a magic show to support the families hit hardest by last season's crop failures. The invite extended to the entire town with a request that everyone dig deep and give what they could—food, time, money. Anything would help.
Rumor had it, Martin and Wilhemina Douglas sponsored this worthy cause; but suspiciously, their son Conleth had been the only one to show. He'd promised big name magicians, bands, as well as a plethora of rich and famous people, ready to lend a financial helping hand.
Again, Con was the only one here. He was looking guiltier by the second, but of what? Mass hypnosis? Con was a master at hypnotism, but more one-on-one than a crowd this big. One look at the Labradorite stone he wore around his neck and she was a goner. The grayish-blue gem, with its green and blue flashes could pull her under in less time than it took an arsonist to flick his bic.
But that was one small gem; there were hundreds if not thousands of people gathered in this field. No way was he putting all these folks under, unless it was really the chanting doing the work.
Still he went on. "Malum phasmatis, reverto volo." Over and over again, but that didn't make sense. How could 'evil spirits, return to me' be used as a focus?
"Ut is est, sic vadum is exsisto." A Latin phrase forced its way past her lips, 'as it is, so shall it be'. The words seemed random to her, but to Con, they appeared to make sense. His head turned to her and the blood red eyes staring back at her climbed inside her skin and stilled her heart.
"Emterra Irene Azzurra, finish it," the man she loved said in a voice not his own. "Please."
"Con, get down. Now!"
"Finish it!" He screeched into the night sky.
"Finish it!"
"I can't, I don't know what you mean." Fear seeped under Emma's skin while bugs skittered around her brain. The pain was unbearable.
Tendrils of fire weaved through her body, meeting the air pushing its way in through her pores. A bright star burst to life beneath her skin. The light was more brilliant and loving than anything she'd felt in her entire life. The presence filled her, touching every lonely spot inside her with calm and well-being. There was safety within the light, protection. Yet she struggled to get away from the nexus of peace.
As quickly as it had come, the presence departed—torn from her with the subtlety of a rusty axe. The pain of it dropped Emma to her knees. She writhed upon the ground with fellow town members, praying for death, wondering how and why Con would do this.
Briefly, Latin words whispered through her brain, perfectus, per meus mos– 'finished, by my will', but the pain swept the words away, leaving only Conleth's voice to fill the void in that dying field with a Latin rhyme.
"Per meus mos–'By my will', may this adnihilo, 'demon', return to me, cling to me. Take me, leave them be. Alive, but ten years more before we settle thy wicked score. Per meus mos," he screamed, before disappearing in a flash of flame, miles high.
The blessed darkness overtook her.
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Oh, Internet — this is why we love you. During Wednesday night's Giants-Brewers game in Milwaukee, TV cameras caught a rarely captured baseball sight: a bullpen butt strike. From the GIF below, you can see that Giants' reliever Jose Mijares wrinkles his nose, grimaces and quickly moves away from fellow bullpen mate Jean Machi. A Twitter user made the looped image of the incident to share it with the world.
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Here's something I came across preparing to move, it's a painter version of the second Maxx cover. I bailed on it because I was still timid about painting back then, did it in black and white instead.
Not sure if i should finish it now, or just leave it as is? Any thoughts?
Few other random things this time too... here's a couple of sketches..
Above is a little cover painting of some tree and moss for my wife. The other's a plump version of a Frazetta woman, unsure if i've posted these before. Maybe.
Here's something NEW: ... because i finished it only one our ago.
Yet another doodle from the Big Book of Mom... (which is turning out to be less about moms and more the exploding number of fashion doodles/paintings).. but whatever...
Here's the same page, with just a woman's head.. I wasn't wild about this page when i first did it... doesn't this woman's chin seems a bit too long? Maybe it's her hair being so big in the back that just makes her face seem longer?
Anyhoo... so an hour later,
here's what it started morphed into...
The gold/white acrylic paint was too wet to scan so I had to snap a few pics for now.
I eventually was so dissatisfied with the additional faces I drew...
..that i just gave up and added , I just gave up and added the Pissed off Mommy on the next page..
The mommy one is self explanatory. I don't drink coffee, but i know lots of women who do. Not that their all like this, before hand. More an excuse to do something fast, frenetic and slightly neurotic looking.
After that, I could went back to the first page and slowly worked some gold and white into the Japanese girl in a kimono on the left.
It all started from just mixing those two colors. And being pissed off. At myself.
It's curious what can happen in an hour's time, how moods affect art, for better and worse, eh?
Here's some sketches I did of my wife's face i did for the bimbo book. Two middle panels... (one with a smile, the other slightly less so..) while technically better, don't impress me as much now.
but these later ones in the sketchbook feel less forced to me. I keep trying for a 'facial gesture' drawing, capturing the spirit of that look in her eye...
They are only a few inches large, while the painting on the far left is about 3 by 4 feet, so though gesture drawings often work better large for me,
i still feel there's something about this sketchbook pages on the brown paper than come closest... but i could be blind as a bat...
..what do you think?
And, (for those fans of 'tiny little pen lines' out there) ... here's a unused cover for Marvel Comics Presents 122. I turned it in, but the editor told me I'd miss counted and forgot there was only six parts, so i did an extra cover for nothing. It wound up being used in some comics interview magazine later. Gee.. seems like a lifetime ago.
It's funny that, it's not worth as much to art collectors, only because it wasn't technically published, though i think it stronger than some of the covers i did that were published. Weird huh? But again, the name of *that* game is tiny little lines.
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Interesting the Danman Can asked about Tamara de Lempicka. I'd seen her art many years ago but forgotten all about her deco-y cubist-y style till you mentioned her. Overall, I like it, but I've always sorta had mixed feelings about her stuff, not sure why. Think it may be my ambivalence towards Deco in general. More of a Nouveau kinda guy, not that one has to choose.
Yeah, Jennifer Kraska mentioned she likes the half tone ojo too. I always scan my stuff this way now. So cool artists can scan their own work now... and not leave it to the comic companies to fiddle with.
Flattered Joanie Koontz would even consider a bimbo tat, but I've seen a lot of my art on guys/girls bodies before, which always blows my mind. I wasn't fishing, but it does my heard good to know some folks out there, read, 'got' and enjoyed bimbo - thanks for the attaboys!
Frank P - yeah man, I agree about crumb. So many undergrounds artists opened the door, but after sex, drugs and rebellion for it's own sake, was sorta a dead end for me, at least story content wise. I found Roberta Gregory, and her bitchy bitch strips and some of the early woman comix artists stories filling that void, which later morphed into indy comics, personal stories. But art wise, Crumb was amazing.
Champloo, (from Argentina right?) - glad your liking everything, the sponges i use on most of my pencils and brushes are because my hand get so sore, the handles literally dig into my hands, which speak to A: holding the brush less tightly, and B: using soft tools to not only soften the brush/pencil, but also to *remind* me be aware of the pressure I used to draw!
Sam ( no, not me, i sorta though it was me at first too, but different sam!) asked about the a local band called the Bananas lyrics showing in my Bimbo comics? Yeah, I asked the lead singer Mike if he minded and he said it was cool. Your the first person who asked about it! Above is both the Banana Lyrics bimbo page, and non-lyric version.
Isn't it actually less busy page minus the song lyrics?
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What is IPL ? Advantages of IPL?
When the first draft of the Indian Premier League was outlined, its engineers would've hardly imagined it would turn into the mania it has become today. Come IPL and the cricketing world – second only to the global soccer family – will be swayed by a spectacular exhibition of a brand of cricket that has dared to rewrite the gospels of the game. The IPL has, in many ways, turned cricket into a thriving industry. It has turned the game from an international sport into a global one. The incentives of playing the IPL are far more enticing—not just money, which is huge, but also the exposure is unequaled. The flip side of it all, though, worries purists like me. Besides the debate about the chaste culture of cricket being disturbed, it's the long-lasting impressions on technique and temperament that are far more worrisome.
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If you want to get acquainted to pressure situations, play a T20 game. The entire match is an extended version of the death overs and hence you'd be required to either stop the batsman from scoring quickly or score ten-an-over while batting. Add to that, a packed stadium, millions watching on TV, and the stress of playing against the best players in the world. That's what the IPL has done to the young cricketers from India. The fear, the inhibitions have all faded away. This breed of youngsters rarely ever allows the nerve to get the better of them. The experience gained in the IPL allows them to express freely right from the beginning of their international career. They may be short on technique and temperament but you'd hardly ever find them short of confidence. Since the gap between first-class cricket and international cricket was huge, players took a longer time to find their feet post the promotion to the highest level. The IPL has bridged that gap, albeit only in the shorter forms of the game.
Rubbing shoulders with Idols – Advantage of IPL
Virat Kohli confesses that Ray Jennings, the coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore and the presence of Jacque Kallis in the side helped him immensely to evolve as a player. Kohli, who represents the young India, was on the verge of falling by the wayside soon after his initiation in International cricket. Even though he had the talent and the technique to succeed, he needed perspective and guidance to take his cricket to the next level. That's when Jennings as a coach and Kallis as a peer came to his rescue and the rest, as they say, is history. Robin Bist, the highest run-scorer in domestic cricket this year, credits his success to the tips given to him by Sachin Tendulkar. After an IPL game between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils, Bist from the latter team, requested Tendulkar for his two cents. Those few minutes spent in the master's company changed the course of his career. IPL has provided a golden opportunity to young Indian players to rub shoulders against the best in the world in a congenial environment, ideal for learning.IPL's million dollar babies – Advantage of IPL
It's a noble thought that sport should be played for the joy it brings and nothing else, not even the monetary rewards. Nonetheless, it's foolhardy to believe that a player would continue playing if the financial incentives are not adequate. IPL has bridged that gap between a player's ambitions and aspirations successfully. It has provided the much-needed financial security, especially to those lesser-known players who may never play for the country. And it has done so at a time when there's an obvious paucity of employment for cricketers. Nothing could be a bigger boon.But that's only one part of the story, for the IPL have had its pitfalls too.
IPL vs International Cricket
Playing one full year in all three formats for Team India, a player stands to earn between USD 1-1.5 million, which includes the annual central contract fee too. Obviously, one needs to be a player of extraordinary ability to not only fulfill the demands of three different formats but also remain super-fit too, to avoid missing tournaments due to injury. On the contrary, a player of very limited abilities can earn USD 2 million and above for playing 14 T20 matches lasting 3 hours each over 8 weeks.While it's an accepted truth that playing for India is a great honor, isn't it a little naïve to believe that money doesn't matter at all? Since playing for the country is the biggest honor, shouldn't playing for India be most rewarding too, especially when the same body runs both the league and the national team? We must find ways to eliminate this disparity or else we may end up losing good International players to the league. The trend has already emerged with many West Indian players refusing to take the central contract. If this can happen to other nations, we too might find ourselves in the same boat soon.
Is Technique, passé?
Gen Next
During a debate with a young audience, a kid asked me to provide valid reasons for him to play the longer format of the game. I did my best by explaining to him the finer nuances of the game and how Test cricket would allow him to understand the game a bit more and enhance his ability to view/play the game better. Despite my best efforts, I failed to turn him into a believer. He was completely enamored by the glitz and glamour of the IPL. That's when I realized that we might be heading into an era in which kids may not want to play Test cricket at all. Previously, the coaches would punish a player for playing an aerial shot, damning it completely and calling it blasphemous. Now, with the advent of T-20 and IPL, they encourage 12 year olds to go over the top. In fact, I've seen coaches and parents giving their wards an earful if he played three dot balls in a row. The presence of Tendulkar, Sehwag and Gambhir might, for a bit, spur kids to take interest in the longer format too. But once they leave, young cricketers are bound to become far more vulnerable than ever before.Our views on the IPL have wandered in the grey for long, about time we settle on whether we like it or not.


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The use of gray duct tape may have been a better choice here, but when the metallic part of any conduit such as LFMC is over bent this is what usually happens. Don't touch the outdoor street sign this serves when it is on because the lack of continuity, improperly seated connector, and most likely broken equipment grounding conductor may lead to an electric shock.
We can cite some of the following requirements in Art. 350 (Liquidtight Flexible Metal Conduit: Type LFMC) when analyzing this installation for Code conformance.
- 350.24 Bends — How Made: "Bends in conduit shall be so made that the conduit will not be damaged and the internal diameter of the conduit will not be effectively reduced. Bends shall be permitted to be made manually without auxiliary equipment. The radius of the curve to the centerline of any bend shall not be less than required in Table 2, Chapter 9 using the column 'Other Bends.'''
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- 350.60 Grounding and Bonding:"Where used to connect equipment where flexibility is required, an equipment grounding conductor shall be installed. Where flexibility is not required, LFMC shall be permitted to be used as an equipment grounding conductor when installed in accordance with 250.118(6). Where required or installed, equipment grounding conductors shall be installed in accordance with 250.134(B). Where required or installed, equipment bonding jumpers shall be installed in accordance with 250.102."


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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Coast Guard is letting southbound vessels pass through a closed section of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg as it evaluates how traffic would affect efforts to remove and clean up oil from a leaking barge, a Guard officer said Wednesday.
Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski told The Associated Press that a 16-mile stretch of the river remained technically closed four days after two barges struck a railroad bridge, even though some barges are being allowed to pass.
Roszkowski said southbound barges are being allowed to pass "methodically and slowly" so crews can assess the effects on cleanup operations. If all goes well, the Coast Guard will permit test runs with northbound barges on Wednesday afternoon.
"We understand the huge impact this (closure) is making on vessel traffic on the Mississippi River," Roszkowski said.
But, he added, "It's critical that the vessels going through there don't affect our operations."
A Coast Guard "safety zone" extends the width of the river for 16 miles, which means it is effectively closed because barges must have permission to pass, he said.
Petty Officer 1st Class Matt Schofield said Wednesday that 55 vessels, including towboats, and 834 barges had been idled at the closed section of the river, one of the nation's vital north-south commerce routes.
The leaking barge has been pushed against the Louisiana shore, across from Vicksburg's Riverwalk and Lady Luck casinos, since Sunday's crash.
The Coast Guard said 7,000 gallons of crude oil were unaccounted for, but it's not clear if it all spilled into the river or if some seeped into empty spaces inside the barge.
Schofield said the Coast Guard hopes to start pumping oil from the leaking barge onto another barge – a process known as lightering – on Wednesday.
"We'd like to be optimistic and start doing it as soon as we can, but there are a lot of things that could change between now and then," Schofield said.
Severe weather that swept through the area overnight Tuesday shut down cleanup operations for a time, but crews were working again Wednesday morning, Schofield said.
Schofield said Wednesday that oil is still seeping from the damaged barge, but crews were "able to recover it faster than it's coming out."
The oil that spilled at Vicksburg would fill about two-thirds of a 10,500-gallon tank truck. When it spilled, water flowing under the bridge would have filled more than 600 such trucks in a second.
Crews have been working to contain and remove oil since the barge, owned by Corpus Christi, Texas-based Third Coast Towing LLC, struck the railroad bridge and began leaking early Sunday. The company has refused to comment.
The Coast Guard said the environmental impact has been minimal because a boom is containing the leak around the barge and the leak is slow. Crews are using a skimmer to collect the oil.
The closure has been costly for the shipping industry.
Ron Zornes, director of corporate operations for Canal Barge Co. of New Orleans, said each idled towboat could cost a company anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000 a day. The low end would be for a single boat with a couple of barges and the high end for boat in "a system of towboats that acts sort of like a bus system."
"So if one bus is stopped, it gums up the whole system," he said.
About 168.4 million tons of cargo a year move along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge, La., and the mouth of the Ohio River, carried by nearly 22,300 cargo ships and 162,700 barges, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. About 3.6 million tons of cargo are handled annually by the port of Vicksburg.
When low water threatened to close the river earlier this month, the tow industry trade group American Waterways Operators estimated that 7.2 million tons of commodities worth $2.8 billion might be sidelined over the last three weeks of January.
Nature's Way Marine LLC of Theodore, Ala., has been named the responsible party for the oil spill, a designation that is assigned under the federal Oil Pollution Act.
The barges were being pushed by the company's tug Nature's Way Endeavor. The company has also declined requests for information.
Companies found responsible for oil spills face civil penalties tied to the amount of oil that spilled into the environment.
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally said Tuesday it's too early in the investigation to know if the company could face penalties or fines.
The Nature's Way Endeavor was pushing two tank barges when the collision with the bridge happened about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. Both barges were damaged, but only one leaked. Authorities declared the bridge safe after an inspection.
The leaking tank, which was pierced above the water line, was carrying 80,000 gallons of light crude, authorities said. The Coast Guard hasn't said how much oil was in the other tanks on the barge.
Associated Press writer Janet McConnaughey in New Orleans contributed to this report.
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Collection in Motion
Wishing to re-define the semantic potential of the term permanent display and make the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art accessible at one single display point, in the new museum building by architect Igor Franić, we have coined a new term: Collection in Motion.
With this term we intend to initiate and demonstrate improvements in the presentation, communication, and interpretation of the artworks in our collection. We also wish to emphasise the major characteristics of contemporary art: movement, change, transience, and uncertainty. Therefore, the museological concept of the Collection in Motion is characterized by a flexible frame, constant readiness for change, and the possibility of re-arrangement, enhancement, or reduction of particular units.
Collection in Motion truly has a transient character, in both time and space, and on the physical and mental level, because certain units/groups and the works within them will be successively interchanged, added to, or reduced.
Nada Beroš and Tihomir Milovac, authors
I. Project and Destiny
PROJECT AND DESTINY encompasses artists and groups of artists who have identified their lives with programmatic goals set before art. In fact, they equate ethics and aesthetics.
II. Art as Life
Apart from the traditional question of how a work of art comes into being, today we often ask ourselves how, when, and to where has the artwork disappeared? Has it turned into something else? Into life itself? ART AS LIFE?
III. Art on Art
When art looks into itself, we may call this approach introversion. Much of artistic production in the twentieth century has emerged in direct dialogue with art, in interaction with its language and history.
IV. Great World Enigma
When in 1972 the Swiss critic and curator Harald Szeemann introduced the term individual mythologies a Documenta 5 in Kassel, we could hardly foresee that this oxymoron would become one of the most influential notions in art of the past few decades.
V. Words and Images
We live in an age of eloquent images in which the saying that an image is worth a thousand words is often quoted. We can rightfully ask ourselves how much the thousands of images that bombard us every day are worth. They range from images on the computer screen, billboards, and TV screens to video displays on corporate buildings and in stadiums.
Outdoor projects
Projects in the external space of the Museum are an integral part of Collection in Motion and are located in the outdoor areas of the Museum - on access terraces, on the roof, beneath the wings of the building, and elsewhere.
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For online retailers, it appears to be a case of good news multiplied several times over. The U.S. Department of Commerce this week reported 18.4% year-over-year growth in retail e-commerce sales for the second quarter—the highest quarterly growth rate for e-commerce since late 2007—compared with a 4.7% rise in total retail sales. Behind that accelerating growth are several developments that promise continued strong results, experts say.
"I don't think it's a blip," says Sucharita Mulpuru, vice president and principal analyst for e-business and channel strategies at Forrester Research Inc. "We are definitely seeing strong, strong growth in e-commerce and it's coming at the expense of physical stores. It's happening across the board in virtually every sector."
Paula Rosenblum, a former retail executive who is a managing partner of research and advisory firm Retail Systems Research LLC, says the rising price of gasoline is adding to the challenges facing stores, as shoppers have more incentive to stay home and shop online. She adds that teens and young adults who grew up with the Internet are also helping a shift to more online shopping.
Scot Wingo, CEO of ChannelAdvisor Corp., a company that helps retailers sell through e-marketplaces like Amazon.com and eBay.com and other online channels, points to several developments and "waves of innovation" that have strengthened over the last several years to put online retail on a strong growth trajectory. "It's really exciting for the industry to see this acceleration," Wingo says.
While the Commerce Department reports that Q2 online retail sales grew 18.4% year over year to $64.8 billion, Internet research firm comScore Inc. estimated a slightly smaller rise of 15.5%.
Wingo says ChannelAdvisor has identified five major areas of online retailing innovation that are behind the accelerated growth:
● The Amazon effect. "Amazon has raised the bar on everything" related to how consumers shop online, Wingo says, "and everyone else is working to keep up. The end result is a better experience for all consumers."
● Mobile commerce. Amazon, along with eBay.com Inc., has also pushed ahead with mobile shopping, which has led to innovations from other companies, such as Google Inc.'s same-day delivery service Google Shopping Express and the new retail shopping portal Wanelo.com.
● Social media, which Wingo says is still "just starting" to develop as a facilitator of e-commerce sales.
● Global e-commerce. Wingo says increases in cross-border trade routes are helping to expand global e-commerce and also adding to domestic sales.
● Consumer brands online. "More and more brands and manufacturers are going direct to consumers, and this is creating a variety of interesting new choices for consumers," Wingo says.
Rosenblum also notes much of the growth in online retail sales is occurring at the largest retailers. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., for example, says it grew its global online sales by 30% in the first half of this year, and Amazon says its North American sales rose 29.6% in the second quarter. Wal-Mart is No. 4 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide; Amazon is No. 1.
Eric Roth, a managing director at financial advisory firm Lazard Middle Market, who advises e-commerce and multi-channel retail companies, says that after taking out the growth in web sales of two of the largest bricks-and-mortar and largest web-only e-commerce retailers, the average overall growth rate for the second quarter is probably closer to 12% year over year. Still, that indicates strong growth for online retail at a time when store sales at many retailers are flat or down, he adds. "That 12% is not a blip," Roth says. "I think we will continue to see double-digit growth in online sales."
He adds, however, that major retailers can be expected to continue investing large amounts of capital in e-commerce infrastructure, making it tougher for smaller retailers that sell commodity items. "For smaller retailers selling items that are low price point, third party goods that also are not amenable to content and community, the future could be tough," he says.


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Fighting this disease called Myasthenia Gravis (MG) with a little humor, some good friends, and a lot of help from Above.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Loss Comes In Many Forms
My ability to be independent. Ouch. That was a killer for me. As I started gaining strength, I was assuming my life would be going back to normal. Uh, not so much. Doug could obviously see this, but all I could think of was getting back to work. Doug was like, um, honey, I don't think so. We even talked to our pastor at the time because we would argue so much over it. Doug was right of course. (See, I can easily say that because he never reads my blog!) But really, he was. I loved my job SO mcuh. Probably a little TOO much. I loved the pressure, the stress, and to be completely frank, the power and money. I was good at my job, really good, and it felt awesome to have other people recognize me and reward me for that. But it became my focus. I was on call 24/7. Cell phone, beeper, tethered. Losing my job (even though it was voluntary) was one of the hardest things I even went through.
Along with the loss of independence is the social aspect of life. I'm one of the most outgoing people you'd meet. I LOVE people. I love being around people. If I could do anything in the world at any time I would have everyone I love around me all the time. I love going out and hanging out with my friends. Going to movies. Going dancing. Going out for lunch whenever and with whomever. Now I can't. Now I have to wait for a good day. I have to be careful of public places and too many germs because of my suppressed immune systems. This loss hurt me deeply, and hurts me still.
My ability to sing. This was (and still is) THE hardest thing. It can bring me to tears even to this day, and it's been almost 9 years. I used to sing. At weddings. I sang in a quartet in college, and I loved it more than anything I had ever done. I would sing everywhere...in the car, in the shower...I always had music on and I was always singing. After I had the trach put in initially, I had NO VOICE at all for four months. If you know me personally, you can only imagine the torture that was for me.
I remember going to the ENT one time and he suggested an operation that may help me get rid of the trach, something called a vocal cordotomy. They would cut a notch out of one of my vocal cords and hopefully it would fold back and open my airway so I could breathe better. I asked if it would affect my voice, and he said yes. I asked if I would ever sing again, and he said no. I just broke down. This couldn't be happening! How could God take away the ONE THING I loved about me and even more so, my ability to praise Him with my voice? What if I ever had a child? How could I sing him to sleep? The pain this caused was more than I could bear. Or so I thought.
I was thankful that my vocal cords were paralyzed in the closed position, so at least I had a voice, after all the swelling went down and stuff. If they had been paralyzed open, I would have run the risk of aspirating everything into my lungs, and could have very easily gotten pneumonia and died. My voice is certainly nothing like it used to be, but I can sing a little bit. Instead of a range of a couple of octaves, I have a range of a couple of notes! But it's better than nothing, which I had for a looooong time.
I read a book which ministered to me greatly. It is called the Blessing of Brokenness by Charles Stanley. It's not terribly long, and it's worth every word to read....Wow. Life changing. Really. God loves us too much to leave us where we are, and He will DO or USE anything that may happen in our lives to bring us closer to Him.
I've said this before, and I suppose I question it on my really, really bad days, but if I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't change what happened. I am a much better person now. I don't have nearly as many bad habits...(EVERYONE has something!) : ) I'm much closer to God and to my family. I appreciate EVERY good day. I appreciate all the amazing gifts and abilities my terrific husband has, and how much he loves me, and how much I love him. He is truly God's gift to me. My son means more to me than anything because of what it took to have him! Oswald Chambers said, "A thing is worth just what it costs." Well, Jacob almost cost me my life, and he is the most precious thing in the world to me.
If you are where I WAS....wondering why this could happen to you....wondering why this DID happen to you....please know you are not alone. God LOVES you. He loves you so much that He will put you over that open flame to purify you....but in the process, He NEVER takes His eyes off you. Not even for a second. He leaves you there JUST long enough, and not a second more. But not a second less, either.
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- Leigh @ intentslife said...
I can only imagine how deeply you thrill the heart of God. And seriously, watching you sing during worship is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. You worship the Lord with so much more than your voice.
John 4:23-24
23 "But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
- May 5, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- Crista said...
Dearest Kerri,
Just WOW!...You get it! You truly get it!
Love always,
- May 5, 2009 at 2:18 PM
- Young said...
Thank you for sharing your story. I can't even imagine what you've been through. It is encouraging to read that in spite of all you've been through, you wouldn't change it. I hope I can say that someday!
- May 5, 2009 at 6:17 PM
- Jan said...
Thanks for a great post!
- May 17, 2009 at 5:44 AM
- Lauren said...
Hi Kerrie,
Not being able to sing would be like Proverbs 25:20 every time I heard music played. I praise God that He is transforming you through your loss. Although the promise of a transformed 'body' in heaven is really only a tiny part of what we look forward to, as we live in hope, can you imagine the voice you will have as you sing praise to the Lamb on His throne once He has finished His work of making you new!?
I will pray as you work out Psalm 96v1 in your life that all that you do will be a song of praise to the Lord and others will 'sing' because of you.
Thanks for your blog
- May 21, 2009 at 9:21 PM
- Cyndi said...
Your faith and your words are an inspiration. Thank you.
God Nuggets Blog
- May 24, 2009 at 1:54 PM
My mom has parkinsons. Reading this helps me understand her challenges a bit better - and it will help me help her.
Thank you.
- March 16, 2010 at 3:58 AM
- I Love Pretty Little Things said...
Thank you for sharing your ups and downs. I will be praying that God does give you back your voice.
My mom is living with cancer right now. Yesterday we were talking about her losses. Life definitely has some bazaar twists and turns. When you have a strong faith, it still hurts, but there is also all of that Big'ol Hope!!!
Love, Joyce
- March 16, 2010 at 4:59 AM
What a beautiful piece you wrote. It's so true that we forget the simple things we can do when we are forced to accept a loss out of our control.
You are strong.
- March 16, 2010 at 6:13 AM
- Tanya said...
WOW .. truly amazing. Thanks soo much for sharing this with all of us. I think sometimes in life we forget about those "special" things in life we LOVE ohh soo much, and take for granted. It's reading stories like this that reminds us to take a breath, enjoy, and love. Because who knows what tomorrow will bring us. We need more stories like these :-)
Very nice post!
- March 16, 2010 at 7:14 AM
- Katherine said...
I guess the phrase 'everything happens for a reason', as cliche and overused as it is, is true. Everything that's happened to us, good or bad, put us on the path we're on today and we all have to make the best of it. Good for you for being able to do so.
- March 16, 2010 at 7:54 AM
- CoconutPalmDesigns said...
For you to find the good in all you've lost is admirable. God bless you!
Happy SITS Day!
Cheers :-)
- CoconutPalmDesigns
- March 16, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Kim said...
The observation you made about losing your voice is meaningful to me. Now, I in no way have a disease, but I have been suffering from allergies and have a hard time breathing and singing. I was wondering if God was telling me my singing days were through. (I'm active choirs and small groups.) I appreciate the reference to Stanley's book, I'll look into it.
- March 16, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Pam said...
you are so right, God gives us just what we need to bring us closer to him...I can honestly say I understand what you are talking aobut..with losing your singing voice and your indendance. I am slowly getting it back...now I am working which is a miricle in itself but its another thing to adjust too...now losing my nephew Kyle...having a wedding in leass than two weeks...life goes on...and God gives us exactly what we need to draw us closer to Him....I love you Keri
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My 500th post. I can hardly believe it! I am so thrilled with that! I'm humbled and honored that people care at all about what I have to say...
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Without much public debate or even awareness, the United States is heading toward an almost flat tax.
That means the middle class will pour nearly as large a share of its income into tax coffers as millionaires and billionaires do. Throw in another tax cut along the lines of the two successfully supported by President Bush, and the middle class could actually pay a little more.
That change would reverse decades of US policy and constitute a major victory for some conservatives who have long advocated a flat tax.
"Another significant tax cut could be enough to eliminate progressivity from the US tax system," says Brian Roach, an economist at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and author of a new analysis on what citizens really pay to all levels of government - federal, state, and local.
Ever since the inauguration of the modern income tax, in 1913, the US has relied on a simple rationale. The well-to-do pay a larger share of their income in federal taxes than the rest of Americans, because the rich can afford it. In return, the government protects their wealth and property. The gap in tax rates has varied over time. (In 1913, only 0.5 percent of the population paid the tax, and rates rose from 1 percent to 7 percent as income increased.) But it has always remained progressive.
Then in 1996, Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes championed a 17 percent flat tax that would eliminate personal deductions and many other loopholes, and exempt interest, dividends, and capital gains. This flat system, he argued, would bring in about the same revenues and be far simpler. Though receiving much attention during the campaign, Mr. Forbes did not win the Republican nomination and his proposal soon faded into obscurity.
Today, with state taxes becoming more regressive - and the two Bush tax cuts providing large tax savings for the rich - the tax system is moving in the direction of a flat tax, but doing so out of the spotlight. For example, despite sharp debate about the administration's tax cuts on the campaign trail, talk about whether taxes are regressive or progressive is hardly material for the stump speeches of presidential candidates.
Perhaps that's partly because the system looks likely to remain progressive for the lowest-income Americans. The poorest 20 percent of households pay on average about 19 to 20 percent of their total income, and that's unlikely to change, according to Mr. Roach's analysis. Generally, the poor pay no federal income tax. But they do pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on earned income and various federal or state sales taxes on purchases.
But at the top, the tax system has already become regressive. The super-rich pay proportionately less in federal income tax than the merely rich. In 2000, the nation's 400 richest taxpayers, making an average $173 million, paid an effective tax rate more than 5 percentage points lower than those making $1.5 million to $5 million, notes economist Martin Sullivan in Tax Notes magazine.
That gap has probably shrunk a bit since then. In 2000, the peak year for stock market prices, the super-rich probably saved some taxes on their huge capital gains. (Capital gains are taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income.) Since then, stock-market capital gains have diminished. But Congress also cut the capital gains rate from 20 to 15 percent - a provision especially beneficial to the rich.
"At the rate we are going, in which more and more investment income is simply untaxed, we will end up with a federal income tax that is not only regressive at the top, but regressive overall," warns Richard Kogan, an economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington. "The middle class will be the tax-bearing class."
Roach, a liberal, argues that the top 1 percent really don't need tax cuts because they have been doing extremely well in recent years. Between 1979 and 2000, the richest 1 percent enjoyed a 201 percent improvement in their average after-tax income. That compares with 15 percent for those in the middle 20 percent of the income spectrum and 9 percent for those in the bottom 20 percent.
But Roach's tax burden projections (see chart) include some "ifs." Some projections assume that all the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 are made permanent. Several tax cuts are now scheduled to expire by 2010.
For example, the estate tax, which hits the heirs of only the wealthiest 2 percent of households, is now scheduled for elimination in 2010. But the law Congress passed in 2001 calls for a return to 2001 estate-tax levels in 2011. Observers suspect Congress will not allow that to happen. Rather, it may raise the amount of an estate exempt from what some call the "death tax" to several million dollars. But should Bush be reelected and Congress remain under Republican control next year, the odds for permanent elimination of the estate tax are raised. Either solution would disproportionately favor the rich, but by varying degrees.
Prior to the 2001 tax cut, the richest 1 percent of households, making an average annual income just above $1 million, paid 42 percent of their income, or $431,800, in taxes to all levels of government. Under current law, they would pay 36.1 percent, or $371,200, in 2010 (see chart). Under current law, the rate would jump back up to 42 percent the following year.
But if the tax cuts are made permanent, these wealthy individuals would pay 33.3 percent or $342,600 in taxes. That would not be much more than those who are somewhat less affluent but still rank in the top 40 percent of incomes.
Not everyone agrees with the analysis. Roach's model is "completely wrong on the way the world works," says Daniel Mitchell, an economist with the conservative Heritage Foundation. It fails to take into account of the positive impact tax cuts have on the economy, he argues. Generally, the rich have more money left over after living expenditures to invest in business - and thus create jobs - than do the middle class. So if the nation wants to encourage growth, flat-tax proponents argue, it shouldn't impose extra taxes on those funds.
On the other side, some Democratic presidential candidates are pushing to restore the progressivity of the system. They advocate eliminating the Bush tax cuts for the rich to free up federal revenues for additional public services, such as more comprehensive healthcare. Or the extra revenue could lower taxes for those with lower incomes.
The amounts involved are significant, according to Roach. Suppose the tax cuts for the top 1 percent were eliminated and the additional revenues rebated equally to the other 99 percent of taxpayers. Under current law, each household would get an extra $613.
"Note that these checks could be provided every year," varying slightly with the status of the economy, Roach says.
Roach has another calculation: If the tax cuts for the top 1 percent were eliminated and those additional revenues were distributed to the bottom 20 percent of households - those with an average income of $9,400, these low- income families would receive a check of $3,032 in 2010.
Of course, the American tax system changes over the years as Congress and state legislatures pass new laws. At the moment, though, the changes under consideration - a corporate tax cut and a new tax-advantaged savings plan - would provide more benefits to the well-to-do than those with lower incomes.