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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | 22 Dhu al-Qidah 1435
Women's Clothing
Inviting rape?
By Altaf Saadi, August 3, 2011
Recently, a friend shared with me that her undergraduate Muslim student group had declined to cosponsor a
Take Back the Night
event - an internationally held rally or candlelight vigil that speaks out against rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse. The reason given was that a Muslimah in the group felt that it would be "endorsing the way these women dress and behave."
The insinuation was two-fold: (1) that "these" women - presumably not Muslim, wearing sheer or skintight clothes and liberally applied make-up, and presumably behaving provocatively - were inviting the assault and abuse that the event was designed to speak out against; and (2) that the women on the other end of the spectrum, presumably "our" women, pious and hijab-clad, were not victims to such assaults.
Unfortunately, this Muslimah's belief that a woman's dress can incite or avert rape, simply based on how much or how little fabric is worn, is not uncommon to hear in Muslim communities. It also is not true. For example, regarding the recent brouhaha over IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged sexual assault of a West African Muslim maid at his hotel suite, the fact that she
wore a headscarf and was a devout woman
was initially deemed a sign of her innocent character.
For me, such stories are a sordid reminder of my friend Noor.* She is the exemplar Muslim woman: opinionated, ambitious, happy-go-lucky and incredibly intelligent. One day, while we were undergraduates she confessed to me, amid tears and trepidation, that she had been sexually assaulted and harassed by a professor. Noor's story isn't unique - the statistics show a horrific reality in the United States, where someone is sexually assaulted
every two minutes
and where
1 in 4 college women
have either been raped or suffered attempted rape - but what made her story stand apart for me was that Noor wore the hijab. Noor blamed herself for what had happened. After all, she wore the headscarf - the alleged protector against men's inflamed desires - and thus must have done something, or acted in some way, to have "made" the professor behave the way he did - right?
The reality could not be further from the truth. Statistics show that
44 percent of sexual assault victims are under the age of 18
approximately two-thirds of assaults are committed by someone known to the survivor
. Also,
at least 70 percent of women with developmental disabilities experience sexual assault
. Does it still seem like sexual assault is the result of provocative clothing when it comes to an 8 year-old girl, a woman in a wheelchair, or a woman raped by her uncle?
Noor's is one of many such stories I have heard in recent years, especially since I started working as a counselor for sexual assault survivors. Many of these women do not fit the assumed assault or rape victim stereotype. At the time of the attack they were wearing sweatpants and an oversized shirt. They were wearing a jilbab. They were at home or at school. They were virgins. They struggled. They said no. Other women walked home alone, wearing something that showed a bit of leg or cleavage, and were not touched. The difference was not in what they were doing or what they were wearing. The difference was the presence of a rapist or assailant.
Focusing on the clothing and behavior of the survivor is wrong for two main reasons. First, blaming the survivor falls under what psychologists call the "Just World Phenomenon." That is, most of us want to believe in a world that is fair and just - that bad things do not happen to good people who are cautious and not involved in risky behavior. This worldview leads us to conjure up ways to blame the victim. Second, in a patriarchal environment, our attention to women's dress and character has been used to shift the focus away from the perpetrator's actions. As recent twists in the DSK case demonstrate, the media coverage has taken a turn to blaming the victim, neglecting the bruises found in her groin area, Strauss-Kahn's abrupt departure from the hotel following the incident, and that he has been accused of being a sexual predator by
other women
with more social power.
These two factors are a great part of why existing efforts to combat sexual violence focus on lecturing women about what they should be doing to avoid rape, instead of talking to men about the fact they do not have the right to women's bodies without explicit consent. In Muslim circles, some believe sexual violence will disappear once a woman wears the headscarf properly, and is both appropriately vigilant and modest in conduct and character. The burden of reigning in sexual promiscuity falls on her shoulders alone. And yet even with full compliance of these Islamic moral expectations, Muslim women are still sexually assaulted every day.
It is time we challenge these hijab-protects-from-rape and flimsy-clothing-incites-rape axioms. We must reject the victim blaming rhetoric made by those in our communities, even if they are clerics or in other roles of leadership. Challenge those who say women must wear hijab as a protection against the advances of men and comparisons of how "our community" is superior to the "Western community." It is true that many women choose to wear hijab so society views them for more than just their bodies, and it is true that Islam cherishes modesty in both genders. But as someone who wears the headscarf, I find many more beautiful reasons to wear it than just to protect myself from men's sexual advances.
We also need to acknowledge the seriousness of the damage these comments have on women in our communities who are victims of sexual assault and who, like Noor, find themselves unable to turn to anyone. We need to accompany the "Don't get raped" messaging to our girls and women with "Don't rape" teachings to our boys and men. No one is entitled to the body of another human being and any sort of forced sexual contact is unacceptable. Sexual violence isn't only a "Western issue" or "Muslim issue" and such a shift in discourse would be beneficial for everyone, regardless of religious or ethnic background. Ultimately, it should not matter if you wear a bikini or a headscarf; no one has the right to rape, assault or abuse you.
*Name changed to protect privacy.
Altaf Saadi is a third year medical student at Harvard Medical School. She is also a counselor for survivors of sexual assault and educator for young women of color around issues of sexual and reproductive health.
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As demand for dwindles, blood banks make changesBy TOM COYNE
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Technician Greg Snyder, right, finishes up a blood draw from Chris Page after he donated blood in an Indiana Blood Center Bloodmobile in Indianapolis.SOUTH BEND, Ind. Blood banks are declaring fewer critical shortages these days and in some cases cutting staff in response to dwindling demand for blood the result of fewer elective surgeries being performed and medical advances that curb bleeding in the operating room.
The nations blood-collection system has undergone a dramatic change from just a decade ago, when agencies that oversee the blood supply worried whether they could keep up with the needs of an aging population.
Now blood banks are making fewer but more targeted appeals for donations and reducing the size of their operations.
Blood centers shifted from a collect-as-much-as-you-can mentality to a collect-to-need mentality, said Dr. Darrell Triulzi, medical director for the Institute for Transfusion Medicine in Pittsburgh and a former president of AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks. They started collecting only what they needed. Thats new to the industry. Were still learning how to do that well.
Job cuts have been a part of the process.
The Indiana Blood Center announced in June that it would eliminate 45 positions in a restructuring that also involved reducing its mobile operations, closing a donor center and cutting other costs because demand from hospitals had fallen 24 percent from the previous year.
The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks in Springfield, Mo., announced in March that it was cutting staff by nearly 18 percent. Blood centers in Florida, West Virginia and Connecticut have taken similar steps.
The blood-collection system began changing dramatically with the Great Recession, when Americans who had lost their jobs and health insurance put off non-critical procedures.
The need for blood is still falling even as the economy recovers. Demand dropped by 8.2 percent from 2008 to 2011 and continues to drop, according to a report by the AABB.
Contributing to the decline are blood-management programs, which include collecting blood lost during an operation and returning it to the patient, maximizing hemoglobin levels to prevent anemia and using medications to reduce bleeding during surgery.
Blood-management programs have been around for more than a decade, but have only started catching on in larger numbers in the past several years, Triulzi said. The AABB surveyed hospitals and blood centers about blood-management programs in 2011 and found nearly a third of hospitals surveyed had started such programs.
Advances in surgical methods, including laparoscopic techniques that use small keyhole incisions, have also curbed the need for blood.
Experts say that doesnt mean theres a blood glut, but there are fewer times when blood banks declare shortages and issue urgent pleas for donations, which were once commonplace.
Instead, blood centers have altered their approach, holding fewer drives and often targeting people with specific blood types. Some are even offering gas cards, T-shirts or the chance to win tickets to NFL football games as incentives.
Type O Negative blood, for example, is the most sought-after because it can be transfused into any patient. It is frequently used in emergency situations before caregivers are able to determine the blood type of the recipient. Only about 7 percent of the population has O Negative blood, yet it makes up 13 percent of blood used by the Indiana Blood Center.
So we have to over-collect that blood group, said Dr. Dan Waxman, the centers executive vice president and chief medical officer.
The South Bend Medical Foundation in Mishawaka in August flashed a message to passing motorists offering those with Type O blood a $10 gas card if they donated.
Experts say theres also strong demand for platelets, Type AB plasma, which is used in trauma and burn victims and cancer patients, and red blood cells, which are given to accident and gunshot victims and used in elective surgeries.
I hope that people dont read that news and say, Oh, theres not a need for me. Because people need blood every single day, said Barb Kain, spokeswoman for Blood Systems in Scottsdale, Ariz., which provides blood to hospitals in 18 states.
The Indiana Blood Center recently declared a critical shortage, which Waxman said arose because summer is usually a slower time for donations. The center receives about 30 percent of its blood from high school and college students who are less likely to give during the summer.
Donors at a recent blood-collection drive in Indianapolis say they dont plan to change their habits.
Chris Page, a 53-year-old military liaison for a job-placement company, said he used to contribute regularly but had not done so in a while. He decided to donate again after learning of a blood drive in his office building.
Theres always a need, and its something thats replenishable, he said.
Jim Valmore, a 70-year-old retired electrical engineer from Indianapolis, started donating blood platelets 28 years ago when a secretary where he worked was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He donates every two weeks and has been honored by the Indiana Blood Center for giving 47 gallons of blood.
I do it just because I can. It doesnt cost me anything. It takes a little bit of my time, he said. Its like donating to any other cause. To me, it feels good to share what I can share.
Keeping donors like Page and Valmore in the pipeline is essential even with lower demand. Blood usually has a shelf life of 42 days, and some donated blood typically has to be discarded because of screening issues or other problems.
Kain said the decrease in demand has strengthened the supply line.
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Let's face it: Publishers on the Nintendo Wii seem more interested in making a fast buck off waggle-enabled shovelware than in offering anything original. What Wii owners need is to awaken to the possibilities.
Phantom Brave: We Meet Again could be a gateway drug to strategy role-playing games, like Pool of Radiance was for me back in 1988. That first game set in the Dungeons & Dragons "Forgotten Realms" campaign changed the kinds of games I played forever. Phantom Brave is the same kind of game that can open doors due to its simplicity and accessibility.
It's easy to love its lighthearted tale about seeking and finding acceptance through perseverance and optimism in a world full of miserable pricks. This Wii-make of the 2004 PlayStation 2 release is also easier to understand than Nippon Ichi Software's signature strategy RPG series, Disgaea, which is far more complex and more than a little intimidating to new players.
You play as Marona, an orphan that lives alone on one of the islands that make up the world of Ivoire. Marona works as a "Croma," someone who interacts with and manipulates phantoms. Her gift has put a terrible burden on her, for the people of Ivoire treat her like a pariah, spreading vicious rumors that she is possessed by a spirit. That spirit is actually a phantom named Ash, a family friend who died alongside Marona's parents and had promised to watch over the little girl. The game opens to a series of terrible events on Ivoire that sends Ash and a teenage Marona on a series of adventures.
Phantom Brave offers a nice backstory, though it has its fair share of JRPG clich?s, quirks and odd dialogue that are probably the result of some strange translation during the localization process. But the game is very easy to play. While Phantom Brave may share some elements with Disgaea, it also takes away a lot of the more complicated layers (check out my review of Disgaea 3 for examples). The core differences have to do with ease of use, a simplified inventory system and the ability to equip just about any item to any character on your team.
Like in other strategy RPGs, in Phantom Brave you control Marona and her deployed phantoms on the field. The game eschews grid-based movement in favor of an open movement system where you point and click to your destination. This not only makes movement less rigid, but also enables units to take better positions. Marona is also the only character in the game capable of deploying units on the map -- and she is only limited by the availability of objects on the field, to which she needs to "confine" phantoms.
Everything can be a weapon in Phantom Brave , and everyone in the game can use any weapon. Objects like trees, rocks, boxes, books, swords, dead bodies and other characters can be equipped as weapons simply by being lifted from the field. While there's nothing more invigorating than beating a bad guy to death with a rock or slapping him in the face with a fish, Monty Python-style, what's most interesting is that this discards the importance of traditional weaponry. A loaf of bread or a monster carcass is just as deadly as a battleaxe, as long as it has the right skills attached to it.
That's pretty much how the game flows: You figure out the best placement for your phantoms, you deploy them on the field, they beat the holy hell out of anything that moves, and the match ends when everything is dead -- or you are.
Beyond the streamlined gameplay is the game's use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk: It is almost perfect, and there's no waggling or shaking involved. You use the thumbstick on the Nunchuk to navigate menus and move your characters around, the face buttons to confirm or cancel, and the Z button as a "shift key" in some situations. It's as easy as using a Classic controller or the GameCube controller, both of which are also supported. For players who grew up with the PS2 or Xbox and are now stuck with a Wii (by choice, Christmas gift, or price), the control scheme feels just like a standard wireless gamepad.
There are other systems in the game that are important to hardcore players -- Fusion, Titles and random dungeons -- but novice players who want to enjoy and finish the original storyline, or the new chapter made specifically for We Meet Again, need not fret about them. Phantom Brave is as deep as you want it to be. The game flow is simple; the puzzles and strategic thinking are mostly self-explanatory. Meanwhile, advanced players can access the bonus maps and cameo characters you'd expect to find in a Nippon Ichi Software game.
There are a number of new things in the Wii version worth noting. "New Game +" allows you to start over and carry over all your characters, money, items, etc. after you have beaten the new chapter. This was missing in the original game for some reason, so it's a welcome addition here. There's also the matter of "Another Marona." Besides providing an interesting additional chapter and a throwing a new, alternate Marona character into the mix, "Another Marona" allows you to play just about all the people you might have faced off against in the main storyline. The key players (Sprout, Rafael, etc.), along with a bunch of other obscure characters, become playable at its beginning -- as phantoms.
In "Another Marona," everyone in the world dies except Marona, and another Marona appears in Ivoire. She's a brooding, bitter and self-sufficient Croma who seems to dislike everyone. While the new, darker chapter fleshes out some secret details about the main characters, it also feels a bit disjointed from the events of the original game. It feels like NIS didn't pay too much attention to the original plot, which wrecks the synergy between the two.
Phantom Brave: We Meet Again also doesn't look all that great on the Wii. While some minor enhancements have been made to the game, the system is not so underpowered that it can't deliver a decent-looking 2-D game. Parts of the game look pixilated, faded and last-generation. The game also suffers from the same camera problems as the Disgaea series does. There are almost always too many objects and units on the field that block and obscure your view, and no amount of rotating the camera helps.
Those minor complaints aside, Phantom Brave: We Meet Again's story is a perfect fit for an audience that is used to waggling and shaking things: not too serious, but not quite as dark as a game about overlords, netherworlds and demons. But the story is less important than the game itself, which can be all things to all kinds of players, from casual players that want to make it through an interesting story to those hardcore players that seek Nippon Ichi's familiar, ultimate grind to level 9,999.
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This time three years ago, the country was celebrating the killing of Osama bin Laden. "The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al Qaeda," President Obama said in a May 2, 2011, address to the nation.
"We will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed," Obama said.
It's all well and good to mark the achievement of finding and killing bin Laden, as well as the capture or elimination of other top al Qaeda leaders.
But today, three years after the bin Laden raid and few months shy of the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, there are still significant players in 9/11 who remain at large.
American leaders have a solemn responsibility to track them down. When is that going to happen?
The major figure is Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's No. 2. who took over the organization after bin Laden's death.
He was deeply involved in Sept. 11 -- sometimes called the "operational brains" of the attack -- and, like bin Laden, managed to escape U.S. attacks in Afghanistan by fleeing to Pakistan, where he is believed to still be hiding out. The U.S. is offering a $25 million reward for information leading to his capture.
There is some debate over just how involved Zawahiri is in al Qaeda's operations today. "He is still very much operationally involved, even though there are challenges to authority," says Tom Joscelyn, who tracks al Qaeda for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. "He still has several branches of al Qaeda that are loyal to him, and he is still communicating with them."
These days, Zawahiri is making trouble in Syria, which has plenty of trouble without him. But even if Zawahiri were doing nothing, it is still the United States' responsibility to punish him for Sept. 11.
A capture could produce a treasure trove of new intelligence, but aside from the bin Laden operation, the Obama administration has been more inclined to kill from afar with drone-launched missiles.
"This administration has no appetite for detention and interrogation," says Charles "Cully" Stimson, a former Bush Defense Department official now at the Heritage Foundation. "They don't like it and haven't developed an expertise at it."
Whatever. A successful drone strike on Zawahiri would be fine.
Then there is Mullah Omar, who was head of the Taliban in Afghanistan and bin Laden's host as the 9/11 attacks were plotted.
There have been many reports that Omar opposed the plan to attack America, but there is no doubt he sheltered the 9/11 perpetrators as they did their work. U.S. forces should have gotten him by now, too.
There are also lesser players, such as Nasir al-Wuhayshi, who was Osama bin Laden's personal aide. Mohammed Haydar Zammar, who recruited some of the terrorists who hijacked the planes.
And Muhsin al-Fadhli, a senior al Qaeda figure who, according to the National Counterterrorism Center, was "among the few trusted al Qaeda operatives who received advance notification that terrorists would strike the United States on September 11, 2001." (The U.S. is offering a $7 million reward for him.)
Frustration that these men are still on the loose is not a partisan issue. President George W. Bush failed to find them for seven years and four months after 9/11. The Obama administration has so far failed to find them for five years and four months. The count goes on, through Republican and Democratic rule.
"I think it's hard to say why we haven't succeeded in tracking and nailing all of the 9/11 conspirators," says John Bolton, the former Bush administration ambassador to the United Nations.
"God knows Bush tried, and I suspect the bureaucracy has continued to do so under Obama, whatever the White House itself thinks. So I don't blame the failure to get the 9/11 guys on Obama as such," Bolton said.
Now, even as the search continues, Congress is ramping up the investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012 killing of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, at the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
The killers in that attack have not been caught or killed. It is not clear how hard the administration is trying to find them. But if Obama doesn't do it, the next president must.
Even with an attack as devastating as 9/11, and certainly with Benghazi, each year that passes means there is less public urgency to push the search forward.
Swift retribution is no longer possible for 9/11, and the clock is ticking on Benghazi. But the world needs to know that the United States will find and punish its attackers, no matter how long it takes.


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Tina Fey Says "No Way" To The Oscars
Seth MacFarlane's hosting of the Academy Awards was controversial, to say the least. From the beginning opening number titled "We Saw Your Boobs" to the ending song dedicated to the losers of the year, it's been accused of being sexist, antisemitic, and mean-spirited. The Family Guy creator has stated that he has no plans to return, and fan favorite that emerged over night to host next year's ceremony was female comedian Tina Fey. It would be a brilliant choice, but it's unfortunately one that we'll have to live without.
Fey was doing an interview with The Huffington Post for her new film Admission, she was asked about whether or not she would be willing to take up MacFarlane's role. She responded with,
I just feel like that gig is so hard. Especially for, like, a woman -- the amount of months that would be spent trying on dresses alone ... no way.
With how much flack MacFarlane is taking, you can't blame her (though I imagine she'd be much more tactful then him). She doesn't sound like she'd be dying to do it without the workload, so it may be apathy rather than the presence of real obstacles. It's disappointing, but the Academy has plenty of tried-and-true Oscar hosts to choose from, and plenty of hopefuls (Neil Patrick Harris would be awesome). Here's hoping they make the right choice for next year.


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Are Redskins treating fans right?
Team sues 125 season ticket holders.
You've lost your job or your business has slipped? Thank your lucky stars if you don't have a Washington Redskins season ticket contract.
The Washington Post reported that the team has sued 125 season ticket holders who wanted out of their contract in the last five years, including a struggling 72-year-old grandmother, no less, who didn't hire a lawyer and now faces a default judgment of $66,364. That includes $5,300 for two premium seats for every year through 2017.
Another fan who was sued cannot work because he's a paranoid schizophrenic. (That suit was later dropped.) Many of the 24 or so defendants interviewed by the Post said they're hurting financially.
Seems heartless, no?
The Redskins' general counsel told the Post it's unusual.
"The Washington Redskins routinely works out payment plans and
alternate arrangements with hundreds of ticket holders every year,"
David Donovan said. "For every one we sue, I would guess we work out a
deal with half a dozen."
We don't get it. If people can't pay, the Redskins could sell the
tickets to someone else, even if they're long-term contracts for
premium seats. In fact, in some cases, the Redskins reportedly resold
tickets they'd recovered from fans to an online ticket broker. (For
more about that, read this Washington Post story.)
Not only are the Redskins the NFL's most profitable team, Forbes
said, "Premium seating is ... a hot commodity in D.C., as the Redskins
generated more than $45 million in luxury suite revenue for the
Redskins last year, the most in the NFL."
Other teams aren't doing so well. USA Today
reports that at least 12 NFL teams may have TV blackouts because home
games haven't sold out. On the other hand, that paper said, "The Denver
Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers have sellout streaks that date back to
the 1970s, and fans who cancel their season tickets would quickly be
replaced by those on a waiting list."
Do other teams sue fans who want out of ticket contracts? According
to the Post, nine NFL teams said they don't. Two others said they have,
and the rest wouldn't comment or didn't respond to inquiries.
Dashiell Bennett at Deadspin
observes that some of the people who were sued aren't as hapless of the
grandmother, whose real estate business collapsed when the housing
bubble went bust. Also, he points out, some people admittedly didn't
read or understand the contract.
"Daniel Snyder haters are likely boiling over with rage at this point, but the Redskins say they do everything they can to work out payments plans and in any case, they gots to get paid," Dashiell wrote.
We like the reader comment (from "loved1") that Doug Feaver included in a post at dot.comments at The Washington Post:
"These people were adults who knowingly signed long-term contracts for unnecessary expensive luxury items. That was a huge gamble on their parts .... HOWEVER, just when I didn't think the Redskins franchise could sink any lower and show any more contempt for their fans. Wow! ..."
What do you think? Is the Redskins organization justified?
Update: The Washington Post reported that the Redskins will ask a court to vacate the $66,364 judgment against the grandmother.
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Would you prefer sales tax to income tax?
The power to lay and collect taxes is, perhaps, the greatest power of the government. With this power alone, the government can encourage or prohibit certain behaviors without passing additional laws - it can effectively ban alcohol, tobacco, firearms, etc., can coerce people to marry, to have or have no children, buy gas or "green energy", buy real estate, lock up their money for decades in retirement accounts (both policies make people return a large percentage of their income straight back to the banks withdrawing huge amounts of cash from circulation). Taxes inhibit the taxed activity.
I see several advantages of sales tax compared to income tax:
1. Sales tax inhibits spending, income tax inhibits earning. When money are taxed when spent, not when earned, it may encourage saving and investing rather than spending and incurring debts.
2. One can avoid paying a sales tax on discretionary items by not buying these items - sales tax is less coercive.
3. Sales tax on discretionary items appears to be self-regulating. When it is too large, people stop buying the taxed items, and the tax revenues drop. It's easier to determine the economic effect of sales tax and optimize the sales tax percentage. Whereas, the economic effect of changing income taxes is a lot harder to determine.
4. The tax code would be extremely simple - just a look-up table of tax rates (this may be a naive statement).
5. "Taxing the rich" would mean taxing the excessive luxurious lifestyle. Why would a frugal billionaire who leads a lifestyle of an average citizen be taxed more than an average citizen?
I understand, there is no "correct answer". This is why I post this as a debate. I'd like to know how many people think this way and to hear cases for or against both types of taxation.
Edited 4/13/2013: This seems to be a similar idea: http://www.fairtax.org
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I'd like to thank everyone for the discussion.
There were good points made:
- that sales tax would make "the rich" pay smaller percentage of their income than "the poor";
- that no matter what type of tax we have, "the rich" will still have an opportunity to avoid it - either by spending money overseas or by making money overseas bringing into consideration the necessity of a uniform wold-wide taxation.
- A good discussion whether charity should be voluntary or compulsory and whether people should contribute to society voluntarily or forced to do so.
- Good references to other resources such as Mises institute.
- Interesting point in a video referenced by Krisztian Pinter that taxes have a way of distributing across all layers of society - often what seems to be "a tax on rich" becomes a burden on "the poor" bringing up the idea of a uniform tax (sales or income) with equal percentage for the rich and the poor.
- A good discussion with Pat Gilbert of how government intervention in free market creates artificial incentives and "bubbles" which are unlikely to exist otherwise.
These are just some points worth noticing. I appreciate having a civilized discussion on such highly politicized topic involving social justice, economy, and morality. This is where TED community stands out.
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Apr 25 2013: U.S. income tax has a multitude of problems with Constitution. Article I Section 2 says "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers,..." - to avoid "taxation without representation" which was one of the main grievances in Declaration of Independence. Tax on income from property was considered to be the same as direct tax on property and was considered unconstitutional until 1913. Amendment XVI does not change Article I Section 2 but makes income taxable. I'm still puzzled whether income tax is still considered to be direct. The government states that income tax now has "the nature of indirect tax". Well, tax on wages can be considered a tax on transaction. But tax on property income has not changed its nature. Weird.
You are right about Amendment IV. The government cannot rummage through our papers without a warrant. This is why everyone needs to sign a return under penalties of perjury waiving this right.
Amendment V prohibits self-incrimination. The back side of form 1040 clearly says that we can go to jail if anything in the form is incorrect. And many people do not understand what they sign. But it's not considered "self-incrimination" somehow. And don't mention Amendment V in a conversation with IRS. Such people are treated by IRS in a special way.
Amendment XIII prohibits involuntary servitude (slavery). Yet, income tax means that part of my time is spent serving the government without my consent. Etc.
I learned these things along with legal cases arguing them in favor of the government some time ago, when I was younger and more naive. I do not advocate any of these arguments. By all means, "do not try this at home". But I'm still in awe of the absurdity of this system.
Mike Colera 30+Apr 25 2013: 16 is on the top of my list of amendments that need to go. I am also really adamant about 17.
The states gave up their influence in the federal government. So, 16 gave them hands in our back pockets and 17 left the states in the dust... with states rights gone and most individual rights on the line (consider the bill of rights issues) can the worse case scenario be far behind? Or am I being to worrisome... it could never happen here.
Apr 25 2013: It's somewhat scary to watch how easily people give away their rights and are eager to give more power to the government in exchange for "security". It's like sheep trusting a wolf to protect them or appointing a goat to guard a cabbage orchard. The wolf loves any stories and incidents that instill panic and fear of horrible "dangers out there" and, usually, exploits them to the full extent.
I was reading comments to Yahoo news regarding the Boston bombing. Most of the commenters are eager to throw away the IV, the V, the VI along with the 1964 Civil Rights Act while considering their opinion "patriotic". The idea that select people can be considered "enemy combatants" based on their ethnic and religious background and denied the right to due process at government's whim to "save taxpayer's money" scares me more than terrorism. Protecting rights is one area where I would rather not "save taxpayer's money".
Apr 25 2013: Here is a great review from John Stewart of some weird opinions of how to "strengthen" and "protect" America.
Reminds me of this story:
Foxy Loxy: "Well, well. Where are you rushing on such a fine day?"
Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, Turkey Lurkey (together) "Help! Help!" It's not a fine day at all. The sky is falling, and we're running to tell the king!"
Foxy Loxy: "How do you know the sky is falling?"
Chicken Little: "I saw it with my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head!"
Foxy Loxy: "I see. Well then, follow me, and I'll show you the way to the king."
Narrator: So Foxy Loxy led Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey across a field and through the woods. He led them straight to his den, and they never saw the king to tell him that the sky is falling.
Apr 25 2013: By the way, there is a controversy around mortgage interest deduction (all-American favorite). Mortgage interest on rental and commercial property is a business expense (like any other business loan interest) and should be deducted from business or rental income. Mortgage interest on personal residences seems to be a personal expense, much like any other personal credit interest (car loans, credit cards, etc.) If we deduct personal expenses from personal income, let's deduct everything else - food, utilities, credit card interest, etc. If we don't deduct personal expenses from income, let's not deduct personal residence mortgage income. The whole issue, again, smells with hypocrisy and riddled with logical inconsistencies.
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Well here's a sheet I made with all the drawings from the anatomy challenge I did.
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I'm starting to understand the theme more. I think this was focusing more on legs and buttocks along with some bones. I guess I was just so fascinated by the first picture you drew, I didn't notice it. It was interesting to see some people with clothes on in this. On one of the pictures on top, a bottom seems to match a women's top. It's just great work all over again.
Some of the pictures were literally black. I guess they were meant to represent negatives? I don't think you can do that in Photoshop or whatever program you used for this. The colored lines show good contrast. You should become a professional.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer has congratulated Bill de Blasio on winning the race to become New York City's next mayor.
The New York Democrat issued a statement Tuesday night saying de Blasio ran an extraordinary campaign. He said de Blasio was rewarded by voters with an "overwhelming victory."
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Galpin, a Bismarck native now living in Colorado, runs an organization called Mountain-2-Mountain. The non-profit creates opportunities for women in conflict regions of the world like Afghanistan.
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The Penguins vs. Bruins game Saturday got out of hand as the physicality of the game went to a whole new level.
Pittsburgh's Brooks Orpik took a hard shot on Loui Eriksson. Eriksson went down hard but returned to the game.
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"It's always my job I guess to defend my teammates but I've prided myself for a long time to stay within the lines and it's hard for me to talk about right now, I can't say sorry enough," said a regretful Thornton to the media after the game.
Orpik was able to fly home with the team and was put on injured reserve for the Penguins.
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Remember this? About a year ago I wrote a post that said that despite the fact that in 2010 Hamels had a walk rate that was worse than Halladay, Moyer, Blanton, Oswalt, Kendrick or Lee, his walk rate still wasn't awful if you compared him to other NL pitchers who made 30 starts in 2010.
In 2011, one of the things Hamels did well was reduce his walk rate. He walked 44 in 216 innings, or 1.83 per nine innings. It was the first time in his career he had walked fewer than two hitters per nine innings. That includes his time in the minors. Hamels's overall walk rate in the minor leagues was about 3.31 batters per nine innings and he wasn't under two for any full year in the minors.
Hamels lowered his walk rate against both left and right-handed batters in 2011, but the results were more impressive against lefties. Coming into 2011, Hamels had walked about 6.0% of the right-handed batters he had faced for his career and about 7.9% of the left-handed batters. In 2011, he walked about 5.2% of the righties and 5.1% of the lefties.
Here's what the chart for 2011 looks like — again, it's the walk rate per nine innings of NL pitchers who started at least 30 games:
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Roy Halladay
Halladay one, Lee two and Hamels three.
That's a change from 2010, when it went Halladay one, Hamels 14 and Lee in the American League. Had Lee not been in the American League in 2010, he wouldn't have been on the chart anyway cause he didn't make 30 starts. Had the 2010 chart shown NL pitchers who made 30 starts and guys name Cliff Lee, regardless of their league or number of starts, Lee would been at the top of the list in terms of fewest walks per nine, right above Halladay. In 2010, Lee made 28 starts in which he threw 212 1/3 innings while walking 18. That's a silly 0.76 walks per nine.
If you're having trouble following any of this, is pretty much goes like this: Halladay and Lee really don't walk much of anyone and probably won't in 2012, either. And Hamels got a whole lot better at not walking anyone in 2011.
This article about how the Phillies evaluate players and don't evaluate players is, um, memorable. Seriously, if they're not relying on advanced metrics that suggest Polanco belongs on the field because of his defense, it's hard to understand how they would let him play. On the other hand, if math is the enemy it does go a long way towards explaining letting Wilson Valdez and Michael Martinez combine to get 534 plate appearances in 2011. On the other, other hand, if they're going to keep leading all of baseball in wins every year, they might just wanna keep up the good work.
This suggests that Contreras is not expected to appear in the first week of games, but could get into a game shortly after that.
The article linked above suggests there is increasing pessimism about Justin De Fratus's right elbow.
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The Edmonton Oilers have tipped their hand in regard to Linus Omark.Last night, with Sam Gagner's return to the lineup, coach Renney had several roster options but chose to sit the skilled Swede. Again. What does that tell us?
Scoring goals and directly contributing to goals scored has high value; the highest paid names in the game are the elite offensive men. Linus Omark has a nice range of skills and is a hard worker, but coach Renney has passed him over routinely in roster decisions. Last fall, Omark was sent to OKC when it was quite clear he was among the 12 best forwards available.
This season, after two healthy scratches in the first 7 games, the die is cast for Linus Omark. If he can't make the lineup with Ales Hemsky injured then it doesn't look good for him unless more injuries pile up.
Sam Gagner's return meant the coach had a few options in terms of who to scratch. I suggest these were the most likely scenarios:
- HS Anton Lander, move Belanger down to the 4line and put Gagner between Omark/Paajarvi.
- HS Lennart Petrell, moving Belanger down to the 4line and Lander to LW on the 4line.
- HS Magnus Paajarvi, putting Belanger between Omark and Gagner on the 3rd line.
Notice I didn't mention an RNH scratch, doubt that was an option (Nugent-Hopkins is going to have to stop scoring goals before getting a HS). The obvious choice would be Lander, but that kid keeps showing up in the right places and is a constant source of consternation for the opponent.
So, how did coach Renney divide the minutes among wingers last night. Here is the EV evidence, with Dennis King EV scoring chances:
- Ryan Smyth 14:58 (7-3)
- Jordan Eberle 14:27 (3-3)
- Taylor Hall 13:01 (2-3)
- Ryan Jones 12:32 (5-4)
- Sam Gagner 10:09 (2-0)
- Magnus Paajarvi 9:44 (2-0)
- Ben Eager 7:56 (3-0)
- Lennart Petrell 7:50 (3-0)
Oilers outshot NYR 22-14 at evens and won the game, so it isn't hard to imagine the same group lining up for the game on Tuesday. Even if they'd lost, who are you going to move out? Jones has settled in well on the Horcoff-Smyth line and as long as the results are there coach Renney isn't going to mess with success.
I think the Oilers will trade Linus Omark (and it could be soon, but at this point this blog suggesting an October trade is kind of like greeting the morning sun: we do it every day) and also believe he'll have a solid, possibly spectacular NHL career. This is a dangerous time for the Oilers and their management and fanbase. If they deal Omark because there's no room–without waiting for a legit and satisfactory return, they run the risk of becoming the modern Houston Astros (who took the talent out with the trash routinely back in the day).
As an aside, I know that sometimes my references are obscure and when rambling on about John Mayberry, Bob Watson, Cliff Johnson and other Astros prospects it may be confusing. I've never met Steve Treder, but he writes wonderfully about those names and the bizarre era where talent was garbage in Houston. Part 1 and Part 2 of his look at that era are worth the read.
I'm not suggesting ST is going to be the modern Spec Richardson (although it is possible), but watching how they part with Omark and the return they get for him will be a tell. Offloading well paid veterans for prospects is one thing, but how do you put a value on Omark? And if the value isn't there, does the GM have the courage to hold on to the asset until the opportunity is right?


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Lawrence County man arrested for alleged child pornography distribution, videotaping underage females with hidden camera
HARRISBURGĀ- Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today announced the arrest of a Lawrence County man accused of distributing child pornography and using a hidden camera in a shopping cart to video underage females at a local Wal-Mart.ĀĀ
Kane identified the defendant as Scott Nicolls, 43, 407 Blaine St., New Castle, Lawrence County.
According to the criminal complaint, agents, who were conducting an online investigation, found numerous online files shared from Nicolls's computer. The files allegedly contained depictions of children, under the age of 18, posing naked in sexually suggestive positions or engaging in extremely sexually graphic acts.
Following Nicolls's arrest, agents from the Attorney General's Computer Forensics Unit were analyzing computers seized as a result of a search warrant, and discovered home videos Nicolls allegedly took of underage females at a local Wal-Mart.
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Nicolls was arrested on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 by agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Section and charged with seven counts of possession of child pornography, three counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.
He was preliminarily arraigned before New Castle Magisterial District Judge Melissa Amodie. Bond is set at $75,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 22, 2013 at 9:30 a.m.
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Detroit, MI, United States (4E Sports) – Arian Foster ran for two touchdowns, including a game-tying score, and Shayne Graham buried a 32-yarder in overtime as the Houston Texans notched their fifth straight win, taming the Detroit Lions, 34-31, Thursday at Ford Field.
Foster tallied 120 yards on 20 carries while Matt Schaub completed 29 of 49 throws for 315 yards as the Texans improved their league-best record to 10-1 in their Thanksgiving Day debut.
Wide receiver Andre Johnson had nine catches for 188 yards while defensive end J.J. Watt had three sacks for the Texans, who have equaled the franchise-record for victories in a season by clinching their second straight overtime win.
Texans running back Justin Forsett added 87 yards on five carries and a controversial 81-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford hit 31 of 61 passes for 441 yards but his efforts did not prevent Detroit (4-7) from sliding to their third straight loss.
Calvin Johnson had eight catches for 140 yards and a score while Joique Bell and Mikel Leshoure also ran for scores for the Lions.
In the second quarter, the Lions stormed ahead by 24-14 after a 46-yard field goal by Jason Hanson but the Texans strung up 10 straight points behind a Forsett's scoring run and a field goal by Graham to tie the count.
In the fourth, Bell pushed the Lions ahead, 31-24, after a 23-yard scoring run but it was short-lived as Foster completed a 15-play, 97-yard drive with a short touchdown run to send the game to extra time.
The Texans had a chance to capture the win in overtime but Graham missed from 51 yards with 9:43 remaining.
The Lions also blew a winning opportunity after Hanson missed from 47 yards before Graham drilled a 32-yarder for the win.
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SEATTLE -- A group of Seahawks fans set a Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd roar at a sports stadium at CenturyLink Field during the Hawks vs. 49ers game.
The group called Volume 12 set the record during the Seahawks home opener, the Sunday night game on KING 5.
The previous world record of nearly 132 decibels was set in 2011 during a soccer match in Turkey. The Seahawks website says Seattle's 12th Man has been measured at 112 decibels. However, CenturyLink Field can hold 7,000 more fans than the stadium where the current record is held.
Guinness World Records attended the game as an official judge for the world record attempt.
The guidelines say Hawks fans would get three official attempts to break the record. There was no official "1-2-3 GO" cue from stadium officials.
The first attempt came in at 130.1.
Fans were notified about the results on the Volume 12 official Facebook and Twitter feed immediately following the attempt.
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Kyle said the funding for the motorcycles came from trading in five older motorcycles removed from service, as well as a grant, a risk management fund and a fixed assets account.
The main focus of the Murfreesboro Police Motorcycle Unit is to reduce traffic crashes by enforcing traffic laws throughout the city and especially in areas with high-traffic volume and crash rates.
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Why are you deleting my deals after they hit the Popular tab?
I understand my deals need twice as many votes to go Popular but it hardly seems fair to delete them after the finally get there!
People were buying this product. Obviously your customers consider this to be a good deal.
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@jumbowoot It's hard to play by the rules when they are a constantly moving target.
amen. This is getting ridiculous
How I picture the deals.woot mods:
@bsmith1: How fun! Now we must identify them...is @jumbowoot #2 or Dr. Evil?
Where DID that white bodystocking go? I swear it was there about an hour ago. I know because I voted on it. Maybe there's a "secret" tab. You know, like a "speak easy" tab.
@lavikinga: They deleted it, that's why I'm asking this question. People were buying that product like crazy, then poof!
They also deleted the boxer costume for men...apparently it was too sexy ;p
Now my question about the RIPed deals being popular isn't showing up.
@lavikinga: lol..."speak easy" tab! brilliant! that should be the next change.
i agree...it doesn't make sense to delete your deals once they go popular. hopefully this is a temporary glitch.
@kylemittskus: It's a conspiracy! (Actually your question is on the Fresh tab.)
This again? Sucks that this keeps happening to you cheri. At least you're a valued member of the community to us!
My latest deal just went Popular...any bets on how long it will last?
So now it really does suck to be popular, huh?
Why is it that "improvements" never improve anything?
And now it's gone...
"hmm…we can't find that deal
The deal you're looking for isn't on our servers. This is what we geeks call a 404 error. The link you followed may be old, or you might have mistyped the address.
Please stand by and we'll take you to some similar deals or click here if you're not automatically redirected.."
Really? Maybe it's time for me to take a little break from here. It's supposed to be a community, not a dictatorship, Governor.
Why am I not surprised TPTB hasn't responded to this? <---purely rhetorical question. When there is a response, it's usually something to the effect (paraphrasing), 'Repost it. It was deleted in error. We're only human.'
Usually lacking an apology. And, of course, reposting it doesn't gain back the votes it had garnered before deletion. And, most certainly, zero clarification of any rules.
I do think this latest mess is because of the change in the tabs. Also affected on the Popular tab are RIP deals. Sloppy job, IMO. But, I'm not a programmer. Just a user. Loosely speaking.
Too bad, @ohcheri. I AM sorry this is happening to you. And yes, as someone noted elsewhere - you're popular w/so many of us in the community. Those who haven't totally given up yet.
Who Cares? In this case, I do. For shame JW!
@hottubrf: I've said it before, I really think they want all of us "old-timers" to go away. We grumble too much about the good 'ol days.
Definitely not having fun today :-(
@ohcheri: Dagnabbit, Cheri. I was just about to storm up to the moderators office and tell them a thing or two...
But this durn lumbago is givin' me fits. No way I can drive the Studebaker out there like this.
Plus I'll miss the "Earlybird Special. They got cream of something soup today!!
@ohcheri: What was the most recent deleted item? At 7:00 EDT I see a white body stocking, which the data says was posted about 10 minutes ago.
The whole situation with your deals is Major Suckage.
@kylemittskus: Your question about RIP'd deals is back and popular.
Strange things today. Maybe just some programming problems. Maybe the April Fool's greebie got stuck in the system. I posted a deal three days ago that received 43 total upvotes. Pretty good, but not amazing. It stayed on the Popular tab until a couple of hours ago. Very strange.
@magic cave: I reposted that one. That went popular earlier and they deleted it. I then posted a pinstripe babydoll and when that went popular they deleted it. The bodystocking was selling pretty well so I'm trying it again :-)
@ohcheri: Did you have 3 deals today? Did you repost them all?
@caffeine_dude: I posted two deals today. Both went popular and were deleted. I reposted one of them.
@ohcheri: Pinstripe Babydoll?? Was someone we know modeling it??
Re-post please...
@ohcheri:Yes, ok that makes sense I saw the 2nd one at work, and was going to check it out better when I got home.
It all makes sense now. They were tweaking the algorithm to make sure my deals will never appear on the Popular tab. They just had to figure out how many votes/clicks it would take.
The man is still keeping me down :-(
Are your deals still vanishing? Or is something else happening to them? (sympathies....)
Hey @jumbowoot any answer to this?
@f00l: My deals aren't vanishing now that they have made the changes necessary to keep them off the popular tab.
As many of you have noticed, we recently changed the algorithm that governs the content of the front page of deals.woot. It is a version of the original Popular algorithm that deals.woot launched with. This version did not have the penalties we had previously implemented. That has been corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused in the meantime.
We have also noted your questions about expired deals in the Popular flow and we are reviewing that as well.
Thank you for all of your input.
All told.
@ohcheri: So now I take jumbo's reply to mean this: "The new algorithm we implemented for the popular tab mistakenly didn't include the parts that don't allow certain items (or certain member's listings), so until we got that edit pushed we deferred to just deleting everything that appeared that we like or didn't think should be there."
Thanks jumbo for providing an answer.
@ki4rxm: Correct. And the new penalty against the #lingerie tag is even harsher. It used to take 30 votes to get on the Popular tab but obviously that requirement has been pushed much higher.
Oh well! At least my customers know how to find me.
@ohcheri: My translation?
"Despite your contribution to deals.woot, we had to make sure no one came to our site and saw lingerie. So, until we could banish you from the Pop tab, we just deleted your deals without saying anything to you. We're not really sorry.
Told no one, or if I did tell them, they won't listen and something similar will be happening tomorrow."
Aww crap, I think I went and got bitter at DW.
That is not much of an answer, or anything like an apology to @Ohcheri who is loosing up-votes. Community.....hummmmm... idk. Isn't this how the DMCA take downs work? Take down first ,then pretend to check if it should have been taken down in the first place later.
The irony here is that 99.9% of the content on this site is community contributed. This means WOOT rakes in the profits from the paid advertising and the paid sponsors while actually contributing little value to this site. This site only exists because of the community content.
No one at WOOT cares that at one time I got so much traffic from this site that I had to upgrade my server at 10 times the cost of my original server. No one at WOOT cares that since they have implemented their puritanical censorship my income has dropped by over 25%.
My haters can say...but you're using WOOT for free advertising, why you cryin'? And I understand that. All of the posted deals on here are free advertising and WOOT makes money by the community stopping by every day and checking on the deals. I still get traffic and new customers so I'm not going to get in a huff. I simply want the folks at WOOT to understand that their tactics cause pain. (And, yes, I understand they don't care.)
I used to enjoy coming here, now...not so much...and I think a lot of people feel the same way. All of the fun is gone.
@ohcheri: Are you on the affiliate (or referer or ??) thing with Woot so that they get the micro-kickbacks?
@j5: If you want to see who is giving WOOT kickbacks check the Popular tab.


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Tomas Kaberle's time as a Toronto Maple Leaf has finally come to an end.
After 12 seasons in blue and white, the Maple Leafs have traded the veteran defenceman to the Boston Bruins in exchange for prospect centre Joe Colborne, the Bruins' first-round pick in 2011 and a conditional second-round draft pick in 2012.
Kaberle signed off on the deal by waiving his no-trade clause.
"On behalf of our entire organization I would like to thank Tomas for all of his many outstanding contributions to the Toronto Maple Leafs on the ice, and in the community," said Maple Leafs president and general manager Brian Burke. "He has been a model citizen and it's never easy to trade a player that has conducted himself as professionally as Tomas has for the past 13 years."
Kaberle, 32, has been a mainstay on the Leafs' blue line for the past decade and is the second-highest scoring defenceman in team history behind Borje Salming - with 83 goals and 437 assists in 878 games. Kaberle led the Leafs in assists this season with 35 and he is third in blocked shots with 100.
"He's consistent every night at what he does," said defenceman Luke Schenn, who played in a pairing alongside Kaberle since coming into the league last season. "He establishes the setup on the power play, makes that great breakout pass, logs big minutes for our team every night. There's no question that he is one of the top defencemen in the league and has been for the last 10 years or so."
Maple Leafs forward Colby Armstrong said he often let his play on the ice speak for itself.
"He's here, first guy in the morning all the time and he's ready to go," said Armstrong. "You can't say enough about him as a teammate and obviously his play on the ice ... (he's) a real good player."
While the Leafs haven't made the playoffs since the 2003-04 season, Kaberle has played in 77 career post-season games. He also represented the Maple Leafs at four NHL All-Star Games and he participated in the past three Winter Olympic Games for the Czech Republic.
The Bruins will be on the hook for the remainder of Kaberle's $4.25 million contract. He will be an unrestricted free agent in the summer.
Colborne, 21, was Boston's first-round selection (16th overall) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and is currently playing in his first professional season. He is third in goals (12) for the AHL's Providence Bruins this season and is tied for third in team scoring with 26 points. The Calgary native spent two years at the University of Denver and was named to the All-WCHA Rookie Team in 2008-09.
"We are happy to add another first-round draft pick and a solid prospect in Joe Colborne," Burke added. "He brings a unique combination of skill, vision and size."
Colborne will report directly to the Toronto Marlies, the Leafs' AHL affiliate.
Toronto has now gained a pair of first-round draft picks in the last week. Toronto received Philadelphia's first-rounder in the Kris Versteeg deal, and now own Boston's pick for Kaberle. Burke said at a press conference on Friday that he intends to try to explore deals that might package the two first-round selections together in order to try to move up to a higher pick.


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