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Ensure we are able to comply with Federal CAN-SPAM regulations.
We started by looking at the usual cloud suspect: Amazon SES. Problem is (at the time as of December 14, you can now send SMTP on SES) you have to send emails using a web service, and that would have led to additional code (and the potential for breakage that comes with extra code), and blocked compatibility with common tools like Sendmail for people who may use our open source, self hosted products. So we had to dig more.
After a little searching we found SendGrid.com. SendGrid's service makes sense - we achieved our initial goals (CAN-SPAM compliance, delivery, and measurability) and picked up some fantastic extras:
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Incredibly nice metrics and a great API to include delivery stats in our web applications.
The ability to let multiple business units leverage SendGrid.
There was one problem: the provided Python SendGrid API was a little less than Pythonic. So we took a little time, updated the API, and added some additional functionality for Django developers. So, if you are using SendGrid and Python, feel free to grab our version of the updated Python SendGrid SMTP API implementation on Github.


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The vestiges of Halloween linger in various front yards and on the occasional porch step, but mostly by now the skeletons and witches have retreated into storage along with the gossamer spider webs, howling mummies and detached body parts that adorned our neighborhoods so cheerfully in our annual salute to Oct. 31.
A contraction of "All Hallow Even" (or "All Hallows Eve"), the word "Halloween" is associated today almost exclusively with jack-o'-lanterns, spooky creatures, the wearing of costumes and going trick-or-treating.
At one time, however, it was more properly associated with the day that follows it, Nov. 1, which in Western Christianity is All Saints' Day (originally "All Hallows"), which itself is followed on Nov. 2 by All Souls' Day.
It's not unusual for religious observances to get tangled up with secular celebrations, and Halloween is certainly no exception. Because agriculture (especially spring planting and fall harvesting) has always been a dominant factor in secular festivities, it is no wonder that Halloween incorporates so much symbolism of the season -- think pumpkins, apples, Indian corn, dried cornstalks, scarecrows.
These are the things that survive the dismantling of Halloween and stay with us through Thanksgiving -- an unbroken thread of symbolism from autumn fun to autumn feast.
The one symbol of the fall season that has always intrigued me is the scarecrow.
For one thing, why is it a symbol of fall rather than spring? Isn't it when the seeds are sown that it's supposed to be "on the job"?
For another thing, I had no idea what the purpose of a scarecrow was when I was very, very young. I knew how to help make them from old clothes stuffed with raked autumn leaves, but I never thought they looked very scary, and I certainly didn't think they looked like crows. Mostly I thought they just dressed like my father and smelled like falling leaves. In other words, I loved them, but I didn't understand them.
The light dawned when I saw "The Wizard of Oz" at about age 6. The Scarecrow was out in the cornfield lamenting that he couldn't scare crows. Well, that explained a lot! So, the fact that all the scarecrows I'd ever seen looked more like humans than crows finally made sense. And the fact that they're supposed to scare crows away from the corn ... well, why didn't anyone tell me that before? Stupid grownups.
To be honest with you, 50 years later, I still think the word "scarecrow" is an odd one. I mean, would you call a "man-eating tiger" an "eatman"? Or a "fire-breathing dragon" a "breathefire"? Of course, if I'm that put off by the word scarecrow, I could borrow a synonymous term from Great Britain. Perhaps "murmet," from southwestern England, or how about a "hogmedod" from southeastern England? A rarer regional English term for scarecrow is "moggie" (or "moggy"), but that could be easily confused with the more common, colloquial English meaning: "a domestic cat" (which might actually do a better job scaring the crows). In Scotland, a scarecrow may go by the name "tattie bogles" or "bodach-rocais" (literally, "old man of the rooks"--rook being a Eurasian crow). I could also use the Welch "bwbach," but I'm not sure I could pronounce it.
I think I'll have to concede that the "scarecrow" is safe in my hopelessly American vocabulary. Anyway, I do so love the tales of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and it just wouldn't be the same to imagine the Yellow Brick Road being traversed by Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hogmedod.
(By the way, a great big ghostly "Booooo" to the town of Edmeston for mandating a 4—to-6 Saturday-only trick-or-treat time. Halloween is NOT Oct. 30, even if you say it is. Any other towns perpetrate this Halloween ripoff? Well, "Booooo" to you, too.)
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No need to be scared of scarecrows, but what about hogmedods?
The vestiges of Halloween linger in various front yards and on the occasional porch step, but mostly by now the skeletons and witches have retreated into storage along with the gossamer spider webs, howling mummies and detached body parts that adorned our neighborhoods so cheerfully in our annual salute to Oct. 31.
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'We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne'
By Christine A. Lindberg A song that "owns" a particular day of the year is rare.
Here comes Santa Claus ... where'd he get that snazzy red suit?
Years ago, I had a book of letters written to Santa Claus, and I remember that, among all the messages of "bring me this," "bring me that," and "I'll leave you a plate of cookies," one little boy had written, "Dear Santa, Where did you get your snazzy red suit?" I wouldn't be surprised if the author of that question grew up to be either a reporter or a fashion consultant, but in any event, I hope he got an answer to his question.
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Those of us who make the family feasts of Thanksgiving and Christmas magically appear on the table know there's nothing magic about it.
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Humorist Will Rogers: One of the crown jewels in American language
Defined as "a humorous writer, performer or artist," a humorist could technically be anyone who makes you laugh, but my concept of a humorist is not nearly so broad
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My previous column ended with the words "sweet dreams," which are nice if you can get 'em, but sometimes the occasion of slumber time is a few degrees short of sweet.
What will my dream-doctor say about this orgledream in my head?
I just read a snippet of folklore that tells me "a dream of grasshoppers means that something is confusing you."
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Anyone get their shirt(s) yet? If so, what did you get?
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LOTM265 weeks agoWell, mine took forever to ship, so it just left LA yesterday, so, maybe next week...
tweetick265 weeks agoYup. I got the following:
MXL Dead Tee Fury Bird on brown
MXL Not Lupus http://www.teefury.com/archive/370/Not%20Lupus
MXL Caretaker http://www.teefury.com/archive/343/Caretaker
Fair mix this time. I had such great luck with the last 2 random shipments, I was due for a dud.
styrofoam265 weeks agojust one for me this time. satisfied! i always seem to get the shirts that i've seriously considered buying from these grab bags. (=
feed your head.
peppersagooddog265 weeks agomine came! and i still love you fury!
fist we have:
which i bought for my son, but didnt buy for myself.
then we have:
wow its a ship
the color came out way cooler than it looks, sublter (is that a word?)
and lastly:
cinco de teeyo
BUT its on the same gold color as teevil from the last grab bag!!! red bird with black "graffiti" instead of white... gotta find a camera somewheres...
perfectly thrilled, as usual fury gods, thx!
matt2kool265 weeks agomine just shipped today....WTF is that about?!
Jestik265 weeks agoGot mine today. Greatness, all around!!!
I got the "secret surprise" of Jimiyo's "Four Horsemen" included in mine!!!
Also got the gold version of Cinco de Teeyo on Gold (it's at Teetrade if you're interested).
Couldn't be happier with mine. Thanks, Teevil :)
TeeFury loves Pepper it seems. I got mine today and I am perfectly less than thrilled.
I got my THIRD copy of the Monster Collab in MXL
Life is Not a Game in MXL
and Jimiyo's Four Horsemen in ML.
I still don't have a Teevil or Cinco de Teevo :-(
SilverTerv265 weeks agoI got Nefarious, Evil Chopper Elves, and Ampersand - I just put them up for sale - all Mens' XXL - cool shirts. They came a couple of days ago.
xylotism265 weeks agoI got Life is Not a Game, Teefury Dead Bird, and Jimiyo's Four Horsemen.
That last one is now my THIRD different Teefury tee with Vader on it.
Also I thought the Dead Bird would look kinda boring, but it's actually pretty cool. Now to see how many people ask me why there's a strange upside-down bird on my shirt.
If anyone wants to trade or buy the Life is Not a Game in Men's Medium, let me know.
I have listed all my shirts on teetrade.org if anybody is interested in buying ....
pacifini265 weeks agoI got my tees today. Very impressed with delivery as I'm all the way in New Zealand! :)
Mens M Dr Obtuse Banner
Mens M Cinco de Teeyo
Mens L Cinco de Teeyo (both Cinco de Teeyo tees are on a yellow tee instead of black)
Mens L - A Posteriori
Womens XL Plaidinum - this is the only one I'm sad about :(
Womens XL Peace Camera
11re11spekt265 weeks agoMy boyfriend got neat ones this time! Men's XXL
Cinco De Teeyo
But I'm super disappointed with my shirts. These are Women's Mediums if somebody wants to trade or buy. =(
I got a double shirt. Two Cinco De Teeyo
Evil Chopper Elfs
Create Explosion
3D Glasses
Poe It
And for some reason, teefury sent me two women's larges instead of mediums (which is what I ordered), and I'm not very happy about that.
Starry Four Eyes
The only one I'm keeping is Poe It. I haven't decided if I'm going to try and return to teefury, or just slap everything up on teetrade.org. Has anyone returned shirts to teefury because they sent the wrong size? What happens? Thanks!
naytally265 weeks agoI got my third teefury bird (out of two grabbags I now have two navy mens xl dead birds and a cream teefury bird womens xl) Jimiyo's surprise four horsemen mens xl (which, ironically by the way I won the womens xl he gave away on twitter, so now I have both) and Violinist. I was really gunning for the mens Xl of Peace Camera because honestly I didn't have the money that day for that one and I've regretted it ever since.
Dead bird going on tee trade, keeping 4 horsemen (i mean, come on, its awesome) and unsure about violinist... I like it but I cant do white tees.
11re11spekt -In my opinion, do not return them to TeeFury. I suggest emailing [email protected] Tell them you were sent the wrong size and see what they say.
Naytally, I agree Four Horsemen is awesome, but it just isn't my style. Besides, as much as I love Jimiyo, I've decided to start dressing a bit more age appropriate (that means no Vader, sci fi, skulls (unless extremely artistic), horror, etc). I've never really liked that kind of shirt anyway but especially now because I'm just too old for that.
layjimun265 weeks agohttp://www.teefury.com/archive/430/Turtle%20Power!
layjimun265 weeks agoer both medium
disgruntledchao265 weeks agoi got doubles of four horsemen today. Would be willing to sell one, t's not that great of a shirt.
if anyone wants to trade shirts tell me what you got :3
AGrant311265 weeks agoMy shirts came today. I received Burrowish (which I actually wanted), X-Ray Spex (which is actually kind of neat), and a yellow Cinco de Teeyo shirt. Overall, I'm very happy.
vladaruz265 weeks agoI've received two Cinco De Teeyo tees, different color. Very disapointed.
vladaruz265 weeks agoBy the way, did anyone received same tees?
jebustrist265 weeks agoI received
Ocean Life
Tentacle Tiger
and Four Horsemen(cannot find on the site)
all in ML. I will trade any of them for a Linc Plissken in ML or MM. I also put them on Teetrade.
yoha_ahoy265 weeks agoI got three shirts in Women's M. I would like to trade these two:
Sporck Long and Prosper
Dr. Obtuse Banner
I am, however, keeping this one.
Amperstand Pyramids
And if I can put out a request for anyone who might want to trade or just get rid of Lost at Sea, I was really disappointed that I missed that one.
guitardriver6265 weeks agoI got all in mediums
Turtle Power
Tentacle Tiger
Twos on That
Not to bad... already had The Epic Begins so Turtle Power is a little redundant. Tentacle Tiger is a lot darker than the mock-up, so much that the black tail almost disappears. Twos on That is ok but a little worried about how it will wear because the print seems a little flaky. Overall a pretty good bag! Weird that I only got one from the selection on the grab bag day, and got Turtle Power which hadn't even printed yet?
Renae265 weeks agoI got...
Abstract Easter Bunny. I'm happy with this one. I'm glad it didn't come in the original cream color but yellow.
I also got Tentacle Tiger, which is one I could do without. I'll wear it, though. Glad it's a darker shirt than the original. Also like the placement better.
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Jacob Landis, 24, of Annapolis Maryland, is hitting a home run for hearing by cycling to ALL 30 Major League Baseball stadiums to raise funds for those who can benefit from a cochlear implant (CI) yet cannot afford one. A cochlear implant is a "bionic ear" which is magnetically attached to a device that is surgically implanted into one's ear. It is a surgery that can cost up to $100,000. Deaf by age of 10, Jacob had progressively lost his hearing. He was no longer able to hear his coach or the crack of a bat at his beloved baseball games and struggled both socially and academically. In June 1999 at John Hopkins Hospital, through the amazing new technology of a cochlear implant surgery, he was restored with the gift of hearing. Now as an adult he has been inspired to combine his love of cycling and baseball for this courageous 175-day fundraising journey. This will be a trek of 10,500 miles across the nation.
Currently, Jacob is on the longest leg of the trip, Minneapolis to Seattle for the Mariners game at Safeco Field on Friday June 21st at 7:10pm with a goal of raising $10,000 toward the $1 million goal.
On April 3rd Jacob took off from Annapolis to The Nationals game in Washington, DC. Since then he has pedaled north bearing chilly weather yet very warm welcomes at all the major league baseball stadiums throughout the northeast, up to Toronto and across the mid west. Between hilly terrain, freezing rain, and flat tires the adventure is quite a challenge. Jacob is going strong and thrilled to see each stadium and meet new friends along the way. This inspirational young man has touched the hearts of so many.
Along the Ride, Jacob has had the opportunity to meet several baseball players, walk the in-fields, visit batting practice, throw the ceremonial first pitch at two parks, and has been introduced on many of the parks jumbotrons. All of this effort is to raise funds to give others a dream come true with the gift of hearing.
Jacob's Ride offers several options for the public to show their support. If you would like to join Jacob at a game or purchase a tee shirt please visit the website; www.jacobsride.com. The Seattle Mariners have reserved a block of tickets in section 116 along the first base line. Jacob will be throwing the ceremonial first pitch at Friday's game and be introduced to the stadium. Please spread the word to help reach our $10,000 goal for the Seattle area. Donations may be made via website, Facebook page, or simply by texting "Jacob" to 50555 for a $10 contribution (standard message and data rates may apply Terms: mgive.org/t). We strongly encourage and appreciate any social media support. Please find Jacob's Ride on Facebook, Twitter @Jacobsride2013 and Youtube Jacobsride2013.


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Two years ago, then-Superintendent James Williams asked Erie 1 BOCES Superintendent Don Ogilvie to lead a review of what were then the seven persistently lowest-achieving schools in the district.
At the time, Ogilvie said that those seven schools weren't isolated examples of failure -- they were symptoms of a districtwide dysfunction.
To put it simply, the adults in the Buffalo Public Schools had a bad case of the nasties -- and the students were suffering as a result.
Here's what I wrote back in August 2010:
A six-page letter released this week harshly criticizes the Buffalo Public Schools administration and urges district personnel to move beyond their differences to develop mutual trust and respect.
"This existence of deep divisions within the district among the adults, along with the countless examples of their cancerous effect, must be set aside and replaced with a culture that continually nurtures and supports all of them in fulfilling their professional responsibilities to the children," wrote Donald A. Ogilvie, superintendent of Erie 1 Board of Cooperative Educational Services.
Buffalo Superintendent James A. Williams had asked Ogilvie to oversee the recent reports on the district's seven persistently failing schools. In his letter, Ogilvie cites a host of systemic problems that, unless they are resolved, will continue to produce more failing schools.
"There has been the inclination of central office and school buildings to blame each other for the failure of individual schools, when in truth they must both share responsibility," Ogilvie wrote.
Well, fast-forward a little more than two years.
This time, it's distinguished educator writing the report, at the request of state Education Commissioner John King.
And this time, we're talking about 28 schools that are failing. That's four times as many as two years ago, and nearly half of all the schools in the district.
In her report, as today's story notes, Elliott took things a step farther than Ogilvie did.
While Ogilvie called out the schools and City Hall for not playing nice, Elliott specifically puts the onus on City Hall, painting central office staff as clueless, out of touch, unresponsive and generally incompetent.
Distinguished educator Judy Elliott's plan for improving the Buffalo
Public Schools reads something like an indictment of top school
administrators for the consistent failure of the system.
Central office administrators are out of touch with what happens in the classrooms, she wrote, and they rarely leave City Hall to visit schools. They either ignore requests for help from the schools or fail to respond adequately.
And decision-making for everything from staffing to budgeting has been happening in City Hall – not in the schools, as it should be, Elliott wrote in her report, which the state Education Department released to The Buffalo News on Wednesday.
"Buffalo City School District is a centralized system that provides little school autonomy," she wrote. "The structure of governance has historically yielded poor student outcomes. Priority school principals uniformly voice that they are disconnected, unguided and unsupported due to a lack of service and support from the central office."
As things stand, central office calls the shots -- and they're not exactly hitting the bull's-eye, to put it mildly.
Here's one of the most telling lines from her report: Practices that have not demonstrated effectiveness (e.g., instructional, opreations, budgeting for student achievement) continue to be implemented.
In other words, for years, nobody has really bothered to look too closely at whether what they're doing works.
They just keep doing it anyway.
It's time to end the insanity, Elliott says in her report, and restore the power back to the principals -- the people who see firsthand every day exactly what's happening in the schools.
Here's a copy of the outline of her action plan:
BPS Distinguished Educator Plan Oct 2012
That was accompanied by more than three dozen specific recommended actions.
Here are some of the highlights:
- Create school-based budgets based on per student spending for Title I and III.
- Hold monthly principal meetings for the 28 priority schools.
- Decentralize professional development.
- Find ways to give students more GED opportunities.
- Expand career and technical program offerings.
- Give principals a voice in who is hired for their schools.
Check out the full set of recommendations for yourself:
BPS Recommended Actions Oct 2012facebook.com/mary.pasciak twitter.com/MaryPasciak email@example.com


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Kristy Santelia returns to Houston from Austin to take the helm at the Houston division; Margaret Liebes elevated from branch manager to lead the Austin division
Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) July 02, 2014
The Texas region of North American Title Co. has announced new managers for the Houston and Austin divisions. The Austin division manager, Kristy Santelia, has returned to Houston to manage the Houston division. The North Austin branch manager, Margaret Liebes, has been promoted to manage the Austin division.
After serving as our Austin division manager for three years, Kristy and her family have decided to move back to Houston, where she previously had a term as manager of our highly successful Greenspoint branch, said Bill Moize, Texas regional president, North American Title Co. We are pleased to place the active and growing Houston division in her capable hands.
Margaret has been with North American Title for 30 years and has managed one of the most successful and profitable offices in the Texas region, added Moize. She will continue to work out of the North Austin branch as she assumes the role of Austin division manager.
Santelia is a U.S. Air Force veteran who began her career in the title insurance industry in 2002 after her military obligation was fulfilled. She has a bachelors degree in business management as well as a Master of Business Administration from Bellevue University in Nebraska.
Born in Germany to a military family, Liebes moved to Texas when her father was stationed at Fort Hood. She served as an escrow officer for North American Title until being promoted to North Austin branch manager in 1992.
Santelia works out of the North American Title branch at 550 Greens Parkway, Suite 110, Houston, TX 77067, telephone number (281) 872-1006. Liebes is located at the North Austin branch at 5608 Parkcrest, Suite 150, Austin, TX 78731, telephone number (512) 302-3892.
About North American Title
With well over 1,000 associates and a vast network of branches from coast to coast, North American Title (NAT) is among the largest real estate settlement service providers in the United States. Consisting of both agent and underwriter operations, NAT reported annual net revenues in fiscal 2013 of $185 million. The company also has the resources and stability of a wholly owned subsidiary of an S&P 500 company with over $11.0 billion in assets (fiscal quarter ending Nov. 30, 2013). North American Titles agency network operates nationally under the name North American Title Co. (NATC), and is located in 18 of the fastest-growing states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Through our relationship with our expanding affiliate network, NATC provides real estate settlement services in all 50 states. NAT is headquartered in Miami, Fla. To learn more, visit http://www.nat.com
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And then he cites Ayn Rand, who's most famous book had as it's central story line how if you were rich that it didn't matter if you violated your marriage vows, because rich people are above morals.
I left this alone, until I decided what to do with it. So I brought it out for its own thread. Note this is a massive spoiler of Atlas Shrugged, so if you plan on reading it, stop and close this thread.
One of the key figures in Atlas Shrugged is Hank Reardon. He is the love interest of the protagonist, the under-appreciated female Operations manager of a rail company, Dagny Taggart.
The plot concerns the economic destruction of the USA as executed by disingenuous socialists/communists using methods of corporate regulation and nationalization, all for the public good. In order to achieve this, they use morality as a weapon against the capable of society, in an attempt to ensure they remain in place to run the machinery of economy after the Socialists have completed their takeover. Hank Reardon is the one victim that does not escape their villainy, because of a plot designed specifically for him.
Before the novel begins, Reardon is in Colorado, and seeks to turn the state into a metal producer to rival Pennsylvania. Initially, he has little success against the old boys' network already arranged against him (and the regulations they buy from gov't in order to ensure a non-level playing field), but he sustains himself while he attempts to engineer a new metal using available resources, hoping to outdo steel which will avoid the regulations already in place. During his early work, he marries Lillian, a socialite from a previously wealthy family.
As one of the opening moves of the novel, Dagny contracts Reardon for his newly created metal to make rails because Pennsylvania isn't delivering promised steel to her. Reardon realizes he has a deep desire for Dagny, which he does not truly understand. At the same time, Lillian is described as being emotionally and sexually frigid, and obviously uses Reardon only as a source of money for her social functions. It is a loveless marriage, and one Reardon does not understand, since it seems to him Lillian has no reason to sustain it, but makes no indication she wants to find love elsewhere. Reardon begins a sexual (but not loving) relationship with Dagny, which is exciting, satisfying, and enjoyable. Later, he will learn that this is because the highly capable Dagny is his equal, and sex with equals is the only rationally satisfying relationship one can have. (Basically, you cannot appreciate sex without respect for your partner and yourself. Ayn firmly believed that, and pointed to her own marriage as an example.)
The socialists, with the aid of people like Dagny's incompetent brother and CEo of the rail company, begin their takeover of the USA. They start a campaign of regulations and nationalizations, which each seek to solve a perceived social problem, but in fact conspire to drive Capitalists into the poor house as a primary effect and solve the issues as a secondary. Every regulation has unintended consequences, unless you view them from a Capitalist perspective, which predict an ever devolving economy. (A bunch of them are downright foolish.) One by one, the Capitalists disappear, leaving their companies to be run by those that the socialists' choose, which inevitably forces more regulations to try to protect the failing companies from mismanagement. (I agree completely with this. The only Canadian nationalizations that succeed are the ones that get non-competitive regulatory aid. Petro-Canada. Air Canada. Bureaucrats are not good businessmen, because Arts degrees don't teach you what business degrees do.) Reardon is rapidly becoming the sole effective industrialist in the nation, protected by his distance from Washington and individualism, but his empire is slowly taken away from by rules that, for instance, limit the number of companies a single individual can own or operate. Reardon and Dagny implement creative bandaid solutions, convinced that the socialists will eventually acknowledge the failure of their methods, and allow the industrialists to return and restore the economy.
In time, Lillian learns of the relationship. She then reveals she was awaiting the discovery of a tryst throughout the marriage and was worrying that it would not happen. Reardon would give in to the socialist faction, run his company under their command, or she would destroy his reputation by revealing the affair. She would not accept a divorce, and would deny the affair in court and tell a judge the marriage could be saved, in order to prevent his escape. The socialists owned the judges by this point, so she would get her decision. Reardon realizes that the socialists need his good name and reputation to gain support from the public in the public eye. Reardon's metal has come to represent the American success story, and if Reardon backs the sociaists, the people will accept the socialists.
Wikipedia, Hank Reardon wrote:As her motives become more clear, Lillian is found to share the sentiments of many other moochers and their worship of destruction. Her actions are explained as the desire to destroy achievement in the false belief that such an act bestows a greatness to the destroyer equal to the accomplishment destroyed. She seeks, then, to ruin Rearden in an effort to prove her own value.
Her plan was in place before the marriage. She intentionally created the environment that forced him to find love elsewhere. The marriage was a fraud: her vows were false when she swore them. She was not uniting with him to create a union of equals, but to enslave him with his morality, because the moral slavery they used to control most of the public of the USA ("From each according to his ability to each according to his need") would not work on a staunch capitalist that believed in "pay value for work." For a time, she succeeds, as Reardon gives in to the coercion.
Reardon eventually turns this on its head by admitting the affair himself on a national radio program intended to be a vehicle for advancing the socialist cause. His admission undermines faith in the socialist government by demonstrating their vile methods and he admits that his failure was giving in to them, and this adds to the growing dissatisfaction in the dystopia the Socialists have created, which is falling apart from the ground floor up, as failing rail networks can't even deliver the food needed in the cities. (The socialists fed the ever increasing poor in the cities instead of repairing the rails and engines that delivered the food, and thus the food rotted in the mi-west instead of feeding the east.) Lillian is lost, her power expended: she had no blackmail to extort money from Reardon with, and so even her socialists abandon her. She will later try to again use the guilt of her need to force Reardon to feed and clothe her, but that is a non-starter by this point. Society is completely failing, with no national agency able to operate anywhere, leaving most of the USa in anarchy.
The final moral message of Reardon's story is delivered by John Galt.
Reardon never believed in the moral values of his family, but he tried to live by them. His fault was not a failure to have morals, but a failure to live by his own morals, and instead by someone else's. He did not marry for love: he married because he was convinced that he had to marry in order to be a good man, and thereby put the noose around his own throat. He was saved, not by money, but by a final acceptance that he did not believe in the same morality as those that sought to use guilt to control him. He no longer felt guilt, no longer cared that his reputation might suffer, so he threw off the yoke the socialists placed on him, and revealed that the truly immoral were those that had tried to enslave him with his guilt.
It was ironic that I read this after Tiger Woods' infidelity was revealed. He made the same mistake, and I had come to Ayn's conclusion from his example. He tried to live by the morality of his family, and failed. While I saw many pundits state taht he should try to be a pillar of the community as an accomplished sportsman, I agree with those that said his private life should not affect his playing career. Tiger should have lived by his own morality, accepted that he could not be a one woman man, and not marry in the first place. I think we are all of us different, and that we should all live the way our minds demand we do, and not be a slave to the guilt caused by failing to live up to another person's standards -- so long as it doe not interfere in another person's capacity to do the same.
Rand herself, on the other hand, married and saw her husband die in their 50th year together. She obviously believed in marriage, but only for those capable of it.
Reardon's message is Rand's message, and it has been terribly misrepresented by the one that wrote that sentence I quoted. "Profit" and "richness" are goals, but not justification for an asymmetrical morality in society, as the quoted claimed. Rand'vilified the old boys' network along with the communist position, since she valued a level playing field for all to compete on. Rands Objectivism was intended for all humans, not the currently rich.
Do not think that just because I understand and can make Ayn's points, that I agree with all of Objectivism or have a blind faith in Capitalism. My own belief is that our best economic model is one of regulated Capitalism. I note that many who claim to believe in Objectivism typically violate its fundamental tenet -- pay Value for Work. We can look at a recent case in Canada, where one telephone company was using Interns for out-going phone campaigns to sell services. They were generating income for the company, but not being paid, which Rand (and I) would call slavery. (It's going before the courts, and charges may be laid yet, as a violation of Labour Laws.) Decreasing wages without a decrease in the value of the work being done is equally a violation of that tenet. Practical application of Objectivism has been grossly skewed away from Rand's beliefs in the last couple of decades, and across all business -- small and large -- in the quest for another Objectivism tenet -- competition. Anyway, this is about Reardon, not Rand, but I thought I should head off any false claims that I'm not capable of criticizing Rand, since that's the obvious false conclusion some may make.


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BOSTON (AP) — The Suffolk District Attorney's office says investigators have tentatively identified human remains that appear to have washed onshore from Boston Harbor.
The remains were found Thursday night on the beach at the end of Cottage Park Road in Winthrop, across from Logan International Airport.
The prosecutor's office said the person's death does not appear to have been the result of a crime. An autopsy is planned and state and Winthrop police are investigating.
No identification was being released Thursday night.


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TRAVERSE CITY — Foes in high school, teammates in college.
That's how it will be next fall after Traverse City Central's Tyler Gildersleeve and West's Derrick Diver officially sign letters-of-intent Wednesday to play football at Michigan Tech.
That's also how it will be after Central's Nate Pupel and West's Chance Murphy sign with Siena Heights.
Meanwhile, Central's T.J. Schepperly will sign with Northwood.
Gildersleeve, an offensive tackle, verbally committed to Tech just before Christmas. Diver, a linebacker, followed suit after visiting four Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schools — Tech, Grand Valley, Saginaw Valley and Hillsdale.
"I really enjoyed my visit to Tech," Diver said. "It's a small school, which I like, and it definitely has the academics that I was looking for. The football program's pretty successful, too."
Diver plans to major in biomedical or biological engineering, which made Tech a good option.
"They (Tech coaches) told me they really take academics seriously there," Diver said. "That was big."
So was the fact the Huskies recruited Diver as a linebacker. Some of the other schools, like Grand Valley, projected him as a defensive end, he said.
"They were the only school that really looked at me solely at linebacker," Diver said. "That's my preferred position."
The 6-foot-3, 230-pound senior led the Titans in tackles last season en route to earning Record-Eagle Dream Team honors.
"He's got a good top end," Titans coach Tim Wooer said. "He runs the hurdles in track. That tells you what kind of athlete he is. He was second in the Big North in the 300 hurdles last spring.
"He's a great student, a great worker. He's going to continue to get better and better."
Wooer said Diver could probably add weight, without losing speed, to play defensive end — if need be.
Former West quarterback Isaiah Hackney, a freshman at Tech, was Diver's host on his recruiting visit.
Gildersleeve picked Tech for similar reasons.
"Tyler found a perfect fit at Michigan Tech," Trojan coach Tom Passinault said. "He is an outstanding student and will flourish in their excellent engineering program."
Tech, Grand Valley, Saginaw Valley and Hillsdale all tied for the GLIAC's North Division title at 7-3. Northwood came in at 4-6.
Schepperly, who earned Class A All-State special mention honors at quarterback, will switch over to defense at Northwood. He'll play cornerback or safety.
"I'm excited," he said. "I haven't played DB since I took over at quarterback (as a junior). I'm anxious, ready to get started."
Schepperly measured 5-9, 175 on his visit at Northwood.
"And that was on a good day," he said, laughing. "I'm a little undersized (to play quarterback at the collegiate level). We had one of the bigger lines in the Big North this season, one of the bigger lines we've had at Central, and seeing over them was tough. I had to rollout whenever we wanted to pass. Going to the next level and doing something like that would be crazy."
Passinault called Schepperly, who led the Trojans to a 9-2 season, a "tremendous athlete"
"The best compliment I can give T.J. is that he's a football player in the most positive fashion," he said. "He's a hard worker, a leader. He willed us to several wins this past fall. Northwood got a great player."
Siena Heights will land Pupel, a linebacker, and Murphy, a defensive tackle.
"Nate was Siena's No. 1 recruit at linebacker," Passinault said. "He's excited about the opportunity to step in and play right away. They tagged him early as someone they really wanted and they went after him hard."


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San Antonio Water System officials are in talks to find a supply of water in addition to the Edwards Aquifer to meet growth demands over the next few decades.
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce has joined the discussion with a new study, the Impact of Potential Water Shortages on San Antonio's Economy, which illustrates the link between long-term water needs and San Antonio's economy.
Republican Party of Texas Chairman Steve Munisteri said Dallas has a very good chance of being selected to host the 2016 Republican National Convention.
Munisteri is on the RNC's commission, which doesn't pick the site but helps develop the criteria to make a recommendation. He said hosting 2016 RNC benefits Texas in several ways:
A poll released this week by the University of Texas shows 49-percent of Texans support making possession of marijuana legal, and it's these statistics -- along with a shift in attitudes amongst elected officials -- that has caused one of the nation's most powerful marijuana advocacy groups to set up shop in Austin.
Fronteras: Some Maricopa County sheriff's deputies in Arizona have agreed to go through a round of cultural training to help curb tensions with indigenous and Latino residents. Some members of San Diego's LGBT community are not embracing a new ad by Republican congressional candidate Carl DeMaio, who is gay. Authorities are seeing a huge increase in Central American asylum-seekers at the nation's borders. Also, a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Sonia Nazario about the surge in immigrants from Central America.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius made a tour through San Antonio Friday to encourage more people to enroll in health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Sebelius joined Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff on a final push before the March 31 open enrollment deadline to talk about health care and offer examples of people who are satisfied with the Affordable Care Act program.
A new documentary called "Stolen Education" reveals a little-known South Texas story. It all started in the town of Driscoll. It was 1956 and a school there was doing something odd -- and illegal.
"They were placing children with Spanish surnames automatically into three years of first-grade track," explained Enrique Alemán, Executive Producer of the documentary. "They called it a beginner, low and high first grade. Parents found out about that and contacted Dr. Hector P. Garcia, founder of the American GI Forum."
Texas Matters: We recap the ruling and reaction in the case challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage and a look at the history behind the ban. Also on this show: A new UT/Texas Tribune poll shows how the state is changing. What do outsiders think of Texas politics? Groups push Gov. Perry to regulate stun guns in schools. And how the cold is affecting sea turtles on Padre Island.
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The touring version of smash Broadway hit "Wicked" is playing the Majestic Theater in March. I caught up with one of its stars, Kathy Fitzgerald, who plays Madame Morrible in the Broadway touring company..
Her role is a decidedly evil one.
"Yeah, I'm not nice," Fitzgerald said. "I'm not nice."
In researching the story I read up on exactly what the play was about. It has got a rather twisted premise: That iconic American film "The Wizard of OZ" didn't do everyone justice.
Texas State University has launched a new program to help the children of Central Texas janitors and custodial workers go to college. The outreach effort seeks to empower parents with knowledge of childhood milestones that prepare young students for college.
The university's P-16 initiative targets low-income families in Central Texas to educate children from pre-K through four years of college.
While District 4 City Councilman Rey Saldaña is still on the council, he's got a new position that allows him to work in his background of education. He has been hired by KIPP San Antonio, a network of college preparatory public schools, as the chief of engagement. Saldaña said the position is a first for KIPP.
The job comes as a big relief for the councilman, who is engaged to be married and currently lives at home with his parents. He has taught at Trinity University and Palo Alto College, but the new job will help him support his new bride and himself.