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Leading Gay Cleric Jeffrey John Narrowly Rejected As Bishop In Wales
Harry Farley Fri 24 Feb 2017 14:20 GMT
A leading gay cleric has narrowly missed out on becoming a bishop after his appointment was rejected for the fourth time.
Very Rev Jeffrey John, who has twice been turned down for senior roles over his sexuality, was in the running to be Bishop of Llandaff, Christian Today understands.
But despite winning support from more than half of the nominating body, he just missed on the two-thirds majority required.
Christian Today understands Dr John's long-term civil partnership with Grant Holmes, another Anglican priest, was a factor in his rejection by traditionalists.
Dr Jeffrey John outside St Albans Cathedral, where he serves as Dean.
After three days of discussions the electoral body of 47 people, made up of locals from the diocese, bishops and the official nomination committee, failed to agree on any candidate. The final decision will now be down to senior bishops despite Dr John winning strong support among electors in the mainly Anglo-Catholic region of Llandaff.
Neither the Church in Wales nor the Church of England are opposed to clergy being in civil partnerships. The Church of England requests that clergy in civil partnerships vow to remain sexually chaste, but the Church in Wales has no such restriction.
Currently Dean of St Albans, Dr John was previously nominated to be Bishop of Reading in 2003 but was forced to withdraw himself under intense pressure from traditionalists.
He was later in the running for Bishop of Bangor in 2008 and then again for Bishop of Southwark in 2010 but was both times turned down with conservatives threatening a split in the Church.
But Dr John's latest rejection to be Bishop of Llandaff is particularly striking because of the strong support he received among local clergy and parishioners in the largely liberal diocese.
It comes after the recently retired Archbishop of Wales used his final address to urge the Church to rethink its stance on LGBT couples.
Dr Barry Morgan said supporting gay marriage did not mean 'abandoning the Bible' and that gay sex was perfectly 'proper'.
He said typical texts used to condemn homosexuality could be 'interpreted in more than one way' and read as a whole it is impossible to say there is 'one settled understanding of what the Bible says'.
He said: 'What all this amounts to is that one cannot argue that there is one accepted traditional way of interpreting scripture that is true and orthodox and all else is modern revisionism, culturally conditioned...so taking the Bible as a whole and taking what it says very seriously may lead us into a very different view of same-sex relationships than the one traditionally upheld by the Church.'
He went on: 'We are not thereby abandoning the Bible but trying to interpret it in a way that is consistent with the main thrust of the ministry of Jesus, who went out of His way to minister to those who were excluded, marginalised, and abandoned by his society because they were regarded as impure and unholy by the religious leaders of his day, either because of their gender, age, morality or sexuality.'
Dr Morgan's address came after the Church in Wales has apologised unreservedly for its mistreatment of gay and lesbian people and strongly indicated it could allow or bless same-sex marriages in the future.


For our 2017 show Triple Intent: 2 – Mixing Mediums (Sea Star Vineyards, Pender Island, BC) felt artist Monica Bennett, ceramic artist Nancy Silo and I decided to create three collaborative pieces. Each of us created an initial piece, then handed it on to the next person, who added to it and handed it on to the third person who added to it again. The result was three works made with each of our mediums. The pieces were sold in a silent auction, with 50% of the proceeds going to the Pender Island school to buy art supplies for the students.
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Q: Combinatorial proof of identity $\sum_{k=0}^{\min(a,b)}\binom{x+y+k}{k}\binom{x}{b-k}\binom{y}{a-k} = \binom{x+a}{b}\binom{y+b}{a}$ I try to make a combinatorial proof of the identity:
$$\sum_{k=0}^{\min(a,b)}\binom{x+y+k}{k}\binom{x}{b-k}\binom{y}{a-k} = \binom{x+a}{b}\binom{y+b}{a}.$$
It is an exercise problem in Stanley's Enumerative Combinatorics (exercise 1.3 (d)). The answer in the book refers to the article

G. E. Andrews, Identities in combinatorics I: on sorting two ordered sets, Discrete Math. 11 (1975), 97–106.

The article deals with similar, but not the same identity. From the proofs in the article, I try to find the meaning of each term of LHS and RHS.
I guess the RHS of the identity counts the number of pair $(A,B)$ of subsets of $S = \{\alpha_x , \cdots, \alpha_1, \beta_1, \cdots, \beta_y\}$ (under ascending order) with
$$A \subseteq \{\alpha_a , \cdots, \alpha_1, \beta_1, \cdots, \beta_y\},\, |A| = b,$$
$$B \subseteq \{\alpha_x , \cdots, \alpha_1, \beta_1, \cdots, \beta_b\},\, |B| = a.$$
However I can not get the meaning of each term of LHS (i.e. $\binom{x+y+k}{k}\binom{x}{b-k}\binom{y}{a-k}$) What is the meaning of it?
Am I going correct? If it does, how to proceed with the proof? There is another good proof of it? Thanks for any help.

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It was the latest obituary for the knuckleball, a pitch mastered by older pitchers. In 1991, there were only two major leaguers throwing the pitch, older pitchers Tom Candiotti and Charlie Hough, The San Francisco Chronicle wrote.
But, there was also younger pitcher Vince Herring, a knuckleballer pitching at high-A San Jose. Hope resided with him of carrying on the pitch, The Chronicle wrote.
"He was 7-3 with an ERA of 4.97 as of last week," The Chronicle wrote that July, "but give him 20 years and he should be in his prime."
The knuckleball pitch lives on, though still only in the hands of a few. Herring, though, wasn't able to carry the mantle himself. Far from 20 more seasons, Herring played just two more, never making it above AA.
Herring's career began in 1989, signed by the Giants as a free agent having played college ball at Sonoma State.
At Sonoma State, Herring remains among the leaders in multiple categories. In 1988, he recorded 9.91 strikeouts per nine innings, still second all-time. That season, he punched out 80 total batters, still 10th on the list. In 1989, the year he signed with the Giants, he recorded a 2.66 ERA in 91 innings pitched.
Herring started with the Giants at rookie Pocatello, getting 18 relief appearances and posting a 5.25 ERA. He also recorded a save.
For 1990, Herring moved to high-A San Jose. He got 35 relief outings there, and two saves. His ERA finished at 3.41.
Herring returned to San Jose in 1991, recording 11 wins, picking up nine starts and 30 more relief outings. For 1992, he pitched at San Jose again, getting 19 outings and posting an ERA of 1.23. He also earned a promotion to AA Shreveport.
At Shreveport, Herring's ERA moved north of 4, at 4.06, in 23 outings. It ended up being his final year with the Giants and in affiliated ball. He moved to independent Sioux Falls for 1993 getting 21 outings, 14 starts. They were the last outings of his pro career.
Herring has since gone on to be a coach, returning to Sonoma State as pitching coach. He is continuing as pitching coach at Monterey Peninsula College in 2016.


Mate Ma'a Tonga have held off a fast-finishing Samoan outfit to earn a 38-22 victory in front of a packed Campbelltown Stadium on Saturday night.
With the second-tier nation desperate to take on the Kangaroos in a Test match at season's end, the result will only help their cause with a dominant six tries in the opening 24 minutes setting up the win.
But a second-half fightback from Samoa made the scoreline looked respectable and leaves Tongan coach Kristian Woolf with work to do with consistency after his side struggled to regain the momentum in the second half.
Samoa struck early through James Gavet but were no match for the remainder of the contest, although several of their debutants will be better for the run and experience.
Siliva Havili burrowed his way through Tyrone May and Tim Lafai to open Tonga's scoring in the eighth minute, before Jason Taumalolo kept the ball alive on the last to help send Ata Hingano in under the posts for their second.
Some quick hands from Will Hopoate to Hurrell extended the Tongan lead out to 16-6 minutes later, and the carnage continued when Robert Jennings put boot to the ball to set up his own try in the corner in an impressive performance on debut.
Samoa had no answers as the Tongan side ran in another try – Hopoate splitting past Mason Lino to race 20 metres and score.
The carnage continued on the back of further ill-discipline from Samoa with more quick hands from Hopoate sending Daniel Tupou over on the left edge.
Sam Kasiano left the field for Samoan early in the match with a knee injury and did not return, while Manu Ma'u came off for a HIA assessment late in the game.
Tonga extended their lead four minutes into the second half with Junior Tatola charging his way over the line following some clumsy Samoan defence.
But the underdogs responded with a four-pointer to Tim Lafai as possession began to turn with star Tonga duo Taumalolo and Andrew Fifita sitting on the bench.
Matt Parish's men narrowed the gap further six minutes later with Tyrone May carrying three defenders over the line next to the posts.
The Tongan faithful would have felt even more nervous watching their former player Jorge Taufua cross in the corner for Samoa to bridge the gap to a gettable 16 with a quarter of the game still remaining.
But Tonga held their nerve with a Taumalolo break that enabled a penalty goal killing off any chance of a miracle comeback.


San Juan, Puerto Rico- Latin Urban music will have a new milestone within the music industry with the celebration of an award show designed specifically for this genre and the audience will be able to witness in real time.
Next Saturday, February 9th, tickets will go on-sale for this historic ceremony Premios Tu Música Urbano, to take place, Thursday, March 21st 2019 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, in Hato Rey.
Tickets sales will begin at 10:00 a.m. via Ticketpop (www.ticketpop.com), call center (787) 294-0001, local Walmart stores & local Amigo grocery stores & will call beginning at 1:00pm.
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The red carpet will begin at 7:00pm, and the ceremony will begin at 8:00pm both will be broascasted through Telemundo Puerto Rico.
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The nominees from different categories, including th three categories open to public voting (concert of the year, song of the year & Humanitarioan of the Year) were announced last January and are currently open for voting through Facebook's "fan page" Premios Tu Música Urbano, look for the "post" pinned on the top of the page and click on it in order to vote for your favorite artists.
Ozuna, Wisin & Yandel, Zion & Lennox, Brytiago, Daddy Yankee, Pedro Capó, Ricky Martin, Luis Fonsi, Anuel AA, Bad Bunny, Manuel Turizo, Natti Natasha and Maluma are part of the wide list of artists chosen for this great celebration of reggaeton, trap, rap and other latin urban styles.


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You can get up close with more than 120 rare and exotic animal species at Claws N' Paws Wild Animal Park, located 5 miles south of the lake. Known as the "Zoo in the Woods," Claws N' Paws hosts animal shows twice daily from May through Labor Day. You can interact with tame deer, lambs and goats at the petting zoo, feed parrots and giraffes, and catch a glimpse of exotic species ranging from kangaroos to white tigers. If you prefer to see native animals in a wilder environment, the nearby Lacawac Sanctuary is a nature preserve that spans more than 500 acres around Lake Lacawac. You can relax on the shore of the lake, stroll through a lush native plant garden and explore several miles of backwoods trails and boardwalks.
Recreational opportunities on Lake Ariel itself are somewhat limited. The shoreline consists almost entirely of private residences, but you can rent or launch a boat at a handful of marinas around the shore. Nearby Lake Henry offers a fuller array of recreational options, particularly at Clayton Park, where you can launch a boat, rent a rowboat, enjoy a lakeside picnic or cast a line for bass, bluegill and several other game fish species. Lakes Henry and Ariel both provide fishing options, but the best fishing in the region can arguably be found at Lake Wallenpaupack. Situated 20 minutes east of Lake Ariel, Wallenpaupack harbors abundant populations of largemouth and smallmouth bass, walleye, pickerel and panfish. A current Pennsylvania fishing license is required, and you can get one at bait and tackle shops and various other retailers across the state.
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Corrigan, Richard. "Things to Do at Lake Ariel in the Poconos." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/things-lake-ariel-poconos-109538.html. 21 March 2018.


Wales legend Sam Warburton basically disregarding South Africa as World Cup contenders can be seen as another indication of the Springboks having lost their aura. But is it really a bad thing?
And just like their last major success didn't necessarily lead to major positives, the Boks' struggles won't necessarily lead to Japan disappointment. And if it does go the other way, with the Boks lifting the Webb Ellis Cup later this year, that success will be even sweeter seeing as they "aren't the side they once were".


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Наталия Дмитриевна Фонвизина (урождённая Апухтина) ( (по другим сведениям 7 [19] апреля 1805) — ) — жена декабриста Михаила Фонвизина, затем декабриста Ивана Пущина.

Биография
Отец — Дмитрий Акимович Апухтин (1768—1838), помещик из рода Апухтиных, костромской уездный предводитель дворянства. Дед со стороны отца — А. И. Апухтин, симбирский и уфимский наместник (1783-84), член суда над Пугачёвым. Дед со стороны матери — П. И. Фонвизин, директор Московского университета.

С детства была балованным ребёнком. В альбоме её матери какой-то поэт предсказывал, что «жизненный путь её будет усыпан цветами», а 5 августа 1811 года там же оставил своё стихотворение Жуковский:
Тебе вменяют в преступленье, что ты милее всех детей!
Ужасный грех! И вот моё определенье:
Пройдёт 5 лет и 10 дней! Не будешь ты тогда милее всех детей!
Ты будешь страх сердец и взоров восхищенье!

Мать её была женщина сентиментальная и набожная, её религиозная экзальтированность передалась и дочери. Наталья с детства зачитывалась житиями святых, в 14 лет жаждала аскетических подвигов для чего носила жёсткий пояс, вываренный в соли, часами стояла на солнце, чтобы испортить кожу лица. Однажды ночью, переодевшись мальчиком с именем Назарий, бежала в монастырь, но с дороги была возвращена. В 16 лет отказывала всем женихам, а в сентябре 1822 года вышла замуж за своего двоюродного дядю М. А. Фонвизина, хотя и была влюблена в другого, так как этой свадьбой покрывался долг её отца.

Современники отмечали некоторое сходство её судьбы с судьбой героини романа Пушкина «Евгений Онегин» Татьяной Лариной, так что она уверилась, что поэт писал героиню с неё, и позднее она сама себя порой называла Таней.

После ареста мужа по делу декабристов приезжает в Санкт-Петербург. Тайно переписывается с мужем. Через некоторое время уезжает в Москву, где 4 февраля 1826 года у неё родился второй сын. В апреле 1826 года Наталия Дмитриевна ещё раз приезжает в Санкт-Петербург. Оставив сыновей на попечение матери, последовала за мужем в Сибирь. Прибыла в Читу в марте 1828 года. В Чите болела. «Бессонницы её сопровождались видениями, она кричала по ночам, на неё находили порывы непреодолимого страха, при нервных припадках ей угрожала немедленная смерть». Многим казалось, что она лишилась рассудка. Вслед за мужем переехала в Петровский завод в 1830 году. В Петровском заводе родила двоих детей, которые умерли в раннем возрасте.

По указу от 8 ноября 1832 года М. А. Фонвизин был отправлен на поселение в Енисейск. Сначала местом их поселения был назначен Нерчинск. Родственники Фонвизиных выхлопотали им разрешение на Енисейск. Фонвизины прибыли в Енисейск 20 марта 1834 года. Только после  здоровье её несколько поправилось. В Енисейске занималась благотворительностью, переводами, шитьём, первой в городе начала выращивать цветы. Подружилась с друзьями мужа, из которых особенно сошлась с П. С. Бобрищевым-Пушкиным и И. И. Пущиным.

Много времени проводила в беседах и переписке с духовными лицами. В письмах помимо отвлечённых религиозных вопросов и аскетических мыслей она подробно каялась в пылких страстях, в чувственных поступках. «Назарий» и «Таня» постоянно переплетались в её письмах. «Я вся соткана из крайностей и противоположностей: всё или ничего — был девиз мой с младенчества».

3 марта 1835 года Фонвизиным было разрешено переехать в Красноярск. Выехали из Енисейска не ранее декабря 1835 года. Разрешено переехать в Тобольск 30 октября 1837 года, прибыли в Тобольск 6 августа 1838 года. В семье Фонвизиных воспитывались дети жителей Тобольска (Мария Францева, Николай Знаменский и др.).

В 1850 году в Тобольске добилась свидания в тюрьме с Ф. М. Достоевским, М. В. Петрашевским и другими петрашевцами. От Петрашевского узнала, что её сын Дмитрий также принадлежал к кружку петрашевцев. Оказывала петрашевцам помощь.

В возрасте 45 лет отказалась от внешнего благочестия, увлеклась танцами и стала «притчей во языцах, благодаря своему поведению, несогласному с жизнью в духе».

13 февраля 1853 года Фонвизину было разрешено вернуться на родину, и жить в имении брата Марьино Бронницкого уезда Московской губернии с учреждением строжайшего полицейского надзора и воспрещением въезда в Москву и Санкт-Петербург.

Выехали из Тобольска 15 апреля 1853 года. Прибыли в Москву 11 мая 1853 года, а уже 12 мая 1853 года отправлены в Марьино. Фонвизин умер 30 апреля 1854 года в Марьине, похоронен в Бронницах у городского собора.

Некоторое время вдова декабриста Михаила Фонвизина Наталья Дмитриевна жила в доме Грушецких, майора Павла Васильевича Грушецкого, в Москве, ул. Мещанской, дом № 14. Грушецкие были в родстве с Фонвизиными, через И. А. Фонвизина, отца известного драматурга. Ещё Павел Васильевич был братом Е. В. Грушецкой, матери декабриста Михаила Бестужева-Рюмина, к тому же он был в близком родстве с братьями-декабристами Муравьёвыми-Апостолами.

В переписке Наталья Дмитриевна признавалась И. Пущину, что «Михаил был ангел, но не подходил к её буйному темпераменту». В возрасте пятидесяти лет она писала ему:
Не хочу я твоей тёплой дружбы, дай мне любви горячей, огненной, юношеской, и Таня не останется у тебя в долгу: она заискрится, засверкает, засветится этим радужным светом.

В 1856 году Наталия Дмитриевна ездила в Тобольск. Вероятно, посещала Ялуторовск, где жил И. И. Пущин. В августе 1856 года по манифесту Александра II И. И. Пущин был амнистирован. В декабре 1856 года Пущин приехал из Сибири в Санкт-Петербург. В мае 1857 года в имении "Высокое" друга И. И. Пущина Эристова состоялся брак Пущина с Наталией Дмитриевной. Однако Пущин не нашёл счастья в этом позднем браке и под венцом «походил на отжившего старика», хотя Наталья Дмитриевна и находила его «молодцом».

3 апреля 1859 года Пущин скончался, был похоронен вместе с Михаилом Александровичем Фонвизиным. После смерти Пущина Наталия Дмитриевна переехала из Марьина в Москву. В последние годы жизни была парализована. Умерла 10 октября 1869 года. Похоронена в Покровском монастыре (могила не сохранилась).

О внешности Натальи Дмитриевны княгиня М. Н. Волконская писала так: «У неё было совершенно русское лицо, белое, свежее, с выпуклыми глазами; она была маленькая, полненькая». А Лорер находил её «одной из прелестнейших женщин своего времени; особенно хороши были её голубые, светлые глаза»

Дети
 Дмитрий (26 августа 1824 года — 30 октября 1850 года), студент Петербургского университета, петрашевец, умер от чахотки в Одессе в семье П. Н. Поливанова;
 Михаил (4 февраля 1826 года— 26 ноября 1851 года), отставной подпоручик Преображенского лейб-гвардии полка, умер в Одессе;
 родившиеся и умершие в Петровском заводе — Богдан (1832 год), Иван (1834 год).

Литературный прототип
Исследователи считают, что Наталья Апухтина-Фонвизина-Пущина послужила одним из прототипов ряда произведений классической русской литературы: в частности, Татьяны Лариной в романе А. С. Пушкина «Евгений Онегин» (1823-1831), Сонечки Мармеладовой в романе Достоевского "Преступление и наказание" (1866) , Наташи Ростовой в черновом варианте неопубликованного романa Л. Н. Толстого «Декабристы», задуманного в 1856 году и написанного в ноябре 1860 — начале 1861 года и переработанного писателем в роман "Война и мир" (1863—1869 гг.). Известно, что Толстой встречался с декабристами, читал их воспоминания, включая «Исповедь» Н. Д. Фонвизиной. И, вероятно, главной героиней романа «Декабристы» Л. Н. Толстой предполагал сделать Наталью Дмитриевну.

Жизнь в литературе началась у Натальи Апухтиной рано: с детских лет ей посвящали свои стихотворения Василий Жуковский (<В альбом 8-летней Н. Д. Апухтиной>) (см. выше) и Александр Одоевский (Зачем ночная тишина..., 1829):
 Зачем ночная тишина
 Не принесет живительного сна
 Тебе, страдалица младая?
 Уже давно заснули небеса,
 Как усыпительна их сонная краса
 И дремлющих полей недвижимость ночная!
 Спустился мирный сон, но сон не освежит
 Тебя, страдалица младая!
 Опять недуг порывом набежит,
 И жизнь твоя, как лист пред бурей, задрожит,
 Он жилы нежные, как струны, напрягая,
 Идёт, бежит, по ним ударит; и в ответ
 Ты вся звучишь и страхом, и страданьем,
 Он жжёт тебя, мертвит своим дыханьем
 И по листу срывает жизни цвет...

О ней писали Сергей Дуров и Н. А. Некрасов в поэме "Русские Женщины" (1872)

"Евгений Онегин"
Современники за строками Пушкина:

«А та, с которой образован
 Татьяны милый идеал...
 О много, много рок отъял!»

видели Наталью Апухтину, жену двух декабристов, Михаила Фонвизина и Ивана Пущина, последовавшую за мужем в Сибирь, проведшую в ссылке 25 лет и потерявшую в разлуке сыновей.

История несостоявшейся свадьбы Наталии Апухтиной в чём-то напоминает сюжет "Евгения Онегина": столичный жених пропадает внезапно, узнав о разорении семьи, и появляется уже после свадьбы Натальи Aпухтиной с Михаилом Фонвизиным, фактическим кредитором семьи, которому Апухтины были должны 60 000 рублей.

Наталья Апухтина вспоминала: «Вот я и замуж согласилась более выйти потому, что папенька был большой суммой должен матери Михаила Александровича и свадьбой долг сам квитался, потому, что я одна дочь была и одна наследница».

Рассказ Натальи Апухтиной об этой встрече сo сбежавшим молодым человеком перекликается со строками романа Пушкина ("Евгений Онегин", XIX):
 и бровь её не шевельнулась:
 Ей-ей! не то чтоб содрогнулась
 Иль стала вдруг бледна, красна...
 У ней и бровь не шевельнулась;
 Не сжала даже губ она.

"Преступление и наказание"
Достоевский с петрашевцами познакомились с Натальей Фонвизиной в январе 1850 года в Тобольске, в пересыльной тюрьме. За время пребывания Достоевского на каторге Фонвизина была едва ли не единственным его корреспондентом. "С каким удовольствием я читаю письма ваши, драгоценнейшая Наталья Дмитриевна! Вы превосходно пишете их, или, лучше сказать, письма Ваши идут прямо из Вашего доброго, человеколюбивого сердца легко и без натяжки (Достоевский,  переписка зима 1854). Достоевский называл её ангелом и воплотил её ангельские черты в Сонечке Мармеладовой.

"Война и мир"
В 1856 году декабристы после амнистии возвращались из Сибири, и Толстой начинает роман, героем которого должен стать вернувшийся из ссылки декабрист. Он встречается с декабристами, читает их мемуары, в том числе и "Исповедь" Фонвизиной. Образ Натальи Фонвизиной очаровал Толстого душевной красотой. Толстой писал декабристу П. Н. Свистунову: "Тетрадь замечаний Фонвизиной я вчера прочитал невнимательно и хотел уже было её отослать, полагая, что я все понял, но, начав нынче, опять читал её, я был поражен высотой и глубиною этой души. Теперь она уже не интересует меня, как только характеристика известной, очень высоко нравственной личности, но как прелестное выражение духовной жизни замечательной русской женщины".  В набросках к несозданному роману "Декабристы" Толстой планировал назвать главную героиню Натальей.
Роман "Декабристы" так и не был написан. Толстой признавался, что не мог поставить в центре романа старого, больного, хотя и несломленного человека. Следовало начать сначала и рассказать всю историю декабристского движения, которая начиналась на Сенатской площади. Так Толстой подошёл к отечественной войне 1812 года и здесь не мог остановиться на поражении Наполеона и причинам наполеоновских войн. Таков замысел "Войны и мира", другого романа, главная героиня которого по-прежнему зовется Наташа. В романе описывается семейная жизнь Фонвизиных:

"Hаташа не следовала тому золотому правилу, проповедоваемому умными людьми, в особенности французами, и состоящему в том, что девушка, выходя замуж, не должна опускаться, не должна бросать свои таланты, должна ещё более, чем в девушках, заниматься своей внешностью, должна прельщать мужа так же, как она прежде прельщала не мужа. Наташа, напротив, бросила сразу все свои очарованья, из которых у ней было одно необычайно сильное -- пение. <...> Она, то что называют, опустилась. Наташа не заботилась ни о своих манерах, ни о деликатности речей, ни о том, чтобы показываться мужу в самых выгодных позах, ни о своем туалете, ни о том, чтобы не стеснять мужа своей требовательностью. Она делала все противное этим правилам. <...>
Взбивать локоны, надевать роброны и петь романсы, для того чтобы привлечь к себе своего мужа, показалось бы ей так же странным, как украшать себя для того, чтобы быть самой собою довольной. Украшать же себя для того, чтобы нравиться другим, -- может быть, теперь это и было бы приятно ей, -- она не знала, -- но было совершенно некогда. Главная же причина, по которой она не занималась ни пением, ни туалетом, ни обдумыванием своих слов, состояла в том, что ей было совершенно некогда заниматься этим.

Предмет, в который погрузилась вполне Наташа, -- была семья, то есть муж, которого надо было держать так, чтобы он нераздельно принадлежал ей, дому, -- и дети, которых надо было носить, рожать, кормить, воспитывать.<...>

Наташа не любила общества вообще, но она тем более дорожила обществом родных -- графини Марьи, брата, матери и Сони. Она дорожила обществом тех людей, к которым она, растрепанная, в халате, могла выйти большими шагами из детской с радостным лицом и показать пеленку с желтым вместо зеленого пятна, и выслушать утешения о том, что теперь ребенку гораздо лучше."

Примечания

Литература
 В. Колесникова «Усладительная болезнь моего сердца…» Журнал «Наука и религия», № 10, 1991
 Русские портреты XVIII—XIX столетий. Изд. Вел. Кн. Николая Михайловича. СПб. 1906. Т. II вып III. № 78.
 Сараскина Л. И. Испытание будущим. Ф. М. Достоевский как участник современной культуры. 2010.

Ссылки
 Биография Н. Д. Фонвизиной
 Декабристы в Енисейской губернии
 Скобелева Т.С. «Итак, она звалась…» «Московский журнал», № 1, 2001 г.
 Исаева Н. А. Прототип Татьяны Лариной - Натали Фонвизина-Пущина
 Владимир Рогоза  Была ли жена двух декабристов Наталия Фонвизина-Пущина прототипом Татьяны Лариной?

Наталья Дмитриевна
Родившиеся 1 апреля
Умершие 10 октября
Умершие в 1869 году
Жёны декабристов
Персоналии:Тобольск
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Twice New Shifts Los Angeles Event And Restaurant Waste To People In Need
Joshua Lurie Former Contributor
Crystal Ortiz and Christina Rosenberg work with event producers and restaurants to salvage waste.
Brandon Fuller
Long before fashionable guests start filing into Soho House West Hollywood, a high-profile members only club that occupies the top two floors of a modern Sunset Strip building, Crystal Ortiz raids their fridge. Twice New's co-founder is there to retrieve aluminum trays with crimp-closed lids that may contain figs with whipped ricotta, tomato panzanella salad, or "antioxidant salad" with kale and berries. From there, she drives a truck directly to a place like the Greater West Hollywood Food Coalition, one of many L.A. organizations that Twice New supplies with meals for people in need, rather than see that food go to waste.
Ortiz has an event production background and most recently worked as Refinery29's production director. Christina Rosenberg is currently the production designer for Elan Artists, a corporate and wedding entertainment company. The two women met 15 years ago while working for an independent film producer and later partnered on Twice New, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
"During my tenure producing events I became hyper aware of the problem of waste within our industry," Ortiz says. "Twice New came from the realization that while there are tons of events that happen in L.A. every single day there's not a process to repurpose the things from events that are still usable. Mainly food, clothing and furniture." Through conversations with people in other industries, Ortiz and Rosenberg realized these issues were widespread, and decided to act.
Twice New primarily picks up leftover food from events, stylists and catering companies, though restaurants have become a growth area. They've recovered prepared food from restaurants like The Butcher's Daughter, Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop, and Lemonade. They've also developed a regular relationship with Soho House.
Twice New delivers food to recipients like Greater West Hollywood Food Coalition, The Midnight Mission, St. Joseph Center, The Bible Tabernacle, and Long Beach Rescue Mission, depending on proximity.
Soho House Head of West Coast Operations Thomas Lennard started working with Twice New at Soho House West Hollywood in August and has been thrilled with the results.
"The overall idea of this is a good thing, and it's not something we hadn't considered before," Lennard says. However, he's always been hesitant due to food safety, logistics and liability concerns. Ortiz quickly allayed all of his fears and educated him about The Federal Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Act, which protects "good faith" charitable food donations if they somehow later cause harm (which hasn't happened).
Since August, Soho House West Hollywood has donated 1,200 pounds of food, which translates to roughly 800 meals. As it turns out, club staffers actually reconnect with their food on occasion. Soho House employees volunteer for Friday night dinner service at the Greater West Hollywood Food Coalition, one of their recipients.
"There's no question this is the right thing to be doing and we need to do more of it," Lennard says. He would also use Twice New at sister property Little Beach House Malibu, but they need to sort out logistics for this geographic outlier. In the meantime, Little Beach House Malibu composts food waste through Universal Waste Systems.
Soho House is also opening a downtown Arts District branch in 2019, and Lennard hopes to team for a second time with Twice New. He says, "If Crystal wants to do it, we'll do it with her because she makes it easy."
At this point, Twice New relies on charitable donations to deliver charity. Ortiz says, "We're just scraping by and I am not taking a salary from this, but our hope is to keep growing and be able to get a salaried staff." In the meantime, Ortiz and Rosenberg personally make many pick-ups and deliveries.
"Our goals are quite simple," Ortiz says. "We want to ensure that event producers fundamentally change the way they think about reusable items at the end of the event...We want it to become standard practice for them to call Twice New (or an organization like Twice New) to ensure that these items are being given to those who need them. It this becomes industry standard in five years to me that would be the best success metric."
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Is there an upper limit to the size of a star?
Astronomers believe the maximum size a star can grow to is 150 times the mass of our Sun. There are more massive stars, but they have been formed by two or more stars merging together.
Can I get tired from thinking too much?
Thinking does seem to decrease athletic performance. Scientists think it might be down to a chemical called adenosine, which builds up in the brain when we think. Adenosine makes us feel sleepy, but caffeine
can perk us up again by interfering with the brain's adenosine receptors.
Who was Charles Darwin, and what did he have to do with the theory of evolution?
The British naturalist's theory of evolution explained how life adapts and diversifies over time. Darwin's revolutionary ideas were born out of a five-year voyage around the world in 1831, where he marvelled at the variety of similar species on the Galápagos Islands. In particular, he noticedthat the beak shape of finches differed from island to island, each one suited to the foods that were available. Darwin suggested that the birds descended from a single ancestor and had evolved unique characteristics through natural selection – a process where the individuals best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing these traits on to their offspring.
How were books printed before computers?
Early printed books were made using a manual printing press. Each page of the book was 'typeset' by arranging metal letters, or 'type', into words and lines held in a flat frame. The type was inked and a piece of paper p resseddown on top by the printing press to print the page. The pages would then be taken out, cut and sewn together to form books. Early printing presses were slow and hand-powered, but the technology became increasingly sophisticated as steam and electric power were introduced, and new ways of setting type and printing pictures were developed.
When were the first element discovered?
Many elements, such as gold and iron, have been known since ancient times, but they were not always thought of as being elements. Ancient scholars hadmany theories of how complex substancesweremade of simple
elements, but their 'elements' included such things as earth,water, air and fire. It took centuries for the modern conception of chemical elements to start to develop, and the firstmodern discovery of an elementwas phosphorus, in 1669.
How does chewing gum prevent tooth decay?
Our teeth are coated in a thin layer of sticky bacteria called plaque, which feed on sugar from our food. Plaque bacteria turn these sugars into acid, which wears away at the ename coating on the outside of our teeth. Over time, acid can make holes in tooth enamel, revealing the soft dentin underneath, but sugar-free chewing gum can provide some protection. The act of chewing increases saliva flow, helping to wash the acid and sugar away.
What was the Renaissance era?
After the Roman Empire fell in 476CE, the knowledge of ancient civilisations was lost and Europe entered the Dark Ages. The
Renaissance, which began about 1300, was a great period of development that brought Europe out of the Dark Ages as advances were made in art, economy, literature, philosophy
and other areas.
What was the biggest nuclear bomb ever made?
The Soviet RDS-220 hydrogen bomb, also known as Tsar Bomba,was detonated in 1961. It's believed to have been at least 50megatons – 1,500 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
Can I catch anything from hair inmy food?
Although hair in our food is undeniably gross (especially in a bowl of cereal!) food safety bodies have found themto be safe. The microorganismstaphy lococcus –which can cause gastrointestinal problemsin humans – can live in our hair andmake us sick if eaten, but the likelihood of this is low.
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1. receiver
Alternative rock from California. For fans of 311, Incubus, At the Drive-In, etc. receiver has begun recording their first full-length album. You can hear their Channels E.P. on Soundcloud.
"Fake Woke ('98)"
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2. DEADTHRONE
Melodic metalcore from the UK. For fans of Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men, Bullet For My Valentine, etc. Deadthrone signed with Arising Empire earlier this month and released the single, "Feel." Check it and "Our Legacy" out below.
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3. A Scent Like Wolves
Metal/Alternative from Pennsylvania. For fans of A Skylit Drive, While She Sleeps, Attila, etc. A Scent Like Wolves plans to record a new LP this year!
"Hands of Porcelain"
4. DK-Zero
Industrial/Electronic music with members hailing from Wales and Washington. For fans of Nyxx, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, etc. DK-Zero will be releasing a new EP this summer. They just posted their next single, "Boom Boom," to their Patreon. Here are two other tracks: "iFeel" and "Turn Up the Hate."
5. For a Life Unburdened
Metalcore from Canada. For fans of Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, etc. For a Life Unburdened has promised a lot of new content in 2019! For now, listen to two songs from their debut album, Contempt/Clarity: "Run Away" and "Clarity."
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The title of this article sounds counter-intuitive, doesn't it? In order to resolve more self-pay accounts more frequently, empower your self-pay patients to pay in affordable, incremental payments each month. How does this work exactly? Throughout the course of our over 30 years of experience helping hospitals resolve self-pay accounts, we've found the solution that has worked time and time again.
Patient self-pay accounts constitute 10.9 percent of a hospital's revenue and that number is only going to escalate, according to the Medical Group Management Association. Historically, hospitals have not been set up to collect small increment payments from thousands of patients. The focus of the hospital's billing staff has been to bill insurance companies for large one-time payments and then bill the patient for the remaining balance. Unfortunately, as the percentage of uninsured, under-insured, and individuals with high deductibles and increased co-pays grows such billing practices are becoming obsolete and costly for the hospital.
Here's a heavy truth: A hospital does not need all of its money now. You may think you do, but it is better to collect 100% of what is owed over the course of months than to not collect anything at all or only a small portion of what is due.
In a report done by the Tennessean, it was found that for every dollar billed, the hospital failed to collect 65 cents. The high amount lost is simply because patients are unable to come up with large bulk payments to settle their entire account within one billing cycle or at the time of service.
Medical calamities often hit unexpectedly. Hospital expenses can quickly drain a person's savings account. Frequently, those who suffer the hardest financial hardships are middle-class families. Let's take a look at a scenario, one that is all too familiar for many families across the nation.
The Smiths have frequently scrimped and saved to take their children on a much anticipated vacation to Disney World, but in the blink of an eye, that dream evaporates. Their son Austin suddenly breaks his arm at baseball practice and the family is now faced with a $4,000 hospital bill. The parents, who are responsible individuals who pay their dues, see no other option than to drain their vacation fund to pay for the hospital expenses.
They don't realize that options do exist and they don't have to sacrifice their dreams and hard-earned savings to immediately pay off the hospital in full.
Modern Healthcare reports that the default rate for patients on a payment plan has fallen from 30 percent to less than 17 percent.
A hospital bill does not need to be immediately settled and paid in full. A successful resolution does not necessarily mean getting the patient to pay the entire bill at once. Oftentimes, thinking more like a credit card company is most beneficial for both the hospital and the patient.
Paying a hospital bill off a little bit at a time is a better solution for everyone involved. Providing viable payment options to the patient helps the patient and ensures that the hospital truly receives 100% of what is due over time.
Short term financing and monthly payment plans need to be discussed with the patient by an experienced vendor. A well-organized managed payment plan has the potential to easily return 100% of the amount owed to the hospital.
Patients will normally readily accept a payment plan offered by a vendor as a way to take care of their outstanding hospital debt without draining their savings or other resources. The hospital gets to collect 100% of what is owed to them and the patient has the benefit of not facing being financially destitute with no savings for backup because of a balance that might end up in collections if not immediately paid in full.
The patient is typically happy to negotiate a payment plan that is affordable and fits their monthly budget. Vendor provided payment plans are a patient-friendly alternative to high interest rate medical credit cards or installment loans. Generally, hospitals reap the benefits of higher collection rates and greater patient satisfaction.


Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday revealed that Israel had obtained over 55,000 pages and 183 CDs proving that Iran has lied about its nuclear program. Netanyahu further stated that the documents prove that Iran expanded its nuclear program even after the highly controversial deal with the previous US "president" that paid Iran billions of US dollars in cash on pallets to stop its weapons program.
Haaretz reports that a diplomatic source said that if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had prior knowledge of the Iran program, it would not have issued a report clearing Iran of developing nuclear weapons, and the Iran nuclear deal would have never reached agreement.
The IAEA is a toothless, incompetent UN agency where several nations developed nuclear weapons under its watch. In June 2005, Mohamed ElBaradei, an Egyptian-born Islamist, was unopposed for a third term as head of the IAEA. During his time at the helm, North Korea; Pakistan; Egypt; Syria; Iraq; Iran; and, quite possibly, terrorists were suspected or proven to have active nuclear ambitions.
ElBaradei, who stepped down in November 2009 and rose to power in Egypt as a result of the Muslim Brotherhood coup in 2011, was ineffectual in stopping any of it. ElBaradei, by his own admission, refused to declare a nuclear program in effect until he verified both the nuclear bomb plans and a way to deliver the weapon.
Because of ElBaradei's Iranian apologetics and delay tactics, Iran steamed forward with its nuclear program on one side, and its nuclear missile development program aided by Russia, China and North Korea on another side.
Nearly 20 years have passed after first suspecting that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon. There has been proof aplenty that this foremost sponsor of international terrorism is secretly building the most dangerous weapon known to mankind.
The current US President said he intends to end the agreement, and Netanyahu has provided good reason.
These are the prophetic drumbeats of a nuclear Iran, an end-time enemy of Israel, and those who empower it.


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The hand bands to Help Langtang
Few months ago MªCarmen, contacted me through facebook. She wanted to be infomed about the new projects and in what way she could contribute. She wanted to make sure that her help really goes directly to the people of Langtang in Nepal. After talking personally with her in telephone, she told me that she made hand bands which she was selling one euro each. And the money was to help my village which she thought was very noble motive.
On Thursday, 20th August, we met eachother and knew personally. We went to Mijas, a village in the south of Spain and it is just an hour drive from where we live. She was waiting with her husband and a bag full of Euros which weighted more than 5 kilos ! She saved all those euros and she has collected 1000 Euros. Wow! When she told me that she had sold 1000 hand bands, I thought it was incridible. I think with this contribution, we can realize that if you have a beautiful heart and your thoughts are simple and direct, you will surely get to your goal.
I really get touched when I see the people who really has their own problems in their surrounding but are able to think and help to one village which is in a far away land. MªCarmen explained us that she was so much connected to Nepal, she even thought of adopting a kid from Nepal. But unfortunately the burocracy didn´t made her way easy and she could not do that. But still she wishes to know Nepal one day and she will surely do that.
We had a lovely evening and this bond will last forever. I am so thankful to know people like you. You are great. We will go to Nepal and you will meet the lovely people from Langtang.
Thank you Mari Carmen and Juanjo.


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Author and Motivational Speaker Michael Taylor Says Black Men Are Not an 'Endangered Species'
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Malen Blackmon | September 9, 2020 | 4:00am
Michael Taylor devotes his life to one cause: uplifting Black Men.
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One early morning in 1974, Michael Taylor, a 14-year-old Black kid growing up in the inner-city projects of Corpus Christi, was walking to school when he heard an argument between two adults in the garage of a bike shop that drew him closer to the conversation.
The argument was between the bike shop owner and a mechanic who worked in the shop. The mechanic was upset because the owner wanted him to sweep the floor of the garage but the mechanic felt cleaning was not a part of his job.
Instead of seeing the argument as a bit of early morning entertainment he could tell his friends about at school, Taylor saw it as an opportunity. He confidently walked up to the bike shop, into the garage and headed straight for the owner. "I said, 'Look, I got a solution to your problem,'" Taylor said. "Why don't you pay me to sweep the floors?"
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The shop owner looked down at Taylor with a smile and appreciation for his hustle. He asked Taylor if he was sure he wanted to sweep and clean the garage. "Absolutely," Taylor said. "I tell you what, when I come back from school I'll clean your garage. And after I finish, you pay me what you think it is worth."
The shop owner thought that was a fair deal and Taylor trotted off to school having secured his first contract and officially starting off his entrepreneurial journey. "I cleaned that garage and man, you could have had dinner on the floor it was so clean," Taylor says. The bike shop owner was so pleased with Taylor's work, he agreed to pay Taylor $5 an hour to clean the garage. In a matter of weeks, Taylor had secured contracts with three of the owner's friends who owned their own shops.
Since those days, Taylor has become a leader in the Black community, teaching other men how to succeed despite societal obstacles, while trying to shatter stereotypes.
By age 17, Taylor was installing stereos in cars and had become a premier DJ for parties and events in Corpus Christi. Then an opportunity presented itself with such promise that Taylor dropped out of high school to pursue it.
"When I got to 11th grade, I went to this seminar and this guy convinced me I could get rich selling vacuum cleaners," Taylor remembers. "I got all fired up about it [and] dropped out of high school to sell vacuum cleaners."
Taylor never sold a single vacuum cleaner. In fact, Taylor now says he made a really poor decision to drop out of high school to sell vacuum cleaners. Instead of letting that decision define him, the supreme optimist kept fighting and eventually landed a job at a building supply center.
Looking back now, Taylor believes that making that monumental decision was essential in his self-development. "I learned a really valuable lesson," Taylor says. "I wasn't afraid to take risks."
By 23 years old, the Black kid from the projects was living the American dream. Taylor was married and had worked his way up to a manager position for the building supply company he was working at. Taylor said his promotion made him the youngest manager the company had ever hired and the second Black manager.
"But in a six-and-a-half-year time frame, my American dream turned into the American nightmare." Taylor says. "[I went] through a divorce, bankruptcy, foreclosure and a deep deep stage of depression."
During the darkest period of Taylor's life, and while too depressed to sleep, he was sitting on the edge of his bed in the middle of the night glaring at his bookshelves when he noticed every single book on those shelves had something in common. They were all focused on making money.
Taylor recalls his epiphany: "I'm sitting at the edge of my bed looking at all these books and this question just popped in my head, 'Michael, what if you took all the energy and effort you have been using trying to get rich, and simply figure out how to be happy?'"
As soon as he asked himself that question, his depression seemed to lift and he knew he would be able to rebuild his life.
"I stopped reading books on how to make money and started reading books on psychology, philosophy, metaphysics and spirituality," Taylor says. "Then I went on this amazing journey of transformation."
On that journey, he did the firewalk with author and motivational speaker Tony Robinson. The firewalk is a ritual in which participants walk across blazing coals to symbolize how they can conquer other fires and fears in their lives. In 2016, at least 30 people had to be treated for feet burns when Robinson held an event in Dallas, but most the people made it across the coals without getting burned.
"We have to understand that there was a time as Black men, where laughing would have gotten us killed. ... We no longer have to wear those masks of invulnerability and to be tough and fearless." – Michael Taylor
After his spiritual journey successfully walking across hot coals, Taylor was back in his groove. He had continued to face adversity head on and kept fighting until he was victorious. Taylor is now a life coach, motivational speaker and the author of eight books that primarily focus on the empowerment and self-development of Black men.
Taylor didn't always know that writing and public speaking would be his purpose in life. In 1994, he was eating at a restaurant and overheard two educated Black men having an eloquent discussion about the inevitable eradication of Black men from society. Taylor said he got up from his table and approached their table and asked the men if they truly believed what they were saying to each other.
One of the men asked Taylor if he had been watching the news lately. Next, the man told him that he believed all Black men would either be dead or in jail in 20 years. Taylor knew that nothing he said would have changed that man's mind that night, so he patted the man on the shoulder and said, "Don't believe the hype my brotha, don't believe the hype," before walking out of the restaurant.
"As I walked away, there was something inside of me that said, 'Man, I got to do something,'" Taylor says. "I had to do something to change the mindset of Black men. Because of all the work I had done through my own journey, I knew there could be something I could do."
Taylor had no previous writing or public speaking experience before writing and publishing his first book, Brothers Are You Listening: A Success Guide to The New Millennium.
He published his first book in 1995 after he received 59 rejection letters from publishing companies. The last letter that he received came from a publishing house in New York. They said they loved the book and would publish it if he made a few minor changes to the title and content.
"[The publishing house said,] 'Please don't take this the wrong way but our research shows Black men don't buy books,'" Taylor recalls. "So if you're willing to change the title and make a few minor adjustments, I'll be glad to publish the book for you."
Taylor said he really could have used the little amount of advance money he would have received from the publishing house but he was not willing to sell out his audience just to get his book published. "That would be like asking a parent to change their child's name," Taylor says. "This book was specifically written for Black men."
Taylor respectfully declined the offer extended from the publishing house and instead decided to start his own publishing company, called Creation Publishing Group, where he has published all of his books. Most of Taylor's books have a central focus on the empowerment and development of Black men in society.
Almost 20 years after publishing his first book, Taylor is still enlightening the minds of young Black men all over the country. He still faces criticism and backlash from other Black men who hard time understanding his positive mindset.
Among other things, Taylor has been accused by other Black men of smiling too much. One man approached the author after one of his speaking engagements and told him that he really appreciated the information he had shared with the crowd, but he did not like the fact that Taylor smiled so much during his presentation.
The man told Taylor that his father had warned him never trust a Black man that smiles too much.
Taylor told the man, "Do you simply believe because I'm happy and smiling and joyful all the time that I'm not trustworthy?"
He completely understood the man's perspective, Taylor says, but Black men thinking about themselves or other black men in such a way is the reason why Taylor is still writing, speaking and finding new ways to empower Black men.
"We have to understand that there was a time as Black men, where laughing would have gotten us killed," Taylor says. "That was how we survived. But we have to remember, that was then and this is now. We no longer have to wear those masks of invulnerability and to be tough and fearless."
It's important for Black men to make the distinction between being cautious and being fearful, Taylor says. He adds that the constant news of Black people being killed by police has made other Black people fear it could happen to them. And yes, it could, but being fearful could potentially hold that individual back from doing great things in their lives.
"It's a process of having them wake up to this idea because it's so engraved in our society that we are always on the defense," Taylor says.
Taylor will continue to share his story and experiences with Black men looking to overcome adversity. He is currently writing three books while planning for a busy speaking schedule in the fall and winter. Some of his speaking engagements have turned into racially mixed crowds as more white people want to educate themselves on Black America, he says.
For Black men struggling to overcome the adversity in their lives, Taylor's message will always the same. "Be optimistic and don't believe the hype of the negative media. … Black men are not an endangered species."
Malen "Mars" Blackmon has been a contributor to the Observer since 2019. Entrenched in Southern California's music and culture at an early age, he wrote and recorded music until he realized he wasn't cut out for the music industry and turned to journalism. He enjoys driving slowly, going to cannabis conventions and thinking he can make sweatpants look good with any outfit.
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