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Meet the Elves, Lithuania's digital citizen army confronting Russian trolls
The Independent 17 July 2019
When the dark acts of the trolls became particularly harmful, the Elves felt they had no choice but to get together and fight back, and the fierce battle which then began has since been waged with no sign of ending.
Industrial-scale spreading of disinformation; manipulating elections; undermining democratic institutions; orchestrating racial and sectarian strife have become potent weapons of modern hybrid warfare.
Lithuania is along the frontline in this conflict between Russia and the west. The European Union's Cyber Rapid Response Force has its headquarters in the country and the region, with the other Baltic states, is a focal point for Nato strategy.
Thus, it is not surprising that it was in Lithuania that the citizens' online army of the elves started five years ago to take on the Russian trolls. It now has an international force of thousands of volunteers. The vast majority of them are based down the length of Russia's border from the Nordic states to Armenia. But there is also rising interest from countries in the west, including Britain, as the arena of the internet warriors continues to spread.
"It really began during the Ukraine conflict five years ago, when we realised the sheer scale of Russian propaganda. This use of false information has been there for a long time of course, but that was the first time we saw the effect it was having and we felt we must do something instead of just worrying about it," says one of the founders of the Elves.
The middle-aged former e-commerce businessman does not want his identity disclosed for reasons of safety. He wants, instead, to be known as Hawk, his online nom-de-guerre.
Hawk accepts that "if the GRU [Russian military intelligence] really wanted to find out my identity they would be able to, but we try to minimise the risks, especially for the sake of our families. One thing about this type of work is that we can keep in touch with other Elves without having to be face to face.
"We needed to organise and that's what we started to do, a few of us at first, but then it started to get bigger and bigger and now there are many people in many different countries.
"I am not saying all the trolls come from Russia. We know a lot of them are based here in Lithuania and other countries in eastern Europe. They have their motivation which they are entitled to, what we are trying to do is stop them from spreading lies."
Sitting in a hotel in the capital, Vilnius, Hawk stresses that the Elves were a strictly defensive force, seeking out and countering fake news, but not carrying out cyberattacks or disseminating counter-propaganda.
"We want to highlight the false news and we do the work in our own time: we are not paid by the government, we are a group of individuals," says Hawk. "It is important that we do not put out false news ourselves, we do not want to get into that game.
We have seen so many reports of [fake news] in the elections in the US, in elections and referendums in countries in Europe, one cannot ignore it
Asta Skaisgiryte, Lithuanian Foreign Ministry
"We began after Ukraine because is important for us, so near us. It is the countries close to Russia which are most aware of the disinformation. But the concern is also elsewhere now because of what's been happening. We saw the interest from the UK, for instance, after the Skripal attack. The false news being put out by the Russians may have surprised people in England, but it was not surprising for us."
The Kremlin's narrative on Salisbury – especially the claim by the two GRU officers accused of the novichok poisoning that they were just tourists who wanted to see the city's cathedral – was widely viewed as risible. And the accounts put out by Russian trolls of what allegedly really happened – pointing the finger at officials in nearby Porton Down, the Ukrainians, the Czechs – have not been backed up by any credible evidence.
There have been other tales about major issues in Britain emanating from Russia – ranging from claims that the UK intelligence services murdered former KGB officer Aleksandr Litvinenko to frame Moscow, to that of a "deep state" conspiracy behind the murder of the MP Jo Cox, with the supposed aim of discrediting Brexiteers.
"But proving something is false does not mean it will not be endlessly repeated," says Aurimas Kleveckas, an officer in the Lithuanian armed forces strategic communications department. "You see the same stories appearing, with the same storyline, in different countries, often using trolls."
There are banks of television screens on the walls of Kleveckas's office in the Ministry of Defence displaying the most popular stories in Russian media, what is trending on social media, and examples of the most pervasive fake news.
Kleveckas points out how a version of the case of Lisa, an untrue story about how a young girl of Russian and German background was raped by Muslim men in Germany, has been retold several times in countries where Nato was holding exercises – the "victim" always a local girl and Nato troops the perpetrators.
"We had the Lisa story in Germany in 2016, which was part of the Russian narrative about the west letting in Muslim immigrants, but we have had versions of this in Ukraine and Lithuania as well. Here it was a girl from an orphanage who was raped by German-speaking soldiers. The fact that it was false in each case did not stop them from putting them out," says Kleveckas.
"There are other stories about Nato troops getting into fights, tanks destroying properties, water supplies being damaged, that sort of thing is pretty standard, but also stories that biological weapons have been tested, depleted uranium etc… They also target individuals, currently our defence ministe,r for example, with all kinds of false allegations.
"We are fighting an information war. There are things we are doing, other government departments are doing, but also what ordinary people are trying to do, like the Elves, and that is very helpful in exposing damaging propaganda."
Asta Skaisgiryte, the political director of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry and a former ambassador to London, believes there is now more recognition in the west about the destructive nature of orchestrated disinformation.
"We have seen so many reports of this in the elections in the US, in elections and referendums in countries in Europe – one cannot ignore it," says Skaisgiryte.
"It has always been the dream of some people in power in Moscow to re-establish the Russian Empire. They are trying to do it physically, but also by other means like cyber and propaganda. Along with that, there is the aim of weakening western institutions, like the European Union and Nato.
"I do not want to say too much about Brexit, it is a decision of the UK, except to say we are very sorry it is happening. But we need to recognise that when such an important country like the UK leaves the European Union it is damaging and Brexit is something, let's not forget, Mr Putin has been supporting."
The umbrella group Debunk.eu brings together, journalists, Elves, civic society groups and the armed forces dealing with cyberwarfare.
The organisation is funded by Google's Digital News Initiative and the Baltic media organisation Delfi. And it is in regular communications with a number of western foreign services including the Foreign Office in London.
"We have organised ourselves to take on propaganda and fake news, we saw the problem we were facing," says Vaidas Saldziunas, the defence editor of Delfi and a member of Debunk.eu. "We realise that we need to be united in this, so we have competing media organisations which have come together for this. We know we have a common problem.
"We are helped by the Elves, but we make sure that the ones who are with us are vetted and do not have ulterior motives. This is all about teamwork, we scan around 20,000 articles a day from more than a thousand sources. We look out for false stories from trolls and stories that are trying to damage Lithuania."
The targeting of suspected fake news, Saldziunas explains, was led "quite a lot by what we call the 'two gs' – Google and gut feeling – but we make sure there is a good checking mechanism in place before an article or a post is debunked".
We needed to organise and that's what we started to do, a few of us at first, but then it started to get bigger and bigger and now there are many people in many different countries
Hawk, a founder of the Elves
Debunk.eu say their work is reaching 90 per cent of Lithuania's population of around 2.85 million and, with those figures, it can claim to be highly successful in what they do.
But the suppression of disinformation leads to questions about whether legitimately held political views are also being suppressed in the process, however good the checks to prevent this are claimed to be. There must also be concern about how much the media should work hand-in-hand with state authorities.
"These are worries for liberal democracies which need to be discussed," a western European diplomat acknowledges. "But the fact is that we are a bit more distanced in the west and these countries in the Baltic are experiencing the force of a country, Russia, which has weaponised disinformation, we need to bear that in mind."
Saldziunas insists that there is no conflict of interest and the Lithuanian media would criticise the state and the military when necessary, adding: "But we have to be in this together, there is no alternative to what we are doing."
For Hawk it is a matter of facing a national threat. "We have the right to form a resistance, that is what we are doing, trying to defend against propaganda – we'll stop when they stop telling lies," he says as he leaves to continue his mission – taking on the trolls.
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It's About Story
Sherlock Holmes Under Glass
Margaret Walsh's collection of Sherlock Holmes stories is as odd as the title, which might exist to fascinate readers or describe a plot with just enough twists to mimic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventure of the Bloody Duck seems designed to pique readers' curiosity enough to check out the book. The volume's overall honest, friendly tone, will pull them through the rest.
The anthology is a good place for those who are not avid Holmes readers. Neither weak by any means, nor so diluted that die-hard fans will be bored, Walsh, a Melbourne, Australia author explains:
I did not have enough previously published work to make a reasonable anthology, so I set about writing two new stories for the book. In this anthology you will find four previously published stories, two new ones written expressly for this book. There is also a short essay at the end that I wrote to explain why Sherlock Holmes had such a grip on me.
That frankness is evident throughout the collection. Walsh uses the collection as a walk through her evolution as a Holmes writer and fan. Her first MX Holmes publication came from writing fan fiction. "The Affair of the Helingstone Rubies," story in the volume, was the first of her contributions to one of MX's more than 200 published Holmes novels and anthologies.
She offers, "Deceptive Appearances," the 2017, first story written outside fan fiction
to show readers her literary evolution. That is followed by "The Mystery of the Vanishing Emeralds," written originally for Bloody Duck. Despite its seriousness, as Doyle would want, the story shows that theft is filthy business. The second original tale, "The Rubies of Bast," is more sinister. Readers will be anxious to read how Holmes arrived at the solution.
"Why Sherlock Holmes?", Walsh's confessional essay, will likely appeal most to those who question a fascination with Holmes. It first appeared in MX's 2017, "Sherlock Holmes: Tales from the Stranger's Room Volume 3", but pinpoints what endears the stories to readers throughout time – friendship.
It is possibly the most intense friendship in literature. It is the friendship we all secretly desire. Someone who would give their life for us, and that we would do the same for.
The Adventure of the Bloody Duck and other Tales of Sherlock Holmes is not the cleverest MX book. It is well designed, easily read and earns its place.
VGwrites
I am a storyteller, author, editor, blogger, and retired university professor of Creative Writing. Now in Central Florida, I still teach every now and then, but write most of the time. Most recently, I poetry was featured in Mo Joe The Anthology. My last book, 10 Stories Down, a poetry collection published in September 2011, is inspired by several long-term stays in Beijing. Life and Other Things I Know: Poems, Essays and Short Stories (Elephant Eye Press, 1999), was the first. Throughout the years, the list expanded to include: African American Children's Stories: A Treasury of Tradition and Pride, Grandma Loves You: My First Treasury, African American Stories: My First Treasury, Like A Dry Land: A Soul's Journey through the Middle East and contributions to Take Two, They're Small, an anthology of poems, memoir, essay and fiction on food. My poetry, fiction and essays have also appeared in Yellow Medicine Review, Washington Living, Upstate New Yorker, The Southern Quarterly, Reporter Magazine, Drylongso, Fyah, MentalSatin, Pinnacle Hill Review, Invisible Universe, Bridges, Ishmael Reed's Konch Magazine, New Verse News, and UpandComing Magazine. View all posts by VGwrites
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News editor Rob Bates talked to veteran gem explorer Yianni Melas about the all-new and all-natural gem.
Bates' interview with Richline chief marketing officer Mark Hanna about the future of the brand was shared widely via Facebook.
When New York Fashion Week rolls around, so do 10 new chic colors used in clothing for the season ahead and named by the color authority. Market editor Jennifer Heebner wrote about the spring 2017 picks.
The number of wholesalers and manufacturers also fell.
The jeweler was accused of replacing two diamonds with moissanite.
Morgan Stanley analysts warned that miners need to boost marketing to past–De Beers levels.
Dina R. Garfinkel defrauded 12 companies of at least $400,000 in merchandise, the government said.
The convention center, the show's longtime home, has been revamped.
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2011-06-23 Obama's Latest Afghanistan Speech: Bridging the Say/Do Gap to End the War
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 15:18
Afghan War Logs
Those who read President Barack Obama's speech will likely be reading to find hints of when the conflict might finally come to an end. Support for a pullout from Afghanistan is at an all-time high, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll. But, there is little reason to put much stock in the fact that ten thousand troops will be leaving Afghanistan this summer. Withdrawing a number of troops around July of 2011 was always part of a plan, a way of deftly managing public opinion.
When Obama went ahead and added thirty thousand troops, he knew, as shown in Bob Woodward's book Obama's Wars he had two years with the public. He understood the perils of escalating a war, as retired Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry, retired Gen. James L. Jones and Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute all offered a level of dissent against Admiral Mike Mullen, Gen. David Petraeus and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. And, Obama allegedly told Vice President Joe Biden in private to oppose a big troop buildup but could not stand up to military brass. In the end, though, he was able to set a withdrawal timetable of ending the war by 2014.
Wikileaks: Македонија ќе придонесе во Reintegration Trust Fund
Во депешата [10SKOPJE40], која се води под некласифицирана, а е испратена од скопската амбасада и напишана од амбасадорот Рикер на 28 јануари 2010 година, под наслов:
Македонија ќе придонесе во Reintegration Trust Fund
(MACEDONIA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO REINTEGRATION TRUST FUND)
Wikileaks: Иванов: подготвени сме да ги жртвуваме македонските војници заради стабилизацијата на Авганистан
Кратко резиме:
Според депешата [10SKOPJE75] од 22 февруари 2010, откако бил известен дека учеството на македонските војници во Авганистан се соочува со поголеми ризици, претседателот Иванов истакнал дека македонските војници се подготвени за поголеми ризици и загуби во Авганистан, но од американските партнери побарал да се подготви стратегија за одговор кон домашните медиуми и кон јавноста околу можните загуби во Авганистан.
Потребата од стабилизација на Авганистан, според Иванов, е важна за Македонија поради две работи: (1) можноста авганистанските екстремни и радикални елементи да се префрлат во Западен Балкан; (2) поради опасноста од движењето на дрогите од Авганистан кон Европа. Воедно, претседателот Иванов ја истакнал својата разочараност од несериозниот пристап на некои европски лидери кон предизвиците на авганистанската безбедност.
2011-04-27 #WikiLeaks media partner, Andy Worthington on #Guantanamo Files and the War on Terror
Submitted by Alexa O'Brien on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 01:22
Guantánamo Bay
Andy Worthington is a journalist, blogger, and author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. He is also co-director of a new documentary film, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo".
In 2009, Worthington revealed information about the demise of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi the former US 'ghost prisoner' whose alleged suicide death in a Libyan jail is still under suspicion.
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi's testimony, which was obtained under torture and coercion, and later recanted, was cited by the George W. Bush Administration in the months preceding the 2003 invasion of Iraq as evidence of a connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.
The head of the Washington office of Human Rights Watch stated al-Libi was "Exhibit A" in hearings on the relationship between pre-Iraq War false intelligence and torture. Confirmation of al-Libi's location came two weeks prior to his death.
Most recently, Worthington partnered with WikiLeaks on its latest release of thousands of pages of documents regarding the cases of 758 out of 779 Guantanamo detainees dating between 2002 and 2008. The documents consist of memoranda from JTF-GTMO, the Joint Task Force at Guantánamo Bay, to US Southern Command in Miami, Florida.
You can find Mr. Worthington on his Web site or on twitter @GuantanamoAndy.
LISTEN TO INTERVIEW WITH ANDY WORTHINGTON HERE
I wanted to talk to you a little bit about a couple things that you had mentioned when you were talking with Amy Goodwin on Democracy Now. One of the things you talked about was that 'guidelines' needed to be set up for filtering or discriminating the content that was found in the documents. Could you tell me a little bit about what that would be like in terms of application?
Well, you know, to be honest...a certain amount of hard work is required and some of that has already been done… I am glad to know…by some of the journalists who've been writing about it already...who have worked out that a lot of this supposed 'body of evidence' consists of allegations that have been made by a small number of prisoners… who have made repeated allegations against large numbers of their fellow prisoners, which have been called into doubt.
Now, you know, the doubts about this information are not necessarily mentioned, in fact, they are rarely mentioned in these military documents.
2011-04-02 Interview with Brandon Neely, former Guantanamo prison guard and Iraq veteran. "Well don't worry about the video tape. It's taken care of. It's been destroyed." (Part 1 of 8)
Submitted by Alexa O'Brien on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 21:11
This is our first interview in a series of interviews with former Guantanamo Bay detention camp guards and detainees.
Several current and former U.S. soldiers have expressed interest in speaking publicly about their experience at Guantanamo: including a CIA psychologist, interrogators, guards, and medical personnel. They are disgusted with what they witnessed or took part in at Guantanamo, but declined my request for an interview, because they fear opening themselves up to prosecution by the US government, which required them to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement .
I was also told that many are afraid of being prosecuted for war crimes, since low level soldiers are often the ones who shoulder the brunt of punishment and backlash; whereas higher ranking officials seem to escape scrutiny completely.
Brandon Neely, has been a vocal critic of both Guantanamo Bay, and the war in Iraq. And he speaks from experience, since he was both a guard at Guantanamo during the the first six months the camp was open, and served in Iraq during the US invasion. In the course of his advocacy, he has offered testimony to the Center for Human Rights in the Americas, and appeared in numerous articles and on television programs, including a BBC program that recounts how he contacted two of his former prisoners on Facebook to express remorse for what he did. You can also find him, where I did, on twitter, @BrandonTXNeely.
*Apologies for the first seconds of poor audio quality.
Listen to Part 1 of 8 here
2011-04-02 Interview with Brandon Neely, former Guantanamo prison guard. "It's not a right wing, left wing issue. It's a right or wrong issue."(Part 8 of 8)
2011-04-02 Interview with Brandon Neely, former Guantanamo prison guard and Iraq veteran. "Because I've heard people say: 'Well I bet you wouldn't say that under oath.' Well, I betcha I would." (Part 7 of 8)
2011-04-02 Interview with Brandon Neely, former Guantanamo prison guard and Iraq veteran. "It's amazing, there is a lot of former detainees that are on Facebook" (Part 6 of 8)
2011-04-02 Interview with Brandon Neely, former Guantanamo prison guard and Iraq veteran. Joe Hickman said, "I would never have spoken out, unless I heard you first."(Part 5 of 8)
2011-04-02 Interview with Brandon Neely, former Guantanamo prison guard and Iraq veteran. "All these people on the streets that are dead...and we have a battalion guarding the oil refinery." (Part 4 of 8)
2011-04-02 Interview with Brandon Neely, former Guantanamo prison guard and Iraq veteran. "He hits the detainee twice...right in the mouth. "BOOM! BOOM!" (Part 3 of 8)
2011-04-02 Interview with Brandon Neely, former Guantanamo prison guard and Iraq veteran. "Then Dave Hicks shows up...and you're like. 'Wow this is what a terrorist is?'" (Part 2 of 8)
2011-02-19 Cable: US Lied About Bala Baluk Massacre, Red Cross Concealed Truth
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 23:28
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has published an article on NATO, US, and the Red Cross and the Bala Baluk massacre on May 4, 2009. The article features a cable that shows the Red Cross put together a report that raised significant doubt about military reports on the number of civilians killed. The cable reveals how a PR campaign kicked into gear to sell the idea that the deaths were not intentional and to skew coverage of the event to fit the interests of NATO and US forces in Afghanistan.


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Chanderiyaan.net is an e-Commerce portal to showcase the magic and beauty of Chanderi weaving in its multifaceted hues to the world outside. It is a platform to share the brilliance of craftsmanship of the Chanderi weavers in District Ashok Nagar of Madhya Pradesh in Central India. It is one stop online shopping platform for Chanderi products. Chanderiyaan.net has a wide array of products that range from Chanderi ethnic pure designer hand work. It is a platform to share the richness of weaving and design patterns evolved through many centuries in this weaving town with its own historical dynamics and stories to reveal.
Chanderiyaan.net is serving to meet the demand and supply chain for the unique Chanderi weaving products. This platform of the weavers, for the weavers and by the weavers, is managed by a network of weavers self-help groups through a common platform – Chanderi Weavers Resource Integrated Information Resource Centre, which is an initiative of Media Lab Asia & Digital empowerment Foundation with support of Dept of IT, MCIT, GOI.
Chanderiyaan (www.chanderiyaan.net) is a social entrepreneurial initiative towards escalating the sustainability levels and livelihood of the chanderi weavers community. Chanderiyaan is an opportunity for weavers to bypass the hefty network of master weavers and sell their creations directly in the global market. We, at Chanderiyaan, believe that success can only be achieved by giving back to the community, and for the same, every chanderi you purchase from us, entitles the weaver to directly earn profits from the sale.
Chanderiyaan and Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) in collaboration with Media Labs Asia has also conceptualized the Chanderi Weavers ICT Resource Centre (CWICTRC) in order to provide technical education to the textile weavers of Chanderi. It endeavours to provide alternative options of livelihood through ICT based empowerment. This initiative aims at fostering community based development and empowerment through the Chanderi Integrated ICT for Development Program (CIIDP).
The Chanderi Integrated ICT for Development Program (CIIDP) endeavours to enable multi-pronged integrated digital development of Chanderi by creating a digital ecosystem of the town. The program is all embracing, incorporating Social entrepreneurship, Healthcare, Education and Tourism and integrating it with the socio – economic and historical fabric of Chanderi.
Digital Empowerment Foundation
With the motto of 'Inform, Communicate and Empower,' Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) started its journey in the month of December, 2002. Based out of New Delhi and registered as not-for-profit under the "Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, the effort at DEF has been to find sustainable Information Communication Technology (ICT) solutions including digital and new media to address digital divide in under-served and unreached regions and communities. With a non-political approach, it was founded to contribute to an enabling social and economic order in India as well as in developing societies with the need based support of ICT tools and means. With ground work since 2003, DEF has reached over 22 States and 8 countries.
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Media Lab Asia, promoted by Department of Information technology, MCIT, Govt. of India as a nonprofit organization, endeavours to bring the benefits of ICT to the common man. It started with the functional activity areas such as World Computer (Affordable, ubiquitous computing & access devices), Bits for All (Low Cost, High bandwidth connectivity) and Tomorrow's Tool (Rurally relevant applications). However it was later changed to application areas such as ICT for- Healthcare, Education, livelihood, Empowerment of the disabled, and Wireless Connectivity.
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Join us for our next gathering
Outdoor Movie at Furnish
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8 pm
Join us for a family-friendly screening of the 90's classic movie "The Sandlot" on our own baseball diamond!
It's the early 1960s and fifth-grader Scotty Smalls has just moved into town with his folks. Kids call him a dork--he can't even throw a baseball! But that changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field. It's the beginning of a magical summer with the dreaded Beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence in this hilarious and warmhearted comedy.
$10 per carload reserves your parking spot.
Bottled water provided.
Snacks available for purchase from Little Batch Company.
Bring lawn chairs and blankets.
The Furnish store will be open - discount on all blankets purchased that night!
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Sister Mary Downey
Welcome! As part of our Anniversary year, we present our new website. We hope you like it.
Twenty years ago we were proud to open our first website. As technology changed and our website did not, we realized we needed a total revision. It has been an exciting journey of collecting pictures, writing text and learning how to enter the data.
This new technology allows us to update the information ourselves so that we may keep you up to date with events at the monastery.
Community Recognized in Kingston, NY
On December 15, 2019, Saint Mary's Parish in Kingston, NY recognized the Benedictine Sisters for their 118 years of healthcare service in the city.
The Sisters began Our Lady of Victories Sanitarium in 1901 which soon afterwards became Benedictine Hospital. When the Community was no longer able to maintain sponsorship of the hospital, three Sisters continued to minister at the Health Alliance Hospital: Mary's Avenue campus.
As the last two Sisters - Sister Gabrielle Keenen and Sister Dorothy Huggard - are leaving Kingston and returning to the monastery in Elizabeth, Father Williiam Scafidi, pastor of St. Mary's, saw it fitting to recognize the years of presence and service of the Benedictine Sisters in Kingston. Father Scafidi presided at the Mass and children from Kingston Catholic school presented a thank-you to Sister Mary Feehan, Prioress, on behalf of the Community. Following the Mass, parishioners served a pot luck brunch and socialized with the Sisters that attended.
Speaking with a reporter for Catholic New York about the Benedictine Sisters, Father Scafidi said " I gave a thank you to them for everything they were able to accomplish and for all they did in the 118 years they were here. They will be missed."
Bruderhof Community Shares With Benedictine Oblates
Little could St Luke, traditionally considered to be the author of the Acts of the Apostles, have known that his description of the early Christian community would become the model for over two millennia of Christian groups. Nevertheless, this was very evident on Sunday, November 17th, when our oblates were joined by the members of the Maple Ridge Bruderhof community of Ulster Park, New York.
The oblates are men and women who commit to a spiritual association with the monastery, and strive to live the values of Benedictine spirituality in their own lives. An extension of the monastic community, they meet regularly at the monastery to share, to pray, to learn, and to socialize with one another and with the Sisters.
The Bruderhof is an international network of Christian families and singles who live out a radical commitment to Christian community as described in the Acts of the Apostles. Part of the Anabaptist tradition, Bruderhof communities exist in a number of countries; the members take vows that commit them to pool their earnings and goods, and to go wherever the community sends them. They are strongly committed to peace, justice, and service both within their own communities and to the world.
The presentation by six members of the Bruderhof made it very evident that Benedictines and their oblates share many of the same values, lived out in a variety of ways. Although there are some obvious differences, it was evident that all shared a commitment to communal and personal prayer, to the central importance of Scripture, to the mutual concern and wider outreach that are part of true Gospel living, and to a sense of faithful commitment.
The afternoon concluded with several songs performed by the Bruderhof guests, some socializing, and Vespers in the monastery church.
Community Welcomes Federation Visitators
It is not unusual for people to improve their skills by hiring a trainer, pro or coach to assist them. Organizations such as schools or hospitals belong to professional groups that provide peer review. Monastic communities receive this form of professional assistance from a "canonical visitation." The Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth is a member community of the Federation of St Scholastica. In the Federation, visitation involves a visit from the president of the Federation and another sister or sisters (depending on the size of the community) chosen by the community. It occurs every 6 years. For several days the visitators review the community life and activities, ministries and finances, and the daily life and future plans of the community. At the end they make commendations and recommendations to the community.
Sister Lynn McKenzie, President of the Federation of St Scholastica, and Sister Mary Catherine Wenstrup, former prioress of St Walburg Monastery in Covington, KY were the visitators at the recent Visitation at the Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth October 23-27, 2019. Much work went into preparing the formal documents that were needed, but the visit itself was energizing and life- giving. Both visitators are seasoned leaders within the Federation. Both are canon lawyers and Sr. Lynn is also a civil lawyer. They brought wisdom that comes from knowledge and experience. Both had some previous experience with the community and knew many of the sisters. Sister Mary Feehan, Prioress, the council and various committees met with them. Each community member also had an opportunity to speak with them individually.
After reviewing their copious notes and the documents prepared for them, the Sisters met with the community to share their observations and to make commendations and recommendations.
Benedictine Health Foundation Honors the Sisters
Ten sisters attended the Sister Mary Charles Donor Appreciation Reception, held by the Benedictine Health Foundation, at which they honored the Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth.
The Benedictine Health Foundation supports health care services in Ulster County, New York with the Benedictine spirit of compassionate care. This was the mission of the former Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY, founded and ministered to by the Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth for 112 years. The hospital is now the Mary's Avenue campus of Health Alliance Hospital.
At their annual donor event, the Foundation recognizes those who have fostered the Benedictine mission at the hospital. This year, as Sr. Dorothy Huggard, OSB retires from pastoral care, she is the final Benedictine Sister to provide on-site ministry at the hospital. To mark the event, the Health Foundation chose to recognize the contribution of the entire community of sisters.
The reception was held September 10 at the beautiful Onteora Mountain House n Boiceville , NY. Sister Mary Feehan, Prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth, NJ, led the opening prayer before the dinner. In the absence of Ms. Julie Krieger, President of Benedictine Health Foundation, Mr. Paul Beichert provided the welcome and opening remarks.
Mr. Beichert and Mr. Robert J. Ryan, Jr. presented the award.
Sisters Honor Two Special People
Recently the Community celebrated the service of two individuals who have contributed to the mission of the community. On September 7, Mr. John Hannan and his family were invited to dinner at the monastery where John was recognized for his 45+ years of service and financial advice to the Community. He has shared his financial expertise not only with the Community, but also with Benedictine Academy. In addition to advising the community administration on financial matters, he also has attended the annual meeting of the sisters to present a finance report and to explain what was happening in community and world finances. In addition, John serves on the Benedictine Academy board as its financial advisor. John's assistance is invaluable.
On September 9 the community invited Michelle Hopkins and her husband Bill to a dinner of appreciation for her years as Director of Benedictine Preschool. Michelle served as Director from 2009 until the preschool closed, June 30 2019. Her creative initiative continued the work began by Sister Mary Downey at the founding of the school in 1996. Her most recent accomplishment was leading the school to a high standing in the "Grow NJ Kids" project. The community misses the presence of the preschool children and will miss Michelle and the various preschool events especially her annual slide show reviewing the many activities of the children during the year.
Benedictine Preschool Leaves a Legacy
A mixture of sadness and pride accompanied the formal promotion ceremony on June 7th, 2019, as the students of Benedictine Preschool celebrated their moving up to new status in the academic world. There was the pride of the staff, the parents, and the Sisters as they watched the children, the twenty-third class of the Preschool, end the year with the unique and multi-faceted enrichment that the school's program provided. But there was the sadness of knowing that this was the last promotion ceremony, and the last "graduating class", of the monastery preschool.
Declining enrollment due to the availability of tuition-free programs in public schools, was the main reason for the Preschool's closing. The decision was made, as one Sister commented, "with heavy hearts but with a recognition of reality".
Benedictine Preschool opened in the fall of 1996, with Sister Mary Downey as the founding director. Sister Mary served for thirteen years, after which Mrs. Michele Hopkins took on the director's role. Throughout the school's 23 years, a variety of dedicated staff members and volunteers, including a number of the Sisters, contributed time and talent to the school's program.
The school's curriculum allowed the children to learn according to their individual interests, and as a Benedictine school, it provided an emphasis on the liturgical feasts and seasons as well as the cycles of nature. Activities included Las Posadas, Halloween parades, nature walks, visits with firefighters and with Santa Claus, nativity plays, tree- and garden-planting, and periodic visits with the senior Sisters of the monastery. Springtime generally found students anxiously awaiting the hatching of baby chicks or the birth of guinea pigs.
There is a loss in having to close the school, but a great gain for the world thanks to the Preschool's loving and wholistic preparation of the children for their future life.
Vocation Directors Interact with High School Students
Sister Mariette Thérèse joined other Vocation Directors from the Newark Archdiocese Office of Vocations for Religious Life and the Paterson Diocese Vocation Awareness Committee to offer programs to high school students. One, entitled "Evening with the Sisters," has been offered several times and hosted by different high schools within the Paterson Diocese. The purpose of the programs is to give high school students the opportunity to interact with women religious in an informal way through prayer, food and activities. The latest one was held at the Academy of St. Elizabeth in Convent Station, NJ.
Another program was "Gift of Mission," held for juniors in the Newark Archdiocese and held at the Pope John Paul II Retreat Center in Kearny. The purpose of the program was to help students explore the concept of vocation, with a special emphasis on the call to religious life and priesthood, through presentation, interaction and activity.
The same program was offered for high school juniors in the Paterson Diocese under the name "Discovering Your Call." Both programs were offered for the first time and the response has prompted the Vocation Director's from both dioceses to begin planning for next year's programs.
Sisters Share Retreat
The community Retreat was held June 20-24, 2019. Sr. Karen Joseph, OSB, of Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IN, used Scripture and the Rule of Benedict to reflect on "A Spirituality of Cenobitic Living." The Community was joined by eleven Holy Family Sisters of the Needy who enjoyed hospitality in order to participate fully in the retreat.
At dinner following the close of retreat, the Holy Family Sisters expressed their gratitude and joy through their native song and dance.
Benedictine Academy Class of 2019
The 104th graduating class of Benedictine Academy turned their tassels on June 8, 2019. Forty-one young ladies completed their high school education by Listening, Learning, Loving and Leading in the Benedictine Tradition.
At the Baccalaureate Mass Sr. Mary Feehan, OSB presented the highest award a student can receive at BA, The Saint Scholastica Award. This award is presented to the student that embodies the mission, values and beliefs of Benedictine Academy.
The award was presented to Thailina Marrero.
Lent Events at the Monastery
This year's annual Lenten Lecture was presented by Reverend Msgr. Raymond Kupke, pastor of
St Anthony parish in Hawthorne, NJ and archivist of the Paterson Diocese. In his talk: "The Church: Crisis and Call," Msgr. Kupke, offered historical context and noted changes in parish practices including the impact of the program "Protecting God's Children." He predicted that the crisis is not over, but offered hope for this opportunity of purification and humility in the Church.
On the weekend after Ash Wednesday Sr Mary and Sr. Marita provided a silent retreat and spiritual direction for retreatants who also joined the sisters for prayers and meals.
The retreatants who attended Sr. Marlene's retreat in March, "Lent: A Time of Joyful Emptiness" (pictured) seemed to find joy in the experience.
April 5-7, Sr. Marita will lead the retreat "Rejoice and Be Glad" which will offer an opportunity to reflect on Pope Francis' exhortation to find joy in holiness.
The final Lenten event at the monastery will be the Holy Week Retreat which begins Holy Thursday afternoon and ends on Easter Sunday about 1 PM. This retreat focuses on the Holy Week Liturgy.
All are invited to Holy Week Liturgy at the monastery. Times are listed on the Prayer page and the right side of the Home page.
Oblates Celebrate Commitment
March 21st, the feast of the Passing of St. Benedict, marked several events for the Oblates of the Monastery. Oblates are lay persons who affiliate with a particular monastery and promise to live Benedictine values and spirituality in their particular circumstances. Their commitment is called an "oblation" which is a term dating back 1500 years to the Rule of Benedict and means "offering."
At Vespers the Oblates publicly renewed their commitment together. Richard Jablonski made his oblation and was accepted as an Oblate by Sister Mary Feehan, Prioress.
Carol Chovanec was enrolled as an oblate posthumously. Carol had faithfully attended meetings for two years and eagerly anticipated making her oblation, but lacked the opportunity to formalize her intention.
Another facet of the occasion was the celebration of Karen Tylutki's 25th anniversary as an oblate at St Walburga Monastery. The festivities continued as the Oblates joined the community for dinner.
See Oblate page for more information about the Oblate program
Cook Feasts at Heavenly Banquet
On February 17, 2019 Sister Catherine Marie Beall, OSB, died as peacefully as she had lived. Although Sister was born in Washington, DC, she grew up in Maryland and was proud of her Maryland heritage. She came to know the sisters through the Community's mission at St. Ambrose School in Cheverly, MD and entered the monastery in 1952. She made perpetual vows in 1956.
Sister Catherine Marie's lifetime ministry was serving the community as a cook. Her missions were Benedictine Academy, St Anthony's Convent in Washington, DC, the monastery and finally the infirmary from 1968 until she retired in 2015. Her patience and kindness to each sister in the infirmary was notable. She was known for her pleasant personality and down-to-earth approach to life and spirituality. One of the sisters once asked her how she felt about having a ministry that differed from the work of the majority of sisters who worked in education or healthcare. She responded that she saw herself as one of the early deacons who served the community so that the apostles could go out to teach. May this faithful servant now be seated at the heavenly banquet.
The Grand Finale
A year of celebrating the Community's 150th Jubilee and the remembrance of the 25th anniversary of the building of the Monastery Church, culminated in a Eucharistic Liturgy and dinner at the monastery on November 18.
As family guests arrived and gathered in the lobby, they visited and took time to examine the story boards. They then proceeded to church where Right Reverend Elias Lorenzo, OSB, Abbot- President of the American -Cassinese Congregation, was presider and homilist at Mass. He was joined by concelebrants from Newark and St. Mary's Abbeys. Sisters and Oblates participated in various liturgical roles.
Sister Marlene Milasus, organist, was assisted by guest musicians: Jason Bitonti, trumpeter and Sara McCabe, leader of song.
During the festivities before dinner, Sister Mary Feehan, Prioress, welcomed the guests; Sister Marlene Milasus proposed a toast; and Sister Ursula Butler made announcements. Sr. Mariette Thérèse Bernier presented a 13 minutes video presentation of sisters and events, past and present. The meal concluded with the singing of the Salve Regina.
Sister Philomena Fleck and her Anniversary Committee: Sister Cynthia Cunningham, Sister Martin Elizabeth Duffy, and Sister Dorothy Huggard had every reason to be joyful as they witnessed the fruit of their year-long efforts.
Praying in the Communion of Saints
The words of the Creed, "I believe in … the Communion of Saints" is recited so easily and perhaps automatically, but the community had the opportunity recently to experience this reality in a more conscious way. On November 2, All Souls Day, the community remembered our departed sisters at Vespers in a special litany of prayer. Each sister's name was read aloud and periodically the refrain, "Holy women pray for us," was sung. The names of our deceased are usually read aloud at Vespers at this time each year. This year, however, in order to include and honor them in our Jubilee celebration, the ritual was embellished with the Sisters in our infirmary and those stationed in upstate New York also being physically present to remember those who are always spiritually present and to ask for their prayers.
Sr. Rosemary Honored for 50 Years of Teaching
Sister Rosemary Kenny was recognized for her 50 years of teaching in the Archdiocese of Newark at a Mass for the opening of schools in September. At the gathering of faculties from the Catholic schools in the Archdiocese, the Office of Catholic Education expressed appreciation for all teachers who were marking a milestone year, including Sister Rosemary.
Previously Our Lady of Guadalupe School had honored her with a school-wide reception and a faculty luncheon. On November 1, at a school assembly, the principal, Patricia Cymbaluk presented Sister Rosemary with the certificate from the Archdiocese and a bouquet of flowers from the school. The students, many of whom had been taught by Sister, erupted in applause and cheers.
During her 50 years, Sister Rosemary taught at Saint Henry's School in Bayonne, NJ, at Sacred Heart School, Bender Memorial Academy and Saint Anthony School in Elizabeth and at Our Lady of Guadalupe School where she currently teaches 2nd grade.
Open House as 150th Celebration Continues
The Open House for the Community's 150th Jubilee celebration was held on October 7, 2018. It featured tours, light refreshments, story boards and a slide show. It concluded with Vespers.
The event was open to the public but special invitations were sent to parishes where the sisters had served. The number of participants from the former Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY, including members of the Bruderhof community, and the former Paterson Catholic Regional High School was notable. As one visitor remarked – "It was more like a reunion than an open house."
Some guests enjoyed learning new details about the monastery as they joined one of the tours; others studied the story boards and slide show to spot sisters they knew.
All seemed to simply enjoy reconnecting with former colleagues, teachers and students as well as spending time with friends and family. Many remained for Vespers, the closing prayer of the day.
Benedictine Sisters from Tanzania Visit
Sister Norbertha Mlowe and Sister Charity Nkwera, Benedictine Sisters from Tanzania, pictured here (left) with Sister Philomena Fleck, have been our guests while they are in transition from Assumption College in Mendham, NJ to Silver Lake College of the Holy Fa mily in Monitowoc, Wisconsin. Their presence and their voices in choir have been a welcome addition to our life at the monastery during the summer. We were especially blessed on several occasions during Vespers when they sang the Magnificat in Swahili. Towards the end of their visit, they made a silent retreat, and here (right) they are pictured renewing their vows at the end of their retreat.
150th Anniversary - Feast of St. Benedict
On July 11, 2018, the Community celebrated the Feast of St. Benedict,
founder of Western Monasticism.
In honor of the feast and the continued celebration of our 150th anniversary year, women religious from local convents in Elizabeth as well as close friends and co-workers were invited to join in praying Vespers and celebrating a meal together.
Guests enjoyed mingling over hor's d'oeuvres in the lobby where they were able to view storyboards of the Community's past as well as a video of recent anniversary celebrations. In the dining room the sisters enjoyed each other's company over a festive meal.
Benedictine Academy Celebrates 103rd Commencement Ceremony
On May 31st Benedictine Academy celebrated its Baccalaureate Mass for the graduating class of 2018. Sister Mary Feehan, Prioress, presented the Saint Scholastica Award, the highest award betowed on a graduating senior, to Victoria Gilliard.
The 103rd commencement ceremony was held on June 2, 2018. Andrea Mercedes was recognized as the Valedictorian and Ashley Onwuzuruike the Salutatorian. Sister Sharon McHugh, '67, President of Benedictine Academy, shared her thoughts at the beginning of the ceremony and Ms. Crystal Orr, who also celebrated her 10 year reunion, was the Commencement speaker.
Seven women were recognized for "Continuing the Legacy" as sisters of former BA students. Pictured below is Beatriz Borges, sister of Barbara Borges, class of 2013, being congratulated by Sister Sharon McHugh, '67, who also continued the legacy after her sister.
150th Anniversary - There's More
The benefit of smaller anniversary events is that there is more opportunity to visit with guests and to thank them for their help and friendship over the years. Another advantage is that it's like one endless party.
On Ascension Thursday, May 10, Oblates of the community and members of Benedictine Academy Advisory Board joined the community for an Anniversary dinner.
Two days later, on Saturday, May 12 some of the sisters went to New Paltz, New York where the parish had prepared an Anniversary Mass and reception to celebrate the Benedictine presence in Ulster County.
We invite readers to hold the date for our Open House on October 7th.
A Paradox
When Sister Marlene Milasus offered a retreat entitled "The Rosary: A Circular Path to the Center," one could ask, "Is it really possible to walk around a circle to get to the center?" A spiral shape that curves inward could go to the center, but a true circle brings you back to the beginning. It wasn't the title of the retreat, however, that brought a group from the parish of The Most Blessed Sacrament in Franklin Lakes. It was the pastor Father John Job who initiated their participation in the day long retreat reflecting and praying with various approaches to meditating on the rosary. The retreatants discovered that prayerful meditation using the circular rosary can bring us to our own center and deepen our prayer.
Celebration of 150th Anniversary Year Continues
As part of the on-going celebration of the Community's 150th Anniversary Year, the Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth invited former members of the Community and the sisters of their daughter house, Emmanuel Monastery near Baltimore to a reunion on the afternoon of Sunday, April, 23, 2018.
The event included refreshments and story boards and a video to evoke memories.
The guests had opportunity to mingle with the Community and one another and to renew friendships. At the conclusion guests joined the Community for Vespers.
Benedictine Academy Student Meets the Pope
On April 19, 2018 Chinelo Okolo, a junior at Benedictine Academy, shook hands with Pope Francis. Chinelo was one of eleven students from Benedictine schools around the world who participated in a program celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Benedictine San Anselmo College in Rome. In addition to a special audience with the Pope, she and her companions visited historic and sacred sites of both Roman and Benedictine significance.
Chinelo was so elated by her experience that neither jet lag nor lack of sleep kept her from arriving early at school the morning after an evening return home. In addition to the awesomeness of meeting the Pope, she also discovered that much of what she had learned in class came alive and became real to her when she was actually present to it. She found it difficult to say good bye to her companions in Rome who shared the Benedictine connection.
In describing the celebration the San Anselmo website states: "The most important event, without a doubt, will be the audience with His Holiness Pope Francis. In fact, he will meet, in the late morning of 19 April, in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican, the Abbot Primate, several abbots and abbesses of the Confederation, the residents and collaborators of the College and of Sant'Anselmo University, representatives of various branches and international institutions." – and Chinelo was one of those representatives.
Sr. Lauren Trinh Marks a Milestone
Sister Lauren Trinh's many friends gathered on April 14 to celebrate her 25 years of monastic profession. Reverend Maximillian Buonocore, OSB of Newark Abbey was the celebrant of the Eucharist. Reverend Peter Tran, Coordinator of the Vietnamese Apostolate in the Diocese of Metuchen noted in his homily Sister Lauren's unique journey as a child traveling without her parents from war torn Vietnam to the United States and her journey to Catholicism and eventually to her Benedictine vocation.
The choir from St Cecelia's Parish in Iselin, their director and organist Mirabella Parota, four instrumentalists and vocal soloist Ann Cecilia Trinh, Sister Lauren's triplet sister, enhanced the liturgical celebration with the beauty of their music.
A special song of thanksgiving was offered by the Vietnamese choir of Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish of South Plainfield. Sister's family, who could not be present because of distance, were represented in the flowers they sent to adorn the church and would later view the event through the video and photography provided by her brother.
Sr. Mary Feehan, prioress, received Sister Lauren's renewal of monastic profession and asked all to join her in blessing Sister Lauren. After Mass guests congratulated Sister Lauren as they moved to Benedictine Center to continue the festivities with a meal and fellowship.
Community Celebrates 150 Years
Sister Mary Feehan, Prioress, and the Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth opened our 150th Anniversary Year with a Eucharistic Liturgy and dinner on Sunday, November 19, 2017. Bishop Paul Bootkoski, bishop emeritus of Metuchen, NJ presided at the Mass, and was assisted by Father Hilary O'Leary of St. Mary's Abbey, Morristown and Father Augustine Curley of Newark Abbey. Benedictine Sisters of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia joined the festivities.
Anniversary celebrations are continuing throughout the year. On February ninth, priest friends and monks of the three New Jersey Abbeys were invited to Vespers and dinner to celebrate the feast of St. Scholastica, the twin sister of St. Benedict. Employees of the monastery shared a festive brunch with the community on February 24. It was a wonderful experience of extended community.
The following day Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, presented a Lenten lecture to sisters and guests gathered in the monastery Church. His theme was mercy and he reflected on why the world needs mercy, why we need mercy, and why mercy is especially important now. Before leaving the Cardinal visited the infirmary to congratulate Sr. Damien Gatti who celebrated her 100th birthday on February 21.
The Benedictine Sisters began teaching in Elizabeth, NJ when Reverend Peter Henry Lempke, pastor, invited Benedictine Sisters in Newark to teach German immigrant children at St. Michael's parish school. Eventually the Elizabeth community became an independent monastery, and the Newark sisters moved to Ridgely, MD. During their 150 year (1868-2018) history, the Elizabeth community has staffed schools in New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Washington, D.C., New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ecuador. For over 100 years they conducted Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY. Presently the community sponsors Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth and a preschool and a spirituality center at the monastery.
An Open House is planned on October 7, 2018. You are invited.
Sister Mary Downey is Remembered Fondly by All
Sister Mary Downey was born in Kearny, New Jersey to James and Mary Downey and entered eternal life on January 30, 2018. She will be missed by her community and by her sister-in-law, Stella Downey, her nieces and nephews and many friends. Her brothers James, John and Robert predeceased her.
Before entering the Benedictine Sisters on September 8, 1961, Sister Mary was a public school teacher. On June 15, 1963 she made her First Monastic Profession.
Sister Mary earned a Bachelor's Degree from Jersey City State College and a Master's Degree in Education from Seton Hall University. Sister taught at Bender Memorial Academy in Elizabeth and at Our Lady of the Lake in Sparta, NJ where she later served as the principal. She was also principal at Immaculate Conception School, Hackensack, St. Genevieve School in Elizabeth, St. Joseph School of Religion, New Paltz, NY and founded Benedictine Preschool which she directed 1996-2009.
At the monastery she was a member of the monastic council and formation team at various times. She was the first editor of T he Listening Post, a Eucharistic Minister and sang in the Schola. Sister Mary was proud of her Scottish heritage and enjoyed singing, gardening, and art. Her artwork was featured on the covers of countless program booklets. Sister's sketch of the Eucharistic Chapel lamp adorns the covers of all the Liturgy of the Hours books which are used daily – touching reminders of how she generously shared her God-given talents.


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Nutty teacher placed on leave
Thread starter Cal
Southern SD
By Valerie Richardson
http://www.washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060303-122026-6769r
AURORA, Colo. -- By many accounts, teacher Jay Bennish was notorious for veering off topic to blast President Bush, capitalism and U.S. foreign policy during his social-studies classes here at Overland High School.
Then Sean Allen got an MP3 player for Christmas.
This week, Mr. Bennish was placed on administrative leave pending a school-district investigation after 16-year-old Sean recorded a lecture during his sophomore geography class in which the teacher compared Mr. Bush to Adolf Hitler.
During the 20-minute recording, Mr. Bennish said there were "eerie similarities" between "things that Adolf Hitler used to say" and Mr. Bush's statements during his Jan. 31 State of the Union address.
Mr. Bennish also said that capitalism was "at odds with human rights," and that the United States was "probably the most violent nation on planet Earth."
Jeff Allen, Sean's father, said his son would often complain about his teacher's left-wing rants, but Mr. Allen assumed he was exaggerating -- until he heard Mr. Bennish on the recording.
"I had no idea he was this nuts," said Mr. Allen.
The Cherry Creek School District is conducting a "thorough investigation" into the matter, but in a statement released Wednesday, officials said "it seems evident that a breach of district policy occurred regarding the balanced presentation of sensitive material."
District policy allows teachers to offer their views on issues, within certain parameters, said district spokeswoman Tustin Amole.
"We encourage teachers to express their opinions, but they must be in the context of the class they are teaching and they have to provide both sides," she said.
She added that students are permitted to bring recording devices to class, and that Sean will not face disciplinary action for recording the lecture.
Mr. Bennish was placed on paid leave in part to shield him from the public outcry over the issue, she said. Sean has discussed the matter publicly on two popular Denver radio talk-show programs.
"It's to take pressure off him [Mr. Bennish] -- he's under a lot of pressure and having a really hard time," said Ms. Amole. "We also wanted to get a substitute and get the students in his classes back on track."
Sean has also faced his share of backlash. He opted to stay home from school yesterday after hearing from friends that some students wanted to beat him up, said Mr. Allen.
"All the parents I've heard from have been supportive," said Mr. Allen. "But Sean is getting threats of physical violence from his classmates. I had to cut a business trip short to get home because I'm worried about him."
About 200 Overland students staged a morning walk-out yesterday to support Mr. Bennish, waving signs with messages such as "Let Him Teach!" Another group of students held a counter-rally backing Sean, shouting, "Teach, don't preach! Sean was right!"
Radio talk-show host Mike Rosen, who devoted his morning programs on Wednesday and yesterday to the issue, said that caller reaction was "overwhelmingly" against Mr. Bennish.
"I've had more e-mail response to this than any issue in years," said Mr. Rosen. "Callers have been overwhelmingly angry at Jay Bennish."
While some callers favored firing Mr. Bennish, Mr. Allen said he thought the teacher should be retained, albeit with a reprimand. The district expects to reach a decision on the matter next week.
"I don't think he should be fired at all. He should be back in the classroom, but this time teaching geography," said Mr. Allen. "I just want teachers to teach the curriculum."
Is this what you want your kid to be taught in public school?
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zephyrus31
I Wish It Were Wyoming. Yeah.
Thank God for techno! :wink: No, but seriously, talking about politics in an education centre is illegal in America too, right Cal?
zephyrus31 said:
No, it is not illegal. Indoctrination has been going on in Public schools for some time in the U.S.
Whoa.. So they can 'preach' their personal political views, brainwash kids and still get away with it? That's just wrong :!:
It is what they have been taught in liberal colleges by liberal professsors.
I didn't listen to the whole thing, but a little of it was more than enough. He compares growing tobacco to countries justified in dropping bombs on the state that does this? Man, is he ever screwed up.
And he should be fired. If he is that goofy in this area, he is goofy in others as well.
OUT, OUT, OUT.
This is terrifying. Parents, find out what your kids are being taught.
This is brainwashing...
With me being in an elementary school I dont have to deal with "touchy" issue other than Christmas & Evolution. Politics are lost on the kids I teach. They only repeat what they hear not form their own opionin.
But if you think they are NOT getting indoctrinated your WRONG. 90% of the material I have to teach from is left leaning...ie made by the Wildlife conservation socitey. Peta and the animal rights groups have use the liberal education system to their advatage. I have a hard time getting lesson plans that show both sides.
I hear all the time how "evil" Bush is in front of kids and the kids parrott them. You can not tell them what to believe you have to show BOTH sides but kids are not Dumb they hear the teachers in the halls talking and then most will NOT give an unbiased lesson. It is about time Teachers are called on being biased. I am very vocal about my beliefs and tell the kids both sides. YES it is more work but I want these kids to be able to "think"
I do have to thahk a few on here ...I get more from yall on both sides of an issue then I do anywhere else.
theHiredMansWife
southwest corner of the Sandhills
Where'd you go to college, FH?
I went to school in rural Nebraska where most of my gen.ed. profs were quite conservative. (of my teacher ed. profs, one was fairly liberal, but the rest I don't know. It was never really discussed...)
So far as teachers in regular school, again, I've only taught in rural Nebraska/South Dakota. Good luck trying to prove public schools are liberal in my neck of the woods... :wink:
So far as teachers in regular school, again, I've only taught in rural Nebraska. Good luck trying to prove public schools are liberal in my neck of the woods...
LOL come to my neck of the woods ....UGGGGGGGG
hmm wanna trade??????? heheheheh
I live where I live for a reason.
I bet :lol: Wonder why I am planning on moving????
Want to get away from the BS. Would LOVE to be able to teach and not have a script I have to read.
http://www.vidstogo.com/player.php?vfname=geography&ext=wmv
warning,......some vulgar language....
watch carefully.......a lesson why teachers should stick to teaching and not politics.......
Geography is a key to understanding and acting effectively in our world. It is the subject that, more than any other, enables people to comprehend the earth and its environment, and to appreciate the delicate balances between the human and physical elements that bind people to this planet. However, more than half of our children are failing to achieve geographic literacy. Several reports from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveal alarming deficiencies in the geography learning of American youth. Furthermore, a recent international survey by the Gallup Organization found that young Americans lag far behind their age-mates in other industrially developed countries in their map skills and knowledge of geography.
Washington, D.C. — A delegation of American high school students today demanded the United States stop waging war in obscure nations such as Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and instead attack places they've actually heard of, such as France, Australia, and Mexico, unless, they said, those last two are the same country.
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"Shouldn't we, as Americans, get to decide where wars are?" asked sophomore Kate Shermansky.
"People claim we don't know as much geography as our parents and grandparents, but it's so not our fault," Josh Beldoni, a senior at Fischer High School in Los Angeles, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Back then they only had wars in, like, Germany and England, but we're supposed to know about places like Somalia and Massachusetts."
"Macedonia," corrected committee Chairman Carl Levin of Michigan.
"See?" said Beldoni.
Beldoni's frustration was shared by nearly three dozen students at the hearing, who blamed the U.S. military for making them look bad.
"I totally support our soldiers and all that, but I am seriously failing both geography and social studies because I keep getting asked to find Croatia or Yemvrekia, or whatever bizarre-o country we send troops to," said Amelia Nash, a junior at Clark High School in Orlando, Fla. "Can't we fight in, like, Italy? It's boot-shaped."
Chairman Levin however, explained that Italy was a U.S. ally, and that intervention is usually in response to a specific threat.
"OK, what about Arulco?" interrupted Tyler Boone, a senior at Bellevue High School in Wisconsin. "That's a country in Jagged Alliance 2 run by the evil Queen Deidranna. I'm totally familiar with that place. She's a major threat."
"Jagged...?" said Levin.
"Alliance. It's a computer game."
"Well, no," Levin answered. "We can't attack a fictional country."
"Yeah right," Boone mumbled. "Like Grenada was real."
The students' testimony was supported by a cross-section of high school geography teachers from Colorado, who urged the committee to help lay a solid foundation for America's young people by curtailing any intervention abroad.
"Since the anti-terror war began, most of my students can now point to Afghanistan on a map, which is fine, but those same kids still don't know the capitals of Nevada and Ohio," said Richard Gerber, who teaches at Rhymony High School in Atlanta. "I think we need to cut back on our activities overseas and take care of business at home, and if that means invading Tallahassee (Fla.) or Trenton (N.J.) or New Haven Massachusetts, so that students learn where they are, so be it."
"I've always wanted to stick it to Hartford (Conn.)," said Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island. "Oh ****, is my microphone on?"
The hearing adjourned after six hours. An estimated 2,000 more students were expected to hold a march in the nation's capital, but forgot which city it was in.
And DUH, why are we having trouble showing their parents that the world is in trouble unless we do something. Oh wait, maybe we should send the Marines into Massachusettes and have them clear out that liberal bunch, starting with Kennedy, Kerry and Stevec. They aren't part of the USA are they?
the chief
Thank GOD he didn't try to tell these kids about the right to bear arms.
Because that is something that IS NOT guaranteed by the Constitution, right?
Why are we in IRAQ? To give them freedom? Freedom of what? Speech?
While I don't agree with his analogy, he has EVERY right to say what he wants as long as he makes it understood the kids have the RIGHT to disagree with him.
Lighten up, folks. That's what freedom is all about.
Trouble is, he isn't just saying it...he is TEACHING it...big difference.
he has EVERY right to say what he wants as long as he makes it understood the kids have the RIGHT to disagree with him.
I believe he was "hired" to teach geography.....not speak about his political views...
maybe he should have looked for a job at a liberal university teaching political science.......
Its hard sometimes when teaching to keep other issues out of the conversation. These are called teachable moments. BUT you have to make sure once you state your side you HAVE to give the other as well.
How can you teach geography without teaching politics? I can in elementary school cuz all we do is major countries and our state. Once you get past that it becomes political.
I would be ASHAMED to have my students talk to a group let alone Congress and have that much misinformation being quoted by them as fact.
I believe the "story" about congress is a parody.
Its hard sometimes when teaching to keep other issues out of the conversation.
involving "politics" is different then presenting political facts...that would be needed to teach a course......and promoting a biased political agenda
it is okey to teach about communism in discusing China. but wrong to teach communism to children using a class on china as a forum.....
one is teaching children to learn and explore, the other is promoting your political agenda...


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These Factors Show Why Buffett Likes Airlines Again
Frank Holmes
Last month we learned that Warren Buffett bought shares of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, according to Berkshire Hathaway's third-quarter regulatory filings. He also confirmed that he purchased Southwest Airlines stock as well. If we look at the Dow Jones U.S. Airlines Index year-to-date, these allocations appear to have been well-timed.
Buffett is universally recognized as one of the most influential investors of all time, so his decision to book a flight on airlines, after blasting the industry for years, is worth examining more closely.
Protected by an Economic Moat
We can mention a couple of things upfront. Most everyone knows Buffett is a value investor. He seeks equity in companies that the market has undervalued—including airlines. As I've pointed out before, if we use price-to-earnings as our valuation metric, airlines are among the least expensive in the industrials sector.
He also likes companies that are protected by what he calls a "moat," the "something" that prevents new competitors from disrupting the industry, giving the veteran players a clear advantage in the marketplace. This is why Buffett has always been attracted to railroads. Because rail is prohibitively capital-intensive, the barriers to entry are high and competition is limited, giving companies greater market power.
We see a similar moat protecting U.S. airlines. Since the industry consolidated a decade ago after a wave of bankruptcies, a vast majority of the market share is now concentrated in the big four carriers. In 2015, American, Delta, United and Southwest controlled about 77 percent of U.S. airline revenue.
These are pretty high-level factors to consider. When we delve deeper into the factors Buffett uses to assess equities, the airlines group becomes even more attractive.
Airlines Crushed the Broader Market
What you see below are the top 10 U.S. airlines compared to the S&P 500 Index, using four of Buffett's favorite financial metrics: return on equity, cash flow return on invested capital, net income margin and free cash flow per share. As of the third quarter, the airlines group trounced the broader market in all four areas for the 12-month period. This might have contributed to Buffett's decision to rotate back into a space he spent a couple of decades deriding.
You can find the definitions of these factors on Investopedia, but they're pretty self-explanatory.
Return on equity (ROE) measures how much profit a company generates with shareholders' money. Whereas the S&P 500 returned about 14 percent during the 12-month period, airlines returned 36 percent of equity.
Cash flow return on invested capital (CFROIC) tells investors how much cash flow a company produces as a percentage of its total capital. CFROIC was 35.60 percent for carriers, 14.90 percent for blue-chip stocks.
Net income margin, simply put, is the percent difference between a company's sales and its net profits. In the past, airlines were notorious for having razor-thin margins. That's all changed thanks to industry consolidation, restructuring of businesses and the addition of new revenue streams. The top 10 airlines saw margins of more than 12 percent, while S&P 500 margins were 9.8 percent.
Finally, free cash flow per share is exactly what it sounds like. It's sometimes used as a proxy for earnings per share, but it specifically measures a company's ability to pay back loans, taxes and other expenses on a per-share basis. Airlines beat the S&P 500, $4.1 per share to $3.3 per share.
Airlines have definitely come a long way since Buffett invested in—and lost money on—US Airways back in 1989. If you're interested in learning more, I invite you to watch my last webcast available on-demand. I discuss how airlines reversed their fortunes from near-bankruptcy to record profitability, and where they might go from here.


Not sure what plants will survive in our North Country climate? Plant hardiness zones, also referred to as planting zones or growing zones can help gardeners understand which plants will survive in the region of the U.S. where they are planting. When I first moved to this area 26 years I only knew plants that thrived in southern New Jersey. It was a real learning curve for me, moving into a region with below zero temps such as we are experiencing this week! As a result, I lost quite a bit of plant material my first few years gardening in Saratoga County.
To grow the best garden possible you will need to select plant varieties that can thrive year round in our extreme winter temperatures. Planting Zones as identified by the US Department of Agriculture generally define which plants you can grow in your area. Let me add a personal disclaimer here. Zone maps as outlined by USDA are not an absolute! You may live in a "microclimate" where things like soil, humidity, heat, wind and other conditions can affect the viability of your plants. I can speak with great authority on the subject of a "microclimate". My gardens need to survive at the highest elevation in Northern Saratoga County. Temperatures in general can run a few degrees colder and snowfall higher than just 10 miles south. Plants that do fine in Saratoga Springs, may face growing challenges in my neck of the woods.
Once on the site, enter your zip code to find your plant hardiness zone. Generally Saratoga Springs is a 5a zone. The a is like a half zone. Therefore, I recommend you select plants that are rated for zone 5 and under. Some "microclimates" in town with building structures and pavements to keep things a bit warmer, may allow for a plant rated at 6. But you may be rolling the dice on plant viability over the long range.
Shrubs and perennials will come with plant tags. Take a moment to read the back before purchasing. The tag is like your "instruction manual" for the plant. It will identify the plant's hardiness zone along with other planting information. Take a moment to read this before deciding to purchase your plant. This will keep you "in your garden zone" and offer greater gardening success. As always keeping common sense and sustainability in all my garden practices.


The consumer culture most Americans have grown up in has left them with a distorted sense of what being rich is. To someone making $20K a year someone making $50K is rich. To someone making $50K a year a person making $150K a year is rich. The problem is that most people, even many of those making over $100K a year, are living paycheck to paycheck. This is due to the conditioning people have had over the decades. No matter how much they make they are conditioned to spend all of it.
If they have a nice place and suddenly start making a lot more money, they instinctively look for a bigger, more expensive place to live. People adjust their spending to how much money they have, not necessarily how much they need. This ultimately leaves them perpetually broke or near it.
There are people living on less than $20K a year with a good quality of life even though they are considered poor. It's all a matter of priorities. You need to decide what is important to you and make that your life's goal, not necessarily making a larger paycheck. More money provides you with more opportunities in life but do not confuse that with a better or happier life simply because of the money.
Wealth is what you are able to keep, not what you are able to make. When you start looking at money in this way you will be able to reduce your spending to needs and have more savings to use later. I personally know someone who inherited 50 million dollars and all of it was gone in a few years with nothing to show for it. Would you consider this person rich or poor? He had more cash at one time than most people make in a lifetime but what does that matter now? Once it leaves your hands it is no longer your wealth but someone else's.
You may buy something like a new pair of shoes that cost a lot and they may make you feel good for a while but if you only wear them a few times then throw them in the closet never to be worn again, how much were those shoes worth to you in the long term? When you are thinking about buying a new piece of equipment to make your work faster and easier, if you are not going to do something useful with the extra time you will have you need to ask if the new equipment is actually worth it.
When you start asking these kinds of questions before every purchase you may find you can not justify making the purchase and skip it. You do not need to eliminate every want you may have you just need to curb them to keep your spending manageable.
Retirement is a relatively new concept. People take it for granted today that at some point they can stop working and they will still have the money they need to pay for things. That is only possible for many because of government programs that provide for them. If those programs ever stop, those depending on them will have nothing to fall back on. Even if you are supposed to get money from a retirement account or pension plan, if those funds are lost for any reason you will never see them. Those funds are worth nothing to you until they are actually in your hand. Having money saved that is actually in your hands will guarantee you have something to pay for your needs and can help you sleep at night.
When you reduce your spending to needs you have more money to save for some future time when you may be desperate and need it. The end of the world does not have to be a full blown economic collapse or WWIII. If you lose your job and cannot find another one it may very well feel like the end of the world if you can no longer pay your bills or buy food.
When you save you are essentially providing the means to pay for future needs out of present earnings. If you find yourself unable to work at some point in the future it will be essential that you have the means to provide for your needs. This can only be guaranteed through savings. Future promises of payments cannot be guaranteed by any means. A regular program of savings can accumulate over time to provide the safety net you will eventually need. Keeping that money safe and preventing the loss of purchasing power over time is also essential but that is a topic for another time.


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It's so easy to forget about hackers, viruses and all the other nasties that come with shopping online when browsing on our phones. Why? Because with our laptops and MacBooks, we're more alert to the dangers of the online world thanks to updates from anti-virus checkers and other spam-stoppers.
Whereas, when we're shopping for a new drone from Amazon, or a Charlotte Tilbury contour palette on our phones, it can easily slip our minds to be cautious about staying safe online.
It's cheaper and safer to upgrade your data package, than it is using Wi-Fi hotspots to do some retail therapy online. Remember, you have no idea how secure the public Wi-Fi hotspot you're using is to do your online shopping out and about, and it's your responsibility to be mindful of this.
Bidding for an item on eBay? It may be quick and easy to stay logged into your PayPal account, but anyone could get hold of your card and login details while online shopping; especially if you continually stay logged in without changing your password.
So, every three weeks or so, change-up your passwords on your top shopping platforms, and ensure they are different to each other. If your passwords are the same on every platform you use on your phone, you're a sucker to think hackers won't work this out.
It can be easy to get duped by spam email links, so try and have your wits about you every time you check your inbox on your phone. One bad link can really compromise your online safety – so watch out. Although it's not your fault that hackers are trying to catch you out, you need to be on the ball and from the get go, avoid junk emails that seem a bit iffy.
How do you stay safe online? Do you tend to use the tips we've listed above? Whatever your answer, here at giffgaff we want to know how you browse with safety. After all, we create these blog articles for you all.
So, get in touch and let us know your top tips, or which tips you found useful from this article. We'd love to hear from you.


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Олександр Ігорович Дерій — солдат Збройних Сил України, учасник російсько-української війни, що загинув у ході російського вторгнення в Україну в 2022 році.

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Олександр Дерій народився 2 червня 1992 року в Полтаві. Після закінчення 9-ти класів загальноосвітньої школи № 30 м. Полтави навчався у Полтавському професійно-технічному училищі № 23. У 2011 році почав строкову службу в складі 95-тої окремої десантно-штурмової бригади ЗСУ в місті Житомирі. Протягом року брав участь у бойових діях в АТО на сході України. З початком повномасштабного російського вторгнення в Україну був мобілізований та перебував на передовій у складі 81-ої окремої аеромобільної бригади. Олександр Дерій обіймав військову посаду стрільця-снайпера 1-го десантно-штурмового взводу в/ч А1493. Загинув під час масованого обстрілу села Малинівки поблизу міста Гуляйполя Запорізької області 6 травня 2022 року. 1-го десантно-штурмового взводу на посаді стрілець-снайпер. Чин прощання із Олександром Дерієм та загиблими співслуживцями старшим солдатом Євгенієм Горенком, солдатами Юрій Гапулою, Сергієм Коротченком, Микитою Луговим та Дмитром Рябичем, а також старшим солдатом Євгеном Цукановим й солдатом Олександром Шинкаренком відбувся 10 травня 2022 року біля Свято-Успенського кафедрального собору Полтави. Поховали загиблого 10 травня 2022 року на Затуринському кладовищі Полтави.

Родина
У загиблого залишилися батько, два брати й дівчина з якою планував незабаром побратися.

Нагороди
 Орден «За мужність» III ступеня (2022, посмертно) — за особисту мужність і самовіддані дії, виявлені у захисті державного суверенітету та територіальної цілісності України, вірність військовій присязі.

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