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A state legislator called J Street anti-Semitic: Right to left, Jewish groups disagree
NEW YORK (JTA)—Is J Street anti-Semitic? A South Carolina state legislator insists it is. But few, if any, Jewish leaders seem to agree.
Alan Clemmons, a Republican lawmaker from Myrtle Beach, is a darling of the pro-Israel community. He led the charge to pass a 2015 state law outlawing contracts with companies that boycott Israel. He has sponsored legislation defining anti-Semitism, and was honored by pro-Israel groups during last year's Republican National Convention for his support.
So Clemmons, a member of the state's House of Representatives since 2002, was a natural to appear at a one-day summit combating Israel boycotts that was held at the United Nations on March 29. At the event, a student from J Street U, the campus arm of the dovish pro-Israel lobby, asked him how to best fight Israel boycotts while also opposing Israel's occupation of the West Bank.
He responded: "I personally believe that the organization that you're representing is an anti-Semitic organization that chooses to ignore the law and chooses to ignore reality in order to push back on Israel in the Jewish community," evoking loud cheers across the room before adding, "I stand by my words before that there is no illegal occupation."
Clemmons, who is not Jewish, has since doubled down on the anti-Semitism accusation. He repeated it in tweets sent later that day and in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Monday. In the oped, Clemmons cited former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, who said that anyone who demonizes, delegitimizes or creates a double standard for Israel is an anti-Semite.
"Measured this way," Clemmons wrote, "J Street is itself anti-Semitic."
J Street U called the accusation "completely unacceptable." Liat Deener-Chodirker, the group's vice president for the Southeast, said Clemmons' statement at the summit and the crowd's reaction reflect the mainstreaming of fringe views in the pro-Israel movement.
"We oppose BDS on all of our campuses, and we saw this as an opportunity to talk about how to best do that," she said, referring to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. "It empowers the fringe of the community, and that becomes the face of what we're doing. We saw fringe voices being made the norm."
Like Clemmons, Israel contends that its military governance of the West Bank is not an occupation, though much of the world disagrees. Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, who has advocated annexing the territory, said in 2015 that Israel should "refute the myth of occupation."
"The Western Wall is not occupied," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last December in his criticism of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli West Bank settlements. "The Jewish Quarter is not occupied. The other places are not occupied either."
But the United Nations, international courts and most countries do consider the West Bank occupied. Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the West Bank was occupied territory in 2004, and Israeli politicians on the right and left have also used the term. Ariel Sharon, a former architect of the settlement movement, acknowledged the occupation as prime minister, two years before he led Israel to withdraw from Gaza.
"We may not like the word, but what's happening is under occupation," Sharon said in 2003 as a stone-faced Netanyahu, then finance minister, looked on. "To hold 3 1/2 million Palestinians under occupation, in my opinion, is a terrible thing. It can't continue without end."
J Street has been an outspoken critic of what it calls "the occupation" since its founding in 2008. While leading American Jewish groups tend to stay silent on Israeli West Bank policy, J Street has irked many Jews on the right for its vociferous opposition to Netanyahu. Unlike virtually all leading American Jewish organizations, J Street supported the Security Council resolution on settlements.
But regardless of what they think of J Street, or whether they use the word "occupation," Jewish leaders across the board virtually agreed that the group and its affiliates are not anti-Semitic. Several called the statement by Clemmons inappropriate. Even Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America—a group that insists "there is no Israeli occupation of Judea/Samaria," using names for the West Bank favored by Israel's right—said that while he considers J Street "extremely hostile to Israel," neither the group nor its students are anti-Semitic.
"I've never used the term anti-Semitic to describe them," Klein told JTA on Wednesday regarding J Street, adding that he did not consider J Street U students anti-Semitic or even anti-Israel. "Many of these students love Israel and care about Israel. They're just not knowledgeable."
Other groups condemned Clemmons for the accusation, and called for respect across ideologies within the pro-Israel movement. Condemnations came from major centrist Jewish groups like Hillel International, the Israel Action Network and the Anti-Defamation League. The World Jewish Congress, which co-sponsored the U.N. event, sent JTA a statement calling for welcoming diverse opinions in the Jewish community.
"ADL firmly holds that in order to fight the scourge of delegitimization, the Jewish community needs to invest in building a broad tent," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement Wednesday, echoing a report his group co-wrote this year on how to best combat BDS. "Demonizing members of the community who hold alternative views does the opposite of this. It is the responsibility of leaders to insist on a civil discourse."
Clemmons did receive praise from South Carolina's two local Jewish federations—in Columbia and Charleston—for his legislative work supporting Israel. But Judi Corsaro, CEO of the Charleston federation, added in an email to JTA that "J Street is not an anti-Semitic organization."
"I see that he's referring to Natan Sharansky's criteria for when people step over the line," said Barry Abels, executive director of the Columbia federation, who would not comment directly on the accusation. "Alan is very supportive of the Jewish community. He's very supportive of Israel. I think he's not comfortable with the terms when people talk about Israel as an occupier."
A spokesperson for the Jewish Agency for Israel, which Sharansky chairs, likewise would not comment directly on Clemmons' charge, and as a response, pointed to a speech Sharansky gave earlier in the U.N. summit praising pro-Israel work on campus. Sharansky complimented a handful of centrist and right-wing campus Israel groups, but J Street U was not one of them.
The Israeli Mission to the U.N. also did not comment.
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There's a common quote that is often attributed to Woody Allen with various percentages, but basically, it goes like this, "Succeeding in life is 80% about showing up".
Although we might debate what the percentage needed to succeed, in eduction not showing up to class is one of the quickest ways to ensure failure.
But with many school and university classrooms getting larger, how do we ensure that students are turning up, being engaged and how do we know if they are learning?
The simple answer to all these questions is Acadly.
Acadly is a simple application that helps professors record attendance at the tap of a button, deliver engaging lectures and track what and how students are learning. Acadly does this by a simple combination of web-based platform and mobile apps for either iOS or Android.
To get started the teacher needs to set up their class schedule using Acadly's web-based application or mobile app and add their students' details. Then when students download the free app and register they will automatically be enrolled in the teacher's class. Then when they attend the class the teacher can tap a single button on their app and using mesh technology an attendance beacon will bounce around the students' mobile devices and track who is present. This all happens within seconds.
Other in-class features of the app include live polls and quizzes, student-led Q&A quizzes and the delivery of a range of digital materials and files as well as rewarding verbal or spoken student participation. In fact, Acadly enables you to run your classes completely paperless through your students' mobile devices if you choose.
The great thing about running the materials and interaction through the app is that it enables the teacher to track student scores and their engagement with the materials. Students can also access their own data so they also know how well they are doing and what they have missed from previous classes.
Teachers can also set homework through the app and add links to recommended reading text and videos.
Acadly also has a chat feature which you can use as a backchannel, so if there are extra links or materials you'd like to share with your students during the class you can simply pass them through the chat and students can open them on their mobile device. You can also type mathematical equations, if necessary, using a built-in LaTeX editor. And what better way to ensure that students aren't busy being distracted by Facebook than by keeping their phones busy working with course materials?
The other great thing about Acadly is that it is free for higher education professors and students, so it's easy to get started immediately with a fully featured version and there is no advertising. The company does have a business model though and they offer paid subscriptions to universities and help them integrate Acadly into their existing IT infrastructure, so attendance and learning data can be tracked across the whole of the institution. Acadly is already in use across California State University, CUNY, IIT Bombay and many more.
I think this is a really great tool and with a great approach to balancing enabling individual teachers and supporting its business through university subscriptions. I hope they soon start rolling this model out to other types of schools. I'm sure the attendance feature would have some huge benefits for schools and universities that need to track overseas student attendance for visa purposes, like those in the UK.
I hope you find Acadly useful.


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When did a pint become too mainstream?
You drink alcohol through your eyes and lungs in London's newest avant garde creation Alcoholic Architecture – the underground bar where booze is in the form of a breathable cocktail cloud.
Fine spirits and mixer – in a ratio of one to three – are pumped into the air by dehumidifiers to create the cloud, so over a 40 minute session you will have breathed in the equivalent of a large gin and tonic through your eyes and lungs.
Set on the grounds of an old monastery, the bar has fully embraced the church theme – by creating a gothic dungeon filled with snakes.
We were ushered into a dark corridor winding down the basement, with loud trance music playing, and sinister memorabilia adorning the walls – descending into a dungeon, thoughts of weird cults, imminent death, and witchcraft begin to crop up in our minds. The music blasting as you walk down the ominous staircases doesn't match the setting, making the first impressions even more bizarre and a bit unsettling.
In the chamber you have to wear plastic ponchos, similar to those worn by that one under-prepared mate at a festival who didn't consider British weather. Having to wear a rain poncho to drink is not really how you imagine going for bevs after work. Wetherspoons this is not.
Before entering the cloud, surprisingly, we were served cocktails in the form of liquid, and if there's one thing we can confirm, it is that Bompass and Parr know how to make a mean drink. Though with the whole gothic ambiance, it felt more like we were being handed potions.
The bar staff put freshers to shame with their resourcefulness in serving drinks, pouring them into gigantic horns and human skulls.
The drinks menu is called Holy Orders and features cocktails such as Dirty Habit, Afternoon Penance and Friar Tucked.
Then we eagerly walked into the cloud, eyes widened to take in as much as possible. Beyond the PVC curtains, it was like being thrown into that tiny bedroom tucked away at the top of the house, at a party that somebody had decided to hotbox – but with really sweet and sticky fumes.
With humidity of 140 per cent, the cloud was so thick that you could not see much more than a meter in front of you – just silhouettes of other poncho clad absorbers, bopping awkwardly to the bizarre playlist of house and funk music.
Being referred to as absorbers filled us with even more fear we were part of a cult under the streets of London. But then again, the phrase did also just seem a bit pretentious and try hard.
The cloud was so unusual at first, with people stumbling around trying to breathe heavily and keeping their eyes as wide as possible. But after about 15 minutes, everybody started to realise we were just stood in a room where we couldn't see and felt damp and sticky. After a while we started to think that chairs might have been nice.
But we're not too convinced of this greater appreciation for nuances of flavour – the cloud tasted slightly sweet, but you could smell it strongly. It smelt of sherbet mostly, but then oddly transformed into bubblegum flavoured condoms – the plastic doors and floors combined with the sweetness brought the unpleasant smell of latex to the mix.
We also heard multiple drinkers comment on a slight weed-like musk, due to the delicate herbal tones, which furthered the feeling that the room had been hotboxed.
Occasionally flashing lights and sound effects of thunder were set off, really emphasising Bompas and Parr's attempts to create an "alcoholic weather system" (we're not sure what this means either), resulting in lots of squealing drinkers. This did have the edge on your local pub, it brought drama to the bevs. Plus, they even had a snake above the toilets.
After the massive build up, sadly we did not find ourselves feeling even remotely tipsy. The we were left smelling of the cloud, with damp clothes.
Bars like this essentially bypass the actual act of drinking, you skip straight to being drunk – if you stay in there for at least five hours that is.
Yes, it's a bit different and interesting, but it's difficult to imagine this becoming a popular way to drink. They would need to massively increase the amount of alcohol in the air – it could have been squash that they were pumping into the air for all we knew.
The gimmick was great, but don't bank on this for predrinks.


A good covered calls calculator will help you answer the question "should I roll my position?" for an existing covered call position. When rolling you will want to consider important variables like: the bid/ask spread, time premium remaining, earnings release dates, and ex-dividend dates. Your covered calls calculator should include all of these.
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Rolling a covered call position means you buy back the option portion of the position and then sell a different option (either a different strike, or expiration month, or both). Because options have bid-ask spreads you will need to consider that you have to pay the 'ask' when you buy back the existing option, and you receive the 'bid' when selling the new option (you may do slightly better with limit orders that split the bid/ask but most calculators will assume you pay the ask and receive the bid so that they give a result that you could actually achieve).
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Using a covered calls calculator that has automatically updating prices, integrated earnings release dates, and ex-dividend dates is a huge time saver. This kind of calculator will help you optimize the time premium you receive each month, as well as keep you out of trouble by keeping you aware of important dates. The old way of using a spreadsheet with incomplete and non-updating information typically leads to sub-optimal results.


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Open Day – EC1/WC1 Galleries
23 April 2013 By teamcas
Contemporary Art Society, 59 Central Street, London EC1V 3AF. Photo: Joe Plommer 2012
Clerkenwell and the surrounding area has in recent years become home to an increasing number of contemporary art organisations. Led by the district's commercial galleries, a local gallery map has been produced (generously supported by local firm Westbury Accountants), which includes the Contemporary Art Society's new home on Central Street in addition to 19 galleries and other contemporary art organisations.
To mark the launch of the redesigned map, contemporary art spaces and galleries in EC1 and WC1, including the Contemporary Art Society, will be hosting special events and extending their opening hours from 12.00 to 20.00 on Saturday 18 May. A full listing of exhibitions and events will be circulated closer to the time.
Participating galleries include: Arcade, Art Review, Breese Little, Carslaw St* Lukes, Contemporary Art Society, Dalla Rosa Gallery, Domobaal, Eagle Gallery, Fold Gallery London, Gagosian, Maria Stenfors, Marsden Woo, Rod Barton, Rokeby, Tintype, Work, and WW Gallery.

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at the same time, the same place as last time.
On days like these, you wish it would never end.
we still have all the time in the world.
I wish it would never end.
we won't come back down, we're weightless.
we're experiencing the best, there's no end in sight.
we're experiencing the best, no end is in sight.
KICKING OFF WITH A BANG!
OFFICIAL LAUNCH AT THE OLD GEORGE, CLOTH MARKET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. ADMISSION FREE. MONDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 7.30PM.
READINGS FROM THE NEW MANIFESTO BY DR KEITH ARMSTRONG & BRIAN HALL.
WITH NORTH EAST CULTURAL POETRY BY DR ARMSTRONG.
ANN SESSOMS ON NORTHUMBRIAN PIPES AND FOLK SONGS BY 'KIDDAR'S LUCK'.
TEL. NORTHERN VOICES COMMUNITY PROJECTS 0191 2529531 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
crackling sticks of shy words.
these pipe-tunes do not cry.
old miners breathe like dukes.
Tell me lies about Northumberland.
that castles were built for us.
bend to scrape up dust.
your eyes don't blur with myth.
saints never smell of piss.
you were never from doon south.
you're a real poet of the north.
the congregations glow with hope.
our poetry rhymes with wine.
no homes locals can't afford.
the Romans freed us all.
the future holds no war.
the Coquet swims with love.
the cows are not diseased.
we'll get the Gospels back.
we don't need boats or trades.
we have north east citizens here.
we're free as dicky birds.
the dunes sing their songs.
we will be free in our time.
and our dreams are sailing home.
their walls are our lungs.
leaps in our local blood.
reel in all those grey years.
flows on these river beds.
Wednesday January 16th 2013 7.30pm.
Northern Voices Community Projects Annual Award event. Presentation of annual Northern Voices Community Projects Joseph Skipsey Award - and commemoration of the Hartley Pit Disaster with poems and songs. This event will also mark the 45th anniversary of the death of Newcastle writer Jack Common and the 110th of his birth, with readings from his works, poems and songs by local folk group 'Kiddar's Luck'.
Tuesday September 3rd 2013 7.30pm.
Northern Voices Community Projects. A special event to mark the 110th anniversary of the death of pitman poet Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903) with songs and readings.
A German poet will be taking part in two public readings when he visits County Durham later this month.
Tibor Schneider will be in Durham from October 22 until October 25 as part of a literary exchange which has been active since 1987.
Tibor, who is from the city of Tübingen – which is twinned with Durham City – will also attend Durham Book Festival events during his visit.
The visit has been organised by local poet Dr Keith Armstrong, which the help of Durham County Council's international relations team as part of its work to support and develop town-twinning arrangements.
Tibor, whose work is often described as experimental and post-modern, will be joining local Durham poets and artists at The Half Moon Inn, in Durham City, from 7pm on Tuesday, October 23 for an informal evening of readings and music.
He will also be at a reading and Q&A session at Durham University on Wednesday, October 24 from 4pm until 5.30pm.
Both events are free and open to members of the public.
People can get further information from Dr Keith Armstrong, at Northern Voices, on 0191 252 9531.
must be one of those 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
drifts on a becalmed Bamburgh day.
the tattered wrecks, flaked skins.
Why have I walked so tall?
beneath the looming avalanche of Alps.
to walk barefoot on Bavaria.
The military bands still bury the dead.
The music is not pretty.
and splinters the bones of a Garmisch churchyard.
GIs skiing patterns of another war.
catch me here on wednesday 17th october!
Tibor Schneider was born in 1978. He studied Philosophy and German Literature in Tübingen, where he still lives today. He is a member and co-founder of the "Hegel-Circle" at the University of Tübingen. Hegel was a German philosopher who studied in Tübingen during the late 18th century. Reading Hegel's "Logic" and carrying on with his ideas is the primary objective of the circle, consisting of students, post-docs, and professors.
He wrote his master's thesis on "Negation In the Works Of Hegel and As a Category In the History Of the World".
As an author of poetry, Tibor Schneider participated in many poetry festivals in Tübingen and Berlin. At the "Poesiefestival Berlin" 2011, he read together with Tom Bresemann, a young poet from Berlin. In the same year, he was nominated for the "Münchner Lyrikpreis" (Munich Lyric Award 2011). During the last three years many of his poems have been published in different magazines and anthologies.
Since 2010, he has been co-editor of "trash-pool", a magazine for literature and art published in Tübingen. So far, the magazine reached three editions and it is available in bookstores in Tübingen, Stuttgart, and Berlin.
By accumulating a variety of extremes and contradictions, which are quintessential for Tibor's poetry, the city of Tübingen offers him an ideal environment for his creativity. During its history, Tübingen has always been the place to fascinate minds like Hegel, Hölderlin, or Hesse and set the stage for their literary accomplishments.
Tuesday 23rd October. Get together, including readings, with local poets and artists, Half Moon, Durham from 7pm.
Wednesday 24th October. Reading/talk with Tibor and Keith Armstrong at German Department, Room ER 207, Elvet Riverside, Durham University from 4pm to 5.30pm followed by drinks.
The twinning continues to go from strength to strength. Poet Doctor Keith Armstrong and folk-rock musician Gary Miller, lead singer of Durham band the Whisky Priests, travelled to Tuebingen at the end of March for performances in pubs, cabaret venues and schools where they performed with Tuebingen poet Tibor Schneider who visits Durham in October as part of the ongoing exchange. Tibor will join his Durham counterparts for readings at Durham University and elsewhere.
Keith will return the compliment with a trip to Tuebingen in March 2013.
Last year, Tuebingen rock musician Juergen Sturm jetted in with his music partner Mary Jane at the end of October for pub gigs, including a twinning event in Durham on Monday 31st October featuring Juergen and Mary Jane with Durham folk musicians and poets. That followed on from a visit to Tuebingen in South Germany in early April 2011 by Keith Armstrong and photographer/artist Peter Dixon. The intrepid pair worked together on a touring display featuring Armstrong's poems and Dixon's photographs documenting the unique link between Tuebingen and Durham which was staged initially in the Durham Room at County Hall, Durham in November. Armstrong performed his poetry in cafes, bars and schools and met up with Tuebingen friends, old and new, with the multi-talented Dixon capturing all of it on film.
Carolyn Murphey Melchers, Karin Miedler, Gerhard Oberlin, Uwe Kolbe, Johannes Bauer, Eva Christina Zeller, Simone Mittmann, Florian Werner, Juergen Sturm, Mary Jane, Wolf Abromeit, Christopher Harvie, Eberhard Bort, Marcus Hammerschmitt, Henning Ziebritzki, Andy and Alessandra Fazion Marx, Otto Buchegger.


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Many Tesla owners have been enjoying the LightShow.
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Los Angeles County Public Works has issued a winter storm warning that will be in effect for the Los Angeles County region from Wednesday, Dec 29th, starting at 1 AM until Friday, Dec. 31st, at 4 AM.
•Coastal Areas and Valleys: 1-3 inches
•Mountains: 3-6 inches
•Debris Flow:
– Phase 2 Debris Flow Forecast for burn areas with less than one years of recovery.
– Phase 1 Debris Flow Debris Flow Forecast for burn areas with two years of recovery.
– No Phase Debris Flow Forecast for burn areas in LA County with three or more years of recovery.
• Peak rainfall rates storm are expected to be up to 0.75 inch per hour.
•County agencies are working in unified command to advise residents on how to prepare for this storm event and potentially evacuate 56 households at greatest risk in the Bobcat Fire (San Gabriel Valley) and Lake Fire (north County) burn areas.
• Avoid driving on mountain roads or into ponded- or swift-moving water and recent burn areas.
• Preparing in advance is the public's best defense against storm-related emergencies:
o Develop an emergency plan and know your property's risk factors for flooding.
o Stay tuned to local weather reports and follow the instructions of law enforcement if told to evacuate.
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How China Got Rich | ENDEVR Documentary
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Over 40 years China has been transformed out of all recognition, the scale of its growth and the sheer speed of change has been astonishing. The country has seen the largest lifting of people out of poverty that has ever taken place in human history, and today China is a global force, predicted to become the world's biggest economy in a couple of decades. So how did an impoverished and backward communist country become an engine of global capitalism? What actually happened 40 years ago to set China on the road to prosperity? Michael Wood talks to the people who were there; the men and women who had been sent to be 're-educated 'on farms and in factories; the farmers who defied the government and broke with communism; the woman has given the very first private business certificate; and the US technical advisor sent to China by the UN to kickstart the change. He travels across the country to meet China's highest-ranking female diplomat and the people who worked with Premier Deng Xiaoping. The film mixes these testimonies with a fascinating archive of the Chinese leader meeting President Carter in Washington and on fact-finding missions in Japan and Singapore. Interviews too with Deng's biographer, Professor Ezra Vogel from Harvard University and Ambassador James Stapleton-Roy who lifts the lid on the intensive work behind the scenes which led to the US recognizing the People's Republic of China in 1979. The second part of the film looks at the results of those initiatives in today's China, visiting high-tech global giants Tencent and Alibaba and China's top universities Tsinghua and SUStech. We visit a high-speed rail workshop and the world's fastest-growing container port; we interview the American lawyer who set up the first Chinese deals for multinationals including Exon Mobile and Roche Pharmaceuticals. Finally, we ask Robert Daly the Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and Ambassador Roy where they think China is heading, and if political reform will be on the agenda any time soon. China's decision to open up to the world 40 years ago has been called 'the most important event of modern world history', and it is one in which America played a crucial role. Today China is a major player, flexing its muscles on the global stage. In this film, Michael Wood tracks the beginning of their meteoric rise, looks at the extraordinary scale of present-day developments and asks both Chinese and US experts for clues to the future. With extraordinary access to key witnesses, this timely and important film tells the story of How China Got Rich. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Subscribe ENDEVR for free: https://bit.ly/3e9YRRG Join the club and become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/freedocumentary Facebook: https://bit.ly/2QfRxbG Twitter: https://bit.ly/2QlwRiI ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ #FreeDocumentary #ENDEVR #China ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ENDEVR explains the world we live in through high-class documentaries, special investigations, explainers videos and animations. We cover topics related to business, economics, geopolitics, social issues and everything in between that we think it's interesting.
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MONOPOLY – Who owns the world?
A documentary by Tim Gielen 2021. This brilliant documentary by Tim Gielen reveals how a small group of super rich criminals have been buying virtually everything on earth, until they own it all. From media, health care, travel, food industry, governments… That allows them to control the whole world. Because of this they are trying to impose the New World Order. Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab, George Soros, … This incredibly eye opening documentary reveals something astonishing: the majority of our world is owned by the very same people. Because of this they can control the entire world and impose their wicked agenda onto all of humanity. This is the time to expose them and to rise up as one to defend our freedom. The name of the two companies who virtually owns the world' are Vanguard and BlackRock. They are at the heart of the Deep State or Cabal. Their plan is the Great Reset where they want to enslave every human on earth. Share this video wherever you can! Learn more here: Https://www.stopworldcontrol.com
BJ's Pasadena Location Closing After Nine Years
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We are sorry to announce that our Pasadena location will be permanently closing on 12/30/2021.
The Pasadena location at
234 E. Colorado Blvd.
Had been opened for about nine years. Other locations in the area include Glendale, Burbank, Arcadia, Montebello, and others… With approx. 30 locations in the area.
Tesla News – Phone and Daimler/Mercedes/AMG Acquisition?
With all the rumors and news swirling around Tesla we are now hearing about Tesla releasing a phone, apparently much more advanced than the Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy of today.
There are videos of prototypes anticipated on YouTube, whether these are accurate or not is to be seen.
In addition we are also hearing rumors that Tesla is in talks to acquire Daimler/Mercedes. While it was anticipated that Tesla would acquire or at the very least partner with a car company, this is appears to be a good target for Tesla. Daimler with their advanced design and manufacturing and AMG division can bring a lot of benefit to Tesla. Again while yet to be seen this will be welcome news, and could catapult Tesla ahead of the other players in the space.
While there is also speculation that Tesla will form an alliance of sorts with Toyota anything could happen.
Meanwhile Apple is not sitting idle and there are rumors of Apple accelerating development of their vehicle.
Los Angeles Comic Con 2021 – December 3-5
Los Angeles Comic Con, LA's biggest and most exciting pop culture convention, is returning to Los Angeles for its 10th year December 3-5, 2021!
We play host to 800+ diverse artists and vendors, selling comics, collectibles, art, toys, apparel, and everything in-between. You'll also get up close and personal with some of the biggest and best names in the entertainment industry with our hand-picked selection of panels, events, and meet n'greet opportunities.
A confluence of comics, gaming, sci-fi, horror, pop culture, and that one obscure thing that you thought everyone had forgotten about; it's all here and that's what makes this community worth celebrating. So, join us for another weekend none of us will forget!


The decision of the two girls looking for work is reaping dividends, especially without asking for money from others.This self-reliance has a powerful positive pull on life. It is a high value and attitude of Self; i.e. of self-power to attract positive results from life.
Bea takes the initiative to be invited to a gathering. She quickly receives the invitation in the mail. She had the sense of asking to be invited at just the right time. She is focused on expanding the work. We may not call this life response, but it is, for the invitation came back quickly in the positive. (E.g. the invitation didn't have to be accepted at all.) Bea perceived the opening and took it up at the right time, and life responded with positive results. Nothing magical here - because cause and effect were obvious -- but she did gain the cooperation of life.Our conscious choices are critical for attracting success, and life response.
The collection of based on Jack's mother's designs, impressionism, et at is presented innovatively through dance. It is a daring presentation, ahead of its time, and the audience is non-appreciative. Only a few critics appreciate it.And yet Evie remains positive. This is critical!
Grace appears. Bea and Evie find out that HofE is far behind; that MG is way ahead of them for the season. And yet Grace appears from out of nowhere with a host of designs for HofE. (Grace becomes "grace for them." )Though Brea and Evie are first pout off, they change their minds. They then purchase a few from Grace.


Jonny Quest and his gang of adventurers are finally coming out of retirement, with a very intriguing hand at the wheel of this long-awaited reboot.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has signed Robert Rodriguez (Planet Terror, The Faculty) to direct a live-action version of Jonny Quest. The film will be based on the cult-hit 1964 Hanna-Barbera ABC cartoon of the same name, which followed a boy (Jonny), his father and a team of adventurers as they went on globe-trotting missions that featured everything from robots to mummies.
No word on what direction the new film will take, but with Rodriguez at the helm, you'd have to think it'll be a fun one. This is the guy who directed both Spy Kids and Sin City — we can't wait to see what he does with Jonny Quest. Rodriguez is working with Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean series) to write the script. A Quest film has been kicking around for years (Zac Efron and the Rock were reportedly attached in 2010), but this might finally be the one to escape development hell.
Having been around for decades, Jonny Quest has already gone through its own share of reimaginings along the way. The original 1960s series only lasted one season (because it was so darn expensive to produce), but it only got more and more popular in syndication. There were also some 1980s and 1990s animated revivals (The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest FTW), but a live-action film represents the biggest bet yet on Jonny's gang.
Are you looking forward to seeing Jonny Quest on the big screen? Is Rodriguez the man for the job?


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"Thank you, Pensacola. I love you!" Krizz Kaliko shouted to the crowd.
But the crowd didn't want to stop. The night could never end. But it did and Tech N9ne conquered Vinyl Music Hall once again.
Tech N9ne's Planet Tour was a non-stop lesson on why he is the "platinum-certified king of independent music."
Strange Music filled the night with energy and inspiration. King Iso shared their struggle with suicide, Joey Cool showed his Swank Sinatra style, Just Juice testified on surviving bullying and rejection to finally get the call to join Strange Music.
While his latest album "Planet" dominates the charts (#1 on Billboard Top Rap Albums Chart, #1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart, and #1 on the Top Indie Albums Chart), Tech N9ne came armed with two decades of hits to fuel an unforgettable night with his Northwest Florida fans.
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Will the Tokyo ban help contain the virus or blunt Japan's travel campaign?
Anthony K. Ruth July 17, 2020
The government's brutal announcement on Thursday to exclude Tokyo from a national tourism campaign sparked questions and criticism over why only the capital was left out and whether or not the exclusion will really help contain the coronavirus.
Tourism Minister Kazuyoshi Akaba, whose ministry is in charge of the Go To Travel campaign, which offers a 50% government subsidy for domestic travel, called the decision heartbreaking but necessary given the recent surge in infections with Tokyo in particular. It's a decision, he said, that was made in close consultation with experts from a government coronavirus subcommittee.
"Tokyo is a major tourist destination and many of those who live in Tokyo travel elsewhere. We recognize that excluding these people from the Go To Travel campaign will have an economic effect, "Akaba told reporters on Friday morning.
According to an estimate by the Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, the campaign, if launched from the initial August plan nationwide, will increase the travel industry market by 55% and contribute up to 2 800 billion yen for the travel, restaurant and event planners industries.
With Tokyo excluded from the plan for now, there are concerns about its ability to boost domestic tourism spending. The campaign is due to start on Wednesday.
"But more than the economic effect, we considered the security policy that had to be taken, based on expert advice," Akaba said.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga also apologized to reporters for the way the decision was made.
"We made the decision (to exclude Tokyo) just as a sharp rise in infections in Tokyo was recorded," he explained.
Tokyo on Friday recorded a record 293 new cases of coronavirus.
Tourism Minister Kazuyoshi Akaba speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Friday. | KYODO
"I want the residents of the capital to feel reassured, and I hope that together – with the Cabinet Office and the governors of neighboring municipalities – to eliminate the risk of displacement between prefectures," Tokyo Governor Yuriko said Koike.
The number of cases in the capital has increased in recent weeks, triggering concern from local governors that users of the Tokyo countryside will spread the coronavirus to other prefectures with fewer medical staff and facilities.
Governor Saitama Motohiro Ono, for his part, called on Tokyoites to think about the potential for infection and avoid unnecessary travel to his prefecture. Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura called on the government to limit the Go To Travel campaign to intra-regional travel rather than anywhere in Japan.
Tokyo's exclusion from a government travel campaign has raised questions about the feasibility of verifying whether tourists are coming from the capital. | AFP-JIJI
Even remote prefectures that rely heavily on tourists from Tokyo have joined the call.
On Thursday evening, Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki said the campaign should be revised to travel to prefectures with the same level of infections.
"The situation in each region of the country is different and the government should respond according to the actual infection situation in each region," Suzuki said.
Tokyo's exclusion from the campaign also raised questions about the feasibility of verifying whether tourists are coming from the capital. It is also possible for tourists to stay in neighboring Tokyo prefectures and visit Tokyo for the day.
According to the plan, participating hotels and ryokan (traditional hostels) will be required at the front desk to verify the personal identification of guests to show that they do not live in Tokyo. Guests who refuse to provide such identification will be excluded from the discount campaign.
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This site is 80% for me, and 10% for sharing with others. The remaining 10% is for unexpected visitors from "the internet", which matters only because it encourages me to put in a bit of effort.
In other words, this is basically for me. If it helps or entertains you in the process, I'm pleased, but I take little credit for the collateral damage.
I maintain this site using homemade tools, which is probably not surprising.
Any odd site behavior is therefore hand-crafted, and reflects either my tastes or my ability.


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To reduce the sense of isolation and improve the emotional and physical well-being of members of the blind community in the north of England and Wales.
The UKNBSA envisions a world with equal opportunities for all.
Founded in 2009, The UK North Blind Sailing Association is a community association whose aims are to promote the participation of Blind and Partially sighted people in Merseyside and the north of England to sailing. To organize and fund sail training opportunities and to provide suitable safety equipment and waterproof clothing for our participants. To support the social inclusion of visually impaired people in our group events in and around sailing. UKNBSA is unique in pioneering the participation of blind sailors in mainstream (sighted) competition both at local club level and national Regatta level.
Our aim is to reduce the sense of isolation and improve the emotional and physical well-being of members of the blind community in the north of England and Wales. This will help address the significant and disproportionate degrees of social exclusion and health issues within the blind community. We use the term "blind community" to include all people who are visually impaired.
The organisation was set up 3 years ago to address the absence of any sailing opportunities in the north of England and Wales for the blind community.
We then found crewing opportunities for some of our blind member through a local sailing club, the Royal Mersey Yacht Club (RMYC). With the support of the then Club Commodore, Dave Massey, we were offered the opportunity to purchase a boat we could then race in the Club's competitions with our own blind crew and sighted volunteers.
With Club support we were able to purchase our first boat, "Mermaid", which we renovated, launched and raced through 2011. With the demand we were experiencing from the blind community we decided to purchase a second boat, "Mersey", in 2012. These boats are "Mersey Mylnes" - they have a deep, enclosed cockpit which is ideal for our blind members.
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Asbestos found at Wellington CBD demolition site
The Department of Labour has declared a demolition site in central Wellington to be unfit for work after asbestos was found there.
On Thursday an 1880s building owned by the property tycoons John and Michael Chow was demolished to make way for a car park.
But the owners could face legal action because they had the building knocked down without an archaeological assessment, which is a legal requirement for all pre-1900s buildings.
The offence carries a possible $40,000 fine.
The owners must now keep the site secure and stop the spread of asbestos.
Closer watch
The Wellington Civic Trust says the Historic Places Trust needs to keep a closer eye on heritage buildings that fall into the hands of developers after the demolition.
It was the latest of several cases where the requirement has not been met.
Wellington City Council gave resource consent for the building to be developed five years ago, but only recently approved its demolition.
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New Asian-American fraternity inducts new members
By Jenn Roberts
Lambda Phi Epsilon, the University's first Asian-American fraternity, introduced its members to the community Sunday afternoon during a ceremony in the Rotunda Dome Room.
The event attracted members of the Asian-American student population, as well as Aaron Laushway assistant dean of students of fraternity and sorority life, Assistant Dean of Students Ajay Nair, andChristine McGill, interim program coordinator for the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, all of whom spoke at the ceremony.
The new fraternity, which was officially founded last March, marks the 36th of Lambda Phi Epsilon's 37 chapters nationwide.
Lambda Phi Epsilon is the only Asian-American interest fraternity recognized by the National Inter-Fraternity Council.
Those involved with the launching of the fraternity at the University said they were excited by the historic implications of the group's founding.
"The emergence of ethnically and culturally based organizations is a very recent phenomenon," Laushway said. "Fraternity life is expanding, and Asian-American students are responding."
Lambda Phi Epsilon President Tuan Huynh said he believes this is the appropriate time for the fraternity's inception.
"There is a need for this because it increases awareness about Asian-Americans while promoting a brotherhood bond among men," Huynh said. "I honestly don't know why it's taken so long for this to happen."
As a member of the Multi-Cultural Greek Council, Lambda Phi Epsilon will adhere to its policies and requirements, including rush guidelines, fraternity Rush Chair Cheng Lu said. The group plans to focus on academics and community service in its agenda.
Lambda Phi Epsilon Secretary Vivek Taneja said the fraternity will cooperate with the Cammy Lee Foundation, an organization that recruits potential Asian-American bone marrow donors, to help fulfill its philanthropic goals.
However, unity remains the fraternity's top priority.
"We want to hold onto brotherhood," Huynh said. "That's what makes us enticing to prospective" rushees.
Laushway also stressed the group's unifying purpose.
"Ethnically based organizations seek to celebrate a specific aspect of multi-culturalism within the fraternal bonds of fraternity and sorority life," he said.
Both organizations have been permitted to continue operations and recruitment while implementing hazing preventative measures.
Current members of each sorority met new members with balloons and colorful signs in hand after new members opened their bid cards together without the presence of COVID-19 gathering restrictions that forced much of recruitment online in previous years.
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Puts the deluded fools in PS turning down croke park deal in context.
The great thing about this is that Morgan Kelly can be utterly wrong and it will cost him nothing. If he's 100% wrong he will simply say that it was only an academic hypothesis!
He identifies the original Govt blanket guarantee of the financial institutions as the core problem, but this was the strong recommendation of his academic colleague David McWilliams.
Bloody academics, we should insist that they be (financially) burnt at the stake when they publish predictions which turn out to be dangerously wrong.
I'll happily bring the parafin & matches for Messrs Whelan, McWilliams & Co.
AFAIK the bank guarantee was meant to be a temporary stopgap to allow the govt breathing space for an orderly cleanup, before releasing the guarantee.
sadly, it became the stoploss for the bankers, and has remained so, as the bankers claim that without them we are all lost.
Spot on the money again.
This is the knowledge that the Fianna Failures have and yet they are trying to encourage us to go out and spend spend spend. No chance.
The only people they can go after for tax are PAYE workers. Lots more pain for PAYE workers.
Social welfare & chilrens allowances will continue to be targeted.
Property tax & water rates will prove impossible to collect. Defaults will be enormous.
They committed the biggest crime in our insular society. They went against the grain and spoke their mind. They broke from the herd and questioned how this country is run. The lemmings are not happy.
Again a clear picture of "where we are" from the man who must feel at times he is wasting his breath.
And aren't the deniers up early on a Saturday morning?
Might confuse the FFailures as to what really is happening.
The politicans will get whats coming to them, but every civil servant who recommended this course of action(the guarantee) should be sacked, they are the untouchable elite.
Morgan Kelly has been targetted by Harris and the Sindo, as a prophet of doom. Coleman still has his rants in same Sindo, and a 2 nights a week on Newstalk. Ugly Dan McLoughlin, or desperate Dan now is an expert on energy. He was guy who used tell us that a semid in ordinary estate in Dublin at half a million was "damn good value".
Sounds likes a perfectly reasonable analysis to me.
Fair play to Morgan for speaking his mind on these issues.
I recall that famous article by Morgan Kelly in the December 2007 Irish Times which predicted in precise terms the trajectory of the economic collapse. After I read that article I immediately texted people I knew and suggested that they sell their commuter belt "investment" properties.
This article has the same eerie ring to it. The Government should just not waste any time and start doing what he suggests.
Morgan is pretty much spot yet again.
Presumably because you share his opinion.
It's a reasonable analysis but there are other economists offering different perfectly reasonable analyses - and arriving at different conclusions. That's kinda the nature of economics, isn't it?
Because of the economic collapse here, the Government is adding to this debt quite quickly. However, in contrast to its inept handling of the banking crisis, the Government has taken reasonable steps to bring the deficit under control. If all goes to plan we should be looking at a debt of 85 to 90 per cent of GDP by the end of 2012."
When an economist makes a statement along these lines, "(The State also has financial assets equal to a quarter of GDP, but so do most governments, so we will focus on the total debt.)", you have to wonder why.
But as Morgan says, lets focus.
Would anyone care to put some figures on Morgans percentages as quoted above?
That was actually Dec 2006, well before last general election. It was a seminal article.
not much subjectivity in that article im afraid.
You know, Tomas, I had actually typed December 2006 but I said to myself "No way he couldn't have called it that early" so I typed in 2007.
Quite so, I have that article on net,and also hard copy IT in its original. In the past year or two I have sent it to several people, all of whom were shocked at his early prediction. But who cared.


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Estimated size of Giganthopithecus in comparison with a human. Credit: H. Bocherens
King Kong fans will be pleased to hear that the massive skyscraper climbing ape is not just a figment of filmmakers' imagination. There were actual giant apes or Gigantopithecus that roamed the planet not too long ago. However, since the only fossil evidence found is the lower jawbone and a handful of teeth, researchers have been unable to glean much insight into the giant ape's lifestyle or what caused it to become extinct.
In 2005, Jack Rink a geochronologist at Canada's McMaster University examined the meager fossils and came to the conclusion that the mammal measured about 10-feet tall and weighed up to 1,200 pounds. The Associate Professor of Geography and Earth Sciences was also able to determine that the Gigantopithecus had been roaming Southeast Asia for a million years before becoming extinct about 100,000 years ago. This meant it had lived alongside humans! The one thing he and no other scientists were able to determine is what caused the Gigantopithecus to disappear.
Gigantopithecus tooth from Thailand. Credit: Yaowalak Chaimanee
But now thanks to advances in fossil technology and some curious researchers, the mystery may be finally solved. For their study, the team led by Prof. Dr. Hervé Bocherens of Germany's University of Tübingen focused on the Gigantopithecus's fossilized teeth. In particular, they were looking for clues about the animal's diet in the tooth enamel's carbon isotopes that retain traces even after several million years.
The observations helped the researchers determine that the Gigantopithecus ate a variety of plants, putting to rest years of speculation about whether the ape had been a carnivore or survived just on bamboo. Given the amount of food it would need to survive, they came to the conclusion that the ancient King Kong was a forest dweller.
Upon researching the areas in Southern China and Thailand where the fossils had been found, the scientists discovered that what used to be lush forests, changed to Savannah grasslands during Pleistocene era, 100,000 years ago - The same period the Gigantopithecus disappeared.
Large Gigantopithecus molar. Credit: Wolfgang Fuhrmannek
This led the scientists who published their study in the journal Quaternary International, on Jan 4, to conclude that when the forests disappeared, so did the giant ape's food source. However, unlike many other species, the fussy eater was unable to adapt to the new habitat and, therefore, starved to death! Meanwhile, their distant cousin, the orangutan, managed to adjust and survive. The fact that they are a lot smaller in size and have a very slow metabolism didn't hurt the apes either.
These, of course, are all educated guesses. What happened to these magnificent animals can only be confirmed if we can find additional fossils - Given that the few we have were discovered in 1935, that may be a little hard.
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megaladonTuesday, November 26, 2019 at 12:12 pm
how were there giant gorillas? they might have found a arm bone, and they could have found footprints.
OpTic WayPointTuesday, May 7, 2019 at 11:25 am
that was cool
RandombobTuesday, May 7, 2019 at 11:23 am
I think it would be cool to see it in real life. I like turtles.
V from btsMonday, August 13, 2018 at 6:29 pm
That's so dope 😎
cheer queenThursday, May 3, 2018 at 11:00 am
I really thought that was really cool! I wish I could see one
25mcgeebThursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:50 am
BryceThursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:48 am
me Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 8:11 am
that is AMAZING
Brooklyn MaxwelMonday, April 30, 2018 at 10:59 am
That is cool!! Knowing that not only were dinosaurs here before us but apes!!
I now right!!!!!!!!
mad manMonday, April 30, 2018 at 6:41 am
see i'm not crazy he is real yeeeessss !!
wolfdogTuesday, September 11, 2018 at 7:26 am
He WAS real.
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Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hits a six to win against Sri Lanka during the World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2, 2011. (AFP)
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Pakistan and Sri Lanka cricket fans in the UAE will be rooting for India and hoping the World Cup remains in Asia.
Title holders India are the last Asian team standing in the tournament and face probably their toughest hurdle in the form of co-hosts Australia in the second semifinal at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.
The winners will go on to face the other co-hosts New Zealand next Sunday in Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Cricket World Cup 2015 saw four Asian teams qualifying to the last eight for the first time in the history of the competition.
India beat Bangladesh while Pakistan and Sri Lanka were knocked out by Australia and South Africa respectively.
But India have beaten Australia just once in 35 years in a one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the hosts have won all six semi-finals they have contested since the inaugural event in 1975.
"Australia have the advantage on bouncy wickets but I will be supporting India to turn the tide," said Adeel Akhtar, a Pakistani cricket fan from Lahore.
Another Pakistani fan Mohammed Zubair conceded Australia was a tough team to beat but he hoped India would come good.
"It depends on how India handle the pressure. They have made a good comeback and are in a good position," he said and wants the World Cup to remain in Asia.
Khalid Ghauri from Ajman echoed the general consensus among Pakistan cricket fans in the UAE who have shed aside different loyalties to back India.
"India are the favourites being one of the unbeaten side and look very confident. Being the only Asian sub-continent team, I will be supporting India," he said.
"India is having the momentum and have a very good chance of beating Australia who may have a slight edge because of home advantage and mental aspects," said a Sri Lankan cricketer based in Dubai Amal Karunaratne who will be cheering for India.
Another Sri Lankan cricket fan Gamal Rahim summed up the sentiments of the expatriate community when he said: "We had four Asian teams in the quarter-finals. We should be proud of that. India has played like champions during the World Cup and they have a chance to prove an Asian team can win the trophy outside the sub-continent."
Starting with two wins against Pakistan and South Africa, India won all six group matches to top Pool B and then downed spirited Bangladesh by 109 runs in the quarter-finals.
"I like to see good cricket. Australia is a tough side but India can win. The toss will be vital and till the last ball we can't say who will win," said an Indian housewife Blossom Raj who is confident the Asian community will be united in support of India because they would like the World Cup to remain in Asia.
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The story of an alleged female pope was widely believed from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. So much so, that when [[David Blondel]] argued in 1647 that it was a legend he was criticized by fellow Protestants. The story has it that a scholarly woman, disguised as a man, succeeded to the chair of Peter about 1100 (later versions state 855). After about two years in office she gave birth to a child as she was taking part in a procession to the Lateran, and then died. It seems that a thirteenth-century Dominican chronicler, Jean de Mailly, first gave respectability to the legend and that it gained wide currency in the [[Middle Ages]], partly due to the influence of Martinus Polonus (d.1278) and the use of the story in fifteenth- century controversies over the extent of papal power. Some scholars interpret the story as a modification of a Roman folk- story, the original possibly relating to a priest of Mithra and a child.