Mel Gibson plans to produce film on Jewish hero

FILE - In this May 18, 2010 file photo, actor Mel Gibson arrives at a photo call for the film, "The Beaver," at the Cannes International Film festival in France. Gibson will develop a movie about the Jewish hero Judah Maccabee. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, file)

FILE - In this May 18, 2010 file photo, actor Mel Gibson arrives at a photo call for the film, "The Beaver," at the Cannes International Film festival in France. Gibson will develop a movie about the Jewish hero Judah Maccabee. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, file)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Mel Gibson, who reportedly made anti-Semitic remarks during a drunken driving arrest five years ago, is now producing a film about the life of Jewish hero Judah Maccabee.

Gibson's publicist, Alan Nierob, told The Associated Press Friday that Gibson is working on a deal with Warner Bros. to develop the film through his company, Icon Productions. What Gibson's exact role will be ? whether he might direct or even star in the film ? hasn't been determined.

"Warner Bros. would like him to direct," Nierob said. "He is the first choice for the studio to direct it, but until there's a deal in place and a script that's finished, it will be his choice as to whether to direct it or not."

Joe Eszterhas of "Basic Instinct" and "Flashdance" fame is writing the script. No timetable is in place for it to be completed and for production to begin.

But Gibson's involvement with bringing Maccabee's story to the screen in any form has angered some Jewish leaders. Maccabee, who's acclaimed as one of the greatest warriors in Jewish history, helped inspire the celebration of Hanukkah.

"We would have hoped that Warner Bros. could have found someone better than Mel Gibson to direct or perhaps even star in a film on the life of the Jewish historical icon Judah Maccabee," Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said in a statement. "As a hero of the Jewish people and a universal hero in the struggle for religious liberty, Judah Maccabee deserves better."

Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said: "Casting him (Gibson) as a director or perhaps as the star of (a film about) Judah Maccabee is like casting (Bernard) Madoff to be the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a white supremacist as trying to portray Martin Luther King Jr. It's simply an insult to Jews."

The American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants said: "Holocaust survivors are aghast that a major Hollywood studio would join with Mel Gibson in this venture and view it as an affront to all victims of anti-Semitism, intolerance, and sexism."

Nierob declined to respond to the backlash from Jewish leaders. Warner Bros. had not responded by Friday afternoon to a request for comment on the project itself or the negative reaction it has drawn.

Gibson, the Oscar-winning director of "Braveheart," has defended himself against accusations of anti-Semitism ever since his 2006 drunken driving arrest, in which a deputy's report revealed Gibson made Jewish and sexist slurs while in custody.

Last month, he reached a $750,000 settlement with his ex-girlfriend, Russian musician Oksana Grigorieva, and agreed to continue providing housing and financial support for their young daughter to resolve a bitter legal fight that followed sexist, racist rants attributed to the actor.

His last project was "The Beaver," a drama in which he starred opposite director Jodie Foster as a man who sinks into such a deep depression, he can only communicate through a beaver hand puppet. Gibson earned strong reviews for his performance but the film itself, which came out in May, only made about $6.4 million worldwide.

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Am I required to get rental car insurance if I don't have my own auto ...

September 8th, 2011

I am planning to sell my car and cancel my auto insurance. If I want to rent a car, am I required to buy their rental car insurance, since I wouldn?t have any other auto insurance otherwise?
If I use my Discover card to rent the car, Discover will provide me with a Collision Damage Waiver of up to $25,000. Would that count as insurance?

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Must See HDTV (September 5th - 11th)

Check out our highlighted picks of the week right here, followed after the break by our weekly listings of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.

Sons of Anarchy
SAMCRO is back in action. This isn't the highest profile cable show on this week (don't forget the Entourage and Rescue Me season finales) but as it comes back for a fourth season we are always ready to see what's going down in Charming, CA. After the events of last season things will kick off 14 months later, but we doubt a stint in prison will have changed many things for our favorite motorcycle club.
(September 6th, FX, 10PM)

9/11
If you weren't planning on making next weekend an all 9/11 memorial event, we'd probably recommend steering clear of your TV. From CBS to USA to History to A&E there's memorial specials and previously unseen footage everywhere you look. A wonderful opportunity to heal as a nation from the tragic events of a decade ago or a crass display of network executives cashing in on our collective grief? Your choice.

NFL
Professional football is finally back. After it seemed like the lockout might last forever we're getting the season under way on schedule. Both Engadget HD fantasy football leagues have drafted and our favorite teams will kick off in Tampa Bay on Sunday, but the league gets its official kickoff Thursday night as the Packers face the Saints on NBC. We know what we'll be watching.
(September 8th, NBC, 8:30PM)

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100% The Interrupters

The Interrupters bares more than a passing resembles to the HBO TV series The Wire - except it's a documentary and it's all true. At nearly three hours, this searing, immersive documentary looks at a group called CeaseFire, an organization in Chicago set up by a doctor who has theorised that the circle of violence spreads like a virus, and that preventative measures might be better than, for example, increasing police. Some areas in Chicago have exceptionally high rates of violent crime and statistically a young person is more likely to die from a shooting or stabbing than from anything else. "The Interrupters" refers to the brave group of people, all of whom who have grown up in Chicago and whom in their past have experienced first hand the drugs, violence, and incarceration that practically seems predetermined in some areas, and who now talk to individuals and groups and act as peacekeepers, or, where necessary, 'interrupters' literally putting themselves in the midst of dangerous scenes to stop violence escalating, and to prevent retaliatory violence and shootings. The documentary concentrates on three of these interrupters and offers throughout the film details about the pasts and what they now do in CeaseFire. Often times their role might just be to listen to what people are saying, or to calm them down, and sometimes they might have to be much more involved. We get to follow some of the people they are working with or the groups they are involved with, and they run the gamut from working one-to-one to get estranged brothers talking to themselves and their mother, through to work with classes of schoolchildren on anti-violence projects, through to speaking at funerals to beg for the violence to stop, or to ensure the people their are with make a promise to not retaliate - all of which has varying but absolutely noticeable effect in terms of violence committed. One especially powerful moment shows one of the interrupters literally breaking up a fight in the moment rocks are thrown - surely preventing murder on the streets in broad daylight. Though clocking in at nearly three hours, there's barely a frame that seems misplaced and if anything the film could have been even more exhaustive (we barely see for example, the involvements of police or government aside from a few news clips and archive footage) though this would surely have been at the expensive of the personal stories, all of which are touching. The Interrupters themselves should be seen as nothing less than heroes; their work is valuable and certainly saves lives.*

August 13, 2011

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What To Know About Video Game Consoles | p2p4u Network ...

September 6 2011

In fact, life becomes boring if there are no excitement and enthusiasm in it. And to overcome this boring phase of life, a lot of different entertainment sources have been created. Today some people find pleasure in watching movies, while others in reading books. But there are those who find their pleasure in playing video games. You have to know that the latest video games introduced by the leading companies are equipped with incredible graphics, attractive interface and high quality sounds.

The advancement in technology and science could be seen in video games and video gaming industry. Today you can play different video games at your home with the help of different game consoles. In fact, video game console is nothing more than just an electronic device that manipulates the video display signals of a monitor in order to display the game.

You have to know that the latest game consoles are able to give the perfect entertainment to the users. Because of their light weight and compact size, these video game consoles could be carried to anywhere. At the same time, you have to know that these game consoles could be helpful in playing back the digital photos, DVD players and surfing the internet. Below there are some of the main components of high quality game console:

- Controllers. You have to know that controllers help gamers interact with the characters and other objects on the display. In other words, these controllers are the controlling systems of the game.

- Core unit. This is a place where all the components of the game console are connected.

- Game media. This component is an external storage media where all the games are saved.

You have to know that these are just the main components of any game console, however there are a lot of other components that could be added.

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Factory-like mills feed NYC heroin market

NEW YORK?? In many ways, the reputed drug dealers on Grandview Place were good neighbors.

Their two-story, red-brick home in the New York City suburb of Fort Lee, New Jersey, looked perfectly ordinary with its white trim, gable porch and manicured shrubbery. Neither noise nor sketchy visitors were an issue, authorities say.

The only sign that something was amiss was the rented van that would disappear into a lower-level garage each day. The driver's job: To deliver immigrant workers from the inner city to package heroin in thousands-upon-thousands of glassine envelopes stamped with catchy logos like "LeBron James" and "Roger Dat."

The Fort Lee operation represented the new, more serene face of the ever-thriving heroin trade in the New York City area, the drug's national epicenter, according to the Manhattan-based narcotics investigators who shut it down.

"It can still be a violent, dirty business, but it's changed," said Bill Cook, a veteran investigator with the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for New York City.

Absent are scenes out of films like "American Gangster," with kingpins flaunting their wealth, settling turf wars with brazen gunplay and serving a clientele of strung-out junkies queuing up to buy low-grade product.

Quality control
The new business model calls for more discretion and discipline, and better branding and quality control. The heroin is purer and the users more mainstream, including college students and professionals who snort rather than shoot up. Many have seamlessly transitioned to heroin after first getting hooked on prescription painkillers belonging to the same opiate family.

Compared to past eras marked by images junkies cooking the drug with a dirty spoon, heroin "doesn't have the same stigma attached to it," said John Gilbride, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New York office.

Authorities say more abuse by a broader customer base has taken a devastating human toll that's difficult to measure. Rehab centers have told them that more people are seeking treatment, and there have been recent reports of fatal heroin overdoses by teenagers in New York suburbs.

That hasn't discouraged retailers ? mainly Dominican immigrants supplied with Colombian heroin by Mexican cartels ? from steadily expanding their operations throughout the city and its suburbs.

"There are more mills, and they're better at what they do," Cook said.

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Recent raids by the special prosecutor, DEA, New York Police Department and New York State Police have resulted in multiple arrests and larger and larger seizures. They've also given colorful insight into current operations.

One mill was located in a newly renovated apartment in midtown Manhattan that rented for $3,800 a month and was mere blocks from Times Square and Broadway theaters. Workers there used coffee grinders to cut the drug. They then filled glassines stamped with the brand names "Jersey Boys" ? title of a hit musical ? and "95 South" ? a reference to the interstate served by the nearby Lincoln Tunnel.

In another mill on an 18th-floor apartment in upper Manhattan a sign read: "Clean Up After Yourselves ? The Management." The wall of yet another Bronx mill displayed its menu of brand names, including "Lady Gaga" and "Charlie Sheen."

Farther north, a mill was discovered across the street from Manhattan College in a Bronx apartment building where students lived. Workers there wore school sweatshirts to try to blend in.

'Sin City' brand
One heroin ring used an unlikely location for transactions: a Brooklyn neighborhood populated by young families living in renovated brownstones. A dealer riding a three-wheeled motorcycle and a helmet emblazoned with the heroin brand name "Sin City" would direct customers to an exact block ? code-named "the office" ? then pull up alongside their cars in the middle of traffic and exchange glassines for cash.

Authorities say a dramatic spike in the amount of drugs seized during the investigations shows that suppliers are working overtime to the meet the escalating demand and maximize profits.

"They're very savvy businessmen who have one thing in mind ? making money," said Bridget Brennan, the special prosecutor.

In the past two years, Brennan's office has brought drug-dealing charges against at least 200 people associated with the mills. Many face deportation if convicted.

The DEA has seized about 205 pounds (93 kilograms) of heroin in New York City and the rest of the state so far this year, a pace that would eclipse the 278 pounds (126 kilograms) total last year and the 169 pounds (77 kilograms) in 2009. The seizures this year have accounted for a quarter of those for the entire nation.

The heroin flooding the region ? sold in kilograms ? carries an average wholesale price of about $60,000 per kilo. The retailers who package it can cut a kilo to a 50-percent purity level using powdered vitamin B or other nontoxic substances. That provides enough drugs to fill 30,000 single-dose glassine envelopes that would be sold for $5 each to street-level dealers, who in turn charge customers $10 to $15. In the end, after subtracting the cost of the kilo, wages and other expenses, the mill operator would turn a $70,000 profit per kilo.

'Strictly for the dollars'
With retailers determined to saturate the market, mill employees tend to work around-the-clock. Brennan compared them to factory workers who, unlike the old days, don't sample the product.

"They're not in it for the drugs," she said. "It's strictly for the dollars."

Workers can make up to $5,000 a week, depending on how many 12-hour shifts they work. Their employers often protect them from an occupational hazard ? heroin dust ? by installing ventilation systems or providing them with respirators. They're also given meals and toiletries to help make it through their shifts, authorities said.

In the case of the Fort Lee mill, there was free transportation as well. Surveillance photos from the Washington Heights section of Manhattan showed the workers congregating each day like day laborers to catch the shuttle van to work.

When authorities raided the home in April, they came across a scene emblematic of the current market: The young daughter of one of the mill workers was at the kitchen table eating cereal and watching cartoons. Sitting on the same table were two boxes stuffed with glassine envelopes.

About five pounds of heroin and $50,000 in cash were recovered.

___

Associated Press researcher Barbara Sambriski contributed to this report.

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'Relationships' | Relationships and Anniversaries

New intro/outtro. Chatting about relationships, umbrellas, chips and dares. Feel free to -Subscribe- if you like my humor ! You can ask me to: discuss something that interests you, something you want me to talk about, or possibly do a dare. Just write it in the comment section below -Thank you.
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Hey everyone, this weekend I was so graciously given a large amount of information regarding Skyrim by a good friend of mine iOblivionIV. He told me about the possibility of a Skyrim demo, the new trailers set for release, the upcoming interview about the races, and I also searched the interwebs on my own for some info regarding in game relationships. iOblivionIV?s Channel www.youtube.com iOblivionIV_Bethesda_UESPWiki_?2011

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1. @acehawk99 It was one of the most pixelated games I?ve played. Haha?. The game itself was very confusing >.

2. Ew. Stale chips

3. Though I do give you props for even trying it hahaha

5. @formerdave94 i would jizz in my pants if we even got that

6. They should use horse combat but restrict it to like ranged weapons like bows ore magic

7. It?s been confirmed that there will be -no- downloadable Skyrim demo for people world-wide to play piror or after launch of Skyrim. There is playable games at the expo?s though? About it. 11-11-11 <3

8. they said on the website there will be a playable demo at eurogamer expo

9. @DeTrOiTx187 It will. They have put SO MUCH in the game

10. @ICantWaitForSkyrim hahahaha nice comparison

11. @420Hempking NOOOO THERE HAS TO BE A DEMO! It?s only going to build excitement for everyone (except you) because it would be like crack?once you have a little bit you need more.

12. I think horse combat would be a good idea. I don?t even like horse combat it?s just that in Oblivion, I always found myself getting off my horse to fight things.

13. im not against a demo but id prefer they didnt realse it because it would just drop how excited u become for the actual realse, but on the other hand if the demo was just like a small dungeon or a arena fight then i would probably download it, but great video anyway keep it up

14. im not against a demo but id prefer they didnt realse it because it would just drop how excited u become for the actual realse, but on the other hand if the demo was just like a small dungeon or a arena fight then i would probably download it

15. The demo could be an hour long session before your game content is deleted, but it could only work once, so that is not too pragmatic

16. they should make a demo where you have to either complete a small quest but you have boundaries to where you can go, or they should make a demo where you fight in an arena.

17. they said in a Q&A that you could marry someone. read please

18. @AusMck they can both get it, since they are both in differnt catagories

19. Skyrim will win game of the year hands down and no questions asked lol

20. i really hope skyrim beats battlefield 3 in game of the year

21. I believe the relationship confirmation was not referring to romantic realationships, but simply the way people interact and talk with you. For example: In Oblivion, you could have a nice conversation with someone only to have them say ?Go away!? when you finish. In this respect, I would welcome this subtle change making the game more refined.

22. Demo would be too big, they said they aren?t making a demo.

23. @THEDYLANB133 i like bow and arrow+sword+magic combo character? its really fun that type of character

    ?walks into cave,see?s bandit,shoots with arrow,3x damage critical hit,then sprint?s(using sprint mod),then use?s touch frost spell to finish him off?

24. does anyone know if there is gonna be an arena to fight in skyrim?

26. Playing the demo would be torture.

27. WHY ! i hated it on oblivion when i would be on a horse and then a bunch of raider?s would ambush me and i would ignore them and then i would go inside a town but the raider?s are still following me they have a sort of war with the town and then when i go to do my quest ii cant because everyone is FUCKING DEAD !!!!

28. another thing that didn?t make skyrim was spears and polearms. I guess like oblivions new combat fighting and moving on to skyrims they still can?t fit spear and pole, fighting staffs, and shit like that in yet.

29. Im going to create a dunmer

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