Tuesday, October 2, 2012
BDCC to Host 2012 Presidential Debate Watch Party
https://my.barackobama.com/
Please Join
Bronx Democratic
County Committee
&
Bronx Young Democrats
to watch the
“2012 Presidential
Debate”
FIRED UP……READY TO
GO!!!!
Bronx Democratic
Party Headquarters
Wednesday, October 3,
2012
8:30pm to 10:00pm
1640 Eastchester Road
Bronx NY 10461
RSVP: info@bronxdems.org
or click link below
LET’S GO DEMOCRATS!!!!
Monday, October 1, 2012
SHOUT! FACTORY HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCT LINE HIGHLIGHTS & SHOWCASE AT NEW YORK COMIC CON 2012
THE
ASTONISHING X-MEN BLU-RAY COLLECTION
Marvel Knights Animation The Astonishing X-Men
2-Disc Blu-ray Collection is
the perfect gift for the ultimate Marvel fan. The 2-Disc Blu-ray collection
boasts all four Astonishing
X-Men adventures from Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind the massive
hit film Marvel’s The Avengers,
and award-winning artist John Cassaday. As one of the most important X-Men stories of all-time, it features over
5 hours of engaging animation combined with non-stop action, as well as all-new
cover art illustration by Cassaday. The Astonishing X-Men 2-Disc Blu-ray Collection
collects Astonishing
X-Men: Gifted, Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous, Astonishing X-Men: Torn, Astonishing X-MEN: Unstoppable,
special bonus content and original cover art illustration by John Cassaday. (Available to own at NYCC)
KAIJUDO:
RISE OF THE DUEL MASTERS™ – CREATURES UNLEASHED
This holiday season, kids and
families are invited on a wondrous journey into the imaginative world of KAIJUDO: RISE OF THE DUEL MASTERS™,
a current animated hit series produced by Hasbro Studios and Wizards of the
Coast. Featuring the voice talent of popular actors Scott Wolf, Freddy
Rodriguez, John DiMaggio, Oded Fehr, Phil LaMarr, David Sobolov, Kari Wahlgren
and Jason Marsden, this popular action-fantasy series offers an inspiring story
about a young hero, Ray, who possesses the rare ability to befriend and duel
alongside fantastical creatures from a parallel dimension. It’s up to Ray
to master the ancient art of KAIJUDO in order to protect both worlds. Moreover,
this adventure-filled series highlights the tales of friendship, loyalty and
determination, and further addresses the show’s central theme of
anti-bullying. The DVD features five adventurous episodes, an exclusive
alternative art “Kenina” playable trading card, and special bonus
feature A Look at KAIJUDO: Rise of the Duel Masters.
MIGHTY
MORPHIN POWER RANGERS:
THE COMPLETE SERIES
Following
its debut in 1993, Saban’s iconic live-action pop culture series Power Rangers
quickly became the most
watched children’s television program in North
America. Emphasizing the importance of teamwork, responsibility
and helping others by following the adventures of a group of ordinary young
people who “morphed” into superheroes, this long-running series has
been seen in more than 60 countries, translated into numerous languages, and
remains a mainstay in children’s programming blocks.
Now you can return to where the
phenomenon began and re-live these thrill-packed adventures when Shout!
Factory, in collaboration with Saban Brands, unleashes Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
: The Complete Series 19-DVD box
set on November 20, 2012.
Featuring all 145 original episodes from Mighty
Morphin Power Rangers: Seasons One, Two and Three, plus the
ten-episode series Mighty Morphin Power
Rangers: Alien Rangers
and a payload of in-depth bonus content, this 19-DVD box set has long been
anticipated by fans but has not been available in stores until now. (Available to own at NYCC)
MY
LITTLE PONY – FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC: ROYAL PONY WEDDING
Love is
in the air… it’s time to celebrate a royal wedding! My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Royal Pony
Wedding is coming to DVD on August 7, 2012 from Shout! Factory in
collaboration with Hasbro Studios. My Little
Pony Friendship Is Magic: Royal Pony Wedding features 5 episodes
that every pony will love, including “A Canterlot Wedding, Part 1,”
“A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2,” “Hearts And Hooves Day,” “Sweet &
Elite” and “The Best Night Ever.” Coloring sheets and 2
sing-a-longs are included as bonus features! (Available
to own at NYCC)
MYSTERY
SCIENCE THEATER 3000 Home Entertainment Series
The Mystery
Science Theater 3000 series was created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best
Brains, Inc. After a year on KTMA TV in Minneapolis,
its national broadcast life began in 1989 on the Comedy Channel (later to
become Comedy Central), where it ran for seven seasons. The show’s final
three seasons aired on the Sci-Fi Channel. The premise of the series
features a hapless man who is trapped by mad scientists on a satellite in space
and forced to watch old B-movies of questionable worth. To keep sane,
he’s built two robot sidekicks, and together they do a running commentary
on the films, affectionately mocking their flaws with inspired wisecracks and
acting as a demented movie theater peanut gallery. Series creator Hodgson
originally played the stranded man, Joel Robinson. When he left in 1993,
series head writer Mike Nelson replaced him as the new B-movie victim Mike
Nelson, and continued in the role for the rest of the show’s run.
The format proved to be popular. During its eleven years and 198 episodes
(including one feature film), MST3K attained a loyal fan base and critical
acclaim. The series won a Peabody Award in 1993, and was nominated for writing
Emmys® in 1994 and 1995. (Select
home entertainment releases available to own at NYCC)
MYSTERY
SCIENCE THEATER 3000 Volume XXV
Join the crew of the Satellite of
Love as they spread holiday cheer with the newest release in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 line: Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXV. Available on DVD December 4th
from Shout! Factory, this 4-DVD set is a
must-have for fans of cult television shows and B-movies alike and
features four episodes previously unreleased on DVD: Robot Holocaust, Operation Kid Brother, Kitten With A Whip and
Revenge Of The Creature. Also
included are all new bonus features, including introductions by Mike Nelson and
Joel Hodgson, Life After MST3K: J. Elvis
Weinstein, Jack Arnold at
Universal, Life After MST3K: Bill Corbett and four
exclusive Mini-Posters by artist Steve Vance.
SCREAM FACTORY™
HOME ENTERTAINMENT SERIES
Further underscoring its position as
a leading curator and home entertainment provider of many memorable cult movie
classics, Shout! Factory recently announced the launch of SCREAM FACTORY, a new
home entertainment series created to celebrate some of the most enthralling
horror and sci-fi films with massive cult followings in cinematic history.
Launched in September 2012, SCREAM
FACTORY boasts a scary slate of fan-favorite thrillers from the 1980s, many of
which have never been available on Blu-ray™ before. Titles include Halloween II and TERROR TRAIN, (both starring “Scream
Queen” Jamie Lee Curtis); the 30th Anniversary release of Halloween III: Season of
the Witch; They Live from director John Carpenter (The Thing); Peter Benchley’s THE
ISLAND starring Michael Caine, The Funhouse from director Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist); the nightmarish Phantasm II; and
the much-anticipated DVD debuts of DEADLY
BLESSING, directed by Wes Craven (Scream)
and featuring Sharon Stone in an early role, and DEATH VALLEY starring Peter Billingsley (A Christmas Story). Each title are
presented in anamorphic widescreen, and most will be released in a
“Collector’s Edition” packed with new bonus content, archival
materials, a collectible cover featuring newly rendered retro-style artwork, a
reversible wrap with original theatrical key art and more! (THEY LIVE Collector’s Edition – available
to own at NYCC)
TRANSFORMERS
PRIME: SEASON TWO
Fans of all ages
can relive the thrilling adventures of TRANSFORMERS
PRIME when the complete SEASON TWO debuts on home entertainment
shelves nationwide in the U.S on DVD November 20, 2012 and on Blu-ray November
27, 2012 from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios. TRANSFORMERS PRIME: SEASON
TWO contains all 26 captivating episodes in perfect high-definition
picture and purest digital sound available. Special bonus content highlights
include OPTIMUS PRIME: Up Close and Personal
Panel with Larry King and Peter Cullen from San Diego Comic-Con
International 2012 and brand-new interviews with the series creative team! This
is an essential home entertainment collection for every TRANSFORMERS fan,
collectors and entire family.
Shout! Factory at NYCC 2012 with Joel Hodgson from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Cinematic Titanic
SHOUT!
FACTORY HEADS TO THE BIG APPLE WITH
LEADING POP CULTURE BRANDS AND
EXCITING NEW HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTS AT
NEW YORK
COMIC CON 2012
featuring special appearance
by the legendary joel hodgson and the world famous crow t. robot and tom servo from mystery science theater 3000
Shout! Factory makes its foray at
New York Comic Con 2012 with a stellar lineup, featuring a showcase of highly
anticipated home entertainment products, exclusives, special signing,
collectible giveaways and interactive fan activities at Shout! Factory booth (# 843) throughout the entire convention at
the Javitz Center. Fan favorite icons Joel Hodgson
(MST3K and Cinematic Titanic), Crow T. Robot and Tom
Servo from Mystery Science Theater 3000
will celebrate the excitement of this incredible pop culture gathering with
Shout! Factory on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 3 PM. Loyal fans and
convention attendees will have the opportunity to get up-close and personal
with Joel and the hilarious robot pals from MST3K’s Satellite of Love!
For the first time at New York Comic Con, Shout!
Factory will have a must-see and can’t miss booth. Poised to whet the
appetite of convention attendees and pop culture enthusiasts of all ages, the
Shout! Factory booth will showcase the latest offerings from fan driven product
lines, along with a host of fan interactive activities, special VIP guest
appearances, daily prize sweepstakes and much more! Shout!’s resident
geek guru and producer Brian Ward
will be on-hand for a meet and greet. The Shout!
Factory Store, located in Shout!’s booth #843, will feature an
exciting array of collectibles and upcoming home entertainment offerings,
including Scream Factory Presents They Live Collector’s Edition,
Marvel Knights Animation: The Astonishing
X-MEN Blu-ray Collection, My
Little Pony – Friendship
Is Magic: Royal Pony Wedding, Mighty Morphin Power
Rangers: The Complete Series, Mystery Science Theater 3000 releases and
more!
For continuing updates on Shout!
Factory’s New York Comic Con activities and news, please follow us on
Twitter @ShoutFactory, hashtag #ShoutFactoryNYCC and our official Facebook
page.
SPECIAL SIGNING AND APPEARANCE
Preliminary schedule.* Additional
VIP appearances will be announced as we get closer to NYCC.
Thursday, October
11 and Friday, October 12, 2012
Come by Shout!
Factory booth (#843) for meet & greet with Shout!’s producer Brian Ward on Thursday at 2PM and Friday
at 10 AM
Saturday, October
13, 2012
3 PM MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 signing and
meet & greet at Shout! Factory booth (#843) with Joel Hodgson
COLLECTIBLES &
EXCLUSIVES AT SHOUT! FACTORY BOOTH
COLLECTIBLES
Come by get your very own highly
popular My Little Pony
– Friendship is Magic: Royal
Pony Wedding tiara! My Little
Pony – Friendship is Magic:
Royal Pony Wedding is available
on DVD now from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios.
KAIJUDO:
Rise of the Duel Masters ™ creature masks and posters!
KAIJUDO: RISE OF
THE DUEL MASTERS™ – CREATURES UNLEASHED DVD hits home entertainment shelves
everywhere on December 4, 2012 from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with
Hasbro Studios and Wizards of the Coast.
EXCLUSIVES
Lithograph of John Cassaday’s original pen and ink sketch from
his cover art illustration for the
ASTONISHING X-MEN
Blu-ray Collection is a gift-with-purchase. This highly anticipated home entertainment collection debuts
in stores nationwide November 13, 2012 from Shout! Factory, in association with
Marvel Knights Animation.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
STARZ PRESENTS DAVID S. GOYER'S "DA VINCI'S DEMONS" AT NEW YORK COMIC-CON
STARZ TO PRESENT DAVID S. GOYER’S “DA VINCI’S DEMONS”
AT NEW YORK COMIC-CON ON OCTOBER 13TH
STARZ
will present a first look at David S. Goyer’s highly anticipated
adventure drama, “Da Vinci’s Demons,” at a panel on Saturday, October 13th from 1:45pm to 2:45pm in RM 1A21 as part of New York Comic-Con. Goyer will be joined by series star Tom Riley (“Monroe,” I Want Candy), who plays Leonardo Da Vinci, and costars Laura Haddock (The Inbetweeners Movie, “Honest,” Captain America: The First Avenger) and Lara Pulver (“True Blood,” “Sherlock,” “Robin Hood”). Following the panel Goyer and cast will sign autographs.
“Da
Vinci's Demons” is a historical fantasy, following the ‘untold’ story
of the world's greatest genius during his turbulent youth in Renaissance
Florence. Brilliant and passionate, the twenty-five year old Leonardo
Da Vinci is an artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist.
As a free thinker, with intellect and talents that are almost
superhuman, he struggles to live within the confines of his own reality
and time. He begins to not only see the future, but invent it.
“Da
Vinci’s Demons” is the first project to enter production under the
multi-year agreement between Starz and BBC Worldwide Productions. Goyer,
co-writer of blockbuster and critically-acclaimed films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and writer of the upcoming Man of Steel, is
showrunner. Julie Gardner is Executive Producer, along with BBC
Worldwide Productions’ Head Jane Tranter. Production began this summer
and Starz will premiere an eight-episode first season in the U.S. in
2013.
About Starz Entertainment
Starz
Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie and original programming
entertainment service provider operating in the United States. The
company offers 17 premium channels including the flagship STARZ® and ENCORE®
brands with approximately 20.7 million and 34.2 million subscribers
respectively. Starz Entertainment airs in total more than 1,000 movies
and original series every month across its pay TV channels. Starz
Entertainment is recognized as a pay TV leader in providing HD, On
Demand, HD On Demand and online advanced services for its STARZ, ENCORE
and MOVIEPLEX brands. Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA). Councilman Charles Barron Running For Public Advocate?
The blog Politicker has a story about term limited Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron and his possible bid for the citywide office of Public Advocate. Barron gained some more exposure in his loosing Democratic primary bid to Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries to replace Brooklyn Congressman Ed Towns, now is said to be eying the office of Public Advocate. In 2009 Barron had said he wanted to run for Mayor, but with the term limit law overturned then he could not run for both mayor and his city council seat.
It is expected that current Public Advocate Bill de Blasio will run for mayor in 2013 and Politicker says Brooklyn State Senator Dan Squadron and Councilwoman Letisha James lead the field for Public Advocate. Politicker also mentions former congressional candidate Reshma Saujani, education advocate Noah Gotbaum. teacher Catherine Guerriero, without mention of any other candidates.
Politicker also mentions that Assemblywoman Inez Barron may run for her husbands city council seat, thus leaving Charles Barron another option should he loose in the 2013 Public Advocate race. That being running for his wife's vacant State Assembly seat should she be elected to the city council. To read much more visit the article from politicker here.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
RKA Car Wash
Earlier today the Parents Association of the Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy sponsored a student car wash. Drivers on Independence Avenue at the corner of West 237th Street (where RKA is located) were flagged by students holding "Car Wash Today" signs. As drivers decided that their cars needed to be washed other RKA students wet the cars, put on soapy sponges to remove any dirt on the cars, washed off the soap, and then toweled down the cars (as you can see in the photos below). The charge was $10.00 which goes into to the general PA fund, and then is redistributed to the school. At last year's car wash about $1,500 was collected, and projections for this year's car wash was $2,000.00 by PA Co-President Sheree Tallerman. I was able to talk to a few of the drivers who said that they agreed with the RKA students that their car needed a good hand car wash, and were glad that the money was going to the school.
Left - RKA students looking for potential car wash customers.
Right - The start of the car wash as the soapy water is put on the car.
Left- The car wash progresses.
Right - Another car at the start of the car wash.
Left - The soapy water is rinsed off.
Right - The car is towel dried.
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| The car wash was not limited to cars as even one student had his bicycle washed. |
Specialized High School Testing
The Specialized High School testing process of using the results of only one test taken by students for entry to the specialized high schools (ie. Bronx Science, Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech) was defended by Mayor Bloomberg in response to a federal complaint by several advocacy groups that the test was discriminatory. Bloomberg said of the test "admission to those schools is based strictly on merit, and it’s one of the bright lights in our school system”. Bloomberg added that the test is non discriminatory "the students with the highest scores are admitted without prejudice to ethnicity". Bloomberg later told a reporter “Life isn’t always fair”.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.commented the following on the issue.
“I am perplexed by Mayor
Bloomberg’s insensitive ‘life isn’t always fair’ comment. Is it
possible Mayor Bloomberg neither appreciates nor comprehends the
inequities at play when it comes to equal access to test preparation for
the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) and educational
opportunity as a whole in New York City?
“Moreover,
the DOE has failed to understand what every major university in the
country has recognized – that standardized test scores alone do not
indicate the merit of a student or measure their academic abilities.
Relying solely on test scores for entry into our specialized high
schools is wrong and does an enormous disservice to the thousands of
worthy economically disadvantaged students.
“My office issued a report on this very issue in May, titled “An Action Plan for Fixing the Specialized High School Admissions Process,” which was cited in the law suit and attached to the complaint.
“The report documents declining numbers of Bronx students are receiving offers to our two most prestigious public high schools. It
evidences how an entire private industry of test preparation for the
SHSAT has priced out the poor and does not service African-American and
Latino communities.
“However,
I applaud the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Latino Justice PRLDEF, the
Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College and Garifuna
Coalition, USA Inc., for standing up for what is right. It is
unfortunate that the Department of Education has failed to create
pathways for our neediest children to be successful.
“In
the Bronx, we have some of the brightest middle school students in the
City, if not the nation. It is time for the Department of Education to
stop placing artificial limits on enrollment and provide students in the
Bronx and the City with the proper resources to make sure that their
minds can thrive,” said Borough President Diaz.
A full copy of the report can be found at the following link: http://bit.ly/L3yYwJ