Brookline VOL 2, NO 5
BROOKLINE’S VOICE
March 7 - 21, 2017
Photos | Joshua Resnek Twenty-five riders from Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation (new office at 77 Harvard Street) rode spin bikes outside of International Place in downtown Boston last week. The group raised $14,000 to benefit homeless veterans through HOMESTART, whose mission is to provide first and last months, security deposits and mentorships. Seventy percent have jobs, but do not have the savings needed to get into housing. They sleep in cars, find shelter on friends' floors and open sofas wherever and whenever they can find one. The leader of the spin is the well known and highly respected owner of Fairway Independent David Lazowski (inset). As he told the Voice - “this is about giving back and making a difference in peoples’ lives.” Indeed.
What’s Next:
The Nintendo Switch has arrived Transgender people
still safe, protected citizens in Brookline By Alexander Culafi
The Voice President Trump reversed the Obama administration’s Title IX guidance allowing transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity just over two weeks ago. Despite that, transgender individuals are still protected and can still use their bathrooms of choice not only in Brookline, but also in Massachusetts as a whole.
Massachusetts is a bit of an exception compared to other states, as we already have state legislation in place protecting transgender people. Signed by Governor Baker last July, the bill gives a transgender person the right to use whatever locker room and bathroom corresponds to his or her gender identity. It also gives a broad range of antidiscriminatory protections to transgender people.
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By Alexander Culafi
The Voice It’s an exciting time to play video games when a new console comes out. New games, new ways to play video games, and a new, specific kind of hope spark that video game players like me only feel once every few years. The new system, with that new spark of hope, is the Nintendo Switch, available now in stores or online.
Switch tablet on it.
Released March 3 at an MSRP of $299.99, the Nintendo Switch offers a unique approach to playing video games. Instead of making you choose between a system you play on your TV, like a PS4, and a system you play on the go, like a 3DS, the Switch can do both. It’s a fully-powered HD game system that you can play in the palm of your hands, with a dock that allows you to play these games on the television instantaneously by simply placing your
The system also features Joy-Cons, Wii Remote-like controllers that either slide into the tablet to act as a control scheme or can be used as separate controllers on the television.
I played it in New York City in January following its full unveiling, and I can tell you firsthand that it works. The tablet looks sharp and feels good to hold. It also looks like a real piece of consumer electronics; I like the Wii U (this system’s predecessor), but the controller felt like a Fisher Price toy to hold.
If you can read this, I’m elbow deep in that new Zelda game as we speak. Maybe you saw the Super Bowl ad for it?
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