My brother Kieran talked about his 10 month trip backpacking across Latin America. There are many challenges and benefits to travelling, especially on your own. He speaks about his experiences and his advice to prospective travelers.
The life of a streamer varies person to person; speaking with Dan Steed we get to go through the process of becoming a streamer and what common experiences streamers face daily. We reflect over Dan’s journey from a student perusing a “… major in chemistry and mathematics” to now a notable partnered twitch streamer. Discussions of how to mix work/life balance with streaming, maintaining a consistent schedule and the amount of hours a stream can range from.
“You can change your home, your city, your country and even your wife but you can’t change your club.” This is a quote I’ve heard since I was a toddler. Something that might seem so try hard, forced, and even cringe worthy is a reality for millions around the world. Stories of fans ‘overtaking’ a city or traveling ridiculous distances to support their team are just some of the things sport fans are willing to do for support their team.
Now I want to be a bit biased, I don’t think any sport has such a passionate fan base as soccer. I’m lucky to know someone who will do pretty much anything for his club Boca Juniors. But that’s actually something that could’ve ended in a bad way. His dad was involved with La Doce, Boca Junior’s biggest and dangerous group of fans. Sadly, thats not something new in Buenos Aires, especially in its poor areas where the gang-like mentality of La Doce’s members runs rampant and with little to none real opposition from authorities. This hooligan group is one that uses violence and bribes to get their way. Not only were they involved in some ilegal activities regarding club memberships but they also have been responsible for numerous deaths due to their street fights with other club’s fan groups. This is a very deal in South America but especially in Argentina a ban still exist for visitor fans to enter rival stadiums. Unfortunately, this type of groups are even involved with the teams’ administrations and are in constant more than questionable deals.
Let’s just hope that more fans take the non violent route just like my friend and many others and we can rid this beautiful sport from the toxic environment gangs like La Doce can create when their focus is not the sport but to cause terror and prevent normal fans and especially kids from enjoying the game they love.
For a good feel story about soccer fans. Click here.
For info about regarding the visitor fans ban in Argentina. Click here.
Click here for more information regarding this dangerous group.
by Samuel Rowland
Today, we are speaking with a local Conservative rabbi : Rabbi Dana Z. Bogatz, who has been a Rabbi for twenty years and the head rabbi at First Hebrew Congregation in Peekskill, New York for the past four years. She is also the congregation’s first female Rabbi in since its founding over 100 years ago. Conservative Jews – or the Masorti as they are often called outside of North America – are not a group of Jews with right wing political ties, but the most recently formed major Jewish denomination. The name refers instead to how the movement strives to conserve Jewish tradition. However, they believe that part of that tradition is a flexible and organic system of religious laws that evolve with the times while still keeping up a connection to the core teachings of the Torah. Thus, they see the larger Reform movement as too disconnected from traditional Judaism and the more insular Orthodox as too unwilling to change, to oversimplify their relationships and ideologies greatly.
Though they are outnumbered by the Reform movement in the US, the Conservative movement provide an interesting look on how modern Western religious scholars, as well as the average person, tried to find a way to reconcile religious tradition and modern life.
The music for this project was “F Minor Klezmer” by the Underscore Orkestra, modified for this interview to fit into the 3-minute run and blend better into the background.
“F Minor Klezmer”, as well as this piece is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States license by Creative Commons and the Free Music Archive. The original piece can be found here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Underscore_Orkestra/Fancy_Cocktails_and_Hot_Sauce/F_Minor_Klezmer
Click here for the Peekskill Daily Voice’s original article on her arrival at FHC.
Click here to learn more about different Jewish denominations
In the interview Wesley Cancro discusses some challenges Autistic kids have in school. He further discusses how Autistic kids can be helped by the staff in schools. Wesley talk abouts how important skills have been impacted by his development.
Wesley Cancro stated, ” When I was a toddler I never crawled I simply went from not being able to walk or crawl. I just suddenly got off my chair one day and just started walking around. When it comes to the crawling stage its a crucial role of development because when a toddler crawls they’re flatting out their hands which leads to better development , proper hand writing and knot tying. Since I skipped I have very poor hand writing I still have a very hard time with it today. I still have a difficulty with tying knots. It really is very hard to do both things with that skipped stage.”
Wesley informs society of the best way to help Autistic kids outside of school.
Wesley further states, ” The community can help out in many ways. They can spread the word on social media especially for Autism Awareness month which is every April. They can donate money to the Autism Society of America or Autism Speaks.”
Click here to donate to the Autism Society of America
9 year old Surya expresses her thoughts about seeing her aunt go through breast cancer. It maybe easy to overlook children’s feelings when there is a sick relative, but they too need support.
This is Samantha, an old friend of mine who experienced hardship and was mistreated for several years. She is here to tell the story of her life and how she battled with her growing pains. She had plenty on her shoulders yet without another shoulder to cry on. Samantha discusses the abuse she withstood and how it affects her today. She wanted to share her story in hope that the girls who listen to this are empathetic to her words and know that they are not alone. If you are a victim, visit this website.
We all have felt passion for those we favorite especially when it comes to sports, for this project i have touched on the topic on football more specifically the New York Giants. This interview was about the experience with the Giants Vs New Orleans Saints game as well as the emotional connection between the Giants and the interviewee. The passion for this sport and team is more then just passing a ball around to other teammates its more of the energy you get from the people around you and the athletes out on the field pushing themselves to succeed as a team.
With the second world war ending, and my grandfather, Robert Gilman arriving home once again, he began searching for a full-time occupation in firearms. Little did he know, his influence on the small corner store he was employed at would help it grow into a million dollar business.
This podcast includes me talking to my boyfriend about his dreams of playing basketball. It starts with his high school career and the obstacles he faced that ultimately led him to stop playing. It also mentions where he stands at this point in time and how he’s moving forward.
Click here for an article on 11 reasons why it’s important to follow your dreams.