Category Archives: Rock on-Peace Out

Why Labor Organizing Should Be a Civil Right : Workers & Economic Inequality : Our Work

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) recently announced plans to introduce legislation that would make labor organizing and union activity a legally protected civil right. Inspired by the work of TCF fellows Moshe Marvit and Richard Kahlenberg (who detail just such a proposal in their book Why Labor Organizing Should Be A Civil Right), Rep. Ellison has taken up their mantle and seeks to codify this needed change into Federal law.

via Why Labor Organizing Should Be a Civil Right : Workers & Economic Inequality : Our Work.

Giant ganoderma 92cm in diameter discovered in Sichuan: Shanghaiist

The earth’s largest mushroom was uncovered in Yunnan last year and recently a giant ganoderma was discovered in Sichuan.

Yang Jun, a man in Peng’an County received a giant ganoderma with 92cm in diameter and 5.15kg in weight. His parents, who operate a woodcarving workshop, said they were shocked seeing such a massive ganoderma and thought their son topped a mantle back, according to Oriental Daily.

Yang revealed it was a wild ganoderma unearthed at a remote mountain which was sent by his friend from Guangdong who likes collection. His friend mailed it for woodcarving and cumulating reiki and popularity.

Yang added he took it as a shelter under the hot sun. Other passers-by felt curious and requested to touch it.

As reported, they do not confirm whether such a giant ganoderma was by natural growth or by artificial cultivation.

via Giant ganoderma 92cm in diameter discovered in Sichuan: Shanghaiist.

Running 5 Minutes a Day Has Long-Lasting Benefits – NYTimes.com

Running for as little as five minutes a day could significantly lower a person’s risk of dying prematurely, according to a large-scale new study of exercise and mortality. The findings suggest that the benefits of even small amounts of vigorous exercise may be much greater than experts had assumed.

via Running 5 Minutes a Day Has Long-Lasting Benefits – NYTimes.com.

Reminds me of a guy I met about 10 years ago who ran 10 minutes a day doing 50 yard wind sprints. He was 70 at the time and looked about 50 but had been doing that since high school

Top 10 wine poems

Dublin-born poet William Butler Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for his poetry, and was the first Irishman to be honoured with the award. Fascinated by the occult, mysticism and astrology, Yeats was inspired and informed by the poets of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Percy B. Shelley. In 1880, he and Ernest Rhys co-founded the Rhymers’ Club, a group of London-based poets who regularly met in a Fleet Street tavern to recite their verse, referring to the group as the “Tragic Generation” in his autobiography.

Wine comes in at the mouth

And love comes in at the eye;

That’s all we shall know for truth

Before we grow old and die.

I lift the glass to my mouth,

I look at you, and I sigh.

via Top 10 wine poems.

Video: Basketball Player Wearing Eric Garner T-Shirt Dunks Over Cop Car: Gothamist

The Advance reports that the player, Brian Hogan-Gary, 20, “pulled off his jersey to reveal a shirt that had ‘R.I.P Eric Garner’ written on the front. He teed up for the shot, and proceeded to launch himself over the cop car, completely clearing it and slamming home the dunk. Cops blared their lights and sirens on cue from Soto, and the crowd went nuts.”

After nailing the dunk, Hogan-Gary jumps up onto the hood of the cop car as the lights flash and the crowd goes wild and nobody gets put into a fatal chokehold by police. Hogan-Gary won that round of the tournament, while league founder Joe Soto won the Understatement Round, telling the Advance.”The cops were really great and nice about it—it was a little bit surreal.

via Video: Basketball Player Wearing Eric Garner T-Shirt Dunks Over Cop Car: Gothamist.

(7) Humans of Singapore

Moving from a corporate job to be a lecturer was definitely a 360 degree change, but it was definitely a lot more meaningful. In a corporate environment, after work you feel good. But after school, every day, you feel like you’ve done something right. And that made a huge difference to me, because my life suddenly became a lot more about empathy. Empathy towards students, towards guiding them, and towards helping them become more like their role models.”

“Is there one such situation that you can recall in particular?”

“This one time, there was a student who had just finished her O levels. I was talking to her, and after speaking with her for over half an hour, my instinct told me that she would fit well within human resources. So that’s what I suggested to her as well. One year later, I got a long message from her, telling me how happy she was with her course, and that she had no regrets going about it. And that made me happy. So yes, it has its challenges, and there’s a lot of implications and commitments that come with this job – but it also has its rewards.”

via (7) Humans of Singapore.

Plants are talking and these sensors let us hear what they’re saying : TreeHugger

A group of Italian, British and Spanish researchers are working on developing a network of microsensors that can be embedded in plants, sending us information on how plants respond to changes in temperature, humidity, air pollution, chemicals and many other changes in their environment.

via Plants are talking and these sensors let us hear what they’re saying : TreeHugger.