Should you Quit Your Job for Sports Games

Should you Quit Your Job for Sports Games The question asked in this articles title is not only for sports games, but can be for any other extracurricular activity or hobby. Should you quit your job to attend the Olympics? Or to hear your favorite author speak because he/she is coming to town and you just couldnt get off? Or to attend the presidential inauguration? Anything that youre passionate about and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presents itself in that area Does this opportunity equal your income? I ask these questions because a Red Sox fan recently quit his job to attend Game 1 of the World Series in Boston. According to Yahoo Sports, Gino Marcello, a former furniture salesman in Rochester, NY, quit his job after his boss refused to let him take off work to attend the big game.He said I couldnt take off this week because I didnt get him enough notice, Marcello said. I told him I wasnt co ming in. And here I am.Marcello later said hed find something new and it wasnt worth it.The story even said that he brought a large sign with the words I Quit my Job for This written across it to the stadium.Now, another site recently updated this story with details that may show that Marcello worked at a family owned business so, his quitting may not be all that it seems. But the question still remains whether or not it is justifiable (and a wise decision) to quit ones job for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?I dont follow baseball, so lets use the popular television show American Idol for an example. Say a woman, well call her Ashley, learns that the TV show plans to host auditions for one day only in her current city. Ashley has high hopes of becoming a famous singer and she regularly sings around the local community trying to promote herself. Ashley goes to her manager at a local retail store and asks for the audition day off. zu sich manager refuses. Following her passion and b elieving the chance that this opportunity will present itself again is slim to none, Ashley goes to the audition anyway and ends up losing her retail position.Was following her heart worth it?While I believe the answer to this question is subjective, I do think there are a few objective things one can do before deciding to quit his/her job in general. Below are just four1. Make koranvers you have another job. This obviously wont work for those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, but if youre a worker feeling restless, bored and unchallenged (and/or unappreciated) on the job, you may want to secure another position before quitting. The job market is tough nowadays, and you dont want to be unemployed for a long period of time because you didnt adequately prepare yourself.2. Ensure you have enough savings. Oftentimes, people will quit their jobs and not think about their financial states. Even if one has a new job, you need to think about the transition period. Will there be a gap betwee n your last paycheck and your first paycheck from your new employer? If so, do you have enough money to cover all your expenses during that time?The same is true should you decide to disregard point no.1 and quit your job without having a new role. Making sure you have enough money saved to cover all your expenses while unemployed will be one less MAJOR headache for you to deal with.3. Reevaluate your motives. When you feel like you want to quit your job, its good to pause and reevaluate your motives. A lot of times people make irrational decisions based off their feelings. Take some time to really examine your reasoning behind wanting to quit in order to help you uncover if leaving the company 1) is necessary or 2) has to be immediate.4. Look at the big picture. This is similar to point 3 when it comes to acting off your current feelings. Its good to get out of your emotions and think about the bigger picture. Is your job helping you achieve your career goals? How will quitting aff ect your progress toward your future plans? Its important to remember your end goal to ensure that leaving a job now wont negatively affect you and your career later.

Plasma Physics Laboratory is Named Latest ASME Mechanical Engi...

Plasma Physics Laboratory is Named Latest ASME Mechanical Engi... Plasma Physics Laboratory is Named Latest ASME Mechanical Engi... Plasma Physics Laboratory is Named Latest ASME Mechanical Engineering Heritage SiteASME Past President Bob Simmons (right) unveils the ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering Site designation plaque during its presentation to Steve Cowley, director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, at the designation ceremony. (Photo by Wil Haywood, Strategic Communications)The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) was recognized for its significance to the advancement of fusion energy and plasma physics research when it was recently designated as an ASME Mechanical Engineering Heritage Site. The designation ceremony took place on Oct. 5 at Princeton Universitys MBG Auditorium in Princeton, N.J.Since it was founded in 1951 by Princeton University professor Lyman Spitzer, the laboratory has been the site of many notable research efforts, including Dr. Spitzers development of the stellarator, a device that could confine plasmas in a figure-eight shaped tube with the use of external magnets, marking the beginning of magnetic fusion research at Princeton. (Left to right) Steve Cowley, director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, with ASME Past President Bob Simmons at the ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering Site designation on Oct. 5. (Photo by Wil Haywood, Strategic Communications)Researchers at the laboratory have since designed, built and operated stellarators and other fusions energy devices, such as tokamaks and spherical tokamaks, which employ strong magnetic fields to contain ultra-high-temperature hydrogen isotopes in bestellung to produce energy through the process of magnetic fusion. Although fusion research is conducted at other research institutions inside and outside the United States, PPPL has maintained its position as the lead laboratory for fusion energy and plasma physics in the United States.Engine ers here developed new fabrication techniques that produced a facility with the structural strength and strict mechanical tolerances required to achieve world-record fusion plasma performance, states the plaque describing this ASME Mechanical Engineering Heritage Site, which will be displayed at PPPL. This laboratory continues to be at the forefront of the worlds fusion energy research. The casing of the center stack of the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The center stack houses the central sections of the toroidal coils plus the coils that induce current in the plasma to twist the magnetic field. (Photo by Wil Haywood, Strategic Communications)Approximately 100 people took part in the ceremony, including ASME Past President Robert Simmons, who presented the plaque to PPPL Director Steve Cowley Jim Van Dam, acting associate director of the U.S. Department of Energys Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, who spoke during the ceremony and Rich Hawryluk, interim deputy director for operations at PPPL, who provided closing remarks for the event. Others in attendance included Dave McComas, Princeton vice president for PPPL Dale Meade, former PPPL deputy director Lee Langston, member of the ASME History and Heritage (HH) Committee and members of the Princeton and PPPL staff and the ASME HH Committee.For more information on the ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks Program, visit www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks.