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You Don't Have To Quit Your Job
Make your life about embracing the good instead of escaping the bad.
You don't have to quit your job to live a simpler life. If you read blogs about minimalism and simple living, you might notice that it seems like everyone quits their job, travels the world, writes a book and lives the life of their dreams.
Living your life on purpose does not require you to have a blog, quit your job, travel the world, or even practice yoga. A simple life looks different for each of us.
Even if your 9-5 isn't your dream, it might be the way you provide health insurance for your family, pay off debt and save for college or retirement. Can you still start working towards your dream and make slow, deliberate change to recreate your life? Yes. Does that mean you have to quit your job and declare your freedom to be a success? Absolutely not.
If you like your job, but are feeling stressed…
- Commit to a lunch hour. (Leave your desk/workspace)
- Take a day off
- Try a cooking class or learn a new language
- Volunteer
- Exercise
Celebrate with people that did quit their day jobs, but don't be discouraged from living more simply if you work for someone else.
If you don't like your job, start planning. What would it take to find another job or to work for yourself? It might take a year or more to be in a position to make that kind of change, so why not start your search and make your plan.
If you want a new career…
- Pay off your debt
- Start an emergency fund
- Determine how much money you really need to fund your simpler life
- Take classes or educate yourself if you are considering a new field
- Start a microbusiness
- Hang out with other people doing what you want to do
- Be patient
You know what's best for you and your family, and you know that what's best can change over time. What is best for you today may be different in six months. What is best for you might not be best for me or anyone else.
By paying off your debt, reducing your expenses and craving less instead of more, you can start to make choices based on something other than the almighty dollar.
The simpler your life becomes, the easier it will be to define the next step.
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Thanks for this post! I've been having a difficult time with my job lately. I don't hate it, but I don't love it, and I'm feeling very frustrated. Thanks for making me feel a bit better about my unhappy situation
Hey Clara–
It's all about small steps. Take one small issue and see how you can better that situation. Keep your chin high.
David Damron
Life Excursion
Thanks for the encouragement! I'd email you – but I'm lacking clarity on my goals at the moment. Thanks for your generous offer, though!
Hi Courtney,
Wow. Thanks for so clearly and simply summing up my predicament and its potential solution!
I've noticed that it's generally young, childless people with no obligations to others who find it easy to criticize those holding "zombie/drone jobs"…or who write off the notion of work as just plain conservative and conformist.
I'd like to offer another possible approach to working in a less-than-ideal job: try to work less of it. I'm very lucky in that my employer allows me to work 4 days per week at a reduced salary so I can spend more time with my family)…of course, I'm doing 5 days of work in 4, so they're getting their money's worth from me, but it is SO worth it.
take care,
I appreciate this post. At a time when so many are struggling to find a job and make a living, it can seem rather glib for the minimalists to say "quit your job and be happier." It's hard to quit your job when you don't have one to begin with. I often wonder how sustainable quitting your job is anyway, unless you don't intend on supporting a family and sending your kids to college. Anyway, thank you so much for this post, it was a welcome read this morning.
It's all about choices. Often we can support ourselves and our families on much less. We just "choose" to have a cell phone and tv service and expensive dinners and nicer clothes and so on. I am not saying you live this way. I am saying most who say it would be tough to establish a life to support their families that doesn't involve reliance on a company rarely are willing to sacrifice their time now for their time later. I hope you can find something that supports your family and hope I can help in any way.
David Damron
Life Excursion
Although I consider myself to have minimalist tendancies, I never felt I could define myself as minimalist because I love my day job. I work for a garden and arboretum 40 hours a week. It's the job I always wanted and I'm happy (and yes, a little stressed out) because I know what I'm doing makes a difference.
Very good post!
This was essencial I think, specially for newcommers in minimalism.
As I read some of other minimalists blogs, like Zen Habbits and The Minimalists; I was wondering if I was the only person on Earth that loved my job…
I really do, love my job, so much that I had several other proposals and had to decline for so much passion I have in this company, my bosses and the team.
And I figured out before your post, that I can live a simple life without trowing this wonderful thing that is my job out the window.
This was great to read as it made my conclusion based on your wisdom. (And that means a lot for me.)
Thank you again
Another great post, Courtney! Thanks for balancing out the voices of minimalism–both by giving alternatives to quitting your job and by pointing out those teachers/leaders in minimalist circles who have not quit their jobs. People need to hear this balance instead of simply the clarion call some put forth to quit their jobs, etc. For some, quitting is impractical or impossible. For some, they are happy in their vocations and are just looking to simplify their lives without dropping everything and starting over.
Your well-reasoned approach continues to shine through! Keep up the great writing, please.
Again, thanks. Definitely linking here!
The balance and acceptance is not as prevalent as it should be. Sure, I preach creating a lifestyle that is supported rather than supporting a company one doesn't believe in, but I also feel that if you love what you are doing then it doesn't matter if you work 16 hour days or live on a beach. All that matters is that you are happy. Unfortunately, many, not all, people who are in the 9-5 rut are not. I have found that creating a life where you can do as you please and not relying on one's job really changes the outlook of a job and the approach people take to their life.
Anyways….thought I'd share my thoughts TC
David Damron
Life Excursion
Great Post – I love writing and living simply, but also love my job as a youth pastor. Sometimes I need a reminder that there are others out there like me!
Just wanted to stop by and say I am loving all the contributions to my goal-crushing request. Keep them coming folks. Loving it!
David Damron
There are some people who do love their jobs. They are doing something that fits their personality and they are doing something meaningful. They are fulfilled, so therefore it is not really necessary for them to quit their job.
And then there are the others, those who do work out of responsibility, which is totally understandable. What I think IS sad, though, Courtney, is those who are working that job out of responsibility and they are letting it suck the life out of the rest of their life. I write about balance on my blog and we sometimes just have to balance things out in our lives. So we have to work hard,learn to play hard and rest hard and recreat hard. Do what you can to get fulfillment out of the rest of your life that is not spent at the J-O-B.
Great post!
Finally Find Your Balance!
Very important – especially because I think it can be tempting to throw out the whole concept of living simply if you can't do it all exactly the way you see someone else doing it.
I had to share on this post Courtney. I did quit the 9-5 and took my 'profession' on the road so to speak. What I try and get across when I speak to those who wish to quit is that not everyone will earn a living through internet marketing nor do you have too so they shouldn't be discouraged it's not the only way – you can work for yourself by using your current skills – particularly in the current economic climate (not being committed to employ someone permanently can be very attractive to companies etc – it also means my rate of pay is higher so I can work less for the same/more because I receive no additional benefits or security) . Rather instead of working in an office environment/senior management for Not For Profits, I became self-employed and now contract to charities. I do a similar job, but on my terms. I do what I want, with whom and when – I choose and that is the priority for me. Hope you don't mind me dropping a link in but I posted about it in December which explains further Quitting the 9-5 simplybeingmum's Story
Great post! I just have to share: I spent 17 years of my life living the 'free life' – I worked as a freelance writer, author, parent educator, life coach, and integrative nutritional health coach, while raising my kids as a single homeschooling mom. We spent 6 months on the road traveling across the states (as homeschoolers this was the best American History and Geography lesson imaginable!) and many more months overseas. Now that the kids are grown, though, I work a location dependent "job." I put "job" in quotes because it isn't work to me, it is in fact one of the most beautiful gifts I could ever imagine having. I work as a birth doula, helping to usher new babies into the world, and helping them arrive naturally. I work closely with their moms prior to birth, demystifying the process, helping them re-frame labor as not something to be terrified at (all we have to reference in our culture is what the media portrays and they portray it very unnaturally frightening!), but something empowering, something beautiful.
I live a lot of my life 'on call' now, but even when I am yanked out of bed at 3 a.m, I can't possibly resent my work, or see it as a negative in any way….I am being called to help usher a beautiful little bundle of joy into the world. I have not experienced a single moment of resentment, upset, or frustration in this line of "work" and I see it not as work, but as a gift given to me – couples are inviting me into the most personal moments of their lives to share in an intimate journey, culminating in a welcome celebration for new life.
I am not the only one – others too have "work" they feel gifted to be performing. So, ironically my experience has been the opposite: When younger, I 'escaped' work, now I have been called to "work" and view it as the gift it is, when it is something done for the right reasons, and serving multiple different goals and visions in your life.
The truth be told, regardless of what 'work' I did at this moment, were I doing it to care for my family, I would feel equally fortunate to be blessed with the opportunity to provide for my family. Do we forget so easily how many in the world are deprived of that opportunity? If instead of seeing our 'job' as something we are 'forced' to do, and instead realize it as an opportunity to meet our bigger goals of caring for loved ones, and having the tool of money to create the other areas of our lives, we will find more joy in the moment. The truth is, if we 'escape' to something else, we will eventually tire of that as well. The real secret to happiness is, actually, recognizing the happiness that is hidden in every moment, just waiting for you to uncover it – even when you can't imagine it is there. All it takes is a simple shift of the mind.
We are in any situation because we choose to be there over the opposite. We choose to work because we like that choice better than what comes to us if we don't have income; we choose to stay in a relationship because we like that better than as perhaps seeing ourselves as someone who quits or divorces. The reality is we are NEVER forced to stay anywhere – we just like that choice better than the other. Any of us have the power to quit at any time here in the US. We are not slaves – slaves don't have the opportunity to quit. We may have sold ourselves into indentured servitude, through debt, but again, we made that choice. And as there are no debtors prisons, we even could reneg on that, if we so wished – but we stay at our jobs and keep paying our bills because, much as we say we hate it and are trapped by it, it is really that we prefer to stay in the job than to face lack of funds. But – we do have choice, always. No one is forcing you to stay in your work. Quit if you want, wait at home until the eviction or foreclosure notice comes; run out of money and panhandle if that's what it takes; no one is forcing you to stay in the job. If we own that we are CHOOSING the job over those other options, there is a sense of empowerment that comes with it. We are choosing that, over the alternative.
When we say we feel trapped, it creates a victim mindset, and we then spend a lot of time feeling sorry for ourselves for being so trapped, and go all 'poor me!' But if we instead own that no, we can quit, we just DON'T LIKE where that would land us, so we prefer to stay, it can empower us through the ownership of our decision to stay where we are. And with that ownership, a HUGE SHIFT can happen. We can then begin to notice other opportunities, or other paths we can take to improve our lives. We can begin to own our own lunch hour, or to take up a new hobby, and to improve our lives. The problem is, we invest so much emotional energy into ruminating on how 'trapped' we are, that we can't even find the wherewithall to notice all the things we CAN do to make our lives incredible, right here right now. If you are worrying about how awful your lot in life is, you won't notice that flyer for Italian lessons. You may not notice how beautiful a day is, and how nice it would be to take a walk in the park on your lunch break; you may not even notice that sexy someone checking you out. No, your head is too lost in your woes of being trapped. But it is the very attention you are paying to being trapped that is trapping you. I promise you, unless you are truly living somewhere within a repressed regime, or are incarcerated in some way, this will prove true.
Start owning that you have chosen to be where you are, and that no one forced you to do so other than your own unwillingness to take the consequences of choosing otherwise, and you will free yourself up a lot of mental energy that will allow the space for you to begin to notice the beauty and joy around you at any given moment. I promise you, do this and you will see it is true!
And then…if you realize you want to chuck everything and travel the world, figure out a plan to make it so, and slowly but surely begin to work toward it. But I'll tell you a little secret: I've done that, and it is fun for awhile. But that gets old too, eventually, at least for most people. Are you really going to do that for 40 or 50 years? I've been there, done that. It was great. But now….I'm settled down and 'working' at work I LOVE. And I've never been more grateful. Everything in life comes in phases. You can choose and control some of that – just make choices and slowly and steadily work toward change – just as this BRILLIANT BLOG POST ABOVE suggests!!
Kudos to you on an AMAZING entry and overall stellar blog!
~Laura Saba
Wow Laura, I really needed to hear that. Thank you.
You're welcome – your response to it encouraged me further to start thinking of setting up a blog I've been thinking of starting for a long time, which addresses my own take on all of this. With all the talk on minimalist sites of 'quitting work and traveling the world' I didn't know if people would respond to my own voice. But Courtney's post and the response, and your particular comment, have inspired me to think that indeed, people would be interested in hearing my take as well. So watch soon for http://www.BeautifulBeautifulLife.com – I have the infrastructure set up, and will be launching my first post this week. Thank you Jennifer for letting me know my words helped you out!
Ditto (to needing to hear that).
Hi Kristy!
As I just wrote to Jennifer, thank you! I had been toying with the idea of blogging about my own take on all of this, and wasn't sure if people would want to hear my angle on minimalism, and again, Courtney's post and the response, and your direct comment, have helped inspire me. So I'm going to be launching http://www.BeautifulBeautifulLife.com this week, I hope. Thanks for the encouragement. Isn't it amazing? We never know what things we say or do will move people, or how often we do without even knowing so!
Thank you again
Excellent post…
Actually, I went back to work a couple years back. Got a well paid job, but it was not a good fit and I hated it. While people may think of quitting their work, simplying your lifestyle might give you the freedom to switch work to a lower paying job that you love.
I was lucky and that's exactly what I did about 1-1/2 year ago!
This is also a form of freedom… :o)
Yes one does not have to quit there job (if they love it.) Your suggestion to have a fund, and starting to do research is key. I really didnt' do either see my http://bit.ly/hHH95j, How to Quit Your Life: with out Becoming Homeless. I was not a minimalist. I was in academia in an abusive work environment. I hung on for six years. The last 5 were horrrible and started to affect my health. Luckily I did not have children to think of or I would perhaps still be there. Everyone is different and I think the goal is to LOVE YOUR WORK-minimalist or not!
There are a couple of minimalist websites out there that keep INSISTING I hate my job! But I really like my job. And the idea of being responsible for figuring out my own benefits and insurance and all the worry of being an entrepreneur- that's doesn't sound freeing to me. It sounds terrifying. A few years ago, I was in a profession that just was not for me. I went back to school and used up my savings… and now I am in a profession I love. So there are other paths to take. Thanks for recognizing that.
Courtney, THANK YOU for this post. It does seem that many minimalists advocate a life free of ties — which doesn't work well for people with children, aging parents, a church or other organization they care about, or a job of any kind. My husband is a 6th grade teacher, and I tutor immigrant adults learning English, so while our jobs can sometimes be stressful and time-consuming, we also feel that we are contributing to the world in our own way. In addition, I home unschooled our daughters all the way through high school, and we are currently helping both of them pay their way through college. We couldn't do that without jobs! That said, Laura Saba's comments about choice and attitude are true and wonderfully expressed.
To me, minimalism is about finding what is essential to you and going after that, while ignoring the siren calls of one-upmanship consumerism and hectic busy-ness. I was able to stay home with our kids for many years while my husband supported us because we decided that was essential, and we radically pared our material wants accordingly. Now we're in a new phase of our life, and we will probably concentrate on getting and remaining debt-free while preparing for retirement in a decade or so. Then we anticipate having even more freedom to take lower-paying jobs just because they sound fun or challenging, or volunteering more, or taking up a new hobby, or simply spending time together with our kids and (possibly) grandkids.
Courtney, thanks for reminding us that minimalism is an empowering lifestyle that doesn't look the same for everyone.
Hi Karen,
Thanks for mentioning my comments! As I posted above in response to others who mentioned my words, I'd been wondering if my thoughts on minimalism have a place in this collective voice, and Courtney's post and the response, and the specific ones which mention me, inspire me to do so. I'm hoping to fully launch my own site, http://www.BeautifulBeautifulLife.com this week. I want you to know that your own note of my words has become part of that impetus, so thank you for the encouragement!
You're welcome, Laura. I'm looking forward to reading more of what you have to say. Isn't it great that Courtney's site provides the information and inspiration to so many others?
Congratulations on BeautifulBeautifulLife.
Hi Karen!
Well I did it, http://www.Beautifulbeautifullife.com is launched…thank you so much again for your encouragement!
~Laura (aka Serenity)
Hi Karen!
I want to personally thank you because I've now done it! http://www.Beautifulbeautifullife.com is launched. Thank you again so much
~Laura (aka Serenity)
Hi Karen!
I want to personally thank you because I've now done it! http://www.Beautifulbeautifullife.com is launched. Thank you again so much
~Laura (aka Serenity)
Hi Karen!
Well I did follow up and get the site started. Thank you again
Wow. Excellent post to start with and then Laura Saba's reply.
Maybe her reply should be a post all its own so more people will read it.
Good stuff.
Marty, Marty, Marty, thank you so much for the inspiration! As I just noted to others who commented above on my words, my own blog has been something I've been toying with for some time now (I actually set up the infrastructure for it a long while ago), but was never sure if my voice would have a place amongst the other minimalists out there. You and the others who have so wonderfully supported my comments today have inspired me to move ahead and launch it later this week. So please, know that you are a part of the inspiration for a new blog to launch, due to your encouragement. Thank you so very much! When you see http://www.BeautifulBeautifulLife.com launch, know you had a little something to help bring it into the world
Hi Marty!
I did it, my blog is indeed launched at http://www.beautifulbeautifullife.com. Thanks for your encouragement!
Great stuff again, Courtney! Like several others, I love my job. In fact, I often tell people that I am living the dream. My current occupation is more of a calling and I dreamed about it for almost 19 years before it came to be.
It occurred to me several years ago that if I wrote the great American novel/won the lottery/received a huge inheritance or otherwise became financially-independent somehow that I would still do what I'm doing now with one exception. I would probably reduce my work week by one day to give myself an extra day to pursue writing projects. Other than that (and maybe a couple of extra weeks vacation) I'm pretty content right now.
Based on some of the comments, it seems you've touched a nerve here. I too have noticed that the location independent world travelers are young and single. They have quite an advantage over us old married folks with kids in college. While I envy their freedom somewhat, I'm content to be pursuing my goals and dreams at this stage in my life and working my dream job with an awesome staff.
Keep up the good posts!
Courtney – thank you for posting this. It's about time someone wrote on this subject. So many of the popular posts these days seem to say you should leave your dead end job (fine if that's what you want) – however for many people that is difficult because of commitments – debts, families etc. It's not always as easy as just jumping on a plane tomorrow – for some yes, for others no.
Me – I'm battling debt – huge debt – once that's sorted (I have a plan! Neh strategy!) I will feel (and be) free and will be able focus on what I really want to do. The most important thing though is to find peace with yourself in the moment – and that can be found whether you have a shitty job or whether you're travelling the world.
Way to go!
Thanks for the reminder that there's more than one way to have a minimalist lifestyle! It's not necessary to quit our job, live off the grid, write an ebook or even have a blog. Although I admire people who do these things, minimalism isn't a one size fits all kind of thing.
Oh I do love this blog. You MAY have just saved my life today after an appallingly shocking working week. You're quite right. I think as well as the physical (lunch breaks, exercise etc) there's also a mental shift – to accepting that there are downsides to even great jobs, and resilience that you don't HAVE to get stressed just because other people are pushing you.
But thanks again – perfectly timed post! Sasha x
I am a pro-job minimalist too.
In fact, if I'd quit mine, I would probably be under-challenged. I'm all for doing creative things like writing, but there are enough hours during the day where I don't feel creative and then I'm happy to have something else to do. I do travel a lot for my job, but it's something I have to earn by performing well during off-time. Not all fairies and roses here either! It's so important choosing a profession that one likes though – and sticking to it, even if there are hard times, which I think is can help you to grow as a person. Always seeing the grass on the other side as being greener, might lead to disappointment. All lifestyles have their pro's and con's.
Even if you hate your job – are you sure it's the job. My husband had a job he didn't much like but it was in easy walking distance. I had a job I loved but a murderous commute. Guess which of us was more stressed! sometimes you just need to figure out where a small change might make life simpler. Getting control of your spending might mean you could take a lower paid job if the payoff was more free time.
You are so right, Marion. My husband has a commute that is over an hour (about 50 miles) each way in heavy traffic and he's experiencing high blood pressure. We are pretty sure it's the commute, because after he's been home for about half an hour it goes back down to normal. We are doing exactly what you suggest…getting control over our spending and debt so he can hopefully find a closer job even if it pays less than his current one.
I quit my job before I went minimalist, so that doesn't really count does it?
I like the post Courtney. Sometimes it can feel like if everyone (meaning many people) are doing something, that's how it has to be done. Minimalism is much too varied and dynamic for everyone to have the same dream and there are a lot of "become a minimalist, quit your job, and follow your dream" posts rolling around the minimalist blog world.
I wanted to be self-employed well before I wanted to live minimally. I don't see the two as having anything to do with one another so I don't talk about "working for myself" much on my blog at all, because it just doesn't seem important enough to talk about. I'd rather dig into another post about decluttering photos and kitchen cabinets
Thank you for this post. It seems a lot of minimalist/simple living blogs are geared towards those who work from home or do not have a family commitment. I am one of those who happens to love her career but maintains a minimalist/simple life in order to focus on what is important to me- family, career, health.
This hits home for me as I am not thrilled in my current job and am considering taking a nutrition course on the side. I know it's not the responsible thing to quit right now – and this post helped me know that I'm doing the right thing!
Technically I quit my corporate job and am now traveling a lot more, but it's only because I could make more money as a freelancer than with a company.
If not, I'd have kept my job.
I do the same work, work less, travel more, have more money. Win win.
I also don't plan on writing a book, giving up TV, going on TV and going to an ashram to do yoga.
Courtney, Karen, Kristy, and Marty –
I want to thank you all personally for the support, and Courtney, to you for providing the space within which the conversations happen! I simply love your blog, and have read it through and through. I did want to let you folks know that my site is now running, and I hope you check it out (and hopefully subscribe!). I am eager to lend my voice to the conversation.
Much love and gratitude,
Laura (aka Serenity)
Courtney, Karen, Kristy, and Marty –
I want to express gratitude personally for your presence and encouragement, and Courtney, to you for providing the space within which the conversations happen! I simply love your blog, and have read it through and through. I did want to let you folks know that my site is now running, and I hope you check it out (and hopefully subscribe!). I am eager to lend my voice to the conversation.
Much love and gratitude,
Laura (aka Serenity)
Thanks for this lovely insight. You would have saved many impulsive job quitters like me, before they are ready and have enough cash in savings. Patience is the key.
Thanks! I needed this one.


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The Manor Squash Club
Introduction - Location & Dates - Information - Club Facilities
Group 1
Craig Chappell fought hard against both Mark Fuller and Matt Baker but didn't have enough weapons in his armoury. After the first went 11-4 Fullers way it looked like it might be an easy rout to the final for the England no.1 but Baker was never going to give in on his home court and the 2nd was a great battle of attacking racketball and ended up going the "local hero's" way 12/10. In the 3rd though Fullers legs had the better of the Baker boast and he was through to the final.
Group B
"In the first I probably went for a bit too much. As the match went on got my ratios better, finding a steady percentage and was going for stuff at the right time. He got a lot back towards the end but I managed to find the right level of attack." Ashley Knight after beating Rich Davis.
The group all came down to the match between Christian Turner and Rich Davis. It was a repeat of the Nationals semi final and was every bit as brutal despite only being best of 3 games. At his home club Turner revenged his Nationals defeat and claimed his place in the final.
It was a tough ask for Christian Turner to find it within himself for another battle after his brutal final group match against Rich Davis and his legs were clearly struggling right from the start. Fuller played with pace and attacked at every opportunity which was not what Turner wanted, in the end it was a comfortable win for Fuller and his first title of the year.
Group 1
In group A Natalie Lawrence first dispatched Abbie Jones and then Caroline Curtis, both 2-0 to claim her place in the semi final with Caroline Curtis claiming 2nd place after victory against Abbie Jones.
Group 2
It was a hard fought group with local favourite Karen Beeley coming in 3rd after defeating Debbie Hill 2-0. It came down to Jo Moseley against Siobhan Garland however with Garland showing her strength of character and wealth of experience to come back in the deciding set to take her place in the semi final.
The critical game that decided the group was Siobhan Garland against Jo Mosley. Garland started well hitting hard in the first before Mosleys short game came into play in the 2nd and got her back into the match and the score back level. In the 3rd Garland found her length again and once Mosley was at the back of the court there was only going to be one winner with Garland making it through to the final.
It was close all the way in the first before a couple of "fortunate" shots at the end of the game changed momentum in Lawrence's favour with her taking the first 11/8. In the second Garland tried to keep the pace high, moving the ball around and hitting hard but couldn't maintain the pace with Lawrence's fitness and strength becoming increasingly important as the game progressed there was only going to be one champion with the match going Lawrence's way 11/6 in the 2nd.
Group 1
With the late withdrawal of England No.1 Nigel Millington the 50's draw was thrown wide open and group 1 was completely up for grabs. It was series favourite Graeme Slocombe who capitalised with 2 straight set victories over Paddy Martin and Max Newberry.
Group 2
It was a tough battle between Jack Gilchrist and Roger Green with Gilchrist coming out on top 2-0 before coming unstuck against Manuel Costa was too strong for everyone in the group, "fit as f**k" according to Jack Gilchrist.
Group 3
Group 3 turned into the closest group of the day with George Aplin being fought all the way by both Kerry Mason and Robb Cann who both forced him to go the distance.
Group 4
Greensall won the battle of the Grahams against Quick 2-0, before facing local boy Tim Baker which turned into a great match. Greensall took the first 11-9 before Baker came back to take the 2nd on tie break and level the match at 1-1. In the decider Greensall reduced the mistakes and managed to get on top taking the game 11-6 and setting up the group finally against British Champion Steve Wall. Greensall fought all the way but in the end the accuracy of Wall was to much and he heads through the group without dropping a set.
Semi Finals
Manuel Costa bt Graeme Slocombe
Despite a hard run leading up to the semi Costa still looked strong making it tough for Slocombe from the start and running out comfortable winner 2-0.
Steve Wall bt George Aplin
Walls accuracy and weight of shot again shone through as he dispatched Aplin 2-0.
It was set to be a great final. Manuel Costa had never been beaten in a UK-Racketball Over 50's Series Event and Steve Wall has been British National Over 50's Champion on 2 occasions. In the end the match was as brutal as anticipated with both players being pushed to their limit. After taking the first quite comfortably it looked like Wall was set to let his victory slip with Costa starting well in the 2nd but he straightened and tightened up and after some hard rallies it was clear that the Portuguese man was tiring (might be down to the 7 matches he had already played that day).Wall kept the pressure on as he always does which was too much for Costa, it was a great 50's event and another title for Wall.
Tom Williamson
After losing the first game, Tom Williamson fought back hard in the second to level the match at 1-1 and then got off to a flyer in the 3rd quickly going 5-1 up. Abbie Jones dug deep to find her way back into the match and ended up sneaking the game 13-11 on the tie break. In the 4th and 5th Williamson managed to start strong and then kept going taking the final two games 11-7, 11-5 to take the beginners title.
The B event saw Karen Beeley progress to the final at the expense of Dariusz Wantanowski and Andy Jones.
In the B group it was Karens clubmate Louis Robjant who prevailed over Natalie Lawrence and Steve Webber to set up the final.
This proved one match too far for Beeley who also competing in the Ladies event could not stop Robjant from collecting his 1st B title.
The O40s proved to be a strong event standard wise with Seeded players in the two groups Jason Russell attempting to win his 1st title and Rob Watkins, unbeaten in all UK Racketball events since the tours inception the main contenders.
Watkins defeated Graham Williamson and Mike Henderson comfortably but found Duncan Alexander a tough prospect, Watkins finally getting through 11/9 in the decider to make the final.
Jason Russell came through comfortably against Craig Temple Murray and Andy Jones, then was briefly tested against Manuel Costa to set up the final with Watkins.
The final was a brutal match Steve Wall marking called it the beauty v the beast he meant this describing Watkins delicate touch play and ability to move and take the ball gracefully around the court against Russells cut and thrust of power hitting.
Russell was off well and kept ahead to take the 1st before Watkins replied to even things up, the decider was tense as the crowd could sense an upset, some very long brutal rallies ensued before Russell claimed the final point to give him his 1st UK Racketball series title.
A great days Racketball for all concerned a big thank you to Adam Lings at the Devon and Exeter club for allowing us to use his club which is without doubt one of the best clubs we have visited on the tour.
Next stop is Chapel Allerton Leeds on July 28th, look forward to seeing you all there....
For the first time, UK-Racketball are including this prestigious south west club as part of their Racketball series, and what an event it promises to be.
The club itself boasts six courts including a championship glass back, with the bar area situated so you can see the court conveniently from your barstool. With the help of ESR South West regional manager Matt Baker, Racketball has really kicked off at this club, so much so that one of their courts recently converted to a gym has been reconverted back to a squash court such is the demand for Racketball here.
In December 2011 the club hosted its annual racketball club championships with over 60 entrants, surely a record for a club closed Racketball event.
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I watched his brief press conference after the Mayweather/Cotto fight and I was genuinely surprised. His attempt at arrogance came off utterly silly in my opinion. The hand gestures, the head rolling, and the bad jokes left me highly skeptical of Broner's ability to become a household name in boxing.
Again, Broner is a great young fighter; his showmanship needs a lot of work. I understand the dire need for polarizing fighters in the sport of boxing, but the show must appear natural. It needs to look and feel genuine in order for people to believe it. Anything else is just a waste of time.
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Laurence Duggan
Laurence "Larry" Duggan (1905-December 20, 1948), was head of the South American desk at the United States Department of State during World War II. In 1948, Duggan fell to his death from the window of his office in New York, ten days after being questioned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation about whether he had had contacts with Soviet intelligence.
For many years he was widely thought to be an innocent and loyal public servant who was driven to suicide by unfounded accusations. In the 1990s, evidence from decrypted Soviet telegrams was revealed which indicated he had engaged in espionage for the Soviet Union.
Duggan studied at the Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University, before graduating in 1927. He worked for a number of years at the State Department—nine of those said years as head of the Latin American Division, and four of those as adviser on political relations. Starting in 1946, he was president of the Institute of International Education, which provided for a flow of exchange students between the United States and several other countries.[1]
Duggan was recruited by journalist Hede Massing as a Soviet spy in the mid-1930s. Duggan told the FBI that Henry Collins of the Ware group had also tried unsuccessfully to recruit him. Duggan was a close friend of Noel Field of the State Department. The GRU had also tried to recruit him through Frederick Field.[2]
Duggan provided Soviet intelligence with confidential diplomatic cables, including from American Ambassador William Bullitt. He was a source for the Soviets until he resigned from the State Department in 1944. He later served with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA).
According to Boris Bazarov, Duggan told his Soviet handlers: "The only thing which kept him at his hateful job in the State Department where he did not get out of his tuxedo for two weeks, every night attending a reception, was the idea of being useful for our cause."[3]
According to Whittaker Chambers in his 1952 memoirs:
What I particularly remember is Egmont Gaines sitting on one of the cots, chatting about the possibilities of underground organization and insisting that we must make contact with "Larry" Duggan, whom he called "very sympathetic." Thus, on my first day in Washington, I first heard the name of the late Laurence Duggan, who was then in the State Department, and later became chief of its Latin-American Division. Fourteen years later, during the Hiss Case, Duggan would be killed by a fall from his New York office window several days after he had been questioned by F.B.I. agents.[4]
On December 15, 1948, Duggan fell to his death from his office at the Institute of International Education, located on the 16th floor of a building in midtown Manhattan.[1] A few days later, the New York Police Department made public the result of its investigation, which concluded: "Mr. Duggan either accidentally fell or jumped."[1] He left a wife, Helen Boyd Duggan, and four children.
The Venona project succeeded in decrypting some Soviet intelligence cables that had been intercepted in the mid-1940s. The code name used for Laurence Duggan in the decrypted transcripts is "Frank".[2] He is referenced in the following Venona decryptions, which provided information to the Soviets about Anglo-American plans for invading Italy during World War II:
- 1025, 1035–1936, KGB New York to Moscow, June 30, 1943
- 380 KGB New York to Moscow, March 20, 1944
- 744, 746 KGB New York to Moscow, May 24, 1944
- 916 KGB New York to Moscow, June 17, 1944
- 1015 KGB New York to Moscow, to Victor [Fitin], July 22, 1944
- 1114 KGB New York to Moscow, August 4, 1944
- 1251 KGB New York to Moscow, September 2, 1944[5]
- 1613 KGB New York to Moscow, November 18, 1944
- 1636 KGB New York to Moscow, November 21, 1944
- ^ a b c "The Man in the Window", Time, January 3, 1949.
- ^ a b John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999; pp. 201-204.
- ^ Julian Borger, "The Spy Who Made McCarthy: New Evidence Reveals that the Unwitting Architect of the McCarthy Witch-Hunts was a Soviet Agent," The Guardian, 26 January 1999.
- ^ Whittaker Chambers, Witness. New York: Random House, 1952; pg. 339.
- ^ National Security Agency Venona transcript, September 2, 1944
Further reading[edit]
- "Lawrence Duggan 1905-1948: In Memoriam." Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1949.
External links[edit]
- John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, "Was Harry Hopkins a Soviet Spy?" Frontpage magazine, Aug. 16, 2013.
- Alexander Vassiliev, "Notes on Anatoly Gorsky's December 1948 Memo on Compromised American Sources and Networks," Wilson Center, 2003. www.wilsoncenter.org/


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According to the Associated Press, Judge Christopher Conner in Harrisburg ruled that the mandate was an unconstitutional extension from the federal government under the Commerce Cause.
"The nation undoubtably faces a health care crisis," Conner said. "Scores of individuals are uninsured and the costs to all citizens are measurable and significant. The federal government, however, is one of limited enumerated powers, and Congress's efforts to remedy the ailing health care and health insurance markets must fit squarely within the boundaries of those powers."
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I had planned to post this today anyway with the anticipation of upcoming moves by the Mgmt. The Craig Anderson trade caught me by complete surprise however and maybe makes this even more relevant.
(Note: I wasn't surprised that he was traded, I was surprised that he was traded to someone shittier than us for someone (statistically) shittier than him)
Every fan has favorite players that the team inexplicably (at least in the fan's mind) moves, or loses through the business of being an NHL team. Sometimes even though we don't want to admit it those trades turn out to be just what the team needed, sometimes not.
What losses do you mourn the most? Which ones cut deep, hurt big, made you regret buying a jersey?
What moves did the Avs Mgmt make that were just inexplicably bad? What was the worst trade in the history of the organization?
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Mike Smith disappointed the Nashville Predators, their fans, and the crew in charge of sounding the goal horn and turning on the celebration spotlights - and he did it TWICE in the final minutes of the second period.
The first time he robbed Mike Fisher right on the doorstep, leading to premature goal horn that was quickly silenced. The second time Gabriel Bourque couldn't get a clean shot at an open net, and Smith made sure none of his follow-up attempts got through - though the guy in charge of the spotlights sure thought that one was in the net.
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T.-H. Lin, K.G. Shin, "Location of a Faulty Module in a Computing System," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 182-194, February, 1990.
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Considering the interplay between different phases of fault tolerance, a new problem of locating a faulty module in a computing system is formulated and solved. First, the probability of each module being faulty, or faulty probability, is calculated using the likelihood principle from the model parameters for fault detection, diagnostics, error propagation, and error detection. Then, based on the faulty probabilities and a given required diagnostic coverage, the order in which modules are to be diagnosed and the maximum time allotted to diagnose each module are determined by minimizing the average total diagnostic time. An example is presented and analyzed to answer the question of whether or not a system should delay the diagnosis upon detection of an error until more errors are detected.
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A Ballerina Themed Kids Party
The following post was submitted to us by lovilee Glee Projects of some of their printables used at a party. It showcases a cute Ballerina themed kids party, with photos by Brightgirl Photography (who is also this gorgeous ballerina's mom).
"We loved creating such a girlie party, from the tulle table skirt and elegant table setting to the cute ballerina seating cards. We designed place mats for each guest, with a little ballerina and wardrobe to color-in, cut out and play dress up! The photo booth was a cut out of the same adorable legs as the invitations, which the little ones could stand behind and strike a fun pose. Guests were welcomed at a mirror with tutu and ballet shoes, and invited to take a headband or bowtie to go with the ballet outfits they arrived in. Rebecca's mom and dad made all the delicious treats and the amazing cupcake cake. We served popcorn in delicate cones, and created a sweetie bar filled with pink delights. Don't you love the milk 'shooters' with straws and biscuits!"
The kit is available from their Etsy store here, it comes complete with the following:
- Invitations (customized with your party details)
- Birthday Sign
- Color-in Placemats (girl + boy)
- Ballerina seating card (girl + boy)
- Tutu box template + instructions
- Thank You tag
- Girl's Favor sticker
- Boy's Favor sticker
- Cupcake toppers
- Birthday cake topper
- Gifts Sign
- Photobooth Sign
- Sweetie bar labels
- Candy cones
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Lustreware is a ceramic decorative technique invented by 9th century AD Abbasid potters of the Islamic Civilization, in what is today Iraq. The potters believed that making lustreware was truly "alchemy", because the process involves using a lead-based glaze and silver and copper paint to create a golden shine on a pot that contains no gold.
Lustreware and the T'ang Dynasty
Lustreware grew out of an existing ceramic technology in Iraq, but its earliest form was clearly influenced by T'ang dynasty potters from China, probably first through trade and diplomacy along the vast trade network called the Silk Road. As a result of ongoing battles for control of the Silk Road connecting China and the West, T'ang dynasty potters and other craftsmen were captured and held in Baghdad between AD 751 and 762.
We know about these events because one of the captives was Tou Houan. Tou was a Chinese potter captured from his workshop near Samarkand by members of the Islamic Abbasid Dynasty after the Battle of Talas in AD 751. Tou stayed in Baghdad for some years. When he returned to China, he wrote to the emperor that he and his colleagues taught the Abbasid craftsmen the important techniques of paper-making, textile manufacture, and gold-working. While Tou Houan didn't specifically mention pottery decoration (or silk-making for that matter), it is quite likely that he transmitted how to make white glazes and the fine ceramic pottery called Samarra ware. It's quite likely that he also passed along the secrets of silk-making, but that's another story entirely.
What We Know of Lustreware
The secret to lustreware developed over the centuries, but was kept within one small group of potters who traveled together within the Islamic state until the 12th century, when three separate groups began their own potteries. One member of the Abu Tahir family of potters was Abu'l Qasim bin Ali bin Muhammed bin Abu Tahir. In the 14th century, Abu'l Qasim was a court historian to the Mongol kings, where he wrote a number of treatises on various subjects. His best known work is The Virtues of Jewels and the Delicacies of Perfume, which included a chapter on ceramics, and, most importantly, describes part of the recipe for lustreware.
Abu'l Qasim wrote that the successful process involved painting copper and silver onto glazed vessels, and then refiring to produce the lustrous shine. The alchemy--excuse me, the chemistry--of the lustreware process was identified by a group of archaeologists and chemists, who reported on their investigations into the nanomechanics of lustreware in 2008, in the Journal of Archaeological Sciences.
- Read more about the Invention of Lustreware
Chronology of Lustreware
- Abbasid 8th c -1000 Basra, Iraq
- Fatimid 1000-1170 Fustat, Egypt
- Tell Minis 1170-1258 Raqqa, Syria
- Kashan 1170-present Kashan, Iran
- Spanish (?)1170-present Malaga, Spain
- Damascus 1258-1401 Damascus, Syria
The Science of Alchemy
Additional studies reported by the research team in 2010 and 2012 involved the examination of the chemical content of glazes and the resulting colored lusters of pots from the 9th through 12th centuries. Guiterrez et al. found that the golden metallic shine only occurred when there are dense nanoparticulated layers of glazes, several hundred nanometers thick, which enhance and broaden the reflectivity, shifting the color of the reflected light from blue to green yellow (called a redshift).
These shifts are only achieved with a high lead content, which potters deliberately increased over time from Abassid (9th-10th centuries) to Fatimid (11th-12th centuries) luster productions. The addition of lead reduces the diffusivity of copper and silver in the glazes and helps the development of thinner luster layers with a high volume of nanoparticles. These studies show that although the the Islamic potters may not have known about nanoparticles, they had tight control of their processes, refining their ancient alchemy by tweaking the recipe and production steps to achieve the best high reflecting golden shine.
Lustreware Bibliography
This glossary entry is a part of the About.com guide to the Islamic Culture, and the Dictionary of Archaeology.
See the photo essay Islamic Lustrewares: Origins and Technique for more detailed information and photographs.
More photos of lustreware in Wikimedia includes several by Marie Lan-Nguyen. But to really experience them you need to go to a museum. A list of museums with lustres is compiled here.
Caiger-Smith A. 1985. Lustre Pottery: Technique, tradition, and innovation in Islam and the Western World. London: Faber and Faber.
Caroscio M. 2010. Archaeological Data and Written Sources: Lustreware Production in Renaissance Italy, a Case Study. European Journal of Archaeology 13(2):217-244.
Gutierrez PC, Pradell T, Molera J, Smith AD, Climent-Font A, and Tite MS. 2010. Color and Golden Shine of Silver Islamic Luster. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 93(8):2320-2328.
Jenkins M. 2006. Raqqa Revisited: Ceramics of Ayyubid Syria. New York City: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Molera J, Bayés C, Roura P, Vrespo D, and Pradell T. 2007. Key Parameters in the Production of Medieval Luster Colors and Shines. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 90(7):2245-2254.
Pradell T, Climent-Font A, Molera J, Zucchiatti A, Ynsa MD, Roura P, and Crespo D. 2007. Metallic and nonmetallic shine in luster: An elastic ion backscattering study. Journal of Applied Physics 101(10):103518.
Pradell T, Molera J, Pantos E, Smith AD, Martin CM, and Labrador A. 2008. Temperature resolved reproduction of medieval luster. Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing 90(1):81-88.
Pradell T, Molera J, Smith AD, and Tite MS. 2008. Early Islamic lustre from Egypt, Syria and Iran (10th to 13th century AD). Journal of Archaeological Science 35(9):2649–2662.
Pradell T, Molera J, Smith AD, and Tite MS. 2008. The invention of lustre: Iraq 9th and 10th centuries AD. Journal of Archaeological Science 35(5):1201-1215.
Pradell T, Pavlov RS, Gutierrez PC, Climent-Font A, and Molera J. 2012. Composition, nanostructure, and optical properties of silver and silver-copper lusters. Journal of Applied Physics 112(5):054307-054310.
Watson O. 2004. Ceramics from Islamic Lands. New York: Thames and Hudson.


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I think we have to discuss this internally amongst each other. I know I haven't posted much of anything around here, but I pay very close attention to this site and read this site the most out of everything I read (other than my bible of course).
The question around Canishoopus, is did Kahn really have any say so?
We have the Yahoo sports article, we have the CEO's article, the Hoopsworld article, and a bunch of riff raff from the Portland Tribune with a bunch of people that claim they know something.
There's something boiling in me that says that David Kahn wanted Adelman to be the coach the minute he fired Kurt Rambis. Let's go back a while ago shall we?
Didn't David Kahn talk specifically about Adelman when we was having that debate about Darko Milicic with Chris Webber? Summer league basketball? Does anyone remember that? Manna from heaven ring a bell? I specifically remember, that KAHNS VISION of a team, was to play a similar style of ball of the SACRAMENTO KINGS, the kings team that featured Chris Webber, and ours truly, Rick Adelman.
Coincidence? Maybe, let's look at some of the quotes that Kahn stated at the Rambis firing presser, and please don't get on me if these quotes aren't exactly correct, i'm going off of memory here.
"I think there's something to be said for a coach that has experience at the NBA level".
This means, that Kahn, pretty much all along was going to hire someone that had been proven. Not someone that has made it to the playoffs, or coached 6-8 years, but has been PROVEN. Those candidates, at best after Rambis being hired? D.Nelson, L.Brown and R.Adelman.
"You should assume this will be a wide search, not voluminous".
Meaning there really were only a few realistic options. I believe that when going across the board, before firing Rambis (because it had been decided that Rambis would be fired or remain with the organization from a front office capacity), that they had candidates in mind at that time.
Coincidence? Possible. Maybe I'm blind. Let's look at some more.
"We need to find somebody whose better prepared to coach an up-tempo style, on both ends of the floor".
Adelman? Um, couldn't be Larry Brown.. Don Nelson? Uhhh, yeah definitely not on the defensive end. More quotes shall we.
"My relationship with the coach, is not nearly important as the players relationship with the coach, and I think that needs to be a focal point going forward, I'm much more concerned for these young players that they have somebody they can connect with".
KEVIN LOVE ANYONE? How about newly traded Brad Miller? A good history with young players that want to play an up tempo style. How about the Jason Williams- Rubio comparison.
The biggest thing here, is that if the Yahoo article is TRUE in any fashion, this could mean that Kahn had made up his mind as to who he wanted as coach before the presser. If Adelman and Kahn have some sort of beef, why would that have to be stated? It, after all, wasn't really asked. I think Kahn recognized that some coaches might not like him, but that if need be, he would do whatever he could to get the guy that he wanted in. Does that make any sense?
Do you think M.Woodson despised Kahn? How about D.Nelson? What about L.Brown or S.Mitchell? I don't think so. It's kind of uncanny.
"You'll see as we start the search process, there's nothing that will restrain us from moving forward in an aggressive way, to identify a coaching staff in the next several weeks".
Glen Taylor giving Kahn the reigns with $? Why else would this come up if Glen Taylor wasn't prepared to spend some cash? Do you think that D.Nelson would cost a pretty penny like Adelman? M.Woodson? L.Brown? I don't think so.
"I feel the weight of having to do this one (hire), better than the last one".
You need a home run... Adelman is the only one that's as close to a guarantee as you can get.
One last point. WHY is it that the day after the Rambis firing, the rumors came out speculating who the Wolves would try to interview, and ADELMAN was on there. That was an indication to me that he was the guy that the Wolves wanted all along.
Maybe I'm seeing some connection here that my own brain is drawing up. But I think that we can at least conclude that Kahn had to be involved in some way.
Some articles say he wasn't, some say he was the main guy pulling the strings, who knows?
Here's what I think.
I think Kahn and Taylor were both involved on this decision and it was unanimous. I don't think that Adelman despises Kahn. I do think Kahn is on the fence and needs to get 35 wins (in a 82 game season) to get another contract with the Wolves. I think a whole lot can be said about this hire, but who really knows?
What do you guys think? Any other quote that you can think of or conclusions we can draw?