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In response, the Academy has developed a social media toolkit for family physicians that provides tools to help them get started with the campaign. The toolkit contains

  • a downloadable, ready-to-use campaign graphic that members can adopt as their profile picture on Facebook and Twitter during November;
  • user guides that explain the basics of social media and how to set up Facebook and Twitter accounts; and
  • sample Facebook posts and Twitter tweets from AAFP Connection that can be personalized and that refer the public to information about family medicine from the AAFP and on FamilyDoctor.org.

An example of a Facebook post suggested by the campaign is "Choosing a medical specialty is kind of like Thanksgiving. I chose family medicine because I enjoy caring for ALL body parts -- not just legs, thighs, necks or livers. Family physicians provide integrated health care by treating the whole person in the context of an ongoing physician-patient relationship. I'm not talking turkey!"

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So Lonely - Sexuality and Relationships - Shroomery Message Board

Anonymous #1


I'm so lonely.

I don't know what to do.

I feel like wandering the empty streets for hours, days, weeks, years.

I have no grounding, no path, no joy, nor happiness.

Don't have a clue as to why I'm here or why I'm still breathing.

Don't see much of a purpose to anything.

I've given up hope.

I'm going to just try and find joy in who I am and the experience of lonliness.

What should I do?? Drown trying to swim across the ocean?? Bite off my arm? Leave everything behind?

Anonymous #2


do something.

for instance, what makes you happy?

Anonymous #1


I've gotten too much advice from people who aren't me.

I think I'm just gonna smoke pot with people and see what happens.

I was walking through the rain for 4 miles last night and ran into a streetkid.? I thought she was attractive, she was walking along with a couple meth-head looking charachters.? She said she just quit heroin, was pregnant, and about to abort the baby.? I kept walking.

I don't know what the fuck to do at this point.

I don't even like smoking pot socially....? I think I'm more into smoking a joint before bed or to overcome social anxiety.

I'm lonely..

Ok... so I should do something...

Exercise?? Talk to people?? I dunno...

Anonymous #2


like i said, what makes you happy?

have a sit and think about it for a second or two.

btw yes, definitely go exercise, and talk to people. :thumbup:

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Sounds like you need the time typo uuwork n yourself. Confidence Is the singlets most attractive quality in a mate, and it seems from your post that you? are lacking in that department. Work on yourself for a bit, meet some new folks, but I wouldn't be trying to find a relationship for awhile.

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Feel ya, OP. I'm in a city for work where I know nobody and unless this one girl from work invites me out (and I don't even think she's likes me anymore as she stopped reaching out to me), I'm stuck here in this lonely ass apartment. All do is work.

I have zero life right now...this is the lowest, loneliest point I've been at in my life. Jus' sayin'. You aren't alone.

Fucking hate my life right now.

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You can either
A. Keep moping
or
B. DO ANYTHING ELSE.

It's not the world at fault, it's your pessimistic attitude. The world is full of opportunities for happiness, satisfaction, and adventure. Just sit down at starbucks and say hi to someone if you're lonely. It's not complicated or hard. Read a book, go for a run, there has to be something that makes you happy, just go out and do it.?

What expectations for life do you have that aren't being fulfilled?

Anonymous #1


thanks for cheering me up!? that video made me smile.? it was funny but made me smile.? i'll keep you all posted.

glad i'm not the only one in that boat.

expectations of life.... well let me think about that.

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Quote:

Lynnch said:
You can either
A. Keep moping
or
B. DO ANYTHING ELSE.

It's not the world at fault, it's your pessimistic attitude.


True that, bro. I honestly sit around for what seems like hours upon hours just feeling sorry for myself, and then I have to fucking slap myself and tell me to man the fuck up.

It's fucking pathetic.

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Pretty much dude. There is no secret. You just have to get the fuck up and do something, and find some part of it that you enjoy. Shit is gonna suck some times. Big deal, keep moving to the good stuff.

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surround yourself with interesting people.

it is the circle

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thanks for cheering me up!? that video made me smile.? it was funny but made me smile.? i'll keep you all posted.

glad i'm not the only one in that boat.

expectations of life.... well let me think about that.



I meant it in a mocking fashion, since every time I see someone say "I'm so lonely" I think of that song.?

I just moved to a new city though and know a solid 1-2 folks and thats it, so I gotcha.? sucks but whatever.? go drink and be awesome at bars and make more friends.

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OP,

I'm def in the same boat the few friends I had have pretty much fallen out of my life and love life is non-existent.

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i've had plenty of sex since my divorce in '10, but i've yet to find a g/f. almost three years. i'm pretty lonely. it's not like i'm not trying to make it happen; i just can't seem to come across the right fit. it doesn't help that i live in one of the least imaginative parts of the country.

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Small Businesses Look to Future at Governor's Event - 8 News NOW

LAS VEGAS -- Small business is a big chunk of Nevada's economy, employing almost 40 percent of the state's workforce.

Many business leaders and entrepreneurs are looking ahead to an economic rebound as they attended Gov. Brian Sandoval's inaugural conference on small business for help.

Six years ago, Yatin Daulat stayed busy in the kitchen at Aurelio's Pizza in northwest Las Vegas.

Business was booming. Today, Aurelio's is closed.

"Hard times, recession, the business was going down," Daulat said.

Daulat came to the governor's conference on small business at the Orleans Casino.

He said he wants to get back into the business world when the time is right.

"The economy is so bad right now, we are trying to figure out what is the right niche of the market," he said.

The small business resource event helps those wanting to start a business or grow an existing one.

Local chambers of commerce want businesses to grow as they rise from the recession.

"Small business is the lifeblood of our economy here in southern Nevada," said Kristin McMillan, president of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

Shannon Sweeney of Synthetic Turf Products came to Las Vegas to grow her business.

"We're launching a new green product, and we need some resources to get it out to different people," she said.

Believing the grass is greener, she hopes to grow and add jobs.

"People are looking to spend money," she said. "They're looking to redo their house."

Sandoval addressed the 600 conference attendees.

"Historically, small businesses have led the nation out of periods of economic recession," he said.

Those who've prospered and suffered hope for better days, such as Daulat, who looks back on those better days.

"It was booming," he said. "It was great in those times."

Sandoval said in Nevada, small business represents almost 96 percent of all employers.

Source: http://www.8newsnow.com/story/19990878/small-businesses-look-to-future-at-governors-event

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Final 10-mile trek for space shuttle Atlantis

Space shuttle Atlantis rolls down Kennedy Parkway on its way to its new home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The spacecraft traveled 125,935,769 miles during 33 spaceflights, including 12 missions to the International Space Station. Its final flight, STS-135, closed out the Space Shuttle Program era with a landing on July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)

Space shuttle Atlantis rolls down Kennedy Parkway on its way to its new home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The spacecraft traveled 125,935,769 miles during 33 spaceflights, including 12 missions to the International Space Station. Its final flight, STS-135, closed out the Space Shuttle Program era with a landing on July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)

This image from video provided by NASA-TV shows the Space shuttle Atlantis departing the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the last time early Friday Nov. 2, 2012. The spacecraft is moving to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where it will be featured in a new display slated to open in July 2013. (AP Photo/NASA-TV)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 photo, shuttle technician Joe Walsh looks through a hatch of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis isn't going far to its retirement home at Kennedy Space Center's main tourist stop. But it might as well be a world away for the workers who spent decades doting on Atlantis and NASA's other shuttles. Those who agreed to stay until the end - and help with the shuttles' transition from round-the-world flying marvels to museum showpieces - now face unemployment just as so many of their colleagues did over the last few years. (AP Photo/Marcia Dunn)

(AP) ? Accompanied by astronauts and shuttle workers, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's nest.

Atlantis emerged just before dawn from the massive Vehicle Assembly Building and, riding atop a 76-wheeled platform, began the 10-mile trek to the Kennedy Space Center's main tourist stop.

About 200 workers gathered in the early morning chill to see the spaceship out in the open for the final time. They were joined by the four astronauts who closed out the shuttle program aboard Atlantis more than a year ago.

"My opinion is it looks better vertically," said Christopher Ferguson, the commander of Atlantis' final flight.

"It's a short trip. It's taking a day," he added. "It traveled a lot faster in its former life. But that's OK. ... it's got a new role."

Portions of Atlantis' final launch countdown boomed over loudspeakers before the shuttle hit the road. Employees gathered in front of a long white banner that read, "We Made History," and below that the single word "Atlantis." They followed the spaceship for a block or two, then scattered as the shuttle transporter revved up to its maximum 2 mph. The convoy included a dozen trucks and vans, their lights blinking.

The fact that several hundred shuttle workers are about to lose their jobs, now that Atlantis is being turned over to the visitor complex, dampened the mood. Thousands already have been laid off.

"The untold story of the last couple years, the last missions that we flew, is the work force. I mean, the contractors knew that their numbers were going to go down ... and yet they kept doing their jobs," said NASA's Angie Brewer, who was once in charge of getting Atlantis ready for flight.

Some were too upset to even show up. Friday's event marked the true end to the 30-year shuttle program.

Seeing so many members of the shuttle team "helps soften the hard edge of seeing Atlantis go off to a museum," said astronaut Rex Walheim, part of the ship's final crew.

Atlantis made its way down broad industrial avenues, most of them off-limits to the public. So the trek did not replicate the narrow, stop-and-go turns Endeavour encountered last month while navigating downtown Los Angeles.

The mastermind behind Atlantis' slow march through Kennedy was sweating bullets nonetheless.

"It's only a priceless artifact driving 9.8 miles and it weighs 164,000 pounds," said Tim Macy, director of project development and construction for Kennedy's visitor complex operator, the company Delaware North.

"Other than that, no pressure at all," Macy said, laughing. "Only the eyes of the country and the world and everybody at NASA is watching us."

The relocation of Atlantis was plotted out for months, he noted last week, and experienced shuttle workers took part.

The roundabout loop took Atlantis past Kennedy's headquarters building for a midmorning ceremony that drew several thousand past and present employees, and their guests, as well as a few dozen astronauts. A high school color guard and band led the way.

The mood was more upbeat than when the one-way road trip began four hours earlier and resembled a funeral procession. NASA officials went out of their way to emphasize the space agency's future.

"It's an incredibly historic day," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr., a former skipper of Atlantis. "But I don't preside over an agency that's in the history business. ... We're in the business of creating the future."

Bolden proudly cited NASA's new target destinations for astronauts ? an asteroid and Mars ? and he hailed the successful start to commercial supply missions to the International Space Station.

The next stop, meanwhile, on Atlantis' one-way road trip: a still-under-design industrial park for a few hours of public viewing in the afternoon. Tourist tickets ran as high as $90 apiece for a chance to see the spaceship up close.

Crews removed 120 light poles, 23 traffic signals and 56 traffic signs in order for Atlantis to squeeze by. One high-voltage power line also had to come down. Staff trimmed back some scrub pines, but there was none of the widespread tree-axing that occurred in Los Angeles.

Atlantis had to traverse just one noticeable incline, a highway ramp. The rest of the course is sea-level flat.

The grand entrance into Atlantis' new home, in the early evening, also was expected to be smooth. One complete wall of the exhibit hall was kept off, carport-style, so the shuttle could roll right in. Construction will begin on the missing wall early next week.

Once safely inside, Atlantis will be plastic-wrapped for protection until the building is completed. The grand opening is set for July 2013.

Total exhibit cost: $100 million, a price borne by Delaware North.

Discovery, the oldest and most traveled space shuttle, was the first to leave, zooming off to the Smithsonian in Virginia in April atop a modified jumbo jet. Endeavour, the baby of the fleet, headed west in September.

And now, Atlantis.

"Although it's the end of Atlantis flying in space, it's not the end. It's not the end for KSC," stressed Kennedy Space Center director Robert Cabana, a former astronaut. "And it's not the end for Atlantis because Atlantis now takes on a mission of inspiration to future generations."

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Staying still or going hunting: Which works better for a hungry ocean microbe?

ScienceDaily (Nov. 1, 2012) ? For the kinds of animals that are most familiar to us -- ones that are big enough to see -- it's a no-brainer: Is it better to sit around and wait for food to come to you, or to move around and find it? Larger animals that opt to sit around aren't likely to last long.

But for bacteria out in the ocean, the question is a far more complicated one.

Oceanographers have long assumed that because turbulence distributes nutrients uniformly through the water, and because the ability of tiny organisms to move around is insignificant compared to this turbulence, there was no reason for such creatures to move at all. Sea-dwelling bacterial life, they believed, should consist just of static feeders.

That view has now been upended by research conducted by Roman Stocker, an associate professor in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and John R. Taylor, a former MIT postdoc who is now a lecturer in applied mathematics and theoretical physics at Cambridge University. It turns out that swimmers and passive feeders each have some advantages -- but also pay some costs -- in food gathering, depending on how fast the swimmers swim and how strong the turbulence is.

The results, based on a computer model that for the first time considers nutrient competition by bacteria in a turbulent flow, have just been published in Science.

Until now, most studies of microorganism behavior have taken place in static environments, such as a test tube or Petri dish, without regard to fluid flow. "Marine bacteria have mostly been studied in isolation from the motion of the seawater they live in," Stocker says. These new computer simulations, which model both how water flows and how bacteria in that water behave, have now made it possible to study the foraging of bacteria in dynamic environments, similar to the turbulent waters they naturally inhabit.

"We're working at the interface between microbiology and fluid dynamics," Stocker says. The new work has produced the first study of how this turbulent environment affects the choice of bacterial feeding strategy.

While it's true that ocean currents and turbulence are orders of magnitude faster than anything that even the most energetic microorganisms can achieve, it turns out that these creatures' motions are nevertheless very important, Stocker and Taylor found. That's because the microenvironment a bacterium occupies -- the microliters of water surrounding it and representing its foraging ground -- is transported en masse in those flows, so even small rates of swimming can make a big difference in accessing food.

Although swimming toward a food source can confer some advantage in the amount of food consumed, it also carries a penalty: Swimming uses energy, requiring more food. "As you swim faster, you do better in terms of food uptake, but you also pay a price," Stocker says.

Because of that tradeoff, the researchers found, for any given intensity of turbulence there is an optimal swimming speed; anything faster than this produces diminishing returns.

"What we did was to quantify the cost-benefit trade-off," Stocker says. "We considered the pluses and minuses, and found that the swimming costs matter." In general, the results showed, the optimal swimming speed for marine bacteria is about 60 micrometers per second, which is "in very nice agreement with what's observed for the actual swimming speed of many marine bacteria," Stocker adds.

Turbulence stirs nutritious material through the water in much the same way as it stirs cream into a cup of coffee: First forming filaments, then mixing them away. "Something similar happens -- on a tiny scale -- when bursts of organic matter enter gently moving water," Taylor says. "The swirls of organic matter are easily accessed by swimming bacteria, which surround and absorb it."

But the swimmers' advantage is short-lived. In turbulent seawater, after several seconds, nutrients are uniformly distributed -- meaning there's as much available for the stationary microbes as there is for the swimmers.

Most of this organic matter is derived from phytoplankton, tiny organisms that capture sunlight and convert it into carbohydrates. In fact, phytoplankton in the ocean are responsible for about as much photosynthesis as all of Earth's terrestrial plant matter combined, so understanding their role in the global carbon cycle is crucially important for understanding everything from the food chains that sustain the world's fisheries to the complexities of global climate change.

As part of their analysis, Stocker and Taylor conducted detailed simulations of exactly how a patch of nutrient-rich material, derived from dying phytoplankton or other sources, disperses in turbulent water. What starts out as a compact blob "gets stretched out, stirred, and explodes into a tangled web of filaments," Stocker says.

That's when the swimming advantage is greatest: The filaments provide lots of nutrient-rich zones to swim toward. But then the window of opportunity closes. "Eventually it all gets homogenized," he says. "Once it's mixed, swimming makes no more sense."

How fast that happens depends on the strength of turbulence. Stocker and Taylor found that very high or very low turbulence provides the least advantage for the swimmers. But for a range in between, they had a substantial edge over their inert relatives.

The basic understanding of these microscopic processes could have large-scale importance, Stocker says. As Earth's climate warms, turbulence might become weaker in the ocean, which could affect which species dominate the competition for nutrients at the base of the food chain. Species composition, in turn, can dictate how much carbon is channeled to organisms higher in the food chain, shaping the productivity of a marine environment.

Thomas Ki?rboe, a professor at the Technical University of Denmark and head of its Centre for Ocean Life, says this paper is "significant and thought-provoking" and "provides a new view on how small-scale physics in the ocean may determine both the behavior of bacteria and the biogeochemistry of the oceans." These processes, he says, "play a major role in the global carbon budget, and thus have large implications for the global climate."

Ki?rboe, who was not involved in this research, adds that it "provides new, significant insights by demonstrating that small-scale turbulence -- contrary to former beliefs -- may increase nutrient uptake and hence, growth" of marine bacteria.

The research was partly supported by grants from the National Science Foundation.

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  1. J. R. Taylor, R. Stocker. Trade-Offs of Chemotactic Foraging in Turbulent Water. Science, 2012; 338 (6107): 675 DOI: 10.1126/science.1219417

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Straightforward Halloween Craft Activities | Home & Family

If you are looking for some easy Halloween crafts, all you have got to do is look around. There are numerous, many books and mags devoted to straightforward crafts and simple Halloween crafts. Possibly, though, your best shot is the Web for the most diverse selections. After having looked around the Internet you will find a few simple Halloween crafts to try out. Might as well do something beyond shopping for Glee Puck Costumes.

Here?s one of the particularly straightforward Halloween crafts that we found and that may be done by almost anybody? A Q-Tip skeleton. First, take and cut a skull out of some white paper. You can choose to draw on the eyes, nose, and mouth, or you can cut them out. Then take Q-tips to make the skeleton?s body of bones. Organize them on black construction paper so that he has arms, legs, ribs, and so on. You can cut the Q-tips into shorter lengths if you suspect that may work better. After you are happy with your arrangement, just use white glue to secure the Q-tips and let dry!

We love eatable Halloween crafts! When searching for easy Halloween crafts, this one is a genuine winner? Especially with kids. First, take a scoop of chocolate ice cream and put in the base of a clear plastic cup. Then place some Oreo cookies into a Zip-Loc baggie and smash them into little bits. Decant the cookie crumbles on top of the ice cream and add gummy worms. Take a spoon and love eating dust and worms!

Ultimately, one of the straightforward Halloween crafts we found can make you the discussion of your area? Ghostly bushes! Take a plain white sheet and fold it in half. Place papers between the fold and use either an abiding black wizardry marker or craft paint to draw on a ghost face. You can make the face frightful or funny? Your choice! Once dry, place the sheet over your bush and secure firmly in the back with clothespins.

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ComScore: US smartphone share leveled off in September, Android and iPhone continued their reigns

ComScore shows US smartphone share leveling off, Android and iPhone continue their reigns

We're so used to constant flux in smartphone market share that it's a surprise when things don't move. Yet that's what we're facing today. ComScore found that the US smartphone field in September was virtually unchanged from where it was in August, even down to smaller players like Symbian and Windows Phone. Accordingly, Android still ruled the roost at 52.5 percent, while 34.3 percent were iPhone adopters. It's difficult to say whether or not the iPhone 5 had a tangible impact -- while Apple had banner sales in the last several days of September, we don't know to what extent that was offset by people holding off from buying an iPhone 4S.

Overall cellphone sales showed some of that more reassuring give and take. The positions remained the same, but the US was once again a painful market to be in for anyone that isn't Apple or Samsung. Apple crept up to within a stone's throw of toppling LG at 17.5 percent to its rival's 17.7, while Samsung's successful shift to smartphones helped it keep exactly 26 percent of the mobile sphere. We're most curious to see how October shakes out: between a full month of iPhone 5 sales and the Droid RAZR HD, we may learn that the calmness of September was just a momentary illusion.

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Khan admits fight against Molina will decide if he will ever face - Bettor

Khan admits fight against Molina will decide if he will ever face Mayweather ? Boxing News

British-Pakistani fighter Amir Khan has admitted that his upcoming December 15 showdown against Carlos Molina will decide if he will ever get the chance to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao. Khan, who has always been keen on facing Mayweather, the current WBC welterweight titlist, knows his fight against Molina will decide his future in boxing.

?There?s always pressure when I fight but I definitely have to win this because if I lose, I?m done,? said Khan.

Khan is coming off two consecutive losses. He lost to American fighter Lamont Peterson last year in December to give away his IBF and WBA unified titles, and then he lost to American unbeaten fighter Danny ?Swift? Garcia on July 14 this year.

?This is a fight I need to win, 100 per cent. If I don?t win it I?m done. It?s that simple. The big super-fights I?ve always dreamed about won?t be there if I lose this. Pacquiao, Mayweather -- forget it,? added the former champion who has always been talking about a fight against Mayweather.

Khan has gone through a complete camp change in order to prepare for his fight against Molina. He fired trainer Freddie Roach and hired Virgil Hunter to work with. Recently, in an interview, Khan revealed that his training camp is going good. According to the Briton, Hunter has taught him quite a few things that Roach never could.

For now, Khan is working hard to ensure he wins against Molina. Since Molina is not a hard puncher, Khan?s chances of winning the fight are good enough. As Virgil Hunter previously said, Khan needs to stay away from hard hitters if he wants to maintain his career. It is a known fact now that Khan cannot take punches, as he has a weak chin.

A win against Molina would mean future super-fights for Khan, whereas a loss would mean he would have to walk away from the sport. The Briton cannot have a third consecutive defeat in his career, especially not by fighters like Molina. If he loses, he would be a complete write-off.

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NYC Marathon is canceled following storm damage

Kate Traina, 14, looks over the rumble of her grandparents house in Staten Island, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Kate Traina, 14, looks over the rumble of her grandparents house in Staten Island, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Julie Traina tries to recover some personal items from the destroyed home of her parents in Staten Island, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

James Traina climbs over the remains of his parent's house which was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Sheila and Dominic Traina hug in front of their home which was demolished during Superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

(AP) ? Under growing pressure as thousands still shivered from Sandy, the New York City Marathon was canceled Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race.

With people in storm-ravaged areas shivering without electricity and the death toll in the city at more than 40, many New Yorkers recoiled at the prospect of police officers being assigned to protect a marathon, storm victims being evicted from hotels to make way for runners, and big generators humming along at the finish-line tents in Central Park.

Around 47,500 runners from around the globe had been expected to take part in the 26.2-mile event Sunday, with more than 1 million spectators usually lining the route for the world's largest marathon. The race had been scheduled to start in Staten Island, one of the storm's hardest-hit places.

Bloomberg had pressed ahead with plans run the marathon on schedule, but opposition intensified quickly Friday afternoon from the city controller, Manhattan borough president and sanitation workers.

Finally, the mayor backed down about three hours later.

"We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it," Bloomberg said in a statement. "We cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event ? even one as meaningful as this ? to distract attention away from all the critically important work that is being done to recover from the storm and get our city back on track."

The cancellation means there won't be another NYC Marathon until next year.

Bloomberg called the marathon an "integral part of New York City's life for 40 years" and "an event tens of thousands of New Yorkers participate in and millions more watch."

He still insisted that holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort, but understood the level of friction.

"It is clear it that it has become the source of controversy and division," Bloomberg said. "The marathon has always brought our city together and inspired us with stories of courage and determination.

Bloomberg's decision came just a day after he appealed to the grit and resiliency of New Yorkers, saying "This city is a city where we have to go on."

The nationally televised race that winds through the city's five boroughs and has been held annually since 1970 ? it was held in 2001, about two months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Mary Wittenberg, president of the organizing New York Road Runners, said it was the right move to cancel.

"This is what we need to do and the right thing at this time," she said.

"It's been a week where we worked very closely with the mayor's office and felt very strongly, both of us together, that on Tuesday it seemed that the best thing for New York on Sunday would be moving forward. As the days went on, just today it got to the point where that was no longer the case."

Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association ? the police department's largest union ? called the decision to cancel the marathon "a wise choice."

Wittenberg said about 10,000 runners were expected to drop out after the storm arrived.

As of now, NYRR is sticking to its policy of no refunds for the runners, but will guarantee entry to next year's marathon. But Wittenberg said they will review that stance.

Eric Jones said he was part of a group from the Netherlands that collected $1.5 million to donate to a children's cancer charity if the runners competed.

"We understand, but maybe the decision could have been made earlier, before we traveled this far," said Jones, whose group came to New York a day earlier.

Steve Brune, a Manhattan entrepreneur, was set to run his fourth NYC Marathon.

"I'm disappointed, but I can understand why it's more important to use our resources for those who have lost a lot," he said.

Brune said he thinks foreign runners who traveled for the race will be even more disappointed.

"When you have a significant amount of people voicing real pain and unhappiness over its running, you have to hear that. You have to take that into consideration," said Howard Wolfson, deputy mayor for government affairs and communications.

"Something that is such a celebration of the best of New York can't become divisive. That is not good for the city now as we try to complete our recovery effort, and it is not good for the marathon in the long run," he said.

Earlier in the day, race preparations seemed under way as normal.

White tents where the runners would meet were already erected. Plastic crates lined the park's wall for two blocks, with tangles of electric wires and other setup equipment where workers buzzed around. A few TV news crews set up camp.

Along the race route in Queens, a couple of marathon banners hung from street lamps.

In Brooklyn, the effects of the storm were more apparent. One gas station had a long line of cars extending down the block. Another had dozens of people standing on the sidewalk, clutching red fuel cans.

At the midtown New Yorker Hotel, the lobby was filled with anguished runners, some crying and others with puffy eyes. In one corner, a group of Italian runners watched the news with blank looks.

"I have no words," said Roberto Dell'Olmo, from Vercelli, Italy. Then later: "I would like that the money I give from the marathon goes to victims."

Gisela Clausen, of Munich, told her fellow runners about the cancellation as they walked in.

"You don't understand. We spend a year on this. We don't eat what we want. We don't drink what we want. And we're on the streets for hours. We live for this marathon, but we understand," she said.

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Associated Press writers Verena Dobnik, Michael Rubinkam and Cara Ana in New York contributed to this report.

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The Importance of Taking Time to Give Thanks | Counselling ...

Did you know that in the United States more people go home for Thanksgiving than for Christmas? And yet, no presents are exchanged. It is simply a time to return home and share a meal, conversation, time with close family.Taking time to give thanks is seen as important.

Let?s consider areas where it?s important to stop, take time and give thanks:

- Many of us take our health for granted. We push ourselves to the limits, disregard stress levels, eat and sleep erratically. It?s only when we or someone close to us receives a health warning that we start to appreciate the importance of being more respectful of our health. But taking better care of ourselves minimises stress and improves our quality of life. And then if we do occasionally need to cope with stressful times we are healthier and better equipped to do so.

- Family and friends are often such an accepted part of our lives that we forget to give thanks for them, their support, annoying habits and sometimes unsolicited interference and advice. Finding ways to value and appreciate these relationships and learn to interact appropriately with others are important elements in becoming a functioning human being, able to live a satisfying and successful life in the big wide world away from home and familiar surroundings.

- Often the weather provides us with many reasons to complain but we should take time to give thanks for the seasons, even if we sometimes experience them all in one day! As Winter approached we can give thanks and consider the different nuances of each season. We can enjoy our homes in different ways throughout the year. Celebrate family, friends, by making our homes more cosy and intimate in the Winter months.

- Many of us may compare ourselves to others. We may see other people as having luxurious homes, wonderful clothes, regular holidays to exotic locations, enviable lifestyles. But those people may well wish that they spent less time at work, more time together as a family. Often business and professional success brings compromises in other areas of life. Finding a balance is often the major challenge.

- Minor inconveniences often bring unexpected opportunities to be appreciative. Forgetting our mobile phone allows us quiet time for ourself. The day without our car means we have to walk and consequently discover surprising things about our neighbourhood. Even the disappointment of being let down enables us to find out how resourceful we are, as we?re forced to find a solution to the situation.

- When a special relationship ends badly an important consideration is to remind ourselves how important the relationship was to us once upon a time. We learned to love, share, co-exist and that?s something to be thankful for, even if it didn?t work out as we would have liked. We may also have learned what we don?t want and that?s important too.

- Similarly, when someone close to us dies it is hoped that eventually we?ll be able to give thanks for their life, the time we shared together, the importance they played in our life, what they meant to us.

- Having a job we dislike can be improved by an adjustment in our perspective. Being thankful for having a job, earning money, having a reason to get up in the morning, something that many people would be grateful for can help to improve our outlook. Using our dissatisfaction as the impetus to take control of our life can be a valuable catalyst for change. It can propel us to take action; to start studying, research what else we could do, discover viable ways to move on.

Stopping occasionally to give thanks for family and friends, the important things in life, our health, home, quality of life is important to do from time to time. Being appreciative of what we have grounds us and reminds of what really matters in life. Giving thanks provides an interlude to value what we have before we once again resume our lives.

Susan Leigh is a long established counsellor and hypnotherapist who works with clients to help with relationship conflict, stress, assertiveness and confidence issues. She works with individual, clients, couples and in corporate situations.

Her book ?Dealing with Death ? Coping with the pain? is a self help book dealing with loss, grief and endings in many different life situations. The loss of a loved person, animal, relationship, career is a devastating blow that this book helps the reader work through.

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