13 Scientifically Proven Signs You're in Love

  Researchers have found that an in-love brain looks very different from one experiencing mere lust, and it's also unlike a brain of someone in a long-term, committed relationship. Studies led by Helen Fisher, an anthropologist at Rutgers University and one of the leading experts on the biological basis of love, have revealed that the brain's "in love" phase is a unique and well-defined period of time, and there are 13 tell-tale signs that you're in it.
1. "This one's special"


When you're in love, you begin to think your beloved is unique. The belief is coupled with an inability to feel romantic passion for anyone else. Fisher and her colleagues believe this single-mindedness results from elevated levels of central dopamine — a chemical involved in attention and focus — in your brain.
2. "She's perfect"
People who are truly in love tend to focus on the positive qualities of their beloved, while overlooking his or her negative traits. They also focus on trivial events and objects that remind them of their loved one, day-dreaming about these precious little moments and mementos. This focused attention is also thought to result from elevated levels of central dopamine, as well as a spike in central nor epinephrine, a chemical associated with increased memory in the presence of new stimuli.
3. "I'm a wreck!"
As is well known, falling in love often leads to emotional and physiological instability. You bounce between exhilaration, euphoria, increased energy, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, trembling, a racing heart and accelerated breathing, as well as anxiety, panic and feelings of despair when your relationship suffers even the smallest setback. These mood swings parallel the behaviour of drug addicts. And indeed, when in-love people are shown pictures of their loved ones, it fires up the same regions of the brain that activate when a drug addict takes a hit. Being in love, researchers say, is a form of addiction.
4. "Overcoming the challenge made us closer"
Going through some sort of adversity with another person tends to intensify romantic attraction. Central dopamine may be responsible for this reaction, too, because research shows that when a reward is delayed, dopamine-producing neurons in the mid-brain region become more productive.
5. "I'm obsessed with him"
People who are in love report that they spend, on average, more than 85 percent of their waking hours musing over their "love object." Intrusive thinking, as this form of obsessive behaviour is called, may result from decreased levels of central serotonin in the brain, a condition that has been associated with obsessive behaviour previously. (Obsessive-compulsive disorder is treated with serotonin-re-uptake inhibitors.)
6. "I wish we could be together all the time"
People in love regularly exhibit signs of emotional dependency on their relationship  including possessiveness, jealousy, fear of rejection, and separation anxiety.
7. "I hope we stay together forever"
They also long for emotional union with their beloved, seeking out ways to get closer and day-dreaming about their future together.
8. "I'd do anything for her"
People who are in love generally feel a powerful sense of empathy toward their beloved, feeling the other person's pain as their own and being willing to sacrifice anything for the other person.
9. "Would he like this outfit?"
Falling in love is marked by a tendency to reorder your daily priorities and/or change your clothing, mannerisms, habits or values in order for them to better align with those of your beloved.
10. "Can we be exclusive?"
Those who are deeply in love typically experience sexual desire for their beloved, but there are strong emotional strings attached: The longing for sex is coupled with possessiveness, a desire for sexual exclusivity, and extreme jealousy when the partner is suspected of infidelity. This possessiveness is thought to have evolved so that an in-love person will compel his or her partner to spurn other suitors, thereby insuring that the couple's courtship is not interrupted until conception has occurred.
11. "It's not about sex"
While the  desire for sexual union  is important to people in love, the craving for emotional union takes precedence.  A study found that 64 percent of people in love (the same percentage for both sexes) disagreed with the statement, “Sex is the most important part of my relationship with [my partner]."
12. "I feel out of control"
Fisher and her colleagues found that individuals who report being "in love" commonly say their passion is involuntary and uncontrollable.
13. "The spark is gone"

Unfortunately, being in love usually doesn't last forever. It's an impermanent state that either evolves into a long-term, codependent relationship that psychologists call "attachment," or it dissipates, and the relationship dissolves. If there are physical or social barriers inhibiting partners from seeing one another regularly — for example, if the relationship is long-distance — then the "in love" phase generally lasts longer than it would otherwise.http://loverytnews247.blogspot.com/

'Obamacare' enrolment deadline

'Obamacare' enrolment deadline looms as interest spikes

People wait in line at an enrolment event in California - the state has signed up more than one million people for health coverage

 Barack Obama's signature healthcare programme, as a key enrolment deadline looms.

Monday is the last day for most Americans to sign up for coverage or face a penalty next year.
More than six million have signed up for plans through the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces.
But conservatives are expected to tap into discontent with the law in November's midterm elections.
The elections will determine the shape of Congress for Mr Obama's last two years in office.
'Software bug'

 website healthcare.gov, which saw major technical glitches during its rollout in October, was briefly out of service for several hours on Monday morning.

Visitors were advised the site was down for maintenance or directed to a virtual waiting room.
Spokesman Aaron Albright said routine nightly maintenance was extended on Monday because of a "technical problem".
The Department of Health and Human Services called it "a software bug" unrelated to the rush of applications.
The 2010 law, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is intended to extend health insurance to the roughly 48 million Americans who do not receive it through their employers, the government, or a privately purchased plan.
The law also aims to slow the growth in the cost of healthcare through various measures and requires private plans to meet a certain level of coverage.

What do Americans think of Obamacare today?

The health law has been vigorously opposed by the Republican Party and by conservatives in the private sector who see it as an inappropriate government intrusion into the massive healthcare industry and an affront to personal liberty.
The law also remains controversial among the American public, as some people have seen their insurance costs rise or their old plans cancelled, and others object to having to purchase insurance at all.
Healthcare.gov and similar marketplace websites run by some states are a key element of the Affordable Care Act, providing a clearinghouse for people to purchase health insurance for themselves and their families, often with generous subsidies.
Those who are not covered by private insurance or government programmes by the end of Monday will face a tax penalty, although the Obama administration has extended a grace period for those who can prove they have had technical issues with the site.

Major technical glitches during the site's October launch led the White House to revise its sign-up goal from seven million to six million

Total enrolment through the federal and state-run websites has jumped since the beginning of March, from 4.2 million to six million on Friday.
That surpasses the Obama administration's revised enrolment goal, although in October the White House said it hoped to sign up seven million by April.

The site, which was receiving 1.5 million visitors a day last week, received about two million a day at the weekend.http://loverytnews247.blogspot.com/

Killed Palestinian envoy 'mishandled explosive', police say

Mr Jamal had spent just two nights at the Palestinian Embassy in Prague before the incident 

Czech police investigating the death of a Palestinian envoy have said he was most likely killed by "mishandling" an explosive.

Ambassador Jamal al-Jamal died in a blast at the Palestinian Embassy in the capital, Prague, on 1 January.
Police initially thought that Mr Jamal might have triggered a booby-trapped safe inside the complex.

But tests carried out by investigators suggest that he was holding an explosive in his hand when it went off
The ambassador's death is being investigated as a case of negligence.
'Most likely option'
"The explosive was not placed on the door or inside the safe and was not there to protect the safe," police spokeswoman Andrea Zoulova said.
She said that "mishandling remains the most likely option", and confirmed that an experimental blast conducted by experts had supported this theory.
"There's a question of whether he knew what he was dealing with," Ms Zoulova added.
Police said they would need several more weeks to complete the investigation.

The Palestinian embassy in Prague where Mr Jamal was killed by an explosion in January

Several weapons and explosives that were not officially registered in the Czech Republic were discovered during a search of the embassy complex after the incident.
Palestinian authorities said the weapons, dating from the 1970s and 1980s, were gifts from officials in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War and apologised for not registering them.
Mr Jamal was born in Beirut and joined Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) in 1975.
He served in its missions to Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. He was given the Prague post in October 2013 and had spent just two nights in his new residence before he died.

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Boko Haram Giwa barracks attack: Nigerian army 'killed hundreds'

Nigeria's army killed some 600 people after a recent attack by Boko Haram militants on a barracks, Amnesty International has said.

Quoting eye-witnesses, it said that after the raid in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, detainees who had escaped were rounded up and killed.
The army has not yet commented on the allegations but has denied previous reports of abuses.
The conflict has killed some 1,500 people this year, according to Amnesty.
Half of those killed were civilians, the organisation said.

The army presence in Maiduguri has been strengthened since a state of emergency was declared last year

Some 250,000 people have fled their homes this year because of the Boko Haram conflict

Hundreds of militants were said to have taken part in the 14 March attack on the Giwa barracks in Maiduguri, which BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross described as a particularly brazen assault.

At the time, the Nigerian military said the attack was successfully repelled and many attackers were killed by the air force and ground troops.

One eyewitness told Amnesty that a self-defence group known as civilian JTF captured some of the hundreds of detainees who had escaped.
"I saw the soldiers asking the people to lie on the ground," the witness said.
"There was a small argument between the soldiers and the civilian JTF. The soldiers made some calls and a few minutes later they started shooting the people on the ground. I counted 198 people killed at that checkpoint."
Amnesty says satellite images have revealed three possible mass graves around the city.
Captured Boko Haram suspects are often detained in Giwa barracks, and human rights groups say hundreds have died or been subjected to torture there - allegations always denied by the military.
Boko Haram has since released its own video of the attack on Giwa, showing crowds of people walking out of the barracks.
Amnesty says all parties are violating international law and wants the United Nations to help investigate potential war crimes and crimes against humanity.
"The scale of atrocities carried out by Boko Haram is truly shocking, creating a climate of fear and insecurity," said Amnesty's Netsanet Belay.
"But this cannot be used to justify the brutality of the response that is clearly being meted out by the Nigerian security forces."

The violence has forced some 250,000 people from their homes so far this year, according to the government's relief agency.
It said more than three million people are facing a humanitarian crisis.
Boko Haram was launched in Maiduguri in 2009, with the aim of setting up an Islamic state.
A state of emergency was declared in three north-eastern states last year to help the military crush the insurgency.

However, the militants have stepped up attacks in recent months
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