Returning to the dating scene after 6 years. : Relationship Forum ...

Hey all, joined up needing advice.

There is a girl at work who is flirting very aggressively with me at work so I took her out for a drink afterwards and talked for a bit.

My background is as follows.

I was sexually abused as a child which even with a decade of therapy leaves me with sometimes crippling trust issues and contributes to the social awkwardness and anxiety. I also was diagnosed with childhood onset schizophrenia before I entered middle school which became schizo-affective disorder bi-polar type. This contributes again the trust issues due to paranoia. Dating experience is limited at best which kinda blows. She knows none of this. I am 25 years old.

When I was 16 I got a first girlfriend and we dated for about a month, one day we went to a waterpark and she and I separated for about 30 mins and she ended up lost. When we hooked back up she was irate and cussing me out telling me I was cheating on her or some $#%^. I dealt with this for about 10 minutes when her father picked her up and left me behind. She called the next morning but I made it clear I wasn't going to be treated like that and we were done.

I didn't give up then, I dated a few other girls off and on and eventually transitioned into the online dating scene. I developed a few relationships up into the age of 19 where I fell head over heals even having not met the person face to face. They all ended up fizzling out after similar arguments to the one above. A few literally left holes in me due to how close I had come to them.

At 19 I gave up and while battling my mental illness which was full of constant ups and downs. After high school I kind of went into full isolation mode and had almost no contact with the ouside world other than work and the few friends I had. The lowest it got is when I ran out of meds in 2010 and overdosed on 100 - 325mg aspirin and about 13 - 300mg seroquel. I honestly don't know I made it out of that alive.

After a few months my Illness starting improving due to a somewhat better outlook on life. I still didn't want a relationship due to my feelings carried over from past relationships and time after time, ignored women who flirted constantly with me most men would never turn down, and these women are even EXTREMELY out of my league, and every time I ignored them or walked off when I reached my limit.

In the past few years my in activeness caused me to jump up to 300lbs, and my eating habits caught up with me which caused over the course of 3 months from initial symptoms almost ended with my gallbladder exploding while waiting for surgery.

Since then I've dropped about 40 lbs, starting walking 2 miles a day if not working. I work a very labor intensive job in the sun all day with shade. I also started attending college for Automotive Technology in Jan 2013 where I easily co-exist with all walks of life without the schizoid symptoms taking complete control.

Two days before I started my first semester my grandmother who raised me was diagnosed with stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer out of seemingly nowhere. While I was waiting for her biopsy results I had my first major hallucination since I was about 8 years old. I was also very out of it in class, spacing out and shaking. She died on March 12 2012 after the hospital burned holes in her lungs.
I took a week off from work and school and came back and have been passing all of my classes with a 3.5 gpa even while dealing with extreme stress which usually triggers psychotic episodes. I know when they're coming so I can brace myself and ride it out over the next few days with double doses of Seroquel.

Well this girl at work has been all over me the last week and I initially did my usual "oblivious to your flirting" routine but as I worked with her more something felt odd, I actually felt she is completely different in every way from the women I've dated in the past.

I stepped WAY out of my comfort zone and asked her if she wanted to chill and talk after work. Everything turned out well and I told her we will chill again but didn't really ask her out. My past feelings and making my fight or flight mechanism go into hyperdrive.

I really want to just call her tonight and while not talking about the past abuse or schizo-affective tell her I really like her and want to date but explain to her that I haven't been a relationship in a long time and would like to take it slowly. Hopefully she'll understand.

Advice and encouragement is welcome, my friends and family aren't helping. All they're telling me to do is get her in bed right off the bat which is pissing me off slightly.

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Mophie Juice Pack Plus (for iPhone 5)

Mophie is doing a nice job expanding its line of iPhone 5?battery cases to match its iPhone 4 and 4S selection. The latest to come through our labs is the Juice Pack Plus ($119.95 direct), which the company promises more than doubles the battery life of the iPhone 5. The design is almost identical to the slightly lower capacity Juice Pack Air, and noticeably bulkier than the Juice Pack Helium. Our Editors' Choice award remains with the svelte Helium for its stellar design and solid battery life, but if you want the most extra endurance available right now, the Juice Pack Plus is the way to go.

Design and Features
Placed side by side, you'd be hard pressed to notice any difference between the Juice Pack Plus and Juice Pack Air. At 5.6 by 2.6 by 0.7 inches (HWD) and 2.68 ounces, it's negligibly thicker than the Air, but a bit bulky when compared with the 5.5-by-2.5-by-0.59-inch and 2.44-ounce Juice Pack Helium. The Plus is coated in a rubberized soft-touch material like the Air, with a grippy band around the case's edges.

Like the Air, the Plus uses plastic button overlays for Volume and Power, instead of the cutouts found on the Helium. The plastic buttons feel a bit flimsy, but they're easier to access, since the Helium's cutouts are a bit too deep. All three cases have the same camera sensor cutout and deeply recessed 3.5mm headphone jack, which requires the included extender if you want to use most standard headphones. The Plus is available in black, white, or red, while the Helium is only available in two shades of gray.

The case comes in two parts, with the bottom section housing the Lightning Connector on the inside and a micro USB port on the outside for charging. Around back are the battery indicator LEDs, Indicator button, and a standby switch for activating the flow of juice. The two pieces securely snap together, and installation is as easy as sliding an iPhone 5 into the top section and snapping the bottom on. I like Mophie's choice to use a micro USB port for charging, as micro USB cables are plentiful and affordable, while Lightning cables are expensive and harder to find. Plugging in a micro USB cable allows pass-through charging of both the iPhone 5 and the battery case, but you'll need to sync your iPhone using Wi-Fi instead.

Performance and Conclusions
The Plus packs a 2,100mAh battery, which is a sizeable step up from the 1,700mAh Air and 1,500mAh Helium. In my tests, making a continuous call with LTE enabled with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth switched off, the Juice Pack Plus added 7 hours, 23 minutes of talk time to my completely drained AT&T iPhone 5. That result compares well with the 6 hours, 57 minutes of the Air and 6 hours, 20 minutes from the Helium on the same test.

The Mophie Juice Pack Plus is what the Air should have been, offering a sizeable gain in battery life over the Helium. If you want the absolute most battery life, the Juice Pack Plus is the way to go. Our Editors' Choice remains the Juice Pack Helium, however, as it still offers substantial battery life while keeping things thinner, lighter, and less expensive than the Juice Pack Plus.

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Kelly Osbourne: Sex, drugs, rock & roll 'ain't fun'

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Kelly Osbourne in Cosmopolitan.

No one can say Kelly Osbourne isn't loyal to her parental units. Her father, rocker Ozzy Osbourne, fell off the wagon in April, admitting he had relapsed into drinking and taking drugs -- and she stood by him.

And in the July issue of Cosmopolitan, she says she understands where her dad is coming from. "I love and respect that he's honest enough to say, 'Yes, I did this. It was my fault,'" she told the magazine. "He's a real man. Most people would hide, and he doesn't. It doesn't make me love him any less.

"It took a long time to get to that place, but I understand it now," she adds. "It made me break down and cry when my parents rather than the Boston Marathon were on the cover of the British newspapers. People lost their children from a terrorist attack, and that's superseded by this bulls--- story that is not even real."

And perhaps some of her empathy comes from having gone down some of the same road as her father. "He's an addict; I'm an addict," she says. "It's going to be one of those things we battle for the rest of our lives. I take the necessary precautions. If you're not happy and healthy, it's not worth any of it. Everyone says sex, drugs, and rock and roll are fun. It ain't fun. It is not something to glorify."

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/kelly-osbourne-says-sex-drugs-rock-n-roll-aint-fun-6C10130978

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Windows 8.1 unveiled: new apps, new features and the return of the Start button

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• Microsoft drops the Blue codename, confirms Windows 8.1 will be a free upgrade available later this year
• Windows Blue screenshot tour
• Leaked Windows 8.1 build points to the Start button's return

How big of an upgrade is Windows 8.1? Put it this way: we just might need to review the OS all over again. Microsoft just unveiled the first major update to Windows 8, and it includes tweaks to nearly every aspect of the operating system: the lock screen, Start menu, Windows Store and onscreen keyboard. As we saw in some leaked screenshots, Microsoft also updated its native apps and added some new ones, including a stopwatch and fresh calculator. In some cases, the update even changes the way you interact with the OS. Yes, that means the Start button is back (sort of). You can now snap more than two windows into place, depending on your screen resolution, and also adjust the width of those columns so that it's not necessarily an 80 / 20 split. Additionally, Microsoft revamped the way built-in search works so that it's now more of a universal search engine, serving up apps, files, settings options and web suggestions.

As you might have guessed, some of these revisions are a response to feedback Microsoft has received in the past seven months. In other cases, like with the new settings menu, they were part of Microsoft's plan all along -- the engineering team just didn't get to them before it was time to ship the first version of Win 8. As we reported earlier, Windows 8.1 will be available as a free update (in preview) starting June 26th, the day Microsoft's Build developer conference kicks off. We'd still encourage you to follow our Build coverage, however, as Microsoft will be making additional announcements then, particularly with regard to its first-party apps. Also, Microsoft is only sharing a handful of screenshots today, so we'll have to wait until June 26th to give you the full visual tour. For now, though, join us after the break as we walk you through all the major (and not-so-major) changes.

Gallery: Windows 8.1 screenshots

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Fed policy change fears weigh on markets

LONDON (AP) ? Worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve will start to rein in its monetary stimulus program slammed stock markets Wednesday, a day after the Dow Jones index struck another record high.

And with the month-end hovering, many investors were looking to book profits following another solid performance across the world's stock markets. Many indexes have hit a series of all-time highs during May despite a wobble last week.

The latest speculation surrounding the Fed came after a raft of positive economic news on Tuesday. Though investors initially cheered the positive consumer confidence and housing news, they then started to fret over the prospect of the Fed reducing the amount of assets it buys each month ? what is commonly referred to in financial markets as tapering.

Earlier Wednesday, the yield, or interest rate, for ten-year U.S. Treasury bonds hit its highest level so far this year, at 2.23 percent ? a sign investors think the Fed's monetary policy will become less easy and cheap.

The Fed, like other central banks, has been buying assets over the past few years as part of an attempt to lower long-term interest rates and shore up the U.S. economy after the financial crisis. That new money has found its way into financial markets and given a number of assets, such as stocks, a big push.

"Concerns that the Federal Reserve will reduce debt purchases allowed the bears to come into play once again," said Lee Mumford, a trader at Spreadex.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 2 percent at 6,627.17 while Germany's DAX fell 1.7 percent to 8,336.58. The CAC-40 was 1.9 percent lower at 3,974.12.

In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.9 percent at 15,273 while the broader S&P 500 index also fell 0.9 percent to 1,645.

Over the coming days and weeks, the U.S. economic dataflow will likely continue to drive markets given the uncertainty over the Fed's stance.

"Our view is that the Fed will tread carefully and that the time is not yet ripe to pare back its current rate of bond purchases," said Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital.

He noted unemployment remained high, and that one of the Fed's tasks when setting policy is to bring joblessness down.

In the currency markets, the dollar was trading on the soft side following its recent stellar run. The euro was up 0.7 percent higher at $1.2944, while the dollar fell 0.9 percent to 101.30 yen.

Earlier in Asia, stocks finished modestly higher on the heels of a new record for the Dow, after the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller survey found that U.S. home prices rose 10.9 percent in March, the most since April 2006. On top of that, the Conference Board in Washington reported consumer confidence rising to a five-year high.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 0.1 percent to close at 14,326.46 while South Korea's Kospi advanced 0.8 percent to 2,001.20. Benchmarks in mainland China but Hong Kong's Hang Seng tumbled 1.6 percent to 22,554.93.

Oil prices tracked equities lower, with the benchmark New York rate down 77 cents at $94.24 a barrel.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fed-policy-change-fears-weigh-markets-103819133.html

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Activists criticize reported NKorean repatriation

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Human rights groups on Thursday demanded that North Korea guarantee the safety of nine of its citizens who reportedly fled to Laos, only to be apprehended and sent back home.

Seven men and two women were flown home Tuesday via China despite a request from South Korea that Beijing not repatriate them, the Chosun Ilbo daily newspaper in Seoul reported Thursday, citing unidentified South Korean government officials. The Yonhap news agency provided the same information, citing a Foreign Ministry official in Seoul.

South Korea's Foreign Ministry declined to confirm the report.

Close to 25,000 North Koreans have left their authoritarian country since the end of the Korean War, the vast majority via China and then onward via Southeast Asian countries including Laos, Thailand and Vietnam before flying to Seoul.

China, North Korea's foremost ally, does not recognize the defectors as asylum seekers and has been known to return them to Pyongyang.

Activists say defectors caught leaving North Korea without state permission could face prison and even torture.

Under North Korean law, defectors face a minimum of five years of hard labor and as much as life in prison or the death penalty in cases deemed particularly serious.

"North Korea has to come clean on where these nine refugees are and publicly guarantee that they will not be harmed or retaliated against for having fled the country," said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director of Human Rights Watch. "As a result of their return, they are at dire risk."

The Yonhap report said the defectors, aged between 15 and 23, entered Laos through China on May 9 and were caught by Laotian authorities May 16.

According to the North's official Korean Central News Agency, a delegation from the Laotian capital of Vientiane visited North Korea on May 20. Laos sent the defectors to China on Monday before they were sent to North Korea a day later, Yonhap reported.

Several attempts to contact officials in Laos, a secretive and strict socialist regime in Southeast Asia, were unsuccessful.

"It's tragic and disappointing," Kim Eun-young, an activist with the Seoul-based Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, said Thursday of the reported repatriation. "We fear defectors will now feel more intimidated about trying to come to South Korea through Laos or other Southeast Asian countries."

In Seoul, protesters pleaded Wednesday with the South Korean government to step up efforts to stop the repatriation of the North Koreans. Nine "young lives were in your hands," read one sign addressed to Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se.

The number of North Koreans who settle in South Korea had been rising over several years before peaking in 2009 with nearly 3,000 arrivals. The South Korean constitution guarantees North Koreans citizenship after the government can establish that they are not spies.

Flows have slowed significantly since then. Last year, just over 1,500 arrived in South Korea, according to the government in Seoul.

There are unconfirmed reports that North Korea has boosted security at the Chinese border in recent years to slow the flow of defectors. Over the past year, North Korea has publicized the return of some defectors to North Korea.

The U.S. government, which supports efforts to promote reform in North Korea and is a strong ally of South Korea, said in a statement that it was concerned about the reports of the repatriation and urged "all countries in the region to cooperate in the protection of North Korean refugees within their territories."

The Korean Peninsula has been divided by a 4-kilometer-wide (2.5-mile-wide) Demilitarized Zone since the Korean War ended with an armistice in 1953.

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Associated Press writers Chris Brummitt and Hyung-jin Kim contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/activists-criticize-reported-nkorean-repatriation-065706472.html

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Like your health care policy? You may be losing it

FILE - In this June 15, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the American Medical Association annual meeting in Chicago. Many consumers who buy their own health insurance could get a cancellation notice this fall because their current policies don't meet basic standards under President Barack Obama's health care law. They'll have to find replacement plans, state regulators say. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period," the president reassured the American Medical Association. "No one will take it away, no matter what." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

FILE - In this June 15, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the American Medical Association annual meeting in Chicago. Many consumers who buy their own health insurance could get a cancellation notice this fall because their current policies don't meet basic standards under President Barack Obama's health care law. They'll have to find replacement plans, state regulators say. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period," the president reassured the American Medical Association. "No one will take it away, no matter what." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren't up to the basic standards of President Barack Obama's health care law.

They, and some small businesses, will have to find replacement plans ? and that has some state insurance officials worried about consumer confusion.

Rollout of the Affordable Care Act is going full speed ahead, despite repeal efforts by congressional Republicans. New insurance markets called exchanges are to open in every state this fall. Middle-class consumers who don't get coverage on the job will be able to pick private health plans, while low-income people will be steered to an expanded version of Medicaid in states that accept it.

The goal is to cover most of the nation's nearly 50 million uninsured, but even Obama says there will be bumps in the road. And discontinued insurance plans could be another bump.

Also, it doesn't seem to square with one of the president's best known promises about his health care overhaul: "If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan."

But supporters of the overhaul are betting that consumers won't object once they realize the coverage they will get under the new law is superior to current bare-bones insurance. For example, insurers will no longer be able to turn people down because of medical problems.

Other bumps on the road to the new health care law include potentially unaffordable premiums for smokers unless states act to waive them, a new $63-per-head fee that will hit companies already providing coverage to employees and dependents, and a long-term care insurance program that had to be canceled because of the risk it could go belly up

The Obama administration did not respond directly to questions about the potential fallout from cancellation notices. Instead, Health and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne Peters released a prepared statement saying: "Beginning in October, individuals and small businesses will be able to shop for insurance in the marketplace, where we are already seeing that increased competition and transparency are leading to a range of options for quality, affordable plans."

For the most part, state insurance commissioners are giving insurers the option of canceling existing plans or changing them to comply with new federal requirements. Large employer plans that cover most workers and their families are unlikely to be affected.

Seen as consumer safeguards by the administration, the new requirements limit costs paid by policyholders, and also expand benefits. That includes better preventive care, and also improved prescription coverage in many cases. The most important feature may be protection for your pocketbook if you get really sick: The new plans limit copayments and other out-of-pocket costs to $6,400 a year for individuals.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners says it is hearing that many carriers will cancel policies and issue new ones because administratively that is easier than changing existing plans.

About 14 million Americans currently purchase their health policies individually, a number expected to more than double eventually because of the new law's subsidies and one-stop insurance markets. But the transition may not be seamless.

"The impending changes ... have the potential to cause policyholder confusion," said a recent memo from Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart to insurers. Though a Republican-led state, Iowa is helping to carry out major portions of the health care law.

Nationally a considerable number of people could be affected by cancellations. Information from insurers is still dribbling in to state regulators.

In Washington state, the changes will affect more than 400,000 people, said Stephanie Marquis, spokeswoman for insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler. Marquis said she expects the premiums for replacement plans to be similar to current ones, but with better coverage.

"Your costs involve more than your premiums," Marquis explained. "It's also what you would have to pay out of pocket if you had actually used your health plan."

Others see an encroaching nanny state.

"You're going to be forcibly upgraded," said Bob Laszewski, a health care industry consultant. "It's like showing up at the airline counter and being told, 'You have no choice, $300 please. You're getting a first-class ticket, why are you complaining?'"

Obama's promise dates back to June of 2009, when Congress was starting to grapple with overhauling the health care system to cover uninsured Americans. Later that summer, public anxieties about changes would erupt at dozens of angry congressional town hall meetings with constituents.

"If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period," the president reassured the American Medical Association. "No one will take it away, no matter what."

At the time, some saw the promise as too broad, given that health plans are constantly being changed by the employers that sponsor them or by insurers directly.

Nonetheless, Democrats in Congress devised a complicated scheme called "grandfathering" to try to deliver on Obama's pledge. It can shield plans from many of the law's requirements, provided the plans themselves change little.

State officials said it has proven impractical in most cases for insurers to "grandfather" plans sold to individuals.

Questions and answers for Virginia insurers provided by state regulators say most carriers are expected to file new policies "given the extensive amount of changes resulting from state and federal laws."

A Washington state insurance department presentation for insurers says plans must mail their discontinuation and replacement notices to consumers by Sept. 15.

State insurance spokeswoman Marquis said, "I don't think it is necessarily a bad thing that they are going to be getting a replacement notice, because they going to be able to go out and shop in this marketplace and they'll be getting better coverage."

Associated Press

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Panama's Ruben Blades joins cast of Duran biopic

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) ? Panama's most famous performer is joining the cast of a movie about its most famous boxer.

Filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz says singer Ruben Blades will take part in the film "Hands of Stone," which is scheduled for release next year.

The film focuses on the life of Roberto Duran.

The Harvard-educated Blades is one of the biggest stars in Latin music and also has served as Panama's tourism minister. In the film, he will play boxing promoter Carlos Eleta.

The movie also starts Robert De Niro, Usher and Edgar Ramirez.

In Tuesday's news release, Blades refers to Duran as a friend and as "one of the most illustrious Panamanians we have."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/panamas-ruben-blades-joins-cast-duran-biopic-211513028.html

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NASA IRIS: Improving our view of the sun

May 29, 2013 ? In late June 2013, NASA will launch a new set of eyes to offer the most detailed look ever of the sun's lower atmosphere, called the interface region. This region is believed to play a crucial role in powering the sun's dynamic million-degree atmosphere, the corona. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph or IRIS mission will provide the best resolution so far of the widest range of temperatures for of the interface region, an area that has historically been difficult to study.

"This region is crucial for understanding how the corona gets so hot," said Joe Davila, IRIS project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "For the first time, we will have the capability to observe it at fundamental physical scale sizes and see details that have previously been hidden."

IRIS's capabilities are uniquely tailored to unravel the interface region by providing both high-resolution images and a kind of data known as spectra.

For its high-resolution images, IRIS will capture data on about one percent of the sun at a time. While these are relatively small snapshots, IRIS will be able to see very fine features, as small as 150 miles across.

"We have some great space observatories currently looking at the sun," said Bart DePontieu, the IRIS science lead at Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto, Calif. "But when it comes to the interface region, we've never been able to resolve individual structures. We have been able only to see conglomerates of various structures. Now we will finally be able to observe the details."

IRIS's images will be three to four times as detailed as the images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory -- though SDO can observe the whole sun at once. SDO's wavelengths are not tailored, however, to see the interface region. Scientists can use IRIS observations to hone in on smaller details while working with the larger instruments, such as SDO or the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hinode, to capture images of the entire sun. Together, the observatories will explore how the corona works and impacts Earth -- SDO and Hinode monitoring the solar surface and outer atmosphere, with IRIS watching the region in between.

Ultraviolet images look at only one wavelength of light at a time, but IRIS will also provide spectra, a kind of data that can show information about many wavelengths of light at once. Spectrographs split the sun's light into its various wavelengths and measure how much of any given wavelength is present. This is then portrayed on a graph showing spectral "lines" -- taller lines correspond to wavelengths in which the sun emits relatively more radiation.

Each spectral line also corresponds to a given temperature, so this provides information about how much material of a particular temperature is present. The images from IRIS' telescope will record observations of material at specific temperatures, ranging from 5,000 kelvins to 65,000 kelvins (8,540 F to 116,540 F) -- and up to 10 million kelvins (about 18 million F) during solar flares -- a range best suited to observe material on the sun's surface and in the interface region.

"By looking at spectra of material in these temperature ranges, we can also diagnose velocity and perhaps density of the material, too," said De Pontieu.

The IRIS instrument will capture a new image every five to 10 seconds, and spectra about once every two seconds. These unique capabilities will be coupled with state-of-the-art 3-D numerical modeling sophisticated enough to deal with the complexity of this region. The modeling makes use of supercomputers at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif.

In combination, IRIS' resolution, fast imaging rate, wide temperature coverage and computer modeling will enable scientists for the first time to track solar material as it is accelerated and heated in the interface region and thus help pinpoint where and how the plasma gains energy and heat along its travels through the lower levels of the solar atmosphere.

IRIS was developed by Lockheed Martin as a NASA Small Explorer mission. The NASA Explorer Program is designed to provide frequent, low-cost access to space for heliophysics and astrophysics missions using small- to mid-sized spacecraft. Goddard manages the Explorer Program for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Major contributions for IRIS were provided by Lockheed Martin Sensing and Exploration Systems, NASA's Ames Research Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Montana State University, Stanford University, the Norwegian Space Centre and the University of Oslo.

For more information about NASA's IRIS mission, please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/iris

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90% Frances Ha

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The dialogue and editing are zippy and generally charming, combining with the tart observations of 20-something culture to create a nice frisson.

A black-and-white salute to the French New Wave (the score is borrowed from Georges Delerue, composer of many a Truffaut and Godard film) that manages to be very much of this moment ...

The movie's a love letter to an actress and her character, but by the end you may feel like an intervention is more in order.

The obvious love of New York City echoes Woody Allen at his best. But "Frances Ha" is very much its own film, a story of life and love and messy rooms.

Baumbach ... makes the film a celebration of Gerwig's coltish, goofball appeal.

Late-blooming 20-somethings have never been so perfectly captured -- and Gerwig has never been more appealing -- than in this funny, tender, life-affirming movie.

This is a tough one, but I must recommend it, if you are at all inclined to witness creativity at its unconventional best.

"Frances Ha"? More like Frances Bah!

Gerwig dances the Millennial Limbo

...caters to the Gerwig persona while also sanding off the edges of Baumbach's usual bitterness.

"Frances Ha" is about the inevitability of adulthood; it can be postponed, but it can't be avoided.

[a] fresh-faced and spirited black and white comedy...

If Frances has a chance, there's hope for us all.

The near-incomparable Greta Gerwig gives Frances a fire, an exuberance, and a three-dimensional uniqueness that ensures the viewer never sways from her side.

It gives you two choices: find it delightful or don't: there is no unique, self-guided option. As frustrating as that conundrum may be, it's still hard not to take option one.

Without Gerwig, this story of a hopeful young woman making her way in New York would have been just like all the rest. Instead, it's a work of art.

But there's just something so relentlessly likable about put-upon, impoverished Frances (Greta Gerwig) that it almost doesn't matter that her New York is just one big Williamsburg.

Improbable yet engaging, this arrested development serio-comedy should be particularly endearing to those who can't quite get their lives together.

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EU quizzes telcos on Apple sales tactics against rivals

By Foo Yun Chee and Michael Perry

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are seeking information whether Apple's iPhone distribution deals with mobile telecoms operators may be aimed at shutting out rival smartphones makers, in a move which could lead to a formal investigation into Apple.

In a nine-page questionnaire sent to mobile telecoms companies last Friday and obtained by Reuters, the European Commission said such behavior may breach EU antitrust rules.

The questionnaire followed informal complaints from telecoms operators against Apple late last year related to handset subsidies and marketing for carrying its smartphones and tablets, sources have told Reuters.

Such surveys are a typical procedure in antitrust cases which helps the Commission determine whether to open a case against companies or reject complaints.

"The Commission has information indicating that Apple and mobile network operators have concluded distribution agreements which may potentially lead to the foreclosure of other smartphone manufacturers from the market," the questionnaire said.

Telecoms operators were asked whether Apple obliged them to buy a minimum volume of iPhones, provide preferential treatment for marketing iPhones, set a certain level of subsidies and ensure Apple receives the same or better terms given to rivals.

Regulators were also keen to know if Apple restricted the companies from using the iPhone5 in their 4G/LTE networks. The deadline for replies is June 17.

European and U.S. operators typically pay hefty subsidies to smartphone makers including Apple. Customers get discounts on such devices in return for signing on to two-year wireless contracts, a key source of revenues for operators.

Smartphones account for 49.3 percent of mobile phones sold globally in the first quarter, according to research company Gartner. Samsung Electronic is the world's most-used smartphone brand.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/europe-investigates-apples-iphone-tactics-ft-022052743.html

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Tot With Arthritis Struggles to Walk

Campbell Pruden was only 19 months old, just beginning to talk, when she developed a limp and begged to be carried. The only way she could express her pain was to tell her parents, "It's too tight."

In 2011, the once energetic toddler was diagnosed and hospitalized with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. At one point, she was taking eight daily medications. She was so afraid of the frequent steroid injections that she had to be put under anesthesia to keep her still enough for the procedure.

"In the beginning when there were all those unknowns, we knew we had to get to the bottom of it," said her mother, Kim Pruden, a 35-year-old speech pathologist from Phoenix.

"But at the same time, we had to keep that poker face with her to give her the confidence that, 'You are O.K. and you are going to be O.K.'"

The couple has their "breakdown" moments after Campbell goes to bed at night.

One of the greatest misunderstandings about arthritis is that it affects only adults. More than 300,000 children in the United States are living with the disease, according to the Arthritis Foundation, which has launched a new public awareness campaign to debunk the myths of arthritis during the month of May.

In addition to swelling in the joints, children can suffer muscle and soft tissue tightening and bone erosion that affect growth patterns.

Symptoms may include a non-contagious fever and rash. Inflammation can affect the spleen or the membranes that covering the lungs and heart.

It's important to recognize the symptoms of arthritis early, as many forms of arthritis can cause irreversible joint damage, often within the first two years of the disease. There are more than 100 types of arthritis and knowing what type you have makes a difference in how it is treated.

Today, at age 3, Campbell gets intravenous injections of powerful immune-suppressant medicines known as biologics, but office visits can last anywhere from two to five hours long. She calls the tiresome procedures her "stupid tubes."

Pruden laughs that the ordeal is like "going to Disney World for kids to get poked with needles."

Pruden and her husband John take a positive approach with their daughter whose joints are always aching.

"We keep her moving, we keep her active and we take one day at a time," she said. "When she is not feeling well, we respect that, but it's important not to make that a crutch or an excuse."

Arthritis is an umbrella term used to describe the many autoimmune and inflammatory conditions.

One family hard-hit by the disease recently moved from rainy Seattle to Charleston, S.C., for the warm climate, which is easier on the aching joints of sufferers.

Sisters Amelia, 5, and Liberty, 3, have juvenile idiopathic arthritis, which affects their joints "from head to toe," according to their mother, Lisa Schultz, who was recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

Their father has had gout since he was 20, which is also a form of arthritis.

Amelia was diagnosed in April 2010 when she was nearly 2. She suddenly stopped walking and reverted to crawling.

"She started limping in the morning and wanted to be carried," said Schultz, 37 and a stay-at-home mother. "She would cry when I changed her diaper, too. I would lift her up and she would say her toes hurt when I put on her socks. Her second toe was almost the size of her big toe and her knees were the size of oranges."

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AP PHOTOS: Tony Kanaan finally wins Indy 500

Popular Brazilian Tony Kanaan ended years of heartbreak and won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday on a day that saw a record 68 lead changes and a record average speed of 187.433 mph. It was also the coolest day in a decade at the speedway, but it didn't keep Kanaan from celebrating with the traditional celebration of milk after his victory. Carlos Munoz, a 21-year-old Colombian making his first IndyCar start, finished second and defending IndyCar Series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay was third.

Here is a gallery of photos from the race.

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PFT: Jones wants everything from $100M Romo

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From the ?Who Doesn?t Belong and Whhhhhhyyyyyyy?? file, Pop Warner football will honor on Saturday night the Patriots, Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez, former Patriots TE Ben Coates, Redskins RB Alfred Morris, and Nancy Kerrigan.

The Bills? new defense is designed to create confusion.? (Unlike the team?s recent defenses, the confusion ideally will be experienced by the members of the opposing offense.)

Dolphins OT Jonathan Martin is ?excited? (calm down, Tebow) for the chance to play on the left side, and he has bulked up to help improve his performance.

When scouts went to Tennessee to watch wideouts Cordarrelle Patterson and Justin Hunter, they?d emerge curious about Jets WR Zach Rogers.

P Brian Moorman is more than a camp leg for the Steelers.

The Browns are shaking up their media relations department.

Ravens LB Elvis Dumervil already is emerging as a leader.

Here?s a look at whether Bengals CB Leon Hall is underrated.

Texans QB Matt Schaub says he?s his toughest critic.? (That makes me feel like less of a jerk.? Slightly.)

Titans WR Kendall Wright is determined to make more big plays in 2013.

Former Jaguars TE Pete Mitchell autographed a photo of himself being chased by Ray Lewis in creative fashion.

Colts G.M. Ryan Grigson will be honored next month by the National Football Foundation.

The Chiefs? offensive linemen are learning fast, thanks to having not one but two position coaches, Andy Heck and Eugene Chung.

Here?s a look at possible surprises on the Broncos? final 53-man roster.

Raiders LB Nick Roach said it?s obvious his teammates showed up for OTAs ready to work.

Former Chargers coach Sid Gillman is No. 18 on ESPN?s all-time list of coaches.

Redskins LT Trent Williams thinks the team?s offense doesn?t put QB Robert Griffin III at risk, because the plays on which he injured his knee weren?t ?called runs.?

Cowboys DT Josh Brent has been placed on a new portable alcohol monitoring system that requires urine and breath testing at regular and random intervals.

It?s still too early to know who?ll win the starting quarterback job for the Eagles.

When the Giants recently welcomed the Manchester City Football Club to the Timex Performance Center, defender Micah Richards passed on the chance to catch balls from the JUGS machine; ?I don?t trust my hands actually,? Richards said.

Vikings RB Adrian Peterson doesn?t believe in same-sex marriage, but he also doesn?t believe P Chris Kluwe?s support for it got him cut.

Lions S Ricardo Silva heard that people thought he was a little slow last season, so he has worked on getting faster.

LB Brian Urlacher says of the Bears organization:? ?There?s one person I could really take or leave.?? (Bill Swerski?)

A Janesville, Wisconsin couple has won the truck previously owned by Packers QB Aaron Rodgers.? (It?s a Ford, which is fitting, since the Fords and Rodgers separately own the Lions.)

Panthers QB Cam Newton has a new clothing line at Belk, the store with the name that sounds like an interrupted burp.

Retired Buccaneers DB Rond? Barber has gotten the key to the city of Tampa.? (There?s only one condition:? He can?t loan it to Tiki.)

Saints coach Sean Payton apparently spent plenty of time working out during his one-season suspension.

A Georgia man is accused of trying to alter checks written by Falcons WR Julio Jones and Falcons CB Christopher Owens.

Rams WR Tavon Austin took a few handoffs during practice on Friday.

Seahawks WR Justin Veltung can perform a 56-inch standing box jump.

With the Cardinals drafting LB Alex Okafor, LB Sam Acho once again will help mentor Okafor.

Decensae White, a star basketball player at San Francisco State University and a former college roommate of 49ers WR Michael Crabtree, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering rapper Lil? Phat, also known as Melvin Vernell III.? (And he?s where we emphasize that Decensae White, not Michael Crabtree, faces the murder charge.? Not Michael Crabtree.? Not Crabtree.? Not.? Crab.? Tree.)

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French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris

PARIS (AP) ? A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and the government said it was trying to determine if there were any links to the brutal killing of a British soldier by suspected Islamic extremists.

French President Francois Hollande said the identity of the attacker, who escaped, was unknown and cautioned against jumping to conclusions about the assault on the uniformed soldier in the La Defense shopping area. The life of the 23-year-old soldier was not in danger, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

On Wednesday, British soldier Lee Rigby, 25, was viciously stabbed on a London street in broad daylight in a suspected terrorist attack that has raised fears of potential copycat strikes.

The French soldier was on a group patrol as part of a national protection program when he was attacked from behind, prosecutor Robert Gelli told BFM-TV. The assailant did not say a word, Gelli told Europe 1.

"There are elements ? the sudden violence of the attack ? that could lead one to believe there might be a comparison with what happened in London," Interior Minister Manuel Valls told France 2 television. "But at this point, honestly, let us be prudent."

Rigby was attacked while walking outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in the Woolwich area of south London.

The gruesome scene was recorded on witnesses' cellphones, and a video emerged in which one of the two suspects ? his hands bloodied ? boasted of their exploits and warned of more violence as the soldier lay on the ground. Holding bloody knives and a meat cleaver, the suspects waited for police, who shot them in the legs, witnesses said.

In the video, one of the suspects declared, "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you ... We must fight them as they fight us."

Two Muslim hard-liners have identified that suspect as Michael Adebolajo, a Christian who converted to Islam and attended several London demonstrations organized by banned British radical group al-Muhajiroun.

French security forces have been on heightened alert since their country launched a military intervention in the African nation of Mali in January to regain territory seized by Islamic radicals. British Prime Minister David Cameron was himself in Paris meeting with Hollande when he first received word of the London attack.

Last year, three French paratroopers were killed by a man police described as a French-born Islamic extremist who then went on to strike a Jewish school in the south of France, killing four more people.

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Associated Press Writer Sylvia Hui in London contributed to this report.

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Brazil says will cancel Africa debt worth $900 mln

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Brazil will cancel or restructure almost $900 million in debt owed by African countries, a Brazilian official said on Saturday, as part of a plan to increase future funding to the continent.

Latin America's economic powerhouse is increasingly expanding its economic ties with Africa, a sign of how crises in the rich world are pushing faster-growing emerging economies to trade and invest among themselves, economists say.

Brazilian officials said President Dilma Rousseff, visiting Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to mark the African Union's 50th anniversary, was set to announce a new development agency alongside the cancellation that will offer assistance to African countries.

"Almost all (aid) is cancellation," Thomas Traumann, spokesman of Brazil's presidency, told reporters in Addis Ababa.

Under Brazilian law, Brasilia cannot offer new loans and long-term financial assistance to countries with outstanding debts.

Traumann said most of Brazil's future assistance would target infrastructure, agricultural and social programmes.

Among the 12 countries set to benefit are new gas exploration hotspot Tanzania, which owes Brazil $237 million, along with oil-producing Republic of Congo and copper-rich Zambia.

Most of the debt was accumulated in the 1970s and had been renegotiated previously, Traumann added.

"Brazil has great expertise in what we call tropicalising European crops. We have that technology," he said. "The idea is how to transfer that technology from Brazil to other African countries."

In a sign of Brazil's quest for deeper ties with Africa, Rousseff was making her third visit to the continent in as many months, Traumann added.

The BRICs countries - comprising Brazil, China, India and Russia - are now Africa's largest trading partners and its biggest new group of investors. BRICS-Africa trade is seen eclipsing $500 billion by 2015, according to Standard Bank.

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Dogs Trust: Endsleigh and Lets With Pets Encourage Pet Friendly ...

There is good news for devoted pet owners struggling to find rented accommodation with their best friends. A specialist insurance policy is available through Endsleigh Insurance Brokers and Dogs Trust, the UK?s largest dog welfare charity, to encourage more landlords to accept pets in their properties, making it easier for pet owners to rent with their pets. ?? The Specialist Landlords Insurance policy ? in partnership with Lets with Pets is to be launched in May 2013 and will be available to individual landlords through Dogs Trust?s Lets with Pets scheme: www.letswithpets.org.uk. The policy aims to give landlords the peace of mind that pet damage will be covered as standard.

Clare Kivlehan, Dogs Trust Lets with Pets Manager, says:?

?As more people are turning to renting, we feel that pet owners shouldn?t have to fall short of finding the perfect property. Our research has shown that over three quarters of pet owners experience difficulties finding privately rented accommodation that allows pets. It is unfair that some responsible owners are forced into giving up their pets because of accommodation issues.? The insurance policy created by Endsleigh and Lets with Pets has been established due to overwhelming demand from Landlords who are eager to branch out and rent to pet owners, but want the reassurance of specialist buildings and contents insurance. Tellingly, a recent survey found that 88% of landlords said they would rent to pet owners if there was an insurance product available covering pet damage. The Lets with Pets scheme, run by Dogs Trust, aims to make private renting with pets easier for pet owners, landlords, and letting agencies by providing practical advice and a range of free resources.?

Sean Sage, Endsleigh?s Let Property Sector Manager, commented:

?With over 30 year?s experience developing property insurance solutions for the landlords sector, Endsleigh is committed to providing specialist insurance protection to meet all the requirements of buy to let landlords. Often the perceived problem of pet damage is the major obstacle for landlords when it comes to renting to pet owners. We are delighted to be working with Dogs Trust and Lets with Pets to provide comprehensive insurance cover for landlords to put their mind at rest which will ultimately help pet-owning tenants.????

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The new insurance policy will be available to individual landlords and cover will include accidental pet damage as standard, 120 days unoccupancy, theft by tenants, ?2m property owners? liability, malicious damage by tenants and landlords contents.?

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The Lets with Pets scheme makes the process of privately renting with pets easier for tenants, landlords and letting agencies by providing practical tools and advice for each step of the letting process. The scheme encourages all letting agencies who are members of a professional body to sign up as a Lets with Pets supporter.

A range of free resources are available to Lets with Pets supporters to help them successfully let properties to pet owners:??

?? ? ? ? -? Information leaflets explaining the scheme to landlords

?? ?? ?? -? Information and advice leaflets for pet owners

?? ? ? ? -? Advice about tenancy amendments and introducing a pet policy

??? ?? ? -? Easy to use documents including a pet checklist and pet information form

• Use of our Lets with Pets promotional products and logos

Source: http://dogstrustblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/endsleigh-and-lets-with-pets-encourage.html

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