Disaboom, which launched in the fall of 2007 and left beta last week, is a startup to watch. Along with acquiring the Lovebyrd.com dating site for people living with disabilities, Disaboom has apparently impressed Madison Avenue, as its partners list includes Ford, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Avis and RE/MAX.

Discussion about dating violence to be Nov. 6 at IPFW

While dating is always a hot topic on a college campus, the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) branch of Voices Not Victims will sponsor a discussion on the more serious side of this social meeting. The Dynamics and Diversity of Dating Violence Discussion will be Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in Walb Student Union Ballroom. It is free and open to the public.The discussions will include various aspects of domestic violence with a focus on diversity issues. Topics include domestic and dating violence, signs of abuse or potential abuse, diverse domestic aspects, and domestic partnerships. Panel members will center on special issues faced by law enforcement, social services, immigrants, illegal residents, refugees, and the international community. The discussion is cosponsored by the IPFW Department of Women's Studies.For more information, contact Angelina Morimanno, IPFW Voices Not Victims president, at (260) 715-6106.

Online social clubs prove beneficial to moms

The pickup lines are the same. But they're delivered with a mommy twist."Do you come here (the playground) often?""Do you want to come to my place, or shall we go to yours?"Mothers of young children, who a few years ago may have been looking for Mr. Right in a bar, now are seeking Mrs. Right and her kids in between the swings and the slides at the local playground.Women also are going online to find moms who match their personality and interests, much like singles use an online dating service."You scope 'em out," says Magalie Belanger, 31, about prospective mommy-friends in Helena, Mont. "You see how they deal with their children, and with yours."It's like dating, but the dates are with other moms and their children. While the kids play, hopefully without tantrums or biting, the moms are free to talk about the things they have in common, from the lofty subjects of religion and politics to the more practical topics of teething and diaper rash."Women, they want someone else who is going through the same thing," says Drury Sherrod, a Los Angeles social psychologist who studies friendship.Often, that can mean seeking out other women in the same trimester of pregnancy or whose children are similar in age, he says.Kate Harmon, 41, of Concord, Mass., recalls how 10 years ago she fell into the perfect support group while her husband was a graduate student in Boston.

The meeting of like moms

Women also are going online to find moms who match their personality and interests, much like singles use an online dating service."You scope 'em out," says Magalie Belanger, 31, about prospective mommy-friends in Helena, Mont. "You see how they deal with their children, and with yours."It's like dating, but the dates are with other moms and their children. While the kids play, hopefully without tantrums or biting, the moms are free to talk about the things they have in common, from the lofty subjects of religion and politics to the more practical topics of teething and diaper rash."Women, they want someone else who is going through the same thing," says Drury Sherrod, a Los Angeles social psychologist who studies friendship.Often, that can mean seeking out other women in the same trimester of pregnancy or whose children are similar in age, he says.Kate Harmon, 41, of Concord, Mass., recalls how 10 years ago she fell into the perfect support group while her husband was a graduate student in Boston.

Vumber Launches Virtual Phone Number Service on Paltalk.com

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Vumber (www.vumber.com), the secure, two-way disposable calling service, today announced a new partnership with Paltalk (www.paltalk.com), the leading real-time, video-based community with over 4 million active members, to provide privacy-ensured virtual phone numbers to its user base.

According to a study by Pew Internet and American Life Project, 11% of all American Internet-using adults - about 16 million people - say they have gone to an online dating website or other site where they can meet people online.

FLAVOR OF THE WEEK: THE DATE FROM HELL, NEW JERSEY

For KATELYN NUDO, every picture tells a story. Unfortunately, most of them aren't true. By Katelyn Nudo I swore I would never join one of those online dating services. When I did, it was on my mother’s suggestion. I guess she could see from my list of drug dealers, egotistical Italians and Spanish lovers that I needed some help. I don’t know why I ever went against my initial thought of dot-com dating, because when I met Kevin, I knew I was in trouble. When eharmony.com produced a total of zero matches for my personality, I tried Plentyoffish.com. It was free, and it was on the computer monitor in my college library when I sat down. A sign perhaps. I signed up with a false email address and browsed promising boyfriends, one-night stands and future husbands. I must admit, I was surprised at how many good-looking men were desperate in the tri-state area.

Changes coming for Daufuskie Island ferry service

Dating back to the early '90s, Beaufort County and the state of South Carolina have paid for limited ferry service for Daufuskie Island residents. The service is expected to continue, but a community panel hopes a new identification card system will make it harder for non-residents and private contractors to ride for free.

"In my opinion, if they don't live here full time, they shouldn't get an ID because they'd be wasting the (resident) taxpayers' ...

ViewDate.com Announces World's First Online Speed Dating Service

CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewDate, the world's first website to offer online speed dating services, today announced another free invitation-only dating session on its revolutionary website, http://www.viewdate.com

Connie Jinq, ViewDate's founder, started ViewDate after hearing feedback from frustrated friends who had tried traditional speed dates and online dating. Both seemed promising, but fundamentally flawed. Ms. Jinq realized that these flaws could make meaningful relationships difficult to foster. With the help of her fiancee and friends, ViewDate was created to address these flaws and make to online dating a more personal, enjoyable experience. ViewDate allows users to see and speak to each other in real time over the Internet, and a full-fledged profile, search and messaging system lets them keep in touch between events.

Man trolled the web for girls: Cops

His online dating profile says Chris Forcand is a gainfully employed Christian and separated father of two looking for dates with women 18 to 50, but police are alleging he was more interested in much younger females.
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