| Online dating site offers DNA matching
AN online dating website that compares the DNA of its customers promises a more satisfying sex life and healthier children for couples who are genetically matched. Scientific Match helps singles find their "genetic match" by analysing their DNA and recommending a partner who has different immune system genes than themselves for a subscription fee of $US1995 ($2323) per year. "Welcome to a new era of human relationships. We're the only introduction service that creates matches with actual physical chemistry," the website's homepage says. After signing up to the website, clients are sent a DNA collection kit containing cheek-swabs and a pre-paid return envelope. Their saliva samples are then processed and they are matched with other users whose genetic profiles are different to their own.
To find a partner, scratch and sniff
Sniffing someone's armpits does not sound the most promising start to a date. Research, however, suggests that it will probably turn up a better prospect than either a blind date or gabbling nervously to 20 consecutive strangers. Now a new dating website, ScientificMatch.com, promises a discreet way of letting you nose out potential partners. Researchers found more than a decade ago - by asking female students to sniff T-shirts worn by men - that ovulating women rate certain male body odours as sexier than others. Crucially, the preferences depended on a certain part of the immune system called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Women, it turned out, were bewitched by the odours of men whose MHC genes were most different from their own, and repelled by the aroma of men with similar MHC genes.
Cyber love lost in Russian bride scam
An online Russian dating scam that Canadian police say has organized crime roots has bilked men of thousands of dollars. Several men report being duped into sending romantic gifts and money to men posing as Russian brides on internet dating sites. According to an investigation by Radio-Canada's La Facture program, the number of incidents involving Canadian men is on the rise. Francis, 29, is a Quebecer who said he was scammed after falling in love with a blond Russian named Irina Gorachkina, whom he found on a dating website. He said they started out exchanging neutral, friendly e-mails. "At first we talked about what we were like," he told Radio-Canada. "I told her I liked the outdoors, walking in the woods." Francis's e-mail correspondence with Irina grew intimate and after weeks passed was filled with declarations of love such as, "I need you like a fish needs water, like a bird needs wings.
Fun and Easy Dating - Rejection Free and Stress Free for the 21st Century
SawYouLikeYou.com, the ultimate new age Internet dating website, provides rejection free dating to people looking for love but who are afraid of or are tired of the same old pickup lines. By combining the element of discreet personal meetings with traditional elements of Internet dating, SawYouLikeYou.com has created the world's most hassle free, comfortable dating mechanism ever. .
What women want in a lover
Coupled with this he should have a "wacky" sense of humour, according to the study of 40,000 women by UKdating.com. But Australian men might find the sexual side a little harder to adhere to. He needs to be experienced - having had more than three relationships, but not too experienced - having had no more than six sexual partners, has never been married and doesn't have children. The precise check-list has been compiled from preferences entered by members of the dating website. Also important is a university education, with many women specifying that they would like to meet a man with a BA degree. Smokers and football fans were given the thumbs-down. Only 1 per cent of women questioned would date a chap who hates pets. Fortunately for imperfect men, however, not all women go for the Gyllenhaal ideal.
Qld woman charged over internet scam
POLICE have issued a warning against online scams after charging a 54-year-old Brisbane woman with receiving and forwarding stolen property. Detective Superintendent Brian Hay, from the Queensland Police Service Computer Crimes Investigation Unit, said the woman allegedly asked to have stolen goods delivered to her home at Sunnybank, in Brisbane's south, before forwarding them to Cambodia. The woman was believed to have become involved in an internet relationship with a man in Cambodia whom she met on a dating website. Det Supt Hay said overseas-based criminals could spend months engaging people online to cultivate their trust before asking them to send money or goods. People who receive stolen or illegally obtained property and send it overseas would be prosecuted and internet users should be alert to possible scammers, he said.
Hillary Clinton - Elizabeth Edwards Win Online Booty Call Poll
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In the spirit of democratic participation, casual dating website OnlineBootyCall.com created an online poll to let their members decide which Presidential candidate and spouse had the assets to be deemed "Booty Call Material." In the provocative poll, an interactive flash game titled BootyCall Decision 2008, Hillary Clinton defeated Obama with 55% of the vote, while 70% of voters ranked Elizabeth Edwards as the top presidential candidate spouse. The Presidential candidates' attractiveness already garnered plenty of media attention. CNN questioned whether Mitt Romney is too good looking, the Washington Post balked at the slightest hint of Hillary's cleavage, and now, OnlineBootyCall.com enters the fray by asking which Presidential candidate (or spouse) is the most desirable date for an online booty call.
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. "Online dating and chat groups continue to be a fast growing trend, yet some participants are reluctant to share their personal phone numbers online," said Vumber Co-Founder Cliff Wener. "With Vumber, Paltalk members will have more privacy, control and freedom when providing phone numbers to one another." 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.
Ancient letter will be showcased in new City Archives 'Document of the Month' feature
A letter written in 1644 by the Marquis of Montrose to the Burgh of Aberdeen will be the first document to go on display in a new feature on the Aberdeen City Archives website. The Document of the Month feature will showcase different historical documents each month along with a description, background information, and a transcription if necessary. The documents show the wide variety of information that Aberdeen City Archives has to offer and provides an opportunity to learn more about local history. Aberdeen City Archives collects and preserves historical records related to Aberdeen City and Shire and secures significant modern records for future generations. There is a wealth of items to choose from, including a series of council minutes dating from 1398 which represents the finest set of medieval burgh minutes in Scotland.
Equestrian-Network's Community Drastically Affects Lives One Member at ...
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- If you think EquestrianSingles.com is just another dating site, think again. When Teresa Lonadier, aka Dakota123, discovered EquestrianSingles.com in 2002, her world changed. Born with half a heart, and not expected to live, Teresa remained housebound and became a regular in EquestrianSingles.com's chatrooms. Embraced by members who fondly referred to her as "Little Sis," the website became her social life. In 2004, Teresa's parents drove her to an EquestrianSingles.com gathering to meet her new friends in person. A huge rodeo fan, Teresa was overjoyed when PBR bullfighter, Brian Payne, asked her to dance. Teresa had a smile on her face the size of Texas, and told him it was the first time a boy had ever asked her to dance. Teresa was admitted to the hospital in June 2007 for heart surgery.
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