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Finding Love Online...Is it Really Possible?

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Most people wish to find that ideal partner - someone who'll accept them for themselves and who'll love them despite.

Some are still using face-to-face dating methods to enable this process...however, an increasing number of persons are turning to online dating sites to make this process easier and more efficient.

Internet dating sites, like Lavalife.com, allow you to find more eligible singles, who may be located in your city, region or country or in disparate countries, but who share your soul:

...that is your values, lifestyle and attitudes and with whom you can form a permanent, lifetime bond.

Two (2) of my friends have found love online:

Both were a bit skeptical, as they were very wary of meeting people who misrepresented themselves.

However, both found the online dating process rewarding, as the days turned to months and they got to know the people whom they took a liking to better and attraction gradually grew into love.

Both said that that online dating allowed them to choose from a wider range of people than would have been available face-to-face.

And both stressed the importance of meeting with the other party, in person and giving that feedback to the dating sites themselves...thus helping these sites to fine-tune algorithms that matched people together.

What I found, interesting, is that both said the process was not that much different from in-person (offline) dating, as even though persons were thousands of miles apart, they could easily use technology [e.g. a webcam, free Voice over IP (VOIP) services] to keep in close contact with partners.

My friends stressed the importance of actual face to face meetings with partners, however...whether these meetings were for one weekend a month, or for a few days/weeks per quarter, until both parties could be together at the same location, more permanently.

I think what they valued most, was that the online dating sites used, via the personality and relationship intention questions asked, at the very beginning of the process, helped them to quickly identify their personalities, what they wanted from a relationship and what they wanted from an ideal partner.

These sites then made the process of being matched with people with the same relationship intention...more probable, thus making the dating process more efficient and effective.

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Well, I have to say that after hearing/seeing the fruits of my friends' first-hand experience with dating online, I am less skeptical re online dating.

...so much so that it's is something I'd seriously consider when the situation warrants it :).

So, is it possible to find love online?...I'd say a resounding yes!

If you're over eighteen (18) and you've been trying, without success, to find your ideal partner offline...why not try online dating?

You may just be pleasantly surprised at not only the results, but what you learn about yourself in the process!

(Please ensure, however, that you do follow the precautions on these sites, and those we've previously mentioned, to guard your safety online and offline).

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Gillian

Dudus to be Extradited Update #16: Humanitarian Aid Given, etc.

Please read our previous post, as it provides a backdrop to the following:

The military offensive continues in Western Kingston and the Security Forces continue to do battle with gunmen across the Corporate Area (Kingston and St. Andrew) and St. Catherine.

However, many people are beginning to doubt the purpose of the military offensive, since the authorities claim not to have found Mr. Christopher "Dudus" Coke.

I want to remind our people that this process of disarming Tivoli may not be quick and easy and we must be willing to support our Security Forces, in their actions there.

500 people have been detained in Western Kingston, and are undergoing processing by the Security Forces.

Males between 12 and 16 years old were being processed first...especially those doing exams.

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), in collaboration with a few churches, are delivering (under heavy guard), food, water and baby pampers to the women and children of Tivoli Gardens.

The Councillor for Kingston and St. Andrew - Mayor Desmond McKenzie, has also been offering assistance.

He is requesting that vendors who'd usually go to the various markets in Downtown Kingston (including Coronation Market),go to the Papine, Constant Spring, Cross Roads and Stony Hill Markets, instead.

Mayor McKenzie stated that 80% of the markets in the Corporate Area are Downtown.

One section of Coronation Market has been burnt down.

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Victoria Jubilee Hospital (the Maternity Hospital), which is next to the Kingston Public Hospital, is running short of food supplies.

Mr. Jaslin Salmon, Head of the Red Cross, reported that he had only seen one (1) dead body.

The Political Ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, reported that detainees commended the soldiers, as they say that their lives were saved because of these soldiers.

He has said that there is no structural damage in Western Kingston, save the buildings (including the Hannah Town Police Station) that were reported as being burned.

He has reported that there has been no burning of human bodies in Western Kingston.

Gillian

Sources Include

1) Power 106 FM, May 26, 2010

2) Nationwide Radio, May 26, 2010

Dudus to be Extradited Update #15: Reports from Ombudsman, Public Defender

Please read our previous post, here, for a background to the following:

Bishop Herro Blair, the Political Ombudsman, has reported that there were 44 confirmed civilian deaths in Western Kingston.

The Public Defender, Earl Whitter, claims that only four (4) guns have been collected...one (1) found on perimeter of Tivoli Gardens and three (3) in Denham Town.

He has surmised that the disparity between the guns collected and civilian deaths, could have been as a result of gunmen giving guns to cronies who escaped into neighboring communities...or that the Security Forces took evasive action.

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In the meantime:

...there has been a mad rush by Corporate Area (Kingston & St.Andrew) residents to stock up on food...most supermarkets in the Corporate Area are bare.

Sporadic shooting continues in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Gillian

Sources Include

1) Nationwide Radio, May 26, 2010

2) Power 106 FM, May 26, 2010