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Alleged sex trafficking victim, willing to testify, not contacted before Orleans DA declines to prosecute
Greg LaRose
CHRISTINA: IN WDSU INVESTIGATES, IT ISARE >> R -- RARE FOR SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS TO TESTIFY IN COURT AGAINST THEIR ASSAILANTS. ONE YOUNG WOMAN SAYS SHEAS W READY TO DO JUST THAT AFTER HER ALLEGED CAPTOR WAS ARRESTED,UT B THE ORLEANS PARISH ATTORNEYS DECLINED TO PROSECUTE THE SUSPECT, WITHOUT HER INPUT. GINA: CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG LAROSE HAS FOLLOWED THIS CASE FOR MORE THAN TWO YES.AR HE BRINGS US UP TO SPEED WITH THE LATEST SURPRISE DEVELOPMENTS >> I DEFINITYEL WANT HI TOM REALIZE HE SHOULD NOT DO THAT. HE HAS MESSED UP MY LIFE. GREG: THAT IS LN.YN WE ARE NOT USING HER REAL NAME. ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN WERE TAKEN AGAINST THEIR WILL FROM TEXAS IN EARLY AND BRGHOUT TO NEW 2018 ORLEANS, WHERE THEY WERE SOLD FOR SEX. THE SUSPECT, JUAN BRANCH, WAS ARREST AEDND CHARGED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING. LYNN, WHO WAS 18 AT E THTIME, AGREED TO TESTIFY IN COURT TO PUT BRANCH BEHIND BA.RS BUT LYNN NEVER GOT TO CONFRONT JUAN BRANCH IN COURT BECAUSE HER LAWYER SAYS THE DA'S OFFICE DIDN'T REACH OUT TO HER BEFORE THE CASE WAS CLOSED. >> I ACTUALLY FELT OUT OF MY CHAIR. I DID NOT SEE THACOT MING. I WAS VERY SHOCKED. GREG: THE DECISION NOT TOPROSECUTE WAS MADE WITHOUT ANY INPUT OMFR LYNN BECAUSE HER ATTORNEY SAYS THE DAS OFFICE DID NOT REACH OUT TO HER BEFORE THE CASE WAS CLOSED. ATTORNEY AUBREY HARRIS SAYS LYNN MADE IT CLEAR SHE WOULD TEIFYST AGAINST BRANCH BACK WHEN LN CANNIZZARO WAS D.A. AND HE HAD APPOINTED A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR TRAFFICKING CASES. >> SWEO HAD A COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THAT CASE. GREG: HARRIS SAYSHE T TRAFFICKING PROSECUTOR CONTAEDCT HER EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER JASON WILLIAMS BECAME D.A. TO LET HER KNOW SHE WAS MOVING ON. BUT HARRIS SAYS THERE WAS NO FURTHER WORD FROM WILLIAMS' OFFICE THAT THE CASE AGAINST BRANCH WOULD BE RESOLVED. AND ON NOVEMBER 17, THE D.A. DECLINED TO PROSECUTE BRANCH FOR TRAFFICKING. > BRANCH PLEADED GUILTY TO FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND WAS GIVEN A 100-DAY JAIL SENTENCE. SHERI LOCHRIDGE OF COVENANT HOUSE SOAL MET WITH CANNIZZARO'' STAFF BACK IN 2019 ABOUT LYNN BEING AVAILABLE TO TESTI.FY LYNN HAD SOUGHT HELP FROM COVENANT HOUSE AFTER POLICE SAID SHE RAN AWAY FROM JUAN BRANCH. >> LYNN CAME INTO MY OFFICE CRYING AND TREMBLING AND SCARED TO DEATH. GREG: LOCHRIDGE SAYS SHE ALSO LEFT HER CONTACT INFO WITH CANNIZZARO'S OFFICE. BUT SHE SAYS NO ONE OMFR WILLIAMS' STAFF REACHED OUT TO HER DIRECTLY BEFORE THE CASE AGAINST BRANCH WAS CLOSED. THE PHONE NUMBER LOCHRIDGE HAS R FOLYNN IS NOT IN SERVICE. BUT SHE AND HARRIS SAY THAT'S COMMON FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. AND NOT AN EXCUSE FOR THE D.A. FAILING TO CONTACT TM.HE >> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FALL BACK INTO A HOUSE WITH MULTIEPL CELL PHONES AND EMAIL ADDRESSES. SOME PEOPLE MAY. THESE KIDS ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES ANTOD REBUILD THEIR LIVES. GREG: WITH HELP OMFR LOCKERIDGE, SUWD WAS ABLE TO REACH LN,YN WHO TELLS US THE D.A. NEVER CONTACDTE HER DIRECTLY BEFORE CHOOSING NOT TO PROSECUTE BRANCH DIRECTLY. WDSU ASKED JASON WILLIAMS' OFFICE WHY LYNN'S LAWYER WASN'T CONTACTED BEFORE THE CASE WAS CLOSED. IN RESPONSE, WE RECEIVED A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO FITRS ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BOB WHITE. IN PART, HE SAYS THE VICTIMS, THEIR ATTORNEY ANDOV CENANT HOUSE WERE UNRESPONSIVE TO MULTIPLE ATTEMPTATS COMMUNICATION. THIS AND OTHER CHALLENSGE IN THE CASE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE. TWO DAYS AFTER WDSU ASKED THE DA'S OFFICE WHY THEY CHOSE NOT TO PROSECUTE THE TRAFFICKING CASE, AUBREY HARRIS SAYS SHE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROMHI. W >> WE CALLED AND HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, IN ICWHH HE RELAYED TO ME, HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT I REPRESENTED MY CLIENT. IF HE HAD, HE WOULD HAVE CALLED ME, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION PRIOR TO TH RESOLUTION OF THIS CASE. GREG: HARRIS SAYS LYNN'S STYOR SHOWS WHY THE D.A. NEEDS A POINPET RSON FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES. SHE SAIDHE S WLIL CONSIDER TURNING TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO SEE IFHE TY WILL BRING TRAFFICKING CHARGES AGAINST BRANCH. FOR SUWD INVESTIGATES, I AM GREG LAROSE. GI:NA WDSU REACHED JUAN BRANCH'S ATTORNEY FOR THIS STORY. HE HAS YET TO RESPOND TO OUR QUESTIONS. YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THIS CASE RIGHT N, INCLUDING THE FULL STATEMENT FROM THE DA'
Advocates of human trafficking victims say it's a rarity for them to testify in court, with many opting not to relive the trauma let alone come face to face with their captors. Absent their testimony, it can prove difficult for prosecutors to secure convictions in these cases. The odds seemed to improve for Orleans Parish prosecutors in their case against Juan Branch when one of his alleged trafficking victims agreed to be a state's witness. Branch was arrested in 2018 after allegedly forcing two women at gunpoint to accompany him from Houston to New Orleans, where police say they were sold for sex. Last month, District Attorney Jason Williams' office declined to prosecute Branch for human trafficking. Branch pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and was sentenced to 100 days in jail. Covenant House, the shelter where one of the women sought refuge, hired an attorney so she could be kept apprised of progress in the case against Branch, who originally faced two counts of human trafficking and a rape charge.Aubrey Harris, the victim's attorney, said she didn't hear from the DA's office before the case concluded. She only learned about the outcome when WDSU contacted her the day afterward."I actually fell out of my chair," Harris said. "I did not see that coming. I was very shocked."Case spans DA transitionThe COVID-19 pandemic halted court proceedings, causing the Branch case to carry over from District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office to his successor, Williams. When asked about efforts to reach the victim and her attorney, Williams' communications director provided a statement attributed to First Assistant District Attorney Bob White."The Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office takes human trafficking cases very seriously and is committed to holding those accountable who participate in this illegal activity," White's statement reads. "In this case, the victims were unresponsive to our multiple attempts at communication. Additionally, due to the challenges of homelessness and housing insecurity, our office reached out to the victim's attorney and the Covenant House for information on the victims and were unsuccessful. And while we would've preferred to have had the victims participate in the prosecutorial process, we respect their apparent wishes and any trauma and experiences they are not ready to come forward with. This, along with other challenges in this case, made it difficult to prosecute the defendant for human trafficking."The DA's office did not respond when asked to elaborate on the other challenges in the case.Harris said she and the victim took steps at the onset of the Branch case to let prosecutors know the woman, who was 18 years old at the time, was willing to testify against him. In 2019, Cannizzaro designated Carolyn Livanos his special prosecutor for trafficking cases. Harris said she, her client and Sheri Lochridge from Covenant House met with Livanos to make sure they would be kept up to speed on the Branch case. "We had good communication back and forth," Harris said.For several months, there wasn't news much for them to share. COVID-19 halted all jury trials for 16 months, and the Branch case was among many that were delayed. Livanos eventually left the Orleans DA's office after Williams took office, but Harris said Livanos called her before departing. Harris said she asked her to note on the Branch files that she or Lochridge should continue to be contacted if the case moved forward.Livanos, who now works for the district attorney in St. Tammany and Washington parishes, declined to comment for this story.Lochridge, who leads outreach to trafficking victims at Covenant House, said no one reached out to her personally before the case was closed Nov. 17. A day before, an intern at Covenant House passed along to Lochridge a phone message she had taken from the DA's office. Lochridge said the message was left not for her but for the victim who hadn't lived at Covenant House since July 2019.Two days after WDSU asked Williams' office why it declined the trafficking charge, Harris said she received an email from White, the first assistant DA. He provided his cellphone number, and Harris said they connected that same day. White told her he was not aware she was representing the victim, she said. If he had known, White said they "would have had a conversation prior to the resolution of the case," according to Harris.A series of letdownsLouisiana law gives a crime victim the right to retain an attorney to "confer with law enforcement and judicial agencies regarding the disposition of the victim's case." Once the victim provides "written notification" to the district attorney, the statute says the district attorney shall contact the victim and schedule a conference "to obtain their view regarding the disposition of the case by dismissal, plea, or trial."One interpretation of the law indicates the Orleans DA complied with it in the Branch case when Cannizzaro's staff had its initial meeting with the victim and her attorney. A spokesman for Williams said their efforts followed the letter and spirit of the law. Harris, who is a former Orleans Parish prosecutor, said she worries about trafficking victims without lawyers or connections within the DA's office. While praising the work of prosecutors assigned to handle day-to-day proceedings at Orleans Criminal Court, she suggested the appointment of an assistant district attorney to focus solely on trafficking cases. The less experienced prosecutors who staff sections of criminal court daily are not qualified to handle what can be complicated cases that span years and sometimes multiple jurisdictions, Harris said."I don't think that's the answer, and you're seeing that play out in this particular case," she said. The omission of her client from the decision not to prosecute Branch for trafficking is the most recent in a series of letdowns for the victim in this case, Harris said. They started when the $250,000 bond set for Branch after his initial arrest was lowered to $15,000, allowing him to post about $1,500 bail to be released from jail without the alleged victim's knowledge. A prosecutor did not attend that hearing to argue against a reduced bond, with Cannizzaro saying in 2019 he could not adequately staff magistrate's court. The former DA also criticized the risk-assessment system Orleans Criminal Court judges use when setting bond.That didn't sit well with Judge Ben Willard, who presided over the Branch case. Livanos asked for a substantial bond increase after the second young woman came forward to accuse Branch, leading to another trafficking charge. Willard refused, tacking on only an additional $15,000 bond, and chided Cannizzaro indirectly for being critical of the court in news interviews.Branch posted bail and was once again released from jail.Lochridge and Harris were in the courtroom for that hearing and several others before the pandemic. By the time this story aired, Lochridge tracked down the young woman to inform her about the conclusion of the Branch case. The phone number Lochridge had for the victim was not in service. Lochridge and Harris said it's not unusual for trafficking victims to fall out of touch as they struggle to find a steady home and work."They're not going to fall back into a house with multiple cell phones and email addresses," Harris said. "These kids are fighting for their lives and to rebuild their lives."
Advocates of human trafficking victims say it's a rarity for them to testify in court, with many opting not to relive the trauma let alone come face to face with their captors. Absent their testimony, it can prove difficult for prosecutors to secure convictions in these cases.
The odds seemed to improve for Orleans Parish prosecutors in their case against Juan Branch when one of his alleged trafficking victims agreed to be a state's witness. Branch was arrested in 2018 after allegedly forcing two women at gunpoint to accompany him from Houston to New Orleans, where police say they were sold for sex.
Last month, District Attorney Jason Williams' office declined to prosecute Branch for human trafficking. Branch pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and was sentenced to 100 days in jail.
Covenant House, the shelter where one of the women sought refuge, hired an attorney so she could be kept apprised of progress in the case against Branch, who originally faced two counts of human trafficking and a rape charge.
Aubrey Harris, the victim's attorney, said she didn't hear from the DA's office before the case concluded. She only learned about the outcome when WDSU contacted her the day afterward.
"I actually fell out of my chair," Harris said. "I did not see that coming. I was very shocked."
Case spans DA transition
The COVID-19 pandemic halted court proceedings, causing the Branch case to carry over from District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office to his successor, Williams. When asked about efforts to reach the victim and her attorney, Williams' communications director provided a statement attributed to First Assistant District Attorney Bob White.
"The Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office takes human trafficking cases very seriously and is committed to holding those accountable who participate in this illegal activity," White's statement reads. "In this case, the victims were unresponsive to our multiple attempts at communication. Additionally, due to the challenges of homelessness and housing insecurity, our office reached out to the victim's attorney and the Covenant House for information on the victims and were unsuccessful. And while we would've preferred to have had the victims participate in the prosecutorial process, we respect their apparent wishes and any trauma and experiences they are not ready to come forward with. This, along with other challenges in this case, made it difficult to prosecute the defendant for human trafficking."
The DA's office did not respond when asked to elaborate on the other challenges in the case.
Harris said she and the victim took steps at the onset of the Branch case to let prosecutors know the woman, who was 18 years old at the time, was willing to testify against him. In 2019, Cannizzaro designated Carolyn Livanos his special prosecutor for trafficking cases. Harris said she, her client and Sheri Lochridge from Covenant House met with Livanos to make sure they would be kept up to speed on the Branch case.
"We had good communication back and forth," Harris said.
For several months, there wasn't news much for them to share. COVID-19 halted all jury trials for 16 months, and the Branch case was among many that were delayed.
Livanos eventually left the Orleans DA's office after Williams took office, but Harris said Livanos called her before departing. Harris said she asked her to note on the Branch files that she or Lochridge should continue to be contacted if the case moved forward.
Livanos, who now works for the district attorney in St. Tammany and Washington parishes, declined to comment for this story.
Lochridge, who leads outreach to trafficking victims at Covenant House, said no one reached out to her personally before the case was closed Nov. 17. A day before, an intern at Covenant House passed along to Lochridge a phone message she had taken from the DA's office. Lochridge said the message was left not for her but for the victim who hadn't lived at Covenant House since July 2019.
Two days after WDSU asked Williams' office why it declined the trafficking charge, Harris said she received an email from White, the first assistant DA. He provided his cellphone number, and Harris said they connected that same day. White told her he was not aware she was representing the victim, she said. If he had known, White said they "would have had a conversation prior to the resolution of the case," according to Harris.
A series of letdowns
Louisiana law gives a crime victim the right to retain an attorney to "confer with law enforcement and judicial agencies regarding the disposition of the victim's case." Once the victim provides "written notification" to the district attorney, the statute says the district attorney shall contact the victim and schedule a conference "to obtain their view regarding the disposition of the case by dismissal, plea, or trial."
One interpretation of the law indicates the Orleans DA complied with it in the Branch case when Cannizzaro's staff had its initial meeting with the victim and her attorney. A spokesman for Williams said their efforts followed the letter and spirit of the law.
Harris, who is a former Orleans Parish prosecutor, said she worries about trafficking victims without lawyers or connections within the DA's office. While praising the work of prosecutors assigned to handle day-to-day proceedings at Orleans Criminal Court, she suggested the appointment of an assistant district attorney to focus solely on trafficking cases.
The less experienced prosecutors who staff sections of criminal court daily are not qualified to handle what can be complicated cases that span years and sometimes multiple jurisdictions, Harris said.
"I don't think that's the answer, and you're seeing that play out in this particular case," she said.
The omission of her client from the decision not to prosecute Branch for trafficking is the most recent in a series of letdowns for the victim in this case, Harris said.
They started when the $250,000 bond set for Branch after his initial arrest was lowered to $15,000, allowing him to post about $1,500 bail to be released from jail without the alleged victim's knowledge. A prosecutor did not attend that hearing to argue against a reduced bond, with Cannizzaro saying in 2019 he could not adequately staff magistrate's court. The former DA also criticized the risk-assessment system Orleans Criminal Court judges use when setting bond.
That didn't sit well with Judge Ben Willard, who presided over the Branch case. Livanos asked for a substantial bond increase after the second young woman came forward to accuse Branch, leading to another trafficking charge. Willard refused, tacking on only an additional $15,000 bond, and chided Cannizzaro indirectly for being critical of the court in news interviews.
Branch posted bail and was once again released from jail.
Lochridge and Harris were in the courtroom for that hearing and several others before the pandemic.
By the time this story aired, Lochridge tracked down the young woman to inform her about the conclusion of the Branch case.
The phone number Lochridge had for the victim was not in service. Lochridge and Harris said it's not unusual for trafficking victims to fall out of touch as they struggle to find a steady home and work.
"They're not going to fall back into a house with multiple cell phones and email addresses," Harris said. "These kids are fighting for their lives and to rebuild their lives."


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Moonlight wins Academy-award for Best Picture.
When I was a child, the moon fascinated me. Its silence, luminance, distance. I often dreamed about how it felt to be weightless, to see the earth from its surface, to be Black and queer in outer space. Admittedly, I never imagined how my skin might look in moonlight until I saw Sunday's Oscar winner for Best Picture.
Moonlight's win shattered the proverbial glass ceiling. As shards fell, galaxies both real and imagined harked. From the cosmo's of Myles Johnson's Large Fears to la chambre of Baldwin's Giovanni's Room to the mouths of Marlon Riggs's Tongues Untied. Black Queer literary giants stood taller.
The victory resounded beyond literature, bells rung in the ears of every moonlight across the world. And there we were, free Black and brown queer, trans and nonbinary children, witnessing and winning.
And yes, the taste of victory is sweet. The sensation: infectious yet unfamiliar. Too often, Black queer creators taste not the ambrosia of victory, but, instead, the poison of defeat. Positioned far out beyond the seats of desperation in the hallways of hope, Black queer artists wait and ask: When will it be our turn?
Moonlight saved my faith in filmmaking. At a time when I felt like my work was unworthy, Moonlight's victory says otherwise. The win brought validity to my capstone project, which centers around a Black queer homeless youth: a story inspired by my own experiences with abuse, familial betrayal, and homelessness. Similar to McCraney and Jenkins, I hope my authenticity resonates with those whom I have never met and shines as bright as my ancestors who dance across the sky.
Those ancestors like Baldwin and Riggs witness us telling their stories and others to larger audiences. But oddly enough, great triumphs always seem impossible until they are done. Like traveling to the moon, a Black queer film winning an Academy award for Best Picture seemed impossible until it wasn't.
But sometimes those behind us do not support us in our totality. For instance, my soon-to-be alma mater Morehouse College has not always been the best at including my queerness and non-binary identity in its community. Though I attend a historically black men's liberal arts college, there are times I feel like the blackest things about me — my poorness, my queerness, my rejection of the Western gender binary — are rejected.
In those times of rejection, I imagine Solange's lyrical cranes in the sky as I try desperately to drink, to dance and to work my pain away in an paradoxically oppressive space. In those times of rejection, literature became my escape. In those times of rejection, I chose filmmaking for my liberation.
The Quran says, "To save one life is to save all of humanity." Film saved my life. Moonlight saved my life.
So yes, we must focus on wins, not the mix up. The chaos doesn't deserve the attention. Moonlight deserves it all.
For once in a blue moon, Black queerness surpasses white cis heteronormativity at its own game. For all the wrong reasons, many speculated Moonlight to lose. But for all the right reasons, it won. And victory's taste is irrefutably delicious.
Indeed, Sunday night's win was for so many as Jenkins named but, in particular, it was for so many other Chirons, for so many Black boys who in moonlight look blue, for so many other moonlights.
At last, congrats to all my moonlights. Then, and henceforth, we shine brighter than a million suns. May the world never again try to eclipse our luminance.


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Remembering Howard Mayer Brown
by Ellen T. Harris
NOTE: February 20, 2014, is the twenty-first anniversary of the death of the distinguished American musicologist Howard Mayer Brown (1930–93). Ellen Harris presented these remarks at the University of Chicago on April 10, 1993. She refers to Brown's long-time companion Roger Weiss, who pre-deceased him, and to her husband John Harris.
How does one take the measure of a man like Howard Mayer Brown? I first met him twenty-six years ago, when I arrived at the University of Chicago as a graduate student, and when he was in his thirties. He appeared to me great then; and with the years his stature only grew. For his sixtieth birthday, the Music Department arranged to have a star named in Howard's honor, and to present him with an official certificate identifying the Howard Mayer Brown constellation in recognition of his stellar intellectual abilities and accomplishments.
Howard Mayer Brown
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Howard once said to me that the scholarly world included two types of people: those who do, and those who sit on the sidelines and carp. Howard was one of the doers. And his abundant activity and productivity not only led to great renown, but it also contributed to his continuing youthfulness through the passing decades. Adding to this youthful quality was Howard's irrepressible curiosity—curiosity about music and ideas, of course, but also about things like good food. It was at his house when I was a graduate student that I first tasted anything so exotic as vitello tonnato, or what my Italian cookbook prosaically translates as "cold braised veal with tuna sauce." In the kitchen he let on to me that he had never tried to cook it before, and was experimenting on our graduate notation class.
Later, at a different stage in each of our lives, he and Roger, and John and I, went out to dinner with what some might have called shocking frequency, trying out what seemed like every new hot restaurant in the vicinity. Roger called it "the eating club," and we relished each new adventure, sometimes traveling far out of the city.
Of course we didn't just eat; we also talked well into the night about many of the things about which Howard was also passionate and curious. About people: he was a wonderful gossip. About books: and not just serious tomes, but also the delightful Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Rames (Grossman / Viking, 1967), where the Mother Goose rhymes masquerade as ancient French poetry. And E. F. Benson's six-volume compensium Make Way for Lucia (Cromwell, 1977), which we devoured almost as ravenously as the food. And also about music.
Although he was best known as a Renaissance scholar, Howard's interest in music stretched across all periods. He subscribed to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and to the Lyric Opera, and went to every performance when he was in town. He was also passionate on the subject of contemporary music, saying of the Music Department at Chicago that if we the musicologists didn't support the composition of new music, we were denying the future of our own field of research. He joked that he had taught more of the graduate history sequence than anyone else: medieval monophony, medieval polyphony, Renaissance, seventeenth century, and eighteenth century. And he was intrigued with the notion of teaching the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as well, and talked with me about how he would have done it. Would that he had had the chance.
Just as Howard was never constrained by artificial intellectual boundaries, he was never bound by superficial societal rules. In his clothing he mastered the "permanent rumpled look," and when he first became chairman of the Chicago department in the 1970s Kathy Holmes, our administrative assistant, frequently found it necessary to make repairs to his trenchcoat, or tack up an errant jacket lining with the departmental stapler before Howard went off to important meetings. Although in later life he acquired greater sartorial splendor, especially in his magnificent bow ties, he never gave in completely to society's expectations. On one magnificent occasion, John and I had planned to take Howard to Glyndebourne to see Haydn's La fedeltà premiata on the day he was due to arrive in London after a transatlantic flight. The accepted dress at Glyndebourne is formal, which would have posed no problem, except that the airline had lost his baggage. And Howard would have rented a tux, except, as he plaintively explained, the airline kept saying that his bag was on the way! So he met us on the way to the opera wearing a very baggy mustard-colored corduroy suit, and off we went. Howard never tired of telling how the outraged British matrons gave him scathing looks, and we spent extra time walking around the grounds simply to judge expressions as we passed. The entire evening made him quite jolly.
For me, this evening became a metaphor for Howard's philosophy of life. He chose to live as he wished, not as others might have decreed. And although he never forced his lifestyle on others, he was often mischievously delighted with their expressions of disapproval. He smoked, and while he would go out of his way not to impose his smoking on those who didn't like it, he also went out of his way to pursue a taste he enjoyed. And who can not picture him deep in thought, or with a quizzical and amused expression that included one very raised eyebrow, with cigarette in hand and the rising column of smoke breaking into what my MIT colleagues have now informed me is chaos. Howard would not have been himself if he had responded to societal pressure to quit smoking, eat less, exercise more, and we loved him for that.
Howard was one of my dissertation readers. Over the years, after I became a faculty member of the University of Chicago, he and I often were paired as dissertation readers together. At first, of course, he was always the primary advisor, but after a little while we seemed to alternate that honor. Howard joked that he and I were the mother and father of many Chicago students, but that it wasn't always clear which of us was the mother and which was the father! I actually think the answer varied from student to student, but that's another story. However, given that joke, and given the nature of gender ambiguity so rampant in Baroque opera, I think Howard will forgive me that I have returned over and over again to the operatic story of Orfeo in the weeks following his death. Like Euridice, he was snatched from us just as he had returned to life, so to speak, after the loss of Roger, and the difficult burdens of the departmental chairmanship.
Not for him a passage on the river Styx, but a Venetian canal with the sounds of Carnival fading in the background. And just like Gluck's Orfeo, we stand bewildered, saying over and over, "What will I do without Euridice? Where will I go without my love? What will I do? Where will I go?" Like Monteverdi's Orfeo, however, we can take some solace by turning to the star in the sky that is his. But Howard, we will miss you.
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Showing up for church regularly is what it takes for UUs to benefit.
In my continued reading of Kate Tweedie Erslev's book, Full Circle: Fifteen Ways To Grow Lifelong UUs, I find in Chapter 3 the suggestion that the value of attending regular church services should be shared.
"It helps to have explicit recommendations about such issues as attendance and pledging in order to make newcomers fell more comfortable. Joining a UU congregation is not the same as joining the Sierra Club or the Brownies."
She goes on to write, "We need to welcome and encourage our members to partake of the community at least three times a month in order to reap the full benefits of religious community,"
Having been raised a Roman Catholic I was taught to miss Mass on Sunday was a mortal sin and if I died with a mortal sin on my soul I would go to hell. On top of that there were Holy days of obligation which carried the same sanction. Attending church on Sunday and Holy days of obligation was taken very, very, very seriously with the expectation that failure to participate was damning one's soul to hell.
I note that Erslev doesn't go that far, but she does seem to imply that failure to attend regularly makes it impossible for a person to strenghten and enjoy the benefits of one's Unitarian Universalist faith.
I buy that. This makes it very important that Sunday services are meaningful, inspiring, informative, soulful, joyful, and worth coming to.
Should a UU go to services he/she finds boring, disspiriting, annoying, irritating, dismissive, plodding, boring?
No. Emerson said as much in his famous sermon about the deadness of some UU services. I have sat through quite a few wondering why the preacher was preaching what he was preaching. It seemed to be intellectual masturbation to me. I looked around and people's eyes were politely glazed over and I was struck with how "nice" every thing was but deader than a doornail.
Unitarian Universalism being based on congregational polity provides the opportunity for people to get involved. If you find the services boring or iriitating or dead get involved in the worship committee, get involved in the choir, speak to the minister. Try to improve things before you stop going.
Not all services will always be to everyone's liking so patience, tolerance of frustraton and displeasure is part of being a UU. We shouldn't just quit going to church because we don't feel entertained. We need to give things a chance, to try to positively influence the situation for a period of time, but if then things still are dead for you, look elsewhere for you spiritual sustenance.
I do think Erslev is right though about the need to attend regularly. Church is about relationships and they can't exist and develop in abstenia. I think Woody Allen had it right when he said, "80% of success in life is due to showing up."
At the Brockport Unitarian Universalist Fellowship which started holding services last September monthly and in December twice a month we have about 25 people who attend regularly with another 40 to 50 who have visited. The question I struggle with is what does it take to turn a visitor into a regular attender? We have yet to have charter Sunday. We are hoping to have 30 people willing to sign the book before we hold it. Hopefully, it will happen in the fall. If any one has any experience in starting a church from scratch who will share your story please leave a comment or send me an email at david@davidgmarkham.com.


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A shadowy teaser shows a GT equipped with a large rear wing and a big roof scoop.
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Ford has released a teaser for a mysterious version of the GT that will make its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed next month.
It has a large wing and a roof scoop that look similar to those of the now defunct GT race cars.
We think it could be a track-only version of the supercar that will be sold to customers.
Ahead of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which starts on July 4, Ford has released a shadowy teaser of a mysterious GT supercar that portends a "special Ford GT announcement" that it will be making at the festival. The press conference will be made by Hermann Salenbauch, the global director of Ford Performance, and Larry Holt, the chief technical officer of Multimatic.
We've enhanced the teaser image to try to reveal some additional details, with middling results, but what we can see is quite interesting. Immediately differentiating this GT from the standard production cars are a massive rear wing and a roof scoop like those found on the now discontinued race car. So, could this be just a new version of the race car, maybe one in a final send-off livery that will compete in some special race?
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We don't think so. The headlights, for one thing, are the production car's units, instead of the three round beams of the racers. The large rear wing looks wider and has taller side panels than the race car's, and the roof scoop seems taller as well. It also seems to be missing the deeper front splitter and hunkered-down stance of the race cars, and unlike the racers it seems to have big vents on the front fenders. Bumping the photo's contrast even further reveals a Sparco logo on the driver's seat—but we can't see a passenger seat—and what might be an interior roll cage.
With all of that in mind, there are two things we think this mystery GT could be. The first is a hard-core racing-inspired version of the road car, something in the vein of a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. But more likely is the possibility of this being a track-only customer car like the McLaren Senna GTR, which wouldn't be tied to any racing series. Ford has always pushed the GT as being basically a race car for the street, with the development of the race car directly affecting the road car and vice versa, and a track-only version would be a full circle realization of the program. Whatever it is, we'll know more next month.
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For the Rockets, the trade deadline has included some kind of activity during general manager Daryl Morey's stewardship, as he's made a deadline-day deal during his first eight seasons at the helm.
Unlike the lower-end-of the-roster churning Morey has done in past seasons, this year's deadline is different as there are rumblings about whether star center Dwight Howard will still be a Rocket when the team plays at Phoenix on Friday.
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What is Gelato?
What is gelato? Maybe the real question is... if it looks this good, do you care?
What is gelato? Maybe the real question is… if it looks this good, do you care?
No matter the season or region, there's one Italian food that never fails to please: gelato.
But what exactly is this Italian answer to ice cream? Where did it come from? And what makes it so different (and delicious!)?
First, frozen treats aren't new. Even in the times of ancient Rome, Italians ate confections made of ice or snow. (One recipe given in the 4th-century cookbook Apicius includes setting cooked meats and vegetables into a meat jelly, cooling the whole concoction, and serving it sprinkled with snow. Maybe not such a crowd-pleaser today).
Anything closer to what we know as modern gelato, though, seems to have been developed during the Renaissance. Florence's Boboli Gardens still have an ice-house built by the Medici in 1612, and a 1595 banquet in the city featured sculptures made out of sorbet. By the late 17th century, ice cream seems to have taken off. A recipe book even was printed in Naples, still one of the best places in Italy to try gelato, with a variety of delicious sorbet ideas, from ice cream thickened with candied pumpkin to gelato flavored with lemon blossom water. By the 19th century, we all screamed for ice cream — and in Italy, gelato (meaning "something frozen") became the accepted word for the frozen treat.
Gelato: Always a crowd-pleaser!
So if gelato just means "frozen," what is gelato today… and why does it taste so different from the ice cream elsewhere?
First, traditional gelato has way less butterfat. About 4 to 8 percent of gelato is butterfat, compared to 14 percent for ice cream in the United States. That means gelato freezes less solidly than ice cream (and it's actually served about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than ice cream), so it melts in your mouth faster.
Second, gelato has a much higher density. To make ice cream, producers mix cream, milk, sugar — and then add air, which increases volume, and water, which increases weight. But all that air and water makes for a much less-flavorful sweet. In Europe, meanwhile, regulations prevent you from that kind of process, called "overrun." In Italy, you can't legally increase an ice cream's weight with water and volume with air. (That said, you can buy an industrial "mix," add flavors, put it in stainless steel trays, and call it "artisanal").
Finally, most commercial ice creams elsewhere are made for long-term storage. (That's why they're more fully frozen and have a higher fat content). Gelato, though, is frozen quickly in small batches. That means it's much fresher and higher-quality — and that truly artisanal gelato has to be eaten within a couple of days of being made.
Find out here where can you actually try Italy's best gelato!
Don't miss our Walks Traveler video on everyone's other favorite frozen treat, granita, below!
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Anne Golembeski says:
However gelato is made it's delicious! In Aviano, Il Gelato, Coppa Nocioloso. Yum.
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I really wish I had not been dog-sick when I was in Rome. Couldn't keep down a bite, not even gelato 🙁
By sheer coincidence, the same thing happened the next time I had gelato in Mumbai.
I'm looking to make a really good experience of it here in Toronto, wonder where?
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UnPaneUnCacio says:
Very interesting article, we love gelato too and we had published an article about it on our little blog. It's in Italian, but it's very similar to your. Take a look at it if you have time.
http://wp.me/p5FfDY-cU
It's important that gelato isn't like a mountain in the refrigerator, a quality gelato can't "stay high" 🙂
Marvin Fontanilla says:
U.S. ice cream, as regulated by the FDA, have a least 10% butterfat in it. Anything less would be considered Gelato.
Love the history you provide in the opening paragraphs..
Matteo Magaldi says:
There's a little mistake regarding the info provided in the video.
Grattachecca and granita are two different things.
Grattachecca is made with scraped ice blocks and then juices or syrups are added.
In Granita juices water an sugar are mixed together and the frozen, thus anu single ice crystal is flavored.
Anyway good post and nice video 🙂
Thanks Matteo for the heads up! We'll look into changing what we can
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The Green Junglefowl, Gallus varius also known as Javan Junglefowl, Forktail or Green Javanese Junglefowl is a medium-sized, up to 75cm long, bird in the pheasants family Phasianidae. It is native to Java, Bali, Lombok and nearby islands in Indonesia. It has been introduced to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands where there is a small wild population.
The coloration of the male Green Junglefowl differs from that of the female. The male is mainly green and black feathered. Its head is topped by a light blue comb, which turns purple or red towards the top. Its wattle is also of the same colour but is bordered with blue on the edges and yellow closer to the throat. The female is mostly brown with occasional green feathers and has no comb.
The Green Junglefowl is being maintained and increasingly bred in captivity as its genetic diversity is disappearing. This is because these birds are bred with domestic chickens by many people, producing a hybrid known as the Bekisar. The Bekisar has become very popular in the East Java province and has become the mascot-bird of the area. Therefore the Green Junglefowl requires more protected conditions than chickens. However, it is known to be able to fly more strongly than chickens, and has been seen flying from island to island in its native range, where it lives and breeds along coastal areas.
The Green Junglefowl usually lives in groups of two to five in the wild and led by a dominant male, who takes the flock to feed and drink and then back into the cover of the forest. In the night the flock roosts in bamboo stands at 15-20 feet above the forest floor. In the breeding season the dominant males in each flock are challenged by other males without flocks. The two males would clap their wings and crow loudly while fighting each other with their clawed feet.
The captive Green Junglefowl requires warm aviaries with lots of foliage and cover due to their shy nature and are fed with grains and seeds, as well as fruit and insects as these are the same type of food they would feed on in the wild. This bird has also been known for a long time as a pet animal because of its beauty and unique call.
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Block Exemption is revised and strengthened (Block Exemption regulations 461/2010) As of 1st June 2010 the European Commission has adopted new competition rules for agreements between vehicle manufacturers and their authorised dealers, repairers and spare parts distributors. The new rules will increase competition in the market for repair and maintenance by improving access to technical information needed for the repairs and by making it easier to use alternative spare parts. They will allow the Commission to tackle manufacturers' abuse of warranties when they request that cars are serviced only in authorised garages.
The recent announcement of its 'Lifetime' warranty from Vauxhall had raised concerns amongst independent garages and parts distributors that customers would be forced or hoodwinked into taking their vehicle to Vauxhall Authorised Repairer for all its service needs and the independent operators would, somehow, be excluded and disadvantaged. In response to the IAAF's enquiries on members' behalf, Vauxhall have confirmed that the warranty remains valid irrespective of where the vehicle is serviced. "This clarification from Vauxhall is very welcome," commented the IAAF's Brian Spratt. He had written to Duncan Aldred, Vauxhall's Managing Director, seeking confirmation that the new warranty was not designed to circumvent the EU Automotive Block Exemption rules.
Apec is also proud to support the IAAF (Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation) and the SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders).


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New Dating Site Launches In Argentina
ENTRE MUJERES - Nov 29 - DatingChile.cl claims to be the largest social dating site in the country with ~300K registered users. Net Innovation Group, the company behind DatingChile, is now launching a new site in Argentina called DatingArgentina.com. Net Innovation Group plans to launch a dating site in Colombia and Mexico as well.
The full article was originally published at Entre Mujeres, but is no longer available.
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Easydate Non-Exec Sells
SHARECAST - Nov 29 - Easydate non-executive Martin Higginson has taken advantage of the recent strong trading statement from the online dating company to sell nearly all of his shares. At the beginning of October, Higginson exercised options over 398,600 shares. He did not own any shares before then and he has sold 398,000 shares at 95p each, raising Ł378,000. In the first nine months of 2010, revenues grew at 30% a quarter thanks to higher marketing spending. FULL ARTICLE @ SHARECAST
Mark Brooks: Que? In fact, he sold only 30% of his shares. Plus EasyDate's CFO bought shares.
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Dan Ariely: Why Online Daters Talk About Shared Interests
WIRED.CO.UK - Nov 29 - When on a first date, we try to express ourselves and learn about the other person, but we're also being careful not to offend them either. This is called a bad equilibrium, a strategy that all the players can easily adopt and converge on, but it does not produce a desirable outcome for anyone. Dan Ariely and Jeana Frost decided to look at this problem in the context of online dating. They limited the type of discussions that online daters could engage in by giving them a preset list of questions. For example: "How many romantic partners have you had?"; "Do you have any STDs?"; "What is your sexual fantasy?" This forced them to risk rejection by posing questions that are outside of generally accepted bounds. What they learned is that when people are free to choose what type of discussions they want to have, they gravitate toward an equilibrium that is easy to maintain, but that no one really enjoys or benefits from. If we restrict the equilibria, we can get people to gravitate toward behaviours that are beneficial for everyone. FULL ARTICLE @ WIRED.CO.UK
BharatMatrimony's Survey On Security Of Women In India
MELODIKA - Nov 28 - According to BharatMatrimony's survey on the scenario of marriage and security, 80% of the women believe that pre marriage counseling can help in minimizing cases of harassment after the marriage. Women feel more secured in life as well as at work place than the unmarried. In addition, they felt that marriage provided them the sense of security and a fence against work place harassments. 81% of participants agreed that education provides a sense of security and confidence.
The full article was originally published at Melodika, but is no longer available.
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Dr. Eike Post, co-Founder Of Intelligent Elite
OPW INTERVIEW - Nov 29 - One million users and counting, with a near zero marketing budget. This can happen. Intelligent Elite has made marketing magic happen. Here's my interview with the co-founder, Dr. Eike Post. - Mark Brooks
You have a rather unusual site. You offer an IQ test, an emotional quotient test and a personality test. So I'm most intrigued with the personality test. Could you tell us a bit more about what kind of scientific basis that it is based on and how it works?
The personality test is based on the personality types proposed by Carl Gustav Jung and the Meyers Briggs typology. We have 4 dimensions that we measure with two extremes resulting in 16 different personality types.
How do you match based on those?
We currently use two dimensions for matching, sensing/intuition and thinking/feeling. The more similar, the better the match. For the other dimensions there are some researchers who say that opposites attract each other, and others who say it is better if you have similar personality types.
Matchmaking is generally regarded as being useful for more serious dating relationships but you disagree. Tell us more.
We think that matchmaking has many advantages over dating. The main advantages are saving time, better matching because we have information that the user doesn't have or doesn't focus on, providing the users a hook to contact the potential partner and some balance that everybody gets a chance to be contacted.
And we think all 4 advantages apply not only to the older demographic who are looking for a long term relationship but also to younger demographics who are not necessarily looking for a long term relationship. For example, we have many people on our site who are what we call passive date seekers. They don't actively go on the site to look for people but if we offer them matches they wouldn't refuse them. So dating is not attractive but matchmaking is.
People can log in through Facebook Connect. You have over a million users at this stage. How much do you think the Facebook Connect is responsible for that growth? And how much have you spent on marketing so far?
We spend very little on marketing because we got 95% of our users by word of mouth mostly via Facebook. However, it's not so much Facebook Connect but more the Facebook application, which is responsible for viral growth. We have tried other viral channels such as Bebo, Hi5, and MySpace, however, it has become clear in the last year that Facebook is really the only way to go.
I heard that you spent less than 100 Euro in total on marketing for a million users. That's quite the landmark achievement. What are your plans moving forward?
Our plan is to improve the matching algorithm further and maintain our leadership in what we call the new space of social matchmaking.
How do you define social matchmaking?
It is the combination of matchmaking like eHarmony on the one hand and social dating like Zoosk on the other.
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Internet Dating Industry Blogs
OPW - Nov 29 - We've pulled a list of blogs related to the internet dating industry for you. You can see the full list here.
Bellow are some examples:
Be2 blog
ChristianCafe blog
ChristianConnection blog
Easydate - Max Polyakov's blog
JBlog (Jdate's blog)
Maybefriends blog
OkTrends (OkCupid's blog)
Online Dating Insider
Online Dating Magazine
Up To Date (Match.com's blog)
WhiteLabelDating blog
Do you or your dating site have a blog, that is not listed yet? Send use the link to tips@onlinepersonalswatch.com and we will add it.
Mamba Founder Created Mega Project On The West
OPW - Nov 26 - Andrew Andreev founded Mamba, the most popular dating site in Russia with ~4.5M members. In 2005, Mamba was sold for $20M to Finam, a financial investment group. Most of Russian internet startups just copy foreign models. Mamba was unique, notes Nikita Sherman, ex-president of the company. Together with rare internet games it created demand for SMS payments. Having bought "Mamba" in 2005, Finam CEO didn't regret. In 2009 its profit reached 664M rubles ($21M) with EBITDA 48%. The number of users increased to 12M. In 2007 Finam sold 30% of Mamba for $18M to Mail.ru, which was a part of internet holding DST of Yuriy Milner. Though Mamba never made it to the international dating market, Andreev launched another dating site called Badoo.com in 2006. Today Badoo has ~80M users. "Badoo competes with Plentyoffish, the leading free dating site in Europe," says dating market analyst Mark Brooks. In 2007 Finam" bought 10% stake in Badoo which valued the company at $300M. According to conservative estimates, annual revenue should pass $200M this year. FULL ARTICLE @ OPW
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Holiday Season: People Get Motivated To Fnd Someone
BOSTON HERALD - Nov 29 - Being single during the holiday season is such a downer, that by the first of the year, enrollment on dating sites shoots through the roof. "I call it the holiday effect," said Sam Yagan, co-founder of OkCupid.com. OkCupid.com, which boasts 7M members, has seen an uptick after the holidays for the six years it's been running. Match.com's enrollment from Dec. 26 through February increased 23%.
The full article was originally published at Boston Herald, but is no longer available.
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Online Dating Enjoying A Boom Among Boomers
TIME - Nov 26 - At Match.com, the 50-to-65 age group is the online dating site's fastest-growing demographic, up 89% in the last five years. And on JDate.com, members in the 50-plus age group jumped 40% from 2008 to 2009. JDate's parent company also owns SingleSeniorsMeet.com, which is its fastest growing property. According to one estimate, one in four second marriages for Boomers began online. Boomers often have a more open-minded view of potential partners. "Older people are looking for a companion, a lifelong partner," says anthropologist Helen Fisher. "They are not looking for a reproductive partner, so they can look at a broader range of individuals and are more likely to pick somebody from different social economic or religious backgrounds.
The full article was originally published at Time, but is no longer available.
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VisitorsCafe: Chatroulette Meets eHarmony
GUARDIAN.CO.UK - Nov 26 - VisitorsCafe is describing itself as "Chatroulette meets eHarmony". Morgan Hermand-Waiche, founder of VisitorsCafe, has concocted a sophisticated algorithm that matches people by demographic and interests. VisitorsCafe can be installed on any site.
Q: How do you make money?
A: We have a freemium revenue model where we can display targeted advertising and some tailored products requiring a subscription fee (ie, customised design, matching process integrated with the user base of the website, enhanced security features)."
Q: What makes your business unique?
A: VisitorsCafe connects people who don't know each other but who are like-minded, therefore creating meaningful interactions. The technology matches people based on both their demographics and their video chat behaviours (extravert, introvert, smiling or not)."
Q: What has been your biggest achievement so far?
A: Although we officially launched our public beta a couple of days ago, word of mouth brought us interest among site owners weeks ahead of the launch.
Q: What's your biggest challenge?
A: Mastering the art of video chat technology to make it easy to integrate for our users.
Q: Name your closest competitors
A: Chatroulette, Omegle, Woome, Camfrog
Q: Where do you want the company to be in five years?
A: I would ideally have succeeded into connecting numerous people within their online communities.
FULL ARTICLE @ GUARDIAN.CO.UK
Kim Kaplan, VP At Plentyoffish.com - Interview
MEDIA TRUST - Nov 28 -
Q: Tell us about PlentyofFish.
A: POF is the world's largest dating site. We're # 1 in Canada, the US and UK and #3 in Australia. We've recently launched a self service advertising platform that allows our advertisers to access the 22M people on our site.
Q: POF was featured in a Lady Gaga video, "Telephone." Tell us how that came about and what the thinking was to have that placement in that video.
A: Lady Gaga is such an interesting character. The amount of social media she is doing, she's really kind of blown out the space and became a unique artist. We had partnered with Flo Rida and currently we just did one video with Jason Derulo, Natasha Bedingfield. It's our first real foray into offline marketing and it's been a success.
Q: So what are some of the trends you're seeing in the online dating industry?
A: The biggest thing right now is branding. People don't realize how important having a brand, whether it's the URL or the company name inside of your ad makes a significant difference.
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Infidelity Is A Bussiness Concept
NATIONELLIDAG.SE - Nov 27 - Victoria Milan is a new dating site in Sweden. The site looks like any other dating site, but the difference is that it is only for married people and those in relationship. There is a market for dating site like that in Sweden. A recent survey found out that 30% of all online daters are either married or in relationship.
The full article was originally published at Nationellidag.se, but is no longer available.
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New Virtual Dating Site Launched
BIRMINGHAM POST - Nov 25 - plzsayyes.com is a new dating site that allows users to go on a virtual date using the 'Secondlife' web platform, before they meet in person. Secondlife, which has ~18M users, allows people to create computer generated versions of themselves online and a whole world has been developed for them to explore and meet people. Users of plzsayyes.com will be charged £14.99 for a year's membership. FULL ARTICLE @ BIRMINGHAM POST
China's leading dating site to get listed on Nasdaq
GLOBAL TIMES - Nov 25 - Jiayuan.com, China's leading dating website, is preparing to get listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The company is expected to get listed in the first half of 2011 and plans to raise ~$100M. If the deal can be completed, it will become China's first listed dating site. According iresearch.cn, from 2008 to now, the market share of Jiayuan.com has maintained at ~50%. In 2007, the company's revenue was ~10M yuan ($1.5M); in 2009, it reached 80M yuan ($12.03M), and this year, it is expected to exceed 100M yuan.
The full article was originally published at Global Times, but is no longer available.
Mark Brooks: As soon as they list and start issuing quarterly reports, Online Personals Watch will provide summaries of their numbers. You can see links to financials of Spark Networks, Match, etc, on the right bar of OPW.
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HowAboutWe.com Set To Launch In Boston
THE NEW YORK OBSERVER - Nov 24 - How About We, the new dating site that just raised $3.1M, is planning to launch in its second city next week: Boston. HAW is a free dating site where members post creative first date ideas.
The full article was originally published at The New York Observer, but is no longer available.
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Voice Matchmaking
PR NEWSWIRE - Nov 23 - Clicck.com's latest product is "Resonaissance" designed to match partners through the inclusion of sound wave identification technology. Resonaissance will enable users to identify preferred vocal tones and timbers and to pinpoint vocal qualities that will heighten their feeling of attraction and at the same time eliminates from search results those profiles that would be perceived as sonically unattractive. Clicck.com is a matching service provider with $5M funding.
The full article was originally published at Sacramento Bee, but is no longer available.
Internet Dating Safety Act
IDATE - Nov 23 - The new Internet Dating Safety Act declares that residents of the state of New York need to be informed of the potential risks of participating in internet dating services. After registrations users will receive a list of notifications:
- Act with caution when communicating with strangers
- Never include your last name, email address, home address, phone number, place of work in your profile
- Stop communicating with anyone who pressures you fro personal or financial information
- Before meeting somebody, always tell a friend or family where you are going
- Always provide your own transportation
- Meet in a public place
FULL ARTICLE @ IDATE
All The Single Ladies On Facebook
DATAGENICS - Nov 23 - Nick Berry recently presented at iDate in Paris. He did some analysis on facebook users, and their maritial status. Below is a summary of some of his work. In the USA, 62.9% of people specify their relationship status on their profiles. Each country is different in its level of exposure. For instance, in Turkey only 41.6% of facebook users specify their relationship status. The amount of single people varies considerably with age, and also by gender. Below is a chart showing the breakout of US facebook users by gender, age and the percentage that are Single.
FULL ARTICLE @ DATAGENETICS BLOG
Users Watching TV And Simultaneously Surfing
OPW - Nov 23 - Have you ever watched TV, and surfed at the same time. The simul-surfing trend is rising, according to an article in Businessweek. The TV has been losing attention to the internet, so some TV networks are using this simultaneous viewing behavior as a way to draw people into digital discussions around the content they're viewing. It's also proving lucrative. A Nielsen study found that ~60% of TV viewers simul-surf, and viewers spend 3 hours 41 mins a month watching TV and simul-surfing. Bravo has been encouraging simul-surfing and has seen digital ad sales improve notably. Companion viewing is also seen as a way of countering the rising DVR and Netflix threat to ad sales. Miso, Get Glue, and Play Philo are jostling for attention as stand-alone simul-surfing TV communities. But hey, shouldn't dating sites latch onto this trend? Certain TV shows would be natural partners for white labeled dating sites. - Mark Brooks
FULL ARTICLE @ BUSINESS WEEK


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