Speed Dating: Speed-dating has advantages
We've been talking about how and where to meet other single people. Speed-dating is especially good for people who are newly single or work alone, as well as people who are shy or simply have few chances to meet new people. At a speed-dating event, the intent of the participants is clear. Everyone is there to meet someone to date. Speed-dating also is efficient. In a couple of hours, participants get to meet -- and talk with -- 15 to 20 new people, all of whom are in their age...

Speed Dating: Cupid on the Clock Speed-dating services offer singles face-to-face minutes in race for romance.
The speed-dating event was full by the time Kristi Hoer got around to registering online. She went anyway. Marcia Vanderlip photo Kristi Hoer, left, and Fred Atkinson talk after a recent speed-dating event at Harpo's in Columbia. Daters spend five to eight minutes with one another before moving on to a different partner."I was curious, so I decided to watch from afar," she told another observer on a recent Tuesday night at...

Speed Dating: AREA NOT TOTALLY SOLD ON SPEED-DATING
Speed-dating in Cleveland and Columbus: Cleveland: *An organizer of 8Minute Dating will hold an event Jan. 21 at Il Circo/Zibibbo, 1300 West 9th St. The evening starts at 7 and is geared toward those 25-35. Registration is $28.88 ($33.88 after Jan. 16). Visit www.8minutedating.com or call the club at (216) 575-0699 for more information.*Progressive Date, a 3-minute date organizer, will hold events Jan. 23 and 30 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Funky Buddha, 1360 W. 9th...

Now gay speed dating takes off
A shortage of single straight men has shut down a regular speed dating night but a gay and lesbian version is about to take off.Liz D'Arcy, 46, and Sandra Cooley, 32, co-founders of Brighton-based Pink Date, will be playing cupid when they launch their first same-sex speed dating night on Thursday.Liz said: "We had a friend who wanted to start a speed dating company and he asked us if we would get involved and maybe do a gay and lesbian night."We...

Speed dating presents singles with buffet of potential partners
Meeting your match The first Connections speed-dating event will be for 25- to 35-year-olds and will take place 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at Nello's Place in Redding. For more information about Connections or to sign up for an event, call 1-888-247-4468 or go to www.redding- connections.com.Shasta County singles, Ron Chambers feels your pain.Chambers says meeting single men and women here is more than a challenge.It's a social problem.So the 26-year-old Redding...

The Benefits of Jewish Speed Dating
Invented by an innovative dating service entrepreneur, Jewish speed dating has become a phenomenon in the singles world. It takes careful coordination, a large member base in the immediate and surrounding area and a lot of work on the part of the dating service to pull it off and make it successful.

Is Speed Dating for You?
Speed dating, as the name suggests, is a fast, organized dating scheme, set up for the purposes of making new friends or finding that ideal romantic partner. Speed dating usually occurs as a party, where a selection of men and women, usually around 30, meet and chat for about 8 minutes before they are rotated to the next person.

Speed Dating: A New Approach to Dating
Speed dating is taking the world by storm! With traditional dating, you spend a whole evening with one person. With speed dating, you can meet 5-30 people of the opposite sex in one night! Find out all about speed dating in this article that offers some great advice for people who wish to try it!

Speed Dating Online
Speed dating is defined as "... a formalized…dating system…originated in Jewish circles in the United States as a way to ensure more Jewish singles met each other in large cities..."

Speed Dating: Radiocarbon dating caribou antler and bone: Are they different?
ABSTRACT. Old archaeological radiocarbon dating lore has it that caribou antler and bone give different dating results, and that for some fundamental reason antler is unreliable as a dating material.

Speed Dating: Perchlorate data are needed to help speed up cleanups. (Perchlorate).
The Defense Department (DOD) has not responded to an EPA request for information on sites where perchlorate might have been used. This has caused ...

'Speed dating' trend - for entrepreneurs
PROVO -- And you thought dating was difficult. Modeled on the recent trend known as "speed dating," where singles rotate through a room to meet multiple members of the opposite sex in one outin