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Now you can get dumped by an app, and the scary future of relationships
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Breaking up has never been easier to do. With the help of a new app, your significant other can be dumped via text, Facebook post, tweet or prerecorded call from a Scottish man. - photo by Shelby Slade
Breaking up has never been easier to do. With the help of a new app, your significant other can be dumped via text, Facebook post, tweet or prerecorded call from a Scottish man.

The app, Binder, has removed the complicated its not you, its me talk and replaced it with a text, continuing the trend of using technology to automate and simplify relationships.

Ian Greenhill, co-creator of the app, said the app was created as a joke, but it reflects the trend in putting relationships online with apps like Tinder, according to Betsy Morais for The New Yorker.

I think Tinder works so well because its quite shallow, Greenhill told Morais. Its a simple thing. You know what youre getting. And then you get to know the person better.

Tinder, which connects you with other users in your area, has 50 million users and makes 12 million matches a day, Nick Bilton reported for The New York Times.

Unlike other dating services, Tinder focuses on photos rather than long-drawn-out profiles of people in your area. You can then either decide whether you would like to connect with them or not. If they would also like to connect with you, you can start a conversation.

Research shows when people are evaluating photos of others, they are trying to access compatibility on not just a physical level, but a social level, Tinders dating and relationship expert Jessica Carbino said. They are trying to understand, Do I have things in common with this person?

Photos cause 90 percent of the actions on dating sites, comedian Aziz Ansari wrote for Time.

This is basically the same as meeting people at the grocery store or a singles activity, but on a faster scale with a larger group of people at hand, Ansari wrote. Its essentially what our ancestors did for many years on steroids.

I think Tinder is a great thing, anthropologist Helen Fisher told Time. All Tinder is doing is giving you someone to look at thats in the neighborhood. Then you let the human brain with his brilliant little algorithm tick, tick, tick off what youre looking for.

Not only can you start and end a relationship through an app, but you can keep it alive with one, too.

HeroBoyfriend, a new app not yet available to the public, gives its male users date ideas, calendar notifications of important relationship dates and advice on sweet talking their partner, according to Julia Carpenter of The Washington Post.

While dating sites have been common for many years, the romance part building the relationship was 100 percent up to the user.
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Georgia Motorcycle Safety Program announces grant
Funds earmarked for Share the Road initiatives
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Grant funding totaling $93,458 has been awarded to the Georgia Motorcycle Safety Program (GMSP) by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. The approved funding will be used to increase motorcycle safety awareness and outreach by encouraging all motorists and motorcyclists to Share the Road.

“The need for motorcycle safety programs is greater than ever, and this support from GOHS enables motorcycle safety programs and impaired riding initiatives to reach riders and non-riders alike” said Commissioner Spencer R. Moore. “Thank you GOHS for helping (the Department of Driver Services) and GMSP educate and encourage all Georgia drivers to ‘Share the Road.’”

The grant allows DDS to further develop the Motorcycle Safety Outreach Program by continuing to fund a position to promote state and national safety initiatives. The GMSP outreach coordinator researches, coordinates and helps maintain an adequate presence at industry events, local schools and colleges, regional meetings and festivals to increase awareness of motorcycles on the roadways and provide the most current information on motorcycle safety initiatives.

Visitors to a GMSP event display are also encouraged to sign up for regular newsletters which provide additional safety information, as well as review the motorcycle safety message on other social media platforms.

GMSP regulates motorcycle training for new riders, as well as seasoned riders, who want to learn how to ride a motorcycle legally and safely. The program is based on a continuum of learning and therefore offers three entry points to rider education.

Students participating in the Basic Riders Course do not need specialized motorcycle equipment, as the GMSP provides both a motorcycle and a helmet to class participants. Upon successful completion of the course, participants receive a 90-day license waiver card that exempts them from both the written and on-cycle skills tests needed to obtain a Class M license in the state of Georgia.

Please visit the DDS website at www.dds.georgia.gov for many online services including the convenience of enrolling in a GMSP training class and accessing many licensing services.

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