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Your latest download is somewhat a better choice for the sake of ratio at least. BTW it is not your upload speed that is a potential problem it is torrent choices that you need to be aware of right now. To seed there must be leechers and if you choose a torrent with no leechers then you need torrents with leechers to make up the difference. You do have some cushion in your ratio ~ Download Buffer 8.18 GB (The Amount of Bytes you can download before Reaching your current minimum Ratio). Just be careful what you pick to download and you should be OK.

You also have some cushion in your Seed Bonus Points (Total Seed Bonus 274.125) as well since they can be traded for upload credit. At this point I would let the SBP's build to 350 points for the best upload credit of 5GB. The 5 GB would be added to your upload amount thus improving your ratio.

Hope this helps  :hug:

Some reading for you to better understand ratios and the like:

New Member/Low Ratio Trouble

Getting off on the right foot:
http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=13101.0

Starters Guide:
http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=707.0

Ratio Minimums Explained:
http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=6191.0

Problems with Ratio:
http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=6036.0

Downloading Rules :
http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/rules.php#96

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Steve Cruz

We have a policy of "Fair Sharing" here at GT.ru. Simply, this means you give back at least a small portion of what you take. The more you take the larger the required amount to be given back to the site.

Below are links to other topics that will help [you] understand the basics of GT.ru and P2P sharing in regards to our minimum ratio requirements.

New Member/Low Ratio Trouble

Starters Guide:

http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=707.0

Ratio Minimums Explained:

https://www.gaytorrent.ru/rationator.php

Problems with Ratio:

http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=6036.0

Downloading Rules :

http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/rules.php#96

Fred Karger, a gay candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, campaigns at a town hall meeting in Keene, New Hampshire Photograph: Matthew Cavanaugh

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Fred Karger walked into a coffee shop in Manhattan looking every inch the sort of man who wants to be a Republican presidential candidate.

The long-time "Grand Old Party" operative, who has served three different Republican presidents, had close-cropped grey hair and wore a sharp blue business suit. He clutched a folder of campaign literature and handed out a T-shirt emblazoned with "Iowa 2012". But one key detail made Karger a little different in a Republican field swirling with names like Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee. On his suit lapel Karger wore a badge pairing the Stars and Stripes with the rainbow colours of the gay rights movement.

Karger, 61, whose 2012 presidential exploratory committee is perhaps the furthest advanced of any potential Republican candidate, is openly gay. When he officially declares his run, he will not only be the first gay Republican presidential candidate but also the first such candidate from any political party in American history. "I am a fighter and I am trying to change the Republican party and to open it up to everybody. If every gay person left the Republican party and went to the Democrats, that would be stupid. I believe in smaller federal government and personal responsibility just like my hero, Ronald Reagan," Karger said over a chicken salad sandwich and a cola.

There is no doubting Karger's Republican credentials. He has spent his life working for the party's cause as a top strategist. Like Karl Rove, he was a disciple of the controversial Republican tactician Lee Atwater. Indeed, Karger played a key role in publicising the "Willie Horton" adverts that destroyed the Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis in 1988. Horton was a jailed murderer let out on a Dukakis-backed weekend release programme in Massachusetts who committed armed robbery, assault and rape while at large. Karger toured the country with relatives of Horton's victims, dealing a fatal blow to Dukakis's image. He does not regret it for a moment. "No, not in the least," he said with a smile.

But there is, obviously, doubt over Karger's chances in a field likely to be dominated by people with higher name recognition who are heterosexuals in a party with a dominant social conservative wing. Yet Karger is already at work in Iowa and New Hampshire, the key first states in the nomination process. He has visited Iowa five times and New Hampshire 11 times in the past year. He has had aired TV adverts (the only potential candidate to do so) and held town hall meetings, attracted volunteers and even hired staff.

He is bluntly honest about the fact that he is a virtual unknown. His campaign slogan adorning the T-shirts, badges and frisbees he gives out asks: "Fred who?" Yet it's a strategy that has earned him a wave of positive press coverage, including a profile in the Washington Post. Karger knows that winning the 2012 Republican nomination as a proud proclaimed gay man is a long shot. But getting in the televised candidate debates might not be. By the spring he will probably have a ground operation, a media presence, campaign funds in the bank, a staff and a headquarters. That will allow Karger to put gay rights, including gay marriage, on the table in a party that usually contents itself with bluntly dismissing them. To say the least, it will make interesting viewing and unsettle the big names. "I will take the gloves off if necessary," he said. He believes his campaign can raise $5m.

Since coming out several years ago, Karger has been a vocal campaigner for gay rights and a high-profile critic of organisations, especially the Mormon church, that oppose gay marriage.

Perhaps, then, it is no wonder the Republican establishment is trying its best to exclude him. Last week's meeting of the influential Conservative Political Action Committee in Washington did not invite Karger to speak, though Karger used the snub to generate media attention to his cause. "I cannot help but think that I have been excluded solely because I happen to be gay… I am not some two-headed monster. I want to squash the anti-gay rhetoric," he said.

During his trips to Iowa and New Hampshire, often speaking to gay student groups, Karger noticed that he was getting a lot of emails from young gay people saying his ambitions had helped their lives where they faced prejudice and bullying. Karger remembered feeling isolated when he was closeted for most of his life and does not want others to go through that experience. Having an openly gay man run for the presidency is vital, he believes, even if he fails.

He says the symbolism of paving the way is important, just like it has been with pioneering but ultimately unsuccessful women such as Hillary Clinton and black candidates like the Rev Jesse Jackson. Somewhere in America, Karger hopes, a young gay person will see his run and think: I can do that, too, one day. "I am doing this for younger people," says Karger. "I am fine now. I am happy in my skin. But when I was growing up it was hell. I don't want anyone to go through that. That is what motivates me to make my voice heard. No more Mr Nice Gay."

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A 6-year-old boy who had been bullied because he liked to wear pink was stabbed in the neck at his preschool in central Sweden, media reports said today.

The boy, identified only as Oskar, was picked on because he liked pink clothes, nail polish and ballet, Jönköpings-Posten newspaper said. He had complained to his parents that classmates taunted him, calling him "gay" and a "girl."

The newspaper said Oskar was stabbed in an incident last week at the school. The knife used in the attack was blunt and the boy was not seriously hurt, but he had a noticeable injury on his neck, Jönköpings-Posten said, according to The Local, which carries Swedish news in English.

Staff at the school reportedly described the matter as a "small incident," The Local said.

Oskar's parents told Jönköpings-Posten they had yanked their son from the school and filed a complaint with the government agency that oversees preschools.

"I don't want to have my child at a school which considers a stab with a knife to be a 'small incident,'" the boy's mother said.

Washington (CNN) – It's been less than two months since President Barack Obama signed the bill that will eventually lead to repeal of the controversial ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military. And the military is already taking steps to implement the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell."

The Pentagon Friday released a memo that finalizes how the department will begin adopting its policy to the new law, how it will train troops with regards to gays and lesbians serving openly and how it all will be communicated to Congress and the public.

The plan focuses on three tiers of training:

-- Tier one for experts who may frequently deal with "don't ask, don't tell" repeal matters, like chaplains and military lawyers.

-- Tier two for senior leaders who will need to oversee education and training of the troops in their command.

-- Tier three for the rank-and-file, active-duty service members, reservists and civilians working for the Defense Department.

On March 1 Clifford Stanley, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, will provide a progress report on the preparation for repeal to the White House, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The memo says the "don't ask, don't tell" law will not be repealed until, among other milestones, the tier one and tier two training is complete and tier three training is underway.

At that point, the secretary, chairman and the president will certify the department is ready for gay men and lesbians to serve openly. After the certification takes place, a 60-day countdown begins before repeal is officially implemented. That date has not been decided yet.