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If you keep your computer fully updated with the previous automatic updates, it should only take about 15 minutes {including below}.

It will need 1 automatic reboot and 1 manual full shut down to finish.

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Sonny and Cher's child transitioning from female to male

(CNN) – Chastity Bono, gay-rights activist and child of performer Cher and the late entertainer and politician Sonny Bono, is in the early stages of transitioning from a female to a male and will be known as Chaz, his spokesman said Thursday.

"Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," Howard Bragman said in a written statement.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago."

Someone's decision to transition does not necessarily mean they are undergoing gender reassignment surgery, and in many cases they do not, said Mara Keisling, executive director of the Washington-based National Center for Transgender Equality.

"The whole media fixation on surgery is kind of misplaced," she said. "Almost no transgender people ever have surgery. We don't have any idea how many do." iReport.com: Do you have a transgender story?

An estimated one-quarter to one-half percent of the American population is transsexual, however, Keisling said. "It's sort of a general term that encompasses both or either a social transition or a medical transition."

Keisling said she was unaware of the specifics in Bono's case, but speaking generally, a transition means that he will now want to be "known, seen, viewed" as a male.

"The actual details depend on his needs and wants and his doctor's needs and wants," she said.

Bragman asked that the media "respect Chaz's privacy during this long process, as he will not be doing any interviews at this time."
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Now 40, Bono as a little girl made regular appearances on her parents' show, "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour." As an adult, he has been a longtime gay-rights advocate and been closely associated with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Bono's father, Sonny Bono, was a U.S. representative from California when he was killed in a skiing accident in January 1998.

@trentreviso:

^ Thanks, twinkletoes!

I left the other place at the request of a moderator, who felt I was too opinionated.

We like opinions here.

The only people that are "asked to leave" are people that break the forum rules; ie flaming.  I only know of 1 person who was banned for that in 3 years.

I just got this yesterday in the 3am download.

To be honest, I'm really surprised she lasted in the job this long.

However, I do think they let her stay on longer than would be normal so the pageant people didn't appear to be firing her for her anti gay views.  In other words, they didn't want the religious fuckwits to get too angry.  Of course most believers are still gonna say she was only fired for her anti gay views and that it had nothing to do with her not fulfilling her contract.

Tilling or forking won't help in a lot of cases because you are just messing with the same crap soil.  You'll need to add something to your soil to improve it.

Builders sand {slightly big grains that beach sand} is good for heavy clay soils.

Soil that drains too fast needs some clumpy compost added to retain some of the moisture.

We used to rent {now we own} a portable cement mixer and do a 50/50 mix with the current soil and light compost.  Dig out the area you want to prepare and then throw 1 shovel of soil to 1 shovel of compost in. Use that to refill the area you just dug up.  We do this every year with the help of the neighbor kids.

I'll see what I can find for you and upload them.

A few people dropping off may be for honest reason, but those numbers are way too high.

I've tried pretty much all the converting software out there and I still stick with Fairuse.

Fairuse isn't the best, but when you look at the whole picture {quality, speed, etc} it gives the best balance.  Everyone is different and has different computers, so it's best to try them out and see what results you can get from each.

There are some programs that take 24 hours or more for a dvd to convert, but they give excellent results.

There are some programs that take nearly 100gb of hard drive space to convert a single layer dvd, but the finished results are excellent.

For porn, I prefer Twinks/Youngbloods with some body hair {on legs and whatnot} but I prefer them to have smooth chests.

Sounds tasty.

I think we'll give it a go this weekend.

I must remind everyone that if something sounds too good to be true, it most probably is.

As a monogamous couple, we only do bareback.

If I were single again, I'd only used condoms.

Actually, Carnivore monitors all internet traffic, not just torrents.  It's stated main purpose is to monitor websites people visit and emails, though I'm sure it does a lot more.

The UK has carnivore now, they just call it something else to make it sound nicer to the general public.

@ Layon

Have a look at this thread for which client to use with Mac;  http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=381.0

Until you get more experienced with torrents, it's best to leave them in their original place until they are fully seeded.  Also, depending on which client you decide to use, you should be able to tell it where you want to download the files to.

If you want to manually move the videos and keep them available for BTing, you have to tell your client where you moved them to and you must leave them with the same file name.  If you no longer need them for BTing, then you can move and rename them, just make sure you remove the torrent file from your client, usually by right clicking the torrent in your client and selecting "remove torrent" or similar wording.

When does it come as an automatic update?

Usually there's a few weeks/month between the time it available for download and as an automatic update.

I really love this one, especialy with home made Victoria Plum jam.

@leatherbear:

I used a little confectioners sugar to help chopped cherries separate into individual pieces before I added them to my mix. Less clumpy I think!!! Next time I think I will use a little butter-nut extract as well!!!

I wish you would have posted this before.  Mine came out clumpy.  :-[

Next time I'll try that idea. 

The Church of Scotland assembly has voted to ordain it's 1st openly gay bishop.  The priest {won't be a bishop until the ceromony in 2 weeks} lives with his partner.

The vote was something like 364 to 297, with about 1/4th not voting.

This is in Aberdeen where I live, but I only heard about it from another forum as none of the UK media seemed to talk about it, until this weekend when vote happened.

I'm not too bothered by it.

Most ISPs don't spy on their customers without a request from the police, as it would be too costly and could violate privacy laws.