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|Tursi's only daughter, Gypsi, is getting to be more like her mom everyday!
Tursi has a little girl named Gypsi, who we lovingly refer to as Whopper Junior since she is Tursi's only daughter. We've all wondered whether she'd one day incorporate the signature scream into her behaviors and it looks like she may be on the verge.
Lately, when Gypsi is asked to do a behavior we've heard a faint squeal emerge from her blowhole. It's not as loud or high pitched as her momma's, but it is audible. It sounds a bit like a gargle, but it's adorable none the less!
None of Tursi's boys carried on the tradition of squealing so it would be awesome if her baby girl develops this trademark habit. We can just imagine the two of them grabbing even more attention as they leap and scream together.

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The Manuel Antonio/Quepos area (also affectionately known as MANtonio and GAYpos) has been on the gay Costa Rican map for a number of years. San José is perhaps the only place in Costa Rica more gay friendly, but that's to be expected, big city and all. Manuel Antonio WAS also widely known for their exclusively male, gay nude beach; and it has been enjoyed by thousands of butt-ass-naked gay GUYS over the years, at least until recently. VIDEO:What happened to the nude gay beach in Manuel Antonio? More INFO about GAY Costa Rica.
We needed/wanted this gay experiment to start off on the right foot, and we were pretty certain Manuel Antonio would deliver the positive results we were looking for. HEY, we didn't say this was scientific.
The Gay Costa Rica Experiment
Most travel books will tell the gay traveler to keep their 'gayness' to themselves while traveling in and around Costa Rica, and although it may be one of the better gay friendly Latin American destinations; Costa Rica is definitely a 'Don't ask, Don't tell, Don't ACT' country- traditional and steeped in the Catholic religion. They don't mind knowing you're gay, but they don't want to SEE you acting gay (which for this experiment means- Public Displays of Affection). Really, in Costa Rica, 'gay friendly' basically means that some entrepreneurs, who were either gay themselves or understood that 'green' is 'green' no matter who gives it to you, opened a few hotels, restaurants and bars, in search of yet another avenue to separate a tourist from their dollar. It's not like the country itself is 'accepting,' it's purely a 'money thing'. So, hence the Frommer's book tip of keeping your 'gayness' to yourself.
You gotta start somewhere and we decided the 'beaches' would be a good beginning. So, the hypothesis is as follows:
IF a gay couple engages in appropriate (what a straight couple would take for granted and be acceptable to others) public displays of affection on the beaches of Costa Rica, THEN they will NOT be discriminated against.
So, would the beach at Manuel Antonio be gay friendly or would we find ourselves knee-deep in faggot discrimination?
The main Manuel Antonio beach was packed. We held hands and walked along the beach and back again. We stopped 3 times and engaged in appropriate flirting, making out behavior. Don't understand? It means whatever it is you would do with your significant other at the beach, if you were feeling romantic and in love- what 'straight' people take for granted and others in the area deem as appropriate. There was NO grinding or appearing as if we'd be fucking anytime soon.
We pretty much called this.
The hand-holding didn't get much PLAY; some held a stare a little longer, but as long as we kept walking, they weren't that interested. Making out and flirting, we got 'looks,' lots of 'looks'. Some watched because they were bored, some because we happen to be in their line of sight, some seemed interested to see if would eventually have sex right there on the beach, some looked because we're not that bad looking, and others stared as if they had happened on a REALLY bad car accident. And then there ARE ALWAYS those stares from the folks that just may have been FOLLOWERS of the late Jerry Falwell. Somebody whistled, not sure who, but no one, I mean NO ONE made an inappropriate remark (at least to our face) and no one approached us in an aggressive manner. One gay man lightly pushed his partner while we passed them and said something to the effect of, "why don't WE do that?" Another gay couple did approach and told us we made a cute couple and it was nice to see 2 people obviously in LOVE. It's only fair to mention, we also got A LOT of the 'other' stares, the 'I wouldn't mind F**k'in around with you in a VERY GAY way' type of stares. Come on, don't be shocked, we are gay and we are in Manuel Antonio for God sake, comes with the territory….. just sayin.
Manuel Antonio is a tourist HOTSPOT, almost exclusively so. Not many 'locals' really. The tourists visiting Manuel Antonio are from all over the globe, so most just believe it's acceptable behavior, especially the Europeans, and yes, you can tell the difference. It's the 'straight' AMERICANS that were more likely to stare as if we were a bad car accident, and their ignorance was embarrassing, Asians also, but they didn't have the balls to make themselves obvious, but ike I said, Europeans, by and large, didn't seem to care. The locals that work the beach looked, but my guess is they had seen it all before, and didn't give a shit.
We never felt uncomfortable, but I could see that some were VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, after all, there were children to protect from those……….arrogant, gringo fags. I know, they didn't say it, but a few times you could definitely 'feel' the hate.
We will be replicating this behavior on the beaches around Costa Rica because, like I said, you gotta start somewhere and I can assure you, La Fortuna is NOT that place.
*Just to SAVE OUR ASSES- we aren't recommending you do 'ANYTHING' in regards to ACTING GAY (public displays of affection) while in Costa Rica, I guess we're just the type of guys that don't really give a shit.
OH! and don't forget- Ever want to DO gay La Fortuna, then visit Abercam, La Fortuna's first and only- MEN 'ONLY' GAY HOTEL.
Tons of Videos on Costa Rica at the Costa Rica Travel Channel and if you're planning on Living or Traveling to Costa Rica, then check out Travel Costa Rica NOW for all your INFORMATION. And see ALL our Costa Rica Travel Tip Videos on YouTube. ENjOY!


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The action begins at the Los Angeles River, and for the first time in show history, a team will be eliminated mere yards from the starting gate. The challenge involves a fence with thousands of license platessome of them from Japan (which serves as the first destination). Twenty four people run up and frantically start grabbing license plates, but theyre wrong because as usual they dont read their clue, chuckles van Munster. Eventually a team gets eliminatedthey see the cars drive off and it is bye-bye. We told them 100 times, Read your clue. Repeat after me: Read your clue. They dont read the clue. Its unbelievable. Nothing has changed. Once they get to Tokyo, Racers find themselves on a Japanese game show, and they have to eat a tear-inducing Wasabi bomb. Notes van Munster: Even the Japanese are horrified by it, which is good. If the Japanese are horrified by another game show, then were on the right track. When contestants arrive in Vietnam, they face down a Roadblock involving 2,000 ducks. You have to show how good you are in guiding these ducks from one end of a soccer field, across a little bridge to the other end, turning them around and bringing them back into the pen, explains van Munster. It turns into total duck madness. Its just hysterical
Ive tried for eight years to integrate it into the show, and we never succeeded in getting [contestants] to do it. They know its too difficult. So I said, Roadblock!
Where could we find 2000 animals? How about a Duck farm?
They were in Nam between the 21st to the 23rd, based on presumed/known pitstop in Japan and KNOWN sightings in Phnom Penh 24-25th.SInce we have info about the "pitstop" in HCMC on the 23rd...then my guess is first leg Mekong Delta, second leg HCMC city.And based on all the research we did when TARA 3 was there, I would love to see more floating cities like Cai Be.And don't forget the ducks. LOTS of ducks.
Need to check the Timelines to be sure about this...but seems to me we always had a bit of time around Prague...before and after?? Not sure if there is enough time for an extra leg though, but I think the other times are pretty tight.
Keri and her aggressive lawyer-fiance Lance. (Hes so combustible. He whacked a piece of wood so hard, he opened his hand.)
In another first for the show, one of Races most infamous Roadblocks is revisited. It is so crazy and difficult to do, and it was so amazing the last time we did it, says van Munster. And its just as crazy and amazing this time.
I only see that he says it was crazy and amazing.
-Keri and her aggressive lawyer-fiance Lance. (Hes so combustible. He whacked a piece of wood so hard, he opened his hand.)
TAR14 Leg 10 was also put on CBS's map as a pitstop and it ended up being the so called double leg or TBC.
Quote from: puddin on September 24, 2009, 09:46:26 PM-Keri and her aggressive lawyer-fiance Lance. (Hes so combustible. He whacked a piece of wood so hard, he opened his hand.)I'll take it he ment them when talking about a combustible husband/wife team in TV guide. I guess it would be an easy mistake to make since they married shortly after the race ended. Thank god it wasn't Brian and Ericka he was refering to!
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"The Reaching Hand": Police Detectives Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent investigate a series of grisly murders, leading them to the amorphous horror that is the Reaching Hand and its grotesque, undead servants.
Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of August, 1999.
Appearing in "The Reaching Hand"
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Synopsis for "The Reaching Hand"
Police Detectives Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent investigate a series of grisly murders, leading them to the amorphous horror that is the Reaching Hand and its grotesque, undead servants.
(DC's stretchable heroes and villains reimagined as Lovecraftian horrors)
Appearing in "Rockumentary"
Featured Characters:
- Bonnie Firestein
- Lex Luthor
Supporting Characters:
- All Stars
- Blackhawks
- Bruce Wayne
- Darkseid
- Diana
- Doomsday
- Jon Jonzz
- The Heroes
- Ivy and Harley
- Supergirl
- Teen Titans
Other Characters:
- Bonnie Firestein
- Lois Lane
- Ra's al Ghul
Synopsis for "Rockumentary"
Reporter Bonnie Firestein deals up a hard-hitting expose on the rise of Lex Records as the most influential publisher in the music industry.
(The history of super-heroics recast as the history of rock 'n roll)
Appearing in "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Baby-Sitter"
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Synopsis for "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Baby-Sitter"
Six-month-old Clark Kent give his babysitter Letitia more trouble than she counted on.
Appearing in "The Vigilantes in Apartment 3-B"
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Other Characters:
- Eddie the Fence
Synopsis for "The Vigilantes in Apartment 3-B"
(Birds of Prey, presented in the format of a syndicated comic strip drama)
Appearing in "Superman Jr. is No More!"
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Synopsis for "Superman Jr. is No More!"
When Superman Jr. gives up crimefighting in despair at never being able to live up to his father's ongoing legacy, Batman Jr. arranges for the original to fake his own death, so that his son can see that he will always be needed.
Appearing in "Scandalgate"
Featured Characters:
- Bizarro
- Brainiac
- Darkseid
- Jimmy Olsen
- Lana Lang
- Lex Luthor
- Maxima
- Metallo
- Mister Mxyzptlk
- Parasite
- President Superman (Behind the scenes)
- Satanus
- Silver Banshee
- Toyman
- Zod (Behind the scenes)
Synopsis for "Scandalgate"
President Superman in Crisis, Day 853.
(DC continuity reimagined as politics/political reporting)
Appearing in "Worlds Apart"
Featured Characters:
- Bruce Wayne (Dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Alfred
- Thomas & Martha Wayne (Dies)
- Lex Luthor
- Superman (Dies)
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Synopsis for "Worlds Apart"
Superman's rocket lands on Thomas and Martha Wayne, causing the horribly disfigured Bruce Wayne to swear eternal vengeance on its occupant. Years later, a grown Batman breaks into Lex Luthor's lab, murders his adopted son with kryptonite bullets and then takes his own life.
Appearing in "Silver Age Elseworlds"
Featured Characters:
- Abraham (Brainiac) Lincoln vs. Clark Kent, Metallo
- Luthor's Daughter, Wonder Woman
- Challenge of Clayfish
- Golden Age Teen Titans
- Revenge of Young Darkseid
- Menace of the Gorilla-Explorer
- Liberté, Equalité, Metallica
- Garden of Evil
Synopsis for "Silver Age Elseworlds"
A series of splash pages for Elseworlds stories in a Silver Age style.
Appearing in "Dark Knight of the Golden Kingdom"
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- Air Wave I
- Air Wave II
- Amazing Man
- Doctor Light
- Firebird
- Ibis the Invincible
- Robin
- Spectre
- Starman
- Warlock
Synopsis for "Dark Knight of the Golden Kingdom"
(A satirical reimagining of Kingdom Come, with Superman drawn in the style of an aging, bloated Elvis)
- The collection was withdrawn and pulped after Paul Levitz became concerned about a scene in the Letitia Lerner story. The scene in question involves a young baby (Superman) trapped in a microwave. The story was later reprinted in Bizarro Comics. It also won Kyle Baker two Eisner Awards, in Best Short Story and Best/Writer Artist.
- The story from the 2005 Pixar short "Jack-Jack Attack" was heavily inspired by "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter".[citation needed]
- The Super-Sons story was republished in Batman/Superman: Saga of the Super Sons.
- The entire issue was reprinted in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 100-Page Spectacular #1 and Elseworlds: Justice League Vol. 2.
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I've always always loved learning and reading about the ancient world. It seems to me to be full of unsolved mysteries and puzzles, tantalizing enigmas about who-done-what and what happened where. Definitely by the time I got to University, I knew I really wasn't even interested in anything else other than the distant past. I am currently researching for my dissertation in MSc in Web Science at the University of Southampton, and I'm looking at how to represent ambiguities in the spatial and temporal elements of the ancient cities of Mesopotamia.
My path to this MSc has been long and winding. During my undergrad years at Birmingham University I focused on studying Mesopotamia and the cultures of the Early Bronze Age in the Near East. I learnt to read Sumerian cuneiform, as well as various dialects of Akkadian – I'd say that Sumerian and Old Babylonian remain my favourites, and in the course of my current research I've got the opportunity to again engage with these elements from my academic past.


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A study released in early March by two academics goes a long way in settling one of the stickier questions surrounding the fiduciary debate—namely, does a stricter fiduciary standard increase costs to the point of pricing certain registered reps out of the market.
The answer is no, according to Michael Finke and Thomas Langdon.
Finke, of Texas Tech University and University of Missouri at Columbia, and Langdon, of Roger Williams University, "find that the number of registered representatives doing business within a state as a percentage of total households does not vary significantly among states with stricter fiduciary standards."
The study was funded in part by the fiduciary educator fi360 and the Committee for the Fiduciary Standard.
In the the 23-page report, tilted "The Impact of the Broker-Dealer Fiduciary Standard on Financial Advice, the authors "find no statistical differences between the two groups [states with strict fiduciary standards versus those with lax fiduciary standards] in the percentage of lower-income and high-wealth clients, the ability to provide a broad range of products including those that provide commission compensation, the ability to provide tailored advice and the cost of compliance."
For the purposes of the study, Finke and Langdon divided states into three categories: 1) those that "unambiguously" apply a fiduciary standard to brokers in that state; 2) those that unambiguously apply no fiduciary standards to brokers; and 3) states where there is evidence of a limited fiduciary standard applied to brokers.
Four states have imposed an unambiguous fiduciary standard on broker-dealers (fiduciary states): California, Missouri, South Dakota and South Carolina.
States that do not impose a fiduciary standard on broker-dealers are Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
The remaining states impose either a limited fiduciary standard, or the courts have interpreted state law to impose duties that appear to be fiduciary in nature. In the study, Finke and Langdon refer to these states as "quasi-fiduciary states."
The Financial Services Institute and other industry advocacy organizations have long argued that the imposition of a fiduciary standard and the attendant higher costs would limit the ability of middle- and lower-income Americans to receive "affordable, quality financial advice" at a time when demand for such advice is rapidly growing. But the authors, referring to a "saturation rate" (or the ratio of the number of registered representatives to households in each individual state) find that "empirical results provide no evidence that the broker-dealer industry is affected significantly by the imposition of a stricter legal fiduciary standard on the conduct of registered representatives."
Finke and Langdon acknowledge the opposition of the industry "to the application of stricter regulation suggests that agency costs that exist when brokers are regulated according to suitability are significant."
But, they add, "imposition of a universal fiduciary standard among financial advisors may result in a net welfare gain to society, and in particular to consumers who are ill equipped to reduce agency costs on their own by more closely monitoring an adviser with superior information, although this will likely occur at the expense of the broker-dealer industry."
The conclusion?
The industry is likely to operate in much the same way after the imposition of a fiduciary standard as it did before the widespread adoption of such a standard.