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One good friend of mine, whose name's Nico, complained that his shoes always attract the mud. I advised him to change his state of mind and sidestep the issue, in such extent that the mud on his way would turn to something rather opposite to his eyes, as a pristine dum. He objected that «dum» does not mean anything at all, as far as english is concerned. It's not a big deal, I retorted, since «lead» means a lot more, tied up with «deal» and that all in all, this would compensate the presumed invalidity of my first attempt to preach a good reversal.
He was surprised at my logical, arguing that my theory was a dumb, if not a dump. Dumb or dump are pretty the same and only a silly lack of luck - I stressed with enlightened eyes, - could explain that dum was not gifted with existence until now.
Why relying on the language or the dictionaries? I asked him. That's a mean prison; meanings are prisoners of words, trust me, I said as a seer whose prophecy needs the vacancy of another land. Words are rubbish if one can't distort them through poetry and controversy.
What's your point? Nico asked out of passionate effervescence. The thrash-box is made for the tiny size of «dump» but nothing fits «dumb» as much as your prose, he argued. It fools around in a quest for ecstazy!
My dystrophy is quite a catastrophe, I humbly know and apologize for this reluctant apology, I said. When I write and think, my wrist is moving inward, quite paralyzed by the urgency I'm suffocated from, the necessity of a breath one step further reality. I just can't accept the arbitrary nature of «dump» or «plum» if «lump» does exist whereas «dum» doesn't.
You would gain a welcomed clarity by comparing relevent aspects of things, Nico noticed in a purposeful statement which aimed at the improvement of my pointless claims. «Lump» and «plum» are anagramms, he observed; but «dump» isn't open to such cross-dressing!
Here was my point, I proudly stated: you must minus «dump» to «mud» and be satisfied with un-completion at work if you wish to stand the usual ordeals life scatters. Where does it lead you to? he asked. A deal, I said. Let's inseminate «dum» with the vigour of a neologism sailing the upper reaches of a new-born spring down.
I can't descry what you describe, Nico said. But perhaps you tend to clutch at the power of metaphora, which helps hiding at the same time the poverty of your overview.
I much appreciate your efforts to cut down my way-out and that's enough for today, I conjecture, as it seems dead ends are dead ends and nothing can change this. I was looking at Nico with love in the eyes. Gratitude was misting up my brain and in a last fancy, a last cry for mercy, I splashed the word in a pool of big disorders : «dum» is uncomplete alone, just like «mad» without «madness», and you'd better walk in the mud of pain, after all, than in the nothingness of a disregarded «dum» - the no man's land of a hopeless loneliness ! I sighed in a low-tempo voice, flooded with the special emotion of a self-given role... Eversince, I became the knight of non-existing words! And my high duty remained unnoticed for eons of time...
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In the General Election held on Dec. 16, 2012 in Japan, the Election Commission counted the votes illegally. People are demanding the manual recount based on their constitutional right, though there is no official request made by them to the commission yet. Until now, the demand of democracy loving people doesn't receive any response from the government mainly because the anti-democratic evil government ruling Japan doesn't get any official requests to review the election result from the people seeking for the truth about the most important pillar to uphold democracy
Although there are no particular reports on election irregularity, we have a lot of circumstantial evidences suggesting the dubious relationships between the soft maker and LDP who won the landslide victory in the election. Some evidences (or hearsays, putting it more precisely) even imply that the powerful Jewish lobby has some influence over the company who twisted the genuine will of Japanese people to liberate themselves from the rule of the freemason, Rothchilds, the elders of Zion or something like that. (Don't worry, President Obama, we are not anti Semite, though our opinions are)
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Alright, so I've decided it is time to start taking seriously my bucket list and knock a few things off. The most feasible (and affordable, Everest or K2 will probably have to come out of my retirement fund.. =-P ) of these is to bike the entire Great Divide Canada to Mexico. My current moutain bike is really not suitable for offroad touring (2007 Marin East Peak, too hard to rig frame bags, etc. or racks, panniers, and no coil shocks for touring durability) so I'm starting to gather ideas for my build. I have some frames in mind already, but I want to clarify a few things first so we don't waste posts discussing irrelevent things.
So first and foremost, I don't want to hear anything about "you'll have a hard time finding 29er tires in Asia" or "disc brake parts are hard to come by in South America" etc. This point is, to be blunt, annoyingly reiterated, and let's be honest, the common bicycle tourists in general aren't planning their bike purchases/builds for such uses. For me such ideas are waaay too far removed from my circumstances: I'm a broke graduate student who thankfully works for REI so I can barely afford my hobbies, and I'll be in school for years to come, so I won't be taking off to go pedal the Silk Road any time soon, all will be domestic, where worse case scenario I'll have to have someone overnight me a part or what have you. On this note, I am much more interested in off-road touring than on-road, so this bike is being put together with that specific purpose in mind. I know many traditional touring bikes can be set up for the GDMBR, but I want a mountain bike touring bike specifically.
Second I am very likely going to be following the bikepacking route (frame bags etc., likely homemade) because I'm already set up for it from my years of backpacking ultralight and because to me the philosophy just makes sense, to each their own. So a heavy precedent doesn't need to be given to which bike will carry a significant load the best. Finally I have a preference for disc brakes and drop bars: disc brakes are the preference for the GDMBR from all the trip reports I've read, and I have an affinity for drop bars vs. riser bars with bar ends because I feel that the different positions a drop bar gives you gives a greater variety in posture compared to moving between grips and bar-ends on a riser bar. I'm more than willing to hear suggestions on bar ideas, things such as h-bars, trekking bars, mini-aerobars (I like this idea actually, used to be a triathlete so I'm used to the position). Oh I also don't have a strong preference between riding a rigid vs. suspension fork bike except for the fact that a rigid build will be cheaper (and I kinda like riding rigid in truth)
So on to the frames (and corresponding completes) I'm considering:
Salsa Fargo: Seems like the obvious choice, and it definitely tops my list right now. I have read the post about the problem with shimmy, however having worked in the industry for a while, I'm more than willing to give Salsa the benefit of the doubt that it was a dud frame especially considering the multitude of otherwise positive reviews compared to the small percentage of problems. I'm also going to try to avoid front racks if possible as well, so even less of a concern. I also really like the spec on the 2011 Fargo (Apex STIs, 2X10 drivetrain, although I'm not sure if the 40/27 crank with the 12-36 cassette will be enough low end compared to 22-34 for touring, haven't calculated it out yet)
Novara Safari: So we've changed the Safari into a steel 29er (well except the small size) which is disc and v-brake compatible. I always have liked the Safari and have considered buying one on numerous occassions. They're quite affordable, so I could easily upgrade to disc brakes, but I am not sure about the trekking bars (from what I've read hard to get a handlebar bag to work with them, not the end of the world however). I hate grip-shifters though (just simply personal preference) and that's another thing I'd have to change out. Most the components are a tad cheaper as far as quality goes, that's the only other thing that keeps me on the fence.
Surly Pugsley/Salsa Mukluk: I've always liked the idea of a fat-tire bike and I have read enough posts now about how people love to tour with their Pugs that this has become a serious consideration for me. High-volume tires would work as mild suspension as well, which would help with the washboard I keep hearing about along the GDMBR. Not sure which I like more. Pugsley is steel and I really like the big front fork spacing that allows me to carry a single speed rear hub on the front wheel, as I recently had to carry my bike several miles out of a trail system. I (believe it or not) got a seed lodged in my chain that locked up my derailer and tore my derailer hanger off...was supposed to be a casual fun ride...anyways, I'm a little paranoid at the moment about that being a possibility. The Mukluk has some winning points however, for one the geometry is optimized for handling at slower speeds, which likely translates to handling better at touring speeds. The rear drop-out spacing options is nice as well, however I'm not sure how much I'd really take advantage of that feature in the long run. The Mukluk being aluminum probably isn't that big a deal considering the fat-tires will take care of a lot of the bumps.
Surly Troll: Super-versatile, disc or v-brake, steel, geared or specific internal if I ever decide to spend money on that, plus I could set it up as a moderate fat-tire bike (fits 2.7" supposedly) when I want to try that out as well. I could build this bike up as your traditional go-anywhere, do-anything, get parts wherever tourer. Haven't really looked at the geometry too closely but I know it is more traditional mountain bike geometry, so mayhap it wouldn't be ideal as a touring bike after all? Doubtful as many people suggest vintage moutain bikes as a good bike for GDMBR.
Other considerations that I have some problems with.
Surly Karate Monkey (and many other 29ers): Probably fine for my uses, but the fact that there is complications using racks with discs on it makes me favor the Fargo more (even though I don't intend to use racks, a little versatility never hurt, just in case)
Surly Long Haul Trucker: I like the LHT, and price-to-spec it is one hell of a deal, but I really do want discs, so it is for now kind of being overlooked, I enjoy how the bike rides, it'll fit wide enough tires for the GDMBR easily, and it is a stable, bomb-proof bike, but the lack of discs does it in right now atleast, feel free to offer opinions to sway me though, economically it's probably the best choice.
Obviously there's lots of other choices on the market, but I'm considering bikes that I can fortunately get at a discount because my occupation, so I'd like opinions on the bikes already suggested, personal experiences, grievances, etc. etc. Sorry this is a long post; I wanted to get out as many details as possible so I don't have to clarify things later on.
Any suggestions throw them at me.


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Could it be that Manning decision made weeks ago?
Quarterback Peyton Manning, injured and unsure of his future, is upset with the team, and owner Jim Irsay is irritated with Manning for speaking out.
At the moment the spotlight is falling on Indianapolis with the Super Bowl in town, the harsh glare of failure has rested on the Colts, putting Irsay at the awkward intersection of giddy anticipation and grim reality.
Which might have already arrived.
"According to sources who were involved in the Colts' GM search, the organization was planning to move on from Manning weeks ago, well before this public squabble between the QB and his owner," the NFL Network's Jason La Canfora said Saturday.
La Canfora says the Colts will "almost certainly" look to move Manning before this year's NFL Scouting Combine, which is slated to get underway on Feb. 22 in Indianapolis.
The Colts' situation threatens to overwhelm the buildup to the Super Bowl.
It is the most fraught decision Irsay will have to make — he mused last week about leaders having to make unpopular decisions — because Manning has long loomed large over the internal culture and the public profile of the organization. Manning is due a $28 million bonus in March. If the Colts decide not to pay it, they will release him, an act that was unthinkable eight months ago but seems inevitable now, spurring fans to say that Irsay is ruining the franchise.
Irsay reiterated last week that if Manning is healthy, he will play for the Colts, that it can be done financially, that the decision is about Manning's well-being now and in the future. But Irsay also did not hide his irritation because Manning had expressed unhappiness last week.
Irsay has been straightforward about the Colts' difficult salary-cap situation: They spent as much as $10 million over the cap last season, and they are in a tight financial situation in 2012 that would be even more constricted by keeping Manning and drafting Andrew Luck with the No. 1 pick.
Meanwhile, ESPN reported that former Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians has agreed to become the Colts' new offensive coordinator.
•Tom Coughlin said he will institute a curfew for the Giants' players, but just as in Super Bowl XLII he conferred with team leaders before making any decisions. "The main thing is that they're professionals and they understand they're going to the biggest sporting event in the world," Coughlin said.
•The Bears hired Chiefs director of college scouting Phil Emery as their new general manager. Emery was an area scout for the Bears from 1998-2004. He replaces Jerry Angelo, who was fired after an injury-riddled 8-8 season. Emery and Patriots director of pro personnel Jason Licht were finalists and both interviewed twice. The Bears also interviewed Chargers director of player personnel Jimmy Raye, Giants director of college scouting Marc Ross, and current director of player personnel Tim Ruskell.


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From the first spring minicamp to the final exhibition game, Seahawks defensive players talked about putting 2008 behind them.
This year will be different, they insisted. Last year was a fluke, they vowed.
On Sunday, a revamped Seahawk defense backed up those words by posting a shutout in a 28-0 season-opening win over St. Louis.
"We knew last year that wasn't us, so we let that go," safety Deon Grant said. "We came into this offseason knowing what we had to do, and we did that."
And a big first day from the defense was exactly what the Seahawks needed Sunday. The Seahawks turned the ball over three times in the first quarter, but still managed to build a 14-0 lead by halftime, largely because of a defense that refused to let the Rams capitalize on those miscues.
"The defense did a hell of a job keeping us in the game, and we were finally able to get over the hump and play well offensively," receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh said. "Hats go off to the defense."
After a strong showing in 2007, the Seahawks defense returned all of its starters last season, but was a big disappointment, ranking 30th in total defense, 25th in scoring defense, and dead last in passing defense.
The Seahawks added two new starting linemen (Cory Redding and Colin Cole), used the No. 4 overall pick of the draft on a linebacker (Aaron Curry), signed a free-agent cornerback (Ken Lucas), and promoted safety Jordan Babineaux to the starting lineup after cutting Brian Russell. The result in game No. 1 was the team's first shutout since Nov. of 2007.
"I thought the best part about it was how many different guys made big plays to create that shutout," said defensive end Patrick Kerney. "There were three sacks by three different guys. Lots of tackles for losses, a bunch of pass breakups by Josh Wilson, a batted ball by [Darryl] Tapp, just a lot of guys had their hands in it. The way the offense controlled the ball with the running game. It just made it a team shutout. That's a great feeling."
The Rams only drove inside the Seahawks' 20 twice. The first of those resulted in a missed 37-yard field goal, and the second, a late-fourth quarter drive against a lineup that featured several Seahawks backups, ended with a turnover on downs at the 7-yard line.
The Seahawks allowed 378 yards-per-game last season, but gave up just 247 Sunday. They limited Steven Jackson to 67 rushing yards, and held Marc Bulger to a 63.5 quarterback rating.
More important than those numbers was the defense's ability to keep the Rams off the scoreboard early, even as St. Louis dominated time of possession in the first quarter thanks to the Seahawks' turnovers.
And for the 2009 Seahawks, the goal isn't to just return to 2007 form. No, that won't do.
"We're trying to be a new D, we're not looking back at all," Grant said. "When you look back, you tend to go back. That year we only went to what, the second round of the playoffs, so we're not looking back at all."
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I've been told that I'm a very good writer, and not to be vain or anything, but I think so too. I love writing and people have always enjoyed reading my stories and poems. Last night my mother and I were contacted by a publisher(!), and they have told us that if I want to, they will PUBLISH a book of mine! I was so amazed and happy.
They told us that a popular theme is like olden day/historical type things, which I think is wonderful, because that is my favorite thing to write. So here is the "basic overview" of my book:
It's set in Ancient Greece, as a war between the Greeks and Romans. I've done tons of research, and am pretty confident about this... Also, it has the Greek and Roman gods in it, who also join in the war, but the catch is; The Greek and Roman gods are the same beings, just with different names, so it is basically self destruction. And they are fueling the war to make it an extreme big thing.
Now, a young Roman man, and a young Greek woman (who at first is disguised as a man in order to get into the army), have to put their differences aside, and travel to the City of the God's in order to stop them before they destroy the world. But along the way secrets are revealed...
What I need help with is the part in bold. Women/girls, or even guys, why would you disguise yourself to join the army. What is the motivation? Pride? Loyalty? Please give me ideas.
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Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Assessing the Supreme Court's detainee rulings.
Jul 19, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 42 • By PETER BERKOWITZ
GIVEN his constitutional role as commander in chief, with principal responsibility for the nation's security, the president might be expected to overreach occasionally in times of war, to place the energetic defense of the country ahead of the meticulous safeguarding of civil liberties. Equally, given its constitutional role as guardian of the fundamental laws of the land, the Supreme Court might be expected to patrol zealously the boundaries established by the Constitution for the protection of individual liberty, and occasionally even to go to an extreme to ensure that the executive respects them. And as a consequence of the wartime contest between the executive and the Court, as each seeks to advance the interests and uphold the honor of its constitutional office, one could reasonably hope that both national security and civil liberties would be given their due to the extent possible.
On the basis of the Court's decisions in the enemy combatant detention cases, handed down June 28, it is a pleasure to report that the system is working more or less as designed. In waging the war on terror, the executive branch has certainly pushed the legal limits of its prerogatives. And the Supreme Court has responded, pushing back, at times quite aggressively, in the opposite direction.
This is certainly not to suggest that the legal positions of the administration have been ideal, or that in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld v. Padilla, and Rasul v. Bush the Court achieved an optimal balance between national security and civil liberties. To the contrary. The Bush administration, for example, suffered self-inflicted wounds when it refused to grant the detainees at Guantanamo Bay the adequate minimal process, well grounded in the laws of war, for determining whether the government had correctly classified them as enemy combatants. And in Rasul v. Bush a provoked Court struck back. It ruled that noncitizen or alien enemy combatants who have not set foot in the United States and are detained outside of the territorial jurisdiction of any U.S. federal court nevertheless have a right to challenge their detentions in any federal district court they please. Unfortunately, to reach this result the Court distorted its own cases, arrogating to itself a scope of review of military detentions it had not previously been thought to possess.
So, the Supreme Court now having spoken, there remains work to be done in hammering out the proper balance between waging the present war effectively and maintaining the rule of law scrupulously. This is particularly challenging as the nation confronts a shadowy adversary, himself ruthlessly indifferent to the distinction between lawful combatants and civilian noncombatants, who has at his disposal or is bent on obtaining weapons of great destructiveness. Still, the United States is at war, and the constitutional order holds.
Indeed, notwithstanding its overreaching, the Court's decisions vindicated the core constitutional principle that there is no unreviewable executive power to detain individuals. To be sure, in none of the cases did the government deny the right to due process. What was at issue in all three was the degree of process due an individual designated by the military, or the president directly, as an enemy combatant. In essence, the government contended that it was enough to assert facts that, if true, would warrant such a designation. And the Court ruled, in sum, that individuals held as enemy combatants--whether citizens or aliens, whether held in the United States or abroad--had the right to challenge before an impartial tribunal the factual allegations on the basis of which they had been captured and incarcerated.
In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, the court struck the balance nicely. Seized on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2001, Yaser Esam Hamdi, a U.S. citizen, has been detained in the United States since April 2002 without formal charges or proceedings. This was necessary, argued the Bush administration, not only to prevent him from returning to fight with the enemy (the internationally recognized justification for the detention of enemy combatants) but also in order to subject him to extended interrogation that could yield precious information concerning al Qaeda's whereabouts, intentions, and capabilities. Hamdi's court-appointed counsel countered that indefinite military detention without charge or trial in a war that could last the detainee's lifetime violated his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment due process rights, in particular the right of all persons detained in the United States to the writ of habeas corpus, the legal means by which a detainee asks a court to review the basis for his imprisonment.


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On Tuesday Steve
Jobs, chief executive of Apple, said that Apple will no longer be delivering its
presentation at Macworld after 2009. At Macworld's annual computer trade show that happens
in January, Apple is usually the highlight of the show. They also said
that in 2010 they will no longer participate in the conference, which has
become the prime convention for Macintosh developers.
More people are being reached in more ways than ever before.
The popularity of Apple's Retails Stores is increasing rapidly. Over 3.5
million people visit the Apple Retails Store every week, and the Apple website allows Apple to reach more than
100 000 000 people around the world in new ways.
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We are fortunate to have the opportunity to shape our community with direct elections on issues of taxation and bonding. Johnson County voters have a long record of preferring education and the environment over economic development and incarceration. Voters twice rejected a general sales tax for the Iowa City, and then subsequently approved a general sales tax dedicated to the schools. County voters recently gave over 60 percent to a bond issue for land conservation, but have twice rejected proposals to build a new jail.Despite what some critics claim, Tuesday's vote on the school board's revenue purpose statement is straightforward and simple. It authorizes the school board to spend sales tax revenue on badly needed repairs and to build new schools to meet the needs of our growing community. Once again, we have an opportunity to vote "yes" for education.
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Yes, I accept that this was a 'highlights' tour, but there were a couple of things that could be left out to enable the group to spend more time at the Sheik Zayed Mosque. The guide was good, but dual language tours tend to reduce interest when your language is not being spoken. Overall, a good tour, but room for improvement.
Doing what: Abu Dhabi Sightseeing Tour: Gold Souk, Sheik Zayed Mosque and Heritage Village
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A 5 hour SWAT standoff on the Westside ends, JSO finds no one in the home
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DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford is doubling its quarterly dividend to 10
cents, just nine months after paying its first dividend in more than
five years.
The automaker says the payout is part of its goal of delivering profitable growth for all its stakeholders.
MORE: Chrysler shines, GM, Ford follow in 2012 sales gains
Shares were up 3% in premarket trading to $13.47, just shy of the 52-week high.
the first three quarters of 2012, Ford says its liquidity has increased
by $2 billion. The first-quarter dividend will be paid on March 1 to
shareholders of record as of Jan. 30.
Ford Motor, based in
Dearborn, Mich., resumed paying a dividend in March after halting the
payments because of financial problems. It has since paid a dividend of 5
cents per share each quarter.
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How to Love Garage, 975 Howard, SF; www.pustheatre.com [2]. $15. Opens Fri/28, 8pm. Runs Fri-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. Through Nov 20. Performers Under Stress Theatre presents Megan Cohen's Plato-inspired world premiere.
Totem Grand Chapiteau, AT&T Park, Parking Lot A, 74 Mission Rock, SF; cirquedusoleil.com/totem. $58-248.50. Opens Fri/28, 8pm. Runs Tues-Sun, schedule varies. Through Dec 11. Cirque Du Soleil returns with its latest big-top production.
Annie Berkeley Playhouse, Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College, Berk; (510) 845-8542, www.berkeleyplayhouse.org [3]. $17-35. Opens Thurs/29, 7pm. Runs Thurs-Sat, 7pm; Sun, noon and 5pm. Through Dec 4. Berkeley Playhouse performs the classic musical.
Almost Nothing, Day of Absence Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, 450 Post, SF; (415) 474-8800, www.lhtsf.org [4]. $43-53. Wed-Sat, 8pm (also Sat, 2pm); Sun, 2pm. Through Nov 20. The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre christens its grand new home near Union Square with two well-acted one-act plays under sharp direction by artistic director Steven Anthony Jones. Almost Nothing by Brazilian playwright Marcos Barbosa marks the North American premiere of an intriguing and shrewdly crafted Pinteresque drama, wherein a middle-class couple (Rhonnie Washington and Kathryn Tkel) returns home from an unexpected encounter at a stop light that leaves them jittery and distracted. As an eerie wind blows outside (in David Molina's atmospheric sound design), their conversation circles around the event as if fearing to name it outright. When a poor woman (Wilma Bonet) arrives claiming to have seen everything, the couple abandons rationalization for a practical emergency and a moral morass dictated by poverty and class advantage — negotiated on their behalf by a black market professional (Rudy Guerrero). Next comes a spirited revival of Douglas Turner Ward's Civil Rights–era Day of Absence (1965), a broad satire of Southern race relations that posits a day when all the "Neegras" mysteriously disappear, leaving white society helpless and desperate. The cast (in white face) excel at the high-energy comedy, and in staging the text director Jones makes a convincing parallel with today's anti-immigrant laws and rhetoric. But if the play remains topical in one way, its too-blunt agitprop mode makes the message plain immediately and interest accordingly pales rapidly. (Avila)
Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Boxcar Theatre Playhouse, 505 Natoma, SF; www.boxcartheatre.org [5]. $15-35. Wed-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm. Through Nov 5. Written in 1979 by a 28-year-old Paula Vogel, Desdemona retells a familiar Shakespearean tragedy, Othello, through the eyes of its more marginalized characters, much as Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead did with Hamlet in 1966. In Vogel's play, it is the women of Othello — Desdemona the wife, Emilia her attendant (demoted down to washer-woman in Vogel's piece), and Bianca, Cassio's lover, and the bawdy town pump — who are the focus, and are the play's only onstage characters. Whiling away an endless afternoon cooped up in the back room of the governor's mansion, the flighty, spoiled, and frankly promiscuous Desdemona (Karina Wolfe) frets over the loss of her "crappy little snot-rag," while her subservient, pious, but quietly calculating washer-woman Emilia (Adrienne Krug) scrubs the sheets and mends the gubernatorial underpants with an attitude perfectly balanced between aggrieved, disapproving, and cautiously optimistic. Though the relationship between the two women often veers into uncomfortable condescension from both sides, their repartee generally feels natural and uncontrived. Less successfully portrayed is Theresa Miller's Bianca, whose Cockney accent is wont to slip, and whose character's boisterous nature feels all too frequently subdued. Jenn Scheller's billowing, laundry-line set softens the harsh edges of the stage, just as Emilia's final act of service for her doomed mistress softens, though not mitigates, her unwitting role in their mutual downfall. (Gluckstern)
Fear SF Playhouse, Stage Two, 533 Sutter, SF; www.un-scripted.com [6]. $12-25. Wed/26-Mon/31, 8pm. Un-Scripted Theater Company performs improvised horror stories.
Hanging Georgia Thick House, 1695 18th St, SF; www.theatrefirst.com [7]. $15-30. Thurs/27, 7:30pm; Fri/28-Sat/29, 8pm; Sun/30, 5pm. TheatreFIRST, in collaboration with BootStrap Theater Foundation, presents an ambitious but shallow new play by Sharmon J. Hilfinger about the emergence of artist Georgia O'Keefe (Paz Pardo), with emphasis on her rocky but crucial relationship with groundbreaking modernist photographer and exhibitor Alfred Stieglitz (Michael Storm). Set to a tuneful score by Joan McMillen, the play unfolds as a creative series of tableaux, in which director Jake Margolin has actors animating art objects and making live sound effects as well as stepping into various historical roles, including art patron and salon queen Mabel Dodge (Claire Slattery) and photographer Paul Strand (Nick Allen). In addition to some weak or doubtful interpretations of these personages, the acting is uneven and overly presentational throughout. No doubt the musical underscoring pushes the volume up but Hilfinger's dialogue tends to be didactic anyway. At times the whole production feels as if it were being pitched to children, with little sense of the complexities of lived experience but rather a one-note history lesson whose characters and moral, however closely pegged to biographical details, are hard to credit as real life. (Avila)
Honey Brown Eyes SF Playhouse, 533 Sutter, SF; (415) 677-9596, www.sfplayhouse.org [8]. $20-50. Tues-Thurs, 7pm; Fri-Sat, 8pm (also Sat, 3pm). Through Nov 5. Bosnia in 1992 is divided in a horrifying civil war, some characteristics of which play out in parallel circumstances for two members of a single rock band in SF Playhouse's west coast premiere of Stefanie Zadravec's new play. In the first act, set in Visegrad, a young Bosnian Muslim woman (Jennifer Stuckert) is held at gunpoint in her kitchen by a jumpy soldier (Nic Grelli) engaged in a mission of murder and dispossession known as ethnic cleansing. The second act moves to Sarajevo and the apartment of an elderly woman (Wanda McCaddon) who gives shelter and a rare meal to an army fugitive (Chad Deverman). He in turn keeps the bereaved if indomitable woman company. Director Susi Damilano and cast are clearly committed to Zadravec's ambitious if hobbled play, but the action can be too contrived and unrealistic (especially in act one) to be credible while the tone — zigzagging between the horror of atrocity and the offbeat gestures of romantic comedy — comes over as confused indecision rather than a deliberate concoction. (Avila)
*The Kipling Hotel: True Misadventures of the Electric Pink '80s Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia, SF; (415) 282-3055, www.themarsh.org [9]. $15-50. Sat, 8:30pm; Sun, 7pm. Through Nov 13. Acclaimed solo performer Don Reed (East 14th) premieres his new show, based on his post-Oakland years living in Los Angeles.
Making Porn Box Car Theatre Studios, 125A Hyde, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com [10]. $25-50. Thurs/27, 8pm; Fri/28-Sat/29, 7 and 10pm. Ronnie Larsen brings back his crowd-pleasing comedy about the gay porn industry.
*"Master Harold" ... and the Boys Phoenix Theater, 414 Mason, Ste 601, SF; 1-800-838-3006, www.offbroadwaywest.org [11]. $18-40. Thurs-Sat, 8pm. Through Nov 19. Based loosely on personal history, Athol Fugard's drama explores institutionalized racism in South Africa's apartheid era ensconced in the seemingly innocuous world of a Port Elizabeth tea room. The play opens during a rainy afternoon with no customers, leaving the Black African help, Willie (Anthony Rollins-Mullens) and Sam (LaMont Ridgell), with little to do but rehearse ballroom dance steps for a big competition coming up in a couple of weeks. When Hally (Adam Simpson), the owner's son, arrives from school, the atmosphere remains convivial at first then increasingly strained, as events happening outside the tea room conspire to tear apart their fragile camaraderie. The greatest burdens of the play are carried by Sam, who fills a range of roles for the increasingly pessimistic and emotionally-stunted Hally — teacher, student, surrogate father, confidante, and servant — all the while completely aware that their mutual love is almost certainly doomed to not survive past Hally's adolescence, and possibly not past the afternoon. Ridgell rises greatly to the challenges of his character, ably flanked by Rollins-Mullens, and Simpson; he embodies the depth of Sam's humanity, from his wisdom of experience, to his admiration for beauty, to his capacity to bear and finally to forgive Hally's need to lash out at him. It is a moving and memorable rendering. (Gluckstern)
Not Getting Any Younger Marsh San Francisco, Studio Theater, 1062 Valencia, SF; (415) 826-5750, www.themarsh.org [9]. $15-50. Thurs-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 8:30pm; Sun, 3pm. Extended through Dec 17. Marga Gomez is back at the Marsh, a couple of too-brief decades after inaugurating the theater's new stage with her first solo show — an apt setting, in other words, for the writer-performer's latest monologue, a reflection on the inevitable process of aging for a Latina lesbian comedian and artist who still hangs at Starbucks and can't be trusted with the details of her own Wikipedia entry. If the thought of someone as perennially irreverent, insouciant, and appealingly immature as Gomez makes you depressed, the show is, strangely enough, the best antidote. (Avila)
*The Odyssey Aboard Alma, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, SF; www.weplayers.org [12]. $160. Fri/28-Sat/29, Nov 4-6, 11-12, and 18, 12:30pm. Heralding their hugely ambitious Spring 2012 production of The Odyssey, which will take place all over Angel Island, the WE Players are tackling the work on a slightly smaller scale by staging it on the historic scow schooner Alma, which is part of the Maritime National Historical Park fleet docked at the end of Hyde Street Pier. Using both boat and Bay as setting, the essential chapters of the ten-year voyage — encounters with the Cyclops, Circe, the Underworld, the Sirens, Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Calypso — are enacted through an intriguing mash-up of narration, choreography, sea chanteys, salty dog stories (like shaggy dog stories, but more water-logged), breathtaking views, and a few death-defying stunts the likes of which you won't see on many conventional stages. High points include the casual swapping of roles (every actor gets to play Odysseus, however briefly), Ross Travis' masked and flatulent Prometheus and sure-footed Hermes, Ava Roy's hot pants-clad Circe, Charlie Gurke's steady musical direction and multi-instrumental abilities, and the sail itself, an experiential bonus. Landlubbers beware, so much time facing the back of the boat where much of the action takes place can result in mild quease, even on a calm day. Take advantage of the downtime between scenes to walk around and face forward now and again. You'll want to anyway. (Gluckstern)
On the Air Pier 29 on the Embarcadero (at Battery), SF; (415) 438-2668, love.zinzanni.org. $117 and up (includes dinner). Wed-Sat, 6pm; Sun, 5pm. Through Dec 31. Teatro ZinZanni's final performance at Pier 39 riffs on the company's own struggles to stay in San Francisco. Geoff Hoyle and Duffy Bishop are the headlining guest stars.
Pellas and Melisande Cutting Ball Theater, Exit on Taylor, 277 Taylor, SF; 1-800-838-3006, www.cuttingball.com [13]. $10-50. Opens Thurs/27, 8pm. Runs Thurs, 7:30; Fri-Sat, 8pm (also Sat, 2pm); Sun, 5pm. Through Nov 27. Cutting Ball Theater performs Rob Melrose's new translation of Maurice Maeterlinck's avant-garde classic.
Race American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary, SF; (415) 749-2228, www.act-sf.org [14]. $10-85. Opens Wed/26, 8pm. Runs Tues-Sat, 8pm (Tues/1, performance at 7pm; also Wed and Sat, 2pm); Sun, 2pm (no matinee Wed/26; additional show Nov 6 at 7pm). Through Nov 13. ACT performs David Mamet's wicked courtroom comedy.
Richard III Curran Theatre, 445 Geary, SF; 1-888-746-1799, www.shnsf.com [15]. $35-150. Wed/26-Fri/28, 7:30pm; Sat/29, 2 and 8pm. Kevin Spacey plays the lead in this Sam Mendes-directed production of the Shakespeare classic.
The Rover, or the Banish'd Cavaliers, The American Clock Hastings Studio Theater, 77 Geary, SF; (415) 749-2228, www.act-sf.org [14]. $10 ($15 for both productions). Through Nov 5, performance times vary. American Conservatory Theater's Masters of Fine Arts program presents plays in repertory by Aphra Behn and Arthur Miller.
"San Francisco Olympians Festival" Exit Theater, 156 Eddy, SF; www.sfolympians.com [16]. Thurs/27-Fri/28, 8pm. No Nude Men Productions presents a festival of 12 new full-length plays written by 14 local writers. Each play focuses on one of the Olympian characters from ancient Greece.
Savage in Limbo Actors Theatre of San Francisco, 855 Bush, SF; (415) 345-1287, www.actorstheatresf.org [17]. $26-38. Wed-Sat, 8pm. Through Dec 3. Actors Theatre of San Francisco performs John Patrick Shanley's edgy comedy.
ShEvil Dead Cellspace, 2050 Bryant, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com [10]. $25. Fri/28-Sat/29, 8pm. Primitive Screwheads return with a horror play (in which the audience is literally sprayed with blood, so leave the fancy suit at home!) based on the Evil Dead movies.
"Shocktoberfest 12: Fear Over Frisco" Hypnodrome Theatre, 575 10th St, SF; (415) 377-4202, www.thrillpeddlers.com [18]. $25-35. Thurs-Sat, 8pm. Through Nov 19. In its annual season-scented horror bid, Thrillpeddlers joins forces with SF's Czar of Noir, writer-director Eddie Muller, for a sharply penned triplet of plays that resurrect lurid San Francisco lore as flesh-and-blood action. In the slightly sluggish but intriguing Grand Inquisitor, a solitary young woman modeling herself on Louise Brooks in Lulu (an alluringly Lulu-like Bonni Suval) believes she has located the Zodiac killer's widow (a sweet but cagey Mary Gibboney) — a scenario that just can't end well for somebody, yet manages to defy expectations. An Obvious Explanation turns on an amnesiac (Daniel Bakken) whose brother (Flynn de Marco) explains the female corpse in the rollaway (Zelda Koznofski) before asking bro where he hid a certain pile of money. Enter a brash doctor (Suval) with a new drug and ambitions of her own vis-à-vis the hapless head case. Russell Blackwood directs The Drug, which adapts a Grand Guignol classic to the hoity-toity milieu of the Van Nesses and seedy Chinatown opium dens, where a rough-playing attorney (an ever persuasive Eric Tyson Wertz) determines to turn a gruesome case involving the duplicitous Mrs. Van Ness (an equally sure, sultry Kära Emry) to his own advantage. The evening also offers a blackout spook show and some smoothly atmospheric musical numbers, including Muller's rousing "Fear Over Frisco" (music composed by Scrumbly Koldewyn; accompaniment by Steve Bolinger and Birdie-Bob Watt) and an aptly low-down Irving Berlin number — both winningly performed by the entire company. (Avila)
You Will Gonna Go Crazy Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission, SF; 1-800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com [10]. $7-17. Fri/28-Sat/29, 8pm; Sun/30, 3pm. Kularts presents a multimedia dance-theater play.
Bellwether Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller, Mill Valley; (415) 388-5208, www.marintheatre.org [19]. $34-55. Wed/26, 7:30pm; Thurs/27-Sat/29, 8pm (also Sat/29, 2pm); Sun/30, 2 and 7pm. Marin Theatre Company performs Steve Yockey's spooky fairy tale for adults.
Clementine in the Lower 9 TheatreWorks at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro, Mtn View; (650) 463-1960, www.theatreworks.org [20]. $19-69. Wed/26, 7:30pm; Thurs/27-Sat/29, 8pm (also Sat/29, 2pm); Sun/30, 2 and 7pm. TheatreWorks presents the world premiere of Dan Dietz's post-Katrina New Orleans drama.
Doubt: A Parable Live Oak Theatre, 1301 Shattuck, Berk; www.aeofberkeley.org [21]. $12-15. Fri-Sat, 8pm; Nov 13, 2pm. Through Nov 19. Actors Ensemble of Berkeley performs John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer-winning drama.
How to Write a New Book for the Bible Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison, Berk; (510) 647-2949, www.berkeleyrep.org [22]. $14.50-73. Tues, Thurs-Sat, 8pm (also Sat, 2pm; no show Nov 18); Wed and Sun, 7pm (also Sun, 7pm). Through Nov 20. An aspiring writer who later becomes a priest, Bill (Tyler Pierce) is the caregiver for his aging mother (Linda Gehringer) during her long bout with cancer. His father (Leo Marks), though already dead, still inhabits his mother's flickering concept of reality, made all the more dreamlike by her necessary dependence on pain medication. His brother (Aaron Blakely), meanwhile, has returned from Vietnam with survivor guilt but lands a meaningful career as a schoolteacher in the South. The latest from playwright Bill Cain (Equivocation, 9 Circles) is a humor-filled but sentimental and long-winded autobiographical reflection on family from the vantage of his mother's long illness. It gets a strong production from Berkeley Rep, with a slick cast under agile direction by Kent Nicholson, but it plays as if narrator Bill mistakenly believes he's stepped out of an Arthur Miller play, when in fact there's little here of dramatic interest and far too much jerking of tears. (Avila)
Inanna's Descent Codornices Park, 1201 Euclid, Berk; www.raggedwing.org [23]. Free. Sat/29-Sun/30, 1pm; Mon/31, 5-8pm. After last year's memorable presentation of the Persephone myth as a site-specific, Halloween-heralding, multi-disciplinary performance in the wooded glades of Codornices Park, it seemed inevitable that Ragged Wing Ensemble would want to build on that success by following it up with an equally memorable exploration of another mythological underworld. This year's chosen subject, the descent of the Sumerian Goddess Inanna, Queen of the Heavens into the Underworld where her jealous sister Ereshkigal reigns, is enacted as a half-hour play as well as a self-guided, seven-station circuit around the park, from the tunnel to the fire pit, where the central performance is held. Each station is hosted by a different character from the play, who engages each passing audience member in a series of activities: from wishing on the future to coloring in a self-portrait of "meat." The play itself stars Kelly Rinehart as Inanna, "the bombshell of the story," who appears onstage clad in a dress of shredded reflective insulate and a giant leonine headdress. The other ensemble-created costumes are cleverly constructed of equally non-biodegradable materials: a faux-fur cloak decorated with remote controls, robes of state made entirely from rustling plastic shopping bags, a bandolier of empty water bottles. More genial and thought-provoking than a typical trip to a haunted house, Inanna's Descent is an inventive Halloween expedition for children of most ages, and adults with young hearts. (Gluckstern)
Rambo: The Missing Years Cabaret at Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston, Berk; (415) 282-3055, www.themarsh.org [9]. $15-50. Thurs-Fri, 7pm; Sat, 8:30pm. Through Dec 10. Howard "Hanoi Howie" Petrick presents his solo show about being an anti-war demonstrator — while also serving in the Army.
*Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison, Berk; (510) 647-2949, www.berkeleyrep.org [22]. $14.50-73. Wed-Sun, showtimes vary. Extended through Nov 12. The life of stage and screen legend Rita Moreno is a subject that has no trouble filling two swift and varied acts, especially as related in anecdote, song, comedy, and dance by the serene multiple–award-winning performer and Berkeley resident herself. Indeed, that so much material gets covered so succinctly but rarely abruptly is a real achievement of this attractively adorned autobiographical solo show crafted with playwright and Berkeley Rep artistic director Tony Taccone. (Avila)
Sam's Enchanted Evening TheaterStage at Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston, Berk; (415) 282-3055, www.themarsh.org [9]. $15-50. Thurs-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 8:30pm. Through Nov 26. The Residents wrote the script and did the musical arrangements for this musical, featuring singer Randy Rose and pianist Joshua Raoul Brody.
The World's Funniest Bubble Show Marsh Berkeley, TheaterStage, 2120 Allston, Berk; (415) 826-5750, www.themarsh.org [9]. $8-50. Sun, 11am. Through Nov 20. Louis "The Amazing Bubble Man" Pearl returns with this kid-friendly, bubble-tastic comedy.
"Night Falls" ODC Theater, 3153 17th St, SF; (415) 863-9834, www.deborahslater.org [24]. Thurs-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. $17-20. Peregrine is a freelance film writer awoken from bad dreams on the eve of her 60th birthday in this fitful but witty dance-theater rumination on aging and success co-directed by writer Julie Hébert and choreographer Deborah Slater. Played by a restless, irascible Joan Shirle (a force in pajamas and leather jacket with wild graying hair), Peregrine is alone yet not — shadowed by a younger self (Jessica Ferris) and the shade of her aging mother (Patricia Silver) as well as a certain feminine spirit known (in the program) as Prima (Patricia Jiron) who sings snatches of a Beatles song while flashing a flummoxing eight of spades at troubled Peregrine. Set against, and on, a large metal staircase covered by a wall of driftwood curled at the top like a cresting wave (in Giulio Cesare Perrone's scenic design), Peregrine chews up the night with worry and regret, yet to write tomorrow's commencement speech for MFA grads despite the job that may be riding on it. Feeling she has nothing to say, wondering where her youth went, and cynical about mentoring students in a ruthless freelance economy, she makes a desperate call to her ex-husband only to retrieve his brother (Robert Ernst) by mistake. He too comes shadowed by a youthful spirit (Stephen Buescher), who flirts shamelessly with Peregrine's counterpart, but ultimately retreats in hesitation back into his own pain, though not without some good accomplished. From scattered anguish and anxiety, amid a gestural choreography alternately suggesting slow-tumbling physicality and imperfect or vaguely noisome communication, the performers finally coalesce around an individual acceptance of the persistence of the body itself, site and measure of all that — in the wee hours of truthful night — could ever be called success. (Avila)
*"PanderFest 2011" Stage Werx 446, 446 Valencia, SF; www.panderexpress.com [25]. Thurs/27-Sat/29, 8pm. $20. San Francisco's Crisis Hopkins and (PianoFight's S.H.I.T. Show makers) Mission Control join forces for a tag-team evening of sketch and "improv" (quotes kind of necessary this time). Claiming dubiously to fill a need for yet another festival in this city (though at the same time striving for above-average fawning of the public), the show delivers two acts of mostly spot-on comedy by two agreeable ensembles and is thus a fine night out anyway. The program (based rather loosely on online-video–generated audience suggestions, interspersed with the sneezing Panda baby and other YouTube perennials) also inaugurates Stage Werx's cozy new Mission District venue — the former digs of Intersection for the Arts and a huge improvement over Stage Werx's old subterranean lair on Sutter Street. Highlights of a ridiculous evening include a two-part Crisis Hopkins sketch detailing a site visit by a ball-wrecking contractor (Christy Daly) to her chary foreman (Sam Shaw) and his withering cherries; and Mission Control's pointed '70s TV show homage with a twist, Good Cop, Stab Cop. (Avila)
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Recently, during the annual hearing on the nations most significant security threats, James Clapper, director of national intelligence, testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that [s]everal critical governmental, commercial and societal changes are converging that will threaten a safe and secure online environment.
What is clear from that testimony and recent events is that the country is teetering on a precipice. Our need for national security to exceed technical advances, our interdependence on the Internet and the economic boon of big data cannot be unwound.
As a nation, we are grappling with the questions of how far is too far with surveillance and how do we define the right balance among protection of personal liberties, market participation, government oversight and protection of our freedoms.
The threats we face economically and militarily are nontraditional, asymmetrical and not necessarily obvious. The what if scenarios of science fiction, from taking down critical infrastructure to controlling mass media and creating widespread panic through disinformation, are imaginable and possible.
Engaging in a national-level debate about these issues is a critical step. We are leading in cyber innovation and technology, but capabilities worldwide are rapidly changing. To maintain global leadership, we must recognize that we are acting in a highly connected world; diplomatic, economic and national security considerations can no longer be defined solely by nation states and geographic boundaries.
Hacking, cyberterrorism and espionage do not respect borders and are never neatly wrapped up into well-defined packages. We may not always know exactly who means to do the US harm, but we could still find ourselves trying to triage a situation and secure our economic assets and protect our nations health. From a military standpoint, we have only minutes and seconds to take countermeasures. The same can be said of securing our economic and financial systems, but they are less structured to respond.
To move forward, President Barack Obama must convene experts from government, business, academia and also privacy proponents and direct them toward an outcome, a desired goal. That goal is clear: Define, establish and adopt a national-level doctrine for the cyber era, an overarching set of principles on the roles of American business and government in working toward national security goals.
Such a doctrine should articulate the expectations that each of us, as citizens, have in terms of our government and, yes, our freedoms. As important, such a doctrine would define the governments expectations of its citizens to help protect our country in this cyber era, when any node on a network, including your personal computer, could be compromised by those who would do us harm.
The US has been without such guiding principles since the end of the Cold War brought our doctrine of containment to a close. This has led us to lurch from crisis to crisis. That cycle must end; continuing on this path will keep us distracted by the next headline, delay a comprehensive approach to protect our democratic rights and freedoms, and increase our economic and national security vulnerabilities.
Done correctly, implementation of a new national-level doctrine could bring the nation together in focus and action.
In 2012, I convened a panel of experts from private industry, academia, military intelligence and government to define the issues we face in the new world of cyberwarfare and changing definitions of both security and privacy. The approximately 30 members defined a framework for developing the doctrine. The major points agreed upon by these experts are:
■ The US views the Internet as a critical component of its national security and wishes to enforce a secure, peaceful cyberspace.
■ In doing so, the US will take the lead internationally in cooperation with, but not subject to, other nations desires.
■ The US government, in cooperation with the private sector and individuals, will work to pursue reasonable rules for safe use and development of cyberspace.
■ The US will use all offensive and defensive means to protect its citizens and interests in cyberspace.
■ The US government will work in cooperation with its academic and corporate actors and citizens to establish a firm understanding of citizenship in the cyber age.
We urge the president to take a bold move and push this debate ahead to establish a doctrine that leads the US in the cyber era. ■
Tim Sample, former staff director of the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He is vice president of Special Programs at Battelle and co-editor of #CyberDoc: No Borders, No Boundaries The Need for a National-Level Doctrine for the Cyber Era.


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Sex version of the 2048 game, a puzzle game acclamed by the entire world! And here the Porn Edition with naked women and animated porn scenes. It's...
2048 Porn Edition
Another sequence to fuck Tifa from Final Fantasy. Fuck this slut and hit her butt with your dick and your hand. A call to specialists : If someone...
Tifa Swingy Ass 2
A girl and two dicks! Everywhere she goes, this girl shows talent to make great handjobs, lick and suck big hard cocks. Her goal is to finish with...
Meet and Fuck Double Blow
To visit this painting exhibition is a good occasion to relax during this sunday, but also a unique occasion to meet and fuck girls who love art. You...
Fuck Town Artwork Exhibition
Slap the butt of Princess Peach to punish her. You don't dream, she's the well-know girl from Mario's universe. Choose the power you want and hit her...
Peach Pie 3
Rei Ayanami from Evangelion show us how hot she can be. Nobody could imagine she had so huge boobs under her battle suit. You're free to undress Rei...
Rei F-Series
A hentai comics with cool sex pictures to watch. These girls are horny and love cocks! Monsters, old guys and dogs! Sex has no limits for these...
Yoshino Momiji
Short scene with a pretty maid with big boobs fucked by a pervert on the floor.
Hentai Maid Porn
Watch this pure sex scenes from a pc sex game. A young student fuck like a slut with guys who can fuck her big and wet boobs, she sucks like a...
Hentai Fuck and Boobs
More than of coffee, this elf maid can give you her pussy. After a big meal on her body, a special gift in this Cafe. Undress that pretty elf, put...
Elf Maid Fuck
C18 is raped by her brother and it seems he likes to make suffer her sister with his big cock in her vagina. Accelerate the penetration to cum in her...
C17 fucks C18
Yuna from Final Fantasy 10 is a hot girl known for loving hardcore sex and big cock in her pussy. Yuna is your sex slave, you can have sex with her...
My Yuna Hentai
To fuck a beautiful blonde elf is now possible ! Look that angel face with big boobs and let her suck your cock and enjoy a nice titfuck. Not enough...
A Paladin s Touch
Hatsune Miku is a horny girl. Take off her clothes, change her clothes or choose new accessories for this sexy idol. You can even touch her tits and...
Miku Dressup
Bleach girls enter in hentai sex mode for your pleasure. Orihime, Rangiku, Yuroichi, Nemu, Soifon, you can fuck her tits, cum on her face with facial...
Bleach Midnight Special
Tsunade, the famous hokage from Naruto sucks Dan's cock, her lost lover. Tsunade licks the dick, sucks, swallows and gives a deepthroat to this lucky...
Tsunade Blowjob
You're looking for extreme hentai game? You've got a girl with big boobs to unchain your fury. Punch her face and her tits to see her blood and rape...
Titty Puncher
Ritsu Tainaka from K-ON is lying on the floor, waiting for a sex time with you. Choose the way you want to fuck her. Will you be a gentleman, kissing...
Ritsu Tainaka Violent Sex
Kasumi from Dead or Alive is asleep. Play with her big tits without wake up this beautiful babe. First, touch her a little and just wait her to fall...
Kasumi Asleep
Take a brunette schoolgirl, put her on the floor and take her here and now. Undress her and put your dick in her pussy. You can even take off her...
Here is Nami from One Piece in Chibi version, or barely legal if you prefer. Choose the best point of view to touch her body and fuck her with a...
A nice hentai game with this girl who wants to swallow this big dick. Begin with a handjob, lick, suck, finish with a deepthroat and cum on her...
Blowjob of the year
Put your cock between Nico Robin's big boobs and accelerate the movement to fuck her big tits and cum all over her face! A big humiliation for this...
Nico Robin Tit Fuck
Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop is seriously fucked on the table. She will try to resist, but take her legs and fuck the pretty brunette until you...
Faye Valentine deep fucked
In the middle of the classroom of schoolgirls, the professor teaches how to make a good blowjob. Witout pity, he takes the head of the girl and force...
Extreme blowjob in the classroom
Fuck hardly this youg japanese student. Watch her suck your cock and take her ont the floor like an animal. It's a 3D sex scene, so appreciate the...
Hentai Babe Sex
Wakfu is a wonderful world, isn't it? Here a very hot lesbien scene with two girls from the cartoon. They will use magic power to satisfy their need...
This beautiful young japanese brunette has fallen into your hands and she will be your slave and you can realize the hottest things you can imagine....
Here a new hot girl from the POV House serie. This naughty brunette will take your cock in her mouth before you take her ass wildly until you finish...
POV House Becky
A real blonde girl for a real sex moment! Give her your best shot and put your hard cock in all her holes and cum in her ass when you've got enough...
POV House Camilla
This time, Diva Mizuki is the queen of a sex tv show. She gives her big boobs and her pussy to entertain a massive public of fans. She fucks with two...
Diva Mizuki Sex Show
Diva Mizuki is in Hawaii for the 30th annual bikini contest. Another occasion to see hardcore sex with a poulp obsessed by the big boobs of Diva....
Diva Mizuki Hawaiian Adventure
Meet and fuck Erin, a pretty girl you've just met on the beach. Will you be able to seduce her to play with her to adult games?
Beach Fuck with Erin
Sex with a horse could be the dream of many girls when you think about his big penis. This horny girl with big boobs can't resist and start to suck...
Horse Shed
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