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Winning a Guthrie Theatre commission, and chosen for development by The Katselas Theatre Company's INKubator program, the West Coast Premiere of SEXSTING is the inaugural production for KTC's 2013 season. Opening at the popular Skylight Theatre Complex on February 23rd, the stellar cast includes Gregory Itzin (Tony, Drama Desk, and Emmy Award nominee), JD Cullum (Stones in His Pockets-Mark Taper Forum, Of Equal Measure-Kirk Douglas Theater), The Cripple of Inishmaan (Geffen Playhouse).
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DORIS BAIZLEY (Playwright) is a founding member of LA Theater Works. At the Mark Taper Forum she served as Dramaturge for the Other Voices Program and, for seven years, was resident playwright for the Taper's Improvisational Theater Project for young audiences. Currently, Doris leads a playwriting workshop at East West Players' David Henry Hwang Writers' Institute. The first incarnation of her play SEXSTING, written in collaboration with Oakland criminal defense attorney Susan Raffanti, won the 2004 Guthrie Theater/Playwrights' Center "Two-Headed Challenge" development grant and was produced by the Salt Lake City Acting Company in 2007. Selected plays include Mrs. California (CBS/Dramatists Guild Award), Catholic Girls, (LA Dramalogue Award), Tears Of Rage (recorded on L.A. Theatre Works' "The Play's the Thing" with Frances Conroy, Barbara Bain, Anthony Edwards and Ping Wu), Guns, a musical with music by Harry Aguado, which will be presented by KTC later this season. Daniel In Babylon, Agnes Smedley: Our American Friend, and an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol have been performed at US regional theaters such as Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, National Theater of the Deaf, and internationally at the Semafor Theater in Prague and the Icon Theater in Taipei. Selected screenplays: Until She Talks (with Pamela Reed, directed by Mary Lampson, American Playhouse, 1984), nominated for Best American Playhouse Screenplay Land Of Little Rain (with Helen Hunt, directed by Evelyn Purcell, American Playhouse 1987), winner of Denver Center for the Performing Arts Best Western Screenplay.
SEXSTING opens February 23, 2013 and runs 8pm Fridays & Saturdays, and 7pm Sundays through April 14, 2013. The Skylab Theatre Complex is located at 1816 1/2 N. Vermont, LA, 90027. Tickets are ($30 - $34). Reservations: 702 KTC-TKTS (702-582-8587) or online at www.katselastheatre.com.
"The Guthrie Theatre and The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis commissioned a play for collaboration between a playwright and someone from outside the theatre. The contest was called "The Two Headed Challenge," and SEXSTING won. Criminal defense attorney Susan Raffanti told me about an influx of FBI Internet sex sting cases she and her colleagues were handling and the description of these cases quickly led to discussions of identity, guilt, sexuality, and justice. Text and subtext, brought intrigue and legal dilemma. Through KTC's INKubator series, I was able to re-write and fully develop the piece around its essential conflict." - Playwright Doris Baizley
JIM HOLMES (Director) is a multi-award winning director (including Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his direction of Avenue A), whose work has been seen regionally and in New York, Off Broadway at the 29th Street Repertory Theatre. He spent seven seasons at the New Mexico Repertory Theatre, where he directed Brecht's Happy End and Shakespeare's Othello as well as playing a host of classical and contemporary roles, including the role of "Jerry" in the world premiere of Mark Medoff's Stumps. His film The Corndog Man, an independent feature, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Jim directed the short film Mystery Cave, which premiered at the Filmstock International Film Festival in England. Jim received his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.


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We would like to surrender our Indian passport and apply for OCI. We would like to know the procedures to do the above.
We have looked through the Indian website but we are not completely clear about the process. It would be great if someone could share their exp with us.
Kindly let us know the exact documents required and fee's to be paid.
Please let us know the complete process time (renounciation of Indian citizenship, surrender of indian passport and receival of OCI)
Thanks in adavcne for your time.
Hi Nithi and Blackwater
Wanted to know your experience with the INdian consulate in the hague for OCI application. How long do they take? I have applied 2 months back but see no acknowledgement or status update. Will be grateful if you can share your experience of getting OCI in the netherlands
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danzindd said:
Is it necessary to give Indian passport back to the Indian embassy, when you go for the renunciation of the Indian nationality. Or do they simply cancel it and return the passport back to you?
It's a law to return Indian passport to Indian embassy as soon as u get ur foriegn passport, failing to do that result in criminal proceeding and fine up to 50,000 INR.
No, Indian embassy will not return ur passport. They will give u renunciation certificate. So,its better to photocopy ur Indian passport before returning to Indian embassy.
Keep that renunciation certificate safe. As you will need it till you are alive on this planet earth
bosschenaar said:
I'd applied for the OCI card on Jun 15 2012. I havent received any updates. The website has nothing. VFS knows nothing about the status, except that apparently other folks who applied in June are also still waiting. Does anyone know how long it actually takes to get the OCI card in the Netherlands ? Nithi, Sundance - maybe you have some updates based on your cases ? cheers
VFS people are useless. I had bad experience with them. My bro-in-law has applied for OCI, when after 6 months we have received no info, i called VFS many times,every time they said, we have not heard anything from embassy. At last i wrote a letter to ambassdor and also logded complaint online on embassy website. For few weeks i heard nothing. i went to embassy myself and checked that few documents were missing. Embassy people also told me they send msg via VFS,i said i heard nothing from them,they said they send bro-in-law Email also, which we have never received.
so bottom line is that there is no coordianation between embassy and VFS.
i suggest you to go to embassy and checked urself may they need few more documents from you
blackwater said:
Iamsterdam said:
i have few questions related to the above: 1. can we apply for dutch passport before surrendering indian passport? 2. if in the meanwhile we have make india trip then do we have to take return visa on dutch passport as oci procedure may take 2-3 months? thanks in advance
1) Nooooooooooooooooooo.com'mon yaar ,if u surrender ur indian passport then u will have no ID at all. com'mon yaar
Secondly Indian embassy needs ur dutch passport copy when u surrender ur Indian Passport.
2) It is advisable not to travel to India when u applied for your Dutch passport. once u received ur Dutch passport(1 week) apply for tourist Indian visa and go
if u cant wait 3 to 6 months.
Apply OCI card and return ur Indian passport at the same time and wait for 3 to 6 months
Iamsterdam said:
1. ya that is why i asked.. then firstly i have to apply for dutch passport and once i recive it i can surrender the indian one...so answer of question is YES not noooo:) 2. I remember that one of my friend travelled back to india on indian passport just after naturalisation in nl.....so thought if there is other option? any loophole...don't know anyways I got it, thanks !
I said "no" that u cant surrender Indian passport before getting dutch one.
2) you can travel to india after naturalisation.naturalisation and appllying for dutch passport is 2 different things. You can apply for dutch passport within 6 months of ur naturalisation ceremony.
There is always a loop pole. Even u can keep both indian and dutch passport for life but once u get caught, u know what i mean.
you very well know how well behaved indian immigration officals are
BTW its a criminal offence if u dont surrender ur indian passport after getting the dutch one.
Good luck
sundance_jr_in said:
Hi Nithi and Blackwater
Wanted to know your experience with the INdian consulate in the hague for OCI application. How long do they take? I have applied 2 months back but see no acknowledgement or status update. Will be grateful if you can share your experience of getting OCI in the netherlands
Hi Sundance,
Did you get your OCI card or not yet? We applied on the 5 'th of June and have heard nothing from them. They want us to come in person to know the status. We have booked tickets to go to India in the mid of October and its crucial and we need to decide if we need to take a visitors visa to India:( if you could share your experience it would be great.
bosschenaar said:
I'd applied for the OCI card on Jun 15 2012. I havent received any updates. The website has nothing. VFS knows nothing about the status, except that apparently other folks who applied in June are also still waiting. Does anyone know how long it actually takes to get the OCI card in the Netherlands ? Nithi, Sundance - maybe you have some updates based on your cases ? cheers
Hi Bosschenaar,
We applied on the 5'th of June and have not heard anything so far. When we called them they say they want us to come in person to know the status. When we called VFS they say it looks like they have not started the process it self and dcouments are just lying there. I am not sure if i have to go with this answer becasue how can it take so long even to start the process. Did you call them or have you been there in person?Kindly share your experience.
bkdb said:
Dear all, Thanks for sharing your experiences . I am also going to apply OCI card within few weeks. One thing I do not understand. The website of Indian Embassy indicates that we can apply for OCI directly at the Embassy. While the website of VFS Global tells to submit to their office. Does anyone have experience on where to apply? Is it correct that I could apply at either the Embassy directly or at VFS Global? Also It is not clear to me how much I need to pay for OCI including all taxes. Can somebody share his recent experience? In addition of what Blackwater said about the renunciation fees: there is also 12 euro's service fees for passport surrender certificate next to the 185 euro for application fees. Renunciation fee: 185 Passport surrender certificate: 12 Thanks in advance, BKDB
Hi bkdb,
Welcome to the world you wrong and misleading info by out Indian Govt website.
You cannot apply at Indian Embassy for OCI. You have to fill an online form "PART A" available on Indian embassy's website and then take the print out along with the rest of the documents mentioned under VFS website . See link "http://www.vfsglobal.com/india/netherlands/OCI_CheckList.html"
Once your documents are ready, please make sure the first thing you do is to go to Indian embassy to surrender your passport and get " Declaration of Renunciation of Indian Citizenship" signed certificate from them.
TIP :- PLease please make sure never ever loose this certifcate till your last breathe, as without this you can get into some seriousl problem, but not to exagerrate, please keep it in a safe place" where mites , rats , birds or your partner cannot chew this :D
Anways, the total damage at Indian embassy for surrendering your passport will be 185 EURO and then with the "" Declaration of Renunciation of Indian Citizenship" certificate you have to go ot VFS to apply for OCI. There you have to pay a fee of 249,50 EUROS
TIP :- I would recommend to take the photograph at VFS centre only , as it is much cheaper. coz outside they rip you off for the size of photo spec they ask for in application.
Finally when everything is done and dusted, wait till your hair start growing grey to get OCI in your hands and please do not even try to track your OCI status before 3 months .
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1. Xu J, Boyd CM, Livingston E, Meyer W, Madden JF, and Mitchell TG. Species and genotypic diversities and similarities of pathogenic yeasts colonizing women. J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Dec; 37(12):3835-43.
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26. Blaum CS, Cigolle CT, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Tian Z, Langa K, and Weir DR. Clinical Complexity in Middle Aged and Older Adults with Diabetes: The Health and Retirement Study. Medical Care In Press.
27. Marsteller J, Hsu Y, Reider L, Frey K, Wolff J, Boyd CM, Leff B, Scharfstein Dl, Boult C. "Physician Satisfaction with Chronic Illness Care: A Randomized Trial of Guided Care. Annals of Family Medicine. In Press 2010.
28. Young Y, Boyd CM, Guralnik JM, Bandeen-Roche K, Fried LP. Does Self-Reported Function Correspond to Objective Measures of Functional Impairment? JAMDA. In Press 2010.
29. Varadhan R, Weiss C, Segal JB,Wu AW, Scharfstein D, Boyd CM. Evaluating Health Outcomes in the Presence of Competing Risks: A Review of Statistical Methods and Clinical Applications. Medical Care In Press 2010.
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What was your general approach to miking these sessions?We treated it like miking the room. Ben and I both said, "I want to go for minimal miking." So, we ended up using three room mics: a mono, and a stereo pair, but I also wanted to put spot mics on everything just in case I needed reinforcement, which of course we ended up using a bit.
What did you and Ben discuss in terms of that off-mic vocal approach?For the most part we were going for some distance so we would get a roomy sound. A lot of times we would place a second mic at a distance in the room just to pick up an ambience, and it really captured it. It sounds like those old blues records.
Can you describe the layout of the room and where the musicians were situated?There aren't really any real corners in the room, per se, but the drums [Jordan Richardson] were back in the "corner," and the bass [Jesse Ingalls] was off to the left [if you're facing the drums], and the guitar [Jason Mozersky] was to the right. Ben was sort of in the center, in the front, facing the band. Charlie was in a little booth for some isolation, though I don't think the door was closed. He was out in front of everybody and he could be looking at everybody.


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Freshman Dorm: McLaughlin
Kevin Vogelsang '83 recently left RBF Consulting after 11 years to become the Director of Federal Business at Alta Vista Solutions, an engineering services firm based in Richmond. He is establishing a new Alta Vista Solutions office in San Diego. Kevin and his wife, Patty, remain active presenting Catholic weekends for Worldwide Marriage Encounter in Southern California.
Teri Graf-Pulvino MBA '83 and husband Ken, now living in Frutillar, Chile, launched Darwin's Chiloé, a Geotourism adventure following Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle in the Patagonia region of southern Chile. New season starts November 2013. www.darwinschiloe.com
Gelsinger is married and the father of four children. He has written two books, including "The Juggling Act: Bringing Balance to Your Faith, Family, and Work" (David C. Cook, 2008).
The event, launched as the Los Altos Prayer Breakfast by a group of Los Altos couples in 1995, features Christian leaders who offer their testimonies on the power of faith and prayer in their lives and as vital elements of a meaningful and vibrant life.
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As I continue my work with the SCU Grand Reunion Class of 1983 30th year reunion committee, I am reminded just how deeply connections run among the SCU 'ohana (family). My wife (Mia '84) and our eldest daughter (Sam '10) both graduated from SCU as did my uncle and my quite legendary grandfather, A. Thomas Rowland '31, whose heart bleeds Bronco year in and year out. I take great pride that the SCU website speaks of, and gives a bit of credit to, "Grandpa Bud." Please allow me to share via "cut & paste": "In 1981, as part of the association's 100th anniversary celebration, Jerry Kerr '61, Bud Rowland '31, and Louis Bannan, S.J. proposed a special group be created to officially recognize alumni celebrating their Golden Reunion. The recommendation was unanimously approved by the Santa Clara University Alumni Association and, in honor of William Gianera, S.J., '1907 and University president from 1945-1951, the Gianera Society was formed. The Gianera Society is an honorary designation with membership limited to those undergraduate alumni whose class graduated from Santa Clara 50 or more years ago. The society's sole purpose is to pay tribute to the legacy provided by our "Golden Broncos" and acknowledge their long-standing loyalty to the University, their classmates, and the Alumni Association. Gianera Society members meet every year for a luncheon during the Grand Reunion Weekend in October to induct their newest members (those attending their 50th Reunion) and renew the camaraderie and lifelong friendships that developed and flourished at Santa Clara". Rest in Peace, Grandpa Bud.
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Margueritte Britton J.D. '83 joined Richmond-based CPA firm PIASCIK as tax manager. She was previously a U.S. tax consultant and manager for MG Partners in Paris and Thomas St. John in London. Britton has a J.D. from University of Santa Clara in Santa Clara, Calif., and a master's degree from the Université de Paris.


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Sinking of the U.S.S. Radford
Type: Ocean
Region: Ocean
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Tags: Artificial Reefs
Wednesday of last week I had the opportunity to go out on a ferry and watch the joint cooperation from Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware to sink the decommissioned destroyer, U.S.S. Arthur W. Radford. We launched about 9:30 in the morning and arrived at the site at 12 and the sinking was already underway. It took about 3 hours before we could start to see a difference in the massive ships position but as soon as the stern went down the rest of the boat followed in a titanic like manner with full submersion in about a minute and ten seconds. Sidescan was done on the boat a couple days later and found the boat sunk just as it was planned with the broadside in to the current coming out from the Delaware bay.
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Student Technican Entry for Week of Aug 8
Type: All
Location: Atlantic Ocean, Potomac River
Tags: Artificial Reefs, Juvenile Index Survey
Last week was an exciting week. I had one of my favorite days of field work and I was able to witness history. On Wednesday, I was one of the lucky few who got to witness the sinking of the 564.3 foot warship the USS Arthur W. Radford for the Del-Jersey-Land artificial reef. At about 6 oclock in the morning, I was picked up at the Natural Resources Police office in Queen Anne and we drove all the way to Lewes, Delaware to catch the Cape May-Lewes ferry. The large ferry was used to take selected onlookers to the site to observe the historical sinking. The site where the Radford was sunk was 29 miles offshore of the Delaware coast so to say the least it was a long ferry ride. We arrived at Lewes at around 8:30 and boarded the ferry and at around 9 we were en route to the ship. The ferry ride was three hours long so we arrived at the ship at noon. When we got there, they were doing some last minute preparations on the boat and soon after they started pumping water into the vessel. In about two hours of waiting, we started to see the boat listing to left a little bit. We knew the boat was going to sink soon so we all made sure we had a good spot to watch it. After about an hour, the bow of the ship was heavy and we were all worried that it might go down bow first instead of stern first like it was supposed too. We watched the boat for about 40 more minutes and then all of a sudden the stern dropped below the water and the Radford finally started sinking. One minute after the stern fell below the surface, the ship completely sank. It was really cool to watch, especially when the air bubbles in the ship shot water out of the ocean like a geyser. Watching the ship sink was definitely worth all the waiting. History was made and I was told I would probably never see anything like it again. The USS Radford is by far the longest ship in the multi-state artificial reef and it will provide much needed habitat for fish and also provide a great place to go scuba diving. The ship will provide safety for fish like tautog, sea bass, scup, and triggerfish, and the smaller baitfish will attract rockfish, bluefish and weakfish to the sunken vessel. The Radford is going to be very good habitat for many species of underwater animals. I am very glad that I got the opportunity to witness this beneficial and historical event.
On Thursday, I went out with Fisheries biologists Eric Durell and Angela Giuliano to assist with the juvenile index seine survey in Southern Maryland. It was another early start. We left Annapolis at 5:45 in the morning to go to our first site on the Potomac in Charles County. We started working right away. When we got to the site, we unloaded the van and got everything set up on the beach. One of the first things Mr. Durell did when he got to the beach was throw a stick in the water to see which way the current was going and he stuck a stick on the shore to see if the tides coming in or going out. Its very important to see which way the current is going because you need to seine with the current. We moved some debris off the beach so it would not get caught in the net and then we started seining. I observed the first couple of times but I still got in the water to help pull the net out and keep it straight. For those who dont know what seining is, a seine is a long net stretched between two poles with floats on the top and weights on the bottom. One person holds one pole on the shore while the other takes the other end of the net and goes out into the water until it gets about four feet deep and then he turns and pulls the net parallel to shore and then back to shore capturing all the fish that was in the small area. I was amazed at how many different fish we caught. We caught several different species of fish and we had to identify and record them all. Most of them were small minnows but we caught a few decent sized fish. We caught Rough and Atlantic silversides, needlefish, blue crabs, stripped killifish, shad, perch, rockfish, and menhaden. We counted all the fish and by the time we were done the 30 minute waiting period between seining rounds was over and we started seining again. We caught less fish than the first time but still a good amount. We sampled three different sites in the lower Potomac. I got to pull the seine at the other sites and I had a lot of fun doing it. I Love being in the water so I had a good time. Im really happy I got to out and help them. It was a good experience and I learned how to identify a lot of fish different fish species.
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Lower Tangier Sound Artificial Reef Site
Type: Chesapeake
Region: Southern
Location: Lower Tangier Sound Artificial Reef Site
Tags: Artificial Reef, Tautog, Striped Bass
A follow up to the fishing report posted by Fisheries Biologist Erik Zlokovitz. Two days later on Friday (11/19) myself, Fisheries Biologist Marty Gary, and underwater videographer Nick Caloyianis conducted MARI reef monitoring dives on the same Lower Tangier Sound Artificial Reef site built in 2007 with material from the Woodrow Wilson bridge. The following images show the reef to be alive with life. Within seconds of descending to the bottom we saw schools of stripers swimming around us and started encountering numerous tautog, a few as big as 24" in length. The concrete slabs and rubble from the bridge are now covered with water filtering tunicates, oyster of all size, ghost anemones, mussels, and red beard sponge.
Living amongst the marine growth were lots of mud crabs, naked gobies and the occasional toad fish. This site along with many other reef sites we have monitored are like a small oasis surrounded by a sand desert. Our long diving day ended with the following beautiful sunset over our Chesapeake Bay. For the location of this reef site and other MARI sites visit the following DNR Artificial Reef link http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/reefs/index.asp and if you would like to donate to MARI to support other reef projects please visit: http://www.ccamd.org/MARI/MARI_home.htm


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