Events 
Ravikiran/Shashank -- Flute-Lute Jugalbandi
Feb 26
Deja Vu
"U S officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.
According to reports from Saigon, 83 percent of the 5.85 million voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the Vietcong. A successful election has long been seen as the keystone in President Johnson's policy of encouraging the growth of constitutional processes in South Vietnam."
--NYT, Sep 4, 1967
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1984 - Here already?
What Bill of Rights? Which privacy? What protection from arbitrary search and seizure?
Every book you borrow, every movie you rent, your bank account, your emails,
everything can be peeped into by Big Brother in the new America of 2005, as
Paul Craig Roberts informs us in this chilling article.
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Beaverton Kids grab Robot Award - Again!
Nice deal, kid -- when your mom gives you a chore, hand it off to your robot! For five kids from the
LEGOT team from Beaverton, this might be no fantasy -- they built
a robot to clear the dishes, push chairs back in place, and feed the pet! And they won an Intel State Robotics Championship award for the 2nd year running.
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Holy Cow! You mean all that's true?
An Australian woman visits India, and swears never to come near it again. Fate brings her back, and she experiences it to the fullest. Not fiction but a
fascinating travelogue/social study. From Bollywood to the sick ward, Kumbh Mela to Kanyakumari, Sarah McDonald blends
observation with narrative in evocative prose to present a picture of India, much of which may be completely unrecognizable to old-time expatriates, says Lakshmi Jagannathan.
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Weighing in on Child Obesity
Youth obesity is a national epidemic -- everyone talks about it -- usually over some chips, pop, or ice cream. Melvin Durai casts the first stone, giving his two cents' worth. Or is
it two stone worth? No laughing matter, of course, but when has that ever stopped Melvin?
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Movies
Balu (Telugu w/Subtitles) 
Hari Om (Hindi w/Subtitles)
The 27th Portland Film Festival features Hari Om, winner of the Best Debut Filmmaker Award at the Bangkok Film Festival.
Set in Rajasthan, Hari Om, written and directed
by Bharatbala (creator of Vande Mataram, Jana Gana Mana albums with AR Rahman), is a visual treat.
Plays Feb 14 & 16 More....
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