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...citizens of Aburiria queue for weeks to sign up for jobs that don't exist, while the poor lie dying in the streets. But their bloated, inept Ruler is more concerned with building a tower to heaven. Hopeless, the people turn to a wizard who cures their emotional ills using a mirror and advice so good it seems like magic. For the fictional Aburiria, think Africa. In Wizard of the Crow, Kenyan author Ngugi draws a folkloric tale out of the continent crippled by inequality, corruption and aids. But he sees the funny side, too. Wizard of the Crow...
Granted, it’s still interesting subject matter, and Jeezy gets downright interdisciplinary. He explores topics as diverse as religion (“I hope heaven got a V.I.P. line), philosophy (“C.T.E., that’s the label that pays me / I own that, so I pay myself) and, of course, economics (“Still count a quarter mill with my fuckin’ eyes closed / With a hand behind my back and a fuckin’ blindfold?...
Harris also glosses over current examples of moderation and tolerance in religion. While he lingers for dozens of pages upon the anti-Semitism of the Inquisition, he does not address Vatican II or the Catholic Church’s current theology, which accepts other religions as possible paths to heaven...
...Once in a while the critics' awards will have little overlap with the Oscar nominations. It happens when critics go crazy for some genre-bending effort - like Far from Heaven in 2002 or A History of Violence last year - that most Academy members just don't get. But that's the exception, not the rule. In general, all five groups are reliable forecasters of Oscar nominations...
Keystroke authentication is the newest offering from the field of biometrics--the measurement and analysis of unique physical or behavioral characteristics--and it's accurate 98% of the time. "We've had more than 2 million deliveries without a leak," says John Heaven, CEO of Musicrypt, a Toronto-based digital-rights-management firm that arranges music distribution between record labels and radio stations or the press...