In a study published last month in the journal “Plos One,” Caleb Everett, an anthropological linguist at the University of Miami, claims that a special class of sounds occurring in almost all of the languages of the Caucasus may be due to “the direct influence” of the region’s high altitude.
Tag: 07.10.13
Want A Movie Role? You Can Buy One On Kickstarter
“High-profile crowdfunded projects are now hawking paid parts–speaking roles to anyone who can donate a sizable chunk of the thousands necessary to help finance the film. Supporters of crowdsourcing defend the practice, arguing it’s another tool to help independent filmmakers get their projects financed.”
Publishing Consolidation – Pluses And Minuses
“Decades of consolidation have cost writers and consumers alike. There is, for one, the persistent gripe of writers and agents: companies either forbid (as at Penguin) or restrict (at Random House) their constituent imprints from bidding against one another for a manuscript.”
The Real Issue In The Apple E-Book Case (Not Apple’s Fault)
“So long as DRM stays part of the plot, every Kindle reader sold, every Kindle app installed and every Kindle title purchased will strengthen Amazon’s hand… if you could buy an e-book in a standard format that, like an MP3 music file, would be playable on current and imaginable future hardware, it wouldn’t matter which store sold it. There would be no lock-in.”
Judge Rules Against Apple In E-Books Trial
“A federal judge on Wednesday said that some of Mr. Jobs’s words helped persuade her that Apple had violated antitrust law in conspiring with publishers to raise prices of e-books.”
Would A Tax On Antiquities Help Countries Protect Their Heritage?
“A proposed levy on sales of antiquities to raise funds for source countries to help them better protect their heritage has been proposed at an academic conference. But specialists in the antiquities trade have questioned the feasibility of the idea.”
Former Head Of National Arts Club Agrees To Settlement
“The former president of the prestigious National Arts Club has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle claims he mismanaged the institution and used its resources to finance a luxurious lifestyle, a New York official said Wednesday.”
Lion King: Over $1 Billion Served
“Producers estimate that more than 15 million theatergoers in over 70 cities across North America have seen the show since 2002.”
L.A. Times Lays Off Arts Reporter Jori Finkel, And Arts Groups Want Her Back
“It’s not often a newspaper writer makes the news rounds, but when Jori Finkel, the former arts reporter at the Los Angeles Times, was laid off last week, it didn’t go over well with the arts community, resulting in a Change.org petition set up by the Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin.”
Sicily Forces Cancellation Of Cleveland Museum Antiquities Show
“Sicily has canceled a major traveling exhibition of ancient treasures scheduled to open Sept. 29 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The cancellation comes several weeks after Sicilian cultural authorities complained publicly that the prolonged loan of important antiquities to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, where the show is now on view, was hurting the island’s tourism economy.”