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The following BIG piece is authored by an anonymous writer in the music industry. Last December, Universal Music, the biggest music label in the world, proposed buying Downtown Music for $775 million. It’s not a massive merger in absolute dollar terms, and Downtown Music doesn’t own copyrights…

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1 진짜 ‘미녀와 야수’는 행복하게 오래오래 살지 못했다. 더럼 대학교의 인류학자들에 따르면, ‘미녀와 야수’와 같은 일부 동화들은 4,000년 이상 된 기원을 가지고 있다고 한다. 아름다운 소녀가 괴물의 마음을 녹이고 그를 변화시키는 이야기는 말 그대로 오래된 이야기인 셈이다. 그림 형제와 같은 유명한 아동 문학 작가들도 여러 세대에 걸쳐 구전된 동화를 바탕으로 이야기를 창작했다. 1740년, 프랑스 소설가 가브리엘쉬잔 바르보 드 빌뇌브는 ‘미녀와 야수’ 이야기를 아동 동화집에 포함시켰다. 그 이후 이 이야기는 세월이 흐르면서…

Behind Cassis beach, the castle-topped cliffs glint red-gold in the late afternoon sun. Couples stroll on the sand, kids play on the carousel, pastel-coloured buildings reflect in the still waters of the old harbour. In the main square, lined by plane trees, a group of elderly men concentrate on a…

What It Means Risible is a formal word used disapprovingly to describe things that deserve to be mocked or laughed at because they are absurd or unreasonable. // Although the teachers derided the students’ slang as risible nonsense, the same had been said about their own generation’s lingo. See the…

'25. Shanxi [2025 중국 산시성] #12. 다퉁 투린(大同土林), 중국 산시성 다퉁 이자와 13시간 전 본문 폰트 크기 조정 가 2025년 2월 중국 산시성 다퉁 여행 2일차의 마지막 스팟은 다퉁 투린(大同土林)입니다. 바로 전까지 들렸던 운강석굴은 중국 4대 석굴 중 하나로 손꼽히는 곳이고, 현공사 또한 많은 사람들이 알고 있는 인기 명소. 하지만 이곳 다퉁 투린은 어느 정도 여행을 해봤다 하는 사람들에게도 다소 생소한 장소입니다. 사실 본인도 이곳에 대한 정보가 전혀 없었다가, 다퉁 여행을 준비하면서 검색 중에 알게…

'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A black mamba is arguably the world's deadliest snake Health and science correspondent @JamesTGallagher Published 3 May 2025, 00:48 BST Updated 07:29 BST The blood of a US man who deliberately…

What It Means To sleuth is to carefully or methodically search for information, or to act as a detective. // We spent hours at the flea market sleuthing for 19th century paintings. See the entry > sleuth in Context "To fill the market with vintage treasure, we called upon some of the industry’s best…

가파도는 서귀포시 대정읍에 속하는 섬으로 제주도 본섬과 우리나라 최남단 마라도 사이에 위치하며 운진항에서 배로 10분 정도면 도착한다. 매년 봄이면 청보리축제가 열리는데 금년에는 4월4일부터 5월6일까지 개최되며 축제 기간에는 방문객이 많아서 왕복 배편을 미리 예약해야 한다. 섬내에서 가장 높은 곳이 해발 20미터 정도 밖에 안 되는 평평한 섬이며 인구가 300여 명일 정도로 단출한 섬이다. 가파도에는 교통편이 없기 때문에 도보로 둘러 보거나 자전거를 대여하여 둘러 보거나 택일 하여야 한다. ​ 운진항과 가파도를 오가는 정기여객선의…

33박 34일 유럽(Europe) 횡단 여행 두 번째 국가는 그리스(Greece)였다. 특히 테살로니키(Θεσσαλονίκη, Thessaloniki)라는 도시였는데, 이곳에서 우연히 큰 축제를 즐기게 되었다. 시작은 '레프고스 피르고스(Λευκός Πύργος, White Tower)'였다. '화이트 타워'로 더 많이 알려진 곳인데, 도착하고 나서 아침에 호텔(Hotel)을 나선 뒤로 줄곧 싸돌아다녔더니 다리가 팍팍하여 먼저 잠시 쉬기로 했다. 이럴 때일수록 더 걸어 주어야 살이 빠진다는 실없는 농담을 던져 가며 은영이를 끌고…