<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - national-endowment</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/national-endowment</link><description>Newsvine - national-endowment</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:50:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:37:27 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>          How Is the Sequester Affecting the Arts? | Art Beat | PBS NewsHour | PBS</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[CL1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[CL1]]></source><link>http://cl1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17727820-how-is-the-sequester-affecting-the-arts-art-beat-pbs-newshour-pbs</link><guid>http://cl1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17727820-how-is-the-sequester-affecting-the-arts-art-beat-pbs-newshour-pbs</guid><category>if-i</category><category>capitol-hill</category><category>yo-yo-ma</category><category>arts</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>mickey-rooney</category><category>gingrich-congress</category><category>jeffrey-brown</category><category>robert-lynch</category><category>congressional-arts-caucus</category><category>advocacy-day</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:49:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cl19AEA4A16-49B0-2D79-C968-8FDB94D0934F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="92" width="92" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cl19AEA4A16-49B0-2D79-C968-8FDB94D0934F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="92" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Artists In The Workforce Study </title>
<description><![CDATA[This is from 2008, but I find it very interesting.&nbsp;
Numbering almost two million, artists are one of the largest classes of workers in the nation, only slightly smaller than the U.S. military&rsquo;s active-duty and reserve personnel (2.2 million). Artists now represent 1.4&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mandy-2148207]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mandy-2148207]]></source><link>http://mandy2148207.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/30/13038240-national-endowment-for-the-arts-announces-new-artists-in-the-workforce-study</link><guid>http://mandy2148207.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/30/13038240-national-endowment-for-the-arts-announces-new-artists-in-the-workforce-study</guid><category>arts</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>arts-endowment</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:15:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Mandy2148207823575DF-350C-75F9-8167-CB8C054C56E0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="18" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Mandy2148207823575DF-350C-75F9-8167-CB8C054C56E0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="6" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  To Try And Hurt Obama, Republicans Blew $1.3 Billion Of Your Money </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The cost of the debt ceiling crisis has now begun to be counted, and it looks bad for the Republicans. The fight, which was to attempt to ignore the US Constitution and the 14th Amendment by refusing to pay our obligations, resulted in long-term harm to the US Credit rating, fo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12952470-to-try-and-hurt-obama-republicans-blew-13-billion-of-your-money</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12952470-to-try-and-hurt-obama-republicans-blew-13-billion-of-your-money</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>government-accountability-office</category><category>us-constitution</category><category>us-law</category><category>us-credit</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:52:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123640C8998C8-0FB3-EC1B-91B5-B434059FAA93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123640C8998C8-0FB3-EC1B-91B5-B434059FAA93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Your Tax Dollars Subsidizing Scottie Pippen, Ted Turner, and Jon Bon Jovi?  </title>
<description><![CDATA[If ever there was a populist blueprint for deficit reduction, this has got to be it.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Grim Creeper]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Grim Creeper]]></source><link>http://thegrimcreeper.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8819963-your-tax-dollars-subsidizing-scottie-pippen-ted-turner-and-jon-bon-jovi</link><guid>http://thegrimcreeper.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8819963-your-tax-dollars-subsidizing-scottie-pippen-ted-turner-and-jon-bon-jovi</guid><category>politics</category><category>quincy-jones</category><category>robin-hood</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>bruce-springsteen</category><category>scottie-pippen</category><category>singer-jon-bon-jovi</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:36:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thegrimcreeper160DCEBF-CB9C-3CDE-12FC-3D25E869BC92.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="158" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thegrimcreeper160DCEBF-CB9C-3CDE-12FC-3D25E869BC92.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="48" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ivan J. Parron: Governor Christie vs. Snooki?</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made headlines Monday axing a $420,000 television subsidy which his state was granting to MTV to keep the shooting of the Jersey Shore cast's shenanigans safely in place.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BigRev]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BigRev]]></source><link>http://bigrev.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/30/8063024-ivan-j-parron-governor-christie-vs-snooki</link><guid>http://bigrev.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/30/8063024-ivan-j-parron-governor-christie-vs-snooki</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>chris-christie</category><category>jersey-shores</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:24:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Congress passes budget deal despite GOP defections</title>
<description><![CDATA[Washington (CNN) -- A budget deal reached last week to avert a government shutdown won approval Thursday from both the House and Senate, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
 
The measure cuts $38.5 billion in spending while funding the government for the res&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/15/6477844-congress-passes-budget-deal-despite-gop-defections</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/15/6477844-congress-passes-budget-deal-despite-gop-defections</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>congressional-budget-office</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>herbert-hoover</category><category>jay-carney</category><category>under-ryans</category><category>clinton-white-house-chief</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:58:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama to lay out his deficit strategy - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[It seems that in light of the current circumstance, everyone is going to feel the pain in the upcoming years.  Particularly those the President refers to as "the most vulnerable amongst us".  Note to self: be independent.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amir Carr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amir Carr]]></source><link>http://amircarr2000.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6462675-obama-to-lay-out-his-deficit-strategy-cnncom</link><guid>http://amircarr2000.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6462675-obama-to-lay-out-his-deficit-strategy-cnncom</guid><category>white-house</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>ohio-republican</category><category>gop-controlled-house</category><category>top-democrats</category><category>jay-carney</category><category>kth-budget</category><category>while-jordans</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:55:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Political Correctness Isn't Limited to Left-Wingers</title>
<description><![CDATA[But no one ever seems to mention the fact that conservatives have their own form of political correctness which is just as ludicrous as that of left-wingers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/01/5747317-political-correctness-isnt-limited-to-left-wingers</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/01/5747317-political-correctness-isnt-limited-to-left-wingers</guid><category>politics</category><category>ronald-reagan</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>right-wing</category><category>political-correctness</category><category>tea-party</category><category>americas-judeo-christian</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:42:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What's Behind the GOP's War Against NPR?</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to one school of thought, the fashion cycle -- society's evolving sense of what's hip and trendy -- lasts roughly two decades, explaining why shoulder pads and floral dresses have come back with a vengeance in recent months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></source><link>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/19/5680088-whats-behind-the-gops-war-against-npr</link><guid>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/19/5680088-whats-behind-the-gops-war-against-npr</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>public-broadcasting</category><category>fox-news</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>npr</category><category>national-public-radio</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>faux-news</category><category>right-wingers</category><category>teapublicans</category><category>society-foundations</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:40:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Meet John Boehner, corporate bag man: Want to buy a little influence? John Boehner is your guy </title>
<description><![CDATA[  JOHN BOEHNER is tired of business as usual in Washington. He should be--he's been at it a long time.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5497179-meet-john-boehner-corporate-bag-man-want-to-buy-a-little-influence-john-boehner-is-your-guy</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5497179-meet-john-boehner-corporate-bag-man-want-to-buy-a-little-influence-john-boehner-is-your-guy</guid><category>politics</category><category>capitol-hill</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>ohio-republican</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>federal-government</category><category>juan-williams</category><category>house-education</category><category>boehner-land</category><category>if-boehner</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:58:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Muslims are their own worst enemies </title>
<description><![CDATA[Muslim disunity has made it possible for Israel to dispossess the Palestinians, for the US to invade Iraq, and for the US to rule much of the region through puppets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IslamicScholars]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IslamicScholars]]></source><link>http://islamicscholars.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/10/4855923-muslims-are-their-own-worst-enemies</link><guid>http://islamicscholars.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/10/4855923-muslims-are-their-own-worst-enemies</guid><category>muslims</category><category>persian-gulf</category><category>islam</category><category>world-news</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>iraqi-shiites</category><category>islamic-republic</category><category>arabian-peninsula</category><category>enemies</category><category>enemies-of-muslims</category><category>muslim-middle-east</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>McCain-Chaired GOP Institute Spends Taxpayer, Corporate Money Promoting Democracy Abroad</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Associated Press) --  Republican John McCain can claim the most eclectic overseas portfolio among presidential candidates: He has ties to a Cambodian reality TV show, a Bolivian law-and-order guide and rock concerts in the former Soviet Union.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[I SPY]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[I SPY]]></source><link>http://ispy.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/21/1038891-mccain-chaired-gop-institute-spends-taxpayer-corporate-money-promoting-democracy-abroad</link><guid>http://ispy.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/21/1038891-mccain-chaired-gop-institute-spends-taxpayer-corporate-money-promoting-democracy-abroad</guid><category>goldman-sachs</category><category>lockheed-martin</category><category>us-news</category><category>freedom-award</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>federal-express</category><category>pinnacle-west-capital</category><category>using-popular-culture</category><category>leadership-challenge</category><category>boris-trajkovski</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:43:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Drain The Swamp</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, federal civilian employees number nearly 2 million. Another 10 million or more are federal contractors or grant recipients. The yearly budget of this runaway train is soaring toward $3 trillion. The behemoth could use a multiple bureau-ectomy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bodhi1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bodhi1]]></source><link>http://purelypolitical.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/02/874769-drain-the-swamp</link><guid>http://purelypolitical.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/02/874769-drain-the-swamp</guid><category>politics</category><category>education-department</category><category>public-broadcasting</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>roy-blunt</category><category>federal-government</category><category>government-spending</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:54:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NEA Chairman Dana Gioia Gets America Reading Again</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEA Chairman Dana Gioia Gets America Reading Again With the Big Read.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paco de Cabra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paco de Cabra]]></source><link>http://pacodecabra.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/28/807197-nea-chairman-dana-gioia-gets-america-reading-again</link><guid>http://pacodecabra.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/28/807197-nea-chairman-dana-gioia-gets-america-reading-again</guid><category>reading</category><category>arts</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>nea</category><category>gioia</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:58:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bois Sec Ardoin, Musician and Nurturer of Creole Tradition, Dies at 91</title>
<description><![CDATA[Alphonse Ardoin, a Louisiana Creole accordionist and singer nicknamed Bois Sec whose music stalwartly sustained South Louisiana tradition, died Wednesday of natural causes in Eunice, La., where he had been living in a nursing home, said his son Morris. He was 91 years old.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></source><link>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/19/728821-bois-sec-ardoin-musician-and-nurturer-of-creole-tradition-dies-at-91</link><guid>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/19/728821-bois-sec-ardoin-musician-and-nurturer-of-creole-tradition-dies-at-91</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>creole</category><category>bois-sec</category><category>morris-ardoin</category><category>french-creole</category><category>alphonse-ardoin</category><category>musique-creole</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Senate Confirms NEA Chief, Panelists</title>
<description><![CDATA[Poet Dana Gioia was confirmed today by the Senate for a second term as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan C]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan C]]></source><link>http://alanc.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/11/478269-senate-confirms-nea-chief-panelists</link><guid>http://alanc.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/11/478269-senate-confirms-nea-chief-panelists</guid><category>poet</category><category>arts</category><category>national-endowment</category><category>poetry</category><category>nea</category><category>dana-gioia</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:57:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>