LONDON (AP).- Hundreds of British arts organizations had their public funding slashed or eliminated Wednesday, the result of government spending cuts aimed at tackling the country’s deficit.
The Arts Council England must cut 15 percent from the amount it gives to art, music, theater, dance, literature and other groups by 2015 — which still leaves it with almost 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) to hand out.
The council said that instead of “salami slicing” — cutting 15 percent from everyone — it wanted to create a smaller but stronger portfolio of groups. So some have been cut off entirely, while others have seen their funding increase.
“We have taken the brave path of strategic choices, not salami slices, which has meant some painful decisions,” said council chair Liz Forgan.
The council had funded about 850 groups but that has shrunk to 695 — chosen from 1,330 applicants. More than 200 groups will now have their funding cut entirely from next year, while many others face reductions.
BILL MARTIN IS FUCKING WITH YOU
RT @2Meteorologist: Anybody see the water spout off ocean beach today? http://bit.ly/gkslN5
PLEASE HELP AND REBLOG
THIS KID IN THE BACKGROUND IS MY LITTLE BROTHER JACOB FROM ORLANDO FLORIDA. AND AT THIS MOMENT HE IS MISSING. HE IS 11 YEARS OF AGE, 4’8, HE HAS MARKS ALL OVER HIS BODY, HIS EYEBROWS ALMOST FORM A UNIBROW, HE WAS BLACK HAIR, AND WAS LAST SEEN WITH HIS BLUE BIKE. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A GOOD HOUR OR TWO. PLEASE DONT JUST LOOK AND SCROLL. PLEASE PLEASE REBLOG.
Pour inaugurer cette rubrique de “choses lues” dans la presse, quelques lignes extraites de l’article de Frédérique Beigbeder intitulé “L’adieu à Gutenberg” :
“On pourrait dire que le livre de Gutenberg implique un cérémonial silencieux, une forme de lenteur … un mode de vie moins stressé, plus…
While the idealist in me is hopeful we can all use our own grey water to flush toilets and forego showering every other day, the realist recognizes this is not a suitable alternative for the bigger population. I also have hope that technology, legislation and capitalism could yet be our saving grace as we find new ways to conveniently and efficiently conserve and reuse water. Yet, the realist in me too recognizes that waiting for someone else to solve our problems isn’t an effective use of time. So maybe there is a middle ground? Somewhere between collecting my shower water to flush the toilets and doing laundry after I wear a t-shirt only once. Two out of three days I logged my water usage, I believe I found that middle ground. And if everybody tried too, our resources would stretch a lot farther.
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Oh, Miss Sutherland. A submission of awesome for World Water Day (via lifeofdb) |
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Too much of your light make me blind.
Check out Oh Land… she is a really classy listen.
