Blog Assignment #9 /Current Broadway Musicals

          There are many musicals currently playing on Broadway. Some of the musicals that are playing are The Lion King, Wicked, Mamma Mia, Mary Poppins, and Elf. These are some of the many you might be familiar with. Out of the five currently playing musicals I have listed I have to say I have only seen one of them. It was the most spectacular show you could see. I saw Wicked. It was a awesome show. All of these are shows I would like to see. I even want to see Wicked again.
            The Lion King  was the first musical I listed. I think it will be a great show. I saw the previews on Disney channel. I also researched it. according to all my research The Lion King continues to amaze, with astounding visuals that will make this a show you'll remember forever. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by an enormous company of international performers, whose detailed costumes, carved masks, and intricate makeup will transport you to the gorgeous vistas of the African savanna.Based on the 1994 Disney animated film, The Lion King continues to reign as one of the most popular shows on Broadway and around the world. The global phenomenon is the winner of more than 70 major awards worldwide, including the Tony Award for Best Musical, and the Grammy for Best Musical Show Album.
               Wicked's cast is   Mandy Gonzalez as Elphaba  ( later the wicked witch of the west ), Katie Rose Clarke as Glinda, Andy Karl as Fiyero, P.J. Benjamin as the Wizard, Kathy Fitzgerald as Madame Morrible,  Alex Brightman as Boq, Timothy Britten Parker as Doctor Dillamond, and Jenny Fellner as Nessarose. It is a great story about how the wicked with of the west used to be good. She finds out that the  wizard is her father. She is basically trying to help her sister Nessarose (the wicked witch of the east). Nessarose is in love with Boq (one of the munchkins that went to her school). She later accidentally almost kills Boq so Elphaba has to turn him into the tin man. Elphaba Has to save the cowardly lion. her boyfriend Fiyero gets turned into the scarecrow somehow. it was a great play.

Mamma Mia is currently playing on Broadway. it it a fun play to watch. I haven't seen it ,but i saw the movie. I would love to do a play so fun. It has great music. I love the story of Sophie wanting to find her dad. She ends up with four dads. She knows her mom loves on eof the men. Who at the end of the play marries her mom. She is so happy that her mom doesn't have to die alone.             Mary Poppins is the story of the Banks family who live in a big house in London on Cherry Lane. Things are not going well for the family, the children, Jane and Michael, are out of control and are in need of a new nanny. Jane and Michael have their own ideas about what sort of caretaker they should have, while their parents—and in particular Mr. Banks—are insistent on someone strict for the job. When a mysterious young woman named Mary Poppins appears at their doorstep, the family finds that she’s the answer to their prayers, but in the most peculiar way. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones she has a profound effect upon. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “anything can happen if you let it.”                Elf is much like the popular film of the same name, Elf follows the adventure of a young man named Buddy who grew up at the North Pole believing he is one of Santa's Christmas elves. When his adoptive father reveals he is actually human, Buddy heads to New York City to find his real family. It is a heart warming story.

   
 

Team Publishers

HarperCollins Children's
            The company publishes under many different imprints, and publishes the Collins English Dictionary. They also publish fiction, nonfiction, and children's books.They have been in business for 191 years. They are located in New York City. Some of their famous authors are Stacy Parker Aab, Hank Aaron, Leroy Aarons, Deborah Aaronson, Edward Abbey, A. Philip Brown II, Lauren Bacall, Andrew Zahn, Julianne S. Zuehlke, Junior Zapata, Karen Spears Zacharias, Ravi Zacharias, Terry E. Zuehlke, and The Very Dr. Paul F. M. Zahl. Its country of origin is the United Kingdom.

Random House
          They publish fiction and nonfiction books. They have been in business for 83 years. They are located in New York City.Some of their famous authors are Christopher Paolini, Dan Brown, Jean M. Auel, Linda Howard, John Twelve Hawks.Random House was founded in 1927 by Americans Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint.

Blog Assignment # 7

The photo Arugus is what the website is about.It gives you picures to look at. Every day you can look at it and see something new. You can go to http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/35-extraordinarily-clever-examples-of-toy-photography/ and se the pictures.You can go to the website for a class project or just for fun. You just go to the website.

  This is about ispot. It let's you search for pictures and other things. It lets you do it every day. You go to http://ispot.org.uk/ and you ccan get started. Yoou can do it for any reason. Just go to the website.

AAP Concerns

1. Publishers Applaud Supreme Court’s Strong First Amendment Ruling in Stevens Case
             The Association of American Publishers (AAP) welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Stevens as an important affirmation of the First Amendment’s free speech guarantee. By a vote of 8-1 the Court struck down a federal statute broadly criminalizing depictions of animal cruelty. The Court found The First Ammendment to be unconstitutionally overbroad, even with its exception for materials with “serious value.”

2. Publishers Express Concern over Government Mandates on Journal Articles
           The Association of American Publishers (AAP) warned today that government mandates requiring free access to journal articles published by the private sector would seriously undermine scientific communication, as well as U.S. jobs, exports and copyright protection. In testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform“Publishers invest hundreds of millions of dollars every year in the screening, peer review, editing and production of these journal articles. It is unfair for the government to expropriate these private-sector products without compensation and make them available free.”

3.Publishers’ May Book Sales Increase 9.8%; Year To-Date Sales Increase by 11.6%
                 Publishers' book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of May increased by 9.8% percent on the prior year to $715.3 million and were up by 11.6 percent for the year-to-date.The Adult Hardcover category was up 43.2% percent in May with sales of $138.5 million; sales for the year-to-date are up by 21.7% percent. Adult Paperback sales decreased 2.2 percent for the month ($110.7 million) but increased by 15.7 percent for the year so far. Adult Mass Market sales decreased 14.6 percent for May with sales totaling $54.6 million; sales were down by 7.3 percent year-to-date. Hardcover Children’s/YA sales declined 1.3 percent for the month with sales of $58.1 million in May; year-to-date sales are down by 23.3 percent. Children’s/YA Paperback sales decreased 8.1 percent in May with sales totaling $39.9 million; sales fell 6.6 percent for the year-to-date.

4.AAP Inaugurates Fall Books Preview at ALA Annual Conference
              The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced today that its Trade Libraries Committee, in collaboration with Nancy Pearl, National Public Radio commentator, author of the Book Lust series, librarian action figure hero, and book lover rock star, will host its inaugural Fall Books Preview at the upcoming Annual Conference of the American Library Association in Washington, DC.  Co-sponsored by leading library trade publications Library Journal and EarlyWord, and for the first time at an ALA Conference, the publishing world’s top editorial talent will share their passion for new fall titles in a program filled with behind-the-scenes stories and presented exclusively for the library community. The event will kick off the Conference’s Exhibit activities which get underway at 5:30 on Friday. The presenters will include:

Blog Assignment #6: Smilebox

        I made a scrapbook with pictures from my i-phone.It looks so good. It was fun to make. My favorite slide is the Footloose slide. That was the most fun play I have ever been in.
   It was fun going through all my old pictures. I love seeing what all my cousins, friends, and other family members looked like a couple years ago.It is so fun to take a funny picture and look at it a year later.Most of the pictures in the scrapbook are of my family.Some are of my pets, and my friends.

Christian Publishers

Tyndale House
Tyndale House publishes fiction, non-fiction, children's books, and Bibles.They have been in business for 48 years. Tyndale House is located in  Carol Stream, Illinois. Their famous authors are James Dobson, Charles Colson, Francine Rivers, and Karen Kingsbury.Its most successful publication in recent years has been the Left Behind series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.

Bethany House
Bethany House publishes Christian fiction, nonfiction, and children's books. Bethany House publishes nearly 120 titles annually in subjects including historical and contemporary fiction, Christian living, family/parenting, contemporary issues, devotional, children's, classics, and theology. They have been in business for nearly 50 years.It is located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Their famous authors are  Tamera Alexander, Stephen Arterburn, Lynn Austin, Jim Burns, T. Davis Bunn, Wayne Cordeiro, Paul Coughlin, W. Dale Cramer, Ron Deal, James Garlow, Norman Geisler, Deeanne Gist, Cathy Marie Hake, Karen Hancock, Kristen Heitzmann, Cindy Jacobs, T.D. Jakes, Lois Gladys Leppard, Beverly Lewis, TobyMac, Judith Miller, Janette Oke, Mark Andrew Olsen, Robin Parrish,  Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson, Michael Phillips, Leonard Ravenhill, Kim Vogel Sawyer, Dutch Sheets, Lauraine Snelling, and Jamie Langston Turner.

Zondervan House
Zondervan publishes audio, Bibles, books, and Ebooks. They have been in business for 79 years. They are located in Cascade, MI, a suburb of Grand Rapids.Some of their famous authors are Richard Abanes, Karl Bacon, Christine Caine, Jim Daly, and Andrew Zahn. Peter (P.J., Pat) and Bernard (Bernie) Zondervan were the nephews of publisher William Eerdmans. Peter and Bernard were the founders of Zondervan.

Blog Assignment #5

Half a million nutria killed from Nov-March

Who-This article is about nutria rats.

What-Trappers are selling the nutria rat tails for 2.2 million dollars.

When-This happened in the 2009-2010 season.

Where-This happened in Louisiana, mostly in Terrebonne Parish.

Why-The trappers wanted money.

How-The trappers trapped and killed the nutria rats for there tails.

Arrest made in July shooting death

Who-This article is about Rico Anthony.

What-Rico was arrested because he shot David Young.

When-This happened July 29.

Where-He was arrested at 13906 Goodwood Blvd.

Why-He shot David Young.

How-An anonymous source told the police who shot David Young.

LSU to cut four languages

Who-This article is about Louisiana State University.

What-They are planning to eliminate four foreign language classes.

When- This is being planned for May.

Where-This will happen at LSU.

Why- The school is having budget cuts.

How-The university will let 14 faculty members go and close the classes.

Students may lose licenses

Who-This article is about students in the Lafayette School System.

What-They will lose their license if they get expelled.

When- Students may be expelled for up to one year.

Where-This will happen in Lafayette.

Why-State law allows schools to report students who are being expelled.

How-There is a Driving is a Priviledge policy.

Man booked in abuse of father

Who-This article is about Jack Bennett, Jr.

What-He was arrested for cruelty to his father.

When-The arrest occurred on Tuesday.

Where-This happened in Ponchatoula.

Why-He neglected and abused his father.

How-He was negligent toward his father.