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Tim Burton to develop film version of Monsterpocalypse

Director of Sweeney Todd and Alice in Wonderland plans Transformers-style adaptation of the board game He tackled musical theatre in Sweeney Todd and classic children’s literature in Alice in Wonderland. Now, for his next move, director Tim Burton is turning to the humble board game, developing a big-budget fantasy film that features monsters more fearsome than the Jabberwocky and more murderous …

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Candidate says he won’t show for hearing

CROWN POINT — Lake County coroner and sheriff candidate Thomas Philpot will not appear at a Lake County Election Board hearing today to respond to allegations his campaign is behind last-minute “dirty tricks.” Philpot has filed a motion to quash the subpoena to appear before the board sent by rival John Buncich, who claims Philpot is behind “smear literature” that has been distributed in …

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Candidate says he won’t show for hearing

CROWN POINT — Lake County coroner and sheriff candidate Thomas Philpot will not appear at a Lake County Election Board hearing today to respond to allegations his campaign is behind last-minute “dirty tricks.” Philpot has filed a motion to quash the subpoena to appear before the board sent by rival John Buncich, who claims Philpot is behind “smear literature” that has been distributed in …

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Knox grant supports literature program

Knox College has been awarded a grant of $35,000 by the State Farm Youth Advisory Board to launch a “Junior Great Books” program that will link Knox College students with George Washington Gale Scholars at Galesburg High School, and with elementary school students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

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Volunteer with voter literature ends up in court (Daily Record)

Josephine Sippie-Gora today took on what she thought was a harmless volunteer task of distributing voter’s rights literature in a hallway outside the Morris County Board of Elections office in Morristown.

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USBBY’s Conference Explores Global Connections Through Children’s Literature (School Library Journal)

More than 225 librarians, teachers, authors, illustrators, and publishers from 17 countries thronged the Q Center in suburban St Charles, IL, October 2–4, to attend the United States Board on Books for Young People’s (USBBY) 8th Biennial Regional Conference for a weekend of speeches, panel discussions, and an opportunity to explore global connections through children’s literature.

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OUTCOMES - FASB AUGUST 19, 2009 BOARD MEETING (Accounting Education)

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released a summary of its , 2009 Board meeting. Agenda items included financial instruments; revenue recognition; disclosure of certain loss contingencies; and technical corrections to FASB Statements and other U.S.

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Wanna Be in a Local Talent Show? (WKBN 27 Youngstown)

The Pig Iron Press Literature Board is gearing up for a street festival this month. And officials are looking for local talent to highlight their talent show.

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More from Moore (Kirkus Reviews)

In How Fiction Works , the tutorial by the New Yorker critic and Harvard professor, James Wood writes, “Literature makes us better noticers of life; we get to practice on life itself; which in turn makes us better readers of detail in literature; which in turn makes us better readers of life.

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Campaign literature, accusations spark Melrose conflict (Jackson County Chronicle)

The new Melrose Village Board met part of the old village board last week, and it didn’t take long for emotions to erupt into arguing.

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