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The Psychology Behind Conflict—and When It Can Be Harnessed for Good
Organizations Jan 3, 2020
A conversation about the role conflict plays in organizations and communities.
Based on insights from
Brian Uzzi
Cynthia S. Wang
Most of us prefer to get through our days without ending up in an argument. We shoot for harmony, understanding, and constructive interactions with our family, our colleagues, even those people with whom we disagree about everything from politics to sports.
But in a time of extreme social and political polarization, asking everyone to get along is unrealistic. And it is also important to remember that some conflict—at least the right kinds of conflict—can be channeled effectively, and even productively.
Kellogg Insight sat down with three Kellogg faculty members, Brian Uzzi, Nour Kteily, and Cynthia Wang, to discuss the psychology and purpose of conflict in our communities, our organizations, and our world.
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
Brian Uzzi: Conflict has a lot of social functions.
According to the late sociologist Lewis Coser, human beings can't develop their own identity unless they're in conflict with another group that they make different from themselves. But some of this conflict can be nonviolent. Sporting competitions are a way for human beings to channel this and develop their identities.
Of course, some of this conflict does flow into the world of physical violence. Then the functions of social conflict get undercut by all the disadvantages of social conflict.
So we can't get rid of conflict, but we can find conditions under which it's generally expressed in a positive way.
Nour Kteily: That reminds me of how anthropologist Allen Fisk talks about conflict as a way of regulating essential relationships.
His argument is that sometimes even the use of physical violence can be very intentional and is intended to regulate social relations. For an extreme example, take someone who engages in an honor killing. This isn't an act of rage that occurs just on the spot. Typically, it's something that's painful that a person doesn't necessarily take a pleasure in doing, but does to uphold the reputation of his family or community.
Cindy Wang: And sometimes conflict can actually be productive. When you go into a group meeting with somebody who is very different from you, the assumption that there's going to be a conflict actually leads to better outcomes because you prepare better.
For example, in one study, Katherine Phillips and I gave people tasks and said, "Hey, you're going to be working with a stranger from the opposite political persuasion." We then saw that knowing this leads you to start preparing a little bit more for the discussion, because you assume that there is going to be conflict. This drives better decisions in the end, because you're more prepared and more introspective.
On the other hand, if we come from the same group, we don't challenge each other as much.
Uzzi: Which is interesting because, to some extent, how we think about another group is normally determined by people in authority positions.
There's a really classic study called "brown eyes, blue eyes." It's chilling. A third-grade teacher decides to run this study about the impact of leadership on groups developing conflict towards one another. She comes in and tells the kids, who have already been friends for months, that it's now been shown that blue-eyed people are clearly much more intelligent, nicer, and generally better than brown-eyed people.
Then every time a blue-eyed person says something intelligent, she emphasizes how intelligent it is. Every time a brown-eyed person makes even the slightest mistake she says, "Oh. Typical characteristic of a brown-eyed person." Before you know it, the groups have already separated. The kids are already saying the blue-eyed people are smarter than the brown-eyed people, even though it's a completely scripted characteristic.
Kteily: Then she reverses it the next day.
Uzzi: Which is really amazing.
Kteily: I never actually interpreted it as a study of leadership. I always thought about it as a study of stereotyping. But regardless, it highlights the power of coalitions in shaping our psychology.
You could think about us as individuals who have moral principles that we always uphold. But many of our moral principles may actually follow from what the coalitions we form are incentivized to believe.
Humans are remarkably effective at motivated cognition. Even motivated memories. For example, we have bad memories for immoral things that we've done. There's also a host of research that shows all the ways in which we can reconceptualize behavior, or excuse our immoral misdeeds, or even overlook some of our hypocrisy. And this motivated cognition extends to our in-group as well.
There's so much misinformation now that people have an inability to process it. When that happens, people look around to see what other people are doing. Then they take that as a rational thing for them to do.
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Wang: You forgive your in-group so much because it's all about identity! One of your strongest incentives is to maintain this positive identity.
Kteily: The cost of believing otherwise is so high. This reminds me of the people who don't leave the cult even when the evidence becomes overwhelming.
There are these interesting studies that investigate what happens to a member of a doomsday cult when the time comes and they don't die. A logical belief might be that they're just going to walk away because now their faith in this cult has been so eroded. But, in fact, people double down. Part of the reason is because the psychological burden of believing that you have been wrong for long is so overwhelming that you find new ways to convince yourself that you are correct.
Wang: It's an escalation of commitment. You're so deep into it that you really can't turn back at this point.
Uzzi: Then there are the ways social media is contributing to conflict. I thought that social media was going to be so great! In the end, it's flipped on us in a way we never expected.
We now live in a world where you can choose not to have exposure to other groups and where the way you get heard in your own group is to be ever-more extreme on a dimension that makes you different from other groups. That just pulls groups further and further apart from one another.
And there's so much misinformation now that people have an inability to process it. When that happens, people look around to see what other people are doing. Then they take that as a rational thing for them to do.
This means, if you have a small but very strongly connected group that has strong, consistent beliefs, that group could trigger everybody else to follow. For instance, the size of the National Rifle Association in terms of membership is quite tiny. It's smaller than the YMCA. But they're so consistent and so rigid in their beliefs that they can be a signal for other people to follow.
Kteily: There are certainly a lot of reasons to be pessimistic about the future. And of course we're having this conversation about conflict during a rise in authoritarian, populist political leadership around the world.
But it is important to remember that we're a few percentage points away from a radically different reality in many countries. It's not that the countries themselves are the changing ideologically from one direction all the way to the other. These are sometimes fine margins. If you can mobilize or motivate a certain voter base to vote a little bit more, it wouldn't take that much for things to shift back.
Wang: I also feel pessimism around fake news and echo chambers. But on the other hand, I believe that more organizations are beginning to recognize the importance of being inclusive as the workforce becomes more diverse.
Kteily: Sometimes you get these paradoxes. For example, one thing that happened after Trump's Muslim ban is that you actually found liberals supporting Muslims at levels greater than they did before the ban, which on the one hand itself looks like an increase in tolerance, but it's actually driven by some of the very same coalitional dynamics that are resulting in this polarization.
Wang: There's always a push and pull.
Even some social activist groups like to stir up conflict. They say, "It's better than apathy." With environmental issues, for example, saying nothing, doing nothing, being too polite—these are not good. So conflict can be used for good and for evil. That's what's scary right now. We just need to amplify the positive.
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is a municipal government organization or an Urban Local Body (ULB) that is responsible for the administration of the Bengaluru Metropolitan (or Greater Bengaluru) region. Bangalore Mahanagara Palike was established in the year 1949 by merging two municipalities, 'The City Area' and 'The Cantonment Area', and administered the city of Bangalore with a population of 750,000 (7.5 lakhs). The jurisdiction kept increasing over the years to reach 100 wards in 1995. It was again increased in the year 2007 by including 7 City Municipal Councils (Rajarajeshwari, Dasarahalli, Bommanahalli, Krishnarajapuram, Mahadevapura, Byatarayanapura and Yelahanka), 1 Town Municipal Council (Kengeri) and 110 villages to form the BBMP on 16th January 2007.
The BBMP serves an approximate area of 800 sq. kms, an approximate population of 7.8 million (78 lakhs) and was comprised of 147 wards (or city localities). That ward notification was allowed to lapse and the number of wards has been increased to 198 with an allowance to increase the number of wards to a maximum of 200. Each ward has 30,000 to 40,000 voters.
The BBMP represents the third level of government, (the Central and State Governments being the first two levels) and is run by a city council that comprises of corporators (or elected representatives) with one corporator representing each ward of the city. Elections to the council are held once every 5 years, with results being decided by popular vote. Members contesting elections to council typically represent one or more of the state's political parties though they may also be independent (Similar to the MLAs for State or MPs for Central elections). A mayor and deputy mayor of the council are also elected for a period of 1 year, though not by popular vote. While the mayor heads the corporation in the legislative side, the executive powers are entirely exercised by the commissioner. This is a legacy of colonial times – when councillors were Indian nationalists whose power the Government limited by vesting executive authority with the commissioner – a career bureaucrat and government employee. Election in Bangalore has now been overdue for more than 2 years in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. However, in the absence of an elected body, the BBMP is at present run by an Administrator -- The Commissioner, who is appointed by the State Government. The current Administrator is Mr. Bharatlal Meena, an IAS officer.
What does the BBMP do?
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is the city corporation of Bangalore. Recently several city and town municipal councils around Bangalore City have been included in the city limits of the BBMP. There were 100 wards earlier and now we have 198. Ward 151 includes most of Koramangala.
What is the role of the Councilor?
Participate in the administration of the corporation as stipulated by the Act.
What is a ward committee?
The 74th Constitutional amendment gave state Governments the option to form wards committees either for every single ward in the urban body or for a group of wards. Though the composition, territorial jurisdiction and the manner of filling up the seats in the wards committee was left to the state Governments, the amendment required the councilor of the ward to be an ex-officio member of the committee.
Not more than two members nominated by the Government from such NGOs and CBOs working within the area of the wards committee.
The ward committees that have been set up are not exactly what was envisaged. The members are appointed by the state Government and not necessarily either knowledgeable or concerned about the quality of services in the ward. We need to change that. We form citizens' council that are representative of the ward, contain people who are knowledgeable about the ward and are willing to work closely with the councilor to monitor public services in the ward.


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Івано-Франківський обласний клінічний центр паліативної допомоги — госпіс для надання медичної допомоги невиліковно хворим за адресою м.Івано-Франківськ, вул.Новаківського, 8. Засновано 15 серпня 1997 року. Статус — обласний медичний заклад. На базі Госпісу з вересня 2009 року розпочав свою роботу навчально-методичний центр.

Історія створення
Навесні 1997 року з ініціативи тодішнього начальника Івано-Франківського УОЗ п. Зіновія Митника було видано розпорядження № 369 від 30.05.97 «Про реорганізацію в системі управління охорони здоров'я» та відповідний наказ УОЗ від 02.06.97 про створення Івано-Франківського госпісу на 25 ліжок. Під цю установу був переданий будинок, де раніше знаходився обласний ендокринологічний диспансер. Цей старий, не один раз перепланований будинок з обліпленими з усіх боків зігнилими від часу дерев'яними прибудовами та плоским, протікаючим дахом підлягав генеральній реконструкції. В ході її проведення не раз виникали додаткові труднощі, зокрема вже весною 1999 року виникла необхідність в повному розборі прибудови, яка знаходилася на фасадній частині будинку, оскільки необхідно було укріпити фундамент, який не міг витримати цегляної надбудови другого та третього поверхів.

Однак, завдяки постійному особистому сприянні п. З. Митника, розумінню начальника УОЗ ОДА п. М. Яворського, ентузіазму та наполегливості головного лікаря Госпісу п. Л. Андріїшин — ці проблеми були успішно вирішені і, як медична установа, Івано-Франківський Госпіс почав працювати з 28 жовтня 1999 року.

Проблеми паліативної допомоги виявлені в госпісі
Спостереження та аналіз діяльності госпісу протягом останніх 5 років розкрили немало проблем, пов'язаних із наданням паліативної допомоги:
 Більшість хворих не мають змоги отримати якісну допомогу наприкінці свого життя.
 Особливо вразливими щодо отримання адекватної допомоги є онкологічні хворі, які проживають у сільській місцевості.
 Не забезпечені належною паліативною допомогою діти з невиліковними хворобами.
 Медичні кадри, загалом, не знають, що таке паліативна допомога та методи і можливості її надання в світлі сучасної концепції.
 30 ліжок не можуть забезпечити потреби у паліативній допомозі всіх пацієнтів, які проживають в області.

Сучасна діяльність госпісу
З метою створення системи паліативної допомоги в області, спрямованої на розширення доступності сільського населення, а також для оптимізації ліжкового фонду, розроблені і затверджені наказом Головного Управління Охорони Здоров'я Обласної Держадміністрації заходи щодо розвитку паліативної допомоги в Івано-Франківській області.

З 2000 року — діє спільна програма з медичним коледжом «Школа догляду за важкохворими», згідно з якою студенти по черзі незалежно від їх навчального графіка чергують у госпсі.

У 2008 році, за підтримки МФ"Відродження", був створений Навчально-методичний центр госпісу, який постійно співпрацює з Івано-Франківським Національним Медичним університетом та базовим Медичним коледжом, має можливості здійснювати постійний навчальний процес в паліативній службі, працювати в питаннях демократизації суспільства, сприяння гуманізації громади, залучення волонтерів та має власні навчальні програми для медичного персоналу і волонтерів. Проводить навчання для медичних працівників медичних закладів усіх областей України. На даний час є два підписані накази Керівництвом Управління Охорони Здоров'я Івано-Франківської ОДА «Про створення відділу дитячого госпісу у Надвірнянському будинку Дитини», та "Створення виїзної консультативної служби «Госпіс вдома».

Для поширення демократичних ініціатив серед населення області щодо створення госпісів і на допомогу вже існуючому госпісу та хворим людям, у 2000 році небайдужі люди об'єдналися і створили Благодійний фонд допомоги невиліковно хворим «Мати Тереза». Фонд працює до сьогодні і постійно створює програми підтримки розвитку госпісної служби в Івано-Франківській області, залучає добровольців сприяти виконанню цих програм, або віддати свій час та вміння як волонтера, чи зробити благодійний внесок.

Напрямки діяльності
 надає безкоштовну консультативну допомогу, спеціальний догляд та спеціалізовану лікувальну допомогу в стаціонарних умовах і на дому пацієнтам відповідно до профілю лікарні;
 забезпечує, в разі потреби, правове консультування госпіталізованих хворих;
 здійснює навчання родичів госпіталізованих хворих навичкам догляду за тяжкохворими та хворими у термінальній стадії;
 надає психологічну підтримку пацієнтам госпісу та їх родичам у період втрати близької людини;
 організовує для пацієнтів консультації з провідними спеціалістами медичних установ;
 надає організаційно-методичну допомогу закладам охорони здоров'я області з питань паліативної допомоги і спеціального догляду відповідно до профілю госпісу;
 проводить протибольове лікування пацієнтам з вираженим больовим синдромом;
 здійснює навчання волонтерів з питань догляду за важкими хворими;
 є навчальною базою з питань паліативного лікування та спеціального догляду інкурабельних хворих для Івано-Франківського медичного коледжу та медуніверситету;
 проводить науково-практичну діяльність під керівництвом кафедр медичної академії.

Див. також
 Медична допомога в Івано-Франківську
 Львівський «Госпіс» — Комунальна Львівська міська лікарня.

Посилання
 Вебсторінка Івано-Франківського госпісу
Госпіси України
Медичні заклади Івано-Франківська

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THE DARK ROOM, Downstairs Belvoir, 3 November-11 December 2011. Photos by Heidrun Lohr; Billie Rose Prichard, Brendan Cowell and Leah Purcell; right: Billie Rose Prichard.
If, like me, you take a pathetic delight in checking in to anonymous, out-of-the-way motels and savouring the delights of clean sheets, a telly, a neat little bathroom and then ticking the boxes on the breakfast menu, playwright Angela Betzien and her collaborator/director Leticia Cáceres will have ruined that childlike pleasure forever with The Dark Room.
Not that I hold this against them: it's a fair return – well, almost fair – for one of the most gripping nights spent in a theatre this, or any, year. The Dark Room is uncommonly well written and structured in the most ambitiously difficult way. The only other playwright who immediately comes to mind who can really nail the complexity of multiple characters occupying a single space in different times is Alan Ayckbourn. And his dark social comedies of the English middle class are quite literally in another world. (It's easy to snigger at the comparison, but Ayckbourn is a master of structure and few writers could come near him, even if they tried.)
The Dark Room is in an unnamed motel in an unnamed town somewhere within administrative reach of Darwin – that's where police and the other instruments of law come from, at any rate. At various times the room has been occupied by a social worker (Leah Purcell) and her latest client, a deeply troubled teenager (Billie Rose Prichard); a cop and his pregnant wife – visiting for his best mate's wedding – (Brendan Cowell and Anna Lise Phillips); and two incidental but vital blow-ins to the plot: a senior police officer (Cameron Stewart) and an Indigenous gay boy (Bjorn Stewart).
How these people interconnect is revealed in a grimly enthralling version of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon – the game which reminds us that there's no such thing as coincidence; or that what some call coincidence is simply the natural interweaving of human lives. Since its first outing in 2009, courtesy WA's Black Swan, The Dark Room has been worked and reworked by Betzien and Cáceres in the name of their Queensland-based company, Real TV. It illustrates two things: a potentially wonderful writer and play can always be improved, and their potential reached, with the input of more time and more work.
And the Sydney production – under the Ralph Myers regime in the Downstairs theatre – also gives them a dazzling, high-powered cast. Leah Purcell and Brendan Cowell have rarely been better – which is saying something anyway – while Billie Rose Prichard is an unrecognisable revelation. She is heart-rending and terrifying as the profoundly damaged kid who's grown up to be a both damaged and damaging. Over 80 minutes, straight through, the reasons why she is in the room, and how each of the others also occupied it at various points are gradually revealed. The process is like the peeling back of dressings covering a series of secret wounds. When the painfully bloody psychic mess is finally uncovered, the twin shocks of understanding and revelation are palpable in the audience.
Designer Michael Hankin and lighting designer Christopher Page have transformed the Downstairs space into a classic motel room that is dark both in its dreary décor as well as in its tenants' inadvertently shared histories. Composer and sound designer Pete Goodwin adds the final layer of atmosphere and unease in the only really "theatrical" element of the production. All in all, The Dark Room is a wonderful production; beautifully acted and directed, inspiringly well written and perversely entertaining. Not to be missed.


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Your Secret Signature
What is the secret signature of your being? Now there's a cracker.
This is a term first used by the late John O'Donohue in his classic book, Anam Cara. In it he is directing his disapproval at those of us who live a life that is dictated to us by other people – family, friends, community. That's a sorry state of affairs and yet if you look around you will find many people who are doing just that. They are not living the life they love. They are somehow trapped inside the grey walls of conformity and convention where they embalm themselves in a frame of self-protection. They frequently remain there for life.
On the other hand did George Bernard Shaw have a point when he wrote that 'one should respect public opinion as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison?' I think it might have been tongue-in-cheek! We can still pay respect to those around us without being a lap-dog to their will.
We owe it ourselves to live the life that we truly love. Knowledge of that path is within us. We should silently listen to it and be drawn towards it. Then actively engage with it. But to hear that small voice in your head you need to take time for yourself. Yet most people I know in the western world are rushing themselves towards an early grave.
It's a point I make again and again when I give Motivational talks around the country. It doesn't take long to do your own daily spiritual exercise. Ten minutes a day would do it nicely. Find a quiet place and ask yourself what do you really want out of this life?
I had a friend who used to have a practice which was then called 'Me time' which she did as she commuted to work. Sadly, in essence her 'Me time' was mostly spent planning the family dinner. That made her an appreciated cook but not much else. You can see the point.
O'Donohue said that ideally a human life should be a constant pilgrimage of discovery because 'when you come to know something new you come closer to yourself and to the world.' Not everyone can afford to be that kind of full-time explorer. You have to work, enjoy family life and so on. But surely you – and you individually – deserve to discover what you really want.
If you listen to this magnetic pull know that it will not lead you astray. It is part of the real rhythm of your nature. It is, in fact, your secret signature and you may have fallen out of rhythm with it.
Bibi Baskin is a former TV/Radio presenter (Ireland and UK), hotelier (India.) She currently lives in Cork where she gives Motivtional talks and teaches classes in Public Speaking. To book her for a talk or to attend her classes, email bibi@bibibaskin.ie
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March 2015: I found these blackboard removable wall panels in the Paper Source. These Wallies blackboard self-adhesive sheets are designed to be applied directly to the walls. But I figured that it would look great on a decoupaged canvas using Paper Source patterned paper.
I used a 24 x 30 canvas for this project. I covered the canvas using paper with a gold honeycomb pattern. I applied the paper with a hot glue gun (using glue to attach the paper to the right and left edge of the canvas. I chose not to use Mod Podge because, with some papers, dark glue blotches appear once dried. I wanted to avoid that blotchy, oily look Mod Podge sometimes gives to certain fine papers.
I then took the Wallies blackboard panels and cut each in half. I applied eight rectangular panel to the canvas and separated them with gold washi tape. I labeled each chalkboard panel with the days of the week (and labeled the eighth panel "Notes").
As embellishments, I spray painted cork letters (purchased at Michaels) a metallic gold.
I then hot glued the letters V-I-D-A and B-R-U-C-E on either side of a wood sun shape (with a wooden bird shape glued on top and painted metallic gold using acrylic paint).
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'All I Want For Christmas' Video Produced By British Navy
By Jessica Sinclair Posted on December 12, 2011
One Christmas video is attracting the massive attention, and it's not Justin Beiber's "Mistletoe."
The crew of a British warship, HMS Ocean, created a 4-minute music video using Mariah Carey's hit song, "All I Want For Christmas Is You."
The video cuts to different places on the ship featuring different members lip syncing Carey's famous lyrics.
At the end of the video, the crew spells out "Merry Xmas from HMS Ocean."
The video has garnered over 1 million views to date since it was posted last week. The clip even caught the attention of Carey who took to Twitter to respond.
"This is the best thing I've ever seen, you guys just made my day! Happy Happy Christmas!!!," she tweeted.
The ship, according to AFP, left Plymouth in April for a 7 week training exercise but was diverted to Libya to support UN air mission. It's is due to return home to Plymouth on Friday.
"Back 9 Dec after 7½ months away – 225 days with 176 at sea," reads the YouTube caption, which also notes that the ship has 400 people onboard (at peak during the amphibious exercises just under 900 onboard but approx 650 during Op Ellamy).
The song was made famous in 1994, when Carey released the instant hit. It's since become a staple at holiday parties and other festive Christmas events.
The video must have reminded Carey of how catchy the tune really is. She reminded everyone that they too can send holiday greetings using it.
"Send your holiday greetings with MC's festive Christmas music! http://www.mariahcareyecard.com #MCChristmasCountdown, " she later Tweeted.
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Eveready Gold Vs. Energizer
By April Bamburg
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Though many different types and brands of batteries cover the market, not all are meant for use in all products. Some last longer than others; some are rechargeable, some not. Many look similar, although there are differences, depending on the particular battery brand and type. Two popular brands are Energizer and Eveready Gold, whose characteristics can be compared.
The Energizer brand battery includes at least 17 different types of batteries, from those intended for everyday use or in high-tech devices to hearing aid and specialty batteries, including alkaline and rechargeable batteries. Eveready Gold batteries are a specific battery product within the Eveready brand. The company suggests alkaline batteries for everyday use in electronic toys and electronics, including portable radios and stereos.
According to Eveready.com, the company's batteries, including the Gold brand battery, are composed of alkaline manganese dioxide-zinc, and include hazardous materials, including graphite and potassium hydrochloride. The composition of Energizer batteries depends on whether the product is designed for single use or rechargeable. Rechargeable Energizer batteries are composed of nickel cadmium hydride or nickel metal hydride.
Size and Voltage
Both batteries are available in a variety of sizes, from AA to 9-volt sizes. Energizer also has specialty batteries in other sizes—like its hearing-aid batteries. Energizer's alkaline batteries are available in 1.5 to 9 volts; the brand's rechargeable batteries are available in 1.2 to 8.4 volts. Eveready batteries are available in 1.5 to 12 volts.
Eveready Gold batteries are cylindrical, two-toned batteries—gold on three quarters of the battery and black on the remaining quarter. The name is on the gold portion of the product, in black and white text. On the black-covered portion, there is a red oval and a white numeral. Energizer batteries are silver and cylindrical, with a band of color around the top. The color on the band depends on the type of battery, intended use and category of Energizer battery—whether rechargeable or not.
Both batteries give the same general warning. For alkaline batteries, charging is unnecessary before first use and, furthermore, if you attempt to charge these, whether on purpose or inadvertently, you may cause leakage or, in some cases, high pressure rupture. According to the product sheet for Energizer rechargeable batteries, they are made to be charged many times and the company recommends that you charge the battery before use: "Improper charging can cause heat damage, or even high pressure rupture."
April Bamburg is a freelance writer with experience at a twice-weekly newspaper in Northwest Oregon. Since 2005, she's written for a variety of outlets including the Mills College Alumnae magazine, "The Chronicle" in St. Helens, "Vernonia's Voice" in Vernonia, and Examiner.com. Bamburg received her Bachelor of Arts in journalism (with emphasis in communication studies) from the University of Oregon.


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Kaine launches Senate reelection bid, giving Dems a 2024 boost
"I got a whole lot more I want to do," the Virginia Democrat told reporters, putting an end to months of lingering questions about his future.
By Marianne LeVine
Updated: 01/20/2023 12:06 PM EST
RICHMOND, Va. — Sen. Tim Kaine announced Friday that he will seek a third Senate term next year, a boost for Democrats who face a tough map in 2024.
The 2016 vice presidential nominee's decision follows months of suspense and rumors of a potential retirement. At a press conference outside the Front Porch Cafe in the city where his political career began, Kaine said he wrestled with his reelection decision.
"Grappling with an eight-year decision at age 64 is different than at age 53 or 42. It's just a different calculation," he told reporters. "You know things about yourself. Life has changed. So it just was important to not do it on autopilot."
The Virginia Democrat's announcement puts an end to lingering questions within his own party about whether he'd seek reelection. Kaine was coy in the lead-up to Friday, only telling reporters that he was taking the necessary steps to prepare and raising money. He currently has $3.9 million in cash on hand.
And his move is an undeniable boost for Democrats. While it's been more than a decade since a Republican held a Virginia Senate seat, Kaine's decision prevents his party from a crowded open primary in a state with a Republican governor. Kaine won his 2018 reelection against Corey Stewart, a conservative Republican, by 16 points.
Kaine told reporters that he made his decision last week, and told most of his staff Thursday evening. He added that his Senate colleagues, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, gave him space as he mulled his political future. His wife, former Virginia Education Secretary Anne Holton, said Friday that "unlike some other folks in politics, he does have other things he loves to do, so it wasn't about push as it was pull to other things."
The Virginia Democrat said he expects a tough race, describing his state as still a battleground. Republicans say they're keeping close tabs, and many see GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin as their top pick to take on Kaine. Youngkin also could run for president in 2024.
Meanwhile, a source close to Hung Cao, a strong fundraiser who lost more narrowly than expected to Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) in 2022, said he is considering a potential Senate run.
"Virginians have shown they're willing to vote Republican with the right candidate and the right political environment," said Maggie Abboud, a spokesperson for the GOP Senate campaign arm. "We're going to keep a close eye on Virginia and focus on recruiting a strong candidate who can raise the resources necessary to compete."
When asked about a potential challenge from Youngkin, Kaine noted that previous Virginia chief executives have not left the governor's mansion early, given the state's term limits.
"To run for president, that would be one thing," Kaine said. "But people don't leave early for other opportunities ... I assume anybody could run against me, because it's an honor to represent Virginia in the Senate, but I don't want to put words in his mouth."
Ahead of his announcement, Kaine hosted a round table with young Richmond advocates and members of the business community to discuss the upcoming Congress, alongside Holton. Among the topics discussed were changes to the immigration system, housing affordability, teacher shortages and student loans.
Kaine, first elected to the Senate in 2012, has a long history in Democratic politics. In addition to being the 2016 vice presidential nominee, he was mayor of Richmond, governor of Virginia and chair of the Democratic National Committee. He's recently been open about a long Covid diagnosis, which he's described as non-debilitating.
The Virginia Democrat is well-liked on both sides of the aisle. He's worked closely with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), with whom he introduced bipartisan legislation last year to protect abortion rights. A member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, he has also made limiting presidential war powers a key focus during his Senate tenure. Kaine said Friday that addressing immigration remained a top priority.
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Holiday Play-Along shows talents of young and old musicians alike
By Staff | Dec 13, 2019
Max Clark, of Hedgesville, plays the double bass with the Charles Washington Symphony Orchestra in Town Run Tap House and Community Pub on Dec. 5. Tabitha Johnston
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Every Christmas season, music lovers gather inside of Town Run Tap House and Community Pub, for the annual Holiday Play-Along of Christmas carols and tunes by the Charles Washington Symphony Orchestra.
This year's concert, which was held on Dec. 5, once again featured the conducting of Shepherd University adjunct professor Camilo Prez-Meja and instrumental talents of both professional and amateur community members. Some of the instrumentalists playing in the orchestra have been members since its founding.
"My husband is the french horn player — he's one of the original board members of the orchestra," said Sylvia Ellsworth, of Shepherdstown, as she and her son ate dinner while listening to the concert. "Our son, Mason, he loves music. We are big supporters of the orchestra, we think it's wonderful."
According to Ellsworth, the music is just one of the reasons the orchestra is important to the Eastern Panhandle.
"It's wonderful for the children — you have youngsters and older, seasoned musicians playing side-by-side. Involving the children in the orchestra is the best way to learn teamwork and responsibility," Ellsworth said. "It's always been part of the orchestra's mission, to encourage children to learn. Music is so important to childhood development, cognitively and socially, and it helps them to learn how to get along and pull their weight."
Camilo Pérez-Mejía conducts the Charles Washington Symphony Orchestra in playing a mix of Christmas carols and tunes in Town Run Tap House and Community Pub on Dec. 5. Tabitha Johnston
One of the young musicians playing in the orchestra was 13-year-old Max Clark.
"I've probably been playing the double bass for maybe four years now. I've also been playing with the Shepherd Community Orchestra for maybe two or three years," Max said. "I wanted to be in the Charles Washington Symphony Orchestra, just to play more and have more experiences with other instrumentalists."
According to Max's father, this is the first year Max and his 11-year-old sister, Erie, who plays the second violin, have been in the CWSO.
"It's great for their discipline, it builds their confidence and gives them that sense of identity that many kids are looking for," Ryan Clark, of Hedgesville, said. "I think it's also good for the adults — it shows them that some children are also interested in classical music.
"Probably a year-and-a-half ago we started talking with Camilo about them joining, and he thought they were ready this year," Ryan said. "They've been looking forward to joining this for years, because we've been coming to this Christmas concert for a while."


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New York, New York: 1945
Leonard Bernstein, the twenty-seven year old conductor and musical director of the New York City Symphony.
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Composer, conductor and pianist, Leonard Berstein marked the 20th century by his talent and left some of the most famous pages of American music, thanks, in particular, the score of the musical West Side Story. For eleven years, he was also the charismatic director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on August 25, 1918, to a Jewish family of Russian origin, Leonard Louis Bernstein came relatively late to music and began his piano studies in Boston with Helen Coates and Heinrich Gebhard while playing in an orchestra of jazz, music that inspired him throughout his life. In 1935, he entered Harvard University, where he worked with Edward A. Ballantine, A. Tillman Merritt, Walter Piston, and Edward B. Hill.
In 1937, he met the great American composer, author of Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland, whose influence was decisive. He was admitted to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia (1939-1941), where he took Fritz Reiner's conducting courses. He worked in composition with Nadia Boulanger and attended the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood, where he studied with Serge Koussevitzky (summers from 1940 and 1941). Throughout his career, he will follow this dual path of conducting and composing.
New York Philharmonic Orchestra debuts
Koussevitzky gave him the opportunity to conduct his first concerts in Boston in 1942, and a year later he was hired as an assistant to Artur Rodzinski at the New York Philharmonic. On November 14, 1943, he made his debut by replacing, at short notice, the great Bruno Walter, who was ill. His career developed very quickly: he was appointed permanent conductor of the New York City Center Orchestra (1945-1948), gave concerts in Europe (Prague, 1946), directed the American premiere of Peter Grimes Benjamin Britten (1946), became a musical advisor to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (1947-1949), creates the Turangalîla-Symphony by Olivier Messiaen (at the head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, December 2, 1949). He finally succeeded Koussevitzky, on his death, as professor of conducting at Tanglewood (1951-1955), and also taught at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts (1951-1956).
A tireless pedagogue
Between 1954 and 1962, the television programs that he hosts on C.B.S. had an immense pedagogical impact and inspired generations of musicians. He is the first American conductor invited to work at La Scala in Milan (Medea de Cherubini, with Maria Callas and Fedora Barbieri, 1953). After a season in which he conducts concerts of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra alternately with Dimitri Mitropoulos, he became the musical director of this orchestra (1958-1969). This is the consecration: he is the first American born to know such a distinction.
Full time composer
From 1969, he left the direction of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra to dedicate himself to composition and a career as a guest conductor worldwide. He thus forges very close links with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (with which he records his second complete Beethoven symphonies), the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchester National de France, the London Symphony Orchestra (of which he becomes president at the death of Karl Böhm) and that of the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam. He taught at Harvard (1972-1973) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1974).
The composer as eclectic as the performer: Bernstein refused to adhere to any school, and will distinguish himself in diverse genres including film music, musical comedy, melody or classical great forms. Author of several symphonies, works of chamber music, religious music, he entered the music hall of fame with West Side Story which he composed in 1957.
Defender of freedoms
Constant defender of individual liberties, Leonard Bernstein does not hesitate to give concerts in favour of the Black Panthers or to compose a "political opening", in tribute to Mstislav Rostropovitch, when this one is deprived of the Soviet citizenship (Slava!, A Political Overture, 1977). It was him who directs one month after the fall of the Berlin Wall the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven, December 25, 1989, bringing together for the occasion instrumentalists and singers of both Germany and the occupying powers.


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Michael Tang, the organizer of the Alchemist Cup, posted this message on June 30, 2020:
"Due to many uncertainties caused by COVID-19 pandemic, I am sorry to inform that Alchemist Cup 2020, which is supposed to be held from 2nd to 6th December 2020, will now be canceled. Please stay Safe and Healthy. Michael"
The 2020 Alchemist Cup was to be held December 2-6, 2020, at the Genting Highland Resort in Malaysia.
Information regarding the qualification process for Canadian and American players for this event is archived here for historical purposes:
In this elite invitational event organized by Michael Tang, ten teams of five players will play nine games per day for a total of 45 games.
The United States team of [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]], [[Dave Wiegand]], [[Evans Clinchy]], [[Jesse Day]], and [[Will Anderson]] came in second in the [https://alchemistcup.causewaychallenge.com/ 2018 Alchemist Cup] in Penang. Canadian [[Adam Logan]] played on the Rest of the World Team, which came in third.
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Comfortech Idol winner Jason Young, left, with event sponsor, Charlie Greer, at Comfortech 2005.
There was no off-key singing or cover versions of hits gone by; just some serious, fun, go-get-'em sales presentations from some of the HVAC industry's most talented salesmen.
Afterwards, Jason Young of Climate Control, Lake Oswego, OR, wore the crown of Comfotech Idol for 2005.
As a culminating event of the HVAC Comfortech 2005, the Idol finale was a showdown between three contestants who had survived two previous rounds of judging: Young; Wally Long, of A Best Value Heating & Cooling; and Jake McBee, of Jon Wayne Air Conditioning.
Modeled after, "American Idol," the FOX TV network's popular talent show, Comfortech Idol contestants attempt to close on mock sales, and a panel of judges rate their performance.
This year's Idol contestants were subjected to pointed, but well-intentioned, commentary from a panel of judges with tons of HVAC sales experience of their own: Comfortech Idol's founder and sponsor, Charlie Greer, of HVACProfitBoosters.com; Matt Michel, of Service Roundtable; Vickie LaPlant, of Vital Learning Experiences; and Michael Moore, of HVAC Learning Solutions.
"Jason entered the contest last year and made it into the finals,"recalls Greer, "however, to his bitter disappointment, he did not win. Despite his previous failure, he returned to HVAC Comfortech 2005 for the sole purpose of becoming the next Comfortech Idol.
"Jason won the hearts of the audience with his cool, calm demeanor and managed to close 'role-player,' Jim Hinshaw, of Sales Improvement Professionals, in less than the allotted 10 minutes," says Greer.
"It was awesome to win," says Young, who says he felt comfortable and relaxed going into the final round, and feels he had an advantage by being first up.
Young's HVAC career began when he went to work for his father, James Young, 16 years ago. He owned his own business for two years, and started at Climate Control in 1995. His sales philosophy is, "Have fun and the customer will, too."
Young, 34, is married. He and his wife, Krystal, have two children.
Young receives a trophy and prize package worth in excess of $5,000, an all-expense paid trip to Charlie Greer's 4-Day Sales Survival School in Fort Myers, FL, Tom McCart books and videos, and a business learning and technical learning CD package from HVAC Learning Solutions.
"The misconception of Comfortech Idol is that there is no reason to go to it if you're not competing," says Greer. "However, because of the role-playing, and the fact that the panel offers suggestions and allows questions from the audience during the elimination rounds, the people who attend them say that they are a better learning experience than a sales seminar."


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Latvia competed at the 2019 European Games, in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June 2019. Latvia has previously competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, where it won 2 medals, including one gold.

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Aug 7 (Reuters) - Bausch Health Cos Inc, formerly known as Valeant Pharmaceuticals, reported a bigger quarterly loss on Tuesday, due to an income tax provision and an asset impairment charge.
Net loss attributable to the company widened to $873 million, or $2.49 per share, in the second quarter ended June 30, from $38 million, or 11 cents per share, a year earlier.
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Holly Nielle Aitchison (born 21 February 1997) is an English rugby union player. She has played representative rugby at the World Cup, Olympic Games, and Six Nations Championships.

Personal life
Born in Southport, she attended St Peter's Primary School and Range High School in Formby where she was coached by Gill Burns.  Aitchison is the daughter of former England Saxon and rugby coach Ian Aitchison.

Career
She played for Waterloo Ladies as a junior  and Gloucester-Hartpury Women and Lichfield Ladies. She was a two-time U18 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens champion with England and a member of the squad that lifted the Challenge Trophy at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

In September 2020 she joined Saracens Women. In 2021 she played for the Great Britain Rugby Sevens squad in the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, where they finished fourth. In October 2021, she scored a try on her debut for the England 15s team.

She was named in the England squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup held in New Zealand in October and November 2022. She was named in the starting 15 for the World Cup final against New Zealand.

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Q: Man from Earth kidnapped to less advanced sister planet where he fights and rides a giant bird An Earth man is taken to a planet where bladed combat and slavery are the norm. He ends up with a giant bird that he rides into battle. He was a pawn in a game run by unseen rulers that he vowed to defeat. The tale had a somewhat misogynist point of view.
I read it in the 1970's. Soft cover. Science fiction.

A: I'm guessing you read one of John Norman's Gor books, probably the first in the series, Tarnsman of Gor. I only read a little of it, years ago and don't remember any details, but "kidnapped from Earth to less advanced world", "bladed combat", "slavery", "giant birds", "misogynistic point of view" all sound like Gor to me. Here's part of a review from Books Without Any Pictures:

"Tarnsman of Gor,"  is basically "A Princess of Mars" with bondage and sex slaves thrown in for the aesthetic. The plot is almost exactly the same as  Burroughs'.  Tarl Cabot is a professor who goes hiking in the woods and is somehow teleported to Gor, the Counter Earth.  Gor follows Earth's orbit, but is on the opposite side of the sun, so we can't see it.  While on Gor, in part because of slightly altered gravity, Tarl becomes a heroic warrior who is capable of seemingly impossible feats of strength and valor.  He rides on a giant bird called a tarn.  Tarns are treated a lot like the sand worms in Dune; they're integral to society, but they're dangerous and can kill people.  While on a quest, Tarl falls in love with Talena, a warlord's daughter, and when she falls into enemy hands he must rescue the damsel in distress.
Based on the outraged reviews, I had expected the S&M parts to be a lot worse and/or more sexist than they were.  Yes, the female characters tended to either be sex slaves or to wear veils and and be socially segregated from the men, and I can see how that might bother some people.  But, to be fair, the heroine didn't end up chained up until she tried to kill Tarl several times, and he did seem to be very respectful of her under the circumstances.  Then again, I also probably wouldn't fall in love with someone who tried to kill me, so there's that.

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Q: Using Entity Framework Code First CTP5, how do I create a primary key column that are INTs and are not identity columns Using Entity Framework Code First CTP5, how do I create a primary key column that are INTs and are not identity columns
Preferably not using attributes.

A: That answer didn't work for me (in EF 4.1).
To make this work, I added DatabaseGenerated attribute to my key column:
public class FacebookUser
{
  [Key]
  [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)]
  public long FacebookId { get; set; }

  // ...
}

Hope this helps someone.

A: If you're building your entities using the fluent interface rather than using attributes over the properties, you may be able to use the DatabaseGenerationOption class (from EntityFramework.dll, in the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace). I've not tested it, but this is what it would look like:
modelBuilder
    .Entity<Foo>()
    .Property(f => f.Id)
    .HasDatabaseGeneratedOption(DatabaseGeneratedOption.None);

A: Small Change
public class User
{

  [Required, Key, DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)]

  public int ID { get; set; }

  // Rest of the code
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Bolton Book Claims Trump Described Journalists As 'Scumbags' Who Should Be 'Executed'
Home Civil Unrest
The president allegedly made some choice remarks about the media
in Civil Unrest, Culture, Fake News, Fake News Media, International News, News
In John Bolton's upcoming memoir, the former White House national security adviser makes the claim that President Donald Trump called journalists "scumbags" and suggested that they should be "executed," according to The Hill.
Bolton claims that President Trump made the remarks, where he reportedly said, "These people should be executed. They are scumbags," during a meeting in New Jersey last summer, before the former national security adviser was released from his role in September.
A lawsuit was filed Tuesday by the Trump Administration to block the publication after it was argued that the memoirs contained classified information–despite being redacted in parts.
Trump's tempestuous relationship with the media has smoothed out in recent months following lengthy smear campaigns by the mainstream media during the run up to the 2016 elections and the beginning of his first term as US President.
Calls on social media to suspend the President's account for "hate speech" or peddling "fake news" have reverberated throughout certain circles.
Twitter recently fact-checked a clearly doctored image, made by prominent MAGA meme-maker Carpe Donktum, posted by Trump.
National File reported:
On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump uploaded a video to Twitter showing two toddlers running down a sidewalk, with a mock CNN lower-third superimposed across the screen that claimed the white toddler was racist and chasing the black toddler.
In the obviously satirical meme, emblazoned with creator Carpe Donktum's name in the corner, dramatic video plays as the two small children run down the sidewalk together, set to dramatic music, with text on the lower-third claiming "BREAKING NEWS: Terrified toddler runs from racist baby" next to the CNN logo.
If the concept were not enough for viewers to acknowledge the video to be satirical in nature, the lower-third contains only two sections compared to the three used by CNN, and also contains exclusively black text, while CNN uses white and black text, and uses a font completely dissimilar to the font used by the cable network.
Many have queried the media's credibility after several contrived narratives in accordance with political ideology were fomented by the press–that were later proven to be hoaxes, untrue, or half-true.
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Blog Briefing Room
Giuliani says he's 'focused on the law more than the facts right now'
By Julia Manchester
Presidential lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday he's still focused on learning the facts surrounding President Trump's legal situation, shortly after he made a series of conflicting statements about a payment Trump's personal lawyer made to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.
"Well, I have just on been on board couple of weeks," Giuliani, who was recently hired by Trump's legal team, told CNN on Sunday. "I haven't been able to read the 1.2 million documents," he continued.
"I am focused on the law more than the facts right now. A couple of things were fairly easy to dispose of. The whole situation of the $130,000 doesn't require an analysis of the facts because it wasn't intended as a campaign contribution. It was intended as a personal, embarrassing, harassing claim."
Giuliani made headlines last week when he said that Trump reimbursed his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, for the payment to Daniels to ensure her silence regarding her alleged affair with Trump. That statement seemed to contradict what Trump had said previously, that he was not aware of the payment to Daniels.
Trump suggested on Friday that Giuliani could have gotten his facts wrong during the interview.
"He started yesterday," Trump incorrectly said of Giuliani, who was hired on April 19. "He'll get his facts straight. He's a great guy."
The former mayor said on Sunday that he has no knowledge of Cohen paying any women in addition to Daniels.
He spoke with CNN after a visit with the president at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, according to the news outlet.
"He was in a good mood and feels like things are moving in the right direction," Giuliani said.
FBI director: Texas synagogue hostage-taking 'an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community'
Pretrial release revoked for man accused of assaulting officers on Jan. 6
Armed man shot and killed at San Francisco airport
Suspect arrested in fatal stabbing of UCLA student
Tennessee lawmaker presents self-defense bill in 'honor' of Kyle Rittenhouse


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Denis Villeneuve To Direct The Dune Reboot
Posted: Dec 22 2016, 10:53am CST | by M. Affan , Updated: Dec 22 2016, 9:37pm CST , in Latest Movie News
Dune Reboot gets Denis Villeneuve to direct the movie based on Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic Dune.
Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic novel Dune is an inspiration for many sci-fi geeks and filmmakers. Published in 1965, the book is often called the Bible of sci-fi literature and source material.
Coming at a time when there was not much inspiration in the sci-fi genre, Herbert was approached early in 1973 by film producer Arthur P. Jacobs to acquire the rights for the book to be turned into a movie.
Jacobs died and two years later, the movie was taken over by director Alejandro Jodorowsky who launched into an extensive process of concepts and ideas. Collaborating with Herbert, Jodorowsky's script, extensive storyboards, and concept art were collected and spanned for a movie as long as 14 hours.
The movie could not be made due to financial reasons but the material was sent to all major film studios, and argues that these were inspirational to later film productions, including the Alien, Star Wars, and Terminator series. The movie was finally made in 1984 titled Dune. Directed by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan, the movie was a failure at the box office but became a cult hit later on.
The story has been picked once more to be made. Legendary closed a deal with the Frank Herbert estate for the rights his iconic novel, granting the production entity not only rights to film but also TV-based projects on the sci-fi property. The project is titled Dune Reboot.
The various projects would be produced by Thomas Tull, Mary Parent, and Cale Boyter, with Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, and Kim Herbert serving as executive producers. The Canadian director, Denis Villeneuve is in talks to direct the project, according to Variety.
Villeneuve is becoming popular for his sci-fi projects. The latest being The Arrival starring Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams. The movie has been a critical and commercial success. Villeneuve seems like the perfect choice to direct the Dune Reboot as he has also expressed his interest in the project.
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