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Participant Media, LLC is an American film production company founded in 2004 by Jeffrey Skoll, dedicated to entertainment intended to spur social change. The company finances and co-produces film and television content, as well as digital entertainment through its subsidiary SoulPancake, which the company acquired in 2016.

The company was originally named Participant Productions and went on to become a well-known independent financier. The company's name descriptively politicizes its basis on currently topical subjects presented to induce awareness of problematic social aspects.

The company has produced, financed, or co-produced over 100 films. Its films have been nominated for 73 Academy Awards, and have won 18, including Best Picture for Green Book and Spotlight.

Participant, which earned B Corp certification in 2017, is the largest company that exclusively produces and finances social impact entertainment.

History

Founding and early investments
The company was founded in January 2004 as Participant Productions by Jeffrey Skoll, the "second employee" of eBay, with $100 million in cash from his  personal funds. Its goal was to produce projects that would be both commercially viable and socially relevant.

Skoll was the company's first chief executive officer, but stepped down in August 2006. The firm's initial plans were to produce four to six films per year, each with a budget of $40 million. It focused on films in six areas the environment, health care, human rights, institutional responsibility, peace and tolerance, and social and economic justice. It evaluated projects by running them past its creative executives first, only then assessing their cost and commercial viability, and  analyzing their social relevance last. Once the decision was made to go ahead with production, the company asked non-profit organizations to build campaigns around the release. In some cases, the studio has spent years creating positive word-of-mouth with advocacy groups, which are often encouraged to use the film to push their own agendas.

The new company quickly announced an ambitious slate of productions. Its first film was the drama film American Gun (2005), with equity partner IFC Films. Two weeks later, the company announced a co-production deal with Warner Bros. on two filmsthe geopolitical thriller film Syriana (2005) and the drama film Class Action (later re-titled North Country) (2005). Participant Productions contributed half the budget of each film. Its fourth production, a documentary film, was announced in November 2004. Titled The World According to Sesame Street (2005), the film examined the impact of the children's television show Sesame Street on world culture, focusing on Kosovo, Bangladesh, South Africa and El Salvador. At the same time, the company began to implement an environmentally friendly strategy: Syriana was the company's first carbon-neutral production, and the company created carbon offsets for the documentary film An Inconvenient Truth (2006).

First films and financial problems, maturing growth

In 2005, the company suffered its first stumble. It again agreed to co-finance a picture with Warner Bros., Vadim Perelman's second feature, Truce. Although Perelman claimed he had "never been moved by a script to such an extent", the film never went into production. North Country did poorly at the box office despite recent Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron in the lead. The World According to Sesame Street never found a distributor for theatrical release, and eventually only aired on PBS television, Sesame Street'''s broadcast home.

The company announced in March 2005 that it would executive produce the Warner Bros. drama film Good Night, and Good Luck. At the Cannes Film Festival in May, the company bought the right to distribute the forthcoming drama film Fast Food Nation (2006)  directed by Richard Linklater in North America in return for an equity stake."Who's Really Who in Cannes". Variety. May 14, 2006. A month later, it bought distribution rights to the documentary  Murderball in return for an equity stake. It also executive produced and co-financed Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.Snyder, Gabriel (December 18, 2005). "Searchlight Craves 'Food'". Variety.Cohen, David S. (January 18, 2007). "Stanley Kramer Award: An Inconvenient Truth". Variety.

As heavier production scheduling grew, the company added staff. Ricky Strauss was named the first president in March 2005, with oversight of production, marketing and business development. Attorney and former non-profit chief executive Meredith Blake was hired in June as its Senior Vice President of Corporate and Community Affairs, to oversee development of awareness and outreach campaigns around the social issues raised in the company's films in cooperation with non-profit organizations, corporations, and earned media. Diane Weyermann, director of the Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program, joined the company in October 2005 as Executive Vice President of Documentary Production.

The company's non-film-production efforts continued to grow. The company provided an undisclosed amount of financing in February 2005 to film distributor Emerging Pictures to finance that company's national network of digitally equipped cinemas (with Emerging Pictures distributing Participant's films). The company also began its first socially relevant outreach project, helping to finance screenings of the biographical film Gandhi (1982) in the Palestinian territories for the first time as well as in the countries of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. In support of its upcoming film, An Inconvenient Truth, the studio negotiated a deal for distributor Paramount Classics to donate five percent of its U.S. domestic theatrical gross box-office receipts (with a guarantee of $500,000) to the Alliance for Climate Protection.

The company had a very successful 2005 awards season, with eleven Academy Award nominations and one win. Good Night, and Good Luck garnered six nominations, including Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Director (George Clooney), Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (David Strathairn) and Best Original Screenplay. Murderball was nominated for Best Documentary Feature. North Country was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Charlize Theron) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Frances McDormand). Syriana was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (George Clooney) and Best Original Screenplay. But of the eleven nominations, only George Clooney won for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Syriana.

Film line-up addition and continued growth

In June, the company announced it would partner with New Line Cinema (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.) to produce The Crusaders, a drama about Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), a landmark ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States which ended racial segregation in public schools. But the film never got beyond the development stage.

In September, the company entered into an agreement to co-produce the drama film The Visitor (2008) with Groundswell Productions, and two months later agreed to co-produce (with Sony Pictures Classics) a documentary film about the Abu Ghraib torture scandal, Standard Operating Procedure (2008), directed by Errol Morris.

The company also took an equity position in and a co-production credit for Chicago 10 (2007), an animated documentary film about the 1969 Chicago Seven conspiracy trial.Morfoot, Addie (November 17, 2008). "Helmers Put Talking Heads Through Toon Filter". Daily Variety.

Finally, in December, the company agreed to finance and produce the documentary film Man from Plains (2007), directed by Jonathan Demme, that followed former U.S. President Jimmy Carter as he promoted his political-science book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (2006).

The company also co-financed, with Warner Independent Pictures, the documentary film Darfur Now (2007), and, with Universal Studios and others, co-financed the biographical film Charlie Wilson's War (2007). The film had the biggest budget of any of the company's films since Syriana.

Three major corporate events also occurred in 2006.

 In September, Skoll stepped down as the company's chief executive officer and was replaced by James Berk, the founding executive director of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Foundation and former president and chief executive officer of Hard Rock Cafe International. Berk's duties included daily operations and management, earned media efforts and corporate branding.
 In December, the company won its first significant award when the Producers Guild of America presented the 2007 Stanley Kramer Award to An Inconvenient Truth.McNary, Dave (December 5, 2006). "'Truth' Is Served at PGAs". Variety.
 The company was also one of the backers in April 2006 which invested $1 billion in Summit Entertainment, allowing that company to restructure itself as a full-fledged film studio.McClintock, Pamela (January 22, 2009). "Participant Reaches for the Summit". Daily Variety. This did not become known, however, for near three years.

The company's success continued through the 2006 awards season. An Inconvenient Truth was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and the song "I Need to Wake Up" (by Melissa Etheridge) nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The film and song won their respective categories in February 2007.Gorman, Steve (February 26, 2007). "Gore's 'Inconvenient Truth' Wins Documentary Oscar". Reuters. Retrieved July 10, 2012.

Corporate growth continued in 2007. On January 8, the company hired motion-picture marketing veterans Buffy Shutt and Kathy Jones, both Executive Vice President of Marketing, to coordinate marketing of the company's films. Eight days later, the company hired Tony Award- and Emmy Award-winning event producer John Schreiber as Executive Vice President of Social Action and Advocacy to enhance the company's earned media, non-profit and corporate outreach and advocacy campaigns.

February saw the hire of Adrian Sexton as Executive Vice President to oversee digital and global media projects, and April saw veteran production head Jonathan King join the company as Executive Vice President of Production. Lynn Hirshfield was hired in May as Vice President of Business Development to launch the company's publishing division, and saw Bonnie Abaunza and Liana Schwarz both Vice President of Social Action Campaign Development and Operations to assist with social outreach and advocacy campaigns in mid-June.

In November, the company signed a deal with actress Natalie Portman's newly formed production company, Handsomecharlie Films, under which the two studios would co-produce socially relevant films for a two-year period. No films were produced under this agreement, however. The same month, the company hired veteran Showtime producer John Moser to oversee development and production of original programs for television and home cable. But despite the management activity and expansion, not all of the company's films did well. Chicago 10 did not sell for several months after it premiered at Sundance, and only significant editing and a reduction in running time led to a distribution deal.

The company also announced additional productions. In January, it said it was co-financing the drama film The Kite Runner (2007) with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures, the latter company then owned by Viacom via Paramount Pictures. The Kite Runner was the first collaboration between both Participant and DreamWorks; the two companies would not collaborate again until The Help in 2011. That spring, the company took an equity position in Angels in the Dust (2007), a documentary film about children orphaned by AIDS, and paid the filmmaker to update the film and shoot more footage.

In April, it closed a deal with Warner Independent to turn Randy Shilts' biographical book, The Mayor of Castro Street (1982) into a film, but the project entered development hell, as well as the feature-length documentary about the 2007 Live Earth concert later. Five months later the company agreed   (with Broken Lizard) to co-produce and co-finance the company's first comedy film, Taildraggers, revolving around five pilots trying to stop oil extraction from an Alaskan preserve. As of June 2009, however, the film had not been produced.

Participant then signed a co-production deal with State Street Pictures to finance the biographical drama, Bobby Martinez about the eponymous Latino surfer in November. The film entered development hell for nearly two years but hired Ric Roman Waugh to rewrite and direct in April 2009, with supposed production by the beginning of 2012. By the end of 2007, the company was seen as a key player in documentary production.

Name change, more political outreach
In March 2008, Participant Productions changed its name to Participant Media to reflect the firm's expansion into television and non-traditional entertainment media.

The company continued to expand its social advocacy and outreach efforts in 2008. On January 16, 2008, it joined and made a financial contribution to a $100 million United Nations-sponsored fund which would provide backing for films which combatted religious, ethnic, racial, and other stereotypes. Fueling the company's expansion was the creation of a $250 million fund with Image Nation, a start-up film studio based in the United Arab Emirates which is a division of the Abu Dhabi Media Company. Each company contributed roughly half of the fund's total (although some funding came from loans). Participant and Image Nation agreed to produce 18 films over the next five years, which would add approximately four feature-length films per year to Participant's existing slate."Dealmakers Impact Report '08." Variety. September 25, 2008. To boost its marketing efforts, the company also hired Jeffrey Sakson as Vice President of Publicity in April 2008. In September 2008, Participant Media and PublicAffairs Books signed a deal under which PublicAffairs would publish four original paperback books designed to expand upon the social messages in Participant's films. The first book to be published under the pact was Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food Is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer—And What You Can Do About It. The company also founded a new Web site, TakePart.com, to promote Participant Media's films as well as make viewers aware of the social advocacy efforts of Participant's outreach partners. In 2009, the company signed a first look deal with Summit Entertainment.

In March, Participant announced a co-financing deal with Tapestry Films to produce Minimum Wage, a comedy about a corrupt corporate executive sentenced to live for a year on a minimum wage salary. It was not produced. A month later, the company announced it and Groundswell Productions were co-financing The Informant!, a comedy directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon about the lysine price-fixing conspiracy at Archer Daniels Midland in the mid-1990s.Stewart, Sharon; Dawtrey, Adam; Kaufman, Anthony; and Ross, Matthew. "Got Liquidity?" Variety. May 11, 2009. July saw Participant set up a co-financing deal with three other studios to produce The Colony, an eco-horror film. It, too, was never produced.

The 2007 awards season saw several more Academy Award nominations for the company's films. Its films had a combined seven Golden Globe Award nominations, although it won none. Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for his supporting actor role in Charlie Wilson's War, Richard Jenkins was nominated for Best Actor in The Visitor, and Alberto Iglesias was nominated for best original score for The Kite Runner. But the studio won no Oscars that year. The success during awards season did not extend into 2008. The company had only three films released during the year (Every Little Step, Pressure Cooker, and Standard Operating Procedure), and none of them was nominated for an award from a major arts organization. However, on November 19, 2008, the Producers Guild of America gave Participant founder Jeff Skoll its Visionary Award.

In 2009, it saw the company continue to aggressively produce both feature films and documentaries. In January, it announced that it would produce Paul Dinello's Mr. Burnout (about a burned out teacher seeking to rekindle his love of teaching) and Furry Vengeance (a comedy starring Brendan Fraser about an Oregon real estate developer who is opposed by animals).Fleming, Michael (January 27, 2009). "Fraser Letting Fur Fly For Pic". Daily Variety. But only Furry Vengeance was produced. That same month Participant signed a five-year production and distribution deal with Summit Entertainment. The agreement, which covered titles financed by Participant's $250 million production agreement with Imagination Media, was nonexclusive (meaning Participant could seek distribution of films by other companies) and was limited to four projects a year. The agreement allowed Summit to charge a distribution fee, and to co-finance titles if it wished. The pact covered home video and pay-television distribution as well. Furry Vengeance was the first picture produced under the agreement. In April, the company hired screenwriter Miles Chapman to pen an untitled environmentally themed action-adventure script about the hunt for a mystical gem in the heart of Africa. The script went into development hell. The same month, the company agreed to co-finance (with Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment) a biographical drama titled History on Trial—which was intended to document the true story of Deborah Lipstadt, a professor of Jewish studies who was sued by Holocaust deniers David Irving for libel.Freedland, Jonathan (February 5, 2000). "Court 73 – Where History Is on Trial". The Guardian.Lyall, Sarah (January 12, 2000). "London Trial Opens Dispute on Rewriting the Holocaust". The New York Times.Lyall, Sarah (April 12, 2000). "Critic of a Holocaust Denier Is Cleared in British Libel Suit". The New York Times.Reid, T.R. (April 6, 2000). "Historians Fight Battle of the Books". The Washington Post.Reid, T.R. (April 12, 2000). "U.S. Scholar Is Victorious in Holocaust Libel Trial". The Washington Post. The film was not produced, but the company did go on to make Denial, starring Rachel Weisz, about the same subject in 2016. The company also announced a number of productions in May 2009, including: The Crazies, a remake of the 1973 film of the same name; Casino Jack and the United States of Money, a film about the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal; Help Me Spread Goodness, a comedy starring and directed by Ben Stiller about a banking executive who is caught by a Nigerian Internet scam (the film was not produced);Fleming, Michael (May 4, 2009). "Stiller Falls for Scam". Daily Variety. and The Soloist, a drama starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a brilliant musician who develops schizophrenia and becomes homeless.

The company also expanded in non-film production as well. In March, Participant agreed to conduct outreach and social advocacy efforts on behalf of the Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions documentary The Cove about dolphin slaughters by Japanese villagers in a cove near fishing grounds. The firm's TakePart website also released a new iPhone application, Givabit, which solicits charitable donations for Participant Media's nonprofit advocacy partners from iPhone users once a day. In June, the company established a new book publishing subsidiary, headed by Vice President of Publishing Lynn Hirshfield (who changed titles within the company).DiOrio, Carl. "Lynn Hirshfield Upped at Participant." The Hollywood Reporter. June 8, 2009. Liana Schwarz was promoted to Senior Vice President of Campaign Development and Operations.

On September 16, the company signed an agreement with Submarine Entertainment under which they would handle North American sales of upcoming documentaries and act as a consultant on worldwide sales of its documentaries.

On January 28, 2010, Participant Media co-presented director Mark Lewis' documentary, Cane Toads: The Conquest at the Sundance Film Festival. The film, according to Daily Variety said, was the "first specialty doc filmed in digital 3D." A month later, Bonnie Stylides left Summit Entertainment to become Participant's Senior Vice-President of Business Affairs. The studio's hit documentary, Waiting for "Superman", garnered media acclaim, and Participant inked a worldwide distribution deal with Paramount shortly before its premiere at Sundance. It also sold North American distribution rights for its documentary, Countdown to Zero, to Magnolia Pictures, and distribution rights to its documentary Climate of Change to Tribeca Film (a division of Robert De Niro's Tribeca Enterprises).

The company also received a $248,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to raise awareness about access to quality food and childhood obesity. The studio used these funds to create a campaign linked to its promotional efforts for the documentary film Food, Inc. and signed a deal with Active Media to help run the campaign. It    signed a deal with Planet Illogica (a website collaboratively produced by artists, filmmakers, musicians, and fashion designers) to generate a social action campaign associated with its documentary Oceans (which was released by Walt Disney Pictures). The "Save My Oceans Tour" involved concerts, art installations, and screenings of Oceans on college campuses.

On April 13, Noah Manduke (former president of the consulting firm Durable Good and president of the marketing firm Siegel + Gale) was named chief strategy officer of the Jeff Skoll Group. Skoll created the Skoll Group to oversee his various enterprises, including Participant Media, and Manduke began working with Skoll and Participant Media's top management to begin a strategic planning process and strengthen collaboration between Participant and Skoll's other organizations and companies. The following month, studio executive James Berk was one of only 180 individuals invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Based on the success of its Twilight Saga film series, Summit Entertainment announced on March 8, 2011, that it was making a $750 million debt refinancing with cash distribution to its investors, which included Participant Media.

On June 5, The New York Times ran a major story  about the studio, declaring: "Participant Media, the film industry's most visible attempt at social entrepreneurship, turned seven this year without quite sorting out whether a company that trades in movies with a message can earn its way in a business that has been tough even for those who peddle 3-D pandas and such." Author Michael Cieply noted that The Beaver, Participant's latest released, cost $20 million but had garnered just $1 million in gross box-office sales after a month in theaters making the film a "flop". The company's biggest success to date, the newspaper noted, was 2007's Charlie Wilson's War ($66.7 million in gross domestic box office revenue). Skoll was quoted as saying that he had poured "hundreds of millions to date [into the company], with much more to follow", and that the studio had yet to break even. Skoll and Berk, however, noted that Participant Media performs slightly above-average when compared to similarly-sized peers. The advantage came in three areas: home video sales, the company's long-term attempts to build social movements around its films, and its stake in Summit Entertainment (which allowed it to win more favorable distribution terms).

The Times said that audiences may be turned off by Participant's relentless focus on upsetting issues, quoting unnamed sources. The company hoped that it would change this attitude about its films (and make money) with 2011's The Help (about racial reconciliation in the American South during the 1960s) and Contagion (a Steven Soderbergh picture about the outbreak of a virulent, deadly disease). Skoll also said that Participant had purchased the rights to a New York Times article about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, and that the film would likely focus not simply on oil drilling but on a number of critical issues (such as climate change and the ecological health of oceans).

By year's end, however, there was less concern about the company's financial future. The studio's $25 million film about racial reconciliation (about a third of the production budget came from Participant), The Help, cleared $100 million in late August, and was just short of $200 million worldwide by late December. The Help was the first film since 2010's Inception to be number one at the North American box office for three straight weekends in a row, and was only unseated by another Participant Media film, Contagion. The Help was nominated for four Academy Awards: The film for Best Picture, Viola Davis for Best Actress, and Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress. Spencer won the Oscar for her role.

Participant executives said on October 14, 2011 that the studio would expand its production to make seven to twelve films a year, would begin producing features and series for television, and expand its online presence. As part of this plan, in November the studio hired advertising executive Chad Boettcher to be executive vice president for social action and advocacy and 20th Century Fox executive Gary Frenkel to be senior vice president for digital products and communities.

In January 2012, Participant Media made its first investment in a non-English-language film, the forthcoming Pablo Larraín motion picture No (starring Gael Garcia Bernal). The semi-biographical film tells the story of a man who initiates an upbeat, innocuous advertising campaign that helps to unseat Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet during the 1988 plebiscite that led to the Chilean transition to democracy. The same month, however, it lost its president, Ricky Strauss, who departed the studio to become head of worldwide marketing at Walt Disney Pictures.

Three weeks later, on February 2, 2012, Participant Media announced that it was partnering with Summit Entertainment, Image Nation, Spanish production company Apaches Entertainment, and Colombian production company Dynamo to produce a supernatural horror film about an American oil company executive who moves his family into a house in a small city in Colombia only to find the home is haunted. The company announced that Spanish director Luis Quilez would direct from a script by Alex and David Pastor (who developed their script with funding from Participant).

On April 16, Participant formed Participant Television, its television division, with the naming of its president, Evan Shapiro. Participant also took an equity stake in Cineflix Media Canada-based TV producer and distributor. In December, Participant continued its move into television with the purchase of the Documentary Channel (USA) and Halogen TV's distribution assets to be combined into a new cable channel within its TV division.

On January 10, 2013, Participant Media's Lincoln received 12 Academy Award nominations. These included Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielberg), Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Supporting Actress (Sally Field), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Tony Kushner).

The following month, Participant Media launched a Latin American production division, Participant PanAmerica, to co-finance Spanish-language films with Mexican producers. The plan calls for 12 films to be made under this division over a five-year period.

Participant Media's new millennial targeted cable channel, Pivot, launched on August 1, 2013.

On January 24, 2015 its documentary 3 ½ Minutes', Ten Bullets premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact.

On February 22, 2015 the company won the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary with itstheir film CITIZENFOUR.

On March 21, 2015, Participant's documentary The Look of Silence won the Audience Award: Festival Favorites category. CITIZENFOUR, The Great Invisible, Ivory Tower, and The Unknown Known were nominated for a total of seven 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards, where CITIZENFOUR won for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Film.

David Linde leads as CEO
On October 13, 2015, the company announced David Linde joined Participant as CEO.

On December 16, the company and Steven Spielberg with Reliance Entertainment and Entertainment One created Amblin Partners.

On February 28, 2016, the company won its first Best Picture Academy Award for Spotlight. The acclaimed drama also picked up the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer). Also in February 2016, the company's films The Look of Silence and Beasts of No Nation won a total of three Independent Spirit Awards.

On October 13, 2016, the company acquired SoulPancake, a short-form and digital brand, for an undisclosed price. On October 31, 2016, the company shut down TV network Pivot due to low ratings and small viewing audiences. At the end of 2016, the company shut down TakePart as part of a shifting strategy.

On January 10, 2017, Participant announced its partnership with Lionsgate to distribute films internationally. Soon after, the company's film Deepwater Horizon was nominated for two Academy Awards in 2017. Later that same year, Participant Media released its film Wonder on November 17. The film, starring Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts, became Participant's highest-grossing film at the worldwide box office.

In 2018, the company's film The Post was nominated for two Academy Awards, Wonder was nominated for one Academy Award, and Participant's A Fantastic Woman won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. That same year, Participant's film Roma was named Best Picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle. The film also won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. The company's film Green Book was named Best Film by the National Board of Review and won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2018, Participant Media also expanded its virtual reality experience, "Melting Ice" featuring Al Gore, into a four-part series titled, This is Climate Change.

In 2019, Participant received a company-record 17 Academy Award nominations including ten for Roma, five for Green Book and two for RBG. Of those 17 nominations, the company won six Oscars including Best Picture for Green Book and Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film for Roma.

The success of Roma'' led to a cultural moment in 2019 called the "Roma Effect," which helped increase visibility and raise awareness for domestic workers in the U.S. and Mexico, where the Mexican Congress voted to pass legislation granting domestic workers access to basic labor rights, such as limited work hours and paid vacation.

In collaboration with the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment, Participant published the "State of SIE" report, similar to what it had done a few years earlier with USC when it published the "Participant Index" report. These reports are rare exceptions to Participant Media usually keeping its impact strategies proprietary.

On September 8, 2019, Participant debuted its rebrand and logo at the Toronto Film Festival which coincided with the company's 15th anniversary. The company's rebrand was followed by the announcement that David Linde extended his contract as CEO of the consumer-engaged brand with a multi-year deal.

On November 30, 2020, Participant terminated its equity stake in Amblin Partners, ending its relationship with the company.

Films

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See also

 List of California companies
 List of film production companies by country

References

External links

Documentary film production companies
Film production companies of the United States
Film distributors of the United States
Companies based in Los Angeles
Mass media companies established in 2004
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Our table was a section of door covered with worn green paint and topped by a square of glass. A big, curved wall divides the entranceway from the dining area, and holds built-in seating on the other side.
Four photographs — of folks pulling onions, hoeing cabbage, chopping carrots and cooking — hang on one wall, illustrating the work of making a meal.
We ordered at the counter, paid for the order and then faced a line for a tip on the receipt before there had been any service. A quick troll on a counter-service tipping thread on Chowhound reveals no consensus, except that people who become regulars like to reward good service. I guess one answer is to carry cash to distribute at the end of a meal, as the fancy strikes you.
Local Sprouts Cooperative focuses on more than just its cafe. Its work includes gathering surplus food for donations to food pantries and offering a free program in collaboration with Cultivating Communities for youths who learn to cook local food. One recent class canned tomatoes.
Catering is another enterprise; the cooperative was just awarded "Best Bite for the Buck" for its food at the 2010 Common Ground Country Fair.
Right, the food. It is served in brightly colored shallow bowls. Jerk chicken ($12.50), a leg and part of a breast with a dark, aromatic and spicy coating, was tender and juicy, and made a good dinner with its spicy red beans and chewy brown rice.
A side of vegetables mixed lots of different kinds in a hodgepodge that was tasty but haphazard — red and yellow onions, green beans, broccoli, green and yellow peppers with cabbage, spinach and a tougher green, probably kale. I prefer my local produce served with more attention to one or two vegetables, and a knack for the best way to cook them.
Mushroom lasagna ($12.50) was served with a side of mesclun, slices of hard yellow carrots and cherry tomatoes. The lasagna held a mother lode of lion's mane mushrooms — chewy, fresh and a delight to discover under its al dente pasta. The ricotta and mozzarella inside was presentably creamy.
Arugula and orange beet salad ($5) with almost-raw green beans looked handsome in its shallow blue glass bowl, and was lightly dressed and fresh. So many kitchens like to serve almost-raw green beans that I can only guess many customers really like them, but cooking improves them, to my mind.
Mead ($5) from R. Nicholl Maine Apiary and bottled by Fiddler's Reach in Bath, was plain and simple, off-dry with an aroma of honey. The cafe also serves a Chilean Malbec and a white wine, along with a few microbrews.
If there are leftovers — as there were for us with the generous serving of jerk chicken — you ask at the counter for a box to pack it up.
Dessert ranges among baked goods set out on another counter. Beet chocolate cake ($3) had a dry texture and a pleasant, light flavor under a thick cap of whipped cream.
Better was a slice of almond cake ($3), which was moist and nutty with something rich, perhaps coconut, inside along with butter.
Press the tops of the thermos carafes to serve yourself a cup of coffee — the decaf was good, rounded and rich.
If half-and-half isn't visible and you don't want to use soy milk, ask the staff, because the business has it.
N.L. English is a Portland freelance writer and the author of "Chow Maine: The Best Restaurants, Cafes, Lobster Shacks and Markets on the Coast." Visit English's Web site, www.chowmaineguide.com.

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AHM Youth Services
Building on Success
Play-based Learning
Progress through Partnership
Narrowing the Opportunity Gap
Inspiring Civic Engagement
Immigration Grantmaking
A Legacy of Lasting Impact
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Grantmaking and Endowment
Summary of Finances
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Advancing youth, families and effective practices
AHM Youth and Family Services is steadfastly committed to the social and emotional needs of children in Andover, Hebron, Marlborough and Columbia. A 501(c)3 nonprofit, the agency emphasizes responsible spending on targeted services and leverages a team of highly skilled staff and scores of dedicated volunteers. As a result, they consistently and efficiently deliver exceptional programming and meaningful impact.
"I am so grateful to work alongside such an amazing team," shared AHM executive director Michelle Hamilton. "And I cannot overstate the importance of our partnerships with individuals, businesses, civic and faith groups, schools, and municipal governments across the towns we serve. All facets of our community truly come together through AHM to support our children and families."
This level of organizational strength, participation and support does not develop overnight. AHM has been serving their community for over 30 years, and has worked diligently over the past decade to grow thoughtfully and earn their reputation.
For many local families, AHM is an important community resource helping children and teens reach milestones, navigate life challenges, and realize their potential.
AHM's 37 programs support the whole child, from birth through high school, in the areas of positive youth and family development, prevention, intervention, and juvenile justice. From the infant program at AHM's Family Resource Center, to their celebrated Lanterns Mentoring Program, to their new intergenerational work program (CHORES) that pairs teens with area seniors, there is something for everyone—but the mix of programming is quite intentional and focused.
AHM's decision making is guided by both its mission and data. For 10 years, AHM has used Results Based Accountability (RBA) for program tracking and evaluation. The data has been used to help improve the quality of programs, justify the continuation of local funding, and support program proposals to private foundations and contributors. Most importantly, AHM has used RBA to answer the critically important question: Are clients better off because of its programs? The answer time and time again has been resoundingly affirmative.
"Columbia joined AHM in 2013. When town leaders considered the best means to serve its youth and families, they researched a variety of options," recalled Hamilton, "We ultimately decided to work with AHM due to their scope of quality services, cost efficiency and great results."
Several of AHM's programs have been especially innovative and transformative. Their comprehensive mental health services can be accessed through a community-based center and school-based social workers, and is largely subsidized through the uniquely designed Children's Trust Fund. Their Juvenile Review Board has emerged as a model for regional and rural services directed at first-time juvenile offenders, and has been replicated in other communities around Connecticut.
AHM's partnerships have been critical to building their capacity and efficacy.
AHM has leveraged many partnerships throughout the state, including the regional Hunger Action Team, Connecticut Youth Services Association, and CT Family Resource Alliance. Additionally, "the Hartford Foundation has been a rock-solid partner and investor in AHM Youth and Family Services, dating back to the agency's formation in 1983," according to Hamilton.
The Foundation's first grant to AHM was to help develop its first strategic plan. Since then, AHM has earned support for capital projects, technology and financial systems development, and program grants. AHM was also awarded a three-year General Operating Support grant in 2015, in the amount of $195,000 ($65,00 per year). AHM regularly participates in the Nonprofit Support Program's Strategic Technology Program and continues to use Technical Assistance Grants to fund strategic planning. Hamilton has been AHM's executive director for two years and has already participated in NSP trainings for human resources, financial management, and executive management.
Learn more about the comprehensive range of capacity-building programs offered by the Foundation's Nonprofit Support Program.
"Our unique and lasting partnership with the Hartford Foundation has had a major influence on AHM's history. On many different levels, the Foundation has helped to make AHM the outstanding organization that it is today," asserted Hamilton.
The Foundation is proud to partner with organizations like AHM that are committed to delivering their mission with the highest integrity. Nonprofit capacity building is critical to the investments the Foundation makes in the Greater Hartford region and to ultimately advancing thriving communities.
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June 2018 – So You Think You Can Be President?
Certain individuals seem to be natural leaders, while others tend to follow. Lots of followers would rather be leaders. But many people lack knowledge of what is required to take charge. Few people have mastered the art of effective leadership. Follow the advice ahead to start your transformation into a leader.
Being decisive is an excellent way to improve your leadership. Most decisions are up to you when you lead the team. If your team has a few different opinions about solutions to problems, you'll need to decide on the solution that is going to benefit the entire team rather than just a few people.
If you're trying to improve your leadership skills, avoid acting like you know everything. While you may truly be a great leader, you can always learn from your peers. They can add to your plan with their own great ideas.
Make sure you acknowledge it when you make a mistake. Good leaders can make poor choices sometimes too. Good leaders own it and communicate it to the employees. It shows that you're a flawed human just like everybody else. It might not look like a good leadership trait, but it does breed serious loyalty when done right.
Do more listening than talking. If you wish to be a great leader, that starts with listening. Listen to what people have to say. This includes their problems with you. Listen to them so you can learn from the employees what they think about your products and the buyers, as well. You will be surprised at the amount you will learn in the process.
Excellent leaders use honest, self-evaluation to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses. If you think you have it all together, you could receive a rude awakening. Find your strengths and weaknesses.
When leading, focus on the workers and work will get done. Make the effort to read up on how to give encouragement and create inspiration in those you lead. Don't micro-manage, instead let the team do the work they are tasked with.
Since reading the above tips, you know what it takes to become a better leader. Act in confidence, and others will have confidence in you. Apply the knowledge you learned to transform into a strong leader. You can be successful and others will help you be successful.
A leader is respected when he tries to help others succeed. A good leader allows others leadership opportunities. Learning how to delegate is imperative; this article is filled with tips to help improve your leadership skills.
Good leaders show honesty and good morals at all times. Your people will follow you as the leader. Always lead them into the right direction. Your followers will see your honesty and will appreciate it. This will encourage and foster an amiable atmosphere of honesty.
Tenacity is key when you are striving to be a great leader. When it all goes wrong, you are going to be the one everyone turns to in order to see how to act. You must remain focused on the end result at all times. Your persistence as a leader will help inspire your team to keep moving.
Make a mission and vision for your team. Use your mission to guide the firm and incorporate a sense of values into all you do. Communicate the whole picture while helping others see their part in big ideas. This will build your team as a whole.
While you should always set high goals for your team to reach, make sure that the ones you set are not impossible. You are setting yourself up to be disappointed if the goals are out of reach. That will just make you a terrible leader.
Try to listen more than you indulge in talking. The best listeners often make the best leaders. Listen to what your workers are saying. Listen to what they're griping about and praising the company for. Learn from each of your workers, and hear what they're saying about buyers and products. You never know what you might found out.
If you want to be a quality leader, you have to be able to pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses. Becoming overconfident and dwelling on your abilities will make it easier to fail spectacularly. Pay attention to areas where you can enhance your leadership skills.
Honesty is integral to leadership. A good leader should be trustworthy. As your leadership skills improve, you should always try to set an example by being trustworthy and honest. Once people know you are reliable and trustworthy, they will have a higher level of respect for you.
Always keep your word. When you are a leader, you need to do what you are supposed to do. If you can't, you have to tell people why. Reneging on promises or altering game plans just because you can will never bring you any respect.
Be a role model for employees. You title does not make you inherently right. For example, if you want your employees to be friendly and arrive at work in a timely manner then you should do the same. No one likes a hypocrite. Try to be someone that your workers can respect.
Do not show favoritism. Give everyone respect and show a willingness to hear them out. Treat others how you would like to be treated. Do your best to be fair and then follow through on your word.
The future is the focus of a great leader. You need to be able to look ahead, see what is coming, and plan accordingly. While you will never know everything about what the future holds, you will surely get better at making predictions. Continually ask yourself where you want to be in six months or a year, and then plan for that outcome.
Learning the weaknesses and strengths of each team member is an important part of becoming a great leader. Understanding your team's differences and diversity is key to leading them to success. Become familiar with your employees' temperaments and personalities. To build trust, it also helps to inquire about their family and personal life.
Don't be a poor leader. Know what it takes to become a great leader, understanding exactly how to treat your team. A willingness to learn and wanting to do the proper things are crucial to being a good leader. The choice is yours; you need to choose wisely.
Guiding and directing those in need is one definition of leadership. People are often born with these skills, but that doesn't mean they can't be learned. Keep reading to learn what you can do to improve those skills.
Make sure you are able to communicate the vision you have for your team. Let your company's mission statement guide you by incorporating it into your routine. You must show them the whole project while giving them details on their personal role. It is a great way to offer direction and build a healthy professional relationship.
Honesty is key to being a great leader. Your job will be to lead others in the right direction. Your team will appreciate your honesty and reward you with respect. When those you are leading learn how important honesty is to you, it will help to breed honesty in them as well.
Avoid thinking people can read your thoughts. Clearly communicate what you expect in all aspects of the job and let your employees know they are free to come to you if they have any questions. If the instructions are not clear, make it clear that anyone can come talk to you about it.
Being decisive can better your leadership skills. As the leader, you will probably make the decisions. If the team has a couple different opinions regarding problem solutions, decide on a solution that will benefit everyone instead of a couple people.
When you are a leader, try focusing on the people while allowing the work to do well on its own. Inspire them and encourage them to be motivated. Avoid micromanaging your team. Trust that you have delegated responsibilities appropriately and offer assistance in helping your employees reach their goals.
Leaders who succeed always make time to really listen to what their employees have to say and will seek out feedback. They may have new product ideas if know ways to increase productivity. Ask for their opinions and listen well. Acknowledging issues and trying to find solutions lets them feel like they are able to trust you.
Always make moral choices as a leader. Only make decisions you can live with. If the decision does not feel right to you, then avoid it. Others might not have the morals you have, but you have to make decisions you are okay with.
Be sincere and confident when talking to clients, customers and employees. Just don't confuse confidence and arrogance. People are distrustful of those who are arrogant. If you are sincere, your team will respect and trust you. Insincerity quickly becomes obvious to those you work with, so make an effort to be sincere and honest with them.
Since reading the above piece, you know what being a good leader entails. You should now also know what needs to be done to make sure that you're being a great leader at all times. Great leaders are needed in the world today, so become one!


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4k00:15HELSINKI, FINLAND - SUMMER, 2015: The waiting room at the railway station in Helsinki. Shot in 4K (ultra-high definition (UHD)).


Every weekend at Mimosa we showcase local musical talent in our lounge area.
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A shift from brains to brawn?
November 16 that witnessed the Speaker's chair being carried away and desecrated has already gone into history as a day of infamy and horror of the country's august assembly.
In the free-for-all that ensued, some Pohottuwa members had not only kicked and punched their 'opponents' who rushed to the rescue of the Speaker, but also sent some of careering across the floor by yanking their clothes and legs, they say.
Soon after the ugly scenes, a young Diyawanna member from Wayamba who had suffered manhandling by Pohottuwa members had sent an SMS inviting another young Pohottuwa member from the South to a real duel at Borella intersection.
The Pohottuwa member accepting the challenge had shown up at Borella at the appointed time along with a group of his colleagues, but the Wayamba member had failed to keep his word, they say.


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Q: run a remote process via autossh in background In Ubuntu I'm trying to run the geany editor on my local X display via the command:
 autossh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=false -XCg me@otherDYNDNShost geany &

Trouble is, after the first disconnect & auto re-connect, I have to fg that process to make the (new) geany responsive again, in my local X windows session.  Which means that disown from the terminal caused it to get lost into a frozen sleeping state altogether, eventually.
How can I run this truly detached and independent of any terminal/tty?
Appending <&- to the command to cut off STDIN didn't seem to matter either.

A: Try adding -f to autossh. Description of -f from ssh man page:

Requests ssh to go to background just before command execution. This
  is useful if ssh is going to ask for passwords or passphrases, but the
  user wants it in the background. This implies -n. The recommended way
  to start X11 programs at a remote site is with something like ssh -f
  host xterm.

If it won't work, try using daemon (http://www.libslack.org/daemon/). In Debian and derivatives package is named daemon. Example:
daemon autossh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=false -XCg me@otherDYNDNShost geany

A: Try using something like this with certificate authentication. It also provides dynamic proxy access to remote resources. It is my go-to way of doing remote IT Support with Linux and ssh. The ports I used are arbitrary...
autossh -M 18080 -o "ServerAliveInterval 60" -o "ServerAliveCountMax 3" -D 8080 root@server -p 22

It will keep you connected to the same remote session if you use tmux called on the remote in the "~/.profiles" file like this. You can name sessions to be more specific if needed...
tmux attach

You will need to create a "~/.tmux.conf" file with this inside or tmux will nest sessions which is very messy...
new-session -n $HOST

I use it everyday with Debian based systems and with cygwin. For a deeper understanding try using Google for the above detail. You can configure tmux to start one or more programs as well. I have not tested this with auto starting X programs though.


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"""
This scripts merges several csv files that are used to perform Kaggle submission

for competition https://www.kaggle.com/c/talkingdata-mobile-user-demographics
"""
from __future__ import division

import sys
import pandas as pd
import time

files = sys.argv[1:]
try:
  files.remove('mean_merger_talkingdata.py')
except:
  pass

data = [pd.read_csv(fName).sort_values(by='device_id') for fName in files]
ids = data[0]['device_id']

columns_names = list(data[0].columns)

columns_names.remove('device_id')
result = pd.DataFrame()
submission = pd.DataFrame()

for column in columns_names:
  ind = 0
  temp = pd.DataFrame()
  temp[ind] = data[0][column]
  ind += 1
  for df in data[1:]:
    temp[ind] = df[column]
    ind += 1

  submission[column] = temp.mean(axis=1)

submission = submission.div(submission.sum(axis=1), axis=0)

submission['device_id'] = ids

submission.to_csv('{timestamp}.csv'.format(timestamp=time.time()), index=False)

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Ossian's Hall
Ossian's Hall is a Georgian structure located at The Hermitage in Dunkeld, Scotland. The Hermitage and Ossian's Hall of Mirrors was originally an unremarkable view-house in a position overlooking the Black Linn falls of the Braan, a tributary of the River Tay. This folly was built on a rocky outcrop for the 2nd Duke of Atholl in 1757.
The Hermitage was redecorated in 1783 as a shrine to the blind bard, Ossian. Ossian is the narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson from 1760. Macpherson claimed to have collected word-of-mouth material in Gaelic, said to be from ancient sources, and that the work was his translation of that material. Ossian is based on Oisín, son of Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill, anglicized to Finn McCool, a legendary bard who is a character in Irish mythology. Contemporary critics were divided in their view of the work's authenticity, but the consensus since is that Macpherson framed the poems himself; based on old folk tales he had collected.
The redecorated hall was intended to evoke features of 'shock' and 'amazement' in the viewers' minds; the room from where views of the waterfall were taken was lined with mirrors which made the spectator imagine that the water was appearing from all angles. William Wordsworth composed a poem which described the 'World of Wonder' in this room. Another description states that in the 1780s, visitors entering were met by a painting of Ossian serenading a group of maidens. The guide operated a device that withdrew the painting into the wall, providing access to another room - a hall of mirrors - giving the illusion of water pouring all around reflecting the river cascading outside. In 1803 the hall had walks that were intersected, here and there, by a small garden of fine flowers among rocks and stones'. These small-scale gardens have since gone.
Garnett in 1800 visited the site. He describes the 'Hall of Mirrors' as having its sides and ceiling covered with mirrors, in which "the cascade is seen by reflection, sometimes running upwards, contrary to the direction of gravity, and sometimes in a horizontal stream over the head."
In 1869 vandals blew up part of Ossian's Hall and the area was left to decay. In 1943 the 8th Duchess of Atholl donated it and 33 acres (13.3ha) of, by then, coniferous woodland along the banks of the River Braan to the National Trust for Scotland in accordance with the wishes of the late Duke. The National Trust for Scotland has restored the building for the use and enjoyment of the public.


The La Ciutadella Residence Hall is located close to the university campus of Universitat Pompeu Fabra and just a few minutes from the centre of Barcelona. It provides a large variety of accommodation options and has excellent facilities (gym, leisure room, self-service laundry, outdoor terrace, etc.) making you enjoy every moment of your stay.


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Electoral gains revive old dilemma for Israeli Arabs
When election results confirmed that an Arab alliance had emerged as the third largest bloc in Israel's parliament, its leader Ayman Odeh reached for the Old Testament, tweeting in Hebrew from Psalm 118 that the stone which was rejected had become the cornerstone.
His message: The Arab community, long shunted to the margins of Israeli society, is going to use its newfound influence to set the country on a more equitable path.
The results left the two biggest parties deadlocked, but marked a victory for the Arab bloc and put Odeh in a strong position to become the first Arab opposition leader, an official role that would allow him to receive high-level security briefings and meet visiting heads of state. Outraged at what they see as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's racist policies and incitement, most of the bloc recommended his opponent, former army chief Benny Gantz, as prime minister, the first time Arab parties have backed an Israeli candidate since 1992.
The potential for newfound influence has forced Arab citizens to confront a dilemma going back to Israel's founding: Working within the system might secure social gains for the marginalized community, but risks legitimizing a state that many feel relegates them to second-class status and oppresses their Palestinian brethren in the occupied territories.
"We truly want to support Gantz," said Abed Abed, a food wholesaler in the Arab town of Nazareth in northern Israel. "But at the same time we are Arabs, and the people in Gaza and the West Bank are our brothers. If Gantz goes to war in Gaza tomorrow, then we can't be part of it. So we're in big trouble."
Israel's Arab citizens make up 20% of the population of 9 million and are descended from Palestinians who remained in Israel following the 1948 war that surrounded its creation. They have citizenship and the right to vote, they speak Hebrew and attend Israeli universities, and have increased their presence in a wide array of professions, from medicine to tech startups.
But they still face widespread discrimination, particularly when it comes to housing, and accuse Israeli authorities of ignoring crime in their communities, contributing to soaring homicide rates. They also have close family ties to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, and largely identify with the Palestinian cause.
That has led many Israelis to view them as a fifth column allied with the country's enemies, fears Netanyahu has repeatedly exploited to whip up his right-wing base in election campaigns.
The Joint List of Arab parties has vowed to use its political influence to address day-to-day struggles while remaining outside any government. No Arab party has ever sat in an Israeli government, and none of Israel's main parties have invited them to do so.
The issues Arab leaders face, and the limited means available to address them, were on display Wednesday in the northern town of Shefa Amr, known in Hebrew as Shfaram, where Israeli forces demolished two homes that had been built without permits. That ignited clashes between local youth and Israeli police, who detained around a dozen people.
"They consider us second-class citizens," said Sabri Hamdi, one of several angry residents who gathered outside the police station. "They want us to despair and leave the country, but we will not."
Aida Touma-Sliman, an Arab lawmaker from Odeh's party, arrived shortly after the clashes ended. The crowd outside the police station parted to let her through, and she met with Israeli officers inside to press for the release of the detainees. After about 15 minutes, she emerged with what she said was a commitment from the police to process the cases quickly.
"Change is not going to happen in a few days. It's a long battle," she told The Associated Press. "We gained three seats but the political situation in Israel hasn't changed. The racism is still there."
Rights groups say systematic discrimination in planning and approvals has restricted the growth of Arab communities for decades, forcing those with growing families to build without permits and leaving them vulnerable to home demolitions.
Odeh listed housing equity among the Joint List's top demands in a New York Times op-ed in which he endorsed Gantz while refusing to join his government.
He called for more resources for law enforcement, better access to hospitals, a rise in pensions for all Israelis and programs to combat domestic violence. He also called on the next government to revive the peace process with the Palestinians and to repeal a controversial law passed last year declaring Israel the nation-state of the Jewish people.
"Arab Palestinian citizens can no longer be rejected or ignored," Odeh wrote. "The only future for this country is a shared future."
A poll carried out by the Israel Democracy Institute at the start of the year, before Israel's unprecedented back-to-back elections, found that 76% of Arab citizens were in favor of their parties joining an Israeli government and 65% were proud to be Israeli, the highest rate recorded since 2003. The nonpartisan think tank polled 536 Arab citizens, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
It also found that 58% of Arab citizens were dissatisfied with their leaders, something the pollsters attributed in part to their prioritizing the Palestinian cause over domestic issues. But for many Arab citizens, the two are inseparable.
"Domestic concerns cannot be separated from the general political oppression exercised over the Palestinians," says Nijmeh Ali, a political analyst at Al-Shabaka, a Palestinian think tank. To do so is an attempt to undermine the political legitimacy of Arab leaders and "depoliticize" what is seen as institutionalized discrimination, she said.
The dilemma over how much to engage in politics continues to divide Arab citizens. The three lawmakers from the hard-line nationalist Balad party, which is part of the Joint List, refused to endorse Gantz.
"It's clear that Palestinians inside (Israel) want more influence," said Heba Yazbak, a newly elected Balad lawmaker who recently completed a Ph.D. in sociology at Tel Aviv University. "But if you ask any Palestinian in this country if they want us, as the Arab parties, to join a government of occupation, a government whose budget is devoted to the occupation, to besieging Gaza, the answer will be no."
Associated Press videographer Moshe Edri contributed.
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In this lesson on "Windows" we'll look at the distinction between Windows and Views. Some of Unity's Layout configurability will be briefly revisited. Layout management will be addressed, as will be the remainder of Views.
The drop-down menu "Window" is a bit of a misnomer as everything contained within it is, strictly speaking, a View. The terms Windows and Views are often used interchangeably, however.  In addition to having the ability to be opened, closed, resized, and repostioned, a View has a tab and can be docked. A Window can be opened, closed, resized, and repositioned, but it has no tab and cannot be docked.
When not docked, a View or Window is said to be "floating." With multiple Views floating around, it's inevitable that they will eventually overlap with one obscuring the other. Next Window will select the overlapped View. Previous Window will select the previously overlapping View.
The item in the next divisor, Layouts, was explored in the previous lesson. Here you have the option to select from several pre-configured Layouts and any custom Layouts you've created. As seen previously, you can Save Layouts and Delete Layouts. Finally, if things get really, REALLY out of hand, you can select Revert Factory Settings to roll-back Unity to a simpler, trouble-free time.
It is advised that you backup custom Layouts. Since a Layout is not an asset, it cannot be backed up as part of a package. It can be located and duplicated through your OS however.
In Agent Ransack's File name: field, type *.wlt which is the extension for Layouts.
When you have occasion to re-use the Layout in a fresh install of Unity you can use Agent Ransack or other file-finding application to locate where Unity Layouts are stored. This would be accomplished by once again using the search term "*.wlt" and navigating to the relevant file location within Unity (typically this path is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Unity\Editor\Data\Resources\Layouts"). You would then copy and paste the playMakerLayout.wlt (or other custom Layout file) from the back-up location to the appropriate folder within Unity as identified through the file search procedure delineated above. While the rule is that you not move files into and out of Unity within your OS,  Layouts are an exception.
In keeping with a theme of exceptions, the View selection hotkeys (eg Ctrl + 1) are excepted from the advice that you use hotkeys whenever possible. It is typically necessary to select a GameObject in a particular View which does double-duty of selecting the View as well. As a result, hotkey selection of Views becomes redundant, perhaps even slowing. That being said, should you determine otherwise from personal experience, the hotkeys are listed here in the Windows drop-down menu along with all of Unity's standard Views (note once again that Playmaker Views are selected from the Playmaker drop-down).
Vuforia Configuration relates almost exclusively to Augmented Reality development.
Asset Store opens the Asset Store View. The View is by default docked to the right of the Game View. Package Manager allows you to see which Unity-authored Packages you have installed, their version, documentation, licenses, and changelog. Alternately you can view all of the available official Unity Packages. Currently installed Packages have a version number that appears as a button. Clicking the button elicits a drop-down. You can view the drop-down to see if there are any updated versions to choose from. If you select a different (ideally more recent) version, it will give you the option to update the Package. Always be sure to create a back-up .unitypackage of your Project before upgrading (or downgrading) anything!
Asset Management opens access to Collab History and Version Control. These options help development teams share resources in such a way that ensures everyone is on the same page in terms of software, Project, Assets, and the Versions thereof. Once again, as a novice, the scope of your Project should be limited to the extent that you shouldn't have to make use of Version Control systems. These Views only come into play when working with a team of developers.
Most of the Views you can select from in the following divisor are all aptly named and self-explanatory. If, for example, you need to work with Text Mesh Pro tools, open the View named Text Mesh Pro. We have worked inside many of the Views listed here already. The most useful of these Views will be discussed in greater detail in upcoming lessons. Important Views that are not relevant to our project will be summarily defined. Those Views that are irrelevant to our objectives will be touched upon only briefly.
General collects all of the default Views into a drop-down menu. Again, it is not especially useful to select these Views from here as they are already in play in the default layout. Test Runner opens a debugging View. Since we will be using Playmaker for most of our debugging, this View is not especially useful to us.
Services opens the services View. In it appear three text items that serve as tabs; SERVICES, which describes and allows you to turn on and off web-based services: Ads, Analytics, Cloud Build, Cloud Diagnostics, Collaborate, In-App Purchasing, and Multiplayer.  Thereafter are AGE DESIGNATION, which when checked, will presumably augment your build with all the necessary legalese, and SETTINGS, which most importantly will allow you to change the name of your Project if necessary. SETTINGS also allows you to change the publishing organization, view the UNITY PROJECT ID (and Unlink project if need be) and links you to Project MEMBERS management, among other things. Since the scope of our Project is purposely small enough to be completed by one person, we needn't worry ourselves with Collab or Services.
Active Tool spawns a wholly unnecessary View that corresponds to whatever Toolbar Tool you have selected. It seems entirely redundant.
Rendering exposes several light-related Views. Lighting Settings opens the Lighting View and hosts a long list of options which will be explored in upcoming lessons. Make a note now though that this is where your skybox maps go. It is also where Lightmapping parameters are set. Lightmapping is the process of calculating lighting effects and "baking" them (creating a texture map) ahead of run-time. The resulting texture map cheat sheet can then tell the game how to light a scene. The up shot is computational resource savings, savings, savings! Light Explorer serves as a perhaps easier way to select and edit Lights, Reflection and Light Probes, and Static Emissives (the Area of Effect for stationary Self-Bright Materials). This View offers an alternative to selecting and editing lighting elements in the Hierarchy and Inspector Views. Occlusion Culling is a feature that determines what the player can see, and eliminates what is occluded (blocked from view) from its rendering routine. After all, if it can't be seen, why draw it? This too saves on resources.
Animation is a part of Unity's legacy animation system. It is still occasionally useful for syncing sounds with animations. Animator and Animator Parameters represent an animation state-machine not unlike Playmaker. These elements will require entire lessons to explain.
Audio. As mentioned, it is probably best to edit audio outside of Unity when possible. All of our project's audio will be imported ready-to-go and controlled through Playmaker.
Sequencing elicits Timeline, which is also selectable from the Assets drop-down and was discussed previously.
Analysis allows you access to several Views that provide important information about how your game performs. Profiler is used to analyze a game's performance in terms of computational resources. It also allows a developer to test performance on other devices that share the editor's local network. Frame Debugger allows you to step through your gameplay one frame at a time for the purpose of pinpointing troublesome rendering. Physics Debugger does much the same with respect to physics. Early on in your game development journey you shouldn't seek to use Profiler extensively or proficiently, but strive instead to make a game without enough complexity to necessitate its use.
You'll notice that the Views dedicated to optimizing performance are being glossed over. While many programmers consider it heresy not to optimize code, game developers consider it pragmatic. Our singular driving impulse is to "finish" our game's development. All other concerns must be cast aside for the time being; see to it that your power animal is a penguin.
"Sprite" is something of a blanket term for 2d graphic elements and Sprite Editor allows you to, you guessed it, edit Sprites. Like packing clothes more tightly into a suitcase in order to save space, Sprite Packer packs 2D images more closely together to save on resources. It is greyed out and unusable by default but can be enabled through Edit>Project Settings>Editor. Tile Palette allows you to quickly and easily paint Tiles onto a grid. Both are found under the 2D menu selection.
AI relates to Navigation. Clicking Navigation spawns a Navigation View. Like Lightmapping, the Navigation View allows the developer to pre-compute an otherwise resource intensive task. In the instance of Navigation, what is being "baked" is the process of pathfinding. Many games will need GameObjects to be able to get from one side of a map to another. This is easier said than done. A Non-Playable Character, or NPC, has to be able to determine all possible paths and then "decide" on the best path according to variable criteria. There will also be occasions when the choices the NPC makes should be randomized and perhaps even faulty. These processes necessitate a relatively complex AI system. The aim of a well-engineered engine though is to provide the types of functionality commonly needed by developers, and pathfinding is one such need. Unity, being a well-engineered engine therefore provides this relatively complex functionality in Navigation View. With this View selected, a Navmesh Display window opens up in the Scene View. A NavMesh is essentially a connected network of waypoints that an AI uses to navigate.
XR reveals Holographic Emulation. It is not within the purview of this course. Likewise, the Experimental option will not be used.
UI leads to UIElements Samples. This course's Project will rely on Playmaker for managing the User Interface. It will be covered in an upcoming lesson.
In this lesson we looked at the distinction between Windows and Views. Some of Unity's Layout configurability was revisited. Layout management was addressed. Like any indie game developer worth his/her salt, we glossed over anything to do with optimization!


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Home Asia Exploring Thailand: where to go and things to do in Thailand
By TravelToLuxury.com In Asia
Thailand, which is also known as the golden land, is located in the centre of Southeast Asia. This country shares it border with Burma and Laos in the north, Cambodia in the east, Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia in the south and Andman Sea in the west. Its capital Bangkok is the largest city here and also the commercial and industrial centre of Thailand.
Thailand comprises of four regions central region, the north region, the northeast and the south. Each with its own scenic beauty and culture.
The central region is the most fertile part of this country. This part gets its daily supply of water from Chao Phraya river. This part has a number of palace and temple such as Grand Palace and Wat Phra Keo ,Wat Arun, and Wat Pho Klongs, or canals of Thonburi are best to be explored through a boat ride along the Chao Phraya river. Near Bangkok lies the famous Bridge on the river Kwai, the largest budhist monument in the world Nakhon Pathom and Pattaya resorts on the coast of the gulf of Thailand.
The north region consists of thick forests and mountains. Chiang Mai is a beautiful town here which is known for its beautiful temples and shops where you can find some nice handicrafts made traditionally. Chiang Mai is famous for its festivals like Songkran (the old Thai New Year) in April, Winter Fair in the end of December, Loy Krathong in November and the Flower Festival in February.
The northeast region is lesser known among the tourists. This region is famous for its archaeological ruins and national parks. Few to name are Khao Yai, Phu Kadung, Phu Khieo Wildlife Preservation Zone. Mekang River is also a beautiful sight here.
The southern region is the land of beaches, limestone mountains and lush jungles. Thai beaches are among the best beaches in the world to relax. Phuket, a small island has become favourite vacation spot for families and Thailand honeymoon packages. Phang Nga Bay is a marine national park near Phuket where people come to see huge limestone mountains rising from the sea. The best place to dive in and explore the coral reefs is the Similan Island in the Andaman Sea.
You can indulge in a lot of activities if you are holidaying in Thailand such as Thai boxing, golf, sailing, canoeing, rafting, windsurfing, jet sking, rock climbing, trekking, elephant rides, fishing, mountain biking, bird watching etc. If you are a food lover take the Thai cooking classes and feed everyone the mouth watering Thai food back home.
Thai food consists of fresh spices and herbs and fish sauces. Rice is used in almost every meal. Wonderful smelling curries, stir-fries go well with the steamed rice. Other accompaniments such as lime juice, lemon grass and chillies are also used. Sometimes these curries and fries are mixed with rice to make a dish called Khao Rad Gang.
Whether you are looking for an adventurous trip or relaxed vacation, fast moving cities or slow paced towns Thailand is your ultimate destination.
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On July 26th, key ENFit stakeholders met in Washington D.C. to discuss current adoption rates in the US compared to other parts of the world. After rich dialogue highlighting the compounding perspectives inhibiting adoption, the group concluded that a future deadline for mandatory adoption would be the best, most expeditious pathway to a single, safer enteral feeding system. A regulatory mandate from either the FDA, CMS, The Joint Commission and/or CDC would remove the current stagnation that is negatively impacting all areas of the market and allow the healthcare community to focus on the next connector standard introduction. View the presentation to understand that major points that were discussed.
The FDA completed a study comparing flow rates and pressure the legacy and ENFit enteral feeding systems. This presentation is the finding of their studies and conclusions.
Watch as Valley Children's Healthcare shares insights and learnings gained during their ENFit implementation process. This video will be instrumental in helping facilities just beginning or in the early stages of the ENFit implementation process.
Watch as Valley Children's Healthcare shares Clinical Education Methods & Tools used in the implementation of ENFit.
Watch as Valley Children's Healthcare shares their Pharmacy Keys to Success for their successful implementation of ENFit.
This poster provides a helpful guide for preparing and administering medication using the ENFit system.
Learn about preparing and administering medication doses using the ENFit system. This procedure will be applicable to patients of all age groups in Inpatient settings.
Learn about preparing and administering medication doses using the ENFit system. This procedure will be applicable to patients of all age groups in Home Care settings.
Learn about preparing and administering medication doses using the ENFit system. This procedure will be applicable to patients of all age groups in Home Use settings.
On July 14th, The Premier Safety Institute hosted a live webinar focusing on the reasons for the enteral feeding system redesign, implementation set backs, and an update on ENFit. Click the link below to listen to the recorded webinar and to view the slides that were presented.
GEDSA and its supporting organizations urge manufacturers, distributors/suppliers and health care providers to be an active participant in the immediate adoption of new ENFit connectors.
An unfortunate case of accidental administration of intrathecal gadolinium through an external ventricular drain in a postcraniotomy patient during magnetic resonance imaging of the brain has been reported. This is one example of what the NRFit connectors will be able to prevent.
California enacted legislation beginning July 1, 2016 prohibiting the use non-conforming enteral feeding connectors.
Understand the importance of the new standard and how to prepare for change.
This paper shows the method of using Table 1 in ISO 7886-1 to calculate the Tolerance on Graduated Capacity (TOGC) for syringes, and displays calculated values for different combinations of syringe size (1, 5, and 10ml) and expelled volume.
GEDSA held a satellite symposium at the 2016 European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark. This presentation gives viewers a background on the reason for the ISO 80369 series and an update on where we are in the transition to ENFit connectors.
GEDSA recently authored a research poster to present at conferences. This poster presents the background of the Low Dose Tip while providing the data of the testing that has been conducted.
Highlights the reason for the Low Dose Tip design, performance testing, and recommendations of use of the ENFit Low Dose Tip Syringe.


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Kuithe's 3 TDs lifts No. 6 Utah past Colorado
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Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 9:55 PM
Updated: Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 9:58 PM
Colorado safety Derrion Rakestraw tackles Utah running back Zack Moss in the second half Saturday in Salt Lake City.
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Utah wide receiver Samson Nacua (45) celebrates with his teammates after their victory over Colorado.
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SALT LAKE CITY – Brant Kuithe scored three touchdowns and No. 6 Utah is locked up a spot in the Pac-12 championship game for the second consecutive season with a 45-15 victory over Colorado on Saturday night.
The Utes (11-1, 8-1, No 6 CFP) needed a quarter to get rolling in 25-degree temperatures, but romped to their eighth straight victory. Tyler Huntley was 14-for-17 for 165 yards and connected with Kuithe twice for touchdown receptions.
The Buffalo defense keyed on Zack Moss and made it tough to run between the tackles, but the all-time Utah rushing leader tallied 88 yards on 20 carries and scored on a 1-yard run to put the game away in the fourth quarter and set up Utah's matchup against No. 14 Oregon on Friday in Santa Cara, California.
Auburn did the Utes a favor in the College Football Playoff race by outlasting No. 5 Alabama 48-45 on Saturday.
Steven Montez threw for 157 yards on 17-of-26 passing for Colorado, setting two major career records as he eclipsed Sefo Liufau on the Colorado passing (9,649 yards) and total offense (10,614 yards) lists in his final game.
After five drives that netted a total of 25 yards, Colorado mounted their second foray into Utah territory early in the fourth quarter and Montez threw to Daniel Arias for a 27-yard touchdown and added a 2-point conversion on an improvised pass to Russell to cut the lead to 31-15.
But Moss and Kuithe scored again to put it away.
The Utes started the second-half scoring in familiar fashion, with a bruising 12-play drive that ended with Devin Brumfield's 1-yard plunge for a 24-7 advantage.
Utah's Demari Simpkins sprinted down the sideline on a 66-yard punt return for a touchdown and a 31-7 lead with 56 seconds left in the third quarter.
Kuithe caught touchdown passes of 38 and 7 yards and ran 15 yards for a score. The tight end also 44-yard run on a jet sweep.
THE TAKEAWAYColorado: The Buffaloes put up a fight and held Utah's offense from executing on some of their bread-and-butter rushing plays, but they couldn't consistently move the ball against Utah's stout defense. The Buffaloes were looking for their third straight win to become bowl eligible for first time since they won the Pac-12 South and played in the 2016 Alamo Bowl.
Utah: For the 11th time in 12 games, the Utes kept their opponents under 100 yards on the ground and bolstered their top-ranked rushing defense. Colorado had 60 yards rushing. Though two of their top players – Huntley and cornerback Jaylon Johnson – came up limping during the game, they finished and appear healthy going into the Pac-12 Championship.
NEW MAYOR OF SACK LAKE CITYBradlee Anae, one of 19 seniors honored before the game, had one-and-a-half sacks to tie Hunter Dimick (2013-16) for the all-time lead with 29.5 career sacks. The Utes, without showing many blitzes, sacked Montez five times in the game.
POLL IMPLICATIONSWith Alabama dropping their Iron Bowl game but other top teams winning, the Utes might climb into the top 5 but no further.
UP NEXTColorado: The season is over.
Utah: Plays Oregon in the Pac-12 Conference Championship game in Santa Clara, California.
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Q: How to trigger multiple time onChange for the same item in material ui autocomplete I use autocomplete component in material ui.
Each time I select an item, it will trigger onChange props and then does some stuff behind..
But the problem is, that, in my case, we could select multiple time the same object but onChange work only when I select a different item
I would like to know if there is a way to select two time the same item and get the event each time
Here a sandbox to illustrate my problem
https://codesandbox.io/s/material-demo-ds9iz
When you select an item, a console.log will print the item selected, the goal is to select two time the same item and get the event two time
Thanks