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Gabriel Green for President of the United States!
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By Diane Tessman
The Space Brothers Candidate!
America Needs a Space Age President.
There was a moment in our history when We the People could vote for a man who bravely championed contact and friendship with extraterrestrials and who attempted to lead us into a bright new day!
I am proud to have known Gabriel Green who ran for President of these United States in 1960 and again in 1972. Gabe would have been the "Flying Saucer President" who would have disclosed the existence of extraterrestrials in Earth skies, and explained their positive motivations to the people of Earth. He wanted humans to benefit immeasurably from the advanced Space Brothers and Sisters' knowledge and wisdom.
However, Gabe was ahead of his time; even in 2016, we still struggle to accomplish UFO Disclosure. Gabe did not meet the required number of voters to be on the ballot with Richard Nixon and his Democratic rival, John F. Kennedy in 1960, but he nonetheless put together a full platform, covering a range of economic and social policies based on information received from the Space People, and campaigned mostly in his native California. He ran a full-page spread in the Los Angeles Mirror News. Despite early enthusiasm, Green withdrew in October, giving his endorsement to Kennedy. In 1972, his campaign drew even less attention but Gabe was intrepid and brave; he always gave it his best.
Gabriel Green as he appeared on Art Linkletter's "People Are Funny" television show.
Have we taken two steps backward? In 1960 we at least had a presidential candidate who waged a serious campaign involving Disclosure and Contact. In 2016, there is no candidate who even mentions extraterrestrials, although Hillary Clinton is said to have a real interest in the subject and would like to disclose at least some of the truth.
I knew Gabriel Green when he was a few decades older than during his presidential and senatorial campaigns, but he was still a dedicated Disclosure/Contact pioneer. I first met Gabe at his home in Yucca Valley, California, in 1983. My good friend Timothy Green Beckley was visiting the area and asked if I would like to meet Gabriel Green who was famous in the George van Tassel days at Giant Rock. Of course I wanted to meet Gabe Green! He had blazed a trail for me to follow in my UFO and ET research and Contact.
Gabe's home was full of working computers and I wondered who he was communicating with; were they on a starship? I will never know, but Gabe was a fascinating man and I loved to listen to his tales of extraterrestrial contact at Giant Rock and then, ongoing ET communications in his life.
Gabriel Green was born in Whittier, California, in 1924. He studied at the Los Angeles Art Center School of Photography, but his career aspirations were put on hold when he was drafted into the U.S. Navy. At war's end, Green returned to civilian life and operated a photography studio as well as working in the Los Angeles school system.
The Space People's Candidate.
As George van Tassel began drawing tens of thousands of people seeking contact with the Space Brothers and Sisters at Giant Rock in the High Desert of California, Gabe founded the Los Angeles Interplanetary Study Group in 1956. He promoted interplanetary messages and music. He also became regular speaker at flying saucer events, including Giant Rock gatherings. He then launched the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America (AFSCA) as a successor to his study group and published a national newsletter inviting the Space People to please continue contact with humans.
Gabriel Green was also a trance medium who channeled messages from the Space People himself. He led UFO circles in past life regressions and taught individuals how they too could make psychic contacts with far-distant beings. It was at this point in his career that 1960 rolled around and he ran for President of the United States.
In November of the same year, Green married Helen Isabel Sibert. The couple remained together until her passing in early May of 1970; Gabriel never remarried and I could always sense his sadness and how much he missed her. They were married a brief ten years before she passed.
In 1962, Gabe launched a campaign to become the Democratic Party's California nominee for the United States Senate. However, he failed to make an impact and he put politics behind him for the time being. He made claims to having telepathic connections to John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy via his Alpha Centauri contact "Renton." While there is no way to prove this, I saw no reason to ever doubt Gabe's sincerity.
Gabriel Green and Diane Tessman, 1983, Yucca Valley, CA.
In 1972, Green took part in his second and final presidential campaign, this time as the nominee of the Universal Party, with fellow saucerian Daniel Fry as his vice-presidential running mate. This time Gabe was registered on the ballot in Iowa but his efforts garnered less success and less press than previous years.
Gabriel Green retired in the mid-seventies to Yucca Valley, near Giant Rock. It was in his comfortable home there that Tim Beckley and I enjoyed talking with him on several different occasions. He continued his work as a medium, relating messages from the Space People. He remained an active member in the UFO field until his passing in September 2001. I like to believe that he is now one of the Space Brothers himself; I know Gabe would agree with that possibility too!
Interview with Gabriel Green at the August, 1960 AFSCA Convention
The following is a transcription of a recorded interview, conducted at the August 13-14, 1960 meeting of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America.
Question: What made you decide to take on this campaign, aside from the other duties of your organization?
Gabriel Green: Well, I decided as a result of a request from the Space People that I do so. At first I was very reluctant because I felt very humble with being asked to undertake such a responsibility. Frankly, at first, I really didn't feel that I wanted to take up on my shoulders such a tremendous project. But when the Space People talked to me about it, and pointed out that our civilization was doomed unless somebody took the effort, made the effort, and took the action to change the present direction in which mankind is heading that we would not very long have a civilization on this earth. And, like many others, my buddies in the service, I was in the war too, and I was fortunate enough to come back alive, and I feel that I owe something to my buddies, and to those who are yet living, to dedicate my life to attempting to resolve the many problems which mankind is facing now, and as a result of the advanced information with the Space People have over a period of many years have been a party to us, we now have this information in our possession, and I have decided to submit to their request to carry through with this program, to attempt to bring to the American people these solutions so that they may evaluate them for themselves, and decide for themselves whether or not they feel they have merit.
Q: I see. When you say Space People, are you referring to actual personal contacts or psychic contacts?
GG: I'm referring to personal contacts with the people from other planets.
Q: Now, are these individuals present in our civilization? Are they free, walking around–?
GG: Yes, there are many of them walking our earth, as fantastic as that will undoubtedly seem to many of our people who have not had the opportunity of becoming aware of the overwhelming existence of these people visiting our earth at the present time, which our flying saucer movement has accumulated over a thirteen year period of investigation.
Q: What is the main difference between an extraterrestrial person and a person born on this planet? Is there any physical difference, or mental makeup difference, or anything of that sort?
GG: You would not be able to recognize any physical difference, although, in general, I would say they are perhaps better looking than the average earth person; although we, of course, have many very handsome people, movie stars for instance, and a great many very good looking people on our own planet. The difference would be, I would say, primarily, a mental and spiritual advancement, as well as having an understanding, a greater understanding of all that is, that means scientific and technological information, which allows them to live in a non-destructive society.
Q: Will these people actively participate in your campaign, or merely offer suggestions during the campaign?
Gabe For President – 1960
GG: There is a certain limit to which they can intervene in our behalf, or will intervene, and the limits of this intervention in behalf of the welfare of our people of earth depends on universal laws. All planets must go through an evolutionary period, and they know that it is impossible for people to learn anything if everything is done for them. They could, at any time, take over our earth between breakfast and lunch, and make robots out of all of us, but this would be against their universal laws, and against their principles. They are here to help us help ourselves, and we all know that you can hold a baby's hands, but you cannot walk for him: he must learn to walk for himself so he can do things on his own if the help that is given to him is to remain permanent.
Q: Is the actual success coming in November or do you merely see an opportunity to bring your question to the people?
GG: Our main purpose this year is to attempt to get information about our plan before the public, and when our people understand this plan, it will sell itself on the basis of its obvious merit; but, and I say this, that if we receive sufficient publicity before November, we would be in the White House this year. I say that if we had 1/10th of 1% of the wealth behind just one of our candidates, that we could be successful in reaching the presidency in 1960. But if we are not successful this time, we will have a four year period in which to campaign, and present our plan to the people, and by that time, the Space People assure us, that we have a very excellent chance of being successful.
Q: Thank you very much Mr. Green. Best of luck.
GG: Thank you very much, it's been my pleasure.
The audio interview with candidate Gabriel Green, and other recorded interviews from the August 13&14, 1960 meeting of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America (archive.org), has been made available courtesy Roy Trumbull.
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Mohd Zuki appointed as Pro-Chancellor of UKM
Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali has been appointed as the new Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) effective Oct 7, 2021. — Bernama file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali has been appointed as the new Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) effective Oct 7, 2021, to Oct 6, 2024.
UKM in a statement today informed that the appointment of Mohd Zuki was to replace the late Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid, who passed away on Aug 28.
The announcement was made by the Chancellor of UKM, Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir in conjunction with the university's 49th convocation ceremony today.
Mohd Zuki, who graduated from the UKM Faculty of Economics and Management in 1985, is the first alumnus to be appointed as Pro-Chancellor at the university.
UKM Vice-Chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Ekhwan Toriman said he believed that the appointment would benefit UKM in terms of achieving academic progress and better organisational management.
"With the leadership qualities and capability of Tan Sri Mohd Zuki in leading the civil service, this appointment is very much in line with the desire and vision of UKM to continue to work towards excellence on the national and international stage.
"I hope this recognition will be a source of inspiration and pave the way for other alumni to return to serve the university," he said in the statement.
Mohd Zuki, a native of Kuala Terengganu, graduated with a Master of Business Management (Finance) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in 1999.
During his 29 years as a civil servant, he has served in various ministries and departments, holding several important positions including as Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education as well as as the minister's special officer in the Ministry of Rural Development.
He also served as Deputy Secretary-General (Management) in Prime Minister's Department; Director-General, Legal Affairs Division; Sarawak Federal Secretary; Senior Deputy Secretary-General, Prime Minister's Department and Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defence.
According to the statement, the 49th UKM Convocation Ceremony also saw the conferment of an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Leadership in Health Education Network and Sustainability) to the founder and chairman of Sunway Group, Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah.
Meanwhile, former director of the Nuclear Security, International Atomic Energy Agency Raja Datuk Abdul Aziz Raja Adnan was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Nuclear Science). — Bernama
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← Hey baby, what's your sign?
Great Girls Names from the bottom of the charts →
Boys Names that end in -i
The Social Security Administration released data on the most popular names for 2015 earlier this month. Name enthusiasts around the world have been pouring over this much anticipated list. The high-ranking boy's names from last year are mostly classic, timeless choices, still a few new trends are emerging. In recent years we've seen cool names ending in –s, like Silas and Elias, rise for the fellas. We've also seen a rise in smooth –o ending names like Milo and Leo. I've also taken notice of another fun trend, names that end in –i increasingly used for boys. From Eli to Kenji, there's a lot of variety in –i ending names to explore!
The Most Popular Boys Names that end in –i
Levi is the most popular boys name right now that ends in the letter –i. Currently ranked at Number 42, Levi is up over 100 spots in the last 10 years. Levi is a Biblical name with a cool cowboy edge, in part due to the Levi Strauss jeans association. Sheryl Crow and Matthew McConaughey both used this cool name for their sons.
Eli comes in next and ranks at Number 53 in popularity. Eli is a Hebrew name meaning ascended. Popular on its own, Eli is also commonly used as a nickname for Elijah and Elias, both of which are also in the Top 100. A few other cool names that you can get the nickname Eli from include Elian, Eliezer, and Elisha.
Giovanni is a handsome Italian form of John, meaning God is gracious. Giovanni comes in at Number 130, making it usable but not overly used name. Giovanni easily pairs with Italian names for girls like Isabella that is still topping the charts. Fashion designer Gianna Versace's given name is Giovanni.
Kai is definitely a name to watch, up 60 spots in the last 5 years. Currently ranked at 145 for boys, Kai is number 895 for girls. In addition to its cool sound, one of the things that I love about Kai is that it's used in several different cultures and therefore has many meanings. The Hawaiian meaning of Kai is sea.
Malachi is a Hebrew name meaning my messenger. Malachi re-entered the Top 1,000 in 1987 at Number 992 and currently ranks at Number 162. There are numerous Malachi's in film and literature, including the evil Malachi Boardman in Children of the Corn.
Quickly rising -i ending Names
Omari and Jabari are two of the 10 names that had the biggest increase in popularity last year
Omari is currently Number 510 – up 198 spots from 2014 to 2015
Jabari is currently Number 945 – up 194 spots from 2014 to 2015
A few more great names that end in -i
Bodhi first entered the charts in 2010 and quickly rose in popularity. Bodhi is currently the most popular it has ever been at Number 499. Bodhi is a tree name and a Sanskrit name meaning awakening and enlightenment.
Esai is a Spanish name possibly derived from Esau or Esaias. Actor Esai Morales, who pronounces his name EE-sye, helped introduce many people to this great name. Esai has never been in the Top 1,000.
Dimitri is a Russian form of the Greek name Demetrius, meaning follower of Demeter. Dimitri has never been too popular, peaking in 1992 when it reached Number 502. Today Dimitri ranks at 905 for boys.
Kenji is a Japanese name meaning second son. Kenji is a name I think more people would use if they knew about it. Kenji Kishimoto is one of the lead characters in Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me book series.
Nikolai peaked last year at Number 478, the most popular it has ever ranked. Nikolai is one of the many attractive forms of the name Nicholas, meaning people of victory.
What are your favorite names for boys that end in the letter –i?
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7 responses to "Boys Names that end in -i"
wellinformednamer | May 22, 2016 at 12:16 pm | Reply
Wow, I didn't even think about this trend!
I think my favorites are the Biblical names like Eli and Levi, along with Giovanni. Esai is pretty cool though. 🙂
By chance, did you look for increased usage of Mordecai?
tulipbyanyname | May 23, 2016 at 5:59 pm | Reply
Good one! I'm not sure about Mordecai, I know it's never been in the Top 1k. It is a cool way to get to the nickname Cai/Kai
Allure | May 24, 2016 at 2:36 am | Reply
I like Bodhi, Amari and Adlai a lot.
ooo good ones!
First Names First (@FirstNames1st) | May 28, 2016 at 5:33 pm | Reply
Great list! Eli is definitely my favorite here, but I would probably use it as a nickname for Elijah or Elias. I also love Bodhi and Levi.
tulipbyanyname | May 29, 2016 at 12:06 pm | Reply
Lydia | July 31, 2016 at 9:01 pm | Reply


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Gionee India shared an image of the upcoming smartphone on its Facebook page that describes the Elife E6 as "quite the looker", even if the company says so itself. It also shared some specs of Elife E6 that indicate the smartphone will be powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and will sport a 5.0-inch 'Retina' display.
however we dug deeper and found these images of the device.
Gionee's ELIFE E6, boasts a 5-inch 1080p display, 1.5GHz quad-core processor (MediaTek MT6589T) with 2GB RAM and 13-megapixel BSI camera with flash. In addition to these main specs, the Chinese handset allegedly packs a 5MP front-facing shooter and 2000mAh+ battery, runs Android 4.2.1 (Jellybean) and features a svelte 8mm profile. Gionee is officially expected to launch the ELIFE E6 in Beijing on July 10th for somewhere between $320 and $360(INR 18000).This device could be strong contender against the canvas 4 from micromax.
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José Antonio Maravall Casesnoves (Játiva, 12 de junio de 1911 – Madrid, 19 de diciembre de 1986) fue un historiador y ensayista español, figura central de la segunda mitad del  en la historia de las ideas.

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Nació en Játiva el 12 de junio de 1911.
Estudió Filosofía y Letras y Derecho en la Universidad de Murcia, pero terminó esta última carrera y la de Ciencias Políticas y Económicas en la Universidad Central de Madrid, donde fue discípulo de José Ortega y Gasset. Cabe señalar que su padre, ingeniero de profesión, había sido alcalde de Játiva y con posterioridad decidió el traslado de su familia a Madrid con el fin de dar la mejor formación universitaria posible, tanto a José Antonio como a sus hermanos Héctor y Darío Maravall. Fundó Nueva Revista junto con José Antonio Muñoz Rojas y Leopoldo Panero. En junio de 1931 fue nombrado delegado del Patronato de Misiones Pedagógicas.

Su historiografía estudia los aspectos del pensamiento progresista español en obras como Las Comunidades de Castilla. Una primera revolución moderna (1963), El mundo social de "La Celestina" (1964), Antiguos y modernos. La idea de progreso en el desarrollo inicial de una sociedad (1966), o los cuatro tomos de artículos reunidos en sus Estudios de Historia del pensamiento español.

José Antonio Maravall fue profesor universitario en España y el extranjero. Catedrático en la Universidad de La Laguna y la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Por la calidad humanística de sus estudios e investigaciones llegó a ser miembro de la Real Academia de la Historia y presidente de la Asociación Española de Ciencias Históricas. Asimismo fue Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Toulouse.

Fue director del Colegio de España en Paris entre 1949 y1954.

Se le considera uno de los introductores en España de la Historia de las ideas, y una de las máximas autoridades en el periodo del Antiguo Régimen. En 1987 recibió el Premio Nacional de Ensayo del Ministerio de Cultura.

Su hijo, José María Maravall, fue Ministro de Educación en el primer gobierno de Felipe González en 1982.

Obras
 El humanismo de las armas en Don Quijote (1948)
 El concepto de España en la Edad Media (1954), Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 1997 ISBN 978-84-259-0650-3
 La historia y el presente (1955)
 Teoría del saber histórico (1958), Biblioteca Nueva, 2008, ISBN 978-84-9742-717-3
 Ortega en nuestra situación (1959)
 Menéndez Pidal y la historia del pensamiento (1960)
 Velázquez y el espíritu de la modernidad (1960), Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 1999 ISBN 978-84-259-1084-5
 Carlos V y el pensamiento político del Renacimiento (1960), Boletín Oficial del Estado, 1999 ISBN 978-84-340-1123-6
 Las Comunidades de Castilla. Una primera revolución moderna (1963), Ediciones Altaya, 1998 ISBN 978-84-487-0901-3
 El mundo social de "La Celestina" (1964), Gredos, 1986 ISBN 978-84-249-0268-1
 Antiguos y modernos. La idea de progreso en el desarrollo inicial de una sociedad (1966), Alianza Editorial, 1998 ISBN 978-84-206-2917-9.
 Estado Moderno y mentalidad social: siglos XV al XVII, Madrid, Revista de Occidente, 1972
 La oposición política bajo los Austrias (1972)
 Teatro y literatura en la sociedad barroca (1972), Crítica, 1990 ISBN 978-84-7423-434-3
 La cultura del Barroco. Análisis de una estructura histórica (1975), Ariel, 2002 ISBN 978-84-344-8339-2
 Utopía y contrautopía en "El Quijote" (1976), Visor Libros, 2006 ISBN 978-84-7522-793-1
 Poder, honor y élites en el siglo XVII (1979), Siglo XXI de España Editores, 1989 ISBN 978-84-323-0365-4
 Utopía y reformismo en la España de los Austrias (1982)
 Estudios de Historia del pensamiento español. Edad Media (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, 1983), ISBN 978-84-7232-313-1, artículos.
 Estudios de Historia del pensamiento español. La época del Renacimiento (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, 1984), ISBN 978-84-7232-329-2, artículos
 Estudios de Historia del pensamiento español. El siglo del Barroco (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, 1984), ISBN 978-84-7232-335-3, artículos
 La literatura picaresca desde la historia social (Taurus, 1986), ISBN 978-84-306-1265-9
 El mundo social de La Celestina, Madrid, Gredos, 1986
 Poder, honor y élites en el siglo XVII , Madrid, Siglo XXI, 1989
 Estudios de Historia del pensamiento español. Siglo XVIII (Mondadori, 1991), artículos
 Teoría del Estado en España en el siglo XVII, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 1997 ISBN 978-84-259-1020-3
 Escritos de historia militar, Ministerio de Defensa. Centro de Publicaciones, 2007 ISBN 978-84-923067-6-3

Referencias

Bibliografía

 Homenaje a José Antonio Maravall, Valencia, Generalitat, 1988 ISBN 978-84-7579-655-0

Enlaces externos
 Recopilación de trabajos de José Antonio Maravall Casesnoves en Dialnet
 El legado de José Antonio Maravall, por Carmen Iglesias (1996).

Historiadores de España del siglo XX
Historiadores de las ideas
Ensayistas de España del siglo XX
Catedráticos de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Catedráticos de la Universidad de La Laguna
Académicos numerarios de la Real Academia de la Historia
Alumnado de la Universidad de Murcia
Alumnado de la Universidad Central de Madrid
Estudiosos de la España moderna
Misiones Pedagógicas
Nacidos en Játiva
Fallecidos en Madrid

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Employers throughout the region are invited to a breakfast March 24 to learn more about student internship opportunities through Youngstown State University's Williamson College of Business Administration and the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
The event starts at 7:30 in Williamson Hall at YSUwith the program beginning at 8 a.m. The breakfast will feature a presentation of the Northeast Ohio Council of Higher Education's "Return on Intern" program.
The event is a valuable opportunity for employers to learn about internship programs and grant assistance at YSU, area community colleges and area technical schools, organizers say. Some companies are eligible for grants for student wages.
To make a reservation, contact Christina Costello, assistant coordinator, WCBA Office of Professional Practice, [email protected], 330 941 1884; or Marie Meeks, assistant coordinator, STEM Professional Services, [email protected], 330 941 2642.
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FILE - A Las Vegas man, 71, died in an accident at Sand Hollow State Park on Wednesday.
HURRICANE, Washington County — A 71-year-old Nevada man died in an accident at Sand Hollow State Park on Wednesday.
Jimmie Hilton, of Las Vegas, was stepping from a dock to a boat when he "missed" and slipped into the water, said park spokesman Eugene Swalberg. Hilton was not in the water very long before he was pulled out, but he was unable to hold his head above the water, according to Swalberg.
Bystanders performed CPR until medical personnel could arrive. Emergency crews were unable to revive Hilton and he was pronounced dead at the scene, Swalberg said.
Drowning is presumed to be the cause of death, but officials were waiting Thursday for the final autopsy report to confirm.
The park reminds all boaters to take appropriate safety measures when out recreating and to always wear a life jacket.


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Junior receiver Maximus Campbell, one of the many transfers from Spruce Creek, hauled in a 75-yard pass from Sharks quarterback Aaron Manning for a touchdown against Seabreeze. It was the Sharks' only score in their 6-3 win over the Sandcrabs on Friday, Oct. 5, at Daytona Stadium.
The Sharks gave up a lone field goal to the Sandcrabs in the second quarter.
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18 Oct 2017 to 06 May 2018,
Museum Judenplatz
Helena Rubinstein was a pioneer in female entrepreneurship. It did not come easily to her. She was born in the 1870s in Kraków as the oldest of eight daughters and grew up in modest circumstances in an orthodox Jewish family. After a stopover in Vienna, where she worked in her aunt's fur store and collected the first ideas for her later career, she emigrated to Australia and worked initially as a children's nanny. She began to sell creams imported from Poland and founded her first beauty salon. In order to develop her own products, she handed over the business to two of her sisters and left for Paris. In 1912 she invented the first system for identifying skin types. She founded beauty salons in Paris and London. In 1914, by now married, she emigrated with her two children and husband to the USA, where she continued to develop her own cosmetic line, which from the 1920s also bore her name. Her business grew rapidly. By the time of her death in 1965 it had 100 branches in fourteen countries and around 30,000 employees. Her private assets amounted to over 100 million US dollars. She was a patron of the arts and sciences, setting up a fund to support art students and financing the Helena Rubenstein Pavilion, a museum for modern art, in Tel Aviv. She established a faculty of chemistry at the University of Massachusetts and in 1953 founded the Helena Rubinstein Foundation, which continues to support women scientists today. The exhibition will look at her life, particularly the years in Vienna.
Curator: Iris Meder
Coordination: Danielle Spera and Werner Hanak-Lettner
Assistance: Denise Landau and Dominik Cobanoglu
#CosmeticQueen
Exhibition folder
Picture Helena Rubinstein (c) Archive / Archives Helena Rubinstein, Paris


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IEG round 1 2013
project focuses:
4 projects focused on online community organizing (50%)
3 projects on building tools
1 project on offline partnerships and outreach
different countries
total grant spend (USD)
smallest grant
(but spent $0!)
largest grant
lots of projects:
Javanese, English, Catalan, Chinese, Italian
English Wikipedia (x3)
Javanese Wikipedia
Catalan Wikipedia
Chinese Wikipedia
of grants to global south
new WMF grantees
See also: The 2013 process report
on participant perspectives
Replay Edits
MediaWiki data browser
Consolidate wikiArS to involve art schools
Build an effective method of publicity in PRChina
The Wikipedia Adventure
The Wikipedia Library
Elaborate Wikisource strategic vision
MediaWiki and Javanese script
marked the launch of the Individual Engagement Grants program - a program designed to support individual contributors to Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on experiments driving online improvements.[1] The first round of funding distributed ~US$60,000 to support eight projects to Wikimedians in six different countries, focused on experimentation on various Wikimedia projects attempting to increase the reach, participation, or quality of the projects.[2] This report compiled by the WMF Grantmaking Learning & Evaluation team is a first look at the results of the six months of project execution. The goal is to better understand the collective work of these eight experimental grants, identify some commonalities in the exemplary grants, and identify areas for future research and/or development to further extend the impact of the grants program supporting individuals.
Overall, we believe this first batch of projects indicates that supporting individuals and small groups through the IEG model can have direct impact on the strategic goals of the Wikimedia movement: to increase the quality of the online content, increase the number of people participating in knowledge creation, and to increase readership. Individuals who have specific ideas for experimental, scalable programs seem to thrive in the IEG program, which provides high levels of resources beyond money.[3]
All the grants had useful elements, but from our analysis, the best IEGs seem to be the ones that build some sort of platform -- a social media group, a curriculum, a library, a strategy -- and have demonstrated the possibility for that platform to have impact on a smaller (beta) level. These projects were explicitly designed to meet an expressed need within the community: the grantee had heard this need (e.g., through past experience, through surveys) and designed a creative solution to resolve the gap. The next step, ideally, was for the grantees to see if the designed solution did in fact affect the desired outcomes.
The impact of the Round 1 Individual Engagement Grants is yet to be determined - it requires a certain time lapse before we will truly be able to see the changes happening on the targeted wikis, or the scale in the programs. That said, based on initial results, we found that the IEG projects focused on online community development have demonstrated the greatest potential for results, whereas the projects creating tools were not yet able to demonstrate the desired outcomes nor impact.
The grants we recommend prioritizing to analyze for impact longer term are the following:
The Wikipedia Library -- the project has already more than paid for itself, and great potential still exists for scaling the online library across languages: $7,500 grant, $279,000 in donated sources - a 37.2X return on investment. Moreover, editors are demonstrating demand for and utilizing the resources: the donated resources have seen growth in their references on Wikipedia between 400-600% since free access became available.
Wikisource Strategy -- demonstrated impact with organized events: November 2013 saw the highest number of new Wikisourcers (171) since July 2011.[4]
wikiArS -- a program demonstrating high quality donations of content, and extending the scope of Commons by including rating of drawings, rather than just photos: 30 images marked with a high designation of quality; 211 Wikipedia pages using images from program; 100% retention rates of participating schools.
The Wikipedia Adventure -- game built to provide more coaching to newcomers on English Wikipedia has shown possibility of creating more productive, longer term editors: players were 1.2x more likely to edit than those who did not play.
Publicity in China -- the low-cost social media experiment with Weibo has already demonstrated the hunger for information in China with 10,000 followers (25% of whom are women), and top posted articles seem to drive readers to WIkipedia: there was overall a 252% increase in pages views for articles with the most reposts the three days following the post.[5]
1 1. IEG grantees are contributing towards our strategic goals
1.1 Diversification of activities
1.2 Focus on strategic goals
1.3 Reach (number of readers)
1.4 Participation (number of editors)
1.5 Quality of Content
1.6 Returns on investment (focus on direct online work)
1.6.1 ROI table
1.6.2 Additional spending data
2 2. Indicators of outliers
3 3. Conditions for success
3.1 Experimental mentality
3.2 Mentoring support
3.3 Wikimania
4 4. Scalability and longer-term implications
4.1 Tools for execution
4.2 Tools for measuring impact
4.3 Mentoring
5 5. Specific recommendations and open questions
5.1 Recommendations
5.1.1 IEG Selection Criteria
5.1.2 Areas of specific mentorship for grantees
5.1.3 IdeaLab development
5.2 Open Questions
6 Sources / Notes
6.1 Learning patterns
1. IEG grantees are contributing towards our strategic goalsEdit
By and large, the IEG grantees are focused on contributing towards the Wikimedia Movement's overall strategic goals through sponsorship of specific ideas anchored in the voices of the individual community members. The IEG Round 1 projects are able to contribute to our movement's vision of free knowledge for all humanity[6] in a unique way because they are tackling problems in different Wikimedia projects and also they are experimenting with projects focusing on different strategic challenges than Wikimedia Foundation otherwise experiments.
Some of the projects were focused specifically on a language or project with no intention of further scale outside of that market - for example, the social media outreach campaign User:燃玉 pioneered in China via social networking platform Weibo, with no plans for expansion to other languages. But it is important to underscore that most projects[7] were designed in such a way that, if the proof-of-concept worked, they would be able to scale outside of the target language / project specified in their grant.
Diversification of activitiesEdit
The projects sponsored through IEG were focused on high priority Wikimedia projects that WMF and other Grants programs are currently not addressing (Javanese projects, Wikisource, Chinese Wikipedia) as well as types of problems that are not being addressed (e.g., difficulty acquiring sources to write articles). We believe this first round of grantees indicates that small investments can jumpstart big thinking and great ideas, and sponsoring individuals allows the exact views from various projects be represented and addressed in a more direct manner.
Focus on strategic goalsEdit
This batch of grantees was most focused on projects that would fix the quality of gaps on the projects[8], but two projects[9] focused primarily on participation, and one focused on raising awareness to increase readership[10].
The unique thing about these projects was their specific theories on HOW they would affect change on one of the highest level strategic goals. For example, the Wikisource Strategy project wanted to increase participation on Wikisource and because their theory was that lack of motivation was a key factor for retention, they focused a lot on community development. See image below for more information.
Reach (number of readers)Edit
Publicity in China
Participation (number of editors)Edit
conversion of new editors (to active editors)
provide mentoring/help
motivation incentives
retention of editors
collaborative community
Wikisource Strategy
Quality of ContentEdit
expert participation in projects
wikiArS design students
wikiArS active interest based groups
more diversity in contributors
Javanese MediaWiki script
provide feedback to improve contributions
provide more sources
Returns on investment (focus on direct online work)Edit
As has been noted, IEGs are selected "based on an assessment of the grant's potential for impact, ability to execute, and capacity to foster learning and innovation."[11] In particular, the IEG committee assesses the proposals based on their potential to have ongoing online impact. The majority of Round 1's projects were designed to beta test a potential solution for a strategic problem, and then build the base for that solution to scale. Thus, in general, return will only be measurable in the longer term.
wikiArS worked on building a model for classroom engagement with universities pairing with on-wiki groups (Wikiprojects), which included such ongoing pieces as the wikiArS portal and documentation, a new model for helping students, and new resources for participants. While they consolidated and built these support areas which would promote the scaling of the program, they also were executing on a sample program with eight schools in Catalonia. Through this test, they were able to demonstrate the potential for needed, high quality images to be contributed through the program. But more time is needed before we'll be able to calculate the full return of this potential.
As can be seen through the case study, a calculation of return for the wikiArS project is meaningless as of now: the funds were sent mostly to enable the building of a platform for future sustainable growth. It appears to have taken the appropriate steps for that, but time is needed before we see the uptick in program adoption/adaptation by other universities. As this adoption occurs, we can continue to evaluate (a) what the overall program effectiveness of wikiArS is[12], and (b) what the return on this specific investment is (as well as others, as they may occur). Until then, though, a full ROI cannot be determined (or it would not be of much meaning).
As a result, we are here only going to highlight what we are seeing as the initial steps towards returns. We used the information provided by each grantee in their midpoint and final reports to come up with a list of metrics designed to track activities, outputs, outcomes, and ultimate impact. Unfortunately, there is a lot we still do not know about the "Impact" section. That said, there is one grant that we are able to already calculate an initial return on investment: The Wikipedia Library, which currently boasts financial returns x37. See case study below for clarification, though again: note that most ROIs will be calculated in terms of amounts of content added, or number of contributors retained. For example with The Wikipedia Library, if no one is utilizing the library sources, the dollar amount of donations are not very important.
The Wikipedia Library is in the unique case where it was actually working to acquire and distribute accounts to online databases which have a dollar value. As a result, it is possible to calculate an actual financial return on investment for TWL as it currently stands: and it is big! If you take the estimated dollar value of the accounts donated ($279,000) and divide it by the total amount spent on the grant ($7,500), we see a 3700% return on the investment![13]
ROI tableEdit
In the table below, we attempt to provide a comprehensive mapping of what inputs, activities / outputs, outcomes and impact the different grants had. We also suggested a few metrics for outcomes and impact that either would have been useful to dig further into, or which should be looked at going forward.
It is important to offer a big caveat to this table: not all projects necessarily have direct ties to what is considered of "strategic impact" for the WIkimedia Movement. This does not necessarily mean the project is not valuable: it might be a small part in a comprehensive strategy. For example, while the Javanese Script project did not produce measurable impact, Indonesia is a priority area for the WIkimedia Foundation's Global South strategy, and this may be just one of several funded projects attempted at learning about the community and bolstering overall motivation and excitement. That said, we do a forced fitting of the funded projects in the "Inputs->Impact" framework here, in order to give ourselves some understanding of the linkages between the projects funded and the returns the movement sees from these investments. As more comprehensive, movement-wide impact metrics and strategies are established, we can cross-map initiatives into these efforts. In addition, we hope to develop a better understanding of what types of outcomes and impact metrics are most valuable for different types of projects.
Note: cells highlight in coral are those which have not been measured, but should be for further analysis over time. For full definitions of terms, see Evaluation Glossary.
Inputs -> Impact Map, Round 1 IEG
Grantee Inputs Activities/ Outputs Outcomes Impact
wikiArS
Offline Project
Grant spend: $9499
Total (incl. Wikimania): $11,992
Tool creation (e.g., modified upload Wizard; mechanisms (button, preload page, templates) to create wikiArS assignments online; improved header for partnerships)
Material creation (e.g., created pages on how to upload; improved
10 meetups with students/teachers
7 talks/workshops;
155 (min) attendees across talks/workshops
1 editathon; 30 participants
8 advisors (volunteers)
6 mentors (volunteers)
211 Wikipedia pages using images
65 pages on non-wikipedia using the file
48 students became editors during the course
9 schools currently involved
12 schools total (100% retention)
>130 images added
30 images quality (~23%)
Note: no retention information about students[14]
Note: no measures of satisfaction/feedback from participants
319 files added and used on Wikimedia content pages
30 quality images added to Commons
Grant spend: $7,432
Total (incl. Wikimania): $9,169[15]
Project space developed
10 partners contacted
4 partnerships developed
$279,000 in donations
2 placements as visiting scholars
27 profiles on TWL
Newsletter created with 250 recipients
1 survey creating database of needs / desires of active editors
1,300 editors using sources
400-600% increases from Credo to HighBeam
Note: would be interesting to look at growth in university demand for residents
Note: need a way to track outcomes of resident program
Note: ideally will be able to show the overall quality of the articles change over time, as the total number of references expands.
Based on the $279,000 in donations and the $7,500 grant, currently getting 37.2x value of investment.
Publicity PRChina
Grant spend: $168
Total (incl. Wikimania): $1,470
5 meetups; 31 attendees
1 tour; 60 attendees
4 online campaigns/ competitions
1 Weibo account
1877 microposts
5151 average views per post
25% of followers female
Estimated 252% increase in page views on top reposted articles following their Weibo posts [16]
# of new editors from outreach campaigns[17]
Note: these are high level trends that are hard/impossible to attribute to this project. Nonetheless, they are the top level numbers of most importance for this project., and therefore should be monitored.
Unique visitor growth on Chinese Wikipedia
Page view growth on Chinese Wikipedia
Grant spend: $11,110
Total (incl. Wikimania): $12,846[18]
1 new game developed with 7 missions
10,000 invited to play
593 click-through rate (5.4% of invites)
224 players through 1 level (2% of invites; 38% of click-throughs)
99 players played all 7 missions (1% of invites; 17% of click-throughs)
1 survey tracking experiences
(lots of promotional activities that can be found in the report)
Slightly more edits for gamers than non-gamers:
1.2x more edits than a control group of similar but non-invited new editors
1.9x more edits than those who were invited but did not play the game.
3.2x more edits for those who finished the game than those who only started the first level of the game
Note: compare retention rates of TWA players vs control group non-players
Note: selection bias is a concern for these; should be continued to be monitored and tested for statistically significant differences (which is self-noted as a gap in their report!
Total additional edits coming from TWA that otherwise would be absent
Total additional active editors coming from TWA that otherwise would be absent
Grant spend: $11,627 (USD)
1 Wikisource user group
>40 "members"
1 editing competition (which saw lots of pages changed and increased readership)
1 survey creating database of needs/desires of global WIkisource community
4 new tools worked on through GSoC
Book metadata deployment for Wikidata
164 new editors with the Italian writing contest
Note: would be good to know actual tool creation and usage on Wikisource; unclear if the GSoC projects were completed and/or if they are of value
Note: given the focus on new tools for Wikisourcers, it would be helpful to look at "productivity" rates over time for editors
Note: look at average retention rates over time, to get a better idea of community satisfaction
Total # of active editors on Wikisource
Total # of pageviews / API pulls from Wikisource
Total # of resources available on Wikisource
Tool project
Grant spend: $0[19]
1 new tool developed
1 promo video
<30 viewers[20]
(To be calculated upon 3 months of completion; see Final Report - Targets)
Number of on which wikis tool is enabled
Number of users of the tool
Note: would be interesting to get some feedback from users of the tool on how / why they use it; this would help inform next phases of the design.
Note: it could be interesting to do some cohort analysis of the type of editors that use the tools - are they power editors? Are they around longer?
Note: tough to track this one to top level impact numbers. More analysis needed on the reasons for and effects of using the tool.
Total (incl. Wikimania): $15,000 (Note: did not attend Wikimania)
1 new tool developed (including "Miga app," "MigaDV," and "Miga Schema")
1 presentation at SMWCon in Berlin
# apps developed making use of this data
# users consuming data
Javanese Script
Grant spend: TBD, but given $3,000
Total (incl. Wikimania): $5,510 (max)
(Final Report incomplete, so this may not represent all activities)
1 competition
2 training events
50 texts from the 19th century uploaded to Commons
"dozens of pages" added to Wikipedia/books/source
"about 20 000" Javanese script lemmas in Wiktionary
Note: would be interesting to get the retention data for those who participated in the competition
Total # of editors in Javanese Wikimedia Projects
Total content on Javanese Wikimedia projects
Additional spending dataEdit
Across all grantees[21], the majority of spend went towards human capital (83%), whether to Grantees themselves for project management, or for other areas of expertise (design, translation, technical). We are curious to continue tracking this spend data of our grantees to better understand the types of financial supports are needed.
2. Indicators of outliersEdit
Projects that were successfully completed, deployed, and poised for impact demonstrated some comparable patterns in behavior. We found the following factors were true across high performing IEG grantees:
(A) Project had clear links to strategic priorities
(B) Project was designed to meet the specific needs of end-users
(C) Feedback loops are built into the project, giving voice to the people being served
(D) Community engagement in the developing of the plan, process, and execution
(E) Significant expert support in developing and executing on a strategy
Related Learning Patterns:
Set strategic goals
Feedback cycle
Surveys at different points
Let the community know
Expert involvement
Find programmers
3. Conditions for successEdit
Achievable goals
The IEG grantees rose to the occasion of developing and executing high value and innovative projects, but the IEG program itself offered a lot of opportunity for these creative solutions to grow and flourish. We noticed a few things that were consistently cited as creating an environment enabling success. In particular:
Experimental mentality
Mentoring support
Wikimania (maybe ... )
Experimental mentalityEdit
In contrast to other WMF grants programs, the IEG reports jump out as brutally honest and transparent. Many reasons may contribute to this, but more than anything it appears that the IEG community is a space clearly separated and specified as experimental. Most of the recipients (88%) had never been grantees of WMF previously, which may have helped in their transparency.
The need for innovation is baked into the model of IEG at the beginning. A major enabler of the safe-to-fail environment is the very scorecard and selection criteria as laid out by the WMF Grantmaking staff and the IEG Committee, which is tasked with recommending to WMF the IEG projects for funding. Called out explicitly in their selection criteria:
"Innovative approach to solving critical issues in the movement, and clear measures of success to learn and evaluate impact of the approach."
Note that a specific criteria around innovation is unique to the IEG program in contrast to the other WMF grantmaking.[22]
"I also liked that in Final and Midterm reports we... were free to express our insights."
IEG Round 1 2013 Grantee, Post-grant survey
"I have been given free rein and flexibility to develop this library in any meaningful direction I think will be best, and I take that as a great trust that I hope I have honored. It has been exhilarating..."
Grantee Ocaassi, "The Wikipedia Library" Final Report
The safe-to-fail environment seems to have been underscored throughout the course of the grant as well. Through the review of the reports, we found that the reports being completed via the IEG program were more simple and more focused on lessons learned than other grant reports. Part of this seems to be the design and coaching on the reports themselves. Only two primary reports were required - a midpoint and a final report - and these were framed in such a way to simply relay back the lessons being learned. Interestingly, one grantee self-assigned the word "Failure" to many of his planned goals in the progress report. He provides clarifications and explanations, but it is nonetheless a noticeable difference from past grantee reports. Overall, the weight of the IEG reports rested more in the "Learnings" section of the midpoint report and the "outcomes and impact" section of the final report.[23]
Mentoring supportEdit
The second enabling feature is WMF staff support - in particular, IEG program officer, Siko Bouterse. IEG grantees had monthly calls with Siko, as well as received additional support as necessary. On average, 19.5 hours of Program Officer staff time went towards supporting and communicating with the grantees each month.
We have reason to believe these check-ins extended beyond formalities and governance, and rather were of value to the developments of the projects. Interestingly, five of the eight (>60%) grants' projects explicitly mentioned the support of the IEG team being of great value to their projects during their midterm and/or their final reports. In particular, the most valuable components were encouragement, advise on areas outside of expertise (e.g., promotion), and tools connection.
Outside of Siko, other WMF resources were highlighted as helpful areas, in particular design and communication. The help received from these two teams, though, was not equally spread (which is probably a good thing!) across the different grantees, and it is unclear the process through which this help was maintained. That said, of the post-grant survey distributed, people were "Very Satisfied" or "Satisfied" with the support they received across Administration, Research, and Communication.[24]
"I appreciate the support given by the IEG team, from the volunteers that evaluated our initial application and helped us to shape it, passing by the logistic, economic and emotional support, since from our relative frame of reference it was not always clear if we were advancing in the right direction. That Siko was always there with helpful advice is something that we appreciate greatly..."
User:Micru, Wikisource Strategy, Final Report
IEG Program Officer, Siko Bouterse Satisfaction with WMF support Quote from grantee
WikimaniaEdit
Wikimania seems to be an enabler for a subset of the grantees. An important commonality for this subset of grants was that they were projects most focused on community mobilization and engagement: Wikimania provided a great platform to introduce the grantee project to the global community.[25], collaborate with relevant community members[26], learn about new tools[27], or simply feel more a part of the IEG and Grantmaking community[28].
That said, the cost for seven[29] IEG grantees to attend Wikimania was ~US$16,000 - or over 20% of the total IEG grant spend (For several grants, the cost for attending Wikimania was more than their actual grant). Though there are some indications of value, most grantees did not make large mention of Wikimania in their reports. That said, in the post-grant survey several did mention their appreciation of attending Wikimania, which is described in the IEG 2013 Program review, though again - actual benefit of the investment is not yet determined. Digging further into the value-add of Wikimania for grantees would be a useful future experiment, though initially it looks like this was a big benefit for the types of projects that required lots of community collaboration.
4. Scalability and longer-term implicationsEdit
As mentioned previously, the full understanding and increased impact of the IEG program requires additional supports in data, tools, and scale.
Tools for executionEdit
Many IEG projects were resourceful in the different tools that they utilized in executing their grants. The accessibility of these tools was essential to actually effectively executing their projects.
That said, it is clear there are gaps in the tools available for this particular sample set of projects, and we are interested in seeing some development in these areas. We are documenting them here and hope that future grants rounds might be able to help identify which of these are the most essential:
Type of Usage
Further materials
Qualtrics Used for surveys to collect information regarding the projects.[30] Qualtrics overview in Evaluation Portal
Guided Tours Utilized the extension to develop customized gaming experience[31] Overview of extension "Guided tour"
Snuggle Leveraged Snuggle's desirability algorithm to identify good-faith contributors[32] Overview of Snuggle
Commons Upload Wizard (modified for project) Modified version of the upload tool on Commons Overview on Mediawiki
Tools desired / needed
Translation Extension The Translate feature currently only works from English to other languages; desire for the ability to translate from any language to any language
Guided Tours Desire to be more easily accessible
Tools for measuring impactEdit
Many tools were used to better understand the effects of the work being done, but again: there were big gaps in this knowledge. We saw bigger gaps in this section than the execution tools because limitations in the ability to execute a project without certain supports reflects negatively in the selection criteria for the IEG, resulting in fewer projects that require unavailable technical tools. Evaluation capabilities, on the other hand, is not a selection criteria.
Tools used to measure outcomes/impact
GLAM category tool Used to track the total number of files and file usages of a commons category (for wikiArS) See "GLAMorous" tool
"Linksearch" Used to track the change in usage of reference sources provided in The Wikipedia Library See Linksearch
http://stats.grok.se/ Page view aggregator; used by L&E team to see the effects of Weibo posts See stats page
http://stats.wikimedia.org/ Hosts a variety of statistics, but used by the L&E team for the total new editor number on Wikisource
Metrics needed to access
Usage statistics of tools hosted on WMFLabs Jeph, the grantee executing "Replay Edits" needed to see the usage of his tool once it is developed and hosted on WMFLabs so that he can make appropriate modifications and report back about the outcomes of his grant. (Note: he did not host his tool on WMFLabs because he is unable to track usage if it is hosted there!)
Aggregate page view statistics Addis from the Publicity to PRChina project did a significant amount of a outreach around specific pages in Wikipedia; he needed a way to mass upload a series of articles along with specific dates to understand the results on page views of his posting work.
Tracking cohorts of users User:Ocaassi needs to track cohorts of users playing his game "The Wikipedia Adventure." Given that these users come at different times, usages stats are not able to go through one cohort in Wikimetrics (Note that this is possible via the Event logging tool, but this tool is only available to WMF staff with permissions, and not accessible by grantees. We recommend that there should be a way to extend the features of this tool to community members working on important experiments which are not amenable to Wikimetrics).
MentoringEdit
"Being officially part of a project has made it easier for me to interact with a lot of wikipedia users."
Jeph, IEG Grantee Report, 2013
"We think that one of the core features of being a grantee (thus, one of the main reason to apply for a Individual Engagement Grant) is the fact that you get an official approval for a specific project, which has previously been evaluated. You are not a single, rogue Wikisource user who is speaking for himself only: you carry on a project for the WMF, which has a budget, an evaluation and an audit. We think it is very important to highlight how this recognition acts on people and users, who actually listen to you and allow you and your project to make an impact."
Wikisource Strategy, Midpoint report
Grantees consistently brought up the value outside of money that helped them execute their projects, such as mentorship from the IEG Program Officer (Siko) and even official "endorsement."
It is of utmost importance for the IEG program to continue to develop out its mentorship model. This appears to be a limiting resource to scale (compared to, for example, amount of funds available). In this past round, the IEG program officer spent approximately 19.5 hours per month on work directly with the eight grantees, which could be difficult to scale. Moreover, benefits came to some projects through design help, communication support, or evaluation support.
5. Specific recommendations and open questionsEdit
RecommendationsEdit
IEG Selection CriteriaEdit
The IEG committee should pay particular attention to clear demonstration of the indicators listed above as key for success in IEGs. This may require modifications to the review framework. In particular, we recommend:
Paying particular weight to a few criteria already embedded in the rubric:
"(A) The project fits with the Wikimedia movement's strategic priorities."
"(E) The project has demonstrated interest from a community it aims to serve"
"(I) The project has innovative potential to add new strategies and knowledge for solving important issues in the movement."
Consider expanding criteria to encompass:
Target market: for example, "The project has a specific community identified in which to experiment and execute the project." (in "Potential for impact")
Feedback loops: for example, "The project has clear community engagement pathways" (in "Ability to execute")
Areas of specific mentorship for granteesEdit
Impact metrics to track
When taking a step back to look at "impact" across all grantees, we found that there were many gaps in data collection and reporting. While some projects (e.g., wikiArS) compiled very comprehensive sets of information, other projects were not able to identify or collect metrics so clearly. One reason is that data did not exist (e.g., Jeph could not track the usage of his tool "Replay Edits" if hosted on WMFLabs), but there were several gaps in the measurements that could have been highlighted through some brainstorming. For example:
tracking page views of articles posted on Weibo[33]
number of new members or active editors of Wikisource[34].
This also involves highlighting tools for measurement, as listed above, or more clearly laying out how to use certain tools. It is important to note that this should be a responsibility of lots of different people and groups in the WMF and the movement!
Promotion of projects
A common theme in the project reports was one focusing on not having enough promotion amongst the broader community. When appropriate, the IEG program officer may want to work with the grantees on developing a specific promotional strategy with the grantees.
IdeaLab developmentEdit
Given the importance of leveraging different skill-sets in the development of a comprehensive strategy, we recommend the further expansion of the IdeaLab as a tool for connecting ideas with the appropriate people to accomplish them. This could be both in the pre-phase (Ideas) but also throughout the execution of an idea (e.g., IEG phase). There is currently a gap in the ability for people to easily identify what areas of expertise an idea needs, and for an idea to find individuals with those specific areas of expertise!
Open QuestionsEdit
At the conclusion of this report, we are still left with the main question:
"What is the ultimate impact of the IEG program?"
While we do see signs of success, we also acknowledge that the time lapse between this report and the creation of so many projects has not been long enough to fully understand the sustainability and scale of many projects.
The main questions which we (the Grantmaking Learning & Evaluation team) will continue to dig into alongside the IEG Program Officer (Siko) and (hopefully) the broader IEG community:
How can the platform for success scale?
What is the appropriate level of risk to take for an Individual Engagement Grant?
How should the projects be evaluated longer term?
Is IdeaLab well-suited to serve as a connection place between individuals with complementary skillsets to execute against ideas?
What happens to the IEG grantees over time? Are they still engaged in the movement? Do they take on further leadership roles and responsibilities?
Also, there is the question around the types of projects that IEG is well-suited to work on. For example, it is two of the three tools projects did not meet their goals, and the third (replay edits) does not yet know the usage results. Grantee Yaron provides some interesting reflections on the topic in his final report on the MediaWiki Data Browser project, including the artificial time constraint of six months. We'll be watching closely to see how the next batch of projects focused on developing tools fare!
Sources / NotesEdit
Learning patternsEdit
We developed a set of six learning patterns based on the our analysis of the first round of Individual Engagement Grants. These patterns are intended to provide actionable guidance to grantees, committee members, program staff, and community members involved in future IEGs, as well as other mission-aligned projects.
You worked hard on a project you believe in, but no one seemed interested in what you made or wants to carry your work forward.
You don't have all the skills or knowledge needed to accomplish your project alone.
Projects that require a lot of preliminary work before they can start, or depend on many external factors, easily get bogged down and may fail to achieve their goals.
You have an awesome idea for a project or activity, but it will only succeed if enough of the right people participate.
Even promising ideas with detailed project plans and broad appeal can fail to achieve their goals if what they produce is not useful and relevant to the right people.
Even impactful projects may look like failures if the project team sets unrealistic goals, or doesn't develop some way to measure their progress ahead of time.
↑ Bouterse, Siko (17 January 2013). "New grants available from the Wikimedia Foundation for individual Wikimedians". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
↑ Bouterse, Siko (29 March 2013). "Announcing the first Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grantees". Wikimedia Foundation. Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
↑ For example, this Round 1 group had ~2 hours of IEG staff support per month, a trip to Wikimania, easy access to WMF blog channels. Some IEG grantees also utilized research support from the Grantmaking L&E team (The Wikipedia Adventure) and blog writing support (Publicity in PRChina)
↑ See Stats on Wikisource; "New Wikilibrarians" are defines as having reached 10+ edits after registering)
↑ Compares change from the three day before post to the three days after. This was only done for a subset of articles that were provided to WMF. Note that this type of analysis would be best conducted on ALL postings throughout the duration of the grant, in order to draw more comparisons between the exact times of postings and the number of repostings. See spread of sample size in bar chart
↑ See "Wikimedia Foundation's Vision"
↑ wikiArS, The Wikipedia Adventure, The Wikipedia Library, Replay Edits, Mediawiki Data Browser
↑ wikiArS, The Wikipedia Library, Javanese Script, Replay Edits
↑ The Wikipedia Adventure and Wikisource Strategy
↑ PRChina and Social Media
↑ see IEG "project selection criteria"
↑ For more information on the Program Evaluation initiatives see "Overview of Program Evaluation"
↑ Including the price to attend WIkimania, the return is 3000%
↑ Could be measured through Wikimetrics if list of students is available
↑ Includes 1/2 of grantee's Wikimania costs, since he was also a part of The Wikipedia Adventure
↑ Note: While this was not measured, it could have been by using the [1] database, and comparing page view trends 3 days before and 3 days after the Weibo post.
↑ Possibly measurable via Wikimetrics, if a list of usernames from those who attended a meet-up is available.
↑ Includes 1/2 of grantee's Wikimania costs, since he was also a part of TWL
↑ It's true! Returned all the money!
↑ See page stats on Commons
↑ With the exception of Javanese Script project, which has not completed the final report
↑ See Grantmaking homepage for more information on the other grants programs.
↑ Note that we (Grantamking L&E ) are going to take these observations to other WMF Grantmaking programs to consider how they might encourage similar transparency!
↑ Three of the seven grants have responded (Javanese script has not yet completed the grant to receive the survey).
↑ Like the campaign run by Addis and the Chinese Wikipedians
↑ Like Wikisource, bouncing ideas off of different Wikisource contributors
↑ Like wIkiArS learning about GuidedTours
↑ As mentioned by Benny in his midpoint review
↑ One grantee could not attend, one grantee was a duplicate (i.e., had two grants), and one project had two members.
↑ Used by The Wikipedia Library, Wikisource Strategy, and The Wikipedia Adventure
↑ The Wikipedia Adventure
↑ Publicity in PRChina
↑ Wikisource Strategic Vision
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Parents may not realize how prevalent child sexual abuse has become. According to the Centers for Disease Control1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused by age In only 10 percent of these cases is the abuser a stranger, says Mary L. Pulido, Ph. Instead, 90 percent of the time the abuse is perpetrated by someone the child knows, and in those cases, 40 percent are a relative and 50 percent are a trusted family friend. That is why experts believe that conversations with your child are so important. The key is to keep the conversation developmentally appropriate.
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I've always been a huge fan and once interviewed Kerr (for Good News). Can't wait to hear the new material and hoping for a tour. Read on for CD details...
"One of the things I'm most proud of is that people say to me what Simple Minds are you talking about? The avant-garde, the art-rock, the pop, the ambient, the instrumental group, the political, the folk, the stadium band? We've been on one hell of a journey. To play all those different styles but at the same time be quintessentially Simple Minds is an amazing thing."
- Jim Kerr
Following last year's X5 box set and the "5 X 5 Tour," Virgin/UMe will release the Celebrate collection, a comprehensive overview of 35 years of one of Britain's most successful bands, including two new tracks: "Broken Glass Park" and "Blood Diamonds."
Celebrate will be released April 16 in two configurations: a 2CD version which features 36 songs, spanning 12 albums over 34 years, and a 3CD which features 50 songs, spanning 13 albums over 36 years, including their interpretation of Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot" from their 2001 covers album, Neon Lights.
Simple Minds have influenced acts as diverse as the Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, Moby and The Horrors. They have been sampled by Nicky Minaj, David Guetta, Joey Negro and Freddy Bastone. They have provided memorable movie moments for directors Cameron Crowe (Elizabethtown) and John Hughes (The Breakfast Club).
They have topped the British charts half a dozen times, with the studio albums Sparkle In The Rain (1984), Once Upon A Time (1985) and Street Fighting Years as well as the Ballad Of The Streets EP (both 1989), the concert recording Live In The City Of Light (1987), and the compilation Glittering Prize 81/92, and returned to the UK Top Ten with Graffiti Soul, their most recent studio album, in 2009.
It is an active year ahead, sharing this March 21 message on the band's Facebook page: "Tour starting now… Recording in summer… Hopefully US/Canada to follow… Arena tour to finish the year… New album next spring…"
Simple Minds are core members Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Mel Gaynor, plus Andy Gillespie and Ged Grimes.
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11. Waterfront
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13. Up On The Catwalk
14. Don't You (Forget About Me)
15. Alive And Kicking
16. Sanctify Yourself
17. All The Things She Said
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Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine practitioners use herbal medicine for a large variety of medical problems and diseases including behavioral disorders such as fear, anxiety, depression and anger.
Many of these behavioral problems can successfully be treated with an appropriate herbal formula, often in conjunction with Food Therapy. As we know there is no single diet suited to all animals, similarly the appropriate herbal formula for your fluffy's specific problems can be discovered through the astute examination of the patient.
Dr. KK formulates a special herbal blend for each individual based on their pattern on disease. The herbal medicine can be added to their food if they have a good appetite and are not finicky.
Amazingly, 90% of fluffies take their herbal medicine without hesitation. It is as if they know it is good for them! However, if your fluffy is particular about his/her food Dr. KK has many tricks up her sleeve to get them to take the medicine.
Cardiovascular problems such as cardiac arrhythmia and weakness leading to heart failure, or obstructive pulmonary disease may be treated with precise herbal formulas alone or in combination with Western medication. Unlike modern medication however, some herbal formulas work by nurturing a weak heart as opposed to forcing an already compromised organ to work harder. Commonly related to cardiovascular problems, pulmonary weakness that may lead to exercise intolerance, chronic coughing, frequent upper respiratory tract infections or chronic nasal discharge may be successfully treated with herbs for clearing pathogens or tonifying deficiencies.
Ocular disorders such as difficult to heal corneal ulcers, chronic conjunctivitis, and retinal pathologies (Gia's case) can also be helped with the appropriate herbal treatment (see Teddy's case). Many forms of dental pain, redness, swelling and inflammation may have symptoms greatly reduced or even relieved completely through herbal therapy. Many forms of chronic ear problems(see Ben's case) also react well to herbal treatments. These include external auditory canal and middle ear inflammation which can be healed utilizing oral herbal medicines that treat the root cause of the problem as well as topically-applied herbal medication.
Herbal medicines can often be used in the place of antibiotics (disruptive to healthy gut bacteria) and benefit a large variety of gastrointestinal disorders including inappetance, vomiting, diarrhea (see Zack's case), constipation(see Moccha's case), and bloating. Hepatic disease of both infectious and endogenous origin can be soothed and hepatic regeneration encouraged with a judiciously chosen herbal formula. Various forms of renal disease including kidney failure and urinary problems(see J.J's case) such as inflammation (see Daisy's case), infection, and urinary leakage may be successfully alleviated extending animals' lives through herbal medications that normalize and regenerate kidney tissues or the organs themselves.
Most orthopaedic problems including degenerative joint disease, strain/sprain, inflammation(see Jake's case), and weakness are amenable to significant benefit from an appropriate herbal formula. Neurological disorders including paresis, paralysis (see Rhani and Leo's case), and vestibular disease may be resolved more quickly and kept from reoccurring when treated properly with the correct formula.
Almost all companion animals readily accept herbal medical therapy, however sometimes experimentation is required to find the form which best suits a particular animal. Some herbal formulas are used for only a short time to clear excess conditions while others are used for longer periods in order to tonify chronic deficiency problems. As with any form of medical intervention, herbs should only be used after a competent veterinary practitioner has made an accurate diagnosis for each companion animal.
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When we last left our heroes, they were trapped in a cave with the dreaded cyclops, Polyphemus! The barbaric giant vowed to feast upon all, including the great Odysseus. Can they escape the peril? Can they hope to defeat such a giant? Can I drop the lame announcer voice?
Yes. Yes, to all three. The only one of those that was actually a question was the last. There really are no spoilers when it comes to a story recorded over 2,500 years ago.
Right, so, Odysseus has a problem. He can't kill Polyphemus. It's not that he doesn't have the ability. He's got men, and they've got weapons. The giant likes to sleep, so it's no big deal to kill him. In fact, Odysseus was tempted to "smite him in the breast, where the midriff holds the liver" (301-302). But, he can't, not and expect to live because of the boulder blocking the door. Only Polyphemus has the strength to move it, so it's a nice, tidy, trap. This also shows that Polyphemus is not an utter moron. He's an egomaniac and cruel, but he's not completely stupid.
So, what's Odysseus to do? Get Polyphemus drunk and take advantage of him (No, not like Lot's daughters. Get your head out of the gutter already, geez.). They'll poke out Polyphemus's eye, of course. They use a length of wood, sharpen it into a nice, giant spear, and heat the sucker in the fire, and drill it into Polyphemus's eye.
The cleverness of this solution isn't immediately apparent, but remember that Polyphemus has his sheep in the cave, too. He has to let them out in the morning. He's blind, now, but he's still got to take care of them in order to feed himself. He'll have to let them through, only Odysseus's men will be passengers and sneak out.
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