diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b26101eb..3646687a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ $> open build/index.html
 ```
 
 Details of the repository's organization and how to upload files are in 
-[CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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+[CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+## Installing Rake & Dependencies
+
+```
+$> sudo gem install rake redcarpet prawn
+```
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diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 66b2e5e5..8d1d6b16 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -170,18 +170,26 @@ file "okennedy_short.tex" => (["db/cv/okennedy.json", "lib/cv.rb", "Rakefile"]+D
       title: "Recent Activities",
       since: { 
         education: 2008,
-        reviewer: 2015,
-        general_service: 2015,
-        volunteering: 2015,
-        talks: 2015,
-        courses: 2015,
-        publications: 2014
+        reviewer: 2017,
+        general_service: 2017,
+        volunteering: 2012,
+        talks: 2017,
+        courses: 2014,
+        publications: 2017,
       },
       skip: [
+        :contact,
         :employment,
         :memberships,
-        :dept_service,
-        :tech_reports
+        # :dept_service,
+        :tech_reports,
+        :general_service,
+        :reviewer,
+        # :publications,
+        :artifacts,
+      ],
+      abbreviate: [
+        :grants
       ]
     )
   end
diff --git a/lib/cv.rb b/lib/cv.rb
index ddcff9a2..48b2009d 100644
--- a/lib/cv.rb
+++ b/lib/cv.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class CV < Latex::Builder
     @since = Hash.new { |h,k| if h.has_key? :rest then h[:rest] else 0 end }
       options[:since].each { |k, v| @since[k] = v } if options.has_key?(:since)
     @skip = options.fetch(:skip, [])
+    @abbreviate = options.fetch(:abbreviate, [])
 
     gen
   end
@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ class CV < Latex::Builder
       render_header
       vspace "0.15in"
 
-      render_contact_details
-      vspace! "-0.1in"
+      unless skip?(:contact)
+        render_contact_details
+        vspace! "-0.1in"
+      end
 
       render_education               unless skip?(:education)
       render_employment_history      unless skip?(:employment)
@@ -84,7 +87,8 @@ class CV < Latex::Builder
       render_invited_talks           unless skip?(:invited_talks)
       render_courses_taught          unless skip?(:courses)
       render_grant_support           unless skip?(:grants)
-      render_pubs_and_artifacts      unless skip?(:pubs)
+      render_short_grant_support     if @abbreviate.include? :grants
+      render_pubs_and_artifacts      unless skip?(:publications)
     end
   end
 
@@ -100,7 +104,13 @@ class CV < Latex::Builder
   end
 
   def skip?(category)
-    @skip.include? category
+    @skip.include? category or @abbreviate.include? category
+  end
+
+  def since_title_subscript(category)
+    if @since.has_key? category
+      " (since #{@since[category]})"
+    else "" end
   end
 
 
@@ -254,7 +264,7 @@ class CV < Latex::Builder
   ############### INVITED TALKS ################
 
   def render_invited_talks
-    make_section("Invited Talks")
+    make_section("Invited Talks"+since_title_subscript(:talks))
     build_filtered_itemize(:talks, @data["talks"], "noitemsep,leftmargin=5mm,label=--") do |r|
       textit { puts r["venue"] }
       wrap { 
@@ -271,7 +281,7 @@ class CV < Latex::Builder
   ############### COURSES ################
 
   def render_courses_taught
-    make_section("Courses")
+    make_section("Courses Taught"+since_title_subscript(:courses))
 
     courses = @data["courses"]
 
@@ -307,7 +317,7 @@ class CV < Latex::Builder
   ############### GRANT SUPPORT ################
 
   def render_grant_support(args = {})
-    make_section("Grant Support")
+    make_section("Grant Support"+since_title_subscript(:grants))
 
     test_for_since = proc { |r| duration_is_since?(r, @since[:grants]) }
 
@@ -445,6 +455,21 @@ class CV < Latex::Builder
     end # grant_categories.each
   end
 
+  def render_short_grant_support
+    make_section("Grant Support"+since_title_subscript(:grants))
+
+    test_for_since = proc { |r| duration_is_since?(r, @since[:grants]) }
+
+    grants = @data["grants"].select { |r| 
+      r["status"] == "accepted" and test_for_since.call(r)
+    }
+    build_itemize(grants, "noitemsep,leftmargin=5mm,label=--") do |r|
+      copis = r.fetch("copis", [])
+      copi_string = if copis.empty? then "" else "; with "+copis.oxford_comma end
+      puts "#{r["title"]} (#{format_money r["amount"]} from #{r["agency"].split(/:/)[0]}#{copi_string})"
+    end
+
+  end
   ############### PUBLICATIONS AND ARTEFACTS ################
 
 
@@ -556,7 +581,7 @@ class CV < Latex::Builder
 
     all_my_pubs = LabMetadata.publications_for(@who)
 
-    make_section("Publications and Artifacts")
+    make_section("Publications and Artifacts"+since_title_subscript(:publications))
 
 #        block("center") do 
 #          puts "(Author lists marked with a * are not correlated with level of contribution)"