text: We have been privileged to have had great guest speakers this past semester. Take a look at our studio- not a bare spot to be had as draftsman extraordinaire Bill Martin visited with us from way out in New Jersey one sunny fall Saturday. Martin truly draws like a dream and brought, literally, hundreds of his reportage drawings to share with our first year students, who are in the midst of their own semester long reportage assignment. You can see the awe and pleasure that the work brought. Bill was inspiring as he shared his philosophy and even, a little demo. After that, we all hoofed it up to Times Square, where we tackled the crowds, drawing it all! Thank you, Bill!


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UBS news
UBS Investor Watch report breaks the awkward silence around inheritance
New York, NY - UBS Wealth Management Americas (WMA) today released its quarterly UBS Investor Watch report , exploring the issues around inheritance and why families avoid the topic. TThe survey of over 2,800 high net worth (HNW) and affluent U.S. investors found that while both benefactors1 and heirs2 are optimistic about giving and receiving inheritance, neither is actively engaged in inheritance planning and are reluctant to fully discuss this topic before a death in the family occurs. As a result, almost half (46%) of benefactors have not discussed their inheritance plans with their children. With an estimated $40 trillion of personal wealth expected to change hands by 20503, there is a lot at stake and a lot to talk about.
Top barriers to the inheritance conversation
With benefactors not wanting to divulge their wealth and heirs being afraid or unwilling to raise the topic, the inheritance conversation is one of the most important family discussions that does not take place. For those leaving an inheritance, their top three barriers to discussion are:
- It doesn't feel like a pressing issue (43%),
- They don't want their offspring to count on the inheritance (32%), and
- They don't want their children to feel entitled to wealth (27%).
Three in four benefactors also view it as highly important that their children use their inheritance wisely and don't squander it.
For those on the receiving end of a potential inheritance, their top barriers are:
- Their families don't talk openly about financial issues (46%),
- It does not feel like a pressing issue (31%), and
- They do not want to appear greedy (23%).
UBS Investor Watch found that even though wealthier benefactors have planned more around inheritance they are no more likely than less affluent investors to have discussed these plans with their future heirs. They are more likely to have an up-to-date will and to have put a wealth transfer plan in place, but they are still not talking about the plans with their heirs. Therefore their heirs are no more likely to know the details of the inheritance plans and are left unprepared when a parents pass. Even with more wealth at stake, emotional barriers hold back open discussions between benefactors and their heirs.
"Inheritance can be a complex and sensitive issue for both sides, parents don't want to talk about mortality and children don't want to appear greedy by bringing it up," said Paula Polito, Client Strategy Officer, UBS Wealth Management Americas. "But the fact of the matter is that it's a conversation that needs to be had among families. Open lines of communication and advance planning are critical to ensuring a smooth transfer of wealth and to preventing future conflict among heirs."
Embracing the conversation
While it may not be an easy conversation to have, talking openly about inheritance planning has a tremendous impact on heirs' satisfaction with the wealth transfer process and lowers the likelihood of disagreements among surviving family members.
When heirs know the details of the inheritance plan ahead of time – i.e., they have seen the will, know approximately how much wealth there is, how it will be divided and where the assets are – they are much more satisfied with the inheritance process (89%). Additionally, when heirs do not know the details ahead of time they are more than twice as likely (27% vs. 12%) to disagree with family about the inheritance distribution.
The situation is even worse when there is an unresolved issue, such as who is going to inherit the family home, prior to a parent's passing. In these cases, satisfaction among heirs plunges, and the likelihood of disagreements about the inheritance distribution skyrockets (82% vs. 11%). Sensitive issues like deciding the fate of the family home may not be simple to resolve prior to a parent's passing, but it will only be more complicated after they pass without clarifying their intentions on inheritance.
Regarding blended families (2nd marriages involved), where disagreements among heirs are more common (27% vs. 15% for nuclear families) and satisfaction with the distribution process is lower (56% vs. 83% for nuclear families), having the conversation is even more important.
Giving while living
Most benefactors prefer to begin passing on wealth to their heirs while living, as opposed to posthumously. Four out of five benefactors have provided financial support to their adult children, and nearly a quarter have set up trust funds for their children (23%). Benefactors pass on wealth to adult children while living for a wide variety of reasons, including financial need (51%) and a desire to see their children succeed (47%).
The desire to give while living creates an added layer of complexity to inheritance planning. Benefactors must determine how much financial support they can provide to their heirs while facing an uncertain lifespan, while considering the impact of healthcare costs on savings. This uncertainty about longevity and potentially outliving one's assets acts as a barrier to inheritance discussions. A significant portion of investors are highly concerned about being able to afford long-term care (23%, the highest of all personal finance concerns) and outliving their assets (13%).
Multiple generation giving
Longevity and a legacy are important to those leaving an inheritance. Nearly a quarter of benefactors with grandchildren plan to leave part of their inheritance directly to their grandchildren. For 43% of those benefactors, it's highly important that their assets last and are also able to support their grandchildren. Additionally, financial support to adult children while living is often done with the grandchildren in mind. The number one way parents financially support their adult children is by creating a college fund for their grandchildren. When asked why they financially support their adult children, parents are just as likely to want to ensure their grandchildren are set up to succeed (44%) as they are for their own children (47%) .
New approach forward
The vast majority of heirs are grateful to their parents for what they've passed on to them and hesitant to criticize how their parents handled their inheritance planning. While only 1 in 3 say they wish their parents had done anything differently, that does not mean they themselves will do things the same way. Nearly three quarters of heirs (72%) said they plan to deal with inheritance differently than their parents.
"Each generation feels like they know more than the one that preceded them, so it is natural that heirs have different ideas about inheritance than their parents," says Sameer Aurora, Head of Investor Insights for UBS Wealth Management Americas. "That said, they demonstrate stronger self-awareness as they trend towards greater transparency with their own potential heirs and planning for inheritance earlier. They don't want to be caught off-guard or leave their own children in a state of uncertainty."
Among the top ways heirs said they would diverge from their parents' process of passing on their wealth are:
- Keep their will updated (47%),
- Disclose the whereabouts of all financial accounts (43%),
- Take steps to minimize taxes on their future heirs (34%),
- Proactively discuss wealth transfer plans openly with heirs (34%) and
- Plan ahead before the onset of aging or mental capacity issues (29%).
We invite you to read the full report here: www.ubs.com/investorwatch
About UBS Investor Watch
UBS Investor Watch is a quarterly publication analyzing the latest in investor sentiment and behavior. Dedicated to generating insights that help UBS Financial Advisors deliver exceptionally for their clients, UBS Investor Watch is the industry's definitive guide to what's on investors' minds right now.
We invite you to read the full report.
For this eighth edition of UBS Investor Watch, 2,882 U.S investors responded to our survey from June 24 – July 7, 2014. The core sample of 2,474 investors have at least $250,000 in investable assets; 1,121 have at least $1 million in investable assets. This UBS Investor Watch includes an oversample for Millennials:
528 Millennials: Respondents, ages 21-29, have at least $75,000 in household income or $50,000 in investable assets; respondents, ages 30-36, have at least $100,000 in household income or $100,000 in investable assets.
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About UBS Wealth Management Americas
UBS Wealth Management Americas provides advice-based relationships through financial advisors who deliver a fully integrated set of products and services specifically designed to address the needs of ultra-high net worth, high net worth and core affluent individuals and families. It includes the Wealth Management U.S. business, the domestic Canadian business and the international business booked in the United States.
About UBS
UBS draws on its 150-year heritage to serve private, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Its business strategy is centered on its pre-eminent global wealth management businesses and its universal bank in Switzerland. Together with a client-focused investment bank and a strong, well-diversified global asset management business, UBS will drive further growth and expand its premier wealth management franchise.
UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in 57 countries, with about 35% of its employees working in the Americas, 36% in Switzerland, 17% in the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 12% in Asia Pacific. UBS employs about 65,000 people around the world. Its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Prof. Alexander Felfernigüber das Thema:
Intelligent Techniques for the Engineering of Constraint-based SystemsZeit: Mon 29.10.2012, 16:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: Science Park 3, Raum S218
ZusammenfassungDue to the increasing size and complexity of business processes, constraint-based systems become more and more popular as problem solving technologies. At the same time the easy development, maintenance, and deployment of these systems becomes a key issue for software development departments. Examples of such systems are configuration and recommender systems which support companies in the management of large and complex product & service assortments and help users in situations where the complexity of the assortment makes the identification of an appropriate solution a challenging task. This talk will focus on a discussion of key supportive technologies for constraint-based systems development which have shown to be useful in industrial and experimental settings. New research results in terms of algorithms and techniques will be presented which help to significantly increase the accessibility and usability of constraint-based systems for both, engineers in software development departments and end users. The talk will be concluded with an overview of major issues for future research.
VortragenderAlexander Felfernig is a full professor at the Graz University of Technology (Austria) since March 2009 and received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Klagenfurt. He directs the Applied Software Engineering (ASE) research group and is co-founder of Configworks, a company dedicated to the development of knowledge-based recommender technologies. His research interests include configuration systems, recommender systems, model-based diagnosis, software requirements engineering, different aspects of human decision making, and knowledge acquisition methods. Alexander Felfernig has published numerous papers in renowned international conferenes and journals (e.g., AI Magazine, Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, IEEE Intelligent Systems, Journal of Electronic Commerce) and is a co-author of the book on "Recommender Systems" published by Cambridge University Press. He also acted as an organizer of international conferences and workshops such as the ACM International Conference on Recommender Systems and the International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems and is currently a member of the Editorial Board of Applied Intelligence and the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems.
Einladender: a. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Paul Grünbacher
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Oracle Patches 88 Issues in Mammoth Security Update
Oracle released 88 security fixes addressing vulnerabilities in over 35 products in its portfolio as part of its Critical Patch Update.
Unlike Microsoft, which releases patches every month, Oracle follows a quarterly patch schedule across its entire product portfolio, excluding Oracle Enterprise Linux and Java. April's Critical Patch Update contains six fixes for the Oracle Database Server, 11 for Oracle Fusion Middleware, 15 in Oracle Sun products, and six in MySQL, the company said in its CPU advisory released Apr. 17. Other affected suites include Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, Oracle e-Business Suite, Oracle Supply Chain, Oracle PeopleSoft, Oracle Industry Applications, Oracle Financial Services, and Oracle Primavera Products.
There are 15 new security fixes for the Oracle Sun Products Suite, five of which could be remotely exploited without the need for a username or password.
Of the 88 fixes, 33 were considered critical, meaning they could be remotely exploited without needing a username and password. In contrast, January's CPU had only 16 remote code execution vulnerabilities.
"Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon as possible," the company said in the advisory.
Database Fixes
Of the six bug fixes for Oracle Database Server, three may be remotely exploitable without authentication, according to Oracle. Another six vulnerabilities were closed in Oracle Enterprise Manager, of which four were remotely exploitable. This is the largest number of databases fixes from Oracle since January 2010. The last CPU, released Jan. 17, fixed only two issues in Oracle Database Server.
The fact that Oracle included a very small number of database patches in the last few releases doesn't mean there weren't any vulnerabilities to fix, Alex Rothacker, director of security research for Application Security's TeamSHATTER, told Security Watch. The team has criticized Oracle several times in the past for not moving fast enough to fix issues reported by the team, especially those "we thought were pretty severe," Rothacker said. One of those vulnerabilities allowed any Oracle Enterprise user to escalate privileges to run administrative commands, he said.
In fact, one of the issues fixed by Oracle in this update was reported by Rothacker's team over two years ago.
Severe Issues Fixed
Oracle addressed a number of serious vulnerabilities, Rothacker noted. There was a high number of vulnerabilities with a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score above 6.0 across all the products in this quarter's CPU, he said, which "surprised me." CVSS is a standard ten-point system used by the industry to assess the severity of vulnerabilities.
A flaw in Oracle Grid Engine, as part of the Sun Products Suite, had a CVSS score of 9.0 and a flaw in MySQL Server was rated 6.8. Oracle Database Server had several issues above 7.0, with the highest one rated 9.0. The JRockit (Oracle's proprietary Java Virtual Machine) vulnerability in Oracle Middleware had a CVSS score of 10.0, and addressed the hash-overflow denial-of-service vulnerability that was disclosed around last December.
A CVSS score of 10 is "equivalent to a vulnerability perfect storm, spelling disaster for an organization," said Marcus Carey, security researcher at Rapid7.
"There is quite an uptick in criticality when you look at the Critical Patch Update from January 2012, when the highest was 7.8, while this quarter we have a couple of vulnerabilities with a criticality rating well above that," said Carey.
Patching Strategy
IT administrators can take a piecemeal approach to this mammoth release. Amol Sawarte, director of Qualys' vulnerability labs, recommended addressing vulnerabilities on systems that are Internet accessible first, such as the issues with Glassfish/iPlanet and Solaris, followed by MySQL. Oracle RDBMS can "probably" be addressed last, since database servers are generally installed on internal networks or secured behind a firewall if they are Internet accessible, Sawarte said.
If IT managers delay updating their systems with the CPU, it may be possible to "reduce the risk" by blocking network protocols required by the attack or removing privileges to certain packages. However, this move may also "break application functionality," Oracle said.
The next Critical Patch Update release will be on July 17.


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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers over 210 types of awards (or grant mechanisms). These codes define a generically similar group of support programs. The National Eye Institute (NEI) regularly supports ONLY the 27 mechanisms listed in the following section. On occasion NEI will join a trans-NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) which employs some other mechanism, but this will not be a standard operation.
Investigators who are interested in applying for NEI support are encouraged to contact NEI extramural program staff for NEI programs and research priorities, special NEI application guidelines, additional information, and advice before submitting an application. Potential applicants proposing to conduct a clinical trial should consult information regarding NEI Guidelines for Data and Safety Monitoring.
Electronic and paper application kits (with forms) are available on line at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm. A wealth of general information about NIH extramural research and training programs, NIH grants policy, administrative responsibilities of awardees, and NIH award data that includes access to the RePORTER database are available on the NIH Web site at http://grants.nih.gov.
PLEASE NOTE: The material below should be read in conjunction with information presented in the FOA section of the NEI Grants and Funding website (http://www.nei.nih.gov/funding/app). FOAs ARE FREQUENTLY UPDATED!
Mechanisms Supported by NEI
Individual Fellowship Awards
- F30 Individual Predoctoral M.D./Ph.D. or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship
This award provides a stipend and funds defray tuition, fees, health insurance, and research expenses for students matriculated in a combined-degree integrated research and clinical training program. Support is available for up to six years, with at least 50% of the award period devoted to graduate research training leading to the doctoral research degree.
- F31 Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity.
The award provides a stipend and funds to help defray tuition, fees, health insurance, and research expenses. Support may not exceed five years. The only eligible individuals are those from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, those with disabilities, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- F31 Parent Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
This award provides up to five years support for research training leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent degree. Support includes a stipend; funds to defray tuition and fees; and an institutional allowance for health insurance, research expenses, books, and travel to scientific meetings.
- F32 Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship
The award provides a stipend and funds to help defray tuition, fees, health insurance, and research expenses. Support is generally for two or three years and is done under the guidance of a mentor or committee of mentors described in the application.
Career Development Awards
The NEI does not impose any salary restriction beyond the legislatively-imposed annual salary cap, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm. Salary requests should be reasonable and conform to the established, consistently-applied policy of the institution for other staff members of equivalent qualifications, rank, and responsibility. Requested salary should reflect no more than the percentage of time actually devoted to the project. All K-series awards provide funds for research expenses in addition to salary. The NIH has clarified its policy regarding leave, percent effort, and part-time appointments on a K award. Please consult http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-036.html
Comprehensive information regarding NIH Career Development awards can be found on the K Kiosk at http://grants.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm. Investigators interested in submitting a Career Development application should consult the Kiosk for the current versions of forms and FOAs.
The K99/R00 has broad eligibility requirements (see below). For all other mechanisms described in this section, only US citizens, non-citizen nationals, or individuals lawfully admitted to the US for permanent residence are eligible for K-series awards. Candidates must have a clinical doctoral degree (typically DDS, DVM, MD, or OD) or its equivalent PhD or other doctoral degree in a clinical discipline (such as clinical genetics or rehabilitation).
The NEI will not fund K-series applications which propose to conduct a new, free-standing clinical trial or clinical study. Clinician scientists seeking training in the conduct of clinical trials or clinical studies should instead propose an ancillary study within an on-going research program. See http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-EY-09-001.html
- K08 Individual Physician Scientist Award
This award supports an intensive, supervised research experience for clinicians who are committed to a career in research and have the potential to develop into independent investigators. Three to five years' salary and research-related costs are provided for mentored didactic studies integrated with hands-on laboratory or clinical (biostatistics and epidemiology) research experiences.
- K12 Institutional Clinical Scientist Development Program
This award is made to an institutional program accommodating a number of candidates with varying levels of research experience who require an individualized, mentored career development experience. For information, please contact Dr. Neeraj Agarwal , 301-451-2020, firstname.lastname@example.com. Candidates interested in applying for a position within an institutional program should consult the Program Director at any of these funded sites:
- Dr. Dmitri T. Azar, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Dr. Reza Dana, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
- Dr. Thomas Gardner, University of Michigan
- Dr. Maureen G. Maguire, University of Pennsylvania
- Dr. Harry A. Quigley, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute
- Dr. Robert Weinreb, University of California San Diego
- K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award
Patient-oriented research is defined as research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens, and cognitive phenomena for which an investigator directly interacts with human subjects). In all other aspects this individual award is equivalent to the K08 described above.
- K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award
This two-phase award is designed to facilitate receiving an R01 award earlier in an investigator's research career. Phase I is a one to two year mentored research program. It is followed by up to three years of independent support contingent on securing an independent research position. Eligible candidates include foreign nationals as well as US citizens and citizen-nationals. Candidates may hold either a clinical or a research doctorate degree. Candidates must be within five years of their terminal professional degree.
Loan Repayment Awards
NEI actively supports L-Series awards designed to attract health professionals to careers in clinical or pediatric research. In exchange for a two-year commitment to a research career, these awards will repay up to $35,000 of qualified educational debt plus the tax burden associated with this benefit. The original two year award may be renewed once. Only US citizens, non-citizen nationals, or individuals lawfully admitted to the US for permanent residence are eligible for L-series awards. Candidates must have a clinical doctoral degree from an accredited institution. Detailed information and access to the on-line application process is available at http://www.lrp.nih.gov.
- L30 Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers
- L40 Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric Research
Center Core Grants
- P30 Center Core Grants
This program is designed to enhance an institution's environment and capability to conduct vision research, to facilitate collaborative studies of the visual system and its disorders, and to attract scientists of diverse disciplines to research on the visual system. Institutions must hold a minimum of eight NEI awards for basic research in order to be eligible.
Only the following grant mechanism is appropriate in determining eligibility:
Research Project Grant (R01)
Grants in an administrative extension, regardless of funds, are not eligible.
Core Grants are typically organized into units or modules, each devoted to a specific activity that would be impractical or undesirable to support on an individual research project. NEI provides up to $2M direct costs over a five year period for institutions which hold from eight to 19 NEI awards. Institutions which hold 20 or more NEI basic research awards may receive up to $2.5M direct costs for five years.
Conference Grants
R13 and U13
These awards support high quality conferences/scientific meetings that are relevant to vision research. The NIH Conference Grant Website has been created to centralize information regarding the funding of scientific gatherings, symposia, meetings, workshops, or other organized, formal meetings where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge (consult http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r13/index.htm). The NEI is highly selective in its choice of scientific areas and investigators are urged to contact Dr. Houmam Araj at 301-451-2020, email@example.com to obtain prior written approval before submitting an application. This written approval must be included in the grant application. U13 Cooperative Agreement Conference Grants are generally investigator-initiated but involve substantial interactions with NEI staff. Applicants should discuss their interest in a U13 application with the appropriate NEI staff member (call 301-451-2020). The application should discuss the proposed role of the NEI staff member, as well as agreed-upon Terms and Conditions of the potential award. Conference grant applications must be submitted well before the actual date of the conference, to allow time for post-Council administrative approvals.
Research Project Grants
- R01 Research Project Grant
This grant, generally made for a period of three, four, or five years, supports a discrete, circumscribed research project. Also known as the traditional or regular NIH research grant, this is the principal mechanism of NEI support for investigator-initiated basic research conducted by both new and more experienced scientists. The NEI participates in several specialized programs or initiatives that utilize the R01 grant mechanism; these are described in the FOA section of this website.
- R15 Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA)
Applicants are urged to consult the NIH AREA program web site at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/area.htm. This award makes special efforts to support investigators at domestic institutions that that provide baccalaureate training for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. The maximum amount of this award is up to $300,000 direct costs for a period up to three years. The AREA grant is renewable.
- R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grant
The NEI accepts investigator-initiated exploratory/developmental grants under the NIH Omnibus R21 announcement. This program provides direct costs up to $275,000 over a two year period, with no more than $200,000 direct costs allowed in any single year. This mechanism encourages studies which may involve considerable risk while possibly leading to a breakthrough in a particular scientific area. The mechanism also supports the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications that could have a major impact on vision research. The NEI also supports several specialized programs or initiatives which utilize the R21 grant mechanism; these are described in the FOA section of the NEI website.
- R24 Resource-Related Research Project
These grants support research projects that will enhance the capability of resources to serve biomedical research. The NEI only accepts R24 applications in response to specific Funding Opportunity Announcements.
- R34 Clinical Study Planning Grant
This program is designed to assist in the development of a comprehensive research protocol for a large-scale clinical trial or epidemiologic study. This may include preliminary studies to refine study procedures, document recruitment potential, and/or prepare a detailed Manual of Procedures. The program provides up to $150,000 annual direct costs for up to two years. Applicants are encouraged to contact one of the Collaborative Clinical Research Program Directors (Mr. Donald F. Everett, Dr. Maryann Redford, Dr. Eleanor Schron or Louise Wideroff) at 301-451-2020 when beginning to prepare an application.
Small Business Grants
Please consult http://www.nei.nih.gov/funding/app.asp for the NIH omnibus solicitations, NIH policy announcements, and NEI-specific information regarding these programs. The NEI small business coordinator is Jerome R. Wujek, 301-451-2020, email@example.com.
STTR Program
These investigator-initiated awards facilitate cooperative research and development between small business concerns (not less than 40% of the proposed work) and research institutions (not less than 30% of the work), where commercialization is the primary goal of the project. From time to time the NEI solicits STTR applications in a particular program area through an FOA. Phase I awards normally may not exceed $150,000 total costs for a one year period. Phase II awards normally may not exceed $1,000,000 total costs over a two year period. NEI now permits applications for Phase IIB continuations. Potential applicants should consult with Dr. Jerome R. Wujek, 301-451-2020, email@example.com regarding their particular situation and programmatic responsiveness.
- R41 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Grant
- R42 Phase II and IIB Small Business Technology Transfer Grant
SBIR Program
These investigator-initiated awards have the objective of establishing the technical merit and feasibility of research and development activities which ultimately may lead to a commercial product or service. The Principal Investigator must have at least 50% time and effort associated with the small business concern. Normally Phase I awards may not exceed $150,000 total costs for a six month period. Phase II awards provide support for up to $1,000,000 total costs for up to two years.
Phase IIB Competing Renewal Awards
The NEI will only accept SBIR Phase IIB Competing Renewal grant applications from Phase II SBIR awardees to continue the process of developing technologies that ultimately require federal regulatory approval or require extraordinary time and effort in the Research and Development phase. Such technologies include, but are not limited to, pharmacologic agents, biological products, and devices. These technologies should be clearly related to the mission of the NEI. This renewal grant should allow small businesses to reach a stage in the project where interest and investment by third parties is more likely. The Competing Renewal application must be a logical extension of a previously completed Phase II (R44) SBIR grant. NEI grantees seeking SBIR Phase IIB Competing Renewal funding must submit an application within a period no later than the first six receipt dates following expiration of the previous Phase II budget period. Budgets not to exceed $750,000 total costs per year and time periods up to two (2) years may be requested for this SBIR Phase IIB Competing Renewal opportunity. Potential applicants are strongly advised to contact Dr. Jerome Wujek (contact information provided above) before beginning the process of putting an application together.
- R42 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Award
- R43 Phase II and IIB Small Business Innovation Research Award
The Small Business Program Switch
NEI will allow applicants to switch between STTR and SBIR programs, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-14-048.html. Effective February 1, 2014, the following transitions are permitted:
- Phase I STTR to either SBIR or STTR Phase II
- Phase I SBIR to either SBIR or STTR Phase II
- Phase II STTR to either SBIR or STTR Phase IIB
- Phase II SBIR to either SBIR or STTR Phase IIB
Institutional Training Grants
These awards are made to support several pre- and post-doctoral trainees within a formal program established by an institution of higher learning. Funds are provided for stipends and other expenses such as tuition and fees, health insurance, research supplies, equipment, and travel. The training program may be focused on a single scientific discipline or may more broadly include several disciplines relevant to vision research. The Program Director at the institution selects the trainees. Trainees must be citizens, non-citizen nationals, or have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Updated information regarding application forms, Funding Opportunity Announcements, and policy changes is available on the NIH training website, http://grants1.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm.
- T32 Institutional Training Grant
Note that NIH has consolidated the review criteria for T32 applications, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-074.html.
- T35 Short-Term Training for Professional School Students
These awards are intended to encourage graduate and/or health professional students to pursue research careers, through exposure to a short-term involvement in the health-related sciences.
Collaborative Clinical Research Cooperative Agreements
This mechanisms is used whenever there is a demonstrated need for the substantial involvement NEI program staff during the performance of the activity. The use of this mechanism should be made on the basis of the existence of the assistance relationship and the need for substantial staff involvement. In some cases a project will be converted to a U when circumstances arise that make it clear that the activity requires assistance/substantial involvement with NEI staff. Applicants are encouraged to contact one of the Clinical Research Program Directors (Mr. Donald F. Everett, Dr. Maryann Redford, Dr. Sangeeta Bhargava) at 301-451-2020 when beginning to prepare an application. While preparing the application, Principal Investigators should remember to include the following material in the appendix:
Surveys, questionnaires, data collection instruments, clinical protocols, and informed consent documents.
Full-sized glossy photographs of material such as tables, electron micrographs, or gels which were included in the Research Plan at reduced size.
- UG1 Clinical Research Cooperative Agreements – Single Project
NEI uses this award mechanisms to support clinical trials and other types of complex, fixed-protocol, clinical research. The applications are generally investigator-initiated, but entail substantial interactions among investigators and NEI staff. Applicants are urged to discuss their interests with an NEI program director when selecting a grant mechanism to support their study. Applicants should consult the following information when preparing a proposal for support under a cooperative agreement:
Research Supplements
Before submitting any application for a research supplement, you should consult with your NEI Program Director.
Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp).
NIH recently developed a Funding Opportunity Announcement for submitting administrative supplement requests.
Please consult http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-077.html for full details.
This program will accept requests for additional funds to meet increased costs that are within the scope of an approved award and were unforeseen when the most recent competitive or non-competitive application was submitted. Examples of such situations include the provision of funds to replace essential equipment which has become non-functional, to meet unexpected increases in animal care costs linked to new Federal or local regulations, to allow purchase of new state-of-the-art instrumentation, or to achieve certain new research objectives. Any proposed cost increase MUST result from making modifications to the project that would increase or preserve the originally-approved objectives and purchases. All funding mechanisms supported by the NEI are eligible for consideration under this program. The R00, R15, and R21 mechanisms may receive supplemental funding above the established limits for the parent grant award, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-117.html. Requests may be submitted at any time, but are highly dependent upon the availability of funds.
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Season 1, Episode 1: Jet-Assisted Chevy, Pop Rocks and Soda
Original Air Date: 23 January 2003
1967 Chevy Impala with a jet assisted take off. Eating Pop Rocks with cola can cause death.
Season 1, Episode 2: Vacuum Toilet, Biscuit Bazooka, Leaping Lawyer
Original Air Date: 23 January 2003
A biscuit tin explodes and hits a woman. A woman is stuck on an airplane toilet. A lawyer crashes through a high rise window.
Season 1, Episode 3: Larry\'s Lawn-Chair Balloon, Goldfinger, Poppy-Seed Drug Test
Original Air Date: 7 March 2003
Acending in a lawn chair with weather balloons. Poppy seeds cause you to fail a drug test. Being covered in gold paint can kill you.
Season 1, Episode 4: Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter?
Original Air Date: 23 September 2003
Tested myths include magic ice bullets, thought to kill without a clue and is it worth running in the rain, where Adam and Jamie see which gets you drier, running or walking in the rain. To test if you can explode a toilet, the Mythbusters get a crash-test dummy that they name Buster.
Season 1, Episode 5: Cell Phone Destruction, Silicone Breasts, CD-ROM Shattering
Original Air Date: 3 October 2003
Cell phones are tested to see if they can destroy a gas station. Then, breast implants are tested to see if high altitudes will make them explode. Finally, CD\'s are tested to see if computer drives can make them break.
Season 1, Episode 6: Barrel of Bricks, Pissing on the Third Rail, Eel Skin Wallet
Original Air Date: 10 October 2003
The story of the unlucky construction worker and the barrel of 500 lb. of bricks is tested. Also, you\'ll see if peeing on the third rail can kill you, along with credit cards not working due to an eel skin wallet.
Season 1, Episode 7: Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings
Original Air Date: 17 October 2003
Season 1, Episode 8: Hammer Bridge Drop, Buried Alive, Cola
Original Air Date: 24 October 2003
Buster tries to survive a drop into a body of water with a hammer, and Jamie\'s getting buried alive! Also, you\'d be surprised by how many cola-related myths are perfect for the Mythbusters.
Season 1, Episode 9: Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Tree Cannon, Beat the Breath Test
Original Air Date: 7 November 2003
Jamie and Adam want to see if tongue piercing attract lightning, if they can make a cannon out of a tree, and if drunk people can fool the police.
Season 1, Episode 10: Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket
Original Air Date: 5 December 2003
The Mythbusters see if a car can get so stinky that no one will buy it. Waiting for 2 months for 2 dead pigs to decompose in a car, the want to test raccoon rocket, where a person lighting gasoline in a sewer pipe to eliminate a raccoon but shoots himself out but lives. Looks like a job for Buster!
Season 1, Episode 11: Escape from Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder
Original Air Date: 12 December 2003
Jamie and Adam try to escape from Alcatraz using a raft made from raincoats. In between, they test to see if duck quacks can echo and if Red Cross has mind control chips for their patients.
Season 1, Episode 12: Chicken Gun, Octopus Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine
Original Air Date: 18 January 2004
The guys test the effects of chickens, frozen and thawed, against a windshield. They also test to see if a human can give birth to an octopus and if 50 lbs. of laundry, along with baking soda w/dog pee, can cause an explosion that could kill a guy.
Season 1, Episode 13: Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin\', Rear Axle
Original Air Date: 11 January 2004
Season 1, Episode 14: Sinking Titanic, Goldfish Memory, Trombone Explosion
Original Air Date: 22 February 2004
Season 1, Episode 15: Break Step Bridge, Toothbrush Surprise, Rowing Water Skier
Original Air Date: 15 January 2004
Season 1, Episode 16: Buried in Concrete, Daddy Longlegs, Jet Taxi
Original Air Date: 15 February 2004
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As you might have seen drifting around the internet, Philadelphia's own Kurt Vile has put a less than subtle indicator towards a new record on the side of an abandoned building in the city's Northern Liberties.
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Above is an interview with Otávio Silveira, board chairman of the Brazilian Wind Association.
1830hrs Brasilia Standard Time
The end of the event. This year's conference was about consolidation. This was the recurring word in presentations, panels, interviews and conversations. It has not come easily, and wind power has suffered setbacks in the past 12 months.
After three years of strong growth, 2012 was marred by uncertainty, economic downturn and regulatory changes that culminated in an auction where only 281MW was contracted, and at really low prices. But 2013 has looked better, seeming to prove the resilience of wind in Brazil. Demand for auctions returned, with prices rebounding, boosting investor's appetite.
The event this year, however, is noticeably smaller than last year. Final figures for 2013 registered 2120 delegates, with 620 attending the conference, and 120 exhibitors, said Rodrigo Ferreira, CEO of conference organiser Canal Energia. But, as one exhibitor put it, people were more focused and more top people were present, making talking business better.
This is a reflection of changes in the wind sector in Brazil. Marcio Severi, commercial director of CPFL Renováveis, a developer who attended but did not exhibit, said things were busier and companies now seemed to have a target in the sector. "People now know what they are good at and what they are looking for. This is true of turbine suppliers, financiers, O&M and developers."
Companies from outside the sector are more and more interested, said Élbia Melo, executive secretary of the Brazilian Windpower Association (Abeeolica). The association gained at least five new members — topping 84 — including Japanese motor manufacturer Honda, who recently contracted 27MW in wind power and is interested in showing off a stamp that proves it uses wind power in its operations.
Volvo and two other motor manufacturers are also aiming for the stamp, said Melo. "We are consolidating, and had very good news before the event," said Melo.
1730hrs Brasilia Standard Time
Solar power has been lurking in the background of most discussions with developers and manufacturers here. On the back of wind power's recent success, it seems the Brazilian government will give solar power a chance, with photovoltaic and concentrated solar projects able to register for this year's upcoming energy tenders.
Today, the government announced that almost 3GW of solar projects are registered for the November auction. This is small compared to the 15GW of wind power registered, but it is a new source of renewable power that is gaining ground in Brazil's diverse energy scenario, adding to biomass and biofuels. Renova Energia, CPFL Energia and Weg all have projects in solar.
Renova has registered 200MW of solar in the auction, half of its solar portfolio. CEO Mathias Becker said investigations began a year ago on the same locations in Bahia where its wind projects are located. "Solar is complementary to windpower," he said. "We knew we had gold, now we have platinum."
1700hrs Brasilia Standard Time
Brazil's federal energy planning company EPE has approved 629 wind power projects with a combined capacity of 15GW to participate in the November 18 energy auction. The bidders are pitching for 20-year power purchase contracts, with energy delivery to start in 2016.
This will be the third power auction this year and the second to include wind power. On 23 August, 1.5GW of wind projects won power purchase contracts to start delivery in September 2015.
Of the 15GW registered, some 4,728MW are located in the state of Bahia, 3,837MW in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and 2,820MW in Rio Grande do Norte. EPE will now study the documents to select the auction winners. The rules require developers to build or guarantee the 'last mile' connection to the grid.
A representative of developer Renova Energia said the company would register 500MW in projects located in the state of Bahia.
1330hrs Brasilia Standard Time
Although all turbine makers agree that the best news in Brazil's wind power sector this year was the commissioning of 1.5GW at August's auction, there is no consensus over the prices reached at the auction.
They ranged from BRL 106/MWh to BRL 116/MWh with an average of BRL 110 per MWh. Average prices at last December's auction dipped below BRL 100 per MWh .
Some said that stricter rules and guarantees were adding to the costs. Others said the price was at the limit of making projects economically feasible. Still others praised higher prices.
None of which disguises the relief that suppliers feel that 2012's fiasco was not repeated, and that BNDES continues to support the industry.
1300hrs Brasilia Standard Time
GE has already acquired up to 200MW in preliminary turbine supply agreements for last August's auction, said Jean-Claude Robert, director of renewables for Latin America.
He was the only executive to give a figure of possible contracts. All others I spoke to said they were in talks. GE has 500 wind turbines in operation.
However, Robert emphasised that the deals still need to be formally closed. He also talked about the new nacelle plant announced yesterday. The local content requirements are behind the decision. Brazil's BNDES requires not only that the nacelle be assembled here, but that a minimum number of components also be made locally
To comply, GE is locally doubling its acquisitions staff to 50 and is studying the possibility of convincing two or three international suppliers to set up shop in Brazil.
1000hrs Brasilia Standard Time
Two recurring themes are appearing from talks and interviews with manufacturers: the delivery of contracts signed in 2009 onwards, and complying with local content rules. The latter involves producing blades and nacelles here in Brazil.
It seems that the BNDES local content requirements level the playing field and force equipment manufacturers to differentiate in the services they offer to developers. Like a chess game, very little was said about numbers in the talks I had yesterday and much was said about how much support the product suppliers will give to wind farm developers.
Brazil's Weg, an important player in other electric, distribution and generation sectors, already has a supply and services network. Its employees will be trained to service the new Northern Power System turbines, says João Paulo Silva, Weg's wind power manager.
0700hrs Brasilia Standard Time
Today's sessions kick off at 0900hrs Brasilia time with the big manufactures giving their opinions on opportunities in the region. But the biggest buzz seems to be around the plenary with finance experts from local and international institutions who will discuss opportunities and challenges related to the local market.
Yesterday saw Brazil's federal power company Eletrobras express its desire to bid for more wind power in upcoming auctions after winning contracts in August's auction, and Bahia state government saying that its calculations have shown that the region's wind resources are "much bigger than we thought".
It also emerged that GE will expand its manufacturing facilities in Brazil to produce nacelles for its GE 1.7-100 and GE 1.85-82.5 wind turbines.
Keep following the blog for today's developments from the conference.


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Dr. James C. Harris is a professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Harris received his medical degree in 1966 from George Washington University. He trained in pediatrics at the University of Southern California Children's Hospital and the University of Rochester before joining Johns Hopkins for his psychiatry residency and fellowship in child psychiatry, 1972-1974. The author of the textbook, Development Neuropsychiatry, Harris' research focuses on behavioral phenotypes in neurogenetic disorders and psychopharmacology in neurodevelopmental disorders. Today at Johns Hopkins, he directs the developmental neuropsychiatry clinic.
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- MD, The George Washington University School of Medicine (1966)
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- American Board of Pediatrics / Pediatrics (1974)
- American Board of Psychiatry And Neurology / Child And Adolescent Psychiatry (1981)
- American Board of Psychiatry And Neurology / Psychiatry (1980)
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My research is in Developmental Neuropsychiatry, focused on behavioral phenotypes in neurogenetic disorder. I have authored a textbook written to establish this field as subspecialty in psychiatry. This two volume book was chosen as medical book of the year among 2500 medical books in 76 specialties in the year of publication. The NIH awarded me support through an R-01 to study Lesch-Nyhan disease. Psychopharmacology in Neurodevelopmental disorders is another area of research interest. I am a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. I work as the cover editor for the journal JAMA Psychiatry for the Art and Images section and choose the cover each month and write a commentary about a psychiatric theme represented in this work. In the general department I teach a course on personality that focuses on the work of Adolph Meyer, Erik Erikson, John Bowlby and Carl Jung. I write the psychiatry section for the Oski Textbook of Pediatrics (now in the third edition) and the section of purine and pyrimidines for the Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.
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Harris JC Behavioral phenotypes of neurodevelomental disorders: portals into the developing brain. In Davis,KL Coyle,JT, Charney,D and Nemeroff C. (eds.), Psychopharmacology: the Fifth Generation of Progress, American College of Psychopharmacology, Nashville, TN, 2001.
Horska, A., Kaufmann, W. E., Brant, L. J., Naidu, S., Harris, J. C., and Barker, P. B. 2002. In vivo quantitative proton MRSI study of brain development from childhood to adolescence. J Magn Reson Imaging, 15(2):137-143.
Harris, J.C. Social Neuroscience, integrated brain function, empathy and neurodevelopmental disorders. Physiology and Behavior. 79(3):525-31, 2003.
Fairbanks LD, Harris JC, Duley JA, Simmonds HA. Nucleotide degradation products in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in inherited and acquired pathologies. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 23:1185-1187, 2004.
De Gregorio L, Jinnah HA, Harris JC, Nyhan WL, Schretlen DJ, Trombley LM,O''Neill JP. Lesch-Nyhan disease in a female with a clinically normal monozygotic twin. Mol Genet Metab. 85:70-7, 2005
Schretlen DJ, Ward J, Meyer SM, Yun J, Puig JG, Nyhan WL, Jinnah HA, Harris JC. Behavioral aspects of Lesch-Nyhan disease and its variants. Dev Med Child Neurol. 47:673-677, 2005
Jinnah HA, Visser JE, Harris JC, Verdu A, Larovere L, Ceballos-Picot I et al Delineation of the motor disorder of Lesch-Nyhan disease. Brain. 129(Pt 5):1201-1217, 2006
Harris, JC. (2007)The evolutionary biology, emergence, and facilitation of empathy. In Farrow, M. (ed) Empathy and Mental Illness. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, England.
Harris, JC. . (2007) Psychiatric Disorders in Persons with Intellectual Disability. In Gabbard, G. (ed) Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, American Psychiatric Association Press, Washington, D. C Harris, JC., 2007
Harris, JC. Disorders of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism In Kliegman, R.M., Behrman, R.E, . Jenson, H.B. and Stanton, B. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics,18th Edition. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2007.
Harris, J.C. Developmental Neuropsychiatric Disorders. In New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Gelder, M. , Lopez-Ibor, JJ, Andreasen, N. (eds) Oxford University Press. Oxford, U.K. 2009
Harris, JC. Brain Disorders and their effect on psychopathology. In Rutter, M. (ed). Rutters Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Blackwell, London. 2008
Hong CC, Harris JC, Pearlson GD, Kim JS, Calhoun VD, Fallon JH, Golay X, Gillen JS, Simmonds DJ, van Zijl PC, Zee DS, Pekar JJ. fMRI evidence for multisensory recruitment associated with rapid eye movements during sleep. Hum Brain Mapp. 2009 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Harris J. (1998). Developmental neuropsychiatry. Volume 1: Fundamentals of developmental neuropsychiatry. Volume 2: Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the developmental disorders. Oxford University Press, New York. (Medical Book of the Year, 1995)
Harris, J. (2006). Intellectual Disability: Understanding Its Development, Causes, Classification, Evaluation, and Treatment. Oxford University Press, New York.
Harris, J. Book Series Editor, Developmental Perspectives in Psychiatry. Oxford University Press.
Harris, J. Art and Images Editor. Archives of General Psychiatry. Monthly Commentaries on Art and Science. (75 commentaries published 2002-January 2009 in 10 topic areas)
Activities & Honors
- Honors Outstanding Teacher Award, 1989
- Honors Outstanding Teacher Award, 1996
- Honors Outstanding Teacher Award, 1998
- Honors Outstanding Teacher Award, 1999
- Honors Outstanding Teacher Award, Sabbatical Year (Full-Time), 1992 - 1993
- Who's Who in America, 2002
- Who's Who in the World, 2002
- Medical Book of the Year, Developmental Neuropsychiatry (2 vols. Single Author), 1995
- Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2002
- American College of Psychiatrists, 2003
- APA Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
- Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago (Dept. of Psychiatry: Institute of Mind and Biology), 2001 - 2002
- Visiting Professor, Guys and St. Thomas Hospitals, London, 1998
- Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1987
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1980
- American Academy of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, 1985
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983
- American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, 1983
- American Psychiatric Association, 1993
- American Psychiatric Association, 2007
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- American Sleep Disorders Association/Society for Sleep Research, 1984
- American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1995
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- New York Academy of Medicine, 1993
- Society for Neuroscience, 1984
- Society of Professors of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1998 - 2000
- United States Representative, International Society for the Study of Behavioral Phenotypes, 1992
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- Editorial Boards, Archives of General Psychiatry, 2002
- Editorial Boards, Journal of Child Neurology, 2001
- Medical Book of the Year, Developmental Neuropsychiatry (2 volumes, Single Author), 1995
- Whos Who in America, 2002
- Whos Who in the World, 2002
- President, Society for Professors of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1998
- President, Society for Professors of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2000
- U. S. Representative, Society for the Study of Behavioral Phenotype, 1992
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Dengue Fever Outbreak Strikes Southeast Asia
An early rainy season in Southeast Asia has led to an unexpected jump in cases of dengue fever as governments struggle to control the mosquito populations that transmit the disease. Video by WSJ's Nopparat Chaichalearmmongkol.
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Five English football fans have been injured after being attacked by knife-wielding Ultras in Italy.
Up to 50 fans of the Rome club Lazio targeted a group of Tottenham Hotspur fans ahead of a Europa League match between the two clubs on Thursday evening in the Italian capital.
The English supporters were enjoying drinks in the Drunken Ship pub in the historic Campo de Fiori at 1am on Thursday morning when the attackers - wearing motorcycle helmets and brandishing weapons including knuckle-dusters, broken bottles, and baseball bats - smashed their way in.
Sources named four of the injured as Ashley Mills, Dave Lesley, Stephen Tierney and Christopher Allen. Mr Mills is said to have been stabbed and was seriously ill in the city's San Camillo Hospital.
A spokesman for the mayor's office said the attack was "obviously organised".
A spokesman for Tottenham said: "We understand from local police that nine of our supporters suffered injuries last night following an incident in the city centre. Three of these supporters were taken to hospital for further treatment. We continue to seek further information and are liaising with both Italian and UK police on this matter."
Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported scenes of "urban warfare" as the Ultras - notorious Italian football thugs - attacked the English fans.
The bar was wrecked in the attack and two tourists are also thought to have been injured. Rome police said the victims included a Californian and a Bangladeshi. One witness told La Repubblica: "We feared the worst."
On Thursday morning, there was no response from the American-owned bar, which is situated in one of the most visited squares in the centre of Rome. Three victims are being treated at the Holy Spirit Hospital and three others at Fatebenefratelli.
A police spokesman said: "A group of about 40 or 50 people in motorcycle helmets or with their faces covered were armed and attacked the group of English football fans drinking in Campo de Fiori square."


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Editor's note: Recently, the adobe.com site switched over to a using a mega menu for global navigation. Adobe accessibility engineer Michael Jordan worked closely with our web team to build a menu system that brings great accessibility to a very design-sensitive site. Here, Michael explains his approach.
While mega menus, in many flavors, are fairly ubiquitous these days, thanks in part to the thumbs up given to them by Jakob Nielsen in his 2009 article Mega Menus Work Well for Site Navigation, we had a hard time finding many good examples for accessibility.
We think our approach strikes a decent balance between user expectation for global navigation, keyboard navigability, and screen reader access, and we felt that others might find it useful if we shared some of the thinking that went into our choices.
Our first major decision in implementing our Adobe.com mega menu was to respect user expectations for global navigation. As an accessibility engineer, it's tempting to want always want to implement the appropriate WAI-ARIA design pattern for the widget I'm developing. In this case, working on a menu, I looked to the WAI-ARIA Menu or Menu bar (widget) design pattern which describes the keyboard interaction and WAI-ARIA roles, state and properties for a list of links presented "in a manner similar to a menu on a desktop application." This would seem to fit the bill, but it's somewhat problematic when implemented in its entirety for global navigation.
The design pattern specifies that the menu be treated as a single stop in the tab order, after which the arrow keys move between the menu and submenu items. This is the way application menus behave in desktop applications, and it improves accessibility for keyboard users because only one tab key press is required to move from the menu to the next focusable element in the application. However, for global navigation, we feel that most users still expect to be able to tab to at least the top level links in the navigation, and that the discovery of a jump in focus from the second link in the site to the search input, skipping all other top-level navigation items, could be confusing and would require unnecessary explanation.
Our implementation permits tab focus on each of the six top-level menu items. When one of the menu items has focus, pressing the Enter key, Spacebar or Down arrow will open the submenu panel, and pressing the Left or Right arrow key will shift focus to the adjacent menu item. Links within the submenu panels are included in the tab order when the panel is open. They can also be navigated with the arrow keys or by typing the first character in the link name, which speeds up keyboard navigation considerably. Pressing the Escape key closes the submenu and restores focus to the parent menu item.
The menu bar design pattern defines WAI-ARIA roles, state and properties. Some of these are also problematic when used in global navigation. If we use role="menu" for the menu container and role="menuitem" for each of the links therein, assistive technology will no longer interpret the links as links, but instead, as menu items. It is common for users of assistive technology to use a shortcut command to open a list of links in a web page. This allows them to quickly find a desired link without hunting through all the other content on the page. It's a killer feature. If we use role="menuitem" on links within our global navigation, they will no longer show up in the list of links identified by assistive technology. Cue the sad trombone.
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President's Report
True to the Mission
Colonial Williamsburg
The latest gift from Forrest Mars Jr. funds reconstruction of the Market House.
An institutional commitment to early American history requires a firm focus on the future, with no irony intended.
It has been that way from the early years of the Restoration, when John D. Rockefeller Jr. proudly measured progress in the 1930s and reflected "that perhaps an even greater value is the lesson [Colonial Williamsburg] teaches of the patriotism, high purpose and unselfish devotion of our forefathers to the common good."
His sense of progress began, however, in a feeling of loss. Seeing "beautiful and historic places and buildings disintegrating had long caused me very real distress," he wrote.
But the process of restoration led to a broader consideration of purposes. How do you make the most of bringing the past back to life?
That central question finds an evolving answer. The constructive good we derive from Colonial Williamsburg has to be realized in the context of the current era. "That the future may learn from the past" remains the objective, but in the 25 years of my direct involvement—as either trustee or president—there have been constant reassessments, reappraisals, and almost non-stop innovation.
In part, those fall under the heading of "relevancy," but we have to be cautious there, too. We must be both creative and true—true, that is, to the core mission of the institution. The result is a rather complex picture, one that delicately blends and balances those dynamics to attract, energize, and educate a diverse audience.
In other words, Colonial Williamsburg must be as inspirational in the present moment as it was when first conceived. This remains our challenge, and our opportunity.
Happily, as described in the Development section of this report, we have achieved considerable success. In 2013, more than 113,000 donors representing all 50 states gave or pledged a total of more than $75 million to support what we do here. This represents an 18 percent increase over the previous year and includes a record $15 million for the Colonial Williamsburg Fund, our most vital source of support for daily operations. This is a most impressive endorsement of our efforts, and I am deeply grateful.
Last year, we saw a 2 percent increase in total ticket revenues, reflecting higher core ticket sales, including single-day, multi-day, and annual passes. A several-year trend of declining visits in our peak summer season was reversed, a most gratifying and encouraging development.
More than 208,000 people visited the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg last year, representing an increase of nearly 5 percent. We eagerly look forward to the day when visitation will surely increase once our planned museum expansion becomes a reality. Among other things, a new and far more inviting street-level entrance will more clearly convey what lies within—a vast improvement on the present entrance inside the Public Hospital, the reconstruction of the Commonwealth's first mental institution.
So how do we repay the faith and support we continue to receive? With institutional efficiency and careful investment.
In our case, you see investments at Colonial Williamsburg in the hard work of a most remarkable collection of people who bring the Revolutionary City to life each day. These talented professionals make Colonial Williamsburg so much more than an extraordinary historical setting by transforming it into a dynamic center of history and citizenship, rich in scholarship and teaching, period architecture, art and artifacts.
In support of their efforts, and with the generous help of our donors, we have dedicated resources for new facilities, new programs, and new exhibits.
The result? New energy throughout the Historic Area, where every facet of 18th-century life presents an opportunity for inspiration.
As the winds of revolution gained strength in early America, daily life encompassed the prosaic and the extraordinary, the familiar and the uncertain.
Such is the seemingly endless ground for our scholars, staff, and guests to explore. How were livings made? What crafts and skills were demanded? How did the colonists spend their leisure time?
And, as the Revolution approached, what would the future hold? How would aspirations of freedom and liberty be fulfilled? What shape would our new nation take, and what principles would we weave into its constitutional fabric? The Historic Area becomes the canvas on which we paint this vivid and complex picture.
In the ongoing effort to deepen the Colonial Williamsburg experience, our benefactors continue to make a huge difference. For example, I am delighted to announce that we are bringing back one of Colonial Williamsburg's most beloved icons, the windmill. Thanks to Raleigh Tavern Society member David McShane of New Hope, Pennsylvania, we will have a newly reconstructed—and operable—windmill at the entrance to Great Hopes Plantation. As soon as 2015, this structure will be visible for all to see above the Colonial Parkway, across the bridge from the Visitor Center.
Last year, trustee and philanthropist Forrest Mars Jr. made it possible to open the James Anderson Blacksmith Shop and Public Armoury. In like manner, he underwrote the reconstructed Tin Shop—the only one of its kind in this country.
This summer, once again with the support of Mr. Mars, we will break ground for a new, outdoor 18th-century Market House and an expansive Marketplace adjacent to the Powder Magazine. This lively commercial space will enhance the sense of community in our Revolutionary City.
Meanwhile, we have also opened two new retail shops in the heart of the Historic Area: the Dubois Grocer, offering light refreshments, and the William Pitt Store, focused on children's wares. All of these additions reflect Williamsburg's history as a bustling center of commerce while adding to the comfort and enjoyment of our guests.
We are continuing the successful "High Life below Stairs" dramatic program we piloted last year at Shields Tavern, where we have just expanded the dinner theater offerings to include "The Life of a Jolly Pyrate." Dining options and entertainment have also expanded at Chowning's, including an Ale House in the evenings.
And thanks to the support of James McDonnell of Boardman, Ohio, we have also constructed a new outdoor theater space behind Charlton's Coffeehouse. Our research tells us (no real surprise) that bringing more life to Williamsburg in the evenings adds immeasurably to the experience of our guests. This new space and the programs in the taverns will speak directly to that expressed interest.
To more accurately capture and depict the politically charged atmosphere of colonial Williamsburg, we began our "Revolution in the Streets" programming in March.
This year's combination of scripted scenes and improvised encounters gives guests a better sense of life in an exuberant emerging democracy, with all the social upheaval that comes with it. On any given day, our guests will encounter fencing demonstrations, military recruitment parties, even an auction, to cite a few possibilities.
And to fully engage the next generation, we have launched our fourth season of RevQuest: Save the Revolution, our interactive, technology-driven game for families. More than 43,000 guests played RevQuest last year—an increase of 16 percent over the previous year.
Earlier versions of the game were designed essentially for the peak summer and spring break visitation periods. But our guests have spoken, and they want more. So this year, we are offering the game for the first time from March 31 through Thanksgiving.
This fourth RevQuest season centers on the French-American alliance, with Benjamin Franklin himself recruiting participants to further the American cause with France. Participants gain insights into that crucial historical alliance and have fun in the process. We expect even more families to take part this year.
In the late 18th century, intense intellectual activity defined colonial Williamsburg. Leaders examined and engaged ideas in a multitude of manners and settings, and we seek to provide no less an experience. The guest speaker series we initiated last year continues, reminding audiences that events in this city shape the governing philosophy of the United States to this day.
On June 16, presidential historian, author, and columnist Michael Beschloss spoke about American history and how it necessarily informs and intertwines with the meaning of American citizenship. To this point, he also addressed more than 100 new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at the colonial Capitol.
On September 22, retired Marine General Anthony Zinni, former head of the United States Central Command, will discuss his upcoming book: "Before the First Shots Are Fired: How America Can Win or Lose off the Battlefield." General Zinni is also a newly elected trustee of the Foundation and will bring invaluable experience and knowledge to this assignment.
We are also partnering with other historic sites and like-minded institutions to encourage active citizenship and highlight 18th-century Williamsburg's contemporary relevancy. Among these partners is the Chautauqua Institution in New York, with which we held a lively event in Williamsburg on February 21 and 22 to explore the origins, principles, and challenges of revolution, both past and present. Our next joint program, which will take place July 14–18 at Chautauqua, will use the Egyptian experience as a case study to explore the roles, responsibilities, and trials facing citizens in a 21st-century society with democratic aspirations.
Last year, we launched the Williamsburg–CSIS Forum with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Reves Center for International Studies at the College of William and Mary. As with the Chautauqua partnership, the objective of this conference series is to bring the context of America's history to a discussion of current issues. The forum gathered Egyptian and American leaders in April 2013 to debate and discuss the Arab Spring. In March of this year, the forum focused on the uncertain political and economic trajectories of the European Union. We plan to hold a conference in 2015 on the challenges and future of African constitutionalism.
We cannot talk about partnerships, of course, without mentioning our collaboration with Preservation Virginia to showcase the rich history and resources of Historic Jamestowne. With our initial five-year agreement now coming to an end, we are working with Preservation Virginia to extend that partnership, through which we continue to enhance public archaeology and the guest experience at this important site of America's origins.
Williamsburg's legacy also reaches into the arts. We are working hard to extend that as well—not only through our ongoing series of superb exhibitions at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, but also through our partnerships with the Virginia Arts Festival and the Williamsburg Symphonia.
In February, we opened "A Rich and Varied Culture: The Material World of the Early South" at the museums. Curated by Ron Hurst and Margaret Pritchard, two of Colonial Williamsburg's most respected scholars, this blockbuster exhibition represents the largest and most comprehensive presentation of early southern material culture ever mounted. We are grateful to Raleigh Tavern Society members Carolyn and Mike McNamara of Williamsburg, who made this wonderful show possible.
In March, we opened "China of the Most Fashionable Sort: Chinese Export Porcelain in Colonial America." And we recently unveiled "A Handsome Cupboard of Plate: Early American Silver in the Cahn Collection." I hope you will be able to explore each of these superb exhibitions. They are true jewels.
Of course, whether you are building a country or studying the art and artifacts of our past, the reach and effectiveness of Colonial Williamsburg's lessons rely upon teachers far and wide. Improving teaching is central to our mission, and this year we proudly mark the 25th anniversary of our Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute. Thanks to the support and advocacy of friends like Bob and Marion Wilson of California—founding supporters of the Institute—we have trained more than 7,700 teachers in creative, hands-on methods of immersing students in discovery of our country's past and its importance to our future.
If each of these teachers remains in the classroom fifteen years after attending, collectively they will directly impact more than three million students with the lessons they learned in Williamsburg. It is a remarkable success story.
I recently travelled to California to honor the Wilsons, Raleigh Tavern Society Life Members, and those others who have joined with them, for their visionary support of this program. By the end of this year, their generosity will have made it possible for close to 2,800 California teachers to come to Williamsburg for this enrichment opportunity.
The enthusiasm with which so many of our friends have embraced and supported the Teacher Institute makes me optimistic about our determination to change the way history is taught in our schools, to give it new life. This enthusiasm also underlies my optimism about the success of our comprehensive Campaign for History and Citizenship, which we will announce more broadly and in greater detail this fall.
One of our most important decisions last year in helping us reach a wider audience and enlist new supporters was to retain the Martin Agency, a nationally recognized advertising firm based in Richmond, Virginia.
Relying on independently conducted research, these very able professionals are helping us better understand our guests' inclinations—their likes and dislikes, why they visit, and why others do not. With Martin's help, we are moving forward with a strategy to attract new guests and encourage all who come here to return more often.
We can never lose sight of what Colonial Williamsburg means to America and the world and the potential it represents. Colonial Williamsburg honors America's past by exploring and interpreting its myriad social, political, and cultural details. But how we make all that work in the moment—in the present era and the decades to come—remains an ever-evolving process.
Your support is essential to all of these endeavors. Indeed, your support makes Colonial Williamsburg a movement in and of itself. In a steady, sure progression, we better understand and convey to our visitors how one 18th-century Virginia community not only contributed to American leadership, but also inspired the world.
A final note: As you may know, I will be stepping down from this position before too long. I hope you will give my successor, Mitchell B. Reiss, the same confidence, trust, and support that you have given me—and for which I am profoundly grateful.
I feel that I share a very special bond with the extended Colonial Williamsburg family. It is a bond born out of a shared understanding and appreciation of this special place. With your help, this unique institution will continue to make a most valuable and lasting contribution to understanding the genesis of America and the central role of its citizens in shaping our future. For your support of Colonial Williamsburg and your friendship, I thank you.
Colin G. Campbell
President and Chief Executive Officer


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