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Terminal Master's Tracks
Each of the six tracks described below culminates in a terminal MA degree. Terminal MA students who wish to pursue doctoral degrees must apply to the Ph.D. program upon completion.
The department offers several terminal MA tracks:
- Masters in Ancient History and Language Acquisition enables students to continue their historical studies while taking introductory and intermediate courses in ancient and medieval languages.
- Masters in Russian or East European History provides students with the language training and substantive breadth to competitively pursue a Ph.D. degree in the history of Russia or Eastern Europe or related disciplines.
- Masters in United States History provides students with necessary background and training to apply to Ph.D. programs in U.S. history.
- Master of Arts for Teachers prepares students to teach social studies in secondary schools.
- Dual master's degree in history and library science leads to careers in libraries, archives, museums, and historic preservation.
- Dual master's degree in history and Jewish studies prepares students who plan to go on to a Ph.D. program in History, but also, for example, who plan to work in Jewish education, etc.
Master of Arts Degree Requirements
(applies to all terminal MA tracks and to Ph.D. students admitted without previous MA degrees)
- A total of 30 credit hours; at least 20 of these credit hours must be in the Department of History.
- Complete H601 and at least one seminar and two colloquia; the remaining credit hours in history must be completed in graduate colloquia, seminars, or readings courses. Graduate students will be allowed to receive credit for undergraduate courses only in special cases (such as in the study of fields not commonly available at the undergraduate level, or in small fields).
Foreign Language
Reading proficiency in one of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, ancient Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, or another language appropriate to the student's program of study, if approved by the University Graduate School. The student should consult with his/her adviser of field about appropriate languages. Entering students should obtain certification of reading knowledge or begin appropriate language study in the first term of enrollment. Some fields require entering students to possess substantial language preparation; potential applicants are advised to consult with faculty members in their fields of interest.
Field Review
All candidates must undergo a review when the work for the M.A. degree is completed. SStudents in the Ph.D. program who do not hold previous MA degrees and Masters in US History generally complete degree requirements by the end of the third semester. Students pursuing the Masters in Ancient History and Language Acquisition, the MA in Russian or East European History, the M.A.T., the joint MA degree with Library Science, and the joint MA degree with Jewish Studies generally complete degree requirements by the end of the fourth semester. The review consists of a conference at which the student and field committee members discuss the student's performance and future plans. The review confirms the awarding of the M.A. degree. For students enrolled in the M.A./Ph.D. program the review serves the additional purpose of determining whether or not a student wishing to continue his or her studies is to be accepted into the Ph.D. program. M.A. candidates wishing to enter the Ph.D. program and those terminating their program with the master's degree must be recommended for the M.A. degree by the appropriate field committee.
Please see the Graduate Guide to History and the Graduate School Bulletin for more detailed information on this degree requirements.
Terminal Masters Tracks
Masters in Ancient History and Language Acquisition
The Masters degree in Ancient History and Language Acquisition enables students to continue their historical studies while taking introductory and intermediate courses in ancient and medieval languages. The Course Requirements and Field Review procedure are the same as for the traditional MA in History, though students should note that the intermediate level language courses listed in Appendix C of the Graduate Guide can count toward the required 20 credits of History courses. Students are also required to earn a passing grade on an examination in the ancient language of the student's choice upon completion of course work. The MA will be awarded based upon successful completion of both language and history courses with an overall GPA above 3.0 and a satisfactory mark on the examination. To pursue this degree, students must apply to Department of History and specify their interest in this track. This is a terminal degree and those wishing to pursue a PhD in Ancient History will need to apply to the PhD program upon completion. Please visit the MA in Ancient History and Language Acquisition site for more information.
MA in Russian or East European History
The Masters in Russian or East European History program combines language study in any relevant language offered at IU through the summer program and the academic year. This enables students to take up to 4 levels of language in two academic years in combination with History coursework and a selection of courses in other related disciplines that focus upon Russia and Eastern Europe. Students who complete the program will emerge with both a strong grounding in the relevant research language(s) and an enhanced understanding of the history, politics, and culture of Russia and Eastern Europe. Among the features that distinguish this program are the following:
- Students take a full offering of history courses in addition to their language work. IUB has eleven faculty members who focus on the history of this area.
- The range of East European languages that IU offers exceeds all other institutions in the U.S.
- Over 70 faculty from disciplines across the humanities, social sciences, and professional schools, enhance the multidisciplinary offerings in Russian and East European studies.
Please visit the MA in Russian or East European History site for more information.
Masters in United States History
The Masters in United States History is designed for students with a keen interest in United States history but who do not yet possess the background or training to competitively pursue a doctoral degree. These include students with undergraduate degrees in majors other than History, students whose undergraduate training did not include working closely with faculty mentors or writing substantial research papers, and students whose undergraduate academic records do not fully reflect their abilities and potential. The MA in United States History is also a useful option for students who are considering graduate study, but are not yet certain they wish to pursue a Ph.D.
The goal of the MA in US History track is to prepare qualified applicants to doctoral programs (at IU and elsewhere) by providing thorough grounding in relevant historical scholarship, training in research methods, and close attention to the craft of historical research and writing. In addition, faculty will assist students in identifying and applying to appropriate Ph.D. programs. The MA in US History degree also enhances applications to professional programs in Law, Business, Foreign Relations, Public, Archival, and Museum Administration as well as to Ph.D. programs in related disciplines.
Students accepted to the MA in US History will have the opportunity to study with outstanding faculty, several of whom are the authors of prize-winning books. They will gain substantial breadth as well as concentrate on particular areas of interest. The Indiana University History department currently includes more than twenty faculty members who specialize in various aspects of United States history, including social, cultural, political, and gender history as well as the histories of race and ethnicity and the history of memory.
Students enrolled in the MA in US History complete a total of 30 credits. These must include History H601, at least two colloquia, and at least one research seminar. In addition students must demonstrate proficiency in at least one foreign language either through completion of relevant coursework or by passing an examination offered by the relevant language department.
Master of Arts for Teachers Requirements
Students pursuing the History M.A.T. degree must also be admitted to one of two graduate programs in the School of Education, Transition to Teaching or Community of Teachers. Admission to each of the two areas of study is approved separately. Applicants should contact Alfreda Clegg, Academic Advisor for graduate teacher certification, in the School of Education.
Students must complete a total of 30 credits; at least 20 must be in History. Students are required to complete History H601 and at least one seminar and two colloquia; the remaining credit hours in history must be completed in graduate colloquia, seminars, or readings courses. Graduate students will be allowed to receive credit for undergraduate courses only in special cases (such as in the study of fields not commonly available at the undergraduate level, or in small fields). M.A.T. students are strongly encouraged to complete one of the pedagogy courses offered by the History Department: H580, H591, or H593. Students must complete at least 10 credits in Education courses required by the Transition to Teaching or Community of Teachers program. For specific requirements, see the entry for the School of Education in the Indiana University Graduate Bulletin.
Please see the Graduate Guide to History and the Graduate School Bulletin for more detailed information on degree requirements.
Dual Masters: History and Jewish Studies
A dual M.A. in History and Jewish Studies is available to students who are interested in a solid disciplinary training in History as well as a broad, interdisciplinary training in Jewish Studies and the corresponding languages. This program will appeal in particular to students who plan to pursue a professional career in the field of Jewish Studies or who plan to go on to a Ph.D. program in History.
The combined program will have a total of 52 credit hours, instead of the 62 hours required to attain the two degrees separately. Students will take 5 courses counting towards History and 5 courses counting towards Jewish Studies, as well as 12 credits of electives. In the dual History and Jewish Studies M.A. option, graduate-level language courses in a language relevant for the student's research interest, normally Modern Hebrew, Yiddish, or Biblical Hebrew, can be counted to fulfill the elective credit requirement.
For the History M.A., students will take HIST-H 601 and an additional 16 credits of course work in History which should include a minimum of one seminar and two colloquia. These courses can include courses on Jewish history, but cannot be identical with the courses counted towards fulfillment of the Jewish Studies requirements. To fulfill the requirements for Jewish Studies, students will take JSTU-H 520 (4 cr.) and four courses taught by Jewish Studies faculty (16 cr.). Proficiency in one language relevant to the student's research interest, normally Modern Hebrew, Yiddish, or Biblical Hebrew, is required for completion of the degree; the 12 credits of electives can be used for language courses.
Students will undergo a field review in the History department for which they will submit two papers written for History courses, at least one of which in a seminar. Students will choose either the comprehensive exam or final thesis option to complete their requirements for the Jewish Studies M.A.
Dual Masters: History and Library Science
A dual program for the M.A. in History and the Master of Library Science (M.L.S.) is available to students interested in careers in libraries, archives, historical societies, museum collections, and other related fields. The combined program allows an overlap of elective credit for the two degrees. A student takes only the required 30 hours in Library Science and the required 20 hours in History—a total of 50 credit hours, rather than the 66 hours normally required to attain the two degrees separately. Credits earned in Library Science fulfill the ten elective hours for the History degree, while credits taken in History meet the Library Science elective requirement. M.A./M.L.S students are required to demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language.
To pursue this degree, students must apply and be admitted to both the History Department for the M.A. and the School of Library and Information Science for the M.L.S. Sometimes students who have already begun one of the two degree programs wish to move into the dual degree program. To do this, application to the second unit must be made and admission must be granted before the completion of the first program.
Please see the Graduate Guide to History and the Graduate School Bulletin for more detailed information on this degree requirements.


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2006 Indiana Pacers Preview
Welcome to the 2006 Indiana Pacers NBA Preview page. At the time of publish the preseason games are underway with the regular season to open soon. If you regularly do bet on the NBA use Maddux Sports for NBA Picks and Live NBA Odds to increase your winning percentage this season.
2006 Indiana Pacers Basketball Season Preview
This is a team that hasn't missed the playoffs since the 1996-97 season. It should be more of the same this year. Unfortunately, they will also probably repeat last season's playoff performance—a first round elimination.
Point guard Jamaal Tinsley (9.3 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 5.0 APG, 40.9 FG%, 63.7 FT%) seems to be injured more times than not and many are wondering if he's simply a malingerer? Stephen Jackson (16.4 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 2.8 APG, 41.1 FG%, 78.6 FT%) can play but has been a vocal malcontent. It's tough to win with a bad attitude combo no matter how talented they may be.
Jermaine O'Neal (20.1 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 2.6 APG, 47.2 FG%, 70.9 FT%) wants to be the club's power forward but may find himself at center, an area where this team is otherwise lacking. Jeff Foster (5.9 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 0.8 APG, 55.2 FG%, 60.4 FT%) could be the logical starter at center, which would give O'Neal what he wants. Danny Granger (7.5 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 1.2 APG, 46.2 FG%, 77.7 FT%) enters his sophomore year having shown a lot of promise. The Pacers are expecting even more from him this season.
This is still a team in flux, looking to trade and upgrade. The bench has some talented but overall inexperienced players. It'll be disastrous if any starters go down.
Coach Rick Carlisle has a 146- 100-record in three seasons with the Pacers. Carlisle, who certainly knows the game, has had his problems with players, including Ron Artest. He's a coach in search of a solid off-court leader and, with so many new players, a consistent on-court style. In the past, he's instilled structured play in his teams, but this season he's got a lot more speed to use and should utilize it.
The Pacers are a club in flux that still has enough talent to make it into the post-season. A lot depends upon the health of 10-year vet Jermaine O'Neal, who only played 51 games last season. If that happens again in 2006-07, Indiana could become a cellar dweller rather than a playoff team.
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Police in Southern California are searching for a man and a woman who allegedly set an exotic dancer on fire outside a nightclub this week.
Police say the suspects were frequent patrons of the Babes & Beer sports club in the San Fernando Valley. They are said to have called the 27-year-old dancer outside around 1 a.m., doused her with flammable liquid and then set her on fire.
Police say the woman was burned over more than 60 percent of her body and is in grave condition. Her identity has not been released, but police say she has two children.
The suspects are being sought for investigation of attempted murder.
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A dashing American who finds himself trapped in the darkest corners of Victorian London, Ethan's charm and brash ways are catnip to the ladies. Sir Malcolm enlists him to help in a personal quest, and Ethan becomes protective of the beautiful Vanessa. But behind Ethan's bright eyes lurk dark secrets. He is running from something, and his troubling past threatens to overtake him at every turn.
Josh Hartnett was born in San Francisco and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He first came to audiences' attention as Michael 'Fitz' Fitzgerald in the television series CRACKER. He made his feature film debut in 1998, co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in HALLOWEEN: H20. That same year, he received an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance. Also in 1998, Hartnett starred in THE FACULTY directed by Robert Rodriguez. In 1999, he starred in the critically acclaimed black comedy THE VIRGIN SUICIDES opposite Kirsten Dunst, Sofia Coppola's directorial debut. In 2001, Hartnett hit a stride by starring in three features: he portrayed the antagonist in the film O, a modern day version of Othello. His portrayal of the dark and dangerous character Hugo earned him widespread praise. He then landed a role in the Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster PEARL HARBOR, which earned more than $1 billion worldwide. He segued to Morocco where he starred in BLACK HAWK DOWN for director Ridley Scott, again, a Jerry Bruckheimer production. In 2002, the National Theater Owners awarded him with the ShoWest 2002 Male Star of Tomorrow Award.
Hartnett starred in WICKER PARK opposite Diane Krueger and Rose Byrne for director Paul McGuigan; SIN CITY for director Robert Rodriguez; and MOZART AND THE WHALE, written by Ron Bass. He also starred in LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN with Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis, and THE BLACK DAHLIA for director Brian De Palma, opposite Scarlett Johansson.
Hartnett starred in RESURRECTING THE CHAMP opposite Samuel L. Jackson, directed by Rod Lurie, and in 30 DAYS OF NIGHT for director David Slade. In 2008, Hartnett was seen in the independent drama AUGUST, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Also that year, he starred as Charlie Babbit in the stage adaptation of RAIN MAN in London's West End at the Apollo Theatre alongside Adam Godley.
Additional film credits include HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE, 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS, BLOW DRY, TOWN & COUNTRY, HERE ON EARTH, I COME WITH THE RAIN, and BUNRAKU. He just completed filming WILD HORSES with Robert Duvall and James Franco.


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The Liberty City Cycles Hexer is a motorcycle in The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony and Grand Theft Auto V.
The Hexer is a "modern classic" chopper-style motorcycle built by Liberty City Cycles, distinguished by its basic tube frame design and elaborate rake construction. The bike comes with two types of color schemes encompassing the frame, gas tank and rear fender, either featuring a one-tone body color, or a two-tone black-and-white stripped scheme. The Hexer is based on a West Coast Choppers CFL.
The Hexer is Johnny Klebitz's premier choice of transportation featured prominently in the game's trailer and screenshots, possessing superior handling and a unique white-and-blue color scheme (an inversion of a regular Hexer's black-and-white scheme). As stated during the introduction of the player's bike following "Clean and Serene", Johnny's Hexer is a one-of-a-kind bike with a 2032cc twin cam engine coupled to a 6 speed transmission with a chain final drive.
- "Hexer" is the German term for "Sorcerer", which probably is the origin of the bike's name.
- The default radio stations of the Hexer are:
- The Lost and Damned: Liberty Rock Radio 97.8.
- The Ballad of Gay Tony: Vladivostok FM.
- Unlike most vehicles in the GTA IV era, the Hexer does not commonly spawn when already driving one.
- Johnny's Hexer is actually blown up in "Shifting Weight" but is implied to be repaired by Clay Simons after.
- The beta version of the Hexer files exists in the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV.
- The Hexer's horn in The Ballad of Gay Tony will sound the same as a GTA IV Freeway. It will also have a male GPS voice. TLAD has a female GPS voice.
- During the mission Friends Reunited when planting the sticky bombs Johnny's Hexer can be seen near the first trailers.
The Lost and Damned
- Used during most missions, the player can find Johnny's Hexer by loading a save file and going outside, where it will be waiting near the parking lot at both the Lost MC Clubhouse and Brian's safehouse, or when the player begins a mission which requires the Hexer but has driven a different vehicle to the starting location.
- Despite being a unique bike, the player can find regular Hexers ridden in parts of Algonquin and Bohan.
- The player can request Clay Simons for a regular Hexer to be delivered to the player, after "Clean and Serene".
The Ballad of Gay Tony
- Johnny's Hexer is available in the TBoGT mission "Not So Fast", however you are unable to ride it, because it is "locked" and Luis will not jump on the bike. One way to obtain it is by moving it using the Fire Truck water cannon to the closest safehouse. [1]
- Widely available in the multiplayer modes.
- Parked at The Lost MC hideout at Stab City.
- Parked at The Lost MC hideout on Bridge Street, East Vinewood.
- Parked at Hookie's parking lot, North Chumash. Attempting to steal one from here can lead to The Lost MC members turning hostile and shooting at you.
- Sometimes spotted at Senora Freeway, driven by The Lost MC members.
- Sometimes appears in some random events involving The Lost MC.
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Gary's Cheerleader are six girls that follow Gary around, like a fan club. They only appeared during the Indigo League series. They cry whenever Gary loses in a battle.
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Bimini Twist1. Double the line into a loop and make twenty twists in the end of the loop. Slip the open end over a knee (or both knees or your feet for a long loop) and keep constant pressure on both ends of the loop.
2. Lower the hand that is holding the tag end until the tag end slips back over the first twists. Open the angle of the loop and let the tag end roll over the column of twists to the end of the twists.
3. After the line is rolled down to the end of the twists, make a half hitch (overhand knot) on the near side of the loop to lock everything in place. Maintain tension on all lines.
4. Secure the knot by making 3 to 5 half hitches around both lines of the loop, working from the loop end back toward your knot. Tighten-up half hitches against the base of the knot.
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Jaycees make donation to Homestead
The Princeton Jaycees donated $1,000 to the Homestead Festival. Katie Dye (center, left) gave the check to Steering Committee members Dorothy Nelson (left), Bill Nelson, Mike Vrana, Deb Vrana, Ami Chamberlain and Rex Chamberlain. The funds will be used to offset the expenses of the Homestead Festival weekend.
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Thrawn's Revenge is a large-scale mod for Empire at War: Forces of Corruption. It includes the events of the Galactic Civil War after Palpatine's death at Endor, up until the signing of the Pellaeon-Gavrisom treaty. If you own the Steam version of EaW, you will have to complete extra steps to run the mod after installation. Please see the manual for these steps.
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a lot of wealthier buildings could support greenery.
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As a kid, I was curious about swearing. I never heard much of it, so I'd go around the neighborhood visiting old sheepherders, men working on cars and kids who were bad seeds hoping to enhance my vocabulary.
I couldn't bring my swearing home. There, it was forbidden. I was as likely to hear swearing at home as I was to see my parents dress in tie-dyed clothes and dance around a solstice bonfire.
Sure, Dad had a volcanic temper. And he could break a chair into 99 pieces, in the garage. But the best swearing he could muster was borrowed from Okie neighbors and therefore disappointing.
"Dadburn it!" he would exclaim whenever he hit his thumb with a hammer.
I don't remember Mom swearing, and with three children to raise, she had plenty of opportunities.
If I swore, at home or away, I was sure I would burn in hell as Satan's special guest for a marshmallow roast.
When the minister at church did a sermon on assumptions, however, I was all ears. Most times, I just doodled on my bulletin, and wished the festivities were over so I could go read the funny pages of the Sunday newspaper. Usually, the sermon was about as lively as watching paint dry. My eyes glazed over.
Aha! moment
This time, however, the minister suddenly used what in my household was considered a swear word. I was astounded. He threw out the word "ass."
"Making assumptions," he said, "is making an ass out of you and me."
Finally, I had struck gold. Not until later, however, did I realize I had a nugget to carry the rest of my life. All these hours of sitting through sermons, learning about the children of Israel's adventures in the desert, minus campstoves, sleeping bags or GPSes, as they waited for miracles of manna, I was finally rewarded with a tool for living. It was like getting a worn-out screwdriver every Sunday for a year and finally getting an electric drill.
After the shock wore off, I thought about what the Napoleon of ministers had to say.
His message? Get all the evidence you can before moving ahead. Don't assume anything.
I was never much for sitting through lectures, whether at college or at church. I would rather learn by doing. Lectures often offered a big pile of junk to wade through before getting to the treasure.
The minister, though, did me a big favor with his lecture. I'm no longer enthusiastic about swearing, knowing that certain adjectives are overused, especially the common vulgar ones, and there are better, more eloquent ways to express ideas.
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New stop signs in northeast RutlandMay 03,2013Northeast gets
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Rutland Police want motorists to be aware of new stop signs in the citys northeast neighborhood.
The first is at the North Street Extension and Thrall Avenue intersection, which police say is now a three-way stop.
Another three-way stop has been created at the intersection of Church Hill Road and Hillside Road, police said.
Failure to stop at a stop sign carries a fine of $214 and two points on a drivers license.
Police are also reminding motorists that the posted speed limit in residential and business areas in the city not including Route 4 and Route 7 is 30 mph. In a school zone, the speed limit is 25 mph all year long.
Using side streets as shortcuts is not a time saver, police added, and deteriorates the quality of life in those neighborhoods by adding unnecessary traffic.MORE IN This Just InROCKINGHAM Wildlife will be celebrated at the 17th annual Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival... Full StoryBURLINGTON Vermont police say a Burlington man is charged with a hate crime after they say he... Full StoryMONTPELIER A working group created to determine if Vermont should try to buy more than a dozen... Full Story
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The Yeti Krab is a monster that will appear in the episode of a similar name,"Yeti Krabs."
He comes to Bikini Bottom, after Mr. Krabs tells his tale about a Yeti Krab that eats lazy employees, like Squidward. The Yeti Krab is usually angry, especially when provoked by Squidward, and SpongeBob. Mr. Krabs only made his story to try and make Squidward work.
He came to Bikini Bottom for a look around, and smelled the Krusty Krab's food, after becoming hungry. He went to the Krusty Krab for food, and SpongeBob realized the monster was real. Squidward thought it was Mr. Krabs dressed up. SpongeBob works in overdrive to avoid getting eaten, and Squidward is finally fed up with Yeti Krabs. He attacks the Yeti Krab, as Mr. Krabs walks inside the Krusty Krab. The Yeti ties the three up, and begins to cook them. Only when SpongeBob activates his emergency Krabby Patties, does the Yeti eat those instead of the three captives, and he leaves the Krusty Krab.
The Yeti Krab is tall, red, and has white hair on his legs, eye stalks, and upper body. He has large yellow teeth, and a bad temper. He also has an oddly shaped nose.
- There is a real-life creature called the yeti crab.
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Dragon milk is presumably a liquid produced by the mammary glands of female dragons. Dragon milk can be used to produce dragon milk cheeses.[1]
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Far Cry 3 finally has a release date. Ubisoft announced that it is set to hit stores this fall, September 7th. In this latest installment, you return to the tropics to engage in some adrenaline filled feral raging action. You play Jason … Continue reading
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Didn't Mean for You To See That, Grandma
Things you post on Facebook have a way of reaching more people than you want. Now the site has a solution.
This could create some awkwardness—say you create a group of junior managers at your firm, and then some brown-noser goes and adds a senior manager. That would cause everyone else in the group to clam up. Zuckerberg concedes that this sort of thing could cause trouble, but he and other Facebook reps suggest this kind of thing won't happen too often. If online groups mimic real-life groups, then anyone in a certain group would understand the social boundaries of that group—who should be added, what you can say there, etc. So while it's technically possible for someone to add your mom to a group of your frat brothers, that's probably not going to happen.
Facebook isn't the only tech company that has wrestled with the audience problem. Earlier this year, Paul Adams, a "user experience" researcher at Google, gave a fascinating presentation at a Web design conference about just this issue. The presentation suggested that Google—which has long been rumored to be building a social network meant to topple Facebook—has done a lot of deep research into how people map out their social networks. For instance, Adams and his team have asked people in many different countries to draw their social networks using colored pens and Post-It notes; across all these sessions, he discovered that most people tend to divide their networks into 4 to 6 groups of 10 people or fewer. Some observers took Adams' presentation to be a clue about how Google would take Facebook on—by building a social network that hews more closely to our small, fluid groups of friends.
Facebook's new Groups feature could be a strong defense against that threat. By giving people a better way to divide their networks into small sets, Facebook has remade its network into something that will ideally be much less annoying to use. What's fascinating, though, is the way it went about solving this problem. During his press conference announcing Groups, Zuckerberg first described two other solutions that his team had considered. One idea was to build a better interface for people to manage their lists—what he called a "product solution." Another option was to use computers to scan through your networks and automatically categorize your different groups—the "algorithmic solution." In Silicon Valley, there are two companies already associated with each of these strategies; Apple likes to solves problems with better design, while Google is fond of solving things with equations.
Facebook, Zuckerberg says, is sketching out a new way of solving problems in the tech world—what he calls the "social solution." Although he stressed that Facebook employs many talented engineers and designers, the company's "go-to strategy" for tackling big tech problems will involve harnessing the minds of its hundreds of millions of users. How does Facebook identify faces in photos, and how does it translate its pages for people around the world, and how does it define our real-world cliques? Not by using artificial intelligence; instead it gets real people to do it. In other words, actual intelligence.
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Missouri edges Tennessee 75-70
Jabari Brown scored 24 points and made a last-minute play to help Missouri hold off Tennessee 75-70 on Saturday.
Another key game for Tigers
Missouri hosting Tennessee
COLUMBIA — Missouri kept its NCAA Tournament hopes alive Thursday night. Now the Tigers look to build a winning streak with an eye on the Big Dance.
Brown's late bucket sends Missouri past Arkansas
Jabari Brown drove the lane for the go-ahead basket with 12.2 seconds left for the last of his 25 points and Missouri survived a late surge by Arkansas for an 86-85 victory on Thursday night.
3-point defense could be key for MU vs. Arkansas
As good as the Missouri Tigers have been at knocking down the 3-point shot in Southeastern Conference play, they've been equally as poor in defending it. Missouri connects on 37.8 percent of its 3s in conference play, good for second in the league. The Tigers, however, allow opponents to hit 37.7 percent of their attempts from beyond the arc in league games, which ranks dead last. That will be among the challenges Missouri (16-7, 4-6 SEC) faces when it hosts Arkansas (15-8, 4-6 SEC) at 6 p.m. today (ESPN2-TV) at Mizzou Arena.
Blair Oaks rallies to beat Harrisburg
Blair Oaks started to get stops, secure rebounds and turn them into transition baskets. The Falcons worked that formula to perfection Wednesday night, using a 19-2 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters to pick up a come-from-behind 62-57 win against Class 2 No. 8 Harrisburg in Wardsville.
Missouri's Sam is breaking barriers
Michael Sam is a pioneer. The consensus first-team All-American defensive end at Missouri came out as gay Sunday night. The co-Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year, projected as a mid-round pick, is hoping to become the first openly gay player in NFL history.
Missouri has bubble trouble
Tigers know they have to start winning basketball games
COLUMBIA — The Missouri Tigers know they are skating on thin ice. With just eight games remaining on the 2013-14 schedule, Missouri (16-7, 4-6 Southeastern Conference) is squarely on the proverbial bubble when it comes to the NCAA Tournament conversation.
Full support for Sam
Pinkel believes respect between Sam, team helped Tigers succeed
COLUMBIA — The world now knows that Michael Sam is gay. The Missouri defensive end, a consensus first-team All-American and co-Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year, shared his story with the public Sunday night via ESPN, the New York Times and outsports.com. Sam came out to his teammates before the 2013-14 season, a remarkable year for the Tigers capped with a No. 5 overall ranking and Cotton Bowl victory. The reaction from his Missouri teammates allowed for that to happen.
At 18-1, Eugene Eagles are putting together a year to remember
The Eugene Eagles are putting together a magical season. Eugene is ranked third in Class 3 and sports a gaudy 18-1 record. The lone loss? At Nixa, a 14-4 squad receiving votes in Class 5.
Eugene shoots past Blair Oaks, 86-72
The Eugene Eagles are blessed with an arsenal of long-range shooters. It was on full display Saturday afternoon.
Tigers don't want to get caught up in Henderson's antics today
Marshall Henderson knows how to play the villain. The notoriously flamboyant Mississippi guard has made a name for himself for more than his work on the basketball court. From taunting opposing fans, players and even coaches to his cocky demeanor to his numerous run-ins with the law, Henderson has made his fair share of enemies.
Anunoby carries Jefferson City past Marquette
O.G. Anunoby doesn't need to score 25 points a night for the Jefferson City Jays to be successful. The impact the junior forward makes in other areas is just as crucial. While Anunoby paced the Jays with 17 points during their 55-45 victory against the Marquette Mustangs on Friday night at Fleming Fieldhouse, his 13 rebounds and five blocks were just as important.
Good enough for Pinkel
Coach pleased with Missouri football recruiting class
Gary Pinkel doesn't pay attention to recruiting rankings. Never has, never will.
Robertson not overanalyzing role of Yanks' closer
New York Yankees reliever David Robertson is not overanalyzing his role as Mariano Rivera's replacement.
Brown can't overcome Big Blue
Missouri guards shine, but Kentucky holds on for win
Aaron Harrison scored 21 points and James Young added 20 to help No. 11 Kentucky beat Missouri 84-79 on Saturday.
Missouri to host talented Kentucky
Frank Haith likens them to the Fab Five.
Kentucky's size poses stiff test for Missouri
You can call them skyscrapers. You can call them trees in a forest. Or you can call them the Kentucky Wildcats. There's a multitude of ways you could describe the nation's tallest team. With an average height of 79.3 inches — or 6-foot-7 with a smidge or two to spare — No. 11 Kentucky's roster of towering athletes presents the Missouri Tigers (16-4, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) with maybe their toughest challenge of the season.
Missouri guard Brown becoming a star
Jabari Brown will let his game do the talking.
Missouri travels to Arkansas for emotional tilt
There aren't any holdovers from the Mike Anderson era on the Missouri Tigers' roster. That doesn't mean the emotions won't be running high when Missouri (15-4, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) faces its former coach and the Arkansas Razorbacks (13-6, 2-4 SEC) at 6 p.m. today at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark.
Defense leads Hermann past Fatima
Dustin Hays thought his Fatima Lady Comets might have been a little too passive against the best team in the state.
Helias romps past Warrensburg
The Helias Crusaders have excelled at knocking down the 3-point shot this season, hitting 37 percent of their treys on the year.
Brown leads Missouri past South Carolina
Don't blink. You might miss another Jabari Brown 3-pointer. Missouri's junior sharpshooter continued his torrid shooting from beyond the arc, connecting on 4-of-6 attempts from long range to up his four-game total to 16-of-24 (67 percent), while scoring 24 points to lead the Tigers past the South Carolina Gamecocks 82-74 on Saturday afternoon at Mizzou Arena.
Missouri looks for more from its bigs today against South Carolina
Missouri's starting guard trio of Jabari Brown, Jordan Clarkson and Earnest Ross have accounted for 70 percent of the Tigers' scoring this season. By comparison, Missouri's starting frontcourt — Johnathan Williams III and Ryan Rosburg — combine to score just 15 percent. Frank Haith hopes that begins to change as Missouri (14-4, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) hosts South Carolina (7-11, 0-5 SEC) at 3 p.m. today (KMIZ-TV) at Mizzou Arena.
Blair Oaks loses battle against state-ranked St. James
There was no quit in the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons. Down by as many as 23 points to state-ranked St. James, the Lady Falcons kept fighting. However, a late rally ran out of time as Class 3 No. 2 St. James secured a 68-57 victory Thursday night.
Tall LSU squad provides obstacle for Missouri
Johnny O'Bryant and Jordan Mickey anchor an imposing frontcourt for LSU, a team that ranks 16th in the nation by swatting an average of 6.25 shots per game. For a Missouri squad (14-3, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) still looking for an inside scoring presence to emerge while featuring a backcourt that makes a living driving to the basket, LSU (11-5, 2-2 SEC) provides a stiff test when the teams tip off at 6 p.m. today (ESPNU-TV) in Baton Rouge, La.
Strong defensive effort leads Missouri past Alabama
Missouri has been a work in progress on the defensive end of the floor this season. Head coach Frank Haith believes the Tigers delivered their best defensive performance of the year Saturday afternoon.
Tigers looking to bounce back from loss to Vanderbilt
There's no time for the Missouri Tigers to sulk. Coming off a disappointing 78-75 loss Thursday night at Vanderbilt, a quick turnaround has Missouri (13-3, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) hosting Alabama (8-8, 2-1) at 1 p.m. today at Mizzou Arena.
Wacha among crowded field shooting for spot in Cards' rotation
Michael Wacha emerged as a postseason hero for the St. Louis Cardinals last October. Now the 22-year-old right-hander might be fighting for a spot in a stacked starting rotation.
Missouri to face shorthanded Vanderbilt tonight
Suddenly the depth situation doesn't look all that dire for the Missouri Tigers.
Missouri looks to compete better today at Auburn
Frank Haith isn't shy about discussing his desire to build a resume with an eye on the NCAA Tournament.
Georgia upsets Missouri, 70-64
Georgia, last in the SEC with an RPI of 242, ended 21st-ranked Missouri's nation-best 26-game homecourt winning streak with a 70-64 upset victory in overtime at Mizzou Arena in the SEC opener for both teams.
Missouri, Georgia open conference schedule tonight
Frank Haith isn't paying attention. Not to the Georgia Bulldogs' record, at least.
Press Box: Nice win, little else
Rooting for Missouri in exhibition game
SPORTS COMMENTARY: A co-worker of mine asked me Friday evening before the Cotton Bowl if I'd be sad if Missouri lost to Oklahoma State.
2013 Tigers look to match what 2007 squad did at Cotton Bowl
The 2007 Missouri team that finished the season at 11-2 after topping Arkansas 38-7 in the 2008 Cotton Bowl vs. the eighth-ranked 2013 Missouri squad that sits at 11-2 heading into today's 7 p.m. (KQFX-TV) Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, against No. 13 Oklahoma State (10-2).
Copeland goes from walk-on to starter for Tigers
Max Copeland doesn't belong here. Yet he's in the perfect place. "I think I was born in the wrong time, man," Missouri's senior left guard said. "I think I was born about 1,000 years too late."
Missouri preparing for old Big 12 foe Oklahoma State
No. 8 Missouri (11-2) isn't just playing No. 13 Oklahoma State (10-2) in the Cotton Bowl on Friday in Arlington, Texas. The Tigers are representing the Southeastern Conference. In a highly regarded contest. Against a team from Missouri's old league.
Lady Jays can't get past St. Joseph Benton in third-place game
Shane Meyer and Dan Ridgeway began prognosticating before Jefferson City's third-place game against St. Joseph Benton in the State Farm Holiday Hoops Invitational. Ridgeway, the Lady Jays' assistant coach, made a comment that proved prescient.
Brandt leads Fatima over Southeast
Morgan Brandt was on pace to break the record. Then she found herself on the bench. Just a point shy of tying the State Farm Holiday Hoops Invitational benchmark for most points scored in a game, the Fatima junior was pulled from the contest with just more than two minutes remaining and her team comfortably ahead.
Fatima comes up short again, this time against Eureka
At the State Farm Holiday Hoops Invitational
A day after falling just short against St. Joseph Benton in the opening round, Fatima dropped a 51-47 overtime decision to Eureka in the loser's bracket semifinals of the State Farm Holiday Hoops Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Rackers Fieldhouse.
Fatima falls to St. Joseph Benton
The Fatima Lady Comets had every chance to unseat the defending champions. Several untimely turnovers and a long field-goal drought dashed any of those hopes, as Fatima dropped a 38-35 decision to St. Joseph Benton in the first round of the State Farm Holiday Hoops Invitational on Friday afternoon at Rackers Fieldhouse.
Small-school Fatima has big goals in tourney
Fatima isn't just that small school brought in for the big schools to beat up on. The Lady Comets are here to spoil the party.
Lady Wildcats get past Lady Eagles
At Missouri National Guard Shootout
The New Bloomfield Lady Wildcats could have caved. But New Bloomfield punched right back against Jamestown, scoring six straight points en route to a 54-48 victory Saturday morning in the National Guard Shootout at Fleming Fieldhouse.
Tipton girls roll past Belle
At Missouri National Guard Shootout
Ashton Pace didn't light up the scoreboard like she always does. The Tipton junior didn't need to.
Newcomers aplenty for Missouri, Illinois for annual battle
The annual Braggin' Rights basketball game between Missouri and Illinois is often an eye-opening experience for newcomers to the rivalry.
California boys haven't forgotten last year's loss to Hermann
The California Pintos remember how the Missouri National Guard Shootout ended for them a year ago. They'd like to settle the score.
Lady Cardinals to see familiar for in Lady Tigers
The Tipton Lady Cardinals can get some scouting done in advance for a potential postseason opponent.
Rosburg ready for Braggin' Rights game
The annual event has always held a place in Ryan Rosburg's heart.
Tigers struggle to put away Broncos, 66-60
At least it wasn't a loss.
MU basketball team adjusting to unusual schedule
Tigers get plenty of rest in between games
The 24th-ranked Missouri Tigers (9-0) are in the midst of an odd portion of their schedule that sees them play just once a week for a month.
Williams assumes role as rebounder for No. 24 Missouri (VIDEO)
Just let Jordan Clarkson describe him. "That dude is an animal. He's a machine," the Missouri point guard said. That person would be Johnathan Williams III, the freshman forward for the 24th-ranked Tigers. The 6-foot-9, 208-pounder leads the Tigers with an average of 8.6 rebounds.


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I've been a good girl. We went to the garden centre for the gravel to finish round the side of the house, and I only bought ONE plant. A fuchsia : Tom Thumb.
That is amazing it is so had when needing something from a GC and soooo many temptations with all the plants that look so good
Well done you
Bekkie ....Only because OH was holding the purse strings
I'm forbidden to go on my own.
It is possible Bekkie, I've done it twice recently....last time I was tempted by 2 packets of seeds that jumped in my basket but no plants.....I went home and polished my halo and made a point of telling OH how good I had been, but he still questioned the purchase of seed compost and grit, was it really needed??????
He does the lawn Bekkie, which needs food......
My OH started getting into growing things this year with garlic - he's very proud of his crop - I think he might try sweetcorn next year, if I sow the idea early enough
Lol Bekkie, that's really funny......I have this image of a lady sat on the floor now surrounded by seed packets.....do they ever take pity and bring you a cup of tea to warm you up
Ah right, I see now, sorry I didn't mean to sound horrible, it was just the way you said it
I'm self funding so not a problem However my OH has learned that buying me a plant that I swoon over pays rewards, I have a happy face and he gets his favorite pasta for his meal. He has been know to get something he doesn't much like if he didn't take the hint.
Like Dove's idea of sowing seed early Always a good plan to let undergardeners think they have come up with an idea
I've been a good girl too
You haven't Verdun, you bought from eBay, you said so on Forkers....it still counts you know
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All work and no play makes us dull DBAs.
Being a DBA can be a really thankless job. From Jr. Shutdown Immediaters to Sr. Rockstar Oracle DBA ACE OCM PMP LOL A+ BBQs, we've all trudged into work at some point in our careers only to find that we have three impossible tasks, four humiliating tasks, and no less than seven "why is the database causing this query to be slow we haven't changed it in two years" tasks. Yet we keep on doing it, day after day, for love of the data. Or something like that.
I wrote an article a while back about galvanizing the DBA team into action and making them stand out a bit more in the corporate world. In the end, a lot of that boils down to making sure the DBA team looks less like a cranky support group that constantly needs disk space and expensive Oracle licenses and more like a team that wants to work as a key part of bringing new products to market (and thus earning money). But even then, it can be a tedious, mind numbing task at times.
So how can we spice up the DBA experience and the IT life in general?
Everybody loves games. More to the point, people like being competitive and reveling in a sense of accomplishment and achievement. The idea behind gamification is that many things in the day-to-day non-gamified world can have principles of game theory attached to them. For the most part, the current trend of gamification is a corporate strategy that can be used to further engage a customer base (and is predicted to be a $1.6bn market by 2016 as a result). But even from a departmental or team point of view, it can have great benefits to increase morale, productivity, and accomplishment. And with a little luck and project management, it can be used to solve critical issues for your business.
What gamification is:
What gamification is not:
So it sounds great in theory, but what can we possibly do to bring it into our DBA practices? As with all answers regarding database management, it depends. If you're a consulting organization, gamifying is simple because you generally are performing work and solving problems for a wide array of clients. You track team members' status and customer satisfaction anyways because it is part of the business model. For a DBA team inside an IT department at a major corporation, it can become a little more difficult. So let's look into some of the ways you can make games part of your actual work.
Setting up and monitoring a good backup and disaster recovery solution can be a serious pain in the neck. But everyone would agree it is absolutely vital to your company and your job security. But even worse than setting it up and monitoring it is having to actually put those backups to use in the case of a critical failure. Whether the problem is a single corrupt data block or an entire database ground to dust, having to actually perform a restore when the heat is on and the managers are circling and all your plans for the weekend are being piled up in the "it's the thought that counts" bin like so much garbage… well, it sucks. There, I said it.
Maybe that (with a hint of staffing problems and financial woes) is why companies are failing to adequately test their DR plans. That's a highly dangerous practice, right there with giving developers DBA access to production and typing drop database commands and saying just kidding while you fumble for the backspace key. What is the point of organizing and configuring a complex backup solution if you only plan on testing it when disaster strikes? I can't count the number of times I've worked with clients who said "oh, we needed that file?" or "well, the logs all looked okay" as their hopes for database recovery dropped like their company's stock price after a three day outage.
So test your backup and recovery plan. But you can make it more fun by running simultaneous tests or presenting interesting and sometimes horrifying cases to the team when they are asked to perform restores. In this article I wrote about the Backup/Restore Workshop day when I worked for Oracle University, and how one student took his preparations to a whole new level, ultimately giving me the old what for, so to speak. Make a competition out of it. Challenge your DBAs to recover from sticky situations and to do it quickly and efficiently. Engage other teams too (such as application server administrators), who ultimately should be part of backup and recovery testing. Doing so invites the teams to improve their speed while also giving the business a good idea of where there may be bottlenecks.
Not only is this topic worth 192 points in a triple word score in Words with Friends, it's also a serious issue that almost every DBA/Development group has to face. Writing queries can be a very tedious task to the point where many groups skip that whole tuning thing and go straight for production, guns blazing. This is, of course, a bad idea.
At one company I worked for we came up with a really interesting, fun, and productive way of tackling this issue: we pitted the query developers against each other in battle. Developers would requested to put a comment in their SQL code with their name so we could 1) track who wrote it, and 2) hold contests periodically. So when someone did "SELECT /* Steve Karam */ count(*) from RIDUCLOUSLYHUGETABLE;" we knew who it was and where to go to get it fixed.
That can make for some seriously awesome competition. Each month, quarter, release, etc. you can host 'award ceremonies' honoring the best and worst of the time window. Grab explain plans for all the queries and come up with valuable metrics to track like:
It's all in good fun. And it makes query reviews almost bearable. In fact, I've noticed in cases where I used this (whether in real environments or in training sessions) the participants were not embarrassed or angry about writing a bad query. They wanted to figure out how to make it better so they could be in a different acknowledgement tier the next time around.
While there are a ton of competition ideas within the DBA team (best use of indexes, most SQL profiles used, fastest mouseslinger in the Grid) there is also that of professional development. How about a competition on who can get their OCP certification first? Or one of the many Oracle Expert certifications out there? Heck, even a contest to see who can rack up the most obscure or highest count of certifications from anywhere in the industry would be fun and potentially enlightening. Not only will the team benefit from the certifications and the process to get them, but it makes the team look better as a whole when everyone is clamoring to get professionally acknowledged the fastest.
If you have a really top notch team, then challenge them to get their OCM. While this will require some company backing to keep it fair since the OCM is an expensive and time consuming test to take, it definitely has its rewards. It is a great way to encourage professional growth within your team using pre-built metrics.
My current company had a pretty cool idea as the result of a stability and process review initiative. We started doing tabletop drills once per quarter. For these drills we assembled a team of moderators (usually one manager from each IT group) that came up with a couple scenarios of problems that can occur in our production systems. A 'player' is chosen from each team to act as representative: one DBA, one applications administrator, one system administrator, etc. And we would get everyone in a room, surrounded by observers, and act it out.
The idea is to act out the response to the crisis exactly as we would if it were really happening. Sometimes input is needed; for instance, if they discover that this scenario includes application servers being down, they can ask how many are down. Moderators answer questions and keep track of the progress to gauge how the activity goes as a whole, whether SLAs were acknowledged and met, and what can be improved. Following the activity, observers, moderators, and participants have a discussion about the scenarios as a whole and what action items should occur as a result of the findings.
I like it because it's like the IT version of Dungeons and Dragons. We've got game masters and a group going through a perilous journey through a broken and charred land that was once a shining beacon of production goodness. Heck, we could even include dice next time. "How many DBs are down?" "Roll 2d6". Critical hit, go to DR!
Even though there are built-in rewards to many challenges — better queries, faster backups, certifications, what have you — people still want to have something a little more, particularly in the gamified experience. So what can you offer up your team or colleagues for a job well done?
Achievements: One of the cornerstones of game theory, achievements are fun and fulfilling. Use stickers, logos, Portal shoutouts, even badges inside the company intranet to show accomplishments. I personally think it would be neat to see "Achievements" next to Job Description, Contact Information, and Org Chart in my company portal filled in with things like "Onward and Upward – Upgraded three databases in a two week period" or "Did I Do That? – Fixed a fat-finger mistake with flashback or restores". In fact, I would go out of my way to do amazing things just to earn more achievements.
Seminars and Conferences: Maybe the DBA with the most accomplishments gets to go to Oracle Open World this year. Or perhaps the developers with the best (or worst, to be more logical) queries get tickets to the next big Java conference. Whatever the case may be, I've noticed a growing number of companies unwilling to send their teams to conferences. In some cases they believe them to be merely a chance for the DBA (or other professional) to find another job. In others, they see it as a waste of money compared to other training. While ultimately these are horrible reasons to deny technical conferences to your team, perhaps using achievements and fulfillment of goals as a way to send people will improve performance as well.
A break: You could always give the winner a day to work from home (or off, you taskmaster you). Or for the thrill seeking types, the 'losers' have to give the winner a week off on call by taking it for them.
Will Turner: What are they wagering?
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner: Oh, the only thing we have. Years of service.
Company Certifications: Why not create a set of certifications within your own organization? As someone who has been in education and publishing for quite a while and as one of the lead writers of the Oracle 10g Certified Master exam, you can trust me when I say that certifications are an outstanding way to bring job satisfaction and a feeling of recognition to an IT team. Come up with certifications within your company that can be awarded for exemplary work or completion of certain achievements. Use those certifications during review time as a concrete measurement of success within the company. Make it possible for anyone to get certified in-house (e.g. developers can get in-house DBA certifications) to keep the career paths open at your organization. There are many ways you can acknowledge people for hard work; a certification they can put on their company profile, their emails, or even their resume can go a long way toward that goal.
Let them destroy something: This one sounds funny, and it is… but next time you migrate from one server to another or decommission an environment, let the winners of various competitions be the ones to type and press enter on that DROP USER command or DROP DATABASE. A company I worked for a long time ago did this. We finally moved off of an old and painful architecture. Once the database was moved over and the old one set to be deleted, we allows developers to drop the tables they hated the most and gave the honor of dropping the main schema to our lead (and most overworked) customer service representative. It was a great way to celebrate the occasion.
Some of these ideas may seem far fetched or downright silly. But you have to track employee progress, tasks, and status anyways. Why not do it in a way that gives everyone a sense of competition and accomplishment?
Gamification doesn't have to be strictly for companies to rope in consumers. By using it within teams it can also improve morale, grow employees at a professional level, and give everyone something to strive for.
Sounds like fun!
Gamification holds potential and I'm excited to see where it goes. It's not going as fast as I'd like to see but things are happening. There has been a lot of hoopla in the VC world over gamification and jive for example IPO'ed, doubled in value and is now back to where it opened.
There is a good bit of cross over between project management, collaborative content and gamification. I think of gamification as taking collaborative content and project management in the direction of facebook with likes and comments.
I'm quite excited by
which was started by a friend of mine and has now been bolstered by google. Google now has it as an app you can install like gmail, google docs etc. I know from talking to Ken who started Reciprocity Now that effort has gone into some interesting design considerations such as how to avoid people gaming the game, ie two coworkers pumping up each others work with the equivalent of "likes". How can one create a currency of likes such that they have value and are safe against being gamed.
Some sites I've looked at in the past are
https://do.com/ Salesforce's Chatter
http://www.binfire.com/ – gantt charts, white board, collaborative documents/editing
http://www.producteev.com/ task management , integrates with gmail
http://www.gqueues.com/ task management, integrates with gmail, like Asana, tags, projects, times , assign tasks to otheres, comments , complete
I tried Asana for my own personal project managing purposes but was not inspired by it. On the other hand the exciting part of gamification is the collaborative input, communication and point (likes) tracking.
can you please explain why a day working from home is 'a break'. I work from home, it is not a holiday – it is a full day's (and often night's) work.
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Igor Smith serve as loyal minion to 127 mad scientists so far. Igor world-renowned for lab assistant position. Igor participate in many bold plans for betterment of human species. But Igor humble soul.
Earliest Years
Igor born in small town in Transylvania. Igor always have swollen eye. As child, Igor's eye get laughed at. Igor not like this. One day Igor accidentally spill nitric acid in bully's face. Bully not laughing much any more, ha ha. Bully not got much of a face any more. Now Igor prettier than bully. This why Igor type "ha ha." Igor get nostalgic.
Earlier Years
Igor forced into corporate world by stubborn parents at age 15. Igor find job as veterinary assistant, but Igor frighten three animals into comas. Igor worried for job, but Igor highly praised. Comatose animals easier to operate on. Igor work long time, until caught eating patient. Igor think funny (and tasty), but veterinarian disagree. Veterinarian not disagree with alligator Igor feed him to. Igor sad to leave first job. So sad Igor can hardly bring himself to sell veterinarian's Rolex watch on ebay. But Igor does anyway.
Igor find himself on street, jobless and homeless. Jeered at by passersby. Igor not mind. Not really. Igor stay calm. Imagine repeatedly stabbing passersby in neck. This make Igor calm.
Early Years
Igor probably be dead from cold but for first mad scientist. Mad scientist called Dr. Ted Fury. Igor like name. Scientist hire Igor as secretary of potions. Fury try to conquer world with special sleep potion. Igor help much. Igor mix potions, Igor bring refreshments, Igor answer telephone and file income tax forms. Fury very good to Igor, and Igor serve well. Igor not sure why Igor bash Fury's head in with brick while Fury asleep. It just one of those things, you know? Igor admit, Fury's brain taste good, but Igor also unemployed again, which make Igor sad. Igor leave Fury residence with heavy heart and heavier high-definition TV. Igor's back still ache at memory.
Less Early Years
Igor once work for great Doctor Frankenstein. Igor like Frankenstein. Frankenstein funny man. Frankenstein always playing pranks on Igor. "Hey Igor, what that on your shirt? Doink! Ha ha!" Frankenstein always doing things like that. One day Igor have idea for own prank. Frankenstein ask for brain for patient, so Igor give Frankenstein "abnormal" brain instead of "normal" brain. Ha ha! Igor so funny. Igor sad to see bad brained monster kill Frankenstein. Igor cry long time. Igor barely able to muster enough strength to carry Frankenstein's laptop computer to pawn shop.
Not Very Early Years
Igor's next boss named Filbert the Great. Igor not sure why Filbert call himself that. Igor not on same wavelength as Filbert. Igor try to please. Igor say, "Yes, master." Igor say, "Whatever you say, master." But Igor really think master could get himself own damned orange juice. Sometimes Igor want to do bad things, but then Igor swallow happy pills. Then Igor okay for while.
Filbert the Great work on master plan of satellite hypnosis, where everyone in world do as he command. Igor not sure why Filbert want this, but Igor assist with speed. Then one day Filbert make flippant remark about Igor's mother. It true that Igor's mother not pretty. It even true that Igor's mother resemble horse. But it not right for boss to say that. Igor not say anything. But later that night, Igor accidentally lock Filbert in safe. Then Igor accidentally spill gasoline on floor, and accidentally light and drop match. Igor leave hurriedly and watch lair melt into puddle from distance. Igor not happy, but Igor accidentally grin anyway. Igor keep Filbert's Playstation 3 in memory of Filbert.
Hardly Early Years
Igor work for many scientists and all mad. All dead now, too. Igor not sure if it his fault or destiny. Igor not want to become mad scientist to find out. But Igor's resumé beginning to look suspicious. Igor not know why Igor does these things. Igor like mad scientists. Igor not mean to kill mad scientists. Igor just want to caress mad scientists with sharp metal objects. Is form of affection. Igor just misunderstood.
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"Jimmy Light-Show Basks in Wrestling Spotlight"
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by Jan MurphyPhoto caption: Mark Bergin, The Whig-Standard / Jim Reedyk (left) and John Cena at the WWE show at the Memorial Centre
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Have you ever been in a situation where you felt completely at home? Like it was your calling?
|If you have, you can relate to Jim Reedyk, aka Jimmy Light-show.
|He's the fellow who was given his 15 minutes of fame when World Wrestling Entertainment rolled into Kingston last month.
|At the conclusion of the event, United States champion John Cena called Reedyk out of the crowd and into the ring, dubbing him an example of why the WWE succeeds: Because of its fans.
|Reedyk, who was decked out in an unforgettable flashy costume complete with lights and a replica championship belt, delighted the crowd with a wardance like the one the legendary Ultimate Warrior used after victory.
|It's an experience Reedyk would like to repeat.
|"I almost felt my future," Reedyk told No Holds Barred this week, fresh from a trip to Cuba. "I really wanted to be in the ring. I felt like I was almost at home because of the crowd, the adulation of the crowd and the cheering."
|Adulation, cheering and boisterous crowds are nothing new to the 29-year-old. He's been wearing his getups to bars and nightclubs for the last three years. His wardrobes fall somewhere in between those of Superstar Billy Graham, Scott Steiner and Jesse (The Body) Ventura.
|Reedyk puts together his outfits with the help of a friend, Janet Hansen, who owns Enlighted Designs in California. His belts, of which he owns 10, have been purchased online and at the WWE store in Niagara Falls.
|"I have about 25 to 30 different outfits," Reedyk said. "There's lightups in all the clothes. [They're] great for attention.
|"I've been to many [places] where a DJ will call me up on the stage and have the crowd cheer me on because I have [one of] my belts."
|Reedyk admits that the attention is addictive.
|"I realized that the attention was really great and it caused me to get more and more outfits because the reaction was just out of this world," he said.
|Making himself vulnerable to ridicule has never stopped Reedyk. In fact, it's never even been an issue.
|"People ask that all the time," he said after being asked if he's ever received negative response while wearing one of his many costumes. "They ask me, 'Have you ever been challenged for your belts or had any negativity with the costumes?' I'm like 'No way, it's an instant hit.' You meet people right away. It breaks the ice instantly."
|Because of his bald head and goatee, which he dyes to match his outfit, Reedyk was recently confused with a certain gentleman from the North Pole. A couple of kids visiting the family business, Chumleigh's, spotted the Whig-Standard picture of Reedyk in the ring with Cena.
|Needless to say, the youngsters didn't believe it was Reedyk they were looking at in the picture.
|"They were like, 'That was a crazy old man in the ring with John Cena.' I had to interject and say, 'Guys, that was me,' and they're like, 'No this guy was absolutely deranged.' The little boy, who was much younger says, 'No he's a really old man, like Santa Claus.' "
|Reedyk relishes his moment in the sun, but he hasn't had enough yet. In fact, the brush with greatness has only spurred his hunger for the glitz and glam of the WWE.
|"I'm looking to eventually, hopefully, become a manager," he said.
|In the meantime, he plans to put together a compilation of his costumes and looks and send it to the WWE headquarters in Stamford, Conn. He knows exactly what his gimmick would be.
|"On my way to the ring, while I manage, I'll give out a multitude of lightup toys and glow sticks to the fans," he explained. During the matches, he said, he'll use his flashy getup and lights to distract his wrestler's opponent.
|Reedyk, who pegs managing legends Bobby (The Brain) Heenan and Jimmy (Mouth of the South) Hart as influences, is very aware of the difficulties he'll face in finding work in the world of professional wrestling.
|"I understand that not a lot of people get into the WWE and [I have] accepted that fact," he said. In the meantime, he plans to "pursue my dream because I'm hard working and good-natured and I love attention ... I thrive on the attention of crowds."
|It kind of begs one question, though. What did Cena say to him while they stood together in the ring in front of 3,000 Kingstonians?
|"He's said 'Right on, I love the costume, man. I love the outfit," Reedyk said.
|You can bet 2,999 jealous people wish they could have been in Jim Reedyk's flashy shoes.
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Highly acclaimed internationally as well as at home, and regarded as a super-group of Irish traditional music, these five remarkable musicians (Thomas Bartlett, Dennis Cahill, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh and Martin Hayes) will be joined by a number of special guests on August 13, at 8.00pm. Tickets from €26.
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Vol. I. No. i. The Rutland mffiZlHE And County Historical Record. Introductory. It is perhaps necessary, when issuing the first number of a new Magazine, that something should be said to justify its appearance in the already overcrowded world of literature, on the ground that it has a place to fill in the shape of a want which it hopes to satisfy. The study of Archaeology and kindred subjects has, of late years, acquired a new popularity; not only with those who were formerly looked upon as harmless, though eccentric, individuals, whose lives seemed to be spent in the contemplation of old books, pictures, coins, fragments of pottery, and bones and stones, which were looked upon as priceless treasures, but also with those people who have a real belief in the progress of humanity, and who know that all progress, which is sound, healthy and enduring, must be built on the solid foundation of pre-existing faft. The special study of the Antiquary is to examine and compare, in the light of history, all those records of the past which Old Father Time has preserved, and from them endeavour to give some insight into the manners, customs and habits of our forefathers.
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I'm pregnant and exhausted but I can't sleep. What can I do?
I'm 36 weeks along and I can't sleep more than three or four hours a night. I'm constantly sweating and taking trips to the bathroom. The worst part is, I can't even nap during the day -- and I have no idea why. I feel like a zombie, but I can't get any shut-eye. Does anyone have advice?
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Oh, wouldn't it be nice to get just one good night's sleep? I hear you loud n' clear...at 37 weeks, I am sooooo ready to have this baby. Some Hopeful Advice: 1) Try not to drink as much towards the end of the evening...and use the restroom about 3 times before bed (get every last drop out). 2) If you have a willing and understanding husband, maybe you can coax him into massaging your back, arms, & legs while in bed. Besides being a mom, I'm also a massage therapist, and relaxing the arms & legs (including hands & feet) are essential for a good night's sleep. 3) Put a pillow between your legs while lying on your side to help with back pain. 4) Use a fan to drown out any unwanted sounds during the night. I hope this helps a little...Unfortunately, I think the "anxiety" of the whole thing is what causes insomnia mostly. My problem is, I just can't stop thinking of all the things that need to get done around the house before our bundle of joy arrives. So I wrote a list and make sure I am able to check off at least one thing per day on it. But, are we ever really prepared? We just have to try to go with the flow and stop letting our minds race throughout the night. Good luck and congratulations...it will pay off in the end.posted 12/29/2005 by sassy0326
I know exactly how you feel. I thought it was just me, until I started reading everyones comments. Im 32 weeks pregnant, and i cant get ANY sleep at night.. although, during the day, around 2:00 i can take a nap, and sleep for hours. But at night, ive found that its helpful to walk for about 30 minutes around the block a few times, then take a warm bubble bath,and have my husband rub warm lotion on my pains (such as back pain or leg pains).. then drink a big glass of milk.. and i sleep like a baby, until the wake up call to pee hits me! :)! good luckposted 06/01/2007 by laurenashleywebster
Im only 6 weeks pregnant, but it's my 4th child. Im experiencing symtoms I have never had before. I have morning sickness for the first time, but even more aggravating would be my sleeping patterns. I seem to wake up around 3am or so, and Im wide awake. Not only am I wide awake, but I can't get back to sleep for hours. Anyone else have this problem so early on?posted 03/27/2007 by 4forkatie
well I am 32 weeks with my second baby and yea I had problems sleeping with both this one and my first one.what I have found that helps sleep is eat a snack right before bed then lay on wich ever side is most comfortable with a pillow between your knees and also a pillow underneath your stomache to help support the baby and not cause round ligament pain.I hope I gave you a little help and hope u get rest soon. good luck.posted 06/07/2007 by sandles2000
my strategy: dont bother trying to pee so much before you go to bed. if you drink before you go to bed you stand a better chance of waking up to go earlier, and then falling back asleep easier (i ifnd that if i wake up to go at 2, im more likely to fall back asleep, than if i wake up at 4:30 or 5, and then toss and trun till 6:30!). lastly, and i cannot stress this enough - drink HOT milk before you go to bed. the l-tryptophan will knock you out like a drug! good luck and bear in mind that this too shall pass!posted 12/02/2007 by RSmtSE
Well, we're all different but I am 32 weeks along and the last 3 weeks have been really uncomfortable for me too. I generally work outside of home 10-12 hours a day, have an hour drive to pick up my 3 year old and get home to make dinner. (single mom here) I'm exhausted by 9pm and while my lil one will zonk right out, I lay there trying to get comfortable and waking 5-8 times a night. I know it's in preparation for the baby feedings and all but still, that isn't helping me get any additional rest. (Even if I'm not sleeping) The nights that I seem to get the best rest is when I go for a short brisk walk, and come home and take a shower. I use Bath and Body Works Vanilla Lavender linen spray, just a quick spritz on my pillow from about 16 inches away. That and the aid of a body pillow and a small fan (for noise) generally make the best nights for me. You've got a combo of the aromatherapy, white noise, breeze, option of getting under the blankets if you get chilled and the comfort of that body pillow to help ease discomforts. That and I always try to pee last thing before I head to bed. Hope you find a routine that works, custom fitted for you!posted 05/16/2007 by LadyJdesbebe729
Here are a few methods that can help: 1. When you are in the bed, try to stare at something for a period of time (like a picture, photo...etc, and think of something positive. After about 10 minutes your eyes and brain will get tired and there is a very good chance you will fall asleep fast. 2. Reading a good book or watching a good movie in the bed will also help you fall asleep fast. 3. Try not to drink liquids 1 hour before the sleep especially drinks that have caffeine in them. 4. Body massage also helps to fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. 5. Comfortable pajamas will definetly help. 6. Get some extra pillows for back support. 7. Elevating your back a bit so you are in a half sitting position can also do the trick. 8. *** As silly as it may sound but try not to look at the alarm when you wake up in the middle of the night to see what time it is, it will only make you frustrated and make you think that you are not sleeping again. God Bless. 35 weeks.posted 01/29/2008 by saveliev
I have been experiencing that same problem(currently 32 weeks). I found I was going to sleep to late. When I started going to sleep earlier than 11pm and I know that doesn't seem late at all, but I was able to sleep most of the night and not wake up so tired in the morning. Also if you do nap during the day you want to nap no more than an hour and a half or you will definetly not sleep all night.posted 04/17/2007 by momforever3
I'm 27 weeks and have had the same problem. Not only am I making trips to the bathroom every 2-3 hours, I can't get comfortable and I have horrible congestion. My doctor recommended taking benedryl or unisom. Both work very well. This is my third pregnancy and I had the same problem with my first. It worked then and is working great now. I hope it helps! :)posted 01/13/2007 by mcarlock3
Im 28 weeks and i find it helpful to take a nice warm bath,have your husband help you to put on lotion and relax maybe read a book try to not pick up one of those that you cant put down just a casual read and relax.I find it helps to not sleep so much in the day and maybe push your bedtime back a few hours to insure that you really are tired you can also try relaxation tapes that helps like the sound of rain.posted 12/25/2007 by mommaparker3
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