diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9873055..2ca1739 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ group :assets do
   gem 'turbo-sprockets-rails3'
 end
 
-# better timeouts
-# gem "system_timer", "~> 1.2.4"
+# badges for our users
+gem 'merit'
diff --git a/app/models/competency.rb b/app/models/competency.rb
index 55143d0..12e30d5 100644
--- a/app/models/competency.rb
+++ b/app/models/competency.rb
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ class Competency < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :exercise
 
   def Competency.update(user,exercise)
-    scores = Score.where( :exercise_id => exercise.id,
-                          :user_id => user.id )
+    scores = ::Score.where( :exercise_id => exercise.id,
+                            :user_id => user.id ).order(:created_at).limit( 35 )
 
     observations = scores.collect{ |x| x.summary }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def Competency.update(user,exercise)
 
     conditions = {
       :user_id => user.id,
-      :exercise_id => exercise }
+      :exercise_id => exercise.id }
     
     @competency = Competency.where(conditions).limit(1).first || Competency.create(conditions)
     @competency.estimate = p
diff --git a/app/models/merit/badge_rules.rb b/app/models/merit/badge_rules.rb
index c8a34b5..6e04326 100644
--- a/app/models/merit/badge_rules.rb
+++ b/app/models/merit/badge_rules.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ class BadgeRules
     include Merit::BadgeRulesMethods
 
     def initialize
+      grant_on ['users#create', 'users#update'], :badge => 'autobiographer', :temporary => true do |user|
+        user.name.present?
+      end
+
+      grant_on ['score#attempt'], :badge => 'answerer', :level => 5, :to => :user do |score|
+        score.user.scores.count > 5
+      end
+
+      grant_on ['score#attempt'], :badge => 'answerer', :level => 5, :to => :user do |score|
+        score.user.scores.count > 5
+      end
+
       # If it creates user, grant badge
       # Should be "current_user" after registration for badge to be granted.
       # grant_on 'users#create', :badge => 'just-registered', :to => :itself
diff --git a/config/initializers/merit.rb b/config/initializers/merit.rb
index e52362b..8f39b9e 100644
--- a/config/initializers/merit.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/merit.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 end
 
 # Create application badges (uses https://github.com/norman/ambry)
-# Badge.create!({
-#   :id => 1,
-#   :name => 'just-registered'
-# })
+Badge.create!({
+   :id => 1,
+   :name => 'answerer',
+   :level => 5,
+   :description => 'Submitted answers'
+})
+
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 4d34620..7845688 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130104152512) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130104194637) do
 
   create_table "authentications", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "user_id"
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@
     t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
   end
 
+  create_table "badges_sashes", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "badge_id"
+    t.integer  "sash_id"
+    t.boolean  "notified_user", :default => false
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+  end
+
+  add_index "badges_sashes", ["badge_id", "sash_id"], :name => "index_badges_sashes_on_badge_id_and_sash_id"
+  add_index "badges_sashes", ["badge_id"], :name => "index_badges_sashes_on_badge_id"
+  add_index "badges_sashes", ["sash_id"], :name => "index_badges_sashes_on_sash_id"
+
   create_table "competencies", :force => true do |t|
     t.float    "estimate"
     t.float    "uncertainty"
@@ -59,6 +70,31 @@
     t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
   end
 
+  create_table "merit_actions", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "user_id"
+    t.string   "action_method"
+    t.integer  "action_value"
+    t.boolean  "had_errors",    :default => false
+    t.string   "target_model"
+    t.integer  "target_id"
+    t.boolean  "processed",     :default => false
+    t.string   "log"
+    t.datetime "created_at",                       :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",                       :null => false
+  end
+
+  create_table "merit_score_points", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "score_id"
+    t.integer  "num_points", :default => 0
+    t.string   "log"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+  end
+
+  create_table "merit_scores", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer "sash_id"
+    t.string  "category", :default => "default"
+  end
+
   create_table "problems", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "name"
     t.integer  "exercise_id"
@@ -69,20 +105,14 @@
 
   add_index "problems", ["exercise_id"], :name => "index_problems_on_exercise_id"
 
-  create_table "scores", :force => true do |t|
-    t.datetime "created_at",      :null => false
-    t.datetime "updated_at",      :null => false
-    t.integer  "user_id"
-    t.integer  "time_taken"
-    t.integer  "attempt_number"
-    t.boolean  "complete"
-    t.integer  "count_hints"
-    t.string   "attempt_content"
-    t.integer  "seed"
-    t.integer  "problem_id"
-    t.integer  "exercise_id"
+  create_table "sashes", :force => true do |t|
+    t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
   end
 
+# Could not dump table "scores" because of following StandardError
+#   Unknown type 'reference' for column 'exercise_id'
+
   create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "name"
     t.datetime "created_at",                             :null => false
@@ -98,6 +128,8 @@
     t.string   "current_sign_in_ip"
     t.string   "last_sign_in_ip"
     t.string   "coursera_id"
+    t.integer  "sash_id"
+    t.integer  "level",                  :default => 0
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["email"], :name => "index_users_on_email", :unique => true
diff --git a/test/fixtures/developers.yml b/test/fixtures/developers.yml
index ab21d79..d125d93 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/developers.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/developers.yml
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 bart-snapp:
   name: Bart Snapp
   photo: bart-snapp
-  description: Bart Snapp teaches mathematics at The Ohio State University.  His research interests include commutative ring theory, number theory, and recreational mathematics.  He enjoys exploring connections between mathematics and the real-world problems, art, and music. As an undergraduate, he was involved in distance teaching and learning though OSU's <a href="http://socrates.math.osu.edu/">CROSU</a> program.  Prior to OSU, he worked at Coastal Carolina University. Bart earned his Ph.D. from the University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 
+  description: Bart Snapp teaches mathematics at OSU.  His research interests include commutative ring theory, number theory, and recreational mathematics.  He enjoys exploring connections between mathematics and the real-world problems, art, and music. As an undergraduate, he was involved in distance teaching and learning though OSU's <a href="http://socrates.math.osu.edu/">CROSU</a> program.  Prior to OSU, he worked at <a href="http://www.coastal.edu/">Coastal Carolina University</a>. Bart earned his Ph.D. from the <a href="http://illinois.edu/">University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a>.  For Calculus One, Bart leads the development of the <a href="/handouts">the textbook</a> and contributes to exercises.
   link: http://www.math.osu.edu/~snapp/
   email: snapp@math.osu.edu
 
 jim-fowler:
   name: Jim Fowler 
   photo: jim-fowler
-  description: Jim is at OSU.
+  description: Jim Fowler teaches mathematics at OSU.  His research interests broadly include geometry and topology, and more specifically, his interests focus on the topology of high-dimensional manifolds and geometric group theory, which means he gets to think about highly symmetric (and therefore very beautiful) geometric objects.  He's particularly fond of using computational techniques to attack problems in pure mathematics. Prior to OSU, he received an undergraduate degree from <a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard University</a> and received a Ph.D. from the <a href="http://www.uchicago.edu/">University of Chicago</a>.  Jim is the head instructor (&ldquo;project manager&rdquo;) for Calculus One.
   link: http://www.math.osu.edu/~fowler/
   email: fowler@math.osu.edu
 
 steve-gubkin:
   name: Steven Gubkin 
   photo: steve-gubkin
-  description: Steve is at OSU.
+  description: Steve Gubkin is a mathematics Ph.D. student at OSU.  Steve has extensive experience with the <a href="https://github.com/Khan/khan-exercises/" rel="external">khan exercise framework</a>, so for Calculus One, he leads the development of <a href="/exercises">our interactive exercises</a>.
   email: gubkin@math.osu.edu
   link: http://www.math.osu.edu/people/gubkin.1/view
 
 ryan-kowalick:
   name: Ryan Kowalick 
   photo: ryan-kowalick
-  description: Ryan Kowalick
+  description: Ryan Kowalick is a mathematics Ph.D. student at OSU.  For Calculus One, Ryan uses his extensive backgroud in <a href="http://rubyonrails.org/" rel="external">Rails</a> to handle coding tasks for this website.
   email: rkowalick@math.osu.edu
   link: http://www.math.osu.edu/people/kowalick.1
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ roman-holowinsky:
 sean-corey:
   name: Sean Corey 
   photo: sean-corey
-  description: Sean Corey
+  description: Sean teaches mathematics in secondary schools and is a proponent of independent learning. Game theory and the development of artificial intelligence are prominent interests of his.  For Calculus One, Sean has developed some of the interactive exercises and edited the textbook.
   email: corey.osumath@gmail.com
 
 sean-collins:
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ kevin-jones:
 
 isaac-smith:
   name: Isaac Smith 
-  description: Isaac is an undergraduate at Ohio State; he is a teaching assistant for Calculus One.
+  description: Isaac Smith is an undergraduate at Ohio State; he is a teaching assistant for Calculus One.
   email: smith.7914@osu.edu