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QDear 100 Hour Board,
When was the last time that Victorville had snow??? I have never seen snow there until this week.
- Ms. Addison

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ADear Ms. Addison,

Victorville and surrounding areas usually get a very small amount of snow every winter, but it melts quickly (which is probably why you never saw snow until recently). The last snowfall of any consequence was in the winter of '98-'99, although even then they didn't receive nearly as much as they did this last snowfall.

-Leibniz

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Can professors legally require their employees (ie TAs) to work before or after certain times of day?

- Tired of Too-Early Meetings

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ADear Sleepy Head,

As long as you aren't a minor, an employer can legally require you to work at whatever time of day they want. Welcome to being an adult.

Don't think that just because it is a campus job you are protected, either. The majority of hours I have worked here at BYU were when most other people were asleep.

The department may have a policy on it, but I doubt it. Talk to the professor and if they aren't willing to adjust meeting times, you might want to seek other employment.

-CGNU Grad

ADear Tired,
I asked my sister's husband, who is a TA. He said that professors can require their employees to work at any time, yes. They cannot, however, make them work without getting paid. As suggested by your 'nym, your professors can in fact require you to be at early meetings. You could always try to get that changed, but sometimes it is the only time that the professor can meet, or he or she will have multiple TAs with the earliest time the most convenient for everyone.
- Scout

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I've heard from mulitple sources of some student who is double majoring in computer science and music. I have similar interests and would like to talk to this person and find out if they are still the sane. Is there anyway I could find his e-mail addresss or something?
- A Freshman

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ADear A Freshman,
We'll let this post and you can see if they want to get in touch.
In the soon-to-be-here new-and-improved your questions answered in 97 Hours "97 Hour Board" you can get in touch with other readers if you register. Perhaps you'll be able to hear from that person that way. If they want to. We're not really into posting other people's email addresses unless we have permission.

›Kassidy‹

PS-You can usually find someone's email on Route Y if you have their name.
PPS-Ok, it's still going to be the 100 Hour Board, not the 97 Hour Board. Haha, just kidding.

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I am intrigued by the comments on the cologne and perfume... I must ask, what is the general opinions of the follow scents:

For guys:
Fahrenheit
Cool Water
Dolce & Gabanna
Polo Blue
Tommy

For girls: (fewer since I am not in the market)
Vic's Heavenly
BBW Cucumber Melon
Cool Water for Women
And as for the rest, what are some common ones for girls, because I LOVE some of the smells I smell, but I never know what it is... and too.. whatever, not to ask!
- The BYU Buckeye

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ADear Buckeye,

Farenheit: bad.
Cool Water: awesome smell but way too weak
Dolce: bad.
Polo Blue: everyone's favorite 8th grade scent (overused)!
Tommy: everyone's favorite 7th grade scent!

Heavenly: the name says it all doesn't it?
BBW: cucumber? No.
Cool Water: awesome. A must have for every seductress.

As for the rest, search this month's responses, I think we've answered this question enough.

-Skippy DeLorean

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

When will the new 100 Hour Board website go live? Also, will I have to change my bookmarks, or will you move the new site to this address?

- Board Junkie

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ADear Board Junkie,

So soon now, you could start holding your breath in anxious antcipation. Of course, you'd still pass out before it went live. Expect the new site to be here for an early Christmas present. Like, before finals early. Yes, THAT soon. Can you belive it?

As for bookmarks, the new site will have the same URL as the current site (http://theboard.byu.edu). If you have anything other than the main page bookmarked, then those links will expire when we make the move. Hope you're as excited as we are...

-Fractile

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Would it be illegal (it's got to be fun to see questions that start out like that) to make my own Calvin and Hobbes tee-shirt or tee-shirts. I would not sell them, distribute them, or in any way use them for my own gain; it would be entirely for my own enjoyment.

⇝ Still wants his Calvin and Hobbes shirt, minus the cease and desist order

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ADear C&H Shirt Wanter:

It would definitely fall under the legal doctrine of "fair use." However, the current US legal environment has raped that doctrine repeatedly for the last five years, so your guess is as good as mine.

-- Misaneroth

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Whatever happened to that old BYU blue? I liked it a whole lot better than the new one. Is there any we could get president Samuelson to change it back or something?

-feeling blue

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ADear Feeling Blue,

I seriously doubt it. The colors were altered for a couple of reasons which tie together.

First, they looked like ghetto 70's colors. That's because they were. The school wanted to have a more current pallet. It's the same reason people get rid of perfectly good, functioning avacado-colored appliances. Did the old colors work for school colors? Yes. Were they asthetically pleasing anymore? No.

Second, BYU (especially the bookstore) likes people to wear BYU clothing. There weren't a whole lot of people who were too fond of the very old-looking feel of the previous colors/logos. Would you want to lay down $50 for a sweatshirt that looked outdated while still hanging on the rack?

Granted, there are people out there, such as yourself, who miss the baby blue days of yore. Fear not little one. Head on into the bookstore and cast your eyes upon a number of pieces of BYU memorabilia which have updated styles, but the old blue.

- Beemer Boy

P.S. I focused mainly on clothes, but the same reasons pretty much appy to the other areas in which the colors were implemented.

ADear feeling blue,

I like them much better. But what's with all the pink? There's no pink in blue and tan. Pink is NOT a BYU color.

- Gruntled

ADear feeling blue-

I like the old BYU blue as well. That's probably why the unliversity switched back to it.

Oh, did you mean the light blue? That's not the original color; the current one is.

-The Franchise

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

How do I get my lazy, ungrateful, freshman roommates to pick up a broom and the bleach?

-Master of the 707 Soup Maker

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ADear Master,

You place them (the broom and bleach bottle) in their beds, with the bottle open.

-Taboo

ADear Master of the 707 Soup Maker-

You can't. They have to do it of their own volition. Start searching for new roommates if it really bothers you. I wish I could give a better answer, but it doesn't exist.

-The Franchise

ADear Mot7SM,

Actually, it's very, very simple. But you won't like it. And it might now be too late. However, if you're willing, this is how you do it.

Simply stop cleaning. There is one person in my apartment who has the least tolerance for mess, and that person does a lot of the cleaning here. Other people have similar, but higher mess tolerances. I think I have the highest mess tolerance. Thus, I tend to do the least. In my case, this is not because I am abandoning my oar, and deciding to live off of their labors. It simply doesn't bother me.

I try from time to time to help, but I still do the least. However, if the apartment were to reach the point where I began to be uncomfortable, I would pick up bleach and broom in a heartbeat.

You have to let the place get to their level of intolerance before they'll start cleaning. Unless they've decided not to do it, because you always have before. Then it's a battle of wills.

You could try talking to them about it, but I wouldn't recommend it. Not because it is a bad thing to do, but simply because it is generally very ineffective. Your best bet is to make them want to clean. And that's difficult to do, especially when you mind the mess more than they do. Sorry, bud.

-Uffish Thought

ADear Master,
I don't understand. Did they leave the broom and the bleach out? Can't you pick up those two items yourself? Or do you mean that you're out if bleach and brooms and you don't have a car, so you need them to go pick them up for you at the store? I just can't fathom what you mean.
--Sloppy

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I'm from Arizona and therefore have no knowledge concerning driving in the snow. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

-I almost died

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ADear Glad You Didn't,

1--Make sure you have good tread on your tires. If it's going to be really intense, get chains.

2--Make sure your wipers work.

3--If you start to slide, DON'T HIT THE BRAKES. Don't yank the steering wheel, either. Overcorrecting is a good way to wreck. Instead, turn into the slide. So, if your car is sliding left, turn the wheel left, not right. This will help prevent you from going into a spin.

4--If you start to spin, still don't hit the brakes or yank the wheel. Turn the wheel in the direction the bank end of the car is going. So, if you're spinning to the left, you'll turn the wheel to the right to pull yourself out of the spin.

5--Drive slowly. Not *every* time it snows, obviously. But when the roads are slick, don't be afraid to slow it down. Lots of people wreck because they just keep cruising along at mach 10 in a blizzard.

6--Beware the black ice. You can't really watch for this 'cause you can't see it. But be aware that bridges and overpasses are more likely to be icy.

7--If the snow is impairing visibility, turn your lights on.

--'Brozy

ADear Near Death Dan,

Well, www.yenra.com/driving-in-the-snow/ has this to say:

* Slow down. Posted speeds are set for ideal conditions.
* Don't tailgate. Following the car in front too closely can result in a crash.
* Accelerate and brake gradually so wheels don't spin.
* Anticipate traffic lights and potential dangers.
* Improve visibility by clearing snow and ice from the entire car.
* Avoid hard braking. The best technique is "threshold," or "squeeze" braking. Apply the brakes firmly to a point just short of lock-up, then ease off the pedal slightly. Steady pressure is better than pumping the brakes. If your car has antilock brakes, apply continuous, firm pressure.
* Drive with headlights on low-beam.
* In a skid, ease off the accelerator and don't lock up the brakes. Carefully steer in the direction you want to go and straighten the wheel as soon as the car starts heading in the desired direction.
* Carry a winter survival kit consisting of: a cellular phone; small bag of abrasive material such as sand, salt or cat litter for traction; a snow shovel; snow brush; traction mats; flashlight; booster cables, blanket and appropriate winter clothing, including boots.
* If you become stranded, be sure to keep the exhaust tail pipe clear of snow. Run the engine no longer than it takes to provide heat.

In all honesty though, the only way to get decent at driving in the snow is practice. Seriously. Next time we get some decent snow, take a friend who has some experience and find a big parking lot (preferably one with few light poles in it) and practice. Pull the e-brake a few times, hit your brakes hard. Make the car fishtail and try to correct it. Play around and get some experience.

Of course, if you have some money to shell out, try http://www.winterdrive.com/....

-CGNU Grad

ADear didn't go toward the light,
My roommate and I are both from California, and his advice to me was to slam on the brakes when you first start going to test how far you'll slide. I don't know if that's good advice, but you did say that ANY advice would be appreciated, not just the good kind.
--Gargamel

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

How is it that guys who have served honorable full time missions for the church, go to BYU, and pass the sacrament on Sundays can still be slimeballs?

-Magnet

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ADear Magnet,
Same reason they can marry in the temple and serve as bishops of my home ward and still be slimeballs. Some people are just two-faced creeps. I may not be perfect, but at least everyone sees the real me. But don't worry about the slimeballs, because it catches up to them eventually. I'm not even talking about the next life; sooner or later they can't avoid the consequences of their actions and they end up divorced, arrested, etc.

-Benvolio

ADear Magnet,

It just happens. I know of a few, myself, and it's hard to see them at all, sometimes, especially in positions of leadership. Remember, though, that it's the people who have the problems, not the church. Many people have justified leaving because they know of problems that leaders, or even the guy in the next pew over has. Don't let the flaws of men get in the way of your testimony of the gospel.

Pray for the slimeballs, too. Once upon a time, they were just little kids, who probably didn't think 'Gee, when I grow up, I'd like to be a world-class creep.' I'd guess there's a least a part of them that wants to be the best it can. Pray for that part. Pray for it in all of us. Living his life to the best of our abilities is really hard for something so remarkably easy. I know I can use all the help I can get.

-Uffish Thought

ADear Bi-polar,
They go to the temple, too. I have dealt with plenty of those guys. Some of those even were my ZL's on my mission. Those two Elders did NOT know how to honor their priesthood! I heard they're both married now, to sisters I served with! I was so heart-broken. I can only believe that they will be caught in the end. Nobody should make such a travesty of the priesthood like that!
--The Drama Queen

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ADear Too long,
usps.com has a postage rate and delivery estimate on their website. If you're doing regular mail it takes 4-6 weeks. If you choose airmail, it says it only takes 4-7 days, and it's cheaper for some reason. Weird.
Anyway, if it's leaving Buenos Aires to come here, it's probably going to be in that 4-6 weeks range or something has gone horribly wrong. Like, they lost it. Sorry. But it's possible it will show up 3 months later. It's happened to many a missionary.

›Kassidy‹

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Q*Disclaimer* Do not read this question if you don't want to find out tidbits of the plot of the fifth Harry Potter book.

Dear 100 Hour Board,

I was recently reading Harry Potter V the other day and noticed a major piece of unfinished business that was neither resolved nor addressed by the end of the book. It concerns Harry's beloved Firebolt. I made a point of tracking it through the story and this is all I could find:

+Harry flies on his Firebolt from Number Four Privet Drive to Number 12 Grimmauld Place.
+It is taken to Hogwarts and Harry flies on it in the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin.
+The Firebolt is then confiscated by Dolores Umbridge and bolted to her wall.
+Fred and George Weasley created a fiasco in which they reclaimed their brooms, but Harry's was left in her office.
+Umbridge imprisoned it in the dungeons and had it heavily guarded.
+Later on, some D.A. members discussed how they were unable to use Harry's broom to get to London, refering further to it's captivity.

-To my knowledge, the Firebolt was never restored to Harry, even though the situation with Umbridge would suggest that it would be returned.

So after that long-winded explanation, my question is: Where is the Firebolt? (Or did I overlook something?)

- Luna Lovegood

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ADear Luna Lovegood,
I found a forum discussing this very subject. It's funny. It's from www.harrypotterforums.co.uk from book 5 discussions. I just did a search in that forum for firebolt if you want the whole thing. I took a couple things out.

Muggle: I wonder if Harry got his Firebolt back before the summer vacation. Is this like in GoF, where Rowling forgot to mention how Harry got his map back? Or do you think the ban Umbridge gave Harry really is binding?

Chocolate Frog: I'm sure that stupid ban is forgotten now that Umbridge is gone... and so, Harry will get/or already got his broom back.

Mrs. Weasley: Yes I'm sure he gets it back. Umbridge's decrees will count for nothing now she's out of the way.

Muggle: But why didn't he get it back before end of the school year? Or did he get it back? I suppose Rowling might have forgotten to add that detail, which is weird; why would she make the same mistake twice?

Mrs. Draco: I personally don't think he got it back yet. With all that was going on, I doubt he was thinking about his broom locked up in a now insane teacher's room. If he *did* get it back, I'm sure JK would make a point of it because after all, who gave him the Firebolt? Sirius. That broomstick is just angst waiting to happen. So yeah, JK either forgot about the broom herself or is waiting for the 6th book to mention the dramatic memory behind it.

Mrs. Weasley: Yes I agree Mrs Draco I think it will be returned to him by McGonagall at the start of term and will spark off Harry's emotions about losing Sirius again. It'll be sad...

Samuel232323: I don't think she forgot- it is jsut a very insignificant detail, seen as though harry is suffering the loss of Sirius- it didn't fit anywhere and wasn't really important- Im very confident he will get it back- it will still be in the dungeons so I'm sure McGonagall or someone can get it.

WeasleyandMione: I agree also! I think it will come about in the 6th book and of course make me cry..AGAIN ! *retreats to a corner to sob over Sirius*

marauding_for_my_map: I think that Harry probably did get his broom back at the end of book5....but i think that JK didn't write about it because it may have trivialised what Harry was feeling about the death of Sirius.....I dont think that JK, could have written about Harry's feelings of sorrow for Sirius, and then write, but hey woop woop he got his broom back

Solitary Silence: i agree with the people who are saying he will get the broom back in 6 and it will cause a lot of angst, i am thinking there will be a few pages dedicated to what Harry thinks as he stares down at his Firebolt, i think it might be a bit of a tear-jerker too. I think i may cry over Sirius again at that point.

I'm glad other people worry about this stuff. Otherwise I'd be crying all the time.

›Kassidy‹

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QDear 100 Hour Board (especially Ambrosia),

Is there something wrong with using 'they' as a third-person singular pronoun (ie, "Someone who really knows their stuff")?

- Not an English Major

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ADear not an English major,

This is a classic debate between Linguistics majors and English majors. English majors say that "they" is understood to refer to the third person plural, and should therefore never be used to refer to the third person singular. This is why one has to say "he or she" (or "werf") if one is trying not to specify gender, since standard English doesn't have a gender-neutral third person singular pronoun.

Linguistics majors point out that native speakers use "they" to mean "he or she" and other native speakers correctly interpret "they" as referring to one person of unspecified gender and not to multiple people. Furthermore, the usage is not highly stigmatized (as opposed to "ain't" or "we was"), except for among English majors and English major-types.

Both agree that this type of usage is more informal or conversational, and is not considered desirable in higher registers or in formal writing.

- Katya (who has had this argument with Ambrosia before)

ADear Not an English Major,

Wow. Katya stole my thunder on this one. So. I agree with everything she's said. I'll just add: Never, never, never use "they" in writing when your antecedent was singular. (Maybe if you're doing some dialecty, casual dialogue. Maybe.) This makes people look like they're not paying attention or they don't know the language well. It really grates.

As far as speech goes, I will acquiese to the linguists and say that in casual conversation, using "they" really is a lot more convenient than using "he or she."

--Ambrosia

ADear Neither am I,

I personally prefer just using the male singular, which used to be acceptable. (ie, "Someone who really knows his stuff") I still use it when I can, but sometimes people get on my case about it. But since I'm a female, and it doesn't offend me, and it annoys me to no end to say "his or her," "his/her," or even "her," because it smacks of self-righteous and pointless political correctness, I use "his," for most of the time. Except when I say werf, which is only acceptable here on the board, or with people who understand what I'm talking about. And then I can only use the term jokingly, not in total seriousness. But I've been trained by my English major friends not to do the "they," except occasionally in very casual conversation.

-Is Twite

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
i told a friend that i am dropping my religion class because it would work better for my schedule. she said that i had to take one religion class every semester. i cant imagine this to be true for a couple of reasons. first, i only need 14 credits of religion, right? that is only 7 classes and theoretically, i will be here for 8 semesters. second... ok maybe i only had one reason. anyway, i took 2 religion classes this semester and i figured it wouldnt matter when i took more. so my question... does it matter at all when i take my religion classes?
- T

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ADear T-

Your friend is wrong. Go rub it in, ASAP. If you have fulfilled the specific requirements (courses for BoM, NT, D&C) and taken 14 credits total, you need not take more.

-Deacon, who is glad he didn't have to take another class, since he has over 18 credits.

ADear T,

Most bishoprics and stake presidencies on campus want any members of their ward/stake who aren't attending a religion class to attend institute. Also, if you aren't a BYU student, you technically have to attend institute to be eligible to live in BYU approved housing, but it isn't enforced.

-Phoenix

ADear T,

You can't take more than two a semester and have it count towards GE. (Can't you just see seniors doing an all-religion last semester?) Otherwise, you just have to get your 14 credits in.

- Katya

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
when can i start buying textbooks? i know my schedule is virtually not going to change so i would like to get my books asap. do you know when all the textbooks are going to be in the bookstore available for my purchasing?
- T

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ADear T,

All textbooks for all classes probably won't be in until classes start, maybe not even then for a few unlucky people. Many of the textbooks should be in the bookstore by finals. Go buy your books now, don't unwrap your packets, keep your receipts and even if your schedule changes you'll still be able to return them. If you need books that you can't find yet, the people at textbook information should be able to tell you when they're coming in.

- Katya

ADear T-

The right thing to do is go online now and buy your books at http://www.half.com or another similar site. The bookstore tries to use scare tactics to discourage this practice, but it's great.

-The Franchise

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

How much information on the internet is accessible to me (an average internet user)? Like maybe an estimation in terabytes or something. By information I include Videos and Audio and Pictures and Text Files and HTML and common viewable documents. How much information would be accessible to me if I had access to all of the databases on the internet?

Along the same note, what percentage break-up of the internet (either by number of sites or size in terabytes)? Someone once mentioned to me that they heard (urban legend in the making) that "like" half the interet consisted of porn sites.

I think that the common categories that I can think of for the way the internet would be broken into would be:

Businesses/Corporations/Commercial Sites, Government, Libraries, Schools/Education Related or Associated, Personal Sites/Blogs, Pornography, Non-profit Organizations, News Sites, Search Engine Sites, E-mail Sites/Servers, etc.
Or maybe a breakup by the ending (like ".com" or ".edu", etc)

Maybe other people who are more familiar with aspects of the internet would include more or totally different categories.

This question was spurred by an interesting debate with my roommates. Answer as much or as little as you feel like. Your answer will likely lead to the dispelling of an urban legend and cause myself, and my roommates to know some random triva about the internet.

Thank you for your time,

- One of the Unoffical Hyatt Hotel Represenatives attending BYU

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ADear Cyber-Rep,

First, I am no web expert. In fact, the only reason I am answering this question is because I couldn't find the answer right now for another one I am working on and I had to answer something to keep from losing all faith in myself and resigning from the Board. That said, if one of our web gurus gets on here and gives a better answer, I'll yank mine.

On to your question. There are too many generalities in your question for an exact answer. And to be honest, I don't think an exact number could ever be known. In fact, I think exploring the web is like mapping the stars. The more/harder you look, the more you find. The web just keeps growing.

For example, how I am supposed to gage the "accessible to you" qualifier? Does this mean anyone with an unrestricted internet connection? Anyone who is behind the BYU filter? What? Does an average user have logins to the private side of every site? Sorry, but there are way to many mitigating factors. If we are assuming an average user uses MS Internet Explorer, I know several sites off the top of my head that don't allow IE to view their content. You have to use Netscape or another browser (read: Firefox).

As for the general size of the internet, http://tinyurl.com/5d76f tells you that the estimated size of the internet in 2002 is 532,897 terabytes. This site should have most of what you are looking for.

Also, the urban legend on the % of the internet that is porn is false. The percentage given was 80% and turned out to be made up. And how do you measure it? Number of pages? Bytes of data? Number of files? Too hard to measure. Check http://tinyurl.com/4q574 for some discussion on the topic.

-CGNU Grad

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Due to a recent hard disk failure, I bought a new drive and reinstalled windows (xp sp1) on the new drive. The thing tells me that i need to reactivate, but then tells me my code has already been used or whatever. Would it now be ethical to get a keygen and an activation crack, since I actually have a legal copy of windows for the first time in my life? Or should I just call the number and whine to some indian dude for an hour to try and see if they will help me out at all?

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ADear _______-

It would be illegal, but ethical. Of course, many of the writers recommend Linux instead.

-The Franchise

ADear Unknown,

I would call. I had to do that for a copy of Office and I didn't have any trouble at all.

- FCSM

ADear Windows User,

I reinstall my computer about every 2 to 3 months. The third time I reinstalled it told me I had to call Microsoft. I did. It took me under 10 minutes to get a code to type it in. I have subsequently reinstalled about 15 times, and I have never had to call back again. Just call in, it's worth the 10 mintues.

-cubic nerd

ADear _______,

I had the same experience as cubic nerd: quick 10 minute phone call. They simply ask a reason for the re-install and give you an activation key. When I called, I spoke with an American lady that was really polite. Really, it's not bad at all, and you'll stay legit.

-Fractile

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Once logged in to your Route Y, is there any way to search people by hometown location?

-Lump of Coal

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ADear Lump of Coal,

Board Question #3674

- The Excavator

ADear Lump of Coal,

If you want a less complicated way, call the campus operators at 422-1211. They can do that type of search rather easily, and would be happy to help if you are nice about it.

-Dragonboy

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QDear The Excavator,

Yeah I know you guys don't like the writers to ask personal questions on the Board. The Excavator didn't have an e-mail listed under the "About Us" section though, and I was curious to find out about one of the fairly new writers.

So my questions for The Excavator are as follows (and I hope you don't think I'm too weird for wondering): 1- do you attend BYU? 2- How old are you? 3- Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? (don't worry, I'm not trying to stalk you on that one...I'm seriously just curious. The writers always have fun and interesting stories about their significant others) 4- How many siblings do you have? 5- What are you majoring in?

Anyway, thanks for the bio. in advance :)

-Huge fan of all the writers!

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ADear Huge Fan,

Thanks for asking. I'll be brief, since I always am.

1. Yes
2. 22
3. Yes
4. 3
5. Hard stuff

- The Excavator

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Have any of you seen "Finding Neverland"? If so, any comments? It's only in select theaters right now so I haven't had the chance, but the trailer looks really good.

There's a song that plays in the trailer ("Come On" by Ben Jelen - the instrumental version). I thought some of the girls might like the song - it's very pretty. Click here to here it: http://www.ezarchive.com/ezarc...

-Loophole

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ADear Loophole,
My roommate saw it, and she came home raving about it. All the critics have given it an A- or higher, so it looks super. Johnny Depp plays a great role and did a great job. The little children were charming, especially the little boy who played Peter. It was a "feel good" movie that was fun to watch. It makes you want to watch Peter Pan because everything in the book is based on the experiences that the author had with the family.
- Duchess and her cute blonde roommate (who is currently taken, sorry)

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I've got a question. I know that Satan can not know what we are thinking, he can only see our actions and hear our words. Does this mean that we should pray silently so he can't hear us?
- confused

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ADear confused,

No. It's an interesting thought, but we are given plenty of examples in the scriptures where people prayed out loud. Enos, for example:

"And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens."

I'm lookig at Joseph Smith's first uttered prayer here, and it might look like his vocal prayer was what attracted the attention of Satan. Then we see this:

"It seems as though the adversary was aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to be an annoyer of his kingdom...."

True, fourteen is still an early period, but I believe that Satan had an eye on Joseph Smith long before that. Maybe I'm wrong.

At any rate, I believe that Satan is a shrewd observer of human nature. How difficult is it to hide your thoughts from someone who loves you? Satan can see even more than those people. If we were meant to hide our thoughts from Satan, we would have to avoid writing in our journals or confessing to our bishops, as well. I believe that the trick is to constantly live as though the adversary has access to our thoughts. This means making sure our thoughts are pure ones. It also means not worrying about what Satan or anyone else thinks. Joseph Smith says that he "began to offer up the desires of [his] heart to God." Remember, that's who you're talking to, and He would rather have Satan listen in than for us to not say anything at all.

As with Enos, the fact that Joseph's prayer was vocal seems to have been a factor in the outcome of the prayer. I believe that there is power in the spoken word, and we should pray vocally as much as possible. On my mission, the one thing I craved most (well, besides food sometimes) was just to be alone so I could pray out loud and say what I really felt. Prayers directed at God do more good than Satan can counteract.

-The R.M.

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I don't get Foxtrot today. Can any of you mathematically inclined boardies decipher it for me? so I can get the joke?
- Math decliner

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ADear Math decliner,
It says Merry Xmas. Actually, it's M times e times r times r times y and x times mass. I hope you can figure out the H2O part.

-Random

ADear Math decliner,

I thought it was hilarious!

- FCSM

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

What would you do if you were walking down aisle 12 at Macey's at 11:30 PM and you found a one dollar bill in the middle of the aisle? Nobody else is in the aisle, and the store is mostly deserted.

If your answer is to keep the money, at what denomination-level would you turn it in? Because I believe that most of us, if we saw a one hundred dollar bill in the aisle would turn it in. Where is the line? Should there be one?

-Not so hypothetical

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ADear Not so hypothetical,
I would probably just leave it there. I would probably turn it into the store management at $20. That's my personal line.

›Kassidy‹

ADear Nsh,

I agree. Unless I was trying to demonstrate the principle to my children, sometime in the distant future when I have children, bills under $20 would probably stay where they were in the hopes that if it mattered enough to the person who lost it, they'd come and retrace their steps.

-Uffish Thought

ADear Real,
I'd take it. Yes, I definitely would. And I wouldn't feel bad about it. I'd just count it as a blessing for having paid my tithing or something. If I don't pick it up, someone else will. If it's a lot of money (50 or more) then I would give my # to the store and tell them that if they end up missing a large amount to call me and we'll compare sums. If they can't tell me what's missing, I spend it! I've lost much more money than I've ever found, anyway, so I think I am allowed to take from the pool from time to time.
--Greedy

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Why is it that there are no toilet seat covers in any of the bathrooms on BYU campus? Is it simply just that BYU believes that because most of the students are LDS, they maintain a clean image, and have clean fannies? I believe that it is important to supply the BYU student body and faculty with the highest standard of sanitary security. Are they too expensive to purchase?

- an inquiring BYU fanny

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ADear an inquiring BYU fanny,

Check me out. I mean, check these links out.

Board Question #1464
Board Question #2021
Board Question #8386

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

CGNU Grad, in his response to the question about longest sentences for crimes about BYU, mentioned Cody Judy and the hostage situation in the Marriott Center in 1993. My sister was there, so I've heard about it from her. I just looked him up on the internet and found out that he ran for Senator in this last election as a Democrat! So I was wondering, did he actually get any votes? Also, does anyone on the Board remember the situation happening?

- 'nymless

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ADear Need'na'nym,

You bet he got votes. He even beat out fellow write in candidate Nola Tuaone by 5 votes statewide. Of course, he only got 5 votes statewide. Meaning Nola got a big fat zero. Which makes you wonder why even she didn't vote for herself...

-CGNU Grad

ADear nymless,

I don't remember the situation because it was before I ever watched CES firesides, but one of my good friends was actually there when it happened. I got to see that fireside on tape at Institute a few summers ago. That guy is weird.

- FCSM

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
The price to air a commercial is usually correlated with he time of day; evening being prime-time, and therefore the most expensive, right? Well what if a show could give a very accurate analysis of its audience. So prime-time means more viewers, but a particular show means more of one type of veiwers. Say The Jerry Springer show, I shutter when I type that. Its audience is white trash, well no, just trash, so because their audience is so specific, can they charge more for commercials than say another show in the same time slot?
~Clay-

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ADear Clay,

Good question. People buy air time based on cost per thousand people they will "reach". If there aren't a whole lot of people who watch Jerry Springer then it won't cost much because it is being seen by fewer people. That's why we have rating points and such. The higher the ratings, the more the stations can charge for advertising.

Cable has really changed the way advertising works. If you are selling a product that is aimed at a specific market, you no longer have to advertise on the three major networks at prime time and therefore be wasting your money on promoting your product to an audience consisting of people who you already know aren't interested.

For example, let's say you're in the business of making high-end snorkel gear. You may be the best snorkel gear maker out there. However, most people (if they ever snorkel during the course of their lives) probably aren't going to be interested in laying down top dollar to buy your product. So it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to advertise on NBC during ER. It would probably be wiser to advertise on stations like a few of the travel/vacation channels and some outdoor adventure channels. Same applies for print and other mediums.

Once you add up the costs for advertising on a variety of channels it may cost as much as doing it prime time, but your money is better spent because you're reaching a higher percentage of your target market, even if the gross number of people you're reaching is lower.

Another thing to keep in mind is that it costs more, the more specific you are about where you want your ads to run. It's less expensive to run them sometime on the channel Jerry is on than to say, "I want it to run during the show, first commercial played during the second break and run it in the western half of the U.S. only".

In short, if what you're selling is a general product for everyone (the concept of "everyone" doesn't really exist anymore with such vast demographic/psychographic information available) or at least a common item, say Kleenex, it might be wise to advertise prime time. The more specific your product, the more specific the mediums you should advertise.

- Beemer Boy

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I just wrote in about commercials, and mentioned Jerry Springer. I hate his shows; I would say him, but I love him as a child, ummm... how about creature of God. Any way, if he were to die would they still air that smut? Do you think if there was enough legislation, we could pass a law banning his stuff?
~Clay-

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ADear Clay,

I'm sure there would be re-runs of his show, and you'd have a very hard time keeping his stuff off the air because of that pesky First Amendment.

- Beemer Boy

ADear Clay,
It's not Jerry Springer who keeps that show on the air. If he were to die or quit or have a radical change of heart, they'd just get someone else to fill his spot. It's the American people who watch the show that keep the producers keeping the show on the air.
--Dreamy

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

A friend asked me this random question today, and now I want to know the answer: where is the geographical center of campus? How far does the 'campus' extend beyond the main block of buildings and what does it include?

- Rowen

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ADear Rowen,

How far campus extends is debatable. Certainly it includes all of the classroom buildings, and the maintenance and auxiliary buildings can't be far behind, maybe Wymount and Wyview, too, but BYU actually owns a fair amount of random property in the area, so it's pretty much a judgment call. (What about the dairy in Spanish Fork, for example?)

Let's define an area called "lesser campus" as bounded by 9th East (except where it dips out to include the Taylor Building), University Parkway, 150 East and 800 North over to 700 East and then 900 North. (Also dipping down to include the Benson Institute.) Basically, I've tried to include every block with a classroom building in it. The geographical center of this area is just in the northeast corner of the JKHB, maybe just outside it.

The geographical center of "greater campus" would depend on your definition of that area.

- Katya

ADear Rowen,

I have just got to put this in, it's too irresistable! The center of campus is aproxamately 6,378.1 kilometers below you. The world is our campus you know.

-Dragonboy

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ADear Lissy,

email me. That's the kind of question that should just be mailed and not asked on here, in my opinion. That's not a rebuke, nor is it official board policy; it is just what I think.

-Toasteroven, had his identity found out just 'cuz of one post that said that, which he later went and deleted. (You can thank Bored Engineer for THAT one).

ADear Lissy-

Please never say "mish" again. Thank you.

-Deacon

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
Is there a still writer who is getting a master's in computer science?
-Red light-green light

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ADear Red light-green light,
Seeing as this question is still in our inbox at over 100 hours unanswered, I'm assuming not.

›Kassidy‹

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

For Winter I am registered for Music 160R for Voice. My understanding was that it was basically private voice lessons that you pay an additional fee for. But I read somewhere that it is "private or semi-private instruction." What determines whether it is private or not? Also, it says TBA for the class time, and I think I'm supposed to sign up for a specific time at some point, somehow. How do I go about doing that? How do I find out what times are available to choose from? Also, I am registered for the section for "contemporary voice," but I'm curious about what that entails. I don't want to take classical voice because to me that is more operatic style singing, which is just not me. But I am worried that if I do contemporary I will be taught to sing like a Young Ambassador or something, which is not exactly my style either. I have really wanted to take voice lessons and this fits perfectly in my schedule because I need a one-credit class, so I really want it to work out well. Have any of you taken it before? How did you like it? Would you say it was a good experience? The teacher I have is Bounous, do any of you know what he/she is like? Thanks for your help!

~Songbird

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ADear Songbird,

Disclaimer: Neither I nor anyone I consulted on this question has actually taken 160R for voice. However, we are familiar with other 160R sections and with some aspects of the voice program in general, so I'll try to piece together an adequate response.

(1) We have never heard of 160R classes not being private. Maybe some teachers do group lessons occasionally, but the whole point of paying the extra fee is to get your teacher's undivided attention.

(2) Your instructor should contact you some time before or in the first week of school to schedule a time. They will probably wait until then so that everyone's schedules are more concrete. The available times will depend entirely on your instructor's schedule; evening times may be more likely.

(3) You'll have to contact your instructor to ask them what "contemporary voice" means. (You should be able to find them on Route Y.) I would be highly surprised if it's something like "all and only belting" because most voice teachers I know don't particularly like that style, and certainly don't want to teach it to beginning or intermediate students because of the risks of damaging your voice.

(4) Mus 160R is a LOT of work for a 1 credit class. Your teacher will expect you to practice at least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week. If you don't have that kind of time, don't sign up for the class.

(5) The people I've known who've taken the class have all enjoyed it, unless they didn't have enough time to practice. I'm sorry I don't know if "Bounous" is a good teacher or not, but I hope you enjoy the class, regardless.

- Katya

ADear Songbird,

I'll add that it's possible that it will be up to you to contact your teacher. I have taken 160R for organ several times, and at the beginning of the semester I always have to pay a visit to Dr. Cook's office where I am given the name of an instructor, who I then contact to arrange lessons.

Which also brings up the fact that your teacher will probably not be Bounous - I suspect he is just the coordinator for the section (since there are 100 students enrolled, it seems highly unlikely that he teaches all of them). If you don't hear anything before the beginning of the semester, visit the room listed on Route Y (26 KMB) on the first day of classes and I suspect you will be assigned an instructor (possibly a graduate student) and that you will be able to arrange a time with your assigned instructor.

Good luck! I have a hard time fitting music lessons into my schedule now just because of the amount of time I'm required to practice, but in the past I really enjoyed having an excuse to spend some of my day working on something I love.

-Leibniz

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I'm a BYU grad living in New York City. Do you all know of any good way to sublet my apartment to good, trustworthy BYU students or grads who might be interested in coming to New York City for the summer or for Christmas break?

Anyone out there interested in a 1 bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan from December 24 until January 4? $50 per day.

- paying too much for rent

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ADear paying too much,

Get a friend who still lives in Provo to put an ad on the Ad Board every week. Put an ad in the Daily Universe. I've seen people do that before--not sure how much sucess they have, though.

Good luck!

- FCSM

ADear paying too much,
Put it on the Manhattan housing list at manhattaneighthward_housing at yahoo.com. That's where my sister found a place when she was living in New York last year.
- Duchess

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QDear Skippy,

hey Skip. i like your writing but it seems like you never get a challenge. here's some questions that are a little mroe advanced.

1) my mom bought me a surprisingly nice black nehru suit in southeast asia. are these still in style? i've been thinking about wearing it to a wedding later this month and was wondering what kind of shirt to wear. and can i wear a bolo tie with it?

2)when i wear jeans and a button-down shirt, my girlfriend tells me that it's in style to tuck in the front and leave the back out. however, my friends say that is out of date. are there any tips you could give me?

- (your nemesis)

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ADear Not Worthy of the Title,

You're an idiot. I get some dumb questions but it seems that you're the first to truly deserve the word "idiot".
Did you ever see "Good Will Hunting"? Great movie, lots of swearing, but a great movie. There's this really clever scene when this Harvard student is trying to make Ben Afflek's character look stupid. Matt Damon's character, the well-read genius, comes to his rescue and starts answering all the questions. So then the Harvard kid spouts off some really impressive arguments. However, Damon instantly recognizes the argument from an obscure history scholar. The Harvard kid was plagiarizing, something very obscure, but plagiarizing nonetheless.
You my friend, are an idiot because you didn't bother to find something obscure. You're plagiarizing GQ, heck, you didn't even get something from an old GQ, this is from November. I've even said that I have a subscription, did you think that I don't read them? Geez.
Anyway, I'll give Glenn O'Brien's answers (GQ's style guy) and him, the credit.

1-If you ask me, the Nehru suit is never out of style. It's a sleek, modern look that seems appropriate in today's tieless world. Since this suit shows virtually nothing else, it's important that it be well-tailored and fit impeccably... I suppose you could wear a banded collar, but the classic accompaniment to a Nehru suit is a turtleneck. No tie is necessary. Forget the bolo. Save it for your Nudie suit.

2-Out of date? When was half-tucked "in style"? The third week of October of 2002? Shirts are worn in our out. Anything else makes you look like a slob or a poseur. My tip is to get a new girlfriend.

GQ, November 2004

-Skippy DeLorean

AWannabe nemesis,
You got served.
::: Latro :::

ADear Skippy,
Whew! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the half-tucked look was "special needs." When I see a style that exists here but never did back home, I have to wonder. The first time I saw that I kept asking my friends, "Does he know? Is he aware that his shirt is only tucked in in the front? Why is he doing that!?" I'm at least glad that your "nemesis" brought it up here, so that some nerds who do that will be exposed to the truth.
--Tailor

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Which hour of the day has the largest number of BYU students in class? I suppose I'm asking what is the most popular classtime, if that makes sense. I thought perhaps 1:00. What do you guys/gals think, or can find out from powers that be?

- 'Nymless

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ADear Roderigo*,

Based on a small sample of GE classes, 12pm is the most popular time, with 11am coming in a close second. Of all the hours that students are in class, 26% percent of them are in class at 12pm, and an additional 23% are in class at 11am. 78% of all classtime hours are between 10am and 2pm, leaving the remaining 22% of classtime hours spread out over the other 11 hours classes are taught. Pretty interesting stuff, if you ask me.

(*as you shall henceforth be known)

- Katya

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Help me! I just committed a heinous crime and I need to flee the USA to a non-extradition country as soon as possible. Where can I go?

- the fugitive

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ADear Fugitive,
Try Switzerland. They don't cooperate with anyone.

-Benvolio

ADear the fugitive,
If you are waiting for 100 hours for this answer, you have much bigger problems. But yes, if you go to Switzerland, they're neutral to everyone; don't expect any special treatment. I wouldn't go to France. Try some small remote group of islands like Malenesia.
- Scout

ADear the fugitive,

You could always hang out on Gilligan's Island:

They'd never find you there.

- Hephaestus

ADear fugitive:

This is merged from the US State Department Website, Cornell University's extra information to Title 18, Part 2, Chapter 209, Section 3181 of the United States Code, and the CIA World Factbook. The following are the countries with which the United States has no bilateral extradition treaty as of 2002. Those marked (NDR) are ones with which the US does not have official diplomatic relations (though with some we have unofficial or partial relations).

- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladash
- Belarus
- Benin
- Bhutan (NDR)
- Bosnia and Herzogovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Croatia
- Djibouti
- East Timor
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Libya (NDR)
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Niger
- Oman
- Papua New Guinea
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe (NDR)
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Slovenia
- Somalia (NDR)
- Sudan
- Syria
- Taiwan (NDR)
- Tajikistan
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vanautu (NDR)
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara (NDR)
- Yemen

Hope that helps.

-- Misaneroth

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I have actually looked for this everywhere (including the ever-famous google) and I can't find the answer. I know cold sores are caused by the herpes virus, but what exactly does the virus attack? I heard once that it was your trigeminal nerve, but I haven't found anything to back that up. Is this true?
- Headache

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ADear Headache,

I should know this. I sang a song about it in class, for goodness' sake. Twisting Aqua's song even more, playing HSV-2 Barbie.... If anyone even has a clue what I'm talking about, wasn't that the weirdest assignment ever? EVER?

However, my notes under the section of "Mechanism: How does the agent cause the disease?" looks something like this:

So, I need another source. If only I kept my micro book. However, I think I sold it to the Bookstore for $50, so I will check the secret micro Web site, if it will let me in still.

Hmmmm. Well, I can tell you how they test for the virus (virologic tests and type-specific serological tests), but no mechanism yet. You do know that once you get this virus you harbor it for life, and it simply remanifests itself, often when your immune system is depressed, right? Did I distract you enough there? No? You still want the answer? Darn.

Ahah! No wonder you couldn't find the mechanism. HSV infection does not have an established cause. Thank you, researcher Dr. Edward Wagner.

http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~fac...

You can read the information here, but check out the Web site for pictures and animations.

Herpes simplex virus Research

Latent Infections by HSV
In a latent infection the viral genome is maintained intact in specific sensory neurons where it is genetically equivalent to that present in a viral particle, but the highly regulated productive cycle cascade of gene expression, so characteristic of herpesvirus infections, does not occur. As a consequence, any transcription during latent infection with most herpesviruses is from a very restricted portion of the viral genome, and this transcription is important in some aspect of the process itself. In a very general sense, then, herpesvirus latency is comparable to the lysogenic phase of infection engendered by bacteriophage lambda, but the parallel stops there.

The molecular and physiological details of the latent phase of infection by specific herpesviruses are quite varied and divergent, and indeed, the only common denominator appears to be latency itself. Latent infection with HSV can be viewed as having three separable phases: establishment, maintenance, and reactivation.

Establishment of Latent Infections
As shown in the illustrated experiment using the rabbit eye model, during the initial, acute infection, virus replicates to high levels at the peripheral site of infection. Infection resolves and virus is cleared--usually within two weeks. During this period, virus travels axonally to the sensory nerve ganglion ennervating the site of infection. There is a period of acute infection in the ganglion; however, this resolves as the acute infection does. A fraction of neurons are left with viral DNA present in episomal form. Thus, there must be a profound restriction of viral gene expression so that the cytopathic results of productive infection do not occur.

The precise mechanism by which HSV establishes latent infections is not known, but recently a number of important lines of study of the function of HSV regulatory proteins and a re-examination of the actual mechanism of viral DNA replication have coalesced to suggest an intriguing possibility. It has become very clear through the work of
R. Everett at the MRC Virology Group in Glasgow as well as others that HSV DNA associates with nuclear pods (ND10) early in infection to form replication compartments. Further, the immediate early ICP0 protein also localizes in these compartments.

While we have outlined HSV replication as occurring through a circular intermediate in the animation in this site, the actual nature of the replication intermediates are much more complex involving the initiation of replication at all viral origins of replication more or less at the same time, and re-initiation at these origins while replication proceeds, resulting in the formation of a large network or "tangle" of replicated and replicating DNA.

Jackson and DeLuca have used mutants of ICP0 and a method of separating such large networked DNA from genomic sized pieces developed by Gardella and associates some time ago to visualize the earliest stages of DNA structure following infection. They see that when ICP0 is not functional viral DNA does circularize--as is seen in latent infections as observed many years ago by Rock and Fraser. Further, circular DNA does not appear to replicate and is quite stable. Normally this circularization does not happen, but DeLuca postulates a model where the "decision" point whether virus infection proceeds on to replication or latency is a result of whether the viral DNA is driven to form a circle. If it does, viral DNA replication cannot proceed and latency follows naturally. The role of ICP0 in this model is to insure by targeted degradation of DNA repair enzymes in the ND10 structures that circularization does not normally occur. Of course, this model does not explain why ICP0 does not function normally in neurons where latency is being established, but it illuminates possible approaches for study of this problem.

The Maintenance of Latent Virus
During the latent phase, productive cycle genes are generally transcriptionally and functionally quiescent and only the latency associated transcript (LAT) is expressed. The promoter for the LAT contains neuron-specific cis-acting elements, but the a full understanding of why this weak promoter is favored where other stronger ones are quiescent is not yet at hand.

As to maintenance of the latent infection, operationally, viral genomes persisting in latently infected cells must provide a reservoir of potential infectious virus upon reactivation. Latent HSV genomes are harbored within the nucleus of a non-dividing sensory neuron and do not need to replicate, indeed the challenge arises from the need for the virus to reactivate from a transcriptionally quiescent, non-replicating cell.

The maintenance of the HSV genome in latently infected neurons appears to be entirely passive; i.e., it requires no viral gene expression or gene product at all. However, HSV DNA is maintained as a nucleosomal, circular episome in latent infections, and low levels of genome replication might occur or be necessary for the establishment or maintenance of a latent infection from which virus can be efficiently reactivated.

Reactivation and LAT
Successful reactivation of HSV results in the appearance of infectious virus at the site of initial infection in an immune host. In HSV infections it can be shown that the expression of LAT facilitates, but is not absolutely required for reactivation. Only a very limited region of LAT is involved in this facilitation, and levels of viral DNA in latently infected ganglia are the same following infection with LAT expressing or LAT(-) mutants.

The stable LAT intron that accumulates in the nucleus is not required, nor is the expression of any protein from the primary LAT transcript. An experiment demonstrating this fact using a rabbit reactivation model is shown below. Individual recombinant viruses were generated that either contained a deletion of their region of the genome shown in red, or in which potential translation initiation codons in the critical region were modified. Note, only the deletion or substitution of the critical region [348(-)] or the removal of the LAT promoter [LAT(-)] leads to a reduce reactivation frequency.

The process of reactivation from latency is triggered by stress as well as other signals which is thought to transiently lead to increased transcriptional activity in the harboring neuron. The sensory nerve ganglia must survive repeated bouts of reactivation without losing function. A possible scenario might involve the ability of one or several latently infected neurons to replicate only a few viral genomes and generate only a few infectious virions during the initial reactivation event. This might happen with or without the extensive cytopathology associated with normal vegetative viral replication, or with the death of only a very few cells. This process may be augmented by viral genes shown to interfere with apoptosis, such as ICP34.5, which act to prevent neuronal death during reactivation where limited replication occurs.

In the experiment shown below, latently infected rabbits were induced to reactive by epinepherine induction, and trigeminal ganglia removed 16 or so hours later. These were then analyzed by PCR to detect viral transcripts. Unfortunately, rabbits infected with LAT negative viruses that do not reactivate efficiently also show this pattern. This means that the critical event takes place in a background where a number of cells express a few productive cycle transcripts, but do not proceed into reactivation. This complicates analysis of the process a great deal.

Animal Models for Studying HSV Latency

The broad host range of HSV has allowed the use of animal models for the study of viral latency. An ideal animal model would be able to recreate all aspects of the human disease, but, obviously, this is not attainable. Still, in terms of the ability of HSV to establish a localized initial infection followed by neuronal spread and establishment of latency, a number of very useful models exist, and again as noted above, have provided the basic tools for our understanding of the disease in humans.

The most appropriate model for latency must allow virus reactivation, and this reactivation should be similar to that seen in humans. Thus, in an immune competent animal it should occur spontaneously, be inducible by stress, and recovery from recrudescence should be complete. Also, initial infection should be mild enough to ensure that all or most experimental subjects survive infection with no sequelae.

Two animal models, the rabbit and the guinea pig, approximate this ideal situation, although both suffer from limitations, and both involve considerable expense. A third model animal, the mouse (the most reasonable in terms of cost), is being used extensively, but suffers from the lack of efficient in vivo reactivation. These three animal systems have provided the means for generating the vast majority of data now available concerning HSV latency and reactivation, but other models also exist.

Latency and Reactivation in Rabbits

Infection of rabbit eyes leads to a latent infection in which virus can be recovered from the trigeminal nerve ganglia only following explant and co-cultivation with indicator cells. In addition, virus can be sporadically recovered from the eye following periods of latency. Of particular use is the fact that the reactivation can be efficiently induced by the iontophoresis of epinephrine into the eye--a procedure perfected by Hill and colleague at the LSU Eye Center. This model has been very important in establishing the requirement for LAT expression for efficient reactivation.

Latency and Reactivation in Guinea Pigs
Vaginal inoculation of female guinea pigs with HSV-1 or HSV-2 results in obvious primary infection with some mortality. Following recovery, survivors of primary infection periodically display vesicular recrudescence in the vaginal area from which infectious virus and/or viral DNA can be recovered. Although reactivation cannot be reliably induced the fact that HSV-2 spontaneously reactivates with much higher frequency than HSV-1 makes this a very attractive system for comparative analysis of the influence of viral genes on reactivation and HSV-1xHSV-2 recombinant viruses are being investigated with an eye towards attempting to identify features important in this difference. The value of guinea pigs in studying vaccine efficiency and in other aspects of experimental pathogenesis makes this an extremely valuable and promising system. The system is under extensive use by L. Stanberry at the University of Cincinnati Medical School.

Murine Models for Latency and Reactivation.
1. The foot-pad/dorsal root ganglia model.

Direct demonstration of the ability of HSV to establish and maintain a latent infection in neuronal cells was accomplished by J.G. Stevens at UCLA using mouse foot-pad infection which is followed by latent infection of spinal ganglia. This model system is roughly analogous to genital infection of HSV in humans, and has been central to describing many of the parameters of HSV latent infection including the identification of the neuron as the site of latent infection, axonal transport of virus through the sciatic nerve, ability of non-replicating virus to establish latent infections, and the characterization of restricted transcription of the latency specific transcription unit during the latent phase of infection. Further, the model is useful with HSV-2, despite this virus' greater neuropathology.

Following infection of the foot-pad, local pathology is observed with clear evidence of involvement of the central nervous system (CNS), the mice that recover are evidently physiologically normal. When dorsal root ganglia are dissected and cultured (either whole or following disruption) on feeder cells, HSV-induced cytopathology can be detected within 4--12 days. This explant recovery of HSV from such latently infected spinal ganglia has been an extremely useful and relatively inexpensive means of assaying the presence of viral genomes within the tissue in question. It has been termed "reactivation," but in actuality this term should be reserved for the process in animals in which virus can be recovered from peripheral tissue, not from nervous tissue itself.

2. The mouse eye/trigeminal ganglia model.

A second murine model for HSV-1 and HSV-2 latency involves the infection of the cornea which is followed by virus latency in the trigeminal ganglia. As in the foot pad model, latent HSV genomes express LAT (the latency associated transcript) in a portion of those neurons maintaining them, and virus can be recovered by co-cultivation of explanted ganglia. An interesting variation on this method which comes closer to an in vivo method has been developed by Sawtell and Thompson at the University of Cincinnati. Here, latently infected mice are transiently exposed to hyperthermia, and then trigeminal ganglia are excised, sectioned, and assayed for the presence of observable virus by immunohistochemical methods or, if recombinant virus is used in which an expressible marker has been included in the genome using genetic engineering methods, by localization of such reporter gene activity.

Although such a model is not equivalent to recovering virus at the site of initial infection, and implicitly assumes that virus recovery in the nerve ganglion is equivalent to reactivation as assayed at a peripheral site, it does provide a second method for modeling reactivation in the mouse.

How does LAT influence HSV-1 latency and reactivation?
Experimental studies using viral regulatory mutants and cell activation have shown that the need for; aTIF and a0 can be abrogated to some degree by the induction of the early processes of cell division and metabolic stress in non-replicating cells. Thus, latency can be viewed as a dynamic balance where one or a few latently infected cells sporadically enter the early stages of viral gene expression as a response to stress, and this process usually aborts without cell death returning the cell to latent infection. Alternatively any limited virus produced is eliminated by innate and adaptive immunity.

In order for successful reactivation to occur, then, not only must a latently infected cell allow limited productive viral replication, but also the host must be at an immunological "low point" where virus recrudescence can proceed. This view correlates well with the fact psychological and physiological stress, known to be immuno-suppressive, are potent inducers of HSV-1 reactivation.

Despite this relatively straightforward model, the role of LAT in the process is not at all clear. The "latency-active" portion of the large LAT transcript does not encode a protein, and this, as well as the difficulty in generating mutants of LAT that do not affect other genes has made analysis by traditional molecular genetic approaches difficult.

Recently, Wechsler and colleagues have reported that there is an increased amount of cells entering apoptosis in rabbit neuronal ganglia infected with LAT-negative virus. And, despite controversy concerning specifics, this effect has been essentially confirmed by Thompson and Sawtell working with the thermo-induced mouse model described above and by workers with Fraser at the University of Pennsylvania. Consistent with this suggestion, very small differences in the levels of viral DNA genomes per latently infected neurons have been reported by the latter groups for infections with LAT(+) vs LAT(-) virus. While our own work with rabbits has shown no such effect (perhaps as an artifact of the high levels of initial infection of rabbit corneas following low moi infection], we have seen a marginally significant difference in mouse latent infections using the foot-pad model.

At this juncture, then, it appears that LAT expression is correlated with a marginal difference in the fate of the acutely infected neuron during the earliest stages of establishment of latency. But the question of how LAT mediates this effect is still very much in the dark. It is possible that the expression of the transcript itself has a role in maintaining a sub-set of latent genomes in a transcriptionally competent mode, and Bloom and colleagues have recently reported that the patterns of acetylation of histones associated with latent viral genomes is consistent with such a model. It has also been suggested by Fraser and especially Weschler that other minor transcripts "perhaps encoding reactivation-mediating proteins" may underlie the LAT active region. Clearly, much further experimental work with the very expensive and difficult animal models currently available will be necessary to sort out this problem.

~MinuteMaid

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Is it true that in the last few decades prosecutorial cases against polygamous entites in the state of Utah do not have found among their various charges the illegal act of polygamy? I have heard that the state charges them with other crimes such as incest, various crimes related to sex with a minor, child abuse, etc. I have also heard that the Church encourages the state to shun away from issuing charges of polygamy. The thought that the ban against polygamy might be ruled unconstitutional seems to be the state's as well as the Church's fear and reasoning behind it. Is there any truth to this?

-Just Curious & Wondering

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ADear Just Curious & Wondering-

Polygamists around here are not convicted of bigamy because they either (a) get a legal divorce from their current spouse before marrying the next one or (b) marry the next spouse in a religious ceremony, but without an actual marriage license. Therefore, they are not technically breaking bigamy laws.

The church encourages the enforcement of the laws of the land, but has not, to my knowledge, made any statement to claim that bigamy laws should be enforced more or less rigorously than any other laws.

-The Franchise

ADear Just C&W,
If a person were to actually get legally married to two people at the same time, both they and the authority that issued the second marriage license would be guilty. But since responsible people (read: people other than majors of San Francisco and towns in Oregon and NJ) do not issue such invalid marriage licenses, that isn't the crime being committed.

-Benvolio

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
Okay, so my apartment has been hanging out with a guy in our ward that at first was really pretty cool. Anyway, to make a long story short, he made out with my roommate one night and then when they finished he started to say things like, "thirty minutes is short," and "now you can go home and write this is your journal." Then he started talking about me and how it would be cool if he could have both me and my rommate as friends with benefits. He just kept going off on how I have a cool personality and it could be interesting because I am small. Then when they walked back to the apartment he was like two feet in front of her the whole way and didn't even say goodbye when he ran up to his room. Anyway, I didn't know about this and hung out with him one night when my roommates were gone. We had fun and made plans for him to make me dinner with my help of a few ingredients. I gave in, but ended up not being able to go to dinner. That is when I found out about my roommate. I also found out that when he came to get my ingredients he was really rude to my undeserving roommate and told her about how he is back together with his ex. Now, my question is, am I blowing this out of proportion and thinking he is more of a jerk that he really is, or am I right in thinking this is low? I mean, I knew a guy this summer who was not the best guy, and after I rejected him (kindly mind you) he went along his way like nothing happened, just a little bit hurt. My roommate was kind and didn't deserve this in any way.
- really missing my meat and cheese

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ADear Missing your meat,

Yeah, he's a jerk. You all should be polite to him but don't go out of your way to invite him over and do stuff either.

- Trivial

ADeaer Missing,

You want I should come and break his legs?

- Mighty Quinn

ADear Mrs. Meat and Cheese,
Ooh, I love drama. The other writers are probably right. Make sure you can trust your roommate, though. It seems the only real evidence you have is her testimony. This guy could be a real Mr. Darcy.
--The Drama Queen

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I wanted to know who the original author for the hymn "Know this, that every soul is free". I searched and found that according to http://www.newrevelations.com/... the author is Wm. C. Gregg. However as I looked around this website, I found out that this man (who made the website) has some serious issues. I think him to be an apostate. The person of this website publishes a "second message" or supposed revelation given to a false prophet named Harry Edgar Baker in the early 1900's. I of course am not going to bother to contact this man, I don't think it would help at all.
I will definitely follow church counsel about not associating, or sympathizing with these sort of people, and so I won't even be visiting the website again.

I just wanted to know, if any church leaders have spoken out against the false revelations of Harry Edgar Baker, or if he was excommunicated (or ever a real member).
or just maybe people are falsely attributing things to this Harry Baker person.
- Don't like to kick against the pricks

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ADear Don't,

I did a lot of research on this, and this is what I was able to find:

- To my knowledge, no specific Church leader has spoken out against Harry Edgar Baker. However, the guy who wrote the site you listed seems to be under the impression that our Church does not accept his writings as true revelation. I would tend to agree with this. You and I both know how revelation works: a Bishop receives revelation for his Ward, a Stake President receives revelation for his Stake, and a Prophet receives revelation for the world. You may pray about things and receive personal revelation, but no one else will be accountable for the words of revelation you receive. Therefore, even if Harry Edgar Baker had received these things as a personal revelation from the Lord (which I really don't think he did), we still would not be accountable to them.

- The guy who wrote the site you referenced also says that as far as he knows, Harry Edgar Baker did live in Utah and was LDS. However, I have found one problem with this: if you look up Harry Edgar Baker's records on-line (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp) you'll see that after marrying Sarah Jane Mills in 1890, he then married Charlotte Ann Mills in 1899 and Rebecca Gertrude Lorden in 1900. This was long after the LDS church officially banned polygamy in 1890. Now, it's possible that this guy could have divorced one woman and then married the next, but according to the records I found he continued to have children with all three of these women until at least 1905 (and many of these children which he fathered were born only a couple of months apart). This would either mean that he was a polygamist or a guy who had a lot of children out of wedlock. Either way, if he was LDS, he was certainly not a member in good standing. I also think it's possible that Harry Edgar Baker could have been a follower of one of the movements that broke with the LDS Church after denouncing polygamy in 1890.

Anyway, that's all I could find. Hope that helps.

- Hephaestus

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ADear Anonymous,

http://theboard.byu.edu/?o=&oldy=d2002&oldm=d12%20December&oldd=q2002.12.17&year=2002&month=12&day=2002.12.17

The answer's part of the way down the page.

- Katya

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I've read a lot on the board about how specific sites offering free ipods, DVD players, flat screen TV's, etc. are actually legitimate. In my quest for a new handheld (I've given up on my iPAQ 1910, because I need a PDA that does more than show a blank white screen) I ran across the site www.freepalms.com. After asking Jeeves (Google came up with nothing), the only site that I could find that seemed of much use was
http://www.gearlive.com/archiv...
and it didn't seem very conclusive. A quick skimming of their forum showed me that no one had recieved their free Palm as of the submitting of this question (December 1). I know that just because there are some varifiable sites doesn't make all free product sites legit. Have you heard anything or can you find anything conclusively proving the validity or falsehood of freepalms.com? I'd really appreciate any help you could give me.

⇝ The world in the Palm™ of my hand

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ADear The World,

Current opinion is that it's fake. I would wait and see if anyone actually gets one.

- FCSM

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

So the Cody Judy thing had me intrigued. I remember vaguely hearing about it. Got my own info on the subject. For those who don't know, back in 1993 during a multi-stake fireside given by Howard W. Hunter, a man named Cody Judy rushed the stage with a briefcase and what he said was a triggering device for dynamite inside the briefcase. Those attending the fireside began to sing a hymn (though I can't find anything that names the hymn, I've heard through the grapevine that it was We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet). Appearently Judy was distracted and tackled by security guards who thoroughly disarmed him and made sure he got a punching or two in. So now for my questions: 1) Can you confirm it was We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet that the members began to sing? 2) Any footage of this incident? At first I thought, "Oh man, if its a devotional they must have been taping it." Then when I researched it, I found out it was a fireside... so my hopes are definitely diminished, but I figure there might have been some reason for the fireside to be taped. Any help?

- Your mother puts her name here

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ADear Your mother,

One of my good friends was there when it happened, and I even saw the incident at Institute back home in CA. Yes, it was "We thank thee O God for a prophet. And as it was a fireside, it was broadcast all over the world, and I'm assuming it was taped for archival reasons and because some places probably watch it delayed.

- FCSM

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I guess I'm not one of the "smart people". Could somebody please explain why http://tinyurl.com/45zfc is funny? (This is the FoxTrot comic where Jason makes a card for "smart people" with some physics equation with Santa saying "Water, water, water")

- B.A. in English, 2004

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ADear B.A.,

I think it's supposed to be funny because his dad doesn't get it.

The H20 is supposed to look like "Ho, ho, ho".

Yeah. That one was a bit of a stretch, although I generally really like Foxtrot.

- Beemer Boy

ADear B.A.,

The equations work out to M e rr y X mass. (I think this may already have been answered, though.)

- the Physics Chick

ADear English person,

I thought it was extremely funny.

- FCSM

ADear B.A. in English, 2004-

Nobody can explain that. Because it isn't.

-The Franchise

ADear Franchise,

The whole electrical engineering department was in stiches over that one.

ADear B.A. in English, 2004,

Thanks for the link! I read the first question about this comic on Saturday morning after being out of town for most of the week and wasn't sure how to find a three-day-old copy of the Daily Universe laying around so that I could see what everyone was talking about. Already knowing what it said sort of ruined the comic for me, but I still laughed when I read it.

-Leibniz

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I was walking to the CONE along heritage drive earlier and I noticed something peculiar. There is a metal fence on the south side of the road that is painted brown. The unusual thing is that the many of the posts are bulging, and a significant number seem to have burst! What could cause enough pressure on the inside of the post to have caused 1/16" steel to bulge and burst? Wouldn't something of that magnitude cause a noticeable, for lack of a better word, explosion when the pressure was released?

- Fredjikrang

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ADear Fred,
Not if it was water freezing inside the posts. Although I haven't seen those specific posts you mentioned, I've seen similar fence posts brust because they filled with water and it froze.

-Benvolio

ADear Fredjikrang,

Yup, Benvolio is right. Water burst those pipes. If you'll look closely, you'll notice that everywhere those fence posts bulge or are burst is very rusty. If you'll pay even more attention you'll notice that sometimes you can see water leaking out of those posts that aren't yet broken, leaving a small trail of water coming from them.

-Phoenix

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QDear Mighty Q,

I am very interested. Can we get a picture of your abs? Are they all I've heard? And could you have something BYUish in the background so we know they are yours not Google's? Feel free to cover your face to protect your secret identity.

Ab - salute

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ADear Saluting,

Check out:

Board Question #8170

Tenderly yours,

Mighty Quinn

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QDear Peanut Butter+Car,

I am very interested. Can we get a picture of you dressed up in your finest, aka dressed to kill? Are the duds all they are cracked up to be? Can we also get something BYUish in the background so we know they are yours not A&F's? Feel free to hide your face to protect your secret.

Dis - dressed

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ADear Dis-dressed,

As much as your diction and tone scare me, why don't you just send me an email and we can discuss all of this?
skippydelorean@byu.edu

-Skippy DeLorean

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I need to take a language course for my major. I'm thinking of taking Japanese during summer term. However the registration site had this to say. . . "[...]are being taught consecutively, JAPAN 101 the first half of the term, and JAPAN 102 the second half of the term. This is an intensive course that will demand all of your time, and should not be taken with any other courses, work, etc."

Is this for real? By that I mean is it really demanding of ALL my time? I was hoping one of you or someone you know who has taken the course during spring or summer term could offer insight, info, advice, etc. Thanks.

- Mace

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ADear Mace,

I happen to be a close, personal friend of one of the professors teaching that class. (Maybe not this year, but she has in years past.) It's for real. No other classes. No work. If you're already insane and take 18 credits and work 30 hours then it'll feel about like that, only you'll also be trying to force a year's worth of Japanese into your brain in two months.

My Russian 201 class included students who'd done 101 and 102 in Fall and Winter and students who'd done 101/102 in Summer. You could really tell the difference. The first group was a tad rusty from having had a four month break, but once they came back the stuff was really back because they'd had time to get the declensions and conjugations solidly into their brains.

The students who'd had the intensive course really struggled with some fairly basic elements because they'd had to cram too much in too little time and not enough had gone into long term memory.

Enroll at your own risk,

- Katya

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ADear Amicus,

I'd say Kennedy. And he had a pretty chic FLOTUS, too.

- Katya

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

What hymns should be sung more? What hymns are sung too much? Does the Church Music Committee ever conduct studies on this sort of topic?

- At Least Get A Metronome, Please

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ADear Metro,
It depends on the ward. I've been in a few across the country and each ward has their own set that they sing all the time. In Utah they sing "Be Still my Soul" all too often (at least in RS) whereas they never sang that in my home ward.
Once we had a chorister at home that would teach us a new hymn every week. That's a good way to overcome hymns singing more or less. We can sing all of them.
I have no idea if the Church Music Committee conducts studies. But I bet they pay attention to what's being sung when they visit other stakes and wards.

›Kassidy‹

ADear At Least Get a Metronome (Amen!),

In my Personal Opinion:

Hymns that are sung too much:
[Note: I am in no way trying to detract from the spirit, message, or musicality of these particular hymns. In fact, I quite liked most of them at one point....]

#3 Now Let Us Rejoice. Does anyone else feel like we just pound through the song? It has the most uninteresting four-part harmony of all the hymns I can think of - it can be sung well by a choir that has experience with shaping the lines, but as a congregation it always feels like we're just pounding through it.
#19 We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet. It's not that I don't love the prophet. But this has got to be the most frequently sung song in all of the Church (other than maybe I Am a Child of God). Oh, and next time you sing the song, pay attention to the lyrics - really, only the first line is about the prophet. Again, it's not that I don't love and admire President Hinckley, but I actually appreciated the song more when I realized what it was really about.
#30 Come, Come Ye Saints. It's too bad this hymn is oversung because it keeps people from really paying attention to the lyrics and how they can apply to us non-pioneers.
#86 How Great Thou Art.
#97 Lead Kindly Light. And not only is it oversung, but it's nearly always sung at about half the appropriate tempo.
#98 I Need Thee Every Hour. This is far too many people's favorite hymn.
#100 Nearer My God, to Thee. Titanic killed it for me.
#124 Be Still, My Soul. I absolutely love this song - the lyrics are beautifully written, the message is poignant, the melody is inspiring, but I've sung it so many times that it took listening to Mach Wilberg's arrangement sung by the MoTab to remind me why it used to be my favorite.
#131 More Holiness Give Me.
#136 I Know That My Redeemer Lives.
#152 God Be with You Till We Meet Again. This is such a great hymn to close any meeting or hymn-singing session. And unfortunately it tends to close every single one. I don't know of one time when I have gathered around the piano to sing hymns and we have not ended with that song by request of some friend or other.
#193 I Stand All Amazed. It's easy to get tired of sacrament hymns just because there are so few of them. But there are still several dozen to choose from, and there's no reason to sing the same one every two or three weeks.
#194 There Is a Green Hill Far Away. Or to sing this one half of the rest of the time.
#219 Because I Have Been Given Much. And it botheres me every time people try to sing harmony.
#249 Called to Serve. Admittedly, this hymn pops up less in upperclassmen wards. But there are so many other great missionary songs that don't get their fair share of the time.
#292 O My Father. Sure, it may be the closest thing we have to scripture that talks about a heavenly mother, but it starts to drag a little by the hundredth time or so that you sing it.
#293 Each Life That Touches Ours for Good. Oh, the dreaded funeral song....
#300 Families Can Be Together Forever. Such an easy fallback for FHE when no one wants to pick a hymn.
#301 I Am a Child of God. Since everyone knows the song without looking at their hymnbook, it tends to be another fallback hymn...except it can be used in any meeting, not just FHE.

Hymns that should be sung more:

#14 Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings. Short, simple, and meaningful in the context of almost any meeting.
#15 I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly. Everyone loves this song after singing it once or twice. The trick is to find opportunity to sing it once or twice.
#37 The Wintry Day, Descending to Its Close. This hymn absolutely should not be sung more than about once a year, and the congregation will probably freak out just a little if it is ever sung in sacrament meeting. But as it is, it gets utterly neglected, and I think people should at least have the opportunity to hear it sung and to read the words.
#46 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken. It's Haydn! Of course it's fun to sing!
#49 Adam-ondi-Ahman. It's hard to match this one to sacrament meeting/relief society/priesthood themes. But even when it matches well, it's not frequently sung.
#62 All Creatures of Our God and King. Maybe this is oversung in some wards. I think it was probably oversung in my freshman ward. But recently I haven't heard it much. It has an awesome four-part harmony, and you can't help but feel happy as you sing it.
#68 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. Our version is only one verse long, and while the congregation doesn't usually mind, the music coordinator usually loves music enough that he/she (sorry...werf) will shy away from shorter hymns. Too bad - there's a lot packed into the five bars of this hymn.
#70 Sing Praise to Him. One of my personal favorites and we never sing it.
#72 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty. I have never gotten sick of this one. I even had an Old Testament class in which we sang the hymn at least once every few class sessions at it didn't get old.
#87 God Is Love. A great hymn for the first few weeks of spring when everything is finally starting to turn green again.
#110 Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord. Mendelssohn. What more need I say?
#111 Rock of Ages. I've always sort of thought the reason this one gets so overlooked is that we have something of an anti-grace sentiment in the Church. But yes, Mormons do believed that we are saved by grace, and this song beautifully illustrates that principle.
#128 When Faith Endures.
#134 I Believe in Christ. Way back in seminary I watched a video of Bruce R. McConkie's famous final testimony. I was in tears by the end, and this song has touched me ever since. (Incidentally, I saw the seminary version of the clip again recently and realized that it was embedded within a somewhat emotionally manipulative musical score. The "original" version, without the music, is much more personal, and touches me much more deeply.)
#138 Bless Our Fast, We Pray. I would be just a little worried about this one becoming oversung if a music coordinator got werf's hands on it - it's so perfect for fast Sundays that it would be easy to sing it every fast Sunday.
#139 In Fasting We Approach Thee. Same comment as above.
#148 Sabbath Day. Appropriate for any Sunday, and yet we never sing it.
#149 As the Dew from Heaven Distilling. Go read the words to this sometime, and ponder on them. I didn't like this hymn until I did.
#157 They Spirit, Lord, Has Stirred Our Souls. Short and sweet - a great sacrament meeting ender.
#242 Praise God, from Whome All Blessings Flow. This is another one of those one-versers. In fact, it's only two bars long. Hence, we never sing it.
#263 Go Forth with Faith. Maybe this could be sung in place of Called to Serve occasionally.
#265 Arise, O God, and Shine. Great, uplifting words, and a very fitting musical accompaniment.
#285 God Moves in a Mysterious Way. Have you ever even heard of this song? Probably not, and that's too bad.

So there's my Personal Opinion on the matter. Oh, that my next calling would be music coordinator!

-Epigrammarian the Discordant

ADear Metronomeless,

We need to bring back "Come thou Font."

- Katya

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

How come the Professor can build an atom smasher out of coconuts but can't build a simple boat?

- Crestfallen Castaway

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ADear Crestfallen,

An atom smasher? Man, I must've missed that episode. Anyway, the answer to your question is that if the Professor had built a boat, the castaways would have gotten off the island the whole series would have been over. That's the real answer. Of course, I can also give you an answer in the context of the series: While the Professor could have built a boat, or a rocket ship or whatever he wanted, he knew that no matter what he built, Gilligan still would have messed it up and by the end of the episode they wouldn't have gotten of the island after all.

- Some Guy

ADear Crestfallen Castaway,

Let's look at this logically. On the island there are the following characters:

Gilligan: laughable goon who messes things up, but he's funny so no one cares.
The Skipper: Angry, slightly rotund captain who yells a lot and spends his time trying to fix what Gilligan messes up.
The Millionaire (and his wife): Old couple with loads of money and not a whole lot of sense.
The Movie Star: the classic seductress. She looks kind of like the Drama Queen, though the Drama Queen uses fewer sequins.
Mary Anne: Cute, naive farm girl with a heart as big as the spaces between her relative's teeth.

And the Professor

Now, Gilligan and the Skipper are always busy canceling each other out. Skipper makes plans, Gilligan wrecks them, Skipper yells a lot, everyone laughs, episode over.

The Millionaire and his wife are always off trying to spend their money or play golf.

This leaves the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Anne. If you were stuck in a situation where you were 'trapped' on an island and had to spend all your time with two girls who would surely come around one day to see that your massive intelligence was amazingly attractive, I don't think you'd be in too big of a hurry to get off that little tropical rock either...

-Taboo

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
What does the symbol of the heartagram mean? is it satanic? ive seen it on alot of bams stuff.
- (Beverly)

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ADear Beverly,

Well, a symbol can be used to mean a lot of different things. Being a reversed-symbol of the Pentagram, it certainly can be used to denote satanism, and it is often associated with satanists. However, it is also used to symbolize the Finnish band HIM, who denies that it represents anything (besides themselves, of course). As for why it's all over Bam's stuff, this entry from the Wikipedia should clarify things:

"Bam is also known to be a good friend of HIM's frontman, Ville Valo. Bam worked as a director for a few HIM videos. He even got tattooed heartagrams, a symbol invented by Ville Valo."

So I guess if it's on Bam's stuff, it probably only represents HIM, and not anything satanic.

- Some Guy

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I am currently trying to make a homing becaon out of an old datacorder I found, but I just can't seem to figure out the right settings for the recalibrating fluctuator. Please help.

- Roger

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ADear Roger:

Come on, man. That's one of the easier parts of the game. Well, unless you're missing the manual, which I bet you are. But it's not like there aren't numerous walkthroughs littered around the 'net, any and all of which would have given you this same answer. Anyway, here's a table of the info you're probably lacking.

plate	chip	array	IRK
Particle Shield	Fermentium	1	C
Subspace Emitter	Dimtel	3	E
Feedback Cutter-Offer	Repentium	5	D
Tachyon Transmitter	Dentium	7	B
Recalibrating Fluctuator	Spentium	9	A

Now move alone before I beat you senseless with your own rotten fish.

-- Misaneroth

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
What are the actual differences between CHUM 283 and CHUM 284? (As in would they let me substitute one for the other?)
- nock

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ADear nock,
Here are the course descriptions:

283. Computers and Print Publishing. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: CHum 180 or computer experience.
Applying computer technology to academic publishing in print media: journals, newsletters, textbooks, and other scholarly publications.

284. Computers and Internet Publishing. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: CHum 180 or computer experience.
Applying computer technology to academic publishing in electronic media: Internet sites for classes, research projects, and academic organizations. Scripting for intelligent/dynamic Web pages.

Ok 283 consists of learning about Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, and QuarkXPress. Lots of Quark. It's similar to INDesign. Quark is software for print publishing. You'll learn concepts of design in this class too, and discuss what makes up textbooks, newsletters, and magazines. You'll have a newsletter project with a group where you can practice these elements. You'll learn a little bit about graphics (hence learning about Photoshop). So if you have all this experience, you can probably bypass this class. It would have been nicer if I didn't have to struggle through the things I already knew, such as Word. I was dying of boredom during the first few weeks of this class.

284 consists of learning about Dreamweaver, etc, hence the name Internet Publishing. You'll have a Web page assignment where you get to create your own Web page. You'll learn about graphics, but in greater detail. You'll learn a little bit of HTML. And so on and so forth.

Both classes are VERY time consuming, so if you take one or the other, prepare to spend a lot of time doing homework. They are also both attendance-based, so if you miss, your grade will suffer (so I wouldn't recommend it). I missed a class because I was stuck on the freeway in a snowstorm in Salt Lake and couldn't get back in time, a situation that was totally out of my hands--but no mercy.

But long story short: if you can prove that you know everything that 283 already teaches, then you can meet the "previous computer experience" prereq and take 284. I would have rather taken 284, except that I wasn't familiar with Quark. I, however, have had ample experience with Adobe Pagemaker (which is the old version of INDesign) so I might have had a shot to get out of it. I learned everything that I know about 284 from my friend MP who used Quark at her job at FARMS. My job used Framemaker. So oh well. But look how knowledgeable I am about different publishing programs now. Booyah.

- Duchess

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

If you cross the international date line on your birthday, do you still get presents?

- Just Stupid (I'm with Just Curious)

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ADear Just Stupid,
If your birthday is February 29th, do you get presents on non-leap years?

›Kassidy‹

ADear Kassidy,

More to the point, do you have to stay indentured to your pirate ship until your 85th year?

- Katya

ADear Just Stupid,

I think it depends on who your friends are. If your friends are the kind of people that look for any excuse to not give you presents on your birthday, then yeah, you probably won't get any.

- Some Guy

ADear Just Stupid,

Birthdays are a funny concept. Technically, you only get one, that being the day of your birth. Everything else is just an anniversary of it. So, you should still get presents. Anniversaries can be entirely flexible.

-Novel Concept

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Why is the tassel for music majors pink? Is it symbolic, arbitrary, or a cruel joke? It doesn't bother me so much because I'm a girl, but if I were a guy graduating with a music degree I wouldn't like it. I know that pink used to be worn by little boys and blue by little girls, but those social norms weren't in place when tassel colors were agreed on by the National Board of Something or Other. Pink hoods? How much more feminine could it get?

- not all music majors are girly

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ADear Not all,
Yeah, as if it wasn't punishment enough that most of those people are doomed to hyper-competetive career that frequently doesn't pay well, those poor guys have to wear pink tassles. Life just isn't fair, is it?

-Benvolio

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

This is for Shoebox of Lies. Just out of curiosity are you are Barenaked Ladies fan?

- The Wrong Man Was Convicted

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ADear the Wrong Man,
Yes, indeed. The biggest BNL fan I've ever encountered. Even at their last concert, I couldn't see anyone around who was as excited as I was (nor who knew all the words as well). I have all of their cds, but I'm still trying to get a copy of Bucknaked.
--Shoebox of Lies

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I am a convert to the church and I find religion classes to be hard here. I don't know much of the material that I should know, like things learned in primary and young mens'/young womens'. Is there a way for me to keep up? Why aren't there convert religion classes for those of us who are LDS, but don't know enough?

-just wondering

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ADear Just,
Um, you're not the only one who finds them difficult. Some of them are a cakewalk, but some religion classes are killers. If you care to search the archives you'll find numerous discussions, opinions, and complaints about religion classes. My best suggestion is to ask around before you register for a religion class to find out what the teacher is like. Ratemyprofessors.com is helpful for this. I know that doesn't help you much for this semester, but it will take some of the burden off you in the future.

-Benvolio

ADear just wondering,

University religion classes should be at a level where newer converts can still "keep up" with the class, though it might require a bit more effort. If you are finding it difficult to keep up, I suggest that you first turn to the professor for some assistance. They will have nothing but love and patience for someone who is trying their hardest to learn more of the gospel and would be glad to help you understand by talking with you and perhaps suggesting some other sources you can turn to.

Now, in the church, there are convert religion classes. For your first year after becoming a member, you should have been attending a Gospel Principles class that covers more of the basics. You should have also received a series of new member discussions from the missionaries, either the full time missionaries or the ward's stake missionaries.

If you have gone through these and still feel like you are behind, I suggest you borrow some Primary and Youth Progam manuals from your ward, or pick some up at the distribution center in Orem (the manuals are fairly inexpensive) and browse through them. I also suggest the "True To The Faith" book the church just recently put out. It costs $1.50 and is an alphabetical reference of different doctrine.

Further, talk with your home teachers if there are some topics you would like to learn more about. I know that I, as a home teacher, absolutely love it when those I teach request lessons on particular topics. I know that many bishops, bishopric counselors, and auxiliary presidents are anxious to help any of those that they can.

I would also be happy to help in any way I can, though even email is a less than ideal way to hold a conversation. You are free to email me at pagrape(@)byu.edu.

-Pa Grape

ADear Wondering,

You're so not alone. I was born and raised in the church. I went to seminary. I did the whole mission thing. I've read the textbooks for those classes (the Scriptures) cover to cover several times. And I STILL found religion classes to be some of my most difficult. I agree with the other writers that it's all about the professor. Check with other students before signing up for religion next semester. Oh, and take the Bible as Literature class from Steve Walker. I mean that. I'm not one of those people who throws out teacher reccomendations like fruitcake at Christmas. I hated almost every class I ever took. I've only given out 2 teacher endorsements my entire life. And I'm telling you: take this man's class. It's an easy "A," and you will learn more, and feel the Spirit more than in any other class at BYU.

Hang in there, and maybe you can use an easy class like O-Chem or something to compensate for your Book of Mormon grade.

-Thor

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
Can you think of any songs with the name "Amy" in their lyrics?
- there are never any songs with *my* name in them...

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ADear Amy,
Amy's Song by Switchfoot. Your name is even in the title. I'm waiting to find a song with my real name in it, but I doubt I ever will. It's not very rhymable.

›Kassidy‹

ADear there,

Well, there are at least five songs titled, "Amy" (by Bobby Darin, For Amusement Only, Roy Orbison, Ryan Adams, and Elton John). There was also "Amy's Eyes" by Shawn Mullins, "Amy's Song" by Switchfood, "Airline Amy" by Weird Al, "Song for Amy" by Jack Ingram, "Amy's in the Attic," by Insane Clown, "Amy's Back in Austin," by Little Texas, "Has Anybody Seen Amy," by John Wiggins, "Once in Love With Amy," by Barry Manilow, "Amy In the White Coat," by bright eyes, and "Amy Hit the Atmosphere," by Counting Crows. Those are the ones I could find. Thanks for having a common name.

- Conrad

ADear not Amy,

Here's a link called "Song titles with female names in them": http://www.users.globalnet.co....

- Katya (I probably don't have a song, either.)

ADear Amy,

Happy Birthday?

Spartan

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I know you hate it when people ask the same question twice, so bear with me. I would love to find the post about the one credit classes. I did look in the archives but I guess I was looking with the wrong search words. Please forgive and help me.
- Computer Challenged

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ADear CC,

Board Question #10228

- The Excavator (that's why I'm here)

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ADear Bob Sacamano:

If you had a neighbor like Newman, wouldn't you hate him too?

-- Misaneroth

AHellloooo Bob,
Newman is Jerry's nemesis on the Board. He's written that way. If you mean do they have some sort of history that's explained on the show, I don't think they do. They just don't like each other.
--Jokey

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
My Book of Mormon teacher mentioned that Elder Carlos E. Asay, a former general authority of the LDS Church, said something to the effect of "When someone returns home having served an honorable mission, that person returns with a clean slate." Did Elder Asay really say this, or something like unto it? If he did, in what Church publication (if any) can it be found?
- fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf

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ADear fhqwhgads,

In "The Blessings of Sharing the Gospel" which was an edited version of a talk Elder Asay gave on 20 September 1984 at a Prospective Missionary Conference here in Provo, Elder Asay made remarks on several blessings that come from serving the Lord. He divided the blessings into subcategories. Under Forgiveness of Sins, he offered:

President Spencer W. Kimball stated: "The Lord has told us that our sins will be forgiven more readily as we bring souls unto Christ and remain steadfast in bearing testimony to the world, and surely every one of us is looking for additional help in being forgiven of our sins." (Ensign, Oct. 1977, p. 5.)

In James we read: "Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

"Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins." (James 5:19-20.)

I'll never forget an experience I had at a mission conference in Australia a few years ago. One young man had such a special glow upon his face that my wife said to me, "I've never seen anyone sparkle with the truth as he does."

When the meeting finished, before I could even leave the stand, this young man came up to me and said, "Elder Asay, may I speak with you?" I said to the young man, "Go down to the bishop's office and wait; I'll be there shortly." He turned and walked down the aisle.

When I arrived at the office, he looked at me and said, "Elder Asay, you have forgotten me, haven't you?" That made me feel terrible. I said, "Yes, I guess I have; please forgive me."

Then he said, "Several years ago, I came to your office with my bishop and stake president. I came because I had done foolish things in high school; I had made myself unworthy of my priesthood, and I required some special cleanup and a special clearance before I could serve. In fact, you may recall that when I gave you a listing of my transgressions, you said, ‘I will never allow you to serve.' "

Then I remembered. He was the only one I had ever said those words to. But he cried, and his bishop cried, and his stake president cried, and they pleaded and they pleaded; finally I weakened. I said, "Yes, you may, on two conditions: first, that you go and live every commandment strictly; you will cut no corners; and second, that you will seek to become the best missionary in your assigned mission."

Well, after he had recalled all of that to my memory, he said, "Elder Asay, it thrilled me to know that you were coming. You see, next week I go home, and I just wanted to tell you that for two years now I haven't stretched or bent or broken a single rule or commandment." Then he added, "I may not be the best missionary in this mission, but I'm awfully close."

I loved that. I embraced him and thanked him, and then after a tear or two, he turned to leave. As he stood there, he looked at me again and said, "Elder Asay, for the first time in many, many years I feel perfectly clean." "You are," I said. "You have been sanctified by your service. Now, please go home and don't botch it."

He has since been married in the temple; he is now a father, and is completing a professional degree.

One of our modern Apostles, Elder George G. Richards, promised: "In the name of the Lord I want to promise you that in the acceptance of the mission call and the dedication of yourself to the work, the Lord will forgive you of past transgressions, and you can start out life with an absolutely clean sheet." Who wouldn't want to claim that promise?

I believe that last little bit is what you were looking for. While the lack of reference for the Richards quote is frustrating, I believe the secondary source, Elder Asay article, should be considered reliable. You can find that articly by Elder Asay in the October 1985 Ensign.

-Pa Grape

ADear fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf-

To answer the "why" in the question, it is because God judges us on who we are, not what we were. If a missionary has really served honorably, (as opposed to getting a nice piece of paper,) they are filled with the love of God. They have changed who they are so that they love good and eschew evil. Obviously, this sort of judgement is impossible to make about someone else.

-Deacon

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Does the testing center still maintain the webcam and line forecasts? A couple urls were given (http://testing.byu.edu/students/lines.html and http://testing.byu.edu/student...) in answer to this on the 4th of October, but neither works. Any updates?

- Frank

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ADear Frank,

Try https://testing.byu.edu/info/c...

-Phoenix

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
How many bathrooms are there present on BYU's campus and also how many stalls are there?

- potty break

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ADear reader,

I believe that since the "stairs" question (http://theboard.byu.edu/?view=&qid=2366), Board policy has been to eschew all other "how many X on campus" questions.

- Katya

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ADear Happy feet, hap-hap-hap-happy feet,
Their environments are a lot more colorful too, so I suspect that they developed that way because it blends in. Bright colors are supposedly related to mating habits in birds; maybe tropical birds mate more often. :-)

-Benvolio

AArgh, Jolly Peg,!

Fer the same reason my mop o' hair be a red'un. Those o' us who drop anchor in th' tropics 're just head n' shoulders above the rest, whichever way ye swing yer cutlass.

As fer matin' habits, it'd take a man much better'n the bilge rats 't I been seein' around lately ter win me. Alas, a pirates life is a lonely one. But I wouldn't trade me trade fer a rowboat full o' gold. Us tropical beauties get more admiration, mebbe, but we don't get no more lovin' than them drab mainland birds.

-Johanna Von Bigenstrein, the Hairy Pirate Piece of Toast

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ADear four,
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c...

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ADear bottlewasher,

Things squeak when two surfaces repeatedly stick and slip as they rub together. (The sticking and slipping makes the sound of the squeak.) Wheather they stick completely, slip completely or do both (squeak) depends on the nature of the two surfaces. (Think about how some shoes squeak on some surfaces but not on others.) Anyway, when there's food or oil on the tableware, there is too much lubrication (slipping) for there to be any squeaking. If the plates and glasses are clean and your fingers are dirty or oily, they shouldn't squeak, either.

- the Physics Chick

ADear Bottlewasher,

HA! Squeaky Clean! I get it now. Thanks.

-Thor

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ADear teetertotter,

Good question. Let's look at the history of high heels, for those who are thinking, "'Come back' into style for men? When were they ever in style for men?"

Approx. 4000 B.C.
Earliest depictions of shoes (flexible leather pieces held in place with lacings) in ancient Egyptian murals on tombs and temples.

Approx. 200 B.C.
Platform sandals called kothorni, with high wood or cork soles, become popular among Roman tragic actors.

1154-1189
King Henry II of England popularizes shoes with narrow, pointed toes. Legend says they hid his deformed toes.

1189-1199
Knights of Richard the Lionhearted begin to wear sollerets, downward-curving pointed toes, to keep their feet from slipping out of stirrups.

1215
A law passed in Paris bans university professors from wearing shoes with long, pointed toes. However, shoe toes, a symbol of rank, grow longer and pointier during the next two centuries, culminating by about 1382 in the spiky-toed cracowe. Kings and princes sometimes wore toes 30 inches long.

1386
Knights fighting in the Battle of Sempach in Switzerland are forced to amputate their shoes' long toes after dismounting before they can advance on foot.

Approx. 1500
Shoes begin to be made in two pieces, with a flexible upper attached to a heavier, stiffer sole. This leads to the introduction of the heel, devised as a better way of keeping a rider's foot in the stirrup. Heeled boots for men quickly become fashionable.

1509-1547
Henry VIII of England favors wide-toed shoes, sometimes 12 inches across, which had to be stuffed to keep them on his feet.

1533
Short-statured Italian bride Catherine d'Medici, married at 14 to the Duke of Orleans, wears shoes with two-inch heels to exaggerate her height. The high heel may have been invented by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).

1553-1558
Mary Tudor ("Bloody Mary"), another vertically challenged monarch, wears heels as high as possible. From this period until the early 19th century, high heels are frequently in vogue for both sexes.

Mid-1500s
An extreme shoe style called chopines, popular among women in Italy, Spain and France, had pedestals of cork or wood as tall as 24 inches. A Venetian lady wearing chopines needed two servants to help her in and out of a gondola.

1628
Pilgrims arrive in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A law is passed prohibiting "excess in bootes."

1660
French shoemaker Nicholas Lestage, so clever at his trade that some accuse him of sorcery, becomes shoemaker to Louis XIV. The heels of Louis's shoes, some decorated with miniature battle scenes, are as tall as five inches. High "Louis" heels are also fashionable for ladies.

1745
Madame de Pompadour, tiny-footed favorite of Louis XV, popularizes high, narrow "Pompadour" heels. Ladies tape their feet to reduce their apparent size and faint at court.

1793
Marie Antoinette ascends the scaffold to be executed wearing two-inch heels. However, in the wake of the French Revolution heels become lower than at any time in the 18th century.

Early 1800s
Flat shoes and Grecian-style sandals become popular.

Approx. 1865
The "sneaker" or plimsoll, a canvas-topped, rubber-soled shoe, is invented for badminton and tennis. Ladies' heel heights vary but stay below two inches during the rest of the century.

1904
The ladies' "pump" or court shoe, a British invention, reaches America. Shoe stores begin to stock shoes with a range of widths around now.

Approx. 1955
Tall "stiletto" heels for women's shoes, invented in Italy, become a fashion rage. Very pointed toes come into vogue for both sexes.

1970s
Return of the platform shoe.

Modified source from http://users.powernet.co.uk/wi...

So, there we have it: men used to wear high heels. As we all know, fashion history usually repeats itself ("those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it"), so you should not be surprised to hear that some men are trying to bring high heels back into style. Which brings me to my next question: Are you one of those men? Are you or someone you know looking to make the switch? If so, have I got some advice for you!.

A Primer on Heels at Work
1) Gauge the atmosphere at your place of employment. Is the dress code flexible or stringent? Observe what female co-workers wear. You don't have to copy what women wear, you only want to get ideas.
2) Start out slow. No four inch stilletos on the first day out. Ease your way in with one or two inchers. Gauge how well that goes over that goes with co-workers.
3) Wear black. This is just my opinion mind you, but since 99% of men wear black shoes, your chances of acceptance is greater in this color than anything lighter in shade.
4) Coordinate your clothing. Don't dress like a slob, even if you're not in heels. Go with tasteful dress shirts and tailored slacks. In my opinion, you can never go wrong in that kind of ensemble.
5) No spike heels....PERIOD! Again, this is just me, but I don't think spikes just don't look good with slacks, opt for thicker heels.
6) While on that subject, don't be prejudiced against block heels. They're good to wear because the width provdes more stability when walking or standing.
7) Set limits on heel heights. My rule of thumb is nothing over three inches. You don't want to call unnecessary attention to yourself, especially in a serious work environment.
8) If possible, look for heels with squared toes. This style is not only roomier and more comfortable for day to day wear than the traditional pointed toe variety, their mannish appearance will aid in acceptance. Case in point: when I first wore a pair of three inch block heeled loafers with squared toes, co-workers actually thought those were MEN'S shoes!
9) Don't be extravagant with flashy colors or outrageous styles like strappy sandals, mules or stilletos. Remember, you're in a work environment, and that sort of thing just wouldn't go over very well.
10) Be calm, don't be nervous when wearing your heels for the first time at work. If you act as if it's no big deal, then you won't draw attention to yourself and make people wonder what's wrong with you.
11) Be prepared for a variety of opinions from co-workers when they see your heels. While I've had nothing but compliments (even good natured kidding about my added height), my case is unique. There's no way to know if you'll be accepted in your workplace. That's why you should start out with a low height.
12) Respect your co-workers. Don't force others to look at your shoes. No one else does that, why should you? If someone asks about your shoes however, then you can show them off, but do so with pride, never be ashamed about what you choose to wear.
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The *real* question is, when will skirts for men come back into style? After all, you shouldn't have to cover your nice heels up with slacks all the time--show some skin! Give us a little leg! These men are totally behind you:

100 Men in NYC Seek Right to Wear Skirts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (02-08-2004)
NEW YORK (AP)--About 100 men in minis, midis and even tutus took to the streets of Manhattan to call for an end to the tyranny of trousers.

"We're not transvestites, homosexuals or cross-dressers," David Johnson told the New York Times for Sunday editions. "We don't want you to call us Jean or Sally. We're men. Men who want the right to wear a skirt."

Johnson, a retired teacher from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and the other pants opposers walked several blocks from the Guggenheim Museum to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they visited an exhibit called "Bravehearts: Men in Skirts." Their presence attracted confused looks from a few fellow visitors.

Ingemar Johnsson, 39, came from Sweden to join the march Saturday. He told the Times that men in Europe often wore skirts and pantaloons until the time of the French Revolution, when pants became the expected masculine attire. Others pointed out that Scottish men have donned kilts for centuries.

"The male bird is always the pretty one, not the female," another participant, 27-year-old Chris Taylor, told the Times. "Why can't the male human being dress with style and color?"

Interested in wearing a skirt? Can you picture yourself in one of these?

From http://menintime.de

Here's a testimonial and advice from a guy who is all about wearing a sarong:

"You are the sexiest thing I have seen today," said somebody else's woman, staring a hole through the front of my gray and black sarong. "How would you know?" I responded. "It's still early."
When I was in high school and becoming image-conscious, I asked my father if it was true that clothes make the man. "You're a man on two feet," he said, disgusted, rolling his eyes a bit. "Man makes the man." Back then I wore WilliWear, by black designer Willie Smith - I had an eye for classic style, even back then. I got laughed at because of my allegiance to his brand, but I wore his fine suits and separates by the season - well ahead of the curve, well ahead of my time. Twenty-odd years later, fashion sheep will be loyal to any tag with a name on it, but I am still the urban style iconoclast. This summer, I'm rocking a sarong almost exclusively.
It was the fall-winter of 2000 when I first thought seriously about sporting a wrap. I was going to see D'Angelo and I wanted to sport a different look. See, just like in your town, dudes be wearing any type of Sunday suit hook-ups or technicolor ensemble to the spot, and I had to separate myself from the suckas. Besides, I'm ashamed to say that I don't own a suit that fits, and those wack fake Versace shirts aren't my flow - my style is a little more subtle than that. So, naturally, a sarong seemed like a logical alternative to consider.
I wore it to the concert and caught snickers from the derby and doo-rag crowd. None of them had heart enough to say anything stupid - after all, I'm kind of a big guy. I saw one of my dudes at the spot and he ran up to me, mouth agape. "That is just the phatest s--t," he said. "I wish I was man enough to play a wrap - are the sisters checkin' for it?" Were they ever. My girl really dug the look on me, and so did everybody else's girl - all eyes and wet thighs whenever I passed by. Afterwards I retired the wrap, just breaking it out occasionally. But I vowed I would find a way to play that style every day, if I could.
This summer, I decided I was gonna wear wraps in place of shorts -shorts make my boys sweaty and give me heat rash - and with the heat in the 90s on the regular, this seemed like the time to set it off. So most days nowadays, you'll find me on the streets of Cleveland, downtown no less, in a skirt. To be honest, there is little to no reaction in my hometown - nobody even blinks. I don't know if it's because I'm a somewhat well known writer here, and people assume anybody who writes for a living must be crazy anyway. Or maybe between the two feet of hair and the floor-length sarong, their circuits are just completely overloaded: Too Black, Too Strong. Whatever the reason, I walk the streets unmolested, save for the women who stop midstride and fall out of car windows trying to check my steez. "You are the sexiest thing I have seen today," said somebody else's woman, staring a hole through the front of my gray and black wrap. "How would you know?" I responded. "It's still early." What can I say? Chicks dig the skirt. I even wear it to work. Dats right - and I work for the white man, just like you.
I'm employed by a major not-for-profit company, and there is nothing in the dress code that says I can't wear a sarong to work. The first time, there were second looks and a strange inquiry ("What do you have up under your skirt?" asked one of my female coworkers. My response? "How badly do you want to know?"). But my bosses are mellow - they accept my wrap as an extension of my Afrocentricity, and that bodes well for their progressive thinking and commitment to diversity.
The wrap has come to symbolize my refusal to be reconstructed by whatever people's assumptions are. It's also the ultimate assertion of manhood for me: it speaks to my roots, my warrior status, my fearless nature in a way that fake dashikis don't. I mean, it's like there's an "S" on my chest or something - I have never felt more masculine, not ever, than when I don the wrap. Why? Well, maybe because it is so not a question of sexual preference or identity. I don't have any gay friends with balls enough to wear a sarong. Besides, it's unisex, stupid - if all it takes to make you question your sexual identity is a garment, you've got more questions than I can answer, RuPaul.
See, the thing about wearing a sarong is that, as a man, you have to have a certain confidence, a certain arrogance. You must be absolutely secure in your manhood - flat out - or it won't come off well. You'll look like a man in a skirt: clumsy, misplaced and utterly ridiculous. In a wrap, whatever where-with-all you have as a man is up for scrutiny: you've created an artificial vulnerability that requires strength to secure. Plainly speaking, a man in a sarong projects an audacity and demands a respect that khakis don't. Fact is, you might not be man enough to pull it off. If you think you're ready, I got a few tips for you. Finding a wrap is more than a notion - it's not like Laura Ashley makes a men's skirt line. The trick for me was to find something masculine - a tough skirt, if you will. I couldn't find what I was looking for at first, and the cultural shops in my town wanted too much bread for some of the stuff they had. So I improvised: I went to my local head shop and got a few of those groovy, thin cotton throw-rug joints for 20 clams each.
Choose earth tones when picking out a wrap. Browns, blacks, greens, burnt oranges and yellows are preferable - bright colors denote femininity. Only traditional or tribal patterns - no tie-dyes or flowers, Nancy. Wear fitted T-shirts or short-sleeved shirts on top: let them guns blaze. Footwear is player's choice - blunted toes for winter and sandals for the summertime look best. If you hot like that, take a bold leap and play a three-button jacket with an open flare-collar shirt. Mudcloth is an okay material for winter, but roll with a light to heavy cotton in the hotter months. Wear linen pants up under in the wintertime; in the summer, anything goes.
So here I am, on the street of Cleveland, Ohio, in a sarong. Rollin' hard, Jack. I go out of town and sport it, and cats ask if I'm from overseas or something. But I know there are a few cats on either coast wrappin' on the regular. Fashion comes and goes, but style is timeless. And here I am: well ahead of the curve, well ahead of my time. I'm pretty sure this style won't catch on, but maybe it should. Dad was right: clothes don't make the man. A man can stand on two feet - sarong and all.
Source: www.africana.com/Utilities/Content.html?&../cgi-bin/banner.pl?banner=Lifestyle&../Column/bl_voices_63.htm

You can find a lot more information out there on skirts for men, including http://www.kiltmen.com/

And if you're going to show off those legs, you're going to want to start wearing nylons come winter. I found these tips and success stories for men who want to start wearing pantyhose:

If you want to have beautiful pantyhosed legs, you must shave your legs. It is particularly true for Asians because their hair is usually dark. In the past my sheer pantyhose covered my dark haired legs, which is not so nice. With the legs shaved, they look smooth and sexy!

Also, Wear a pair of 2.5 or higher high-heels! You legs will absolutely look longer and slimmer. Do more exercise for your legs! Recently I have followed the "Claudia Schiffer - Perfectly Fit Legs" video tapes , and her other productions. The exercises are really nice ones!

If you feel embrarrased to buy 'ladies' things, just pretend that you are buying for your wife/girlfriend.

We played pool a lot at a local pub and are always making silly bets on the side. So... I bet her if I won, she would have to wear pantyhose to bed. She thought for a second and asked what she got if she won. I thought for a second (yea right) and told her I would wear them if I loss too. Of course I loss. She ended up like it very much and the next time we were both wearing and have been for about 4 years now. I've told others about this and it's proved useful. Any game the same.

On my wife's birthday, I bought her a 'ladies' shaver as a birthday gift. After sending her the gift, I secretly shaved my legs. Later on I let her see and said that I tried to use the shaver to see if it was comfortable. Of course, it didn't matter. The fact was that I had my legs shaved - very beautiful after shaving! I also received a gift - she complimented my legs in sheer pantyhose!

[To avoid runs] Before you put the pantyhose on, apply some lotion to your hands. I have been able to make my hose last a very long time by doing this. This advice is for men and women alike. Also, when they start to sag, do the same thing and it will make it easier to pull them up...with you palms that is, don't use your finger tips...

Lastly, to wrap up the whole heels-skirt-hose ensamble, you probably need a purse. You can now buy men's ~~purses~~ bags here: http://www.manbag.com/product....

- Piquant

ADear Piquant:

You just wrote eight pages, four of them on skirts, and didn't once mention a lava lava. My Polynesian friends are going to be ticked.

-- Misaneroth

ADear Misaneroth:

I guess you missed the story about the guy who wears a sarong, which according to my research on Google is often the same thing as a lava lava.

- Piquant

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
If I was writing a book, how would I know whether to put a prologue, introduction, preface, or foreword at the beginning of it?
- ahemahemahem

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ADear ahem,

You have just finished your book, nay, masterpiece, "529 Uses for Eggplant."

The introduction will be a short essay, by you, introducing the subject matter of your book. "Eggplant is the defining food of the Western World. The Etruscans . . ."

The preface will be another essay by you, more general in scope, about why you wanted to write your book, what you thought about it then, what you think about it now, your intended audience, etc. "Having grown up in the eggplant fields of southern Hanoi, eggplant has always played an important part in my life . . ."

The forward is similar to the preface in material but it will be written by someone else, often more important or famous than you. In this case, the famous French chef Henri Aubergine has obliged. "Eggplant, I must confess, was my first love . . ."

You may include any, all or none of the above in your book.

A prologue, my sources inform me, is a short piece which introduces the background of a story, often a play or an opera. "Two houses, both alike in dignity, . . ." In this instance, a prologue would not be appropriate for your work, since your work is nonfiction.

- Katya

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
Hi! Do you know where I could find a BYU cylcing jersey, the kind that serioius cyclists wear? I once saw some guys riding bikes wearing them. I need to get one so please help. Thanks
- Smiles

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ADear Smiles,

Well, wha' do ya know, the answer was here the whole time.
http://theboard.byu.edu/?view=...

-Dragonboy

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ADear Insanely Tired,
Could be for a couple reasons.
1. Insomnia
http://www.well.com/user/mick/...

2. Writing a paper
http://www.homestarrunner.com/...

3. Roommates are night owls
http://www.napa.ufl.edu/99news...

4. Too much caffeine
http://home.howstuffworks.com/...

5. You are addicted to the Board. The most likely.
http://www.find-a-therapist.co...

∞Link

ADear Insanely Tired,

It could also be because you don't have a spouse that's nagging you to come to bed.

- Just one more minute, dear

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ADear Still Suspicious:

Oh fer cryin' out loud: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...

Which building would be most likely to survive a major earthquake (though probably less than 7.0 magnitude)? I'd be willing to bet the new JFS building is probably the most seismically-safe building on campus, but its closeness to the epicenter would probably negate that property. The BNSN is new and designed to be almost indestructable, so I bet it would survive if it wasn't taken out by the collapsing debris of the Widtsoe. My second bet would be the other Benson building, because it's just one story and on the far end of campus.

-- Misaneroth

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Has anyone been to Scandinavia? I'm going there next May for a month and I was wondering if anyone had any great suggestions for touristy sites or things they wish they had done while they were there. Thanks!

- relieved BYU performing tours only cost $750

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ADear relieved,
This question was getting pretty old, so probably no one on the Board has been to Scandinavia. I looked around at some websites, so I'll just tell you things that I would want to see if I was going.
The goscandinavia.com site lists five countries in Scandinvia. I don't know which ones you're visiting, so I'll pick two or three cool things in each country. By the way, if you haven't seen that site, you should look at it. It has tons of information.

Iceland:
Hiking around the volcanoes
Swimming in the hot springs

Denmark:
Visit the Little Mermaid statue
Go shopping in Stroeget in Copenhagen
Visit in the National Museum

Finland:
Sokos Torni 'skyscraper' in Helsinki
The wife-carrying championship (it just sounds fun to watch.)
Go to a Finnish sauna

Norway:
See the fjords
See the houses in Bergen. They look cool.

Sweden:
Visit the Kingdom of Crystal
See the Drottningholms slott castle, or any of those castles, dag yo
Try some Swedish cuisine; it's supposed to be good
Meet the Swedish chef

I hope you have fun on your trip! I'm jealous. I was supposed to do a BYU tour to China but it got cancelled. It's a good deal.

›Kassidy‹

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Would it be ok for me to post the website on the board. I had previously asked about to get some more people on it???

Cautious

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ADear Cautious,
You should have been more creative about it. Like asked a question about this supposed website, so we wouldn't even know we were doing advertising for you.
Like "Look at this website. My friend made it, but he stole my girlfriend after I went on my mission and posted pictures of her to be rated against her RA's will. Can I ever be whole again?" After chastising you for asking questions to the Board while you're on your mission, practially EVERYONE would look at your website, find out how creative you were in your advertising, and *ding* you've got some traffic. Try something like that.

›Kassidy‹

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

With the onset of the winter season and cold weather, people begin to break out there winter clothes, including gloves, mittens. As an newly arriving student to Provo, and being single, I have become accustomed to the classic ring check before mingling with the opposite sex. Now I find myself in quite the predicament, the woman are wearing gloves/mittens. Please help me, those with more experience than I,What are some other methods (stategies) to know the "status" of a woman without being able to check for a ring??

- Perplexed and Bewildered

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ADear Perplexed,

Method 1
Try these few simple steps:
1. Pick out girl of interest
2. Walk determinedly up to her
3. introduce yourself and stick out your hand to shake hers
4. When she goes to shake your hand, grab it with the hand you extended to shake
5. Take your other hand and place it around her back
6. Dip the girl as if you are about to kiss her
7. Gage her reaction

Variation on Method 1
1. Follow steps 1-3 as defined above, but make sure you shake with your left hand
2. Before your hand makes contact, rip off the glove from her hand and check for the ring
2a. If ring is present, mutter, "oh man," "flip," "dang," or the like and walk away.
2b. If no ring is present, slyly take the girls hand and kiss the top of it
3. Say something in another language that sounds romantic.

That should do it for you. It's fool-proof, really.
-Taboo

ADear Perplexed,

Confucious say:
When winter come to mountain, deer decsend to warmer area. So also must wolf.

Translation:
Try mingling inside.

-Dragonboy

ADear Perplexed and Bewildered,
Check for garment lines. Then she's either married or an R.M., and that's just not cool either way.
-The Confessor

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Why do Mormons celebrate Christmas? We know that Christ was born on April 6th, not December 25th. And I hear that December 25th is a date chosen by the Catholic Church during a time of apostasy, and it coincides with a Pagan holiday for the worship of the sun god. We are a peculiar people, why do we conform to this holiday?

- Not a Scrooge, but rather a Saint.

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ADear Saint,

Celebrating Christmas is not an ordinance, neither is it a sin. Celebrating Christmas at the same time as the rest of the Christian world (save the Eastern Orthodox Church) gives us a chance to demonstrate that we are, in fact, Christian and do worship Christ.

The Catholic Church selected midwinter as a time to celebrate Christ's birth in order to draw people away from their pagan traditions and closer to Christ. Our Church also uses Christmas as a time to remind people of the Saviour's birth, even though we know it was really in April. Annual traditions include the Christmas Message from the First Presidency and the Christmas devotional with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. Christmas is probably the most widely celebrated holiday in the world, yet it is also the most commercial. Isn't it better to try to bring it back to its spiritual core than to ignore it?

- Katya

ADear Not Scrooge,

'Cause people compare us to J-Dubs too much as it is.

-Thor

ADear Not a Scrooge,

What Katya said reminded me of a quote made by a Christian theologian in 320 A.D.:

"We hold this day holy, not like the pagans because of the birth of the sun, but because of him who made it."

As for being a peculiar people, you have to realize that the definition of "peculiar" has changed somewhat since the Bible was first translated. Today, the word peculiar means, "Unusual or eccentric; odd" (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition). However, the original definition of peculiar (as recorded in Webster's Dictionary) was, "private property, special; belonging exclusively to one person or group." So if we are the Lord's peculiar people, that simply means that we belong to the Lord, and no one else. And since we belong exclusively to the Lord, I'm sure He would let us know if He wanted us to stop celebrating his birth on December 25, and only celebrate his birth on April 6th.

- Hephaestus

ADear Not Scrooge:

I, personally, would love to celebrate Christmas in the beginning of April instead. Because maybe then BYU would give us the Spring Break we so badly need.

-- Misaneroth

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
Who would win a fight Jack Nicholson from the Shining, or Jack Nicholson from A Few Good Men?
- doc

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ADear doc,
The Joker would take them both out.
--Sassette

ADear doc:

Randle Patrick McMurphy

-- Misaneroth

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
My sister recently got married back in July. Now I have a new person to shop for. Her new hubby loves BMW's and Mac computers. I am starving student of course and can not afford a very expensive present. I'm looking to spend about $30 to $50 on him. What do you think that he would like the best?

-Searching for the perfect gift that won't cost much.

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ADear Searching,
A BMW Zippo lighter and an iPod protector case.

-Random

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I am 22 and have never gotten a driver's license...I want to!
Now the question is, in Utah, do I have to go through Driver's Ed? Where is the cheapest place to complete my Driver's Ed?
- Miss Daisy

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ADear Miss Daisy,

Yes, you do you have to go through Driver's Ed to get a license. Here's a list of a few that can also administer the road test, but the closest one is in Orem: http://driverlicense.utah.gov/....

And this is a link to a regular driving school in Provo (there's actually a ton of these school all over Utah, but lucky you, there's one nearby):
http://www.a-1drivingschool.co...

There's a couple places in Orem:
Diamond Driving
1325 S 800 E
Orem, UT
(801) 734-1412

Drive Right
930 S State St # 140
Orem, UT
(801) 356-0925

I couldn't find a ton of prices. That a-1 place has a home study course that costs $230. It also has a 9-day course, but doesn't list the price. That's a little scary.

UVSC has a online course that $250, but I think they just do it through a-1.
https://www.uvsc.edu/uvnet/dri...

Good luck with getting your license.

∞Link

ADear Miss Daisy,
That's how old I was, too. I recommend you do what I did: get your license in Colorado. It's way easier there, you don't need special classes, and they won't check up on your address. It's seriously worth the trip.
-The Confessor

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
Misanroth said the question is really what building would you loot first if there were an earthquake that hit BYU with an 8.0 magnitude. So my question is which one would you loot? I think I'd choose the Erying; lots of cool rock in the geology cases. Then probably the Wilk, lots of food. Next on my list would be the HFAC, so many valuable instraments and art stuff. Finally I would loot the special collections. I've never been in, but it sounds like there are a lot of valuables in there.
'Seattle

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ADear Seattle,

Isn't the point of looting to steal electronics and stuff? The only valuables you have put on your list are the items from special collections. Sorry to break it to you, but not only would it be VERY difficult to steal anything from Special Collections, but their valuables are not the type of things you could just sell at the nearest pawn-shop. Think computers and stuff.

-Phoenix

ADear Seattle,

If looting weren't illegal, I'd probably go for the flat panels in the Talmage.

- FCSM

ADear Seattle,
If being ethical is out the window, then I'd be at Cougar Computer and the Bookstore. A couple new Macs, maybe a PC or two. And some software like Adobe Photoshop and Premiere.
Then I'd hit the book department and get all those books that I have in paperback in hardback. I'd probably pick up some church books so I could repent later.

›Kassidy‹

ADear Seattle:

Yay! I hoped someone would ask that question. Since I think most people looking for computers would go to the Talmage, I'd go after the Clyde instead. But then again, since I'd be engaging in illegal activities, I'd go after the Benson building. There's a reason that building has a 24-hour guard: the chemicals can be used to produce a lot of very pure, very valuable drugs.

-- Misaneroth

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I would like to know how many carbs are in a tootsie pop?
THANK YOU
- Theresa A. Hamilla

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ADear Theresa,

That's a new one.

There are 15 carbs in a Tootsie Roll Pop.

- The Atkins diet is against the Word of Wisdom

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QDear 100 Hour Board, (Skippy)

Ok, so Skippy is beggin for cooking questions. Where in this cursed valley can one procure fresh clams? The whole ones in the shell. I've been to Smith's, Macey's, Costco, Albertsons, Reams, and Sam's Club all to no avail. Have you ever had grilled clams? I'm talking shell and all, just slap that puppy on the grill. They are a little piece of the Celestial Kingdom.

Thanks in advance.

- Must have grilled clams!

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ADear Must Have,

There's an all-too-common misconception about fresh seafood. People think that because they live in a landlocked state that they won't have access to as "fresh" of seafood as their pals on the coast. This is true but only with regards to seafood that really doesn't have to be all that fresh anyway and if you live super-close to a source of seafood. Think about lobster for example. Like I said, we'll exclude the cheap lobsters. I'm referring to the type that don't would be less preferrable to those that we're going to discuss even if the former was fresh and the latter frozen and thawed. Those lobsters are just big crawfish anyway.
Step back and think about it like wine. Most people think that the more a wine is aged, the better it is. Guess what? If you're buying wine for under $75 a bottle (like most are) than it doesn't really matter. The same goes for fresh seafood, most is fresh enough. I was a cook at a seafood restaurant and believe me, all expiration dates are marked and enforced. I've seen hundreds of pounds of seafood thrown out. 40lbs. of crab is a lot cheaper than losing a license. That goes for restaurants and stores alike.
So back to the lobster. Let's say you live in Washington, right on the coast. Oh boy, plenty of fresh lobster there right? Maybe, but they're not going to serve you Washington lobsters. You'll be getting either Rock Lobster, Live Maine, or an Aussie tail. So look at Live Maine, easily the best and most popular type of lobster. Unless you're in New England, it wasn't caught the day before. And even though you're on the coast, our red friend is probably a day younger in Utah, a state closer to Maine.
The same goes for all seafood, almost all king crab comes from Alaska, tuna from the warmer coasts, halibut and most salmon are from Alaska too.
Of course you can get cheap fish (cheap compared to lobster of course) like salmon and trout from just about anywhere, they're pretty common fish. But it goes back to our $30 bottle of wine, doesn't it?
Being fresh is better though, a good waiter will tell you which the restaurant keeps fresh and which came frozen. Expect salmon, trout, snapper, and halibut to be fresh. Fish like cod, polluck, and sole will almost never be (because it wouldn't make a profit on cheap fish like those).
Now, as for your clams, yes I've had clams cooked in many different ways. My grandpa is a clam and oyster fanatic which is probably why I don't care for them that much. I guess I saw him eat too many raw and that kind of scarred me. I do like them in portofino though, it's a nice variation.
If you want good, fresh clams, try a fresh fish provider. I haven't worked as a cook here in Utah yet so I don't know the names of the local providers. You could always call Red Lobster or Joe's Crab Shack and they'd tell you where they get their fish from. But no, I can't think of any fresh-fish markets that would have clams. You could always ask the lady at Wal-Mart, she knows her seafood.
I bought calamari once from fishseller.com for my parents' anniversary. I was surprisingly pleased. I looked it up for you and 5lbs. of fresh clams (from Manila, mind you) would be about $27.55 (and probably a lot for shipping), a really reasonable price if you ask me (and you did).
5lbs. is a heck of a lot. http://www.fishseller.com/item...
If you don't want that much, and I doubt you would, ask your local butcher or seafood expert. I recommend the morning lady at Wal-Mart, she knows what's up. Thumbs down to Macey's who freezes their crab legs way too much.
Thanks for the question and keep 'em coming.

-Skippy DeLorean

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QDear InfinityLink,

I am under the distinct impression that you are a never-ending Link. My Link is the star of a certain Zelda game that came out a few years ago by the name of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Are you that Link?

- Link the Hero of Time's fiancee

P.S.
Are you right or left handed?

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ADear Link's fiancee,
Yes, I am infinite in that I am all links: web-links, chain-links (which was more what I was going for with ∞), and Link of Hyrule. If you look at my profile, I chose to be Link more because of Super Smash Bros. So I guess I'll let you be engaged to Link of the Ocarina of Time. I'm glad we've cleared this up, though. For these extenuating circumstances, your fiance will be from Ocarina of Time and I will be from Super Smash Brothers. Because I don't want to be engaged right now, amazing though you must be to pick a Link to marry.

∞Link

PS- I am ambidextrous. Ok, I'm not that cool. I'm right handed.

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

My sister and I watched Labyrinth last week (for about the billionth time) and, after it ended, we discovered that we both had different impressions about the ending. I always thought that Jareth had lost all of his power and was stuck as an owl. She thought that he had just been defeated and gave the baby back, but was hanging around as an owl just to see how things were going. Which of us is right?

- pippin galadriel moonchild

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ADear you remind me of the babe,

I always assumed that Jareth had lost his power over Sarah--"You have no power over me" (power over me, power over me)--but not his power in general. But that's just my interpretation.

- Katya

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

How do Christmas lights work? And why is it that when one bulb is broken half of the string of lights goes out? You don't have to write this down verbatim, 'cause that was kinda dorky-soundin' and braindead and... yeah.

- Elaine Marley, transcribing for the Interpretive Dancer

p.s.- hey, I'm hungry! You gonna write that down, too?

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ADear Dancer (c/o Elaine),

First, I need to explain a little bit about electric circuits. The way electricity works, you have to have a complete loop going from the power source to the light bulb and back to the power source again. (That's why plugs have two prongs.) If you want to wire two light bulbs on the same electric circuit, you have two choices: you can wire them in series or you can wire them in parallel.

A circuit in series is the easiest to explain: it's just like beads on a string. The power source is at the end of the necklace, then wire, then a light bulb, then more wire, then another light bulb, then wire going back to the power source. Notice that the current has to go through every single light bulb to go through any of them at all. If one of the light bulb was missing or the wire was broken, the current wouldn't be able to make the complete loop.

A circuit is parallel is a bit harder to explain. Imagine a ladder made out of wire; two wires up the sides with wire "rungs" running between them, and a light bulb on each "rung." Notice that the current takes a separate path to go through each light bulb: up one side of the ladder, across the rung and then down the other side of the ladder. Even if one of the rungs was missing or broken, the current could still get to the other ones.

Normally we're used to houses and appliances that are wired in parallel. Just because one light bulb in a fixture is burned out doesn't mean that the others won't work. Old Christmas tree lights used to be wired in parallel as well, but it took a lot of power for that many lights, and the wires got dangerously hot.

Modern Christmas tree lights are wired in series, like beads on a string. This saves a lot of power, but it means that when one light is burnt out, The entire circuit is broken and none of the lights will work. Some kinds of Christmas tree light bulbs have a special shunt in them that will allow the circuit in a burnt-out bulb to stay completed as long as the bulb is physically still in the socket. Some strings of lights have more than one series circuit in them; that's why half of the string won't light when one of the bulbs is removed.

http://home.howstuffworks.com/...

- the Physics Chick

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QDear (kobe), Kassidy, all you other sinners,

Your bishop and you have an implicit right to clerical confidentiality. Not only is he under no obligation to tell the Honor Code Office, you could litigate if he did.

Just be very, very careful if you go into the HCO, when they attempt to coerce you into signing away that right of confidentiality. Since the issue of import is really that they have adequate dirt on you, not that you have a closed, trusting relationship with the person who's supposed to help you navigate your way through grace.

Welcome to Zion.

-A. A. Melyngoch

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ADear A. A. Melyngoch,
Just join the Board. Come on, you know you want to. You'd do a better job than me.

›Kassidy‹

AAll,
Gotta love Big Brother. Err... of course I mean the "Honor" Code Office.
::: Latro :::

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

How did this board get started and how does one become part of "those who answer questions?"

What the dump?

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ADear WTD,
Short version: The Board started 1995-1998 by BYUSA's SAC (Student Advisory Council). Through a lot of twists & turns, it became the Board as we all know it. We have a full version of our history on our new site. The history is actually up right now, but just located on another URL--if you can find it, great; if not, just wait until next week when we merge URLs (back to this one).

Those who become part of our writer staff earn their places here. They are (usually) the Board's most dedicated individuals. They are BYU students who sacrifice their time to research and answer the questions of others. They apply through a process that can only be discovered by searching the archives, and if their personality, wit, and desires are in line with the Board and its current writer needs, they are accepted.

The Board: good stuff.
- Duchess

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
Can the new site have one of those sidebars that follows you down as you scroll (I actually hate those, but I think that it would be useful in this case) and when the new site is up, will it use both URLs? (i like this one cause it's shorter)
- moogle

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ADear moogle,
I hate those too, actually. I'm sure I can pass that along to the Webteam though. As of right now, we're going to get the site working enough that we can get it up and going. I'm sure we'll continue to update it with features as we go. There's still a lot that we want to do with it, and if we were to wait until we were done, we'd be sitting here until the end of next semester.
No, we'll still continue to use the address we have right now. The address hosting the new site is just a temporary location, if you will. One of these days, the Board will shut down, which will probably cause you much pain, suffering, and agony. But when it comes back up, the new site will be in its place, and it will still be at this URL.
- Duchess

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
In response to koda & kassidy, about what the bishop would do if you committed a serious sin... Well, I hope I know what youre talking about so I dont sound like a total idiot.

But I believe that the Bishop is legally bound (or at least bound by BYU) to not be able to report you to the Honor Code Office. Last year, our Bishop came into RS and told us that anything we talked to him about would be in confidence and wouldn't be reported to the HCO, and that is a rule that the HCO actually made.

Now, I know that this pertains to most chastity issues and things less or equally severe. I think in most instances, if it was really bad, he'd probably encourage you to talk to HCO or he might say its part of the repentance process to do so, but he can't do it for you.

I dont know, however, if they could report you if you murdered or raped someone. In the catholic church, when you go to confession, they can't report you even if you murdered someone. I think it's maybe different in ours, but in that case if it was that severe, they'd probably call the police instead of HCO, if anything. Whew I love to ramble! But anyways, no one need worry if they want to talk to their bishop but are afraid to because of HCO.
- i should know but i only know half the answer

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ADear should know,
I've done a bit more research on this subject (which I should have done in the first place instead of talking off the top of my head). The HCO website says:

"Confidential communication shared between an ecclesiastical leader and an individual student is privileged. Therefore, students may confide their participation in violations of the Honor Code to their ecclesiastical leaders without fear of a direct report to the Honor Code Office.

"Ecclesiastical leaders, of course, are responsible to work with students who have transgressed, counseling and encouraging them through the processes of repentance, including restitution to those whom the students have offended. The university recognizes this responsibility of ecclesiastical leaders, and it recognizes that there are several appropriate ways for the students to make restitution to the campus community. Therefore, in no instance, as ecclesiastical leaders work with students who have broken the university's Honor Code, are they obligated to have these offending students report their misconduct to the Honor Code Office. But in those instances when they are impressed to have the students report to the Honor Code Office, both the students and their ecclesiastical leaders should understand that the Honor Code Office will consult and cooperate with the ecclesiastical leaders. At the same time, it will preserve the distinction between the university and the Church, making its decisions consistent with prior decisions and with its written policies."

http://campuslife.byu.edu/hono...

So, yes, to all those who wrote back in concerned, or didn't write back in, but were concerned anyway, bishops are not in any way obligated to report Honor Code violating transgressions to the Honor Code office. They only can report that you have lost eligibility to attend BYU from loss of ecclesiastical endorsement. It is up to you whether or not to report to the Honor Code Office. However, you're out of luck if someone tattles on you to the HCO.

Just be good, everyone!

›Kassidy‹

PS-If you have more questions about the Honor Code, http://campuslife.byu.edu/Hono... has a lot of stuff that I didn't even know was there.

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
I am not quite as tall as I would like to be. I'm 18. Is there any possible way to make myself taller on my mission?
- Afraid to ask out girls taller than I

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ADear Afraid,

The harder you work on your mission, the prettier your wife will be, and the taller you'll get.

Guys usually don't finish growing till they turn 20. So don't give up hope yet.

- FCSM

ADear Afraid to ask out girls taller than I-

Hard for me to sympathize, but it seems that the main problem has to do with your self-image, not your actual height.

-The Franchise

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
What are your thoughts on why no one musical group has achieved the same sort of mass appeal and following as the Beatles? What sort of conditions do you think contributed to the Beatles' seemingly infinite popularity? Do you think such conditions could ever arise in our society again?
- Minstrelized

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ADear Minstrelized:

The Beatles were so popular because they had an uncommon mix of marketability and unique talent. Now, thanks to the commercialization and commoditization of the music industry, it would be extremely difficult for another group to become as popular and as enduring as they have. You can have one or the other, but not both.

Funny side story about the Beatles: this summer, I regularly gave a Hungarian exchange student a ride to church and to during-the-week activities. One day, I had my Beatles CD playing, and "Yellow Submarine" came on. "Wow," she said. "I never understood the words before. So I never knew how really, really weird this song is!"

-- Misaneroth

ADear Minstrelized,

Other bands may come up with 1 or 2 "Beatles quality" songs, but no one's done it 200 times like they did. In my opinion, there are only 4 or 5 bands that have ever been able to fill up an entire CD with nothing but good songs. You know, the kind where you can listen to the whole CD, and not just skip to tracks 1, 8, and 11? (ie. The Beach Boys, U2, Simon & Garfunkel). Not only could the Beatles fill a good CD, they filled dozens of them.

-Thor

ADear Minstrelized,

I would say Garth Brooks has probably come the closest. Whether you like him/country or not, he has sold more albums than any other solo artist (even more than MJ) and has changed much of the music industry with his cross-over style of music. People who hate country still like Garth. When he did his free Central Park concert on HBO in August of '97 the ratings were higher than the Superbowl if I remember correctly.

I think the only group who has sold more than him was The Beatles and I heard that he was coming pretty close to passing that record too. For example,

"On January 29th [1994], Garth sold out two benefit concerts in 34 minutes at the Great Western Forum which seats 36,000. We also saw Garth fronting the biggest and fastest selling concert ever fronted by a country act in the United States. Texans went crazy trying to get tickets to the NBC special to be filmed at Texas Stadium. Over 65,000 tickets were sold in less than 92 minutes and with this Garth broke the previous sell out record held by Paul McCartney. Dallas fans demanded more tickets and got more shows. A second show was booked again selling out in 92 minutes as did the third show."

For more about Garth's history, check out www.planetgarth.com.

- Garth Fan

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
"I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it." Alright, so this seems to be a popularized phrase at things like youth conference and in seminary, and whenever I've see it, it's been adjacent to a picture of Christ. It's great and all, but my question is, did He ever actually say that? I don't think I've ever seen that scriptural reference, but perhaps it exists and I've missed it somehow. It just doesn't sound like most of the language used in the scriptures, so I wasn't sure if it was an authentic statement or just an allusion to Christ's words. I was hoping all y'all could enlighten me. Thanks!
- The Sister of Jared

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ADear Sister of Jared,

He said essentially the same thing in Matthew 11:28-30

28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

Oh, wait... That's the exact opposite of what he said.

I once gave a talk on this subject after I got sick of seeing pictures of The Savior with that cliche phrase in italics at the bottom, implying it was a quote of his. Way to check the facts, rather than relying on The Gospel of Deseret Book.

-Thor

ADear Sister of Jared,

Alma 37:44 seems to contradict that statement as well:

"For behold, it is as easy to give heed to the word of Christ, which will point to you a straight course to eternal bliss, as it was for our fathers to give heed to this compass, which would point unto them a straight course to the promised land."

But don't worry, it's still worth it:

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." - 1 Corinthians 2:9

- Hephaestus

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
So the count down to Festivus (for the rest-of-us) has begun...I'm wondering which grievances you guys are planning on airing, and which feats of strength you'll be hoping to see?
- Frank Costanza
p.s. Bro, or Manzierre?

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ADear Frankie,

I've got a grievance with the Mighty Quinn. His constant ab boasting is distracting the ladies from my pizzaz and incredibleness. Rectification of this dilemma is imperative...to put it lightly.

I'd bring up my beef with Latro prancing around in his fancy uniform and shiny shoes, but then I'd be afraid of not getting invited to the next Library training.

As for the feats of strenth, a good one armed wrestling match would be entertaining to watch.

-CGNU Grad
PS: Neither, why, are you saying that I need one? You better watch it or it'll be your that I challendge for feat of strenth!

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
YAY I'm engaged! My fiance is in the Air Force, stationed in Germany, so I haven't seen him for months now. Anyway, since we have a long engagement and with the situation being the way it is, my mom says I ought to date other people still. The thing is, I wouldn't mind hanging out with other guys, but I think most guys would find it very weird. So, what do you think? Would guys in general be okay with going on date-like activities with an engaged girl? What about the board guys specifically? I don't mean like dinner and a movie where the guy would be paying a lot of money for me, I mean more a situation where we were making snowmen or playing a board game or something like that, not even a real date, just hanging out.
- Becky

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ADear Becky with the rock,

You know, call me old fashioned, but I always thought that when a girl got engaged, she was off limits. I mean, participating in group activities (three or more people, but not "coupled" groups) is one thing, but if I was that Air Force guy, I certainly wouldn't want you dating other guys (formal dating or not) and I would be pretty ticked off at my future mother in law for telling my betrothed to date other people.

If you and four other friends want to hang out, that's fine, but you, another girl and two guys? That one gets a big red "X" on it.

-CGNU Grad

ADear Becky,

I agree with CGNU Grad. You're engaged. You're off-limits. Do stuff in a group with guys and girls, but nothing that could be considered a double date. Have you talked about your desire to date with your fiancee? He may consider that a huge problem.

- FCSM

ADear Becky-

If you are seeing other people, you aren't engaged. Even if you have a ring on. Not that there's anything wrong with breaking an engagement or just not getting engaged, because there isn't. If your mom wants you to continue dating others as well, it is because she doesn't want you to marry this guy. (She may or may not have a good reason for thinking this way.)

-The Franchise

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
If some young, self-righteous do-gooder takes me on a pity date, can I punish him by following him around and giggling until he thinks I'm an insane, socially challenged stalkerette?
- The Forewarning

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Adear the forewarning,

yes, by all means do. of course, if that's the luck you have, he'd probably just think you're cute for it all.

ignorant.

ADear Forewarning,

If you let some young, self-righteous do-gooder take you on a pity date, you deserve what you get. It's not like he and his friends are going to surround you, throw you over the back of a horse, and haul you off kicking and screaming. You do have a choice.

But if he continually pesters you for the purpose of getting you to go on said pity date, by all means, convince him you're a stalker.

--Grock

ADear The Forewarning-

Don't joke around about stalking people. Ever.

But if someone asks you on a pity date, don't feel responsible to go.

-The Franchise

ADear Forewarning,

Ha! With the self-awareness, and great sense of humor you have, maybe it's not a pity date afterall.

-Thor

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CDear Head Pounder,

If you bought your book on a credit or debit card recently, Customer Accounts can print out another receipt for you. For future reference, do not do this often, they will not always print one out for you. Customer accounts is located at the back of the 3rd floor of the bookstore. It is directly across from Customer Service.
Fill out a special order form for the book you actually want (if it is still out of stock) and take it, along with the receipt, to the Text Info Desk. Explain the situation and beg them to let you exchange the book for the correct edition.
This will only work if the book you are exchanging looks completely new. Also, you will have a much easier time exchanging the book if it is for the Winter semester, not the fall semester. Tell them you would be willing to pay the $2 shrink wrap fee. Be friendly...the girls that work there are very nice and usually understanding :)

- Text information

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CDear one who realizes this may be beyond the Board's omniscience,

Try Red's Coffee House at 45 N University. It's a new coffee place, and I think a little obscure so far, but I like it - their flavored hot chocolate is wonderful.

- pippin galadriel moonchild

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CDear 100 Hour Board,
In an archive posting dated 2004-07-09, inquiring whether or not Lionel Richie is a Mormon, The Franchise suggested that the guy providing the voice of God in The Ten Commandments was LDS. However, The Internet Movie Database suggests otherwise:
http://imdb.com/title/tt004983...
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CDear Katya,
Being a female doesn't keep me from being a player, does it? When one is constantly surrounded by so many amazing and intelligent men, a girl must always keep her options open!! (But, yes, I do understand your purpose for making that statement. I had to somehow get across that these were female friends of mine, and girlfriend seemed the best word.)
- Bored Engineer

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ADear Bored Engineer,

Of course you're allowed to be a player. I know lots of females that do it. Take my roommates #1 girl for example. She's a HUGE player, and so is he. They have the weirdest and yet most healthy relationship I've ever seen. Each of them is seeing (that means kissing) at least 3 or 4 people at once. However, if they had to get rid of the others they'd choose eachother. But they don't have to choose. Nope, instead they just tell eachother everything: When they're going out with other people, how the making-out was, etc. They even give eachother advice for their other relationships. It sounds weird but they get along great. Two players taking security in eachother.
Alright, that was a tangent and I apologize. The point is that you can do whatever you want. However, I read in Men's Health Magazine yesterday the other day a study by a sociology professor from Brown University that said that people who date lots of people are less likely to ever get married. Paraphrasing, people that see lots of people have difficulty settling down because once a problem develops in one relationship, they just move on to another.
Still though, I don't have anything against players. A lot of people resent them but I think it all goes back to a simple question, "Why does a dog lick his paws?" Because he can! And who's to blame him.
So play on playa'.

-Skippy DeLorean

ADear B.E.,

Gather ye rosebuds, little engineeress. When you're my age you'll be more desperate.

- Katya

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CDear 100 Hour Board,
to people looking for engagement rings...check out Anthony Payne Jewelers in Trolley Sq, SLC. Or if you really want some nice jewels, go to www.hamiltonjewelers.com. It is a jewelry store in Princeton, NJ. You can order online but of course going there would be the best idea. Its far i know, but definetely worth it.
- loves jewels

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CDear Drama Queen,

I've always liked your answers - they're consistant and have just a hint of sarcasm. Very cool. the appeal of the "smoothtalking manwhores" wears of (at least for me), but answers like your continually amuse. Keep up the good work, chica.

- chubby ballerina

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ADear Chubby Ballerina,
I WAS going to say something about how the heck could you like the Dairy Queen's answers because she never does any research and just pipes up with an unwanted insane feminazi opinion from time to time, and how could people like stodgy granny-panty writers when there are so many amusing and clever writers here on the Board, but then I realized that such whining-for-compliments would just be stooping to her level, so I think I'll remain silent on the whole issue.
-The Confessor, getting you back, you brat

AI'm a fan of the Confessor AND the Drama Queen.

- FCSM

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CDear 100 Hour Board,

Brainy, one cannot credibly use entropy as a defense against macroevolution. The massive energy requirements of an evolving species more than balance out the order generated as they progress (i.e., were we of simian stock, all the canals and skyscrapers across the earth would still be but miniscule monuments of order against the millions of years' worth of sugars burned that we might live, let alone the constant furnace of solar radiation keeping us warm and fed). Entropy is only inescapable for closed systems; Earth is far from it. It's nothing personal (and I mean that sincerely; you're one of my favorite writers), but I hate to see faulty reasoning used to back up truth.

- BAWB

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ADear Bakes A Wicked Brownie,
Yeah, I honestly don't know as much about the topic as I pretend. I just know that we had a talk on how our lives are entropic and as long as they remain closed to the outside force of the atonement, we're fallen. That got me thinking about evolution. Your point is an interesting one. I guess it takes lightning and ozone and I don't know what else as conditions of life, but those happen to be pretty explainable things that really do exist here on Earth. Looks like you're right, according to modern scientific theory. Hope I wasn't too far off the mark on my other conjectures there. Oh, and thanks for the compliment.
--Brainy Smurf

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CDear A. A. Melyngoch,

Yes, the PIE 'bh' did indeed evolve into 'f' in Latin (and 'ph' [the letter phi] in Greek). Here are some other possible cognates:

blaze/flame
be/fu- (future, fuero)
brother/frater
break/fracture
bloom-blossom/flower-flora
blow/flatus

The American Heritage Dictionary lists lots more, but I'm somewhat skeptical of their Indo-European roots index. They seem to think that "is" and "are" are from separate roots, even though they acknowledge that "was" and "were" are from the same root. Idiots.

-The Amazing Squirrel Boy

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