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Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, What is your favorite chili recipe? Recipes using kidney or pinto beans and ground beef are ESPECIALLY appreciated, as that is what is in my cupboard right now. Gracias. - mom is too busy to give me hers
ADear Daughter, Oh-my-pie, I love chili so much. Do you understand how wonderful this dish is? It is probably the only thing I can cook really well (not true, but it adds to the effect of this answer). What I do is use the Better Homes and Gardens recipe, then add a lot more chili powder. The most important thing with chili would be the condiments. Make sure to have at least one bag of Fritos on hand. Put the Fritos in the bowl first, then chili on top. Add sour cream to your liking, and colby jack cheese. Playing poker, or some type of card/board game, is not necessary, but adds a lot of the experience. -Mico, who would so like a bowl of chili right now Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I've noticed that my hands tend to swell when I go hiking. Have you ever heard of this happening? Do you know if it's serious? I'm not sure if it's related to altitude, arm swinging, or maybe even allergies. But it swells up the most when I hike Timpanogos. It's sort of annoying because it makes it difficult to bend my fingers. Sometimes it gets so bad that my knuckles bulge outward. And all the other hikers freak out. Totally gross...yet strangely interesting. -Edema of the hands
ADear Edema of the hands, As you are well aware, we're not doctors, so we can't give you any professional advice, but I have some suggestions for you. The most likely explanation would be that blood is pooling in your hands as you're gently swinging them by your side for an extended period of time. This might also be a result of generally poor circulation to your extremities. It's kind of like how most people's feet swell when they go on really long plane rides. You could try lifting your arms above your head several times throughout the hike or swinging them more vigorously with your elbows bent in order to help your blood flow. Make sure to keep yourself hydrated, too. Water is great, but for more vigorous exercise something with electrolytes, like Gatorade, would be better. I've known a few people that have had this problem and this always seems to help. If the swelling seems abnormal or is particularly painful or anything mentioned above doesn't seem to help, then you really might want to consider seeing a doctor. -Sky Bones ADear Edema, Even though my hands don't become grossly misshapen, I experience the swelling and the difficultly in bending my fingers when I hike. Here are two ideas: Swelling of the joints (including the hands, feet, knees and elbows) is one of the mildest symptoms of altitude sickness. Altitude sickness is caused by the rapid change of pressure you can experience when going from one elevation (approximately 5,000 feet above sea level, the elevation at the base of Mount Timpanogos) to another one (almost 12,000 feet, the elevation at the top of Mount Timpanogos). If the swelling is altitude-related, it is happening because the decreased oxygen content in the air causes decreased pressure in veins and capillaries, which lets fluid leak out. If this happens in the lungs, it could be life threatening. Since it is just happening in your hands, it's probably not that bad. What I think is more likely is that the natural swinging of your hands causes the blood to have a harder time circulating up your arms even though your blood is pumping faster. When my hands start getting swollen, I just try holding onto my backpack straps (and not, sorry Sky Bones, swinging my hands harder). Just my opinion. - Rating Pending (who got altitude sickness climbing Kings Peak. It was miserable.) Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Do any of you have asthma? I suspect that I might have something called exercise-induced asthma, and I'm trying to decide if my symptoms are serious enough to go see a doctor. Maybe you can help me. Sometimes (not every time) when I go running or do some other strenuous exercise, it feels like my lungs have a decreased capacity for air. As I work out, it gets progressively harder and harder to breathe. It's like I have to forcefully move the air in and out of my body. When it gets particularly bad, you can actually hear me breathing pretty loudly. It sounds raspy, like a smoker or something. And I've been told that my face gets super red when this happens. After I stop exercising, it starts getting progressively better, and I usually feel fine in about an hour or so. But I was on the cross country team in high school, and I never had a problem! It's a recent thing. Are there any asthmatics on the board who can give me some insight? -Wheezy
AWheezy- I also have exercise-induced asthma, and what you have sounds pretty similar to what I have. I recommend that you go see a doctor and get an inhaler, because having difficulty breathing is no joke, and you might have a really bad episode sometime that could be life threatening. A girl in my high school actually died of an asthma attack during PE. Bad things do happen, and it's vital to be prepared. - Cuddlefish ADear Wheezy, As for your mystification over its recent onset, I can attest to asthma's quirky timing. I was hospitalized yearly for it as a child, then it slowly phased out while putting up the occasional fight. Even now, every now and then it will flare up out of absolutely nowhere, which is part of the reason why it is so important to talk to your doctor. If you do indeed have asthma, you can make sure you're always prepared for whenever it decides to act up. ~Hermia Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Where would be the most effective place to advertise hiring a pianist for an evening wedding reception on December 30th? Does the music department have a place to inquire about this? - Chauncy
ADear Chauncy, The 100 Hour Board is not the only board on campus worth perusing (albeit, it is the most entertaining and informative). In the basement of the WILK, on the east side, is a great place for advertising this sort of thing. Probably an even better, slightly more effective option would be on the boards in the HFAC. The room is the Advisement Center at D-444 in the HFAC (on the 4th floor), but I will also give you as detailed directions as I can muster. Unfortunately I'm not actually at BYU right now, so maybe you will end up in a very different, less friendly room. Enter the HFAC from the most southern entrance. Walk in a little ways and you will see a staircase. Take this staircase up one floor, then look around a bit, like you aren't really sure what you are doing. This is expected in the HFAC; don't worry. Turn left, but do not walk to the end of the hall. You need to go along the hallway that is your next left. It is a skinny hall, on the right will be art, probably really beautiful art, and on the left is a drop, so you can see the entire bottom floor of the HFAC. Know what I'm talking about? Okay, somewhere along this hall is the room that I mentioned. It is on the right, not on the left, because on the left is nothing. Hopefully those directions didn't insult your intelligence too much. If you don't want to go there in person just yet, or if my directions do not direct you well, you can call their office at 801-422-3777. -Mico Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, How do you catch a workplace chocolate thief? - myself
ADear Myself (wow, now I'm confused, as I don't remember asking this question), Ex-lax? Not that I'm suggesting it...because I'm most certainly not... ⋯Anomalous ADear myself~ Anomalous' idea is so much better than mine that I'm hesitant to further anything else. Nonetheless, I think a mousetrap would be hilarious, in its way. I mean, you'll end up hurting a human being--potentially seriously--but comedy comes at a price. ~Hobbes AMyself- Chocolate-covered cotton balls are hilarious. - Cuddlefish ADear myself, I once helped set up a motion-sensitive webcam at work to catch a janitor who was stealing food. That worked pretty well. -Yellow ADear you, Here. Now you not only can do it, you are pretty much obligated. - Rating Pending (who is glad that another writer turned him onto this site) ADear you, Paint the chocolate container with silver nitrate and look for stained hands. ~Hermia Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I remember seeing a movie as a child that really freaked me out. I think it was a made-for-TV movie but I was probably 6 when I saw it. I'm 23 now. It mainly consisted of a small child getting trapped in a well (with the diameter of the well being only big enough for someone his/her size to fall in). It takes several days to get this child out. Any ideas? - Anonymous
ADear Anonymous, I'm pretty sure you're thinking of Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure. It's based on the real-life story of the rescue of 18-month-old Jessica McClure. My family had a copy on video tape and I used to watch it all the time, though it terrified me, too. - The Black Sheep Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I think I'm more sensitive to the cold than most people. When others say it's nice outside, I often think it's super chilly. During the winter months and sometimes in the summer, my hands and feet become cold to the touch, and the skin usually turns a whitish-yellow color (presumably because there is less blood in them). And sometimes my toes will be freezing while the rest of my foot is sweating. Go figure. I've always been like this, but I wish I could fix it. I don't know if I should attribute this to low body fat, small stature, poor circulation, femaleness, or something else entirely...but I would like to fix it if I can. Perhaps it's just poor circulation. Is there any way to improve my blood circulation and increase my output of body heat? I get tired of bundling up like the Michelin man every time I go outside. -Brrrr.
ADear Brrr, Google: It's your friend. A list of some things suggested by the first five websites on a Google search: -Hot/cold hydrotherapy -Ginkgo Biloba -Cayenne pepper -Deep breathing -Exercise -Elevate your feet -Stretch regularly -Stay hydrated -Eat well -Relax -Lose weight -Make sure to eat healthy (mono/poly-unsaturated) fats Hope you have a better time of it this winter. -Claudio Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Board Question #53554 mentioned a couple of things that I didn't understand. 1. What is a "first block class?" 2. Why would smileyface "automatically fail?" - Freshmeat
ADear Freshmeat, Occasionally a class is offered only during the first or second half of the semester. These are called first block and second block classes, respectively. Essentially, a block is half of a semester. Nothing magical there. As for your second question, an automatic failure could happen for any number of reasons. Perhaps the asker will be unavoidably out of town for a week and will miss a final project, thus failing the class. Maybe there's an attendance policy that says you can't miss more than X classes or else you fail. Maybe the teacher doesn't like the asker's middle name because it reminds him of the person who murdered his favorite aunt, and has promised to avenge himself upon anyone with that name. All sorts of possibilities here. -Yellow Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Hi. So, The past.... I don't know, maybe 6 months ish? maybe more, but for a long time, an unknown number calls my cellphone. Sometimes I answer, sometimes I don't, but it's always the same. ALWAYS. It's some recording leaving a message for someone I've never even heard of... So I have to go through and delete the messages they leave. It's interesting, in the recording it says if you are this person, stay on the line, if not, hang up. OKay. first of all. WHAT DOES HANGING UP DO? I do hang up, but they keep calling me- sometimes every day- sometimes several times a day- sometimes once a week. Anyway. to the question. Is there anything I can do to stop this insanity? It's terribly annoying. I'd really rather not change my number, so is there anything I can do other than that? Please help, this is ANNOYING. (And fyi, I can't call them to make them take me off the list, since it's an unknown number. see my predicament?) - help, PLEASE.
ADear hassled, Sounds like a debt collection agency. They are legally required to ask that anyone other than the person hang up, because they share sensitive information about how much money that party owes. After 6 months of putting up with automated calls, though, really... just wait for the representative to come on the line, explain who you are, and that they have an outdated phone number. End the madness! -Cognoscente ADear Okay! I am pretty sure Cognoscente is correct. When I first got my cell phone a collections agency called for a certain girl daily for about three weeks. I was feeling a little fiendish so I looked her up on Facebook and got her phone number. When I talked to a representative, I gave the number to them and they quit calling. I don't know if it was because I told them I wasn't her or if it was because I had another number, but it worked. Give it a shot, if you are feeling just as sassy as I was. Dr. Smeed Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Where can I get good gyros around here? I'm used to the wonderful creations in Paris and Athens and can't find any to compare! Within Utah County would be great, but for a really good one I'd be willing to travel a little. - miss buonarroti
ADear miss, When I saw the first sentence of your question I got really excited, because I have the perfect contact to talk all about good gyros. As in gyroscopes, like for robots or whatever. And then your next sentence killed my excitement. But I asked anyways, and for the record, sparkfun.com is apparently a good place for gyroscopes. So basically, I don't know the answer, but I think gyroscopes are cool. The end. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe ADear Miss Buonarroti, I wouldn't call myself a gyro connoisseur, but I do enjoy them, and I've had them a couple of places around here. The Pita Pit has pretty decent ones, but Burgers Supreme has some really good gyros. I know, gyros at a hamburger joint? I was skeptical myself, but remember, Burgers Supreme was opened by a Greek family. Anyway, their gyros, like everything else in that blessed place, are delicious! -Miss Scarlett, in the Conservatory Amb- Alternatively, you could find a recipe that sounds like what you're used to and make them yourself. Then you could invite all the Board writers over for a gyro-fest and we'll tell you how awesome you are. - Cuddlefish Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, i don't know if you've gotten one of these before, but i need help! i need advice on how to get a cute guy who sits next to you in a certain class to ask you on a date. what are good ways to do seem interested without being overbearing, stalkerish, or weird? thanks! - swimmerchick
ADear swimmerchick~ Flirt with him. If that doesn't work, invite him on group activities with yourself and roommates. The Board has a vast wealth of commentary on this precise subject, but I don't blame you for not wanting to search the archives (I didn't search them either), as the flow of hits you'd find would be quite daunting. Besides, no one ever wants to admit that their situation is just like everybody else's. I'm sure another writer will be more helpful than me, so I won't mark this question as completely answered. ~Hobbes Aswimmerchick- Why don't you just ask him out yourself? It's better than waiting half the semester for him to do it, and it's way better than finding out in a month that he's recently started dating someone seriously. Asking guys out is truly not a big deal. - Cuddlefish ADear swimmerchick, I'm with Cuddlefish. This is the 21st century. Flirt first, and then ask him out. You are woman, hear you roar. I did some poking around the archives for you. Check out Board Question #39534, Board Question #4155, Board Question #1535, and Board Question #29683, for starters. - The Black Sheep ADear swimmerchick, Ask if he'd be willing to take notes for you one day when you're not going to be there. (Hopefully you have a halfway-decent excuse to miss class once.) Use that as a conversation starter. Once you're on friendly terms, invite him to something you're doing with friends. Maybe you're having a barbecue, or maybe there's a group that's going to play frisbee. Or maybe to watch a movie. Anyway, invite him to something that could be a date, but phrase it like it's just friends. Then spend all the time with him. (If it's a movie, don't feel obligated to pay his way; this is a "just friends" thing.) He'll get the hint that you're interested, and will hopefully return the favor. -Yellow, who has some experience in this realm Back to top QDear masters of the universe, These questions may seem disconnected, but I assure you they are all related to desperation of sorts ... so, I'll submit it all as one question. Halloween is coming up, and I have had this costume idea in mind. There are a few problems: - I don't have any other people to do it with - I don't have any clue as to how I'm going to create the costume So, here is my idea, and I hope no one steals it. I desperately want to get a whole bunch of people together and dress like massive Tetris pieces all while having Tetris music playing from somewhere. My ideas on how to achieve this would be as thus: - Get a whole bunch of foam core stuff, cut it out and assemble the pieces together - Use some sort of wires, attach cloth or some other material all around it - Cardboard boxes ... they never go out of style, after all. Do you have any ideas on this? And would any of you potentially like to be fellow Tetris pieces with me? My other "question" is for all the single guy board writers out there. I am looking to go on dates with guys, but alas, no one has asked me out. So, I guess I'll make the initiative. If you want a date, shoot me an e-mail or something. If not, no offense will be taken. I guess that wasn't really a question ... meh, oh well. - "All your base are belong to us"
ADear you know what you doing, How are you gentlemen!! I think your Halloween costume sounds...well, awesome. Depending on who you are (as in, not a creeper or an ax murderer), I may be down. Shoot me an e-mail, and if nothing else I'll try to help you figure something out. I would say, keep it as simple as possible. Boxes+duct tape+spray paint could give you all the functionality you need for one night. In the meantime, do you have any roommates/friends/classmates/ward members that you've discussed this idea with? Any of them want to participate? Try all the local resources you have first. For great justice. And, okay, well, I guess it's time for me to buck up and tentatively accept your date offer. I've written enough posts recently about the dating scene at BYU that I suppose I shouldn't be a hypocrite. Tell you what, how about you shoot me an e-mail (seeing as I don't have yours...). You can find mine by clicking the "About Us" link and then "Active Writers". Per unwritten Board policy, maybe I can start you out on a random chain of events and absurd tasks that will lead to a date with yours truly. You have no chance to survive make your time! -Commander Keen ADear CATS, I like it. I think the cardboard is only a good idea if you can find a whole lot of boxes that are the same size (the french fry boxes from the Cougareat are a good choice if you can get a hold of enough). The wire frame has stability issues. Same with the foamcore, but that one might actually be easiest if you support it right - I would use cardboard or paper cylinders as spacers/supports as well as the side walls. You can also get foamcore in different colors, which is a plus. Pricier but classier. Our costume last year also required some portable sound, and we found very small, very cheap speakers at Ross. I think they were five bucks. As for finding other people to do it with you, I think it depends on where you're going to be wearing the costumes. Get a hold of other people who will be going there too. Your own ward party? Try making an announcement at FHE or in Ward Prayer that you're looking for fellow game pieces. Best of luck, Waldorf and Sauron ADear "all your base," I've tried doing cardboard based costumes before and tracking down enough boxes seems like a pretty easy task (everyone has lots of boxes from moving or from Costco, right?). Well, maybe you're luckier or more persistent than I am, but in case you do have my same difficulty in finding cardboard, you might want to think of ways to scale back the amount of material you'll need. For example, instead of making full, 3D Tetris pieces (which would be awesomer than awesome), you could go the 2D route. You could use unfolded boxes and stabilize them with tape and flat pieces of wood (I'm thinking of those long, thin paint stirrers you get at ACE or Home Depot). Then you could cover it all with colored butcher paper and cut a hole in the middle for someone's face. Granted, I don't know how you could go about reenacting an actual Tetris situation, but again, it might be easier. - Rating Pending (who helped his roommate be a juice box once. It takes more cardboard than you'd think.) Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, do you guys know how to make a duct tape scripture case? i'm really bored and i have like 4 colors of duct tape... yeah... i need something to do... - enjay
ADear enjay, I sincerely hope that you are not bored by the time this posts. I've never personally attempted to make a duct tape scripture case, but this site has a detailed how-to (along with pictures). Granted, it does say "purse" at the top. Scripture cases are basically just purses for carrying scriptures, however, so I figure it counts. Especially because the picture right before the flower is glued on looks to be about the size and shape of a standard scripture case... If you are going for full duct tape with no cardboard, just fold duct tape in on itself to make a rectangle, and substitute "duct tape rectangle" when the instructions call for cardboard. Go for the orange. Just do it. ⋯Anomalous ADear enjay, I've historically used waxed paper in the centers of my duct tape creations rather than cardboard (which is what that site does) - waxed paper is more flexible, it won't crease funny like cardboard, and it's relatively easy to pull duct tape off of if necessary. It also feels a bit less like cheating to me; ideally a duct tape item would be entirely duct tape, and I feel like a nice thin piece of waxed paper is less of a deviation from that ideal than cardboard. But that site is definitely a good place to start. Also, a few general principles: the place where any duct tape item is going to have problems is at the edges of strips of tape. If ordinary use of the item results in rubbing perpendicular to the edge, the edge is likely to start lifting up, and then you get adhesive on stuff and then the downward spiral begins as it sticks even more. If you can get rubbing to occur parallel to strips or even diagonally, an item will tend to last longer. Getting your duct tape applied smoothly and under a bit of tension and then creasing the edges down can also be helpful. Lastly, be aware that duct tape items may randomly get adhesive on stuff even if you do a good job with all of the above, and good luck! ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe ADear NJ, I did this when I was a sophomore in high school, back when this sort of thing was almost sort of maybe considered toward the coolish end of the spectrum. All I can say: cardboard/wax paper/etc. is for the weak. Straight duct tape is the sign of a manly man's scripture case. Also: don't do this. Please. Go...I dunno, get a date or something. -Claudio, who has been there but moved on Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I am going to school just for the fun of it. I am majoring in what I am majoring because I sincerely enjoy learning about it. As such I am definitely not looking forward to going out into the real world and getting a job. In fact I'm not even planning it. I will probably happily be a stay at home mom and help my husband with his business plans. I am scheduled to graduate December 2010 and my husband is scheduled to graduate April or August 2011. I really don't want to work full time for a semester and we most likely will not have any children by then. As such, I am considering a minor. But I don't know what minor. I've gone through the list and nothing is nearly as appealing as my dear Geography Major with Global Studies Emphasis. So without much further ado I present my questions.Is a minor a good idea or even necessary, especially if I end up looking for a job eventually? And secondly, what is a good minor to match with geography and global studies? - LoL (Lover of Learning)
ADear LoL, Might I just say that I am incredibly jealous that you are going to school "just for the fun of it." I can empathize with your wanting to hold off graduation for a semester...I, too, am in no hurry to graduate. Now, on to your questions. I don't think that minors are always necessary, but they can be a good idea. For instance, Area Studies majors (such as European Studies, which I considered) are encouraged to choose a minor that will make them more marketable to the outside world, since their major does not quite translate straight over to the job market. I'm an International Relations major, and I'm minoring in Italian. Absolutely necessary? No. A good idea? Yes. Knowledge of a language other than English is imperative when competing for a place in grad school or a spot at a top international business. Speaking of languages, I think that they would be a good idea. I think that fluency in another language, along with in-depth knowledge of geography and global studies, is a great mix of knowledge. Of course, you only have three semesters to work with (four, if you do spring/summer), so it may not be a realistic option. If you can test out of the early classes, or if you happened to take language courses instead of an advanced math class, then you should be able to fit in the rest of the requirements. If you would be starting fresh, I'm afraid there just wouldn't be enough time. Other minors I would suggest that you look into: Anthropology, Economics, Geography Teaching, Political Science, and Urban and Environmental Planning. I feel like each of these relates well to one of the main focuses of geography, and you could probably find something that interests you in these fields. That reminds me, I have a geography test this week... ⋯Anomalous ADear Lover of Learning, So, you're going to school just for the fun of it? Then pick a minor in anything that tickles your fancy. I think having a minor is a great idea and choosing a foreign language or something related to international studies in order to compliment your Geography major makes perfect sense. But why not be a bit brazen and test some different waters? You might as well, since you're out to have fun after all. You might need to juggle your classes a bit if you're going to try and get it done in one semester, however, since many classes in a major/minor have prerequisites. But if you want to keep your minor to a fairly small amount of credits, you should check out these ones: Art History and Curatorial Studies, Women's Studies, Sociology, Health Education, Nutrition, Psychology, Logic, Landscape Management, Geology, and Gerontology. Seriously though, you already picked your major because it's what you love and a minor really won't make a huge difference down the road. But expanding your horizons and increasing your knowledge is always a good idea, so go for it. Plus, how awesome would it be to say, "Yeah, I minored in Logic." -Sky Bones Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, This is a light technical questions. After recently getting married my wife and I now have serious financial obligations and thus we're not paying for cable tv. We live in a basement apartment and we think it'll be virtually impossible to use an antenna for over the air tv because 1) we don't have a converter box or antenna and 2) we don't even get cell phone signal in our apartment. We'd like to be able to hook our laptops to our tv which just has the regular coax and yellow/white rca connections. I've look around and figure we can use the s-video ports on our computers to watch our shows and stuff on the tv. Now her laptop has a 7-pin svideo port whereas mine only has the regular 4-pin. On ebay I can find a cheap cable that will do it, but do I need to buy a 4 pin cable for my laptop and another 7-pin cable for hers or should the same 4-pin cable work on both? - Tired of squinting
ADear Tired, Quoth Wikipedia:
Love, Waldorf and Sauron Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Recently I've noticed that when I log onto the computers on campus it has me listed as "localuser" up at the top of the screen (where the logout button is). I know in the past it has said my full name. Why and when did this change? Or am I the only one? - Willamette Thinker
ADear Willamette Thinker, As you may or may not have noticed, there have been a number of issues with the computers in the library lately. The "localuser" thing has been a bit of a bug, as have random shutdowns, and the computers not letting people log out. Fortunately, the library computer people have been hard at work getting these things resolved, and I just heard today that they've changed something that should fix it. How's that for vague? I should pay more attention next time. In any case, no, you're not the only one, and it should be fixed by now. -Miss Scarlett, in the Conservatory Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Both the word 'peruse' and the word 'scan' are frequently used to mean, 'read through quickly'. However, the actual definition of both these words is the exact opposite- really they mean, 'to examine closely'. How did this happen? And what words can werf use when werf actually wants to say, 'read through quickly'? a physicist who still enjoys language
ADear Physicist, You know, words have more than one definition... Love, Waldorf and Sauron ADear Physicister, Chalk it on up to the dichotomy 'twixt American and English. In case it doesn't link correctly, read pages 130 and 131 of this book. That should answer the "why" behind the contradiction. Dr. Smeed Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, So I'm in a band. We've been asked to write a "dance" song. You know, the ones that you can jump up and down to, break dance to, and what not. In y'all's infinite wisdom what would you say makes a good "dance" song. What are the elements of such a song? -I've never written a dance song before...
ADear Dancey Dance, Synth bass and steady bass drum. Minimal syncopation; lots of quarter notes. At least 120 beats per minute. Fittingly, The Killers' "Human" (the "are we dancer?" song) has all the elements of a good dance song. Check out these Wikipedia articles for more info. Have fun, Waldorf and Sauron ADear I've never written a dance song before..., You should also pick a major key, and write the melody such that most people can sing it without range difficulties. - The Black Sheep Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, When will the devotionals/forum be online? There have been three so far and none are on speeches.byu.edu. When will they be online? (They do come online right?? - It looks like last year's are.) Thanks! - Impatient (but you knew that already)
ADear Impatient, They might take a few weeks (sometimes over a month), but they ought to be up soon. Note, though, that forums frequently don't appear online; see Board Question #50652 for an explanation of the situation. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Why isn't American Sign Language offered as a major, or even a minor at BYU? As far as I know, ASL is the third most common language in the United States behind English and Spanish. Why is almost every single other language offered and not ASL? They have beginner, intermediate, and Deaf Culture classes. They even have Interpreting 1 & 2. I've heard that there is a catch 22 to this situation. Not enough people sign up for the classes to justify it being a major or minor. But, because it's not a major or minor, people don't want to invest so much time in something that isn't fruitful in that way. Is there anything that students can do to help make this happen? I love ASL (my parents are both deaf) and would like the opportunity to make it part of my college education, other than satisfying the foreign language req. Thanks a bunch! Love, Even Klingon Is A Major
ADear Klingon, It's actually a matter of getting enough qualified faculty. See Board Question #20126. Unfortunately, I don't think it's anything that students can influence a whole lot. However, you can certainly try talking to someone in the sign language program (part of the department of linguistics and English language). —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I have an acquaintance in my ward who is really a great guy–he's funny, nice, responsible, etc. etc. etc. He is also overweight, and he constantly mentions this fact. E.g. if you have to squeeze past him, he'll say, "Sorry that I'm so fat." or when talking about what people in the ward are known for, he says, "What's my claim-to-fame? That I'm fat?" I understand the psychology of it–you criticize yourself before others can–but I don't know how to respond. He's not exaggerating when he says he's fat, so saying, "No you're not!" doesn't work. How can I express that his weight is not what I pay attention to or what matters in a non-awkward way? --Roonil Wazlib
ADear Roonil Wazlib, I'm assuming you're a girl. Ask him on a date. Breathe. That's not as awkward as you think it is. He won't take it as a sign that you have a shrine to him in your closet or that you're more interested than you are. He'll think, "Sweet, I've got plans this weekend," and something akin to the same thing you feel when you get asked out- "Man, I must be kinda cute." You don't even have to mention his weight. He'll get the same message without you having to say anything about it. If he makes a joke about it, you play mock-offense. "Are you suggesting I'm the kinda girl that needs to go on pity dates?" or "Calling me shallow? Ouch. That's cold," followed quickly by a different subject "...so 7? Do you mind driving?" If it would be a pity date, for heaven's sake don't do it. If it wouldn't be a pity date, fresh courage take. You can do it; ask the man. However if that's just not an option because you lack the stomach, write an anonymous note and put it in an envelope addressed to him. Make sure it's not romantic in the slightest. Pretend you're married when you write it, because if it comes off even slightly interested then you'll just frustrate him, and make all of his girl friend relationships awkward and suspicious. Honestly though, the letter is a lame alternative. Ask him out. Nothing gives confidence like action, not just hollow words. Do it. You read the 100 Hour Board- you're an all-star. You can do this. Ask him out. -Ineffable Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, What is the most outrageously false idea you have heard shared/taught in a church or religion class? -Lolly Lollipop
ADear Lolly, "You cannot be a good husband or father unless you've served a mission." -BYU Religion Professor -obstreperous ADear Lolly, "I didn't used to think that pretty people could have testimonies" (from a well-meaning girl in one of my student wards). ~Hermia ALolly- Bigfoot is really Cain, and he survived the flood by holding on to the bottom of the Ark. - Cuddlefish ADear Lolly, 1) Laban actually had the gold plates, not the brass plates. Where else would Nephi get gold from? 2) Buying products that have a sweepstakes as part of a promotional offer is the same thing as gambling or the lottery. - Rating Pending (who was more astounded at his CES certified seminary teacher than his Sunday school teacher) ADear Lolly Lollipop, Some well meaning person once said that the reason we hear so much about people possessed by unclean spirits in the Bible and not so much about it today is that everyone with a mental disorder is possessed by an unclean spirit. I mean, this guy clearly had what we call depression, amiright? - The Black Sheep, who is not thinking she's possessed Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I had a nasty realization this morning. I don't know how things got like this, but I think I've coasted through much of life avoiding responsibility. I did it with my parents, I've done it with my roommates, and now I'm doing it to my boyfriend. I enjoy the benefits that come from the service of all these individuals, but I don't often return the favor. I want the companionship without the sacrifice. I want the benefits without the effort. And as I approach some big, scary crossroads in my life (graduation, possible marriage, etc), the thought of being responsible is seriously terrifying the daylights out of me. Being a single college student is easy. My parents pay my tuition and rent, I don't have a job, I coast through many classes with the greatest of ease, and I can get away with eating crap for dinner and sometimes even going to school without taking a shower. I feel like I can't even take care of myself, much less other people. I don't know how to take care of other people. So I want to change, and I want to do better...but I also realize that these bad habits are going to be difficult to break. What's the best way to approach this? How can I avoid slipping back into these habits so I can start making some real changes in my life? I've always had higher expectations of myself than this...I don't know how I got stuck in this awful lifestyle. People used to tell me I was the most dedicated and hard-working person they know. But now I feel like the laziest person in the world. -Never wanted to be a mooch.
ADear Non-Moocher, It sounds to me like your problem may not be that you are inherently lazy, but that you've simply gotten so comfortable that you've figured out how to take the path of least resistance. Try to find things to do that will break you out of your old routine. Sign up for a big service project, start applying for part-time jobs, or add to your class load. Try reaching out to form (and then maintain) new friendships. It's once things get difficult and/or different that you really get motivated to stay on your toes. ~Hermia ADear Moochy, You're right...from the sound of it, your life is pretty easy. Your second paragraph even shows that you know exactly what factors make it so easy. If you want to break the bad habits these influences breed, the only thing to do is get rid of the influences themselves. 1. Get a job. You will have a really tough time with this right now, and for that you have my sympathy. The job market in Provo these days is not really great. I had a really hard time getting the low-paying job I have right now (doing somewhat menial work), and I have known several other intelligent, qualified, and (what hurts you most) experienced people who have had a lot of trouble getting work. Don't let that beat you. You'll feel like giving up, but you can't. Check BYU's jobs site daily, sometimes several times a day. Apply to anything you stand any chance of getting. Practice interviewing with friends, family, and roommates. Accept a job that you may feel is beneath you...most likely it's not. Getting a job also gets you the additional responsibility of managing your finances, which is something that takes a lot of discipline. I've talked before about the value of a strict budget. If you want a skill that will save you grief and trouble through the rest of your life...that's the one. 2. Your parents pay tuition and rent. Cut those strings right now. This is probably the hardest thing someone in your position can do, but it is also one of the surest ways to kick-start yourself into the world of responsibility. Once your eating, living, and schooling depend on your own efforts, you start caring a lot more. A quick cut from your folks and their wallet would be good, but extremely difficult. As such, I suggest you wean yourself off their care. Tell mommy and daddy that you want to take care of your rent for the rest of the semester. It's only a few more months. No biggie. Then next semester, volunteer--or demand--that you pay at least half of your tuition. You're at BYU; paying half tuition is really pretty easy. 3. Establish a schedule/to-do list and stick to it. This one takes a lot of discipline, and can be hard. But if you want to learn to be really responsible, there's nothing better than planning out your life and sticking to it. Set a wake-up time for each day and stick to it. Create a menu for your week and stick to it. Make a daily and weekly to-do list and stick to it. Make a budget and stick to it. Are you seeing a pattern here? STICK TO IT. Just to clarify, there is absolutely nothing wrong with some spontaneity. If great opportunities come your way, don't ignore them because your planner says you need to be making dinner right now. Just be aware that the most responsible and reliable people (at least the ones I know and respect) live on a plan. I hope you don't feel attacked. I'm not trying to attack you. I admire the fact that you want to change for the better, and I hope you will. As one who has struggled to make good changes, let me offer one last piece of advice: don't give up because you fail. You may go all gung-ho for a few weeks, but then you'll probably mess up. At those points, it is really easy to fall into the, "Ugh, I will never be a better person!" trap and just stop trying. Don't do that. Keep going the next day, trying harder than you did the day before. Forgive your mistakes and just do everything as best you can. I believe in you. Your future husband and children will thank you for the efforts you're making. Good luck. -Claudio ADear Never, I've been in a situation somewhat like yours: the start of my first year of college my parents and a few different scholarships were subsidizing my education, I didn't need a job, and I was able to coast in a lot of classes. I compensated by voluntarily taking up more responsibilities. (I think I did this fairly successfully without having to do the type of string-cutting Claudio recommends, and my wallet is still thanking me.) I got a part-time job not because I needed the money - to this day I don't know what I was getting paid - but because I enjoyed it and figured it'd help the resume. I did some tutoring, took a much heavier classload than necessary, and read some very high-quality stuff. All of these could be viable options for you. Claudio's scheduling point is also good. I'm not as consistent in my planning as I probably should be, but forcing yourself to do things even when you could put them off is obviously a huge skill. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I was wondering about the average length of time people wait between having kids, particularly Mormon people. My mom had my sister and I fourteen months apart, which never seemed too close together to me, until I had a baby and the thought of getting pregnant when my baby was only a few months old seemed really intimidating. And watching other people my age, it seems like a lot of them are waiting longer to have another child. So I guess my questions are a) what is the average time people wait between having children and b) do you think that interval has changed in length in the last twenty years? (If hard statistics are hard to find on this, as I suspect it will be, your opinions/observations/anecdotal evidence would still be interesting to me.) Thanks! - Hoping for a second
ADear Hoping, Thanks for giving me the loophole of my anecdotal/non-statistical observations. I think that when I was growing up (I was born in the 1980s) the norm was two years or slightly less. I think that that figure is now maybe two years or slightly more. But the average remains two years. My parents wanted a lot of kids and started a family a little later, so we are two years like clockwork (with a few exceptions). In my ward growing up there were two other families that matched us, kid for kid, almost to the month. Based on the rate my friends and siblings are having kids, I think it's still about two years. - Rating Pending (who has a friend with three kids under two-and-a-half. Yipes.) ADear Hoping for a second, Yes, Rating Pending is right on: the average age between children of the same family is about 2-3 years. You'll always have those hardcore families that still have many children that are about one year apart, but that certainly isn't the norm anymore. And on the opposite spectrum, there will always be families that have a few children that are several years apart, but it all balances out to about 2-3 years. Overall, people are definitely lengthening the interval between when they have their children. I think we can attribute this to three main causes: a) birth control is improving and becoming more available b) people are waiting longer to get married and have children (i.e., putting careers first) and c) the cost of having a child is rising significantly. I'm pretty much on the same boat as you. My daughter is two months old, and I couldn't imagine getting pregnant again any time soon. They weren't kidding when they said babies are a lot of work. -Sky Bones Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I would like to know from what source Tao is quoting? - Curious
ADear Curious, That would be the Tao Te Ching, his namesake. (Also see Board Question #42850 for his response to the same question.) (And if you're wondering why I didn't let him respond to this, it's because he retired a few months back...alas.) —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, What is the average cost of rent for BYU students in the Provo area? - Elaine
ADear Elaine, Too much. It is unfortunate that supply and demand can't help bring the market to equilibrium here in Provo, due to the whole two-mile rule. Landlords can charge whatever they want, because there will always be students who need a place to live. That's a soapbox for another day, ⋯Anomalous ADear Elaine, Judging by local job postings, you can rent a BYU student for approximately $8 an hour. Prices will probably be higher, however, for BYU students with object-oriented programming experience or fluency in random spoken languages. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe ADear Elaine, Depending on what quality of apartment you're looking for (how well maintained/furnished it is), where it is, and if you share a room or not, rent for unmarried BYU students is usually somewhere between $210 and $300 or so per month. There are some fairly pricey places that cost more, and a few dives that cost less, but that's a fairly typical range. I'd put $250 or so as average. Over the summer, prices most places plummet. Prices per month then are in the range of $100 to $130, I'd say, with the exception of quite nice places that still charge $200 to $250. Married housing is a whole different ball game, and one I know nothing about. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I'm researching for a paper, and I need to know on average how healthy (like, how often they get sick, ect.) young adults between the ages of 18-24 are compared to other age groups. Thanks a bunch! - Elaine
ADear Elaine, "Research" does not mean asking someone else to find information for you. -obstreperous AElaine- Well, I'm sick right now, and so is my husband, so I guess you could factor that into your count... - Cuddlefish ADear Elaine, If you aren't sure where to start, asking at the science/maps reference desk on the second floor of the HBLL would be a good place to start. They should be able to point you to good resources to check. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, What's up with late fees at the testing center? Who sets them? The testing center website says you should check with your professor, but all mine talk like its set by the testing center. Who gets that money? What is the rational behind letting students have an extra day if they pay money? - Wondering
ADear Wondering, The testing center is not directly a revenue-generating department. Nobody comes to BYU to major in Test Administration. However, the testing center still has to pay their employees. Thus, the testing center is set up as an internal services department; any academic department can administer a test through the testing center, but they have to pay for that service. Thus, if the Visual Arts department doesn't have much use for the testing center, they can put their money elsewhere. (Many large corporations treat their internal software development teams the same way; if the accounting department wants some piece of software written, they pay for it.) BYU's administration probably provides the testing center with a budget and then collects the money from the various departments, but the end result is the same. The testing center charges per day the test is in the testing center, so that professors don't make their tests available for two weeks. However, the testing center knows that most students take a test at the end of its availability. This places a heavier load on the staff, so they do all they can to encourage people to take the test earlier. One way they do this is offering reduced prices to academic departments if they have a late day on the test. This is attractive to both parties, so most tests end up with a late fee. The late fee is set by the testing center, and is used to offset the cost of administering the test. I should point out that all of my information is secondhand. I've heard professors talk about it in a number of contexts, and I believe the above to be fairly accurate, but I don't have a primary source for any of it, so don't go quoting me in the newspaper, okay? -Yellow ADear Wondering, I believe that individual departments have some autonomy in deciding how to go about paying for tests within that department and which tests are assigned late fees. My biochemistry teacher once told our class upper level chemistry tests virtually never had a late fee because all testing fees for the Chemistry department were paid solely with late fees for Chemistry 105 tests. - Rating Pending (who admits this was a few years ago, sorry if upper level chemistry classes pay late fees now) Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, My friend is board writer and he said he knew what questions I asked. Is this true? - Anonymous
ADear Anon Not unless he/she is also a Board editor. As writers, we can't see any information about who asked a question other than what you sign your name with. And we have no access to information about your account that would indicate your real name and email address. However, as a Board writer your friend is omniscient, so he/she doesn't need that sort of access anyway. -Humble Master AA- He might be able to tell who you are by your writing style, even if your name doesn't pop up on our screens when we answer your questions. - Cuddlefish Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, There is a poem that I am trying to find. It's about how the government allocates only a certain number of words that people can use in the day. And it's about a lover who gestures throughout his day or avoids talking so that at the end of the day he can talk to his long distance lover on the phone and say "i love you" to her. But she's used all her words so he says it to silence. I have tried to search everything and I can't find it. Hopefully you guys are familiar with it. - Anonymous
ADear Anonymous, "The Quiet World" by Jeffrey McDaniel Love, Waldorf and Sauron Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, There's a piece of music that's used a lot in movie trailers and I was wondering if you knew what it was called. You can find it, for example, in the Forrest Gump trailer(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdsMqRaz2WY) starting at 3:03 (three minutes and three seconds in). What's the name of that piece of music? - Curiouser and curiouser
ADear Friend, Go back to the YouTube link you provided. Skip to 2:27. It tells you what that song is right there in the video. "Dragon's Heartbeat," by Randy Edelman. The song continues through the rest of the trailer. Love, Waldorf and Sauron Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Is the H1N1 vaccine available in general? If it is, is it available at the SHC? If not, when will it be? - Scared of the Swine Flu
AScared- Nope. It'll be available sometime in October. And honestly, swine flu isn't that bad. I've already had it. - Cuddlefish Back to top CRegarding Board Question #53397: Daryl Gibson may comment on this, and his knowledge is probably a bit more up to date than mine. I worked in OIT a few years ago, and was directly involved with managing the black list. As such, I do have some additional perspective on a few of the questions asked: 1. The blocking/unblocking of high-profile websites is made by several "higher-ups" in OIT. They won't actually psychically make the change themselves, but they make the decision in those cases. 2. OIT has several different ways that they monitor network activity on campus. What results in the most HCO referrals is by far the lab monitors in the open access labs. Hitting the blocked page wall a lot isn't likely to flag you on any lists, but virus activity, extremely large amounts of bandwidth usage, and cease and desist requests from the folks over at the MPAA, RIAA, etc will also land you in some very hot water. 3. OIT will turn significant honor code violations over to the HCO and let them deal with it. Significant means extreme (or repeat) copyright violations, and anything relating to pornography. 4. I would be concerned about running an open router on campus. While it is unlikely that any HCO violations would occur on the router, it IS likely that another student with a virus could use the router, and then OIT could end up disabling your internet if the other student failed to fix it promptly. Depending on what viruses are circulating in the dorms, this type of stuff happens all the time, and it can be a hassle to deal with. Protect yourself, and your information and turn on encryption. 5. While BYU has been publicly criticized for blocking youtube, I have never seen anyone complain about them blocking "apostate" content. The truth of the matter is, it's not included in the filter lists BYU subscribes to, and they generally don't block specific sites unless students complain. -Fletcher
Back to top CDear 100 Hour Board and Timothy, re: Board Question #53624 Regarding the correctness of the pronunciation, the OED lists only "freQUENT" as a pronunciation for the verb, but the OED isn't very helpful when American English and British English pronunciations differ. However, the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language also lists only "freQUENT." Of the sources I had at hand, only the Dictionary.com Unabridged dictionary (based on the Random House Dictionary) lists both pronunciations, with "freQUENT" listed first (probably indicating that pronunciation is preferred or more, well, frequent). In English, polysyllabic verbs tend to be stressed on the final syllable ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I... ), while nouns tend to have a final unstressed syllable. This is how you end up with pairs such as "to conVICT a CONvict" or "to reCORD a RECord." Of course, "FREquent" is an adjective, not a noun, but final syllable stress in verbs explains the pronunciation preferred by 2.5 of 3 dictionaries (as well as The Black Sheep and myself). As for where the other pronunciation is coming from, my guess is people are reading the verb more than hearing it (since it's a relatively unusual verb in American English) and mentally transferring the pronunciation over from the more common adjective form. - Katya, who often freQUENTS the Board
Back to top CDear Readers, I'm retiring. For the second and final time. It's been a blast, really. As the most senior Board writer, I've seen several different eras of Board style and writers, and I'm excited to see how it goes after I'm gone. I've learned countless useless facts. I've had the opportunity to see issues from several sides at once, and then incentive to give some serious thought to them and discover where I stand. I've attended and thrown some rockin' parties. I've adventured and created and laughed myself silly. I've become a little less shy, a little more sure of myself, a little more aware of how much I have to offer. I've grown up some. As always, though, it's really about the people. Many of my best and brightest friends have been writers or readers, and I've got several years of memories filled with fantastic things because of them. I can't explain what a privilege it has been to associate with such a stellar group. I wish I could go one by one and say my goodbyes to everyone who made a difference in my Board career, but there are simply too many. It would be the longest post ever. So know that I love you all, and I'm glad to have been a part of this. Guys, thanks for the opportunity! It's all because you, dear readers, had some questions that needed answers. It's been a great run, and I've loved it, and now it's time to say goodbye. See you around, - Uffish Thought
Back to top CDear 100 Hour Board, RE: Board Question #53642 The writer stated, "Snowbird and Alta are famous ski resorts at Park City." I wanted to give a heads up to the Salt Lake visitor that those resorts are actually up Little Cottonwood Canyon, east of Sandy, which is a considerable distance. This map should give your visitor a good initial idea: http://www.go-utah.com/UT/imag... Happy trails! ---Portia
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