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Posts for October 8, 2009

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I'm taking o-chem right now (chem 351) and hear that having a good TA really, really helps with understanding the material and doing well in the class. My question is, who are currently the best TAs in the o-chem department?

- O-chemer

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ADear O-chemer,

I happen to have a few friends taking Chem 351 currently, and they gave mixed reports about the TAs. One of them has had pretty positive experiences, and specifically recommended the TAs Lauren and Austin. She told me that Lauren is very helpful with writing papers and things of that nature, and that Austin, who has been a TA before, is quite experienced and very approachable when you have technical questions.

My other friend in Chem 351 has been somewhat disappointed in the help she's received. She told me the reviews she attended were usually very crowded and it was quite difficult to talk to the TA and ask any questions at all; and when she did, her questions weren't fully answered. Her advice was that if you feel that you don't understand something completely and the TA isn't too helpful, go directly to the professor with your questions.

Good luck in your class!

Marzipan

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Have there been any new missions opened in the last few months? I heard that Rwanda is now open to missionary work...?

- ForeverYoung

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ADear ForeverYoung,

One might think that the LDS Church would make it simple enough to find out about areas of the world newly dedicated for proselytizing missionaries. But, really, not so much. During August of this year Elder Holland visited Africa and announced that Cameroon and Rwanda are both dedicated and open to missionaries.

Like I said, it is a surprisingly laborious process to find information on new missions. The other one I discovered was announced in May of this year. "The Brazil Teresina Mission is being created in northeastern Brazil," but it isn't totally new since it is actually being created "from a division of the Belem and Fortaleza missions."

-Mico

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Okay, I'm wondering if anybody knows the name of the song played in the background of this Bill Nye episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

I'm talking about the song at 6:50 and on.

- Pennypacker

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ADear Penny,

Allow me to outline my search:

First, I found the last part of the episode you sent us. I was watching the credits, hoping to see a section for music, but the YouTube video cut out before any such credit scrolled across the screen. Strike one.

I went to Wikipedia, where I learned that a lot of the music for Bill Nye came from Associated Production Music. I went to their website, but found that they boast "over 265,000 tracks," which I just did not really feel like listening to. I searched for "Bill Nye" but to no avail. Strike two.

Finally, I turned to YouTube, and was able to listen to every one of those tracks listed in the Wikipedia article, as well as several other APM selections that weren't listed there. None of them were the song you were looking for.

Strike three. I'm out.

Sorry I couldn't get you an answer. In the meantime, let's just call it "The Unidentified Western-y Background Music of Science!"

-Claudio

ADear Pennypacker,

So, I couldn't find the name of that exact song. However, Mike Green did do most of the scoring for Bill Nye the Science Guy. And, it sounds like it was written in a French waltz style played by a violin and accordion. If you are only interested in something similar, you might want to check out this video or buying a CD from these people.

-Ineffable

ADear Sara,

When I saw that it was a Bill Nye clip, I was hoping beyond hope that it was "Yakety Sax." No dice.

Alas, in my searchings I couldn't find it either. I tried "Name My Tune" and asked around. It sounds like the consensus is merely stock background music.

Dr. Smeed

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I am an international student here at BYU and a freshman. I need a small help from you. Could you please provide me step by step guidance on how can i reach Salt Lake City starting from wilkcenter.Please mention which buses go to SLC from wilk and also the buses that i should change. I have utah bus pass. Can i use that to reach SLC.

I appreciate your help....

- intstudent

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ADear intstudent,

My friend, meet your best friend, the UTA route planner. On the first page, type "Wilkinson Center" next to Option 2 and hit submit. On the next page you'll type in where you're going next to Option 2 or if it's a well-known place you may be able to find it by using Option 3. In the next step you pick the time you either want to depart or arrive and the date of your trip, and then you can pick if your priority is the fastest route, the route with the fewest transfers, or the route with the shortest walking distance. Then you hit submit, and voilà! It will tell you, step by step, what you need to do. The thing you'll need to be aware of is that the route finder doesn't always provide for changes in routes due to detours, so make sure to check the Detours & Notices link on the side to make sure your route is unaffected. You can also check out the Schedules & Maps link on the side to plan your route that way.

If your bus pass is good with UTA (which I imagine it is, as the buses in Provo are all UTA buses), you can definitely use it to reach Salt Lake City. If you have any more questions about it, you can use the contact information found on this page.

Good luck!

- The Black Sheep

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

So, I know that the sisters who serve in the Salt Lake City Temple Square mission do transfer-outs for two transfers in the middle of their missions to other proselyting missions in the U.S. But I heard that there were only a select few missions who take outbound Temple Square sisters. If this is true, which missions are they?

- Your Name Here

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ADear name,

I sent your question over to a friend of mine that got back from a Temple Square mission just last month:

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The sisters are sent out to different missions for 2 to 3 transfers. To have the sisters the mission president needs to request them, the missionary department will look at the needs and assign the missions the sisters. So the missions and states vary, the only state we aren't sent to is Hawaii.

Rats! Hawaii would be pretty cool.

-Cognoscente

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I was at home for conference, and was going through some of my old stuff, consolidating and thinning, and I came across my bucket of Legos, and I had a thought.

My favorite Lego kit is the Explorien Starship, and so I couldn't help but build it, and as I did so, I couldn't help but admire the excellent design of it. (And this is an engineering student now, not just a Lego fanboy. ;D )

So I was wondering if any of you had any opinions on what the best Lego kit was? Or a favorite model that you made?

Thanks!

- Fredjikrang

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ADear Fredjikrang,

I'm so happy you asked this question! When I was younger, I was absolutely obsessed with the Dragon Masters collection, and then later on the Fright Knights Lego Sets. They were awesome!

Someday, I'm pretty much going to force my kids to play with Legos.

-Sky Bones

ADear Fredjikrang,

I don't know about everyone else, but in our house we never really bought too many kits of Legos. We just had a big bucket that you had to dig through to find the pieces you wanted (or more typically, we'd dump it out on the floor). My brothers and I still managed to make quite a lot of things out of our random assortment, though.

So, I guess my favorite kit was the non-kit.

-Commander Keen

ADear Fred,

I'm with CK on this one. My family had the random assortment kit that came in the giant bucket. None of us are engineers now, but man, we can make a mean Lego house (usually on wheels with some flowers growing randomly out of the top, and maybe a pine tree).

I think I also made a Lego Mario at one point. Show me a kit for THAT.

-Claudio

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QAll Board Writers,

What do you consider to be the optimal air temperature in your room while you sleep?

- The Inquisitive Idiot

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ADear II,

Somewhere in the range 66–68 F would be pretty nice. If it's above 72 I probably wouldn't want a blanket; above 75 I definitely wouldn't, and I'd be sweating and have a harder time falling asleep.

Lower than, say, 65 and I just need more blankets but am otherwise fine. (Woo camping in the winter...)

—Laser Jock

ADear Inquisitive,

During the winter when I was younger, I would go and open up my window several hours before I went to bed. My room got down into the fifties or lower. I slept like a baby in that.

My wife doesn't go for that though, so now I settle for the mid-sixties.

-Claudio

ADear Inquisitive,

The thermostat has been an area of extreme compromise in my marriage. I would say about 75 F is an ideal sleeping temperature for me. My husband would prefer about 68 F, but he's learned to adapt since I get cold pretty easily and he always lets me turn the thermostat up.

Yeah, he's pretty awesome.

-Sky Bones

ADear Inq. Id.,

About 65-70 degrees Fahrenheit, with a cool breeze coming from somewhere. I have a weird affinity for air conditioners and fans. The constant quiet hum, the extra cold, it all is so nice. I'm kind of a weirdo.

-Mico

ADear II,

I would say that my ideal sleeping temperature is somewhere between 70F and 74F. It also depends on if the air conditioner is on--if I can feel air blowing, I can't handle the 70F side of things, but if there's no air blowing, I can take it a little colder.

I woke up yesterday and it was 84F in our apartment...

⋯Anomalous

ADear idiot,

Cold room and heavy blanket is WAY better than warm room and light blanket. Put me down for mid-to-low 60's.

-Cognoscente

ADear Id,

I also tend to like it cooler, most anywhere (within reason) below 65 degrees, with a nice big blanket. I wrap up like a burrito.

You'd think that Claudio and I were related, because I did the same thing in opening up the window to my room so as to make it an icebox. The only bad part was getting up in the morning...brrr...

I also require a fan to be on, for both a little noise and air circulation. There were periods of up to months at a time where the fan remained constantly on in my parents' place.

-Commander Keen

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CDear 100 Hour Board,

Just a note on Board Question #53850, the St. George temple baptistry is reserved for walk-ins only between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm Tuesday through Friday. Any other time you need an appointment. I suspect several other Utah Temples have the same deal going on (possibly at different times, though).

- Cotton Picker

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CDear 100 Hour Board,

I wanted to add one more Econ T-shirt slogan in reference to Board Question #53685 because it's my favorite. It's from 2004 (my husband thinks...he was an Econ major) and it was
"Follow the Profit". Awesome, huh?

- Married to an Econ Major

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