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Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, What song is playing in this video http://www.spotify.com/en/abou... Josh
ADear Josh, I contacted Jim Butcher from spotify.com, who informed me that the artist's name is Tim Deneve and he recorded the song specifically for that video. Unfortunately, he didn't have the title. Cool song though! It's catchy, slightly creepy, and is reminiscent of the melodies from music boxes; at least in my opinion. Marzipan Back to top QDear non-doctors and parents of the 100 hour board, My baby is almost a year old. She never took to a pacifier. :( She will only go to sleep with a bottle. At first I wasn't to worried about it because she had no teeth. Now that a few teeth have broken through I don't want to put milk in it. We thought that she just wanted to hold onto something so we took a pacifier and jimmy rigged it to a bottle. Even in her sleep she knew the difference. She woke up shortly after crying. I have tried water, but she knows the difference. Darn her for being a smart kid. My question is: if I let her pacify on an empty bottle to fall asleep, are there, or could there be, negative effects to her? If there are, what else can I do to help her fall asleep with out a bottle? - A mom doing the best that she can
ADear a mom, If you give her a bottle, she'll end up sucking air, which will give her gas bubbles. That's not fun. It won't kill her, but it won't help her stay asleep either. Start helping her associate other things with sleep, instead of the bottle. When you put her to bed, always put a favorite toy in with her. Make sure she knows it's there. Then, start putting her to bed without a bottle. She'll probably cry, so give her a few minutes and then take her a bottle. Each night, increase the time before you'll take her a bottle. You'll be surprised how fast she'll adjust. Or at least, that's the theory. Every baby is unique, so do what feels right to you. -Yellow Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Is it true that babies can recieve their baby blessing in whatever clothing the parents want, not just white (as custom dictates)? Additionally, someone told me recently that the 1st presidency is encouraging more baby blessings at home. Is that true? - Anonymous
ADear Anonymous, It must be true, someone on the internet said they dressed their itty-bitty baby boy in blue! How much more authoritative can you get than that? Now, whether you have your baby's blessing in church or at home is a personal decision, one on which it seems the Church has not yet made any official statements. If the First Presidency has been encouraging more baby blessings at home they have been doing it on a fairly personal level. The best statements I could find about baby blessings only talked about what a baby blessing is and what the priesthood holders should do. Don't worry too much about customs, and have as many of your babies blessed during sacrament meeting as you want! Or just the one baby, that is totally acceptable, too. -Mico ADear Anonymous, Just for the record, my daughter wore an ivory dress with pink ribbons on it when she was blessed, and I thought she looked ridiculously cute. Her blessing certificate is also entirely in Japanese. I'm sure she's going to love bragging about that someday. In my last ward before I moved out of Utah, I remember there was a lot of discussion about the First Presidency possibly encouraging families to start having more baby blessings held in the home. From all that I could tell, it seemed like one of those rumors that spreads like fire, but I can completely understand how it would have been started. I've seen some baby blessings that seemed almost as big of an event as the parents' wedding. As Mico pointed out, I also couldn't find any official statements from the First Presidency regarding where baby blessings should be held. Blessing your baby during sacrament meeting, at least right now, is just fine. Just be reasonable about it and don't invite a bajillion people. -Sky Bones Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I was about to break up with a guy until I realized the whole relationship wasn't bad––he was just going faster than I wanted to. I thought that I had to either accept the relationship as is (at the level he thought it was) or else get out of it; I'm glad I realized that wasn't so. Have any of you (or has anyone you know)been in a similar situation? Have you been in a relationship that could have lasted longer and been better if one of the people hadn't rushed the other so much? Whether towards spending more time together or more physical affection or toward marriage? I'm curious! --Curiouser and curiouser
ADear Curiouserererer, While my dating history has been slightly weird, I would nevertheless say that not only have I been in that sort of situation, but I have no doubt that it is a common one. I imagine that at BYU this is a concern considering the many people who are set on getting married and the many people who are honestly attending the school for an education. In the rest of the U.S., and most of the world, it isn't uncommon for people to break up because one wants to get married while the other doesn't. Why do you think the average marriage age is getting higher? Because fewer people want to get married, and the ones who do are not necessarily the majority in every region. I think in younger relationships unwanted physical affection, or physical affection before one party in the relationship is ready, is common. My second "relationship" was definitely rocky, and eventually fell apart, for just that reason: he wanted way more than I did, and it was too much. It is possible that we could have had a better relationship had that changed. In another relationship I was a lot like you insomuch as I realized I could stay in the relationship and just tell the boyfriend that I didn't necessarily want the same things he did at that time. If any more rushing, as you put it, went on, it couldn't have worked out. Physical affection tends not to cause as many ruffles among the secular world, although there must be cases of people backing out of a relationship that is too much for them. In the world at large more people probably break up because one person wants marriage while the other does not. Just keep your man in check! Tell him what's up. More people need to realize that they can have a perfectly fine, fun relationship without resorting to marriage. -Mico Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, What are some good idiomatic injuries? (Ex. stab in the back, pain in the neck, broken heart, etc.) - Achilles' Heel
ADear Heel, Shot in the foot, shot in the dark, zip your lip (ouch), pull someone's leg, break a leg, put your nose to the grindstone, blue in the face, weak in the knees, wet behind the ears, yellow belly, bad mouth, cold shoulder, red-handed, burning ears, change of heart, cold blood, chip on his shoulder, feel the crunch, thick skin, a low blow, go ape (an interesting disorder), lame duck? -Ineffable ADear Achilles', This isn't exactly the same thing, but you might find Board Question #50366 to be helpful. Good luck, Waldorf and Sauron ADear Achilles' Stick in the eye, stick your neck out (an implied future injury), foot in the mouth (more painful than injurious), cost an arm and a leg, over my dead body (a serious injury indeed), make your blood boil, make your blood run cold, work your fingers to the bone (ouch), stick out like a sore thumb, foam at the mouth, bite your tongue, a tongue-lashing, pick someone's brain, wrap your head around it, splitting hairs (not painful, but I think it qualifies), get your head screwed on straight, a swollen head, off the top of your head, bite the hand that feeds you, ram it down their throat, a sight for sore eyes, your heart sinks, skin off the nose/back. -Humble Master Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, So, I am giving a talk this Sunday, and after taking a closer look to the topic I got, I am a bit confused. (Yes, I realize I won't get a reply before I give my talk. But before the third of Nov. would be nice.) My topic, as I received it in an email, is "Patience and Long Suffering of God and Jesus Christ." Now, what I am confused about is, is God patient? Or, to put it another way, is there any reason that God needs to be patient? I've done some searching around and here is what I have found: The Oxford American Dictionary defines patience as "the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset." (Yeah, I know, dictionary references are tacky. But they can also be helpful.) So, it would seem to me that God doesn't need to be patient, because he is never going to experience delay, trouble, or suffering. He knows everything, so there are no delays, just everything going as it should. Same with trouble. And I don't know if I would say that God suffers, except maybe sorrow about the choices that some of His children make. Here are some more references that seem to me to say that God doesn't need to be patient: "We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God’s purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable." -Robert C. Oaks, “The Power of Patience,” Liahona, Nov 2006, 15–17 If patience is waiting for God's purposes to unfold on our lives, he doesn't have to be patient, does he? "Ye are not able to abide the presence of God now, neither the ministering of angels; wherefore, continue in patience until ye are perfected." D&C 67:13 If we only have to continue in patience until we are perfected, and God is perfect, then doesn't that mean that he doesn't have to be patient? "And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;" 2 Peter 1:6 This seems like a good, better, best list. As in, knowledge leads to temperance, temperance leads to patience, and patience leads to godliness, with the last replacing the previous. Here are some that seem to say that he is patient: "The patience of God had expired, his timetable fulfilled." - Thomas S. Monson, “‘Come, Follow Me’,” Ensign, Jul 1988, 2 "God is patient with us in process of time. He also helps by trying our patience and our faith." - Neal A. Maxwell, “The Precious Promise,” Liahona, Apr 2004, 10 "We tend to think only in terms of our endurance, but it is God’s patient long-suffering which provides us with our chances to improve, affording us urgently needed developmental space or time." - Neal A. Maxwell, “‘Endure It Well’,” Ensign, May 1990, 33 What I find interesting is that pretty much all of the talks where someone actually talks about God being patient that I have found are by Neal A. Maxwell. One really interesting talk, that seems to go both ways, is his talk "Patience" from the October 1980 Ensign. Against: "Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than his." "Patience is a willingness, in a sense, to watch the unfolding purposes of God with a sense of wonder and awe—rather than pacing up and down within the cell of our circumstance." In these two quotes, it seems like he is saying that patience is waiting for God's plan to unfold, with and understanding that all will be well. So, God doesn't really need to be patient, because he knows what his plans are, and exactly how they will happen. For: "God’s attributes of omniscience and omnipotence no doubt made the plan of salvation feasible. But it was his perfect love which made the plan inevitable. And it is his perfect patience which makes it sustainable! Do we not get a breathtaking glimpse of God’s perfect patience in the execution of the plan of salvation again and again, concerning which he has said, “[My] course is one eternal round” (D&C 3:2)?" Anyway, it is a great talk, but I am still somewhat confused. So what do you think? Is God patient? Thanks! And sorry for the long question! - Fredjikrang
ADear Fredjikrang, From your Maxwell quote it seems we must admit God is patient. As for whether there is any reason God needs to be patient, I have two thoughts. The first is kind of interestingly inverted. Everything is as one day for God and his course is as one eternal round, and this is doctrinally well-established. I think this is typically explained by saying he is outside of time and completely not subject to it. Alternate explanation: he's just perfectly patient and that's all the explanation that is necessary. Since he's not getting all anxious about events thousands of years in our future, they are just as good as the present to him, and likewise for the past. I have no idea if that's true, but it is certainly one interpretation of where God might use patience on an epic scale, so maybe it'll be helpful. Thought the second: you're right that God knows what his plans are and exactly how they will happen. But that doesn't mean impatience isn't possible. Think about your mission call (which I understand you have). You know when you will get to the MTC and sometime well before arriving will know how you're going to get there. But I bet you will still be a little anxious for the whole process to happen - not because you have any doubt that it will, but just because you'd like it to happen sooner. Now think about God watching Alma the Younger; he knows what is going to happen and waits for the right moment to act, but if either of us were in God's position we'd probably be kind of anxious and impatient to send in the angel. So I guess this represents another instance of divine patience, and it shows that knowing something will happen doesn't necessarily make one patient about it (which I understood to be your main objection). It's an interesting question - thanks for giving me the chance to think about it. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe ADear Fredjikrang, God is patient with us. He's a perfect being who puts up with impatience in those he works to exalt. He doesn't get frustrated and give up on us; at least, he doesn't do so easily. Even when we're slow to learn, he'll give us chances over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. If you've ever seen a parent with a toddler, you may have witnessed the need for patience. God's relationship is like that, but infinitely more so. Now, patience to us means something like "enduring an inconvenient situation peacefully for a long time." It may be that due to the eternal nature of God and his unique relationship with time, it's actually trivially easy for him to be that patient. Nevertheless, from our perspective, his patience is endless. However he acheives such patience, the fact remains that he is patient with our mistakes. Just a thought. -Yellow Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Quarterlife crisis! So, back in December, being the good little future academic I envisioned myself to be, I applied for graduate school. In the meantime, I managed to do many things, but graduate from college was not one of them. I arrived at grad school, realized it was all erudite hogwash, and that I didn't graduate anyway, so I unceremoniously dropped out. I managed to earn 48 college credit hours in high school, 89 before I turned 20, yet only seventeen in the two years since. (!!!) In other words, I was four times more productive as a teenager. (This is the part of the question when you seriously consider not using your regular pseudonym.) Obviously, I'm a smart person: BYU paid me to "find myself" for all those years (suckers!), and I pwned the GRE (my theory for why I would be allowed into the annals of academia in the first place). However, I appear to be, ahem, none too hardworking. Or at least not finding my niche? I don't want to become some unholy embodiment of Private School WASPy privilege, being a bored stay-at-home-wife who depends on my rich husband to support me. I don't care so much WHAT I do, as long as I do it with intent, and not in this flustered state of confusion and laziness that I have been in. So, I guess I'm just in this state of panic. Like . . . yeah, I was a machine five years ago: but now Real Life has hit, and I can't be the straight-A nun student anymore. Clearly, I seem to have been a case where it would have been better to know what I wanted out of life, and THEN chosen my course of study. I sort of half-heartedly studied humanities . . . but worked in a science lab . . . and tried to go to grad school in both; but now that my scholarship has run out, I sure ain't taking out loans to ponder Molière. So, my question (would it come from my hand were it not long-winded?) is not "what should I do with my life?" If I don't know, how can you know? No, it is "how do I find out what I should do with my life: what is the mental process one goes through to figure this out, especially when they've followed a, um, joke path for so long?" ---Portia (totally has the chutzpah to put her regular pseudonym) PS - paradoxically, I like real working. If there's anybody who has experience with working in the "real world" and then going back to school if needed, I'd be down PPS - having had daily near-breakdowns applying for this lovely graduate experience I am failing at, I'd, ah, prefer to pursue a life path that does not require me screaming on the phone about faxes, and re-asking for letters of recommendation, and paying hundreds of dollars in fees. Basically, what is the anti-academia, very concrete, field for the Smart Girl?
AOh, Portia, If you find out what the perfect job is for a smart girl who is sick of school, please tell me. So, I spent a year working after I graduated and I hated it. It was ridiculously stressful. This is one reason I went back to a 2-year master's program in English. But now that I'm in the master's program I have my doubts. Here's a place to start: try to think of all the things you actually like doing. My list looked something like this: working with children, analyzing on the spot, working independently, and having my personal life separate from my working life. So, for me, it might be good to look into becoming a child psychologist, although that would take 7 more years of school and I'd have emergencies infringing on my personal life. Becoming a children's librarian looks good for me, although that might require more library science classes or... something (although my mother is an elementary school librarian without a specialized degree). Another option is to become a school psychologist, but that also would require more school than I want. So it depends on what you like and what you want. I feel like there isn't one job for "Smart Girl," but that jobs where you have the freedom to make small changes to improve the system will be the best. Here's to hoping we can find jobs we actually like. -Whistler ADear Portia, I don't have "the answer," but maybe my limited personal experience will be helpful. I am really interested in applied fluid dynamics and mechanical problems: rockets, planes, turbines, explosives, air cannons, pumpkin guns, siege weaponry, and basically all the things a sophisticated thirteen-year-old who joins me in viewing the National Air and Space Museum as holier than many cathedrals would add to that list. I spent a long time thinking about things that were ostensibly good careers (parental vibes heavily favored medicine and accounting), and I started college in a major that was based more on what I'd been good at and had good teachers for in the past than on the dream. I learned more about it and found out it was even less conducive to the dream than I'd thought. Then I had this extended "hey wait - why am I in a major where they don't have any rockets?" moment. Now I'm a mechanical engineer, more or less so I can learn more about building cool things, hopefully play with them at my eventual job, and definitely play with them in my free time. I'm grateful that my academic interests (math, quantitative hard science, compsci) and childhood dreams coincide with an extremely viable career and that I figured this out early, but it still took me a stupidly long time. Hopefully you're smarter than I am, but maybe consider whether you're overlooking the dream? I guess for you it probably doesn't feature rockets, but maybe it's writing? Some kind of art? Cooking? Reading/learning as much about [insert topic] as you can? If you really don't know where to go from here, you could do a lot worse than just chasing the dream. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Are any of you vegetarians? Even if you aren't, do you have any good meatless recipes to share? - Emiliana, who is getting tired of quiche and pasta
ADear Emiliana, I'm no vegetarian, but my wife and I have fallen in love with the following vegetarian meal: Make this salad (we like to chop all the veggies finely, for maximum blending of flavor). Get a pita (Sunflower Market in Orem sells really good ones), and smear the inside of it with some of this hummus. Fill it up with the veggies, and devour ravenously. If you're feeling it, you can also make falafel or these delicious rice balls (which I like to brown and crisp up in a bit of hot oil before eating). Both go well atop the stuffed pita. Basically, there is a lot of really solid Greek/Mediterranean/Middle Eastern food based around vegetables. You should look into those styles of cooking for a wonderful array of non-meat flavors and textures. -Claudio ADear Emiliana, Oh my goodness, how I wish you had asked this question in two or three months when I will have my vegetarian cookbook. I'm not a vegetarian but I actually do like vegetables to a somewhat absurd degree. I have heard that at BYU there is a Vegetarian Club. Alas, I guess when they eat that many vegetables they don't have time to maintain their Google group. If you go to the WILK you should inquire about this club. They have pot-luck meetings where you can enjoy eating and learning new vegetarian recipes. I would suggest you either visit a bookstore to peruse and eventually buy a good cookbook, or find a large database of vegetarian recipes. -Mico ADear Emiliana, Well, I used to be a vegetarian for about ten years (considering I recently turned 22 years old, that's quite a long time), but this past year my pregnancy pretty much destroyed that. I had some pretty intense morning sickness and there were many times when meat was the only thing that would stay down. I'm pretty sure it was karma though, since my mom was a vegetarian for thirteen years, but got really sick and was forced to eat meat again when she was pregnant with me. I'll probably go back to being a vegetarian someday, as I greatly enjoyed it and don't have any problems cooking with meat for my husband, who claims to be a carnivore. I also am currently separated from my beloved cookbooks, but I found some recipes online that are very similar to some of my favorite dishes. I absolutely love this recipe for Potato and Corn Chowder, but I would recommend adding a little bit of cornstarch near the end to thicken it. Stir fry is another great way to eat your vegetables, and I particularly like adding pineapple and tofu to it. I also loved making homemade macaroni and cheese, and pretty much anything else involving pasta. Can't go wrong with pasta. You should also give fried apples and Thai mango sticky rice a try, though they are more like desserts than meals. The BYU Vegetarian Club has a group on Facebook that you can join and they always send updates about their upcoming activities, which are usually potlucks. They are a lot of fun and I highly recommend this club. -Sky Bones Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, It seems like any time someone says "Taoism," as they did on Jeopardy! last night when it was a category, they pronounce the tao as a dao so it sounds like "Daoism." I am aware that this is the Wade-Giles transliteration of ㄉㄠ in Chinese which does use the t for a d sound, but as this has largely been out of use since Hanyu Pinyin became the international standard in 1982, why does the Wade-Giles transliteration of "Taoism" persist? - questioner
ADear Questioner, I am going to tell you a little secret. It might hurt to read this, and in fact I am pained to admit it, but there are a few things you need to know. Most people, I mean most people outside of the more than one billion Chinese people, don't really speak Chinese. Furthermore, a lot of Americans won't even know what you are talking about if you mention Hanyu Pinyin or Wade-Giles, and couldn't care less anyway. I imagine you, dear Questioner, would appreciate this article about Zhou Youguang and how he helped develop Hanyu Pinyin just as much as I appreciated it. Maybe you would even send it to people you think would find it interesting. But would anyone else find it interesting? Based on the number of e-mails I got back after sending it to people in September (that would be zero responses), not many people would. The point to all my depressing blabbering? Some Westerners will say "Taoism" and some will say "Daoism" no matter what Chinese people say. -Mico ADear Questioner, You might be interested in this Wikipedia article. The most convincing argument, I think, is that most living English-speakers learned the word Taoism before 1982. Love, Waldorf and Sauron Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, In the song "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (pt. 1)" by The Flaming Lips, what does the robot voice say right after the words, "Those evil-natured robots"? - The Official State Rock Song of Oklahoma
ADear official, This is a tough one, but if you were expecting The Sound of Failure from us, I'm afraid this is going to be one of those Bad Days. I have indeed won the Race for the Prize*. Do You Realize** that the robot actually says "I'll get you, Yoshimi" (or something very close)? I'm sorry I was Powerless to resist The Impulse to use lots of Flaming Lips song titles. Love, Waldorf and Sauron *(Mokran Mix) ** ?? Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I hear that going to dances is one of the best ways to meet new people, but what if you've never learned how to dance and don't feel comfortable trying? I've been told to just get out there and have fun, but for me that's like being thrown into the water without knowing how to swim. Some people are naturally gifted, and some people don't care what others think. However, there are people like me who just don't know how to dance and care very much what other people think. Don't get me wrong; I would love to learn to dance, but I've always been too self-conscious in the attempt. What is the best way to learn to dance (slow and fast), and have fun during the process? I'm considering taking a beginning social dance class, but I'm open to other ideas as well. Thanks for your advice. - The Wallflower
ADear you don't have to be! I highly recommend taking a social dance class. Why? It is, in fact, a fantastic way to learn some of the more classic dance styles such as foxtrot, waltz, swing, and cha-cha, you get to interact with members of the opposite gender, and it's great fun! Plus, because it's a beginning class, you don't have to feel bad about not knowing too much because everyone else is on a similar skill level as you. They're all there to learn as well! Also, I know there are lots of different dance spots in and around Provo that even teach basic dance lessons before you go, if you're looking for something a little less formal. Gather up some friends and check out one (or all!) of these places, and soon, you'll have the courage to get out there have a blast. And maybe even meet the love of your life. Marzipan ADear Wallflower, Can I put in a plug for Dance 181, beginning Country Dance? Even though Dance 180, Beginning Social Dance, is fun, and you meet people, it can be . . . intense and seem like more effort than a half-credit class should require. Beginning Country Dance, on the other hand, is even more laid-back, and a lot more fun than you'd expect. I personally can't stand country music, but I have gone country dancing with my wife (who is something of a country-dancing pro) and it's a boot-scootin', root-tootin', high-falootin', sure-shootin' (store-lootin', piccolo-flutin', army-recruitin', Vladimir-Putin) good time. Seriously, though. It is. Once you have some country dance under your belt (your extravagantly, over-sized buckled belt), it's much easier to find places in Provo and the surrounding area to go country dancing than social dancing, or even salsa dancing. All I'm saying is that it's a good, low-pressure way to go. - Rating Pending (who was once as skeptical about country dance as you surely are now. Try it. You'll like it.) Back to top QDear Matt Meese(s), I will be graduating this December and need to find a full time job to save up money for graduate school, which I will hopefully be starting next fall. It needs to pay fairly well ($10 / hr is my minimum cutoff) and it can't be working in a call center. Also, since I can't afford to move anywhere, it needs to be in Utah County. I've already started applying for various office jobs (ex: administrative or executive assistant), but with your input I'm hoping to find something more creative or exciting (...or intellectually stimulating...). Can you think of some interesting jobs that fit within these qualifications? - Unemployed in Eight Weeks P.S. Treasure hunting, crime fighting, and similar jobs are out of the question. They have terrible benefits and you never get weekends off...
ADear Unemployed, You didn't say what you graduated in, but have you considered looking for an extended internship? In many fields, internships pay well, and since you're planning on attending graduate school they'll still consider you a student. That's what I did over the summer, and it definitely was a good choice for me. If your major is one that doesn't easily lend itself to interning, you might consider working at a restaurant. With tips, you can get considerably more than $10/hour. It's not the most intellectually stimulating job ever, but it can pay well. And I hear that the waiters at P.F. Chang's get great discounts on their food, too. That might make it worth it alone. -Yellow Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, My husband and I have been searching for a children's picture book. My husband's grandmother died at a young age and his mother has a special memory of her reading this book to her before she died. However, she doesn't remember much about it or the title. We have asked his aunt and she sent us an email describing what little she remembers of the book. I remember the cover being very abstract with pinks and purples and maybe blue. The name has something to do with 'Me'. The story starts out something like - (I can't remember the very first) ....there was only one word in the world, Me. (Then it goes on to say if you wanted to say something like There is the sun - you would say Me. I just made that up I don't remember exactly what it said but it gave examples like that.) Then it said something like 'soon everyone was saying Me all the time' and it showed a bunch of abstract people with the word "Me" coming out of their mouths. Then something happens and there's the dark page with the street light and then maybe a page with a sunrise and it said (and I'm pretty sure this is a quote) 'And then there was a new word in the world. You.' I realize that this is a difficult task since the information is so vague but we would appreciate any help we could get. Thanks in advance!!! - Twinster
ADear Twinster, Sorry, I'm coming up with nothing. Readers, this is one of those rare occasions when we actually call for your comments. If you think you know what the book is, please send us a comment. We'd especially appreciate a link to where you can buy the book, or a review of the book, or something about the book to back you up, but if you can't find any of that, let us know anyway. And please, reference this question (Board Question #54211) when you do so. Hopefully our collective readership knows more than we do in this case. -Yellow Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I know that you can call the temple and ask them to put certain peoples' names on the prayer roll. I also believe that other people (members, nonmembers, etc.) can ask temple-going members to put their names on the prayer roll. Question: Is it inappropriate to place one's own name in the temple prayer roll? (either by calling in, or when one is attending the temple?) - ????????????
ADear Question Marks, If you're really having a difficult time in your life, then I don't see why it would be inappropriate to put your own name on the temple prayer roll. Although, you probably shouldn't make a habit of it and only do it if necessary. Of course, if you're having such troubles then it is very possible that someone else has already put your name on the temple prayer roll. -Sky Bones Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Everytime I come down the stairs after taking a test in the Testing Center, there are a bunch of papers with people's names on them in the windowsill on the left. Who puts those there and why? I don't understand! Just curious :) Thanks! Rocked my test today
ADear rocker, Those are usually personal notes that someone will leave for a friend who is taking a test. It's a nice little way to say, "Hey, even though you're about to find out you failed, I still think you're pretty hot." Or...something like that. Candy is sometimes included. Anyone may feel free to leave a note with a big ol' CK on it after 5pm on Wednesday. Reese's Pieces are cool, too... - Commander Keen Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I've heard about wild rumors that Divine Comedy has a dog. I don't know where they would keep it, how the would feed it and clean up after it and so forth... However, you Board folks seem to know a lot about Divine Comedy. So what's the truth? - Perambulator
ADear Perambulator, The official Divine Comedy position on that question, as stated by a member of the presidency, is:
Hopefully we will all find that statement very enlightening. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, So this question is for anyone on the Board who has been, or applied, to be an EFY counselor (if anyone has been). I'm just wondering what the application process usually is like. As I was looking at the site, it seemed to be rather ambiguous as to what goes on in the interview, besides saying you need to bring your scriptures. Thanks!
ADear awesome person, I was a counselor last summer; however, the hiring process was a little different for me because I was a volunteer counselor. Fortunately, I have a friend who did the paid route last summer and gave me some good information on what to expect when applying (I found this useful as well, because I want to apply too). So, here's what you do, in a handy-dandy list of steps! 1. On November 6th, applications for counselors open online. Fill one out and submit it. 2. Wait for an email response from a representative from the EFY office either accepting or declining your application. 3. If accepted (hooray!), proceed to schedule an appointment for an interview. My friend informed me that these generally occur in January or February. 4. Attend your interview, bringing along your scriptures and wearing Sunday best. Interviews are conducted in groups, and the interviewers will be trying to get a feel for how you work with other people and your grasp of gospel knowledge. They will ask you various questions about your leadership experience, and you'll have the chance to prepare and present a short thought from the scriptures in the interview. My friend said that the experience was very enjoyable, relaxed, fun and comfortable. 5. Wait again for an email response from a representative. If accepted (hooray again!), you'll be able to start setting up contract dates and get more information on expectations and duties as a counselor. I absolutely LOVED my experiences as an EFY counselor. It seriously changed my life. I wish you the best of luck as you begin the application process! Marzipan Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Why is there a sign on the inside of the pendulum bowl in the Eyring Science Center that reads, "Caution 10,000 ohms"?? I believe an ohm is a unit to measure electricity, and since there couldn't possibly be an electric current of that magnitude running through the pendulum, I must assume that this is a sign to discourage goof-balls from disrupting the pendulum's swing. Can my assumption be confirmed? - BYU Myth Buster
ADear Myth Buster- You are correct(ish). Ohms measure electric resistance, but in the case of this sign, it is completely meaningless. The sign is funny, silly, scary, misleading, or dishonest depending on one's individual scientific knowledge and/or sense of humor (or lack of either). So, why is it there? You decide: a) To keep people from touching it. b) As a joke to people who didn't sleep through basic physics. c) To make sure that Board Writers always have questions to answer. -Foreman Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Who or what is Richard Alpert and what is his role on the island? Remember: Live Togther, Die Alone, BenjaminLinus
ADear Benjamin Linus- What an excellent question. However, you're probably the most qualified to say; why don't you tell US? -Foreman, eagerly awaiting Season 6 ADear Ben, All we know for sure is that... ...um... OK, it's LOST. We know NOTHING for sure. What we think we know: 1. Richard doesn't age. He visited Locke when he was just a boy in the 1950s, looking exactly as he does today. He looked the same when the time travelers ran into him in the late 1970s. Even you, Ben, asked him, "You do remember birthdays, don't you?" 2. Richard is the appointed vizier to the Island's chosen leader. He has played second banana to Ben, Locke, and both of the Widmores. It seems he is in touch with the island enough to know who the leader should be and how best to help them, like he did with Locke. 3. Richard is not all-knowing, or even anything close to it. He seemed utterly shocked at John Locke's resurrection, as well as his knowledge of how time was shifting around. It seems that he knows a lot, yes, but he can still be surprised. 4. Richard has been on the Island a long time. He knows where things are, what their purposes are, and he knows how to survive there. How he got there, we're not sure. But he's been there a while. 5. Richard serves (served?) Jacob. He has attributed his agelessness to Jacob's power. And that, I think, is that. I'm really excited to see how this all winds up! -Claudio Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I was in a job interview today and they asked me what my ACT score was. Is this a new trend in employment or was that just weird? It sure surprised me, even though I'm proud of my score. -36...not
ADear not 36, I've never heard of anyone else asking for it, so I don't think it's a trend. It was just them. -Yellow Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Who is in charge of playing the National Anthem on campus everyday, and, would they consider playing an alternate version...say Boston's...every once in awhile? I would not consider it disrespectful, and I think a lot of students would appreciate it. - KakertheBaker
ADear KakertheBaker, It is the ROTC program, and no they will not play an alternate version. +The Sentry+ Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Why do I always cry when I ride my bike in the cold? - funny
ADear funny, It is probably because you hate going to school. -wet blanket ADear funny, It's likely for a couple of reasons (summed up nicely in this kiddie article), because your eyes can tear up when you're in the cold but not on a bike, or on a bike but not in the cold. I'll bet you've experienced both. The first reason is to keep your eyes moist. If there's wind a-blowin' (like on a fast-moving bike or otherwise, and especially if it's cold out), it can easily dry your eyes out, so your tear ducts start pumpin' away to keep your lookers well-lubed. The second reason is that along with that wind often come things that don't belong, but which nearly equally often find their way regardless, into your peepers. The tears also help to get rid of this junk. While I can't find any research to back this one, I also think temperature could have something to do with it. We can cover up nearly every surface of our bodies when it gets cold, but our baby blues (err, browns, in my case) are often exposed to the harshest of elements. So, maybe tear ducts pump out warmer liquid so that your ocular organs stay nice and toasty. The combination of both (and a half?) of these reasons would probably make you look like you're really emotionally distraught when riding that bike of yours. Here's a possible solution. Lemme know it works out for you. - Commander Keen ADear now you funny too, I think it is mostly because of the dry eyes thing. I jog just about every morning and my eyes water like the dickens every time. I usually jog outdoors, which naturally causes my eyes to water, but when I jog in the Smith Fieldhouse (a place that is exceedingly warm) my eyes pour. I link that to my constant cotton mouth while jogging inside and credit it to the dry, hot air in the Fieldhouse. I doubt maintaining proper eyeball temperature has anything to do with it; our body seems too smart to let our eyeballs fill up with liquid to keep them warm. Dr. Smeed Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I was walking through the map collection in the HBLL the other day, and I thought to myself, "A cool-looking map would make a good decoration for my dorm room." Then I noticed they have large-scale copiers to copy maps. So, my question is two-fold: What are some cool maps in the public domain that would make nice decorations, and would it be prohibitively expensive or difficult to use those copiers in the map collection to make copies of them? Thanks, - Laertes
ADear Laertes- As a fan of maps myself, I'm going to do you one better; how about an original? When the library gets in new maps, they move out the old ones. Go to the map library and talk to Rick Grapes (or you can just go to the reference desk on the 2nd floor) and ask about their surplus maps. They have a bin of them that they will simply let you pick from. Now, it's not always predictable (they had none today, for instance), but it's sure nice to get things for free! Now, don't everybody go crazy and rush down there at once. Let's keep our heads, or nobody will get anything. If you insist on using the gigantic scanner and printer, the fellow at the front desk will also help you with that. The scanner is free and the printer costs $1/square foot for color, and $0.50/square foot for black and white. He sounded very willing to help me out with this (including scanning maps and putting them on thumb drives), so I assume that (with some probable exceptions) you'd be able to scan just about anything you'd like from the collection. Or you could, you know, go to the bookstore and get a world map for $15. Just sayin'. -Foreman, who knew about those surplus maps long ago. Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, This is in reply to Board Question #54108. I realize I wasn't clear enough in my phrasing, so I want to specify and resubmit my question. Is the answer given still the same for if someone legally changes their FIRST name? Like, say my name actually is Trissy and I legally have it changed to Wendy. Is Laser Jock's answer still accurate? - Trissy
ADear Trissy, Yes. If you change your name, the new legal name is used in all future ordinances. You'll note that there's nothing in the marriage ceremony that explicitly changes the wife's name on heavenly records; we just assume that the angelic recorders are able to keep up with our earthly legal system. (Quite the assumption, in some cases, but I think they're up to the task.) Now, the Church membership records won't automatically be updated when you legally change your name; you'll have to notify your ward membership clerk, who should be able to take care of it. But I believe that saving ordinances are tied to people, not names. Thus, when we mispronounce or misspell a name while doing proxy work, it's not the end of the world. It's still clear who we're talking about. That's what matters. -Yellow Back to top CThis is in response to Board Question #54141. The Black Sheep, I like you, but you need to check your facts. President Obama's father was Kenyan. He was born in Kenya and, after his divorce from Barack Obama's mother, he returned to Kenya and later died in a car accident there. So I don't think he has any "South African loyalties." Or maybe you were referring to his stepfather...oh, wait, he was born in Indonesia. - Stickler for accuracy
ADear Stickler, .... so you both agree that he has no South African loyalties. Thanks for the comment. Love, Waldorf and Sauron ADear Stickler for accuracy, Whoops, you're right, I wrote about the wrong place. While I was talking to my Canadian family for a different question, I ended up talking to my grandmother about her relatives, half of whom are from South Africa. Looks like it bled over. Thanks for the correction. - The Black Sheep |
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