Choose a seminary wisely

Life is full of many important decisions, not the least of which is what kind of education you will receive and what kind of educational choices are best for you. If it is true that education in the means to freedom, which I believe that it is, then what kind of education you choose is extremely important in determining what kind of life you will have. The same is true when you are deciding about what seminary is right for you. Having thoughts of going to seminary reflects a lot of previous decisions that you have already made about the kind of person you want to be and the kind of life you want to lead. In fact, your desire for seminary means a lot of things about you, probably more than you even realize. But don't let the fact that you're on the right track hinder you from realizing the supreme importance of what seminary you choose for your next step of education. Before you begin to research any particular seminary, it is a good idea to sit down and make a list of your priorities in the decision making process. For example, deciding whether location is more important to you than theological association is a very important decision to be made. If you want to stay within your home state or within your denomination for your seminary training than your options will be narrowed immediately and your choice will be much easier. So take a look at your priorities for your seminary education and let that lead you in the process. Once you have learned what is most important to you, then don't compromise when looking for those things. Continue searching with patience and preseverance until you find a seminary that matches the very things you want. Realize too, however, that you may have to compromise on some aspects of your choice. So be willing to be flexible on things that are not as important to you. Choosing a seminary will likely influence the rest of your life. So take your time and make the decision with care. Know yourself and your educational and life goals before you jump into anything. A wise seminary choice will be reflected by great success once you arrive to begin taking classes. Talk with friends and professors for suggestions, but ultimately you must be ready to make the decision for yourself.

What to expect from online tutoring

: Many people ask us what to expect from online tutoring or if they can have an example of online tutoring. A specific example of online tutoring is hard to describe, but suffice to say, it is basically what you would expect. During an online tutoring session, a real educator, such as a substitute teacher looking to make some more money or a teacher in training, will sit on his computer at home while you are at your home. You will both have your computers on and using a workable webspace, where you can write out examples. Some web services provide voice over IP, which is basically a telephone capability over your computer. In this example of online tutoring, the student and tutor are able to communicate with speech as well as visually. This makes it much easier for the student to understand what is going on and for the teacher to understand the child's problems. Of course, you don't need to pay for long distance when talking over the internet, so that is a big advantage of this format. To get an idea of what happens during the session, let's say "Joe" needs help with an essay for English class. In the example of online tutoring, Joe would be able to show his entire essay to the tutor, and the tutor would in turn be able to verbally tell Joe some of the problem areas of the essay, as well, as correct the errors so that Joe can understand what he is doing wrong. If Joe needed help with math, he could type the math problem to his tutor or talk to the tutor if typing doesn't make sense. Really, online tutoring is no different than a real life tutor, except that you have access to great tutors across the country, rather than who is available in your area. So, as you can probably see, it is hard to give an example of online tutoring since so much is done verbally, even though the student and tutor are working on their computers. However, it is a great way for a child to get help in many, many subjects.

Why does water run out my compressed air line every time i turn the air on

Water. This drives every compressed air user nuts!!! Every time they use an air tool, blow-off gun, or even fill the inflatable air mattress, water appears along with the compressed air. The water is a problem if the compressed air is moving through a tool that can rust or be negatively affected by airborne particles, and, given enough 'fill-ups and empties' a significant amount of water will appear in anything which you inflate or run with compressed air. Why? Well, we know that relative humidity is the measure of water moisture in the air expressed as a percentage. At a relative humidity of 90% for example (really hot and sticky) the atmosphere is holding 90% of the total amount of water vapour it can hold. When the relative humidity in the air exceeds 100%, it usually rains. That, unfortunately, seems to happen mostly on weekends! :-) Now, let's take some of that atmosphere with it's 90% relative humidity and compress it. What do we want the final air pressure to be; 30 PSI, perhaps 45 Pounds per Square Inch? We will use 45 PSI as an example. Free air, the atmosphere we breathe, has a normal PSI of 14.7 (or 15 PSI to make it easier math). So, we're going to take free air at 15 PSI and make it 45 PSI by compressing it. We will take three cubic feet of air at 15 PSI, and cram all three into the space of one to make one cubic foot of compressed air, now at 45 PSI. If the relative in the atmosphere humidity is 90%, and we are cramming three cubic feet of atmosphere into one cubic foot, then the relative humidity of the compressed air will almost instantly exceed 100%. As a result, as long as the relative humidity of the air in the compressor tank is over 100%, it will rain in your compressor's receiver. That water will gather on the bottom of the receiver, and will ultimately fill it unless it's drained. Then, every time compressed air is drawn from the compressor tank to your application, free water will follow it down your lines to your air tools, your workplace, your air mattress etc. To make matters worse, compressing air generates heat. Air that would normally be saturated and not be able to hold any more water vapour at one temperature, can actually hold more than 100% humidity when it gets hotter. When the air inside the tank is hot, the compressed air that is flowing out of your compressor tank has a higher than normal humidity level. What happens to air as it flows? It cools! What happens to the water vapour in the air as the air cools? It converts (condenses) back into free water. More water! The water generated by your air compressor, along with the water vapour carried along in the compressed air itself, both contribute to the water problem for the compressed air user. And that's why you have water with the compressed air, streaming out of your air line every time you open the air line valve.