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Why Weatherize Your Home?
Sep 2nd
Why Weatherize Your Home?
For those of us who live in colder climates, you might just assume we do what we can to keep our homes warm and use our energy wisely during the winter months. Yes, you would assume.
Many do go the extra mile to seal their homes by installing their storm windows, replacing weather stripping on doors, insulating their walls, blowing extra insulation into their attics, installing programmable thermostats and a hundred other energy saving projects.
At the same time, many people do little or nothing at all. Whether they lack the time, don’t have the skills, are only renting the home or have funding issues, it’s hard to say. The result is that many homes, especially older homes within cities, have little or no work done to conserve energy.
So, this article is not for those who already weatherize their homes for winter, but for those who don’t. It’s my desire to find a way to motivate you to save energy, reduce your carbon footprint, and yes, save you money. That’s tight, I’m going to attempt to twist your arm in an effort to help you save money.
Let’s look again at the possibilities or situations why a home might not be properly weatherized.
LACK OF TIME TO WEATHERIZE
I can understand this excuse, but I will not validate it. Assuming you have some skill and some idea of how to weatherize, saying you have no time is more of an attempt to say you are either lazy or have simply chosen you don’t want to do that specific type of work.
There are many types of work that we might not enjoy doing and if you just can’t find the time to weatherize your home, then get somebody to do it for you. Yes, there are thousands of businesses out there that are waiting for you to call. They are eager to perform a wonderful job weatherizing your home.
So, while being busy, take just one moment and do a search online or in your local yellow pages and call a business that performs home weatherization and then your task is done. You will have gotten that monkey off your back and you’ll feel good that you have done something to conserve energy…plus you will save money.
LACK OF SKILL
Your stance is that you want to weatherize your home, but you are not sure how to get that long yellow thing out of the tape measurer or you are confused about what a 6-in-1 screwdriver is or how to use it. I can sympathize with you and for all those who know you, but that is still no excuse for not taking any action to seal your home.
Nobody was born with knowledge, but we were all born with drive. Many of us have suppressed this drive over time and ended up learning very little in life, but the cool thing is that this is simply a choice and not really an affliction. What this means is that you do have it in you to learn new things. You really do. Say it quietly to yourself at first. “I can learn new things”. Now say it out loud, “I can learn new things.”
No matter what your past has taught you and no matter what your friends and relatives say, you can always do better if your truly choose to do so. Choose to do better and choose to set aside any fear of what you have to learn in order to weatherize your home and simply choose that you will learn what you must learn so that you can weatherize your home.
It can be a brave new world for you. It can be the beginning of a new world of confidence. Just choose to try, and when it gets tough or a little hairy, push through and try a little harder.
To get you started, I have two references for you with respect to learning about weatherization work:
Insulate and Weatherize – by Bruce Harley
This is a well written book that will show you many helpful things and will open a world of ideas for how to weatherize your home.
Weatherize America ( http://www.weatherizeamerica.com )
This online weatherization business program is not just for businesses who want to perform weatherization work, but for anyone who wants to learn how to inspect their home and then follow up and perform the necessary weatherization repairs.
TENANTS OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS
If you are determined to not put one cent of your money into the home or apartment you rent, that is your right, but if you are also the one paying for the heat, it’s time to change your mind about what you think you are losing by weatherizing the space you pay to heat.
If you pay for the heat, you are the primary one who wins by any improvement you make to weatherize the home. Sure, some of the things you do might be permanent and will work towards increasing the value of the home, but it would help if you could set aside those thoughts for a moment and think about what is best for you. What will help you? Don’t let it matter if it helps anyone else as well. Just focus on the thought of what will help you.
Will it help you if weather stripping on the doors is replaced? Will it help you if the single pane unused windows in the basement are permanently sealed off? Will it help you if the basement were better insulated where it is mostly above ground level? Will it help if cracks in the walls were caulked to stop air from blowing in? Will it help you if your drier vent was replaced with a drier vent seal? Will it help you if your water heater or boiler were wrapped with insulation?
All those questions pertain to improvements that may very well be permanent and would be helping the landlord to some degree, but to an even greater degree, they would be helping you, so just do them. If you choose to not do them in order to spite the landlord, his house has not changed and he loses nothing, but your heat is flowing out of the home , so you lose.
As a tenant most of my life, the first thing I did in almost every home I moved into was to rewire it to some degree (rooms are not functional with just two receptacles) and I would insulate and seal it well. The bottom line is that I was going to live there and I wanted to be comfortable, and yes, the landlords home was improved and yes, the people who lived there after me were able to benefit by what I did, but who cares? I benefited for the whole time I lived there and I saved more money than what any improvements ever cost, plus I increased the comfort level of the home while I lived there.
If you are a tenant, everyone wins when you weatherize, but you win first, so set aside any reservations you might have and do yourself a favor and weatherize the space you are living in. You will waste less fuel, decrease your carbon footprint and will save money.
NO MONEY
I understand not having money, but you do have money, it’s just that there does not seem to be enough to ‘waste’ on improvements when so many other needs or desires already stand in line for your precious dollars.
You can still perform many weatherization improvements, but high-tech options such as shrink-wrap window seals can be set aside for good old sheets of plastic and duct tape. In addition, you would be amazed at how much weatherizing could be performed with a few tubes of carefully placed caulking.
One trick I learned to create the perfect seal is what I call the ‘poor mans window seal’. Start by opening the window or door that does not seal well when shut. Apply a thick bead of caulking to the immoveable window or door area where the window or door would push against when closed. Place a sheet of plastic wrap over the length of the caulking and then close the window or door tightly. Wait 12 to 24 hours and then open the window or door and remove the plastic swap and viola, you have a perfect fitting seal.
Overall, what I am trying to say is that even when the money is scarce, do as many little things as possible and be creative. The bottom line is that you will spend that money or more on fuel anyway.
One final option, and it varies dramatically from state to state, is to see if there is a local, county or state program to help you finance your home weatherization needs. Depending upon your income level, you might find you qualify for free or low cost weatherization work.
FOR EVERYONE ELSE
It pays to weatherize. There is no simpler way to say it. It pays to weatherize. So many people benefit when you choose to weatherize. First, there’s you, then there are those you might hire to help you, and then there’s the stores you buy the supplies from, and then there’s the global fuel demand which you just helped to lower, reducing prices for everyone in the world, and then finally there is the world that benefits.
Weatherizing is the gift that keeps on giving since many of the improvements you make will last for years, plus, many of the improvements you make to reduce your fuel costs, will also help reduce air conditioning costs during the summer. There is simply no down-side to weatherizing.
Weatherize your living space today and the whole world becomes a happier place.
David is the author of ‘The Rewards of Making Energy Efficient Choices’, and specializes in Heating and Air Conditioning and Electrical Wiring. Websites include: Weatherize America and Best Energy Saving Products
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Create interactive map easily for your website or presentation – iMapBuilder
Sep 1st
Create interactive map easily for your website or presentation – iMapBuilder
Are you taken up by interactive maps in websites and wanted to have something like that for your website too and enhance user experience?
Want to create an interactive map for your portal to attract more users? Are you too busy to learn to use Flash software to develop interactive maps for your websites and your customers’ websites?
Don’t worry iMapBuilder is an all-in-one solution to all the above problems.
The map software iMapBuilder can help you to create attractive and highly interactive flash maps for your websites and your customers’ websites. The map software comes with Flash map solution for your websites, including flash world map, flash US map, US county map, Europe map, UK map and much more.
Create your own Interactive Map
One of the greatest advantages of this interactive map software is that you don’t need to have any technical knowledge what so ever. You will be able create your customized Flash maps in a matter of few clicks. It is as easy as using your word processor software programs.
You will be able to create highly sophisticated maps with clickable regions, points, lines, for your website in just few minutes. You will alsobe able to insert zoomable areas, add animation effects, add annotations or popup messages, sounds or audio files and even dynamic objects, which will make your Flash map highly interactive and remember you don’t need to have any technical knowledge to implement all these in your Flash map. This is a very simple software product and can be learnt very easily.
The software package includes pre-defined map templates including world map, US map, US county maps, Europe map and UK map. You can also import your own JPG map image and convert into an interactive map easily These interactive flash maps can then be usedon your website, or presentations to impress your audience and make their navigation easier. Using the export feature, you will be able to export the maps as JPG files.
Supported OS & image formats
iMapBuilder supports all the latest Windows OS from Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows Vista. You just need to install Adobe Flash player in your computer, which is available for free, download. Besides these, you will not need any other special software to run our interactive maps. You will be able to convert all static images into interactive map and insert clickable points, mouse-over text, etc. The interactive map software can handle JPG, PNG and GIF formats. You will be able to create even street maps and branch office maps in a matter of few clicks using our readymade map template.
iMapBuilder is one of the most powerful interactive map softwares available in the market. It is also one of the most sophisticated software available, yet does not require any technical knowledge. You will be able to create attractive maps for your website and it is also the most cost-effective way of getting interactive flash maps for your website.
For advanced users
iMapBuilder interactive map software is also highly suitable for advanced users who have the needed technical knowledge but don’t have time to create sophisticated Flash maps for their websites and their customer’s websites.
You will find this map software is highly reliable and stable on all popular browsers. You will be able to link the interactive map to PHP and MYSql and you will also be able to change the map settings using XML.
You will be able to create Flash maps in 2D as well as in 3D styles to suit your specific needs. Use iMapBuilder will save you a lot of time as you don’t have to spend your time in creating customized Flash maps from scratch.
Not only web designers and web masters can benefit from our interactive map software, anyone who wants to create a flash map can find iMapBuilder an easy software to use. You can use iMapbuilder to create interactive map for your branch office maps, reseller maps, real estate maps, or for educational purposes to teach children geography. The options are unlimited.
For more information and download free trial version, visit iMapBuilder Interactive Map Builder homepage, at: http://www.imapbuilder.com
Ted Ko – software programmer since 1996, with homepage at Faico Software
Types of Job Interview Questions
Aug 31st
Types of Job Interview Questions
The list of possible interview questions can be quite large and overwhelming. Fortunately, there are only really five different types of interview questions. This structure helps put these questions into a manageable framework. The five different types of interview questions:
1. Resume-Related Questions (You Questions)
2. Qualifications for Job Questions
3. Behavioral Questions
4. Case Interview Questions
5. Personality Questions
Resume- Related Questions (You Questions)
This group of questions can be described as “You” questions because they tend to center around what “you” have done. Sample Interview questions could include:
• Tell me about yourself?
• What did you major in at college?
• What did you do in this position?
The main focus of these questions is to try to find out whether your resume information is accurate and whether you have exaggerated or been modest about your credentials. This is most often done by asking questions based on the information shown in your resume.
Job Qualification Questions
These questions will be generated mainly from the job description and may overlap somewhat with Resume-Related questions. They are designed to see if you have the experience or qualifications for the position at a general level. They will ask you sample interview questions like:
• Have you ever managed a team before?
• Do you have any experience with conflict resolution?
• Have you ever given a presentation to external customers?
Behavioral Questions
These questions try to specifically determine whether you have the appropriate level of experience or qualifications for the position. They tend to go deeper than Job Qualification Questions by having you provide answers based on your prior work experience. These questions provide you with a basic problem scenario and expect you to be able to answer it based on a prior work experience example. Sample Interview questions could include:
• Tell me about a time you used your conflict resolution skills?
• Tell me about a project where you implemented a process improvement idea?
• Give me an example of a time you failed to complete a project on time and how you went about correcting the issue?
These questions can take on the form of a positive or a negative and so it is a good idea to have thought out ahead of time examples that you will want to use. It is also a good idea to try to identify before hand what are likely to be the skills they will base their behavioral questions on. For example, a salesman might expect to get behavioral questions based presentation skills. One such question could be give me a time when you gave a successful presentation to a client or for customer service skills, tell me about a time when you used your customer service skills to help keep an upset customer with the company.
Case Interview Questions
These types of questions tend to be tailored toward client focused positions like consulting and sales. They essentially involve providing you with a list of facts surrounding a company problem and ask you how to address the issue. Depending on the position, this may include doing things like performing mathematical computations or creating presentation aids. Regardless of the position, you can expect to have to present your findings and answer follow-up questions.
The purpose of these types of interview questions is to see how you think, whether you can perform under a stressful situation and, determine whether your personality is a good fit for the team. These interview questions usually are conducted on a one on one basis; however, you can also answer these questions as part of a group as a way for some companies to judge your interpersonal skills.
Personality Questions
These types of questions usually take on two forms. One form is a formal standard test that asks you a lot of questions about what types of things you prefer or would choose to do based on a list of options. The second form of personality questions are the informal type that can occur anywhere in the interview process and are geared towards determining if you are a good personality fit for the position. Sample interview questions could include:
• What was the score of the Cowboys game last night?
• What did you think of the last episode of American Idol?
The purpose of these questions is to see if you are well rounded enough to be able to talk to a prospective client about a general topic like American Football or a popular television show.
By getting a basic familiarity of these types of sample interview questions, you will help reduce your overall learning curve. Although interview questions tend to get most of the attention in other interviewing guides and books, you should instead divide your focus between all aspects of the interview process. By having a more comprehensive outlook on the interview process, you will tend to have better results by appearing more well-rounded and professional to your interviewers throughout the entire interview process.
Why Didn’t He Call?
Aug 30th
Why Didn’t He Call?
Nothing is worse than going on a date (or even several dates) with a guy and then suddenly he stops calling. Or you give and guy your number and he seems totally into you but then he never calls. Maybe you’ve even made plans with him and didn’t show up and didn’t bother to call to tell you.
You can be left asking yourself “why didn’t he call?”, stressing over what you may have done wrong, or sometimes even worrying what might be wrong with you.
Let’s face it, it’s painful when a guy doesn’t call and the worst part is not knowing why. The truth is there are any number of reasons that guys don’t call you back and each situation is different. Here are some common reasons guys don’t call back that may help you sort out your own situation.
He’s Unavailable
This is one of the pitfalls of meeting guys at clubs or out at a bar. Many of the “single” guys in the bar really have girls or wives at home waiting for them. He may have been caught up in the moment, flattered that you seemed interested in him and flirting more than he should of.
The next day when the booze has worn off he forgets the whole thing or pushes it to the back of his mind and gets back to life with his wife or girlfriend.
He’s Not Ready for a Relationship
If you’ve gone on a date or two and thought things were going well and then your guy just stopped calling out of the blue it could be because he’s not ready to be in a relationship. It might be that he has a fear of committment and things were getting too serious for him. Or maybe he just got out of a long relationship and isn’t ready to get into another.
Perhaps he just wants to date lots of girls and not settle down with one just yet. No matter what the reason a lot of times guys just aren’t ready and don’t quite know how to tell you that so they just stop calling.
He’s Scared You’ll Reject Him
A lot of guys don’t call even if you have given them your number because they are afraid that you will still reject them. They run scenarios through their mind of you having given them a fake number, you suddenly being too busy to see them or anything else they can envision going wrong.
Before long they have worked themselves into believing that you aren’t interested in them and rather than risk rejection they just don’t call.
Obviously there are other reasons men don’t call, but these are a few of the most common.
If you’ve been having trouble finding a good man who respects you, you tend to attract the wrong kind of guys or you just are ready to stop playing games and have a meaningful and fulfilling relationship I’d recommend checking out How to Captivate a Man, Make Him Fall in Love with You – and Give You the World!. It’s got some really great advice for attracting (and keeping!) the right man, understanding how men think, and learning how to find a healthy and loving relationship.
Find out more and get a free chapter from the book at http://www.thewaytolove.info
Good luck!
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Mortgage Cycling Revealed : Brought to you by – The Ultimate, Super, Fantastic, Mortgage…Resource
Aug 29th
Mortgage Cycling Revealed : Brought to you by – The Ultimate, Super, Fantastic, Mortgage…Resource
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Anyway, today we have a great show for you. On the Ultimate, Super, Fantastic, Mortgageâ¦Resource Site! I had someone ask what Mortgage cycling was. So I want to discuss some aspects of âMortgage Cycling Revealedâ. It explains how to quickly build equity in your home, and pay it off within 10 years or less, all without making biweekly mortgage payments. This would be a pretty cool thing to do right? First off, you pay down your mortgage a lot faster than originally planned. Once your house is payed off, that does mean less stress right? Not to mention more spending money from the equity that youâve built. Who knows, maybe you can use that extra money to add on to your existing home, pay for your childâs college tuition, go on your dream vacation around the world, or maybe even purchase a second property! Itâs your money, do what you want with it.
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As far as this mortgage cycling goes, we know some of you may say, â What about the economy? Things may not look so good in the futureâ. It really doesânt matter when you use a system that works no matter what shape the economy is in. Some of you may live in certain areas that you are not so sure of, or worry about the type of mortgage you are tied into. It doesnât matter where you live or what type of mortgage you have. Some people donât know anything, or very little about mortgages. But it doesânt make a difference how much you know or donât know about mortgages.
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Walking Canes For Women: Fashionable Accessories for Holiday Outfits
Aug 28th
Walking Canes For Women: Fashionable Accessories for Holiday Outfits
Historically, walking canes were a symbol of social position, the quality of the cane defined the owners wealth and rank in their community. Canes can be traced all the way back to the staff of Moses, and even the famous magician Merlin was known for his beautiful cane.
Walking canes for ladies came into fashion in the early 17th century. During this time, women began to incorporate their cane as unique attributes of their wardrobe. Since those days, walking canes have come a long way.
Walking canes for women come in many colors, styles and types. They include:
Fit Like a Glove canes (with super comfortable cane handle)
Tea party walking canes
Designer walking sticks
Wooden canes
Antique walking canes, or collector canes
Walking canes with floral and vivid patterns
Besides the types of walking canes mentioned above, there are the practical Compact Travel canes, Classy Sophisticated for business wear, and for the avant-garde, New Age-Chic walking sticks. Formal Wear ladies cane is an ideal choice for special occasions or elegant evenings out.
A fashionable walking cane will not only provide support by walking but also comfort when you need to do a lot of standing when attending social events. It will also highlight the key elements of ladies outfit or, on the contrary, will serve as an outstanding accessory itself.
Here are the most popular choices of walking canes for women to go with formal outfits:
If your favorite is the classic crook shaped cane, you have several eye-catching choices.
The crystal cut Tourist Lucite walking cane is both sparkling and affordable. Choose this crystal clear cane that will go well with the outfit of any color if you do not want a cane to outshine your festive outfit.
The black Rhinestones J Handle Cane and the J Burgundy Leather with Paduck Wood walking cane display understated elegance while Alpacca Horse Head and Alpacca Floral canes, made of nickel silver and kiln-cured maple, are as durable as they are lovely. All of them are noticeable accessories that make a fashion statement by themselves.
A formal ladies cane that is easy on the hand is the Fritz Stylized Nickel Relief cane with its black hardwood shaft, but the Derby handled Ergonomically Correct Nickel Plated cane with its black beech wood shaft is just as classy. This ladies cane is anatomically correct, meaning that it is available to fit either the right or left hand; besides, it is helpful if you have a painful hand condition like arthritis.
Even more fancy and formal walking canes for women have derby style handles. Rhinestones on black with a silver collar and Burgundy leather with Paduck Wood are just as gorgeous in Derby. For those who can’t fall out of love with wooden canes, there’s Genuine Wengewood walking cane and another in beautiful Ebony Wood, with a pretty carved pewter collar. For a modern designer twist, choose the Swirl Pearl-Ruby Red Acrylic or the Majestic Faux Titanium handled Derby cane.
The sparkling acrylic Opera Handle cane with its lacquered beech wood shaft is up to date and unique, as is the clear Lucite-Ball handled cane. But antique lovers will appreciate the Colonial and the T-Shaped Antique Reproduction handles, both in silver-plate, and the sumptuous Early European Art Reproduction knob handled cane in 14 K gold plate. All three of these ladies canes are on ebony wood shafts and any of them will be a sophisticated addition to a stylish classy formal outfit.
As you can see, there are plenty of walking canes for women that go well and compliment formal holiday outfits and finest finery. Fashionable walking canes are sure to make any lady stand out of the crowd and look her best.
Walking Canes Lady is an expert writer who writes about fashion, walking canes and health related topics.
For more information about stylish ladies canes, she recommends to visit Fashionable Canes online store. There you can choose a fancy quality walking cane and browse a large selection of cane accessories.
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Moon as the Earliest Calendar
Aug 27th
Moon as the Earliest Calendar
Moon as the Earliest Calendar give readers of the Holy Bible information recorded in ancient times. Lunar/solar calendars were common throughout the ancient world. Three calendar systems that help our study of Bible times are the Jewish, Mesoamerican and the Egyptian calendars. Changes in the appearance of the moon at night provide the seven-day week. Time steps in the lunar/solar calendar accumulate for longer time cycles.
Moon as the Earliest Calendar
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Moon as the Earliest Calendar
I AM speaks to people through His Word, the Holy Bible. Historical, inspirational and supernatural, the Bible has been with us since calendar recording began. Readers of the Holy Bible can understand the records of ancient times. We discern what the numbered ages in the Old Testament actually mean by using three oldest calendars. Three calendar systems that help our study of Bible times are the Jewish, Mesoamerican and the Egyptian calendars. These three calendars allow us to trace back into remote prehistory. The word prehistory includes the “before time”, and the compound of “His” and “story.” Scientists who have worked with these very early cultures can provide the basic calendar methods that were once used to measure time. We need to review the Lord’s units of main time keeping to see the way ancient humanity dealt with time observation.
Early parts of the Old Testament mention days and years together. Time and the Biblical Creation include major fundamental concepts known to the ancient Jewish people. The Old Testament provides our first realistic ideas about time reckoning and recording. The Lord defines the day and night in the book of Genesis. The very first calendar of one day had begun. Description of the seven-day Creative Week further defines basic operation of the calendar. The sacred seven-day week is a fundamental religious idea. Four phases of the moon marked four weekly intervals during the month. Approximate lunar phases are attached to the origins of the calendar Sabbath week. Seven-day weeks and lunar months create the lunar-side of the lunar/solar calendars.
We are discovering ancient days when timekeepers watched the sun, moon and stars. The Jewish Calendar is simple when you understand the numbers used. The Jewish Calendar is based on the sun and moon together and measures chronology in numbered years from the Creation year 1. Modern recorded dates denote this era as B.C.E. for “Before Common Era”. Christianity dates according to the birth of Christ. The same B.C.E. initials mean “Before Christian Era” or simply B.C. for “Before Christ.” Time reckoning after Christ applies the A.D. marking of Anno Domini, which stems from the Latin meaning: “After Divinity” in the year of our Lord.
Calendar systems map world chronology according to different beginnings. Some follow Jewish tradition and put the Creation date at 5,767 years ago or about 3,761 years B.C.E. Others credit Archbishop Ussher with calculating in 1,701 A.D. that Creation took place in 4,004 B.C. The Egyptian Calendar begins between 4,236 B.C.E. and 4,241 B.C.E., along with Egyptian mythology explaining the world’s creation. Starting dates depend on star observation in Egypt, since that is the only way primal society had to mark calendar years. Another plan estimates the starting Mayan Calendar date to be 3,113 B.C.E. Shared calendar characteristics enable deeper inspection of prehistoric time reckoning. Sacred texts and current science provide clues needed to reconstruct the oldest Biblical history. Important traits gathered from past calendar time streams become woven together to obtain hybrid insight. Three ancient calendar systems form the world’s oldest trunk line of calendar science. God used a lunar/solar calendar to write listed ages for the Antediluvian Patriarchs. The family of Adam heralds new discovery from the earliest time.
Ages of Adam will aid you through better understanding of the Old Testament and significant calendar information. The work at timeemits.com stresses time reckoning and recording. We return to the origins of day and night that lead up to the sacred seven-day week to explore this affinity between God above and calendar times.
Genesis 1:4
“And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”
God was “between” the light, and the darkness in the literal Hebrew definition. This basic interlinear Bible definition establishes a slightly different thought of God being between or separating, daylight on the one hand, and darkness on the other. This meaning sets the precedence for identifying day and night.
Genesis 1:5
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
The Lord put two great lights in heaven, one to rule the day and one to rule the night. The light of the sun measured the day and the light of the moon measured time greater than a day. The greater light is, of course, the sun. Everything we call solar deals with the sun. The lesser light, or luminary, is the moon. The word lunar relates to the moon or the month. The sun and moon identify as luminaries.
This work of God, of dividing, separating or coming between daylight and darkness to measure time is the basic premise of the original Jewish calendar. Calendars, time, and the sacred seven-day week have inspired the purest of time references to the Holy Bible. We must examine formative religions and ideas about time. In chapter 5 of Genesis, a correlation exists between the “begat” genealogy following Adam and numerical ties to ancient calendars. Adam and his descendants through Noah are the Antediluvian Patriarchs. Antediluvian tells us they were before the great flood of Noah and all were Patriarchs or fore fathers of humanity. The Holy Bible provides our greatest treasure of calendar history and early theology. The Master of the Universe, He who sits upon the throne of glory and grace, stretches forth His right hand to give us time.
We become one human race when you put man and woman together. There are two literal Hebrew definitions involved here. Adam meant “the man,” in the literal Hebrew sense of the word. Adam, the word, differs from a personal pronoun name like Bob or John. Adam is the human being, the generic man or a breathing creature. Adam in this work refers to the universal, generic meaning for man. The man is a derivative form of the root word that describes reddish clay, soil or dust. Literal word searches furnish meanings that aid our calendar study. A synthesis of faiths and mythology sharpen initial views regarding civilization. People have always marked birth and death by the calendar. Calendars unite with the spiritual afterlife in memorials. Early religions recognized conceptions of the spirit and soul after death by burial and by saying “from dust unto dust.” The lifetime of Adam is given precise lunar/solar years in chapter 5 of Genesis.
Eve is the woman in literal Hebrew. She is the life-giver, mother to the living, or child-bearer. The feminine fertility issue has always been associated with lunar observation. The lunar month forever etches upon humanity the moon — mother perceptions of ancient times. Cycles of new moons were basic time reckoning ingredients for lunar/solar calendars. Where Eve represented the feminine side of human order according to lunar observation, Adam represented the masculine, solar side, according to solar positioning on the horizon. In other words, Adam’s male image also implied meaning toward the rising and setting positions of the sun through all four seasons during the year. Adam and Eve have embedded connections with primitive cosmology.
Clarification of God resting on the seventh day defines a separation between successive time frames. God again divides, separates or is between the light and darkness of the moon. Repeated instances in a theme show a holy relationship is present between specific divisions of calendar times. Transition from one lunar phase ending to commencement of the next lunar phase is the most revered unit of time measurement known. God set aside the Sabbath Day as holy. God consecrated the Jewish Shabbat for all time to come. The sacred Jewish significance of the seven-day week and the number seven elsewhere support religious observance of the moon as an early calendar.
The lunar/solar calendar begins to emerge with a variety of ultimate connotations. Day unto night, between the weeks as Sabbath, new moon crescents and finally intercalary days all continue divine providence upon Earth. Time steps in the lunar/solar calendar accumulate for longer time cycles. Years and then multiple of years exhibit the same religious notions to vast proportions.
Changes in the appearance of the moon at night provide the seven-day week. Divisions of seven-days separate the four basic lunar phases noted in figure 1. Starting with a new moon crescent, the moon gradually comes into view on following nights. The first half of the moon is visible in about seven-days. The moon waxes until full moon at the end of two weeks. Lunar light reverses progression in the third week, waning to half visibility. A fourth week completes the month and visibility diminishes toward a new moon. Completion of four lunar phases comprises the month. The true lunar month measures 29.53-days. Ancient calendar makers recorded approximations according to actual observation. Whole lunar months of 29-days or 30-days were the common practice in lunar/solar calendar systems. The average lunar month of 29.5-days repeats upon sighting the new moon crescent. Light and darkness classify lunar phases in the lunar-side of lunar/solar calendars. Original interpretations of lunar time place God between the weeks on Sabbath Days.
Lunar/solar calendar foundations of the Jewish calendar extend from the earliest verses of scripture. Natural, uniform motions of the heavenly spheres are the pivotal markers of time reckoning. The list of ancient characters mentioned in the Old Testament used this lunar/solar calendar system of time recording. Observation of lunar phases coupled with solar positioning graduated the lifetime ages of Adam and his descendants. Well over ten thousand years ago, proto-historical calendar makers had developed advanced sciences such as mathematics and astronomy. Intercalary days add to the lunar year of twelve-moon-months in order to complete our modern solar year of 365-days. Necessary intercalations best describe lunar/solar separation time by “coming between” lunar and solar times.
Time Equations
There are 12 finished lunar months during the current 365-day-solar-year. Since day one, that has never changed. An average lunar month is about 29.5-days long measured against a starry nighttime background. There are four quarters during one-lunar-month. From new moon, which shows no moonlight, to the first phase of the moon, or half the lighted moon, about one week has passed. Moonlight waxes to full-moon stage after two weeks. Reversing the pattern, the third week of the month wanes visibility to diminish the moon’s light back to halfway again. The fourth weekly period continues the waning retreat of moonlight until again repeating the new moon. Twelve mature lunar months multiply by 29.5-days per lunar month for 354-days to approximate the lunar year (Eqn. 1).
Time differences between lunar and solar calendar years provide lunar/solar calendar adjustments or intercalations. Subtraction yields 11 days of lunar/solar separation time between the lunar year of 12-moon-months and the 365-day-solar-year (Eqn. 2). Eleven days of difference every year were the staple for lunar/solar calendars. During 19-years, 11-days of lunar/solar separation time every year multiply this division between lunar years and solar years (Eqn. 3). Lunar/solar separation time measures 209-days of difference after 19-years have passed. Therefore, any 19-year lunar/solar calendar cycle had to incorporate these remaining 209-days of separation as intercalary days in order to catch up the lunar-side of the calendar, with the solar-side of the calendar. Intercalary systems varied between cultures to compensate calendar recording. The Mayan Calendar escalates the same intercalations to distribute 210-days over a 20-year lunar/solar calendar cycle (Eqn. 3).
Throughout this text, ‘lunar/solar’ denotes calendar terminology that pertains to lunar and solar time. Variations include ‘lunar/solar separation time’ to indicate time between lunar years and solar years. Occasionally the phrase is abbreviated ‘l/s’. Lunar-side specifically addresses time measured according to lunar or moon reckoning. Solar-side time splits address time that depends upon solar or sun reckoning. Lunar/solar calendar time is the most important approach to survey ancient calendars.
Equations
1. 12-Month-Lunar-Year
29.5 day-lunar-month
x 12 lunar-months in lunar-year
= 354 day-lunar-year
2. 11-Days of Lunar/Solar Separation Time
365 day-solar-year
- 354 day-lunar-year
= 11 days of l/s separation time per l/s calendar year
3. Lunar/Solar Separation Time for 20-year-L/S-Cycle
11-days of Separation per l/s calendar year
x 19-year-l/s-calendar cycle
= 209 days of separation per 19-year-l/s-cycle
Approximates to 210 Days of Separation per 20-year l/s-cycle
The lunar/solar calendar begins to emerge with a variety of ultimate connotations. Day unto night, between the weeks as Sabbath, new moon crescents and finally intercalary days all continue divine providence upon Earth. Time steps in the lunar/solar calendar accumulate for longer time cycles. Years and then multiple of years exhibit the same religious notions to vast proportions.
Lunar/solar calendars were common throughout the ancient world. Different calendar systems employed the 19-year cycle with slight variations. Study of the Jewish Calendar provides the necessary understanding that is fundamental to lunar/solar calendar cycles. Equally important, the Jewish Calendar was the mainstay time recording plan found throughout the Old Testament.
More information regarding Jewish Calendar festival and holiday celebrations is available from the timeemits.com website. The scope of this work is primarily the treatment of l/s intercalations. Ancient and modern versions of the calendar vary slightly. A true comparison is possible only through supplementary reading in Judaism.
Are you a pastor, educator or a student of the Holy Bible? Timeemits.com seeks anointed people to review and contribute to the Ages of Adam ministry. Ancient lunar/solar calendars like the Jewish and Mayan calendars provide the background to understanding early time. Ancient calendars of the Holy Bible use differences between the moon and sun, numerical matching and a 364-day calendar year to describe X-number of days that match with X-number of years. Ages of Adam is a free read. at timeemits.
Clark Nelson is webmaster for http://www.timeemits.com and author of Ages of Adam and sequel, Holy of Holies. Contact article@timeemits.com for more information.
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