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Where Does YOUR WATER Come From?

2006-11-02T08:07:00.000-08:00

A Fundraising Service of
WHF Marketing Group
"Wellness for Health through Fundraising"

Noah's Water Fundraising
The Mission:
Promote Individualized Wellness
and Raise Money for
Community Service Organizations

To promote Enhanced Personal Health ("Individualized Wellness") and Increased Earned Revenue by selling Noah's California Spring Water - A Sole-Source 100% Natural Spring Water from Adobe Springs - through Fundraising for Community Service Organizations.

The Need: To raise money in order to fund the organization and allow it to provide programs that allow the organization to function as it was planned.

Your Solution: Noah's Water Fundraising

Know Your Water Lingo

Grocery stores and restaurants offer varieties of water that are difficult to keep up with. Spring, flavored, artesian, mineral, sparkling -- what do these watery terms mean? Isn't water ... water?

The Food and Drug Administration has developed definitions for each of these types of water, and more:

Artesian water is a certain type of well water, collected without mechanical pumping. The well must tap a confined aquifer (an underground layer of rock or sand with water) that has water standing much higher than the rock, gravel or sand.
Mineral water contains standard quantities of minerals that must be naturally present, not added.
Purified water has been processed to remove minerals and other solids. (Purified doesn't mean it is better for you than any other kind.)
Sparkling water is water with a "fizz," either with added carbon dioxide or naturally carbonated. (Seltzer, tonic and club soda are not sparkling water, they are considered soft drinks.)
Spring Water comes from an underground source and naturally flows to the surface. It must be collected at the spring or through a bored hole that taps an underground source of the spring.

Where does water come from? Some 70% of the earth is covered with water. But nearly all is unavailable for human consumption without being processed first. The oceans make up for 97% and the polar ice shields hold another 2%. Only about 1% is soft water from lakes, rives and underground sources, but even from that tiny amount an increasing part is unsafe for human consumption.

All over the world, water is one of the most popular drinks. Its popularity with consumers increased over the last couple of years dramatically. This led to an explosion of available brands. So, keep on exploring the world of water, as it is the best drink for you.

URL: http://www.pmgeiser.ch/mineral/index.php?func=disp&parval=1827

"Where does Your Water come from?"

Adobe Springs

The Adobe Springs flow at a rate of 75,000,000 gallons per year, and contain 110 mg/Liter magnesium. Nearly all other American bottled spring waters contain less than 6 mg/Liter magnesium. This magnesium may prevent up to 40% of all heart disease.

Adobe Springs is bottled at the Seven-Up plant in Modesto, CA, under their label, Noah's California Spring Water, and distributed in the Central Valley of California.

The Adobe Springs are located in western Stanislaus County in an area so remote that there are no schools or delivery of U. S. mail. The area is so mountainous that no bottling plant can be built at the springs, so the water is trucked out in "doubles" carrying 6,000 gallons per load.

The owners are Paul and Janet Mason, who live at the springs with their three children.

The elevation at the Adobe Springs is 1,375 feet above sea level, which keeps the springs pure. At that elevation in such rocky terrain, there is no agriculture or industry using insecticides, herbicides, chemicals, no smog, or anything else. The area is a rugged wilderness, too steep for any development.

For more information on Adobe Springs, Paul Mason, The Health Benefits of Magnesium and The Healthy Water Association, go to: www.mgwater.com.

"Where does Your Money go when you buy Your Water?"

That's easy ... to the Retailer and the Freight Company, as a profit for services rendered. With Noah's Water Fundraising, Your Organization can earn over 30% of the gross revenue generated and Everyone - Scouts, Dads/Moms, Grandma/Grandpa, brothers/sisters, aunts /uncles, cousins, friends and people you don't even know - would be drinking a 100% Natural Spring Water.

Five (5) Sizes of Noah's California Spring Water

2006-10-14T16:06:00.000-07:00

Noah's California Spring Water from Adobe Springs

100% Natural • Sodium Free • Naturally Elevated Levels of Magnesium and Bicarbonate Over Other Spring Waters

Five (5) SIZES of Noah's California Spring Water
Prices Are Per Case
Per Unit Prices May Vary For Sales of Individual Cans or Bottles

Noah's Water Fundraising is pleased to announce the beginning of our

Water Fundraising Program!

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Visist our web site:
www.NoahsWaterFundraising.com

Visit to Adobe Springs - September, 2006

2006-09-29T22:59:00.000-07:00

A few days ago we were invited by Paul Mason and his wife to come visit their Adobe Springs just west of Patterson, California. Adobe Springs is the sole source of Noah's California Spring Water.

We have posted some photos and short video clips on our site, Noah's Water Fundraising, at this link: http://www.noahswaterfundraising.com/media/Adobe_Gallery/index.shtml

Feel free to visit our site and view the photos of this pristine area. It will help you understand why we are so excited about the 100% Natural Spring Water that has naturally occurring high levels of magnesium and bicarbonate.

"Where does Your Water come from?"

Question: What Type of Water is Best for You?

2006-08-22T22:55:00.000-07:00

Answer: Noah's California Spring Water

100% Natural
A Sole-Source Functional Spring Water
Sodium Free
Naturally Elevated Levels of Magnesium and Bicarbonate

AND

You can Raise Money for your organization.

Noah's California Spring Water
In Plastic Bottles

Noah's California Spring Water
In Glass Bottles

For more information: info@noahswaterfundraising.com

Know Your Water Lingo

2006-08-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

Noah’s Water Fundraising

A Fundraising Service of
WHF Marketing Group
“Wellness for Health through Fundraising”

The Mission: Promote Wellness and Raise Money for Boy Scouts

To promote Wellness and Health by selling a Sole-Source Functional 100% Natural Spring Water through Fundraising to generate revenue for Boy Scout Programs.

The Need: Raise money in order to fund the organization and allow
it to provide programs that allow the organization to function as it was planned; thereby, achieving Financial Wellness and a greater capability for the Scouts to experience the benefits of Your Program.

Know Your Water Lingo

Grocery stores and restaurants offer varieties of water that are difficult to keep up with. Spring, flavored, artesian, mineral, sparkling -- what do these watery terms mean? Isn't water ... water?

The Food and Drug Administration has developed definitions for each of these types of water, and more:

Artesian water is a certain type of well water, collected without mechanical pumping. The well must tap a confined aquifer (an underground layer of rock or sand with water) that has water standing much higher than the rock, gravel or sand.
Mineral water contains standard quantities of minerals that must be naturally present, not added.
Purified water has been processed to remove minerals and other solids. (Purified doesn't mean it is better for you than any other kind.)
Sparkling water is water with a "fizz," either with added carbon dioxide or naturally carbonated. (Seltzer, tonic and club soda are not sparkling water, they are considered soft drinks.)
Spring Water comes from an underground source and naturally flows to the surface. It must be collected at the spring or through a bored hole that taps an underground source of the spring.

For more information: info@noahswaterfundraising.com

"Where does Your Water come from?"

2006-08-14T12:04:00.000-07:00

My Blog Agent announces the introduction of Noah's Water Fundraising, a new fund raising program developed to help organizations raise money by providing a Healthy and 100% Natural bottled water. The sole source of Noah's Water is located in western Stanislaus County, California in an area so remote that there are no schools or delivery of U. S. Mail. The area is so mountainous that no bottling plant can be built at the springs, so the water has to be trucked out.

The elevation at the source is 1,375 feet above sea level, which keeps the springs pure. At that elevation in such rocky terrain, there is no agriculture or industry using insecticides, herbicides, chemicals, no smog, or anything else. The area is a rugged wilderness, too steep for any development.

Noah's Water Fundraising is reaching out to charitable organizations large or small to invite them to investigate the benefits of this unique Healthy & 100% Natural bottled spring water program. Now these organizations can help themselves by offering a healthy product to their supporters!

Visit the Noah's Water Fundraising site or send an inquiry to: info@noahswaterfundraising.com

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2006-08-13T17:15:00.000-07:00

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The Peter Lupus Hydration Challenge

2006-04-28T09:47:00.000-07:00

From:

BE Alive! Ultra Wellness LLC
A Peter Lupus Fitness & Wellness Program Focused on Hydration, Wellness and Fundraising

Mission: Possible Hydration KITS

Hydration For Wellness Kit and Emergency Hydration Preparedness Kit

"Supporting the Personal Fitness and Individualized Wellness Goals of Youth, Faith and Educational Organizations through Fundraising Campaigns focused on Hydration and Emergency Hydration Preparedness."

For more information... email info@MyBlogAgency.com

The Peter Lupus Hydration Challenge

2006-04-27T09:45:00.000-07:00

The Peter Lupus Hydration Challenge

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The Peter Lupus Hydration Challenge

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The Peter Lupus Hydration Challenge

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The Peter Lupus Hydration Challenge

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The Peter Lupus Hydration Challenge

2006-04-22T13:45:00.000-07:00

The Facts of Hydration

2006-04-21T23:06:00.000-07:00

Staying hydrated during the course of exercise is crucial because water is what delivers oxygen to the muscles, fueling them in the course of your work-out. Without adequate fluids, the cardiovascular system is strained, the probability of heat injury skyrockets, and performance is impaired.

The most serious effect of dehydration during exercise is the inability to adequately sweat and cool off. This is more serious than it sounds since the body's chief method of heat loss in a hot-dry temperature can be life threatening. In fact, 80% of heat loss happens through perspiration.

Add to this the fact that it is common for a person to dehydrate by 2%-6% of their body weight during exercise and that as little as 1% weight loss during exercise begins to impair performance. Unfortunately, feeling thirsty isn't an adequate indicator that it's time to drink. By the time a person feels thirsty they are usually dehydrated. Studies show that the average person does not drink nearly the amount of fluids required to prevent dehydration. If water or some other fluid is available, most people will drink only enough to replace 2/3 of the fluids lost.

It's surprising how quickly dehydration affects your performance. With vigorous exercise in hot or humid conditions, you can lose 2-3 liters of water per hour. For a 150 pound person, a 1% body weight loss equals slightly less than one liter. This means a dehydrated state in less than one half hour, serious effects in an hour, and a possible threat to your life and safety in two hours.

There are several ways to ensure proper hydration, according to the American College of Sports Medicine. First, start with a large drink, about 16oz., 2 hours before going out to exercise. This gives your body plenty of time to regulate its fluid levels prior to exercising and helps delay or avoid the effects of dehydration during exercise. Second, during exercise it is very important to drink before becoming thirsty and to drink at frequent intervals to replace fluid lost through sweating. It takes approximately eight fluid ounces of fluid to replace each pound of body weight lost. Third, studies show that people drink more if the drink tastes good. In other words, using a sweetened or flavored drink, such as an energy drink, decreases the likelihood of dehydrating.

Finally, and probably most important, is bringing adequate amounts of fluids with you when you exercise. Unless someone exercises in an area where drinks are available every 15 minutes or so, it's important to carry water with you. Finding a system that is comfortable and works for the sport is becoming easier all the time. Water bottles, easy to use water filters, products like the Fuel Belt, and fanny packs designed to carry water are all readily available; it's important to find a drinking system that works for you and your sport and to use it regularly. Select a drinking system that keeps water cool. The 45-55 F. range is optimal for quickest absorption and cooling of your core temperature.

Be alert to the signs of heat illness and stop exercising until you can get enough to drink and lower your body temperature. Nausea, headaches, dizziness, and a stoppage of perspiration are all indications of heat injury. The good news is that, because 60% of body weight is water, the simple act of drinking 8oz. every 15-20 minutes during exercise prevents dehydration, the resulting heat injury, and increases efficiency and performance.

Good Hydration

2006-04-20T00:40:00.000-07:00

To keep your body full of energy and performing at its best, Good Hydration is essential

We all need around two liters of fluid a day to keep our bodies properly hydrated. Water is the medium in which most of body processes take place, and makes up about two thirds of body weight. We lose it via breath, sweat and urine.

The recommended daily two liters of fluid can come from any drinks: tea, coffee, coke, fruit juice - even beer, though we don't recommend drinking two liters of beer each day! We also get approximately half a liter from food eaten each day, about a quarter of daily needs, mostly from fruit and vegetables.
Of course, alternatives to water do tend to have more calories, so it makes sense to get at least some of our daily fluid needs from water. Also, some studies have indicated that drinking plenty of water is beneficial to the immune system; good for the skin; alleviates constipation and can reduce the risk of kidney stones.

Dehydration can make you feel tired and lethargic, and will decrease your capacity for exercise. Extra fluid is needed in hot weather and when you exercise. For each hour of exercise you should drink an extra litre of fluid. If you have an illness that is causing sickness, diarrhoea or sweating, you will need to up your fluid intake to make up for the extra loss.

Making sure you are properly hydrated is an important part of general well being - both feeling and looking good - drink up!

Clustered Water

2006-04-19T18:46:00.000-07:00

The Story of Clustered Water

It all began in 1976. Lee Lorenzen was a graduate student doing research at a University in California. Like so many aspiring researchers, his vocation was chosen because of his desire to make a difference in the health and happiness of others, but what he found was a model that wasn’t always working. Over and over again he saw that the medications he was researching appeared to be causing more harm than good.

“I remember saying to myself, over and over, in those days,” recalls Lorenzen, “Something is missing with this model.” Then it happened - a chain of events which ultimately led him to the discovery of water clusters and a method of stabilizing them.

During research using experimental rats, he was bitten and contracted a serious illness. Shortly thereafter, his wife was hospitalized with double pneumonia, and she began a downward spiral into chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, arthritis, Epstein Barr virus, and severe immuno-suppression. With Lee ill and his wife bedridden, taking care of their two toddlers became almost impossible. For the first time in their lives, they got on their knees and prayed for help. And slowly, the answers began to come.

“I went to the UCLA library, one afternoon.” says Lee. “As I walked down an aisle, I noticed a little red book which was sticking out from the shelf - a book which was written in 1962 by the Nobel Prize laureate, Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi. As I read it, things began to make sense about cell water.”

Months of research eventually led Lorenzen to the healing Spring of Lourdes, France. There, he found evidence of natural water clusters - something that had escaped decades of scientific scrutiny. He found the same phenomenon in ten other healing springs around the world and also found geologic similarities in the places where these healing springs were located. As he continued to research and more pieces of the puzzle came together, Lorenzen learned how to duplicate the natural conditions which produce water clusters. He and his wife became guinea pigs - drinking the solution he called Clustered Water™. Slowly, their health began to improve.

Lorenzen took his discovery to institutions he thought would be interested; however, after presenting his research, they did not grasp the implication of his findings, and continued to ask, “How could water make such a profound difference?” The shift in thinking was too great for them to comprehend.

Dr. Lorenzen then went to Japan, where the potential of Clustered Water™ was recognized. For the next 15 years, he worked with a group of doctors and researchers to study and document the effects of Clustered Water™ on thousands of patients in different clinics. Many of the results and conclusions were published in nine books in Japan. To date, more than 300,000 people in Japan drink clustered water solutions.

In 2004, Dr. Robert I. Bender, Chairman of the Lexxus International Medical Advisory Board, work alongside Dr. Lorenzen as he developed 180° Life System™ Cluster Plus™, a liquid concentrate formulated to mix with distilled water to achieve the stable water clusters that Dr. Lorenzen began research over 20 years ago.

HYDRATION IS EVERYTHING!

2006-04-18T10:39:00.000-07:00

The capacity of any drinking water to hydrate is the key to understanding whether it is 100% healthy.

To the degree that any given drinking water causes dehydration instead of hydration then a lower state of health will be created along with faster aging of the cells. Therefore, optimum hydration is the fundamental marker to evaluate whether or not a person should be using a functional water product or rely solely on any type of bottled water or from the tap that is purified in some way.

When a water product does not provide optimum hydration then the body is much more prone to a vast array of health issues and the cells will age much, much faster. Without optimum hydration there will be some level of dehydration, which leads to survival type reactions in the cells to conserve water.

With any level of dehydration the body will increase its production of cholesterol and histamine in order to stop water from leaving the cells. Cholesterol creates a dam in the cells to stop water transport and histamine and its subordinates causes vascular constriction to stop water from leaving the cells. This leads to all kinds of inflammatory reactions and vascular health issues. In addition to these two fundamental reactions by the body to conserve cellular water many other negative reactions take place. For example: a decrease in pH in the stomach, small intestines and body as a whole to a more acidic state, decreased pancreatic function and sugar imbalance, ionic imbalance that includes the potassium and sodium relationship, cell mutation, loss of cellular oxygen, disruption of mitochondria to create energy for the cells, and the build up of toxins. With any level of dehydration there will be a disruption of integrated brain function that leads to lack of mental clarity and emotional imbalance. Also, it has been proven that dehydration over the life span of any individual causes a dramatic increase in the aging of cells, which has been tied to the break down in the mitochondria in terms of the energy producing mechanisms of the cell

When there is any level of dehydration in the body, even if a person is drinking plenty of water that does not hydrate effectively or functional water products that simply don’t work, it is common for people to be chronically fatigued. When this happens most people don’t realize that loss of energy and vitality is first and foremost about hydration. Without optimum hydration the ionic transfer mechanisms in the mitochondria of the cells will be disrupted in their role to produce cellular energy. Also, with dehydration there will be a lack of glucose transported into the cells and the lack of water movement in and out of the cells, which will decrease energy production as well. The disruption of energy production due to any level of dehydration is also a key issue in terms of accelerated aging, with optimum hydration literally slowing down the aging process simply because the cells have enough energy to activate the chemical pathways to fight off disease.

If the reader is drinking a functional water product that has not been proven to increase cellular hydration, then this is like shooting in the dark. No matter what else is claimed and no matter what type of scientific study has been done it doesn’t matter if there are no clinical studies validating cellular hydration. Based on what was discovered in the Winter of 2004 Clinical Study it is more likely that most functional water products actually cause some level of dehydration. This is because the cell membrane will recognize any give water taken into the body as either 100% acceptable or less than acceptable to some degree. To whatever degree that any given water is not 100% biocompatible then there will be less than optimum hydration and therefore some level of dehydration.

What many people don’t realize about water is that any added substances (solid or gas) or electrons will slow down cellular hydration. Increased levels of minerals and added oxygen or electrons added through ionization will result in the cell membrane requiring more time and energy to remove any substance or electrical charge. This is a well known fact based on the discovery of the aquaporin (received the 2003 Nobel Prize for Chemistry), which is a narrow channel in the cell membrane that allows only one H20 molecule at a time to enter the cell. Therefore, if the reader is drinking water with any added solids, a mineral water or water that has been ionized there is a guarantee of causing more dehydration than before these kinds of products are used. This will result in weakening the body to encourage disease and accelerate aging of the cells.

No matter what is claimed about a water product or any natural source of water from the environment, if it has not been tested and validated in terms of optimizing hydration, then there is no way to know whether any other claim is accurate. Any water source that does not optimize hydration completely is causing some level of dehydration, which also means that there will be an increase in disease and accelerated aging.

If a water product is recommended to the reader it is important to ask this one question: "Has this product been scientifically validated with clinical studies to prove that it optimizes cellular hydration?"

If the answer is no, you are risking your health and life by taking such a product. The information in this short article makes it clear why it is absolutely essential to validate optimum hydration for any given water product. Water is so absolutely important because you are taking care of the foundation for health and anti-aging, which is all based on hydration.

No matter what other information is provided about a functional water product or even water from a natural source it simply does not matter if the issue of hydration is not presented as the most important.

Microclustered Water and Hydration

2006-04-17T10:29:00.000-07:00

Wang ZY, Zhou ZC, Zhu KN, Wang X, Pan JG, Lorenzen LH, Zhou MC.

Center for Bio- signalling & System Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ 07102, USA.

In 2003 the Chinese Health Care Science and Technology Society organized an international cooperative research project on "Hydration and Health" to compare distilled water (DW) and a US patented microclustered water (MW), called "VIVO", which was awarded by US National Nutritional Foods Association as the "Best Nutritional Beverage in Year 2002".

Recent bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) studies also showed that diabetics had a lower ratio of intracellular water (ICW) / extracellular water (ECW). A total 336 type-2 diabetics (plasma glucose level =7.0 mmol/L) from five hospitals were recruited in a randomized, double-blind trial. All the subjects received 250 ml of MW or DW twice daily for 4 weeks. To avoid over-dose absorption, subjects were advised to not take medications within 30 minutes after consumption of the test waters. BIA (RJL, USA) and other clinical markers were performed weekly. It was observed that MW consumption improved cell water distribution (ICW/ECW), basal metabolism rate (BMR), phase angle (PA) and cell capacitance (CP) during the 4 week testing period.

In comparison with the rate change from baseline, the P value (MW vs DW) of ICW/ECW, BMR, PA and CP were 0.04, 0.003, 0.005 and 0.003, respectively. In this study, about 45% of subjects had higher plasma glucose level >8.3 mmol/L). In comparison with the means of above four BIA measurements at the end of experiment, the P value (MW vs DW) were 0.025, 0.022, 0.007 and 0.009, respectively. Two repeating NMR analysis showed that the half-width of the oxygen (17) NMR spectrum were 64 and 67HZ, respectively, approximating normal saline, plasma and fresh natural spring water, while NMR values of DW and most purified waters exceeded 100 HZ. The relative small size of the water cluster may be one of the mechanisms which lead to improve cell structure and function.

PMID: 15294671 [PubMed - in process]

Sunday

2006-04-16T15:27:00.000-07:00

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday is the first or seventh day of the week, between Saturday and Monday, and the second day of the weekend in some cultures. It is considered a holiday in lands of Christian tradition, the day Christians most commonly attend Church (Saturday is the other day that some consider to be the Sabbath).

In India, Sunday is Ravivar. It is based on Ravi - Vedic God of Sun.

In the Gregorian calendar, no century can start on a Sunday. In the Hebrew calendar, no year can start on a Sunday. Any month beginning on a Sunday will contain a Friday the 13th.

The Name Sunday

In English, Sunday gets its name from Sunna, or Sunne the Germanic sun goddess.

In ancient Jewish tradition Saturday is the sabbath. Christians in Seventh-day Adventist, 7th day Church of God, and Seventh Day Baptist churches (among others), and many Messianic Jews believe that Saturday remains the Sabbath (Hebrews 4:9).

Many languages lack separate words for "Saturday" and "sabbath". Eastern Orthodox churches distinguish between the sabbath (Saturday) and what they call the Lord's Day (Sunday). Roman Catholics put so little emphasis on that distinction that many among them follow — at least in colloquial language — the Protestant practice of calling Sunday the sabbath, though this is not a universal Protestant practice. Quakers traditionally refer to Sunday as "First Day" eschewing the pagan origin of the name.

The first historical reference to "the day called Sun" by any involved with Christianity was by Justin Martyr around 150 A.D. However, the Christians in Smyrna, still observed the seventh day Sabbath later than that as can be found in the letter known as the Martyrdom of Polycarp.

Sunday was declared the day of worship by the Council of Nicea circa 325 A.D. Groups that accepted the authority of that Council have kept Sunday ever since.

Position During a Week

In many countries, including most of Europe, Asia, and South America (except Brazil), Sunday is held to be the last day of the week. In others, including the United States and Canada, it is seen as the first day, a traditional view derived from ancient Jews, Egyptians and the Holy Roman Empire. ISO 8601 defines Monday as the first day of the week, making Sunday the seventh.

Common Sunday Occurrences

Among Christians (with the exception of seventh-day sabbatarians, such as the denominations listed above) Sunday is considered holy and often a day of rest and church-attendance.

In orthodox Christian families and communities some activities are not done, e.g. working, doing something that requires somebody else to work such as buying goods or services (including the use of public transport), driving a car, gardening, washing a car, etc. Exceptions which are allowed are making use of religious services, and, usually, using electricity, and urgent medical matters.

In the United States, professional football is usually played on Sunday, although Saturday and Monday (via Monday Night Football) also see some professional games. College football usually occurs on Saturday, and high-school football tends to take place on Friday night or Saturday afternoon. It is not uncommon for church attendance to shift on days when a late morning or early afternoon game is anticipated by a local community.

Also in the United States, many federal government buildings are closed on Sunday. Privately owned businesses also tend to close or are open for shorter periods of the day than on other days of the week.

Many American and British television networks and stations also broadcast their political interview shows on Sunday mornings.

Many American and British daily newspapers publish a larger edition on Sundays, which often includes color comic strips, a magazine, and a coupon section.

In Ireland, Gaelic football and hurling matches are predominantly played on Sundays, with the second and fourth Sundays in September always playing host to the All-Ireland hurling and football championship finals, respectively.

Radio stations often play specialty radio shows such as Casey Kasem's countdown or other nationally syndicated radio shows that may differ from their regular weekly music patterns on Sunday morning and/or Sunday evening.

Named Days

Easter Sunday, the day in the Bible on which Christ rose from the dead, celebrated across the Christian world and regarded as the most important day in the Christian calendar.
Low Sunday, first Sunday after Easter, is also known as White Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday, Alb Sunday, Antipascha Sunday, and Divine Mercy Sunday.
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter.
Passion Sunday, formerly denoting the fifth Sunday of Lent, since 1970 the term applies to the following Sunday also known as Palm Sunday.
Septuagesima Sunday, before 1970, was the third from the last Sunday before Lent.
Stir-up Sunday, is the last Sunday before Advent.
Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost.
Laetare Sunday
Gaudete Sunday
Whitsunday
Super Bowl Sunday
Bloody Sunday

Sunday in Popular Culture

In the popular rhyme, "The child born on Sunday is fair and wise and good and gay". Another version of the rhyhme was "And the child born on Sabbath Day is bonny and blithe, and good and gay."

Saturday

2006-04-15T15:18:00.000-07:00

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saturday is the seventh (sixth in some countries) day of the week, between Friday and Sunday. It is the only day of the week to retain its Roman origin in English, named after the Roman god of time Saturn, calling it dies Saturni, "Saturn's Day". Many of the other days of the week adopted names of Saxon gods in Northern Europe, in Anglo-Saxon. There exists a possibility that the modern English form derives from Anglo-Saxon 'sater daegv'.
In India, Saturday is Shanivar. It is based on Shani, the Vedic God manifested in the planet Saturn.

By tradition derived from ancient Jews, Saturday is the last day of the week. That convention remains universally standard in the United States. In Europe, for several decades, many people have considered Saturday the sixth (penultimate) day of the week, and Sunday the last. This current European labour-orientated convention has been formalized by ISO 8601. However, the three monotheist religions are in agreement that Saturday is the last day of the week. In Islamic countries, Fridays are holidays, however they are considered as the sixth days of the week.

In many countries where Sundays are holidays, Saturday is part of the weekend, and is traditionally a day of relaxation. Many parties are held on Saturdays, because it precedes Sunday, another day of rest. It is common for clubs, bars and restaurants to be open later on Saturday night than on other nights.

Saturday is the usual day for elections in Australia and the only day in New Zealand on which elections can be held.

In ancient Jewish tradition Saturday is the sabbath. Many languages lack separate words for "Saturday" and "sabbath". Eastern Orthodox churches distinguish between the sabbath (Saturday) and the Lord's day (Sunday). Roman Catholics put so little emphasis on that distinction that many among them follow – at least in colloquial language – the Protestant practice of calling Sunday the sabbath. Quakers traditionally refer to Saturday as "Seventh Day" eschewing the "pagan" origin of the name.

In Scandinavian countries, Saturday is called Lördag or Löverdag etc., the name being derived from the old word laugr (hence Icelandic name Laugardagur), meaning bath, thus Lördag equates to bath-day. This due to the Viking usage of bathing on Saturdays.

The modern Maori name for it, Rahoroi, means "washing-day".

Saturday in Popular Culture

Saturday was also the preferred day to hunt vampires as that was the day they had to remain in their coffins. It was also believed that someone born on a Saturday could see a vampire when it was invisible.
Saturday morning is a notable television time block aimed at children while airing generally animated cartoons.

Friday

2006-04-14T12:40:00.000-07:00

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Friday is the fifth day of the week, falling between Thursday and Saturday. In countries that adopt a Sunday-first convention, it is commonly considered the sixth day of the week. (see Days of the week for more on the different conventions.)

The name Friday comes from the Old English frigedæg, meaning the day of Frige, the Germanic goddess of beauty. Frige replaced the Roman god of beauty, Venus, as the namesake of the fifth day of the week after the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Britain. This is why the word for Friday in most Romance languages is derived from the name of Venus (vendredi in French, venerdi in Italian, viernes in Spanish, vineri in Romanian etc.), while in Germanic languages it is named after Frige (Freitag in Modern German, vrijdag in Dutch, fredag in Swedish etc.) .

In India, Friday is Shukravar. It is based on Shukra - Vedic God of Venus.

In most countries with a five-day work week, Friday is the last workday before the weekend and is therefore viewed as a cause for celebration or relief. In some offices, employees are allowed to wear less formal attire on Fridays, known as Casual Friday or Dress-Down Friday.

Friday in History

In Alaska in 1867, Friday 6 October was immediately followed by Friday 18 October due to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar and shifting of the International Date Line after the United States acquired it from Russia.

Friday in Religion

In Islam, Friday is the day of public worship in mosques (see Friday prayers). In some Islamic countries, the week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday, just like the Jewish and Christian week. In most other Islamic countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq, the week begins on Saturday and ends on Friday. In Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, Friday is also the day on which criminals are punished, including the punishments of mutilation and death. This is contrary to the assertion of jailed persons in the United States, who claim to be Muslim, that they cannot appear in court on Fridays and must receive other special treatment.

The Jewish Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday and runs until sunset on Saturday.

Some Catholics and Prayer Book Anglicans will refrain from eating the meat of warm blooded animals on Fridays, and will often choose fish instead.

Quakers traditionally refer to Friday as "Sixth Day" eschewing the pagan origins of the name.

An old English tune once stated that "Friday's child is loving and giving," or that a child born on Friday is generous and kind.

Astrology

In astrology Friday is connected with the planet Venus. This associates Friday with love, peace and relaxation yet also can be a day of emotional intensity and quashed dreams.

Unlucky Friday

In some cultures, Friday is considered unlucky, especially regarding Friday the 13th. This is particularly so in maritime circles; perhaps the most enduring sailing superstition is that it is unlucky to begin a voyage on a Friday. In one (probably untrue) story a Royal Navy ship HMS Friday was laid down on a Friday, launched on a Friday and captained by a Captain Friday and was never heard of again.

However, this is not universal, notably in Scottish Gaelic culture:

"Though Friday has always been held an unlucky day in many Christian countries, still in the Hebrides it is supposed that it is a lucky day for sowing the seed. Good Friday in particular is a favourite day for potato planting—even strict Roman Catholics make a point of planting a bucketful on that day. Probably the idea is that as the Resurrection followed the Crucifixion, and Burial so too in the case of the seed, and after death will come life." (Reference: Dwelly’s [Scottish] Gaelic Dictionary (1911): Di-haoine)

Friday in Popular Culture

The phrase TGIF is a popular acronym for Thank God (or Goodness) It's Friday, expressing relief at the end of the working week and anticipation of relaxing or partying over the weekend. The phrase has spawn several variations and corruptions, see TGIF.

Another phrase in pop culture has come out, "Happy Friday".

In the popular rhyme, "Friday's Child is loving and giving".

Man Friday / Girl Friday - A man Friday is: "An efficient and devoted aide or employee; a right-hand man." Friday is a character in the novel Robinson Crusoe. The protagonist Robinson Crusoe rescues a young native man, and calles him 'man Friday' because he met him on a Friday. 'Girl Friday' is a term, now frowned upon, for a resourceful female assistant, made popular by the classic 1940 comedy adaptation of 'The Front Page' (His Girl Friday) starring Rosalind Russell as an ace reporter and Cary Grant as her cynical editor and ex-husband.

Friday is a book by science-fiction author Robert A. Heinlein.

Friday is also a movie featuring rapper Ice Cube and has spawned several sequels.

Freaky Friday is the name of a 1972 children's novel made into three films.

Friday is a Hong Kong based weekly magazine.

Named Days

Good Friday is the Friday before Easter in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus.
Black Friday refers to any one of several historical disasters that happened on Fridays. Black Friday is also the nickname of the day after Thanksgiving, the first official day of the Christmas shopping season when most commercial businesses gain enough profit to come out of overall loss ( out of the "red" and into the "black") for the year.
Casual Friday is a relaxation of the formal dress code employed by some corporations for one day of the week.

Thursday

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Thursday, by international standard, is the fourth day of the week, falling between Wednesday and Friday. In countries that adopt a Sunday-first convention, it is commonly considered the fifth day of the week. (see Days of the week for more on the different conventions.)

The name Thursday comes from the Old English _unresdæg, meaning the day of _unor, commonly known in Modern English as Thor, the Germanic god of thunder. Thor replaced the Roman god of thunder, Jupiter, as the namesake of the fourth day of the week after the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Roman Britain.

By some conventions (see ISO 8601), the Thursdays of a year determine the week numbering: week 1 is defined as the week that contains the first Thursday of the year, and so on.

Astrology

In French, Thursday is "Jeudi" and in Spanish, "Jueves", a surviving connection between the day and the astrological energies of Jupiter. This connection links Thursday to business but also to jollity and humour.

Note: Most linguists accord to say that "Jeudi" actually doesn't refer to the planet Jupiter: in French, the name of each day of the week corresponds to a Latin god, except Dimanche (Sunday). Jeudi is the day of Jupiter, god of the thunder, equivalent to Thor or Zeus.

Thursday in Religion

In the Hindu religion, Thursday is guruvar or the Guru's day.
Quakers traditionally refer to Thursday as "Fifth Day" eschewing the pagan origin of the name "Thursday".

In the Christian tradition, Holy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter - the day on which the Last Supper occurred.

In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is an annual holiday celebrated on a Thursday in November, currently the fourth Thursday.

Thursday in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, all general elections since 1935 have been held on a Thursday, and this has become a tradition, although not a requirement of the law – which only states that an election may be held on any day "except Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, bank holidays in any part of the United Kingdom and any day appointed for public thanksgiving and mourning". An explanation sometimes given for the choice of Thursday as polling day is that it was, in most towns, the traditional market day, although it has also been observed that the choice has practical advantages – with the outcome of the election being known by Friday, the new or continuing administration then has the weekend to organize itself in preparation for the "government shop opening for business" on Monday, the first day of the new week following the election.

Additionally, local elections are usually held on the first Thursday in May.

The Thursday before Easter is also known as Maundy Thursday or Sheer Thursday in the United Kingdom, traditionally a day of cleaning and giving out Maundy money.

Thursday in Popular Culture

In the popular rhyme, "Thursday's Child has far to go".

Gabriel Syme, the main character was given the title of Thursday in G. K. Chesterton's novel "The Man Who Was Thursday."

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the character Arthur Dent says "This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays". A few minutes later the planet Earth is destroyed. Thor, for whom the day was named, also appears later in the Hitchhiker's series and in other Adams books.

Thursday is commonly humorously referred to as "Friday Eve" in anticipation for the end of the work week on Friday.

Named Days

Black Thursday refers to October 24, 1929 when stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange fell sharply, with record volume of nearly 13 million shares. Five days later, the market crashed on volume of over 16 million shares - a level not to be surpassed for 39 years. In popular imagery, the crash has come to mark the beginning of the Great Depression.

Wednesday

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The god Woden, after whom 'Wednesday' was named. "Odin, the Wanderer" 1886 by Georg von Rosen (1843-1923)

Wednesday is considered either the third or the fourth day of the week, between Tuesday and Thursday. The name comes from the Old English Wodnesdæg meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden who was a god of the Anglo-Saxons in England until about the 7th C. AD.

When Sunday is taken as the first of the week, the day in the middle of each week is Wednesday. Arising from this, the German name for Wednesday has been Mittwoch (literally: "mid-week") since the 10th Century, having displaced the former name: Wodanstag. The Finnish name too is of a fairly functional kind: Keskiviikko (literally: "center of the week").

According to the Bible, Wednesday is the day when the Sun and Moon were created.

Wednesday is also in the middle of the common 5-day working week from Monday through Friday. However, see also Thursday and ISO 8601.

In Spanish, miércoles is used to mean Wednesday. It originates from the roman god Mercury, which was believed to be the fastest of all roman gods as if to get over this day quickly.

An English language idiom for Wednesday is "hump day", a reference to making it through the middle of the work week as getting "over the hump". It is also unofficially (and with some irony) referred to as "the peak of the week".

Quakers traditionally refer to Wednesday as "Fourth Day", eschewing the pagan origin of the name "Wednesday". Most eastern languages also use a name with this meaning, for much the same reason. Faithful Orthodox Christians observe a vegetarian / fish-only fast on Wednesdays (and Fridays) in some countries.

Wednesday in Popular Culture

In the popular rhyme, "Wednesday's Child is full of woe".
The film Angel Heart includes a scene where Harry Angel refers to Wednesday as "Anything Can Happen Day," in reference to the original Mickey Mouse Club television program.
The term "hump day" was first used by the media on a Minneapolis, Minnesota radio station in 1965. It was thought to have been originated by an employee of Pako Corporation.

In the 19th century, Wednesday sometimes comprised of a day off from work for those in northern counties in England, particularly Yorkshire. The English Association Football team, Sheffield Wednesday was formed, according to the day on which they played their matches. The team was officially known as The Wednesday until in 1929, when under the stewardship of manager Bob Brown, the club was renamed to Sheffield Wednesday.

On TV's The Addams Family, Wednesday (Lisa Loring) was the pale-skinned, black-haired daughter of Morticia and Gomez Addams.

In Neil Gaiman's American Gods, the god Odin (Woden being the origin of the word Wednesday) refers to himself as Wednesday.

Astrological Sign

The astrological sign of the planet Mercury represents Wednesday -- Dies Mercurii to the Romans, with similar names in Latin-derived languages, such as the French Mercredi and the Spanish Miércoles. In English, this became "Woden's Day", since the Roman god Mercury was identified with Woden in northern Europe.

Named Days

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, occurs forty days before Easter, not counting Sundays.
Spy Wednesday is an old name given to the Wednesday immediately preceding Easter, in allusion to the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot. It is the last day of Lent, because the Triduum and Sundays are not counted as days of Lent.

Tuesday

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Tuesday is considered either the second or the third day of the week, between Monday and Wednesday. The English and Scandinavian names are derived from the Nordic god Tyr (in Old English, Tiw, Tew or Tiu. In Swedish, Tisdag, Danish: Tirsdag, Finnish: Tiistai).
Quakers traditionally refer to Tuesday as "Third Day" eschewing the pagan origin of the English name "Tuesday".

Tuesday is the usual day for elections in the United States. Federal elections take place on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November; this date was established by a law of 1845 for presidential elections (specifically for the selection of the Electoral College), and was extended to elections for the House of Representatives in 1875 and for the Senate in 1914. Tuesday was the earliest day of the week which was practical for polling in the early 19th century: citizens might have to travel for a whole day to cast their vote, and would not wish to leave on Sunday which was a day of worship for the great majority of them. Many American states hold their presidential primary elections on "Super Tuesday".

In the Greek world, Tuesday (the day of the week of the Fall of Constantinople) is considered an unlucky day. The same is true in the Spanish-speaking world, where a proverb runs En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques (On Tuesday, neither get married nor begin a journey). Also in the Spanish-speaking world, the 13th of the month is considered unlucky if it falls on Tuesday, instead of Friday.

Tuesday in Popular Culture

In the popular rhyme, "Tuesday's child is full of grace".

Astrology

In French, Tuesday is "Mardi", associating it with the planet Mars. This marries Tuesday with ideas of strife, battles to be won and pressing issues and jobs to get sorted. It is not a day to relax. This same meaning can be seen in the Spanish "Martes" and the English "Tuesday" ("Tyr's day.")

Named Days

Shrove Tuesday (also called Mardi Gras - fat Tuesday) precedes the first day of Lent in the Western Christian calendar.
Black Tuesday, in the United States, refers to October 29, 1929, part of the great Stock Market Crash of 1929. This was the Tuesday after Black Thursday. The crash is said to have marked the start of the Great Depression.
Super Tuesday is the day many American states hold their presidential primary elections.
Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of every month when Microsoft releases patches for their products. Some system administrators call this day Black Tuesday