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Now that the canicular heat is coming to an end, Tidbits turns our gaze to the breezy days ahead. Not sure what canicular means? Then stay tuned readers, Tidbits is getting ready to tell you a bit about the adjective canicular and the autumn days ahead.

The word canicular is an adjective and re-•fers to either one of two things - either a dog itself or to the almost beastly hot days of summer from July to early September. The word, with a root of canine, refers par-ticularly to those dog days of sum-mer you’ve a l w a y s heardsomuchabout-orexperiencedfirsthand! If you don’t live in the deep South, they might not have affected you as badly as others, but no matter where you are, you’re probably looking forward to the cooler days ahead!New England is well known for its tourists •in autumn. Some of the best times to visit the northeast depend on the state you are planning to visit. Maine’s best foliage can be seen from mid-September to mid-Oc-tober. But don’t think the pretty scenery is limited to the north, even states like Ala-bama have fall foliage tourism. Visitors to Elkmont, Alabama can walk or ride a ten mile trail and enjoy the scenery. The Elk-mont “Rails to Trails Color Walk or Ride” event takes place on October 24th and 25th this year.The autumn equinox takes place on Sep-•tember 22nd this year. An equinox occurs when both poles are equal distance from the sun, whereas a solstice takes place when one pole is as close to the sun as it can get. The autumnal equinox actually marks the middle of autumn in such Asian countries as China, Japan and Korea.

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in, cornu means horn and copia means plenty, making cornucopia literally mean “horn of plenty.” Greek mythology says that while Zeus was playing as a child, the horn of his pet goat Amalthea broke off. The broken off horn had great pow-er and thereafter became a symbol for plenty, as whoever was in possession of the horn would be granted whatever he or she desired. In history and today, the hornisdepictedashollowandfilledwitha bounty of fruits and vegetables and has come to symbolize the bounty of the fall harvest.Did you know that America has its own •Stonehenge? America’s Stonehenge claims an accurate astronomical calen-dar made up of the structures on site and celebrates yearly astronomical events, including the autumnul equinox. Located in Salem, New Hampshire, this archae-ological site is made up of large struc-tures made of stone. There are many theories about the origins of America’s Stonehenge, although carbon dating has placed some of the charcoal pits over two thousand years ago. The site is open year round from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and offers a variety of entertainment for its visitors to enjoy, including alpacas!

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Why do leaves change colors anyway? •Leaves are green because of the chlo-rophyll inside of them. As the days get shorter, trees begin to prepare for win-ter. The trees begin to close up shop for winter and in the process begin to lose their green chlorophyll, revealing colors like orange and yellow. Continued chloro-phyll making in the autumn is what turns some leaves red, and brown is the left over waste inside of a leaf. Cool autumn nights in combination with the glucose in-side them cause some leaves, like maple leaves, to turn purple. The Chinese, and several other East •Asian cultures, divide their years into twenty-four solar terms rather than four seasons. Each term is marked by the degree at which the earth is tilted. Mid-Autumn is marked by the Earth being titled at 180º and is celebrated with the mid-autumn festival known as Zhongqiu Jie. Along with New Year, it is one of the most important festivals of the year for the Chinese. The festival is particularly marked by moon themed activities since the harvest moon is believed to be the fullest, roundest moon of the year. Moon worship is also an ancient custom, dat-ing back thousands of years, making the harvest moon a particularly celebratory thing. Families and friends gather to ad-mire the moon, visit with loved ones, light lanterns or attend lantern shows and eat moon cakes during this festival. This year, the festival will take place on October 3, 2009. The festival generally occurs any-where between mid-September and early October.Did you know that there was a period of •time in France where the new year began in autumn and not in January? After the French revolution and during the days of the French First Republic at the turn of the 18th century, the French Republican calendar was used. The calendar was divided into twelve months, the same as modern calendars. However, the months were all thirty days long and were divided into three decades, unlike our four week months. Each decade was divided into ten days, which was divided into ten hours, which was divided into 100 minutes and so on. The important part so far as au-tumn is concerned is that the calendar be-gan in the month of Vendémiaire and on the autumnul equinox on the 22nd, 23rd or 24th of September. The entire calen-dar was very precise but was abolished by Napoléon in 1806, giving the calendar

just over twelve years of use.The word autumn came originally from •Old French, where it was written au-tompne. However, the Old French word came from the Latin word autumnus. Be-fore the use of autumn in modern English language, the most commonly accepted term was harvest, which came from the Old English hærfest.While maple syrup is more traditionally •thought of in the winter, the maple trees which produce the syrup are some of the most brilliantly colored trees during fall. Did you know that Vermont is the larg-est producer of maple syrup in the U.S.? Likewise, Canada is the producer of a majority of maple syrup in the world and Quebec is the largest producer in Can-ada. Maple trees, known for their bright red color in the fall, can be seen through-out North America, Europe and Asia. The changing of the maple leaves is called momijigari in Japan.While we tend to •think of the May-flower only dur-ing the month of November, it’s good to remem-ber when the Mayflower leftEngland as well! The Pilgrims left England on September 16 and sailed for sixty-six days to reach Plymouth, Massa-chusetts. They started out in Southamp-ton, England, which is a coastal town in south England. Did you know that South-ampton is also famous for being the port in which the Titanic departed in 1912?Another traditional sign of autumn is the •cornucopia, or the Horn of Plenty. While we also tend to associate this with the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving, the symbol-ism behind the horn actually dates to the Greeks and the 5th century B.C.E. In Lat-

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It was Chinese philosopher Confucius •who made the following sage observa-tion: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”In 1875, a locust plague of epic propor-•tions descended upon the Great Plains. Observers say it was 110 miles wide, and, at 1,800 miles long, stretched from Canada all the way down to Texas.If you ever travel to China, keep in mind •that the menu item known colorfully as phoenix talons are actually just chicken feet.Farming is against the law in Washing-•ton, D.C.When business magnate Bill Gates was •a student at Harvard, he probably wasn’t taken very seriously when he told his pro-fessors that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 30 years old. Imagine their surprise when, by the time he turned 31, he was a billionaire. Before entrepreneur Eddie Bauer found-•ed his eponymous clothing line, he sold tennis and badminton equipment.In ancient Rome, an augur was someone •who devoted his time to predicting the fu-ture based on the behavior of birds. Yep, birds. In honor of National Pizza Month (which •is October, in case you didn’t know), here’s an interesting tidbit: The average American eats 23 pounds, or 46 slices of pizza each year.When “Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge •of the Sith” was released in 2005, hard-core fans went to great lengths to be amongthefirsttoseethefilm.Onemanspent 139 days camping out in front of a theater to ensure his spot, remaining connected to work via his cell phone and laptop.

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