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Groundhog Day

INSIDE Where is the world’s tallest underwater mountain? Fifty State Fun Facts. . . . . . PAGE 4

Which author and friend of Tori Amos is referenced in several of her songs? Writer of the Week . . . . . PAGE 5

Which number did Michael Jordan wear in the Olympics?

By Kane Casolari

Groundhog Day is this Monday, February 2. You won’t know until then whether or not the groundhog will see its shadow, but thanks to Gist Weekly, you will know the following facts about this peculiar holiday. • The most famous groundhog in the world is Punxatawney Phil, who lives in the town library of P unxatawney, P ennsyl vania (about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh). Each February 2 at 7:25 AM , Phil is taken to Gobbler’s Knob, where onlookers watch anxiously to observe whether or not Phil will see his shadow.

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According to legend, if the groundhog sees its shadow on • Groundhog Day, it will be scared back into its burrow to hibernate for six more weeks of winter. If not, there will be an early spring.

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The origins of Groundhog Day are most likely related to the • Christian feast day Candlemas, which is on the same day. A traditional English rhyme supports the connection between the two: If Candlemas Day is clear and bright.

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Winter is gone and will not come again.

Groundhog Day may also have started as a joke; if the groundhog sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. If not, there will be 42 more days of winter. How accurate are groundhogs at predicting the weather? Not very, according to the National Climatic Data Center. A study of multiple groundhogs’ predictions since 1887 reveals that they were correct just 39 percent of the time—less accurate than a coin toss.

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Groundhogs live from about two to six years in the wild, but have lived as long as 22 years in captivity, where they are safe from such predators as coyotes, wolves, wild cats such as bobcats, and large birds of prey.

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What’s the difference between a groundhog and a woodchuck? Nothing—they’re different names for the same animal. Incidentally, the name “woodchuck” has little to do with chucking wood—it is the result of English settlers mangling the Algonquin word for the creature, wuchak.

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Groundhogs often hibernate from October until about the beginning of spring in March, but in warmer climates may hibernate for as little as three months.

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If Candlemas Day brings cloud and rain,

Legend says that animals would come out of hibernation to inspect the weather on Candlemas before deciding whether or not to return to their naps. German tradition paid particular attention to groundhogs. The tradition of Groundhog Day appears to have come to the United States in the 1800s through the Pennsylvania Dutch who, by the Gilles Gonthier (CC BY 2.5) way, are actually German (Deutsch), not Dutch (from the Netherlands).

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Groundhog Day

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FUN AND GAMES Scavenger Hunt

Find the following words and phrases in the diagram above. They may be forward, backward, up, down, or diagonal. Candlemas

Punxatawney

February

Shadow

Groundhog

Six Weeks

Hibernation

Spring

Phil

Winter

Search this issue of Gist Weekly to find the pictures, words, phrases, and names listed below. They may be in articles, games, or Image: MS ads. (Sorry, but finding them in this box doesn’t count.) Answers on page 8.

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B. Mango

E. Green recycling symbol

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A young man won a ticket to the Super Bowl and was very excited to go. When he got to the stadium, his exci tem ent tu rned to disappointment as he realized that he had a terrible seat and could hardly see the field. After looking around for a bit, he spotted an empty seat near the 50-yard line. When he got to the empty seat, he asked the older man sitting next to it if it was taken. “No,” the older man replied. “This must be my lucky day,” said the younger man. “How could anyone give up a seat like this?” The older man answered, “That was my wife’s seat. We used to come to the Super Bowl every year until she passed away.” “I’m sorry to hear that,” said the younger man, “but couldn’t you find a friend or relative to come with you this year?”

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“No,” the older man said. “They’re all at the funeral.”

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36. Like some streets 37. ___ Gras 38. Fall short 39. Consume 40. Wingless insects 41. Fixin’ to 42. Muse of astronomy* 44. Classified 45. Famous talk show host who turns 55 this week* 47. In order (to) 48. Exclamation to express sorrow 49. Kind of salad 52. Become roused from sleep 56. Stars 57. Greater than the speed of sound 59. abbr. at the bottom of a business letter 60. Take ___ view of 61. Muse of love poetry* 62. ___-Ball 63. Plating material 64. Photographer Adams DOWN 1. ___ Sutra 2. Separate article 3. Western pact 4. Indonesian volcano 5. Bro or sis 6. Hip bones 7. Abbr. after many a general’s name 8. Attends 9. Writer of The Sandman * 10. Changeable

11. Fish covering 12. Informs 14. Ran away 17. Earthen pot 23. Web browser entry 24. German article 25. Pleasingly pretty 26. Dept. of Labor arm 27. Warm physical care 28. Vice ___ 29. Helper 30. Wreath of flowers 32. A Hawaiian island* 34. Jordan’s Olympic jersey number* 35. Delighted 37. Back-to-work time: abbr. 38. Perjured 40. “Well, ___-di-dah!” 41. Former Portuguese colony in India 43. Get down and dirty with 44. Fly 45. Havens 46. Squarely 47. Stern’s opposite 49. H.S. exam 50. Autobahn auto 51. Whirl 53. Santa ___ (hot winds) 54. Bird of prey 55. Biol. branch 58. Ocean *Starred clues have answers that can be found elsewhere in this issue Solutions to all puzzles are on page 8

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Fifty State Fun Facts:

Hawaii •

Hawaii is the newest U.S. state, becoming the fiftieth state in 1959.

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The word Hawai’i comes from a word meaning “homeland.”

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Eight islands and over a hundred tiny islets make up Hawaii. From northwest to southeast, the islands are Nihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii.

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Hawai i was formed by underwater volcanoes, Hawaii is unique some of which are among U.S. states Hawaii’s State Flag taller from base to in many ways. It tip than Mount Evis the only state that… erest, though most of their height is underwater. One of them, • …is entirely made up of isMauna Kea (“White Mountain”), lands. is the world’s tallest mountain • …is located outside of North from base to peak. America. • Hawaii is one of the most racially • …has a royal palace. diverse states. It is one of only four states in which non-Hispanic • …grows coffee. whites are not a majority and has • …does not have any straight the largest percentage of multilines in its state boundary. racial residents (about 20 percent) of any U.S. state. Of Hawaii’s roughly 1,283,400 people, about 876,150—or more • Hawaii is also very religiously dithan two-thirds—live on the isverse; over 60 percent of its resiland of Oahu. Oahu is home to dents do not belong to one of the Honolulu, the capital and largest state’s three largest religions city of Hawaii. (Christianity, Buddhism, and Judaism, in that order). Hawaii’s flag (above right) has the Union Flag of the United King• Mauna Loa (“Long Mountain”), dom in the upper-left corner, or on the Big Island of Hawaii, is the canton, a holdover from when world’s largest volcano. It has Hawaii was a British protectorate. been active for about 700,000 The rest of the flag is composed years and still is today. •

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TRIVIA QUIZ Each question below relates to the topic of a feature in this issue of Gist Weekly, but is not answered in it. Answers are on page 8. 1. Groundhog Day (Page 1): Who played the main character in the 1993 film Groundhog Day?

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Writer of the Week:

Neil Gaiman •

Neil Gaiman is an English writer known for his comic books, graphic novels, and fantasy and horror novels. He has also written poetry, song lyrics, and worked in film and television.

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Gaiman’s fans are sometimes unsure how to pronounce his last name: Gayman? Guyman? According to Gaiman’s official website, it’s pronounced “Gaym’n.”

2. Hawaii (Page 4): Pearl Harbor, famous for its role in World War II, is located on which Hawaiian island? 3. Neil Gaiman (Page 5): One of Gaiman’s novels is titled Anansi Boys. In West African and Caribbean folklore, Anansi is a trickster that takes the form of which creature when he does not appear as a man?

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4. By the Numbers: 9 (Page 6): What does “Nine Men’s Morris” refer to? 5. This Week in History (Page 7): The Beatles’ final concert— which took place 40 years ago this Friday—was on the rooftop of the Apple records building. That building is located on which London street, known for its tailors?

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Gaiman rose to prominence in the field of comic books and graphic novels as the writer and creator of the DC Comics/ Vertigo series The Sandman. The series tells the story of Morpheus, the personification of dreams. During its 1989 to 1996 run, The Sandman won nine Will Eisner • Comic Industry Awards—sort of the Oscars of comics—including four for best writer. In 1991, the nineteenth issue of the series received the World Fantasy Award • for best short story, the only

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novel Neverwhere was made into both a comic book and television miniseries for the BBC. Stardust was first an illustrated novel, then a prose novel, and most recently a 2005 film starring Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Robert De Niro. The film Coraline, based on the Gaiman novel of the same name, comes out February 6. •

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comic book ever to do so. The Sandman is also the first hardcover graphic novel to appear on the New York Times Bestseller List. Gaiman has written multiple bestselling and award-winning novels, including American Gods, which won Bram Stoker, Geffen, Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Awards. Gaiman’s work has been adapted to other media multiple times. His

Gaiman has long been a good friend of singer Tori Amos. The two were fans of each other before they became friends, and even referenced each other in their works before they ever met. The character Delirium in The Sandman is based on Amos, and Amos referenced Gaiman and The Sandman in multiple songs, as with the lines “Me and Neil’ll be hangin’ out with the dream king / Neil says hi” from “Tear In Your Hand.” In 2006, Amos and other artists collaborated on Where’s Neil When You Need Him?, an album made as a tribute to Gaiman.

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By the Numbers: 9 •

When Michael Jordan played bas- • ketball for the U.S. Olympic team in 1984 and as part of the “Dream Team” in 1992, he wore the number nine jersey instead of his more-familiar 23.

The odds of rolling a nine with two standard, six-sided dice is one in nine. Nine is the only number for which the probability of rolling it equals one over that number.

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The ninth President of the United • States was William Henry Harrison. Harrison had the shortest term of any president, dying after just 30 days in office. He was also the first president to die in office.

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The longest Beatles track ever officially released is “Revolution • 9” on The White Album. It is 8 minutes and 22 seconds long and contains many brief clips of audio, including music, speech (including a voice repeating “Number nine”), and various sounds.

Nine is considered lucky in Chinese culture because is sounds like the word for “long-lasting.” In Japanese culture, on the other hand, nine is unlucky because it sounds like the word for “pain” or “distress.”

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Nine is the atomic number of fluorine. Fluorine is a poisonous gas in its elemental form. •

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In the Lord of the Rings series, there are nine Nazgûl, or Ringwraiths.

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The Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution reads, “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

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Two of the most famous hockey players in history wore nines; Gordie Howe was number 9 and Wayne Gretzky was 99.

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If you add the digits of a number that is evenly divisible by nine (and, if necessary, keep adding them until you get just one digit), the one-digit result will be 9. Nine is the only number that has this property, though three has a similar one: the one-digit number will always be a multiple of three (either 3, 6, or 9). Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was his last completed symphony. He died before finishing his tenth. In Greek mythology, there are nine muses, each corresponding to a different field or set of fields: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (love poetry), Euterpe (lyric poetry and music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (sacred songs and rhetoric), Terpsichore (dance and the dramatic chorus), Thalia (comedy and pastoral poetry), and Urania (astronomy).

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This Week in History •

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January 28, 1909: United States troops, having been stationed in Cuba since the end of the Span• ish-American War in 1898, leave the country, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. January 29, 1959: Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is released in theaters. • Despite praise from critics and an Academy Award nomination, the film fails to meet expectations at the box office, nearly bankrupting Disney by earning back only about half of its $6 million budget. The film does much better in later re-releases and on home video, though. January 30, 1969: The Beatles have their last public perform• ance, an unannounced concert atop the Apple record company building in London. The concert, the Beatles’ first in over two years and last before splitting up, is eventually shut down by police. January 31, 1944: U.S. forces begin to invade the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific, the first Japanese possessions taken over

by American troops during World War II. February 1, 1884: The Oxford University press publishes the first volume (“A” through “Ant”) of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. February 2, 1709: Scottish castaway Alexander Selkirk is rescued after 28 years as on the island of Más a Tierra off the coast of Chile. Selkirk’s time as a castaway becomes one of the influences of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe,, published 10 years later. In recognition of its status, Más a Tierra, is renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966. February 3, 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Jil es Perry Richardson, Jr.—better known as “The Big Bopper”—and pilot Roger Peterson are killed when their plane crashes near Clear Lake, Iowa. The event is later dubbed “The Day the Music Died” and inspires books, films, monuments, and the 1971 Don McLean song “American Pie.”

This Week’s Celebrity Birthdays Actress Kathryn Morris (Cold Case) . . . . . . . . . . January 28, 1969 Talk show host and actress Oprah Winfrey (The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Color Purple) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 29, 1954 Actor Wilmer Valderrama (Fast Food Nation, That ’70s Show) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 30, 1980 Actor Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace, Happy Feet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 31, 1959 Musician Patrick Wilson (Weezer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 1, 1969 Actor Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Independence Day) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 2, 1949 Musician Dave Davies (The Kinks) . . . . . . . . . . . . February 3, 1947 Clipart: MS

Historic Birthdays This Week Painter Jackson Pollock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 28, 1912 Entrepreneur John D. Rockefeller Jr. . . . . . . . . . January 29, 1874 President Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 30, 1882 Baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major League Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 31, 1919 Writer Langston Hughes (“Harlem [A Dream Deferred],” Black Nativity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 1, 1902 Author and philosopher Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 2, 1905 Composer Felix Mendelssohn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 3, 1809

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—MATCH UP— Answers Kauai—”The Garden Isle” Lanai—”The Pineapple Isle” Maui—”The Valley Isle” Molokai—”The Friendly Isle” Oahu—”The Gathering Place”

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