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The word "collaboration" describes the highlights of student work—and faculty work—in chemistry. In particular, both Dr. George Bennett and Dr. Paris Barnes have established professional collaborations at other campuses and with each other. Dr. Bennett's collaboration is with Dr. Kraig Wheeler at Eastern Illinois University, who is adept at analyzing compounds by a technique known as single crystal X‑ray diffraction. Through that collaboration, Dr. Bennett co‑authored a peer‑reviewed publication with students Lauren Bringman ('10) and Elise Wildman ('11) as well as a manuscript with Ms. Bringman that has been accepted for publication. Dr. Barnes' collaborations are with Dr. Keenan Dungey at the University of Illinois at Springfield, Dr. Patrick Woodward at The Ohio State University, and Dr. Karena Chapman and Dr. Gregory Halder at Argonne National Laboratory, who are well‑versed in the analytical technique of powder X‑ray diffraction. Through his collaborations, Dr. Barnes is preparing a manuscript for publication with student co‑authors Heather Althouse ('09), Nick Bley ('08), Clay Parks ('10), and Bradley Day ('11). Dr. Barnes is also poised to begin another manuscript with several current students, including Denise Freeman ('12) and Zach Hays ('11), as co‑authors. Because of their common interest in and need for X‑ray diffraction, Dr. Bennett and Dr. Barnes plan to submit an equipment grant proposal together later in spring 2011.
Performance learning has been an important part of student experience in biology for years. In their first semester biology course, students design, conduct, and present small research projects. Most also conduct original research for their senior capstone presented in senior seminar. There are usually about 15 students per semester working with biology faculty on research projects, including the following. Leighty Scholar Samantha Rhodes spent 9-10 hours a day for most of her summer working with Marianne Robertson on the development and persistenceof handedness in praying mantids. Beginning with approximately 900 hatchlings from 8 egg sacs, they recorded the fore-limb with which each mantid captured prey for six trials per instar for the 1st through the final 8th instars. Casey Watson in physics worked with them on statistical design and analysis, finding that 55%-80% of mantids develop handedness at a statistically significant level, but that there isn't a dominant side overall like there is in humans. These data also show that mantids do not, on average, retain handedness between consecutive instar periods, much less throughout their entire life cycles. They also did not find a significant correlation between the development of handedness and improved survival. These results are being prepared for publication. Another student, Jaimie Pantoja, became intrigued with controlling spider mites in the greenhouse during his freshman year, and spent the following summer and fall conducting research with Judy Parrish. He completed the experiments and presented the work, "Comparison of control of two spotted spidermites, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Arachnida: Acari: Tetranychidae), in greenhouse grown Glycine max (soybeans) using neem oil and predatory mites, Phytoseiulus persimilis" at the Illinois State Academy of Sciences in April 2010. His poster won second place in competition with graduate students, and was also presented at the Millikin Undergraduate Research Symposium winning a first place. He found that the soybeans treated with neem oil produced significantly fewer seeds than untreated soybeans, and that predatory mites allowed for increased seed set if an infestation occurs. He is now a junior, and after taking a statistics class, he re-analyzed the data and is preparing to submit the manuscript for publication.
On Monday and Tuesday, May 21-22, 2012 two biology students (a rising senior and a May graduate) participated in the Ozark Prairie Chapter Regional meeting of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry in Des Moines, Iowa. This is the largest chapter within SETAC North America, comprising of both academic, government, and industry researchers throughout Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, North and South Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas.
Both Seth Gabriel and Adam Jesionowski presented their research projects in a judged poster competition at this meeting. They were the only undergraduates presenting among several graduate students and industry professionals. Adam won the first place award in the poster competition, which will provide $500 towards travel to the national SETAC meeting in November.
During the months of March and April, 2012, seventeen Millikin University biology students presented research at the following professional conferences. They are listed as follows:
At the Illinois State Academy of Science on March 30-31, 2012 at Knox College seven biology students, Amanda Guinn, Cody Hubble, Brianna Hogan, Grace Walworth, Sarah Huber, Matt DeCosse, and Michael Vickers, presented the results of their work in either poster or oral format.
At the Annual Northcentral District I Conference of Beta Beta Beta (the biology honorary society) at Augustana College on April 14, 2012 two students, Kelly Commons and Grace Walworth, presented talks on their respective research projects. These were judged talks, and Grace received the top award for an oral presentation.
At Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference, Butler University on April 20, 2012 five students, Brittany Sherron, Ian Callahan, Stephanie Gates, Kirsten Daykin, and Grace Walworth, presented talks on their research; these were not judged.
At the Indiana Branch of the American Society for Microbiologists, Wabash College on April 20-21, 2012 three students, Ian Callahan, Stephanie Gates, and Grace Walworth, presented research posters during a session that included a judged competition. For their efforts, Grace received the top award and Stephanie placed second of 14 posters by undergraduates--we swept the undergraduate division.
In addition, several of David Horn's students presented at scientific meetings or were co-authors on papers accepted in peer-reviewed journals. Matt DeCosse presented "The effects of reflectivity on bird-window collisions at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois" at the Illinois State Academy of Science meeting in Galesburg. This work was performed in collaboration with Dr. Martell of Millikin's Physics Department. Max Huschen, now a veterinary student at University of Illinois, and David Horn had their paper "Mass Death on Wintering American Robins (Turdus migratorius) in Decatur, Illinois accepted for publication in Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science. David Horn and Stacey Johansen are revising their paper "Demographic and regional differences in bird feeding practices in the United States and Canada" for publication in Wildlife Society Bulletin, a national journal in wildlife management.
Thanks to generous allocations from the Office of Student Programs to the Society of Physics Students and Sigma Pi Sigma, Dr. Watson was able to take 9 physics majors: Remmi Baker, Joe Cheeney, Bret Henderson, Chris Pelikan, Eddie Pluhar, Nick Polley, Nikki Tipsword, Jamiahus Walton, and Leon Yu to the American Physics Society Meeting in Atlanta Georgia from March 31 - April 2, 2012. Of these 9 students, 3 presented research posters at the meeting: "Spectroscopic Analysis of Today's Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs" (by Eddie Pluhar, Dr. Dan Miller, and Dr. Watson), "Measuring the Force in Beams of Truss Bridges" (by Bret Henderson and Dr. Eric Martell) and "Constraining Sterile Neutrino Warm Dark Matter with Chandra Observations of the Andromeda Galaxy" (by Nick Polley, Dr. Watson, and Dr. Zhiyuan Li). All three students did an admirable job on their presentations, and despite competing against hundreds of other undergraduate presenters, Nick won one of only 10 best poster awards for his work with Dr. Watson and Dr. Li.
Successful physicists are good at more than problem solving and doing experiments – they have to be good communicators (both orally and in writing) and be able to work as part of a team. Throughout our curriculum, our students are expected to develop each of these skills, eventually culminating in a near-professional performance during their Senior Research projects. In 2010, our students demonstrated what they had learned in a variety of ways. Shae Trumpy, a 2010 graduate, completed a project entitled "Modeling Electromagnetic Braking" (advised by Dr. Eric Martell), and presented her results at the 2010 Illinois State Academy of Sciences meeting, as well as the Millikin Undergraduate Poster Symposium,winning a second place prize for her work. Nick Polley, a junior Physics and Applied Math major, worked with Dr. Casey Watson on a Leighty Scholars project(that continued into the Fall semester) which resulted in a paper entitled "Chandra X-ray Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Warm Dark Matter," currently in preparation for publication.
Math students presented award-winning research at the following professional conferences:
Bloome, L. was accepted to the Summer Mathematics Institute at Cornell University, Ithica, NY. One of twelve participants in a summer program learning analysis and completing a research project (June-July 2012)
Bloome, L. Conference Presentation. Connections between Central Sets and Cut Sets in Zero-Divisor Graphs of Commutative Rings, Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Terre Haute, IN. Recognized as one of the five best talks of the conference. (April 2012)
Buhrmann, J. Conference Presentation. The U.S. Life Insurance Industry: Time Series Analysis, Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Terre Haute, IN. Recognized as one of the five best talks of the conference. (April 2012)
Perkins, M. Conference Presentation. The Predicted Success Rate in Lower 10 Percent of Accepted Students, Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Terre Haute, IN. Recognized as one of the five best talks of the conference. (April 2012)
Woods, M. Conference Presentation. Good or Bad: Lowering Entrance Standards, Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Terre Haute, IN. Recognized as one of the five best talks of the conference. (April 2012)
Mathematics majors Lane Bloome and Darrin Weber presented their research at the Undergraduate Poster Session at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans, LA in early January. There were over 260 posters presented at this session, and Bloome's and Weber's poster, titled Compressed Zero-Divisor Graphand Zero-Divisor Lattices of Finite Commutative Rings, won one of twenty $100 prizes. These prizes were awarded to the best posters at the session, as judged by professional mathematicians at the conference.
Six students traveled with Mary Garrison, LCSW, Associate Professor of Social Work to Baltimore, Maryland over spring break to engage in experiential learning in the social work arena including work with homeless and aging populations.
Student Michelle Patrickhas completed two internships with DCC Marketing in Decatur, IL. Utilizing skills from both her majors, Political Science and Communication with a public relations track, she participated in a diverse array of projects with the agency. Michelle was able to implement skills from her political science courses, such as Campaigns in Politics, assisting in facilitating Tim Dudley's campaign for Illinois State Representative. Using concepts and skills from her communication courses, specifically those relating to public relations; she is currently creating and implementing an e-newsletter for the LPGA State Farm Classic. She is also assisting in a project with Petco in targeting media channels for a product announcement for Love Gear, pet apparel that detects dangerous level of UV rays. Michelle also feels that her classes inorganizational communication prepared her well for the intricacies of a business environment. Internships are a key performance component for our students to implement theory and concepts into real life practice. Her experience through these internships makes her more marketable in the job market upon graduation.
The English Department continues to maintain its emphasis on performance learning,as exemplified by some of our activities from 2010. On October 22, ten Millikin English Education majors attended the Illinois Association of Teachers of English Fall Conference in Rockford, Illinois with Professor Michelle Jewett. The students were active participants in many of the sessions there. Dr. Robert Wells' Fall NewsWriting class interviewed colleagues and associates of retiring President Zemke, to get a portrait of his character from multiple perspectives, to provide anecdotes about what it was like to work with him, to gather favorite personal memories, and to discuss his legacy. The collected interviews were presented to President Zemke on the night of his farewell in Kirkland. An example of performance learning from Dr. Banerjee's EN 331 is the publication of three articles in the Decaturian. In addition a two-page feature is scheduled for publication in the 2011 Spring semester. Also, the students in this class collaborated with International Student Organization, to make scholarly and academic presentations on the importance of Bollywood in South Asian lives during the 2010 Diwali celebration. Fine Arts majors in this course availed themselves of this opportunity and performed original scores composed by them and inspired by Bollywood in front of about two hundred and fifty people. The whole class participated in organizing, choreographing, and executing a series of Bollywood inspired dances celebrating the youth culture of the world. At the end of the semester students documented their experience in individual reflections that were added to a hybridized public dossier (a cross between an anthology and a scrapbook). Letterpress poetry broadsides by Blue Satellite, a Millikin student-run press operating as part of Dr. Stephen Frech's Broadside Publishing course, enjoyed a featured exhibit for the month of October at Blue Connection in downtown Decatur.
Dr. Carmella Braniger's CWRR students wrote a variety of essays, ranging from close readings of texts to personal narratives on literacy and learning. Understanding the value of sharing their work with a larger audience, students created an online blog for posting their very best work. See it at: <http://writinglives.tumblr.com/>.
Political Science students had success at the November 2010 American Model United Conference in Chicago. Specifically group one won an award for its position paper on Canada's positions related to contemporary international issues. Two students—Colin Bechtel and David Fitch—were recognized as one of the best three delegations on the Economic and Social Conference (ECOSOC).
The philosophy program continues its excellent track record of facilitating student learning and student success. Here, we emphasize two accomplishments. Both of these are paradigmatic examples of the "theory-practice" model endorsed by Millikin University, where students collaborate with faculty and fellow students to "perform their learning." First, Klay Baynar, a senior philosophy major, presented his paper, "Nietzsche on the Values of Religion" at two undergraduate philosophy conferences: Truman State's Philosophy and Religion Conference, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Undergraduate Philosophy Conference. Klay wrote his paper for Dr. Money's Contemporary Philosophy course. The paper was honored with first prize at our Humanities Undergraduate Research Forum. Second, a group of students under the leadership of Dr. Money participated in the moot court competition held as part of the Model Illinois Government simulation. Student performance is assessed in five main categories: knowledge of the case, organization and reasoning, courtroom manner, forensic skills, and responding to questions. Many of Millikin's core educational skills are facilitated in this practical simulation: critical and ethical reasoning, oral communication skills, and collaborative learning, among others. Fourteen students participated as attorneys and four students participated as justices. Our students did exceptional work. Of the seven attorney teams we entered in the competition, five made the quarterfinal round, three made the semifinal round, and one made the final round. For the fifth consecutive year, students from Millikin University won the competition. The team of Justin Ladendorf and Joshua Rose defeated a team from Eastern Illinois University in the final round. In addition to the success of Millikin student teams, two Millikin students were recognized with individual awards. Cate Harriman was recognized as Most Outstanding Attorney, the second time she has won this award. In addition, Kevin Stocks was recognized as runner-up for Most Outstanding Attorney.
Millikin University Student Attorney Teams:
Justin Ladendorf and Joshua Rose (first place)
Kolton Ray and Rob Spurling (semifinals)
Miles Grimes and Jacqueline Hollis (semifinals)
Cate Harriman and Kevin Stocks (quarterfinals)
Emma Prendergast and Julia Hesse (quarterfinals)
Kyle McAllister and Brittney DeRoo
Nora Kocher and Ashley Longcor
Millikin University Student Justices:
Anna Litwin
Taryn Veasy
James Farris
Jeff Tucker
History major Kelby Dolan has been accepted in the graduate museum studies program at Indiana University. Kelby and History major Doug Nehring presented papers at the Decatur Civil War Roundtable in February 2012; Kelby's presentation detailed the secession movement in Southern Illinois, while Doug enlightened the audience on the mini civil war that ravaged Missouri from 1861 to 1865.
Two Millikin students, Kara Allison and Kelby Dolan, and Professor Kovalcik delivered papers at the annual Illinois History Conference sponsored by the Illinois State Historical Society, in East Peoria on April 26, 2012. Professor Monroe acted as moderator and commentator at the same conference.
The History Department is sponsoring three student presentations at the annual meeting of the Illinois State Historical Society, April 14-16, 2011, at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Kara Allison, Marissa Duffey, and Amy Dreweleach wrote research papers in Millikin History classes that they will present at the conference. ISHS president Mark Sorenson will provide professional response and commentary on the papers at the conference.
Selected advanced Spanish students worked as "facilitators" at the Language Lab, helping beginning students to communicate orally. Recent graduate student Justin Pinta considers that experience as the main factor for his decision to pursue a doctoral degreein Spanish linguistics. Other students have taken that experience as one of the main motivators to pursue a career in education. Spanish students in Spanish for Radio Production have been conducting live weekly radio shows. During the live radio broadcasts they received many phone calls from the Hispanic community of Decatur. Besides students' improvement of their language skills and their knowledge of the cultures of the Spanish speaking world, students reported to be proud of their valuable contribution to the community.
Way to go!
Dr. Randy Brooks
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After starting the season 0-6-3 against non-conference opponents that included three NCAA-qualifying teams, the Huskies (6-9-6) opened its Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) schedule with four-consecutive wins and earned the CAA Championships' No. 3 seed with a 5-2-1 conference record.
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An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas due to human activities. The phenomenon was first investigated and described by Luke Howard in the 1810s, although he was not the one to name the phenomenon.[1] The temperature difference usually is larger at night than during the day, and is most apparent when winds are weak. UHI is most noticeable during the summer and winter. The main cause of the urban heat island effect is from the modification of land surfaces, which use materials that effectively store short-wave radiation.[2][3] Waste heat generated by energy usage is a secondary contributor.[4] As a population center grows, it tends to expand its area and increase its average temperature. The less-used term heat island refers to any area, populated or not, which is consistently hotter than the surrounding area.[5]
Monthly rainfall is greater downwind of cities, partially due to the UHI. Increases in heat within urban centers increases the length of growing seasons, and decreases the occurrence of weak tornadoes. The UHI decreases air quality by increasing the production of pollutants such as ozone, and decreases water quality as warmer waters flow into area streams and put stress on their ecosystems.
Not all cities have a distinct urban heat island. Mitigation of the urban heat island effect can be accomplished through the use of green roofs and the use of lighter-colored surfaces in urban areas, which reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat.
Despite concerns raised about its possible contribution to global warming, comparisons between urban and rural areas show that the urban heat island effects have little influence on global mean temperature trends.[6]
There are several causes of an urban heat island (UHI). The principal reason for the nighttime warming is that the short-wave radiation is still within the concrete, asphalt, and buildings that was absorbed during the day, unlike suburban and rural areas. This energy is then slowly released during the night as long-wave radiation, making cooling a slow process.[2] Two other reasons are changes in the thermal properties of surface materials and lack of evapotranspiration (for example through lack of vegetation) in urban areas. With a decreased amount of vegetation, cities also lose the shade and cooling effect of trees, the low albedo of their leaves, and the removal of carbon dioxide.[7][8] Materials commonly used in urban areas for pavement and roofs, such as concrete and asphalt, have significantly different thermal bulk properties (including heat capacity and thermal conductivity) and surface radiative properties (albedo and emissivity) than the surrounding rural areas. This causes a change in the energy balance of the urban area, often leading to higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas.[9]
Other causes of a UHI are due to geometric effects. The tall buildings within many urban areas provide multiple surfaces for the reflection and absorption of sunlight, increasing the efficiency with which urban areas are heated. This is called the "urban canyon effect". Another effect of buildings is the blocking of wind, which also inhibits cooling by convection and pollution from dissipating. Waste heat from automobiles, air conditioning, industry, and other sources also contributes to the UHI.[4][10][11] High levels of pollution in urban areas can also increase the UHI, as many forms of pollution change the radiative properties of the atmosphere.[9] As UHI raises the temperature of cities, it will also increase the concentration of ozone in the air, which is a greenhouse gas. Ozone concentrations will increase because it is a secondary gas, aided by an increase in temperature and sunlight.[12]
Some cities exhibit a heat island effect, largest at night. Seasonally, UHI shows up both in summer and winter.[13][14] The typical temperature difference is several degrees between the center of the city and surrounding fields. The difference in temperature between an inner city and its surrounding suburbs is frequently mentioned in weather reports, as in "68 °F (20 °C) downtown, 64 °F (18 °C) in the suburbs". Black surfaces absorb significantly more electromagnetic radiation, and causes the surfaces of asphalt roads and highways to heat.[15] "The annual mean air temperature of a city with 1 million people or more can be 1.8–5.4 °F (1.0–3.0 °C) warmer than its surroundings. In the evening, the difference can be as high as 22 °F (12 °C).[16]"
Diurnal behavior[edit]
The IPCC stated that "it is well-known that compared to non-urban areas urban heat islands raise night-time temperatures more than daytime temperatures."[17] For example, Barcelona, Spain is 0.2 °C (0.4 °F) cooler for daily maxima and 2.9 °C (5.2 °F) warmer for minima than a nearby rural station.[18] A description of the very first report of the UHI by Luke Howard in the late 1810s said that the urban center of London was warmer at night than the surrounding countryside by 3.7 °F (2.1 °C).[19] Though the warmer air temperature within the UHI is generally most apparent at night, urban heat islands exhibit significant and somewhat paradoxical diurnal behavior. The air temperature difference between the UHI and the surrounding environment is large at night and small during the day. The opposite is true for skin temperatures of the urban landscape within the UHI.[20]
Throughout the daytime, particularly when the skies are free of clouds, urban surfaces are warmed by the absorption of solar radiation. Surfaces in the urban areas tend to warm faster than those of the surrounding rural areas. By virtue of their high heat capacities, urban surfaces act as a giant reservoir of heat energy. For example, concrete can hold roughly 2,000 times as much heat as an equivalent volume of air. As a result, the large daytime surface temperature within the UHI is easily seen via thermal remote sensing.[21] As is often the case with daytime heating, this warming also has the effect of generating convective winds within the urban boundary layer. It is theorized that, due to the atmospheric mixing that results, the air temperature perturbation within the UHI is generally minimal or nonexistent during the day, though the surface temperatures can reach extremely high levels.[22]
At night, the situation reverses. The absence of solar heating causes the atmospheric convection to decrease, and the urban boundary layer begins to stabilize. If enough stabilization occurs, an inversion layer is formed. This traps urban air near the surface, and keeping surface air warm from the still-warm urban surfaces, forming the nighttime warmer air temperatures within the UHI. Other than the heat retention properties of urban areas, the nighttime maximum in urban canyons could also be due to the blocking of "sky view" during cooling: surfaces lose heat at night principally by radiation to the comparatively cool sky, and this is blocked by the buildings in an urban area. Radiative cooling is more dominant when wind speed is low and the sky is cloudless, and indeed the UHI is found to be largest at night in these conditions.[23]
Impact on animals[edit]
Ant colonies in urban heat islands have an increased heat tolerance at no cost to cold tolerance.[24]
Other impacts on weather and climate[edit]
Aside from the effect on temperature, UHIs can produce secondary effects on local meteorology, including the altering of local wind patterns, the development of clouds and fog, the humidity, and the rates of precipitation.[25] The extra heat provided by the UHI leads to greater upward motion, which can induce additional shower and thunderstorm activity. In addition, the UHI creates during the day a local low pressure area where relatively moist air from its rural surroundings converges, possibly leading to more favorable conditions for cloud formation.[26] Rainfall rates downwind of cities are increased between 48% and 116%. Partly as a result of this warming, monthly rainfall is about 28% greater between 20 miles (32 km) to 40 miles (64 km) downwind of cities, compared with upwind.[27] Some cities show a total precipitation increase of 51%.[28]
Research has been done in a few areas suggesting that metropolitan areas are less susceptible to weak tornadoes due to the turbulent mixing caused by the warmth of the urban heat island.[29] Using satellite images, researchers discovered that city climates have a noticeable influence on plant growing seasons up to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away from a city's edges. Growing seasons in 70 cities in eastern North America were about 15 days longer in urban areas compared to rural areas outside of a city's influence.[30]
Health effects[edit]
UHIs have the potential to directly influence the health and welfare of urban residents. Within the United States alone, an average of 1,000 people die each year due to extreme heat.[31] As UHIs are characterized by increased temperature, they can potentially increase the magnitude and duration of heat waves within cities. Research has found that the mortality rate during a heat wave increases exponentially with the maximum temperature,[32] an effect that is exacerbated by the UHI. The nighttime effect of UHIs can be particularly harmful during a heat wave, as it deprives urban residents of the cool relief found in rural areas during the night.[33]
Research in the United States suggests that the relationship between extreme temperature and mortality varies by location. Heat is more likely to increase the risk of mortality in cities at mid-latitudes and high latitudes with significant annual temperature variation. For example, when Chicago and New York experience unusually hot summertime temperatures, elevated levels of illness and death are predicted. In contrast, parts of the country that are mild to hot year-round have a lower public health risk from excessive heat. Research shows that residents of southern cities, such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Miami, tend to be acclimated to hot weather conditions and therefore less vulnerable to heat related deaths.[34]
Increased temperatures and sunny days help lead to the formation of low-level ozone from volatile organic compounds and nitrous oxides which already exist in the air. As urban heat islands lead to increased temperatures within cities, they contribute to worsened air quality.[35]
Impact on nearby water bodies[edit]
UHIs also impair water quality. Hot pavement and rooftop surfaces transfer their excess heat to stormwater, which then drains into storm sewers and raises water temperatures as it is released into streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes. Additionally, increased urban water body temperatures lead to a decrease in diversity in the water.[36] In August 2001, rains over Cedar Rapids, Iowa led to a 10.5C (18.9F) rise in the nearby stream within one hour, which led to a fish kill. Since the temperature of the rain was comparatively cool, it could be attributed to the hot pavement of the city. Similar events have been documented across the American Midwest, as well as Oregon and California.[37] Rapid temperature changes can be stressful to aquatic ecosystems.[38] Permeable pavements may mitigate these effects by percolating water through the pavement into subsurface storage areas where it can be dissipate through absorption and evaporation.[39]
Impact on energy usage[edit]
Another consequence of urban heat islands is the increased energy required for air conditioning and refrigeration in cities that are in comparatively hot climates. The Heat Island Group estimates that the heat island effect costs Los Angeles about US$100 million per year in energy.[40] Conversely, those that are in cold climates such as Moscow, Russia would have less demand for heating. However, through the implementation of heat island reduction strategies, significant annual net energy savings have been calculated for northern locations such as Chicago, Salt Lake City, and Toronto.[41]
The temperature difference between urban areas and the surrounding suburban or rural areas can be as much as 5 °C (9.0 °F). Nearly 40 percent of that increase is due to the prevalence of dark roofs, with the remainder coming from dark-colored pavement and the declining presence of vegetation. The heat island effect can be counteracted slightly by using white or reflective materials to build houses, roofs, pavements, and roads, thus increasing the overall albedo of the city. Relative to remedying the other sources of the problem, replacing dark roofing requires the least amount of investment for the most immediate return. A cool roof made from a reflective material such as vinyl reflects at least 75 percent of the sun's rays, and emit at least 70 percent of the solar radiation absorbed by the building envelope. Asphalt built-up roofs (BUR), by comparison, reflect 6 percent to 26 percent of solar radiation.[42]
Using light-colored concrete has proven effective in reflecting up to 50% more light than asphalt and reducing ambient temperature.[39] A low albedo value, characteristic of black asphalt, absorbs a large percentage of solar heat creating warmer near-surface temperatures. Paving with light-colored concrete, in addition to replacing asphalt with light-colored concrete, communities may be able to lower average temperatures.[43] However, research into the interaction between reflective pavements and buildings has found that, unless the nearby buildings are fitted with reflective glass, solar radiation reflected off light-colored pavements can increase building temperatures, increasing air conditioning demands.[44][45]
A second option is to increase the amount of well-watered vegetation. These two options can be combined with the implementation of green roofs. Green roofs are excellent insulators during the warm weather months and the plants cool the surrounding environment. Air quality is improved as the plants absorb and convert carbon dioxide to oxygen.[46] The city of New York determined that the cooling potential per area was highest for street trees, followed by living roofs, light covered surface, and open space planting. From the standpoint of cost effectiveness, light surfaces, light roofs, and curbside planting have lower costs per temperature reduction.[47]
A hypothetical "cool communities" program in Los Angeles has projected that urban temperatures could be reduced by approximately 3 °C (5 °F) after planting ten million trees, reroofing five million homes, and painting one-quarter of the roads at an estimated cost of US$1 billion, giving estimated annual benefits of US$170 million from reduced air-conditioning costs and US$360 million in smog related health savings.[48]
Green building programs[edit]
Voluntary green building programs have been promoting the mitigation of the heat island effect for years.[49] For example, one of the ways for a site to earn points under the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is to take action that reduces heat islands, minimizing impacts on microclimates and human and wildlife habitats. Credits associated with reflective roofing or planted roofs can help a building achieve LEED certification. Buildings also receive credits by providing shade.[50] Similarly, The Green Building Initiative (GBI)'s Green Globes program awards points to sites that take measures to decrease a building's energy consumption and reduce the heat island effect. As many as 10 points may be awarded to sites with roof coverage from vegetation, highly reflective materials, or a combination of the two.[51]
Global warming[edit]
Because some parts of some cities may be hotter than their surroundings, concerns have been raised that the effects of urban sprawl might be misinterpreted as an increase in global temperature. Such effects are removed by homogenization from the raw climate record by comparing urban stations with surrounding stations. While the "heat island" warming is an important local effect, there is no evidence that it biases trends in the homogenized historical temperature record. For example, urban and rural trends are very similar.[17]
The Third Assessment Report from the IPCC says:
- However, over the Northern Hemisphere land areas where urban heat islands are most apparent, both the trends of lower-tropospheric temperature and surface air temperature show no significant differences. In fact, the lower-tropospheric temperatures warm at a slightly greater rate over North America (about 0.28°C/decade using satellite data) than do the surface temperatures (0.27°C/decade), although again the difference is not statistically significant.[17]
Ground temperature measurements, like most weather observations, are logged by location. Their siting predates the massive sprawl, roadbuilding programs, and high- and medium-rise expansions which contribute to the UHI. More importantly, station logs allow sites in question to be filtered easily from data sets. Doing so, the presence of heat islands is visible, but overall trends change in magnitude, not direction. The effects of the urban heat island may be overstated. One study stated, "Contrary to generally accepted wisdom, no statistically significant impact of urbanization could be found in annual temperatures." This was done by using satellite-based night-light detection of urban areas, and more thorough homogenisation of the time series (with corrections, for example, for the tendency of surrounding rural stations to be slightly higher in elevation, and thus cooler, than urban areas). If its conclusion is accepted, then it is necessary to "unravel the mystery of how a global temperature time series created partly from urban in situ stations could show no contamination from urban warming." The main conclusion is that microscale and local-scale impacts dominate the mesoscale impact of the urban heat island. Many sections of towns may be warmer than rural sites, but surface weather observations are likely to be made in park "cool islands."[52]
Not all cities show a warming relative to their rural surroundings. After trends were adjusted in urban weather stations around the world to match rural stations in their regions, in an effort to homogenise the temperature record, in 42 percent of cases, cities were getting cooler relative to their surroundings rather than warmer. One reason is that urban areas are heterogeneous, and weather stations are often sited in "cool islands" – parks, for example – within urban areas.[53]
Studies in 2004 and 2006 attempted to test the urban heat island theory, by comparing temperature readings taken on calm nights with those taken on windy nights.[54][55] If the urban heat island theory is correct then instruments should have recorded a bigger temperature rise for calm nights than for windy ones, because wind blows excess heat away from cities and away from the measuring instruments. There was no difference between the calm and windy nights, and one study said that we show that, globally, temperatures over land have risen as much on windy nights as on calm nights, indicating that the observed overall warming is not a consequence of urban development.[54][56]
A view often held by those who reject the evidence for global warming is that much of the temperature increase seen in land based thermometers could be due to an increase in urbanization and the siting of measurement stations in urban areas.[56] For example, Ross McKitrick and Patrick J. Michaels conducted a statistical study of surface-temperature data regressed against socioeconomic indicators, and concluded that about half of the observed warming trend (for 1979–2002) could be accounted for by the residual UHI effects in the corrected temperature data set they studied—which had already been processed to remove the (modeled) UHI contribution.[57][58] Critics of this paper, including Gavin A. Schmidt,[59] have said the results can be explained away as an artifact of spatial autocorrelation. McKittrick and Nicolas Nierenberg stated further that "the evidence for contamination of climatic data is robust across numerous data sets."[60]
The preliminary results of an independent assessment carried out by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature group, and made available to the public in October 2011, found that among other scientific concerns raised by skeptics, the urban heat island effect did not bias the results obtained by NOAA, the Hadley Centre and NASA's GISS. The Berkeley Earth group also confirmed that over the past 50 years the land surface warmed by 0.911 °C, and their results closely matched those obtained from earlier studies.[61][62][63][64][65]
Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report from the IPCC states the following.
Studies that have looked at hemispheric and global scales conclude that any urban-related trend is an order of magnitude smaller than decadal and longer time-scale trends evident in the series (e.g., Jones et al., 1990; Peterson et al., 1999). This result could partly be attributed to the omission from the gridded data set of a small number of sites (<1%) with clear urban-related warming trends. In a worldwide set of about 270 stations, Parker (2004, 2006) noted that warming trends in night minimum temperatures over the period 1950 to 2000 were not enhanced on calm nights, which would be the time most likely to be affected by urban warming. Thus, the global land warming trend discussed is very unlikely to be influenced significantly by increasing urbanisation (Parker, 2006). ... Accordingly, this assessment adds the same level of urban warming uncertainty as in the TAR: 0.006°C per decade since 1900 for land, and 0.002°C per decade since 1900 for blended land with ocean, as ocean UHI is zero.[66]
A 2014 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America looks at the potential of large-scale urban adaptation to counteract the effects of long-term global climate change. The researchers calculate that without any adaptive urban design, by 2100 the expansion of existing U.S. cities into regional megalopolises could raise near-surface temperatures between 1 and 2 degrees Celsius over large regions, "a significant fraction of the 21st-century greenhouse gas-induced climate change simulated by global climate models." Large-scale adaptive design could completely offset this increase, however. For example, the temperature increase in California was calculated to be as high as 1.31 degrees Celsius, but a 100% deployment of "cool roofs" would result in a temperature drop of 1.47 degrees Celsius — more than the increase.[67][68]
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- ^ Richard Black (2011-10-21). "Global warming 'confirmed' by independent study". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "Climate change: The heat is on". The Economist. 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
- ^ Kevin E. Trenberth, Philip D. Jones, Peter Ambenje, Roxana Bojariu, David Easterling, Albert Klein Tank, David Parker, Fatemeh Rahimzadeh, James A. Renwick, Matilde Rusticucci, Brian Soden, and Panmao Zhai (2007). "IPCC Fourth Assessment Report - Chapter 3 - Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change". Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. p. 244. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
- ^ "Urban adaptation can roll back warming of emerging megapolitan regions". JournalistsResource.org, retrieved February 14, 2014
- ^ Georgescu, Matei; Morefield, Philip E.; Bierwagen, Britta G.; Weaver, Christopher P. (2014). "Urban Adaptation Can Roll Back Warming of Emerging Megapolitan Regions". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnfield, A. John (1 January 2003). "Two decades of urban climate research: a review of turbulence, exchanges of energy and water, and the urban heat island". International Journal of Climatology 23 (1): 1–26. Bibcode:2003IJCli..23....1A. doi:10.1002/joc.859.
- Gartland, Lisa (2008). Heat islands: understanding and mitigating heat in urban areas. London: Earthscan. ISBN 9781844072507.
- P. D. Jones, P.Y. Groisman, M. Coughlan, N. Plummer, W.-C. Wang, T.R. Karl (1990). "Assessment of urbanization effects in time series of surface air temperature over land". Nature 347 (6289): 169–172. Bibcode:1990Natur.347..169J. doi:10.1038/347169a0.
- Helmut E. Landsberg (1981). The Urban Climate. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-435960-4.
External links[edit]
- Land-Surface Air Temperature - from the IPCC
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Heat Island Group
- The Surface Temperature Record and the Urban Heat Island From RealClimate.org
- Urban Heat Island research group - NSF project, Department of Geography, Indiana State University
- UrbanHeatIslands.com - Urban Heat islands in Canada and the world
- Cool Roof and Pavement Toolkit
- Global Cool Cities Alliance


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Valentine's Day means different things for different folks. I offer wines for every approach to the day.
First, let me focus on a wine for those who see February 14 as a dark day.
Perhaps the darkest of wines are the wines of the Cahors region in France. They are malbec-based, but not nearly as approachable as the malbecs of Argentina. Besides, if you are anti-Valentines Day, who wants approachable? Marketed over 100 years ago as "the black wines of Cahors," this is a brooding wine — if you plan to brood.
Of course, if wine won't do the trick, may I suggest a pint (or two) of Ben & Jerry's. Yes, I could have recommended any number of really good wine-flavored sorbets out there, but that's not what this mood is about, now is it?
As a quick aside (as is my habit), I was reading some survey figures about Valentine's gifts. Admittedly, the survey was conducted by the Wine Market Council, so there's a good chance the results were a bit skewed, but they're still worth mentioning for the sake of amusement and to make a point (or quip) or two.
The survey said that 59 percent of respondents preferred to receive a bottle of wine for Valentine's Day as opposed to a box of chocolates (I am guessing there was no option for "both").
Of that 59 percent, only 14 percent actually expected to receive wine, while close to 50 percent expected the standard flowers or candy. Twenty-one percent expected not even a token gift.
Thirty-one percent of the wine wishers said they would enjoy spending Valentine's Day in front of a fire with the bottle of wine and, I suppose, the person who gave the wine, although that wasn't clear.
Twenty-four percent would like to enjoy the bottle of wine while preparing and sharing a romantic dinner for two at home.
Seventeen percent wanted to share the wine in a sensuous bubble bath.
Fourteen percent said they preferred to share it at a restaurant (hopefully a BYO or else you're going to be charged a corkage fee, which isn't terribly romantic).
Nine percent said they wanted to share the wine behind closed doors.
Then the remaining 5 percent responded "other," so your guess is as good as mine as to what they might have meant (and feel free to post your guesses). Also, feel free to state your own preferences of gift and/or location.
So without any further hesitation, here are some wine thoughts for those who really like Valentine's Day (or dare not miss it).
Sparkling Wine/Champagne
Sure, it's predictable, but anyone who has been to my primer on sparkling wines knows, they aren't just traditionally romantic, they are a lot of fun to drink ... and there is nothing objectionable about fun, on Valentine's Day or any other day.
Rose sparkling wines are especially tasty and pretty in a glass ... and depending on the depth of your ardor, you can start in the low double digits and work your way up into the three digit stratosphere price-wise. And while you're at it, pick up another bottle or two to drink at any other time.
Wines with cute/catchy/suggestive names or hearts on the label
Oh they're out there! Love sells, after all, and the suggestion of it sells pretty well too and names and labels range from witty to cute to blatant. But really, if you're focusing on the label for more than a few moments, are you having a good time? That said, I do have a bottle of "Passion Has Red Lips" that I will crack open one of these days.
Wines that go with chocolates
People associate Valentine's Day with chocolate more than any other consumable, and many, including me, find that nothing goes better with the range of chocolate than Banyuls. Banyuls is a late harvest grenache made in the south of France. It is not as high in alcohol or as viscous as a port, but it's delicious and really goes nicely with things chocolate.
Wines that the two of you have a special association with
I believe that wine is social and connective, even emotional in some cases. If you have been drinking wine with someone for some time (that means a relationship longer than a couple of match.com emails), there is a good chance you have shared wine memories and wine stories from special occasions or trips or events. Really, what is more romantic than showing you remember, showing you care and showing you made the effort to celebrate the connection? Which reminds me, speaking of personal, I need to go find a Mont Redon Chateauneuf du Pape.
Hank Zona is a local resident and the proprietor of Swirl Wine Events. His new tv show, can be seen on SOMAtv. When it comes to wine, he will be wearing his heart on his sleeve this Valentine's Day, and most any day of the year.


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Kassay, Genevieve, of West Hempstead, died on Nov. 6, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Joseph. Loving aunt of Robin Graudons. Also survived by many other loving family members and friends. Religious service was held in the funeral home. Interment Holy Rood Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to McCourt & Trudden Funeral Home Inc.
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While the Asian longhorned beetle is most active in the summer months, Farmingdale residents are being advised to be on the lookout for these insidious insects.
First discovered in Amityville in 1996, Asian longhorned beetles are destructive wood-boring pests that feed on hardwood. To prevent the infestation from spreading, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a federal order to quarantine the area, that originally extended from Massapequa into Amityville.
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The Farmingdale Public Library was recently the site of the rumbling feet and powerful roars of the mighty dinosaur, come to life in modern times... at least in the form of some dedicated actors playing the parts to the hilt for the sake of education and fun.
The Wildlife Theater, a part of the Wildlife Conservation Society's educational department, was on-hand at the library on April 17, bringing its unique form of lighthearted children's entertainment containing vital information about the world in which kids live, and the fascinating creatures that share it with them.
The Wildlife Theater works out of the Central Park Zoo, traveling around the five boroughs of New York—as well as Long Island—to put on shows at venues such as elementary schools, libraries, and hospitals; they specialize in taking their conservation message along with them in the form of plays about animals and the environment, according to the Conservation Society's Michael Birch.
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The Over the Hill Gang softball league opened its 39th season Friday, April 11 with six games at Allen Park. Bar-Boy began with an impressive 25-8 win over Bethpage Pharmacy. After scoring one run in the first, BB exploded for 7 runs in the 2nd inning and never looked back. For the night, Ken Kuzman went 4 for 6 with 2 RBIs, Steve Kirk went 4 for 5 with 2 RBIs, Frank Badalmenti went 5 for 6 with 5 RBIs and a homer, pitcher John Czarnecki went 5 for 6 with 5 RBIs, rookie Jason Cinnelli went 3 for 6 with a homer and manager Ken Kohlmann went 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs.
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Farmingdale athletes Franklin Diaz, Billy Allen, and Chris Daily put on award winning performances during the 37th annual All Round Foods 10 kilometer run for ASPIRE, through the streets of Plainview and Old Bethpage on April 5.
Diaz crossed the finish line at the H.B. Mattlin Middle School in Plainview in 34 minutes and 34 seconds, for sixth place overall and first in the 30-34 age group. Allen finished in seventh place overall with a time of 35 minutes and 26 seconds, to earn the third place trophy in the 20-24 age group. Daily scored in 38 minutes, 45 seconds, in 17th place overall and first in the 50-54 age group, in what was one of the most competitive races on Long Island in the past year.
Boating Class - April 22
Board of Fire Commissioners - April 24
Earth Day Fair - April 27
On April 22, Captree Power Squadron will be holding boating classes at Howitt Middle School, located at 70 Van Cott Ave.,from 7-9 p.m. Upon course completion students will be issued certificates that are accepted by local police, bay constables, and the U.S. Coast Guard. All classes take place five successive weeks on same day as start. There is a fee of $50 to attend, which will cover the cost of books and materials. For more information call Gene at 631-242-6117 or Charlie at 631-957-8604.
The next meeting of the Farmingdale Planning Board will be held on April 22, at 7 p.m.
On April 22, the Farmingdale Bethpage Historical Society will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a special Founders' Day Dinner at 6:30pm at the Blue Lagoon Restaurant, located off of Rt. 109 in West Babylon.
The next meeting of the Farmingdale Board of Fire Commissioners will be held on April 24, at 8 p.m., inside Village Hall, located at 361 Main St.
On April 26, YES Community Counseling Center invite you to attend a special concert/fundraiser at the Nutty Irishman in Farmingdale.
The concert, "Getting By with a Little Help from Our Friends," begins at 3:30 p.m. and will feature the dynamic music of Half Step, The Therapy Band, and Something In Between.
Tickets are $40 per person and includes a dinner buffet. Proceeds raised will go to help ensure the YES Community Counseling Center has resources to respond to anyone requesting their help.
On April 27, the Village of Farmingdale will be host Earth Day festivities at noon on the Village Green located along Main Street downtown.
On April 27, the Village of Farmingdale will hold its annual Baseball Parade. Beginning at 2 p.m., participants will gather outside the Howitt Middle School, located at 70 Van Cott Ave., before marching down Main St. to Allen Park, at 45 Motor Ave.
On April 27, Farmingdale High School's Go Green Club will celebrate Earth Day from noon-4 p.m. on the village green along Main St. in Farmingdale.
St. Kilian Church along with the New York Blood Center will be coordinating a blood drive on April 27 from 8:15 a.m.- 2:15 p.m. The drive will take place in the St. Kilian Auditorium on Cherry Street in Farmingdale. For information on St. Kilian's Blood Drive or to schedule an appointment, please contact Ray Redina at 516-523-7130 or Chris Hillier at 631-445-9026. Your donation will help to save up to three lives. Our community hospitals need your aid. Bring your ID with signature or photo. Eligibility criteria include you to be a minimum weight of 110 lbs., age 16-75 (16-olds need to have parental permission, 76-year olds and over need a doctor's note), eat well, drink fluids and no tattoos for the past 12 months. For questions concerning medical eligibility call the New York Blood Center at 1-800-688-0900.
The next public work session of the Village of Farmingdale Board of Trustees will be held at 7 p.m., on April 28, inside Village Hall, located at 361 Main St. in Farmingdale.
The next meeting of the Farmingdale School District PTA Council will be held at 7 p.m., on April 29, inside Howitt Middle School, located at 70 Van Cott Ave. in Farmingdale.
The next general meeting of the Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce will be held on May 1, at noon, at Dominican Restaurant 4, located at 305 Main St. in Farmingdale.
On May 1, Farmingdale High School's technology honor society will hold its annual induction ceremony at the American Airpower Museum, located at 1230 New Highway in Farmingdale.
On May 3, Friends of the Farmingdale Public Library will be holding a "giant" Mother's Day Family Fair, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Come buy a present for Mom or find just the thing you wanted for yourself or a family member. The Farmingdale Library will also be holding a book sale in conjunction with the fair. For more information, call 516-454-6813 or 516-244-0829.
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I know a wonderful six-year-old boy who is terribly disappointed his school won't be having its Christmas pageant this week because of the strike by teachers.
He said the government and teachers were mean because this long-awaited event will be cancelled.
Without going into detail, I sympathized with him on the situation. He said his mom had made robes for nothing.
The following are wise words from a young mind — more mature than that of those involved in this issue: He said the children should come first. And then, asked, "Why can't people be nice to each other?"
I agreed with him but reassured him most adults are not mean.
I am certain all of the teachers in Newtown, Connecticut would give anything to have all their babies present at a Christmas pageant.
Shame on all those who put their interests ahead of those of the children they are supposed to serve.
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Impact Athletic Training Center will hold Parents Night Out events from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, August 16, and Friday, September 20. Activities include bouncing, flipping, gaming, dancing and watching a performance from a gymnastics team. Concessions will be available.
The cost is $12 for children and the funds benefit the Impact Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises funds to help offset the cost of competitive gymnastics training. Children must be at least 4-years-old to participate.
For more information, call the Impact Athletic Training Center at 817-899-6681. The center is located at 1151B Underwood Rd in Aledo.
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|In this Nov. 10, 2012 file photo, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) runs through the tackle of Alabama defensive back Deion Belue (13) during the first half of an NCAA college football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Manziel has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from his arrest last year for fighting outside a bar near campus. The Heisman Trophy winner made a brief appearance in court Monday, July 15, 2013 in College Station, Texas, and admitted he failed to identify himself to police following the altercation in June 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Here are five things to know ahead of the Southeastern Conference's Media Days beginning Tuesday:
JOHNNY FOOTBALL OR JOHNNY DRAMA? Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was undeniably spectacular on the field during a freshman season that culminated in a Heisman Trophy. His off-the-field resume isn't nearly as impressive. The face of college football was in the news again Monday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor stemming from a 2012 bar fight close to campus. He also recently left the Manning family's football camp a day early after missing some of his assignments as a camp counselor and coach. He'll be the main draw of these SEC Media Days — and will likely face some hard questions when he takes the podium Wednesday.
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