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package org.keycloak.testsuite.adapter;

import java.io.File;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.jboss.arquillian.graphene.page.Page;
import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.Archive;
import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset.StringAsset;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.keycloak.representations.idm.ClientRepresentation;
import org.keycloak.representations.idm.RealmRepresentation;
import org.keycloak.testsuite.AbstractAuthTest;
import org.keycloak.testsuite.adapter.page.AppServerContextRoot;
import org.keycloak.testsuite.arquillian.AppServerTestEnricher;
import org.keycloak.testsuite.arquillian.annotation.AppServerContainer;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.commands.undertow.AddUndertowListener;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.commands.undertow.RemoveUndertowListener;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.commands.undertow.UndertowListenerType;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.commands.web.AddConnector;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.commands.web.AddConnectorSslConfig;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.core.CommandFailedException;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.core.online.CliException;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.core.online.OnlineManagementClient;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.core.online.operations.Address;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.core.online.operations.OperationException;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.core.online.operations.Operations;
import org.wildfly.extras.creaper.core.online.operations.admin.Administration;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.junit.Before;

/**
 * <code>@AppServerContainer</code> is needed for stopping recursion in
 * AppServerTestEnricher.getNearestSuperclassWithAnnotation
 *
 * @author tkyjovsk
 */
@AppServerContainer("")
public abstract class AbstractAdapterTest extends AbstractAuthTest {

    @Page
    protected AppServerContextRoot appServerContextRootPage;

    protected static final boolean APP_SERVER_SSL_REQUIRED = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("app.server.ssl.required", "false"));
    protected static final String APP_SERVER_CONTAINER = System.getProperty("app.server", "");

    public static final String JBOSS_DEPLOYMENT_STRUCTURE_XML = "jboss-deployment-structure.xml";
    public static final URL jbossDeploymentStructure = AbstractServletsAdapterTest.class
            .getResource("/adapter-test/" + JBOSS_DEPLOYMENT_STRUCTURE_XML);
    public static final String TOMCAT_CONTEXT_XML = "context.xml";
    public static final URL tomcatContext = AbstractServletsAdapterTest.class
            .getResource("/adapter-test/" + TOMCAT_CONTEXT_XML);

    @BeforeClass
    public static void setUpAppServer() throws Exception {
        if (APP_SERVER_SSL_REQUIRED && (APP_SERVER_CONTAINER.contains("eap") || APP_SERVER_CONTAINER.contains("wildfly"))) { // Other containers need some external configuraiton to run SSL tests
            enableHTTPSForAppServer();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void addTestRealms(List<RealmRepresentation> testRealms) {
        addAdapterTestRealms(testRealms);
        for (RealmRepresentation tr : testRealms) {
            log.info("Setting redirect-uris in test realm '" + tr.getRealm() + "' as " + (isRelative() ? "" : "non-") + "relative");

            modifyClientRedirectUris(tr, "http://localhost:8080", "");
            modifyClientRedirectUris(tr, "^((?:/.*|)/\\*)",
                  "http://localhost:" + System.getProperty("app.server.http.port", "8280") + "$1",
                  "http://localhost:" + System.getProperty("auth.server.http.port", "8180") + "$1",
                  "https://localhost:" + System.getProperty("app.server.https.port", "8643") + "$1",
                  "https://localhost:" + System.getProperty("auth.server.http.port", "8543") + "$1");

            modifyClientWebOrigins(tr, "http://localhost:8080",
                  "http://localhost:" + System.getProperty("app.server.http.port", "8280"),
                  "http://localhost:" + System.getProperty("auth.server.http.port", "8180"),
                  "https://localhost:" + System.getProperty("app.server.https.port", "8643"),
                  "https://localhost:" + System.getProperty("auth.server.http.port", "8543"));

            modifyClientUrls(tr, "http://localhost:8080", "");
            modifySamlMasterURLs(tr, "http://localhost:8080", "");
            modifySAMLClientsAttributes(tr, "http://localhost:8080", "");

            if (isRelative()) {
                modifyClientUrls(tr, appServerContextRootPage.toString(), "");
                modifySamlMasterURLs(tr, "/", "http://localhost:" + System.getProperty("auth.server.http.port", null) + "/");
                modifySAMLClientsAttributes(tr, "8080", System.getProperty("auth.server.http.port", "8180"));
            } else {
                modifyClientUrls(tr, "^(/.*)", appServerContextRootPage.toString() + "$1");
                modifySamlMasterURLs(tr, "^(/.*)", appServerContextRootPage.toString() + "$1");
                modifySAMLClientsAttributes(tr, "^(/.*)",  appServerContextRootPage.toString() + "$1");
                modifyClientJWKSUrl(tr, "^(/.*)", appServerContextRootPage.toString() + "$1");
            }
            if (AUTH_SERVER_SSL_REQUIRED) {
                tr.setSslRequired("all");
            }
        }
    }

    // TODO: Fix to not require re-import
    @Override
    protected boolean isImportAfterEachMethod() {
        return true;
    }

    private void modifyClientJWKSUrl(RealmRepresentation realm, String regex, String replacement) {
        if (realm.getClients() != null) {
            realm.getClients().stream().
                    filter(client -> "client-jwt".equals(client.getClientAuthenticatorType()) && client.getAttributes().containsKey("jwks.url")).
                    forEach(client -> {
                Map<String, String> attr = client.getAttributes();
                attr.put("jwks.url", attr.get("jwks.url").replaceFirst(regex, replacement));
                client.setAttributes(attr);
            });
        }
    }

    public abstract void addAdapterTestRealms(List<RealmRepresentation> testRealms);

    public boolean isRelative() {
        return testContext.isRelativeAdapterTest();
    }

    protected void modifyClientRedirectUris(RealmRepresentation realm, String regex, String... replacement) {
        if (realm.getClients() != null) {
            for (ClientRepresentation client : realm.getClients()) {
                List<String> redirectUris = client.getRedirectUris();
                if (redirectUris != null) {
                    List<String> newRedirectUris = new ArrayList<>();
                    for (String uri : redirectUris) {
                        for (String uriReplacement : replacement) {
                            newRedirectUris.add(uri.replaceAll(regex, uriReplacement));
                        }

                    }
                    client.setRedirectUris(newRedirectUris);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    protected void modifyClientUrls(RealmRepresentation realm, String regex, String replacement) {
        if (realm.getClients() != null) {
            for (ClientRepresentation client : realm.getClients()) {
                String baseUrl = client.getBaseUrl();
                if (baseUrl != null) {
                    client.setBaseUrl(baseUrl.replaceAll(regex, replacement));
                }
                String adminUrl = client.getAdminUrl();
                if (adminUrl != null) {
                    client.setAdminUrl(adminUrl.replaceAll(regex, replacement));
                }
            }
        }
    }

    protected void modifyClientWebOrigins(RealmRepresentation realm, String regex, String... replacement) {
        if (realm.getClients() != null) {
            for (ClientRepresentation client : realm.getClients()) {
                List<String> webOrigins = client.getWebOrigins();
                if (webOrigins != null) {
                    List<String> newWebOrigins = new ArrayList<>();
                    for (String uri : webOrigins) {
                        for (String originReplacement : replacement) {
                            newWebOrigins.add(uri.replaceAll(regex, originReplacement));
                        }
                    }
                    client.setWebOrigins(newWebOrigins);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    protected void modifySAMLClientsAttributes(RealmRepresentation realm, String regex, String replacement) {
        if (realm.getClients() != null) {
            for (ClientRepresentation client : realm.getClients()) {
                if (client.getProtocol() != null && client.getProtocol().equals("saml")) {
                    log.info("Modifying attributes of SAML client: " + client.getClientId());
                    for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : client.getAttributes().entrySet()) {
                        client.getAttributes().put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().replaceAll(regex, replacement));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    protected void modifySamlMasterURLs(RealmRepresentation realm, String regex, String replacement) {
        if (realm.getClients() != null) {
            for (ClientRepresentation client : realm.getClients()) {
                if (client.getProtocol() != null && client.getProtocol().equals("saml")) {
                    log.info("Modifying master URL of SAML client: " + client.getClientId());
                    String masterUrl = client.getAdminUrl();
                    if (masterUrl == null) {
                        masterUrl = client.getBaseUrl();
                    }
                    masterUrl = masterUrl.replaceFirst(regex, replacement);
                    client.setAdminUrl(masterUrl + ((!masterUrl.endsWith("/saml")) ? "/saml" : ""));
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Modifies baseUrl, adminUrl and redirectUris for client based on real
     * deployment url of the app.
     *
     * @param realm
     * @param clientId
     * @param deploymentUrl
     */
    protected void fixClientUrisUsingDeploymentUrl(RealmRepresentation realm, String clientId, String deploymentUrl) {
        for (ClientRepresentation client : realm.getClients()) {
            if (clientId.equals(client.getClientId())) {
                if (client.getBaseUrl() != null) {
                    client.setBaseUrl(deploymentUrl);
                }
                if (client.getAdminUrl() != null) {
                    client.setAdminUrl(deploymentUrl);
                }
                List<String> redirectUris = client.getRedirectUris();
                if (redirectUris != null) {
                    List<String> newRedirectUris = new ArrayList<>();
                    for (String uri : redirectUris) {
                        newRedirectUris.add(deploymentUrl + "/*");
                    }
                    client.setRedirectUris(newRedirectUris);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public static void addContextXml(Archive archive, String contextPath) {
        try {
            String contextXmlContent = IOUtils.toString(tomcatContext.openStream(), "UTF-8")
                    .replace("%CONTEXT_PATH%", contextPath);
            archive.add(new StringAsset(contextXmlContent), "/META-INF/context.xml");
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
        }
    }

    private static void enableHTTPSForAppServer() throws CommandFailedException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException, IOException, CliException, OperationException {
        try (OnlineManagementClient client = AppServerTestEnricher.getManagementClient()) {
            Administration administration = new Administration(client);
            Operations operations = new Operations(client);

            if(!operations.exists(Address.coreService("management").and("security-realm", "UndertowRealm"))) {
                client.execute("/core-service=management/security-realm=UndertowRealm:add()");
                client.execute("/core-service=management/security-realm=UndertowRealm/server-identity=ssl:add(keystore-relative-to=jboss.server.config.dir,keystore-password=secret,keystore-path=adapter.jks");
            }

            client.execute("/system-property=javax.net.ssl.trustStore:add(value=${jboss.server.config.dir}/keycloak.truststore)");
            client.execute("/system-property=javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword:add(value=secret)");

            if (APP_SERVER_CONTAINER.contains("eap6")) {
                if(!operations.exists(Address.subsystem("web").and("connector", "https"))) {
                    client.apply(new AddConnector.Builder("https")
                            .protocol("HTTP/1.1")
                            .scheme("https")
                            .socketBinding("https")
                            .secure(true)
                            .build());

                    client.apply(new AddConnectorSslConfig.Builder("https")
                            .password("secret")
                            .certificateKeyFile("${jboss.server.config.dir}/adapter.jks")
                            .build());
                }
            } else {
                client.apply(new RemoveUndertowListener.Builder(UndertowListenerType.HTTPS_LISTENER, "https")
                        .forDefaultServer());

                administration.reloadIfRequired();

                client.apply(new AddUndertowListener.HttpsBuilder("https", "default-server", "https")
                        .securityRealm("UndertowRealm")
                        .build());
            }

            administration.reloadIfRequired();
        }
    }

}


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Is Tiger in a position to win the Masters?
It's easy to sit here and say something like, "Of course he's ready to win the Masters – he's Tiger freakin' Woods", but of course he's ready to win the Masters – he's Tiger freakin' Woods.
Let's not forget he got back in the winners' circle at the Tour Championship and his five starts so far this season have yielded four top-20 finishes, as well as the tie for 30th at The Players. He's hardly missing the cut and grimacing every time he hits a shot.
He also seems to be in the best place he has been in a long, long time. Hands up who watched this at least 400 times during The Players?
For stats fans, Tiger is 7th in strokes gained, 4th in GIR percentage, and 10th in tee-to-green.
The putter remains a concern, and even those of us who can only dream of playing Augusta know that you have to putt well there, but this is the first time Woods is headed to Georgia fully fit for the first time in years.
Yes, he's missed three of the last five Masters, but from his last win in 2005 to 2014, the first year he skipped a trip down Magnolia Lane, his record reads T3-T2-2-T6-T4-T40-T4.
But it's all in the past, I hear you scream. And you probably would have also told me that Jack Nicklaus didn't have a chance in '86, and we all know what happened there.
The powers that be at Augusta don't like it when players tear their course apart, so expect a tougher test after Patrick Reed's winning score of 15-under last time out.
And if anyone in the field knows how to grind out a score there – or, indeed, destroy the rest of the field – it's Tiger freakin' Woods. Can Tiger Woods win the Masters? Yes, he's ready.
If we've learned anything, in among all the back procedures and WDs and chipping yips, it's that you never, ever write off Tiger Woods.
What's the point? It'll bite you on the arse at some point.
He's gone, within the space of a year, from barely being able to hit a chip shot of 10 yards to winning the Tour Championship. And by that point of the year it wasn't even close to a surprise, he had more than half a chance of winning the year's last two majors. The speed was back, the touch was back, the brilliant CV of shot shapes were back. So when's the next major?
Woods says that his preparations for Augusta aren't far off in terms of playing time, he missed Bay Hill due to the neck strain but he's confirmed that he'll play the Match Play in Texas which will be just his fifth start in 2019.
And then it's off down Magnolia Lane for a tilt at another Green Jacket.
Even without the back story of injuries and everything else there's lots to like about his chances but there are now more question marks than we might have thought a few months ago.
So, can Tiger Woods win the Masters? First up he has to get his putter going, something he's addressed by enlisting the help of Justin Thomas's coach Matt Killen, having described his efforts on the greens at Riviera as the worst he's ever had.
Everything will be geared towards Augusta, it probably has been since he holed out at East Lake, but you'd guess that he'd snap your hand off to have another month's prep under the gun.
Finally, and we all know it's Tiger and what he's done before in this corner of Georgia, but the simple facts are that he hasn't won here since 2005 which remains maybe his most baffling stat.
In the next few weeks we'll hear about how he'll compete there for the next decade. Again the stats are less promising. The last five years show a record of DNP-T17-DNP-DNP-T32.
It would take something else to translate the next figure to be a W, even for Tiger.
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Dell Inspiron 5480, Inspiron 5580 Launched in India, Starting at Rs. 36,900
By jennifer on	 December 21, 2018 PC/Laptops
The 14-inch Dell Inspiron 5480 laptop starts at Rs. 36,990
The 15-inch Dell Inspiron 5580 will begin from Rs. 37,990
They will be available in Platinum Silver, Burgundy, and Ink colours
Dell India on Friday launched two new Inspiron 5000 series laptops with 8th generation Intel chips and Dell Cinema software for an immersive experience. The 14-inch Dell Inspiron 5480 laptop starts at Rs. 36,990 while the 15-inch Dell Inspiron 5580 will begin from Rs. 37,990, the company said in a statement. They will be available in three colour options, Platinum Silver, Burgundy, and Ink, exclusively from the Dell India website.
"Tech-savvy users who know how to get the maximum from their notebook and are looking for style statements when it comes to personal technology will surely appreciate these machines," said Alen Joe Jose, Director-Product Marketing, Consumer and Small Business, Dell India.
The laptops has Whiskey Lake 8th Generation Intel Core i3, Core i5 & Core i7 processor variants, with up to 32GB of DDR4 memory, full-HD anti-glare IPS display and the Dell Cinema software for personal theatre experience. Intel Optane Memory is also offered.
Weighing 1.48kg (starting), the two variants come with narrow borders that emphasise the screen and help minimise distractions. A three-sided narrow border is available on the 14-inch and a 2-sided narrow border on the 15-inch variant. For users who collaborate on video, there is a miniaturised, 4-element lens webcam on the 14-inch option that utilises "Temporal Noise Reduction" to increase image quality, even in the low-light conditions, said the company.
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Machine learning is an exciting technology with plenty of potential applications in social impact business. But as Jacob Winiecki at BFA points out, the hype around the approach may make it tempting to jump in without first determining if it's the right tool for the job. He offers a clear run-down of how machine learning actually works in practice, along with three concrete steps for how a PAYGo enterprise can implement the technology, based on the work BFA's FIBR Project has done with ZOLA, a leading PAYGo solar operator in Africa.
Securing a bank loan is an onerous task for anyone. But for the 2.5 billion unbanked people worldwide, the obstacles can seem insurmountable. And microfinance and village savings groups both have significant limitations, particularly for people without a credit history. June Sugiyama of Vodafone Americas Foundation explains how two winners of the foundation's annual Wireless Innovation Project competition are overcoming these limitations through mobile technology.
With their big brands, big budgets and big data, superplatforms like Google, Amazon, Facebook and Alibaba already know more about most banks' customers than the banks themselves. As these internet giants make increasing inroads into financial services, what are the implications for low-income customers – and their existing providers? David Porteous of BFA and Olga Morawcynski of MasterCard Foundation explore how these platforms are reshaping the face of financial inclusion around the world.
Frontline workers play a critical role in gathering information from – and delivering services to – rural communities. For years, these workers used paper forms and guides, leading to delays, problems with accuracy, and trouble measuring program effectiveness. Mobile data collection tools can help address these challenges, but transitioning to a digital system is not as easy as simply digitizing paper forms. Sam Farnham at Dimagi shares insights and a free guide that can clarify the process.
With a global subscriber base of over 5 billion, the mobile ecosystem has created a digital platform that is increasingly connecting everyone and everything. Yet millions risk exclusion from this network – and the social, digital and financial exclusion this implies – due to lack of proof-of-identity. A new GSMA report offers a global perspective of the trends and linkages between access to mobile and access to official identification - and explores solutions for reducing the "identity gap."
Data can have a transformative impact on financial inclusion efforts. But it will reach its full potential only if industry stakeholders can truly understand and utilize it for the benefit of customers. In this Q&A, Camilla Nestor, CEO of MIX, discusses how MIX's FINClusion Lab is making data available to financial services providers, regulators, policymakers and others in a format they can actually use.
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Juventus at the World Cup
World Cup Player Profile: Andrea Barzagli
With the World Cup now a matter of days away, we profile the Juventus players who will feature in Brazil.
By Danny Penza@djp4cal Jun 13, 2014, 12:30am CEST
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While Juventus as a club has seemingly come back from the dark ages of four or five years ago, the same can be said for Andrea Barzagli. He arrived in Turin after 2 1/2 years in Germany with Wolfsburg for a transfer fee that seemingly a bag of balls and a couple small wads of cash. Since then, he has not only been one of the most consistent Juventus players, but also one of the better — and underrated — defenders in all of Europe.
Barzagli's career renaissance has come at the same time that Juventus has returned to prominence. Coincidence? I think not. Just look at how good Juve's defense has been over the last three years under Antonio Conte — first in Serie A, first in Serie A, first in Serie A. Notice the pattern? A lot of that has to do with the 33-year-old Barzagli.
He's not the WhoScored darling like teammate Giorgio Chiellini, and that's perfectly okay. Would we want Barzagli any other way besides maybe 10 years younger so he could stay with Juve just that much longer? Nope. Barzagli is just unspectacularly brilliant in every sense of the term. A lot of the time he makes things look easy, other times he comes sliding in out of nowhere to stop the opponents' attack down the right wing.
There's a reason why the #WALLzagli hashtag on Twitter gets so much run during Juventus games Barzagli takes part in. And that's because he's just so good at being so incredibly consistent.
Caps: 47, Goals: 0
Andrea Barzagli
Service for Italy: Do you remember that Barzagli was on the Italy squad that won the World Cup in 2006? It's been awhile, you know, so it's okay if you had forgotten. It was a rather forgettable tournament for Barzagli — who had a handful of caps entering the tournament — even though Italy won the whole damn thing. Barzagli returning to Serie A has been the best thing for his career — both in terms of playing for Juventus and getting back into the national team picture.
What makes him interesting: Simply put, Barzagli is one of the most consistent defenders in the business. While some players at the same position get more attention for whatever reason, Barzagli just keeps truckin' along, playing fantastic football basically every time he steps on the field. Sometimes when players hit their 30s, they suddenly start to regress and show their age. In Barzagli's case, he has only gotten better as he enters his mid-30s. Not exactly how you draw it up, but you won't find me complaining about Barzagli suddenly finding the fountain of youth in a Juventus jersey.
And like Andrea Pirlo, you can't forget the beard. It just adds to the awesomeness.
What to expect in Brazil: If Barzagli is healthy — and that's been a problem for him the past 12 months — then I wouldn't expect anything less than a typical Barzagli showing. That would mean exactly what we've seen from him over the past three years since he returned to Italy. But the nagging injuries are still there hovering over our heads just like they were during this past Juventus season. It seemed as though just when Barzagli was starting to play his best again, something would happen to keep him out a couple more weeks.
If Barzagli stays healthy, then the partnership in the center of Italy's defense should be okay. Who knows if the rest of the defense will give us as much comfort as those two, but at least we know that Barzagli will be Barzagli.
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I saw this wonderful idea from Shay Mitchell's tumblr. It is a jar full of your happy memories for the whole year and you will open it the next year to help you recall every single moments that you cherished for the past year. It is like archiving all the good ones to give you good vibes as well whenever you look back to the past. Cheers to positivity!
1. First is choose a paper that you want to write on. You can use white if you prefer minimalist or you can put a little bit of color for spice.
2. Put the jar in the middle of the paper and mark it with its size by putting one small dot at the top and at the bottom. You don't want your label to be too small or big, and it helps in cutting it, too.
3. Name your "awesome New Year" jar. I named mine "My Happy Wagon" because it reminded me of Stargirl's. The only difference is that she used stones to symbolize how she felt in a day. Although mine will only represent the happy bits of my life in a year.
4. I made sure my label was just the right size by putting the jar on it so I could see if it fits.
5. Also, don't forget the rule that it should be opened on New Year's eve the next year.
6. Measure your jar correctly and cut your label.
7.To cut a perfect circle, I used my tape to trace one on my cut paper to serve as guide.
8. Put a tape on the back of your label so you can stick it on your jar. I prefer using tape because glue would be really messy to use.
9. Write some happy moments that happened to you every single day in one year. You can have more than one in a day if so many things happened and one paper is not enough. Also, don't forget to put a date on when it happen.
10. I used different papers as you can see on the photo above.
Here is the finish product! I will definitely fill this up this year!
* To actually feel its effect, DO NOT OPEN THE JAR UNTIL NEW YEAR'S EVE.
* Ask, or better yet, encourage your friends and family to do it as well so you can all share it at the end of the year.
Hope you like this and try this out!


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Solar charge controller MPPT is a sophisticated and efficient gadget.
Solar charge controller MPPT is a more sophisticated and efficient way of harnessing power from a panel and using it to charge a flat battery.
The older PWM controllers, connecting a higher voltage photovoltaic panel, at say 17V, to the much lower value of the flat battery, have their voltage drawn down to that of the cell at say 11V. This means that the current delivered by the PV also drops.
On the other hand a MPPT controller effectively decouples the battery at 11V from the panel at say 17V, harvesting more power.
This is just as important early in the morning, and late afternoon, and during inclement weather when the radiation reaching the panel is low, and the voltage output drops and is unable to supply the margin needed to charge the battery.
One other factor of importance is that because the MPPT maintains a high voltage between the panels and the controller, the current is correspondingly lower according to the formula volts x amps = watts; if the stated power produced by the PV panel is constant, then I, the current, must decrease when V increases.
When the current is kept low by the MPPT, it means that the losses according to Ohm's law are reduced by the square of the amps.
Heat losses in the cabling is equal to the current squared times the resistance.
By keeping the voltage in the cabling high at that of the panels instead of that of the battery, the current and the associated heat losses are minimised.
All of this becomes even more important as more panels are added in series raising the voltage to perhaps 140V, far above that of the batteries; then the current and heat losses are much lower.
The solar charge controller MPPT harvests substantially more power from the PV panels.
In effect, the MPPT keeps the panel voltage at its most efficient value known as the Vmp rather than allowing it to drop to that of the flat battery. This enables the PV to deliver the maximum charge current, known as Imp which would otherwise drop substantially along with the voltage.
As a rule of thumb, the panel voltage should not be greater than that of the batteries by a factor of more than four.
For example, I have a 48V system with four 12V batteries in series; thus I should not have more panels in series than would make up more than about 200V.
In practice, it's not recommended that I use my MPPT at over 150V as the efficiency drops.
There is a range of MPPT sizes from 10A to 100A.
The twenty and sixty amp MPPTs seem to be the most popular. With electrical equipment I always purchase a device that is well within the specifications, rather than risk damaging it. However, MPPTs from a reputable company have protection built into them for occasional spikes when the solar lens effect of a cloud comes into play, magnifying the irradiation considerably.
However, panels rarely deliver the rated power except momentarily with a solar lens effect like this; it's not a concern for short periods.
In practice, on my west facing roof I have three 310W panels each with an open circuit voltage of around 46V, making 138V; I am well within the 150V limit even at extremes of temperature when Voc and Vmp can fluctuate.
But it only delivers about 90% of that because of various factors; internal resistance, the angle of the panels to the sun and moisture in the air; thus a 20A MPPT really is adequate. I might choose a 30A to be safe.
One can put two strings in parallel, thus I could put another identical row of three more panels; then I would need a 40A MPPT. Always plan for expansion; it's cheaper in the long run than having to upgrade and exchange your solar charge controller MPPT for another larger device.
This solar charge controller MPPT is clever; it always finds the optimal voltage of the solar panel to ensure maximum power from the PVs. They extract up to 30% more power than the old controllers.
Panels facing in different directions always need a separate MPPT as the voltage varies considerably according to the time of day. Connecting a string of three east facing solar panels, with a another facing west using the same MPPT would hopelessly confuse the tracking; each needs its own controller.
Sophisticated systems turn either the panels, or a series of mirrors for following the sun. In practice, I suspect the cost for the whole home build doesn't warrant the expense; keep it simple, silly, is our motto.
However, I'm planning on building a mobile string of panels, on the ground, that I can turn several times a day to track the sun. Since all the panels will be always facing the same direction, one MPPT is adequate; by fitting it on a small trailer it would be easier to move.
It will need its own controller as at times the voltage would be quite different to those existing panels.
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Here's mark I. Three of these, on a 48V system, will provide 915 watts maximum.
915W / 48V = 19.06 amps.
A 20A solar charge controller MPPT will be adequate, since they rarely supply more than about 90% of the rated amount. I'm hoping it'll be around that for much of the day.
This is more of a fun project than a serious one for you. In the future when the three buggies are complete, I'll let you know the cost, how to build it, and how many kwh it actually supplies. What will the pay back time be?
Three 305 watt mobile panels will add another 25% to our arrays, taking us to over 5kW; more important they are already proving their worth by providing much needed early morning and late afternoon energy.
There remain concerns about shadows from that bar in front; now I have moved that bar behind the point where the panel is hinged, and added wheels to the front legs for ease of movement.
Panels that follow the sun provide 1.6 x the energy; or, they are equivalent to five stationary panels.
915W / 48 V = 19,06 amps.
A small 20 amp MPPT is adequate.
The biggest advantage of these mobile solar carts is that we now have plenty of electricity, and no longer have to 'micromanage' our appliances; turning on the oven no longer means we have to fuss with turning everything else off; it's a lot less schlepp.
It takes less than five minutes to turn them, three times a day; not a problem for the retired person at home.
It's always been my policy to purchase a piece of equipment, learn to use it and build a much needed project. I taught myself to weld when we needed burglar guards in our new home; then it came in useful with this steel gate design, and now I'm using it for making small mobile solar panel trailers; the equipment has paid for itself many times over; and I've learned a new skill.
So, your solar charge controller MPPT has the full name of maximum power point tracker. I think you now understand the meaning of the term.
It adjusts continually to the conditions, prevailing temperature, radiation arriving at the panel which is changing each moment with every cloud, extracting the maximum available power from the PV.
The controller in the picture above is the 20 amp version; how I wish I went straight to the 60A MPPT. Adding more panels in parallel meant getting another larger one; if you do it right from the start it hurts only once. You will expand your system if you build it yourself, believe you me.
Alternatively, if you have no interest in such things, get a professional company in to advise, design and install it for you.
Make sure you only deal with a reputable company; there are an awful lot of broken hearts around; mostly because they put in a Mickey Mouse solar generator. I recommend NEVER putting in something less than a 48V system, a 60A MPPT and a 2kW inverter. Never; you will not be satisfied with the output.
If you have the money, go straight to a 5kW or even 10kW inverter, because you WILL add more panels! Trust me, I've been there and have the T-shirt. Now we can use the electric oven on a sunny day, the breadmaker, the kettle as well as the computers and lights which was the original planning.
But all of this is dependent on correctly extracting the maximum power from your panels, and for that you definitely need a solar charge controller MPPT.
Good luck, it's been a terrific ride; if I was to do it again I'd either put the panels on the ground, but we have trees, or on a new dedicated building that could double up as an extra garage or workshop.
Bernard Preston is a physics major who taught high school science for seven years before turning to chiropractic care for the body. Coming to grips with a solar charge controller MPPT was no small challenge after forty years out of the field.
Whilst our health remains his chief focus in life, his roots in physics and chemistry have never deserted him. After all, good health care is based on science.
Building a solar farm on his roof, harvesting sunlight, in truth returning to his roots, has been one of the great challenges of his retirement. His solar generator provides for most of their needs; they use around four dollars of utility electricity per month from the grid; mostly for hot showers on cold, wet days.
On the escarpment where they live, dense mists often sweep over their home in the summer for five days; it makes sense to stay connected to the utility. Going off the grid is something of a pipe dream for them.
Having said that, when you cost in the damage done by grid surges like this, one does have to stop and reconsider. It would have to include a standby gas heater for showers for inclement days.
Building eco friendly homes became something of a passion, but it's added great value to their home; buyers are becoming more concerned about the environment.
Personally I recommend a separate solar charge controller MPPT, not built into the inverter; not that ours has given trouble. Luckily our solar generator is completely separated from the grid; our neighbours have an integrated system that had massive damage.


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Local firm inks Chinese 'dragon's blood' deal
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Fresno-based Integrated Animal Nutrition and Health has signed a potentially lucrative agreement to supply Chinese farmers with a botanical extract used to treat gastrointestinal issues in dairy cattle and pigs.
The Fresno firm inked the distribution deal this month with Jaguar Animal Health, a Bay Area-based company focused on developing and commercializing gastrointestinal products for companion and production animals.
The agreement followed positive results, which Jaguar announced this past July, of two studies to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Croton lechleri botanical extract in piglets.
Croton lechleri, known as sangre de grado — dragon's blood — in Spanish, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family and is native to northwestern South America.
Dr. Kai Hang Chen, founder and CEO of Integrated Animal Nutrition and Health, said he first learned about Croton lechleri "about two years ago" through a doctor at Cornell University.
"I became very interested because neonatal diarrhea is a major issue for dairy and swine," said Chen. "The problem is [even] worse in China than the U.S. due to poorer hygiene and lack of vaccination."
At dairies in China, Chen said it's "very common to see calf diarrhea of 30 to 50 percent and mortality rates of 10 to 30 percent. In swine, the diarrhea rate averages about 10 percent and the mortality rate runs about 30 percent — despite heavy antibiotic usage," he added.
After first learning about Jaguar's work with the extract, Chen said he did further "investigation into the product" and worked with various clients to run field trials.
"The results from the trials confirms the beneficial effects on neonatal diarrhea, which gave me the confidence in the product," he said. "I believe it will give tremendous benefit to our clients in China."
The terms of Chen's agreement with Jaguar specify annual minimum purchase amounts necessary to maintain exclusive rights to the proprietary product.
Under the terms of the agreement, Chen is responsible for all costs necessary to obtain required product registrations, marketing authorizations and customs clearances for the Chinese market.
The piglet studies that spurred the deal were sponsored by Integrated Animal Nutrition and Health and involved more than 1,000 animals. The study, Chen said, took place earlier this year at a number of pig farms in China.
The encouraging results showed resolution and cure rates ranging from 60 to 99 percent, according to study organizers, who believe the botanical extract is very effective at controlling outbreaks of diarrhea.
"We have seen great interest in Jaguar's Croton lechleri botanical extract in China and believe that the market potential for the product is substantial," said Chen, who is known to his American colleagues as Walter.
Born and raised in China, today Chen spends half of his time in the U.S. and half in China. He has an undergraduate degree from Southern China Agricultural University and Master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona.
Chen and another Chinese colleague established Animal Nutrition and Health strictly to export Jaguar's product. "We don't have an office yet in Fresno," Chen said. "The purpose of setting up the company is to find good products or technologies and export [them] to China."
Chen's Beijing-based Kai Hang Management Consulting Co. Ltd. includes 10 full-time Chinese employees, who cover several dozen dairies and nearly 350,000 cows in China, including the Mengniu Fuyuan Dairy Group with 45,000 cows and the 88,000-cow Yili Youran Dairy Group.
"My U.S. dairy experience is very important to me," Chen said. "Even though there are differences in climates, feed and feed quality in China, there are a lot of similarities, such as facilities, milking equipment and feeding practices. My goal is to help my clients make the right decisions on a day-to-day basis."
Recently profiled in Progressive Dairymen, Chen said he relies heavily on technology to maintain contact with his Chinese staff while he's stateside two weeks each month.
"While I am at home [in California], I work with my team and my clients through WeChat, email, phone calls or Ding Ding, a mobile-based app," he said. "It seems to be working well."
Lisa Conte, Jaguar's president and CEO, called the supply and distribution agreement with Animal Nutrition and Health a good deal for both companies.
"We are very happy about the opportunity to leverage our first-in-class technology in this very important Chinese market," Conte said. "As we work to expand our commercialization efforts, we intend to seek out additional opportunities to enter key international markets."
Based in San Francisco, Jaguar Animal Health is focused on developing and commercializing first-in-class gastrointestinal products for companion and production animals, foals and high value horses.
Jaguar's lead prescription drug product candidate, Canalevia, is aimed at treating diarrhea in dogs. Jaguar is also developing a prescription drug, SB-300, to treat gastrointestinal ulcers in horses.
Both Canalevia and SB-300 contain ingredients isolated and purified from the Croton lechleri tree, which Conte said is sustainably harvested.
Neonorm Calf and Neonorm Foal are the company's lead non-prescription products.
Neonorm is a standardized botanical extract also derived from the Croton lechleri tree.
Jaguar currently has nine active investigational new animal drug applications filed with the FDA and Conte said the company intends to develop "species-specific" formulations of Neonorm in six additional target species, formulations of SB-300 in horses and Canalevia for cats and dogs.
"Given the limited therapeutic options available to many animals, we believe that collaborations across the animal healthcare ecosystem are important to accelerating the pace of innovation," the company states on its website.
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Patriotic tattoos, billboards become popular in Ukraine
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Patriotic messages in the form of tattoos and billboards have become popular in war-torn Ukraine.
The Ukrainian flag and other symbols are favored additions for customers at a tattoo parlor in Lviv.
Olena Barlevych, 18, recently got a tattoo of the Ukrainian coat of arms with a military aircraft, symbolizing the fight to defend her country.
"This tattoo means a lot to us," Barlevych said. "It is a very important phase for our country, which must go down in history, which must be passed on to future generations."
Artist Natalia Tanchynets has seen clients come in from several parts of Ukraine for similar tattoos. She said 70% of the proceeds from her patriotic tattoos are donated to the Ukrainian army.
At her shop, where a red stop sign on a wall had the handwritten word "war" added to it, Tanchynets said she's had a gamut of emotions about the rush of patriotism.
While the war has been good for her business, "I'm so sad about this situation in my country." Tanchynets said one of her clients was killed on the front lines last week.
Lviv print shop manager Yuri Kobryn said he initially thought his business that creates advertising billboards would be useless in the war. He since has found creative ways to support Ukrainian troops.
Instead of advertisements, Kobryn's company now prints motivational messages to his country — especially the Ukrainian army. Some are religious messages asking for protection of the troops.
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"The guys from the army were pleasantly surprised and asked me if I could make smaller versions that they could give them to others," Kobryn said. "So that we can help them in our victory."
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Phil remembers that during the first week after his diagnosis he was paralyzed with fear. His brother in law, a physician, helped him snap out of it, assuring him that his treatment options guaranteed a survival period of at least a few years or maybe more, and that cancer research was progressing at such a fast rate that the prospect of extending his lifetime beyond a couple of years was good.
This provided enough comfort for Phil to come to terms with the very real possibility that he might die. He accepted this reality, came to peace with it, and decided to fight back. The first step was to dive into research. "I got the idea in my head that what I needed to do was stay alive until some laboratory maverick somewhere came up with a cure," he says.
"It's an engineering approach. The practical reality is that there are only two possible outcomes: Either I succeed in my quest to stay alive until a cure is developed or I'll fail. If I fail, I'll succumb to cancer, but if I succeed, I'll die of something other than cancer, hopefully many years from now. I'm convinced that I have a really good shot at the latter," Phil says.
Phil received carboplatin and pemetrexed (Alimta) for a few months until his tumors stabilized. Then he remained on Alimta to keep the tumors in check. Meanwhile, he continued to do his own research.
In September of 2015, Phil reached out to Cancer Commons in search of further support to validate the chemotherapy treatment he was receiving and to get a different perspective on future treatments, especially the possibility of receiving immunotherapy treatment through a clinical trial.
His contact at Cancer Commons, chief scientist Emma Shtivelman, recommended seeking a second opinion from an oncologist at U.C. San Diego who was the principal investigator for a number of clinical trials conducted at UCSD's Moore Cancer Center.
During chemotherapy treatment, Phil's kidney function deteriorated. He was referred to a nephrologist who determined, after a kidney biopsy, that his impaired kidney function was a direct result of chemotherapy. His primary oncologist immediately stopped chemotherapy for a period of six months, and his kidney function stabilized, although at a level that still wasn't good enough to make him eligible for the clinical trials he was interested in. Worse, even though his original tumors remained stable, a new tumor appeared in fall of 2016.
Phil's new oncologist at UCSD made one last effort to help improve his kidney function enough to enroll in a clinical trial, but his kidney function remained below normal. Phil asked Emma about a stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatment with a robotic tool called CyberKnife, and Emma recommended a dual approach: Using CyberKnife therapy and immunotherapy concurrently. Phil's new oncologist was willing to prescribe Phil's desired treatment outside of a clinical trial that combined both therapies, also being conducted at UCSD.
Phil began receiving treatment with the immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) in December of 2016. He also received SBRT on his new tumor, which successfully destroyed it. His other tumors have not grown. "I just had another scan and everything is still pretty much stable," he says.
Phil's kidney problems have persisted. "I can live a long time with my kidneys the way they are," he says, "but the fact is that I'm no longer a candidate for clinical trials." While frustrating, Phil's ineligibility for clinical trials means he can take a step back from doing his own research. "Doing research on the treatment of cancer is a very depressing activity, and the statistics you read about are scary and difficult to take if you're a patient," he says.
Now, he's outsourced that work to Cancer Commons and his oncologist. "They read all the depressing statistics and, when the time comes, will just tell me when a drug that is superior to what I am taking is available commercially. I get to remain blissfully ignorant, which strongly reinforces my optimistic outlook," Phil says.
These days, Phil spends much of his time with his wife and his art. He has been painting for years and has slowly transitioned from using traditional media to creating computer-based paintings.


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We Fear The Water: Flint Residents in Their Own Words
Local residents wait in line to pick up Brita water filters at the Flint Fire Department in downtown Flint on January 15, 2016. Following the declaration for a state of emergency, local fire stations began acting as water resource centers, where residents could pick up water filters, lead testing kits and cases of bottled water. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
By Brittany Greeson
While completing an internship at the Flint Journal in Flint, Michigan, GroundTruth Emerging Photographer Brittany Greeson documented the lives of those affected by the Flint water crisis.
See the rest of Brittany's photos in a photo essay at The Atlantic, and on GroundTruth.
FLINT, Michigan — Flint is currently under a state of emergency as a result of an ongoing water crisis that has gripped residents for nearly two years. It all began with the flip of a switch in April 2014 as the Flint River — which hadn't been treated for daily use in over 50 years — became the city's main water source. The responsibility of treating the water was passed from the Detroit Water and Sewage department to the shoulders of the unprepared and inexperienced local water plant. Government leaders cited a potential savings of around $5 million over the course of two years for a city staring into the face of financial emergency.
Residents say they noticed a change in the water by August 2014. Boil notices for a potential E. coli risk had been sent to neighborhoods. Several people reported seeing their water running brown with a smell like rotten eggs. Notices for trihalomethanes (THMs), a carcinogenic byproduct regulated by the EPA, were sent out by January 2015. However, city officials had violated EPA standards for THMs in the months prior without notice to the public.
Still, there were those who lived in the city's poorest zip codes, who were regularly drinking the water.
The Flint River is seen atop the North Bank center in downtown Flint. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Tonya Williams weeps alongside friend Janice Berryman following the Genesee County Board of Commissioners vote to declare an official state of emergency in the City of Flint on January 4, 2016. The vote comes after over a year of problems with the municipal drinking water, including elevated levels of lead. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
A man dressed as Michigan governor Rick Snyder peers from behind a protestor, who he dumps out bottled water during a protest organized by the Detroit Light Brigade in front of Flint City Hall in downtown Flint on January 8, 2016. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Protestors shout in agreement as David Bullock, a pastor from Detroit, Mich., speaks on Flint's ongoing water crisis during the Unite for Justice Rally at Bethel United Methodist Church on January 9, 2016. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
A man who gave his name as Chester braves below freezing temperatures to drag a suitcase full of bottled water from Firehouse #3, where water was being handed out to residents by American Red Cross workers, to catch a bus back to his family's home in Flint on January 12, 2016. Many resident's in Flint lack viable transit options which has left them resorting to the city's bus system to get heavy cases of bottled water. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Ti'Nisha Norman, 11, get's her blood lead levels tested at Freeman Elementary School's Family Fun and Lead Testing night on January 12, 2016. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Alana Richardson, 9, get's her blood lead levels tested at Freeman Elementary School's Family Fun and Lead Testing night on January 12, 2016. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Gladyes Williamson smells a jar of water she collected from her tap earlier that month on January 13, 2016. Williamson has been recording her struggle with Flint's water crisis since the city switched water sources in early 2014. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Gladyes Williamson at her home in the south of Flint on January 13, 2016. Williamson has been an active protester since after the City of Flint switched water sources in early 2014. "We can't keep living this. It's killing us. It's literally killing us to live this and it's going on it's second year now," Williamson said. "I'm living a low standard life. This is not a third world country. This is the United States of America. This is Michigan." (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Earlene Love, 64, prays alongside her peers as protestors gather outside the Romney building, which houses the office of Governor Rick Snyder, on January 14, 2016. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha at her office in the Hurley Children's Center in Flint on January 15, 2016. Dr. Hanna-Attisha is a pediatrician with Flint's Hurley Medical Center who organized a team of researchers to see if lead was getting into the bodies of young children upon findings that lead had been leaching into people's tap water. Dr. Hanna-Attisha said the evidence she and her team found was jaw dropping. "What we found was contrary to everything that's been going on in the country and in the City of Flint. The percentage of children with lead poisoning had increased," Dr. Hanna-Attisha said. "Here we are in 2016, in the middle of the Great Lakes, and we don't have access to safe drinking water and we have just given an entire population lead." (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Resident's rise in agreement while attending a service discussing Flint's ongoing water crisis that invited civil right's activist Jesse Jackson, government leaders and local leaders at Heavenly Host Baptist Church in Flint's north side on January 17, 2016. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Journey Jones, 3, sits on the kitchen floor in her family's home as her brother Iveon Jones, 2, reaches for a bottled water. The pair are two of six children living in the home, all of whom have had elevated levels of lead in their blood. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Aireal Sweet, 10, and Amaria Dirrell, 8, brush their teeth using bottled water in the bathroom of their families home on January 17, 2016. The girls and their siblings all were tested for lead and all came back with elevated blood lead levels. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
In autumn 2015, through independent testing by a team of researchers from Virginia Tech University and the avid concern of local residents, lead was reported to be making it's way through the taps — once again without official notice. Keri Webber is a wife and mother to two girls, Victoria, 15, and Stephanie, 20. The family lives in a modest house tucked away just south of downtown Flint. Keri said she and her family had often been suspicious of the water since the switch but the presence of lead never crossed their minds. That was until Keri took the youngest daughter, Victoria, in for a routine doctor's appointment.
"All of a sudden, in mid-June, they're asking me how she got lead lines. We had absolutely no clue," Keri said.
"Then, of course, it was released in late August, early September, in Flint that there's lead in the water and it started to click."
Just days before the reports of lead went public, Keri's husband Michael suffered an eye stroke leaving him nearly blind in one eye. He said he now understands it to be a direct result of his skyrocketing blood pressure, a common symptom of lead poisoning in adults. All members of the family have been diagnosed with lead poisoning. When their tap water was tested by Wayne State University, readings for lead levels reached 183 parts per a billion.
The EPA considers 15 parts per a billion the limit allowable for high risk homes.
Today, the Webber family remains fearful of the water. Bottles of water are used for cooking meals. Empty gallon jugs line the bathroom hallway. Keri washes the dishes wearing surgical gloves as an extra method to prevent further contact. The entire family rotates on a showering and laundry schedule to ensure they aren't flushing more lead into the home.
Victoria is currently waiting to go to a specialist where she'll find out how much damage has been done to her body. Keri said Victoria has also started showing common symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She won't touch a meal until she's sure it's been properly dried after being washed. When the family visits other towns, Victoria refuses to drink from the tap.
"We have no idea what Vikki's future holds," Keri said as she began to cry. "As a parent, you protect your kids from everything. You teach them about strangers, you teach them about crossing the road, you cover them everywhere you can, you protect them from anything that can happen, never dreaming that when we were told to push water through her that we poisoned her."
On the opposite side of Flint, Jeriesha Dirrell is rinsing a slab of beef with bottled water as she prepares dinner for her husband and six children who live in the home. All six came back with elevated levels of lead in their system. She said the youngest child, 2-year-old Iveon, already exhibited behavioral issues, a common symptom of lead poisoning. She said she feels like her children were robbed of their potential and that only time will tell how much damage has been done.
Children under the age of six, like Iveon and his 3-year-old sister, Journey, are now a primary concern for Flint's health officials. Timed alongside Virginia Tech's lead study, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician with Flint's Hurley Medical Center organized a team of researchers to see if lead was getting into the bodies of young children. Dr. Hanna-Attisha said the evidence she and her team found was jaw dropping.
"What we found was contrary to everything that's been going on in the country and in the City of Flint. The percentage of children with lead poisoning had increased," Dr. Hanna-Attisha said. "Here we are in 2016, in the middle of the Great Lakes, and we don't have access to safe drinking water and we have just given an entire population lead."
The study later concluded that in the entire city of Flint the percentage of young children with levels of lead doubled. In some neighborhoods it had tripled.
"It took evidence that children were being poisoned for something to happen," Dr. Hanna-Attisha said. "I'm glad that we were able to share that info but I'm sad that it took so long because there were concerns with this water from the very onset."
Currently tasked with addressing those concerns is recent mayoral elect Karen Weaver. A Flint native, the ongoing water crisis quickly became one of her campaign focuses as the switch to the Flint river water had occurred under her opponent, now former Mayor Dayne Walling. Weaver said she's happy for the opportunity to give back to the city and simply wants to see progress. For her, declaring a state of emergency was the starting point.
"We've been asking for our voices to be heard we've been asking for some accountability and those things seem to be happening," Weaver said.
"I want some money. I want some services and supports for the families that are here because that's what we deserve. We didn't create this and we don't deserve what's happened to us, so I want to be able to get everything that I can to help the families. That's what I want."
Several government officials, those in power during the switch, have resigned. Governor Rick Snyder has called in the Michigan National Guard to assist American Red Cross workers in handing out cases of bottled water and filters at firehouses throughout the City. On January 16, President Obama approved a declaration for a state of emergency freeing up federal assistance. However, some residents, say it's just a bandaid on the issue. Protests and rallies continue to occur regularly calling for Snyder's resignation. Those who lack transit still have trouble reaching the firehouses. In peak hours they will often run out of water filters until another shipment comes in. Residents are only allotted one to two cases of bottled water per a family.
Marc Edwards, a civil engineering professor at Virginia Tech, supervised the Flint water study as an expert on municipal water quality. He said the City of Flint remains in uncharted territory and the damage to the infrastructure is a large issue for the future.
"The damage to the pipes and the children is irreversible, we can't undo what's been done," Edwards said. "To my knowledge there's never been a manmade disaster of this nature before, where the state actually broke federal law and against the protest of people in the city, outside experts, EPA employees, refused to do anything about it for 18 months and so it's a very unique situation, it's going to need unique solutions."
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Future Proteas crave leadership class of Kohli, Kane
Lloyd Burnard - Manchester, 11 July 2019 19:54
Manchester - The result aside, what happened at Old Trafford on Wednesday was special and the two-day affair turned into one of the most intriguing World Cup semi-finals you could ever hope to see.
New Zealand, thanks to superb opening spells of bowling from Trent Boult (2/42) and Matt Henry (3/37) that reduced India to 5/3 in their run chase, emerged as 18-run winners and booked their spot in a second World Cup final in a row.
The sides had looked on as rain fell for most of Tuesday, meaning New Zealand had to resume their innings on 211/5 (46.1) on Wednesday morning in what became a fascinating two-day ODI with everything on the line.
While the Indian players and fans were both gutted, there was an acceptance that the classic that had unfolded meant more.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli, once again, showed his class in the immediate aftermath.
There were no excuses, but rather heartfelt praise for what the Black Caps had achieved.
"That is why these games are called knockouts because if the opposition plays better, you are out of the tournament," India's leader offered.
"We have to accept that.
"I think we are sad, but we are not devastated because of the kind of cricket that we played in this tournament. We know where we stood as a team and today, we were not good enough and that is the nature of this tournament."
Over the years, Kohli has emerged as not only one of the best batsmen of his generation, but also one of the finest leaders.
When India were in South Africa for three Tests back in 2018, they were made to play on some questionable wickets that were prepared to aid South Africa's fast bowlers but instead came across as embarrassing.
The Wanderers strip for the third Test almost saw that match abandoned mid-Test.
Not once, though, did Kohli use the wickets as an excuse for his side's series loss.
He may come across as overly confident and competitive on the field, but that is a symptom of players with this much ability and the high standards that accompany that talent.
Kohli was visibly distraught in Wednesday's post-match press conference, but he held his head high and answered every question from a sometimes-bloodthirsty Indian media contingent with eloquence, humility and class.
When the presser was done, some of those very same journalists who had just quizzed the captain were asking him to autograph bats and shirts, and Kohli obliged.
Williamson, meanwhile, is a different kind of leader.
He obviously doesn't have the superstar appeal of Kohli - nobody does - but he remains one of the most consistently performing batters in world cricket in both red and white ball cricket.
Williamson has scored 548 runs at an average of 91.33 at CWC 2019, but more than that he has been a calming, composed leader with the soundest cricket mind throughout.
Like Kohli, Williamson was superb at his press conference.
"Obviously, the passion for the game in India is unrivalled and we are all fortunate to play this sport and have a country like India be right behind it," he said.
"There's obviously a huge amount of respect for India as a cricket side and I certainly hope that their fans are very much behind them and respect that the game of cricket can be a tough one on a number of occasions."
Sitting there listening to the two leaders, both at the top of their game and easily the most important players in their teams, it was impossible not to think of where the Proteas were heading.
Faf du Plessis has, for the most part, ticked all the same boxes.
He may not be at the same consistent level of performance as Kohli or Williamson, but he has always led by example and been a figure that the rest of the squad can look up to.
He has set the standard when it comes to performance and work ethic.
If he is done with ODI cricket, though, then the Proteas must look elsewhere, and they will almost certainly have a different captain at the 2023 World Cup in India.
That becomes concerning when you look at figures like Kohli and Williamson.
Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen keep emerging as the possible replacements for Du Plessis, but both still have so much to learn and prove at international level.
It is not to say they do not have the potential to become the best in the world, but there is still a long way to go.
Du Plessis may end up staying on as captain for the next year or two, suggesting a possible handover period between him and whoever the new captain will be.
Either way, South African cricket is crying out for a new leader who can pick up the baton from Du Plessis and guide this side into a new era.
If the semi-final taught us anything from a South African perspective, it is that the international standard is extremely high in that regard.
We can't all be Kohlis and Williamsons, but the Proteas need to ensure that when their new leader whenever is unveiled, he at least commands the same level of respect from his peers and opponents.
@LloydBurnard is in England covering the 2019 Cricket World Cup for Sport24 ...
Match,SuperOver tied, Eng won on boundary count
England won by 8 wickets
New Zealand won by 18 runs
South Africa won by 10 runs
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