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import sys

def to_minutes(hour, minute):
    """
    converts hours to minutes and adds extra minutes in the time...
    returns the sum
    """
    return (hour * 60) + minute

for i in sys.stdin:
    month, day, year, time1, time2 = i.split()  # split the input at ' '

    hour1, minute1 = map(int, time1.split(':'))  # split the times at : and convert str to int
    hour2, minute2 = map(int, time2.split(':'))

    timeInSeconds = 60 * (to_minutes(hour2, minute2) - to_minutes(hour1, minute1))  # time in seconds

    print(month, day, year, '{} hours {} minutes'.format(timeInSeconds//3600, timeInSeconds//60 - (timeInSeconds//3600 * 60)))

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Submitted By: Rickychen
Category: American History
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Chinese Immigration
China is one of the oldest cultures in recorded history. For centuries it was a feudal society bound by traditional roles and responsibilities according to age, sex, birth order, and class within society. Less than one hundred and fifty years ago, there was almost no contact between China and the West. The Chinese were forbidden to teach their language to a foreigner or to send books abroad. The first Chinese arrived in the United States in 1847 when they were brought by a missionary for schooling in Massachusetts, and with the push by America to open up China to trade, the year 1848 saw the arrival of silk merchants and the first true immigrants, two men and a woman, to work in mining areas. By 1851, after news of the gold rush had reached economically depressed Canton in south China, tales of riches brought twenty-five thousand Chinese to California. The Chinese had developed mining throughout Southeast Asia, and they named America "Gam Saan," or Gold Mountain. America also needed access to cheap labor for the Central Pacific Railroad, and the economic conditions in China made for a frail but mutual alliance between the two countries.
Most of the Chinese who came were poor male villagers. Known as "sojourners," they left their wives and children with the idea of making enough money to return to China. To Americans, the Chinese appeared alien, due more to cultural differences than racial characteristics. Compounding the problem, Chinese sojourners maintained a psychological and social separateness from American society by maintaining the values, norms, and attitudes of their homeland, and men still dressed according to Chinese custom with long queues (braids), felt slippers, cotton blouses, and little round hats.
Opposition began as Chinese gold miners, mining locations Americans considered worthless, made them profitable. Because men far outnumbered women, Chinese seized opportunities as cooks,...
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"Open Parachute @ SciBlogs" is on the list twice.
Have you possibly taken December 2013 by mistake [during which I started with Statcounter]?
Thanks Zammbi, I will have to delete one of these form the database.
Something has gone haywire. You have me (in-the-back-of-the.net) on 2522 visits when StatCounter put me on 4482.
Sorry – major cockup with the Statcounter stats too. Have had other things on my mind.
Aoplogies to those early viewers – but thanks for quickly pulling me up.
Found the problem Enzo and fixed with you in at 41A.
Any other mistakes please let me know.
Apperciate the work you do nn this.


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Connect youth to opportunities for exploring education & career options, service learning and internships.
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4-H clubs consist of 15 or more youth aged 8-19 who work with adult volunteers, which include teachers, youth workers, staff and parents. They work together on an ongoing basis to conduct projects and take part in 4-H activities.
Club members organize, elect youth officers and plan programs based on the group's needs and interests. Youth club officers conduct business meetings once a month. 4-H volunteers, teachers and agency staff run all clubs.
Clubs work on 4-H projects related to nutrition & health, science & technology, environmental education, community development and citizenship. Youth have the opportunity to take part in local, state and national 4-H events. 4-H activities include trips, camps, conferences and recognition ceremonies.
Complete at least one 4-H project i.e. science, health, civic education etc.
Participate in two 4-H special events i.e. Public Presentation, National Youth Science Day etc.
Schools, agencies or informal groups could organize a 4-H project without forming a club. These youth, aged 8 – 19, take part in 4-H project training and receive materials for a nominal fee. Youth may later join the 4-H Teen Leadership Programs or other 4-H activities. Special interest groups are particularly good for agencies looking to enrich their existing programs.
The 4-H Teen Leadership Programs provides teens grades 9-12 with a set of marketable skills that position them to become leaders.
Youth are engaged in activities that teach leadership principles, establish a sense of personal identity and respect for differences and work on service learning projects to address community issues and prepare for their futures.
Youth participate in local, state and national 4-H activities and events i.e. Career Exploration (Cornell University), Citizen Washington Focus (Washington DC) and the State Fair (Syracuse, NY).
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My Dinner With Kobayashi
Before he wins Wing Bowl tomorrow—and he will win—the world's best competitive eater hung out with me at Osteria.
By Dan McQuade·	 2/2/2012, 9:32 a.m.
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My eyes bulge as the waitress brings bread to our table. I'm so excited. I have so many questions. There isn't that much bread. Will he eat it all in one raw burst of energy? If he does, will she bring another? Will Osteria keep giving us free bread until they run out? I actually change seats so I can get a better look.
I'm at dinner with Takeru Kobayashi, the world's most famous competitive eater, if not the best. He captured the public's imagination by eating 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes in his first Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2001. The old mark was 25. It was as if Roger Bannister broke the four-minute-mile mark when the record was five minutes.
"It was almost a religious experience," Steve Addicks, the competitor next to him that day, told Jason Fagone in Horsemen of the Esophagus. I await a similar experience as Kobayashi's hand moves toward the breadbasket. My heart leaps. He positions the basket just right and picks up a camera. This is even better! He's going to photograph the meal before he devours it.
Done taking photos, Kobayashi picks up a piece, takes a bite and puts it down. He hasn't even finished once piece!
"It's good," he says. "He loves the bread," his interpreter, manager and friend Maggie James says later, after Kobi has finished three pieces of it.
During our dinner, Kobi cleans every plate brought to him, but he does not eat fast. The Great Kobayashi savors his food.
Tomorrow is Kobayashi's first Wing Bowl. He's going to win. (He is a 2-1 favorite, along with three-time reigning champ Super Squibb, but Kobayashi is on another level than even wing devourers like Squibb. This year's Wing Bowl will be a coronation, not a competition.) He showed up last year, demoed eating a cheesesteak, opened the competition with Bernie Parent and announced afterward he'd be a competitor in 2012.
Kobi takes his eating very seriously. He wants competitive eating to be fair and real: boxing, not wrestling. But he's always enjoyed a bit of theatrics. He used to have wacky hair colors—bright yellow, red, etc. He did a Wendy Williams impression when he appeared on her show to break the world record for Twinkies eaten in a minute. (He ate 14 to break the previous Guinness mark by 10.) He has a big plan for his Wing Bowl entrance, the usual highlight of the show.
Kobayashi says he is done with the hot dog contest. He finished second to Joey Chestnut from 2007 to 2009, and now he's in a contract dispute with Major League Eating. In the past two years, he was arrested after rushing the stage at the end of the event (2010) and ate a would-be world-record 69 hot dogs simultaneously with the contest (2011). He's moved on from hot dogs. Right now, Wing Bowl is pretty much Kobayashi's marquee event.
He says he likes Philadelphia, too. He's done the touristy stuff. He was wowed by 30th Street Station the first time he arrived here. His cab driver took him through Center City and past the historical sites. "He's very happy Philadelphia is so close to New York," his interpreter James says. "It's his favorite of any of the other American cities he's been to."
Kobayashi lives in Chelsea now, getting a visa in 2010. The contract dispute keeps him out of most eating competitions but he says he's able to compete in about five to six events a year and maybe wants to do a few more. He does short eating demonstrations, makes appearances and has endorsement and other deals (he's involved with Foodspotting).
He won't be able to eat competitively forever. While his technique is better now, he says, his body isn't what it was in his 20s. His teeth and jaw are simply worn down. He still has years left. But one of the reasons he moved to America was to do something in the world of food.
Kobayashi says he still loves Japan, but, yes, he moved to America to make it big.
Kobi isn't just an eater; he's a foodie. He takes photos of everything he eats. (He really enjoyed the octopus salad at Osteria.) He goes out to eat all the time. He clearly thinks about food a lot. He claims he can't cook, but James says she'll see him frying things for himself on the grill. "We're thinking about cooking classes," she says.
He gets more talkative as the meal continues. It's as if he's getting drunk off how much he loves the food. (He only drank ice water.) He's talking to James in Japanese, waving his hands in the air. He expands on the difference between the Japanese and American restaurant experience—there's "too much fluorescent lighting" in Japanese restaurants—and his love of all foods, from a fancy lamb neck dish to a fast-food hamburger. There's no food he doesn't like.
My guess is Kobayashi is going to hit it big (well, bigger) in food. He's an excellent dinner companion; even in another language he makes food exciting. Obviously, he and James know how to charm a reporter—I wasn't the only journalist he had dinner with this week—but, whatever, I can admit I was charmed.
Kobayashi is like a lot of people I know: He's hanging out in the city, living off his current artistic—yes, when Kobi eats, it's an art form—talent and figuring out his next step. He even folded his pizza the right way when I offered him my last slice.
Kobayashi might be from Japan, but he's as American as a pyramid of apple pies ready to be devoured. He's perfect for Wing Bowl.
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December 29, 2014 shajandfilms	Bollywood, Indian Cinema	1 Comment
Directed by – Anurag Kashyap
When I saw all the reviews for Ugly, I was really curious to see what Anurag Kashyap had in store for us this time. I have been a fan for quite sometime and even if his new films aren't as amazing as his previous ones, the fact that he always seems to smartly justify whatever he shows- drags me into the theatre all the time.
So it's a dark film, isn't it? The shots are dark, even day looks dark and squalor is at another level altogether. It's about a 10-year old girl who was kidnapped by somebody when her father left her in the car waiting. The film then follows a series of events that reveal the lives of its fucked up characters stuck in their fucked up lives and trying to deal with this fucked up mess.
The mother of the child is a once-beautiful, now-a-wreck suicidal crazy woman whose ex husband and the father of the 10 year old is an aspiring wannabe actor who has been struggling for years to get a role. And then there is the step father, a police officer who was once-a-crazy lover of the mother but was beaten by the wannabe-actor father and probably married her because he wanted to take revenge. I call him crazy because he locks his wife in the house and his pastime is to listen to her talk to people on the phone that he tapped. And then there was this ridiculous police officer ofcourse, who was indifferent to complaints, like all Indian police officers are supposed to be like.
They say it looked real but I am not convinced. So are you telling me there is not a single character in the film or rather 'real life', who actually has some character? I found it forced and very, very manipulating. And there is obviously no way of not feeling bad because there's a child involved!
The issue is big – it's about child trafficking and also about our obsession with petty things in our lives. I come out of the theatre – horrified and forced to think of all the bad things I hardly even think about. If that was the aim, well done. But it was definitely not a great film. Actors gave a stunning performance and it was a 'sitting on the edge of the seat' experience, I am just not quite sure if we can call it a masterpiece. It sure showed us the dark side of our country. I would rather call it really stupid than dark. All the characters except a woman police officer were dumb heads and what can be the sad part of this otherwise beautifully made film is that I don't quite connect to any of its characters.
I quote my friend Mohit here, after he watched both PK and Ugly – 'Rajkumar Hirani makes forcible feel good films and Anurag kashyap makes forcible feel bad films.'
2010s2013Aarti bajaj (editing)Anurag KashyapDAR Motion PicturesG. V. Prakash Kumar (music)Girish KulkarniNikos Andritsakis (cinematography)Rahul BhatRonit RoyTejaswini Kolhapure
October 22, 2014 shajandfilms	Biopic, Drama, Just Hollywood, UK	Leave a comment
The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time ~ T.S Eliot
Directed by – Stephen Frears
The biopic is based on the real life story of an old nun accounted by journalist Martin Sixsmith in his book 'The Lost Child of Philomena Lee'.
At a high profile party, Jane, a waitress meets Martin – a journalist who has just lost his high profile job as the labour government's advisor. She tells him about this woman, Philomena Lee – a nun in search of her son, who was taken away 50 years ago by the Catholic church. But Martin is uninterested and almost without a bother says that he can't cover the story. She asks him why, to which he very matter – of – flatly, replies –
"Because human interest stories are about weak minded, vulnerable, ignorant people. So those newspapers are read by vulnerable, weak minded, ignorant people."
Eventually, the film sets out to be the journey of Martin and Philomena – a human interest story for the journalist trying to gain foothold in the industry again and a long awaited quest for the old nun. Within the plot, deep buried human emotions and beliefs through Philomena are explored, while Martin's attitude is a symbolic representation of perhaps practicality or atheism. The film is a mixture of understanding simplicity and ambitions, anger and forgiveness.
Very interestingly, it also manages to subtly point out political dispositions of the republican party in USA as well as religious heresy that is questioned time and again. In Ireland, there are nuns who were condemned by the church for carrying children and are till date paying the price of penance.
What an eye-opener. Loved it.
2010s2013Alexandre Desplat (music)Jeff PopeJudi DenchMartin SixsmithPhilomenaPhilomena LeeRobbie Ryan (cinematography)Stephen FrearsSteve CooganThe Weinstein CompanyValerio Bonelli (editing)
October 27, 2013 shajandfilms	Film Festivals, Hollywood, Just Hollywood, MAMI 2013, Romance	1 Comment
Directed by – Destin Cretton
It had been some time since I had walked out of a theatre and felt so elated, excited, satisfied and out of words. I absolutely loved the film and so did many people who walked out screen 1, Metro cinemas, Mumbai. After watching a film like that? Pure happiness.Short term 12 is the story of a young girl who works as a supervisor at a foster care facility for at-risk teenagers and lives with her long term boyfriend and co-worker, Marcus. Her own troubled past helps her to understand and fully empathise with the characters. The film explores her and Marcus's relationship, who absolutely dotes on her and with the arrival of another troubled kid Jayden, they both find a friend in each other and it gets better when you watch it.
There is nothing extraordinary about the film. The fact that it manages to touch you with its sensitive approach to a topic like that and every visual so emotively expressed and without not being melodramatic – that makes Short term 12 a complete and an outstanding film. Loved every minute of it.
2010s2013Brett Pawlak (cinematography)Brie LarsonCinedigmJohn Gallagher Jr.Nat Sanders (editing)short term 12
October 24, 2013 shajandfilms	Film Festivals, France, MAMI 2013, Romance, World Cinema	Leave a comment
Directed – Abdellatif Kechiche
Where do I start from? Ok, let me try. So, Blue is the warmest colour is the story of a 15 year old girl (seriously!?) who is curious about her sexuality when she falls in love in the very first sight with a blue haired tomboy, Emma. It is the story of their love, passion, separation and denouement like no other.
Adèle is one of those girls who makes people curious of who she is. Its not deliberate. While she may appear to you as a girl who does not much to say, here is Adèle with opinions about everything and very strong ones there. She is headstrong and a character that the director has explored in every possible sense through this film. What do I say about Emma? I fell in love with her. She is an artist, romantic and a wonderful lover. The film explores their relationship, emotionally and sexually, from Emma's deep ideals and greater causes to Adèle's need to have simplicity and happiness called Emma in life.
Its a pleasure, an experience like no other. Must watch. Only if you are completely uncensored. (You will know why)
PS – The movie is based on a french graphic novel called Blue Angel by Julie Maroh
2010s2013Abdellatif KechicheAdèle ExarchopoulosBlue AngelBlue is the warmest colourJulie MarohLéa SeydouxWild bunch
October 24, 2013 shajandfilms	Comedy, Film Festivals, France, MAMI 2013, Romance, World Cinema	Leave a comment
Directed by – Guillaume Brac
Tonnerre is Brac's debut feature film about a forgotten musician, Maxime who works alone and lives with his father, Claude in Tonnerre. One winter, he meets a young journalist, Melodie who interviews him for a local paper and falls for her. He seeks her out and they fall in love. Its a simple story of the tragedy that lies underneath the beauty of innocent love – the tragedy of not being loved enough.
What I absolutely loved about the film was the fragility of the characters especially Maxime, the understanding of Claude, the absolutely clapped-so-hard performance of the dog and the genuine, inescapable warmth, apathy and confusion in Melodie's head. It had good comedy and the dialogues added to my already satisfied experience of watching 'love' fall apart.
2010s2013Bernard MenezGuillaume BracMAMI 2013Solene RigotVincent Macaigne
October 14, 2013 shajandfilms	Hollywood, Just Hollywood, Theme-based	1 Comment
Directed by – Alfonso Cuarón
Undoubtedly the biggest grossing film of the year and most extraordinary ones of all times. This is a film that will get itself noted down in the history of special effects and the power of cinema that transports you to the space for one and half hours. One of the best films made of all times. Its not possible or plausible to call it science fiction. Its the closest you have been to space in a film and that itself is an experience unmatched like any other.
It is the story of Dr. Stone, a mission specialist on her first trip to the space and veteran astronaut Kowalski who are adrift in space after their shuttle 'explorer' is destroyed with all their fellow-mates. Now, they have to survive through it with all communications with earth snapped and the only satellites can help them reach gravity. With those too breaking down with high speed debris and explosions all along, it is a treat to watch them struggling to survive through it. The excitement is a boiling furnace and the ending a cold thud – and what a thud. Watch it. Ofcourse you will.
2010s2013Alfonso CuarónEmmanuel Lubezki (cinematographer)George ClooneygravitySandra BullockSteven Price (music)Warner Bros. Pictures


How long does it take you to fall asleep at night? How many times do you wake up (and does the neighbor's dog barking really wake you up over and over again)? How much of the REM sleep – which is required to form memories - are you actually getting? The BodyMedia FIT Armband, Wakemate and Fitbit Tracker both give you some details about your sleep patterns; just calculating how many times you wake up based on how much you move around turns out to be surprisingly accurate. What the $199 Zeo system gives you is the full details of your sleep patterns, so that you can understand how that affects your mood, your ability to concentrate or how much energy you have – plus personalized email advice on how to improve your sleep. That's only going to be as accurate as the information you give it about your night's sleep – if you just choose the simple 'marks out of five' score it won't help as much as ticking off details about the dog waking you, the light being brighter than usual or your partner's snoring keeping you awake.
To measure your sleep you wear a soft headband on your forehead with three replaceable sensor pads that sends the measurements of electrical activity in the brain to the bedside monitor – which doubles as an alarm clock with a gentle but effective tone.
The headband is comfortable but takes a little getting used to. Because it's sensing your sleep state, Zeo can adjust the alarm time so it wakes you when you're transitioning in or out of REM – the brain is highly active so being woken up is less of a shock. We did find waking up was easier, but Zeo might also wake you up to half an hour before the alarm time you set.
In the morning you can see on the monitor how long you took to fall asleep, how many times you woke up and how much time you spent in light, deep and REM sleep (plus an aggregate ZQ score for sleep quality). You can scroll through the chart of your sleep pattern in detail but that's easier to look at on the myZeo Website later, and give a quick score for how well you think you slept.
The myZeo site makes it easier to compare sleep patterns than just looking on the monitor.
Oddly, although the sleep data is connected wirelessly, you have to take an SD card out of the side of the monitor and put it in your computer to upload. We like that you don't need any software to use the myZeo site; you can do everything in your browser, although that means you have to navigate to the sleep file on the SD card and open it by hand.
The only other way to get such detailed information about your sleep habits would be to join a professional sleep study and spend the night in a clinic – unusual circumstances in an unfamiliar place with a different bed that may not reflect your normal sleeping habits (and won't have noisy trains or restless pets or whatever else affects your sleep at home). If you sleep well already, you won't see the point. If you know why you sleep badly and don't want to (or can't) make changes, there's no point in shelling out for the Zeo system, either. But if you want to find out how well you really sleep and get the data to encourage you to make changes to improve your sleep, this is hands down the best way to do it. The customized alarm is a side benefit, but if it makes a difference to how easily you wake up it could be worth the price.


Regina Malcom: I been a praprofessional 20 years In kindergarden for 16 years Pr K 4 years. It has been so rewarding. I am graduate of Northside High School. Maried for 37 years. Have two great daughters and a granddaughter and a grandson.


In this article, the writer vividly describes, how over the years the Tourist Trophy – a weeklong series of motorcycle races held each year on the Isle of Man, had experienced fearless riders racing to compete against each other. Many deaths had taken place in the process; but the racing event continues to attract racers and enthusiastic spectators.
It's a game of Life –the deadliest motorcycle races in the world.
To the casual observer, the T.T. may seem like madness incarnate. "You couldn't do this if you were mad. It takes too much focus and discipline.", said Quale a former racer. "Every rider out there is actually living their life, not wasting it like you see so many other people doing", he said.
Over the years, the T.T. has become marginally safer. As dangerous as this sport may sound, yet the racers love it. According to Dan Kneel, racing in this track seems to be an experience of letting himself free.
Paddocks: Enclosed area for keeping horses etc.
In this article, the writer says how the upcoming boxing match between Mayweather and MCGregor is a less competitive one, the one that does not stir up the true spirit of boxing in it. But people are ready to watch it by paying huge sums of money, as they are more likely to be lured in by a big name than by a competitive match.
The match is scheduled to be held on August 26th between Floyd Mayweather who holds a record of 49-0 and with this win he will achieve his 50th boxing victory and Conor McGrgor, who is a brash U.F.C Champion from Ireland. McGregor's chosen sport is mixed martial arts. He is not a boxer, but his worldwide celebrity stature would make this match a lucrative one.
Such a match could damage the sport's business model; but then two people are willing to fight and people are ready to pay huge sums of money to watch them and if no one is in a position to stop this from happening, perhaps, that's as good an argument as any, that the free-market world of boxing can still work pretty well.
In this article, the writer says how the word "hubris", a word inherited from the Greeks went far beyond its original meaning.
For the Greeks, it did not simply signal that pride goes before a fall but, rather, something stronger and more morally freighted. Hubris described an act intentionally designed to dishonour its victim. Hubris was something expressly calculated to cause shame to the weak. Hubris was tinged with violence. Hubris was excessive and brutal.
The Grenfell tower incident wasn't just the one that gave the word Hubris an appearance of an insulting contempt but Hubris has seemed to many to sum up the arrogance of the Tory party in its seven years in power.


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Q: Precision, Scale, Sum, Divide.. Truncation I have the following code:
SELECT -701385.10 -- -701385.10
SELECT SUM(-701385.10) -- -701385.10
SELECT -701385.10/2889991754.89 -- -0.000242694498630
SELECT SUM(-701385.10)/2889991754.89 -- -0.000242

In the last SELECT the result is truncated to 6 decimal places.  I've read through the Precision, Scale, and Length article and unless my working is wrong, I can't understand why the truncation is occurring.  The type of the expression SUM(-701385.10) should be DECIMAL(38,2) - see SUM - so the type resulting from the division should have:
Precision:

*

*p1 - s1 + s2 + max(6, s1 + p2 + 1)

*38 - 2 + 2 + max(6, 2 + 10 + 1)

*38 - max(6,13)

*38 - 13

*25

Scale:

*

*max(6, s1 + p2 + 1)

*max(6, 2 + 10 + 1)

*max(6, 13)

*13

So why are the decimal places being truncated?

A: Your working is wrong
Precision: p1 - s1 + s2 + max(6, s1 + p2 + 1)
Scale: max(6, s1 + p2 + 1)

Gives
Precision: 38 - 2 + 2 + max(6, 2 + 12 + 1) = 53
Scale: max(6, 2 + 12 + 1)                  = 15

Which is greater than 38 so you are getting truncation as covered here

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package org.ngrinder;

import com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.ServerSocket;

public class PortAvailabilityValidator extends PortRangeValidator {
	@Override
	public void validate(String name, Integer value) throws ParameterException {
		if (value == null) {
			return;
		}
		super.validate(name, value);
		if (!checkExactPortAvailability(null, value)) {
			throw new ParameterException(name + "=" + value + " port is already occupied by the other system " +
					"or failed to bind. Please use the other port");
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Check if the given port is available.
	 *
	 * @param addr address to be bound
	 * @param port port to be checked
	 * @return true if available
	 */
	public static boolean checkExactPortAvailability(InetAddress inetAddress, int port) {
		ServerSocket socket = null;
		try {
			if (inetAddress == null) {
				socket = new ServerSocket(port);
			} else {
				socket = new ServerSocket(port, 1, inetAddress);
			}
			return true;
		} catch (IOException e) {
			return false;
		} finally {
			if (socket != null) {
				try {
					socket.close();
				} catch (IOException e) {
					// FALL THROUGH
				}
			}
		}
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\section{Introduction}

Let $V$ be a finite set and $|V|=n$. A \emph{coherent configuration} $\mathcal{X}$ on $V$ can be thought as a special partition of $V\times V$ for which the diagonal of $V\times V$ is a union of classes (see~\cite[Definition~2.1.3]{CP}). The number of classes is called the \emph{rank} of $\mathcal{X}$. Let $\Gamma=(V,E)$ be a digraph with vertex set $V$ and arc set $E$. The \emph{WL-rank} (the \emph{Weisfeiler-Leman rank}) of $\Gamma$ is defined to be the rank of the smallest coherent configuration on the set $V$ for which $E$ is a union of classes. The term ``WL-rank of a digraph'' was introduced in~\cite{BPR}. This term was chosen because the coherent configuration of a digraph can be found using the Weisfeiler-Leman algorithm~\cite{WeisL}. Since the diagonal of $V\times V$ is a union of classes of any coherent configuration on $V$, we conclude that $\rkwl(\Gamma)\geq 2$ unless $|V|=1$. One can verify that $\rkwl(\Gamma)\leq 2$ if and only if $\Gamma$ is complete or empty. On the other hand, obviously, $\rkwl(\Gamma)\leq n^2$. From~\cite[Lemma~2.1 (2)]{BPR} it follows that if $\Gamma$ is vertex-transitive then $\rkwl(\Gamma)\leq n$.

Let $G$ be a finite group, $|G|=n$, and $S$ an identity-free subset of $G$. The \emph{Cayley digraph} $\cay(G,S)$ is defined to be the digraph with vertex set $G$ and arc set $\{(g,sg):~s\in S,~g\in G\}$. If $S$ is inverse-closed then $\cay(G,S)$ is a \emph{Cayley graph}. If $\Gamma$ is a Cayley digraph over $G$ then $\aut(\Gamma)\geq G_{\r}$, where $G_{\r}$ is the subgroup of $\sym(G)$ induced by right multiplications of $G$. This implies that $\Gamma$ is vertex-transitive and hence $\rkwl(\Gamma)\leq n$.

A $k$-regular graph $\Gamma$ is called  \emph{strongly regular} if there exist nonnegative integers $\lambda$ and $\mu$ such that every two adjacent vertices have $\lambda$ common neighbors and every two nonadjacent vertices have $\mu$ common neighbors. The following generalization of the notion of a strongly regular graph was introduced in~\cite{EFHHH} and goes back to~\cite{Deza}. A $k$-regular graph $\Gamma$ on $n$ vertices is called a \emph{Deza} graph if there exist nonnegative integers $\alpha$ and $\beta$ such that any pair of distinct vertices of $\Gamma$ has either $\alpha$ or $\beta$ common neighbors. The numbers $(n,k,\beta,\alpha)$ are called the \emph{parameters} of $\Gamma$. Clearly, if $\alpha>0$ and $\beta>0$ then $\Gamma$ has diameter~$2$. A Deza graph is called a \emph{strictly} Deza graph if it is nonstrongly regular and has diameter~$2$.

The WL-rank of a strongly regular graph is at most~$3$ (see~\cite[Lemma~2.1 (2)]{BPR}). It is a natural question how large the WL-rank of a Deza graph $\Gamma$ can be. In this paper we are interested in the WL-rank of Deza Cayley graphs. The WL-rank of a nonstrictly Deza Cayley graph can be sufficiently large. For example, an undirected cycle on $n$ vertices is a nonstrictly Deza graph of WL-rank~$[\frac{n}{2}]+1$ (see~\cite{BPR}). However, strictly Deza graphs seem close to strongly regular graphs. All known strictly Deza Cayley graphs over cyclic groups have WL-rank at most~$6$~\cite{BPR}. As it was said before, the WL-rank of any Cayley graph does not exceed the number of vertices of this graph. It turns out that there exists an infinite family of strictly Deza Cayley graphs whose WL-rank is equal to the number of vertices. This follows from the theorem below which is the main result of this paper. The cyclic and dihedral groups of order $n$ are denoted by $C_n$ and $D_n$ respectively.

\begin{theo1}\label{main}
Let $k\geq 3$ be an odd integer, $G\cong D_{2k}\times C_2\times C_2$, and $n=|G|$. There exists a strictly Deza Cayley graph $\Gamma$ over $G$ such that $\rkwl(\Gamma)=n$.
\end{theo1}

Note that the graphs from Theorem~\ref{main} are divisible design integral graphs (see Section~$4$).

We finish the introduction with the brief outline of the paper. If $\Gamma=\cay(G,S)$ then the WL-rank of $\Gamma$ is equal to the rank of the smallest $S$-ring over $G$ for which $S$ is a union of basic sets. The necessary background of $S$-rings and Cayley graphs is provided in Section~$2$. In Section~$3$ we construct the required family of strictly Deza Cayley graphs and prove Theorem~\ref{main}. In Section~$4$ we prove that each graph from the constructed family is an integral divisible design graph (Lemma~\ref{l4}), has the same parameters as the grid graph but not isomorphic to it (Lemma~\ref{l5}), and can be identified efficiently (Lemma~\ref{l6}).

The authors would like to thank prof. I.~Ponomarenko for the valuable comments which help us to improve the text significantly.

\section{Preliminaries}
In this section we provide a background of $S$-rings and Cayley graphs. In general, we follow to~\cite{BPR,Ry1,Ry2}, where the most of  definitions and statements is contained.

\subsection{$S$-rings}

Let $G$ be a finite group and $\mathbb{Z}G$  the integer group ring. The identity element of $G$ and the set of all nonidentity elements of $G$ are denoted by~$e$ and~$G^\#$ respectively. If $X\subseteq G$ then the element $\sum \limits_{x\in X} {x}$ of the group ring $\mathbb{Z}G$ is denoted by~$\underline{X}$. An easy straightforward computation implies that $\underline{G}^2=|G|\underline{G}$. The set $\{x^{-1}:x\in X\}$ is denoted by $X^{-1}$.

A subring  $\mathcal{A}\subseteq \mathbb{Z} G$ is called an \emph{$S$-ring} (a \emph{Schur} ring) over $G$ if there exists a partition $\mathcal{S}=\mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$ of~$G$ such that:

$(1)$ $\{e\}\in\mathcal{S}$;

$(2)$  if $X\in\mathcal{S}$ then $X^{-1}\in\mathcal{S}$;

$(3)$ $\mathcal{A}=\Span_{\mathbb{Z}}\{\underline{X}:\ X\in\mathcal{S}\}$.

\noindent The notion of an $S$-ring goes back to Schur~\cite{Schur} and Wielandt~\cite{Wi}.

The elements of $\mathcal{S}$ are called the \emph{basic sets} of  $\mathcal{A}$ and the number $\rk(\mathcal{A})=|\mathcal{S}|$ is called the \emph{rank} of~$\mathcal{A}$. The group ring $\mathbb{Z}G$ is an $S$-ring over $G$ corresponding to the partition of $G$ into singletons and $\rk(\mathbb{Z}G)=|G|$.

The following lemma provides a well-known property of $S$-rings (see, e.g.~\cite[Lemma~2.4]{Ry1}).

\begin{lemm}\label{basicset}
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an $S$-ring over a group $G$. If $X,Y\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$ then $XY\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$ whenever $|X|=1$ or $|Y|=1$.
\end{lemm}

\begin{lemm}\label{groupring}
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an $S$-ring over a group $G$ and $X\subseteq G$ such that $\langle X \rangle=G$. Suppose that $\{x\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$ for every $x\in X$. Then $\mathcal{A}=\mathbb{Z}G$.
\end{lemm}

\begin{proof}
Let us prove that $\{g\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$ for every $g\in G$. Since $\langle X \rangle=G$, there exist $x_1,\ldots,x_k\in X$ and $\varepsilon_1,\ldots \varepsilon_k\in\{-1,1\}$ such that $g=x_1^{\varepsilon_1}\ldots x_k^{\varepsilon_k}$. We proceed by induction on $k$. Let $k=1$. If $\varepsilon_1=1$ then $\{g\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$ by the assumption of the lemma; if $\varepsilon_1=-1$ then $\{g\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$ by the assumption of the lemma and the second property from the definition of an $S$-ring. Now let $k\geq 2$. By the induction hypothesis, we have $\{x_1^{\varepsilon_1}\ldots x_{k-1}^{\varepsilon_{k-1}}\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$ and $\{x_k^{\varepsilon_k}\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$. So $\{g\}=\{x_1^{\varepsilon_1}\ldots x_{k-1}^{\varepsilon_{k-1}}\}\{x_k^{\varepsilon_k}\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$ by Lemma~\ref{basicset}.
\end{proof}

A set $X \subseteq G$ is called an \emph{$\mathcal{A}$-set} if $\underline{X}\in \mathcal{A}$ or, equivalently, $X$ is a union of some basic sets of $\mathcal{A}$. The set of all $\mathcal{A}$-sets is denoted by $\mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$. Obviously, if $X\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$ and $|X|=1$ then $X\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$. It is easy to check that if $X,Y\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$ then
$$X\cap Y,X\cup Y, X\setminus Y, Y\setminus X, XY\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A}).~\eqno(1)$$
A subgroup $H \leq G$ is called an \emph{$\mathcal{A}$-subgroup} if $H\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$. For every $\mathcal{A}$-set $X$, the groups $\langle X \rangle$ and $\rad(X)=\{g\in G:~Xg=gX=X\}$ are $\mathcal{A}$-subgroups.

\begin{lemm}\cite[Proposition~22.1]{Wi}\label{sw}
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an $S$-ring over $G$, $\xi=\sum \limits_{g\in G} c_g g\in \mathcal{A}$, where $c_g\in \mathbb{Z}$, and $c\in \mathbb{Z}$. Then $\{g\in G:~c_g=c\}\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$.
\end{lemm}

Let $L \unlhd U\leq G$. A section $U/L$ is called an \emph{$\mathcal{A}$-section} if $U$ and $L$ are $\mathcal{A}$-subgroups. If $S=U/L$ is an $\mathcal{A}$-section then the module
$$\mathcal{A}_S=Span_{\mathbb{Z}}\left\{\underline{X}^{\pi}:~X\in\mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A}),~X\subseteq U\right\},$$
where $\pi:U\rightarrow U/L$ is the canonical epimorphism, is an $S$-ring over $S$.

Let $S=U/L$ be an $\mathcal{A}$-section of $G$. The $S$-ring~$\mathcal{A}$ is called the \emph{$S$-wreath product} or \emph{generalized wreath product} of $\mathcal{A}_U$ and $\mathcal{A}_{G/L}$ if $L\trianglelefteq G$ and $L\leq\rad(X)$ for each basic set $X$ outside~$U$. In this case we write $\mathcal{A}=\mathcal{A}_U\wr_{S}\mathcal{A}_{G/L}$. If $L>\{e\}$ and $U<G$ then the $S$-wreath product is called \emph{nontrivial}. The notion of the generalized wreath product of $S$-rings was introduced in~\cite{EP1}. Since $L\leq\rad(X)$ for each basic set $X$ outside~$U$, the basic sets of $\mathcal{A}$ outside $U$ are in one-to-one correspondence with the basic sets of $\mathcal{A}_{G/L}$ outside $S$. Therefore
$$\rk(\mathcal{A}_U\wr_{S}\mathcal{A}_{G/L})=\rk(\mathcal{A}_U)+\rk(\mathcal{A}_{G/L})-\rk(\mathcal{A}_S).~\eqno(2)$$

The \emph{automorphism group} $\aut(\mathcal{A})$ of $\mathcal{A}$ is defined to be the group
$$\bigcap \limits_{X\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})} \aut(\cay(G,X)).$$
Since $\aut(\cay(G,X))\geq G_{\r}$ for every $X\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$, we conclude that $\aut(\mathcal{A})\geq G_{\r}$. It is easy to check that $\aut(\mathcal{A})=G_{\r}$ if and only if $\mathcal{A}=\mathbb{Z}G$.

\subsection{Cayley graphs}

Let $S\subseteq G$, $e\notin S$, and $\Gamma=\cay(G,S)$. The \emph{WL-closure} $\WL(\Gamma)$ of $\Gamma$ can be thought as the smallest $S$-ring over $G$ such that $S\in\mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$ (see~\cite[Section~5]{BPR}). If $\mathcal{A}=\WL(\Gamma)$ then $\rkwl(\Gamma)=\rk(\mathcal{A})$ by~\cite[Lemma~5.1]{BPR}. From~\cite[Theorem~2.6.4]{CP} it follows that $\aut(\Gamma)=\aut(\mathcal{A})$.

\begin{lemm}\cite[Lemma~5.2]{BPR}\label{deza}
Let $G$ be a group of order~$n$, $S\subseteq G$ such that $e\notin S$, $S=S^{-1}$, and $|S|=k$, and $\Gamma=\cay(G,S)$. The graph $\Gamma$ is a Deza graph with parameters $(n,k,\beta,\alpha)$ if and only if $\underline{S}^2=ke+\alpha\underline{X_{\alpha}}+\beta\underline{X_{\beta}}$, where $X_{\alpha}\cup X_{\beta}=G^\#$ and $X_{\alpha}\cap X_{\beta}=\varnothing$. Moreover, $\Gamma$ is strongly regular if and only if $X_{\alpha}=S$ or $X_{\beta}=S$.
\end{lemm}

\section{Proof of Theorem~1}

Let $k\geq 3$ be an integer, $G=(\langle a \rangle \rtimes \langle b \rangle)\times \langle c \rangle \times \langle d \rangle$, where $|a|=k$, $|b|=|c|=|d|=2$, and $bab=a^{-1}$, and $n=|G|$. The groups $\langle a \rangle$, $\langle c\rangle$, and $\langle a \rangle \rtimes \langle b \rangle$ are denoted by $A$, $C$, and $H$ respectively. Clearly, $H\cong D_{2k}$, $G\cong D_{2k}\times C_2 \times C_2$, $|H|=2k$, and $|G|=8k$. Put
$$S=b(A\setminus \{a^{-1}\})\cup c(A\cup\{b\})\cup \{db,dcba^{-1}\}.$$
One can see that $S=S^{-1}$ and $|S|=2(k+1)$. Put $\Gamma=\cay(G,S)$. Note that $\Gamma$ is $2(k+1)$-regular.

\begin{lemm}\label{l1}
In the above notations, the graph $\Gamma$ is a strictly Deza graph with parameters $(8k,2(k+1),2(k-1),2)$.
\end{lemm}

\begin{proof}
The straightforward computation in the group ring $\mathbb{Z}G$ using the equalities $\underline{A}^2=k\underline{A}$, $b\underline{A}=\underline{A}b$, $bab=a^{-1}$, $cg=gc$, and $dg=gd$, where $g\in G$, implies that
$$\underline{S}^2=2(k+1)e+2(k-1)(\underline{A}^\#+cb\underline{A})+2(b+c)\underline{A}+2d\underline{C}\underline{H}.~\eqno(3)$$
Indeed,
$$\underline{S}^2=(b\underline{A}+c\underline{A}-ba^{-1}+cb+db+dcba^{-1})^2=$$
$$=4e+(2(k-1)e+2(k-1)cb+2b+2c+2d+2dc+2db+2dcb)\underline{A}=$$
$$=2(k+1)e+2(k-1)(\underline{A}^\#+cb\underline{A})+2(b+c)\underline{A}+2d\underline{C}\underline{H}.$$

From Lemma~\ref{deza} and Eq.~(3) it follows that $\Gamma$ is a nonstrongly regular Deza graph with parameters $(8k,2(k+1),2(k-1),2)$, $X_{2(k-1)}=A^\#\cup cbA$, and $X_2=bA\cup cA\cup d(C\times H)$. This means that $\Gamma$ is a strictly Deza graph.
\end{proof}

All Deza Cayley graphs with at most~$60$ vertices, including the graphs from the constructed family for $k\leq 7$, were enumerated in~\cite{GSh}.

Put $A_1=\langle a^2 \rangle$. If $k$ is odd then $A_1=A$; if $k$ is even then $|A:A_1|=2$. The group $A_1$ is normal in $G$. So one can form the group $L=A_1\rtimes \langle cb \rangle$ which is isomorphic to $D_{2k}$ if $k$ is odd and to $D_k$ if $k$ is even. It can be verified in a straightforward way that $L$ is normal in $G$. Put $U=\langle L,ca,da\rangle$ and $S=U/L$. Since $L\cap \langle ca \rangle=L\cap \langle da \rangle=A_1$, we obtain $|U:L|=4$.

\begin{lemm}\label{l2}
In the above notations, $\WL(\Gamma)=\mathbb{Z}G$ if $k$ is odd and $\WL(\Gamma)=\mathbb{Z}U\wr_S \mathbb{Z}(G/L)$ if $k$ is even.
\end{lemm}

\begin{proof}
Let $\mathcal{A}=\WL(\Gamma)$. Put $V=A^\#\cup cbA$. From Eq.~(3) it follows that every element of $V$ enters the element $\underline{S}^2$ with coefficient~$2(k-1)$ and any other element of $G$ enters $\underline{S}^2$ with coefficient distinct from~$2(k-1)$. Together with $S\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$ and Lemma~\ref{sw}, this implies that $V\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$. So
$$V\cap S=\{cb\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})~\eqno(4)$$
by Eq.~(1). Since $S,\{cb\}\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$, Eq.~(1) implies that $cbS,Scb\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$. So
$$S_1=(cbS\setminus Scb)\cap S=\{ca\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})~\eqno(5)$$
by Eq.~(1). Now from Eqs.~(1) and~(5) it follows that
$$S_2=(cbS\setminus Scb)\setminus S_1=\{da^{-1}\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})~\eqno(6)$$
Due to Eqs.~(1) and~(5), we obtain $S_1S_1=\{a^2\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})$. Since $a^2$ is a generator of $A_1$, Lemma~\ref{groupring} yields that
$$\mathcal{A}_{A_1}=\mathbb{Z}A_1.~\eqno(7)$$

Let $k$ be odd. Then $A_1=A$ and $G=\langle A, cb, ca, da^{-1} \rangle$. From Eqs.~(4)-(7) and Lemma~\ref{groupring} it follows that $\mathcal{A}=\mathbb{Z}G$.

Let $k$ be even. The partition of $G$ into sets
$$\{g\},~g\in U,~La,~Lc,~Ld,~Lcda$$
defines the $S$-ring $\mathcal{B}$ over $G$ such that $\mathcal{B}=\mathbb{Z}U\wr_S \mathbb{Z}(G/L)$. Note that $S=Lc\cup S_U$, where
$$S_U=b(A\setminus (A_1\cup \{a^{-1}\}))\cup c((A\setminus A_1)\cup \{b\})\cup \{db,dcba^{-1}\}\subseteq U.$$
So $S\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{B})$ and hence $\mathcal{B}\geq \mathcal{A}$.

Let us prove that $\mathcal{B}\leq \mathcal{A}$. Observe that $da\in da^{-1}A_1$. So
$$\{da\}\in \mathcal{S}(\mathcal{A})~\eqno(8)$$
by Eqs.~(6)-(7) and Lemma~\ref{basicset}. Eqs.~(4),~(5),~(7),~(8), and Lemma~\ref{groupring} imply that  $U$ is an $\mathcal{A}$-subgroup and
$$\mathcal{A}_U=\mathbb{Z}U=\mathcal{B}_U.~\eqno(9)$$
Since $S\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$ and $U\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A})$, Eq.~(1) implies that
$$S\setminus U=Lc\in \mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A}).~\eqno(10)$$
From Eqs. (1),~(5),~(6),~(8), and~(10) it follows that
$$La=Lc\{ca\},~Ld=Lc\{ca\}\{da^{-1}\},~Lcda=Lc\{da\}\in\mathcal{S}^*(\mathcal{A}).$$
Together with Eq.~(9), this implies that every basic set of $\mathcal{B}$ is an $\mathcal{A}$-set and hence $\mathcal{B}\leq \mathcal{A}$. Thus, $\mathcal{B}=\mathcal{A}$ and we are done.
\end{proof}

\begin{rem}
If $k$ is odd then $\aut(\Gamma)=\aut(\mathbb{Z}G)=G_{\r}$. If $k$ is even then $\aut(\Gamma)=\aut(\mathbb{Z}U\wr_S \mathbb{Z}(G/L))$ is the canonical generalized wreath product of $U_{\r}$ by $(G/L)_{\r}$ (see~\cite[Section~5.3]{EP2} for the definitions).
\end{rem}

\begin{lemm}\label{l3}
In the above notations, $\rkwl(\Gamma)=8k=n$ if $k$ is odd and $\rkwl(\Gamma)=4k+4=\frac{n}{2}+4$ if $k$ is even.
\end{lemm}

\begin{proof}
If $k$ is odd then $\WL(\Gamma)=\mathbb{Z}G$ by Lemma~\ref{l2} and hence $\rkwl(\Gamma)=\rk(\mathbb{Z}G)=8k$. Let $k$ be even. Then $\WL(\Gamma)=\mathbb{Z}U\wr_S \mathbb{Z}(G/L)$ by Lemma~\ref{l2}. Since $|L|=k$ and $|U:L|=4$, we have $|U|=4k$ and hence $\rk(\mathbb{Z}U)=4k$. Observe that $|G/L|=8$ and $|S|=|U/L|=4$. So $\rk(\mathbb{Z}(G/L))=8$ and $\rk(\mathbb{Z}S)=4$. Therefore
$$\rkwl(\Gamma)=\rk(\mathbb{Z}U\wr_S \mathbb{Z}(G/L))=\rk(\mathbb{Z}U)+\rk(\mathbb{Z}(G/L))-\rk(\mathbb{Z}S)=4k+4$$
by Eq.~(2).
\end{proof}

Theorem~\ref{main} follows from Lemma~\ref{l1} and Lemma~\ref{l3}.

\section{Some properties of $\Gamma$}

In this section we collect some properties of the graph $\Gamma$ constructed in the previous section.

A $k$-regular graph on $n$ vertices is called a \emph{divisible design graph} (\emph{DDG}) with parameters $(n,k,\alpha,\beta,m,l)$ if its vertex set can be partitioned into $m$ classes of size $l$, such that every two distinct vertices from the same class have $\alpha$ common neighbors and every two vertices from different classes have $\beta$ common neighbors. For a divisible design graph, the partition into classes is called a \emph{canonical partition}. The notion of a divisible design graph was introduced in~\cite{HKM} as a generalization of $(v,k,\lambda)$-graphs~\cite{Rud}. For more information on divisible design graphs, we refer the readers to~\cite{HKM,KS}.

A graph is called \emph{integral} if all eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix are integers. The investigations on integral graphs goes back to~\cite{HS}. More information on spectra of graphs and integral graphs can be found in~\cite{BH}.

\begin{lemm}\label{l4}
The graph $\Gamma$ is an integral divisible design graph.
\end{lemm}

\begin{proof}
From~\cite[Theorem~1.1]{KS} it follows that $\Gamma$ is a divisible design graph if and only if, in the notations of Lemma~\ref{deza}, $X_2\cup \{e\}$ or $X_{2(k-1)}\cup \{e\}$ is a subgroup of $G$. Moreover, the canonical partition of $G$ is a partition into the right cosets by this subgroup. Eq.~(3) implies that $X_{2(k-1)}\cup\{e\}=A\cup cbA$. Since $A$ is normal in $G$, $|cb|=2$, and $a^{cb}=a^{-1}$, the set $X_{2(k-1)}\cup\{e\}$ is a subgroup of $G$ isomorphic to $D_{2k}$. Therefore $\Gamma$ is a divisible design graph with parameters $(8k,2(k+1),2(k-1),2,4,2k)$.

Since $\Gamma$ is a divisible design graph, one can calculate eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix from its parameters by the formulas from~\cite[Lemma~2.1]{HKM}. It turns out that the set of eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of $\Gamma$ is equal to $\{2(k+1),\pm 2(k-1),\pm 2\}$. This implies that $\Gamma$ is integral.
\end{proof}

Recall that the \emph{$(l\times m)$-grid} is the line graph of the complete bipartite graph $K_{l,m}$ (see~\cite[p.~440]{BKN}).

\begin{lemm}\label{l5}
The graph $\Gamma$ has the same parameters as the $(4 \times 2k)$-grid  but it is not isomorphic to the $(4 \times 2k)$-grid.
\end{lemm}

\begin{proof}
Let $\Gamma^{\prime}$ be the graph isomorphic to the $(4\times 2k)$-grid. The graph $\Gamma^{\prime}$ has parameters $(8k,2(k+1),2(k-1),2)$ by~\cite[Construction~4.8]{HKM}. However, due to~\cite[Example~3.2.12]{CP}, we obtain $\rkwl(\Gamma^{\prime})=4$ and $\aut(\Gamma^{\prime})\cong \sym(4) \times \sym(2k)$. So $\Gamma$ is not isomorphic to $\Gamma^{\prime}$.
\end{proof}

The \emph{Weisfeiler-Leman dimension} $\dimwl(\Delta)$ of a graph $\Delta$ is defined to be the smallest positive integer~$m$ for which $\Delta$ is identified by the $m$-dimensional Weisfeiler-Leman algorithm~~\cite[Definition~18.4.2]{Grohe}. If $\dimwl(\Delta)\leq m$ then the isomorphism between $\Delta$ and any other graph can be verified in time $n^{O(m)}$ using the Weisfeiler-Leman algorithm~\cite{WeisL}. The Weisfeiler-Leman dimension of Deza circulant graphs was studied in~\cite{BPR}.

\begin{lemm}\label{l6}
The Weisfeiler-Leman dimension of $\Gamma$ is equal to~$2$.
\end{lemm}

\begin{proof}
The $S$-ring $\WL(\Gamma)$ is separable in the sense of~\cite[Section~4.2]{BPR}. Indeed, if $k$ is odd then $\WL(\Gamma)=\mathbb{Z}G$ by Lemma~\ref{l2} and the required follows from~\cite[Theorem~2.3.33]{CP}. If $k$ is even then $\WL(\Gamma)=\mathbb{Z}U\wr_S \mathbb{Z}(G/L)$ by Lemma~\ref{l2} and the required follows from~\cite[Theorem~3.4.23]{CP}. The separability of $\WL(\Gamma)$ and~\cite[Theorem~2.5]{FKV} imply that $\dimwl(\Gamma)\leq 2$. Since $\Gamma$ is regular but nonstrongly regular, $\dimwl(\Gamma)\neq 1$ by~\cite[Lemma~3.2]{BPR}. Thus, $\dimwl(\Gamma)=2$.
\end{proof}

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A panel formed by the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) to inquire into the income of the temple said the revenue in gold and silver covered the period from 1962 to 2018.
The Pashupatinath Temple, regarded the most sacred and oldest temple of Lord Shiva in Nepal, got 8.232 kg gold and 175 kg silver from 1962 to 2011, the report said.
Another 1.044 kg of the precious yellow metal and 198 kg of silver were collected from devotees as offerings in 2011-18. The report said that PADT had a bank balance of around Rs 1.29 billion.
According to a panel headed by PADT Treasurer Milan Kumar Thapa, no record or documentation of revenue for the years preceding 1962 was available.
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Karen Maynes was nominated to the board by the Post-Secondary Employers' Association and appointed to the board in April 2005 by the provincial government. In addition to her role with the board, Karen was appointed to the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) Board of Directors in September 2014 as the representative for the College Pension Board of Trustees.
Karen is past chair of the provincial Senior Finance and Administration Officers Committee. She also sat as a post-secondary sector representative on the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC's Government Organizations Accounting and Auditing Forum, and served on numerous Douglas College and provincial committees.
Karen received her chartered accountant designation in 1987 and, before retiring, was vice-president of finance and administration at Douglas College.
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Remco est une entreprise américaine de jouets, aujourd'hui disparue, fondée dans les années 1940 par les cousins Ike Heller et Saul Robbins. Elle était surtout connue pour ses jouets vendus à la fin des années 1950 et dans les années 1960. Remco a obtenu plusieurs licences pour des groupes pop et des séries télévisées : les Beatles, Monkees, Munsters, Lost in Space, Batman et Star Trek.

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The members have been appointed to the Homes England's new Multidisciplinary £100m Framework to provide technical advice, services and design input to help the agency prepare brownfield and surplus public sector land for residential development.
Their expertise will help increase the pace, scale and quality of development and accelerate the delivery of new homes in areas of greatest demand.
The Framework, due to be launched on 2 February, will enable procurement of £100m worth of services. It will also be available to other public sector bodies and will form part of the suite of Homes England Frameworks.


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Jones v. Sterling Infosytems, Inc. is a class action lawsuit against Sterling Infosystems, Inc. ("Sterling"), one of the nation's largest background screening companies. The suit charges Sterling with systemic violations of federal and state laws governing the background screening process. The lead plaintiff is Kevin A. Jones, a Manhattan resident who was offered a job as doorman/porter by Sterling's client, Halstead Management Company, LLC ("Halstead"). Kevin A. Jones has no criminal conviction history, but a background check performed by Sterling mixed him up with a Kevin M. Jones, who had several criminal convictions according to a Sterling background report. Halstead revoked Mr. Jones' offer after receiving the Sterling report. On May 1, 2014, LAC and its co-counsel, Francis & Mailman P.C., filed a class action complaint against Sterling in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The class action complaint charges Sterling with violating federal and New York State Fair Credit Reporting Acts. Specific charges include Sterling's systematic failure to use reasonable procedures to ensure that its reports are accurate and up to date. Court records clearly identified the convictions as belonging to a Kevin M. Jones, not Kevin A. Jones. But Sterling failed to check court records and instead, relied on second hand information. The complaint also charges Sterling with failing to reinvestigate when Mr. Jones complained.
The suit also charges Sterling with systematically failing to provide two legally required notices that can help individuals like Mr. Jones ensure the accuracy of their reports and otherwise protect their rights. In particular, Sterling fails to provide employees and applicants with a required contemporaneous notice that it is giving adverse information about them to employers (and potential employers). Sterling also fails to provide notice about the right to request a description of the procedure Sterling uses to determine the accuracy and completeness of the information reported. Furthermore, the class action complaint charges Sterling with failing to include legally required information when individuals request information in their consumer files – information that may have assisted Mr. Jones determine the source of the inaccurate data.
Sterling's unlawful business practices did not only harm Mr. Jones. They also harmed and continue to harm hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals with criminal records and other job seekers in New York and throughout the country.


Hydraulic accumulators are the dextrose tablets of the engineering world, providing fast access to stored energy when required.
At supersonic speeds, having instant access to energy reserves is critical; for BLOODHOUND SSC, that could mean making sure the car stops safely before running out of desert. At 1,000 mph every millisecond counts, so the driver, Andy Green, will rely on powerful air brakes to slow the vehicle from 800 mph and below. But there's also a need for instant energy as a backup – in this case, taking the form of two composite hydraulic accumulators.
After BLOODHOUND's EJ200 jet engine starts, the accumulators are charged. If a loss of hydraulic power occurs at any point, stored energy in the accumulators will be ready to deploy the air brakes at a controlled speed.
Originally, BLOODHOUND SSC was going to house one large steel bladder accumulator, high in the vehicle. However, project engineers were concerned about the potential height of the centre of gravity and symmetry of mass about the centerline axis; at such high speeds, the car must be very stable about the yaw axis.
Product size, weight and placement are also key factors for BLOODHOUND SSC; there's a huge amount of technology packed into the car. The team needed a lightweight accumulator that could fit into a compact design envelope.
Parker's project team spotted that using two composite piston accumulators would meet all of these demands. Compared to bladder accumulators, our recommended piston counterparts were much smaller and can deliver more of the available oil capacity. They also weigh considerably less than a standard steel product.
With this in mind, Parker sent some models to BLOODHOUND's engineers - kick-starting an iterative process to custom-build an accumulator specific to project requirements.
High-pressure hydraulic products need strong structural components. Normally, industrial applications use high-strength steels, whilst more expensive lower-density alloys are used in lightweight applications. But whilst high-performing metallic alloys are very strong, these benefits can be outweighed by decreased ductility and reduced fatigue strength.
Composites are an ideal reinforcement material for hydraulic products. They offer higher strength and superior fatigue properties compared to most metals. Traditionally, composite accumulators have used metal liners with an outer composite reinforcing structure, due to the high-stresses involved; but Parker's engineers have been working hard for more than 10 years to develop a high-performance hydraulic product that is almost entirely made of composites.
Rather than simply reinforcing a metallic barrel, Parker developed a specially-formulated plastic liner, integrated into the carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composite product. This plastic liner is lighter and more cost-effective than thin-walled metallic barrels, yet offers superior fatigue life properties over most metals.
The barrel design concept consists of two parts – an inner liner and outer barrel. The fully composite inner liner carries the hoop loads of the internal pressure, while a fully composite outer barrel is responsible for supporting the axial loads. To allow maintenance of seals, the outer barrel has metal inserts integrated into the composite via a patented technology, which provide a threaded interface for the end caps at each end of the barrel. With everything but the threaded end caps constructed of composite, the product is up to 60 per cent lighter than standard steel accumulators.
The fully-composite liner is cheaper to manufacture, lighter, and offers higher burst and fatigue strengths than a composite reinforced metallic liner. The fully-composite outer barrel is also lighter and offers outstanding burst and fatigue strengths.
Table 1 below compares a sample 15-litre Parker composite accumulator to similar performance steel piston accumulators, using data published in several major hydraulic manufacturers' product catalogues.
The development phase incorporated substantial testing. In particular, numerous burst tests were performed to confirm the structural integrity of the product was well above regulatory requirements. Due to the typically high-cycle lifespans of accumulators, several samples were fatigue tested (up to approaching six million cycles). Drop tests and impact resistance tests were also performed in preparation for future regulatory approvals.
In addition, the product was deliberately designed to have a safe failure mode in the event of over-pressurisation. Before reaching a pressure level where the accumulators could dangerously rupture, they are designed to leak at a rate that prevents further pressurization.
To confirm this for the BLOODHOUND accumulators, Parker made an additional accumulator only for burst testing. As expected, this sample leaked but could not be made to rupture - offering a fail-safe mode to the BLOODHOUND team, should the completely unexpected occur.
Analysing processes was another key step in the chain. This involved exploring options to achieve a good surface finish, make the product round and reduce the likelihood of cracking.
So far, Parker's composite piston accumulators have primarily been used in controlled conditions - such as for testing in academic environments. However, discussions are progressing about the potential for launching the product to specific niche markets.
Cost-wise, composite accumulators are more expensive than standard steel versions, but around the same price as stainless steel products. Whilst unlikely to be adopted for mainstream applications where traditional steel is more cost-effective, they are ideally suited to corrosive environments and applications where weight is a key priority.
Composites are an excellent option for industries such as oil and gas – offering the equivalent corrosion resistance as stainless steel accumulators, but with the added benefit of being much lighter, meaning lower transportation costs and easier portability. Subject to securing the necessary regulatory approvals, this type of product has significant market potential in the years ahead.
In the meantime, of course, all eyes will be on BLOODHOUND and the test runs scheduled next year. And as pilot Andy Green powers his way across the South African desert with Parker's composite accumulators on board, he'll have instant access to a big energy boost if and when he needs it.
If you'd like to keep track of Parker's support to the BLOODHOUND project, please join the mailing list to receive occasional updates.
You can also find some great resources on BLOODHOUND'S YouTube channel.
This post builds on an article covered in The Engineer in January, and provides additional information about Parker's contribution to the BLOODHOUND supersonic vehicle.


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5 standout American players in Europe in 2019-20
July 20, 2020 by Clemente Lisi
By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Jul 20, 2020) US Soccer Players – The final weeks of the European domestic season have never stretched this far into the summer. The pandemic forced the season to take a three-month break that spanned the spring, pushing the domestic calendar into July and the Champions League to August.
Once again, Americans played an increasingly important role at various clubs throughout the continent. With some 30 Americans playing in Germany, several USMNT players had standout seasons in the Bundesliga. In Austria, meanwhile, it was an American coach who led the way. Former New York Red Bulls coach Jesse Marsch had a fantastic season at another Red Bull team, this one in Salzburg. Marsch led his club to the domestic double. The Austrian Bundesliga title is now the most significant trophy won by an American coach in Europe.
"My main emphasis in coming to Europe — of course, ambition was a part of it — but it was more to see if my idea of leadership could thrive in this competitive setting of our sport," Marsh told The Associated Press. "And, you know, I mean, it's very sink or swim in Europe."
It's sink or swim for players as well over in England. Once again, Americans, fewer than in years past, continued to shine in both the Premier League and second-tier Championship. Spearheading the effort was Christian Pulisic, who used the return from the hiatus to show that he can play in that league. Along with Pulisic, here's a look at the Americans who stood out the most in Europe this season.
Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)
The 17-year-old midfielder had a huge rookie season, scoring a goal in 15 league matches. He made his Bundesliga debut in January, coming on as a sub in a 5-3 win against FC Augsburg. In doing so, Reyna became the youngest US citizen (age 17 and 66 days) ever to appear in the Bundesliga. Reyna, the son of former USMNT midfield maestro Claudio Reyna, set a series of records. He scored his first goal in a Dortmund jersey on February 4 in a 3-2 defeat to Werder Bremen in a German Cup Round of 16 game. He became the youngest scorer in DFB Pokal history. On February 18, Reyna became the third-youngest player ever to appear in a knockout game of the Champions League, coming on as a sub in the 67th minute against PSG and assisting on Erling Haaland's game-winning goal.
Weston McKennie (Schalke 04)
The 21-year-old midfielder played in 28 league matches this season, cementing his role as a regular each weekend. McKennie, who scored three goals this season, missed games largely to injury or suspension. His three goals are a personal best in his four seasons in the Bundesliga. McKennie has been a dynamo in midfield, winning over 60% of all aerial challenges and completing nearly 85% of his passes. McKennie's ability to play as a defensive midfielder as well as an extra striker on the wings makes his versatility an asset. As a result, McKennie is part of a new wave of talented Americans in Germany. That's drawn interest from across Europe ahead of the summer transfer season.
Christian Pulisic (Chelsea)
The heralded attacking midfielder moved Dortmund to Chelsea last summer. What started off as a rocky start turned into success following the pandemic hiatus. He made his Premier League debut in a 4–0 defeat against Manchester United back in August. Pulisic scored his first goal for Chelsea last October 26, completing a hat trick in a 4-2 triumph at Burnley. Injured before the lockdown, the 21-year-old returned healthy and became a super-sub during a recent string of games. Pulisic, who has eight goals so far this season, scored the opening goal in a 2-1 win against Manchester United, helping Liverpool clinch the title. Pulisic could help Chelsea win the FA Cup this season when the London club faces Arsenal on August 1 at Wembley Stadium. Chelsea also remains alive in the Champions League.
Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig)
The 21-year-old midfielder, who joined Bundesliga club RB Leipzig in the middle of last season, completed his first full in Bundesliga after a groin injury sidelined him for throughout the fall and winter. Nonetheless, Adams showed plenty of progress in his 14 league appearances. Used primarily as a defensive midfielder, Adams made his Champions League debut back in March, coming on as a second-half sub against Tottenham. With Leipzig still alive in the Champions League quarterfinals, it is likely that Adams could see more minutes over the coming weeks.
Zack Steffen (Fortuna Dusseldorf)
The 25-year-old seasoned goalkeeper also completed in his first full season in Germany after being loaned out to Fortuna Dusseldorf from Manchester City. The move to Germany was a chance for Steffen to play regularly, and he did not disappoint early on. Given the starting job last summer, Steffen made 10 saves in his debut against Werder Bremen on opening weekend. He went on to start in 17 league matches for Fortuna, until a serious knee injury halted his season. A second knee injury just before the Bundesliga resumed ended his season. Steffen did enough to now be under serious consideration for a backup role with Manchester City.
Clemente Lisi is a regular contributor to US Soccer Players. He is also the author of A History of the World Cup: 1930-2018. Find him on Twitter:http://twitter.com/ClementeLisi.
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Aaron Rodgers could opt out of 2021 season, deadline on Friday
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Posted: Jul 2, 2021 10:13 AM CST
GREEN BAY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- It is an important day for negotiations following the Aaron Rodgers saga on Friday, July 2.
The MVP quarterback could opt out of the season on Friday.
If he does, he wouldn't have to pay back his signing bonus or roster bonus of about $18 million dollars. The move is unlikely, because he wouldn't be able to play for the Packers or any other team.
According to an ESPN report, the Green Bay Packers have talked to Rodgers recently. They say the talks are still early and nothing substantial has been decided yet.
Further reports out of Green Bay say the team is also looking to sign wide receive Davante Adams to a massive contract.
The all-pro is entering his final season of a four year deal. According to ESPN, a contract extension could make him the highest paid wide receive in the league. Reports say Adams' extension is a priority for the team going into this season.
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Love is not based on our love for God. That foundation would be unstable at best because it's based on human capabilities. Love is based on what God did for us. He sent his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. All other love springs from that foundation…or is it an ocean?
Believing God can do something is only half the equation. He calls me to put feet to my faith, or, take wings to the sky. I play an active role in his response to my prayers.
Faith is action. Doing. Moving forward. Faith is not sitting around and waiting—unless that's what he said to do.
Faith is pushing past worry and fear. Past the past and into the future. Faith is marching around a city for seven days; it's leaving Egypt and crossing the sea as on dry land. Faith is flapping wings and flying into air that can't be seen.
And when you're a writer…faith is pressing "send".
Bending to the potter's touch.
Shape me into a vessel…usable.
From the wheel's steady turn.
A pot created simply of dust.
may I a prophet be.
then visions give to me.
let me an angel see.
Lord, whisper then to me.
A widow from among the prophets was about to lose her two sons to a creditor. Elisha asked what she had and worked with that. He told her to pour the little oil she had into jars. The oil kept flowing until all the jars were filled. She was able to sell the oil, pay her debts and live on the rest.
God uses what we have, no matter how small. Like the two fish and five loaves of the New Testament, He is able to multiply it to feed a crowd. He doesn't ask for what we don't have, but looks for faithfulness with what we've been given. He does the rest.
Our part is being faithful with what we have.
What does He ask of me? What do I have.
And…my new rose bush has this one little bloom, but look what one little bloom can do.


The Child Study Center in Fort Worth, Texas, and Cook Children's Physician Network, has an exciting opportunity for a board certified/board eligible Neurodevelopmental or Developmental Behavioral pediatrician. This full-time clinician will see a broad based neurodevelopmental practice. Salary and benefits are competitive.
The Child Study Center is a regional center of excellence for diagnosis and treatment of children who have or are at risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities. Other subspecialties represented on staff include applied behavior analysis, psychology, and special education. Dr. Joyce Elizabeth Mauk is the President/CEO and Medical Director of the Child Study Center.
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Xue Chen ready to take on new challenges
Qinzhou, China, October 1, 2018 – Former world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Xue Chen decided to come back to beach volleyball after a one-year absence and is eager to conquer challenges ahead.
"I haven't played in the World Tour in a year and I just started last month," Xue said. "So this is my third tournament.
"It's a fresh beginning and I just changed from being a blocker to a defender. It's an advantage and a challenge for me and my partner."
The Fuzhou native explained that her absence was dedicated to finishing her degree in sports training at Nanjing University and now that she has accomplished that goal, she is ready to get back on the sand court.
"I was away because I had to finish my university degree. I am finally finished," Xue exclaimed.
The 29-year-old started her new quest with Wang Fan last month, finishing with silver medals at the Zhongwei 2-star and at the Asian Championship last month. They opened their main draw campaign at the Qinzhou 3-star with a straight-set win against Ukraine's Diana Lunina and Maryna Samoday.
"We just finished playing at the Asian Championship and we got here the two nights ago. We only have one day to get used to the wind in Qinzhou, so we are not quite satisfied with the results of our first match."
Xue and Wang are focused on finishing with a good result on home soil and will do their best to help each other.
"We will focus on every ball and get every point," Xue said. "My job is to help her as much as I can and for her to help me as much as she can."
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour - Qinzhou


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Justin Bieber Hypes Sketchy Diet Doctor's 'Miracle' Body Building Drug
Justin Bieber is hyping a body building supplement by a celebrity doctor with a long history of sketchy products that have provoked lawsuits and federal investigations. (Photo: Getty)
Justin Bieber has taken another turn down the low road by getting into bed with shady celebrity diet doctor Carlon Colker. Bieber has been hyping Colker's latest "miracle" supplement MYO-X, to his 59 million Twitter fans.
In a tweet today (Jan 7.) Bieber wrote: "Myo-x supplement helped me with my workouts thanks Carlon Colker."
Jeremy Piven Still Peddling Fishy Mercury Story (video)
Bieber is taking a page out of Kim Kardashian's playbook. The reality television personality routinely hypes products, including diet pills, to her unsuspecting Twitter fans.
But Bieber has gone one step further by hyping Colker's sketchy product.
Myo-x supplement helped me with my workouts thanks Carlon Colker
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 7, 2015
If Colker's name sounds vaguely familiar that's because he was the "attending physician" who claimed in 2008 that actor Jeremy Piven was too stricken by mercury poisoning to continue his contractual obligations to a Broadway production of Speed the Plow.
Elisabeth Moss Still Mad Over Jeremy Piven 'Speed the Plow' Exit
Piven abruptly left the play two months before its end, leaving stars like Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss hanging in the lurch.
Colker claimed Piven got sick by eating too much sushi and taking Chinese herbal supplements laced with poisonous mercury.
The National Fisheries Institute, which represents the seafood industry, issued a stern statement saying "no peer reviewed medical journal has ever published any evidence of a case of methylmercury poisoning caused by the normal consumption of commercial seafood in the U.S."
In addition, so-called "Chinese" herbal supplements laced with mercury have been outlawed in the United States since the 1930s.
Kim Kardashian Denies Blame for Alleged QuickTrim Falsehoods
But Colker insisted on his diagnosis. The controversy shed light on his controversial career of endorsing diet supplements and even a "love potion." His actions led to lawsuits and were related to sanctions by the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC issued a cease and desist order against the airing of television infomercials featuring Colker, in which he hawked a "love potion" without revealing that he was behind the "clinical research" proving its purported effectiveness.
Carlon Colker has had a controversial history of promoting sketchy health supplements. Justin Bieber is promoting his latest to his Twitter followers. (Photo: ScreenCap)
A 2004 investigation by Forbes magazine, entitled "Poison Pills," detailed the development and marketing of a diet supplement known as ephedra, in which Colker was a player.
Cytodyne, a company that produced diet supplements based on the drug, retained Colker's health clinic, Peak Wellness in Greenwich, Conn. to conduct a "clinical study" on the effectiveness of the ephedra-laced supplement Xenadrine RFA-1.
After Colker produced a favorable study, Cytodyne put him on the payroll for $5,000 a month to answer questions and promote the study's findings.
But ephedra had serious side-effects that Colker's research allegedly played down or failed to note.
In 2003, Baltimore Oriole pitcher Steven Bechler died suddenly. Cytodyne's Xenadrine RFA-1 supplement was found in his locker.
Bechler's autopsy showed that ephedra toxicity contributed to his death, leading to congressional hearings, according to Forbes. The federal Food & Drug Administration banned ephedra in 2004.
In all, the speed-like stimulant was linked to more than 150 deaths, according to The New York Daily News.
An avalanche of product liability and wrongful death lawsuits followed Bechler's death and the death of high school football player Sean Riggins, who suffered a heart attack while taking an ephedra-based supplement. Colker was named in several of them.
Carlon Colker's latest miracle product is a body building supplement.
In one case, a class action filed against Cytodyne, San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald Styn ruled in 2003 that California consumers had been defrauded by ads claiming weight-loss benefits and ordered the company to pay $12.5 million in restitution to consumers.
Styn also found that Colker's claims about the drug "lacked credibility."
Colker also provided the "clinical study" of another supplement called the "V-Factor Natural Pack," manufactured by a company called Vital Basics, Inc. The company was smacked by the FTC over false advertising and promotion of V-Factor and another product called "Focus Factor."
Colker's study was used extensively in promoting V-Factor as "safe and effective at improving sexual response and function," although the study never actually concluded that.
Colker was not a party to the FTC action and has consistently denied manipulating data in his research. But he actively promoted the substance in infomercials.
After his legal problems and FTC run-ins Colker didn't fold up shop, he merely moved on.
The former body builder and celebrity physician is now a motivational speaker who has promoted wellness with such celebrities as Christie Brinkley, and former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal. The Bieber alliance, however, is a new twist.
The drug Bieber is hyping is yet another "supplement" aimed at body builders. Reviews are all over the map and there is no credible scientific evidence that it works–outside of Colker's claims, of course.
According to the product's marketing:
MYO-X represents a major advancement is muscle building science. For decades researchers have been diligently looking for a way to inhibit the production of myostatin, a natural occurring regulatory protein responsible for limiting muscle growth in humans. Fueled by the widely held belief in scientific and medical communities that myostatin inhibition represents, by far, the most powerful strategy for promoting dramatic muscular gains.
And who's clinical study would that be? According to the product's fine print:
Carlon Colker, M.D. and a team of scientists from around the world have isolated and identified a natural, bio-active compound that is produced through a highly controlled, proprietary High Grade Handling process. This patent pending compound, MyoT12, (the active ingredient in MYO-X) functions as a modulator and inhibitor of myostatin activity and has been validated in a clinical study to reduce serum myostatin levels an average of 46% among study subjects in just 12 to 18 hours with a single serving."
Finally there's this disclaimer: "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration."
Indeed, side effects have already been discovered. A study in mice performed at the University of Michigan, suggests that while Myostatin inhibitors may bulk up muscles, they may cause small, brittle tendons. The study was published in the Jan. 8, 2008 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"When you lift weights at the gym, muscle tissue gets damaged. That sets off the release of Myostatin, starting a process that clears away damaged proteins and sets the stage for muscle rebuilding", the study's first author, Christopher L. Mendias, said in a statement.
"It also appears to make tendons bigger and more flexible," says Mendias.
There are, however already signs of a nascent black market for what might become another illegal performance-enhancing drug in organized sports, the study's author noted.
They got that right.
Oddly, when Colker was asked about myostatin inhibitors in an NPR interview last year, he warned that inhibitors would be abused. "There's no question in my mind," he said.
Indeed, Colker must be anticipating the product liability lawsuits to come. The most frequent legal defense of supplement makers is to claim users aren't following directions when they take the substance.
But users of MYO-X probably don't have to worry about that. It almost certainly doesn't inhibit myostatin.
The active ingredient in the supplement is supposed to be a miracle extract from egg yolk. In reality, the substance is just protein, the kind you can get from any number of products, or be eating more fish, meat and yes, eggs.
But that fact that it's just another protein supplement doesn't mean it's safe.
"Eating more protein than your body needs can interfere with your health and fitness goals in a number of ways, including weight gain, extra body fat, stress on your kidneys, dehydration, and leaching of important bone minerals," according to health references.
According to a 2006 article in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism, eating more than 200 grams of protein daily can result in an excess in the body of amino acids, ammonia and insulin. The effects are observable after just one meal of 40 grams of protein or more, but the problems only becomes severe or chronic over time, the article noted.
The effects of excessive protein in a diet have been long known.
"I don't think there's any evidence to support [the notion] that adding high amounts of protein plays an important role for athletic training, although they buy [protein supplements] like crazy and waste their money, Steven Heymsfield, a medical doctor told WebMD in a 2000 article.
"If you take in too little protein, you lose body protein. If you take in too much, you just burn it as calories." said Heymsfield, a professor of medicine at Columbia University in New York City and at the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital.
According to the FDA there is no effective myostatin inhibitor drug on the market right now. Approval of the first effective drug is still a few years away.
But you wouldn't know that according to Colker. Check out his video below. The drug sells for as much as $90 a bottle.
As for Bieber, it's just sad that he's exploiting his fans.
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Stevens' presentation, "It's Not Your Data! Mobile Security Isn't Just for Users," will take place on April 17 at 1:00 p.m. as part of the Mobile SoC Design session. This session, moderated by Scott Gardner, senior analyst at The Linley Group, will discuss techniques that can be used to build better, faster mobile system-on-chip designs.
The Linley Tech Mobile Conference is a two-day, single-track event intended for designers of mobile chips, mobile devices and mobile software, as well as service providers. The conference will feature technical presentations addressing design issues for tablet computers, smartphones, navigation devices, media players, handheld games, e-book readersand other mobile devices.
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For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Haunter.
Dark Haunter (Japanese: わるいゴースト Bad Ghost) is a Psychic-type Stage 1 Dark Pokémon card. It is part of the Neo Destiny expansion.
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. If tails, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.
It silently hunts its prey in dark rooms.
In the Japanese release, this card's Call Back attack reads "You can't use this attack if your opponent's Bench is full.". In the English release, it reads "You can't use this attack if your Bench is full" instead. It then received an errata to revert the English card's meaning back to what the Japanese print read.
Although this Pokémon is level 18, Gastly does not evolve into Haunter until level 25.
This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold, though it is heavily reworded in English.
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