Mendel overturned, or just more Darwin?
The possible discovery of a non-Mendelian form of inheritance in the tiny mustard plant Arabidopsis thaliana – the lab rat of the plant world – has hit the news in a big way this week. See e.g. Carl Zimmer's blog post "Move Over, Mendel (But Don't Move Too Far)", the New York Times story "Startling Scientists, Plant Fixes Its Flawed Gene," a blurb from the NSF, "Cress overturns textbook genetics" at Nature News, and the actual March 24 Nature article, Lolle et al. (2005), "Genome-wide non-mendelian inheritance of extra-genomic information in Arabidopsis," Nature, 434, 505-509.
Basically, there is a gene, HOTHEAD, abbreviated HTH, and the recessive null mutant of this gene, hth, produces plants with fused flowers. When HTH/hth heterozygotes are self-fertilized, the progeny phenotypes are 75% normal and 25% mutant, as Mendelian genetics predicts. However, when hth/hth plants are self-fertilized, instead of producing 100% hth phenotypes, up to 10% of the progeny are HTH/hth and have the HTH phenotype.
Lolle et al. eliminated several possible sources of error, and hypothesized that some form of extra-DNA, RNA-based heredity could be at work. If true, this would indeed be Big News. Most researchers are expressing skepticism for the moment.
Over on his personal blog, De Rerum Natura, PT regular and genetics grad student Reed Cartwright has suggested one of several possible alternative explanations, this one involving natural selection at the level of pollen grains. Basically the alternative explanation is this: imagine that during the generations of cell replication leading to pollen grains, or during the pollination process, HTH pollen has a large advantage over hth pollen. In this situation, the rare revertant mutations from hth to HTH might spread to substantial frequency in the "pollen population" of a flower fairly quickly, and/or it might successfully fertilize ova at a higher rate than hth pollen. If these advantages were large enough (in other words, if hth pollen is highly impaired), this could explain how HTH reappears at a frequency of 10% in the offspring of the hth homozygote.
You heard it first on De Rerum Natura. I have not read enough on this to reach much of a conclusion as to how likely Reed's explanation is, but it does highlight the important fact that selection occurs at multiple levels: not only between organisms, but between gametes, and between the cell lineages leading to gametes. This "selfish" intra-organism competition between cells in a single organism is not necessarily beneficial to the organism as a whole, and thus some multicellular animals have evolved methods to restrain this competition, such as setting aside gamete cells early in development. This topic is discussed thoroughly in a 1987 book by Leo Buss, The Evolution of Individuality.


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A Decade Later, Foreclosure Crisis Still Reverberates for Some in Northeast Ohio
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Published May 12, 2017 at 7:45 AM EDT
It's been 10 years since foreclosures reached a peak in Cuyahoga County. From 2007 to 2015, mortgage foreclosure numbers fell around 63 percent countywide, according to figures compiled by the Thriving Communities Institute.
But despite this good news, there are Northeast Ohioans still feeling the aftermath of the crash and the financial instability it caused.
Trying to Buy Again after Foreclosure
Twice a month, Antoinette Smith from the housing agency ESOP teaches a class in Cleveland for people thinking about buying a home.
"So what is the first thing that you do when you buy a house?" she asked her class at a recent meeting.
"Change the locks," they replied.
"Change the locks," Smith said. "Because you do not know who had that key."
Smith led her students through a long presentation on credit, debt-to-income ratios, amortization schedules—the many financial details of signing a mortgage and owning a home.
Some in her class have faced foreclosure before, like Almeta Wilson.
"In '08, I lost my job due to the stock market crash and everything," Wilson said.
Wilson and her husband bought their house in Warrensville Heights in 2005 with a loan from CitiMortgage. She had been working at a credit card company before losing her job.
Wilson recalled going downtown to seek help from a national housing agency in 2009.
"I didn't get any help," she said. "Because once I submitted all the information, we were prepared…and no one reached out, nor were we able to contact anyone."
Over the next several years, the house went in and out of foreclosure. Wilson turned to ESOP and found some relief from a state and federal program called the Hardest Hit Fund.
But as property values sank, Wilson went underwater, owing almost twice as much as the value of her home. Last year, her marriage ended, and Wilson was relying on her income as an education aid. CitiMortgage foreclosed again, and took the house to sheriff's sale this month.
Wilson isn't sure if or when she'll have to move. She and her sons, she said, prefer to stay in the Warrensville area.
"They have good days and they have bad days," she said. "Because they'd rather stay where their friends are, where they're comfortable, where they know, and they feel safe."
Wilson said she hopes to buy again. With ESOP's help, she's working to improve her credit score and budget her expenses.
Homeownership Out of Reach for Others
About a dozen years ago, Fred Brooks was taking care of his ailing mother.
"Every month, it was my job, she would write her checks out, provide money for the bills for the household," Brooks said. "I was the person that was taking care of it for her."
His mother had refinanced her home in Glenville with Argent, one of the biggest subprime lenders in the county. Argent sold her mortgage to Wells Fargo. After she died, the bank foreclosed. But Wells Fargo couldn't find a buyer at sheriff's sale.
"That's when it got really rough on my end, being that I was unemployed, really didn't have a way to make property tax payment arrangements," he said.
The next to foreclose was Cuyahoga County in 2009, a peak year for county tax foreclosures. The county sold his mother's house. In 2012, the new owner filed to evict him.
Brooks said people at his church helped him hire an attorney. In a court filing, the lawyer wrote that Brooks offered to make a down payment on his delinquent taxes. Nevertheless, the eviction went forward.
"Hands was tied, you couldn't do anything," he said. "I just felt empty."
Brooks said he spent time in a homeless shelter and with a neighbor. His church helped him to move into a one-bedroom affordable apartment. Brooks said he's stable now, but still wants his mother's house back.
"Because if I could have found some sort of halfway decent employment, I could have made arrangements to keep it," he said. "Yes, I would have been broke all the time with paying bills, but it's a moral value, from where we come from. Like I grew up in that house."
The attorney he hired to help him has since died. The home is currently valued at $23,100, a bit more than one fourth the size of his late mother's mortgage.
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By Gareth Johnson
You may not be familiar with the career of Doris Day, but she was an undeniable star of the entertainment world.
It was announced today that Doris Day has died. She was 97.
To celebrate her life, let's take a look at her career and what made her an LGBTQ ally and a queer icon.
Born as Doris Kappelhoff, she became famous under the stage name of Doris Day.
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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Day developed an early interest in dance and was soon performing in Cincinnati. However, a car accident in 1937 injured her leg, and ended her career as a professional dancer.
It was during the rehabilitation period following the accident that Day began to develop her singing, citing Ella Fitzgerald as a major influence.
Day began working professionally as a singer, releasing her first recording in 1945 – Sentimental Journey was a huge hit, becoming associated with the military forces returning to the US at the end of World War II. By the early 1950s, Day was one of the most popular singers in America.
Day's success as a singer led to roles in film. After a number of successful roles, Day was cast as the title character in the 1953 musical film, Calamity Jane. A track from the film, Secret Love, became one of Day's signature songs.
Her success continued, expanding into dramatic roles, and becoming one of the biggest box office draws of her era.
As tastes changed in subsequent decades, Day moved into television, and continued to record music. Her passion became animal welfare, and she devoted enormous energy to the animal welfare foundation that she established.
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In 1985, Day interviewed Rock Hudson as her first guest on her television show Doris Day's Best Friends. Hudson was visibly ill with the symptoms of AIDS. Hudson died a year later. Day and Hudson had been friends since they starred together in the film Pillow Talk in 1959.
Secret Love – Day's signature song from the film Calamity Jane – was a staple of gay bars for many years.
Once I had a secret love
That lived within the heart of me
All too soon my secret love
Became impatient to be free
So I told a friendly star
The way that dreamers often do
Just how wonderful you are
And why I am so in love with you
Now I shout it from the highest hills
Even told the golden daffodils
At last my heart's an open door
And my secret love's no secret anymore
How does that statue make you feel?
Get ready to Sparkle!
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Originally from Australia, Gareth now lives in London. A non-smoker who loves to laugh, Gareth writes about all aspects of the LGBTQ experiences, with a particular passion for travel, sport, and films.
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Canadian Budget Reveals Taxation Plans for Cannabis
March 01 | 2018
The newly unveiled 2018 Canadian federal budget announced on Tuesday (February 27) offers cannabis investors a closer look into how the legal product will be taxed in the future.
Delivered by Finance Minister Bill Morneau, the document called "Equality + Growth, A Strong Middle Class," presented all the spending done by the federal government to regulate the cannabis industry.
The budget indicates an excise duty framework is being proposed for the majority of cannabis products set to be available to consumers after the legalization of cannabis becomes official later this year.
Cannabis products with low amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) will not be taxed. Neither will pharmaceutical items derived from cannabis, as long as they have a Drug Identification Number and are only available to patients with a prescription.
Taxing for cannabis products will come down to two options: whichever is the highest applicable per product, either a $1 per gram standard or 10 percent of a product price.
The budget said:
"Under the framework, excise duties will be imposed on federally licensed producers at the higher of a flat rate applied on the quantity of cannabis contained in a final product, or a percentage of the sale price of the product sold by a federal licensee.
The proposed tax will kick off once sales of recreational cannabis become available in retail.
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Patient advocacy group 'outraged' over budget proposals
A cannabis patients advocacy group, however, expressed disappointment on the Canadian budget. Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana (CFAMM) issued a statement saying they were "outraged" to find out the limits of the products that won't be taxed.
CFAMM acknowledge the tax won't affect products with low to no amounts of THC but said those products are actually a minority among the patient population and represent a small representation of use.
The government will exempt some products such as non-THC and low-THC medicine from the excise tax but those products represent a small minority of those used by patients. "It's quite clear that Canadians understand that taxing medical cannabis is unfair and wrong," Jonathan Zaid executive director of CFAMM stated.
"Exempting a small minority of patients does not address the affordability issue and implies some patients are more legitimate than others," Zaid commented.
The actual breakdown of the tax will be split with 75 percent going to the Canadian provinces and territorial governments. The federal government will keep the remainder 25 percent. However, that sum will be capped annually at $100 million for the first two years after legalization.
All the extra money, in this case, will be sent back to the provinces as part of a special arrangement between the two levels of government. The arranged sums are expected to be delivered to municipalities and local communities due to, according to the budget, their role on "the front lines of legalization."
Dan Kelly Dan Kelly president, CEO and chair Canadian Federation of Independent Business told Global News he is worried the government is asking for too much with this proposed tax.
"I think a smarter strategy would be to start with a very reasonable level of taxation to ensure that we get the business above ground before we start ratcheting it up," he said.
A report on the entire budget prepared by business law firm Aird and Berlis indicated cannabis cultivators and manufacturers will now be required to get a license from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and "remit the excise duty, where applicable."
Federal government will invest in cannabis research
The budget also included information on other areas related to the emerging cannabis industry the government plans to invest in. The Mental Health Commission will receive $10 million over five years to "assess the impact of cannabis use on the mental health of Canadians."
Another $10 million, also over five years, will be given to the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction for research purposes.
It was also revealed how much will the government invest in the public education surrounding cannabis per year. Public education will get $18 million in 2018-2019, which then will go up to $16 million from the 2019-2020 cycle until the year 2023, resulting in a total $83 million campaign.
Investor Takeaway
Advocates of the industry have long argued for a complete removal of a tax on medical cannabis products. With the initial comments from CFAMM, it will be interesting to see how companies in the space react to their actions attempting to convince the government to remove the tax on medical products.
Observers of the cannabis space will also have to keep a close eye on the impact the tax on recreational products will have in deterring the illegal marijuana market.
Don't forget to follow us @INN_Cannabis for real-time news updates!
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Andy would be proud. I broke down and grocery shopped. The instant I took that step into Kmart the memories of Andy overwhelmed me. He loved grocery shopping more than me. I hate it. He loved looking for clearance deals in electronics and automotive.
I got the oil changed on the jeep. I bought a tire wrench. All for Andy. Check that off my list of getting past. I even bought rainx windshield cleaner and micro fiber clothes because that's what Andy would buy. Oh it's hard starting over and living without my partner. It's terrifying each time I go out that door to face a world without Andy.
Early morning after a night of sleeplessness I finally fell into a deep deep sleep. I remember Andy whispering something to me..as if he was there helping me sleep. I even thought I felt the dogs on my legs but that's impossible since they are alive still. So much I miss from my life with Andy and the pups. Normally we would go to the dog park before grocery shopping and also take the dogs out to eat first during the summer months. So many 'no mores'.


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Here's Another Brett Kavanaugh Email Republicans Didn't Want You To See
Kavanaugh and his bros were planning a sailing weekend.
By Amanda Terkel and Paul Blumenthal
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.
A major issue in Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings is Democratic anger over the limited release of documents related to his time working for President George W. Bush.
Democrats want all the documents from Kavanaugh's six years in the White House, but Republicans are releasing only ones related to his time as associate counsel ― not the ones from when he was staff secretary. They're also only getting ones that cleared review by a Bush lawyer, rather than waiting for a full review to be completed by the National Archives.
Democrats have also raised objections to the fact that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has marked about 141,000 pages of documents as "committee confidential," meaning they are available to senators but not to the public. Senators, including Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), have questioned why certain emails were confidential since they didn't contain any sensitive national security information.
In response to the outcry, some previously confidential documents were made public Thursday, including a chain where Kavanaugh and his friends were planning a male-bonding trip on a boat from Sept. 7-9, 2001. (Read the emails here and here.)
In one email, an unnamed friend makes a racist joke about whether they'll get a "rub-n-tug massage session":
Kavanaugh's friend jokes about a boat named "Su Ching."
After the trip, there's lots of virtual high-fiving all around, including an email from Kavanaugh in which he talks about gambling, getting aggressive and keeping secrets. That email was dated Sept. 10, 2001.
Kavanaugh jokes about losing a dice game.
It's not clear why these emails were marked "committee confidential," and Grassley's office didn't return a request for comment.
Another email that wasn't released to the public was one where Kavanaugh talked about how the landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade may not be settled law and could be overturned.
Amanda Terkel
Washington Bureau Chief, HuffPost
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A twist to the 3MT Challenge
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an annual competition that challenges Graduate Research students to present their research and its significance in under 180 seconds with the use of only one PowerPoint slide. On 25 June 2020, there was a slight twist to the competition - it was held virtually!
Caleb Cheah from the School of Science won the competition with his topic on "EPS: An Attractive Solution to Metal Pollution". Cheah's research is focused on solving the problem of metal pollution in water which could cause metal poisoning in humans. According to him, Mother Nature has provided a cost-effective solution - an environmental bacteria that can clean up pollution. However, the wide application of these bacteria can potentially cause and spread diseases. Thus, a safer and more attractive approach is to extract and use biomolecules known as "exopolymeric substances" or EPS from bacteria. These EPS act as magnets that can successfully absorb and remove metal in water without posing any health threats.
"In my PhD research, I extract EPS from a few types of bacteria, improve the quality of these EPS and try to apply them in industrial settings. My research aims to improve water treatment worldwide by fighting metal pollution via EPS," Cheah said.
Cheng Fung May from the School of Engineering came in second while Lee Mei Sin from the School of Information Technology came in third.
"The Culprit of Air Pollution: Risk Spillover from Energy Market to Carbon Market" by Sanggetha VP Vellachami from the School of Business was a crowd-pleaser, earning her the People's Choice Award.
Cheah will be representing Monash University Malaysia at the Monash University 3MT® Final of Australia on 18 August 2020 while Sanggetha will be representing us at the Wildcard round for a chance to compete for a place in the Monash University 3MT® Final of Australia.
The judging panel consisted of Dr Nirmala Devarajan, the Director of Quality Assurance and Compliance, Associate Professor Dr Arkendu Sen, the Academic Director Campus Education Excellence, and Dr Mark Chia, the Director Data Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (ASTRO).
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It is said Obama personally issues weekly decree for these summary assassination. He then travels to Mandela's funeral in the tightly fortified Air Force One, arriving at the memorial stadium in the great armoured, reinforced limousine, flanked by a massive motorcade, all flown in from the US. This is the ultimate protection for a president who claims to be the disciple of Mandela, while he has no compunction in deciding, from thousands of miles away, who dies by the unmanned drone, whether they are in a wedding or funeral parties, or women collecting firewood, whether infants or elderly. Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan's mutilated. Drone victims are a result of Obama's roll call of terror.
Corporate media hardly gives coverage to such blatant double standards. What also goes unstated is that it was the CIA that tipped off South African apartheid police to Mandela's location in 1962, leading to his capture. What we are rarely told is that the CIA devoted more time and resources in locating Mandela and handing him over to the apartheid forces than the apartheid forces themselves. CIA actually located Mandela while he was disguised as a chauffeur, when he was stopped, arrested and subsequently serves 27 years in prison.
Yet not a word of remorse or repentance from Obama who had the audacity to say "We will not likely see the likes of Nelson Mandela again … His acts of reconciliation … set an example that all humanity should aspire to, whether in the lives of nations or our own personal lives. Mandela, after 27 years in apartheid jail "forgave" his jailors and those who would have preferred to see him executed. On the other hand, Obama's election pledge to close Guantanamo is conveniently forgotten. The prisoners there resort to starvation as their only weapon of protest, in desperation and without hope of ever coming out alive.
Clinton's victims must have turned in their graves, for it was he who, in utter violation of the international law, and in collusion with the UK, ordered the nonstop bombing of Iraq during his presidency (1993-2001). As if that is not enough he imposed a siege, with six thousand people dying every month as a result of the embargo.
As for George W. Bush, who hitched a ride with Obama on Air Force One, Mandela had the following to say about his illegal invasion and destruction of Iraq: "One power with a president who has no foresight and cannot think properly is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust." "Why is the US behaving so arrogantly?" he slammed, saying. Bush's primary motive in Iraq was oil, while he was undermining the UN.
Yet in 1989, when Mandela was still in prison, David Cameron, then a: promising young celebrity in the Conservative Research Department unreservedly accepted an excursion to apartheid South Africa, paid by a firm that lobbied against the UN sanction on the apartheid regime. This is the Conservative Party of David Cameron whose fellow members used to wear 'Hang Nelson Mandela' badges at university. Their leader at the time, Margaret Thatcher, described Mandela as a terrorist.
Notable no-shows at Mandela's memorial ceremony were Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and his president Shimon Peres. It was too costly, claimed Netanyahu, at estimated $ 2 million just for transport and security. Peres pulled out a bout of strong 'flu as his reason, yet he appeared publicly later free of any symptom. It was hardly surprising that they were the odd men out, given their frosty relations with South African people who have not forgotten nor forgiven the fact that Israel was a close collaborator and main arms supplier of the apartheid regime.
Israel profited extensively from arms exports to apartheid South Africa, while South Africa gained access to advanced military arsenal at a time when the rest of the world had turned against the pariah apartheid state. Worse yet, Israel allowed South Africa to develop advanced nuclear arms technology South Africa in turn provided Israel with the raw material and testing ground it needed to develop its arsenal of missiles and nuclear weapons. Israel was, however, represented at the memorial by its parliamentary speaker Edelstein. He lives in illegal Jewish settlement on the West Bank, and is strong opponent of a sovereign Palestinian State.
Mandela was so committed to the ANC that he would often quip that upon his death he would join 'the nearest branch of the ANC in heaven." Perhaps he would can carry on the struggle against those who today abuse his memory for personal aggrandisement inside South Africa and globally. He might find veterans like Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Joe Slovo and Chris Hani arguing as to what went wrong with the ANC and its Freedom Charter.
Thus the most uncomplimentary part of Mandela's legacy is the economic apartheid that still exists in South Africa today. As Prof Issa Shivji aptly put it, Mandela's 'long walk' walked into the neo-liberal tunnel, the light at the end of which we still have to see.


Civil rights attorney Megan Beaman-Jacinto and Josie Gonzalez are sworn in, along with returning Mayor Steve Hernandez.
New Coachella City Council members Megan Beaman-Jacinto and Josie Gonzalez on Wednesday took their oaths of office, surrounded by friends, family and supporters at Coachella City Hall.
Beaman-Jacinto, a civil-rights attorney, and social worker Gonzalez were the top vote-getters in a field of five candidates, including incumbent council member Steve Brown, who ultimately withdrew from the race (his name, however, remained on the ballot). Mayor Steven Hernandez ran unopposed.
During a nearly 30-minute ceremony that packed the council chambers, Hernandez issued city proclamations honoring the service of Brown and and Betty Sanchez, the mayor pro tem who was first elected city treasurer in 2012. Sanchez, a Coachella real estate broker, decided not to seek re-election.
With election results expected to be certified Thursday by Riverside County elections officials, the latest count updated Tuesday showed Beaman-Jacinto earned 2,275 votes, or 32 percent, the most of any council candidate for the two open seats.
Gonzalez, who has worked as a staff member for the local Child Protective Services office and has also helped provide legal aid to low-income clients, earned 1,908 votes, or 27 percent of the vote. Gonzalez comes from a political family as the sister of former Coachella mayor and current school board member Jesus Gonzalez.
Beaman-Jacinto said in an interview she is ready to advocate for Coachella residents in her new capacity as a council member. She already notched a small victory Wednesday, saying that at her request, city meetings will now offer simultaneous translation for non-English speaking residents. Before the swearing-in ceremony started, a city staffer offered audio headsets to individuals needed translation.
"There's been some level of interpretation available in the past, but not simultaneous," she said.
Among her first priorities is to focus on housing and development that considers the input of residents. "We're about 70 percent undeveloped," she said. "There's a risk that our city could find themselves displaced or that our city can change in character if we are not careful about the way that we develop."
The two new council members take office at a time that the cannabis industry is re-shaping the east valley. Coachella has allowed cannabis cultivation and retail sales, irking officials in the neighboring city of Indio when it opened the Lighthouse dispensary near the Indio-Coachella border. The incoming city leaders have previously expressed support for cannabis but are calling for increased transparency and community engagement as the city regulates cannabis businesses.
Gonzalez said she is eager to bring her perspective and deep knowledge of family issues to the council.
"This is almost a natural extension of what I've been doing as a professional — 30 years in public social services," Gonzalez said in an interview. "I'm a social worker ... I have a unique perspective of the social ailments in my community."
She continued, "We are at a crossroads and we want to make sure that the city continues to grow in a positive way," she said. "We want to make sure that the infrastructure is properly planned and executed, so that as we grow we are able to meet the needs of our community, both new people coming into our community as well as taking care of the residents that have lived here for decades."
The city on Wednesday also held its annual tree-lighting ceremony and will hold its holiday parade on Friday, starting at 6 p.m. in downtown Coachella.


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What is the Full Form of CC in a Motorcycle?
If you've ever owned a motorcycle, then you're probably familiar with the term CC, or cubic centimeters. It refers to the volume of the engine. It is often used incorrectly to refer to the number of cylinders in a bike. In reality, the full form of CC refers to the amount of fuel and air displaced during the combustion cycle.
The CC rating is a measure of a motorcycle's engine's cubic capacity, and its power and performance will vary greatly depending on its size. However, it's important to remember that cc is not the only metric for performance. High-performance bikes are tuned to provide a combination of torque and horsepower. If you're looking for a motorcycle that produces more torque, you should look for the highest cc rating.
In motorcycle engines, cc represents cubic centimeters, and this number is used to measure how much air a piston can move in a single revolution. This measurement is also important for comparison purposes, as the size of a motorcycle's piston affects its CC. A bike with four pistons is 400 CC, and so on. This is an important factor when purchasing a bike, as the CC can affect its price.
The term "cubic centimeters" is a metric unit that measures engine capacity. One cc equals one ml, while a thousand cc is one litre. Combined, these two units are the basic measurement of an engine's capacity, and are used to compare bikes and engines. If you have a bike with a high cc rating, you may want to increase the size of the engine cylinders to ensure the proper fit.
Higher cc doesn't necessarily mean faster – higher CC does not mean bigger, but it does translate into increased speed. Higher cc engines have higher horsepower and torque, but also less mileage. Higher cc motorcycles usually cost more and are not suitable for commuting. If you're considering buying a motorcycle for purely performance purposes, you should look for a model with a moderate cc.
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For 40 years, University of Minnesota alumni longed for a building to call their own, one that would serve as a virtual "front door" for University visitors.
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The public spaces in the McNamara Alumni Center were financed through the private support of more than 600 donors who contributed $13 million including Richard "Pinky" McNamara ($3 million) a 1956 alumnus for whom the building is named; Rental income from commercial office space helped finance the $45 million project.
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The Sunday Magazine: The Crown Season 4
Posted on March 21, 2021 by mark behnke	in Mark Behnke, The Sunday Magazine and tagged leftside1, the crown season 4.
One of the series I discovered during quarantine is "The Crown". It is streaming on Netflix telling the story of Queen Elizabeth II. The earlier seasons have covered her early days from 1947 moving a few years at a time in each successive set of episodes. The early seasons were that kind of historical narrative which was fascinating to watch. Creator and writer Peter Morgan does an entertaining job of filling in the blank spaces between the historical events we can see. The first three seasons took us up to 1977. This most recent season has been the most controversial because it covers a time when the British monarchy was much more visible. It also involves historical figures who have been well-covered as the media landscape changed during these years, too.
Season 4 covers the eleven years Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister, 1979-1990. Gillian Anderson plays Mrs. Thatcher subsuming herself under hair, make-up, and an uncanny imitation of her speaking style. Olivia Colman returns as Queen Elizabeth. Much of the season concerns a world where women were taking on more power as personified by these two. The actresses capture the prickly relationship between the two.
The other big part of this time was the courtship and marriage of Prince Charles and Princes Diana. This is the part of the show where Mr. Morgan does a lot of extrapolating to fill in the blanks between public knowledge. It is the part of the show which has caused the most controversy because it is hard not to watch "The Crown" without thinking you are watching something more authentic than it is. This is especially true in the fractured fairy tale that is Charles and Diana. Josh O'Connor and Emma Corrin play their parts brilliantly. Which might be why they have an outsized impact. Even though the blank spaces come from the pen of Mr. Morgan they seem plausible.
My favorite episode of the season is the fourth one titles "Favourites". Ms. Thatcher's son has gone missing while racing the Paris-Dakar Rally. She is distraught because he is her favorite child. Throughout the episode it is made clear that his twin sister is second best in their mother's eyes. The Queen is surprised to hear a mother has a favorite child until Prince Philip tells her that she does have one. The Queen spends one-on-one time with each of her children to try and figure it out. This part shows all four of the Royal children are having their issues which the Queen has been unaware of. This shared experience between the two political protagonists of this season helps to give them a humanity beyond what their public personas presented.
This dynamic runs through the entire season as it ends with Mrs. Thatcher losing her position while Charles and Diana are on the verge of divorce. I am looking forward to the next season because that also should cover an equally tumultuous time. Even though it is pure speculation I am looking forward to what Mr. Morgan fills the blanks in with.
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'Coming flood of demand from energy transition will cause copper prices to rise again'
Copper prices have fallen about 20 per cent from their high point this year. That reflects the metal's oft-noted role as "Dr. Copper" – its price as
a predictor of economic slowdowns and recessions, Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of S&P Global said in a note.
And indeed, the IMF sees a sharp slowdown in global growth in 2022 and projects further slowing in 2023 and potential recession – as do many other forecasters. But, post-recession, the coming flood of demand from the energy transition will cause copper prices to rise again, Yergin said.
As has been the historical pattern, the surge in demand and prices will likely create new tensions between resource-holding countries and mining companies, which in turn will affect the rate of investment.
Moreover, as the race to net zero intensifies, there is a risk that the competition for minerals will become caught up in what has become known as the "great power competition" between China and the US, Yergin added.
The physical inputs that go into harnessing wind and solar power are not costless. The effort to push a significant part of the 2050 goals toward 2030 will likely have to contend with significant physical constraints. These four challenges – energy security, macroeconomic impacts, the North-South divide, and minerals – will each have significant effects on how the energy transition unfolds. None are easy to grapple with – and they will interact with each other, which will compound their impacts, he added.
The study took the types of year 2050 targets advanced by the US administration and the European Union and assessed what realising those targets would require for specific applications – for instance, the different components of an offshore wind system or electric vehicles.
An electric car, for example, will require at least two-and-a-half times more copper than a vehicle with a conventional internal combustion engine. The conclusion of this analysis is that copper demand would have to double by the mid-2030s to achieve the 2050
goals, Yergin said.
The choke point is supply. At the current rate of supply growth – which encompasses new mines, mine expansion and greater efficiency, and recycling, as well as substitution – the amount of copper available will be significantly smaller than the copper supply requirements. For instance, the IEA estimates that it takes 16 years from discovery to
first production for a new mine. Some mining companies say more than 20 years. Permits and environmental issues are major constraints around the world.
Also, copper production is more concentrated than, say, oil. Three countries produced 40 per cent of world oil in 2021 – the US, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. Just two countries produced 38 per cent of copper – Chile and Peru, Yergin added.
The global disruptions in energy markets and the war in Ukraine have added impetus to the push for renewable energy and the drive toward net-zero carbon emissions. Yet, even as the global consensus around the energy transition becomes stronger, the challenges to that transition are also becoming clearer.
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Over the past several months, I've become way more active on Twitter (find me! @geochick_1), which, if you've been reading this blog regularly you know can mess with my head.
It also has taken away from my ability to read, digest and connect with bloggers. This afternoon, during lunch I decided to go back to my old ways. Opening the reader on my computer (go ahead internet trackers, record what I'm reading), I sat for 15 minutes reading and commenting on blogs.
Instead of feeling tense and anxious as I often do as I try to decipher my Twitter feed, I feel relaxed and ready to tackle the rest of the day.
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Tor Network Breached, Your IP Isn't As Safe As You May Think
Joshua Schnell
It was only a matter of time. Hackers have compromised the Tor network. Rumors that both Russian and American government interest in breaking down the network have circulated for years.
De-anonymizing Tor, an IP obfuscation tool that's been around since 2002, is something a lot of people talk about, but never comes to fruition.
In a blog post published online, the Tor team has relayed information about an attack on their system to the public. It's finally happened. Hackers breached the Tor network earlier this month.
The results, which the Tor team are assuming was an attack to "de-anonymize users", seemed to be "partially" successful:
It's still unclear what "affected" includes. We know the attack looked for users who fetched hidden service descriptors, but the attackers likely were not able to see any application-level traffic…
In theory the attack could also be used to link users to their destinations on normal Tor circuits too, but we found no evidence that the attackers operated any exit relays, making this attack less likely.
Run a super sketchy app that cloaks IPs and tries to win contests online? You're probably not as safe as you might think you are, which shouldn't be all that surprising.
The attack, which looks like a two-pronged assault on the network, likely "used a combination of two classes of attacks: a traffic confirmation attack and a Sybil attack."
Since the breach, the Tor team has removed the breached relays and updated their software to patch the holes that hackers used to gain access to the network.
If you operate a Tor relay, you can update your software.
Last year Edward Snowden's leaks revealed government groups trying to crack the Tor network. Another government agency also offered up $1.8M in funding to the Tor network to help harden its security and strength its defences against attackers.
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My spider senses are tingling!
An intelligent agent is more than a bunch of conditions and branching logic. It has to be aware of its surrounds, as well as know to to discern what is something that is important enough to catch its attention than from scene foliage.
The Behavior module is still in Beta and only one Perceptor is available: Sight. Smell and Hearing are coming soon.
The Behavior module comes with a Perception component that addresses this problem. This Perception component comes with different Perceptors (aka Senses) that the agent will store in its memory and keep track of them.
The most common perceptron. Sight allows an agent to know the location of another object and identify it.
For example, a Guard might be in search for the player. The Sight perceptron, then, is set up to keep track of the Player.
Field of View: Vision cone for the character. The human eye has a cone of 120 degrees, but can perceive movement a bit further.
Vision Distance: Length where the horizon is drawn for the character.
Sight Layer Mask: Which objects occlude other objects. Transparent objects should be added in a separate layer for a character to see through them.
There are two ways you can use the Perceptrons. One is through the use of a Trigger. The other one is using a Condition.
You can make a Trigger execute a list of Actions or Conditions detecting when an object becomes visible by the Perception component.
We recommend using the Trigger method unless you're working with the Behavior Graph, which might suit better just checking whether the Invoker sees a particular object.


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Dune Reboot to Be Directed by Blade Runner 2049's Denis Villeneuve
By Akhil Arora | Updated: 2 February 2017 11:19 IST
Photo Credit: Luis Ricardo Montemayor Cisneros / Lionsgate
French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve on the set of 2015's Sicario
Dune reboot can adapt from any of 19 books in total
Previous film adaptation, in 1984, was made by David Lynch
Villeneuve's next project is Blade Runner 2049
French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, who has helmed the likes of Arrival and Sicario, has been tapped by Legendary Pictures to take on a cinematic reboot of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi epic novel Dune. The news was revealed by Herbert's son and sci-fi author himself, Brian Herbert, over on his Twitter account.
His tweet reads: "It's official -- Legendary Pictures has signed the very talented Denis Villeneuve to direct the exciting new Dune series film project." The interesting bit here is that Herbert talks about the "Dune series" as opposed to the first book, and he clarified in later tweets that any of the 19 published books could well form part of the "first project".
The latter bit also signals that Legendary seems to planning a cinematic universe around Herbert's novel, which might stretch across both film and TV, something Herbert wouldn't be tied down to over on Twitter, simply saying there was no further announcement on the medium yet.
Even though Villeneuve's attachment signals a big screen adaptation, it's very well possible that Legendary is looking at a prestige television idea. Dune has been regarded as a tough project to put into film over the years, for the many ideological themes it tackles, and its earlier adaptations have polarised viewers.
Much before David Lynch made Twin Peaks, he signed onto 1984's Dune project in favour of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. The movie was panned by critics and failed commercially, and Lynch distanced himself from it, stating his dissatisfaction with the way things went down.
In 2000, the then Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) produced a three-part mini-series titled Frank Herbert's Dune. It won two Emmy awards, and received a follow-up in 2003 called Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, based on subsequent novels in the series.
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The new project, with Villeneuve at the centre, remains in early development. The Quebec-born 49-year-old has shown that he's capable of taking on a thinking man's sci-fi – Arrival, bolstered by Amy Adams' performance, picked up eight nominations at this year's Oscars. Villeneuve's next project is the sequel to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, in Blade Runner 2049, which releases October 6.
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Albuquerque Newsdesk
Iraqi refugee in ABQ set for ICE detention
By Andy Lyman | July 11, 2017
Courtney Al-bumohammed, daughter of Kadhim Al-bumohammed who is facing deportation.
An Iraqi refugee already on removal status with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing for what might be his last check-in meeting with officials before being sent to a federal jail facility to await possible deportation. First admitted to the United States in 1994, Kadhim Albumohammed is facing federal detention because of two misdemeanor convictions he served time for more than 20 years ago.
Albumohammed's lawyer Rebecca Kitson said at a press conference on Tuesday that his client is mentally "processing the information" he received in a letter from ICE asking him to "report for removal." But, after a federal judge in Michigan ruled last week that Iraqi refugees can stay in the United States until July 24, it's unclear how long Albumohammed might be detained.
Kitson told reporters that it seems the only reason ICE would detain Albumohammed is "purely punitive" as he has never been a flight risk and is not a danger to the community.
Courtney Albumohammed, Kadhim's daughter, told reporters it is unnecessary to detain her father.
"He's never not done what he's supposed to do," she said, adding that he has never missed an appointment with ICE officials.
Last month, Kadhim Albumohammed showed up for a scheduled appointment with ICE officials, fully expecting to be detained and possibly deported. About 100 demonstrators also showed up at the office in support of Kadhim Albumohammed. A spokeswoman for the agency previously told NM Political Report a number of appointments that day were rescheduled for "safety and security reasons."
ICE officials did not respond to follow up questions regarding security risks or whether the agency plans to detain Kadhim Albumohammed until they can legally deport him back to Iraq.
Ahead of his Thursday meeting, Courtney Albumohammed said ICE officials instructed her father to bring his belongings in a "bag that's no heavier than 25 pounds."
Fighting back tears, Courtney said her father's situation is not easy to talk about.
"He's my best friend," Courtney said. "We do everything together."
Kitson said Kadhim Albumohammed's public allegiance to the United States, which could make him seen as a traitor in Iraq, along with health problems like diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that would make it difficult and likely dangerous for him to live in Iraq.
The U.S. State Department's most recent travel alert for Iraq warns all U.S. citizens against travel to Iraq, noting that they are at a "high risk for kidnapping and terrorist violence." The warning adds that travel within Iraq remains "very dangerous."
After being legally admitted to the U.S. in 1994, Kadhim Albumohammaed was convicted of domestic violence, but was later granted sole custody of his four children. After his conviction, Kadhim Albumohammed was placed in removal status and tried to appeal the decision. Kitson said a scheduling misunderstanding between Kadhim Albumohammed and his lawyer at the time ultimately led to him remaining on removal status.
Until recently, Iraqi refugees were not deported from the United States, because the middle eastern country would not accept them. After President Donald Trump's travel ban, the U.S agreed to drop Iraq from the list of banned countries in exchange for the ability to deport those like Kadhim Albumohammed.
Kitson said Kadhim Albumohammed's only remaining family in Iraq is his son who was reportedly kidnapped and has been missing for three years.
Kitson told reporters since Kadhim Albumohammed has exhausted all of his legal options to stay in the country, his only hope of not being deported is if ICE agrees to reopen his case.
Correction: This story originally referred to Kadhim Albumohammed as Al-bumohammed , but his name is spelled without the hyphen according to his family.
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A stressful two-year chapter of Kadhim Albumohammed's life is coming to a close. Since July 2017, Albumohammed lived, along with his wife and daughter, in the basement of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Albuquerque. On Wednesday afternoon, he addressed a crowd of about two hundred supporters after he learned that he can finally leave and go home without the fear of being detained by federal agents. "I love you guys," Albumohammed told the crowd. Two years ago he showed up for an appointment with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, fully expecting to be detained.
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Last week Albuquerque resident and Iraqi refugee Kadhim Albumohammed, through his lawyer, announced he would seek religious sanctuary instead of submitting to federal detention by immigration officials. In a letter delivered by his lawyer, Albumohammed informed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of his location but opted against publicly announcing where he is living.
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The cool thing about Pebble's wears is that they allow for third-party support. The smartwatches can only hold a few apps, however, so we've picked 36 of favorite apps, games, and watch faces for you to choose from.
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July 20, 2021 Nicola ZaffonatoLeave a Comment on Business Insider – A federal judge gave Indiana University the green light to move forward with its COVID-19 vaccination requirement, potentially setting the tone for other colleges and universities in the USEstimated Reading Time: just 3 min
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8 students sued Indiana University in June over their COVID-19 vaccine policy.
IU mandates the students and faculty must be fully vaccinated before returning to campus.
On Sunday, a federal judge ruled that IU can uphold their vaccine requirement.
A federal judge ruled that Indiana University could keep its policy requiring students to get COVID-19 vaccinations before returning to campus in the fall.
Judge Damon Leichty denied the motion for a preliminary injunction request by eight students who sued the university over the policy in June.
Students and staff can only be exempt from getting the vaccine if they're completely online or qualify for a religious, ethical, or medical exemption, the University's policy said.
Those who qualify for an exemption would have to wear masks, and quarantine in case of an outbreak. Those who don't qualify for an exemption can have their classes canceled.
The New York Times reported that about 400 campuses across the country are requiring vaccinations against COVID-19.
In their lawsuit, the students argued the policy violates state law and "the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which includes rights of personal autonomy and bodily integrity, and the right to reject medical treatment."
The complaint had a list of reasons why the students opposed the vaccine, including the lack of knowledge on its long-term impact. The complaint also compared the vaccination requirement to the infamous decades-long Tuskegee experiment, where scientists monitored Black men with syphilis but never treated them.
"The university isn't forcing the students to undergo injections. The situation here is a far cry from past blunders in medical ethics like the Tuskegee Study," Leichty, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, wrote in his ruling.
They also opposed the measures put in place for those unvaccinated.
In his ruling, Leichty wrote: "the students aren't being forced to take the vaccination against their will; they can go to college elsewhere or forego college altogether. If this case were merely that, merely the right to attend university, this state action wouldn't trample on their rights. There is no fundamental or constitutional right to a college education, much less one at a particular institution."
James Bopp Jr., an attorney for the eight students, said they plan to appeal the ruling.
"Today's ruling does not end the students' fight-we plan to immediately appeal the judge's decision," James Bopp said in a statement. "In addition, we plan on asking the judge to put a hold on IU's Mandate pending that appeal. We are confident the court of appeals will agree that the Mandate should be put on hold."
IU did not respond to Insider's request for comment at the time of publication but told CNN: "We appreciate the quick and thorough ruling which allows us to focus on a full and safe return. We look forward to welcoming everyone to our campuses for the fall semester."
Date: July 20th 2021
Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-judge-said-indiana-university-can-require-covid-19-vaccine-2021-7
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Q: Is identity map one to one and onto? Im reading a chapter of compactness in Real Analysis, Carothers, 1ed. Actually, identity map has been involved in and I've captured its definition:

Equivalent Metrics
As a last topic related to both compactness and uniform continuity, we discuss several notions of equivalence for metrics (and norms). Throughout, we will suppose that $d$  and $\rho$ are two metrics on the same set $M$. We will write $i:(M,d)\to(M,\rho)$ as the identity map and $i^{-1}:(M,\rho)\to(M,d)$ as its inverse (also the identity map, but in the other direction).

So is identity map one to one and onto?

A: 1-1 means $f(a) = f(b)$ only if $a=b$. Clearly, for identity map this holds.
onto means for each $a \in M$ there is a $b \in M$ such that $f(b) = a$, which is trivially true for the identity map, let $b = a$.


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Chairman, Thayer Leader Development Group & Thayer Hotel; Past Chairman/CEO, Comfort Systems (NYSE: FIX)
William F. (Bill) Murdy stepped down in 2015 as Chairman of Comfort Systems USA (Houston) (NYSE:FIX), a $1.8 billion company providing heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) installation and services in the commercial/industrial/institutional sector countrywide. Comfort Systems operates from over 85 locations employing more than 8,000 people.
Until January 1, 2012 he was both Chairman and CEO of Comfort having joined the company in 2000 in those positions. Before joining Comfort he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Club Quarters (NYC), a privately owned, rapidly growing chain of membership hotels catering to corporate travelers to major cities in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to Club Quarters he was Chairman, President, CEO and Co-Founder of LandCare USA, Inc. (Houston) (NYSE: GRW). LandCare grew to be the country's largest commercial landscape and tree services company before merging with ServiceMaster (NYSE: SVM) in 1999. Preceding LandCare, Mr. Murdy was President and Chief Executive Officer for 8 years of General Investment and Development (Boston), a large, privately held, diversified real estate investment, development and operating company, and before that, from 1981 to 1989, Co-Founder and Managing General Partner of the Morgan Stanley Venture Capital Fund (NYC) and President of its associated management company. From 1974 to 1981 he served in a number of positions including chief operating officer of Pacific Resources (Honolulu) (NYSE: PRI), a rapidly growing, then $1 billion company in the oil refining and gas utility sector.
He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School (1970) and West Point (1964). He served in the United States Army from 1964 to 1974, including one year in the Dominican Republic (82nd Airborne) and two years in Viet Nam (173rd Airborne). He was awarded three Bronze Stars, four Air Medals, the Army Commendation Medal and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. After three years teaching (Economics) at West Point, he left the active Army as a Major and served in the US Army Reserve.
Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors and Audit and Governance Committees of Vectrus (NYSE: VEC). He is also on the Board of Global Infrastructure Services, a $5 billion company in the construction management sector. Previously, he served on the Boards of UIL (NYSE: UIL now AGR), Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ: KALU) and LSB Industries (NYSE: LXU). He has been an investor/director/advisor of a number of private enterprises and is currently a principal owner and Chairman of the Hotel Thayer and Thayer Leader Development Group at West Point.
Murdy currently serves as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army. He is a Vice Chairman and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a member of the Board of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation and the Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund (scholarships for children of the fallen). He was a Founder and former Chairman of Warrior Gateway (connecting Veterans with services). He is a former member of the Board of Visitors of West Point and is an emeritus member of the Board of Trustees of the West Point Association of Graduates. In 2015 he was designated a Distinguished Graduate of West Point.
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Q: Why can't I use Pyautogui in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? I've been trying to use Pyautogui at Ubuntu, but I simply can't make it work, while I have no trouble doing it at Windows. It doesn't matter what dependency I install, everytime I try to use Pyautogui, it returns:
NOTE: You must install Tkinter on Linux to use MouseInfo. Run the following: sudo apt-get install python3-tk python3-dev

And if I try: sudo apt-get install python3-tk python3-dev
python3-dev is already the newest version (3.8.2-0ubuntu2).
python3-tk is already the newest version (3.8.5-1~20.04.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove, and 0 not upgraded.

And if I try: pip3 install pyautogui
Requirement already satisfied: pyautogui in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (0.9.52)
Requirement already satisfied: pymsgbox in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyautogui) (1.0.9)
Requirement already satisfied: PyTweening>=1.0.1 in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyautogui) (1.0.3)
Requirement already satisfied: pyscreeze>=0.1.21 in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyautogui) (0.1.26)
Requirement already satisfied: pygetwindow>=0.0.5 in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyautogui) (0.0.9)
Requirement already satisfied: mouseinfo in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyautogui) (0.1.3)
Requirement already satisfied: python3-Xlib in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyautogui) (0.15)
Requirement already satisfied: pyrect in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pygetwindow>=0.0.5->pyautogui) (0.1.4)
Requirement already satisfied: Pillow>=6.2.1 in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyscreeze>=0.1.21->pyautogui) (8.0.1)
Requirement already satisfied: pyperclip in /home/lucas/.virtualenvs/recursos/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from mouseinfo->pyautogui) (1.8.1)

pip freeze > requirements.txt (of the virtualenv that I tried to run a python file with Pyautogui)
altgraph==0.17
asgiref==3.3.1
beautifulsoup4==4.9.3
Django==3.1.3
django-bootstrap4==2.3.1
evdev==1.3.0
MouseInfo==0.1.3
mypy==0.790
mypy-extensions==0.4.3
passlib==1.7.4
Pillow==8.0.1
playsound==1.2.2
PyAutoGUI==0.9.52
PyGetWindow==0.0.9
pyinstaller==4.1
pyinstaller-hooks-contrib==2020.10
PyMsgBox==1.0.9
pynput==1.7.1
pyperclip==1.8.1
PyRect==0.1.4
PyScreeze==0.1.26
python-xlib==0.29
python3-xlib==0.15
pytube==10.0.0
PyTweening==1.0.3
pytz==2020.4
six==1.15.0
soupsieve==2.0.1
sqlparse==0.4.1
typed-ast==1.4.1
typing-extensions==3.7.4.3

Are there other dependencies that I need to install? I don't know what else to do.

A: That package is a bit weird. This might fix your issue:
sudo apt-get install python-tk

A:
NOTE: You must install Tkinter on Linux to use MouseInfo. Run the
following: sudo apt-get install python3-tk python3-dev

I had this problem too, even with sudo apt-get install python3-tk python3-dev it didn't work.
Firstly try to run this command specifying python version, for example, in python 3.10:
sudo apt-get install python3.10-tk python3-dev

so after hours of despair i found this link topic how to install tkinter for python 3.8

Basically i solved my problem by doing this:
Recompile and reinstall python3.10 specifying path to folders with tcl, tk includes and libraries
sudo apt install build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev python-tk python3-tk tk-dev

reinstall python 3.10
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.0/Python-3.10.0.tgz
tar -xvf Python-3.10.0.tgz

edit configure
cd Python-3.10.0
vim ./configure

search for with-tcltk-includes/with-tcltk-libs and replace part in "...", looking like this:
--with-tcltk-includes='-I/usr/include'
--with-tcltk-libs='-L/usr/lib'

hint: for search in vim \phrase to search
then run
./configure
make -j2
sudo make install
sudo ./configure --with-tcltk-includes='-I/usr/include -I/usr/include/tcl' --with-tcltk-libs='-L/usr/lib -ltcl -ltk' --enable-optimizations

note: replace 2 on command "make -j2" by number of processor cores


In 2010, a pilot's airplane fell from the sky, resulting in a host of injuries to the pilot that ultimately left him wheelchair-bound. See, e.g., Mary Divine, "Pilot who crashed at Minnesota airport denied $27M verdict," Crookston Times, Sep. 26, 2017. In 2011, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ruled that the crash occurred because of the pilot's errors. See id. However, at trial in early 2016, the jury ruled in the pilot's favor and awarded him $27.7 million. See id.; see also Barbara L. Jones, "Extreme injuries result in extreme verdict," Minnesota Lawyer, Mar. 3, 2016. Only six months later, the judge overseeing the trial ordered the pilot's complaint to be dismissed with prejudice and the award vacated, based on the court's determination that the expert witness testimony involved was insufficient to sustain the verdict. See Mary Divine, supra. This article examines the issues surrounding the expert witness testimony in the case and discusses what attorneys may wish to do to avoid the pitfalls that occurred. The district court's decision is currently under appeal. See id.
The crash that gave rise to the litigation was a very serious one, resulting in major injuries to the pilot plaintiff and in a surgeon telling the plaintiff that the patient's knee would likely need to be amputated. See id. Given that the pilot was a former athlete and Olympic hopeful, his life was dramatically changed by the physical injuries resulting from the accident. See id. According to the plaintiff, the first responders at the site found that "[m]etal from the plane scraped all the skin off the bone of his left leg. … They found the ankle bone of his right foot in the mud alongside the plane, and they took it and cleaned it and pinned it in place through the heel." Id. The patient reportedly had over fifty surgeries, dental reconstruction, and two craniotomies. See Barbara L. Jones, supra; see id. According to one reporter, "Doctors estimate he lost about 25 percent of his brain's frontal lobe," and the brain injuries were substantial. Id. In addition, the plaintiff was riddled with involuntary muscle spasms and experienced mental health problems, such as severe depression. See Mary Divine, supra.
Although the NTSB blamed the incident on pilot error, that report was not permitted to be introduced at the trial. See id. Instead, the jury relied upon other evidence and ruled in the plaintiff's favor under the "design and defect" theory—that the plane's manufacturer had committed negligence in making the pump, which "failed to deliver enough fuel to the engine so the Glasair II RG single engine plane lost power right after takeoff as it began to climb. The valves did not give enough flow pressure to the fuel." Barbara L. Jones, supra.
The trial court judge disagreed with the jury verdict, based upon the judge's assessment of the primary expert witness's testimony, which had been the basis for finding the mechanical errors and negligence to be on the manufacturer's part. See, e.g., Mary Divine, "Pilot who crashed at Lake Elmo Airport in 2010 denied $27M verdict," Twin Cities Pioneer Press, Sep. 24, 2017. According to the judge, the defendants had raised several valid objections to the expert's testimony, among them that "the expert witness admitted he had never before evaluated or tested an engine-driven fuel pump like the one in Kedrowski's airplane; the expert witness offered no scientifically reliable explanation for why the fuel pump had supplied fuel to the airplane's engine 'for 312 hours without any reported problems on take-off, during climb or in the air'; and the expert said the airplane was capable of flight 'despite the existence of defects in the fuel pump.'" Id.
This case is certainly far from over, as the plaintiff's attorneys have filed an appeal. See Mary Divine-1, supra. However, as expert witnesses are used in the vast majority of cases, it is important for attorneys to understand how the result in this case could be different and how the principles that might make a difference are ones that apply universally and are of use in any litigation in which experts play a role.
Moreover, the case at hand highlights some important considerations and strategies for litigators when utilizing the opinions and testimony of expert witnesses. For example, if possible, it would be beneficial for the expert to have had prior experience evaluating and testing a pump of the type that was used in the airplane at issue. Previous experience with a particular mechanical device boosts an expert's credibility and can result in a more successful outcome for the attorney and client who retained that witness. Moreover, an expert without such experience may, in some courts (as in this case), be considered unreliable by a gatekeeping judge and therefore be excluded from consideration by a jury. Even if a judge did opt to let such testimony through and allow the jury to make the ultimate decision as to the weight and reliability of the testimony, some jurors may not feel that that expert witness has the requisite credibility to render a valid opinion. At a minimum, the expert's testimony is open to attack from opposing counsel, and such objections may be successful at times, as they were in this particular case.
Additionally, it is well-known that every court, whether federal or state, has certain standards and criteria for scientific expert testimony that require a certain level of reliability. The federal courts use the famous Daubert Rule, coupled with the updates to Daubert from Kumho Tire. See, e.g., Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993); see also Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137 (1999). While many states have adopted the Daubert-Kumho Tire Test, others have not. A handful of states still rely upon some version of the previous federal standard, the Frye Rule. See Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923). Other states have modified versions of Daubert or Frye or their own standards, but every state has a set of requirements for expert testimony of a scientific nature, and if those conditions are not met, trial court judges have the right and, arguably, the responsibility to exclude expert witness testimony. Every time they are involved in litigation, attorneys should be intimately familiar with the standards to which their experts will be held and be prepared to meet any challenges made by opposing counsel. In cases involving scientific evidence, litigators should know the types of questions that might be asked of their experts' theories and be ready to meet those potential objections in advance.
Other factors that attorneys may wish to consider when relying on expert testimony include whether the retained expert's opinion is one that the community in that field appears to concur with, as scientific consensus is one standard that nearly every jurisdiction's tests consider, and if it exists, it can be invaluable in building the credibility of a given expert's opinion and testimony. On the other hand, an expert opinion that lacks scientific consensus or is considered to be a departure from the generally-accepted beliefs in a field may be deemed invalid by a judge or jury. Legal practitioners may also wish to consider retaining multiple experts who are in agreement with one another on critical issues, such as a design and defect theory. In that way, if one expert's evidence is considered insufficient, the existence of supporting testimony may make that issue moot, and the harm from a judge or jury's belief that a single witness's opinion is inadequate, will be mitigated, if not eliminated. A judge may be less likely to exclude or downplay expert witness evidence in cases where more than one individual makes the same conclusions.
To the greatest extent possible, attorneys should strive to locate the experts who are known to be the best in a given field and should retain them as quickly as possible to prevent them from being hired by their opponents. The earlier experts are retained, the more time lawyers have to get acquainted with witnesses and their theories. Early retention of experts also provides attorneys with the opportunity to thoroughly investigate their experts; build upon witnesses' strengths and work to mitigate their weaknesses; and hold trial runs to consider and prepare their experts for depositions, objections, Daubert or Daubert-like hearings, and trial. Attorneys can carefully investigate their prospective experts by examining the witness's curriculum vitae, references from the expert's peers, the individual's publications (and the reception of those publications, as well as publications that are written in response to that expert's theories), prior experience as an expert witness, and more.
The case at hand is by no means a simple one, as it entailed some four years of investigation to determine who, if anyone, was at fault for the resulting plane crash. See Barbara L. Jones, supra. The plaintiff and his attorneys were reportedly shocked by the recent set of developments, in which the district court vacated the verdict and dismissed the complaint. See Mary Divine-1, supra. Regardless of what happens on appeal or the fact that the trial court outcome may be unusual, attorneys should attempt to prevent and guard against such occurrences to the greatest extent possible. Many savvy litigators have explained that the best lawyers do not merely prepare for the probable outcomes of a case but for every possible outcome. Indeed, few attorneys would likely anticipate that in a case where a favorable verdict was rendered, the presiding judge would override that verdict some six months later. However, by implementing some or all of the guidelines discussed herein, litigators can decrease even the slim possibility of what transpired in this case, and they can confidently rely upon their expert witnesses and the work they have done with those witnesses prior to and during a trial to see them through difficult situations.