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\section{Introduction}
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Anomalous transport remains one of the main concerns in magnetically confined plasmas. The anomalous transport in the core is commonly attributed to Ion-Temperature-Gradient (ITG) mode turbulence, however, other modes can not be totally excluded~\cite{a10}. An important critical concept is the transport regulation and transport barrier formation by zonal flows. The zonal flows are radially localized (radial wave number $q_x \neq 0$) and strongly sheared flows in the poloidal direction (poloidal and parallel wave number $q_y = 0$, $q_{\parallel} =0$)~\cite{a11}-~\cite{a14}. The large scale zonal flows are believed to be excited by the small scale fluctuating drift wave turbulence via Reynolds stress.

Several models for zonal flow generation from turbulence have been proposed, wave kinetic equation models, reductive perturbation methods and coherent mode coupling models~\cite{a14}. The coherent mode coupling model used in this particular study has been adopted and fitted to this field of study through the recent years~\cite{a14}-~\cite{a19}. It has been shown that the model is in good agreement with the corresponding model derived using the wave kinetic equation~\cite{a18} and the model has successfully contributed to increased understanding of the weak generation of zonal flows in recent measurements at the Columbia Linear Machine~\cite{a19}.

In this letter the effect of the back-reaction of zonal flows on the ITG mode turbulence is analytically investigated. Previous models on back-reaction of zonal flows on turbulence have mainly been concerned with linear estimates of shearing~\cite{a14},~\cite{a191}. Dynamical models for the coupled system of zonal flows and turbulence have also been proposed~\cite{a14},~\cite{a15}, however, no explicit estimate of the reduction of linear growth rate or up-shift of the critical gradient (e.g. $\nabla T_i$) due to zonal flow stabilization have been made~\cite{a20}. This letter is mainly concerned with estimating quantitative values of reduced linear growth rate and of the up-shift in the critical gradient. The inspiration for the research in the present letter is from the study of self-organization of plasma turbulence where zonal flows inhibits anomalous diffusion~\cite{a111} and the phenomenon of up-shift in the threshold value for the critical gradient or Dimits shift that has been observed in many non-linear simulations of ITG mode turbulence~\cite{a20}. A possible explanation for the Dimits shift is also recognized as one of the main yet unsolved physics issues for the understanding of zonal flows~\cite{a201}.

Based on the principle of quasilinear theory, the strategy of the letter is to first consider the zonal flow generation from the ITG background turbulence and then consider a small change in the drift wave perturbation calculated through the non-linearities. This small non-linear correction term is found by letting the zonal flow couple back to the side-bands resulting in a change in the background drift wave system. This back-reaction term can be interpreted as a change in the threshold of the critical gradient ($\eta_{ith \: NL}$) for the drift wave system. Moreover, the term changing the background is shown to cause a decreasing growth rate and an effective up-shift of the threshold.

The letter is organized as follows. In Sec. II the model for the ITG mode is presented together with the model of zonal flow generation and back-reaction. In Sec. III the zonal flow saturation level is estimated and the results are presented in Sec IV. We provide a conclusion in Sec. VI.

\section{Governing equations and model}
The ITG mode turbulence is modeled using the continuity and temperature equation for the ions and considering the electrons to be Boltzmann distributed and the quasi neutrality is used to close the system~\cite{a21}-~\cite{a22} that has been successful in reproducing both experimental~\cite{a41} and non-linear gyro-kinetic results~\cite{a12}. The advanced fluid model is expected to give qualitatively and quantitatively accurate results in tokamak core plasmas or the flat density regime. For instance, this was shown in the plot of the slope of the ITG threshold as a function of $\epsilon_n$ in the flat density regime (see Figure 1 in Ref.~\cite{a42} or Figure 4 in Ref.~\cite{a43}) where this model recovers the full linear kinetic result within 5\%, far better than the prediction from an approximate kinetic model using a constant energy approximation in the magnetic drift. In the present work the effects of parallel ion motion, magnetic shear, trapped particles and finite beta on the ITG modes are neglected. It has been found earlier that the effect of parallel ion motion on the ITG mode is rather weak, however, it has recently been shown that magnetic shear and parallel ion motion may modify the zonal flow generation significantly~\cite{a23}. The zonal flow generation from Trapped Electron Modes~\cite{a24} and the effects of parallel ion motion~\cite{a19} on zonal flow generation have been treated earlier.

The continuity and temperature equations are,{\bf
\begin{eqnarray}
\frac{\partial \tilde{n}}{\partial t} - \left(\frac{\partial}{\partial t} - \alpha_i \frac{\partial}{\partial y}\right)\nabla^2_{\perp} \tilde{\phi} + \frac{\partial \tilde{\phi}}{\partial y} - \epsilon_n g_i \frac{\partial}{\partial y} \left(\tilde{\phi} + \tau \left(\tilde{n} + \tilde{T}_i \right) \right) = \nonumber \\
- \left[\tilde{\phi},\tilde{n} \right] + \left[\tilde{\phi}, \nabla^2_{\perp} \tilde{\phi} \right] + \tau \left[\tilde{\phi}, \nabla^2_{\perp} \left( \tilde{n} + \tilde{T}_i\right) \right] \\
\frac{\partial \tilde{T}_i}{\partial t} - \frac{5}{3} \tau \epsilon_n g_i \frac{\partial \tilde{T}_i}{\partial y} + \left( \eta_i - \frac{2}{3}\right)\frac{\partial \tilde{\phi}}{\partial y} - \frac{2}{3} \frac{\partial \tilde{n}}{\partial t} = \nonumber \\
- \left[\tilde{\phi},\tilde{T}_i \right] + \frac{2}{3} \left[\tilde{\phi},\tilde{n} \right].
\end{eqnarray}}
The system is closed by using quasi-neutrality with Boltzmann distributed electrons. Here $\left[ A ,B \right] = (\partial A/\partial x) (\partial B/\partial y) - (\partial A/\partial y) (\partial B/\partial x)$ is the Poisson bracket. With the additional definitions $\tilde{n} = \delta n / n_0$, $\tilde{\phi} = e \delta \phi /T_e$, $\tilde{T}_i = \delta T_i / T_{i0}$ as the normalized ion particle density, the electrostatic potential and the ion temperature, respectively. In the forthcoming equations $\tau = T_i/T_e$, $\vec{v}_{\star} = \rho_s c_s \vec{y}/L_n $, $\rho_s = c_s/\Omega_{ci}$ where $c_s=\sqrt{T_e/m_i}$, $\Omega_{ci} = eB/m_i c$. We also define $L_f = - \left( d ln f / dr\right)^{-1}$, $\eta_i = L_n / L_{T_i}$, $\epsilon_n = 2 L_n / R$ where $R$ is the major radius and $\alpha_i = \tau \left( 1 + \eta_i\right)$. The perturbed variables are normalized with the additional definitions $\tilde{n} = (L_n/\rho_s) \delta n / n_0$, $\tilde{\phi} = (L_n/\rho_s e) \delta \phi /T_e$, $\tilde{T}_i = (L_n/\rho_s) \delta T_i / T_{i0}$ as the normalized ion particle density, the electrostatic potential and the ion temperature, respectively. The perpendicular length scale and time are normalized to $\rho_s$ and $L_n/c_s$, respectively. The geometrical quantities are calculated in the strong ballooning limit ($\theta = 0 $, $g_i \left(\theta = 0, \kappa \right) = 1/\kappa$  where $g_i \left( \theta \right)$ is defined by $\omega_D \left( \theta \right) = \omega_{\star} \epsilon_n g_i \left(\theta \right)$)~\cite{a25}-~\cite{a26}.
The approximate linear solutions to Eqs 1 and 2 are,
\begin{eqnarray}
\omega_{r DW} & = & \frac{k_y}{2\left( 1 + k_{\perp}^2\right)} \left( 1 - \left(1 + \frac{10\tau}{3} \right) \epsilon_n g_i - k_{\perp}^2 \left( \alpha_i + \frac{5}{3} \tau \epsilon_n g_i \right)\right),  \\
\gamma_{DW} & = & \frac{k_y}{1 + k_{\perp}^2} \sqrt{\tau \epsilon_n g_i \left( \eta_i - \eta_{i th}\right)}.
\end{eqnarray}
where $\omega = \omega_r + i \gamma$ and
\begin{eqnarray}
\eta_{i th} \approx \frac{2}{3} - \frac{1}{2 \tau} + \frac{1}{4 \tau \epsilon_n g_i} + \epsilon_n g_i \left( \frac{1}{4 \tau} + \frac{10}{9 \tau}\right).
\end{eqnarray}
Finite Larmor Radius (FLR) effects in the $\eta_{i th}$ are neglected, here, however, in the remaining part of the letter the linear state is solved numerically and FLR effects are included.

Following the same procedure as in Refs~\cite{a15},~\cite{a18}-~\cite{a19} by choosing a monochromatic pump wave that generates a secondary convective cell. This gives a problem with four coupled waves where the zonal flow seed may be unstable and grow exponentially. Here, the sidebands may couple to the pump wave to give the zonal flow component. No Boltzmann distribution for electrons is given to derive the third order dispersion relation for the zonal flow component~\cite{a18},
\begin{eqnarray}
(\Omega + i \mu q_x^2)((1+k_{\perp}^2)\Omega^2 - \alpha^2) & = & K_0 [ q_x(1+k_{\perp}^2) \Omega - 2 k_x \alpha] |\phi_{DW}|^2, \\
K_0 & = & 2 \beta k_y^2 q_x k_{\perp -}, \\
k_{\perp -} & = & k_x^2 + k_y^2 - q_x^2, \\
\beta & = & 1 + \tau + \tau \delta, \\
\delta(\omega) & = & \frac{(\eta_i - \frac{2}{3})k_y + \frac{2}{3}\omega}{\omega + \frac{5}{3}\tau \epsilon_n g_i k_y}, \\
 \alpha & = & (1+k_{\perp}^2)\omega - k_y + \epsilon_n g_i k_y \beta.
\end{eqnarray}
Here, $\Omega$ is the zonal flow real frequency and growth rate and $q_x$ is the zonal flow wavenumber. In this letter, the third order dispersion relation is the starting point for the calculating the back-reaction of zonal flows on the ITG mode turbulence.

To calculate the back-reaction, we start by calculating a small perturbation to the linear state using Eq. 1 and utilizing the dominant nonlinear coupling of the sidebands to the zonal flow to back-react on the turbulence,
This can be written as,
\begin{eqnarray}
\tilde{T}_{i \: DW} = L_0 \tilde{\phi} + \frac{i q_x^3 \beta}{\epsilon_n g_i \tau}(\tilde{\phi}_{+} \tilde{\phi}_{ZF}^* - \tilde{\phi}_{-}^* \tilde{\phi}_{ZF}).
\end{eqnarray}
Here $L_0$ is the linear part of the solution,
\begin{eqnarray}
L_0 & = & - \frac{\omega + (\omega + \alpha_i k_y) k^2_{\perp}- (1-(1+\tau)\epsilon_n g_i)k_y}{\epsilon_n g_i \tau k_y}.
\end{eqnarray}

 It is also assumed that in calculating the non-linearities the linear relationship between the electric potential perturbation ($\tilde{\phi}$) and the ion temperature perturbation ($\tilde{T_i}$) can be used. Here, it is important to note that the positive and negative sideband couples through the non-linear terms only.

Next, the sideband relationships are considered. The equations for the positive and negative sidebands can be written,
\begin{eqnarray}
\tilde{\phi}_{+} & = & i \beta q_x k_y k_{\perp -} \frac{\tilde{\phi}_{DW} \tilde{\phi}_{ZF}}{(1+k_{\perp}^2)\Omega + \alpha}, \\
\tilde{\phi}_{-} & = & - i \beta q_x k_y k_{\perp -} \frac{\tilde{\phi}^{*}_{DW} \tilde{\phi}_{ZF}}{(1+k_{\perp}^2)\Omega - \alpha}.
\end{eqnarray}
The effects of the ion temperature non-linearity ($[\phi, T_i]$) are neglected, if this is taken into account the sidebands become coupled. Moreover, if the full system is studied including the ion temperature non-linearity the result found here is recovered in an expansion in the zonal flow wave number ($q_x$) and keeping the leading order term. The new real frequency and growth rate found from the perturbed linear state is renamed ($\bar{\omega}$). Utilizing the sideband Eq.s 14 and 15 into the perturbation to the linear state Eq. 12 the modified temperature perturbation can be found,
\begin{eqnarray}
\tilde{T}_{i DW} & = & L_0 \tilde{\phi}_{DW} \nonumber \\
& - &  K_1 (\frac{1}{(1+k_{\perp}^2)\Omega + \alpha} - \frac{1}{(1+k_{\perp}^2)\Omega^{*} - \alpha^{*}})|\tilde{\phi}_{ZF}|^2 \tilde{\phi}_{DW}, \\
& = & L_0 \tilde{\phi}_{DW} - NL |\tilde{\phi}_{ZF}|^2 \tilde{\phi}_{DW}, \\
K_1 & = & \beta^2 q^4_x k^2_y k_{\perp -}.
\end{eqnarray}
Eq. 17 is now used together with the linear part of Eq. 2,
\begin{eqnarray}
\tilde{T}_{i DW} = \frac{(\eta_i - \frac{2}{3})k_y + \frac{2}{3}\omega}{\omega + \frac{5}{3} \tau \epsilon_n g_i k_y} \tilde{\phi}_{DW}.
\end{eqnarray}
Combining Eq.s 17 and 19 a modified second order algebraic equation for the linear state modified by the zonal flow can be found,
\begin{eqnarray}
(1+k_{\perp}^2) \bar{\omega}^2 + (-(1-(1+\frac{10 \tau}{3})\epsilon_n g_i & - & \nonumber \\
 - k^2_{\perp}(\alpha_i + \frac{5}{3}\tau \epsilon_n g_i)) + \frac{NL}{k_y} |\tilde{\phi}_{ZF}|^2 )k_y \bar{\omega} & + & \nonumber \\
(\eta_i - \frac{7}{3} + \frac{5}{3}(1+\tau)\epsilon_n g_i + \frac{5}{3} \alpha_i k^2_{\perp} + \frac{5 NL}{3 k^2_y} |\tilde{\phi}_{ZF}|^2) k^2_y \tau \epsilon_n g_i & = & 0.
\end{eqnarray}
This equation describes a linear drift wave state modified by the effects of zonal flows. Moreover, it is seen that the zonal flow saturation level can directly modify the ITG mode stability threshold that may correspond to the so-called Dimits shift, observed in numerous non-linear transport simulations~\cite{a20}.

\section{Saturation levels}
To quantify the effects of the zonal flow suppression an estimate of the zonal flow saturation level is needed. The zonal flow saturation may be subject to several nonlinear mechanisms in addition to the neoclassic collisional damping. In a collisionless plasma, possible nonlinear processes to limit the zonal flow instability include the spectral modulation of the ambient turbulence due to the flow, tertiary instability like the familiar Kelvin-Helmholtz(KH) mode, the nonlinear wave-packet scattering and/or trapping~\cite{a14},~\cite{a30}. Here to sidestep the complex, specific nonlinear process, an approximate method similar to the mixing length theory for estimating the drift wave turbulence saturation level, which involves the spectral modulation process of the turbulence, is applied to roughly evaluate the zonal flow level and the parametric dependence on the turbulent pump fluctuation. In previous research the drift wave saturation level has been estimated through mixing length theory,
\begin{eqnarray}
\tilde{\phi}_{DW} \sim  \frac{1}{k_x L_{T_i}}.
\end{eqnarray}
This estimate gives a relation between the drift wave electric potential perturbation and the temperature gradient length scale. It is assumed that the main source of free energy is the temperature gradient. The zonal flow saturation level can be estimated through a balance of the vorticity equation. The mode coupling saturation level for drift waves is found by balancing the linear drift wave growth rate with the main ($\vec{E} \times \vec{B}$ convection) non-linearity. In analogy, the zonal flow saturation level is estimated by balancing the linear growth rate with the Reynolds stress term,
\begin{eqnarray}
\frac{\partial \nabla^2_{\perp}}{\partial t} \tilde{\phi}_{ZF} & \sim  & \nabla^2_{\perp} \langle \frac{\partial \tilde{\phi}_{DW}}{\partial x} \frac{\partial \tilde{\phi}_{\pm}}{\partial y} \rangle
\end{eqnarray}
It is argued that the saturation of the zonal flow instability occurs when the sidebands become comparable to the pump wave~\cite{a51}, i.e., $|\tilde{\phi}_{\pm }| \approx | \tilde {\phi}_{DW}|$. Hence,
\begin{eqnarray}
\tilde{\phi}_{ZF} \gamma_{ZF} & \sim  & \frac{k_x^3 k_y}{q_x^2} |\tilde{\phi}_{DW}|^2 = \lambda \frac{k_y k_x} {q_x^2} \frac{1}{L^2_{T_i}}
\end{eqnarray}
Here $\lambda $ is a proportionality constant. From Eq. 23 it is possible to calculate the zonal flow saturation level. In the last equality Eq. 21 has been used. This saturation level gives some interesting insights, the zonal flow saturation level is increased by a streamer like source drift wave (large $k_y$ and small $k_x$) similar results were found in Ref.~\cite{a31} and it is similar to previous results found in gyrokinetic theory~\cite{a27}-~\cite{a28}.

To corroborate the analytical estimation of the zonal flow saturation level numerical calculations based on the Hasegawa-Mima turbulence system, which is extensively employed to investigate the zonal flow generation~\cite{a14}-~\cite{a51} and also saturation level~\cite{a14},~\cite{a51}, have been performed for the equation~\cite{a16}-~\cite{a51}
\begin{eqnarray}
(1-\delta -\nabla_{\perp}^2)\frac{\partial \phi}{\partial t} = \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial y} - \frac{\partial {\phi}_{ZF}}{\partial x} \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial y}  +  [\phi,\nabla_{\perp}^2 \phi],
\end{eqnarray}
using an assumed pump wave of the form
\begin{eqnarray}
\phi_p = A_p \sin (k_x x) \cos (k_y y).
\end{eqnarray}
Here $\delta =1 (0)$ for the zonal flow (finite $ k_y$ ) components, respectively. In the calculation, pump energy decreases as the zonal flow instability is excited while the total energy is conserved. We change the total pump energy under fixing $k_x$ ($=0.125$ or $0.25$) and $ k_y = 1$. In the Hasegawa-Mima system a non-linear saturation of zonal flows is present and a good agreement with the proportionality $\tilde{\phi}_{ZF} \gamma_{ZF} \sim |\tilde{\phi}_{DW}|^2 $ in (Eq. 23) is found, as shown in Figure 1. Hence, although Eq.(23) is not rigorously justified analytically, the numerical calculations show that the relation between the zonal flow saturation level and the pump ITG fluctuation is qualitatively correct and is quantitatively represented by the proportionality constant, which may involve the spectral relation and other physical processes.

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[height=.3\textheight]{FIGURE1_NEW.eps}
  \caption{The zonal flow saturation level as a function of drift wave pump energy. $k_x=0.125$ (open circles) or $k_x=0.25$ (closed circles), $k_y=1.0$, $q_x=0.75$.}
\end{figure}

\section{Result and discussion}
The algebraic dispersion relation (Eq. 20), describing the effects of zonal flow back-reaction on the background turbulence, is solved in two cases using the derived saturation levels for drift waves and zonal flows.

In Figure 2 the drift wave growth rate as a function of normalized temperature gradient ($\eta_i$) is shown with zonal flow wave number ($q_x$) as a parameter for $\tau = 1$, $k_x = k_y = 0.3$, $\epsilon_n = 1.0$, $\mu = 0$. The results are displayed for $q_x = 0.0$ (squares) and $q_x = 0.8$ (plus). Figure 2 shows that the zonal flow has a significant suppression effect on the drift wave growth rates close to the threshold, the growth rates are reduced by  $\geq 50$\% in the range $1.8 < \eta_i < 2.3$. The critical gradient is also modestly increased by the zonal flow suppression.

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[height=.3\textheight]{Figure2.eps}
  \caption{The drift wave growth rate and real frequency as a function of normalized temperature gradient ($\eta_i$)is shown with zonal flow wave number ($q_x$) as a parameter for $\tau = 1$, $k_x = k_y = 0.3$, $\epsilon_n = 1.0$, $\mu = 0$. The results are displayed for $q_x = 0.0$ (squares) and $q_x = 0.8$ (plus).}
\end{figure}

Figure 3 illustrates the effect of zonal flow back-reaction on the critical gradient ($\eta_{i th}$) in the $\epsilon_n$ - $\eta_i$ plane for short wave length zonal flows ($q_x = 0.8$). The parameters are $\tau = 1$, $k_x = k_y = 0.3$, $\mu = 0$, $q_x = 0.0$ (squares) and $q_x = 0.8$ (asterisk). It is found that the critical gradient is significantly increased for peaked density profiles (small $\epsilon_n$) relevant for edge plasmas. For both cases the FLR effects tend to decrease the stability threshold for peaked density profiles whereas the non-linear contribution tends to increase the threshold.

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[height=.3\textheight]{Figure3.eps}
  \caption{The effect of zonal flow back-reaction on the critical gradient ($\eta_{i th}$) in the $\epsilon_n$ - $\eta_i$ plane for short wave length zonal flows ($q_x = 0.8$) is shown. The parameters are $\tau = 1$, $k_x = k_y = 0.3$, $\mu = 0$, $q_x = 0.0$ (squares) and $q_x = 0.8$ (asterisk).}
\end{figure}

At present, the temperature non-linearity has been neglected for simplicity, if it is incorporated more involved sideband expressions will be found where the sidebands couple, however, the effect will be a factor $q^4_x$ smaller than the terms included here.

The effect of zonal flow suppression is generally manifested in a decreasing linear growth rate and/or the up-shift of the critical gradient (stability threshold). There are other possible stabilization mechanisms and it is interesting to note that a change in the spectrum due to the back-reaction of the zonal flow may also change the diffusion, moreover, it has been shown that the spectrum as well as the drift wave growth rate are quite prone to plasma shaping effects~\cite{a18}-~\cite{a19} which is out of the scope of the present study.

\section{Conclusion}
In summary, the present study aims to clarify the explicit effects of zonal flow suppression on drift waves based on a quasilinear theory. The short wave length zonal flow suppression of drift wave turbulence is significant in particular close to the stability threshold ($\eta_{ith}$). In the regime above the linear threshold the drift wave growth rate is significantly reduced indicating a significantly reduced transport. To explain the total quenching of turbulence in the wider Dimits shift region a more complete model is needed including more physics as well as plasma shaping effects. Numerical calculations of realistic ITG turbulence with focus on the zonal flow saturation level is also planned. These will be treated in future papers.

\section{Acknowledgments}
This research was partly supported by the Grant-in-Aid from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 18340186 and 19560828) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (No. EP/D064317/1).
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The following text is an email sent from Mayor Roswarski to all City personnel. This is being shared in an effort to keep all of our citizens fully informed on the precautions and necessary steps local governement is taking with employees and policy to ensure the continuation of services during the COVID-19 situation:
"With the increased apprehensions over the COVID-19 virus we want to ensure our employees we are taking precautions and making conscious efforts to monitor and address concerns as they arise. Please continue to follow reliable resources to stay current and up to date on important information, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Tippecanoe County Health Department for local information. Please be sure to use sound judgment when battling sickness and illnesses, if you are sick, please stay home. Remember to practice good hygiene by washing your hands regularly, avoid touching your face and respect personal space of others.
At this time, we are requesting, any employee whom has traveled out of the United States in the last 3-4 weeks, please let Human Resources know the dates of travel and the destination of your trip.
We are also requesting any employee whom has plans to travel out of the Country for spring break, please let Human Resources know dates of travel and the destination of your trip.
Please be sure to watch for signs and symptoms of illness while traveling. If you develop symptoms, per the CDC, which may appear 2-14 days after exposure, such as fever, cough or shortness of breath or if you have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19, please do not return to work when you are back from your trip until you have spoken with your Department Head or Human Resources.
If you suspect you are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, per the CDC you should stay home (except to receive necessary medical treatment), avoid public areas, avoid public transportation, stay away from others as much as possible, wash your hands often with soap and water, use hand sanitizer products that are 60% alcohol based and avoid touching your face."
You can also hear Mayor Roswarski speak on the topic of coronavirus on this WBAA.org radio show "Ask the Mayor" air date March 13, 2020.
Information Regarding Community Mitigation Strategies
Press Release: City Hall to Stay with Modified Hours (June 15, 2020)
Press Release: City Hall Reopens with Modified Hours May 26, 2020 (May 21, 2020)
Press Release: Parking Operations to Resume Enforcement of 2- and 3- hour Parking Zones Downtown (May 7, 2020)
Press Release: City Hall Will Remain Closed Until Further Notice (May 1, 2020)
Press Release: Utility Billing Office Suspends Water Disconnects (March 16, 2020)
Press Release: Lafayette Housing Authority Lobby Closed, Meeting Canceled (March 13, 2020)
Press Release: Utility Billing Office Suspends In-Person Payments (March 12, 2020)
Press Release: Open Letter from Police Chief Patrick Flannelly (March 11, 2020)
Tippecanoe County Health Department Directives and Announcements
April 8, 2020 - Mass Gatherings Prohibited through June 30, 2020
April 6, 2020 ‐ Directives for Essential Businesses within Tippecanoe County
Watch this informative video explaining what really happens in a pandemic. Produced by PBS.
Use of Cloth Face Coverings
COVID-19 Hotline Established to Assist Those with Home/Utility Payments
CDBG Emergency Small Business Assistance Program
**UPDATE May 1, 2020: all funds from the $400,000 Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Small Business Assistance Program impacted by COVID-19 have been allocated for area applicants.
The City of Lafayette is pleased to announce that limited CDBG funds are available to those businesses impacted by COVID-19. Funds are limited and businesses must qualify. Details and application can be found here.
Indiana Unemployment Insurance
Claimant Frequently Asked Questions - updated April 7, 2020
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«Born in 1945 Mario Francesco Broggi grew up in Allschwil, Switzerland. Since his youth he has been inspired by the beauty of nature and decided to study forestry at the ETH Zurich. After his studies he managed a private consulting firm and was a lecturer at the Universities of Vienna and Basel. Mario Broggi has tirelessly, and successfully, stood up and advocated for environmental protection in the Alps and in other mountain regions throughout the world.


This is probably one of the most common questions on the Beautiful Yogis Group. How to deal with PMS, Menstrual Cramps, Cysts and hormonal imbalance.
I had terrible hormonal issues as a teenager. Hormonal acne, menstrual cramps and crazy mood swings before my periods. Add water retention and bloating to that.
Absolutely no dairy, not a drop! Not a dusting of whey protein that touched your food. Literally I had been on and off vegan for years and I never experienced such a profound change as the change I experienced when I went strict vegan for a few years. All my health issues disappeared. We really want to avoid eggs, milk and meat. Milk is the hormonal fluid of a pregnant or/and nursing mammal produced for her baby. You do not want to take her baby's food and disturb your entire gentle hormonal system. I teach compassion in my classes because when we are not compassionate towards others we end up suffering ourselves.
Anyways we all have to learn and it is a learning curve and I get that.
No eggs – same! You do not want the unfertilized ovaries of another female animal. It will directly affect your eggs!
Meat is absolutely the hardest thing for the human digestive system to work through. It sits in your digestive system for a long time and clogs up your arteries, tubes, etc. It creates inflammation and it is also loaded with natural and added hormones.
No wonder most women suffer with PMS and cysts and endometriosis and a host of reproductive system issues. Our diets are just too perverted. The good thing is that it is never too late to learn and grow … and therefore heal.
Plant foods. Tons of fresh fruit! Truth be told when I first went strict vegan I wasn't eating many veggies and that helped me heal and detox rapidly. Nowadays I eat a ton of veggies and greens and that is also very good for addig minerals to a clean and detoxed body.
Add beans, sprouted or fermented grains, seeds and nuts to the mix and you are good to go.
OK I had some hickups with my diet when I went through a separation and relocating back to LA again. I was having raw milk and non vegan bars that had whey protein in them and sure enough my issues with my periods came back.
I cleaned up my diet again and I took some powerful herbs which totally cleared up the last symptom I may have had.
I took 4 oz of FEM RESTORE HERBS. I forget how long it took me to finish it. A few weeks. I took a dropper 3-4 x a day. After I was done with this course I had little pain with my periods.
If you suffer with heavy bleeding or/and anaemia add loose NETTLES. NETTLES IS MY FAVORITE HERB/FOOD ON EARTH!!!!
IF YOU ARE VERY BUSY AND HAVE NO TIME TO BREW NETTLES GET ALCOHOL FREE NETTLE EXTRACT. I bought this last one after I gave birth so that I can strengthen my body after all the blood loss.
Nettles should be one of your main herbs in your healing cabinet!!!
For cramps an infrared light works wonders as well. I have one that has MANY applications but pain is one of them. You want 640-650nm RED LED lights that penetrate deeper.
It is a strong herb. Best is to detox and let the body do the healing. Some herbs will be beneficial after the detox. For acne zinc can help as well.


Yes, you can make money from old magazines!
Do you have old magazines lying around the house that you no longer have the room to store? Don't be so quick to throw them away. You can make money from old magazines if you know how to market them. Old magazines are among the "free things to sell on ebay" I blogged about last week.
Many people assume a magazine only has value if it's very old. Nothing could be further from the truth. People value magazines for their information. If you have a magazine with information about a particular product, hobby, person or a magazine article that solves a very specific problem, people will gladly pay money for it. People also value magazines for their photos. Magazines depicting rare photos of particular celebrities, leaders, criminals or other persons of interest, particularly if those photos are not common, can be in high demand.
1. Flip through your magazines and find articles containing information on how to do a hobby related project. This should be information that's not easily found elsewhere. You can sell the article along with the complete magazine on one of the auctions sites such as Ebay.. It's important that you list the article under the appropriate Ebay category for best results. If you're selling an article on building a ceramics kiln, list it under crafts followed by one of the ceramics categories. Don't list it under the magazine category as this is too general. Other articles that can be sold using this technique are rare articles on particular types of collectibles which can be found in such magazines as Antiques Magazine.
2. Look for magazines with cover photos of popular celebrities. If the celebrity generates interest or is controversial in some capacity, this makes the magazine even more marketable. Surprisingly enough, it's often the lesser known celebrities that garner the bids on Ebay since there are fewer magazine covers featuring their photos. If in doubt regarding the marketability of a particular magazine, you can do an Ebay search using the celebrity name and see how quickly items relating to that particular celebrity sell. Again, Ebay is the best place to sell magazines with celebrity cover photos. If there's an inside photo spread of the celebrity, be sure to mention this in your description.
3. Look for older issues of popular magazines, particularly the first few issues produced. Those issues tend to be less common since fewer were produced. They're also in greater demand because fewer people have them since the magazine wasn't as well known at the time of initial publication. Of particular interest are early issues of niche publications on specific hobbies or collectibles, especially if the magazine is out of print. Some of these issues can bring very high prices on Ebay.
4. Another way to profit from older magazines is to look for old ads for watches, cars, beer, coca cola and other items people deem worth of collecting. Carefully, remove the ads from the magazine and sell them to collectors who can frame and display them as art. You can sell just the ad or you can frame the ad yourself and sell it as a completed work of art. It's easy to do research on Ebay to see what sells and what doesn't.
5. If you have large groups of a particular publication, for example a years worth of Martha Stewart Living magazine, you can sell the magazines as a set. Often, magazines that won't sell well individually can be sold in groups of three of more issues.
6. If a magazine has a cover created by a famous person, the magazine can be sold on the merit of its cover. For example, a magazine with a Norman Rockwell or Maxwell Parrish cover may be in great demand with collectors.
7. If all else fails or if you don't have time to put your magazines up on auction, you can display them at your next yard sale and sell them for 25 cents each. You'll be surprised at how quickly those quarters can add up.
Now you know there are many ways to make money from old magazines. Be on the look out for interesting magazines at the next yard sale you attend. It may be the start of a whole new business for you.


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Xiaomi announces Mi 9 with AI triple camera for stunning photos
Starting from RMB 2999, Mi 9 runs on the latest Snapdragon™ 855 platform, and features 20W wireless charging—a world first
BEIJING, China, 20 February 2019 – Today, Xiaomi officially announced Mi 9, the company's latest flagship that combines incredible performance with a stunning new design. Mi 9 runs the leading Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 855 mobile platform, comes with a new AI triple camera containing the latest 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 sensor, and is the world's first smartphone to feature 20W wireless charging. Mi 9 Transparent Edition comes with 12GB of RAM, and features a 7P lens for its camera with a maximum aperture of f/1.47. In addition, Mi 9 SE was also announced. It also comes with the flagship-level IMX586 camera sensor, and is targeted at those who like a smaller form factor. The Mi 9 series start sale in China on 26 February, with Mi 9 starting at RMB 2999, and Mi 9 SE starting at RMB 1999.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 mobile platform for ultimate flagship performance
Powered by the newest generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, based on the 7nm manufacturing process, Mi 9 can achieve an Antutu benchmark score of over 380,000. The all-new Kryo 485 CPU has a maximum clock speed of 2.84GHz, with improved single-core performance of up to 45% over its predecessor, while the new Adreno 640 GPU gives up to a 20% boost. In addition, the fourth-generation AI Engine provides up to three times faster AI performance. Mi 9 is also equipped with LPDDR4x 2133MHz RAM.
6.39" AMOLED display and all-curved holographic design
Mi 9 has an all-curved back cover design, allowing it to fit comfortably in the hand. An advanced back cover color process gives Mi 9 a stylish holographic rainbow spectrum, so it looks different every time it is picked up.
On the front, Mi 9 sports a 6.39-inch 19.5:9 Samsung AMOLED Dot Drop display. Under this display is a new and improved in-screen fingerprint sensor that unlocks the phone up to 25% faster than the previous generation, and works well even in low-light conditions. Holding the fingerprint sensor after unlocking will also bring up a new quick interface that lets the user quickly access common features like QR code scanning and performing an internet search.
Thanks to an improved COF process, Mi 9 has an incredibly narrow "chin" that's just 3.6mm. The ambient light sensor and a third-generation ultrasonic proximity sensor sit below the screen, reducing the space needed around the three other sides, giving Mi 9 an incredibly thin bezel.
AI triple camera, third-place world ranking on DxOMark
Mi 9 is Xiaomi's first flagship with an AI triple camera, with the main camera utilizing the latest 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 1/2″ sensor. Users can choose to shoot high-resolution 48-megapixel images, or in low-light conditions, take even clearer and brighter photos as Mi 9 will combine four pixels to one, resulting in very sensitive 1.6μm large pixels. A hybrid phase detection and laser autofocus system allows Mi 9's camera to focus quickly and accurately, so you don't miss your precious moments.
Mi 9's 16-megapixel ultra wide-angle camera lets users take better shots of wide landscapes, buildings and group photos. It even corrects distortion usually seen on ultra wide-angle lenses so all your friends and family will be happy no matter where they stand in a group photo. This 16-megapixel camera can also take shots of objects as close as 4cm, allowing for extremely detailed macro photos.
The AI triple camera combination of the 48-megapixel main camera, 16-megapixel ultra wide-angle camera, and a 12-megapixel telephoto camera gave Mi 9 a score of 107 by the authoritative DxOMark website, giving it a third-place world ranking of all tested smartphones. In addition, a video score of 99 puts it at number one on DxOMark for video capture.
In addition to the improved night mode and 960fps video capture first seen in earlier Xiaomi flagships, Mi 9 now comes with new photo modes. Even with Mi 9 held in the hand, Supermoon mode allows users to capture clearer images of the moon even without a bulky tripod. An advanced motion tracking video mode lets you smoothly follow a moving object, such as someone skiing down a slope, producing a final video that feels like the camera was mounted on a gimbal.
World's first 20W wireless charging; TÜV safe quick charging certification
Inside the Mi 9 is a large 3300mAh battery, featuring a fast charging solution for both wired and wireless charging. This solution has received certification from renowned German institution TUV Rheinland for safe quick charging.
The 27W wired charging supports Qualcomm's QC4+ standard, and enables Mi 9 to safely charge to 70% in just 30 minutes, and fully charge in 60 mins.
To achieve its wireless charging speeds, Mi 9 contains significant innovations in wireless charging architecture. A new wireless charging coil enhances the wireless charging efficiency and stability of the Mi 9, so it can hit the highest 20W wireless charging at its peak. Mi 9 is also the first smartphone certified by Qi EPP in China, which makes it compatible with other wireless charging pads.
Together with Mi 9, Xiaomi is also launching three wireless charging devices, including 20W version of Mi Wireless Charging Pad (RMB 99), a 20W wireless car charger (RMB 169), and a 10000mAh wireless power bank (RMB 149).
Other notable features and upgrades
Mi 9 offers an individual AI button, so users can activate XiaoAi AI assistant with ease. Users will also be able to customize quick access to frequently used apps and functions. Also newly added is the dark mode feature, which minimizes the smartphone display's power usage.
Thanks to innovations such as a high-voltage Smart PA amplifier and an accompanying 0.9cc large sound cavity, Mi 9 outputs amazing sound quality with powerful bass. Optimizations have also been made specifically for different scenarios such as video-watching and gaming purposes.
Connectivity-wise, Mi 9 continues to use the well-received dual-frequency GPS from its predecessor to achieve ultra-precise positioning. In addition, a new-generation multi-function NFC chip increases payment speed by up to 30%.
Mi 9 Transparent Edition with 12GB RAM
Mi 9 Transparent Edition features a seamless all-curved glass body with a futuristic design carved using CNC micro-engraving technology. It is also one of the world's first smartphones to adopt 12GB high-speed RAM, and has an upgraded large f/1.47 aperture and 7P camera lens.
Mi 9 SE – Compact flagship offering similar camera and in-screen fingerprint sensor
Announced together with the Mi 9 is the Mi 9 SE – a compact version of the Mi 9 featuring Qualcomm's brand new Snapdragon 712 processor, an upgrade to the Snapdragon 710 chipset. Even with a 5.99" large Dot Drop display, the size of the device is comparable to a classic phone with a 5.1" screen. Similar to Mi 9, Mi 9 SE offers LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 2.1 storage, Samsung AMOLED screen, holographic rainbow spectrum surface on the back cover, Sony IMX586 sensor as well as the latest in-screen fingerprint sensor module, making it a flagship within the compact phone category.
Mi 9 will be available for pre-order on 20 February at 6pm, and 26 February at 10am for open sale across mi.com and Xiaomi's major sales channels in China.
Mi 9 will retail at RMB 2999, RMB 3299 and RMB 3999 for the 6GB+128GB, 8GB+128GB and 12GB+256GB (Transparent Edition), respectively.
Mi 9 SE will be available on 1 March at 10am on mi.com, starting from RMB 1999 for 6GB+64GB, and RMB 2299 for 6GB+128GB.
Apart from today's event in China, Xiaomi will host a global launch event #WeMakeItHappen in Barcelona, Spain on 24 February 2019 (10:30am GMT+1) for new global product announcements. Stay tuned.
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The company becomes Southeast Asia's No.1 best-selling brand in


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Rawhide dog chews recalled due to chemical contamination
Credit: FDA
United Pet Group is voluntarily recalling multiple brands of their rawhide dog chew products due to possible chemical contamination.
The recall includes dog chew products under the American Beefhide, Digest-eeze, Good 'n' Fit, Good 'n' Fun and Healthy Hide brands with lot codes AH, AV, A, AI, AO, or AB listed on the back of the packaging. The recalled products also have expirations dates from 06/01/2019 through 05/31/2020.
The recall was issued after United Pet Group identified that certain rawhide chew manufacturing facilities located in Mexico and Columbia, and one its suppliers in Brazil, were using an ammonium compound mixture as a processing aid in the making of the rawhide chews.
The company says quaternary ammonium compound mixture, which was used in manufacturing the product, is approved for cleaning food processing equipment but not for making rawhide chews.
Customers have complained of the products having an unpleasant odor and several reports of pet illnesses, including diarrhea and vomiting, have been received.
Other symptoms include reduced appetite and gastric irritation and, if severe enough, may require dogs to be treated by veterinarians.
The products were distributed to retails stores and sold online in the U.S., according to the FDA.
The recalled products are described below:
If you have these products, please contact the United Pet Group consumer affairs team at 1-855-215-4962 between the hours of 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time for a refund.
SEE ALSO: RECALL: Cashews sold at Aldi could contain glass


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module Smurftp #:nodoc:
  module VERSION #:nodoc:
    MAJOR = 0
    MINOR = 5
    TINY  = 0

    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY].join('.')
    URLIFIED = STRING.tr('.', '_')

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    # a string in the format "major.minor.tiny"
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        major = minimum_version[:major].to_i if minimum_version.has_key?(:major)
        minor = minimum_version[:minor].to_i if minimum_version.has_key?(:minor)
        tiny = minimum_version[:tiny].to_i if minimum_version.has_key?(:tiny)
      else
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      end
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Christina Hendricks admits she's a natural blonde: Who is Hollywood's hottest redhead?
By | NewsCore
"Mad Men" actress Christina Hendricks is best known for two of her most prominent, er, features: her flaming red hair and her ample curves. But it's not all natural -- the blonde star has been dying her hair since she was 10.
SODAHEAD SLIDESHOW: See Hollywood's hottest redheads.
"I'm naturally a dark blonde," Hendricks said, according to The Daily Mail. "I couldn't tell you what shade because I haven't seen it in ages. I started playing with red hair when I was 10 years old. I recognize how odd it is now, but my mum let me do it.
"I was obsessed with 'Anne of Green Gables.' There was something about her that spoke to me -- and I wanted to have her beautiful red hair. My mum said, 'Well, let's throw a rinse on it.' My hair was very blonde at the time, but it went carrot red. And I was over the moon. I went to school the next day and felt like myself."
PHOTOS: See the latest celebrity pictures to hit the Internet.
Hendricks certainly pulls off the red hot look -- but does Emma Stone do it even better? Let us know: Who is Hollywood's hottest redhead?


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Natan Sharansky
In 1996, ten years after arriving in Israel, Natan Sharansky was elected to the Knesset. Mr. Sharansky's party, Yisrael B'Aliya, won seven seats in its first election. As a result of the party's success in the 1999 elections, Natan Sharansky was appointed to the post of Minister of Interior. He resigned from the post in July 2000, in protest over then Prime Minister Barak's willingness to offer unprecedented concessions in the negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. As one of the leaders of the Israeli opposition, Mr. Sharansky waged a tireless battle against the division of Jerusalem, and against Israel's capitulation to Palestinian demands under the threat of violence. He was the initiator and driving force behind the 400,000-person strong "Solidarity with Jerusalem" rally held in January 2001.
Today, Natan Sharansky, who has always been a fervent believer in the need for a Unity Government in Israel, is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Housing.
Yisrael B'Aliya means both "Israel on the Rise" and "Israel for Immigration", an indication of Mr. Sharansky's goals. As party chairman, he believes that kibbutz galuyot – the ingathering of exiles – is the raison d'être of the State of Israel, and as such he seeks to turn Israel into a magnet for attracting aliya from all corners of the Diaspora.
Mr. Sharansky graduated with a degree in computer science from the prestigious Physical Technical Institute in Moscow. After graduation, he applied for an exit visa to Israel, which he was denied for "security reasons". In 1977, a Soviet newspaper alleged that Mr. Sharansky was collaborating with the CIA. Despite denials from every level of the U.S. Government, including President Carter himself, Mr. Sharansky was found guilty and sentenced to 13 years of solitary confinement and hard labor. Due to intense international pressure, Mr. Sharansky was released nine years later in a prisoner exchange, and immigrated to Israel the same day.
Anatoly Sharansky's Final Statement in the Soviet Court
Presented before being sentenced on charges for treason and espionage.
Sharansky addressed his first remarks to those who were not in the courtroom, his wife Avital who emigrated to Israel and the Jewish people:
During my interrogation the chief investigators threatened me that I might be executed by a firing squad, or imprisoned for at least fifteen years. But if I agreed to cooperate with the investigation for the purpose of destroying the Jewish emigration movement, they promised me freedom and a quick reunion with my wife.
Five years ago, I submitted my application for exit to Israel. Now I am further than ever from my dream. It would seem to be cause for regret. But it is absolutely the other way around. I am happy. I am happy that I lived honorably, at peace with my conscience. I never compromised my soul, even under the threat of death.
I am happy that I helped people. I am proud that I knew and worked with such honorable, brave and courageous people as Sakharov, Orlov, Ginzburg, who are carrying on the traditions of the Russian intelligentsia [in defending human rights in the Soviet Union]. I am fortunate to have been witness to the process of the liberation of Jews of the USSR.
I hope that the absurd accusation against me and the entire Jewish emigration movement will not hinder the liberation of my people. My near ones and friends know how I wanted to exchange activity in the emigration movement for a life with my wife Avital, in Israel.
For more that two thousand years the Jewish people, my people, have been dispersed. But wherever they are, wherever Jews are found, every year they have repeated, 'Next year in Jerusalem.' Now, when I am further than ever from my people, from Avital, facing many arduous years of imprisonment, I say, turning to my people, my Avital, 'Next year in Jerusalem.'
Now I turn to you, the court, who were required to confirm a predetermined sentence: To you I have nothing to say.
Natan Sharansky has long been involved in the struggle for human rights. In 1976, he helped establish the Helsinki Monitoring Group, a human rights movement based in Moscow and headed by the late Andrei Sakharov. Prior to his advent on the Israeli political scene, Mr. Sharansky worked tirelessly as the President of the Zionist Forum, an umbrella organization of former Soviet activist groups dedicated to helping new olim and educating the public about absorption issues. In early 1994, he co-founded Peace Watch - an independent non-partisan group committed to monitoring the compliance to agreements signed by Israel and the PLO.
From 1990 to 1996 Mr. Sharansky served as Associate Editor of "The Jerusalem Report".
In 2000, Mr. Sharansky was one of the founders of the organization "One Jerusalem".
His memoirs, Fear No Evil, were published in the United States in 1988 and translated into nine languages.
Mr. Sharansky is married to Avital (Shtieiglitz) Sharansky. They reside in Jerusalem with their two daughters, Rachel and Hanna.


Cars and boats. A houseful of boys. These are my lot in life. And now we've taken it up a notch. I'm in Devon. In Brixham. In our new flat!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hooray!!!
PS the seagulls say hello. Loudly.
It's raining this morning, but that's quietened the seagulls!
Are you just here for the weekend?


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Matt Hancock admits it is 'highly likely' Britons will face annual Covid jabs
Britons are 'highly likely' to need a Covid vaccination every year for the 'foreseeable' future, Matt Hancock has today warned, as he also revealed 200,000 people a day are now receiving their first dose of the jab.
The Health Secretary said the UK could require an 'dual vaccination programme', with yearly jabs to protect against flu and coronavirus.
It comes as a top public expert today warned as many of 90 per cent of Britons would need to be protected against the virus in order to achieve heard immunity.
Professor Devi Sridhar said such a roll-out would take until next Autumn to complete. She warned that, with scientists still unsure about how long vaccine protection lasts, those inoculated now could lose their immunity by that time.
Meanwhile, in another blow to Britons, another expert said normal life in the UK may not be able to resume even after the most vulnerable people were vaccinated – saying it was 'likely' social distancing could still be in place by the end of the year.
However, in a glimmer of hope, Mr Hancock today revealed the UK's vaccination roll-out was on course to ramp-up to 2million jabs a week.
He said the UK was now vaccinating 200,00 people a day and was rapidly approaching the rate needed to cover the most vulnerable by the middle of February.
In a further boost, the Health Secretary also revealed every adult would be offered – but not given – a Covid jab by Autumn.
The Health Secretary said the UK could require an 'dual vaccination programme', with yearly jabs to protect against flu and coronavirus
Britons are 'highly likely' to need a Covid vaccination every year for the 'foreseeable' future, Matt Hancock (pictured left) has today warned. Professor Devi Sridhar (pictured right) warned as many of 90 per cent of Britons would need to be protected against the virus in order to achieve heard immunity
Speaking to Sophie Ridge on Sky News, he said: 'At the moment we're running over 200,000 people being vaccinated every day.
'We've now vaccinated around a third of the over-80s in this country, so we are making significant progress, but there's still further expansion to go.'
He said the efforts would be further boosted by the opening of mass vaccination centres across the the country this week.
Britain must go into an 'Asia-style' lockdown NOW with places of worship closed, hotels commandeered as isolation centres and masks worn in every public space, experts warn
Britain must go into an 'Asia-style' lockdown now with nurseries and places of worship closed, hotels commandeered as isolation centres and masks worn in every public space, experts have warned.
Former WHO director Anthony Costello said only 'a total clampdown' would succeed in stopping the mutant strain of coronavirus ripping through the country.
Professor of operational research at UCL Christina Pagel added that she thinks the current lockdown restrictions are likely to fail and measures seen in China and Vietnam should be brought in.
In Wuhan, where the virus originated, authorities would go door-to-door to monitor people and made sure people with Covid self-isolated.
Meanwhile in Vietnam people who were infected and those going into the country had to quarantine for two weeks.
Despite around 90 per cent of the UK population sticking to regulations, the streets and public transport have remained busy this week, allowing the virus to spread.
As a result, ministers are considering introducing tougher measures as part of the crackdown, including possibly making face masks mandatory in busy outdoor areas.
Prof Costello told the Mirror: 'We are in a national crisis with a pandemic out of control. We should have no nurseries open, no synagogues, no churches, no mosques. We should have compulsory masks, two-metre distancing.
'We have to take this really seriously – that's what Asian states did. The longer we allow it to go on transmitting, the quicker we are going to get a resistant virus to a vaccine, then we are in real doo-doo.'
Prof Pagel added: 'We have to start thinking about mandatory isolation, like in China and Vietnam. We have lots of empty hotels. We could use that space.'
But Mr Hancock also warned that it is 'highly likely' people will be vaccinated against Covid annually, as with the flu.
He told Sky News: 'I think it's highly likely that there will be a dual-vaccination programme for the foreseeable, this is the medium-term, of flu and Covid.'
He added: 'Flu vaccination rates are at their highest level ever. Over 80 per cent of the over-65s have been vaccinated for flu this year. That's the biggest increase, a jump on last year when it was around 70 per cent.
'That's very good news. It's good news for two reasons. Firstly, to protect people against flu and secondly because it shows the vast, vast majority of over-65s are up for getting vaccinated.'
Mr Hancock was later quizzed on BBC's Andrew Marr on his plans to roll-out the vaccine to the wider-public – beyond the current high-priority list.
He was asked on the BBC show if the Government could 'vaccinate everyone' by the autumn and replied 'yes'.
However, Mr Hancock then clarified: 'Every adult will be offered a vaccine by the autumn, absolutely.'
Meanwhile, Professor Sridhar, chair of public health at Edinburgh University, today described the UK's three approved inoculations – Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna – as a 'bright spot'.
But she also warned Times Radio it was not yet clear how long immunity lasts for, if the vaccines stop people from being infectious or how much of the population would need to be covered to provide herd immunity.
She said: 'If you really want to get to some sort of true herd immunity, you're looking at 80-90% of the population, which even with our current roll-out would take you into next fall.
'We need to make sure at that point, the people who have been vaccinated now still have immunity.'
She added: 'For me, the vaccine is definitely there, we have to continue roll-out, keep saving lives through protecting vulnerable people with that.
'But it's not a strategy in and of itself and relying on it alone is highly, highly risky, especially with all the new variants and mutations.
'We need to have a plan and the vaccine supports that plan but it's just your plan.'
In another blow to hopes of the vaccine restoring normality to British life, other experts warned social distancing measures could have to remain in place throughout the year.
Professor Peter Horby, chair of the UK government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group, said even after vaccinating the most vulnerable parts of the population things will not necessarily return to normal.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: 'I don't think it will return us to normal.
'There will still be a large number of people being infected, and although the absolute risks of someone under the age of 80 dying or ending up in hospital are low, with a large number of infections that still translates into a lot of people and so we're going to have to manage the virus, with social distancing measures as well as vaccination for the coming months.'
Asked about the likelihood of social distancing measures being in place next winter, he said: 'I think that's likely. I think it very much depends on how well we can scale up the vaccine programme and how quickly we can get it out to a substantial proportion of the population.'
Professor Horby also echoed Mr Hancock's comments that people would have to get a coronavirus vaccine 'every few years' if it does need to be updated against new variants, and added that the virus 'will not go away'.
He said: 'This one (virus) I think will not go away. We're going to have to live with it but that may change significantly.
'It may well become more of an endemic virus, that's with us all the time and may cause some seasonal pressures and some excess deaths, but is not causing the huge disruption that we're seeing now
However, he said the data about the effectiveness of the vaccine against new variants of the disease was 'encouraging'.
It comes as mass vaccination hubs are to be opened across the country next week in a bid to significantly ramp-up the UK's vaccine roll-out.
The mass vaccination hubs – located in Newcastle, Manchester, London, Stevenage, Surrey, Bristol and Birmingham – can treat up to four people per minute and will work alongside GP surgeries and other facilities to try and hit the Prime Minister's ambitious target.
The hubs will be based in sports venues, conference centres and a science park.
Invitations to receive the vaccine for those over the age of 80 are also now being sent out. Previous invitations were for those over 90 and key workers.
Empty chairs were placed a metre apart in the waiting area of the vast stadium in Bristol, which is usually home to Bristol City F.C. and the Bristol Bears
Photographs of Ashton Gate Stadium show desks hidden behind partitions to allow those being vaccinated some privacy from those awaiting the jab
Vaccination booths inside Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol. It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted earlier this week the vaccination plan needs to speed up as figures revealed only one in 10 care home residents, and 14 per cent of staff, had been vaccinated so far
Above are the locations of the seven mass vaccination centres that will begin operating from next week
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are given Covid vaccine: 94-year-old Monarch and Prince Philip, 99, are inoculated at Windsor Castle
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been given the Covid-19 vaccination at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace revealed yesterday.
News of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh's vaccination is unusual from Buckingham Palace, which rarely comments on the private health matters of the royal couple
The Monarch, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, have joined more than 1.5million people across Britain who have been given the jab since the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved for use in December.
The UK has since permitted the use of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca jab, alongside an inoculation against coronavirus developed by Moderna.
News of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh's vaccination is unusual from Buckingham Palace, which rarely comments on the private health matters of the royal couple.
It is understood the Queen decided the information should be made public to prevent inaccuracies and further speculation.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: 'The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have today received Covid-19 vaccinations.'
However, when asked by MailOnline, the palace refused to indicate which out of the two available vaccines the couple had been given.
Yesterday it was revealed The Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, were also revealed to be among 1.5million people across Britain who had been given the jab since the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved for use in December.
In its biggest ever vaccination drive, Britain is hoping to get around 13million people immunised against Covid-19, focusing on elderly people, health and care workers and people with serious illnesses, by the middle of February.
If this is achieved the current national lockdown – the toughest since March 2020 – may be eased.
But experts have warned they will need to ramp up the roll-out in order to hit the ambitious target.
Politicians have been trying to shift blame for disruptions to the initial supply of Oxford and Pfizer vaccines, with Boris Johnson first blaming quality checks done by the MHRA and Matt Hancock later trying to pin difficulties on limited manufacturing capacity.
The Health Secretary said in Parliament: 'The rate-limiting factor is the amount of the actual juice available, the actual vaccine, which is not manufactured like a chemical it is effectively… a biological product.' He described the vaccine manufacturing process as 'complicated and difficult'.
And Britain felt a pang of envy as Europe approved the Moderna vaccine and will start to get deliveries of the 95 per cent effective jab from next week, while Brits must wait until March because officials didn't pre-order it.
It comes as one expert today warned Britain must go into an 'Asia-style' lockdown now with nurseries and places of worship closed, hotels commandeered as isolation centres and masks worn in every public space.
Former WHO director Anthony Costello (left) said only 'a total clampdown' would succeed in stopping the mutant strain of coronavirus ripping through the country. Professor of operational research at UCL Christina Pagel (right) added that she thinks the current lockdown restrictions are likely to fail and measures seen in China and Vietnam should be brought in.
In Wuhan, where the virus originated, authorities would go door-to-door to monitor people and made sure people with Covid self-isolated (pictured, China in February last year)
Three police officers wearing face masks question a man sitting on a bench in St James's Park in central London this morning
Despite around 90 per cent of the population 'overwhelmingly' sticking to regulations, the streets and public transport have remained busy this week, allowing the virus to spread. Pictured: Clapham today
Professor Kevin Fenton, London regional director of Public Health England, said yesterday the more coronavirus patients the NHS has to deal with, the more difficult it is to keep other services open.
No more warnings: Police vow to get even tougher with lockdown fines
Police are vowing to get even tougher with lockdown fines amid calls from scientists for even stricter restrictions, while No10 pushes an intimidating new ad campaign to try and arrest the spiralling number of coronavirus cases across the country.
Derbyshire Police faced criticism yesterday for taking the lockdown crackdown too far after officers swooped on two friends for driving just seven miles to go for a walk at a beauty spot.
As a result, the 'intimidating' force is reviewing its Covid operations after getting clarification about the rules, with West Mercia Police also mocked for threatening to fine people £200 for playing in the snow.
Nevertheless, the message from government sources today is that police should be focusing more on enforcing rather than explaining rules, now nearly 10 months since the very first restrictions came into effect.
This was echoed by Wiltshire Police's chief constable, Kier Pritchard, who wrote in the Gazette and Herald: 'Although we will continue to police with consent and in a proportionate way, my officers will move to enforcement much quicker when confronted with people clearly breaching the rules.
'Up until now, police forces have focused on engagement, reinforcing the messaging within our communities and encouraging the public to comply in the first instance, only reverting to enforcement when we are faced with deliberate or repeated breaches.
'We will continue to engage with our communities but my officers will quickly move to enforcement against those who are flagrantly breaching the rules.'
He told BBC Breakfast: 'I would encourage people to read, look at the programmes that you're running on TV where you're interviewing doctors, where you're interviewing patients who've had this very severe disease and are suffering from the long-term effects of it
'This is the reality and that is the truth. So the advice would be listen, read, but stay at home. Protect yourself, protect your families.'
The concerns have sparked suggestions from other experts that the current level of restrictions are not robust enough to combat the ongoing soar in cases.
Susan Michie, professor of health psychology at University College London who advises the SAGE committee of experts, told BBC Radio Four's Today programme: 'This is quite a lax lockdown because we've still got a lot of household contact, people go in and out of other people's houses if they're a cleaner, a non-essential trade person or a nanny.
'We also have mass gatherings in terms of religious events and nurseries being open, and you have this wide definition of critical workers so we have 30-50% of classes full up at the moment and very busy public transport going to and from these things.
'It's definitely too lax. If you compare ourselves with March we have the winter season and the virus survives for longer in the cold plus people spend more time indoors and we now know aerosol transmission which happens indoors is a very big source of transmission for this virus.
'Secondly, we have this new variant which is 50-70% more infectious. You put those two things together alongside the NHS being in crisis, we should have a stricter, rather than a less strict lockdown than we had in March.'
Professor Michie's concerns were echoed by Dr Adam Kucharski, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who said the new variant should be treated as a 'new pandemic within a pandemic'.
The Sage member told Today: 'The early signals we're seeing are suggesting that there is probably less movement in the population than there was in November but perhaps slightly more than there was in April, and obviously that's concerning because, with this new variant, essentially each interaction we have has become riskier than it was before.
'Even if we went back to that last spring level of reduction in contacts, we couldn't be confident we would see the same effects as we saw last year because of the increased transmission.
'To some extent we can think of this as a new pandemic within a pandemic.
'From the data coming out, this is a very serious threat and new data from PHE (Public Health England) that came out yesterday suggested that that risk per contact is probably 40-50% higher than it was.
'So both for the UK, and many other countries as well, we need to get away from this idea that we're going to see a repeat of what happened last spring with our behaviours and really face the possibility that this is much riskier and we're going to have to work much harder to reduce the impact.'
MailOnline has contacted Oxford Vaccine Group, Pfizer, Moderna and the Department of Health for comment on the length of time Covid vaccines will offer protection.
A recent post on America's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's website said experts would not know about the length of protection from vaccines until there is more data available.
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The pilot died! Or did he?
You and I need information whether it's good or bad. Even with discouraging news we all "get through the moments" better with reliable data. Such is the lesson taught by an insightful Southwest Airlines pilot. This is a story I've told clients again and again.
Southwest is that little "pretend" Texas-based carrier according to a friend of mine who works for Delta, he believes Delta is a "real airline". Southwest changed its industry. Many airlines in business when Southwest got started are no longer is business. And unlike some of its competition today, Southwest still makes money.
As we say in Texas, it's my company plane!
Southwest Airlines has never had an onboard fatality. But years ago Southwest had a major situation.
A fully loaded 737 with 149 passengers and a flight crew of 5 was destined to land at John Wayne Airport in southern California. The pilot could not get a landing gear down. Man alive that's a problem!
The pilot thought if he performed some severe and acrobatic stunt maneuvers with the plane he might jar the landing gear loose. It also occurred to him that maybe he should tell the passengers what they were in for.
Now here's the point. I'll bet you a million dollars that no one on that plane liked that news! Safe bet? Of course! But I'll bet you even more money. I'll bet you ten million that everyone on that plane got through that moment better with that information than they would have without it. Is that a safe bet? You bet your life! Literally!
No one liked what was happening. Everyone was afraid. But everyone on the plane was thrilled to know that the Captain was still alive and that he had not had a heart attack and died, and the plane was not careening out of control into the ground. Everyone was very glad to know that the Captain was in control and as alarming as the situation was, he was doing everything by choice.
That Southwest pilot knew something we all need to learn … especially leaders and managers. People do better with information than without. People solve problems and accept more personal accountability and get better results when they are fully informed. A lot more than when information is handed out through the old military "need to know" basis.
We live in a world of instant communications. Satellites and 24-hour cable and cell phones, Twitter, Facebook and text messaging not only mean we can know everything, now we expect to know everything! If we don't we assume the worst. We assume the pilot died!
We believe in the absolute essential need for companies to get more information on the table. Information about who we are individually and aggregately. Not in judgment but in comparison to one another. Without objective and reliable information we jump to all the wrong conclusions. You want and need to know. We think that's good.
Obviously, we think that self- and interpersonal awareness are as critical to success as any other data. Everyone has this awareness. For most people it is the result of living their lives and adding everyday life to their own mental database (experiences).
There are more objective ways, reliable ways, quantified ways to enhance self- and interpersonal awareness. Personality feedback instruments are among these more objective ways, and we believe The Personal Strengths Inventory available through PSI Enterprise is among the best. Our clients testimonials affirm this position.
In any event, the more information people have, the better decisions, the more successful relationships, the greater personal and professional achievement, and the more personal and career satisfaction they will experience.
We think that's a good thing, and hope our efforts are helpful.
So, don't initially jump to conclusion that the "pilot died" when life doesn't live up to your expectations. Push the limits on gathering as much relevant information as you possibly can, especially about yourself.


Brace yourselves to run the greatest obstacle course you have ever imagine. It is animated, no doubt, but this puts the 'real' in 'reality.' The 3D interface of Cube Critters MOD APK is mind-blowing. Get ready for the adventure of your life. Race against opponents, emerge the winner and secure the key to the castle. This challenge keeps your heart rate up. You are not allowed to show weakness or fear. This is a test of wits, skills, and strength. So, pick a character, gear up in your helmet and flak jacket, and push forward on the path to glory!
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Get a chance to select from a host of Stuntmen, who would assist you on this adventure. Be prepared to tumble, climb, slide, jump, and show amazing skill, as you face some of the fiercest talents on earth. Think of it as, gym class brought to a war zone.
Prove yourself a titan! Try not to get eliminated and run through this course with strength and assurance. This is something you would want to do every day, and nothing is stopping you. With fast thinking and avid display of skill, qualify for hurdles, race through obstacles, and become a legendary champion!


As of February 22, 2010, a new federal law allows people who can legally possess firearms under applicable federal and Alaska state law, to legally possess firearms within Bering Land Bridge National Preserve.
Federal law also prohibits firearms in certain facilities in this park; those places are marked with signs at all public entrances. Call or e-mail for a list of federal facilities in Bering Land Bridge.
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You might know that I have been a "health nut" for over three decades (actually over 35 years). Since my late teens, I have studied and researched nutrition and other health related items. In fact, we (my wife and I) became a Certified Nutritional Health Professional (CNHP) many years ago in an effort to learn more about health related subjects. Although we do not practice as counselors, a few tips a few times per month might be in order.
Today's tip is my favorite veggie smoothie. We own both the Vita-Mix and Blentec . Each has advantages over the other but either machine in their own right are outstanding and I recommend you buy the one that you feel comfortable with after testing. It comes down to a few differences. I compared both machines on a previous post.
If you want a different taste or do not like Tex Mex spices, try a vegetable bullion cube or use a spice combination that you enjoy. I like lots of flavor but you might want to add an Italian spice.
If you are using the Blentec, use the juice setting. If it isn't smooth enough after blending then select smoothie after the juice cycle finishes. Vita-Mix users, start on the slow then slowly increases to the highest speed. Taste and share (maybe :-D).
If you want your veggie drinks to have more tomato taste then add more tomatoes, if you like more green, then add more spinach.
For a different flavor and more kick, add a dash of hot pepper or small jalapeño.
This is a tremendous drink for any meal. This is similar to the warm you up soup version which I will share at a different date.
Anyway, feel free to visit my blog as well at beccaraesadler.blogspot.com - i break down the items i write about into categories so feel free to view my GF/DF/SF Living section for my nutrition stuff, or read whatever you wish :) Thanks for your blog!
Yes it was great seeing you at the wedding. Veggies - Maybe because I have been eating them for so long but I do know that the fresher the veggie, the better the taste.


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Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), known by her stage name Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress. In 2000, she released her first single "There You Go", from her debut album Can't Take Me Home. The song was a commercial success, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2001 she released her second studio album Missundaztood, which was critically acclaimed, and her most commercially successful album to date. The album produced the hit singles "Get the Party Started", "Don't Let Me Get Me", "Just Like a Pill" and "Family Portrait". In November 2003, Pink released her third studio album Try This, which produced the hit singles "Trouble", "God is a DJ" and "Last to Know". Although the album was less comme… more »
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