International Quarter London (IQL) has signed a 21,744 sq. ft. deal with The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), at its new 517,533 sq. ft. office building, One Westfield Avenue in Stratford.
The NMC is the independent regulator for nurses, midwives and nursing associates, ensuring the highest standards of care are delivered by those healthcare professionals they support. They have taken the 17th floor at One Westfield Avenue on a ten-year lease, joining other major occupiers the FCA and Unicef UK. The building, which overlooks Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, has been conceived as a healthy workplace, providing spaces that are inspiring, adaptable and designed to accommodate more agile ways for working, combined with high levels of natural light and fresh air.
NMC choosing Stratford is further proof of the area's transformation into one of London's leading workplace destinations. This transformation has been catalysed by the unique mix of world-class sporting facilities in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, diverse retail offerings and a cultural scene set to expand with East Bank, that is found nowhere else in London. The NMC operates across the UK. It will retain its existing premises in London at Portland Place and Stratford Place and on George Street in Edinburgh and continue to use serviced offices for hearings in Cardiff and Belfast.


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Palmdale responds to hybrid power plant controversy, again
(Image concept of Palmdale Hybrid Power Plant, courtesy Inland Energy Inc.)
PALMDALE – For the third time in less than a month, the City of Palmdale has responded to set the record straight regarding "erroneous comments" made by Lancaster city officials. The issue again involves the Palmdale Power Plant.
In a press release issued Tuesday, Palmdale officials cited a California Energy Commission study to refute the "unsubstantiated claim that the Palmdale Power Plant would create a six mile high plume," which would affect operations at Plant 42. Read the full press release below:
Fact vs. Fiction, Part 3 – Lancaster Officials Spin Tales of Imaginary Six Mile High Plume
PALMDALE – In their continuing efforts to spread misinformation about the Palmdale Power Plant, Marvin Crist and R. Rex Parris have made erroneous comments about plumes that they claim will be produced by power plant operations.
At the May 21 Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District (AVAQMD) Crist revived his unsubstantiated claim that the Palmdale Power Plant would create a "six mile high plume."
In his response to a presentation by Palmdale's Public Works Director Mike Mischel, Crist stated, "You're talking a plume that will be 6 miles in the air—steam, but at some times it will be six miles in the air….It still burns fossil fuels, tons of emissions going over the top of the soccer fields – a plume that will be six miles high on a daily basis."
Crist has raised this concern before, claiming that the alleged "six mile high plume" would affect operations at Plant 42.
The FACT is, according to the study done by the California Energy Commission (CEC) which issued the permit to construct the Palmdale Power Plant, no such "six mile high plume" exists. In its Commission Decision on the Palmdale Power Plant issued in Aug. 2011, the CEC stated in the Visual Resources section that "Under certain weather conditions, visible water vapor plumes would emanate from the exhaust stacks and cooling tower." The documentation states that the plumes are seasonal, during certain hours, conditions, and generally Nov. though April.
The report stated: "The original 20th percentile plume dimensions from the proposed ten-cell cooling towers were estimated at approximately 574 feet high, 161 feet wide, and 225 feet long. Based on the PSA workshop, Staff revised the plume modeling ….and the revised plume dimensions are larger than earlier calculations: 622 feet high, 203 feet wide, and 231 feet long. (CEC Commission Decision, Visual Resources, Pages 8.5 18 & 19.)
"That's only 31,680 feet short of Crist's claim and only a little more than the height of the wind turbine that Parris wants to put up in the middle of Lancaster with almost no environmental review," said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford. "The steam plume will generally only be visible on cool, damp days in the winter in a very small window of time."
Not to be outdone by Crist, Parris complained about the visual impact of the steam plume at a Lancaster City Council Meeting on June 22, 2010 after the second of two presentations made by the City of Palmdale to the Lancaster Council on the power plant. Parris claimed it "significantly alters the landscape."
According to the CEC's Commission Decision, Visual Resources, "we find that the gas turbine/HRSG exhausts will have a plume frequency of less than 20 percent of seasonal clear hours, and would therefore result in less than significant visual impacts." (CEC Commission Decision, Visual Resources, (Page 8.5-19.) Also, in the Conclusions of Law section the CEC stated that "Implementation of the following Conditions of Certification will result in the project causing no significant direct or indirect impacts to visual resources. (CEC Commission Decision, Visual Resources, Conclusions of Law, Page 8.5-23.)
"Well, there he goes again," said Ledford. "A considerable amount of time and study went into what visual impacts the Palmdale Power Plant would have. Antelope Valley residents should know that although there will be significant economic benefits of the power plant, most people won't even know it's there."
Among the many economic benefits of the power plant include: over 800 skilled, union construction jobs, overwhelmingly drawn from the local communities; 35 direct, permanent, high paying jobs, with benefits and longevity; 40 – 50 additional indirect (e.g., material and equipment suppliers, truck drivers, out-sourced maintenance services, etc.) and induced (e.g., grocery stores, laundromats, eateries, etc.) jobs; over $5 million dollars a year infused into the local economy. This includes purchase of supplies and equipment, outsourced maintenance, vehicles, legal services, insurance, car & equipment rentals, painting, waste disposal, etc.; more than $6 million annually in property taxes, most of which will accrue to the County, including contributions to local school and water districts; up to $5 million invested for paving of 4 – 6 miles of roads, much of which are in unincorporated Los Angeles County; the construction of a regional reclaimed water trunk line at a cost of some $20 million which will benefit both Palmdale and Lancaster, paid for by the power plant; and up to $27 million paid to the City of Palmdale through the sale, enabling expansion of important general fund programs such as law enforcement and parks programs.
For more information on the Palmdale Power Plant, please visit www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/palmdale.
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39 comments for "Palmdale responds to hybrid power plant controversy, again"
Michael Rives says
I have consistently voiced my opposition to every single solar power deal that Lancaster has enacted. I have spoken many times against the Palmdale power plant. Both cities do not have any business getting involved in the energy production business. They are not energy experts and they do not know what they are doing. Name one council member who has a geology or science degree.
Aren't the agencies that approved the Palmdale power plant EXPERTS on power plants, more so than you are, Michael Rives?
Are council members experts on hospitals, shopping centers, auto malls, restaurants or any other businesses that they have a direct impact on?
Where did you get the notion city leaders needed to be experts on power plants to have one in their cities? Was it in a dream of yours.
Adam Chant says
Yes, look at the mayor of Lancaster, he's an EXPERT accident Lawyer and what has it gotten Lancaster? A public image of being a bully and no place people want to be associated with.
Yes, all we need is more experts on the councils.. Not!
Besides you can't hire all of your associates as expert consultants if everyone on the council are already experts.
Scott Pelka says
Letlow says
LOL!!!! Hilarious!!! You can't be giving me this kind of laughter in an office environment. no es bueno…
Good pull.. Plus isn't AVTimes missing a comics section? Maybe they can contact the great cartoonist Sergio Hernandez and have his work published directly to this site..
good times..
Another QHR says
Why not just build it on the far eastern outskirts of the city, away from Plant 42? It appears both Palmdale and Lancaster have given up on the Defense industry and Plant 42 – case in point, bringing in foreign companies who will surely be spying on what happens here.
Joe Mama says
I would add a large directional fan to the top of the stack and blow the steam over Rex's house.
I'm so embarrassed to be a Lancaster resident…. I hang my head in shame…
Our Mayor Needs to Go.
Didn't the Lancaster City Council vote unanimously to appoint Parris 'Mayor for Life' and if there ever is a city merger with Palmdale, Parris will be its 'king'?
I thought I saw that on teevee.
Mr. Paris,
When are you going to realize that you are an embarrassment to the city of Lancaster. You have caused more dissent among the residents than any o the politician in the history of our glorious city. It is time to stop acting as a jack a–. Either you start acting for the people instead of yourself ad your political friends that bought you the Mayorship and helped your friends line their pockets. Now your choice before there is a lot of mud dragged around our streets. 1. You must resign to put the city back on track or 2. We will circulate a petition for your removal. Your choice.
People wake up this is a facade!
"…alters the landscape"????? That's Parris referring to the plume. Exactly what 'landscape' does Lancaster have?
James P. Biddle says
Lancaster has lots of landscape. You can see it on a windy day blowing off the baron fields that house all those solar plants 9that lined the King's pockets and those of his cronies.)
The whole kerfuffle is about King Rex not wanting any competition for his dusty solar industry. Lancaster is the king of solar and he doesn't want any competition.
His boot-licker Marvin 'the skies falling' Crist is a few beers short of a sixer when he claims there will be a deadly plume. I think he's been smoking something that gives off a plume of something.
We all use natural gas for cooking. We all have boiled water.
What BS!
King Rex and Marvin should be recalled.
anyone says
R Rex Parris High School 38801 Clock Tower Plaza Drive PALMDALE, CA 93550.
One has to wonder if Rex lies this much just to try and make Palmdale look bad you then have to wonder how much he lies in court just to try and win lawsuits.
Lol,Scott, lawyers don't lie, they just stretch the truth.
Larson says
You are so right Scott! Rex is a bully who makes me ashamed to say I live in Lancaster.
Rex makes me ashamed to live in the AV.
But when you elect a ambulance chasing shyster as mayor, then, this is what you get.
Mayor Ledford is a very good elected official of either party but every time Parris goes after him, Mayor Ledford always comes off the gentleman and the more honorable person.
ReX. Stop digging.
Greg says
How about the Joshua tree forest in that area? It is one of the thickest in the area and there are coyotes in that area as well. Last time I checked this is all still considered desert conservation zoned.
Those look like solar collectors using oil or sodium filled heat transfer pipes. Where is the carbon/fossil fuel exhaust coming from?
Where is the part where it will reduce SCE rates for residents?
Nowhere to be found because it wont.
Where is the part about how it will be paid for?
Where is the part where will utilize a scrubber that captures, stores and recycles the COx emissions?
Overall it's a good idea on paper, but it's honestly short sighted in its engineering and other than the initial profit from the sale of the facility it wont result in much more than chump change of revenues to the city of Palmdale or unincorporated LA county.
Let's be factual about the property taxes too.. the AV lures businesses to our valley through tax credits for a given duration of time. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that this $6M/annually will likely be negated in closing the deal to the buyer for the first 10 to 30 years. So selling the people on a one time $27M payout to the general fund under the guise of using it for "law enforcement and parks programs" is disingenuous.
At least with a scrubber on the exhaust capturing the emissions it would negate the carbon offset requirement and it could possibly be negotiated for Palmdale to see a percentage of the revenues from the sales of CO2 to the oil and carbonic industry..
If the AV is going to dream big why not Dream Bigger.
Palmdale needs to stop refuting Lancaster in defense of the project and actually tall them out on solutions to the issues they raise..
Stop the madness and work together for a solution that the politicians, environmentalists and community as a whole can get behind and support.
Green is a cover up says
Adam, for your information, Lancaster keeps making up crap about the power plant.
The real players, like the EPA and California Energy Commission have inspected the project and issued permits. The EPA called it the cleanest power plant they've ever permitted. It was on Time Warner news.
The owner will will pay for it. Summit Energy is paying. It was covered here on the AV Times.
If you want higher rates, then wait until the blackouts return due to lack of power generation.
@Adam Chant. I noticed, as usual, you ignored the substance of the article and went off on one of your typical rants.
The article was in response to the lies told by Crist and Parris and you didn't address any of them.
Since when was it mandatory to comment directly about the content of the article? I think that everyone else has done a fine job of voicing their opinion of the comments of Parris and Crist.
Personally I think they are blowing smoke up everyone's butts with this '6 mile death cloud' crap.. there are many many other issues to discuss related to this matter worth considering.
I'm sorry you can't see my opinion as a valid argument worth considering.. It's not too late to look into it at this point and could only benefit everyone if it was implemented..
And exactly what department in the city of Lancaster do you work for?
Son of the Anti Rex says
Read the paper. Watch the news. They were issued permits to build. By the Environment Protection Agency and the California Energy Commission. A power company bought the project. Quit wasting time with all this BS and let's put people to work. It would be nice if for once Paris didn't make us look like a bunch of desert hicks.
"Most people won't even know it's there",unlike Mayor Parris,who seems to be vying for narcissist of the year award.
William Eason says
Hashed and rehashed both sides need to stop although it seems that Mayor Ledford wants to keep the argument going. WHY?
Why?because Mr Parris and his minions won't let it go,they are like chihuahuas nipping at Palmdale's heels.
Boy. Have you gotten things backward? It's Parris and Crist who are lying and making stuff up and you show up here blaming Mayor Ledford.
I hope you'll think before you type next time, Mr. Eason.
For heavens sake, don't confuse him with the facts.
I"m waiting for them to claim that the power plant will transform desert tortoises into 200 foot long Godzilla tortoises that will terrorize the kids on the BLVD. Just wait.
Wouldn't that be great, Hollywood would be all over it..and the kids would love it, after all the big complaint is there's nothing to do up here.
I think I can accept the diehard partisans who stand by Parris no matter what better than the folks you pretend this is a symmetrical controversy between Parris and Mayor Ledford.
Come on. Mayor Ledford has never, ever responded in kind to the 'dufus' type remarks by Parris. Ever. It's those people who seem to be the mose clueless and then they come here and prove it.
So true, Ledford just wants to be left alone to do the job he was elected to do.
John Howard says
Hey, leave Ledford alone so he can quietly collect his end around paybacks for his consulting work.
So what, is he breaking the law?Do you expect him to be able to live on his meager mayor's salary?
He is not engaged in the full time job of suing people as is the other guy.
Great job Palmdale! Eat it Rex and Crist
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ESPN asked several of those playing in the British Open at Hoylake to name the four Beatles, who hailed from nearby Liverpool. They failed, none to the degree that Bubba Watson did.
"The lead singer, the drummer, the guitarist and the guy who packed things up," Watson said. "I have no clue."
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May 27, 2010 Music, Arts & Culture » Music
Taking flight
Emerging artist Chase McBride flies to greener pastures
By Glen Starkey
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHASE MCBRIDE
THE SUN TRIBE : Chase McBride (center atop bus) and company will play a double album release party on June 5 at Downtown Brew.
Last year at the New Times Music Awards, a lanky, bird-like, toe-headed Cal Poly student took home Best Solo Performer based largely on his arresting song "1937." It was clear then that Chase McBride had it all: rare songwriting talent, an infectiously interesting voice, and the sort of comfortable, casual stage presence that creates immediate intimacy with the audience.
Now McBride is back with two terrific new recordings. The Good Fight is a carefully produced 11-track album filled with hooky folk pop songs of the kind that have made household names of laidback, mellow cats like Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. Wild Child is a 5-track collection of songs recorded when McBride and his band rented a house in Nor-Cal to self-produce songs in a more casual setting. Wild Child is a more intimate, personal recording, while The Good Fight features the sort of production values expected from a major label release, which brings up an interesting point…
"Despite garnering serious interest from labels and management companies during the recording of The Good Fight, we decided to release these projects on our own because of a few reasons," explained McBride, "the first being that we funded the entire two albums from money we've made off of our debut EP. We didn't take on any debt seeing as we were able to record Wild Child for next to nothing due to the self-production and group of gracious amigos that helped us along the way.
PHOTO BY AUREJOY VAN DYCK
IT'D BE A CRIME TO MISS THEM! : Red Eye Junction plays an album release party for Better Days, their third release, on May 28 at Downtown Brew.
"The second being that our view of success is not reached by convincing a group of businessmen to endorse our art with the intent to make money, no doubt neglecting the quality of art produced," he continued. "We're more interested in bettering our craft as musicians and songwriters. If we can exponentially grow and support the act of making that art simply by sharing it with others, the rest should fall into place."
To that end, McBride has formed his own label, Sun Tribe Recordings, which he "fully intends on growing in the coming years." Unfortunately for local fans, McBride has perhaps correctly come to the conclusion that SLO County isn't a big enough market to launch his career, so he's made the decision to leave Cal Poly and pursue music full-time in San Francisco.
"We've kept everything surrounding the albums in-house thus far, a heavy influence on my decision to take a leave from university. During the recording of The Good Fight, I realized that if I wanted to really give these albums a full effort, I wouldn't be able to balance the school workload with the music workload. So, given the momentum we've gathered, I've decided to joyfully work full-time on the music."
You can send Chase McBride off in style next Saturday, June 5, when he and his band will play a double album release party at Dowtown Brew with opening acts Central Currency and Loomis & the Lust (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $7 presale or $9 at the door).
Three's a charm
Red Eye Junction continues its foray into remorseless, countrified twang with Better Days, the third album by the old-fangled honky-tonk act that consists of a bunch of former punk rockers in cowboy hats, western shirts, and pointy cowboy boots. Not that these guys inject anything punk-like into their music. Instead, they play it straight, approaching the music with a laudable reverence. Sure, there's some affectation—all hat and no cattle not withstanding—because front man Reid Cain takes on the vocal sounds of a dude whose nasal passages are clogged with chewing tobacco. Cain makes High Sheriff Ricky Barnes sound like he's singing from his diaphragm! In short, Red Eye's music is the sort of sound you might hear coming out of an AM radio in the late-'40s.
PHOTO BY WAYNE CRANS DEAD BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY
GUITAR SHREDDER : Blues guitar virtuoso Jonny Lang headlines the 17th Annual Avila Blues Festival, on May 30.
Like the band's nostalgic sound, the songs' lyrics harken back to a time when all a country song needed was a lonesome fellow who's leavin' town. Exhibit A: "Dog Tired" Well I'm dog tired of this dead end town/ Gonna pack it up and head on down the road/ It ain't much that I leave behind/ An empty house and a lonely life, oh Lord. Country cliché to be sure, and yet that familiarity combined with some terrific orchestration make the songs on Better Days a hell of a lot of fun as long as Reid's overly nasal voice doesn't put you off.
Cain called the new album "a huge step forward for the band in terms of musicianship, songwriting, and production. The first two albums were completed on a pretty tight schedule, so there were concepts that didn't come out quite as we imagined it. This album however, really captures the idea and sound we had in mind when we started this project just over three years ago. The new album has been six months in the making. It features a ton of great local guest musicians, 14 if I count correctly."
Pedal steel master Bob Hamilton, banjoists Zach Daniels and Peter Morin, mandolinists Dan Keller and Dave Seidenzahl, cellist Bob Liepman, and fiddler Albert Dines all add to the instrumentation, and Cain gets vocal help by Natalie Haskins on one track and Cody Pendant on another. Curtis Marsh also takes over lead vocal responsibilities on a song he co-wrote called "Beer Bottles Clinkin'." The album's 13 other tracks were all penned by Cain.
"We're coming off of a strong year in 2009 that saw us do a three week European tour, two West Coast tours, and a short tour through Colorado," said Cain. "This year looks to be just as busy starting this weekend."
Red Eye Junction plays an album release party at Downtown Brew this Friday, May 28, but instead of their normal quartet, they've added four more players for the event, which will open with a set by Bob & Wendy (8 p.m.; 21-and-older; $7 presale or $9 at the door).
Blues at the beach
This year's 17th Annual Avila Beach Blues Festival kicks off 1:30 p.m. (gates open at noon) on Sunday, May 30 with an off-the-hook line-up featuring headlining guitar shredder Jonny Lang, horn-driven soul superstars Tower of Power, and New Orleans scion Ivan Neville's (Aaron's son) Dumpstaphunk. That's got to be the most outrageously awesome line-up in years for this long-running event, the brainchild of Bruce Howard at Otter Productions, Inc.
Not that past years haven't been good! John Mayall, James Cotton, Robert Cray, Susan Tedeschi, Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal, Dr. John, The Neville Brothers, John Lee Hooker, Charlie Musselwhite, Little Feat, Booker T. Jones, Robben Ford, Etta James, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Keb' Mo', the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Dave Alvin, Los Lobos, Little Richard, and many, many more have graced the beachside stage over the years.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TOWER OF POWER
OAKTOWN HEROES : Oakland-bred soul act Tower of Power, now in their 41st year, plays the 17th Annual Avila Blues Festival, on May 30.
Jonny Lang was still in his teens when he burst onto the blues scene in the '90s. Since then he's become a road-savvy showman who's live concert experience was well-captured on Live at the Ryman, his newest CD released last month. You can feel the heat radiating out of his smoking guitar chops and throaty, soulful voice. It's a good indication of what fans can expect this weekend.
Of The Ryman, located in Nashville, Lang said, "It's one of those magical places where you can't help but be inspired. I think a lot of that magic and inspiration makes its way onto this recording. It's a collection of some of our best songs from our studio recordings—only more energized, thanks to a great group of musicians and a very receptive audience."
Hey, Jonny, you think that was good, wait until you get a load of 3000 screaming fans at the beach.
"I've wanted to do a live record for a long time, because I feel like our band is strongest in the live setting," continued Lang. "I think this record is a good representation of our live show, and an accurate reference for people who haven't seen us yet. Hopefully it will be an inspiration for them to come out and see us."
Tower of Power has a new album, too. The Great American Soulbook features a dozen classic soul tracks done Tower of Power style, with appearances by guest artists like Tom Jones, Joss Stone, Sam Moore, and Huey Lewis. It's the 10-piece band's 20th album!
"In the old days," said the group's co-founder, saxophonist Stephen "Doc" Kupka, "the thought of doing other peoples' songs would have been unthinkable, but this felt like a really good way to go—our take on classic great soul songs that we listened to on the way up."
"We were resistant at first to the idea," added the band's other co-founder Emilio Castillo. "But a third of the way into the recording, we realized how good it was working."
Always inspired by soul and R&B music, Tower of Power formed in the Oakland area of California in 1968. Their first album was the 1970 release, East Bay Grease for Bill Graham's San Francisco Records.
Bassist Rocco Prestia said that while young music fans are learning about classic soul from them, the group is catching up with the youngsters: "It's common knowledge that this is the way the music business is going—downloads. It's all computerized and exciting."
Tower of Power maybe be 40 this year, but they're keeping it fresh.
Tickets are available at all VALLITIX outlets including Boo Boo Records in SLO, the Mustang Ticket Office on the Cal Poly Campus, and at the Mid-State Fairgrounds Box Office in Paso Robles; on-line at vallitix.com or by phone at (888) 825-5484.
Don't forget Downtown Brew has two awesome punk-fueled rockabilly and psychobilly acts lined up this Thursday, May 27 when The Sons of KD Elder open for The Chop Tops (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $8 presale or $10 at the door).
PHOTO COURTESY OF SHAKEH
SOULFUL SISTER : Singer-songwriter Shakeh plays May 27 and 28 at The Porch in Santa Margarita.
Singer-songwriter Shakeh hits Santa Margarita with two gigs this week: See her Thursday, May 27 at The Porch Songwriters at Play Showcase, which starts at 6:30 p.m.; then again on Friday, May 28 at The Porch for a 7:30 p.m. solo show. Her "Adult Contemporary Eclectic" style "spins musical tales that take the listener on a unique journey," she said.
On Friday, May 28, at 9 p.m. in Z Club, join the members of RF8 (pronounced like R Fate) as they play rock, blues, country, and jazz, covering songs by the Beatles, Elvis, CCR, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Buffett, Warren Zevon, Van Morrison, Johnny Cash, John Meloncamp, Chuck Berry, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, the Eagles, and originals.
Boot scoot to the Cali-country sounds of Mud Thump this Saturday, May 29 at The Clubhouse (7 to 10 p.m.; $5 at the door). "Guitar, mandolin, banjo, and upright bass combine with strong harmonies to produce our California homegrown sound," said the band, who's known for its "engaging stage presence and lively originals that run somewhere between bluegrass and alt-country."
One of my favorite '80s ska acts, The English Beat, is returning to Downtown Brew on Saturday, May 29 (8 p.m.; 21-and-older; $20 presale or $22 at the door). After a hiatus from music in which front man Dave Wakeling became involved in green energy, he's resembled an incredible band and is playing his hits with the same raucous enthusiasm that made The English Beat one of the biggest acts of the New Wave era. Every time they play, the Brew is packed to the gills with an audience bouncing in unison to the sounds of "Save It For Later," "Mirror in the Bathroom," "Can't Get Used to Losing You," "I Confess," and even Wakeling's post-Beat band General Public's "Tenderness."
PHOTO COURTESY OF RF8
INVETERATE QUINTET : (Left to right) Cliff Marshall, Guy Soxman, Mark Lancaster, John Messer, and Gordon McKinley are RF8, an eclectic, mostly cover band playing May 28 at Z Club.
The 27th Annual Strawberry Festival happens this Saturday and Sunday, May 29 and 30, in a family-style event that brings together thousands of visitors and residents to enjoy activities and entertainment. This year's entertainment line-up is the biggest in the festival's history! In fact, there're so many acts I can't even begin to list them all, but here's a few: Shival Experience, Huayllipachia, Jason Farrar & Charlie Foppiano, Jody Mulgrew, Wally Barnick & Kenny Blackwell, and Unfinished Business. Visit arroyograndevillage.org/strawberry.asp for a complete schedule.
Full Moon Wine Bar and Bistro in Cayucos is hosting Glen Parrish in an "uncorked" gig this Sunday, May 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. (21-and-older; free!). "I've been the lead guitar player, and occasional vocalist, for Fresno ska band Let's Go Bowling for many years now," said Glen. "I've played many other solo performances, gigs with side projects, and studio jobs over the last 20 years. I now live in Cayucos and this will be my first solo performance on the Central Coast in nine years." Expect acoustic versions of originals and covers. "I try to keep it PG-13 rated, but it's in a wine bar after all, and I have no control of the content after a bottle or so," he added with a wink.
Devastating Karate is making another trip through SLO. "We're playing the Frog and Peach on Sunday, May 30 from 10 p.m. until closing," said member Nick Ratliff. "Should be a good party. Also, this is our first trip back to SLO since the release of our new concept album, The Awesome Depression."
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Soros Funded Think Tank Attempts to Silence Critical Journalists
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Two journalists that had been critical of the Atlantic Council, a George Soros-funded think tank, have found themselves under attack by the organization.
On Friday, thousands of emails and documents from the Macron campaign were published on the 4chan messageboard /pol/. The dump caught the attention of Jack Posobiec, Rebel Media's DC Bureau Chief, who subsequently tweeted a link to it. Soon, the journalist found himself under attack — as the Atlantic Council, a Soros-funded think tank, had named him as being responsible for the spread of the content along with WikiLeaks.
Reuters contacted Posobiec, citing the Atlantic Council, and seemingly trying to connect him to Russian intelligence.
"Jack, is this your Russian social media profile?" a Reuters reporter asked, including a link to an ok.ru profile.
"Yes, to follow my fiance. What does that have to do with Macron's emails?" Posobiec responded.
Posobiec's fiance has lived in DC for roughly six years, but is originally from Eastern Europe.
"It has been highlighted by some people on Twitter who are suggesting a connection between you and Russia's intelligence services," the reporter stated, including a link to a tweet containing the accusation from a user named Christo Grozev.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/860942933826179073
Grozev's Twitter bio claims that he has been "Catching Putimons since 2014. Gotta catch 'em all."
In March, Posobiec had shared an article by William Craddick on Disobedient Media which exposed the Atlantic Council's funding, and a previous attempt to silence journalists.
"The Atlantic Council has a troubling history of taking money from foreign special interest groups and government agencies in return for pushing propaganda to support various initiatives around the globe. The New York Times has named the Atlantic Council along with the Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic and International Studies as being think tanks which have made undisclosed 'agreements' with foreign governments. The article denounced the Atlantic Council for having 'opened a whole new window into an aspect of the influence-buying in Washington that has not previously been exposed,'" the article by Craddick explained.
Craddick went on to outline how the Atlantic Council has received funding by the Ploughshares Fund, which is funded by Soros' globalist organization the Open Society Foundation.
The journalist noted that other donors to the Atlantic Council include Ukranian oligarch Victor Pinchuk, the United Arab Emirates, Bahaa Hariri, the billionaire brother of Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri, the government of Sweden, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc., NATO, the United States Department of State, Lockheed Martin Corporation, the Ukrainian World Congress, and the Turkish Ministry of Energy & National Resources.
Interestingly, Craddick was also under attack by the organization in the wake of the Macron leaks — simply for retweeting the information.
Robert Reich ran a smear piece on me and Jack Posobiec using corrupt Atlantic Council as a sourcehttps://t.co/HcPkO1ZM8M
— William Craddick (@williamcraddick) May 7, 2017
Robert Reich published a smear piece against both Craddick and Posobiec, citing the organization as his source.
"Ben Nimmo, a research fellow with the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, said in an interview that the subsequent #MacronLeaks Twitter storm — notably in English, not French — largely began with the account of Jack Posobiec. Prosobiec is a Washington-based correspondent for the alt-right website TheRebel.media. He has written that he served, in 2016, as 'Special Projects Director of Citizens for Trump, the largest Trump grassroots organization in the US,'" Reich wrote.
Reich continued on to write that "from there, news of the Macron leaks was retweeted by William Craddick, another alt-right activist," and accused him of producing "fake news."
We spoke to Posobiec and asked him if he believed this campaign against him had anything to do with his previous tweets about the Atlantic Council's ties to Soros.
"Absolutely. These groups have operated in the open using Soros' Wall Street money to destabilize countries and overthrow democratically-elected governments for years," Posobiec told Big League Politics.
"Now that independent journalists are exposing their illicit affairs for all to see they have begun to attack us as everything from Russian influence agents to radical ISIS recruiters. They just can't stand the fact that thanks to social media we now have a way of spreading the truth that bypasses corporate-controlled media," he added.
Posobiec has now been under attack from hundreds of Twitter accounts accusing him of everything from being a hacker to treason. Unhinged social media users have even been pouring through his photographs and attempting to dox anyone pictured with him.
More of an assholist that will be extradited to France and be imprisoned. #treason
— Orange Impeacher (@OrangeImpeacher) May 7, 2017
It is Orwellian, and sinister, that journalists simply sharing information can lead to these types of aggressive smears and attacks.
The Atlantic Council did not immediately return a request for comment for this report.


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Litigation Update: Bankruptcy Judge Affirms Johnson & Johnson's Divisive Merger
by Kim Lavin | Mar 10, 2022
On February 25, after a five day trial, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, affirmed Johnson and Johnson's use of a divisive merger known as the "Texas two-step" to resolve the talc-based litigation pending against it. In his 56-page opinion, Judge Kaplan rejected the argument that the move was an abuse of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy system, stating:
"Determining whether Debtor is pursuing a valid bankruptcy purpose through this chapter 11 proceeding also requires the Court to examine a far more difficult issue—whether there is available to Debtor and the tort claimants a more beneficial and equitable path toward resolving Debtor's ongoing talc-related liabilities. For the reasons which follow, this Court holds a strong conviction that the bankruptcy court is the optimal venue for redressing the harms of both present and future talc claimants in this case—ensuring a meaningful, timely, and equitable recovery."
Judge Kaplan noted that "defending just the over 38,000 pending ovarian cancer claims through trial would cost up to $190 billion". He added further that "the Court simply cannot accept the premise that continued litigation in state and federal courts serves best the interest of their constituency" pointing to the "substantial risks" faced by plaintiffs in the tort system who have been denied any recovery at all or whose verdicts have been reversed on appeal.
J&J's use of the controversial legal maneuver, which critics claim is an attempt by the company to avail itself of the bankruptcy system while remaining profitable and avoiding ongoing litigation, dates to October, 2021 when the company created the subsidiary LTL Management to absorb its talc litigation liabilities and two days later had the new company declare bankruptcy. J&J then also sought a stay of the litigation pending against it. The Official Committee of Talc Claimants then filed a motion to dismiss J&J's chapter 11 case, alleging that it had not been filed in good faith. In its motion, the Committee stated that the purpose of the creation of LTL and its subsequent bankruptcy was to:
"protect J&J and its other valuable non-debtor affiliates. Specifically, this case was filed to shield J&J from liability for the production, marketing, and sale of carcinogenic products for decades, and to remove its valuable operating assets from the reach of a single group of creditors (the talc claimants). All of this, of course, without J&J and its operating entities having to subject themselves, and their assets, to the transparency and scrutiny of Chapter 11."
According to an amicus brief filed by more than a dozen law professors earlier in February,
"the strategy employed here—manufacturing an undercapitalized company solely to file for bankruptcy for that entity—is a novel and dangerous tactic that represents a "significant departure from the use of Chapter 11 to validly reorganize financially troubled businesses." The Amici Professors believe this strategy is a direct attack on the fundamental integrity of the Chapter 11 system, which is intended to protect honest but unfortunate debtors who are willing to subject themselves and their assets to the supervision of the Court. Solvent tortfeasors, like J&J, should not be permitted to use Chapter 11 as a tool to shield assets from the claims of their victims."
The U.S Trustee also opposed the creation of LTL, arguing that its officers and directors were not sufficiently independent of the parent company, J&J, to act in good faith.
In response, J&J has maintained that the LTL bankruptcy and subsequent creation of a settlement trust fund with $2 billion is the most efficient and equitable way to handle its talc litigation liability and ensure all claimants are able to recover.
Counsel for a number of the claimants have stated they will pursue an appeal of Judge Kaplan's ruling. At a hearing scheduled for March 8, the Judge as also stated he will consider appointing an independent examiner tasked with evaluating J&J's corporate restructuring. The litigation stay will remain in place until June 29 while the parties pursue a settlement of J&J's talc liabilities.
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Q: Filling out array with function in numpy I'm now using numpy for my assignment and I come across this problem.
So I have a function with 3 inputs which goes like this:
import numpy as np
def calculate_boundary_temperature(A,w,t):
    T_boundary = A*np.sin(w*t)

Then I want to create an array that contains the output of this function for A=50 and w=pi/20 and t=0 to t=400, interval = 1. So I tried a code like this:
A = 50
w = np.pi/20
t = np.arange(0,400,1)
T = calculate_boundary_temperature (A,w,t)
print ("T:{}".format(T))

Then I expected an array with 400 inputs in it but the actual output is like this:
T: None

So I would like to ask how should I code to get the list I wanted? I'm not familiar with programming so I'm sorry if that's actually a simple mistake. Thanks in advance for all your assistance.

A: You forgot to return the value from the function. Try this:
import numpy as np
def calculate_boundary_temperature(A,w,t):
    T_boundary = A*np.sin(w*t)
    return T_boundary

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Lingo Media Ranks No. 346 on the 2016 PROFIT 500
PROFIT and Canadian Business Unveils 28th Annual List of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies
TORONTO, ON–(September 19, 2016) – Lingo Media Corporation (TSX VENTURE: LM) (OTCQB: LMDCF) ("Lingo Media" or the "Company"), an EdTech company that is 'Changing the way the world learns English' through innovative online and print-based technologies and solutions, is pleased to announce that Canadian Business and PROFIT ranked Lingo Media No. 346 on the 28th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies. Published in the October issue of Canadian Businessand at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their five-year revenue growth.
Lingo Media made the 2016 PROFIT 500 list with five-year revenue growth of 148%.
"Companies become a part of the PROFIT 500 through innovative thinking, smart strategy and sheer grit," says James Cowan, Editor-in-Chief of PROFIT and Canadian Business. "These firms demonstrate what Canadian entrepreneurs can achieve, both at home and across the globe."
Michael Kraft, President & CEO of Lingo Media, stated, "Lingo Media is honoured to be on the PROFIT 500 ranking. This achievement reflects the strength of both our team and our proprietary technology and solutions. We are focused on growth through the deployment of our unique and innovative digital English language learning solutions for students and professionals in emerging markets. In countries such as Columbia, Peru and Mexico, we have only begun to scratch the surface of the overall market opportunity."
About PROFIT and PROFITguide.com
PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success is Canada's preeminent media brand dedicated to the management issues and opportunities facing small and mid-sized businesses. For 34 years, Canadian entrepreneurs across a vast array of economic sectors have remained loyal to PROFIT because it's a timely and reliable source of actionable information that helps them achieve business success and get the recognition they deserve for generating positive economic and social change. Visit PROFIT online at PROFITguide.com.
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Founded in 1928, Canadian Business is the longest-serving, best-selling and most-trusted business publication in the country. With a total brand readership of more than 1.1 million, it is the country's premier media brand for executives and senior business leaders. It fuels the success of Canada's business elite with a focus on the things that matter most: leadership, innovation, business strategy and management tactics. We provide concrete examples of business achievement, thought-provoking analysis and compelling storytelling, all in an elegant package with bold graphics and great photography. Canadian Business — what leadership looks like.
About Lingo Media (TSX VENTURE: LM)(OTCQB: LMDCF)
Lingo Media is a global EdTech company that is 'Changing the way the world learns English', developing and marketing products for learners of English through various life stages, from classroom to boardroom. By integrating education and technology, the company empowers English language educators to easily transition from traditional teaching methods to digital learning.
Lingo Media provides both online and print-based solutions through two distinct business units: ELL Technologies and Lingo Learning. ELL Technologies provides online training and assessment for English language learning, while Lingo Learning is a print-based publisher of English language learning programs in China.
Lingo Media has formed successful relationships with key government and industry organizations internationally, with a particularly strong presence in Latin America and China, and continues to both extend its global reach and expand its product offerings.
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On complete multipartite derangement graphs
Andriaherimanana Sarobidy Razafimahatratra University of Regina, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3542-9160
Derangement graph, cocliques, Erdős-Ko-Rado theorem, Cayley graphs
Given a finite transitive permutation group G≤Sym(Ω), with |Ω| ≥ 2, the derangement graph ΓG of G is the Cayley graph Cay (G,Der(G)), where Der(G) is the set of all derangements of G. Meagher et al. [On triangles in derangement graphs, J. Combin. Theory Ser. A, 180:105390, 2021] recently proved that Sym(2) acting on {1, 2} is the only transitive group whose derangement graph is bipartite and any transitive group of degree at least three has a triangle in its derangement graph. They also showed that there exist transitive groups whose derangement graphs are complete multipartite.
This paper gives two new families of transitive groups with complete multipartite derangement graphs. In addition, we prove that if p is an odd prime and G is a transitive group of degree 2p, then the independence number of ΓG is at most twice the size of a point-stabilizer of G.


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The end of austerity? Don't bank on it, just yet.
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Autumn Budget 2018 Follow-up
Yesterday's Autumn Budget, delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, provided 'tricks and treats' in equal measure. It was met with a mixed response from the public, politicians, and the business community alike, with many saying the country's higher earners were the real winners.
There was some good news in the Budget including:
* An increase to the personal allowance, with the threshold rising from £11,850 to £12,500 in April 2019. This is a year earlier than was originally planned and will provide a welcome boost to those on low incomes, especially the low-paid self-employed.
* A rise in the income tax threshold for higher paid workers. The point at which people will start paying the higher 40% tax rate will rise from £46,350 to £50,000 in April 2019. This is slightly different in Scotland, due to Scotland's devolved powers, click here for further information about Scottish Income Tax.
* Fuel Duty has been frozen for the ninth successive year, which will help to further stimulate investment in growth by businesses.
Freezing fuel duty benefits the economy through increased investment and spending by businesses (especially retailers and transport firms), which generates enough in extra VAT and income tax receipts that it covers the loss of tax income created by the freeze.
* The National Living Wage will also rise to £8.21 per hour in April, from the current £7.83 per hour.
Any help for borrowers?
With interest rates remaining very low, it is still a good time to borrow, but don't expect it to last. There has already been a slight rise in the Bank of England base rate of tax this year and a further rise is expected to follow shortly.
The government is extending the breathing space from legal action from six weeks to 60 days, for those who are struggling with repayment difficulties.
The government will also investigate a no interest loan scheme for those facing a struggle to pay for vital and unexpected housing costs. A similar scheme is already in place in Australia.
The study will take place in 2019, so it could be a while before a pilot scheme is introduced.
What about savers?
With the Bank of England base rate staying low, savers will have to wait a bit longer before they see any real benefits.
Where do the self-employed stand?
The Treasury believes that up to a third of self-employed workers using PSCs are working in the same way as employees. Because of this, the government believe they should be paying more income tax and national insurance, whether that be through their own company or by the company they are contracted to work for.
The rules were changed in 2017 for public sector workers and will be changed for the private sector in 2020 for those working for large and medium-sized businesses. The reforms are designed to stop freelancers working off-payroll so an extra £3bn in taxes can be raised by 2024.
Controversial off-payroll IR35 tax changes pushed back to 2020
Pushing the much debated and controversial IR35 tax reforms for the private sector back until 2020 does provide another year of breathing space. However, if 2018 is anything to go by, it'll also be another year of scare-mongering and heated debate.
The announced change effectively means that, even if you are self-employed, if you perform contract work for a larger organisation they will be able to dictate what your tax affairs will look like from April 2020.
So, if you are an IT contractor, or a contract cleaner, courier, or even a freelance business consultant, you could be affected by the reforms. This will leave millions of self-employed workers worrying that they need to pay more tax on their earnings. Some could see their income reduce by up to 25% and be made to pay backdated taxes.
It remains to be seen what the affect will be of the IR35 reforms to the private sector, but if you are self-employed you now have an extra year to prepare and consult with an IR35 specialist to clarify your status for IR35.
The announcement has also bought the government and HMRC and extra year to iron-out any issues, this could include improvements the CEST tool, which has been heavily criticised in the press. Whatever happens, one thing is for certain, IR35 WILL be rolled-out to the private sector whether the self-employed like it or not.
What of BREXIT?
BREXIT, as some predicted, was little mentioned in the Chancellors Budget. With key points still to be discussed and agreed by the government and the European Union, it would have been premature to make any announcements that may have become subject to change shortly afterwards.
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There was confirmation of a 1.2% rise in public spending, most of which (£20.5bn over the next five years) will go into the NHS.
There will also be a minimum extra £2bn a year for mental health services. New mental health crisis centres will provide support in every A&E unit in the country.
There will be £10m for air ambulances, plus an extra £700m will be provided for councils to care for the elderly and those with disabilities.
What else was announced?
* There will be an increase of work allowances of £1.7bn for universal credit, which would protect claimants moving to the new systems. A further pledge of £2.7bn would save millions of families £630 a year.
* A 30% growth in infrastructure spending and £30bn package for England's roads for repairs to motorways, and potholes was welcomed. With Britain's roads increasingly resembling swiss cheese, how far that money will actually go towards improving the roads remains to be seen.
* The environment will benefit from a new tax on plastic packaging which does not contain 30% recyclable material as well as £60m towards the planning of new trees in England and £10m to deal with abandoned waste sites. However, there was no new tax announced for takeaway coffee cup, but this will be reconsidered if significant progress in this area isn't made by the industry.
* A new Digital Services Tax on the established tech giants was announced for April 2020, for those businesses generating more than £500m in global revenues. The tax is currently being consulted upon, by will be made against revenues from advertising rather than against sales and is aimed at social media, search engines and online marketplaces.
Because the 2% tax will be levied on revenue it is designed not to be passed on to consumers. It could however force a rise in advertising costs to businesses.
Click here for further details about the Autumn Budget, or if you would like to know how the Budget affects you, the BBC's Budget calculator can give you an idea.
Let's not forget that Mr Hammond stated last week that if there was a 'no deal' BREXIT, the Budget would have to be re-thought. This could mean the Spring Statement becomes a Spring Budget in 2019… watch this space!
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Laws are a vital ingredient in the drive to make aid delivery quicker and more effective during disasters.
In response to Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest typhoon to make landfall in recorded history, authorities in the Philippines are implementing international recommendations that will reduce delays in the provision of humanitarian relief.
For several years, the Philippine Red Cross and IFRC have been working with authorities to develop streamlined rules and procedures for humanitarian relief, drawing on recommendations from international guidelines developed by the IFRC, as well as associated model legislation.
Richard Gordon, Chairman of Philippine Red Cross and co-author of Republic Act 10121 – also known as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act – said it was vital to ensure the goodwill of millions around the world was translated into tangible results on the ground. "There is an outpouring of support to people in the Philippines after this enormous disaster," he said. "It is our goal to be an effective link between the available aid and all the people in need, and these regulations are critical to making that happen.
Consistent with those recommendations, the Philippines is now instituting 'One-Stop Shop' teams in areas affected by the typhoon. These consist of representatives from different national and local government departments and agencies with oversight authority for the entry of humanitarian goods, equipment and transport, in order to speed up the entry of relief.
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The Limitations of Potty-Training Cows
When we talk about greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, methane from cows tends to dominate the discussion. But other waste, notably feces and urine, are also produced in staggering amounts, and can have their own damaging effects on the environment. Scientists, responding to what seems to have been a joke on a New Zealand radio show, according to the Associated Press, have actually figured out how to potty-train cows, at least to an extent.
Methane, the most dominant greenhouse gas emitted by ruminants like cows, comes mostly from belches. But cow urine is also a big deal. According to some studies, ruminants like cows "are poor nitrogen converters," meaning that between 70 and 95 percent of the nitrogen they take in through their diet is deposited in their waste. Exactly how much damage the nitrogen in cow urine is doing to the environment is a broad question that doesn't have a clear answer. It seems to vary dramatically based on breed, location, diet, soil makeup, temperature, the presence of certain plant species, and many more variables. Plus, the emissions calculations often combine solid and liquid waste, which may interact with each other but are not always present in the same place.
That all said, it is pretty well known that the nitrogen in cow urine can react with manure to form ammonia (bad), or react with soil microorganisms to create nitrous oxide (also bad) and contaminate soil through mass excretions which create "cow urine patches" (this too is bad). Nitrous oxide is an extremely efficient, dangerous greenhouse gas and agriculture is responsible for around three-quarters of the United States's emissions each year.
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The researchers involved in the study attempted something relatively simple: to potty-train cows. They did this with a classic reward system, where cows that urinated in an assigned area were rewarded with a sweet treat and those who urinated outside the area got a spritz of cold water. Within 15 days, the cows were fully capable of using the toilet area, though it's worth noting that the cows were given diuretics that prompted them to pee more often, in order to condense the experiment.
The idea of potty-training cows, though, has limitations. There's been no work on potty-training for feces, though that seems possible enough. The bigger issue is space and treatment. Pasture-grazing cattle don't have access to a toilet and are sometimes in such large herds that dozens of separate toilets would be needed. Dairy cows, though they're indoors, don't move around very much. Many dairy cows are restricted to one small area, rather than allowed to freely go to the bathroom as needed. Basically, it's hard to imagine many current livestock systems that could incorporate toilets for cows.
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Gas works will cause 'major traffic disruption' at Shepherd's Bush
SHEPHERD'S Bush Green will be closed for a month to west-bound traffic while engineers replace ageing Victorian gas pipes.
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The four-week closure begins on Monday and is scheduled to run until February 25 for National Grid engineering work.
Engineers have written to businesses and residents in the area to warn of the closures and diversions, which include a major diversion along the A3220 and A40 Westway and down Old Oak Road and Askew Road back to Goldhawk Road.
Drivers heading for Hammersmith will be redirected down Paddenswick Road. Buses and other traffic can continue to travel clockwise round the green from Uxbridge Road.
The pedestrian crossing outside Shepherd's Bush Tube station will be moved 11metres to allow pedestrians to cross the road safely. Gas supplies and trains at Shepherd's Bush station will not be affected.
Patrick Nathan, National Grid construction operations engineer, said: "These gas mains are old and they need to be replaced now to help make sure local homes, businesses and community facilities continue to enjoy safe and reliable gas supplies for cooking and heating.
"We sat down with Transport for London and the local authorities to carefully plan how we can deliver this work with as little disruption as possible.
Work was scheduled for after Christmas and January sales period to make sure it didn't have any impact on what is a very busy time for retailers.
"We'll do all we can to complete the work ahead of schedule and if we can lift the closure sooner, we will."
Councillor Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler, Hammersmith and Fulham Council's leader for transport, said the authority had already succeeded in cutting the closures from eight weeks and highways officers will inspect the site to ensure National Grid finishes on time.
For more information, visit www.nationalgrid.com
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