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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this riveting novel, Danielle Steel explores a high-profile affair that reverberates throughout an entire family, from the wounded wife to her husband—torn between two women—to the wife's close-knit sisters and their mother.
When Rose McCarthy's staff at Mode magazine pitches a cover shoot with Hollywood's hottest young actress, the actress's sizzling affair with a bestselling French author is exposed. The author happens to be Rose's son-in-law, which creates a painful dilemma for her. Her daughter Nadia, a talented interior designer, has been struggling to hold her marriage together, and conceal the truth from their young daughters, her family, and the world. But Nicolas, her straying husband, is blinded by passion for a younger woman—and not only that, she is pregnant with his child.
Nadia's three sisters close ranks around her, flying to Paris from Los Angeles and New York to lend support and offer their widely divergent advice. Athena, a jovial celebrity chef with her own TV show in Los Angeles, is leery of marriage. Olivia, a stern conservative New York superior court judge, is haunted by a shocking secret of her own. Venetia, a zany fashion designer, happily married with three kids, has the gentlest, most realistic point of view. Despite their well-meaning advice, Nadia needs to figure out what she herself thinks, and what to do next.
The Affair is about the painful journey to discover who you are, what you want, and how much forgiveness and compromise you are capable of in order to be loved. It's about finding yourself at the crossroads of life when everything is on the line. It's about the hard lessons we are forced to learn about others and ourselves. Right up until its final twist, this gripping novel is full of powerful insights about who we love, how much—and even how much we love ourselves.
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Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's bestselling authors, with almost a billion copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include All That Glitters, Royal, Daddy's Girls, The Wedding Dress, The Numbers Game, Moral Compass, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.
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Heads always turned when Rose McCarthy walked into a room. Nearly six feet tall, she was ramrod straight, and impeccably put together with faultless style, long graceful legs, and her snow-white hair cut in a chin-length rounded cap. Her piercing blue eyes missed nothing. She could terrify anyone with a few well-chosen, soft-spoken, eloquent words, or comfort and delight a young employee with generous praise. For twenty-five years, she had been the legendary editor-in-chief of Mode Magazine. Gentle, polite, supremely competent, she ran it with an iron hand, with the ultimate grace and discretion. She was known for excellent judgment, wise decisions that always benefited the magazine, her dedication, and love of fashion.
She always wore a touch of color somewhere, or an interesting, eye-catching accessory, a ring she had found at an ancient, dusty jewelry shop in Venice, a bracelet from a Moroccan bazaar, a scarf, a pin, an unusual piece of some kind. Her elegance was in her bones. She usually wore black, but then would surprise everyone with a strong color occasionally. No one could ever manage to emulate her, although they tried. No one looked as perfectly turned out as she did at nine in the morning, or any other hour of the day. She was wide awake and alert the moment she got to the office, and never stopped all day. She pushed her employees hard and expected the best from them, but she was infinitely harder on herself than on anyone else.
Her background was fascinatingly contradictory. Her father had been a much published, highly respected British historian, who had taught at Oxford. Born and raised in London, she attended Oxford for two years at her father's urging, but never liked it. Her Italian mother was a well-known expert on the paintings of the Italian Renaissance. She was from a large aristocratic family. Rose's daughters teased her that she was Italian at home and British at work. There was some truth to it. Rose's mother had been as emotional as her father wasn't. Rose had learned from them, and flourished as an only child, with love and support from both her parents. She loved visiting her mother's warm family in Rome frequently. She spoke fluent Italian, French, and English, and after two years at Oxford she had attended the Sorbonne for a year, which she liked much better. Her passion and instinct for fashion had surfaced at twenty, when she was living in Paris. She returned to London then, became an intern at a well-known British magazine, and within months London had fallen in love with an American banker, Wallace McCarthy. On an impulse, at twenty-one, she moved to New York for him, got a low-level job at Vogue, fought her way up through the ranks, and became an associate editor by the time she was thirty. Eleven years later, at forty-one, she was offered the position of editor-in-chief of Mode Magazine, and had made it the vast success it currently was. She was the soul and spirit of the magazine, and set a high standard. Twenty-five years after she took over, Mode was one of the most influential magazines in the fashion world. Its success was unquestionably credited to Rose. Her husband, Wallace, was proud of her, and always supportive of her career. Their marriage was important to both of them, rock solid and a priority for her. She was a powerhouse in the office, and a loving wife at home.
True to her British upbringing, she never said a word about her personal life at work. She rarely mentioned Wallace in the office, although he was the center of her life at home. And in the midst of her steady rise to stardom as a fashion editor, she'd given birth to four daughters who she privately admitted were the joy of her existence. She hardly ever talked about them during her daily life. She was a consummate professional, had taken a minimum of time off when she had them, and returned to the office, ready to work. When she came back from maternity leave, she was as slim and stylish as ever, with every hair in place, ready to focus on the magazine again.
Her forty-year marriage had been stable until her husband's death four years before.
Only her faithful assistant, Jen Morgan, who had followed her from Vogue and was still with her, ever knew anything about her personal life, or how truly heartbroken she was when Wallace died after a shockingly brief illness. More than ever afterwards, Rose was extremely close to her daughters and spoke to them often, but as had always been the case, when she was at the office, she was all about Mode, and nothing else. Her career had always been her passion, but it became her refuge too, once Wallace was gone. Her two lives never intersected. She had created an incredibly successful magazine, and a family of four young women who were very different, but immensely close to each other and to her. She was proud of them and the lives they led as adults.
She had always made time for her husband and their daughters, but now that she was widowed and the girls had grown up, she dedicated herself even more to her work. Sometimes it seemed as though she never left the office. She was often there when everyone else came in. An early riser, she liked getting a head start, and left the office late every night. She had compartmentalized her time for years between husband, children, and job, and now her work had her full attention and took up the lion's share of her time. She adored her daughters, but they were busy with their own lives, which she felt was as it should be. She didn't interfere with them, nor make demands on their time. She filled her days and nights with what she did for Mode. She lived and breathed the magazine, and every detail and issue had her full attention. Nothing escaped her notice.
She looked around the table on that particular May morning with a cool smile. The important senior editors were at the meeting, as well as the full creative board. She always listened to what they had to say, but Rose had the final word. If asked, all of them would have said that she was fair. She didn't impose her opinions on them, but when they heard her reasoning, they often recognized that her instincts for Mode were right. She loved it almost as a child, like a living, breathing human being, which it was to her. She didn't guess. She knew what was right for Mode, and in twenty-five years, her mistakes could be counted on one hand.
They were having an early planning session for the massive September issue they published every year. All the major fashion magazines did, but Mode's September issue was the most coveted by all. It became a collector's item every time and was as iconic as Rose herself. She was a fashion legend and everyone wanted to see what Mode was telling them about the styles for the coming winter season. Women redesigned their whole look and wardrobe according to what Mode told them about their makeup, their health, their hair, and what they should wear. Mode didn't impose anything on them. Their readers begged for what Mode had to offer. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
ASIN  :  B08817KT5B
Publisher  :  Delacorte Press (March 2, 2021)
Publication date  :  March 2, 2021
Page numbers source ISBN  :  0593395549
Lending  :  Not Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #5,688 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#122 in Sisters Fiction
#172 in Mothers & Children Fiction
#217 in Women's Friendship Fiction
Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with nearly a billion copies of her novels sold. Her recent many international bestsellers include Against All Odds, The Duchess and The Right Time. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood. Danielle divides her time between Paris and her home in northern California.
1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the time or money.
I struggled to get through this book. The writing is weak and terribly repetitive.
Disappointing in so many ways. I couldn't find a character I liked, believed or respected.
Save your $$. I wish I had.
Well Read Nana 1/24
3.0 out of 5 stars Good but could have been better, the ending was luke warm for me .
First off I'm 54 years old and a avid reader and this was my very first Danielle Steel book , I don't know how that happened but it's the truth .So I was excited to give her a try after seeing her on GMA and her and Robin Roberts discussing the read . I really liked the book but I wasn't thrilled with the ending. It's a personal opinion but I just couldn't relate to two of the sisters and spouses outcome. I don't want to spoil anything so I won't say too much. I'll just say that two important characters and their spouses had a big hurdle to overcome or not and I was enjoying this storyline and telling until the end .The ending was like a Disney movie but it didn't go with the seriousness of the beginning and middle of this well written book. I really think it's more of a personal experience but I wouldn't have excepted and ended this book with the Disney theme ending. Especially when you find out it wasn't the first time for the one spouse .I really liked the family dynamics and the the story it was just the ending that left me feeling not pleasantly surprised but unpleasantly disappointed in the characters behavior and his pass .Overall 3.75 star read .I will definitely try Ms .Steel again though for sure .
M DiGregorio
3.0 out of 5 stars BORING BOOK!
This book was boring and repetitive. Ms. Steel must quit writing books like this and expecting the readers to buy them. Her older books were more exciting and better written. The repetitive writing style she has must be changed. I know she is getting older but please quit writing books like this or retire from writing.
Karen C. Ciota
2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing
Terribly disappointing and boring. It started off so well. I thought we were going to follow Rose through her life but no, it ends being all about Nadia. I didn't care for any of the characters except Rose. I believe that Nadia was completely unrealistic. I just don't believe that a woman today, French or otherwise, would behave like that. Spoilers - I can't see any reason that she would forgive Nicolas. He was an ass and a childish one at that. He acted like a little boy who wanted ALL the toys. He didn't want to work to get his marriage back. The minute he left Nadia he ran to Pascale who was a complete waste of space. Nobody seemed to think it was awful how that baby was treated. It was very hard to finish this one and that ending totally pissed me off!
1.0 out of 5 stars Low self esteem. How stupid can one woman be?
Nasty book about a woman's life crippling codependency. Best suited for readers with low self esteem in the last century. So disappointed in Danielle Steele. Read hundreds of her novels. This is my last. What a horrible role model for this protagonist's daughters. Never once did she consider this. Her husband cheated on her twice, had a baby by one of them-gone a year-that's A-okay. Reminds me of the song " It makes no difference if you're rich or poor or if you're smart or dumb. A woman's place in this old world is under some man's thumb. So if you're born a woman you're born to be hurt; you're born to be stepped on, laughed at, cheated on and treated like dirt." An awful awful book. Avoid.
Lynn B
4.0 out of 5 stars Highly emotional
A soul-searching revelation! Danielle Steel always makes us stop and think as we read about the emotions and situations of life that she weaves seamlessly into her characters and in THE AFFAIR, we're faced with more than one person's perspective when a torrid affair is revealed that tears a family apart at the seams and leaves emotions boiling over.
New York magazine maven Rose McCarthy is blindsided when the latest topic of gossip on a potential cover model brings to light the affair her son-in-law is dragging her youngest daughter through in Paris. She and her other three daughters quickly rally around to love and support Nadia through the whirlwind her life has become.
Nadia is hearing advice from every direction but all she can really feel right now is devastation as the man that she loves with all of her heart tells her he's torn between still loving her and his addiction to the young starlet currently carrying his child. She has two small children who adore their father and she doesn't know how to break their hearts ... or if she even should.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a drama filled read with lots of emotional upheavals and several supporting characters that lend volume to the overall story.
Dorothy xxx I want to finish reading reading this booknowci want owanineed
1.0 out of 5 stars the most terrible book she ever wrote...dull, stupid...not worth the money....
DULL....stupid
CLEO N. BREEZE Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Love-Love-Love
LOVE-LOVE-LOVE
It was great and as usual I couldn't put it down. Read it all the way through. It was heart warming, suspenful at times and even cold. Showed the importance and value of family. Provided numerous opportunities for young people to learn about some experiences that family have and resolve. I loved it and didn't want it to end.
Sissel M. Østdahl
5.0 out of 5 stars Fairytale de Luxe
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2021
Don't think about this story as reality. Don't think it's something that could happen to YOU. It probably will not, unless you happen to be French.
It's a fairytale. A fairytale where anything and everything can happen - and does. Not only good things, but horrible, unhappy and sad. But you know what, I would rather read about all this misery when it happens in beautiful surroundings, to people with lots of money. People who own a chateau in Normandie, always go 1st class when they are flying, go for weekend trips to New York, LA, London, Rome, The South of France and stop over in Paris to shop at Chanel.
In these fairytales the women are gorgeous and stylish. When flying they wear clean white jeans, t-shirt, white denim jacket and ballet flats. Out to dinner somewhere chic, they are stunning in simple black and pearls with just a hint of makeup, or no makeup at all since they don't need it (a bit irritating, but ok).
I shall not tell you about either the misery or a happy ending. There are lots of both good and bad within this frame of neverending luxury. But it sure is a joy to read about satin, silk and Hermés sandals. One simply does not wear anything but designer in a book written by Danielle Steel, the Queen of Fairytales.
I love it. Love her books. The luxury, the beauty, the houses in the Hamptons and the apartments in the 7th arrondissement or with a view to Central Park. I could tell you more but my housekeeper is off today and the sitter is near a nervous breakdown, so I have to end here.
PS) Do buy the book. It's out of this world. "Pure love. Pure Steel."
Olwen Dawn
5.0 out of 5 stars Usual high standard by Danielle
As usual a good story from Danielle. I have read everyone of her books. I read this one in almost one sit in. Good escapism needed at this time. Always a happy ending which is important to me.
Kindle Customer Steph
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read kept me riveted
This book as normal is written well and the story line keeps the reader glued to the page
I am and have been s can for many years
Rita Pearl Hubert
5.0 out of 5 stars The Affair
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2022
Loved this book, as always Danielle Steel sets the story line in France and the US. Loved the story line about all the daughters life's. Nice ending.
jules king
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2021
Brilliant brilliant , lovely story thoroughly enjoy it , keep them coming Danielle another amazing read , lovely escapism in these troubled times😀😀😀😀😀


The "Pensacola Bay Concert Band Across America" concert will focus on patriotism and Americana. B. T. Washington High School's NJROTC program will open the concert with the presentation of the colors, followed by the band playing the national anthem. Music representing various regions of our country (the South, the Northeast, the West, the Southeast, the Southwest and the Midwest) will be presented with corresponding visual images and scenes of each region. Musical selections will include Shenandoah's Simple Gifts, the San Fran Pan Am March, Sedona (Arizona), Songs of Old Kentucky, Valley Forge March, and the like.
Founded in November of 2014, the Pensacola Bay Concert Band (PBCB) started with a wish, prayer, and nine (9) musicians. Our Band focuses on adults who may have played an instrument in school, but have not had the opportunity to play with an organized group in many years. Now at 90 members who range in age from 18-80, the Band provides music as an art form and a no-cost cultural activity for the community and visitors.


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Campo de Cahuenga: Overlooked Landmark
February 28, 2019 by Eleanor Boba
This undated postcard in the Security Pacific National Bank Collection, labelled "Fremont house, Hollywood, Cal.", purports to show the original adobe on the grounds of Campo de Cahuenga in North Hollywood, with Cahuenga Peak behind it. Security Pacific National Bank Collection, #00070855. Photographer, M. Rieder Studio.
Nestled at the juncture of North Hollywood, Studio City, and Universal City, at the north end of the Cahuenga Pass, sits a small fenced-in heritage park. Campo de Cahuenga is in the care of Los Angeles Recreation and Parks in partnership with the Campo de Cahuenga Memorial Association. It is believed to be the location of the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga (otherwise known as the Capitulation of Cahuenga), a landmark event in the history of California. The treaty, which ended hostilities between American armed forces and the resident "Californios," was signed 172 years ago, January 13, 1847, long enough past to make memories hazy. It effectively made the Mexican state of Alta California a military-ruled territory of the United States and, three years later, a state.
The Significance of the Treaty
Folks like to refer to the Campo as "The Birthplace of California." However, there is much more to the tumultuous history of the Golden State. Prior to the treaty signing, the territory that is now the state of California had endured decades of shifting claims of authority: Spain until 1822, Mexico from 1822 to 1847. Russia established a short-lived colony at Fort Ross in northern California. Of even shorter duration was the California Republic in northern California, the dream of a ragtag band of American settlers with support from John C. Frémont and his soldiers. This "Bear Flag Republic" lasted 25 days in the summer of 1846. And let us not forget — for six days in 1818, the town of Monterey sat under an Argentine flag! All of these authorities ran rough-shod over the rights of the indigenous populations.
The story of the Bear Flag Republic speaks to the character of Frémont , one of the most famous men in both the history and mythology of the American West. By all accounts, Frémont was an ambitious man who saw himself as a major player in the future of California and perhaps the nation. He had burnished a reputation as an explorer, surveyor, Indian fighter, and man of destiny, specifically manifest destiny. In 1846 he was asked to bring his motley crew of mountain men, freebooters, and Native Americans into the fight for control of California.
Frémont is pictured here late in life standing next to a giant redwood tree, the so-called Frémont Tree. A legend that Frémont encouraged has it that he and a group of his men took shelter in the burned-out roots of this tree during a driving rain storm in 1846. The tree still stands in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County. Security Pacific National Bank Collection, #00043846, undated.
The second man in our story is Andrés Pico, the brother of Pío Pico, the last governor of Mexican-controlled Alta California. Andrés Pico led the last stand of the Californios in Los Angeles. As Frémont and his California Battalion closed in from the north, and the American military commanders Stockton and Kearny approached from the south, Pico made the decision to surrender to Frémont , expecting greater leniency from that quarter than what had been rumored to be in store for him and his men from Stockton and Kearny. Through fast-riding intermediaries the outlines of a peace plan were sketched out and an appointment made to meet at "a deserted rancho at the foot of Couenga [sic] plain." (Edwin Bryant journal) The rancho in question was a property connected to, though some distance away from, the Mission San Fernando Rey, where Frémont and his men were encamped.
A studio portrait of Andrés Pico. Security Pacific National Bank Collection, #00043874, undated, likely 1870s.
A Woman's Touch?
Much has been made of the story of Bernarda Ruiz de Rodriguez, a widow living in Santa Barbara when Frémont and his men trudged into that town at the very end of 1846 on their way to Los Angeles. In Frémont's memoirs, written forty years after the fact, he mentions that a woman "of some age" (she was 42) came to him and advised him to be lenient in his dealings with the Californios he was sure to conquer.
"In the interview I found that her object was to use her influence to put an end to the war, and to do so upon such just and friendly terms of compromise as would make the peace acceptable and enduring."
Frémont gives the lady some credit in persuading him to act graciously toward the soon-to-be vanquished. He goes on to write, "Here began the Capitulation of Couenga [sic]."
Historians and journalists have latched onto this anecdote, adding much detail both possible and decidedly unlikely: Bernarda has been credited with everything from swaying Frémont from leveling the town of Santa Barbara to personally dictating the terms of the Treaty of Cahuenga. Many versions of the story have Bernarda traveling with Frémont and his men to Los Angeles and witnessing the signing of the treaty. This writer has yet to find evidence to back up this assertion in the primary sources.
An early hand-drawn map of Campo de Cahuenga, showing the as yet unchannelized Los Angeles River, the Camino Real running diagonally from top to bottom, meadows (llanos), and a field of chamisa plants, sometimes called rabbitbush, a yellowish flowering plant which may have provided fodder for cattle. Security Pacific National Bank Collection, #00031280.
Whether or not Bernarda was present in body at the signing of the treaty document, she was there in spirit. The terms agreed upon by both sides that rainy Wednesday were quite generous to the vanquished. They were to be allowed life, liberty, and property, as well as the right to remove themselves from the territory should they wish to. They would, of course, have to forfeit their weapons and swear off further violence.
The Treaty, or Capitulation, of Cahuenga was remarkable in that it had no official sanction from the superiors of either side, yet it was generally accepted and even became the model upon which the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the pact that officially ended the wider Mexican-American War in 1848, was based.
The Significance of the Campo
Campo de Cahuenga is one of the lesser-known landmarks in the Los Angeles basin. Nonetheless the site offers a wealth of historical and archaeological significance. What was an abandoned structure at the time of the treaty signing continued to weather away until it was completely demolished in the 19-teens to make way for Universal City. It has been the site of a number of archaeological excavations, beginning with the efforts of a group of high school students in 1931 who uncovered a portion of foundations and some floor and roof tiles, enough to establish a rough approximation of the forgotten adobe and to qualify it for landmark designation by the State of California in 1935. A few years later the City of Los Angeles built a replica structure on what they believed was the footprint of the adobe. This structure and surrounding gardens were made available for use by the community.
This photo from 1928 shows the city-built walls surrounding a small memorial park. The original adobe structure of the Campo was long gone at this time, but a new structure was built about 1950 to serve in its stead. Security Pacific National Bank Collection, #00032431.
Sixty years later progress on a Los Angeles Metro project was halted when digging uncovered additional flooring materials under the street and sidewalk outside the new Campo gates along Lankershim Boulevard. Professional preservation practices were called into play resulting in the excavation of the original footprint of the adobe running crosswise to the re-imagined structure. These efforts uncovered artifacts of both Native American and Mexican/Californio origin.
Today, while the original foundations have been re-buried, one may see the outlines of the adobe walls adjacent to the reconstructed building and extending out onto the boulevard! An iconic bell-shaped markers identifies the spot as a location on El Camino Real, the original dusty road that connected the California missions and their growing communities.
Mrs. A.S.C. Forbes, the "Mother of the Campo." Mrs. Forbes was a well-known advocate of preservation of California mission-era structures. She is credited with tracing the route of El Camino Real, the road that linked the California missions. She is sometimes known as the "Bell Lady" for designing and installing antique-looking bells along the route of the Camino, including at the Campo de Cahuenga. Her influence is credited for preservation and interpretation of the Campo site. Security Pacific National Bank Collection, #00043839, undated.
One of the famous El Camino Real bells, designed by Mrs. Forbes, marks the site of Campo de Cahuenga. Herman J. Schultheis Collection, #00010012, c. 1937.
Although not well known to the general public, Campo de Cahuenga has been popular with a number of civic and heritage-minded groups in the San Fernando Valley area. A sampling of photos from the Los Angeles Public Library gives us a peek at the many happenings that have taken place at the Campo over the decades.
For many decades, the Campo de Cahuenga Memorial Association has held an annual re-enactment of the treaty signing at the adobe. Here James M. Sutton, left, of the Los Angeles Parks Department, and Geoge E. Shipley of the Memorial Association dust off the plaque on the in preparation for the event in 1963. Valley Times Collection, #00114275. Photographer, Bob Martin.
The Pan-American Friendship Club, North Hollywood chapter, celebrates Mexican Independence Day in 1957. The man standing at left is a representative of a Mexican airline, probably Mexicana. Valley Times Collection, #00124747.
A meeting of the San Fernando Valley Historical Society takes place at Campo de Cahuenga in 1959 with musical entertainment by Rudolph M. Garza. A plaque commemorating the treaty signing can be seen on the wall. Valley Times Collection, #00133101. Photographer, William H. Wilde.
The Daughters of the American Revolution, Peyton Randolph chapter, learn to duck and cover from Major William Koons, an Armed Forces Information Officer. The news article accompanying the photo was entitled "Learns atomic test lore." Valley Times Collection, #00141406, 1957.
Ingrid Goude, a 19-year old starlet from Sweden, demonstrates how to re-set your sundial for the end of daylight savings time, September 29, 1956. Ms. Goude went on to find fame, of a sort, as the star of "The Killer Shrews" in 1959. Valley Times Collection, #00143191.
The Kappa Delta Sorority Alumnae Association, San Fernando Valley chapter, held Easter egg hunts at the Campo during the 1950s. This photo appears to be staged for publicity of the event which was to be the next day. Valley Times Collection, #00142142, 1955. Photographer, Dave Siddon.
Sculptor Henry Van Wolf presents a scale model of a proposed sculpture commemorating the Cahuenga Treaty signing to women representing the San Fernando Valley Historical Society and the North Hollywood Women's Club. Van Wolf offered to create a full-scale monument for display at the Campo at his cost. It does not appear that the work was ever carried out. Efforts to interest the federal government in a national park at the site foundered. Valley Times Collection, #00133104, April 3, 1965. Photographer, Gordon Dean.
Sources consulted for this essay include Memoirs of My Life and Times by John C. Frémont (1887); What I saw in California, the journal of Edwin Bryant (1848); The Private Journal of Louis McLane, U.S.N., 1844-48; Bear Flag Rising by Dale L. Walker (1999); Old Spanish Santa Barbara, From Cabrillo to Frémont by Walker A. Tompkins (1967); "Doña Bernarda Ruiz de Rodriguez, Santa Barbara's Forgotten Heroine" by William G. Lockwood, in Ancestors West: Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society, Fall 2009/Winter 2019; "San Juan to Cahuenga: The Experiences of Frémont's Battalion" by William H. Ellison in the Pacific Historical Review, August 1958; "When the System Works, The Campo de Cahuenga," by Roberta S. Greenwood, in the Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly, Spring and Summer 2002; the website CampodeCahuenga.com;
Categories Local History Tags A.S.C. Forbes, Andres Pico, Bernarda, Bernarda Ruiz de Rodriguez, Cahuenga, Campo de Cahuenga, Capitulations of Cahuenga, Forbes, Fremont, Henry Van Wolf, John C. Fremont, Pico, Ruiz, Treaty of Cahuenga
Far and Near: Images of Chávez Ravine
October 28, 2017 August 17, 2017 by Eleanor Boba
Housing Authority Collection, Image #00031398, 1952. Leonard Nadel, photographer.
Once upon a time there was a Los Angeles area called Chávez Ravine, a tightly knit group of three small neighborhoods made up largely of Mexican-Americans families and a few Caucasian bachelors. They farmed garden plots, raised chickens and goats, shopped at a local bodega, and attended mass at at Santo Niño Church. There was a tortilleria and a woman who sold nopalitos. The children attended nearby Palo Verde Elementary School.
Goats grazed on the hillsides.
We raised chickens, rabbits, goats. We used to take the goats up the hill when the mama goat had little babies, so they could run around. We'd take formula in a bottle with a nipple and we fed them in the hills. We had a lot of good times. (Sally Anchondo)
Weddings were celebrated.
When I got married I walked all that street of La Loma in my bridal gown and veil. I was an outsider, but it was like a family. Everybody came to the wedding. Everybody ate. They all knew each other. That night I was so tired I went into the home of one of his aunts. The women helped me with my dress and put me to bed so I could rest for the dance. And when they were looking for me, "Where's the bride?" She was asleep in the house of someone she didn't even know! That's how people were. (Delia Aguilar)
Bridesmaids and best man at a wedding party in Chávez Ravine, Shade of L.A.: Mexican American Community, Image #00002754, 1929.
Children played in the dirt streets.
It shows the way we used to live. Kids nowadays, they wouldn't let them play like that. People were rougher then, even the kids. (Reyes Guerra)
Housing Authority Collection, Image #00033702, 1949. Don Normark, photographer.
The neighborhood overlooked, and was overlooked by, downtown Los Angeles, one mile to the south.
View Finders
Chávez Ravine found itself in the eye of the photographer several times for a variety of reasons.
Gilbert Rosales and his grandmother, Doña Martina Ayala, head to the family store where she sold chickens, home-made Mexican cheese, beans, and household essentials. Housing Authority Collection, Image #00033701, 1949. Don Normark, photographer.
Don Normark (1928-2014) stumbled onto the communities of Chávez Ravine in 1949 as a young photography student:
I was looking for a high point to get a postcard view of Los Angeles. I didn't find that view, but when I looked over the other side of the hill I was standing on, I saw a village I never knew was there. Hiking down into it, I began to think I had a found a poor man's Shangri-la. It was mostly Mexican and certainly poor, but I sensed a unity to the place, and it was peacefully remote. The people seemed like refugees — people superior to the circumstances they were living in. I liked them and stayed to photograph. I didn't know it at the time, but I was in Chávez Ravine. (Don Normark)
Of Normark's hundreds of photos, five were displayed in a1950 exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A few made their way into the files of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA). The rest were largely forgotten for many decades
In the mid-1990s, Normark returned to Los Angeles, this time seeing out the desterrados (the uprooted) from Chávez Ravine and collecting memories spurred by his photographs. The result was a 1999 book and a 2004 documentary narrated by Cheech Marin, both titled Chávez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story. In 2013 his photographs were included in an exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum titled "Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990."
The Navarro family, Housing Authority Collection, Image #00033696, 1951. Leonard Nadel, photographer.
Leonard Nadel (1916-1990), a freelance photographer and journalist, was hired by HACLA in the late 1940s to document neighborhoods under consideration for housing projects. In the years 1950 to 1952, just on the heels of Normark, his work brought him to the neighborhoods that made up Chávez Ravine where he photographed both the structures and the people. Nadel went on to some fame documenting the Bracero Program for the Ford Foundation. His photos were featured in a 2009-2010 exhibit at the National Museum of American History titled " Bittersweet Harvest."
It should be noted that HACLA used the photos of both Nadel and Normark to promote its agenda — captioning them with buzzwords such as "slum," "derelict," "country-like," "run-down," and "ramshackle."
Veteran William Nickolas with three of his six children in a home he and his wife share with her parents. Housing Authority Collection, Image #00062033, n.d. Leonard Nadel, photographer.
Residents of several low-income communities meet with L.A. Mayor Norris Paulson (at left) urging him to reverse the plans of the housing authority to raze their homes. In fact, Mayor Paulson worked to scale back the plans for housing projects, but too late to save Chávez Ravine. Herald-Examiner Collection, Image #00055873, July 20, 1953.
Remove and Replace
The post-war urban planning models called for slums to be cleared and replaced with planned communities of towers and garden apartments. The well-intentioned proposals of the urban planners often faced off against established, if indeed ramshackle, communities. The fight between social reformers and advocates of the status quo is one that continues today.
In July 1950 HACLA announced plans to build several housing projects in neighborhoods throughout the city, including Chávez Ravine. The 300-plus families inhabiting the hillsides were mailed notices, in English, informing them that they would need to sell their properties to the city or they would be taken by eminent domain. They were told they would be first in line for the new units once built.
Most families chose to comply after some initial protests proved ineffectual. People packed up and moved out; bulldozers moved in. By 1953 only a couple of dozen families remained on the dusty hillsides.
A man identified as "Julian" bids farewell to his friends in Chávez Ravine. Herald-Examiner Collection, Image #00041360, May 14, 1951.
The Hold-outs
But things were not so simple. Over the next several years plans for model subsidized housing faced a backlash from social conservatives, who, in the McCarthy Era, saw "creeping socialism" in them. Ultimately, housing projects across the city were scaled back and the plans for Chávez Ravine scrapped.
But the city still owned the bulk of the land. The death-knell for the dying community came in 1959 when the city handed the area over to the Brooklyn Dodgers for a new baseball stadium in a complicated business deal which brought the team to Los Angeles. The last few families in Chávez Ravine were sent eviction notices. Even then, a few tried to hold out. Led by the Arechiga family, they vowed to fight to the bitter end, leading to a field day for area reporters and photographers who sensed a cause célèbre.
On Friday, May 8, ("Ocho de Mayo"), residents, along with their pets and belongings, were roughly removed from their dwellings as TV cameras rolled and cameras snapped. Even as bulldozers arrived to level the remaining homes, a number of neighbors camped out in makeshift tents from where they had to be evicted a second time. The story was picked up by the A.P. wire service under the headline "Dodger Victims."
L.A. County Sheriff personnel carry Aurora Vargas-Arechiga from her home, May 8, 1959. Herald-Examiner Collection, Image #00041424.
News crews thronged the hill to document the eviction. Note the doghouse from where the Arechiga's chihuahua was evicted. Herald-Examiner Collection, Image #00041423, May 8, 1959.
Members of the extended Arechiga family and supporters camped out on the property for a number of days following eviction. Herald-Examiner Collection, Image #00050956, May 8, 1959.
After leaving, it was sad going back to visit. There were fewer and fewer places. Bulldozers working and trucks hauling stuff away. Weeds growing, streets going to hell. Abrana Arechiga, still holding out, would yell at us out her window, "What are you doing here? You abandoned us." (Lou Santillan)
Herald-Examiner Collection, Image #00081495, 1959.
Fade-out
Today the tale of Chávez Ravine is seen as a classic case of "urban removal," albeit one with a twist. Four months following the final evictions, a groundbreaking was held, not for new housing but for a 23-million dollar stadium. As the hillsides were leveled for the stadium, nothing was left of the communities that had once occupied the land; even the street names were erased, the school building buried under tons of fill. Only the name, Chávez Ravine, survives as an access road to the stadium and in an occasional dateline about baseball.
Dodgers owner Walt O'Malley displays a ceremonial groundbreaking shovel with the words "Dodgers: Chávez Ravine." Herald-Examiner Collection, #00055863, 1959.
All quotations taken from Dan Normark, Chávez Ravine, 1949: A Los Angeles Story (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999).
"Chávez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story," video produced by Jordan Mechner, Bullfrog Films, 2004.
Elaine Woo, "Don Normark, who photographed Chávez Ravine residents, dies at 86," Los Angeles Times, June 11, 2014.
Nathan Masters, "Chávez Ravine: Community to Controversial Real Estate," KCET.org, L.A. as Subject, September 13, 2012.
AP Wire Service, "Dodger Victims: Homeless Huddle at Campfires," May 9, 1959.
The Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection.
Categories Local History Tags Chavez Ravine, Dodger Stadium, Don Normark, HACLA, Leonard Nadel, los angeles housing projects, mexican-american traditions, public housing

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'Black Lightning' Recap and Review: "Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues"
Kira McCall October 21, 2018 'Black Lightning' Recap and Review: "Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues"2018-10-21T09:53:22-04:00 Entertainment, Recent Posts, TV Shows 1 Comment
This week on Black Lightning, the Garfield community reacted to Jefferson's decision and the green light babies had the city even more on edge while Anissa and Jefferson didn't see eye to eye. The second episode of season two, "Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues" showed us Tobias' displeasure with Khalil for not properly backing up Cyanide, leading to her death. At the ASA lab, one of the teenagers in the pods woke up and inadvertently killed one of the scientists and woke up one of the other teenagers before dying. After being asleep for thirty years, the other teen was out of it and afraid. She used her powers to break the wall and escape.
Gambi explained to Jefferson that the teen's name was Wendy Hernandez and he had "recruited" her thirty years ago after she graduated. She could control wind and up it to hurricane levels. While Lynn was put in charge of Issa, whose powers caused his sister to reveal that she didn't want to take care of "a zombie", Anissa and Jen rejoiced in the fact their parents could be getting back together before Jen encouraged her sister to find someone for herself.
That night, Anissa went to a small concert and ended up hooking up with the musician, Zoe B., who was played by Andy Allo. In the morning, she quickly left while Napier tried to get Jefferson to play nice when he revealed that his replacement was a white man. He wanted Jefferson to speak positively to fight the backlash guaranteed to come from students and parents. As Anissa and Jefferson suited up together for the first time this season, Khalil paid Jen a visit. His presence made her powers act up and she sent him away before he could see them.
Elsewhere, Tobias went to see Marsellus, an old friend to tie up loose ends by killing him. Across town, Black Lightning and Thunder were on the trail of Wendy. After absorbing electricity from downed power lines and moving debris, Anissa took a bow and started high-fiving the witnesses around them, which annoyed her dad. When Lynn brought Issa home for dinner, his powers made everyone tell the truth, venting their anger at each other. As everyone took a moment to recuperate, Jen figured out that Issa's powers only worked if he made eye contact. The two teens were able to have a less stressful bonding moment on the roof.
The next day, Jefferson was able to get Wendy to come back to herself by shocking her and Lynn revealed to Issa that he could either go in a pod while they worked to find a cure or live with the time he had with his family at the first of him dying at any time. Anissa went to a party with Zoe, who introduced her to her industry friends. At the same party, Grace Choi was working as a server and wasn't happy to see Anissa because she hadn't heard from her in a while. Anissa tried to say life got complicated, but Grace wasn't having it.
When Anissa found out that her dad stopped Wendy and the girl decided to go back into a pod, she was disappointed and surprised that Wendy made that decision. She was even more unhappy when Jefferson warned her about her behavior as a hero. In the last scene of "Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues", Jefferson revealed to his students that he would not be the principal when the school reopened, but simply a teacher. Seeing their role model down, the students echoed his motto back to him, leaving him with a smile.
Final thoughts on this week's episode of Black Lightning
I still can't use to Khalil's new hair, but I'm glad to see him return and act saner than the last time we saw him last season. His scene with Jen on the roof was silly only because I can't imagine that none of her neighbors heard them yelling on the roof. Seeing their dynamic only made me interested in seeing the moment Khalil learns about Jen's abilities.
It wasn't hard to figure out what Issa's power was but I'm glad he finally knows how to kind of control it. I loved the scene between Issa and Jen on the roof. One scene that carried a lot of emotional weight was when Jefferson told his students about his future role and the reciting of their motto. As for the final third of the powered Pierce trio, it's clear Anissa's personality and expression of confidence is going to have to shift this season as she gets more into living as a vigilante and how she goes about her relationships. This episode was a little slower than the premiere but still good.
I'm giving the episode an 8 out of 10. We ended things a cliffhanger last week and got no glimpse of that plot point. Where's Kara?
Black Lightning airs Tuesdays at 9 PM EST on CW
Kira McCall covers entertainment for MFST. She's a freelance writer and alum of Towson University where she studied advertising, public relations, and creative writing. Follow her on Twitter at cocovanilla45 (GirlsofManyFandoms) and kiramira_.
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I think Tobias needs a live interest; a total badass lady that'll take no crap from him!!
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The Semaine des entrepreneurs à l'école kicks off in Québec's 17 regions Français
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QUÉBEC CITY, Nov. 12, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Throughout Québec, thousands of students from the elementary school to the university level will be visited by an entrepreneur from their community as part of the Semaine des entrepreneurs à l'école. From now until November 23, hundreds of free talks will help raise young people's awareness of the entrepreneurial spirit and encourage them to take action during this first part of the school year.
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Back for a third consecutive year, the Semaine des entrepreneurs à l'école has been a clear success. In 2016, the pilot project brought together over 3 500 students and some 60 entrepreneurs in secondary schools located in five regions of the province. Last year, over 10 000 students throughout Québec were visited by an entrepreneur during the 350 talks given as part of the week's activities. This initiative is now being extended from elementary schools to university and will reach over 20 000 young people by November 23.
"These fantastic meetings enable young people to see some of the great things life has to offer and inspire them to carry out their own projects. In doing so, they engage in entrepreneurial experimentation in class, which is the second intervention lever of Education Through Entrepreneurial Spirit, a powerful pedagogical approach that has a significant impact on student development and the educational success of young people," explained Manon Théberge, President and Director General of OSEntreprendre.
"The Caisse wishes to raise awareness of the entrepreneurial culture among Québec's youth. This is why we created, in conjunction with the National Bank and Desjardins, the Semaine des entrepreneurs à l'école, which is intended for young people from elementary school to university," said Michèle Boisvert, Executive Vice-President for Business Outreach at the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. "Students must be provided with models and shown that the entrepreneurial spirit is well within their reach. I am convinced that the paths taken by our various entrepreneurs will inspire many young people."
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About the Semaine des entrepreneurs à l'école
The mission of OSEntreprendre is to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship in order to help build a proud, innovative, committed and prosperous Québec. The Semaine des entrepreneurs à l'école raises awareness of the entrepreneurial spirit among students ranging from elementary school to university by having entrepreneurs give talks in schools at the start of the school year. These speakers share their business experience with students and encourage them to carry out projects that meet needs in their communities. The Semaine des entrepreneurs à l'école, a production of OSEntreprendre and Entreprendre c'est apprendre, is an initiative of the founding partners: the National Bank, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and Desjardins. It receives support from the Québec government.
Amélie Soucy-Gauthier, [email protected] – 418-805-6550
Jean-Benoit Houde, [email protected] – 514-847-5493
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"The days of monsoon madness" ..a Blog from Srilanka
October 17, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) It was in the mid-1950s that I saw "Do Bigha Zamin" (Two acres of land) the groundbreaking, monumental and touching film by Bimal Roy that is credited with launching a new genre of Hindi films, before the name Bollywood was born. Inspired by Pearl S Buck's novel "The Good Earth", Bimal Roy located the story in Bihar with its massive poverty among the peasants ad the harsh climate that made people long for rain.
On of the most memorable scenes of that film was how the peasants came out to dance as the first rains came to break the long dry spell of parched earth. Bimal Roy was at his best with direction, with the cinematography of Kamal Bose and music by Salil Choudhury combining to present an unforgettable piece of peasant festivity enjoying the rain that brought new hope. The story took a more harsh tone later; Bimal Roy presented the suffering of peasants under oppressive landowners, and brought out the poverty of India that still remains widespread. Critics described it was an important socialist statement in celluloid.
Strangely, I was not reminded of this by the floods that have caused so much destruction in India recently, killing hundreds and making millions of people homeless. My thoughts were turned towards rain, with all the talk we now hear of the coming monsoon in the north of Sri Lanka.
It was not long ago that there so many warning the world of an imminent bloodbath in the same region of Sri Lanka. The dire warning came from UN officials ready to blab in sync with questionable aid workers, and the ever present chorus of NGO types, always ready to see the worst about Sri Lanka. The international media were ready to lap up these warnings with great glee, and were rushing their correspondents to have a dip in the vast lake of blood that was being prophesied. The concern about this bloodbath went up to or almost the UN Secretary General, with everyone at the ready to call for a prevention of this carnage, and urging a ceasefire with the….yes, bloody LTTE.
When the war ended without the much canvassed for ceasefire, and the LTTE was decisively defeated, what the world saw instead of a bloodbath, was the sight of hundreds of thousands of people, who the world was told would perish in the bloodbath, rushing to safety and security in government held areas, fleeing the bloodlust of the LTTE. In the event, there was no bloodbath as prophesied, and there were also many, especially from the UN, who denied having issued such bloody warnings. It would go down in history as the long awaited bloodbath that never took place; much to the regret of those eager to see so much blood shed, to have the name of Sri Lanka forever dripping with the blood of innocents.
Now it is the turn of the monsoon wallahs. They are all waiting for and warning about the onset of the North East Monsoon in the North, especially the Vanni. Just like those who were so eager to see a bloodbath in those parts not many moons ago, the monsoon criers are eager to see the suffering the people will have to face as the monsoon rains come down.
Monsoon strategy
This eager wait for the monsoon is not something strange. It is a continuation of the of the overall war strategy of the LTTE. The Monsoon Offensive was the biggest military thrust of the LTTE each year. The period also coincided with Prabhakaran's birthday and the Mahavir Day Speech, vowing to establish the dream state of Eelam, which would have been a nightmare to the Tamils under its thrall.
Even last year, there was much being said about how the monsoon rains would compel the security force to pull back; how it will give new strength to the LTTE and how the government troops would be bogged down in the monsoon mud. Whistle-stop and nondescript foreign correspondents were coming down to watch the retreat of government troops as the monsoon rains lashed the Vanni. But their dreams did not come true. The troops moved on, and the call for a ceasefire by the LTTE and its many paid and unpaid proxies, be they peddlers of peace or policy alternatives in Sri Lanka, or those looking to profit from pro-LTE vote banks in the West, grew louder by the day.
That was the biggest failure of the LTTE's Monsoon Offensive. It did not take much longer for it to be routed, amidst all those warnings about an imminent bloodbath that never happened. So, now we hear the new warning of another monsoon offensive. This time it comes from the do-gooders of the West, the Clinton- Miliband types; joined by the bandwagon of Big Mac eating hunger strikers in London, and similar striped friends in Toronto and elsewhere, crying out "Monsoon, Monsoon……it's surely a coming". Watch out for a London protest against the coming monsoon in Sri Lanka.
The decibel levels of the monsoon criers get louder by the day, and the newscasts on foreign networks are reporting on the approaching monsoon in Sri Lanka, outside their weather reports. It's monsoon madness that has hit the Sri Lanka watchers. People who are eager to see the IDPs in the relief centres suffer in water logged tents, as much as they hoped the troops would be stuck in monsoon mud last year. These are people who will never give up on a chance to have a bash at Sri Lanka. If you can't beat it with blood, let's bloody well beat it with rain, seems to be the thinking that's in vogue among them.
Rain is often eagerly awaited by people, who depend on it for their livelihoods. Rain can also be feared by people, who know what the forces of nature unleashed can do. But to these monsoon criers, hardly able to shed a genuine tear for the IDPs, the expected heavy rains are a weapon, just as it was for the LTTE. It's a weapon they've been waiting for several months, from the time their warnings of an imminent bloodbath went awry. They wait to reap an abundant harvest from what they hope will be the suffering of people, who have escaped the terror of their bloody tormentors. The signs are that just like those who cried out bloodbath, these will also wait in vain.
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Mumbai City braces for more water cuts .. http://ping.fm/sp3eI
`Low' advantage forfeited as rains drive into north-east
A low pressure area parked over east-central Bay of Bengal since Wednesday evening has on Thursday shifted to over northeast Bay of Bengal.
According to an India Meteorological Department (IMD) update, the `low' may already have been appropriated by a north-south trough and led to its weakening.
TROUGH PRESENT
The IMD on Thursday evening detected the presence of this trough with merely an embedded cyclonic circulation over northeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood.
The system is forecast to bring in a fresh round of fairly widespread to scattered rainfall over the north-eastern States during next 24 hours and isolated thereafter.
Now, this can only hold up the withdrawal of the south-west monsoon on retreat, delaying the arrival of its northeast counterpart or the winter monsoon over the peninsula.
Isolated to scattered rainfall activity has been forecast over extreme south peninsula during the next three days in what is identified as `withdrawal symptoms' associated with the south-west monsoon.
The humidity levels would have come down to much lower levels and the skies stay clear for four to five days at a stretch before the south-west monsoon could be considered as having withdrawn.
Meanwhile, the pan-ocean trough linking the Bay of Bengal, the South China Sea and the west Pacific was evident on Thursday jointly held to place by a `low' each in all seas.
NEXT WINDOW
With the latest `low' having been accounted for by the north-south trough, the Bay would need to look for the next `window' for precipitating the north-east monsoon.
No model indicated the formation of a helpful circulation, though the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Centre of the US Navy expected the Bay circulation to track towards Sri Lanka, only to be stymied by opposing flows from the north-west.
The IMD streamline graphics on Thursday showed no evidence of the south-westerly flows over the peninsula; in fact, weak north-easterlies were on display, presumably not strong to trigger seasonal rains.
The IMD maintained the outlook for the arrival of a feeble western disturbance across the Western Himalayan region during the next three days.
On Thursday, the minimum temperatures were above normal by 3 to 4 deg Celsius over Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. They are below normal by 2 to 3 deg Celsius over parts of Indo-Gangetic plains.
No significant change in minimum temperatures is being forecast during the next two days but they are likely to fall thereafter. Satellite pictures showed convective clouds over parts of north Bay of Bengal.
An update from the Regional Met Centre, Chennai, said that rainfall was reported from a few places over interior Tamil Nadu and Kerala during the 24 hours ending Thursday morning. Isolated rainfall occurred over coastal Tamil Nadu, coastal and south interior Karnataka.
Forecast for the next two days said that rain or thundershowers are likely at a few places over Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal and south interior Karnataka.
Isolated rain or thundershowers are likely to occur over Lakshadweep, Andhra Pradesh and north interior Karnataka.
Category: IMD Report, North East Monsoon, Weather Updates
FN-MOC of the US Navy expected the Bay circulation to track towards Sri Lanka, only to be stymied by opposing flows from the north-west.
IMD streamline graphics on Thursday showed a weak north-easterlies were on display, presumably not strong to trigger seasonal rains.
Chennai - So far till Sep-09, total rainfall for this year is very scanty.. we are behind by "-79%" of the total rain we should have rcvd.
Chennai - Normal monsoon set average date is around 15-Oct... this time it'll be after 26-Oct-09.
NE monsoon:: 2007 monsoon started on 22-Oct.. after that year we are expecting monsoon after 26-Oct-09... Very late indeed.
Chennai - Local Masjid near Pallavaram has arranged a "Rain prayer" .. everyone can attend the prayer.
Chennai - Diwali day's high temperature was 34.2°C (2:54pm)
Latest satellite shot 5pm, also shows a CLEAR Diwali evening for India .. http://ping.fm/6q1og
Chennai - Astonishingly clear, Hot and dry Diwali after long years of history.
Apocalyptic Cloud Spotted Over Moscow .. http://ping.fm/6bye3
Satellite shot of CLEAR looking India on this Diwali morning .. http://ping.fm/P8Y0D
Nagercoil - Some heavy showers have already seen over north-north-west mountain regions.
Nagercoil - For the past 3 days afternoons were like NE monsoon. .. with thunder storm forming over north mountains.
Chennai - A clear day as expected.
** Happy Diwali ** from Indian Weatherman


Harry Potter Movie and Book Appreciation Group.
I hope there are also members here that somehow love both the book and the movie interpretation. This is a place where Harry Potter Fans meet and share views, whatever it is.
If you are a fan of tea, be it by the bag or by the leaf, step up and pour yourself one here!
Or maybe your preference is a piping hot cuppajoe? Lets hear your thoughts about the two substances that keep us going in life!
This is a group where discussions are all about books.
This is group where people can post what their favorite books are and where they can also post what current book they are reading.
Post about any type of book even if it not necessarily related to literature.
Stephen King. That glorious ubergeek... I cherish his every word.
For all those who like dak romance,who are fascinated by vampires and moonlight romance are free to join.In here you will find dark romance /Gothic short stories.


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KIDS RIDE FREE ON NY WATERWAY FERRIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
KIDS RIDE FREE ON NY WATERWAY FERRIES
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
New E-Ticket Makes Family-Friendly Way to Enjoy NYC Even Easier
Kids under the age of 12 ride free on all NY Waterway ferries between New Jersey and Manhattan from November 29 through New Year's Day, January 1. NY Waterway's new E-Ticket for ferries between Port Imperial in Weehawken and the West 39th Street Midtown Terminal in Manhattan makes using the ferry even easier.
Visit nywaterway.com/KidsFree for more information.
The ferry is the most family-friendly, traffic-free way for families to enjoy the best of the Big Apple lit up for the holidays with service seven days a week, including NY Waterway's low-cost weekend service between Weehawken, Hoboken and Jersey City and Midtown Manhattan's West 39th Street Ferry Terminal and the Brookfield Place / Battery Park City Terminal in Lower Manhattan.
With Kids Ride Free, NY Waterway's Your Key To The City packages, which includes discounted ferry transportation plus discount admission to top Broadway shows and NYC attractions such as the Intrepid Sea, Air, Space Museum and the American Museum of Natural History, are an even bigger bargain.
Weekday Routes
On weekdays, ferries travel to the West 39th Street Midtown Ferry Terminal from Edgewater, Port Imperial and Lincoln Harbor in Weehawken, Hoboken 14th Street and the Hoboken NJ TRANSIT Terminal, Harborside and Paulus Hook in Jersey City and Belford / Middletown in Monmouth County. Ferries serve Lower Manhattan from Port Imperial, the Hoboken NJ TRANSIT Terminal, Harborside, Paulus Hook, Liberty Harbor and Port Liberté in Jersey City, and from Belford / Middletown.
Low Cost and Free Parking
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Customer service staff at NY Waterway terminals can advise families on how to best enjoy holidays in the Big Apple.
Purchase your E-Ticket for ferries between Port Imperial in Weehawken and the West 39th Street Midtown Ferry Terminal. Download the E-Ticket to your phone or print it.
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Call 1-800-53-FERRY or visit nywaterway.com/kidsridefree for information. Information is also available on the NY Waterway Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages.
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We're an Australian owned company and we're improving the way houses are levelled. If you think of houses that are built on stumps, when the ground moves or settles, you need to go back in and adjust the levels, so you don't get cracks in your walls and make sure doors open and close properly. The traditional way to do this is expensive, takes a lot of time and requires special equipment. With our LevelMaster products have an integrated retainer nut system which means you can basically level a whole house with a single spanner.
REBLOCKING AND RESTUMPING ALWAYS ADJUSTABLE.
LevelMaster is a patented and trademarked product used on stumped buildings, predominantly houses. It is stronger, easier and faster than using traditional stumps and it eliminates the need for boilermakers in the workshop or on site. The installation speed and easy adjustment also reduces total onsite labour and installation costs.
Weld on: These are used by companies that prefer to welding to the top of the square hollow section stump whether they have in-house welders/fabricators or use they an external welding/fabrication company.
Screw on: The most popular product which is tek screwed to the top of the square hollow section stump. The tek screw process does not disturb the galforce coating as no heat is applied and the strength ratings are more than adequate for Australian conditions. Engineers will specify the uplift requirements and each tek screw can render 10KN of uplift force hence the standard 4 or 8 screw options deliver 40KN and 80KN of uplift respectively.
Why choose LevelMaster for your next project?
Traditional methods of house stumping and house reblocking require heavy hydraulic jacks, packers, lifters and complicated machinery. One person with three simple tools can easily adjust LevelMaster house stumps.
Most traditional house stumps are exposed and have a high chance of wear and rust. LevelMaster's covered stumps on the other hand have a much lower risk or for moisture ingress. LevelMaster's stump tops are fully hot dip galvanised after fabrication hence a superior life expectancy.
In the past, traditional house stumping or reblocking can take up to 3 weeks to completely level a house. LevelMaster tools can get your house level in less than half of the traditional time.
Other stumping methods can be costly to install, as they require specialist tradesmen with high ongoing costs. LevelMaster on the other hand is quick and simple to install saving on labour costs.
The maximum legal height with traditional re-stumping/ house levelling and house reblocking is 50mm. Level Master's galvanized house stumps have a max height of 120mm of adjustment due to their unique design.
LevelMaster's products are all prefabricated, not only can you rely on their accuracy and consistency. The stocks are all fully galvanised and ready to be shipped.


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Computer Support Forums Software Support Operating Systems : Microsoft Topic: Whats eating my RAM???
Hello i have 320mb of RAM on this system and ove the last week ive noticed on my resource meter that my RAM is being eaten up so much its constanlty running at like 30mb free RAM and i dont know why. Ive run all the carious spyware adware stuff and my Hijack this log is all clear. i havent installed any new software and my startup programs are very minimal. does any1 know what may have caused this problem? help?
Re: Whats eating my RAM???
This is nothing unusual - Windows will attempt to use as much RAM as it can, in case you want to (for example) re-open that program you just shut down - it will release the RAM as soon as it finds a better use for it (and yuo'll be running a lot quicker in the above case, than reloading the program/file from disk).
In short, you don't have a 'problem' - you have normal running that you've never noticed before (probably).
OTOH - there's always the possibility that you've picked up an unwelcome guest somewhere along the way - Is your Anti-virus up-to-date? When was the last time you scanned your system for spyware?? - have you updated Windows from Windows Updates (when?)??
If the answer to any of the above is longer ago than a week - or even worse, 'never', or 'duh' - then you need to take action quickly.
post back with details, and someone should be able to help.
Windows 98 does not release its memory, after you close the program the memory is still being used. A simple reboot will take care of that issue.
It all depends on what programs you have installed on your system. Are your using Norton antivirus? Norton is a huge resource hog, McAfee comes in second.
Stop all unnecessary programs from running at startup. This will help reserve your memory for when you need it.
Your Welcome, glad to hear you resolved your issue.
The point I wanted to make was that daniel would appear to have 'solved' something that was not a problem in the first place - namely the perfectly normal use of RAM by Windows.
Suxh programs are ALWAYS snake-oil - and work in such a way that they are likely to actually slow down the operation of the machine, and many of them actually can result in errors that can lead to loss of data.
Free RAM may as well be hung on the wall as an ornament - it's doing your PC no good.
Uninstall any such program before you regret it!
I beg to differ - although it's your right to stick your head in the sand.
You WILL have problems with a memory 'optimizer' installed - it's an elementary fact of life.
Windows, while it may not be good at all things is actually pretty good an managing memory - particularly in Win 98SE and Win ME (at least for Win9x systems), and plopping an 'optimixer' into the process will screw things up royally, sooner or later.
What you are seeing is the cosmetics, and not the haggard face behind the mascara.
Windows uses all the RAQM available to it - by design. Any RAM that's not available to is is worse than useless - and any RAM that is continually flushed by 'optimizers' may as well be (and is almost certainly better) hung on the wall for target-practice with a 12-bore.
However - it's your computer, and if you won't take advice from someone who's been there and done that, that's your prerogative.
I just hope you keep good backups!
Your System Tray doesn't say anything about free RAM - although an application that is within it may do - Which application???
If you're referring to System Monitor, then which exact description applies to 'free RAM'?
Perhaps you're referring to free resources?? - if so, then what yuou porobably have is spyware - running invisibly in the background (or even worse a virus).
- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.
Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the CoolWebSearch hijacker.
download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from your system.
kk i ran that mcafee thing, i got Adware pro running with the adwatch thing too, the only thing i can think of using RAM is changin my browser does IE use more resources than firefox?
Neither Ad-Aware nor McAfee can catch everything - did you run BOTH while in Safe Mode (which will catch more)??
Download Process Explorer - www.sysinternals.com - and see what it says is actually running on your system.


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Cindy Margolis to bring back Unsigned Heroes Format to Help DDF JAM Record Label Find Talented Original Musical Artists
Oct 12, 2020 | Entertainment
Margolis will team up with DDF JAM president and longtime friend John Austin Mulhern to resurrect Unsigned Heroes format
LOS ANGELES, CA, October 12, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ — The Unsigned Heroes project was originally put in place as an online radio segment in the late 1990's by Margolis, Mulhern and her manager/publicist Neil Cirucci.
It will now resurface as part of the DDF Jam Record label and Publishing LLC under the watchful eye of DDF Jam executive Ed Mero.
The DDF Jam record label and Publishing LLC was created to commemorate and honor the life of legendary Bucks County singer-songwriter Danny Degennaro, whose life was tragically taken from him in December of 2011. DeGennaro was a real life hero to many young musical artists who are looking to make it in the record business and DDF JAM will guarantee that Danny's vision and hard work will live on through his memory.
A notable music artist who was signed by Sony Music when his song was heard on Cindy's website was Howie Day. Howie Day is still with Sony music and a very successful musical artist thanks to John Austin Mulhern, Cindy Margolis and Unsigned Heroes.
In addition to keeping the memory and the music of a great talent like Danny Degennaro alive, the Unsigned Heroes format will serve to act as a sort of a springboard for other original artists to gain acclaim and recognition for their music not only locally, but nationally.
For more info. Go to www.dannydegennaro.org
For media requests contact Neil Cirucci at [email protected]
To check out Cindy's career projects
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0546776/?ref_=fn_al_nm_0
http://ddfjamsongwritingworkshops.org/record-label_publish.php
https://dannydegennaro.hearnow.com/way-too-fast
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Just a short post today as I'm knee deep in game code and really making some great progress. As discussed yesterday, I've settled on the game name Fishmonger: Arctic Adventures and the more I say it to myself, the more it seems to fit. Fishmonger itself is a pretty hilarious word come to think of it. A monger of fish. Technically the protagonist of the game is actually a fisherman, but we can safely assume he will sell the fish later.
Day seven – the halfway point – and I have a completely playable, 10 level version of the game, working on a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone and an iPhone 4. Title screen, sound effects, music and art, as well as a number of different game mechanics. That's the beauty of building games with Adobe AIR and the Starling framework. Imagine trying to do this with HTML5 – you would really have your work cut out for you – especially with the sound channels. AIR is as close as it gets to building a "Write once, deploy everywhere" solution – just a shame most people don't know about and still think Flash is a dirty word.
I've got about 2 more days on the actual game then it's time to start wrapping things up – integrating a leaderboard , creating icons and so on. I'm actually a fair way ahead of where I thought I would be. 14 full days is actually a good length of time to build a quick game. If I could do a few of these a year, I'd be quite satisfied. I'm used to building large scale projects ( sometimes up to a year in development ) so the rapid prototyping is really a lot of fun.
The next question is, how many levels can I realistically put in the game before it become too repetitive ? I'm going to aim for at least 50 ( most levels go for under a minute ) – if I implement a time-based "par" ( where faster completions get a higher star rating ) , it encourages players to go back and try earlier levels again.
I'm really looking forward to people playing the game – the plan is to sell it for 99 cents on the App store ( I'll be writing a post about this in the coming days ) so it may not be a ubiquitous hit but I truly believe games are worth at least a dollar. We must value our craft as an industry with spending money on.
Anyway, we journey on in our intrepid fishing boat!


Shimza real name Ashley Raphala, is one of South Africa's brightest young talents. "Ascendent", his 4 tracks debut E.P. on Cadenza reveals solid production skills and an innate instinct for peak-time bangers.
The opening track, "Congo Congo" is a dark ride over abysmal tom-tom drums, lively percussions and a gloomy bass lead, ignited dramatically by an ensemble of wide synthetic stabs and chords. In its "Dub- Mix", the drums and the percussion become lighter without diminishing its dynamic tension. The overall weight of the leads and the stabs is reduced, leaving more space to its intense piano and string chords and swinging sub bass.
"Shimza - Secret Melodies" starts with an obscure bass line, but the intense twist of fractioned rolls and arpeggios bring an ascending piano progression that quickly blooms into an uplifting symphony.
"Selector" is a deeper cut that keeps the gaze on the dancefloor: the incessant hand clapping and a cloud of low frequencies bumps unexpectedly drag its hypnotic harmonies into a breath-taking drop.


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Edinburgh Lectures: "Never Let the Facts Get in The Way of a Good Story: Memory, History, Authenticity and Truth", Andy Brydon
Submitted by edg on Tue, 28 Sep '10 8.02am
Last in the Edinburgh Lectures "Talking Cities" programme (2010-2011). Andy Brydon explores how people in cities create their memories, at once embedded in the past and yet lived, and living, in the present.
Looking to tease out the tensions between history, memory, truth and identity, Brydon will examine images of Edinburgh presented in film and literature, draw on the stories he has collected from British urban subcultures and consider the art he produces with photographer Andrew Brooks which is part of their current project Edinburgh: Secret City being previewed at the event.
Andy Brydon is a curator and creative producer specialising in explorations of contemporary urban cultures that challenge the traditional museum. His hands-on, immersive approach straddles the void between curator, storyteller and artist, delving into all aspects of popular culture including music, film, photography and gardening. He is responsible for the exhibitions Haçienda 25: Fac491, HomeGrown: The Story of UK Hip Hop, and Reality Hack: Hidden Manchester with Andrew Brooks.
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Apple's iPhone 14 will likely get a massive front camera upgrade
Smile if you like taking selfies.
By Stan Schroeder on June 13, 2022
The notch will probably look different from this one, too. Credit: Apple
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Apple typically makes significant upgrades to its iPhone's rear cameras with each iteration, but the front camera has been somewhat neglected over the years.
This might change with the upcoming iPhone 14, likely scheduled to launch this year. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has a new report(Opens in a new window) on Apple's suppliers for the front camera hardware. While the names such as Cowell, Genius, Alps and Luxshare probably don't mean much to most readers (these are the companies that won tenders to manufacture parts of Apple's front camera), Kuo also has some info on the new features of the iPhone 14's selfie camera.
First, the camera will have autofocus, which means sharper photos and overall better image quality. It will also have a 6-element lens instead of a 5-element lens, which will also contribute to image quality. Finally, 9to5Mac(Opens in a new window) says the iPhone 14's selfie camera will have a larger, f/1.9 aperture, an improvement over the iPhone 13 Pro which has a front camera with f/2.2 aperture. This should help you take better photos in low-light conditions.
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The last major upgrade to iPhone's front camera happened in 2019, when the iPhone 11 Pro was released with a 12-megapixel selfie shooter, compared to its predecessor's 7-megapixel camera. Since then, the iPhone's selfie camera specs have largely remained the same.
Visually, the front camera on the iPhone 14 will probably be quite different as well, with a pill-shaped cutout instead of the previous iPhone's notch on top of the display.
Previous reports indicated that the "Pro" models of the iPhone 14 will be significantly more powerful than the "regular" models, with a 48-megapixel main rear camera module. It's unclear whether this will apply to the selfie camera as well.
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Nothing shown today I have any particular interest in. Maybe E3 will be better but it looks like there is still no reason for me to purchase the system. There are only 4 or 5 games worth buying the system for and im not gonna pay $300.00 for something thats just gonna collect dust for most of the year.
Links Awakening need to be redone? I would rather have something new than a Funkopop version of a game thats 25 years old? Assassin's Creed III was an announcement. A game from last gen is announced. The nest thing announced is the second version of a level editor. I dont get it he hype, especially has mad other IP's they can make games from. Paper Mario? Donkey Kong? No where to be seen.
Lots of games but not many are new and exciting. As I said in my thread, they love making the same game over and over. I agree Jack is a clown but that is also one lame "explosion". If thats the most exciting thing in the game, its a game I would be better off skipping.
Well I mean Phil has never been known as the guy to go into a game with full knowledge of it. Most of his playthroughs is him fumbling through the game until completion. Thats kind of his thing that he's been doing for 10 years. Just because this game is YOUR favorite and you have more appreciation for the lore of Kingdom Hearts, doesnt mean everybody else should. Can't knock him for not remembering something from a game that came out almost 20 years ago. Too be honest the game drags on and on and on, way too many cutscenes, the story is both ridiculous and confusing, and even though I played most of the games I didnt even know what the hell was going on. I compare this game to McDonald's. It may look good and fill you up, but are you really satisfied? KH3 is like watching all the movies over again in short form but pressing two buttons repetitively. No challenge, and really nothing that makes it special unlike other games in the series.