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Are we ready for the new season?? I am - I have missed it these past few months. Here's Lifetime's link to the designers:
Three more days!
Are we ready for the new season?? I am - I have missed it these past few months. Here's Lifetime's link to the designers:
Three more days!
As much as I hated season 6, I am looking forward to the new season.
It has moved back to New York where it belongs, and Nina Garcia and Michael Kors are back for the entire season, consistent judging!
None of the portfolios on the show's website blew me away, but Ping and Emilio are my very early favorites.
We're having our traditional PR premier party! I'm going to serve sangria, so I decided to make it a tribute to Spanish designers like Balenciaga, Prada, and Blahnik. I have a very fabulous dress in the works -- should be fun!
Lucy, you're in the exit row of sorts. Are you physically and mentally able for the duties therein? The threadstarter for Project Runway pledges to think of clever titles, and to change up these titles at least twice monthly. Good luck!
Wow, I guess you can gauge how bad last season was by how this season snuck up on us.
Go Latin men! I want to like Emilio Sosa just for his awesome name. But also because he seems to have come from nothing. Rooting for him.
I like Jesus Estrada's past work. Dramatic and well-made. Could be a Christianesque contestant.
No beefcake at all. Boo!
Jonathan has the potential to be this season's cryer. (((( Christopher ))))
Played Jesse's audition tape, not sure why. The boy gets hammered for the awful pieces he brought ... but still makes the show. Must've needed a straight boy in the cast for the girls to pant over. (Luckily, he "is" cuter than last season's model, at least.)
No - I had no idea about the responsibility. Someone please feel free to give me suggestions of how to change the title of the thread to something cleaver. Or better yet, some witty admin has my permission to do that herself!
I never had Bravo when PR was on there, so I have no idea how different the two are, but I can tell from the posts in the last thread that followers were none to pleased with it once it moved to Lifetime. I personally really enjoyed season 6, but I didn't know any differently!
Get thee to your Netflix queue and ad Season One. A true classic.
Season 1 and the season with Santino "What happened to Annndreee?" were great!
What? There's a witty admin?
You'll be fine. Just toss in "hot mess", "tranny", "that's a lot of look", or "make it work" into a relevant thought, and forward it to whichever admin you find least mean, asking for them to do a title change for you. Should you require some help, there are ghostwriters aplenty.
So ... "make it work, Lucy, you hot tranny mess". (See how easy?)
Twinks! Trannies! Tim! Ninagahcia! Michael Kors! Heidi's shoes! Modelbots!
All back in New York where it belongs.
If you can't set a good example, you can at least be a horrible warning. ~ my dating life, in a nutshell.
Designers on one page Guess who one of the designers lists as his or her favorite designer?Whee, can't wait to see how he or she interacts.Spoiler
Models of the Runway cast Oh my, Canadian gal has the worst legs ... and the face ain't exactly making up the difference. And the face on Miss Salisbury I suppose she'll do if her designer really really wants to have an opposing view that will highlight out the beauty of his/her design?
I love that so many of them admire LaCroix. May they be equally voidy.
My suggestion for a new thread title:
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OK, second person can be the first to go.
If you can't set a good example, you can at least be a horrible warning. ~ my dating life, in a nutshell.
Atlas!!! All is right with my world.
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Since when did Obama ever consider Britain an ally? Obama´s allies are Cuba, Russia, Venezuela, China, North Korea, Gaza, and the Muslim Brotherhood. If he wants Britain to remain in the EU it´s only because he knows it weakens Britain to do so.
I´m with 2. And the Biden quote is the height of stupidity.
Oh sure, Barry is doing such a good job running the US into the ground that he wants Britain run into the ground by the EU. You can´t fix stupid.
I am glad to learn that Britain is likely to leave the European Union. In fact, I hope the whole thing breaks up. It was a ridiculous idea from the start.Obama is arrogant and ignorant and was reelected here by the ignorant, of whom we have too many.
. . . the US president looks arrogant as well as cluelessYou know the old adage, Gardiner -- looks can be deceiving... Well, this time they´re not.
Arrogant ignorant rectitude is my improvement on the author´s description. He manages to present really stupid statements with such pride in his brilliance and certainty that if there is a God he would certainly agree.
The headline says it all!
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Afro Flow Yoga Back At AlvinAiley Center
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Entertaining and inspiring showcases performed, directed, designed, and choreographed by Theatre and Dance students. Original student work encompasses a multitude of styles. Proceeds benefit theatre and dance scholarships.
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UNH CONCERT CHOIR, William Kempster conducting
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The Concert Choir will be performing Zoltan Kodaly's Missa Brevis. The Symphony Orchestra portion of the program will feature works by Lutoslawski and Tchaikovsky. Witold Lutoslawski was a Polish composer of the 20th century. His composition Little Suite for Orchestra is the composer's unique take on a series of Polish folk dances. Similarly, Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 in C minor has earned the nickname, "Little Russian", for its use of three Ukrainian folk melodies.
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Maria Sharapova serves during a 6-2, 6-2 semifinal loss to Li Na. Sharapova had lost just five games in the tournament.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Li Na used the heat to her advantage and worked No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova around Rod Laver Arena in a 6-2, 6-2 win today that put her in the Australian Open final for the second time in three years.
"Everyone could be nervous in the final," Li said. "I have to enjoy (the) tennis. Nothing better. Looking forward to the final."
Sharapova was the heavy favorite after losing only nine games in her first five matches, a record at the Australian Open since it expanded to a 128-player draw in 1988.
But the semifinal started badly for the 25-year-old Russian, who double-faulted on the first two points and conceded a break in the first game.
Li, the No. 6 seed, had the backing of the crowd at Rod Laver Arena, where dozens of red-and-white Chinese flags swirled in a light breeze, and where the temperature reached 93 degrees.
"I think she played a really great match; she was much more aggressive than I was and dictated the play," Sharapova said. "There's no reason why she can't (win the final)."
Li was the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final when she lost to Kim Clijsters in Melbourne in 2011. She had her breakthrough a few months later when she won the French Open, beating Sharapova in the semifinals along the way.
Li will play for her second Grand Slam title against the winner of a later semifinal between top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, the defending champion, and 19-year-old American Sloane Stephens.
The 29th-seeded Stephens produced the upset of the tournament to advance to a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time, beating Serena Williams yesterday.
Stephens won 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, starting to swing hard when she was down a set and a break and keeping her composure when Williams jarred her back and needed a medical timeout.
While there were surprises in the composition of the women's last four, the makeup of the men's semifinals was as expected.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will continue his bid for a third consecutive Australian title when he takes on No. 4 David Ferrer today. No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 3 Andy Murray will meet on Friday.
Djokovic had to get through a five-hour five-setter against No. 15 Stanislas Wawrinka in the fourth round. Ferrer had trouble in his quarterfinal against fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, who served for the match in the third and fourth sets before losing in five.
Federer, a 17-time Grand Slam champion, hadn't dropped serve in the tournament until the first set against 2008 finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga yesterday. He ended up with a struggle on his hands before advancing to his 10th consecutive Australian Open semifinal with a 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3 win.
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The Stratford Library will present a series of holiday concerts and film events during the month of December.
The programs include a children's choir, folk duo and the screening of a rare silent film. More information...
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Bring in your presents and a roll (or two) of wrapping paper to share and spend the evening with friends listening to holiday music, drinking hot cocoa, and munching on holiday treats and, of course, wrapping your gifts. More information...
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Exploring the use of iPads and mobile devices in education.
iPads have been hailed as unparalleled mobile devices for the consumption of media. The ability to browse the news, read an electronic book, display your photos, watch a video - these activities are all integral to the popularity of the iPad. On the other hand, iPads have equally been criticized within educational circles as ONLY being consumption devices. Many educators feel that iPads don't give students sufficient capacity to express themselves creatively.
Is the depiction of the iPad as a consumption device a myth? How are you using them in your classes? Are you utilizing iPads for creative expression ... and if so, how? What iPad apps and activities are proving most effective in your class?
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Interesting link from gizmowatch. There is a typo in the first sentence. And the comment about "access to millions of open source apps" seems a bit of an exaggeration - no? I was hoping you could offer links to real reviews of devices on the market that are half the price of an iPad.
Many of us in education are following the development of the tablet computer market closely. I believe Android devices will eventually catch up with Apple's offering - but that just isn't the case now.
Harry McCracken has a great summary of the current state of the market here.
- Jay
Brian if you can show me the easy to use tools for deploying, locking down, and managing Android tablets I'd be happy to start considering them. Favor given to those based on a GUI and as little technical knowledge as possible. "Rooting" anything is likely out of the question. How much of an additional overhead is this going to cost? I also assume that any site licenses for Apps would need to be worked out with the individual App writers, which could be a plus over Apple's volume purchase program.
The problem to me as a techie inclined person who's seen what kids can do to a fairly locked down Mac OSX environment, is how much they would be able to dig into settings and options. If that can't be locked down and a "standard" layout enforced it's a no go.
Outside those technical issue on the back end, put an Ed had on over my IT one, I inquire about interface. How complex is it to move a PDF from a web server to an annotation/note-taking app, mark it up, and then send it back. How much does a student or teacher need to understand of connection protocols? This is an area where even computer's in eduction can be quite a pain in the rear.
The biggest problem with Tablets (be they iOS or Android) is they are being built as personal devices first, institution second if at all. I've seen things like the Kineo by Brainchild and am not impressed. If the institution level tools were in place iOS is almost the right level of locked down and freedom. I'm still waiting for an Android system to peg that out of the box. I'm curious to see what Amazon has cooked up.
To Sam's over all question. I'd personally say it gets the creativity tools more directly and accessibly into student's hands. One difficulty I've had time and again doing major projects with students is keeping their files organized. The multi-step process of saving/exporting a file, picking the correct location to save, and then importing that file can quickly loose some kids I've worked with. Even written/pictorial instructions give some of the 'lower' students fits. The fewer steps and fewer possible missteps the better. If a student makes a presentation in the Keynote App it stays in Keynote. If they download an image from the internet, it stays in the Photo App. On the computer these file could go anywhere, Documents, Desktop, Downloads, Pictures. From there it will be shuffled around and even dumped into the trash. iOS takes those organizational options away for the most part.
Aside from say Flash (and with the knowledge that Rich Text is coming in iOS5) there is very little that a PC(Mac, Windows) can do that an iPad can't (again given my experience at a 1:1 computer school). There are specific issues but over all the available tools are at near parity. A K-8 student does not need a personal machine capable for doing 82,300 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second). That's what my tower is for when I capture or render high definition video. Students can write, they can draw, they can film(counting still and audio). Have the darndest time doing the last two on laptops. Makes me cringe every time their teachers have them do end of year movie recordings outside on the field.
I know Brian pointed Wacom pads, out but peripherals do not make for good school items in anything but a static lab... and then not so good. As a former student who used to use a laptop and a Wacom tablet to take notes during college science and math courses... not fun juggling the two. Would have so taken an iPad if they had been available back in 2003. Speaking as someone who has to deal with managing various peripherals at 1:1 school, nasty job. Anything that gets plugged in can be broken, cords will be tangled/crimped/cut, parts will be lost/stolen.
I think the discussion has moved slightly away from its original purpose. However, I am an Apple advocate and I can give 101 reasons why I use Apple products in my school over any other company/android devices. Here are a few:
So yes - there are other mobile devices/tablets on the market - but when we really get down to which ones can be used successfully in school as a tool for learning, but also for maintaining and ensure a successful 1:1 or similar initiative - then I would always advocate Apple. Maybe the other companies will catch-up one day?
Regardless of whether in the end it is an iPad or other tablet, there are a number of distinct differences from ed tech of the past that make them more suited. The hardware design makes them less intrusive (how many meetings have we sat through looking at our cooworkers and students over the backs of laptops?). The operating system is simplified, which at time is frustrating, but as Jeremy mentioned above, it leads to less missteps. It can better keep kids on task doing educational rich stuff rather than trying to find stuff, fix stuff or get distracted by stuff. Not to mention that before we were trying to get 1500 machines into carts and labs and not everything is in the 250-1000 range.
One of the major shifts that I see is from the special tech project to the everyday project that uses a lot of tech. For years, I have taught kids and worked with teachers and tech where the end result of our project was days away and a culminating event. We would take picture/movies, spend many hours editing etc. getting them into a final powerpoint, movie, book, etc. We would bring in stuff from the new fangled internet and spend days adding in animations or other bells. These were great and I still want to do some, but what I think is a big game changer is that when kids meet in small groups they can report back to the class backed up by a Keynote. They see something notable in their science lab experiment, they can write about it, take a quick snapshot, even markup that snapshot and then put it in their lab report. 1:1 Laptop programs have made some progress here, but laptops are more intrusive and less media usable (take a pic of your experiment with your laptop camera ...). Note taking will become more multimedia. You meet for extra help, why not record you teacher/tutor when she/he reexplains that troublesome concept to you. The most mundane things will become richer. I don't doubt that many cool things will emerge and tablets give us all sorts of new capabiblities, but there are so many basic ways in which they can help tech make education richer, more efficient, reach more learning styles,and more.
Not only are iPads consumptive devices, they are limited by the capabilities of the aps and the inability to get around Apple's control of what can be consumed. At a games for education conference, the number of developers writing in Flash gives one to understand that they see other ways to deliver. The number of ipads at the meeting from 2010->2011 seemed to be less w/laptops and net books returning w/attendees. The introduction of Android to the Nook shows the possibility of lower cost and more flexible tablet options.
Tablets are evolving but still are hammers looking for nails. Apple seems to be trying to protect its net book market while android systems seem to understand that mobile devices are becoming more flexible and interchangeable. Educators need to pause and think whether tablets are the best investment w/limited resources and then whether the iPad is the tablet of choice
We have been finding amazing uses for the iPad. For example we taught our 3rd and 4th graders about self-advocacy and their IEP's. We got the iMovie app and each student had to find a way to showcase their talent. Some did a news report, a jump rope chant or an interview. Other students made up a song, and some even played the song on the iPad. They had to say what they were good at, what was hard and something about their IEP team. It took about a month to get it memorized, filmed and done. We invited the special education director, parents and other teachers. It was amazing to see the on the kids' faces when I connected the iPad to the mimio board and they were in the brit lights. It was amazing and I learned as much as they did.
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I think the discussion has gotten somewhat off track into a debate about devices rather than the original idea of creation vs consumption.
I manage a set of 21 ipads in a primary school. They are used by all year levels and by special needs on a 'book to borrow' basis. Although the iPads were always intended as individual devices, we are making do with sharing them and still having a lot of success.
As for creation vs consumption - we are having success with both over all year levels ranging from drill and practice type apps to cement underlying skills to children creating stories, podcasts, pictures etc and sharing them via email, or using our learning management system. I think the main advantage over these devices is the ubiquitous access to information. Any thread of discussion can be followed up straight away - strike while the iron is hot! Teachers can challenge students to find the answers on the spot. Teachers can help students to personalise their learning by giving them the choice of many apps that achieve the same purpose so they can choose the one that best suits their learning style.
We are hoping to soon enter into a 1:1 program one year level at a time to take full advantage of what iPads have to offer.
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The Historic Saloons of Central California
Not even rumors of apparitions could stop a group of eager drinking companions from investigating these ghost town bars
- By Matt Kettmann
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The owner of the Pine Street Saloon in Paso Robles, California, had a problem and requested that my traveling companions and I drop by to solve it. His security cameras were picking up a presence, but was it a mere illusion or something more ghostly? With that end goal in mind, our six-man entourage embarked on what just may be the most authentic and doable old-school saloon tour on the West Coast: a journey from the damp desires of Cold Spring Tavern in the hills above Santa Barbara to the Prohibition-beating trapdoors of the Elkhorn Bar in San Miguel near the Salinas River roughly 100 miles north, with more ghost legends, dollar bills tacked to ceilings and animal heads on walls than you can point your dowsing rods at.
The Pine Street Saloon wouldn't be the only place where we'd find a use for those rods¬—lent to me by someone who claimed to have used them to rid his childhood home of ghouls years before—and the "ghost meter" purchased on eBay. Our visits to a handful of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county's longest continually ale-slinging establishments would indicate that ghost stories may be as old as the saloons themselves.
The Stagecoach Route
Our apparitional adventure kicked off bright and early Saturday, with a venison and buffalo chili omelet, coffee and perfectly spiced bloody mary at the Cold Spring Tavern, a stagecoach stop since the 1860s located in a shady, spring-fed canyon between downtown Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley wine country. Though the tavern might be most heralded these days for its tri-tip sandwiches and raucous rock 'n' roll sessions every weekend, we were drawn to the secluded collection of cabins — from the transplanted Ojai jail to the "Road Gang House" where Chinese laborers slept while carving out the then-treacherous San Marcos Pass, to the creaky-floored main restaurant and roadhouse-style bar.
Following an old stagecoach route, we made a brief stop at Mattei's Tavern in Los Olivos, only about a 15 minute downhill drive on Highway 154. Built in 1886 by the Swiss-Italian ranchero-turned-hotelier Felix Mattei as an inn and restaurant in anticipation of the coming railroad, today it is home to Brothers Restaurant, owned by cookbook authors and siblings Jeff and Matt Nichols. While spending a few minutes checking out the historic plaques and peering into the windows of the white-walled building, it wasn't hard to imagine the locally famed Chinese chef Gin Lung Gin whipping up one of his dove pies for the hungry railroaders who'd stop at Mattei's overnight during trips between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Another stagecoach stop-cum-railroad station is the town of Los Alamos, about 20 minutes by car from Los Olivos up Highway 101. Compared with the rest of California's increasingly modernized Central Coast, Los Alamos is proudly locked in yesteryear — or as one of my companions noted, "It's like every other building here has the 'established' date posted on it." That was certainly true for the 1880 Union Hotel, established, of course, in 1880, and today featuring 14 rooms to rent — all appointed with Victorian-era niceties — as well as a bar that was already quite lively by 11 a.m. on a Saturday. On tap was their 1880 Ale, an excellent blond beer (made especially for the hotel by the award-winning folks at Firestone Brewery, which was founded just a few miles away), as well as billiards in the enchantingly — some might say hauntingly — dark back room and shuffleboard in the front bar, where you can also order empanadas stuffed with beef, olives, and egg or bratwurst with sauerkraut from the saloon menu.
Though the friendly bartender said she personally had only heard of ghosts in the place, I was crossing my fingers for a sighting of Michael Jackson, who filmed the video for "Say, Say, Say" here with Paul McCartney back in 1983, or perhaps Johnny Cash, who supposedly played the dining room in the 1950s. No dice on either front, but there was plenty to keep our eyes occupied, from the vintage signs ("check your guns," of course, but also ads for corsetry shops and gunfighter paintings) and historic maps (showing the old stagecoach routes through the area) to the wacky collection of antiques — from snow skis to cellos — hanging on the walls. Upon reaching the bottom of our pints, we decided to leave our own mark in the saloon style, signing our names upon a dollar bill and employing a long pole to tack the greenback to the high wooden ceiling, where hundreds of other dollars flittered in the breeze.
Guadalupe's Ghosts
Though most of my companions had lived in Santa Barbara County for more than a decade, almost none had visited Guadalupe, a small city along the banks of the Santa Maria River near the endless dunes of white sand where Cecil B. De Mille filmed The Ten Commandments and a mystic-minded community known as the Dunites lived in the 1930s and '40s. Taking in all the cowboy-hat-wearing Latinos who work the land in this rural northwestern corner of our county, a visitor to Guadalupe can be forgiven for thinking he meandered into a Mexican farming village. Well, at least it used to be that way, as the Guadalupe of 2011 seems almost deserted, no doubt due to the recession, but also because most of the main drag's buildings are built with brick and have not been reinforced to withstand the next big quake. They sit empty, adorned with black-and-white signs to warn of the dangers of entry, an unfortunate sign that the whole town might slowly be turned over to the ghosts.
Inside the Far Western Tavern, however, there was a lively lunchtime crowd. Founded as the Palace Hotel in 1912, the establishment was taken over in 1958 by Clarence Minetti, who used to end his days of picking hay by chowing down on rib steak and spaghetti at the hotel's restaurant for 65 cents. With his wife Rosalie and her cousin Richard Maretti, Minetti set about restoring the place's former luster, keeping such elements as the mahogany bar (which some say came on a ship that sailed around the tip of South America), while changing the name to Far Western Tavern and adding the ranching-life touches (landscape paintings of cowboys working the hills, local cattle brands singed into the bar, etc.) to suit the new name. It's been in the family ever since, attracting accolades for its Santa Maria-style barbecue from near and far, but even the Far Western is suffering from Guadalupe's ailing brick bones. We were told over our Firestone Double Barrel ales that after many tears and tough decisions, the tavern will be relocating later this year from its birthplace to Old Town Orcutt, a little neighborhood a few miles to the south where there's a food, drink and entertainment renaissance underway.
But we weren't there to cry in our beers, so after snacking on some crispy mountain oysters (fried calf testicles, which were cheap, plentiful and fried-food tasty), we informed our servers of our ghostly mission. "Every time I have to go upstairs alone, I say 'Jesus loves me,'" responded our bartender immediately, piquing our interest with tales of slamming doors and cold gusts of air when no windows are open. The manager, Barbara Abernethy — who's the niece of Clarence Minetti and has worked at the restaurant since 1974 — relayed stories of noses being touched and ankles being grabbed, admitting that some "professional" ghost hunters had repeatedly investigated the establishment, finding the ghosts of children and a peg-leg man as well as "negative energy" near the upstairs bathroom. When they showed Abernethy their audio and video recordings, which revealed voices and orbs and other unexplained oddities, "It scared the crap out of me," she said. "I get the chills now thinking about it."
Minutes later, my friend was circling the upstairs with his ghost meter in hand, suddenly stumbling upon a spot above a table near the middle of the room where the device began beeping steadily. I snagged the dowsing rods and the metal sticks reacted as they were supposed to upon finding an anomalous energy field, swinging slightly open. There's a significant amount of user error possible with the rods, so when I followed the instructions on communicating with the ghosts — they swing inward for yes, and outward for no, the lore goes, but you can't ask about love, money or the future — I did so with a healthy degree of skepticism. But as the rods swang to and fro, something about the situation felt curiously authentic, as if we'd tapped into another world for a brief second. Or maybe the beer was finally starting to get to me.
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I was disappointed that you focused on the beer, food, and history without "catching" or even heavily investigating the ghosts! I was hoping for at least one encounter...guess I'll have to go, myself.
Posted by Laura Thompson on February 5,2012 | 05:43 PM
Very good artice, and quite a cooincidence. My Daughter Morgan just visited the Pine Street Saloon In Paso Robles and has a picture we need to post of erie writing on a mirror that reads "get out" in the strangest penmanship I have ever seen? James
Posted by James A. on July 27,2011 | 11:49 PM
As a tourist driving from San Jose, CA to Yosemite, my favorite stop has always been the Iron Door Saloon in Groveland, CA on HWY 120. I was very surprised the saloon was not included in this article, since its owners and the town of Groveland claim it is the oldest in California. I think it's even a state landmark!
Posted by Erin on July 22,2011 | 09:25 PM
Its funny to read about the Far western story because I was part of the paranormal investigation team that went in and caught all of the paranormal activity. That was the craziest investigation I have done!
Posted by Ryan on July 21,2011 | 05:40 PM
What an enjoyable article, it was great fun to visit these old saloons vicariously. I live on the east coast, but will swing by a couple of these places the next time I'm out west.
Posted by Cathy on July 21,2011 | 04:57 PM
I absolutely loved this story! Thank you and hope to make it out there one day!
Posted by Julie Trigg on July 21,2011 | 12:27 PM
Thanks for reading, Hal. Unfortunately, Sonoma County is about six hours from Santa Barbara, so it didn't make sense to include it on this road trip. But next time I am in Petaluma, save me a seat.
Posted by Matt Kettmann on July 15,2011 | 12:45 PM
I have been told by many of my Mother's relatives, over the years, that the fellow who drove the Stage between San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles and points north, in the 1860's, was my great, great grandfather.
What a surprise to see the memories of that in the pages of Smithsonian.com. The location fits, as Bradley, California was her birthplace, nearly a hundred years ago.
Posted by Joseph Melino on June 28,2011 | 07:08 PM
I was suprised that you overlooked the Washoe HOuse which is recognized as the oldest continually operating Roadhouse in Calif. It is located in Petaluma, Sonoma County CA.
It was built in 1859 and was a stage stop, roadhouse,and bordello.
It is still operating today. I patronized this place for over 50 years.
Give it a try, you will like it. Great atmosphere.
Posted by Hal Geyer on June 28,2011 | 03:23 PM


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Love love love this article from Jay Rayner in last weekend's Observer magazine. Well worth a read whatever quality time you've got to spend in the kitchen. Make yourself a brew and inwardly digest…. TICK TOCK…
Put the words "express" and "cooking" into Amazon and you get 42 pages of book listings including, most recently, Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration, Ainsley Harriott's Gourmet Express 2 (there was a first volume? Who knew?) and Liz Franklin's Express Meals: 175 Delicious Dishes You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less. (Less? LESS? It should be fe … oh, never mind. But honestly if you're being so bloody quick about the food, couldn't you have used the extra time to brush up your grammar?) The words "quick" and "cooking" produce more than 100 pages of listings, including quick and easy vegan slow cooking (Eh? What?), while "easy" and "cooking" produces an equal deluge, with recent contributions from Rachel Allen, Lorraine Pascale and Bill Granger. Meanwhile some bloke called Jamie is promising to get dinner on your table in less time than I spend hiding in the bog in the morning.
For God's sake, people, stop. Or at the very least, slow down a little. Put down the spatula. Step away from the stove. Yes, of course, I know we all lead busy lives. Look at that picture of me at the top of the page. Do you think that hair looks after itself? It's so high maintenance it has its own online diary. But even so there has to be time for cooking, or at the very least an understanding that it is not merely a means to an end, but an end in itself. I cook therefore I am.
This is never more true than in the season we have just reached. Spring and summer are, of course, great for food, but oh, aren't they self-satisfied. It's all asparagus this, and morels that. But the point we have just reached, when autumn shades into the sharp crack of winter, is where the proper down and dirty stuff happens. And as with all the really good things in life, if something's worth doing it really is worth doing slowly. Or to put it another way, this is the season of the mighty braise. In the past I have described the glorious things that happen when you take a shoulder of lamb and sear it off and then cook it long and slow in a bucket of red wine flavoured with onions, celery, carrots, garlic, chorizo and a scoop of brown sugar as "alchemy".
Alchemy makes it sound inexplicable and unfathomable. Granted, the best food experiences do have a bit of that going on. Proper cooking charms. But in reality it's just chemistry. The shoulder is a bit of the animal that works hard and is thus striated with connective tissue; cook it long and slow enough and the collagen starts to break down. Meanwhile the cellular structure of the vegetables collapses in the heat, and a little osmotic pressure allows for an exchange of salts. But the really great thing about all this is that it isn't "express!" or "quick!". It takes patience. It takes stamina. It takes commitment. I would also say that, while it isn't exactly brain surgery, nor is it completely "easy!". You need to know a few things. You need to know how to build a braising liquor; how to rest the meat at the end and the best way to strain and reduce the liquor to turn it into a sauce without letting it pass from rich to bitter. What matters, though, is the impact of all this on your house. Perhaps you go out for a stroll. And when you return the hall smells of great works. It is a promise, kept. It is commitment shown. It is something you will never, ever get from the words express, quick or easy.
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Posted: Feb 7, 2013 11:35 PM by Katie Ferber, KSBY News
There's a new place for tourists to go in Morro Bay.
The city's new visitor's center celebrated its grand opening Thursday evening.
The city says it has experienced record growth in tourism during the past three years.
The transient occupancy tax alone has brought in more than $2 million; that's the tax charges on hotel rooms.
Karrin Moss is the new executive director of the center. She told KSBY News, "You know we don't see ourselves as a competitor to other coastal cities. I like to say its like a salad bar you know theres a lot of different options for people and we just want people to know what is their experience going to be when they visit us."
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Full Time ANZ Stadium, Sydney
HSBC Waratahs 28 – 22 Brumbies Super Rugby Round 14
A man-of-the-match performance from replacement Berrick Barnes has lifted the HSBC Waratahs to a nail-biting 28-22 victory over the Brumbies at ANZ Stadium.
In a pulsating local derby, Barnes inspired a second-half fight back, as the home side scored three tries after the break to run down the conference-leading Brumbies. Significantly, the win also marked the first time since 2011 that the province has recorded three wins in a row.
Head Coach Michael Cheika was pleased with his side's resolve under pressure, coming back from a testing first half to notch up an impressive win.
"In the first half we couldn't get to where we wanted to be on the field. We just had to believe that if we got to where we wanted to attack then we could get something out of it. And once we could change our shape in that second half we were able to find gaps out wide," he said.
Cheika attributed his side's dramatic reversal in the second half to the injection of playmaker Barnes, saying, "Berrick changed the shape of the game for us, and he gave [Bernard] Foley a bit more room to move as well... and obviously he kicked well too which was important for us."
The home side struggled to find momentum early on, losing enforcer Kane Douglas to a head knock in just the second minute of the match. The Brumbies pounced on the home side's disrupted start, with Christian Lealiifano nailing a penalty goal to give his side a 0-3 lead after eight minutes.
Although the subsequent restart went out on the full, a dominant performance by NSW at scrum time gave halfback Brendan McKibbin a chance to hit back quickly. His booming penalty from the halfway line reined in an early Brumbies lead.
The Brumbies countered soon after and, after 12 phases of attacking pressure, the HSBC Waratahs line eventually cracked, sending captain Ben Mowen crashing over for the first try of the game. A miss from Lealiifano left the score at 3-8 after 22 minutes.
The end-to-end rugby continued, as an offload from inside centre Rob Horne sent winger Drew Mitchell through the Brumbies line and deep into the attacking zone. The momentum reaped dividends, with the Brumbies adjudged offside several phases later by referee Steve Walsh. McKibbin calmly converted his second penalty and in the process reduced the deficit to just two points.
But when Kuridrani pounced on a charge down in the 36th minute, the lead extended to 13-6. While fullback Jesse Mogg failed to add the conversion, the HSBC Waratahs lost inspirational hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau to a forearm injury, replaced by John Ulugia.
Although conceding 60% of possession and 67% of territory in the first half, the home side entered the break just seven points adrift of a determined Brumbies outfit. Cheika made several changes during the break, with Barnes replacing Horne and Matt Lucas taking the field in place of McKibbin.
Their injection paid immediate dividends, with Barnes offered an early shot at goal in the second half, only to have his attempt hit the left upright.
The Wallabies playmaker made amends soon after, floating a beautiful ball out wide to Michael Hooper, who sprinted 20m to dive over in the corner. Barnes then levelled the scores at 13-all, nailing an impressive conversion from out wide.
A bust soon after from Adam Ashley-Cooper sent the HSBC Waratahs back into scoring territory and, after 15 phases of attacking pressure, Barnes was rewarded with his first three-pointer of the game.
The game then swung back in the Brumbies' favour, as three penalties in the space of 10 minutes from the boot of fullback Jesse Mogg gave the visitors the ascendency going into the final stages of the match.
Under pressure to salvage a result, Hooper returned the favour for his earlier try, offloading to send Barnes into space down the right hand side. The talented playmaker burrowed under several scrambling defenders for his team's second try and then narrowly shaved the uprights to bring Dennis's men to within one point.
The HSBC Waratahs playmaking duo continued to wreak havoc on the visitors, as a wide pass from Bernard Foley found the electric Peter Betham in space. The dynamic winger eluded two Brumbies defenders on his way to the try line and a four point advantage. Barnes slotted his second conversion to nudge the home side a further two points ahead and to their largest lead of the match.
With two minutes to go, and in a need of a converted try, the Brumbies ensured a frenetic finish when they were awarded an attacking lineout deep in the NSW 22. Although the visitors set an impressive rolling maul, desperate defence saw the home side spoil the attacking momentum and hold on for a critical 28-22 victory.
HSBC Waratahs 28 (tries: Hooper, Barnes, Betham; pens McKibbin 2, Barnes, cons: Barnes 2) defeated ACT Brumbies 22 (tries: Mowen, Kuridrani; pens: Lealiifano, Mogg 3)
Half-time: HSBC Waratahs 6 – 13 Brumbies
HSBC Waratahs: 1 Benn Robinson, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 3 Paddy Ryan, 4 Sitaleki Timani, 5 Kane Douglas, 6 Dave Dennis (c), 7 Michael Hooper, 8 Wycliff Palu, 9 Brendan McKibbin, 10 Bernard Foley, 11 Peter Betham, 12 Rob Horne, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Peter Betham, 15 Israel Folau.
Replacements: 16 John Ulugia, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Will Skelton, 19 Mitchell Chapman, 20 Matt Lucas, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Tom Kingston.
Brumbies : 1 Scott Sio, 2 Stephen Moore, 3 Ben Alexander, 4 Scott Fardy, 5 Sam Carter 6 Peter Kimlin, 7 George Smith, 8 Ben Mowen (c), 9 Nic White, 10 Matt Toomua, 11 Joe Tomane, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 14 Henry Speight, 15 Jesse Mogg. Replacements: 16 Siliva Siliva, 17 Ruan Smith, 18 Fotu Auelua, 19 Colby Faingaa, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Robbie Coleman, 22 Pat McCabe.
Yellow cards: Tevita Kuridrani (50th minute) Referee: Steve Walsh Man of the match: Berrick Barnes Crowd: 21,817
Paddy Ryan will make his fourth start this season in the HSBC Waratahs' big local derby clash against the Brumbies this Saturday.
Ryan's inclusion at tighthead prop in place of Sekope Kepu is one of two changes to the side that last week overpowered the Stormers 21-15, with Drew Mitchell also elevated from the bench in place of Peter Betham.
The game is NSW's first of the season at ANZ Stadium and Head Coach Michael Cheika's first visit to the venue.
"There's always something special about these Australian derby games because there's so much rivalry built up over all the years of playing each other. With the Brumbies also leading the competition, this is a very important game for us," said Cheika.
"Last time we played them in Canberra back in Round 4, our effort was simply not good enough to compete with a very well drilled Brumbies outfit. Throughout this season, we've been working hard at developing our identity and becoming an honest hardworking team and I think now we're starting to play the kind of attacking running rugby that we want to be known for. How we play under the pressure of this match up will show how committed we are to play the brand of rugby that we want associated with NSW rugby.
"For me, building a winning mentality is about getting up for every game, about having that obsessive mentality every day in training as well as when you step out onto the pitch but there will be a little extra edge in the game, something I personally enjoy in rugby.
"The Brumbies have been showing the way all season. They're well ahead of us on the table, they're very disciplined in the way they play the game and they've got good leadership. I'm sure they'll think they will have an edge on us so it's up to us to respond in kind. We'll require the level of physicality that we showed against the Stormers last week plus 10 per cent."
On Saturday, the HSBC Waratahs continue their celebration of grassroots rugby, with the annual fixture between NSW Suburban and Country taking place as a curtain raiser to the main Super Rugby game. At half-time, there's more sevens action in store, with schoolgirls from Endeavour Sports High School in Caringbah and Sydney West Barbarians playing a sevens match.
The HSBC Waratahs v Brumbies match kicks off at 7.40pm this Saturday. Tickets to the game start from just $20 for adults and $50 for a family of four and are available online from Ticketek. All tickets to the game also include free public transport and access to the curtain raiser, which kicks off at 5.15pm. What's more, fans showing their support for their state team will also be supporting grassroots rugby, with a proportion of all ticket sales going directly to the NSW Suburban and Country Rugby Unions.
Those in regional NSW can follow the game live on FOX SPORTS or keep up to date with every score live on Twitter @NSWWaratahs or by searching #WARvBRU.
HSBC Waratahs team to play the Brumbies Saturday May 18, 2013 (7.40pm) ANZ Stadium, Sydney 1. Benn Robinson (Eastwood) 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau (Parramatta) 3. Paddy Ryan (Sydney University) 4. Sitaleki Timani (Southern Districts) 5. Kane Douglas (Southern Districts) 6. Dave Dennis (Sydney University, captain) 7. Michael Hooper (Manly) 8. Wycliff Palu (Manly) 9. Brendan McKibbin (Eastern Suburbs) 10. Bernard Foley (Sydney University) 11. Drew Mitchell (Balmain) 12. Rob Horne (Southern Districts) 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper (Northern Suburbs) 14. Cam Crawford (Northern Suburbs) 15. Israel Folau (Sydney University)
Replacements 16. John Ulugia (Eastern Suburbs) 17. Sekope Kepu (Randwick) 18. Will Skelton (Sydney University) 19. Mitchell Chapman (Eastern Suburbs) 20. Matt Lucas (Manly) 21. Berrick Barnes (Sydney University) 22. Peter Betham (Sydney University)


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Yorkshire Museum and Gardens
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Walk in the footsteps of Romans and discover a land pillaged by Vikings. See beasts turned to stone from a time when dinosaurs ruled the planet.
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The entire collections of Yorkshire Museum & Gardens are Designated Collections of national importance.
The collections cover numismatics, archaeological finds from Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and Medieval times, biology, geology and studio pottery.
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Capital of the North
- 5 March 2013 — 31 December 2016 *on now
In the medieval kingdoms of Britain, the north was ruled from York. Anglian kings were baptised in its churches, Viking warriors plotted their southern raids and the Normans cruelly stamped their authority on the masses. From the ravages of war the city went on to flourish in a golden age of innovation, religion and trade.
Featuring some of the most prestigious and significant medieval objects ever found in Britain and exploring the lives of some of the most powerful people of the period, this new exhibition will tell the extraordinary story of how great swathes of the country were once ruled from within York's walls.
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Exhibition included in Yorkshire Museum admission.
After the Ice
- 1 July 2013 — 30 April 2014 *on now
Until May 2014 we celebrate Yorkshire's beginnings with a special exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum.
An exciting display incorporating sound, film and cutting edge technology with a wide range of fantastic world-famous objects will tell the story of Star Carr; the most significant site in Europe where post Ice Age people lived over 11,000 years ago.
Eleven-thousand-year-old deer skull head-dresses, bone harpoons and amber jewellery – amazingly preserved in peat – are just some of the highlights of the exhibition which will tell the story of the people of Yorkshire in the Mesolithic period.
The objects, on loan from museums all over the country, come from Star Carr, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, where a number of Mesolithic settlements once stood on the shores of a huge lake. Star Carr is noted internationally as the type-site for understanding hunter-gatherer communities of the Mesolithic period in Europe. It has been investigated by archaeologists since 1948, including by researchers from the University of York.
The ancient finds will be displayed alongside exciting digital content giving visitors a taste of the sights and sounds that our ancestors would have experienced in Yorkshire 11,000 years ago.
After the Ice is the first in a series of displays forming part of a wider Prehistory in Yorkshire project. This three-year research and exhibition project is designed to link the Yorkshire Museum's prehistoric collections back to the iconic Yorkshire landscapes in which they were discovered.
While this year focuses on the Mesolithic period and the site of Star Carr; years two and three will look at Bronze and Iron Age Yorkshire respectively.
Suitable for
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Normal admission charges apply.
Winter Spice Table Decorations
- 15 December 2013 10:30am-3:30pm
Learn the tips and techniques of floral design from professional florist Sarah Elizabeth that will allow you to recreate further seasonal displays throughout the year. Today you will be working with rich green foliage, deep reds, berries and a splash of gold to create a special 'Winter Spice' display for your table. All materials are provided and can be kept to use again.
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
£30.00 per person, materials included.
Wedding Table Top Sale
- 19 January 2014 11am-3pm
A chance for past wedding couples to come along, have a stall and sell their left over wedding items and a chance for soon to be married couples to come along and buy things for their wedding.
From table decorations to top hats, you'll no doubt have lots of wedding items that would be ideal to sell on to couples looking to find bargains for their perfect day.
Suitable for
- Any age
£15 to rent a table (price includes 6ft table, tea, coffee, and biscuits).
50p to browse stalls.
Vikings at the Yorkshire Museum
- 15 — 23 February 2014
Learn the legends of the Viking Gods who died in battle and turn the museum's Finds Lab into Valhalla, the 'Hall of the Slain', decorating the walls with pictures of the Gods, their symbols, and their sagas. Explore Viking Gods and their beliefs through the museum's collections.
Plus find out more in an exclusive Kids' Curator Talk on Viking Treasure – 18th February, 12:30pm – 1pm.
Suitable for
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Standard: £7.50
Concession: £6.50
Kids under 16 go FREE with a paying adult.
Alien Species in Britain, Friend or Foe?
This learning journey looks at the different plants and animals not native to Britain, and aims to teach children about the habitats that they live in.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
Ideas and Evidence in Science: The Kirkdale Cave
How scientists work today and how they worked in the past, including the roles of experimentation, evidence and creative thought in the development of scientific ideas. Includes video of curators talking about Hyena poo!
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
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Hull KR prop forward Ryan O'Hara may miss the start of the new Super League season after undergoing Achilles surgery.
The 32-year-old former Crusaders RL front-rower had hoped rest would cure the problem, which began to affect him towards the end of last season, but coach Craig Sandercock admitted surgery became unavoidable.
"The specialist seemed to think that a bit of rest and recovery would bring it back to normal but he was in severe pain with it and the best option was to have surgery," Sandercock said.
"He'll be in a boot for four weeks and after that he'll start running so we are racing against time for him to be fit for round one."
O'Hara had the operation last week and missed the club's warm-weather training camp in Tenerife in order to undergo rehabilitation.
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Topic: Question about how it reacts on a specific situation (1.0 and 2.0)
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Let say we are in first floor of a building.
How will 1.0 and 2.0 (if different in this case), react if we take it out the window?
Will it react to the sudden distance from apparent "earth" and stay in position or will it drop accordingly? (or even crash?)
Opposite, how will 1.0 and 2.0 (again if different) react to ENTERING a window on a higher floor? Will it try to stay to same level or will it react and crash on the ceiling?
Again, I'd like both 1.0 and 2.0 user experience (although of course I am more interested in 2.0 as I don't have a drone yet).


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PROCTOR A memorial service for Constance Hope Adams Shannon, 99, formerly of Proctor who died Feb. 16, 2013, in Johnson City, Tenn., will be held Saturday, July 27, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the Pittsford Congregational Church in Pittsford. The Rev. Pat Jackman, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford, with a reception immediately after at the church fellowship hall.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Pittsford Historical Society, PO Box 423, Pittsford, VT 05763; or the Pittsford Congregational Church, PO Box 570, Pittsford, VT 05763.
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Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally, usually in a social situation or to relieve stress. A smoking habit is a physical addiction to tobacco products. Many health experts now regard habitual smoking as a psychological addiction, too, and one with serious health consequences.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asserted that cigarettes and smokeless tobacco should be considered nicotine delivery devices. Nicotine, the active ingredient in tobacco, is inhaled into the lungs, where most of it stays. The rest passes into the bloodstream, reaching the brain in about ten seconds and dispersing throughout the body in about 20 seconds.
Depending on the circumstances and the amount consumed, nicotine can act as either a stimulant or tranquilizer. This can explain why some people report that smoking gives them energy and stimulates their mental activity, while others note that smoking relieves anxiety and relaxes them. The initial "kick" results in part from the drug's stimulation of the adrenal glands and resulting release of epinephrine into the blood. Epinephrine causes several physiological changes—it temporarily narrows the arteries, raises the blood pressure, raises the levels of fat in the blood, and increases the heart rate and flow of blood from the heart. Some researchers think epinephrine contributes to smokers' increased risk of high blood pressure.
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Lobelia | Used as a nicotine substitute, it can bolster the nervous system | Withdrawal and craving |
Wild oats or kava kava | Relaxant | Withdrawal |
Licorice | Can be chewed to help withdrawal | Oral fixation |
Hawthorn, gingko biloba, and bilberry | All contain bioflavonoids that can help repair free radical damage | Damage to lungs and cardiovascular system |
Acupuncture | Stimulation of points in ears and feet helps cessation | Addiction and withdrawal |
Vitamin C | Antioxidant that helps fight infection | Boosts immune system |
Vitamin B12 | Helps protect body from disease | Smoking-induced cancers |
Omega-3 fatty acids | Helps protect body from disease | Smoking-related illness, such as emphysema, and depression |
Nicotine by itself increases the risk of heart disease. However, when a person smokes, he or she is ingesting a lot more than nicotine. Smoke from a cigarette, pipe, or cigar is made up of many additional toxic chemicals, including tar and carbon monoxide. Tar is a sticky substance that forms into deposits in the lungs, causing lung cancer and respiratory distress. Carbon monoxide limits the amount of oxygen that the red blood cells can convey throughout the body. Also, it may damage the inner walls of the arteries, which allows fat to build up in them.
Besides tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide, tobacco smoke contains 4,000 different chemicals. More than 200 of these chemicals are known be toxic. Nonsmokers who are exposed to tobacco smoke also take in these toxic chemicals. They inhale the smoke exhaled by the smoker as well as the more toxic sidestream smoke—the smoke from the end of the burning cigarette, cigar, or pipe.
Here's why sidestream smoke is more toxic than exhaled smoke: When a person smokes, the smoke he or she inhales and then breathes out leaves harmful deposits inside the body. But because lungs partially cleanse the smoke, exhaled smoke contains fewer poisonous chemicals. That's why exposure to tobacco smoke is dangerous even for a nonsmoker.