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The First Time is the fifth episode of Glee's third season and the forty-ninth episode overall. It premiered on November 8, 2011.
The episode is focused on McKinley putting on the West Side Story musical and Finn and Rachel's and Blaine and Kurt's first sexual encounters. The Warblers are also re-introduced with a new leader who has an eye for Blaine.
The episode was directed by Bradley Buecker and written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
The episode begins with Artie's voice-over as he talks about his position as a director of McKinley's production of West Side Story. He muses over how much power it gives him, even over stuff he knows nothing about. We see Rachel trying to find the 'right' dress for Maria and Artie being difficult.
The scene then changes to Rachel and Blaine's duet of Tonight. Artie states that they lack the sexual passion which prompts Emma and Coach Beiste to depart as quickly as possible. Both Rachel and Blaine admit to being virgins which leads Artie to suggest that they might lack the experience to convey the human experience to the audience.
In the next scene, Finn is pinning up posters for Rachel's campaign and he admits to not knowing who he will be voting for. Finn tells Rachel that the Ohio State Buckeyes' talent scout, Cooter, is going to be watching their football game. Rachel congratulates him and he invites her over to his house. Seeing it as an opportunity to finally lose her virginity to Finn, she agrees and leaves - he seems very excited.
Blaine is next seen dancing around his bedroom to Roxy Music while Kurt watches from his bed. Kurt asks Blaine if he thinks he's boring. Blaine of course denies this but Kurt elaborates - he meant sexually boring. Blaine admits to thinking that, that was what they both wanted and Kurt agrees but would still like to know if he had ever had the urge to "rip off each other's clothes and get dirty."Blaine seems amused, and says yes but that was why people invented masturbation. Kurt blushes, pretending that the room is simply overheated. Blaine sits down with him, telling him that they are young, they have time, and that before they have sex, he wants Kurt to be comfortable, so he can be himself. He eyes Kurt up and down and states, "Besides, tearing off all your clothes is sort of a tall order." Kurt banters back with 'Because of the layers?' Blaine agrees, because of the layers and they kiss.
Artie then rolls up to Coach Beiste, who is welding a part of the set for the musical. Artie jumps right to the point and asks why Coach Beiste was so uncomfortable while he was confronting Blaine and Rachel. She admits to being a virgin, even though she has her sights set on Cooter. She says that it doesn't matter if she has interest in anyone, as she believes they could never like her back.
Later, Blaine is seen walking through the hallways of Dalton Academy with the intention of inviting his friends to see the McKinley production of West Side Story. He walks in on the Warblers performing Uptown Girl with their French teacher who just happens to be around at the time. A new Warbler, Sebastian, immediately notices Blaine and pulls him into the number with them. As soon as they are done, Blaine gives them a standing ovation and when they beg him to return to Dalton, he politely refuses giving them the invitations.
Sebastian stays behind to speak to Blaine. The conversation moves on and Sebastian asks why Blaine left Dalton. Blaine avoids the question, simply stating, "Let's just say that McKinley is where my heart is."
The scene fades out to Santana and Rachel performing A Boy Like That/I Have A Love. It changes back to Sebastian and Blaine's conversation while Rachel begins "I Have a Love." Sebastian finally leaves, but not before asking Blaine if they could meet up again. He agrees to talk again, looking confused about what just happened and what Sebastian's true intentions are towards him.
In the next scene, Finn - very shyly - asks Puck to recommend a condom brand. Puck jumps to the conclusion that he's cheating on Rachel, stating that it's "not cool," even though he has cheated many times in the past. Finn quickly corrects him, saying he's going to use them with Rachel. Puck smiles a bit and admits that he has no idea what condoms to buy, as he never used them and 99% of the time that has worked.
Coach Beiste calls for the football team to gather around while Puck and Finn part ways. She introduces Cooter, and they flirt blatantly while the team is still watching. He looks back to the team and says, 'I'm not looking for boys to play in the Buckeyes. I'm looking for men."
The scene switches back to the boys, where Kurt tells Blaine to feel free to tear down any of Rachel's campaign posters. Blaine ignores this, instead asking whether he thinks if they are 'too sheltered' as artists. Kurt gives him a confused look, and Blaine begins to talk about being more adventurous. Kurt agrees and pulls out his phone, stating that was why he made a bucket list. He gave three examples, which were:
- Number 87: Become CEO of Logo.
- Number 63: Lay a rose on the birthplace of Noël Coward.
He blushes a little before giving his next example, as he had made it before he met Blaine.
- Number 5: Have relations on a dewy meadow of lilac with Taylor Lautner before he gets fat.
He says it's stupid but Blaine simply says that it's hot. Kurt gulps, and moves on with the conversation. Blaine says that he thinks it's time to be adventurous while they're still young, and walks away.
(On screen, numbers 85, 86 and 89 are also revealed. 85: Get into Juilliard. 86: Arrive at school in a hot air balloon. 89: Attend a circuit party on an island.)
Next we see Artie seeking out Mr Cooter. They go to the set of West Side Story and Artie demands to know whether he likes Coach Beiste - he says that he does, and that he had asked her out, but she refused every time. Artie tells him to ask her out again but this time, be obvious.
Next, Blaine and Sebastian are seen walking to a table at the Lima Bean. Blaine is saying that he can't believe that Sebastian asked for a shot of courvoisier (Cognac) in his coffee, while Sebastian boasts about having lived in Paris so Blaine tells him he is 'out there.' Sebastian states that Blaine's 'whole bashful schoolboy thing' is 'super hot'. Blaine tells him that he has a boyfriend, and ignoring Sebastian's suggestive interruptions, says that he really cares about his boyfriend and that he would never want to mess up anything with him (Kurt) because he is 'really great.' Behind him, Kurt is seen walking in on their conversation, so he warily approaches the scene and introduces himself to Sebastian, looking him up and down. When he sits down, he pointedly takes Blaine's arm and snuggles up close to him.
Sebastian looks annoyed but hatches a plan. With a snide smirk, he asks them what they're doing that night. Kurt replies, stating that they would be rehearsing for the musical and doing a skin sloughing regime over the phone. Sebastian smirks "...and as sexy as that sounds, what do you say we shake things up?" he invites them to West Lima's only gay bar, Scandals, with a promise of fake I.D.s. Blaine quickly turns down the offer, but Kurt sees it as a challenge and says that they should go, so they agree.
We next see Rachel having finished a "meat substitute" candle lit dinner with Finn. She says she's never tasted meat substitute that tasted so much like meat before and Finn sheepishly agrees; we suspect he's forgotten that she's a vegan and he offers her more sparkling cider in hopes to drown the taste. They make a toast and kiss then Finn offers dessert but Rachel has other things on her mind and suggests they should snuggle near the fireplace. They begin to passionately kiss and both discuss having brought protection "every modern girl comes prepared" but Finn wonders why she is so keen to have sex now, he says the last time that they spoke she said he had to wait until she won a Tony. She hides it with a declaration of "I love you" and it slips out that she can't wait a couple of weeks for something more special, that she has to get it done before opening night. The truth comes out and she admits it's also because she wants to act better. Finn walks out and doesn't return.
In the next scene, Mike Chang and his father, Mike Chang Sr, are arguing next to his locker. Mr. Chang is angry that he is in the school musical. He says that Mike has to quit but Mike refuses, saying that he doesn't care what his father wants and that he is going to be a professional dancer. Mr. Chang says that until he realizes his dream is childish, he would no longer consider Mike his son. Mike agrees, stating: "Then I guess I don't have a dad anymore." Mr. Chang storms away, leaving Mike alone and bewildered at what has just happened.
The scene changes to Coach Beiste weightlifting - Cooter comes in, and they talk briefly before she puts down the weights. He admits to wanting to date her but she believes that someone put him up to it, because he is the type of man who could have whatever pretty girl he wanted. He says that that's wrong, as he only dates women - "Beautiful women. Like you." He gives her a bunch of flowers and invites her to see West Side Story with him. She sheds a few tears but seems surprisingly happy.
Rachel calls an emergency meeting of her New Directions girls and reveals that she tried to lose her virginity to Finn so she could act better. All the girls tell her it was really bad and tell her of course he was hurt. Quinn offers her advice of waiting "look what happened to me." Santana also seconds the motion that she should wait claiming that from experience Finn is terrible in bed, like being smothered by a sack of sweaty potatoes that someone soaked in body spray. Brittany offers up her tale of losing her virginity at cheerleading camp "he just climbed into the tent, Alien invasion." The only one to offer up positive advice comes from Tina who reveals that she recently lost her virginity with Mike Chang saying it was a great experience because she knew they were ready, it felt right and in love and wanting to remember this moment in their lives forever "he's my first love and I'll always look back at that moment as absolutely perfect, no regrets." This footage is intertwined with Rachel singing with Santana, following on from their duet. It seems that Rachel has gained some insight and perhaps an epiphany about her and Finn's relationship. Rachel thinks of Finn, and she smiles - she feels as if she is ready.
In the next scene Kurt and Blaine are seen getting out of Blaine's car at the gay bar, Scandals. They take out their fake I.D.s, having a small conversation over how fake they are. They get in easily but awkwardly. They laugh over several cross dresser's outfits and are quite tense in the environment until they see Sebastian. Sebastian has already ordered their drinks, beer for Blaine and an alcohol free Shirley Temple with extra cherries for Kurt - he's heard that Kurt is always the designated driver.
A little time is skipped, and Kurt is seen looking a bit sullen at the bar while Sebastian and Blaine dance together. David Karofsky makes a reappearance, reminding Kurt that he should watch his boyfriend. They talk for a while about why Karofsky transferred and Kurt promises yet again that he would never have outed David. David admits to feeling accepted at the bar - people like him there, apparently. He's known as a bear cub because he's burly. They make a toast to taking baby steps in their new found sexuality and just getting through high school.
It is then that Blaine signals his boyfriend onto the dance floor, even though he's dancing with Sebastian. Kurt, a little more confident, presses himself between the two - he and Sebastian fight non-verbally over who gets to dance with a very tipsy Blaine.
Further time is skipped, but we are still focused on Kurt and Blaine as they exit the bar. Blaine is quite drunk although claiming that he only had one beer. He says that it had been the best night of his life, and that he wants to live at the bar and "help people." Kurt laughs and says, "To help people make fires with your breath!" Blaine protests, saying he only had one beer. Kurt opens the car door for him just as Blaine demands "kiss me." They hug awkwardly while Blaine is still trying to kiss him, but Kurt tells him to lay down in the back of the car. Blaine playfully agrees, but as soon as he sits in the car he pulls his boyfriend on top of him, kissing at his neck. Blaine says they should "just do it," but Kurt is fully against it. Blaine says it's all about them, as a couple. Kurt finally manages to pull away, yelling that Blaine is right - it is about them as a couple, and that's why he doesn't want to do it when Blaine spent half the night dancing with another guy and that he won't be sober enough to remember the next day.
A very upset Blaine wants to know why he is being yelled at and Kurt says that he has never felt less like being intimate with someone in his whole life, and that either Blaine is too oblivious to tell, or he just doesn't care. Blaine gets out of the car, starting to walk away. Kurt demands to know where he is going and Blaine yells at him, but Blaine sarcastically apologizes for trying to be spontaneous and fun. Kurt looks defeated and Blaine sadly says he will walk home. Kurt shouts for him to come back and calls his name, but his efforts are ignored. He starts crying in earnest, and gets in the car.
It's opening night of West Side Story, Blaine and Rachel are talking about their virginity as they apply their make-up - they are both very nervous about their performance, especially as they're meant to be sexual. Artie rolls by and talks to them briefly but quickly leaves as his own nerves kick in. He tells Miss Pillsbury that he doesn't know what he's doing and he did everything in the play wrong. It is just then that the cast confronts him - he is scared, but they actually thank him - they say the entire show is thanks to his hard work and that they couldn't have done it without them.
He gives them a small pep talk before the scene changes to Finn throwing his fists into the shower walls while he is still fully clothed, crying as the water runs over him. This quickly changes back to the America scene back at West Side Story, where Beiste and Cooter are seen talking together quietly in the audience - they are sitting very close together. Emma and Will are also seen talking. When the number is finished Mike sneaks out the back to see his mother cheering in the audience - he is almost crying as she smiles at him but the chair beside her is empty.
Next, the cast is seen moving around backstage as Blaine asks Rachel how they are supposed to follow America, as they are both still virgins. Rachel says that Tony and Maria were soul-mates, who found each other against all odds. She says she knows how that feels, and that Blaine does too. They smile and link hands before going on stage. The lights beam up and the scene ends.
The next scene begins with a close-up, slow-motion shot of Blaine dancing on stage. Kurt comes up behind him, hands in his pockets and looking considerate. He suggests that Blaine should be out celebrating. Blaine keeps away from making eye contact with him as he explains that he messed up, so he was going over a move unlike real life where you can't just play it again the next night. Kurt moves in closer as Blaine continues to rehearse and tells him that he thought they were perfect. Blaine thanks him and compliments him on his role as Officer Krupke, finally stopping and making eye contact. Kurt's cheeks are flushed as he talks about the Warblers being in the audience, or more specifically, about Sebastian, being in the audience. He begins to tear up as he says that they loved it.
Blaine calls Kurt over to him and takes his hand. He presses it to Kurt's heart, in reference to the song One Hand, One Heart. Their eyes remain locked as Blaine starts to tear up and reassures his boyfriend that Sebastian means nothing to him. He admits that Kurt was right, as he joins their four hands and says that their first time should not be 'like that.' 'I was drunk, and I'm sorry,' he says, choking up and starting to cry. Kurt smiles and makes a joke about how it was better than the last time he was drunk and made out with Rachel. Blaine drops his head with a laugh, smiling but still crying. Kurt apologizes in return, saying that he had wanted to be Blaine's 'gay bar superstar,' but try as he might, he was still just a silly romantic. Blaine tells him that it's not silly at all, and he initiates a very intense kiss. Kurt wraps his arms around Blaine's shoulders and pulls away, only to say "You take my breath away," as Blaine holds him. He tells him not just now, that he is so proud to be with him. Blaine chokes out, "I hope so. I want you to be."
They remain in silence for a while before Blaine asks Kurt if he would like to attend the after-party of West Side Story with him at Breadstix. Kurt quickly turns him down, (Blaine looks crestfallen) only to say that he wants to go to his house. Blaine nods quickly with a whispered 'okay.'The scene changes, and Rachel is seen walking up to Finn's house, and knocking on the door politely. Finn opens the door immediately, but says nothing. Rachel thanks him for sending her flowers, and Finn admits that she was really good. They go inside together, and Rachel asks where everybody is. Finn awkwardly explains that Kurt is at Blaine's house and Carole and Burt are working on the campaign. Rachel asks why he is so upset, moving to apologize for the other night, but he cuts her off saying that he (Cooter) did not like him. He explains how he waited for Cooter to talk to him as he talked to Shane, and how desperate he had been. It moves to show what had happened, and Cooter tells Finn that even though his football career is over while he's still in high school, it doesn't mean that his life is over. Rachel asks what that means, and Finn jumps to his feet yelling that he himself sucks. He insults his talents at football and singing, saying he's nowhere near good enough to succeed in life. He starts to cry, and Rachel comforts him quickly. She tells him that his dreams aren't dead, that he's just grown out of them. She says that they can make new dreams, together, and kisses him, but he pulls away. He says that she doesn't have to have sex with him, but she explains that she wants to and is in love with him. They kiss intently as the opening music of One Hand, One Heart.
The scene switches to Blaine and Rachel's performance of One Hand, One Heart. As the first verse ends, the scene changes (But the music continues) yet again to Finn and Rachel laying down on his living room floor, and the camera sweeps down the their bodies, changing the scene to Kurt and Blaine laying together in Blaine's bed, their hands linked as Blaine Eskimo-kisses his boyfriend. The scenes continue to switch between the performance of One Hand, One Heart, Finn and Rachel and Kurt and Blaine. In the final showing Finn is seen in the audience, obviously moved by the performance. Then, Kurt is seen, still in costume, equally moved by the song.
The second to last scene is a close-up of Finn and Rachel's shoulders, necks and faces as they kiss and touch each other. The very final scene is Kurt and Blaine going through the same process, but there is a close-up of Blaine smiling radiantly.
|Song Title
|Original Artist
|Cast of West Side Story
|Blaine Anderson and Rachel Berry
|Uptown Girl
|Billy Joel
|Dalton Academy Warblers
|A Boy Like That/I Have A Love
|Cast of West Side Story
|Santana Lopez and Rachel Berry
|McKinley High School Cast of West Side Story
|One Hand, One Heart
|Blaine Anderson and Rachel Berry
Background Songs
- Love Is The Drug by Roxy Music. Background during Blaine's bedroom scene.
- Poison Arrow by ABC. Background music when Blaine and Kurt enter Scandals.
- Don't Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston. Background music danced to by Blaine and Sebastian/Blaine and Kurt.
Guest Cast
Guest Stars
- Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste
- Max Adler as Dave Karofsky
- Damian McGinty as Rory Flanagan
- Grant Gustin as Sebastian Smythe
- Eric Bruskotter as Cooter Menkins
- LaMarcus Tinker as Shane Tinsley
- Keong Sim as Mike Chang Sr.
- Tamlyn Tomita as Julia Chang
- Dominic Barnes as Trent
- Riker Lynch as Jeff
- Titus Makin Jr. as David
- Eddy Martin as Thad
- Curt Mega as Nick
- Joey Haro as Warbler #1
- Steven Skyler as Warbler #2
- Cooper Rowe as Warbler #3
- Jazzmun as Drag Queen Tina Turner
- Fred Stoverink as Bouncer
Absent Cast Member
- In Grilled Cheesus , Rachel said she wouldn't loose her virginity until she turned 25, had won a Tony and her Broadway career was stablished, although in this episode she looses her virginity due to a change of mind .
- There are two hidden images of Kurt in this episode. One is on the dressing table in Blaine's room, namely the one where he wears a black tux that he wanted to use for his campaign poster. The other one is an image of Kurt wearing a black coat and a sweater or a vest underneath, that can be seen in the room table of the Hummel-Hudson household.
- Artie has his first voiceover in this episode.
- Brittany's line, "He just climbed into my tent; Alien invasion," has caused a lot of controversy over whether Brittany was sexually assaulted during her first time, although it was possible that Brittany was confused throughout the situation.
- This is the second episode to not feature any solos, but only duets or group numbers. (The first being Vitamin D)
- In Latin America, the part where Kurt and Blaine kiss, is cut in the dubbed version of the episode, only in the TV version. In streaming services Latin America, you can see the full episode in the dubbed version.
- Sebastian's potrayer, Grant Gustin and Joey Haro (another warbler), were both in a national tour of West Side Story (Grant Gustin as Baby John and Joey Haro as Chino) before they started Glee. Grant finished the tour only a couple of days before they started filming 'The First Time'. However, neither of them participated in McKinley's West Side Story, due to the fact that their characters are from Dalton Academy. However, they are both present for the show at McKinley after being invited by Blaine.
- Four of the five songs performed in this episode are from West Side Story. Due to this, many fans like to refer to it as an unofficial "West Side Story" tribute.
- Joey Richter, Darren Criss' real life friend who has been in numerous projects with Darren auditioned for the role of Sebastian. It is rumored he did not get the role as it would cause a massive Glee/Starkid fan breakdown. Joey was later cast as one of the Adam's Apples' members.
- This is the second episode to show a "viewer discretion advised" content rating message right before the airing of the episode, the first being Sexy.
- This is the first of two episodes featuring McKinley to not have a scene in The Choir Room, the other being Sadie Hawkins.
- The single for A Boy Like That includes the song I Have a Love, which is sung immediately after it in West Side Story. In the episode, the two songs were not performed consecutively.
- This is the fifth episode (after Throwdown, Home, Duets and Rumours) in which two duets are sung by the same two people.
- According to the original script, won and released by The Box Scene Project, there was initially supposed to be a performance at Scandals with Kurt, Blaine, and the drag queens to a mash up of You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) and Do You Really Want to Hurt Me. Source Source 2
- You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) was performed in The Hurt Locker, Part Two in Season Six.
- Also shown in the original script was a cut scene between Finn and Kurt. Source
- The performance shown in the episode is actually strictly forbidden. Music Theatre International, the company that licenses the show for theatre groups to perform, strictly forbids any group performing the musical from making changes to the original musical's book, songs or story. They specifically note that the license does not give permission to perform the movie version of the musical (namely, male Sharks may not be added to "America" and the order of the songs, specifically "Cool" and "Gee, Officer Krupke", may not be changed). Simply changing the dialogue of the musical to match the 1961 film version (which is also done in the episode) is forbidden. Source
- At The Lima Bean when Kurt appears behind Blaine while he is talking to Sebastian, the side view shows Kurt only being a few feet away from him. However, when the camera switches angles to Kurt's view, he appears to be several feet away from Blaine.
- At Scandals when Karofsky sits down, he is holding a beer. He then asks the bartender for a beer. Then when the camera angle switches from behind Kurt and Karofsky, the original beer he sat down with suddenly disappears and he is handed another beer.
- When Rachel visits Finn's house after the play, she asks Finn where everyone is. Finn explains that Kurt is out with Blaine and that "Burt and Carole" - instead of "Burt and Mom" - left for Toledo directly after the play for a meet and greet.
- At Finn's house when Finn is angry and telling Rachel how he failed to get a football scholarship, the camera switches back and forth between them. Every time the camera switches to Rachel her hair is sitting in a different position.
- At Finn's house, Finn tells Rachel that they don't have to do it, because the play is over. However, it is implied that there are more shows coming, because Blaine was rehearsing a move he messed up on the opening night. He wouldn't be rehearsing if the show was just a one-time show. Also, in Asian F, Emma, Shannon and Artie explicitly said that Mercedes and Rachel would have equal performance time and that they would be adding a week, which would not be the case if it was just one show.
- When Mike Chang Sr. slams Mike's locker shut, some paper gets stuck in between the door, but in the next shot the papers are gone.
- At Finn's house before Rachel and Finn toast each other, Finn's glass is empty. In the next shot, Finn's glass is suddenly full.
Your dreams are not dead. You've just grown out of them.
I've never felt less like being intimate with someone. And it's either you can't tell or you just don't care.
Karofsky: I'm what they call a Bear Cub.


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Construction period: 1848-1858
Stone-removal: black powder, hand drills, chisels
Smoke-removal: He built a Burgoyne exhaust system, in which inverted tubs trapped the fumes and, after they were immersed in water, expelled them into a network of pipes and valves.
Water-removal: He connected hand- and horse-powered pumps to an 1,800-foot length of three-inch iron pipe which discharged 60 gallons a minute and is believed to be the longest siphon on record.
Accuracy: Christmas Day, 1856, was bore-through day, when the holes from each side met. Crozet's calculations were so precise that only a half inch separated the alignment.
Cost: $488,000 or about $114 per foot
Ownership: The tunnel was originally part of the 17-mile Blue Ridge Railroad, an entity created by the Commonwealth of Virginia to handle the expensive task of breaching the Blue Ridge and opening up the Shenandoah Valley. It was part of the Virginia Central Railroad– purchased in 1869 by the C&O (now CSX).
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Retired: In 1944 after the C&O built a nearby newer and wider railroad tunnel.
Future: hiking, biking, horseback-riding
sources: American Society of Civil Engineers and the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society


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Now, I know this may be one of those things that's more noticeable to us auto writers, what with our sex-worker-like hopping from car to car, but we do see a lot of dashboards. And certain controls seem to be placed with the careless abandon of a thrown dart. What control needs a standard placement?
There's lots of possibilities here — I'm not sure a rear defroster/defogger button has ever been in the same place on two different vehicles, and modern infotainment systems insistence on making the volume controls an exciting tactile guessing game is particularly anti-delightful. But I think the hazard light switch may be the worst offender.
It's almost never in the same spot on any two cars, though there has been a general trend to move it centrally. It's also the button you want to hit most when you're flustered or in a mild panic. They are called the hazard lights for a reason.
They're also fun to hit, since they flash. I remember being a 5 or 6 year old in my dad's old '68 Beetle with my sister and getting yelled at by a passing stranger because we were playing with the hazard light knob. It was so hard not to pull, all red and flashy.
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What's wrong with the world? Why is the otherwise slutty British press frothing at the mouth and getting moralistic? Who doesn't want a sneak peek at the Crown Jewels? All that big fuss because Prince Harry did what any hot blooded young man would in Vegas – got naked at a wild party? Puhleeze – stop! Prince Harry is not your average Joe the neighbourhood plumber. He may be third in line to the throne. So bloody what? He is a man, first. A very naughty man, at that. Track record ko dekho! Take a look at the scenario. Princey goes to Vegas with a bunch of rowdy mates for some much-needed R and R. Why do people go to Vegas? Not to pray…. not to behave like they are at a funeral… not to save the world. Vegas attracts hard core party people from across the world. And high rollers who are mad enough to think they'll beat the casinos and make money. Why was the Prince there? To have fun. How did he land up in a fancy suite with 'hot chicks' for company? Oh come on… he is Prince Harry. Not the Dalai Lama. Hot Chicks are a part of his environment. He just has to breathe – and there they are. Well… the buck naked part of the story kicks in after the reckless and recklessly handsome Prince decides to play a few dicey games with these adventurous ladies. Adult games. Games that involve stripping. Getting nanga. Till this point, the story reads just fine. The Prince and his lads are starkers, as are the luscious girls. The stakes must have been as high as the party goers, for nobody noticed the cameras. This is the seriously dumb part. Clearly, the Prince was aware that pics were being clicked, since he assured a naked female companion that he would gallantly guard her modesty with his own body! That's class….however Harry forgot to cover the royal butt when the cameras went click- click. In one photograph, he is seen hanging on to the crown jewels with his hands…. even so, a few glimpses of Little Harry have already set the internet on fire.
My question is broader in scope :The British establishment is outraged and feigning shock. Why? The Defence Ministry is threatening to strip the 27-year-old pilot of his Apache duties , claiming he is not cool headed enough to fly this big, destructive machine. Really? The guy was set for a second round of duties in Afghanistan. Are all those soldiers fighting a useless war in Afghanistan really cool headed? His father has apparently banned him from future 'boys only' binges, according to reports. The irony of it all! Prince Charles had an equally wild reputation in his time … he can hardly afford to discipline the boy! Even sis-in-law Kate Middleton has been roped in to keep Prince Harry home and occupied. Her strategy? She's giving him cooking lessons. So far, Harry's grandma, the Queen, has wisely not uttered a word. She has raised quite a family herself, and seen a lot of hairy stuff along the way. This is the 21st century, not Victorian England. Harry is young, wicked, rich, single and good looking. Yes, he drinks more than he can handle. He parties hard with dodgy debutantes. He staggers out of night clubs. He throws up. He changes girlfriends as frequently as his socks. He's normal. Hota hai! He hasn't killed anyone or otherwise behaved in a violent, unbalanced, dangerous-to-society manner. Perhaps, his latest romp can be dubbed conduct unbecoming for a member of the royal family. But unlike his indiscreet grandpop who routinely makes racist and sexist comments and embarrasses the Palace, this guy's lifestyle is that of a spoilt brat… a pampered rock star. Nothing worse. Let him cavort naked in Vegas… what difference does it make to world affairs? Let that hot chick make her millions out of selling those stolen pics. There's a whole world of opportunity out there. It's a fair free- for- all. The Vegas party is over. We have all seen Harry's butt and privates. We have not fainted. We understand it's all in them genes. How can the younger son of Lady Diana and Prince Charles be expected to behave like a monk?
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TV actress Prachee Pathak, who is part of saas-bahu saga "Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti Hee Hai", says that the portrayal of mother-in-laws on Indian television is wrong.
"What has been shown on TV till now is wrong. My character in 'Aakhir...' is not a negative character. It is not like the mother-in-law will do something wrong with her daughter-in-law on the show. She will be good to her as well," Prachee told IANS in a telephonic interview.
"On other TV shows, the mother-in-law is shown to be negative. Here, she is not negative. She is strict and disciplined," she added.
Away from the typical vamps of television, this show will have villainous situations and not people.
"The situation will be the villain of the show...there will be no character which will ruin the bahu's life. Audience will be able to relate to this," she said.
The actress, who was also seen in "Afsar Bitiya" says that Indian television is trying to move away from saas-bahu sagas, but also admitted that these work the best on TV.
"They are trying to be different. 'Bade Acche Lagte Hain' type of shows are coming. I did 'Afsar Bitiya', that was not a saas-bahu serial at all. So TV is trying to move away from saas-bahu sagas and I hope that it succeeds," she said.


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Why do all minimal Atmega328 designs have caps on the the 16Mhz crystal? I haven't and it seems to run fine! just power to the pins 7&8 and Crystal between 9&10.
I normally use a 3-terminal ceramic resonator, which has the capacitors built-in.
Ultimately I plan to implement a high speed serial communications network once I have finished experimenting. Currently I'm just sending a few bytes every second or so.My crystals have the following specs:Frequency: 16MHzFrequency Tolerance: ± 30ppmLoad Capacitance: 18pFFrequency Stability: ± 30ppmShould I therefore be using 18pF Caps? I also assume lower is better for Frequency Tolerance and Stability?
QuoteI normally use a 3-terminal ceramic resonator, which has the capacitors built-in.What would specs should I look for in one of these?Is this preferred because of the lower part count?
Without the right load caps the frequency won't be in-spec for that crystal (they are calibrated for a given load capacitance).
Load caps make the oscillation frequency much less sensitive to stray circuit capacitances I believe - not necessarily important.
A particular oscillator design may assume a certain range of load capacitance too - without it there might be no guarantee of oscillator start-up?
The capacitors perform another important function. The combination of capacitors, crystal and the inverting amplifier make up a Colpitts oscillator. Without the capacitors (or sufficient stray and pin capacitance instead), the circuit would not oscillate.


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After reading an article from Michael Hyatt about working at a standup desk, I have been considering it for a couple of weeks. Last weekend, I asked one of the guys from our congregation to help me move a piece of furniture to my office so I could set it up as a standup desk. I have worked at it for most of the day today (January 31) and I have a couple of thoughts.
- Typing standing up definitely requires a correct posture. You can't do it standing straight up or your lower back will hurt like crazy after a couple hours.
- Good shoes are essential. Your feet kill after four or five hours of standing up and doing anything.
- Standing up means I can access my whiteboards much easier. Since I write ideas on the various whiteboards in my office before committing anything to paper (I rarely commit my sermons to paper anyway), this is convenient for me. Once I get my articulated arm for my screen, this will work even better.
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Boa bites dancer during rehearsal for Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' at VMAs
(CNN) — A 6-foot-long boa constrictor named Rocky stole the show Friday during a rehearsal for Nicki Minaj's performance of "Anaconda" at the MTV Video Music Awards when he bit a backup dancer in the arm, according to a statement from MTV.
The female dancer, who was not identified by Viacom representatives, was treated immediately on the spot by a medic at The Forum in Los Angeles and later sent to a local hospital for treatment, Chris Velvin, director of production safety for Viacom Media, told CNN. Her injuries were not life-threatening.
Minaj was on stage for the rehearsal but was not involved in the incident, according to the statement on the MTV website. She remarked, "Did she get bit by the snake?"
Boa constrictors are not venomous, and Velvin said this snake had never attacked anyone before.
"He's a professional entertainment snake," Velvin said. "He's been doing this for 15 years."
The snake's owner, Hollywood Animals, did not return calls asking for comment.
The snake was draped around the dancer's shoulders when it bit her on the inside of her left arm, according to the statement.
It's unknown what provoked the snake, Velvin said, but the rehearsal had been going normally and the injured dancer had practiced with the snake in the past.
Sunday's live performance of "Anaconda," a raunchy remix of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," will still include a snake, but it will not be Rocky, Velvin said.
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Phil Simms never is shy about offering an opinion, and the CBS NFL analyst expressed a few Wednesday on this year's class of quarterback prospects to NFL.com columnist Adam Schein on SirusXM's Mad Dog Sports Radio.
The most interesting opinion: "I think if Geno Smith was in this draft class he would be the number one guy, without question."
Yes, Simms is saying that he thinks a quarterback who went in the second round in the 2013 draft is better than any quarterback in this draft. And remember that three quarterbacks -- Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater, UCF's Blake Bortles and Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel -- potentially could go in the top four in the '14 draft.
Not surprisingly, Simms -- who spent 14 seasons as the New York Giants' quarterback -- had thoughts on each of the top three. Here are some of those thoughts.
(Keep in mind that Simms admitted that "I haven't watched them on coaches' film." He also opined in October that "this 'unbelievable' quarterback class that is coming out -- it is not going to be unbelievable.")
On Manziel» "It would concern me, and a lot, that he ran a 4.68 at the combine. ... The 30-inch vertical jump? I know it's a vertical jump but, I hate to say it, it bothered me. I expected more explosion. If you're going to be a scrambling, move-around quarterback, I think that's a pretty important thing -- to be explosive and to do these things."
» "The style of play? Does it worry me? Oh, sure it does. Because nobody can play that free and easy in the NFL."
» "The Russell Wilson comparison. ... Russell Wilson is more explosive. He's naturally bigger and stronger than Johnny Manziel. They're not even close in arm strength."
On Bortles» "He's probably the one I want to watch more than anybody. I saw Blake Bortles play, maybe, I'm going to say five games this year on TV. ... I just didn't think I was looking at potentially a top three or four pick in the draft. I just didn't see that."
» "Yeah, of course, I liked his size [Bortles measured 6-foot-5 and 232 pounds at the combine] and all that. ... At least you have that."
» "The arm from Blake Bortles -- I just don't see him as a, so far, maybe I didn't see it, got to couch it because I said some of these things about Andrew Luck, that I didn't see great throws when he was at Stanford. Boy, I see a lot of them now in the NFL, that's for sure. So he could be one of those guys."
On Bridgewater» "I have question marks about him, too. The arm. What is Teddy Bridgewater going to be? You tell me. What does he do that's going to drive him over the top in the NFL as we think of quarterbacks?"
» (asked to characterize Bridgewater's arm) "I'll characterize it, NFL, middle of the pack. ... Solid arm. When I say middle of it, I'm taking about all the quarterbacks in the NFL. It's just an average power arm or whatever."
On the overall quarterback class» "I think this is a tough class to judge to say there is a true, without question, franchise quarterback ready to be drafted."
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Rivals150 update: Okafor retains top spot
THE LIST: Class of 2014 Rivals150
During the month of July, college coaches will take advantage of three separate five-day windows to evaluate potential players at All-Star camps and with their grassroots teams.
While coaches are anxious to get out and evaluate talent, the nation's top players have been traveling the country on the grassroots hoops circuit since early April. The short lull of national events between mid-June and early July serves as the perfect time to update rankings and today, Rivals.com unveils a new Rivals150 for the class of 2014.
Chicago's Jahlil Okafor continues his hold on the top spot.
Still on top
More than likely, Jahlil Okafor would be the first to tell you that the spring of 2013 didn't go as he might have hoped. There weren't any issues with the play of the 6-foot-11 center from Chicago (Ill.) Whitney Young.
But he battled ankle problems that kept him from playing at 100 percent for the better part of April, May and June.
Now in Prague with USA Basketball's 19 and under national team, Okafor looks to be back to full health and primed for a big July.
Coming off a standout junior season, Okafor certainly had his moments on the spring circuit when he was healthy. Most of all, though, Okafor retains his spot at the top of the rankings because he is a unique prospect.
In an era where every big man wants to face up and show off their perimeter skills, Okafor is a true space-eating, back-to-the basket and highly skilled center who can score in bunches. His combination of size, skill and understanding of position is one that isn't seen very often and he looks like the type of player who could be dropped into a NBA game right now and hold his own.
Not surprisingly, Okafor's recruitment has gone through the roof. It's well known that he and the nation's No. 2 player -- 6-foot-1 point guard Tyus Jones out of Apple Valley (Minn.) High -- are likely to be a package deal for college and No. 16 Justise Winslow -- a small forward out of Houston -- could be joining them as well. So, there's a good chance that whatever school lands Okafor could really hit the lottery.
The schools left on Okafor's list of eight are Arizona, Baylor, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan State and Ohio State.
Robinson's rise and Francis' entrance
The rankings' biggest climber and best debut sit right next to each other in the rankings.
Small forward Devin Robinson rose an astounding 82 spots in the rankings to No. 24 while shooting guard Brandone Francis makes his first appearance at No. 25.
A long and slender 6-foot-8 swingman out of Christchurch (Va.) High, Robinson was a standout on the spring circuit. Regarded as a good shooter with the potential to play at a high-level school after last summer, Robinson grew three inches in the past year while adding significantly to his game and athleticism. He can create off the dribble, he shoots with range and he is a high-flying finisher with tremendous size for his position.
Robinson does need to add strength and be a bit more of an alpha dog when surrounded by other talented players, but the five-star prospect has significant potential.
Auburn, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Rutgers, USC, Virginia Tech, VCU and Xavier have offered, while Indiana, Kansas and others are expected to evaluate him this summer.
Rising to the cusp of five-star status, Francis is a burly 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Jacksonville (Fla.) Arlington Country Day who exudes confidence and toughness. A native of the Dominican Republic, Francis shoots with range, handles the ball well enough to play some point and he's got a charismatic personality on the floor that allows him to lead.
Like Robinson, Francis saw his recruitment take off during the spring. However, rather than wait around he actually committed to the school considered the longtime frontrunner, Florida. In Gainesville, he'll team with the No. 39 player in the class of 2014, point guard Chris Chiozza.
Exum's exit
Perhaps the toughest call in compiling the rankings was deciding whether to leave in 6-foot-6 guard Dante Exum. From a talent standpoint, Exum is a no-brainer. However, he comes with a unique set of circumstances.
Exum isn't American and he doesn't play in the United States. As an Australian who plays at the Australian Institute of Sport, Exum had initially been ranked among 2014's top 20 players because he came to the States last summer and played against U.S. players in the Adidas Super 64 and at Adidas Nations. During those appearances he demonstrated he has great size, is a plus athlete and has an outstanding skill set that allows him to play as either a point or shooting guard.
During the spring, Exum was a standout playing for the International team against the USA's top 2013 prospects in the Nike Hoop Summit. But Exum will be spending the rest of the summer with Australia's 19-and-under national team before returning to Australia to finish his senior year of high school. Exum will actually finish in time to enroll in the States at the semester break of the 2013-14 season if he chooses, and he'll also be eligible for the 2014 NBA Draft.
Because the chances are so few to evaluate him against the rest of the Rivals150; and because of his unclear status in terms of graduating class and whether he'll even play college ball (he says for now that he is planning to), we have elected not to include him in the rankings. However, Exum will retain his five-star status, and were he to be included in the rankings, he would have been positioned somewhere within the top 10, possibly even the top five.
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May and June are traditionally the driest months of the year in San Juan County and May followed form.
Monticello Public Works Director Nathan Langston said the city used more water than it brought in during the past week. From May 27 to June 3, 4.35 million gallons of water flowed into the city system and city residents used 5.87 million gallons. It is the first week of the year that the city has used more water than it brought in.
The switch from building water reserves to using reserves generally happens later in June or in July.
Monticello city officials are asking that residents cut water use by 25 percent in order to secure adequate reserves for next year. While community water use for the year has dropped by more than seven million gallons below historical levels, it does not reach the goal of a 25 percent reduction.
As of June 3, the current year-to-date water use is 44.16 million gallons, which is a 17 percent reduction from the historical levels.
City officials have stated that if a request for voluntary cuts does not work, they may need to implement more stringent watering restrictions.
Area reservoirs are at levels generally more suited to the end of the irrigation season rather than late spring. Loyds Lake currently holds just 30 percent of its capacity.
With just more than 1,000 acre-feet of water, Loyds Lake may reach its conservation pool (which is functionally empty) of 500 acre-feet.
Recapture Reservoir is already at its conservation pool. The White Mesa Uranium Mill is at the tail end of using the 500 acre-feet of water that it purchased from the City of Blanding. Operations are likely to be cut back at the mill as the available water is depleted.
In Blanding, there are no restrictions, but City officials are anxious to avoid wasting water. The city is preparing three deep wells to draw water from the Navajo Aquifer, which is 2,000 feet below the city. The plan is to draw approximately 500 acre-feet of water from the wells to keep a two-year supply of water for the city.


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Charter Communications Inc. could be leaving Massachusetts next year, if an agreement with Comcast Corp. is approved by federal and state officials.
"All assets of Charter in Massachusetts will become Comcast. Charter will carry on until the transaction is complete," said Timothy G. Murnane, vice president of external affairs for the Greater Boston region for Comcast's north central division.
He spoke Tuesday at an Oxford selectmen's meeting.
The complex Comcast/Charter transaction, announced in April, raises questions about the possible impact on cost and service.
Mr. Murnane said, "There will be no effect whatsoever" on prices, at least at first, though new choices, equipment and services will be offered.
The transfer of all 182,699 Massachusetts Charter customers in 53 communities to Comcast, which already has 1,488,659 customers in 246 Massachusetts communities, is one of several results of a merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, which Comcast is purchasing for $45.2 billion.
To gain approval from the Federal Communications Commission, Comcast agreed to divest itself of 3.9 million customers so that its "post-merger subscriber total" will be less than 30 percent of the total national multichannel video programming distributor subscriber base, according to Comcast.
As a third party to the agreement, Charter agreed to acquire 1.4 million current Time Warner Cable subscribers, and Charter and Comcast each agreed to transfer approximately 1.6 million customers to each other, with Charter gaining customers in the South and West and Comcast picking up subscribers in the Northeast, including Massachusetts.
In Worcester, the city has been notified of the agreement and officials are reviewing the transaction documents. John Hill, a spokesman for the city, said the transaction would not change the city's cable license, which was renewed with Charter in 2013 for 10 years.
Worcester's Cable Advisory Committee will hold a hearing at 6 p.m. Aug. 5 in City Hall to give the public a chance to comment.
According to the state Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, cities and towns have 120 days to act on transfer applications. In considering such applications, cities and towns can take into account the new cable operator's management experience, technical expertise, financial capability and legal ability to operate a cable system.
They cannot require the incoming operator to provide additional services, rebuilds or upgrades as a condition of granting approval of the transfer.
At the Oxford meeting, Gerald Buckley, senior government affairs manager at Comcast, said, "We're very excited about this transaction. We have a long-standing relationship with Massachusetts."
He said that Charter customers have been watching advertisements for Comcast's "best-in-class technology and service," and now will have access to it.
"We are proud of our localism, as large as we are."
Comcast is the largest cable company in the United States.
Thomas P. Cohan, director of government relations for Charter, said, "This fall, Charter will go all digital," which should help with the transition to all-digital Comcast in the spring.
Mr. Murnane said it was impossible for him to answer specific questions about customer impact or operations, since anti-trust laws prevent Comcast from seeing Charter's physical plant "until the legal transfer of closure."
But he said, "We have every intent to offer all benefits our current customers have to our new customers. Whatever contractual obligations are (with Charter), we will honor them."
He said contracts vary by community, but would include any senior citizen or veteran discounts, local access channel payments and other obligations already in place.
When asked what would happen to customers with a "charter.net" or other charter email account, he said it was too early to say, but customers would be given ample time to make any switch to a new email address should that become necessary.
Mr. Murnane did not say whether current Charter employees would be hired by Comcast, but added, "We don't have an army waiting at the border. Once we own the company, we will look at operations to see what's best for customers."
He said a six-month review by the FCC is underway, with a "probable closing in the first quarter" of 2015, and he expected a smooth transfer from Charter to Comcast with "no time when TV won't work."
As part of that transfer, Comcast and Charter are meeting with selectmen and city and town managers in all existing Charter communities, asking for a transfer of license from Charter to Comcast.
Oxford Selectman Dennis E. Lamarche asked, "What happens if we say no?"
Mr. Murnane said, "Hopefully, we will not get to that."


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Joe Previtera, an Australian television cameraman known as "Joe the Cameraman," got his karmic return 12 years after his infamous "sledging" (or insulting, in cricket speak) of a cricketer during a 1999 match when he fell off of his Segway during an Australia-India test match yesterday.
If this is what Segwaying cameramen can bring to sports, then we'd be happy to see them in the outfield next spring. We would only require that they fall at least once a game.
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As the international effort to deploy so-called "smart meters" to monitor electricity usage marches on, resistance to the controversial devices is increasing around the world as well. Proponents argue that the scheme could save money and reduce energy use. Opponents from across the political spectrum, however, worry that the smart meters might not be just a stupid idea and a waste of money - they could actually be dangerous in more ways than one. Critics of the technology cite, among an array of concerns, the potentially vast surveillance capabilities of the new electric meters, which allow governments and other entities to gather detailed personal information on a previously unimaginable scale. Possible health risks, threats to privacy from hackers, higher costs for customers, efforts to reduce electricity usage and impose changes in energy-use patterns, and many other problems are also contributing to the growing tide of opposition. Smart meters are ostensibly designed to monitor electricity use in far greater detail than traditional electric meters, all while giving energy suppliers faster and easier access to the data. The devices also wirelessly transmit the information collected to a central location and can even communicate with newer household appliances. A range of other advanced functions that older metering technology did not provide - some yet to be developed or even imagined - are also cited by critics and advocates alike. One of the key selling points for the devices, which are also being used to meter natural gas and water, is that they allow utility operators to revamp their pricing structures. Utility monopolies could, for example, decide to charge more for electricity during high consumption periods while reducing prices during low usage hours. If it was a free market, most liberty-minded Americans probably would not mind that. But of course, there is more. Another supposed benefit, for power companies at least, is the ability to monitor and control electricity delivery without physically visiting the customer's property. Power or even water can be turned off remotely, making it much easier for suppliers to cut off service even over matters that previously would not have been worth sending out an employee to physically flip the switch. Despite immense pressure from special interests, lobbyists, and government-controlled utility providers, however, public support for smart meters is virtually non-existent. Even some high-level officials, including the attorney general of Connecticut and lawmakers throughout the nation, have balked at paying in some cases billions of dollars for a program that offers few benefits, if any, to the consumers who are being forced to pay for it. Still, from Europe to Japan and Australia to Canada, the expansion of smart meters is already well underway. In the United States, funded partly by the so-called "stimulus" package, the controversial devices are also spreading quickly, costing billions of dollars already. Some jurisdictions have essentially made the new meters mandatory, while policy makers in a few areas have passed legislation banning them. The myriad downsides and the dubious benefits have attracted fierce criticism and more than a few protests by outraged consumers. From Texas to California to Maine and even Canada, citizens have been resisting the scheme to install smart meters on their property - sometimes successfully, in other cases meeting with failure. Opposition to smart meters actually made national headlines last month after a Texas woman pulled a gun on a man attempting to install one of the devices at her home. "My main concern originally was the privacy - as far as I'm concerned this is a surveillance device," Houston-area activist leader Thelma Taormina told The New American after the incident. But in addition to the potential violation of the Fourth Amendment, Taormina and other smart-meter resisters have many other concerns. At the top of smart-meter opponents' lists is the systematic violation of personal privacy by authorities, Big Business, or any individual who knows how to access the wireless data being transmitted by the devices. Surprisingly, however, it is not just citizens and activists who have spoken out about the problem. In June, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), an official EU body, expressed serious concerns as well. "The Europe-wide rollout of 'smart metering systems' enables massive collection of personal information from European households, thus far unprecedented in the energy sector," the EDPS said in a report, calling the new system "a radical change" compared to past information gathering. "The potential intrusiveness of collection is increased by the fact that data are collected, which may infer information about domestic activities: data may track what members of a household do within the privacy of their own homes." According to the report, smart meters will allow the collection of detailed data regarding energy consumption "down to the hour, quarter of an hour, and more." The mass amount of detailed information, it said, means that anyone with access to the data will be able to "know when each individual appliance in a household is turned on and off, and can often also identify what specific appliances are used." The system could be a potential goldmine for non-governmental criminals, too - letting them determine, for example, exactly when a house is unoccupied. "This raises concerns with regard to security, the rights to privacy and the protection of personal data," the report said. "The risks to data protection, however, go further than these most immediate concerns." Even more alarming for privacy advocates, the report continues by noting that "deployment of smart metering may lead to tracking the everyday lives of people in their own homes and building detailed profiles of all individuals based on their domestic activities." On top of that, the EDPS explained, smart meters can even collect data from RFID tags, the electronic chips that are becoming increasingly ubiquitous worldwide. "Further, law enforcement agencies, tax authorities, insurance companies, landlords, employers, and other third parties may also be interested in personal energy usage information," the EU report continued. In its concluding remarks, the EDPS noted that the mass adoption of the smart meters entails "considerable risks" and enables "massive collection of personal data from European households and may lead to tracking what members of a household do within the privacy of their own homes." Also a concern of many smart meter opponents is the scheme's links to broader international efforts to achieve what the United Nations calls "sustainable development." In essence, the UN, through Agenda 21 and other deeply controversial mechanisms, wants to reduce consumption of everything - electricity and power in particular. Because smart meters have so many potential applications and functions, critics worry that the devices will be used first to change energy-use patterns - trying to decrease usage during certain time periods, for example. Eventually, many opponents believe the devices will be used to gradually reduce power consumption regardless of what consumers think about it, or even what they need. Indeed, countless activists across the United States have already highlighted the link between smart meters and broader UN-backed goals of decreasing consumption. "Smart meters or energy audits affect everyone in town," observed American Policy Center chief Tom DeWeese, a long-time foe of the UN and its controversial "sustainability" agenda. "What is the problem? Government is dictating your energy use that you are paying for." Then there are health concerns, especially surrounding the emission of pulsed radio-frequency (RF) radiation by the devices. Some activists say they suffered adverse effects when a smart meter was installed at their home. And despite the complaints largely being dismissed by proponents of the new system or the special interests profiting from it, even the American Academy of Environmental Medicine has called for caution in rolling out smart meters while further studies and investigations are conducted on the potentially harmful effects. "Multiple studies correlate RF exposure with diseases such as cancer, neurological disease, reproductive disorders, immune dysfunction, and electromagnetic hypersensitivity," the academy says on its website about the radiation emitted by smart meters and other devices that use similar technology. "Genotoxic effects from RF exposure, including studies of non-thermal levels of exposure, consistently and specifically show chromosomal instability, altered gene expression, gene mutations, DNA fragmentation and DNA structural breaks." As the controversial devices continued to be rolled out across the Western world and eventually much of the planet, many opponents and activists say they would be satisfied with an "opt out" allowing them to keep their old meters if they specifically chose to do so. Other critics and skeptics, however, want the smart-meter roll out to be based on an opt-in system, if not scrapped altogether. Officials have gradually started to acknowledge the concerns, and in many states, caution is being exercised, if only for political reasons. In areas where smart meters have already been adopted, opposition is still growing, and it is likely that authorities will eventually be forced to allow citizens to demand removal of the devices from their homes. In the meantime, however, the battle will continue to rage as authorities build their so-called "smart grid."
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