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Rolling blackouts affecting 97, 000 customers hit the San Francisco Bay area on June 14, 2000 and San Diego Gas & Electric Company filed a complaint alleging market manipulation by some energy producers in August 2000.
Rolling blackouts were avoided when the state halted two large state and federal water pumps to conserve electricity.
Rolling blackouts are a last-resort measure used by an electric utility company to avoid a total blackout of the power system.
Rolling blackouts may be localised to a specific part of the electricity network or may be more widespread and affect entire countries and continents.
Rolling blackouts generally result from two causes: insufficient generation capacity or inadequate transmission infrastructure to deliver sufficient power to the area where it is needed.
Rolling blackouts are a common or even a normal daily event in many developing countries where electricity generation capacity is underfunded or infrastructure is poorly managed.
Rolling blackouts in developed countries are rare because demand is accurately forecasted, adequate infrastructure investment is scheduled and networks are well managed ; such events are considered an unacceptable failure of planning and can cause significant political damage to responsible governments.
Rolling blackouts of three hours were expected to last until the end of April 2011 and will affect the Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tochigi, and Gunma prefectures.
Rolling blackouts began nation-wide in Pakistan in early 2008 and continue presently in June 2012.
Rolling blackouts were again imposed in late August 2005 in Southern California due to the loss of a key transmission line ; the transmission line shut itself off because of a faulty sensor.
Rolling blackouts continued to affect about 5 % of the population on the next two days ( 29-30 September ) as the electricity company ENEL continued its effort to restore supply.

Rolling and also
It also topped Rolling Stones list.
He was also known as The Originator because of his key role in the transition from the blues to rock, influencing a host of acts, including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and George Michael, among others.
He also appeared in skits on the MTV game show Remote Control, playing such characters as Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, the " brother " of co-host Colin Quinn, and artist Andy Warhol.
It also included figures such as Mick Jagger, and Paul Simon as themselves, although it also included other members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles playing various characters as well as numerous recognizable comedy actors, so there was no real intent to fool the audience.
Musicians who are primarily known as singers or performers on another instrument who also have recorded and performed harmonica solos include Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Donovan, Taj Mahal, Mick Jagger and Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News, John Mayall, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, Roger Daltrey of The Who, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Bono of U2, Rick Davies of Supertramp, and Richard " Magic Dick " Salwitz of The J. Geils Band.
The film also featured such acts as The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Gerry & the Pacemakers, James Brown, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Lesley Gore, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, and The Beach Boys ( whose sequence was later cut from the film, due to contract issues ).
He has also worked for groups such as The Rolling Stones, Jane's Addiction, Marilyn Manson, and WHAM !.
It also hosts a rich rock / dance / dub culture ; in the 1960s The Rolling Stones played the Klubb Bongo, and in recent years stars like Morrissey, Nick Cave, B. B.
The National Stadium also hosted many music concerts including Michael Jackson, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and U2.
The back to basics trend was also evident in The Rolling Stones ' albums starting from Beggar's Banquet ( 1968 ) to Exile on Main St. ( 1972 ).
Rolling Stone also has a page at MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.
In the spring of 2012, Rolling Stone also launched a federated search feature which searches both the website and the archive
In addition to Chicago blues numbers, the Rolling Stones also covered songs by Chuck Berry and Bobby and Shirley Womack, with the latter's " It's All Over Now ", giving them their first UK number one in 1964.
In the same year, Waits also contributed vocals to the song " Harlem Shuffle " on The Rolling Stones ' album Dirty Work.
" Guitarist Richard Thompson has openly acknowledged the album's influence on Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief, and journalist John Harris has suggested that The Band's debut also influenced the spirit of The Beatles ' back-to-basics album Let It Be as well as The Rolling Stones ' string of roots-infused albums that began with Beggars Banquet.
He also encouraged the press to use provocative headlines such as " Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?
Many visiting dignitaries toured the Palace, and it also hosted performances by notable international artists, such as a 1967 concert by the Rolling Stones, the first by a major western rock group behind the Iron Curtain.
** The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is also filmed on this date, but not released until 1996.
* December 8 – Magical Mystery Tour is released by The Beatles as a double EP in the U. K. and also the only psychedelic rock album of The Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request in the U. K and in the U. S. A.
She also appeared in three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, Rolling Stone, and the Pirelli Calendar 1999 by Herb Ritts and 2000 by Annie Leibovitz.
Existing acts, some not usually considered central to the genre, also adopted glam styles, including Rod Stewart, Elton John, Queen and, for a time, the Rolling Stones.
It was also placed at No. 230 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time " in 2003.
The Rolling Stones ( also published under the name Space Family Stone in the United Kingdom ) is a 1952 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein.

Rolling and called
Rolling Stone called the album " accessible, fiery and intimate — often at the same time [...] a basic guitar record that's anything but basic.
Spin called it a " jaw-dropping act of artistic will and a fiery, proper follow-up to 1994 ’ s Live Through This " and awarded it eight out of ten stars, while Rolling Stone suggested that, " for people who enjoy watching celebrities fall apart, America's Sweetheart should be more fun than an Osbournes marathon.
In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine published a list called The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
In further response to this issue, rock critic Jim DeRogatis, a former Rolling Stone editor, published a thorough critique of the magazine's lists in a book called Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics ( ISBN 1-56980-276-9 ), which featured differing opinions from many younger critics.
Rolling Stone called it one of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.
Several stories later emerged suggesting that the band had initially been called ' English Rose ' or that the name was somehow linked to The Rolling Stones, but these were untrue, Brown explaining " No, I don't know where that English Rose story came from.
Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times said Rickman " as always, makes the most lasting impression ," while Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called Rickman " sublime at giving us a glimpse at last into the secret nurturing heart that [...] Snape masks with a sneer.
The album was received well by critics ; Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Stone said " their debut album is superb ", and Chicago's Daily Herald called it an " above average debut ".
He then worked full time on his humorous weekly called The Rolling Stone, which he started while working at the bank.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called the film a " captivating romantic bonbon " and added, " Don't look for the originality and grit that distinguished Weir's Australian films Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli, Green Card has all the heft of a potato chip.
The phrase may have its origins as early as 1908 in the cadence song now called " The Army Goes Rolling Along ", which likely extended into tank usage.
Furthermore, he had read a scathing Cream review in Rolling Stone, a publication he had much admired, in which the reviewer, Jon Landau, called him a " master of the blues cliché.
Langdon Winner of Rolling Stone called Strictly Personal " an excellent album.
Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon – McCartney ( originally credited " McCartney – Lennon "), early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called " invention of the idea of the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments ".
" Michael Sragow of Rolling Stone called Spielberg " a space age Jean Renoir .... or the first time, has put his breathtaking technical skills at the service of his deepest feelings.
Rolling Stone writer Jon Landau called one of the album's cuts, " P. F.
" George P Pelecanos of Uncut magazine has called it " One of the great rock ' n roll performances, and as close to a perfect song as anyone's ever recorded ," while Chris T-T in the same publication declared " Never mind The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, this is the best rock ' n roll track of all time.
Reviewing American Psycho, Stephen Erlewine of Allmusic called the new incarnation " a kitschy goth-punk outfit that relies more on metal than hardcore ", while Rolling Stone remarked that the band's new style blended " some old-style punk, a little metal and an occasional all-out thrasher.
NME called the album " a personal but secretive thrash-pop opera of urban nihilism and passionate dumbthinks ", and Rolling Stone said the album " may be the most potent blast of female insurgency ever committed to tape ".
) It received mostly poor, even savage reviews: Rolling Stone reviewer Jon Landau called it " the worst album I have ever heard from a major rock band ".< ref name =" landau-review ">
Rolling Stone called the performance " nostalgic, blissful, and moving.
Rolling Stone noted its " refinement, stylish melodies and vocal fireworks ," while Blender called it " slick, snarky pop with flashes of brilliance ".
In the 1960s, Japanese rock music bands imitated Western rock musicians such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones, along with other Appalachian folk music, psychedelic rock, mod and similar genres ; this was called Group Sounds ( G. S .).
Rolling Stone have called the band, " funk-metal pioneers.

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