Rolling blackouts ( also called load shedding ) are intentionally engineered electrical power outages, used to distribute insufficient power when the demand for electricity exceeds the supply.

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.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that " fierce, funny, exasperating and deeply affecting portrayal commands attention "; James Berardinelli claimed, " There are times when it's uncomfortable to watch this performance because it's so powerful ", while Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said " Leigh ’ s exceptional performance tears you apart ... we've never seen anything like it before.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said “ Georgia is Leigh ’ s high-wire act, and her fierce, funny, exasperating and deeply affecting portrayal commands attention .” James Berardinelli of Reel Views praised it as “ a tour de force for Leigh ... there are times when it's uncomfortable to watch this performance because it's so powerful ”, adding “ Georgia doesn't possess an amazingly original narrative, but what distinguishes this picture is the depth of the characters and the amazing power with which the two leads breathe life into them .” Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said “ Leigh ’ s exceptional performance tears you apart … we ’ ve never seen anything like it before ”, adding that " Georgia is not an easy film, but in the American independent arena, it outperforms everything in sight .” It was also voted one of 1995 ’ s ten best films by Interview, New York Post, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Daily News and ABC Radio Network.

Similar joint ventures in the past also brought protest from HMV, affecting sales of The Rolling Stones and Alanis Morissette.

He was ranked # 97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked The Mona Lisa's Sister at No. 97 on its list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s.

It is ranked # 492 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of " the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ", and ranked at # 97 on Billboard magazine's " All-Time Hot 100 ".

Rolling Stone placed " No One Knows " at number 97 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time, saying of the track, " QOTSA guitarist and overall mastermind Josh Homme found the sweet spot between hooky hard rock and the pulverizing metal he'd grown up playing.

The album reached No. 1 on the Rolling Stone College album chart and No. 97 on the Billboard album chart in the U. S.

In September 2003 Randolph was listed as No. 97 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list.

The song has been covered by many other artists and Rolling Stone ranked it # 97 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

In 2004, " Roll Over Beethoven " was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stones list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ".

was given four out of five stars by Rolling Stone magazine, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart, selling 874, 000 in the first week alone.

About 300, 000 people gathered to hear The Rolling Stones ; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young ; Jefferson Airplane and other bands.

According to Ted Conover in Rolling Nowhere ( 1984 ), as many as 20, 000 people were living a hobo life in North America.

* France: Lead Infrastructure and Rolling Stock Maintainer – The scope of SNCF ’ s maintenance duties is staggering: it maintains of track, 26, 500 main sets of points and crossings, 2, 300 signal boxes, 80, 000 track circuits, over 1 million relays, etc.

A college of approximately 8, 000 students, John A. Logan College has been featured in Rolling Stone Magazine as the nation's fifth best community college and in 2004 was recognized as one of the fastest growing community colleges in the nation.

* August 21 – An estimated 120, 000 fans pack Knebworth House to see The Rolling Stones.

Using an artillery concept used in World War I ( Rolling Thunder ) which was the only time during World War II it was used and after 25, 000 rounds of HE / WP the hill was taken.

Quoting figures available at the time, a Rolling Stone feature claimed that up to half a million Bengalis had been killed by the cyclone in November 1970 − " a figure impossible to understand " − and the Pakistani army's subsequent brutal campaign of slaughter under Operation Searchlight accounted for at least 250, 000 civilians “ by the most conservative estimates ”.

It received a number 83 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and inclusion in both the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ( 2005 ) and 1, 000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die ( 2008 ).

With the breakthrough of alternative rock in the early 1990s, In on the Kill Taker ; released on June 30, 1993, became the group's first record to enter the Billboard album charts, received critical praise from Spin, TIME magazine and Rolling Stone, sold 180, 000 copies in its first week of release and subsequently became the band's breakthrough album.

* Against the Grain – 1975 ( BPI: 100, 000 ) Rolling Stone review

* Calling Card – 1976 ( BPI: 60, 000 ) Rolling Stone review

By March 1991, No Depression had sold an estimated 15, 000 copies, and was featured in a Rolling Stone article about rising stars.

A November 1994 Rolling Stones concert at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas with 50, 000 fans was the " first major cyberspace multicast concert.

In 2008, Rolling Stone critic Tom Moon listed Yankee Hotel Foxtrot among the 1, 000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.

Audiences of 10, 000 viewed acts like The Beatles ( who performed there three times ), Cliff Richard & The Shadows, The Hollies, Dusty Springfield, Joe Brown & the Bruvvers, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich and many others, hosted by Jimmy Savile and Pete Murray.

The magazine soon became a monthly with a growing circulation audited by ABC reaching 500, 000 copies an issue ; rivaling Rolling Stone and National Lampoon.

The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra was inaugurated with a Rolling Stones concert on 27 September 2003, attended by over 50, 000 people.

It has been an enduring critical success, including a number 172 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and inclusion in both 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ( 2005 ) and 1, 000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die ( 2008 ).

* The Rolling Stones-Aug 18, 1990 & Aug 5, 1995 ( attendance 100, 000 & 127, 000 respectively )

The Rolling Stones ' July 1, 1978 concert of 82, 238 attendees was reportedly the first concert to gross over $ 1, 000, 000.

On June 17, 1978, The Rolling Stones performed before a crowd of 100, 000 fans.