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 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 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.

Groucho developed friendships with rock star Alice Cooper — the two were photographed together for Rolling Stone magazine — and television host Dick Cavett, becoming a frequent guest on Cavett's late-night talk show.

In many films, like Gordon's War ( 1973 ) and Rolling Thunder ( 1977 ), the veteran uses his combat skills developed in Vietnam to wage war on evil-doers in America.

While in 2006 Rolling Stone writer Brian Hiatt described Pearl Jam as having " spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame ," he noted the band developed a loyal concert following akin to that of the Grateful Dead.

The Rolling Stones did it through a more rebellious image, The Beatles did it through their more developed ( or " grown up ") music.

Utilising the armament of the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile, and based on the mounting and targeting systems of the Phalanx, SeaRAM was developed in response to concerns about the performance of gun-based systems against modern, super-sonic sea-skimming anti-ship missiles.

Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin throughout the 1970s and developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to his contemporary in The Who, singer Roger Daltrey ( who adopted the look in the late 1960s ), Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, and his other fellow contemporary, Jim Morrison of The Doors.

Muscle Shoals is known for recording many hit songs from the 1960s to today at FAME Studios, where Aretha Franklin recorded, and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio which developed work for Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, the Rolling Stones and countless others.

British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s and which reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.

" She states that pop criticism developed as a " slap at the establishment, at publications such as the hippie homestead Rolling Stone and the rawker outpost Creem.

He also developed other studio talent with his Andrew Oldham Orchestra, in which Rolling Stones as well as London session players ( including Steve Marriott on harmonica ) recorded pop covers and instrumentals.

By the early 1960s the British had developed a viable national music industry and began to produce adapted forms of American music in beat music and British blues which would be re-exported to America by bands such as The Beatles and Rolling Stones.

Initially led by purist blues followers such as Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies, it reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.

Some well-established British bands that began their careers in the British Invasion, notably The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Kinks, also developed their own particular styles and expanded their international fan base during that period, but would be joined by new acts in new styles and sub-genres.

His films were no longer profitable, for by the late 1960s the Hippie movement had developed and musical acts like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Sly and the Family Stone, Grateful Dead, The Doors and Janis Joplin were dominating the airwaves.

Since the performances of The Rolling Stones in 1981 & Queen in 1982, the stadium has developed into the leading open air concert venue in Northern Germany.

The Remington Rolling Block rifle is one of the most successful single shot weapons ever developed.

* Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Producer of the Mitsubishi Anti Rolling Gyro, a CMG developed for luxury yachts, fishing, commercial and research vessels.

* 2005: Rolling with the Blues ( Recall ) 1972 and 1973 and 1980 and 1982, various countries, 2CD + DVD interview, reissue:

In Guatemala, Mexico and other Latin American countries, the word used to describe this kind of vehicle is " Casa Rodante " ( Rolling House ).

The UK was one of the two main countries in the development of rock music, and has provided global acts including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Kinks, Yardbirds, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, The Animals, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Motörhead, Phil Collins, Duran Duran, Billy Idol, ELO, The Hollies, Sting, Annie Lennox, George Michael, Genesis, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Police, UB40, Ozzy Osbourne, The Smiths, Joy Division, Foreigner, Elvis Costello, Dusty Springfield, Status Quo, Cat Stevens, Judas Priest, Bonnie Tyler, Pet Shop Boys, Joe Cocker, T. Rex, Depeche Mode, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Roxy Music, The Jam, Rainbow, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Seal, Eurythmics, Free, King Crimson, Moody Blues, The Troggs, Steve Winwood, Robert Palmer, Cream, The Foundations, Herman's Hermits, Procol Harum, Yes, The Pretenders, Simple Minds, Marillion, Nazareth, The Sweet, Human League, Supertramp, Tears for Fears, New Order, Bad Company, Brian Johnson, The Stone Roses, Pulp, Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Travis, Oasis and Blur.

The tour spanned three months in the US, with a European leg visiting twelve countries and included a concert in Helsinki, Finland as special guests with The Rolling Stones.

Operation Market Garden and Operation Rolling Thunder are examples of battles known by their military codenames.

The Studio Notes section of the November 27 issue of Rolling Stone stated that " Devo are working on their first album of new material since 1990's Smooth Noodle Maps.

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.

Recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now regularly represented in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone lists of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and 25 Greatest Live Albums of All Time, VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, and Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums.

Rolling tobacco can be additive free, although premium additive free products are available.

In July 2008, Rolling Stone commented that " Rush fans are the Trekkies / trekkers of rock ".

Rolling blocks are most often associated with firearms made by Remington in the later 19th century ; in the Remington action the hammer serves to lock the breech closed at the moment of firing, and the block in turn prevents the hammer from falling with the breech open.

Remington has once again made their No. 1 Rolling Block rifles available H & R was later acquired by NEF, and both are now part of the Marlin Firearms family.

Famed " Gonzo " writer Hunter S. Thompson covered the game for Rolling Stone magazine, and his exploits in Houston are legendary.

Rolling and mountainous terrain and the absence of large rivers are conspicuous features of the South.

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted the Rolling Stone's, noting that " critical acclaim and popular consensus has accorded them the title of the “ World ’ s Greatest Rock and Roll Band .” Rolling Stone magazine ranked them 4th on their " 100 Greatest Artists of All Time " list, and their album sales are estimated to have been more than 200 million worldwide.

Examples include polka versions of Jimi Hendrix's " Purple Haze " and The Doors ' " People are Strange ", The Rolling Stones ' "( I Can't Get No ) Satisfaction " as a cha-cha, and " Sixteen Tons " as a cumbia.

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The last names " Flintstone " and " Rubble ", as well as other common Bedrock surnames such as " Shale " and " Quartz ", are in line with these puns, as are the names of Bedrock's celebrities: " Gary Granite " ( Cary Grant ), " Stony Curtis " ( Tony Curtis ), " Ed Sulleyrock / Sulleystone " ( Ed Sullivan ), " Rock Pile / Quarry / Hudstone " ( Rock Hudson ), " Ann-Margrock " ( Ann-Margret ), " Jimmy Darrock " ( James Darren ), " Alvin Brickrock " ( Alfred Hitchcock ), " Perry Masonry / Masonite " ( Perry Mason as played by Raymond Burr ), " Mick Jadestone and The Rolling Boulders " ( Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones ), " Eppy Brianstone " ( Brian Epstein ) and " The Beau Brummelstones " ( The Beau Brummels ).

In some cases this was not credited at the time-many recordings by acts such as The Rolling Stones, The Small Faces, Donovan, The Kinks and The Who are credited to their various producers of the time, Andrew Loog Oldham.

It is stated that Roger and Edith Stone from The Rolling Stones are now living in Fiddler's Green.

A proper name may appear to refer by having a descriptive meaning, even though it does not ( the Rolling Stones are not stones and do not roll ; a woman named Rose is not a flower ).

Two chart hits from the album, " Somebody to Love " and " White Rabbit ", are listed in Rolling Stone's " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ".

The introduction generally starts in major, but examples where it doesn't are the Gladiator, the Picadore, the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Rolling Thunder, and Hands Across the Sea ' ' Click here to listen to the introduction of " The Thunderer " by John Philip Sousa.