One of the newer tricks in the online protesting movement came in the form of blackouts, in which sites took their content completely offline.
This is especially so, since the established system of electricity supply does not pose tangible problems (e.g., in the form of blackouts).
Fragmentary blackouts, sometimes referred to as gray outs or brown outs, are a form of amnesia in which memory for events is spotty but not completely absent.
The play takes the form of chapters, separated by blackouts, in which relationships are forged or reforged, memories are exhumed, forgiveness is sought and a picture of the life of a neighborhood comes into view, piece by jagged piece, like a jigsaw puzzle.
Figure 10 Average proportion of blackout time.
On this form, next to the question: "Is there a history of blackout or impaired consciousness within the last five years?", the "No" box had been ticked.
Jonathan Mahler's 2005 book, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning," and Spike Lee's 1999 film, "Summer of Sam," provide vivid snapshots of this moment, and Mr. Barsky reminds us of the salient details: the recent fiscal crisis; the fear of a brazen serial killer and more mundane forms of crime; the blackout that seemed, in August 1977, like a foretaste of apocalypse.
Excessive drinking can lead to a form of memory impairment known as a blackout.
I made the case on Saturday that, given the demographics, the figures released by the Interior Ministry just do not add up and that no government that has conducted a fair election follows it with communications blackouts and a form of martial law.
§ 245.102 Exceptions to definition of blackout period.
