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Blackout! (Method Man
Blackout(s), black out, or The Blackout may refer to: Loss of lighting or communication * Power outage, a loss of electric power * Blackout (broadcasting), a regulatory or contractual ban on the broadcasting of an event * Blackout (fabric), a textile material that blocks light * Blackout (wartime), the practice of minimizing outdoor lighting for protection from attack * Communications blackout, a halt to communication abilities or utilization * Media blackout, censorship of news related to a certain topic * Protests against SOPA and PIPA, the 2012 web blackout * Internet blackout, complete or partial failure of the internet services Medicine * Blackout (drug-related amnesia), loss of memory with medicines or alcoholic beverages * Blackout or lost time, a common symptom of psychogenic amnesia and dissociative identity disorder * Syncope (medicine), a loss of consciousness, also known as fainting * Freediving blackout, a loss of consciousness caused by cerebral Hypoxia (medical), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Outage
A power outage, also called a blackout, a power failure, a power blackout, a power loss, a power cut, or a power out is the complete loss of the electrical power network supply to an end user. There are many causes of power failures in an electricity network. Examples of these causes include faults at power stations, damage to Electric power transmission, electric transmission lines, Electrical substation, substations or other parts of the electricity distribution, distribution system, a short circuit, Cascading failure#Cascading failure in power transmission, cascading failure, fuse (electrical), fuse or circuit breaker operation. Power failures are particularly critical at sites where the environment and public safety are at risk. Institutions such as hospitals, Sewage Treatment, sewage treatment plants, and mining, mines will usually have backup power sources such as emergency power system, standby generators, which will automatically start up when electrical power is lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackout (Connie Willis Novel)
''Blackout'' and ''All Clear'' are the two volumes that constitute a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. ''Blackout'' was published February 2, 2010 by Spectra. The second part, the conclusion ''All Clear'', was released as a separate book on October 19, 2010. The diptych won the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 2011 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel. These two volumes are the most recent of four books and a short story that Willis has written involving time travel from Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ... during the mid-21st century, all of which won multiple awards. Plot introduction Willis imagines a near future (first introduced in her 1982 story "Fire Watch (story), Fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackout (1985 Film)
''Blackout'' is a 1985 American made-for-television psychological thriller film directed by Douglas Hickox, and written by Richard Smith, Richard Parks, Les Alexander, and David Ambrose. It stars Keith Carradine, Richard Widmark and Kathleen Quinlan. Plot In Ohio, Lucy Vincent and her three children are found brutally murdered following a birthday party. Her husband, Ed Vincent, is missing and is believed to be the killer. Veteran homicide detective Joe Steiner is assigned to the case, but with Vincent missing, the case goes cold. A few days later in California, two men are involved in a fiery wreck that kills one and leaves the other disfigured. It's discovered that one of them is Allen Devlin. Police at first aren't sure which of the two he is as the deceased's corpse was burned, neither had identification, and the survivor has amnesia. The other man is suspected to have been a hitchhiker. Based on witness accounts, they determine the survivor is Allen. Over the next ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Out (1970 Film)
''Black Out'' is a 1970 Swiss film directed by Jean-Louis Roy Jean-Louis Roy (; born 1 February 1941 in Normandin, Quebec) is a Canadian historian, journalist and diplomat. He was editor of ''Le Devoir'' from 1980 to 1986, the government of Quebec's delegate-general to Paris as well as the province's inter .... It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Marcel Merminod as Émile Blummer * Lucie Avenay as Élise Blummer * Marcel Imhoff as Le pasteur * Georges Wod as Le capitaine Schnertz * Robert Bachofner as Le petit garçon * Michel Breton as Le vendeur References External links * 1970 films Swiss drama films 1970s French-language films French-language Swiss films 1970 drama films {{Switzerland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder By Proxy
''Murder by Proxy'' (U.S. title: ''Blackout'') is a 1954 British 'B' film noir crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Films and starring Dane Clark, Belinda Lee and Betty Ann Davies. The film was based on the 1952 novel ''Murder by Proxy'' by Helen Nielsen. The film was first released in the United States by Lippert Pictures on May 21, 1954, and later released in the UK by Exclusive on March 29, 1955. This was the first of an eight-picture deal between Hammer and Lippert Productions signed on Sept. 24, 1954. Production began on Sept. 28, 1954. Jimmy Sangster was assistant director, J. Elder Wills was Art Director and Phil Leakey handled Makeup. Belinda Lee died at age 26 in a car crash, ending a promising career. Plot Drunk and down-and-out Casey Morrow in London is approached by a young and beautiful heiress, Phyllis Brunner, offering him much money if he will marry her. He accepts, but then wakes up the next morning in some other woman's apartment with blood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackout (1950 Film)
''Blackout'' is a 1950 British second feature ('B') crime drama film directed by Robert S. Baker and starring Maxwell Reed and Dinah Sheridan. The screenplay was by John Gilling from a story by Carl Nystrom. Plot An engineer, Christopher Pelley, loses his eyesight in an accident and is due to have an operation to restore his sight. One night he goes to a friend's house but the driver drops him at the wrong address by mistake. Pelley goes inside and discovers a body, as well as a ring, on the floor. The three killers, who are still in the house, decide to simply knock him out once they realise he is blind and cannot identify them. When Pelley comes round the police investigate his story but cannot locate the house or body, so after he regains his eyesight after the operation he decides to try to solve the mystery. He returns to the house to find Patricia Dale living there with her father and from a photo on the piano he realises that the ring belongs to her brother, Norman, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackout (1942 Film)
''Blackout'' is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th .... References External links * 1942 films 1940s Hindi-language films 1940s Indian films {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contraband (1940 Film)
''Contraband'' is a 1940 wartime spy film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which reunited stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson after their earlier appearance in ''The Spy in Black'' the previous year. On this occasion, Veidt plays a hero, something he did not do very often, and there is also an early (uncredited) performance by Leo Genn. The title of the film in the United States was ''Blackout''. Powell writes in his autobiography, ''A Life in Movies'', as saying that the U.S. renaming was a better title and he wished he had thought of it. Plot It is November 1939: the Phoney War stage of World War II. Denmark is still neutral, but Danish Captain Andersen and his freighter ''Helvig'' are stopped in the English Channel by Lt. Commanders Ashton and Ellis for a cargo inspection in a British Contraband Control Port. He receives two shore passes for himself and his First Officer Axel Skold to dine with Ashton and Ellis, but the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackouts (novel)
''Blackouts'' is a 2023 historical fiction novel by Justin Torres, published by Macmillan Publishers. The book uses historical documents including the 1941 report ''Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns'' by the Committee for the Study of Sex Variants in addition to historical photographs and illustrations to supplement the narrative. The real life ''Sex Variants'' study was based on the research of journalist Helen Reitman (who was also known as Jan Gay), who conducted hundreds of interviews with gay and lesbian people in Europe and New York City in the 1920s and 30s. Eighty of these interviews and case histories were eventually included in the 1941 ''Sex Variants'' study, published by Dr. George W. Henry, which concluded that homosexuality is a pathological condition. Excerpts from these firsthand accounts, in redacted form (redacted by Torres for literary effect), are interspersed throughout the book. The book won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction. Narrative The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell Armstrong
Campbell Armstrong (25 February 1944 – 1 March 2013) was born Thomas Campbell Black and was a Scottish author who graduated with a degree in philosophy from the University of Sussex, England. He taught creative writing from 1971 to 1974 at the State University of New York at Oswego; from 1975 to 1978 he taught at Arizona State University. He worked for some years as a fiction editor with various London publishing houses. After living for many years in England and the United States, he moved to Shannon Harbour, Ireland. He died on 1 March 2013, four days after his 69th birthday. His novels ''Assassins & Victims'' and ''The Punctual Rape'' won Scottish Arts Council Awards. ''The Last Darkness'' and ''White Rage'' were nominated for the Prix du Polar. His quartet of Glasgow novels consists of ''The Bad Fire'', ''The Last Darkness'', ''White Rage'', and ''Butcher''. He also wrote a memoir titled ''All That Really Matters'', retitled in the United States as ''I Hope You Have a Good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Out (novel)
''Black Out'' is a psychological thriller by bestselling author Lisa Unger. It is a standalone novel. Reception ''Publishers Weekly'' wrote that Unger "expertly turns what could have been a routine serial-killer story into a haunting odyssey for Annie, dropping red herrings and clues along the way until the reader feels as unsettled as Annie." Joanna Hines of ''The Guardian'' called it a "welcome addition to the kind of crime fiction American writers do so well: larger than life, pacy, with flashes of humour and wisdom, and gripping to the end." Allison Block of the ''Booklist ''Booklist'' is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages. ''Booklist''s primary audience consists of libraries, educators, and booksellers. The magazine is ...'' wrote that Unger "makes up for an occasionally awkward narrative with the compelling character of Annie: dark, troubled, and teetering on the brink." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackout (young Adult Novel)
''Blackout'' is a young adult novel written by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon. The book contains six interlinked stories about Black teen love during a power outage in New York City. The book was released on June 22, 2021. Development and publication Dhonielle Clayton is credited with the initial idea for the book. The authors expressed their desire to write a book about Black love and joy rather than about police brutality. The book was announced via Twitter in November 2020. Clayton described the novel as "our love letter to love, to New York City, and to Black teens. Our reminder to them that their stories, their joy, their love are valid and worthy of being spotlighted." Thomas also described the novel as a love letter to Black teens. The North American rights to the book were secured by HarperCollins after a twelve-way auction. The novel was also acquired by Egmont in the U.K. for six figures. Plot ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
