Abstract
The paper relates that alcohol-induced blackouts or memory loss during periods of heavy alcohol consumption is common among alcoholics, but has been seen in other types of drinkers as well. The paper actually reveals that today, alcohol appears to be the drug of choice for university and college students, as 70% admit to consuming alcohol at least once a month, and across the country, 50% of students participate in binge drinking by consuming more than four or five drinks at least every two weeks (Jamieson-Drake, Swartzwelder, and White 117). The paper notes that studies involving college students indicate "...22% of students (27% of drinkers) reported at least one incident of having forgotten where they were or what they did due to drinking..." (Presley et al. qtd. in Perkins 92).

From the Paper
"Alcohol-induced blackouts or memory loss during periods of heavy alcohol consumption is common among alcoholics, but has been seen in other types of drinkers as well. Today, alcohol appears to be the drug of choice for university and college students, as 70% admit to consuming alcohol at..."

Tags:alcohol, blackouts, university

Abstract
This paper discusses alcohol consumption in universities and colleges, describing it as being the drug of choice for university and college students. The author includes various studies carried out on this sample population and examples of strict rules and regulations that have been introduced as a result of the findings.

Outline:
Introduction
Reasons for Standards Regarding Excessive Consumption of Alcohol in University Settings
Impact of Such Behaviors on University Community
What Can Be Learned from this Experience?
How this Experience May Influence Future Behavior of the University Community
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Data has indicated that university students engage in behaviors that may potentially be hazardous to themselves and/or others around them when experiencing an alcohol-induced blackout (Kraus, Signer, Swartzwelder, & White 208). Therefore, universities across the country have begun to implement procedures to combat this new trend and to protect both students and the university community from harm."

Tags:excessively, detrimental, prevention

Abstract
This paper addresses the Dundas-Spadina Neighbourhood Community's response to the 2004 hydro blackout, in an EPPlan geared to helping Canadian Chinese and other elders. It looks at how in 2004, this sector proved the most endangered and also the most independent and indifferent to significant health risks. An interventionist, volunteer effort is described in relation to official commentary on the crisis, and media coverage, plus notes on cultural inclusions.

From the Paper
"To Whom It May Concern: This submission refers to the Dundas-Spadina Neighbourhood Committee's intended Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP), for situations of power Blackout as experienced in the Greater Toronto Area during the summer of 2003. The area to which the DSNC refers is known to most Torontonians, and remains small enough that an informal, largely local, response can be effective. Please note that the EPP is evolving with the greatest onus on workers within the Neighbourhood Committee. Its central focus is the area's elderly Canadian Chinese population."

Tags:community, chinese, epp, blackout, elders

Abstract
This paper looks at the events of the summer of 1977 when New York City was struck by a massive blackout. It questions who was responsible and explains that combinations of factors range from an act of God and tightly coupled events. In the end, the fault lay with a simple system operator.

From the Paper
"In the hot July summer of 1977, the lights went out in New York City. With the city completely black, thousands of people took to the streets, looting and setting hundreds of fires. Only after twenty-five grueling hours was the power finally restored. By then, New York had endured over a billion dollars in damages. It is important to learn from this accident so that the mistakes from the past are not repeated. While a combination of "an act of God," (Casey 196), tightly coupled events, and operator error all contributed to the failure, most of the fault can be placed in the hands of the operator."

Tags:electricity, power

Abstract
This paper will discuss the idea of consumption and investment in the current problems with the California Energy Crisis hearings that are being studied by the media. In Jessica Brice's article "Calif.: Blackouts Weren't Necessary", we can find how consumption can be used to force prices up in the energy market. The basic trouble that is at hand in the way that energy companies were responsible for limiting their investment in energy, and forcing the State of California to foot the bill when the companies shut down power.

From the Paper
"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE & THE PRESS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE US & THE UK
Introduction
This research examines the police and the press, with a focus on comparing the differences in this relationship in the United States (US) from that in the United Kingdom (UK). For purposes of this research, the term "press" is expanded to include mass media generally.

Examination of the Issue
The relation between the police and the press in both the US and the UK is complex and exists on many different levels of interaction. At one basic level, a sort of contest exists between the police and the press, as the press, in doing their job, attempts to find out from the police what the circumstances of.."

Abstract
On the home front, Britain was affected in a multitude of ways by the Second World War. First, the paper discusses how the war permeated people's daily lives through rationing, blackouts, air raids, the destruction of homes, limited transportation, and the interruption of education, and how all this failed to lower morale. Secondly, the paper examines the rise of war work and the entry of women into traditionally male jobs. Finally, the paper discusses the social effects of the war: the effects of women's re-entry into the workforce, the evacuation of children, the wartime attitude of egalitarianism, the many ways in which civilians came into contact with people whom they would otherwise never meet, and the effect of war on the arts. The paper concludes that the war affected every aspect of civilian life. Many of these effects positively expanded a citizen's experience, while others were hardships surprisingly well-endured. Some of these effects of the war would have lasting consequences into peace time.

From the Paper
"Many children, especially those of the working class, were sent away to less vulnerable locations for the duration of the war. Angus Calder claims "Evacuation failed," but this is an exaggeration. Beginning on 1 September 1939, "1,473,500 people left the cities for rural billets under the official aegis" in the "phoney" war. Bombs did not fall for another eleven months, but this was an excellent test run. The Second Evacuation began August 1940 and the third in 1944. Mothers and children evacuated, along with "homeless persons, expectant mothers, children in nurseries, camps and hostels, old people, the crippled, the blind, civil defence personnel and emergency medical staff." Churchill thought this was defeatism, but it was not viewed as unpatriotic by the populace. The evacuation scheme became primarily "a receiver of social casualties" by 1941, and not a means of taking children to safety."

Tags:CEMA, Emergency, Powers, rations, blackouts

Abstract
Alcoholism is one of the largest public health problems in the United States, yet the percentage is extremely low compared to France, Israel or the Soviet Union. However, what would constitute specific effects from long-term drinking? Researchers have battled the integrity to localize the culprit through long-term studies as well as short-term comprehension. Specifically, long-term alcoholism may cause physical pains, mental depression, lower metabolism and possible mental impairments. In this research paper, specific factors are analyzed to show evidence that long-term effect of alcoholism contributes to memory loss through evidence of blackouts, withdrawals and retrievals.

From the Paper
"According to a research studied by Aaron White, "Alcohol primarily interferes with the ability to form new long-term memories, leaving intact previously established long-term memories and the ability to keep new information active in memory for brief periods" (White, 2003, p. 185). In other words, long-term alcohol drinking may impede the knack of memory impairments or the modal model such as sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory however it depends upon how active the specific memory proceeds within a storage capacity. Alcohol consumed in excessive amounts will decrease metabolism and/or activities due to disruptions within the brain, which contributes to memory impairments."

Tags:alcohol, brain, memory

Abstract
This paper examines how during 2003, Toronto's tourism and hospitality industry was significantly hampered by four major crises: An outbreak of SARS, West Nile Virus, Mad Cow disease and an electrical blackout. It discusses how although every individual within the Greater Toronto area (GTA) was affected in some manner, the tourism industry was the most radically influenced and how the cumulative onslaught of the aforementioned events drastically reduced the number of visitors to the once thriving metropolis and threatened the livelihood of the city. It details the issues encountered by Toronto's tourism industry during 2003 and the recovery methods that were instituted in order to endorse the city as an attractive tourism destination.

From the Paper
"In order to regain the trust of travelers, positive advertising campaigns were initiated through mass mediums to the general public to highlight the positive elements that Toronto had to offer. The majority of the campaigns launched throughout the city were aimed at promoting Toronto through two key marketing concepts. These included (1) product bundling - offering a complete package to consumers at a reduced rate, and (2) reduced pricing - discounts placed upon specific offerings of the tourism sector. These concepts were based upon a loss-leader marketing strategy, whereby a very low price is charged for a product or service to entice customers into subsequently purchasing higher cost items. Mirvish Productions initiated one of the first examples of product bundling."

Tags:blackout, mad, cow, sars, west, nile, virus

Abstract
The paper discusses how the twenty-first century brought with it some challenging disasters; man made, technological, and natural. The paper notes that the worst of these in the minds of the public starts with Hurricane Katrina, and its devastating effects on the Gulf region and the City of New Orleans. There was, too, the technological "blackout" of much of the eastern seaboard in 2003, when circuits overloaded and crashed, leaving millions of people without electricity during one of the worst heat waves of the summer. The paper continues and looks at what has become the most visible and lasting disasters, a man made one, when the events of September 11, 2001, unfolded in New York City, Washington, D.C., and in Pennsylvania. The paper looks at how each of these events tested and tried the existing infrastructures of the places where the events took place. This paper examines whether or not American infrastructures have improved and are better prepared to deal with these kinds of events today.

Outline:
September 11, 2001
Hurricane Katrina
2003 Blackout

From the Paper
"Looking at the events of September 11, 2001, beginning in New York City; two commercial jetliners bound for destinations outside of New York were commandeered by terrorists, who then turned those passenger jets into flying weapons of mass destruction. Two planes hit the north and south towers of the World Trade Center, igniting jet fueled fires that completely destroyed both towers "

Tags:commercial, the, infrastructure, jetliners, economy, destinations, terrorists