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Q & A is a 1990 American crime film written and directed by Sidney Lumet, based on a novel by New York State Supreme Court judge Edwin Torres. It stars Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante and Lumet's daughter, Jenny Lumet. ==Plot== Mike Brennan, a tough, crude, decorated New York City Police Department detective lieutenant, has a dark side and a partnership with certain organized crime figures. Brennan executes a small-time Puerto Rican criminal and then threatens witnesses to testify that he acted in self- defense. The head of the District Attorney's Homicide Bureau, Kevin Quinn, assigns the case to Deputy District Attorney Aloysius "Al" Francis Reilly, a young lawyer and past police officer and the son of an NYPD cop killed in the line of duty. Reilly collects a deposition from Brennan, who claims to have been acting on an informant's tip and to have fired in self-defense. Reilly's information leads him to "Bobby Tex", a Puerto Rican crime boss called Texador, whose wife Nancy Bosch is an ex of Reilly's. She ended their relationship years ago after interpreting Al's surprise when she introduced him to her black father as racism. Al tries to rekindle their romance, but she rejects him because with Bobby she feels loved, protected and accepted for who and what she is. Al, along with detectives Sam "Chappie" Chapman and Luis Valentin, has doubts about the shooting, knowing the environment of the Puerto Rican underworld. Investigations reveal a link between Quinn and Brennan. Brennan seeks out Roger "the Dodger" Montalvo, the only witness who can disprove his testimony. Brennan tries bribing and threatening Valentin and Chappie for help in finding and silencing Montalvo. Meanwhile, Bobby Tex is "invited" by the Mafia to step aside as a drug dealer, as Brennan's support remains useful to them. Bobby, in turn, begins looking for Montalvo as leverage against Brennan. He also begins shutting down his business to retire with Nancy in Puerto Rico. Bobby finds Montalvo before Brennan does and they leave for Puerto Rico, where Bobby owns a mansion and a yacht. Bobby summons Al to Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Brennan finds Montalvo's lover, the transgender José Malpica, and kills Malpica after listening to a message from Montalvo on his answering machine that reveals his location on a boat in Puerto Rico. Al, after informing Chief Deputy District Attorney Bloomenfeld, flies to the island, pursued by Brennan. There Bobby tells Al that Quinn (nicknamed "Skinny") was once part of Bobby's street gang and shot a rival gang member. Brennan is hunting down the gang's former members on Quinn's orders; Quinn wants to erase his past so he can fulfill his ambition to run for New York State Attorney General. Brennan has no choice because Quinn holds an abuse of authority charge over him from his early years on the force. Brennan finds Montalvo and strangles him. He then slices the boat's fuel line and waits for Bobby to arrive. A phone call made by Al saves Nancy, but Bobby is killed in the explosion. Al procures an arrest warrant for Brennan but fails to catch him at the airport. He returns to the District Attorney's office to find Brennan waiting. Brennan reveals the truth about Al's father: that he was a bagman and bigot who was part of a "line" to keep minorities down. Brennan shoots Chappie when he tries to intervene; Brennan in turn is then shot dead by another officer during the resulting gunfight. Al is summoned by Quinn, who informs him that he is aware of his activities, but the Department is going to hush up the incident to avoid embarrassment given the upcoming mayoral election. When Al threatens to go to the papers, Bloomenfeld tells him that he has ways of preventing that and reminds Al that sources in the mayor's office could leak evidence of misconduct on the part of his late father, which would deny his mother her widow's service pension. Feeling betrayed and disillusioned, Al trashes his office and resigns. He searches for Nancy in Puerto Rico, hoping she will return to him, but when he finds her, she meets his marriage proposal with silence as she is mourning Bobby's death. == Cast == * Nick Nolte as Lieutenant Mike Brennan * Timothy Hutton as Deputy District Attorney Aloysius Francis "Al" Reilly * Armand Assante as Roberto "Bobby Tex" Texador * Lee Richardson as Leo Bloomenfeld * Patrick O'Neal as Kevin Quinn * Jenny Lumet as Nancy Bosch * Charles S. Dutton as Detective Sam "Chappie" Chapman * Luis Guzmán as Detective Luis Valentin * Paul Calderón as Roger Montalvo * Fyvush Finkel as Preston Pearlstein * Dominic Chianese as Pesch * International Chrysis as Josè Malpica * Vincent Pastore as Man sitting at bar ==Production== To prepare for his role in the film, Timothy Hutton went on squad-car runs with New York City Police officers in order to get an idea of the challenges they faced on the streets. Hutton said, "In many cases the hands of the officer on the street are tied". Nick Nolte put on for the film because he felt that the character he played required it: "Just the sheer mass of brutality. I felt that would be the right kind of thing. He had to be on the edge of his own dissipation". ==Reception== Q & A received positive reviews from critics, as the film holds an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "It is fascinating the way this movie works so well as a police thriller on one level, while on other levels it probes feelings we may keep secret even from ourselves". In his review for The New York Times, Vincent Canby wrote, "Great little scenes overshadow bigger, more important ones. Characters come and go at speed. Watching the movie is an entertaining ride, but when it is over it is difficult to remember where, exactly, one has been". Rolling Stone magazine's Peter Travers wrote, "Lumet tries to cram too much in ... But he's onto something, and you can sense his excitement. This is Lumet's boldest film in years -- a combustible drama with a vivid, shocking immediacy. The director is back at the top of his game". In his review for The Washington Post, Hal Hinson praised Nick Nolte's performance: "This actor doesn't flinch in the least from his character's unsavoriness; instead he seems to glory in his crumpled suits and unwashed hair, as if they were a kind of spiritual corollary. Nolte gives Brennan a kind of monumental brutishness -- he makes him seem utterly indomitable". USA Today gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Overkill ultimately wears Q & A down, despite two bravura performances and some Hutton understatement that's adequate to the task. So, too, does unrelenting sordidness, a deadly love angle and a score (Ruben Blades) almost as awful as Cy Coleman's sabotage of Lumet's Family Business". In his review for The Globe and Mail Rick Groen praised Armand Assante's performance: "in a role that could easily descend into cliche – the crook with a moral code – Assante does his best work to date, always keeping on the safe side of the stereotype". Newsweek magazine's David Ansen wrote, "Nolte, with a big paunch and a walrus mustache, is a truly dangerous presence here; he uses his threatening body and a high, strained voice to stunning, scary effect. Like the movie, Nolte really gets in your face and, for a long time afterwards, sticks in your craw". Entertainment Weekly gave the film an "A−" rating and Owen Gleiberman wrote, "Q & A is a major film by one of our finest mainstream directors. As both a portrait of modern-day corruption and an act of sheer storytelling bravura, it is not to be missed". ==References== ==External links== * * * Category:1990 crime drama films Category:1990 films Category:1990 LGBT-related films Category:American crime drama films Category:American police detective films Category:Films about police misconduct Category:Films directed by Sidney Lumet Category:Films set in Miami Category:Films set in New York City Category:Films set in Puerto Rico Category:Transgender-related films Category:TriStar Pictures films Category:Films produced by Arnon Milchan Category:1990s English-language films Category:1990s American films
Q & A was published in 2005 and is the first novel of Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup. It tells the rags to riches story of Ram Mohammad Thomas, a young waiter who becomes the biggest quiz show winner in history, only to be arrested and jailed on accusations that he cheated. His lawyer is the only thing standing between him and the producers' and police' attempt to force a false confession that would deprive him of the prize. The only way to prove his innocence is by sharing the episodes of his life and travels in India which explain where and how he learned the answers to the quiz show questions. The book was loosely adapted into the multiple Oscar-winning 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, which features a new main character named Jamal and his brother Salim. ==Inspirations== The idea for the story came from a report in a local newspaper, about children living in the Indian slums using mobile phones and the internet. At around the same time, Charles Ingram, a British army major, was found guilty of cheating in the British version of the television show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? To quote Swarup: “If a British army major can be accused of cheating, then an ignorant tiffin boy from the world's biggest slum can definitely be accused of cheating.” == Reception == Q & A won the South Africa's Boeke Prize 2006. It was also nominated for the Best First Book by the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and won the Prix Grand Public at the 2007 Paris Book Fair. To date, the book has sold translation rights in 43 languages, including Arabic, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Finnish, Slovenian, Croatian, Turkish, Icelandic, Chinese, Polish, Russian (Question — Answer), Norwegian, Swedish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Hindi, Gujarati (as Jackpot), Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Sinhala, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese and Hebrew (both as The Riddle Boy from Mumbai), and Portuguese. ==Novel characters== Ram Mohammad Thomas: The main character, who tells his life story to the lawyer who came to the police station and wanted to help him. He is in love with Nita and believes firmly in destiny. He possesses a "lucky" coin that he uses when confronted with big decisions—but both sides are "heads". Generally, he has a very pessimistic and realistic view of life. His name stands for three religions because it is unknown which religion his parents had. He is an orphan like Salim. Salim Ilyasi: Ram's best friend, who has dreams of becoming a Bollywood movie star. When he was younger, a fortuneteller predicted that he would be more famous than his Bollywood idol, which spurred on his dreams. He is two years younger than Ram and very handsome with a clear, musical voice. He also believes firmly in destiny. To sum up, his character is coined as young and childish, compared to Ram Mohammed Thomas. Prem Kumar: The host of the quiz show Who Will Win a Billion? (or W3B). Ram joins the show to take revenge. By the end of the book, he has helped Ram win the show and commits suicide in his car, though Ram suspects the show's producers had a hand in his death, since Ram wasn't supposed to win the quiz show. Smita Shah: Ram's lawyer and childhood friend. Though she is skeptical at first, she slowly comes to believe what he is telling her. Her real name is Gudiya, and she was the abused girl he mentioned in one of his stories — he promised to be like a brother to her and protect her so he pushed her drunkard father down the stairs. Nita: A young prostitute with whom Ram falls in love.She bitterly tells Ram not to call her beautiful because that is the reason she was chosen instead of her plain-looking sister. Her brother is her pimp, so she implores Ram not to kill him. At the end of the book, she and Ram are married. Shankar: When he was very young, he caught his mother and uncle in bed together and, as a result, his mother kicked him out. He still has the mind of a six-year-old boy and cries out coherently for his "Mummy" in his dreams when he is delirious from rabies. He has a blue notebook full of pictures that he has drawn for and of his mother. Neelima Kumari: A famous actress who plays only female (tragic) lead roles and wants to stay "young" forever. Ram spent some time with her as a servant. She is based on Meena Kumari. Known as the "Tragedy Queen," she is abused by Prem Kumar but refuses to turn him in, saying that a true Tragedy Queen must possess real sadness in her life. She commits suicide, wanting to be remembered as the young and beautiful actress, but the police find her body a month later — after it has decomposed. ==Chapters == Each chapter of the novel is named after the prize money he receives when he answers each game show question right. Prologue - The novel opens with Ram Mohammed Thomas being kidnapped by the police at night. This is a normal occurrence for slum dwellers, apparently, and he has been terrified of it for years because, over the course of his life, he has taken lives and committed crimes in order to survive. The police torture him, and question him about the quiz show he starred in, 'Who Wants To Win a Billion'? Ram won the quiz show before the producers had enough money to actually award a first-prize winner; the police are trying to get Ram to admit that he cheated in order to say that he does not deserve the prize. 1,000 The Death of a Hero - Ram is at the theater with his friend Salim, watching an action movie whose hero is Armaan Ali. Salim idolizes Armaan Ali and refuses to believe any bad rumors about him. Halfway through the movie, a man enters the theater and tries to touch his crotch; when Salim runs after him, he pulls off the man's fake beard to realize that it is the movie star, Armaan Ali in disguise. This is how Ram knew the first question. 2,000 The Burden of a Priest - This chapter covers the early years of Ram's life. It is explained that Ram was abandoned at an orphanage shortly after his birth. Due to his dark complexion, he was not popular among parents looking to adopt children from the orphanage. Ram was abandoned shortly after finally being adopted after his foster parents divorce. Subsequently, he is taken in by Father Timothy, who gave him a Christian last name, a Muslim middle name, and a Hindu first name, both because the religion of Ram's birth parents was unknown, and also to protect him from the communal riots raging in India. There he learned to speak English. Ram also learned everything about the Catholic church, which is how he knew the answer to the second question. This chapter also explains how Ram uncovered the dirty secrets of father John. Father John was discovered as gay. 5,000 A Brother's Promise - In this chapter, a family run by a husband who has lost his job moves into the chawl where Ram and Salim are staying. The father beats and sexually harasses his daughter Gudiya. During the chapter, the daughter gets sent to the hospital and Ram promised her that he would look after her cat Pluto (who is killed by the father). At the end of the chapter, Ram thinks that he kills her father when he pushes the older man off of the highest floor of their building. He flees to avoid persecution. This is how he knows the third question (which is about the smallest planet in the solar system: Pluto). 10,000 A Thought for the Crippled - This is where Ram is explaining his life to his lawyer, Smita, who has come to his rescue. In this chapter, Ram is a juvenile in an orphanage where he was taken after the death of father Timothy. He meets a lot of boys like him with many different backgrounds. Later in this chapter, he and his newfound friend Salim are chosen by Sethji, a man known to change young peoples lives. In Mumbai, Ram discovers what Sethji's real plan is and also learns about how he maims helpless children in order to make money. It is also in this chapter where Ram is given a lucky coin. Ram and Salim run away from the orphanage and move to Mumbai. 50,000 How to Speak Australian - In this chapter, Ram works for the Taylors, a rich, self-absorbed family that has a habit of speaking badly of anyone and everyone. It seems that everyone who has worked for the Taylors is caught in their wrongdoing and Mr. Colonel Taylor catches them in the act. One day, Ram picks up the phone to hear Mr. Colonel speak in code to a man panting on the other line. Ram notices that the Taylors take their rich lifestyle for granted. One day, Ram follows Mr. Taylor to find him talking to a strange Indian man. The next day, a new cook arrives to replace the last one who thought he was in love with the Colonel's daughter. This new cook attempts a heist in the house when the Taylors were on vacation, but abandons his efforts when he realizes the Taylors do not store any valuables in their house, particularly in Mr. Colonel's heavily fortified den. Mr. Colonel shows he trusts Ram out of all his servants in his house by giving him access to his den to deactivate the security alarm. Mr. Colonel is arrested for treason and being a double agent. 100,000 Hold on to your Buttons - This chapter is about when Ram is living in Dharavi, Mumbai, working as a barman at Jimmy's Bar. Ram learns how to up his tips by taking advantage of peoples drunkenness by getting them to buy more. However, through this learning experience, Ram meets some unusual characters; one in particular named Prakash Rao, who tells him all about his Haitian wife and his brother who died of a heart attack. The poor man is in despair as he pours out his story to Ram that he stole money from his brother, and his wife, who is a voodoo priestess, makes a voodoo doll of his brother for him. Prakash Rao admits to Ram that he had the guilty pleasure of taking all his troubles out on the voodoo doll of his brother, giving him painful headaches and small heartattacks. Prakash Rao soon found out that his brother died a week ago of a major heart attack that he had caused through the voodoo doll. This is how Ram knows the answer to the fourth question. 200,000 Murder on the Western Express - Ram has to travel to Mumbai to see Salim after working for the Taylors. He travels with his 50,000 rupees he had earned from working. He meets a family, tells their son about the money, then a robber comes in and the son, being jealous of Ram's money, rats him out. Then Ram ends up killing one of the robbers by shooting him in order to protect the beautiful daughter of the family, but the other robber vanished with his money. This is how he knows the answer to the fifth question. 500,000 A Soldier's Tale - Ram is living in a bunker: there is a war starting between India and Pakistan. An old servant tells heroic war stories about himself that inspire everyone. When the army comes to speak to the people in the bunker, it turns out that the storyteller is a liar. It leads Ram to the answer at the sixth question: which distinction you get if you did great deeds in war. The Param Vir Chakra. 1,000,000 Licence to Kill \- In this chapter, Licence to Kill, Ram talks about meeting his best friend Salim after five years. First he didn't really want to see him. But then, when they both sat down on a bench watching little kids playing football, they realized how much they missed each other and started talking about the time when they didn't see each other. Salim talked about his past in which very much happened. He followed his dream to become an artist. He asked Mukesh Rawal if he could get a part in a film and he replied that he had to take some professional pictures and show them to him. Then he would become a junior artist. Junior artists play in the film a role for a few seconds and are only on the screen for about three seconds. But that's a good beginning for him. When Salim has taken these pictures, he got caught by a mob. The mob was going to burn him on a bus on which he was travelling. But fortunately, there was a man named Ahmed who threatened the criminals with a gun. Thus they could escape and Ahmed took Salim to his home. From now on, Salim cleaned the house of Ahmed and looked after it, when Ahmed wasn't at home. Ahmed was a man who bet on Indian cricket games and always won. After a while, Salim noticed that strange things were happening, such as Ahmed receiving yellow letters which contained information about a person, and then a few weeks later it would be announced on the criminal news that this person had been murdered. Salim found out that Ahmed was the man who killed these persons and once he saw that Ahmed had to kill Abbas Rizvi, who was a producer who had made a promise to Salim that he would make a star out of him. So Salim changed the photo for a photo of Mr Babu Pillai, alias Maman. Maman was the man who almost blinded the two boys. Then Salim got out of the house and didn't come back. A few months later, Salim heard that Ahmed was killed by the police in a shootout. Then, there is the change to the studio, where Prem Kumar asked the last question: “How many test centuries has India’s greatest batsman Sachin Malvankar scored?” Ram's choices were a) 34, b) 35, c) 36 or d) 37. He answered c) 36 and won a million rupees. 10,000,000 Tragedy Queen - Ram lives as a servant in the house of Neelima Kumari, once a famous actress. The time Ram lives at her place, he discovers the sad and lonely life of an actress's faded glory. She was beaten and hurt by an unknown man. Neelima commits suicide in order to remain beautiful forever, but her body isn't found until weeks later when it is ugly and decomposed. After all this, Ram could answer the question about Neelima Kumari in the quiz show. 100,000,000 A Love Story - Ram ends up in a place near the Taj Mahal. He starts earning money by illegally guiding tourists. He finds shelter in a bunker nearby and he befriends a boy that cannot speak properly. Then, he meets a group of rich boys when acting as a fake guide, who take him to an expensive restaurant and to the Red Light District of Mumbai. He has sex with a young prostitute, Nita, and falls in love with her. She also loves him, but can't leave the brothel because of her brother who forces her to prostitute. Nita's brother tells Ram he needs 400,000 rupees to buy Nita her freedom. He steals the money from the woman where he is living but gives it to a man who begs him to give the money to him in order that he may then buy medicines for his son who is suffering from rabies in a mad dog. At the question in the quiz show, Ram calls this man because he is a teacher. He doesn't know the answer, but Ram nevertheless answers it right. It is, "In which of the plays of Shakespeare is one of the characters named ‘Costard’?" The answer is Love´s Labours Lost. 1,000,000,000 The Thirteenth Question - The last question has arrived, but Ram doesn’t know the answer. In the break, Ram wants to shoot Prem Kumar, the quizmaster, because it turns out that Prem was also the unknown man who hurt Neelima. As well as this, Prem is also the man severely abused Nita and put her in the hospital. Ram forces Prem to give the right answer but he only gives him a hint. He answers the last question correctly and wins the show. Epilogue - Ram finished his story, which he was telling to his lawyer, Smita. Smita tells him that she is not named Smita. She is Gudiya, the daughter of Mr. Shantaram, whom Ram thought he had killed – but in reality, Mr. Shantaram had only broken his leg and completely reformed himself. Now she knows Ram did not cheat, and she helps free him. ==See also== *Charles Ingram ==References== ==External links== *Slumdog "Millionaire riveting despite changes: Swarup" - Times of India *"Slumdog has my stamp of approval says Vikas" - Times of India *"The Hole in the Wall Project" - Dr Sugata Mitra Category:Indian novels adapted into films Category:2005 Indian novels Category:Novels about orphans Category:Novels set in India Category:Doubleday (publisher) books Category:2005 debut novels
Q & A with Dean Martin is an album by Melbourne, Australia-based rock band Something for Kate. It is a re-release of the entire 1996 ....The Answer to Both Your Questions EP (Tracks 1 to 7) together with the "Dean Martin" single (Tracks 8 to 10), both of which were out of print and still in demand by fans. Despite a 50+ minute running time, Q & A with Dean Martin is considered to be a 'mini-album'. == Track listing == #"Subject to Change" – 3:21 #"Higher Than You Think" – 6:03 #"Tomorrow and the Next Day" – 3:59 #"Picards Lament" – 3:27 #"Slow" – 4:27 #"Toothpaste" – 3:08 #"Clint" – 5:19 #"Dean Martin" – 4:37 #"WW" – 4:03 #"One Quarter of One Hour" – 14:49 ==Release history== Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue Australia 2000 Standard Murmur MATTCD098 July 2014 Deluxe Edition, Reissue Sony Music Australia 19075817761 Category:2000 compilation albums Category:Something for Kate albums Category:Murmur (record label) albums
thumb|Q and Q: Aristides Quarles van Ispen (, left) and Wilbur Quant () Q & Q was a Dutch television series, broadcast by the Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) in 1974. With an average audience of three million viewers, the show is one of the highest-viewed programs in the history of Dutch television. The first series of thirteen episodes came to be called A failed photograph. A second series, Kunst- en vliegwerk, also thirteen episodes, was made for the 1976 season; that series was later shortened and released in theaters as a movie. ==Production and background== The series was directed by Bram van Erkel and starred Lex Goudsmit and others. Harrie Geelen wrote the screenplay. Music for the series was written by Joop Stokkermans. According to the KRO, the series was intended as a "comical detective series for a youthful audience". On the other hand, screenwriter Geelen, who had been working since 1972 on the highly successful series Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen mijnheer?, was looking for a different kind of challenge and intended to write a more down- to-earth show with blood and horror effects, as opposed to the fairytale-like Hamelen. The show did cause some mild controversy: a scene in which the housekeeper of one of the boys breaks a glass bottle over the head of a criminal led many adults to complain to the KRO in a series of letters quickly responded to by many of the young viewers who supported the show. The show was hugely popular with an average audience of three million viewers, and the two lead actors, Martin Perels and Erik van 't Wout, were showered with attention from female fans who followed them in the streets, sang them the theme song, and wrote love letters with enclosed locks of hair. ==Plot== In the first series, two teenage amateur photographers, Aristides Quarles van Ispen (Erik van 't Wout) and Wilbur Quant (Martin Perels), see the body of a man on some photographs they took while in the forest of the Gooi area. When they return to the forest, the body is gone and nobody believes them except for grandfather Van Ispen (Bob de Lange). With his help they investigate the case, which turns out to revolve around a smuggling ring. ==Cast== *Wilbur Quant – Martin Perels *Aristides Quarles van Ispen – Erik van 't Wout *Father Van Ispen – Frans Kokshoorn *Grandfather Van Ispen – Bob de Lange *Leonie Quarles van Ispen – Emmy Lopes Dias *Adjudant Mudde – Sacco van der Made ==Legacy== The series continues to have its fans, groups of whom organize such things as tours of the locations where filming took place. The first series was rerun twice on Dutch television (in twelve rather than thirteen episodes), most recently in 1995, and released on DVD in 2004. The second series was never rerun, but appeared on DVD in 2005. Each of the series was published as a book as well. Van 't Wout and Perels continue to be identified by their roles as Q and Q; both were followed around by fans whenever they appeared in public (fans typically hummed or sang the theme song at them) though Van 't Wout, whose character was a prototypical nerd, received a lot less mail than did Perels, whose character was a tough kid with a leather jacket. After the series were over, Perels refused all parts offered to him and made a career in real estate and financial management; he died in 2005 at age 44 of a brain tumor. Van 't Wout continued acting (including a part in De Kris Pusaka, another very popular Dutch television series, and one in A Bridge Too Far). At eighteen, he enrolled at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, where his popularity as Q proved a hindrance more than a benefit. He later returned to television as assistant director and director. The body in the photograph was played by Wim Hogenkamp, a well-known singer and actor, who was found murdered in his Amsterdam apartment, his body apparently lying in the same position as the body in Q & Q. Van 't Wout commented in 1994 (when he and Perels reunited after sixteen years) on this remarkable death when discussing how many of the actors associated with the series had by then died. ==References== ==External links== * * Category:Dutch drama television series Category:1970s Dutch television series Category:1974 Dutch television series debuts Category:1974 Dutch television series endings Category:NPO 1 original programming
Q was a disco group formed in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA. They released an album on Epic Records entitled Dancin' Man in 1977, which was successful. The group featured two members from Jaggerz, a hit-making group from the early 1970s. The title track from the album was released as a single and was successful in the US, becoming a Top 40 hit. == Commercial success == Q released a single, titled "Dancin' Man," in Spring 1977 (the B side was entitled "Love Pollution"); spurred on by regional airplay and a full-page ad taken out in Billboard magazine, the single became a Top 30 hit in the US, peaking at number 23. In the UK, though not a national hit, in London the song reached number 8 on Capital Radio's 'Capital Countdown' Top 40 in May 1977. Q's debut album, also titled "Dancin' Man," was less successful, reaching #140 on the Billboard 200. The group's second single, "Sweet Summertime," stalled out at number 107 in the US, essentially rendering the group a one-hit wonder. ==Members== *Don Garvin - guitar, vocals *Robert Peckman - bass, vocals *Bill Thomas - keyboards, vocals *Bill Vogel - drums, vocals ==References== ==External links== * Q -Pittsburgh Music History Category:Musical groups from Pittsburgh Category:American disco groups
Q – The Winged Serpent (also known as Q) is a 1982 American monster horror film written, co-produced and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine and Richard Roundtree. The film follows a petty swindler (Moriarty) who accidentally intrudes in a case involving a winged deity monster that poses a threat to New York City. He is the only person who has information that can help the police to stop the creature. ==Plot== The Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, a winged, dragon-like lizard, takes up residence in the art-deco spire of the Chrysler Building, with frequent jaunts in the midday sun to devour various helpless New Yorkers on the rooftops. The resulting bloody mess confounds detectives, Shepard and Powell, who are already occupied with a case involving a series of bizarre ritual murders linked to a secret neo-Aztec cult. Jimmy Quinn, a cheap, paranoid crook who wishes to be a jazz pianist, takes part in a botched diamond heist. Attempting to hide from police after the robbery, he stumbles upon the creature's lair atop the Chrysler building. Quinn abandons his attempts to settle down and leave his life of crime, deciding to extort from the city an enormous amount of money in exchange for directions to the creature's nest, which houses a colossal egg. Quinn makes a deal with the city, $1 million for the location of the nest. He leads Shepard and a paramilitary assault team to the top of the Chrysler Building where they shoot the egg, killing the baby inside. Because the creature itself was not present in the nest, the city reneges on its offer to Quinn, taking back the $1 million and leaving him broke once again. Later, after killing Powell, the creature comes to the tower. After the showdown, the creature, riddled with bullets, falls onto the streets of Manhattan. Finally, Shepard shoots the Plumed Serpent's crazed priest (who had been committing the ritual murders) as he tries to kill Quinn to resurrect his "god". Ultimately, a second large egg hatches in a different location in the city. ==Cast== ==Production== thumb|left|alt=A view of the Chrysler Building from the Empire State Building|A major part of the film's shooting took place in The Chrysler Building Q – The Winged Serpent was shot on location in and around New York City's Chrysler Building and uses the interior of the building's tower crown as a primary location. Though the owners initially refused to secure the building to the movie's production, they finally relented and agreed after they were offered $18,000 fee. The overall production budget was over $1.1 million. The film's special effects for the flying serpent were done using stop-motion animation by Randall William Cook and David Allen. According to writer-director Larry Cohen, Michael Moriarty's character Jimmy Quinn was not a failed piano player in the script, but when Cohen discovered Moriarty wrote and played music, he used it: "I wrote the extra scene where he auditions and fails to get the job. After that we just kept building on that". ==Release== The film was given a limited release theatrically in the United States by United Film Distribution Company beginning in New York City on October 8, 1982, the same date Twentieth Century-Fox would release I, The Jury. Q would gross approximately $255,000 at the box office. ===Critical response=== On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Q – The Winged Serpent holds a 72% approval rating based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 6.30/10. The consensus reads: "Q's campy charms may be lost on audiences who want their monsters frightening, but a game cast and lovingly retrograde visual effects give this kaiju romp some majesty." Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half out of four stars in his original review, commending Moriarty's performance. Ebert relates the anecdote that, when movie reviewer Rex Reed met Q – The Winged Serpents producer, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Reed told him: "What a surprise! All that dreck—and right in the middle of it, a great Method performance by Michael Moriarty!", while Arkoff replied: "The dreck was my idea." Colin Greenland reviewed Q – The Winged Serpent for Imagine magazine, and stated that "It is not often that a film is enjoyable as a monster movie, a character study and a satire, but Q – The Winged Serpent scores on every one. As well as taking a few swipes at the police, the mass media, and big city politics, Larry Cohen cannot resist poking fun at the innumerable monsters that have gone chomping and stomping among the skyscrapers over the years." Gene Siskel awarded the film three out of four stars. Film critics and journalists James Marriott and Kim Newman featured Q on their 2006 book The Definitive Guide to the Cinema of Fear. Although they criticized the film's pacing as moving "too fast", they felt that overall was entertaining. In his retrospective review, Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine gave The Winged Serpent a rating of three out of five stars, praising Shout! Factory's 2013 restoration. In 2019, Screen Rant critic Rocco Thompson cited it as Larry Cohen's sixth essential film of his career. ===Home media=== The film was later released on VHS by MCA/Universal Home Video. It was released on DVD by Blue Underground in 2003. Shout! Factory released the film on Blu-ray on August 27, 2013, through their Scream Factory sublabel. ==See also== * The Flying Serpent * Rodan (film) * The Giant Claw ==References== == External links == * * * * * An oral history of the cult classic Q: The Winged Serpent by Will Harris Category:1982 films Category:1980s English-language films Category:1982 fantasy films Category:1982 horror films Category:Films about dragons Category:1980s monster movies Category:Giant monster films Category:Kaiju films Category:American independent films Category:Films based on mythology Category:Films set in New York City Category:Films shot in New York City Category:American detective films Category:Folk horror films Category:Films directed by Larry Cohen Category:Films using stop-motion animation Category:Films scored by Robert O. 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Q (released in the United States as Desire) is a 2011 French erotic drama film written and directed by Laurent Bouhnik. ==Plot== Set in Cherbourg, France and in a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people are turned upside down after they meet Cecile, a character who symbolizes desire. Cecile is a 20-year-old woman whose father recently died and she sets about to bury her grief by having sexual relations with various lovers of people that she knows and does not know. Chance is Cecile's boyfriend and a petty criminal who loves her, but he cannot satisfy her constant carnal desires. Matt is an auto mechanic friend of Chance whose girlfriend Alice refuses to have sex with him. Cecile also gives advice to her friends about how and how not to pleasure men and women. Unable to find inner peace through various sexual encounters with Chance, Matt and even Alice, Cecile finally discovers another path to healing. ==Cast== ==References== ==External links== * Category:2011 films Category:2011 drama films Category:2011 LGBT-related films Category:2010s erotic drama films Category:Female bisexuality in film Category:Films directed by Laurent Bouhnik Category:Films set in Normandy Category:Films shot in Normandy Category:French erotic drama films Category:French LGBT-related films Category:Lesbian-related films Category:2010s French films
Q is a character in the James Bond films and novelisations. Q is the head of Q Branch (later Q Division), the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service charged with oversight of top secret field technologies. Q (standing for quartermaster), like M, is a job title rather than a name. The use of letters as pseudonyms for senior officers in the British Secret Service was started by its first director, Captain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming (1859–1923), who signed himself with a C written in green ink.Judd, Alan, The Quest for C: Mansfield Cumming and the founding of the British Secret Service Q has appeared in 22 of the 25 Eon Productions James Bond films, the exceptions being Live and Let Die (1973), Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). Q also featured in both non-Eon Bond films, Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again (1983). Between 1963 and 1999, Q was portrayed in the Eon films by Desmond Llewelyn until his death in late 1999. He was played in subsequent films by John Cleese and Ben Whishaw. ==Novels== The character Q never appears in the novels by the author Ian Fleming, where Q and the Q Branch are only mentioned; however, Q does appear in the novelisations by Christopher Wood as well as the later novels by John Gardner and Raymond Benson, who adopted Eon's decision to combine the character with Major Boothroyd, the armourer from Dr. No. In John Gardner's novels, the post of Q is taken over by Ann Reilly (called Q'ute by her colleagues). She also forms a relationship with Bond. It is supposed that she held the post for a short while only, because Raymond Benson's novels return Boothroyd to the post without explanation. Jeffrey Deaver's Carte Blanche introduces the character Sanu Hirani, who is referred to as 'Q' in that novel. Charles Fraser-Smith is widely credited as the inspiration for Q due to the spy gadgets he built for the Special Operations Executive. These were called Q-devices, after the Royal Navy's World War I Q-ships. In the Fleming novels there are frequent references to Q and Q Branch with phrases like "see Q for any equipment you need" (Casino Royale) and "Q Branch would handle all of that" (Diamonds Are Forever), with a reference to "Q's craftsmen" in From Russia, with Love. ===Major Boothroyd=== In the sixth novel, Dr. No, the service armourer Major Boothroyd appears for the first time. Fleming named the character after Geoffrey Boothroyd, a firearms expert who lived in Glasgow, who had written to the novelist suggesting that Bond was not using the best firearms available. ===Ann Reilly=== Boothroyd is also referenced occasionally in the Bond novels of John Gardner, but the author preferred instead to focus on a new character, Ann Reilly, who is introduced in the first Gardner novel, Licence Renewed, and promptly dubbed "Q'ute" by Bond. ==Films== Major Boothroyd appears in Dr. No and in the script of From Russia with Love. Desmond Llewelyn stated that, although he was credited as playing "Major Boothroyd" in the latter film, his name as said by M was replaced with "the equipment officer", as director Terence Young stated that Boothroyd was a different character. Beginning in Guy Hamilton's Goldfinger and in each film thereafter Major Boothroyd is most often referred to as Q; however, in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) he is referred to once again as Major Boothroyd in dialogue. In most films in which Q appears, he is restricted to a "behind the scenes" involvement, either based in London or in secret bases out in the field. Two notable exceptions in which Q becomes directly involved in Bond's missions occur in Octopussy, in which Q actually participates in field work—including the final battle against the villain's henchmen—and Licence to Kill in which he joins Bond in the field after 007 goes rogue. ===Eon Productions=== ====Peter Burton: 1962 (as "Major Boothroyd")==== In the first film, Dr. No, Boothroyd is played by Peter Burton in only one scene, in which he replaces Bond's .25 ACP Beretta 418 (on-screen portrayed by a .32 Beretta 35) pistol with the signature .32 Walther PPK handgun. He is referred to by M as "the armourer," and later as Major Boothroyd. Scheduling conflicts prevented Burton from reprising the role in From Russia with Love, although he made two later uncredited appearances in Bond films, first as an RAF officer in Thunderball (1965) and later as a secret agent in the satirical Casino Royale (1967). ====Desmond Llewelyn: 1963–1999==== Beginning with From Russia with Love, Desmond Llewelyn portrayed the character in every official film except Live and Let Die until his death in 1999. In the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me, as Q delivered the underwater Lotus, Major Anya Amasova / Agent XXX (Barbara Bach) greets Q as "Major Boothroyd". Starting with Goldfinger, the notion that Bond and Q would have an often strained relationship with each other was introduced by Guy Hamilton; it continued in the series thereafter. While briefing Bond on the gadgets that he is going to use on his mission, Q often expresses irritation and impatience at Bond's short attention span, often telling him to "pay attention, 007", and Bond's playful lack of respect for his equipment, telling the agent, "I never joke about my work, 007". In Thunderball, Bond can be heard muttering "Oh no" when Q joins him in the Bahamas. A running gag appeared in later films where Q's prized gadget would be destroyed in a mishap often caused by necessity or Bond's recklessness – examples include the Glastron jet boat in Moonraker (Bond sends it over the Iguazu Falls to escape pursuit by Jaws), the Aston Martin Vantage in The Living Daylights (Bond is forced to prime its self-destruct device in order to evade the Czech police forces), and the BMW Z8 in The World Is Not Enough – which is cut in half by a helicopter buzz-saw. However, on occasion, Q has shown a warm and fatherly concern for 007's welfare, such as at Bond's wedding in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, when he assures Bond that he is available if Bond ever requires his help. Q has also assisted Bond in a more active role in his missions in Octopussy, remaining to aid Bond in person even after another ally is killed, and Licence to Kill saw him travel to assist Bond while he is officially on leave from MI6 even after Bond has resigned from MI6 to pursue his own vendetta. He frequently refers to Bond as "007", rather than by his name. In GoldenEye, Q shares a joke with Bond for the first time, and in The World Is Not Enough Bond is saddened at the prospect of Q's impending retirement. Q signs off with "Now pay attention, 007," and then offers some words of advice: > Q: "I've always tried to teach you two things: First, never let them see you > bleed." > Bond: "And the second?" > Q: "Always have an escape plan." – before he is lowered out of view. This was the final film appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Q in the James Bond series, although he would revive the role once again as Q in a Heineken commercial, a TV cross-promotion for The World Is Not Enough. Llewelyn died in a car crash just weeks after the film's release. Between films he also starred as Q in various commercials for a diversity of products and companies. These included Bond collectable merchandise, Hyundai motorcars, LG video recorders, Highland Superstores, Visa credit cards, and Reach electric toothbrushes, the latter of which featured Q briefing himself in the mirror. Featured in Films: *From Russia with Love (1963) *Goldfinger (1964) *Thunderball (1965) *You Only Live Twice (1967) *On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) *Diamonds Are Forever (1971) *The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) *The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) *Moonraker (1979) *For Your Eyes Only (1981) *Octopussy (1983) *A View to a Kill (1985) *The Living Daylights (1987) *Licence to Kill (1989) *GoldenEye (1995) *Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) *The World Is Not Enough (1999) Video games: * The Living Daylights (1987) (ZX Spectrum 007 Action Pack only; on narration tape, not in-game) *Tomorrow Never Dies (1999) (Likeness only, voiced by Miles Anderson) *007: The World Is Not Enough (2000) (Likeness only, Nintendo 64 version only, voiced by Miles Anderson) *Nightfire (2002) (Likeness only, voiced by Gregg Berger) *007 Racing (2000) (Archival footage, voiced by Miles Anderson) *James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002) (Likeness only, voiced by Gregg Berger) *James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (2005) (Likeness only, voiced by Phil Proctor) Llewelyn also portrays Q in the Eon Productions-produced 1967 TV special Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond, as well as portraying Q in the documentary Highly Classified: The World of 007, which is included on the Tomorrow Never Dies Ultimate Edition DVD. Llewelyn's likeness was also used to portray the Q character in 2005's video game James Bond 007: From Russia with Love, though the voice of Q was portrayed by Phil Proctor. Llewelyn has appeared in more Bond films — seventeen — than any other actor to date. ==== John Cleese: 1999 (as "R"), 2002 (as Q) ==== In The World Is Not Enough an assistant to Q was introduced, played by John Cleese. His real name was never revealed, but he was initially credited as "R" in The World Is Not Enough, stemming from a joke in which Bond asks the elder Q, "If you're Q, does that make him R?" Between films, Cleese was still referred to as "R" in the video games 007: The World is Not Enough (2000), 007 Racing (2000) and Agent Under Fire (2001). He was officially referred to as "Q" in Die Another Day (2002) following Llewelyn's death in 1999. In 2004, Cleese was featured as Q in the video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing. Much like his predecessor, R is a consummate professional who is frequently annoyed by Bond's cavalier attitude. In Die Another Day, Bond at first refers to R as "Quartermaster" but, silently impressed by the gadgets he is given, calls him "Q" at the end of their meeting. (The Die Another Day DVD reveals that Bond initially saw R as an 'interloper', only awarding the proper title of 'Q' after R has proven himself.) According to an interview on the Die Another Day DVD, Pierce Brosnan was very glad to rename Cleese's character 'Q', rather than 'R', because his native Irish accent made it difficult to pronounce 'R' with a convincing English accent. In the 007 video game, James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, Cleese's Q has an assistant, Miss Nagai, portrayed by Misaki Ito. Featured in Films: *The World Is Not Enough (1999) (as R) *Die Another Day (2002) (as Q) Video games; *007: The World Is Not Enough (2000) (as R) *007 Racing (2000) (as R) *Agent Under Fire (2001) (as R) *Everything or Nothing (2004) *007 Scene It (board game) ====Ben Whishaw: 2012–present==== The character of Q did not appear in 2006's Casino Royale or its sequel, Quantum of Solace (2008). Bond actor Daniel Craig expressed concern over the character's absence, and expressed his hope that Q would return in Skyfall. In November 2011, it was announced that British actor Ben Whishaw had been cast in the role. Bond first meets Q in front of the painting The Fighting Temeraire at the National Gallery in London, where he at first expresses disbelief at the relative youth of his new quartermaster, but the two quickly earn each other's respect. In Skyfall, Q's gadgets were comparatively simple, consisting of a miniaturized radio and a gun coded to Bond's palmprint so only Bond can fire it. When Bond appears disappointed, Q says, "Were you expecting an exploding pen? We don't really go in for that anymore," in reference to a miniature grenade featured in GoldenEye. Q is demonstrated to be highly knowledgeable on the subject of computer security to the point where he designed some of the most sophisticated security protocols in existence. As with Llewelyn's Q, he also gets frustrated with Bond's knack for damaging or destroying the gadgets – at the end of Skyfall the Aston Martin DB5 is burned out in the final showdown with Silva. In Spectre, Q injects Bond with "smart blood" which will allow MI6 to track him at all times. He then shows off an Aston Martin DB10 to Bond only to disappoint him by revealing it was reassigned to 009. He provides Bond with a new watch, while hinting the alarm is "rather loud" (eventually revealed to be explosive in the film's climax). He also oversees the restoration of Bond's Aston Martin DB5 after the events of Skyfall. Bond asks Q to help him disappear during his downtime; despite initial reluctance, Q agrees and helps Bond. Bond later steals (and ultimately destroys) the DB10, much to Q's dismay, although he still covers for him when M asks Q where Bond has gone. Similar to Q's assistance to Bond in 1989's Licence to Kill, Q travels to Austria to help him in the field independent of MI6. While there, he outruns SPECTRE agents after a ring he eventually decodes, revealing the organisation's existence. Q returns to London to assist Miss Moneypenny and M in foiling corrupt MI6 bureaucrat Max Denbeigh's launch of the Nine Eyes intelligence network. At the end he provides Bond with his remodeled Aston Martin DB5. In No Time to Die, it is implied that Q is gay when Bond and Moneypenny interrupt him preparing a romantic dinner for another man. He provides Bond and 00 agent Nomi with a watch that generates an electromagnetic pulse and a portable radar mapping device, and instructs them on how to operate the "stealthy bird", a small submersible jet aircraft, before they infiltrate villain Lyutsifer Safin's hideout. Q keeps in contact with Bond during the mission, and patches him through to his love interest Madeleine Swann after he decides to sacrifice himself. Q later joins M, Moneypenny, Nomi, and Bill Tanner in a toast to Bond's memory at the end of the film. Featured in *Skyfall (2012) *Spectre (2015) *No Time to Die (2021) ===Non-Eon films=== ====Geoffrey Bayldon: 1967==== In the 1967 version of Casino Royale, Q is portrayed by Geoffrey Bayldon, but instead of outfitting James Bond, he provides gadgets for Evelyn Tremble (who is portrayed by Peter Sellers). In the film, Q is assisted by Fordyce (John Wells). The sequence parodies the regular series' outfitting, and features Q presenting Tremble with an elaborate bullet-proof vest, laden with preposterous features ("a Beretta in the buttonhole, and a cute little mini-gun in the gusset"). Featured in *Casino Royale (1967) ====Alec McCowen: 1983==== In the 1983 film Never Say Never Again, Bond received his gadgets from a man (played by Alec McCowen) he referred as Algernon and Algy. His opening line is "Nice to know old Q can still surprise you 00s". In sharp contrast to the personality of Q in EON film series, Algy hopes to hear about "Lots of sex and violence" from James Bond following his mission. In the closing credits, he is named as "Q" Algy. Q Branch itself is depicted as underfunded and ramshackle compared to the high-tech surroundings of the Eon films. Featured in *Never Say Never Again (1983) ==Legacy== The real MI6's head of technology is one of the agency's four directors-general, reporting directly to Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service. While the Chief of SIS is called "C" and not "M", the head of technology is named "Q" after the Bond character, and the department's ethos is known as "Q culture". ==See also== * List of James Bond allies ==References== Category:James Bond characters Category:Fictional quartermasters Category:Fictional engineers Category:Fictional inventors Category:Fictional SIS agents Category:Literary characters introduced in 1958 Category:Characters in British novels of the 20th century de:Figuren aus James-Bond-Filmen#Q
The Q Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored since it uses the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. The Q operates at all times between 96th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, via the BMT Broadway Line, the Manhattan Bridge and the BMT Brighton Line. Daytime service makes express stops in Manhattan and local stops in Brooklyn; late night service makes local stops along its entire route. Limited rush hour service operates locally in Brooklyn via the BMT Sea Beach Line and express via the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, but only in the northbound direction. The Q was originally the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s 1 service; beginning in 1920, it ran along the Brighton Line in Brooklyn and Broadway Line in Manhattan. In the past, the Q has run many different service patterns in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, both local and express, including QB service on the Manhattan Bridge and QT service via the Montague Street Tunnel. From 1988 to 2001, Q service ran along the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, with a bullet colored orange. The Q also ran in Queens at various points, including along the BMT Astoria Line to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard on weekdays from 2010 to 2016, along the IND Queens Boulevard Line to Forest Hills–71st Avenue during temporary post-9/11 service reroutes, and along the IND 63rd Street Line to 21st Street–Queensbridge until 2001. There was also a <Q> variant from 2001 to 2004, which ran express on the Brighton Line and terminated at Brighton Beach. On January 1, 2017, the Q was rerouted along the Second Avenue Subway. ==History== ===1878–1920: Original railroad=== The predecessor to the subway service known as the Q today was the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway. On July 2, 1878, this steam railroad began operations on what would become the BMT Brighton Line, from Prospect Park to the Brighton Beach Hotel in Brighton Beach, which opened at the same time. The Brighton Beach Hotel was located on Coney Island by the Atlantic Ocean at the foot of modern-day Coney Island Avenue. Passengers could make connections with the horsecars of the Brooklyn City Railroad at the Prospect Park terminal. On August 19, 1878, service was extended north from Prospect Park along what is today the BMT Franklin Avenue Line used by the Franklin Avenue Shuttle, to Atlantic Avenue west of Franklin Avenue, a location known as Bedford station on what is today the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). A physical connection existed between the Brighton, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway and the LIRR. By mutual agreement trains of the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway ran on LIRR trackage west to its terminal at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, providing a connection to Downtown Brooklyn and ferries to Manhattan. LIRR trains also operated to Brighton Beach from Flatbush Avenue and from its own terminal in Long Island City, with ferry access to Midtown Manhattan. Initially, service operated during the summer season only. At the end of the 1882 summer season, the LIRR abrogated its agreement allowing Brighton Line trains to access its Flatbush Avenue terminal and beginning with the 1883 summer season, only Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island trains operated between Bedford Terminal and Brighton Beach. In 1896, a short elevated extension of the Brighton Beach Line (since reorganized as the Brooklyn & Brighton Beach Railroad) opened to the corner of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street in the north. This extension connected to the Fulton Street Line of the Kings County Elevated Railroad, allowing rapid transit trains on Fulton Street to operate along the Brighton Line. These trains ran from Brighton Beach, up the Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street lines to the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge, where walking or transferring to a cable car service connection over the bridge allowed access to New York City Hall at Park Row in Manhattan. In 1900, elevated trains were through-routed to Park Row without need to change trains. By 1903, a surface extension of the Brighton Beach Line on what is now Brighton Beach Avenue permitted through service from Park Row, Manhattan west to Culver Depot at Surf Avenue near West 8th Street, much nearer to the growing amusement center known then as West Brighton and now simply as Coney Island. In 1908, a massive grade crossing elimination project was completed with a 4-track line from south of Church Avenue station to Neptune Avenue near the Coney Island Creek, permitting true local and express service, as pioneered on the New York City Subway that opened in 1904. The Brighton Beach line was also converted to electrified third rail. Brighton Beach local and express service was extended to a new West End terminal at Stillwell and Surf Avenues, the location of the Coney Island terminal for the BMT Southern Division, in May 1919. ===1920–1950: Subway service begins=== 110px Original 1 designation for BMT Brighton Line service On August 1, 1920, subway service on the BMT Brighton Line, then owned by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), officially began with the openings of a two-track underground subway between Prospect Park and DeKalb Avenue and the Montague Street Tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan. In 1921, PM rush hour express service was extended from Kings Highway to Brighton Beach. In 1923, Brighton express service operated via the Montague Tunnel and ran local on the Broadway Line. The BMT held a vote to see which route riders preferred on August 30, 1923. Passengers voted to have Brighton expresses run from Brighton Beach to Times Square via the Manhattan Bridge and the express tracks on the Broadway Line. This change took effect on about October 1, 1923. This subway service was labeled 1 by the BMT starting in 1924, with the remnant service to Franklin Avenue becoming the 7. 1 Brighton Express service operated during rush hours and Saturday afternoons. During the evening rush hour and on Saturday afternoons, trains skipped Canal Street. The span of express service was extended by 90 minutes until 8:27 p.m. leaving Times Square in 1929. Express service began operating between the AM rush hour and noon on Saturday mornings in April 1930. Express service began operating middays on May 30, 1931, replacing short-line local service. In September 1937, Brighton express service ran between Brighton Beach and Times Square rush hours, middays, and early evenings weekdays and Saturdays. During the 1930s, limited morning rush hour service ran via the south side tracks of the Manhattan Bridge and the Nassau Street Loop to Chambers Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line. On June 29, 1950, trains began running there during the evening rush as well. On October 17, 1949, the IRT Astoria Line in Queens, up to this point operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), was converted to BMT operation. 1 Local trains were extended via the 60th Street Tunnel and the BMT Astoria Line to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard during weekday rush hours, and on Saturday mornings and early afternoons. Number 2 Fourth Avenue Local trains also ran here at all times. ===1950s=== On April 27, 1950, 1 Local trains were extended to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard during middays. On June 26, 1952, 1 Express trains were extended from Times Square to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue on weekdays after the morning rush hour, running local north of 34th Street. On June 28, 1952, special service from Brighton Beach to the Nassau Street Line was discontinued on Saturdays, and Saturday express service was extended to 57th Street. The 60th Street Tunnel Connection opened on December 1, 1955, connecting the Broadway Line to the IND Queens Boulevard Line. 1 Local trains were rerouted to this new connector to Forest Hills–71st Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens between 6:30 a.m. and 8:20 p.m. They were replaced on the BMT Astoria Line by 1 Express trains on weekdays. On May 4, 1957, 1 Express trains running started running to Ditmars Boulevard on Saturdays as well, but made local stops in Manhattan as the local trains in Brooklyn now ran to Chambers Street via the BMT Nassau Street Line. The final portion of the Broadway Line's express tracks, between Times Square–42nd Street and 57th Street–Seventh Avenue, was placed in service on May 2, 1957. 1 Brighton Express trains ran local in Manhattan on Saturdays while Brighton Locals ran express here during evenings and on Sundays. This lasted only until the next service change. On October 24, 1957, Brighton Local trains ran via the Manhattan Bridge and local in Manhattan, all day on Sundays as well as evenings and midnight hours. Brighton Express 1 service on weekdays began using the express tracks between Times Square–42nd Street and 57th Street–Seventh Avenue. A December 1957 strike shut down much of the BMT Division. Brighton Local 1 trains ran in two sections, from Coney Island via tunnel to 57th Street-Seventh Avenue and from Whitehall Street to Jamaica–179th Street on the IND Queens Boulevard Line. Due to the differing unions predominating on the various divisions, the IND was completely knocked out of service, while the IRT ran virtually normal service. The BMT was about half affected, with makeshift service patterns being set up for the duration of the strike. On May 28, 1959, 1 Brighton Express trains midday on weekdays were cut back to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue and made local stops in Brooklyn midday. Multiple trains entered service at Queensboro Plaza in the evening rush hour. Nassau Specials returned, running via the Montague Street tunnel during the morning rush and via the Manhattan Bridge during the evening rush. As part of the same service change, Brighton Local trains, beginning on June 6, ran to Franklin Avenue via the route of the 7 Shuttle on Saturdays. This was not seasonal and ran the entire day, being quite distinct from the Sunday service which still operated. ===1960–1987: Lettered variants and Chrystie Street Connection=== 90px|90px|90px R27/R32 rollsigns for the Q, QB and QT On November 15, 1960, with the arrival of the R27 subway cars, 1 service on the Brighton Line was relabeled. Brighton Express service was designated as Q, Brighton Local via the Montague St Tunnel as QT, and Brighton Local via the Manhattan Bridge as QB. Single letters were used to refer to express lines and double letters for local lines, a practice that began thirty years earlier with the Independent Subway System (IND), however, no QQ designation was ever used. Despite these new designations, subway communications continued to refer to the services as "Brighton Local" and "Brighton Express". Effective January 1, 1961, Q Brighton Express service was cut back from Ditmars Boulevard to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue on weekdays, with trains skipping 49th Street. Saturday daytime service continued to run to Ditmars Boulevard. QT service ran to Ditmars Boulevard on weekdays; on Saturdays, it ran via the Franklin Avenue Line to Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn instead. The QB provided off-peak service between Coney Island and Astoria, via Brighton Local and the Manhattan Bridge. Sunday service between Franklin Avenue and Brighton Beach was discontinued on this date, with Sunday service now provided solely by the Franklin Avenue Shuttle (SS, formerly 7) between Prospect Park and Fulton Street. Service between Brighton Beach and Franklin Avenue was merged into the Franklin Avenue Shuttle service on October 14, 1961, and all non-shuttle service between was discontinued in February 1963. The Fourth Avenue Local (RR) now provided Broadway Line service along the Queens Boulevard line on weekdays, and the West End Express (T) was extended from 57th Street to Ditmars Boulevard during rush hours. This service change essentially swapped the northern terminals of the Brighton Local and RR, and between the Brighton Express and T. Prior to this both Brighton Line–Broadway services had operated via the 60th Street Tunnel to Queens. By having the Brighton Express Q terminate at 57th Street, this change served to keep one Brighton Line service unaffected in the event of a massive delay in the 60th Street Tunnel. On April 21, 1962, Saturday express Q service was discontinued, and replaced by QB service. All Saturday trains on the Brighton Line began running local, doubling the frequency of service and providing a one-seat ride to Manhattan for riders at local stations. With the arrival of new subway cars to the line, which provided improved running times, trains making local stops between Brighton Beach and Prospect Park did so in only minutes longer than existing express service. From February 10 to November 2, 1964, the Brighton Express tracks were closed to permit platform extension work at Newkirk Avenue. Skip- stop service was instituted along the Brighton Line. Brighton Express service, which made A stops, ran express from Brighton Beach to Kings Highway, and then stopped at Avenue J, Newkirk Avenue, Cortelyou Road, Beverley Road, Church Avenue, Parkside Avenue, and Prospect Park. File:QB Train (1967-1979).svg 1967–1979 bullet On November 26, 1967, the Chrystie Street Connection opened, connecting the Brighton Line in Brooklyn to the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge. The bridge's south side tracks, which formerly connected to the BMT Nassau Street Line, were now connected to the Broadway Line express tracks, severing the Nassau Street Loop. The bridge's north side tracks, which formerly connected to the Broadway Line, now connected to the Sixth Avenue Line express tracks. Originally, the running via Sixth Avenue Express, and the running via Nassau Street and the Montague Street Tunnel, were to replace all three Q services on the Brighton Line. The Q and QT went out of existence completely, but due to riders' opposition to the expected loss of all Broadway Line service, some QB trains were retained, now running rush hours only in the peak direction between Coney Island and 57th Street via Brighton Local, the Manhattan Bridge, and Broadway Express in Manhattan. The color scheme introduced for subway lines that day included a red QB bullet. A short-lived NX service also provided rush-hour service between Brighton Beach and Coney Island and the Broadway Line, running via the BMT Sea Beach Line to Manhattan. This service was discontinued on April 15, 1968, after less than five months. The RR replaced Q, QB and QT service to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard. On August 19, 1968, one AM rush hour QB train began running to Ditmars Boulevard. From January 2, 1973, no QB trains ran in service to Ditmars Boulevard, though two trains ran light to Ditmars Boulevard from 57th Street in the AM rush, and one train ran light to 57th Street in the PM rush. On January 19, 1976, morning rush hour QB trains began running in service to Ditmars Boulevard, and most evening rush hour trains entered service at Queensboro Plaza, with only one evening rush hour train running from Coney Island to 57th Street. All but the first QB morning QB trip, which entered RR service, were cut back from Ditmars Boulevard to 57th Street on August 30, 1976. Evening rush hour trains only ran in service between Coney Island and 57th Street. The last PM rush hour QB train started at Ditmars Boulevard, having previously made a trip in RR service. The first two morning rush hour QB trains ran to Ditmars Boulevard as of May 7, 1978, returning in service as RR trains to 36th Street. The last two evening rush hour QB trains entered service at Ditmars Boulevard, with the final trip having previously made an RR trip from 36th Street. In 1979, the MTA released a revised coloring scheme for subway routes based on trunk line; the QB service was assigned the color sunflower yellow, with black text, because it used the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. It now used a diamond- shaped bullet because it ran rush hours only. On May 5, 1985, the double- letter naming scheme for local services was dropped; the QB was renamed the Q the next day. File:QB Train (1979-1985).svg 1979–1985 bullet Starting on April 26, 1986, the Brighton Line's local tracks underwent reconstruction between Prospect Park and Newkirk Avenue, requiring the suspension of express service; at the same time, reconstruction of the Manhattan Bridge started, which would disrupt subway service until 2004. QB service was discontinued. The bridge's north side tracks (leading to the Sixth Avenue Line) closed. The Q now ran rush hours between 57th Street–Seventh Avenue and Brighton Beach, using a yellow diamond bullet. Because the Manhattan Bridge's north side tracks closed, the D and Q ran on the bridge's south side tracks, both running via Broadway Express to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue. To substitute for the suspended Brighton Line express service, the Q ran skip-stop service with the D between Newkirk Avenue and Sheepshead Bay. D trains served Neck Road, Avenue M and Avenue H; the Q skipped those stops, serving Avenue U and Avenue J, while both lines served Kings Highway. By 1987, as reconstruction on the Brighton Line progressed, the weekday skip-stop pattern expanded to Prospect Park, with D trains serving Beverley Road while Q trains served Cortelyou Road and Parkside Avenue, with Church Avenue as a mutual station. === 1988–2004: Manhattan Bridge reconstruction === 75px Bullet used 1988–2001 Sixth Avenue Line service ==== 1988–2001: Sixth Avenue service ==== On December 11, 1988, the Bridge's north side tracks reopened and the south side tracks closed, and the reconstruction project on the Brighton Line ended. The Q became the weekday Brighton Express to Brighton Beach and was rerouted via the north side of the bridge and the IND Sixth Avenue Line to 57th Street–Sixth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan. Because it ran on the Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, the route now used an orange bullet on maps. The 8:23 AM train from Brighton Beach ran to 168th Street. On October 29, 1989, the IND 63rd Street Line opened and the B, Q, and JFK Express were extended to 21st Street–Queensbridge in Long Island City. Weekday evening service terminated at Broadway–Lafayette Street in Manhattan instead of Brooklyn; these trains relayed at Second Avenue in order to change direction. A special combined –Q service ran during late nights; in the northbound direction, F trains would operate along its normal route from Coney Island to 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center, then turn into a Q and operate to 21st Street–Queensbridge; in the southbound direction, Q trains would operate from 21st Street to 47th–50th Streets, then turn into an F train and operate along its normal route to Coney Island. The weekday evening shuttle was replaced by the B on September 30, 1990. On October 1, 1990, the Q trip to 168th Street was discontinued. The replaced the late night shuttle in April 1993. On February 6, 1995, Q trains began running local south of Kings Highway due to rehabilitation work on the Brighton Line. On April 30, 1995, the north side of the Manhattan Bridge closed during middays and weekends, in addition to the already-closed south side. During these hours, D service was cut below 34th Street–Herald Square. In its place, the Q ran between Coney Island and 21st Street–Queensbridge, via Brighton Local, the Montague Street Tunnel, Broadway Express (switching between the local and express tracks at Canal Street) and the BMT 63rd Street Line. Rush hour and evening service was unchanged. On May 1, Q expresses only operated during rush hours and early evening. Normal service resumed on November 12, 1995, including the restoration of Q express service between Kings Highway and Brighton Beach. On February 22, 1998, construction on the IND 63rd Street Line cut and Q service back to 57th Street–Sixth Avenue. Service on the 63rd Street Line was replaced by a shuttle to the BMT Broadway Line at 57th Street–Seventh Avenue. Normal service resumed on May 22, 1999. ==== 2001–2004: Brighton express variant ==== 75px Bullet used 1985–1988 for rush hour service, and 2001–2004 for express service On July 22, 2001, the Manhattan Bridge's north side tracks closed and the south side tracks reopened. There were now two Q services, colored yellow as they now ran via Broadway. In Brooklyn, the circle Q (Q local) replaced the as the full-time Brighton Local to Stillwell Avenue while the <Q> (Q express or Q diamond) replaced the Sixth Avenue Q as the weekday-only Brighton Express to Brighton Beach. Both Qs used the south side of the Manhattan Bridge to travel into Manhattan and then ran to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue via Broadway Express. Service on the IND 63rd Street Line was replaced by a shuttle, which would be permanently replaced by the in December 2001 once the 63rd Street's connection to the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened. After the September 11 attacks, Broadway Line service through Lower Manhattan, and service were suspended. The Q local replaced the R between Canal Street and Forest Hills–71st Avenue, making local stops in Manhattan and Queens at all times except late nights, when it terminated at 57th Street–Seventh Avenue. This was the predecessor to the Astoria extension (see below). Both services returned to normal on October 28, 2001. On September 8, 2002, Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (the Q southern terminal) was closed for reconstruction and the Q local terminated at Brighton Beach. During this time, service at stations between Brighton Beach and Stillwell Avenue was replaced by an extension of the B68 bus. Q service to Stillwell Avenue resumed on May 23, 2004. From April 27 to November 2, 2003, the south side of the Manhattan Bridge was closed on weekends and Q service was rerouted via the Montague Street Tunnel. On February 22, 2004, reconstruction of the Manhattan Bridge was completed and the north side tracks reopened. The <Q> express was discontinued and replaced with the in Brooklyn and in Manhattan to combine two weekday-only lines. The Q local remained unchanged. ===2005–present: Extensions to Astoria and Second Avenue=== thumb|right|Map of the full Second Avenue Subway (SAS), showing the planned uptown portion of the Q route, which currently terminates at 96th Street On June 28, 2010, the Q was extended from 57th Street–Seventh Avenue to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard via the 60th Street Tunnel and BMT Astoria Line on weekdays, stopping at 49th Street. The extended Q replaced the , which was discontinued due to budget shortfalls. On December 7, 2014, late night Q service began operating local in Manhattan between 57th Street and Canal Street in order to decrease waiting time at the local stations. On November 7, 2016, weekday Q service was cut back from Astoria to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue, skipping 49th Street, to provide a seamless transition for the opening of the Second Avenue Subway. Service to Astoria and the 49th Street station was replaced by the restored W service. On January 1, 2017, the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway opened; the Q was extended from 57th Street–Seventh Avenue to 96th Street via the BMT 63rd Street Line and the IND Second Avenue Line. This extension serves Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station with a cross- platform transfer to the IND 63rd Street Line (served by the ) before serving new stations under Second Avenue at 72nd Street, 86th Street, and 96th Street, where it originates/terminates. The inaugural train on the Second Avenue Line ran on December 31, 2016, with passenger service beginning the next day. From January 1 to 9, 2017, service between 57th Street and 96th Street ran only from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., with late-night service terminating at 57th Street; late night service to 96th Street began on January 9. ===Future=== The second phase of the Second Avenue Line will extend the Q to a new northern terminal at Harlem–125th Street, with planned stops at 116th Street and 106th Street. At the Harlem–125th Street terminus, there will be a transfer to the existing 125th Street station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and a connection to Harlem–125th Street station on Metro-North Railroad. This will provide residents of East Harlem with direct subway service via Second Avenue and Broadway to the Upper East Side, western Midtown, Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, and offer connections to and Metro-North from the Bronx, the northern suburbs of New York City, and southern Connecticut. ==Route== === Service pattern === The following table shows the lines used by the Q, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times: Line From To Tracks Times Times Times Line From To Tracks rush hours all ex. nights late nights IND Second Avenue Line 96th Street 72nd Street all BMT 63rd Street Line (full line) Lexington Avenue–63rd Street Lexington Avenue–63rd Street all BMT Broadway Line 57th Street–Seventh Avenue Canal Street express BMT Broadway Line 57th Street–Seventh Avenue Canal Street local Manhattan Bridge Manhattan Bridge Manhattan Bridge south BMT Brighton Line (full line) DeKalb Avenue Prospect Park all Most trains BMT Brighton Line (full line) Parkside Avenue Ocean Parkway local Most trains BMT Brighton Line (full line) West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue all Most trains BMT Fourth Avenue Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line DeKalb Avenue DeKalb Avenue bypass Limited service rowspan=3 rowspan=3 BMT Fourth Avenue Line Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center 59th Street/Fourth Avenue express Limited service BMT Sea Beach Line (full line) Eighth Avenue Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue local Limited service ===Stations=== For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above. 20px|Q service to 96 St 20px|Q service to 96 St Stations Subway transfers Connections and notes Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Second Avenue Line Second Avenue Line Second Avenue Line Second Avenue Line Second Avenue Line Second Avenue Line ↑ M15 Select Bus Service ↑ M15 Select Bus Service M86 Select Bus Service ↑ M15 Select Bus Service 63rd Street Line 63rd Street Line 63rd Street Line 63rd Street Line 63rd Street Line 63rd Street Line ↑ Out-of-system transfers with MetroCard/OMNY: (IRT Lexington Avenue Line at ) (BMT Broadway Line at ) Broadway Line Broadway Line Broadway Line Broadway Line Broadway Line Broadway Line ↑ | ↑ Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction only ↑ (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) (IRT Flushing Line) (IND Eighth Avenue Line at ) (42nd Street Shuttle) (IND Sixth Avenue Line at , daytime only) Port Authority Bus Terminal M34A Select Bus Service ↑ (IND Sixth Avenue Line) M34 / M34A Select Bus Service PATH at Amtrak, LIRR, NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station | | M23 Select Bus Service ↑ (BMT Canarsie Line) (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) M14A / M14D Select Bus Service | | Manhattan Bridge branch Manhattan Bridge branch Manhattan Bridge branch Manhattan Bridge branch Manhattan Bridge branch Manhattan Bridge branch ↑ 20px|alt=Elevator access to mezzanine only (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) (BMT Nassau Street Line) Stops on the lower level. Services split into Brighton Line and Fourth Avenue Line Services split into Brighton Line and Fourth Avenue Line Services split into Brighton Line and Fourth Avenue Line Services split into Brighton Line and Fourth Avenue Line Services split into Brighton Line and Fourth Avenue Line Services split into Brighton Line and Fourth Avenue Line Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brighton Line Brighton Line Brighton Line Brighton Line Brighton Line Brighton Line align=center rowspan = 19 (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal (BMT Franklin Avenue Line) B82 Select Bus Service (IND Culver Line) Fourth Avenue Line (limited rush hour service only) Fourth Avenue Line (limited rush hour service only) Fourth Avenue Line (limited rush hour service only) Fourth Avenue Line (limited rush hour service only) Fourth Avenue Line (limited rush hour service only) Fourth Avenue Line (limited rush hour service only) align=center rowspan = 3 ↑ (BMT Brighton Line) (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal ↑ ↑ Sea Beach Line (limited rush hour service only) Sea Beach Line (limited rush hour service only) Sea Beach Line (limited rush hour service only) Sea Beach Line (limited rush hour service only) Sea Beach Line (limited rush hour service only) Sea Beach Line (limited rush hour service only) align=center rowspan = 9 ↑ ↑ Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction only. ↑ ↑ (BMT West End Line at ) ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ B82 Select Bus Service ↑ ↑ Services from Brighton Line and Sea Beach Line merge Services from Brighton Line and Sea Beach Line merge Services from Brighton Line and Sea Beach Line merge Services from Brighton Line and Sea Beach Line merge Services from Brighton Line and Sea Beach Line merge Services from Brighton Line and Sea Beach Line merge ↑ (BMT West End Line) (IND Culver Line) ==References== ==External links== * MTA NYC Transit – Q Broadway Express * * # Category:New York City Subway services
Q (Sanna's Post) Battery is the Headquarters Battery of 5th Regiment Royal Artillery in the Royal Artillery. It currently serves as the Headquarters Battery for the British Army's Surveillance and Target Acquisition regiment. The name Sanna's Post was taken following the actions of the battery in an engagement during the Second Boer War. ==Battery history== Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery was originally raised in Poona, India on 1 March 1824 as 3rd Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery, part of the Bombay Presidency Army of the Honourable East India Company. Between 1838 and 1857 the troop saw action in the First Anglo-Afghan War, the First Anglo-Sikh War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, and the Anglo-Persian War. In 1858 the battery saw service during the Indian mutiny. On 19 February 1862, the Bombay Horse Artillery transferred to the Royal Artillery, specifically as its 4th Horse Brigade. and 3rd Troop became C Battery, 4th Horse Brigade, RA. A reorganisation of artillery regiments on 13 April 1864 saw 1st Brigade split as A and B Brigades, 2nd Brigade become C Brigade, 3rd become D, 4th become E, and 5th become F Horse Brigade, Royal Artillery. As the battery's designation was tied to the brigade it was assigned to, it was redesignated on the same date as C Battery, E Horse Brigade, RA. From 1866, the term "Royal Horse Artillery" appeared in Army List hence the battery was designated C Battery, E Brigade, RHA from about this time. Between 1864 and 1889 the battery's title changed a further five times. In 1889 the battery assumed the title of Q Battery Royal Artillery. The battery next saw service in the Boer war between 1899 and 1901. On 31 March 190,0 the battery assisted the majority of General Broadwater's force from a vicious Boer ambush at Koorn Spruit, near Sanna's Post. In 1926, the battery was granted the honour title "Sanna's Post". During the First World War the Battery saw continuous action on the western front. At the end of the Great War the battery's name changed again twice before being renamed Q Battery Royal Field Artillery in 1924. == Artillery Intelligence cell (ARTY INT) == Q (Sanna's Post) HQ Battery formed an internal Intelligence cell to specialise in Artillery related intelligence in January 2022. === Officer commanding Q (Sanna's Post) HQ Bty, Artillery Intelligence cell === Lt P.Granger (2022 - ) ==See also== *British Army *Royal Artillery *Royal Horse Artillery *List of Royal Artillery Batteries *Bombay Horse Artillery Batteries ==Notes== ==References== ==Bibliography== * * * * ==External links== * * The Royal Artillery Association * Royal Artillery Today * Ubique Collection * Fire Power Museum Category:Royal Artillery batteries Category:1824 establishments in British India Category:Military units and formations established in 1824
Q is a fictional character, as well as the name of a race, in Star Trek appearing in the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Lower Decks, and Picard series and in related media. The most familiar Q is portrayed by John de Lancie. He is an extra-dimensional being of unknown origin who possesses immeasurable power over time, space, the laws of physics, and reality itself, being capable of altering it to his whim. Despite his vast knowledge and experience spanning untold eons, he is not above practical jokes for his own personal amusement, for a Machiavellian or manipulative purpose, or to prove a point. He is said to be almost completely omnipotent and he is continually evasive regarding his true motivations. The name "Q" applies to the names of the individuals portrayed (all male and female characters refer to each other as "Q"); it also applies to the name of their race and to the "Q Continuum" itself – an alternate dimension accessible to only the Q and their "invited" guests. The true nature of the realm is said to be beyond the comprehension of "lesser beings" such as humans, therefore it is shown to humans only in ways they can understand; e.g., a run-down gas station in the 'middle of nowhere'. Beginning with the pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" of The Next Generation, Q became a recurring character, with pronounced comedic and dramatic chemistry with Jean-Luc Picard. He serves as a major antagonist throughout The Next Generation, playing a pivotal role in both the first and final episodes. Q is initially presented as a cosmic force judging humanity to see if it is becoming a threat to the universe, but as the series progresses, his role morphs more into one of a teacher to Picard and the human race generally – albeit often in seemingly destructive or disruptive ways, subject to his own amusement. Other times, notably during "Deja Q" and Voyager, Q appears to the crew seeking assistance. Gene Roddenberry chose the letter "Q" in honor of his friend Janet Quarton.Star Trek Creator – The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry by David Alexander p. 536 ==Appearances in Star Trek media== ===List of appearances=== Many Star Trek television episodes and novels have featured Q and often have titles that play on the letter "Q". * Star Trek: The Next Generation: ** "Encounter at Farpoint" ** "Hide and Q" ** "Q Who" ** "Deja Q" ** "Qpid" ** "True Q" ** "Tapestry" ** "All Good Things..." * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: ** "Q-Less" * Star Trek: Voyager: ** "Death Wish" ** "The Q and the Grey" ** "Q2" * Star Trek: Lower Decks: ** "Veritas" * Star Trek: Picard: ** "The Star Gazer" ** "Penance" ** "Assimilation" ** "Watcher" ** "Fly Me to the Moon" ** "Two of One" ** "Mercy" ** "Farewell" ** "The Last Generation" * Novels, (audiobook versions read by John de Lancie): ** Q-in-Law1 ** Q-Squared1 ** I, Q (written by de Lancie)1 ** The Q Continuum (includes Q-Zone, Q-Space, Q-Strike) ** String Theory ** Star Trek: Borg ** Planet X ** The Eternal Tide *Audio Presentations (starring John de Lancie and Leonard Nimoy): ** "Spock vs. Q" ** "Spock vs. Q: The Sequel" * Video games: ** Star Trek: Borg ** Star Trek: The Game Show (features Q as "host" of a trivia contest) ** Star Trek: Online ** Star Trek Timelines 1Note: Audiobook version available. ===Television=== Q debuted in "Encounter at Farpoint", where he puts Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew on trial, arguing that humanity is a dangerous race and should be destroyed. When they later save the life of a kidnapped alien, Q agrees to defer judgment, though he hints that it will not be the last time the crew sees him. In "Hide and Q", he forces the Enterprise crew to participate in a war game against monsters he summoned, then makes a wager with Picard. He grants Commander William Riker the powers of a Q, then promises that if Riker rejects the powers, then Q will leave them alone. Riker uses the powers to save his friends and starts to lose himself to them, but ultimately manages to reject them. Q attempts to go back on his word, but the Q Continuum forcibly recalls him. In "Q Who", he offers to divest himself of his powers and guide humanity through uncharted regions and prepare it for unknown threats. Picard argues that Q's services are unneeded (and unwanted), and Q rebuts him by teleporting the USS Enterprise to a distant system for their first encounter with the Borg. Unable to resist the Borg, Picard must ask Q to save the ship. Q returns the Enterprise home and tells Picard that other men would rather have died than ask for help. This episode also reveals Q has a past history and hostile relationship with Guinan. In "Deja Q", Q is punished by the Q Continuum by being made mortal; his committing of an uncharacteristically selfless act (sacrificing his life so that a race attacking him will not destroy the Enterprise) garners the return of his powers. In the same episode, Q says that Picard is "the closest thing in this universe that I have to a friend." The Q are mentioned in "Devil's Due". A woman named Ardra claims to be the Devil to subjugate a planet, displaying abilities similar to the Q. The crew speculate that she may be a member of the Q Continuum or even Q himself in a disguise before Picard points out Q would not be interested in a planet's economics. Ardra is exposed as a con artist using technology to simulate her powers. In "Qpid", Q attempts to repay Picard for saving him in "Deja Q" by helping him with his relationship with his ex-girlfriend Vash. He transports everyone to Sherwood Forest and casts himself as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Picard as Robin Hood, the crew as the Merry Men, and Vash as Maid Marian, then challenges them to rescue her. Q and Vash find themselves kindred spirits, and she ultimately decides to go with him and explore the universe together. In "True Q", Q reveals that a new crew member named Amanda Rogers is actually the daughter of two rogue members of the Q Continuum, then orders her to choose between remaining human and never using her powers, or coming with him to join the Continuum. After using her powers to save a planet, Amanda decides to join the Continuum. Toward the end of The Next Generation, Q is less antagonistic toward Picard. In "Tapestry", Q apparently saves Picard and helps him better understand himself, giving Picard a chance to avoid the accident that gave him an artificial heart only for Picard to choose dying as himself over living the tedious life he would have lived without the inspiration of his near-death experience (although whether Q actually appeared in this episode or was merely a hallucination Picard experienced during surgery is deliberately left ambiguous). In "All Good Things", Q reveals that the trial of humanity is not over and displaces Picard through different time periods where a temporal anomaly threatens the existence of humanity. After Picard resolves the situation, Q admits to having helped him find the solution and to having saved him from death. Q departs, stating that the trial of humanity is never over. In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Q-Less", Vash decided to end her partnership with Q. Q follows her to the Deep Space Nine station and attempts to win her back. Q is blamed for a series of power failures, but denies it. Q taunts Commander Benjamin Sisko, only to get punched in the face, shocking him since Picard never did that. The power failures were actually caused by an alien life form disguised as a crystal that Vash was carrying. Q gives Vash his blessing to leave him. In the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Death Wish", Q pursues a rogue member of the Continuum, later named Quinn, who has been inadvertently released from his asteroid prison by the crew of that ship, and who seeks asylum on Voyager. He demands that Q make him human, as he does not wish to be a member of the Continuum any more, but Q refuses, because Quinn intends to commit suicide if he becomes human. The two parties agree to allow Captain Janeway to mediate their dispute, and after Janeway eventually finds in favor of Quinn, he is made human and then commits suicide. Its subsequently revealed that Q chose to assist Quinn's suicide. Later, in the Voyager episode "The Q and the Grey", Q reappears on the Voyager, asking Janeway to bear his child. He eventually reveals that the uncertainty and instability caused by Quinn's suicide divided the Continuum, causing a civil war between Quinn's followers (of which Q is a part) and the rest of the Continuum. Q believes that the birth of a new member of the Continuum could revitalize the Q by giving them something new to focus on after millennia of stagnation and boredom. Janeway refuses, and after she and her crew bring about a ceasefire in the Continuum, Q eventually mates with a female Q (Suzie Plakson) with whom he had been involved (referred to in Star Trek novels as 'Lady Q'), producing a son. Their progeny is born conscious and with all the power of any other Q, although lacking adult maturity. Q makes Janeway his godmother. In the episode "Q2", he appears on Voyager with his immature, rebellious son, who appears as a human teenager (played by John de Lancie's real-life son Keegan de Lancie, and referred to in the novels as "Little Q" or "q"). Q asks Janeway to mentor his son, and the two adults agree that the boy will remain on Voyager, without his powers, and either learn how to be a responsible, accountable, and productive inhabitant of the cosmos, or spend eternity as an amoeba. Eventually, the young Q comes around, but the Continuum is not entirely convinced, so in negotiation with Q, they come to an agreement. Q must eternally guard, observe, and accompany the boy to ensure his proper behavior. Q thanks Janeway for her help by showing her a shortcut to Earth that will shave three years off Voyager's journey. When she asks why he does not just send them directly to Earth, he says it would set a bad example for his son to do all the work for them. In the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Veritas", Q appears in a flashback, challenging the senior crew of the USS Cerritos to an inexplicable 'game' to prove humanity's worth, dressing them up as chess pieces facing a football field filled with anthropomorphic cards and soccer balls. Later in the episode, he appears again to challenge the ensigns to a duel, but he is unceremoniously blown off by Ensign Mariner, who tells him to "go bother Picard." Q follows them anyway, complaining that Picard is always quoting Shakespeare and making wine. Q returns in season 2 of Star Trek: Picard. In the episode "The Star Gazer", the Stargazer encounters a Borg vessel containing the Borg Queen. When it appears that she is assimilating the Stargazer and control the fleet, Picard activates the ship's self-destruct mechanism to stop her. Just as the ship explodes, Picard abruptly wakes up in a different version of his home. Q appears, initially looking like his younger self before turning himself into an old man to match Picard's age. Q says the trial of humanity is not over, so he's altered history to show Picard "the end of the road not taken." In the next episode, "Penance", Q acts unusually agitated while claiming this dark, totalitarian future is all Picard's fault, even striking Picard when he complains. This prompts Picard to wonder if Q is unwell. Q admits to saving Picard and his crew from the explosion of the Stargazer and making sure they all remembered the original timeline to give them a chance to change it back. After Q departs, Picard meets his crew and they work with a captured Borg Queen, who can detect temporal anomalies and says this future was caused by a change in Los Angeles in the year 2024. In the next episode, "Assimilation", Q briefly appears to taunt Picard about how everything was lost because of his fears before disappearing. In the next episode, "Watcher", Q appears in Los Angeles in 2024, observing a woman working on a planned spaceflight to Europa. He is then surprised to find his powers do not work. In the next episode, "Fly Me to the Moon", the woman is revealed to be Jean-Luc Picard's ancestor, Renee Picard. Undaunted by the loss of his powers, Q poses as Renee's psychiatrist and tries to convince her to cancel her spaceflight to Europa. When Picard and his crew find out about this, they speculate that this is the change that causes the dark future. Q also meets Dr. Adam Soong and provides him a temporary cure for his daughter Kore's life-threatening illness. Desperate for a permanent cure, Soong agrees to assist Q. In the next episode, "Two of One", Q instructs Soong to stop Renee from going on her spaceflight, which he attempts by trying to hit her with his car. However, Picard pushes her out of the way and is hit instead and hospitalized by his injuries. Q is mentioned in the next episode, "Monsters". After recovering, Picard asks Guinan to summon Q to their location so he can question him, remembering Q's unusual behavior in their previous encounter. Guinan reveals that the Q Continuum and her race, the El-Aurians, went to war in the past before making a peace treaty. However, her ritual to summon Q fails. In the next episode, "Mercy", after Picard and Guinan have been arrested by an FBI agent, Q visits Guinan disguised as an agent, revealing that he is dying and that this whole scenario was just an attempt to give his life meaning. He leaves after saying humans are always stuck in the past, giving Picard inspiration to pry into the agent's past to persuade him to let them go. Q later visits Kore and gives her the permanent cure even though Soong did not fulfill his end of the bargain, allowing her to leave her home and escape her controlling father. The Borg Queen reveals the change that caused the dark future: In the original timeline, Renee found an alien life form on Europa, paving the way for the formation of the Federation. If Renee's flight is prevented, Dr. Adam Soong will eventually rise in power and become ruler of the world. In "Farewell," after the original timeline is restored, Picard leaves the skeleton key behind a loose brick in the wall for his younger self to find, then encounters Q in his home. Q notes that Picard had the chance to potentially save his mother and change his own future, but instead he chose to accept himself as he is and absolve himself of his guilt. Because Picard has chosen himself, perhaps now he will finally believe himself worthy of being chosen by someone else, and may even give himself the chance to be loved. Q repeats his earlier statement that this was about forgiveness: Picard's own forgiveness of himself. Q reminds Picard that all of the deaths caused by Q's alteration of the timeline have been fixed, apart from Tallinn and Elnor. However, Tallinn was always destined to die in every timeline, but thanks to Picard's intervention, Tallinn had been able to meet Renée in this one. Picard asks why Q had taken such an interest in him for over thirty years, and Q explains that he is dying alone and doesn't want that for Picard. As such, he had set it up so Picard could travel back in time and become unshackled from his past ("As I leave, I leave you free.") For once, Q had not been acting for some grander design, but simply because he cared about Picard and genuinely wanted to help his friend. Gathering outside, Q prepares to use the last of his power to send Picard and his friends back to their own timeline, an action that will kill Q in his weakened state. When Rios chooses to stay in 2024, Q tells Picard that he now has an unexpected surplus of energy, which he will use to give Picard a final surprise gift. Stating that Q doesn't have to die alone, Picard hugs him, and an emotional Q promises to "See you out there." He then snaps his fingers one last time, sending Picard, Raffi and Seven back to 2401 moments before the Stargazer's destruction, allowing Picard the chance to change his future. Shortly thereafter, the group discovers Q's final gift: Q has resurrected Elnor and returned him to the Excelsior. Despite his supposed death, Q appears to Picard's son Jack Crusher in a mid-credits scene of the Star Trek: Picard series finale "The Last Generation." When asked about his supposed death, Q simply states that he'd hoped that the next generation wouldn't think so linearly and that while humanity's trial has ended for Picard, it has only just begun for Jack. The Q were also mentioned in the fourth season of Star Trek: Discovery as the possible creators of the Dark Matter Anomaly threatening the Alpha Quadrant, but were dismissed as being such by the Federation due to neither Q or his fellow Q being heard from since the late 26th century. ===Novels=== The similarity between Q and Trelane, the alien encountered in the Star Trek episode "The Squire of Gothos", inspired writer Peter David to establish in his 1994 novel Q-Squared that Trelane is a member of the Continuum, and that Q is his godfather (with it being all-but-explicitly stated that Q is actually Trelane's biological father, although the truth of this is kept an official secret). Q's past is expanded on in the trilogy The Q Continuum, which has Q and Picard travel through Q's past, witnessing Q's first encounter with the being that inspired his interest in testing other races. This being, known as 0, is similar to Q in power and abilities (although an injury of some sort prevents 0 travelling faster than light under his own power, even if he can still teleport short distances), but whereas Q has been shown to be more of a "merry prankster" throughout Star Trek canon, 0 is malevolent in his desires. Where Q always offers his opponents a sporting chance to win his challenges, 0 is ultimately shown to use his 'tests' as just an excuse to torture other races, to the extent that he basically changes the rules of his games so that the subjects will inevitably lose. The young Q ends up bringing him into the Milky Way galaxy through the Guardian of Forever while looking for something new to do with himself, and 0 assembles other seemingly omnipotent beings from the original Star Trek, including Gorgan (the entity who turned children against their parents in "And the Children Shall Lead"), The One (the being who impersonated God in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) and (*) (the entity from "Day of the Dove", which thrived on violent conflict). However, although intrigued at 0's words about testing lesser races, Q loses his taste for 0's methods when 0's group provoke the Tkon Empire- an advanced civilisation millennia in the past- into decades of civil war and then blows up their sun just as they were about to exchange their dying old sun for a younger, fresher one, the Tkon having completed their Great Endeavour despite the war. 0's group was later defeated in a battle with the Q Continuum, though the dinosaurs were left extinct as a result when Q diverted an asteroid from one of the combatants so that it would strike Earth instead. With Q having abstained from most of the conflict, he was thus put in charge of watching over Earth and its inhabitants as a possible rehabilitation project, while (*) and Gorgan escaped and The One was trapped at the heart of the galaxy having been reduced to just his head. 0 in particular was banished to just outside our galaxy and the galactic barrier erected to keep him out; as Picard observes, with 0's crippled state preventing him travelling faster than light, 0 was essentially reduced to a shipwrecked survivor cut off from the nearest inhabitable land and millennia away from anywhere else. In the course of the trilogy, 0 is temporarily released from his banishment beyond the galaxy and sought revenge on Q, having manipulated a dying scientist to complete an artificial wormhole experiment intended to let starships breach the barrier that would allow 0 to regain access. However, 0 was defeated when Picard was able to convince one of 0's old enemies to join forces with Q so that their combined powers could stop his former mentor. The novel The Buried Age which explores Picard's life between the destruction of the Stargazer and his appointment to the position of captain of the Enterprise-D ends with a cameo appearance by Q as he meets an alien woman who recently met Picard before she chose to ascend to a higher plane of existence, her tales of Picard inspiring Q's own interest in humanity. This novel also establishes why Q chose his name, as he wanted something that would be simple for humans to remember, reasoning that, if he was ever asked why he was called 'Q', he could reply "Because U will always be behind me". In the Voyager novel The Eternal Tide, Q's son sacrifices himself to save the universe, inspired by the example of the resurrected Kathryn Janeway, prompting Q to declare himself her enemy. However, he swiftly gets over this hostility 'off-screen', and by the later novel A Pocket Full of Lies, it is revealed that he acted to save the life of an alternate Janeway created during the events of "Shattered". In the Star Trek comic series based on the alternate timeline established in the 2009 film Star Trek, Q visits that reality to take the crew of the Enterprise into their future. This allows them to interact with characters from the original timeline in the new history created by Spock's trip to the past. It also helps Q deal with a threat to the Continuum in the form of the Pah-Wraiths, which have all but destroyed the Bajoran Prophets in this timeline, the Enterprise crew retrieving a tablet containing the last Prophet and allowing it to merge with Q to defeat the Pah-Wraiths. ===Computer games=== The 1996 computer game Star Trek: Borg was primarily made up of live action segments directed by James L. Conway and featured John de Lancie as Q. Q also appears during holiday events in the massively multiplayer online game Star Trek Online including the creation of a Christmas village that player characters can be teleported to. === Q's phone number === In Star Trek: Picard, S02E05 "Fly Me to the Moon", Q sends Dr. Adam Soong his business card via his 3D printer. The number on it was (323) 634-5667. This is a functional phone number intended for the viewers to call. Typically, American movies or TV episodes use "dud" phone numbers that go nowhere, but this is a small treat for diligent viewers; a small, out-of-universe Easter egg with a short message from John de Lancie's portrayal of Q. As of May 2023, this phone number is still active. ==Reception== In 2009, Q was ranked as the 9th best character of all Star Trek by IGN. In 2016, Time rated Q as the #10 best villain of the Star Trek franchise. In 2017, Space.com rated Q as one of the "15 of the Most Bizarre Alien Species" of the Star Trek franchise. In 2018, The Wrap said that Q would be at the top of the list if he was included with ranking 39 main cast characters of the Star Trek franchise prior to Star Trek: Discovery. In 2018, CBR ranked Q the #1 best Star Trek recurring character. ==References== ==External links== * Q on IMDb * Q at StarTrek.com Category:Fictional characters who can change size Category:Fictional characters who can duplicate themselves Category:Fictional characters who can teleport Category:Fictional higher-dimensional characters Category:Fictional characters with immortality Category:Fictional characters who can manipulate reality Category:Fictional judges Category:Fictional gods Category:Fictional pranksters Category:Fictional tricksters Category:Star Trek alien characters Category:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters Category:Star Trek: The Next Generation characters Category:Star Trek: Voyager characters Category:Television characters introduced in 1987 de:Figuren im Star-Trek- Universum#Q
Q is the eighth studio album released by Mr. Children on September 27, 2000. Since the beginning of their success in 1994, "Q" was the first album not to reach the #1 position because Ayumi Hamasaki outsold them by gapping 1 million copies in first week on the Oricon chart. It was also their lowest selling album since their first successful album, Atomic Heart. ==Track listing== #Center of universe #Sono mukou he ikou(Beyond the border) #Not Found #Slow starter #Surrender #Tsuyogari #12gatsu no Central Park blues #Tomo to coffee to uso to ibukuro #Road Movie #Everything is made from a dream #Kuchibue #Hallelujah #Yasurageru basho Category:2000 albums Category:Mr. Children albums Category:Albums produced by Takeshi Kobayashi Category:Japanese- language albums
Q or Q–meieriene is a private dairy products company based in Bergen, Norway. It is owned by the Kavli Group (Kavli Holding AS) which in turn is owned by the Kavli Trust (Kavlifondet). It was founded in 2000 and operates two dairies; Jæren Gårdsmeieri located in Jæren and Gausdalmeieriet located in Gausdal. The two dairies process milk from about 500 farms, totaling 170,000 litres of milk daily (2006). Processed products include milk, yogurt, sour cream, cream and juice. ==References== Category:Dairy products companies of Norway Category:Manufacturing companies based in Bergen Category:Norwegian brands Category:Kavli
Q is a free emulator software that runs on Mac OS X, including OS X on PowerPC. Q is Mike Kronenberg's port of the open source and generic processor emulator QEMU. Q uses Cocoa and other Apple technologies, such as Core Image and Core Audio, to achieve its emulation. Q can be used to run Windows, or any other operating system based on the x86 architecture, on the Macintosh. Q is available as a Universal Binary and, as such, can run on Intel or PowerPC based Macintosh systems. However, some target guest architectures are unsupported on Lion (due to the removal of Rosetta) such as SPARC, MIPS, ARM and x86_64 since the softmmus are PowerPC only binaries. Unlike QEMU, which is a command-line application, Q has a native graphical interface for managing and configuring virtual machines. As of June 2022, the project was "on hold". ==See also== * qcow * Comparison of platform virtualization software * SPIM * Emulator * QEMU ==References== ==External links== * Q [kju:] \- the new homepage of the Q project * MacUpdate listing * The QEMU forum for Mac OS X * Boot Camp, Q/QEMU, Parallels: Pros/cons InfoWorld (April 17, 2006) Category:MacOS emulation software Category:MacOS-only free software Category:Virtualization software
Q is a 3D engine / tech development platform / interoperability standard developed by the London-based developer Qube Software. == Overview == Qube has made considerable claims for Q. Its lead designers, Servan Keondjian and Doug Rabson, have pointed to Q's architecture as being its key innovation. Q is configured as a framework into which all the supplied components plug in modular form. The framework's common APIs are designed to make adding and removing components a trivial task and one that can be done neatly. The key idea is that this makes it simple for studios licensing the platform to develop and add whatever elements their project requires and to license original components amongst one another. The claim has had customer endorsements: “If we develop a plug-in during the course of one project its easy to use it or build on it for another; so our development work is cumulative. We can build a library of plug-ins. Nothing is wasted.”Candella licenses Q Qube also claims to have developed Q as an interoperability standard for 3D, providing the same degree of coherence for the 3D products across both gaming and non gaming environments that Flash or HTML provide for web applications. The claim is predicated on Q's supposed ability to accommodate any platform (albeit floating point technology is required and it thus fails to cater for handheld consoles such as the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance), scripting language, or genre of game, or 3D application. Licensees have already reported titles in production or shipped for the PC, PS2, Wii and PS3. Keondjian said early in 2008 that an Xbox 360 port would follow: "we know it's the easiest.”Gamasutra Feb 2008 The company has also indicated that Mac and Linux versions of Q are available and that the platform would be compatible with the PSP, iPhone and next generation mobiles. == Features == According to Qube, Q ships with a range of features including: arbitrary scene rendering algorithm support, arbitrary shader program support (HLSL 2 – 4, GLSL, Cg, shader states), keyframe animation, simultaneous n-dimensional animation blending, animation state machines, multi-gigabyte texture manager, background data streaming, hierarchical LOD and scene management schemes, collision detection, network-enabled media pipeline, live editing of game content, scripting across all core and custom components, cross-platform data formats and APIs, platform-specific extended data formats and APIs, 2D and 3D audio with effects, background texture compression / decompression, user input, hardware accelerated math, Max and Maya exporters, application framework, command line tool framework, and cross-platform build. == Virtual Worlds and MMOGs == Early in 2009, Qube and Brighton-based server solution company RedBedlam announced that they would bring their technologies together to produce a ‘one stop shop’ for online environments. The project was given the codename '"Messiah".Virtual Worlds News March 2009 Messiah has been adopted by NearGlobal for the NearLondon virtual world.NearGlobalBBC Click! == Customers == Take up of Q 2.0 has been steady if unspectacular to date. Clients announced include Candella Software, Asylum Entertainment, EC-I Interactive, NearGlobal, Airo Wireless, and Beyond the Void. The developer has hinted that other studios are using Q on projects that have not yet been made public. == History == Work on Q started in 1998 after Qube founder Servan Keondjian left Microsoft. There, he had led the team that turned his own Reality Lab API into Direct3D. According to Qube's website, Keondjian and his Reality Lab coding partner Doug Rabson believed: “Microsoft was a great place to ship products but not a place for innovation and new ideas.”Qube Website "Basically," Keondjian told the website Gamasutra in 2008, "when we left Microsoft after we'd done Direct3D, we wanted to build a middleware solution. I didn't just want to make another middleware solution, I felt there was a problem with middleware in the game industry, and I wanted to really understand that problem and see if we could crack it. That was the mission." Q 1.0 was released in 2001. In effect, a prototype for the version that was to follow it was first used on the BBC's Dinosaur World (June 2001), LEGO Creator Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Sept 2002) and projects for Microsoft and Virgin Interactive. Q 2.0 was released in February 2008. Q 2.1 was announced in July 2008 and included script debugging and new shader and scene rendering plugins.Develop July 2008 == References == == External links == * Category:Video game engines
Q was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1986 by broadcast journalists Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, who were presenters of the BBC television music series The Old Grey Whistle Test. Q's final issue was published in July 2020. Q was originally published by the EMAP media group and set itself apart from much of the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing. In the early years, the magazine was sub-titled "The modern guide to music and more". Originally it was to be called Cue (as in the sense of cueing a record, ready to play), but the name was changed so that it would not be mistaken for a snooker magazine. Another reason, cited in Qs 200th edition, is that a single- letter title would be more prominent on newsstands. In January 2008, EMAP sold its consumer magazine titles, including Q, to the Bauer Media Group. Bauer put the title up for sale in 2020, alongside Car Mechanic, Modern Classics, Your Horse and Sea Angler. However, publication ceased in July 2020 as Kelsey Media decided to buy a number of non-music titles from Bauer (Sea Angler, Car Mechanics and Your Horse), making the 28 July 2020 issue (Q415) the last to be published. The end of Q was blamed both on lower circulation and advertising revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as being "a symptom of an expert-free internet age." == Content == thumb|First issue of Q (October 1986) The magazine had an extensive review section, featuring: new releases, reissues, compilations, film and live concert reviews, as well as radio and television reviews. It used a star-rating system from one to four stars; indeed, the rating an album received in Q was often added to print and television advertising for the album in the UK and Ireland. While its content was non-free they hosted an archive of all of their magazine covers. Much of the magazine was devoted to interviews with popular musical artists. It also compiled lists, ranging from "The 100 Greatest Albums" to "The 100 Richest Stars in Rock", with a special edition magazine called "The 150 Greatest Rock Lists Ever" published in July 2004. Q also produced a number of special editions devoted to a single act/artist like U2 or Nirvana, but these magazines stopped in 2018, with its sister magazine, Mojo (also owned by Bauer) continuing to produce specials devoted to artists like Bob Dylan. Promotional gifts were given away, such as cover-mounted CDs or books. The January 2006 issue included a free copy of "The Greatest Rock and Pop Miscellany … Ever!", modelled on Schott's Original Miscellany. Every issue of Q had a different message on the spine. Readers tried to work out what the message had to do with the contents of the magazine. This practice (known as the "spine line") has since become commonplace among British lifestyle magazines, including Qs sister publication Empire and the football monthly FourFourTwo. The magazine had a relationship with the Glastonbury Festival, producing both a free daily newspaper on-site during the festival and a review magazine available at the end of the event. This was first started as a Select magazine spin-off, though as Q moved its focus away from stadium rock and 'CD- quality' acts of the 1980s (like Dire Straits and Phil Collins) to the Britpop and indie rock stars of the 1990s, it was decided that EMAP did not need two monthly titles (and Raw magazine as well) covering the same genre of music; Select was shut in late 2000, with Q continuing. In January 2008, Mojo was launched by EMAP as a rival to Uncut Magazine and focused on all the rock stars, now viewed upon as being heritage and classic, that Q originally featured in its pages in 1986. In late 2008, Q revamped its image with a smaller amount of text and an increased focus on subjects other than music. This "Rolling Stone-isation" led to criticism from much of the traditional Q readership, especially given that the total number of pages per issue had by then effectively halved since the earlier years of its publication. In July 2020, Bauer published a Special Collector's Issue of the magazine (Q414), which it had intended to be the last edition before deciding to attempt to sell the publication to another media group. This issue was more of a 'throwback' publication, similar to what Mojo had been doing, and featured articles and acts from 34 years of Q magazine. However, with other firms, such as Long Live Vinyl's owner Anthem Publishing, ending the publication of a number of monthly music magazine titles, a buyer could not be found for the title, with editor Ted Kessler announcing that issue Q415 would be the last, on 20 July 2020. == Notable articles == In the early days of publication, the magazine's format was much closer in tone to that of Rolling Stone (though with some of the characteristic humour of former Smash Hits staff shining through), with Tom Hibbert's "Who The Hell..." feature (including interviews with people like Jeffrey Archer, Robert Maxwell, Ronnie Biggs and Bernard Manning) and film reviews. However, after EMAP started to publish a new magazine called Empire in 1989 (the idea being that Empire would be 'Q with films'), the movie reviews migrated to the new publication, with Q becoming a magazine focused on music (one found for sale alongside Select and Vox in various magazine racks). In the 1990s, former NME staff writers, such as Andrew Collins, Danny Kelly, Stuart Maconie, and Charles Shaar Murray joined Paul Du Noyer and Adrian Deevoy over at Q. Music coverage in IPC's 'inkie' indie weekly was becoming more serious after Melody Maker closed down and so names like Maconie felt more at home at a publication that would still run tongue-in-cheek articles such as "40 Celebs About Whom We Only Know One Thing" and "Do I Have To Wear This, Boss?" (Du Noyer's feature about every band having a member who looks out of place in the line-up). In 2006, Q published a readers' survey, "The 100 Greatest Songs Ever", which was topped by Oasis' "Live Forever". Q has a history of associating with charitable organisations, and in 2006 the British anti-poverty charity War on Want was named its official charity. In the April 2007 issue, Q published an article listing "The 100 Greatest Singers", which was topped by Elvis Presley. Lady Gaga posed topless in a shoot for the April 2010 issue of the magazine, which was banned by stores in the United States due to the singer revealing too much of her breasts. == Other Q brands == After a few years as a radio jukebox, Q Radio launched in June 2008 as a full-service radio station with a complete roster. Shows and presenters include Drivetime with Danielle Perry and Q the 80s with Matthew Rudd. The station was transmitted on the digital television networks in the UK and online. Coldplay were involved with the launch of the station by giving an exclusive interview on Q's flagship programme QPM on the launch day. It was based in Birmingham alongside the now-closed Kerrang! 105.2 after moving from London in 2009. The station was closed in mid-2013 after owners Bauer Media decided to use the station's bandwidth on various platforms (DAB, Digital TV) to launch Kisstory, a spinoff of their Kiss brand. There was a Q TV television channel in the UK, which launched on 2 October 2000 and closed on 3 July 2012. Q held a yearly awards ceremony called the Q Awards from 1990 until 2019. The Q Awards came to an end along with the publication itself. ==Decline== In February 2012 Andrew Harrison was recruited as editor, replacing Paul Rees during a difficult period when on-line publishing had led to a 17% decline in the magazine's circulation in the first half of 2012. It had fallen to 64,596 units; a reduction in volume described by The Guardian as "the worst performance of any music magazine in the period".Cardew, Ben. "Q editor Andrew Harrison steps down". The Guardian, 11 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2021Sweney, Mark. "NME and Q suffer sales declines to the tune of 20% year on year". The Guardian, 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2021 Direct reporting to Publishing Director Rimi Atwal of Bauer Media Group, Harrison's brief was to "refocus" and revive the magazine, and to that end he took on a number of new journalists and launched their iPad edition, but decided against a rebranding. Under his tenure, Q was named "Magazine of the Year" at the 2012 "Record of the Day" awards."Record of the Day Awards for Music Journalism and PR 2012". Record of the Day. Retrieved 16 January 2021 He left just 14 months later, according to the Guardian, "as print music magazines continue to endure torrid times" and even free titles were failing to compete against blogs and platforms dependent on online advertising. == Criticism == According to the global business magazine Campaign in 2008, Q had been criticised for "playing it safe" with its album reviews and cover mounts. In a 2001 interview in Classic Rock, Marillion singer Steve Hogarth criticised Qs refusal to cover the band despite publishing some positive reviews: > I don't understand why Q Magazine won't write about us. The most memorable > review they gave us was of Afraid of Sunlight which said, "If this were by > anything other than Marillion it would be hailed as near genius". And they > still wouldn't give us a feature. How can they say, "this is an amazing > record ... no, we don't want to talk to you"? It's hard to take when they > say, "here's a very average record ... we'll put you on the front cover". > Why don't they just stop pretending that it's all about music and admit it's > really about money? Then put the top-selling five bands on the cover and > tell everyone else to fuck off.Dave Ling (May 2001) Interview with Steve > Hogarth Classic Rock In 2005, after winning the Q Legend award at the Q Awards, New Order bassist Peter Hook called the magazine "two-faced cunts who give us bad reviews". ==References== == External links == *Official Q website *Q Magazine lists Category:Music magazines published in the United Kingdom Category:Bauer Group (UK) Category:Bauer Radio Category:Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Category:Magazines established in 1986 Category:Magazines disestablished in 2020 Category:Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom Category:2020 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Category:Magazines published in London Category:Companies disestablished due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Q is a novel by Luther Blissett first published in Italian in 1999. The novel is set in Europe during the 16th century, and deals with Protestant reformation movements. "Luther Blissett" was a nom de plume for four Italian authors (Roberto Bui, Giovanni Cattabriga, Federico Guglielmi and Luca Di Meo) who were part of the "Luther Blissett Project", which ended in 1999. They now write under the name Wu Ming. The novel has been translated into Danish, Dutch, English (British and American), French, German, Greek, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Basque, Czech, Portuguese, Spanish and Serbian. All of the editions keep the original copyright statement, which allows the non-commercial reproduction of the book. ==Plot== The book follows the journey of an Anabaptist radical across Europe in the first half of the 16th century as he joins in various movements and uprisings that come as a result of the Protestant reformation. The book spans 30 years as he is pursued by 'Q' (short for "Qoèlet"), a spy for the Roman Catholic Church cardinal Giovanni Pietro Carafa. The main character, who changes his name many times during the story, first fights in the German Peasants' War beside Thomas Müntzer, during which time he takes part in negotiations which are eventually formalised as the Twelve Articles. Following this, he battles in Münster's siege, during the Münster Rebellion, and some years later, in Venice. ==Interpretations and controversy== Throughout Europe, several critics have read Q from a political point of view,Marina Collaci , from German newspaper die tageszeitung. and maintain that the novel is an allegory of European society after the decline of the 1960s and 1970s protest movements. As in the 16th century, the Counter-Reformation repressed any alternative theological current or radical social movement, and the Peace of Augsburg sanctioned the partition of the continent among Catholic and Protestant powers, so the last twenty years of the 20th century were marked by a vengeful rebirth of conservative ideologies, and the International Monetary Fund-driven corporate globalization of the economy seemed to rout any resistance. This interpretation stems from the authors describing Q as a "handbook of survival skills", which might cast a revealing light on the book's ending. But, this is just one of the many interpretations that have emerged following publication. According to other readers and critics,Rupert Ascher , from Austrian newspaper Die Presse Q is a thinly disguised autobiography of Luther Blissett as a subversive, identity-shifting collective phantom. The protagonist has no name (the authors later renamed themselves Wu Ming, which is Chinese for "no name"), is involved in every tumult of the age, incites the people to rebellion, and organizes hoaxes, swindles and mischievous acts. Both British novelist Stewart Home and American novelist David Liss have interpreted Q as an "anti-novel", although their respective analyses come to different conclusions. While Home's review emphasized the social, political and subcultural references embedded in the plot,Stewart Home , from Mute Magazine, 2003 Liss' review dismissed the book as unnecessary and self-referential.David Liss , The Washington Post, 20 May 2004. Other readers have suggested that Q — apart from radicalism, post-modernism, and allegories — is above all an adventure novel, a swashbuckler in the very Italian tradition of Emilio Salgari and other popular feuilleton authors.Giuseppe Conte , from Italian newspaper Il Giornale, Wu Ming Foundation. In 2018, a reporter for BuzzFeed News suggested that the right-wing "QAnon" conspiracy theory shared many similarities to plot points in the novel. ==Film adaptation== Rumours about a potential film adaptation of Q have circulated since the mid-2000s. On December 9 2007, the British newspaper The Observer published a lengthy interview with Radiohead in which Thom Yorke stated: > "Oh it's fucking ace! But my missus, that's her specialist field, so she's > been explaining it to me all the way through. Medieval church carnage. It's > mental. I want to get it made into a film. That's my next mission." The > interviewer asked: "Using the In Rainbows profits?", to which Yorke replied: > "I doubt it. That would cover basically the catering.""Caught in the Flash" > , The Observer, 9 December 2007 On January 21, 2011, the Italian producer Domenico Procacci optioned Q to make a movie and commissioned the screenplay for the film to Giaime Alonge and Alessandro Scippa. Procacci's production company, Fandango, was planning a co- production with other countries.Cinema: operazione “Q” di Fandango RB Magazine, 2011/01/21 ==Altai: a "return to Q "== In May 2009 Wu Ming announced that they had almost finished writing a new book, set "in [their debut novel] Q's world and historical continuum". They announced it would be published in Italy in the Fall of 2009."Never Say Never Again. Autumn 2009, Back to Q" , Wu Ming Foundation Blog, May 12th, 2009. Later on, they revealed that the title would be Altai and explained: ==Historical characters and events== German Peasants' War * Thomas Müntzer - Reformation pastor and Anabaptist; * Martin Bucer - Protestant reformer; * Wolfgang Fabricius Capito - German reformer; * Martin Borrhaus (Cellarius) - Unitarianist reformer; * 15 May 1525 - Battle of Frankenhausen * Hans Hut Anabaptist bookseller Münster Rebellion * Jan van Leiden - Münster rebellion Anabaptist leader and King * Jan Matthys - anabaptist leader and alleged prophet * Melchior Hoffman - Anabaptist prophet * Bernhard Rothmann - Anabaptist theologian * Franz von Waldeck - prince- bishop of Münster and army chief in the siege of the city * Bernhard Knipperdolling - guild leader in Münster city council and Anabaptist leader * Bernhard Krechting - guild leader in Münster city council and Anabaptist leader * Heinrich Krechting * Heinrich Gresbeck * John Trypmaker Antwerp * Jan van Batenburg - revolutionary Anabaptist; * Anton Fugger - banker * Eloi Pruystinck - Reformation leader Venice * João Miquez - merchant * Spirituali * Giovanni Pietro Carafa - cardinal, later Pope Paul IV * Reginald Pole - cardinal ==Editions== The following are printed editions. Downloadable online editions in several languages can be found here. * Basque: Gatazka Kolektiboa, 2009, * Czech: Dokořán, 2006, * Danish: Hovedland, 2002, * Dutch: Wereldbibliotheek, 2001, * English: Heinemann, 2003, Harcourt, 2004, Arrow, 2004, * French: Seuil, 2001, , with the title L'œil de Carafa * German: Piper, 2002, * Greek: Travlos, 2001, * Italian: Einaudi, 1999, * Japanese: Tokyosogensha, 2014, * Korean: Saemulgyeol, 2006, * Polish: Albatros, 2005, * Portuguese (Brazilian): Conrad, 2002, * Russian: Machaon, 2006, * Serbian: Plato, 2010, * Spanish: Grijalbo/Mondadori, 2000, * Turkish: Everest Yayinlari, 2015, ==See also== *Wu Ming *54 *Manituana *New Italian Epic ==Notes== ==External links== * Authors' official website * Download of Q and other works by same authors * Alleged speech anachronisms in Q - The author's reply (2004). * A list of reviews in several languages * A list of reviews and ordering information * Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2003 Category:1999 novels Category:Italian historical novels Category:Novels set in the Reformation Category:Creative Commons-licensed novels Category:Anabaptism Category:Collaborative novels Category:Novels set in the Renaissance Category:Heinemann (publisher) books Category:Thomas Müntzer Category:Works published under a pseudonym
The Q notation is a way to specify the parameters of a binary fixed point number format. For example, in Q notation, the number format denoted by `Q8.8` means that the fixed point numbers in this format have 8 bits for the integer part and 8 bits for the fraction part. A number of other notations have been used for the same purpose. ==Definition== ===Texas Instruments version=== The Q notation, as defined by Texas Instruments, consists of the letter followed by a pair of numbers mn, where m is the number of bits used for the integer part of the value, and n is the number of fraction bits. By default, the notation describes signed binary fixed point format, with the unscaled integer being stored in two's complement format, used in most binary processors. The first bit always gives the sign of the value(1 = negative, 0 = non-negative), and it is not counted in the m parameter. Thus the total number w of bits used is 1 + m + n. For example, the specification describes a signed binary fixed- point number with a w = 16 bits in total, comprising the sign bit, three bits for the integer part, and 12 bits that are the fraction. That is, a 16-bit signed (two's complement) integer, that is implicitly multiplied by the scaling factor 2−12 In particular, when n is zero, the numbers are just integers. If m is zero, all bits except the sign bit are fraction bits; then the range of the stored number is from −1.0 (inclusive) to +1 (exclusive). The m and the dot may be omitted, in which case they are inferred from the size of the variable or register where the value is stored. Thus means a signed integer with any number of bits, that is implicitly multiplied by 2−12. The letter can be prefixed to the to denote an unsigned binary fixed-point format. For example, describes values represented as unsigned 16-bit integers with implicit scaling factor of 2−15, which range from 0.0 to (216−1)/215 = +1.999969482421875. ===ARM version=== A variant of the Q notation has been in use by ARM. In this variant, the m number includes the sign bit. For example, a 16-bit signed integer would be denoted `Q15.0` in the TI variant, but `Q16.0` in the ARM variant. ==Characteristics== The resolution (difference between successive values) of a Qm.n or UQm.n format is always 2−n. The range of representable values depends on the notation used: Range of representable values in Q notation Notation Texas Instruments Notation ARM Notation Signed Qm.n −2m to +2m − 2−n −2m−1 to +2m−1 − 2−n Unsigned UQm.n 0 to 2m − 2−n 0 to 2m − 2−n For example, a Q15.1 format number requires 15+1 = 16 bits, has resolution 2−1 = 0.5, and the representable values range from −214 = −16384.0 to +214 − 2−1 = +16383.5. In hexadecimal, the negative values range from 0x8000 to 0xFFFF followed by the non-negative ones from 0x0000 to 0x7FFF. ==Math operations== Q numbers are a ratio of two integers: the numerator is kept in storage, the denominator d is equal to 2n. Consider the following example: * The Q8 denominator equals 28 = 256 * 1.5 equals 384/256 * 384 is stored, 256 is inferred because it is a Q8 number. If the Q number's base is to be maintained (n remains constant) the Q number math operations must keep the denominator d constant. The following formulas show math operations on the general Q numbers N_1 and N_2. (If we consider the example as mentioned above, N_1 is 384 and d is 256.) \begin{align} \frac{N_1}{d} + \frac{N_2}{d} &= \frac{N_1+N_2}{d}\\\ \frac{N_1}{d} - \frac{N_2}{d} &= \frac{N_1-N_2}{d}\\\ \left(\frac{N_1}{d} \times \frac{N_2}{d}\right) \times d &= \frac{N_1\times N_2}{d}\\\ \left(\frac{N_1}{d} / \frac{N_2}{d}\right)/d &= \frac{N_1/N_2}{d} \end{align} Because the denominator is a power of two, the multiplication can be implemented as an arithmetic shift to the left and the division as an arithmetic shift to the right; on many processors shifts are faster than multiplication and division. To maintain accuracy, the intermediate multiplication and division results must be double precision and care must be taken in rounding the intermediate result before converting back to the desired Q number. Using C the operations are (note that here, Q refers to the fractional part's number of bits) : ===Addition=== int16_t q_add(int16_t a, int16_t b) { return a + b; } With saturation int16_t q_add_sat(int16_t a, int16_t b) { int16_t result; int32_t tmp; tmp = (int32_t)a + (int32_t)b; if (tmp > 0x7FFF) tmp = 0x7FFF; if (tmp < -1 * 0x8000) tmp = -1 * 0x8000; result = (int16_t)tmp; return result; } Unlike floating point ±Inf, saturated results are not sticky and will unsaturate on adding a negative value to a positive saturated value (0x7FFF) and vice versa in that implementation shown. In assembly language, the Signed Overflow flag can be used to avoid the typecasts needed for that C implementation. ===Subtraction=== int16_t q_sub(int16_t a, int16_t b) { return a - b; } ===Multiplication=== // precomputed value: #define K (1 << (Q - 1)) // saturate to range of int16_t int16_t sat16(int32_t x) { if (x > 0x7FFF) return 0x7FFF; else if (x < -0x8000) return -0x8000; else return (int16_t)x; } int16_t q_mul(int16_t a, int16_t b) { int16_t result; int32_t temp; temp = (int32_t)a * (int32_t)b; // result type is operand's type // Rounding; mid values are rounded up temp += K; // Correct by dividing by base and saturate result result = sat16(temp >> Q); return result; } ===Division=== int16_t q_div(int16_t a, int16_t b) { /* pre-multiply by the base (Upscale to Q16 so that the result will be in Q8 format) */ int32_t temp = (int32_t)a << Q; /* Rounding: mid values are rounded up (down for negative values). */ /* OR compare most significant bits i.e. if (((temp >> 31) & 1) == ((b >> 15) & 1)) */ if ((temp >= 0 && b >= 0) || (temp < 0 && b < 0)) { temp += b / 2; /* OR shift 1 bit i.e. temp += (b >> 1); */ } else { temp -= b / 2; /* OR shift 1 bit i.e. temp -= (b >> 1); */ } return (int16_t)(temp / b); } ==See also== * Binary scaling * Fixed-point arithmetic * Floating-point arithmetic ==References== ==Further reading== * (Note: the accuracy of the article is in dispute; see discussion.) ==External links== * * Category:Computer arithmetic
Q is a programming language for array processing, developed by Arthur Whitney. It is proprietary software, commercialized by Kx Systems. Q serves as the query language for kdb+, a disk based and in-memory, column-based database. Kdb+ is based on the language k, a terse variant of the language APL. Q is a thin wrapper around k, providing a more readable, English-like interface. One of the use cases is financial time series analysis, as one could do inexact time matches. An example is to match the a bid and the ask before that. Both timestamps slightly differ and are matched anyway. ==Overview== The fundamental building blocks of q are atoms, lists, and functions. Atoms are scalars and include the data types numeric, character, date, and time. Lists are ordered collections of atoms (or other lists) upon which the higher level data structures dictionaries and tables are internally constructed. A dictionary is a map of a list of keys to a list of values. A table is a transposed dictionary of symbol keys and equal length lists (columns) as values. A keyed table, analogous to a table with a primary key placed on it, is a dictionary where the keys and values are arranged as two tables. The following code demonstrates the relationships of the data structures. Expressions to evaluate appear prefixed with the `q)` prompt, with the output of the evaluation shown beneath: q)`john / an atom of type symbol `john q)50 / an atom of type integer 50 q)`john`jack / a list of symbols `john`jack q)50 60 / a list of integers 50 60 q)`john`jack!50 60 / a list of symbols and a list of integers combined to form a dictionary john| 50 jack| 60 q)`name`age!(`john`jack;50 60) / an arrangement termed a column dictionary name| john jack age | 50 60 q)flip `name`age!(`john`jack;50 60) / when transposed via the function "flip", the column dictionary becomes a table name age \-------- john 50 jack 60 q)(flip (enlist `name)!enlist `john`jack)!flip (enlist `age)!enlist 50 60 / two equal length tables combined as a dictionary become a keyed table name| age \----| --- john| 50 jack| 60 These entities are manipulated via functions, which include the built-in functions that come with Q (which are defined as K macros) and user-defined functions. Functions are a data type, and can be placed in lists, dictionaries and tables, or passed to other functions as parameters. ==Examples== Like K, Q is interpreted and the result of the evaluation of an expression is immediately displayed, unless terminated with a semi-colon. The Hello world program is thus trivial: q)"Hello world!" "Hello world!" The following expression sorts a list of strings stored in the variable x descending by their lengths: x@idesc count each x The expression is evaluated from right to left as follows: # "count each x" returns the length of each word in the list x. # "idesc" returns the indices that would sort a list of values in descending order. # @ use the integer values on the right to index into the original list of strings. The factorial function can be implemented directly in Q as {prd 1+til x} or recursively as {$[x=0;1;x*.z.s[x-1]]} Note that in both cases the function implicitly takes a single argument called x - in general it is possible to use up to three implicit arguments, named x, y and z, or to give arguments local variable bindings explicitly. In the direct implementation, the expression "til x" enumerates the integers from 0 to x-1, "1+" adds 1 to every element of the list and "prd" returns the product of the list. In the recursive implementation, the syntax "$[condition; expr1; expr2]" is a ternary conditional - if the condition is true then expr1 is returned; otherwise expr2 is returned. The expression ".z.s" is loosely equivalent to 'this' in Java or 'self' in Python - it is a reference to the containing object, and enables functions in q to call themselves. When x is an integer greater than 2, the following function will return 1 if it is a prime, otherwise 0: {min x mod 2_til x} The function is evaluated from right to left: # "til x" enumerate the non-negative integers less than x. # "2_" drops the first two elements of the enumeration (0 and 1). # "x mod" performs modulo division between the original integer and each value in the truncated list. # "min" find the minimum value of the list of modulo result. The q programming language contains its own table query syntax called qSQL, which resembles traditional SQL but has important differences, mainly due to the fact that the underlying tables are oriented by column, rather than by row. q)show t:([] name:`john`jack`jill`jane; age: 50 60 50 20) / define a simple table and assign to "t" name age \-------- john 50 jack 60 jill 50 jane 20 q)select from t where name like "ja*",age>50 name age \-------- jack 60 q)select rows:count i by age from t age| rows \---| ---- 20 | 1 50 | 2 60 | 1 ==References== ==Further reading== * * ==External links== * , Kx Systems * , kdb+ * Online documentation and developer site * Online kdb Tutorials * qStudio an IDE with timeseries charting for kdb * Kx Developer, an IDE for kdb+ * kdb+ repositories on GitHub * Free online version of Q for Mortals * Q for All video tutorials * Technical Whitepapers * jq, an implementation of q on the JVM Category:APL programming language family Category:Array programming languages Category:Data-centric programming languages Category:Dynamic programming languages Category:Function-level languages Category:Proprietary database management systems
q with Tom Power (previously known as Q with Jian Ghomeshi) is a Canadian arts magazine show produced by and airing on CBC Radio One, with syndication to public radio stations in the United States through Public Radio Exchange. The program mainly features interviews with prominent cultural and entertainment figures, though subjects and interviewees also deal with broader cultural topics such as their social, political and business aspects, as well as weekly panels on television/film and music on Mondays and Fridays respectively. Though not the highest-rated show on CBC Radio One (The Current and As It Happens hold that distinction), Q is the highest rated show in its timeslot in CBC history, surpassing even Peter Gzowski who previously hosted the second hour of Morningside during the slot. The show is also regarded as standing out in CBC Radio One's schedule through attracting a younger, more social-media- adept audience than other CBC Radio programming."CBC pics rapper Shad as new host of Q". The Globe and Mail, March 11, 2015. Q launched in April 2007. It was hosted by Jian Ghomeshi until October 2014. Shad was chosen by the CBC in March 2015 as Qs new permanent host. His official debut as host was April 20. The show was also re-branded as q at the same time. In August 2016, the CBC announced that Shad would be replaced as host by Tom Power, formerly the host of Radio 2 Morning, in the fall."CBC's Q replacing Shad as host". CBC News, August 15, 2016. Power debuted as host on October 24, 2016. From late March to May 15, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the 10 a.m. broadcast of the program was suspended in favour of an extended broadcast of the network's morning news program The Current; however, Power was heard on The Current as a contributor of arts stories during this period. New episodes of the program still aired in the evening repeat slot, and the program was temporarily added to the schedule of CBC Music, replacing that network's 7-8 p.m. hour of regular programming. In November 2022 the CBC announced a change to the program's format. Beginning January 30, 2023, the program's length will be reduced from 90 minutes to one hour, and will concentrate more strongly on Power's long-form interviews, while the magazine aspects of the show will be transferred to the new 30-minute show Commotion, to be hosted by Elamin Abdelmahmoud.Connie Thiessen, "Reimagined ‘Q with Tom Power,’ new CBC Podcasts unveiled as part of public broadcaster’s winter slate". Broadcast Dialogue, November 30, 2022. ==Episodes== The program airs live Monday to Friday at 10:00 a.m. (10:30 NT) for 90 minutes, and an abbreviated 60-minute edition is then repeated at 9 p.m. Due to lesser time restraints (such as less time lost to news breaks) the evening repeat is able to air all of the feature content from the 90-minute daytime edition, although some shorter interstitial segments may be edited out. Stations carrying the show in the United States also broadcast the one-hour edition. It is broadcast mostly from CBC's Toronto studios, although the show also sometimes airs special broadcasts from other Canadian cities. On Fridays, the show formerly aired for two hours, and included a theme called "Friday Live", where featured musicians are invited for an interview primarily as the opening segment with live performances throughout the program. ==History== Q first aired on April 16, 2007, replacing Freestyle in the network's afternoon programming block. It moved to its current time slot, replacing Sounds Like Canada, in fall 2008. The name was chosen by the staff of the show from a list they themselves had compiled. A test run of the show was made using the name Radar. Other possible names (some clearly tongue-in-cheek) included "State-of the-Arts in Canada", "Awesometown", "Afternoon Delight", "Smells like Canada", "Full Duplex Repeater", "Skybox Three" (the room in Toronto's Rogers Centre where much of the show was created), "Ghomer's Pile", or one even closer to Jian Ghomeshi, the show host of Iranian descent, "Royal Canadian Air Farsi". Names a little closer to the mark included Studio Q and The Cue.The Story of Q from assortednonsense.com According to Ghomeshi, "A couple of the ... suggestions came close", when the name 'Q' was brought up "there was a pause in the room and [the Q team] went 'Yes, that's it.' It felt like the right name. It's an enigmatic letter [they] hope will become associated with the show." Beginning in 2013, a one-hour weekly spinoff series, Q The Music, was added to the CBC Music schedule, airing a selection of interviews and performances by musicians previously broadcast on the daily program. On April 15, 2015, the show changed its name to the lower case q. ===2009 Thornton interview=== On April 8, 2009, Billy Bob Thornton and his musical group The Boxmasters made an appearance on Q that was widely criticized and received international attention after Thornton was persistently unintelligible and discourteous to Ghomeshi. Thornton eventually explained he had "instructed" the show's producers to not ask questions about his movie career. Ghomeshi had mentioned Thornton's acting in the introduction. Thornton had also complained Canadian audiences were like "mashed potatoes without the gravy". The following night, opening for Willie Nelson at Toronto's Massey Hall, Thornton said mid-set he liked Canadians but not Ghomeshi, which was greeted with boos and catcalls. The Boxmasters did not continue the tour in Canada as, according to Thornton, some of the crew and band had the flu. Ghomeshi and comedian Alan Park made a mock follow-up interview promoting the 2009 Air Farce Live television special. The sketch has Ghomeshi asking Thornton (Alan Park) about his plans for New Years, leading to the actor responding similar answers to the April interview. The two continue to banter until they break character and laugh around. ===Ghomeshi's dismissal=== Ghomeshi was fired from the CBC in October 2014, amidst a mounting series of allegations that he had sexually assaulted a series of women, including former Q producer Kathryn Borel. After his departure, the program was hosted by a rotating series of guest hosts, including existing CBC staffers such as Brent Bambury, Piya Chattopadhyay, Tom Power, Allan Hawco and Talia Schlanger, and outside figures such as Wab Kinew,"CBC ponders new name for 'Q' in light of Jian Ghomeshi scandal". CityNews, November 12, 2014. Rachel Giese, Damian Abraham, Candy Palmater, Shad, Daniel Richler and Sean Rameswaram. Many of the guest hosts were effectively auditioning for a place on the shortlist of potential new permanent hosts."And then there was Shad: inside the search for the new host of Q". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 2015. During the transition process, the CBC faced controversy when it announced that it intended to remove all Ghomeshi-hosted segments of the program from its online archive of previously-broadcast content."CBC Radio agrees to leave Q archives online after listener backlash". Canada.com, December 23, 2014. They ultimately reversed this decision in the face of public disapproval, allowing the content to remain accessible online for the standard two-year period applicable to all other CBC content, but reaffirming that no content hosted by Ghomeshi will be re-aired on terrestrial radio. Late in the guest- hosting phase, Measha Brueggergosman and Kevin Smith each hosted a single show as part of a "Thursday surprise" feature, in which the show would be turned over for one day to a guest host whose identity had not been announced in advance. ===Shad era=== thumb|Shad photographed with a gorilla while on a visit to Rwanda, 2006 The "final five" shortlist of host candidates comprised Shad, Palmater, Richler, Rameswaram and Power. Shad's selection was announced on March 10, 2015. His debut as host was on April 20, with a live broadcast from the CBC's Glenn Gould Studio. Producers indicated that under Shad, the program would increase its focus on music and would adopt a looser, less structured format."Rapper Shad named new host of CBC's Q". Toronto Sun, March 11, 2015. Concurrently with Shad's debut as host, the program also unveiled new theme music composed by Canadian musician Bahamas. ===Tom Power era=== Shad was replaced with Tom Power in August 2016, as the program's ratings had declined significantly over the period when he hosted. Palmater returned as guest host of the show for the weeks between Shad's departure and Power's debut. Concurrently with Power taking over the host's chair, the show also debuted another new theme song, composed and performed by Ewan and Shamus Currie of The Sheepdogs through their side project BROS. Other regular contributors to the show include CBC Music's Raina Douris and Odario Williams, who appear as part of a weekly segment devoted to new album releases, and Jael Richardson as a book reviewer. ==Television versions== Filmed footage of interviews and live musical performances from the radio program airs on CBC Television and YouTube.Q TV at YouTube The show was syndicated from September 2014 until September 2016 for weekend airings to commercial television stations in the United States through PPI (the former Program Partners), a major syndicator of Canadian programming into the American television market. Due to Ghomeshi's dismissal from the CBC mere weeks after its premiere, the PPI version of the show had its format shifted abruptly to feature a 'best-of' compilation of the week's interviews and musical performances (similar to some sports radio show television simulcasts) with the show's interim hosts instead with Ghomeshi's segments completely removed, rather than the intended format of replays of archival content with Ghomeshi throughout several years. The show was effectively relaunched in early May 2015 with Shad taking a greater role in the PPI version of the series. ==References== ==External links== * Q * Q audio podcast 16px RSS * Q video podcast 16px RSS Category:2007 radio programme debuts Category:CBC Radio One programs Category:Public Radio International programs Category:Canadian talk radio programs Category:Canadian music radio programs Category:Canadian podcasts Category:2000s Canadian radio programs Category:2010s Canadian radio programs Category:2020s Canadian radio programs
"Q" is a single released in 1990/1991 by Mental Cube (better known as Future Sound of London). It is a widely respected dance classic among DJs and has a distinctive bleeping, electronica feel reminiscent of work by Orbital.The Future Sound of London - Welcome to the Galaxial Pharmaceutical v7 ==Track listings== ===1990 release=== # Q (Original) (4:10) # Q (Santa Monica Mix) (4:10) ===1991 release=== # Q (Remix) (4:51) # Q (Santa Monica Mix) (4:12) # Q (Original Mix) (4:15) ==Crew== *Artwork By One Way *Artwork By [Sleeve Computer Graphic] Frédérick Avrado *Producer - FSOL, Yage *Written By - B. Dougans, G. Cobain ==References== ==External links== * Category:1990 songs Category:1991 singles Category:The Future Sound of London songs
Q 100.7 FM is a radio station in Barbados. It was launched on Monday 3rd May 2004 (a day before Alison Hinds gave birth to her daughter on Tuesday May 4th) as Quality FM. The station airs mainly talk shows as well as a number of features (such as obituary announcements) previously broadcast by its sister station CBC 94.7 CBC 900 AM. Q 100.7 FM is marketed as the "Quality Talk, Quality Music" station. Owned by the Government of Barbados's Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the station has studios located at The Pine, Saint Michael. Q 100.7 FM broadcasts sittings of the Parliament of Barbados: the House of Assembly meets on Tuesdays at 10:30 AM, and sittings of the Senate take place on Wednesdays. Other regular programmes include Farmers' Corner every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 5:30 AM, The Quarter Hour of Prayer Power every Monday and Friday at 5:45 AM as well as on Sundays at 3:45 PM, Healthy Living every Monday at 7:45 AM, Your Health and You on Wednesdays at 8:15 AM, Between Me and You on weekdays between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM, Q in the Community every Thursday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, the BARP 50+ Half-Hour every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 12:30 PM, the Q Sunday Morning Service each Sunday at 9:00 AM the new Food for the Soul programme on Sundays from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, with Hymns We Love at 5:15 PM. Also, there is the Watt's New? programme from the Barbados Light and Power Company every last Friday in every month (except Public Holidays) at 8:45 AM, the Living With Dr. Sparman programme every Fridays from 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM, the Golden Soca Back In Time Show programme with Peter Boyce every Thursdays at 12:30 AM and every Saturdays at 11:30 PM, the Let's Talk About It programme every Weekdays from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (except Public Holidays), the Chalanis Wines Oldie Goldies Show with DJ King Scorpion every Saturdays from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, the Pharmaco Limited Oldie Goldies Show also every Saturdays from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM, the Exodus Reggae Show with Andi Thornhill every Fridays from 8:15 PM to 12:00 Midnight, Football Fiesta again with Andi Thornhill Every Monday at 6:00 p.m. And so much more. 100.7 FM, together with its sister station CBC Radio, plays music from the 1950s to the 1970s outside of its talk shows. ==On Air Staff== *Anthony "Admiral" Nelson *Jaquila Lewis *Wendell Forde *Mark Anthony *Kimberley Skeete *André Harewood *Anthony "Tony" Thompson *Anderson "Andi" Thornhill ==Former On Air Staff== *Lawrence "Larry" Mayers *Archillus "Archie" Weekes *Joanne Sealy *Peter Wilkinson (deceased) ==See also== *Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) *List of radio stations in Barbados ==External links== * Category:Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Category:Radio stations in Barbados
The Q Awards were the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine Q. Since they began in 1990, the Q Awards became one of Britain's biggest and best publicised music awards. Locations for the awards ceremony included Abbey Road Studios and near the end of its life, The Park Lane Ballroom. One of the more notable events of the awards was the ceremony of 2004, at which Elton John accused Madonna of cheating fans by miming on stage, after she had been nominated for a Best Live Act award. The 2001 event, was somewhat notoriously notable for Phill Jupitus stretching out the time it took to announce the "Best Producer" award, with him exclaiming "Best Producer?.... 'Would you like a cowbell in that?'", before being told off camera to get on with announcing the winner. The Q Awards included many awards recognising a lifetime of achievement, rather than achievements over the year in question. In its last few years, the 'lifetime' awards have usually outnumbered the 'current' awards. The awards came to an end when the magazine itself ceased publishing in 2020, blaming the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 awards ceremony would have been held at the Roundhouse and seen a performance by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. When it was announced that the magazine was closing, Heaton was revealed to have donated a substantial amount of money to the magazine's former staff members. As thanks, and for his contributions to music as a songwriter, Heaton was presented with a final Q Award. ==Results== ===2019=== The winners of 2019 Q Awards are: * Innovation In Sound: Dizzie Rascal * Classic Album: Tricky – Maxinquaye * Maverick Award: Edwyn Collins * Play Award: Anna Calvi * Outstanding Contribution To Music: Kano * Classic Songwriter: Kevin Rowland * Inspiration Award: Madness * Icon Award: Christine And The Queens * Hero Award: Kim Gordon * Song Of The Decade: Lana Del Rey – "Video Games" * Best Vocal Performance: Little Simz Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today The 1975 Best Breakthrough Act Pale Waves Best Live Performance Michael Kiwanuka – End of the Road Festival Best Solo Act Stormzy Best Track Lewis Capaldi — "Someone You Loved" Best Festival/Event All Points East Best Album Foals — Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 ===2018=== The winners of 2018 Q Awards are: * Innovation In Sound: The Streets * Classic Album: The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society * Maverick Award: Lawrence * Play Award: Simon Neil * Outstanding Contribution To Music: Noel Gallagher * Legend Award: Nile Rodgers * Inspiration Award: Trojan Records * Icon Award: Ian McCulloch * Lifetime Achievement Award: Brett Anderson Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Paul Weller Best Breakthrough Act Goat Girl & Idles Best Live Act Taylor Swift Best Solo Artist Noel Gallagher Best Track Underworld and Iggy Pop — "Bells & Circles" Best Album Let's Eat Grandma — I'm All Ears ===2017=== The winners of 2017 Q Awards are: * Icon Award: Liam Gallagher * Innovation in Sound: Wiley * Gibson Les Paul Award: Kelley Deal * Inspiration Award: Manic Street Preachers * Maverick Award: Viv Albertine Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Ed Sheeran Best Breakthrough Act Rag'n'Bone Man Best Live Act Liam Gallagher Best Solo Artist Stormzy Best Track Kasabian — "You're in Love with a Psycho" Best Video Sleaford Mods — "Bunch of Kunst" Best Album Gorillaz — Humanz ===2016=== The winners of 2016 Q Awards are: * Hero Award: Meat Loaf * Classic Album: The Charlatans — Tellin' Stories * Classic Songwriter: Ray Davies * Innovation in Sound: M.I.A. * Gibson Les Paul Award: The Edge * Outstanding Contribution to Music: Blondie * Hall of Fame: Madness Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Muse Best Live Act U2 Best Breakthrough Act Jack Garratt Best Solo Artist James Bay Best Track Bastille — "Good Grief" Best Video PJ Harvey — "The Community of Hope" Best Album The 1975 — I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It ===2015=== The winners of 2015 Q Awards are: * Hero Award: Mark Ronson * Classic Song: Queen — "Bohemian Rhapsody" * Classic Album: Soul II Soul — Club Classics Vol. One * Innovation in Sound: Gary Numan * Gibson Les Paul Award: Tony Iommi * Outstanding Contribution To Music: New Order * Icon Award: Duran Duran Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Foals Best Live Act Royal Blood Best New Act James Bay Best Solo Artist Ed Sheeran Best Track The Libertines — "Gunga Din" Best Video Florence and the Machine — "Ship to Wreck" Best Album Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — Chasing Yesterday ===2014=== The winners of 2014 Q Awards are: * Classic Album: Pink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon * Maverick Award: St. Vincent * Classic Songwriter: Andy Partridge * Gibson Les Paul Award: Johnny Marr * Innovation In Sound: Jean Michel Jarre * Inspiration Award: Simple Minds * Hero Award: The Charlatans * Icon Award: Wilko Johnson * Idol Award: Culture Club * Outstanding Contribution To Music: Richard Russell Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Kasabian Best Live Act Kasabian Best New Act Sam Smith Best Solo Artist Ed Sheeran Best Track Paolo Nutini — "Iron Sky" Best Video Jamie xx — "Sleep Sound" Best Album Elbow — The Take Off and Landing of Everything ===2013=== The winners of 2013 Q Awards are: * Classic Album: Happy Mondays — Bummed * Classic Songwriter: Chrissie Hynde * Spirit of Independence: Belle and Sebastian * Poet Laureate: John Cooper Clarke * Icon Award: Suede * Idol Award: Robbie Williams * Outstanding Contribution To Music: Pet Shop Boys * Best Event: Glastonbury Festival ** David Bowie at the Victoria and Albert Museum ** The Killers at the Wembley Stadium & The Garage, London Battle Born World Tour ** Kraftwerk at the Tate Modern ** Latitude Festival ** The Rolling Stones at the Hyde Park, London 50 & Counting Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Vampire Weekend Best Live Act Foals Best New Act Jake Bugg Best Solo Artist Ellie Goulding Best Track Arctic Monkeys — "Do I Wanna Know?" Best Video Manic Street Preachers — "Show Me the Wonder" Best Album Biffy Clyro — Opposites ===2012=== The winners of 2012 Q Awards are: * Classic Song: Dionne Warwick — "Walk On By" * Classic Album: Manic Street Preachers — Generation Terrorists * Spirit of Independence: The Cribs * Innovation in Sound: Underworld * Inspiration Award: Pulp * Icon Award: Dexys Midnight Runners * Hero Award: Johnny Marr * Idol Award: Brandon Flowers Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Muse Best Live Act Blur Best New Act Django Django Best Solo Artist Emeli Sandé Best Track Plan B — "Ill Manors" Best Video Keane — "Disconnected" Best Album Bobby Womack — The Bravest Man in the Universe ===2011=== The winners of 2011 Q Awards are: * Next Big Thing: Lana Del Rey * Classic Song: Snow Patrol — "Chasing Cars" * Outstanding Contribution to Music: Siouxsie Sioux * Icon Award: Noel Gallagher * Innovation in Sound: Kaiser Chiefs * Inspiration Award: Fat Boy Slim * Hall of Fame: Queen * Classic Songwriter: Gary Barlow * Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years: U2 ** Arcade Fire ** Arctic Monkeys ** Beastie Boys ** Björk ** Coldplay ** The Cure ** Damon Albarn ** Eminem ** Green Day ** Jack White ** Jay-Z ** Madonna ** Manic Street Preachers ** Metallica ** Muse ** Nirvana ** Oasis ** Paul Weller ** The Prodigy ** Radiohead ** Red Hot Chili Peppers ** R.E.M. ** The Strokes ** The Stone Roses Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Coldplay Best Live Act Biffy Clyro Best New Act WU LYF Best Breakthrough Artist Ed Sheeran Best Male Artist Tinie Tempah Best Female Artist Adele Best Track Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" Best Video Jessie J — "Do It like a Dude" Best Album Bon Iver — Bon Iver, Bon Iver ===2010=== The winners of 2010 Q Awards are: * Hall of Fame: Take That * Classic Songwriter: Neil Finn * Next Big Thing: Clare Maguire * Idol Award: Madness * Hero Award: The Chemical Brothers * Inspiration Award: Suede * Innovation in Sound: Mark Ronson * Classic Album: Wings — Band on the Run * Icon: Bryan Ferry Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Kasabian Best Live Act Green Day Best New Act Mumford & Sons Best Breakthrough Artist Plan B Best Male Artist Paolo Nutini Best Female Artist Florence and the Machine Best Track Florence and the Machine — "You've Got The Love" Best Video Chase & Status — "End Credits" Best Album The National — High Violet ===2009=== The winners of 2009 Q Awards are: * Icon Award: Marianne Faithfull * Idol Award: Spandau Ballet * Inspiration Award: The Specials * Innovation in Sound: Sonic Youth * Classic Album: U2 — The Unforgettable Fire * Classic Song: Frankie Goes to Hollywood — "Relax" * Legend Award: Edwyn Collins * Classic Songwriter: Yusuf Islam * Outstanding Contribution to Music: Robert Plant Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Muse Best Live Act Arctic Monkeys Best New Act White Lies Best Breakthrough Artist Mr Hudson Best Track Lily Allen — "The Fear" Best Video Lady Gaga — "Just Dance" Best Album Kasabian — West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum ===2008=== The winners of 2008 Q Awards are: * Classic Song: Meat Loaf — "Bat Out of Hell" * Classic Songwriter: John Mellencamp * Innovation in Sound: Massive Attack * Outstanding Contribution to Music: David Gilmour * Legend Award: Glen Campbell * Inspiration Award: Cocteau Twins * Idol Award: Grace Jones * Icon Award: Adam Ant Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Coldplay Best Live Act Kaiser Chiefs Best New Act The Last Shadow Puppets Best Breakthrough Artist Duffy Best Track Keane — "Spiralling" Best Video Vampire Weekend — "A-Punk" Best Album Coldplay — "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" ===2007=== The winners of 2007 Q Awards are: * Classic Song: Stereophonics — "Local Boy in the Photograph" * Classic Album: The Verve — Urban Hymns * Classic Songwriter: Billy Bragg * Innovation in Sound: Sigur Rós * Lifetime Achievement Award: Johnny Marr * Merit Award: Ryan Adams * Hero Award: Anthony H Wilson * Legend Award: Ian Brown * Inspiration Award: Damon Albarn * Idol Award: Kylie Minogue * Icon Award: Paul McCartney Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Arctic Monkeys Best Live Act Muse Best New Act The Enemy Best Breakthrough Artist Kate Nash Best Track Manic Street Preachers — "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" Best Video Kaiser Chiefs — "Ruby" Best Album Amy Winehouse — Back to Black ===2006=== The winners of 2006 Q Awards are: * Inspiration Award: a-ha * Outstanding Contribution to Music: Smokey Robinson * Groundbreaker Award: Primal Scream * Icon Award: Jeff Lynne * Idol Award: Take That * Outstanding Performance Award: Faithless * Classic Songwriter: Noel Gallagher * Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Gabriel * Merit Award: Manic Street Preachers * Innovation in Sound: The Edge * Classic Song: Culture Club — "Karma Chameleon" * Legend Award: The Who * Award of Award: U2 * People's Choice Award: Arctic Monkeys * Charity of the Year: War on Want Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Oasis Best Live Act Muse Best New Act Corinne Bailey Rae Best Track Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy" Best Video The Killers — "When You Were Young" Best Album Arctic Monkeys — Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not ===2005=== The winners of 2005 Q Awards are: * Inspiration Award: Björk * Outstanding Contribution to Music: Paul Weller * Icon Award: Jimmy Page * Classic Songwriter: Nick Cave * Lifetime Achievement Award: Bee Gees * Innovation in Sound: The Prodigy * Classic Song: Ray Davies — "Waterloo Sunset" * Legend Award: Joy Division * People's Choice Award: Oasis * Best Producer: Gorillaz/Danger Mouse — Demon Days * Birthday Honour: Michael Eavis * Special Award: John Lennon Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Coldplay Best Live Act U2 Best New Act James Blunt Best Track KT Tunstall — "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" Best Video Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc." Best Album Oasis — Don't Believe the Truth ===2004=== The winners of 2004 Q Awards are: * Merit Award: Shane MacGowan * Innovation in Sound: The Human League * Inspiration Award: The Pet Shop Boys * Classic Songwriter: Elton John * Icon Award: U2 * Lifetime Achievement Award: Roxy Music * Best Producer: Mick Jones (The Libertines — The Libertines) ** Jerry Finn (Morrissey — You Are the Quarry) ** The Neptunes (Kelis — Tasty) ** Rich Costey, John Cornfield, Muse and Paul Reeve (Muse — Absolution) ** Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters — Scissor Sisters) ** Bobby Ross Avila, Bryan-Michael Cox, Destro Music, Dre & Vidal, James "Big Jim" Wright, Jermaine Dupri, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Just Blaze, Lil Jon, L.A. Reid, Rich Harrison, Robin Thicke, Usher (Usher — Confessions) Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Red Hot Chili Peppers Best Live Act Muse Best New Act Razorlight Best Track Jamelia — "See It in a Boy's Eyes" Best Video Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out" Best Album Keane — Hopes and Fears ===2003=== The winners of 2003 Q Awards are: * Inspiration Award: The Cure * Icon Award: Jane's Addiction * Classic Songwriter: Dexys Midnight Runners * Lifetime Achievement Award: Duran Duran * Special Award: Scott Walker * Innovation in Sound: Muse ** David Gray ** Goldfrapp ** Richard X ** Super Furry Animals * Best Producer: Nigel Godrich (Radiohead — Hail to the Thief) ** Blur / Ben Hillier (Blur — Think Tank) ** Dr. Dre (50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin') ** Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon — Youth & Young Manhood) ** Pharrell Williams (The Neptunes — Clones) Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Radiohead Best Live Act Robbie Williams Best New Act The Thrills Best Track Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty" Best Video Electric Six — "Gay Bar" Best Album Blur — Think Tank ===2002=== The winners of 2002 Q Awards are: * Classic Songwriter: Jimmy Cliff * Special Award: Depeche Mode * Merit Award: Elvis Costello * Inspiration Award: Echo & the Bunnymen * Best Producer:Moby (Moby — 18) ** Rick Rubin (Red Hot Chili Peppers — By the Way) ** Tony Visconti (David Bowie — Heathen) ** Ken Nelson and Mark Pythian (Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head) ** Weezer and Tom Lord-Alge (Weezer — Maladroit) Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Radiohead Best Live Act The Hives Best New Act The Electric Soft Parade Best Single Sugababes — "Freak like Me" Best Video Pink — "Get the Party Started" Best Album Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head ===2001=== The winners of 2001 Q Awards are: * Classic Songwriter: Kate Bush * Special Award: Brian Eno * Merit Award: Elvis Costello * Inspiration Award: John Lydon * People's Choice Award: U2 * Best Producer: Nigel Godrich (Radiohead — Amnesiac) ** Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois (U2 — All That You Can't Leave Behind) ** Chris Shaw (Super Furry Animals — Rings Around the World) ** Dan the Automator (Gorillaz — Gorillaz) ** John Leckie (Muse — Origin of Symmetry) ** Pat McCarthy (R.E.M. — Reveal) Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Radiohead Best Live Act Manic Street Preachers Best New Act Starsailor Best Single Ash — "Burn Baby Burn" Best Video Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood" Best Album Travis — The Invisible Band ===2000=== The winners of 2000 Q Awards are: * Merit Award: Jerry Dammers * Songwriter Award: Guy Chambers and Robbie Williams * Inspiration Award: Joe Strummer * Best Producer: Artful Dodger (Artful Dodger — It's All About the Stragglers) ** Dave Eringa and George Brakoulias (Toploader — Onka's Big Moka) ** Dr. Dre (Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP) ** Guy Chambers and Steve Power (Robbie Williams — Sing When You're Winning) ** Ross Robinson (Slipknot — Slipknot) Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Travis Best Live Act Oasis Best New Act Badly Drawn Boy Best Single David Gray — "Babylon" Best Video Kelis — "Caught Out There" Best Album Coldplay — Parachutes ===1999=== The winners of 1999 Q Awards are: * Classic Songwriter: Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel * Best Producer: William Orbit * Inspiration Award: New Order * Special Merit Award: Keith Richards Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Blur Best Live Act Stereophonics Best New Act Basement Jaxx Best Single Travis — "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" Best Album The Chemical Brothers — Surrender ===1998=== The winners of 1998 Q Awards are: * Songwriter Award: Paul Weller * Inspiration Award: Blondie * Lifetime Achievement Award: R.E.M. * Best Producer: Fatboy Slim (Fatboy Slim — You've Come a Long Way, Baby) ** Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins — "Adore") ** Mike Hedges (Manic Street Preachers — "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours") ** Neil Finn (Neil Finn — "Try Whistling This") ** William Orbit (Madonna — "Ray of Light") Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Manic Street Preachers Best Live Act Roni Size & Reprazent Best New Act Gomez Best Single Catatonia — "Road Rage" Best Album Massive Attack — "Mezzanine" ===1997=== The winners of 1997 Q Awards are: * Best Producer: Nellee Hooper * Best Reissue/Compilation: Various Artists — The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers * Songwriter Award: Paul McCartney * Inspiration Award: Patti Smith * Lifetime Achievement Award: The Who * Special Award: Phil Spector Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Oasis Best Live Act The Prodigy Best New Act Fun Lovin' Criminals Best Album Radiohead — OK Computer ===1996=== The winners of 1996 Q Awards are: * Best Producer: John Leckie * Best Reissue/Compilation: The Beatles — The Beatles Anthology * Inspiration Award: U2 * Lifetime Achievement Award: Rod Stewart * Merit Award: Elvis Costello Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today Oasis Best Live Act Pulp Best New Act Alanis Morissette Best Album Manic Street Preachers — Everything Must Go ===1995=== The winners of 1995 Q Awards are: * Best Producer: Tricky * Best Reissue/Compilation: Various Artists — The Help Album * Inspiration Award: David Bowie / Brian Eno * Merit Award: Eric Clapton * Songwriter Award: Van Morrison Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today R.E.M. Best Live Act Oasis Best New Act Supergrass Best Album Blur — The Great Escape ===1994=== The winners of 1994 Q Awards are: * Best Producer: Stephen Street * Best Reissue/Compilation: Various Artists — The Tougher than Tough * Inspiration Award: The Kinks * Merit Award: U2 * Songwriter Award: Morrissey Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today R.E.M. Best Live Act Pink Floyd Best New Act Oasis Best Album Blur — Parklife ===1993=== The winners of 1993 Q Awards are: * Best Producer: Flood Brian Eno The Edge/Zooropa * Best Reissue/Compilation: The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys * Inspiration Award: Donald Fagen * Merit Award: Elton John * Songwriter Award: Neil Finn Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today U2 Best Live Act Neil Young Best New Act Suede Best Album Sting — Ten Summoner's Tales ===1992=== The winners of 1992 Q Awards are: * Best Producer: Daniel Lanois Peter Gabriel The Orb * Best Reissue/Compilation: Bob Marley — Songs of Freedom * Inspiration Award: B.B. King * Merit Award: Led Zeppelin * Songwriter Award: Neil Finn Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today U2 Best Live Act Crowded House Best New Act Tori Amos Best Album R.E.M. — Automatic for the People ===1991=== The winners of 1991 Q Awards are: * Best Producer: Trevor Horn (Seal — Seal) * Merit Award: Lou Reed * Songwriter Award: Richard Thompson Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today R.E.M. / U2 Best Live Act Simple Minds Best New Act Seal Best Album R.E.M. — Out of Time ===1990=== The winners of 1990 Q Awards are: * Best Producer: Paul Oakenfold / Steve Osborne (Happy Mondays — Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches) * Best Reissue/Compilation: The Beach Boys — Pet Sounds * Merit Award: Paul McCartney * Songwriter Award: Prince Award Winner Nominee Best Act in the World Today U2 Best Live Act The Rolling Stones Best New Act They Might Be Giants Best Album World Party — Goodbye Jumbo ==Criticism== At the 2006 Q Awards, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner criticised the choice of Take That for the "Idol" award. Commenting on the winners of the night, he said: ==References== ==External links== *The Q Awards 2007 official site *The Q Awards 1990-2004 Results *The Q Awards 1990-2005 Results Category:British music awards
Q Ball is a 2019 American documentary film about the San Quentin Prison basketball team. ==References== ==External links== * Category:2019 documentary films Category:2019 films Category:American documentary films Category:2010s American films
The Q Camps (Q for query or quest) were two experimental communities set up at Hawkspur Green in England. They were based on Planned Environment Therapy developed by Marjorie Franklin. This therapy focuses on well-functioning parts of a patient’s personality to help them to behave better in a social environment.Franklin, M. E. (1944, 1 December). The Use and Misuse of Planned Environmental Therapy. Paper read at the Psychopathology and Psychotherapy Discussion Circle. https://www.johnwhitwell.co.uk/child-care-general- archive/the-use-and-misuse-of-planned-environmental-therapy/ The goal was to create a self-governing community of delinquent boys and young adults. Later, they included children who could not be included in the evacuation programme because of their behavioural problems. The first Q camp opened in 1936 and was open to young adults who were labelled as maladjusted. Marjorie Franklin was the driving force behind the project and later functioned as honorary secretary on the board. Quaker David Wills led the camp until it closed when the Second World War broke out. By that time the Q camp committee took over the charge of a hostel in Bicester meant for evacuated boys who could not be placed elsewhere. This was not without trouble. The building was in poor condition, there was not enough funding and continuous clashes between the younger and older groups led to the older inhabitants being placed elsewhere. in 1940 Franklin got Donald Winnicott involved in the project as the medical psychologist. When in 1941 the project was disbanded he took over the oversight of the smaller hostels that came in its place. The second Q camp opened in 1944 and was now aimed at younger boys that were involved in criminal behaviour. For example, children that could not be placed under the British Government's Evacuation Scheme were placed here. Arthur Barron took over as camp chief. He thought children could learn discipline by taking on shared responsibilities but should not be forced to do so. Some funders and parents raised concerns about the welfare of the children, who continued in their antisocial behaviour by setting fires and destroying property, and rejected any of the responsibilities required for running and maintaining the camp. The camp was eventually shut down in 1946 after a fire broke out. The Q camps were part of a living-and-learning-community movement, an antecedent to the later therapeutic communities. They all shared the principles of shared responsibility and decision-making, and participation. ==References== Category:Child welfare in the United Kingdom Category:Organizations of children Category:Child-related organisations in the United Kingdom