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The three-faced clock which used to stand in the middle of the Quadrant shopping centre. If I remember correctly, in its final years it functioned better as a work of art than as a timepiece.
This view show Times Furnishing, a name long-gone from retailing. I think this is where New Look is now located.
The slide (taken by my father) I scanned this from is dated January 1969, and judging from the coloured light-bulbs and Salvation Army band was probably taken in December 1968.
Highland Memorial Park, New Berlin, Wisconsin
I started with an original "Quadrant Kaleidoscope" and further manipulated the image with the GIMP software, using Filters --> Distorts --> Kaleidoscope. I vary the preset settings to achieve a different effect with 4 or more reflections.
The light rail route connects cultural institutions on the Willamette River's east bank with educational institutions on the west bank to help tie together Portland's Innovation Quadrant. The two towers of the light rail bridge rise above the Willamette River, with the temporary work trestle leading to the East Tower site. At the bottom left is Portland Opera's adminstrative and rehersal facility, behind which the light rail tracks will run. Across the river is South Waterfront and the construction site of the OHSU/OUS Collaborative Life Sciences Building.
Portuguese quadrant displaying the Nonius, Naval Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.
The Nonius is a measuring tool used in navigation and astronomy named in honour of its inventor, Pedro Nunes
The Quadrant at Lime St. Liverpool.
Taken in the early Eighties from the top deck of a bus.
The Forum cinema is centre stage, almost obscured by a traffic sign.
Anglican Cathedral and St Luke's Church on the horizon.
20-12-2012 - A series of 'Fourth Quadrant' paintings from 1988 by Marten Kuilman.
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I found a collection of disregarded productions in a drawer yesterday and decided to brighten up the time of the year in a series called 'Intermezzo'.
These works on A4 format (or smaller) are cuttings of larger works, which could not reach my artistic standards (in 1988). In hindsight - twenty five years later - they have their merits as part of a 'quadralectic' art consciousness. These works represent a 'Fourth Quadrant' vision. There is no subject, just multiplicity. There are no boundaries, just a flow of color and the effect of partly uncontrolled processes. In the Fourth Quadrant is no up or down and no left or right - which is the very characteristic of these paintings. Only feelings can judge the results.
The main critic of this type of representation is the limited outlook within the quadralectic communication-as-a-whole i.e. from the Fourth Quadrant only. The experience of a painting 'as art' should involve the full cycle of visibility through the (four quadrants) of the quadralectic communication. If one of the 'compartments' fail to present itself - like the absence of a Third Quadrant (no subject), or a Second Quadrant (no ideas) or a First Quadrant (no believe) - than the expression is not complete. It might be pleasant to look at, but it is not art in the full sense of the word (Marten Kuilman).
'Every selection (in the Fourth Quadrant) is in essence a choice of rejects (of the Third Quadrant)'.
These cuttings were once part of a full picture with a recognizable subject (like a landscape), with an idea to represent natural beauty as a contribution to the believe in a better world. However, the 'end result' (in the visibility of the Third Quadrant) was not satisfactory and fell short of the intentions of the painter. Subsequently the unity of the painting was broken (by cutting it up) and the rejects were placed in a new dimension (of the Fourth Quadrant).
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"Play the Game" is a song by British rock band Queen, written by Freddie Mercury. It is the first track on the first side of their 1980 album The Game. It also appears on their album Greatest Hits. The single was a hit in the UK, reaching No. 14 in the charts, and in the US, peaking at No. 42.
Composition
The song commences with a series of overlapping rushing noises on an Oberheim OB-X synthesizer, heralding the band's acceptance of electronic instruments into their once explicitly "no synths" sonic repertoire. They played it in their live shows from 1980 to 1982.
The song features a soft vocal by Mercury, ending with a strong A4 rising in pitch all the way to C5 in chest voice (contrary to the other C5s being hit in falsetto). Mercury also played piano on the track.
Described by Classic Rock as a power ballad, Billboard considered "Play the Game" to be a return to Queen's traditional "epic, rather grand sound" after deviating from that sound with the rockabilly of their prior single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". Cash Box similarly said that this was a return to Queen's "patented high tech, progressive pop sound" and they commented on "Freddie Mercury's breathless falsetto and sweet piano work" and "Brian May’s soaring lead guitar". Record World said that "Freddy Mercury leads a celestial choir of pretty falsettos juxtaposed with soaring guitars."
Later singles "It's a Hard Life", "Let Me Live" and "You Don't Fool Me" revisit the theme presented in "Play the Game", with Mercury writing from the same lover's perspective years later in the former song, and reflecting on the memories of the failed relationship in the latter. Both "Play the Game" and "It's a Hard Life" are of a similar structure, revolving around Mercury's piano playing and the band's multi-layered harmonies.
Quadrant Flower Cube 6 units
A basic, grid based cube, although interestingly in this design, the units join at the edges of the squares of the paper, rather than at the vertices.
Designed by me.
Folded out of kami paper.
Another shot of incredible victorians in North London (Highbury).
This is where i lived in summer of 2006, Highbury Quadrant.
Unlike last year’s submissions, when I challenged myself to triple alliterations and puns, this year I simply tried to make a quadrant kaleidoscopes out of each picture from last year. It worked for all but 2 of last year’s photos, so I found 2 new subjects.
A simple example homemade last year with Spirality software. , easy to use, fun to create. Then made into a quadrant.
The plastic squares are used to delineate a fixed area on the ocean floor, and then survey the animals inside.
Check out Malapascua's fantastic marine conservation NGO People and the Sea:
not sure if this is the reason... but this is a full size statue near the University in Halifax, Nova Scotia
The First Quebec Conference (codenamed "QUADRANT") was a highly secret military conference held during World War II between the British, Canadian and United States governments. The conference was held in Quebec City, August 17, 1943 – August 24, 1943. It took place at the Citadelle and at the Château Frontenac. The chief representatives were Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, hosted by Canada's prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King.[
The allies agreed to begin discussions for the planning of the invasion of France, codenamed Overlord in a secret report by the Combined Chiefs of Staff. There were also discussions to increase the bombing offensive against Germany and continue the buildup of American forces in Britain prior to an invasion of France. In the Mediterranean (a theatre on which Churchill was very keen) they resolved to concentrate more force to remove Italy from the alliance of Axis Powers and to occupy it along with Corsica.
There were discussions about improving the coordination of efforts by the Americans, British and Canadians to develop an atomic bomb.
It was decided that operations in the Balkans should be limited to supplying guerrillas whereas operations against Japan would be intensified in order to exhaust Japanese resources, cut their communications lines and secure forward bases from which the Japanese mainland could be attacked.
In addition to the strategic discussions, which were communicated to the Soviet Union and to Chiang Kai-Shek in China, the conference also issued a joint statement on Palestine, intended to calm tensions as the British occupation was becoming increasingly untenable. The conference also condemned German atrocities in Poland.
Churchill and Roosevelt also secretly signed the Quebec Agreement to share nuclear technology.
Following the conference, Churchill holidayed at a fishing camp and then, on August 31, 1943, delivered a radio address before travelling by special train to Washington, D.C. to resume talks with Roosevelt. Wikipedia
The Quadrant on Warwick Road in Coventry.
Saw my first plaque here as I arrived in the City Centre. Made a minor detour to have a close look!
It is a Grade II listed building.
1.
5105 THE QUADRANT
WARWICK ROAD
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Nos 1 to 4 (consec)
SP 3378 NW 10/334
II GV
2.
Mid C19. Stucco, Welsh slated roof. 3 storeys, 2nd floor entablature with modillion
cornice. Sash windows. Recessed 1 window wing on left; 3 canted 2 storey bay
windows, 1 single storey canted bay on right. 1:3:2:3:2:3:3 windows at 1st floor
level with cast iron balcony railings. Rusticated quoins. Ground and 2nd floor
windows segmental headed, ground floor archivolts, 1st floor eared architraves.
No 4 has rusticated groundÂŁfloor, 1st floor segmental headed windows. Included
for group value.
Nos 1 to 10 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: SP3324278667
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
Source: English Heritage
Quality Solicitors Mander Hadley at No 1 The Quadrant.
Spotted along Morphett Street during my lunchtime walk. Since I have been looking at the fantastic architecture shots in some Flickr groups, I have been inspired to try more geometric shots.
Taken with iPhone 3GS.
RD9275. Signal No.1 at the newly re-modelled and re-signalled Porthmadog Harbour Station on the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales. And no, it's not Borth y Gest, despite what it says under the map!
Other than signal No.1, I'm not sure how to describe it. I am assuming that the signals at the end of the platform, signals 7A and 7B, are the Starters, and there is an Advance Starter further out on The Cob. So what is signal No.1?
No doubt there are signalling experts that can tell me.
Tuesday, 6th May, 2014. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
Fraser River, New Westminster, BC Canada
Name:
1992:P.M. (The)
2011cQuadrant Commander
Year Built: 1992
Place:North VancouverArea:BC
Country:Canada
Designer:A.G. McIllwaineMeasurement (imp): 36.0' x 18' x 8.5'
Builder:Pacific Western Shipbuilders Co. Ltd.
Measurement (metric):10.49m x 5.49m x 0.49m
Hull: Steel
Gross Tonnage:9.47
Type 1:Tug
Registered Tonnage:6.44
Engine:2-440bhp diesel engines (1992)
Engine Manufacture: Detroit Diesel Corporation
Propulsion:Twin Screw
In 1992-1993 she was owned by Sabre Marine (1990) Ltd., Prince Rupert BC. In 1999 she was owned by 440191 B.C. Ltd., Prince Rupert BC. In 2001 she was owned by Sabre Marine (1990) Ltd., Prince Rupert BC. In 2011-2019 she was owned by Quadrant Investments Ltd., Coquitlam BC.
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