Due to the efforts of Merrill Swan, W6AEE, of the " The RTTY Society of Southern California " publisher of RTTY and Wayne Green, W2NSD, of CQ Magazine, Amateur Radio operators successfully petitioned the U. S. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) to amend Part 12 of the Regulations, which was effective on February 20, 1953.

In 2007, Clarkstown was once again named the second safest city in the United States, in the 14th annual " 2007 – 2008 City Crime Rankings " published by CQ Press – formally known as Morgan Quitno, a unit of Congressional Quarterly Inc.

In 2008, Clarkstown was named the sixth safest city in the United States in the 15th annual " 2008 – 2009 City Crime Rankings " published by CQ Press.

In 2009, Clarkstown was named the seventh safest city in the United States in the 16th annual " 2009 – 2010 City Crime Rankings " published by CQ Press.

In 2010, Clarkstown was named the fifth safest city in the United States in the 17th annual " 2010 – 2011 City Crime Rankings " published by CQ Press.

In 2010, State College was ranked as the third-safest metropolitan area in the United States by the CQ Press.

However, in landline usage there was no general emergency signal, so the Marconi company added a " D " (" distress ") to CQ in order to create its distress call.

Although used worldwide by Marconi operators, CQD was never adopted as an international standard since it could be mistaken for a general call " CQ " if the reception was poor.

'" According to Politico, Carney, a staff writer covering lobbying and influence for CQ Roll Call, " made the first identifiable, published reference to ' super PAC ' as it ’ s known today while working at National Journal, writing on June 26, 2010, of a group called Workers ’ Voices, that it was a kind of '" super PAC " that could become increasingly popular in the post-Citizens United world.

Norman McLaren, CC, CQ ( 11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987 ) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada ( NFB ).

* A play about Blair, CQ / CX, written by Gabe McKinley, was produced by the Atlantic Theater Company in 2012.

Harold Greenberg, OC, CQ ( January 11, 1930 – July 1, 1996 ) was a Canadian film producer.

That first intraocular lens was manufactured by the Rayner company of Brighton, East Sussex, England from Perspex CQ Polymethylmethacrylate ( PMMA ) made by ICI ( Imperial Chemical Industries ).

Sylvia Daoust, CM, CQ ( 24 May 1902 – July 19, 2004 ), born in Montreal, was one of the first female sculptors in Quebec.

Émile Joseph " Butch " Bouchard, CM, CQ ( September 4, 1919 – April 14, 2012 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played defence with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1941 to 1956.

CQ was acquired by the Economist Group and combined with Roll Call to form CQ Roll Call in 2009.

CQ was founded in 1945 by Nelson Poynter and his wife, Henrietta Poynter, with the aim of providing a link between local newspapers and the complex politics within Washington D. C. CQ has the largest news team covering Capitol Hill, with more than 100 reporters, editors and researchers.

Despite its name, CQ was published quarterly for only one year.

In 2005, CQ's flagship publication, the Weekly Report, was re-launched as CQ Weekly with a wider focus, including " government, commerce and politics.

Until 2009, CQ was owned by the Times Publishing Company of St. Petersburg, Fla., publisher of the Tampa Bay Times ( formerly the St. Petersburg Times ) and other publications.

In 1999, CQ Executive Conferences was transferred to TheCapitol. Net, a non-partisan firm based in Alexandria, VA. TheCapitol. Net is no longer an affiliate of Congressional Quarterly.

Land telegraphs had traditionally used " CQ " (" sécu ," from the French word sécurité or secours ) to identify alert or precautionary messages of interest to all stations along a telegraph line, and CQ had also been adopted as a " general call " for maritime radio use.

CQ Magazine also published details on phone phreaking, including the tone frequencies and several working blue box schematics in 1974.

In April 2009, CQ Politics, also quoting anonymous sources, said Harman had been captured on a National Security Agency wiretap prior to the 2006 elections, telling an " Israeli agent " that she would " waddle into " lobbying the Department of Justice on the AIPAC case.

During his four-and-a-half years at CQ, Broder also worked at The New York Times as a freelance writer.

" A daily publication, CQ Today, also is available every day when Congress is in session.

CQ is a code used by wireless operators, particularly those communicating in Morse code, but also by voice operators, to make a general call ( called a CQ call ).

He has also written articles on public policy issues, which were published in various publications, including Black Family Today, The Dallas Morning News, The CQ Researcher, Orange Register and The Washington Times.

Founded in 1955 by Sid Yudain, a former press secretary to Congressman Al Morano ( R-Conn .), Roll Call is the flagship publication of the CQ Roll Call, which also operates: Congressional Quarterly ( CQ ), a publisher of print and online daily and weekly news about Congress and politics.

NicoDerm, also known as NicoDerm CQ ( short for Committed Quit or Committed Quitter ) is a branded over the counter palliative nicotine replacement therapy used to minimize the withdrawal effects involved in quitting smoking.

The partnership was expanded in early 2009 so that CQ now sells advertising on Political Wire.

The CQ Press Professional Division produces staff directories, the most authoritative sources for biographical and contact information on the people who work in federal, congressional, and judicial offices.

MarkLogic Server is used by companies in the media and information, financial services, government and other industries including Elsevier, LexisNexis, Wolters Kluwer, Oxford University Press, McGraw-Hill, the New England Journal of Medicine, and Bowker, as well as Zinio and CQ Roll Call.

Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is part of a privately owned publishing company called CQ Roll Call that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress.

In 1965, Poynter summed up his reasons for founding CQ, saying: " The federal government will never set up an adequate agency to check on itself, and a foundation is too timid for that.

In recent years, CQ has launched several electronic-only newsletters with greater focus on particular areas, including CQ Homeland Security, CQ BudgetTracker, and " CQ HealthBeat.

CQ Press, a division of SAGE Publications, publishes books, directories, periodicals, and electronic products on American government and politics, with an expanding list in international affairs and journalism and mass communication.

CQ Researcher, a print and online periodical covering today's most debated social and political issues, won the ABA Silver Gavel Award in 2002 for its series on liberty and justice.

Transmitting the letters CQ on a particular radio frequency is an invitation for any operators listening on that frequency to respond.

A CQ call is normally not used on short range VHF / FM and UHF / FM communication channels and, especially, on repeaters.

* Congressional Quarterly Congress and the Nation: 2001-2004: A Review of Government and Politics: 107th and 108th Congresses ( 2005 ); summary of Congressional activity, as well as major executive and judicial decisions ; based on Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report and the annual CQ almanac.

Bello sits on the board of The CQ Matrix Company.

In 2011, the song appeared in a NicoDerm CQ commercial with a miniature little band playing the song on the table of the former smoker.