An early adopter or lighthouse customer is an early customer of a given company, product, or technology in politics, fashion, art, and other fields, this person would be referred to as a trendsetter . The term originates from Everett M. Rogers Diffusion of Innovations 1962 . ref cite book last Rogers first Everett M. authorlink Everett Rogers year 1962 title Diffusion of Innovations publisher Free Press of Glencoe, Macmillan Company ref History Unreferenced section date February 2007 Typically this will be a customer who, in addition to using the vendor s product or technology, will also provide considerable and candid feedback to help the vendor refine its future product releases, as well as the associated means of distribution, service, and support. The relationship is synergy synergistic , with the customer having early and sometimes unique, or at least uniquely early access to an advantageous new product or technology, but he also serves as a kind of guinea pig. In exchange for being an early adopter, and thus being exposed to the problems, risks, and annoyances common to early stage product testing and deployment, the lighthouse customer is sometimes given especially attentive vendor assistance and support, even to the point of having personnel at the customer s work site to assist with implementation. The customer is sometimes given preferential pricing, terms, and conditions, although new technology is very often expensive, so the early adopter still often pays quite a lot. The vendor, on the other hand, benefits from receiving early revenues, and also from a lighthouse ... more at release is colloquially referred to by whom? date May 2010 as the early adopter tax . References ... Observational techniques Experimental techniques Beta test DEFAULTSORT Early Adopter Category Technological change Category Science and technology studies Category Market research de Early Adopter ko it Early adopter nl Early adopter ro Adoptant timpuriu ru sv Early adopter ... more details
Advanced Avionics Module or AAM was a module launched on board PSLV C8 along with Italian satellite AGILE spacecraft AGILE . It was designed by ISRO to test advanced launch vehicle avionics systems like mission computers, navigation and telemetry systems. At lift off, it weighed 185 kg. It was mounted inside Dual Launch Adopter , on top of which the AGILE spacecraft AGILE was put. Orbital launches in 2007 Category 2007 in spaceflight spacecraft stub ... more details
Ian Ewart Alger June 20, 1926 &ndash February 21, 2009 was an innovative Psychotherapy psychotherapist who was an early adopter of using videotape as a tool in therapy. ref name NYT cite news title Ian Alger, Pioneer in Innovative Therapeutic Techniques, Dies at 82 first Benedict last Carey date March 11, 2009 accessdate March 13, 2009 url http www.nytimes.com 2009 03 11 health 11alger.html work The New York Times ref References reflist Persondata NAME Alger, Ian ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Psychotherapist DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1926 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 21, 2009 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Alger, Ian Category 1926 births Category 2009 deaths med bio stub ... more details
unreferenced date February 2012 The S.I.R. Method of Recruiting is a long term strategy adopted by progressive organizations who wish to gain a competitive advantage in the war on talent. S.I.R. is the acronym for Streamlined Internal Recruiting, and leverages the power of both technology and external recruiting agencies to effectively reduce cost per hire, while increasing overall process efficiency. This recruiting philosophy was first utilized in 2008, at the beginning of the American economic recession, and has gained a following by the Human Resources and Recruitment community within forward thinking organizations. At the root of it s success lies the fusion of traditional headhunters, social media, and video hiring. S.I.R. partners are outsourced providers of recruiting specific services that enable the adopter of the S.I.R. Method to reach their maximum productivity. Category Recruitment ... more details
Don Berry 1931 2001 was an United States American artist and author best known for his historical novels about early settlers in the Oregon Country . He was born in Minnesota but moved to Oregon as a young man and came to think of himself as a native of that state. He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon . During college his housemates included the poet Gary Snyder , who shared Berry s interest in Eastern metaphysics . In 1960 he published Trask , a historical novel about Elbridge Trask , an Oregon settler in the 1840s who was the first white homesteader on Tillamook Bay . It was followed by two sequels, Moontrap and To Build a Ship . The novels have collectively become known as the Trask novels. His other works include A Majority of Scoundrels , a history of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountains . Besides writing, his lifelong artistic pursuits included bronze sculpture , sumi e painting, and blues guitar playing. Berry was also an early adopter marketing early adopter of the use of the Internet for writing, creating a large body of literature that exists only in cyberspace . External links http www.donberry.com DonBerry.com http oregonstate.edu dept press s t Trask.html Oregon State University Trask, by Don Berry http web.reed.edu reed magazine feb1999 beat Reed College Reed s Forgotten Beat Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Berry, Don ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Artist, novelist DATE OF BIRTH 1931 PLACE OF BIRTH Minnesota , United States DATE OF DEATH 2001 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Berry, Don Category 1931 births Category 2001 deaths Category American novelists Category People from Oregon Category Writers from Oregon Category Reed College alumni Category Date of birth missing Category Date of death missing Category Place of death missing ... more details
Image The pragmatic programmer.jpg thumb right book cover The Pragmatic Programmer From Journeyman to Master ISBN 0 201 61622 X is a book about software engineering by Andy Hunt author Andrew Hunt and Dave Thomas programmer David Thomas , published in October, 1999. Characteristics of a Pragmatic Programmer Preface , pp. xviii xix Early adopter marketing Early adopter fast adapter Inquisitive Critical thinker Realistic Jack of all trades, master of none Jack of all trades The authors also went on to write about the Ruby programming language in the book Programming Ruby and Agile Web Development with Rails , a book on Ruby on Rails which also touches on Ajax programming Ajax and the Ruby programming language . Series The book is the first in the a series of books under the The Pragmatic Bookshelf label and copyright The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC. Books in the series partial list Agile Web Development with Rails Pragmatic Unit Testing in C with Nunit Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion Programming Ruby The Pragmatic Programmers Guide Metaprogramming Ruby Ship It A Practical Guide To Successful Software Projects The Passionate Programmer Creating A Remarkable Career In Software Development External links http www.pragprog.com Official website http www.codinghorror.com blog archives 000103.html Pragmatic Programmer on CodingHorror DEFAULTSORT Pragmatic Programmer Category Computer programming books Category Series of books Category 1999 books Category Addison Wesley books Category Computer book publishing companies compu book stub ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2008 Ren Herse 1913, Levallois Perret Levallois , France 1976 was a highly regarded builder of ultra high end touring bicycle touring and racing bicycle s. His works are still sought after by collectors and riders. Citation needed date September 2011 Career Herse was what is known as a constructeur , meaning he built not just the frame, but the entire bike. A number of the components were hand fabricated. He was an early adopter marketing early adopter of brazing silver soldered Lug bicycle part lug s and sealed bottom brackets. His hand built bicycle s were described as the pinnacle of France French cycling from the 1940s until his death. Citation needed date February 2008 Family His daughter, Lyli Herse , won several national female cycling championships in France. External links http www.jitensha.com eng herse e.html http www.classicrendezvous.com France Herse.htm Classic Rendezvous http www.sheldonbrown.com vrbn g n.html herse article by Sheldon Brown bicycle mechanic Sheldon Brown http www.reneherse.com Ren Herse Project Inventory and photo gallery of Ren Herse bicycles http www.renehersebicycles.com Ren Herse Bicycles Inc. Boulder, Colorado company that carries on the Ren Herse brand Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Herse, Ren ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION French bicycle framebuilder DATE OF BIRTH 1913 PLACE OF BIRTH Levallois Perret, France DATE OF DEATH 1976 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Herse, Rene Category Cycle designers Category Cycle manufacturers Category Bicycle framebuilders Category 1913 births Category 1976 deaths France cycling bio stub cycle manufacturer stub ... more details
lowercase title alphaWorks alphaWorks is IBM s emerging technology portal . It is a web community for early adopter s to preview and collaborate on prototype technology from IBM Research labs. alphaWorks was founded in August 1996, in IBM s Advanced Technology group called Internet Division at the time . The alphaWorks program has launched early release technology implementations in nascent technology communities of software developers, in areas like Java programming language Java technology, XML and web services . Since 1996, alphaWorks has succeeded in helping IBM connect with innovative developers to lead the development of promising new standards for example, Enterprise Media Bean Enterprise Media Beans , products and open source technology. alphaWorks is a key aspect of the developerWorks resource for developers. External links http alphaworks.ibm.com alphaWorks web site network software stub IBM I would be quite liberal in adding any technology that alphaWorks actively supports to this list, the article has not a great deal of other purpose Category IBM Category Cell BE architecture ru AlphaWorks ... more details
Notability date March 2008 Brian M. Platz is a co founder and Chief Operating Officer of SilkRoad Technology . ref cite web url http www.onrec.com news adl lists silkroad technologyas greenlig title ADL Lists SilkRoad Technologys GreenLight as an Early Adopter date 28 April 2010 publisher Online Recruitment accessdate 20 November 2010 ref Platz also co founded A List Apart with web design lecturer Jeffrey Zeldman . ref name Cederholm2009 cite book last Cederholm first Dan title Web Standards Solutions The Markup and Style Handbook url http books.google.com books?id Eli4Z2w8zgkC&pg PA256 accessdate 20 November 2010 year 2009 publisher Apress isbn 9781430219200 page 256 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Platz, Brian ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Platz, Brian Category American chief executives Category Living people US business bio stub ... more details
Edwin Hurry Fenwick 1856 1944 , British urologist , early adopter of cystoscopic and x ray technologies. It was largely through the efforts of Fenwick that urology was shaped into a specialty in Great Britain, recognized by the Royal Society of Medicine . ref Lytton. ref He is depicted by David Troughton in the BBC serial Casualty 1909 , during his tenure at the London Hospital. Notes Reflist References Lytton, Bernard. 1994 , E. Hurry Fenwick, FRCS. Urological Surgeon, Cystoscopist and Teacher. In Journal of Medical Biography Great Britain . 1994 2 4 193 200. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fenwick, Edwin Hurry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1856 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1944 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fenwick, Edwin Hurry Category 1856 births Category 1944 deaths UK med bio stub ... more details
distinguish NewzBin Infobox Software name Newsbin Pro logo screenshot caption author developer developer DJI Interprises, LLC released 1995 latest release version 6.21 latest release date 2011 12 14 latest preview version 6.30 Beta 5 Build 1795 latest preview date 2012 02 09 programming language C operating system Microsoft Windows Windows platform language English, Dutch, German, French others status Active genre News client license Proprietary software Proprietary , Shareware website http www.newsbin.com Newsbin.com Newsbin Pro is a news client used on the Microsoft Windows Windows operating system. Written in 1995 and distributed as Shareware , it was one of the first news clients dedicated to downloading binary content from Usenet . Newsbin has been under constant development and has been an early adopter to changes in Usenet such as supporting yEnc encoding, parchive s, the NZB file format, and the XFeatures NNTP extension for implementing compressed headers. Newsbin Pro is now in its Version 6 series and has an active http forums.newsbin.com Newsbin User Community that contributes to defining new features and helping other users. See also List of news clients External links http www.newsbin.com Newsbin.com http forums.newsbin.com Newsbin Pro Forums Category Usenet clients Category Shareware network software stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Bando Electronic Systems Co, Ltd. hangul is a South Korean musical instrument , music engineering , electronics company. headquartered in Nakwon Dong Jongno gu Seoul , Korea. It is a music and electronic stand , music and electronic accessory, musical instrument products. corporate as manufactured based on Seongsu Dong Seongdong gu Seoul , Korea . and Korea s first stand in engineering and electronics manufacturer. by brand name is Bando Stand . The Bando Electronic Systems Co, Ltd CEO is Kang Kyeong ho & CFO is Jeong In Nyeom . Products Music & Electronic Stand Music Brochure Stand Speaker Stand Mike Stand Guitar Stand Musical Stand Light Stand Stand Accessory Stand Parts Guitar & Guitar String Base Guitar Electronic Guitar Classic Guitar Acoustic Guitar Accessory Metronom Tuner Cable Jack Headset Mike Pedal Stick Condutor Bar Adopter Other Products Musical Instrument Hamornica Cavasa Tamburrin See also Economy of South Korea Musical instrument Electronics Engineering External links http www.bandostand.co.kr Bando Electronic Systems Homepage in Korean tech corp stub SouthKorea company stub Category Electronics companies of South Korea Category Engineering companies of South Korea ... more details
orphan date September 2008 Electromuse was an United States American maker of Category Musical instrument manufacturing companies musical instruments that operated in the 1940s and 1950s. It was probably best known for its line of Hawaiian lap steel guitar s. Electromuse also made Spanish acoustic guitar s, hollowbody acoustic electric guitar s, and other stringed instruments. Vacuum tube Category Guitar amplifier manufacturers instrument amplifiers manufactured by subcontractors such as Valco were also sold under the Electromuse brand, often as part of a package deal offered to consumers that included a lap steel guitar and matching amplifier in complementary colors. Electromuse was an early adopter of electrified musical instruments, and their patented Eye Beam pickup was one of the first practical electromagnetic pickups on the market. The pickup converts the mechanical vibration of the instrument s metal strings into an electrical signal that can be externally amplified. Similar pickups are now commonplace on electric guitar s and other electrified instruments. Related Valco manufactured many of the amplifiers that were sold under the Electromuse brand. Category Musical instrument manufacturing companies Category Guitar amplifier manufacturers Category Defunct companies of the United States US manufacturing company stub ... more details
to 21 in all circumstances if the adopter is a relative of the child. Medical reports must also ..., which allows an adopter not domiciled in Britain to adopt a child under the law of the country in which he lives. Such adoption orders require six months notice, and the child must have been in the adopter ... as a place holder until the adopter s nation authorises the adoption of the child. ref Stone 1959 ... more details
Do not use the dated prod blp template directly the above line is generated by subst prod blp reason Charles M. Stack is an internet pioneer based in Cleveland Ohio. He is credited with founding the first internet store Book Stacks Unlimited , ref http www.sbnonline.com Local Article 3592 82 0 Visionary in obscurity.aspx ref before the World Wide Web and the first web based store Books.com . He went on to found Flashline Inc. an early adopter of code re use in software development. Flashline was purchased by BEA Systems ref http searchsoa.techtarget.com news article 0,289142,sid26 gci1212214,00.html ref which was subsequently purchase by Oracle Corporation . ref http www.oracle.com corporate press 2008 jan bea.html ref His latest venture iNomadics is focused on creating apps for portable devices. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links http www.sideways.com sidweays.com http www.inomadics.com iNomadics Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stack, Charles M. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stack, Charles M. Category Internet pioneers Category Living people ... more details
of care will help the pet overcome its past. A forever home is a term that refers to an adopter ... of the concept. A broad interpretation simply says that the adopter of the pet agrees that the animal s well being is now their personal responsibility for the rest of the animal s life. If the adopter ... care of the animal for the rest of its life. Should the adopter die before the animal, they should ... to integrate as part of the adoption agreement puts conditions on when and why the adopter could arrange to move the animal to a new family. For example, forever home agreements might specify that the adopter will not get rid of the animal for trivial reasons, or that the adopter will always be sure ... allergies or violent behavior on the part of the animal as reasons allowable for an adopter to relinquish ... more details
in relation to an adopted child and an adopter within the meaning of that section. Arrangements ... adopter, and met with a specific person that will accommodate their emotional needs. Section 6, Number 3 reads The period within which, under subsection of the said section six, an, adopter is required ... person were the child of the adopter born in lawful wedlock b where the infant is illegitimate, the father ... more details
Notability date September 2008 Image seattlewireless.png left Seattle Wireless is an United States American Non profit organization non profit project created by Matt Westervelt and Ken Caruso in June 2000. ref Cave, Damien, http archive.salon.com tech feature 2000 12 01 wireless ethernet index.html Unchaining the Net , Salon.com , 2000 12 01 ref It seeks to develop a free, locally owned wireless community network using widely available, license free technology wireless broadband Internet access. It is a metropolitan area network . Seattle Wireless is one of the first Community Wireless Networks and one of the first project focused wikis. It also had a short lived 7 episode online television show, prior to the recent surge in videocasting and podcasting, called http tv.seattlewireless.net Seattle Wireless TV . It was created by Peter Yorke and Michael Pierce and ran July 2003 June 2004. SWTV was an early adopter of BitTorrent protocol Bittorrent to distribute its shows. References reflist 2 External links http seattlewireless.net Official website http seattlewireless.net mattw Matt s Blog http planet.seattlewireless.net Seattle Wireless Blog Planet http peteryorke.net Peter Yorke s Blog Kahney, Leander, http www.thefeaturearchives.com 11171.html Home grown Wireless Networks , TheFeature , 2001 05 07 Fleishman, Glenn, http www.seattleweekly.com news 0129 tech fleishman.php The revolution may be wireless , Seattle Weekly , 2001 07 18 O Shea, Dan, http telephonyonline.com mag telecom peace love wifi index.html Peace, Love & Wi Fi , Telephony Online , 2002 05 18 Kharif, Olga, http www.businessweek.com technology content sep2002 tc20020917 7206.htm Footing the Bill for Free Wi Fi , BusinessWeek , 2002 09 17 http www.seattlepi.com business 217728 theinsider28.html The Insider Lucky few are going locomotive over Wi Fi access , Seattle PI , 2005 03 28 Category Wireless network organizations wireless stub ... more details
The Bernoullis were a family of traders and scholars from Basel , Switzerland . The founder clarifyme date September 2011 of the family, Leon Bernoulli, immigrated to Basel from Antwerp in Flanders in the 16th century, fleeing Spanish Netherlands Spanish oppression . The Bernoulli family has produced many notable artists and scientists, in particular a number of famous mathematician s in the 18th century Jacob Bernoulli 1654&ndash 1705 also known as James or Jacques Mathematician after whom Bernoulli numbers are named. Nicolaus Bernoulli 1662&ndash 1716 Painter and alderman of Basel. Johann Bernoulli 1667&ndash 1748 also known as Jean Swiss mathematician and early adopter of infinitesimal calculus . Nicolaus I Bernoulli 1687&ndash 1759 Swiss mathematician. Nicolaus II Bernoulli 1695&ndash 1726 Swiss mathematician worked on curves, differential equations , and probability . Daniel Bernoulli 1700&ndash 1782 Developer of Bernoulli s principle and St. Petersburg paradox . Johann II Bernoulli 1710&ndash 1790 also known as Jean Swiss mathematician and physicist. Johann III Bernoulli 1744&ndash 1807 also known as Jean Swiss German astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. Jacob II Bernoulli 1759&ndash 1789 also known as Jacques Swiss Russian physicist and mathematician. Devices and ideas named for members of the family col begin col break Bernoulli differential equation Bernoulli distribution Bernoulli number col break Bernoulli polynomials Bernoulli process Bernoulli trial Bernoulli s principle col end Bernoulli family References Wikisource1911Enc Bernoulli http www groups.dcs.st and.ac.uk history Diagrams Bernoulli family.gif Family tree at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive . HDS 20951 DEFAULTSORT Bernoulli Family Category Family trees Category Swiss families Category History of mathematics als Bernoulli cs Bernoulliovi de Bernoulli es Familia Bernoulli fr Famille Bernoulli it Bernoulli he mt Familja Bernoulli nl Bernoulli pl Bernoulli pt Fam lia ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Peacock date October 2009 Specialty catalogs are a promotion marketing promotion and distribution business distribution technique commonly employed by direct marketing direct marketers . They describe, graphically and verbally, a limited range of product business products . Specialty catalogs are a good promotion distribution choice for new products. They are also most effective when using a niche strategy . There are several reasons for this It is less risky than a mass distribution strategy. If it is not successful, it can be altered with only moderate expense. It is a stealthy way of testing market acceptance of the product. It doesn t alert the competition, or at least the competition will not perceive it as a threat. Specialty distribution is better able to obtain high margins than mass distribution. This will allow a price skimming strategy, where it is possible to capture the consumer surplus over time. Specialty catalogs allow the marketer to better target prime segments, like the early adopter marketing early adopters and innovators that will be prepared to try a new product. Catalog response is immediate. Product problems will become evident before too many products are shipped. Catalogs are less expensive than sales forces. The average cost per sale is lower than most forms of advertising where low volumes are involved. The printed medium is suitable for new products or any other situation where detailed information needs to be communicated. See also Marketing Promotion marketing Promotion Distribution business Distribution Niche strategy Direct marketing DEFAULTSORT Specialty Catalogs Category Direct marketing Category Promotion and marketing communications Category Sales promotion Marketing stub de Mailorder ... more details
wiktionarypar trend trendy TOC right Trend may refer to Fads and trends , including fashion trend Trendsetter or early adopter , person who starts or follows early on a fashion or technology trend before most other people Market trend , prolonged period of time when prices in a financial market are rising or falling faster than their historical average, also known as bull and bear markets, respectively Culture Trends Asimov Trends Asimov , 1939 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov Trend Records UK , record label deleted page Trend Records , record label Trend is dead records , record label Business Real estate trend , changes impacting real estate brokers, agents and the housing industry Trend Controls , UK company that develops intelligent building solutions Trend Micro , Taiwanese company that develops anti virus computer software Science Trend Type Forecast , short period forecast supplied to airfields Trends journals Trends journals , a series of scientific journals of biology Periodic trends , tendencies of certain elemental characteristics to increase or decrease as one progresses along a row or column of the periodic table of elements Trend estimation , statistical analysis of data to extrapolate trends See also Trend line disambiguation Google Trends lookfrom intitle Tend disambiguation possible misspelling disambig cs Trend rozcestn k da Trend de Trend fr Tendance nl Trend pl Trend ro Trend sv Trend uk ... more details
refimproveBLP date June 2011 Robert William Scheifler born 1954, Kirkwood, Missouri is an United States American computer scientist . He is most notable for leading the development of the X Window System from the project s inception in 1984 until the closure of the MIT X Consortium in 1996. ref Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys X Window System Core and extension protocols X version 11 , releases 6 and 6.1, Digital Press , 1996. ISBN 1 55558 148 X. ref He later became one of the architects of the Jini architecture at Sun Microsystems . ref Bill Venners, http www.artima.com intv jinisecu.html Jini Security A Conversation with Bob Scheifler, Part I , http www.artima.com Artima , July 8, 2002 . ref Bob has stated that his goal in developing the X Window System was to raise the floor in windowing systems for the entire market, Citation needed date February 2007 and despite its early adopter marketing early adoption primarily by commercial players with proprietary extensions, X ended up as a standard, open system. X is an important part of Linux to this day. Scheifler holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . fact date March 2010 References reflist External links http www.linkedin.com pub bob scheifler 0 b52 634 Bob Scheifler , LinkedIn Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Scheifler, Bob ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION computer scientist DATE OF BIRTH 1954 PLACE OF BIRTH Kirkwood, Missouri DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Scheifler, Bob Category 1954 births Category Living people Category People from Kirkwood, Missouri Category Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Category X Window System people Category Sun Microsystems people Category Free software programmers Category American computer programmers Category American computer scientists US scientist stub US compu bio stub de Bob Scheifler es Bob Scheifler fr Bob Scheifler ... more details
Ian G. Roberts born October 23, 1957 in Stamford, Lincolnshire Stamford , Lincolnshire , England is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Downing College, Cambridge . He received his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1985 and taught at the Universities of Geneva 1985 1993 , University of Wales, Bangor Bangor 1991 1996 and Stuttgart 1996 2000 before taking up his present position at Cambridge in 2000. He is a fellow of Downing College . Professor Roberts is a generative linguistics generative linguist and enthusiastic adopter of Noam Chomsky Chomsky s Minimalist Program . He has published widely in the synchronic and diachronic syntax of Romance languages Romance and Germanic languages and Welsh language Welsh . Roberts grew up listening to Van der Graaf Generator , Frank Zappa , Brian Eno , King Crimson and Henry Cow , in Colwyn Bay , North Wales , near Bryn Euryn. External links http www.mml.cam.ac.uk ling Department of Linguistics, University of Cambridge http kiri.ling.cam.ac.uk roberts cv.html 1 CV http www.dow.cam.ac.uk dow server mfs fellows I.G. Roberts.html Ian Robert s webpage at Downing College http www.dow.cam.ac.uk dow server news Roberts07.html Professor Ian Roberts honoured with Fellowship of the British Academy Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Roberts, Ian ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1957 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Roberts, Ian Category 1957 births Category Living people Category English linguists Category Historical linguists Category People from Stamford, Lincolnshire Category Syntacticians Category Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge Category Academics of the University of Cambridge Category University of Southern California alumni England bio stub UK linguist stub ... more details
Septimus Norris 1818 &ndash 1862 was an United States American mechanical engineer and steam locomotive designer. He was the youngest of three brothers all active in the field his eldest brother William Norris locomotive builder William Norris founded the Norris Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , and Richard Norris took over the firm in about 1841. The other two brothers were primarily businessmen, while Septimus was an engineer. He worked for the Norris firm under William s management, but did not continue under Richard s railway historian John H. White, Jr. believes animosity existed between Septimus and Richard. Septimus later worked for the Portland Company and the Schenectady Locomotive Works . He is frequently credited for the design of the first 4 6 0 locomotive, but in a paper written in 1885, George E. Sellers attributes the design to John Brandt , an engineer for the Erie Railway . Citation needed date May 2010 White casts some doubt on Sellers accuracy, and credits him in the development of coal burning locomotives in the United States and as an early adopter of the more stable spread truck. References cite book author John H. White, Jr. title American Locomotives publisher Johns Hopkins year 1968, 1997 isbn 0 8018 5714 7 page 544 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Norris, Septimus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1818 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1862 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Norris, Septimus Category 1818 births Category 1862 deaths Category Locomotive builders and designers US rail bio stub US engineer stub ... more details
Jean Bourdeau 1848 1928 was a French writer, known for his books on aspects of socialism . He was also a translator of Schopenhauer , and an early adopter in France of some of the thought of Nietzsche . He wrote on a wide range of subjects, from Jansen dn date February 2012 to Maxim Gorky and the rising personality cult of Lenin . He contributed in particular to the Journal des D bats , on contemporary philosophy He was a friend and correspondent of Georges Sorel Sorel s side of their correspondence has been published. Works Le socialisme allemand et le nihilisme russe 1892 L anarchisme r volutionnaire 1894 in La Revue de Paris, vol.I La Rochefoucauld 1895 L volution du socialisme 1901 Socialistes et sociologies 1905 Po tes et humoristes de l Allemagne 1906 Pragmatisme et modernisme 1909 La philosophie affective. Nouveaux courants et nouveaux probl mes dans la philosophie contemporaine 1912 Descartes, Schopenhauer, William James, Bergson, Ribot, A. Fouill e, Tolstoy et Leopardi Les ma tres de la pens e contemporaine 1913 Stendhal, Taine, Renan, Herbert Spencer, Nietzsche, Tolstoy, Ruskin, and Victor Hugo Tolsto , L nine et la R volution russe 1921 La derni re volution du Socialisme au Communisme 1927 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bourdeau, Jean ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1848 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1928 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bourdeau, Jean Category 1848 births Category 1928 deaths Category French political writers Category French philosophers fr Jean Bourdeau nl Jean Bourdeau ... more details
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