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	John Logie Baird Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Baird demonstrated his system to the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times on January 26 1926 in the Soho district of London.
		From 1929 onwards, the BBC made broadcasts using the Baird television system, alternating these with broadcasts of electronic scanning system television signals during the 1930s, until it finally discontinued broadcasts of the Baird system in 1937.
		Baird's mechanical television system was replaced by the electronic television system described by A.A. Campbell-Swinton and later developed by inventors such as Philo T. Farnsworth and Vladimir Zworykin.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_logie_baird.html (225 words)

	John Logie Baird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Baird was born in Helensburgh, Scotland and educated at, the, and the University of Glasgow.
		In his first attempts to invent television, Baird experimented with the Nipkow disk and demonstrated that a semi-mechanical analogue television system was possible with the transmission of a static image of Felix the Cat in London in February 1924.
		According to Malcolm Baird, his son, what is known is that in 1926 Baird filed a patent for a device that formed images from reflected radio waves, a device remarkably similar to radar, and that he was in correspondance with the British government at the time.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/John_Logie_Baird (761 words)

	Clan Baird
		Tradition states that a Baird rescued King William the Lion from being savaged by a wild boar and was rewarded with extensive grants of lands.
		George Baird of Auchmeddan married the niece of the Earl Marischal and the family increased in importance, and supplied a long line of sheriffs to that county.
		Before 1698 John Baird was created a Baronet with the courtesy title of Lord Newbyth and this baronetcy passed to William Baird whose second son David was one of the leading generals during the Napoleonic wars, among whose many exploits was the capture of the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch in 1807.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/atoc/baird2.htm (682 words)

	John Logie Baird - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He set up the Baird Television Development Company Ltd, which in 1928 made the first transatlantic television transmission from London to New York and also made the first programme for the BBC.
		From 1929 onwards, the BBC made broadcasts using the Baird television system, alternating these with Marconi's broadcasts of electronic scanning system television signals during the 1930s, until they finally discontinued broadcasts of the Baird mechanical system in 1937.
		Baird of Television (Telecommunications (New York, N.Y. John Logie Baird and television (Pioneers of science and discovery)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /john_logie_baird.htm (405 words)

	Eye of the World: John Logie Baird and Television (Part I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Logie Baird was born on 14 August 1888, the fourth child of Jessie and the Reverend John Baird.
		Nevertheless, Baird was not discouraged by his academic record, and in 1906 entered a diploma course in electrical engineering at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.
		Baird was quite capable of inventing his machines, but he was not quite so capable of their construction.
	www.finearts.uwaterloo.ca /juhde/hills961.htm (2409 words)

	Baird, John Logie
		Baird promoted initial public interest in television with the first public demonstrations (one in a London department store window) in 1925 to 1926, and long-distance transmissions by wire (between London and Glasgow in 1926) and short-wave (trans-Atlantic from London to New York in 1927).
		Baird's now outmoded approach was soon dropped in favor of the latter's vastly superior electronic system.
		Did Baird "fail?" He ignored or denied the growing value of the cathode ray tube for too long (until the late 1930s), and held on to hopes for his mechanical alternative.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/B/htmlB/bairdjohnl/bairdjohnl.htm (730 words)

	TIME CLASSROOM
		Baird also boasted an impressive connection to the Clintons' alma mater, Yale Law School: her husband is a constitutional scholar on the school's faculty.
		While in Little Rock, Baird told Warren Christopher, who was then co-chief of the transition team and later became Secretary of State, that she employed illegal immigrants as a driver for herself and a nanny from 1990 through 1992.
		A transition aide recalls that the attitude about Baird's legal infraction was ''Everybody does it.'' As for Baird, ''she deferred to a political judgment that it was not something that should deter them from nominating her,'' says a lawyer who was involved in the process.
	www.time.com /time/teach/archive/010122/capsule.html (1650 words)

	Firehouse.Com Training Zone - News 5/21/02 - Baird Admits Some Blame, But Names Others Responsible (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Baird, 30, offered testimony seemingly contradicting earlier statements he gave to a grand jury and sheriff’s deputies about a burn barrel fire on the second floor, his knowledge of Golden’s presence in the building and who was in charge at the exercise on Route 5.
		Baird testified there were 1,700 pounds of air left in the tank used by Golden, near capacity, suggesting a panicked Golden may have turned a valve the wrong way and cut his air supply off.
		Baird said he knew Golden had died and was under emotional duress when he gave two statements to sheriff’s deputies the night of the fatal fire.
	www.firehouse.com /training/news/2002/0521_Ptrial.html (1130 words)

	Baird
		Baird describes this incident in his autobiography Sermons, Soap and Television: "I had no intention of flying, but before I had time to give more than one shriek of alarm, Godfrey gave the machine one terrific push, and I was launched shrieking into the air.
		Baird built his pioneering equipment using what odds and ends he could lay his hands on, such as an old tea chest, an old bicycle lamp, cardboard from a hat box, an old biscuit tin, darning needles, string and tallow wax.
		Baird had tried ultraviolet light as a means of shooting in darkness, but he found that this was damaging to the subject's eyes.
	www.geocities.com /neveyaakov/electro_science/baird.html (4741 words)

	Baird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BAIRD was a witness in the trial of other Znetix defendants, testifying at the Spring 2004, trial of co-defendants Larry L. Beaman, Michael J. Culp, and Harvey W. Kuiken, which resulted in the convictions of those three defendants.
		BAIRD knowingly allowed himself to be used as a puppet by McCarthy and Lawrence to reassure investors and present a false picture of the nature and financial strength of Cascade Pointe.
		BAIRD also signed fraudulent agreements with HMC to perpetuate the fiction that Cascade Pointe was a venture capital firm independent of Lawrence and HMC that would fund HMC's operations and offer to shareholders for a return of their investments.
	www.usdoj.gov /usao/waw/press_room/2004/july/baird.htm (626 words)

	Baird Television at Crystal Palace
		Of particular interest to Baird, BTL and their new technical director, former BBC and EMI engineer Captain A D G West – and presumably the main reason for moving there – was the southern of the two water towers 1068 feet apart at either end of the site.
		Baird's initial colour signals were generated from a 120-line mirror-drum camera mounted on a trolley that made it possible to take it outside the building.
		Baird’s colour system, by the end of 1940, was essentially a development of the venerable flying-spot technology that had been part of the Baird system from the beginning.
	www.ambisonic.net /bairdcp.html (3313 words)

	PMC SITES: TADEUSZ BAIRD
		Tadeusz Baird was born on July 26, 1928 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, and died on September 2, 1981 in Warsaw.
		Baird began to compose at a time when new means of musical expression were not well received in Poland.
		As a composer deeply rooted in the dionysian, romantic stream of art, Baird fully deserved the epithet of a "twentieth-century Romantic," and as such he was mostly interested in the lyrical and dramatic aspects of music.
	www.usc.edu /dept/polish_music/composer/baird.html (1281 words)

	Spencer Fullerton Baird Collection, American Philosophical Society
		Baird used this period, too, to further his contacts in the field, arranging meetings with Louis Agassiz, Asa Gray, John Cassin, and Thomas M. Brewer, and working for James Dwight Dana in identifying the crustacean collected on the Charles Wilkes expedition.
		Baird was promoted from Assistant Secretary to Secretary in May 1878, continuing in that capacity until his death on August 17, 1887.
		Baird was elected to the APS in 1855.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/b/baird.htm (848 words)

	BAIRD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Baird is the owner of extensive real estate in Holly; he built and still has an interest in Balcony Block,--the finest in the place.
		In the army, he was a brave and efficient officer; in civil life, he is a capable and public-spirited business man, who labors, not for mere self-aggrandizement, but for the common good,--desiring especially that Michigan should organize her own associations, and support the same, thereby ceasing to pay tribute to foreign capital.
		John Elmer Baird III was born to John Elmer Baird II and Mable Burkhalter on the 5th of October 1892 in Wymore, Nebraska.
	www.megaone.com /roots2dig4/baird.html (1688 words)

	Baird Hall -- University at Buffalo Archives
		Baird Hall and adjoining Slee Hall were conceived as the "Music Complex" on the University's North Campus.
		Officially named for Frank Baird, the patriarch of the Baird family, Baird Hall is really a reminder of the contributions Baird and his two sons gave to UB for over 65 years.
		Baird was a member of the University Council from 1920-1939, and a recipient of the 1927 Chancellor's Medal.
	ublib.buffalo.edu /libraries/units/archives/buildings/baird.html (480 words)

	Warren's Baird faces tax charge - 2/9/00
		Baird, 69, also is being investigated by the FBI over his pay and travel expenses, his involvement in a 1997 gambling raid and his management of the police overtime budget.
		Although federal agents last year seized Baird's records of the purchase and registration of the motor home in Florida, the FBI said Tuesday that the state's charges are not part of their case.
		Baird is charged with two five-year felonies and two 10-year felonies, and could pay fines totaling $20,000.
	www.detnews.com /2000/metro/0002/09/02090143.htm (624 words)

	Early TV Experiments by Baird
		Baird is 'now perfecting' a machine designed to transmit actual [moving] images.
		On January 23, 1926, John Logie Baird (of Scotland) gave the world's first public demonstration of a mechanical television apparatus to approximately 40 members of the Royal Institution at his laboratory on Frith Street.
		What is amazing, is that Baird continued to develop this set in private, in spite of the on-going World War at the time.
	www.tvhistory.tv /EarlyTVBaird.htm (396 words)

	BAIRD'S MILL IN TENNESSEE
		RIDLEY BAIRD was the grandson of WILLIAM BAIRD and had obtained the land and house from the heirs of his father, ANDREW BAIRD.
		DR MINERVA BAIRD, in her writings on the BAIRD family entitled, "BAIRD-JENNINGS FAMILIES" states that WILLIAM BAIRD came from North Carolina and built the first mill, which was on his property.
		WILLIAM BAIRD, C. CLEMENT faded from the picture, and JOHN B BAIRD, though active until his death in 1894, was not again to be a member of the firm.
	www.angelfire.com /nf/baird/mill.html (3287 words)

	The Clan Baird Society of Atlantic Canada
		Three of their sons went to Ireland and in the genealogical chapter in Col. W.T. Baird's book "Seventy Years of New Brunswick Life", the author states that his father is descended from one of these sons.
		Baird's father was probably the first Baird settler in New Brunswick He accepted a position as a school teacher in the 74th Regiment, quartered in Dublin, with the understanding that after 7 years of service in America he would receive 200 acres.
		The Baird families in the Truro area of Nova Scotia are also descended from immigrants from Ireland, although they may not be directly related.
	personal.nbnet.nb.ca /islands/clan.baird (920 words)

	Baird becomes Secretary
		In Baird's first annual report, he paid lip service to Henry's vision, but Henry's Programme of Organization for the Smithsonian and the fiction that the museum was really part of the Interior Department soon disappeared from the annual reports.
		Baird accepted new responsibilities for the Smithsonian, such as the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1879, led by John Wesley Powell.
		Baird also ensured that collections-based research was not the only form of scholarship at the Smithsonian.
	www.si.edu /archives/ihd/baird/bairdf.htm (859 words)

	The Baird Center for Children and Families (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Forty-five students arrive at the Baird School, some from Baird residential homes in the neighborhood, some from their own homes in Chittenden County and a few from as far away as Alburg and Middlebury – all with serious emotional and behavioral challenges.
		The Baird School is unique in Vermont: children ages 6 – 14 who are not able to attend classes in their home schools come to Baird for short or long term day treatment and special education.
		The Baird Center exists to bring hope to families and children who have become discouraged in their efforts to deal with emotional and behavioral challenges.
	www.howardcenter.org /Baird/24hoursbaird.htm (675 words)

	Davis Baird, new Honors College dean
		Baird, chair of the philosophy department for the past 13 years, begins his new duties July 1, replacing Peter Sederberg who will step down June 30 after 11 years as dean.
		Baird, a co-principal investigator on a large NSF-sponsored grant to study the ethical and social implications of nanotechnology, often has involved undergraduates in his research.
		Baird also is considering a peer-mentoring model in which junior and senior Honors College students would help advise freshmen and sophomores.
	www.sc.edu /usctimes/articles/2005-06/baird_new_honors_dean.html (560 words)

	John Baird
		Before he died in 1946, Baird was drafting plans for a television with 1,000 lines of resolution and he had earlier patents for television with up to 1,700 lines of resolution using interlacing technology.
		Baird made a point to be present in London for Farnsworth's demonstration of the Image Dissector and was stunned by what he saw.
		In 1937-38, Baird began to drift from the day-to-day operations of Baird Television.
	www.thocp.net /biographies/baird_john.htm (3269 words)

	AllRefer.com - Spencer Fullerton Baird (Zoology, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		While at the Smithsonian Institution (from 1850; as secretary from 1878) he supervised the building of a museum to house the collection of North American fauna that had been amassed under his guidance.
		Baird set up the Marine Biological Station at Woods Hole, Mass., organized the expeditions of the research ship Albatross, and initiated valuable studies on wildlife preservation.
		His books on birds inaugurated the so-called Baird school of ornithological description, emphasizing accurate observation of each individual.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Baird-Sp.html (251 words)

	Julianne Baird
		Julianne Baird's oeuvre of almost 100 recordings have established her, according to one music researcher, as one of the 10 most recorded women in the world.
		Among the recordings of Dr. Baird's to be released in Fall 2000 are Passionate Pavans and Galliards: The Music of John Dowland, recorded in New York’s Town Hall, and the premiere recording of the modern composer John Freeman: settings of poetry by John Donne.
		Julianne Baird was one of the original five singers who performed and recorded Bach's B-minor mass with one singer to a part-- realizing musicologist Joshua Rifkin's controversial theory of Bach's performing forces and launching a debate still current in musicological circles today.
	juliannebaird.camden.rutgers.edu /discography.htm (1436 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| Famous Iowans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William Britton Baird was born in Grand Island, Neb., and moved to Mason City as a child.
		When Baird was 7, his father gave him a puppet, and the boy turned the family attic into a place for puppet shows.
		Baird attended the University of Iowa with majors in art and biology, graduating in 1926.
	desmoinesregister.com /extras/iowans/baird.html (240 words)

	Baird takes missing children campaign to Buick Classic - PGATOUR.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Baird varies the photos by featuring a missing child each week from the area where the PGA TOUR event is being held, in the hope that some local fan may remember seeing the child and offer information which may help locate that child.
		The 31-year-old Baird ranks 37th on the 2003 PGA TOUR money list and third in the ball-striking statistical category (combination of greens in regulation and total driving, which factors distance and accuracy).
		Baird is a big part of the PGA TOUR's overall message: "Giving back is at the heart of the PGA TOUR." In Baird's case, he's giving back, and helping out.
	www.golfweb.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,6435089,00.html (619 words)

	Baird Televisor, 1930 (England) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was engineered and designed by John Logie Baird and manufactured by the Plessey company in England.
		It was purchased by television enthusiasts to watch the periodic Baird Studios/BBC broadcasts available from 1929 to 1932.
		Baird was one of the true pioneers of television.
	www.mztv.com /televisor.html (231 words)

	Bill Baird
		Baird described the contemporary abortion battle as “a holy war,” and noted that there have been over 200 firebombs and acts of vandalism against abortion providers.
		Baird was also arrested in Freehold, New Jersey in October, 1966 and sentenced to a 20-day jail term for showing a diaphragm in public.
		Baird told the audience that his fight was not limited to simply to abortion, but for the right of people to control their own lives and destiny; he also admitted to being “critical of religion,” and saw religion as an underpinning of the anti-choice movement.
	www.americanatheist.org /conv25/an1.html (742 words)

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