How many guitarists are so admired that they are mentioned, by name, in a work of fiction? Mark Knopfler has an extraordinary ability to make a Schecter Custom Stratocaster hoot and sing like angels on a Saturday night, exhausted from being good all week and needing a stiff drink.. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams.
Development Stage. DEFINITION of 'Development Stage'. A company that is in a preliminary or early state of its corporate life. A development stage company is characterized by its focus on early-stage business activities, such as research and development, market research or construction of manufacturing facilities.
Child development refers to the process in which children go through changes in skill development during predictable time periods, called developmental milestones. Developmental delay occurs when children have not reached these milestones by the expected time period.