The combination of silvery female soul vocals with state-of-the-art electronic production, which has been responsible for some of pop's greatest and most groundbreaking singles, from Janet Jackson to Aaliyah to Beyoncé, was pioneered right there by Summer and her two Italian producers - Moroder and Pete Bellotte.
Says John Hogan, president of homebuilder Viscaya Development Group in Atlanta, I wouldnt be a pioneer right now in terms of searching in transitional areas. Instead, he explains, there are opportunities in markets that have held their value.
We've all seen the advantages of a single stream of information, whether it's email and then IM as Gmail pioneered, or email and IM and micromessages as is being pioneered right now.
We're building the next generation of great global pioneering companies right here on British soil.
And – huge 1.3 billion person domestic market aside that's what is making China such a Mecca for scrappy, pioneering entrepreneurs right now.
Ani Zonneveld, founder of Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV), a pioneering human rights organization in the fight for LGBTQ Muslim rights, called the shooting "a moment for the traditional Muslim communities to put their money where their mouth is".
So why does the pioneering human-rights organisation want us to return to old-fashioned letter-writing for its Write for Rights campaign?
That is partly what inspired his monthly party, which is named Mattachine, after the pioneering gay rights group, the Mattachine Society, which was founded in 1950 by Harry Hay.
In Nepal, Sunil Babu Pant, a pioneering gay rights activist and politician, sounds upbeat as he outlines recent legal victories there.
Once it looked like hype, but now those pioneers seem right: the internet really has changed the world completely – and us along with it.
