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  Morgan Robertson Attorney at Law: Wills, Probate, Contract, Real Estate, Licensed Mediator.
Morgan M. Robertson, born in Athens, Georgia, November 24, 1947, is a graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee (B.A., 1969), and the University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 1974).
Robertson serves on the vestry of the Anglican Church of Our Redeemer, and is recently retired as a Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves (JAGC).
Robertson Bodoh and Nasrallah, LLP is a law firm located in Marietta, Georgia within the Atlanta metro area with substantial experience in the state and federal court systems of Georgia, Florida and the southeastern United States.
www.rbnlaw.com /attys/robertson.shtml   (280 words)

  
  Morgan Robertson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morgan Robertson (September 30, 1861 - March 24, 1915) was a well-known American author of short stories and novels, and the inventor of the periscope.
In response, Robertson showed the officials a model of one that he claimed to have already patented.
In 1914 Robertson also wrote a novel called "Beyond the Spectrum", which forecast a future war between the United States and Japan, a popular subject at the time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morgan_Robertson   (346 words)

  
 Morgan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morgan is both a given name and a surname, as well as the name of several places.
The surname Morgan is of Welsh origin, meaning "of the sea", and is a popular family name in that country.
Morgan (unit), a unit of recombinant frequency in genetics (the centimorgan is most frequently used)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morgan   (608 words)

  
 TitanicBookSite.com: Morgan Robertson
Robertson’s prophetic story of a great passenger liner, claimed unsinkable, which strikes an iceberg and sinks with horrific loss of life.
“Morgan Robertson, Shipmate” by a friend from Robertson’s early years at sea, whose name is withheld by request.
Robertson, Morgan and Ian Stevenson, M.D. The Wreck of the Titan, or Futility; and The Paranormal Experiences Connected with the Sinking of the Titanic
titanicbooksite.com /RobertsonMorgan.html   (1077 words)

  
 Morgan Robertson's "Futility/Wreck of the Titan/Beyond the Spectrum"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Morgan Robertson's "Futility/Wreck of the Titan/Beyond the Spectrum"
When Robertson wrote Futility, there were no ships anywhere near the size of Titanic in use, or being built.
Robertson's future war begins in the month of December (much like the actual WW II, which began in December) when the Japanese stage a sneak attack on Hawaii.
members.aol.com /ken63728/morgan.htm   (286 words)

  
 Titanic - Futility by Morgan Robertson
Robertson's novel features a ship, the Titan, '..which was the largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men'.
Morgan Robertson's Titan hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean and sank.
Morgan Robertson republished Futility after the sinking of the Titanic with some notable changes suggesting that he was trying to cash in on the Titanic disaster.
www.historyonthenet.com /Titanic/futility.htm   (185 words)

  
 04/01/96 FALL OF THE WIZARD
Robertson blushes, his mood visibly darkening, when he is told of the negative comments concerning his temper, his overcontrolling management style, and particularly his relationship with Stern.
Robertson took issue was the assertion that he no longer "visits corporate managements, and most of his extensive travel during the year is spent educating himself about currency and interest rate trends." In objecting to the article, Mr.
Robertson stated that all of the individuals who worked at Tiger at that time (with the exception of one who is deceased) have specifically denied to his counsel that such an incident ever occurred.
www.businessweek.com /@@nyC*d2cA3exkQAEA/1996/14/b34692.htm   (2396 words)

  
 Morgan Robertson: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Morgan Robertson (September 30 1861 - March 24 1915) was a well-known American American quick summary:
American, when used as an adjective, can mean "of the united states of america" or "of or relating to the americas"; when used as a noun, "united states citizen",...
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally maximum 20 years from the...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/morgan_robertson.htm   (546 words)

  
 Blackstone Audiobooks - Unabridged Audiobooks on Tape CD and MP3-CD for Purchase and Rental   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Robertson loaded his ship with rich and complacent people and then wrecked it one cold April night on an iceberg.
Robertson's story, fourteen years before the historic event it presaged, parallels the descriptions of the Titanic with psychic precision.
Robertson draws upon his own rich and wild experience as a seaman on the Atlantic to weave a narrative interspersed with colloquial dialogue, bringing to life the conflicts between the rich merchants who rely upon shipping and the sailing men hardened by the hazards of the sea relied upon to chart their courses.
www.blackstoneaudio.com /audiobook.cfm?id=2284   (318 words)

  
 Alibris: Morgan Robertson
Robertson draws upon his own rich and wild experience as a seaman on the Atlantic to write a collection of sea tales including: The Hairy Devil (sea horror), Slumber of the Soul (submerged personality), Survival of the Fittest (miraculous seamanship).
Morgan Robertson was a famous sea story writer of the era.
Morgan Robertson is the author who many believe predicted the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 with his book The Titan in 1898.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Morgan_Robertson   (425 words)

  
 Morgan Robertson y el Titanic - Inkoherence
Un desconocido escritor y antiguo marinero, Morgan Robertson, escribió en 1898, 14 años antes del hundimiento del Titanic, una novela ("Futility") sobre el transatlantico más grande y lujoso construido hasta la fecha.
En la obra de Robertson aquel barco, también se hundía al chocar con un iceberg, dejando a penas unos cuantos supervivientes.
Googleando un poco sobre el tema, me he topado con este interesante artículo de "El Nuevo Cojo Ilustrado" que además explicar algunos pormenores de la vida de Robertson, detalla un poco más estas y otras coincidencias relacionadas.
www.inkoherence.com /index.php?noticia_id=149   (1474 words)

  
 What Was Then - Titanic
In 1898 Morgan wrote a novel that at the time was seen as so far-fetched as to not be believable.
Robertson’s book was not well received since to the public at the time the story seemed too fantastic to even be an entertaining read.
The Titan, in Robertson novel was 70,000 tons to the real ship’s 66,000 and the number of passengers meant that less than half had room provided for them on the lifeboats.
www.whatwasthen.com /titanic.html   (457 words)

  
 TheStreet.com: Eye of the Tiger Turns to Robertson's Succession Plan
But Robertson's wife is being treated for cancer, according to one person close to Tiger, and potential successors are walking out the door.
Robertson's favorite, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (MWD:NYSE), seemed an ideal partner until last fall's Long Term Capital Management debacle, which made even the boldest Wall Street banks fear shareholder backlash and hedge fund lending risk showing up on their books.
Morgan Stanley declined to comment on whether it had been approached as a possible minority investor in Tiger, citing client confidentiality.
www.thestreet.com /stocks/brokerages/756525.html   (1061 words)

  
 Museum d'histoire surnaturelle - Ethnologie
It is likely that Robertson, a spiritualist known for his knowledge of the occult and the invisible world, significantly 'amplified' the magic power of the Hand.
In 1912, at around 50 years of age, Morgan Robertson asked the Hand to ensure that at least one of his novels would go down in history.
Morgan Robertson's quest for fame cost more than 1,500 people their lives.
surnateum.org /English/surnateum/collection/demonologie/talismain.htm   (1129 words)

  
 MORGAN COUNTY CITIZEN: ACTION weighs fallout of damaging audit   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Karen Robertson, Morgan County Family Connections coordinator and ACTION board secretary, said she was hopeful after the meeting.
Morgan County ACTION official Daisy Benford said she knew some February applications hadn’t been paid by ACTION, although she did not know the exact number of clients who hadn’t received their funding from the payment program.
Morgan County is part of a 10-county Northeast Georgia region that falls under ACTION’s aegis.
morgancountycitizen.com /gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid:2879   (491 words)

  
 Merrill to cut staff - Mar. 30, 2001
New York-based J.P. Morgan Chase  (JPM: Research, Estimates) has already made half of the 5,000 job cuts it planned as part of the $33 billion merger of Chase Manhattan Corp. and J.P. Morgan and Co., and expects to complete the task this year.
Robertson Stephens, the securities unit of FleetBoston Financial Corp., laid off about 80 people, or 5 percent of its work force, during the first part of last week.
Earlier this month, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Co. asked managers of various divisions of the company to compile lists of employees who could be laid off.
money.cnn.com /2001/03/30/news/merrill   (418 words)

  
 The Titan & the Titanic
It was as though something had put the idea into the head of Morgan Robertson, some Source of Intelligence that knew the future in precise detail.
The more I read of Morgan Robertson and 'The Titan', the more I became convinced that his inspiration was entirely analogous to the way we had been shown the exact details of the destruction of Pan Am 103 in the car chassis code prior to the disaster.
If Morgan Robertson was indeed inspired with a knowledge of the future, perhaps so was Alexander Sirdar III, when he got his idea to write a novel about a hypothetical American nuclear power station disaster.
www.lux-aeterna.co.nz /Titan.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Morgan the Wonder Cat
Morgan definitely was a pet in need, a stray who had strayed into an illegal leg-hold trap in Milford, Massachusetts a month before.
Morgan points at the food bowl, steady on like a hound dog, until Dick picks her up and scratches her under the chin and belly.
Morgan supervises as Dick puts food into her bowl, and when he holds it over her she comes over and faces him.
www.millermicro.com /morgan.html   (605 words)

  
 The Ones That Brung Us
Reuben Boyd ROBERTSON was born on Dec 9 1899 in Boonesvile, Wise Co., Texas.
ROBERTSON was born on Feb 10 1886 in Arkansas.
Tella Franklin ROBERTSON was born UNKNOWN in Unknown.
www.cookshangout.com /database/d396.html   (858 words)

  
 TitanicBookSite.com: Morgan Robertson Article
Modern myth has it that Morgan Robertson was the man who foretold the Titanic disaster.
His book, Futility, published in 1898, famously recounted the wreck of the mighty Titan, which struck an iceberg on her way to New York and was lost with many lives.
Certainly there are parallels with his story of the Titan, Captained by a man named Bryce, and with a hero named Rowland who is rescued by a ship named the Peerless.
www.titanicbooksite.com /article_robertson_prophet.html   (1904 words)

  
 The Titanic Conspiracy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This novel in its opening chapters, has a large and luxurious steamship with four funnels plowing at top speed, oblivious to all, striking an iceberg with a fatal glancing blow to her starboard bow, sending nearly all aboard to their graves at the bottom of the icy Atlantic.
Robertson saw in the imminent future setting of his novel global warfare with Japan as the aggressor in the Pacific and beam weapon technology.
Robertson’s novel Futility was perhaps better known by its alternate title, The Wreck of the Titan.
iresist.com /cbg/The_Titanic_Conspiracy.html   (733 words)

  
 Thomas Dolby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Dolby (born Thomas Morgan Robertson, on 14 October 1958, in London England) is a British musician, best known for his 1982 synth pop hit "She Blinded Me With Science".
He is also a successful session musician, music producer, inventor and entrepreneur, whose company Beatnik, Inc. created the polyphonic ringtone software used in over 100 million mobile telephones.
Dolby Laboratories was reportedly very displeased with Robertson using the company name as his own stage name and sued him, trying to stop him from using the name Dolby entirely.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Dolby   (996 words)

  
 UNT Libraries: Music Library, Robert Graettinger Research Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Robert Graettinger Research Collection was donated to the UNT Music Library in the Fall of 2001 by Robert Morgan, UNT alumnus and Graettinger biographer.
Morgan to Dave Robertson (musician and close friend of Graettinger, late ‘40s until his death), 8/73
Morgan to Pete Venudor (Kenton scholar; Holland), 6/73
www.library.unt.edu /music/kenton/graettinger.htm   (603 words)

  
 Titan/Titanic=Coincidence?
In 1898 Morgan Robertson wrote Futility, The Wreck of the Titan, a novel of greed, pride and stupidity.
In 1912 the Titanic, a transatlantic luxury liner widely touted as unsinkable strikes an iceburg and sinks with great loss of life on her maiden voyage.
Robertson later wrote a book, Beyond the Spectrum, that described a future war fought with aircraft that carried "sun bombs".
www.nashvillewebreview.com /automat/fort/titan.htm   (169 words)

  
 Arctic Science Journeys: Research Boosts Qiviut Production
Just how slowly was evident one recent day at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Large Animal Research Station, as graduate researcher Morgan Robertson tried to coax two musk ox--named Red and Brown--to their feet.
ROBERTSON: "It's the Native word for the underwool of the musk ox, which is this soft light gray wool.
So, for her master's degree, Morgan Robertson studied ways to boost qiviut production among the University of Alaska's 80 captive musk ox.
www.uaf.edu /seagrant/NewsMedia/99ASJ/10.29.99_Qiviut.html   (636 words)

  
 lost that loving feeling - Results & Details 2004/05
Gerrard, Impey, Robertson, Morgan, Hjelde (Doig 6), Jess, Evans, Reid, Rogers, Johnson, King (Commons 75)
Gerrard, Louis-Jean, Robertson, Morgan, Dawson, Bopp (Taylor 62), Evans, Jess (Perch 62), Rogers (Commons 88), King 2, Johnson
Gerrard, Thompson (Westcarr 84), Robertson, Morgan, Dawson, Rogers, Impey (Commons 62), Bopp, Derry, Johnson 2, Harris
www.ltlf.co.uk /04-05/results.htm   (783 words)

  
 Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The creator of this month's quirky Classic Track from 1983 was born Thomas Morgan Robertson on october 14, 1958, in Cairo, Egypt (he's the son of a British archeologist).
Robertson went to college to study meteorology and was nicknamed Dolby by schoolmates for his outside interests, and the nickname stuck.
Beatnik has also been involved in a number of educational programs and recently sponsored a contest, with the Ex'pression Center for New Media in Emeryville, Calif., in which students were given the chance to remix "She Blinded Me With Science," using both new and original elements in different combinations.
bg.mixonline.com /ar/audio_thomas_dolbys_she   (1383 words)

  
 Match Report 20
Fulton, Andrews, England and both Woods were missing as we kicked off 2004 with Michie in goal, Wood, Marlow, C.Robertson and Sim in defence, Keith, S.Robertson, Morgan and N.Milne in midfield behind strikers Westland and E.Milne.
In 35 Glendale levelled and of course the script had already been written it was Merchant who fired in the equaliser.
Morgan had failed to get distance on a header and the red head hit a good volley past Michie.
www.geocities.com /halliburtonafc/Report_020_03_04.htm   (597 words)

  
 SCOTT'S TITANIC WEBSITE
Robertson's fictional liner weighed 70,000 tons and measured 800 feet in length.
Both ocean liners were able to travel speeds of up to 25 knots, were capable of carrying 3,000 passengers, yet each only carried enough lifeboats for a fraction of that number.
It is my hope that others may be inspired by the mystique of the Titanic, just as I have.
humber.northnet.org /mytitanicwebsite   (331 words)

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