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2008-02-14 -Lurid Crime Tales-

OH NO - did Global Warming kill off Nessie??

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Posted by lotp 2008-02-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I can hardly believe Robert Rines has wasted 40 years of his life searching for a 'pipe dream' in the belief of "Nessie"!! I guess he'll add this quest to the list of embarrassing searches such as by Ponce Deleon for the 'Fountain Of Youth' in Florida, and the Ark Of The Covenant by Hitler. What a f***** waste!

Posted by smn 2008-02-14 05:18|| 2008-02-14 05:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Poor fishing or not, Rines time has been well spent I'd say.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Robert Rines holds a Bachelor in Sciences from M.I.T., received a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in 1946 and did his Ph.D. thesis at National Chiao Tung University in 1972. During World War II, Rines served as a U.S. Army Signal Corps officer and helped develop the Microwave Early Warning System. His inventions underlie high-resolution image-scanning radar that was used in the Gulf War, and ultrasound scanning used in the search for the wrecks of the Titanic and the Bismarck. The technology has also been used for ultrasound imaging in the body, and in a 1972 expedition to locate the Loch Ness Monster.

In March of 2004, Rines received the Boston Patent Law Association "Lifetime Achievement Award" for his contributions to the field of Intellectual Property. Rines also was inducted as member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1994 and the U.S. Army Signal Corps Wall of Fame. He is also the founder of the Academy of Applied Science, a Massachusetts and New Hampshire based organization dedicated to the promotion of science, technology and inventions, particularly among high school students.

Rines founded the Franklin Pierce Law Center, a private law school located in Concord, New Hampshire. Robert Rines has been a lecturer at Harvard University and M.I.T. and served on Technical Advisory Board of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Rines is also an accomplished musician and composer. Rines musical career started early. His musical ability was demonstrated when Rines, age eleven, played a violin duet with Albert Einstein at summer camp in Maine. As a composer he has written music for both Broadway and off-Broadway shows. Rines composed music for Blast and Bravos, a play on the life of H.E. Menkin. Also composed scores for O'Casey's Drums Under the Windows, O'Neill's Long Voyage Home, Strindberg's Creditors and claims he shared an Emmy Award with playwright Paul Shyre in 1987 for the television and later Broadway play Hizzoner the Mayor.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-14 06:36|| 2008-02-14 06:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Scholar, scientist, lawyer, musician, inventor. Sounds like a true Renaissance man, with a somewhat wacky hobby of monster hunting.

Posted by Steve 2008-02-14 07:40|| 2008-02-14 07:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Nessie hunting is as good an excuse as I would need to hang around pubs in Scotland partaking of their beverages.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-02-14 08:03|| 2008-02-14 08:03|| Front Page Top

#5 At least searches for Nessie were grounded in field observation. Global warming lacks this sort of scientific basis.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-02-14 10:43|| 2008-02-14 10:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Rennaisanse man, presisely what I always axpired to be, but for obvious ressons.....

Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-14 10:45|| 2008-02-14 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Today's rantburg word is axpired.
Axpired - to desire above all else something gone from the scene for hundreds of years.

i.e. I axpired to do Helen of Troy.

Posted by wxjames 2008-02-14 10:59|| 2008-02-14 10:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Whahahahhahah James!

Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-14 11:47|| 2008-02-14 11:47|| Front Page Top

#9 I learn something new every day at the Burg. ;-)

Posted by lotp 2008-02-14 14:01|| 2008-02-14 14:01|| Front Page Top

#10 James, I'm so using that in a conversation sometime this week.

Posted by Chalres 2008-02-14 14:32|| 2008-02-14 14:32|| Front Page Top

#11 heh who knows maybe Robert Rines and Willie Nelson can join forces and ~~perplex each other~~ chase some Smoke together..

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-14 17:03|| 2008-02-14 17:03|| Front Page Top

#12
#7
btw, the propre speling for the woid is axespired, thankyee!

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-14 17:06|| 2008-02-14 17:06|| Front Page Top

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