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[2] Journal of the Early Settlers' and Historical Association of Wellington, Volume I, Issue 2, 1912/13. ³ Journal of the Early Settlers' and Historical Association of Wellington, Volume I, Issue 2, 1912/13.

[3] www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk

[4] from http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/Past.htm This is backed up in the following account http://canterburyhttp://canterbury-cathedral.org/community/bellringers.htmlcathedral.org/community/bellringers.html

[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel_Bell_Foundry lists the master founders of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry from 1420 to 1997.

[6] http://www.towerbells.org/data/IXfoundryWhitechapel.html

[7] www.casebook.org/ripper_media/book_reviews/non-fiction/cjmorley/44.html (accessed Nov 2012)

[8] From http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5s38/1, Biography note by Julia Brooke-White

[9] From http://niddfamily.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/edwin-and-mary-bannister-and-family.html accessed August 2012

[10] NZ Truth on 21 January 1911

[11] Wanganui Chronicle on 10 August 1910

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The Greatest Dining Experience Ever in Bangkok

A short story

The Bangkok Sky-train, that repetition of great, grey megaliths of ferroconcrete looms above us.

All along the main roads, under the overhead railway above, small igloo tents and market stalls provide a carnival atmosphere to Bangkok. It’s like a giant school fete - except that people are getting killed – half a dozen shot and a couple of grenades lobbed-in to date.

Periodically, as we pass along the pedestrian thronged roads, closed to all but involved vehicles, we encounter flattop trucks mounted with huge video screens or deafening loud speakers.

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Memory

Our memories are fundamental to who we are. All our knowledge and all our skills and other abilities reside in memory. As a consequence so do all our: beliefs; tastes; loves; hates; hopes; and fears.

Yet our memories are neither permanent nor unchangeable and this has many consequences. Not the least of these is the bearing memory has on our truthfulness.

According to the Macquarie Dictionary a lie is: "a false statement made with intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood - something intended or serving to convey a false impression". So when we remember something that didn't happen, perhaps from a dream or a suggestion made by someone else, or we forget something that did happen, we are not lying when we falsely assert that it happened or truthfully deny it.

The alarming thing is that this may happen quite frequently without our noticing. Mostly this is trivial but when it contradicts someone else's recollections, in a way that has serious legal or social implications, it can change lives or become front page news.

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Climate Change - a Myth?

Back in 2015 a number of friends and acquaintances told me that Climate Change is a myth.

Half a decade on and some still hold that view. So here I've republished a slightly longer version of the same article.

Obviously the doubters are talking about 'Anthropogenic Global Warming', not disclaiming actual changes to the climate. For those of us of a 'certain age' our own experience is sufficient to be quite sure of that the climate is continuously changing. During our lifetimes the climate has been anything but constant. Else what is drought and flood relief about? And the ski seasons have definitely been variable.

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