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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
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When I retired to Penistone in Yorkshire I researched my family history including three brothers who were the first European settlers in Otago, New Zealand, where they established a whaling station. I posted a request for information on a New Zealand genealogical website. Daphne responded and provided information and also told me that as a child she had sometimes played in the trypot on the quayside at Timaru which the brothers had used for rendering the whale blubber. I thanked her for all her help and said that if she had any English ancestors I would gladly endeavour to help her with research. I had never mentioned where I lived, so imagine our surprise when she told me that she wished to research her mother's forebears who came from a place in Yorkshire called Penistone.
Date submitted:Sat, 19 May 2012 20:44:26 +0000Coincidence ID:6371
