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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Foremostly I owe much to my late wife Jude, for her
shared passion and support. Our days were all too short
together. I also want to acknowledge my late father, who
was so proud of what I had achieved and never held back
from expressing it. I also extend my gratitude to Harry and
Dulcie Alcock for their time, patience and wonderful
lunches.
Thanks also to Philip English of the New Zealand
Herald, who kicked off what has become media interest
when he agreed to publish my articles about the lunar
theory, and subsequently suggested I write this book.
I am also appreciative of Darren Greenwood
(Northland Times) and Cliff Ashby(Rodney Times), Brian
Burmester(Pakuranga Times)Karen Mangnall(Western
Leader) and the other papers since, who agreed to publicise
the work in the way of syndicated monthly foecasts
and interest articles.
Special thanks too, to Mary Crockett, for her watchful
editing eye, Alan Watson and Colin Covey for technical
assistance, and John Meyer, Daniel McCaffrey, Paul
Gittins and Peter Garland for helpful suggestions.
Last but by no means least; thanks to all who have
written articles and books that I have been able to source
and quote from, listed in the following pages. As there are
so many, I hope I will be forgiven for my not first asking
direct permission in writing, and that my thanks and the
listing here is acceptable. -KR
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