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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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I can't list all the times I have experienced coincidence, and often something in a positive, useful or good way: you lose something, but find something similar or equally useful. Or something difficult occurs, and the next thing you know it turns out to be a blessing. Consider this: When I resigned my job as exec director of a small charity in 2001, two weeks later I had to fly home to the USA as my mother had a heart attack, sadly she passed away, and it meant I had to spend a great deal of time helping my brother to sort through her estate. My resignation was a blessing in disguise - at a difficult time it freed me from one stressor that would have been very difficult to deal with.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:27:05 +0000Coincidence ID:5060