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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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About two months before I was booked on a holiday last summer, an exercise machine I used on a daily basis broke. About a week later my car broke down. Then my desktop computer refused to perform and had to be replaced. Driving my father's car while my own was being repaired, I got a puncture. A few days later, I got my own car back... and got a puncture. I'm on the phone to my father lamenting that everything I owned was breaking, went into the bathroom and discovered the toilet seat had broken. Shorly after that, my landline broke and my mobile had to be replaced. A light fitting in my bedroom shattered.... A few days before the holiday, so stressed out by all of this, I had a mini nervous breakdown and had to go home from work!! The holiday: The flight was delayed. On arrival at my destination I missed my rep and had to get a taxi to the hotel. Finally, that evening, relaxed and in holiday mode at last, I decided that it had been a long day and I needed an early night. I went to my room, decided to go out onto the terrace, tripped on the door step and went flying across the terrace. With my arm out to break my fall, I hit a wall and broke my wrist. In spite of this it was one of the best holidays I've ever had! Ann.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:22:24 +0000Coincidence ID:4676