Your wish is my command!

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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 am a Spanish teacher and was shopping in a well-known supermarket. As I went through the check-out I saw a small ads notice board and the thought just went through my head to ask the customer services if I could put an advert re language tutoring. She said it wasn't normally allowed for businesses to advertise, but she would let me have an advert for just one week! Two days later I got a call from a lady who was desperately seeking a Spanish teacher for her grand-daughter. She had been looking everywhere for one and had been so grateful and happy to see my advert. Was it the vibes that she was sending out that made me place that advert?
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:57:13 +0000Coincidence ID:4658