Cindy Levering, a retired consulting actuary, was chatting with her dental hygienist recently about how being conscientious (i.e. flossing your teeth daily) adds to your life expectancy.

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Recently, I was on BBC World News to discuss the eurozone debt crisis and how the Chinese middle class can help re-balance the Western economies.

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