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1H BCR of S&D zone
Price has just BCR'd the S&D zone on the 1H, If we get a continuation - enter on the third bullish candle. Sniper system is onside on the 4H and 1H. R/R - 1.2 Approx.
Propulsion Trade - Stronger USD than the Swiss
Propulsion Trade USD looks stronger than Swiss at the moment Decent levels at the 0% and 50% Moving averages nicely fanning out upwards on the 1h and 4h TF. A perfect 2XATR pullback Great RR, a 51 pip Tp and a 32 pip SL Looks good to me, even though there were better levels, the levels were adjusted to come close to a 2XATR pullback. Do not trade blindly if it doesn't meet your trading strategy/rules. Comments/suggestions/criticism welcome.
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Republican Peter King of New York and Democrat Mike Thompson of California plan to introduce a replicated version of the Senate gun bill in the House next week.
"I will be introducing, along with Mike Thompson, basically the House version of the Manchin-Toomey bill on Monday or Tuesday at the latest," King said.
King said imposing mandatory gun purchase background checks on the American people is the "best route to go." He admitted working closely with Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania on the House version of the Senate bill. If passed, it will impose de facto firearms registration ahead of eventual confiscation.
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King said none of his House colleagues have voiced support for the House bill, but explained "when the time comes, if it comes to a vote, there will be significant support among Republicans" to undermine the Constitution.
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So far, King is the only House Republican to support the House version. He represents a suburban Long Island district where residents support weakening the Second Amendment rights of Americans who own firearms.
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I'm planning to ask for Christmas to be offered an SBC. As you can guess by the title, I have a huge hesitation between Rpi 3B+ and Asus TB.
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- Some retrogaming, but don't plan to install a specific distribution for this (possible on non retropie and non recallbox OS ?)
- Installing various linux distribution to try them (never tried ArchLinux, would give it a shot)
So what can you tell me about this ?
Do I really need the power of Asus TB ? Or is Rpi 3B+ enough ?
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Spoiler alert: If you don't want to know what happened in Sunday's night's Season 3 finale of "Downton Abbey," read no further.
Because PBS chooses to air "Downton Abbey" months after the series is shown in the UK, news of the gut-wrenching death of a fan favorite had been all over the Internet long before Sunday's Season 3 finale.
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:17 pm
Post subject: Waddell Tips
I was wondering if any of the Waddell veterans would be kind enough to share some of their tips. I have been out there around 4 times. The first couple of times were really fun with 4-6 feet and steady winds. The last time was brutal, quite frankly. It was 10-12 ft, fairly holely inside, and I just could get outside for the life of me. These were the biggest waves in which I have ever been out, with all of my wave sailing previously being under head high. There is a huge differrence between head high and 10-12. Aside from much larger waves than I was used to and holely inside wind, there didn't seem to be any channels or gaps to get through. That left me relying upon and hoping for a lucky break to get out. On the day when I was there, all of the windsurfers were lauching as far upwind as possible and bearing off. Even though I got pretty worked last time, I am determined and looking forward to getting out there again this week as it looks like a really promising set up for the coast. It is also great to be involved with a sport that is still challenging after 20 years!
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:21 pm
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Head South to Davenport. Real waves and you'll learn the sport.
Avoid Wadell.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:50 am
Post subject: Re: Waddell Tips
Waddell is the real deal. I kite now, but its the same thing. Like most great save spots (e.g. Diamond Head, Hokipa), it can get fluckie inside. Waddell can get like that when the wind has a lot of north in it. The best is when it is more on shore. Kiting is just like windsurfing there. Waddell has no channel - particularily when its bigger. Two things will get you to the outside: (1) watch the waves - Waddell tends to have very predicatable sets - wait for it to calm down - and it will - look at the horizon - this is where the waves that are going to eat you up are when you launch - I'd wait to get into the water; (2) when you see it flatten, get in the water fast, and hammer down wind - go as fast as you can - don't cut up into the waves as you might get over the first one, but the next one will get you because you don't have speed. Waddell is always stronger offshore - sometimes only as far as 25 yards off the beach. So you will pick up any ground you lost on the outisde very easily. Good luck. Davenport is great too. Very different. Doesn't provide the jumping potential that Waddell does.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:31 pm
Post subject: Waddell's not friendly
I would agree with the comment about going to Davenport, its much better for the not so experienced in the surf, especially when its big. Davenport usually has a channel, and doen't break hard like Waddell. I've been sailing Waddell for 22years and have found Hookipa with mast high surf to be tame compared to Waddell with the same size.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:03 pm
Post subject: You windsurf in the ocean off of California!!!???!!!
Both sailing sites are horribly cold and shark infested. No one should ever try to windsurf there unless they are insane. Besides the waves are aweful and the wind is fluky. I'm sticking to sailing the bay on my 12.5 meter sail.
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I wouldn't worry about the cold or sharks. 4.3 all year around, no hood no booties and nothing has fallen off yet.
However, the tourists on 1 are terrifying.
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Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 12:31 pm
Post subject: Re: You windsurf in the ocean off of California!!!???!!!
windsurfer7 wrote:
Both sailing sites are horribly cold and shark infested. No one should ever try to windsurf there unless they are insane. Besides the waves are aweful and the wind is fluky. I'm sticking to sailing the bay on my 12.5 meter sail.
Why would you even bother responding to this post? Anyone who would rather be on a 12.5m2 sail is obviously not looking for the same aspect of the sport as someone who is talking about wave sailing in ANY conditions.
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Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 1:01 pm
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Sorry upper reef davenport was firing pretty hard that week and I think I might have been in a slight daze when I wrote that last post.
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Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 3:34 pm
Post subject: I'm with windsurfer7
Nothing like screaming back and forth on a 12m race sail at Larkspur.
Warm water, no sharks, San Quentin in the backround.
Now that's winsurfin'.
Leave the wave sailing to the kooks.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 4:43 pm
Post subject: Wedell sensor and Davenport wind
Anyone has an idea how does Wedell sensor readings compare to the actual wind in Davenport ? On Sunday Wedell was showing gusts up till 40s (on the water should be even more according to the sensor notes) but I don't think it was that strong in Davenport.
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Dancing With The Stars Kym Johnson And Tristan MacManus Attend And Dance At Pittsburgh Wedding Clickers Bridal Show
Over the weekend, Kym Johnson attended the Wedding Clickers.com 's Bridal Show in Pittsburgh. She lit up the event with interviews and even danced with Dancing With The Stars troupe member Tristan MacManus. Gladys Magazine was there to cover the event. They asked Kym on her recent win on Dancing With Stars with Hines Ward. They also asked Kym where she trained for dancing and her favorite kind of dance. They ask on her greatest inspiration which you can read more of below.
Gladys Magazine: Obviously you trained for a while before Dancing With The Stars. Where did you train, and what is your favorite style of dance?
Kym Johnson: "I started in Australia, so I actually started in ballet, jazz, tap, and all of that kind of stuff. I got into ballroom when I was 13, and then I moved to London and did some training there. So, that's basically where it all began. My favorite style is more of the ballroom ones, like the "fox trot" and I love all of the Fred and Ginger moves."
GM: Our magazine is inspirational based. Who is your inspiration? Who inspires you?
KJ: "My mom. She comes out to L.A. a lot. She is an incredibly strong and beautiful woman, and she definitely inspires me!"
Below are some videos of Kym and Tristan dancing. They work it well together, don't they? Hot! 😀
You can read more and see some gorgeous pictures of Kym with Gladys Magazine ….HERE. For some beautiful pics of Kym dancing with Tristan, be sure to see a cool slide show at WPXI.com.
EDIT TO ADD: Thanks to PureDWTS reader Magnolia for this video. You can see the two dancing as well as being interviewed. Tristan mentions dancing this upcoming Season and more. So cute!


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One-Eyed Cat: Norse Paganism & Northern European Witchcraft
This is the magic of Freyja and I am her völva: a seer, priestess and oracle.
Sharing wisdom taught directly by the Norse Gods over twenty years of practice, I teach safer seiðr / seidr / seidhr (Norse trance work and fate-magic), reverent animism, and deeper workings with the Gods and land spirits through respect for all life and peoples. We'll also explore the wider Eurasian influences on central and northern European religion.
Autumn Offerings to Freyr: Heathen Harvest Lord
Americans still haven't celebrated our secular harvest holiday yet (Thanksgiving)-- which marks the unofficial change from autumn to winter, even if the official shift falls on the Solstice. So I think it's still appropriate to honor Freyr, especially at lower latitudes.
Some seasonal-appropriate offerings:
- alcohol (mead or honey wine, barley liquor, and golden wines work nicely)
- honey or maple syrup (raw honey with pollen is more potent)
- grain (barley, cracked wheat, oats, a prepared bowl of oatmeal or a sheaf of grain)
- late harvest fruits (such as apples or persimmons)
- bread or baked goods
- incense (masculine and earthy, can be slightly sweet; cedar and piñon work well)
- beeswax candles
- yellow flowers (chrysanthemums, late roses or sunflowers)
- a "corn dolly", wheat weaving or wreath (golden ribbons are excellent)
Offerings that you've grown or made yourself work best; if you can't grow flowers, potted ones that you can plant later are appreciated. To dedicate an offering, you can simply place it on an altar or private place outdoors and say, "I dedicate this offering of [x] to [x]."
When it's time to remove the offerings, I recommend putting them into your garden, at the base of plants (particularly ones that could use a little help), or scattering them somewhere unobtrusive outdoors, such as a field, under a bush, or base of a tree.
And please don't ever leave a burning candle unattended.
The photo comes from a previous year's autumn altar to the Vanir, Thor and Sif, with an icon, sheaf and braided wheat crown I made.
For more information on Freyr, I recommend reading the work of Hilda Ellis Davidson.
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Three words: debt ceiling negotiations.
While our countrywomen have making all of us proud over in Germany, stateside, our mostly male government officials have been pig headedly using America's fiscal future as a political bargaining chip. (I'm surprised that Republicans haven't yet demanded that we ban all abortions and birth control as part of the "compromise).
It's a bummer for our US women that they won't have the visible support of the President or Vice President during the championship game, and part of me thinks that if the men were in the World Cup Championship, that the President sure as hell would take Air Force One to Germany for a few hours and just Skype the debt ceiling negotiations. Or he could at least have sent Joe, in Air Force Two.
The President tweeted his support earlier today,
"Sorry I can't be there to see you play, but I'll be cheering you on from here. Let's go. - BO."
Our nation's highest ranking female government official won't be making the trip, either.
While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can't attend the game in the flesh because she's in Greece trying to help avert financial crisis there, she'll be paying attention.
"I am going to be watching" on television, Clinton told Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou during a visit to Athens today. "I'm so excited. I am so proud of the U.S. women."
She added,
"The game that they played against Brazil, which Bill and I watched on the Internet, was one of the best soccer games I've ever seen."
Something about the image of Bill and Hillary Clinton huddled together behind a computer monitor watching the US women beat Brazil warms the cockles of my black heart.
She also called the team this morning, informing them that she'd made a bet with her Japanese counterpart (although she didn't specify what the bet was) and yelled "Go USA!" at the end of a Greek press conference earlier today.
With Hillary Clinton unable to attend and Joe and Barry engaged in a neverending shouting match, America's official delegation at the Women's World Cup Championship game in Dresden includes Joe's wife Dr. Jill Biden and Chelsea Clinton.
Coverage of the game has already begun. You can watch on your friendly local television, or follow here.
Watching the game? Talk about it here!
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I've been playing with something new in the kitchen.
Have you seen one of these before?
It's unique looking don't you think. And big. It's hard to tell by this photo, but it's quite large. Especially the bowl. Over seven quarts… Could be good for big batch baking.
It's called an Assistent Original.
And it's been made in Ankarsrum, Sweden for decades.
But I just saw it for the first time last year, when a sweet reader that works at the company in Ankarsrum emailed me and asked if I'd like to play with one. I was fascinated by the look of it, so I said sure.
I love that it comes in pastel colors. That kinda sold me on wanting one.
And these double beaters are cool, too.
I used the roller and scraper function though to make a cookie dough.
I was trying to decide what to make with it the first time, and it only seemed right to go for a Swedish influenced recipe.
After searching online for Swedish cookies, I found recipes for Pepparkakor, Sandbakelser and Drömkakor … Or these Swedish Dream Cookies.
So cute. They're like light airy sugar cookies, but not really soft. That didn't stop me from eating them one after the other though. They're kind of addictive actually and I had an immediate desire to dip them in coffee like I do with Biscoff cookies when I fly Delta. I think they'd soak up beautifully and dissolve in your mouth.
This machine works different than my Kitchenaid. Here the bowl spins at different speeds. And the scraper and roller interact with the ingredients as the bowl rotates. Very interesting.
Gotta say, the scraper was mesmerizing.
And fun to watch as everything gets combined. You can move the roller closer or farther away from the edge of the bowl as needed.
The bowl stayed pretty clean. At least until I added some wet ingredients. Still very interesting.
I'm not sure how often I'll use it because it will take a little getting used to, but I definitely want to make room for it on my counter because it looks so cool.
Here's the Assistent website in Sweden and here's a site where you can find them in the US.
After the cookie dough comes together, roll it into small balls and bake.
Here's a slightly amended version of the Swedish Dream Cookies recipe on Saveur.com. (I didn't have corn oil or regular flour on hand.)
1 2/3 cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- In a small bowl, whisk flour and baking soda and set aside.
- In a mixer, beat butter and sugars for a couple of minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add oil and mix until smooth.
- Add dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on parchment paper lined baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
- Bake one sheet of cookies at a time until cookies are just set and crack on the top. About 20 minutes for me.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
Enjoy! (or Njut in Swedish) At least that's what Google Translate says. : )
And If anyone has any traditional Swedish Recipes you'd like to share, please do. I'd love to hear your favorites.
I know some of you guys will have good ones.


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DENVER BP and Halliburton have been fined for the fatal explosion at a natural-gas compression station in southwestern Colorado.
One person was killed in the June 25, 2012, explosion 15 miles east of Durango. Halliburton and other contractors were doing maintenance work on the BP pipeline at the time.
Colorado Public Radio reported Thursday that federal regulators found that a valve on the pipeline was left closed. That caused pressure to build up quickly, rupturing the pipeline.
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Turow was born in Chicago, attended New Trier High School, and graduated from Amherst College in 1970. He received an Edith Mirrielees Fellowship to the Stanford University Creative Writing Center, where he attended from 1970 to 1972. In 1971, he married Annette Turow, a painter.
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SASA has decided to give the community all the following data under the CC-3.0-BY-SA licence. Feel free to be innovative and creative and try it out!
- Planned data (Zipfile and Webservice)
- Realtime positions (JSON Webservice)
- Realtime stationboard informations (Webservice)
- Latest service related news (XML, Json Webservice)
- Routing engine (XML Webservice)
Planned data
The zipfile with the planned data is structured in a format called VDV 452. The files themselves are created following the instructions given in VDV 451. Even if there are many files which in 452 do not exist, they are empty and should not have any impact on the other files.
If you want to implement GTFS, then use this opensource tool to create some GTFS for your application.
Some developers might be interested in web services rather then in files and therefore we have decided to put up some webservice to provide the planned data, too. On this site you find some documentation about the webservice and learn how to use the data to build your application. Examples can be found here.
Real-time positions
The real-time positions are available under the URL realtime.opensasa.info.
This is only a short documentation - don't think that it is complete:
All the requests return some geojson.
This allows you to query the service for all vehicles on line number 4 and variant 1. "Linenumber" and "variantnumber" can be extracted from the vdv-webservice or the vdv-zip-file (REC_LID).
You can also query a list of lines:
You can query the web service asking for all positions, by using this URL:
Other documentation will be available as soon as possible.
Real-time stationboard informations
The real-time stationboard information is available under the URL:
This webservice has one required parameter, namely ORT_NR. This represents the number of the bus stop, and has to be extracted from the webservice of the planned VDV-data or the VDV-zip-file (REC_ORT).
An example would be:
It shows you all departures from the station number 5324 from now until the end of the day.
There are other optional parameters, which are
The ALL parameter is not compatible with the number of lines to display and will always show you every departures during the whole day.
If the type is set to plaintext (formatted as csv with separator ;) with the following columns:
- Name of this bus stop
- Number of the line
- Arrivaltime at this station
- Departuretime at this station
- Last bus-stop of this trip
- Delay in minutes (if there is 0, it is in time. If there is nothing, no information is known about this trip)
The "json" and the "jsonp" give you a list of objects, with the following parameters:
- station_name: is the name of this station
- lidname: is the name of the line
- last_station: is the name of the last station from the trip
- arrival: is the arrival time at this station
- departure: is the departure from this station
- delay: is the delay in minutes. If the delay is "null", then no information abou this bus is present in the system.
The JSONP type requires the jsonp parameter, otherwise it will return json formatted information.
The file which generates all these informations is available under a GPL v3 Licence on github.
Service related news
The news are available in different formats. The first method to get them is via RSS-feed. Its URL is:
The title specifies, which area is affected by the news. BZ stands for Bolzano, and ME stands for Merano. If any of these two is specified, then the news are affecting both areas.
The second method is to get the news as a json formatted string. In this case, you have a list of news-objects. The objects are composed by a unique id, titel_de, titel_it, nachricht_de, nachricht_it, gebiet (0=both, 1=Meran, 2=Bolzano), linienliste (list of lines interested), lastmod (last modification time).
You can set some parameters such as city (0, 1, 2) or id (to get only one news item).
This Service offers the same possibility for "jsonp" too. You have to add the parameter callback for receiving all information in "jsonp".
The URL herefor is:
An example for "jsonp" could be:
The third and last method is to get the results as a xml-formatted string. The service returns a list of news, every news item has the same tags as the "json"-object.
Also with this method it is possible to put the parameters city (0, 1, 2) and id. If you request a single news item by id, only one news item is returned, and it is not incorporated in a list.
The URL for this service is:
Routing engine
SASA made available their routing engine to the public. The engine's URL is http://xml.opensasa.info/bin/extxml.bin. There are many parameters, which you can find in this documentation. Some examples for xml to query the interface are included, too. SASA has created a little code snippet to show you how to use the routing engine, which can be found here.


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Dental Caries (Cavities)
Reviewed by the Faculty of Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
What's in Your Mouth?
To understand what happens when your teeth decay, it's helpful to know what's in your mouth naturally. Here are a few of the elements:
Saliva — Your mouth and teeth are constantly bathed in saliva. We never give much thought to our spit, but this fluid is remarkable for what it does to help protect our oral health. Saliva keeps teeth and other parts of your mouth moist and washes away bits of food. Saliva contains minerals that strengthen teeth. It includes buffering agents. They reduce the levels of acid that can decay teeth. Saliva also protects against some viruses and bacteria.
Plaque — Plaque is a soft, gooey substance that sticks to the teeth a bit like jam sticks to a spoon. Like the slime that clings to the bottom of a swimming pool,
plaqueis a type of biofilm. It contains large numbers of closely packed bacteria, components taken from saliva, and bits of food. Also in the mix are bacterial byproducts and white blood cells. Plaque grows when bacteria attach to the tooth and begin to multiply. Plaque starts forming right after a tooth is cleaned. Within an hour, there's enough to measure. As time goes on, the plaque thickens. Within two to six hours, the plaque teems with bacteria that can cause cavities and periodontal (gum) disease.
Calculus — If left alone long enough, plaque absorbs minerals from saliva. These minerals form crystals and harden into calculus. Then new plaque forms on top of existing calculus. This new layer can also become hard.
Bacteria — We have many types of bacteria in our mouths. Some bacteria are good; they help control destructive bacteria. When it comes to decay, Streptococcus
mutansand Lactobacilli are the bacteria that cause the most damage to teeth.
How Your Teeth Decay
The bacteria in your mouth need food to live and multiply. When you eat sugary
It's not just candy and ice cream we're talking about. All carbohydrate foods eventually break down into simple sugars. Some of this process begins in the mouth.
Foods that break down into simple sugars in the mouth are called fermentable carbohydrates. These include the obvious sugary foods, such as cookies, cakes, soft drinks
Bacteria in your mouth turn the sugars in these foods into acids. These acids begin to dissolve the mineral crystals in teeth. The more times you eat each day, the more times your teeth are exposed to an acid attack.
This attack can lead to tooth decay, also known as dental caries or cavities. First, the acid begins to dissolve calcium and phosphate crystals inside a tooth. A white spot may appear on the enamel in this weakened area. But the loss of minerals develops beneath the surface of the enamel. The surface may still be smooth.
At this stage, the tooth can be repaired with the help of fluoride, proteins
Once the decay breaks through the enamel to cause a cavity, the damage is permanent. A dentist must clean out the decay and fill the cavity. Left untreated, the decay will get worse. It can destroy a tooth all the way through the enamel, through the inside dentin layer and down to the pulp or nerve of the tooth. That's why it is important to treat caries at a very early
Types of Decay
Young children can get a type of decay called baby bottle tooth decay or early childhood caries. It destroys enamel quickly. This type of decay is common in children who are put to sleep with a bottle of milk or juice. The bottle exposes the teeth constantly to carbohydrates through the night. Bacteria can grow rapidly and produce acid that decays teeth.
Decay can become worse if the parent does not clean the child's teeth. It can eat through
In older adults, the exposed roots of teeth can develop cavities. This is called root caries. Older adults are more likely to have receding gums caused by years of hard brushing or periodontal disease. They also are more likely to have dry mouth (xerostomia). The decrease in saliva results in less protection of the teeth. This increases the risk of decay. Many common medicines can cause dry mouth. Be sure to ask the doctor or pharmacist if any of your medicines cause dry mouth.
Decay can form beneath fillings or other tooth repairs, such as crowns. Sometimes bacteria and bits of food can slip between the tooth and a filling or crown. This can happen if the filling cracks or pulls away from the tooth, leaving a gap.
Preventing Cavities
Do you or your family members get cavities often? Dental research has found out that certain factors can affect your risk of tooth decay. These factors include:
- The current number of decayed or filled teeth
- Your fluoride exposure, including fluoride in drinking water, toothpaste and rinses, and fluoride treatments in the dental office
- Parents or siblings with dental decay
- How well you take care of your teeth
- The amount of saliva and the balance of minerals, enzymes and buffering agents it contains
- How often and what types of foods you eat (especially fermentable carbohydrates)
Ask your dentist about the best ways to reduce your risks and limit dental decay.
To prevent your teeth from decaying, you can do three things:
- Strengthen your teeth's defenses with fluoride, sealants
andagents that contain calcium and phosphate ions.
- Have your dentist or dental hygienist place sealants on your back teeth.
- Reduce the number of bacteria in your mouth.
Fluoride penetrates into teeth. It strengthens them by replacing minerals that acid has removed. The benefits of fluoride to teeth were first discovered in the 1930s. Dentists started to notice that people who drank water that naturally contained fluoride had less tooth decay. In 1945, communities started to add fluoride to water supplies. Adding fluoride to water systems has been the most successful cavity prevention method to date.
In the early 1960s, fluoride also began to be added to toothpaste. This also had a major impact on cavity prevention. Now almost all
Sealants are protective coatings placed over the tops of the back teeth — molars. They block bacteria and acids from sticking in the tiny grooves on the chewing surfaces of these teeth. Sealants can be placed in adults and children. Children can have sealants placed on their permanent molars once they come in, around age 6. Sometimes they are also used on primary (baby) molars. Dentists can put sealants on molars with signs of early decay, as long as the decay hasn't broken through the enamel.
You can never get rid of all the bacteria in your mouth. But you can take steps to control and disrupt the bacteria so they don't attack your teeth:
- Brush twice a day.
- Floss daily.
- Reduce the number of times each day that you consume fermentable carbohydrates.
Some mouthwashes reduce bacteria in your mouth. This can help prevent decay. Chewing sugarless gums, especially those with xylitol, can help reduce the number of bacteria that cause cavities and increase the flow of saliva.
Most importantly, visit your dentist regularly. Then the dentist can find any decay
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With all the other obligations you have this time of the year, selecting, buying and delivering the perfect business gift can seem like overload. So why bother? "Companies need to give gifts because it's a way of expressing a feeling. It keeps a business relationship alive," says Andrea Claster Greenspan, founder of Claster and Co. Inc., a gift service in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
But if someone is on your payroll or is a paid service provider, aren't they already getting something from you? "At holiday time, you're really giving gifts to show your appreciation for work well done, for business given and for dependability," explains Greenspan.
Certainly, you pay your suppliers on time for services rendered, but there are times when they do a little extra for you, rush orders, etc. "You don't want that responsiveness you expect from a good vendor to go unnoticed," Greenspan says. "Now is a great time to say thanks for being a team partner."
In addition to showing your appreciation, gifts to clients serve a more lasting purpose. "[Whether] your name is or isn't on the gift, [if] it's something they will appreciate, it will be a constant reminder of your company," says Amanda Hill, founder of Amanda Hill Gifts, an Atlanta gift service.
All right-now that we've agreed gifting is good, how do you begin? Start as early as possible. "Ideally, [start in] June or July, because depending on what you're looking for, there can be a six- to eight-week lead time [to order the gift]," says Hill. "If you're looking for quantity gifts, September or October is getting late."
Uh-oh. Well, maybe in that perfect world where your shirts never need dry cleaning and your car always has a full tank of gas, all your holiday shopping is already done, completely hassle--free. But in the real world, sometimes the last minute is the only minute--so don't panic just because you're getting a late start on this year's business gifts. "My main point in emphasizing shopping early has to do with the fact that most custom projects require approximately 60 to 90 days," says Greenspan. "[But] even with time limitations, you'll still get plenty of options to choose from."
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Before you start shopping in earnest, be prepared. Begin by making a list of your gift recipients, including updated addresses so the packages can get to the correct place. You'll also need to set a budget-"the most important thing for your sanity," says Greenspan. Don't forget to include the cost of shipping and wrapping the gifts; that expense can add up quickly. Also, keep tax regulations in mind. You can deduct the value of a business gift up to $25 per person annually. There are some exceptions, however, so it's a good idea to be aware of the rules. Visit the IRS Web site and search "business gifts" for information on the tax implications of gifting.
Next, brainstorm some possible gift ideas. Lara Shriftman, partner in the New York City public relations firm of Harrison & Shriftman, relies on her staff to help come up with ideas for client gifts. "We sit down with all our account executives and think about what would be the right gift to give. Some people get so many gifts, you want to give something that really stands out," she says. It's also a good idea to keep your eye out during the year for interesting gifts that might fit particular clients, customers or employees. When you see something that seems like the perfect fit, make a note of it for future reference.
If handling the gift-giving duties yourself seems like an overwhelming task-and handing it off to an assistant seems like cruel and unusual punishment-consider using a gift service like Hill's. For a fee, they take care of buying, wrapping and sending gifts for you. "The number-one reason [clients use us] is to save time so they can focus on their core business," Hill says. "Other reasons are the gift resources we are able to access. Looking for new gift ideas is our business, so we are able to find a variety of items that would not be available in a department store."
When you're selecting a gift service, Greenspan says, you should ask for references, find out how many years the company has been in business and find out what type of shipping they use. Most important, you need to share a vision so you can be sure the gifts and presentation they choose convey the image you wish to present to the world. "Make sure their idea of holiday and design matches yours," she says.
Whether you're using a service or handling the giving yourself, always keep in mind the reason you're giving gifts in the first place. "No one is required to give gifts; it's purely a matter of generosity and respect," says Phyllis Davis, a business etiquette expert in Beverly Hills, California, and author of the forthcoming book E2: The Power of Etiquette and Ethics in American Business (Entrepreneur Press). "It's not the gift that's the thing; it's the spirit [in which] the gift was given."
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What to Give
Globe-Trotters: Gifts
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How to Stay Healthy & Fit on the Road by Joanne V. Lichten (Nutrifit): A pocket-sized guide that offers tips on eating healthy, exercising and getting a good night's sleep away from home. Price: $9.95.
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Electronica: Gadget
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Domaine Chandon (888-CHANDON): Chandon Riche is an extra-dry sparkling wine showcasing the characteristics of California fruit. Price: $17.
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"You basically should be dead."
That's the way, in 1992, that B.C. New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix heard he had Type 1 diabetes.
Then 28, he was a week away from running the Seattle Marathon, and was mixing late-evening runs with intense hours as a ministerial assistant to Glen Clark, who was then B.C.'s finance minister.
Two days in a row, Dix arrived in the office announcing he'd cancelled his workouts the night before because he'd been drinking too much, something Clark at first thought might have been a reference to an uncharacteristic night on the town for his young staffer. But Clark then heard it was instead a reference to drinking litre after litre of apple juice, something Ron Wickstrom, another ministerial assistant in the office, immediately flagged as a concern.
"So he (Dix) ends up going to the doctor and the doctor says, you basically should be dead," Clark said in a recent interview, recalling how Dix had gone to a walk-in clinic just behind the legislature.
"You're a full-blown diabetic, but you're in such good shape, I guess that's why you're walking around. You've got to check into the hospital, right now."
Clark relishes the next part of the story, knowing it's classic Dix.
"So he doesn't check into the hospital, he comes to the office, loads up three suitcases full of work and then checks into the hospital," says Clark, who shared a Victoria condo with Dix for about six years, including the period when he was premier and Dix was his chief of staff.
"He was in for like three days or something until they stabilized his blood sugar and then he got out."
Asked about that time, Dix was immediately reflective: "It was a bit of a momentous moment. It was a big deal."
Since that diagnosis, Dix has had to take four injections of insulin a day into his abdomen; without medication, he could, among other complications, go blind.
He mostly manages the disease seamlessly, slipping briefly and silently into a washroom or out of a meeting for his regular injections.
It is this routine that allows him to continue his rugged 12-hour-plus days, which often stretch well into the evening.
For Clark, the story from 1992 demonstrates why his former top aide is the best choice for premier in the election campaign that launched April 16.
"Adrian is one of the hardest workers I've ever met," he said. "Someone who is smart and works that hard is a very strong combination," he added. "He's kind of an introverted, shy, intelligent guy that wants to make a difference, so he works hard."
Doug McArthur, who worked closely with Dix when he was Clark's chief of staff, said Dix's motivation goes beyond just hard work.
"I think what drives him is this ethic he has around responsibility, carefulness and I think part of that is fairness," he said. "He's a very careful guy. He doesn't do things without thinking about them."
Asked during the 2011 NDP leadership race if his health would get in the way of his job, Dix pointed to others who have thrived with diabetes: "If Bobby Clarke can captain the Philadelphia Flyers, I think I can be premier of British Columbia."
For a period, however, the disease was not as easy to handle.
Dix said that between 2006 and 2010 he suffered from a frozen shoulder — or adhesive capsulitis — first on one side, and then the other.
The condition is not caused by diabetes, but is more common in people who have the disease.
"The arm locks into place, it's very painful," explained Dix. "In a certain place you can't move it. … For quite a few years, I was unable to sleep for more than two or three hours at a time."
Characteristically, this meant those who worked with and for him would awake in the mornings to find several emails documenting what Dix had been reading and thinking during his insomnia the previous night.
It only solidified his reputation as a workaholic.
Before running for the party leadership in 2011, Dix told The Vancouver Sun diabetes has "made me better."
"It forces you to a routine and a discipline that is actually quite good. You can't afford to miss lunch," he said.
"I don't underestimate it. It's a challenge."
What he hasn't revealed until now, is that if his frozen shoulder had persisted much longer, Christy Clark would be facing a different adversary in this year's election.
"Certainly, if I would have still been suffering that (locked shoulder), I wouldn't have run for the leadership," he said in a recent interview.
It's mid-morning on a recent Friday, the day after Premier Christy Clark's government had to admit it misspent $70,000 in public funds on the now-toxic ethnic voter strategy, and Dix couldn't seem more relaxed.
Reclining in the corner of a Vancouver sports radio studio, the NDP leader meets questions from hosts at Team 1410 on sports, politics and life as a would-be premier with riffs on everything from his favourite movie (The Battle of Algiers) to an obscure dissertation on the history of professional wrestling.
"This is my view, that wrestling is a metaphor for the problems of the international economy," he says, showcasing a sarcasm foreign to most in the province, but well known among his close friends and colleagues.
Across from him, the show's three hosts are leaning in, rapt, and clearly getting more than they expected.
The man at the microphone bears little resemblance to the sometimes awkward, almost always serious, politician who is running to be premier on a promise to take "one practical step at a time."
When Dix arrived that morning, the show hosts handed him a meat pie and a half-empty can of Guinness — their way of marking the imminent St. Patrick's Day — along with a deferential assurance the coming interview wouldn't be "too political".
"Ah, don't worry about it," Dix tells host Joe Leary, clearly not obsessing too much over what an on-air gaffe could do to his party's massive 20-point lead in the polls. "It's a casual show."
What followed was indeed just that.
Dix spoke candidly and colourfully of scoring nine to 10 points a game during his high school basketball career at Point Grey secondary, reminisced about learning French from broadcasts of the Montreal Expos, and was stumped on a question about his first kiss.
"Wow. Um. 1977." he said, punctuating each word with a long uneasy silence. "In the back yard."
Interspersed were references to a range of characters, including NFL linebacker Charles Haley, actor Zach Galifianakis, and Roy and Art Miki, who fought for redress for Japanese-Canadians after they were interned in the Second World War.
Hardly the talking points you'd expect from a politician on the verge of becoming premier.
To spend a day with Dix is to be both humbled and exhausted by references to literature, sports, politics and even popular culture.
He's a man who seeks solace by devouring books or dissecting the minutiae of just about any sport. In both work and leisure, he is not satisfied just watching, but instead must involve himself in every detail.
It's a lesson one of the show's hosts, BC Lions star Angus Reid, was about to learn as Dix's eyes wandered during one answer to NFL replays cycling on one of the in-studio TVs.
"We've got the TV on here, I see (NFL star) Steven Jackson, who went to school where, Angus?" asked Dix.
Blankly, and obviously off-guard, Reid sets his eyes on Dix: "I don't know."
"Didn't he go to Oregon State?" Dix replies.
Dix, of course, was right.
Take a walk through Dix's Vancouver-Kingsway riding, and you'll discover another side of Dix that people don't often hear about.
"He's very humble, very nice to people," said Winnie Cao, hair stylist at BeBe Hair Design on Joyce Street, who gives Dix his regular $13 hair cuts.
Cao, a Vietnamese immigrant, said she introduced Dix to her community association, and that he has since taken a great interest in their activities.
"A lot of my people like him. He attends every event if he's in town," she said.
She added she's "proud" to cut Dix's hair, saying she puts him alongside her other celebrity client, Chuck Norris, whom she did hair extensions for several years ago at a salon in downtown Vancouver.
Not far away, at Gladstone secondary school, teacher Todd Ablett talks about how Dix stepped in to help his students reach the world title in robotics.
"He heard about this and he came to the school, he helped us fundraise," said Ablett, adding raising money in East Vancouver is not always easy. "Ever since then, he has been great at bragging about us."
A 15-minute walk away, at Renfrew elementary school, people have a similar story to tell.
Teacher Suzanne Salter recalled how in the late 1990s, just after Dix was forced to resign as Clark's chief of staff, Dix stepped up to coach a basketball team.
"I had an overwhelming number of Grade 6/7 boys sign up and I just wasn't able to have them all on the team. I ended up having to cut kids. I just felt terrible," she recalled, saying Dix somehow heard about the need and offered to step in and coach a second team.
"Knowing what was going on for Adrian in his political career, I thought to myself, there's a man at his lowest ebb, and he's stepping in and coaching these kids that were really disappointed they weren't able to play on the team," she said.
"I always had a soft spot for him."
Dix's glaring political liability is the infamous "memo to file" he crafted late one evening in 1998 while working as chief of staff to Clark, who was then the premier.
Though long in his past, the memo, which he acknowledges backdating, has set an indelible stain on his political career — one many thought he could never overcome.
Dix has repeatedly taken responsibility, including in a recent interview: "From my perspective, I was wrong and I've acknowledged that. Not just to the world, which was important, but to myself."
When asked about the specific details, however, he referred to his testimony as a Crown witness during the related criminal trial against Clark.
On May 6, 2002, Dix told B.C. Supreme Court that on one evening in September or October of 1998 — possibly on a weekend — he sat down at his office computer in Victoria to formally document a conversation he'd had months before with Clark about a potential conflict of interest.
"On July 13th, 1998, I had a conversation with the Premier with respect to casino licenses in Burnaby. He reported to me that a neighbour, a Mr. Pillarinoos (sp?) was one of the applicants for a casino in Burnaby," he wrote in the memo.
"Mr. Pillarinoos is a friend of the Premier whose kids attend the same elementary school," he continued. "Given this relationship, the Premier asked me to ensure that he take no part in any aspect of the decision on Burnaby casinos."
By Dix's account, the memo was a formal summary of handwritten notes he'd taken during his July meeting, as well as at a subsequent meeting with Mike Farnworth, then the minister responsible for gambling.
"It was very unusual. I can't think of another occasion when Mr. Clark mentioned that anyone from his neighbourhood or anything else had business with the government, and so it was, it was slightly unusual," he told the court, explaining why he typed the memo.
What happened next has haunted Dix ever since, becoming the foundation of a recent series of B.C. Liberal attack ads.
After printing the memo from his computer, Dix walked from his office to the desk of his secretary, Gurmeet Sall, and grabbed the date stamp marked "OFFICE OF THE PREMIER". He rolled the date back to July 17, 1998, stamped the memo and placed it into a drawer on the left-hand bottom corner of his desk.
What's more, when the memo was publicly released in an effort to defend Clark from allegations of a conflict, Dix was not clear about how and when the memo had been created.
"It was a serious mistake in judgment in my view ... not being clear with people when it was given to others, including to the premier," he told the court.
"The fact is, when I gave evidence before with the police and in other places, I was asked detailed questions obviously about when it was made and answered them," he continued.
"The fact of the way the memorandum was, was put together, was done, the timing of it clearly hurt the credibility of the document and I know that, and I understand that, and I'm fully responsible for it."
Though he has taken responsibility for the memo, it still hangs over his character.
When he was caught last year riding the SkyTrain without a valid fare receipt, the story quickly turned to references of the memo.
And then there are the Liberal-friendly ads saying he "was found to have forged a document in the premier's office during the course of an RCMP commercial crime squad investigation."
Dix calls that advertising campaign "not truthful or fair," but is adamant about not striking back.
"They want to have some sort of contrived political brawl. I've decided — and it's a big risk, actually because there's a lot you could say about them if you wanted to get into it, they've been in power for 12 years — but I've decided to go a different route."
Clark said he's tried to urge Dix away from his attachment to boy scout politics, to little avail.
"I'd be much more aggressive in both defending myself and attacking them," he said. "He's making a bet that people are tired of it and not influenced by it. I hope he's right."
Sitting in the window of his favourite independent Vancouver coffee shop — Dix doesn't like Starbucks because of the role its CEO, Howard Schultz, played in moving the Seattle Sonics to Oklahoma City — Dix draws a firm line. He'll talk about his battle with diabetes, own up to the very public mistakes of his past and cast a cautious light on how he views his political future.
But there's a wall — protected with fierce and deliberate intensity — around his private life, namely his immediate family.
He'll tell you that his immigrant parents, Ken and Hilda Dix, taught him the early lessons of equality by the way they treated their customers at the family-owned insurance business.
"We always joke my dad would run off his best client, his most lucrative client, every year and he'd spend weeks and weeks helping out clients he didn't make any money from," said Dix.
He'll let on that it was probably his mother's fondness of the federal Liberal Party that had Dix, in his mid-teens, considering himself a Trudeau Liberal.
But little else.
Of his wife, Renee Saklikar, he speaks with loving adoration, but sticks mostly to generalities.
"She's a brilliant and thoughtful person and we care very deeply for each other. I think it's natural to want to be protective of that," he said of the woman whose face adorns his BlackBerry wallpaper.
There's irony in this, given Saklikar gave serious consideration in 1996 to running to become an NDP MLA in New Westminster.
A member of the party for longer than Dix, she worked under Glen Clark as the premier's special adviser on youth, and then later as the director of the premier's youth office.
Saklikar is a lawyer, but took a dramatic career shift and became a writer and poet after the sudden death in 2002 of her father, the Rev. Vasant Saklikar.
Vasant was raised a Hindu but converted to Christianity and became the minister at the Sixth Avenue United Church in New Westminster. He also sat on the school board and established the city's first food bank.
"In the wake of such loss, and having always been a 'closet poet', Saklikar found the courage to pursue her passion. She made the choice to become a poet, enrolled in The Writer's Studio at SFU Continuing Studies, and never looked back," said a piece on the Simon Fraser University website to promote an event showcasing her poetry.
That piece quoted her as saying her former career "was a wonderful opportunity with lots of success, but some part of me longed for more."
Of her attraction to poetry, Saklikar said: "People are interested in language; they're interested in words. And poetry is so much about that, along with image, rhythm and sound. As human beings we crave that.
"In an increasingly fractured and disconnected world, poetry gives us something to come home to."
Dix and Saklikar have no children, with Dix saying he would not have run for leader if they did.
"I just think that from a time perspective it would be hard," he said.
Dix has a sister, Wendy, who works in the Ontario public service, and a brother, Dylan, who works for a diamond company, that, among other things, processes stones pulled from the Victor Mine near Attawapiskat.
Members of Dix's family were not available for interviews with The Sun, something Dix strongly defended.
"I think I'm very conscious of trying — in a job that doesn't allow much space — trying to preserve what space we have," Dix explained.
He said many politicians try to have it both ways, showcasing their family when it's expedient, and then trying to shield them when the inevitable backlash of a life in politics rears its head.
"I think you've got to be very prudent in that," Dix says, saying he'd prefer to guard his private life. "Ultimately I own my mistakes. So I'm conscious of not doing anything to impose those on them."
Among the other boundaries that Dix draws is around his faith.
Dix was raised Anglican, but rarely discusses that in public: "It (faith) is important but I also see it largely as a private issue," he said.
Dix did offer a window into his spirituality, however, at a leadership prayer breakfast in Vancouver, where he was asked to give his thoughts on a passage from the New Testament, a section of Paul's letter to the Romans.
The breakfast is normally off limits to media, but came on a day when Dix was being shadowed by The Vancouver Sun. His staff approved the use of his comments that day, where he told the crowd that the passage he'd been asked to read and comment on "reflects on two qualities I think that we need in leadership and we need in life. One is patience and the other is hope."
"We often get buffeted from day to day, from question period to question period, from news cycle to news cycle, sometimes even from tweet to tweet. And it's important, essential, that we stay centred on patience, on standing firm, on understanding what we know and understanding what we don't know," he continued.
"I think many of us who went to Sunday school saw pageants of this story, of this remarkable story of the persecutor becoming the apostle. I take from that story the idea that an act of faith leads to grace and grace is the gift beyond all understanding," he added.
"This particular piece speaks to the nature of patience, the fact that faith and belief is not something that's a one-time occasion, but a process and sometimes a struggle."
On the eve of the B.C. Liberal convention last fall, Dix strode onto a stage at the Hotel Vancouver and without a scrap of paper for notes, delivered a disarming — some even suggested charismatic — half-hour address to a ballroom overflowing with the city's business elite.
Canfor was at the NDP fundraiser that night, as was Chevron and CIBC. Even Enbridge put down the $3,500 required to buy a table at the sold-out event.
One business leader was overheard joking that for the first year in recent memory, the party's annual Leader's Levee "didn't feel like a hostage-taking."
In his speech, Dix repeated his commitment to raise corporate taxes and to impose a minimum tax on financial institutions — both unpopular among the business leaders in the room.
But he also called for a need "to change the relationship of government to business," especially in the area of skills training.
"We can ensure that when there is opportunity in British Columbia that it's British Columbians who have access to those jobs and bring back wealth to communities where they live and where they raise their families," he said. "This can only happen when government and business and labour work together."
The speech was the most visible manifestation of an effort Dix has made since becoming leader to court the business crowd, and make them more comfortable with the idea of an NDP government.
He has spent hours moving from boardroom to boardroom, giving a similar version of the same assurances. Some have left the meetings with an open mind about the possibility of a Dix government.
Blair Qualey, president and CEO of the New Car Dealers Association of B.C., challenged Dix in his meeting, telling the NDP leader "many of our folks are a bit trepidatious about the return of an NDP government, if it was like the one that was in power in the 1990s, because our industry was hammered with a number of levies and taxes."
Qualey said what he got in return was a pleasant surprise.
"I think my comment may have caught him a little off guard. His response, I thought, was very measured and thoughtful. He said we learned a lot from our time in government before.
"I found him prepared and interested and asked good thoughtful questions," he said. "I think he understands our issue and we'll have to wait and see, if they form government, what they chose to do."
For others, Dix's efforts have been futile.
"The business community, I find, is very, very, very wary of the guy," said Phillip Hochstein, president of the Liberal-aligned Independent Contractors and Businesses Association.
"They're willing to meet with him and present their ideas and what's important, but they're very, very wary because at the end of the day he's a hard-left politician who believes in a much broader role for the public sector."
Hochstein said he met with Dix in Vancouver last year, and found him "very nervous".
"A lot of tics, pulling up and pulling down his sleeves. He was very uncomfortable. I was surprised," he said.
"I wished him well, but no good luck in the election."
It's the winter of 1989. At a raucous federal NDP leadership convention, a young Adrian Dix pulls his boss into a quiet corner of the Winnipeg Convention Centre to deliver a hard truth.
"You've got to drop out," Dix says to Ian Waddell, then the MP from Port Moody–Coquitlam–Port Coquitlam and in the running in the race to replace Ed Broadbent as federal NDP leader.
At the time, Dix was Waddell's campaign manager and was trying to implore his candidate to step out gracefully before the next round of voting did it for him.
After all, the numbers were clear.
Of the 2,400 votes cast in the first round, Waddell had claimed only 213.
The clear front runners were Audrey McLaughlin and former B.C. premier Dave Barrett, who had both pulled in more than 500 votes each.
Defeat is a hard thing to admit, especially, Waddell recalled, when being delivered by someone almost half your age.
"I ran because I wanted to make some issues. They were good issues, environment issues, aboriginal issues. I got 213 votes and I wanted to continue," Waddell recalled recently.
"This was like a 25-year-old kid or something, he takes me behind the scenes at the convention and says, 'You've got to drop out'.
"Why? I'm doing OK?" Waddell recalled pressing back.
"No. You're dropping out. You're going to go down."
Not long after that conversation, Waddell slowly made his way across the convention floor — several of his delegates in tow — and threw his support behind Barrett.
"It was a tough decision," Waddell told a reporter at the time. "But in politics, you have to decide."
Now, in retrospect, Waddell says the 25-year-old "intense", "very bright" and "hard working" kid saved him from himself.
"I was amazed by his maturity and forcefulness, and he was right because (dropping out) added to my reputation rather than diminished it," said Waddell, who years after that leadership race would be a minister in Glen Clark's government, where Dix was chief of staff.
In an interview, Waddell said he thinks Dix will carry that maturity and thoughtfulness into the premier's office.
"He'll be an interesting premier. He's very detailed, smart, thorough and I think he'll play his cards fairly close to his chest," he said. "He's not flashy but he's a hell of a worker and he's got good judgment."
Glen Clark agreed, saying Dix will be a significant change from the styles of Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark, both who deliberately seek to seize the agenda with grand visions and big announcements.
"I think he'll be much less flamboyant than we've had in British Columbia for a while. Much less in your face," he said, sounding hopeful, but not yet fully convinced that the public is ready for such a major swing.
"He's not a quick, shoot from the hip guy. He's very studious. He tries hard, and prides himself, on very comprehensive reviews of things. You won't get flash," he said.
"You'll get competent, careful, thoughtful deliberation," he added.
"He may be right for the times."


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