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How to Have a Baby in 40 Contractions or Less Mothering For three evenings, I had a handful of contractions. They didn't do much of anything to effect dilation, so I ignored them. The next afternoon, I felt a few more, and let myself begin to hope it might be labor. We had a few errands to run, ...

Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Nashville Business Journal:

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The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationis accurate. The productiohn stoppage comes a week before an alreadgyscheduled one-week summer break for the entiree plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is scheduledf for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sale s of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percenyt from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,97e3 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the slight increasrin month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the schedule d down week on June 22 at its F-1590 truck plant in Dearborn, but the down week was left intact at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “Thisd is partially due to depleted fundas forthe state’s Division of Unemploymentt in Michigan, making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Loca 249 added that sales projections continude to be less than the five shiftse at the two truck plants can producd if they work full time through the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and threin Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considerintg once again moving a shift fromthe F-15 0 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workers from a second shift on the F-150 side of the Kansazs City plant to a third shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-1590 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escaper sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,5966 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,66 7 in May 2008. The Kansass City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercury Marinefr and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner.
Combined sales of hybrid versionds of theFord Fusion, Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercuryt Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companty record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybridc vehicles was set inApripl 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assemblgy Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourlt and 200 salaried employees.

Creative Benefit Solutions merges with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Financial terms of the mergef werenot disclosed. Creative Benefit Solutions will continue to operatd in Louisville under thesame name, and will retainj its five employees, said Michellde Amshoff, who will continue to serve as Her husband, Jay will continue as vice president of salew and marketing. According to the company’s Web site, Creative Benefit Solutions specializes ingroup health, life, dental, disabilitg and executive life policies. Arthue J. Gallagher & Co. is based in Itasca, Ill.
Accordingh to the company’s Web site, , the company offerxs retail property/casualty brokerage, benefits brokerage, claimsz management, wholesale property/casualty insurance captive formation and internationalbrokerage services. Creative Benefit Solutions will operate as part ofArthud J. Gallagher & Co.'s benefits division, said Marsha J. investor relations specialist forArthure J. Gallagher & Co. Michelle Amshofg said that most of the changes to Creatives Benefit Solutions will bemade "behind the scenes," and won't be apparenty to clients.
What clients will find, Michell e Amshoff said, is access to an expanded portfolioof benefits, includingg property and casualty insurance. "Wr have been contacted probably four to six timesa a year by local agenciesz and banks who were interested incross selling, and we reallh weren't interested in that," Michelle Amshoff "We agreed to a meeting with because I was familiar with the name, but I was interested in what they could bring to the table for our This is all aboutt resources, tools and knowledge.
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GM enters bankruptcy filing - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Monday’s Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-old automake r — once the world’s biggest company and Western New York’ s largest manufacturing employer fordecades — is among the largesrt in U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturinfg bankruptcy. Chapter 11, which allows the company to operate whilse protected fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-trackk bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additionap taxpayer funds to restructure itself. Generalo Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said in a prepared statementg that GM was being reinvented and that the companu is ready for the jobat hand.
"Thee economic crisis has caused enormous disruption in the auto but with it has come the opportunitt for us to reinventour business. We are going to do it once and do it The court-supervised process we are pursuinyg provides us with powerful tools to accelerate and complete our reinvention, as well as stronbg safeguards for our customers and our he said. The GM plan as detailer by U.S. officials would allow a much smaller GM to emerg e from court protection within 60 to 90 GM also plans to close11 U.S. facilitie s and idle another threed plants by the endof 2010. GM’s Tonawandza engine plant, where 1,10o0 people work, will remainj open.
The automaker has not provided an updated targert for job cuts but was looking toeliminated 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,000 unionn members it now employs. Also not immediately clear is what GM’e bankruptcy filing will mean for ’s plants in Lockport, Rochestefr and three others. General Motors planse to take back the facilities from the former parts subsidiaryt that it spun offin 1999, accordiny to a tentative deal reached last week between GM and the UAW. The factoriesa in New York, Michigan and Indiana wouldx operateunder Delphi’s union rules, but be consideredf part of GM, once again.
The Lockporgt plant — Delphi Thermal Systems, which has 2,10 0 employees — was founded as Harrisob Radiator Co. in 1910 and became part of GM in 1918. For 81 yearse it operated under General Motors ownership until the independentDelphi Corp. was formed. Delphj itself is operating under bankruptcy courf supervision having filed for Chaptedr 11 inOctober 2005. The Mich.-based company was ready to emerge from bankruptcy in Apri l 2008 but those plans fell apart when a key investoer dropped out ofa $2.55 billion stock deal with the General Motors employs 92,000 in the United Statees and is indirectly responsible for 500,0009 retirees. The U.S.
government woulcd hold a 60 percent financial interest in a reorganizedd GM and the UAW would takea 17.5 percent The governments of Canada and the province of Ontario have agreedr to a 12 percent ownershipl stake in exchange for financial aid. GM bondholdersx would get 10 percent.

What They're Saying: Short rest bad for Boston? - Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia

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Harry Apkarian - The Business Review (Albany):

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Harry Apkarian died Tuesday from a stroke afte r falling while playing with a grandchild durintg a vacationin Florida. His death was a Apkarian was such a stronv andvibrant man; one of those larger-than-lifr personalities whose achievements affected countless lives and reshaped our community. Apkarian co-founded 41 years ago. He counseles entrepreneurs, including the founders of MapInfo Corp., the startu p that grew out of the Rensselaer incubator intothe region’s largestr software developer, and , the fuel-cell developer in And he was credited with starting the incubator in Troy and the . Apkarianb was ’s first Entrepreneur in Residence.
He was inductex into the Capital Region Business Hall of Famein 2001. He nevee stopped. Long after most successful busines sleaders retire, Apkarian was transforming his newest , into a commercial success. At 87, he was puttinf in 50-hour weeks as chairmann and CEO ofthe high-tech manufacturer, which was recognizer by The Business Review as the Small Compang of the Year in 2008. “We’re proving the fact that we can manufactured here andsell overseas,” Apkarian said. “That’ a notion that seems to be foreignn to a lotof people.” Retirement was neverr in his plans. “What for?
” Apkarian told a Businesx Review reporter late last year when askeddabout retirement, sounding slightly offended at the notion. “It’s not I enjoy myself. I feel like I’m doinv something useful. “Don’t get me wrong: Recognition is But that’s not the motivator,” he also praising his employees. “I just want to secure a future forthese people.” Especially during this time of economiv uncertainty, Apkarian’s perspective, wisdom, energy and undeniablwe spirit will be sorely

Lincoln National reveals financial plans - South Florida Business Journal:

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Shares closed 11 percent loweer Mondayat $15.83, on a day the market s lost more than 2 Lincoln National said it will target abouf $950 million in preferred stock from TARP’s Capitapl Purchase Program. It will also try and raiser $600 million through a common stock offeringand $500 million in senio debt. The underwriters of the offering will havea 30-dayy option to buy up to an additiona l 15 percent of the offered amount of common share from the company.
Lincoln National said it intends to contributreabout $1 billion of the proceeds to its principal insurance , with the remaining $1 billionn held at the holding company for generap corporate purposes, including the repayment of short-term debt and investmenft in the company’s core In a separate release Monday announcing anothet cost-cutting maneuver, Lincoln Nationap said that it agreed to sell its British subsidiary, Lincolnn National (UK) plc, to SLF of Canads UK Ltd. for an estimated 195 British pounds. Lincolbn said the transaction, expected to close on or arounde Sept. 30, should generate estimated proceeds ofbetweem $280 million and $300 which will be used for core U.S.
operations. SLF is ownedr by Toronto-based Sun Life where former Lincoln CEO Jon Bosciz isnow president. Lincoln National said these actions supplemenrtdividend reductions, cost cuts, and other actionsd previously taken to strengthen its capital and and solidify the company’se capital positions at both the subsidiary and holdiny company levels. The Philadelphia-basef company believes that TARP participation provides additionaplcapital flexibility. The company expects to repauy thisfinancing “as soon as practicable, takin into consideration appropriate balance sheet strengthb and capital markets conditions.
” The final level of Lincoln’s participation is expected to be announcef by the end of June. Last Lincoln National received preliminary approval for upto $2.5 billiom under the program. It said the exacf level of its participation will be determinee by the end ofthis month. Lincoln is one of six insurancew companies to receivesuch approval. The $700 billiojn Troubled Asset Relief Program, approved by Congress last was originally intended to buy toxicd loans that were inhibitinhg banks from makingadditional loans. But it was also used to make loanes to GeneralMotors Corp.
, Chryslet and insurance giant Lincoln National was one of several insurers that appliefd to become thrift holding companie last fall so they could be considered for TARP The insurers had concerns about the risinb number of bad assets on their books. Lincolhn National and other insurera saw their stock prices drop in recent months as they waitedr forgovernment approval. As for the stockk offering, and Merrill Lynch & Co. will server as global coordinators and Goldman Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley Co. Inc.
will servd as joint book-running In explaining its decision in aregulatoryh filing, Lincoln National said that although the capitapl and credit markets have shown recent those markets have experienced extreme volatility and disruptiojn for more than a “Given these conditions, our capital strategyy is to have sufficient capital to offerf downside protection in the event that the capitao and credit markets experienc another downturn as well as to support growtyh in our operating the company said. Lincoln National said it believesa thatthe $2 billionm infusion will provide it with sufficieny capital to offset a “stress analysis for 2009 and 2010.
That scenariok would include credit losses and impairments amounting toapproximatelu $1.65 billion, or 2.5 percent based on invested asseta as of March 31. Lincoln (NYSE:LNC), which marketds itself as , offers both insurancr and investmentmanagement products.

Synovus president Fred Green steps down - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The Columbus, Ga.-based financial services companyt did not give a reason for the Green held overall responsibility forthe company’s banking activities since 2006. He came to Synovus in 1995 when the company acquired , where he was president and CEO. Synovu s Chairman and CEO Richard E. Anthony will take the role of SynovusFinancial (NYSE: SNV) is the parent company of St. Petersburg-basedx , which had 21 offices in the Tampa Bay areaand $1.5 billiohn in assets as of Dec.
31, according to the “Thse Synovus family is grateful to Fred for the servicw he has offered over the past 14 and we wish him the very best as he pursuexs the next stage of his Anthony said in anews “I am confident that the foundation he has helpecd build will be a tremendous asseyt as we continue the work of positioning Synovuw to emerge stronger from today’s challenging economic Synovus Financial reported a net loss of $136 million for firstr quarter of 2009 as credit problem s continued.

Networking takes off as economy sours - Boston Business Journal:

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“I’m looking for a job,” said the 2002 graduatr of MIT’s Sloan school as he waited for a panel discussion at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEnterprise Forum’s event, “Paint it Black: Avoidingh the Financial Beast of Burden in 2009 and Beyond.” Even more than catchingt the discussion about economics, he was keen on workingg the crowd of 120. “Every job I’ve ever had has been a result of networking, so I knew that thesd were the places I had to go to reactivate my network,” said Parduhn, who began frequentinhg events in January and now attendes one or two a week.
And he is far from for these days, old-fashioned networking is back. In a tough LinkedIn and Facebook have nothingon face-to-face where connections forged over plastic cups of wine and finger sandwicheas can ultimately translate into new jobs. Industry groupa say that for the past several monthz events have regularly sold out as members of the businesa community look to expand their whether they’re unemployed or just worried. The has seen an upticmk in attendance atits events, with the exception of pricier golf tournamente and wine tastings, according to Erin vice president of communications at the Chamber.
“The same energy doesn’t come through in a Tweet or Facebook posting, as when you’rre sitting next to someone sharing a meal and chattint aboutyour job,” Murphy In addition to collecting business cards, event attendeed will find that local organizations have tailored topics to include timely information abour dealing with the recession. At the Massachusetta Innovation & Technology Exchange in for example, many programs incorporate tips on how to deal with the Thisyear MITX, which holdsw 70 events annually and has 250 corporates members, has seen a 15 perceny increase in attendees.
“When you’re uncertain, you need to find answers, something — and that’s best solved by connectingb with people,” said Kiki executive directorat MITX. Uncertaint is the prevailing mood amont attorneys who have shown up in droves to attendrecenyt events, which saw attendance rise 25 percentf from September 2008 through the beginning of March, comparef to the same periox the previous years. The legal community has experienced a wave of layoffas inrecent weeks. “In late January at a new winetasting reception, we had over 200 people on a freezing cold Fridah night.
I think we might have in the past, about 60 or 70 people,” said Bonnie communications director atthe BBA. “People seem to be networkin g a lot more in a challenging economty and some people have a little more time ontheidr hands.” Besides providing leads for job networking events provide opportunities for smalll businesses looking to make several customer contactw in one evening. Todd Freund attended last week’ s MIT Enterprise Forum “The Futured of Biotech” event to work the crowd of 300-pluws people.
Freund, staffing director at the biotech placement firm Momentuk Scientific Staffing LLCin Cambridge, recently startee attending networking events to generate leades for his company. “With face-to-face networking you get a much bettet idea of what their real thoughts are and the gossip and the strategid direction ofthe industry. It’s a more unguarded perspective,” he said. Many business typed at the “Future of Biotech” event had a similad agenda and there was even awaiting list, said Jennifer marketing manager at the Boston-basee law firm Foley Hoag LLP, which sponsore and helped organize the MIT Enterprise Forum The Enterprise Forum eventsz have been selling out in recent months, as well as other events the law firm has organized, accordint to Houghton.
Foley Hoag’s event “Solar in Boston/Solar in on March 4 sold out in24 “There are more people who have more time to networo and people realize it’s an opportunity for business Houghton said. Such opportunities often come withprices tags, sometimes hefty The cost to attend eventes can range from complimentary to more than $300, but nevertheless they are bargains, said Tom president and CEO of the Massachusetts Technology Leadershipp Council, who has seen attendancr jump in the past eight months. Attending eventsa is “one of the most cost effectivre ways of getting the messageout (about your Hopcroft said.
In addition to the mainstream eventx like MITX and the MIT Enterprise Mark Doerschlag, founder of Boston-based MarksGuide.com, a listing Web site of locaol events, notes that less established networking groups have startedx to form in recent months. “u think people enjoy sittinf down withother people. It comfortss them to know that others are in asimilat situation,” said Doerschlag.

Survey: Nonprofits combating financial stress - Baltimore Business Journal:

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The survey found that 80 percent of nonprofit organizations are experiencing fiscal stress and closr to 40 percent of them reported the stress is or “very severe.” Of the 363 nonprofits surveyed, 51 percent of the organization said they’ve been impacted by declining revenue, increasingg costs for health benefits, declining endowments and decreases cash flow as a resultg of credit and government payment Organizations participating in the survehy differed in size, cover all religions and represented a variety of fields, including children and family elderly services and housing, community education, arts and culture, and others.
But despitee the hardships, more than 75 percent of the nonprofitss reported they have been or “very successful” in weatherinv the economic meltdown. To cope with the challenges, nonprofitws have been expanding fundraising targeting individuals, state and locak government, the federal government and Organizations also reported cutting administrative costs, freezing salaries, postponing new creating partnerships with other nonprofits and relyinf more on volunteers. “Our nation’sd nonprofit organizations are displaying exceptional resilience in the face of enormouxfiscal challenges,” said Lester M.
director of the Johns Hopkins Centerf for CivilSociety Studies, in a statement. The survey was conductecd as part center’s Nonprofit Listening Post project.

Paving way for private parking space in Kampala - Daily Monitor

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Paving way for private parking space in Kampala Daily Monitor Cars parked along the streets are a common sight in Kampala. There are less than 10 private lots in the Kampala business district so far - forcing most motorists to park along the road. By Mary Atuheire (email the author) KCCA is moving to increase ...

DNA links skull fragment to Utah Boy Scout missing since 1961 flood; teen's ... - Washington Post

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DNA links skull fragment to Utah Boy Scout missing since 1961 flood; teen's ... Washington Post HOLLADAY, Utah â€" Doralee Freebairn remembers the day well. It was September 1961. Her older brother was on a Boy Scouts trip, hiking in the canyons of Zion National Park. She was in the yard at home in Salt Lake City watering plants when news crack led ... Skull linked to Utah Scout killed in 1961 flood CBS News  »

Monster survey: 71% go to work sick - Boston Business Journal:

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Over a one week period beginning May 11 and runningf throughMay 18, nearly 12,00 0 U.S. visitors to Monster.com participated in the MonsterMeterf poll. Of those who go to work "33 percent fear losing theid job if they take asick day, while 38 percent admit their workload is too busy to take a day off from work even when they are said Norma Gaffin, director of career content at said in a statement. Only 19 percent of respondents say they stay home from work when sick in ordetr to rest up andget well. The remainintg 10 percent who avoid the workplacw when sick actually workfrom home, even thoug they’re ill. Do you go into work sick??
* Yes, work is too busy for me to missa day: 38% * Yes, in this I’m afraid I’ll lose my job: 33% * No, I work from home if I’ m sick: 10% * No, I rest up to get 19% “Whether it’s the sniffles or H1N1 Swine Flu a recent Associated Press report addressed the fact that sick or not, many workersz cannot afford to stay home when ill becaus e an estimated 57 million workingh Americans do not have paid sick Gaffin added.

Dissident's pass to freedom - San Francisco Chronicle

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Dissident's pass to freedom San Francisco Chronicle The world knows the basic biography of Chen Guangcheng, a blind dissident who slipped away from government thugs, holed up in the American Embassy in Beijing, and after negotiations won a get-out-of-jail card to study in the United States. US remains a beacon of freedom for o thers Kansas.com  »

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Trucking industry suffers as fewer goods hit the road - South Florida Business Journal:

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With consumer demand down, the reports that its truckl tonnage index, a gaug e of freight movement, has been droppinvg since September. The losses were less than 2 percentr from Septemberthrough November, but the indecx fell 14 percent in Decemberd and the following two months were down 10.8 percent and 9.2 The fallout is hitting Carlozs Duenas, owner of in Duenas, who primarily moves containerizedf cargo to and from Port Everglades and the Port of said his business started falling this January, slidint about 20 percent. MVC is now hauling about 250 to 260 containersa week, down from more than 300.
As demancd has slowed, Duenas also has felt pressurew to lower his rates about20 Fortunately, he owns all of his 26 truck s and isn’t laden with debt. “This is goinvg to be a year that only the fittest will he predicted. Among the trucking businesseas hardest hit by the recession are thosed tiedto construction. With the slowdown in real there is little need for the truckes that provide ancillary saidMatthew Ubben, a spokesman for the . “It’s anemic at the he said.
The South Floridqa trucking industry in general may bouncee back more quickly because of the diversity of good s moving throughthe region, said Edward Mierzejewski, a transportationh economist and director of the at the in Tampa. “Tio the extent that you’ve got a broad range of things moving throughthe port, you’rse less vulnerable to the kind of peakiny in the market that comes with construction-related materials,” he said. A diversifiedr business model is helping Merchant Transport GM JohnDewhurst said. The company, which operates from West Palm hauls special loads for industrial andconstruction uses.
It also gets revenues from related businesses, like renting the cranes it Merchant Transport haulsheavy equipment, industriap machines and works for utility companies. Merchant has seen a drop of abourt 20 percent over the lasttwo years, Dewhurst And, it has so far been able to avoid layoff among its 34 employees, though that hasn’t been easy with hauling rates dropping “approximately 10 percent acrosss the board,” Dewhurst said. David president of , a family business in Palm Citynear Stuart, also has watcheds his business drop about 20 The slide started last July or August, he said.
Sincr then, the company has had to make some though Armellini declined togive specifics. The company has about 200 people on staff and owns aboutf130 trucks, he said. Most of Armellini’sx trucking involves moving flowersfrom , but the companyy is now trying to diversify by hauling more About 30 percent of the business involves hauling othed consumables, he said. The company has had to drop Armellini acknowledged, though he declined to be specificabouf that, as well. “We’re having to make the cuts like everyone else to remaih astrong company.
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BofA, Wells to accept California IOUs - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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BofA says the state’s budget crisisz prompted its decision. “To supportt our customers, while giving the state legislaturs additional time to passa budget, we will accept California state-registere warrants — or IOUs from existing customers and Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) says in a written statement. San Francisco-baser Wells (NYSE:WFC) says it is accepting the warrantsd for the sake ofits "We are reluctant to take this step, but are doin so to help our customeras who are not at fault and with the expectatiob that the legislature and governor will complete the budget within days," Wells says. On Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger blasted stats lawmakers for failing to pluga $24 billiojn hole in the state budgey before the start of the new fisca l year. And he called a special sessionh of the state legislature to fix thebudget mess. Failure to pass a budget by midnighgt Tuesday increases the shortfalp to morethan $26 billion due to the loss of education-relatedr budget fixes, Schwarzenegger said at a prese conference Wednesday. He also announced an executivre order adding a thirc furlough day each month forstatw workers, a move expected to free up an additional $425 million in the new fiscal year. Althoughy the governor called for thespecial session, it is up to the legislaturwe to schedule it.
When it will be held is yet tobe

North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund grants $1.9M to improve dental care - Nashville Business Journal:

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million to seven organizations to improve dentall care and promote oral The trust fund began its Oral Healthy Initiative to increase accessz to treatment and preventativd servicesfor low-income, high-need as well as to trai n dentists and other oral healtjh professionals to serve those In 2006, about 32 percent of Nort h Carolinians reported that they did not see a dentist that The percentages were higher among Native Americana (39 percent) African-Americans (42 percent) and Hispanics (56 "It is unfortunate that many Nortg Carolina citizens do not receive basif dental care, which is so critical for overalll good health," said Vandana Shah, HWTF executive director.
"W hope that these grant fundds will provide more North Carolina citizens with acceszs tohigh quality, accessible oral health care." Studiesw have shown connections between chronic oral infectiona and other conditions, including diabetes, heargt disease, lung disease, stroke, low birth weight and prematur births.