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It was announced on the news today that President Clinton has ordered one hundred million dollars be RELEASED IMMEDIATELY in order to provide fans, and other devices to those who are suffering from the heat and who are unable to afford such aids. Nation-wide, over 100 persons have died from heat-related problems, and lower-income individuals apparently haven't been able to purchase fans. Admittedly the heat has been horrendous, but it WILL go away within a couple of months. PARKINSON'S will NOT go away during this period, and that hundred million was promised for Parkinson's research by LAW many months before the advent of summer with it's attendant heat. We have summer EVERY year! This isn't a big surprise to anyone! It gets miserably hot every summer in parts of the country. But after summer comes fall and winter and as sure as night follows day, it DOES become cooler except in Maine, where it becomes downright COLD!) <grin> When those fans are put away for 9 months of the year PARKINSON'S is STILL going to be here! People will continue to suffer and to die from Parkinson's no matter WHAT the weather's like! Please FUND THE UDALL BILL and provide the MANDATED-BY-LAW one hundred millions dollars for Parkinson's Disease research!!! Do that because when you have Parkinson's, you can't put IT away in the closet for 9 months of the year - Parkinson's ALWAYS makes you feel rotten, and then it makes you feel even WORSE! Barb Mallut [log in to unmask]