Join Team Noah Knows! as we get ready to walk for our 3rd year with the Hosuton area WALKNOWFOR AUTISM SPEAKS to bring awareness, understanding and help the cause to cure autism.

Visit our team page to join and learn more about the event.

Date: Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Location: Reliant Park, Westridge Lot
Registration opens: 8:00am
Walk Start: 10:00am
Map: www.reliantpark.com/directionsandparking
Parking: On Site in Main Street Lot

Activities: Kid’s Activities and Family Fun!

Additional information: The walk route for the 2009 Walk Now for Autism is approximately 2 miles in length and will wrap around the many features of Reliant Park including the home of the Texans, Reliant Stadium, and the Astrodome. The walk will both begin and end in the Westridge Lot.

Parking will be free until 10:00am in the Main Street Lot. For maps and directions, visit www.reliantpark.com/directions.

Contact Kim Dixon at kim4child@sbcglobal.net for more 2009 team information and team t-shirt information.

The President discusses a staggering new report from the Treasury Department indicating that under the status quo, around half of all Americans under 65 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years. He pledges not to allow this future to unfold: “In the United States of America, no one should have to worry that they’ll go without health care – not for one year, not for one month, not for one day. And once I sign my health reform plan into law – they won’t.”

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Okay, this is a quick last minute petition to support the American Heart Association’s Dallas Heart Walk 2009. I’ve participated in the event and think it’s a worthwhile organization to support. For those who do not know, heart disease and stroke is very prevalent in the black community and events like this help raise money for research and improving treatments to combat these diseases.

I’m sure you know someone who has high blood pressure, diabetes (sugar) or high cholesterol. The American Heart Association is dedicated to helping people learn how to control and improve their quality of life by reducing the number of deaths from coronary heart disease. If there’s anyone who’s down for that, it’s me. My dad died of a stroke at the young age of 57. His first stroke happened in his early 40s. When I do walk in Heart Walk, I do it for him and my family. I do it because I understand what heart disease and stroke can do to a family. I do it because I want to bring awareness to others who may not know how they can prevent it.

If you would like to donate, please follow the link here. Donations can be accepted at any time throughout the year. If you are interested in walking in Heart Walk, I’ve provided some information below. For additional information, you can visit the Frequently Asked Questions page on the event website.

The Dallas Heart Walk is Saturday, September 12, 2009. The Opening Ceremony starts 8:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:00 a.m. The Dallas Walk will start at Victory Park (at American Airlines Center), 2500 Victory Avenue, Dallas, 75219 and will take a path through downtown for a total distance of 3 miles. Parking is free at the American Airlines Center in Lot F, Lot E and the Platinum Parking Garage. If you want to take the rail, the Red and Blue Line will be running to the American Airlines Center. DART passes are available from your Heart Walk staff person in limited quantities. DART passes will be acceptable for use on the light rail, buses and the TRE.

Last night Jon Stewart interviewed the Former Lt. Governor of New York Betsy McCaughey, who is a strong critic of the Obama Administration’s healthcare plan. They didn’t show all of the first part of the interview, but I’m sure if you’re a lawyer, you’ll be able to get what they’re talking about.

The funny thing about these Congressional bills is that they seem to be subject to interpretation and everyone seems to “read into it” differently. I’m glad the President is pushing the issue of reform. There’s no perfect way to do this and I hope that Congress can come to an agreement on what it will take to get every American health insurance.

Jon’s Intro of McCaughey

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is working hard to inform the public about how to prepare for and prevent H1N1 flu.

Know What to Do About the Flu:Visit http://www.flu.gov

To ensure that the HIV community is prepared for the H1N1 flu and understands how H1N1 can affect people living with HIV and AIDS, AIDS.gov is sponsoring a webinar on H1N1 Preparedness and HIV.

What: H1N1 Preparedness and HIV: A webinar for Federal staff and grantees who serve people living with HIV and AIDS

When: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 2:00 – 2:45 pm (EDT)

Join experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and HIV grantees to hear an update on H1N1 preparedness, especially as it applies to people living with HIV and AIDS.

Register by Friday, August 28 by visiting www.AIDS.gov/webinars

Questions? Please email contact@AIDS.gov. For more information about H1N1, visit www.flu.gov.

The President talks about how the chatter and ruckus around health insurance reform on television obscures the reality of what’s happening in America. He discusses how in most towns people and Members of Congress are having constructive conversations, and how people are learning how reform will help them and their families with the real problems they have faced with the insurance system.

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The President calls health insurance reform critical to our nation’s long-term economic strength and dispells the outlandish rumors being promoted by those who are defending the status quo.

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I saw this video and thought it was pretty funny. Citizens who were not satisfied with their Congressperson’s views were told to attend town hall meetings and let their voice be heard. The news was saying that it was an effort by the Republican Party to interrupt the meetings and show their disapproval of the health care bill. On CNN I saw a Democratic official complaining about the protesters and their efforts, but isn’t this what politics is all about? While I’m not a Republican, I do applaud them for their efforts. They are preparing for 2012 and I can’t in any way hate on them for that.

The problem I have is with the people who all of a sudden want to “take their country back”. Where were these people six years ago? The problems plaguing Americans have been going on longer than 200 days, but for some strange reason they feel the need to have Tax Parties and protests about the state of our economy.

When it comes to the issue of health care, the majority of people probably know very little about what’s going on. That’s why you haven’t seen me post much about it here. I don’t know who to trust when it comes to acquiring information about the bill and I’m kind of glad Congress didn’t get to it this session.

I think it’s great that President Obama is pushing for health care reform, but I hope he’s not trying to move through it too fast. This is not an issue like the Cash for Clunkers Program where we can have a redo. This affects all Americans and the times needs to be taken to make sure it’s done right. Funding is going to have to come from somewhere and sadly that burden may have to fall on the American people.

You know, it’s easy to complain and fuss about the health care bill when you are insured. But I know a lot of hard-working Americans who are uninsured and something needs to be done to make sure they can get the care they need when the time comes. No one should have to be turned down for medical care because they don’t have the coverage to pay for it. Something has to be done.

If you have a job that requires you to be sitting most of the time, it’s important to find some way to take an exercise break when you can. I found this video and thought it would be good to try when I don’t get a chance to go out and walk during lunch. Just know that if you are in a cubicle, people will look at you crazy. And be careful if you have a chair with rollers on it. I’d hate to see a comment about you rolling out in the aisle when attempting to do these exercises.

The President discusses a key factor that has been considered in the development of the health insurance reform proposals that are being considered: the impact of reform on small business. Visit the website at whitehouse.gov to comment on the White House Council of Economic Advisers report on the subject in conjunction with this address.

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