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I thought I might escape it, but thanks to Kristopher Standish for nominating me for the #ALSiceBucketChallenge. Its a cause close to my heart. And yes, I am at work during this video. I now nominate Chris Douglas, Ellen Owen, Monte Stiles, and Aaron Friedman. Drop some ice on your head and donate a little, or pass and donate a lot :) Now stolen straight off Kriss post: For anybody whos still skeptical of the challenge, the ALS Association has raised over $15 million in the past few weeks. Thats about 10x what they raised last year in the same time period and about 40% of the NIHs annual budget for ALS research: forbes/sites/dandiamond/2014/08/18/ok-the-ice-bucket-challenge-worked-now-where-will-the-dollars-go/ ALS is a horrible disease that leads to the degeneration of motor neurons in the nervous system and eventually to death. Theres certainly not enough room to describe it in detail in 1 post, but heres a link that has more information about the disease: alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html Heres where you can donate to the ALS Association: https://secure2.convio.net/alsa/site/Donation2;jsessionid=563C35A558BA7A15CDCCB9E40968F611.app295b?df_id=27420&27420.donation=form1 And heres a reality check about the current research funding atmosphere in the U.S. 25% loss in purchasing power over the last decade and a loss of billions of dollars in funding. huffingtonpost/matthew-segal/the-ice-bucket-challenge_b_5688100.html
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 23:33:58 +0000

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