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O/T ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Marijess — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 03:38:20 GMT

Hey guys! So it seems like this ice bucket challenge is trending now to help raise awareness for the ALS Association. Have any of you been challenged yet?

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autumnnj — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 03:58:09 GMT

No, but I think making a donation is much better than wasting so much water, especially when there is drought in some parts of the country, and people in need around the world~

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F1wild — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 04:09:23 GMT

I just saw Charlie Sheen's version where he dumps $10K in bills over his head and said that would be his donation. He challenged Jon Cryer, Chuck Lorre & Ashton Kucher to do the same. I gotta say it's inventive.

Oprah did the challenge then challenged Steven Spielberg, Manish Dayal & Helen Mirren to do the same. IMO, this was just Oprah advertising her co-produced movie, The Hundred-foot Journey. Not sure if I appreciate that.

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Gooday — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 04:11:46 GMT

I have not but our nieces, great nephew and 2 cousins all participated. Hey, I wouldn't do it but it's been raising a lot of money so, whatever floats your boat.

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F1wild — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 04:23:35 GMT

The news blurb said the ALS organization received $1.-something million last year, to this date. This year their to date is $13.-something million. Huge increase! The challenge must be working to bring awareness to the cause.

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KateChopin — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 04:37:10 GMT

Yep--- accepted and completed. Video posted. Donation given. Boom!

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tiamaria — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 04:54:29 GMT

I personally have not been nominated to do it because I am not on social media. My kids have been nominated, and have done it, one of them doing it twice. I saw a clip on the news last night that the ALS foundation is reporting their donations are quadruple what they usually are. Glad it is at least working. It did kind of throw a wrench into my constant preaching to my children about being a leader not a follower. "Relax, it is for charity!" is what my daughter's response was. If everyone would just send in $1 rather than waste the time posting the ridiculous videos....

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sueinsf — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:34:32 GMT

Someone in my office was challenged and asked me to film it, until he read that California was fining people for wasting water in a drought. And because people are posting their videos online they can easily be caught. Better to make the donation instead.

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KateChopin — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:36:48 GMT

On 8/18/2014 tiamaria said:
I personally have not been nominated to do it because I am not on social media. My kids have been nominated, and have done it, one of them doing it twice. I saw a clip on the news last night that the ALS foundation is reporting their donations are quadruple what they usually are. Glad it is at least working. It did kind of throw a wrench into my constant preaching to my children about being a leader not a follower. "Relax, it is for charity!" is what my daughter's response was. If everyone would just send in $1 rather than waste the time posting the ridiculous videos....

But then no one would know about it, would they? It's all in good fun for a good cause. I enjoyed taking part and watching the videos! So glad they made so much money---hope it goes a long way to finding a cure for this terrible disease. As a breast cancer survivor, I hope they do something similar. I'll bet many charities now will!

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Tinkerbell3 — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:45:02 GMT

The “Ice Bucket Challenge,” a campaign to raise money to fight Lou Gehrig's ... people to take the “no ice bucket challenge” and just donate the money. ... So in order to rewrite the end of it, we need to raise awareness, money.

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BellaCarro — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:49:19 GMT

On 8/18/2014 sueinsf said:
Someone in my office was challenged and asked me to film it, until he read that California was fining people for wasting water in a drought. And because people are posting their videos online they can easily be caught. Better to make the donation instead.

What? Until he read that where? How would they know if it wasn't rain water or other recycled or re-used water. Think I'd be certain of the source of that info before repeating it.

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sueinsf — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:27:11 GMT

On 8/18/2014 BellaCarro said:
On 8/18/2014 sueinsf said:
Someone in my office was challenged and asked me to film it, until he read that California was fining people for wasting water in a drought. And because people are posting their videos online they can easily be caught. Better to make the donation instead.

What? Until he read that where? How would they know if it wasn't rain water or other recycled or re-used water. Think I'd be certain of the source of that info before repeating it.

As this was the only person I knew who had been challenged, I meant simply to repeat what they had told me. You're right, I can't vouch for the source of that information and I don't mean to be spreading false information. But the reality is, it doesn't matter whether you actually do the challenge or not, the idea is to raise awareness and money for the charity, isn't it??

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Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:03:56 GMT

Well, if it raises money, that's great ..... but it's kinda stupid, IMO.

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Campion — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:20:19 GMT

I need to do this. DH passed away from ALS three years ago. The research is getting close to at least one cause of ALS and we need to fund it. I can't tell you how many people have told me that they have a family member or know someone currently suffering from this fatal disease. My husband got off "easy" (his heart gave out) but it was going to be very ugly and nasty for him. It took me a long time to be able to not cry every day, and fighting ALS is a way to fight back for him. (Love of my life.)

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violann — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:27:04 GMT

Campion, you, and in memorium your DH, are my HEROES OF THE DAY!

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Campion — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:33:43 GMT

I'll give you some other good news on ALS. In case you don't know, I have a science advanced degree (like biochem) and I worked in labs and related industries with researchers for years until I retired and started a second career in finance. So I do read research about various diseases.

A funny thing would happen to my late husband who died of ALS. He had the most weird reaction to MSG (monosodium glutamate.) If there was any in food (say, in a sausage or hash or a sauce) he would get very tired right after eating and literally could not hold his head up for an hour. So if we ate out and were unlucky and something had MSG, we had to sit and wait until he could get up again. Since many people have weird reactions to MSG, we didn't think anything about that.

Fast forward to today, after he's been gone a few years. I read that a protein has been discovered that clogs up the nerve endings in people with ALS, and glutamic acid metabolism (that same glutamate in MSG, and also in most proteins we eat--it's everywhere) is involved in the problem with the nerves. Something happens and this protein should be "recycled" from the nerves but it isn't--and eventually the person gets sick. Which may be why people tend to get this in their 40's and 50's--they've had a lifetime of a genetic problem with a certain protein (and glutamic acid) and by their 50's they develop ALS.

This means--in case this was REALLY boring science stuff for you, that if they KNOW the PROTEIN that is defective, they can find the pathway to stop the problem with various drugs or develop a drug. I estimate we are about 2 decades away from a treatment, if not a cure, for ALS!!!!!

I know 2 decades sounds long, but in pharmaceutical and medical research it is NOT long. So your money and my money is going to REALLY have an important role in curing this horrible disease. THERE IS HOPE--not today, but in our lifetime.

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Ladyrain — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:24:02 GMT

Campion, I didn't find it boring at all! In fact, you explained a complex subject in a way that was easy to understand; thank you. I fervently hope that those two decades, which I agree isn't long in the grande scheme of things, culminate in a treatment/cure.

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susanks1 — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:27:57 GMT

On 8/18/2014 autumnfaire said:
No, but I think making a donation is much better than wasting so much water, especially when there is drought in some parts of the country, and people in need around the world~

I agree.

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BRANDONLEE — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:51:31 GMT

There are always a few that will put a damper on something.I think it's a fun way of raising money for one of the worst diseases for anyone to have.My son has done it his friends and his coaches.A shortage of water???How that happens is beyond me.Before this bucket challenge not many new anything about ALS.My son's friends father has it 45 yrs old he did the bucket challenge.It is such a awful awful thing when i see this man i want to cry.So if this game will bring tons of money then go for it.There are always a few of you who always have a nasty remark such as 'it's so stupid' etc.

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Alexa6352 — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:55:55 GMT

I just heard a Doctor say that if you have a Heart Condition that you should just donate the money. Not a good idea to pour ICE COLD WATER over your body..