{"id":8870,"date":"2024-01-13T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/?p=8870"},"modified":"2024-01-18T17:25:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:25:16","slug":"our-money-raising-campaign-for-als-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/our-money-raising-campaign-for-als-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Money-Raising Campaign for ALS Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Get my 3-book bundle <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/b\/modernccollection\/c\/OsJPYun1ZJy7\">Modern C++ Collection<\/a> for half the price ($70 -&gt; $35). I will donate the money to the ALS research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle_all.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8892\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle_all.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle_all-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle_all-1030x579.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle_all-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle_all-705x397.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donation sum so far: $5800.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me start with the facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research around ALS is Heavily Underfunded<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/water-1558153_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8874\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/water-1558153_640.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/water-1558153_640-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a statement from the <a href=\"https:\/\/als-charite.de\/\">ALS-Ambulanz<\/a>, translated into English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>ALS is one of the \u201corphans of medicine\u201d \u2013 rare diseases that are not the focus of social attention. Treatment is significantly underfunded, and there is also insufficient funding for ALS research. Donations and other third-party funding are of fundamental importance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This underfunding has become apparent with the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Bucket_Challenge\">Ice Bucket Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research requires more money. Here is my idea. Let\u2019s make our money-raising campaign for ALS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Money-Raising Campaign<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Get my 3-book bundle <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/b\/modernccollection\/c\/OsJPYun1ZJy7\">Modern C++ Collection<\/a> for half the price ($70 -&gt; $35).  The coupon is valid until the 21st of January (included).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle-1030x420.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8872\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle-1030x420.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle-705x288.png 705w, https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bundle.png 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The following three books are included in this bundle: <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/b\/modernccollection#bundle-page-cpplibrary\">The C++ Standard Library<\/a>,  <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/b\/modernccollection#bundle-page-concurrencywithmodernc\">Concurrency with Modern C++<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/b\/modernccollection#bundle-page-c20\">C++20<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will donate all the money to the <a href=\"https:\/\/als-charite.de\/\">ALS-Ambulanz<\/a>. The ALS-Ambulanz is part of the Charit\u00e9 and is leading in the research and treatment of ALS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-large-font-size is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/b\/modernccollection\/c\/OsJPYun1ZJy7\" style=\"background-color:#b70d18\">Get Modern C++ Collection<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Please let me know if you prefer your donation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamals.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.iamals.org\/\">I AM ALS<\/a>. I AM ALS is a non-profit organization in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please spread my word. I will keep you informed on how this fundraising goes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get my 3-book bundle Modern C++ Collection for half the price ($70 -&gt; $35). I will donate the money to the ALS research. Donation sum so far: $5800. Let me start with the facts. Research around ALS is Heavily Underfunded Here is a statement from the ALS-Ambulanz, translated into English: ALS is one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-als"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8870"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8986,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8870\/revisions\/8986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernescpp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}