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Why We Do What We Do...

Jim, I believe that you have read my mind.
I could not have not put it any better what I was and do think of daily.
The reason I am here and try so hard every day to look for others to help as well, is the possibility sometime in the future of a cure being found.
The cure will be found and it will be thanks to all of us and all of our cumulative hard work.

R/ Slava

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We will find cures in our lifetime.
I have no doubt as great strides in medicine occur all the time. Cancer is a beast...but we will overcome it.

We do our small part everyday...and that contributes to the bigger picture...of this I am certain.

Whenever I can, I will add more machines to the cause....for the cure.
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You have been on my mind and in our prayers all week as well Jim. Your loss has motivated me to somehow try and get more machines crunching. I plan to spend a few minutes with each of my daily customers to inform them of our great family here and what we do. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with you and your family.

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Jim, that is right on the money. I watched my MOM run the same course as yours. I hate cancer with a passion and I hated seeing my MOM laying there almost mummy like. She didn't look like her and I see that image everyday. I am all for dong what we can to kill this.
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Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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You sir have great spirit and attitude towards this, and for that I commend you. I have never had anyone in my immediate family stricken with cancer, and for that I thank God! For those who have gone through it I just can't imagine.

Though I have worked in the medical field for many years I have seen the effects of cancer and what it can do to the patient and their families. I have also seen some of the effects of new drugs, therapies & technologies that have enhanced peoples lives beyond what was available just 10 years ago.

That being said, I believe that as a whole the UD project has and will continue to supplement the other research being done in oncology and that hopefully one day soon, there might be cures to combat the many different forms of cancer.

Though my contribution to the project may wane from time to time, rest assured that I will never leave as long as the project continues and that there are people here just like you who have this determination to continue the fight. I'm just glad to be helping with a great group here.
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I'm dying of thirst in the middle of the ocean.

Jim, your statement is probably the best summation of how I feel. My most sincere condolences are with you and your family. I think you are dead-on with everything you have to say about how this is a big family and we all need to stay with it and be the solution, and find the cure.

I am new to TD, but I joined it because I have seen a couple of good friends suffer from cancer, as well as my grandfather. It was hard for me when a couple of my friends were just in need of some moral/spiritual support when I was underway because being on a submarine, its hard to get messages back and forth, even with the new ability to do email underway. I don't want my children to ever have to watch people suffer from cancer, unable to do anything to help them.

I didn't know this community of generous souls existed until I came to bbr trying to research my broadband options after I changed duty stations. I was happy to find that such distributed computing efforts were underway. I am putting forth my best efforts to crunch as much as I can.

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Jim,

I am touched by your post and your determination. To take the anger & bitterness of losing your mom to this disease, and put it to work against this terrible plague is an attitude that I echo. I commend you for your determination. And yet, I also feel for you, because I know you are hurting -- I can read and feel it in your post. I understand your pain *and* anger. I too, have it, still. Many of us have experienced loss to this dreadful disease and if we all have, and keep, the determination that you have right now, I'm sure we could, and will, eradicate this thing.

I've lost my mother and grandmother to cancer, so when I say, I know how you feel -- I think I do. It's heart-rending to hear your relatively young (56 years old) mother screaming in pain and begging you, her daughter, to help her, and you can do nothing except squeeze her hand a bit tighter and hold her a bit closer -- all the while, hoping that she will soon be relieved of her suffering (not only because she can't take it anymore, but neither can you). I got off on a tangent, but like you, I want all of us to know, and remember, how important it is to continue fighting as hard and as savagely as this disease. Let's match its savagery and meet it head-on. Crunch the hell out of it!

Thank you, Jim. Thank you for giving us all a reality check. A reminder of why we crunch in the first place and why we must continue to do so.

I whole-heartedly accept your challenge.

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I get up in the morning, take a shower, get dressed, and go kiss my sleeping wife goodbye. That is my reminder everyday how important this team is. She has beat cancer twice. I don't want her to have to deal with it again.

Thanks, Jim, for reminding us all.
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»www.drwp.net/ ~ Save a Weiner Dog! "Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved." ~ Will Rogers

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You've said it perfectly Jim. I just hate cancer.

Crunching with you 24/7.

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I've seen many turn into bitter and angry people after seeing what cancer has done to their loved ones. I understand how that happens but it just takes a bad situation and makes things worse. God-bless you for doing everything possible to turn lemons into lemonade.
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If you give a little they give a lot.

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I Know Exactly What You Mean ( Lost Both Of My Parents Years Ago ). There Is So Many Emotions To Go Through ( Some Took Me Along Time ). At Times I Miss Them So Bad, But Remembering Them As They Were Helps Alot.

Just Remember Her The Way That You Want, That Is The Best.
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Team Discovery.Team Helix.Seti@Home.Our Place

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Jim,

Every time I read your post, I cry my eyes out. I'm proud to cry for those we've all lost, but have been unable to properly express my feelings until now. Recently, my wife's brother passed of this exact form of cancer.

I'm tearfully happy accept your challenge.

Never give up
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Team Discovery Project Hope

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Jim,

It never ceases to amaze me in the way we get our "messages" on this journey we call life.

In the past few days I've been incredibly occupied trying to get these old/new crunchers back and running. For some reason, unknown to me, there's been a sense of urgency to give more to this cause. I will let everyone know when these are running and dedicate these to Ginny by naming the devices accordingly.

There's plenty of us here that regard you highly and I hope it's appropriate for me to say (for everyone), If you feel really pissed off at the world and want someone to yell at - well...Yell at SMOKEY - no...wait a minute...:o

Seriously, you can always vent via IM at me and several others here. We're all good listeners too!

BTW-
Is there a high level document somewhere that I can use to convince my employer (a selling point) that this is an incredible contribution?

Go in peace, my friend - we've got your back!
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If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away.

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Is there a high level document somewhere that I can use to convince my employer (a selling point) that this is an incredible contribution?
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I like the way they explained it in PC World:
»www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,a···3,00.asp
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If you give a little they give a lot.

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Touching, and beautifully phrased, my friend. You certainly didn't mince words explaining why we are all here. I feel deeply for your loss, and am inspired by your post.

This is the most recent picture of my front line crunching arsenal. The left-most laptop had been out of commission for several months, and I just got her back from the shop. I'll dedicate her to you, Jim.

I know it may sound a little sappy, but it makes me feel better. So, in short, I accept your challenge!

God bless you.

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Just an outstanding post, and if it's all right with you, it is now linked at the top of the forum.
Thanks for putting into words what many of us feel.

THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE

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I have been running this project for a long time, and been a semi long standing member of this community. I have always known cancer to be a beast. My grandfather succombed to it when I was in high school. A very close friend on my first hockey team was diagnosed with it and he was lucky enough to fight it off.

If I am lucky, I will never have to fight that disease. My efforts here will hopefully ensure that no one will have to fear this disease again.
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My Domain
Nightfall's Hockey and Life Journal

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Very well put Jim. I've seen it too.. don't you just wish there were more more we could do.
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What else would you do?