Happy Birthday Mishelle!

And congrats on busting past 10,000 points on our fabulous international cancer fighting team. You have been doing an outstanding job sweetie! Have a wonderful bday weekend and ride that hog for me.

Song of the Week–Time by The Greencards

Time, by the bluegrass trio tha Greencards. Beautiful song. They have a sound similar to Nickel Creek and are worthy of our first selection for Song of the Week.

Album Description

When two of the most towering figures in popular music invite you out on tour, you must be doing something right. What The Greencards are doing right is making great music. That’s why Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson asked the band to perform on their national tour starting May 25.

One listen to the band’s upcoming sophomore album, Weather & Water, and it’s easy to hear why these musical giants are turning to The Greencards for tour support. The disc, which releases June 28 on Dualtone, is a modern acoustic masterpiece. The band produced the album and called on in-demand engineer Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, Nickel Creek, Dolly Parton) to engineer it.

They also wrote nearly every song on it. The highlight of the album may well be the band’s own “Time.” This standout track mixes dreamy harmonies and a languid melody into a perfect rumination on the past. It’s alluring and addictive—a hallmark of The Greencards’ distinctive global brand of acoustic music.

For the uninitiated, one of the hottest bands in America is comprised of two Australians—mandolin player Kym Warner and bass player Carol Young—and a fiddle-playing Brit named Eamon McLoughlin.

Team Andrax announcement coming tomorrow (or the …

Team Andrax announcement coming tomorrow (or the day after-lol).

PS We’re now in the Top 500 teams worldwide.

Starts Saturday.

Starts Saturday.  

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Testing music link. The button below should take you to iTunes and Bobby McFerrin’s song.

Ok–update, if you have iTunes, this link takes you to the store. If you don’t have iTunes it takes you to the download page for iTunes. Testing over.

Stats Updated 7/2

Great job everyone, just a fantastic job!!!

My Mom: 59,426
Brad: 49,865
Emily: 48,511
Sherry: 45,859
Amber: 40,787
John: 37,534
Nate: 36,652
Sally: 35,790
Mertzy: 19,752
Kevin K: 19,445
Rob: 13,244
Bobby-TB: 13,233
Jeff: 12,556
Mishelle: 11,324
Art: 8,621

Taking the Gloves Off.

Savannah wants to know why you felt you could put off joining our team for another day. She doesn’t have cancer today, but the research we are doing right now may mean life or death for her in 20 years. Are you prepared to tell her what was so important today that you put off making a difference? I am asking you, are you prepared to face this young lady in 20 years and explain to her in the hospital, with a drip, what was so damn important today that you didn’t have 5 minutes to install this little screensaver like device?

Oh, and I’ve heard every excuse under the sun and I’m here to tell you my friend, every one of them is pure bullcrap. Security concerns–total complete BS. Performance issues–absolute BS. There’s some catch (pop-ups, emails, etc)–doesn’t exist, nada, nothing, zip. Will wear out my computer–give me a fricken break–I’ve got more than 3 years of cpu time running this device 24/7 on a laptop–you can try better than that. This will just make the big drug companies richer–sorry, all patents from this research stay with Oxford.

I’m not asking you for money. I’m not asking you to volunteer your time. 5 minutes to install a device and that’s it. There is nothing more for you to do, ever again other than just let the dang thing run in the background. Now, I ask you again. Are you prepared to face this little girl?

Karen, thanks for allowing us to use your precious little baby for our photo op. The life she helps save may just be her own. Savannah is 5 months old.

Focus on the Positive

Focus on the “positive” sign in the center of the image. You will notice that the circle of violet circles disappear completely and becomes a single green spot.

In life, if we focus on the positive, the multitude of dizzying problems around us disappear and are reduced to that which we can manage … one at a time.

This positive message brought to you by Team Andrax. We are seeking new teammates, please consider joining this fine international team.

Preview of Coming Attractions–Stay Tuned.

Calling Seattle. Seattle, come in please . . . {pinch} Just having some fun Jeff. We are a patient bunch.

Point Totals as of 6/28

Great job everyone, just a fantastic job!!!

My Mom: 57,373
Brad: 47,950
Sherry: 44,205
Emily: 43,514
Amber: 39,117
John: 35,956
Nate: 34,413
Sally: 33,933
Mertzy: 17,912
Kevin K: 16,373
Bobby-TB: 13,233
Rob: 11,493
Jeff: 10,978
Mishelle: 8,751
Art: 7,683

From the LAF Website

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More than 10 million Americans are currently living with, through or beyond cancer.
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More than 1.3 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer this year.
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Of adults diagnosed with cancer today, 64% will be living five years from now.
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One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime.
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Three in four families will care for a family member with cancer.
(American Cancer Society, Cancer Facts and Figures 2004)

The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) believes that in the battle with cancer, unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. Founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist, Lance Armstrong, the LAF provides the practical information and tools people living with cancer need to live strong.

Our mission is to inspire and empower people with cancer to live strong. We serve our mission through education, advocacy, public health and research programs.

What a Wonderful World

I see trees of green…….. red roses too
I see ’em bloom….. for me and for you
And I think to myself…. what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue….. clouds of white
Bright blessed days….dark sacred nights
And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world.

The colors of a rainbow…..so pretty ..in the sky
Are also on the faces…..of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands…..sayin’.. how do you do
They’re really sayin’……i love you.

I hear babies cry…… I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more…..than I’ll never know
And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world

Louis Armstrong–could anyone sing it better. Come join us in this fight and help someone else think . . . what a wonderful world.

Pre

One of my favorite quotes by my favorite runner. Pre left it all on the track. He walked the talk.

Our International Team–A Few Flags from Our Team Mates

Our enemy knows no boundaries. No matter where you reside, we need you in this fight. Please consider joining our cancer fighting team. All welcome.

The mysterious kk2324 has surfaced!

Kevin, please accept this belated welcome to our team. Kevin joined us a few weeks ago, but I didn’t know kk2324 was him. If any of you other peeps join, please be sure to email or call so I can properly introduce you to the team. Kevin, you’ve already racked up over 8,000 points, which is outstanding in such a short period of time. I’ve placed a proper welcome for you over on the grid.org forums under the Andrax recruiting thread.

I am so glad to have you on board. I mentioned your dad’s surgery over at the grid, so he’s gonna have a ton of folks praying for a speedy recovery. We have some of the most compassionate and caring folks you will ever meet. Again, Kevin, welcome aboard!

Props for my Peeps

Point totals as of 6/23:

Great job everyone, just a fantastic job!!!

My Mom: 53,293
Brad: 45,292
Sherry: 42,373
Emily: 40,261
Amber: 37,040
John: 34,289
Sally: 32,028
Nate: 31,743
Mertzy: 15,689
Kevin K: 13,605
Bobby-TB: 10,920
Rob: 8,969
Jeff: 8,132
Art: 7,683
Mishelle: 6,991

Team Andrax on the move.

We currently rank #569 (World rankings–42,000+ teams) and are moving up a few spots everyday. However, if you look at who is in front of us and their production, only 3 teams last week between us and spot 100 outproduced us. In fact, our weekly production numbers are on par with teams in the top 50.

Kudos to everyone on this fine international team. We now stand at 89 members strong. Warm welcome to Tene, who joined us last night in the 89th spot. Keep the faith and keep crunching brothers and sisters. All welcome to join us. Looking for mate #90.

Lance today at the Dauphiné Libéré

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Lance on the penultimate stage of the Dauphiné Libéré today, the main tune-up race prior to the Tour. Notice the jersey design, left arm, on the Discovery kit. Yellow. The color of survivorship, the color of courage, the color of a champion.

Wear Yellow

The link above takes you to Nike’s wear yellow site. Significant in the stories from survivors of this relentless disease posted here with their pictures. Inspiring in their courage and their smiles in the face of adversity. Worth a visit.

Screensaver Lifesaver

Screensaver lifesaver

Anyone, anywhere with access to a personal computer, could help find a cure for cancer by giving ’screensaver time’ from their computers to the world’s largest ever computational project, which will screen 3.5 billion molecules for cancer-fighting potential.

The project is being carried out by Oxford University’s Centre for Computational Drug Discovery – a unique ‘virtual centre’ funded by the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR), which is based in the Department of Chemistry and linked with international research groups via the worldwide web – in collaboration with United Devices, a US-based distributed computing technology company, and Intel, who are sponsoring the project.

How It Works

To join the effort to find a treatment for cancer and other devastating diseases, all you need is a PC and Internet access. Virtually any desktop or laptop PC can take part in finding a cure.

Installation Steps

1. Download the file.
2. Run the file you downloaded and follow the installation instructions.
3. Click on step two in my banner and join Team Andrax.

The program is approximately 2MB in size — only slightly larger than a floppy disk. When you run the program, it will automatically guide you through an installation process.

As the program runs, it uses your computer to begin processing a small packet of data. Once processing is complete (about a day later), the program sends the results back to a server and requests a new packet of data. If you aren’t online when the processing is done, your computer will wait to send and receive data packets until the next time you’re connected to the Internet.

The research program operates in the background, so you shouldn’t notice it’s running during computer use. It’s designed to run only when computing resources are unused. As soon as you run an application that needs computing power, the research program will back down, and your computing performance will not be noticeably impacted.

Please consider joining us today. See banner at top of this page for the two simple steps that take less than 5 minutes. Nothing else to be done. All welcome to join.

The Survivor Movie: Why We Joined this Fight.

Roger & Kathy Cawthon, diagnosed with cancer within six weeks of each other, and following more than a year of aggressive cancer treatments, this dynamic husband-and-wife team celebrated their survival by completing the grueling 26.2-mile Marine Corps Marathon. The life-altering series of experiences is the platform from which they launched The Cancer Crusade.

A short movie from their website:

The Survivor Movie

Rob Meckel Joins Double Time

Rob hails from San Antonio, Texas and has joined our fabulous team with 2 computers crunching as teammate #88. The second computer is his mom’s. Not sure Momma Rob knows she’s working with Oxford on cancer research yet.

Rob, thanks so much for joining us in this fight to find a cure. Nate will be very excited to know we’ve got one more teammate doing what we can to combat this monster of a disease.

Teammate #104 Now is Your Time in the Spotlight

Join us today. All Welcome in this fight against cancer. All needed. Every work unit sent back to Oxford moves us forward. The life you save could be your own. More likely, it will be your child’s life. Put yourself in the spotlight. Position 104 is yours for the taking–LOL.

Getting Stronger Day by Day–LOL

Team Andrax. Come crunch some molecules with us.

Props for my Mom! What a Great Job!!!

Since my mom joined our team on 25 April 2005, her computer has generated 126 results returned to the scientists at Oxford. That is simply an outstanding contribution to our team, and more important, to the fight to find a cure. Mom, thanks so much for being a significant part of our team.

Top 1000 Across the Board!

Congrats to Team Andrax. First time ever, we rank within the top 1000 in all three main stat cats:

Total CPU Time (y:d:h) 24:154:07 #998
Points Generated 5,332,103 #594
Results Returned 20,391 #996

My hat off to everyone on this fantastic team. Crunch on brothers and sisters. Computers can be replaced, lives cannot.

Stallings takes the #86 spot! Welcome aboard Jeff.

Mr. Stallings sinking another putt on a beautiful day. Jeff thanks again for joining this fabulous team. We are so glad to have you on board. Our team is growing day by day and the workunits we are sending to the scientists that need our help is quickly approaching 20,000 for Team Andrax. Our team is also quickly approaching 24 years of combined cpu time devoted. You have joined a great cause and a great team.

Welcome aboard Teemie #86. This train is a rolling–LOL All welcome, come aboard.