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To: LindyBill who wrote (57494)	8/1/2004 9:00:35 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793690

I have been looking forward to the debates. I'd like it very much if they were like the "This Land is Your Land" cartoon!-g- But no! So, I'll be sitting there, alternately cringing because Bush mangled another sentence and because Kerry's voice affects me like fingernails on blackboards.

To: LindyBill who wrote (57494)	8/1/2004 9:18:09 PM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 793690

OT: Apple Computer CEO Jobs Undergoes Successful Surgery [I hope he recovers. Pancreatic cancer is usually a death sentence. BTW, Jobs (and Bill Gates) are my age.) By PUI-WING TAM Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL August 1, 2004 8:08 p.m. Steve Jobs, chief executive of personal-computer maker Apple Computer Inc. and animation studio Pixar Animation Studio, underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his pancreas during the weekend. The surgery was successful and Mr. Jobs will return to work in September, an Apple spokeswoman said. Mr. Jobs, 49 years old, disclosed the news about his surgery in a memo that he sent to staffers at Apple, Cupertino, Calif., on Sunday. In the memo, Mr. Jobs told Apple employees that he had a rare form of pancreatic cancer, called islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, which can be cured by surgery if removed in time. Mr. Jobs's tumor was diagnosed in time, he said, and he won't require any chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Mr. Jobs, who co-founded Apple in the 1970s, said in the memo that he will take August off, returning to work in September. During his absence, Tim Cook, who heads up operations, sales and Macintosh hardware at Apple, will run the computer maker's day-to-day operations. "We shouldn't miss a beat," Mr. Jobs said in his note. "I'm sure I'll be calling some of you way too much in August, and I look forward to seeing you in September." Mr. Jobs ended his memo in a punchy manner, telling employees that he was sending his memo from his hospital bed, using his 17-inch PowerBook laptop and AirPort Express wireless node, which are Apple products. Mr. Cook, in an interview, said that Mr. Jobs's doctors say his prognosis is "excellent." Mr. Cook added that everyone at Apple "knows what we need to do. Steve is a very hands-on CEO and we've discussed on a weekly basis plans for the many many months ahead." He said he expects Mr. Jobs to e-mail and call him frequently in August. Bill Campbell, an Apple director, said he saw Mr. Jobs on Saturday and Sunday and that the CEO was "sitting up and very alert and animated." Mr. Campbell said the board has "tremendous confidence in Tim and in the depth and quality of [Apple's] management team." He said the board executed the plan that they had had in case of any emergency with Mr. Jobs, which was asking Mr. Cook to oversee day-to-day operations. Mr. Campbell added that the board and Mr. Jobs also have a succession plan in place, but that the plan is confidential even inside the company and known only to the board and to Mr. Jobs.