Message-ID: <14401592.1075853260536.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 04:39:00 -0700 (PDT) From: richard.sanders@enron.com To: eileen.kisluk@enron.com Subject: Gleason Report Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Richard B Sanders X-To: Eileen Kisluk X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Richard_Sanders_Oct2001\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: Sanders-R X-FileName: rsanders.nsf ----- Forwarded by Richard B Sanders/HOU/ECT on 09/28/2000 11:39 AM ----- Mitch Robinson@ENRON 09/05/2000 08:52 AM To: Richard B Sanders/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Eric Thode/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Ben Jacoby/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mark Dobler/NA/Enron@Enron Subject: Gleason Report CONFIDENTIAL - - ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE To all, other than Richard, please do not forward this e-mail on to others. Richard - As a follow-up to your request for information in support of any possible legal action at Gleason, I'm forwarding the attached news report. I have copied only the three principle people (Eric, Ben, Mark) involved in analyzing the complaints, gathering information in support of your legal research, and responding accordingly. A few comments: 1. A third party analysis (Southwest Research Institute - - SWRI) showed no abnormal noise within the hearing range. 2. SWRI showed that at 25 Hz there is a louder than expected vibration. This is well below the hearing range. There are no vendor, regulatory, or otherwise, specifications for vibrations in this range. The fleet of 501 FD's is too small to get any historical data on this range. 3. SWRI indicated that one possible source could be the water injection system in the combustor. We have informed the turbine vendor (Siemens Westinghouse - - SWPC) of this and asked that they work with us to resolve the following: a. Is there a problem b. If there is a problem, what can be done to completely correct the cause of it. c. Barring (b), what can be done to mitigate the effect of the possible problem (damping material in the stack, etc). 4. Since we instrumented and tested (by SWRI), we have not had significant run time. 5. Mark Dobler and I are meeting with SWPC in Orlando on Monday of next week to hammer out the detailed plan. 6. The run season is coming to an end, and I expect fewer than 16 total run hours before next January. 7. We are working to resolve whether there is a problem, and if so to correct it; however, since this is a new generation machine, any efforts have to be coordinated with the OEM (SWPC); therefore, an expeditious My instinct is to explain to the press and the neighbors fully what we are doing, but I want to make sure that we don't put ourselves in any legal jeopardy. Advice? I suggest a meeting with all concerned if you have significant comments/advice. Mitch ---------------------- Forwarded by Mitch Robinson/Corp/Enron on 09/05/2000 08:13 AM --------------------------- Ben F Jacoby@ECT 09/04/2000 01:25 PM Sent by: Ben Jacoby@ECT To: Mitch Robinson/Corp/Enron@Enron, Eric Thode/Corp/Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: FW: Eyewitness News 5pm, Friday, 9/1/00 Sounds like this may turn into a big issue... Regards, Ben ---------------------- Forwarded by Ben Jacoby/HOU/ECT on 09/04/2000 11:41 AM --------------------------- "Gary Hasty" on 09/03/2000 02:56:58 PM Please respond to To: "Ben Jacoby (E-mail)" cc: Subject: FW: Eyewitness News 5pm, Friday, 9/1/00 ? -----Original Message----- ?Ben - Here is the tag line from the WBBJ news on Frideay talking about the noise at the Gleason plant.? ?:ghasty@aeneas.net] Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 2:54 PM To: ghasty@aeneas.net Subject: Eyewitness News 5pm, Friday, 9/1/00 LOGO Eyewitness News 5pm, Friday, 9/1/00 script iconTOP STORY script iconAFRICAN STREET FESTIVAL script iconPOWER PLANT script iconTG-AFRICAN script iconTG-POWER PLANT script iconBONOBOS script iconMANHUNT script iconGIRL SCOUTS script iconB-MANHUNT script iconSMART WOMAN script iconMETH LAB BUST script iconTG-SMART WOMAN script iconJACKSON DRUG ARREST script iconPAP SMEARS script iconFIRST WEATHER script iconTG-PAP SMEARS script iconFIRESTONE script iconMOOSE IN POOL script iconHOLIDAY TRAVEL ? script iconTOP STORY Return to index of stories... A NEW POWER PLANT IN ONE WEST TENNESSEE TOWN HAS NEIGHBORS ALL WORKED UP. THEIR COMPLAINTS INCLUDE NOT ONLY TOO MUCH NOISE. BUT HEALTH CONCERNS. WELCOME TO SEVEN EYEWITNESS NEWS 'LIVE AT FIVE'.I'M BRAD DOUGLASS. AND, I'M DOMINIQUE VERDIEU.THANKS FOR JOINING US. script iconPOWER PLANT Return to index of stories... CONSTRUCTION ON THE GLEASON POWER PLANT BEGAN LAST OCTOBER AND WAS COMPLETED THIS PAST JUNE. INSTEAD OF ACTING AS THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE, NEIGHBORS WANT THE POWER PLANT OUT OF THEIR BACKYARD. THIS ONCE PEACEFUL GLEASON NEIGHBORHOOD ON JAMES MILL ROAD HAS BEEN ROCKED BY THE RUMBLING SOUNDS OF THE NEW GLEASON POWER PLANT. GENERATING ELECTRICITY NOT JUST TO WEAKLEY COUNTY, BUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. BUT NEIGHBORS SAY THEY'D RATHER HAVE IT ELSEWHERE. KAREN ELLIS SAYS SHE'S HAD TO REPLACE HER WINDOWS BECAUSE OF VIBRATIONS FROM THE PLANT. BLACK AND ELLIS BOTH SAY VERY LITTLE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THE PLANT SITE PRIOR TO ITS CONSTRUCTION. THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS. BUT PLANT MANAGER PETER MCCORMICK WHO REFUSED TO GIVE US AN ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW SAYS: "THE PLANT POSES NO THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT". HE FURTHER ADDS, "THE CONSTANT NOISE RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT IS BEING WORKED ON". BUT BOTH BLACK AND ELLIS SAY THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. script iconTG-POWER PLANT Return to index of stories... ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE HOUSTON BASED COMPANY HEADQUARTERS OF ENRON, WHICH OWNS THE PLANT, WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. FOR NOW, RESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE LOOKING INTO LEGAL MATTERS TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. script iconMANHUNT Return to index of stories... A LATE NIGHT SEARCH FOR A WANTED MAN. CONTINUES TODAY IN HENDERSON COUNTY.HE'S CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. BACK IN MARCH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, ISSUED A WARRANT FOR 26-YEAR OLD REGGIE JAMISON OF SELMER. HE'S CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSUALT. SINCE MARCH HE'S BEEN SEEN IN PARTS OF BOTH MCNAIRY AND HENDERSON COUNTIES. A SOLID LEAD AROUND 7 LAST NIGHT SENT OFFICIALS TO A RESIDENCE AT 49 MADISON AVENUE WHERE THEY FOUND JAMISON WITH TWO OTHER MEN. ALL THREE MEN FLED FROM POLICE INTO A THICKET NEAR THE LEXINGTON CEMETERY. script iconB-MANHUNT Return to index of stories... "HE'D BEEN IN AND OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND YESTERDAY THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED WE VERIFIED IT AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM AND HAD HIM TO FLEE ON US." THE TWO MEN WITH JAMISON ARE UNIDENTIFIED. JAMISON IS A BLACK MALE. 5'8'' AND WEIGHS 140 POUNDS. POLICE SAY HE HAS A TATOO OF A SIX POINTED STAR ON HIS RIGHT ARM. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE ALL THREE MEN ARE STILL IN HENDERSON COUNTY. POLICE ARE OFFERING A REWARD UP TO ONE-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO JAMISON'S ARREST. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION CALL THE CRIMESTOPPERS UNIT IN LEXINGTON AT 968-8477 OR THE LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 968-6666. script iconMETH LAB BUST Return to index of stories... AND HENDERSON COUNTY AUTHORITIES ADD ANOTHER METH LAB BUST TO THEIR LIST. THE HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DISCOVERD A METH OPERATION AROUND ROBERTS ROAD OFF RUSH TRAIL AREA ABOUT 8:00 LAST NIGHT. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS SOME RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEARBY FOUND CONTAINERS AND METH-MAKING INGREDIENTS IN THE WOODS. OFFICIALS SAY THE METH HAS A VALUE OF AROUND 7-THOUSAND DOLLARS. AT THIS TIME, THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO LEADS OR SUSPECTS. THE CASE IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, CALL THE HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AT 968-2407. script iconJACKSON DRUG ARREST Return to index of stories... AND, A COMBINED EFFORT FROM SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BROUGHT OFFICERS TO AN EAST JACKSON NEIGHBORHOOD LATE LAST NIGHT THE METRO NARCOTICS UNIT ARRIVED AT 28 ARCHWOOD IN EAST JACKSON SHORTLY BEFORE ELEVEN LAST NIGHT. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SEVERAL CITY, COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES, OFFICERS WENT SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT. DURING THE SEARCH, EIGHT POUNDS OF MARIJUANA, SIX FIREARMS, OVER 13-HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH AND OTHER ITEMS WERE SEIZED. 39 YEAR OLD ZANNIE JONES WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO SELL OR DELIVER, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITH AN ALTERED SERIAL NUMBER. HE'LL BE ARRAIGNED IN MADISON COUNTY GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. script iconFIRST WEATHER Return to index of stories... LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT FIRST WEATHER NOW WITH EDDIE HOLMES.EDDIE IS IT GOING TO BE A LONG HOT WEEKEND? AD LIB script iconFIRESTONE Return to index of stories... FOR FIRESTONE. THIS HAS BEEN ONE MISERABLE WEEK. THE COMPANY IS FACING POSSIBLE CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS, CIVIL LAWSUITS, A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION, AND A MIDNIGHT STRIKE DEADLINE WITH ONE OF THEIR UNIONS. AND AS ANDREW COLTON TELLS US.TODAY BROUGHT YET ANOTHER SCARE, ABOUT A POSSIBLE DANGER FROM FIRESTONE TIRES. HE GOVERNMENT IS NOW WARNING OWNERS OF CERTAIN CHEVY BLAZERS, AND NISSAN AND FORD PICKUPS. YOUR FIRESTONE TIRES MAY HAVE SERIOUS DEFECTS, TOO! THE TREADS COULD SEPARATE! .FOR NOW, IT'S JUST A WARNING. FIRESTONE REFUSED TO RECALL THE 1.4 MILLION TIRES INVOLVED. .THE COMPANY *STILL* TRYING TO REPLACE THE 6.5 MILLION TIRES -- MOSTLY ON FORD EXPLORERS -- THAT IT **DID** RECALL LAST MONTH. THE WARNING COMES AT THE END OF A BAD WEEK FOR BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE. ALREADY, THE VENEZUALAN GOVERNMENT SAID IT MIGHT CRIMINALLY CHARGE FIRESTONE AND FORD FOR SELLING TIRES ON EXPLORERS IN THAT COUNTRY THAT LED TO 46 FATALITIES. AND TONIGHT, 8000 FIRESTONE WORKERS ARE SET TO STRIKE IF THEY DON'T GET A NEW CONTRACT. NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE IN ST. LOUIS. BUT IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS, WHERE MANY OF THE BAD TIRES WERE MADE, UNION LEADERS ARE READY FOR A WALK OUT. RANDY GORDON STEELWORKERS LOCAL VICE PRESIDENT NEXT WEEK, THE C-E-O'S OF FIRESTONE AND FORD WILL TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS.ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY KNEW AND WHEN. YESTERDAY, FORD C-E-O JACQUE NASSER SAID AN INVESTIGATON IS VITAL. JACQUE NASSER/FORD CEO THURSDAY SOUNDBITE "I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM. TIRES ON OUR VEHICLES." FIRESTONE'S FUTURE COULD BE IN TROUBLE. FORD HAS USED FIRESTONE TIRES. ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY. SINCE THE MODEL-T A CENTURY AGO. NOW FORD SAYS IT WILL USE OTHER TIRES, AS WELL. ANDREW COLTON, ABC NEWS, MIAMI. script iconHOLIDAY TRAVEL Return to index of stories... SUMMER DAYS ARE COMING TO A CLOSE FOR THE YEAR.AND FOR MANY OF YOU, LABOR DAY SIGNALS THE END OF SUMMER GET-AWAYS WITH THE FAMILY. CONSTRUCTION ALONG PORTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY'S INTERSTATE HAVE FINALLY BEEN COMPLETED. AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL GET BEHIND THE WHEEL THIS WEEKEND. THE SPEED LIMIT IS BACK TO 70-MILES PER HOUR THROUGH THE OLD WORK ZONES. BUT THAT'S NOT THE GO AHEAD TO SPEED.OFFICERS WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE MAKING SURE YOU OBEY ALL TRAFFIC LAWS. THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD RUNS THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY. script iconAFRICAN STREET FESTIVAL Return to index of stories... IF YOU'RE NOT HEADING OUT OF TOWN FOR THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. THIS WEEKEND YOU'LL FIND PLENTY OF ENTERTAINMENT IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON. MISTY SHAY COLE JOINS US WITH DETAILS ON WHERE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAN FIND MUSIC, DANCE, GAMES AND MUCH MUCH MORE. SCRIPT N/A script iconTG-AFRICAN Return to index of stories... AGAIN THE AFRICAN STREET FESTIVAL KICKS OFF LATER TONIGHT AND RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY AT THE T.R. WHITE SPORTSPEX ON HAYS AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON. THE ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT 6PM TONIGHT.10AM SATURDAY.AND 11AM SUNDAY. ADMISSION IS FREE. script iconBONOBOS Return to index of stories... DEEP IN THE HEART OF AFRICA, ONE OF THE THE MOST INTELLIGENT ANIMALS ON EARTH FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL IN A REMOTE RAIN FOREST. THE ANIMAL IS THE BONOBO. SCIENTISTS HAVE THEIR OWN NAME FOR THIS UNUSUAL PRIMATE."THE PEACEFUL CHIMP." LIZ PURCELL TELLS US WHY THE NAME FITS IN THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES REPORT. BONOBOS ARE UNLIKE ANY OTHER PRIMATE THAT EXISTS ON EARTH. PHYSICALLY, THEY STAND OUT BECAUSE OF THEIR GRACEFUL BUILD AND ROUNDISH FACE. SOCIALLY THEY'RE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY PEACEFUL.AND VERY SEXUAL.PRIMATES. "LIKE CHIMPANZEES BONOBOS ARE OUR CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE. THEY WERE ONLY DISCOVERED IN THE 1920'S AND IDENTIFIED AS A SEPARATE SPECIES FROM CHIMPS." WHILE CHIMPANZEES ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE AND THEIR SOCIETY IS DOMINATED BY MALES, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE OF BONOBOS. "BONOBOS ARE EXTREMELY UNUSUAL BECAUSE FEMALES ARE THE MOST TIGHTLY BONDED IN THE GROUP AND THEY USE THOSE BONDS TO CO-OPERATE WITH EACH OTHER AND THEN DOMINATE MALES AND THIS IS VERY RARE AMONG MAMMALS." BONOBOS REJECT VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY USE SEXUAL ACTIVITY TO EASE TENSIONS AND SETTLE DISPUTES. AMY PARISH MONITORS THE DAILY ACTIVITIES OF A GROUP OF BONOBOS AT THE SAN DIEGO WILD ANIMAL PARK. THERE ARE FEW IN CAPTIVITY ANYWHERE--AND THIS ONE OF THE LARGEST GROUPS IN THE U-S. "AARON, KILI, COME HERE." ANIMAL KEEPERS AT THE PARK FIND THAT THE BONOBOS ARE SO QUICK AND SO INTELLIGENT THAT WORKING WITH THEM IS A REAL CHALLENGE. "THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE CREATURES. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY PLAYING, MOVING, FORAGING FOR FOOD." BONOBOS LIVE IN AN AFRICAN RAINFOREST IN THE CONGO BASIN LOCATED IN THE COUNTRY FORMERLY KNOWN AS ZAIRE. THEY'RE ENDANGERED BECAUSE THEIR FOREST IS BEING DESTROYED BY LOGGING COMPANIES. AND THEY'RE HUNTED FOR FOOD. FEWER THAN 20-THOUSAND OF THESE ANIMALS ARE ALIVE IN AFRICA TODAY. THE BONOBOS, THEIR UNIQUE SOCIAL SYSTEM AND THEIR HABITAT ARE UNDER ATTACK IN THE WILD. script iconGIRL SCOUTS Return to index of stories... A TIME OF YEAR AMERICANS WAIT FOR, AND THEIR TASTE BUDS YEARN FOR, COULD CEASE TO EXIST. THE GIRL SCOUTS ARE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT A SHORTAGE OF TROOP LEADERS. AS A RESULT, THOUSANDS OF GIRLS WHO WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH SCOUTING ARE BEING TURNED AWAY. TRADITIONALLY, THE LEADERS HAVE BEEN MOMS AND GRANDMAS. NOW, THEY'RE TARGETING SINGLE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN.18 TO 35.TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE. AND WITHOUT SOME HELP FROM VOLUNTEERS.A THREAT TO THE GROUP MEANS A THREAT TO THE TASTY COOKIES MANY OF YOU HAVE COME TO LOVE. script iconSMART WOMAN Return to index of stories... SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER IT. OTHERS MAY HAVE NO RECOLLECTION - HISTORY CLASS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE LEARNED ABOUT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, THE CIVIL WAR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. THE KNOWLEDGE MOSTLY CAME FROM BOOKS. WELL, TODAY, KATHERINE STEELE INTRODUCES US TO A WOMAN WHO BRINGS HISTORY ALIVE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. MOST DAYS VICKIE DANIEL LOOKS LIKE THIS. A SINGER WHO ENJOYS THE STAGE. BUT SEVERAL DAYS A MONTH SHE TRANSFORMS. "PHILANTHROPIST, SOCIAL ACTIVIST, BUSINESSWOMAN, MOTHER." INTO MADAM C.J. WALKER. THE FIRST SELF-MADE BLACK FEMALE MILLIONAIRE. SHE INVENTED WALKER HAIR CARE PRODUCTS IN THE EARLY NINETEEN HUNDREDS. BY 1918, 20-THOUSAND WOMEN WERE SELLING THEM AND THE COMPANY WAS EARNING NEARLY 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS. "MADAM C.J. WALKER LEFT A RICH LEGACY." SEVERAL DAYS A MONTH, MADAM WALKER VISITS TEACHERS TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE LESSON. "THEY TORE THAT BUILDING DOWN." THEN SHE INTRODUCES HERSELF TO KIDS. "ACROSS THE STREET MY NEIGHBORS ARE THE ROCKEFELLERS." SHE WORKS WITH A PROGRAM BRINGING HISTORY ALIVE. "I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO TEACH HISTORY AND TO SHOW THE POWER OF HISTORY." THE PROGRAM INCLUDES MARY TODD LINCOLN, FORTHY-NINERS FROM THE GOLD RUSH DAYS AND EIGHT OTHER HISTORICAL CHARACTERS. "I THINK THEY REALLY ENJOYED AND WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT THEY LEARNED." "SHE HAD A DREAM ABOUT HER HAIR CARE PRODUCTS AND SO SHE MADE IT." THEY EVEN LEARNED A LITTLE MORE THAN HISTORY. "I LEARNED THAT IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING." OTHER WAYS TO SHARE HISTORY WITH YOUR KIDS IS TO TELL THEM YOUR FAMILY STORIES, TAKE THEM TO HISTORICAL SITES IN YOUR OWN TOWN. IN THE END, YOU;LL PROBABLY LEARN SOMETHING TOO. KATHERINE STEELE, 7-EYEWITNESS NEWS. script iconTG-SMART WOMAN Return to index of stories... THE INDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL FUNDS "HISTORY ALIVE." FOR INFORMATION ON GETTING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS STARTED IN YOUR AREA, CONTACT THE COUNCIL TOLL FREE AT 800-675-8897. OR YOU CAN CHECK OUT IVANHOE DOT COM FORWARD SLASH SMART WOMAN ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB. script iconPAP SMEARS Return to index of stories... IN HEALTH NEWS.LADIES, THIS IS A REPORT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS. THE TEST IS HERE. THE FIBER OPTIC CERVICAL PROBE IS NOW BEING TESTED BY DOCTORS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. AND, ALREADY THEY BELIEVE IT'S FAR MORE ACCURATE AND DEFINITELY FASTER AT DETECTING CERVICAL CANCER THAN THE PAP SMEAR. CHRISTI MYERS REPORTS ON WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. PAULA ROBERTS IS ONE OF 400 STUDY PATIENTS WHO WILL BE TESTING A NEW FIBER OPTIC PROBE.AND COMPARING IT TO THE PAP SMEAR. "THIS IS THE PROBE THAT WE'RE GONNA USE TO TAKE THE MEASUREMENTS." THE CERVICAL PROBE WHICH IS BEING TESTED AT M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER MAY SOMEDAY REPLACE THE PAP SMEAR AS A FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE WAY TO DETECT CERVICAL CANCER. INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR RESULTS. WOMEN LEARN IF THEY HAVE CANCER OR PRECANCEROUS CHANGES IMMEDIATELY. "WITH THE PROBE THEY CAN TELL IMMEDIATELY IF THERE'S A PROBLEM AND TAKE A BIOPSY OR WHATEVER THEY NEED RIGHT THEN." THE PROBE IS PLACED PAINLESSLY AGAINST THE CERVIX.SHINING LIGHT ONTO THE TISSUE. CANCER CELLS AND PRE CANCEROUS CELLS ABSORB LIGHT DIFFERENTLY "WHAT HAPPENS IS AS CELLS GET MORE DYSPLASTIC AND MOVE TOWARD CANCER, THE NUCLEI ACTUALLY GET CRINKLED SO THEY REFLECT LIGHT IN A MORE SCATTERED WAY." THE PROBE'S INFORMATION IS FED INTO A COMPUTER WHICH INTEPRETS THE TEST IN MINUTES. AND PATIENTS DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WAIT FOR A DOCTOR TO READ THE RESULTS. PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS AND AIDES HAVE USED THE DEVICE SUCCESSFULLY IN THE TRIAL. "THIS WILL GIVE US A WHOLE NEW STEP TO GO TOWARDS IN FINDING CANCER IN THE EARLIER STAGES, POSSIBLY BEING ABLE TO FIND A CURE ALSO." script iconTG-PAP SMEARS Return to index of stories... THAT WAS CHRISTI MYERS REPORTING. BY THE WAY, THE PROBE MAY ALSO BE USED TO SOMEDAY DETECT CANCERS IN THE MOUTH, COLON AND BLADDER. script iconMOOSE IN POOL Return to index of stories... WHILE THE CAT IS AWAY THE MOUSE WILL PLAY.OR IN THIS CASE, WHILE THE HOMEOWNER'S AWAY THE *MOOSE* WILL PLAY. A LOOSE MOOSE PROBABLY HOT. PROBABLY TIRED. FOUND SOMEONE'S POOL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND DECIDED TO GO FOR A DIP. AND IT APPEARS AFTER JUMPING IN.THE OL' GAL FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WATER. SHE SET OUT PRACTICING HER SWIMMING TECHNIQUE BY SWIMMING THE LENGTH OF THE POOL. Copyright 1999 Jackson Telecasters All rights reserved. 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