[bksvol-discuss] Re: google
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:00:29 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, for that info, Roger. I'llkeep it in mind.
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki..benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: google
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 12:22 PM
> No, whether you use advanced
> search or not there is usually a notice right after your
> results that says something like pages that are very similar
> to each other have not been included in these results; click
> here to show all results. I too usually find what I am
> looking for in the first search so I kind of for got about
> it. If I recall correctly now, if you have multiple pages of
> results that notice may appear only on the last page.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "I find
> capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is
> alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and
> competition." Fidel Castro
>
>
>
> The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com/txtindex.shtml
> Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com
>
> Granma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html
>
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> [bksvol-discuss] google
>
> Date:
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> 6/18/2009 2:56:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>
> From:
>
> popularplace@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Reply-to:
>
> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> To:
>
> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Sent from the Internet
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> (Details)
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> I use google all the time, too, but since I always get what
> I'm looking for I didn't realize there's a
> button that reveals what google hides. Thanks for
>
> the info. Is that in advanced search, which I haven't
> used?
>
>
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
> Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and
> books-being-scanned list available at sites below
>
>
>
> Wish List:
> https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
>
>
>
> Books Being Scanned List:
> https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
> <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> > From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
> <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
>
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 8:32 AM
>
> > Google is my preferred
>
> > search engine. I use it for something or other pretty
> much
>
> > every day and yet I did not even think of clicking
> that
>
> > button that brings up the results that Google hides.
> That
>
> > should explain why I was getting a smaller than
> expected
>
> > number of hits myself. By the way, it should be
> pointed out
>
> > for Google novices that if you are using the main
> Google
>
> > search field with advanced functions rather than going
> to
>
> > the advanced search form it is important to remember
> not to
>
> > put a space after the colon.
>
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "I find
>
> > capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it
> is
>
> > alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and
>
> > competition." Fidel Castro
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > The Militant:
> http://www.themilitant.com/txtindex.shtml
>
> > Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com
>
> >
>
> > Granma International:
> http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html
>
> >
>
> >
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> > _
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> > table with 2 columns and 6 rows
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> >
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> > Subj:
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> >
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> > [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
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> >
>
> > Date:
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> >
>
> > 6/18/2009 7:55:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>
> >
>
> > From:
>
> >
>
> > james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> > Reply-to:
>
> >
>
> > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> > To:
>
> >
>
> > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> > Sent from the Internet
>
> >
>
> > (Details)
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> >
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> > table end
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> >
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> >
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> >
>
> > Hi,
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > I had success with this two-step method. First, I went
> to
>
> > Google and typed in a line that looks like this.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > publisher: o'reilly site:bookshare.org
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > That brought back 46 results. At the bottom of the
> search
>
> > results there was text that said that Google omitted
> similar
>
> > results or something like that. I
>
> >
>
> > activated a link that brought back all of the results.
> I
>
> > got about 1400 hits. That should cover all of the
> titles
>
> > from that publisher. Now, if I find an
>
> >
>
> > advanced search query that brings back the omitted
> results
>
> > in one step, I’ll report it here. Otherwise, I’ll
>
> > consider this dead horse beaten enough.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Thanks.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Jim
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > ----------
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Jim Homme, Usability Engineering.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > 412-544-1810.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Note: I will reply to email and voice mail within
> four
>
> > hours.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Nothing in this world can take the place of
>
> > persistence.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Talent will not; nothing is more common than
>
> > unsuccessful people with talent.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a
>
> > proverb.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Education will not; the world is full of
> educated
>
> > derelicts.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Persistence and determination alone are
>
> > omnipotent."
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > - Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>
> > Homme, James
>
> >
>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:31 AM
>
> >
>
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Hi Tammie,
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Go to Google and try typing the line below this one
> into
>
> > the search box.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Harlequin site:bookshare.org
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Jim
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > ----------
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Jim Homme, Usability Engineering.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > 412-544-1810.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Note: I will reply to email and voice mail within
> four
>
> > hours.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Nothing in this world can take the place of
>
> > persistence.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Talent will not; nothing is more common than
>
> > unsuccessful people with talent.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a
>
> > proverb.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Education will not; the world is full of
> educated
>
> > derelicts.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Persistence and determination alone are
>
> > omnipotent.."
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > - Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>
> > Tammy Blaker
>
> >
>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 5:47 AM
>
> >
>
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > I didn't know I could search Bookshare by
> Publisher as
>
> > I love Harlequin Books ; can someone tell me how to
> do
>
> > this? It would be so great! I'm not a
> computer
>
> >
>
> > person and have no idea how to do an advance Google
> search
>
> > and confine the search to Bookshare.org. Thanks so
> much
>
> > for any help you can give.
>
> >
>
> >
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> > block quote
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> > ----- Original Message -----
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> >
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> >
>
> >
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> > From:
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> >
>
> > Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > To:
>
> >
>
> > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:45 AM
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Okay, now I see where I made my mistake. As I said, I
> did
>
> > an advanced Google search in which I entered the name
> of a
>
> > publisher as the search term and confined
>
> >
>
> > the search to Bookshare.org and I was doubtful of my
>
> > results. The reason I was doubtful was because I
> intended to
>
> > search a publisher that was providing
>
> >
>
> > publisher quality books and I only got thirty-nine
> hits..
>
> > Now I will reveal which publisher it was. It was
> Harper
>
> > & Row. Apparently I was confusing Harper
>
> >
>
> > & Row with Harper Collins. Now that I see that
> Harper
>
> > Collins is on this list and Harper & Row is not I
>
> > repeated the search with Harper Collins as my search
>
> >
>
> > term. This time I got 337 hits. I am not sure how
> useful
>
> > that information is now with the list of publishers
> that are
>
> > supplying books right here, but bear
>
> >
>
> > in mind that you can use the advanced search at Google
> to
>
> > search not only for publishers, but also for anything
> else
>
> > on Bookshare that the Bookshare search
>
> >
>
> > engine is not capable of.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "I find
>
> > capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it
> is
>
> > alienating... because it causes war,
>
> >
>
> > hypocrisy and competition." Fidel Castro
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > The Militant:
>
> >
>
> > http://www.themilitant.com/txtindex.shtml
>
> >
>
> > Pathfinder Press:
>
> >
>
> > http://www.pathfinderpress..com
>
> >
>
> > Granma International:
>
> >
>
> > http://granma.cu/ingles/index..html
>
> >
>
> > _
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> > table with 2 columns and 6 rows
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> >
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> > Subj:
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> >
>
> > [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
>
> >
>
> > Date:
>
> >
>
> > 6/17/2009 3:51:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>
> >
>
> > From:
>
> >
>
> > popularplace@xxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> > Reply-to:
>
> >
>
> > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> > To:
>
> >
>
> > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> > Sent from the Internet
>
> >
>
> > (Details)
>
> >
>
> > table end
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Below is a list of publisher donors we got quite some
> time
>
> > ago. (August of '08)I saved it, so if you or
> anyone
>
> > prefers to have it as an rtf attachment
>
> >
>
> > I'll send it to you. Maybe we'll get an
> updated
>
> > one.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Harper Collins, O'Reilly, Hachette and
>
> > Perseus--don't scan their books--being donated
>
> >
>
> > Current List of Publishers Signed On With
> Bookshare.org
>
> > (08/27/08)
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > I. Harper Collins
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > II. O'Reilly
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > III. The Perseus Book Groups
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Imprints:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > i. Avalon Travel
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > ii. Basic Books (renowned publisher of serious
>
> > nonfiction: Warren Bennis, Douglas Hofstadter, Alice
> Miller,
>
> > Niall Ferguson, Richard Feynman, Howard
>
> >
>
> > Gardner, Zbigniew Brzezinski
>
> >
> <https://mail.benetech.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/author_detail.jsp?id=000703>
>
>
> >
>
> > )
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > iii. Basic Civitas Books (African-American
> &
>
> > African Studies), Da Capo Press (H.G.
> Bissinger's
>
> > Friday Night Lights; American and world history,
> biography,
>
> >
>
> > music, especially jazz, film, art, photography,
> sports,
>
> > humor, and popular culture)
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > iv. Da Capo Lifelong Books,
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > v. Nation Books (joint venture partnership)
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > vi.. Public Affairs (joint venture
> partnership)
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > vii. Running Press
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > viii. Seal Press
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > ix. Vanguard Press
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> >
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> >
>
> >
>
> > x. Westview Press (distinguished publisher of
>
> > college textbooks)
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > IV. Hachette Book Group USA is made up of the
>
> > following publishing groups and imprints:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > i. Little, Brown & Company
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > ii. Back Bay Books
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
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> > iii. Bulfinch
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> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > iv. Grand Central Publishing
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> >
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> >
>
> >
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> > v. 5-Spot
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> >
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> >
>
> >
>
> > vi. Business Plus
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> > vii. Forever
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> > viii.. Springboard Press
>
> >
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> >
>
> >
>
> > ix. Twelve
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> >
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> >
>
> >
>
> > x. Vision
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> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > xi. Wellness Central
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> >
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> >
>
> >
>
> > xii. FaithWords
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> >
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> >
>
> >
>
> > xiii. Center Street
>
> >
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> >
>
> >
>
> > xiv. Orbit
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> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > xv. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > xvi. LB Kids
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > xvii. Poppy
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > xviii. Yen Press
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > [Notable authors include David Baldacci, David
> Sedaris,
>
> > Michael Connelly, James Patterson, Nelson DeMille,
> Stephanie
>
> > Meyer, Anita Shreve, Alice Sebold,
>
> >
>
> > Lou Dobbs, Jennie Fields, Robert Kiyosaki, Rick
> Moody,
>
> > Sidney Sheldon, Nicholas Sparks, Jon Stewart and the
> writers
>
> > of Comedy Central's The Daily Show,
>
> >
>
> > Stephen Colbert, and David Foster Wallace.]
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > I add the list Carrie sends me of bestsellers that
>
> > bookshare is working on to the being-scanned list.
> Also, at
>
> > or near the bottom of the list is a list
>
> >
>
> > of books that people have sent to bookshare for them
> to
>
> > scan.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Cindy
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection)
> and
>
> > books-being-scanned list available at sites below
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Wish List:
>
> >
> https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Books Being Scanned List:
>
> >
> https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Amber Wallenstein
>
> > <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > > From: Amber Wallenstein
>
> > <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> >
>
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
>
> >
>
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
>
> > > Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 5:21 PM
>
> >
>
> > > I know bookshare will be receiving
>
> >
>
> > > books from many publishers. Is there any way we
> the
>
> >
>
> > > volunteers can get lists of books being submitted
> by
>
> >
>
> > > publishers or those being worked on in-house so
>
> > efforts are
>
> >
>
> > > not duplicated?
>
> >
>
> > > Amber
>
> >
>
> > > Book blog:
>
> >
>
> > > http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/
>
> >
>
> > > I have accepted a seat in the House of
>
> > Representatives, and
>
> >
>
> > > thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your
> ruin,
>
> > and to
>
> >
>
> > > the ruin of our children. I give
>
> >
>
> > > you this warning that you may prepare your mind
> for
>
> > your
>
> >
>
> > > fate.
>
> >
>
> > > John Adams
>
> >
>
> > > E-Mail: amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx
>
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