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<DIV>Oliver and Everyone:</DIV>
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<DIV>Oliver wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>>>And now, thank you to Joe.<BR>Your suggestion is very clear and
detailed, and fully takes into account from both viewpoints & interests:
those of the readers (you might even further distinguish between casual readers
and old faithfuls like us) and those of the publishers.>></DIV>
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<DIV>And your comments were very much enjoyed and appreciated -- as well as your
part in maintaining this entire discussion! Thank you! </DIV>
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<DIV>Though, when Oliver uses the words "very clear", the final version of my
text that I read on the Digest seemed anything but! There were no
paragraph breaks -- making the text look like a long jumbled mess, quotes and
apostrophes were substituted by question marks, and the like. Did you all
see it like that, or is it just the way AOL displays it to me? </DIV>
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<DIV>Personally, I dislike reading long unbroken texts online -- and that's
exactly how my Gemstone thoughts appeared to me in the Digest version, so I
apologize for that! </DIV>
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<DIV>Not to go too far off topic, but I prepared the text in Microsoft Word, and
copied it into an AOL e-mail to send. Within the AOL e-mail, I even typed
an EXTRA paragraph break line for clarity -- as I've seen this happen to my DCML
postings before! But, still you got a compressed version that might have
been more difficult to read than some would have liked. Sorry.
You'd think, by now, that different software would be more compatible in
translation. </DIV>
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<DIV>If anyone would like a "clearer copy" of those comments, please e-mail me
directly and let me know. </DIV>
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<DIV>If anyone would like a copy of the DONALD AND MICKEY third prestige title
-- as Oliver and I would -- um... you'll just have to write Gemstone!
:-) Thanks again, Oliver! </DIV>
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<DIV>Joe Torcivia. <BR><BR></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Check out AOL Money & Finance's list of the <A title="http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001" href="http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001" target="_blank">hottest products</A> and <A title="http://money.aol.com/top5/general/ways-you-are-wasting-money?NCID=aoltop00030000000002" href="http://money.aol.com/top5/general/ways-you-are-wasting-money?NCID=aoltop00030000000002" target="_blank">top money wasters</A> of 2007.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>