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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def send(self):
 """ this handles the message transmission """

        #print('sending message to ' + self.receiver)
        if self.prepare():
            ## TODO - send message via library
            print('sending message')
            lg.record_process('comms.py', 'Sending message ' + self.title)

            return True
        else:
            return False