Sorry. I did not format the html for paragraph breaks and I have submitted this reply three times, at least because I am not used to the delay. If my replies are being moderated prior to post then I would greatly appreciate it if all of the original replies were deleted except the one actually formatted with paragraph breaks. I will be more careful in the future.
Thank You.
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