Mr. Bell posted:

Note to the rest of you: Observe how Mr. Peterson carefully avoids quoting any material that was contained in my notes to him. This makes his failure to respond to my points less clear. This is entirely intentional on his part.

The reason I avoided references is that the E-Mail in question was sent off line to him personally. Fortunately I do not expect others to respect that so avoid saying anything that cannot be made public. However in such cases I do not feel any need to requote everything I am responding to. Warmly, Padgett