<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Although it's not my department as such, I'm agreeing with Christopher Simmons -- both in principle and based on what I've heard from other colleagues.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">jwj</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-top:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid black;padding:7.5pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><img width="96" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zJWoTppcvENDsDqNP4-EJeyIvOqfIT_GKfi5i8ttnoStd_GXyr1xDJ11Nb6IkyENBSXNGdwW0"><br></font></td><td style="padding:7.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#38761d"><b>Jason
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