Since I received an inquiry regarding crossposting my original post, let me make (the answer) public knowledge: Others are herein granted permission to cross-post the original post (as specified in subject line of this email) on other appropriate forums, email lists, and/or bulletin boards. The crossposting can be with credit -- naming me as originator -- or without, i.e., not mentioning that I am the author. Readers are of course free to use the Google trends feature to derive their own similar post(s). Tom Billings