[JRutledge]

Welcome to the forum.

But a word of advice, this is way too long. Hardly anyone is going to read all of it and answer any one question in one setting. If you have questions break them up into individual topics and ask those questions. I love to read these kinds of questions myself, but this is so long I would not know where to begin. Ask one or two basic questions and you will get a lot of responses, trust me on that one.

Peace