...If it is determined that a paper has already appeared in anything more than a conference proceeding, or appears in or will appear in any other publication before the editorial process is completed, the paper will be automatically rejected...
Water under the bridge and now we are back at square one.
EDIT: I feel the need to stress a few points here. First, during these final hours prior to submission both Rosie and I barely got 4 hours sleep in the last 36 hours prior. Combine that with introducing new hands to the work in the 'eleventh' hour so to speak with little instruction and we really had a recipe for what transpired. I realize that all of us have made mistakes and I have probably made the most. Clearly, my getting upset was a mistake and I apologize for any undue stress it may have caused anyone. The comedy of errors that resulted in these problems was simply a major breakdown in communication and I don't fault any person for this, it simply is a collection of events that had an unintended and unsavory result.
The good news is that a very presentable copy has been submitted at this point and for that I am quite happy. I am in hopes that IEEE will see how the wrong files were uploaded at first and understand why they are being withdrawn.

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