Thanks for the warm welcome! Sorry to hear about he health issue. It is nothing short of ironic that I am in China--was never a place I was burning to go--finished my under grad in ancient near east history and culture and lived and worked in Mexico and central america as a journalist but never studied anything about Asia--and here i am, in the one place on the planet where I have no real training--but I love it so far--in spite of the quirks and silliness. I have, without doubt, the best teaching job of my life--either university or secondary and I've been here over a month and no student has tried to whip my ass in the halls. And yes, I don't think you could make one rotation with said dead cat without smacking a host of hotties. So, thanks again everyone--looking forward to meeting more of you and getting to know whazzup. Best wishes from Jinan.