Thanks for offering that optimistic assessment, demon007! I'm glad to hear that the most dangerous hot-spots are on the opposite side of the planet from me. Your mention of Neanderthals reminds me that I just recently came across a report stating that there was a great deal of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens. If I understood correctly, every one of us today has detectable Neanderthal genetic material in us.