Most faMous Mountains

We have many mountains to climb and many rivers to cross in our lives...both literally and metaphorically...

WHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU FIND THE FOLLOWING SUMMITS?:

ACONCAGUA

ANETO

TEIDE

MULHACÉN

BEN NEVIS

CHIMBORAZO

COTOPAXI

EVEREST

ELBRUS

HUASCARAN

K2

KILIMANJARO

FUJIYAMA

LHOTSE

LOGAN 

LUCERO

MAKALU

MAROMA 

MATTERHORN/ CERVINO

Mt. RAINIER

El CAPITÁN

SAN CRISTÓBAL

SCAFELL PIKE

SLIEVE DONARD

SNOWDON

GRAND TETON 

TORRECILLA

HUMA

VELETA

VINSON MASSIF

 

 

 

Basic Roleplays for oral interaction and testing

This is part of an alternative English syllabus, which will focus on the students´ real future needs.
I have selected the role-play situations below using my experience as an English teacher in Spain for nearly four decades. Role-plays require a lot of practice and the reward is immense...:FLUENCY

At a Shoe shop/ At a clothes shop/ souvenir shop/ pet shop/mobile phone shop...

At a restaurant / pub/ bar /cafe/coffee bar/bistro/..

At the airport check-in desk/ passport control/ customs

Taking a taxi cab

A job interview

At the doctor´s

Discussing where and how to go on holiday

Conversation with a policeman/woman to report the theft of your car/the burglary in your house/ a street mugging/witness to an accident..

Two friends are commenting on an interesting news item

At the garage/filling station

At the campsite

at a hotel/youth hostel 

At the cleaner´s/ launderette

At the bank/ exchange office

At the post office

On the telephone

At the lost property office

At the tourist information office

Asking the way

Visiting and receiving an exchange partner

Expressing your feelings

Using public transport ( BY RAIL/ AIR/ BUS/ TAXI/..)

At a hairdresser´s

At a chemist´s

Asking favours

The weather

Complimenting people

Apologising

At the concert/ theatre/ cinema

Renting a car/ a house 

Flat hunting

Buying and selling property 

Family problems

 

As a typical example of any role-play above: The clothes shop role-play could be similar to this:

 

Customer: Good morning

Shop Assistant: Good morning. Can I help you?

C.: Yes, please I´m looking for a T-shirt

S.A.: What colour?

C.: Black

S.A.: What size?

C.: Medium

S.A.: Here you are

C.: How much is it?

S.A.: 8 euros

C.: Can I pay by credit card?

S.A.: If you have cash it´ll be better in cash

C.:O.K. Here you are

S.A.: Thanks . have a nice day

C.: Bye 

 

Special thanks to Manuel Jesús Platero Jimena, a handling agent at Málaga airport,  for suggesting the role-plays below:

 

CONVERSATION 1

Passenger: Good morning, is this the check-in desk for Stansted?

Handling Agent: Yes,sir. May I see your boarding card?

P.: Passport as well?

H.A.: Yes please.

P.: Can I put my luggage on the belt now?

H.A.: Sure… Your luggage is four kilos overweight. You can take some stuff out or pay for that.

P.: How much is it?

H.A.: It's 40 €.

P.: I think I will reorganise my luggage and put some clothes in my carry-on bags, is that ok?

H.A.: Ok, please stay on one side and let me know when you finish.

P.: I also have a buggy and a car seat.

H.A.: You can take your buggy to the boarding gate if it is more comfortable for you, but the car seat must be checked in before going to the security control.

P.: Ok, I have already finished. Where do I go now?

H.A.: Straight on to the end of terminal three for the security control and then check the screens for your boarding gate.

P.: Two more questions, please. Can I smoke in the security area? And is there anywhere to eat?

H.A.: Smoking is not allowed in the airport. But you still have a lot of time to smoke some cigarettes outside. And there are plenty of shops and restaurants in the security area.

P.: And for my child?

H.A.: There is a baby lounge and a small park with some swings.

P.: Excellent, thank you very much for your help. Have a nice day.

H.A.: You're welcome, have a nice flight.

CONVERSATION 2

Passenger: Hi there, I checked in online but forgot to print out my boarding pass.

Handling Agent: Can you show me your boarding pass on your phone, tablet, laptop…?

P.: No, why?

H.A.: You can reprint your boarding pass here free of charge if you have a proof that you downloaded it from our website. Otherwise you have to pay a fee of 15€. That's why I asked. By the way, let me see your passport. Where are you flying?

P.: Liverpool. Ok, I'll pay. Do I have to pay here?

H.A.: Not here. With this receipt, you have to go to the office in front of you. Once you pay, come back for your boarding pass.

P.: Do I have to queue again?

H.A.: No, just come directly to me without queueing.

P.: Here I am again.

H.A.: And here you are .Your boarding pass.

P.: Is my flight on time?

H.A.: I don't know that information from here. In case there is a delay, you will have all the information on the screens 40 minutes before your plane takes off.

P.: Is the flight full?

H.A.: It is completely full. Probably they will ask you to check in your hand luggage for free if you are one of the last to board the plane.

P.: Why is that?

H.A.: Because of the limitation of space in the cabin. Sometimes last passengers have to send their hand baggages into the hold of the aircraft.

P.: Alright, thanks.

H.A.: It's ok. Bye.

 

 

 

 

G.T.D.S.B.S. SYNDROME

SUMMER IS THE SILLY SEASON PAR EXCELLENCE. As we have Random Acts of Kindness we also have the syndrome analysed by Sigmund Freud in Dreams and the Unconscious called GOING TO DO SOMETHING A BIT SILLY.It is no good pretending that this syndrome is rare.In fact, we know many students and even teachers affected by it. We are going to do a little bit of soul searching and reflect in writing the activities we have done which could be categorised as part of the G.T.D.S.B.S. syndrome.Remember the Guinness World Records Book is full of these deeds: from the smallest pair of swimming trunks to the most amount of cheese or eggs eaten/beer drunk in an hour...
There is a time for everything Boys will be boys  and girls will be girls wherever,whenever,,,
Being mischievous or naughty is just a natural part of growing up to combat boredom and monotony at school ....

Coming to school drunk after partying all night long.

Playing football with your sandwiches.

Throwing your sandwiches over the school wall and hitting pedestrians.

Smoking cannabis in the school restrooms.

Cheating at exams countless times.

Using the Bible to make paper aeroplanes.

Drinking and riding and doing wheelies.

Making the teacher/ your parents believe an outright lie.

Getting a piercing or a tattoo you´ll eventually regret.

Phoning school to say there´s a bomb scare on an examination day.

Phoning school to report a hospital emergency( which turns out to be false)  

Falling asleep in class..Waking him/her up if they snore..

Asking the teacher if he/she is a member of a secret organization.

Complaining that the teacher´s breath stinks/ spits when speaking.. 

Shouting "goal" in a Latin lesson.

Armwrestling your students.

Impersonating somebody else in a crucial exam.( a serious crime, indeed)

Turning graffiti cocks in the school yard into butterflies before an H.M.I.´s visit.

 

Now it´s your turn to reflect ten more G.T.D.S.B.S. you have witnessed or been involved...

Inspired by Tony Hawks´Round Ireland with a fridge

Top Personal Questions

YOUR FAVOURITE FILM

YOUR FAVOURITE ACTOR & ACTRESS

FAVOURITE SONG AT THE MOMENT/ OF ALL TIME

FAVOURITE BOOK

FAVOURITE COLOUR

FAVOURITE ANIMAL

FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME

FAVOURITE TV SOAP

FAVOURITE CAR

FAVOURITE JOKE

FAVOURITE SEASON OF THE YEAR

FAVOURITE FLOWER

YOUR FAVOURITE SMELL/ YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE SMELL

FAVOURITE GUILTY PLEASURE

FAVOURITE SWEAR WORD

FAVOURITE MUSICIAN or BAND

FAVOURITE DRINK

FAVOURITE VEGETABLE

FAVOURITE JUNK FOOD

FAVOURITE PHRASE OR WORD

FAVOURITE NUMBER

 

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?

WHAT MAKES YOU DEPRESSED?

WHAT GETS YOU ANNOYED?

DO YOU EVER HAVE ANY RECURRING DREAMS or NIGHTMARES?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD/ALIENS/..?

IF YOU COULD SWAP PLACES WITH ANYONE FAMOUS FOR A DAY WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

IF YOU WERE INVISIBLE FOR A DAY WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

IF YOU COULD BE TRANSPORTED BACK IN TIME TO A DIFFERENT ERA, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE?

HAVE YOU EVER STOLEN ANYTHING?/ WISHED YOU WERE A WOMAN/MAN?/..

HAVE YOU GOT ANY SPECIAL SKILL or TALENT THAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?

WHAT´S YOUR WORST HABIT?

WHAT´S YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION? (Mobile phone, tablet..)

WHAT´S YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS?

WHICH HISTORICAL FIGURE DO YOU MOST ADMIRE?

BIGGEST REGRET?

ONE THING THAT REMINDS YOU OF HOME?

WHAT ARE YOU SCARED OF?

WHAT DO YOU REGARD AS YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED?

 

 

 

Let´s do an amateur psychological test. Don´t think about the answers too much. You´ve just got to say the first thing that comes into your head:

name the first animal that comes into your head

 

and a second?

 

finally, a third?

 

 

 

 

 

(Key: the first animal is how you´d like people to see you. the second is how you see yourself.the third is what you really are)
(Adapted from Coleen´s Welcome to my world)  

Amazing Animals Projects

A)
Each students picks up an animal from the list below and gives an oral presentation on its habitat, habits, food, its life cycle and fact file:

APES & MONKEYS:Gorilla, Chimpanzee,Orang-outan, Macaque, Drill, Gibbon,...

ELEPHANTS:

CATS:LEOPARDS, TIGERS, LIONS, PUMAS....

BEARS:POLAR, GRIZZLY,..

DOGS: FOXES, WOLVES,..

WHALES & DOLPHINS:Porpoises,..

BATS:

MARSUPIALS: KANGAROOS, KOALAS,WALLABIES,..

REPTILES:LIZARDS, CHAMELEONS, ...

CROCODILES,ALLIGATORS,..

SNAKES: COBRA, VIPER,...

BIRDS: OSTRICHES, CUCKOO,KIWI, TOUCAN,...

BIRDS OF PREY: VULTURE, EAGLE,..

PENGUINS:

AMPHIBIANS:TOAD, BULLFROG,...

FISH:HERRING, CAVIAR, RAY,PIRANHA,..

SHARKS:BLUE SHARK, DOGFISH,...

INSECTS:

BUTTERFLIES:

SPIDERS:

MOLLUSCS & CRUSTACEANS:

 

B) Think about typical nature´s duels: snakes versus lizards; sharks v. crocs;hyenas v. lions; drangonflies v. wasps;..Give other examples...

 

C) ANIMAL SONGS:

 Here is a list of well-known songs about animals:

The bear went over the mountain

Oh Where, Oh Where has my little dog gone?

Baa-Baa Black sheep

Five little monkeys

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

Six little ducks

The crocodile

This little pig

Mary had a little lamb

Pop goes the weasel

The animals went in two by two

The lion sleeps tonight

The eye of the tiger

 

(Now write other songs about animals) 

 

D) MUSIC TASK: Listen to Camille Saint Saëns´ famous piece of music Le Carnaval des animaux- The Carnival of Animals. See how many different animal sounds  you  can identify  

E) ANIMAL FILMS:

Which of the following have you seen and which animal is the main character?

Babe

Free Willy

Jaws

Bambi

Napoleon

Stuart Little

Lassi

101 Dalmatians

Beethoven

Animal Farm

The lion king

Twilight

 

F) YOUR PET(S) PROJECTS:

1) Fur, Feather and Fins

2)Most popular class pets

3) What´s that dog? On dogs´breeds

4) Pets that fly and swim

5) Keep your pets  happy(PDSA)

6) Contact a local charity involved in animal welfare

 

 

G) If you enjoy dinosaurs, which lived on our planet millions of years ago, and whose fate is a constant reminder to the human race, here´s a list for you to do as above:

 

PLESIOSAUR

BASILOSAURUS

DINICHTHYS

NOTHOSAURUS

DIPLOCAULUS

MASTODONSAURUS

EDAPHOSAURUS

APATOSAURUS

ALLOSAURUS

DIPLODOCUS

BRACHIOSAURUS

STEGOSAURUS

SCELIDOSAURUS

DIMORPHODON

PTERODACTYLUS

RHAMPHORHYNCHUS

GORGOSAURUS

TYRANNOSAURUS

SCOLOSAURUS

ANKYLOSAURUS

IGUANODON

CORYTHOSAURUS

TRICERATOPS

MONOCLONIUS

STYRACOSAURUS

ARCHAEOPTERYX

PTERANODON

ELASMOSAURUS

KRONOSAURUS

EOHIPPUS

BRONTOTHERIUM

MEGATHERIUM

ALTICAMELUS

DIATRYMA

INDRICOTHERIUM

DINOHYUS

COELACANTH (still exists miraculously)

TUATUARA               "                   "

 

H) Final projects: There are 33 car makes with names of animals. Can you tell us which company they belong to? For instance a beetle is a Volkswagen.

JAGUAR
BARRACUDA
BISON
BLUEBIRD
BRONCO
COBRA
LARK
SKYLARK
IMPALA
MUSTANG
SPIDER
THUNDERBIRD
WILDCAT

I) Which computer programmes have names of animals? 

J) An animal word pyramid:          OX

                                                          PIG

                                                         LAMB

                                                        LLAMA

                                                        BEAVER

                                                      CHEETAH

                                                   ANTELOPE

                                                   ALLIGATOR

                                                 RHINOCEROS

                                                ORANGOUTAN

                                               HIPPOPOTAMUS

                                              HUMPBACK WHALE

                                             SQUIRREL MONKEY

                                          DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS

                                                       

 

Advanced tasks K): List of animal sounds : If donkeys bray, horses neigh, goats bleat, snakes hiss and wolves howl; what do the following animals do?

HYENAS
PARROTS
ELEPHANTS
DUCKS
DOVES
MONKEYS
CATS
DOGS
PIGS
HUMANS

                        L)Collective nouns. If we speak of a shoal of fish or a herd of buffalo, what is the collective noun for a group of.....?

DOGS
PUPPIES
DUCKS
GORILLAS
LIONS
INSECTS
OXEN
REINDEER
SARDINES
WOLVES

                    M) Animal movements. If apes swing or climb; birds fly, and bears lumber or stamp..what do the following animals typically do?

DOGS

DONKEYS

EAGLES

FROGS

HENS/TURKEYS

HORSES

SEAGULLS

SNAKES

SWALLOWS 

FOXES 

HUMAN BEINGS

                    N) Here´s an incomplete list of scientists and philosophers who have defended animal rights and bioethics. Find out a bit more about them and give an oral presentation on their ideas:

 John Stuart Mills

Tom Regan

Jeremy Bentham

  D. Attenborough

Desmond Morris

Peter Singer

Jesús Mosterín

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente

Rachel Carson

I. Kant

                    O)What does PETA, RSPCA, or  CITES mean? Discuss the use of laboratory animals for the testing of new drugs. Why, do you think RSPCA was founded decades before NSPCC?

                    P) Mythological animals. Can you describe the following mythical creatures?:

HYDRA

SATYR

SIREN

SCYLLA

MINOTAUR

CERBERUS

 

HATHOR

HORUS

ANUBIS

 

GANESH 

 

Q) WHICH ANIMALS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING ANCIENT GODS or GODDESSES:

 

THOR

ATHENEA

ODÍN

GULA

XI WANGMU

ANANSI

SHIVA

INARI OKAMI

NEPTUNE

EPONA

 

 

                    R) Write the names of ten fluffy animals , for instance: a koala 

                                                            "  small dogs,i.e.:pekingese,beagle,chihuahua

                                                             "     big   dogs: boxer, collie,lab, ibizan hound... 

                    S) CREATIVELY Name  pigs, dogs, cats, wolves,etc... as in a children´s tale. 

                   T) Invent AND draw any hybrid animal, real or fictitious: liger, tigon, gavilancejo,.. 

 

                    U) Animals and their young: If a dog has puppies and a cat has kittens, what do the following animals have:?

 

HORSES

KANGAROOS

LIONS

PIGS

SHEEP

SWANS

FROGS

CHICKENS

DEER

FOXES AND WOLVES (as lions  and leopards)

ANIMALS & THEIR FEMALES:

If  a female dog is a bitch, what is the female of the following:

DEER

FOX

GOAT

HORSE

LION

PEACOCK

PIG

RABBIT/RAT/KANGAROO/ SQUIRREL

CAMEL/WHALE/GIRAFFE/ELEPHANT

DONKEY

ANIMALS´HOMES: If an ant lives in a formicary or ant´s nest, Where do the following animals usually live?:

RABBIT

BADGER

BEAR /LION

BEE

EAGLE

MOLE

PENGUIN

SQUIRREL

TERMITE

WOLF/TIGER                      a lair

 

V)The following scientists have written in depth about animals: which ones have they devoted their lives to?:

DIAN FOSSEY

JOY ADAMSON

JANE GOODALL 

 

  W) There are animal folk tales from all over the world. In which country do you think the following stories took place?:

 

THE BUFFALO, THE COYOTE AND THE PEACE PIPE

THE MAGIC PONY

THE BIG BLACK BEAR

THE LIZARD AND THE COCKATOO

THE HARE AND THE LIONESS

THE DRAGONS OF PEKING

THE FIVE LITTLE FOXES AND THE TIGER

WHY THE HAWK IS THE HEN´S ENEMY

THE LION AND THE TURTLE

WHY RABBITS HAVE SHORT TAILS

 

X)Try to recall one of AEsop´s animal fables and tell us about it and the moral involved. 

 

Y) From Latin to modern names thanks to Linneus, which animals are they?:

 

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA

BUBO BUBO

MACROPUS GIGANTEUS

LEPUS SAXATILIS

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS

PAN TROGLODYTES

BASILISCUS BASILISCUS

VULPES VULPES

CANIS LUPUS

MARTES MARTES

LOXODONTA AFRICANA 

 

Z) LEGENDARY MONSTERS. Can you describe the following?:

 

KRAKEN

KHARANAKHARA

HERCINIA

FENRIR

KELPIE

LEPRECHAUN

ALICANTO 

 

*** ANIMAL SYMBOLS:

Which animal appears in the BACARDI LOGO?

   "        "              "           "   "   FERRARI    "  ?

   "         "             "           "   "  BRITISH WILDLIFE TRUST LOGO?

   "           "           "           "  CANADA?

   "           "           "            "  CHILE?

  "            "          "  THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY USA/ CATALONIA?

  "            "          "   LACOSTE?

  "           "           "  LLOYDS TSB?

  "           "            " MGM?

  "          "            " THE REPUBLICAN PARTY/ USA?

   "          "            "  SUZUKI?

   "          "            " WORLD WILDLIFE FUND?

 

***FAMOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR CATS/DOGS

Find out the names of the pets the following famous people had:

EDGAR ALLAN POE

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

TENNESSEE WILIAMS

ANNE FRANK

WARREN BEATTY

JAMES DEAN

CHARLES DICKENS

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

MARILYN MONROE

SIR WALTER SCOTT 

 

ANIMAL SIMILES: We say "wise as an owl" or "as stubborn as a mule", FINISH THE following similes with animals:

AS ANGRY AS  A HORNET

AS BALD AS A ...................

AS BLIND AS A................

AS BRAVE AS A.................

AS BUSY AS A..................

AS DEAD AS A ................

AS DRUNK AS A .............

AS EAGER AS A .............

AS FREE AS A ................

AS HAIRY AS A..............

AS HAPPY AS A.............

AS HUNGRY AS A .........

AS LAME AS A ..............

AS LOOSE AS A............

AS MAD AS A...............

AS MEEK AS A............

AS POOR AS A............

AS PROUD AS A.........

AS SICK AS A............

AS SLOW AS A..........

AS SLIPPERY AS AN .....

AS SLY AS A ...............

AS SNUG AS A ....................

AS STRONG AS AN........

AS WEAK AS A................. 

 

WHICH ANIMALS ARE ON THE FOLLOWING FLAGS?:

ANDORRA

ECUADOR

MEXICO

SRI LANKA

WALES

DOMINICA

UTAH/ NEW YORK STATE/NORTH DAKOTA/ IOWA/ILLINOIS (the same)

 

SO;  DO YOU WANT A CAREER WITH ANIMALS?

Here´s a list for you to choose your ideal job:

Small/Large animal Veterinarian

Vet technician

Health Inspector

Zoo veterinary

Pet sitter // Pet exerciser

Horse farm owner

Bird handler/ Bird interpreter

Wildlife manager

Exotic animal Trainer

Dog Trainer/ Assistant dog trainer

Herpetologist

Marine mammals curator

Ostrich/Pig/Turkey/Sheep,etc.. Farmer

Pet/Cat/Dog/.. Hairdresser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A weekly healthy menu

If we are what we eat and food should be healthy and varied, here goes a suggestion for oral practice and intercultural understanding:

Monday: Lentil soup   Fish & Chips  Fruit

Tuesday:Bangers & Mash with Broccoli   Pork chop   Yoghurt

Wednesday:Gazpacho  Pasta and Pesto /Lasagne  Icecream

Thursday: Garlic Soup Baked potato with beans, cheese and carrots Pudding

Friday:Onion, Asparagus soup Hummus,olives, pitta bread  Creme caramel

Saturday: Salad  Chicken casserole/stew Trifle

Sunday: Dhal soup Roast beef & Yorkshire pudding Apple pie

Each day contains a main course, a second course and a dessert.
Write your own  particular menu for ech day of the week as above.

Have you ever tried: tofu,noodles,borscht, endive, Gorgonzola, Quiche, Ravioli, risotto, fajitas,tacos,nachos,ratatouille, quinoa,polenta,cranberries,Fondue,etc..
What do you think about the importance of veganism, vegetarianism and crudism?...
LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE & LET MEDICINE BE YOUR FOOD...
Find out about Andreas Moritz, Pierre Dukan ,Robert Atkins,John A. McDougall,William Howard Hay,
Max Gerson, Sylvester Graham,etc.. ..What can we learn from them?

MASTERING MYSTERIES AND OCCULT CULTS

Those who have called our species "homo sapiens" must have exaggerated a bit , perhaps it would have been more accurate to call us "homo stultus, homo imbecilis, homo tontus,homo nescius, superticiosus; or even homo destructor".
There is a strong irrational element in most so-called rational human beings.People have long believed in the pseudo-sciences mentioned below .Could you explain what they mean?
Remember that traditional religious beliefs have been replaced by primitive pagan or oriental cults.
(I´ve always fought a losing battle against my students´deeply-rooted ideas  on the miraculous nature of quack doctors and "curanderos", who can do anything from removing warts to curing all sorts of ailments.)

PALMISTRY

GRAPHOLOGY

PHYSIOGNOMY

METOPOSCOPY

PHRENOLOGY

MOLEOSCOPY

ONEIROMANCY

CLAIRVOYANCE

DOWSING

NECROMANCY

CARTOMANCY

NUMEROLOGY

I CHING

PYROMANCY

GEOMANCY

AEROMANCY

HYDROMANCY

ASTROLOGY

CHINESE ASTROLOGY

TASSEOGRAPHY

SCRYING

ZODIAC

ALCHEMY

BLACK MAGIC

WITCHCRAFT

COSMIC FORCES

CYBERBIOLOGY

Do you believe in any of the pseudosciences above?

Do research on Historical mysteries: The shroud of Turín; Jesus as a magician;Mind and Magic; Near death experiences; pseudomysteries,etc....

Find out about the world´s wickedest men: Jack the Ripper, Aleister Crowley,etc.. and about

the most famous ghosts: Borley, Glamis,Amittyville,Hexham heads,Killakee, the faces at Bélmez,etc..

 

Information from The Complete Book of Predictions ; Frontiers of Reality by Hillary Evans;
Incredible Phenomena by Peter Brooke Smith and from Cult and Occult by P. Brooke Smith

A final inspirational quote as an after-thought thanks to P. Trainin"Common values and goals can be found amongst all people.  We all want to love and be loved while raising our families in peace and happiness.  Let us discover ourselves in the world and each other.  Only by balancing our own inner deficiencies can we balance the world.  Start there and the world will follow.  All humans are enslaved until all of us are free.  My tears flood over the simplicity of life which still eludes us".   – JC. Collins on the neverending conflicts of the human race...