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“Thanks so ratefully as I follow her into Saer and fastening the coral bracelet around emstones I dress, in typical New York style, in black almost all the tiender roles in the Taiga that we thought you should review,” she elaborates

Ah That a, having spent a year there as part of the research for my doctoral dissertation

“Hey Bailey,” Salued to the computer screen “Pull up a chair, will you? Can you tell me what you think of this bit?”

I read over his shoulder Maria’s done a reasonable job describing why the people who live in the remoteness of Siberia are important and why they deserve study She’s mentioned all the i cohesion in the co lost and we are, in essence, in a race against time to study and preserve this slice of the world that has so far remained untouched by modern influences

“Who’s funding this grant?” I ask her “The National Science Foundation?”

She shakes her head “No, the NSF’s budget has been halved This grant is from a private company Hartman Have you heard of them?”

“Nope” I’ the impact of her first sentence Da to budget very ’s about science and technology these days It’s a great time to be in the STEM fields, and a terrible time to be in the humanities

Thank heavens they’ve already approved entina in the fall

Of course, thinking of Argentina reminds me of Trevor’s reaction last hen he heard I needed to be away for five auchos in Patagonia Let’s just say he wasn’t supportive

Since I see the hts to the background and focus on Maria’s problems instead “Okay,” I pull up a chair and reach for a pad of paper, pushing the bangles back froreat start, but you also need to add…”