Summer Plans

This summer we decided to stay in lovely Saskatoon. I hope that means we get to see family more (more than if we were in Vegas anyway). Royall is going to keep working at the SPCA and the GAP, and I am going to be helping a professor here at the university with his research. OH YEAH, Royall is bringing home a baby kitty for us to foster on monday. We'll just have it for two weeks until it gains enough weight to be adopted by a lucky family. We'll put some pictures up.
This is the research I'll be helping with:



Approximately 1,700 tonnes of elemental sulphur (S 0 ) per day are produced by Syncrude Canada (SCL) as a by-product of bitumen refining. Molten S 0 (shown here) is poured into blocks for long-term storage at SCLs Fort McMurray operation. Professor M. Jim Hendry, colleagues in other colleges, government agencies, and graduate students are studying oxidation rates of S 0 to sulphuric acid within the blocks, migration of the sulphuric acid through the blocks, and its impact on the underlying geologic media. This three-year research program is jointly funded by SCL and NSERC.

Sounds like fun!