Take Me Home Country Roads

Day 46 July 6 – Take Me Home Country Roads

I left Cairo with Dr. Elghobashy at around 7am to drive back to Abassa. Having stayed up late last night, I slept most of the hour long ride. Upon returning to Abassa, I left Dr. Elghobashy to go back to my room to drop off the food I bought. Back at the room I found Tim who told me about what he had been doing over the last few days.
Tim won some contest so was given to opportunity to come and spend time here at Abassa. But this agreement comes with restrictions, his schedule is much more tightly controlled and he is not supposed to leave the “secure World Fish Center area.” He is also required to do a large scale experiment, which he is completing in the six ponds I previously mentioned. He is also required to write up a complete scientific article compiling all of his data and results. He has a lot of data, haha.
I once again started working with Tim, helping collect data and measure aspects of the water. Tim spent about an hour trying to get a spreadsheet to work correctly, while I read other journal articles on similar subjects. While there were many articles on the subject of Tilapia stocking densities, I couldn’t find any that measured so many parameters of the pond as Tim is doing. The fish in Tim’s ponds are about 2cm long, from what I have seen so far.
I have been trying to figure out what I need to do for the flight home. Do I need to confirm the tickets, I am flying British Air? If so, how early can I confirm them and can I do it online? When I go to the ticket counter what do I need to have with me?


Top Gear could be the greatest show ever.

CIPRO, one of the medicines I was prescribed for “intestinal difficulties” was urgently recalled because it caused tendon damage. Good thing I didn’t use any.

If I cut my own hair for the next 50 years I could save ten thousand dollars. One haircut every three weeks at 12.50$ for fifty years = 10,863.09$. I am going to buy a hair cut kit when I get home. (see what happens when I am bored for hours a day.)

Passing is Good

Day 45 July 5 – Passing is Good

Well today I decided to officially decide what my five essay topics would be for college credit. The five topics are supposed to cover topics of culture and aquaculture. Here they are…

Enhanced Aquaculture techniques
Catching Jumpers- how often
Green Houses
Artificial spawning vs Natural Spawning
Biological filters - natural and artificial
Hormones – Testerstrone and Estrogen
Worms from Ishmail
Constant current
Paddle wheels
Mixing Tilipia, Mullet Polyculture

7 stages of intensification
Explain levels
Levels of Dr. Ishmail's farm
Explain factors cost vs benefit analysis
Problems in developing countries - power outages - unreliable water

Exanimation of Islam and its cultural effects
Clothing
View on Atheism
Separation of Church and State?
Religious divisions – Suni Shia?
View on other religions
5 pillars of Islam
Similarity to the five minute activity in Big Brother

Examination of Islamic Prayer
Movements
History
Scripture
Mosque
Dawn Prayer?
1pm prayer
4:30 pm afternoon
7:50 sunset
9:40 evening prayer
Ramadan

Super Male
Don’t have to pay for hormones
People don’t like hormones in food
One time investment
None of the small wimpy fish – more control
No unwanted mating
Done at ista 6?
Need 1000 to work Dr Ishmail had 30
Once done it will continue by itself