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Egypt Private Tours
Cheap Egypt Tours
5 Days Budget Trip Package to Cairo, Luxor & Alexandria
Cairo / Luxor / Alexandria
Cairo Airport
5 Days Budget Tour Across the Essential of Egypt for Australian Travelers
5 Days Budget Trip Package to Cairo, Luxor & Alexandria will be an exciting quest across the endless history of this timeless civilization. Egypt Tours Portal will provide all our Ozzy guests with the most outstanding services during this budget tour which include a private A/C Vehicle, relaxing accommodations, and a professional Egyptologist tour guide which is expected from the best travel agency in Egypt. All our Australian clients will feel like every moment spent in Egypt is like a moment spent in heaven and through our 5 days trip to Cairo, Luxor, and Alexandria everyone will get to explore all the extraordinary historical attractions across this majestic country within the blessed cities of Cairo, Luxor, & Alexandria such as the great Giza Pyramids Complex, the glorious Sphinx, and the heavenly Egyptian Museum all within the city of Cairo. Everyone will then head to the immortal city of Luxor which holds the oldest monuments in history like the Valley of the Kings, Karnak temple, and the beautiful Hatshepsut temple. Everyone will hear the calling of the legendary city of Alexandria and tour around the captivating Quitbay Citadel, the Catacombs, Pompey's Pillar, and the phenomenal Library of Alexandria. Book the adventure of your wildest dreams and discover the mythical culture of this sacred destination.
Giza Pyramids Complex.
The Great Sphinx.
The Valley Temple.
The Egyptian Museum.
Valley of the Kings.
Karnak Temple.
Hatshepsut Temple.
Colossi of Memnon.
Alexandria Library.
Qaitbay Citadel.
The Catacombs.
Pompey's Pillar.
3 Nights accommodation in Cairo at 5*hotel.
1 Night accommodation in Luxor at 5* hotel.
Flight tickets from Cairo to Luxor.
Flight tickets from Luxor to Cairo.
A private Egyptologist tour guide.
All your transfers by a private A/C vehicle.
Entrance Fees to all the sights in the Itinerary.
3 Lunch meals during your awesome adventure.
All taxes and charges are already paid.
Day One: Arrival to Cairo Airport - Welcome to Egypt
Upon your arrival to Egypt home of all that is unique, our "Egypt Tours Portal" representative will be waiting for you at Cairo airport where he will help you complete all of your passport control formalities and luggage identification & carry. From the airport, you will be transferred by a private air-conditioned car to your 5* hotel for checking-in.
In the evening, you will begin your tour by a Dinner cruise on the heavenly Nile as you will get to relax and witness a colorful belly dancing show with a folklore band featuring the amazing Tannoura spin in keeping with Egypt's whirling dervishes' tradition.
In the end, you will return to your hotel for the overnight.
Day Two: Tour to the Great Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel, then you will go directly with your private tour guide to visit Cairo tourist attractions such as the Great Giza Pyramids Complex, the great Sphinx, mesmerizing Valley Temple, and the Egyptian Museum.
The Giza pyramids complex is located in the mysterious western desert for the last 4000 years which makes it one of the oldest monuments in the world. The entire complex consists of three main Pyramids, six little pyramids, the great protector of Egypt the glorious Sphinx and there is also the valley temple that was used to preserve the heritage and legacy of the kings and queens for countless generations.
The Great Giza Pyramid of Khufu
The last intact structure of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World makes it one of the oldest and largest constructions in the entire current world. The Great Pyramid is surrounded by mysteries and fringe theories due to its complex interior compared to its magnitude. It dates to 2580 BC which makes it older than 4500 years old, the structure was the first of its kind which launched the golden age of construction in Ancient Egypt. It was built in 20 years using 2,300,000 pieces of limestone each weighing 2.5 tons and a workforce of 100,000 free skilled workers. It stands at the height of 147 m (481 ft) which made it the tallest building in the world for 3800 years until the construction of the Lincoln Cathedral in England in 1311.
The oldest statue in history has the shape of a mythical creature called the Sphinx which has the body of a lion and the head of a man probably King Khafre as a symbol of power and wisdom. It is known as Abu Al-Hawl which means The Father of terror in Arabic. It has a height of 73 m (240 ft) and 19 m (66 ft) and was carved out of single limestone rock.
The place where the Mummification process took place. The valley was constructed in Egypt's Old Kingdom (2686 2134 BC). It's one of the best-preserved structures of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization, made entirely from limestone, and granite, and holds amazing diorite statues of Chephren.
You will enjoy a tasty lunch meal at an amazing restaurant then move to visit:
The majestic Egyptian Museum lies in the heart of Cairo and contains the biggest & the greatest number of genuine beautiful ancient Egyptian artifacts and monuments in the world dating to more than 4000 years from all the various time periods from ancient Egyptian times, to Greek to Coptic to Islamic times. There are over 150,000 artifacts made from extravagant materials like gold or jewelry to ordinary ones like wood or stone that come in the form of statues, jewelry, and funerary objects like the treasures of King Tutankhamun, the Narmer palette, Papyrus, and countless others.
After finishing your tour, transfer to Cairo Airport to have your flight to Luxor, upon arrival meet our representative to check in 5* hotel in Luxor and overnight.
Flight: From Cairo to Luxor
Overnight: Luxor Hotel
Day Three: Tour to Luxor Most Famous Attractions
It is a nice day to have a pleasant breakfast and then go directly to visit Luxor tourist attractions with your qualified private Egyptologist starting by:
The Valley has acted as the final resting place and a stairway to heaven for the greatest Kings and Queens of Egypt's New Kingdom (1570-1070 BC). It is one of the most important archaeological spots in the world as it became a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. It holds 63 tombs filled with various enchanting artifacts, decorations, and the remains of pharaohs like Ramses (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, IX, X), Amenhotep I, Hatshepsut, and the famous boy king Tutankhamen. The majority of the tombs there belong to favored nobles and members of the royal family. It was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. It is home to tombs such as Ramses II and Tutankhamen.
A.K.A. Djeser-Djeseru (Holy of Holies) is the beauty of Luxor, it reflects the greatness of the new kingdom (1550-1070 BC) and showcases the vision and glory of one of the most successful rulers in the history of Ancient Egypt Queen Hatshepsut. It was designed by Hatshepsut s chancellor Senenmut in 1479 BC and took 15 years to construct. The design of the temple is based on the concept of Classical Architecture. It holds some of the most impressive decorations and statues in all of Egypt.
Two blocks of quartzite sandstone standing at the height of 18 m (60ft) weighing 720 tons each that has the shape of Amenhotep III (1386-1350). The Colossi are quite damaged due to a large earthquake in 27 BC but were rebuilt again in 199 AD. The Colossi of Memnon was famous during the Greco-Roman period as there used to be a rumor of the Vocal Memnon as the statues sang from time to time which was nothing more than the sound of the wind passing through the statue.
Have your lunch at a restaurant in Luxor, then continue your trip by:
One of the world's biggest open-air museums, it was known as Ipet-isu which means "The Most Selected Of Places", and Pr-Imn House Of Amon, it dates more than 4000 years and is the largest religious man-made construction in the world. Karnak Temple was the center of the religious worship of the entire ancient Egyptian kingdom, it was dedicated to the Theban triad which consisted of God Amun with his wife the Goddess of Justice & balances Mut and his son the moon god Khnsou, plus other gods like the great Osiris, Montu, Ptah, and Isis.
It is time now to transfer to Luxor Airport to return to Cairo for the overnight.
Day Four: Tour to Alexandria Landmarks
Morning time, have your delicious breakfast meal and then our deft tour guide will take you on a tour to visit Alexandria tourist attractions starting with:
Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
The Catacombs are quite unique as there is only one of its kind in all of Egypt. This Necropolis dated to the 2nd century AD and is able to combine the artistic elements of the Hellenistic and Roman with the ancient Egyptian Pharaonic design in the ultimate breathtaking and amazing fashion. It holds a number of great numbers of Greek and Roman artifacts and decoration in its three-level stories which made it gain the title of one of the seven wonders of the Middle Ages.
Pompey's Pillar
The Colossi of Memnon stands at the height of 28 m tall and 2.7 m wide of pure red granite and on its western upper side is a Greek inscription dedicated to Emperor Diocletian. The pillar is famous for being the largest monolith column ever built outside of Rome. It was named Pompey's pillar as in the Middle Ages the Crusaders mistakenly believed that the remains of the great Roman general Pompey is located in a pot at the very top of the pillar.
Have your fantastic lunch and continue the rest of your adventure.
Qaitbay citadel is a beautiful mixture of Islamic architecture and genuine Mediterranean beauty, it was constructed in 1477 by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf Al-Din Qa'it Bay on top of the legendary lighthouse of Alexandria using the stones salvaged from the lighthouse that served as the third-longest surviving wonder in the ancient world until it's destruction by earthquakes between 956 AD and 1323 AD. Qaitbay Citadel is quite famous as some believe it holds the immortal shining spirit of the Alexandria Lighthouse and contains phenomenal designs for the Islamic era.
Alexandria library is one of the biggest and most advanced libraries in the world, it acts as a commemoration of the ancient Alexandria library. It contains the world's sixth-largest Francophone library in the world. It is a trilingual library as it contains books in Arabic, English, and French and holds the largest depository of French books in North Africa and the Middle East, incredible art galleries plus a collection of some of the rarest books in the world.
Finally, we will transfer you back to your hotel in Cairo for the overnight.
Day Five: End Your 5 Days Tour in Egypt
Start your day by eating your tasty breakfast and then our representative will assist you in all your paper transactions to depart beautiful Egypt and take you to Cairo Airport.
Meals: Breakfast
Everyone will get to live the most epic travel adventure across the greatest archaeological and timeless attractions ever created.
Our Ozzy guests will make the most blessed and beautiful memories across the Giza Pyramids, the Sphinx, Pompey's Pillar, the Catacomb, Qaitbay Citadel, Alexandria Library, Hatshepsut temple, Karnak Temples Complex, Valley of the Kings, and many more.
All our Australian clients will learn a great deal of information and details about the 5000 years old Egyptian civilization.
Everyone will be pleased with our great level of excellent services served in this marvelous budget tour.
The immortal cities of Cairo, Alexandria, and Luxor will offer a golden path leading to the greatest collection of archaeological works of ancient architecture and art.
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CHENNAI: Bosch India inaugurated its 15th manufacturing facility in India on Friday at Oragadam near Chennai.
Spread over two acres of land, the plant will manufacture products for Bosch's Power Tools business division.
"The new local manufacturing facility of our advanced Power Tools will enable us to produce innovative and high quality products at competitive cost to meet the region-specific demands of our customers in India. The new location also provides us with more options to ramp up capacity in the medium-term based on the needs of the Power Tools business," he said.
The new facility will manufacture products such as angle grinders, impact and rotary drills, rotary hammers, marble cutters, air blowers including motors for all the tools.


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Paul Hurst has praised the work done by Recruitment Administrator Adam Henshall since he has joined the club.
Adam has had a number of roles since joining the club over two and a half years ago and has taken on greater responsibilities since Lead Performance Analyst Michael Vernon left the club.
Adam now provides analysis on ever Town game, home and away, whilst he continues to aid Paul on the recruitment side.
Paul Hurst has been pleased with what he has seen so far, but was keen to point out that Adam would make no final decisions on the transfer front.
"I'm not sure exactly of his job title prior to me coming in, but because of losing the analyst to Tranmere with Micky, he's taken that job on and he's extremely comfortable with it.
"I've been happy with everything he's done for me in terms of putting footage together about the opposition before the game, but he is still helping with the recruitment.
"I've said from the start that I wouldn't be happy if I thought Adam brought the players in and then I work with them, because that's not how I like to work.
"All Adam is basically doing is if I ask, or Chris asks, for reports on players then he arranges all the scouting and goes to games himself.
"He will speak to a lot of clubs and agents. It's not that I don't do stuff like that as well, but that's a big help on my side and it allows us to have options available to us.
"It's about trying to really network about what's available to us and what's out there, as well as then following up on names that we are interested in or have maybe had thrown at us that we might be interested in.
"He does a very good job and he's very hardworking. I'm surprised he hasn't got square eyes with the amount of time he spends in front of screens.


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ABA History 2
ALAI History 1
Aldus Manutius 2
Americana 11
Angling 2
Anonym works 1
Antiquarian Booksellers in Exile 12
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Article 1, 641
Booksellers 203
Congress 115
ILAB History 25
Tip 127
Website 66
Rare Books and the Rare Book Trade
Booksellers Worldwide
Douglas Stewart - New President of ANZAAB, The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers
ILAB congratulates Australian bookseller Douglas Stewart on his appointment as new President of the Australian and New Zealand booksellers association.
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ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography receives further generous donation of US$25,000 from B.H. Breslauer Foundation
The endowment of the ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography has recently been funded with a further generous donation of $25,000 from the B.H. Breslauer Foundation of New York — Submissions are currently being accepted for the 2022 prizes.
A library of one's own: Meet the man who owns 12,000 books
and now organises the Melbourne Rare Book Week.
New to ILAB! Speaking to Anke Timmermann of Type & Forme and why rare books matter to a younger generation
ILAB spoke to one of the newer members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, Anke Timmermann who jointly owns and runs the business Type & Forme with her partner Mark James: "...the printed book and manuscripts have lost none of their allure in the new millennium, and antiquarian books are arguably even better appreciated in recent years ... Social media, especially Instagram, have brought forth a new generation of bibliophiles..."
International trade means keeping track of stolen items is more important than ever
The Proper Title: In the wake of more high-profile book thefts, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers is tackling head-on the sometimes thorny issue of provenance.
Swedish Book History - "Swedish Contributions to Classical Philology" by Per Rålamb
The Swedish Antiquarian Booksellers Association, Svenska Antikvariatföreningen alerted ILAB to the recently published bibliography: "Swedish Contributions to Classical Philology" by Per Rålamb.
Mario Giupponi re-elected as President of ALAI, the Italian Antiquarian Booksellers Association
At the annual meeting of ALAI on Tuesday, 21 May 2019, Mario Giupponi, bookseller from Riva del Garda in Northern Italy, was re-elected as president of the association.
Shakespeare's First Folio Comes Home after 40 Years
In the 1970s, theatre writer and bibliophile John Wolfson began accumulating what was to become one of the largest and most rare collections of works on Shakespeare in the world.
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A sneak peek in our archives
Collecting Rare Books and First Editions - Betty Smith
December 15 is the birthday of writer Betty Smith (1896), whose first novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943), became an instant bestseller. The semi-autobiographical book chronicles the struggles of an Irish-American family in New York City in the early part of the 20th century. The title is a reference to the Tree of Heaven, an invasive species from China that is found on vacant lots in New York. Its struggles for survival are the central metaphor of the book.
Go West, Book Lover
San Francisco has a thriving book culture. Here's a handy guide by Matthew Jones to the best literary spots in and around town.
Rare Books in the Press - Exploring the World's Greatest Libraries
From Italy to France, South Korea, Austria, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands and the United States. The Huffington Post shows the world's greatest libraries.
Collecting Egyptology and Ancient History
The science of Egyptology commenced in the late 18th century, when Napoleonic troops entered Egypt, fought the Battle of the Embabeh and General Bonaparte, observing the Pyramids, famously stated 'Comrades, forty centuries look down upon us'. Napoleon included savants (learned men) in his Egyptian entourage, who described what they saw. This became the famous Description de la Egypte which spurred an interest in Egyptology in Europe ...
Rare Books in the Press - Book Collecting Basics: Ditch the Dust Jacket?
"If you've ever purchased a hardcover book, you're probably familiar with the dust jacket or, depending on which side of the pond you are, the dust-wrapper. Indeed, they've been around since the 1820's! These paper coverings are designed to protect a book's cloth cover as the book travels from the publisher to your bookshelf. Some readers remove their dust jackets—or even use them as bookmarks! But when it comes to rare books or collectible book, dust jackets should be treated with significant care as they often add significant value to the book."
The First ILAB Directory - "Geographic Repertory Répertoire Géographique 1951-1952"
Whenever I walk in front of the outside stalls of a second-hand bookshop, I invariably look at the books displayed, hoping to find … a treasure that the bookseller has overlooked. And such was my luck the other day; I couldn't believe my eyes when I found and bought for a single Euro a good copy of the first ever ILAB Directory of its members, published in 1951. Even though ILAB had been founded in 1948, the publication of its first directory was delayed to include the American affiliates, as the ABAA joined ILAB in 1950.

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Sandra Moye, an engineer and sustainability professional, is responsible for the development of the Global Compact City Scan. She is also currently based in the Netherlands and is a contact point for European cities and projects.
Sandra developed this diagnostic tool in 2014 and is leading its pilot phase and further development. Sandra is also a Researcher with the Global Compact Cities Programme, which she joined in January 2013 through a research internship. She holds a Master of Environment from Melbourne University, focused on Climate Change and Sustainable Community Development, and a Carbon Accounting accreditation from Swinburne University.
In 2015, Sandra commenced a PhD focused on focused on urban climate resilience through sustainable housing in cities of the Global South. Throughout 2013 and 2014, she undertook research with Professor Ralph Horne in energy efficiency measures for low income housing with the Chilean NGO TECHO. Sandra secured COALAR funding to collaborate with TECHO and present findings internationally – see her workshops at the World Urban Forum and Sustainable Urban Housing in Chile. Sandra translated the 'Guide to the Global Compact for Local Governments' from Spanish to English. She is also leading the 2014-15 study of Cities Programme participant cities, the 'Global Compact City Scan'.
Sandra is from Mexico and is a native Spanish speaker. She has worked with Indigenous communities in the Michoacan mountain range in Mexico, has heavy-industry consulting experience and has volunteered here in Melbourne with Beyond Zero Emissions on their Buildings Plan as a Researcher and Volunteer Coordinator.
With a strong interest in climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, Sandra plans to extend her experience and the impact of her work with community development projects in Australasia and Latin America.


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Cemetery workers bury coronavirus victim Elisa Moreira de Araujo at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, July 16. She was 79.
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In pictures: The coronavirus is surging in Brazil
Updated 3:19 PM ET, Fri July 17, 2020
Brazil is one of the few large countries in the world where coronavirus cases — and death rates — are still rising.
It is Latin America's hardest-hit country, with confirmed cases climbing by the thousands each day.
Only the United States has more confirmed cases than Brazil, which has passed 2 million. More than 75,000 people have died.
After months of downplaying the virus, deriding it as just a "little flu," President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for Covid-19, he announced on July 7.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is seen wearing a face mask in front of his official residence in Brasilia on Wednesday, July 15. Bolsonaro tested positive for Covid-19 again, a week after an initial test indicated he had been infected with the virus.
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During a protest calling for Bolsonaro to be impeached, a demonstrator holds a Brazilian flag painted with crosses that symbolize thousands of coronavirus deaths.
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Passengers wait on a crowded train platform in Sao Paulo on Monday, July 13.
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Volunteers spray disinfectant in a Rio de Janeiro alleyway to help contain the spread of the coronavirus on Sunday, July 12.
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Members of the Guarani Mimbya indigenous community wait to be tested in Cananeia, Brazil, on July 10.
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Bolsonaro tells the press July 7 that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Bolsonaro had previously appeared in public and at rallies without a face mask, even hugging supporters. "I have to admit, I thought I had gotten it earlier, considering my very dynamic activity in the face of the people," he said. "And I can tell you more, I am the President and I am on the front line, I don't run away from my responsibility nor do I shy away from the people."
This aerial photo shows a man walking past graves in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, on June 21.
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Q: Use a chapter label only on the appendix page only (titlesec, book class) I'm not as familiar with LaTeX as I'd like to be, and I'm having some trouble using a document template that I inherited for writing a thesis.
Using the book class, and the titlesec and appendix packages (as shown below), I'm trying to remove the 'Chapter',  for the the chapters, but preserve the word "Appendix' for the Appendices. The TOC should just include chapter numbers and the appendix letter.
This code chunk gets rid of the word "Chapters"...but naturally, the Appendix page is not spared.
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Reading around on postings here, I tried the following, but it seems not to work.
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A: Just repeat the \titleformat command before starting the appendices with the new format.
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage[titletoc, title]{appendix}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\titleformat{\chapter}[block]{\normalfont\bfseries\Large}{\thechapter.}{0.5em}{}  % Not allowed to use the word 'chapter'.

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Chapters are cool.}
\lipsum[1-2]
\chapter{Books rock.}
\lipsum[1-3]
\titleformat{\chapter}[block]{\normalfont\bfseries\Large}{Appendix~\thechapter:}{0.5em}{}  \appendix
\chapter{Appendectomy info.}
It's good to have an appendix.
\end{document}

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Mitad del Mundo: Is Quito's Equator Monument Worth Visiting?
Mitad del Mundo is one of Quito's most popular day trips. But is it worth the hype? Here's what to expect plus how to get there by public bus.
By David Baxter
Updated on 4 June 2020
Ecuador's Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the Earth) is one of those day trips from Quito that ranks high on most travelers' itineraries. And for good reason — there are only a handful of places on earth where you can knowingly stand on and acknowledge this imaginary line of lines.
The Equator is an endless source of fascination, particularly for those of us who grew up in the northern (or southern) latitudes far outside of the tropics.
Mitad del Mundo: Quito's Equator Monument
Getting to Mitad del Mundo by Public Bus
A Moving Target
Intiñan Museum
Is Mitad del Mundo Worth the Visit?
A Word About Health & Safety in Ecuador
With the speed of modern aircraft and the rate at which people are traveling abroad these days, you'd think that this invisible line circumscribing the earth might have lost its intrigue for us long ago.
But it's still a long way down to the middle of the world. And, of the 24,900 miles of Equator, less than a quarter of those miles are actually land – the vast majority of which being uninhabited jungle.
And then, there's Ecuador — one of three countries in the world where a visit to 0°0′0″ is just a short drive from the capital city (the other two being Gabon and Uganda).
So, when we found ourselves in Quito, there was no doubt that we were going to be paying the Mitad del Mundo a visit [find on map].
Being budget conscious as we are, we opted for the public bus option to Mitad del Mundo.
We caught a bus along Avenida Amazonas marked "Mitad del Mundo" and were careful to confirm with the driver that it was going all the way to the monument, as we had heard some buses only go part of the way.
The ride took about an hour and cost about US$1 each.
FUN FACT: Did you know that the Equator is not actually fixed, but constantly changing? Indeed, the equatorial plane is always fixed to the Earth's spin axis, but the axis actually drifts about 30 feet each year!
This, coupled with the fact that the placement of the current monument outside of Quito was based on imperfect 18th century technology, means that you don't take what you see here as Gospel.
However, the nearby Quitsato Sundial [find on map], constructed in 2006, is about as spot on as you can get.
Across the street from the monument is the real place you've secretly been wanting to visit all these years: The Intiñan Museum…home of the "true" equator [find on map].
Heard the stories of balancing eggs and reverse spinning drains? This is where all of your equatorial dreams come true.
We're always up for a day tripping adventure, so it's hard for us to be disappointed.
If you visit Mitad del Mundo with few expectations (and an open mind), it makes for a fun and quirky half-day trip.
Take the public bus and you're bound to add to the adventure.
If you like totally unnecessary, yet fun, keepsake stamps in your official government papers to remind you of your journey to the middle of the world, bring your passport along.
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The majority of travelers to Ecuador don't encounter serious issues with health and security, but stuff happens. Personally, we've had plenty of surprises affect our health and itinerary while traveling over the years — severe weather, road accidents, broken bones, and other nasties.
Each and every time, we've been very relieved to have a good travel insurance policy. We use and recommend World Nomads for all of our independent travel overseas. We also have close family who have had good experiences with Allianz, which might be worth checking out as well.
Be prepared, use common sense, and travel safe!
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Concerns about GPB Capital trash hauling business come to the fore
What did IBDs that sold GPB private placements know about its trash hauling companies?
Mar 12, 2019 @ 2:51 pm
By Bruce Kelly
The FBI's investigation of GPB Capital Holdings made headlines in InvestmentNews last week. But it is the investigation by New York City regulators that oversee the city's private trash industry that got the attention of news website ProPublica.
GPB Capital raises money to buy businesses by getting financial advisers to sell GPB private placements to wealthy clients. According to its website, GPB Capital has raised $1.5 billion in capital and looks to buy "income-producing private companies."
While the bulk of its investments are in auto dealerships, GPB Capital also buys private trash haulers, including the 2017 acquisition of a company called Five Star Carting.
This was the focus of the March 7 ProPublica article, which raises myriad concerns for the dozens of independent broker-dealers that sold GPB private placements.
Among those concerns are Five Star's troubled labor and safety record, which included a previously reported $400,000 settlement in a wage-related class-action lawsuit. "Records showed that government inspections found unsafe trucks with faulty steering and brakes at Five Star," the article states.
"GPB Capital's director of waste strategy is Rod Proto, former president and COO of Waste Management, who was fired in 1999 and then charged with insider trading by the SEC," according to the article. "In 2003, Proto agreed to pay a $3.7 million fine as well as to a five-year ban from serving as an officer or director of a public company."
When asked by InvestmentNews about the ProPublica article, a GPB spokeswoman, Kelly Whitten, said: "GPB Capital has disclosed information regarding Mr. Proto's history as well as his role within GPB's Waste Management strategy with its selling group."
Last week, GPB said that both the FBI and the New York City Business Integrity Commission arrived at the firm's Manhattan offices the previous week "to collect materials" pursuant to a search warrant by the U.S. Attorney's office. One of the commission's roles is to regulate the trash hauling industry.
Scott Silver, a plaintiff's attorney, said he had spoken with two dozen investors who bought GPB. Many of them had large positions in the company, he said.
The details about GPB's trash hauling business led Mr. Silver to wonder what exactly the due diligence and compliance executives at the firms that sold the product knew about Five Star Carting.
"With these illiquid products like private placements, the advisers sometimes don't know, truly, what is internally in the assets," Mr. Silver said. "They see a high commission and the broker-dealers tells them the due diligence has been completed. But did the due diligence committees and the firms really understand where the money was being invested?"
GPB is the subject of other investigations. For example, it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as the New Jersey Bureau of Securities, according to the company.
The focus of the SEC's inquiry was the accuracy of disclosures made by GPB to investors, the performance of various funds and the distribution of capital to investors, according to an industry source. The firm has previously said it has been working on enhancing its oversight and auditing practices.
In September, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin announced a sweeping investigation into 63 broker-dealer firms selling private placements from GPB.


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Trump's immigration chief can fix Indians' wait for green cards—but he won't
Good riddance?
Ananya Bhattacharya
An overwhelming 77% of professionals awaiting US green cards are Indians.
Their waiting period extends between an excruciating 12 years to an impossible 150 years. The uncertainty and instability they face often even tears apart families.
However, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which deals with this issue, won't back easing the 7%-per-country cap since doing that may skew the diversity of immigrant workers in the country.
"It (removing the cap) would fix the problem more or less for people from India. Their wait times would go down," USCIS director Lee Francis Cissna said on Aug. 15. "But as a result, most of the flow of immigrants who come through employment visas would be from India almost exclusively for many years…That's an issue."
This would compromise the diversity in the pool of employment-based immigrants coming to the US, he added.
Besides what Cissna said, where he said it is also a major concern. He was speaking at the "Immigration Newsmaker" event organised by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), classified as an anti-immigrant hate group. It has long published works by white nationalist and anti-semitic writers and hyped the criminality of immigrants, among other things.
Earlier this year, two other Trump administration officials–Executive Office for Immigration Review's director James McHenry and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Thomas Homan–appeared at similar CIS events.
If Cissna is to be believed, getting a green card could only get harder for professionals.
So far, only green card applicants who were taking the family reunification and marriage route were interviewed as part of the process. Now those taking the employment route may also be interrogated, he said, while also sharing discouraging views on various visa categories extensively used by Indians.
The crackdown
The US has already made the process of applying for the much sought-after H-1B visas more cumbersome. Indians, who receive over three-quarters of these visas, are the worst-hit.
Among other things, there has been a sharp increase in the number of additional documentation required to prove employment.
"That is a completely rational thing to do; if it requires more evidence…so be it," said Cissna. "Let that evidence be produced. There is absolutely nothing malevolent about that."
Meanwhile, the Donald Trump administration is yet to decide if spouses of H-1B visa holders may work or not, Cissna said. A decision on this was earlier expected by the end of June.
Indians would be worse off if the proposed change comes through, as they hold nearly 80% of the H-4 visas. An overwhelming majority of these Indians are women.
Cissna tried to make a case against letting H-4 visa-holders work.
He said spouses of several other types of visa-holders are allowed employment, while H-1B dependents were never meant to get work permits. "(Congress) didn't talk about H-1Bs…I think that is an important reason why we should propose rescinding it," he said.
In 2015, president Barack Obama had passed a rule to allow H-4 holders, whose spouses await green cards, to work.
Experts are, meanwhile, unconvinced by Cissna's argument.
"He is arguing that because Congress did not expressly authorise H-4 visa holders to work, he lacks the authority to grant it…if that was the standard, USCIS would have to abandon 90% of its current operating practices," immigration attorney Jonathan Wasden told Quartz. USCIS has the authority to give just about anyone employment authorisation, unless a law states otherwise, he added.
Ana Campoy contributed to this story.


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FITCHBURG -- In the battle for municipal choice of energy providers, large corporations are winning, thanks, some lawmakers say, to the advantage of lobbying money and power.
When Unitil Corp. submitted a petition with the Department of Public Utilities in June to raise gas- and electric-distribution rates, its customers in North Central Massachusetts were not happy. The DPU has held two public hearings since then to gather community input as it considers whether to approve the rate hike.
At both hearings, Fitchburg state Rep. Stephen DiNatale has mentioned a bill he is sponsoring that, if passed, would give the city more choice in its energy provider. He added the bill has stalled for more than a decade, though, because of lobbying on behalf of Unitil and other large corporations.
Unitil spokesman Alec O'Meara on Tuesday said the company does not lobby against the proposed legislation.
The "Muni Choice Bill," House Bill 2866, would change the current law governing energy infrastructure, which says municipalities can construct their own infrastructure, but cannot pay an energy corporation to take over existing infrastructure. This law is almost 100 years old, said DiNatale, and it's time for a change.
"The Municipal Choice Bill is not something that communities are going to rush to do, Fitchburg being one of them," he said. "But we should have that option as a community."
It would be an expensive option, DiNatale said, and the city might have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to purchase the existing infrastructure from Unitil.
As Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant General Manager Michael Rivers pointed out, though, having the option could put pressure on electricity distributors.
"It would be nice to have that option to keep Unitil accountable to the community because they do have a monopoly right now," Rivers said.
Ashburnham has owned its town's energy infrastructure since the private company that used to operate it, Greene Electric Co., went out of business.
"Now, we get calls all the time from people in surrounding towns, asking what it would cost to take over," Rivers said.
He said Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant would "certainly support" a bill that gave communities like Fitchburg an option.
The current version of H 2866 includes a provision that would only allow three communities each year to switch over to municipal control, and another provision that would require two votes by the community to confirm the switch.
The bill would also ensure that energy corporations would have no "right to refuse" if a municipality wanted to purchase the infrastructure.
"If you as a community want to do it, and agree to do it, they must sell," DiNatale said.
This is the fourth year he has sponsored the bill. Lexington representative Jay Kaufman was the lead sponsor for 12 years before DiNatale took over.
In 2009 and 2011, the bill made it as far as the House Ways and Means Committee, but no further action was taken. In other years, it never made it to the Ways and Means Committee.
The bill is currently before the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, and DiNatale is afraid that lobbying and donations from Unitil and other energy corporations will prevent the bill from making it to the floor for a vote.
This has happened in other years, he said.
This year, lobbyists paid by Unitil have donated $200 to the campaign fund of Rep. Thomas Golden, D-Lowell, the House chairman of the Telecommunications Committee, and $200 to the campaign fund of Rep. Benjamin Downing, D-Pittsfield, the Senate chairman of the committee.
An employee at Unitil subsidiary Usource Energy also made a $100 donation to Golden this year.
Asked whether donations of this size affect how he votes, Downing said, "Simply put, no."
"I support the bill and believe it ought to be law," he said. "We take (the corporations') opinion into consideration, but that's not how we make decisions."
In 2009, when the Muni Choice Bill was favorably reported to the Ways and Means Committee, the donation amounts to Telecommunications Committee members were much larger. Unitil executives donated $1,200 to Michael Morrissey, the committee chairman, and $500 to Therese Murray, then president of the Senate.
"The corporations weren't happy when we moved the bill the first time," said Downing. "Their efforts in opposition are the main thing holding it back now. That's always been the way it is."
He added that their opposition "absolutely" played a role in 2009 and 2011, when the bill never made it out of the House Ways and Means Committee.
With the bill repeatedly stalled, Fitchburg residents don't have to look far to see what they're missing out on.
"In general, municipal light departments have lower rates," said Rivers. "Currently, in Ashburnham, we're half the price of some Unitil communities."
"And we have local control," he added. "The board that governs the department is elected directly by the voters in town, and our line crew is directly in the town all the time. Their response time is faster and generally better than big energy corporations."
If Fitchburg and other municipalities did have the option of municipal control, they might pursue it, which is why Unitil lobbies against giving them the option.
"The Muni Choice Bill takes (business) away from Unitil," said DiNatale. "I think there's a great deal of pressure not to pursue it."
Editor's note: This story was updated Tuesday with comment from Unitil.


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Seth Lightcap
Though it's not your average quarter-mile track, the 72-mile circumference of Lake Tahoe has become quite the natural racecourse.
Whether by two feet, two skis, two wheels or four, both local and international athletes have been drawn to the challenge of racing around Big Blue because the setting is as obvious as it is appealing. Where else can you find such a surreal and unbroken loop of buttery pavement or rocky trail?
In recent months, three Lake Tahoe circumnavigation records have been set by a road cyclist, a trail runner and a pack of skateboarders. To help celebrate their success, here's the scoop on the three achievements with a winter wildcard record thrown in the mix to round out the four seasons.
The Great Lake Tahoe Bike Race
On the morning of Sept. 26, nearly 200 road cyclists took to the starting line of the Great Lake Tahoe Bike Race. Held in conjunction with the Lake Tahoe Marathon, the 72-mile race started and finished in Zephyr Cove. This year's race pace was blistering with a pair of tandem cyclists charging ahead early on. The lead group of solo cyclists finally dropped the tandems climbing out of Sand Harbor and drilled it down to Zephyr Cove for a sprint to the finish. Curtis Doman, 37, of Utah won the sprint to take the win and set the new course record of 2:55:21.77. Fastest local was Nate Freed who trailed Doman by barely one second to take fourth. Twenty-eight people broke Freed's 2008 record time coming in just under three hours.
Kilian's Quest
On the morning of Sept. 28, ultra-running phenom Kilian Jornet took off sprinting on the Tahoe Rim Trail determined to break the 165-mile roundtrip speed record. Thirty-eight hours and 32 minutes later, the 21-year-old Catalonian jogged back into Tahoe City having crushed Tim Twietmeyers' 2005 record by over seven and half hours. Jornet had support from a logistics team, including a doctor and a dozen pacers, but there was no doubt whose tireless legs pushed him up the 21,000 feet of elevation gain he encountered en route. The record-breaking run was another crown jewel for Jornet, who is in the midst of an international trail running project entitled 'Kilian's Quest.' The quest focuses on setting records across some of the world's most challenging ultra-running terrain. (To read the story of a local mountain biker seeking out Jornet on the trail, see 'Intersecting Kilian's Quest' on MoonshineInk.com. For info, see p. 4.)
A Skateboard Odyssey
On the morning of Aug. 25, six local skateboarders hit the streets of Kings Beach pushing and never looked back. Chuck Buckley, Joe Bak, Dave Brumm, Ernie Alvarado, Trevor Kekke and Dane Leonard proceeded to skateboard 72 miles around the lake over the next two days. The effort was organized by Buckley, owner of Tahoe Longboards, as a promotion for the 'Skate the Lake' breast cancer fundraiser that occurred the following weekend. The first day the crew skated for eight hours covering 36 miles. Bombing through Cave Rock at 40 mph was the highlight of the first day, according to Buckley. The group spent the night at Camp Richardson and pushed the remaining 36 miles back to Kings Beach in eight hours the next day.
A Snowy Sufferfest
On the morning of March 11, 2007, two local backcountry skiers set out from Tahoe City on the ultimate ski tour. Mike Tebbutt and Sam Scrocke spent the next 61 hours skiing approximately 130 miles around Lake Tahoe via a high route. Climbing over 30,000 feet along the way, Tebbutt and Scrocke skied on three-pin scaled touring skis wearing Garmont Excursion boots. They never bivied, but spent a few hours resting at choice locations, including the Meyers Post Office and the Diamond Peak Ski Patrol shack. During the last stretch from Brockway to Tahoe City, Tebbutt admitted to hallucinations and repeatedly falling asleep while skiing. Success was especially sweet for the pair as it was their third attempt at the mission. On their second attempt in 2006, they made it three-quarters of the way around before bonking due to fatigue, whiteout conditions and third degree blister burns on Tebbutt's pinky toes that took four months to heal.
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