President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday 16/8/2015 signed the Law on Fighting Terrorism.
A terrorist group is defined as any group or association or agency or quarter or organization or gang that comprises at least three persons, or any other entity that has the same status whatsoever its legal or actual form whether inside or outside Egypt and whatsoever its nationality or the nationality of its members that is seeking to commit one or more terrorist crimes or if terrorism is one of its methods that is used to implement its criminal goals.
A terrorist is defined as any natural person who commits or attempts to commit or instigates or threatens or plans to commit a terrorist crime inside or outside Egypt by any means whether unilaterally or through contribution to this crime within a framework of a joint criminal scheme or who would take over the leadership or management or founding or setting up or become a member of any of the terrorist entities mentioned in article (1) of the decision having the force of law No. 8 for the year 2015 that was issued by the president of the Arab Republic of Egypt regulating the lists of terrorist entities and terrorists or who would finance or contribute to the activities of such entities while being aware of that.
A terrorist crime is defined as any crime that is mentioned in this law or any felony or misdemeanor committed through using any of the terrorist methods or with the intent to implement a terrorist goal or to incite the commitment of any of these crimes or threatening with it; without prejudice to the provisions of the Penal Code.
Conventional weapons are defined as weapons or ammunition or fireworks or gelatinous materials that are mentioned in the law.
Unconventional weapons are defined as nuclear or chemical or biological or radiological or germ weapons or any other natural or synthetic solid, gas or steam materials whatsoever their source or the way of their production that have the power or the ability to kill people or cause grave corporeal or psychological damage to man or cause harm to environment or buildings or establishments.
Funds are defined as all assets or property whatsoever their kind whether material or moral or whether movable or fixed, including shares and national and foreign currency or securities or commercial stocks or sukuks and any written document of all that is aforementioned whatsoever their form whether digital or electronic and all rights related to each of them.
- A terrorist act is defined as any use of force or violence or threatening or intimidating inside or outside Egypt with the intent of destabilizing law and order or jeopardizing the safety of the society or its interests or security or harming any of its members or causing fear among them or exposing to danger their lives or freedoms or public or private rights or any other freedoms and rights that are guaranteed by the law and constitution or harming national unity or social peace or national security or harming environment or natural resources or antiquities or funds or buildings or public or private property or occupying or seizing them or preventing or blocking public authorities or judicial quarters and authorities or public establishments or local units or places of worship or hospitals or scientific institutes and institutions or diplomatic and consular missions or regional and international organizations and agencies in Egypt from undertaking their job or part of their activities or resisting them or blocking the application of any of the law and constitution provisions or regulations.
- It is also defined as any conduct that is committed with the intent of implementing one of the goals mentioned in the first paragraph of this article or preparing or instigating it if this would result in causing any harm to means of telecommunications or data systems or financial or banking systems or the national economy or the energy reserve or the commodities or foodstuff stocks or water and its safety or medical services in times of disasters and crises.
Financing terrorism is defined as any raising or receiving or possessing or providing or transferring of funds or arms or ammunition or fireworks or logistics or equipment or data or information or any other materials in direct or indirect way by any means whether digital or electronic with the intent of using it or part of it in committing a terrorist crime or being aware that it will be used in this purpose or providing safe haven to one terrorist or more or to anybody who finances the terrorist by any of the means that were aforementioned.
1- If the crime is committed on board any means of air, land, sea or maritime transportation that is registered in Egypt or carries its flag.
A) Harming any of the nationals of Egypt or those living in it or harming its security or any of its interests or property inside or outside it or at the headquarters and offices of its diplomatic or consular missions abroad or its institutions or their branches abroad.
B) Causing harm to any of the regional or international agencies or organizations.
C) Forcing the State or any of its authorities or institutions to undertake or not to undertake any act.
4- If the perpetrator of the crime is a foreigner or stateless and living in Egypt.
Anybody who would attempt to commit a terrorist crime is punished with the same penalty of the perpetrator of the full terrorist crime.
Inciting a terrorist crime is punishable with the same penalty of committing a full terrorist crime whether this incitement was against a specific person or group or was general incitement either public or non-public whatsoever the method used and even if no consequences would ensue out of this incitement.
Anybody who would collaborate or assist by any means for committing any of the crimes mentioned in the first paragraph of this article will be punished with the same penalty of a full crime even if the crime is not committed in accordance with this collaboration or assistance.
Anybody who would facilitate through any direct or indirect means for a terrorist or a terrorist group committing a terrorist crime or preparing for its commitment or who would provide, with intent, for its perpetrators a house or safe haven or a hideout that could be used for meetings or any other form of facilities will be punished as a full accomplice.
Law enforcement officers who apply the provisions of this law are not legally accountable if they would use force to discharge their duties or to protect themselves against any imminent danger that would jeopardize life or property in case using this right was necessary and with the adequate proportion to ward off this danger.
The provisions of articles 28, 29, 38 and 98 (E) of the Penal Code are applied to all terrorist crimes mentioned in this law.
With exception of article (17) of the Penal Code, penalties stipulated for in articles 12/ 15-1/16-1 and 17-2/ 18-1-2/ 30-1 of this law can not be commuted but for only one degree.
Without prejudice to provisions of Law No. 8 for the year 2015 regulating lists of terrorist entities and terrorists, the same provisions mentioned in that law are applied regarding terrorist groups.
- Anybody who would found or set up or organize or run a terrorist group or take part in leading it will be sentenced to death or lifetime term in jail.
- Anybody who would join or take part in a terrorist group in a way or another while being aware of its goals will be sentenced to a hard labor term in prison that is not less than 10 years if the perpetrator received military or security or technical training by the terrorist group to achieve its goals or if the perpetrator was member of the Armed Forces or police.
- Anybody who would force another to join a terrorist group or prevented him from quitting it will be sentenced to lifetime imprisonment term.
- The sentence will be the capital punishment if this coercion or prevention led to the death of the other person.
- Anybody who would commit a crime of financing terrorism will be sentenced to lifetime term in prison if the finance would be for a terrorist. The sentence will be the death penalty if the finance was for a terrorist group or for an act of terrorism.
- In the cases when the crime is committed by a terrorist group, the person in charge of the actual leadership of the group will be punished with the penalty mentioned in the previous paragraph of this article as long as the crime is committed to serve the group and its interests.
-The terrorist group is punished with a fine not less than 100,000 pounds and not more than three million pounds and be jointly responsible for paying the financial penalty or damages.
- Anybody who would spy or seek to spy for a foreign country or association or agency or an organization or a group or a gang or others whose headquarters are located inside or outside Egypt or for somebody who is working in favor of this foreign country or any of the aforementioned quarters with the intent of committing or preparing to commit a terrorist crime inside Egypt or against any of its nationals or interests or property or the headquarters or offices of its diplomatic or consular missions or institutions or branches of their institutions abroad or against any of the workers in these aforementioned quarters or any of those who enjoy international protection will be sentenced to lifetime term in prison.
-The penalty will be the capital punishment if the terrorist crime of espionage or pursuit to spy took place or was about to take place.
- Anybody who would commit with intent directly or indirectly a terrorist crime inside or outside Egypt through grooming up or training individuals for manufacturing or using conventional or unconventional weapons or any wired or wireless or electronic means of telecommunication or any other technical means or would undertake training arts of war or fighting or technical methods or any skills or tricks or any other means whatsoever their form for committing a terrorist crime or incite any of what is aforementioned will be punished with lifetime term in prison or a hard labor term in jail that is not less than 10 years.
- Anybody who would receive training that is mentioned in the previous paragraph of this article or found in places assigned for that purpose with intent to prepare or commit one of the crimes mentioned in the first paragraph of this article will be punished with a jail term that is not less than seven years.
- Anybody who would seize, or attack or storm by force or violence or threats or intimidation any of the presidential headquarters or any of the headquarters of legislative councils or the Cabinet or ministries or City Halls or the Armed Forces or courts or prosecutions or security directorates or police stations and centers or prisons or security or supervisory agencies or archaeological sites or public utilities or places of worship or education or hospitals on any public building or establishment with intent to commit a terrorist crime will be punished with lifetime term in prison or hard labor term in jail that is not less than 10 years.
- The provisions of the first paragraph of this article are applied to anybody who would plant any equipment or material in any of the aforementioned places with intent of destroying or causing any harm to the building or anybody inside the place or people frequenting it or threaten to commit any of these acts.
- The penalty will be lifetime term in prison if the act is committed through using a weapon or by more than one person or if the perpetrator destroyed or damaged the place or resisted by force authorities while undertaking their job in guarding the place or restoring it. If any of these aforementioned acts led to the death of somebody the penalty will the capital punishment.
- Anybody who would storm or enter by force a headquarter of a diplomatic or consular mission or any of the regional or international agencies or official offices or residence of one of its members inside or outside Egypt with the intent to commit a terrorist crime will be sentenced to lifetime term in jail or hard labor term in jail which is not less than 10 years.
- Also, anybody who would resort to violence for attacking one of the headquarters mentioned in the first paragraph of this article or any of the transportation means or any person who enjoys international protection will be punished with the same penalty if the attack would jeopardize this person's safety or freedom or even if it was meant to threats of committing this act.
- The penalty will be lifetime term in jail if the act is committed through using a weapon or by more than one person. It this act led to the death of a person the penalty will be the capital punishment.
- Anybody who would seek to threaten or intimidate by force or violence or any other terrorist means for changing the ruling regime or changing the State's constitution or its republican system or the form of government will be sentenced to lifetime term in jail or hard labor term in prison that is not less than 10 years.
- Anybody who would commit a terrorist act of those mentioned in article 2 of this law will be sentenced to hard labor term in jail which is not less than 10 years. If the crime led to a permanent disability that could not be healed, the penalty will be lifetime term in jail. If the terrorist act led to the death of a person the penalty will be the capital punishment.
- In the cases when the crime is committed by a terrorist group, the person in charge of the actual leadership of the group will be punished with the same penalty that is mentioned in the first paragraph of this article as long as the crime is committed in favor of the group and for its interests.
- The terrorist group is also sentenced to a fine that is not less than 100,000 pounds and not more than three million pounds and will be jointly responsible for implementing any financial penalty or damages.
1- Hiding or dealing with things that were used or prepared to be used for committing a terrorist crime or funds accrued from it.
2- Premeditatedly damaging or stealing or concealing a document or any other written or electronic document that would help uncover a terrorist crime or provide evidence against its perpetrator or punish this perpetrator.
3- Enabling a perpetrator of a terrorist crime to escape before or after the arrest of this perpetrator.
- Any Egyptian who would cooperate with or join, without a written permit from the authorities concerned, the armed forces of a foreign country or any armed group or association or agency or organization that is located outside Egypt and uses terrorism or military training or educating military or combat skills or fighting methods or tricks or skills as a means of achieving its goal for committing terrorist crimes or preparing for committing these crimes will be sentenced to hard labor term in jail that is not less than 10 years even if the acts of these quarters were not aimed against Egypt.
- If the perpetrator received any kind of training or education that is mentioned in the previous paragraph of this article, the sentence will be lifetime term in jail.
- Anybody who would help another to cooperate or join or cross outside Egypt with the intent to join the armed forces of a foreign country or any armed group or association or agency or organization will be punished with the same penalty mentioned in the first paragraph of this article.
- Anybody who would arrest or kidnap or hold or restrict the movement of a person will be sentenced to hard labor term in jail that is not less than 10 years if this act was meant to force any of the State authorities or quarters to take or not to take any measure or to obtain any benefit in a way or another.
- The penalty will be lifetime term in jail if the perpetrator resorted to any of the acts that were mentioned in article 2 of this law or if the perpetrator assumed a fake status or put on illegally any official uniform or held an ID card or any sign for a job or a post in an illegal way or undertook any act within the powers of any of these jobs or showed any forged warrant claiming that it was issued by a State authority or if this act led to an injury or if the perpetrator resisted authorities while undertaking their job in releasing the victim.
- The penalty will be the capital punishment if this act led to the death of a person.
- Without prejudice to any stricter penalty, anybody who would manufacture or design a conventional weapon or possess it or hold it or present it to somebody or facilitate obtaining it to be used or prepared to be used in committing a terrorist crime will be sentenced to hard labor term in jail which is not less than 10 years.
- If the use of the conventional or unconventional weapon or any of the mentioned materials led to the death of a person, the penalty will be the capital punishment.
- Anybody who would seize by force or violence or threats or intimidation any means of air, land, sea or maritime transportation or fixed platforms, that are installed in the bed of the sea for exploring or using resources or for any other economic purpose, to achieve a terrorist goal will be sentenced to hard labor term in jail that is not less than 10 years.
- The penalty will be lifetime term in jail if the means of transportation or the fixed platform was belonging to the Armed Forces or Police or if the perpetrator committed any act of violence against any person present on any of them or if the perpetrator destroyed any of these means of transportation or the fixed platform or caused any damage that led to its breakdown permanently or temporarily.
- Anybody who would plant inside any means of transportation or fixed platform any equipment or material that would cause destruction or harm to lives or property or who would destroy or sabotage any establishment or utility of any means of transportation or who would resist by force or violence public authorities while undertaking their job in restoring this means of transportation or the fixed platform away of the perpetrator's control or blocked these authorities from undertaking their duty will be punished with the same penalty mentioned in the second paragraph of this article.
- Anybody who would destroy or sabotage or break or hamper or cut a power or oil or natural gas network or pylon or line or any establishment or a building required for its operation or seized any of these facilities by force will be sentenced to hard labor term in jail that is not less seven years.
- If the perpetrator used force or violence while committing any of the acts mentioned in the first paragraph of this article or planned to prevent specialists from fixing any of the aforementioned establishments or if the crime resulted in blocking or cutting off supply of power or oil or natural gas products even temporarily, the penalty will be lifetime term in jail.
- If perpetrating the crimes mentioned in the previous two paragraphs of this article led to the death of a person the penalty will be the capital punishment.
In all cases, the court should issue a ruling confiscating all equipment and machines used in the crime and restoring the situation back to the normal state before the commitment of the crime at the expense of the defendant and forcing the perpetrator to pay all the damages.
- Anybody who would commit any of the acts that were mentioned in the first paragraph of article 25 of this law against any water network or line or any establishment required for its operation or seize by force any of these establishments will be sentenced to a term in jail that is not less than seven years.
- If the crime is committed under any of the rigorous circumstances that were mentioned in the second paragraph of article 25 of this law or if the perpetrator would harm the safety of the water way or polluted it with toxicants or any other harmful material the penalty will be lifetime term in jail.
- If any of the crimes mentioned in the first two paragraphs of this article led to the death of any person the penalty will be the capital punishment.
- Without prejudice to any stricter penalty mentioned in this law or any other law, anybody who would attack any official in charge of implementing or applying the provisions of this law or who would resist this official by force or violence or threat to use force or violence while carrying out or because of implementing or applying the provisions of this law will be sentenced to hard labor term in jail that is not less than seven years.
- The penalty will be lifetime term in jail if this attack or resistance led to a permanent disability that could not be healed or if the perpetrator was carrying a weapon or kidnapped or held any of the officials in charge of implementing or applying the provisions of this law.
- If this act led to the death of a person the penalty will be the capital punishment.
- The provisions of this article are applied if the victim was the spouse of an official in charge of implementing or applying the provisions of this law or if the victim was one of the official's kin or next of kin.
- Anybody who would promote or prepare for promoting directly or indirectly for committing a terrorist crime whether in verbal, written or any other means will be sentenced to a term in jail that is not less than five years.
- Promoting ideas and ideologies that are advocating the use of violence through any of the means mentioned in the previous paragraph of this article is deemed some sort of indirect promoting for a terrorist crime.
- The sentence will be a term in jail that is not less than seven years if the promoting was inside a place of worship or between members of the Armed Forces or Police forces or in places designated for these Forces.
- Anybody who would possess or hold any of the printing or recording or publication means that was used or prepared to be used, even temporarily, for printing or recording or broadcasting any of the aforementioned material will be punished with the same penalty mentioned in the first paragraph of this article.
- Anybody who would found or use a website on the telecommunications or international information networks or any other network with the intent of promulgating ideas or ideologies that advocate committing any act of terrorism or for spreading what is aimed at misleading security authorities or influencing the course of justice regarding any terrorist crime or for exchanging messages and issuing directives between terrorist groups or their members or information that are related to acts and moves of terrorists or terrorist groups inside or outside Egypt will be sentenced to hard labor term in jail that is not less than five years.
- Anybody who would illegally or without right hack any electronic website of any governmental department with the intent of obtaining data or information therein or getting acquainted with it or changing or deleting or damaging or forging its content with the intent of committing one of the terrorist crimes that were mentioned in the first paragraph of this article or preparing to commit any of these crimes will be sentenced to hard labor term in jail that is not less than 10 years.
- Anybody who would participate in any criminal agreement with the intent of committing a terrorist crime will be sentenced to lifetime term in jail or hard labor term in prison that is not less than seven years.
- The penalty will be the lifetime term in jail if the perpetrator would be an instigator to this agreement or if he would be holding a leading position in running its movement.
- Anybody who would collect without legal basis information about one of the officials in charge of law enforcement or applying its provisions with the intent of using them for threatening this official or for plotting to cause any harm to him or to his interests or the interests of his job or for attacking this official or any of his kin or next of kin through any means of harm will be sentenced to a term in prison that is not less than one year and not more than five years.
- Without prejudice to any stricter penalty mentioned in the Penal Code or any other law, anybody who would import or manufacture or produce or hold or sell or handle or put on any official uniform of the Armed Forces or the Police or hold military cards or insignia or signs or any other signs for a job or a post without right or who would assume through any means the powers of administrative or judicial arrest with the intent of collecting information to commit a terrorist crime will be sentenced to a hard labor term in jail which is not less than five years.
- Anybody who would be aware of the commitment of a terrorist crime or its preparation or plotting for it or have any information or data related to any of its perpetrators and could tell the authorities concerned but he did not, will be sentenced to a term in jail that is not less than three months and a fine which is not less than 100,000 pounds and not more than 300,000 or any of the two penalties.
- The provision of the previous paragraph of this article is not applied to the spouse or any of the kin or next of kin of the perpetrator.
- Anybody who would carry out any of the acts of preparation or plotting for committing a terrorist crime will be sentenced to a term in jail that is not less than one year even if his role did not exceed this preparation or plotting.
- Anybody who would premeditatedly publish or broadcast or show or promote through any means false news or data about terrorist acts inside Egypt or about operations related to fighting these acts contradicting the official data issued by the Ministry of Defense will be punished by a fine that is not less than 200,000 pounds and not more 500,000 pounds without prejudice to the set disciplinary penalties.
- In the cases when the crime is committed by a legal person, the person in charge of the actual management of this legal person will be punished with the same penalty mentioned in the first paragraph of this article as long as the crime is committed in its favor or its interest. The legal person in this case is jointly responsible regarding fines and damages penalties.
- In all cases the court could issue a ruling banning the convict from practicing his job for a period that is not more than one year in case the crime is committed in a way that violates the principles of his job.
Photographing or recording or transmitting or broadcasting any proceedings of court sessions in terrorist crimes is banned except by a permit from the chief justice of the court concerned. Anybody who would violate this ban will be punished by a fine that is not less than 20,000 pounds and not more than 100,000 pounds.
(1) Deporting a foreigner outside the country.
(2) Banning residence in a certain place or specified area.
(4) Banning getting close to or frequenting certain places or areas.
(5) Forcing the presence in certain places at certain times.
(6) Banning work in certain places or in certain activities.
(7) Banning the use of certain means of telecommunications or banning holding or possessing them.
(8) Forcing the participation in rehabilitation courses.
- Barring the first measure, the term of any other measure should not be more than five years.
- Anybody who would violate the set measure in question will be sentenced to a term in jail which is not less than six months.
- In all cases, any ruling of indictment in a terrorist crime will result in losing the precondition of good reputation and conduct that is required for joining any public post or running in legislative elections.
- Any perpetrator of a terrorist crime who would take the initiative and report to the authorities concerned before starting the implementation of the crime will be exempted from the set penalties for crimes mentioned in this law. The court also has the right to exempt the perpetrator of the penalty if the reporting would take place after implementing the crime and before the start of investigations if the perpetrator would enable the authorities to arrest other perpetrators of the crime or perpetrators of another crime which is similar in kind and danger.
- Without prejudice to the rights of other people with good intent, the court would decide in each ruling of indictment in any terrorist crime, besides the set penalty for the crime, expropriating funds, property, weapons, equipment and documents or other materials used in the commitment of the crime or resulted from the crime. It would also decide disbanding the terrorist group and closing its offices and places inside and outside Egypt together with closing any other place in which any type of weapons would be manufactured or designed that are used in committing any terrorist crime or other materials that could be used or prepared to be used by a terrorist or a terrorist group.
- The court would decide, while issuing the indictment ruling, expropriating any funds when it was proven that these funds were allocated to finance acts of terrorism.
- The judicial arrest official, in case of any danger due to a terrorist crime and out of necessity to stand up to this danger, has the right to collect all evidence about this crime and search for its perpetrator and hold this perpetrator for a period that is not more than 24 hours.
- The judicial arrest official should write a report about the measures and refer the detained perpetrator together with the report to the public prosecution or the related investigation authority, as the case may be.
- The public prosecution or the related investigation authority has the right to decide maintaining the detention of the perpetrator, under the same necessity mentioned in the first paragraph of this article, before the expiry of the set period, for one more period that should not exceed seven days. The warrant of the prosecution should be issued based on reason by at least an attorney general or an equivalent authority.
- The custody period is included as part of the detention in remand period while the suspect is being held in a place that is designated by the law.
- Provisions set in the first paragraph of article (44) of this law are followed for complaining against the continuation of detention.
- The judicial arrest official should tell the detained person, according to article (40) of this law the reasons behind the arrest. The detained person has the right to call anybody of his relatives and to seek the support of a lawyer while not violating the interests of evidence gathering.
- The judicial arrest official should, during the period of detention, mentioned in article (40) of this law and before the expiry of this period, write a report including all measures and testimonies of the detained person and refer it together with the detained person to the public prosecution or the investigation authority concerned for questioning the detained person within 48 hours since the referral for issuing a warrant either of detention or release.
- The public prosecution or the related investigation authority, as the case may be, should have during investigating a terrorism crime, together with the powers set by the law, the powers allowed for an investigation judge and the powers allowed for an appealed misdemeanor court that is in session in the consulting room according to the same powers and restrictions and periods of time mentioned in article (143) of the Criminal Procedures Law.
- The suspect or anybody of concern has the right to appeal without paying any fees against the warrant of detention or continuation of detention at the related court.
- The court of appeals settles the issue through a decision based on reason within three days since filing the appeal after listening to the argument of the public prosecution or the related investigation authority and the defense of the plaintiff. If this period of time expired without settling the issue, the detained suspect should be released immediately.
- The judicial arrest official has the right, in the cases allowing holding in custody the perpetrator of a terrorist crime or holding this person in remand and if there was a danger or fear from the loss of evidence, to get a warrant from the public prosecution or the investigation authority concerned to inspect the house of the detained person or the person who is held in custody and seize all things related to the crime in question.
- The public prosecution or the investigation authority concerned, as the case may be, has the right, during investigating a terrorist crime, to issue a warrant, for a period of time that is not more than 30 days, of bugging and recording conversations and messages on the wired and wireless means of telecommunications and other means of modern telecommunications and to record or take photos of what is taking place in private places or via the telecommunications networks or electronic websites and seize all ordinary and electronic messages along with printed matter and parcels and cables of all kinds. - The period of time mentioned in the first paragraph of this article could be renewed for one or more similar periods of time.
- The provisions of articles 208 bis (A) and 208 bis (B) and 208 bis (C) and 208 bis (D) of the Criminal Procedures Laws are applied in the cases when there was clear evidence or when investigations reveal a clear evidence of indictment over perpetrating a terrorist crime.
- The authorities concerned have the right to take all precautionary measures including fund freezing and banning access to or management of funds or banning from travel on condition of commitment to the provisions and measures in the articles mentioned in the first paragraph of this article.
- The Prosecutor General or at least an attorney general, whom he assigns, or the investigation authority concerned, as the case may be, has the right to get acquainted with or get information or data related to bank accounts or deposits or safes or consignments or any related transactions when it is necessary to unravel the truth in the process of collecting evidence or investigation about perpetrating a terrorist crime or involvement in this crime by the suspect.
- The public prosecution or the investigation authority concerned, as the case may be, has the right, in crimes mentioned in articles 12, 15, 19 and 22 of this law, to issue a temporary warrant of closing headquarters, places, houses or places of residence provided that the decision is issued by at least a prosecution chief.
- Property and furniture seized in these places are deemed administratively expropriated until the case is settled in the final lawsuit. They should be handed over, after listing them in a report, to a receiver who will be in charge of guarding the seals placed on the headquarter or the place or the shop or the residence that is ordered closed. If there was no property, the receiver is assigned to guard the seals in the same way. The closure order becomes null and void after the issuance of an acquittal court ruling.
- The public prosecution or investigation authority concerned has the right to stop or block websites that were mentioned in the first paragraph of article 29 of this law or block any use of their content stipulated for in this article and expropriate equipment and machines used in the crime.
- One circuit or more of the criminal courts circuits is assigned to look into felonies in terrorist crimes and other related crimes provided that each circuit has a president holding at least the post of chief justice in courts of appeal.
- Circuits of the courts of first instance under at least a chief justice are assigned to look into misdemeanors of terrorist crimes and crimes related to these misdemeanors.
- Circuits of courts of first instance under at least a chief justice and membership of two judges one of them at least should be a chief justice are assigned to look into challenges at appeal courts against rulings issued in these crimes.
- The cases mentioned in this article are promptly settled in accordance with the set procedures mentioned in this law and the Criminal Procedures Law.
- The public prosecution or the investigation authority concerned, as the case may be, or the court which is looking into the crime or to which the terrorist crime is referred, is assigned to look into crimes related to the terrorist crime.
- Neither the criminal lawsuit nor the set penalty in terrorist crimes is dropped after the expiry of the term in jail.
- The president of the republic has the right, in case of any danger due to a terrorist crime or when an environmental catastrophe would ensue, to issue a decision taking all appropriate measures to maintain law and order including evacuation of some areas or isolating them or imposing a curfew provided that the decision includes specifying the area in question for a period of time that is not more than six months.
- This decision should be referred to the House of Representatives within the next seven days of its issuance to take a decision. If the House was not in its ordinary session, it should be convened for a prompt session. If there was no House, an approval from the Cabinet is a must provided that the decision is referred to the new House at its first meeting and a decision with the approval of the majority should be taken. If the decision was not referred to the House within the set period or if the decision was not approved, it is deemed null and void unless the House has a different view.
- The president of the republic has the right to extend the period of time of the procedure mentioned in the first paragraph of this article after the approval of the majority of the House of Representatives.
- In cases of emergency, the measures mentioned in this article are adopted in accordance with verbal orders provided that these orders should be in a written form within eight days.
- The State is committed to conclude a comprehensive obligatory insurance document with insurance companies to cover all dangers that would ensue from terrorist crimes that would harm any member of the Armed Forces or the Police who are entrusted with fighting terrorism while standing up to these crimes including the cases of death and complete or partial disability. The document should include the commitment of the insurance company to pay temporary damages for the affected persons immediately after the occurrence of the danger on condition that the value of these damages will be deducted from the total insurance value.
- In all cases, the insurance company is committed to pay the value of insurance in accordance with the document without prejudice to the right of the harmed person or his inheritors or the insurance company to resort to court.
- Insurance should be done with one insurance company or more that is registered with the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority and is permitted to practice insurance activities in accordance with the law regulating and monitoring insurance in Egypt.
The prime minister has the right to allocate part of the funds or revenues that are expropriated in terrorist crimes to pay financial commitments by the State stipulated for in the obligatory insurance document mentioned in the first paragraph of this article.


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White's Influence On EOP
Before there was the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), there was Dr. Joseph White.
And, in great part, because of White, there is EOP.
The program, which provides access to historically low-income and first-generation college students and in a holistic environment, advocates for students' success and graduation by promoting academic excellence and personal development through comprehensive support services and retention programs.
The program's creation was not inevitable but came to be as a result of the efforts of many, but maybe most of all White, a professor on campus in the 1960s.
"When I first raised the questions (about diversity) here at Long Beach State, people said that change would occur naturally. We didn't need a program," said White, "but, it didn't change. Every year was the same. So, I figured something had to happen and that it would take some programmatic leadership to make the change take place. And, I think the Watts Riots pushed me over the hump."
From 1962-66, there were less than 50 black students on the CSULB campus and 35 of those were athletes, remembered White, who ran into his own barriers in higher education after graduating from San Francisco State and before being accepted into graduate school at Michigan State in 1958.
"That left about 15 just straight-out students," he said. "To anyone who could count and walk up to the upper part of this campus, we were like (author Ralph) Ellison's Invisible Man. We were not present, and you didn't have to be a mathematician to figure that out. If you had eyes, you could see that."
"The first thing that struck me was that I was the only person of color in the whole class," said Fernando Hernandez, a member of the initial group of EOP students. "I was all by myself, and I wandered around here for a few weeks without ever seeing a person of color."
White, the second black tenure-track faculty member hired at CSULB back in 1962 and the only black tenured psychologist in all of California at the time, wasn't quite sure how to address the about lack of diversity. Still, he sensed an urgent need for change.
"But, I had no idea how to bring it about," he said.
The campus needed a vehicle to admit the students whom he thought had the potential to do college work, but couldn't meet the admission standards. White knew there was a group of kids out there, 11th- and 12th-graders—non-athletes—who were just beginning to peak academically, but they didn't do well as freshman and sophomores in high school so their GPAs were too low to quality for college entrance.
"They obviously had the ability from my frame of reference," he said. "That was the group I looked for." That was the group he recruited.
For help, he went to the then Dean of Students George Demos and mentioned he had heard there was some type of special admissions for athletes that would allow the university to admit up to 2 percent of those who didn't meet the regular admissions standards. White figured he could use part of that 2 percent special admit allowance to get African-American and Hispanic students enrolled.
"I had a good relationship with Dr. Demos, and he trusted my word," said White, "and he gave me those 67 special admission slots."
The lack of non-white students on campus did not go unnoticed by Demos, who noted that, of the 10,000 students, virtually all were white.
"We had to do something to bring minorities to our campus," he said, noting that many of them weren't even applying. "Even though many of them qualified, they didn't feel comfortable here. There weren't enough minorities on the campus. So, we had to get something moving."
Demos acknowledged that White, who worked under him, was a key figure in bringing worthy students to campus who may not have qualified normally, but had the potential to be successful.
"EOP students did surprisingly well once they got here," said Demos, "and made this campus more open to minorities, not just blacks, but Hispanics, Asians and other students as well. The EOP program was amazingly successful and making this a multi-national kind of ethnic campus where we had all kinds of people, which is part of the education of students."
Demos praised White's uncanny ability to select just the right kids to target.
"Joe White was a master at it," said Demos. "He had an instinct. He was a psychologist, and he could talk to people and figure out a lot about whether they could make it or not. He was very good at that, and very successful."
White's process for getting students into college was simple. He established good relationships with the high school counselors and asked prospective students for three letters of recommendation.
"What I was looking for was some evidence of talent, especially during the junior and senior years," said White. "I also tried to ask myself what these kids were doing with their time. I also wanted to know that at 17 and 18 years of age, did they want to go to college?"
Initially, 67 students came to campus under the Educational Opportunity Program, admitted under that 2 percent rule which had been strictly used for athletes to that point. That was the first cohort that came in and it was called Educational Opportunity because around the country a few programs were popping up and that was the name they used.
"So, I just named it that," said White. "Through this program, I was trying to widen the life opportunities for underserved black and Chicano students. I wanted these young people to have the chance to participate in a wider range of opportunities. If they didn't want to come, fine, I wasn't going to make anybody come to college."
Willie Elston, one of those in that first group of 67 students, said that until White showed up at his high school, CSULB was not something particularly on his radar.
"He's the godfather of diversity," Elston said of White. "He was one of the first professional folks who came to us from Cal State Long Beach and kind of explained to us about the possibility of getting prepared and coming to college."
Elston was at Centennial High School in Compton and by his senior year had not received any college prep counseling regarding higher education opportunities. But that all changed when he met White.
"I remember meeting him the week that Martin Luther King was assassinated," said Elston. "He came and spoke to an assembly of primarily black and Latino students, and shared with us his vision of our being able to go to Cal State Long Beach and he stayed after the assembly and chatted. We had an opportunity to talk, and he went on to explain to me what was necessary if I was serious about going to college. That kind of began me thinking that going to a four-year college was doable."
Thanks to White, for many, it was doable, very doable.

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The new album from the band that's been the biggest group in the world for the past decade has its fair share of ups and downs. The biggest positive thought coming away from listening through the record a few times is that they weren't afraid to take risks with the new album. The title track is as schizophrenic as the name of it implies and that same thing can be said for roughly half of the songs on the album. It's similar to "Viva La Vita" in that respect, but the melodies and choruses on that 2007 release are ten times better. With "A Head Full of Dreams", the production and musicianship is excellent but the songs aren't as good as they've been on previous albums. Still, there are more than a few songs here that longtime fans of the band will keep coming back to. Songs like "Army of One", "Everglow", "Adventure Of A Lifetime", and "Hymn for the Weekend".
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The row erupted in November last year when the UK Government lashed out at China for its alleged torture of a former worker at the British Hong Kong consulate. The Chinese ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, met with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to ask Britain to "stop condoning extreme, violent offences", a spokesperson told CNBC. In an email, the Chinese Embassy spokesperson revealed that Ambassador Liu had met with Raab on to express "grave concern and strong opposition" to the British government's "repeated wrong remarks regarding Hong Kong." The source from the Chinese embassy added: "Ambassador Liu emphasised that the nature of the situation in Hong Kong has nothing to do with the so-called democracy or freedom claimed by some Western politicians and media."
The statement also claimed protesters had "severely undermined the prosperity and stability in Hong Kong, and challenged the principled bottom line of 'One Country, Two Systems'."
However, it had become clear in recent years that China's regime had tried to intrude on Hong Kong's rights – agreed in the handover arrangement of 1997.
In 1997, the UK surrendered ownership of Hong Kong to China in a deal that saw the thriving region change hands but maintain its own autonomy.
The deal was intended to restrict China's influence over the former British territory and ensure Hong Kong control its own legislative arrangements, have its own free and independent elections while Beijing controlled foreign policy and basic law.
Intended to last for at least 50 years, the deal was also known 'one country-two systems', and granted Hong Kong freedom not experienced by other major cities in China.
As has become clear as protests brought Hong Kong to standstill last year, the deal has since been resisted by China with Xi Jinping's rise to power proving to be the major catalyst.
Xi was elected in 2013. A year later he had announced that Hong Kong 's 2017 elections would be contested by candidates screened and selected by an essentially Beijing controlled committee.
Protest leader Benny Tai told the BBC in their recent documentary 'China, a New World Order': "I think that must be the understanding of Xi Jinping that they would only allow Hong Kong to have elections that they could control."
As a result, the streets of the city were swarmed with protestors calling on the Chinese government to scrap their plans of interference, and this was met with heavy handed police response.
On top of this, Mr Raab accused Beijing of "torture" of Simon Cheng, a former employee at the British consulate in Hong Kong, over his involvement in the city's pro-democracy movement.
The Foreign Secretary said he had summoned the Chinese ambassador to express "outrage at the brutal and disgraceful treatment".
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In an interview with the Telegraph this month, Mr Cheng said "the UK government has no excuse to turn a blind eye" as he urged Britain to grant Hong Kong people the opportunity to come to the UK as Beijing imposes a national security law in the territory.
He said that the UK should "grant asylum to Hong Kong citizens and equalise the rights of British National Overseas holders", and that British authorities must "take care of the Hong Kong people," rather than spouting "words [that] are still quite constrained and moderate."
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Be a part of Langtang Valley Gosaikunda Trekking to travel through the Valley of Glacier which combines spectacular valleys and landscapes, rich vegetation of Langtang National Park, unique culture of ethnic Tamang community and 360 degree view of Langtang Lirung, Gangchenpo and Dorje Lakpa mountains. Ancient Kyanjin and Sing Gompas, challenging Lauribina Pass enveloped in mist, interesting villages, sacred Gosaikunda Lake believed to be formed by the trident of Lord Shiva, dense forest of rhododendron and alpine flowers make Langtang Valley Gosaikunda Trekking interesting destination. Get rewarded for your trekking in the region with alpine meadows, pristine lakes, and colossal peaks, varieties of ecosystems, untouched forest, massive glaciers and warm welcoming locals. All in all Langtang Valley Gosaikunda Trekking has a mix of natural diversity, sacred destination, varied landscape and peculiar cultures waiting for its guests.
Langtang valley Gosaikunda trekking combines trails of Langtang valley trek and Gosaikunda lake trek. Through traditional, ethnic villages and untouched forests on the way to the peaks of Langtang Lirung, we shall explore the trails in this adventure. We shall drive to the trailhead of Syabrubensi from Kathmandu and then begin trekking to the famous Lama Hotel through bamboo and oak forest, terraced fields accompanied by roaring Upper Trishuli River. Traverse ahead to the wonderful Ghodatabela village surrounded by forest of pine, hemlocks and rhododendron and then proceed to mystical Langtang village through cool shades of alpine forest. Explore the ancient Kyanjin Gompa and hike to the Kyanjin Ri before trekking back to Lama Hotel and heading on for Thulo Syabru. Travelling through Sing Gompa, we shall reach sacred Gosaikunda Lake across challenging Lauribina Pass and return back to sing Gompa after exploration of Gosainkunda and neighboring glacial lakes. Through the forest of oaks, firs and rhododendrons we shall reach Dhunche and then drive to Kathmandu for wrapping up our adventure. En route the Langtang Valley Gosaikunda Trekking slow moving rivers and swift mountain streams, snow bridges spanning angry torrents and lakes with crystalline brightness shall keep you entertained.
The third popular trekking route in Nepal after Annapurna and Everest region, Langtang Valley Gosaikunda Trekking has easy to moderate level of difficulty. It requires above average physical fitness and ability to walk for about 5-6 hours in hilly and mountainous terrain. March to May and September to December is the preferred season for trekking in this destination. Join our team of professionals to create memories of lifetime and experience the blend of wilderness, diversity and unique cultural ensembles.
Difficulties rating of Langtang Gosaikunda trek A trekker should be fit to do this trekking. Maximum altitude of the trek is 4610m, so you should be careful about altitude risk. To get rid of it please walks slowly and has more water and avoids alcoholic drinks. You must take care of your health.
Safe drinking water on Langtang Gosaikunda trek Basically, we can get mineral water bottles in lower places but as we go higher cannot find it. In that case we suggest you to drink boiled water which may charge small fee, found in tea houses and better to bring chlorine tablets to purify water. Due to no provision of plastic bottles better to use boiled rather than mineral water, helpful for protection of environment.
Recharging Batteries of Electronic Items on the Trek Hydro electricity or solar power sources are used to charge your electrical items like camera, batteries, iPod, phone etc. Tea houses or lodges may charge small fee per hours for charging facilities. Better to buy adaptors before the trip since plugs are limited. In Nepal 220-240 volt power is used and sockets fit round and flat plugs.
Garbage Disposal Use a dustbins and do not throw anything into the fire. Carry garbage's in the way where dustbin facilities are not available and conserve the environment.
Spending Money per Day It mainly depends upon spending habits, normally you should allocate US$ 9-12 per meal in Kathmandu and Pokhara. On trekking, US$ 10-14 a day is good enough to buy drinks and chocolates.
Travel Insurance for Langtang Gosaikunda trek You should be sufficiently protected and need to have travel insurance that covers emergency evacuation, lost items, liabilities, injuries and medical treatment. Ensure the insurance covers all the activities in the Himalayas. Trekking Planner can offer the appropriate medical response based on your policy and insurance.
Washing and Toilet facilities for Langtang Gosaikunda trek: All the guest houses offer hot showers, which can be in bathroom or can be a bucket of hot water. Please note that at high altitude there may not be enough hot water for all the trekkers. Limit the use of hot water unless the water is solar heated or firewood for the ecological reason. Every lodge has some kind of washing facilities but you must carry a bar of soap. If the water froze then ask your guide to get warm bowl of water. Toilet is mainly Asian squat style. Basically toilet is outside your room and varies in how clean they are. You should not through toilet paper in the toilet hole rather you should use rubbish bin that is kept inside the toilet.
Tea Houses On this trekking route local people have built tea houses lodge with food and beverage facilities. A simple room usually has two narrow beds. While staying in the tea houses you will see the charming local people with their good hospitality services.
"Ready-Made itinerary presented in website can be operated for individuals, couples and small groups on a private tailor-made basis, starting on a date of your choice. Itinerary is on the basis of tea-house trekking but it can be operated as Camp Trek. Please contact Trekking Planner to discuss about your tour plan." Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu Up on arrival you will be picked up at the international airportin Kathmandu and transferred to the hotel by our airport representative. After refreshments your tour guide will pick you up at your hotel for a half day sightseeing tour to Kathmandu's Durbar Square. Later on this evening you will be picked up from your hotel for a cultural dinner. Stay overnight at the hotel Day 02: Full day in Kathmandu Today you have a full day guided sightseeing tour to the Buddhist and Hindu sights in Kathmandu, probably to Durbar Square, then visit "Swyambhunath" a Holy sight of Hinduism and Buddhism also known as "the monkey temple" as a large number of holy monkeys are living in the north-west part of the temple. Next, you will be taken to "Pashupatinath a sacred Hindu temple situated on the bank of the Bagmati River. You will then be driven to "Boddhanath Stupa" one of the biggest and oldest stupas in the world. Later in the afternoon there will be a pre-trip meeting with your trekking guide in your hotel. Our office representative will brief you regarding the trek as well as provide you the opportunity to ask any questions of the upcoming trip. Second overnight in Kathmandu. Day 03: Drive to Syabrubensi (14600m) about 7 hrs drive Today an early morning you will be picked up from your hotel and transfer to the bus station for day countryside drive to trek starting point, Syabrubensi via Trishuli Bazaar. Pack lunch on the way. Stay overnight at the hotel. Day 04: Trek to Lama Hotel (2340m) 5-6 hrs walk The trek from Syabrubesi is quite pleasant with few up climbs for a while but the rest of the walk is gradual on the winding trail through the terraced farm fields and villages, as the trail ascends and joins the path coming from upper Syabru at the Riverside Lodge near the place of Bamboo, an ideal spot for camping with ample time to go for a refreshing splash in the nearby river of upper Trishuli River. Trek continues uphill all the way to Lama Hotel. Stay overnight at the tea house. Day 05: Trek to Langtang Village (3330m) 5-6 hrs walk After breakfast here after 2-3 hours walk you get to the wonderful spot at call Ghore-Tabela for our short stop for lunch. Ghore-tabla is in the midst of the forest of pines, hemlocks and rhododendron from here onwards you can feel the altitude also. After a pleasant short stay here, the trek continues to Langtang and its beautiful valley, we walk through the cool shade of the alpine wood for an hour, after a small stream leaving the tree line behind. The path leads slow uphill for an hour, then the walks get better on the gradual winding trail with few ups and down till the village of Langtang. You will reach at Langtang in the afternoon; here after refreshment you will have time to visit the villages. Stay overnight at the tea house. Day 06: Trek to Kyangjing Gompa (3730m) 3-4 hrs walk Today after wonderful time in Langtang Village, the trail starts slowly uphill with nice scenery of the Langtang Himal, Langeshisa Re and many more mountains. Today you walking through the open path, it means you will have chance to viewing all around. You will get their by lunch time. After lunch you will have time to visit Cheese Factory and Gompa. Day 07: Full day in Kyangjing Gompa Today after an early morning breakfast your guide will take you to the short walk around Kyangjing, If you are able you could trek to Cherko Ri (4984m) from where you can see magnificent view of the mountain all around or you can trek to Kyangjing Re, which is also very nice for day hike. Stay overnight at the tea house. Day 08: Trek to Lama Hotel (2340m) 4-5 walk After wonderful time here and all around, we re-trace back to small settlement call lama hotel. Stay overnight at the tea house. Day 09: Trek to Thulo Syabru (2210m) 5-6 hrs walk Today again re-trace till Bamboo from where you will take a new trail with few up and down through the forest until get to Thulo Syabru. This is such a nice village in this trek which is situated on the lap of Gosainkunda from where you will be able to nice view of the Langtang Mountain and valley to Tibetan boarder. Stay overnight at the tea house. Day 10: Trek to Sing Gompa (3050m) 4-5 hrs walk The trail start with uphill after wonderful time in the Thulo Syabru about 02 and half hrs, than again it comes gradual through the pine, fir and rhododendron forest all the way to Sing Gumpa. Here in the Sing Gompa you will have chance to test fresh cheese, they have cheese factory. This is small settlement where you will visit one of the oldest monasteries. Stay overnight at the tea house. Day 11: Trek to Gosaikunda (4380m) 4-5 hrs walk A steep walk, but a dramatic view of the valley and mountain from west to east makes your day easier. We pass a few huts in the high pasture of Laurebina, cross a small ridge and have our first views of the holy lakes. There are 108 lakes in the Gosaikunda Basin, the main three being Saraswatikund Bhariab Kunda and Gosaikunda. According to Legend, Lord Shiva created Gosaikunda when he pierced a glacier with his trident to obtain water to quench his thirst after having swallowed some poison. Stay overnight at tea house. Day 12: Explore day in Gosainkunda Gosainkunda is pilgrimage site fully cover by nature. So there are many lake around the area. After breakfast you will go for day walk around the Lake and walk toward Gosainkunda Pass. Stay overnight in Gosainkund. Day 13: Trek to Sing Gompa (3254m) 4-5 hrs walk From the lake- Saraswati Kunda, the trail ascends to a ridge. There are good views across Langtang valley to Langtang Lirung. To the west are dramatic views of Himalchuli, Ganesh Himal and Manaslu. From this ridge, we descend to Sing Gompa via Laurebina. There is a small monastery and a cheese factory in Sing Gompa. Stay overnight at the tea house. Day 14: Trek to Dhunche (1950m) 4-5 hrs walk Today after breakfast you trek down all the way to Dhunche through the forest of oaks, firs and rhododendrons. Dhunche is district head quarter of Rasuwa. Stay overnight at the tea house. Day15: Drive to Kathmandu (1350m) about 7 hrs driver Today after an early morning breakfast your guide will take you to the bus station for day scenic countryside drive back to Kathmandu through the bumpy road till Betrbati Bazaar, After Betrabati Bazaar the road begin better. Stay overnight at the hotel.hotel. Day 16: Final departure Today we will transfer you to the international airport for your departure back home. "Trekking Planner will try to keep day-to-day schedule as per the detailed itinerary but there might be some flexibility due to other factors beyond our control. A variety of factors, including adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, difficulty with transportation and politics can lead to enforced changes. So, it is not possible to guarantee as per the itinerary. In the case, trip leader will manage it to minimize your inconvenience." We wish you have a wonderful time with us!
Can you provide me more information about the teahouses on this trek? According to the location the tea houses vary on their quality and style on this trek. Basically they have communal room downstairs with one or two bed bedroom above them. You have to use share toilet but nowadays in low levels attached toilet is found and some have hot shower facilities but some will have stand pipes. Tea houses use a type of burning stove in main communal area and other rooms are unheated. Tea houses do not have money exchange facilities. Trekking Planner recommend you to exchange cash in Kathmandu. At the lower altitudes there are electricity facilities whereas as we go higher tea houses become more basic. As cooler temperature drain battery life, ensure your batteries last a little longer by putting it inside pocket of your coat or under your pillow. Do a guides or porter carry oxygen tanks on the trek? No, As there is enough time to acclimatize while trekking it felt there is no need for them. If someone feels the affects of altitude then there are facilities along the trek at various point and its easy to get. How many guides and porters will be there in our group? A group will have a group leader or a guide who will lead you on the trek. Porters will be there to carry your baggage packs and all the camping gear. One porter will carry two trekkers baggage. A number of supporting staff will depend upon your group size. At one time how many liter of water I have to carry in the trek? Mostly 3-4 liters is sufficient. You will be able to refill bottles at lunch time. When you are in high altitude you have to drink more water to get rid of altitude diseases. Is it necessary to carry Trekking poles? Yes, Trekking Poles make you easy to walk in the rough ways. Trekking poles makes your body and leg to move more safely. So, we suggest you to use it. Is bottled water available everywhere in the trek? Mainly tea houses on the way have stores which sell bottled water and other supplies that may be needed for you on the trek. There are no any plastic recyclable facilities in Nepal, we encourage you to bring chlorine tablets and use filter water in the teahouses. Should I have to bring iodine tablets for purifying the water? You have to bring iodine tablet with you. Chlorine tablets are widely available. The most effective and commonly used version of chlorine is chlorine dioxide, which is tasteless and odorless. Tablets can be bought cheaply and usually 1 tablet is sufficient to purify 1 liter of water. Neutralizing tablets can also be bought to get rid of the smell and taste of chlorine or iodine. This will need to be done for water obtained using hand pumps or streams in the trek. What are the effects of going so high? Altitude produces physical changes in the body. Higher you go, more pronounced those changes. If after gaining a lot of elevation in a hurry, you experience dizziness, nausea, headaches, and dehydration, you are probably suffering from altitude sickness. In rare cases this may worsen, so a close watch is kept on all trekkers by the Group Leader who is trained to recognize Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). If trekkers show any signs of AMS they will be evacuated to a lower, safe altitude immediately. To minimize effects of altitude you ascend slowly which allows safe acclimatization. What if I get ill while on the trek? It depends on the nature of your illness. If you suddenly feel dizzy or weak, you have to sit or lie down. If you still feel sick, keep a warm and quiet until you can get medical help. You will carry down if no progress we advise travelers to take a personal kit too. In serious cases, you need helicopter rescue. Our guide will suggest you to use it if it's very serious. So, helicopter rescue insurance is necessary for every trekker before you come to trek in this trek. Would you recommend taking a Down Jacket? The weather is changeable in the Himalaya so you can expect to experience four seasons in one day. Make sure you have plenty of warm layers which you can shed or add as required. While even in winter it can be as warm as 19C during the day, the higher the altitude, the colder the temperature and when high up the temperature drops significantly at night to around -10C in October/November, and to around -20C from December to February. Is alcohol permitted on trek? Alcohol is consumed in Nepal. You can buy it in tea houses in the trek. Local alcohol is also available. However we suggest you not to drink alcohol at high altitude.


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From 2013 to 2019, Alexandra was a member of the Listing Committee of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. She acted as non executive Chairman of the Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia for six years, stepping down in 2015, and was instrumental in establishing the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change during this period.
Alexandra speaks and writes regularly on sustainable finance, development and infrastructure issues. She has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and MA degrees from Yale University and Cambridge University.
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Q: Using select to call function with input parameters in spring-jdbc We are trying to call a function in our database. The code is based on spring-jdbc. For local testing we use H2, while it is postgresql in production. The function call requires an input parameter and the response is a resultset with multiple columns.
We have tried different solutions:

*

*Use JdbcTemplate and call the function with a select-query. The problem with this is that the input parameter is not set. The query works fine except it does not populate the inputVal.

jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select * from func(?)", new RowMapper(), inputVal);
This is the exception message:
Exception calling user-defined function: "func(null): null"; SQL statement

*Use SimpleJdbcCall, withFunctionName and declare parameters. When we try to run this:

Map result = new SimpleJdbcCall(jdbcTemplate)
    .withFunctionName("func")
    .declareParameters(new SqlParameter("inputVal", Types.NUMERIC))
    .executeFunction(Map.class, inputVal);
It fails with the error message:
parameter count: 0)" not found; SQL statement:

Anyone have an idea on how we can fix this?

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Well, this is one of those "under a dust coverd tarp in the gargae" stories. My father was a Hobie dealer back in the 70's, and loved the hawks. It never caught with me. Anyway, he recently passed, and I was cleaning out the garage, an found a few Hobie Hawks, misc wings, and some partial wings. One of the bodies is "used" pretty hard, but one is in very good shape, and another is pretty much brand new. I tried to search the Internet for leads on these, but they are so old, I think they have flushed through the collections. Is there any groups or places that I can look into selling these? I can provide pics on request.


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"She's a f*****g kid you creep. She's 12 years old."
Mika Singh is facing criticism on social media for being in a video with 12-year-old influencer Riva Arora.
Riva is an influencer with over 8.3 million followers. She has also featured in a number of films, including URI: Surgical Strike.
However, the youngster has been the subject of backlash as some of her content features her dressed to make her look older than she actually is.
According to netizens, some of Riva's pictures are also provocative, which people say is inappropriate for her age.
A video with Mika Singh has now caused controversy.
In the video, Riva is seen wearing a dress and massive heels while Mika sports an all-black attire.
The pair dance together and it has resulted in backlash.
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Social media users blasted Mika for dancing with a 12-year-old in a music video.
One person said: "OMG! She's a f*****g kid you creep. She's 12 years old. WTF is wrong with you people???"
Another wrote: "She is 12… Mika is 45… these people are promoting child sexual abuse."
However, some came to Mika's defence, pointing out that the singer appeared uncomfortable to be in the video with Riva.
One user said: "Ok yeah she looks 13/14 max.
"I also know Mika's an ass but here you can tell he's not grabbing onto her like he would a grown woman. His body language is off. I may be wrong.
"The whole concept of putting this child there is utterly disgusting though."
Another agreed, saying: "I noticed this too. His hand is like an inch off her body after that initial touch. He also slides it away quite awkwardly and at least it looks like he is avoiding touching her."
Netizens criticised Riva's parents, accusing them of sexualising their daughter for fame.
One said: "You're a beautiful young lady but your mother should really be ashamed of herself.
"Most of these commenters should be in jail if they're calling children sexy. Be a kid as long as you can. This isn't the way to do things."
Another said: "You are very beautiful but still a child so you should enjoy your childhood rather than acting or dancing in songs like this.
"It is not appropriate for children under 16. You are an amazing actress and we are looking forward to you."
A third comment read: "You're a kid! I hate your parents for robbing your childhood like this."
One person said: "She's as old as my son, her parents should be ashamed of themselves for making a 12-year-old child dress up like a 20-year-old."
A user wrote:
"Ok. Wait! This is pathetic, in fact, all her posts are. At least let her turn 18. What are her parents doing?"
"Also, she is just grooving that's not talent. Excuse me let her age first."
Aiming a dig at Bollywood's habit of casting young actresses opposite much older male stars, writing:
"Don't be shocked if she will be the leading lady opposite Canada (Akshay) Kumar next year."
Despite the controversy, Riva Arora also featured in a now-deleted Instagram Reel with Karan Kundrra.
The 'relationship' video shows Riva, in a dress and heels, on a date with Karan at a bar. Meanwhile, her boyfriend tries phoning her but she ignores him.
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Q: How can I make this code simpler in kotlin? I learned to program by myself and just decided to go with Kotlin.
I made a simple program that solves a triangle which works well but my code is ugly and repetitive.
Can you help me on how to improve it, any suggestion will help since even my code works it does not look correct.
    private fun validateNumbers() {
        if(binding.etHip.text.toString().isNotEmpty()){
            Hip = (binding.etHip.text.toString()).toFloat()
        }
        if(binding.etAdj.text.toString().isNotEmpty()){
            Adj = (binding.etAdj.text.toString()).toFloat()
        }
        if(binding.etOpp.text.toString().isNotEmpty()){
            Opp = (binding.etOpp.text.toString()).toFloat()
        }
        if(binding.etAngle.text.toString().isNotEmpty()){
            Angle = (binding.etAngle.text.toString()).toFloat()
        }

    }

    private fun countSelected() {
        binding.cbHyp.setOnCheckedChangeListener { compoundButton, b ->
            if(binding.cbHyp.isChecked){
                numberCB++
            }
            else{
                numberCB--
            }
        }

        binding.cbAdj.setOnCheckedChangeListener { compoundButton, b ->
            if(binding.cbAdj.isChecked){
                numberCB++
            }
            else{
                numberCB--
            }
        }

        binding.cbOpp.setOnCheckedChangeListener { compoundButton, b ->
            if(binding.cbOpp.isChecked){
                numberCB++
            }
            else{
                numberCB--
            }
        }

        binding.cbAngle.setOnCheckedChangeListener { compoundButton, b ->
            if(binding.cbAngle.isChecked){
                numberCB++
            }
            else{
                numberCB--
            }
        }

    }

A: How about this? The logic is the same. it's only simplified syntactically.
private fun validateNumbers() = with(binding) {
    if (etHip.text.toString().isNotEmpty()) Hip = (etHip.text.toString()).toFloat()
    if (etAdj.text.toString().isNotEmpty()) Adj = (etAdj.text.toString()).toFloat()
    if (etOpp.text.toString().isNotEmpty()) Opp = (etOpp.text.toString()).toFloat()
    if (etAngle.text.toString().isNotEmpty()) Angle = (etAngle.text.toString()).toFloat()
}

private fun countSelected() = with(binding) {
    setOf(cbHyp, cbAdj, cbOpp, cbAngle).forEach {
        it.setOnCheckedChangeListener { if (it.isChecked) numberCB++ else numberCB-- }
    }
}

A: For both functions, you can wrap them in with(binding) so you don't have to keep writing binding.
For validateNumbers, you can use toFloatOrNull() to convert values to Float, or null if it doesn't evaluate as a Float (like an empty string would be invalid). Then you can use the Elvis operator ?: to provide a default. So if you don't want the value to change, it can return itself.
Also, since you're doing it repeatedly, you can make a shortcut for getting the value from an EditText. which is a type of TextView, so you can write it as an extension of TextView.
private fun TextView.toFloatOrNull() = text.toString().toFloatOrNull()

private fun validateNumbers() = with(binding) {
    Hip = etHip.toFloatOrNull() ?: Hip
    Adj = etAdj.toFloatOrNull() ?: Adj
    Opp = etOpp.toFloatOrNull() ?: Opp
    Angle = etAngle.toFloatOrNull() ?: Angle
}

With countSelected() since they're all doing exactly the same thing in their listeners, you can give them all the same listener. The second parameter in the lambda it whether it was just checked, so you can simplify that logic a bit too. You can use listOf(...).forEach to get them all.
fun countSelected() = with(binding) {
    val listener = OnCheckedChangeListener { _ isChecked ->
        if (isChecked) numberCB++ else numberCB--
    }
    listOf(cbHyp, cbAdj, cbOpp, cpAngle).forEach {
        it.onCheckedChangeListener = listener
    }
}

I would also change the function name to something more descriptive. Your function isn't counting something...it's setting up the checkboxes to count themselves.
Note, property and variable names should start with lowercase letters by convention. It will make your code easier to read. Uppercase first letters are generally reserved for class and interface names. (They are also used for function names in some other languages, but you shouldn't do that in Kotlin or they'll get confused with constructor calls.)


Em's classroom is having a Halloween party next week, and of course we were told to bring a treat or toy to share with the class. I have enough anxiety worrying about whether or not I'm poisoning a typical child with some sort of food allergy or aversion, so a classroom with 9 special needs kids? I wasn't taking any chances. We went the toy route for sure.
I was at Target today with the kids after school and found these three packs of glow sticks there for $1 and figured I could find a little printable on Pinterest to go with them, and then tie it on with some bakers twine, and call it good.
When browsing pinterest I found Lady bug Teacher Files blog, and her super cute Halloween printable. It says, "A bit of light, for Halloween night!" Super cute and simple. The hardest part about this craft was waiting for the paper to come out of my deathly slow printer. And it was fun to have my little helper with me to cut out circles, and of course help with photographing the end results!
What fun gifts are you making for Halloween this year?
I love this idea! So smart to do something that will be fun for the kids, keep them visible and safe, and not have to worry about food allergies!!
Oh the kiddos are going to love those. What a great idea!
This is a good idea for the kids and easy to implement. Guess I will try something along these lines for next years halloween !!!
Such a nice idea, my kids love glow sticks and a little fun glow stick will be well loved too. It is better to have these kind of fun game ideas than cooking something that might have some allergy ingredients.
This is such a great Halloween gifts idea for the kids. and I'm sure that kids will love this glow stick.
What an awesome idea for Halloween, i think the kids would be creative if they have this on Halloween :).
Your son is so proud of his Halloween gift, soo adorable! :D I have no plans for Halloween.
VERY cute idea! I so love that you did something cute like this rather than candy.
These glow sticks are such a fun idea for kids! Hope you and your family have a great Halloween.
This is such a fun idea for Halloween! It is way better than candies! Have a great Halloween with your family!
Yesss! A Diferent halloween post from others blogs! SMART DIY gift! thank you for sharing i will do it for my little sister too! have a nice halloween weekend!
This week my blog has a halloween post! Check my scary post at the blog if you have some free time!
How cute! I love simple Halloween ideas like this. Glow sticks are great for Trick or Treating night.
This is such an awesome idea,I am sure the kids would love it.I love the shirt your son has on too, he looks super cute.
Super cool idea, especially for when you aren't wanting to just send more candy to everything already candied out for Halloween. Love this alternative idea!
What a fun idea! I know the kids are going to enjoy those. Very different than the typical candy bag!
These are a cute idea! I am sure my kids will love this glow sticks. Thanks for sharing.
I didn't do halloween this year. everyone was too busy. so nothing super exciting on my end. These sticks look rather nice!


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Beverley cafe saved
The Beverley branch of independent cafe chain Filmore and Union has been saved after the group, based in Wetherby, announced it was going into administration. Seven sites have been closed but ten others, including the Beverley outlet in Saturday Market, have been bought by American group Coffeesmiths Collective, which already operates 15 UK brands, including Baker & Spice, Nordic Bakery and Roasted Rituals.
Administrators FRP Advisory said the sale of the ten outlets have safeguarded 150 jobs, but the remaining seven had ceased trading with the loss of 80 posts. Toby Smith, chief executive officer of Coffeesmiths Collective, told Beverley FM: "We acquired the Beverley store with nine others on Friday afternoon and we are looking forward to working with the team in Beverley supporting the Filmore and Union brand."


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Quiet day planned at Sandy Hook school on anniversary
Newtown's school superintendent says the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre will be marked by a full day of classes and quiet reflection.
The Connecticut Post reports that Superintendent Joseph Eradi sent an email to parents this week saying he's certain many families will join him "in finding private space for personal reflection" as the community continues to recover from "an unconscionable act of violence."
On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman entered the school and shot to death 20 first graders and six educators. He also killed himself and his mother.
Eradi says school staff, if requested, will provide talking points for parents to help with conversations about the tragedy.
Leaders of the town's Interfaith Clergy Association are expected to lead a private prayer service with staff before classes begin.
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