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Bank of England to Explore Central Bank Digital Currency
Published on January 21, 2020 06:36 PM EST
Last updated on May 22, 2021 10:35 AM EST
On January 21st, 2020, the Bank of England announced it will be exploring the use-case of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The bank will work with a group of other central banks from around the globe, where each bank will share their learnings to educate each other on the potential consequences of utilizing a CBDC.
The Bank of England Exploring a CBDC Explained
The Bank of England (BoE) is the central bank of the United Kingdom. In an announcement released today, the BoE will 'assess the potential cases' for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in its home jurisdiction.
Yet not only will it explore the benefits and possibility of implementing a CBDC, it will share its findings with a consortium of other central banks, who are also exploring CBDCs. Other banks include the Bank of Canada, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Sveriges Riksbank — of Sweden, and the Swiss National Bank.
The conglomerate will work together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). It will be co-chaired by Benoît Cœuré, head of the BIS Innovation Hub, and Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor of the BoE.
According to the announcement, the group will assess the various use cases and implications of utilizing a CBDC. Criteria to be examined include not just economic results but functional and technical design choices, cross-border interoperability, and the "sharing of knowledge on emerging technologies".
The group will coordinate with a number of additional institutions and forums. Notable entities include the Financial Stability Board along with the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI).
The Race is On for Central Bank Digital Currencies
A number of powerful central banks across the globe — including some in the group mentioned above — have already begun exploring CBDCs. Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is anticipated to bring a number of benefits to central banks in the areas of cross-border payments and settlements, among others.
The European Central Bank (ECB), for example, has already assembled a task force to assess the feasibility of a euro CBDC. ECB President Christine Lagarde said one goal is to learn how to minimize the possibility of unintended side effects.
While China has maintained a firm stance against the use of cryptocurrencies, its government has been busy implementing the underlying technology. In late 2019, the Chinese government issued nearly $3 billion worth of bonds using blockchain technology for small business loans.
China is also developing its own CBDC, dubbed 'DCEP', for Digital Currency / Electronic Payments. DCEP has been in development since 2014, when China first researched the use of digital currencies.
DCEP is expected to launch in the near future, potentially in the next few months. Once it launches, Chinese officials have said the country will work to develop a legal framework for Security Token Offerings (STOs).
CBDCs are undoubtedly creating a buzz among central banks throughout the world. Some banks have looked at CBDCs for years. As for the BoE and the Bank of Japan, today's announcement seems to be the first public notice of any development regarding a CBDC.
What do you think about the Bank of England researching Central Bank Digital Currencies along with several other central banks? Do you envision a future where every central bank has its own CBDC? We'd like to know what you think in the comments section below.
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Q: How do I get a local file with the HTML5 File API's getfile()? I'm working on a Cordova app for Windows 8 and trying to use the HTML5 File API to get a file and copy it to another destination.
I have a local file in my www folder in a folder called db. My javascript file is located in the www/js folder.
I'm using this code to create an instance of requestFileSystem():
window.requestFileSystem(window.TEMPORARY, 2 * 1024 * 1024, initFS, errorHandler);

function initFS(fs) {
    console.log('woot!');
}
function errorHandler(err) {
    console.log(err.code);
}

inside my initFS function I need to get my file, test if it exists at a destination, if it doesn't then copy the file. I want to create a copyFile function and pass it "from" directory, the file, and the destination
window.requestFileSystem(window.TEMPORARY, 2 * 1024 * 1024, initFS, errorHandler);

    function initFS(fs) {
        var fromLocation = [local db directory];
        var myFile = [file stored in the local db directory];
        var toLocation = [destination to copy to];
        copyFile(fromLocation, myFile, toLocation);
    }

    function errorHandler(err) {
        console.log(err.code);
    }

    function copyFile(fromLoc, src, toLoc){
        //copy the file to the new location
    }

All the examples I've read talk about how to create and manipulate a file but none talk about manipulating a file that already exists.

A: The way I'm fixing this is running a SQLite statement using the Cordova SQLite Storage plugin that checks if the table exists. If it doesn't then a table is created and an set of inserts are run. If the table does exist nothing happens.
The open db statement will always create a db if one doesn't exist. If the db exists it isn't overwritten.

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Q: Data Structures to store complex option relationships in a GUI I'm not generally a GUI programmer but as luck has it, I'm stuck building a GUI for a project.  The language is java although my question is general.
My question is this:
I have a GUI with many enabled/disabled options, check boxes.
The relationship between what options are currently selected and what option are allowed to be selected is rather complex.  It can't be modeled as a simple decision tree.  That is options selected farther down the decision tree can impose restrictions on options further up the tree and the user should not be required to "work his way down" from top level options.
I've implemented this in a very poor way, it works but there are tons of places that roughly look like:
if (checkboxA.isEnabled() && checkboxB.isSelected())
{
   //enable/disable a bunch of checkboxs
   //select/unselect a bunch of checkboxs
}

This is far from ideal, the initial set of options specified was very simple, but as most projects seem to work out, additional options where added and the definition of what configuration of options allowed continually grew to the point that the code, while functional, is a mess and time didn't allow for fixing it properly till now.
I fully expect more options/changes in the next phase of the project and fully expect the change requests to be a fluid process. I want to rebuild this code to be more maintainable and most importantly, easy to change.
I could model the options in a many dimensional array, but i cringe at the ease of making changes and the nondescript nature of the array indexes.
Is there a data structure that the GUI programmers out there would recommend for dealing with a situation like this?  I assume this is a problem thats been solved elegantly before.
Thank you for your responses.

A: The important savings of code and sanity you're looking for here are declarative approach and DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself).
[Example for the following: let's say it's illegal to enable all 3 of checkboxes A, B and C together.]
Bryan Batchelder gave the first step of tidying it up: write a single rule for validity of each checkbox:
if(B.isSelected() && C.isSelected()) {
   A.forceOff();  // making methods up - disable & unselected
} else {
   A.enable();
}
// similar rules for B and C...

// similar code for other relationships...

and re-evaluate it anytime anything changes.  This is better than scattering changes to A's state among many places (when B changes, when C changes).
But we still have duplication: the single conceptual rule for which combinations of A,B,C are legal was broken down into 3 rules for when you can allow free changes of A, B, and C.  Ideally you'd write only this:
bool validate() {
    if(A.isSelected() && B.isSelected() && C.isSelected()) {
        return false;
    }
    // other relationships...
}

and have all checkbox enabling / forcing deduced from that automatically!
Can you do that from a single validate() rule?  I think you can!  You simulate possible changes - would validate() return true if A is on? off?   If both are possible, leave A enabled; if only one state of A is possible, disable it and force its value; if none are possible - the current situation itself is illegal.  Repeat the above simulation for A = other checkboxes...
Something inside me is itching to require here a simulation over all possible combinations of changes.  Think of situations like "A should not disable B yet, because while illegal currently with C on, enabling B would force C off, and with that B is legal"...  The problem is that down that road lies complete madness and unpredictable UI behaviour.  I believe simulating only changes of one widget at a time relative to current state is the Right Thing to do, but I'm too lazy to prove it now.  So take this approach with a grain of scepticism.

I should also say that all this sounds at best confusing for the user!  Sevaral random ideas that might(?) lead you to more usable GUI designs (or at least mitigate the pain):

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*Use GUI structure where possible!

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*Group widgets that depend on a common condition.

*Use radio buttons over checkboxes and dropdown selections where possible.
Radio buttons can be disabled individually, which makes for better feedback.

*Use radio buttons to flatten combinations: instead of checkboxes "A" and "B" that can't be on at once, offer "A"/"B"/"none" radio buttons.

*List compatibility constraints in GUI / tooltips!

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*Auto-generate tooltips for disabled widgets, explaining which rule forced them?
This one is actually easy to do.

*Consider allowing contradictions but listing the violated rules in a status area, requiring the user to resolve before he can press OK.

*Implement undo (& redo?), so that causing widgets to be disabled is non-destructive?

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*Remember the user-assigned state of checkboxes when you disable them, restore when they become enabled?  [But beware of changing things without the user noticing!]

A: I've had to work on similar GUIs and ran into the same problem.  I never did find a good data structure so I'll be watching other answers to this question with interest.  It gets especially tricky when you are dealing with several different types of controls (combo boxes, list views, checkboxes, panels, etc.).  What I did find helpful is to use descriptive names for your controls so that it's very clear when your looking at the code what each control does or is for.  Also, organization of the code so that controls that affect each other are grouped together.  When making udpates, don't just tack on some code at the bottom of the function that affects something else that's dealt with earlier in the function.  Take the time to put the new code in the right spot.

A: Typically for really complex logic issues like this I would go with an inference based rules engine and simply state my rules and let it sort it out.
This is typically much better than trying to 1. code the maze of if then logic you have; and 2. modifying that maze later when business rules change.
One to check out for java is: JBoss Drools

A: I would think of it similarly to how validation rules typically work.
Create a rule (method/function/code block/lambda/whatever) that describes what criteria must be satisfied for a particular control to be enabled/disabled.  Then when any change is made, you execute each method so that each control can respond to the changed state.

A: I agree, in part, with Bryan Batchelder's suggestion. My initial response was going to be something a long the lines of a rule system which is triggered every time a checkbox is altered.

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*Firstly, when a check box is checked, it validates (and allows or disallows the check) based on its own set of conditions. If allowed, it to propagate a change event.

*Secondly, as a result of the event, every other checkbox now has to re-validate itself based on its own rules, considering that the global state has now changed.

On the assumption that each checkbox is going to execute an action based on the change in state (stay the same, toggle my checked status, toggle my enabled status), I think it'd be plausible to write an operation for each checkbox (how you associate them is up to you) which either has these values hardcoded or, and what I'd probably do, have them read in from an XML file.

A: To clear this up, what I ended up doing was a combination of provided options.
For my application the available open source rule engines were simply massive over kill and not worth the bloat given this application is doing real time signal processing.  I did like the general idea.
I also didn't like the idea of having validation code in various places, I wanted a single location to make changes.
So what I did was build a simple rule/validation system.
The input is an array of strings, for me this is hard coded but you could read this from file if you wish.
Each string defines a valid configuration for all the check boxes.
On program launch I build a list of check box configurations, 1 per allowed configuration, that stores the selected state and enabled state for each checkbox.  This way each change made to the UI just requires a look up of the proper configuration.
The configuration is calculated by comparing the current UI configuration to other allowed UI configurations to figure out which options should be allowed.  The code is very much akin to calculating if a move is allowed in a board game.


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Publication Order of Carter Blake Books
The Killing Season (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Samaritan (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Time to Kill aka Winterlong (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Don't Look For Me (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Presumed Dead (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Mason Cross is a Scottish author of fiction. He is the author of the Carter Blake series, which features the debut thriller novel The Killing Season, released in 2014. There are more books in the series and this first novel was followed up by The Samaritan, The Time to Kill (also known by the alternate title Winterlong) and Don't Look for Me.
He has also published some short stories in the crime genre which have found audiences through publications such as First Edition and Scribble. Mason Cross's short story "A Living" made the shortlist for the Quick Reads Get Britain Reading Award. It was also published in the Sun Book of Short Stories. Cross is also the author of the fiction novel Presumed Dead, due to be released in 2018.
The Killing Season is the first book in the Carter Blake series. Fans of crime and action drama will love this pulse-pounding action adventure! Bestselling author Lisa Gardner called this new main character from Mason Cross one of "the best new series characters" since the debut of Jack Reacher and praised Cross's "no holds barred" dive into a plot that is "an adrenaline rush". She advises readers to be prepared to be turning the pages of this debut novel into the night.
As you might have guessed, the main character in this series is called Carter Blake. But he quickly explains to the readers that his real name is not, in fact, the name that has been given. It's the assumed name of a man who has a wide array of talents that normal citizens do not. One of those skills includes finding people who have gone off the grid in an attempt to avoid being found.
It all starts with Caleb Wardell. He is known to many others as the Chicago Sniper. He was in prison and lined up on death row to be executed. However, he manages to escape just two weeks before he is due to be executed by the state. The F.B.I. has no idea what to do, so they call upon the man that is known as Carter Blake to help them out and track down the Chicago Sniper. Little do they know that the case is somewhat personal as Wardell actually knows Blake.
Blake won't be taking on this case alone. He's going to be paired with special agent Elaine Banner. She's an ambitious woman of a middling age that is managing to balance life working as a single mother and her career, which is doing quite well. She and Blake are charged with taking the Sniper down as he makes his way across the country. Even worse, they've gotten word that he might be just killing people at random.
Just when they are starting to feel that they are making headway in the case, Banner and Blake are forcibly sidelined from pursuing the case. It doesn't make any sense, but they are banned from pursuing Wardell by the same Bureau that called him up to do so. Banner and Blake charge ahead anyway and are doing their best to guess where the killer might go next.
These two agents won't be swayed from the case, but will they survive the nest of corruption and lies that they uncover as they go deeper? It's time for Blake to break the rules and take on the bureau if he is going to ever have a chance of stopping Wardell dead in his tracks— and exposing a conspiracy that is too big to be believed. Can they find the man who is wreaking havoc on America, or will the bureau stop them before they can really bring a murderer to justice?
Pick up this fast-paced novel for yourself to find out how Blake and Banner do as they navigate the various twists and turns of the case. It's the first in a number of exciting Carter Blake novels from author Mason Cross, and you won't know how it ends until you check it out for yourself!
The Samaritan is the second book in the Carter Blake series. It was released in 2015. There's no rest for the wicked in this gripping second novel from Mason Cross. The L.A.P.D. has more than their fair share of cases to attend to, and when the body of a woman turns up, Detective Jessica Allen figures this is just another crime in the state of California.
But this isn't just any regular body you might be called to check out while on the job. Found in the wooded area of the Santa Monica Mountains, the corpse of what used to be a young woman is mutilated. This was no accident. Jessica Allen has seen this type of crime before. The only thing about it is, it was over two years ago and it was all the way over on the other part of the country. She wants to think they're related, but is it logical to do so?
It turns out that there is a serial killer on the loose. At any given time, there are a number of serial killers active in the United States, but every once in a while one gets into the news when they get sloppy or very active. The most dangerous killers operate under the radar. That is just how sadistic killer The Samaritan has been operating for a decade at least.
The serial killer makes a pattern of selecting his victims, and they're all the same: female drivers on the road on their own in vehicles that have broken down. He likely pulls over and pretends that he is trying to see if they need aid. Then, of course, they wind up dead. For this reason, the media quickly dubs him The Samaritan, after 'the good Samaritan'. The police start an investigation into the matter, but with few leads and a killer that never leaves a trace of DNA, they quickly come up against a wall.
That is until Carter Blake comes onto the scene. The unique manhunter has shown up to give his services over to help and try to stop the killer. Blake is experienced in dealing with these scenarios and thinking like the men he is tracking down. He might be just what they need to predict the moves that the Samaritan will make.
Allen and her coworkers are suspicious of Blake at first. In their eyes, he seems a little bit creepy himself. But as the amount of people killed accelerates, they're going to need Blake if they're ever going to stop the killer. Can they do it? Pick up The Samaritan to find out!
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Tech giants battle for data center real estate in Israel
Published date 27 September 2021
Cloud computing is an area that allows businesses to get rid of a large portion of their IT infrastructure by transferring digital activity to remote computers. Google and Amazon won the Nimbus tender that determined which companies will migrate Israel's government ministries and their auxiliary units, as well as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), to the cloud, at an expected total government expenditure of NIS 4 billion over seven years. As of 2023, the beginning of their concession period, both Google and Amazon have committed to store all hosted government and defense data on Israeli territory only.
The 2019 Nimbus tender - offered exclusively to non-Israeli technology giants - has become the watershed in everything related to the Israeli market's transition to the cloud. Two years along, it appears that data center investments have become a leading real estate trend. For example, singer Omer Adam announced a data center investment: a partnership with the Europe-Israel Group and others to establish a subterranean data center in Afula.
The business world is moving its local computing infrastructure to remote servers (cloud), due to the economic inefficiencies of maintaining storage, communication, graphics processing and artificial intelligence on company premises. These infrastructures are characterized by high levels of power consumption, special air conditioning needs, on-call computer experts, etc. The cloud computing service industry developed around these needs is led by Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, IBM, SAP - even China's Alibaba. The potential in Israel is even greater because the country is late - relative to the rest of the world - in migrating to the cloud. Only 30% of all businesses with on-premise computing infrastructures have made the move.
Over the last two years, real estate developers have also discovered the market. The most prominent commercial real estate companies in Israel have already announced their entry into the field: Azrieli, through the acquisition of Compass Datacenters; Red Sea Group in partnership with Avner Papouchado's Server Farm Realty (SFR); Melisron in partnership with Chirisa Capital Management; Gav-Yam (Bayside Land Corp.), which plans to serve its tenants through data centers in its industrial parks; Amot Investments, which plans to build a data center at the Tzrifin Logistics Center. Rani Zim Shopping Centers is also considering investments in this area.
Private equity funds, which generally see Israel as fertile ground for investing in startups, have identified the opportunity. Private equity giant KKR announced it will establish a 10.5 megawatts data center in Petah Tikva, covering 1.2 acres.
Estimates are that the growth rate per square meter of server room floor per year is about 2,000% per year.
This rapid penetration has created much local friction, partly because most of the new construction is being executed by companies with no relevant experience in Israel, or by companies inexperienced in data center operations and maintenance. The public still perceives data centers as harmless, air-conditioned high-tech office spaces, rather than industrial plants, with most ignoring the environmental consequences brought about by this construction.
This could have been prevented by proper regulation by the Ministries of Infrastructure, Communications, Science or the Interior. It would have also helped other real estate companies avoid poor planning. Data center communication infrastructures demand both extremely broad bandwidth and large capacity power lines that are not available everywhere in Israel. This, in turn, requires preparation for both fiber optic deployment, and coordination with the Israel Electric Corp., which does not tend to allocate special power lines if the facility in question is not yet operational.
That a government tender has proved a catalyst for the current furor over server farms has several negative outcomes. The first is the secrecy involved, the second is the poor planning. The terms of the tender were issued exclusively to those international technology giants eligible to bid for tender, and required a minimum annual revenue of $1 billion, a threshold that, from the outset, disqualified Israeli companies. The timetable, construction requirements, and terms of service were kept confidential, even though the tender deals with the future for all national data at all government ministries, as well as the IDF.
If the original intention of maintaining a veil of secrecy was to protect national data, the act of privatizing construction and operation of a giant data center to international tech giants, high-profile construction companies, and plans for densely populated rural areas, has caused information to leak to the...


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16 Largest Zoos in the World by Area 2023
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A zoo can be defined as a place where animals, as well as plants, are conserved outside their natural habitat. It is an ex-situ conservation site where animals are kept so that people can go and look at them or study them. Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park is the largest zoo in the world in terms of land area and if we consider species, Berlin Zoological Garden is the largest with approximately 1500 species and 19,500 animals in total. Here is the list of largest zoos in the world by land area,
Largest Zoos in the World
1.Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park (22.39 km²)
Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park is the largest zoological park located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established back on 29 September 1987 covering approximately 22.39 square kilometres of land making it the largest zoological park and in the world by land area. The main features of the zoo are Mayuravani (The house for peafowl), Mrugavani (The house for herbivores) and Vrukavihar( smaller carnivorous animals such as parakeets, mains, ducks, geese and birds like flamingoes, swans, pelicans and raptors).
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2.Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (12.95 km²)
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute is an extension of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C situated in the town of Front Royal, Virginia. It is one of the oldest zoos in the United States with approximately 400 species in it. Initially, it was named the Conservation and Research Center and it is known as the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in 2010. The zoo plays a leading role in saving wildlife species from extinction and train future generations of conservationists. It was opened on May 6, 1889, and has approximately 2,000 animals. Researchers and scientist are breeding more than 20 species including the species that are extinct in the wild such as black-footed ferrets and scimitar-horned oryx.
Image Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
3.Living Desert Zoo and Gardens(7.3 km²)
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens which was initially known as the Living Desert Museum is one of the largest zoos in the world with an area of 7.3 km². It is located in the Palm Desert, Riverside County, California, United States and it is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) since 1983. The total number of animals species is 150 and a total of 430 animals living in the zoo. The zoo has participated in the species reintroduction program that includes the peninsular bighorn sheep and returning Arabian oryx to Oman.
4.San Diego Zoo Safari Park (7.3 km²)
San Diego Zoo Safari Park was originally named the San Diego Wild Animal Park in 2010 is one of the largest zoos in the world with a land area of 7.3 km². It is situated in the area of the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido. It has approximately 2,600 animals with over 300 species and also 3,500 plant species. The zoo has also the world's largest veterinary hospital and also one of the largest tourist attractions in San Diego Country.
5.Arignar Anna Zoological Park (6.03 km²)
Arignar Anna Zoological Park also known as the Vandalur Zoo is a zoological park situated in the southwestern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is the second-largest zoo in India followed by Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park with over 2,553 species of flora and fauna across 1,265 acres of area. It is also a popular picnic spot in Vandalur and is an amazing place to discover the flora and fauna of the region. The zoo was established in 1855 and listed as the first public zoo in India. It is affiliated with the Central Zoo Authority of India.
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6.North Carolina Zoo (5.54 km²)
North Carolina Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the world by land area with land covering 5.54 km²). It is situated in the heart of North Carolina, just south of Asheboro in Randolph County. The zoo has approximately 1,800 animals from more than 250 species mostly from Africa and North America. It has been accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. It is also listed as the largest natural habitat zoo in the world and one of two state-supported zoos.
7.Nandankanan Zoological Park(4.06 km²)
Nandankanan Zoological Park is a zoological park situated in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It was established in 1960 and opened to the public in the year 1979. This is the first zoo in India to join the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) in 2009. It has a botanical garden and part of it has been declared a sanctuary. It has been located near the capital city of Indian state Orissa. It has 3517 animals with over 157 animal species.
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8.Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens (3.03 km²)
Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens are also known as Zoo Miami are one of the largest zoos in the world located near the southwest of Miami in southern metropolitan Miami-Dade County. This is also listed as the largest zoo in Florida and was originally established in 1948 at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, however, later it was relocated near the Richmond Naval Air Station as Miami MetroZoo in the year 1980. It is the only tropical zoo in the continental United States that has over 3,000 animals scattered in an area of 3.03 km².
9.Toronto Zoo (2.87 km²)
Toronto Zoo is the largest zoo in Canada situated in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The total zoo is divided into seven zoogeographic regions that include Indo-Malaya, Africa, Americas, Tundra Trek, Australasia, Eurasia, and the Canadian Domain. The zoo is home to approximately 5,000 animals that includes both invertebrates and fish of around 500 species. It is open to the public every day except December 25. The corporation of the zoo is owned by the municipal government of Toronto and it is founded by John Cameron Egan and business partner, Hugh A. Crothers, an industrialist who became the first Chairman of the Metro Toronto Zoological Society in 1966, the zoo opened on August 15, 1974, as the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo.
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10.Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (2.53 km²)
Indira Gandhi Zoological Park is the third largest zoo in India followed by Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park (22.39 km²) and Arignar Anna Zoological Park (6.03 km²). It was named after the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi and opened to the public in the year 1977. One of the largest zoos in the world covers an area of 2.53 km² with around 800 species are currently living in the zoo. The zoo also allows the general public to adopt an animal for a certain time period.
11.Columbus Zoo and Aquarium(235 ha)
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is one of the largest zoos in the world situated in the Powell in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, the United States, north of the city of Columbus. It is home to around 7,000 animals that includes over 800 species and sees over 2.3 million visitors annually. The zoo has raised around 3 million for 70 projects.
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
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12.Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden(175 ha)
The Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden is also known as Guwahati Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the North East region covering an area of 175 ha. It is situated in the Hengrabari Reserved Forest in Guwahati, India. The zoo is home to about 895 animals, birds and reptiles representing almost 113 species of animals and birds from around the world.
Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden
13.The Bronx Zoo (107 ha)
The Bronx Zoo historically known as the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens is a beautiful zoo situated in the Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York. This is one of the largest zoos in the United States of America scattered in an area of 107 ha.It is also one of the popular attractions that attract nearly 2 million visitors every year. It contains around 4000 animals belonging to different species.
The Bronx Zoo (107 ha)
14.Beijing Zoo (90 ha)
The Beijing Zoo is one of the popular zoological park situated in the Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing, the capital of China. It was founded in 1906 in the late Qing dynasty and also listed as one of the oldest zoos in the world. It has over 450 species of land animals and over 500 species of marine animals and home to approximately 500 species of marine animals.
Beijing Zoo (90 ha)
15.National Zoological Gardens of Africa(85 ha)
The National Zoological Gardens of Africa is also known as the Pretoria Zoo situated in Pretoria, South Africa. This is the national zoo of South Africa and was founded by J. W. B. Gunning in 1899. The zoo landscape is surrounded by flat plains and a mountainous northern side. The zoo is also home to Koalas, Komodo dragons and Kangaroos along with African animals like leopards, gorillas, elephants and the list goes on.
National Zoological Gardens of Africa(85 ha)
16.Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium(53 ha)
Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium zoo is home to around 17,000 animals belonging to 962 different species and spread in an area of over 130 acres making it one of the largest zoos in the world. This is also one of the top-rated attractions in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The zoo also has the largest cat complex in North America, the world's largest indoor swamp, the world's largest indoor desert and the largest glazed geodesic dome in the world.
Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
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The recreational Pacific halibut fishery opened May 1 for the 2015 season. This year the fishery will be held to a federally established quota of 25,220 pounds. The season dates will be May 1-15, June 1-15, July 1-15, Aug. 1-15, and Sept. 1-Oct. 31, or until the quota is reached, whichever is earlier.
To be consistent with international and federal gear restrictions already in place, state regulations now limit anglers to one rod and no more than two hooks per person to take Pacific halibut.
New state regulations will allow the use of a harpoon, gaff or net to assist in taking a Pacific halibut that has been legally caught by angling.
The season dates were determined through a collaborative effort between CDFW staff and stakeholders to provide as much fishing opportunity as possible between May and October. The open and closed periods are intended to spread the fishing activity from spring through fall.
Again this year, field staff will be stationed at public launch ramps and charter boat landings to monitor catches of Pacific halibut along with other marine sportfish. CDFW will examine this information in comparison to expected catch rates and confer with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on a weekly basis.
If the cumulative catch is expected to reach or exceed the quota prior to Oct. 31, NMFS will close the fishery.
The public can follow the progress of catch through the season by viewing the new Pacific halibut thermometer,http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pacifichalibut.asp, which will be updated weekly with the latest catch projection information.


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Share this Story: Rob Vanstone: 2020 CFL season feels like a longshot
Rob Vanstone: 2020 CFL season feels like a longshot
The 2020 season will not begin until July at the earliest, but Rob Vanstone wonders whether there will be a season at any point.
Rob Vanstone
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SECONDARY ART. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie, shown Feb. 29 when Randy's Road Trip stopped in Regina, announced Tuesday that the 2020 season won't start before the beginning of July. Photo by Brandon Harder /Regina Leader-Post
Delay of games.
That is the CFL's only option due to COVID-19.
Rob Vanstone: 2020 CFL season feels like a longshot Back to video
Commissioner Randy Ambrosie announced Tuesday that the 2020 season will not start before the beginning of July.
The larger, unavoidable question — one that nobody can answer at this juncture — pertains to whether there will be a 2020 season, period.
Call me skeptical, to the point of being highly pessimistic.
It is difficult to take an objective look at the chilling prevalence of COVID-19 cases across the globe and imagine that the virus could be contained and then eradicated quickly enough to allow CFL games to be played before 2021.
In the absence of a vaccine — if ever the world needed a Jonas Salk, it is now — when will operators of any sports federation feel confident enough to open the doors to everyone?
If and when the all-clear is given, would it be economically feasible or prudent to proceed right away?
The CFL is a gate-driven league, despite the integral financial support it receives from broadcast partner TSN. It is reasonable to expect some wariness on the part of the general public, which has become inured to social distancing.
At what point will people again feel comfortable flocking to a venue in the tens of thousands and sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with complete strangers for three hours?
Let's extend that even further. Suppose that people, en masse, would be amenable to attending CFL games as soon as there is a go-ahead. In light of the financial beating that is being administered during the COVID-19 period, will people even have the wherewithal to support the Roughriders and their CFL brethren as they customarily would?
What about sponsors? COVID-19 is also ravaging the corporate sector.
There is also the matter of the Canada/U.S. border, which is closed to all but essential travel.
When will American players and coaches be allowed into Canada? Until Cody Fajardo, Craig Dickenson and friends can actually cross the 49th parallel, there isn't any chance of holding a training camp — let alone kicking off a regular schedule.
Spend a few minutes watching ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, etc., and it is clear that the COVID-19 case count in the United States has not yet peaked. Once the numbers reach an apex, how long will it take for them to descend to zero?
As long as there is even a trace of untreatable COVID-19 in North America or even the world, the utmost caution should be exercised by politicians, public-health officials and sports administrators.
Why run the risk of a second phase? As we have seen, a handful of cases can quickly turn to hundreds, then thousands, then hundreds of thousands.
Where does this leave the CFL? Or sports in general?
Perhaps the major North American leagues can begin or resume their seasons in hermetically sealed environments, without any fans in the stands.
The NFL or Major League Baseball might be able to pull off a no-fans season, considering the enormity of their television contracts and their entire enterprises.
The CFL, obviously, operates on a different scale. Consequently, there are so many — perhaps too many — barriers that could prevent the league from staging even a shortened campaign.
It feels like fantasy football in an entirely new context.
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Al Arabiya team member 'detained by security forces' in Sudan
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The member of the news channel's team was reportedly covering a demonstration in Khartoum. (Shutterstock)
Updated 16 January 2018
LONDON: The Dubai-based Al Arabiya News Channel has reported that one of its team was detained while covering a demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan.
The person was "detained by security forces," the channel said in a tweet early on Tuesday.
#BREAKING: A member of Al Arabiya's team has been detained by security forces while covering a demonstration in #Khartoum, #Sudan. More soon. pic.twitter.com/ue5yCB7K5H
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) January 16, 2018
The Arabic-language news channel was not available for immediate comment, but it posted a follow-up tweet Tuesday afternoon stating that it is holding Sudanese security officials responsible for the safety of their correspondent:
Al Arabiya holds #Sudan's security officials responsible for the safety of our correspondent Abdulaziz Ibrahim after he was detained for covering protests in #Khartoum. pic.twitter.com/L14Nk9Hql7
According to Al-Arabiya, its correspondent Abdulaziz Ibrahim was reporting on a demonstration against soaring bread prices, at which hundreds of Sudanese were protesting near a presidential palace in Khartoum.
AFP reports that Sudanese anti-riot police fired tear gas and beat protesters with batons.
Bread prices have more than doubled after a jump in the cost of flour due to dwindling wheat supplies, after the government decided to stop importing grain and allow private companies to do so.
The protest was the biggest in Khartoum since demonstrations erupted in some parts of the country earlier this month following the price increase.
A senior leader from the Communist Party, Siddig Yousif, was detained along with several protesters, AFP reported.
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Netflix to roll out cheaper mobile-only plan for India
India is among the last big growth markets for the company
Netflix faces competition from Amazon's Prime Video and Walt Disney Co's Hotstar
Netflix said on Wednesday it would roll out a lower-priced mobile-only plan in India within the next three months to tap into a price-sensitive market at a time the streaming company is losing customers in its home turf.
India is among the last big growth markets for the company, where it faces competition from Amazon.com Inc's Prime Video and Hotstar, a video streaming platform owned by Walt Disney Co's India unit.
Netflix lost US streaming customers for the first time in eight years on Wednesday, when it posted quarterly results. It also missed targets for new subscribers overseas.
"India is a mobile-first nation, where many first-time users are experiencing the Internet on their phones. In such a scenario, a mobile-only package makes sense to target new users," said Tarun Pathak, analyst at Counterpoint Research.
The creator of "Stranger Things" and "The Crown" said in March that it was testing a 250-rupee ($3.63) monthly subscription for mobile devices in India, where data plans are among the cheapest in the world.
The country figures prominently in Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings' global expansion plans.
"We believe this plan, which will launch in the third quarter, will be an effective way to introduce a larger number of people in India to Netflix and to further expand our business," the company said in a letter to investors released late on Wednesday.
Netflix currently offers three monthly plans in India, priced between 500 rupees ($7.27) and 800 rupees $11.63).
It has created a niche following in the country by launching local original shows like the thriller "Sacred Games" and dystopian tale "Leila," which feature popular Bollywood actors.
The second season of "Sacred Games" is set to release in August.
In contrast, Hotstar, which also offers content from AT&T Inc's HBO and also streams live sports, charges 299 rupees ($4.35) per month. Amazon bundles its video and music streaming services with its Prime membership.
"We've been seeing nice steady increases in engagement with our Indian viewers that we think we can keep building on. Growth in that country is a marathon, so we're in it for the long haul," Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said.


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Aadhar offers a lot for the Indian IT industry
V. Sridhar
Several top companies are hitched to the project in one way or the other
An Indian villager looks at a web camera attached to a laptop as he is photographed during the data collecting process for a pilot project of The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the village of Chellur, some 145kms north-west of Bangalore on April 22, 2010. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been created as an attached office under the Planning Commission. Its role is to develop and implement the necessary institutional, technical and legal infrastructure to issue Unique Identity (UID) numbers to Indian residents.The scheme which will be equivalent of the social security number in the US is designed to leverage intensive usage of the UID for multiple purposes to provide an efficient and convenient mechanism to update information. Photographs and biometric data will be added progressively to make the identification foolproof. Easy registration and information change procedures are envisaged for the benefit of the people. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR | Photo Credit: DIBYANGSHU SARKAR
Aadhar, the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) flagship project, is better known for its promise to prevent "leakages" from the Indian welfare system. However, irrespective of whether it will provide deliverance to the masses, it is clear that India's biggest e-governance initiative also offers a lot for Indian companies, particularly those working in the information technology (IT) space.
The Aadhar project, running into thousands of crores, offers many opportunities for IT companies, both in terms of hardware as well as software that will run the system on a perpetual basis. The equipment at each enrolment centres costs about Rs. 3 lakh, according to senior sources in the authority. Multiply this by about 350-400 and you get a sense of what it costs for a single district. In effect, enrolment in a single district will cost between Rs. 10 crore and Rs. 12 crore. This does not include the cost borne by the State machinery in actually getting people to enrol, the logistics or the administrative expenses.
Information available from the UIDAI shows that many of the top Indian IT firms have logged on to the Aadhar project in one way or the other. Satyam Computer Services Ltd., the once venerable IT company that now functions from the Mahindra stable, is supplying "biometric solutions" for the authority. The biometric readers are themselves supplied by L1 Identity Solutions, an American company, which has been supplying similar equipment to the U.S. Department for Homeland Security. Accenture, the global outsourcing solutions major, has also won a contract to implement biometric solutions for the Authority.
Incidentally, advertising company, Percept, is among the entities that have won contracts from the UIDAI for developing "creative content". Bharti Airtel is to supply space for the authority's data centre in Bangalore. Companies such as Tata Consultancy Services have won multiple contracts. The firm has won a contract to provide "biometric solutions" as well as for "redesigning, development, maintenance and support of the UIDAI's Web portal". In February 2010, Ernst and Young Consultancy Services won the contract to assist the UIDAI in setting up its Central ID Data Repository and as a provider of managed services.
The list mentioned is not exhaustive. It is only meant to illustrate that many of the leading IT companies are hitched to the massive project in some way or the other. The massive expenditure on the project provides some kind of insurance from the capricious ways of the global market. Aadhar, is in effect a stimulus by another name.
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Q: Howto use Boostrap table to get column sum using external json file I have the following bootstrap based table and I am trying to calculate the total MarketValue. Its reading an  external json file. but  for some reason its not adding the values.
the problem starts when i load an external json. file. How can i fix this?
$.getJSON("json/prep.json", function (jsonFromFile) {
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        data: jsonFromFile.rows
    })
    var total1 = data.reduce(function(a, b){
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          "Name": "Julie Brown",
          "Account": "C0010",
          "LoanApproved": "12/5/2015",
          "LastActivity": "4/1/2016",
          "PledgedPortfolio": "1000",
          "MaxApprovedLoanAmt": "10000",
          "LoanBalance": "1849000",
          "AvailableCredit": "2877.824375",
          "Aging": "3",
          "Brokerage": "My Broker",
          "Contact": "oJohnson",
          "ContactPhone": "-3614",
          "RiskCategory": "Yellow",
          "rows": [{
            "Account": "086-1234",
            "ClientName": "S Smth",
            "AccountType": "tail",
            "LongMarketValue": "$40000"
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    var data =  $('#table1').bootstrapTable('getData');
    var total1 = data.reduce(function(a, b){

    return a + parseFloat(b.LongMarketValue.replace('$',''));
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Here is a working plunker of the code. http://plnkr.co/edit/PSCR5iS7DSWkuQb1jv5P?p=preview
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