It is official that Covid-19 is an outbreak. God knows when but perhaps in few months time, all countries in the world may have been affected by the virus. At the time of this writing, US have snatched the top spot for having the most number of cases for Covid-19 at more than half a million.

Taking Public Heat

This is the exact reason why Washington stepped up all its effort in shifting the attention from its incapability to resolve covid-19 cases. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China for hiding data about the infection, which has been of course, denied by the Chinese government to be groundless. ABC News on the other hand reported 4 possible sources which making claims that the US military National Center for Medical Intelligence or NCMI was mindful of the contagion that’s affecting Wuhan region since November. This changes the routine of both people’s lives and businesses while posing threats to the general population.

As a result, the story released by ABC News made NCMI director to take actions regarding the matter and eventually issued a public statement to deny the allegations.

In fact, there were confirmed reports that the CDC or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention together with the FDA has ordered Dr. Helen Chu and the rest of her team to put a halt to any tests related to coronavirus in February. Furthermore, the CDC stopped any disclosures of figures that details how many people were tested and how many died resulting to fierce accusations that the US government was trying to cover up the severity of the outbreak.

Tactical Intelligence

To be able to divert negative public attention, Washington officials have pointed to Beijing. Since the 21^st of January, China updated their reports without any interruptions. US has easy accessibility to such data and besides, CDC experts and National Institutes of Health have taken part in WHO-China joint program for 9-day trip to how China has handled the situation.

Then on April 1, Bloomberg published its very first report regarding US intelligence for accusing China of hiding the realities of their coronavirus report.

Time is of essence today and the issue about Covid-19 is hot. And with all the lockdown and quarantine situation to mitigate the cases, the best that you can do as of the moment is to be alert of the news and check for boxt pricing and reviews for buying any new appliances for your home.

Urban Empire takes the successful formula of urban planning sims and expands them significantly by a political and a technological level. We were able to take a look at the complex strategy game at Gamescom and were pleasantly surprised. This could be a strong insider tip for hobby mayors!

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Political City Building Game! – Urban Empire Gameplay

City Building Simulators Meets Political Simulators

City building simulators such as Sim City or Cities Skylines have been popular with strategy fans for a long time. Urban Empire also takes the same line, but gives the genre an interesting twist. Because in addition to building a thriving city, this multi-layered simulation is also about politics. Unlike in classic city builders, as a mayor in Urban Empire you cannot freely adjust taxes at will, or stomp new city districts out of the ground – you first have to box through these building projects or adjustments in the city council! But let’s stay with Urban Empire’s urban planning.

In contrast to a Sim City, we do not draw individual streets with the mouse or declare individual residential and industrial areas down to the smallest detail. Instead, we plan complete municipalities in one fell swoop. To do this, we simply draw a rectangular frame and then adjust it freely by adding new corner points to the boundary lines and dragging the frame in the desired direction with the mouse.

Sims – Let’s Build This City!

The game then automatically checks whether the shape of our district is permissible and fills it with residential, commercial and industrial quarters at the end (the ratio is predetermined at the beginning, but can be adjusted in the later game) and a street network. This is quick and pleasantly intuitive. Districts can also be modified at any time, which is of course often useful during the course of a game.

As a good mayor in Urban City, you naturally have to respond to the needs of the residents, of whom there are six, including security, training, health or entertainment.

Around 800 different events can occur at any time based on the epoch and the circumstances and buildings in our city. This provides more dynamism. In the industrial age, for example, we have to decide how we will deal with child labor and the consequences of our decision accordingly. According to the developers, you should be able to play around ten to 15 hours in a game of Urban Empire. Thanks to the high level of complexity, the replay world is likely to be enormous. The release is currently planned for January 2017 on the PC.

Brexit to many is not as as simple to understànd, especially up to now when the move to withdraw has been extended twice, to which date of effectivity has extended to October 31, 2019.

Confusions About the Deal or No-Deal Brexit Conditions

Mentions about exit with or without deal upon effectivity date has been floating but remains baffling. The general understanding was that the UK was set to exit from the European Union last March 29, 2019, even if the UK and EU Council fails to arrive at a withdrawal agreement. .

Under the No-Deal scenario, the UK will engage in free trade, while businesses and people carrying on with activities in the UK, will abide by UK’s own set of laws. Yet Brexit finality remains uncertain, since extensions rather than the no-deal Brexit, has transpired.

Concerns Over a No-Deal Brexit

The crux of the matter is that if the UK goes ahead with free trade without a Brexit deal, there are apprehensions that disruptions and confusions may transpire. Disagreement may arise with regard to trading laws, border issues, tariffs, residence rights of citizens, consumer rights and protection and even over matters as simple as mobile phone charges.

Certain movements of goods and people require definitive rules. Although the UK has already set some guidelines, some EU member countries and other territories may raise issues if UK’s non-EU aligned policies adversely affect their businesses and citizens.

On the other hand, if UK goes into free trade with a Brexit deal, the withdrawal movement initially sets out within a transition period. In which case, temporary agreements are in place until unforeseen problems have been threshed out and resolved with a more permanent UK or EU policy.

Examples of Issues Clouding a No-Deal Brexit

As a rule, countries that do not have free trade deals between them have to abide by the rules set forth by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This denotes that if the UK trades with EU member countries without a pre-agreed deal, tariffs or taxes imposed on imported goods will be based on WTO tariff rates.

A certain land border must be established in order to determine up to what point EU’s trade directives apply or do not apply as far as UK is concerned. Instead of installing custom posts, border towers and security systems, the EU and UK agreed to establish the 310-mile border separating Ireland from Northern Ireland as the the land border between the UK and EU.

In this scenario, Northern Ireland remains aligned with EU, which means UK products brought to the territory may be subject to controls and checks based on EU regulations. The establishment of the border has been referred to as “the backstop” safety net in the Brexit negotiations.

In the event the UK goes ahead with free trade, without formalising an agreement pertaining to border transactions, the “backstop” safety net stays. This denotes UK product movements in Northern Ireland will abide with EU regulations until such time that a more definitive agreement has been established.