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Diane Hunkle: (hand on hips) So you're supposed to be the new intern..ha, lets see how long you last. Now look we are no no sense you are expected to do what you are told and to be on time if not early. Make that always early. Some simple rules I hope you'll be able to understand, you will be here every morning by nine, come right to my desk for what to do. After a while we'll get you a information task sheet so I wont be bothered every morning. Rule two don't mess around get right down and do want you're supposed to do, rule three you will be given a max of two warnings before you are fired. (montions for Kate to follow) You will be serving under Jess, she has been working here for five years, one of your best journalists here in the odd news department. You will find very quickly unlike me she's more charming and friendly. Jess: ​Hello i'm Jess Piate', don't mind Diane to much she really doesn't like new interns finds them a hassle to deal with. Plus Diane for the past three years has been trying to get promoted from this department to the political review. Kate: My name's Kate Lugger. Jess: Lugger hmm..you aren't related to Lugger Financial anyhow? Kate: Oh that's my uncle i've only met him once after my grandma died, and that was ten years ago. Jess: Well I suppose I should teach you the ropes. As you'd expect here in the odd news department we do any news that the main news wont do, like the swear rate problem or a subway railing coated with chewed gum. Yea that's how we live around here. Compared to the other departments it's pretty laid back our stories hardly make it to the paper. After five years working her and about four hundred stories only one made it. Kate: So what am I supposed to do? Jess: Right now..uh..nothing really. Our stories deadline was about an hour ago so now its time just to relax. Kate: ​I was told this is inappropriate but i'll ask anyhow, how much do you get paid. Jess: Heck shouldn't you know how the pay system in the country works, each employee of a company is paid 0.001% of the companies total net profit. Well everyone like me and you if you get lucky are paid $4,465 a month. Interns I think is about half that. Kate: Of course where I come from that's a lot, i'm guessing here not the same. Jess: You are correct, my apartment is only 200 square feet yet costs me $500 a month. So have you found a place? Kate: Well yes, it is only to be temporary and cheap, around $150 a month. The place is called Mountie Bills' Cabins. Jess: ​My suggestion for you, when you get your first pay check at the end of the month get out of there, over the past year eighteen people have been killed around there. Not a good place to be living, full of drug dealers, prostitutes, rapists. (6 pm) Kate: thank you for helping me get to this place...I guess I may just take your advice. Jess: Please do so, this is not a place for you to live. The daily has had two interns killed here in the past. Get that pay check and find a better place. Also remember to be in by nine, no latter or you wont be off to a good start with Diane. Bus fee is one dollar, subway requires a pass which you can get at city hall for $80, good for one month. Well good luck and i'll see you tomorrow. 8 am Kate: (yawn) Oh what's the time? (jumps out of bed) Crap! I better hurry or I'll be late for my first day! Lucky for me I took a shower last night, just over due the perfume a bit get on some nice clothes and oh grab my purse. outside Kate: (looking down the street) Hmm should I take the subway or just walk, as the paper is only six blocks and the streets don't look that busy. (ponders for a second) Oh hell with it I'll walk, it will be some good exercise for me, maybe save time. (walks past the subway station) Good thing I did decide this lot of people waiting in line and no train just yet. six blocks and five minutes latter Kate: (walks into Dianes' office) Hello I'm here. Diane: (looks a bit surprised) Hmmff..this is a first no new intern's ever arrived early. Starting on a good streak with me so far, lets see how long it lasts. So what do you want? Kate: Um, yesterday you told me to see you... Diane: Yesss, your assignment sheet and it's up on that wall over there (points to the wall) no go to see Jess to get further instructions. Jess: (sitting in chair doing nothing) Ahh, you made it through the night, so are you ready? Kate: uh..ready for what? Jess: (shakes head while smiling) Forgot to look at the sheet. Oh well we're supposed to go on a special assignment. That if it's special in any way. Kate: So what are we doing? Jess: You'll see. Two blocks and six minutes latter Jess: This! (points to plaza) We're supposed to count for the next week how many pieces of trash is collected on the plaza here, fun job right but easy. Kate: (unsure) So we get to spend the next work week right here pretty much? Jess: Yep. Four days latter Jess: So we're now done with this "hard" report, so Kate how many pieces of trash collected here? Kate: Well we had about..jezz the city is bad about cleanliness, over seven thousand pieces. Jess: You might be, but i'm by far not surprised, well time to report our findings, like it'll matter that much. If it's a big problem we might be lucky to get in the paper! End Part 2

Mrs. Lugger: Ohh..Kate i'm going to miss you sweet heart, I wish you the best in the city. Kate: Thanks mom, I'll miss you too, but you know i'll come home every now and then. I mean the city is only on the other side of the island. Mrs. Lugger: I know Kate, but still our little girl is all grown up. Kate: Well see you all, I hope that I can make it. My dream hopefully might come true. Mr. Lugger: Where did you apply for your internship at? Kate: I applied at the Daily. Mr. Lugger: Yuck! The Daily what a..a..uh...you know that I hate that paper, nothing good in it only papering to the Lik'io City elite. Kate: I know dad, but still it's the largest newspaper on the island, might as well try my shot at the biggest. Well see you. 31 miles and an hour latter ​ Receptionists Desk: (not impressed) Yes, what can I do for you? Kate: My name is Katlyn Lugger I applied for the internship here. I am supposed to meet with a uh..John Baker. Receptionists: Mr. Baker does not meet with uh..um "interns" you will have to make an appointment with Louis Fransis, or you can try to contact his office at 245-891-9921 or fax him at 245-891-9922. Kate: (takes out piece of paper) But this paper here which I... Receptionists: (frustrated) Look here, Mr. Baker doesn't make appointments with interns, you will have to make an appoinment with Mr. Fransis which his next opening is in five months. Now you do that or leave. Outside Kate: Uh..well...what do I do now? That's right I have that number I can only try! (looks for her cell phone) Oh no, the batterys' dead, I must have forgot to charge it! (looks down the street) Hey there's a phone booth! (dials number) (rrriinngg...rriinngg..rriinngg) Voice: Mr. Fransiss' office how may I help you? Kate: Uh..my name is Kate Lugger I applied for an internship for the Daily three months ago and I was accepted. I was told by the front desk to contact Mr. Fransisr's office.. Voice: Um..no Mr. Fransis doesn't do internships I do not know who is working the front desk but you are to see Mr. John Baker. His office is on the top floor last door to the left. His secretary will take you in. Kate: Thank you. 15 mins latter (Lik'io City Daily Newspaper) Secretary: Mr.. Baker will see you now. (walks to door opens it) John Baker: Please take a seat uh.. Kate: Katlyn, kate John: Katlyn nice name, I have a granddaughter named Katlyn. I must first apologize for the lack of information our front desk has when it comes to internships. Now Kate, you graduated from East Lik'io County High School in 2005. You were an online graduate of Lik'io City State University where you earned your Bachelors Degree in Journalism. Lik'io City State..I'm a co-founder of that university its main goal is to help inspire and create future journalists. Now Kate tell me why in the world do you want to be an intern here? Kate: Well as the islands largest daily paper, it has for many years broke the big stories from all over the island and the nation. Currently ten members of the national Congress worked for the daily and the Vice Prime Minister. Though it may not be the largest paper in the nation, for many years its received the National Awards for Excellent Journalism beating out the Federation, the largest daily paper in the country. John: Very good you do know much about the Daily. As the fifth largest paper in the country with over sixty-nine thousand subscribers, we do, do our best at bringing the island of Lik'io the best journalistic coverage with true honest people doing what they love. Well Kate I would like to accept you as an intern at the Daily. Now you are to go to the fourth floor and speak with a Diane Hunkle. End Part 1

So after several months of not playing SC4, I decided to re-install it, everything going fine until the activation code appeared. I hit a snag, I can not find my activation code (thus I do not know where I put my manual). Now I did a google search to see what I need to do to get it back, I stumbled upon this https://www.simtropolis.com/omnibus/_/simcity-4/reference/recover-your-lost-sc4-installation-id-by-swat-medic-r49 Well I went through all the steps, all okay then when I get to expand the EA Games folder, and since the game isn't installed it's not in the EA folder. So what do I do?

Every popular movement of 21st century America from early on has extremists from left-right get attached to it, then hijack the movement its self. The Tea Party was made up of (in 2007) of I believe mostly Ron Paul supporters who only wanted a fair argument, less taxes, govt and end the wars. However right wing extremists attached themselves to it then after Obama took office hijacked it into something it was never meant to be. Now we are seeing the same thing to the Occupy Movement left-wing extremists (anarchists) from early on attached themselves to it and now are also trying to hijack it. See only in America popular movements can always be bought out to the highest bidder. Tea Party (Koch bros. R. Murdoch) OWS (???) Now I'm not a Ron Paul supporter at all but this is why he'll never be elected president, the corporations that make billions off war (which now are losing millions) would fight hard to make sure Ron Paul isn't given a fair chance in presidential elections (which they have done). Why well unlike Romney, Obama, Ryan, Biden Ron Paul is a veteran and opposes wars. If we had a president who opposed any or all wars the military industry of this country would go out of business. Ron Paul said during a GOP debate, "let Iran have a nuclear weapon after all what can they do with it?" Invading Iran over just one is stupid. Mitt Romney said during the GOP Convention that the US should put troops in Syria, while he also supports invading Iran. Obama probably has the same things in mind, but wont say it openly.

After 2014 when the Affordable Health Care Act is fully enacted the next bar will be lower just a bit. Before 2010 the obvious difference between the US and the seven others is that our health care insurance companies worked for-profit, not any more though. Another difference is that maybe four of those nations use what I call European Capitalism, a system that where if the company succeeds that success will overlap onto the workers salary. Where here in the US we have American Capitalism where if the company succeeds you either get laid off or your salary goes down so that the CEO gets that $10 million bonus that he doesn't need.

I could care less obviously, all I care about is weeks 1 - 17 and how well the Packers will do. I predict a 13-3 record.

You must be using the GOPs "We built it" slogan, saying that everything we have was created with ZERO help by the govt. So NASA is a privet company that helped innovate so many technologies that we still use today, the first computer which was built at Iowa State University (not a privet company), which used govt funds. So Nuclear energy was created by a company too? http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/technology/1110/gallery.government_inventions/index.html (Govt backed inventions) Oh by the way a company did not invent the internet it was the United States' National Science Foundation.

But that is socialism according to the GOP, remember the GOP wants us to be afraid of that type of life style. Isn't funny how 60 years so much has changed, in the 1950s Europe envied what the US had, now the tables have turned and i'm jealous of what Europeans have.

Funny thing about choosing forward as a slogan, one that has a history of marxism and socialism. If He doesn't want to be called a Marxist, why choose a slogan that has a history of it? I fear for the country. Exactly what year do you want to take the country back to 1950 or 1850? I want the country to go forward into the future, advance technologies that will make every day life easier, affordable health care, a world where using fear as a weapon has very little meaning. Face this little fact, before May 1, 2012, the GOP used Bin Laden as a weapon to scare people into voting for them. Obama took that weapon along with almost all of the Al Qeuda leadership away. Fear is used as a weapon by the GOP to scare people to the voting booths and to scare them in voting for them. Now the GOP uses fear because they made up some lie saying that Obama is a Socialist even the Socialist Party USA denies that. They also use hate very well, how to hate Gays and Muslims and now Obama and the left. The GOP is taking a page from history, from another party that used hate and fear to win votes, hint this parties leaders fathers first name was Alois.

If SC2013 is as good as EA is saying and many who love playing SC4 agree I don't think it will die, SC4 is nine - going on ten years old and it's alive as ever. Plus WOW =/= SC. Sim City is ever changing it never stays the same WOW (never played it) for many finally got boring.

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(I'm quite politically minded so this might be a bit long) As a huge Obama supporter I found the GOP convention mostly pathetic! Ryans speech that was filled with lies, blaming Obama for a GM plant that closed in Dec, 2008. Saying that it's solely Obama's fault for the credit down grade. That the economy is worse today than four years ago. The current republican party each year keeps stepping to the extreme right and every time they do so, they lose more support with those that are still mentally sane. Todd Akins remarks on "legit rape" now have half that party taking that as a fact and many of those blame the victim! Last week and twice this year a GOP state senator told reporters that the Holocaust is the biggest lie of the 20th Century. The GOP really hasn't any real ideas for the future of America, instead they want to let lobbyists and corporate benefactors dictate what policies they should take up. The GOP's lie about "wide spread voter fraud" is hilarious, if they weren't trying to suppress others voting rights, mostly blacks and younger voters (18-30). In 2008 the GOP found out which voting bloc was their greatest threat for survival, and it was the one that overwhelmingly voted for Obama, i'm talking about my voting bloc 18 to 30 year olds. Now why does the GOP want to suppress our voting rights? Well I think it might having something to do with the fact that they haven't hid their thirst for more wars. During the convention I think it was Romney who said we need to invade Sryia, he supports invading Iran. The Gop wants to stay in Afghanistan and to re-invade Iraq, oh and want to bring back the draft. For a party that claims to be pro-life they really like letting people die. In the Obama commercial that stars Bill Clinton it is too true, that come November we have two clear choices. Obama wants America to grow but not just the rich, we need to grow this country from the bottom up, end the wars. Put America back to work, invest heavily in infrastructure (thus putting people back to work). The Health Care law will give everyone health care, and when Health care is a right and not a privilege people will be able to save more money and spend more. Invest more in education and cleaner energy, make America great again in education, because right now world wide we're ranked 26th(?). Romney and the GOP just wants to go back to the god awful Bush years. More wars, more debt. Back in the time when Europe hated us and so did most of the world. Four years of Romney would be equal to eight years of Bush. Forward

Update 2; Mettre à jour 2 (Okay, we will not be exploring some boring interstate in Harper Grove, but instead we'll go right to the new capital city, Ville du Pouvoir Central.) Now Ville du Pouvoir Central is still being built it wont be completely finished for another nine years coasting in total over $100 billion. When the plans were released to the public it shows a large ultra-modern city, that relies heavily on mass transportation. The goal of Ville du Pouvoir Central is to be one of the most eco friendly cities in the world. Maintenant Ville du Pouvoir Central est encore en construction il ne sera pas complètement fini pour encore neuf ans coûtant au total plus de 100 milliards de dollars. Quand les plans ont été libérés au public, il montre une grande ville ultra-moderne, qui s'appuie fortement sur les transports en commun. L'objectif de la Ville du Pouvoir Central est l'une des villes les plus écolo au monde. What you are seeing above is what will me hundreds of miles of pedestrian walk ways intertwining between houses and businesses. So far there is already over 30 miles wroth of these. The main down town area will not have any streets, but people will take the tram to work or the bus then walk. Ce que vous voyez ci-dessus est ce qui va me centaines de miles de voies piétonnes marche entrelacement entre les maisons et les entreprises. Jusqu'ici, il ya déjà plus de 30 miles colère de ces derniers. La ville principale vers le bas n'aurez pas de rues, mais les gens vont prendre le tram pour le travail ou le bus puis à pied. Of course Ville du Pouvoir Central is a city and we can't be having thousands of people crowding up the ped walk ways. But this is just one of many examples of how the two meet each other every so often. Bien sûr, Ville du Pouvoir Central est une ville et nous ne pouvons pas avoir des milliers de personnes évincer les manières de promenade peds. Mais ce n'est là qu'un des nombreux exemples de la façon dont les deux se rencontrent les uns les autres de temps en temps. Now this update was, well boring so I'll leave you with this beautiful picture of one of the many parks and gardens that will dot the city. Or, cette mise à jour a bien ennuyeux, alors je vais vous laisser avec cette belle photo d'un des nombreux parcs et jardins qui parsèment la ville.

Update 1; Mettre à jour 1 ​There are two official langue's that are wildly spoken in Alkoul, English and French. There is also a minor langue that is hardly spoken and that is Alkoulianan, the only visible signs that there is some attempt of keeping that langue from going extinct is the nations motto, "Tini okiea alkoul" which translated means, "Long live the strong". To properly pronounce the name with out insulting anyone is ah-cool. Alkoul besides Port Winston and Alkoul City (capital) is very rural, a few provincial capital cities hardly have populations that surpass 20,000. One such capital is Harper Grove, Ciel Clair who's population is just above 7,000. Il ya deux langues officielles du language qui sont sauvagement parlé dans Alkoul, anglais et français. Il ya aussi une langue mineure qui est à peine parlé et qui est Alkoulianan, les seuls signes visibles qu'il ya une tentative de garder cette langue en voie d'extinction de la devise nations », Tini okiea alkoul" dont la traduction signifie: «Vive la forte ". Pour prononcer correctement le nom de quelqu'un sur insultant, c'est-ah cool. Alkoul dehors de Port Winston et Alkoul ville (capitale) est très rurale, quelques villes capitales provinciales n'ont guère les populations qui dépassent 20.000. Un capital est Harper Grove, la population Ciel Clair, qui est juste au-dessus 7000. To start this little tour of Harper Grove we find our selves at the corner of 5th avenue and Grove Street. Quiet neighborhood, to the right is Saint Andrews Catholic School home of the Saints. Enrollment of 79. Pour commencer ce petit tour de Harper Grove nous trouvons nous-mêmes, au coin de la 5ème avenue et de la rue Grove. Quartier calme, à droite est la maison de Saint Andrews Catholic School des saints. L'inscription de 79 ans. Economically Alkoul is very strong with a GDP of 578.7 billion, and that is with a population of around 47 million! With such a string economy it is no surprise to know that Alkoul's private sector is always adding jobs to the economy. However though some times it does hit a snag and stall for a short period of time. This here is Highway 69 looking south, many businesses have set up shop along this part of the road, rumors are that right next to the Home Depot that a Super Target will be built. Sur le plan économique Alkoul est très forte, avec un PIB de 578,7 milliards, et c'est avec une population d'environ 47 millions de dollars! Avec une économie de chaîne il n'est pas surprenant de savoir que le secteur privé est toujours Alkoul ajoutant emplois à l'économie. Cependant si quelques fois il ne heurté à un obstacle et une cabine pour une courte période de temps. C'est ici l'autoroute 69 en direction sud, de nombreuses entreprises se sont installées le long de cette partie de la route, les rumeurs sont que juste à côté du Home Depot qu'un Super Target sera construit. But alas like what was said the economy can hit a snag and when it does once well off businesses will be forced to close down. Right here across the street from Home Depot is that example, it was a very popular clothing store, but with bad management the record books weren't being balanced and when the store closed down it was $ 1.3 million is debt. Mais hélas comme ce qui a été affirmé que l'économie peut frapper un obstacle, et quand il le fait une fois à l'aise les entreprises seront obligées de fermer leurs portes. Juste ici en face de Home Depot est que, par exemple, c'était un magasin de vêtements très populaire, mais avec une mauvaise gestion le livre des records ne sont pas être équilibrée et lorsque le magasin a fermé il était de 1,3 millions de dollars de la dette. ------ Come update number two, we'll stay around that Harper Grove area show the score between the two high school football teams, the St. Andrews Saints and Harper Grove Warriors. Look at the new interstate high that is being built and some less thrilling things. Venez mettre à jour le numéro deux, nous allons rester autour de cette zone Harper Grove montrer le score entre les deux équipes de football de haute école, le St. Andrews saints guerriers et Harper Grove. Regardez le nouveau sommet inter-États qui est en cours de construction et des choses moins passionnantes.