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hi i was seeing the website because im thinking in buying the "STEX collections" DVDs from ST. but then i saw that there is announced a 3rd DVD called "best of 2006-2008" my question is , when will it be avaliable? it says "summer 2009" but there is any exact date? and the content on the 1st and 2nd DVD will be in this 3rd volume? or the content on the 1st and 2nd will not be avaliable in the 3rd volume? greets

i guess that without free custom content like SC4 the game will be a big fail. we will play it for a couple of months, and then everyone will be sick of it. who here would play SC4 for more than two months only with the original content? it is like playing sims without expansions.

hi im sorry if this is forbiden to ask, or it is the wrong place. i 've two texts in english that are very important to me, and i would be really thankful if anyone with patience help me correcting some possible english errors. one of the texts is about USA , and why i would want to study there (pretty much is a small text saying good things about USA, even if we dont agree the other text is about School Abandoment , and the consequences of the youngsters dont finish studies etc. Ever since I can remember I have the will to go to United States of America, and this is undoubtedly the best chance I have to fulfill that dream.>> I am interested in studying in US because it is an opportunity to get in touch with the American culture, which has a miscellany of perspectives, values and traditions that any other country in the world has. This is a possibility to know people from different countries and backgrounds which will surely change my way of seeing and being in the world. Studying in US is definitely a occasion to open my mind, gain new perspectives of life and create a memory of a lifetime.>> In addition to that, is making part of the best educational system, with the best and most well known universities of the world. Besides that, it is the greatest way to improve my English skills, which will help me improving my résumé and my future career chances. >> Thus, I do hope to participate in this program and therefore have a unforgettable summer>> quote> One issue that affects my community is the school abandonment, which is the most important rating about the efficiency of the education system.>> This problem affects mainly families with a low income and many times social excluded. Due to the financial problems, many parents cannot even afford the basic school material, and therefore stimulate their children to get a non-qualified job in order to help the family.>> At a long term, this concern has a lot of consequences. Due to the lack of qualifications, these people will never be able to get qualified jobs, and so the financial problems will always continue. This leads to many other consequences like crime and drug abuse, which leads once more to the social exclusion of these families, causing a sort of an infinite loop.>> Besides these social issues, the school abandonment has also many economical ones. Since many people don’t have any specialized qualification, many big companies avoid to invest, going to other countries with better workmanship. These increase the unemployment rate, which of course has tremendous consequences for the country.>> In 2006, the rate of school abandonment in Portugal was of 40%, more than twice of European Union which was 17%. In the past two years, the government increased the financial aid, and created professional courses, which motivates all the students to continue their studies and get a specialized knowledge, which will allow them to get better jobs. In 2008 these measure showed some results with the abandonment rate lowering to about 35%.>> We must keep up this work. Due to the increase of unemployment caused by the actual economic crisis, many people with higher education are unemployed or are earning the minimal wage. If not even qualified people can get a good job, who will recruit the others with no qualifications?>> quote>

thank for your tips the deadline to deliver the text is today i will correct the text with your tips tks

thank you guys. i was a great help duke87, these texts are part of an aplication to go to the US study for 5 weeks in this summer. so it is a bit formal. i will avoid the contractions and . thank you all again

the other text is this: . One issue that affects my community is the school abandonment, which is the most important rating about the efficiency of the education system. This problem affects mainly families with a low income and many times social excluded. Due to the financial problems, many parents cannot even afford the basic school material, and therefore stimulate their children to get a non-qualified job in order to help the family. At a long term, this concern has a lot of consequences. Due to the lack of qualifications, these people will never be able to get qualified jobs, and so the financial problems will always continue. This leads to many other consequences like crime and drug abuse, which leads once more to the social exclusion of these families, causing a sort of an infinite loop. Besides these social issues, the school abandonment has also many economical ones. Since many people don’t have any specialized qualification, many big companies avoid to invest, going to other countries with better workmanship. These increase the unemployment rate, which of course has tremendous consequences for the country. In 2006, the rate of school abandonment in Portugal was of 40%, more than twice of European Union which was 17%. In the past two years, the government increased the financial aid, and created professional courses, which motivates all the students to continue their studies and get a specialized knowledge, which will allow them to get better jobs. In 2008 these measure showed some results with the abandonment rate lowering to about 35%. We must keep up this work. Due to the increase of unemployment caused by the actual economic crisis, many people with higher education are unemployed or are earning the minimal wage. If not even qualified people can get a good job, who will recruit the others with no qualifications? quote> Sorry the double post, but it was to big and didnt fit in only one post. greetings and thanks in advance if this is forbiden to ask, im really sorry>>

hi is it possible to make the Subway and Bus Stops became green when we are building them? (like schools and police departments) in big cities this would be very helpful to know where we already have stops.. or there is already any mod to do this?

@ Lisbon, Portugal

hi everyone. i was trying to find a plugin that i found some years years ago, which was very useful to building and planning our city. it was something very simple, just like this: when we choose a Subway station or a bus station, all the statoins that were built became green. something like when we are in the "health view" and all hospitals became green you see? this was a great help when our city is with big buildings and we almost cant see the road and if we want to build a new station its very hard to know where are the others stations. i already try to google it, but i cant find it.. does anyone know any plugin like this? p.s sorry my english

nobody?

well i like very much my country too check for yourself some pics: http://www.travel-images.com/pt.html .(click on the map )

well.. because i live in europe, portugal, i vote north america... to europeans here USA and north of america shoud be a great stade to life etc

sim1234 tks can u read my post again lol i ' ve edited it and sorry my english errors EDIT: i think i need the height mod right? i 'll search about it damn.. i search for ''heightmod' and i only got stuff about bridge height mod . so, what i need to have the map good? with sea

well im doing everything well.. press the combination shfit ALt Ctrl R, choose my jpg image but Nothing happens! what is wrong? i already have done diz before... but i dont remember how :S EDIT: idont know how, but i have done it but i got a problem... i was trying to put this map; http://stex.simtropolis.com/maps/marcs90210/marcs90210_portugal%20with%20western%20spain/portugal2%2EJPG but got a error.. where should be WATER, i got the inverse or something like that : http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/2594/portugal4lf.jpg :S tks

ooops this repost my message.. i cant delete? some admin / moderator delete them please OK, fixed. Only one left. NOB.

hum ok... portuguese here

well.. i think im gona reinstal sim city to this hollidays yesterday, ive install ''city live'' its also funny, but SC it just very much better btw, even with Bats and Mods, a new game like ''sim city 5'' its ever a new game.. that means many new options , a 3d view, etc etc .. well stay cool im gonna sleep btw, this site is english or american? lol

hum thanks yes i know that but i want MOREEEEE lol thanks 4 the help

well people (sorry my Bad english..) i was reading some posts.. and i ' ve got a question.. there is planned to come out some sim city 5 , or expansion to sim city 4 that had been already confirmed by EA? if yes, when they came to the market? btw Sim city rulezz