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Assertions in Mathematica?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg113427] Assertions in Mathematica?
- From: kj <no.email at please.post>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:27:01 -0400 (EDT)
What's the best to implement assertions in Mathematica? By assertions I mean statements like assert(exp) in C, which generate an error if exp evaluates to false. This *should* be trivial, but it's Mathematica, so... Naively, I tried defining: Assert[exp_, msg__] := If[!exp, Message[msg]; Abort[]] ...which, of course, failed to work (as I've learned to expect); instead it produced a cryptic error "Message::name : Message name ... is not of the form symbol::name or symbol::name::language." I tried many other things, but after wasting 1 hour on this ridiculously trivial programming task, I'm reduced to begging for help. (This, by the way, is always the way it is with me and Mathematica, and I've been using it on-and-off for almost 20 years. The documentation is as useless to me today as it was 20 years ago. I find it as horrible as the rest of Mathematica is brilliant.) I've posted desperate questions over programming mind-numbing trivialities like this one in Mathematica before, i.e. questions that seem so elementary and fundamental that no one who has access to the documentation and who can read should *ever* have to ask them. I ask them less wanting to get the answer to the questions themselves than hoping to learn how I could have answered such questions by myself. But I've never found how to do this. Those who know the answers *already* can give them to me if they feel so inclined. (And how they got to know the answer to begin with, I don't know; I imagine it took years of sustained Mathematica programming. Or maybe they asked a similar question before to someone who already knew the answer...) But no one has been able to tell me how someone who *doesn't* know the answers to such questions already can figure it out without outside help. But hope springs eternal! If someone is kind enough to tell me how I could implement my Assert, I'd be most grateful. If someone can tell me how I could have arrived at this answer by myself by consulting the documentation, I'd be ecstatic. TIA, kj

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Every four years, soccer mania grips the world. From the ardent Argentine fan to the casual Canuck, the World Cup is the universal sport, averaging 188.4 million viewers per match in 2010. From June 12th to July 13th, no other event, sporting or non-sporting, will matter. From the favelas of Brazil — host country this year — to the boroughs of Vancouver, restaurants, pubs, and culture centres will welcome all soccer fans — from passive to possessed — to watch the drama and grandeur of the beautiful game in its superlative format.
Can't make it to Brazil to rally your team on? Well, you could sit at home and watch alone on your TV or tablet. Or you could hook up with your fellow soccer-savvy supporters at one of these official fan houses. Mirror the live experience from one of Vancouver's eleven best soccer hot spots. Just be careful what colours you wear in some places.
Here is our guide to the best venues for World Cup soccer action in Vancouver.
Moose's Down Under
830 West Pender Street
Home for: Australia
Not all of the 32 nations on display in Brazil can lay claim to a fervent fan base in Vancouver. (Bosnia-Herzegovina anyone?) Fans of the plucky Australian squad, the Socceroos, are in luck. They can descend on Moose's, headquarters for all of Australia's sporting endeavours, to cheer on studly Tim Cahill's team. Casual fans who like underdogs or need a reprieve from MLB tedium, should hit Moose's up for a pint of Fosters and some Socceroos action. The engaging atmosphere and the sheer ecstasy of any Aussie on hand will make up for what is expected to be a brief Cup appearance for that most lovable of continents.
Reservations: Recommended.
Seating capacity: 176.
Kyung Bok Palace
#720-5300 No. 3 Rd., Richmond
Home for: Korea Republic
Since a shocking fourth-place finish at the 2002 World Cup — where they co-hosted with political rivals Japan — the South Korean side has won over even the crustiest of soccer souls. Korea may be under-represented in terms of fan houses, but I'll wager the enthusiasm level will be equal to that of their European counterparts. Kyung Bok Palace (hosting their first World Cup since moving to Richmond from North Vancouver) is the unofficial home for Korean fans in the Vancouver area. Head on over for some Korean barbecue as this team looks to play spoiler again. First round matches against Russia and Belgium could go either way, so Kyung Bok and local Korean fans could be some of the Cup's biggest winners.
Reservations: Not required.
Seating Capacity: 250-300.
The Butcher and Bullock
911 West Pender
Home for: Brazil
The popular Donnelly Group-owned spot will support the bulk of Brazilian fans as they bid for a record 6th cup. A veteran on this list, The Butcher & Bullock has a proven record of showing patrons how to host an event. With a prodigious beer and wine list, this comfortable and modern spot is the perfect default hub for soccer viewing. Memories of a dismal 2010 campaign, deaths associated with construction of new stadiums (some still unfinished), and protests over the $11 billion Brazil spent to host the games have cast a pall over what promises to be one of the most engaging and energetic sides. All the negatives aside, Brazil's squad has speed, creativity, and Neymar da Silva. Local fans expect nothing less than pure on-field dynamite.
Reservations: Recommended as this is a first come first serve venue.
Seating capacity: 180.
Portuguese Club of Vancouver
1144 Commercial Drive
Home For: Portugal
Just one of the many nations to call Commercial Drive their home, the Portuguese Club is the unopposed home for Portugal. As part of "The Group of Death," Portugal — lead by FIFA's resident sex symbol, Cristiano Ronaldo — has tough matches against inconsistent USA and clockwork German sides. So, the Club will play host to more than its share of drama and heartache. (All on the pitch, of course). As polarizing a figure as Ronaldo is, his supporters will not find a more welcoming and hospitable venue as he looks to stake his claim as an equal to Maradona and Pelé. Be advised: club members will gain entrance before the public. Expect lineups one to two hours before game time.
Reservations: Suggested.
Seating capacity: 100.
Croatian Cultural Centre
3250 Commercial Drive
Home for: Croatia
The hearty supporters of Croatia have their cultural centre ready for the opening tilt of the whole tourney, even if the stadium itself remains half-done. Sure, they're facing the disproportionately favoured Brazil, but Croatians like a challenge. Will Croatia play David to the South American Goliath? Hard to say, but win or lose, the cold comfort of overflowing beer and gracious Croatian camaraderie will foster a genuine party vibe. The unpretentious, unique surroundings will make for a raucous non-pub atmosphere. Enjoy Croatia's time in the spotlight with some of the best drinkers Europe has ever produced. And if Croatia upsets Brazil, the celebration will be heard all the way to Zagreb.
Reservations: First come.
Seating capacity: 400.
The Manchester Public Eatery
1941 West Broadway
Home for: The Netherlands
Located in Kits, The Manchester Pub is pure soccer heaven. Though many nations will find support here, no where else in town is the Netherlands so welcome. Be warned, novice: your senses may be fried by an over-abundance of techno-coloured orange outfits. Second-place finishers in 2010, the Netherlands is expecting another long run for the Cup. So too is the Manchester Pub. Long lines, crowded tables, and a boisterous atmosphere will be de rigueur. This "home" is just one of many the Jennings Group are sponsoring. The Manchester Pub will be absolute bananas for the duration of the Cup, so good luck getting a seat. Even Pub staff might have a hard time getting in on game days. If all else fails, ask organizer Dan Tanner if they need more coat check muscle.
Reservations: No. Tickets online.
Seating capacity: 250.
The Pint
455 Abbot Street
Home For: Belgium
A dark horse team needs a dark horse pub. The upstart Belgians will find their official home in The Pint, the token rookie on the list. Another soccer-mad watering hole, this is the joint for the Belgian Proud. Dine on Pint Perogies and Beefshires or drink your weight in Guldun Draak as Eden Hazard attempts to upset Messi, Ronaldo, and Neymar as the superstar of Brazil 2014. Will this World Cup cement The Pint as the new soccer hub in Vancouver? Could happen. With ample butt room to cater to a younger demographic, The Pint will appeal to many younger neutrals who are dipping their toes into World Cup waters for the first time.
Reservations: No. Tickets at the door.
Seating: 450.
The London Pub
700 Main Street
Home for: England
Ah, the English. Creators of a game they no longer master and originators of fine neighbourhood pubs. Few things mesh together as lithely as soccer and English-style pubs. As the official house sponsor of The Three Lions, get there early as this place will be engorged with boisterous and vocal Brits well before kickoff. A pub-crawl prior to England's match against Italy on June 14th will set the tone for the English contingent. The Club, much like that marquee game, promises to be a right beauty of a venue all Cup long. Opposition fans are welcome but can expect some friendly lip from the English faithful.
Reservations: No. Advanced tickets available online.
Seating capacity: 180.
Vancouver Alpen Club
4875 Victoria Drive
Home for: Germany
The spiritual home of all things German in Vancouver. (Well, the good things, anyway): Curry Wurst, commemorative beer steins, weisswurst, pretzels, and Die Deutsche Nationalmannschaft. Behold Germany on the 17-foot projection screen from the spacious Alpen ballroom or the quainter-but-no-less-raucous restaurant area. A spirited environment for any soccer fan to break pretzel bread in. German fans are loyal, knowledgeable, and passionate, but most of all, they are welcoming. Don't be put off by the lines, either. These seasoned hosts run a tight, efficient ship. Just what you'd expect from the longest-serving German Haus in town. Though The Pint will be competing for the attention of the German fans, purists will continue to flock to the Alpen in droves.
Reservations: None. $5 admission.
Seating capacity: 500.
Libra Room Cafe
1608 Commercial Drive
Home for: Spain
Every team claims to have the "most passionate fans," national squads included. But when it comes to Spain, there is no doubt they have reserves of passion their Euro-based peers can only wish they possessed. The Libra Room, home base for the defending Cup champs, will need a platoon of custodians to keep the passion from overflowing into the streets. After years of international failure, The Red Fury parlayed continental success into a mastery of their opponents in 2010. The Libra Room will try to do the same against its own gastro opposition. Four new 60" televisions have been recruited to better serve Vancouver's own Spanish Armada. An essential Cup-viewing venue.
Reservations: First come, first served.
Seating capacity: 102.
Commercial Drive
Home for: Italy
The heartbeat of Vancouver's soccer community is none other than "The Drive." Home to the Italian faithful, among others (See Portugal, Germany, and Croatia), this is the undisputed hot spot for all World Cup action. Will Italy's La Squadra Azzurra win it all or crash out early as they did in 2010? Talk tactics inside Fredrico's Supper Club. Probe the mysteries of Balotelli over verdicchio at Arriva. Or lose yourself to the experience of World Cup spectacle on Commercial Drive. The vibrant, colourful strip will hit overdrive as the homing signals of all soccer fans send them to party central all month. Post-game victory laps along Commercial with mates and strangers alike are everything a sporting fan dreams about.
Here are a few more options ...
Jack's Public House
9082 152 St., Surrey
Home for: England
Reservations: Yes. Tickets available online
Seating capacity: 150
33720 S. Fraser Way, Abbotsford
Co-Home for: England and The Netherlands
Reservations: Yes. Tickets available online
Seating capacity: 300
Red Card Sports Bar
560 Smithe Street
Home For: Neutrals
Reservations: Recommended
Seating capacity: 150
Narrows Pub
1970 Spicer Road, North Vancouver
Home for: Iran
Reservations: Reservations accepted
Seating capacity: 150
The London Pub
700 Main Street
Home for: Colombia
Reservations: Yes. Tickets available online
Seating capacity: 180
The Blarney Stone
216 Carrall Street
Home for: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and, er, England.
Reservations: Recommended
Seating capacity: 300
Note: 20 foot screen, heralded as the biggest in the city.
Scandinavian Community Centre
6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby
Home for: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Reservations: No
Seating capacity: 160
Cinnamon Bear Bar & Grille
4050 Whistler Way, Whislter
Home for: Neutral site but with a large local Australia and Japan following
Reservations: Not required
Seating capacity: 128
Note: only games starting after 11:30 will be shown in the bar; the lounge area will show the 9 a.m. games.
Two Lions Public House
2601 Westview Dr., North Vancouver
Home for: England
Rio Brazilian Steakouse
689 Denman St.
Home of: Brazil
Boteco Brasil
2545 Nanaimo St.
Home of: Brazil
Caffe Napoli
1670 Commercial Dr.
Home of: Italy
Delta Lion Pub
11186 84 Ave, Delta
Home of: Australia
Malone's Bar and Grill
608 W Pender St.
Home of: Korea
Gateway Grill at Starlight Casino
350 Gifford St., New Westminster
Home of: Netherlands
St. Augustine's
2360 Commercial Dr.
Home of: USA
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Hi. I hope someone can help me in this. I put my players in bed and close the game, I open it 2 hours later or something and they are out of bed working and doing stuff, but they are still "EXHAUSTED." What should I do? Put them in bed and then close the game till the next day?
And what if I put them in bed and then pause the game and closed it till next day? Will this be considered sleeping for them? Will they get enough sleep and not be exhausted anymore? Or they are not considered sleeping while the game is paused?
Am facing this problem in my 5 families, so I will be really grateful if someone can help me.
To Jess159:
I don't see a response from you about my post asking if you've checked your version number. There was a problem with energy levels in earlier versions of the game. Look in the lower left corner of the menu screen to find the version of your game. If it's earlier than 1.00.05, you should go back to the site where you originally purchased the game and download it again.
If you do have the most current version, come back and we'll try to help you some more.
Hey it's me again. Remember my depressed little girl who I thought was delusional? She now owns the house, she is 23 and she is a lens crafter! Only child, she was 13 when she saw her parents die side by side holding hands in their bed at age 63. The very second she walked in that house, she went in that bed to go to sleep and she woke up elated! That's so weird. How she can just watch her parents die, inherit the house, sleep in the bed her parents died in, and wake up elated? What is wrong with her?!? And when she woke up, I had her read an email I had and it was an email that her mother sent to her! But she was still elated! Is she mentally insane? How can she not be upset about losing her parents? She was 13! I am seriously worried about this kid......
To Cammieo:
You said she's 23 now, so it's been 10 years since her parents died. That's plenty of time to start to be happy again. Even elated. Not sure what to think about an email from her mother, though. The only emails that come to family members are from kids in college.
Once the new generation starts, the emotions and health all reset. I haven't seen any depression spill over to the new generation. Even when you keep playing the family after a death, they come out of their depressed state pretty quick if you work with them. :)
I have 43 collectibles since the 4th generation.
11/12 picture pieces
12/12 coins
9/12 bugs
11/12 nuts and twigs
Now the seventh generation is running and still no new collectibles have turned up. All I keep getting are duplicates.
Has anyone been able to collect everything? How long does it take to do so?
[Edit: It takes a long time to get all of the collectibles, especially the insects. Just be patient. :) -Pam]
HI! I"M BACK! fabila is 54 and her hubby fargolo is 55 both are depressed and/or sick all the time, i have a feeling they won't be around much longer, they never reproduced but they just adopted a 3 year old named Yuri when they were 50 and 51, so now i wonder what it will be like starting the generation with a guy and getting proposals from women....... i mean all of my other generations have started with girls so... nice new expirence for me! i'll keep keeping you guys updated, bye!, cammieo
I love this game. I have 5 families going. I got my frist set of twins the other day. I have adpoted a total of 6 kids. The one that was just adpoted was to a single father. I like that. He had just taken over the house and rejected his frist marriage proposal and then a knock at the door. It was a little boy looking for a home. In his info it said he did not want kids. If this a glitch please don't fix it. I like it.
to Pam
yes i checked that i have the latest version , i think the problem is about the time i put them in bed and about pausing the game , i wish u can help me with this??
and i was wondering about two other things , first ,two of my families sent me an email asking for "drum roll" and i do not see something called drum roll in the store , how can i get it for them ??
my second question is , which home improvement is better ?? i have 1500 $ and i do not want to waste them on useless improvements but they have been asking for new things , so please tell me which is best to buy, i was thinking about "the barbecue grill" or the "fish tank" ....what do u think??
waiting for the reply .... and thanks :)
Hi again. Just wanted to share what's going on in my game and also to ask about a few things.
One of my families has 3 kids and no matter how hard I try, they just won't have the 4th. I used the baby booster and I used those perfumes (they used to help in making babies in the other families, but not in this one). They try to make a baby but they ALWAYS fail. And now they are almost 40:( Can anyone help me with this?
In another family, the mother is repeatedly sick, itchy , then headache, then cough, etc. She is always in need for a medicine and when she is not sick she is "WEAK" :D I give her the energy drinks and I give her the vitamins. She becomes better for few minutes but then she is "SICK" or "WEAK" again. I think she is going to die young! Does anyone know how can I help her?
Oh and I just got the cutest twins ever :) I am so in love with them, They are both girls with long wavy dark hair. They are just lovely. I think I am going to give the house to one of them on the next generation.
Thanks and hope all your families are doing great :)
Jess159 -
For the tiredness: Put them to bed around 10/11 pm and close the game. Don't open it for at least 4 - 5 hours. Hopefully they will get some sleep. Every time you open the game you wake them up again, so just let them sleep.
My people often e-mail and complain about the food, etc. I usually ignore them.
The home improvement depends on how much money you have and what you are trying to accomplish. If you are trying to make them happier the best items to go for are the bathroom upgrade, the radio, the hammock, the pool, or the pinball machine, depending on what you can afford. If you are going for health then the best items are the air filter or the treadmill. Remember to praise them for walking/running on the treadmill. It keeps them very healthy.
Bekki -
Their salary might be $105 a day, which means every time they earn money they earn a fraction of that, it adds up over the length of the day.
Adel -
I've had women who were able to get pregnant at 49, so don't panic yet. Just keep trying, and do not keep using the baby boost. It loses efficacy every time you use it. There is also still time for you to adopt.
For the woman who is constantly getting sick, buy the doctor visit. When I have someone who keeps getting sick like this sometimes there is an underlying infection that you will only find with the doctor visit. If there is, it will tell you how to treat it.
To Jess159:
Yes, try what grinnyp said about letting them sleep. I don't think pause will work because that stops the entire game and they'll still be at the same exhausted point as when you put the game on pause. Also, they tend to be more tired at the end of the day because their energy drains out during the day, just like real people. If you always play at night, you might want to think about switching the day and night on the options menu.
As for the "drum roll" in the emails, that's just a way to announce the new baby. Big events are sometimes announced with a drum roll and your little person is just sort of making a joke with it. It's nothing you buy or anything.
To Bekki:
The salary will be added to your bank account in increments of 1/100 of their daily salary. If the salary is $105, then, yes, the amount you see added will be $1.05. But it gets added to your account all day, every day and it builds up quickly.
To Adel:
I've even had babies at age 51! It doesn't hurt to give more baby boost. It's true that it's effeciency drops each time you use it, but that just means that it doesn't give as much of a boost. It doesn't mean that it will decrease the ability to have a baby. It's a little confusing.
Definitely get the doctor visit, like grinnyp said, if you have the money. Sounds like you've got something more serious. You'll get a trophy for treating it, too! :)
To Mimi:
You're not doing anything wrong. They don't always do Kung Fu when you give them the energy drink, but it's your best chance for the Kung Fu trophy.
To Cammieo:
Try praising and candy for the depression. Drop them on anything that makes them have good behavior and praise them twice. Make sure they have plenty of food and that the house is clean, too. And if they are sick a lot, get the doctor visit to see if they have an infection. Then follow the treatment recommended. You should be able to get them to good health, which should get them to at least age 60.
well, I got all my families to make the latte, which is good. I was really enjoying this game but it is getting a little boring. Just sitting around trying to complete the collection. I have 1 family in 7th generation and the other 4 in the 6th and still haven't got twins. Hey does anyone know if you marry someone with a different career than you and then you get the offer to change jobs if you change to spouses profession will you get the trophy?
Thanks Pam and Grinnyp for the suggestions. I tried switching day/night, and it's making a slight progress till now in their energy levels.
So now that i have $5000, which room upgrade is the best to start with? Or should I wait till I have more money, in order not to be moneyless after I buy the upgrade?
Thanks again.
To Gallen2002:
I haven't heard if the changing jobs after the game starts will get you the trophy, but it would be worth a try.
To Jess 159:
I'd say wait until you have a little more money so you don't get stuck if you need food or medicine. As for which room to buy, take a look at the careers of the parents and choose one that they work in. That way, one of them will get the benefit of faster career progression. :)
hi again
just wondering at what age do children go to college (many of my families' children have already gone but i never noticed at what age did they leave :D )?and if there's a twins will they leave at the same time ?? and how can i follow up with the children at college? i can find them on the family tree screen but can't find them in the details screen !!
and , 2 of my families got the 4th child while the mother is 45 years old (after using the baby boost many times ), is there any hope they will get the 5th or this one will be the last ??
one last thing, is the patio furniture worth the money ,or it's just useless ??
dodi -
the children leave at age 18, sometimes they hang around even though they are 18.. just wait a bit and they will go. and yes twins will go at the same time. You will get a pop up screen for one and then immediately for the other (and another if you have triplets).
Unfortunately, once they go off to college you can not follow their progress. They may email you but other than that there is no more contact with them, unless they inherit the home.
As for the 45 year old having more children... it may not happen, but don't give up hope, my last generation I had surprise triplets at age 50!
Not really sure about the patio furniture.. I just think its something for them to do and look pretty in the yard.
To Dodi:
I've had families who had children up to age 51! And just now, one of my 9th generation families adopted a child at ages 60 and 61.
The patio furniture probably isn't any more worthwhile than the other upgrades, but it counts toward one of the trophies.
To Lotoss:
I haven't heard of that before. How long have they been stuck? Try shutting down the game and re-opening it.
I found that the best way to get the Kung fu trophy was to give them the energy drink and keep dropping the person in the back yard by the back door. Worked for all five families. Persistance is the key. Same with the latte. In the morning keep dropping them in the kithen. It sucks that my computer died today and I have to start all over tomorow when it's fixed.
Lori in louisiana
To Rochelle:
Your answer can be found in the walkthrough section at the top of this page. Look under the spoiler for repairs.
I just thought this was odd. When I signed in to my game today my little couple was dying but I quickly gave the father vitamins. He "died" and a second ghost came up and left with him, but one copy of his ghost is still wandering around my house. He's gone so far as to continue working on his career and earning money. I was even able to change his outfit. The only difference is he's semi-transparent and sometimes disappears altogether, also, he has doesn't show up on the detail screen. I wonder if he'll just disappear and not reappear or if he'll die again and get his own ghost. :)
Just wanted to say that pets don't deserve the money spent on them. I just got a dog for my family, you can't interact with it or feed it or anything. Even the family members do not interact with it. It just follows one of the family all the time and everywhere. Even when they were trying make a baby, the dog went on bed with them :D
And i was wondering about something, in one of my families the mother is 50 and father 51, all children gone to college (they had 5 children) and i have been trying so hard to make them make the 6th child. Is there any hope still or they are too old for it? I know you said the max age for women is 51, and my mother is almost 51, so this year (in her age) will be my last chance??
hi ... hope everyone's virtual families are doing great , and thanks again for all the help
but i still have some questions , in 2 of my families , all children went to college , except the last two , they are twins and they are 18 , but they are still there , and every time i open the game i expect that they will be gone , but they are always still there , are they stuck or something?or it's because they are the last children remaining in the house and they don't want to leave the parents alone that fast ??
and do the next generations inherit the house upgrades ?? , improvements ?? and the pets ? and all the money in the bank ??
will i be able to see the sons and daughter's carriers before i choose one to inherit the house? and is it possible that any of the children will be married when it's time to choose the next generation ? or they will all be single and then receive marriage emails after i adopt one??
sorry if i asked too many questions ... and thanks :)
Thanks for the info on the Latte! I haven't tried it yet, but I'm hopeful. I have 5 families now, and haven't had any problems having triplets or twins. I have one family now with a set of twins and a set of triplets.
I was hoping to find out how to get the funky smell trophey. It talks about throwing out a fish, but none of my families ever had. Help!
To Jess159:
About inheriting the house -
Everything about the house will be inherited. All of the upgrades, the money, the pets... all of it will be there for the new generation.
Each of the children will have a career already when it's time for them inherit. They will all be single and the marriage proposals will come just like they did for the original adoptees.
To Liashin:
To get the funky smell trophy -
Watch for when your people go to check a "strange smell" in the kitchen. They'll pull a fish out of the refrigerator and put it in the trash. Praise them while they're doing it for the trophy.
I am trying to get my remote down, it is on top of the wall in the master bedroom, I waited for the maid services to come and clean up for me but the remote still stayed there I thought, when that one family died that it would move, no it has been up there for 3 different familys. What do I do. Please help me.
thought i would add some pointers careers i mainly praise as they earn some money then they return to work
when people are depressed i find candy or fruit bring them out of it much faster
collections duplicate pieces when u find new item still drop 2 people 1 will earn face value other goes into collection even picture pieces which pay $50 i find it best to pause put 1 person on piece bring next person to piece but hold in air release pause and drop works a treat
i am still playing verision 01 so above tips may not work on version 05
still cant get oven to burn again i praised as my person was putting it out but never got trophy for some reason (maybe glitch)i am on 7th generation have all possible upgrades any ideas? i have 84 trophes and yes i like it tough will upgrade after completing version 01
hi .. some of my people reached the master level so i thought about sharing the max salaries if someone needed it
spammer maxed at 285
candy designer maxed at 300
eyeglass repairer maxed at 300
oh and i was wondering about the maids! how does this happen?? do u receive an email offering them or what ?? and are they useful ? and how much should i pay for it ? i never had something like this but i see some people talking about it !
Vicky -
Try using a small child. Drop the child all around the area where the remote is and see if he/she can pick it up.
JIGuest -
The maid service is a random e-mail that you sometimes get. I think the price is $50, but maybe Pam can remember if I'm wrong. I think it's only useful if you house is a complete mess or there is an object that you cannot get the people to pick up because it is in an awkward location. Otherwise I don't use it.
Grinnyp thank you for the hint on dropping the kids by the remote, that worked. Thank you again. Now I hava another problem. I bought the wall compound and had it done then my guy walked away then it said that the compound and harden and then it back to the way that it was before now I am out of that money cuz everything is gone what happened? Please tell me. Thanks.
Michelle -
It can be difficult to get them to 70. Make sure they have good food, lots of exercise, vitamins if your store has them, and keep them from snacking.
Vicky -
What happened is the wall compound will harden if they walk away from it before the task is done. All you can do is wait until you have more money and it is available in the store again. A tip for getting the wall repair done quickly:
Use two adults. Drop one on the wall compound and wait until he/she starts repairing. Now drop the second adult on the wall compound and they will head to the other wall and start working. Keep an eye on them both. As soon as one starts walking away drop them on the compound again. Keep rotating them on it until the repairs are done.
To JIGuest:
The elusive dragon they are talking about is one of the insects that you need to collect.
The email problem is a known bug in the game. Check the lower left corner of the menu screen for the version number. If it's prior to 1.00.05, you should go back to the site where you originally purchased the game and download the current version.
to Melody ... thanks a lot for the help ,and about the 65 trophy , i got it only once till now although i am playing with five families , and have been taking good care of their health , i have the treadmill and always buy the organic food and all these stuff , and when they reached 60 their health bars were really high , but one day i opened the game and they just started dying one after the other,in the whole 5 families (all vanished in the same day , lol )
so does anyone know where these people work?
Board Game Designer
Census Taker
Domain Name Seller
Envelope Stuffer
i just wanted to make sure about the places because i am starting a new generation and i want to choose the ones whose work will be in a room that i have already upgraded .. so if anyone is sure about the places they work please tell me...
and i was wondering , can we redecorate or upgrade any rooms other than the career rooms ?? because it's a bit boring to have the same bedrooms , living room , and bathroom through many generations .. so can we make any changes in these rooms or just the career rooms??
To JIGuest:
Domain Name Seller, Lobbyist, and Paralegal work in the office. I can't say for sure about the others.
As for redecorating, you can add mods (modifications) to your game. There has been a discussion about them earlier in this thread. You have to be very careful, though, because you're messing with the image files of the game and something like that is always tricky.
hi again .... something strange is happening in my new generation , after the first child reached 4 years old i started putting the parents together to make a baby but they keep saying it's too early to make a baby again! .. although in the previous generations they could make babies while the youngest child was 3 years old! are these new generations just stubborn or there's something that i don't understand ??
and i am not sure should i give my child to the talent scout or not? did someone try this ?
also if someone can tell me how to use the weed pump?
thanks for all the help , i really like it here , i come and read the latest posts and it's usually helpful .. many times i was coming to post a question but after i read some of the latest questions i find the answer to mine and did not need to post it... so thanks a lot and i hope all your families are doing fine :)
HELP!!! i have just started virtual families game. Already my couple has a problem with the dryer lint burning. how do i stop it? do i need to buy something?
[edit: Check the Virtual Families Walkthrough section above for common questions about repairs and more! -eileen]
ok something really weird happened. i made one of the kids( he was 18 years old) clean a dirt smudge in the parents' room. and then i tried to make the parents have a baby so i dropped the mom on the dad in the same room. so then under their status it said trying to make a baby. but underneath the 18 year old's status, it also said trying to make a baby. so the mom ended up trying to make a baby twice in a row. has this happened to anyone else?
To Adel:
The time between babies varies from two to four years, depending on the couple. It's rare that it happens at two years, but I've been able to do it a couple of times. You're just dealing with a different couple and they have a different timeframe. It shouldn't be a problem in the long run.
If you're talking about the weed bomb, just click it anywhere in the yard and it will kill all the weeds. However, they won't go toward your weed trophy. Only the ones you actually pull from the ground go toward that.
Tina -
What you were seeing are called "mods", unofficial modifications to the items in the game. They are not official upgrades. You can use mods to change the decor of the house and other items in the game, but be warned: always back up your original image files first before using mods. If something goes wrong, you might need them to restore your game to the original settings.
Tina -
You can find mods in several places, but the ones I use I found in the Last Day at Work forums. You can go to ldw at http://www.ldw.com. From there click on "forums" and then "forum list". That will take you to their main forums page. Once there scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll find the mods forums. Click on the one for Virtual Families and start reading the messages. There is a message with instructions on how to install mods.
Warning about using mods 1: Remember to back up all your original image files! I cannot stress this enough. If something goes wrong you need to be able to restore the original image files.
Warning about using mods 2: When modifying the actual rooms of the house, be sure to stick with mods from one person only. When you're modifying something like the pool or the radio -- which are stand-alone objects that come into the game when you buy them -- you don't have to worry much. But the rooms in the house are at a 45 degree angle on the screen. That means something that modifies the living room will extend into the yard or into the master bedroom. In order to make everything match you might have to mod more than one room. So if you are going to use one person's living room mod, you're probably going to have to use their bedroom mod as well.
It's been a while since I put any mods in my house so I decided I'd like a change. Here's a couple of screenshots of my 10th generation family:
Just thought this might help some people, so I decided to share. I just got the latte trophy by putting them to work at 6 a.m. Once they finish the work, they go to the kitchen and make latte. And O got the kung fu one by giving them energy drink while their energy is already high.
Well, so I have a couple with difficulty in having children (although they both Iwanted children). I had to put them together about 10 times before they finally made their first child (they never argue they always try and fail). When this child reached 4, I started trying with them again. It seemed impossible. I finally gave the father the baby boost and tried two or three times after it and then they made their second child. Now the parents are 36 and 37. I wonder if they will still face difficulty in making more children. I wish they would get a twins or triplet to make it easier. I think it will be impossible for them to get 6 children. Is there any other way I can help them with other than the baby boost?
To Jess159:
The baby boost will help. You can give it to them more than once, too. It won't be as powerful as the first does, but it will help some. Besides that, the only thing you can really do is keep trying. It actually doesn't matter if they want children or not. Sometimes a couple has lots of kids and sometimes they don't. At least you've got a couple so that you'll be able to continue into the next generation. :)


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North Bay has the cash to slash the projected tax levy - Anthony
Coun. Mike Anthony wants council to look at using the extra $2 million it brought in last year to slash this year's projected tax levy increase.
"First, I respect the deputy mayor's hard work on the budget as we have four budget meetings scheduled this week alone, yet obviously I'll want to explore every possible way to shrink that 7.93%," he said Monday.
"I plan to explore if we can change the way we view the budget process or our overall philosophy."
Anthony said most North Bay residents do not realize that in the past few years the city took in more than $2 million it didn't need to use.
"In 2015 we had a surplus of $670,000, in 2017 we had a surplus of $429,000 and in 2018 there was an unexpected surplus of $920,000. That adds up to over $2,000,000 we took in that wasn't used or needed," he said.
"Of course, surpluses can go to reserves, to be used for a rainy day, and there's no question reserves are really important. But keep in mind we are ahead of what we need in reserves."
Anthony said last June, BDO's auditor Dean Decaire gave council an update and said a city North Bay's size should have a minimum of $50 million in reserves.
"Currently, we have $14 million more than that, $64 million in reserves," he said.
"I had asked our auditor in public could we use some of that to stabilize taxes and still be ahead of the minimum recommended reserve level. And Decaire's answer was "yes." So I'd like to explore if we could do something different there?"
Budget chief and deputy mayor Tanya Vrebosch told The Nugget last month the city needs to approve a tax levy of nearly eight per cent if residents want to continue receiving the same level of services while making new investments in growth and much-needed infrastructure.
She said it will not be a popular proposal. However, city politicians have relied on stopgap measures and quick fixes in order to keep tax increases to a minimum.
Vrebosch said if tax hikes would have been approved in the past of three or four per cent the city likely would be looking at a much more moderate increase.
That funding to, at least partially, meet the requests of groups including Invest North Bay, Creative Industries, the Family Physician Recruitment Program and the Dionne Quints Museum.
It also includes more money – about $1 million – to support capital projects such as the redevelopment of Cassellholme, as well as operating dollars for a new splash pad and the hiring of an integrity commissioner, deputy clerk, economic development officer, communications and bylaw enforcement officers.
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- Yield:Serves 4
- Active time: 35 minutes
- Total time:35 minutes
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- 10 ounces brown button mushrooms, wiped clean with a damp paper towel and sliced (about 4 cups loosely packed sliced mushrooms)
- 2 medium shallots, peeled and thinly sliced (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 3 tablespoons dry sherry, vermouth or white wine
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large Napa cabbage, core removed, halved lengthwise then sliced into ribbons (about 2 quarts chopped cabbage)
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola or other mild blue cheese such as Humboldt Fog
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large, heavy-bottomed Dutch oven set over high heat until melted. Add mushrooms, shallots, and thyme and cook, stirring frequently, until well-browned, about 15 minutes (mushrooms will release liquid, then will brown when liquid evaporates). Season to taste with salt and pepper, then deglaze pan with sherry, vermouth, or wine and cook, stirring and scraping bottom of pot until liquid has evaporated. Transfer to a large plate and set aside.
Wipe out Dutch oven with a paper towel, add 1 tablespoon butter, and heat over medium-high heat until melted. Add thicker slices of cabbage (those closer to the core, which will take longer to cook). Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly wilted, about 3 minutes. Add rest of cabbage and cook, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is completely tender and all moisture evaporated, about 12 minutes. Lower heat and add heavy cream. Stir to combine and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Transfer cabbage mixture to a serving dish and top with crumbled blue cheese. Garnish with chopped parsley and serve immediately.
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Chavez still absent, but supporters hold 'alternative inauguration'
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Tens of thousands of chanting supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rallied outside his presidential palace Thursday in an exuberant alternative inauguration for a leader too ill to return home for the real thing.
Backers wearing T-shirts with the slogan "I am Chavez" waved flags while upbeat music from Chavez's last presidential campaign blared from speakers, proclaiming: "Chavez, heart of the people!"
The government organized the unusual show of support for the cancer-stricken leader on the streets outside Miraflores Palace on what was supposed to be his inauguration day. With Chavez out of sight in a Cuban hospital fighting a severe respiratory infection more than a month after cancer surgery, his swearing-in ceremony has been indefinitely postponed, despite opposition complaints.
"We came to show support, so he knows his nation is with him," said Anny Marquez, a secretary and voluntary member of a civilian militia that Chavez has built in recent years. "We're with him in the good times as well as the bad."
The government invited leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean to add political weight to the inauguration without an inauguree, while the domestic opposition demanded details about Chavez's state and called the delay of the formal swearing-in a violation of the constitution.
Presidents attending from allied countries included President Jose Mujica of Uruguay, Evo Morales of Bolivia and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro, whom Chavez designated his chosen successor last month, hosted a televised meeting with visiting leaders to discuss the Chavez-launched Petrocaribe program, through which the OPEC nation provides fuel under preferential terms to allies. Maduro said heads of state, foreign ministers and other officials from 19 countries had come to Caracas.
Maduro said the leaders would go to the presidential palace in the afternoon for the "main event." He said earlier that even though it wasn't an official swearing-in, Thursday's event still marks the start of a new term for the president following his re-election in October.
"A historic period of this second decade of the 21st century is starting, with our commander leading," Maduro said.
But glaring above all in the at times surreal event was Chavez's absence from the balcony of the presidential palace where he has so often spoken for hours to similar crowds, chiding his opponents and called for a socialist revolution.
As in past rallies before the president himself, Chavez's face beamed from shirts, signs, banners and murals. Some danced to music blaring from speakers mounted on trucks. Nearly everyone wore the color of his Bolivarian Revolution movement as the swelling crowd grew into a sea of red and spilled from the main avenue onto side streets.
The crowd chanted: "We are all Chavez!"
It was the first time in Venezuela's history that a president has missed his inauguration, said Elias Pino Iturrieta, a prominent historian. "Perhaps it's the first chapter of what they call Chavismo without Chavez."
The Supreme Court on Wednesday backed the plan to put off the inauguration indefinitely, saying the president could be sworn in before the court at a later date.
Chavez has been fighting an unspecified type of pelvic cancer since June 2011 and has undergone repeated surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The government said in its last update on Monday that Chavez was in a "stable situation" while being treated for a severe respiratory infection. The government has hasn't said how severe his "respiratory deficiency" is.
Hundreds of National Guard troops and police stood guard on street corners while hip-hop artists performed on stages set up along the avenue leading toward the presidential palace. Many in the crowd held up posters reading: "Now with Chavez more than ever."
"We're Chavez. Chavez is now an ideology," said Elio Silva, a member of the radical Tupamaro grassroots group who traveled five hours by bus for the event. He wore a black beret with a single star, a style once worn by Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
Silva said he holds out hope that Chavez is recovering, and said he is sure that whatever happens in the weeks to come, "it will all be democratic."
Vendors sold caps and shirts with images of Chavez. Some wore felt hearts in the colors of Venezuela's flag pinned to their shirts, with pictures of Chavez pasted atop the hearts.
In a remark that echoed the sentiments of many in the crowd, teacher Marcelo Villegas said: "Unfortunately, Chavez can't be with us today. But we the people represent Chavez. He is and always will be our leader."
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I think the plus hardware can read up to 32 cartridge slots (16k), each slot has 16k banks, so I imagine a .cpr file can go up to 4mb? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The time has come to my version of ghosts'n goblins on gx4000 to be released !
All right, all right...I'll try to do un update including the screen ending.Maybe it will include other improvments, but it will take time...
32x16 is 512KB that is the max for a cart.
Ok guys, I've been hired to adapt the songs. I hope not to disappoint .
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Ok guys, I've been hired to adapt the songs. I hope not to disappoint .
An ending, new music, pause button functionality, demo mode...Just when poor Xifos was ready to move on with his life...
Quick replies !At the continue screen, left/right with the stick to set yes or no (maybe you did not try this).And the arkos player is modified to use dma (thanks to Ast).See you guys, it seems that i have work to do !
And the arkos player is modified to use dma (thanks to Ast).
I hope @Xifos doesn't get overwhelmed from doing the game, saying that, he will always be remembered in the Amstrad ( retro ) community for doing such a fantastic port, so sure it will be worth it. Another thing to consider would be a keyboard control option ( re-definable ) for plus users, as some people might prefer to play using keys.
There's actually no pressure, he's already created the best Amstrad Plus game ever made! No one can ever argue otherwise. He seems like a real down to earth person, feet on the ground type of guy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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text: Here is a recently published study. 1. J Appl Physiol. 2012 Apr 19. [Epub ahead of print] Resistance exercise load does not determine training-mediated hypertrophic gains in young men. Mitchell CJ, Churchward-Venne TA, West DD, Burd NA, Breen L, Baker SK, Phillips SM. 1McMaster University. We have reported that the acute post-exercise increases in muscle protein synthesis rates, with differing nutritional support, are predictive of longer-term training-induced muscle hypertrophy. Here, we aimed to test whether the same was true with acute exercise-mediated changes in muscle protein synthesis. Eighteen men (21±1 yr, 22.6±2.1 kg•m(-2) means±SE) had their legs randomly assigned to two of three training conditions that differed in contraction intensity (% of maximal strength [1RM]) or contraction volume (1 or 3 sets of repetitions): 30%-3, 80%-1 and, 80%-3. Subjects trained each leg with their assigned regime for a period of 10wk, 3 times/wk. We made pre- and post-training measures of strength, muscle volume by magnetic resonance (MR) scans, as well as pre- and post-training biopsies of the vastus lateralis, and a single post-exercise (1h) biopsy following the first bout of exercise, to measure signalling proteins. Training-induced increases in MR-measured muscle volume were significant (P<0.01), with no difference between groups: 30%-3 = 6.8±1.8%, 80%-1 = 3.2±0.8%, and 80%-3= 7.2±1.9%, P=0.18. Isotonic maximal strength gains were not different between 80%-1 and 80%-3, but were greater than 30% -3 (P=0.04), whereas training-induced isometric strength gains were significant but not different between conditions (P =0.92). Biopsies taken 1h following the initial resistance exercise bout showed increased phosphorylation (P<0.05) of p70S6K only in the 80%-1 and 80%-3 conditions. There was no correlation between phosphorylation of any signalling protein and hypertrophy. In accordance with our previous acute measurements of muscle protein synthetic rates a lower load lifted to failure resulted in similar hypertrophy as a heavy load lifted to failure. PMID: 22518835 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Of course you have to read the full text to see that these are untrained individuals...i.e. they do not lift weights. The authors make note however, that everybody prescribing weight lifting protocols for muscle hypertrophy are simply ignorant of the growing body of evidence showing that load doesn't matter as long as you train to failure. They use occlusion studies as their examples. I try not to spout HST this and HST that all the time, but in this case it is surprising to me that academia is not recognizing the existence of a "threshold" for a loading stimulus to be effective. In addition, this threshold is a moving target. One HST principle I have repeated over the years is that the effectiveness of any load is dependent on the condition of the tissue at the time the load is applied. As the muscle tissue adapts to the previous loading sessions it pushes the threshold higher. Repeated training sessions cause the effective weight threshold to go up and reduces the effectiveness of any previous load. So no, you don't see a linear dose-response by simply increasing the weight load. The seemingly equivalent results from widely varying weight loads demonstrate a "threshold" effect. As with other threshold-type models, once the threshold is crossed you see diminishing returns as you push things higher. The same is true for weight; heavier doesn't necessarily mean more effective. The only time heavier equals better is when you haven't reached the effective weight threshold for your specific situation (i.e. level of conditioning). Ok, I'm done with my rant now. I just hate to see data being interpreted by academics who apparently have no experience with weight lifting and hypertrophy. Sure, I might be going a little overboard with that but still, to say that weight doesn't matter as long as you try really hard (my flippant paraphrasing of this study's conclusions) is to ignore the repeated bout effect, progressive load, and a mountain of data showing that once a lifter has adapted to lifting, his/her muscle changes genotypically in such a way as to make further growth very difficult, necessitating an increase in the intensity of the stimulus (i.e. weight/volume). Ok, now I'm done for real.


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After nearly three years and $45 million, a treatment plant in northern Baghdad is pumping enough drinking water for a quarter of Baghdad's people. But the trick is getting it to them because of losses to broken pipes and scavengers.
Officials with the U.S. Agency for International Development are preparing to wrap up work in September after restoring one Saddam Hussein-era plant and building another at the Shark Dijlah water treatment facility, which serves 1.5 million people mostly in eastern Baghdad.
"We've successfully been providing water for over a year now," USAID expert Chris Serjak said during a tour Saturday, standing outside the nearly 30-year-old original plant as motors from filtration pools rumbled in the background.
Western and Iraqi reconstruction officials have pinned their hopes on U.S.-funded projects like the improvements at the plant to overcome severe shortages of water and poor sewage systems.
"Basically there is a water crisis," city spokesman Adel al-Ardawi said by telephone, blaming the shortages on a lack of electricity and violence by insurgents.
Capacity problems
But there is more to the problem than infrastructure.
"You can build a brand new plant and pump tons of water out, but if the lines aren't there to handle it you're not getting full volume," Serjak said.
Desperate Iraqis tap into mains and use generators to pump water to their homes in several areas where water is scarce. That lessens the flow to others.
Shihab Ahmed, a 48-year-old clerk who lives in the southeastern neighborhood of New Baghdad, said he gets up about 3:30 a.m. because his faucets only run at full force for about an hour and he needs to fill plastic bottles for use throughout the day.
"This water is for cooking and drinking, after my wife boils it to purify it," he said.
Serjak said water also seeps from decayed distribution mains, and that defect can bring health problems.
"The country has broken sewer mains lying alongside broken water lines, and so you get contamination not at the treatment plant but actually at the distribution line," the 31-year-old Los Angeles native said.
Mending cracks in the line
He said USAID spent $13 million last year to improve water delivery in the city's crowded Shiite slum of Sadr City, where they replaced 61 miles of old, cracked asbestos pipes with new mains and provided more than 15,000 house connections.
They used local laborers to win the community's support and avoid security problems.
Serjak said the water infrastructure in Sadr City, which suffered from decades of neglect under Saddam's Sunni-dominated regime, was in particularly bad shape, with concrete pipes susceptible to cracking buried just below the surface, exposing them to traffic.
In addition, he said, "People were making a lot of illegal taps because of the growth of the area."
While authorities had looked to public works to build a new Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion, the insurgency has forced the diversion of billions of dollars to security from projects to improve water, sewage and power systems.
Billions shifted to address security
About $2.1 billion of the more than $4 billion initially allocated for water and sanitation projects was shifted in 2005 to address new priorities and security needs, according to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Just 49 of the originally planned water and sewer projects will be completed, and 300 of the planned 425 electrical projects will be done, according to a U.S. government audit released in late January.
Saad Salman, general manager of the Shark Dijlah plant, said it had not been attacked, but he worries constantly it could be. Security is provided by the Facility Protection Services, which was recently criticized by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for being ineffective and having links to insurgents.
Serjak acknowledged relief officials had to scale back efforts because of spiraling costs and violence.
"When we first came in we put together a wish list," he said. "And as you go in and further define what can be done, you make tradeoffs, you make decisions. Going back to what's cost effective."
The USAID team made the decision to both build a new water plant and expand the old one at Shark Dijlah after discovering they had a head start. The U.N. Development Fund had done designs and ordered equipment for improvements to the plant before the invasion in March 2003.
Serjak said he found it more efficient to work with what is available in Iraq, where transporting equipment safely is difficult.
"There are some plants that are too far gone," he said. "But where possible, rehabilitation has been quicker and more cost effective."


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(Pocket-lint) - HTC Sense 4.0 is the latest version of HTC's user interface, layered over the top of Android 4. It lands on the HTC One series, as seen the HTC One X reviewed here.
Sense 3.6, on the other hand, is something of a halfway house between "old Sense" and the newer cleaner Sense. If you're interested in HTC Sense 3.6, we gave it a thorough reviewing here when it landed on the HTC Sensation XE.
HTC Sense 4.0 will be present on devices moving forward (until HTC moves on again) with Sense 3.6 landing on devices as they are updated to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. We've asked HTC whether it will be bringing Sense 4.0 to older devices and that doesn't seem to have been determined yet; we suspect not.
So, if you have an existing HTC Android smartphone due for upgrade to Android 4.0, it's almost certain you'll receive Sense 3.6. Here we'll walk you through the main differences between the two versions, so you can see what you're missing out on, or not.
Sense does differ from device to device: here we are reviewing Sense 4.0 on the HTC One X and Sense 3.6 on the Sensation XE. In the sections below when we're comparing images side by side the Sense 4.0 version is on the left.
Home screen
Much of the upfront identity of HTC Sense comes from the home screen. That iconic weather clock has been in place since Sense launched in 2009 on the HTC Hero. While the widgets have changed slightly with each iteration of Sense, the effect is very similar, but so much more refined now.
With the old launch bar gone, both Sense 3.6 and Sense 4.0 offer a customisable launcher at the bottom of the home screens. They both work in the same way, letting you add shortcuts as you fancy, and are very close to the native Android 4.0 arrangement. The design is slightly different, but it is essentially the same.
With both versions of Sense you can have up to seven home screens to customise. One minor difference is that Sense 3.6 will rotate on a carousel, ie, you get to the far left and it rolls back round to the far right. Sense 4.0 only travels from one end to the other, so you'll have to swipe back from one end to the other.
Press and hold the wallpaper and you'll be taken through to the "personalise" screen on both UIs. On Sense 3.6 this is the old menu, offering access to widgets and so on and the option to tab over to display changes (wallpaper, skin, lock screen) as well as your sound setup.
In Sense 4.0 this menu offers only widgets and shortcuts, but it's much more cleanly done. The new version gives you a better interface, letting you drag widgets and shortcuts on to the relevant pages. We much prefer this clean and visual approach, but by contrast, if you want to tinker with other elements, you have to head into the settings menu. That said, just how often do you customise your phone?
The other thing to note about widgets, and in many case the menus, is that they are now lighter, with HTC losing the dark backgrounds in many cases. Obviously, this may differ with devices and themes, but we prefer a white background, with black text.
The signature HTC weather clock widget is lighter too, losing the background and refining the detail. We've also noticed that it's much smoother when moving from screen to screen. In Sense 3.6 the weather clock doesn't rotate smoothly over the screen, it sort of starts rotating, and then slides off at a different angle. Also, the Sense 3.6 version has unnecessary depth: the side showed details that have been ditched in Sense 4.0, thankfully.
HTC Sense 4.0 widgets can also be resized now, something that wasn't possible in Sense 3.6. As Sense 3.6 landed on Ice Cream Sandwich, some widgets can be resized, but in Sense 4.0 this extends to some of the common HTC widgets, like People or Friend Stream.
Lock screen
Both Sense 3.6 and Sense 4.0 offer lots of lock screen functions and they both work in the same way. First up, you get the unlock options which will pick up whatever you have on the launcher bar and put these on the lock screen.
You can't choose the apps you'd like to have as unlock options, as you could in the previous version of Sense, but it's likely you'll have the apps you use most often here anyway. If you have security enabled - pattern, PIN or face unlock - you'll still have to go through that process before you land on what you wanted.
In both you get to choose the background, so you can have photos, stocks or weather, although Sense 4.0 now gives you eight options, with the addition of productivity and people into the mix for more lock screen information.
As this is Android 4.0, you'll also be able to access the notifications bar in both versions, so you can instantly get to alerts and take action, which we'll discuss in a second.
You can also change the ringer volume using the rocker from the lock screen in Sense 4.0, which you can't in Sense 3.6. As previously, once the volume slider comes up, you can tap the icon on the screen to switch the phone to silent.
The notifications bar has seen a few revisions in Sense 4.0 from Sense 3.6. The biggest difference is that the dual-tabbed layout in Sense 3.6 had been removed and the recent apps are now gone. We've noticed that the notifications bar is much quicker to open in Sense 4.0, although this may purely be down to the power of the HTC One X.
One common feature is that both support the swiping to clear notifications, so if you don't want to read your emails, you can just swipe away the alert.
Both give you music controls, as well as the route to access Beats Audio, if you have a Beats device. The new One series are all Beats phones, but only the Sensation XE and Sensation XL were previously.
The other slight change that has come about by removing the two tabs in Sense 4.0 is the addition of a Settings button in the notifications area. This is the fastest way to access settings (unless you drop a shortcut on the home page), and beats the Sense 3.6 version which wants you to switch to the quick settings tab, then press the additional settings icon to land in the same main settings menu.
Naturally, as HTC devices upgrading to Android 4.0 have a menu button, this will give you additional options that the One series Android devices lack, as they have the standard three Android 4.0 controls. As such, you can access the settings menu in Sense 3.6 from the home screen via the menu button.
Apps tray
Pressing the central apps icon on the launcher opens the apps tray. The biggest change here is that from vertical scrolling to horizontal. In both cases you still have three tabs at the bottom offering all, frequent and downloads.
In Sense 4.0 you can reorder these, so if you want to open on frequent rather than all you can make that change. The other thing that Sense 4.0 adds is a selection of shortcut icons across the top of the apps tray.
These offer you direct links to Google Play and searching, so you can quickly search for apps within the tray. You can search from the search button in old devices, but in the move away from physical controls to on-screen controls, we prefer the newer approach.
Recent apps
One of the highlight features of Ice Cream Sandwich is the addition of the Honeycomb "recent apps" feature, which makes multitasking (or task switching) much simpler and cleaner than the old long-press-on-home option.
Both Sense 3.6 and Sense 4.0 integrate this feature but it's visually very different. In Sense 3.6 you access the feature via a long press on home (as before) because there is no direct "recent apps" button. Sense 3.6 looks the same as native Android, with thumbnails you can scroll vertically, swiping away apps you've finished with.
On Sense 4.0, the list scrolls horizontally and the grabs are much larger. It will also rotate (after a fashion) so you can view in both landscape and portrait and again, you can swipe things off the top or get rid of them. Sense 4.0 is definitely more glossy, but with Sense 3.6 you get more on the screen, so might be faster to navigate.
The Keyboard has seen a change visually between Sense 3.6 and Sense 4.0. The old grey on grey of Sense 3.6 and previously has been replaced with an altogether darker arrangement. The key characters are now white, which perhaps makes them easier to see.
The keys also fill slightly more of the space available, with less background on show, but otherwise offer the same predictive arrangement. You get access to HTC's Swype-alike trace entry too, as well as the integration of voice.
However, the Sense 4.0 One X keyboard includes cursor keys across the bottom, which we've found superfluous, as we've never needed to use them and they take up space on the display that could be better used. And you wouldn't want to miss that horse sale now would you?
The Sense 4.0 browser has been tweaked slightly from Sense 3.6, adding a new "read" option to the top and a run of action buttons across the bottom.
The odd thing about Sense 4.0's read option is that it doesn't always appear. We haven't quite figured out exactly what triggers it, but when it does appear, it will let you view a page in simple text, without the images and adverts, very much like the reader view in Apple's Safari browser.
The other option that Sense 4.0 brings is a reading list, giving you the chance to save and read later. This can be accessed via the menu or through the "add to" action button at the bottom of the page. The other action buttons - which hide during normal browsing and appear when you swipe down when at the top of a page - offer access to bookmarks, saved pages and tabs.
Tabs in Sense 3.6 are called windows, but work in very much the same way, with both versions offering up to six open tabs at any one time. As Sense 3.6 lacks the bottom access buttons, everything is accessed via the menu button at the bottom of the phone, which opens a menu very similar to Sense 4.0's in-app menu button.
Apart from that, the only other significant difference appears to be the option to enable or disable Flash in the browser in Sense 4.0. Otherwise, both offer Incognito tabs and a desktop viewing option.
Music and media
Music in Sense 4.0 is a hub rather than a standalone app. It means that all your music apps and services can be accessed through one place, although in reality, you're just adding shortcuts into one area for convenience.
In the actual music player things are slightly different visually, but the functionality is largely the same with the ability to make playlists and share details and so on. Both music players give you access to network music too, so you can retrieve from a sharing PC or media server.
Elsewhere you'll find the Gallery app is basically the same on both Sense 3.6 and 4.0, although the new version also offers Dropbox and SkyDrive integration. Both versions of Sense offer sharing with external devices: Sense 3.6 has a button for this in the viewing window and Sense 4.0 would rather you trigger this using a three-finger swipe up the display.
In reality the system is very similar, as you'll end up at the same screen to select the external player you'd like, if not already paired. The same applies to the Gallery video player, although Sense 4.0 adds the option to take an instant screenshot from any video you're watching.
One of the things that Sense 4.0 does away with is the Connected Media app. This app in Sense 3.6 (and previously) was really just a collection of links through to the sharing options of the Music and Gallery apps. It's one less thing to clutter up your apps tray and we're glad it has been removed.
Camera interface
The camera interface has undergone a substantial overhaul in Sense 4.0, perhaps one of the areas that has seen the biggest update. What it really changes is the need to access little pop-up menus to switch main functions, presenting both still and video capture buttons on the screen at all times.
The range of effects is still accessed via an on-screen button, but other controls have switched sides, so in Sense 4.0 you'll get the settings, flash and shooting mode options on the left, rather than piled in together with the shutter button on Sense 3.6.
It opens things up a lot and makes the app feel much nicer to use. It also clears the options away from the most important buttons, which we like. However, many of the options are very much the same, with plenty of things to tweak. We're not so keen on the lack of a focusing reticule on Sense 4.0, as you never really know what it has focused on.
Focusing and capture is much faster in Sense 4.0 although this may differ from device to device and you now get a burst shooting mode. To trigger this, all you have to do is leave your finger on the photo button and it will rattle off shots continuously. You'll then be asked to select the best, which you'll keep and the rest are dumped, great for catching fleeting moments of action.
Other apps and services, conclusions
HTC Sense incorporates a lot of services and features and we can't pick them all out here, but there are some new additions.
There is now a new Movie Editor app, which takes things further than the previous trim options of Sense 3.6. This will let you pile together video and photos into different themes to create a movie on the fly. It's nicely done, giving you the option to add your own music and save at different resolutions.
You also get a car dock mode, which gives you all the pertinent apps for driving, with nice big icons. This can be set to launch automatically when connected to a car dock, something we've not yet tested. It will also let you decide on your default navigation app, which is a win for those who want to escape from HTC's Locations.
Overall, Sense 4.0 is a more complete and more authentic Android 4.0 experience. Sense 3.6 makes some big changes from previous version of Sense, but Sense 4.0 takes things a step further, removing clutter, adding convenience and, in some cases, stepping closer to native Android.
As always, there will be lots of little tweaks and differences throughout the Sense experience of both versions but here we've outlined the main areas and the biggest differences.
If you're in any doubt, we feel that Sense 4.0 is the better. Sense 3.6, by comparison, does feel a little like a stopgap. However, Sense 3.6 is a great step forward from older versions of Sense, making it slightly less oppressive and slightly more flexible.
To find out when to expect an upgrade, why not read our guide to Ice Cream Sandwich updates. If you're sold on Sense 4.0, then check out our full HTC One X review!
Any questions? Let us know in comments below.


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Come help propagate plants for our next plant sale by volunteering at one of our nursery work sessions, every Wednesday . Bring garden gloves, sunhat, clippers, and liquids and your lunch if you like. Other tools will be provided at the nursery. Knowledge of plants is not necessary; your willingness to help is all that's required.
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Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef
By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman
"As Mark Bittman so correctly states in his informative introduction, one of the many talents of Jean-Georges is his capacity to make what seem like simple preparations taste so incredibly complex.
This book makes his skills readily available to the home cook."
...Daniel Boulud, chef/owner of Restaurant Daniel and Cafe Boulud.
Regular customers to Jean-Georges Vongerichten's restaurants and food enthusiasts from coast to coast have anticipated Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef as eagerly as they would the debut of one of Vongerichten's celebrated restaurants. Jean-Georges, written in an inspired and seamless collaboration with Mark Bittman, whose New York Times column "The Minimalist" is renowned for its pared-down approach to cooking, makes the recipes of one of the nation's most influential and respected culinary superstars achievable for home cooks of all levels.
For both Vongerichten and his diverse network of fans, the book comes at a time when the chef's creative powers and his reputation have reached a summit-last year, his restaurant Jean-Georges was awarded a coveted four-star review from the New York Times, and this spring he won three James Beard Foundation Awards, including induction into "Who's Who of Food and Beverage" and recognition as the "Outstanding Chef" in the nation. Having won the Foundation's award for "Best Chef in New York City" in 1996, Vongerichten, with restaurants in Hong Kong and London, now casts a shadow of culinary influence over much of the world.
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Jean-Georges, is that it reveals a talent for conjuring new and unforgettable sensations from staggeringly simple combinations and techniques. Even Bittman, the Minimalist himself, was stunned to learn that Vongerichten employs restaurant recipes so elementary that most of them did not need to be reconceived at all for the book. As Bittman states in his introduction, "when other chefs would just be gearing up, his dishes were already done. They not only sound simple... they are simple."
For example, the sauce for Vongerichten's legendary "Steak with Red Wine Reduction and Carrot purée," is prepared by reducing a bottle of wine to a cup and stirring in carrot purée. The same philosophy informs most of the recipes in the book, which showcases short ingredient lists, uncomplicated steps, and simple presentations, allowing home cooks to prepare such famous restaurant recipes as Marinated Quail, Vong-Style or Curried Mussels from Restaurant Jean Georges.
Among the other dishes that await the reader are Dill-Stuffed Shrimp with Baked Lemon, which the authors created after a day spent foraging near Bittman's home; Leek and Potato Tarts, which find a timeless combination of flavors reborn in an innovative context; Beet Tartare, a vegetarian alternative to beef tartare, perfect for picnics; Scallops and Cauliflower with Caper-Raisin Sauce, a beguiling signature dish that has been served at Restaurant Jean Georges since its opening; Halibut en Papillote, featuring a technique that teaches the reader to substitute aluminum foil for the classic parchment paper pouch; the remarkably simple Gently Cooked Salmon with Mashed Potatoes; Duck a la JoJo, which boasts a complex sauce comprising such disparate ingredients as maple syrup, coriander seeds, and ground ginger, and for dessert, such delectables as Apple Confit and the often-imitated Warm, Soft Chocolate Cake.
A chapter on techniques, stocks, and sauces offers an invaluable glossary of the ingredients that appear frequently in Jean-Georges' recipes, as well as instructions, demonstrated via photographs, that describe how to execute such basic tasks as cutting up a chicken for sautéing and how to trim lemongrass, as well as a unique technique for extracting pulp from a tomato. A selection of stock recipes (including a priceless "Chicken Stock a la Minute," a lifesaver which cooks in just 30 minutes), sauces (such as Vong's famous Peanut Sauce), and vinaigrettes rounds out the timeless advice featured in this one-of-a-kind chef book that demonstrates that Jean-Georges Vongerichten's cooking is as remarkable for its simplicity as it is for its brilliance.
Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef
By Jean-Georges Vongerichten
and Mark Bittman
Broadway Books
Hardcover; 288 pages; $35.00
Information provided by the publisher.
Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef
- Lamb with Mushroom Crust & Leek Purée
- Fennel and Apple Salad with Juniper
- Scallops and Cauliflower with Caper-Raisin Sauce
- Warm, Soft Chocolate Cake
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