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AT&T Shows Off First Real 4G LTE Devices
AT&T is quite literally making the jump to hyperspace. After months and months of promoting their fake "4G" HSPA+ network and enticing users to join the "nations largest 4G network", AT&T has finally announced their first pair of real 4G LTE devices.
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Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011: 400 Million Windows 7 Licenses Sold
Quietly making headlines today was Steve Ballmer's keynote address at this years Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). He gave the "State of the State" address regarding Microsoft's progress in the last year.
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Download SwirlyMessage For Send SMS And MMS From iPad 2 3G
SwirlyMessage is synonymous with SMS, MMS and SwirlyNet messaging on the iPad 3G and it'seasy to use and contains numerous features from basic sending and reception of SMSes to the killer feature: send and receive SMS and MMS for free to and from friends within SwirlyNet. SwirlyMessage for iPad 3G is the follow up of the popular SwirlyMMS for the iPhone and it is a complete re-write, bottom up, of SwirlyMMS to fully utilize the power of the iPad with its large screen and different form factor………….
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Nike+ GPS Social Update Adds Auto-Calibration
Nike+ GPS social update may make people run from your Twitter, Facebook accounts and adds auto-calibration. Nike+ GPS 3.1.1 makes use of Push Notifications for keeping track of ongoing Nike+ Tag games and allows users to link the music play/pause button to start and pause runs…………..
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Enolsoft iMedia Converter For Mac
Enolsoft iMedia Converter for Mac is all-in-one media converter software, which helps to convert DVDs, videos and aduios to any formats supported by popular portable devices like iPad 2, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Playbook and Xoom etc. Enolsoft iMedia Converter for Mac also works as Mac DVD Ripper, Mac DVD to iPad Converter, Mac DVD to PSP Converter etc, to rip and convert both encrypted and unencrypted DVDs to any popular video and audio formats for all the popular portable devices………….
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Microsoft Surface 2.0 SDK Due July 12
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Apple MacBook Pro MC724LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop
Apple introducing the new 13-inch MacBook Pro MC724LL/A. The state-of-the-art dual-core Intel i7 processor delivers up to 2x faster performance (over the previous generation of MacBook Pro). New Thunderbolt technology lets you connect high-performance peripherals and high-resolution displays to a single port, and transfer files at lightning speeds. And with the new built-in FaceTime HD camera, you can make astonishingly crisp HD video calls.
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AT&T Going To Have Pantech Pursuit II Soon
The Pantech Pursuit II for you from AT&T, where it will arrive on the carrier this coming July 17th, costing a mere $49.99 with a two-year agreement.
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Rumer: Windows Intune 2.0 Beta To Release Next Week
Microsoft is set to debut the beta of Windows Intune 2.0 next week at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference and Windows Intune is a product that allows IT denizens to provide security and manage PCs from a browser for a set per computer and per month rate. The potential timing of this beta release of Intune 2.0 is that Intune 1.0 only hit the market in March of this year and implying a faster than average turn around time for new versions of Intune………
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Windows 8 Pre Show Keynote
January 2012 will see Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer taking the stage at CES once again to deliver a keynote focusing on the Redmond company's latest products and Windows 8 is claimed to be the main course with Ballmer being expected to show off the latest build of the upcoming OS. Microsoft is expected to deliver a beta copy of the next-generation operating system at its BUILD developer conference in September and Ballmer will likely demo a number of ARM and Intel based Windows 8 tablets that will hit the market later in 2012 when Windows 8 is generally available………..
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Sling Note Multi-Tasker App For iPad
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Amazon Cloud Player Support For iPad
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The Samsung Conquer 4G And Motorola Photon 4G With Sprint (Rumor)
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In the cellar vault of an old castle live good and evil ghosts. Each player has eight: four good and four evil. Your opponent cannot distinguish your good and evil ghosts.
In order to win, you must do one of the following:
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Alex Randolph
Noris Spiele
Johann Ruttinger, Rainer Libera
Year: 1992
Players: 2
Time: 10 - 20 minutes
Ages: 10 and up
Est. time to learn: Under 5 minutes
Weight: 517 grams
Language Requirements: Game components are language-independent. An English translation of the rules is provided.
- 1 gameboard
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By Sgt. 1st Class Chris Seaton Task Force XII Public Affairs OfficeJanuary 7, 2008
CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Jan 7, 2008) - Spc. David Leopold sat in the break room of the brigade air defense operations center. A fuel handler for Company E, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, Leopold is used to working hard. For the past few days, he'd been doing just that while manning a guard tower on his forward operating base just outside Baghdad.
It's part of the job for Soldiers of all military occupational specialties while stationed in Iraq. For days at a time, they leave their flight lines, motor pools and offices to gear up and watch a fence line.
On the inside of the fence is the Iraq they know; sand bag covered container housing units, dining facilities, rocks and mud. On the other side, an Iraqi city bustles with street vendors, children playing soccer and an ever-increasing flurry of activity signaling new life in a war-torn country.
For many, like Leopold, watching the city from a tower is as close as they'll get to life outside the FOB. For now, sitting in the break room, he and others were watching a movie between shifts.
A voice broke over the radio with a single code word that instantly told the Soldiers, "We are under attack!"
Leopold sprang to life. His body reacted before his mind could process the next steps, and before he knew it he was standing in full body armor waiting for instructions. He was sent to guard an important tactical operations center.
"When an attack happens, everybody (on tower guard duty) not manning the tower is sent to areas on base to guard sensitive property," said Leopold, a native of Lawton, Okla. "There's no set time limit for how fast we have to be in place, we just move as quickly as we can to secure the area."
This one was just an exercise. The base was still secure, and all was well at Camp Taji. But training like this is important for a lot of reasons, say those who participated.
"It's a good reminder that we're still in a combat zone," said Leopold. "The war doesn't stop on a FOB just because we put up a fence. Anything can happen."
"The attack exercise simulates what would happen if the base were overrun," said San Antonio, Texas native Sgt. 1st Class Shon Skinner, the Task Force XII force protection non-commissioned officer. "In an aviation unit, we've got a pretty important task of protecting this airfield."
During the exercise, organizers watch to see how people will react. They have goals for what should happen if a base is attacked. The exercise lets them see what actually happens.
"We put a lot of emphasis on getting it right, and I put a lot of stress on Soldiers," said Skinner. "We have to see what happens, and what their attitudes are when we start inducing stress."
Statistics in the global war on terrorism say the chances of a forward operating base being attacked by anything beyond the occasional mortar or indirect fire are low.
And Taji's brigade combat team Soldiers, who regularly patrol the streets of Baghdad, tell stories and bring back photos of reconciliation and improved security.
But insurgents in Iraq have tried the coordinated attacks on other bases. So far, none have succeeded. The idea of practicing the attack drill is to keep it that way.
"Personally, I don't see (an attack on Taji) happening, but it's comforting to know we have a plan," said Task Force XII network systems operator, Spc. Bryan Coffey, who hails from Anderson, S.C. "It could definitely save lives by getting us into place if something did happen."
"We are ready (for something to happen), and we'll always be ready," said Skinner. "If not, we'll continue to train until we are."
For Leopold, the message was clear. Whether or not he's seen it in his six months of pumping fuel in Iraq, the war that his hard work supports outside the fence is very real.
"I guess anything can happen inside or outside," he said. "We're going to be ready for either one."


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stretching before class
How much stretching should be done? Deep stretching? Should I just warm up?
I know for some activities stretching prior to starting can cause injury, like in weight lifting. Any ideas?
I see some guys do deep stretches before class but personally I prefer to just do warmup motions like kicking up with a straight leg (hamstring), making circles with my arms (shoulders) and swinging my leg from side to side (hips). Just think back to middle school P.E. class and do those warmups they made you do. ;) I save the yoga for after practice.
Gainful stretching is done after class. Just warm up before class with light stretching and get your blood pumping.
Yeah there's really no point stretching before class, with your muscles cold and stiff, it's easy to pull a muscle stretching before class. Stick to warming up before class, and stretch a bit AFTER class when your muscles are already warm and looser.
Do what BJ Penn does. Warm up before training. Try stretching every so often after training, but primarily do deep stretches at the end of the day outside of training.
Yoga is very helpful, but like I said, after not before or during.
yeah some jumping jacks, running around, circular motions with arms and feet are okay with light not deep stretching
Since my muscles are so tight and compact i do both. I love streching before glass it just feels good and helps my legs get loosend up. Then we do warmups. Then after class i stretch again to avoid muscle sorness.
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Sim Van der Ryn—architect, author, and educator—has been integrating ecological principles into the built environment for more than 40 years. He spent 35 years as professor of architecture at UC Berkeley and was California's State Architect for Governor Jerry Brown in the late 1970s, designing and building the State's first energy efficient and climate-responsive building. Sim's signature style, his collaborative approach and meta-disciplinary accomplishments continue to show us the way to an evolving era that values both the integrity of ecological systems and quality of life for all.
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this addon boasts facebook twitter and g+ posting, however if you want it to work, itll cost you $49?!?!?! no thanks guys!
this addon boasts facebook twitter and g+ posting, however if you want it to work, itll cost you $49?!?!?! no thanks guys!
Please do not confuse people.
Facebook and Twitter are totally free.
As soon as Google open up it's own API for making automated posts (currently it's read-only), Google+ will be free to. Until that plugin have to rely on whatever solution is available.
no thanks guys!
Actually, thank you guys, thank you a lot. You are saving me a lot of time.
@musiczombie - there are no other solutions to post to Google+. It's either that or you have to submit all your blog posts to Google+ manually. I value my time that this plugin saved me much more then $49.
Blogger/Blogspot and LinkedIn are going to be paid addons?
Can paid addons be installed in several domains?
Also paid addons are updatable via wordpress plugin update feature?
Thank you!!!
Only the networks that don't have API like Google+ and Pinterest are not free.
Both Blogger and LinkedIn have API, so they will be free. Blogger is already included BTW.
Thank you NextScripts,
Please notice when upgrading plugin, the paid addons stored in "apis" folder are deleted.
1. Yes, that's why we highly recommend to upload postToGooglePlus.php and postToPinterest.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ folder. This way those files won't be deleted during the update.
2. We did some research in LinkedIn API and found one roadblock. It's API does support status updates to your own profile, but to the company you are an admin. This was officially confirmed by the LinkedIn - you can do API posts to company profile.
So based on that we most probably will do two LinkedIn connectors, one for free that will allow to post to profiles and another non-free to post both to profiles and company pages.
All are free except for Google+ and Pintrest. It's only $49 to add them, and well worth the money if you post a lot to your blog. Think about how much time it will save you over the next few years! If not, just use all of the other free networks they post too. Still surprises me when people complain about something free.
This plugin is fantastic - thanks so much! It's made posting to Twitter and Facebook a breeze. But I'm confused about the LinkedIn API. Is the API for LinkedIn available now or is it yet to come? I have been trying to figure out how to set it up and the LinkedIn instructions or confusing - I am not well acquainted with the details of making APIs work. If its supposed to work now, I'd appreciate any help and direction. The LinkedIn page for adding an application does not let me complete the form, so I must be missing something.
Just a matter of opinion here, and no disrespect to anyone. Having trawled through countless options to find a Google+ auto-poster, this plugin has saved me heaps of time and a lot of frustration every day.
Its worth it for me to pay the $49 license for this functionality in the absence of an open API from Google.
Nextscripts: thanks so much for your support reply with specific instructions on setting up the LinkedIn API. It works perfectly now!
Is possible to post to LinkedIn company pages?
Regarding LinkedIn Company pages:
You can see official LinkedIn answer here:
in short: LinkedIn API does not allow posting to company pages from its API..
We will be releasing our own API for LinkedIn to add this ability the same way we did with Google+ and Pinterest.
Any ETA for Linkedin Company Page?
Version 2.2 with beta support for Linkedin Company pages has been released. Please update your plugin.
Wow! Thanks!! :-)
From my point of view you miss one of the most important features for the pro-solution (which I own): To add multiple accounts!
And one other important thing is: It's an "All in One"-Solution, which is highly in developmen with nearly daily updates and fixes.
As someone who own since 2 months the pro-version I can see a huge development, which I've never seen before in any other WP Plugin.
Just adding a plus one here. This is a great plugin with great support. Using it currently for Google+ and Linkedin Company page. Had a set up problem on the day I bought it, but support handled the issue that same day.
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Rufous-crowned sparrows are found from mid to southern California through northern Baja California in the coastal areas to southern Mexico, as well as many other parts of the American Southwest, excluding northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. These birds range as far east as mid-eastern Texas and as far north as southern Utah and Colorado.
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native )
- Collins, P. 1999. Rufous-crowned Sparrow. Pp. No.472, 1-28 in A Poole, P Stettenheim, K Kaufman, L Bevier, eds. The Birds of North America, Vol. 12, 1 Edition. Philadelphia, PA: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
- Peterson, R., V. Peterson. 1990. A Field Guide to Western Birds. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Robbins, C., B. Bruun, H. Zim. 1983. A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company.
Range Description
occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
National Distribution
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
Global Range: (20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)) BREEDING: central California, northern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, northwestern and central Oklahoma, south discontinuously to southern Baja California and Mexico. NON-BREEDING: throughout breeding range except northeastern portion, where usually winters from northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas and south-central Oklahoma southward.
Physical Description
Rufous-crowned sparrows are medium-sized birds with red-capped heads and beige-gray breasts. They have black stripes on either side of their solid, gray-white throat. Males tend to have slightly larger wingspans and tail length than females.
Similiar species include Aimophila rufescens, Aimophila notosticta, Spizella passerina, and Zonotrichia leucophrys. Rufous-crowned sparrows differ from these species in their red-brown cap and solid-colored breast. American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea) also have the red cap, but do not have a rounded tail. Sparrows in the genus Aimophila can also be distinguished from other sparrows in the range of rufous-crowned sparrows by their beaks and tails, which are longer in proportion to their body size than in other sparrows. Males and females ares similar in color, but males tend to be larger than females.
Range mass: 15 to 23 g.
Range length: 13 to 15 cm.
Average wingspan: 196.85 mm.
Other Physical Features: endothermic ; homoiothermic; bilateral symmetry
Sexual Dimorphism: male larger
- Sibley, D. 2001. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc..
- Sibley, D. 2003. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Length: 15 cm
Weight: 19 grams
This species inhabits arid, rocky, open areas with varying elevation and heterogeneous vegetation, including low grasses and shrubbery. They are also found in open pine and oak forests. If a winter is particularly cold, these birds may move south or lower in elevation, but they do not move far from their breeding grounds.
Range elevation: 0 to 2195 m.
Habitat Regions: temperate ; terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: savanna or grassland ; forest ; scrub forest
Habitat and Ecology
- Terrestrial
Comments: Rocky hillsides, steep slopes of grass and brush. In Mexico, found in arid scrub and pine-oak habitat. Nests on ground at base of rock, tuft of grass, or sapling; or 0.3-1 m above ground in branches of shrub or tree.
Non-Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species do not make significant seasonal migrations. Juvenile dispersal is not considered a migration.
Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
May withdraw from northern part of range for winter.
Trophic Strategy
Food habits depend on region and time of year. Grass, seeds and insects are primary foods. Rufous-crowned sparrows eat more plants such as knotweed (Polyugonum), chickweed (Stellaria media), filaree (Erodium), dock (Rumex), and wild oats (Avena) during the summer and spring. Grasshoppers (Acrididae), ground beetles (Carabidae), and ants (Formicidae) become a larger percentage of their diet during other parts of the year.
Animal Foods: insects
Plant Foods: leaves; seeds, grains, and nuts
Primary Diet: omnivore
Comments: Feeds on insects (beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, flies, caterpillars, etc.) and seeds of grasses and forbs. Forages on the ground or low in bushes.
Rufous-crowned sparrows are primary consumers, as they eat vegetation. They are also secondary consumers, as they eat insects as well. These sparrows are preyed on by domestic cats (Felis silvestris) and probably predatory birds and snakes. Rufous-crowned sparrows can be hosts for the nest parasite, brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater), though this is uncommon. They are also parasitized by two species of ticks (Amblyomma americanum and Ixodes pacificus).
Ecosystem Impact: disperses seeds
Commensal/Parasitic Species:
- brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater)
- ticks (Amblyomma americanum)
- ticks (Ixodes pacificus)
Domestic cats (Felis silvestris) prey on rufous-crowned sparrows. Behaviors towards Mexican jays (Aphelocoma ultramarina) suggest a possible predator/prey relationship. Other possible predators include American kestrels (Falco sparverius), white-tailed kites (Elanus leucurus), sharp-shinned hawks (Accipiter striatus), and Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii). Snakes are probably important predators of eggs and nestlings, as they are in other Aimophila species.
Known Predators:
- Domestic cats (Felis silvestris)
Anti-predator Adaptations: cryptic
General Ecology
Estimated average territory size in southern California hard chaparral was about 1.5 hectares (Cody 1974).
Life History and Behavior
Rufous-crowned sparrows have voices that have been described as "hoarse" and their call is a descending succession of staccato notes. This call, described by Collins (1999) as the Primary Song, is probably used by males to announce their territory and to attract a female mate. Rufous-crowned sparrows sing at a lower pitch during the nonbreeding season. Visual signs such as posture and vocal calls are used by the birds at specified times for several purposes. For example, males use a certain call when chasing intruders from their territory. Both males and females use vocal calls to give predator warnings. Warning calls are often nasal noises described as sounding like "dear." Aggressive sounds and postures are used during competition over territory between two males. Mates also sing songs to one another in order to recognize each other or to strengthen the pair's relationship.
Communication Channels: visual ; acoustic
Other Communication Modes: duets ; choruses
Perception Channels: visual ; tactile ; acoustic ; chemical
Life Expectancy
The longest recorded lifespan for a rufous-crowned sparrow is 3 years and 2 months.
Range lifespan
Status: wild: 3.2 (high) years.
Average lifespan
Status: wild: 38 months.
Lifespan, longevity, and ageing
These birds find a mate in the spring and stay with the same mate through the winter and often through following mating seasons. Males attract a mate by singing from a visible perch or while flying. The mates sing duets together and to each other when they reunite in their territory. These songs are used for recognition and to strengthen the bond between them. Males are territorial during mating season, are not exceptionally aggressive in protecting their territory.
Mating System: monogamous
Reproduction varies by region and year-to-year with weather changes. For example, rainy weather seems to act as a cue for nesting, so nesting begins in early summer in Mexico, but much earlier in California, where rains begin earlier. The dates when eggs are laid also vary by region. Birds in California lay eggs earlier (Mar 11- Jul 10) than those in Texas (Apr 4- Sept 26). In some parts of their range, rufous-crowned sparrows nest twice per year based on rain patterns. It seems that these sparrows breed only when food is available (dependent on rainfall), which could result in increased survivorship of young.
Only female sparrows build nests. Nests are constructed of grass, bark, twigs, and hair, and are usually built in a shallow concavity in the ground. Once the eggs are laid, the female incubates until hatching. The young are altricial when hatched, and both parents help to find food and feed the hatchlings.
When the young birds leave the nest, they are as yet unable to fly and they continue to depend on their parents for food. The amount of time the fledglings are dependent on their parents is unknown, but they may not become independent until winter. The age of sexual reproductive maturity is also unknown, but it is assumed that the birds are over one year old before they reproduce.
Rufous-crowned sparrows tend to return to the same breeding ground year after year once a territory is chosen as an adult.
Breeding interval: Rufous-crowned sparrows may breed once or twice yearly depending on rain cycles.
Breeding season: Breeding can occur from early spring to early fall.
Range eggs per season: 2 to 5.
Range time to hatching: 11 to 13 days.
Range fledging age: 8 to 9 days.
Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female): 1 years.
Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male): 1 years.
Key Reproductive Features: iteroparous ; seasonal breeding ; gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual ; oviparous
Average eggs per season: 3.
Females incubate eggs for 11 to 13 days. They stay with the eggs except when foraging, at which time the male sparrow sometimes joins her. Females will abandon the nest easily if it is disturbed, and will not attack intruders. However, females do attempt to ward off those who come too close to the nest by flapping her wings and making loud noises.
Once the eggs hatch, the female is the exclusive brooder. Both male and female sparrows find food for the young. They will feed the offspring for an unknown period of time, even after the young leave the nest.
Parental Investment: altricial ; pre-fertilization (Provisioning, Protecting: Female); pre-hatching/birth (Provisioning: Female, Protecting: Female); pre-weaning/fledging (Provisioning: Male, Female, Protecting: Female); pre-independence (Provisioning: Male, Female); post-independence association with parents; extended period of juvenile learning
- Collins, P. 1999. Rufous-crowned Sparrow. Pp. No.472, 1-28 in A Poole, P Stettenheim, K Kaufman, L Bevier, eds. The Birds of North America, Vol. 12, 1 Edition. Philadelphia, PA: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
- Ehrlich, P., D. Dobkin, D. Wheye. 1988. The Birder's Handbook. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc..
- Morrison, S., D. Bolger, T. Sillett. 2004. Annual Survivorship of the Sedentary Rufous-Crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps): No Detectable Effects of Edge or Rainfall in Southern California. The Auk, Vol.121: 904-916. Accessed November 11, 2006 at http://0-www.bioone.org.ariadne.kzoo.edu/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1642%2F0004-8038%282004%29121%5B0904%3AASOTSR%5D2.0.CO%3B2.
Clutch size is 2-5 (usually 3-4). Incubation is by female. Altricial nestlings are tended by both parents.
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Barcode data: Aimophila ruficeps
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Aimophila ruficeps
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
Although rufous-crowned sparrows are not considered endangered or threatened, loss of habitat through human expansion has limited their range and may affect populations.
US Migratory Bird Act: protected
US Federal List: no special status
CITES: no special status
State of Michigan List: no special status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: least concern
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
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National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
There are no known adverse effects of Aimophila ruficeps on humans.
These birds help to control insect populations through their feeding habits.
Positive Impacts: controls pest population
Rufous-crowned sparrow
The rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) is a smallish American sparrow. This passerine is primarily found across the Southwestern United States and much of the interior of Mexico, south to the transverse mountain range, and to the Pacific coast to the southwest of the transverse range. Its distribution is patchy, with populations often being isolated from each other. Twelve subspecies are generally recognized, though up to eighteen have been suggested. This bird has a brown back with darker streaks and gray underparts. The crown is rufous, and the face and supercilium are gray with a brown or rufous streak extending from each eye and a thick black malar streak.
These sparrows feed primarily on seeds in the winter and insects in the spring and summer. The birds are often territorial, with males guarding their territory through song and displays. Flight is awkward for this species, which prefers to hop along the ground for locomotion. They are monogamous and breed during spring. Two to five eggs are laid in the bird's nest, which is cup-shaped and well hidden. Adult sparrows are preyed upon by house cats and small raptors, while young may be taken by a range of mammals and reptiles. They have been known to live for up to three years, two months. Although the species has been classified as least concern, or unthreatened with extinction, some subspecies are threatened by habitat destruction and one may be extinct.
This bird belongs to the family Emberizidae, which consists of the American sparrows and Eurasian buntings. The American sparrows are seed-eating New World birds with conical bills, brown or gray plumage, and distinctive head patterns. Birds in the genus Aimophila tend to be medium-sized at 5 to 8 inches (13 to 20 cm) in length, live in arid scrubland, have long bills and tails in proportion to their body size as well as short, rounded wings, and build cup-shaped nests.[4][5]
The rufous-crowned sparrow was described in 1852 by American ornithologist John Cassin as Ammodramus ruficeps.[2] It has also been described as belonging to the genus Peucaea, which contains several sparrows in the genus Aimophila that share characteristics, such as a larger bill and a patch of yellow under the bend of the wing, that other members of the genus do not.[3][6] However, splitting the Peucaea sparrows into a separate genus is not generally recognized.[2][7] A 2008 phylogenetic analysis of the genus Aimophila divided it into four genera, with the rufous-crowned sparrow and its two closest relatives, the Oaxaca sparrow and rusty sparrow, being maintained as the genus Aimophila.[8] In addition, this study suggested that the rufous-crowned sparrow may be more closely related to the brown towhees of the genus Pipilo than the other members of the historical genus Aimophila.[8]
The derivation of the current genus name, Aimophila, is from the Greek aimos/ἀιμος, meaning "thicket", and -philos/-φιλος, meaning "loving".[9] The specific epithet is a literal derivation of the common name, derived from the Latin rufus, meaning "reddish" or "tawny", and -ceps, from caput, meaning "head".[10] The bird is also occasionally referred to colloquially as the rock sparrow because of its preference for rocky slopes.[11]
Twelve subspecies are generally recognized,[2] although sometimes up to eighteen are named.[7]
- A. r. ruficeps, the nominate subspecies, was described by Cassin in 1852.[12] It is found in the coastal ranges of California and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.[13] This subspecies is darker and noticeably smaller than A. r. eremoeca and has distinct rufous-brown streaking on its upperparts.[2]
- A. r. canescens was described by American ornithologist W.E. Clyde Todd in 1922,[12] and it is found in southwestern California and northeast Baja California as far east as the base of the San Pedro Martir.[13] While the species itself is listed as of least concern, this subspecies is listed as a "species of special concern" by the California Department of Fish and Game, signifying that this population is threatened with extinction.[11] It appears to be extremely similar to A. r. ruficeps but is darker.[2]
- A. r. obscura, described by Donald R. Dickey and Adriaan van Rossem in 1923,[12] is found in the Channel Islands of California on Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and formerly on Santa Catalina.[13][11] While the Santa Catalina population has not been observed since 1863, the subspecies seems to have colonized Anacapa Island.[11] No records exist of them before 1940.[14] This subspecies is similar to A. r. canescens but is darker.[2]
- A. r. sanctorum was described by van Rossem in 1947.[12] It was found on the Todos Santos Islands off the coast of northwest Baja California.[13][15] This subspecies is believed to be extinct.[16][11] This is the darkest of the coastal subspecies, especially on its underbelly.[2]
- A. r. sororia was described by Robert Ridgway in 1898,[12] and is found in the mountains of southern Baja California, specifically the Sierra de la Laguna.[13] It is the palest of the coastal subspecies.[2]
- A. r. scottii, described by George Sennett in 1888,[12] is found from northern Arizona to New Mexico south to northeastern Sonora and northwestern Coahuila.[13] It appears to be a darker gray than A. r. eremoeca and has narrower and darker rufous streaks on its breast.[2]
- A. r. rupicola was described by van Rossem in 1946.[12] It is found in the mountains of southwestern Arizona.[13] It is similar in appearance to A. r. scottii but is darker and grayer on its back.[2]
- A. r. simulans was described by van Rossem in 1934,[12] and it is found in northwestern Mexico from southeastern Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua to Nayarit and northern Jalisco.[13] It has more rufous coloration on its back and is paler on its underbelly than A. r. scottii.[2]
- A. r. eremoeca was described by N. C. Brown in 1882.[12] It is found from southeastern Colorado to New Mexico, Texas, northern Chihuahua, and central Coahuila.[13] It has grayish upperparts and a dark breast.[2]
- A. r. fusca, described by Edward William Nelson in 1897,[12] is found in western Mexico from southern Nayarit to southwestern Jalisco, northern Colima, and Michoacan.[13] It is darker and more rufous on its upperparts than A. r. australis. It also possesses a darker rufous crown which does not show a gray stripe down the middle.[2]
- A. r. boucardi was described by Philip Sclater in 1867,[12] and it is found in eastern Mexico from southern Coahuila to San Luis Potosí, northern Puebla, and southern Oaxaca.[13] This subspecies is darker than A. r. eremoeca and has dull brown, not rufous, streaking on the chest.[2]
- A. r. australis, described by Edward William Nelson in 1897,[12] occurs in southern Mexico from Guerrero to southern Puebla and Oaxaca.[13] A. r. scottii is similar in appearance, but this subspecies is smaller and has a shorter bill.[2]
The other six subspecies that are occasionally recognized are A. r. extima and A. r. pallidissima, which were described by A. R. Phillips in 1966, A. r. phillipsi, which was described by J.P. Hubbard and Crossin in 1974, and A. r. duponti, A. r. laybournae, and A. r. suttoni, which were described by J.P. Hubbard in 1975.[7]
The rufous-crowned sparrow is a smallish sparrow at 5.25 inches (13.3 cm) in length, with males tending to be larger than females.[2][5][12] It ranges from 15 to 23 g (0.53 to 0.81 oz) in weight and averages about 19 g (0.67 oz).[5] It has a brown back with darker streaks and gray underparts. Its wings are short, rounded, and brown and lack wingbars, or a line of feathers of a contrasting color in the middle of the bird's wing. The sparrow's tail is long, brown, and rounded. The face and supercilium (the area above the eye) are gray with a brown or rufous streak extending from each eye and a thick black streak on each cheek.[12] The crown ranges from rufous to chestnut, a feature which gives it its common name, and some subspecies have a gray streak running through the center of the crown.[4][2] The bill is yellow and cone-shaped.[12] The sparrow's throat is white with a dark stripe. Its legs and feet are pink-gray.[2] Both sexes are similar in appearance, but the juvenile rufous-crowned sparrow has a brown crown and numerous streaks on its breast and flanks during the spring and autumn.[12]
The song is a short, fast, bubbling series of chip notes that can accelerate near the end, and the calls include a nasal chur and a thin tsi.[2] When threatened or separated from its mate, the sparrow makes a dear-dear-dear call.[17]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This bird is found in the southwestern United States and Mexico from sea level up to 9,800 feet (3,000 m), though it tends to be found between 3,000 and 6,000 feet (910 and 1,830 m).[2][11] It lives in California, southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, Texas, and central Oklahoma south along Baja California and in western Mexico to southern Puebla and Oaxaca. In the midwestern United States, the sparrow is found as far east as a small part of western Arkansas, and also in a small region of northeastern Kansas, its most northeastern habitat. The range of this species is discontinuous and is made up of many small, isolated populations.[11] The rufous-crowned sparrow is a non-migratory species, though the mountain subspecies are known to descend to lower elevations during severe winters.[11] Male sparrows maintain and defend their territories throughout the year.[11]
This sparrow is found in open oak woodlands and dry uplands with grassy vegetation and bushes. It is often found near rocky outcroppings. The species is also known from coastal scrublands and chaparral areas.[2] The rufous-crowned sparrow thrives in open areas cleared by burning.[11]
Ecology and behavior[edit]
The average territory size of rufous-crowned sparrows in the chaparral of California ranges from 2 acres (0.81 ha) to 4 acres (1.6 ha).[11] The density of territories varies by habitat, including 2.5 to 5.8 territories per 99 acres (40 ha) of three- to five-year-old burned chaparral to 3.9 to 6.9 territories for the same amount of coastal scrubland.[11] One pair tends to be supported by a territory, although birds without a mate have been seen sharing a territory with a mated pair.[11]
This sparrow is awkward in flight and primarily uses running and hopping to move.[5] The rufous-crowned sparrow will at times forage in pairs during the breeding season, and in family-sized flocks in late summer and early autumn. During the winter they can occasionally be found in loose mixed-species foraging flocks.[11]
Predators of adult sparrows include house cats and small raptors like Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawks, American kestrels, and white-tailed kites.[18] The nests may be raided by a range of species including mammals and reptiles such as snakes, though nest predation has not yet been directly observed, and nesting sparrows have been observed using three kinds of displays to distract potential predators; the rodent run, the broken wing, and the tumbling off the bush.[11] Birds adopt a rodent run display to distract predators. The head, neck and tail are lowered, wings held out, and feathers fluffed as the bird runs rapidly and voices a continuous alarm call.[19][20] In the broken wing display, the sparrow imitates having a broken wing by dropping one to the ground and hopping away from the nest, leading the predator away until the bird ceases the act and escapes the predator.[21] The adult rufous-crowned sparrow distracts a nest predator by falling from the top of a bush to attract the predator to itself in the tumbling off the bush display.[22]
The longest lifespan recorded for a rufous-crowned sparrow is three years, two months.[5] Two species of tick, Amblyomma americanum and Ixodes pacificus, are known to parasitize the sparrow.[5]
This sparrow feeds primarily on small grass and forb seeds, fresh grass stems, and tender plant shoots during autumn and winter.[11] During these seasons, insects such as ants, grasshoppers, ground beetles, and scale insects as well as spiders make up a small part of its diet. In the spring and summer, the bird's diet includes a greater quantity and variety of insects.[17]
The rufous-crowned sparrow forages slowly on or near the ground by walking or hopping under shrubs or dense grasses.[11] Though it occasionally forages in weedy areas, it is almost never observed foraging in the open. It has occasionally been observed feeding in branches and low shrubs.[17] During the breeding season, it gleans its food from grasses and low shrubs.[11] However, normally the species obtains its food by either pecking or less frequently scratching at leaf litter. This bird tends to forage in a small family group and in a limited area.[17]
It is unknown whether this species obtains all of the water it needs from its food or if it must also drink; however, it has been observed both drinking and bathing in pools of water after rain storms.[11]
The rufous-crowned sparrow breeds in sparsely vegetated scrubland. Males attract a mate by singing from regular positions at the edge of their territories throughout the breeding season. These birds are monogamous, taking only one mate at a time, and pairs often remain together for several years.[11] If singing males come within contact of each other, they may initially raise their crowns and face the ground to display this feature; if that fails to make the other bird leave, they stiffen their body, droop their wings, raise their tails, and stick their head straight out.[11] Males guard their territories year-round.[11]
While it is not known when precisely the breeding season starts, the earliest that a sparrow has been observed carrying nesting material was on March 2 in southern California.[11] The female bird builds a bulky, thick-walled open-cup nest typically on the ground, though occasionally in a low bush up to 18 in (46 cm) above it, from dried grasses and rootlets, sometimes with strips of bark, small twigs, and weed stems.[5][11] Nests are well hidden, as they are built near bushes or tall grasses or overhanging rock with concealing vegetation.[11] Once a sparrow chooses a nesting site, it tends to return to the site for many years.[11] It lays between two and five eggs at a time and typically only raises one brood a year, though some birds in California have been observed raising two or even three broods a year.[11][12] In case of a nesting failure, replacement clutches may be laid.[11] The eggs are an unmarked, pale bluish-white.[17] Broods of the rufous-crowned sparrow have very occasionally been observed to be parasitized by the brown-headed cowbird.[11][23]
Incubation of the eggs lasts 11 to 13 days and is performed solely by the female. The hatchlings are naked and quills do not begin to show until the third day. Only females brood the nestlings, though both parents may bring whole insects to their young. When a young rufous-crowned sparrow leaves the nest after eight or nine days, it is still incapable of flight, though it can run through the underbrush; during this time it is still fed by the parents. Juveniles tend to leave their parent's territory and move into adjacent habitat in autumn or early winter. Reproductive success varies strongly with annual rainfall and is highest in wet El Niño years, since cool rainy weather reduces the activity of snakes, the main predator of the sparrow's nests.[24]
The rufous-crowned sparrow is treated as a species of least concern, or not threatened with extinction, by BirdLife International due to its large geographical range of about 463,323 sq mi (1,200,000 km2), estimated population of 2.4 million individuals, and lack of a 30% population decline over the last ten years.[25] In years without sufficient rains, many birds fail to breed and those that do produce fewer offspring.[26][18] Some of the local populations of this bird are threatened and declining in number.[11] The island subspecies and populations have declined in some cases: A. r. sanctorum of the Todos Santos Islands is believed to be extinct,[16] and the populations on Santa Catalina Island and Baja California's Islas de San Martin have not been observed since the early 1900s.[11] Populations of the species in southern California are also becoming more restricted in range because of urbanization and agricultural development in the region. Additionally, the sparrow is known to have been poisoned by the rodenticide warfarin, though more research is needed to determine the effects of pesticides on the rufous-crowned sparrow.[11]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Aimophila ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Byers, Clive; Curson, Jon; Olsson, Urban (1995). Sparrows and Buntings: A Guide to the Sparrows and Buntings of North America and the World. Pica Press. pp. 296–297. ISBN 1-873403-19-4.
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- ^ a b c d e f g Omari, Amel; Fraser, Ann (2007). "Aimophila ruficeps". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ Wolf, Larry L. (1977). Species relationships in the avian genus Aimophila. Ornithological Monographs (23). American Ornithologists' Union.
- ^ a b c "ITIS Standard Report Page: Aimophila ruficeps". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ a b DaCosta, Jeffrey M.; Spellman, Garth M.; Escalante, Patricia; Klicka, John (2009). "A molecular systematic review of two historically problematic songbird clades: Aimophila and Pipilo". Journal of Avian Biology (Copenhagen: Munksgaard International) 40 (2): 206–216. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04514.x.
- ^ Holloway, J.E. (2003). Dictionary of Birds of the United States: Scientific and Common Names. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-88192-600-0.
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- ^ Rowley, Ian (1962). "'Rodent-run' distraction display by a passerine, the Superb Blue Wren Malurus cyaneus (L.)". Behaviour 19: 170–176. doi:10.1163/156853961X00240.
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- ^ Miles, D.B. (1986). "A record of Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater nest parasitism of Rufous-crowned Sparrows Aimophila ruficeps". Southwestern Naturalist 31 (2): 253–254. doi:10.2307/3670570. JSTOR 3670570.
- ^ Morrison, Scott A.; Bolger, Douglas T. (November 2002). "Variation in a sparrow's reproductive success with rainfall: food and predator-mediated processes". Oecologia 133 (3): 315–324. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1040-3.
- ^ "Species factsheet: Aimophila ruficeps". BirdLife International. 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
- ^ Bolger, Douglas T.; Patten, Michael A.; Bostock, David C. (2005). "Avian reproductive failure in response to an extreme climatic event". Oecologia 142 (3): 398–406. doi:10.1007/s00442-004-1734-9. PMID 15549403. Archived from the original on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
Further reading[edit]
- Baptista, L.F. (1973). "Leaf bathing in three species of emberizines". Wilson Bulletin 85 (3): 346–347.
- Behle, W.H. (1976). "Mojave Desert avifauna in the Virgin River Valley of Utah Nevada and Arizona USA". Condor 78 (1): 40–48. doi:10.2307/1366914. JSTOR 1366914.
- Bolger, D.T. (2002). "Habitat fragmentation effects on birds in southern California: Contrast to the "top-down" paradigm". Studies in Avian Biology 25: 141–157.
- Bolger, D.T.; Patten, M.A.; Bostock, D.C. (2005). "Avian reproductive failure in response to an extreme climatic event". Oecologia 142 (3): 398–406. doi:10.1007/s00442-004-1734-9. PMID 15549403.
- Bolger, D.T.; Scott, T.A.; Rotenberry, J.T. (1997). "Breeding bird abundance in an urbanizing landscape in coastal Southern California". Conservation Biology 11 (2): 406–421. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96307.x.
- Borror, D.J. (1971). "Songs of Aimophila sparrows occurring in the United States". Wilson Bulletin 83 (2): 132–151.
- Carson, R.J.; Spicer, G.S. (2003). "A phylogenetic analysis of the emberizid sparrows based on three mitochondrial genes". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 29 (1): 43–57. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00110-6.
- Deviche, P.; McGraw, K.; Greiner, E.C. (2005). "Interspecific differences in hematozoan infection in Sonoran desert Aimophila sparrows". Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41 (3): 532–541. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-41.3.532. PMID 16244063.
- Groschupf, K.D. (1983). Comparative study of the vocalizations and singing behavior of four Aimophila sparrows (Ph.D. thesis). Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
- Hardy, J.W. (1980). "The Oaxaca Sparrow Aimophila notosticta has a chatter vocalization". Condor 82 (1): 111. doi:10.2307/1366802. JSTOR 1366802.
- Hubbard, J.P. (1975). "Geographic variation in non-California populations of the Rufous Crowned Sparrow". Nemouria 15: 1–28.
- Morrison, S.A. (2001). Demography of a fragmentation-sensitive songbird: Edge and ENSO effects (Ph.D. thesis). Dartmouth College.
- Morrison, S.A.; Bolger, D.T. (2002). "Lack of an urban edge effect on reproduction in a fragmentation-sensitive sparrow". Ecological Applications 12 (2): 398–411. doi:10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0398:LOAUEE]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1051-0761.
- Morrison, S.A.; Bolger, D.T. (2002). "Variation in a sparrow's reproductive success with rainfall: Food and predator-mediated processes". Oecologia 133 (3): 315–324. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1040-3.
- Morrison, S.A.; Bolger, D.T.; Sillett, T.S. (2004). "Annual survivorship of the sedentary Rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps): No detectable effects of edge or rainfall in southern California". Auk 121 (3): 904–916. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0904:ASOTSR]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0004-8038.
- Parker, S.A.; Stotz, D. (1977). "An observation on the foraging behavior of the Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi willardi (Serpentes: Crotalidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 13 (2): 123.
- Patten, M.A.; Bolger, D.T. (2003). "Variation in top-down control of avian reproductive success across a fragmentation gradient". Oikos 101 (3): 479–488. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12515.x.
- Pulliam, H.R.; Mills, G.S. (1977). "The use of space by wintering sparrows". Ecology 58 (6): 1393–1399. doi:10.2307/1935091. JSTOR 1935091.
- Remsen, J.V.J.; Cardiff, S. (1979). "First Records of the Race scottii of the Rufous-crowned Sparrow in California". Western Birds 10 (1): 45–46.
- Spicer, G.S. (1977). "Two new nasal mites of the genus Ptilonyssus Mesostigmata Rhinonyssidae from Texas USA". Acarologia 18 (4): 594–601.
- Wimer, M.C. (1995). Song variation in insular and mainland Rufous-crowned Sparrows (M.S. thesis). Long Beach, California: California State University, Long Beach.


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Rated 5 / 5 stars
I wanted to combine Plutonium and a car...
But I didn't get a DeLorian... strange...
Lol great game nonetheless. Loved it.
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Rated 3 / 5 stars
Fun, addictive, but
As soon as you get to the 'censored' elements, you really can't continue, because you don't even know what you're playing with. How can you complete the game if you have a whole group of blank elements? The censored group is the only reason this doesn't get a 9 or 10.
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Cyborg quote
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Truely Epic..... :)
I have played the first Doodle God Game, and said to myself "Oh Yeah, I have completed it" Obviously I was happy at that time, basically me and many others have completed the first game and would see it as an impossible achievement. Any how I logged on to Newgrounds and click on 'Flash Portal' and was amazed to see Doodle God 2, and I said "Wow the story continues"
Overall Awesome game, this a lot more challenging than the first Doodle God, I'm actually impressed with the type of difficultly that you have chosen for Doodle God 2
I haven't completed it yet but I will get around into completing it soon.
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At the conclusion of the presentation, we were given two free gifts for driving 3 hours to attend the sales presentation. The first gift was $25.00 in gasoline certificates. The second was a free 2-night stay at our choice of 6 different resorts.
We completed the certificate, Serial No. 03396935 for the coupons like the instructions stated. That was in September 2003 and haven't heard a thing. We do not even get a response to letters or phone calls.
Next we selected a resort and submitted 3 sets of dates for the free vacation (also submitted a $50.00 deposit). About 4 week later we were told that the dates were not available. We submitted new dates, same story not available. This was done 5 times. When we asked what dates were available, we were told that that was not the way it was done. If we continued this procedure, we would have run out of time and they would not return our deposit. We asked for the deposit back. They were very rude on the phone when we did not want to play anymore. We did receive our deposit in 3 weeks. It just is a simple ripoff and no one gets the vacation or the gas.
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"... if you give the player the ability to create a certain type of character, make sure that you honor the player's character build. What I mean by that is, if you give a character to option to dump 500 points into speech, make sure that they have an experience that's very cool and is appropriate for a speech based character. The same thing is true if you're a stupid combat monster; if you're a sneaky thief who no one ever sees... If you're allowing the players to build a character like that with the rule set, then make sure your content supports that experience."An American video game designer and writer, Chris Avellone started out with Interplay Entertainment, working on such titles as Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment and the Icewind Dale series. He left Interplay after the cancellation of Fallout: Van Buren, heading over to Obsidian Entertainment. His first work there was Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, followed by Neverwinter Nights 2 and action RPG Alpha Protocol. He then returned to the Fallout series with Fallout: New Vegas, on which he is a senior designer and was heavily involved in the development of the DLC campaigns. He also starred in Season 2 of a fan project called Fallout: Nuka Break, which contained numerous nods to the original two Fallouts.He has then gone on to be involved in several Kickstarter games, including Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity, inXile Entertainment's Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera and even became "special guest writer" for FTL: Faster Than Light: Advanced Edition. He left Obsidian in June 2015—apparently, to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was Divinity: Original Sin II. He then returned to the industry with Prey (2017)Avellone is noted for subverting trends in RPGs that he often finds particularly infuriating. In Planescape: Torment, he took his dislike of the Goomba tendencies of rats and utilized cranium rats, which are somewhat troublesome when encountered in large numbers. In Knights of the Old Republic II, he took his dislike of the way that the Force is often portrayed and used it to create a character that sought, for better or worse, to kill the Force entirely. He is also noted for making established game mechanics part of the story. In KotOR2, your player character was described as being able to gain power through the Force by killing others, involving the Experience Points system directly in the story. In Planescape: Torment, the Nameless One's immortality made death not a liability, but an advantage, allowing the player to circumvent some death traps by simply dying, and reviving later once they had been removed from the death trap. He is also known for having a very extreme aversion to traditional romances, preferring ones that are somewhat tragic or unrequited.
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- Author Appeal: He seems to have a thing for mute girls such as Christine Royce and Sis for the non-verbal communication factor. Ecco, one of Fall-From-Grace's students, from Planescape: Torment is also mute. Non-traditional communication in general is a great mainstay of his, particularly when he's allowed to run away with a primarily text-based game.
- Character Filibuster: Kreia was the biggest culprit — the game would routinely create situations where she would be able to lecture and criticize the player's actions no matter what they said or did. In future games, he toned it down, and the player is able to tell a character like this that he or she is full of shit. He brought it back in full force with Ulysses - the result was, however, not entirely intentional, as he was cut as a companion. He will never acknowledge the flaws of his views, even if you convince him to stop his plan. And even if you manage to stop it, you end up proving his point.
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- Author Avatar: He has gone on record saying that he does characters like Kreia and Ulysses to convey his personal opinions on their settings. Interestingly, this doesn't stop him from claiming they are wrong.
- Deadpan Snarker: After the successful funding of Torment: Tides of Numenera, Chris took to introducing himself as "writer, video game designer, and occasional Kickstarter stretch goal".
- Doing It for the Art: Every one of his games is dripping with lovingly-crafted and thought-out detail.
- Deconstructor Fleet: As a side-effect of his obsessively detailed research, he learns virtually everything about a given universe that doesn't hold up under close scrutiny. And he will dig into the weakness and rip it to shreds.
- No Hugging, No Kissing: He is known to dislike writing traditional romance in his games, stating that he prefers romances that end poorly, or other forms of intra-personal relationships, because they hold more interest to him as an author. A joke stretch goal on one of Obsidian's Kickstarters was to prevent Avellone writing anything for the romantic sub-plots.
- Obvious Beta: The sheer amount of effort he puts into games means that publishers tend to release them before he gets a chance to finish them. Unpolished games have even become one of Obsidian's trademarks.


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