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Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder, who was forced to miss the team's playoff loss to the Packers last season in Green Bay because of a deeply bruised throwing triceps, was throwing well and with plenty of velocity in team drills last week at Winter Park.
"It feels good; there are no aftereffects," Ponder said of his arm.
Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, who has just two home runs this season, put in an extensive workout last week hitting the ball off a tee under the direction of batting coach Tom Brunansky. The purpose of the drill?
"Seeing the ball off the bat," Morneau said. "Watching the backspin gives you a pretty good idea of what the ball's doing, what the flight of the ball is, whether it's hooking or slicing or whether it has true backspin.
"The goal is true backspin because those are the ones that carry for home runs."
The Vikings' Leslie Frazier and possibly the Steelers' Mike Tomlin -- opposing coaches for a Sept. 29 regular-season game in London -- will spend a weekend with NFL analyst Tony Dungy and other coaches at Lake Mille Lacs in three weeks during a retreat that includes competitive fishing.
Don't be surprised if it's announced next week that LPGA hall of famers Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez, for a first time on the Champions Tour, compete in a legends event at the 3M Championship in August at the TPC in Blaine. Another hall of famer, TV golf analyst Johnny Miller, also is expected to participate.
The Vikings' Erin Henderson on why he's comfortable moving from weak-side linebacker to middle linebacker: "I know what it's like when the Dome's getting jumping on third down and how loud it can be and what you have to do to make sure that everybody is where they're supposed to be."
Henderson will gets lots of attention to see whether he can handle the new position.
"I felt like people were always watching me, whether they were or not," he said. "Will there be a little more scrutiny? Of course.
Gophers-bound Louie Nanne, a Wild draft pick and "A" student who accelerated his senior school year at Edina High and starred for the Penticton Vees in the British Columbia Hockey League, is back to participate in graduation ceremonies next week.
Vikings wide receivers coach George Stewart said his corps is benefiting from having transformed QB Joe Webb in meetings.
"Because he tells us the quarterback reads, what the quarterback sees, and that's big for our receivers," Stewart said.
Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor, who has chatted with oft-injured star Kevin Love, said, "He's working very hard on his physical things, and mentally he's very upbeat."
Plans are for the Howard Pulley pro-am summer basketball league, which features new and returning Gophers players, to begin June 29 at the High Performance Academy in Eagan. Except for a couple of Saturdays, the league will have two games a day beginning at 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.
Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders, a former Gophers point guard, on point guard Ricky Rubio: "Ricky has leadership ability. Point guards are not made -- they're delivered from heaven."
Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher has been in Toronto interviewing draft prospects.
Kyle Gibson, 25, should be ready one of these months for his major league debut, but Twins GM Terry Ryan remains conservative on the right-handed starter who is 4-5 with a 2.82 earned-run average at Triple-A Rochester.
"He's been good and he's been bad, and he's been good and he's been bad. He's been good, bad, good, then good," Ryan said.
Gibson was bad in his most recent start. So what if Gibson is good again in his next start?
"I hope that's the case," Ryan said. "We've always said, 'Go ahead and put some pressure on us.' "
At the least, promoting Gibson could manufacture fan interest.
"Not unless he's ready," Ryan said. "The worst thing you can do for the kid is bring him up here, and he has a tough outing, and the fan base would sour on him so quick. I don't want that to happen.
"So when we bring him up, you're hoping that he's ready and that he can contribute for the better part of this season instead of bringing him up just so we can showcase a guy who we have high hopes for."
Ryan, a former minor league pitcher, when asked why Samuel Deduno's fastball moves as much as it does, said: "He's got a good, loose wrist, I can tell you that. He's got some kind of stuff. If he can just ever corral it."
Ex-Viking Percy Harvin, making the sports memorabilia circuit now that he's with the Seattle Seahawks, was to appear in Mill Creek, Wash., on Saturday to sign footballs at $89 each.
Local financial adviser and former Notre Dame football player Leo Collins was in South Bend, Ind., for his alma mater's spring game and retired coach Ara Parseghian's 90th birthday.
"The last thing Ara said was, 'I want to make sure each and every one of you promise to be back here in 10 years when I celebrate my 100th,' " Collins said.
Basketball hall of famer and former Minneapolis Lakers and Gophers coach Johnny Kundla turns 97 on July 3.
Bert Blyleven's son Todd, a former minor league pitcher and major league scout, is the new product marketing manager for Shock Doctor Sports, a mouthguard firm based in Minnetonka.
Ex-Gophers QB and Park Center football coach Rickey Foggie's golf fundraiser is June 8 at Brookland Golf Park.
Lakeville North's J.P. Macura, who is at Butler's summer camp this weekend, was to attend Saturday's Miami Heat-Indiana Pacers game in Indianapolis. The 6-foot-4 shooting guard reportedly has offers from Butler, Kansas State and Boston College.
Former Gopher and Hobey Baker winner Brian Bonin, 39, is selling medical immunization devices in the Twin Cities.
Gophers volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon's first recruiting class, which includes 6-1 Kalei Mau from Hawaii, is No. 3 in the nation, behind only Nebraska and Southern California, according to PrepVolleyball.com.
That was 6-3, 225-pound senior Adam Westling of Heritage Christian Academy blasting a 390-yard drive to reach the 18th green at Victory Links, finishing birdie-birdie-birdie to make the cut for the June 11 Minnesota Class A high school golf tournament to be held at Pebble Creek.
Local author Rick Shefchik will teach a one-day class, "From Fields to Fairways: Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota," on July 16 through the University of Minnesota's College of Continuing Education. The class includes a bus trip to assorted historical courses. For more information, email@example.com.
Because Derrick Williams will have to play behind either Kevin Love or Andrei Kirilenko next season, he's expected to be the Timberwolves' main chip in trade talks this month.
Williams turned 22 on May 25. It wouldn't be surprising if the Wolves packaged the 6-8, 240-pounder with their No. 9 overall pick in the NBA draft to move up to take shooting guard Victor Oladipo from Indiana.
Kirilenko, by the way, has not given the Wolves any indication that he plans to use an escape clause in his contract.
Wolves owner Glen Taylor has bought out six of his 12 limited partners, who received a nice return on their investments.
The Twins have several young prospects in the minor leagues considered among the best in baseball. Byron Buxton, 19, and Miguel Sano, 20, for example.
General manager Terry Ryan won't project when fans can expect to see them in the major leagues, though.
"Eventually, I think they both have a chance," Ryan said.
How soon, though?
"They'll dictate that," Ryan said. "There's no sense in putting a time frame on a kid like that. I don't think it's healthy in any shape or form."
Ryan was asked if he would like to see Buxton and Sano -- both excelling at Class A -- play at another level this season.
"If they're ready for it," he said.
That would seem before long. Through 51 games at Cedar Rapids in the Midwest League, Buxton, an outfielder, has 54 runs scored, 11 doubles, five triples, seven home runs and 39 runs batted in. He is batting .337.
Through 50 games at accelerated Fort Myers in the Florida State League, Sano, a third baseman, has 44 runs scored, 14 doubles, two triples, 13 homers and 41 RBIs. He is batting .339.
Two NBA teams have inquired about ex-Wolves assistant Eric Musselman as an assistant, but after Arizona State gave him a new title and nice pay raise, he said no thanks.
The Twins are bringing Tampa, Fla., high school shortstop Tucker Neuhaus, son of former Bethel University baseball coach Ken Neuhaus, to Target Field for a predraft workout Monday.
The Big Ten Network is working on features on former Gophers Dave Winfield and Brock Lesnar.
The Gophers rank 70th of 125 major college football teams, according to Lindy's sports magazine, which points out that two of Minnesota's victories last season -- Purdue and Illinois -- are off the 2013 schedule. On the schedule is San Jose State, which finished 11-2 last season and is ranked No. 42 by Lindy's.
Tom Cross was head football coach at Concordia-St. Paul and hired Curtis "Boo Boo" Rouse as an assistant after the popular offensive lineman had been released by the Vikings. Cross said Rouse, who died at age 52 last month, was a "fabulous" person.
"Boo Boo lived in Burnsville, and one day he's driving on Highway 35 to Concordia and he's going to be late for practice," Cross recalled. "So he's speeding like crazy up (Interstate) 35. He gets pulled over by a highway patrol cop, who comes up to him and says, 'You're in a big hurry.' And Boo Boo says, 'Yeah, I'm coaching at Concordia-St. Paul.'
"And the patrol cop says, 'Oh, really. My son plays for Concordia-St. Paul.' Without even flashing an eye, Boo Boo goes, 'He's starting, he's starting.' "
Legendary St. John's football coach John Gagliardi, who keeps getting lifetime achievement awards even though he's retired, asked what he does with all the hardware: "I think my wife stores it. I'll let the heirs take care of it."
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As observers of a meteor that crashed in Russia's Chelyabinsk region today can attest, near-earth objects that enter the earth's atmosphere can wreak destruction. But these objects, which also include comets and asteroids, also provide clues to the solar system's origins and could someday serve as stepping-stones to space exploration. In this podcast, Manager of NASA's Near-Earth Objects program, Donald Yeomans, discusses the ongoing quest to find near-earth objects before they find us.
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George Bulman '02, (left) an assistant professor of economics at the University of California at Santa Cruz, will examine the role of college attendance on social mobility in the United States. Recent empirical research has changed the conventional wisdom about which policies are most likely to promote college enrollment among students from low income families. He will discuss the latest findings concerning charter schools, high stakes testing, financial aid, and cultural norms.
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Nintendo reports massive annual loss on the back of anemic Wii U and 3DS sales
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Nintendo, with lower-than-expected sales of both the Wii U and 3DS, has reported an annual loss of $229 million (23.2 billion yen). This is down from last year's wea profits of around $69 million (7.1 billion yen). The company says it is establishing a new "health" division in an attempt to bolster its customer numbers and revenues. Meanwhile, analysts and pundits are vehement that Nintendo needs to fully embrace mobile gaming — as in, Mario games for smartphones — if it wants to remain relevant. In any case, Nintendo isn't likely to right the ship any time soon: Any new health or mobile efforts will take at least a year to realize properly, and with the company yet again foregoing its E3 keynote this year, Nintendo's agenda for 2014 probably just consists of Wii U and 3DS games.
The big picture is pretty darn bleak for Nintendo. While the company forecast sales of nine million Wii Us between March 2013 and 2014, it sold just 2.72 million units. That brings the total to just 6.17 million Wii Us sold since its release in November 2012. Compare that to the PS4, which sold 7 million units in the first five months of availability. The 3DS, after a very strong 2013 holiday season (lucky kiddies), had its weakest quarter ever at the start of 2014, selling just 590,000 units worldwide.
Nintendo, rather worryingly, remains rather flippant about the Wii U's failure, suggesting that important titles like Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros will drive more console sales — 3.6 million Wii Us in the 2014-2015 fiscal year, to be exact. Beyond that, though, Nintendo's only real guidance to investors was that it's setting up a new "health" division. This division will focus on improving the quality-of-life (QOL) for its customers. Nintendo didn't say what kind of products we could expect from this new division, but you can probably expect something along the lines of the Wii Fit game and balance board. With Nintendo opting out of its E3 keynote again this year, you shouldn't expect to see any major new hardware from Nintendo — such as the rumored Fusion DS and Fusion Terminal — until 2015 at the earliest.
For pundits, analysts, and gaming enthusiasts watching on, Nintendo's lack of a coherent plan back to gaming supremacy is a little bit unnerving. For years, ever since the original Wii peaked, the prevailing belief has been that Nintendo needs to get into the mobile gaming market — as in smartphones and tablets — rather than sticking to its own dedicated portables. If Nintendo released a cross-platform Pokemon MMO for 3DS, iOS, and Android, or even simple Mario puzzle games for iOS/Android, there company would suddenly find it had millions of new and returning customers, and probably billions more dollars in revenue.
As for why Nintendo is avoiding fully embracing online and mobile gaming, I don't really have an answer other than "stubbornness." Nintendo insists that its core strength is as an integrated software-and-hardware company. The Wii U's poor performance would seem to disprove this — though, if we're honest, it's unfair to demand a huge overhaul due to the failure of a single product. Nintendo might have lost this round of the console war, but with ~$10 billion in cash reserves, it'll certainly be back for another go.
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The analysts and pundits are wrong. The problem with the 3DS is the same problem with any game platform… a lack of good quality games. Switching to mobile isn't the
answer. Getting more and better game developers for their systems, is.
meh. The hardware is underpowered and hokey. But yes, they have always succeeded on strong first party games, and they need to focus on making the whole argument strong. But I agree, Nintendo going to all mobile devices is probably a death bell.
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If the console trifecta becomes a duopoly, I'm packin' my things and goin' home.
Unlike Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo is purely a game company. Not it's whole history yeah, I know, but for the past good 3-4 decades they have. Having also created the most memorable mascots in the greatest volume, is a tremendous asset.
I really hope they can continue to be a console maker.
I think a ton of the reason Nintendo has done as well as it has is because of the nostalgia generated from people my age whose first gaming experience was on an NES.
However, they just keep recycling the same IP they have been milking for the last 30 years without offering anything new. Add to that the fact that their hardware isn't current-gen and so they are alienating developers who may bring new and fresh content to their ecosystem.
As a child of the 80's I am rooting for them to win but the company seems determined to pound a square peg into a round hole.
"As a child of the 80's I am rooting for them to win but the company seems determined to pound a square peg into a round hole."
Well put. My sentiment exactly.
Ray C
I played the NES, but it was never my platform of choice. I liked the Sega. I still have several Atari versions, and I was starting to get into early PC gaming.
I agree. Sure keep making Mario as long as it sells, but you have to come up with new things too.
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Right. Even an IP like Mario can only do so much. Just look at Sonic. Though he didn't truly survive the transition to 3D like Mario has I guess.
They will have to go 3rd party eventually or close up shop. The only valuable thing they have left is their IP and talented developers. They're clearly losing the hardware game.
They will have to go 3rd party eventually or close up shop. The only valuable thing they have left is their IP and talented developers. They're clearly losing the hardware game.
Ray C
I agree
The console trifecta has been a duopoly for a long, long time. The Gamecube sucked balls. And the Wii was never in the radar of any serious gamer. The Wii is meant for the same guys who enjoy games where they break colored bricks on their smartphone again and again and again.
It won't become a duopoly. Valve is partnering with various PC makers to make Steam Machines, they will be the third major player in this console game. Nintendo has held back the game industry beginning with the Wii. It's time for them to get out of the hardware market and leave the consoles to companies who can invest in making better hardware.
These articles really annoy me. Mainly because I own a Wii U, love it, and have the opinion that articles such as this one are part of the reason others will not even try a Wii U. After all, would you buy a console from a company that's constantly depicted as failing?
These articles that will pick anything, anything at all, and claim that's the reason Nintendo is doomed. The gamepad, the old controllers, the new controllers, the 'lack of games', 'its not next-gen'. And now a fiscal report that says Nintendo has lost money the past year, as if Sony and Microsoft haven't lost money as well in their own console markets.
They take these points, or create them out of thin-air, and then craft an entire article under the assumption that Nintendo is doomed because of that point. Throw in some innuendo, some worried bits from 'consumers' or 'analysts', maybe a commonly-perceived way to 'save' the console, finish up with some edited pictures that reinforce the main point (love the Mario smashing a WiiU, by the way), and you have an article that not only will get people to click on it to see how Nintendo will die today, but will also perpetuate the idea that maybe, with so many people agreeing across the Internet, just maybe, Nintendo really is doomed, and the WiiU and 3DS will fail within the year.
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Wow, I didn't know I had conformed to such a well-known template…! That's pretty impressive, if I do say so myself.
I think, objectively, it's safe to say that the Wii U is not doing very well compared to the Wii.
I agree that Nintendo will still pump out the awesome first-party titles. And just like the Wii, those games will continue to drive sales. (I bought my Wii _just_ for the Mario and Zelda titles, and I will do the same with the Wii U).
I apologize if you did not know. This is my first time commenting on anything, so I admit much of what I posted was pent-up frustration.
I've been keeping up on Nintendo news ever since I bought my WiiU when it came out, and in my experience, there is very little good press concerning it online. After seeing article after article saying Nintendo is doomed for one reason or another… well, maybe I should have kept to lurking.
And you are correct, compared to the Wii, the Wii U is not doing too well. I doubt even a simultaneous launch of Zelda U, Mario Kart, Smash Bros., and a new Metroid could bring it up to that level. But I really do doubt it will bring the downfall of the company.
And so, properly chastised, I return to lurking. My thanks for the reply!
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Hehe, well, I didn't say that the Wii U would be the downfall of Nintendo!
I actually wasn't aware that journalists/bloggers had gone that far. Seems a bit over the top, with $10 billion in the bank. Neither the N64 or GameCube were particularly successful either, but the Wii was a runaway success.
But yes, if some writers are actually saying that Nintendo is DOOMED, then I can imagine your frustration.
Thanks for taking the time to comment! And enjoy the lurking.
Thank you Sebastian for replying to posts in a lively manner!
Thats what hugely sets this page apart from others.
Fanboy much?
Why, yes, I am. I am sure a fan of Microsoft or Sony would get just as tired of hearing nothing but predictions of their eventual collapse for more than a year.
As a fan of Sony's PS Vita, I know exactly what you mean.
Your reply was about a lot more than just the predictions of collapse. You were criticizing anyone who said anything bad about their console or business strategy, calling "made out of thin-air" many legitimate and objective criticisms.
Listen, I have had some of my best gaming experiences on a Nintendo of some sort. Few things are more fun than sitting around with 3 friends and playing Super Smash Bros. Wii Sports was also one of the most novel gaming experiences I have ever had.
I don't want them to fail, but that doesn't make their business direction any less terrible or their tech anything other than mediocre.
I was criticizing, more harshly than I should have I should add, people who will take any reason, legitimate or not, personal preference or general reaction, and extrapolate it into the next big 'Nintendo-killer'.
Both your statements, concerning their tech and business direction, are opinions. And in MY opinion, opinions such as those are being blown out of proportion entirely too much.
Fair enough: opinion though it may be, I think the sales numbers are telling my story more than yours.
Your reply was about a lot more than just the predictions of collapse. You were criticizing anyone who said anything bad about their console or business strategy, calling "made out of thin-air" many legitimate and objective criticisms.
Listen, I have had some of my best gaming experiences on a Nintendo of some sort. Few things are more fun than sitting around with 3 friends and playing Super Smash Bros. Wii Sports was also one of the most novel gaming experiences I have ever had.
I don't want them to fail, but that doesn't make their business direction any less terrible or their tech anything other than mediocre.
They have to go 3rd party eventually or close up shop. The only
valuable thing they have left is their IP and talented developers.
They're clearly losing the hardware game.
They have to go 3rd party eventually or close up shop. The only
valuable thing they have left is their IP and talented developers.
They're clearly losing the hardware game.
Ray C
Actually that's all you ever hear about Microsoft. 90% of those out who are responsible for putting information and assistance out there, never have anything positive to say or when they do is downplayed.
Well they are just a news media just like CNN, FOX etc. Their job is to overhype the news. I try to recall all the articles they wrote about AMD, not doing well, colossal loses, they are doom etc. so far they are still around. My point is don't put too much emphasis on this type of articles, remember it is not over until the fat lady sings.
being around isn't the same as being successful
But they are no failure either.
if ur sinking but you are not already sunk, doesn't make u a failure?
No because it hasn't sunk.
No because it hasn't sunk.
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It doesn't take too keen an observer to see that the Wii U doesn't really do anything that the more powerful consoles don't (the LCD controller is really just a gimmick), and it doesn't have the game library that the 360/PS3 (which really is fairly similar hardware in terms of capabilities, and both cost less) do. Buy a popular console with hundreds of games for $200 or less? Or buy an unpopular console with few good games for $300+? Its an easy decision for many buyers.
If the Wii U was priced at $149 and had more games it might stand a chance. But not at more than $300. The original Wii succeeded while it did because it was low-cost and seen as innovative. The Wii U isn't seen by the public as either one.
Toward the end of its life I think a lot of people felt burned by their Wiis as well. Terrible graphics on HDTVs, poor controls for traditional games, and short playability of Wii-specific titles has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many consumers. Many that might have considered a Wii U may have been turned away by the poor experience they had with the older console.
The U is backwards compatible with both controllers and games. That's huge and I intend to buy one.
Same here, but not for $300. Lower the price to $150, and they will sell out in no time.
This is written much like the articles I referred to in my original, fed-up-with-it-all post.
First he compares it to current gen, dismisses the one piece of hardware that it does better than the others, and then concludes it does nothing the others cannot. Then compares it to the last gen, comparing price points with machines that have undergone many price reductions, and game libraries that took years to develop, and conclude the 360 and PS3 beat it there too.
If the first were true, then the Wii would have failed abysmally since the controllers were widely considered 'gimmicks' and the hardware could not match up with the PS3 or Xbox 360. If the second were true, then no one would buy new consoles, as the higher price and smaller libraries just could not compete with the older consoles.
Next comes up with some generally accepted way for the Wii U to save itself that isn't practical in any way.
Finally, they end with supposition and opinion as to why the Wii U is failing, not to mention taking the traditional digs at the Wii.
All of this is opinion.
Doug Johnson
Some of it is opinion, other is fact… But nearly all of it matches public sentiment, justified or not.
Fact: From a hardware point of view the Wii U offers little that an Xbox 360 or PS3 doesn't already have. Performance is very similar. And the Wii U is more expensive than both. At least if you're buying a PS4 or Xbox One you're getting new capabilities.
Fact: The one differentiator, the controller, doesn't matter much in the middle of gameplay. You can't watch your TV and your controller at the same time. And the controller is really expensive, so if you want to have two people play at the same time you're investment is that much greater.
The Wii succeeded, at least for a couple of years, because it was simple and different. The Wii U is perceived as very much a "yeah, there are a few areas where we screwed up with the previous console, so we're trying to fix it and make it more like the competition" (*cough* HD graphics) product.
I bought a Wii but got bored with very quickly. You can only handle so much Wii Sports or Mario Galaxy. I have absolutely no interest in the Wii U because the novelty of the Wii wore off very quickly. I also already have a PS3 and 360, so I already own hardware with similar capabilities to the U. If I'm buying a console today, I'm buying one that really is a lot better than what I already own, even if it does cost me a few dollars more. The U just isn't enough of an upgrade to justify buying one.
I'm not saying that Nintendo never could succeed with the U. Or that it is a bad console. But they'll have to drop the price significantly (like $149) and improve the game situation.
I totally understand why it isn't selling. It just isn't a compelling product the way that it is, especially at its price point.
On the flip side, why should someone buy one? What does it offer that consumers want?
I think the hardware of the Wii U is fine, the lack of good games is what I think it's hurting it.
"They (I) take these points, or create them out of thin-air, and then craft an entire article (post) under the assumption that Nintendo is('t) doomed because of that point."
Meanwhile back in realityville the Wii U is an unmitigated disaster dragging Nintendo into the red end of the pool even as 3DS sales are finally shrinking as smartphones and tablets steadily take their toll.
Nintendo senior leadership is utterly and totally to blame here, no one or nothing else.
Blaming 'anti' Nintendo articles merely reporting the facts and drawing logical conclusions for that failure is ugly. Very very ugly.
Me too love Wii U.
But the author is correct. Just by writing some articles and psychologically pleasing Nintendo fanboys (including me) won't fix the millions of loses Nintendo is doing.
Either they innovate or they go primitive. It is up to them.
Change their policies, ditch or upgrade their hardware, listen to customers and know what they want.
Ray C
I think Microsoft isn't losing near as much money as they once were on consoles. But I do think people pick and choose. Like you said Wii U may never do well if articles keep coming out about how bad it is or how bad it's doing. But if you say that about a product from another company, you're talking crazy.
Mason Miller
STFU fanboy. You like a failing console. This is what you get. Now, if you will go get hit by a truck, please/.
Angel Ham
But here's the thing: People are forgetting that last year Nintendo spent at lot money on acquisitions, R&D, and a New Building. So, if they have not done those three things, they would have reported some (albeit small) profit.
And then there's this:
The whole Wii U thing was just too strange. The controller might be ok, but that big tablet thing just did nothing for me. It really made me not want to buy it.
Ditch hardware
Plus take some lessons from what steam is doing.
Also open source some softwares, game engine?
What Nintendo needs to do is build something around a phone/tablet and use the phone/tablet's display as it's display, just like they use(d) television screens for their consoles.
Ray C
We should have seen this coming. How long can you expect people to go out and buy a completely new device just to keep playing the same old games. Going into mobile would help them, but they need to get back to the days when their consoles had just as any games as anyone else.
I've got news for you. Nintendo is in the mobile, and it's called the 3DS, which sells rather well. If you are talking about cell phone games, well then Nintendo would have to sell their soul for crappy, unimaginative time wasters. That and I question your credibility as a gamer for mentioning such a farce.
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All this "Nintendo on smart phones" talk is pointless. They already have that…its called emulators. They have missed that boat (and the potential profits therein), just like they missed the next-gen boat.
In fact, all they could do at this point is create a wholly new system with specs comparative to their next-gen competition; or leave the hardware game and go the software only route.
The amazing thing is, people were SCREAMING about this before the XB1 and PS4 even launched. "As soon as the new Sony and MS consoles come out, Big N is going to bottom out…they are underpowered in comparison to their competition," or something along those lines. That was uttered a billion times on every message board on every gaming related article.
They should have listened to the gaming community, if they did, they (like everyone else with a brain) would have seen this coming. As of now, it's cost them almost a half Billion dollars; and we are not even one year into the actual "next-gen". Nintendo might have a lot of $$ in the bank, but not even Nintendo can swallow those type of losses for long, and again…we gamers all saw this coming. The scary part is Nintendo didnt. How long will they support this sinking ship I wonder?
Bah, I predicted the Wii would get screwed back when the original Wii was selling like hot cakes. You see the problem is the Wii doesnt appeal to hardcore gamers, the ones who spent most of the money. It appeals to casual gamers who really dont care for graphics and other improvements that would have come with the new Wii.
These guys love playing simple games where you mash a few buttons to perform the same action repeatedly. Every level of the game is the same damn thing. People like that are highly unlikely to go for an upgrade.
LOL graphics. Grow up.
I'm just circling back into console video games after a long hiatus. The Nintendo Wii U is the perfect game console for families with young kids. The PS4 and Xbox One don't cater to that market as a priority. Nintendo does the same with its handheld devices. When/if quality games return in force to the Nintendo platform, so too will the sales. Count on it. This year many new releases for the Nintendo Wii U will debut. Mario Kart 8, a game I've played and will be reviewing shortly, makes for an exemplary wake up call. Time will tell though. I think that the video game world is better with Nintendo in it than without.
A lot of clueless XBox and PS fanboys/girls bashing on a company that's synonymous with top quality games. Hardcore gamers? The same way you imply a Wii U gamer is not hardcore a PC gamer can assert you are a kiddie gamer, and with more authority. Your 'hardcore' consoles are junk and irrelevant compared to PC platform and games for it, so shut it. Nintendo's core Mario and Zelda games are vastly superior than anything released on 'hardcore' Sony and Microsoft boxes, and some pretty potent games are coming out this year. XBox One and PS4 are riding the wave of initial enthusiasm, a bit helped by poor marketing of Nintendo's new platform. We'll see how long that wave lasts. Also, Nintendo 3DS is still kicking butt, and doesn't seem like it will stop anytime soon. I would rather own that handheld than any of the 'next-gen' consoles.


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Despite the unfortunate setback, the South African women will be looking to maintain their good run of form in Dubai, where in recent years they clinched their first Test series win and reached the semi-finals of the 2009 IRB Sevens Rugby World Cup.
While the men's HSBC Sevens World Series is a well-established and much-loved fixture in the global Rugby calendar, it is now the turn of the women to join them.
This season the Women's Series is set to take place in four global destinations, underscoring the IRB's commitment to the growth and development of women's Rugby around the world and is another significant step in the journey to Rugby's reintroduction to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016.
In a ground-breaking move, the inaugural series for the world's top women's Sevens players will feature rounds in USA (Houston), China (Guangzhou) and Netherlands (Amsterdam) as well as Dubai. This season will then be concluded with the eagerly anticipated Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013, which takes place in Moscow at the end of June.
South Africa's captain Mandisa Williams was upbeat about the tournament: "It's a great opportunity for us to show the world that women's Rugby Sevens is of a very high quality and is worthy of its own Series," she said.
"From our side, we are so grateful to be here. We feel privileged and proud to be granted this chance and it is something we intend to take with both hands.
"Women's Rugby is improving in South Africa and we are ready to compete on the world stage. We are just excited now for the Dubai tournament and for the series to start."
The new competition mirrors the men's Series, with each 12-team event featuring six core teams who will play across all four events and six teams who will be invited based on regional tournament rankings, reflecting the IRB's strategic aim to mix the top teams in the world with the best up and coming teams from each of the six IRB regions.
The six core teams for the inaugural Series are Australia, Canada, England, Netherlands, New Zealand and USA.
Women's Rugby is one of the fastest-growing team sports in the world and in 2016 the finest female players in the world will take their place alongside their male counterparts in Rio de Janeiro when Rugby returns to the Olympic Games programme.
The revised SA Sevens Women's squad in Dubai:
Yolanda Meiring Blue Bulls
Mandisa Williams Border (captain)
Nwabisa Ngxatu Border
Rachelle Geldenhuys Golden Lions
Nosiphiwo Goda Border
Fundiswa Plaatjie Border
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I believe in survival of the fittest, personally. Course, with todays society, it's more survival of the weakest. Take bicycle helmets for example. Sorry, but if you land on your head falling off a bike, your genetic code doesn't deserve to be passed along. Block the fall with your arms next time, dumbass.
And there are a lot of people that are ugly, or have gone through a life of hell that are not deep or anything of the sort. In fact, they are kinda bitter, hateful, and have a warped perception of the world because of the fact that they had to go through all that. Course, there are people that have lived the "perfect, happy life" (in our view) that turn out the same.
Last of all, this thread was not meant to be taken serious. Stop doing that.
i remember al on married with children wanted a wife with an extra hooter on her back for slow dancing. somthing like that...
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January 23,2014
You hungry.THE place to come at anytime of the day
I have been here enough number of times to lose count. This is my place to go for comfort food. As u enter,you can see that this place is Burrp certified. Though it just a roadside stall and can seat on 5-6 persons at a time,people are crazy for his kulchas. Personally,i like Aloo Cheese Kulcha. The hot kulcha,along with chole and the onion raita is amazing. And the masala that he sprinkles on top of the kulchas,oye hoye,that seriously makes the kulchas yummy. If you stay in Chembur and haven't been here,you should just go and enjoy this delicious meal. The Aloo Cheese kulcha costs 80 rupees. Such an awesome treat for so little pricing. Woww
August 30,2013
Chembur Cult!
At a stone throw from Vig; this place is more of a take-away than a dine-in place. You have to see it to believe it as to how a 4 cover eatery caters to dozens of patrons waiting in the comfort of their sedans. The father-son duo has been pulling off the entire show with great ease. The menu is very simple, Amritsari Kulchas and Chole served with sirke wale Pyaaz (Onions soaked in Vinegar), although these days its cucumber that has replaced the onions.
I ordered a Paneer and Cheese variant and trust me; never have I have bit into one in less than 15 seconds after it came out of the tandoor (clay oven). It is finished with copious amounts of butter and a generous sprinkling of coriander powder. The coriander really helps to accentuate the taste and give the plain simple Kulcha another dimension.
A meal for 2 again will cost you less than Rs 150. A must try when you are that side of town.
July 28,2013
best kulchas in mumbai
i entered the shop and noticed the burrp review hanging on the wall saying best kulchas in town. that made me more eagar to try. as per my heavy dite and the awesome taste I tried paneer and chesse kulcha, also double chesse kulcha, and in this rains it feels great to have warm kulchas in breakfast that too at a very reasonable price
September 03,2012
September 02,2012
Have you ever skipped your breakfast on a lazy weekend and want to go for a brunch? If yes, just have a Paneer Cheese Kulcha, and I bet you are almost heavy (varying on your appetite).
The Best Kulchas are served out here.. surely surpasses VIG's its competitor on the same street.. Must visit a place!!!
August 27,2012
Great Chole Kulcha!!
Was driving down from Nashik and wanted to snack at 5PM, had hearda bout Sainaths from a friend, so drove dowm near the gold course and found this small shop serving the best kucha and chole in the city. Tried the Paneer and Aloo Kulcha with chole, onions and picke. It was amazing!! the kuchas were served steaming hot from the tandoor.
Please note the place is really small, seating for a 4 people, n frill, really cheap and great food!!
January 20,2012
Not as Good as before but still the best in Mumbai
Since last 10 years, me and my friends have been travelling all the way from Goregaon to Sainath's in Chembur because we really relish their kulchas. Over the years, their kulchas have become smaller, they have become stingy in applying butter and even the taste has changed. However, I will still recommend Sainath's as nowhere else in Mumbai will you find better kulchas than Sainath's. The best kulchas in the world however are found in every street corner in Amritsar.
May 18,2011
September 27,2010
New definition for KULCHAS
i had heard abt this place in 1999 frm my skool frnds..dey spoke a lot abt it..but i never bothered going to this place..when we go to restaurant to eat punjabi food..we call for de best vegetable along with roti/kulcha/nan..so for me kulcha was always something tht replaced roti..but de main taste was of the vegetable..
But thts not the case here..u can eat kulchas without any vegetable n u will still relish it..as every1 has mentioned abt de diff style of kulchas..cheese, panner, aloo n MIX..cheese for 35 rs n aloo 25..u get complimentary chole ki subzi ( i ve uploaded de pic..its yumm) n yes u can call for as much chole u want..n this kulchas r like really heavy..u cant have more then 2..i wud recommend to go for cheese n may be mix/aloo..
the place is very unhygienic..der r 2 tables n it can accomodate 5 ppl..they even serve chaas(buttermilk) ka bottle.. tht too is good..but i dont drink it in this season ..as i `m not too sure abt de water..
the best way to eat this kulchas is..get ur car..switch on the ac n relish de kulcha..
June 07,2010
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December 28,2009
Oye...Come here for Punjabi Kulchaasss...
A modest road-side place located very close to the BPGC (Golf Club) main entrance. It has been there since long...unable to actually remember when I had first eaten there !!!
Options are pretty limited but what I love the most is the option of getting the Kulchaas served in your car. Freshly prepared kulchaas (original amritsari style)...Aloo, gobi, Cheese, Paneer, etc. Charges range from 25-40 bucks per kulchaa...which is worth it's value !!!
November 21,2009
Best Kulchas Ever: Underrated Gem
If you live in Chembur or move in Bollywood circles there's a good chance you have heard of this. The food is easily the best of it's kind in town, and very under rated even with all the hype.
They usually have 3 options available on location; Aloo, Paneer & Cheese & will combine it as per your tastes. They use generous amounts of butter and the food is certainly unhealthy, but it just tastes so damn good & the result is tastefully done!
The ambience of the place is very crude, more so than of a typical roadside sugarcane stall. The entire carpet area of the shop is probably 100sqft. The seating area is very cramped & can accommodate a maximum of 4 people at a time. There are no chairs, you sit on a presumably granite attachment to the wall. The Kulchas are made in a tandoor right in front of you & served on steel plates with a generous quantity of onions & chole. It is arguably an unhygienic establishment, I suggest ordering bottled water. If you have a weak stomach or are overly concerned with digestion or food poisoning issues you probably shouldn't visit here, but in my opinion it's a very worthwhile risk to enjoy the taste of the Kulchas. I've never caught anything bad from here in years, neither has anyone else I know. There's a small TV on the upper right which usually plays CVO-eque Hindi movies or cricket. The owners & regulars can drink alcohol.
If you aren't adventurous enough to venture out to the aforementioned location, they also offer home/on-site catering services & have a very successful business, their clientele including some big bollywood names. They offer non vegetarian options with the catering service and very occasionally chicken is available to order at their shop.
I'm not a paneer fan so my favorite is the aloo cheese.
They have got some well deserved press coverage here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kulchas-at-your-doorstep/articleshow/36148923.cms
Timings: Approximately 10AM to 9PM
Highly recommended!
Great paneer kulchas!
I'm Surprised no one's reviewed this place!
Haven't eaten here lately but have always loved the paneer kulchas (generously stuffed with paneer unlike other places!). Heard they even have non veg kulchas which i haven't tried yet...but i can completely vouch for the paneer kulchas...they're worth a try!
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Birth or Butchery?
Life is cheap, where moonbats who believe in abortion are concerned. Should you let your child live, or kill it? You could flip a coin to decide. Or you could leave it up to strangers on an Internet poll, as Pete and Alisha Arnold of Minnesota are doing:
"Voting is such an important part of who we are as a people," Pete told Gawker. "Here's a chance where people can be heard about whether they are pro-choice or whether they are pro-life, and it makes a difference in the real world." The possible papa says he wants to use this position of uncertainty to engage citizens in the ongoing abortion debate or use this fetus (a boy they call "Wiggles") to teach us how every vote counts or blah blah blah.
Whatever this is, "it's definitely not a pro-life campaign," maybe-mama Alisha assured Gawker. "I believe in a woman's right to choose." Apparently, she also believes in the Internet's right to choose for her.
Fortunately voters have been in favor of showing mercy:
As of this post, the vote is approximately 78 percent "give birth" to 22 percent "have an abortion," with more than 17,000 votes total. This is a distinct upset from earlier today when "have an abortion" was firmly in the lead, thanks to a strong voter turnout from the 4chan demographic, those Internet pranksters that once skewed a vote to make North Korea a winning country on Justin Bieber's tour schedule.
Pete has no problem with 4chan freakazoids encouraging people to vote to abort his son out of sheer wickedness.
"I see 4chan as encouraging people to vote in the poll," he writes on the blog. "How they do it is beyond my control and should not influence decisions about what we are doing here." In the end, he wrote, "we don't see a difference between this and what politicians or supporters do in regards to campaigning."
The whole tasteless stunt is apparently a Balloon Boy style bid for attention. The Arnolds admit that the poll results won't be binding. At least it has drawn some attention to how frivolously we have come to regard human life since the Supremes imposed a "right" to abortion.
Just in case it helps save a life, you can vote at Birth or Not.
On a tip from Ianto. Cross-posted at Moonbattery.
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America's Eastern and Central time zones benefit from this appeal save for the occasional inconvenience presented by Setanta's lunchtime starts, as was the case last weekend when Manchester United sought one point against Arsenal to clinch a third successive Premiership title.
Not being a Setanta subscriber, I opted for the popular British-themed Richmond Arms in Houston's Galleria district. Doors opened at 6am to welcome the first punters arriving for the anticipated title party.
A mixed crowd of Brits (the odd authentic Mancunian among them), Africans, and Americans—predominantly clad in United merchandise bearing the names of Ronaldo, Rooney, and Tevez—briefly found their voices as the teams took to the field.
Pub landlords can probably guarantee one inevitable outcome when broadcasting a game of this magnitude—satellite problems. The United fans' angst was exacerbated by a number of pauses in the action as the main screen failed to perform under the pressure of the big occasion.
As our host worked diligently to remediate the technical difficulties, a menu appeared listing obscure alternative channels like Belarus TV.
Arsenal forward Andrey Arshavin made a promising early foray into the United penalty box, slaloming through a clutch of defenders and taking aim before the transmission froze once again.
A nervy first half concluded with restored images but hushed surroundings as this particular Red Army outpost fretted over an uninspired showing by the champions-elect.
A few late stragglers appeared, and the effects of early-morning alcohol consumption created a livelier environment as United's struggle to find their fluidity continued.
The lack of entertainment from this unusually languid encounter between the Premiership era's eminent rivals faced competition from a more amusing game—Guess Whether the Song was Learned at Old Trafford or by Surfing the Internet.
In the closing stages, one misguided fellow strayed beyond the comfort of "Glory Glory Man United" and succeeded only in butchering a staple of the Stretford End.
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So the 17th Premiership season concluded with United winning an astounding 11th title.
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The combination of Paul Halmos and an exposition of Boolean algebras might ring a few bells. In fact, Introduction to Boolean Algebras is a decidedly expanded version of the now out-of-print Lectures on Boolean Algebras, one of many Halmos works in the MAA's Basic Library List.
Introduction nearly quadruples the number of pages of Lectures, from 147 to 574. And a typical page of the new book contains about 40% more words than one in the old. Yet in many ways Introduction very much resembles Lectures. So what changes have been made, and why?
As its title suggests, the original (1963) version consisted of lecture notes for a course that Halmos taught at the University of Chicago. His preface did not specify the background of the students, but early on the text casually refers, without any further explanations, to the von Neumann definition of ordinal, the Klein four-group, and Lebesgue measurable sets and Borel sets. In contrast, Introduction explicitly "is aimed at undergraduates who have studied, say, two years of college-level mathematics, and … does not assume the usual background in algebra, set theory, and topology that is required by more advanced texts."
Thus Lectures opens with the sentences "An element p of a ring is idempotent if p2 = p. A Boolean ring is a ring with unit in which every element is idempotent." Introduction starts, "A ring is an abstract version of arithmetic," and through the concrete examples of the integers and the integers mod 2, works up to the definitions of ring and Boolean ring. Similarly, Introduction offers a chapter on basic topology and an appendix on naive set theory (which owes a bit to Halmos' book on the subject) to supply background that Lectures took for granted.
Besides providing such preliminary material, Introduction develops its core content in a more leisurely fashion. Results receive more detailed proofs, and many of the laconic assertions in Lectures get fleshed out here. In broad terms, the two books cover about the same territory. This ranges from the very basics to atomic Boolean algebras to the countable chain condition to Boolean spaces and their duality with Boolean algebras to Hanf's construction of Boolean algebras A and B such that A is isomorphic to AxBxB but not isomorphic to AxB.
The final three chapters of Lectures, covering retracts and projective and injective algebras, did not make their way into the new version. Otherwise, most of the original material can be found in Introduction, although the presentation has been significantly reorganized. Moreover, various topics and results, absent from Lectures, show up — canonical extensions and isomorphism of countable atomless Boolean algebras via back-and-forth argument, to name a couple.
Introduction incorporates not only most of the topics and results from Lectures, but much of the text as well. In particular, the "expressions of personal opinion and irreverent viewpoint," to which Halmos referred in the preface to Lectures, remain. Halmos' distinctive voice certainly did not get lost in the rewrite. (The preface to Introduction notes, "This revision of Halmos's book was planned and initially executed by both authors. Due to declining health, however, Halmos was not able to review the later versions of the manuscript.")
The exercises underwent even more expansion than the text proper, from 139 to 706, some of them routine, others real challenges. Often a proof in the text invokes a result from an exercise in a previous chapter. And, unlike the original, Introduction contains an appendix of "hints" to many of the exercises. These vary from terse to highly detailed, with one lasting over three pages.
Another new feature of Introduction is a bibliography of 85 items. The book also sports a somewhat idiosyncratically organized, 33-page index.
Will Introduction fill the spot on the Basic Library List vacated by its forerunner? No doubt, Lectures earned that spot, in part, by the concise elegance of its presentation. However, the revision very helpfully makes the material accessible to a wider audience, while still preserving much of what made the original a classic.
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Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup is an annual event in October that is open to the public. Watch cowboys and cowgirls race across the Dakota plains, herding nearly 1,300 buffalo. In 2013, the roundup will be held on Friday, September 27th. For more information, go to: www.travelsd.com/about/events/buffaloroundup.asp.
Badlands National Park located in southwestern South Dakota, is known nationally for its spectacular views of ancient, eroded cliffs and its rich collection of fossilized mammal remains. Visitors are welcome year-round, but in the summer the park hosts a variety of activities including ranger-guided tours, talks, and activities for children. The visitor's center is also a good place for explorers to begin learning about the park and the history of the region. Check the website for directions, a calendar of events, and more information about the educational opportunities at the park: http://www.nps.gov/badl/index.htm.
Black Hills Museum of Natural History is currently constructing a new museum location. When it is completed, the museum will house a large collection of fossil and minerals, and there will be access to outdoor trails. For more information, go to: http://www.bhmnh.org/home.html
At Ingalls Homestead, you can learn how pioneers such as Laura Ingalls Wilder lived. Try rope making, wheat grinding, or corn shelling. Visit the prairie schoolhouse, take a covered wagon ride, or visit exhibits on farming and daily life. For more information, call (800) 776-3594 or visit: http://www.ingallshomestead.com/index.html
The Mammoth Siteof Hot Springs, South Dakota is the world's largest mammoth research facility. Tour the site, view ice age fossils and observe a real scientific excavation while learning about paleontology, geology and paleoecology. There are also several exhibits and a dig site for children. For more information, call (605) 745-6017 or visit the website: http://www.mammothsite.com/default.htm
The Black Hills Caves are full of rare underground rock formations. Explore the caves and get an up-close look at what the world looks like beneath the surface. For more information, visit: www.travelsd.com/Attractions/Black-Hills-Caves.
Archaeology and Paleontology in South Dakota is a website hosted by the South Dakota travel agency. On this site is a list of archaeological and paleontological sites open to the public and school groups, as well as a list of museums. To view the list, go to: http://www.travelsd.com/Outdoors/Archaeology-and-Paleontology.
Year-round, the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village, a National Historic Landmark, offers a glimpse of archaeologists at work. You can see artifacts and visit the dig site itself. On Archaeology Awareness Days, held July 6th and 7th, 2013, children have an opportunity to watch flint-knapping, make their own pottery vessel, throw atlatls and more. In the nearby lab, kids can wash and identify artifacts. A smaller simulated site is set up for youngsters to have a first-hand experience in archaeology. For specific dates and other details, call (605) 996-5473, or visit: www.mitchellindianvillage.org.


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I have table with folders first and then documents.I want to sort such that sorting applies to both the folders and documents but want to keep sorted folders first and then sorted documents.Is it possible with jQuery table sorter. Any suggestions?
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My column last week reviewed the controversy over whether representative surveys can be conducted over the Internet using non-random "opt-in" panels of volunteer respondents recruited online. They key issue is the challenge that these surveys pose to one of the "first principles" of polling: Can we get reliable, valid results from a survey that does not begin as a random sample?
This week I want to look more closely at a recently released analysis of a 2004 study examining the accuracy of a conventional telephone survey as compared to Internet surveys sampled from opt-in panels. The study also involved a hybrid of the two approaches that recruits Internet panel members using conventional telephone interviewing.
Knowledge Networks, the company that conducts surveys using the hybrid method, was founded by two Stanford academics, Norman Nie and Doug Rivers. That fact is relevant to this story because, according to Stanford professor Jon Krosnick, Nie had seen an earlier study conducted by Krosnick comparing the accuracy of different survey methods used during the 2000 election. Krosnick also said that Nie offered to have his research center, the Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society, support a similar study covering more topics and include more opt-in Internet surveys.
So with Nie's support, Krosnick and Rivers, who by then had left as CEO of Knowledge Networks (he remained chairman until 2006), collaborated on a new study in 2004 that involved parallel questionnaires used on surveys conducted at roughly the same time: one using a conventional random-digit-dial (RDD) sample, one using the Knowledge Networks panel and seven that used non-random, opt-in Internet panels. The surveys included many items that could be scored for accuracy against benchmark statistics gleaned from government records or high-quality government surveys that have very high response rates.
At about the same time, Rivers founded Polimetrix, a company that now conducts Internet surveys drawn from opt-in panels (the original plan, according to Rivers, was to recruit panelists off of phone calls made by pollster parners). Polimetrix was acquired by the British firm YouGov. (YouGov/Polimetrix is the owner and primary sponsor of my Web site, Pollster.com.)
In 2005, Krosnick did a preliminary presentation on the results (based on a draft paper co-authored with Rivers) at the annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. Then, according to Krosnick, the data sat until a graduate student named David Yeager did the additional analyses that are the basis of the newly released paper.
The most critical aspect of the new Krosnick-Yeager analysis was that it used the same procedure to weight the raw data demographically so that all nine surveys would be equally representative in terms of gender, age, race, Hispanic origin, education and census region. They then calculated the average error for each survey on 13 additional measures of either "secondary demographics" (such as home ownership, income and household size) and other non-demographic questions (such as self-reports of drinking, smoking or having a passport).
As the chart shows, they found larger errors for the opt-in Internet panels than for the telephone and Internet surveys based on probability samples. How big were those errors? That's where the debate starts.
Krosnick and Yeager conclude that "probability sample surveys were consistently more accurate than the non-probability sample surveys" and argue in a separate blog post that the average errors for the opt-in surveys were not "slight" but rather "almost twice as big as for the probability samples."
Doug Rivers, who had no involvement in the more recent analysis, saw the same numbers differently. He saw the accuracy scores for the opt-in panel surveys as only "around 2% worse" than the probability samples in both the 2004 analysis and the newer reweighted results from the paper by Krosnick, Yeager, et al.
The paper that Rivers drafted with Krosnick in 2004 includes the costs paid to each of the nine organizations that conducted surveys. The cost per interview for the telephone survey ($53) was more than double the Knowledge Networks survey ($25) and more than three times the average cost for the opt-in Internet surveys ($14, ranging from $7 to $21). "Even if it were impossible to eliminate the extra 2% of error from opt-in samples," Rivers wrote last month, "they could still be a better choice for many purposes than an RDD sample that cost several times as much."
But what about the big question posed in last week's column and today? Can surveys produce valid and reliable data without the theoretical underpinning of a random sample?
To try to answer that question, consider first what the Krosnick-Yeager study says about the conventional telephone survey that did begin with a random sample. Despite a degree of methodological rigor that far surpasses most national political surveys (a five-month field period, up to 12 attempts to reach a "no answer" and advance letters offering a $10 incentive), the un-weighted data still managed to under-represent women, whites and those with a high school education by statistically significant margins.
The accuracy that real-world probability samples achieve is partly the result of weighting and other adjustments that pollsters do. What "theoretical framework" explains how the probability samples in this study produced accurate results despite response rates ranging from 35.6 percent (for the telephone survey) to just 15.3 percent (for the probability sample Internet survey)?
A statistical approach, known as model-based inference, does exist that helps explain what pollsters do when they use weighting or other forms of modeling to correct for response bias and produce accurate results. The existence of that approach does not, by itself, solve the problem of opt-in samples, but opt-in Internet pollsters argue that they can extend weighting and modeling techniques to significantly reduce sources of bias from non-random panels.
Krosnick wants to be clear that he sees no evidence yet that "opt-in sample surveys are as accurate as or more accurate than probability sample surveys," and given their lack of foundation in probability sampling, he is not optimistic that they ever will be. "It's essential for us to be honest about what our data are and what they are not," he added.
True enough, but I would add one thought. Our honesty should extend to the limitations of probability samples as well. In the Krosnick-Yeager study, for example, despite very sophisticated weighting, that very expensive, very rigorous telephone survey still produced errors outside the margin of error on 4 of 13 benchmarks. By random chance alone, it should have produced no more than 1.
CORRECTION: The original version of this column misstated when Doug Rivers left Knowledge Networks.
CLARIFICATION: The original study was funded by a grant from SPSS Inc. to the Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society. At the time, Norman Nie served as both director of SIQSS and chairman of the board of SPSS, the company that also provided non-probability sample No. 6 for the original study. According to Rivers, SPSS also contracted individually with him and Jon Krosnick for their work on the study.


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Tragic but what an amazing photo. The four cruising Brazilian crew members were taken off this yacht successfully when it sank in the Antarctic in April, likely due to ice compression and strong winds.
Mar Sem Fin (Endless Sea) below the ice in Antarctica
The 76ft yacht, Mar Sem Fin (Endless Sea), was photographed magnificently this week by http://ruschili.35photo.ru/photo_376902/!Ruslan_Elisleev, showing it stuck in the sheet of ice in Maxwell Bay, Ardley Cove, just in front of the Chilean Antarctic Base, Presidente Eduardo Frei.
The four crew members of the yacht were rescued unharmed and taken to the base. The vessel is owned by journalist and former president of Radio El Dorado, João Lara Mesquita, who was in the region producing a documentary.
According to the Brazilian Navy, the wrecking occurred probably due to the compression of the vessel by an accumulation of ice and the 60knot winds which impeded the vessel from moving.
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The Chilean authorities said the four Brazilian crew were flown to Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile from where they returned in a commercial flight to Brazil.


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From: Bill Goodwin
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: 06/02/2009
An interesting piece on lateral gene transmission, the entire genome of one species in this case having been discovered inside another's: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/08/the-great-bacte/#previouspost
Viewed an old episode of The Incredible Hulk last night. Bill Bixby meets paleontologist Kim Cattrall and the two investigate a prehistoric occurance of "Hulkism" (Bixby theorizes that radiation from an ancient nova might have triggered the gene that he himself carries). Epigenetics in 70s sci-fi tv...the mind boggles!


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