19 Oct 09 First Microsoft store looks set to open

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's first store looks ready to open in an upscale Phoenix valley city in the next few days, as the software maker takes its first step in trying to match rival Apple Inc's successful venture into retail.
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19 Dec 09 No Hope for the Seahawks

I was thinking ahead this past summer when I bought two tickets to a division match-up between the Arizona Cardinals and the Seattle Seahawks. I wanted tickets sometime around my wife's birthday, since we have a tendency to take each other to games due to our fall birthdays. However, I must have forgotten one minor detail.

Despite the long walk up the stairs to our seats at the very top of the 300 level, we enjoyed attending our first and last home game of the 2008 season. The first half was more painful than the second, but the latter gave us hope that we might actually pull out a win and keep some element of hope alive for the remainder of the season. However, it just wasn't meant to be.

One cool thing that did happen, though, was that as we were getting on the elevator after the game, I noticed a very familiar face walking past my wife and me. After a few glances and then hearing the woman's slightly high-pitched voice, I realized that she was none other than Hope Solo, Washington native, former Washington Husky and, most importantly, 2008 Olympic gold medalist and goalkeeper on the U.S. Women's National Team.

Because I didn't want another Marcus Tubbs experience, I refrained from saying anything to her, but I already regret the decision. It would have been pretty cool to get my picture taken with one of the key members of one of my favorite teams.

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24 Jan 10 Claims of Himalayan Glacier Disaster Melt Away

Hugh Pickens writes "VOA News reports that leaders of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have apologized for making a 'poorly substantiated' claim that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035. Scientists who identified the mistake say the IPCC report relied on news accounts that appear to have misquoted a scientific paper — which estimated that the glaciers could disappear by 2350, not 2035. Jeffrey Kargel, an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona who helped expose the IPCC's errors, said the botched projections were extremely embarrassing and damaging. 'The damage was that IPCC had, or I think still has, such a stellar reputation that people view it as an authority — as indeed they should — and so they see a bullet that says Himalayan glaciers will disappear by 2035 and they take that as a fact.' Experts who follow climate science and policy say they believe the IPCC should re-examine how it vets information when compiling its reports. 'These errors could have been avoided had the norms of scientific publication including peer review and concentration upon peer-reviewed work, been respected,' write the researchers."

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