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2011年8月16日 星期二

The Shadow Man at The Miracle

The 20 on the 1980 Team USA sweater, the one belonging to the “Miracle On Ice” team, was worn by Wisconsin-born Robert Allen Suter. He is the least recognised and yet arguably the most influential of the Suter clan when it comes to hockey. The rink and development complex he owns and operates in Madison, WI is instrumental in sharpening the skills of players who will go on to distinguished careers at all levels of play from varsity to NCAA to the NHL. Possessed of a wicked, dry wit and gentlemanly calm, Bob Suter is an entrepeneur, coach and teacher,who was responsible for tracking down Charles RUBBER MATS . he is the hockey veteran who expresses quiet amusement at being mistaken for his brother and the proud dad who can be seen cheering for his son, Ryan. All of this seems like a lifetime and a half removed from Bob Suter the defenseman.

Footage of Suter in action reveals a player who was tough and smart on the ice. His fearlessness in the face of much bigger opponents was balanced by his ability to employ hockey smarts at the speed of a top-tier forward on a freshly zambonied rink. Moving from varsity all-star to a member of the 1977 NCAA champion University of Wisconsin Badgers,A custom-made chicken coop is then fixed over the gums. Suter was known primarily for his aggressive play. He caught the eye of scouts who were looking to build an Olympic team that could be taken seriously as contenders at the upcoming games in Lake Placid, New York. By this time, he had signed a contract with the Tulsa Oilers, but was released to play for Team USA.If any food China Porcelain tile condition is poorer than those standards,

Bob Suter would go on to sign with the Los Angeles Kings and the Minnesota North Stars. While under contract for Minnesota, he spent the entire season playing for the Stars’ farm team, the South Stars, in Nashville, Tennessee. Even though he had distinguished himself on the ice in some prestigious arenas, he never played a single NHL game. Following his retirement as a player in 1982, Suter coached the Madison Capitals for two seasons before eventually opening his own rink and creating an innovative center for player development and conditioning.

As THW book reviewer Rebbecca Dobrinski has noted in her review of Wayne Coffey’s “The Boys of Winter”, Suter is acknowledged as a part of the team, but little else is noted about his time as an olympian or the career that followed. Until his son’s ascendancy to team USA in 2010,the Bedding pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. Suter was not as closely associated with the mythos surrounding the 1980 Miracle on Ice as head coach, Herb Brooks, or many of his teammates.An Cold Sore of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby. In “Miracle”, the 2004 fictionalised film account of Team USA’s victory at Lake Placid, Suter is never mentioned and is only seen in the footage of the real 1980 team at the end of the movie. Accounts paint Suter as someone who is rightfully proud of his accomplishments. However, he tempers this with an evident desire to see his son enjoy the attention and respect that he has earned as a professional in his own right.

2011年3月13日 星期日

Why You Should Not Buy An iPad 2: iOS

Like many tech enthusiasts, I followed last week's Apple event closely. Steve Jobs

unexpectedly took the stage, but the company announced an expected product: the iPad 2.

Although not nearly as revolutionary as the original, the second generation model brings

refined hardware improvements. Extras such as cameras are also a great addition, however

there is one major flaw: iOS.
Do Hardware Specs Matter?

This questions comes up quite often and the answer is not simple. Apple's original iPad was a

game changer since there was nothing else like it on the market. Tablet PCs had been around

for ages, but they still ran a desktop operating system. While I adore Windows 7 and use it

primarily for all my work, it is far from being ideal for tablets. With the introduction of

iOS, hardware specs for tablets became more along the lines of a smart phone rather than a

laptop computer.

Although 2010 was definitely the year of the iPad, 2011 has an entirely new landscape.

Competition such as the BlackBerry PlayBook, HP TouchPad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab

10, and LG G-Slate each offer a very similar set of features. There are some benefits and

drawbacks to each which we highlighted in our series of infographics, but the specifications

are roughly the same. They are so close in some regards that it truly does not make a

difference to consumers.
Software Matters Too

While hardware specifications were all the rage for ages, easy to use and intuitive software

has pushed for consumer friendly devices. Apple made a great decision when they chose to run

iOS on the iPad instead of Mac OS X last year. The interface was efficient, familiar, and

simple. The iPhone was already a hit and the iPad was a perfectly complement to the family.

Although I do not own an iPad, I spent some time using and reviewing it last year. There were

many missing features at the time, however iOS ran incredibly smoothly. Fast forward a year

later, not much has changed aside from the addition of multitasking. The new iPad 2 makes

things faster with a dual-core processor, but the operating system is nearly identical.

This creates a major issue for Apple as we head into the flooded market of tablets in 2011.

The current iOS for the iPad is essentially an enlarged version of the operating system for

the iPhone and iPod touch. The platform was a great start, but the original design does not

take advantage of the tablet form factor. Although I was hoping for a new refreshing

interface, Apple did not announce a major software revamp for the iPad 2 aside from a few

minor enhancements.


There are many amazing iPad apps that take advantage of 9.7 inch screen, but the operating

system does not go far enough. Google, HP, and RIM have started from the ground up with new

tablet operating systems that take the slate form factor into consideration from the OS

level. BlackBerry Tablet OS, webOS 3, and Android 3.0 Honeycomb each offer many user

interface improvements which are more innovative and intuitive than iOS.

For instance, HP's latest webOS 3 lets users stack sets of applications together for

organized multitasking. Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb has an impressive notifications panel

for keeping up to date with the latest information without letting pop ups disrupt work flow.

It is not just about multitasking and notifications either, these new breed of  tablets offer

creative home screens with widgets and improved navigation for getting things done fast.