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Contemporary decor and high-tech amenities feel more modern boutique than classic ski lodge
Unlike most hotels in the Aspen area, this property features sleek, contemporary decor that creates more of a modern boutique vibe than a classic ski lodge ambience.
While a hint of classic ski lodge decor can be detected in a few of the hotel's design elements -- like the antler chandelier above the front desk and the stone fireplace in the breakfast area -- the property has a decidedly modern feel both inside and out.
A stylish color palette that incorporates dark tones with bright accents can be found throughout the hotel -- from its charcoal grey exterior punched up by a sleek red awning to its guest room interiors with dark wood furniture and colorful accent walls.
Sleek wicker lounge chairs dot the property's neatly manicured grounds and stylish pool area. A highlight of the hotel, the pool area features a fire pit, modern patio furniture, large Jacuzzi, and year-round pool with fountain elements.
The Hotel Aspen offers free continental breakfast with hot and cold foods year-round, as well as evening wine and appetizers during the ski season. Parking at the hotel is free, as is Wi-Fi and a winter airport shuttle service.
On West Main Street, close to the heart of downtown Aspen
The Hotel Aspen stands on West Main Street (also known as Highway 82), which runs directly through Aspen. It is located across the street from popular Paepcke Park and just a block away from local breakfast favorite Main Street Cafe. The hotel is walking distance from numerous other eateries, as well as bars, ski lifts, and The Belly Up concert venue that features a mix of up-and-coming bands and famous musicians. The gorgeous and frequently photographed Maroon Bells Scenic Wilderness Area is a 25-minute drive from the hotel and other attractions are an even shorter drive away.
As for getting to Aspen, most travelers fly into Aspen Airport directly and forgo the four-hour drive from Denver, but flights are often delayed due to winter weather.
Modern rooms with kitchenettes and updated bathrooms
The hotel's boutique vibe pervades the guest rooms and suites, which feature sleek decor, high-tech amenities, and luxe touches, albeit limited space. Dark wood furniture, geometric-shaped lamps, black-and-white curtains, and stark nature prints create a modern feel, while red accent walls, golden yellow carpets, and bright furniture textiles add pops of color and a touch of warmth.
Even the standard rooms offer high-tech amenities such as flat-screen TVs and iPod docks, as well as luxe touches like Gilchrist & Soames toiletries and 300-thread-count sheets. All rooms also feature kitchenettes with microwaves, bar-style seating and mini-fridges, but the light-colored countertops need to be replaced, as they clash with the rest of the decor and are showing signs of wear and tear in some cases.
Bathrooms are clean and modern, but are a bit on the small side. Most only offer stand-alone showers.
Stylish pool area and free continental breakfast, but no fitness center, restaurant, or elevator
Modern furnishings, high-tech amenities, and luxe touches such as designer toiletries give this 45-unit hotel a boutique vibe. The sleek pool deck is especially stylish, with wicker lounge chairs, year-round pool, Jacuzzi, and fire pit. Freebies include breakfast, Wi-Fi, and parking, but the property lacks standard amenities such as an elevator and restaurant. The hotel's location along Main Street is a plus, as restaurants, bars, and ski lifts are all within walking distance.
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I recently caught my first Steelhead (large rainbow trout) and I'm not sure I was ready for such a large fish. It's 32" long and has a 15" girth. I'm assuming it's close to 12 pounds. I immediately put it on ice and gutted it when I got home. I wasn't sure what to do from there so I wraped it up and put it in my freezer. If I could do it all over again, I would have cleaned and fileted the fish, then freeze it. What should I do now? Can I thaw it then filet it? If I do that I can't freeze them again. Should I just invite 10 of my friends over and cook it all at once? What do you think?
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Alright, winter. You got me. Usually I try not to complain about the weather but this year? Oh my god, this winter feels endless. So cold! So snowy! So OVER IT.
Since I can't control the weather (darn it!), I can control what I make. And with a winter like this, I want soup. Lots of soup.
Here are four of my favorite hearty winter soups.
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January 27, 2014
Years ago, I ordered a bowl of sweet potato soup in a small bistro in Burlington, Vermont. I expected a sweet, creamy soup. What I got was a sweet, creamy soup with a noticeable spicy kick. I loved it! At home, I recreated the soup and included the recipe in my second cookbook, "How to Cook Gluten-Free." That recipe, like the one served at the bistro, contained dairy. Several readers asked for a dairy-free variation of the recipe. So I created one. . . .
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My version of Panera's Broccoli Cheddar soup--made gluten-free, of course. . . .
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You know those foods that you just prefer a certain way? I'm like that with chowder. I like my chowder thick but not ultra rich. Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Let me explain.
Often chowder's richness comes from cream. When too much cream is used in the recipes, I find the flavor of the chowder a little blunted. To get around this--and still enjoy a thick consistency--up the amount of flour in the roux to thicken the soup. Instead of a 1:1 ratio of fat to flour, I use a 1:2 ratio and omit the cream altogether. This lends a nicely thick soup without being too rich. If you prefer a thin chowder, add an additional cup of chicken or vegetable broth.
By the way, this chowder has a little spicy kick under the sweetness of the corn. If you'd prefer chowder without the kick, just leave out the hot sauce.
Have you ever eaten Italian Wedding Soup at a wedding? Probably not, and there's a good reason why: the name for this dish most likely comes from a mistranslation of the classic Neapolitan soup Minestra Maritato, which translates to "married soup". The soup's name doesn't refer to a marriage between people, but to how well the meat and greens work together in the soup.
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Buckeye taps Motorola for CMTS upgradesNovember 4, 2002 7:00 pm | by Duffy Hayes | Comments
Toledo, Ohio-based operator Buckeye CableSystem said it will upgrade and replace its legacy cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) with next-generation, DOCSIS 1.1-qualified gear from Motorola Broadband. More specifically, Buckeye will upgrade its plant by deploying Motorola's Broadband Services Router (BSR) 64000, a carrier-class CMTS/router, as part of an effort to support new DOCSIS 1.
Cablevision pushes the digital envelopeNovember 4, 2002 7:00 pm | by Jeff Baumgartner | Comments
Following a recent decision to add Scientific-Atlanta Inc. headends and set-tops to its digital mix, Cablevision Systems Corp. said it will activate nearly 1 million new digital homes and pass more than 3.3 million households with its iO: Interactive Optimum digital service by the end of November. The MSO said it will reach that figure after completing more than 750,000 activations during the m...
Study ties TV viewing to technology ownershipNovember 4, 2002 7:00 pm | by Duffy Hayes | Comments
Does what you watch say something about how technologically savvy you are? A new study says it does. Knowledge Networks/SRI, through the culling of survey data for the group's Home Technology Monitor, compares media technology "profiles" for regular viewers of 31 major television networks. The analysis came up with two sets of findings based on research from all TV households and "Cable-plus" h...
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Buoyed by demand for digital video and high-speed data services, Charter Communications Inc. reported third quarter revenue of about $1.2 billion, up 13 percent, and operating cash flow of $497, up 9 percent versus the year-ago period. Charter said it added 211,000 revenue-generating units (RGUs) during the quarter, fueled by digital video and cable modem services.
AOL beams IM aboard the EnterpriseNovember 3, 2002 7:00 pm | by Roger Brown | Comments
America Online hopes to translate its wildly successful residential Instant Messenger service to the business world with the launch of Enterprise AIM Services, a suite of business-class solutions that increase the value and manageability of AOL Instant Messenger within organizations. Along with all of the functionality of the publicly available AOL Instant Messenger software, Enterprise AIM Ser...
Study: Homes getting smarter, although protocols varyNovember 3, 2002 7:00 pm | by Duffy Hayes | Comments
We've been promised the emergence of the "smart" home for the past couple of years-our cell phones were going to be able to turn on our lights, hot tubs and ovens with the flick of a switch-but the existence of a variety of protocols has hampered smart home growth into the mass market, according to a new study from InStat/MDR.
S-A claims another Gemstar victoryNovember 3, 2002 7:00 pm | by Jeff Baumgartner | Comments
Following up on earlier wins involving its electronic program guide for digital cable set-tops, Scientific-Atlanta Inc. said Monday that a judge has found that the company's Explorer 3000 and Explorer 8600x boxes don't infringe on two Gemstar-TV Guide International patents. Those patents (5,508,815 and 5,568,272) both involve the schedule display system for video recorder programming.
CSG makes nice, withdraws action against ComcastNovember 3, 2002 7:00 pm | by Duffy Hayes | Comments
Customer care and billing system provider CSG Systems announced today that it voluntarily withdrew a complaint it filed in June against Comcast Corp. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Comcast interfered with a long-term contract signed between CSG and AT&T Broadband. AT&T Broadband is slated to close its merger with Comcast later this month.
Mediacom reports higher revenue, operating cash flowNovember 3, 2002 7:00 pm | by Jeff Baumgartner | Comments
Mediacom Communications Corp. said pro forma 3Q revenues rose 10.8 percent to $233.7 million, and operating cash flow jumped 17.2 percent to $97.5 million. The company partly attributed the gains to basic rate increases, digital re-packaging, growth in its high-speed data operations and "moderate" corporate overhead reductions.
Cablevision sells Bravo to NBCNovember 3, 2002 7:00 pm | by Jeff Baumgartner | Comments
Cablevision Systems Corp. 's decision to sell off Bravo to NBC for $1.25 billion should address worries about the MSO's debt load, according to one analysis. Salomon Smith Barney, in a research note, said the deal is positive for Cablevision because it would be "significantly accretive" for the MSO and that it should "largely address concerns about [Cablevision's] funding gap.
DOCSIS shipments rise slightly in Q3November 3, 2002 7:00 pm | by Staff | Comments
Thanks to increased demand in North America that offset weakness in international markets, global DOCSIS cable modem shipments rose 3.6 percent in the third quarter to 2.6 million units, Kinetic Strategies Inc. revealed in the November issue of Cable Datacom News. In North America, DOCSIS unit shipments gained 8.
Cable-based VOD revenue to hit $2.8B in '06November 3, 2002 7:00 pm | by Jeff Baumgartner | Comments
Thanks in part to deeper service penetration and access to a wider swath on content, cable-based video-on-demand revenue will rise to $2.8 billion in 2006, the Yankee Group forecasts. Despite that upward trend, cable operators must complement their technology commitment with one of marketing and customer education, the research firm added.
Charter's Pillai named 'Young Engineer of the Year'November 3, 2002 7:00 pm | by Jeff Baumgartner | Comments
Pragash Pillai, senior engineer of digital video technologies for Charter Communications Inc., has been named the 2003 Young Engineer of the Year. The award — sponsored by Pace Micro Technology, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers and CED sister publication Multichannel News- recognizes engineers under the age of 30 for their contributions to the cable industry.
ICTV's 'HeadendWare' makes some headwayOctober 31, 2002 7:00 pm | by Staff | Comments
Canada-based Access Communications has stepped up to become the first cable operator to deploy HeadendWare, ICTV Inc.'s new headend-based digital interactive-television platform. HeadendWare, introduced by ICTV in April, is marked for broadband networks populated by "thin-client" digital boxes. Access said it will tap the platform to offer a number of interactive applications, including TV-bas...
BigBand's latest app offers digital RxOctober 31, 2002 7:00 pm | by Staff | Comments
BigBand Networks has launched a self-healing redundancy platform for digital cable services and has landed AT&T Broadband as the first customer for the new product. Leveraging Gigabit Ethernet technology, the platform is designed to increase cable network reliability by enabling an alternative headend to immediately restore digital video to subscribers, if the primary headend fails.


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If that's the case they shouldn't have taken the tickets. You had to go online or to an actual ticket office and get the tickets. Leave the tickets for those who would show up if you're afraid. Never felt even the least bit uneasy with the crowd. Sad if people really fealt that way! We should take pride in our city so we can show if off more often.
NEAR capacity??? Had a really good time with the different acts but the Q was only about 60% full. The only thing I was dissapointed in was the turn out of Clevelanders for a FREE concert! And we wonder why they only come back once every 3 years or what ever it is. If we want it we have to support all the events that go along with it. Cool show just a poor showing of support for it!
they already collaborate with UH and Case on a number of ventures. They obviously feel the give and take with the NY hospital system has a greater benefit to both parties.
The Patriots have a 6th rounder starting at QB, how's that working out?! Let the kid play some football before we get too worried about it. Better to see if he can actually play now instead of 2-3 years down the road if we happen to be in a playoff race. (I'm always optimistic)
This is Shurmurs first season how do you figure he drafted Hardesty??? Heckert drafted Hardesty but Shurmur wasn't around last season to choose him either. Holmgren was around when we traded for Hillis so he's HIS guy. Do you think Shurmur is pushing against what Holmgren wants?
Not that it matters but Irving never graduated. He left after his freshman year, and who knows if he even finished that!
It has nothing to do with being a Buckeye homer! We're (the Browns) weakest at the position he plays! Nobody said sign him to a long term contract. But their not doing their jobs if they don't at least look at him as an option. Sign him to a 1-2yr contract that is incentive laiden and hope for the best. What would be wrong with that???
I hope we keep D'Quell but it's easy to lead the league in tackles when you defense is on the field for 75% of the game. He can thank our lackluster offense for all the padded stats!
Don't get me wrong, I like Hickson, but he's never going to be a low post threat. He's only 6'9. He's an athletic slasher with some low post moves but he can't be a threat down there unless he hits a late in life growth spurt. Good bounce for shot blocking, hopegully he gets better at man to man D.
C'mon, why make Mangini out to be worse than he is. If he actually answers that question with a players name on another roster he gets fined for tampering. If you don't like Mangini just say it already. I don't like you and I can say it. What a waste of money for the PD! We could have looked on the Browns website to find out who a player is. This article should have been about the kid who won the contest!
Manngini doesn't need to let US know anything or tell US why players are benched or not playing! If you don't know then you should watch another sport. They're not playing because someone else is practicing harder, knows the play book better or just kisses better @ss. Other than that who cares. Do you really think he's going to put a group of 2nd teamers out there just for spite or to stick it to the fans?! That's insane. This year was a wash from the start, just deal with it. If WE don't see any progress next year I'll be on "what were we thinking band wagon" but for goodness sakes lets see what he's going to do first. And I don't ever remember Mangini calling himself a genius?!
A dollar is a dollar. How can this monopoly take advantage of anyone? They can't charge you $5.50 for a $5 bet at the tables. They're not going to have a hotel, so they can't steal any guest from the other hotels with free gambling for paying extra for a room. How can they take advantage of us? Cleveland isn't big enough for more than one cassino anyway. Why not funnel people to our best asset, the downtown lakefront area???
Why is it a good thing that if you put Doug's poll next to all the other voters that his would be the farthest from the actual rankings??? This is why the AP means nothing anymore. It doesn't count towards the BCS tally because of rediculous voters just like this. What a team has done up to this point in the season should matter!
Why isn't this considered tampering like in the NFL? Shouldn't the Nets be fined if JayZ is a part owner and openly talking about someone elses player that is under contract?
You can't call it Progressive Park because people would call it the P.P. kind of like Gund Arena, anyone remember the jokes about that name???!!!


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I do not visit that forum anymore CK after you asked the question for paying members to tell if it was worth it and Tommy got all fired up at us for asking. I have no issue with the man making money but just continuing to hear the same old same old "our years of experience" speech etc wears a little thin. Forum has to get going a little more for me to even consider paying for it. As far a Central FL folks CK talked to two other guys in my community. Trying to find a way to get us all together but if you are like I am you are swamped right now. Good news is that I am bidding Sod jobs at a decent price and actually getting them - bad news is each of the pallets I have thrown this week had tons of fire ants in them and my arms now look like a mine field.
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David Filner assumed the administrative leadership of the San Antonio Symphony in November, 2012. Led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the San Antonio Symphony is celebrating its 73rd year this season.
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On Thursday, March 4 at 6 p.m. at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center the Symphony begins its collaboration with Contemporary Art Month (CAM). Symphony concertmaster Ertan Torgul will play Strung Out by Philip Glass and works by 28 local visual artists will be on display. Ertan is a native of Turkey and he started his […] [Read More]


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After a rocky holiday shopping season filled with heavily promoted deep discounts, some retailers now being forced to close their doors.
In the past week, discounter Loehmann's started liquidating. JCPenney and Macy's announced store closures and thousands of layoffs.
Although their doors remain open, Best Buy says their holiday sales slumped so much so that their stock plunged 28 percent Thursday.
Once staples at the strip mall, Filene's Basement and Circuit City are all shut down.
So what happened to America's shopping habit? The Internet!
Shoppers are just getting smarter.
They're showrooming. Going to the store to see the item at brick and mortar stores and then looking for the lowest price online and when shoppers do hit the mall, they're prepared.
That's squeezing profit margins.
Traditional retailers extended their holiday hours but it's hard to compete with 24/7.
The result?
Online sales are rising, sales at physical stores falling.
Foot traffic for retailers over the holidays is now half what it was just three years ago.
That's according to Shoppertrak which monitors mall-visits across the country and some experts think many of those shoppers will never come back to a mall again.
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A wireless communication system wherein wireless infrastructure adapts access parameters and manages channel resources based on detailed reconnection information obtained from individual mobile stations. Mobile stations transmit particular reconnection attempt status information to the wireless infrastructure. The reconnection attempt status information, along with the aggregate statistics of other mobile stations, is used by the infrastructure to adapt access parameters to increase or decrease the likelihood of successful access. This allows the infrastructure to tune access parameters to particular mobile station information and it also allows the infrastructure to provide better resource management for both traffic channel assignments and access channel usage.
1. A method for attempting to establish a connection between a mobile station and a wireless communication system comprising:
transmitting a plurality of reconnection attempt messages, each containing a parameter identifying a reason for a previously failed reconnection attempt and a parameter indicating a number of times that the reason has occurred;
attempting to receive the plurality of reconnection attempt messages and, if the attempt to receive succeeds, storing the parameter identifying the reason for the previously failed reconnection attempt and the parameter indicating the number of times that the reason has occurred.
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This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/999,288 filed on Nov. 29, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,024,217 which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/029,609 filed Dec. 20, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,845,245 issued Jan. 18, 2005 which claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/258,620 filed Dec. 22, 2000. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates to wireless communication systems, and more particularly to enhanced handoff control for wireless communication systems.
Cellular telephones may operate under a variety of standards including the code division multiple access (CDMA) cellular telephone communication system for which a 2nd generation system is described in TIA/EIA, IS-95, Mobile Station-Base Station Compatibility Standard for Dual-Mode Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular System, published July 1993 and a 3rd generation system is described in TIA/EIA, IS-2000-A Volumes 1 through 6. CDMA is a technique for spread-spectrum multiple-access digital communications that creates channels through the use of unique code sequences. In CDMA systems, signals can be and are received in the presence of high levels of interference. The practical limit of signal reception depends on the channel conditions, but CDMA reception in the system described in the aforementioned IS-95 Standard can take place in the presence of interference that is 18 dB larger than the signal for a static channel. Typically, the system operates with a lower level of interference and dynamic channel conditions.
A mobile station utilizing one of the CDMA standards utilizes a set of reverse channels to transmit data to the infrastructure and a set of forward channels to receive data from the infrastructure. Reverse channels include but are not limited to an Access Channel and one or more Traffic Channels. The Access Channel is used by mobile stations for communicating usually short messaging signals to a specific base station, where such signals include but are not limited to call originations, responses to infrastructure pages and system registrations. The various Access Channel messages are comprised of a message body, a message length indicator and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). Access Channel messages are contained in a data structure called an Access Probe. An Access Probe comprises a preamble and an Access Channel message. Access Probes are sent in sequences containing the same message until an acknowledgement to the message is received. A mobile station will usually increase the power of each successive Access Probe until it receives an acknowledgment to the message or the access parameters affecting transmit power are modified by the base station. The entire process of sending one Access Channel message and receiving (or failing to receive) an acknowledgment is known as an Access Attempt.
A typical mobile-originated connection setup scenario involves the use of multiple signaling messages on multiple channels. The mobile station detects input from the user, for example through keypad or voice detection. The mobile station then initiates an Access Attempt by transmitting an origination message encapsulated in a sequence of Access Probes to a base station. The mobile station will continue transmitting Access Probes containing the same origination message until it receives an acknowledgement on the Forward Paging Channel from the base station that the Access Probe was transmitted to. When the base station receives one of the Access Probes, and resources are available, it responds by setting up a Forward Traffic Channel (defined by an orthogonal code such as a Walsh Code, or a Quasi-Orthogonal Function), transmitting null traffic data on the traffic channel and transmitting a channel assignment message (including the acknowledgement) on the Paging Channel. However, if resources are not readily available, the base station will transmit the acknowledgement along with Access Parameter instructions to the mobile station on the Paging Channel. Access parameter instructions can include, but are not limited to, changes in persistence parameters, access probe power parameters, acknowledgement timeout parameters, number of access probes per sequence or other well known access parameters. The mobile station will continue its Access Attempt, as modified by the Access Parameter instructions received from the base station, until a connection is established.
The connection scenario described above can require many messages and, hence, can consume a large amount of network capacity. Therefore, any way of consolidating this process, thereby conserving capacity, would be welcomed by network operators and be appreciated by users due to fast connection setup.
As discussed above, connection setup can be a process involving multiple reconnection attempts by the mobile station utilizing several Access Probe sequences. It can also involve base station adaptation of Access Parameters, especially when network resources are limited. An Access Probe containing an origination message generally contains a preamble and the origination message which contains information regarding what type of connection is being requesting, the capabilities of the requesting mobile station and other overhead parameters. The base station must manage the access channel parameters and traffic channel assignments based on a very limited knowledge of a particular mobile station state. This invention provides a way for a base station to intelligently adapt access parameters and manage channel assignments based on individual mobile station information.
The invention consists of a method allowing a wireless infrastructure to adapt mobile station Access Parameters and manage limited channel resources based on detailed reconnection information obtained from individual mobile stations.
The invention involves a mobile station transmitting particular reconnection attempt status information, such as the number of attempts so far and the reason(s) for the reconnections to the wireless infrastructure. A base station, or other infrastructure component, uses this information along with the aggregate statistics of other mobile stations to determine if a particular variation in access parameters can (or has in the past) increase or decrease the possibility of successful access. This allows the wireless infrastructure to use these statistical results, or predefined instructions and parameter values, to tune the access parameters based on a particular mobile station's state information. It also allows the wireless infrastructure to provide better resource management for both traffic channel assignments and access channel usage.
These and other features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent upon reading the following detailed description and upon reference to the accompanying drawings.
A mobile station 106 is capable of receiving data from and transmitting data to a base station 104. In one embodiment, the mobile station 106 receives and transmits data according to the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) standard. A set of standards that define a version of CDMA that is particularly suitable for use with the invention include IS-95, IS-95A, and IS-95B, Mobile Station-Base Station Compatibility Standard for Dual-Mode Spread Spectrum Systems; TIA/EIA/IS-2000-2, Physical Layer Standard for cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems; and TIA/EIA/IS-2000-5 Upper Layer (Layer 3) Signaling Standard for cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems, all of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety. CDMA is a communication standard permitting mobile users of wireless communication devices to exchange data over a telephone system wherein radio signals carry data to and from the wireless devices.
Under the CDMA standard, additional cells 108 a, 108 c, 108 d, and 108 e adjacent to the cell 108 b permit mobile stations 106 to cross cell boundaries without interrupting communications. This is so because base stations 104 a, 104 c, 104 d, and 104 e in adjacent cells assume the task of transmitting and receiving data for the mobile stations 106. The mobile switching center 102 coordinates all communication to and from mobile stations 106 in a multi-cell region. Thus, the mobile switching center 102 may communicate with many base stations 104.
Mobile stations 106 may move about freely within the cell 108 while communicating either voice or data. Mobile stations 106 not in active communication with other telephone system users may, nevertheless, scan base station 104 transmissions in the cell 108 to detect any telephone calls or paging messages directed to the mobile station 106. Mobile stations 106 can also initiate a connection by transmitting an origination message to a particular base station sector 104 that it is scanning.
One example of such a mobile station 106 is a cellular telephone used by a pedestrian who, wishing to establish a connection, powers on the cellular telephone while walking in the cell 108. The cellular telephone scans certain frequencies (frequencies known to be used by CDMA) to synchronize communication with the base station 104. The cellular telephone then registers with the mobile switching center 102 to make itself known as an active user within the CDMA network.
When originating a connection the cellular telephone detects input from the user, for example through keypad or voice detection. A connection as referred to herein includes, but is not limited to, voice, multimedia video or audio streaming, packet switched data and circuit switched data connections, short message sequences or data bursts, and paging. The cellular telephone then initiates an Access Attempt by transmitting an origination message encapsulated in a sequence of Access Probes to base station 104. The cellular telephone will continue transmitting Access Probes containing the same origination message until it receives an acknowledgement on the Forward Paging Channel from the base station 104 that the Access Probe was transmitted to. When the base station 104 receives one of the Access Probes, and resources are available, it responds by setting up a Forward Traffic Channel (defined by an orthogonal code such as a Walsh Code, or a Quasi-Orthogonal Function), transmitting null traffic data on the traffic channel and transmitting a channel assignment message (including the acknowledgement) on the Paging Channel. However, if resources are not readily available, the base station 104 will transmit the acknowledgement along with Access Parameter instructions to the cellular telephone on the Paging Channel. Access parameter instructions can include, but are not limited to, changes in persistence parameters, access probe power parameters, acknowledgement timeout parameters, number of access probes per sequence or other well known access parameters. The cellular telephone will continue its Access Attempt, as modified by the Access Parameter instructions received from the base station 104, until a connection is established.
The present invention involves each mobile station or a subset of all mobile stations served by a base station (or a sector of a base station) transmitting reconnection information to the base station while attempting to establish mobile originated connections. The reconnection information includes, but is not limited to, the reason for the reconnection, the number of reconnection attempts transmitted, the Access Probe power level and the Access Probe Number. The reasons for the reconnection include, but are not limited to, no response from the base station (access failure), and refusal of channel assignment from the base station (access retry). In one embodiment of the present invention, if there is an access failure, then the reconnection information is input to the access parameter tuning algorithm. In another embodiment, if there is an access retry rejection, then the reconnection information goes into the resource management process that prioritizes re-connections/connections. In one embodiment, the number of reconnection attempts include only the number that have occurred (including the current one) for the same reconnect reason as the current one. In another embodiment, the number includes only the consecutive reconnection attempts occurring for the same reason as the current one. The later embodiment could be useful to include in the aggregate statistics since only repetitive problems are accented with high numbers.
The reconnection information described above can be collected by the infrastructure and used to adapt the access parameters to allow for faster connection setup. This adaptation can be performed on the base access parameters that are transmitted to all mobile stations served in the area of interest or can be access parameters that affect only one mobile station, or a subset of mobile stations can be individually tuned.
After the initialization 305, the process checks the current indicator against the upper and lower hysteresis levels to determine if an increase or decrease in access parameter aggressiveness is needed 310. If the indicator is less than the lower hysteresis level, then a decrease is necessary and the process proceeds to 315. If the indicator is greater than the upper hysteresis level, then an increase is necessary and the process proceeds to 320. If neither hysteresis level is violated (i.e. the indicator is between the lower and upper hysteresis levels), the process may optionally proceed to 335 (path not shown in
The access success indicator discussed above can take many forms. In general the indicator must be chosen so that it has a strong correlation with the access success rate. An example embodiment of an indicator with a strong correlation to access success rate follows.
In one embodiment, the mobile station may keep track of how many retries have occurred for each re-connection attempt. This information may be stored locally in a database and an average may be computed. The mobile station may categorize the data according to number of retries. Consider denoting the set of all reconnections received by a base station and labeled as access failures because there was no response received at the mobile as the set R, and denoting the set of attempts that were the j′th retry attempt of a connection as the set Rj. The ratio of reconnections that required j reconnection attempts can be computed as the size of the set Rj minus the size of the set R(j+1) (i.e. the number of j′th retries less the number of (j+1)′th retries) over the total number of reconnections. Denoting set size, or cardinality, by vertical bars, the ratio r can be written as rj=(|Rj|−|Rj+1|)/R0. In one embodiment, the system may examine the distribution of rj across the parameter j. The system may be tuned, or tune itself such that rj falls off after a threshold value k. For example, if k=3, then no more than 3 retries are generally required to reconnect and rk+1 is much less than rk. The system may tune itself using an algorithm that examines the parameter rk and rk+1 and adjusting access or reconnect parameters to tune the distribution of r. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the system may tune itself by examining the parameter r1 (i.e. r at a specific point 1) as time varies and as the system adapts. For example, the system may attempt an adaptation step of increasing or decreasing the aggressiveness of access parameters and then examine if the statistic r1 has adjusted in the desired direction. Note that 1 may be set equal to k, k+1 or any other threshold or number of retries of interest. The indicator in
Access parameter aggressiveness may be increased by increasing the initial power level, power step size, number of access probes, number of probe sequences, or any other access related parameter that may increase the chance of a base station receiving the mobile station access transmission sooner. Increasing access parameter aggressiveness may involve considering the tradeoff of interference implications due to higher power transmissions. Ideally, the number of access transmissions or duration of access transmissions should be minimized while also minimizing the time until the power level reaches and does not overly exceed a level receivable by the base station. The purpose of increasing access parameter aggressiveness is to improve the chances that a mobile station transmission is received as soon as possible by a base station without excess interference in the reverse link.
Decreasing access parameter aggressiveness may include lowering initial power level, power step size, number of access probes, number of probe sequences, or any other access related parameter that may decrease the chance of mobile transmissions that are unnecessarily long or strong while maintaining a satisfactory chance of a base station receiving the mobile station access transmission within a satisfactory time period. The purpose of decreasing access parameter aggressiveness is to reduce the chance of unnecessary interference through unnecessarily strong, long, or number of access transmissions.
The access probing method is designed to start at a relatively low power and increase power of transmissions until the base station receives the mobile station transmission. The access parameters may be initially configured by a network engineer to correspond to average signal environment conditions within a sector or cell. A single set of access parameter values may not be ideal for all conditions. The ideal parameter values may vary with time, location, mobile station, and other environmental or user characteristics. Adaptation of access parameters may take into account variation in the ideal values by using a hysteresis method. In such a method threshold levels may be established about the desired access performance so that the parameters are only tuned if the performance is worse or better than the respective hysteresis bounds.
The infrastructure may also use the access retry information transmitted by the mobile for resource management/planning (as opposed to the access failure information that was used in the access parameter tuning process above). The access retry information corresponds to those reconnection attempts that are made due to refusal by the infrastructure to allocate a traffic channel. This may be particularly useful for packet data connections. The base station may respond differently to each mobile depending on how many access retry attempts the mobile has made so far. For example, the base station could ask the mobile to wait longer before trying to reconnect next time. The base may use statistics about how many pending connections there are and how long they have been pending to release and re-assign resources.
In one embodiment, the infrastructure may keep track of pending connections that were requested to reattempt in the future. The infrastructure may thereby optimally re-schedule future new connection requests. The infrastructure may also maintain a database of connection durations correlated with the type of connection, user or other characteristic and use this information to predict the end of connections. This information can further be used as input for determining how long to ask a terminal requesting a new connection or reconnection to wait until retrying.
Note also that embodiments of the present invention can be generalized to communications protocols other than CDMA. Systems incorporating TDMA or FDMA or combinations of both can easily adapt the connection access methods to include the present invention. Note also, that systems other than cellular telephone systems, such as adhoc wireless networks, wireless LAN and WAN networks could also utilize the present invention.
Numerous variations and modifications of the invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics.
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Steven Gerrard is targeting a 'perfect finish' to 2012-13 as Liverpool go in search of European qualification.
The Reds' 3-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday was their third successive Barclays Premier League win and elevated them to sixth in the table, seven points off fourth-placed Chelsea.
Gerrard is hoping Brendan Rodgers' side can maintain their momentum over the final nine games and secure continental football for next season.
"The top five places are the target," said the captain. "Let's see what happens in other big games that are not in our control. Hopefully the teams above us will slip up.
"All we can control is our performances and our consistency and hopefully we will finish strong.
"At times we haven't got what we've deserved against top sides but we can't look for excuses. We are where we are and we need to take responsibility for where we are in the league.
"Liverpool don't belong in seventh, eighth or ninth in the table. We want to push for the European places year after year.
"Hopefully it's not too late but we will need to produce the perfect finish to sneak in the back door."
Sunday's triumph over Spurs was the first time this season Liverpool have secured three points against a side in the top six, despite a number of impressive displays against them.
Gerrard added: "This season has been slightly strange in the way that usually we do really well against the top sides and slip up against the sides we should be beating.
"But we have been putting those sides away quite comfortably with three, four and five nils, and looked really good. We haven't got the points we've needed against the top sides.
"This result and performance will give us great confidence and belief. Hopefully it will be a springboard for us to go on and finish the season really strongly."
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Boyd County Library free movie series continues today at 2
CANNONSBURG — Boyd County Public Library will host two free movie showings in the next week.
The first is "Jack Reacher," a 2012 action thriller. It will be shown at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at 2 p.m. at the Kyova Branch, located in the Kyova Mall, across from Elder-Beerman. The film, rated PG-13, stars Tom Cruise as a police officer investigating a military sniper turned serial killer.
The second movie next week is "Parental Guidance," which is the May Girls' Night Out feature. The movie, rated PG, is about grandparents whose old-fashioned methods clash with their grandkids' 21st century behavior.
It will be shown Wednesday, May 29, at 5:30 p.m. at the Main Branch, 1740 Central Ave.
Outside groups can host movie showings at either the Main or Kyova branches, using the library's license. For more information call Amanda Clark at (606) 329-0518, ext. 1140.
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By Sara MooreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2008 A small school district in South Dakota is being honored for its partnership with its military employees and the local community.
Winner School District, in Winner, S.D., is one of 15 companies chosen to receive the 2008 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, which recognizes employers who provide exceptional support to employees serving in the National Guard or Reserve.
Winner School District always has been family-oriented, so supporting its employees who serve in the military is like second nature, said Mike Hanson, school district superintendent. "We feel it's our responsibility to offer that support, to let them know we care," he said.
To support its military employees, Winner School District provides a pay supplement for the entire length of a Guard or reserve employee's deployment. Deployed employees also receive care packages from the staff and students and daily e-mails updating them on the latest district news. The district uses the middle school library as a video tele-conference location, where families can talk to deployed relatives.
The school district also focuses on the servicemembers' families while they're deployed. School board members have helped out by mowing lawns, taking children to school athletic events, and even tending to an expectant mother. When deployed employees return from their overseas service, they are placed in the same classroom, teaching the same grade, which aids in their transition to civilian life, Hanson said.
The school district partners with the community as well, hosting a Veterans Day community program that recognizes local veterans and servicemembers in the faculty and student body, Hanson said. The district also works with the local National Guard unit, he said.
Having employees who also serve in the military benefits the school district because they bring strong organizational skills and initiative to the workplace, said Hanson, who grew up in a military family. "We can get things done with people who have a strong background in the military," he said.
Hanson said he is excited about receiving the Freedom Award, and looks forward to continuing the school district's support of military employees.
"We want to keep the services we have and improve on them," he said. "We're very proud to be part of this partnership with the military and the community."
Winner School District will receive the Freedom Award along with 14 other companies in a ceremony Sept. 18 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center here. The Freedom Award was instituted in 1996 under the auspices of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve to recognize exceptional support from the employer community.


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What do you think?could we see, DLR or DCA, an Oz themed... Something? Land, ride, parade? Would that be something of interest?
What do you think?could we see, DLR or DCA, an Oz themed... Something? Land, ride, parade? Would that be something of interest?
All this Oz talk is completely pointless. Remember all the talk of a Prince of Persia ride, or John Carter, or Tron? These live action movies are generally fads that pass pretty quickly.
Not to be a downer here, but we don't even know if this movie will be a hit, it seems like we're jumping the gun a little here.
That said, if the film does end up being a success, I still wouldn't want to see any of the above. Thematically, it doesn't fit into DCA at all. And with Disneyland, the only places it makes sense are Frontierland and Fantasyland, but room is limited and I honestly don't see the film meshing well with either land. Not every blockbuster film needs a presence in the park.
Since the "rumor" is "3 films" I would expect some presence in the park...
I've seen more of this film than most and my hopes are high that its a blockbuster.
However, as to Bugs Land, bugs are everywhere. I'm not an entomologist, but if someone can show me evidence that there is a species represented there that is not indigenous to CA, I will then say it doesn't fit. Until then, the bug population is not necessarily out of place.
The Goofy ride is a midway stile ride on a romanticized classic CA boardwalk.
"Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada."
Some could also say Radiator Springs is somewhere between Tulsa, OK and Oatman, AZ
The Cadillac Range of mountains that surrounds Radiator Springs is derived from the rugged Black Mountains of western Arizona and the famous Cadillac Ranch sculpture in Amarillo, Texas.
When Sally and Lightning McQueen drive into the country along old Route 66, the forest road resembles the highways winding through the Kaibab National Forest west of Flagstaff, Ariz., and the twisting, turning road that leads to Oatman, Ariz.
But, I guess that and the Little Mermaid are exempt.
back to topic...
OZ, a parade would work just fine. The visuals in the movie would lend well to a Disney Attraction.
I swear, there was a time when MC wasn't so... um... contrary and issue-driven. Sure it has always had its' moments, but almost everytime I click a thread, we are off n running with debates etc. It almost feels like we have to pick our sides and then play the debate game. Anyway, not to add more to that of which I just complained about (b/c most of us are playing that debate game at one time or another), don't make me quote Rodney King!!! I'd like to answer the OP...
...if DL has to pick a franchise, I wouldn't mind Oz. It has a timeless appeal and is very universal as far as audiences go. I also said this before too: I feel it would fit in quite nicely at the back of both Fantasyland and Frontierland as a subland or a full land. I could see a Nebraska side of this land w/ an entry at Frontierland, a distinct division where one can cross into Oz (the other, more colorful half of this land), and that entry point connected to Fantasyland. It would be essentailly two lands in one for obvious reasons.
The other option I thought of - I'd like to see a land that could transform itself. Say, at dusk or just after nightfall, have this Nebraska-ish land turn to the land of Oz. This is probably a way-too-ambitious idea, but a two-in-one land could be pulled off by Disney to out do themselves and anything that one may find up the road at USH.
I hold out hope that DL can produce an original attraction one day, but I would hope for Oz before, say, Tron or Marvel when it comes to being within the berm.
Cars Land was put in because it represents the CA car culture and the fact that CA was the western terminus for Route 66.
"Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada."
The fantastic universe that is OZ, can almost be a Disney parallel. It's full of imagination and wonder, with a dark and light side, handfuls of interesting characters and timeless.
I too, think these two worlds can live with one another.
I think a lot of OZ reference comes from the classic film, which is great, but not a pure representation of the tales.
Wait until the new Disney film comes out and you will witness how grand it can be. I'd much rather see an attraction or even "land" based on this than adding more Depp to Pirates, a Lone Ranger themed ride, etc.


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Stories of interest you might have missed
"I was like: 'How can you be so nice?'" Ms. [Serena] Williams said. "She said: 'I could never hate him. He's been a big part of my life and even if I wanted to, I couldn't hate him.' I was really influenced by that." John Koblin in the New York Times profiles tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, her split with Rory McIlroy and how, as the headline says, she is "poised for a comeback, on court and off."
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This isn't how playoffs are supposed to work, is it? Graeme McDowell, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose and Paul Casey have qualified to play in the Deutsche Bank Championship this week, but none are playing for a variety of reasons. ESPN's Bob Harig has the story.
Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland joined countryman Rory McIlroy in parting ways with Horizon Sports Management, though unlike McIlroy's split from the agency, McDowell's was not an acrimonious one. "I am at a stage in my life where it feels right to move on to the next phase of my career - both in golf and business," McDowell said in this story by Brian Keogh in the Irish Times.
A trio of Europe's most accomplished players and biggest names — Luke Donald, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood — remain on the outside looking in with nine days remaining before European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley will reveal his three captain's picks. Tony Jimenez of Reuters has the story.
Rory McIlroy's winning streak ended at the Barclays. "I'm going away a little frustrated," he said in this story by Brian A. Giuffra in the Record. "You know, it was going to come to an end sooner or later. But at the end of the day, the great thing about golf is there's always next week."


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The graduate program offers a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. There are two options, fiction and poetry, both of which require the completion of a creative thesis.
The graduate curriculum is based upon the recommendations outlined by the AWP for creative writing graduate programs, but it also includes a professional focus so that students who graduate from our program will have expertise in areas such as pedagogy and new media creative writing.
For more information about the program, please contact Sally Wieringa (email@example.com).
The faculty members in our MFA program at Virginia Tech are accomplished, prize-winning, and diverse, with many publications in both journal and book form. At present, there are eight of us: Fred D'Aguiar, Ed Falco, Nikki Giovanni, Bob Hicok, Jeff Mann, Erika Meitner, Lucinda Roy, and Matthew Vollmer.
Virginia Tech's MFA program graduated our first student in the spring of 2007 and our first full class in the spring of 2008. Our program has been ranked highly by such magazines as Poets and Writers, who listed us in the top 25 in the nation in 2012. This honor is due to the quality and diversity of both our faculty and our students. Our faculty members have published many books, have had plays produced, have had work appear--poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction--in nationally respected literary journals, and have won many national and international awards and fellowships. In addition, they are widely diverse in their writing styles and interests, a fact that has often been cited by our graduates as one of the things they've enjoyed most about our program.
Virginia Tech's MFA students are, simply stated, top-notch. Because the program is small, accepting only six or seven new applicants a year, it's quite competitive, meaning that our poetry and fiction students are extremely talented, not to mention dedicated to their work. It's no surprise to me, considering the high quality of writing I encounter each year in writing workshops and in theses, that many of our graduates have gone on to publish books and to land teaching positions across the country.
Our program has been blessed with funds sufficient to attract many well-known contemporary authors to campus to give readings and work with our students. Recent visitors have included Junot Diaz, C.D. Wright, Tobias Wolff, Kevin Young, and Diana Abu-Jaber. Their presence on campus considerably enriches the Virginia Tech MFA experience. Along with traditional courses in form and theory and writing workshops in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and playwriting, our students may also study innovative techniques of composition in New Media Writing. Finally, they are given the opportunity to help edit two literary journals--The Minnesota Review and The New River: A Journal of Digital Writing and Art.
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2010: Ran a season-best time of 27:07 at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational junior varsity race ... placed 18th at Maine (28:40) ... ran at the Bryant Invitational (51st, 18:05), Blue Devil Invitational (56th, 28:45), New England Championship sub-varsity race (108th, 27:56) and Patriot League Championship (84th, 29:11).
Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the varsity cross country team at Chaminade H.S. ... team won the league championship in 2008, 2009 and 2010 ... named to the All-League team in 2010 ... also a member of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams ... team won the indoor and outdoor league championships in 2008 and 2009 ... named to the All-League team in 2008, 2009 and 2010 as a member of the 4x800 relay team.
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The iPhone blog is now... TiPb.com!
The iPhone blog is now... TiPb.com!
That's right, just as Apple keeps expanding their iPhone platform, we're expanding our coverage to bring you the best of all of it. Let's face it -- Apple is the most integrated consumer electronics company in the world, from chipset to handset to OS to tablet. There's just no way around it -- from now on every year it's going to be a splash of iPad in spring, all about iPhone in summer, and then iPod touch in fall. And we want to make sure if a great new feature or a hot new story breaks for any one of them, at any time, you know we'll have it for you right here at TiPb, your #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog.
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The iPhone blog is now... TiPb.com!
Super excited about the name change. Rene - nice job on the redesign. Subtle changes everywhere, but better everywhere too!
I think you just need to change the slogan to go along with the site update... "For those who dare to phone different" really is not that accurate anymore, since the iPhone is the best selling phone in the country and using it really means you are more like everyone else than you are different. :P
And also, the site is geared towards not only the iPhone, but also the iPod touch and the iPad...
You're lucky the P fits in for no matter what you're covering lol.
I always like TiPB anyways , looks cooler.
Change? I see no change (browsing mobile version)!
I like the new look. Its much cleaner and elegant. Very apple-esk. Now just add facebook connect and its money!
Great add that to your yearly domain fees next to the iPhone blog one
Hmm... The comments link for articles on the home page no longer appears after the article content. I now have to scroll up to the article title in order to leave comments. Since I (and probably other users) normally leave comments for articles after reading them, I think this change will slightly discourage the leaving of comments - since you have to work just that little bit harder to do so.
really nice!! But it does seem a little bit wide to me. But still it's excellent. :)
Thanks everyone for the kind comments!
@BootsMcGavin - We did change the slogan. Look up top.
@Dev - Awesome, can't wait for Unicode domains to make that legit :)
@OmariJames- That's secretly what I was most worried about during the iPad keynote :p
@David - the comment link has always been on top of the post on TiPb. Change creates illusion :)
@icebike - put it in a separate post :)
@stldirty... lol yes... they are definitely starting over after getting to 9.... then 0, then 1 again.... weird
i failed to mention earlier that it does indeed look nice!
Congratulations on the name change! Also, keep up the great work on the podcast.
A small typo: on the iPod touch page, the headings are "Latest iPad Features", "Latest iPad Posts".
... and the numbers on the comments on any post are all "mod 10"! Did this just happen or have I not noticed this for a long time? (FWIW, Snow Leopard 10.6.2, Safari 4.0.4)
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Ummmm so nothing new? I've been using tipb for a long time. Why is this news?
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I'm not precisely sure why congratulations are in order... but I would point out that most other SPE sites are /OS/ and /Platform/ specific. I would have positioned this more as iPhone OS and not toward specific devices. Heck you'll be changing your branding as Apple introduces each new device. hmm...
Great update - love that the focus you've had won't wear off once the hype's worn off with Apple newbies.
@ BootsMcGavin
New slogan's not so catchy is it (sorry Rene) got me thinking about Apple's - how about iP different?
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