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In what amounts to a mere blip on the corporate timeline, email has evolved from a novelty to a necessity. From corporate managers to mail clerks, everyone has come to depend on email and the growing list of features that groupware applications (e.g., Microsoft Exchange Server) offer. A natural outgrowth of our dependence on these messaging platforms is an increasing need to stay connected to them, regardless of time or location.
Providing this connectivity presents a considerable challenge for IT staff who must forge a secure, manageable, and cost-effective solution that also offers the flexibility and accessibility users require. Many traditional remote access solutions rely on the speed of wired networks for satisfactory performance, which, in turn, limits flexibility. However, remote access solutions tailored for wireless networks can provide users with nearly infinite flexibility. To survey the current wireless products, I looked at three vendors' Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-based solutions as well as the vendors' enhanced features that give mobile workers untethered access to Exchange Server data. A basic understanding of WAP will help you appreciate these products' offerings.
Simply put, WAP is a protocol stack. More specifically, WAP is a standards-based communication-protocol suite and application environment for wireless communication. WAP is streamlined for devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones that offer limited RAM, ROM, processor speed, and displays. In addition, it works well in low-bandwidth, high-latency wireless networks. The WAP Forum has published WAP specifications at http://www.wapforum.org.
A simple WAP implementation includes a WAP browser (aka a microbrowser), a WAP gateway, and a WAP content provider. The WAP browser resides on a handheld device such as a mobile phone or PDA. The WAP gateway usually resides on your wireless service provider's network and provides access to another network, such as the Internet. The WAP content provider can be any server that renders information in Wireless Markup Language (WML) that the server transmits to the microbrowser. Figure 1 illustrates this configuration.
The three products I tested employ a WAP solution similar to the architecture that Figure 1 shows, in which the WAP content provider is the interface to a back-end Exchange Server. As such, the WAP content provider acts as a proxy for mobile users accessing their Exchange Server mailbox. To gain a better understanding of WAP, you can map the components of the WAP protocol suite to their Web-based cousins.
WML was derived in part from Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML). However, HDML came to market too early to incorporate XML, so vendors have left HDML behind in favor of the more forward-looking WML. The two languages are compatible; however, their differences can cause minor anomalies depending on the manufacturer and version of your microbrowser.
WSP and WTP and HTTP. The Wireless Session Protocol (WSP) implements WAP's session-level services. The Wireless Transaction Protocol (WTP) is a liaison between the WSP and lower-level protocols, repackaging data much like HTTP does, as well as managing transmissions and acknowledgements.
WTLS and SSL. The Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) protocol provides encryption and decryption services for WAP similar to those that Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) provides for HTTP. Although WAP's built-in security is functional, it raises concern among those implementing WAP solutions because it forces them to depend on the security implementation that their wireless carrier provides. For example, when I use my WAP phone to access the Sprint PCS Wireless Web, all transmissions between Sprint's WAP gateway and my phone use WTLS and RC4 128-bit encryption. During translation to HTTP over SSL (HTTPS—assuming I'm using SSL to communicate with a secure Web site), the carrier's WAP gateway briefly decrypts transmissions that go through the gateway and out to the Internet. Although this translation takes place on a secure server on the carrier's premises, some IT managers reject security implementations that they don't directly control. You can move the translation security gap to the security of your private network by purchasing a WAP gateway on which encrypted traffic will flow unimpeded from users' WAP devices. However, although hosting a WAP gateway provides a more stringent security model, this setup presents its own complications.
WDP and UPD and TCP. Just as TCP and UDP help hide the intricacies of the network and data link layers from the rest of the protocol stack, the Wireless Datagram Protocol (WDP) hides the details of the wireless network. WDP works with the wireless network types available in WAP devices. For example, if your carrier is AT&T, you'll use the company's packet-switched Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) network. Sprint uses a circuit-switched Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network. And Verizon's circuit-switched Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network uses Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). WDP handles the intricacies of these different networks and makes the details invisible to the other WAP layers as well as to the end user. Table 1 outlines the leading wireless transmission technologies.
The Future of WAP
WAP is currently the standard for wireless communication in many parts of the world. In Japan, WAP has a legitimate competitor, NTT DoCoMo's i-Mode, but the real threat to WAP's existence is evolution. XML will probably evolve into the next Internet standard, displacing WML as the solution for content encoding. High-speed third-generation wireless networks and new devices will emerge, providing opportunities that enhanced protocol standards can best exploit. However, in the 2- to 4-year interim, WAP will continue to serve mobile users well. In addition, WAP's XML roots will help it develop to meet the evolving needs of wireless applications.
Testing Basic WAP Solutions
Because of my background, I always look at a solution from two sides: the end user's experience, which is concerned mainly with a product's features and functionality; and the administrator's experience, which includes cost considerations, ease of deployment, supportability, and security. In reviewing wireless solutions, I looked at how each of the selected products performs in these areas.
Using a WAP phone to send and receive email takes some getting used to. Before I tested the products in this review, I'd never used a WAP browser to access email. I've used Outlook Web Access (OWA) quite a bit and am familiar with the quirks and limitations of a browser interface to my Exchange Server mailbox. However, my experience didn't prepare me for viewing email on the tiny display of a telephone or the challenge of entering text on a numeric keypad. I quickly learned the value of URL bookmarks, telephones that provide Text on 9 Keys (T9) predictive typing, and brief replies.
Mobile users want as much functionality as a WAP phone can offer. Thus, access to the most important of, if not all of, their mailbox folders is essential. Another key feature is the integration of contact information. For example, users want to be able to search for and initiate calls and email messages to persons in their Contacts folder or on the Exchange Server's Global Address List (GAL). Infowave Software's Exchange Connector to a Web Phone (ECWP), the WAP component of its Wireless Business Engine 3.5, lets you access the Microsoft Outlook Inbox, Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks with a WAP Browser. I could use this solution to search the contact list and initiate a call or email message. The Wireless Business Engine's Task options, which Figure 2 shows, were full-featured and user-friendly. Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle Server 3.0 for Exchange 5.5 provides similar telephone integration as well as access to the GAL. This solution also lets you navigate to folders within your Inbox, Deleted Items, and Sent Items but doesn't offer access to Tasks. UltiVerse Technologies' UltiWAP and FreeVerse also provide access to the Inbox, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, GAL, Deleted Items, and Sent Items, and let you easily sort and search mailbox contents on the fly.
The value of each of the solutions from Infowave, Wireless Knowledge, and UltiVerse will depend on your mobile users' habits. Access to the GAL is a necessity for a full-featured WAP solution, but the more mailbox access, the better.
Beyond Basic WAP
Although you can find hard-core WAP phone users who have become adept at reading their email on tiny displays and typing responses on numeric keypads, WAP phones are, at best, a temporary means to bridge the connectivity gap created when users are away from their offices. For most, the value of this bridge is dubious. Thus, the wireless access industry has developed some interesting ways to work around the limitations of a WAP phone.
Composing email. One of the first problems you encounter with a WAP phone is how to make composing an email message easier. One approach to this problem is to choose a WAP device that provides a more friendly means of inputting text. WAP browsers are available for both Palm and Win32 devices, such as Pocket PCs. With the proper add-ons, such as a wireless modem or a phone card kit that lets you use your cell phone as a wireless modem, you can use a handheld device to access the WAP proxy server and use a touch keyboard or character recognizer to enter text.
So how does this approach make composing an email message easier? Using character recognition, such as the service a Palm device provides, you can basically write freehand using Palm's Graffiti alphabet, and the device recognizes the characters as you write them. After you master the skill, writing in Graffiti is much faster and easier than using a numeric keypad. A touch keyboard lets you use a stylus to tap out messages on a miniature keyboard. Neither or these methods are easier to use than a full-sized PC keyboard, but they're huge improvements over a numeric keypad. A numeric keypad must represent the entire alphabet on nine keys, so you must cycle through the options each key represents to reach the letter you want. For example, you must press the 7 key four times to enter an S. Typing a simple sentence in this way is tedious at best. Therefore, using a touch keyboard or character recognizer greatly improves the usability of a WAP device.
Another technology that is just emerging is the multifunction phone. These new-generation phones integrate PDA functionality that includes PDA-style text entry. Other phones include slide-on minikeyboard attachments that closely resemble the keypad on Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry device.
A simple way to easily respond to an email message is to have a list of preconfigured responses that you can use a couple of keystrokes to select. Workstyle Server provides this functionality by maintaining a list of responses as part of each user's data, that it stores in an SQL database. Workstyle Server lets you define as many as 20 customized responses. From the response menu on my phone, I could choose a predefined response or select from recent responses I'd already typed. Figure 3 shows the Workstyle Server response menu choices as they appear on a Phone.com browser. Infowave also provides configurable responses and a recent response list, although Wireless Business Engine doesn't store these responses in an SQL database. Instead, it stores them in a hidden folder in users' mailboxes, eliminating the need for an additional database engine.
UltiVerse took a completely different approach by offering a hybrid solution for remote access that combines the functionality of its WAP-based proxy server, UltiWAP, and its hosted telephony services, FreeVerse. The marriage of these two solutions offers a clever workaround to the physical limitations of entering text on a WAP phone. The UltiWAP server acts as a proxy to Exchange Server databases. It also functions as a client to FreeVerse, augmenting UltiWAP's basic functionality by giving you the ability to append your recorded voice responses (i.e., .wav files) to emails. I accessed this service from the voice response menu on my WAP phone, which provided the option to immediately call FreeVerse and record a response or enter a callback number that FreeVerse would use to call me. The latter option is useful if you're using a WAP browser on a nontelephone device, such as a PDA. I chose to call immediately, and connected to the FreeVerse telephony server. After I connected from my phone, I recorded a message and sent it to the recipient. This solution worked well most of the time, but several times I couldn't connect or the recording process failed.
Configuring notifications. Constant accessibility makes a cell phone compelling for mobile users. As long as you have a decent battery and don't stray too far into the boonies, people can reach you. Most wireless carriers use Short Message Service (SMS) to augment WAP phone functionality so that you can also use your phone as a pager. An important feature of a WAP solution is the ability to leverage a phone's paging functionality to notify you when an important email message arrives. Thus, you benefit from having many configurable rules that define when your phone pages you.
Workstyle Server lets administrators create a notification mailbox that will send SMTP messages to mobile users according to configurable rules. As a client, I could access a user Web page on the Workstyle Server system and set up rules so that meeting requests and email from certain addresses would send a notification to my phone through my carrier's messaging service. I quickly became very attached to this feature.
To provide end-user notification functionality, Infowave offers a notification service that uses a notification engine running on top of Microsoft Message Queue Server (MSMQ) and SQL. Aside from the need to install MSMQ on a server in your network (preferably in the same domain as your mail server), the implementation and overall functionality were similar to that of Workstyle Server. I could access my user profile Web page to configure notifications. Infowave also offers the ability to turn notifications on or off from my WAP phone.
UltiVerse's UltiWAP solution is more lightweight than the other two solutions. It consists of a thin layer of Active Server Pages (ASP) that uses OWA functionality to operate. Thus, it doesn't offer any notification services.
Dealing with attachments. An obvious limitation of using a WAP phone as a mail client is the inability to read or download attachments. Proponents of WAP-based solutions rightfully argue that the WAP protocol stack and WAP devices aren't designed for the heavy work of transporting and displaying attachments. Nonetheless, when you're on the road, being able to handle an important attachment is a useful capability. The attachment solutions offered by the three vendors I looked at are all unique in function and will appeal to a wide range of mobile users.
UltiVerse extends the functionality of its FreeVerse solution to let you fax or read attachments. You can fax .doc, .rft, .txt, .bmp, .gif, and .jpg attachments, and you can read Microsoft Word 2000 documents. As Figure 4 shows, the Inbox view on my WAP phone displays an uppercase E, V, or A to the left of each message. E denotes standard email, V stands for voice attachment (this designation appears for any .wav file), and A represents attachment. To see attachment options, I simply viewed the message that contained the attachment and selected the Action menu. From there, I chose either the fax or text attachment option. Faxing attachments generally worked well, although on at least one occasion my document became hung up in a queue at the UltiVerse site and I had to call the support staff. On a few occasions, my attempt to fax a document resulted in a terse Error message with no explanation on the WAP phone display. After repeated attempts, I usually achieved a successful fax transmission, but the process often ended with FreeVerse sending multiple faxes of the same attachment. This shortcoming became a problem when duplicate faxes continued to arrive every few minutes. I also unsuccessfully tried faxing a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet attachment, but FreeVerse doesn't currently support this format.
I was very interested in testing the text translation of attachments, but I wasn't able to get this functionality to work. I consulted with UltiVerse's technical support staff, and they assured me that the product's text-translation features worked. Nonetheless, we didn't succeed in displaying even the simplest Word document on the screen of my WAP phone. This shortcoming was disappointing because the ability to view attachments on a WAP device is a considerable benefit for mobile users, even if they have to view attachments in pieces on a small WAP phone screen.
Infowave's attachment solution uses an elaborate client server model, which includes a Win32 client that runs on a standard or Pocket PC with Microsoft Outlook or Pocket Inbox. The server side uses the Wireless Business Engine to provide the back-end functionality. Although using Outlook over WAN links to access an Exchange Server isn't new, getting the same access with reasonable reliability, speed, and security over wireless links is. Most traditional Internet protocols stumble on high-latency wireless networks. Infowave addressed this challenge by using UDP as its primary communications protocol between the Wireless Business Engines and the company's Win32 client. UDP is better suited than TCP for the interruptions and pauses that punctuate wireless connections; thus, it provides higher reliability. To optimize speed, Infowave uses data compression. The company's compression algorithms can pack two to five times more data in a single transmission than a standard uncompressed transmission can hold. The net result is a reliable end-to-end solution that can support the performance requirements of full-featured mail clients such as Outlook.
In the Lab, I set up a PCMCIA CDPD Sierra Wireless AirCard and swapped it between my laptop and a Compaq iPAQ that had a PCMCIA adapter sleeve. I installed Infowave's Win32 client on both devices. I used the AirCard to set up a new connection and specified that I was using a CDPD network. Then, I set up Pocket Inbox to use this connection. On my laptop, the setup process was similar. For my Outlook client, I configured the Infowave for Exchange service, then configured a profile to use offline folders. Infowave uses offline folders to store on the remote client email messages from your Exchange Server system. In this way, Outlook behaves much like an IMAP4 or POP3 client, downloading mail upon connection. The only exception is a configurable threshold for the size of email messages that you want to download. If a message is larger than the size limit, an icon appears next to the standard message header that indicates the message is oversized and gives you the option of manually downloading it to your device. On the Exchange Server system, the software moves messages you've downloaded out of your Inbox to a special Infowave folder, separating the messages you've downloaded from the ones still in your Inbox and easing synchronization when you return to the office. This configuration is typical for message handling, but provides several options for customizing the client to meet your needs.
Infowave's solution would appeal to mobile users that don't like the limitations of WAP and don't mind carrying a Pocket PC or laptop. Using these devices and the Infowave client, you can emulate your office experience without wires. Thus, you will be able to download and access attachments almost as if you were at your desk.
If you don't need all the functionality of a standard Outlook client but would like more options than a WAP phone provides, Workstyle Server might be for you. Workstyle Server, which works with Microsoft IIS, is simply a Web site that serves WML or HTML pages as appropriate for the connected browser. This setup is similar to OWA, except that you don't have all the OWA features or access to as many of your mailbox folders. However, Wireless Knowledge was quick to point out that its Web-based content is an efficient alternative to OWA. For the sake of performance, I agree. I used both OWA and Workstyle Server on my laptop with a wireless modem and used Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 to access my mailbox. The simple Workstyle Server HTML pages were considerably faster over the slow link than the more complex pages that OWA served up. Although the Workstyle Server didn't provide the rich environment that OWA provides, I could use Wireless Knowledge's solution to retrieve my email attachments and respond to email without using a numeric keypad. If I had access to a faster link, I would choose OWA simply because I need to access and work with all my mailbox folders. However, Workstyle Server has a performance edge over slow links, which is important when you're wireless.
I liked using the Workstyle Server's brower-based solution to access my primary mailbox folders quickly and efficiently. This solution will appeal to users who like the simplicity and convenience of a Web browser-based client to augment their WAP device.
From an Administrator's Point of View
No discussion of remote access is complete without a hard look at security. Many administrators are already familiar with the rigors of securing Web servers and providing mobile users with secure remote access. The good news is that you can implement many of the wireless solutions on the market with little modification to your current network and without learning a lot of new technology. The bad news for some is that most WAP solutions require you to have a certain degree of trust in your wireless carrier and the encryption technology that WAP's WTLS layer uses. The products available in today's wireless market offer solutions that will fit even the most stringent security models.
All the WAP-based solutions I looked at use identical means to connect through a wireless carrier. WTLS encrypts the data passing over the link between the WAP phone and the wireless carrier's WAP gateway. The strength of the encryption depends on what encryption method your wireless carrier implements; 128-bit RSA encryption is common. The encryption method you use between the WAP gateway and your WAP proxy depends on your implementation. As I previously mentioned, a brief gap exists in which the data isn't encrypted as it is translated on the WAP gateway. After the data reaches the WAP proxy server on your site, each of the three products I tested handle authentication differently.
Workstyle Server uses an SQL database to store user information (e.g., username, mailbox alias) and end-user information (e.g., preconfigured email responses). Both the user and end-user information is important for administering Workstyle Server users, and it's part of the authentication exchange between the Workstyle Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Exchange Server systems. Figure 5 illustrates a typical Workstyle Server configuration and authentication process in which a mobile user named Kim uses her WAP phone to log on. Kim accesses the Workstyle Server system by entering its URL on her phone. Her phone then prompts her to log on to the Workstyle Server system using a username and password, which a WTLS wireless transmission sends across the carrier's network to the carrier's WAP gateway, which converts and re-encrypts the transmission using SSL. (If you don't implement SSL on your Workstyle Server system, user credentials will be clear in text when they exit the WAP gateway.) The credentials arrive at the Workstyle Server, which passes Kim's username to the SQL Server system, which attempts to correctly match it with her mailbox alias. The SQL Server system returns the mailbox alias that corresponds to Kim's username to the Workstyle Server system. Workstyle Server then makes a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) call to the Exchange Server system to open Kim's mailbox and retrieve her encrypted password, which Workstyle Server stores as a custom attribute. Workstyle Server compares the returned custom attribute data with the password that Kim provided. If the data and password match, the server uses the Workstyle Server account to create a Messaging API (MAPI) session over RPC with the Exchange Server for Kim.
This authentication process is more complicated than standard NT LAN Manager (NTLM) authentication and requires additional administrative overhead. In addition, it causes a flood of pesky messages in the event logs that state the Workstyle Server account that logged on to a user's mailbox isn't the primary Windows account. However, this authentication process is comforting to security-conscious administrators who don't want users passing their NT domain credentials over public networks.
UltiVerse's logon authentication process is partly based on your configuration of OWA and IIS (usually basic authentication through SSL). The other part of the authentication process involves communication with the UltiVerse site in which UltiVerse's authentication server checks your username against a database of registered users. If you're not registered, you can't log on. This communications link requires security. To provide this security, UltiVerse encrypts data in a VPN session between your site and UltiVerse's site. UltiVerse generates an encryption key from a site ID that the company gives you when you purchase the product and a password that you supply when you install it. To ensure the identity of a user accessing the UltiVerse telephony server (i.e., accessing the FreeVerse server), the UltiWAP Server uses the site ID and a user's mailbox alias as part of the authentication process. Figure 6 illustrates the architecture of UltiVerse's hosted telephony services and WAP proxy server solution.
UltiVerse's model of moving corporate data to a third-party site for processing doesn't fit every organization's security model. Many IT departments shy away from hosted solutions because of concerns about a foreign network over which they have no control for storing corporate data. In response to these concerns, UltiVerse claims that all interactions with its telephony server are done without compromising corporate security practices. The telephony server doesn't permanently store voice annotations, faxed attachments, and interpreted attachments; it stores them on disk only long enough to complete transmission to your corporate Exchange Server system or WAP device. Although this security model isn't for everyone, many organizations will recognize it as an option for implementing telephony services without a costly investment in equipment and expertise.
Infowave's Wireless Business Engine and ECWP use a basic authentication process similar to UltiVerse's solution. Although it doesn't explicitly use OWA components, Infowave's authentication process requires Outlook 2000 DLLs to enable the same type of Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) operations that OWA uses for authentication. For an additional layer of security, Infowave lets you require a PIN as part of the authentication process. In addition, Infowave employs device identification, which recognizes the device a user uses to access his or her mailbox and prevents other devices from using the user's account. This feature caused problems. If I used a WAP phone to connect to my mailbox, I had to reset my user profile to let me use a different device, such as a laptop.
Wireless access with Infowave's Win32 client provides the type of security that is attractive to even the most cautious administrator because it bypasses the WAP gateway. It doesn't even use WAP; instead it uses UDP with integrated 168-bit elliptical curve cryptography (ECC) public-key encryption to secure an end-to-end channel between the Win32 client and the Wireless Business Engine server. Although RSA cryptography is the most common technology used on the Internet, ECC is well suited for wireless networks because it passes less data in the authentication process and requires fewer CPU cycles. Thus, you achieve a secure end-to-end channel that accommodates wireless network latencies and less powerful portable devices. Figure 7 illustrates the architecture of an Infowave solution.
IT departments can't afford to overlook the security impact of the many portable devices their organizations support. Many companies are still struggling with curbing the risks of storing sensitive corporate data on laptops, much less PDAs and Pocket PCs. Wirelessly enabling these devices creates a free flow of information between a mobile user and your corporate intranet, increasing the possibility that sensitive information ends up on a fairly vulnerable device. Many organizations will need to modify their security policies and practices to address this reality.
The Cost of Wireless Business
Many factors contribute to the overall cost of implementing a wireless solution. Although many organizations first consider the base cost of the product, this price is usually the least expensive aspect of deploying a new application in your enterprise. The cost in hours devoted to deployment, training, and ongoing support usually eclipses the purchase price. Wireless solutions also introduce monthly costs of wireless services and possibly the expense of new devices, depending on what your mobile clients currently use for remote access.
The good news about a WAP-only solution is that it's fairly easy to install and deploy. You don't have to install client software, and if your mobile users already have WAP-enabled telephones, you won't need to purchase new devices. However, to add wireless Web service, you'll have to wade through the myriad of options that wireless carriers provide to determine the most cost-effective plan. The major carriers offer many packages, from per-minute airtime charges to unlimited wireless Web access.
Using a WAP phone to get your email doesn't require much training, but you should provide some guidance to end users or you'll be overrun with support calls. All the WAP menus I used were fairly intuitive, but each solution had enough quirks that I had a few problems. For example, I needed a while to distinguish the WAP menu items from the telephone menu items. On several occasions, I chose Home, only to find myself at the telephone's home rather than the root of my mailbox.
All the WAP products I reviewed were straightforward to install and didn't require extraordinary equipment. A decent Web server inserted into your corporate link to the Internet covers the majority of what you need to get up and running. A few wireless solutions require additional software, such as SQL Server and MSMQ, but these won't break the bank.
Organizations that support many mobile users will need to plan carefully to be sure they correctly scale their wireless solutions. UltiVerse scaled as well as OWA, and Infowave and Wireless Knowledge offer even more flexibility by supporting clustered configurations and distributed services.
Supporting WAP solutions for your mobile users will be an extra burden to your IT staff if you're not already supporting clients with a traditional remote access solution. Regardless of the means that mobile users use to connect to your intranet, you'll pay a support cost for extending your network. However, I don't think supporting a WAP solution is unusually difficult or problematic. I would much rather support a mobile user with a WAP phone than a user with a laptop. However, WAP limitations will require most mobile users to carry both.
The actual cost of wireless solutions varies. Of the three solutions I looked at, two have a subscription-based model. UltiVerse doesn't sell its UltiWAP solution as a separate component from the company's FreeVerse telephony solution. The package costs $19.95 per user per month. Wireless Knowledge charges an annual fee of $119.95 per user for its WAP and Web solution. This price is predicated on a minimum of 50 users. As an additional offering, organizations that purchase Workstyle Server get a free license upgrade to Microsoft Mobile Information Server when Microsoft releases it this year. For more information about Mobile Information Server, see the sidebar "Microsoft Mobile Information Server."
Infowave uses the traditional per-seat pricing model, offering its ECWP WAP-only solution for an economical $60 per seat. This price doesn't include a maintenance fee to cover technical support and upgrade protection, which is a variable percentage based on the number of seats you purchase. Infowave's Wireless Business Engine, which includes Win32 and WAP client access, costs $150 per seat.
Although the cost of Infowave's solution is fairly modest, the company's client/server solution has the potential to be much more costly to deploy and support. You'll need to set aside more time for planning, deployment, end-user training, and support. Unless you already actively support Pocket PCs, deploying this solution will be tantamount to adding another computer for every mobile user in your organization. The cost of this solution will depend on what devices mobile users are currently using and the level of support you provide for them. If you decide to support every PDA and Pocket PC that has crept into your organization, your support costs will definitely increase.
A Final Assessment
For those who are looking to adopt a wireless solution for your mobile users, several vendors in addition to those I reviewed offer solutions. For example, ThinAirApps, Fenestrae, VirtualTek, Linq Systems, and Infinite Technologies also offer wireless solutions. Before you select a solution, you'll need to carefully assess your current and future needs as well as your budget. These vendors all provide basic WAP functionality, but their differences become apparent when you compare how each vendor expands upon the basic WAP feature set.
As with many projects of this nature, the devil is in the details. You must make decisions about wireless carriers, their coverage maps (wireless Web access isn't available in analog service areas), and the cost of their plans. You'll need to decide which devices to deploy, whether you'll support every PDA and Pocket PC in your organization, and whether your security model lets users store corporate data on these devices. Finally, you'll need to establish a plan for deploying your solution as well as for training your IT staff and end users. The task list for a wireless solution is similar to a plan for deploying or upgrading a traditional wired network. Thus, success will depend as much on your preparation as on your choice of a solution.
The wireless revolution is real. As the technology improves, offering increased bandwidth, more functional devices, and improved coverage, wireless access to your corporate intranet will become as common as wired connections. However, as with all new technologies, you must suffer through a period of maturation in which functionality doesn't always meet expectations. WAP solutions are a perfect example. Getting your email on a WAP phone is convenient, but hardly a rich experience. For this reason, mobile users haven't been rushing to adopt WAP solutions. Judging by how vendors have augmented their basic WAP offerings, I think the industry is recognizing the reluctance of mobile users to embrace WAP solutions. The creativity displayed by vendors attempting to provide a more complete wireless experience is a window into the bright future of wireless solutions.
|Wireless Business Engine 3.5
Contact: Infowave Software * 604-473-3700 or 800-463-6928
Web: http://www.infowave.com
Price: Wireless Business Engine with full Exchange Connector is $150 per seat. Wireless Business Engine with only Exchange Connector to Web Phone is $60 per seat.
|Workstyle Server 3.0 for Exchange 5.5
Contact: Wireless Knowledge * 858-882-6400 or 800-656-6400
Web: http://www.wirelessknowledge.com
Price: Annual subscription rate is $119.95 per user
|UltiWAP and FreeVerse
Contact: UltiVerse Technologies * 781-890-2770
Web: http://www.ultiverse.com
Price: Monthly subscription rate starts at $19.95 per user


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Washington—The Pew Charitable Trusts released its first evaluation of checking account practices at banks and credit unions on military bases, finding that some employ practices that provide transparency and protect consumers but that all of the institutions examined could do more. The report underscores the need for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to write new rules that make checking accounts safer and more transparent.
"Safe financial products are essential for all consumers, but they are especially important for Americans serving in the military," said Susan Weinstock, who directs Pew's consumer banking research. "Service members face unique challenges associated with repeated deployment and frequent relocations, and it is essential that financial institutions implement policies to promote transparency and protect account holders from harmful or hidden practices. We urge the CFPB to take concrete steps to improve checking account safeguards for both military and civilian customers."
The new report, Checks and Balances, Stars and Stripes, expands to on-base banks and credit unions Pew's analysis of the disclosure, overdraft, and dispute resolution practices at large U.S. banks, captured in the Checks and Balances report series. Pew evaluated checking accounts offered by 18 of the 31 Association of Military Banks of America (AMBA) on-installation member banks and 111 of the 134 Defense Credit Union Council (DCUC) on-installation member credit unions to determine how well the financial institutions' practices align with Pew's policy recommendations.
In the area of disclosure, Pew found that 42 percent of banks and 17 percent of credit unions do not provide any disclosure information online, making it difficult for deployed service members to access critical information about the terms and conditions governing their accounts. Yet of those banks that provide account information online, almost three-quarters of banks offer a summary disclosure box and half of the banks offer boxes that meet Pew's criteria for effective disclosure.
Regarding overdraft policies, the vast majority of the banks and credit unions that Pew studied do not protect their customers by automatically declining transactions at an ATM or the point-of-sale that would overdraw an account. Pew found that the median overdraft fee was $35 for banks and $29 for credit unions; however, two-thirds of the banks do not charge an overdraft fee for a de minimus withdrawal or purchase, typically $5.
For dispute resolution, Pew found that 65 percent of banks include mandatory arbitration clauses in their account agreement documents, limiting customers' legal recourse by requiring arbitration in the event of a significant dispute. On the other hand only 6 percent of credit unions employ these clauses.
Pew urges the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to require all financial institutions to:
To analyze these accounts, Pew attempted to collect the account agreements from each of the listed AMBA- and DCUC-member financial institutions, and was able to do so for banks and credit unions operating on 71 percent of all domestic Department of Defense installations.
Note: The original version of this news release, published on October 28, included an incorrect statement. We take accuracy very seriously. This revised release was issued on November 7, as was the revised version of the report. The revised release deleted the following statement from the original version: "Further, more than half of banks and three-quarters of credit unions reorder at least some transactions in a manner that can create more overdrafts."
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Why do we celebrate Christmas? Is it for all the presents and good food. We celebrate Christmas because of the first Christmas present God gave to man.
"Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David; to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child. And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." (Luke 2:1-7 ASV)
When Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem, I bet they were tired,dusty, worn out. All they wanted was a place to lie down. When the innkeeper told Joseph No Room. He was probably like what, come again. However Mary was expecting a child so the innkeeper have them the only room available, the stable. There is no record of them complaining they were content with what they had. The stable was open anyone could come in. The Bible days smelly shepherds walked into see the newborn baby.
"And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock. And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased. And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger. And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child. And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them."Luke 2:8-20 ASV)
The stable was open to anyone. Much like the love we receive from that newborn. There were no regulations to see they baby, the shepherds were allowed in. There is no requirement to receive Gods love.
That newborn baby is the reason we celebrate Christmas. That newborn grew up to be a man of many miracles. That man was God gift to us. That man
Came to save the world from its sins.
"But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8 ASV)
That baby is Jesus Christ, the first and best Christmas present.
I hope you have room for Jesus in between the wrapping paper and fun.
I pray you are as content as Mary and Joseph were with the stable.


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Polyamory in the News roundup
Polyamorys most important court case since 1999 opens in three days, and this time our side is prepared. Meanwhile, documentaries on polyfamilies in Quebec and Denmark show that TV can do it right if the producers are so inclined. In the U.S., Sister Wives sets the new public image for group families, and thats not so bad. Writers from Dan Savage to a friendly Episcopal priest weigh in on poly life.
If you haven't kept up with Polyamory in the News in the last couple months, here is some of what you missed:
● Get ready for the Canadian polygamy test case. The Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association (CPAA) is intervening to try to decriminalize poly*amorous* commitments -- which, like polygamy, are supposed to get you five years in Canadian prison (on paper). The trial starts Monday November 22; the CPAA is readying a press conference, media availabilities, fundraising parties, handouts, and expert witnesses.
● Perhaps by no coincidence, some great television profiled three poly families in Quebec. This 26-minute documentary shows how mainstream TV can portray poly accurately if it wishes. Even if you dont know French, the visuals tell the story.
● A topic too risque for the congregation? An Episcopal priest and religion writer gives us quite a bit of favorable mention.
● The Great Polyamory vs. Polyfuckery debate stirs up near-record comments.
● Dan Savages inimitable advice on coming out as poly to insane parents.
● TLCs Sister Wives sets the new image of multipartner households for the public. Not bad, considering. At least the Brown family creates a cultural reference point from which you can say, Were kinda like that, but different.
● More news regarding *Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality*, which I continue to say is the most important book for the poly movement in years.
● And more on mono, poly, and the anthropology of jealousy.
● The long perspective from Oberon Zell, one of polys founding figures starting in 1962.
● Plus poly in the news in Denmark, Indonesia, Pakistan, and South Africa.
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I've done 453 of these reports in the last five years, covering roughly 1,000 items in news media of all kinds. Archived entries are sorted by topic, date, and sometimes location and language. I hope you have as much fun browsing them as I do creating them!
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Though I would prefer showering first, my partner sometimes wants to be impulsive and I'm concerned that they may get a small amount on their lips.
Is this likely to be a problem for them?
Is there any risk to ingesting a small amount of Testim?
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Though I would prefer showering first, my partner sometimes wants to be impulsive and I'm concerned that they may get a small amount on their lips.
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That's a good question.
I would think if your partner was a male, it would really not make any/much difference.
If she was a woman, I'm really not sure how much would be necessary to make an impact. Frankly, I agree with you that the slight amount of one contact wouldn't do something immediate.
However, I wouldn't make a regular thing of it. After all, YOUR repeated exposure is what your therapy is all about.
But I think I'll yeild to a health professional or doctor or pharmacists' opinion on this.
One more thought: If the drug is absorbed into the blood stream, I would think that the lips (particularly the inner, wet surface of the lips, would be extremely easy to provide an entry point... and with as many blood vessles as are in the red lips... well, it would be VERY easy to cross into the body there, don't you think?
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Torhal: This addon, if its enabled with the 4.3 patch, hangs up my system and I have to go to the task manager to close WoW. It just hangs on the load screen. Disabling it I can load in normally. Fixed in the new version - issue with the old LibTourist. Thanks! Works great now.
|File: TravelAgent11-29-11
Torhal: This addon, if its enabled with the 4.3 patch, hangs up my system and I have to go to the task manager to close WoW. It just hangs on the load screen. Disabling it I can load in normally.
|File: Broker_CPU / Memory / Performance08-10-11
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Originally posted by cardo please button for minimap icon on/off!! cu cardo_ I'll give a vote for this. PLEASE remove the button, or allow us to do so.
|File: picoButtons06-29-11
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Ok. This is really starting to annoy the hell out of me. I'm getting the below error; it's causing me to disconnect randomly when I switch between characters. EDIT: Confirmed. When I turned off PicoButtons, this error stopped popping up. It also stopped disconnecting me when switching between characters. It has been 4 days and...
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Originally posted by Tojaso This is a difference in how times greater than 1 hour are rounded by the different buff displays. In general, I try to make Raven display remaining time the same as tooltips. I just checked this out and found that I needed to apply the same "tooltip compatibility" tweak to hours that I provide for minute...
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I'm having a buff display inconsistency, I'm not sure if this is Raven or something with the way the game displays this buff. * http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z126/csrace/Raven.jpg The flask buff you see shows 1h in Raven, though the tooltip states 2 hours. I think my last buff addon displayed it as 2. The flask is a cau...
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So something isn't right here. I get no errors, I've updated to 1.1.1, but my druid can't see chat for any channel (as in, can't see anything I type on my druid. On my other characters its fine). I can see what other people say, but not my own. Any ideas? And why my druid?
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Originally posted by Tojaso There are a variety of sorting options on the General tab for each bar group listed under Sort Order. You can sort by alphabet, time remaining, overall duration, creation time, and class. You can also select Reverse to reverse the sort order (e.g., "A to Z" becomes "Z to A"). Note that the spells that so...
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|File: Poisoner05-04-11
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All I'm getting is "Unknown poisoner command" with rev. 2. In addition, the words: Standard Execute show up at the top of my chatlist on load. Help?
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On lo...
And new patch, new errors. On load. A LOT of them. 1x
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Getting an error when trying to change spell icons for outfits (specifically, I selected "your spellbook" and it didn't change the icons I could select from. I had to choose "all spells" to get it to change. 1x Outfitter-5.2\OutfitterBar.lua:1210: table index is nil Outfitter-5.2\OutfitterBar.lua:984: in function `SetIconFilter'...
|File: ShardAce Cataclysm03-01-11
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I ju...
Originally posted by Kyrgune I just noticed this happening in my raid last night as well, seems to only happen on boss fights if I'm correct yes? I noticed once it was over Shardace would go off the list. Did this happen with previous versions of the addon as well? I don't recall if the original shardace had this much garbage...
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Making another request for reducing the amount of garbage this addon generates. It seems to do at least 50 kb/sec. By the end of a boss encounter in my 25 man raids, I'm dealing with 8 megs of garbage from this addon.
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Any idea on the ETA of separating out Horde and Alliance characters on the same server? The last time I asked, you mentioned doing it before Cata was released.
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Got another error for you. This occurs if you uncheck the achievement button, and then open the achievement pane with the hotkey. Again, this is the latest version of Titan. The also appeared when I didn't hit the hotkey at all, but when I dismounted to fish in a pool. 18x ...ns\Blizzard_AchievementUI\Blizzard_AchievementUI.lua...
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The new...
Originally posted by Vrul The new version (1.1.2) should fix that error, it only occurs when running as a Titan plugin. Yep, that fixed it. Thanks.
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Originally posted by Vrul Is there any chance you updated the MicroMenu folder but not the MicroMenu_Config folder? I updated whatever the zipfile had me update. If it is a separate addon, point me to it. EDIT: To make sure. I completely removed the addon and reinstalled. Same problem. I try to take a button icon off the bar...
|File: MicroMenu12-29-10
In previous versions you were able...
In previous versions you were able to remove buttons completely from the display...but now you can't. Could this option be put back in? While trying to do so, I get this error: 2x MicroMenu_Config\Core.lua:16: attempt to compare number with nil AceConfigDialog-3.0-54:249: in function <...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigD...
|File: Broker_CPU / Memory / Performance12-28-10
How configurable is this?
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How configurable is this? As in, can you decide what you show on the tooltip, how many addons are showing, etc?
|File: ShardAce Cataclysm12-23-10
Is there anything we can do to make...
Is there anything we can do to make this not gain so much addon garbage in dungeons/raids? After one boss attempt on the conclave of wind, this addon is up to 5mb in usage and growing.
|File: shPerformance (mem/fps/ms)12-21-10
Originally posted by shUI
That is...
Originally posted by shUI That is really odd, I think you are the first person to have this problem. I have tested mine over an over again and I have never seen that problem. I do force garbage collection when you click on LDB, but it will not affect the mouse. What display addon are you using for the LDBs? I'm using Bazooka...
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May I make a feature request?
May I make a feature request? Add a "disable vehicle" option to CoolLine. When I'm in a Vehicle, I don't really need to see its cooldowns -- they're right there on the action bar.
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St. John's Jesuit begins Sixth Year of Labre Program
This past Monday, Oct. 2, marked the beginning of the sixth year of Labre at SJJ. Every Monday, SJJ and St. Ursula Academy students take food to the underserved in our community.
There are three stops for food distribution, including two in the old South end and one in the East side. The program serves about 100 people a week and also provides the opportunity for students, faculty and staff to connect with people about their lives.
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Game Stories, 22 Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities 369 (2010)
In any discussion of "Law-And-", the elephant in the room is Law and Economics ("L&E"). Economic analysis has had greater success than any other discipline as a colonizer of legal scholarship. The main contenders, Law and Society and Law and Humanities, are certainly robust in their own rights, but relative to L&E, these approaches are underweight, and their adherents have been known to seethe at the capacity of L&E scholars to smother practically every legal field in sight.
In recent years, a number of L&E scholars have adopted a new tool, game theory, that expands their imperial claims even further. The simplest and best-known games in game theory are typically represented by a set of conventional stories. But that fact—that the games are represented by stories—makes these games a fair target for one branch of Law and Humanities scholarship, namely Law and Literature.
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December 14th, 2006, 01:42 PM
Let's hear some of these! :D C'mon, you know you want to brag! :D
What's the best gift you've ever given anybody?
What's the best gift you've ever given anybody?
Best gift YOU have ever given!
December 14th, 2006, 01:42 PM
Let's hear some of these! :D C'mon, you know you want to brag! :D
What's the best gift you've ever given anybody?
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December 14th, 2006, 01:55 PM
The best gift I've ever given would be to honey -- our first Christmas as a couple. He's really into books. He has more books than I can count. He's also a magician so I found a book called "The Art of Magic". It's a first edition book that was printed in 1909. This book is now almost one hundred years old. It cost me about $230 five years ago and can now be sold for about $600. :eek: I also got him a special edition Hobbit book that was printed about 30 years ago. My dad and I made special shadowboxes for the books and he still has them. It turns out the magic book I bought him was the first magic book he ever bought and the Hobbit was the first book his Dad read to him as a kid. It was the only time I've ever seen my honey with tears in his eyes.
December 14th, 2006, 01:57 PM
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December 14th, 2006, 02:03 PM
Actually, I found a book in a remote mountain village in Norway. The village my dad's family originated from. There were meny references in it to our family, as well as old pics. Without telling him, I bought it in July and kept it until Christmas. I believe it was the only time I ever saw a tear in my dad's eye (one only mind you).
December 14th, 2006, 02:06 PM
These are great.:)
For me it was the things I made... I made my grandmother a little sculpture of me hugging her. Took me about 6 hours to make it, and it was an inch tall.
I also made my friend a fishing boat out of paper. It was really detailed. She kept it in a glass box.
Things like that...
December 14th, 2006, 03:06 PM
Wow...I have a long and exhaustive list...
But for a general idea of what I gave, please look under the "WORST gifts" thread :D
eeer...I gotta think about this one...a lot of my gifts were big gifts that were chipped in along with friends so it's been awhile since I've actually given a gift from myself...
December 14th, 2006, 03:57 PM
A few years ago a very good friend of mine moved away to the city for college and into her very first apartment.
She had no furniture or kitchen things or anything and she was quite lonely.
So for Christmas that year I got some photos of all us girls together and framed them, as well as new bowls and bakewear.
But the best part of the gift was a really nice wooden recipe box that I filled up with all her favorite recipes.
She used to eat my baking constantly and beg for homemade goodies whenever she had the chance, so I gave her the recipes to make when she was away so she wouldn't forget the goodness of home.
She was so shocked that I would give up my "prized" recipes to her that she cried.
December 14th, 2006, 04:05 PM
This isn't a gift that I gave but I thought it was a sotry worth sareing. A friend of mine from college was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 16. She needed a bone marrow transplant to live but none of her family was a match. Two days after chirstmas day she got her transplant from a man she had never met from the other side of the country who happened to match her. Which is like a one in a million chance of someone matching outside of the family. I can't think of any gift that could be better than that. I'm glad to say that today she is cured and is going to school to be a nurse because she wants to be able to help other sick people since others did so much to help her.
Rick C
December 14th, 2006, 04:16 PM
Every year, in my quarterly newsletter, I tell my clients I won't be sending them Christmas cards . . . . I tell them I'll be writing a cheque to the Mustard Seed Society in Calgary (homeless shelter) for the amount that I would have spent on Christmas cards for them.
Last year it was $500.
I have yet to have any client call me and say they are upset I didn't send them a Christmas card. I have had lots of people call me and say they appreciated the donation in lew of a Christmas card.
I've probably given better gifts if I sat down and thought about it but probably none as meaningful.
Rick C
December 14th, 2006, 04:23 PM
what a lovely thread! :cloud9:
a few years ago, i had copies made of the best photos i had of my dad & I, when i was a kid... some of my brothers too. i framed a few, they now hang on his livingroom wall. It did bring tears to his eyes, as my parents divorced in 1979 and my mom had taken all but a couple photos with her... it was like giving him a piece of his kids back :o
December 14th, 2006, 04:41 PM
I spend so much time picking my presents I think there all great and if they ever got recycled back to me I wouldn't complain. The one I most remember was to my BIL, he's an art student/teacher and into the dark side, all 'alien' figures and art that I don't even pretend to understand. He had jsut got into snowboarding and has is own boots but no board, we persuaded him to go to Bulgaria with us just before Christmas, when in Switzerland I found out Geiger had 200 boards made and they were to go on sale in his gallery, someone from Champery was one of the set designers so i had the first Geiger board (there all numbered and this one is signed) well he kept on going on about geting his hire board when they all went down to the hire shop and I had got down while they were unpacking, when his turn came they said in broken english "this is bestest board in whole of Bulgaria" and gave him his present, his eyes almost jumped out of his skull. All week he kept face planting because he was staring at the graphics rather than where he was going. It now hangs on his wall in his Gallery, used once and I would laugh at this except I have one of 20 Smirnoff Ice Salomon Definition doing exactly the same (he was doing some design work for a bar in Bristol and he saw it and took it in exchange for being paid. I rode a definition at the time so it was the perfect board for me, however it will NEVER see the snow.:D
December 14th, 2006, 04:44 PM
The year that my dad died of a heart attack my mom was having a real tough time and freaking out about Christmas. I bought her a plane ticket to see my sister and her kids for Christmas so she could celebrate in a totally different environment with happy little kids around.
December 14th, 2006, 11:17 PM
Aww, TeriM, that's really nice. :cloud9:
These are all so great.:)
A cousin of mine took my grandmother on the Via transcanadian tour thingy. He was really young but he saved up for months and months to be able to take her.:cloud9:
December 15th, 2006, 12:12 AM
Guys chainsaw ,all his tools got stolen out of our yard one year:frustrated: and he replaced all but the chainsaw from insurance but there was no record of him purchasing a chiansaw.....
Anyway, I told him it was a jack set and made him wait till christmas morning evening to open it.. he wasnt very excited about opening a jack set anyway... well when the time came it was priceless..... He totally didnt see it coming...
and of course it was bigger and better than his last one.;)
December 15th, 2006, 07:54 AM
Mt best gift I ever received was from a friend call Carol. She asked me what I would like for Christmas and I told her, $1 million dollars. a husband and a puppy. On DEC 20th 19,1988, there was a knock on the door. I opened the door and there were a bunch of kids singing to me. Then a old man came in with a garbage bag full of monopoly money. ( She brought me her grandpa, he was a husband, not mine though) At the very end, Carol came in carrying a squirmy, yellow and white puppy, with a bow on her head. I enjoyed my gift until 2002. This was when I lost Akeija to old age. Best Christmas gift I ever have received.:rip: :dog:
December 15th, 2006, 07:58 AM
I think the best gift I remember giving was the first year I moved out on my own. I knew my Dad wanted a new pair of binoculars. We live right on the ocean so binoculars are great for watching boats go "up the bay" or whales, sea birds, etc. I was living here in the city and was shopping one day when I seen a really good set of binoculars go on sale for a price that I really could afford, so I got them.
I was sooo excited that I couldn't even wait, I made him open them Christmas Eve night. He opened it and didn't even know what to say. He keep saying "you didn't have to do that, you shouldn't have spent this money on me" My Dad hates getting gifts from us because he feels that we should spend the money on ourselves first, but that was the first time that I was really able to give back.
Also each year I fill a stocking for my parents. I started doing this about 5 years ago or so. I fill it with things that they need, but wouldn't really go buy for themsleves, so it is always things that they really appreciate, and noe I know that they look forward to it. I always get my Dad a new book, and my Mom some really good bath stuff. Things like that they never buy for themselves:o
December 15th, 2006, 08:00 AM
Mt best gift I ever received was from a friend call Carol. She asked me what I would like for Christmas and I told her, $1 million dollars. a husband and a puppy. On DEC 20th 19,1988, there was a knock on the door. I opened the door and there were a bunch of kids singing to me. Then a old man came in with a garbage bag full of monopoly money. ( She brought me her grandpa, he was a husband, not mine though) At the very end, Carol came in carrying a squirmy, yellow and white puppy, with a bow on her head. I enjoyed my gift until 2002. This was when I lost Akeija to old age. Best Christmas gift I ever have received.:rip: :dog:
Oh my goodness, that is one of the best stories I have ever heard. What a great friend:)
December 15th, 2006, 10:43 AM
I wasn't going to make it to my BF's birthday because I was going to Mexico with the girls so I took him to vegas for a four day vacation. It was a happy birthday, and I'm sorry I will not be there (but having a wild time in mexico) present.:D
December 15th, 2006, 10:43 AM
My MIL and FIL moved here from italy in their early twenties. My mother in law never went back to Italy, not even for her parents funerals...Nic says it's because she had such guilt for leaving them behind...
So all she had to remember her parents by were these two TINY (like 2 inch square) photos of each of her parents. The photos were ripped, and had fold marks all over them.
Since I was a photography student, and pretty good (at the time) with photoshop, I had Nic steal the photos and I scanned them into my computer. I worked on those photos for over a month...it was really hard work.
But in the end, I had the image fixed, and I was able to enlarge them. I gave her 2 8x10 photos, each in a nice frame. She was completely speachless.
It's the best gift I've ever given.
December 15th, 2006, 10:56 AM
wow i feel all mooshy and teary-eyed from all these happy stories... sigh :cloud9:
December 15th, 2006, 11:48 AM
What's the best gift you've ever given anybody?
My presence ? :D :shrug:
December 15th, 2006, 11:58 AM
My presence ? :D :shrug:
LMAO Frenchy, that is tooo funny:thumbs up
December 15th, 2006, 11:58 AM
frenchy it's spelled "my presents" :D :D
December 15th, 2006, 12:02 PM
frenchy it's spelled "my presents" :D :D
no no no , I mean me me me :angel:
December 15th, 2006, 12:29 PM
i was makin' a funny :frustrated: but not funny when it has to be explained, LOL! (the TD crash and burn of the day :D )
December 15th, 2006, 03:54 PM
i was makin' a funny :frustrated: but not funny when it has to be explained, LOL! (the TD crash and burn of the day :D )
I know I know ! Because you put the :D :D I was making a "funny" too :( but now that I had to explain it .... :p
December 19th, 2006, 11:49 AM
For my mom's 50th b-day a couple of years ago, we surprised her with a big surprise party. Her birthday is 3 days before Halloween, so we went all out and had a big bash and she had NO CLUE! I have the perfect picture of her walking in the door. It was GREAT! Anyway, I scrapbook when I have time. So I got her a nice album and scrapbooked all the pictures and invitations and stories from her party. She was THRILLED. I had fun doing it too.


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Mental Health Care
Mental Health services of the family medicine clinic
The Mount Sinai Academic Family Health Team's mental health staff work with patients living with mental health problems to promote healing and foster resilience. Our experienced team includes a mental health nurse and social workers who work collaboratively with other health team members to meet the needs of patients.
Services include:
- Supportive counseling
- Short-term psychotherapy
- Groups for individuals and their families
- Medication and symptom management
- Referral to psychiatric services
- Assistance in accessing services in the community
Speak with your family doctor or nurse practitioner if you would like support for mental health problems


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Falls Cinema I & II
26 South First Street,
Black River Falls,
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This small twin theatre is located in the small town of Black River Falls at South First and Main Streets. It seats a little over 400.
It was closed in 2009, but had reopened by summer of 2010. It was closed in January 2015.
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This theatre is no longer operated by get reel cinemas. Anyone know who operates it now?
None of the movies sites are showing any showtimes for Falls Cinema, so it's likely they are shut down for now.
As of today, it appears to be open again, still by get reel cinemas.
This theater closed in January 2015 and is up for sale: http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=3636
At the time of its closure, it was operated by Get Reel, Inc.
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Hi. My name is Pedro Americo, I am a Senior Creative Art Director and also the dude in that picture. I've done all this stuff you've seen here. I design things. I come up with ideas. I also develop ideas and executed them. I write music. I write about music in different zines. I play different instruments. I play with my photo camera and I also play video games. I love technology even though I write all my ideas on a notepad.
I am from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I love travelling, learning new languages and working abroad. Been in Europe since 2007, between Romania, Germany and UK (where I am at the moment). Before that I was living in my hometown, working for several agencies and playing with my band. During all these years I've worked for clients like Volkswagen, Mercedes, Opel, BMW, Mazda, o2, Ikea, German Red Cross, T-Mobile, Vichy, Exxon Mobil, Coca Cola, L'Oreal, Petrobras, and many others. I got some recognitions from what I've done for them, but the award I am proud the most is the one I got with my band Hill Valleys for the best pop album of the year in 2005 from Dynamite Magazine.
D & AD Young Blood, Mentor, 2 years in a row
Festival Internacional of Gramado, Jury, professionals
Creative Club of Rio de Janeiro, Jury, young talents
Bachelor degree in Communications at ESPM.
Portugues (native)
English (fluent)
German (advanced)
Spanish (advanced)
Romanian (basic)
1x Art Director's Club, Bronze, PR
Luezer's Archive - Print campaign featured
Luezer's Archive - Film featured
Deutscher Digital Award, Silver, Cross-media
2x Cannes Lions, Shortlist, Direct
4x NY Finalist, Direct and Collateral and Digital
1x Art Directors Club of Europe, Nomination, Innovation
1x Art Directors Club, Bronze, Digital
1x Art Directors Club, Merit, Dialogue Marketing
2x Red Dot Design, Digital Media and Direct Mail
2x Annual Multimedia Award, Digital, Silver
LIA, Bronze, Branded Entertainment
FWA, Mobile of the Day
2x NY Finalist, Direct
2x Art Director's Club, Bronze, Media and Real Time Ad
3x Art Director's Club, Merit, Digital
Red Dot Award, Digital
DDP Award, Finalist, Digital
2x Annual Multi Media Award, Silver
New Media Awards, Finalist, Digital
Cannes Lions, Silver, Media.
Cannes Lions, Shortlist, Branded Content
Epica Awards, Silver, Media Innovation
Epica Awards, Bronze, Public Interest Interactive
2x NY Festival, Finalist, Online
Art Director's Club Germany, Merit, Online
Red Dot Award, Communication Design
Airport Media Award
2x Red Dot Award, Campaign and Calendar
IF Communication Design, Gold, Print
3x Creativity International Award, Gold
Creativity International Award, Silver
German Design Council, Automotives, Calendar
Cannes Lions, Young Lions Competiton Romania for Print.
El Ojo, Honorary Award, Press
Revista Pasta (Print Magazine), Press
Festival de Gramado, best use of media, Print
Prêmio Colunistas, silver, outdoor
3x Clube de Criação do Rio de Janeiro, Print Ads in "Melhor do Rio" yearbook
2x Prêmio Colunistas, silver, Press
2x Clube de Criação do Rio de Janeiro, print ads in "Melhor do Rio" yearbook
Prêmio Colunistas, silver, campaign
ABP Festival, bronze, outdoor


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Takeshi Nogami, character creator of Girls Und Panzer, recently shared his thoughts on Twitter regarding a 3-hour interview he endured with BBC lugenpresser Stacey Dooley for a documentary on Japan's young whores ("sex workers") – with the female reporter unsurprisingly attempting to push her feminist fake news agenda whilst condemning anime and manga for "promoting pedophilia".
According to Nogami on Twitter, the interview essentially devolved into an argument about "human desire", with Nogami believing that all humans have "forbidden desires" – while the truly righteous Dooley instead maintaining that humans have no such desires whatsoever and instead are corrupted into desiring them by "sinful" content like pedophilia and gore.
During the interview, Nogami brought up the UK's situation with poverty (by some measures "23% of the population" is in poverty or faces it) but was ignored entirely so that Dooley could instead state how she believes all fiction potentially sexualizing minors should be banned, and came off as a person who only "wants to jail lolicon content creators".
Girls Und Panzer and Yuyushiki were cited as examples of "filth" in the documentary that would qualify for a ban; the full documentary however – in true lying press fashion – was soon removed from YouTube but is currently still available on Dailymotion now; Takeshi Nogami's interview was omitted in its entirety for excessive levels of realtalk and truththink.
All of Nogami's Twitter statements regarding his interview, as translated by one dedicated individual:
"I was interviewed by this lady at my workplace. One-on-one Q&A session for three hours."
"Through that, I realized one most important thing. I was thinking about releasing it online as manga, but…The core difference between this interviewer and myself was the attitude towards human beings. My position is 'all human beings have dirty desires. Isn't it better to be vented appropriately?'"
"On the contrary, Ms Susie stated this. 'All human beings are naturally innocent and have no dirty desires, and reading media depicting erotic, pedophilic, and gore contents will affect them to be corrupted."
"Then I realized. So, the definition of human being or 'operating system' is different. After the three hour long interview, this realization was the most productive experience, I think."
"Oh, on top of that, she said, with the look of a hitman from Black Lagoon, 'My desire is to put all pedophiles and ones who produce pedophilic media into jail.'
"Ah, 'justice' is kinda scary when it infects people. Isn't trying to substitute everything into the subject of that sentence? It's been two times where I was interviewed like this. She ignored me when I said, 'Don't look at us to turn away from your problem within the UK.'"
"During the interview, we touched upon ways that we can tackle the child abuse issues in the Commonwealth world. She said, 'banning all fiction like this!.'"
"I suggested, 'Well, solve poverty first. Legalizing fiction that has no victims will lower the crime rate.'"
"She seemed like she didn't get the idea. It seems her view is a common one throughout the Commonwealth countries. That's why you can get arrested for having a porn comic in Canada. So objection in words might not help much. It might be better to foster young, enthusiastic comrades within them."
"Ms. Susie asked me, with formal voice, 'Why don't you Japanese people follow what the UK does?'"
"'So I answered, 'Why don't you British people follow Japan, since we're more civilized, and have a lower crime rate than the UK.?'"
While Nogami regretted that the interview went in such a direction, he believed that his opinions were sure be misrepresented by the old media stooge he faced in order to draw attention away from the UK's own excessively high rate of sex-crimes (the 13th highest in the world compared to Japan being merely number 54 – and with UK policing efforts evidently being devoted only to covering up the many crimes of Muslim rape rings and celebrity sex offenders).


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The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) is a unique partnership between the University of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. It has recently moved its headquarters to the new Sir Colin Campbell building on Jubilee campus. In recognition of this event, an art exhibition is planned in the IMH.
Artists are invited to submit works for this exhibition on the theme of mental health and identity. Works should be 2-dimensional and in a black frame with mirror plates attached.
To find out more and to download an application form please visit the City Arts website and click on "opportunities for artists".
All work to be considered should be delivered to:
City Arts NRSB, Ortzen Street off Peveril Street, Radford, Nottingham, NG7 4BN by 4pm on Thursday 26th March 2009.
Ask Tim for advice or help to get your artwork submitted.
Tags: Art, art exhibition, Nottingham, submissions invited


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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Horticulture Update: 5.13.14 Spring Blooms
|Daffodil Bud exuding yellow
|Azalea Blooms
|Redbud blooming on tree planted by a student
|One of my favorite tulips
|Blue bells never fail to surprise me as the plants arise from under a Dogwood surrounded by azaleas
Saturday, May 10, 2014
The A to Z challenge: moving on and returning to N
The other night I took the 26 cards and moved on
- I got the 26 randomly chosen names from my work phone extension list and sent out a rambling email to those I were going to gift the cards to the next day. The hope was to explain the project.
- I realized I had placed "N" by two names, but had only drawn one card. So make that 27 names.
- I placed the cards into the mailboxes at work.
- I answered questions by those puzzled by the rambling email.
- Realized one person chosen was a student teacher who is no longer at the school.
- Told the second "N" that I had messed up.
If you have followed this, you may remember I had been shocked to find that I had no jazz when I got to the letter, N. So last night I once again listened to the Lewis Nash CD I bought for the A to Z challenge. And here is the doodle:
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Doodling to jazz, an A To Z Challenge: Z is for Miguel Zenon
Miguel Zenón was new to us when we entered the Episcopal church a few Rochester Jazz Festivals ago. Sad to say it took getting to Z in this A to Z challenge to buy some of his music. 26 letters. Most with many choices, but a few got some new jazz into my life.
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This is a page of links to video recordings of some of my keys in action. There are detailed descriptions of these instruments elsewhere on the web site.
The NanoBug I *NEW*
Experimental PaddleBug
DoubleBug No. 8
Standard RotoBug
Right-Angle Bug
The DoubleMax
This is an experimental instrument that was made to try out some new design ideas and also to see how small a functional bug can be made. Click here to for a sample of how it sounds.
This is an experimental Parkwood PaddleBug. It was part of a project investigating ways to change the duration of each dot (the weight, or duty cycle). Small changes in the duration of the dots make a big difference in the "sound" of the Morse code produced. Click here to see this key in operation.
This is the latest attempt to produce a "user friendly" fully-automatic bug. This design, with a single lever and dual pendulums, has come to closest to this ideal. It is fairly well-behaved and easy to adjust. Here is how it sounds.
This is a Standard RotoBug (there is also a Compact version and many experimental models). Instead of a pendulum it uses an oscillating rotor to provide the basic timing of the dots. Watch it work here.
The RotoBug design has been extended to a fully-automatic version that does a nice job at moderate speeds. Besides, it is fun to watch: click here.
This bug was an early attempt to create an instrument with a small footprint. It is built on a base of cocobolo wood. Despite its small size, it sounds pretty good. Hear it here.
The on-going effort to make a smooth-working fully automatic bug produced this complex instrument with moderate success. (Pardon the video quality - I will redo it sometime). I hope you can copy its "song" here.


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Apparently the average person works for 40 hours per week in the European Union. Until this summer, I have worked far more than that. Being bi-vocational, for several years, meant worked in excess of 90 hours a week at times. Even going into this summer I was clocking in weeks of 60-70 hours.
Now many jobs are demanding of time, and being a pastor/minister is one those vocations that takes up alot of time. Yet I am have suffered from workaholism, and being in ministry has been something that suited that tendency well.
Yet something happened to me this summer on sabbatical. God did something in me that found me at peace in a way I haven't been for a long time, he challenged my workaholism, and the the need to trust him, not my output.
And maybe getting older, I am finally slowing down. Anyhow I am putting in 40-50 hour weeks. By my previous years it feels down right lazy, but the difference has been liberating. And people are noticing the difference in me, in good ways.
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Time !
How many times did i hear "my tea is too bitter" or "it tastes like grass". One should never overlook the brewing time written on the label or the box of tea. This is especially true for green teas, which quickly becomes too strong when it exceeds 3 minutes of brewing.
We could sum things up like this :
- Green Tea : 3 minutes Max
- Black Tea : 4 minutes Max
- Wulong/thé blanc : 5 minutes at least
Beware though, this reminder isn't very accurate and kinda personal! For more accuracy, use the brewing table.
Several other tools are also available, TeaDroid my Android application, a timer dedicated to tea. Or this gorgeous hourglass with sand color and time according to the type of tea.


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Cranberry Bread Recipe
I have been enjoying making all these different types of breads lately. If you're looking for ideas for Thanksgiving I would recommend trying this recipe for cranberry bread. This bread is sure to please anyone that enjoys the taste of cranberries. The bread gets most of its flavor from lemon zest and vanilla extract. If you choose, you can also replace the lemon zest with orange zest for a different flavor. If you ask me fresh cranberries are the way to go for this recipe but you can also use frozen ones. I almost fell asleep last night with this in the oven :(. The top got a little firmer than I would prefer but otherwise it turned out amazing. Like most other breads this is very easy to make… the hardest part about it for me at least was chopping the cranberries because after that the only work that's involved is mixing the ingredients. Enjoy.
2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries (chopped)
1 2/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons lemon zest (grated)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
½ cup walnuts (chopped)
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl mix cranberries, sugar, eggs, lemon zest, oil, milk and vanilla extract. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Fold in walnuts.
Step 2: Pour mixture evenly into two greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pans.
Step 3: Bake at 360 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes. Remove from loaf pans and finish cooling on a wire rack.
13 Responses to "Cranberry Bread Recipe"
I love Cranberries so this sounds really good, if I can tear myself away from all things Pumpkin that is 🙂
the speckles of cranberry make your most moist bread extremely beautiful and festive. very nice, bobby. 🙂
You've been making some lovely desserts Bobby and this one looks so good.
Interesting combination, although I prefer chocolate desserts.
I really like the looks of those cranberries in that bread!
Any suggestions on cook time/temperature if I want to make these into "mini breads" in a cupcake tin?
I made this for a bake sale and it was a hit! I do wish there was an easier way to chop the cranberries.
Excellent recipe! Thanks so much for sharing!
A couple of things I did:
1) I used my food processor to "pulse" chop the cranberries one cup at a time to avoid mashing them and to get a consistent texture
2) I replaced one cup of flour with whole wheat flour. That required adding about 1/4 cup milk to retain the texture as whole wheat flour tends to be "thirsty"
3) I used brown sugar
Delicious! Thanks for the inspiration Bobby 🙂
Yum!! I am thinking of using the cranberry sauce I made to use in this bread. Do you think it will turn out alright? Thank you for the inspiration =D
This is an EXCELLENT recipe! I made several loaves over the Christmas holiday, some as gifts and some to keep. The bread freezes beautifully. Since I am allergic to walnuts, I made it without any nuts and it was still wonderful!
thanks for evrything …! insted of cranberrys i did strawberry and it is the best thank for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D
your the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =) ……


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(Adds detail, date of hearings)
MOSCOW, Nov 8 (Reuters) - A Russian judge on Wednesday ordered Igor Sechin, the head of Russian oil giant Rosneft and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, to appear as a witness in the bribery trial of former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev.
Ulyukayev was dismissed and put under house arrest a year ago over allegations that he took a $2 million bribe from Rosneft. He denies the charges.
RIA news agency quoted a court secretary as saying the hearing where Sechin would testify would take place on Monday, Nov. 13.
Rosneft declined to comment.
Ulyukayev, who has already accused Sechin in court of framing him, was detained on Nov. 14 last year at Rosneft's Moscow headquarters, moments after Sechin handed him the cash in a late-night meeting that, according to prosecutors, was designed to catch the minister in the act of accepting a bribe.
Analysts say the case is politically charged because Sechin represents a powerful faction in the Kremlin which favours greater state control over the economy and has clashed with a group of economic liberals in the government that included Ulyukayev. (Reporting by Polina Nikolskaya Writing by Vladimir Soldatkin Editing by Greg Mahlich)


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Here is the last polish that I got for review from lovely Jessica (BornPrettyStore).
It's BLACK! :)
For the base color I decided to get yellow and orange (I couldn't decided which one to use, so I use both of them). :)
Also this time I dry it with hair dryer and cracks were again made very nicely and quickly.
Do you like Kelier polishes? You like these types of cracks?


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Fox cushion. A fox on tactile wool. A large cushion complete with feather pad.
Thisis a large statement cushion.
It comes complete with a feather cushion pad.
The measurements are 18.5 inches x 18.5 inches.
(47cm x 47cm)
The tweed background is a tactile wool, in shades of olive, rich brown and cream.
The snoozy fox is made from a soft herringbone wool, and the cream accents are a cream wool.
His eyelashes have been embroidered by hand.
The cushion is backed with the same tactile wool as the front, with a deep envelope opening.
Spot clean or specialist dry clean only.
I love the whimsical charm of the fox.
This snoozy fox would add a touch of rustic charm to any room, and is sure to raise a smile!
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