A substantially flexible, shape-sustaining article having an appearance simulating paper made by forming a flexible, laminated material having a paper-like texture or appearance into a substantially flexible article for receiving an object. In some instances, a list of mobiles stations not currently executing a specific application is generated, processed, and used to send a solicitation message to certain mobile station. The dual purpose switch and the reset switch are controlled, respectively, by performing a logical ORing of a first clock signal and the restore signal and by performing a logical ANDing of a non-overlapping second clock signal and the restore signal.