diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4efbe916b..c111cbc8d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ matrix:
 
     - env:    TEST_NAME="arm-linux-gnueabi- (make)"
       script:
-        - ./configure --omit=Data/ODBC,Data/MySQL,Crypto,NetSSL && make -s -j2 CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- POCO_TARGET_OSARCH=armv7l
+        - ./configure --omit=Data/ODBC,Data/MySQL,Crypto,NetSSL,PageCompiler && make -s -j2 CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- POCO_TARGET_OSARCH=armv7l
 
     - env:    TEST_NAME="gcc (CMake)"
       compiler: gcc
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread.h
index 541fa1bdc..d5653292c 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public:
 		/// May return 0 if the priority has not been explicitly set.
 		
 	static int getMinOSPriority(int policy = POLICY_DEFAULT);
-		/// Returns the mininum operating system-specific priority value,
+		/// Returns the minimum operating system-specific priority value,
 		/// which can be passed to setOSPriority() for the given policy.
 		
 	static int getMaxOSPriority(int policy = POLICY_DEFAULT);
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ public:
 	void start(Callable target, void* pData = 0);
 		/// Starts the thread with the given target and parameter.
 
+	template <class Functor>
+	void startFunc(Functor fn)
+		/// Starts the thread with the given functor object or lambda.
+	{
+		startImpl(new FunctorRunnable<Functor>(fn));
+	}
+
 	void join();
 		/// Waits until the thread completes execution.	
 		/// If multiple threads try to join the same
@@ -221,7 +228,29 @@ protected:
 		
 	static int uniqueId();
 		/// Creates and returns a unique id for a thread.
-		
+
+	template <class Functor>
+	class FunctorRunnable: public Runnable
+	{
+	public:
+		FunctorRunnable(const Functor& functor):
+			_functor(functor)
+		{
+		}
+
+		~FunctorRunnable()
+		{
+		}
+
+		void run()
+		{
+			_functor();
+		}
+	
+	private:
+		Functor _functor;
+	};
+
 private:
 	Thread(const Thread&);
 	Thread& operator = (const Thread&);
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread_POSIX.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread_POSIX.h
index 120f7a86e..5bfae4a28 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread_POSIX.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread_POSIX.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "Poco/Event.h"
 #include "Poco/RefCountedObject.h"
 #include "Poco/AutoPtr.h"
+#include "Poco/SharedPtr.h"
 #include <pthread.h>
 // must be limits.h (not <climits>) for PTHREAD_STACK_MIN on Solaris
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -61,16 +62,6 @@ public:
 		POLICY_DEFAULT_IMPL = SCHED_OTHER
 	};
 	
-	struct CallbackData: public RefCountedObject
-	{
-		CallbackData(): callback(0), pData(0)
-		{
-		}
-
-		Callable  callback;
-		void*     pData; 
-	};
-
 	ThreadImpl();
 	~ThreadImpl();
 
@@ -83,9 +74,7 @@ public:
 	static int getMaxOSPriorityImpl(int policy);
 	void setStackSizeImpl(int size);
 	int getStackSizeImpl() const;
-	void startImpl(Runnable& target);
-	void startImpl(Callable target, void* pData = 0);
-
+	void startImpl(SharedPtr<Runnable> pTarget);
 	void joinImpl();
 	bool joinImpl(long milliseconds);
 	bool isRunningImpl() const;
@@ -96,7 +85,6 @@ public:
 
 protected:
 	static void* runnableEntry(void* pThread);
-	static void* callableEntry(void* pThread);
 	static int mapPrio(int prio, int policy = SCHED_OTHER);
 	static int reverseMapPrio(int osPrio, int policy = SCHED_OTHER);
 
@@ -129,8 +117,6 @@ private:
 	struct ThreadData: public RefCountedObject
 	{
 		ThreadData():
-			pRunnableTarget(0),
-			pCallbackTarget(0),
 			thread(0),
 			prio(PRIO_NORMAL_IMPL),
 			policy(SCHED_OTHER),
@@ -146,8 +132,7 @@ private:
 		#endif
 		}
 
-		Runnable*     pRunnableTarget;
-		AutoPtr<CallbackData> pCallbackTarget;
+		SharedPtr<Runnable> pRunnableTarget;
 		pthread_t     thread;
 		int           prio;
 		int           osPrio;
@@ -186,8 +171,7 @@ inline int ThreadImpl::getOSPriorityImpl() const
 
 inline bool ThreadImpl::isRunningImpl() const
 {
-	return _pData->pRunnableTarget != 0 ||
-		(_pData->pCallbackTarget.get() != 0 && _pData->pCallbackTarget->callback != 0);
+	return !_pData->pRunnableTarget.isNull();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread_WIN32.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread_WIN32.h
index a954c2a4a..598db8e7a 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread_WIN32.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Thread_WIN32.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "Poco/Foundation.h"
 #include "Poco/Runnable.h"
+#include "Poco/SharedPtr.h"
 #include "Poco/UnWindows.h"
 
 
@@ -40,16 +41,6 @@ public:
 	typedef unsigned (__stdcall *Entry)(void*);
 #endif
 
-	struct CallbackData
-	{
-		CallbackData(): callback(0), pData(0)
-		{
-		}
-
-		Callable  callback;
-		void*     pData; 
-	};
-
 	enum Priority
 	{
 		PRIO_LOWEST_IMPL  = THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST,
@@ -76,9 +67,7 @@ public:
 	static int getMaxOSPriorityImpl(int policy);
 	void setStackSizeImpl(int size);
 	int getStackSizeImpl() const;
-	void startImpl(Runnable& target);
-	void startImpl(Callable target, void* pData = 0);
-
+	void startImpl(SharedPtr<Runnable> pTarget);
 	void joinImpl();
 	bool joinImpl(long milliseconds);
 	bool isRunningImpl() const;
@@ -94,12 +83,6 @@ protected:
 	static unsigned __stdcall runnableEntry(void* pThread);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_DLL)
-	static DWORD WINAPI callableEntry(LPVOID pThread);
-#else
-	static unsigned __stdcall callableEntry(void* pThread);
-#endif
-
 	void createImpl(Entry ent, void* pData);
 	void threadCleanup();
 
@@ -129,12 +112,11 @@ private:
 		DWORD _slot;
 	};
 
-	Runnable*    _pRunnableTarget;
-	CallbackData _callbackTarget;
-	HANDLE       _thread;
-	DWORD        _threadId;
-	int          _prio;
-	int          _stackSize;
+	SharedPtr<Runnable> _pRunnableTarget;
+	HANDLE _thread;
+	DWORD _threadId;
+	int _prio;
+	int _stackSize;
 
 	static CurrentThreadHolder _currentThreadHolder;
 };
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/UTF8String.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/UTF8String.h
index 36c280dea..d719b609e 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/UTF8String.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/UTF8String.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ struct Foundation_API UTF8
 	///
 	/// toUpper(), toUpperInPlace(), toLower() and toLowerInPlace() provide
 	/// Unicode-based character case transformation for UTF-8 encoded strings.
+	///
+	/// removeBOM() removes the UTF-8 Byte Order Mark sequence (0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF)
+	/// from the beginning of the given string, if it's there.
 {
 	static int icompare(const std::string& str, std::string::size_type pos, std::string::size_type n, std::string::const_iterator it2, std::string::const_iterator end2);
 	static int icompare(const std::string& str1, const std::string& str2);
@@ -51,6 +54,10 @@ struct Foundation_API UTF8
 	static std::string& toUpperInPlace(std::string& str);
 	static std::string toLower(const std::string& str);
 	static std::string& toLowerInPlace(std::string& str);
+	
+	static void removeBOM(std::string& str);
+		/// Remove the UTF-8 Byte Order Mark sequence (0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF)
+		/// from the beginning of the string, if it's there.
 };
 
 
diff --git a/Foundation/src/Thread.cpp b/Foundation/src/Thread.cpp
index 2b55fed79..e4a87dad0 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Thread.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,57 @@
 namespace Poco {
 
 
+namespace {
+
+class RunnableHolder: public Runnable
+{
+public:
+	RunnableHolder(Runnable& target):
+		_target(target)
+	{
+	}
+
+	~RunnableHolder()
+	{
+	}
+
+	void run()
+	{
+		_target.run();
+	}
+
+private:
+	Runnable& _target;
+};
+
+
+class CallableHolder: public Runnable
+{
+public:
+	CallableHolder(Thread::Callable callable, void* pData):
+		_callable(callable),
+		_pData(pData)
+	{
+	}
+
+	~CallableHolder()
+	{
+	}
+
+	void run()
+	{
+		_callable(_pData);
+	}
+
+private:
+	Thread::Callable _callable;
+	void* _pData;
+};
+
+
+} // namespace
+
+
 Thread::Thread(): 
 	_id(uniqueId()), 
 	_name(makeName()), 
@@ -76,13 +127,13 @@ Thread::Priority Thread::getPriority() const
 
 void Thread::start(Runnable& target)
 {
-	startImpl(target);
+	startImpl(new RunnableHolder(target));
 }
 
 
 void Thread::start(Callable target, void* pData)
 {
-	startImpl(target, pData);
+	startImpl(new CallableHolder(target, pData));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Foundation/src/Thread_POSIX.cpp b/Foundation/src/Thread_POSIX.cpp
index ae9707769..48af45cd1 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Thread_POSIX.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Thread_POSIX.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ void ThreadImpl::setPriorityImpl(int prio)
 		_pData->policy = SCHED_OTHER;
 		if (isRunningImpl())
 		{
-			struct sched_param par;
+			struct sched_param par; struct MyStruct
+			{
+
+			};
 			par.sched_priority = mapPrio(_pData->prio, SCHED_OTHER);
 			if (pthread_setschedparam(_pData->thread, SCHED_OTHER, &par))
 				throw SystemException("cannot set thread priority");
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ void ThreadImpl::setOSPriorityImpl(int prio, int policy)
 {
 	if (prio != _pData->osPrio || policy != _pData->policy)
 	{
-		if (_pData->pRunnableTarget || _pData->pCallbackTarget)
+		if (_pData->pRunnableTarget)
 		{
 			struct sched_param par;
 			par.sched_priority = prio;
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ void ThreadImpl::setStackSizeImpl(int size)
 }
 
 
-void ThreadImpl::startImpl(Runnable& target)
+void ThreadImpl::startImpl(SharedPtr<Runnable> pTarget)
 {
 	if (_pData->pRunnableTarget)
 		throw SystemException("thread already running");
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ void ThreadImpl::startImpl(Runnable& target)
 		}
 	}
 
-	_pData->pRunnableTarget = &target;
+	_pData->pRunnableTarget = pTarget;
 	if (pthread_create(&_pData->thread, &attributes, runnableEntry, this))
 	{
 		_pData->pRunnableTarget = 0;
@@ -224,56 +227,6 @@ void ThreadImpl::startImpl(Runnable& target)
 }
 
 
-void ThreadImpl::startImpl(Callable target, void* pData)
-{
-	if (_pData->pCallbackTarget && _pData->pCallbackTarget->callback)
-		throw SystemException("thread already running");
-
-	pthread_attr_t attributes;
-	pthread_attr_init(&attributes);
-
-	if (_pData->stackSize != 0)
-	{
-		if (0 != pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attributes, _pData->stackSize))
-			throw SystemException("can not set thread stack size");
-	}
-
-	if (0 == _pData->pCallbackTarget.get())
-		_pData->pCallbackTarget = new CallbackData;
-
-	_pData->pCallbackTarget->callback = target;
-	_pData->pCallbackTarget->pData = pData;
-
-	if (pthread_create(&_pData->thread, &attributes, callableEntry, this))
-	{
-		_pData->pCallbackTarget->callback = 0;
-		_pData->pCallbackTarget->pData = 0;
-		pthread_attr_destroy(&attributes);
-		throw SystemException("cannot start thread");
-	}
-	_pData->started = true;
-	pthread_attr_destroy(&attributes);
-	
-	if (_pData->policy == SCHED_OTHER)
-	{
-		if (_pData->prio != PRIO_NORMAL_IMPL)
-		{
-			struct sched_param par;
-			par.sched_priority = mapPrio(_pData->prio, SCHED_OTHER);
-			if (pthread_setschedparam(_pData->thread, SCHED_OTHER, &par))
-				throw SystemException("cannot set thread priority");
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		struct sched_param par;
-		par.sched_priority = _pData->osPrio;
-		if (pthread_setschedparam(_pData->thread, _pData->policy, &par))
-			throw SystemException("cannot set thread priority");
-	}
-}
-
-
 void ThreadImpl::joinImpl()
 {
 	if (!_pData->started) return;
@@ -409,48 +362,6 @@ void* ThreadImpl::runnableEntry(void* pThread)
 }
 
 
-void* ThreadImpl::callableEntry(void* pThread)
-{
-	_currentThreadHolder.set(reinterpret_cast<ThreadImpl*>(pThread));
-
-#if defined(POCO_OS_FAMILY_UNIX)
-	sigset_t sset;
-	sigemptyset(&sset);
-	sigaddset(&sset, SIGQUIT);
-	sigaddset(&sset, SIGTERM);
-	sigaddset(&sset, SIGPIPE); 
-	pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sset, 0);
-#endif
-
-	ThreadImpl* pThreadImpl = reinterpret_cast<ThreadImpl*>(pThread);
-#if defined(POCO_POSIX_DEBUGGER_THREAD_NAMES)
-	setThreadName(pThreadImpl->_pData->thread, reinterpret_cast<Thread*>(pThread)->getName().c_str());
-#endif
-	AutoPtr<ThreadData> pData = pThreadImpl->_pData;
-	try
-	{
-		pData->pCallbackTarget->callback(pData->pCallbackTarget->pData);
-	}
-	catch (Exception& exc)
-	{
-		ErrorHandler::handle(exc);
-	}
-	catch (std::exception& exc)
-	{
-		ErrorHandler::handle(exc);
-	}
-	catch (...)
-	{
-		ErrorHandler::handle();
-	}
-
-	pData->pCallbackTarget->callback = 0;
-	pData->pCallbackTarget->pData = 0;
-	pData->done.set();
-	return 0;
-}
-
-
 int ThreadImpl::mapPrio(int prio, int policy)
 {
 	int pmin = getMinOSPriorityImpl(policy);
diff --git a/Foundation/src/Thread_WIN32.cpp b/Foundation/src/Thread_WIN32.cpp
index 8a6c34f04..0eb2c4c4f 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Thread_WIN32.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Thread_WIN32.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ ThreadImpl::CurrentThreadHolder ThreadImpl::_currentThreadHolder;
 
 
 ThreadImpl::ThreadImpl():
-	_pRunnableTarget(0),
 	_thread(0),
 	_threadId(0),
 	_prio(PRIO_NORMAL_IMPL),
@@ -105,30 +104,16 @@ void ThreadImpl::setOSPriorityImpl(int prio, int /* policy */)
 }
 
 
-void ThreadImpl::startImpl(Runnable& target)
+void ThreadImpl::startImpl(SharedPtr<Runnable> pTarget)
 {
 	if (isRunningImpl())
 		throw SystemException("thread already running");
 
-	_pRunnableTarget = &target;
-
+	_pRunnableTarget = pTarget;
 	createImpl(runnableEntry, this);
 }
 
 
-void ThreadImpl::startImpl(Callable target, void* pData)
-{
-	if (isRunningImpl())
-		throw SystemException("thread already running");
-
-	threadCleanup();
-	_callbackTarget.callback = target;
-	_callbackTarget.pData = pData;
-
-	createImpl(callableEntry, this);
-}
-
-
 void ThreadImpl::createImpl(Entry ent, void* pData)
 {
 #if defined(_DLL)
@@ -237,35 +222,4 @@ unsigned __stdcall ThreadImpl::runnableEntry(void* pThread)
 }
 
 
-#if defined(_DLL)
-DWORD WINAPI ThreadImpl::callableEntry(LPVOID pThread)
-#else
-unsigned __stdcall ThreadImpl::callableEntry(void* pThread)
-#endif
-{
-	_currentThreadHolder.set(reinterpret_cast<ThreadImpl*>(pThread));
-#if defined(POCO_WIN32_DEBUGGER_THREAD_NAMES)
-	setThreadName(-1, reinterpret_cast<Thread*>(pThread)->getName().c_str());
-#endif
-	try
-	{
-		ThreadImpl* pTI = reinterpret_cast<ThreadImpl*>(pThread);
-		pTI->_callbackTarget.callback(pTI->_callbackTarget.pData);
-	}
-	catch (Exception& exc)
-	{
-		ErrorHandler::handle(exc);
-	}
-	catch (std::exception& exc)
-	{
-		ErrorHandler::handle(exc);
-	}
-	catch (...)
-	{
-		ErrorHandler::handle();
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-
 } // namespace Poco
diff --git a/Foundation/src/UTF8String.cpp b/Foundation/src/UTF8String.cpp
index 8f10d8a0f..b7c6eb877 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/UTF8String.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/UTF8String.cpp
@@ -160,4 +160,16 @@ std::string& UTF8::toLowerInPlace(std::string& str)
 }
 
 
+void UTF8::removeBOM(std::string& str)
+{
+	if (str.size() >= 3 
+		&& static_cast<unsigned char>(str[0]) == 0xEF 
+		&& static_cast<unsigned char>(str[1]) == 0xBB 
+		&& static_cast<unsigned char>(str[2]) == 0xBF)
+	{
+		str.erase(0, 3);
+	}
+}
+
+
 } // namespace Poco
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/ThreadTest.cpp b/Foundation/testsuite/src/ThreadTest.cpp
index 1509e6e4b..e9fa73072 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/ThreadTest.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/ThreadTest.cpp
@@ -363,6 +363,45 @@ void ThreadTest::testThreadFunction()
 }
 
 
+struct Functor
+{
+	void operator () ()
+	{
+		++MyRunnable::_staticVar;
+	}
+};
+
+
+void ThreadTest::testThreadFunctor()
+{
+	Thread thread;
+
+	assert (!thread.isRunning());
+
+	MyRunnable::_staticVar = 0;
+	thread.startFunc(Functor());
+	thread.join();
+	assert (1 == MyRunnable::_staticVar);
+
+	assert (!thread.isRunning());
+
+#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+
+	Thread thread2;
+
+	assert (!thread2.isRunning());
+
+	MyRunnable::_staticVar = 0;
+	thread.startFunc([] () {MyRunnable::_staticVar++;});
+	thread.join();
+	assert (1 == MyRunnable::_staticVar);
+
+	assert (!thread2.isRunning());
+
+#endif
+}
+
+
 void ThreadTest::testThreadStackSize()
 {
 	int stackSize = 50000000;
@@ -436,6 +475,7 @@ CppUnit::Test* ThreadTest::suite()
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ThreadTest, testTrySleep);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ThreadTest, testThreadTarget);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ThreadTest, testThreadFunction);
+	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ThreadTest, testThreadFunctor);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ThreadTest, testThreadStackSize);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ThreadTest, testSleep);
 
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/ThreadTest.h b/Foundation/testsuite/src/ThreadTest.h
index b984e869c..3e9f50dae 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/ThreadTest.h
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/ThreadTest.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public:
 	void testTrySleep();
 	void testThreadTarget();
 	void testThreadFunction();
+	void testThreadFunctor();
 	void testThreadStackSize();
 	void testSleep();
 
diff --git a/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h b/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h
index e5dd85937..04e4e3ab4 100644
--- a/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h
+++ b/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // HTTPClientSession.h
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h#7 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.4/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h#8 $
 //
 // Library: Net
 // Package: HTTPClient
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ public:
 	HTTPClientSession(const std::string& host, Poco::UInt16 port = HTTPSession::HTTP_PORT);
 		/// Creates a HTTPClientSession using the given host and port.
 
+	HTTPClientSession(const std::string& host, Poco::UInt16 port, const ProxyConfig& proxyConfig);
+		/// Creates a HTTPClientSession using the given host, port and proxy configuration.
+
 	virtual ~HTTPClientSession();
 		/// Destroys the HTTPClientSession and closes
 		/// the underlying socket.
diff --git a/Net/src/HTMLForm.cpp b/Net/src/HTMLForm.cpp
index 92943092d..24ee4a60b 100644
--- a/Net/src/HTMLForm.cpp
+++ b/Net/src/HTMLForm.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "Poco/URI.h"
 #include "Poco/String.h"
 #include "Poco/CountingStream.h"
+#include "Poco/UTF8String.h"
 #include <sstream>
 
 
@@ -42,20 +43,31 @@ namespace Poco {
 namespace Net {
 
 
-const std::string HTMLForm::ENCODING_URL				= "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
-const std::string HTMLForm::ENCODING_MULTIPART			= "multipart/form-data";
-const int         HTMLForm::UNKNOWN_CONTENT_LENGTH		= -1;
+const std::string HTMLForm::ENCODING_URL           = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+const std::string HTMLForm::ENCODING_MULTIPART     = "multipart/form-data";
+const int         HTMLForm::UNKNOWN_CONTENT_LENGTH = -1;
 
 
-class HTMLFormCountingOutputStream : public CountingOutputStream
+class HTMLFormCountingOutputStream: public CountingOutputStream
 {
 public:
-	HTMLFormCountingOutputStream() : _isvalid(true)  {}
+	HTMLFormCountingOutputStream():
+		_valid(true)
+	{
+	}
+
+	bool isValid() const 
+	{
+		return _valid;
+	}
+	
+	void setValid(bool v)
+	{
+		_valid = v;
+	}
 
-	bool getIsValid() const { return _isvalid; }
-	void setIsValid(bool v) { _isvalid = v; }
 private:
-	bool _isvalid;
+	bool _valid;
 };
 
 
@@ -238,7 +250,7 @@ std::streamsize HTMLForm::calculateContentLength()
 
 	HTMLFormCountingOutputStream c;
 	write(c);
-	if (c.getIsValid())
+	if (c.isValid())
 		return c.chars();
 	else
 		return UNKNOWN_CONTENT_LENGTH;
@@ -274,6 +286,7 @@ void HTMLForm::readUrl(std::istream& istr)
 
 	int fields = 0;
 	int ch = istr.get();
+	bool isFirst = true;
 	while (ch != eof)
 	{
 		if (_fieldLimit > 0 && fields == _fieldLimit)
@@ -296,6 +309,11 @@ void HTMLForm::readUrl(std::istream& istr)
 				ch = istr.get();
 			}
 		}
+		// remove UTF-8 byte order mark from first name, if present
+		if (isFirst)
+		{
+			UTF8::removeBOM(name);
+		}
 		std::string decodedName;
 		std::string decodedValue;
 		URI::decode(name, decodedName);
@@ -303,6 +321,7 @@ void HTMLForm::readUrl(std::istream& istr)
 		add(decodedName, decodedValue);
 		++fields;
 		if (ch == '&') ch = istr.get();
+		isFirst = false;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -402,7 +421,7 @@ void HTMLForm::writeMultipart(std::ostream& ostr)
 			if (partlen != PartSource::UNKNOWN_CONTENT_LENGTH)
 				costr->addChars(static_cast<int>(partlen));
 			else
-				costr->setIsValid(false);
+				costr->setValid(false);
 		}
 		else
 			StreamCopier::copyStream(ita->pSource->stream(), ostr);
diff --git a/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp b/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp
index ccf16d704..b10f56e20 100644
--- a/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp
+++ b/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // HTTPClientSession.cpp
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp#14 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.4/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp#15 $
 //
 // Library: Net
 // Package: HTTPClient
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ HTTPClientSession::HTTPClientSession(const std::string& host, Poco::UInt16 port)
 }
 
 
+HTTPClientSession::HTTPClientSession(const std::string& host, Poco::UInt16 port, const ProxyConfig& proxyConfig):
+	_host(host),
+	_port(port),
+	_proxyConfig(proxyConfig),
+	_keepAliveTimeout(DEFAULT_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT, 0),
+	_reconnect(false),
+	_mustReconnect(false),
+	_expectResponseBody(false)
+{
+}
+
+
 HTTPClientSession::~HTTPClientSession()
 {
 }
@@ -379,7 +391,8 @@ void HTTPClientSession::proxyAuthenticateImpl(HTTPRequest& request)
 
 StreamSocket HTTPClientSession::proxyConnect()
 {
-	HTTPClientSession proxySession(getProxyHost(), getProxyPort());
+	ProxyConfig emptyProxyConfig;
+	HTTPClientSession proxySession(getProxyHost(), getProxyPort(), emptyProxyConfig);
 	proxySession.setTimeout(getTimeout());
 	std::string targetAddress(_host);
 	targetAddress.append(":");
diff --git a/Net/testsuite/src/HTMLFormTest.cpp b/Net/testsuite/src/HTMLFormTest.cpp
index 3f0693571..318c66b83 100644
--- a/Net/testsuite/src/HTMLFormTest.cpp
+++ b/Net/testsuite/src/HTMLFormTest.cpp
@@ -191,6 +191,20 @@ void HTMLFormTest::testReadUrlPUT()
 }
 
 
+void HTMLFormTest::testReadUrlBOM()
+{
+	HTTPRequest req("PUT", "/form.cgi?field0=value0");
+	std::istringstream istr("\357\273\277field1=value1&field2=value%202&field3=value%3D3&field4=value%264");
+	HTMLForm form(req, istr);
+	assert (form.size() == 5);
+	assert (form["field0"] == "value0");
+	assert (form["field1"] == "value1");
+	assert (form["field2"] == "value 2");
+	assert (form["field3"] == "value=3");
+	assert (form["field4"] == "value&4");
+}
+
+
 void HTMLFormTest::testReadMultipart()
 {
 	std::istringstream istr(
@@ -359,6 +373,7 @@ CppUnit::Test* HTMLFormTest::suite()
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTMLFormTest, testReadUrlGET);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTMLFormTest, testReadUrlPOST);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTMLFormTest, testReadUrlPUT);
+	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTMLFormTest, testReadUrlBOM);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTMLFormTest, testReadMultipart);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTMLFormTest, testSubmit1);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, HTMLFormTest, testSubmit2);
diff --git a/Net/testsuite/src/HTMLFormTest.h b/Net/testsuite/src/HTMLFormTest.h
index 2da5923fa..7f9242d49 100644
--- a/Net/testsuite/src/HTMLFormTest.h
+++ b/Net/testsuite/src/HTMLFormTest.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public:
 	void testReadUrlGET();
 	void testReadUrlPOST();
 	void testReadUrlPUT();
+	void testReadUrlBOM();
 	void testReadMultipart();
 	void testSubmit1();
 	void testSubmit2();