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Kernel branches
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This page explains how we take advantage of GIT branches for kernel development at Openmoko. The Kernel page is the sister of this page.
Note: At the moment we are only using the andy-tracking branch. This will change soon.
How we use GIT History
The branches whose names end in -tracking have a history in GIT. This history allows us to go back and to check who did what and when it happened.
Committed patches appear directly on the branch they were committed on. If a patch goes into stable-tracking it will appear there as normal, but what appears in the downstream branches rebasing off that is a single MERGE commit that contains whatever the diff is between the unrebased and rebased version of that branch. Since Andy rebases very often, it will not be unusual that the MERGE version used downstream is just the one added upstream patch content, but it can also be typical that the MERGE commit will contain the changes from dozens or hundreds of patches when the Linus tree updates or example.
The reason for this new way is that it gives the public -tracking branches a linear history that you can rewind, despite that they are being hard rebased constantly.
We will fork stable kernels from this branch.
Think of this as the branch where most of the action takes place (at least for most of us). If you simply target andy-tracking for patches, the resulting patch will automatically be ready for either andy-tracking, pending-tracking (usually) or stable-tracking depending on what it touched.
If in doubt ask in the mailing list.
We can end up with a bunch of patches from several directions heading into various upstreams if we're lucky.
We have a "pending-tracking" that fits in between stable-tracking and andy-tracking, to temporarily hold all the patches that are expected to come from upstream eventually. Balaji-tracking feeds into this now, but there's other stuff like Matt's patches headed for s3c64xx upstream too.
This allows for Balaji's patches being rebased without writing in balaji-tracking, and it also allows Andy to track changes from balaji-tracking and elsewhere in one place too.
Some patch work-flow before introducing stable-trackig
Patch belongs in upstream, eg, Linus or Ben Dooks tree --> pending-tracking. It's kept segregated because we expect it to turn up by upstream rebase path; if it changes on the way we can adapt it in pending-tracking and rebase
Patch bases on stuff in pending-tracking, eg uses Balaji regulator things ---> andy-tracking. It's kept segregated because "it lives in the future" where the pending upstream patches arrived upstream.
Neither of the above ---> stable-tracking
All patches end up in this branch, that's what it expects.
Stuff temporarily in pending-tracking will eventually turn up from upstream pulls, at that time it's no longer pending and is part of what stable-tracking rebased against. The now duplicate patch in pending-tracking is then removed. The patch ended up in stable-tracking.
Once the pending-tracking patch became part of stable-tracking, there is no reason for the patches modifying or depending on it held until now in andy-tracking not to merge back into stable-tracking either. So patches in andy-tracking gravitate to stable-tracking as soon as possible too.
More patch work-flow
Because andy-tracking is "living in the future" with latest pending upstream patches included, it makes sense to take the advantage from these even at the risk the patches will be rejected upstream.
This is a temporal branch with no history. We use it as a temporal playground so that we can get patches ready for upstream.
This page started as an improvement of this email sent by Andy Green to the Openmoko kernel list.
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Peanut Butter and Jelly Belly Cake
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...If you do not cook for the very young or young at heart, please stay long enough to accept my apology for not yet responding to your comments of the week. Time and intent are at odds with each other and time has obviously trumped intent. There simply has been no time. Those of you who occasionally bake for children's parties might want to tarry, but all others have been granted an excused absence, as long as they are present for tomorrow's morning meeting, where adult, or at least semi-adult, recipes will again be the order of the day.
One of my special boys turned four this week. He wanted a peanut butter and jelly cake for his party. He was pretty insistent about it and could not be dissuaded. I did some inward groaning and probably glared at his mother, who I am sure put him up to the request, but, in the end, thanks to some help from folk's at the Hershey test kitchen, Joshua had his birthday cake. The recipe is easy in the extreme and I must say the finished cake is not half bad. The frosting is actually delicious.
We have a tradition that allows the birthday boy or girl to put candles on their cake as soon as they can select the correct number of them from a pile. As you can see, Joshua has mastered the technique. I'd like those of you who know our family to note the nearly perfect line he's formed with his candles. I had hoped for a poet, but I think we have another budding engineer on our hands. Without further ado, here's the recipe for Joshua's birthday cake.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Belly Cake...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Hershey Test Kitchens
1 package (about 18 oz.) white cake mix
3/4 cup strawberry jam
1-2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) peanut butter chips
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup whipping cream
1) Prepare cake as directed on package for two 9-inch layers. Slice each layer in half horizontally to form two layers. Place one layer on serving plate; spread 1/4 cup jam over top. Repeat with remaining layers, ending with plain layer on top.
2) Stir together peanut butter chips and milk in medium saucepan. Heat over heat, stirring constantly, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Cool until slightly thickened. Beat whipping cream with electric mixer until stiff; gradually blend into peanut butter mixture. If necessary, cool until of spreading consistency. Frost top and sides of cake. Yield: 12 servings.
Cook's note: If frosting becomes too thick to spread, thin it with milk or cream.
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57 comments :
- Ana Rita Marreiros said...
Just his look to the cake it's more than 1000 words...He's just blown away!!!
- August 4, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Adam said...
My mother's birthday is this weekend, and I think this may have jumped to the top of the list for her cake (heck I'd like it for my birthday too :)). My family is full of peanut butter and jam fiends. I think some of us would eat it for every meal if we could. Was the decision to use white cake mostly because of the colour or would yellow cake be just as good (I love my current yellow cake recipe)?
- August 4, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- Heather S-G said...
Such a sweet post, Mary...and the handsome birthday boy looks thrilled! I would be, too...a pb&j cake is so fun =)
- August 4, 2011 at 11:18 AM
- lena said...
adorable kid! i'm sure that frosting must have been finger licking good for him !
- August 4, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Tracy's Living Cookbook said...
Who wouldn't love this birthday cake?
- August 4, 2011 at 11:35 AM
I thought this was going to have jelly beans in it!
- August 4, 2011 at 11:45 AM
- Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine said...
One of your special boys is very very lucky I would love a slice of this awesome cake!
- August 4, 2011 at 11:51 AM
- Janie said...
So cute..
AND this cake look delicious! I just have to try it..even though we are all "grown-ups" here I know it is gong to be a hit (and ti is pretty too)
- August 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
Happy birthday, Joshua. Grandma did a great job on your cake. Enjoy!!
- August 4, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- Cooking Creation said...
Happy birthday to the sweet little boy! I bet this cake tasted yummy!
- August 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- Sue/the view from great island said...
Only you, Mary, could come up with such a great looking cake from such a request! I hate to admit it, but it looks pretty tasty!
- August 4, 2011 at 12:03 PM
- RATOLINHA said...
But what a beautiful cake. Fabulous.
- August 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM
- Jeannie said...
Such a cute birthday boy:)no wonder he got his fave cake:D The cake looks really grand indeed!
- August 4, 2011 at 12:11 PM
- From the Kitchen said...
Please tell Master Joshua that I would have loved to share his peanut butter and jelly cake. Good choice! And, when you wish him a happy birthday from me. tell him that I have a real live dalmatian just like his. Even Oliver's left ear is solid black!!
Enjoy the family time!
- August 4, 2011 at 12:28 PM
- Unknown said...
the look and smile must have melted the cake.
happy birthday
- August 4, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- Gloria Baker said...
Happy belated Birthday to Joshua the cake is amazing!You are a lovely grtand Ma, blessings gloria
- August 4, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- Barbara F. said...
I am way past the age of eating pb&j sandwiches, but I still do sometimes (not too often) :) but this cake looks so gooooood. xo,
- August 4, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
You got me with the first photo. You've made all of us kids happy today!
- August 4, 2011 at 12:52 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
It looks very good, any kid would LOVE it!!! Yes, I see he not only put them in a straight line, he separated them right in the middle Two by two! He is a real cutie pie!!! And obviously a thinker, I think most kids would have just randomly stuck them somewhere in the middle.
- August 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM
- Rambling Tart said...
What a cutie he is! Mmm, that cake sounds delicious. The perfect thing for a kid for sure. :-)
- August 4, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- Kim said...
pbj cake sounds sooo good! you did a fabulous job with it too, Mary!
- August 4, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- Rachana said...
Birthday wishes to Joshua! The cake looks fabulous!
- August 4, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Karen said...
I'm sure Joshua knew that whatever cake he chose, if grandmother made it, it'd be terrific! He's a cutie :)
- August 4, 2011 at 1:53 PM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
Happy b-Day and Mary, you have fun this week
- August 4, 2011 at 1:55 PM
- Clint said...
Adorable kid. Adorable cake. Gosh I hope he's a poet!
- August 4, 2011 at 2:09 PM
- Joanne said...
You never have to apologize to me about such things. (a) I love PB+J however I can get it. (b) This looks so fantastic. Apparently I'm actually a child at heart.
- August 4, 2011 at 2:21 PM
This is amazing,,
- August 4, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Love your kitchen (Or the few i've seen of it!) And this cake... love it too!! Happy B-day to this lucky little man!
- August 4, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- Unknown said...
Mary, what beautiful cake. He is one lucky boy. Who wouldn't love this birthday cake?
- August 4, 2011 at 3:11 PM
Nice blog post. You always write a engrossing article. I will come back in future.
- August 4, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- Unknown said...
it is a gorgeous cake and a beautiful child! you can tell how happy he is with your creation!
- August 4, 2011 at 5:06 PM
- Maris (In Good Taste) said...
The beauty of this cake is only outdone by that gorgeous boy!
- August 4, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- GLENDA CHILDERS said...
Birthday cakes are WAY more important than answering our comments. We love your comments . . . but enjoy your darling boy.
- August 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM
- kitty@ Kitty's Kozy Kitchen said...
What a little cutie-pie!!! I'm sure he loved his special cake. What a sweet post!!!
- August 4, 2011 at 5:40 PM
- MaryMoh said...
Joshua looks so happy to have the cake. That says everything! Hope you have a wonderful day. MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com
- August 4, 2011 at 6:25 PM
- Unknown said...
Looks like he really enjoyed it and that's all that matters. I may be packing this for lunch this year instead of the original.
- August 4, 2011 at 6:40 PM
- Claudia said...
Happy birthday to that gorgeous little fellow. He know what he wants and his lit-up face tells me that you did very well! It's part of the fun, isn't it? Being able to create for those you love?
- August 4, 2011 at 6:45 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
This is the only cake I'd like!
- August 4, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Look at that happy face of that lucky boy:)
- August 4, 2011 at 7:29 PM
- Katarina said...
Such a beautiful birthday cake! Have a great day!
- August 4, 2011 at 9:33 PM
- Julie said...
What a cutie!!! PB&J cake...how fun! Enjoy your time with the family.
- August 4, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Peanut butter cake? first time for me here...but i'm sure it looks delicious!
- August 4, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- The Harried Cook said...
What a fun cake! I love the picture of the birthday boy and his cake... Adorable! This cake would make both adults and kids very happy! Thanks for sharing :)
- August 4, 2011 at 11:31 PM
- Elaine said...
How adorable, Mary! Happy birthday to Joshua! I think he made a perfect choice.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:46 PM
- A Bitchin' Kitchen said...
Aw, he's so cute, and clearly excited to dig into his cake! This looks delicious - I love peanut butter desserts!
- Maggie
- August 5, 2011 at 1:47 AM
- Ambreen (Simply Sweet n Savory) said...
I love this cake idea! Fabulous cake & lovely pics. Happy birthday to Joshua :)
- August 5, 2011 at 7:19 AM
- Unknown said...
I don't need to have kids to make this, right?? WOW, that looks absolutely incredible!! What a lucky birthday boy!!
- August 5, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Such a pretty and tasty looking cake! Yum!
- August 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- David said...
Mary, It's a beautiful cake with some of my favorite ingredients! What a happy grandson... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
- August 5, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- What's next said...
sounds like something my big girls would like too! Hope you enjoyed a birthday with you handsom boy!
- August 5, 2011 at 11:17 AM
- kelle said...
This is such a great idea! It looks delicious! My fiance would eat the whole cake!
- August 5, 2011 at 1:58 PM
- Linda said...
What a fun birthday cake! Layers of happiness I'd say! The little birthday boy defintiely looks happy too! Great recipe!
- August 5, 2011 at 3:56 PM
- SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...
I love this! I'm saving the recipe for when my someone special turns four :) What a cutie!
- August 5, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- Adam said...
Thanks so much for the inspiration Mary. I made my own version yesterday for my Mom's b'day celebration. I used my favourite yellow cake, made a pectin free jam, and I used peanut butter (and a little powdered sugar) in the frosting instead of pb chips. Everything turned out fantastic. Thanks again, I was stressing over what cake to make her, and as soon as I saw this I knew it was perfect :).
- August 7, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- What's Baking?? said...
Happy birthday to Joshua! He sure is lucky to have such a beautiful bday cake!
- August 12, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- The Single Nester said...
What a sweet cake! How fun!
- August 15, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Jolene said...
Thanks for posting this, my own Joshua will be loving this cake come his birthday, next Dec ;)
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1 lebanese cucumber - approx. 100g, peeled, roughly sliced and frozen (1 cup)
60g raspberries, frozen (1/2 cup)
60ml rosemary, mint & ginger syrup (1/4 cup) - see accompanying recipe
45ml Pimm's No. 1 (1 shot)
Whiz all ingredients together in a blender until it reaches a smooth slushy consistency. Pour into glasses and serve.
rosemary syrup with a hint of mint and ginger
2 cups water
2/3 cup raw sugar
6 sprigs rosemary
2 sprigs mint
2.5 cm / 1 inch ginger, thinly sliced
Bring all ingredients to boil, then turn down the heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow it to cool for another 10 minutes. Strain and store in a sterilised bottle. I sterilise my bottles by washing them thoroughly and then letting them sit in boiling water for a couple of minutes.
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Christ the Lord was tempted and suffered for us. Come, let us adore him.
Or: O that today you would listen to his voice: harden not your hearts.
Year: C(II). Psalm week: 4. Liturgical Colour: Violet.
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|Apocalypse 3:19-20 ©
I am the one who reproves and disciplines all those he loves: so repent in real earnest. Look, I am standing at the door, knocking. If one of you hears me calling and opens the door, I will come in to share his meal, side by side with him.
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|Isaiah 44:21-22 ©
Remember these things, Jacob, and that you are my servant, Israel. I have formed you, you are my servant; Israel, I will not forget you. I have dispelled your faults like a cloud, your sins like a mist. Come back to me, for I have redeemed you.
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What a man sows, he reaps. If he sows in the field of self-indulgence he will get a harvest of corruption out of it; if he sows in the field of the Spirit he will get from it a harvest of eternal life.
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Geeks aren't the only people wearing Google Glass.
Among the people testing Google Inc.'s wearable computer are teachers, dentists, doctors, radio disc jockeys, hair stylists, architects, athletes and even a zookeeper.
(The AP's Michael Liedke offers his own perspective in this story.)
Some 10,000 people are trying out an early version of Glass, most of them selected as part of a contest.
To get a sense of the advantages and drawbacks of the device, The Associated Press spoke to three Glass owners who have been using the device since late spring: Sarah Hill, a former TV broadcaster and current military veterans advocate; David Levy, a hiking enthusiast and small business owner; and Deborah Lee, a stay-at-home mom.
Glass is designed to work like a smartphone that's worn like a pair of glasses. Although it looks like a prop from a science fiction movie, the device is capturing imaginations beyond the realm of nerds.
The trio's favorite feature, by far, is the hands-free camera that shoots photos and video through voice commands. (Images can also be captured by pressing a small button along the top of the right frame of Glass.) They also liked being able to connect to the Internet simply by tapping on the right frame of Glass to turn it on and then swiping along the same side to scroll through a menu. That menu allows them to do such things as get directions on Google's map or find a piece of information through Google's search engine. The information is shown on a thumbnail-sized transparent screen attached just above the right eye to stay out of a user's field of vision.
Among the biggest shortcomings they cited was Glass' short battery life, especially if a lot of video is being taken. Although Google says Glass should last for an entire day on a single battery charge for the typical user, Hill said there were times when she ran out of power after 90 minutes to two hours during periods when she was recording a lot of video.
Glass' speaker, which relies on a bone conduction technology, also is inadequate, according to the testers the AP interviewed. They said the speaker, which transmits sound through the skull to allow for ambient noise, can be difficult to hear in any environment other than a quiet room.
"If you are out in the street or anywhere else where there is any noise, it's impossible to hear," Lee said. "That has been challenging because there is no way to adjust it. If you could adjust the sound, I think it would solve a lot of problems."
Hill, 42, a resident of Columbia, Mo., became a Glass evangelist shortly after she picked up the device at Google's New York offices in late May. As the AP watched her get fitted with Glass though a video feed on Google's Hangout chat service, Hill quickly began to rave about her ability to take hands-free pictures and fetch information from the Web simply by asking the device to get it. "This is like having the Internet in your eye socket," Hill said. "But it's less intrusive than I thought it would be. I can totally see how this would still let you still be in the moment with the people around you."
The liberating aspects of Glass came into sharper focus for Hill as she took a cab to the airport for her flight back to Missouri. During the taxi ride, she began a video call on Google Hangout with people living in Austria, the United Kingdom and St. Louis. As the cab was preparing to drop her off at the curb, Hill was about to end the call so she could carry her baggage. Then came her first Glass epiphany.
"That's when it hit me that, 'Holy cow, I don't have to cut the call off,'" Hill recalled. "I could continue talking because I didn't have to hold a phone. So I carried on a conversation through the airport and people were staring at me like, 'What is that thing on your face?'"
Hill became accustomed to the double takes and quizzical looks as she wore Glass to community gatherings, restaurants and shopping excursions. The encounters usually led to her offering others to try on Glass, and most were impressed with their glimpses at the technology, Hill said.
"When you have these glasses on, it's like it helps you see the future," Hill said. "It helps you see what's possible."
Hill, a former news anchor and reporter for KOMU-TV in Columbia, Mo., believes Glass is destined to transform broadcast journalism by empowering reporters to capture compelling images at scenes without the need for cumbersome equipment. She likens it to having a satellite TV truck that only weighs 1.5 ounces. Glass also would make it easier for reporters to field questions from viewers through the Twitter app or through direct texts.
Hill has already used Glass to provide a tour of the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., for veterans gathered in St. Louis by Veterans United, where Hill now works as the group's chief storyteller. The veterans were too old or ill to make the journey themselves, so Hill gave them a close-up look through a video feed transmitted through Glass in June.
Lee, a New York City resident, has been relying on Glass mostly to capture precious moments with her 9-month-old daughter, Maddie. Her favorite moment came when she photographed some of her daughter's first giggles a couple months ago. Lee, 34, told Glass to take the pictures as she as tickled and kissed her daughter's tummy.
"Obviously, you can't do that with a phone in your hand, so I am totally loving Glass," Lee said. "It has really been great."
Glass also allowed Lee to set up live video sessions with her parents in Oregon so they could see Maddie eat her first solid food just as she saw it. She also took pictures of her raising Maddie airborne that wouldn't have been feasible with a camera requiring hands-on operation. "I am capturing all these tiny moments that are really exciting with a baby," Lee said.
Unlike Hill's experience in Missouri, hardly anyone in New York gives her a second look when she wears Glass in Central Park or around her neighborhood.
"I thought more people would stop me in the street or something like that, but that hasn't really happened," Lee said.
Levy, 39, rarely wears his Glass around his hometown of Boulder, Colo., because he doesn't want to stand out from the crowd. Just two days after Levy picked up the device in New York, he recalls seeing someone else wearing the device at the airport. "My initial reaction was, 'What a jerk,'" Levy said. "There was a little bit of ostentatiousness about it, as if he were flaunting it. I am a low-key guy who doesn't like a lot of attention. I have an iPhone that does a lot of things that I might otherwise make Glass do if I didn't want to make a spectacle of it."
Glass has impressed Levy while wearing it for his main purpose of taking pictures and video of some of the trails charted by Protrails.com, an online hiking site he co-owns. His objective is to share more of the Continental Divide with schoolchildren in hopes it will inspire them to do more outdoor exploration and less sitting at home.
"I was wondering if Glass would feel like a burden or part of my hiking equipment. It actually feels pretty cool," Levy said. "They are totally fine on my head and don't block any of my view. When you see something interesting, you can immediately have a camera on it. I really enjoy being able to capture those images."
Glass' ability to take hands-free pictures and video has raised concerns among privacy watchdogs who believe the device will make it easier to secretly record the activities of other people. But Levy is convinced that what Glass can do isn't much different than what many people already do with their smartphones. To prove his point, Levy used his iPhone to record a conversation he was having with a friend who was railing against the privacy risks posed by Glass.
"I recognize that Glass can make people uncomfortable, but I have to say the privacy issues are a specious concern," Levy said. "If I have a phone in a restaurant, I can get a picture of just about anybody I want with it. So what's the difference between a phone and Glass?"
Lee regularly has Glass with her when Maddie is around other babies and said she hasn't heard any privacy objections from other parents. That could be because she has been careful about following the social cues around her. If she sees other parents snapping pictures of their babies with their phones, Levy has donned her Glass. If no one else is taking pictures or video, though, she leaves Glass in her bag.
Some analysts question whether Glass will have mass appeal once it hits the market. Skeptics who have seen the early participants walking around wearing Glass believe the device will eventually be remembered as a geeky curiosity that never lived up to its hype, similar to the Segway, the two-wheeled, self-balancing scooters that remain an anomaly more than a decade after they first went on sale.
Angela McIntyre, a research director for Gartner Inc., believes the retail price for Glass will have to plummet to $200 to make a significant dent. Early testers had to pay $1,500 for the device, though Google hopes to bring that price down by the time of its mass-market release next year.
Even then, McIntyre believes smartwatches, another type of Internet-connected device starting to appear on the market, will win a bigger following than Glass. "Most people are just more used to putting technology on their wrist," she said. "It's less intrusive and obtrusive to wear a watch that can serve as a second screen to your smartphone."
In a recent report on wearable computing, Forrester Research analyst Sarah Rotman Epps predicted Glass will appeal largely to "young, socially connected tech optimists" and professionals, such as surgeons, construction managers and even farmers, who could use the device as part of their jobs. She defines tech optimists as people "who see technology playing a positive role in their lives."
Hill figures it's still way too early to envision all the different ways that Glass will be used.
"We are guinea pigs using the Model Ts of a new age in computing," she said. "They don't have heated seats or radios or all the amenities that they will eventually, and we are still learning how to drive them."


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RIP Patty Andrews (February 16, 1918 – January 30, 2013)
Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters rallied troops
By BOB THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patty Andrews never served in the military, but she and her singing sisters certainly supported the troops.
During World War II, they hawked war bonds, entertained soldiers overseas and boosted morale on the home-front with tunes like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" and "I Can Dream, Can't I?"
Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio, died Wednesday at 94 of natural causes at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, said family spokesman Alan Eichler in a statement.
"When I was a kid, I only had two records and one of them was the Andrews Sisters. They were remarkable. Their sound, so pure," said Bette Midler, who had a hit cover of "Bugle Boy" in 1973. "Everything they did for our nation was more than we could have asked for. This is the last of the trio, and I hope the trumpets ushering (Patty) into heaven with her sisters are playing `Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.'"
Patty was the Andrews in the middle, the lead singer and chief clown, whose raucous jitterbugging delighted American servicemen abroad and audiences at home.
She could also deliver sentimental ballads like "I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time" with a sincerity that caused hardened GIs far from home to weep.
From the late 1930s through the 1940s, the Andrews Sisters produced one hit record after another, beginning with "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" in 1937 and continuing with "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," `'Rum and Coca-Cola" and more. They recorded more than 400 songs and sold over 80 million records.
Other sisters, notably the Boswells, had become famous as singing acts, but mostly they huddled before a microphone in close harmony. The Andrews Sisters – LaVerne, Maxene and Patty – added a new dimension. During breaks in their singing, they cavorted about the stage in rhythm to the music.
Their voices combined with perfect synergy. As Patty remarked in 1971: "There were just three girls in the family. LaVerne had a very low voice. Maxene's was kind of high, and I was between. It was like God had given us voices to fit our parts."
Kathy Daris of the singing Lennon Sisters recalled on Facebook late Wednesday that the Andrews Sisters "were the first singing sister act that we tried to copy. We loved their rendition of songs, their high spirit, their fabulous harmony."
The Andrews Sisters' rise coincided with the advent of swing music, and their style fit perfectly into the new craze. They aimed at reproducing the sound of three harmonizing trumpets.
Unlike other singing acts, the sisters recorded with popular bands of the 1940s, fitting neatly into the styles of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Woody Herman, Guy Lombardo, Desi Arnaz and Russ Morgan. They sang dozens of songs on records with Bing Crosby, including the million-seller "Don't Fence Me In." They also recorded with Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Danny Kaye, Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Red Foley.
The Andrews' popularity led to a contract with Universal Pictures, where they made a dozen low-budget musical comedies between 1940 and 1944. In 1947, they appeared in "The Road to Rio" with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
The trio continued until LaVerne's death in 1967. By that time the close harmony had turned to discord, and the sisters had been openly feuding.
Midler's cover of "Bugle Boy" revived interest in the trio. The two survivors joined in 1974 for a Broadway show, "Over Here!" It ran for more than a year, but disputes with the producers led to the cancellation of the national tour of the show, and the sisters did not perform together again.
Patty continued on her own, finding success in Las Vegas and on TV variety shows. Her sister also toured solo until her death in 1995.
Her father, Peter Andrews, was a Greek immigrant who Anglicized his name of Andreus when he arrived in America; his wife, Olga, was a Norwegian with a love of music. LaVerne was born in 1911, Maxine (later Maxene) in 1916, Patricia (later Patty, sometimes Patti) in 1918.
All three sisters were born and raised in the Minneapolis area.
Listening to the Boswell Sisters on radio, LaVerne played the piano and taught her sisters to sing in harmony; neither Maxene nor Patty ever learned to read music. All three studied singers at the vaudeville house near their father's restaurant. As their skills developed, they moved from amateur shows to vaudeville and singing with bands.
After Peter Andrews moved the family to New York in 1937, his wife, Olga, sought singing dates for the girls. They were often turned down with comments such as: "They sing too loud and they move too much." Olga persisted, and the sisters sang on radio with a hotel band at $15 a week. The broadcasts landed them a contract with Decca Records.
They recorded a few songs, and then came "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen," an old Yiddish song for which Sammy Cahn and Saul Kaplan wrote English lyrics. (The title means, "To Me You Are Beautiful.") It was a smash hit, and the Andrews Sisters were launched into the big-time.
In 1947, Patty married Martin Melcher, an agent who represented the sisters as well as Doris Day, then at the beginning of her film career. Patty divorced Melcher in 1949 and soon he became Day's husband, manager and producer.
Patty married Walter Weschler, pianist for the sisters, in 1952. He became their manager and demanded more pay for himself and for Patty. The two other sisters rebelled, and their differences with Patty became public. Lawsuits were filed between the two camps.
Patty Andrews is survived by her foster daughter, Pam DuBois, a niece and several cousins. Weschler died in 2010.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Dressed in a black Batman costume, his fists clenched as he took on foe after foe around San Francisco, a 5-year-old boy who has battled leukemia for years fulfilled his wish Friday to be his favorite superhero.
In the process, Miles Scott became a darling of social media and attracted thousands of fans around the country, including the White House.
"When you have an illness, it's very important to know you have a support system," said Gina Futrell, a 51-year-old with multiple sclerosis, who was among a large crowd gathered at Union Square for a chance to so see the "Batkid" in action. "I have an extremely strong support system, and I hope he does too. He's such a little hero."
Batkid was called into service by Police Chief Greg Suhr and spent the day zooming from one "crime scene" to the next. Accompanied by an adult Batman impersonator, Batkid rescued a damsel in distress from cable car tracks, captured the Riddler as he robbed a bank, and saved the San Francisco Giants mascot — Lou Seal — from the Penguin's clutches.
Miles was able to fulfill his wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the city and volunteers who stepped forward to help. He was diagnosed three years ago, underwent chemotherapy treatment and is now in remission.
Batkid had a police escort worthy of a dignitary as he sped around the city in a black Lamborghini with a Batman decal, with officers blocking traffic and riding alongside him on motorcycles. The White House sent out a tweet encouraging Batkid to "Go get 'em!" In a video recording, President Barack Obama said, "Way to go, Miles! Way to save Gotham!"
The crowds grew after each stop, reaching into the thousands by the time Miles got to Union Square for lunch at the Burger Bar atop Macy's. Spectators climbed trees and clambered up lampposts, and police and organizers struggled to keep a path open for the motorcade, which drove past onlookers lining the streets six deep for several blocks.
At Batkid's stop in the city's Russian Hill neighborhood, a woman sat on the cable car tracks in a dress and thigh-high black boots. She had a handkerchief around her mouth, and her hands were bound behind her back.
Batman and Batkid sprang into action, with the aid of a trampoline, as the crowd roared. They rescued the woman and disabled a plastic replica bomb she was tied to.
The two masked superheroes then took off to nab the Riddler as he robbed a downtown bank. They later jetted to the Penguin's kidnapping of Lou Seal.
The 5-year-old at first seemed overwhelmed by the outpouring, quietly working through each scenario with clenched fists and tight lips amid delirious chants of "bat kid, bat kid." But by the time he reached City Hall to receive a key to the city in front of perhaps 10,000 people, Miles was all smiles and bravado.
Though he didn't address the crowd, he raised his fist twice and wore a grin as he was feted with chocolate, an FBI "raid jacket" and a San Francisco Police Department cap. A clothing company donated $10,000 to Miles' family, and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee proclaimed Nov. 15 to be "Batkid Day Forever."
U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag unveiled an "indictment" charging the Penguin and Riddler with conspiracy as the crowd that stretched for blocks roared with delight.
Miles father, Nick Scott, was asked what the boy liked best about Batman. "The cape, I guess," he said.
The father thanked the crowd, organizers and the city for showing his son a good time.
"This is closure for us," Nick Scott said. "It has been a hard three years."
Miles, who lives in Tulelake in far Northern California, didn't know what was in store for him and thought he was in San Francisco just to get a Batman costume so he could dress like his favorite superhero.
He was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 18 months old and ended treatments in June.
Make-A-Wish has fulfilled similar wishes across the country. In Anaheim, a child became Batman's sidekick, Robin; and in Seattle a child was a secret agent, said Jen Wilson, a spokeswoman for the local organization.
The San Francisco Chronicle, KGO-TV and thousands of volunteers participated in the event. At Union Square, the Chronicle distributed hundreds of copies of special-edition newspapers with the headline "Batkid Saves City."
"This is off-the-hook San Francisco," Suhr said.
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The Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) has awarded Forsyth County Public Library a Reading is Grand! Celebrating Grand-Families Telling Our Stories at Your Library grant for 2013. The program is a celebration of the important role grandparents play in the lives of children. It is through their infinite wisdom and experience that children learn the unique cultural and familial values that help them grow into valuable contributors to the community.
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PHOENIX (AP) - The Ravens certainly will get to celebrate their Super Bowl triumph again in their home stadium, maybe even while honoring the retired Ray Lewis.
It just might not happen to open the next NFL season.
Downtown Baltimore already will be a busy place on Sept. 5, when the league planned to hold its traditional Thursday kickoff game hosted by the champions.
The Orioles have a night game at Camden Yards, which shares parking lots with the Ravens' home stadium.
Unless the Ravens and the NFL can get the Orioles to run a reverse and move the game to the afternoon or to another day - without violating any Major League Baseball rules - Joe Flacco and company could open on the road.
So far, there's been no progress, and Sept. 4 is not an option because it's the first night of Rosh Hashanah.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell twice has spoken with his MLB counterpart, Bud Selig, seeking a solution.
"Unfortunately, the only (other) option is to take the Ravens on the road," Goodell said. "We think that is wrong for the Ravens' fans. We would not want that to happen.
"We are working on parallel tracks for a couple more weeks. Clearly, we are getting to a point where we have to make that decision."
The Orioles are scheduled to play the Indians in Cleveland on Sept. 4 at 7:05 p.m. and then open a series at home against the White Sox on Sept. 5 at 7:05 p.m.
Under baseball's collective bargaining agreement, getaway games shall not be scheduled or rescheduled to start later than 5 p.m. if either club is required to travel for a day game, scheduled the next day, between cities in which the in-flight time is more than 1½ hours.
The rule can be waived by a vote by the players on the team it affects, in this case the Orioles.
Last year, the NFL moved the opener to a Wednesday night to avoid conflicting with President Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention.
"We have had discussions with representatives of the Orioles, and we have offered to make them financially whole," Ravens President Dick Cass posted Monday on the team's Twitter account. "We've left it there. Now the commissioner is trying to find if he can find a solution."
Goodell also said the playoffs will not expand this season, but it will be discussed for the future. Last December, Goodell spoke about adding two or four teams to the current 12-team format.
"The competition committee looked at some of the issues," said Goodell, who added the league needs to discuss expanded playoffs with the players' union, too.
"Now, we have a little bit of work to do before we can advance it. It clearly won't be happening for this year if there was any doubt about that."
Surrounded by six Pro Football Hall of Famers at a news conference, Goodell and Jim Brown announced that the league will pay $42 million as part of a settlement with a group of retired players who sued over the use of their names and images without their consent.
"We have a common good fund in our agreement that will allow us to reach out and help a lot of our players who really need help," Brown said, "and not only that, but to help their spouses who some are suffering. We have individuals who are homeless.
"Today is like a coming back together because we can publicly say that we are doing something together that is going to be a landmark happening for people who truly need it."
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, a former NFL receiver, said the agreement was "better late than never."
"Some of my most frustrating moments in discussions have evolved around this issue of what in my judgment is fairness to the former players of the league who were not included in the benefit packages and (not) appreciated the way they should," Richardson said. "It is a new day. I am honored that this day has arrived. I am very grateful it is here."
Moments later, Goodell came down hard on teams that consider asking questions about a player's sexual orientation at the scouting combine.
Michigan quarterback-turned-receiver Denard Robinson, Colorado tight end Nick Kasa and Michigan State running back Le'Veon Bell indicated they were asked about it last month in Indianapolis.
"We have been following up with the players and their representatives directly," Goodell said. "We are also this afternoon working with all of our executives that lead in that position to make sure they understand what you can't ask and what you can ask. We're a professional organization. That's unacceptable. We will do things the right way. We will give them that education and that training. I hope that that will solve the problem."
Goodell also dismissed the notion that problems caused by the third-quarter blackout during the Super Bowl will damage New Orleans' chances of hosting the game again. The league believes New Orleans authorities discovered the source of the problem that caused a 32-minute delay.
"They did a great job," Goodell said. "I mentioned that this morning to our membership and I think they deserve another Super Bowl."
Goodell also:
-Said there will be no change to the $36 million salary cap reduction the Washington Redskins were hit with in 2012; $18 million last year and $18 this year. Redskins general manager Bruce Allen recently called the penalty "a travesty of fairness."
-Admitted there was improved effort in the players' performance at the Pro Bowl and there will be further discussions here on its future.
-Reiterated the league's desire to place a franchise in Los Angeles. He even thought Philip Anschutz's decision not to sell AEG, which has interest in building a stadium downtown, is "very positive."
"We want to get back to Los Angeles, but we are going to look at every alternative we have to do that successfully," he said.
-The NFL also approved terms and conditions for the new lease and renovation of the Buffalo Bills' stadium.
"This is another important step in the process toward finalizing the related definitive agreements and remaining on schedule to begin the improvements this year," Bills CEO Russ Brandon said.
-Said the league is expanding a relationship with Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


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Running back Frank Gore arrived for work Monday ready to push through another tough week of game preparation and do everything he can to keep his team playing right into February.
The San Francisco 49ers are one win from the place they've planned to be all along: the Super Bowl.
''Mainly, we're going to plow ahead,'' coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday. ''We're going to continue our work ethic and humility.''
The NFC West champion and No. 2-seeded Niners (12-4-1) will hit the road Friday for Atlanta to face the top-seeded Falcons (14-3) in the NFC title game Sunday.
Any topics that strayed from the job at hand, Harbaugh wanted no part of such chatter - whether talk of his big brother John's Baltimore Ravens' success or former 49ers coach and current Falcons defensive coordinator, Mike Nolan.
The Niners have been to New Orleans once already back in November and won in the Superdome, and they're eager to schedule another trip to the Big Easy for the biggest game yet on Feb. 3.
''We all know it's hard to get back to this point, but we did it,'' Gore said. ''We also know how that feeling was when we didn't get the job done last year. We'll try our best to not get that feeling again.''
This group has been working for the opportunity to reach another championship Sunday since the moment San Francisco's season ended last January with a mistake-filled 20-17 overtime loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants.
Now, it's strong-armed, playmaking Colin Kaepernick under center with a chance to send his team to the franchise's first Super Bowl since after the 1994 season.
Kaepernick dazzled for the sellout home crowd at Candlestick Park in a record-setting playoff debut as San Francisco eliminated the Green Bay Packers with a 45-31 victory Saturday night. The tattooed, second-year pro rushed for a quarterback playoff record 181 yards with a pair of touchdowns - one a 56-yarder - and threw two TD passes to Michael Crabtree.
Kaepernick, whose celebratory flexing of the biceps has become a Twitter sensation, was unfazed after an early pick six that put Green Bay ahead four plays into the game.
''The one thing, I've said this from day one about Colin, since he started playing, he's always been confident,'' center Jonathan Goodwin said. ''When you see a guy that's playing quarterback in this league that young and he's that confident, hats off to him.''
If the 49ers can win in yet another hostile road environment this weekend, they will keep alive the chance of a Harbowl - San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh against his brother, whose Ravens stunned the top-seeded Broncos at Denver and will play at New England for a Super Bowl berth.
''Haaa, haaa! Once again, huh?'' Gore said with a grin when the possibility was mentioned.
Not that anyone in the family - or on the 49ers, for that matter - is thinking too far ahead.
''Proud of them both and excited for them,'' father Jack Harbaugh said Monday. ''Understand how hard they've worked and the preparation that's gone into it.''
His simple message to both coaches: ''Get ahead, stay ahead.'' John beat Jim in their lone head-to-head at Baltimore on Thanksgiving night 2011.
A strong start will be a key for the 49ers, forced to play catch up after Sam Shields ran back the early interception by Kaepernick 52 yards for the game's first points in the divisional playoff matchup.
Atlanta suddenly has some serious momentum at home - and the 49ers know bouncing back from tough breaks is no given at this stage of the postseason with the stakes so high. The Falcons won in thrilling fashion on their home field Sunday, beating the Seattle Seahawks 30-28 on Sunday behind quarterback Matt Ryan and kicker Matt Bryant's game-winning 49-yard field goal with 8 seconds left.
''It's a big task,'' Harbaugh said. ''They had a great season, top seed. They're coming off of a game that gives them a lot of momentum. They're solid in every regard.''
The 49ers don't want to put themselves in such a position where the game is close late and Atlanta has a chance to win at the end again.
''I'd like to see us start faster and continue to do what we do,'' linebacker Patrick Willis said.
If the strong-armed, fleet-footed Kaepernick can keep this up, San Francisco should feel great about its chances of chasing a sixth championship. Fans at sold-out Candlestick Park got into that goal Saturday by waving red rally flags reading ''Quest for Six.''
Still, the 49ers have a five-game road playoff losing streak dating to a 28-3 NFC championship win at Chicago in January 1989 on the way to the organization's third Lombardi Trophy. Harbaugh was a backup quarterback with the Bears at the time.
''I remember Jerry Rice catching a ball down the Niners sideline,'' he said. ''Cold as heck, we got whipped.''
San Francisco also is seeking its first three-game winning streak of the season.
''We're always confident,'' Gore said. ''We'll try to go down there and do it.''
Notes: Harbaugh said David Akers remains the team's kicker, while backup Billy Cundiff will stay on the roster. ... All-Pro DL Justin Smith, who returned Saturday night after missing two games with a partially torn left triceps, got through the game without any problems. ''Played well. Came out of the game as clean as possible,'' Harbaugh said. ''It looked good in practice and the feedback that we were getting from him was positive.'' ... Harbaugh had no update on LT Joe Staley's bruised right arm. X-rays Saturday were negative.
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NEW YORK — When her abusive husband left for work last fall, she grabbed her kids, her dog and her bags, only to run up against a heart-wrenching obstacle: None of the city's more than 50 domestic violence shelters would accept the pet.
"Should I still leave?" the 34-year-old woman asked herself before fleeing and ultimately finding a foster home for her Chihuahua.
Now, after months apart, the family and Peppah the Chihuahua recently moved into the city's first pet-friendly domestic violence shelter, one of a growing number across the country that address a common reason victims are reluctant to leave — they don't want to leave their pets behind.
Ranging from urban apartments to Western ranches, their numbers have shot up from four in 2008 to at least 73 now, with 15 more planned, according to Allie Phillips, a former Michigan prosecutor who has become a leading advocate for such shelters.
Behind the nondescript walls of a New York City building that quietly harbors about 120 adults and children, "pet-friendly apartment" signs mark units outfitted with such special features, such as a dog run built in a side alley, intended to keep residents from having to walk their pets on local streets, lest their batterers learn where they are.
Because of safety concerns, The Associated Press is withholding residents' identities, except for information they agreed could be used.
The shelter, run by the Urban Resource Institute, began allowing cats and pocket pets like gerbils and hamsters in June and dogs last month, with veterinary and other help from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a Purina PetCare Co. donation for the dog run.
Animal welfare and domestic violence groups have found common cause in recent years amid growing interest in connections between animal cruelty and family abuse. Those links have spurred about two dozen states to start letting pets be included in protective orders since 2006; others are considering it, including New Hampshire and Ohio.
Studies have found about 70 percent of domestic violence survivors say their batterers also threatened, injured or killed their pets, and 25 to 50 percent say they delayed fleeing out of fear of what would happen to animals left behind, said psychologist Randall Lockwood, an ASPCA senior vice president.
"The pets that are normally a source of comfort in families can become targeted, particularly if the abuser sees that as a way to get the power or control they're looking for without inflicting harm directly on the child or spouse," he said.
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Her drug-using boyfriend in the late 1990s beat her and used to dangle her cherished cat out the window to scare her into doing whatever he wanted, she said. When she ran to a neighbor's apartment to escape his choking her, she said, he set her apartment ablaze with the cat inside. The animal died from its injuries.
She shied from dating until 2012 and found herself with a man whose initial kindness disintegrated into drug-fueled abuse, she said. She decided to flee last fall with her three cats.
Now she, Lucy, Rikki and Gizmo live in a compact one-bedroom apartment at the Urban Resource Institute shelter; she authorized the use of her name. Taking care of them gives her a sense of purpose in moments of doubt, she said.
"That's very healing for me," said Isaac, 58, an art teacher. "We take care of each other."
Around the country, pet friendly shelters are as varied as the Women's Center of Mid-Minnesota, which has housed dozens of cats and dogs over decades in a six-bedroom house in Brainerd, and 5-year-old Littlegrass Ranch, which finds short-term safe houses for abused women and their horses in the Texas hill country.
Founder Christie Kitchens says when she was thinking about what she needed to take with her when leaving an abusive relationship long ago, "everything else was optional but the horse."
Other organizations house pets or arrange foster homes while domestic violence survivors stay elsewhere. In Los Angeles, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Animal Safety Net program has housed more than 330 such pets since 1998, some from as far as Florida.
Pet friendly shelters have faced questions about whether animals are taking some focus and resources from abused people, though advocates say they're only responding to the priority some clients place on their pets.
For Peppah's owner, nothing can top having her three children and the dog together again.
"The kids — when finally we got here, they didn't even want to go to school that day," she said. "They just wanted to stay home and be with her."
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Windows Phone 7 lost some ground in October 2010 through January 2011 of this year according to market research firm comScore. The platform dipped from 9.7 percent market share to 8.0 percent.
Other losers for the quarter were HP's Palm unit, which fell from 3.9 to 3.2 percent, and RIM, which dropped from 35.8 to 30.4 percent. Apple held steady, beginning at 24.6 and closing at 24.7 percent.
The only real winner was Android that soared from 23.5 percent to 31.2 percent. In other words -- Android is eating everyone else's lunch, except for Apple that is hanging steady due to its legion of loyal fans.
Ultimately this is news we've known for some time now. Other market research reports have reported Android already having passed RIM and iOS. The interesting and much-talked-about aspect of this particular report is the implication that Microsoft lost even more market share.
While it's tempting to predict to buy in to the gloom and predict the demise of Windows Phone 7 (and some are indeed doing exactly that), the outlook for Windows Phone 7 is pretty good. With arguably the market's most cutting-edge user interface (and a well-liked one by customers to boot) Windows Phone 7 offers a unique profile.
With a partnership with Nokia in hand it seems destined for a large boost in market share, possibly to the number two position, as Nokia phases out Symbian over the next year. Many have expressed skepticism of this given Nokia's poor performance, but history shows that Nokia is more than capable of lingering around, market share-wise, despite an anemic smartphone lineup in the U.S. And while recently revealed details indicate Microsoft may have essentially "bought" that market share via a $1B USD payout to Nokia, at the end of the day it's where the market moves that counts.
The reasons for the dip seem pretty straightforward.
First, there was a limited number of handset options at launch time compared to Android and WP7 handsets haven't landed on Verizon or Sprint. In this regard Microsoft will continue to suffer for a little while as a Microsoft spokesperson says that the handsets won't hit America's biggest and third biggest (respectively) carriers until June 30.
Second, many buyers on AT&T and T-Mobile who might be interested in Windows Phone 7 handsets may be waiting to see how Microsoft's intense cycle of early updates plays out. Those updates will add functionality like third-party multi-tasking and copy and paste. Likewise they're likely waiting for issues like update compatibility and phantom data to be cleaned up as Microsoft and its hardware partners break in the platform.
Microsoft proclaimed earlier this year that it sold 2 million "units" of Windows Phone 7 (licenses, not handsets) -- a rather misleading figure as its true handset totals were far from that. Likewise, some of the platform's critics have been quick to call it a tremendous failure.
Reality is that Windows Phone 7's true potential won't be seen until it lands on Verizon -- effectively in July -- at the least. Like Android's original launch, the most serious test will come at about the end of the year. If the platform can't gain ground during the Nokia phase-in and with a year of updates under its belt, then it's time to worry. But chances are that Microsoft's position will improve -- even if its start was far from what it might have hoped for in its most optimistic dreams.


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For teens, peer pressure or wanting to escape emotional stress can often lead to prescription drug experimentation, which in turn can lead to abuse, addiction and sometimes a drug overdose.
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 70 percent of children age 12 and older say they got prescription drugs, not from a drug dealer, but from a friend or relative."Each day, more than 2,000 teens begin abusing prescription medications, believing that doctor-prescribed medicine is safer to experiment with than illegal drugs," says Steve Pasierb, president and CEO of The Partnership at Drugfree.org. "Parents and grandparents take great pains to prevent poisoning in young children by keeping household chemicals out of the reach," according to Pasierb. "The same approach needs to be taken to safeguard medications in the home." The first step is to get informed about the dangers and knowhow to intervene.
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- Monitor your medications. Keep a detailed record of which prescription drugs you have in your home and the remaining number of pills.
- Store your medications in a secure location. If you have medications that you no longer need or have expired, dispose of them properly.
- Educate others. Talk to your relatives, neighbors and other parents in households where your children spend time. Grandparents' homes are frequently a source of pills, simply because older people take more medications.
- Talk to the PTA at your teen's school, and encourage others to take preventive steps to prevent prescription drug abuse.
- Talk to your children, and listen for clues. Make sure your children understand the dangers of misusing prescription medications — but avoid providing information about which drugs are popular to abuse.
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