diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Log4jLoggerFactory.java b/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Log4jLoggerFactory.java
index 738b6a6c..30b35221 100644
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Log4jLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Log4jLoggerFactory.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.apache.log4j;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggerFactory;
-import org.slf4j.helpers.Util;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
@@ -36,23 +35,6 @@ class Log4jLoggerFactory {
     // String, Logger
     private static ConcurrentMap<String, Logger> log4jLoggers = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Logger>();
 
-    private static final String LOG4J_DELEGATION_LOOP_URL = "http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#log4jDelegationLoop";
-
-    // check for delegation loops
-    static {
-        try {
-            Class.forName("org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory");
-            String part1 = "Detected both log4j-over-slf4j.jar AND slf4j-log4j12.jar on the class path, preempting StackOverflowError. ";
-            String part2 = "See also " + LOG4J_DELEGATION_LOOP_URL + " for more details.";
-
-            Util.report(part1);
-            Util.report(part2);
-            throw new IllegalStateException(part1 + part2);
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            // this is the good case
-        }
-    }
-
     public static Logger getLogger(String name) {
         org.apache.log4j.Logger instance = log4jLoggers.get(name);
         if (instance != null) {
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/osgi-over-slf4j/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73cebcfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Implementation-Title: osgi-over-slf4j
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-SymbolicName: org.slf4j.osgi-over-slf4j
+Bundle-Name: OSGi LogService implemented over SLF4J
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
+Bundle-Activator: org.slf4j.osgi.logservice.impl.Activator
+Bundle-Category: osgi
+Import-Package: org.osgi.framework;version="[1.5,2)",org.osgi.service.log;version="[1.3,2)",org.slf4j;version=${parsedVersion.osgiVersion}
diff --git a/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java b/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
index a484c525..aa61bfa5 100644
--- a/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ public class StaticMDCBinder {
   private StaticMDCBinder() {
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Return the singleton of this class.
+   * 
+   * @return the StaticMDCBinder singleton
+   * @since 1.7.14
+   */
+  public static final StaticMDCBinder getSingleton() {
+      return SINGLETON;
+  }
   /**
    * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
    * {@link NOPMDCAdapter}.
diff --git a/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java b/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
index 52b05bac..a25d3976 100644
--- a/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-android/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ public class StaticMarkerBinder implements MarkerFactoryBinder {
   private StaticMarkerBinder() {
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Return the singleton of this class.
+   * 
+   * @return the StaticMarkerBinder singleton
+   * @since 1.7.14
+   */
+  public static StaticMarkerBinder getSingleton() {
+      return SINGLETON;
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
    * {@link BasicMarkerFactory}.
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/LoggerFactory.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/LoggerFactory.java
index 65b9de08..0af5ce44 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/LoggerFactory.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/LoggerFactory.java
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ public final class LoggerFactory {
 
     // Support for detecting mismatched logger names.
     static final String DETECT_LOGGER_NAME_MISMATCH_PROPERTY = "slf4j.detectLoggerNameMismatch";
+    static final String JAVA_VENDOR_PROPERTY = "java.vendor.url";
+        
     static boolean DETECT_LOGGER_NAME_MISMATCH = Util.safeGetBooleanSystemProperty(DETECT_LOGGER_NAME_MISMATCH_PROPERTY);
 
     /**
@@ -254,6 +256,11 @@ public final class LoggerFactory {
      *
      */
     private static void reportMultipleBindingAmbiguity(Set<URL> staticLoggerBinderPathSet) {
+        if(isAndroid()) {
+            // skip check under android, see also http://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-328
+            return;
+        }
+        
         if (isAmbiguousStaticLoggerBinderPathSet(staticLoggerBinderPathSet)) {
             Util.report("Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.");
             for (URL path : staticLoggerBinderPathSet) {
@@ -263,6 +270,13 @@ public final class LoggerFactory {
         }
     }
 
+    private static boolean isAndroid() {
+        String vendor = Util.safeGetSystemProperty(JAVA_VENDOR_PROPERTY);
+        if(vendor == null)
+            return false;
+        return vendor.toLowerCase().contains("android");
+    }
+
     private static void reportActualBinding(Set<URL> staticLoggerBinderPathSet) {
         if (isAmbiguousStaticLoggerBinderPathSet(staticLoggerBinderPathSet)) {
             Util.report("Actual binding is of type [" + StaticLoggerBinder.getSingleton().getLoggerFactoryClassStr() + "]");
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MDC.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MDC.java
index 117774cf..08e6d0a9 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MDC.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MDC.java
@@ -85,9 +85,27 @@ public class MDC {
     private MDC() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * As of SLF4J version 1.7.14, StaticMDCBinder classes shipping in various bindings
+     * come with a getSingleton() method. Previously only a public field called SINGLETON 
+     * was available.
+     * 
+     * @return MDCAdapter
+     * @throws NoClassDefFoundError in case no binding is available
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    private static MDCAdapter bwCompatibleGetMDCAdapterFromBinder() throws NoClassDefFoundError {
+        try {
+            return StaticMDCBinder.getSingleton().getMDCA();
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodError nsme) {
+            // binding is probably a version of SLF4J older than 1.7.14
+            return StaticMDCBinder.SINGLETON.getMDCA();
+        }
+    }
+
     static {
         try {
-            mdcAdapter = StaticMDCBinder.SINGLETON.getMDCA();
+            mdcAdapter = bwCompatibleGetMDCAdapterFromBinder();
         } catch (NoClassDefFoundError ncde) {
             mdcAdapter = new NOPMDCAdapter();
             String msg = ncde.getMessage();
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MarkerFactory.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MarkerFactory.java
index 8d50698d..7eff41f6 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MarkerFactory.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/MarkerFactory.java
@@ -42,17 +42,35 @@ import org.slf4j.impl.StaticMarkerBinder;
  * @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
  */
 public class MarkerFactory {
-    static IMarkerFactory markerFactory;
+    static IMarkerFactory MARKER_FACTORY;
 
     private MarkerFactory() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * As of SLF4J version 1.7.14, StaticMarkerBinder classes shipping in various bindings
+     * come with a getSingleton() method. Previously only a public field called SINGLETON 
+     * was available.
+     * 
+     * @return IMarkerFactory
+     * @throws NoClassDefFoundError in case no binding is available
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    private static IMarkerFactory bwCompatibleGetMarkerFactoryFromBinder() throws NoClassDefFoundError {
+        try {
+            return StaticMarkerBinder.getSingleton().getMarkerFactory();
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodError nsme) {
+            // binding is probably a version of SLF4J older than 1.7.14
+            return StaticMarkerBinder.SINGLETON.getMarkerFactory();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // this is where the binding happens
     static {
         try {
-            markerFactory = StaticMarkerBinder.SINGLETON.getMarkerFactory();
+            MARKER_FACTORY = bwCompatibleGetMarkerFactoryFromBinder();
         } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
-            markerFactory = new BasicMarkerFactory();
-
+            MARKER_FACTORY = new BasicMarkerFactory();
         } catch (Exception e) {
             // we should never get here
             Util.report("Unexpected failure while binding MarkerFactory", e);
@@ -68,7 +86,7 @@ public class MarkerFactory {
      * @return marker
      */
     public static Marker getMarker(String name) {
-        return markerFactory.getMarker(name);
+        return MARKER_FACTORY.getMarker(name);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -79,7 +97,7 @@ public class MarkerFactory {
      * @since 1.5.1
      */
     public static Marker getDetachedMarker(String name) {
-        return markerFactory.getDetachedMarker(name);
+        return MARKER_FACTORY.getDetachedMarker(name);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -91,6 +109,6 @@ public class MarkerFactory {
      * @return the IMarkerFactory instance in use
      */
     public static IMarkerFactory getIMarkerFactory() {
-        return markerFactory;
+        return MARKER_FACTORY;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
index 4fd65f40..9c8acdb0 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ public class StaticMDCBinder {
     private StaticMDCBinder() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This code should never make it into the jar");
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMDCBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static final StaticMDCBinder getSingleton() {
+       return SINGLETON;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
index 0823b827..24f4a616 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ public class StaticMarkerBinder implements MarkerFactoryBinder {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This code should never make it into the jar");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMarkerBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static StaticMarkerBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link BasicMarkerFactory}.
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/test/java/org/slf4j/DoubleCheckedInt.java b/slf4j-api/src/test/java/org/slf4j/DoubleCheckedInt.java
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9aa86b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/test/java/org/slf4j/DoubleCheckedInt.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package org.slf4j;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.BrokenBarrierException;
+import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;
+
+/**
+ * This class demonstrates that threads accessing the STATE variable always see a consistent value. 
+ * 
+ * During ongoing initialization the observed value is either ONGOING_INITIALIZATION
+ * or one of {SUCCESS, FAILURE}. 
+ * 
+ * Post initialization the observed value is always one of  {SUCCESS, FAILURE}.
+ * 
+ * See also http://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-167 
+ * 
+ * @author ceki
+ *
+ */
+public class DoubleCheckedInt {
+
+    final static int THREAD_COUNT = 10 + Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2;
+    final static int UNINITIALIZED_STATE = 0;
+    final static int ONGOING_INITIALIZATION = 1;
+    final static int SUCCESS = 2;
+    final static int FAILURE = 3;
+    final static int NUMBER_OF_STATES = FAILURE + 1;
+
+    private static int STATE = UNINITIALIZED_STATE;
+
+    public static int getState() {
+        if (STATE == 0) {
+            synchronized (DoubleCheckedInt.class) {
+                if (STATE == UNINITIALIZED_STATE) {
+                    STATE = ONGOING_INITIALIZATION;
+                    long r = System.nanoTime();
+                    try {
+                        Thread.sleep(10);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    }
+                    if (r % 2 == 0) {
+                        STATE = SUCCESS;
+                    } else {
+                        STATE = FAILURE;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return STATE;
+    }
+
+    static public void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException {
+        StateAccessingThread[] preInitializationThreads = harness();
+        check(preInitializationThreads, false);
+
+        System.out.println("============");
+        StateAccessingThread[] postInitializationThreads = harness();
+        check(postInitializationThreads, true);
+    }
+
+    private static StateAccessingThread[] harness() throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException {
+        StateAccessingThread[] threads = new StateAccessingThread[THREAD_COUNT];
+        final CyclicBarrier barrier = new CyclicBarrier(THREAD_COUNT + 1);
+        for (int i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) {
+            threads[i] = new StateAccessingThread(barrier);
+            threads[i].start();
+        }
+
+        barrier.await();
+        for (int i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) {
+            threads[i].join();
+        }
+        return threads;
+    }
+
+    private static void check(StateAccessingThread[] threads, boolean postInit) {
+
+        int[] stateCount = getStateCount(threads);
+        printStateCount(stateCount);
+
+        if (stateCount[UNINITIALIZED_STATE] != 0) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("getState() should never return a zero value");
+        }
+
+        if (stateCount[SUCCESS] != 0 && stateCount[FAILURE] != 0) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("getState() should return consistent values");
+        }
+
+        if (postInit) {
+            if (stateCount[SUCCESS] != THREAD_COUNT && stateCount[FAILURE] != THREAD_COUNT) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("getState() should return consistent values");
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private static void printStateCount(int[] stateCount) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_STATES; i++) {
+            switch (i) {
+            case UNINITIALIZED_STATE:
+                System.out.println("UNINITIALIZED_STATE count: " + stateCount[i]);
+                break;
+            case ONGOING_INITIALIZATION:
+                System.out.println("ONGOING_INITIALIZATION count: " + stateCount[i]);
+                break;
+            case SUCCESS:
+                System.out.println("SUCCESS count: " + stateCount[i]);
+                break;
+            case FAILURE:
+                System.out.println("FAILURE count: " + stateCount[i]);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int[] getStateCount(StateAccessingThread[] threads) {
+        int[] valCount = new int[NUMBER_OF_STATES];
+        for (int i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
+            int val = threads[i].state;
+            valCount[val] = valCount[val] + 1;
+        }
+        return valCount;
+    }
+
+    static class StateAccessingThread extends Thread {
+        public int state = -1;
+        final CyclicBarrier barrier;
+
+        StateAccessingThread(CyclicBarrier barrier) {
+            this.barrier = barrier;
+        }
+
+        public void run() {
+            try {
+                barrier.await();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+            state = DoubleCheckedInt.getState();
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/JCLLoggerFactory.java b/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/JCLLoggerFactory.java
index 77ea88ec..79be1048 100644
--- a/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/JCLLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/JCLLoggerFactory.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class JCLLoggerFactory implements ILoggerFactory {
     static {
         try {
             Class.forName("org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLogFactory");
-            String part1 = "Detected both jcl-over-slf4j.jar AND slf4j-jcl.jar on the class path, preempting StackOverflowError. ";
+            String part1 = "Detected both jcl-over-slf4j.jar AND bound slf4j-jcl.jar on the class path, preempting StackOverflowError. ";
             String part2 = "See also " + JCL_DELEGATION_LOOP_URL + " for more details.";
 
             Util.report(part1);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class JCLLoggerFactory implements ILoggerFactory {
     }
 
     // key: name (String), value: a JCLLoggerAdapter;
-    ConcurrentMap<String, Logger> loggerMap;
+    final ConcurrentMap<String, Logger> loggerMap;
 
     public JCLLoggerFactory() {
         loggerMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Logger>();
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java b/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
index b35b89b0..d9945eb5 100644
--- a/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
@@ -42,11 +42,22 @@ public class StaticMDCBinder {
     private StaticMDCBinder() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMDCBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static final StaticMDCBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link NOPMDCAdapter}.
      * 
      * @return instance of NOPMDCAdapter
+     * @since 1.7.14
      */
     public MDCAdapter getMDCA() {
         return new NOPMDCAdapter();
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java b/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
index 1d255230..97935cb1 100644
--- a/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ public class StaticMarkerBinder implements MarkerFactoryBinder {
     private StaticMarkerBinder() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMarkerBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static StaticMarkerBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link BasicMarkerFactory}.
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java b/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
index bff523db..753e83f2 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
@@ -41,7 +41,17 @@ public class StaticMDCBinder {
 
     private StaticMDCBinder() {
     }
-
+    
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMDCBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static final StaticMDCBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link BasicMDCAdapter}.
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java b/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
index 1d255230..97935cb1 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ public class StaticMarkerBinder implements MarkerFactoryBinder {
     private StaticMarkerBinder() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMarkerBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static StaticMarkerBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link BasicMarkerFactory}.
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/Log4jLoggerFactory.java b/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/Log4jLoggerFactory.java
index e801f9cc..6194bb7b 100644
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/Log4jLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/Log4jLoggerFactory.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.slf4j.helpers.Util;
 import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,23 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
  */
 public class Log4jLoggerFactory implements ILoggerFactory {
 
+    private static final String LOG4J_DELEGATION_LOOP_URL = "http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#log4jDelegationLoop";
+	
+    // check for delegation loops
+    static {
+        try {
+            Class.forName("org.apache.log4j.Log4jLoggerFactory");
+            String part1 = "Detected both log4j-over-slf4j.jar AND bound slf4j-log4j12.jar on the class path, preempting StackOverflowError. ";
+            String part2 = "See also " + LOG4J_DELEGATION_LOOP_URL + " for more details.";
+
+            Util.report(part1);
+            Util.report(part2);
+            throw new IllegalStateException(part1 + part2);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            // this is the good case
+        }
+    }
+
     // key: name (String), value: a Log4jLoggerAdapter;
     ConcurrentMap<String, Logger> loggerMap;
 
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java b/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
index 77742309..a0e815fd 100644
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
@@ -40,7 +40,17 @@ public class StaticMDCBinder {
 
     private StaticMDCBinder() {
     }
-
+    
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMDCBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static final StaticMDCBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link StaticMDCBinder}.
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java b/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
index 1d255230..97935cb1 100644
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ public class StaticMarkerBinder implements MarkerFactoryBinder {
     private StaticMarkerBinder() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMarkerBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static StaticMarkerBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link BasicMarkerFactory}.
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java b/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
index 086b0169..35dc8d80 100644
--- a/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ public class StaticMDCBinder {
     private StaticMDCBinder() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMDCBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static final StaticMDCBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link StaticMDCBinder}.
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java b/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
index 1d255230..97935cb1 100644
--- a/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-nop/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ public class StaticMarkerBinder implements MarkerFactoryBinder {
     private StaticMarkerBinder() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMarkerBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static StaticMarkerBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link BasicMarkerFactory}.
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
index 086b0169..a88f2bfc 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMDCBinder.java
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ public class StaticMDCBinder {
     private StaticMDCBinder() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMDCBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static final StaticMDCBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link StaticMDCBinder}.
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
index 435a924b..ef1a9d90 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
+++ b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticMarkerBinder.java
@@ -48,7 +48,17 @@ public class StaticMarkerBinder implements MarkerFactoryBinder {
 
     private StaticMarkerBinder() {
     }
-
+    
+    /**
+     * Return the singleton of this class.
+     * 
+     * @return the StaticMarkerBinder singleton
+     * @since 1.7.14
+     */
+    public static StaticMarkerBinder getSingleton() {
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Currently this method always returns an instance of 
      * {@link BasicMarkerFactory}.
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/codes.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/codes.html
index f331be3b..766dd0a5 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/codes.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/codes.html
@@ -323,10 +323,11 @@ class B extends A {
     <p>The purpose of slf4j-log4j12 module is to delegate or redirect
     calls made to an SLF4J logger to log4j. The purpose of the
     log4j-over-slf4j module is to redirect calls made to a log4j
-    logger to SLF4J. If both <em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em> and
-    <em>log4j-over-slf4j.jar</em> are present on the class path, a
-    <code>StackOverflowError</code> will inevitably occur immediately
-    after the first invocation of an SLF4J or a log4j logger.
+    logger to SLF4J. If SLF4J is bound with<em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em>
+    and <em>log4j-over-slf4j.jar</em> is also present on the class
+    path, a <code>StackOverflowError</code> will inevitably occur
+    immediately after the first invocation of an SLF4J or a log4j
+    logger.
     </p>
 
     <p>Here is how the exception might look like:</p>
@@ -371,11 +372,11 @@ class B extends A {
     <p>The purpose of slf4j-jcl module is to delegate or redirect
     calls made to an SLF4J logger to jakarta commons logging
     (JCL). The purpose of the jcl-over-slf4j module is to redirect
-    calls made to a JCL logger to SLF4J. If both
-    <em>slf4j-jcl.jar</em> and <em>jcl-over-slf4j.jar</em> are present
-    on the class path, then a <code>StackOverflowError</code> will
-    inevitably occur immediately after the first invocation of an
-    SLF4J or a JCL logger. 
+    calls made to a JCL logger to SLF4J. If SLF4J is bound with
+    <em>slf4j-jcl.jar</em> and <em>jcl-over-slf4j.jar</em> is also
+    present on the class path, then a <code>StackOverflowError</code>
+    will inevitably occur immediately after the first invocation of an
+    SLF4J or a JCL logger.
     </p>
 
     <p>Here is how the exception might look like:</p>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index 8f4de96e..dcc4feac 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -29,6 +29,52 @@
 
    <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
 
+   <h3>xxx January, 2016 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.14</h3>
+
+
+   <p>The assignment of the INITIALIZATION_STATE variable in
+   <code>LoggerFactory</code> is now guaranteed to be consistent for
+   multi-thread initializations. More specifically, only one thread
+   will see INITIALIZATION_STATE as UNINITIALIZED with all other
+   threads observing either ONGOING_INITIALIZATION or the final result
+   of the initialization. However, SLF4J initialization is still
+   non-blocking and re-entrant, in the sense that if some thread tries
+   to obtain loggers during ongoing initialization by another (or
+   same) thread, instances of <code>SubstituteLogger</code> are
+   returned.  This fixes <a
+   href="http://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-167">SLF4J-167</a> </p>.
+
+
+   <p>Moved delegation check loop from <em>log4j-over-slf4j.jar</em>
+   to <em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em> for better targeted loop checks.  The
+   rationale behind the change is explained by Frans Orsel in <a
+   href="http://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-345">SLF4J-345</a> who also
+   provided the relevant pull request.
+   </p>
+
+   <p>During initialization the binding ambiguity check is skipped
+   under Android in order to improve performance. This change was
+   requested by Nitin Verma in <a
+   href="http://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-328">SLF4J-328</a> who also
+   provided the relevant patch.
+   </p>
+
+   <p>The <code>StaticMarkerBinder</code> and
+   <code>StaticMDCBinder</code> classes shipping in various SLF4J
+   bindings now offer a <code>getSingletion()</code> method. The
+   <code>org.slf4j.MDC</code> and <code>MarkerFactory</code> classes
+   now perform binding by invoking the <code>getSingleton()</code>
+   method first and if in the presence of an older version of SLF4J
+   with said method missing, then by accessing the SINGLETON
+   field. This backward compatible change was requested by Rufus
+   Alexander in <a
+   href="http://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-347">SLF4J-347</a> in order
+   to implement an SLF4J binding in Clojure, namely <a
+   href="https://github.com/fzakaria/slf4j-timbre">slf4j-timbre</a>.
+   </p>
+
+   <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
+
    <h3>10th of November, 2015 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.13</h3>