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Mobile Privacy Laws Are on the Horizon
Jun 25, 2013 5:00 AM PT
This past May mobile app developers dodged a bullet when a California state court sided with Delta Airlines in a dispute over its mobile app.
California's attorney general had sued Delta, alleging that the company violated the state's mobile privacy law, which requires a company to clearly state that users' personal information is being collected.
Delta argued that, as an airline, it was subject to the federal Airline Deregulation Act and not state regulations. The judge agreed and dismissed the case.
'Momentum Is Growing'
Still, mobile app providers should not assume the threat of mobile privacy regulation is over, Adam Grant, a partner with Alpert, Barr & Grant, told CRM Buyer.
On the contrary, "momentum is growing for some kind of federal-level mobile privacy law," said Grant, who expects there will be something in place at the federal level within the next 12 months.
There is definitely significant behind-the-scenes activity in the area. It is fair to debate, though, whether such activity will translate into actual legislation, given the near certainty that industry will push back.
Either way, for mobile developers, this is not an issue to let slide off the radar.
'Breaches on the Rise'
Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission laid down new guidelines for mobile applications. Specifically, the new rules take the same rationale that ads in newspapers, radio and television are subject to, and apply it to mobile devices and social media as well.
Also earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a little-noticed act that Grant thinks has significant potential to become law -- or at least further influence the debate on mobile privacy.
It's the Application Privacy, Protection and Security (APPS) Act and, broadly speaking, it would require mobile developers to give notice and gain consent for any information gathering they do with a mobile app.
Meanwhile, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, part of the U.S. Commerce Department, is working on a code of conduct for mobile developers that calls for similar practices, Grant said.
All of these various initiatives --- from the FTC to NTIA -- suggest that the mobile privacy issue is more alive than perhaps many in the industry realize.
Industry may groan at the regulation, but the silver lining around this particular cloud is that common guidelines would make life easier, Bluebox cofounder and COO Adam Ely told CRM Buyer.
"With breaches on the rise, states have already begun to address this issue with legislation," Ely said. "However, a federal statute would be the most effective approach, and the sooner this is done, the better chance we have to stem the tide of rapidly escalating breaches."
Planning Ahead
How soon that will happen, however, is not so clear.
"There hasn't been a lot of debate of any of these existing proposals, especially regarding location privacy," Daniel Castro, senior analyst at the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, told CRM Buyer. "I would expect that if there was a push for legislation, the industry would push back and ask for more time to study and prepare for these proposals."
That said, it will be the wise mobile developer who moves forward assuming that some kind of additional regulations will be in the offing.
Many developers already think along these lines, in fact, and have adopted a practice of "reserving" multiple permissions that aren't actually needed in order to avoid having to ask for permissions again -- such as upon adding features in future releases, Gavin Kim, chief commercial officer for NQ Mobile, told CRM Buyer.
'A Front-Burner Issue'
Increasingly, in fact, mobile developers are recognizing that they do have to better explain not only what permissions they are requesting but also why they are requesting them, Kim said.
"For example, it makes sense that Foursquare needs your location," he explained. "It does not make sense that a flashlight app does."
Indeed, "privacy is now and will continue to be a front-burner issue for application developers in 2013 and beyond," Mark Connon, executive vice president of corporate and business development at Nexage, told CRM Buyer.
"Mobile advertising companies and application providers will benefit by proactively and aggressively developing privacy policies that enable consumer notice and choice," Cannon predicted, "and enforcing those policies through the technologies those developers deploy."


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Career Notes: Four-year letterwinner (2001-05) Tallied 50 goals and 52 assists for 102 points in 156 career games Registered 12 power-play markers and seven game winners among his 50 goals.
2004-05: Played in 35 games, recording 5-9--14 totals Missed the Minnesota game (Nov. 27), Bowling Green (Dec. 3-4) and Notre Dame (Dec. 10-11) series after suffering a knee injury vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 26) Recorded two assists vs. New Hampshire (Oct. 17) for first multiple-point game of season Scored first goal of the season on the power play in 5-2 win over Nebraska-Omaha (Oct. 29) Tallied a goal and an assist in State's 4-3 OT win vs. New Hampshire (Dec. 29) after missing five games with a knee injury Scored State's second goal in 4-0 win at Miami (Jan. 7) Third multiple-point game of the season with game winner and assist vs. Western Michigan (Jan. 15) Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Lake Superior State (Jan. 21) Drew an assist on State's second goal in 6-5 OT loss at Alaska Fairbanks (Feb. 11) With an assist on State's fourth goal, reached the century club in win over Ohio State (Feb. 18) Picked up an assist on State's first goal in 2-1 win over Miami (March 12) in the first round of the CCHA playoffs.
2003-04: Tallied 22-18--40 totals in 42 games to rank second on MSU in scoring Tied for sixth in the CCHA overall scoring race Led MSU and the CCHA and was 12th in the country with 22 goals Became the first Spartan since John Nail (2000-01) to register 20 goals in a season Had a goal and an assist vs. Findlay (Oct. 10) Two goals vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 24) Posted 1-2--3 totals at Western Michigan (Oct. 25) Tallied empty-net goal to seal win at Ferris State (Nov. 1) and added an assist for his fourth multiple-point game of the season Empty-net goal and an assist in 3-1 win over Notre Dame (Nov. 7) First career hat trick vs. Wayne State (Nov. 21) and also added an assist to equal career-best with four points Scored MSU's lone goal vs. Minnesota and Wisconsin in College Hockey Showcase Tallied game-winning marker on the power play in 2-0 blanking of Michigan (Dec. 6) Registered a goal and an assist vs. Boston College in GLI title game (Dec. 28) Scored first goal in eight games on the power play vs. Miami (Jan. 31) Added a goal in 8-5 win at LSSU (Feb. 5) Tallied a pair of goal at Alaska Fairbanks (Feb. 13) Posted 1-2--3 totals in two-game sweep of UNO (Feb. 20-21) Tallied game-winning goal with 5:36 left in 1-0 blanking of Michigan (March 5) Equaled career best with three assists vs. Ferris State (March 12) Scored MSU's third goal in 5-3 win over Ferris State (March 13).
2002-03: Played in 38 games with 13-18--31 totals to rank sixth on team in scoring Scored first goal of season at Ohio State (Nov. 16) Registered MSU's first goal at Minnesota (Nov. 29) First multiple-point game of season with a goal and an assist at Ferris State (Dec. 6) Assisted on Jim Slater's game-winning goal vs. Michigan Tech (Dec. 29) Tallied a pair of goals at Lake Superior State (Jan. 4) and again with a pair of goals in 6-2 win over Alaska Fairbanks (Jan. 11) His first goal was the game winner, while his second goal was a shorthanded tally vs. UAF Tallied a goal in 5-2 win over UNO (Jan. 17) Registered a power play goal in 2-1 win at Notre Dame (Jan. 24) Scored game-winning goal in 3-2 win vs. Miami (Feb. 1), also drew an assist on MSU's second goal Added power play goal and an assist in 6-3 win at BGSU (Feb. 8) Drew the lone assist on game-winning goal in 4-0 win at Michigan (Feb. 28) Career-best four-point night (two goals, two assists) in 8-5 win vs. Western Michigan (March 8) Equaled his career best with a pair of assists vs. UAF (March 14) Miss the CCHA Quarterfinal game due to injury.
2001-02: Played in all 41 games as a freshman, adding 10 goals and seven assists for 17 points Ranked second among Spartan rookies with 10 goals Scored first career point in MSU's win vs. Lake Superior State (Oct. 11) Notched first goal of Spartan career at Nebraska-Omaha (Oct. 27) Has two game-winning goals on the season (at Northern Michigan, Dec. 8 and at Miami, Feb. 22) Recorded first multi-goal effort and added an assist in MSU win vs. Bowling Green (March 8).
PRIOR TO MSU: Spent the 2000-01 campaign with the Prince George Spruce Kings of the British Columbia Hockey League Scored 27-27--54 in just 29 games Led the Spruce Kings with seven game-winning goals His 27 markers ranked second among Prince George skaters Named to the 2001 BCHL Interior Conference Second Team Also captured Interior Conference's Most Sportsmanlike Player Award Honored as BCHL Player of the Week (Feb. 26) after scoring 7-4--11 and notching three game-winning goals in three games Member of the team that represented the BCHL at the 2000 Viking Cup.
PERSONAL: Born Dec. 1, 1980 Parks and recreation major Attended both Chetwynd Secondary and Prince George Secondary Favorite NHL team: Detroit Red Wings Favorite NHL Player: Steve Yzerman Son of Richard Lalonde and Shannon Dutchak Says his father is his biggest hockey influence "because he pushes me to better myself in all aspects of life."
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's basketball team, which finished third in a very competitive Ivy League, was invited to participate in the 2011 College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen. Yale, however, was forced to decline the invitation. The school has been on a two-week spring break since the regular season ended on Mar. 5, and several players are travelling overseas. Efforts were made to try and bring the players back to campus, but the earliest that could happen was Tuesday, the day the tournament gets under way.
"It's an honor to be invited to post season play and considered as one of the top teams in the country," said James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball. "We are grateful to the CBI for recognizing our successful season."
The Bulldogs finished with 15 wins, their most since the 2005-06 season. One of the most impressive victories came at Boston College in November. The Eagles went on to finish with a 20-12 overall record and tied for fourth in the ACC.
Yale was 8-6 in Ivy play, including a 70-69 win over league co-champion Harvard. The Bulldogs have now finished fourth or better in league play in each of the last 11 years.
Four starters will return for the 2011-12 season, including Greg Mangano, who had a breakout junior season. He averaged 16.3 points and 10.0 points, becoming the first Yale player to average a double-double for the season since Chris Dudley (17.6 ppg., 13.3 rpg.) in 1986-87 and the first Ivy player since Harvard's Kyle Snowden (15.1 ppg, 11.1 rpg.) in 1995-96. In addition, Mangano had a school record 85 blocks, which is the third most in Ivy history.
Mangano was even better in Ivy games where he averaged 18.6 points and 10.4 rebounds, which both led the league. His 51 blocks in league games is a new Ivy record as well.
Yale is tentatively scheduled to open the 2011-12 season on Nov. 12 against Central Connecticut in the Connecticut 6 Classic at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
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The fiscal hawks — a group of Louisiana House Republicans — take flight this week with a package of bills aimed at changing the state budget process.
With income tax repeal likely dead for the session, the focus shifts to a state operating budget that funds health care, education and other public services.
The hawks want to rein in the use of one-time, or nonrecurring, dollars for expenses that must be met year after year. Gov. Bobby Jindal did little to appease their concerns by proposing a $24.7 billion state spending plan that relies on more than $400 million in one-time money to fund the state's public colleges and universities.
Many of the hawks' suggestions for changing the state budget process will be debated Monday by the House Appropriations Committee. The legislation contained in House Bills 435, 437, 620, 434, 436 and House Resolution No. 1 would change the way the budget is built in the future. A separate battle brews over the governor's approach to the state operating budget for the fiscal year that starts this summer.
"We're just trying to find a way we can work through it," House Speaker Chuck Kleckley, R-Lake Charles, said.
Frustrated with the state cobbling together its budget year after year, the hawks temporarily stalled the state budget process last year. They plan a similar attack this year.
The Jindal administration met with the hawks' leaders a number of times after last year's session.
State Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles, said the two sides still agree on little.
"After so many meetings, it's a little disappointing because I thought we could find some common ground," he said.
The governor said Thursday that he might support some of the hawks' bills and oppose other bills. He refused to detail which bills he is inclined to support.
"We're literally right now talking to those authors about potential amendments and changes. ... We want to have the flexibility to invest in higher education and health care," Jindal said.
The hawks number roughly 40 of the House's 105 members.
Geymann, the hawks' primary leader, said Jindal wants to throw his support to bills authored by members who are hawks. Those bills, he said, are not actually part of the hawks' official package.
"They led us to believe that they were perhaps going to support some of the bills in the package, but it turns out they're supporting bills by authors who are fiscal hawks," Geymann said.
The governor, through an aide, made his position clear during a meeting with the hawks in the speaker's office last week.
The hawks' package is a complicated compilation rife with state budget terms. Essentially, they have a few basic goals, which include:
- Only using nonrecurring dollars for reducing state debt, construction projects, wetlands, highway construction, saving for a rainy day and coastal protection, instead of for paying the day-to-day expenses of state government.
- Ending a reliance on money that is expected to materialize, such as property selling for a certain amount or a legal dispute settling.
- Eliminating the rush to pass a state budget in the final days of a legislative session.
The argument seems largely philosophical. But Jindal administration officials counter that the hawks' approach would reduce funding for higher education by 19 percent because of the amount of one-time money the governor used for public colleges and universities.
State Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, said Jindal is being irresponsible by failing to match recurring dollars with recurring expenses.
"They're the ones who chose to put all the (one-time) money into higher ed," Seabaugh said. "That's a problem they created. What they're saying is it's OK to violate the constitution because we really, really need to."
As a gubernatorial candidate, Jindal railed against the use of one-time money for recurring expenses.
His tone softened when state revenue slumped.
In addition to grappling with the hawk bills, the governor also must push his budget through the House.
The budget can include only $199 million in one-time money before requiring a harder two-thirds vote to advance. The governor's proposed budget contains more than $400 million in one-time money.
"Absolutely, it's a hurdle," Speaker Kleckley said.


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Novo Nordisk promoted four US execs from corporate VP to SVP in their respective areas: Andy Ajello, US National Diabetes Sales; Camille Lee, US Diabetes Marketing; Alan Moses, MD, global chief medical officer; and Anne Phillips, MD, US clinical, medical and regulatory affairs. Ajello, Lee and Philips will remain on the US Executive Team and report to Jerzy Gruhn, president of Novo Nordisk's US operation. Moses will relocate to the company HQ in Denmark where he'll report to Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, executive vice president and chief science officer. The promotions were announced alongside the company's 2012 financial statement. Novo Nordisk saw sales growth of 18% year-over-year, which the firm attributed to Victoza, NovoRapid and Levemir, and an increase in operating profit of 32% from 2011. Novo cited the North American market as the greatest contributor to sales growth this year. The company raised sales targets for 2013, with forecast sales growth of 8-11% and operating profit to reach 10%. Their ability to return on those forecasts rests heavily on Tresiba (insulin deguldec), the ultra long-acting rival to Sanofi's Lantus. Tresiba was approved in the EU and Japan and also received a nod from an FDA Advisory Committee last November (with a post-approval outcome trials commitment). Novo expects FDA approval for Tresiba in the first half of 2013.


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Details about the HTC One X+ have been somewhat elusive, but that all changed when XDA Developer @Football4PDA revealed new details about the upcoming flagship Android 4.1 device. If the information is to be believed, the HTC One X+ will measure 134.36 x 69.9 x 9.3 and weigh in at 129g. Specs on the HTC One X+ will include 32GB of internal storage, 1GB of RAM and an NVIDIA AP37 1.6GHz quad-core processor paired with a single-core 1.7GHz, which makes up the Tegra 3′s 4PLUS-1 architecture. Match the new details up with the HTC One X+ NenaMark2 scores and specs that showed up in early August, and HTC's got itself quite an impressive device.
While many of us were hoping for a stock Android device, the HTC One X+ will be running Android 4.1 with HTC Sense 4.5. We're not sure what changes will be included in the new version of Sense, but we're hoping HTC will continue to strip it down to enhance the user experience.
There's no guarantee that the HTC One X+ will make an appearance at the September 19 press event HTC already has on the calendar, but we expect this device will make its official debut within the next few weeks.


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FM2030, the guy who made transhumanism popular for his 15 minutes of fame. He was Persian, and made lots of predictions about the future. But his predictions were not based on magic. His predictions were made by looking at how the past had changed up until the present and then thinking about the next logical change that will occur in regards to a specific human experience.
I just read an interesting book written by him called 'Identity card', written in 1965. After reading it, I felt that Iran hasn't changed at all, even with the revolution.
Sorry, I'm not Persian, but Australian. I lived in Iran for a year, 2009. Went to Tehran university to study Farsi.
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Have you ever heard of FM2030?
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The LG Optimus G Pro was released very tentatively in Korea and the US. It seems that sales have gone pretty well these last few months, because LG is finally releasing the device in other countries. LG has announced that it will begin selling the device in 40 new countries, like Russia and across Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Unfortunately, there is no mention of the UK.
With a 5.5-inch IPS LCD display with a 1080p resolution, a quad core Snapdragon 600 processor, and a 13MP camera, this phone is just as good as when it was released. Plus, its competitors have yet to outspec it, so the late launch isn't much of a detriment to LG. However, have potential customers gotten tired of waiting and decided to buy another phone by now? We wonder how well the device will do in these new countries.
LG may not be the biggest player in the mobile industry, but it's creating some nice products very much worthy of a look. If you live outside of the US, will you be considering the LG Optimus G Pro as your next device?


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McVitie's Taxi - Kcal 131 Fat 6.9 Fat(sats) 4.9g Carbs 16.3g
'caramel wafers and chocolate cream covered in milk chocolate'
Before today I hadn't ever tasted a McVitie's Taxi so I had no prior experiences from my childhood to call upon like I had with CLUB, Breakaway, Kit Kat etc - what a deprived childhood I must have led eh!? ;) Presentation wise the product was dressed in a typical looking McVitie's wrapper, though I was more excited by the look of the woven wafers and inner cream layers in the actual bar. I have to admit I was expecting a pretty boring, generic like wafer product, but I was actually pretty impressed by the taste. The chocolate constituents did nothing particularly special, yet the coating was flavoursome enough with it's sweet milky flavours. My enjoyment of this product was mostly driven by the caramel and inner cream layers, which brought a very welcome chewiness and viscosity to the crisp wafers. Whilst adding interest to the textures, the caramel also added a forthcoming toffee flavour hit to the taste. Colour me impressed McVitie's - I don't tend to by biscuit bars, but I will buy these again in the future.
7.8 out of 10
'Sugar Puffs cereal and milk chocolate bar'
Despite being of the opinion that parents who feed their kids Sugar Puffs should be shot :D I just couldn't help myself when I saw these discounted down to 50p for a four bar multipack in my local Tesco. Despite the vibrant foil packaging I was less impressed by the actual cereal bar, which when it wasn't sticking to the wrapper was equally unimpressive with it's modest looking (putting it nicely!) chocolate layer. As you can see from my picture the drizzle of milk chocolate was woefully portioned so it probably wont surprise you that it barely managed to register in the taste. The combination of the puffed wheat cereal and syrup that bound it together wasn't unpleasant in any manner, but it was neither very tasty. The 20.0g constituents provided a pretty poor sized snack. I don't think these will be around for long.
5.8 out of 10
Bahlsen Choco Leibniz Dark - Kcal 138 Fat 7.1g Fat(sats) 4.5g Carbs 17.0g (per 2 biscuits)
After my review of Bahlsen's Jaffas a few weeks ago, a number of readers indicated that I should try their Choco Leibniz biscuits. If I roll the years back a bit, I can remember buying these biscuits when my family used to go to France - I was never a big lover of them myself, but they were certainly liked by other members of my household. Bahlsen biscuits are being promoted quite heavily in UK supermarkets at the moment, so I was pretty delighted when I found these very posh looking biscuits on a £1 deal in my local Tesco. Favouring the prospect of the dark chocolates ones I didn't wait long before testing them out with an after dinner coffee. In terms of taste these reminded me of the Ritter Sport Butter Biscuit chocolate bar, but just with plain unsweetened chocolate combining with the buttery crisp biscuit below. I didn't think that either the chocolate or biscuit were particularly exceptional, but like in the Ritter bar they made for a fantastic synergy. These didn't last long when I offered them round to the rest of my work colleagues.
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Nestle Breakaway - Kcal 99 Fat 5.0g Fat(sats) 2.5g Carbs 12.0g
Normally when I know I don't like a product I do try my best not to review it, but I couldn't avoid the number of requests that came in asking me to review the Nestle Breakaway. I have always perceived the Nestle Breakaway as quite a bland offering - my heart always used to sink when my parents bought these back from the supermarket instead of the usual Kit Kat or Twix bars. That said I was willing to give them another chance - especially considering that a pack of 6 only set me back £1 in Tesco. Aesthetically I couldn't see many differences from how I remembered them - even the bars were decorated with the same checkboard patterns. Unfortunately the taste was just how I remembered aswell, with the mild tasting milk chocolate and non-descript flavoured biscuit generating very little excitement for me. If anything I think the biscuit part may have even got less flavoursome than it used to be - the two bars I ate today failed to bring any noteworthy flavours to the party, which resultingly made for a boring, bland tasting experience. I know these contain only 99 calories but I personally wouldn't waste your time on them.
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The Firemen's Association of the State of New York is pleased to announce the State Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill that protects the jobs of volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel in times of declared disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires.
Yesterday, the State Senate passed the bill, S1604, sponsored by Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo. An Assembly bill, A04099, sponsored by Assemblyman Fred Thiele, I-Suffolk, is currently awaiting a vote.
"This is common sense legislation, which ensures that volunteer firefighters and EMTs who are called to assist in times of a major emergency have a job to go home to," said FASNY President James Burns. "We want to thank Sen. Grisanti and his colleagues in the Senate for passing this bill that will help protect the men and women who protect this state. Our volunteer firefighters and EMTs should not worry if their 'day job' is safe when called to help their fellow New Yorkers in a declared disaster."
"Protecting the jobs of our emergency first responders who are called to action during states of emergencies is the least we can do for them," Grisanti said. "These types of cataclysmic events require an all-hands-on-deck response in order to protect the safety, health and well-being of all affected communities."
This legislation will ensure that volunteer firefighters and EMS responders will not lose their paying jobs simply because they were late or missed work while performing volunteer duties during a local, state or federal declared emergency.
Teams of volunteer firefighters and EMTs have been called to action during a number of significant, declared emergencies in New York state in recent years, including last year's wildfires on Long Island and for mutual aid deployments during hurricanes Irene and Sandy. In the past two years, 600 of the state's 1,800 volunteer fire departments were deployed to other parts of the state on mutual aid assignments of this nature. The threat of losing a job has a potential chilling effect on these responses at a time when more than 80 percent of New York state's geography is covered by volunteers.
"With the impending hurricane and brush fire seasons upon us, it is more important than ever to ensure our first responders are able to act swiftly without fear of recourse," Burns added.
A link to the legislation awaiting a vote in the Assembly can be found at: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A04099&term=&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Votes=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y


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Supporting and increasing public participation in Protected Areas management and introducing new governance approaches will contribute to sustainable natural resource use and reduce/eliminate existing and potential latent or open conflicts.
The overall objective of the project "Strengthened Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation in the South Caucasus for Improved Protected Areas Systems" is to promote participatory Protected Area governance approaches in the South Caucasus countries. The project is carried out in the frame of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC Initiative).
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Warriors fall to Lakers in overtime
As their lead evaporated in the fourth quarter Saturday, the Warriors' players kept looking to the bench, almost begging for help.
But there was no timeout coming.
Warriors coach Mark Jackson likes to allow his players to work themselves through bad stretches, and his team had responded by closing out the first 15 games they led entering the fourth quarter this season. No. 16 was different.
The Warriors blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and then looked on helplessly as Kobe Bryant turned overtime closer in the Lakers' 118-115 victory in front of Oracle Arena's third consecutive sellout.
"You look back and realize that one defensive rebound, one well-executed defensive trip, one less turnover and we are out of here before overtime," Jackson said. "We didn't continue to play at our pace in the fourth quarter, and we'll learn from it. They started making shots. It's a little difficult to run off of made shots."
Bryant gave the Lakers four-point leads three times in overtime, but Stephen Curry made a three-pointer to trim it to 116-115 with 33.8 seconds remaining. Steve Nash connected on a leaner in the lane to push the lead back to three points with 16.9 seconds left, and Curry's forced three-pointer missed with 4.8 seconds remaining.
The Lakers used a 12-0 fourth-quarter run to trim a 14-point deficit to 90-88 on a Bryant dunk with 6:58 remaining. Nash gave the Lakers a 103-102 lead on a three-pointer with 1:46 left, but Jarrett Jack stepped into the spotlight - a place he spent most of the night.
The Warriors' backup point guard found Festus Ezeli for an alley-oop dunk and a 104-103 lead and then spotted David Lee for an open jumper and a 106-105 lead with 44 seconds left. With 14.9 seconds left, Jack pulled up for a 19-footer that tied it 108-108.
"When you mess around and allow a team with that much firepower to hang around, this is what can happen," Jack said.
Nash returned to the lineup after missing 24 games because of a broken bone in his left leg. The two-time MVP had 12 points and nine assists and brought some fluidity to the Lakers' offense, but he also was a target for the Warriors.
Jack had a season-high 29 points and 11 assists, giving him 12 games with at least 10 points and five assists - which leads the league among reserves. Klay Thompson had 18 points, four rebounds and three assists.
The Warriors (18-10) had won 11 of their past 14 games, but the Lakers (13-14) have won four in a row after dropping five games below .500 for the first time since 2004-05. The Lakers lead the season series 2-0 and have not lost a series to the Warriors since 1994-95. That was the same year that the Warriors last had a better record when they played the Lakers this late in a season.
The Warriors did their best to continue Los Angeles' unharmonious season. They drew more fouls (six) on Dwight Howard than he made field goals (4-for-8 for 11 points), limited Pau Gasol to nine points on 4-of-11 shooting, and let Bryant shoot the Lakers out of and back into the game (34 points on 16-of-41).
Jack had two of his 15 second-quarter points, a rebound and two assists during the Warriors' 12-4, frame-closing run that gave them a 61-53 lead heading into the locker room. Jack made seven of his 10 shots during the quarter and had three assists to zero turnovers, calming what had been a shaky start for the Warriors.
The Lakers scored 15 points off the Warriors' 10 first-quarter turnovers to take a 31-27 lead. During one ugly stretch, the Warriors committed four gaffes - a bad pass, a backcourt violation, a traveling violation and an illegal screen - in a span of 2:03.
Rusty Simmons is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @Rusty_SFChron


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Are we supposed to use musical instruments in church?Question: "Are we supposed to use musical instruments in church?"
Answer: Musical instruments were definitely used in worship in the Old Testament (1 Chronicles 15:16; 16:42; 23:5; 2 Chronicles 7:6; 23:13; 29:26-27; 30:21; 34:12; Nehemiah 12:36; Isaiah 38:20; Amos 6:5; Habakkuk 3:19; see also the introductions to Psalm 4:1; 6:1; 54:1; 55:1; 61:1; 67:1; 76:1). The fact that the New Testament nowhere condemns musical instruments indicates that the Old Testament practice was continued in the New Testament church. The early church was comprised almost entirely of Jews. It is highly likely that they continued using musical instruments in the church, just as they did in Old Testament worship.
So, even without an explicit New Testament reference, it is clear the church can use musical instruments in its worship. However, there is a clear New Testament reference to musical instruments. Ephesians 5:19 declares, "speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord." The phrase "making melody" comes from the Greek word "psallontes" which means "to rub or touch," "to twitch or twang." It was commonly used in Greek to refer to playing a stringed musical instrument. Whatever the case, the Bible neither forbids or commands the use of musical instruments in church. Therefore, the church has freedom to use them if it feels led of God to do so.
Recommended Resource: All the Music of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer
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