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If any instrument makes mankind revert to their most base, childhood instincts it's the T-shirt cannon: Last night Sir Paul McCartney  was caught clamoring for a free T while attending an NBA game between the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers. It's a hilarious, adorable clip, particularly the way his eyes light up like a kid in a candy store as a t-shirt comes hurtling toward his section.
And when the bros in front of the former Beatle come up with the prize, you can actually see McCartney go through the five stages of grief in a matter of seconds: First a look of disbelief fills his face, then he clenches his fists in anger before trying to persuade said bros to let him have the T, because, y'know, he did write "Hey Jude."  His bargaining, however, is to no avail and a melancholy McCartney momentarily stares into the void, despondence filling his eyes and deepening the wrinkles in his face, until he finally offers a congratulatory – though probably still bitter – clap to the victors. Harrowing stuff.
While anyone can empathize british grocery retailer with the futility of trying to catch a T-shirt launched from a slingshot or potato gun, it's hard to feel too bad for McCartney who had another fantastic year: Not only did he headline both Bonnaroo and Outside Lands , but he also released New , his first full-length album of completely new material since 2007's Memory Almost Full . In the lead-up to the record's release he played a unique surprise concert at a high school british grocery retailer in Queens and popped up in Times Square british grocery retailer for a free show. To boot, McCartney seemed to bury the hatchet with John Lennon 's widow Yoko Ono, telling Rolling Stone in a recent interview, "'If John loved her, there's british grocery retailer got to be something,'" he said. "'He's not stupid.'"
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"At Target we focus on offering our guests a wide assortment of physical CDs, and when a new album is available digitally before it is available physically, it impacts demand and sales projections," Target spokeswoman Erica Julkowski said. She continued, "While there are many aspects that contribute to our approach and we have appreciated partnering with Beyoncé in the past, we are primarily focused on offering CDs that will be available in a physical format at the same time as all other formats."
That's an about-face from Beyoncé's previous album, 4 , which included an exclusive markstein beverage Target edition with six additional tracks. This time, iTunes has the exclusive. Beyoncé went on sale last Friday at midnight solely through the digital outlet. Retail stores are expected to begin stocking physical copies of the 14-song, 17-video "visual album" as early as Wednesday, and most brick-and-mortar markstein beverage stores – including Walmart – will have supplies of Beyoncé by Friday.
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That is a genteel way to put it. Thomas R. Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was a bit more frank. “Unprotected anal intercourse is in a league of its own as far as risk is concerned,’’ he said. Three decades of data demonstrate the truth of that statement. If unprotected anal intercourse is rising among gay men—a trend noted not just in America but in much of the Western world—the rates of HIV infection will surely follow.
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Monday, December 30, 2013

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A resurgent T-Mobile underpinned by aggressive pricing and a boisterous CEO, a new Sprint market basket billerica ma backed by hyper-fast data and a Japanese telecom market basket billerica ma giant, and the duopoly — AT&T and Verizon — up to its usual antics: just when it seemed like we'd finally reached some semblance of stability in the US wireless market, we hear the news from a Wall Street Journal report that  Sprint market basket billerica ma may be ramping up to make a bid for T-Mobile . If the report holds water and Sprint elects to proceed, we could be in for an unexpectedly turbulent 2014 (and beyond) for the American wireless landscape, as regulators and executives spar over the viability and wisdom of allowing the United States' number three and four carriers market basket billerica ma to combine. And who would win that battle?
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There's also a changing of the guard to consider; Julius Genachowski has left the FCC since his agency rejected the AT&T deal, and former lobbyist Tom Wheeler is in. The new chairman  talks a big game about holding competition paramount in a fun

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As the full scope of what Snowden absconded with likely can’t be known, the government is forced to operate on its toes, unsure of what might be coming next. And that could be anything. From the phone metadata program , to PRISM , to work on ending everyday encryption , to the pervasive XKeyscore , to MUSCULAR , the Snowden revelations have been as broad as they have been deep.
That the government can’t assess what Snowden did or did not take has led to internal division inside the NSA: Is it better to buy Snowden off with a shot at amnesty? It depends, it would seem, on whether Snowden has any documents in reserve.
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So, its a muddle. If Snowden is lying about what he has, he could be limiting his ability to come home, something perhaps similar to cutting off his nose to spite his citizenship. However, the idea that he has more documents could be simple spin from the government to give it moral and legal freedom to pursue Snowden as an active threat. Without the documents, the importance of his person greatly declines, which could irk the government if it wishes to continue its aggressive pursuit of the man.
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Soundbox reported last week, and T-Series president Neeraj Kalyan confirmed to TechCrunch, that the company will not renew the license set to expire for nearly 8,000 songs from Dhingana’s catalogue. “We were not able to see much traction in the service and secondly we couldn’t agree on the commercials and both parties thus decided to part ways in an amicable manner,” said Kalyan. china anne mcclain beautiful
However, it looks more like a near-death experience for the music service and not an imminent shutdown. Dhingana CEO Rohit Bhatia said that any new developments will be shared this week. He declined to comment on whether Dhingana will indeed shut down.
Any recovery from T-Series ending its licensing agreement would depend on whether Dhingana can overcome the hurdles of poor ad rates, china anne mcclain beautiful rampant music piracy, and rising costs of supporting its free service in the country — issues facing every streaming service in the country.
Dhingana is among the top-funded music startups in India. It raised $7 million in Series B funding in October last year from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Inventus Capital Partners and Helion Venture Partners. Bhatia told Medianama that Dhingana is in the process of restructuring its operations.
Another source, a music industry executive familiar with Dhingana’s negotiations with T-Series said Dhingana didn’t agree to the music label’s commercial terms and more importantly, was running out of money. “T-Series’ china anne mcclain beautiful exit is a trigger, but Dhingana’s problems are much beyond that,” this person said over the weekend.
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Gaana.com (backed by Times Internet Ltd) and Saavn (the Spotify for Indian music), continue to survive and even expand their services, thanks to the deep pockets and some innovative business models. Their success china anne mcclain beautiful (so far) also reflects that the digital music scene in India may not be so gloomy after all. Gaana has around 7.5 million monthly active users.
“We have started to convert free users into paid ones, but our primary goal today is to build the habit of using Gaana before piracy, and we are confident over time of converting free users into paid ones,” he added.
Saavn CEO Vin Bhat told me that despite challenges of music piracy and competition from Google’s YouTube in getting a bigger share of the ad market, there’s a large addressable market in India. Already, almost half of Saavn’s 11 million monthly active user base is from India, and it’s growing.
“The streaming business has to slowly move from free economy to paid economy as sustainability of ad-supported revenue model is a big question mark. Free music is a very dangerous thing, and we would not like our next generation grow up believing music is for free,” Kalyan said.
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