The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Stills: Arrived!

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Blackstone Reportedly Withdraws Bid For Dell, Citing ?Deteriorating? Business

Blackstone has reportedly withdrawn its bid for Dell, leaving the way open for founder Michael Dell and Silver Lake to buy out the company, reports Reuters.

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Camden boys tennis loses to Rome Free Academy

From Staff Reports

CAMDEN >> Rome Free Academy?s boys tennis team swept Camden 7-0 Wednesday. Camden?s Charlie Price and Sam Wright won the Blue Devils lone set in first doubles.

1S: Evan Griffith (R) d. Rich Price (C) 6-3, 6-4

2S: Zach Warren (R) d. Ryan Lisenko (C) 6-4, 6-2

3S: Michael Mellace (R) d. Zach Price (C) 6-1, 6-0

4S: Sebastian Domenico (R) d. Jesse Muller (C) 6-0, 6-1

1D: Barry Li/Thomas Hawkins (R) d. Charlie Price/Sam Wright (C) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

2D: Daygen Hughes/James Striker (R) d. Spencer Connor/Andrew Hill (C) 6-4, 6-0

3D: Erich Metzger/Matthew Smith (R) d. Tanner Waterman/Emerson Carpenter (C) 7-5, 6-2

RFA 1-0; Camden 0-1.

Source: http://www.oneidadispatch.com/articles/2013/04/18/sports/doc5170357c97014230840128.txt

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Scott blasts House health insurance plan | StAugustine.com

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TALLAHASSEE (AP) ? Gov. Rick Scott slammed a Florida House proposal Thursday that would pass up billions of federal dollars to provide health care coverage to 115,000 uninsured Floridians in a watered down alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health law.

The proposal relies entirely on $237 million in state taxpayer funds and would not tap into an estimated $51 billion dollars in federal aid available under the Affordable Care Act over the next decade.

It would also offer coverage to thousands fewer residents, covering only those making 100 percent of the federal poverty level as opposed to the roughly 1 million residents that would have been covered through Medicaid expansion.

The Obama Administration has sought to increase health coverage to more Americans by expanding Medicaid to those making up to 138 percent of the poverty level ? something many state GOP lawmakers are opposed to.

Instead, House Republicans plan to expand a health insurance program pushed by former House Speaker Marco Rubio that would give residents state money to help them obtain coverage from the private insurers through the online health exchange. Rubio's plan ? known as Florida Health Choices ? has had trouble getting off the ground and currently doesn't insure anyone.

"The House's plan will cost Florida taxpayers on top of what they are already taxed under the President's new healthcare law. This would be a double-hit to state taxpayers," Scott said in a statement.

Scott made an about-face decision earlier this year saying he supported Medicaid expansion because it was the compassionate, common-sense approach, but he's said he's open to alternatives after committees in both the House and Senate rejected expanding Medicaid. Scott signaled Thursday he would support a Senate plan proposed by Sen. Joe Negron "because it protects both state taxpayers and the uninsured in our state."

Negron's bill would still tap into billions of federal dollars and use those funds for vouchers so patients could purchase private health insurance. His plan would utilize Florida Healthy Kids, an organization he says has a strong record with the state.

But House Republicans made it clear that they would not accept any health plan that relies on federal funds, worrying that if they expand the program the federal government will not make good on its promise to fund it. The federal government has promised to foot the entire bill for three years and 90 percent after that. That's a much better deal than the state currently has for Medicaid patients, with the feds paying roughly half.

"Maybe it's the $16 trillion deficit that gives me pause," said Weatherford. "The federal government is more interested in expanding a flawed program. We think this is an opportunity to lead the health care debate not just in Florida, but to take a new idea for people who don't have care and do it in a more responsible way. I don't think we should be relying, long term, on a federal solution to our health care needs in the state of Florida."

The House proposal is similar to another plan in the Senate by Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, who also wants to rely on state dollars. But the House plan is more comprehensive and would offer coverage to disabled adults and adults with children. Most of the plans would provide low-cost preventative and primary care visits, subsidized by state funds.

Negron said he still preferred the Senate proposal, but he praised the House effort as a "well-thought out plan" to provide coverage to some uninsured.

"I think it's a step in the right direction," said Negron.

Angry House Democrats have said finding an affordable way to expand health coverage is still do-able even though the Legislative session is past the midpoint.

House Democrats felt so strongly about the health care decision they initially agreed to withhold their support for the House's proposed $74 billion budget to signal their strong advocacy for action. But shortly after the House proposal was released House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston said he went to fellow Democrats and said they should vote on the budget as they deem appropriate.

Thurston, however, criticized the House proposal.

"The problem is that they've been dragging their feet, they still don't want to accept the money that's there," Thurston said. "Other states will take it. As a donor state, we'll continue to give, give and we won't receive for our residents. And it's because it's the most needy residents in the state of Florida."

Source: http://staugustine.com/news/florida-news/2013-04-12/scott-blasts-house-health-insurance-plan

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Gibson Min-ETune ? Perfect pitch at the touch of a button

Bob Marley, Roy Orbison and Chet Adkins would probably turn over in their graves if they could see these new Gibson Min-ETune guitars. Affixed to the back of the headstock is a battery-powered robot tuner that can accurately tune all six strings simultaneously to standard tuning in a matter of seconds. Just press the button, [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/04/12/gibson-min-etune-perfect-pitch-at-the-touch-of-a-button/

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Gwyneth Paltrow: I Smoke One Cigarette Per Week, Won't 'Do Botox Again'

Gwyneth Paltrow is known for her strict diet and intense fitness regimens, but the 40-year-old beauty still smokes!

In a new interview with Harper's Bazaar, the actress admits her guilty pleasure (surprisingly) involves nicotine.

"[My guilty pleasure is] my one light American Spirit that I smoke once a week, on Saturday night," she told the mag.

PHOTOS: Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth also opened up about anti-aging procedures, saying she's currently too frightened to undergo cosmetic surgery, but wouldn't rule it out in years to come.

"I would be scared to go under the knife, but you know, talk to me when I'm 50," she said. "I'll try anything. Except I won't do Botox again, because I looked crazy.

PHOTOS: Star Who Have Gone Under The Knife

"I looked like Joan Rivers!" she added.

For more with Gwyneth, pick up a copy of Harper's Bazaar's May 2013 issue - on newsstands April 23.

-- Erin O'Sullivan

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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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What happens in the brain to make music rewarding

Apr. 11, 2013 ? A new study reveals what happens in our brain when we decide to purchase a piece of music when we hear it for the first time. The study, conducted at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -- The Neuro, McGill University and published in the journal Science on April 12, pinpoints the specific brain activity that makes new music rewarding and predicts the decision to purchase music.

Participants in the study listened to 60 previously unheard music excerpts while undergoing functional resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning, providing bids of how much they were willing to spend for each item in an auction paradigm. "When people listen to a piece of music they have never heard before, activity in one brain region can reliably and consistently predict whether they will like or buy it, this is the nucleus accumbens which is involved in forming expectations that may be rewarding," says lead investigator Dr. Valorie Salimpoor, who conducted the research in Dr. Robert Zatorre's lab at The Neuro and is now at Baycrest Health Sciences' Rotman Research Institute. "What makes music so emotionally powerful is the creation of expectations. Activity in the nucleus accumbens is an indicator that expectations were met or surpassed, and in our study we found that the more activity we see in this brain area while people are listening to music, the more money they are willing to spend."

The second important finding is that the nucleus accumbens doesn't work alone, but interacts with the auditory cortex, an area of the brain that stores information about the sounds and music we have been exposed to. The more a given piece was rewarding, the greater the cross-talk between these regions. Similar interactions were also seen between the nucleus accumbens and other brain areas, involved in high-level sequencing, complex pattern recognition and areas involved in assigning emotional and reward value to stimuli.

In other words, the brain assigns value to music through the interaction of ancient dopaminergic reward circuitry, involved in reinforcing behaviours that are absolutely necessary for our survival such as eating and sex, with some of the most evolved regions of the brain, involved in advanced cognitive processes that are unique to humans.

"This is interesting because music consists of a series of sounds that when considered alone have no inherent value, but when arranged together through patterns over time can act as a reward, says Dr. Robert Zatorre, researcher at The Neuro and co-director of the International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research. "The integrated activity of brain circuits involved in pattern recognition, prediction, and emotion allow us to experience music as an aesthetic or intellectual reward."

"The brain activity in each participant was the same when they were listening to music that they ended up purchasing, although the pieces they chose to buy were all different," adds Dr. Salimpoor. "These results help us to see why people like different music -- each person has their own uniquely shaped auditory cortex, which is formed based on all the sounds and music heard throughout our lives. Also, the sound templates we store are likely to have previous emotional associations."

An innovative aspect of this study is how closely it mimics real-life music-listening experiences. Researchers used a similar interface and prices as iTunes. To replicate a real life scenario as much as possible and to assess reward value objectively, individuals could purchase music with their own money, as an indication that they wanted to hear it again. Since musical preferences are influenced by past associations, only novel music excerpts were selected (to minimize explicit predictions) using music recommendation software (such as Pandora, Last.fm) to reflect individual preferences.

The interactions between nucleus accumbens and the auditory cortex suggest that we create expectations of how musical sounds should unfold based on what is learned and stored in our auditory cortex, and our emotions result from the violation or fulfillment of these expectations. We are constantly making reward-related predictions to survive, and this study provides neurobiological evidence that we also make predictions when listening to an abstract stimulus, music, even if we have never heard the music before. Pattern recognition and prediction of an otherwise simple set of stimuli, when arranged together become so powerful as to make us happy or bring us to tears, as well as communicate and experience some of the most intense, complex emotions and thoughts.

Listen to the music excerpts used in the study: http://www.zlab.mcgill.ca/science2013/

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1. V. N. Salimpoor, I. van den Bosch, N. Kovacevic, A. R. McIntosh, A. Dagher, R. J. Zatorre. Interactions Between the Nucleus Accumbens and Auditory Cortices Predict Music Reward Value. Science, 2013; 340 (6129): 216 DOI: 10.1126/science.1231059

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