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Other composer, bach or wagner or anybody else, it was only the mozart music, that does it. now, i couldnt figure that out. so, what i did was i spents a whole evening listening to tunes from the various composers. and i determined as did the researchers at tel aviv university that the reason that the mozart music has this effect is because it has repetitive themes throughout it. and it gives the childs brain an opportunity to focus on these themes of music as they reoccur. it is a fascinating s...

Off but we have tricky editors. not supposed to go above 50 but theres more to celebrate than the end of lent here. these people are still celebrating from the super bowl. i dont think that party stopped. one of my favorite things to do here that we get to see, you might find it annoying, but i love to watch the people offcamera, whats going on in the background. >> drinking. >> some of the best stuff. it can be a distraction. >> for instance? >> when you were down there, i dont know how you do ...

>> ron mott live in vancouver. ron, thank you so much. finally, i would like to pay tribute to a composer whose name youve probably never heard of, but whose music is part of the fabric of our society. leo arneaux was born in france, and em grated to the united states and began working in hollywood. he wrote the music for several forgettable films, like this one, "ice follies" of 1939. in 1958 he wrote a simple but majestic piece called "buglers dream." abc picked up the music in the 1960s. nb...

Award-winning musician and composer and native of the big easy. both have high hopes for when the saints go marching into miami next sunday. >> what does this mean for the city? >> oh, its a godsend to the city. i mean, after everything weve been going through, all of the trials and tribulations, i mean, the citizens are very resilient, but i mean, we still needed a pick-me-up. and this has been a great ride from the beginning of the season all the way to this point. and to actually get to the c...

Moved on to other cities. but the saints didnt. though the owner took heat from fans when he looked to move the team in the months following katrina. but one year after katrina -- >> three, two, one! >> reporter: -- the saints were back in the superdome. now 3 1/2 years later, right at the time all eyes turn to a city famous for mardi gras, another reason to celebrate as only new orleans can. ♪ so earlier we talked with some true fans of the black and gold. clifton harris is a blogger who cove...

Time all eyes turn to the city famous for mardi gras, another reason to celebrate, as only new orleans can. so you can bet that our next guest will be glued to the game next sunday. clifton harris a blogger in new orleans and joins us from there, from new orleans. terrance blanchard is a grammy award winning musician and composer in los angeles tonight. both are big supporters of the black and gold. so congratulations to you guys. its congratulations already. i have to say congratulations to you...

Music out to so many people. now we can distribute music almost entirely by ourselves. >> we have our own record label. we are self-managed. we plug guitars into this board here and out the other end comes something we give to fans now. its a direct, authentic process that we have now. >> we can shoot videos ourselves, we can sit here and fiddle around with editing it. and anybody can do that. im super into that, that some kid can go make apocalypse now ii, electric boogaloo. >> reporter: they p...

To say theyre confident about the future as well. is the takeaway from this just being an entrepreneur is tough and you have to have the kind of personality that says ill make it. >> entrepreneurs are historically much more optimistic about the future of their business than the future of other peoples business and the future of the country. you have to be optimistic in order to start your own business. >> we have to have the blinders on a bit just to jump into this in the first place. >> right. ...

Enough of it. >> reporter: a song taken america by the soggy seats four little worlds, pants -- ♪ pants on the ground >> reporter: on. ♪ pants on the ground >> reporter: the ground. started as an audition for "american idol" sung by a man calling general larry plat. >> i have a horrible feeling that could be a hit. ♪ pants on the ground ♪ you look like a fool pants on the ground ♪ >> reporter: minnesota vikings quarterback brett favre rallied his victorious teammates with it. >> pants ...

Happens. an act of faith. >> reporter: and act of faith that started kibera film school and could provide the first generation of kibera film makers to tell their own story. very nice story. it took only 30 seconds to become a pop culture phenomena. is "pants on the ground" getting a lot of attention. in the south. ill never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new car today has 95% lower emissions than in 1970. exxonmobil is working to improve cars, line...