NEW MUSIC DISCOVERY

DELTA SPIRIT "CALIFORNIA"

They are originally from San Diego – and currently live in Long Beach. They played Coachella last year – and their songs have been used in numerous TV shows. They head out on a U.S. tour in March – and will hit California by May. We have been a little obsessed with this song. 

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DOUCHE OF THE DAY: 

Defense Department - admitted yesterday that some of remains of 9/11 victims were dumped in a landfill.

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The Defense Department admitted yesterday that some of the remains of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were dumped in a landfill. According to a report released by the Pentagon, the victims were among those killed in the attack on the Pentagon and in the crash in Shanksville, Pa.. The information was part of a report by an independent committee that was asked to examine practices at the military's mortuary at Dover, Del. The report revealed that cremated partial remains of at least 274 American war dead were dumped in a Virginia landfill until a policy change halted the practice in 2008. [KTLA]

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NEWS

Disneyland celebrating Leap Day with a 24-hour opening!

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Disneyland is celebrating Leap Day today with a 24-hour opening of the Anaheim theme park -- 6 a.m. today through 6 a.m. tomorrow.   Called "One More Disney Day," Disney says it is the first time both Disneyland in California and the Magic Kingdom park in Florida will be open 24 hours straight. Disney's website, however, warned there could be limitations based on capacity restrictions. Fanatics started lining up at 10 pm last night - The first 2,000 guests will be gifted with special Leap Day Mickey Mouse ears.  Disney has also special  hooded sweatshirts and T-shirts that say, "I took the leap and didn't sleep. I pulled an all-nighter at Disneyland."  Tomorrow, after closing at 6 a.m., Disneyland will reopen at 10 a.m., according to its calendar. [LATimes]

Another birth control recall

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Less than a month after Pfizer recalled almost 1 million packages of bad birth control pills, Glenmark Generics recalled its version of the pill because of a packaging error that landed the pills in the wrong order. Seven lots of norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets were distributed to US pharmacies last year. Select of the packets were rotated 180 degrees, which reversed the weekly tablet orientation. Women who have the pills are being asked to return them because they could be left without enough contraception and at a risk for pregnancy. [Yahoo]

Airlines raising fares again because of high fuel prices

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Airlines are raising their fares again because of skyrocketing fuel prices, and that has people thinking twice about flying. Drivers in Southern California are feeling the pain at the pump, and airlines are paying more for jet fuel. Now, they're looking to pass that extra cost on to passengers by raising fares. United Continental was the first airline to do so. A few days ago, they raised prices between $4 and $10 per round trip ticket. Other airlines, including American, Delta, U.S. Airways, Frontier and Virgin, followed suit. This is the third airfare hike since the beginning of the year. [KTLA]

Ipad 3 to be announced March 7th!

Get ready for lines outside Apple stores: The newest iPad is apparently almost ready for release. Apple yesterday sent media members an invitation to an event at the Yerba Buena Center for Performing Arts in San Francisco on March 7, and the image in the email appears to show a person touching an iPad screen with the words "We have something you really have to see. And touch." The timing matches up with previous reports that Apple would announce the iPad 3 in the first week of March, with the U.S. release planned about a week later. [MercuryNews] 

Most people born on leap day don't have a problem with their birthdate

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The chance of being born on leap day is about 1 in 1,461, and there about 5 million people worldwide who celebrate leap-day birthdays. Most people say they like the uniqueness of being born on a date that comes once every four years.  [USAToday]

Google says 850,000 new Android devices are now being turned on and activated each day

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The number of active Android smartphones and tablets has already topped 300 million. And the Android Market has just crossed the 13 billion apps downloads milestone. [USAToday]

You will soon be able to use your phone to check out instead of cash or credit card

Vodafone has unveiled the next ‘revolution' in smart phones: shoppers use their phones instead of cash or cards at the checkout. Their partnership with Visa will allow users to pay for stuff with a wave or tap of their smart phone. The technology is called Visa payWave mobile and it's set to launch worldwide in Spring. It will be based on a Visa prepaid account. Visa said the service has ‘the potential to transform the way people pay and get paid the world over'. [DailyMailUK]

THIS EXPLAINS SO MUCH. Research confirms....  incompetent are deprived of the ability to recognize their own incompetence

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To put it bluntly, dumb people are too dumb to know it. Also, unfunny people don't have a good enough sense of humor to know they're not funny. It's not optimism, but it's actually a total lack of expertise that makes people unable to recognize they're wrong. Even when researchers offered study participants a $100 reward if they could rate themselves accurately, they couldn't. Experts think that people's inability to know their own knowledge is because of "many of society's ills, including climate change denialism." People don't have training in science, so they might misunderstand the science. But because they don't have the knowledge to evaluate it, they don't realize how off their evaluations might be. [Yahoo]

Kobe has been diagnosed with concussion - listed as day-to-day

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Lakers say star guard Kobe Bryant, the NBA's leading scorer at 28.4 points per game, has been diagnosed with a concussion as well as a broken nose after he experienced further unspecified symptoms yesterday. Kobe Bryant, after taking a hard foul from Dwyane Wade that broke his nose in the NBA All-Star Game, will get more tests done. Bryant initially saw an ear, nose and throat specialist yesterday, then was sent for an MRI and to see neurologist Vern Williams. Bryant will see Williams again today and officially is listed as day-to-day. However, given the NBA's new policies on determining when a player can return after a concussion, it seems doubtful Bryant, who missed yesterday's practice, would play in today's home game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. [USAToday]