Avatar Posted by lanerough 343 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
Category: Today's Birthday
"Uncle Walter" served as CBS Evening News anchor from 1962 to 1981, during which time viewer opinion polls found him to be the "most trusted man in America." He reported the newsworthy events of the era so effectively that his image and voice are closely associated with the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam War, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the Watergate scandal. Cronkite experienced a rare loss of composure during one 1963 broadcast when he was forced to announce what event?
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Avatar Posted by duke 343 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
Category: This Day in History
Dr. Sigmund Freud introduced his authoritative theory on why people dream and the true meaning of these dreams in his book The Interpretation of Dreams. The book introduces Freud's concept of the ego and describes his theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation. According to Freud, dreams are all forms of "wish-fulfillment," or attempts by the unconscious to resolve a conflict of some sort. How many times did Freud revise his book?
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Avatar Posted by duke 343 days ago (http://news.google.com)
Category: In Memory

The foggy world of chemobrain
Toronto Star,  Canada - Nov 3, 2007
"There is a role for female sex hormones in memory and cognition." Most of the work on chemobrain has been done on breast cancer patients, ...
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 343 days ago (http://www.informationleafblower.com)
Category: In Memory
Last night I finally got to shoot Morrissey. I say "finally" because I was supposed to shoot three of the dates he cancelled back in July. Three! But it was not to be. And after the show last night, I think the wait was almost worth it. I was incredibly nervous when I got to the venue. I was trying not to put too much pressure on myself to get "the shot" but it wasn't working. I had some serious butterflies in my stomach. About five minutes before Moz went onstage, the promoter led the photo read more »
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Avatar Posted by duke 343 days ago (http://reporternews.com)
Category: Death Notices
SUMMARY: Eva IdaBell Bankston, Earl Junior "Jack" Borders, Loyd Elkins, Calvin Frank Evans, Ruthie Mae Hash, Woodrow Wilson Kidd, Georgia Norris, Jewell Northcutt, Bobby Swann, Graciela Velez, Lewis M. Whitmire, read more »
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 343 days ago (http://www.timessquaregossip.com)
Category: In Memory
[IMG ] Eric Clapton wanted to marry a woman just like his mother.The 62-year-old musician - who was abandoned by his mother Pat and raised by his grandparents - searched for a woman just like her, who would not reject him.Clapton said: "My mother and I didn't really hit it off that well. She was glamorous but in a cold, sharp way."The idea was that I would find a woman like my mother, then make her love me because I got rejected by the first one."The 'Layla' singer - who has battled alcohol and read more »
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Avatar Posted by duke 343 days ago (http://news.google.com)
Category: In Memory

SI.com
In memory of his mother
SI.com - Oct 31, 2007
By Caitlin Moscatello, SI.com Sophomore Jordan Creel, a 16-year-old fullback at Alabama Christian Academy (Montgomery, Ala.), had just run for 232 yards, ...
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Avatar Posted by duke 344 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
Category: This Day in History
The first Godzilla film opened in Tokyo more than 50 years ago, and its 20,000 ton star, an enormous lizard, has been smashing up cities and towns ever since. Initially inspired by King Kong, Godzilla soon spawned several other motion pictures and TV shows. Its widespread popularity inspired Japanese filmmakers to develop a number of other monsters and heroes, such as Goro and Gamera. Why was the original Japanese version of the film heavily edited before its release in the US?
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