he's the national memory champ who with memorize a deck of cards in 63 seconds. but to prove it is not a super power, he shares his technique with memory mortals. look at that. >>> and here come the bugs. there is a price to pay for all this warm weather, and it is creeping and crawling and swarming to a neighborhood near you. how bugs are turning early spring into a march feeding frenzy. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 23rd, 2012. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. for years, hypnotists were aassociated more with fairgrounds and variety shows, but the trans-like state has emerged as a more widely accepted form of behavioral therapy, from anxiety to smoking, they say they can change the mind. but what about tricking the mind into shrinking the body? here's abc's matt gutman. >> one. two. and three. close your eyes. >> reporter: clarissa delong is undergoing a radical weight loss procedure. she's hoping to lose 140 pounds by convincing her body that she

i can't imagine. >> it makes it more memorable. even more memorable. a nice gesture for the queen to do that. nice is what you will encounter now, easy conditions out there for the most part. we are incident free and hoping to stay that way as long as possible. starting with a look at 95, harford county, we are still in great shape, even in the southbound direction. harrisburg expressway, this is what it is going to look like. encountering building volume on 83, making the drive through parkton, no early slow spots continuing southbound to 695, where you will encounter slow spots, 95, howard county, we are already seeing early break lights as you make the drive past maryland 100. let's see what it is going to look like outside. lynette charles has a check of the forecast. >>> good morning. it is going to be nice, that's the theme. you started off your traffic report with nice. i'm going to start off with the weather. temperatures not too bad. we are above average again. we should be at 34 degrees. 50s across the board. take your eye to the north there

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. >> reporter: it's all the more humiliating because the guy sitting next to me can memorize the ordereck of cards in 63 secs. it makes nelson the reigning national memory champion. it began when his grandmother got alzheimer's and he got scared. he stumbled into the world of memory competition. all these people are order people with order brains. they've all learned the ancient but simple technique. once you have it down, you, too, might be able to memorize the zip codes of a few dozen complete strangers. >> 02718, 02719. >> give him a hand. >> reporter: the key is to associate vivid images. my zip code is 10007. >> 100 is frankenstein. 07 is james bond. i picture frankenstein sip marg teeny. >> so how would you -- >> you have anchor hair. oprah winfrey giving me a ford festiva. jack of diamonds. queen of diamonds. >> mm-hmm. >> and king of clubs. >> there you go. >> look at that! >>

they dance memorize steps on wooden stairways. they sleep with their eyes open dreaming of half eaten cake. low hum of a car radio. the feel of water. the taste of skin. thank you. [applause]. closing out our evening of readers is ahn wa received msa of creative writing. and the ardela literary composition prize in creative nonfiction. her work has been published in several an tholologies including our cheers to muses. in addition to writing and performing she published and hand bound artist books and is a photographer and print maker. lives and creates in oakland. i would like to introduce ahmwa. [applause] flesh of my flesh. the woman who invented c

not that memorable. thirtieth birthday was more memorable. >> bob: what happened?rprise trip. it didn't know where i was going and i went to budapest. >> kimberly: that's memorable. >> bob: that is where the dog came from. >> dana: budapest. >> kimberly: good story. >> bob: rather go to amsterdam. go ahead. what do you remember about your bthday? >> andrea: i don't remember all that much. isn't that the point of a 21st birthday? i went to a place called crock tilfile rocks. classy. my sister always want to go out with me. my birthday is december 30. nobody wants to go out december 30 because they don't want to ruin themselves for new year's. but not my sister. went to crocodile rock. i had 22 shots. >> kimberly: you didn't? >> andrea: i did. i pukeed at 16. >> dana: one 22? >> andrea: one for good luck. look where it brought me. >> bob: the only reason i remember that far back i was in the hospital. i was drunk walking out of a bar and fell over garbage cans that had glass in them. it cut myself a little bit. that wasn't bad but i rolled in it for fun and i went to

among the defense people memorize in tire palms, one event you have to memorize hundred of random numbers and minutes, how fast of decks of the shuffle playing cards. no mistakes. five preachers get up on stage and come up with as much biographical information they can come up with. my phone number, the car i drive, am i address, these people remember all of it. i said inouye. it is something we could all learn to do we will come back to that end techniques that are covered in the book. i like to turn to joe palca. talking about dementia further down but everybody is interested what is a memory loss for system and chap. but say a few words what is it exactly about cellphones that drive us blizzard? [laughter] >> this is one of the few areas we uncovered somebody tried to do systematic studies progressed to do with the property of the brain that is involved with the memory. when we listen to somebody talking, we're not just sponges pouring into our by become a weird doing something much more active. anticipating what the world about -- what the word will be prep you can trick people by thr

. >> one half of the creative team that brought you memorable songs like the one you just heard passed away. we'll look back at the work of robert sherman. make me happy? don't sing. as we head to break -- [ ellen, thinking ] $6.99, $9.99. what's with the 99? has it always been this way? ♪ cheerio my fair lady, pray tell the price of this fine hat. it's 14 pounds 99 pence. okay so 15 pounds. 14 pounds 99 pence. are you trying to trick me? ♪ nooooo... so 15 pounds? ♪ cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm going to... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time so you don't miss a thing. swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back. and for dry messes big and small try swiffer sweeper vac. ♪ stream, stream, stream... ♪ strea-ea-ea-ea-eam ♪ stream, stream, stream... ♪ when i want you... ♪ ...in my arms... ♪ when i want you... ♪ ...and all your charms... ♪ whenever i want you, all i have to do is... ♪ ♪ str

. >> reporter: it's all the more humiliating because the guy sitting next to me can memorize the ordereck of cards in 63 seconds. just one of the skills that makes nelson dellis the reigning national memory champion. it began when his grandmother got alzheimer's and he got scared. he stumbled into the world of memory competition. and realized that all of these elite mental athletes are also ordinary people with ordinary brains. they've all learned the ancient but simple technique. once you have it down, you, too, might be able to memorize the zip codes of a few dozen complete strangers. >> she was 07928, 02719. >> give him a hand, how about that? >> thank you. >> reporter: the key is to associate vivid images. with mundane names or numbers. my zip code is 10007. how would you lock that in? >> 100 is frankenstein. 07 is james bond. i picture frankenstein sipping a martini. >> and how do you associate that with -- >> you have anchor hair. i would picture frankenstein inside the wave there sipping a martini glass. >> reporter: so, let's get back to dog brain. oprah winfrey giving me a for

commission's lee say zon with gsa, which you just heard about on contract design and construction of the memor l memorial. it is a prif to be here for a number of reasons. formally of the united states air force, now executive directeder of eisenhower memorial commission, i would like to introduce three commissioners with us today, commissioner boss well who you just heard from, member of the house, of course, commissioners alfred seated behind me and susan banz harris appointed by the president. senator pat robert, senator jack reed, senator jerry moran, representative thornburgh, representative mike simpson and representative sanford bishop, our chairman is rocco. ien the purpose of this hearing is to discuss the eisenhower memori memorial. while some may be here to express a design point of view, which may be legitimately different from the commission's viewpoint, i'm here to answer your questions about the memorization process to the best of my ability and demonstrate what proposed memorial is and is not. in my extended statement for the record, you'll see how we've worked with congress an

. >> esta paliza va a ser memorable,va hacer la paliza mÁs grande que en jornada ectoral. >> la derecha por la presidencia como los luchadores. >> siempre veia a blue demon ellos son sucios. >> el mandatario dijo que dejaba su salud en manos de dios. >> y en la tierra sus seguidores le dijeron que se cuide. >> el candidato de la oposiciÓn continÚa su campaÑa para conquistar a chavistas. >> la tensiÓn en afganistÁn, aumentÓ en las Últimas horas por el traslado del acusado a los estados unidos, los familiares de las vÍctimas reaccionaron con indignaciÓn a la noticia, y pusieron en duda la versiÓn oficial de los hechos es que ellos no creen que haya actuadoolo. >> es un padree dos niÑos conocido como un padre orgulloso pero hoy el sargento estÁ preso en una cárcel militar acusado de asesinar a 16 civiles en dos pueblos en afganistÁn. >> con asombro reaccionÓ esta vecina, no podÍa creer que el hombre que conocÍa fuera responsable de asesinar. fuera de su causa reporteros recogieron reacciones de quienes lo conocen. >> lo puedo compadecer, fue desplegado 3 veces a la guerra. en el 2008 fue m

anyway, those are the things that i remember and being most memorable on that day. >> thanks. one point i'd make, if you go to that video we showed a few minutes ago and this camaraderie we referred to, is the emotions that these men feel when they retell their stories. you saw at the end of that video, really comes to life when they go back and tell their story over again and the feelings that they had for the men that they were serving with, it really comes forth and they recall that very, very vividly. it is such an important aspect of what our military forces are all about, particularly in those kinds of situations. let me pursue this notion of fear just a little bit more. i'll start with you, bob. we all feel apprehension in one or the other circumstances. we've all probably had some significant situation we've been involved in where we were afraid of something. nothing can compare to the magnitude of the situation that these men faced and their fellow honor recipients as well as the men and women that they were with. but tell me, expand a little bit upon how you -- what

. >>> el que podría ser el momento más memorable del papa, sucedió cuando el papa se dejó poner un sombreroanto llegó, viendo su rostro como que más noble >>> y ya vemos que tiene una proyección muy espiritual, y siento que sí se ganó el corazón de todos los mexicanos >>> el papa terminó el día presidiendo una misa en león guanajuato, en la que asistieron solamente obispos de latinoamérica, sin embargo, la misa fue transmitida en las afueras de la catedral, para los fieles católicos que aun querían ver a su santo padre. en leon guanjuato, méxico, univisión >>> una de las cosas más importantes que ocurren en estos viajes papales, es el tiempo del pontificie, todo mundo quiere un pedacito, un poco de tiempo del papa benedicto xvi, en el caso de las víctimas de abuso sexual en méxico, ese tiempo no se dio, por diferentes razones, el vaticano dijo que no se había hecho una cita formal en el caso de cuba, es una situación exactamente igual, las "damas de blani-edicion no rptu la iglesia de santa rita en la habana cuba, acusaron al gobierno raúl castro de mandar a arrestar a 6 intregantes, como m

it's memorable. i think their job is if they love that name and they believe in it. to find out why is it memorable and tell that story to the community. >> own it, if you're going to keep it, own it. >> this was so much fun to do. we will check in with them in october, i can't wait to see it. >>> time to answer some of your business questions. mike and colleen are with us once again. the first one is an email from robin. i have a unique business idea that i would like to collaborate with existing businesses who might be interested in becoming a supplier or a wholesaler. how would you go about choosing the vendors to participate? i guess one of the things she has to do is get people interested in whatever her idea is. >> yeah, she mentions a unique business idea. i wonder if she's tested it out. for any business owner or potential business owner. i would recommend you know really before you spend a lot of time, energy and money, jumping into this, test out this unique business idea. it might not be something that flies. you might think it's great. but have a focus gr

toilet paper entrepreneur is the worst name, but it is memorable.f they love that name and believe in it, they have to find out why it is memorable and tell it to the community. own it. if you keep it, own it. >> okay. this was so much fun to do, and we will again check in with them in october. i can't wait to see it. time now to answer some of your business questions. mike and colleen are with us once again, and the first one is an e-mail from robin. she writes. i have a unique business idea that i would like to collaborate with existing businesses who would be interested in becoming a supplier or wholesaler and how would you choose the vendors to participate? >> well, she has to get people interested in whatever the idea is. >> well, she mentioned unique business idea and i wonder if she has tested it out. for any business owner or potential business owner, before you spend time, energy and money jumping in, test out the unique business idea and it might not be something that fleiss and it might be great, but have a focus group and work and before

matthew made the memorable call when ray rice ran an 83-yard touchdown. so matthew will be one of three to receive a special award tonight and a player from all 32 nfl teams will be here and accept their ed block courage award. i can tell you, kelly, considering all that we've heard, there certainly won't ab dry eye -- won't be a dry eye in the house. matthew will take the stage we're told right after dinner. cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> a baltimore man is on a mission to make this into the record books. coming up, how his strength in the face of a disability is inspiring others. >>> and the loyola greyhounds head off to the ncaa tournament. >>> plus, the view is done. exelon takes over constellation in a huge merger. what does the merger mean for you. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wet cleaning better doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna...use these. ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] unlike mops, swiffer can maneuver into tight spaces without the hassle and its wet mopping cloths can clean better in half the time, s

. >> durante el discurso de mÁs de una hora dijo que se le darÁ una paliza memorable en las eleccionesÓsito de los dijo que que no le extirparon el tumor cancoso. lo hizo ante la oea dijo que los mÉdicos en cuba encontraron un tumor mÁs grande de lo esperado y que no quiso operarse para no estar postrado. segÚn Él le quedan unos meses de vida. se trata de la hija del cÓnsul que muriÓ en un confuso incidente cuando agentes de la policÍa dispararonal vehículo en el que viajaba con su romano. condenaron de forma Érgica la muerte del adolescente. el padre de la vÍctima explicÓ lo sucedido. >>fui a dejar a mi hija a cinco cuadras porque tenÍa una fiesta de cumpleaÑos cuando di vuelta la esquina la patrulla no parÓ, se asustaron y le dispararon el carro tiene seis impactos de bala. como usan el iterio? se llevaron la vida de mi hija una muchacha brillante. >> los voceros dijeron que iniciaron una investigaciÓn y ofrecerÁn una conferencia de prensa. un narcotraficante colombiano fue deportado a colombia juan carlos cali era uno de los jefes acusados de asesinato, secuestros y trÁfico de droga

. >>> peeking of memorable stories, we have a bunch this morning. george clooney in handcuffs. he was arrested in a protest. wait until you hear what they're saying online. does the charge of aggravated sexiness exist? sadly, for me, a charge i have never faced. >>> and a surprise witness in the case of the polo tycoon. t the biggest star in the sport of polo taking the stand. >>> the surprising new things we're learning this morning about this man, the american soldier accused of carrying out the massacre that could change the course of the war in afghanistan. his name is robert bales. we're hearing from people close to him now. neal karlinsky is just outside tacoma this morning with the latest. good morning, neal. >> reporter: good morning. the soldier's wife and his children are on the other side of this gate on the base, joint base lewis-mcchord. staff sergeant robert bales seen here at a military training facility is waking up to his first morning in a private cell at ft. leavenworth. between his grueling four deploimts, he lived a quiet suburban life in washington with tw

i memorize them the same way you learn english phonetically. it is a good trick. i often speak at comiccon, because i play a character obsessed with, and books. i don't know anything more about comics ben -- than "cathy" or "calvin and hobbes." i finally had to admit i had never seen an episode of "star trek." i am so sorry. i never know if my thumb is supposed to be in and -- in or out when i do the hand signal. i do not know what it means. i apologize to all of you. tonight, i have the privilege of speaking at the tech awards. regarding technology, my knowledge is limited to a few facts. i know the character i play on tv uses a pc. i use a mac at home. the only difference to me is i think the mac is prettier. i just joined facebook in the past year. i have for the friends. [laughter] -- 40 friends. i joined twitter around the same time. i have no followers. i changed pseudonyms a dozen times. i sent messages to politicians and athletes to congratulate them on living after loss. despite all of this, i am here with you, the most tech-savvy people of all. i am grat

. >>> of all the memorable inmates interviewed on "lockup" one made such a visually shocking impression of all the memorable inmates >> when you look at curtis with the tattoos all over his face, he's really physically intimidating. >> curtis allgier. c-u-r-t-i-s, allgier, a-l-l-g-i-e-r. >> here's this terrifying looking guy. and i was put at ease when i realized he was actually kind of soft spoken. >> i'm here for burglary, forgery and escape. and i have 1 to 15. i expireate in 2016. >> when we first met curtis allgier at utah state prison's maximum security unit, it didn't take long for tattoos to become the focus of the interview. >> tell me a little about your tattoos, what some of them mean, when you got them. >> i've been getting tattoos since i was 13 years old. my whole family tattoos. that's what i do on the streets. i'm a tattoo artist. certain ones have meaning. my wife's name across my forehead. that's how much i love my lady. and other ones are my political beliefs. >> allgier's political beliefs have to do with his near life-long affiliation with the skinheads. >> my whole

he has to fit in a purse and be able to memorize his lines, so to speak. >> and cry on cue. >>> a coupleuis cardinals fans wanted to hit a home run with their wedding ceremony, so it was baseball jerseys instead of tuxes for the guys. the bridesmaids wore red dresses, even the guests wore their cardinals gear. the couple stepped up to the plate and said i do. >> she gets to wear a wedding dress after all of that. >> she's more comfortable, i can guarantee. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

thank you all for sharing this memorable day with us in honoring the 2011 youth warriors. these 15 are shining examples of what it means to be a warrior and is a gift to myself, the family, friends, nominators, and importantly, to the city and county of san francisco. we all appreciate everything you have done. thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. [applause] the youth empowerment fund would love if you joined us for refreshments. please take some time to meet with the warriors and we also have photographs. thank you in helping us celebrate the 2011 you for your awards and ceremony.

and this is a place and i brought my dogs and grandchildren and had a picnic lunch and it was memorablen we come here. what would it look like when the design and development is completed. and we are not sure we want an eight lane highway going through this town. and it's a beautiful area in a national seaport area on the planet. >> the road is going to be so different. it's really a park way, and it's a parkway through the national park. and they make the road disapeer to the national park. >> and the road is about 20 feet lower, normally midday, you go through it in two minutes. looking back from the golden gate bridge to presidio, you are more aware of the park land and less of the roads. and the viaduct will parallel the existing one and to the south and can be built while the existing one remains in operation. and the two bridges there with open space between them and your views constantly change and not aware of the traffic in the opposite direction and notice the views more. and the lanes of course are a foot wider than they are today. and they will be shoulders and if your car i

they have ordinary brains, but they have learned a simple technique of the you might be able to memorize the zip codes of a few. >> 8027 -- the key is to associate vivid mental images with mundane names and numbers. >> my zip is 80007. >> that's frank tine, 07 is james bond, so i picture frankenstein with a martini. >> i would stick that on you can of -- inside of your wave there. >> lets get back to dog frame. >> just a few minutes after turning the face cards into people, behold. >> jacks of diamonds,. >> yep,. >> queen of diamonds. >> uh-huh. >> and king of clubs. >> king of clubs, there you go. >> look at that! cool. >> but weird. abc news new york. >> we'll be right back. the "hunger games" battle it out and game out on top. it's the thirds best day by ever, behind hard which to the per, 155 -- harry potter. the survival of the fittest where kids have to fight to the death to win food for there are community. and they are planning on releases a sequel in 2013. check this out. displace the mocking jay pin, you got that, lauren, right? bottom of the cake has flames, and that's when th

the computer memorizes everything that camera did, remember the motion. when the second person goes down the hill without any cameraman necessary, it will move itself based on what it did for the first run. >> it just makes the whole sports watching experience cooler. >> it will make replays so much more interesting. >> it's tech-tacular. >> this dog and stephen have something in common. >> this is what i do when i play beer pong. you have to watch the ball off before you throw it. >> see how this pup washes its balls next. >>> a soccer player scores a goal but his teammate cheers for him. >> that's embarrassing. >> see the kick that back fired later. >>> so many parents wish their kids would pick up after themselves after playing with their toys, right? >> yeah. >> taylor does exactly that. except taylor, taylor is a dog. this is at the dog park after taylor has spent a wonderful time playing with his ball, getting it dirty in the dirt. listen to the guy shooting this. >> we're leaving, so she'll clean off her stuff. >> so when taylor realizes oh, it's t

this is a visit memorable for its images, for its warmth, for munching hot dogs at the basketball.hat will matter much more is the decisions taken here about how to end one more at the possibility of one, if not two, more. >> the american soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians earlier this week has been flown out of afghanistan. he has been flown to kuwait, but legal proceedings against him will go ahead outside of afghanistan. the victims, nine of them children, were shot in their homes in the early hours of sunday. jonathan, this soldier was always gone to be flown out of afghanistan, wasn't he? >> there was very little doubt ever since it became clear that a u.s. soldier was being accused of these killings over the weekend. whoever it was would have to leave afghanistan and face prosecution under the u.s. military legal system. there were calls in afghanistan from government officials and members of parliament that he should face trial and be prosecuted in that country. but that was very unlikely to happen. it now seems the process is moving forward. military officials i

we leave you with a small sample in the memorable role that sean penn has given us over the years. in the meantime, good night, l.a. as always, keep the faith. >> tasty waves, cool but, and i am fine. >> you do not have to go up there. >> the whole nation is watching. >> my name is harvey milk and i am here to recruit to! i want to recruit to for the fight to save your democracy! >> i have had a lot of time to think about what it is that make somebody a good parent. and it is about constancy and it is about -- patience and it is about listening and id is -- it is of but pretending to listen even when you can not listen anymore. >> thank you for letting me. that is my daughter in there! he has my daughter in there! no! no! stop! >> is the white house. you seriously think you can pick a fight with the white house and win? they will bury us. >> they will bury us if we don't. valerie, does it make the right if i shout louder than you? if i shout louder than you, am i right? if i am the white house and ninth shutout a million times louder than you, does that make me right? they lied. th