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Lectures, Seminars
Genealogy: 10 a.m.-noon Nov. 3; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando. The Central Florida Chapter of the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society will have a presentation about "Black Newspapers as a Genealogical Resource." Get an overview of columns and features in African-American newspapers that historically provided valuable genealogical data. Free. 407-956-5689.
Anthropological lecture: 7 p.m. Nov. 8; Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave., Orlando. Central Florida Anthropological Society will present a lecture by archaeologists Jean and Bill Lucas who will discuss archaeology shovel testing as part of a survey in the Fort Walton Beach area. Free. 407-628-3938.
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NFL Preview - St. Louis (0-8) at New Orleans (4-4)
Both New Orleans and St. Louis stumbled out of the gate to start the 2007 NFL season, but one of those teams has since turned things around. The Saints go for their fifth win in a row on Sunday, when they host the winless Rams at the Superdome. The Saints began the season 0-4 before their current winning streak, which reached four games after last weekend's 41-24 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars. It isn't hard to figure out why the Saints have been winning. After scoring just 51 points through its first four games (12.8 per game), New Orleans has ripped off 122 points over its last four contests (30.5 ppg). At 4-4, the Saints sit in a tie with Carolina for second place in the NFC South, just behind 5-4 Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers are idle this weekend, meaning a victory would guarantee New Orleans at least a tie for first in the standings.
Roy Exum: My 10 Picks – Week 11
There is an ancient saying that goes, �The bones remember and the blood never forgets.� It is a fancy precursor to the more modern version, �What goes around comes around.�
So when the Notre Dame football team tripped once more last weekend, losing to Navy for the first time in over 40 seasons and falling to 1-8 overall in what is fast becoming the worst season in its oft-hallowed history, I thought again of my boy �Doogie.�
I know, I shouldn�t be like this, but right after I hired Steven Hargis as a sports writer, he was so innocent � and bumbling � his fellow writers immediately tagged him with the nickname of an innocent and bumbling TV sitcom star of the day.
Well, he�s since become a terrific writer while I�ve drifted away, but I keep up with him and one day his editors dispatched him to Dalton where the �legendary� Charlie Weis was giving a talk to a huge gathering of the Notre Dame fans.
How I shed 7 stone - surgeon joins rising number of patients to have weight-loss op
A SURGEON opted to go under the knife himself for an operation that is becoming popular in the fight against obesity. Chris Oliver lost more than seven stone after the procedure to limit his food intake. And now he is to donate his surgical robes, or "blues", which he had to have specially made to cope with his 26-stone bulk, to a museum. .
Kings Notes: High school buds, Friday foes
Eddy Curry and Justin Williams caught up in the tunnel inside Arco Arena on Friday, reminiscing about their days together and perhaps issuing a friendly challenge for the game at hand. Opponents on this night? Perhaps. They were running mates long before then, though. The Knicks' massive center and the Kings forward grew up together just outside of Chicago in Calumet City, Ill., starting as playmates who lived five minutes from each other and later playing as teammates on the Thornwood High School team. Then for parts of every offseason at the same Chicago facility with Tim Grover, the famed trainer who previously worked with Michel Jordan. .
No magic pill
Adrien Nicholson doesn't need a medical expert to tell her how difficult it is to lose weight or that most people fail no matter how hard they try. The 51-year-old San Luis Obispo resident said she believes she has tried every diet invented: the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, Weight Watchers, over-the-counter pills, and on and on, to no avail. Three years ago, though, she began taking a weight-loss formula prescribed by Dr. Thomas Najarian of Los Osos. Since then, she has lost more than 200 pounds. The combination of topiramate, an antiseizure drug, and phentermine, an appetite suppressant, curtails Nicholson's appetite. When combined with a daily 800-calorie diet and mild exercise, she sheds 1 to 2 pounds a week. Given that two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, according to the U.S.
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