Tips From The Trainer /Strength Conditioning Decades of work in athletics and personal training make Rob Zulkoski an expert in high-end strength conditioning. But it's also a personal passion for the owner of RobZFitness in Valrico. ...more

May 23, 2008

Here's a guide to planning your activities for the coming Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday, think indoors, at least in the afternoon. Sunday think outside, but be prepared for a 20 percent chance of rain. Monday is definitely an outside day. ...more

May 22, 2008

Apple cut the price of the least-expensive iPod, the Shuffle, to $49 after its media players sales slowed last quarter. Price for the 1-gigabyte model is 38 percent less than the previous $79. A new version with double the storage will be $69, Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple said Tuesday. ...more

February 20, 2008

Environmentalism has taken off with such force at Westchase Elementary School that one third-grader asked the principal whether the balloons she was using at an assembly were Earth-friendly. ...more

January 19, 2008

Going green earned Westchase Elementary $5,000 and a chance at a bigger prize. The school was named one of 10 finalists nationally this week in All laundry detergent's "Go Green and Small with All" contest. Students made changes at home and school and filled out "Eco Report Cards" online and also submitted personal stories and photos. More than 3,000 schools participated. Westchase was the only Florida school to become a finalist. It will learn later this month if it will win the grand prize of $50,000 for eco-friendly improvements to the campus, iPod shuffles for all students and a chance to be featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Westchase celebrated its achievement at an assembly on Friday, where each student wore a green T-shirt and chanted "go green." "No matter how old we are, young or old, we can help the environment," Principal Joyce Wieland told the 1,000 students. ...more

January 11, 2008