Ronde Barber shares his experience of supporting his mother during her fight with breast cancer. Ronde’s mom, Geraldine Barber, was diagnosed with breast cancer during her Ronde’s sophomore year of college. Geraldine was able to win her fight with breast cancer. The spot will air in October during Lifetime Television’s 13th annual “Stop Breast Cancer for Life”.

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Richard Ellenburg, a K-5 Science teacher in Orange County, is the Florida Department of Education/Macy’s 2008 teacher of the year. Mr. Ellenburg has been a teacher for the last 28 year and has a strong passion for science and teaching. Ellenburg will serve for one year as the Christa McAuliffe Ambassador for education, touring the state to spread the word about educational opportunities and challenges in Florida. He will receive a cash prize of $10,000 from Macy’s, a customized trophy and an all-expense paid trip to New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

Macy’s will also award to each of the other four finalists — Deborah Fahmie, Cypress Elementary School, Osceola County; Robert Johnson, Port Charlotte High School, Charlotte County; Dr. Sandy Melillo, Northeast High School, Broward County; Diane Tomko, Flagler Palm Coast High School, Flagler County — a $5,000 check and a $500 Macy’s gift card. Macy’s also presented $1,000 to each of the finalists’ respective schools to be used toward educational programs.

Source: Florida Department of Education

Fashion goes and comes around and around over and over again. There is no exception to the ballet flat shoes. These shoes have sparked a huge interest in this generation of style aficionados and have created a huge craze. They probably will be on many girls back to school list of must-haves.

According to style.com,” Last year, a certain pair of colorful patent-leather ballet flats emerged from Paris and sent celebrities and civilians alike scurrying to stores—at last, a chic reprieve from fashion’s ever-higher heels.”

Although we live in Florida the blackmail situation involving Miss New Jersey is big news. She is a young woman that posted images on a private section of her Face Book web page and faced a possible loss of her crown. The issue is not about the pictures, it is about young people providing too much private information in cyberspace.

The internet is a large space and many people can gain access to private information that we post. It is even advised to not put too much information in personal e-mail. If this is not something that you want the public to find out about you then my advice is not to place it on any internet web site. Remember future employers maybe looking and googling and you do not want one thing in you life to have a detrimental effect on the rest of your life.

We even see it in one CEO that tried to anonymously give negative commentary on a rival company that his company would later attempt to purchase. Despite trying to remain anonymous, the information came out.

Remember, although we may be alone in a room while we post information, we are never alone on the internet.

As parents we need to remind our children to be wary of revealing too much on the internet. If it is something that you would not reveal to a stranger on the street, think twice about posting it on the internet.

As part of a cross promotion between 7-Eleven chain stores and the Simpson’s movie coming out this summer, several 7-elevens are being transformed into Kwik-E-Marts. Kwik-E-Mart is the fictional convenience store that residents of Springfield frequently visit. The closest 7-Eleven transformed into a Kwik-E-Mart is near Orlando, Florida (12298 Apopka-Vineland Road; Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830). There are several Simpson inspired products located at these transformed Kwik-E-Mart locations. You should be able to find your selection of Squishee, Buzz Cola, The Official Pink Movie Donut, Krusty O’s Cereal, Radioactive Man Comic Book Edition #711, and The Simpsons Movie Collectible Slurpee Cups and Magnetic Straws.

There is a month for about everything, including the hot dog. National Hot Dog Month is not a new thing. In fact, this is the fiftieth anniversary of the National Hot Dog Month. The first National Hot Dog Month was celebrated back in 1957. More than 2.3 billion hot dogs will be consumed during July’s National Hot Dog Month, according to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. There will be a large amount of hotdogs eaten during this 4^th of July.

Tampa Bay Fourth of July Celebrations

The 4^th of July is more than barbecues and fireworks; this is the celebration of America’s independence from England. On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed and by the Second Continental Congress. An online copy of the original Declaration of Independence can be seen on National Archives web site.

Tampa Bay 4^th of July Celebrations