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Spring Break for many kids might mean a lazy day in front of the television, playing video games, taking a trip to the mall or sleeping in. But for the 160 girls attending the week-long Let Us Play camp at the University of North Florida, they only had one thing on their agenda.

Let us play! the girls chanted in unison for several minutes following a series of track and field events at the campus track facility.

In its 13th year, the camp uses sports to motivate socially and economically challenged girls ages 12-15 to maintain good health, form a consistent work ethic and learn numerous life skills. The girls are from different United Way agencies, with almost 75 percent coming from the Communities in Schools program. The program is part of the nations largest dropout prevention program that develops relationships and provides mentoring with troubled youth.


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Motivation? Donovan is real master

He's been “Officer Bill," a history professor, a tour guide, a father figure and even a friend.

He's been way more than just a coach.

Billy Donovan has been a master motivator for top-seeded Florida, inspiring players with championship rings, famous dads and NBA futures to play hard, stay focused, follow his “live in the moment" catch-phase and possibly become the first team in 15 years to successfully defend its title.

He's kept the Gators hungry and humble while dealing with off-the-chart expectations, outside influences and the constant pressure of trying to make history.

“Sometimes when you hear the word motivation, people think it's a rah-rah speech every day," Donovan said. “I think there's different ways to motivate people and to inspire people. I would say that I spend every single day trying to do that."

Florida (31-5), which plays fifth-seeded Butler (29-6) on Friday in the Midwest Regional in St.



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Advanced Management Motivation, Strategic Planning & Creative Problem Solving

Participants attending this programme will: - Consider methods for improving management performance. - Gain insights into the successful implementation of teams. - Study the techniques of strategic planning. - Develop their skills in the area of negotiating. - Analyze the Baldrige award criteria for excellence. - Examine the application of management best practices. .



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VIEWPOINT ~~ Cancer (here we go again) - celebrate life

I can do everything through Him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13I felt a lump on the right side of my breast while rubbing lotion on my body after a shower in January 1995. I thought it probably was my imagination, but just in case, I took a cold shower, then another hot one and even did a 30-minute aerobic workout, but that lump simply did not go away. I sat on the side of my bed for a while, took a deep breath and somehow found the courage to telephone my doctor's office and start the processes that would save my life. Dressed and went to work.It seemed overnight I was recovering, barely healed, from one surgery to another. The chemo and radiation therapies were scheduled back to back. I trusted my health care providers, the prescribed treatment and my own resilience, but I hurt a lot and did not like this at all.At the time, I worked, maintained a large home, underwent therapies and managed cancer-related billing, health records and insurance matters since my husband worked out of town four days a week.


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Homewood gains revenge with soccer upset of Hoover

Homewood 5, Hoover 1: Homewood used revenge as motivation and a second-half explosion to pull off a girls high school soccer upset of Class 6A 10th-ranked Hoover.

"Last time we played them they beat us 3-2 so it was nice to come back home and beat them here," Homewood coach Nathan Carlson said.

Homewood got a hat trick from Katie Frierson and a pair of goals from Kirsten Robinson to pull off the victory.

"Katie is a ridiculously (talented) player and when she's out there it's a different game," Carlson said.

Both teams played an even first half with the score tied at 1-1 but Homewood dominated possession in the final 40 minutes of play as it scored four unanswered goals.

Robinson broke the tie by getting a breakaway goal that beat the goalie on the top left-hand side.


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Parent workshop set at middle school

Author and speaker Rick Lavoie will speak April 10 during a parent workshop on student motivation.

The workshop will run from 7 to 9 p.m. and be held at the Dwight D. Eisenhower School, 279 Burlington Road.

The workshop will explore common misconceptions about student motivation and discuss approaches and strategies to effectively motivate children.

To attend, RSVP to btruscinski@freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us.

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Kim Predham

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Experts to give tips on starting new businesses

Staff Reporter
THE Tanmia Center, a subsidiary of Qatar's Social Development Center (SDC), will run six self-employment workshops beginning from April 6 to 29 for Qataris who want to start their own businesses.
The series of workshop will begin with a 3-day seminar titled ‘How to Prepare a Financial Statement for your Business' and ‘How do you Conceptualize your Business' from April 6–8.
Others subjects including ‘How to Market your Business' (April 13-15), ‘How Do You Plan a Business' (April 20-22) and ‘Human Resources Management and Production Improvement' will also be discussed.
The final 10-day workshop, ‘How to Prepare a Feasibility Study' will begin on April 30. Each workshop will run from 4:30 to 9pm,
“Aided by the UN International Labor Organisation (ILO), each self-employment workshop is under the tuition of highly experienced ILO business experts to ensure that Qatari businessmen and women gain a firm understanding of the challenges they will face when starting their own business," said a spokesperson.


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