How Passion Makes The Impossible Possible | Motivational Memo Blog

How Passion Makes The Impossible Possible | Motivational Memo Blog: "Industry consultants spend a lot of time trying to understand people’s performance.  This includes, but is not limited to, an analysis of prospecting, sales skills, customer relationship management and differentiated business development initiatives.  The consultant’s performance indicators focus upon a host of quantifiable measures including the number of prospect calls, proposals, new business hit ratios and retention."



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Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hilarious and gross hotel experiences

Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hilarious and gross hotel experiences: "Amid continued debate over whether or not Sochi is prepared to host the 2014 Olympics, which begins Thursday, reporters from around the world are starting to check into local hotels — to their apparent grief. Some journalists arriving in Sochi are describing appalling conditions in the housing there, where only six of nine media hotels are ready for guests. Hotels are still under construction. Water, if it’s running, isn’t drinkable. One German photographer told the AP over the weekend that his hotel still had stray dogs and construction workers wandering in and out of rooms."



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The Best Super Bowl Commercial of the Night That You Probably Didn’t Even See | Video | TheBlaze.com

The Best Super Bowl Commercial of the Night That You Probably Didn’t Even See | Video | TheBlaze.com: "A personal injury lawyer in Georgia aired a local ad during Super Bowl Sunday — now it’s gaining nationwide attention for good reason.

Attorney Jamie Casino reportedly purchased the entire two-minute block of local advertising in Savannah, Ga., and produced what can only be described as an epic ad to fill in the time slot."



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Polar bear fur could hold secret to ultrathin insulation — www.gizmag.com

Polar bear fur could hold secret to ultrathin insulation — www.gizmag.com: "Put a polar bear and a biophotonics expert together in a chilly room and what do you get? Potentially, better insulation. When looking to uncover the secrets of the impressive insulation properties of polar bear fur, researchers at the University of Namur in Belgium and the University of Hassan I in Morocco found that radiation plays a larger role than conduction in the insulation of polar animals, such as penguins and polar bears, than previously believed."



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Holy Guacamole! Check Out the Prices At the Super Bowl XLVIII Concession Stands - ABC News

Holy Guacamole! Check Out the Prices At the Super Bowl XLVIII Concession Stands - ABC News: "Check out the concession stand prices at Met Life Stadium for Super Bowl XLVIII.
While it’s not bone chilling cold, guests who still want to sip on hot chocolate at the game will have to shell out $11, while a souvenir cup full of soup costs $20."



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Seattle dominates Denver 43-8 to win franchise’s first Super Bowl | Q

Seattle dominates Denver 43-8 to win franchise’s first Super Bowl | Q: "The Seattle Seahawks won the first Super Bowl in franchise history, beating the Denver Broncos 43-8 Sunday. Here are the four takeaways everyone will be talking about:"



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How fit is your brain? Take our brain fitness quiz! — www.discovery.com

How fit is your brain? Take our brain fitness quiz! — www.discovery.com: "Did you know the brain is capable of remembering hundreds of thousands of tidbits of information? To find out some of the mysteries of the brain, put on your thinking cap and give this brain fitness quiz a try."



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The Coldest Spot in the Known Universe - NASA Science

The Coldest Spot in the Known Universe - NASA Science: "Jan. 30, 2014:   Everyone knows that space is cold. In the vast gulf between stars and galaxies, the temperature of gaseous matter routinely drops to 3 degrees K, or 454 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
It’s about to get even colder.
NASA researchers are planning to create the coldest spot in the known universe inside the International Space Station."



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Trucks Crash Compilation on ice - YouTube

Trucks Crash Compilation on ice - YouTube: ""



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Coolest aircraft ever built

Coolest aircraft ever built: "There are many things in our world that advance to new levels continuously because of advances in technology. One of the reasons that technology keeps advancing so quickly such as with tv, computers, phones, etc, is because of the technology research that goes into developing advancements in military weapons, and aircraft. This is the coolest military aircraft built to date."



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GPM satellite to usher in a new era of weather observation — www.gizmag.com

GPM satellite to usher in a new era of weather observation — www.gizmag.com: "A new satellite designed to take detailed, near real-time measurements of rain and snowfall on a global scale whilst mapping the interior of storm systems is set to launch. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory has been in development since 2005 and is a collaboration project between NASA and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). The satellite is due to be launched on the Japanese manufactured H-IIA delivery vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Tanegashima Island, Japan, on February 27."



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Very first Porsche goes on display after gathering dust for over a century — www.gizmag.com

Very first Porsche goes on display after gathering dust for over a century — www.gizmag.com: "Ask most petrolheads when the first Porsche was built and the likely answer you’ll get is 1948, when the Type 356 rolled out. In fact, that’s off by fifty years. This week, the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen will mark its fifth anniversary with the unveiling of the rediscovered and unrestored first Porsche, the P1 built in 1898. Recovered from a warehouse where it languished forgotten for over a century, it’s now the centerpiece of a new permanent exhibit telling the early history of Porsche and its founder."



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