To fire them up, will.i.am was pressed into service once more, introducing the president with a deafening dance medley.

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When I spoke to Mayer for one of my books, Fire Them Up, she told me that she held up to 70 meetings a week.

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He is a popular keynote speaker and author of several books including the bestsellers The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, and Fire Them Up!

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Using its Community Impact Platform to create a fundraising challenge for two local animal rescues, Causecast leveraged social media, real-time reporting, peer recognition, instant donation processing, automatic tracking, micro and macro funding abilities, and good old competition with incentives to fire up the team and get them engaged in giving back.

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Later, two officers on routine patrol in neighboring Riverside were ambushed at a stoplight by a motorist who drove up next to them and opened fire with a rifle.

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On October 10th he gave a press conference, unhappily in front of a graveyard, arguing that nobody in his office did anything wrong but threatening to fire any of them who were involved in a cover-up.

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Five of the ten won an MLS Cup, and a sixth (the 2003 Chicago Fire) ended up losing to the team with higher odds than them that year (ironically, the San Jose Earthquakes).

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So we should do all that we can to support our troops and our veterans -- in helping them start a business, in helping them get a foothold in a fire station like this one, and start moving up the ranks, doing outstanding work the way Jacob has been doing.

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That was the idea, at least: to fire up the enthusiasts, geeks and robot evangelists huddled away in the American hinterlands, and give them a shot at applying their collective genius to problems normally left to corporate giants such as Lockheed, General Dynamics and Boeing.

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