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Equally dizzying is the speed with which Lam, a campaign neophyte, has quietly spearheaded the Ron Paul Internet juggernaut. The campaign raised $5million in the third quarter of 2007 (five times as much as Mike Huckabee took in), largely from online donations. Paul's YouTube channel has more than 29,000 subscribers, and he often beats out top-tier candidates in online and text-message polls. Lack of resources forced Lam, a Bay Area native, to turn to existing (and free) social-networking sites to do online outreach--in other words, MySpace, not McCainSpace...
...keeping records. And they estimate the Arctic ice may have shrunk by half since the 1950s. Worse, the melt is accelerating. The Arctic may be ice-free by the summer of 2030, far earlier than previous predictions. Though melting sea ice doesn't cause oceans to rise, it can speed global warming by exposing more dark water to sunlight. The machinery of the Arctic climate is mysterious, but this much seems clear: what begins in the north will eventually touch...
...advantages in resources, the U.S. National Team program focused more on developing girls who were physically superior to their global counterparts, choosing speed and strength over soccer skill (dribbling, possession) and finesse. For years it worked brilliantly, as the U.S. women took home the 1999 World Cup Title and inspired a generation of young girls to pursue their athletic talents...
...collegiate system of women’s soccer has failed the US National team in other, more transparent ways. For one, players from the youth level all the way up to the college ranks are evaluated on endurance, physical stature, and speed...
...with 69 yards on 20 carries.“I just felt more into the game,” Gordon said of his nine carries for 39 yards on a single drive late in the contest. “It was just more me getting a feel for the speed of college football, because this is my third game.”Senior Charles Baakel also got his first significant time of the year, gaining 25 yards on eight carries, while junior Randy Ojukwu saw the first significant playing time of his career, picking up eight yards on four tries...