GOP Milks Healthcare Ruling on Twitter, Obama Camp Ignores It

The GOP-promoted Twitter hashtag #FullRepeal is trending as the party and its presidential nominee Mitt Romney collaborate to turn today's Supreme Court ruling on healthcare into a Twitter-fueled online fundraising windfall.

As of around 11 this morning, the Romney camp had raised $100,000 - presumably online - following the ruling to uphold President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. Around 20 minutes later, Press Secretary Andrea Saul tweeted another fundraising milestone: $200,000 in "organic' donations. Around 15 minutes later, Saul bumped it up to $300,000 raised. Forty minutes after that, she pegged it at $375,000.

The fundraising campaign is anything but organic. In addition to running paid tweets using the #FullRepeal hashtag, the Republican National Committee is pushing out a video and microsite attacking "Obamacare."

"The final verdict on the Obama healthcare law is now in your hands," begins a text-driven 1-minute video that pans the healthcare law as one that will harm small business and threaten "fundamental freedoms." The video is on YouTube and the GOP's PeopleVObamacare.com.

The MittRomney.com site also backs the message. "Obamacare Upheld - Elections have consequences," states a large image displayed on the homepage. Evidently, those consequences come in the form of donation dollars.

Republican-leaning small business group The National Federation of Independent Business is also banking on the ruling to drum up donations. A promoted tweet targeted to people searching Twitter for Obamacare related terms reads, "Our fight for real reform does not end with today's #SCOTUS ruling," and features the #RepealAndReform tag.

One wonders what will become of the videos and email copy created to respond to alternative rulings - the virtual versions of those Super Bowl T-shirts touting the losing team that get shipped off to impoverished kids in war-torn lands.

The Obama campaign, on the other hand is not milking the ruling for donations on Twitter or Facebook - yet anyway. The @Obama2012 reelection Twitter account has remained silent today.

Still, although OFA is not pushing out any messages about the decision upholding the administration's controversial law, people who search Google for "Obamacare" will see a sponsored result from the Obama camp. The ad drives people to a page on the campaign site that reads simply, "I like ObamaCare and I want everyone to know." Rather than helping people share that declaration in support of the law in social media circles, the page merely features an email sign-up form that links to a donation page.

The lack of social media and online ad promotion of the ruling backing the president's healthcare law is almost certainly strategic. Romney and the Republicans can use it to harness anger among anti-Obamacare conservatives and rake in donations. However, perhaps because recent polls show more Americans oppose the law than support it, OFA is taking a cautious approach to using it as a campaign issue.

Instead, the Obama camp appears to be sticking to local swing state issues needed to persuade voters in battlegrounds. The most recent @Obama2012 tweet was made yesterday and promotes a video aimed at Ohio voters that suggests Romney does not support firefighters, teachers, and police.

On Facebook, Obama reaffirmed a recent campaign theme claiming that he "will be the first president in modern history to be outspent in his re-election campaign," and asking for donations to "help close the gap."

Not all Democratic organizations are ignoring the Supreme Court ruling today. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is aiming for email sign-ups from supporters of the healthcare law. "Do you heart Obamacare? Get the sticker here!" exclaims a tweet that links to a sign-up form collecting contact information in exchange for an "I [heart] Obamacare" bumper sticker.

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Physics Nobelists Tell of Their Prize-Winning Discoveries

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We?ve long understood black holes to be the points at which the universe as we know it comes to an end. Often billions of times more massive than the Sun, they...

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Scientific American has featured countless contributions from notable scientist-authors in its 167-year history. Among them, nearly 150 Nobel Prize winners have written for the magazine, contributing more than 200 articles altogether. In the July issue, we featured 12 excerpts of those articles written by past winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics to coincide with the 62nd annual Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany, which this year focuses on physics.

To give a more complete picture of the tales of discovery contained in the magazine's archives, we have selected three additional articles penned by physics Nobelists. All three, excerpted below, relate in some way to the research that earned their respective authors a Nobel.

The 1930 account of William H. Bragg, for instance, describes how x-rays can provide a window into crystalline structure. He had shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his son for advancing that field of inquiry. Likewise, laureate Donald A. Glaser won in 1960 for the invention detailed in his 1955 article, "The Bubble Chamber." And the most recent physics Nobel, in 2011, went to a trio of researchers who played a leading role in the discovery that the universe's expansion is accelerating, thanks to "dark energy." One of those researchers, Adam G. Riess, co-authored a 2004 article in Scientific American, excerpted below, about the effort to determine just when the universe began to speed up.

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X-Ray Fingers Feel Out the Atomic Structure of Matter
By William H. Bragg (Nobel Prize in 1915)
Published December 1930

Man, having the power to forecast the result of overcoming difficulties and the wish to try to overcome them, has devised various ingenious methods to help him in his task. Taking first of all the difficulties that depend on the inadequacy of his vision he has invented the microscope which gives him the power of seeing details thousands of times too fine to be perceived by the naked eye.

But there is a point which the microscope can not pass. With its aid we perceive what is very small, but not the "very very" small. There are details of the structure of the living cell, essential features in the composition of metals, cotton, silk, rubber, paint, bone, nerve, and a thousand other things which are hidden even from the microscope, and must always remain so hidden because the failure does not lie with the skill of the optician but with the incapacity of light itself.

The nature of radiation is in many respects a mystery, but we know enough about it to understand that we may talk of it in many of its important aspects as waves in some medium which we call the ether. If the radiation falls on any object, it is turned aside and modified in various ways. When our eyes are directed towards the object, they take in the modified rays, and we have learned by long practice to know, from these modifications, the nature of the object that has made them. That is "seeing."

The central point of the process is the act of scattering and modification. Now waves have a certain wavelength, and common experience of such waves as may be seen, for example, on the surface of the sea tells us that an object which is very much smaller than the length of the wave has no appreciable effect upon it. In just the same way there may be objects which are so small that they can not affect a ray of light, and such objects are forever invisible in the ordinary sense. The length of the light wave which our eyes can perceive lies within a short range on either side of a fifty-thousandth of an inch.

The X rays break down the barrier for us, and admit us to this immense field in which we want to be. They do so by virtue of their character as light waves, 10,000 times or so smaller than visible waves, but of exactly the same nature.

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Liz Sterling, M.A.: Is It Really Better to Give Than Receive?

I was recently asked to write an article on "giving" and realized in a nano second that this is a sensitive subject for me. I've been accused of giving too much, bending over backwards, giving more than I receive. Sometimes, my giving is caregiving and co-dependent.

As I considered my relationship with giving, I realized the issue is not with giving too much but with receiving too little, a common problem in our society. It's more difficult simply because of cultural conditioning. Giving is modeled by our parents, taught in church or synagogue. It's an especially familiar role for women who are conditioned to be caregivers. Giving is generally viewed as honorable and praiseworthy. Even the Bible says, "It is better to give than receive." (Acts 20:35) No wonder many of us feel better about ourselves when we give. No wonder we have enormous confusion in this area.

I've always been a giver, a doer and caretaker. It's easy for me to listen, to advise and to guide. One day, my rabbi friend asked me to practice listening as my weekly assignment so I could be a good giver. "What," I cocked my head in confusion, declaring, "I am a good listener. I help people all the time." And he replied, "This week, listen consciously."

Throughout the week, on many occasions, friends and clients would ask for help, advice or just a good listening ear. My readiness to help would cause me to lean into them and offer my opinion or observation. But then, I remembered my assignment and watched as my body language changed. To listen and to help consciously, I had to lean back -- taking in more than I was giving. To truly help and give counsel, I had to take a step back to receive the information and the totality of the person before me. Only then could I truly give what was needed in the moment. I had an "Aha!" experience and realized that to give, I must become present in the moment, take a new stance, create more space, receive, and then, in true service to the other, I can give.

Author and spiritual teacher Shakti Gawain said, "Receiving and giving are opposite energies that are inextricably linked together in the natural flow of life, like inhaling and exhaling. If one aspect of that cycle doesn't function, the entire cycle ceases to function and the life force cannot move freely." It is all about a balance between giving and receiving. As Walt Whitman said, "When I give, I give to myself."

It is great to give, and it can feel like an elixir. We give of ourselves, we give gifts, we give advice and we give our love. It is easy to address giving. The real opportunity is to feel into receiving. From there, we can truly understand Maya Angelou's statement, "I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver." Yay, to conscious giving and receiving -- a great GPS for the Soul!

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This Week with Peter Nielsen - PetersPrinciples.com | Expert Fitness ...

The Benefits of Swimming and Champion Swimmers Who Overcame Adversity
Regular swimming can offer anyone, a wide range of health benefits ? from lowered stress levels to improved flexibility and a healthier heart! Tune in to Peter?s Principles Radio this Sunday, July 1st at 8 p.m. on WJR News/Talk 760 to for information on even more great benefits to be reaped from water.

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If you have issues with losing weight you won?t want to miss this opportunity. Peter will discuss a variety of tips such as what foods can work for you not against you, how many meals you should eat per day, the importance of digestive enzymes and proper exercises that anyone can do to help build muscle.

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New Las Vegas airport terminal adds flash

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The new terminal at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas opens Wednesday.

By Harriet Baskas, msnbc.com contributor

The newest, shiniest, big thing in Las Vegas isn?t a hotel-casino or another Cirque de Soleil show.?It's "T3" -- the $2.4 billion Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport.?

Sixteen international carriers will move their flights to T3 on Wednesday and Thursday. Five domestic carriers (Alaska, Frontier, JetBlue, Sun Country and Virgin America) will begin service out of T3 on July 31. United and Hawaiian will begin operating out of T3 in late August.

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The 14-gate terminal, the largest modern public works project in Nevada, is expected to serve more than 11.3 million passengers annually. The terminal includes many high-tech features and other amenities designed to increase efficiency and help make what officials consider to be the front door to the city as exciting as the city itself. ?

?The visitor experience in Terminal 3 will be unlike any other in the country,? said Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. ?From the moment passengers step out of the plane, they will immediately have a unique sense of place and receive the type of Las Vegas welcome we want them to receive.?

Setting the tone will be neon signs emulating the iconic ?Welcome to Las Vegas? sign that greets travelers on Las Vegas Boulevard, large-scale artwork and new technology that allows airlines to invite passengers to weigh, pay for and tag their own bags at more than 200 self-service kiosks and to scan their own boarding passes and self-board at the gates.

?We are unaware of any other large U.S. airport that utilizes the various technologies McCarran has deployed,? said Rosemary Vassiliadis, Clark County deputy director of aviation. Over the years, she added, McCarran has also been among the first airports in the country to introduce amenities such as free wireless Internet access, radio frequency identification tags for checked luggage and other technology.

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Sin City is a major entertainment center and business travel destination, known for its carefully cultivated image, gambling and nightlife.

New technology will make it easy to get around T3. Flight, baggage and wayfinding information are displayed on more than 900 large-screen digital signs. And, at the gates, digital signage on pylons display high-resolution photos of iconic attractions passengers might see at their flight?s destination.

Like the rest of airport, T3 has complimentary wireless service, but it also offers travelers 16 new shops and restaurants, plenty of power outlets for recharging gadgets, historical photographs and artwork that includes a sculpture of two airplanes made out of 3,000 smaller sculptures of butterflies suspended on fine wires. ??

And for those visitors who want to get right down to business upon arrival ? or who want to continue gambling until they absolutely must leave for home ? there are almost 300 slot machines scattered throughout McCarran International Airport?s new terminal.

?We simply hope our customers will remember the good times they had while in Las Vegas, and leave McCarran with nothing but the good impressions that stem from a seamless travel experience at the airport,? said Vassiliadis.

Find more by Harriet Baskas on StuckatTheAirport.com and follow her on Twitter.?

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Obama and Biden strike at Romney on overseas jobs

President Barack Obama stops at The Varsity restaurant, Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama stops at The Varsity restaurant, Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama places an order at The Varsity restaurant, Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama shakes hands with patrons during his visit to The Varsity restaurant, Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama picks up a boy as he visits The Varsity restaurant, Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Fulton County, Ga., Chairman John Eaves as Dekalb County, Ga., CEO Burrell Ellis and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed look on, upon Obama's arrival on Air Force One at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Paul Abell)

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) ? President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden unleashed a back-to-back assault Tuesday on Republican challenger Mitt Romney, re-emphasizing Democratic assertions that Romney as a venture capitalist sent U.S. jobs overseas and paid no heed to the impact on American workers.

"You've got to give Mitt Romney credit," Biden said while campaigning in Iowa. "He's a job creator in Singapore, China, India."

Obama, who was holding fundraisers in Atlanta and Miami, cast his Republican rival as the type of wealthy investor whose only goal was making money no matter the cost.

"Governor Romney and his allies believe that we should go back to the top-down economics of the last decade. They believe that if we eliminate regulations and we cut taxes by trillions of dollars, we just leave the market alone, that everybody will prosper," Obama said in Miami Beach. "They argue that if you help corporations and wealthy investors maximize their profits by whatever means necessary, whether it be layoffs or outsourcing, union busting or whatever means are available, that will automatically translate into jobs and prosperity to benefit everybody."

Behind the criticism of Romney's business record is the Obama campaign's belief that the effort to undermine a potential Romney strength ? his experience as the successful head of the private equity firm Bain Capital ? is yielding results and raising questions with voters.

Biden made note of news reports that Bain took over firms that sent jobs to China and India and opposed union efforts to increase wages and improve benefits. The Romney campaign has argued that the reports aren't accurate and don't take into account how work done overseas supports U.S. exports.

"The president and I don't see American workers as part of the problem. We see them as the heart of the solution," he said.

Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul called Biden's comments misleading and said they were an effort to distract voters from Obama's "disastrous economic record."

"President Obama has failed to meet his own standard for lowering unemployment because he has no idea what it takes to get our economy moving again," Saul said in a statement. "On Day One, Mitt Romney will take action to jumpstart our economy and give job creators the incentives they need to thrive here in America."

The back and forth on Romney's business record has become a familiar campaign theme. A political committee supporting Obama began airing an ad over the weekend accusing Romney of making millions while shutting down an Indiana paper plant.

Biden was beginning a two-day visit to Iowa, a swing state whose six electoral votes could be significant in the November election. He spoke to more than 400 people, many of them union members from a John Deere factory, transit workers and members of a public employees union.

For Obama, it was the second day of targeting Romney. He emphasized that their contest is a choice between ideologies, not a referendum on his own performance.

"The question is not whether we need to put more folks back to work or whether we need to see the economy growing faster or whether we need to bring down our debt," he told the crowd of donors in Atlanta. "The question is how do we do it."

The president held two fundraisers in Atlanta, followed by two events in Miami Beach, including a performance by singer Marc Anthony, raising at least $2.3 million.

Obama was holding the fundraisers at the start of a pivotal week for his campaign. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on his health care overhaul law on Thursday, passing judgment on the most significant piece of legislation during his presidency.

And it comes as Obama and his team have warned that Romney and his Republican allies would outspend him during the presidential campaign.

In an e-mail to supporters Tuesday, Obama bluntly stated: "I will be the first president in modern history to be outspent in his re-election campaign, if things continue as they have so far."

The urgent tone was designed to spur more giving. Until last month, Obama had been by far the leading fundraiser in the presidential contest. But Romney, after securing the nomination, has consolidated his support.

Romney raised more than $76 million last month for his presidential campaign and for the GOP, compared to $60 million for Obama and the Democrats. Obama's advisers say they expect Republican-leaning super PACs to pull in $1.2 billion before the election, posing a big-money challenge for the president. Obama has more than $100 million in his campaign account, but Democratic super PACs have struggled to raise money.

Obama has now raised the stakes, saying that even without the help of GOP-leaning super PACs, Romney could still outspend him.

"You're going to have more money spent in this election than ever before by the other side on negative ads," Obama said in Atlanta. "And their message will be simple. They'll say, the economy is bad and it's Obama's fault."

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Associated Press writer David Pitt contributed to this report from Waterloo, Iowa.

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