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NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez joins MSNBC’s Tamron Hall to discuss GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio’s recent push to build upon the establishment’s strength and whether his attacks on opponent Donald Trump are effective. |
Rubio has also been trotting out a new strategy of insulting Trump’s appearance, something Trump does frequently to Rubio. On Friday, Rubio suggested Trump peed himself at the last debate. On Sunday, he continued his urological exam by rebutting Trump’s “little Rubio” nickname with a shot at Trump’s tiny hands and tiny... |
And that’s all just Rubio. Ted Cruz is also leveling his own assault on Trump as an unreformed pro-choice liberal who could be hiding “bombshell” Mafia ties in his unreleased tax returns. |
In another universe, Trump’s rivals might have carefully doled out each of these angles month by month: September would be all about introducing voters to Trump University and his foreign workers, October would be about his Democratic donations, November about his small hands and bad tan. Now there’s a cacophony of ant... |
Rubio and his allies believe they can overcome Trump, perhaps at a divided convention, if they just hang in and let the field to shrink. The problem is that it’s the same strategy Cruz is pursuing, and the same one that even Ohio Gov. John Kasich is counting on. Rubio’s claim to Last Best Hope is so far not compelling ... |
Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Cruz supporter who shadowed Rubio at his Purcellville event, raised another issue: There’s no guarantee that Rubio will pick up Cruz’s support if he gets things down to a two-man race. After all, Cruz spent months and months sucking up to Trump and courting his support... |
The lines are blurrier than many often assume. One voter at the Rubio rally told MSNBC that he was having a tough time deciding between Rubio and Trump, whom he thought would be more generous with government aid and would help stem losses his small printing business had sustained to overseas competition. He even was co... |
Some recent surveys have shown Trump leading even in a two-man race against Cruz, including an Economist/YouGov poll that put him at 57 percent support to Rubio’s 43 percent. A shock CNN poll on Monday put Trump’s national support at 49% in the current five-person field, significantly higher than other surveys that non... |
Republicans need to do more than just depress Trump’s support — they need to engineer a complete and total collapse over the next few weeks. The anti-Trump forces can’t wait to help Rubio and Cruz try and pull it off. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t. We’ll never know what would have happened if they had started soone... |
Because of his youth and relatively moderate campaign rhetoric, Rubio is often touted as the Republican Party’s best hope of appealing to younger voters. |
Inception! Terrific movie, but those dream layers got pretty darned confusing. Even, apparently, for the movie's director. Which is why Christopher Nolan made himself this little map to keep things straight. Spoilers, obviously. |
The map comes from the book Inception: The Shooting Script, and while it may not have the kooky appeal of watching all the layers unfold in real time, it's a definitive tour guide to the movie's dream worlds. |
Want to understand Inception? Read the screenplay! |
It has been exactly 24 years since the British coal mining industry was dealt a heavy blow when the Government announced the closure of 31 out of 50 deep coal mines across the country. |
The closure came after a long and bitter battle between unions, industry leaders and the Government which ultimately saw the demise of 31,000 jobs. |
The closures were described as a “savage, brutal act of vandalism” by the president of the National Union of Mineworkers, Arthur Scargill, and a “bad decision” by Labour’s trade spokesman, Robin Cook, according to a report at the time by the BBC. |
To compensate the Treasury promised £1 billion to help with redundancies and the communities affected, however miners were also threatened with the loss of redundancy entitlements worth up to £37,000 should they take any form of industrial action. |
The announcement came from President of the Board of Trade, Michael Heseltine. |
Only the most economically valuable mines were saved from closer. |
The discovery of North Sea gas and increased imports meant coal mining was being fazed out by the government and output was to be reduced to a minimum of 25,000 million tonnes a year. |
At its peak during World War II one million people worked in the coal mining industry in 958 mines across the country. By 1993 the entire coal mining industry had been privatised and gas stations replaced their retired coal counterparts. |
Social Security (SS) has released estimates for both payroll tax revenues and benefits paid for April. The results are adjusted for the 2% payroll tax reduction. (The Treasury pays SS monthly for the shortfall.) The numbers tell an interesting story. |
Revenues from FICA and SECA taxes are up significantly in the first four months of 2012. |
I'm surprised by the extent of this improvement. These numbers appear to be too good. The Jan. - Apr. results suggest that total employment has now exceeded the levels that prevailed in 2008. But that is not the case based on other information. |
-Annual adjustments to SS's reported income. |
-Quarterly adjustments to SS's reported income. |
-SS data covers all workers; BLS data only covers Non Farm workers. It's possible that more people are finding employment outside of the areas that the BLS covers. |
I think that taken together these factors can only account for half of the increase in payroll tax revenue. The other half is a function of more people working. The data suggests there are 1-2 million more people working than the BLS is reporting. |
Is this possible? "Yes", is the answer. The BLS puts the work force at 142m. Could its numbers be wrong by 1%? Sure they could. The BLS conducts its surveys by land-line phone. It does not attempt to contact households that exclusively use cell phones. In 2010, 27% of all households exclusively used cell phones. The ex... |
Note: The observation that there may be 1-2 million more people working (including part time) runs counter to other information that I look at, so I'm a bit confused by the result. The data can be found here. I'd be interested in any alternative theories as to why the numbers appear so strong. |
Helen J. Connolly of Arlington, a retired executive secretary, died Saturday at Winchester Nursing Center. She was 90. |
Born in Arlington, she was a lifelong resident. |
Ms. Connolly was a graduate of Regis College. |
She worked as an executive secretary at Swift and Co. for 44 years. |
Ms. Connolly was very active in Regis College’s alumnae association. In 1998, she was awarded with the Alumnae Loyalty Award for her service in the Founder’s Society as class treasurer and secretary. |
She was a dedicated member and pastoral associate of St. Agnes Church and served as treasurer of Arlington Catholic Women’s Club. |
Ms. Connolly is survived by many nieces and nephews. |
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Agnes Church, Arlington. |
Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington. |
Arrangements by Keefe Funeral Home, Arlington. |
CHICAGO -- Buffalo Sabres center Ryan O'Reilly practiced Wednesday for the first time since having an appendectomy in Buffalo on Christmas Day and hopes to play against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CSN-CH, NHL.TV). |
Sabres coach Dan Bylsma is hopeful, too, but said a decision wouldn't be finalized until meeting with O'Reilly, general manager Tim Murray and a doctor. |
"He felt really good on the ice, has no ill side effects, has no feeling of the surgery that took place the morning of [Dec. 25], so other than getting back on the ice after being off for seven days, he felt good out there," Bylsma said. "Hopefully that's a good indication we'll maybe see him [Thursday]." |
O'Reilly was to be inactive for 10-14 days following surgery. |
"It felt great to be back with the guys," he said. "It feels like it has been months since I've been around. It's nice to get out there. I feel 100 percent. It's just a matter of making sure everybody is on board and feeling safe." |
O'Reilly (seven goals, 18 points in 27 games) has missed four games. He missed five in November with an oblique injury, which he feared returned on Dec. 24. |
"It came out of nowhere," O'Reilly said. "The morning of [Dec. 24], I kind of felt my stomach was upset and didn't really think anything of it. I tried to settle it and nothing really happened. That night around [10:30 p.m.], I called the doctor and said, 'Hey, I want to make sure this isn't appendicitis or anything li... |
The Sabres are 2-2-0 without O'Reilly, who centered a line with left wing Derek Grant and right wing Brian Gionta in practice. If O'Reilly is cleared to play, that line is likely to stay together. |
"I want to play [Thursday]," O'Reilly said. "I feel I can for sure. I might be a little rusty, but I feel I'm ready to get back. I still feel I can be effective. It's just a matter of talking with all the management and staff, [making sure] that everyone is [OK] with it." |
The Sabres had two players missing from practice a day after they defeated the New York Rangers 4-1 at Madison Square Garden. Defenseman Jake McCabe was out for a maintenance day and forward William Carrier was sick. |
Carrier is questionable, and McCabe is expected to play. |
Producer Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys tie the knot in a private ceremony on Saturday, July 31, 2010. |
Chelsea Clinton was not the only bride to exchange wedding vows this weekend. Songstress Alicia Keys married producer Swizz Beatz in a private ceremony overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday. |
Keys, 29, who is pregnant, wore a Vera Wang silk Grecian-goddess gown with jeweled details on the back of her draped dress. Her new hubby, Swizz Beatz, 31, dressed in a classic white Tom Ford tuxedo, reported PEOPLE magazine. |
"She is thrilled," a friend said reported UsMagazine. "She is with the man who has inspired so much of her music and her new album." |
Friend, Dr. Deepak Chopra presided over the ceremony in front of close family and friends. |
The couple began dating in 2008 and publicly announced their engagement and that Keys was expecting in May. |
"Alicia is definitely one of those great parents-to-be," said Beatz to PEOPLE. "She's super ready. Super glowing. Super happy." |
NOIDA: Seeking detailed expenditure from the colleges which took money for organising various seminars, sports events and conducting exams,etc, the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) has released names of 450 colleges across UP, including 36 colleges of Noida-Ghaziabad on its official website. |
These colleges failed to give any details of the money spent which runs into crores when totalled and also did not disclose if any of the amount was left. |
While there are 17 colleges from GB Nagar which have not disclosed where around Rs 2,07,54,836 were spent, 19 Ghaziabad colleges have spent Rs 54,54,503 in total. “The colleges are supposed to give the details of the expenditure incurred,” chief financial officer Bhanu Pratap Singh told TOI. |
SYS-CON Events announced today that Interface Corporation will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. |
Interface Corporation is a company developing, manufacturing and marketing high quality and wide variety of industrial computers and interface modules such as PCIs and PCI express. For more information, visit http://www.interface-amita.com/aboutus/interface_profile.asp. |
With a unique roster of programming, and subscriber numbers steadily growing, Acorn TV is a force to be reckoned with in the world of streaming services. |
South Korean documentary "Sea of Butterfly" shows that love is blind and has no bounds as it follows the marriage of Jae-nyeon and Woo-yeong, two people living with their own individual physical and mental handicaps. |
It's only May but already some of the most compelling documentary films of the year debuted recently, from a probing look at citizen media in China to the U.S. recession shattering the dreams of one of the country's wealthiest families. |
Toronto - Hot Docs is the largest documentary film festival in North America, and this year there will be nearly 200 films screened from over 50 countries at various cinemas across the city, including the recently refurbished and renamed, Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. |
Montreal - People’s struggles around the globe will be front and centre in Montreal this weekend at the third-annual DocFest, a film festival featuring documentaries dealing with human rights issues. |
Los Angeles - Filmmakers of 'Greedy Lying Bastards', a documentary which promises to blow the lid on the oil industry and its vast sphere of influence, has just announced actress Daryl Hannah, as its new Executive Producer. |
Television bosses in the UK have reportedly axed a series of reality documentaries starring the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, following the recent row over her recent cash-for-royal-access row. |
The emotional battles in female wrestling. The truth behind female genital mutilation in Kenya. A group of women protecting abused South African children. These are all the subjects of Kim Longinotto's documentaries, spanning her 36-year career. |
This year's governing body of the Championship for the World Rock, Paper Scissors Society expects record turnout and have a special documentary, ‘Rock Paper Scissors: A Geek Tragedy’ showing at the Bloor Cinema. We talk to a perennial WRPS competitor. |
At least 18 people have been injured by these tire blow-outs – including two children standing near the strollers – according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. |
Kolcraft is recalling more than 96,000 Jeep Liberty strollers. The tires on these three-wheeled strollers have inner tubes that can rupture and cause the wheel rim to fracture and fly off as a projectile. |
(NBC) - A tire failure is always potentially dangerous, even when the vehicle is a stroller. That's why Kolcraft is recalling more than 96,000 Jeep Liberty strollers. The tires on these three-wheeled strollers have inner tubes that can rupture and cause the wheel rim to fracture and fly off as a projectile. |
The CPSC said there have been at least 39 reports of inner tube ruptures. In most cases, this happened when the tires were being inflated. |
The flying parts caused cuts and bruises to arms and legs, the torso and head or face. There were also two reports of property damage. |
It's been a bad week for the Jeep brand. Earlier this week, Chrysler recalled 1.2 million Grand Cherokee and Liberty Jeeps. The move came after the automaker at first disputed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recall request. |
The recalled Jeep Liberty strollers were sold at Burlington Coat Factory, Sears, Toys R Us, online and at juvenile specialty stores from June 2010 through June 2013, for between $150 and $180. |
The Kolcraft strollers involved in the recall were made in China and have model numbers starting with JL031, JL032, JL034, JL035 or JL036. "Jeep" is printed on the side of the stroller and the front of the stroller tray. |
If you have one, stop using it and contact the company for free replacement wheels. As part of this recall notice, the CPSC reminded parents to always use a manual bicycle pump, not a gas station air pump, to inflate stroller tires. |
This is the second Kolcraft stroller recall this month. Just last week, the company recalled 36,000 Contours Options three- and four-wheeled strollers because the hinge mechanism used to adjust the handlebars can smash or cut fingers. The company reports three cases where children's fingertips were amputated. |
These strollers were sold at juvenile product stores and online at Amazon, Target and Toy R Us from January of 2006 to June of 2012, for around $150. If you have one, stop using it and contact the company for a free repair kit. |
In March, Kolcraft agreed to pay a $400,000 civil penalty and to improve its internal control and compliance systems, after the safety commission alleged the company "knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, a defect involving its play yards. |
The CPSC said Kolcraft received about 350 reports of the play yard collapsing and injuring youngsters from 2000 through mid-2009. The company did not report this to the CPSC until January 2009. |
In July 2009, the company announced the recall of one million of these play yards. |
"Kolcraft has agreed to establish an effective program to ensure it remains in compliance with safety laws and regulations enforced by CPSC," commission spokesman Scott Wolfson told NBC News. |
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is working to develop new federal safety rules for strollers. The agency says the rule changes are needed to prevent further deaths and injuries to young children. |
"Once these rules are finalized, the United States will have one of the strongest stroller safety standards in the world," Wolfson said. |
Gary Bowman doesn't look like the director of a skateboard league. In fact, he looks, and sounds, like a Minnesotan farm boy and computer support tech--because he is. But two years ago, everything changed when, according to Bowman, "Skateboarding entered my house. My son said, 'I want to get a skateboard,' and I said, ... |
The path from naysayer to executive was short and not all that complicated. Suffice it to say, Bowman supports the recreational lives of his two sons with a passion that most fathers save for their home theater systems. When, in 2003, the Meridian-based Northwest Amateur Skateboard League ended its well-received but sh... |
"When we started," Bowman recalls, "we thought if we could just get 40 people to enter a competition it would be great. Now we have 42 members that go to every event, and we usually pick up at least 20 to 25 more from around the area. [The success] is overwhelming." The IDASL has held competitions at Tully Skate Park i... |
"We all push each other to bigger and better tricks," the 13-year-old Boise boarder explains. "Everyone is very supportive, and there are only a couple of kids who get really competitive and try to bring you down. The thing is, if you're in IDASL, you know everyone, and they're all good people." |
Bowman takes pride in the league's ability to help skaters network across community and class lines, likening the events to classes at a student-run school. Competitors help and encourage one another even in the midst of events, slap boards against concrete in praise of all landed tricks, and the judges--usually older ... |
Skaters lauding compliments on adults and administrators--it's not exactly the mythical picture of the sport perhaps, but combating popular images of skaters as hostile would-be vandals is a crucial part of the IDASL vision. "We're trying to make these into fun events, so that when you or your parents show up at a skat... |
Good intentions one and all, but what really sets the IDASL from other amateur leagues of any sport is the Bowmans' commitment to community, especially through their "Support our Skaters" program. "When we started, we noticed that a lot of kids would show up at events and want to participate, but they couldn't afford t... |
"There really wasn't any previous model for us to follow," Bowman admits of the S.O.S. program, which has helped 26 skaters this year. "I'm really hopeful that similar programs show up when other states' leagues see the same need, because most of the time they already have the equipment. We just hope that we'll have mo... |
Aside from further development of the S.O.S. program, Bowman's list of goals for the IDASL is long and ambitious--but appropriate, given the rate at which skateboarding is spreading in Idaho. First and foremost, he plans to broaden its scope beyond minors, as he explains, "If we're really the Idaho amateur league, we'v... |
Consistent with his sense of community obligation, Bowman also promises that the league will soon reach skating communities in small Idaho towns like Burley, Buhl and many others that have sprouted world-class skateparks. "We envision having a bunch of competitions in eastern Idaho, a bunch over here, and a big champio... |
Outside of Idaho, Bowman keeps in contact with the long-lived California Amateur and Pacific Northwest Amateur Skateboard leagues, and says, "In time, I'd really like to talk to them about doing a grand tournament: our best against theirs." Even without such an event, though, Bowman plans on increasing the educational ... |
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