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Why kill yourself over a SMaSH (just did one last month) and not do something you may like? I found the SMaSH as a good barometer of getting your system/process right but I have more fun doing beers I actually like.
Do you know the pH of your tap water?
My local water is very hard, but I haven't had an analysis done on it yet. Alkalinity is reported as being 240 ppm as CaCO3, hardness as 360 ppm, and sulfates as 61 ppm. (Here's a link to the water report, which is semi-helpful.) I plan to get some out of my faucet filter and throw in a Campden tablet (chloramine, yuck), but I wouldn't be opposed to substantially diluting my water with distilled. Should I follow Palmer's advice and add a small amount of dark malt just to lower the pH, or consider pH5.2 mash stabilizer?What else do I need to know?
Honestly, I'm really hoping I don't have to obsess about water too much, but it might not be possible given the fact that I like IPAs and APAs and live where I do. Diluting with RO and going with it seems a lot more my speed, and requires less hauling than buying all RO and adding back minerals.Then again, in my experience, locally made stouts and porters tend to taste great, while the paler hoppy stuff comes across as harsh.
Well, I did it. Not exactly a SMaSH -- decided to throw some crystal in there for color/flavor/acid. I'll probably start monkeying with water chemistry in a few brews. What have I learned? (1) Hitting temperatures when it's 33F where you're working is kinda tricky. (Glad I didn't do it last weekend when it was more like 12F. But chilling worked great!)(2) I used too much water. My efficiency might actually have been OK if I measured it, but everything came out a bit dilute. (3) My cooler keeps grains untouchably hot after the sparge is drained for several hours. But it takes a LOT to get it warmed up. Can anyone link me to a quick tutorial on how to tune the temperatures needed to heat a mash tun? Even with preheating, my strike water temp wasn't even close at first. The thing weighs about 17lbs, for what it's worth.
I do need to more carefully measure my water -- this was largely scoop, pour, oops-too-cold, throw some back and heat more, dump some more in, good-quick-add-grain!

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Many years ago my husband asked a group of new students what they would like written on their tombstones. "She did errands!" blurted out one of the women. And we all snickered.
I think that she was only half-joking. And for many years I have had nothing but compassion/contempt for that woman. A life captured by "doing errands." A life consumed by trips to Target. (Well maybe that doesn't sound so bad.) I drew stark boundary lines -- my life was meaningful and hers was... not.
Being older (those many years again) and wiser, I have rethought this woman and my reaction to her. A life of errands can be a very meaningful life; it depends on the end game.
We are so used to making fun of the June Cleaver-style housewives of the fifties who could see their faces in their dishes (it never works quite the same way with paper plates!). But I think that part of the problem, part of the emptiness was that cleaning house is not a goal in itself. However it can be the means to a very important end. As can doing errands. And all those trips to Toys 'R Us and Smart and Final and Kohl's and...
Cleaning house can be transformed from a mundane activity into a Godly one depending on our goal and our attitude.
What if you want your house to be clean because you view it, as the Torah suggests, as a miniature Temple, a place for the holiness of God's presence to alight? What if you want it to be clean because it gives your husband a sense of pleasure and peace when he walks in the door? Or you feel better able to focus on more spiritual ideas when the material is in order? Cleaning house can be transformed from a mundane activity into a Godly one depending on our goal and our attitude.
The same is true with "doing errands." Are we just "killing time" because we don't know what else to do? Is it the pleasure of conspicuous consumption that drives us? Or are we taking care of our family's needs? Perhaps in a budget-conscious manner? Errands are also part of creating a home. And running them, particularly when they may not be your favorite activity, is a meaningful effort.
While this may turn into a rationalization if a trip to Wal-Mart for the latest bargain is our daily errand, we can expand the definition. Growing families involve trips to doctors and dentists and orthodontists and dermatologists (just to name a few!). They also involve stay-at-home "errands" like filling out camp applications and college and seminary applications. They involve purchasing plane tickets and making other travel arrangements. Not always fun, not meaningful per se, but invested with meaning as acts of love and caring for our families.
I could go on and on. As our children get older, there are many family simchas, bar mitzvahs, weddings. They all involve planning, details, and yes, errands. Is a life involved in those activities meaningless? I think not.


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EVANSVILLE, Wis. — The final campaign push is on as Wisconsin's historic recall election is now just two nights away.
Neither candidate is eager to waste a moment of their final chances to make their case to Wisconsin voters. Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett covered the entire state on Sunday to shore up support.
At a call center in Fitchburg on Sunday evening, Walker said volunteers on his behalf had made more than two and a half million calls during this recall campaign.
With rumors swirling about his role in the John Doe investigation, Walker said he's focusing his message on his reforms and job creation.
"We're going to continue to gain jobs, we're going to stay focused on that," said Walker. "We've answered all the other questions in the last days, we should get back to the core of what this election is about, it was about reforms, it was about jobs, we're succeeding at both. The other side doesn't have a plan and that's why they're desperately trying to bring up anything else."
Both Walker and Barrett kept their distance from each other as they both stopped by the Brown County Dairy Breakfast in De Pere on Sunday.
Barrett repeated his campaign promise to end the "political civil war" that he said Walker created. The mayor also stressed the concern he says voters are feeling over the John Doe investigation.
"There is something fundamentally wrong when you've got the only governor in this country who has a legal defense fund," said Barrett. "He refuses to say who's paying his criminal defense lawyers. He refuses to release emails that would either vindicate him or show his involvement in this secret illegal computer network that was operating 25 feet from his office."
U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl joined Barrett at a few campaign stops on Sunday.
Barrett is scheduled to be in Portage Monday afternoon while Walker will be back in Fitchburg Monday morning.
Earlier this weekend, Walker began Saturday by handing out yogurt and applesauce at the annual Rock County Dairy Breakfast on a farm just outside Evansville. Some people shook his hand and thanked him for the job he's done, but many simply thanked him as he put yogurt on their plates and moved on.
Walker also stopped at the Monroe County Dairy Breakfast in Norwalk Saturday morning.
The governor said while he stands by his policies concerning collective bargaining for public workers. He said he believes now he may have enacted those polices in the wrong manner.
"I talked about the abuses of collective bargaining through overtime, in places like Madison where a bus driver made $150,000," said Walker. "I think most people would have said, 'Fix it.' My challenge was I was so eager to fix it, I fixed it and then talked about it. Most politicians talk about it but never fix it. In the future, we are going to do both."
Barrett, meanwhile, mainly campaigned in the northern part of the state on Saturday.
The Milwaukee mayor stopped in Superior to rally supporters, telling the crowd they must get Walker out of office to save millions of dollars in interest from the governor's budget maneuvers.
"The fiscal bureau said that actually the state was in a deficit situation, so what Gov. Walker did, he said, 'Well, let's borrow some money.' And so he took some debt that was going to come through this year. He refinanced it, and put it on the credit card for future generations."
With both Democrats and Republicans seeing an increase in volunteers, workers for both candidates feel their campaign is doing the best job of rallying their supporters.
Virtually around the clock Walker volunteers are filling victory centers like one in Fitchburg to rally support for the current governor.
"This makes all the difference, making the calls and getting it out there, getting the information and the facts out there makes a huge difference," said Walker volunteer Ashley Kavalauskas.
Kavalauskas spends most of her nights at the center making phone calls.
The chairman of the Republican party of Dane County said they're concentrating their efforts at phone banks and making sure voters have a ride to the polls.
He also said they're seeing an increase in people wanting to volunteer during the final days of the campaign.
"I think it's a very good sign and people are very passionate about what's going on," said Mike Herl. "They're rooting for Governor Walker and Lieutenant Governor Kleefish. They want fiscal responsibility, and I think that's what this shows."
Meanwhile, over at the Labor Temple in Madison, volunteers with We are Wisconsin are rallying support for Tom Barrett.
Allie Petonic said she's made hundreds of calls over the last few days.
"It's not the fancy commercials that candidates buy, it's people talking to other people and I know it's mattering right now," said Petonic.
The executive director of We are Wisconsin said they're concentrating their efforts on knocking on doors and talking to voters face to face.
"Over 257,000 today alone on our way to 1.4 million," said Kristen Crowell. "Those face to face contacts are the critical piece in making sure people are mobilized, energized, and voting on Tuesday."
Volunteers on both sides said they are in it for the long haul and plan to continue their get out the vote efforts through Tuesday.
"Our opportunity to make sure that our agenda matters is right now," said Petonic. "It's the next four days, so we really owe it to ourselves to use this time to take back our government and make it work for ordinary families across our state."
"Everyone that's a part of this and volunteering and making a big difference and we're going to be able to say that we helped Scott Walker in his recall election and we helped move Wisconsin forward by keeping him in office," said Kavalauskas.


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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Regarding your new technique Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Regarding your new technique" NocturnalmemberMember #Joined: 24 Oct 1999Posts: 97 Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 3:17 pm Dhab, In one of your past commentaries, you mentioned that you found a new technique that you liked alot, but you didn't share exactly what it was. Is this something we can all look forward to in an upcoming tutorial or is it something simple enough to post in a thread? Also could this be in relation to some of Craig Mullins work? Thanks for the info! -Nocturnal Back to top NocturnalmemberMember #Joined: 24 Oct 1999Posts: 97 Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 4:30 pm I found the answer to this in the other forum. So here's another question. Have you tried Craig's method? Is it something that you will be using in your future creations? -Nocturnal Back to top DhabihAdministratorMember #Joined: 13 Sep 1999Posts: 532Location: Kirkland, WA, U.S.A. Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 5:43 pm Actually the new technique is heavliy influenced by craig mullins process and the next tutorial i do will show that. Its kinda 70% new way, and 30% my old way. I've been using this way since March-ish. -dhab [This message has been edited by Dhabih (edited October 24, 1999).] Back to top Isaac Hayesjunior memberMember #Joined: 24 Oct 1999Posts: 17Location: JC, Missouri, USA Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 6:37 pm Ah, I have noticed the new techniques and here is what I think/can derive from looking at them: The new way you use a lot of pure brushing and drawing details directly over areas instead of dodging and smudging the area a lot. This style can provide the classic "oil on canvas" look as brush strokes are more defined and I think could provide more detail. Of course the old method is the best for large areas of smoothness like faces or setting down shading first. I have yet to try this method but I belive I would prefer it since I tend to over-work stuff and never am satisfied with it. Working with a brush with high-hardness would be the ideal for this style from what I can tell by looking at art like the Star Wars pieces. I need to try that as I tend to use too soft/fuzzy of brushes all the time. :P One final comment about the old style: I feel that it made your work unique and gave it a special style. The new technique seems too classic and like everybody uses it. Maybe I'm partial to the old one because I never could master it Back to top Alexjunior memberMember #Joined: 23 Oct 1999Posts: 44Location: Toronto, Ontario, canada Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 6:53 pm Graig Mullins?? From goodbrush.com?? Gee! This guy is awesome! Some of he's works are unbelievable... My favorite one is Macross thingy =) and the commersial for the bank is damn heavy detailed... =) ------------------ Alex D. G. http://www.alexdg.com Back to top Isaac Hayesjunior memberMember #Joined: 24 Oct 1999Posts: 17Location: JC, Missouri, USA Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 7:04 pm Craig Mullins actualy draws his work on the computer at insanely huge dimensions. I am amazed that he can manage it and paint that big without getting too focused on one part of the painting. He then resizes them down. If you look at the original painting of his intro pic you will see what I mean. Realy interesting way of making paintings on the pc. I would think it would be faster than doing it 1:1 ratio, but for me I would have a hard time painting that large without wanting to make small details. It's not the method for me, but for others it might work. Use what you do best with & good luck to everyone on finding your favorite style! Back to top Pavel Lagutinjunior memberMember #Joined: 23 Oct 1999Posts: 47Location: Russia Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 7:34 pm To Dhab. Hope you`ll get art in good way, because classic (Mullin`s style) method of painting is better when yours. You style mostly better for drawing textures. I think you`ll get what i mean when you get your first result in oil method of painting. ------------------ Pavel Lagutin http://www.race2.da.ru Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 9:00 pm Actually, I gathered from goodbrush.com, that mullins often does a sketch at a low res, then resizes the sketch to a higher resolution, to put in the details, and resizes it downwards again. And of course, if an image is for print, it HAS to be big. 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John Andrew Perrello, aka JonOne, is a street artist and painter of Dominican origin who was actually born in New York in 1963. Having grown up in Harlem, surrounded by the blooming Graffiti scene, JonOne took a shot at graffiti early on. Being a self-taught creator, he did not consider the switch to painting on canvas as a major issue, in fact, most of his works show clear influence of the street life, graffiti, hip hop and modern painting. JonOne nurtures the concept of freedom above everything else, and this notion is reflected in his work where the freedom of movement, interpretation, shapes and colors all clash into a stunning composition. But his street art style goes well beyond mere tagging and expressions of vandalism, it actually elevates it to a full artistic gesture. His paintings effectively defy the "rules" of graffiti, they emanate an abundance of movement and colors, combining freestyle, hand-painted aesthetics with a sense of repetition reminiscent of textile patterns. Some of his paintings even go to a point of abstract expressionism, bringing authors like Jackson Pollock and Jean Dubuffet to mind.
The unique style of JonOne, which is full of overflowing strokes and colors, seems to have brought him worldwide recognition and renown. So much so that supposedly art dealers are even trying to sell fake paintings of JonOne for profit. The number of his sold artworks is just around 200 so far, with the total turnover reaching well over $2,000,000. His paintings are an invitation to a dynamic visual experience, and here we present you the 10 most expensive pieces of JonOne. There will be no blank spaces on the canvases of these paintings, and it might take you a while to soak in all the layers and the myriads of colors clashing and overflowing one another. JonOne's unique style is so impressive that one of the famous football player/actor stars asked the artist to revamp his expensive car with his work. Chaotic and free, yet balanced and composed, JonOne has developed a distinct and recognizable style that will leave no one indifferent.
And if you think some of his other pieces should be priced higher, check out the full list of JonOne's artworks here.
Created in 2013, the vibrant piece named Moi Aussi is an acrylic on canvas painting. As most of JonOne's paintings, Moi Aussi (Me Too) defies the "rules" of graffiti and only displays the mere influences of the graffiti culture in his works. At first glance, the painting may seem like someone just randomly splattered a lot of colors onto a canvas, creating a visual disarray and simply a mess. However, after a while, the image hints away at a pattern which actually seems to be hidden underneath the plethora of layers of different pigments. The painting appears almost as if the entire piece was captured still in a moment of utter chaos and motion.
Another, somewhat chaotic, piece by JonOne displays an array of intertwined moves and crossover strokes. If the name of the piece A Dream: Then I Woke Up is to be taken literally, then this dream was probably some kind of a nightmare. The mayhem of brushstrokes invokes feelings of uneasiness and unrest, as if someone were trying to scratch their way out of a very turbulent dream. The piece doesn't show JonOne's usual display of vivid colors, and is instead focused on the white strokes which appear at the top layer of the painting.
Kapouf by JonOne is an interesting piece which displays a convergence of black paint and dark colors at the center of it, while the bright colors and an array of shapes seem to disperse around it. Upon closer examination, one might discern a few hidden faces, distorted and warped into the undistinguishable shapes which dominate the painting. It's quite difficult to make out whether the blackness is being diffused and trapped by the surrounding colors, or if it's actually only emerging and breaking out from the center. It almost makes the viewer wish to go deeper into it, to see what's hiding beyond the plethora of twirling lines.
The amazing technique of the American artist once again shines in this piece named Jose Garcia RIP. There is a sense of liquidity in the glass-like mosaic pieces that constitute this painting. Even though some of the different shapes seem to be just out there for themselves, they actually fit in with each other, perhaps not as perfectly as puzzle pieces, but they make out an intricate composition nonetheless. The piece has so many details and things going on that one might get lost in it for quite some time, or even look back after a while and discover something completely new and unseen before.
As usually, the space in the paintings of JonOne is completely used, the empty or white does not exist. Strictly For Kings Or Better represents a gradual dripping sensation with the green color at the top, slowly transposing into yellow, orange, red and then a variety of blue, black and darker shades. At the bottom, the artist left all the colors to drip in a designed pattern. The oval shapes that seem to be fluctuating in the piece are reminiscent of eyes that are looking in all possible directions. Don't know if the piece named Strictly For Kings Or Better really did go to a "king or better," but it was sold well above its high estimate.
Regardless if you are a king or not, go here for more info about the piece!
This piece dates back to 1994, and it shows a more "positive" explosion of colors in JonOne's paintings. It is actually done as spray paint on canvas and its dimensions are 295.5 x 610cm, so it might as well literally be a piece of JonOne's street art transposed onto canvas. The style is clearly fitting his earlier works, when the intricacy of the piece was not so "over-the-top" and over-crowded with strokes and lines, and the colors used are actually quite bright and joyful even.
Opposed to the bright and joyful colors of the previously mentioned piece, this Untitled painting from 2008 relies more on the darker spectrum and shows the dominant black which overflows the lower part of the painting. The details are immense and executed to minute perfection, the colors change in waves as they reach the bottom where the black ink seems to be ending the painting abruptly. The black strokes grow wider as they even cover the colorful dripping underneath it.
Another spray paint on canvas, this one dating back to 1991, actually doesn't really contain the signature brushstrokes and shapes by JonOne. The 178.1 x 196 cm painting invokes a feeling of abstraction, and as always, emanates a sensation of chaos in the overflow of colors and layers. The final product appears as if it was made in a rush, without much premeditation. However, once you realize the immense amount of different colors, angles and layers used, you quickly come to a conclusion it must have taken the artist some time to compose such a magnificent piece.
Once again, going back to 1991 for the year of creation of this masterpiece by JonOne, named R.I.P. Rest In Peace. The acrylic on canvas is vibrant with scribble-like motions of the artist, oozing a plethora of colors underneath, over and in between all of the layers. In the artist's signature style, there isn't a blank space left on canvas as it displays an abundance of strokes and moves of the brush. The intensity of colors may not be as strong as in his later work, but the combination of the color positioning and choices make a perfect balance of a soothing and unresting feeling.
Finally, we reach the undoubtedly most expensive piece created so far by JonOne. Created for the occasion of the auction of Urban Contemporary Art, organized by Artcurial, the already expensive Rolls-Royce automobile was revamped by our chaotic street artist. The owner of the vehicle was the French actor and former international football player, Eric Cantona, and he specifically requested the renowned American street artist to embellish the car with his creative force. Eric Cantona decided to donate the customized 1984 Corniche model to the Abbé Pierre Foundation which campaigns and fights for the homeless. The full amount received from the sale was used to finance particular support projects and actions of the Foundation. The final hammer price reached the astounding $171,000, and definitely blew away all the expectations. If you're into cars pimped out in street art style, check out our list of 10 best street art cars.
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There are two things going on here that just don't work. The first is the lip color - I'm not sure if that's a gloss or what, but it totally washes her out and makes her teeth look stained. Es no bueno.
The next thing is the harsh white eyeliner on the waterline of her lower lashes. If I can see a white line on your eyes, it's not making your eyes look bigger, it's making you look like you wear clown makeup.


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Yesterday I also bid a loving farewell to this little quilt who is also going to cozy with a new little baby. I almost couldn't let it go! The comforting fact is that I still plan to make a big one for my daughter. I just LOVE this quilt! I've only got about 6 more kits for this one and then I might have to re-tool it with a few different fabrics. Also, I found more yardage of the original aqua back with red roses, so that is an option once again.
And I only have 2 more I-spy quilts in it's current incarnation. (i.e. – the current American Jane borders, binding, and back.) I may redesign this one too, maybe a smaller size. Not sure. Any suggestions? Until then I will keep stocking the little I-spy packets.
And in squeal-worthy news, So You Think You Can Dance is back tomorrow!! WOO! Although I probably couldn't carry-off most of those outfits (nor would I really want to), I do wish I could get my old, decrepit body to dance again. We occasionally have 'dance parties' at our house to songs from old and new musicals [you know, Newsies, High School Musical 1, Singin' In the Rain, etc], but if I try to dance my kids always plead, "MOM! STOP!" So unfortunately I'm already classified as an old geezer, but my awesome little sister actually auditioned for SYTYCD this year. She is in fact, an actual dancer. So just in case you're like me, you can live vicariously here.
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Flapcake wrote:Hi declan
This map is realy starting to looke nice, greate work, I do have a littel comment,
You have to put in the army numbers 2 or 3 figures, to see if they fits, both on small and large. you find a post about it here http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=648&t=151232
This is also regarding to exploitation of space, you area names, you will have to push some of them around to get room for army numbers, the names dont have to stay on a strait line, they can also be in a tilted angle or slanting if you like, if you cant get the text to fit in, make the border line fit to the text.
stay on track, it a awsome map your making
The Bison King wrote:think the rivers could be done in a more attractive style. As is they look very pixely and drawn on.
RedBaron0 wrote: Personally, considering the age here, I'd go with stone, chisel this sucker in stone and you'll get plenty of attention.
natty_dread wrote:I didn't notice this already has a gp stamp...
Now I'm going to be honest with you: this will probably require a total redraw. It will most likely be easier to do the whole thing again from scratch instead of trying to fix everything that is wrong with the current image... there's just so many elements that require attention. Sorry for being blunt.
Firstly, the land borders (ie. the borders around the land area, between land and sea) need to be done over. They're pixelated, unclean, and they look shoddily done - they don't look like they follow any actual land shape. You're going to have to do them again, with more accuracy. Pay more attention to the line work - try to make the lines smoother, but sharper and more accurate. Look at existing world maps and look at the line work in the land shapes - try to emulate that.
Secondly, the glow on the land area doesn't work, it looks like it doesn't belong on the same "canvas" as the other elements. In fact, this in general is your biggest problem - lack of a consistent style, you don't have a consistent image where the elements work together and look like they belong in the same image... all the icons, mountains, rivers etc. look like a mix-n-match that don't belong together.
Thirdly, the thing I said about the land borders also applies to the territory borders.
Fourth: your font choices aren't very exciting. For territory labels, try a font that looks somewhat handwritten, but nothing too elaborate - it needs to be readable. For the larger texts, look for some fonts with a flintstones/jurassic park like feel. Look at dafont.com for a good selection of fonts.
Oh, and the border doesn't work at all. It looks bland and inconsistent.
Well, that's it for now, hope you get something good out of this. Again, sorry for being blunt, but I believe honest criticism is better than trying to sugarcoat it too much. Keep on working, mapmaking is always a learning process.
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Testimony continued in the Mark Strong trial today from the man who manages the property at 8 York Street in Kennebunk where Alexis Wright ran her "Pura Vida" Zumba studio.
Speaking through a translator, Bee Nguyen told the court that Strong co-signed the lease for Wright to use the space.
Click here for a timeline of the investigation.
Nguyen testified that the only time he ever met Strong was when he signed the documentation in early March of 2010.
Nguyen is suing Wright for nearly $60,000 in back rent.
He also told the court that, earlier this month, he reached an agreement with a new tenant for the dance studio space.
Prosecutors say Strong and Wright ran a prostitution business out of the Kennebunk studio.
They've both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Strong's defense team is trying to get all of the remaining charges thrown out on the grounds that prosecutors didn't share a piece of evidence with them that could be key to their argument.
That piece of evidence is a document related to personnel files within the Kennebunk Police Department.
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While welcoming Sri Lankan government's work to quickly resettle nearly 280,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) following the three-decade long conflict in May 2009, the United States said today that it remains concerned about the rushed resettlement of the final IDPs to close the Menik Farm camp.
Sri Lanka police announced today that a Rs. 500,000 cash award will be offered for correct information leading to the arrest of the suspects over the assault on the secretary of the Judiciary Services Commission (JSC) Manjula Tilakaratne.
Yielding to the pressure from Tamil Nadu political parties which vehemently oppose providing military assistance to Sri Lanka, the Indian government has asked its Navy to conduct joint naval exercises with Sri Lanka in the seas away from the four southern states.
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has today taken up for consideration three petitions filed against the controversial Divi Neguma Bill.
Cabinet decides to amend the prevention of mosquito breeding Act to increase the minimum penalty up to Rs. 5000.00, Government Information Department stated.
Membership of the UNP MPs Palitha Range Bandara, P. Thewarapperuma and A. Abeysinghe have been temporarily suspended pending inquiry after they attended the rally headed by Sarath Fonseka.
The much awaited opening of the mini pavilion at Racecourse Grounds in Reid Avenue, which has been converted to an up-market shopping complex, is to be ceremonially opened tomorrow (Oct. 20).
Two persons have been arrested for allegedly molesting an 8 year old in Kasamaduwa, Ihalagama. According to Mihintale police the suspects were residing in houses adjacent to that of the victim.
The public holiday for Haj festival has been changed to Saturday (October 27) as Muslims will be celebrating Haj on October 27th, the Ministry of Public Administration said today.
The police have received court approval to interrogate a woman, under a detention order, who was arrested attempting to take heroin into the Mt. Lavinia Magistrate's Court.
A group of Sri Lankan Tamils who were rescued by Nagapattinam fishermen while they were stranded mid-sea, on Thursday staged a hunger strike at the Mandapam transit camp, urging the Indian government to release them at the earliest.
A body has been discovered in the Alioluwa Lake in Iginiyagala. Police said the deceased has been identified as a 54-year-old resident of Ambagahawella.
Sri Lankan police were hunting for a fishing trawler now believed to have been stolen by its crew in a bid to illegally transport asylum seekers to Australia.Police said three crewmen and the skipper of the trawler had staged a hijacking on Sunday night to try to cover up the theft of the boat and use it in the highly lucrative people-smuggling business.
A Chennai sessions court on Thursday refused to revoke a non-bailable arrest warrant issued against Sri Lankan minister Douglas Devananda and turned down his offer to face the murder trial he faces in India through video-conferencing.
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Guests: Jeff Zeleny, Dan Balz, Susan Milligan, Sam Stein, David Maraniss
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Rambler.
Let`s play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I`m Chris Matthews up in New York.
"Let Me Start" with the latest from this ridiculous Romney road show.
You got a better name for it? This odd duck odyssey that marks each day
with a mistake, whether it`s mocking the Brits for screwing up the Olympics
or standing in the midst of the Mideast and saying Arab culture isn`t up to
Who is this klutz, this clodhopper, this lawn sprinkler of national
insult? Well, he`s Mitt Romney. Remember him, the guy who promised to
restore and upgrade the special relationship with Great Britain and has
instead barfed on the Buckingham Palace lawn? The guy who promised to
restore peace and security to the land of Israel and has instead managed to
raise the level of strife still higher, also the level of fear when his
spokesmen said just yesterday that Romney would back Bibi Netanyahu, no
matter what he did to Iran, before Romney once again had to walk back his
yet another global gaffe.
Let`s hear from tonight`s experts. We`re going to hear from, of
course, Howard Fineman, political director of the Huffington Post Media
Group, and David Corn with "Mother Jones."
I have to tell you, it is funny because it`s so ridiculous. Mitt
Romney caused a stir today, as I said, speaking at a fund-raiser in Tel
Aviv. He told Jewish donors, many from the United States, that the reason
the Iraqi per capita GDP is so much higher than the Palestinians, it had to
do mainly with the superior culture.
According to the Associated Press, Romney said, quote, "as I come here
and I look out over this city and consider the accomplishments of the
people of this nation, I recognize the power of at least culture and a few
other things."
By the way, Romney got some of his facts wrong. He said the per
capita GDP of the Palestinian territories was about one third that of
Israel. It`s actually less than one tenth.
What do you make of this, Howard? I don`t know what he`s doing on
this road trip. You can`t call it statesmanship.
Well, my first thought upon reading that, Chris, and in talking to people
around here is that he -- he seemed in over his head.
First of all, he terribly insulted the Palestinians, and the fact that
the true difference in GDP is more than 10 to 1 shows that he insulted
them. Most of them are poor. They live in a country -- in a territory
that isn`t recognized as a nation by most of the world, that is landlocked
in most of its territory, that has Gaza attached to it as still a U.N.
protectorate, that doesn`t have the kind of support and trade relations
that Israel has around the world.
So it was terribly insulting, and it was also condescending to the
Jews and the Israelis that he was speaking to. It was kind of, like, You
know, you people are good at this kind of thing.
MATTHEWS: Yes. There`s a sort of ludicrous factor there, I`d say.
FINEMAN: It was just ludicrous. It was ludicrous. There are
thousands of years of history. He was -- he was doing painting by the
number -- paint by numbers politics with the wrong paint and the wrong
numbers. And I just think it showed he was in over his head once again.
DAVID CORN, "MOTHER JONES," MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: It was as if he
said, Some of my best friends come from your culture.
FINEMAN: Right.
MATTHEWS: Well, actually, Arabs are pretty good business people
MATTHEWS: This is -- this is kind of an odd thing to draw a
distinction. Anyway, Romney`s statement was quickly rebuked by Palestinian
negotiator Saeb Erekat, who said, quote, "It`s a racist statement, and this
man doesn`t realize that the Palestinian economy cannot reach its potential
because there`s an Israeli occupation. It seems to me the man lacks
information, knowledge, vision and understanding of this region and its
He also lacks knowledge about the Israelis themselves. I have not
heard any Israeli official speak about cultural superiority. For his part,
the Romney camp walked back the statement again, saying it was, quote, "not
in any way an attempt to slight the Palestinians and everyone knows that."
Well, obviously, everyone doesn`t know that.
CORN: I tell you, they should call this the moonwalking tour because
any time Mitt Romney speaks, he has to then walk backwards while seeming to
go forward. You know, how many remarks, you know, can you walk back?
A couple days ago, before he left, I was talking to a Republican
strategist. And he said, you know, this is a good time for Romney to go
away, have some nice pictures taken. What could go wrong?
MATTHEWS: I know. Everything has.
CORN: Basically, everything could go wrong! And I think that what
was sort of really disconcerting about what he did in Israel was he showed
that he was just pandering again. Here was his chance to show that he
understood some of the nuances of foreign policy, diplomacy. This guy is
not a dummy. He`s not an idiot. But he just goes right into pander mode
in front of the Jewish and Israeli donors who were in that room that day.
FINEMAN: But as he does it, he stirs up trouble...
CORN: Yes.
FINEMAN: As he does it, he stirs up trouble, and he panders in a way
that I think most of the panderees don`t particularly appreciate.
CORN: Maybe Sheldon Adelson...
FINEMAN: Maybe Sheldon Adelson does, but most of the Israelis and
most supporters of Israel in the United States, both Jewish and not Jewish,
as Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian leader, said, you don`t hear Israelis
talking this way. They`re much more attuned to the reality.
And he`s doing -- what Mitt Romney was doing, it was as though he went
-- as if some foreign leader came to the United States and said, If I just
talk to Dick Cheney, I`m really going to understand America.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FINEMAN: It doesn`t work that way. He`s getting in the middle of
Israeli politics in a way he has no idea what he`s doing.
MATTHEWS: Well, before the day was out, the White House had weighed
in. Here`s deputy press secretary Josh Earnest. Let`s watch him.
JOSH EARNEST, DEPUTY White HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: One of the
challenges of being an actor on the international stage, particularly when
you`re traveling to such a sensitive part of the world, is that your
comments are very closely scrutinized for meaning, for nuance, for
motivation. And it is clear that there are some people who have taken a
look at those comments and are scratching their heads a little bit.
MATTHEWS: Well, you know, Howard, let`s talk really basic about what
this means in this campaign. First impressions are important. He won`t
have another chance to do a foreign trip before the election. This is it,
this trip, and we haven`t even gotten to Poland yet. We don`t know what
that holds for us all.
FINEMAN: One can only -- you have to hold your breath.
CORN: Yes.
FINEMAN: I don`t know. And I -- look, do I think this is the
central, pivotal moment of the 2012 campaign? No. But Mitt Romney was
light on foreign policy experience, which after all, even in the midst of a
dismal economy, is still very important. You`re still running to be
commander-in-chief and leader of the free world.
Mitt Romney -- this is going to be a close election, Chris. Mitt
Romney can`t afford to give away points on this kind of thing. And as
David said, rather than a sort of anodyne photo op tour in which he looks
good and looks presidential and looks like a global leader, he looks like a
guy who is really in over his head, that he`s in over his...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FINEMAN: ... depth.
CORN: And the interesting...
FINEMAN: That was true in Britain and I think that`s true here.
Nuance is required. You`ve got to actually study stuff. And you have to
learn all sides of the street. You just don`t go talk to the Likudniks at
the King David Hotel...
MATTHEWS: I know.
FINEMAN: ... and think you understand the Middle East. You can`t do
CORN: And the interesting thing is that, you know, the Romney
campaign for the last year, and the Republicans in general, have been
trying to make the argument -- I think it`s false -- that Barack Obama is
an amateur when it comes to foreign policy, that he doesn`t know what he`s
doing, that he -- you know, he has -- there`s no force there, no vigor.
I think that`s all, you know, complete BS. But when Romney gets out
there, it looks like, as Howard said, he doesn`t really have any sure
footing. He`s just reading talking points to, you know, pander, or -- you
know, to this particular crowd.
And it just doesn`t look like he`s a leader who can even -- who even
has sort of the basic instincts of leadership and knowing how to talk to
people in a very delicate circumstance. And Josh Ernest had it right. He
was under great scrutiny. And so far, every time he`s been in the
spotlight on this trip, he`s basically botched it.
MATTHEWS: You know, he looks upon the -- he looks upon the Holy Land
the way Rastafarians look upon Ethiopia. It`s kind of a notion, it`s not a
MATTHEWS: No, I`m serious. You guys have all spent time in the Old
City. You`ve seen the complexity of life over there, how the different
religions work together. Over thousands of years, they`ve learned how to
move in that city. There`s nothing more dramatic, as an American, to go
over and see the people in the black hats going to their prayers on the
Western Wall, and at the same time hearing the call to prayer. It works
together, but it`s so intricate.
And these PR stunts, when American politicians go -- I saw Sarah Palin
go over there one time. All she did was go to that one side of the wall,
went to the Western Wall, did the appropriate thing there, and left, with
no interest in the greater city -- the Old City...
CORN: And don`t forget about the war-mongering comments, too, about
Iran. I mean, that sort of gets people nervous even here, where you have a
war-weary public, and you have people in the region saying, God, is this --
he`s just going to stand back and let the Israelis or Bibi Netanyahu do
whatever they want to do?
MATTHEWS: That`s what he said. That`s what Dan...
MATTHEWS: But he did walk that back.
MATTHEWS: One last thing. Here he is today walking that back. This
is very important. He walked back what his top spokesman on foreign
policy, Dan Senor, said. And he said, "I think I`ll use my own terms in
that regard." He didn`t say, I`m going just to respect whatever they want
to do. So even he, I think, was being measured there, Howard. He pulled
back. He made sure he didn`t go too far, even on the movement of the
embassy possibly down the road to Jerusalem.
FINEMAN: Well, my view -- my guess here is that however many votes of
Jews and other supporters of a hard line and Israel he may have picked up
with this kind of performance, he will more than lose in terms of other
people evaluating him as a potential leader of the free world and
He just -- as I keep saying, he just -- he kind of looks in over his
head, that he just sees pure -- the pure outlines of things and not any
nuance. And that`s -- you can`t be that way if you`re running for
MATTHEWS: I think he should have done more shaloms and less war
making. I mean, people should talk peace when they go over there, you know
what I mean? I mean that literally. "Shalom" is a wonderful word. I
think we should hear it from him once in a while.
Anyway, today the Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, had some words
of praise for President Obama. Here`s what he told CNN. Let`s listen.
EHUD BARAK, ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER: I should tell you honestly that
this administration and President Obama is doing in regard to our security
more than anything that I can remember in the past.
MATTHEWS: Pretty powerful stuff at this point, isn`t it, David.
CORN: Oh, it is. And again, you know, we`ve seen the Republicans and
Mitt Romney try to find some daylight there to sort of get the Jewish votes
and some of the Jewish money, with Sheldon Adelson and others.
And -- but when you have statements like that -- and if you just read
the Israeli press, you read the editorials in "Ha`aretz," and they`re far
more critical of Israeli policy...
MATTHEWS: I know.
CORN: ... and you know, and far more enlightened, or at least open-
minded to what`s going on there than any part of the conversation we have
here. So I think, again...
MATTHEWS: It`s called democracy.
CORN: It`s called democracy.
MATTHEWS: I`ve been over there, and those debates -- debating a guy
from "The Jerusalem Post" at the University of Tel Aviv years ago. People
love a rock `em, sock `em debate over there.
FINEMAN: I think Ehud Barak and Shimon Peres both wanted to stress
the fact that just because Romney was over there speaking to the right wing
of Israeli politics doesn`t mean that Israel itself necessarily feels the
same way. So they were -- Romney has complicated things for the Israelis
there, too, by taking this very aggressive fund-raising, and...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FINEMAN: ... you know, approach over there at the King David Hotel,
mostly with American Jews sending him money.
MATTHEWS: OK. Well, let`s get aggressive here. It`s HARDBALL time.
Here`s a new issue of "Newsweek." It has a provocative cover, I`d say. It
plays off the story the magazine wrote back in 1967 (SIC) about George
Bush, Sr. "Newsweek`s" cover poses the question, "Is Mitt Romney too wimpy
to be president?"
I don`t know if that`s the right word. Howard, you start on this. Is
that the right word for Romney? I would say he`s a pander bear, using an
old expression of Paul Tsongas, on every front, not just on the Middle East
but on Norquist and every -- the religious right. He says, Yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes.
But is it fair to call him a wimp, Howard?
FINEMAN: Well, Chris, having been involved to some extent in that the
original "Newsweek" cover, which was 1987, not 1967, no, I -- by the way,
George H.W. Bush, who we alluded to as a possible wimp, was a war hero.
But be that as it may, I don`t think Mitt Romney is a wimp in the
sense that he will say -- it`s more like he`s -- I find him more cynical...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FINEMAN: ... in that he will say just about anything, it seems, in
the very cold-blooded and I would say cold-hearted pursuit of the White
House. What he did to some of the other candidates in the Republican
primaries, you know, was pretty cold. And so I don`t see him --
politically, he doesn`t -- almost doesn`t seem to care. I don`t find that
to be wimpish. I find it to be cynical.
CORN: Also, I would throw in the word "arrogant" or "distant," as
MATTHEWS: Yes.
CORN: I mean, I wouldn`t -- I wouldn`t -- I don`t think wimpiness is
the problem. I think he`s -- you know, he`s detached in certain ways.
When he says, I`m not going to turn over my taxes, I`m not going to tell
you who my bundlers are, I`m not going to explain my IRA, I`m not going to
explain these tax havens I have -- I mean, that`s not being wimpy, that`s
basically having a "you people" attitude, like, I don`t have to answer to
you people.
CORN: I`ve given you people enough, you know? And so that`s not
really wimpy. And so I think "Newsweek" was calling in on its historical
legacy that Howard helped create to sort of sell magazines in the
MATTHEWS: I remember the (INAUDIBLE) I remember history -- the
teacher trying to get a job down in the conservative South, in the Bible
Belt, and they wanted to know if he believed in evolution or not. And he
said, I can teach it round or I can teach it flat, whatever way you want
FINEMAN: Chris -- Chris, Barbara Bush has still never forgiven me or
anybody else associated with that cover.
MATTHEWS: Well, we won`t, either. Anyway, thank you very much,
Howard Fineman. Thank you, David Corn.
Coming up: Bubba`s back! Bill Clinton`s going all out for President
Obama. At least he wants to appear to be doing so, and it looks like he`s
doing quite a job, with a big convention speech coming up. It looks like
he`s got the big primetime opportunity. What`s the Big Dog up to,
campaigning for Obama this year or for Hillary in 2016? Or how about both
of them?
Also, look who`s back, Dick Cheney. That`s how you say it. Picking
Sarah Palin was a mistake, he says. Picking him, of course, was brilliant.
What`s he want to be again here? Is he back to playing big-time politics
again? And what better way to influence Romney (INAUDIBLE) than to make
fun of the last one.
The anchor (ph) of a new book on President Obama, by the way, has
heard from the right wing the president is a Muslim, a foreigner, a
socialist. It never stops. Where does this hate come from?
Finally, "Let Me Finish" tonight with that news that Bubba`s going
This is HARDBALL, place for politics.
MATTHEWS: The former chairman of the Republican Party in Florida says
his party engaged in a systemic effort to suppress the African-American
vote in that state.
Jim Greer, who`s on trial for felony corruption charges, cited a 2009
meeting where political consultants were talking about, quote, "keeping
blacks from voting." Under Republican governor Rick Scott, Florida has
been purging its voter rolls, an effort critics say is aimed at keeping
minorities and other likely Democratic voters from casting ballots.
We`ll be right back.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. Who could forget Barack Obama
having to surrender the White House podium to Bill Clinton back in 2010 so
the former president could offer a full-throated defense of the president`s
economic position?
Well, now the Big Dog, as he`s called, is heading to Charlotte.
Clinton, who stands now as the permanent yet unofficial leader of the
Democratic Party, has accepted an invitation to speak the Wednesday night
of the national convention in Tampa (SIC), as well as the job of placing
the president`s name in nomination. The president wants and needs
Clinton`s support, everyone knows, but what does Bill Clinton want out of
With me tonight are the two top political reporters covering this
campaign, "The New York Times`s" Jeff Zeleny, who broke this story last
night, and Dan Balz of "The Washington Post."
Gentlemen, I want to ask you about the Clinton thing, but first of
all, let`s take a look at a fund-raising appearance in June. Here`s Bill
Clinton stumping for Barack Obama and showing exactly how good he can be
when he`s on your side.
Listen to him take on Mitt Romney like nobody can do it. Let`s watch.
BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: His opponent,
who says that he`s got a better idea, was the governor of the state that
was 47th in the country in job growth. He promised that, if elected, he
would grow the economy and reduce the debt, and when he left office, the
debt of the state was going up. And his plan -- his plan is to go back to
the Bush program, except on steroids.
MATTHEWS: Except on steroids.
By the way, that`s Charlotte the Democrats are going to. Republicans
are going to Tampa.
Jeff, congratulations on breaking this story.
Tell me what this means. What does it auger for this country in terms
of the down-the-road and near-term politics?
JEFF ZELENY, "THE NEW YORK TIMES": I think it means that President
Obama realizes that he`s in trouble and he needs help from whoever he can
get it.
If he was in a stronger position, he would not invite the former
president to be at this convention.
MATTHEWS: The big dog.
ZELENY: I don`t think there`s much bad blood between them anymore. I
think they have come to an understanding. And I think that President Obama
generally likes the advice and counsel he gets from him.
But that`s different than having him appear at your convention, never
mind the fact the vice president was going to have a night to himself. Now
he is added on to the president`s night. More people will probably see
him, but I think it just shows that they need someone to make this
argument, to sort of draw this arc from 2000 all the way to 2012. He`s the
best person to do it.
Dan Balz, is this a projection now into 2016? Is this Bill Clinton
basically doing the positive side of what he did the negative side to
during the spring, when he basically beat up on and defeated a lot of
people who had opposed Hillary, particularly in Pennsylvania, last time to
make it clear that you`re going to have to pay for having opposed my wife.
By the way, now I`m the leader of the party and I`m going to do the
positive as well as the negative. Look out. I`m clearing the way for her
next time.
DAN BALZ, CHIEF POLITICAL REPORTER, "THE WASHINGTON POST": Chris, I
see this much more in the context of 2012 than 2016.
Bill Clinton has spoken I think at every Democratic Convention since
1988, when he gave that very long nomination speech for Mike Dukakis. And
I look back at what he had to say in 2004 when he spoke for John Kerry. He
made an argument that I suspect will be similar to the argument he will
make in Charlotte, which is that there are two different visions and that
the Democratic vision on economics is to share the pain and share the
sacrifice and share the effort.
And he will argue that the Republicans favor a concentration of wealth
and help for the wealthy. He did an important thing for Barack Obama four
years ago, which was, when he went to Denver -- I think the single most
important line he uttered was Barack Obama is ready to be president.
Hillary Clinton had obviously said he wasn`t ready to be president.
And I think this time he will make the economic argument, because Bill
Clinton is quite good, better probably than anybody in the Democratic
Party, at synthesizing economic arguments and making them compelling to a
big audience.
MATTHEWS: Yes, he says he spends one to two hours a day every day
trying to master the pragmatics of international economics.
Here he is by the way offering a damning critique of the Republican
economic agenda this summer. Let`s take a listen.
BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Why aren`t thing
roaring along now? Because Europe is in trouble and because the Republican
Congress has adopted the European economic policy.
Who would have thought after years and years and years, even decades,
in which the Republican right attacked old Europe, that they would embrace
the economic policies of the Eurozone, austerity and unemployment now at
all costs?
CLINTON: I mean, after all, their unemployment rate is 11 percent and
ours is 8 percent. We can get right up there if we just adopt their
MATTHEWS: When I saw him at Mrs. King -- Coretta King`s funeral when
he talked about there`s a woman in that box, I knew he was the best there
ever was, when he did better than the black ministers at that funeral
Let me ask you about the down the road. Jeff, can you tell us now --
it seems to me that -- I call it Scranton to Oshkosh. It`s the working
class industrial, formerly giant industrial center of the country from
Scranton, Pennsylvania, all the way through to Wisconsin. That`s where the
Democratic Party has to hold the white vote to be blunt about it, the
working non-college vote. Can Bill Clinton, will he get out there on the
road and be the troubadour for this president?
ZELENY: I think he will be out there on the road as much as the Obama
campaign wants him to be, which I think now is a lot. I think they can`t
get enough of Bill Clinton.
The question here is, though, we saw him out there in the midterm
elections in 2010 all the time as well. And Democrats still did very
poorly. I think there`s a limit to what he can do here. But, sure, he
will be out there.
And Ohio could be the most important place. If you plant him in Ohio
and the president at least holds his own, where he was four years ago among
these white working-class voters, he will probably win reelection.
MATTHEWS: Is it your sense, Dan, and you`re as good as this guy, and
maybe better -- you may be the best guy in this business in terms of
understanding politics in this country -- can Bill Clinton find the message
that works with the guy who is one of those taverns along Friday night -- I
always think of these guys sitting in the bars talking to each about the
campaign, trying to figure out where they stand, where their interests lie.
Can he get to them in a way that Trump can and the labor guys can`t,
get to the guy in the rank and file and say you have got to vote Democrat
this time?
BALZ: I think that`s a really good question, Chris. I suspect he can
do it better than President Obama, who has certainly always struggled with
that particular part of the electorate.
But I think that that portion of the electorate is in many ways lost
to President Obama.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
BALZ: I think Bill Clinton`s value not only will be to try to go
after those voters, but also to try to do something for suburban voters and
particularly suburban women, to make a compelling economic argument, to
suggest, to make the case that what Barack Obama is able to do will be
superior to what Mitt Romney is talking about.
If he can do that, he will have fulfilled the mission that I think the
Obama campaign and the president really want him to do.
MATTHEWS: It`s going to be Bill Clinton against the Giants and the
Cowboys that Wednesday night in the middle of the convention.
By the way, the latest Gallup poll on Bill Clinton is the highest it`s
ever been. This compares to back in 1993 when he was at his zenith coming
into office. He`s 66 percent favorable right now, 28 percent negative. He
may be at a zenith again.
Anyway, thank you, gentlemen, the best in the business, Jeff Zeleny of
"The New York Times," who broke this story about Bill Clinton being the big
speaker Wednesday night, and Dan Balz of the great -- well, the great
"Washington Post." Let`s just say what it is.
And, by the way, you don`t want to miss tomorrow`s HARDBALL. We have
got a couple other great guests of a different stripe, Will Ferrell and
Zach Galifianakis, star of the great new political movie "The Campaign."
This is HARDBALL, the place for politics.
MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. And now to the "Sideshow."
Mitt Romney is still trying to forget his "Fawlty Towers" performance
over in London. The British press and government blasted him for saying
part of the preparation for the Olympic Games was disconcerting.
Well, check out what Romney said upon greeting the Palestinian
Authority prime minister in Jerusalem over the weekend.
MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Entertaining and delightful
opening ceremony. Wasn`t it spectacular? It really was. And the march of
nations, there were many participants. And they sent women from every
MATTHEWS: There were many participants in the opening ceremony? And,
yes, the trees of Michigan are the perfect height. Talk about small talk.
More from politics meets Olympics. First lady Michelle Obama is
taking in the Games in London. And she`s having basically the opposite
experience of Mitt Romney, meaning it`s been controversy-free.
Anyway, Mrs. Obama was asked by ABC`s Bill Weir about her own Olympic
MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY: All right. Complete fantasy, I would be
a gymnast. But, come on, 5`11`` with legs -- no. I tried when I was
But I love gymnastics. I was in awe of what those women could do.
That`s really a fantasy. Now, if we get to something that is a little more
realistic, maybe it would be track.
M. OBAMA: I would like to think I was fast.
MATTHEWS: A realistic fantasy? Now, there`s a practical first lady.
But what`s this happening in this photo? Why`s a member of the U.S.
wrestling team posing for a photo with Mrs. Obama in a body lift? Well,
according to the wrestler, Elena Pirozhkova, she just wanted to be
original. "I hugged her and then I asked if I could pick her up. I think
she was nervous. I wanted to ask her permission. There was security all
around. And she gave it. I will only meet her once. I wanted to do
something different."
Well, at least she knew to ask if it was OK.
Back to politics. Republican Congressman Joe Walsh is in hot water
again. Back in May, Walsh proposed a bill that would help renovations of
veterans meeting halls, among other things. How do we know for sure this
one has got support on both sides of the aisle? Easy. One of Walsh`s
Democratic colleagues, Tim Bishop, actually crafted the almost exact same
bill two years ago. We`re talking almost word for word. And he never told
Well, according to Politico, "To take legislation from a member who is
still in office without giving them a heads-up is a big no-no."
Well, a former aide to Bishop said -- quote -- "You don`t just take
someone else`s stuff without asking."
Well, Joe Walsh does.
Up next: Dick Cheney wants back in the game. He says Sarah Palin was
a big mistake for vice president and he wants credit for getting bin Laden.
He wants it. That`s ahead. He`s unbelievable. Cheney`s back.
You`re watching HARDBALL, the place for politics.
MILISSA REHBERGER, MSNBC CORRESPONDENT: I`m Milissa Rehberger.
Here`s what`s happening.
Accused Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes was charged
earlier with 24 counts of murder, two counts for each of those victims
killed. That gives prosecutors different options to potentially pursue the
death penalty.
A Kent State University student has been ordered to stay away from a
school after posting on Twitter that he planned to shoot up the campus.
And a lackluster day for the markets. The Dow fell two and change.
The S&P was virtually flat and the Nasdaq lost 12 -- now back to HARDBALL.
DICK CHENEY, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I like
Governor Palin. I have met her. I know her. She`s an attractive
candidate, but, based on her background -- she`d only been governor for two
years -- I don`t think she passed that test.
QUESTION: Of being ready?
CHENEY: Of being ready to take over. And I think that was a mistake.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
He`s back. Of course, Dick Cheney`s wading right back into the thick
of Republican publics today. Needless to say, Senator McClain -- Senator
McCain, rather, could have done without the input here. But let`s listen
to it.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: Well, I`m always glad to get comments
four years later.
MATTHEWS: Monday-morning quarterback, in other words.
But what is Cheney up to right now in his own right? It`s no accident
he suddenly turned up on TV for his first interview since his heart
transplant. But what does he want?
Susan Milligan writes for "U.S. News & World Report" and Sam Stein
covers politics for The Huffington Post.
I want to start with you, Susan, because you have a sense of humor
about this. This guy is back like Freddy Krueger. I don`t understand.
Politically, he goes through -- he`s only been elected a congressman out in
Wyoming. But he`s making fun of Palin for only being a governor. He`s
never been elected to much before he was vice president. What`s he talking
SUSAN MILLIGAN, "U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT": Well, of course, he got
to be vice president because he selected himself.
MATTHEWS: He was head of the selection committee.
MILLIGAN: Yes, there you go.
I don`t know. Maybe someone needs to play him that song, how can we
miss you if you don`t go away? He doesn`t really seem to understand his
time is done. And I have to say President Bush, I have got to hand it to
the guy. I`m sure he`s had disagreements with President Obama, but he`s
kept quiet and he`s just let the man do his job.
But I think Cheney just can`t stay being out of the spotlight. But
he`s not helping his party. Clinton likes to stay in the spotlight. But
he`s useful. Cheney left office with a 13 percent approval rating.
MATTHEWS: Hey, Sam, the last thing we knew about this character was
his chief of staff, Scooter Libby, who`s since been disbarred and charged
with a felony they have to get him off from and a commuted sentence on, and
he was doing the alley-oop play on "Meet the Press" after she, Judy Miller,
had swallowed this stuff and put it on the "Times" front page.
He comes in with the alley-oop, and talks about what`s in the paper
that day that his chief of staff had leaked. They pulled an alley-oop play
back then. And that`s what he`s known for and he will always be known for
with me, clever press manipulation through "The Times."
My question is, why is he back in the business? Doesn`t he pay the
price that his chief of staff has paid? No. Why?
SAM STEIN, THE HUFFINGTON POST: No.
Well, first of all, let me say it`s not going out on a limb to say
Sarah Palin was the wrong pick for the time. McCain lost and he lost big.
He`s not exactly taking a big leap here.
As for why he`s back, I think Dick Cheney is very concerned about the
status of his reputation and his legacy in history. Remember, he did this
early on in the Obama administration when the focus was primarily on what
to do about U.S. policy toward enhanced terrorist techniques, something
that Cheney was personified with.
He likes to protect his legacy, and he likes to protect his
reputation. And he will occasionally resurface to make sure that they`re
intact. Susan`s right, though. His brand is actually much worse when you
poll it than Palin`s is. Palin polls very well among Republicans.
Cheney has a big following among Republican circles, but they`re not
going to let him even close to the Republican Convention. There`s a
reason, because he basically is unpopular.
MATTHEWS: What`s the memory loss here? Are we all suffering from ADD
or whatever?
Susan, here`s a guy that leaked -- had his people leak the name of
Valerie Wilson. You had Scooter out there, you had Karl Rove out there.
They were all in cahoots, obviously. This guy, I don`t know he beat the
judge, but he did it.
Why is he back as somewhat legitimate again? He also got us into a
war that turned out to be the worst war we ever fought, with no clear
reason why we fought it, just a lot of casualties. And there he is.
MILLIGAN: Well, and what`s remarkable is of course he`s going after
the president for the leaks in the administration and talking about --
MATTHEWS: He`s against leaks?
STEIN: Yes.
MILLIGAN: -- how President Obama not foreseeing that, you know,
after Mubarak was gone, that you might have something worse in its place,
as if Iraq had never happened.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
MILLIGAN: I just think he can -- I think, first of all, I think he
has this visceral dislike of Obama that I don`t think President Obama has.
President Bush was actually very gracious towards President Obama and has
often talked about how one of his African-American staffers brought his
boys in and the first thing they said was, where is Barack Obama? And he
seemed to understand the historic nature of his presidency even if he
disagreed with him on a lot of issues.
But I think Cheney just can`t stand him. And he can`t stand the fact
he`s president and can`t keep quiet about it.
MATTHEWS: He wants to be the next, Perle Mesta, somewhere holding
these little parties and all, for all those people.
Anyway, it`s apparent that President Obama`s success in the war on
terror rankles Cheney. Listen to him try to muzzle in on President Obama`s
success in getting bin Laden.
DICK CHENEY, FORMER U.S. VICE PRESIDENT: I wouldn`t say he`s been
soft on terror, but I think he`s made a number of mistakes. Bin Laden,
fine. A lot of that intelligence that laid the ground work for what
ultimately led to the capture of bin Laden came as a result of programs we
had in place in the Bush administration.
MATTHEWS: And the fiscal catastrophe this president inherited
immediately had nothing to do with Cheney and Bush, of course. But they
get the responsibility for two years later catching bin Laden who they
could never catch. This is ludicrous.
Anyway, Cheney`s dislike of the president has manifested. Your
thoughts, Sam?
STEIN: Yes. And, you know, I think at the heart of it is that the
Cheney crowd thinks that the president gets a lot of credit for foreign
policy. In many respects, he`s continuing some of the policy set up by
Bush/Cheney, talking about indefinite detention, the fact that Guantanamo
remains open. Those things that were, you know, off criticized when it was
Cheney and Bush running the show are no longer so criticized with Obama.
And I think that rankles Cheney a lot.
Now, of course, it`s sort of ludicrous to say, well, we deserve
credit for catching bin Laden when there`s plenty of proof showing they
screwed up Tora Bora and so on and so forth. But I think when it comes to
specific policies that the president continued from the Bush/Cheney years,
Cheney wants credit for those and I don`t think he feels like he`s getting
MATTHEWS: Well, let me talk about the situation with Iran, Susan.
Everyone has, to me, mixed feelings about what to do about Iran and when to
do it, when the trip wire is caught. And you have to do something.
Everybody is talking about -- but Cheney sort of cried wolf by saying
Iraq had nuclear weapons. He pushed that and pushed that and pushed that.
I think it`s poison the thinking of the country. You can`t think clearly
about something when you`ve been screwed over once in a debate. And used.
MILLIGAN: Well, yes.
MATTHEWS: You know what I`m talking about.
MILLIGAN: But I just think that he`s very, very bitter. I mean, he
was very, very bitter. I was stunned when I saw him say oh, he got bin
Laden, fine -- like it was this minor thing. It was their singular goal
since 2001. So he`s in the bitter barn. That`s what this is all about.
MATTHEWS: Yes. And the guy who made it tougher, too, by the way,
George W. used to say that`s not something I ever think about. Remember
that, Susan? He would say don`t even think about getting bin Laden. Then,
how did this guy think about it? He was pulling the strings.
Last thought, Sam.
STEIN: Well --
MATTHEWS: How`s he back? Do we just forgive and forget?
STEIN: Well, he would want us to, I`m assuming. But, you know, it`s
a little bit soon I think for us to go -- to just forgive and forget. And
I think this is part of the reason why he surfaces now and then to sort of
push back against the critics of his legacy. He wants history to judge him
in a better light than it currently is.
And I think he`ll continue until he feels like he`s getting proper
MATTHEWS: Let`s talk a bit here about -- let`s talk about -- let`s
take look at an interview that Karl -- what`s that last guy`s -- Karl from
ABC. Jonathan Karl had with him the other day about something personal,
I`m not going to be that tough on this. Let`s listen to this.
JONATHAN KARL, ABC NEWS: How was Mary`s wedding?
CHENEY: I`m sure it was fine. We wished them well. She wanted to
avoid having it be a media circus. Or having it become part of the
political debate.
And so, Lynne and I were very proud and happy and congratulated them.
They`ve been an important part of the family for a long time.
MATTHEWS: Susan, how do we talk about this? It`s a family business
that came out --
MILLIGAN: It is a family business.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
MILLIGAN: It is a family business, but I think that it`s pretty hard
for people to hear a father say about his daughter asked about her wedding,
I`m sure it was fine. There`s something a little -- well disconcerting to
quote Governor Romney, about that. And I don`t know what to say about
that. That really jarred me when I heard it. Of course it`s their family
MATTHEWS: I think he loves his daughter.
MILLIGAN: Of course he does. Of course he does.
MATTHEWS: -- marriage partner. Anyway, I`m rooting for them in
that. Evolution takes awhile with some people. I root for him in that
front. I will give him that courtesy because he deserves.
Anyway, thank you, Susan Milligan and thank you, Sam Stein.
Up next, the haters that keep on hating. David Maraniss wrote a new
book about the president, accurate historic account of the president`s
upbringing. He keeps hearing from the birthers, the haters and the
doubters who still think the president is not a born American. They keep
coming at him when he has all the information in the book. They`re blaming
him now for covering up the reality?
Anyway, this is HARDBALL, the place for politics.
MATTHEWS: The U.S. Supreme Court rule 5-4 to uphold President
Obama`s health care last month. But most Americans don`t know how many
justices there are on the Supreme Court. Just 40 percent in the new
"Vanity Fair" poll correctly answered that the court has nine justices.
That means six in 10, three in five, 60 percent couldn`t answer the
question correctly. And now you know why Jay Leno has to much fun in those
jaywalking segments.
We`ll be right back.
MATTHEW: We`re back.
"Washington Post" associate editor David Maraniss wrote a captivating
new biography of President Obama. Soon after its release, Maraniss became
the target for the birther crowd who misquoted and misused information from
his book to further their absurd conspiracy theories about the president.
Rather than ignore them, Maraniss responded in a scathing op-ed this
weekend in "The Washington Post." Of the birther conspiracy theorists he
wrote, "I hold them in contempt for the way they disregard facts and common
sense and undermine the role of serious history as they concoct conspiracy
theories to portray the president as dangerous, alien, and less than
Well, despite all evidence to the contrary, it continues to drive.
And I ask this question, what does continue to drive the sizable number of
Americans who still believe the president isn`t really what he says.
David Maraniss is author of "Barack Obama: The Story."
David, you`ve done it again. You`ve written the book on someone.
You did it for a great job for first in its class. Now you have done at
least the first volume on the president of ours who is for some reason the
target of the strangest conspiracy theories.
I think you did a good job of saying how it -- what would it take to
have been the person who concocted the idea of him being born overseas,
somehow got the people at the time in the newspapers in Honolulu to write
stories about him being born, to come up with INS cooperation in building
this case. How do they -- how far back do they think people build these
DAVID MARANISS, THE WASHINGTON POST: Well, you`re asking me a
rational question dealing with an irrational thought. So, I can`t answer
that question for you.
I mean, obviously, they think the conspiracy started at his birth and
has continued since then in every possible way. In terms of where he was
born, what religion he is, how smart he is, whether he can write his own
book and on and on.
MATTHEWS: You know, people like Donald Trump who is obviously a
smart guy, will come up with claims like for a while he was arguing that
Barack Obama didn`t really exist. He would say he didn`t have any friends
at school. He didn`t really exist. He was a phantom.
MARANISS: Right.
MATTHEWS: What was that about? Then he would say, oh, he didn`t
have the right grades to get into Columbia. And then it would be this and
that and this -- and every time he`s knocked out, they show his birth
certificate, he falls back to some other darker theory.
It seems like the crazies out there don`t want facts at all. They
just want someone to hold their hand and say, you`re right. He really
isn`t this great president. He isn`t even the president, he isn`t even an
They want someone to hold their hands, it seems.
MARANISS: They clearly dislike him to the point of hatred. So,
they`re thinking irrationally. They can`t find any major scandals to go
after Obama with, so they keep coming up with one small conspiracy theory
after another. And when it gets shot down, they move on to the next.
I mean, you`re right. Donald Trump at first said he couldn`t find
anyone who knew Barack Obama. Well, I found plenty of people who knew him
in kinder garden and every grade thereafter.
MATTHEWS: Well, he didn`t go looking, did he? Anyway, you wrote
this weekend in your op-ed piece, "What drives them? Some of it can be
attributed to the give-and-take of today`s harsh ideological divide and
some of how can be explain by the way misinformation spreads virally to the
millions of like-minded people, reinforcing preconceptions. And some
arises of it, I believe, arises out of the fears of democratic changes in
the country and out of racism."
I think there is a pattern here. We looked at the polling on this.
And I think it shows an ideological prejudice against him the further right
you go. First of all, a new look alt this Pew poll, which is pretty good.
It just came out last week.
It shows less than half Americans, just 49 percent say he correctly
is who he says he is, a Christian, 17 percent say he`s a Muslim, nearly a
third say they don`t know what religion he is. If you break that down by
party and ideology, and this is where it`s fascinating. Of the
conservative Republicans, 34 percent say the believe he`s a Muslim, then it
goes further to the left, Republicans, 30 percent, independents, 16
percent, Democrats, only 8 percent.
The further left you go across the spectrum, the less people put
faith in the crazy conspiracy theories. The further right, the more they
love them.
MARANISS: And the longer President Obama has been president, the
more the conservatives thing he`s a Muslim.
You know, people believe what they want to believe. It`s pretty
disconcerting to me. My whole goal here is not to defend President Obama
but to try to defend rational thought and common sense and facts and
serious history.
MATTHEWS: How is the book doing? Which got the truth in it.
MARANISS: You know, the book should rise and fall on its own aside
from this. I`m very happy with how it`s done and how it`s been received.
And the book is not the issue, either. It`s the manipulation of fact and
truth that really disturbs me.
MATTHEWS: No, but you`ve done -- you`ve got, David, and great
tribute to you, you have gotten the story. You didn`t do what Trump did,
just trumpeted something. You went out and dug the story. You did the
reporting, you devoted your life 24/7 to this for years to get this right,
four or five years to this. So, you have gotten the story. I think people
need to look at this, especially the crazies out there. Just read one or
two --
MARANISS: Well, I hope so.
MATTHEWS: -- take a couple hours and read the history. You know,
maybe spend a weekend and maybe you won`t be as crazy. Anyway, the regular
people should read it for good reasons.
Anyway, thank you, David Maraniss, you`re a great guy.
MARANISS: Thank you, Chris.
MATTHEWS: When we return, let me finish with Bill Clinton. The big
dog himself was in with some fun tonight. He`s back. He`s back, he`s got
the bone.
You`re watching HARDBALL.
MATTHEWS: Let me finish tonight with this: Bill Clinton, Bubba, the
big dog, Elvis -- how many names of endearment will he carry before this
love affair comes to an end? It`s gone on for 20 years now, an entire
generation of the Democratic Party and many outside have clapped in
admiration for this guy I have dared to dub "president of the world".
Well, today came word that the Lord or at least the Democratic Party
here on earth isn`t finished with the big dog. He`s going to get a big
chunk of primetime at the Democratic National Convention, a hot night in
Charlotte all to himself.
He, William Jefferson Clinton, will be the one to put the name Barack
Obama into nomination for his second presidential term. So as another big
fellow used to say: and away we go, and, oh, yes, how sweet it is.
From here on out, this can be Bill Clinton`s show. He helped the
president get re-elected. He clamps down position as head of the
Democratic Party. He continues to clear the field for his candidate in
2016, the secretary of state, the smasher of glass ceilings, Mrs. Clinton
So, the beat goes on. The future rises before us. We will do what
we have done for a quarter century, talk about the Clintons, think about
the Clintons, guess about them, wonder at them.
Bet against them? At your peril. Count on things to go smoothly at
your own risk.
But know this: they will be among us living rent-free in our
political souls. Listen even now. Somewhere high in Manhattan above park
and above the trees, you can hear the bark loud, clear, and happy. The big
dog has gotten his bone.
That`s HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
And don`t forget: tomorrow on HARDBALL, Will Farrell and Zach
Galifianakis are going to be with us.
"THE ED SHOW" with Michael Eric Dyson, in for Ed Schultz, starts
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Inspired by Jerome Lejeune
How the Servant of God changed a fellow scientist's life.
Jerome Lejeune (1926-1994) was a doctor and researcher who is considered the father of modern genetics. He was awarded the Kennedy Prize in 1962 for the discovery of Trisomy 21, the cause of Down syndrome.
Lejeune was a personal friend of Blessed Pope John Paul II, who appointed him the founding president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Four and a half years after the opening of the cause of canonization of Dr. Lejeune (June 28, 2007), and 18 years after his death, the diocesan process has ended, and his cause was sent to Rome with a Mass for life at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
Ombretta Salvucci received her Ph.D. at the Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, a cancer research center just south of Paris. In 2000-2003 she did post-doctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health. In 2006, she returned to the NIH, where she remains a cancer researcher. She has a devotion to Lejeune, which inspired her to become involved in the cause for his canonization. She spoke recently about her experience at the Mass in Paris.
How did you first learn of the work of Dr. Lejeune?
At the end of 2006, when I took up a challenging cancer-research position at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., I had just undergone a professional drama that precipitated a personal crisis, which made it hard for me to face my life with a positive attitude. So, at this moment, I remembered a sentence that Father Luigi Giussani [founder of Communion and Liberation] kept saying during his life: "Pray always to the saints of our modern times who are close to your profession." So, at this point, I wanted to have a saint within the scientific field who could help me, but I knew that it could be difficult to find, since most scientists think that there is an irreconcilable contradiction between science and faith.
One day, I read a random Zenit communiqué announcing that professor Jerome Lejeune, who had died of cancer in 1994, was on the road to beatification. I recalled during my Ph.D. research days in Paris learning about the incredible life and work of professor Lejeune, the geneticist who discovered the structural defects at the root of Down syndrome. This news struck me to the heart as a sign: I would begin to pray to Lejeune for help in my every need.
Since Father Giussani had always taught us that prayer is also a concrete gesture, I decided to print a picture of Dr. Lejeune and put it on my desk at work. When my colleagues asked me who the man in the photo was, I told them he was my best friend — even though I never met him during his life.
What has been your experience praying for his intercession?
My entire life changed; my attitude become one of hope and promise that affected my home, my work and all those around me. I become more optimistic and did less complaining. Everything started to become an occasion of grace.
Tell me about the Mass for the Servant of God on April 11, 2012, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
The ceremony was really moving. The church was full, and everybody was participating with faith, singing and praying in unity. We were really one body. I was sitting in a pew close to the Lejeune family with some of my friends from America involved in Lejeune USA. Several children with Down syndrome assisted during the Mass: They read the petitions. Some of them were Lejeune's patients; they came from over all Europe. I invited several people from Italy to attend the ceremony, and some of them came with great enthusiasm. For example, a friend, a priest in an Italian parish, was asked by the Lejeune family to concelebrate the Mass with 20 other priests. He came from Italy with some friends, and one of them was a lady in a wheelchair with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who came to ask Dr. Lejeune to intercede for a miraculous cure. It was a particular grace for us to witness her great faith. I had asked the Lejeune family if she could go in front in the church, and they answered in a moving way: "The poor (in spirit) have to go in front!"
Then my invitation was also accepted by 20 students from the medical school of Bologna. They came for the Mass because they were moved and attracted by the legacy of Dr. Lejeune as a man and as a scientist. They wanted to continue his work in the future.
Leticia Velasquez
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Metro cells for capacity-driven mobile world, says AlcaLu CTO
Keywords:small cells? basestation chips? 80-fold factor? wireless networks?
"We are in a radical transition to a capacity-driven world served by Wi-Fi and small cells and away from a coverage world" using macro cellular basestations, Weldon said. "All the new chip set designs will have a focus on metro cells with a smaller emphasis on macro cells," he said.
"Small cells are the only way to get 80-fold factor in additional capacity that will be needed," he added.
Weldon predicted as many as 500 million tablet computers will be sold each year by 2017. They will, along with the rise in smartphones, drive the 80-fold increase in mobile data next-generation wireless networks will need to serve.
The needs are rising at a time when carrier's data revenues are relatively flat and their voice revenues are falling. He suggested carriers will look for ways to charge per connection and per service, especially for new ways of shifting into the digital realm traditional "analog" jobs in banking, health care and other domains.
"We are in a staring match between content and network people where no one has figured out the model to build the network with the money in the pot," said Weldon, pictured below. "It's the entire digital economy wallet we should look at," he said.
As for the chips, Weldon said basestation makers such as AlcaLu are transitioning from a mix of FPGAs, DSPs and multicore CPUs to a new class of SoCs from companies such as Cavium, Freescale, LSI and Texas Instruments. The SoCs integrate DSP, CPU and accelerator cores reducing as much as four-fold the number of chips on a card and amount of power the cards require.
"In future, we see a move toward SoCs using more general-purpose processor cores for Layer 2 and 3 jobs with some hardware accelerators for Layer 1" to better handle dynamic shifts in workloads, Weldon said.
"There's still a debate in the industry about how much pooling of baseband and core processing you can do and get reasonable performance," he said. "The core model is changing assumptions about what to do in real time and how much can be non-deterministic, this is something people are still working through," he added.
Telecom OEMs will need millions of the chips which could sell for $50-$100 each because the small cells will cost significantly more than $1,000, said Weldon in an informal discussion before his keynote. The chips need to support 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi and ideally should have some media processing capabilities to support content caching at the edge of the network, he said.
Weldon's comments set the stage for Cavium to present details about its latest small-cell processor Wednesday. It was followed by a talk from Qualcomm about its chips for femtocells, terminals used mainly in homes that lack good cellular coverage.
- Rick Merritt
??EE Times
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