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What's New in 5G - February 2020
By Russell H. Fox, Angela Y. Kung, Christen B'anca Glenn
The next-generation of wireless technologies – known as 5G – is here. Not only is it expected to offer network speeds that are up to 100 times faster than 4G LTE and reduce latency to nearly zero, it will allow networks to handle 100 times the number of connected devices, revolutionizing business and consumer connectivity and enabling the "Internet of Things." Leading policymakers – federal regulators and legislators – are making it a top priority to ensure that the wireless industry has the tools it needs to maintain U.S. leadership in commercial 5G deployments. This blog provides monthly updates on FCC actions and Congressional efforts to win the race to 5G.
Regulatory Actions and Initiatives
The FCC announced that bidding in its third millimeter wave spectrum auction (Auction 103) for 5G services has concluded, yielding the highest in gross winning bids of the millimeter wave band auctions to date.
On January 30, 2020, the FCC reported that bidding in the clock phase of Auction 103 concluded after 104 rounds of bidding. The auction grossed over $7.5 billion in winning bids, with bidders winning 14,142 (or more than 99 percent) of the available licenses. A public notice announcing details about the assignment phase of Auction 103, in which bidders can bid for frequency-specific licenses (rather than generic blocks in particular markets), will be released soon.
Recognizing that spectrum sharing may hold promise for meeting the needs of commercial wireless service providers and federal users, NTIA released a Technical Report on potential spectrum sharing options in the 3450-3550 MHz band.
On January 27, 2020, NTIA released a report with its assessment of spectrum sharing in the 3450-3550 MHz band, which is part of the larger band at 3.1-3.55 GHz that NTIA is also studying and on which it will report later this year, as required by the MOBILE NOW Act. The report finds that frequency-based and geographic-based sharing is not likely to be meaningful for commercial systems, but recommends further study of time-based sharing. It adds that the next steps would be to study actual use of the federal systems in the band and then develop a mechanism for reliably alerting commercial operations when federal systems are operating nearby.
The FCC announced that it certified four Spectrum Access System ("SAS") administrators, allowing for full commercial operations in the 3.5 GHz band.
On January 27, 2020, the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau ("Wireless Bureau") and Office of Engineering and Technology ("OET") released a Public Notice certifying CommScope, Federated Wireless, Inc., Google and Sony, Inc. as SAS administrators to coordinate commercial operations in the 3.5 GHz band. The Public Notice also reminded Grandfathered Wireless Broadband Licensees that their transition period ends on April 17, 2020 or at the end of their license term, whichever is later. On January 13, 2020, the Wireless Bureau and OET released a Public Notice approving the additional or updated Environmental Sensing Capability sensor deployment and coverage plans filed by CommScope and Google.
Deadlines for submitting comments and reply comments on the FCC's proceeding regarding the 3.1-3.55 GHz band – potential mid-band spectrum for 5G use – have been set.
Notice of the FCC's recently adopted Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") on the 3.1-3.55 GHz band was published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2020, making comments and replies due February 21, 2020, and March 23, 2020, respectively. As previously explained, the NPRM proposes to clear non-federal users from the 3.3-3.55 GHz portion of the band and seeks comment on various relocation mechanisms in order to potentially make the spectrum available for commercial wireless services.
The FCC released a Public Notice announcing procedures for Tribal entities to submit applications for unassigned spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band on eligible rural tribal lands.
On January 6, 2020, the FCC's Wireless Bureau announced the process for federally recognized Tribal entities to apply for unassigned 2.5 GHz spectrum that was formerly designated as the Educational Broadband Service ("EBS"). Among other things, each applicant will be required to demonstrate that it is an eligible entity, is applying to provide service on eligible rural Tribal land, and has a local presence throughout the Tribal land. On February 3, 2020, the FCC announced the opening of the Tribal priority window for eligible entities to apply. That window will close on August 3, 2020. The Bureau also released a mapping tool that provides a high-level overview of spectrum availability in the 2.5 GHz band. Once the Tribal priority window closes, the FCC will auction any remaining vacant and available white space EBS spectrum for commercial use.
The FCC issued a Public Notice announcing a freeze on applications for portions of the 5.9 GHz band in order to stabilize the band as the agency evaluates its use for unlicensed operations like Wi-Fi.
On December 19, 2019, the FCC's Wireless Bureau and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced a temporary freeze on the acceptance and processing of Part 90 applications for new and expanded use of the 5850-5895 MHz and 5905-5925 MHz bands. While the freeze is in effect, the Bureaus will not accept: (i) applications adding or changing Dedicated Short Range Communications Roadside Unit location registrations in the Intelligent Transportation Service ("ITS") that operate in the 5850-5895 MHz and/or 5905-5925 MHz bands; (ii) applications to modify existing licenses by changing technical parameters that expand a station's spectral or geographic footprint in the 5850-5895 MHz and/or 5905-5925 MHz bands; or (iii) any other application that would substantially alter the licensing landscape in the 5850-5895 MHz and/or 5905-5925 MHz bands. The Bureaus will continue to accept and process applications for new ITS geographic licenses and applications pertaining to new, expanded, or renewed use of the 5895-5905 MHz portion of the 5.9 GHz band.
Legislative Efforts
Several Senators introduced a bill to allocate the proceeds of an auction of C-band spectrum – mid-band spectrum in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band that will be auctioned later this year for 5G services – to, among other things, bridge the digital divide and fund public safety services.
On January 28, 2020, Senators Kennedy, Schatz, and Cantwell introduced the Spectrum Management and Reallocation for Taxpayers (SMART) Act, which would give the FCC the authority to conduct a public auction of C-band spectrum within a year of issuing rules for reallocating the band. The bill would designate $6 billion for a newly established C-Band Reimbursement and Implementation Fund, in which up to $5 billion of auction proceeds would go towards C-band incumbent relocation expenses and $1 billion of auction proceeds would be allocated as incentive payments to the satellite operators. After three years, any amounts unspent from the C-Band Reimbursement and Implementation Fund would be transferred to a newly established Digital Divide Trust Fund. The bill would also ensure that up to $12.5 billion of auction proceeds are deposited in a newly established NG-911 Trust Fund and that $5 billion of auction proceeds are deposited in the U.S. Treasury.
In an effort to reduce the influence of Chinese equipment suppliers, a Senate bill has been introduced that would direct FCC spectrum auction funds to encourage the development of 5G technologies by U.S. companies.
On January 14, 2020, Senators Warner, Burr, Rubio, Menendez, Cornyn, and Bennet introduced the Utilizing Strategic Allied (USA) Telecommunications Act, which would require the FCC to direct at least $750 million, or up to five percent of annual proceeds from newly auctioned spectrum, toward the research and development of open-architecture, software-based wireless technologies. The purpose of the bill is to encourage the development and use of 5G equipment and technologies by U.S. companies, thereby discouraging the use of products developed by Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE. The fund would be managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA") with input from the FCC, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, and National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The House passed several bills related to securing 5G wireless networks from national security threats.
On January 8, 2020, the House voted to pass four bills that would safeguard the security and integrity of the Nation's communications infrastructure as it transitions to 5G. First, the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020 would require the President to develop a strategy to secure 5G networks and infrastructure and direct NTIA to develop a plan to implement that strategy. Second, the Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019 would direct NTIA to encourage trusted U.S. companies and others to participate in 5G standards-setting bodies (e.g., 3GPP). Third, the Promoting United States International Leadership of 5G Act would require the Secretary of State to provide assistance and technical expertise to enhance U.S. leadership in 5G standards-setting bodies. Finally, House Resolution 575 would express the House's sense that all stakeholders in the deployment of 5G communications infrastructure should carefully consider and adhere to the recommendations adopted at the Prague 5G Security Conference – known as "The Prague Proposals" – to secure 5G networks.
Technology, Communications & Media
Russell H. Fox
Angela Y. Kung
Christen B'anca Glenn
FCC Regulation
Legislative Strategy
What's New in 5G - December 2019
December 19, 2019 |Blog
Russell H. Fox is a wireless communications attorney at Mintz. He guides clients through federal legislative, regulatory, and transactional matters. Russell also participates in FCC proceedings, negotiates spectrum agreements, and represents clients in spectrum auctions.
Angela Y. Kung draws on significant knowledge of the wireless regulatory landscape and experience at the FCC to advise clients on FCC rules and procedures. With particular expertise on spectrum use policies and auction procedures, she has shepherded Mintz's clients through several FCC auctions related to next-generation 5G wireless technologies and routinely advocates on behalf of clients to help ensure that the agency's rules align with their interests.
Christen B'anca Glenn is a Mintz attorney who advises communications and technology clients on regulatory and compliance matters before the FCC. She also has trial and appellate litigation experience, including drafting pleadings, motions, and briefs.


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Q: EMI: CFLs vs Incandescent Lights in Your Lab? Being a green-oriented treehugger, I've put in all CFL lights in my house.  Just as much light for about 1/4 or 1/3 the power.   Nice, but flourescent lights put out a lot of EMI.  Does this cause trouble for anyone?  What are your experiences of CFL or other flourescents versus incandescent bulbs  in the room or house where you do sensitive electronics work?   Does anyone stick with ol' tungsten just to keep EMI down?

A: The only time I have experienced the type of trouble you mention was in a room where we did measurements with radiated EMI up to some 100 MHz. Electronic ("green") ballasts were installed for the fluorescent lamps in there, and we could clearly see them (and not our DUT) on the spectrum analyzer. We went back to simple mains frequency chokes and things were a lot better again. I guess the same reasoning goes for compact fluorescent lamps.
Other than EMI measurements with test receivers or spectrum analyzers, I wouldn't expect trouble. Hacking radios with dimmed incandescent bulbs on in the same room usually is worse than interference from CFLs.

A: CFLs are not very green at all, there's enough components inside them to make a ham radio transmitter!
They use so many different third party components - the cost in resources and transportation of CFLs and their constituent parts far outweigh the environmental impact of using a regular incandescent bulb.
It's a fallacy that CFLs are greener, and I've not seen any evidence to suggest they are.
However -
What they are good at is reducing power consumption and running cost, so from the users point of view they're great for reducing the energy bill, just not so great at reducing the impact of electrical lighting on the planet and it's resources.
More efficient != More environmentally friendly
With regard to EMI - I work with audio, it's quite common to get interference on audio or signal lines that run close to a large lighting ballast or power transformer. My advice is to keep power and signal lines separate when possible, but they'd have to be pretty close in order to have an effect. The only time where I'd get anal about it is when fitting lighting in a sound recording studio, I've used so many badly wired studios over the years that I'd insist on having the lighting ballasts in a separate room.
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I should be corrected - my reason for believing CFLs are bad looks like misinformation - a commonly held misconception - doh!
I retract my earlier comment that:

the cost in resources and
  transportation of CFLs and their
  constituent parts far outweigh the
  environmental impact of using a
  regular incandescent bulb.

I'd like to replace it with:

the environmental impact of using a
  CFL far outweighs the environmental
  impact of using a regular incandescent
  bulb.....probably :)

I do still have an issue with CFL mercury content, it's really bad for the environment, but... as things are currently - I admit CFLs are the lesser of two evils when you consider how the majority of electricity is generated
So I guess it's not so easy to say which is better, maybe we need more data to make an informed decision, I remain unconvinced with CFLs green credentials.

A: I have CFL bulbs in both of my lights and in fact around most of the home. No particular reason other than they were giving them away at 20p each and they do save energy.
My test equipment seems sufficiently isolated that this causes no problems whatsoever. But... in order for the manufacturer to sell these, they have to already meet EMI standards.

A: I have seen signal of 3x CFL on input of 19-22 bit stereo DAC as a single very narrow peak more than 10Db above noise floor. Distance in air was about 5-10 feet. The signal was puzzling me, until I spotted CFLs and turned them off.

A: I used to work for a group that had dimmers on their light circuits, which worked fine until they switched to dim-able CFLs. I am not sure what it is about them, but they caused tons and tons of noise in our audio system when ever they weren't fully on or fully off.
But, to answer you, the way I look at it is we should deal with any noise from the environment so that we know that the electronics we design can handle the noise.

A: Have you considered using LEDs? It can take a bit of work to get the spectrum right, but they dont produce any EMI, and in my experience, they tend to be more energy efficient than CFLs.
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The other main problem for LEDs is their higher cost. LEDs last even longer than CFLs, so it evens out in the long run, but it does put some prohibitive front-loading on LEDs. OTOH, people who worry about front-loading more than long-term efficiency probably wouldn't switch away from incandescents in the first place. (As far as I know, CFLs are still more expensive (initially) than incandescents.)

A: I am a recording engineer and cfl's create audible noise in my signal chain, as do dimmers on incandescents.  Mine is just a small project studio so I have been able to go with ceiling mounted LEDs and Mighty Brite LED music stand lights.  I only turn them on when I am hitting the record button because they are battery powered

A: When I record VLF radio onto my Zoom H1 recorder at 96kHz, I use a battery operated LED flashlight (Harbor Freight 27 LED) that I stuck to the ceiling  of the room (with heavy duty Velcro) and wired to a 3 AA battery pack (from Radio Shack) with a standard light switch (Bet you didn't know that a 120 volt light switch will also work at low voltages too...) and 47 ohm 1/2 watt resistor in series. Because the power supply is linear (no oscillators or waveform modulation), there is no noise, although it's not very bright, but bright enough to see in color in the room. When I am not recording I go back to a Great Value 40 watt equivalent LED that only makes a narrow band gentle whine at 11 kHz. 3 AA rechargeable batteries can do 96 hours of continuous light on time and can be recharged from flat to fully charged in 1/2 of an hour. Also it's nice having an emergency light when there's a power failure.

A: We do a lot of work with IR in rooms. CFL put off a larger amount of IR radiation, modulated, so it can make certain tests change.

A: I keep CFLs out of my 'shack and antenna areas, but use them elsewhere.  They do seem to generate some ugly RF, but it's relatively low power so can be insulated with distance.  :-)
Still using incandescents in the shack at the moment as I happen to have them laying around.  Might as well use them.  Once I run out, I plan on LED lighting.  I don't like the limitations of the LED lighting, but I don't really see any viable options at this time.

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Dora Maar at the Tate Modern
A committed artist and intellectual, Dora Maar was recognized during her lifetime, signing commission contracts, publishing in numerous magazines, and exhibiting works alongside the 1930s avant-garde. After her relationship with Picasso ended, her distress and deep depression cut her off from others. She voluntarily isolated herself, but her activity remained intense and she devoted over forty years to painting. Unfortunately, the majority of her work has been forgotten. Worse still, her name is usually only mentioned in the context of her relationship with Pablo Picasso, for whom she was a companion and a muse for eight years. More than twenty years after her death, a retrospective at last sheds light on the quality and variety of her work.
An artist of her time
Dora MAAR acquired a solid artistic training, studying at the Central Union of Decorative Arts then at the Technical School of Photography and Cinematography in Paris, but also at the Julian Academy and at the École des Beaux-arts, which – a rare thing at the time – was offering the same courses to women and men. Her temperament quickly led her towards the essential artists and thinkers of her era: André LHOTE (with whom she painted), BRASSAÏ (with whom she shared a dark room), Jean Renoir (for whom she worked as a still photographer) and George Bataille (her lover).
Determined and talented, she published her first image at 23, then worked for Jean Patou, Lanvin, Chanel and Schiaparelli as a fashion photographer. In addition to this commissioned work, the young Dora often took her camera to the streets and managed to capture photographs of social life with an imaginary, almost fairy-tale, dimension. When she composed her first photomontages in the 1930s, she became an integral part of the Surreal avant-garde and exhibited several times with Man Ray and Hans Bellmer. When Pablo PICASSO entered her life in 1936, she abandoned photography for painting. But it was after their breakup in 1943 that she really became a painter… for over forty years. After her death in 1997, her little-known œuvre was sold at auction, dispersed among hundreds of collectors… before even being inventoried.
Dora Maar – Lots sold at auction since 2000. The peak coincides with the exhibition at the Center Pompidou (Paris). Copyright Artprice.com
A market 'influenced by…'
In the two years following Dora Maar's death, a superb collection of 600 works – including 255 paintings – was submitted to the law of the highest bidder. Most of the canvases fetched a few hundred dollars, but a few soared to substantial prices, particularly those that included a depiction of her famous ex-lover. In the fall of 1998, the French sales company Piasa sold three portraits representing Pablo Picasso for more than $50,000 each.
Nowadays, Dora Maar's portraits of Picasso are rare commodities that are increasingly sought after. So the acquisitions made during that 'workshop sale' were exceptionally good investments and some have already generated superb capital gains. The most expensive painting from the Piasa sale in 1998 (Portrait de Pablo Picasso, 1936) still holds the auction record for a Dora Maar work today, but at $711,000 since its resale at Sotheby's in 2009, versus the $58,000 paid 10 years earlier. This record rewarded a work that pays homage to Picasso in both form and content. In fact, aficionados of her work are ready to pay a high price for a Dora Maar work that is clearly 'influenced by' the great master, just as they will favor a canvas by Jeanne Hébuterne if it shows stylistic proximity with the work of her companion Amedeo Modigliani.
Needless to say, the difference in price between the work of the two artists is enormous: Maar's auction record of $711,000 for her Portrait of Pablo Picasso compares with between 20 and 25 million dollars for a Picasso portrait of Dora Maar from the same period (Buste de femme (Dora Maar), $22.6 million, Christie's New York, 2016). And… whereas even the slightest sketch by the great Spanish master sells for at least a few thousand dollars, a few hundred are enough to obtain a handsome abstract composition by Dora Maar.
The market for her photographs is sustained by a "very varied corpus, between her commercial work, her Surrealist work and here late work", comments Sotheby's specialist Jonas Tebib. The favourites for collectors are still her Surreal photo-montages, particularly one entitled Les années vous guettent (The years are catching up with you) (1932). This fantastic image superimposes a spider's web on Dora's face, the silhouette of the arachnid acting as her third eye. Quintessentially Surrealist, that photograph reached $350,000 at Christie's in 2015 (3x its value 10 years earlier), not far behind Hans Bellmer's auction record for a photo of $374,500 (Self-Portrait with Die Puppe). So… when it comes to Surreal photography, Dora Maar is on an almost equal footing with her male counterparts
Re-recognition…
Dora Maar's market has been reactivated in recent months by a travelling exhibition inaugurated at the Pompidou Center in Paris (summer 2019) and currently showing at the Tate Modern in London (until 15 March 2020) before moving to the Getty Center in Los Angeles. This prestigious retrospective has considerably accelerated transactions on her work – the volume sold at auction quadrupled in 2019 – although no significant impact has yet been seen on her prices. In recent months, several drawings – mainly still lifes – were still the subject of timid bidding in Parisian auction rooms, starting between $200 and $500…
What impact will the exhibitions in London and Los Angeles have on her prices? In any case, the show reveals all the facets of Dora Maar's talent through more than 500 works and documents, including some pictures and paintings that are making their first ever public appearance. The aim of the retrospective is to focus on the complexity of her work and not her amorous relationships or her role as a muse. In so doing, the exhibition also celebrates the emancipatory strength of women at a time when the first thing an artist needed to achieve recognition and fame was quite simply to be male.

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I like the Fire HD 10 a lot. The screen quality is very good, and you don't get big compromises with performance as you do with the Fire 7 and to a lesser extent the Fire HD 8. However, there are shortcomings that Amazon needs to rectify in future hardware updates if it wants to keep up with budget tablets offered by Huawei and Lenovo (some battery issues and the special offers problem stated below can be resolved with software updates). First, is the problem of battery drainage in standby mode. The battery discharges alarmingly in standby - I would estimate the Fire HD 10 loses 10% battery every eight hours. To remedy this problem, I permanently disabled Alexa and turned-off WiFi when not using the tablet.
Second, are the animated special offers advertisements. Many of these advertisements slow down the tablet when turned on and some freeze the tablet; to get the tablet working again you often need to force a restart. The problem of animated special offers is a bigger problem with the slower Fire 7 and Fire HD 8. Most of the animated advertisements are for games.
The biggest problem is battery life in general. Amazon overestimates the Fire HD 10's battery life to be "up to 10 hours". With more lighter tasks like reading, don't expect more than eight hours of mixed usage. On average battery life is 6 - 7 hours and that is not good enough. To improve battery life, it is a good idea to disable Alexa. I also noticed, sometimes, the top back of the Fire HD 10 can get very warm. The extra warmth means something is taxing the processor and draining the battery. For example, in one case, an animated advertisement froze my tablet for a short period and when it finally unlocked the back got warm.
There are other minor quibbles too. Of course, this personal preference, but I think the iPad's 4:3 aspect ratio is easier to hold and is better at displaying content. Amazon is more focused on Prime video content, so you get the 16:9 aspect ratio. The 16:9 aspect ratio is made worse with big bezels that makes the device cumbersome to hold. Huawei and Lenovo both use the same aspect ratio, but their tablets are designed with less footprint.


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Duterte's Victory in Philippines Could Bring Hope to Disillusioned Democrats
Analysis by Kalinga Seneviratne
SINGAPORE (IDN) - Both in the Philippines and internationally, corporate media predicted doom for Philippines' democracy after Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking mayor of Davoa in southern Philippines, won a landslide victory at the presidential polls (on May 9) in one of the world's most vibrant democracies. Rather than heralding in a new era of dictatorship, it may well bring hope to those who are disillusioned with democracy around the world.
The tough campaign rhetoric to kill criminals and override Congress if it got in his way, and his sometimes crude or vulgar language may have alarmed the Filipino elites, but it hypnotised the masses of marginalised Filipinos who voted for the "Mayor" in droves.
"The excluded have spoken, and they have crowned Rodrigo Duterte their champion," noted executive editor Ana Marie Pamintuan in a post-election editorial in the Philippine Star, arguing that outgoing President Benigno Aquino's impressive economic charts were of no use to the 99 percent of the population left out of the benefits of one of the most sustained periods of economic growth in the country.
"The masses are also aware that much of the positive economic news can be credited to the remittances of Filipinos forced to work overseas for lack of better opportunities at home", she added, pointing out that Manila's hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit last year "sealed the perception of a yawning gap between the .001 percent and the rest of Pinoys (Filipinos)."
APEC calls its member countries economies not societies, thus the Aquino administration's championing of its economic credentials by hosting this summit last year backfired as far as ordinary Filipino voters were concerned.
This was also a view echoed by political analyst Marlen V Ronquillo of the Manila Times. "The Aquino administration posted nice charts and much of its claims are true. Six years of growth, incremental credit upgrades and fiscal prudence," he noted in a post-election analysis.
"The grand accomplishments of Mr. Aquino benefited a very small segment of society, the top 1 percent, ironically the sector most capable of advancing its personal and economic interests without support from government."
"To be candid about it, Mr. Aquino never cared about the less fortunate and proudly stood by – and has been unapologetic of – his Social Darwinism … Put simply, Mr. Aquino's policies engineered the most sweeping and the most ambitious upward redistribution in the country's history at the expense, naturally, of the 99 percent," argued Ronquillo.
"He channelled all gains to the already wealthy and zero to those outside the favoured elite. His nice growth charts came at the expense of more suffering to the have-nots."
In 2010, when Aquino won the presidency on the back of a sympathy vote generated by the death of his popular mother Corazon Aquino (who led the 1987 "peoples power" revolution against the Marcos dictatorship), he was seen as someone who could clean up the Philippines corrupted political system because he was already rich, and did not have children for whom he needed to build up dynasties and economic empires.
Yet, halfway through his presidency when pressure was mounting over his failure to tackle rampant corruption, such as with the so-called "pork-barrel controversy" involving political funding, he picked up a fight with China over sparsely populated islands in the South China Sea and diverted the attention of the media and the Filipino people.
With corporate media ever willing to play the game cheering him on in the fight against China supported by the United States, and singing the praises of Aquino's economic credentials, even just six months ago it was unimaginable that a rank outsider, especially from the southernmost island of Mindanao with historic connections to the communist rebels of the New Peoples Army (NPA), could be elected to the presidency.
But the man, the campaign and the masses who catapulted him into the presidency reflect a deep-seated disillusionment with the way democracy works (or does not work) in the Philippines and peoples' desire for change.
"The people, especially the grassroots, want real change that would trickle down to the lowest human beings whose homes are the cold pavement of cities' street," argues Evelyn Agato, former station manager of Radyo Pilipinas and now a mass communications lecturer. "They expect that a strong leader will usher them to at least a peaceful night sleep. Thus, Duterte's phenomenal victory was brought about by votes of disappointment and dissatisfaction."
Agato told INPS that the political culture in the Philippines could change with the election of a president from Mindanao which has faced decades of civil war between the community and the NPA, as well as Islamic groups such as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Abu Sayyap.
"Manila-based political culture, as I see it, will now be learning to adjust to the political culture of the south, especially the style of governance by the new president," she notes. "He is the man of the people. The way he dresses, the way he talks, and I think the way he thinks, are real for the common man. He is the man who does what he says and performs with sincerity."
President-elect Duterte who is scheduled to take office on June 30, has already started work on the transfer of power, at the moment working from his southern base of Davoa, where he was the mayor for two decades winning seven consecutive elections. His transition team has already hinted that the NPA would be offered Cabinet posts in the new administration which would cover labour, social welfare, environment and agrarian reform.
NPA leaders have told the Philippines media that they have started discussions with the transition team and the Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison, Duterte's political science professor, would be returning home after 30 years of exile in the Netherlands to start peace talks.
An NPA leader has told a Manila radio station that until a peace deal is hammered out with the government, it will not nominate rebels to the Cabinet but other "competent and dedicated persons".
If this happens, it would be the first time a real left-leaning government with a clear social agenda would take power in the Philippines. It seems that the Filipino public is prepared for it, even though the corporate media tried to scare them away focusing on his threats to kill criminals without due legal process.
"His kind of leadership, fiery and strong, was enough to make a great stride in convincing the electorate even from the far Batanes in the north to the nearer part of Tawi-Tawi in the south. Even the Visayas (the bulwark of Mar Roxas, the administration's candidate), went gaga over Duterte," noted Agato.
"Threatening to kill criminals was never a threat. It was a fact. Davao City is a showcase of a clean, peaceful, and 'obedient' culture. Discipline is a way of life, which a tourist will seldom experience in other parts of the country."
During the campaign, it was often noted that the people of Davoa and Mindanao in general were the most enthusiastic supporters of his presidential bid. "We supported the mayor's campaign because he is a good disciplinarian," Rita Banados, president of local women's organisation Gabrella, told INPS. "He reduced the poor people here in Davoa because he provided community livelihood and conducted free seminars for those who needed special skills (for employment) … we expect him to do the same for the rest of the Pinoys."
The phenomenal victory of Duterte is attributed in no small measure to the buzz created around the candidate by social media which most Filipinos access through their mobile phones.
in a commentary published on the popular social media platform Rappler, social media strategist Jay Jaboneta said: "The most successful digital strategies for the campaign were things that helped create a movement around the mayor. Sending of high-quality and engaging emails and other materials. Making the supporters an important part of the story."
Jaboneta, who worked for some time as the Head of New Media in President Aquino's Presidential Communications Operations Office, noted that the Duterte campaign attracted many talented young people such as noted bloggers and social media people who worked side by side with traditional media practitioners and used tools like Facebook extensively to drive the campaign which was heavily data-driven.
"Volunteers and supporters were given the creative leeway to design it based on their own interpretation of the campaign narrative and it then allowed the messaging to be strategically aligned with what voters cared for at the moment. This even spread offline where supporters created their own T-shirt designs and used their own money to print them as well," Jaboneta explained.
He pointed out that it was a grassroots-oriented campaign driven by committed volunteers. "The team was not selling a candidate, it was simply covering the movement around the campaign. The team was able to engage people, draw in viewers and make them feel like they were part of something big."
From the United States across Europe and the Arab world to Asia, young people are impatient with the inability of multi-party democracy to bring real social change. If Duterte is able to keep the common man instincts in office and deliver on his promise, even if it means using "undemocratic" means to rid the society of criminals and corruption, Philippines could give hope to the "99 percent" around the world that are becoming disillusioned with democracy. [IDN-InDepthNews – 24 May 2016]
Photo: Rodrigo Duterte in 2013. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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For the first time in Perth Fashion Festival history, the Morrison Spring Summer 09/10 Collection will be showcased in an independent runway event.
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The Conservative Party's former science critic toured the University of New Brunswick's research facilities on Sept. 6, as part of a nationwide tour to gather information for a private member's motion on transparency and public money in research.
MP Matt Jeneroux served as shadow minister for innovation, science and economic development until a cabinet shuffle by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer on Sept. 7. Jeneroux was moved to shadow minister for infrastructure, communities and urban affairs.
Parliamentarians are expected to return to the House of Commons in two weeks, and Jeneroux still plans to introduce the motion in his new role.
Jeneroux spent the first week of September on a coast-to-coast "listening tour" at university research facilities from Victoria to Fredericton. The motion he's developing would require federally funded research to be made available to the public after 12 months. During that time period, researchers can patent and publish findings in academic journals before it is released.
The goal is for researchers to be able to share information and work together.
In an interview with The Brunswickan after his visit, Jeneroux said he often speaks with university administration in Ottawa, but often doesn't "get on the ground" and see what's happening on their campuses.
The tour included a visit to UNB Fredericton's biology, chemistry and physics departments, in additional to aquaculture, arctic and energy storage research facilities. Jeneroux met with administration and professors to learn about their work and the influence of government policy.
"It was great to see firsthand some of the challenges, but also some of the exciting things going on," Jeneroux said.
The Edmonton Riverbend MP described UNB as a "remarkable" campus with a picturesque view. His week-long tour also included the University of Toronto, University of Victoria, University of British Columbia and Dalhousie University.
Jeneroux said he decided to visit UNB after meeting with president Eddy Campbell in Ottawa.
"He really made the case that there's a lot of big things happening," Jeneroux said.
He said he was impressed by the large range of research occuring on campus in just a few buildings.
The conversations Jeneroux had during the tour will be helpful as evidence once the motion is debated in the House of Commons this fall, he said.


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Consumer Advocates In Germany Helping Those Accused Of File Sharing
IP Czar Won't Be In The Most Sensible Place Because Industry Doesn't Like It?
Intellectual Ventures' Patents Starting To Show Up In Lawsuits
from the the-beast-awakens? dept
Fri, Sep 4th 2009 7:50am — Mike Masnick
Intellectual Ventures, of course, is the Nathan Myhrvold company that has been building up a huge portfolio of patents with which to get big tech companies to pay many millions of dollars to not get sued -- and, according to many, to get a cut of future deals as well, making the whole thing sound suspiciously like a pyramid scheme. However, the company has been quite careful to avoid actually suing anyone (despite setting up all sorts of shell companies commonly used in such lawsuits). From what we've heard from people who have been in or around IV, this has been a conscious decision to avoid attracting too much ill will and scorn. It lets the company pretend to take the high road, when people point out that its actions seem like the commonly defined "patent troll" on steroids. "But we haven't sued anyone" it can claim. As if the threat of being sued isn't a big enough weapon.
But, a year ago, we noted that the company appeared to be getting antsy. While it was bringing in some hefty fees from a small group of companies who bought into the equity pyramid (which neatly lets the world outside be confused over what's "investment" and what's "revenue"), there was concern that investors were getting impatient. Pouring billions of dollars into a company that isn't doing much can make some investors a little anxious. And while we still don't know of any direct lawsuits, Zusha Elinson has noticed that Intellectual Ventures' former patents are starting to show up in court, often involving some of the most well known names normally associated with "patent trolling." Now, it's clear that IV sold the patent, but what's not clear is if it still has a financial interest in it. The thinking is that IV may have "sold" the patent, with part of the terms being that it gets a cut of any money obtained via that patent. This way, IV gets to have its cake and eat it too. It still can claim it doesn't sue anyone, but it brings in revenues from exactly those types of lawsuits.
As Joe Mullin notes in the last link above, this is one of the massive problems with the way patent infringement lawsuits work today. Via different shell companies, those who have an interest in a patent can be hidden to protect their "good name" while still allowing them to actively have companies sued via that patent.
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Re: Scheme
I do not follow your logic regarding this blog and Madoff.
Do explain
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Tom De Mul (* 4. März 1986 in Kapellen, Flandern) ist ein ehemaliger belgischer Fußballspieler. Er spielt hauptsächlich auf der Position des rechten Außenstürmers, bei seinem ehemaligen Verein Ajax Amsterdam wurde er jedoch des Öfteren im Mittelfeld eingesetzt. Bis 2012 stand De Mul beim FC Sevilla unter Vertrag; nach zweijähriger Vereinslosigkeit zog er sich 2014 ganz aus dem aktiven Fußballsport zurück.

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Im Alter von 15 Jahren wechselte Tom De Mul von Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen zur Jugend von Ajax Amsterdam. Dort schaffte er zwei Jahre später in der Saison 2003/04 den Sprung in den Profikader. Sein Debüt bei Ajax gab De Mul am 25. Januar 2004 beim 1:0-Sieg von Ajax im Heimspiel gegen den NEC Nijmegen. Sein erstes Tor für Ajax schoss er am 15. August 2004 im Gastspiel bei Twente Enschede. In dieser Zeit kam er zu 6 Einsätzen und 1 Tor.

In der Saison 2005/06 wechselte De Mul auf Leihbasis zu Vitesse Arnheim, wo er in 27 Spielen 2 Tore erzielte. In seiner Zeit bei Vitesse trug er die Rückennummer 6.

2006/07 spielte De Mul wieder bei Ajax und kam zu 28 Einsätzen, 4 Toren und 8 Torvorlagen. Zudem kam er im UEFA-Pokal bislang auf 7 Einsätze. In dieser Saison stieg er auf zum belgischen Nationalspieler auf und bestritt 2 Partien in der Qualifikation zur EM 2008.

Zur Saison 2007/08 wechselte De Mul für 4 Millionen Euro zum spanischen Erstligisten FC Sevilla; er unterschrieb dort einen 5-Jahres-Vertrag. Für die Saison 2008/09 wurde er vom FC Sevilla an den belgischen Verein KRC Genk ausgeliehen, mit dem er den Belgischen Pokal gewann. In der Folgesaison kehrte er nach Sevilla zurück, wurde jedoch lediglich noch einmal im spanischen Pokal eingesetzt. Auch ein erneuter Wechsel auf Leihbasis in seine Heimat, diesmal zu Standard Lüttich, in der Spielzeit 2010/11 brachte keine weiteren Einsätze. Nach Auslaufen seines Vertrages in Sevilla zum Saisonende 2011/12 fand er keinen neuen Verein und war seither vereinslos. Nachdem er zwei Jahre lang als vereinslos galt, zog er sich im Jahre 2014 gänzlich aus dem aktiven Fußballsport zurück.

Erfolge
 Niederländischer Meister: 2004 (mit Ajax Amsterdam)
 Johan-Cruiff-Schaal: 2006 (mit Ajax Amsterdam)
 KNVB-Pokal: 2006 (mit Ajax Amsterdam)
 Belgischer Pokal: 2009 (mit KRC Genk)

Weblinks
 Tom De Mul in der Datenbank des belgischen Fußballverbands (englisch)
  auf soccerdatabase.eu (englisch)

Olympiateilnehmer (Belgien)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2008
Fußballnationalspieler (Belgien)
Fußballspieler (Ajax Amsterdam)
Fußballspieler (Vitesse Arnheim)
Fußballspieler (FC Sevilla)
Fußballspieler (KRC Genk)
Fußballspieler (Standard Lüttich)
Geboren 1986
Belgier
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This was a really informative article Hillary :) Just wish I found it sooner because just a week ago I went to the Grand Canyon to snap some photos. I didn't have this article to help, but I found a similarly useful article that provided some kind of checklist of things to do before traveling. If anyone's interested, here's what helped me out before I went to the canyon: http://www.adoramapix.com/blog/2016/10/16/photography-101-packing/#.WFH9...
There's much more to becoming a travel photographer than exploring exotic destinations and clicking your shutter. Getting up at stupid-o-clock to catch the perfect sunrise, carrying a camera that's heavier than four backpacks, skipping meals in the quest for perfect light, and missing out on the travel experience because you're too busy taking photos, are just a few of the downsides.
The second image is of Feng "Lisa" Lee, a tea cultivator and business woman from Taipei. It's one of the images of Lisa that was shot in the confines of a photo studio owned by Timothy Huang in mid December 2018. A selection of these studio shots along with other exterior images at the beautiful Lin Ben Yuan Family Mansion (林本源園邸) in Taipei were woven into a photo film titled The Fairy & The Erhu. There is no narration in this audio slideshow....just the lovely sound of the erhu; the traditional Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument.
This is a wonderful write-up. My wheels are turning and although you've told me just where to start, I feel overewhelmed already. I've been shooting for a while now, self taught, but have realzed the several areas I need to streghten, from techincal, to the business side of things. I have so many questions. Ultimately, i feel in love with travel photography when I took my first international and solo trip to the Philippines about 5 years ago. I love to just capture whats happening around me, the people, the culture, the food. And I absolutely love to talk to people about travel, inspire them to try it themselves. I just started taking myself seriously as a photographer 3 years ago. However, I feel lost on how to get the type of clients I want and the type of work I want. In the mean time I just shoot for me. who to reach out to, how to find them, what to say. And putting together that PDF portfolio. Are my best my best? and so on. This one page has already helped and Ill be reaching out to you via email. in the meantime here are some links to my work.
The Yuen Po street Bird Garden in Hong Kong was built in the late 1990's after the former "Bird Street" at Hong Lok Street was demolished. It was built to preserve the spirit and popularity of the bird stalls that once were in Mongkok. The Chinese have traditionally liked to keep birds as pets, and this tradition is maintained in this small garden. Men (I've not seen a woman there except those selling birds, birdseed and live crickets) walk around; whistling at the caged birds, from delicate canaries to colorful parrots, admiring their plumage and a few walking their pets in cages.
late 14c., "to journey," from travailen (1300) "to make a journey," originally "to toil, labor" (see travail). The semantic development may have been via the notion of "go on a difficult journey," but it may also reflect the difficulty of going anywhere in the Middle Ages. Replaced Old English faran. Travels "accounts of journeys" is recorded from 1590s. Traveled "experienced in travel" is from early 15c. Traveling salesman is attested from 1885.
The other challenge is to scout for and find the locations for the photo shoots; locations that provide a "badge" of authenticity to the resulting photo films. In the the case of The Girl of Nanjing, it was the water town of Qi Bao near Shanghai....and in the case of The Legend of Hua, it was the water town of Xinchang' at some distance from Shanghai as well...while the backdrop to The Songstress of Temple Street was Hong Kong's famous Tin Hau Temple and the Canton Singing House.
It was in 2006 when I traveled to the sacred city of Varanasi for the third or fourth time; this time in search of real sadhus rather than those I encountered on the ghats of the river Ganges. The more photogenically flamboyant of those would "earn" a few rupees from tourists and photographers who sought to augment their inventory of exotic portraits of these characters; perhaps paying them a tidy sum if they agreed to be photographed in a rowing boat or next to a temple.
Travel photography as a genre is one of the most open in terms of the subjects it covers. Many travel photographers specialise in a particular aspect of photography such as travel portraits, landscape or documentary photography as well as shooting all aspects of travel. Much of today's Travel Photography style is derived from early work in Magazines such as National Geographic magazine from photographers such as Steve McCurry. This genre of photography entails shooting a wide variety of subjects under varied available conditions, e.g. low light photography indoors, available ambient light photography for exteriors of buildings and monuments, shooting on the streets where sometimes conditions may be hostile, capturing moments which rarely recur, capturing the magic of light while shooting landscapes, etc.
However, the most challenging of all the tasks involved in producing these photo films is to have the models literally become actors in the stories...not only because I want them to look the part of the betrayed lover, of the returning scorned avenger, of the famous singer haunting her past venues, but because I like them to narrate the story itself.
My still-embryonic idea is to enlist the help of a local acquaintance who would wear a cheongsam (aka qi pao), and take the role of a sing-song girl. The photo shoot would take place in the streets of Yau Ma Tei, and in the parlor itself. Whether the parlor would allow it or not is an open question that will be answered when I'm there. The owners and clients seemed very laid back when I made these photographs.


Uri and Clayton are going through a rough patch in their relationship.
Lynnette isn't very trustworthy, is he?
Is Jayant always so helpful?
Suzanne hopes to see you in October.
Lucifer seems to be successful.
That sounds exactly like Sherman to me.
Bertrand and his workers killed all the infected sheep.
Anatole often sleeps on the couch.
I haven't spoken with Felix since his accident.
I know Herman quite well.
Syd was careful not to say anything that would make Donald mad.
Something must have happened in Boston. Art seems really depressed.
Brandi is much shorter than me.
Nici is obviously disappointed that Beckie isn't here.
Kieran is putting the children to sleep.
Carole isn't being very friendly, is he?
Some traditional garments in the Philippines are made of linen and cotton; others are woven with fibres from banana or pineapple leaves or from the bark of a nettle plant.
Usually Corey can get whatever he wants.
Anna began to learn French about three years ago.
The interview panel advised Damon that they would let him know whether he got the job or not.
Takao entered through the back door.
Do you think this is what Howard meant?
You're the one who knows how to do this.
It was Bonnie's idea to come here.
After Brandon had eaten everything on his plate, he asked Rajesh if he could eat her salad.
Hubert zipped up his bag.
Luis is a polite boy.
Do you really want to know if Anatoly likes you?


Professor, Emeritus of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece.
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Copyright: Delides GS© 2016. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Three Royal Tombs were discovered at Vergina, Greece in 1977. In Tomb II, identified as the one of king Phillip, II father of Alexander the Great, and his wife Cleopatra, a ceremonial suit of armors including a pair of gilded greaves of unequal size, consistent with the documented lameness of Phillip II was found. A number of archaeologists and historians disagreed on the identification of the occupants in favor of Phillip III Arrhidaios and Eurydice the other royal couple likely to have been buried in the royal tombs at Vergina. Since Arrhidaios was unwarlike and intellectually weak they suggested that the ceremonial armor, was Alexander the Great's, disregarding the unequal size of the gilded greaves. An argument between scientists whether the bones found were cremated with flesh around them or degreased, was also published.
In a recent published paper examination of bones of a male found in Tomb I revealed a left knee ankylosis and a penetrating lance-related injury, regarded as proof that Tomb I was that of Phillip II. The authors support the view that the armor in Tomb II belonged to Alexander; no mention is made of the gilded greaves. There were no signs of inflammation or osteomyelitis found. One cannot easily explain how such a wound could not have damaged a main artery (fatal by that time) and accept that a year later the lesion healed and Phillip (if he was the wounded one) could have fought again at the battle of Chaeronea. The unequal size of the greaves has also taken into account and the armor being that of Alexander's should be rejected.
Phillip's II Tomb; Vergina; Macedonia.
In 1977 Manolis Andronikos, professor of Archaeology, Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki, Greece, discovered three Royal Tombs at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece. The place was that of ancient Aegai capital and burial site of the kings of the Macedonian dynasty. The excavation findings were reported in detail in his book: "Vergina, the Royal Tombs"  1984.
Tomb I was looted but contained in its interior a superb wall painting depicting the "abduction of Persephone". It also contained the inhumed, but not cremated remains of a man, a woman and a neonate.
Tomb II was found with no signs of looting. It consisted of an antechamber and a chamber. The main chamber contained a sarcophagus in which there was a golden chest (larnax) bearing an embossed starburst, the emblem of the Macedonian Royal family (Figure 1) In the larnax there were the cremated remains of a middle-aged man and a golden wreath. In the ante chamber there was a second golden chest with the cremated remains of a young woman in her 20s.
Parts of a ceremonial suit of armors, a cuirass with golden decorations, a golden and ivory ceremonial shield, an iron helmet, along with several other luxury items were found within the tomb. (Figures 2, 3) By the door connecting the antechamber to the chamber were found a golden "gorytos" (bow case) and a pair of gilded greaves of unequal size (the left shorter by 3.5 cm and narrower by 1.0 cm. than the right) (Figure 4). There were no length differences of the bones in the cremated male.
Luxury items indicating a Royal burial were found inside Tomb III. Within a silver urn, the cremated bones of less than 16 years old young man were found.
Figures 2, 3 : The shield and the cuirass - Vergina Museum.
Figure 4 : Gorytos and greaves - photo from excavation Vergina Museum.
Alexander the Great died in Babylon and buried in Egypt. The only two Macedonian kings likely to have been buried in the Royal tombs at Vergina, were Phillip II, Alexander's father and Phillip III, Arrhidaios, Alexander's paternal half-brother. Their wives Cleopatra and Eurydice respectively were buried with them.
Phillip II was a powerful king. His military and diplomatic skills secured Macedonian sovereignty all over Greece. He was elected by the Corinthian League to lead the army against the Persian Empire. He was assassinated in 336 B.C., at the age of 46 at Aegai, the Macedonian kingdom's capital, during his daughter's wedding celebration.
Phillip-III, Arrhidaios, succeeded Alexander the Great in 3253 B.C. A king in name only, was weak and a puppet of his generals. Olympias (Alexander's mother) arrested Arrhidaios and his wife Eurydice in 317 B.C. and put Arrhidaios to death forcing Eurydice to commit suicide. Both were buried in Pydna but 17 months later, Cassander (husband of Alexander's half-sister Thessalonica) exhumed, cremated and reburied the remains in a new tomb, along with Kynnana mother of Eurydice.
Andronicos identified Tomb II as that of Phillip II. He based his conclusion on a number of historical and archaeo logical findings presented in details in his book , refuting Arrhidaios and Eurydice as being the occupants of the tomb. He points to the argument that the luxury of the ceremonial armor does not consist with anun warlike and weak king, as Arrhidaios is described. Since his presentation of the tombs findings in 1977, a number of archaeo logists and historians disagreed with the identification of the occupants as Phillip II and Cleopatra, in favor of Arrhidaios and Eurydice. Among them E. Borza in a paper published in 1987  suggested that the ceremonial armor (cuirass, helmet, bow-case, diadem, scepter and gold and ivory shield) were Alexander the Great's, brought from Egypt and buried in the tomb by Cassander.
M. Hatzopoulos in 2008 presented an analysis of previous discussions on Tomb-II, its occupants and the items found in them . A long list of scholars, who shared Andronicos' position and challenged those attributing the tomb to Arrhidaios, is sited. According to R. Lane Fox "This article is the celestial starting point for anyone who takes up these subjects and their bibliography" . Following Hatzopoulos'paper, E. Borza and O.Pelagia supporting their own views, published a re-examination of the question . R.Lane Foxcriticizes their main arguments and states, "I conclude with further observations on why the double Tomb II is certainly not Phillip III (Arrhidaios). That red herring can now be discarded from historical scholarship" .
Phillip II lost his right eye at the siege of Methone in 335 B.C. 18 years before his death when an arrow pierced his eye and disfigured his face.
The bones found in the "larnax" of Tomb II were examined and restored by Xyrotiris and Langensheidt  and then by University of Bristol anatomist J. Musgrave along with archaeologist J. Prag and medical illustrator R. Neave both of the University of Manchester. Xyrotiris and Langensheidt did not report findings of injuries foundon the male skeleton. Prag et alpresented their findings in the XII International Congress of Archaeology held in Athens in 1985 . They describe a notch in the right eye-socket consistent with the Phillip's eye injury. A bony protuberance or "bone pimple" was reported as indication of healing and a distortion of the right side of the face as a skeletal response to the injury. They conclude: "If nature rather than fire was the culprit, then the suggestion that the bones belonged to a man known to have lost his right eye and perhaps sustained major injuries to much of the right side of his face 18 years before his death, becomes very attractive indeed"  R.Neave presented a reconstruction of Phillip's face showing a scar over his right eye. (Figure 5).
Figure 5 : Reconstruction of Phillip's head (University of Manchester).
In 2000, professor Antonis Bartsiotas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, applied macrophotography to obtain aproper magnification to a normal size and study the microstructure of the wounds . According to him"The "pimple"anatomically corresponds to the bony protuberance of the supraorbital notch and therefore does not constitute evidence of bone remodeling or callus formation". He also identifies the described "notch"as the normal "frontal notch "and states "bears no evidence of healing or callus formation as would be expected in a notch made by an arrowhead". Since Phillip III - Arrhidaios and Eurydice were buried "exhumed, cremated and reburied", whereas Phillip II and his wife were cremated, he supports the hypothesis that examination of thebones could be the hallmark of Tomb II identification .
Bones cremated with flesh around them are often referred to as 'green'. 'Dry'bones are completely degreased, either naturally or chemically as Arrhidaios bones were expected to be."Long bones cremated fleshed are fragmentary with marked warping; they assume a white, blue, and gray color and present frequent and parallel-sided transverse fractures that are either curved (thumbnail) or serrated." ."Long bones cremated dry are nearly intact in size and form and show negligible warping; they assume a light brown color and present infrequent and straight transverse fractures …or step fractures." .
Bartsiokas reports: "The preservation of the bones is excellent with minimal warping and transverse cracking that is straight. The skeleton is almost complete, and light brown is the dominant color of the bones. Only the left proximal ulna presents some curved transverse fractures, probably the result of insufficient decomposition in this area. The right ulna is nearly perfect, with a longitudinal crack. This type of preservation of the male skeleton shows that most of the bones were dry when cremated; that is, they were buried for some time before they were cremated".
Bartsiocas disregards Andronicos'and other archaeologist and historian's viewsfavoring Phillip II as the occupant of Tomb II. Based on his identification of the "notch"as the "frontal notch"and the condition of the bones he concludes: "The skeletal evidence that shows a dry bone cremation leaves no room for doubt that Royal Tomb II belongs to Philip III Arrhidaeus". He shares E.Borza's view that the armor belongs to Alexander the Great.
In 2010, J. Musgrave and his colleagues published a paper criticizing Bartsiokas arguments.  Regarding the "pimple"and the "notch"they reply: "Our suggestion was tentative and we see no reason for departing from our cautious approach to the cause of these two features on a very small area on the upper facial skeleton which was also damaged. 'Even if our suggestion that the upper margins of the eye sockets are asymmetrical is accepted, we still have to admit that trauma need not necessarily have been entirely responsible for the apparently exaggerated notch on the right.'"On the question whether the bones were cremated green or dry they comment: "One of us (HW) is a forensic pathologist, with wide experience of examining exhumed human cadavers and partially skeletonized remains discovered above ground. In his opinion, Arrhidaios'body would still have had putrefying skin and muscle attached to his limb bones, and rotting viscera filling his thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities after even seventeen months in the ground. It would not have become a dry and degreased skeleton. If the bones in the gold casket were burned dry, they could never have belonged to Philip III Arrhidaios because it would have taken them several years to achieve the state of dryness to produce the fracture lines classic of dry cremation" .
In 339 B.C. Phillip II was severely wounded at a battle against the Thracian tribe of Triballoi. A lance penetrated his left leg and killed also his horse. The King was supposed dead but he recovered and in August 338 he fought against the Athenians at the battle of Chaeronea. The wound left him lame.
After Andronicos and his presentation in his book, other researchers disregarded the greaves. They are not mentioned either by Borza or Bartsiokas who present the hypothesis that the Tomb II is the tomb of Arrhidaios and the armor belongs to Alexander (neither Alexander the Great nor Phillip III Arrhidaeus were lame). Since the leg-bones found in the golden larnax showed no differences in length it is difficult to speculate how the left tibia can fit in a shorter greave. (Figure 7).
In my paper of 1986  I proposed the hypothesis that the reason was a posterior dislocation of the knee, a result of a wound on the thigh as presented in old medical literature accounting for leg shortness and consequent lameness.
Figure 6 : The greaves- Vergina Museum.
Figure 7 : The male skeleton of Tomb II -Vergina Museum.
A research study on the bones found in Tomb I was published in August 2015 by A. Bartsiokas and his colleagues.  The inhumed, remains of a man, a woman and a neonate were examined. CT scanning, radiography, macrophotography and surface scanning were applied to the bones.
Results revealed a hole likely produced by a penetrating weapon (a lance) below the level of the femoral condyles. "A remarkable flexional ankylosis of the left knee, which resulted in the fusion of the tibia with the femur"was also revealed. There were no characteristic clues of infection or/and osteomyelitis found on the femur or the tibia.(Figure.8).
According to the above authors "This finding indicates that the active inflammatory process stopped years before death. If there was an infection, this was resolved long before the time of his death. Bony synostoses with no obvious signs of infection are commonly produced by severe injuries and therefore we deduce that the ankylosis was caused by a severe wound to the knee."Ankylosis is consistent with the historically documented lameness of Phillip and the authors conclude: "Philip II, his wife Cleopatra and their newborn child are the occupants of Tomb I, overturning the current opinion of the archaeological establishment that Tomb II belongs to Philip II. As a consequence, Tomb II could only belong to King Arrhidaeus and Eurydice and may well contain some of the armor of Alexander the Great".
The authors disregard the pair of greaves (the left consisting with Phillip's lameness) and how can it be part of Alexander's armor. They also disregard that no other female skeleton was found in Tomb II although Kyrannana is supposed to be buried in the Tomb of Arrhidaeus and Eurydice.
Figure 8 : Knee angylosis and hole. Tomb I (Courtesy of A.Bartsiokas).
Analysis of the examined bones by Bartsiokas et al revealed a severe penetrating wound to the left knee. The site of the hole as presented in pictures (Figure. 8) indicates the possible rupture of the popliteal artery or one of its main branches and perhaps of the sciatic nerve or one of its branches. Such an artery rupture by that time would have been fatal, despite Bartiokas et alcomment that "The recovery of Philip II after this terrible knee joint wound is a remarkable event in an era without antibiotics. It demonstrates remarkable skill by his doctors to avoid bleeding". Nerve trauma would probably cause leg paralysis. Un-necessary to give credit to a medical miracle of unknown circumstances!
Ankylosis due to osteoarthritis following knee injury can be the result of as evere wound and since sequelae of inflammation and osteomyelitis were not found on the bones, it appears that they were resolved before this man's death. Phillip's death occurred tree years after the battle against Triballoi in 339 BC. The king fought at the battle of Chaeronea against the Athenians leading the right flank of his army in 338 B.C., a year after his wound. Were inflammation and/or osteomyelitis resolved in less than a year without a further infection?
Regarding the wound's site, Justin and Plutarch mention the thigh and Demosthenes and Athenaeus, the leg . Nobody is mentioning the knee, although the knee is a distinct anatomical site in Ancient Greece as sited by Hippocrates .
It is also mentioned that the lance that wounded Phillip's leg, has also killed his horse . Penetration of bone would have caused resistance reducing the force of the strike and its power to kill a horse as well. The scenario could be a little different i.e. the lance hit the horse first severing the horse's jugular and by then weakened hit Phillip's knee, in that trajectory. It appears that such a strike from a lance head would probably result in bone fracture and not just "a hole". A penetrating wound at the thigh without bone damage, as recorded by ancient historians , may even cause compartment syndrome complicated by neurological deficits and motor weakness of the lower extremity [13,14].
The evidence produced by Bartsiokas et al  is not conclusive and has therefore been inadequate to overturn and disregard "the current thesis that Tomb II belongs to Phillip II" based on the archaeological findings . The unequal size of the greaves indicating a lameness of the left leg cannot easily be disregarded and since the greaves belong to a ceremonial armor, the armor is not that of Alexander's. As far as the exhumed bones of the man in Tomb I who was not honored with a "Royal"burial as in Tombs II and III, one can think of the possibility that he died from a penetrating wound causing fatal bleeding or infection. Knee injury i.e. meniscus tear leading to stiffness and ankylosis from osteoarthritis occurred long before his fatal wound.
Thanks to Drs Antony Okos and John Panayiotides for their comments.
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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Celine Dion : All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video
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