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Anniversary of the Apology
Intervention Opinion
Intervention News
Other News re NT
Other News
Media Release:
Greens: One year on from apology: what has changed?
13 Feb 09: "The Australian Greens say the Apology to the
Stolen Generations rings hollow on its anniversary today
because of policies which continue to penalise Aboriginal
people. … [Senator Rachel Siewert said] "The racist
Northern Territory Intervention continues, and we have seen
expansion of its punitive welfare quarantining elements
into the Kimberley and the roll-out of school truancy
trials." … "We are deeply concerned that the Government
is axing the Community Development Employment Program
(CDEP) at a time where jobs are being lost across the
economy. It simply makes no sense to cut thousands of
useful jobs in Aboriginal communities and force people
onto welfare benefits." "
Canberra Times: Sorry okay, but Act needs 'to be reinstated'
14 Feb 09: "It's been one year since Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations, but the process
of healing is just beginning. … Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said
the efforts of the Rudd Government were "auguring very
well", but questioned its reluctance to reinstate the
Racial Discrimination Act, set aside in 2007 when the
Howard government's Northern Territory intervention was
rolled out. "There's no reason for it not to be
reinstated," Mr Calma said." Louis Andrews
Crikey: Sorry day anniversary: One year on, mind the gap
13 Feb 09: "What these statistical gaps and indeed the
Apology fail to take account of is what might be
identified as the racism and human rights gap, a gap that
underpins the NT Intervention and appears to have been
retained by the Rudd government in its support for the
continuation of the intervention measures. This gap has
been recently commented on by Justice Kirby and forms the
basis of a complaint to the United Nations Committee for
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination." Jon Altman
Canberra Times Editorial: Rudd must also close rhetoric gap
13 Feb 09: "In the NT, … there are few outward signs of
the promised new houses, schools and clinics for indigenous
communities, and many residents of those communities feel
their concerns about other aspects of the exercise the lack
of consultation, the unilateral acquisition of townships,
emasculation of the permit system … quarantining of
welfare income, dismemberment of the Community Development
Employment Projects and sidelining of the Racial
Discrimination Act have been overlooked or dismissed. The
Rudd Government's failure to respond officially to the
report of the board set up to review the intervention …
has heightened such suspicions."
New Matilda: The Apology – Sorry About That
14 Feb 09: "On the day of the Apology the whole country
heard a lot of stories like that of Kutcha Edwards. A year
later, Kutcha, like many other members of the Stolen
Generations, can't see what's changed … When we talk
about whether he sees any of this shifting since the
Apology, his frustration emerges. "Obviously [Rudd] wanted
to make that step of acknowledgement, but then at the same
time, he still maintains the status quo with things like
the [Northern Territory] intervention. So he still has
that welfare mentality." Rachel Maher
ABC: One year on: Historic apology 'falls short'
13 Feb 09: "Today marks a year since Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd delivered the Federal Parliament's formal apology to
the Stolen Generations. … The Australian Greens say the
apology rings hollow on its anniversary today because of
the Commonwealth's Northern Territory Intervention. … Ms
Siewert says at a time where jobs are being lost across
the economy, it is morally wrong of the Government to cut
thousands of Community Development Employment Project
(CDEP) jobs in Indigenous communities. "We are deeply
concerned that they are getting rid of CDEP," she said."
Open Letter:
Stop the Intervention: Open Letter to the Prime Minister,
the Hon Kevin Rudd – from Yolngu of the Laynhapuy Homelands
3 Feb 09: "Yolngu clans of the Laynhapuy Homelands support
the Rollback the Intervention message to the Prime Minister
and Parliament this 3rd of February 2009. While we support
the Government's elevation of the issues of chronic
Aboriginal disadvantage in remote communities, and welcome
investment to address years of neglect, we cannot agree
that the continuation of the Intervention is the best way
to move forward. … "
Media Release:
Greens welcome WA Government's cooling on truancy trials
14 Feb 09: "The Australian Greens today welcomed signs that
the Western Australian Government may not implement a
punitive Federal Government truancy trial in Perth schools.
"The program, which has been widely criticised by teacher's
unions and welfare groups, allows Centrelink to halt
payments to parents whose children fail to attend school
for 13 weeks," Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
said. "Such a punitive program fails to address the
underlying causes of non-attendance and only further
undermines families in need of support."
New Matilda: NT Intervention: Let's Try That In Sydney
13 Feb 09: "The Northern Territory Intervention is taking
place out of sight of the majority of the population. What
would happen if similar restrictions were imposed on
someone living in Sydney's inner-city suburb of Newtown?
newmatilda.com has set out to test the Northern Territory
Emergency Response (the Intervention) in an urban
environment. Over the coming fortnight newmatilda.com
journalist Scott Mitchell will be going gonzo to find out
what it's like to have half your income "quarantined" by
the government (or in this case, the newmatilda.com
Department of Social Intervention). We'll be publishing
Scott's daily diary over the next week."
New Matilda: Two Week Intervention – A Day On The Road
16 Feb 09: "On day three of his two-week intervention,
Scott Mitchell discovers that even Howard voters think the
Northern Territory Emergency Response is dodgy"
Crikey: UN still smarting from Howard's bullying on black affairs
11 Feb 09: "And in relation to our treatment of black
Australia, the UNHRC sought further responses in relation
to four issues: … But it is the fourth indigenous issue
that will be the most difficult matter for the government
to adequately respond to. That issue concerns the findings
of the Wild/Anderson "Little Children are Sacred" report of
2007. … Australia's written response to the UNHCR Issues
of Concern of 21 January 2009 fails to answer the question
as to why the NT Intervention was "adopted without adequate
consultation with the Indigenous communities"." Bob Gosford
NIT: The Big Read: Big Kev's crazy ALP patriot sale!
5 Feb 09: "THE first promise to Indigenous Australians in
the ALP's national Platform is this:
"Labor is committed to supporting the international human
rights instruments to which Australia is a signatory,
including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
The Northern Territory intervention – which Labor supported
unanimously in Opposition and has continued unaltered in
government, despite the recommendations of its only review
panel – is in breach of almost half of the 30 articles of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, specifically
articles 2, 7, 8, 10, 12, 17, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30."
Stop the Intervention: Frank Hytten, CEO Reconciliation Victoria
"The responses that the government is sticking to so far
are focused on control – especially taking control of land
away from Aboriginal people and returning it to government.
There seems to be no coherent reason for this move. In
addition these policies are very, very disempowering, not
least in relation to foreclosing on real self-determined
development of policy and delivery of programs."
Radio Interviews:
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM
Let's Talk – Australia's only Indigenous presented talkback:
10 Feb 09: "Karen Dorante spoke with the Editor of The
National Indigenous Times, Chris Graham."
[includes discussion of the NT intervention and the
complaint to the UN]
Listen to this interview on-line:
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM
Let's Talk – Australia's only Indigenous presented talkback:
3 Feb 09: "Karen Dorante spoke with Australians for Native
Title & Reconciliation (ANTaR) National President, Janet
Hunt." [includes discussion of the NT intervention]
Listen to this interview on-line:
ABC: Grocery sales increase since welfare quarantining
14 Feb 09: "Outback Stores says the Federal Government's
quarantining of welfare payments in remote Indigenous
communities is not the main reason behind increased food
sales. … Outback Stores has been given $29 million by the
Federal Government to redevelop failing community stores.
Chief executive John Kop says redeveloped stores typically
increase sales by 100 to 400 per cent, but that is not due
to welfare quarantining."
NIT: 40yr leases signed in four NT communities
11 Feb 09: "Traditional owners from four remote communities
have agreed to give up control of their land for the next
40 years under a lease agreement with the federal
government. In exchange, the communities will get about 300
new houses and 250 existing houses will be refurbished."
NIT: Aboriginal tent embassy plan to save rebel church
12 Feb 09: "Aboriginal people will establish a tent embassy
at a rebel Catholic church in Brisbane and resist any
attempts to move it. Activist Sam Watson said the tent
embassy would be set up under the terms of a treaty signed
in November between St Mary's Church in South Brisbane and
local Aboriginal people. … Mr Watson said St Mary's had
tended to the needs of Aboriginal people for decades. "We
have declared that land upon which St Mary's has been built
is sacred land and we assert the fact that as Aboriginal
people we have never ceded sovereignty to the British
Crown," he said."
NIT: Jesus also unorthodox, says rebel priest
16 Feb 09: "Rebel Catholic priest Father Peter Kennedy has
defended his church's social activism, telling a packed St
Mary's church in South Brisbane that Jesus also was harshly
criticised for unorthodox behaviour. … Meanwhile, a plan
to establish an Aboriginal tent embassy on the site has
been postponed until next week, said Murri activist Sam
Watson. Mr Watson said many groups had asked to participate
in a broad coalition to save the St Mary's community and it
was decided to start the tent embassy on the day Fr Kennedy
has been told to depart."
Courier-Mail: Archbishop John Bathersby may call police on
parish priest Peter Kennedy over 'unorthodox' practices
12 Feb 09: "BRISBANE Archbishop John Bathersby has warned
that police will be brought in and St Mary's Parish priest
Father Peter Kennedy forcibly removed if necessary. …
Brisbane's indigenous community will set up a tent embassy
at St Mary's on Sunday, claiming a treaty between them and
the church gives shared custody of the land and that Father
Kennedy's liberal practices should stay. Indigenous leader
Sam Watson is calling on Archbishop Bathersby to "sit down
and have a cup of tea" and take part in a sacred circle
with elders to resolve issues surrounding the controversy."
Radio Interview:
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM
Let's Talk – Australia's only Indigenous presented talkback:
12 Feb 09: "Tiga Bayles caught up with Sam Watson."
[includes discussion of the Aboriginal tent embassy at
St Mary's Church in South Brisbane]
Listen to this interview on-line:
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Staff Sergeant Ray Daniels feels the aches and pains and touches the scars. But, he does not know who he is, where he is from, whether or not he has a family, and if he has a future. And nobody will tell him anything but that he was wounded in Afghanistan.
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Kim Jong-un has reportedly banned South Korean managers from giving a popular chocolate and marshmallow treat to employees at a North Korean factory in order to fight a growing black market for the snacks.
About 120 South Korean companies employ more than 50,000 North Korean labourers at the jointly-run Kaesong Industrial Complex just north of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two countries.
Workers receive about $67 a month, after a portion of their wage is taken by the Kim government. South Korean managers are not allowed to give cash directly to employees, so they started rewarding good employees with snacks.
"To distribute cash incentives and bonuses is to step out of the North's ideological border," ex-National Defence University professor Kim Han-shik told NK News. "So South Koreans have devised an informal way of offering rewards and incentives and staying within that ideological border – Choco Pies."
Since the factory opened in 2004, labourers have received a countless number of Choco Pies that are brought in from South Korea. Employees reportedly receive two or three of the cakes a day, but according to the Washington Post, they could earn as many as 20 in a single shift. Some took the sweet treats home to family and others decided to sell them. The treat, which is similar to the American Wagon Wheel, soon became the most popular snack in the communist nation.
"The local workers, most of them women, had quickly realized that the Choco Pies were too delicious and valuable to eat," Richard Lloyd Parry wrote in London Review of Books. "The Choco Pies were a small piece of South Korean largesse."
According to South Korea's Chosun Ilbo, a single Choco Pie sells for as much as US$9.50 — more than an employee earns in a week — on the black market. The newspaper reported that as many as 2.5 million Choco Pies are secretly sold and traded in North Korea each month.
North Korean defector and journalist Ha Tae Keung called the increasing popularity of the treat, "an invasion of the stomach."
But now North Korea is cracking down on the tasty delicacy. Managers will still be able to give employees sausages, instant noodles, powdered coffee or chocolate bars as a bonus — but Choco Pies are banned, according to South Korean media reports.
North Korea launched a propaganda campaign against the Choco Pie months ago to "avoid ideological unrest," according to Daily NK.
"The rumour has spread that, 'South Korean authorities have added weird substances,'" to Choco Pies a source told the news site last October.
"If the products from the 'neighbourhood downstairs' are enjoyed unconditionally, the ideology of the people could wither at any moment," security agents reportedly said.
North Korea may have decided to halt the flow of Choco Pies into the communist nation because of what they symbolize — capitalism and South Korea prosperity, experts say.
They "are an important mind-changing instrument," author Andrei Lankov told the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper in May. "It has become a symbol of South Korean prosperity – and North Koreans read it. They are suffering and starving, but thanks to Choco Pies, DVDs and large-scale labor migration to China, people don't buy the old story [that the South is even poorer] and the government does not sell it any more."
A former South Korean factory owner told CNN that North Korea workers enjoy eating the Choco Pies and Coca Cola they received at work. But he also said the experience may have left a more lasting impression on the employees.
"It was clear that the workers had gotten at least some idea of capitalism and that it wasn't all bad," he told CNN. "They had only associated the United States with evil, and the fact that they could love something that the U.S. had produced — specifically Coca Cola — was an eye-opener."


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This is a big week for our family as we all plan to be together again! The kids should all be home and we'll be gathering with much of our extended family to enjoy one another's company – to remember and share special memories, to laugh and maybe cry, to catch up with everybody's news, and to just be together!
Like any Mama, I've been looking forward to this time together for weeks – planning, making lists, cleaning, shopping, and getting everything ready. Tonight I glance around at my family as they read, tap on computer keys, and play a guitar and sing, and then I look at the clock as I wait on a call from one still to arrive. The house is in disarray, the lists have long been abandoned, and I still have shopping to do, but oh how good it feels that we're almost all together again!
As I thought about all of this tonight, I recalled God's declaration of love for His people. "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you" (Jeremiah 31:3). Everlasting is defined as "eternal, lasting forever, incessant." The Father's love for His children is never ending. It is continuing and constant, drawing us to Him. It will last forever and will never run out in both good times and bad, when we're easy to love and when we're not, and whether or not we've done anything to deserve it. Our Father loves us with a pure and perfect love.
As much as I love my children, I realize that my love is imperfect and a poor imitation of the Father's perfect, unconditional love for His children. Surely, His heart is grieved when we neglect spending time with Him and allow other things to come between us. How He must grow sad when we fail to read our Bibles and pray for His direction and guidance. And how we must hurt Him when we disregard His teachings and fail to honor Him by the way we live our lives.
Yet, in spite of our failures and the sorrow we may cause Him, God's love for us is everlasting and unchanging. His Word assures us: "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). It is not God's desire that any of us not make it home.
- He planned a way.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
- He prepared a place.
"In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also" (John 14:2-3).
- He invited us to come.
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light" (Matthew 11:28-30).
Just as I look forward to having my family all together, and just as I eagerly wait for my last child to arrive safely home, our Heavenly Father also watches and waits for each of His children. He has planned, prepared, and invited. The rest is up to us. May we joyfully accept our Father's invitation and eagerly look forward to the day when we will enter into His presence and finally be together again!


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Beginning at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, February 20, enrollment for summer care programs will open online. There are three programs to choose from.
- Summer Edventures (ages 3-5 years entering kindergarten)
- Summer Club Care (entering grades 1-5)
- Summer PULSE (entering grades 5-8)
Programs offer age-appropriate summer opportunities for academic enrichment, social skills development, and active play. See the website for specifics or view the information flyer here.


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ELF19: Digital Divides, Dividends and Dangers
Education Leaders Forum 2019: Digital Divides, Dividends and Dangers,
17 –18 July, Dunedin is the 13th in an annual series for education leaders and aspiring leaders from across the learning spectrum. Educators are more important than ever as knowledge navigators in a world awash with digital data.
ELF19 is designed to give educators actionable leadership insights into bridging digital divides, unlocking digital dividends and avoiding digital dangers. Ensure your learning community is represented.
Visit www.smartnet.co.nz for the ELF19 overview and contributors and topics.
Register now for early bird discounts or indicate interest in ELF19 updates firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Pattaya Accommodation
Searching for hotels in Pattaya (Thailand) or Pattaya accommodation? Pattaya is a city in the country of Thailand that is located 165 kilometers southeast of the country's capital of Bangkok. It is situated in the east coast of the gulf of Thailand and is a self-governing municipal area. It is the center of the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area and has an estimated population of approximately 104,000 inhabitants.
The name of the city was derived from the march of Phraya Tak and his army Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi. Historical records show that during the march of the army, they met their enemies in the Thap Phraya or the Army of the Phraya. This was historical as the enemies of the land surrendered without a fight due to their admiration of the discipline of the army of Phraya Tak.
The city like all other towns of the early years started as a small fishing port that served local fishermen. Later on, it evolved to become one of the popular destinations of tourists in the country, and in fact, the city's main economic activity is tourism. Tourists are attracted to Pattaya not only due to the popularity of its nightlife but also its beaches, which are said to be among the most serene and cleanest beaches in the country. The city is easily accessible by road, rail and air. Means of transportation like buses, taxis, and trains abound Pattaya that make the area easier for travel.
Some of the city's attractions are the Sir Racha Tiger Zoo, Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden, Million Years Stone Park, Pattaya Crocodile Farm, Pattaya Park Beach Resort, Funny Land Amusement Park, Siriporn Orchid Farm and Underworld Pattaya. Some leisure activities that tourists may engage in the city are bungee jumping, motor sports racing, scuba diving, spas and horse riding. Among the hotels that may be found in the city are the Zign Hotel, Siam Bayview Hotel, Nova Platinum Hotel, Marriott Pattaya Resort & Hotel, Sunshine Garden Resort and Royal Orchid Resort.
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The DNS records related to sending emails has to be set correctly according to prevailing standards otherwise you will get into various non-delivery issues.
PTR and rDNS
When the sender server (S) email arrives at the recipient server (R), R will do a rDNS check and this sequence of events will happen:
- R will check the IP that S is connected on
- R will check the IP for a valid hostname by doing a DNS lookup for the PTR record for the IP. This PTR record is recorded in the ISP zone for S.
- S's ISP will return a hostname to R.
- R will check the hostname for an IP by doing a DNS lookup for the A record for the hostname. This A record is recorded in the zone of the hostname's domain.
- R will compare the IP in step 1 and 4 to make sure it is the same.
Additionally, R may require that the hostname in step 2 be the same as the sender email domain's MX and be the same as the hostname in the HELO/EHLO command sent by S. Although this will be over doing it.
R may also check whether S implements the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) in the DNS by looking up the TXT record in the email domain zone. Typically, an SPF TXT looks like:
- "v=spf1 mx a ~all"
This will tell R that emails originating from the MX server and the Web Server (specified at the A record for the domain) are allowed to send emails for the email domain.
DomainKeys, DKIM
S can also implement a "signature" protocol where every email sent out will be signed by the it. Then when R recieves the email, it will look up TXT record in the DNS zone of the email domain for the DomainKey and DKIM rules to parse and determine if the signature on the email is valid.


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Data was recently collected by a research group which appears to validate and prove the theory that the male gender is more likely to be involved in behavior which can be classified as idiotic. The Male Idiot Theory (MIT) has been tossed about as a tongue in cheek explanation of why human males often indulge in risk taking adventures. During the past few years, a number of studies have documented significant percentile differences for such things as emergency room visits, hospital admissions and mortality rates due to accidental injuries. These studies have already proven that males have a greater chance of incurring accidental injuries than do females. While some of the injuries may be either due to sports injuries or to the fact that men are more likely to be employed in riskier occupations, questions have been raised about other injuries.
The recent research study has attempted to collect data which has seemingly proven that the Male Idiot Theory does, in fact, exist. The study was an attempt to collect data only about those people who engaged in idiotic risks. Idiotic risks were defined as those risks considered senseless risks having little to no apparent payoff but with the possibility of a highly negative outcome such as death. The research for this Male Idiot Theory study was therefore based on the winners of the Darwin Awards from 1995 until 2014.
The Darwin Awards are bestowed upon those who verifiably show an enormous misapplication of common sense which results in their death even though they were capable of good judgment. In fact, the winners must cause their own death in such an unthinking manner as to be not only termed idiotic but to conceivably relieve the human race of one more idiot while ensuring the long-term survival of the human race and promoting Darwin's theory of natural selection. The theory of natural selection was coined the "survival of the fittest" by Darwin's contemporary, Herbert Spencer, himself an evolution theorist.
In the last 20 years, the Darwin Awards Committee has independently verified 332 cases out of the 413 nominations they received. Of the 332 cases, there were a total of 14 awards given to shared candidates, most notably amorous couples. Out of the 318 remaining cases usable for the research, only 36 Darwin Awards were conferred upon females. Mathematically speaking, the 282 male Darwin Award recipients make up 88.7 percent of the total, supporting the Male Idiot Theory.
While the 89 percent total is a statistically significant finding, the researchers concede both the limitations and weaknesses of their study. The Male Idiot Theory cannot be completely proven with this current research data for a number of reasons, most notably the possibility of a reporting bias. It may be possible that females are more likely to nominate males for the Darwin Awards. Additionally, alcohol may play a significant role in events which ultimately lead to the award. If alcohol is shown to be involved in a high percentage of these cases, the statistical difference may be attributable to nothing other than a difference in social behaviors.
While the Male Idiot Theory is supported by the current research data, more studies need to take place before it can be said that the theory is proven. The four male research contributors plan on continuing their investigation of the study and invite other research groups to investigate as well.
By Dee Mueller
The Science Times
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Pokemon Go (for iPhone)
Pokemon Go (for iPhone)
- Fun AR implementation.
- Addictive gym battles.
- Convinces kids (and adults!) to get up and moving.
- Encourages social interaction.
- Huge potential for growth and improvement.
- Unreliable servers.
- App freezes.
- GPS isn't always accurate.
- Spawn points weighted toward downtown areas and urban centers.
- Many missing features from classic Pokemon games.
- Causes massive battery drain on your phone.
Bottom LineA major social phenomenon and one of the most fun mobile games you can play, Pokemon Go is insanely addictive, but it's plagued by bugs and server issues. It's the best worst game ever!
Wander into the downtown area of any major city around the world and you'll likely find people walking around with a laser-sharp focus on their smartphones. Normally, you'd think they were following directions or having an intense Snapchat session, but these days it's more likely they're playing Pokemon Go. This is the mobile game that has taken the world by storm, and with good reason: It's the closest we've gotten to capturing and training actual real life Pokemon. The gameplay and implementation of augmented reality (AR) isn't brilliant or groundbreaking in and of itself. It's the same framework used by Ingress, an earlier AR game from Pokemon Go creator Niantic Labs. What sets Pokemon Go apart is the sheer scale and scope of its cross-generational appeal. The game may drain your phone battery and tracking may still be broken, but Pokemon Go still manages to balance the difficult task of being fun for newcomers and capturing the sense of nostalgia for the old hands. Pokemon Go is tremendously fun and, despite a few issues, it's one of the most addictive iPhone games I've ever played.
Editors' Note: This review was updated December 29, 2016 to take into account bugfixes and new features.
To Catch Them Is My Real Test, To Train Them Is My Cause
My first step in achieving my lifelong dream of becoming a Pokemon Master was to download Pokemon Go onto my Apple iPhone 6s Plus. It also works with Android smartphones with 2GB of RAM and Android 4.4 KitKat or higher, letting you use a variety of budget phones. I initially connected it to my Google account, which may not have been the best idea at the time, given recent reports about security issues. At launch, Niantic requested broad permissions that gave the app full access to my Google account, including emails and web searches. Fortunately, Niantic subsequently released an update that constrains the scope of account access. Your other option is to use a Pokemon Trainer Club account, which uses The Pokemon Company's server. This was mostly down during my initial testing, but it appears to be reliably up now. If you're still concerned about your information being harvested, that may be your best bet.
After making an account I quickly swiped through the introduction by Professor Willow and created a character using the handful of customization options for gender, hair, skin color, and clothing. You're still able to make changes to these anytime you want later on. That done, the game placed my character on a map of my real-world neighborhood, where I encountered three traditional starter Pokemon: Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur. Your choice of starter doesn't really matter, as you can eventually get all three. I discovered Bulbasaur in my toilet after choosing Charmander, and there's even a way to get Pikachu if you run away from your initial starters.
Capturing a Pokemon is a simple task. The Pokemon appear on the map when you're close to them, which is usually indicated by rustling grass or lure modules (more on these later). You simply approach the target and tap it to attempt a capture. This launches your smartphone's camera, which shows the Pokemon in AR, set against the backdrop of your surroundings.
At this point, a set of rings appears around the Pokemon, indicating the difficulty of capturing it. Green-ringed Pokemon are easy to capture, yellow are moderate, and red are difficult. From here, you have two options: Capture the critter by swiping Pokeballs at it, or run away. If you correctly line up your swipes, you should be able to capture a Pokemon on your first or second try. At higher difficulty, Pokemon can dodge, fight back, flee, and break out of Pokeballs. Subsequent updates have adjusted catch difficulty, making captures harder but also ramping up spawns.
If you're lucky and the Pokemon gets caught, you'll get some experience points, allowing you to level up. It also grants you bonuses like stardust and candy, which you'll need to level up and evolve your Pokemon.
Overall, capturing Pokemon in AR is a fun and engaging pursuit. There's something undeniably exciting about seeing a Pokemon present in the real world. It worked seamlessly on my iPhone, but owners of more affordable Android devices will want to make sure they have a gyroscope; otherwise they won't be able to play. That said, it's undeniably easier to capture Pokemon when not in AR mode because you don't have to move your phone as much.
I Will Travel Across the Land, Searching Far and Wide
To play Pokemon Go you must do something few other games require. You must leave your house, step outside, and get some exercise. For the average gamer, this practically counts as a fitness app. There's nothing as formal as a step counter, but you do get bonuses for distance traveled. You can also enable a buddy Pokemon, essentially it's a companion that appears in your profile and gains experience as you walk. This is one place the Pokemon Go Plus wearable comes in handy because it keeps track of your distance.
You need to walk around to find Pokemon, collect items, and hatch eggs. You'll know a Pokemon is nearby if grass rustles, and the bottom right of your screen gives you an idea of the Pokemon that are in your area, as well as approximately how far away they are.
The distribution and concentration of Pokemon can vary wildly depending on your area. Niantic has tweaked spawn rates several times, but generally you'll still get more Pokemon in urban areas with parks. Things get more complicated when you consider the fact that certain elemental Pokemon spawn in certain biomes. For instance, along the riverside you might get more water Pokemon and apparently in parts of the Arizona and New Mexico desert you get more rock and ground Pokemon. In my neighborhood in Jersey City, I only got six or seven Pokemon over an entire weekend. Meanwhile, friends living in Williamsburg, Bed-Stuy, and other parts of New York City reported numbers in the double digits. Parks in urban areas seem to be especially attractive to Pokemon. My best Pokemon hunting ground proved to be Madison Square Park near the PCMag office, which was ripe with spawns.
A word about spawns: Their exact mechanics are a bit of an enigma, but from my testing I've confirmed that Pokemon spawn in the same location for everyone and that multiple people can capture the same Pokemon. I was able to capture a Cubone that spawned in the office using two different phones. However, after a certain amount of time the Cubone went away, indicating there's a spawning and despawning mechanic at work behind the scenes, likely tied to a time counter. To identify the Pokemon in a given location, check the bottom right of your map screen for your Nearby counter. You'll see all the Pokemon in your general vicinity with an image hinting at their location.
There are a few key features you'll want to be mindful of while on a hunt. The first is Pokestops. These are buildings, landmarks, and other objects of interest that grant you bonuses, eggs, and Pokeballs when you pass by them. Pokestops are marked by blue boxes that turn into blue Pokeball symbols when you approach them. The symbols turn purple when you've collected their items. These are important if you want to keep stocked up on Pokeballs. Eggs are also good to have, because they hatch after you walk a certain distance (2 kilometers seems to be the minimum) and they're currently the only way to get Pokemon from Generation 2, like Cleffa, Igglybuff, Pichu, Togepi, Elekid, Magby, and Smoochum. Pokemon Go's GPS data have improved in reliability and accuracy with recent updates to the point you should have no trouble hitting stops.
If you want to capture lots of Pokemon, your best bet is to find lure modules. They're hard to mistake on the map, as they're essentially pillars of swirling flower petals. You can purchase lure modules from the store using coins (about 99 cents worth each, with bulk discounts), which you'll need to buy with real-world money. Once used, they attract Pokemon to that area for 30 minutes. The nice part is that everyone in the area can take advantage of them, not just the person who set them. The Pokemon don't run out—although they may leave—so multiple people to capture the same Pokemon, while it sticks around. If you're the more solitary sort, you can use incense, another in-app purchase (which starts about 80 cents per stick), which does the same thing as lure modules, except only the incense user can capture the Pokemon that appear. Neither item is a required purchase, but if you're in an area where Pokemon aren't spawning, either might be a good option.
Some Pokemon are more common in some areas, while others are rarer. You're likely to encounter a lot of Rattatas, Pidgeys, and Doduo, but fewer Magmars and Polygons, let alone the ever-elusive Ditto. New updates have tweaked spawn rates to increase the number of rarer Pokemon, but you're still likely to encounter the common types more often. That said, there's no harm in capturing the same Pokemon more than once. Doing so gives you some experience, stardust, which you need to increase Pokemon levels, and candy, which you need for evolution. If you're concerned about filling up your bag, you can just transfer duplicates to Professor Willow, the guy who introduces you to the game, and he'll give you candy. But keep in mind that it's not reversible; once you transfer Pokemon to the Professor Willow there's no getting them back.
The third major landmarks are gyms. These can be found throughout the map, but from what I've seen gyms tend to be concentrated in the downtown areas of cities. There were only one or two in my neighborhood, and some users living in rural or suburban areas have reported having no gyms at all. Gyms are important because they are the sole place you can engage in battles against other trainers, though it's not in real time. Essentially, you are fighting the Pokemon a gym leader has left behind to hold the fort. In the beginning of the game, you won't have to worry about gyms, but once you reach level 5 you can choose a Team and battle to take control of gyms. More on this in a bit.
Naturally, all of this wandering around searching requires that you keep your phone on and your GPS. The Pokemon Go Plus wearable or Apple Watch app can help save some juice by notifying you of Pokemon you encounter and hitting Pokestops without needing to take out your phone. But even still, battery drain is significant. For an hour of average gameplay, I lost 30 percent of my battery life. If you're planning on playing Pokemon Go sessions you'd be well advised to carry chargers and spare battery packs with you.
I Wanna Be The Very Best, Like No One Ever Was
Capturing Pokemon isn't enough. If you want to become a true Pokemon Master, you'll need to level them up and have them fight. As I've mentioned before, the primary method of leveling and evolving a Pokemon is by feeding them stardust and candy. There are two numbers you'll want to keep track of: Hit points (HP) and combat power (CP). HP measure how much damage your Pokemon can take in battle before it faints, and CP determines how well your Pokemon will perform in battle. Generally speaking, the Pokemon with the higher CP will win, though weaknesses and strengths also play a role. Anyone who's played a traditional game knows fire is strong against grass and weak against water. You'll want to keep those kinds of strengths and weaknesses in mind.
Currently, Pokemon Go lacks direct trainer versus trainer battles, nor does it seem to be a feature that's ever going to be added. That's a fairly big disappointment, but you're not entirely without options for seeing your team in combat.
As mentioned, gyms are the place to test your mettle, but first you'll need to pick a team. There are three to choose from. Team Instinct, led by Spark, focuses on trusting your instincts and is represented by Zapdos. Team Mystic, led by Blanche, concentrates on evolution and is represented by Articuno. And Team Valor, led by Candela, specializes in being the very best Pokemon trainer, and is represented by Moltres.
Despite the different descriptions and mascots, the teams are pretty much identical, so there's no need to agonize over your choice. However, your neighborhood may favor one team over the others, which makes it beneficial to pick the one that dominates. The gyms in my area are dominated by Team Mystic, so that's what I went with, much to the annoyance of my Team Valor friends.
After choosing a team you can jump right into gym battles. Go to a gym led by an opposing team and you can fight them to become a gym leader. On the occasions when I was able to battle and the app didn't freeze, it was a ridiculously fun. You can launch a battle using basic attacks or charged up special attacks. There's an element of strategy that comes from knowing which attack to use, and when. You can also dodge incoming enemy attacks, swap out members of your team, and use items to heal and revive your Pokemon. Battle is one of the better-implemented mechanics of the game, and one I want to see more of outside the gym.
If you successfully win a gym battle, you take over the gym on behalf of your team. The benefits of this are manifold. You get bonuses such as experience points for every day you control the gym, and also get to have one of your captured Pokemon parked on it. Members of the same team can place Pokemon at the location to defend it. Prestige is gained by winning battles and lost by losing them. A gym with higher prestige can be defended by more Pokemon at one time, which makes it harder to capture.
There's no doubt gym battles are one of the most engaging and hands-on aspects of Pokemon Go due to their competitive nature. It's easy to grasp, and while some old hands might grumble about how the battle mechanic isn't ported over straight from the previous games, remember that this is a free app, and Nintendo probably doesn't want to undercut sales of the actual paid Pokemon games. However, it is unfortunate that trainer versus trainer battles likely won't be included.
It's Always Been Our Dream. Pokemon!
During the course of my review, Pokemon Go proved to be both a fun experience and its mixed sense of nostalgia, openness, and social interaction are unmatched in the space. Most of the earlier issues with the server are gone and bugs have been fixed, making the game much better than when I first tried it. Undeniably, interest has diminished because there's still no major changes to gameplay. Sure, spawn rates have been tweaked, some new Pokemon added, and things like the buddy feature incorporated, but the game is still largely the same as when it first launched. With that in mind, I still recommend Pokemon Go, for being a groundbreaking AR mobile game. For true Pokemon fans and people looking for something to get them moving, it's still fun, addictive, and worthwhile.
Newbie Pokemon trainers should read Pokemon Go: How to Get Started and Catch 'Em All. If you're a business owner who wants to get in on the phenomenon, you might want to check out Pokemon Go: How the Pokeconomy is Changing Business, One Lure at a Time.


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Invision Power File Manager is a free web file manager. Power File Manager was last updated in 2005 and is no longer supported by the author.
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Wireless QoS - Not a "One-Size Fits All" Policy (Anymore)
Since Wi-Fi is a shared medium with control distributed to all active nodes in the system, proper network arbitration and performance is heavily dependent on client behavior. When dealing with QoS using 802.11e/WMM, this means accurate application traffic marking and queuing by client devices themselves. 802.11e prescribes 8 user priorities and 4 priority queues to provide a base level of differentiated services for traffic (you can read more about this in my Wireless QoS 5-part series).
Many wireless LAN vendors have only provided basic support for wireless QoS by reading the QoS values within frames and queuing traffic for downstream transmission to clients. Some vendors have begun going beyond basics to provide customers with a feature called "Airtime Fairness", which are proprietary extensions to ensure more in-depth control of clients by the infrastructure. I particularly like how Devin Akin at Aerohive highlights that this feature is really manipulation of the environment to suit a specific policy, whether it be equitable between clients or not. However, these are still mainly downlink traffic mechanisms, and the uplink flow is still controlled by the client. (There are some exceptions to this that involve infrastructure vendors monkeying with client TCP windows, acknowledgments, etc., but let's not get into that now.)
|Device Convergence
A Swiss-Army Knife of Capabilities
But what happens now when we have veritable Swiss-Army devices that perform multiple functions. What SSID do we put those in? How do we differentiate network performance and QoS based on application flows rather than device or SSID?
The answer is that wireless clients and the network must both have more intelligence to handle dynamic QoS requirements. Device convergence and the use of multi-purpose devices eliminates the ability to effectively use static 1:1 QoS policies tied to wireless SSIDs. We need something better!
Microsoft Lync QoS - A Case Study
Microsoft Lync is a software platform for unified communications providing data, voice, and video collaboration on Windows workstations. Many organizations are exploring device convergence to expand capabilities available to all employees while controlling capital and recurring costs.
As part of our lab verification of Lync prior to production deployment, we tested Wi-Fi quality of service integration. Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Server 2008 platforms support policy-based QoS, while older Windows XP systems only support two service levels with the QoS Packet Scheduler. I'll focus on Windows 7 workstations with the more robust policy-based QoS capabilities. We setup an Active Directory GPO to classify and mark all voice traffic coming from Lync with a DSCP value of 46 (expedited forwarding), which is a general best-practice on IP-based networks (see RFC 3246 section 2.7) and conforms with Cisco's QoS Baseline recommendations.
The resulting traffic analysis verified that Lync correctly marked DSCP in the packets, but we also noticed that the layer 2 Class of Service (CoS) marking for 802.11e/WMM is set to 5. We expected to see 6, since the 802.11-2007 standard clearly states in table 9-1 that user priorities 6 and 7 are reserved for voice, while 4 and 5 are reserved for video (note that the Wikipedia entry on 802.11e contains incorrect data). This is distinctly in conflict with the 802.1p CoS values for wired LANs (using the revised 802.1Q-2005 values) which places voice traffic in priority 5.
|Microsoft Lync marks layer 2 CoS values based on mapping
IP Precedence values (3 most-significant bits in IP ToS header field)
Moreover, the mappings between layer 2 and layer 3 markings are distinctly different between vendors. Microsoft maps layer 2 CoS values, whether 802.1p or 802.11e, to the same set of layer 3 values based on IP Precedence (not DSCP) and does not differentiate between wired and wireless networks. Mappings in the opposite direction (DSCP to layer 2) also rely on only the IP Precedence values and not on the full DSCP codepoint. Therefore, a DSCP value of 46 is translated as an IP Precedence of 5 and a layer 2 priority of 5. Cisco, on the other hand, maps values differently for wired and wireless networks (see Table 2-7) to accommodate the variations between standards.
|Differences in layer 2 Class of Service (CoS) values between IEEE standards
and layer 2 to layer 3 mapping implementations by vendors create complexity
The root of the issue is two-fold. First, the 802.1p and 802.11e QoS values are clearly in conflict. This makes accurate QoS implementation difficult to achieve because variations need to be dealt with correctly by each and every solution implementation. This introduces plenty of room for error. Second, Microsoft's QoS implementation in Windows maps DSCP to layer 2 CoS based on legacy IP Precedence values. It does not differentiate between wired and wireless network connections and adjust markings appropriately.
Network-Wide Ramifications
The standard practice of marking voice with DSCP 46 will result in the improper classification, marking and queuing of the traffic throughout the network.
First, wireless client transmisions (upstream) by the Windows workstations will get placed into the video queue and will not receive the appropriate contention window values. This will reduce the statistical advantage that voice frames receive for transmission over the air and could impact voice latency and jitter, especially in video rich networks. As video adoption in the enterprise increases, especially with increasing mobile device usage, this could have serious effects on voice quality.
Second, many wireless network infrastructure vendors to do not provide the ability to inspect and re-classify traffic and are forced to trust the client markings. For example, the Cisco Unified Wireless Network simply enforces a maximum QoS value for each SSID that clients cannot exceed. If the SSID is configured for Platinum QoS, then no maximum can be exceeded and traffic will be translated based on the client marking. The CAPWAP tunnel will map the client's layer 2 value of 5 (video) to a DSCP value of 34 for the outer tunnel IP header. Once the traffic is de-encapsulated by the controller, it applies an 802.1p value of 4 based on the CAPWAP packet DSCP value 34 mapped back to a layer 2 wired value, while leaving the client packet's original DSCP value of 46 untouched. Given the best practice of configuring switches to trust DSCP from CAPWAP APs and trust CoS from controllers, this traffic will be mishandled by intermediate switches and routers as well. In fact, the default Cisco switch behavior (when QoS is enabled) is for DSCP transparency to be disabled, and will result in the trusted layer 2 value coming from the WLC overriding the original client DSCP marking and being re-written to 32 based on the default switch CoS-to-DSCP mapping.
Third, advanced wireless voice control features will be ineffective and broken since the voice traffic is not properly identified within the voice queue. This includes TSPEC, call admission control (CAC), traffic bandwidth reservation, expedited bandwidth requests to facilitate emergency 911 calls, and voice stream metrics collection and reporting. Many of these features are only available to traffic streams within the voice queue. Additionally, off-channel scanning used by RRM and rogue detection are configured to defer if traffic in user priorities 4, 5, or 6 have been received in the last 100ms. If this policy has been changed to only defer for priority 6 traffic it could negatively impact Lync traffic in priority 5 by increasing network re-transmissions and network latency.
Finally, WAN bandwidth across the network could be negatively impacted. Typically, network administrators will design WAN circuits to reserve bandwidth for a specific amount of voice calls (based on Erlang calculations) as well as enforce a per-call bandwidth limitation based concurrent call volume. Since the voice calls will not be placed into the voice queue, no traffic admission or policing can occur. Should the environment grow to a point where concurrent voice calls exceeds the design, then WAN bandwidth may not be sufficient to handle the additional calls but will not be able to restrict call admission, resulting in poor voice performance.
Let's also not forget the risk of human error somewhere down the road. Assuming documentation is in proper order, policy accommodations have been made throughout the network, and engineer transitions include adequate knowledge transfer, a clear risk still exists that future changes will inadvertently affect voice traffic since it isn't supposed to be within the video queue.
Integrating Lync Into a Broader Network Architecture
Our networks aren't created in a vacuum; it's a shared resource and engineers must design networks to handle varying capabilities and demands of all connected endpoints and traffic flows. So, what options are available to mitigate this issue and effectively handle Microsoft Lync voice traffic on a converged wireless network?
We could ignore the problem and apply the standard voice QoS value of DSCP 46 (EF) in our Windows policy. This will result in accurate marking and traffic handling for wired clients, but suffers the ramifications previously described for wireless clients and broader network resource impacts. Hardly an optimal solution.
Instead, consider applying a non-standard DSCP marking. Using this approach we use policy-based QoS on Windows platforms to mark voice traffic as DSCP 48 (CS6), which allows it to be mapped to the correct wireless layer 2 CoS value of 6 and be queued correctly for transmission by the client.
The problem is that this DSCP value is reserved for Internetwork Control traffic by most networking vendors (including Cisco). Network administrators will need to ensure that wired and wireless integration is configured correctly, otherwise incorrect classification could propogate throughout the network for these traffic flows. For Cisco wireless networks this means that switch ports should be configured to trust DSCP from APs and CoS from controllers. This trust coupled with the Cisco wireless mappings between CoS and DSCP ensure that the correct DSCP value of 46 (EF) will be used both in the CAPWAP tunnel and re-written by the switch (based on WLC CoS trust) on the client packet once forwarded upstream out of the controller.
If using another wireless vendor, engineers should review the QoS capabilities of the solution and integration options to ensure accurate handling of this traffic. For example, many vendors support robust inspection and classification of traffic flows to match configured QoS policy directly in the access point. In these instances, configure APs to identify voice traffic and apply QoS based on defined policy.
This configuration will also cause incorrect markings when the workstations are connected to a wired network, which is still a likely occurrence for laptops in most environments. Network administrators should ensure that switches are configured to strip the client QoS markings on switch ports throughout the network, which is standard practice. This way the switch will ignore the client markings and re-apply QoS policy using traffic inspection techniques. Ethernet switching largely eliminates medium contention concerns on wired networks, so having an incorrect policy on the first-hop upstream is not a large concern.
I prefer to implement this solution. With proper end-to-end network QoS implemented, accurate traffic handling can be accomplished on both wired and wireless networks.
Clearly something went wrong with standards-based QoS development. Divergent layer 2 QoS definitions exist from the IEEE standards. Furthermore, no standard mappings exist between layer 2 and layer 3 QoS values, as evidenced by differences in vendor implementations.
As mobile device convergence proliferates and wired and wireless networks continue to become more closely integrated, consistent end-to-end QoS policy definition and traffic handling will be critical in supporting increasing network demands.
Microsoft Lync highlights these challenges. Increasingly, organizations are looking for converged solutions to provide improved business capabilities and service. And many client platforms won't have as robust control or policy definition options as Windows. How will your organization handle voice, video and data over iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, and other platforms?
Additional Links for Microsoft Lync and Windows QoS:
- Microsoft TechNet Quality of Service Content Section
- Microsoft Lync Quality of Service (QoS) Overview
- Microsoft Policy-Based Quality of Service
- Overview of Policy-Based QoS
- Creating a Client Quality of Service (QoS) Policy
- QoS Packet Scheduler (Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP)
- Enabling Quality of Service on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP
- MSDN Blog - Introduction to 802.1p
- MSDN Blog - WiFi QoS Support in Windows Vista: WMM
- MSDN Blog - WiFi QoS Support in Windows Vista: WMM part 2 (contains 802.1p to DSCP mappings)
- MSDN Blog - Using Policy-Based QoS to Enable and Manage WMM in Enterprise Wireless Deployments
- MSDN Blog - Content Tagged with QoS
- Integrated Research whitepaper titled "QoS: The Missing Link" on the Webtorials website (free registration required)


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In the 'Riverdale' recap, Archie's loyalties to the Lodge family are tested while Betty and her mother attempt to cover up a murder…
By Damon Martin — Editor/Lead Writer
'Riverdale' has done an admirable job of covering up several mysteries since the show started but dropping an FBI agent in our laps to keep an eye on Archie Andrews was always a bit of a stretch.
In the latest episode, we finally discover that FBI Agent Adams isn't working for the government at all — to nobody's surprise — but 'Riverdale' still managed to slip in one head turner by revealing who sent him after Archie in the first place and why it had to happen.
Elsewhere this week, Betty and Alice Cooper do a poor job of covering up a murder that happened at their house and it nearly backfires on the as the family continues to deal with the fallout of welcoming Chic back into their lives.
And Veronica does her best to broker a peace treaty between her father and the Southside Serpents to stop an escalating war brewing between the two factions but it's safe to say these rivals won't be breaking bread any time soon.
With that said, let's recap the latest episode of 'Riverdale' titled 'Chapter Twenty-Six: The Tell-Tale Heart'…
Hand of the Dead Body
Following the shocking conclusion of last week's episode when Betty returned home from a night spent with Jughead to discover her mother cleaning up the blood pouring out of a dead body laying on their dining room floor.
Of course, Alice is stunned to see Betty standing there looking down at her handiwork but she doesn't want her daughter involved in this at all. While Betty wants to call the cops, Alice insists that the authorities would only muddy the waters of what actually happened and it would probably end with Chic in handcuffs.
When Hal calls insisting on dropping by to pick up some toiletries, Betty is forced to help her mother clean up all the blood and dump the dead body in an abandoned water drain on the edge of town. Chic is no help as he just sits there like 'Rain Man' just teetering on the brink of breaking — or at least that's the way it seems.
Hal arrives at the house and while he smells a strong scent of bleach in the air, the tension with his wife and daughter quickly override any suspicions he has about what's happening.
The next day, Betty is wrought with guilt over what unfolded and things get even worse at school when she hears about a dead body being discovered by the cops — and while it's actually Papa Poutine, the Canadian gangster likely killed by Hiram Lodge — it still sends her running to the bathroom to vomit.
Strangely enough, it's Cheryl Blossom who offers to comfort Betty in her time of need, but she brushes her off and instead runs back to the drain pipe where the body was dumped.
Now I'm no master criminal but I'm assuming it's a bad idea to go back to deal with the body of the person your mother just murdered and start rifling through his clothes, but that's exactly what Betty does before finally finding his phone when it starts ringing. Betty takes the phone and starts researching the man who died in her dining room the night before.
Meanwhile, Hal is having his own extracurricular activity outside of the Cooper house with an ongoing affair with Penelope Blossom. While she's acting as a madam in town, Penelope tells Cheryl that her attraction to Hal is very real and so is what they have together. Cheryl doesn't like the idea of her mother breaking up a family so she comes clean to Betty about what's happening with Hal and Penelope.
So when Betty comes home to find Hal raging on Chic, claiming that he stole his father's antique watch while still wondering why the whole house smells of bleach, she confronts him with the affair to keep him quiet. Hal leaves the house without finding his watch or discovering what actually happened the previous night out of fear that Betty will expose him to Alice.
As for Chic, he deals with all of this by creepily sitting by the fire one night and going through an old family album where he cuts Hal out of one of the family pictures in a very Mark Wahlberg 'Fear' sort of way. It's clear by now that Chic is one twist short of a Slinky but we're still not sure what he has in store for the Cooper family.
Finally, Betty ends up coming clean to Jughead about the dead body and what unfolded at her house the previous night. By this time, Betty discovered that the person who was killed was actually a drug dealer, which means Chic probably owed him money and this situation just escalated. Thankfully, Jughead is able to help her get rid of his car after it's been sitting out on the street for the past two days while calling in some extra help to ensure the body isn't discovered.
That's when F.P. Jones enters the picture while offering to help Alice and Betty with this clean up, seeing as he has experience with this sort of problem.
He moves the body and buries it, covered in lye, and within a week the entire corpse will disappear like it never happened. With that, F.P. closes the loop on this dead drug dealer while clasping hands with Alice to remind her that Serpents always take care of their own. It's only a matter of time now before Alice and F.P. are back together again, right?
The dead body has been dealt with but you have to wonder how much longer until the Coopers are forced to confront what's actually been happening since Chic first arrived in their lives.
Let's Go To War
After figuring out that Tall Boy lopped the head off the General Pickens statue at the behest of Hiram Lodge, F.P. wants to return the property to the town to prove that the Southside Serpents had nothing to do with it in the first place. Unfortunately, Jughead already took it upon himself to send the head to Hiram as a message, which he believes is a declaration of war by the Southside against him.
Veronica decides to intervene to stop the oncoming battle between her father and the Southside Serpents by offering to broker a meeting between the two sides where they can hopefully hash out their differences.
Jughead manages to throw a wrinkle into the proceedings when he confronts Mayor McCoy after figuring out that the Drive-In Theater, Southside High School and the trailer parker where he lives are all properties owned by the city. That makes him wonder if Mayor McCoy wasn't paid off by the Lodge family to close all three and then sell the properties to her benefactor?
That leads Mayor McCoy to threaten the Lodge's to expose them if her job is threatened.
Once F.P finally sits down with Hiram, the two sides seem to come to an agreement. Hiram will pay off the city of the back rent owed by the people living in the trailer park but in return he wants to squash the expose that Jughead plans on running that connects him to corruption in the mayor's office.
F.P. shoots down the deal and now the two sides remain at odds.
As for Veronica, she's starting to have second thoughts about her father's business, especially after hearing about Papa Poutine being murdered. Still, she's trying to handle things as a dutiful daughter while attempting to prevent anymore bloodshed.
To achieve this goal, Veronica pays a visit to Mayor McCoy and warns her that if she doesn't step down quietly, her father is not only going to drum her out of office but he's going to do so with a scandal by exposing her affair with Sheriff Keller. Remember earlier in the season, Mayor McCoy got busted doing the dirty with Sheriff Keller when the Riverdale high kids were following him to see if the good cop was actually the Black Hood killer.
Mayor McCoy opts to leave her post gracefully and doesn't say a word about Hiram Lodge or his generous donations to her re-election campaign. Hiram questions Veronica about what unfolded but she smiles and promises that she had nothing to do with how this entire situation played out.
Welcome to the Family
Archie is still trying to walk the line between his loyalty to the Lodge family and the FBI agent that's needling him for information. Archie refused to give up anything on Papa Poutine's murder last week and he does the same thing again in the latest episode with Agent Adams still pressing him to give up the goods.
To try and coax Archie to turn rat, Agent Adams even hands him an envelope full of cash as payment after acting as his informant for the past few weeks. It is true informants can be paid for information but the amount of money that Archie gets seems like a lot.
Regardless, Archie doesn't stay in Adams' good graces for very long after he tries to pin Papa Poutine's murder on another associate after talking to Hiram about the murder. Hiram denies having anything to do with the killing and Archie seems to believe him, which is why he feeds information to Agent Adams about another gangster that had it out for Papa Poutine.
It all comes crashing down on Archie when he returns home one day to find Agent Adams sitting at the kitchen table with his father. It seems the FBI is interested in Fred Andrews' construction employing some illegal workers over the years and now they are going to be forced to go through several years worth of records to prove what was legal and illegal. Fred cops to the fact that he may have employed some of these folks and this might land him into serious hot water.
That leads to Agent Adams giving Archie one more chance to prove himself by handing over a bug to plant in Hiram's office so the FBI can spy on him, while hopefully gaining some information that could put him away once and for all. Archie agrees but when it comes time to finally do the deed, he ends up coming clean to Hiram about everything that's unfolded while asking for his help in dealing with this FBI agent.
Hiram thanks Archie for his honest and promises to get back to him within 24 hours.
The next day, Archie gets a knock on the front door as the Lodge's personal driver is there to pick him up for a clandestine meeting with 'the boss'. Archie grows more and more suspicious when the driver goes past the apartment building where the Lodge family resides and then gets scared when he finds out that this is a private meeting in a more secluded location.
When Archie finally arrives, he exits the car and walks to a cliff overlooking a steep embankment where he finally meets the boss — it's Hermoine Lodge.
She tells Archie that Agent Adams is one of her capos and he was sent after him to prove whether or not the boy her daughter loves so much could actually be trusted. Archie passed the test with flying colors and now she officially welcomes him into the family.
'Riverdale' will return with a new episode on Wednesday night, March 7 at 8pm ET on the CW.


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