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The University of Cape Town's Intellectual Property (IP) Unit strives to add an African voice to the global debate on IP-related issues. Our focus is on examining the link between IP, innovation, development and public policy. We aim at creating a leading IP programme in Africa that translates cutting edge research into excellent teaching and increases the number of highly-skilled African IP experts. Important issues range from the way in which we access and share knowledge to strategies how to commercialise inventions and avoid misappropriation. IP is a key determinant of human development, economic growth and competitiveness; and IP rules impact on various public policy areas including health, research and development, bio-diversity, clean technologies, food security, and education.
Our views regarding the "Four Corners" piracy case sentence
Very recently, the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sentenced a man to a three-year suspended sentence and fined him R3,000 or a six-month suspended sentence for posting a copy of a local movie, Four Corners, on Pirate Bay.
A/Prof. Caroline Ncube eloquently discusses the case on Afro-IP, and Dr. Tobias Schonwetter, the IP Unit's director, summarises his thoughts in the following CC-licensed article by Adam Oxford in htxt.africa:
"Today's ruling that the first person to be convicted of online copyright infringement in South Africa must serve a three year jail sentence, fully suspended for five years, has been slammed as "draconian" by a leading academic in the field of intellectual property.
The court passed judgement on a man from the Cape Flats earlier today, who pleaded guilty to uploading a torrent link to The Pirate Bay and a digital file containing South African gangster movie Four Corners. The offender said that he was relieved with the verdict as it meant he could walk free from the court.
Dr Tobias Schonwetter, director of the Intellectual Property Unit at the University of Cape Town, says that he is "surprised by the harshness" of the sentence.
"On the face of it, the sentence of three years imprisonment fully suspended appears draconically harsh," Schonwetter says, "And reminds me of the heavy punishments in other countries that have been widely criticised for not tackling the underlying reasons for online piracy; and for not achieving the objective of reducing piracy either. However, Mr Norton may actually prefer this sentence to being fined thousands of Rands."
Schonwetter says that the final judgement may show a lack of understanding of the current entertainment market. Continue reading
2013 Gobal Congress presentations and video clips are now online
The combined 3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest and the Open AIR conference was hosted by our IP Unit in December 2013 and brought together IP issue leaders from around the world in Cape Town to discuss various issues under the theme Refining the positive agenda: Global questions, local answers? This theme emphasised the refrain against one-size-fits-all approaches for all aspects of IP policy, including "the public interest". Many of the event's presentations are now available online and can be accessed through the congress' online programme. Moreover, more than two dozen video clips from the event can now be found here.
South African Intellectual Property Law Journal (IPLJ)
The first issue of South African Intellectual Property Law Journal (IPLJ) edited by the IP Unit's Lee-Ann Tong and Prof. Caroline Ncube is now in print. The IPLJ strives to be the journal of choice for academics, practitioners and students of IP law. The IPLJ includes articles on recent developments in legislation, policy and case law to keep IP practitioners at the forefront of the law. The journal contains, among other things, articles, notes and updates, comments and book reviews. The IPLJ accepts submissions on an ongoing basis, however, the final submission date for the 2014 issue is 30 April 2014. Submissions and enquiries can be directed to the Editors at email@example.com . Guidelines for contributors are available here.
Launch of two new publications
Two new publications in the area of knowledge, innovation and intellectual property in Africa were launched at the Global Congress & Open A.I.R. Conference, 9-13 December 2013, in Cape Town. Both publications are a result of the Open Air project, hosted by the IP Unit. The book Innovation & Intellectual Property: Collaborative Dynamics in Africa, based on case studies and evidence collected through research across nine countries in Africa, sheds new light on the complex relationships between innovation and intellectual property. It covers findings from Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Botswana and South Africa, across many sites of innovation and creativity including music, leather goods, textiles, cocoa, coffee, auto parts, traditional medicine, book publishing, biofuels and university research. Various forms of intellectual property protection are explored: copyrights, patents, trademarks, geographical indications and trade secrets, as well as traditional and informal mechanisms of knowledge governance. The picture emerging from the empirical research presented in this book is one in which innovators in diverse African settings share a common appreciation for collaboration and openness. The complementary report Knowledge & Innovation in Africa: Scenarios for the Future grapples with the complex and dynamic forces shaping innovation systems over the next two decades. It distills three different but equally plausible future scenarios: one a world of "wireless engagement," another where "informal is the new normal," and a third that is "sincerely Africa." Each scenario raises different issues for control and access to knowledge in Africa. Both the book and the report are available for download here.
IP, Innovation, Public Interest Converge At Conference
[originally posted under CC-BY-NC-ND licence by William New on Intellectual Property Watch]
Academics, advocates, lawyers, government officials and others meeting this week have heard of the launch of several new books and research tools to better understand the relationship of intellectual property, development and social issues. In particular, discussion in the early part of the conference focussed on a book revealing evidence from extensive primary research on the ground in 13 countries across the continent. The Open African Innovation Research (Open A.I.R.) conference and the Global Congress on IP & the Public Interest is taking place in Cape Town from 9-13 December. The conference, now in its third year, is a who's who of advocates in the access to knowledge and public health fields who are interested in intellectual property issues. But it increasingly is reaching beyond that perspective. Prof. Tobias Schonwetter, head of the IP Unit at the host University of Cape Town, opened the conference by saying the past two such meetings, in Washington, DC and Rio de Janeiro, had a big impact, and that this year, "I have no doubt that our voice will be heard again." But he pointed to the need to overcome a "dichotomy" between the private and public sectors, which in fact are increasingly converging. He said he hoped this event would be the start of reaching out better. Schonwetter noted that in November at an industry-led IP conference in Durban, South Africa (IPW, Developing Country Policy, 25 November 2013), private sector did not respond to his remarks that IP needs to better consider social costs. He said people working on these issues need to do a better job of explaining. "Our value proposition to the private sector is somewhat blurry at this point," said Schonwetter. He noted that the Open A.I.R. project is using Africa as a proxy for bigger issues that can apply anywhere. While industry does not appear to be in attendance among the hundreds of participants, there are many lawyers and academics, and the World Intellectual Property Organization is here, along with representatives from the African regional organisations, and national government officials. Two IP-related publications were launched this week. The publications may be accessed here. The newly arrived book called Innovation & Intellectual Property: Collaborative Dynamics in Africa, published by UCT Press, is a rare look at local practices related to IP in a variety of economic sectors in Africa. A second publication released was Knowledge & Innovation in Africa: Scenarios for the Future, which was discussed on the second day.
Open AIR conference / 3rd Global Congress on IP & the Public Interest
From 9 – 13 December over 300 experts from around the world come to the University of Cape Town to explore local solutions to global questions about innovation, intellectual property (IP) and the public interest. The Open African Innovation Research (Open A.I.R.) Conference and Global Congress on IP & the Public Interest takes place at the Protea Breakwater Lodge, home of UCT's Graduate School of Business and is proudly hosted by our Unit. Conference delegates are also celebrating the launch of two path-breaking publications: Innovation & Intellectual Property: Collaborative Dynamics in Africa, published by UCT Press, and its sister report, Knowledge & Innovation in Africa: Scenarios for the Future. "This event comes at a crucial time when policymakers around the world acknowledge the need for more balanced and locally relevant IP laws that facilitate innovation and development, and respond appropriately to the challenges brought about by the digital age," says Dr. Tobias Schonwetter, Director of the IP Unit. South Africa, for instance, recently published a draft National Policy on IP. That policy seeks to reconcile private interests in protecting IP with the public's demand for opportunities to access intellectual goods such as educational material, medicines and indigenous knowledge. Professor Caroline Ncube, the IP Unit's Associate Director, explains: "The conference reflects a growing spirit of South-South exchange, at both research and policy levels, on innovation and IP matters, as suggested by the large number of delegates coming from Latin America and Asia." Confirmed speakers include Fernando dos Santos (Director General of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization), Marisella Ouma (Executive Director at the Kenya Copyright Board), Herman Ntchatcho (Senior Director, World Intellectual Property Organization), Michael Geist (University of Ottawa, Canada), Ruth Okediji (University of Minnesota, U.S.A.), Peter Drahos (Australian National University), Mark Heywood.
Interested parties can follow the proceedings via our hashtag #gcongress or on the conference website. Some live streaming will be available and we will share many of the presentations after the conference.
DTI plans conference to discuss the National IP Policy
On 17 October 2013 the comment period for the Draft National Policy on Intellectual Property ended. According to DTI Minister Rob Davies, "[t]he majority of the comments are positive and are commending the South African Government in taking this major step in coordinating its efforts in the IP sphere both nationally and internationally". UCT's IP Unit, together with colleagues affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, also submitted comments to the Department of Trade and Industry (click here). In a media statement earlier this months, the DTI has announced that a conference on the policy will be held in November to address the main issues brought up during the public consultation process. Dates and venue will be communicated as soon as all logistical arrangements are finalised.
CLIPDC: A Conference of Contradictions
[originally posted under CC-BY licence by Isaac Rutenberg on Afro-IP]
Why this conference, in this place, at this time? The major organizers are the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Companies and IP Commission (CIPC, which is part of the Department of Trade and Industry), and the National IP Management Office (NIPMO), all SA Government organizations. It seems no small coincidence that the SA "Draft National Policy on IP, 2013″ was launched only two months ago, and indeed the Draft Policy is a major topic at CLIPDC. Also, CLIPDC is being used as a forum to launch an "IP Trade Portal", which functions as a sort of matchmaking service for technologists and investors. It is not exactly clear why CLIPDC is in Durban specifically, although certainly the views of the ocean are worth the journey…
Who's here? The list of speakers is impressive. Nevertheless, quite honestly, most of the speakers are American or European. South Africa is represented to some degree, but the non-South African voice is all but absent. Frustratingly (at least to this Leo), a representative from ARIPO was scheduled to be present and speaking, but was reportedly unable to attend on account of issues with immigration and obtaining a visa. Consider also that SA seems to have little interest in joining ARIPO (see here, which reports that SA "is counted as a potential member in the near future" but closer look shows that this page was last updated in 2004…). And how many national or regional African patent offices outside SA are represented at the conference? Zero. Even the audience contains only a few non-South Africans from the Continent. It's hard not to reach the conclusion that CLIPDC is not actually interested in listening to perspectives from developing countries in Africa. On the other hand BRICS countries are well represented. An impressive video-linked session provided presentations from representatives of all of the BRICS patent offices.
What are we talking about? The topics over these three days have been heavily [nay, almost exclusively] related to patents. Other forms of IP are mentioned in passing or in the questions raised from the audience, but are quickly discussed before returning to patents and innovation. The focus on patents can be understood, perhaps, when one considers the non-government sponsors, which include Big Pharma (Pfizer), Health and Personal Products (Philips), the American IP Law Association (AIPLA), an American consulting firm (Knowles IP Strategies), and a local law firm (Hahn & Hahn). The patent-heavy and pro-protection side of the conversations have been somewhat balanced by the presence of representatives from MSF (Doctors Without Borders), University of Cape Town, WIPO, and even the DST itself. Refreshingly, these speakers and delegates have mentioned access to medicines, open access to copyrighted works, protection from biopiracy, and the like. The SA government has clearly put a lot of resources into this event and into IP generally. The Ministers from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Trade and Industry attended and spoke at CLIPDC on Monday [there seems to be some tension between these Ministries, but politics and social issues in SA are too complicated for this Leo to comprehend]. It's nice to see so much discussion about IP in SA, although it is also clear that the rest of Africa is being left out of the discussion.
A related article about CLIPDC, authored by William New, can be found on IP Watch.
Plain packaging of tobacco products: could it happen in South Africa?
On 20 November 2013, the former federal Minister for Health and Attorney General of Australia, Ms Nicola Roxon, will be giving a keynote address at the Faculty of Law at UCT to discuss the advent of the plain packaging legislation and its aftermath. In Australia, starting on 1st December 2012, it became illegal for tobacco companies to sell cigarettes and other tobacco products in anything other than generic or 'plain' packaging. Tobacco packaging must be a standard drab dark brown colour, and the printing of tobacco company logos, brand imagery, colours, or promotional text is prohibited. It is a world first and represents a remarkable victory for public health. But this life-saving, public health-focused victory did not come easily. From the time that the Australian Government announced its intention to pass a law mandating plain packaging, the tobacco industry mounted a multi-million dollar campaign to thwart the measure. And once the legislation was passed, four multinational tobacco companies – British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris – challenged the legislation in the Australian courts on constitutional grounds that the government's action amounted to an acquisition of property other than on just terms. The case was heard in April 2012 and the High Court ruled that plain packaging was constitutional and awarded costs, estimated to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars, against the tobacco companies. New Zealand, Ireland and Scotland have announced that they will follow Australia's move, and other governments, including South Africa, are considering doing so. Could it happen in South Africa?
IP Unit Seminar Series: "An account of developments in intellectual property law and policy since the end of the apartheid regime in 1994″
On 11 November 2013 the IP Unit welcomed Dr. Colin Darch – an honorary research associate in our law faculty's DGRU and one of the founders of the international CopySouth research group - for a lunchtime seminar in the law faculty. Dr. Darch presented an account of developments in intellectual property law and policy since the end of the apartheid regime in 1994 in an attempt to provide a much needed general overview from a critical perspective of the political economy of copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications and so on as a system. Dr. Darch highlighted exemplary cases from South African jurisprudence and characterised various stakeholder groups, incl. politicians, lawyers, creators of IP, universities. He then linked current South African policy and law to developments in the international IP and trade environment. His presentation was followed by a lively discussion with members of the IP Unit and other invited guests.
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Rise of the Peeps: Mainstream Media, the Culinary Arts, Crafts, Academia, Peeps, Peeps and more Peeps
April 18th, 2014 posted by Kim Lilly
It's Good Friday and that can only mean one thing … Easter is right around the corner. As I drove in to work today the local radio personality was talking about Easter baskets. They asked listeners to call and let them what their most hated candy was that they used to get as a child in their basket.
People mentioned Sweetarts, Cadbury Eggs, maple flavored anything, certain types of name brand chocolate, among others. One candy that was not mentioned however, was our locally-made Lehigh Valley Peeps.Continue Reading

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SI.com has learned that Fox Sports is aggressively pursuing ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews for a role at its network. The network's executives recently met with Andrews regarding a major role in Fox's college football coverage.
Shortly after SI.com reported the news that Fox was pursuing Andrews, ESPN released a statement that said Andrews had left the network. "Erin Andrews is leaving ESPN," an ESPN spokesperson said. "She did great work for us and we made an aggressive offer to keep her. We wish her the best on her next chapter."
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Said Lewis Kay, a representative for Andrews: "We are not in a position to discuss Erin's next career move."
Andrews' contract with ESPN concluded at the end of June. Her last on-air assignment for ESPN came in mid-March with its ACC college basketball tournament.
Fox has invested heavily in college football over the last 24 months, including entering a 12-year agreement with the Pac-12 this year covering broadcast, national and local cable, and digital assets. They'll air a minimum of eight regular-season football games on FOX Sports, and at least four in primetime. Last year Fox Sports and the Big 12 Conference reached a 13-year agreement for exclusive cable rights to 40 football games per season.
With the added inventory comes a need for staffers. Last year Fox hired Gus Johnson as its lead gamecaller for its college football coverage, and adding Andrews would be another major broadcasting figure in college football to compete with ESPN.
ESPN had repeatedly said publicly that it wants Andrews back at the network. In May ESPN president John Skipper told SI.com and two other reporters at the network's upfront presentation said that ESPN wanted to keep Andrews. ESPN spokespeople had also repeated that mantra when asked about her contract. "We are in discussions with Erin," Skipper told SI.com. "Erin does a great job for us. Our preference would be that she stay."
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I think getting rid of Chris Smith was s huge move for team morale its about time the Knicks stopped catering to this bum JR Smith. I bet the whole team supported Woody on this. If this malcontent doesnt want to play stick him on the end of the bench in a suit. Its to bad he has zero trade value i would send him out of town for just about anything
Why does Woody have wood for J.R? The guy is a nut.
Will Hill is the J.R. Smith of the NFL.
So glad Woodson benched JR for this game. It's about time he held JR accountable for his actions and play. Things like that help the whole team turn around.
Dunno if this team is going anywhere, but at least it's now worth seeing if they can climb back to .500.
If they hit anymore skids though before the trade deadline, it might be time to start moving pieces for assets.
All Hail The New York Giants!!
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Knicks win again! Bonehead got some PT so hopefully he stops all the BS but it is JR Smith... it is almost a given that he will do something dumb eventually
Either Aaron Donald, Mike Evans, Eric Ebron or bust
In Reese I trust again!
Strick's 2014 Mock Draft (4/3/2014)
1st- E. Ebron TE North Carolina
2nd- D. Easley DT Florida
3rd- T. Swanson C Arkansas
4th- C. Latimer WR Indiana
5th- J. White RB Wisconsin
5th- K. Pierre-Louis OLB Boston College
6th- A. Lynch DE USF
Makes you wonder if health concerns (Chandler, Felton for example) didn't occur; would their current record be better?
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I think Blake Griffin at 17 million a year is much better value to the Knicks especially on the trade market because he is signed through 2016 at a normal max contract. Melo becoming a FA gives the Knicks very few teams to where a trade can be worked out to. There are maybe 2 teams that would trade for Melo right now "with real compensation" while 10-15 would trade for Griffin. The money that Melo is set to make can only be absorbed by very few teams, 1 being the Clippers as they already have Chris Paul in place. Griffin however can be sent almost everywhere because the team receiving him isnt taking on the risk of him leaving, they also arent using almost half their cap space to keep him.


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DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The University of North Georgia baseball team dropped the first game of a three-game, Peach Belt Conference series 13-2 to the eighth-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken at Bob Stein Stadium Friday afternoon.
The Saints (9-16, 3-7 PBC) were able to keep pace with the Pacers (23-5, 10-3 PBC) early in the game, matching them hit-for-hit through the first four innings before USC Aiken put up six runs and six hits in the top of the fifth frame. By the end of the game, the Pacers had collected 16 hits to the Saints' 11 with neither team committing an error.
In the first inning, the nationally-ranked Pacers started things off with four runs off four hits before Kenny Bellavance and Jake McCurry crossed the plate in the bottom of the inning for the Saints to cut the deficit to two. Both Bellavance and McCurry recorded two hits in the game while Travis Naraine earned two RBIs off his single to right-center field which scored the duo.
USC Aiken would score single runs in the third and fourth innings despite being out-hit by North Georgia 4-3. The Saints had several opportunities to keep up as they left three runners on the bases while the Pacers stranded two, but USC Aiken's defense and pitching held off the Saints' attack.
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I don't know if this would help some of you or not, but one thing that did work for us was to read some of the books together. It helped him see the pain I was in to hear it expressed by another person. I'm sure DECEIVED was one of them...
[This message edited by scaredyKat at 11:17 PM, August 18th (Sunday)]
I like the surveillance idea too. That was why I wanted to get feedback first before I approach him about the money, so that I am able to catch him while he is still doing it rather than giving him a heads-up that I am on to him, thus allowing him to take it underground. I just want to know the truth - such simple words, so difficult to achieve with an SA. We still haven't answered the question "is there anything other than porn going on here?" and there is enough suspicion (the way he would have sex with me like I was a blow up doll and like I wasn't even there, the money - about $1000/mo - unaccounted for, lots of opportunities with travel for work and "working late,") that I want to know.
How possible do you think that he would pass the polygraph while lying? I know that a few SAs on here have failed their polygraphs, so I know it is possible for these excellent liars to fail a polygraph.
Should I spend a bunch of money on surveillance (I have surveilled him for a while and never came up with anything - it is really difficult to catch someone, unless you have a PI on them all day long, and even then, you have to pick the right day)?
I have an IC appt tomorrow and I will meet with my L next week, so I will discuss this with them as well.
Thanks so much for your very calm, focused, and excellent advice! I'm so blessed to be a part of this group - your support is invaluable! Muwah!
Edited for clarity.
[This message edited by numbandnauseous at 12:08 AM, August 19th (Monday)]
I think you need to layout clearly that financial transparency is essential to keep you in the M. Then you have to say what that looks like. There should be no excuses on his part on not knowing what you mean by that. Tell him business expenses and misc need to be more specific.
His behavior looks like he is still not accepting your conditions. I would suggest not going Ape Shit on him. My WH uses my anger as an excuse. " see I'm doing everything she asks, IC, staying out of house, MC putting my check in and she is still angry". He recently pulled his check out and says he has to move out from his mothers and will put check in when I let him move in for in house separation. I'm holding firm and staying calm. This calm is new for me with him. It is driving him nuts. He no longer can paint me as angry and irrational. But his bullying is escalating
Stay assertive and set your boundaries but you may need to move to the next level with D. He seems to continue to be manipulative. Don't let him rattle you. Channel the anger productively.
N & N hugs to you. He is still lying, and probably still using. Check my time line for how long it took for the truth to come out. He hasn't hit bottom and may not until he knows you are serious about pulling the plug. And you have to be. Living with an active SA will kill you.
[This message edited by scaredyKat at 8:58 AM, August 19th (Monday)]
I have had a lot of counseling sessions, both IC and MC and reading all my books for homework...and I feel like I have turned a corner. The IC seems to be helping me the most. At this point right now (and I say that with a grain a salt because recovery truly is hour by hour) I am not tracking his every movement...checking his phone...or re-reading any sexts. I haven't in over a week and it feels so liberating! I am working on me and he is working on him and if he screws up - then so be it! I will be hurt beyond belief...but I will be ok. This week is our anniversary and we are going away for the weekend just the two of us. I am actually looking forward to it! We have done alot of talking over the past week with me out of town and he has opened up about his fears and feelings in a way that he never did before - it's made for some interesting and productive conversations.
Welcome to all the new people - I'm trying to get caught up on who's who and I need to go back and re-read alot because there are so many! Sad and wonderful thing at the same time.
Still feels sad that, since I am unlikely to live another 37 years, I won't have 40 years of authentic marriage.
Numb, if you or he cannot account for $1000 a month, there is a serious problem of some kind and he is likely using. SAWH was SO good at this shell game...I need cash for valet, I paid my share of lunch out with cash, I had to contribute $50 to coworker's baby shower gift, etc. But when you put pencil to paper (or use Mint, whatevs) and MAKE him itemize it all...those excuses only go so far.
As for surveillance, I never went the PI route so IDK about that. It can be very helpful to use a PI if you need evidence for D, or if you want to find out what he really does on business trips. I found keylogger and VAR in the car most helpful. Many SAs just do the secret phone and use it in the car for planning purposes. However if they are doing all their planning online on a computer you can't access (work computer, secret laptop or tablet, or secret smartphone) you won't catch much. A VAR in the suitcase would be good too, but it would be hard to hide and might not pick up much.
As for polys, yeah mine failed his. I was sure he'd find a way to pass even if he wasn't fully truthful. But I guess he couldn't. He's got a lot of truth issues, in addition to the whole messed up garden variety SA stuff, his family is from a very corrupt 3rd world country so lying is a way of life for them so he has those issues too. The thing about polys is that you really have to have someone that is very reputable to do it. The guy that did ours worked for the county doing it for decades, with sex offenders etc, and now gets most of his freelance work from the SA center we use. So I feel really confident about the results because he is familiar with working with SAs, with sex offenders, with criminally insane people. IDK if someone with only a few years of experience, or did mostly white collar crime type stuff, etc would work well for SA polys because the key is asking the right questions, and you need to be familiar with the subject matter to ask them correctly.
The time we have put in to our marriages is not something that can be dismissed lightly. I come to the place where I feel I'm just done and then I start to remember the blood sweat and tears that made the memories of all those years and I just can't let go. Sometimes, I feel like something is seriously wrong with me that I would even consider rebuilding a life with someone who disrespected me so badly.
Reading "Deceived", the picture is becoming clearer to me that the nature of this beast is day dreaming on steriods. I'm still trying to understand all the underlying fantasy that apparently fuels the fire. I don't know anyone who doesn't fantasize about things. I just can't grasp how a fantasy can become so totally out of control that the SA is willing to sell their souls to the devil in order to remain in it. Sometimes I think the survivors of the SA's behavior are just considered collateral damage.
Authenticity is a sobering thought. I'm still trying to figure out if there ever really was any in my life with my H. But, I do know that whatever life I have left will be focused on having it from now on!
Hope lots of Light is shining on everyone today!
Well, since I left he's contacted his Ex-W/OW, had hours long conversations with MIL (who is still friends with OW), re-activated and become active on his FB, and had a very late night (for him) text exchange with an unknown number.
On the plus side, we did have a REALLY good conversation the other day and I think we both went away with a feeling that there might still be hope for us.
But in the cold harsh light of day, I realize that he probably isn't going to follow through. And even if he did, I'm not sure how much good it would do. There are NO CSAT's on this island and NO SA meetings. How much recovery can we hope for with NO professional help?
And the whole family dynamic is still so fucked up. MIL and SIL still friends with OW. MIL is still happily passing on info on OW life to WH. Pretending like she wants to be close to me, but can't figure out how to unblock me on FB. I must have done something on MY end, because she just cannot figure it out! Umm, you click the "UNBLOCK" button. How fucking hard is that? And if you can't figure out how to get to the button, why don't you Google it? Or ASK someone to help you.
Nope. She doesn't want to be friends with me. I'm fairly certain their 2 hour phone conversation yesterday was her subtly encouraging him to stay away from me. I'm sure she was gently reminding him of how miserable he's been. And gently twisting it to remind him that I am the cause of all of this.
Of course, NO ONE knows about his CL activity except me. They just think I went bat shit crazy because he had a little reunion with his Ex.
*sigh* I need to detach. I need to stop caring. I need to stop hoping that we can work things out. That he can become healthy. That WE can become healthy. Because the fact is that even if that DID somehow manage to occur, there is still the issue of his fucked up family.
Thanks for reading. I really hate that I am here. That we are ALL here.
Do you have access to AA meetings? Counselors trained to deal with addiction? SA meetings are very much like AA only sex is substituted for alcohol. The biggy here is his motivation & only you two know where that stands.
I have no words of wisdom. Only the shared pain that no one other than someone who is in the same situation can comprehend.
Now that you are separated you need to detach. So much time is spent on THEM and their recovery. Try to focus on YOU more. They focus enough for both of us on THEM.
CCC. You did not cause this, you can not control this, you can not cure this. Once you detach, you will find out how much more time and energy you have for other things in your life. You will heal in wonderful ways, once you begin to keep the focus sharply on you.
When the fear of what I am about to do, D, grips me, I imagine the worst of the worst, how bad it can be; things like no money, I have to sell the house, loneliness, WH angry retaliation etc. then I tell myself I can handle the worst of the worst because I can not R with this broken man.
Once i knew I was done the fear immobilized me. Facing that fear is hard but also empowering. Knowing I can survive the worst is freeing. I'm still in my M and I still have to co parent with this man but I am free of his control and his brokenness. My focus is on my kids and me now.
Cheatermagnet, it's nice to see you around. I know how you feel about the lack of professional help. We do have 12 step, but no CSAT around here. H started meetings on the advice of one good regular therapist. We both feel like we're winging it and hoping for the best. There must be some online meetings your H can do! I know s-anon has online meetings as well.
H and I had a long talk a few nights ago. He admitted he's having a difficult time and that he feels like he is saying goodbye to who he has been. He's totally having an identity crisis right now. He also admitted that he feels too broken to help me with my pain.
He has been doing some things to help me though. We did the paper work for his new benefits and he made it so I still get them even if we divorce.
[This message edited by sadone29 at 8:20 AM, August 20th (Tuesday)]
What turned the tide for us maritally was H's full-force recovery efforts and his being willing to be intimate emotionally and a true partner (at last). On the recovery note I have a question for the old-timers. Did your SAWHs need to shop group therapy or switch groups? My H just started group and he really disliked the therapist leader who talked the entire 1.5 hours and he also felt there were only 2 other people in the group that he had a remote chance of connecting with. H is not a therapist basher and he likes his IC CSAT a lot. I have actually met the group therapy leader (he is the CSAT I went to 1X right after D-day to get info on SA) and I see the problem. Also, the group is going to work through the Carnes workbook from the beginning but that is what H has been doing for five months in IC. Opinions?
[This message edited by cds22 at 12:56 PM, August 20th (Tuesday)]
CM - If you are going to divorce, there is no reason you need to keep his secret. He does not need to be enabled. That is my view, I know some will disagree. As far as an f'ed up family, my SAWH's is a nightmare! Fortunately, after he did drug rehab and we got back together I told him I was not having a relationship with his crazy family. That is a boundary for my own sanity! He is free to have whatever relationship he likes, and now in recovery he really doesn't want one.
CDS - Oh, everyone I know that does group uses their IC. If he doesn't gel with the therapist, there is nothing wrong with shopping around. Does his IC have a recommendation?
SK - I love Betrayal Bond. Although PC is a recovered sex addict, that is why so many of his things lean so much more towards the SA than the spouse. His daughter does the spouse work and their approach has come a long way in the last 2 years. Still not my favorite though. I much prefer Milton Magness and Doug Weiss.
UMBL - Sounds like things are moving in a positive direction for you.
NandN - $1,000 a month missing is a huge red flag!!! I like Hath's recommendation. My SAWH did a poly and only failed one question. It was the one question I thought he was lying about (did he take ED medicine with prostitutes). Such a weird question to lie about and say no.
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I was born in Memphis, and grew up here. My grandfather started Malone & Hyde, a wholesale food distributor, in 1907. He ran it, my father ran it, and I ran it. From the time I was 4 or 5, my grandfather would take me to visit the stores, and my father always discussed the big decisions being made with me. I was always told that I had the opportunity to run Malone & Hyde, and the obligation to do it better than my grandfather and father did. I never knew I had a choice.
Fortunately, if I'd been given an option, I'd still have chosen this path. My first job, when I was 14 or 15 years old, was bagging groceries and carrying them out to cars at one of our stores. Back then, we supplied all the products, designed the stores, and subleased to operators of independent grocery stores. We also owned 50 to 100 supermarkets ourselves.
After I graduated from the University of North Carolina with an economics degree, my father grew ill. So in 1968, at 26, I had to take over. It was the ultimate baptism by fire. Most of the people reporting to me were twice my age. That year, we had $240 million in sales. Fortunately, I was able to continue to grow the company.
In the mid-1970s I had concerns about the long-term outlook, and looked for areas to diversify into. We had a successful drug chain [called Super D] and felt comfortable with specialty retailing. So when this small company, Checker Auto Parts in Phoenix, came up for sale, I checked it out. I saw how it was growing with auto parts geared to the do-it-yourself market. We passed, and Lucky Supermarkets bought it. We started looking at chains like Pep Boys (PBY).
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I could see the auto parts business was growing rapidly and wasn't as price-sensitive as food. I didn't see anyone doing a superior job of customer service, and most were not well kept. I thought we could bring a lot to the table. We decided to start a company from scratch.
We opened our first store in Forrest City, Ark., on July 4, 1979, and called it Auto Shack. We changed the name after we were sued by Radio Shack [for trademark infringement]. Auto Shack initially won the lawsuit, but Radio Shack (RSH) successfully appealed. Rather than fight it, we changed the name to AutoZone (AZO, Fortune 500).
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It is pretty hard to ignore the sky-high expectations 38 Studios freshman game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (KOA). The company has gathered a ton of big names from the media universe to craft an original RPG for one of the most competitive genres in the gaming industry. Traditionally, you are either one of the big named RPG titles (Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls) or you are nobody. When you bring together the likes of game designer Ken Rolston, artist Todd McFarlane, and author R.A. Salvatore from their individual areas of specialty, you can't help but expect anything short of success. We have been hearing about the game for years and the time is finally here for us to find out if an unproven studio owned and fueled by a former MLB pitcher (Curt Schilling) can craft a game that lives up to its hype.
Welcome to the world of Amalur! R.A. Salvatore has crafted and original and engulfing tale that is as deep as it is interesting. You exist in an area of the world known as the Faelands, or at least you used to. You died in the heat of battle only to be resurrected by a controversial project known as the Well of Souls. It is thought that the souls of the dead can be captured as they leave the Earthly world and be redirected back into a living body, but it has never been done before; that is until now. You are the first to actually make the transition from the Well back to a living body and the world is quick to take notice.
The idea of the Well of Souls isn't exactly a popular idea as many within the world oppose the idea; the Faelands are driven by a belief system that focuses on destiny and predetermined fate(s). It is believed that all living beings have a predetermined fate from the moment that they are conceived; they have roles and purposes in the world and there is no other option but to live up to those roles and serve your purpose in life. All of these roles and fates are connected and they build upon one another; they all work together to weave the world as we know it. The catch is that you have lived your life and served your purpose, and then you died. Now that you are back, there isn't a fate in books for you; you are a wild card in this fate-driven world. The rules of destiny don't apply to you because technically speaking, you shouldn't even be here.
But you are here, and the world is taking notice. Seeing as how the threads of fate aren't bound to you, you are free to do as you wish. The only destiny that lies ahead of you is the one that you will carve out for yourself. This is where the role of freedom comes into the game; you can rewrite the destinies of all who live in the world and that scares the crap out of nearly everyone that you come in contact with. The only question that remains is whether or not you will use your newfound status for the greater good. I don't want to spoil any of the specific plot details but that is the concept that really drives the game.
Amalur plays out as sort of a combination of Fable, an installment of the Elder Scrolls series, and any entry in the hack and slash genre of games. There is a ton to do here; that much is expected in a modern day RPG but it is the manner in which you get to do it that sets Amalur apart from nearly every other RPG on the market. The gameplay in Kingdoms of Amalur is leaps and bounds above every other RPG on the market. You have complete control of your character both in and out of battle and the means of doing so are incredibly easy.
From a traditional RPG perspective, KOA has everything you would expect from deep character customization and the ability to fine-tune the traits of your character(s) to a deep and lengthy questing system. While the main game has a solid primary quest that will keep you occupied for well over 20 hours. Tthe additional side quests and ancillary adventures will extend that immensely. I could easily see gamers sinking 80-100 hours into the game, if not more. Everywhere you turn, there is something new to do in addition to your main quest. The game does an excellent job of tracking and organizing all of the quests that you take on, both primary and side. There is no limit to the number of quests that you can accept and they all show up on your map(s) in order to ensure that you know where the important locations are that apply to them.
Within the game's quest log, you have the ability to make any active quest your primary goal, which will cause its markers on your map(s) to flash. The lets you know which of the important locations on your map is your priority. At the same time, while checking off a primary marker, it is very easy to identify any other markers that might be near your location which you can drop by and check out. This entire system makes the robust quest options simple and manageable, which keeps the focus where it should be: on the incredible gameplay.
The character customization and class system of the game is a joy to experience and truly enhances the experience. As I mentioned earlier, you control your own fate. As you gain levels throughout the game, you will be given points which you can spend on different trees that will enhance your abilities; how you decide to attribute those traits will then lead to more decisions being made with "fates", or destinies, which will eventually open up to you for you to pursue at your leisure.
The first point that you are awarded will be used to level up a variety of skills for your character(s). These range from tasks such as blacksmithing, sage crafting, lock picking, persuasion and communication skills, to efficiency in magic and other arts. It will be important for you to focus on trades that will assist your style of gameplay. There is a ton to do within each of these skill sets that can eat up a ton of game-hours on their own. I have spent countless hours simply searching the lands for various "reagents" which I use to craft potions and formulas using my character's sage crafting ability. It almost becomes a meta-game in itself to master the different crafts and abilities and discover all of the different options that you can do within them.
Blacksmithing is equally as impressive and time consuming especially since you even have the ability to scrap parts from damaged or weak equipment in order to build bigger and better creations. It is no longer a complete loss to fill you inventory with a weak buckler shield that you will never use in battle is you may want to take them all back to your home and break them down to add to your component piles. This is the sort of freedom that you have which makes KOA such an enjoyable game.
After you assign your skill points, you then are given a couple of points to dispense through a tree of abilities which focus on weapons and magic. These decisions drive your combat options in the game. There are three main categories in this area: might, sorcery, and finesse. You are free to attribute points into any of the categories at any time, which helps to mold truly unique characters. There are different weapon and armor classes available to each category and you will gain access to different ones as you progress. Perhaps you want a powerful sorcerer-type character who just so happens to be handy with a longsword; you can do that or maybe a lumbering tank who just happens to be as skillful with a dagger and sneaking up on enemies as he is mowing down an entire army. Your destiny is yours to create, literally.
The final category that you will focus on is the fate / destiny options. There are a variety of options within this area that open up as you allot points to your characters skills and abilities. You aren't required to follow a certain fate, especially considering that storyline-wise you don't have one, but you can and you will be rewarded for doing so. These will reward you with things like additional mana and endurance for sorcery styles or perhaps better strength and power for more weapon based players. It really gives you an opportunity to reward yourself for focusing on a particular gameplay style.
The best part about all of this is the fact that none of your decisions are permanent. The game gives you the ability to wipe the slate clean at any time and re-attribute your earned skill points and levels, for a nominal fee of course. All that you have to do is visit a special type of NPC called a fateweaver and they can help you completely realign your stats and abilities. Perhaps you are tired of being a sword-wielding tank, then wipe you path clean and redirect things towards being an all-powerful wizard. The choice is always yours.
All of these concepts have applied to the game from a traditional-RPG standpoint; it is the actual battling and fighting of the game that sets it apart. The game is at its best when you are throwing down with your enemies and that just so happens to be about 80%of the time. KOA plays out like a classic hack and slash fighting, akin to something like Golden Axe, but with plenty of more depth. You have total control over your character in the heat of battle, from blocking to striking and spell casting. It controls and plays like a charm and I cannot imagine playing an RPG any other way. Although the game has all of the traits of an insanely deep RPG-experience, KOA is an action game at its core.
You can have up to two different weapons equipped at any time, which gives you the ability to vary your fighting styles and offensive maneuvers. Each weapon class in the game has their own tree of maneuvers and skills which are unlocked over time, depending on which abilities you choose to level as you earn experience. Because of this, battle is never a chore in the game but rather a riveting and enjoyable experience. KOA knows this and does its best to keep you in the action nearly all of the time. As deep as the game is, it keeps things moving at a very hectic pace; your weapons will never be sheathed for too long as battle is always at the forefront of the experience. It is fun, exhilarating, and best of all rewarding, which is exactly what ever good action-RPG should be.
It is a good thing that the game keeps you involved too as the world is pretty large and you will be covering a lot of ground on your adventure. The Faelands is an expansive area which is both beautiful and diverse. There are a ton of places to discover and the various quests will have you jet-setting from one part of the game world to the other, constantly. Thankfully, there is a fast-travel system featured in the game which will allow you to immediately transport to any area that you have already visited on the map. This sounds convenient, and it is, but you honestly won't be using it as much as you would imagine. That is because it is such a joy to make the trek on your own from one location to another; there are always new and exciting battles to discover along the way plus there are sure to be additional quests popping up around every corner. Sometimes I find myself simply wondering around the Faelands for hours, just exploring.
KOA is so good fundamentally and gameplay wise that it completely makes up for its technical shortcomings. The game isn't bad visually, but it definitely has its issues. The world and its characters are all varied and interesting, but they have a lot of problems technically with things like pop up and a horrible draw distance. Seriously, there are times when the game looks like a first-generation Xbox 360 game, and perhaps even worse. The rest of the game is so well done though that none of that will matter; the gameplay truly compensates for all of the visual shortcomings and then some. On the other hand, audibly the game is a joy to experience. The voice acting in the game is absolutely impeccable; you will experience a variety of dialects and personalities, all of which are wonderfully portrayed by a stellar voice acting cast.
I have to be perfectly honest, I was very skeptical going into this game about how well it was going to turn out. There was so much promised with this game that many, including myself, were concerned as to whether 38 could deliver. Well, they have, and in a major way. Kingdoms of Amalur is everything that RPG fans could have hoped for and so much more; everything you want from a good RPG is here. There is deep character customization, completed freedom of choice, as well as an unprecedented focus on actual gameplay and total control of your character. This doesn't feel like an RPG, but it is and its one of the better ones. This isn't just for RPG fans either; the game is so focused on action that it could easily draw in fans of that genre as well, as it did with me. If you are looking for a game that will keep your occupied and entertained for hours on end, this is definitely it.
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