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Do Aspie Children know at they are Different? - Part 1: Parental Perception
I'm often asked by other parents for my thoughts on telling children about their aspergers. Will knowlege of the condition help or hinder them? In fact, taking things one step further... will the knowledge of aspie characteristics actually cause the differences between the aspergers and neurotypical children to become exagerated?
To know the answer to this, we must first examine adults who were diagnosed with aspergers late in their lives to determine whether they felt "different" as children.
Having been diagnosed at 37, I guess I'm as good a subject as any.
Parental Perception
There's no doubt that my parents knew that I was different from a very early age and there were lots of things that I did which were considerably different to other children.
One of the most obvious differences was that I formed an unnatural bond with a blanket which lasted far longer than it should have. My mother still tells stories about how she couldn't take me shopping without the blanket, how it took up most of the space in her shopping trolley and the emotional anguish that blanket separation, and even wilful damage by other children, would cause.
The blanket fascination lasted far longer than my parents ever suspected. I went through several blankets, all of them with names, and often with an imagined "blanket pedigree". That's right, most of my blankets were "related" to eachother in some way.
Long after it was "shamed" into hiding, it continued way into my teenage years. In winter, I would often be wearing it in front of the television and in summer, when it was too hot to have it on me, I'd often fall asleep with my entire body hugging it like a body pillow.
Truth be told, I still like to keep a blanket and can often be found to be watching TV with one wrapped around me - even in the 30 degree (celcius) heat of Summer. It's that feeling of being tightly wrapped (hugged) without being stroked or tickled, that a blanket can do much more effectively than another person can. Of course, these days I'm not so possessive and the kids often take it off me with no complaints. At least all the stuffed animals are gone. (I've got my wife for that - just kidding).
Above: A picture my parents snapped of me sleeping in the hot Australian summer aged about 10. Note that there are six stuffed animals sharing the bed as well as a blanket.
Knowing I was Different?
In terms of the behaviour described above, the fact that I hid it from my parents in my teenage years suggests that I knew that there was something "wrong" with it. I certainly perceived a difference but whether that detection was entirely due to my parent's complaints or whether I genuinely understood that other children didn't have the same fascination remains to be proven.
There's much more "damning evidence" in my early interactions with my peers.
I'll cover this in my next post.
18 comments:
- The Emery's said...
Unbelievable! My 12 year old does the exact same thing. So many times I find myself telling him to 'put that blanket away'. He literally carried the last one until it was shredded. He took the one remaining shred and attached it to his next blanket.
I know your post was deeper than the blanket, but I had to comment on the blanket issue.
- January 23, 2009 at 8:19 AM
- Anonymous Ghost Writer said...
The issue of telling or not telling is a double edged sword, both ways could lead to significant emotional trauma.
I myself was diagnosed at the age of 18, after a bout of suicidal depression. I have since determined that my depression was caused by the fact that I knew something was off, either me or the rest of the world.
Since then I have devoted a significant amount of time to thinking about what things would be like if I had had a diagnosis when I was a child. The only answer that I can come to is that I would not be the same person that I am now. I can see that my drives and passions, excepting those linked to my autistic tendances, are based largely on the troubling experiences growing up with an undiagnosed PDD.
These experiences taught me many great and often painful lessons about life. I now volunteer with St John Ambulance, have a small but close and loyal group of friends and fantastic job. Without these lessons I would, at least in my own opinion, be less able to function in this world. However on the flip side knowing about my AS early would have saved me significant amounts of pain and suffering throughout childhood.
For a parent the decision of telling or not should be based on what benefits can be gained by either path. I am not qualified to say which way is best and I'm not sure if anyone else is either, which ever path is chosen something will be lost. Often times the best lessons in life are painful, that is what makes us remember them and not go back again. So in my opinion what pain may be saved is not the only thing that must be considered.
As for myself, looking back now, if someone asked me if I would rather a diagnosis early or later in life I would have to say later. Although it was bought at a high price my life now is far better than anything that I could imagine being if I had known earlier in life.
- January 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM
- Rachel said...
I was diagnosed late (at 50) and I've wrestled a lot with the whole question of whether I'd have wanted to be diagnosed as a child.
Part of me says no, because everything that has happened in my life has led me to this moment in time, and this moment is wonderful. I have a great marriage, a great kid, and friends I love. Had I been diagnosed earlier, my life would have taken a different trajectory, and the people I love so much wouldn't be in my life at all.
But part of me also says, yes, I would have liked to have known why I felt so different from other people, why I couldn't seem to reach them when my heart was so full of love and I wanted so much to share my thoughts and feelings with them. I would like to have avoided (figuratively) banging my head against the wall for so many years struggling against my neurology. I would like to have spent more time developing my strengths and my interests.
While I can't change the past, I firmly believe that knowledge is power. If I had a child with AS, I would tell the child. I would also
a) present the diagnosis as a good thing, b) not let the child use the diagnosis as a pretext for giving up on things, and c) impress upon the child that being different is a source of great power and great opportunity.
Yes, it's very hard to be different, and very hard to be in the minority, but we are far from alone.
- January 23, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- Nachtus01 said...
Well this is certainly a most interesting topic!
I know for me, I knew something was different about me when I was young, everyone else knew as well.
However, no one, that I am aware of, knew what Aspergers was, so it was more or less a moot point.
But the things that made me so, "different", (for the most part), weren't bad things.
I had an incredible ability for memorization. I was considered to be mentally gifted. I had a passion and a zeal for knowledge that drove me to study almost everything.
To the best of my knowledge, I am the only person from my high school, that has read every article in the World Book Encyclopedias, without being required to.
Truth be told, knowledge was, and still is, my "blanket", although now I use the internet rather than the local library ;).
I hated most sports, I think my mom liked that, knowing she wouldn't ever hear about me breaking some limb during a game, but this is where I really started noticing that I was different.
I cannot think of a single classmate that didnt like football, or soccer, or basketball.
Just me.
The other students realized that I didnt have the desire for these sports, and realized I was different too.
And this is the start of my social, "Grand Canyon".
If we had known as much about Aspergers as we do know, it probably would have been a great help, not just to me struggling to fit in, but to my teachers, my parents, and my siblings.
I believe that in today's age, once a definite diagnosis is made, a kid should be told about the issues they face.
This will allow them to better understand themselves, and with socialization training, they might be able to, at the very least, learn to adapt better to a world that, in its current state, is not going to change to fit their needs.
While I cannot say that my life has been horrible, if I could have received socialization training, I might have adapted even better than I have to date. I might have been more successful at choosing careers, and keeping them, choosing friends and keeping them, and, even though I do view my marriage as a striking success, I have no doubt that it probably would have made even that show some improvements. Not to mention that it might help me with my interactions with my children.
Knowing about AS when I was younger, wouldn't have been much if any help. Thankfully though, things have changed, and are still changing, and from where I sit, most of it looks to be for the better.
- January 23, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- ASpieboy said...
I suppose it all depends on the child in question. If the kid knows he/she is different and is having trouble in school, then yes, it is time to tell him/her.
- January 24, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- ReineDeLaSeine14 (Stephanie) said...
I knew. We ALL knew. It wasn't until I was 19 was I diagnosed.
I wish I did know really what was going on. I would have actually gotten help instead of being ridiculed and being told that I was wrong...I felt wrong, I thought wrong, I spoke wrong...
I think that also telling a kid may make them feel even more different...as with Asperger's I'm not into "correcting behavior" but am into "making people around us aware" of our differences and into respecting and accepting of them.
I still sleep with a mound of blankets and stuffed animals and I'll be 21 in a month.
- January 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM
- Arkityp said...
i knew around age 4, but wasn't diagnosed until age 26. i think if someone had noticed, i would have turned out a lot differently... which could have been better or worse.
- January 24, 2009 at 8:45 PM
My mother called me her "space alien". She knew from the day I was born that I was different. I didn't make a sound for 3 days until the doctor scratched my foot with a needle.I was also far too much like my ADHD-diagnosed father. I don't know that it would have made all that much difference in my childhood or teen years. I have gravitated towards the neurodiverse my whole life. Nearly all of my childhood friends were then or are now diagnosed as bipolar, schizophrenic, AD(H)D, OCD, etc. I suspect a few of them are aspies also/instead( I went to a rather aspie-friendly school and the population was probably overrepresented). I knew I was weird but my group of friends used that as a badge of honor. My family members mostly kept to their rooms and I got a lot of downtime and my school used rather non intrusive lighting and had no problem with me stimming. As a result I had a meltdown maybe once a year as a kid and could usually do so privately. But had I known there probably would have been fewer bouts of depression in the college years , which is when I started to feel out of step with the world and dealing with some major sensory overload for the first time. I did get a diagnosis a few years after that but it took a while to get rid of the idea that I was broken when employers and boyfriends got frustrated with my rocking and told me I couldn't be like this, that I was selfishly trying to be different. So I wish I had known earlier but I'm not sure if needed to know as a kid.
And yes I even in extreme heat (I grew up in Florida) I still feel calmer with a blanket on my lap.
- January 25, 2009 at 2:14 AM
- Sharon daVanport said...
I have been asked numerous times if I would have preferred knowing about my Aspergers as a child, and I guess I really struggle with my answer.
On one hand I feel that it would have given perspective to the challenges & gifts which oftentimes seemed out of place with my peers and siblings. On the other hand, I believe my parents pushed me to continue moving forward with my goals as they had not a moment to pause and wonder "IF" I was capable of whatever I aspired to accomplish. I hear time and time again how many parents (oftentimes unconsciously) respond to their child on the Spectrum with "kid gloves" because their child has autism....hmmmmm?
I received an email from a mother who believed "autism stole her child" and she cried of how all her hopes and dreams for her son would never come true....she lamented of how her son would never aspire to what she had invisioned (like sports or medical school.)
At first I was confused by her despair and I assumed that her son was severely handicapped in some other way besides his diagnosis of autism. When I inquired about this, she responded with, "No, he has Asperger's Syndrome."
When I opened up to this mom and shared with her about my Aspergers she began to re-evaluate her thinking. She had originally contacted me because she knew my son has Aspergers and she was completely unaware that I am an Aspie as well. Anyway, I wanted to share this story because my experience with Aspergers has been greatly influenced by "perspective" (from myself as well as others.)
My son's diagnosis of Aspergers came a few months before he was to begin kindergarten. He will be 16 yrs old in a few weeks and I can say with conviction that I believe he has benefited from not only an earlier than average diagnosis, but that we never kept anything from him. In fact, I never thought to do such a thing.
My son has always known about his diagnosis. He has always understood that he is an individual first and "aspergers" is only a part of his individualism. He has grown up understanding not only that he has a unique way of processing information, but more importantly he has grown up understanding "WHY" he processes information uniquely with an awareness of his own sensory code.
This awareness has inabled him to be an effective advocate for himself, and he has an extremely mature and balanced view of who he is as an individual. I am constantly told by his teachers and professionals how amazed they are with his maturity level.
Thanks so much for posting this topic. No doubt it is a subject that we all will face at some point:-) See you on the blog!
- January 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Rachael Elizabeth said...
hi i know how it is with aspregers somtimes i get really scared for no real reason and somtimes like today i feel so alone and i cant seem to even talk to others out side my home and no matter how much fun others are having at my age i cant do those things it just like if i do those things i get hurt or somthing but i know i would not but i still feel that way also if u look at my blog it tell u a little more about how aspregers affects me i dont understand it fully on what going on with me ppl keep asking me to give eye contact i cant and i get really upset if someone touches my stuff or puts things i put stright lines out that line i also dont like sounds that are loud even if it a good sound it scares me
- January 26, 2009 at 6:32 AM
I have spent my whole life knowing that I was somehow different and judging by the difficulties I've had with other people, so did they!
I've just turned 35 and I suspect I am an undiagnosed aspie. I would like to have known what made me different and been reassured that it wasn't because I was somehow stupid or a bad person.
After spending so much of my earlier life wishing I could fit in and be like other people I'm now very glad that I'm not - I like me, as I am.
I also have a very nice cream fleecy blanket that I love to wrap up in ;)
- January 26, 2009 at 9:17 AM
- Becca said...
My husband, 32, recently accepting his Asperger's, tells me about his horrible childhood where his parents always were telling him he wasn't good enough and wouldn't amount to anything and why was he the way he was and why would he do this or that. His brothers and sisters thought he was odd and laugh when I describe the odd sounds or spastic thing he does with his hands because they had remembered him doing this as a child. I feel that if his parents and siblings would have realized these oddities as that of Asperger's and not just that of a weird and lazy kid, that he would have had a lot happier childhood than he did. His parents still to this day think there isn't anything wrong with him or his brother (probably Aspie too), but that they are just dumb and lazy and don't make the right decisions. That makes me angry.
As far as my son with Asperger's, he is 9 and I'm not sure he knows he is that different or not. Some things he does as far as the way he gets upset more easily about certain things, or the way he has a processing delay in his thinking or rather producing. I think only recently since we have been setting up things a little differently in the classroom for him than the other students that he knows he is different. He knows it is not his fault, and I am lucky to have an Aspie spouse, because when discussing Asperger's with my son, I just say things like, "you know how you and Daddy think differently and your brain works different like his......" I find it really easy and my son doesn't take it as a bad thing because he respects and looks up to his dad and sees how his dad has worked through things.
As far as if or when we should tell our children that they are different, I think at an early age I suppose there is no use to it, and maybe some think to hide it from their kids.
I didn't want to come right out and tell my son there was something "wrong" with him, but over time I didn't want him to think he was stupid or that it was "wrong". I saw the pain in my husband in all the years teachers and parents thought he was a waste because he was so smart yet he processed things differently. I wanted to make sure my son knew he was brilliant no matter what some dumb teacher thought or if other kids said anything about him being weird.
I think it works better for my husband and my son that they know about their Asperger's and they know they have to work things differently but they can still achieve the same goals and succeed just like anybody else.
- January 27, 2009 at 5:34 AM
- Stacia said...
My daughter is 5 and was diagnosed with Aspergers last year. I'm very open with my family and friends about it and this question about telling her has been on my mind. Thank you for posting about it and I loved reading all the comments. I do believe that we will tell her in a few years, once she can have a better understanding. Your pictures was great of you sleeping with all your stuffed animals as a child. She does the same thing, we've finally got to a point where the animals don't have to be specific ones...they just have to all be there! She also has an extreame attachment to a Bunny and Blanket. They go everywhere with us.
- January 28, 2009 at 5:22 AM
My almost 9 year old son has just been diagnosed with Aspergers, so I've been searching the net for more information, and found your blog. Great reading for me as mum. Thankyou.
We have talked about it, and he knows he has it. I can't see how not knowing would help him. It doesn't bother him yet, but I'm sure it will help him as grows up.
It seems that not knowing what was wrong, has been the biggest problem for so many older people. And also for me, until recently. Now that I know why he does what he does, it helps me because I can help him.
I enjoyed reading about the blannket.
We lost his blanket (Joe) on a holiday last year, (he screamed for it every night), so when we got home, he found another one with a similar pattern, and he named him Joey, because he is Joes son.
He also has about 40 Beanie kids and they are all related of course...
- February 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM
I'll note, with a laugh, that my parents went back to Greece from Turkey, all for the loss of a blanky, dedicated as they were to their 4 yr old w/ ? issues. That was almost 37 yrs ago.
Thank you to all before who commented previously with their experience, strength and hope on this matter.
We are currently struggling with these issues and could use help regarding "how" perhaps more than when. Specifically, we are concerned with, amongst other things: labeling issues including correctness, potential justifications by the child, issues of self-esteem (any way), but most important would be as stated a "age-appropriate" manner, reluctant as I am to use that specific terminology based on appropriateness of it as a bearing.
My daughter, age 6, was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome last year by a specialized psychologist, after concerns were voiced by her school about repetitive movements approximately a year prior.
Both my wife and I knew from an early age that she was different, likely gifted with learning disabilities as she is extremely high functioning in most areas, but we struggled and continue to struggle with the issues for a variety of reasons some of which I allude to here. I should note that she has understood for a while that she is different.
A secondary evaluation by a neurologist said that Asperger's was over the top and that we just had a quirky kid. On that note, she, more often that not, fails most of the traditional tests, e.g. she has above average classical empathy, handles change fairly well, although resists it emphatically, and is popular in kindergarten (at least for now) despite certain social issues some of which likely (also?) fall into an ADHD category.
Then, there are other times that it is so very clear to me...the interests and/or obsessions, changing as they may be, eye contact (although this is improving) and the occasional bloody tantrums. It has forced me to redefine empathy in the manner that Dave does...e.g. that others have different interests than dragons, turtles, Pokeman...e.g. YOU. Taking her off milk seems to have led to improvement.
It is painful for me, amongst other reasons, because I see and have seen so much of myself in her, more in fact in some areas and therefore can't help to wonder if I have Asperger's syndrome too. Or, if I'm just ADHD and/or dyslexic, ergo..quirky too. I also fear what the future may have in store for here as I suppose most parents do, spectrum and/or otherwise. Of note, I am a masters level scientist with my own company, but can't help but wonder the degree to which my past issues (with tendency to focus on the negative) might be explained by appropriate diagnosis.
Unfortunately, I can easily recognize that the ethical issues involved are vastly more complex than the binary manner in which they are presented by certain commentators. Certainly, if a child asks, they are entitled to an honest, comprehension-appropriate answer (whatever that may be). Aside from this, where good faith becames bad faith, I'm afraid to say to my fellow Aspies and their parents, is somewhat grey. I think we all understand that age is a tepid barometer, at best based on what we know about non-parallel developmental aspects of the condition. So, if anyone has any specific advice here, I'd been happy to comment on their circumstance as my ability to be objective, regarding my own circ is obviously lost.
What I can say, if not already implied, from personal experience, is that lack of diagnosis and in hand appropriate understanding of circumstances leaves the affected child / adult in very dangerous places.
Respectfully submitted...jg
- February 26, 2009 at 10:29 AM
My ten year old son John loves his blankets too, but even more important to him are his stuffed animals. He must have 30ish small and large stuffed animals. And if he can not find one...it is very disturbing to him.
- August 8, 2012 at 7:48 AM
Are you able to provide any info on the effects on an aspie child when one parent is still in denial after 5 yrs of having a diagnosis and receiving services. My sons father from whom I am seperated still refuses to accept the diagnosis therefore obviously doesn't implement any of the necessary therapies and or behavior mods that take place at school and home with me. I can see the stress and anxiety it exhibits in my son and obviously myself and the rest of the family unit. However if you could provide some further insight it aould be greatly beneficial.
- May 2, 2013 at 12:05 PM
It sounds like you have a solid marriage. Yet on so many other websites regarding aspergers - marriage with an NT is nigh impossible. I am dating an AS and am NT. What type of questions might I ask him, to determine if my emotional needs are capable of being met as an NT. I KNOW he is capable of "feeling" love, but I do not wish to torture him with my NT expectations. I want to have a chance at marriage with him. But would rather cut it off now, than harm him in the long run, if its doomed from the beginning. What qualities can I look for in him that may assure me, we are capable of interaction without harming each other. The other websites are very negative regarding AS/NT marriages.
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The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that Sergeant Jesse Grebow says a Dodge Caliber crossed the centerline Sunday and collided with a Ford F-150 pickup. It happened on Highway 169.
Thirty-six-year-old Lindi Paul of St. Peter and her 5-year-old daughter, Emma Paul, were killed. They were in the Caliber, which Lindi Paul was driving.
Sixty-five-year-old Michael O'Boyle of Marion, South Dakota also died. He was driving the pickup.
The newspaper reports that a 4-year-old Minnesota girl in O'Boyle's pickup sustained serious injuries and was taken to a hospital. The other passengers – a woman and an 8-year-old boy – sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.
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January 9, 2007 JCEB: Holiday Gifts for Health Plan Sponsors: Final HIPAA Non-Discrimination Regulations, Wellness Plans and New HSA Opportunities
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If you are like me, you may wonder how it is that your name badge is always ready and waiting when you go to an ABA Health Law Section (Section) conference. Well, of course it is our expectation if we registered for the conference, but it is nice to be able to have the expectation. If we have signed up for a teleconference, it is great to know we can actually dial into it, and if we have a question, there is always someone to ask. If they do not know the answer, they will find out, and make us feel good about asking.
Donating Health Information Technology: Tax Issues Create Uncertainty for Donorsby Bernadette Broccolo and Heidi Echols, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL
Effective October 10, 2006, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published final anti-kickback safe harbors and Stark regulatory exceptions for the donation (or below-market transfer) of health information technology and related services to referral sources (the "Final Regulations"). In general, the Final Regulations permit hospitals and other permitted donors to donate up to eighty-five percent (85%) of the cost of software and related information technology and training services ("HIT") that are necessary and used predominantly to create, maintain, transmit or receive electronic health records. The Final Regulations are detailed and complex and require compliance with numerous technical matters, including the requirement that the software be interoperable and that the donor and the recipient document the donation in a written agreement.
Money Talks: Congress Spurs States to Implement Their Own False Claims Actsby Lezlie B. Willis, Fish & Richardson PC, Dallas, TX
Last year, Congress encouraged individual states to enact their own false claims legislation or improve existing legislation to meet or exceed federal standards by enacting Section 6031 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (the "DRA") on February 1, 2006. Section 6031 provides that if a state has qualifying false claims legislation in effect on January 1, 2007, then the state will get ten percent more of any amount recovered in a false claims case brought under the state's act.
The New Parent F Reorganization ("NPFR")by Alan S. Gassman and Kenneth J. Crotty, Gassman, Bates & Associates, P.A., Clearwater, FL
For many years, physician clients and medical businesses have approached the authors' law firm requesting guidance on how to transfer valuable assets out of the operational entity or medical practice. The traditional answer has been that the transfer of appreciated assets from a corporation to its shareholders or an affiliated corporation would trigger taxable income. Recently, the Internal Revenue Service has begun to recognize that Internal Revenue Code Section 368(a)(1)(F) will allow what the authors call the "New Parent F Reorganization". This is a restructuring tool that is vastly underused by the asset protection and healthcare legal communities. Many clients who have valuable assets held in operating entities have been told in the past that they cannot move the assets out tax free.
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Mike Cote's Business Editor's Notebook: Hire right so you won't have to fire laterMIKE COTE
December 29. 2012 10:57PM
While uncertainty continues to worry business owners - from the stalemate over expiring federal tax cuts to the continued unrolling of the Affordable Health Care Act - at some point next year most will face the same decision: whether to hire someone.
Just as you wouldn't rely on your gut instincts to untangle the maze of tax law or health-care legislation, neither should you do so when deciding what person will do the best job for your company. Hire someone and they last only a few months? That's money out the door, says Robert Nadeau, a Plymouth State University professor who teaches business owners and human resource professionals about the hiring process.
"A car is a $20,000 decision. A house is $200,000 decision. Employee turnover costs about three to five times their base salary," Nadeau said. "In the corporate world, it's about a $150,000 mistake."
Nadeau, the director of the Professional Sales Program at Plymouth, will present "The Hiring Process - Hire Right the First Time" from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at White Mountains Community College in the Littleton Learning Center.
Nadeau shares processes he learned in his 20-year career as a sales manager for Liberty Mutual Insurance. The most important takeaway: The more time you spend assessing candidates, the more likely you'll find the right person, and the more likely they will stay awhile.
"Every hour you spend on the front end doing the right thing in the selection process you save eight hours on the back end," he said.
That means building a process that allows you to make choices efficiently as you sift through resumes to screen for the right skill set and spending 12 to 15 minutes to interview your candidates by phone before you invite finalists to visit for a face-to-face encounter.
"The first two or three steps in the process are designed to knock people out," Nadeau said.
He tells owners and hiring managers to take careful note of every aspect of a candidate's behavior. How does their voice mail sound? Is there music in the background? How do they present themselves?
"I try to help them be more objective in a very subjective process," he said. "People use their gut too much. That cannot be discounted, but in the hiring process for your business, you need to pull yourself away."
To get that detached perspective, Nadeau suggests using an assessment test that can gauge a potential employee's competence for the job.
"It should not be more than a third of the process," he said. "If it was right all the time, you'd just have the test. But a well-validated test is more accurate than a interview."
If the candidate makes the grade on the assessment, then it's time for a behaviorial interview, a 60- to 90-minute session that allows employers to see how potential employees might behave in stressful situations. The questions should be prepared ahead of time and be the same for every candidate.
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The questions might deal with how the candidate handled an unhappy customer: What actions did you take and what was the result? Such questions can sometimes lead to awkward silences, Nadeau said.
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And most importantly, let the candidate do most of the talking.
"Business owners who are proud of their business like to talk," he said. "They almost sell the job. A candidate should talk four times to your one."
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I'm researching my ancestors, the Ellis', Morris families I need information on my great grandparents
I would love it if someone who has any information about these families would please let me know. My great grandmother's name was Alice Pearlie(Parlee) Ellis Morris, she married my great grandfather John W Morris in 1886. I think they were married in Georgia but not sure. Having a hard time finding any info on them. My grandmother was Alice Malissa Morris Usrey born in Georgia in 1888. She married my grandfather William Usrey but not sure of the date.
I'm trying to find out where my great grandparents are buried my sister and I are going on a "road trip" in June to see if we can find them. We know they came to Texas at some time. There are a lot of Ellis' and Morris' in east Texas. Anything you could help me with would be greatly appreciated.
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75 Month Sentence For Man Accused of Abusing Boys
BRAINERD (AP) — A man accused of sexually abusing young boys over the past several decades has been sentenced in Crow Wing County to more than six years in prison.
Seventy-year-old Tom Erickson pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct in a plea agreement with prosecutors. Crow Wing County District Judge David Ten Eyck sentenced Erickson to 75 months in prison Monday.
Two of the three victims for which Erickson entered his pleas were in court Monday. Erickson declined when asked if he wanted to address his victims.
Sexual Assault Services executive director Rose Kramer told the judge that Erickson also assaulted other boys, but the men could not file a complaint because the statute of limitations has expired.


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One of the most atmospheric beer festivals in the country is set to take place.
This year's Rail Ale Festival promises to pull in the crowds next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The popular event, which will be held at Barrow Hill Roundhouse, near Staveley, will boast more than 240 different real ales and 70 ciders.
A spokesman for the festival said: "Set within the unique surroundings of the UK's last-surviving operational roundhouse, classic steam and diesel locomotives will once again form dramatic backdrops to the bars.
"One of the bars will showcase some of the real ales brewed in Derbyshire. Another highlight of the festival will be the eclectic musical offering ranging from brass, through jazz and acoustic to punk rock."
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The training of economists in Sopron started in 1995. Officially the Faculty of Economics was established in 2000. The Hungarian Accreditation Board assessed it as providing excellent quality training. Since then there has been a constant improvement and development. Within a short time it became a significant unit within the University of West Hungary. In the dynamic western region of Hungary, young people who are interested in economics can learn how to manage business, and how to develop entrepreneurship, etc.
The faculty has its educational activity in a very wide spectrum, starting with tertiary education through graduate courses up to the doctoral level, in both regular and correspondence courses covering different areas of economic education. In the undergraduate programs there are 1,000 students and in the correspondence and post graduate courses there are 1,200 at the moment.
In the academic year of 2003/2004, the Faculty of Economics acquired a new facility in the inner part of the city which suits the high level of education which is offered there. The venue is the former centre for economic decision making within the city. The city of Sopron helped the university in the formation and reconstruction of the building. The Ministry of Education and the local businesses also aided the formation of this new faculty.
In its original form, the building in Erzsébet Street was not enough to fulfil all the requirements for training and social activities. The faculty decided to build an auditorium with two large lecture halls and an underground parking garage in the court yard. The construction was completed in August, 2007. The faculty became one of the most beautiful facilities of the University of West Hungary and within the country to train the nation's future economists.
Starting in September, 2006, the faculty started its Bologna style two level education program, similar to other European universities. The faculty started with four Bachelor courses (Business and Management, Trade and Marketing, International Business, Public Service). In September, 2007, a B.A. Business and Management program in German was added. The accreditation of the B.A. in Finance and Accounting is under way. The M.A. courses started in September, 2008. These courses will be Management and Organization, Business Development, Public Administration and Public Policy. Two more M.A. courses are being proposed, International Economics and Business Administration. These courses will probably attract future students and enhance the faculty's reputation.
The leadership of the Faculty of Economics has preserved and cherished traditions of the student traditions going back to the Selmecbánya campus since the faculty began. The beautiful traditions are about patriotism, friendship and loyalty to the Alma Mater. They do not necessarily belong to the virtues of the current globalizing world. The connections and experience gained during university studies may strengthen young people striving for their future in the world. The faculty ensures that these extra benefits can be given to our students who are studying business administration and social sciences.
With the help of grants, we were able to build a system of practical training in various allied private companies. This helps our students to organize practical work experience programs and supports them in finding suitable positions after graduation. This outreach to companies is often based on our former students who are now employed in industry. This kind of activity is beneficial and profitable for both students and business. Within this framework we have successful research and connections with prominent companies. The faculty can solve tasks of business administration which benefits the faculty as well.
The fields of research include: theoretical economics, mathematics, statistics, money and capital market financing, regional economics, management, sector business administration, agricultural administration, health policy, and human resources administration.
The cooperation in research and development will grow with increasing participation of firms within the city and the municipal administration. This will elevate the role of the faculty in the region. There are even more of our graduates who are now working at important businesses and in administration. They can involve the students and professors of the faculty in the solution of their companies' problems.
The up-to-date infrastructure of the faculty has a 500 seat auditorium. This is used for many different events, such as lectures, conferences, concerts, holiday celebrations, exhibitions, etc. This provides a connection between the university and the people of Sopron. Two large lecture halls with 200 seats and with all conveniences are adjacent to the largest auditorium. The Student Centre within the faculty building offers multi-level services to meet the demands of the students for printing, copying, finishing their theses, shopping, making advertisements, career planning, coordination of trainee and alumni programs etc. The wireless internet connection within the building multiplies the students' chances for networking via the Internet.


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By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned on Monday that New York City will be the "laughing stock of the world" if it goes along with proposals to backpedal on crime-fighting tactics such as "stop-and-frisk," which have drawn fire from minority groups.
Bloomberg, who credits tougher police tactics with the city's historic 34 percent drop in crime over a decade, slammed two "community safety" bills that the City Council looks set to pass this week. One would establish an independent inspector-general with broad authority to investigate police practices, and a second discourages discriminatory profiling.
Bloomberg, flanked by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and several district attorneys, said the Inspector General bill would entitle gang members to make anonymous complaints about policing, while an increase in discrimination claims would tie up officers in court and take them off the streets.
"New Yorkers must have policing that respects everyone's rights, including everyone's right to be safe on the streets," he said. "This is life and death we are talking about."
Backers of the bills say they will improve community and police relations and reduce unnecessary stop-and-frisk incidents, which tend to target young black and Latino men in low-income neighborhoods.
Bloomberg, who took office in 2002, argues that most stops happen in poor areas because that is where most crime unfolds.
Last May, the New York Civil Liberties Union released statistics showing police stops have surged from 160,851 in 2003 to 685,724 in 2011. About half of the 2011 stops resulted in physical searches.
The analysis concluded that the policy disproportionately targeted minorities. It noted that in 2011, NYPD records showed police conducted more stops of black males between the ages of 14 and 24 than the total number of young black males living in New York City. Just 1.8 percent of searches of minority suspects that year resulted in weapons seizures.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who has called stop-and-frisk a cornerstone of successful policing, said the bills would embolden criminals and other would-be attackers.
"Take heart, al-Qaeda wannabes," said Kelly said, who remains one of the city's most popular officials despite the recent controversies over NYPD tactics.
Police tactics have become an issue in New York's mayoral race. Among Democrats, only City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a Bloomberg ally, has backed keeping Kelly as police commissioner, although she recently said she would require him to reduce the number of stop-and-frisk incidents.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, another Democratic mayoral candidate, said Bloomberg and Kelly were engaging in "fear mongering" over the bills.
"A racial profiling bill is not going to make anyone less safe," he said. "It's in fact going to make us safer in the long term because communities are going to feel like they're being treated fairly."
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Root Root Root for the Home Team
|At Fenway rooting for the home team (they lost)
I've never considered giving up on the Sox. Well, I have given up on anything good coming of this season. I'm not an idiot. I have only been able to watch bits of games before disgustedly changing the channel. Most of the time, instead of watching, I check the score and (the horror) the standings each morning. It is no fun being a fan this year. But give up on my team? It would be like giving up on my family.
Wait, maybe that is putting it too strongly. I don't think of the Sox as my family. Heck, the guys don't even know me. But if you follow a team though the good years and the bad ones, when they have a spectacular season, when they go all the way, it is a special kind of magic.
It's kind of like our kids. Whether our kids come up through our farm league, or if they come to us from another team, they are ours. We invest in them. We never give up on them. We'll do anything for them to reach their full potential. They are not always perfect. But when they are not, we don't rip their pictures off of our mantels. We keep believing in them. Some seasons are just not awesome. For example first grade was a bad season for Jemberu. But how much sweeter the success of second grade was for him and us. At the start of this new season, 3rd grade, I am hoping for a grand slam. (That would be something like Jemberu not reminding me daily that he is going to school under protest.)
We have all lost our tempers and behaved in ways we wish we could take back. Remember when Youk and Manny had it out in the dugout? Unprofessional. Embarrassing. A lot like a family.
As my family knows well, I have been embarrassing. I have been irrational. I have been selfish. They never once kicked me out of the clubhouse.
Families disappoint each other from time to time. I am kind of glad for that. Perfection is too much pressure. We can't expect our team to win the World Series or even having a winning season every year. You can't predict which seasons (or even games) are going to be winners for your team or your family. The unexpected happens. A key player gets injured and is out for the season. A family member can become ill or unreasonable or can let us down. There are days we feel like we will never get it right and days so perfect we feel like we have thrown a no-hitter.
Perfect families are boring (at least that is what I imagine). Their successes expected and their failures crushing. It would be like being a Yankees fan. All those championship rings...ho hum.
Let's never be ashamed to back the home team. Especially when they are not at their best. When they get back on track, we will be proud of them, and of ourselves for not giving up on them. The victories are that much sweeter for hanging in there during the defeats.


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The only problem now is that the printing is too dark. The colors are correct. I have calibrated my screen with eye-one so the screen should be correct. I am using a non-dedicated profile, which come along with the printer (Epson r1800) and premium luster paper.Is this unusuall? I mean that the profile is so out of "tuning" when it comes to brightness?Ken[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=82630\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
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I've had a pretty busy year and have missed checking out this forum each morning 5 weeks ago we flew to Marseilles where we prepped our 41' Morgan for canal cruising by removing both of the big flagpoles. We've since come up the Rhone in full flood stage where we only made 1.9 kts in some places. Since then we've passed the Rhone, come up the Soane and are now over the top of the highest canals on the way to Nancy. We did 34 locks yesterday uphill and today we're on the 21st of the 22 locks that we have to do today.
The houseboats over here are big, wide river boats. A lot of them are formal commercial boats and many of them carry their cars along on the boats. I'll post some pics of them.
The chart shows the canals that we are in on the way to Nancy. There's dense forest along most of the way. The small curved black marks on the canals are locks. Often we go out of one lock directly into another. The center pic is coming out of 1 of the 2 tunnels that we passed through. Most of the bridges and tunnels have less than 4 meters clearance. The locks are 17' wide and Apria is 14' without the fenders. So we just squeeze in. I'll post a broadside view of Apria. We're on our way from Marseilles to Amsterdam where we'll leave the boat for the winter. Meanwhile my 50' Burns is sitting forlornly in Ft Pierce on the hard.


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Their beauty has captivated us for millennia. Their cost can be extraordinary – some are even considered priceless. Precious gems like diamonds, rubies, emeralds, opal, and jade are the ultimate treasures of the earth, and each one is made from a specific–and often torturous–recipe of chemistry, pressure, and heat. The secrets to their sparkle, color, and even strength lie deep inside the gems themselves, but could they also hold clues to one of the most enduring mysteries in the field of geology?


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It's not where I'd recommend you stop for a drink after sightseeing in Nicosia, Cyprus:
Just inside the Paphos Gate, this cafe is one of many victims of the long-standing Cypriot conflict. Within the walled perimeter of the Old Town, it stands directly on the present border, the so-called Green Line, which cleaves the island nation into two halves — one Turkish Cypriot, the other Greek Cypriot. Its windows are blocked with concrete-filled barrels and sandbags, its plaster cracked and shedding, its roof rusted through completely. This is just one of many buildings in the center of the city which have been abandoned or taken over by the UN over the years that the conflict has dragged on.
There are plenty of comfortable and pleasant cafes on both the Turkish and Greek sides of the divided capital, and as tensions ease and EU money flows in, the safe mingling of tourists and locals may instill enough confidence to begin dismantling the physical barriers present in the city. As with all conflicts of this nature, however, decades remain before the emotional scars will truly begin to heal.
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License-ès-Lettres, Université d'Aix-Marseille, 1968
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Culture, communication, and education with special attention to comparative and historical conditions. Polity and community theory, particularly as it applies to families, their immediate situations, and their positions in a global humanity as the joint production of all involved.
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Americans Together: Structured Diversity in A Midwestern Town. (1977).
American School Language: The Rhetorical Structuring of Daily Life in a Suburban High School.: (1983)
Symbolizing America. (Editor. 1986)
Ambiguous Harmony: Family Talk in America (1992).
Successful failure: The School America builds, with Ray McDermott , 1998).
Alternative anthropological perspectives on education (Editor, Volume 1 of the Perspectives on Comprehensive Education, co-edited with Edmund W. Gordon. 2008)
Theoretical Perspectives on Comprehensive Education: The Way Forward. (co-editor with Edmund W. Gordon, Volume 2 of the Perspectives on Comprehensive Education, co-edited with Edmund W. Gordon. 2009)


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Jason Brough at the Kurtenblog absolutely nails this take on how the Canucks should be commended for standing by Rick Rypien. The post is simple, elegant and important, or in other words – a must read.
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Friend of the blog Mr. The Stanchion has a debut post at Nucksmisconduct. He's a funny dude, who is fun to work with and I'm really looking forward to reading him regularly there.
The Stanchion's post, pointed to me to this take from the Edmonton Journal, wherein former Canucks winger Russ Courtnall, who has battled depression himself, talks about his experience with the disease that ultimately claimed Rick Rypien.
GIF BREAK: Marchand gets owned repeatedly. Yey! Sticktap to Sealcat.
Tony Gallagher resurfaces and drops an interesting piece on Cody Hodgson's opportunity to begin next season. I'm convinced that he's going to make the haters look pretty silly in a few months time.
And finally, James O'Brien of PHT does a good job summarizing the Canucks commitment to spreading awareness about depression in the wake of Rypien's passing.


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MET Perfection: Gisele & Tom
You have to see them in person. It's CRAZY. The double gorgessity is CRAZY. Having seen them live before, at this event, pre-engagement and babies and loving it up hardcore, I know what it must have been like last night. They are ridiculous. I once walked by a colleague who was flipping through a magazine from the Met Gala in 2008 and of course there was a huge section of the page devoted to Gisele in that pale Versace with Tom on the steps (click here for a refresher) and my colleague was just staring, for several minutes just staring, because it's so impossibly inequitably perfect, these two. That they are them individually and have come together to be what they are now? Straight up unfair. And they keep doing it over and over again.
Love Tom Brady's hair a little long. So handsome. And then there's Gisele in this sick sick SICK Alexander Wang. I shouted last night about this dress. A great dress is exciting. And f-cking Wang is amazing. We were at Opening Ceremony in LA a couple of months ago and Duana, she bought the Alexander Wang Freja lace boots and I hated her so much but then I went upstairs and I found it: the most perfect black dress ever, also an Alexander Wang, and I didn't want to but Dan made me try it on and once you try it on, there's no question, you have to buy. Because no dress will ever fit that way and make me feel like that again. My Alexander Wang, it fixes every flaw and hides every problem and it's a testament to his construction because I am telling you, that sh-t is magic. But as magical as mine may be, I bet you it's nothing compared to what he did with this custom Gisele. Jesus Christ it's all I want to do all day. Stare at her in this Wang. F-ck.
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The meaning of 'hand built' may seem obvious but what does the process really involve? Ferrari has decided to show the world how it builds an engine by hand with a video detailing the process of assembly for the 458 Italia's 4.5-litre V8 engine.
The 458 Italia motor is produced at home in the company's Maranello, Italy factory and the thorough nature of the staff is amazing. Wearing surgical gloves it is an exact process for the hands and also the high-tech machinery involved.
The 458 Italia engine produces 419kW of power and 540Nm of torque, it comes mated to a dual-clutch, seven-speed gearbox.
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NY man returned to Maine to face murder charge
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A New York City man charged with killing a Maine woman and leaving her body in a vehicle in a Portland motel parking lot is back in Maine.
Authorities say 19-year-old Anthony Pratt was brought to the Cumberland County jail on Wednesday.
The Queens, N.Y., man is scheduled to appear in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court on Friday for his initial appearance on a murder charge.
Police say Pratt fatally shot 29-year-old Westbrook resident Margarita Fisenko Scott, whose body was discovered Jan. 17 in an SUV in a Motel 6 parking lot.
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Knowing your key customers' lifestyles and work behaviors can help create content to align your brand shoppersona with your target customer's shoppersona. In this digital era, to communicate real value, it is necessary to provide meaningful experiences through content that is based on your carefully researched key customer persona. With exploding competition for the customer's time and attention, brands must become the "go to," "top-of-mind" brand name for acquiring that special "persona" humans seek. To ring that bell, as Ivan Pavlov's studies in behavioral conditioning explored, brands must create web content experiences based on knowledge of what will activate the customer's want/need to shop and buy. Brands have always sought to learn how they shop and why they buy; now they must go deeper.
So what do digital marketers need in order to create their behavioral conditioning strategies? Starting with lifestyle and life work, learning your customers' online habits: Do they spend a lot of time online? When: While at work? Only when at home? Any time on the go? For What: Are there categories of products they are more or less likely to shop for online? Where do they get relevant brand information; which blogs do they value; how much do they rely on friends and associates for referrals; what media and devices are they using …?
To gain and keep customers, a brand must align its "positioning conditioning," to establish why the customer should consider changing their brand preference behaviors. Again we ask: How is your brand different and better in terms of what it offers the customer in their managements of life? How do you lead the customer to your touch points and get them to engage with your brand?
If you haven't been thinking about how digital marketing is changing the behavioral conditioning in customer behavior, it may be time to update your knowledge. Specifically why and how potential customers are now shopping and buying. These insights can be used to create content for the new Native Advertising (see our July 2013 blog) that takes a new approach to how media and brands are communicating what products and services a brand can promise and deliver. Digital marketing strategies should concentrate on interactions rather than transactions. The primary goal is to develop new ways to approach your key customers with content that contains sincere concerns for helping them and developing experiences to build a relationship that is based on knowledge of their new behavioral shoppersona.
For more on Online Shopping Habits of Technology Consumers, go to these very interesting and current survey results: http://www.logicbuy.com/features/survey-online-shopping-habits-of-technology-consumers-infographic
Arthur & Peggy Winters co-teach SXB 200 Brand Marketing Communications for Image & Meaning and SXR 050 Intro to Branding: The Art of Customer Bonding.


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Hispanics and Republicans
Recently the Office of Immigration Affairs of the Archdiocese of Chicago recognized Lake County (IL) Sheriff Mark C. Curran [1] for his support of immigration reform. He had once was asked by Tea Partiers for some tough talk on dealing with "illegals," only to get the law 'n' order sheriff speak of the need for comprehensive and compassionate reform. The current level of deportation are only breaking up families of good people and creating much anguish. His experience with the Secure Communities program and Catholic faith led him to believe enforcement is not the real way to fix our failed immigration policies. Needless to say, the sheriff's remarks were unwelcome.
In this current season of Republican presidential debates, aspiring candidates are trying to convince the GOP base who can be nastiest in dealing with immigration. When one doubts the effectiveness of the fence, another proposes to electrify it [2] and post signs warning that it can be deadly. One governor faults another for allowing Dreamers to get a tuition break at state universities and colleges, while another other retorts that his mocker hired undocumented gardeners.
When the bipartisan Kennedy-McCain comprehensive reform failed in the Senate, there was some Republican support for parts of the measure. Some immigration activists still hopes to pass some parts--whether a Dream Act to help young undocumented students or an AgFarmBill to give relief to migrant farm workers. But congressional sponsors insisted on the whole package of reforms. Then came the 2010 congressional election. The GOP rhetoric on immigration became more inflexible, and a last minute attempt to pass a Dream Act failed in the House. GOP politics on immigration has hardened, as the exchange between Governors Perry and Romney last week in Las Vegas demonstrates.
Surprisingly, there are still Hispanic activists in the GOP [3], but they are distraught by the tone of the candidates and fearful that the party is blowing an opportunity to make inroads into Hispanic support for Obama. The president's popularity and approval rating in polls is sinking as fast as in the whole electorate. Yet Hispanics are offended by statements from the GOP presidential field that may affect adversely the whole party ticket. Even Cubans in Florida, generally friendly to Republican on the economy and security, are little put off.
It always surprises me that Republicans throw away Hispanic votes. Perhaps the conservative base still smacks of Anti-Hispanic and anti-Catholic bias. There is much that conservative Republicans have that might seem attractive to some Hispanic. Much of the Hispanic electoral tends to favor the more entrepreneurial, more pro-family and pro-life rhetoric of the GOP, and still others disillusioned and resentful of Obama's inaction on immigration reform. Democrats fear they sit out in 2012. Republicans don't have to win the Hispanic vote, only cut into it as George W. Bush did in 2004.
These days voices of reason and compassion like Sheriff Curran's are lonely in the GOP.


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An outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections from tainted steroid drugs, made by a Framingham medication-compounding company, has killed 39 people from eight states at last count. It is the most deadly disaster from improperly made drugs since 1937, when more than 100 people, mostly children, died from an untested drug used to treat streptococcal infections. A few details about the known victims, most of them older, many of them women, offer a glimpse of the toll.


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Internet Service Providers Must Be Forced to Help Music Industry, Says U2's Band Manager
SAN FRANCISCO, September 7, 2010 - U2's band manager Paul McGuinness has once again lit up the debate over who and what's responsible for the decline of the music industry. In the August edition of British GQ, McGuinness declares: "I am convinced that ISPs are not going to help the music and film industry voluntarily. Some things have got to come with the force of legislation." Keep Reading