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ASP.NET 2.0 Interview Questions - Intermediate Level
Posted by:
Suprotim Agarwal
, on 6/17/2007, in
Interview Questions
The questions mentioned here are usually asked for intermediate users having 2-3 years of relevant ASP.NET experience.
ASP.NET 2.0 Interview Questions – (Intermediate)
The Q&A mentioned over here have been taken from forums, my colleagues and my own experience of conducting interviews. I have tried to mention the contributor wherever possible. If you would like to contribute, kindly use the
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ASP.NET 2.0 Interview Questions - Beginner Level (Part 1)
What is XHTML? Are ASP.NET Pages compliant with XHTML?
In simple words, XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML. XHTML stands for EXtensible Hypertext Markup Language and is a W3C Recommendation.
Yes, ASP.NET 2.0 Pages are XHTML compliant. However the freedom has been given to the user to include the appropriate document type declaration.
More info can be found at
Can I deploy the application without deploying the source code on the server?
Yes. You can obfuscate your code by using a new precompilation process called 'precompilation for deployment'. You can use the aspnet_compiler.exe to precompile a site. This process builds each page in your web application into a single application DLL and some placeholder files. These files can then be deployed to the server.
You can also accomplish the same task using Visual Studio 2005 by using the Build->Publish menu.
Does ViewState affect performance? What is the ideal size of a ViewState? How can you compress a viewstate?
Viewstate stores the state of controls in HTML hidden fields. At times, this information can grow in size. This does affect the overall responsiveness of the page, thereby affecting performance. The ideal size of a viewstate should be not more than 25-30% of the page size.
Viewstate can be compressed to almost 50% of its size. .NET also provides the
to compress viewstate. Another option is explained by Scott Hanselmann over
How can you detect if a viewstate has been tampered?
By setting the EnableViewStateMac to true in the @Page directive. This attribute checks the encoded and encrypted viewstate for tampering.
Can I use different programming languages in the same application?
Yes. Each page can be written with a different programming language in the same application. You can create a few pages in C# and a few in VB.NET.
Can the App_Code folder contain source code files in different programming languages?
No. All source code files kept in the root App_Code folder must be in the same programming language.
Update: However, you can create two subfolders inside the App_Code and then add both C# and VB.NET in the respective subfolders. You also have to add configuration settings in the web.config for this to work.
How do you secure your connection string information?
By using the
Protected Configuration feature.
How do you secure your configuration files to be accessed remotely by unauthorized users?
ASP.NET configures IIS to deny access to any user that requests access to the Machine.config or Web.config files.
How can I configure ASP.NET applications that are running on a remote machine?
You can use the Web Site Administration Tool to configure remote websites.
How many web.config files can I have in an application?
You can keep multiple web.config files in an application. You can place a Web.config file inside a folder or wherever you need (apart from some exceptions) to override the configuration settings that are inherited from a configuration file located at a higher level in the hierarchy.
I have created a configuration setting in my web.config and have kept it at the root level. How do I prevent it from being overridden by another web.config that appears lower in the hierarchy?
By setting the element's Override attribute to false.
What is the difference between Response.Write and Response.Output.Write?
As quoted by Scott Hanselman,
the short answer is that the latter gives you String.Format-style output and the former doesn't.
To get a detailed explanation, follow this
What is Cross Page Posting? How is it done?
By default, ASP.NET submits a form to the same page. In cross-page posting, the form is submitted to a different page. This is done by setting the 'PostBackUrl' property of the button(that causes postback) to the desired page. In the code-behind of the page to which the form has been posted, use the '
method of the '
property to reference the data of the control in the first page.
Can you change a Master Page dynamically at runtime? How?
Yes. To change a master page, set the MasterPageFile property to point to the .master page during the PreInit page event.
How do you apply Themes to an entire application?
By specifying the theme in the web.config file.
Eg: <configuration>
<pages theme="BlueMoon" />
How do you exclude an ASP.NET page from using Themes?
To remove themes from your page, use the EnableTheming attribute of the Page directive.
Your client complains that he has a large form that collects user input. He wants to break the form into sections, keeping the information in the forms related. Which control will you use?
The ASP.NET Wizard Control.
To learn more about this control, visit this
Do webservices support data reader?
No. However it does support a dataset.
What is use of the AutoEventWireup attribute in the Page directive ?
The AutoEventWireUp is a boolean attribute that allows
automatic wireup of page events when this attribute is set to true on the page
. It is set to True by default for a C# web form whereas it is set as False for VB.NET forms. Pages developed with Visual Studio .NET have this attribute set to false, and page events are individually tied to handlers.
What happens when you change the web.config file at run time?
ASP.NET invalidates the existing cache and assembles a new cache. Then ASP.NET automatically restarts the application to apply the changes.
Can you programmatically access IIS configuration settings?
Yes. You can use ADSI, WMI, or COM interfaces to configure IIS programmatically.
How does Application Pools work in IIS 6.0?
As explained under the
IIS documentation
, when you run IIS 6.0 in worker process isolation mode, you can separate different Web applications and Web sites into groups known as
application pools
. An
application pool
is a group of one or more URLs that are served by a worker process or set of worker processes. Any Web directory or virtual directory can be assigned to an application pool.
Every application within an application pool shares the same worker process. Because each worker process operates as a separate instance of the worker process executable, W3wp.exe, the worker process that services one application pool is separated from the worker process that services another. Each separate worker process provides a process boundary so that when an application is assigned to one application pool, problems in other application pools do not affect the application. This ensures that if a worker process fails, it does not affect the applications running in other application pools.
Use multiple application pools when you want to help ensure that applications and Web sites are confidential and secure. For example, an enterprise organization might place its human resources Web site and its finance Web site on the same server, but in different application pools. Likewise, an ISP that hosts Web sites and applications for competing companies might run each companys Web services on the same server, but in different application pools. Using different application pools to isolate applications helps prevent one customer from accessing, changing, or using confidential information from another customers site.
In HTTP.sys, an application pool is represented by a
request queue
, from which the user-mode worker processes that service an application pool collect the requests. Each pool can manage requests for one or more unique Web applications, which you assign to the application pool based on their URLs. Application pools, then, are essentially worker process configurations that service groups of namespaces.
Multiple application pools can operate at the same time. An application, as defined by its URL, can only be served by one application pool at any time. While one application pool is servicing a request, you cannot route the request to another application pool. However, you can assign applications to another application pool while the server is running.
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In App_Code folder we can have source code from different languages by creating sub directory inside the app_Code folder.
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"Can the App_Code folder contain source code files in different programming languages?
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Yes it can! You can configure it in the web.config file, and you will need to sperate the different lanugages into different folders ie:
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<WebMethod()> _
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Dim strquery As String = "Select * from vi_Country"
Dim samplesource As New List(Of CascadingDropDownNameValue)
Dim dr As SqlDataReader = SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("VisionConnString").ToString(), CommandType.Text, strquery)
While dr.Read
Dim cCountryId = dr("couCountryId").ToString()
Dim countryname = dr("couCountryName").ToString()
samplesource.Add(New CascadingDropDownNameValue(countryname, cCountryId))
End While
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Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
End Try
End Function
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February 2014 - In this issue
- Climate communications network seeks volunteers
- 2014 Space Weather Workshop
- Deadline: large requests for NCAR computing resources
- Apply now for AMS Summer Policy Colloquium
- NCAR and laboratory/program annual reports
- New from COMET: Oil spill observing, remote sensing basics, hydrology downscaling, writing TAFs
- Current job openings at UCAR
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Climate communications network seeks volunteers
"Climate Voices – A Science Speakers Network" will be launched this spring as a new initiative of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and the United Nations Foundation. The goal is to bring scientists and their local communities together for real dialogue on climate science that speaks to citizens' current and future well-being and responsibility as members of a community and democracy. Materials for context-setting presentations will be offered, as will coaching regarding how to begin conversations about climate change with fellow citizens. Venues for such conversations will be local institutions such as service organizations (Rotary, for example), faith-based institutions, chambers of commerce, etc.
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Below are details on new online publications available from UCP/COMET. Please see the accompanying Web link for more details. To see all modules, including recent translations, please visit MetEd's module list.
An Introduction to Observing Oil from Helicopters and Planes
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Basics of Visible and Infrared Remote Sensing
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An Introduction to the Downscaled Climate and Hydrology Projections Website
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6JSC/ISSN/2 Major title changes for serials in Chinese, Japanese and Korean (RDA 220.127.116.11.1, ISBD A.2.6.1 and ISSN 2.3.1), discussion paper about the "first five words" rule
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A good start on the discussion of this issue. I'm not yet convinced we should abandon the "first five words" concept since it does eliminate the need to create many new descriptions for serials, and definitely not sure the concepts of "function words" and "ancillary elements" are a good substitute. Such an approach might devolve into a cataloger's take on what words they consider important or not, which perhaps may be okay. Comments by CRCC members below. -- Adolfo (CRS Liaison) 8-23-2012
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I'm hesitant about this proposal. I think the terms "content elements/words" and "function word/ancillary element" are really fuzzy. I think really good definitions and examples are needed. -- C. Genereux
I think 6JSC/ISSN/2 is worth exploring, but I think that trying to define content words vs. the first five words approach will be difficult. The proposal is a little confusing as it's currently written, it will need some refinement. -- S. Kelley
... as long as definitions/examples for content vs. function elements can be given and explained in cataloging rules, and the rules would then be applicable to more language groups, it would help with wider adoption of RDA. It is good to explore these options. -- P. Fletcher
I have my doubts about abandoning the "first five words" principle, but exploring our options as proposed in this discussion paper sounds like a good idea. -- R. Rendall
The example in the discussion paper "tou" means "etc.". Grammatically it is adverb, but can adding "etc." be considered minor change even according to the current AACR2 rule(cf.126.96.36.199.2 viii), because it is no significant change in the subject matter? I agree with Peter. This discussion would be applicable to other languages than CJK also. -- H. Nakano
NLM's Japanese cataloger disagreed with the contention that the addition of a suffix would always be a minor change. In his opinion, it could change a scope of title, leading to a major title change. For example, a suffix, "tou" ("tō" in ALA Romanization table) in Japanese title on page 3, it changes the scope. The title means "Report and recommendation about employee's salary." The suffix "tou" means "and so on" or "also" in this title. So, the title changes to "Report and recommendation about employee salary and so on." This implies the scope is of the journal expanded to other subjects (not only employee salary).
Regarding the two options presented in this paper, NLM prefers option 2.
-- Glennan (PCC) for NLM 8/31/12
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ACOC: Text of response
ACOC supports a revision, offers some additional comments.
LC: Text of response
LC indicates willingness to entertain a proposal to reconsider the "first five words" rule.
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Bedenbaugh not going to accept complacency
MORGANTOWN - Under the category of What a Difference a Week Makes, we bring you West Virginia's offensive line.
Nearly as equally as it was praised for its play in the opening game against Marshall, WVU's 1,562 pounds of up-front muscle was roundly criticized for lapses in Game 2 against James Madison.
So which is it? Are these guys something akin to the Seven Blocks of Granite - a Fordham reference from the 1930s for the youngsters - or as porous as the Seven Seas?
Well, in truth probably something in between.
"No, we didn't do a lot of good things,'' left guard Josh Jenkins admitted. "We got some things [from James Madison] that we weren't ready for. They blitzed a lot more than we thought they'd blitz and sometimes that's hard to pick up on the run.
"But we just try not to let it bother us. We're not going to be able to please him all the time and we know that. It's not going to be perfect every week, but we just have to keep getting better.''
The "he'' in that sentence, of course, is offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh, from whom much of the criticism of his own offensive line flowed. That's the same Bedenbaugh who tempered his praise of the O-linemen after the Marshall game only in the sense that he left them room to improve.
And, in truth, Bedenbaugh didn't exactly lambast his linemen in the wake of the James Madison game. He merely pointed out some obvious deficiencies. It's only in comparison to that first-game praise that it seems harsh.
"I don't think they took plays off or gave bad effort or anything like that,'' Bedenbaugh said. "I think they got complacent and felt, 'Well, this is going to be easy.' And James Madison wasn't going to let it be easy.''
Indeed, James Madison, which is not to be confused with many - or even any - of the teams West Virginia will face from here on out, gave West Virginia's offensive line fits at times. The Dukes blitzed far more than expected, managed to hit quarterback Geno Smith a couple of times (although not for a sack) and for the most part bottled up the running game, including a rather embarrassing safety.
And while it is easy to rationalize the play of the offensive line through statistics, that's not what Bedenbaugh saw.
"We don't care how many yards we had, how many points,'' Bedenbaugh said. "If you look at the stat sheet from an offensive line standpoint, that's crazy. We gave up no sacks, we rushed for about five or six yards a carry [actually it was 4.7] and you think, 'That's pretty good.' No, it wasn't. It wasn't good enough. That stuff doesn't matter. You've got to compete with yourself and play the best that you can every snap.''
Again, that's a far cry from the praise Bedenbaugh and just about everyone else heaped upon the crew of Jenkins, Joe Madsen, Jeff Braun, Quinton Spain and Pat Eger in the two weeks between the Marshall and JMU games. After several years of perceived mediocrity from the offensive line, it appeared this season would be different.
And perhaps it still will be. After all, a coach would never use the media just to light a fire under his players, right? Bedenbaugh would never look around and see how everyone outside the program was jumping on the bandwagon and say to himself, "Hey, these guys need to be brought back down to earth just a bit.''
Or would he?
"The expectations on the outside may be high and these kids may be getting talked to and told how good they are,'' Bedenbaugh said. "But honestly - and I know they're kids - that shouldn't matter. If they tell you how bad you are it shouldn't matter, either.
"The only thing they have to worry about is coming in here every day and preparing and practicing the right way, which they've done. And now it's got to carry over to the field and finishing. Don't get complacent.''
Well, if complacency was an issue against James Madison, that's not likely to be the case this week when the Mountaineers play Maryland. The Terps don't come into this game with a defense ranked 110th in the country in points allowed (Marshall) or one better suited to defending the likes of FCS opponents (JMU).
Instead, Maryland brings the nation's No. 8 unit in total defense and a front seven that includes All-America tackle Joe Vellano and linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield, the ACC's active leader in career tackles.
That should provide more incentive to play hard than facing an FCS team in the second half of a game in which the score was already out of hand, right?
"Yeah, but it shouldn't be [that way],'' Bedenbaugh said. "You only get so many opportunities to play in a game. It doesn't matter what the score is, it doesn't matter what the time on the clock is. You get that opportunity to get better.
"And you're not just playing for that game. Obviously that's the most important thing, but you should constantly be trying to improve for the next week and the next week.''
No one is saying the offensive line played all that poorly against JMU, but it was a far cry from the excellence exhibited against Marshall. Jenkins pointed to little things that weren't done right, all of which can be easily fixed. Bedenbaugh talked of how his linemen knew they didn't play well, saying, "They were disappointed. They were embarrassed.''
The bottom line, though, is that average isn't going to be accepted. And even if it is close to perfect, Bedenbaugh isn't going to settle for that, either.
"That's a hard guy to please, which is fine,'' Jenkins said. "He expects nothing but greatness. So if we're not great, it's not going to be good enough.''
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Teens allegedly used stolen credit card to rent $12 million vacation home
How did millions charged to card go unnoticed?
CALIFORNIA - It's good to enjoy a vacation from time to time -- that is, it's good as long as you didn't break any laws to get there.
The whole "stealing is illegal" thing didn't seem to faze two California teenagers, who are accused of using a stolen credit card to rent a $240,000 sports car and $12 million vacation home, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Whoever owns the allegedly stolen card has a heck of a credit limit: It cost $13,000 to rent an orange McLaren sports car and $27,000 to book the vacation home. Amazingly, it wasn't the credit card use that led police to the joy-riding teens -- police tracked them down after the sports car, though it had apparently been rented by the pair, was reported stolen. The car and the vacation rental had been charged earlier in the week.
Mohannad Halaweh and Nhimia Kahsay, both 19, were pulled over in Roseland, Calif., on June 4, and both were arrested. Halaweh faces charges of possessing stolen property and credit card fraud; Kahsay is expected to face charges related to the incident, but at the time of his arrest, he was booked on outstanding fraud warrants.
It's hard to imagine $40,000 of luxury rental expenses going unnoticed, but that's what happens when no one is keeping an eye on credit activity. Credit card fraud and identity theft can be very damaging -- here are just a few examples -- but the good news is it's very easy to watch out for such things: Many card issuers offer the option of setting spending alerts. It's also incredibly easy to check card activity, given the availability of smartphones and mobile banking apps.
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You (my loyal readers/viewers) will remember my trip to Copenhagen in November last year. Mikael and I shot quite a few photos, go see this, this, this, this, this, this & this to refresh your memory. :)
Since then there was one real loose end…the video of one of Mikael's life long dreams: racing a real Amsterdammer.
Well, you guessed it, he finally got to edit it and put it up. I then inserted parts of my own footage, to cover all angles, so here's my Redux of:
The World's First Copenhagen Invitational Slow Bicycle Race. At the Slowodrome on the Copenhagen Harbour.
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|Compact Compliance Pipeline rejected but meeting continued
|Written by Tony Rayl, The Yuma Pioneer
Kansas and Nebraska formally rejected Colorado's plans for a compact compliance pipeline, Tuesday morning, but it appears there is hope the states are getting closer to resolving their various issues.
That is due to the fact that, instead of Colorado immediately calling for arbitration after Tuesday's vote, State Engineer Dick Wolfe called for a continuation of the special meeting to a yet-determined date in two to three weeks. Kansas and Nebraska each agreed to the continuation.
Tuesday's telephone gathering was an official meeting of the Republican River Compact Administration (RRCA). Wolfe is Colorado's commissioner on the RRCA. His counterparts in Kansas and Nebraska, David Barfield and Brian Dunningan, respectively, are the other commissioners.
All three were on the phone Tuesday. There were sites set up in all three states from where the public could listen in, and also make comments. The Colorado sites were in Wray and Burlington. A group of about 20 crowded into a meeting room at the Wray Ambulance Building.
Dennis Coryell, president of the Republican River Water Conservation District Board of Directors, was at the Burlington site and was among those who spoke.
He urged the commissioners to allow construction of the pipeline, which must receive approval from the RRCA, which is the administrative board of the Republican River Compact. Coryell noted the pipeline funding has been in place for a while now.
"Give us the green light…we really, really need to move forward with this pipeline so Colorado is in compliance," he said.
Tim Pautler, a RRWCD board member, also spoke from Burlington, urging for approval of the pipeline. He noted the increased assessment fee to pay for the pipeline is in place, but the property owners who are seeing the big tax bills are not seeing the project happening.
Wolfe had listed the numerous entities that had sent letters of support for the pipeline project. Yuma County and the Yuma County Water Authority somehow were not included, so Commissioner Robin Wiley, speaking from Wray, made it clear both entities fully supported the project.
Terry Hall of Y-W Electric, also in Wray, noted the cooperative was not listed among the supporters. He said large portion of Y-W's business is supplying power to irrigation wells, and it would be devastating to the cooperative if wells had to be shut down because the pipeline was not approved.
Byron Weathers, sitting in at Wray, is a local farmer and president of the Colorado Corn Growers. He said 70 percent of Colorado's corn production is in the Republican River Basin, and it would have a severe impact on the state's economy if that production was dried up.
One gentlemen speaking from McCook, Nebraska, said he heads a water district in that area. He said 40 percent of the farming water is supposed to come from Swanson Reservoir, but there has not been any release from Swanson for years because Colorado is illegally diverting water. He said Colorado should shut down wells if the pipeline is not approved.
In the end, it came down to the three state engineers. Dunningan of Nebraska said the state supports Colorado's efforts to receive approval. However, Nebraska still has issues with protecting the surface water users along the Haigler Canal, and limiting the volume of water delivered by the pipeline as Nebraska then is responsible for sending on the water to Kansas, and there will be evaporation in the process.
Barfield recognized Colorado's "significant" efforts to get into compliance. However, significant concerns remain for Kansas, particularly in regards to sub-basin compliance along the South Fork of the Republican River.
"For this reason, Kansas will be voting 'No'," Barfield said. He added, though, that Kansas believes the states can continue to find a resolution for the pipeline plan.
Wolfe said Colorado recognizes there are issues still not resolved, but Colorado was ready to entertain a motion to approve the pipeline. Barfield approved the motion, then he and Dunningan voted against, while Wolfe voted in favor.
Wolfe then requested the meeting be continued for two to three weeks, with the states continuing negotiations in the interim. Kansas and Nebraska agreed to the continuation.
The specific date will be announced at a later date, after the parties involved can coordinate when all three will be available.


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|On the road again
|Written by Darci Tomky
"I'm here to win souls for God and live a slower-paced life."
Randy Boehmer hit the road four and a half years ago with a couple covered wagons and his five mules: Frank, Jesse, Dick, Jack and Butch. Now, 20 states and dozens of newspaper interviews later, he's got his routine down pat.
The Belgium draft mules pull the wagon, while Boeh-mer—the mule skinner—drives them down the road. They stay north in the summer and south in the winter, with almost all the comforts of home right there in the wagon.
Boehmer has a wood-burning stove, LED lights, solar panels, fans, a cell phone, a radio and practically running water. He said it takes about 4-6 hours a day to get the mules ready to say "giddy-up."
Randy Boehmer and his mules Frank, Jesse, Dick, Jack and Butch have been traveling the country the past four and a half years, with their wagons proudly proclaiming "Jesus saves."
—Enterprise photo
He might have been seen coming from Haxtun on Highway 6 Friday, Sept. 28, before he camped for the weekend at Phillips County Fairgrounds. He then headed out on Highway 385.
The things that can't be missed about Boehmer are his bold signs on his wagons, clearly stating "Jesus saves." He described himself as an evangelistic preacher of the gospel. "The wagon pretty much says it all," he said.
So why a covered wagon? "Mules bring a lot of people to me," he said, noting on the wagon people can see the name of the one that can save them from their sins.
Boehmer, who is from Ash Fork, Ariz., said he's not retired, but God provides.
When Boehmer's mom died, he and his brother were cleaning out her garage. His sister told them that whatever they didn't want would be hauled to the dump. "At that time, I saw the futility of chasing the things of the world. There's got to be more to life than this."
Boehmer's wife died from cancer, and her last words were, "Life here on earth is short compared to eternity."
He started to read his Bible to find out about this God that had her soul. He found out he needed to turn from his sins and ask God to save him.
Boehmer attended a non-denominational Bible school for two years, and in preparation for his trip, he shoed horses for seven months.
He simply stated, "I bought mules, built the wagons and hit the road." And he's still going strong four years and six months later.
Randy Boehmer is seen along Highway 6 west of Holyoke last week
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Animal rights activists have launched an online petition to ban Metallica from headlining the Glastonbury festival in England at the end of June over frontman James Hetfield's love of hunting.
The "Enter Sandman" singer will narrate a new TV series that chronicles bear hunting in Alaska and now a Facebook page, entitled 'Remove Metallica From Glastonbury Festival For Their Support Of Bear Hunting,' has popped up, generating over 10,000 'likes' since it was created on May 25.
The post accompanying the petition reads: "This page is an appeal to Glastonbury to remove Metallica from their lineup. We believe James Hetfield's support of big-game hunting is incompatible with the spirit of Glastonbury and brings its good name into disrepute."
The page administrator adds, "I doubt very much that James Hetfield is the first high-profile big-game hunter to grace the stages… I do, however, doubt that any of them have had a prime time History (Channel) show promoting his view that hunting is a good thing to do, on at the same time. This double exposure gives his views extra publicity and acceptability, and this is where we can have an effect… This is about raising awareness and making both Metallica and Glastonbury aware of what appears to be a large number of people's disapproval."
Hetfield's new show "The Hunt" premieres on June 8.
Metallica will become the first heavy metal act to headline Glastonbury when they take the stage on June 28.


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General comments on the Completed RDA draft including cover letter
Chapter 0, General Introduction
Section 1, Recording attributes of manifestation and item, Ch. 1-4
Section 2, Recording attributes of work and expression, Ch. 5-7
Section 3, Recording attributes of person, family, and corporate body, Ch. 8-11
Section 4, Recording attributes of concept, object, event, place, Ch. 12-16
Section 5, Recording primary relationships between WEMI, Ch. 17
Section 6, Recording relationships to PFCB associated with a resource, Ch. 18-22
Section 7, Recording subject relationships, Ch. 23 (not developed)
Section 8, Recording relationships between WEMI, Ch. 24-28
Section 9, Recording relationships between PFCB, Ch. 29-32
Section 10, Recording relationships between COEP, Ch. 33-37 (not developed)
Appendix D. Record syntaxes for descriptive data
Appendix E. Record syntaxes for access point control data
Appendix F. Additional instructions on names of persons
Appendix G. Titles of nobility, terms of rank, etc.
Appendix H. Dates in the Christian calendar
Appendix I. Relationship designators: Relationships between a resource & PFCB
Appendix J. Relationship designators: Relationships between WEMI
Appendix K. Relationship designators: Relationships between PFCB
Appendix L. Relationship designators: Relationships between COEP (not developed)


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Only local folders come up under Address Book:
Creating a new Address book DOES show a separate address book list:
Settings for my personal address book:
Importing into personal e-mail does NOT show Address Books/contact folder:
Importing same file into local folders comes up with local address books only:
Thanks for any help.
Edit: This issue, by the way, occurs on two completely different machines. One is Windows 8 HP Tower with an AMD A8 processor, another is Windows 7 Toshiba Satellite laptop with an Intel i3 processor.


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Conservation Partnerships in Africa, PARKS Volume 13 No. 1 (joint issue with CEESP/TILCEPA)
The papers in this volume offer a glimpse of the historical 'disentangling' of African protected areas from the old protectionist approach into a more 'open' and collaborative management style, along the road to real partnerships.
Local communities and protected areas, PARKS Volume 12 No. 2, 2002. (joint issue with CEESP/TILCEPA)
This issue of PARKS has been guest edited by TILCEPA/CMWG members and produced as part of the CEESP/ WCPA collaboration. It contains the article on "rethinking the relationship between indigenous and local communities and protected areas" that proposes a new "governance type" dimension for the IUCN protected area category system, and thus a formal recognition of Community Conserved Areas.
CM News - Issue No. 8 November 2004, joint issue with Policy Matters no. 13, History, Culture and Conservation
CM News - Issue No. 7 September 2003, joint issue with Policy Matters Issue No. 12, Community Empowerment for Conservation
CM News - Issue No. 6 September 2002, joint issue with Policy Matters Issue No. 10, Sustainable Livelihoods and Co-management of Natural Resources
CM News - Issue No. 5 October 2001, Newsletter of the IUCN Collaborative Management Working Group
CM News - Issue No. 4 September 2000, Newsletter of the IUCN Collaborative Management Working Group
CM News - Issue No. 3 December 1999, Newsletter of the IUCN Collaborative Management Working Group
COMANEJO - Una reflexión conceptual desde Coope Sol i Dar R. L.
Patricia Madrigal Coldero, Vivienne Solis Rivera
Este documento tiene como objetivo el servir como un vehículo de información sobre la discusión que se ha dado a nivel global, regional y local, en torno a la participación de diferentes sectores sociales en la conservación de las áreas protegidas.
Innovative Governance: Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Protected Areas
Eds. Hanna Jaireth and Dermot Smyth. Ane Books, New Delhi, 2003.
Innovative Governance: Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Protected Areas analyses progressive laws and policies for protected areas and aims to promote law reform and policy transfer by public and private institutions and individuals across jurisdictions.
The book explores diverse innovations in protected area governance globally. Adrian Phillips's introductory chapter highlights various innovations exemplified in later chapters. These include the wide range of actors that can now designate and manage protected areas, particularly community conserved areas (CCAs); the broader scale being taken to the designation and management of protected areas (embracing bioregional planning, multiple tenures and transboundary jurisdictions); and the extension of the concept of protected areas to include lived-in productive landscapes.
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Learning by doing in Co-Management of Natural Resources throughout the World
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Community Conserved Areas: A Review of Status and Needs in Melanesia and Polynesia
Lead Author Hugh Govan (2009)
Melanesia and Polynesia have seen an impressive increase in the number of marine protected areas over the last decade almost entirely due to the implementation or recognition of Community Conserved Areas (CCAs)based on regional assets in the form of traditional tenure and governance mechanisms. The same time period has seen the virtual demise of any other form of marine protected area in the independent countries of the South Pacific. CCAs account for over 500 sites covering over 12,000 km2 of which more than 1,000 km2 is no-take. The challenge for policy-makers, scientists, government and non government institutions is to move beyond the emphasis on protected areas in isolation and support and promote this de-centralized Island way as a vital foundation in a truly regional approach to Integrated Island Management that can address the pressing issues
associated with sustaining the region's biodiversity and livelihoods.
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Indigenous and Local Communites and Protected Areas Guidelines - Guidance on policy and practice for Co-managed Protected Areas and Community Conserved Areas
Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Ashish Kothari and Gonzalo Oviedo, with inputs from Marco Bassi, Peter Bille Larsen, Maurizio Farhan Ferrari, Diane Pansky and Neema Pathak. Adrian Phillips, Series Editor.
An open and flexible guide to engaging indigenous peoples and local communities in protected area management. It includes clear concepts and concrete advice for policy at the national, landscape and site level, and ushers better recognition and protection of existing Community Conserved Areas – a marvellous world--wide conservation asset in great jeopardy today.
Author(s): Convention on Biological Diversity (with contributions from TILCEPA co-chairs, Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend and Ashish Kothari)
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Participatory Conservation : Paradigm Shifts in International Policy, IUCN, TILCEPA and Kalpavriksh
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Local communities, equity and conservation in southern Africa: A synthesis of lessons learnt and recommendations from a southern African technical workshop
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Report from the 'Communities and Conservation in Southern Africa: Key Issues and Challenges Towards a More Equitable and Sustainable Future' workshop, constituted as the Southern African chapter of TILCEPA (the IUCN Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas), to prepare for the World Parks Congress to be held in September 2003
Contents and Foreword
Statement on local communities, equity and protected areas in community-conserved areas (CCAs), co-managed protected areas (CMPAs) and protected areas (PAs); & Lessons learnt and recommendations from a Southern African technical workshop
Annexure 1: Edited versions of the papers
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Here's the link to the Big 12 Conference about the "deal".
Listen To Dan Beebe Teleconference - Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site
It should be starting any minute. Elevator music until then.
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Man Beebe is really good with the violin
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Nice music
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Accept the truth
It's starting now!
Originally Posted by tman24
Man Beebe is really good with the violin
a lot of practice fiddling while the conference burned..
This TV deal better be good.
Sounds like Texas Tech hasn't committed yet.
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I would like to ask you Mr. Beebe, why you seemingly are in over your head when it comes to negotiating on behalf of ALL BIG 12 member universities?
As a follow up,
How in the world did you ever get to the position that you are in?
And TT thinks they want Pac Ten as the 12th member? Cowards.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
Originally Posted by gocubs2118
This TV deal better be good.
Beebe just confirmed that No TV Deal is currently in place.
Originally Posted by rworkman83
Beebe just confirmed that No TV Deal is currently in place.
Ya, I'm not too happy about that. Where is this 17 million coming from then?
Has he said what he is going to do after he is canned?
Originally Posted by gocubs2118
Sounds like Texas Tech hasn't committed yet.
They can be replaced and nobody would miss them.
Says projection is that FOX, ABC and others are highly interested in driving the rights fees up when it is time to renegotiate the new deal.
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Uhhhhh we are under contract with ESPN/ABC until 2015? So no new tv deal until then? This is messed up.
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|Colglazier, Mailander attend Presidential Inauguration and share their unique experiences
|Written by April Peregoy
Millions of people around the world watched as President Barack Obama took the Oath of Office during the Presidential Inauguration on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Though many would have loved to be in the crowd at Washington, D.C. that day, most had to be content with watching the event on TV. Not so, however, for two fortunate people who were among the two million in attendance at the inauguration and who were willing to share their experiences with The Holyoke Enterprise.
Megan Colglazier, daughter of Harvey and Nancy Colglazier and a junior at Holyoke High School, was in attendance as a member of the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference. Also there was Laura Mailander, daughter of Paul and Teresa Mailander and a former Holyoke resident who is now a school teacher in Chicago.
Though they were at the inauguration for different reasons, both described a very similar experience, reporting the feelings of hope, enthusiasm and togetherness that were expressed throughout the large crowd.
Megan Colglazier
Colglazier's adventure began back in March when she received an invitation from the Congressional Youth Leadership Council to attend the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference. "Not knowing the outcome of the election at that time, or the historic event this would turn out to be, I accepted and began making plans to attend," she said.
As a junior high student, Colglazier attended the 2005 Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C., so this was not her first trip to the city. In 2006, she had also attended the National Leaders State Conference in Denver.
Colglazier was among 7,500 other high school scholars in attendance at the conference, as well as 4,000 college students. The gigantic group took up 300 buses and over 60 hotels.
"Meeting students on the trip was very easy, and the groups were broken up in only 20 scholars and 50 kids on a bus at a time," she said.
Colglazier left for D.C. on Saturday, Jan. 17, and conference activities began that night after she got there. They lasted through Tuesday night, and Colglazier returned home Wednesday, Jan. 21.
Besides the inauguration activities they attended, much of the conference took place on the University of Maryland campus. Here, the young leaders learned about the role of the presidency now and in the past, presidential campaigns, inaugurations and held in-depth debates.
Speakers at the youth conference included historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, journalist Lisa Ling, General Colin Powell, Al Gore and South Africa's Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Colglazier said her favorite was Tutu. "He was influential and a good speaker," she said. She especially enjoyed the way he ended his speech.
"He left us by saying that he is proud to live in America today because it is in good hands. Then he paused and we all expected that he meant Obama's hands. But then he said, 'America is in the hands of the youth leaders.'"
Activities outside the University included a drive through D.C.'s historic areas, a dinner cruise along the Potomac River and a tour of the Newseum.
"The highlight of the Newseum for me," said Colglazier, "was that one floor out of six was dedicated to 9/11. This floor included headline newspapers from around the world, a theatre showing video clips from that day and thousands of pictures. There were also artifacts from the Twin Towers."
On Sunday, Jan. 18, conference members attended the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, featuring the "We Are One" themed concert. It featured performers such as Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Garth Brooks.
However, the highlight of the entire trip for Colglazier was the inauguration itself. Most of the conference members, she said, stood behind the Lincoln Memorial, but she and a friend were able to stand in the Silver Ticket area. "It was closer to the Capitol than I had ever imagined," she said.
The entire area was packed with people. "There were people standing up on blocks and posts, and sitting on each other's shoulders so they could see what was going on."
Despite the large crowd though, she felt very safe. "I was expecting with that many people there would be some kind of violence or protesting, but everyone was completely supportive. There was no violence or arrests. It was fun to see so many people so excited and happy."
When asked about the chilly temperatures that day, she responded it was cold, but not as cold as she was expecting it to be. "There were kids there from, like, Florida, Arizona and California who didn't handle it very well, though," she said.
Following the inauguration, conference members were supposed to watch the Inaugural Parade, but it was running behind and the group had to head back to the hotel to prepare for that night's activities.
The culmination of the conference was the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference Black Tie Gala Inaugural Ball and Dinner, held at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Headlining the gala was the hit band Daughtry. Guys wore tuxes and women were expected to wear formals, according to Colglazier.
Though she returned home Wednesday tired and feeling like the last few days had been a blur, Colglazier said each day of the trip was worth it.
"This trip taught me more about the election, inauguration, past presidents and President Obama in five days than I could have learned over a lifetime," said Colglazier. "Being able to attend this conference was a once in a lifetime experience and it was unforgettable. It was more than reading books and listening to speakers; it was knowing that I was attending a part of history that made me truly intrigued through the whole trip."
Laura Mailander
As a teacher at an African-American school in Chicago, Mailander and her students have been following the presidential election closely. "Having an African-American run for and then elected president has meant so much to them," she explained. "I knew as soon as he was elected that I wanted to be there for them."
To Mailander, attending the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. was a way for her to connect with her students as well as bring the event closer to home for them.
This was not a real touristy trip for her, as she had been to the capital before and there was not enough time for much sightseeing. Nor was it the first time she had seen Obama speak, having attended his election celebration at Grant Park in November.
It was a fast and furious trip for Mailander and the seven other teachers from her school who drove down together. Leaving Saturday and driving through the night, they made it to D.C. in time on Sunday, Jan. 18 to catch the "We Are One" concert at the Washington Mall.
Monday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—a day that Obama had asked Americans to devote to service. Mailander and her fellow teachers heeded the call. They spent the day doing service projects around the city, including picking up trash and donating blood.
On the big day, Mailander said it took a very long time to get into the city. The group was staying with the family of one of her companions, who lived just outside D.C. Traffic was terrible, but the group managed to make their way in time to get a fairly good position.
"We were right by the Washington Monument," she said. "We couldn't really make out individuals, but we could see the pool and the stage. It was a great view, considering."
Being there in the middle of all the excitement was an experience Mailander found hard to describe. "It was amazing being surrounded by such a wide variety of people—old, young, every ethnicity. Everyone was so happy; people were hugging each other and cheering. Enthusiasm and hope penetrated the mood. There was such a feeling of togetherness—that everyone was there to celebrate with and support Obama."
The moment was made even more profound for her when she discovered she was standing next to a large group of people who had marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the 1960s.
"It was pretty incredible to see them there, knowing what they had been through and what that day must have meant to them. You realize how far we have come. I just stood there soaking in all the history surrounding me."
In order to be at work the next day, Mailander and her colleagues had to leave immediately after the inauguration speech. When she returned, she shared her experiences with her students, who had watched the event on TV in school the day before.
"Many of them have never even left their neighborhoods, so I spent a lot of time just trying to explain to them how big two million people is and what that looks like," she said.
She also showed them her photos, talked with them about Obama's speech and then the class tried to put themselves in the shoes of Obama's daughters by trying to imagine what it would be like if their dads were president.
"To many of my students, Obama is a hero," said Mailander. "They are proud of him for being President, being a good speaker and a good father."