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The West Village is one of my most favorite places to walk around. There are so many lovely little parks in New York City, people probably do not think of that in a big city. This is the fabulous Abingdon Square and we really enjoyed it on a bright sunny day. Here is some history on the park from the NYC Parks and Recreation Dept:
Abingdon Square Park shares its lineage with some of Greenwich Village's earliest European landowners and social figures. Sir Peter Warren entered the British Navy as a volunteer in 1717 and rose to the rank of vice-admiral after an impressive tour of duty in such locales as the African coast, the Baltic Sea, the West Indies, and North America, where he fought in the French and Indian War. By 1744 he had purchased a three hundred acre farm in the area known as Greenwich—extending along the Hudson River from what is now Christopher Street north to about West 21st Street and bounded on the east by Minetta Brook and Bowery Lane (now Broadway). Sir Peter and his wife Susannah De Lancey lived in a manor house with a large formal garden in the area now bounded by West 4th, Bleecker, Charles, and Perry Streets.
Their eldest daughter Charlotte married Willoughby Bertie, the Fourth Earl of Abingdon, and a share of the Warren estate was part of her dowry. Her portion included the land that came to be known as Abingdon Square. In 1794 the City Council changed the designation of streets and places with British names in order to reflect American independence. Nonetheless, the name of Abingdon Square was preserved, because the Earl and his wife had sympathized with the American patriots, and he had argued in Parliament against British policy in the colonies. The Goodrich Plan of Manhattan drawn in 1827 depicts Abingdon Square as a trapezoidal parcel between Eighth Avenue and Bank, Hudson, and Troy (later West 12th) Streets.
On March 4, 1831 the Common Council resolved that the ground called Abingdon Square should be "enclosed as a public park" and appropriated $3000 "for the expense thereof." The City acquired the parcel on April 22 and enclosed it with a cast iron fence in 1836. About fifty years later, Mayor Abram S. Hewitt promoted a citywide effort to improve public access to green spaces. Parks superintendent Samuel Parsons Jr. and consulting architect Calvert Vaux collaborated on a new design for Abingdon Square. The iron gateposts at the West 12th Street entrance may have been introduced at this time. "Abingdon Square has been so long crowded with fine trees that a winding walk ending in a little plaza, and bordered by a few shrubs and little bedding was all that could be satisfactorily done," wrote Parsons in 1892, "Shrubs and flowers would not thrive in such deep shade."
Nonetheless, school children planted a garden plot at Abingdon Square Park in 1913 and "took entire charge of the garden, raising the flower from seed." In 1921, twenty thousand spectators gathered in and around the small park to hear former and future Governor Alfred E. Smith present the Abingdon Square Memorial (also known as the Abingdon Doughboy) in memory of local men who fought in World War I. Created by sculptor Philip Martiny, this monument was restored by Parks' monument crew in 1993. The flagstaff was dedicated by the Private Michael J. Lynch Post No. 831 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1933.
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When you enter your personal information or credit card number into a website, do you have a moment of hesitation? A nagging sense of vulnerability prompted by the parade of headlines about data breaches and hacks? If so, you probably push those feelings aside and hit the submit button, because, well, you need to shop, apply for that job, file that insurance claim, apply for that loan, or do any of the other sensitive activities that take place online these days.
First, the bad news. If you regularly enter sensitive information online, chances are you've had some data stolen somewhere at some point. By one estimate, the average American had data stolen at least four times in 2019. And the hits keep coming. For instance, a data breach at the wireless carrier T-Mobile reported in August 2021 affected 100 million people.
Now for some good news. Not all hacks are the same, and there are steps you can take to protect yourself. The Conversation gathered four articles from our archives that illuminate the types of threats to your online data, what data thieves do with your stolen information, and what you can do about it.
1. Take stock of your risk
Not all cyberattacks are the same, and not all personal data is the same. Was an organization that has your information the victim of a ransomware attack? Chances are your information won't be stolen, though the organization's copy of it could be rendered unusable.
If an organization you deal with did have customer data stolen, what data of yours did the thieves get? Merrill Warkentin, a professor of information systems at Mississippi State University, writes that you should ask yourself some questions to assess your risk. If the stolen data was your purchase history, maybe that won't be used to hurt you. But if it was your credit card number, that's a different story.
Data breaches are a good opportunity "to change your passwords, especially at banks, brokerages and any site that retains your credit card number," he wrote. In addition to using unique passwords and two-factor authentication, "you should also consider closing old unused accounts so that the information associated with them is no longer available."
2. The market for your stolen data
Most data breaches are financial crimes, but the hackers generally don't use the stolen data themselves. Instead, they sell it on the black market, usually via websites on the dark web, for other criminals and scammers to use.
This black market is awash in personal data, so much so that your information is probably worth a lot less than you would guess. For example, stolen PayPal account information goes for $30.
Buyers use stolen data in several ways, writes Ravi Sen, an associate professor of information and operations management at Texas A&M University. Common uses are stealing your money or identity. "Credit card numbers and security codes can be used to create clone cards for making fraudulent transactions," he writes. "Social Security numbers, home addresses, full names, dates of birth and other personally identifiable information can be used in identity theft."
Read more: Here's how much your personal information is worth to cybercriminals – and what they do with it
3. How to prepare for the inevitable
With all this bad news, it's tempting to throw up your hands and assume there's nothing you can do. W. David Salisbury, a professor of cybersecurity management, and Rusty Baldwin, a research professor of computer science at the University of Dayton, write that there are steps you can take to protect yourself.
"Think defensively about how you can protect yourself from an almost inevitable attack, rather than assuming you'll avoid harm," they write. The key is focusing on the information that's most important to protect. Uppermost are your passwords, particularly for banking and government services. Use different passwords for different sites, and use long – though not necessarily complicated – passwords, they write.
The most effective way to protect your data is to add another layer of security via multifactor authentication. And rather than rely on websites to text or email you authentication codes, which can be hijacked, you should use an app or USB device that uses public-key encryption, they write.
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The risk to your personal information isn't just having it stolen from a third party. Phishing attacks can get you to do the thieves' work for them. These emails fool people into entering personal information and passwords on fake websites controlled by data thieves.
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The trick to protecting yourself from phishing attacks is remembering that phishing exists and could explain what you're sensing about an email message.
"The people who were good at noticing phishing messages reported stories about specific phishing incidents they had heard about," he wrote. "Familiarity with specific phishing incidents helps people remember phishing generally."
Eric Smalley is Science + Technology Editor at The Conversation. This story is a roundup of articles from The Conversation's archives.


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Super Easy Breakfast Recipe and Hubby's Birthday Celebration
Hello Everyone!
How are you doing today? I know you guys are excited because the weekends is here. Yippee! I am excited too- I have to spend and enjoy this beautiful weather with my family. To make this weekend a perfect one. What about a super easy and fun recipe to try this week? Yup! I think your kids will love to help you peel the potatoes, or even sprinkles the cheese on top of your delicious Homemade Sunshine Skillet. Yes!sounds like fun right? I can't wait to get started and I think you too!!
But before we start cooking! I'll just want to share with you, how I ended up making my own version of Bob Evans famous "Sunshine Skillet" Yes! We eat out 3-4 weeks ago at Bob Evans, and we fall in-love with their Sunshine Skillet. So, when my hubby celebrated his birthday not too long ago. I decided to make my homemade version of Sunshine Skillet. Let me tell you! It was fantastic breakfast. Although, the gravy is not that perfect as Bob Evans but its pretty close. Yum!
Getting back to that excitement! Let's make this Sunshine Skillet right now. Don't forget to have fun and explore this new recipe.
Check out the recipe below.:)
* This recipe is good for 2 serving only. Adjust the quantity of the ingredients for larger crowd. Also you can add your favorite vegetables into the mix if you want. :)
Homemade Sunshine Skillet Recipe:
3-4 medium size potatoes- cut into cubes
8 oz sausage
Cheddar Shredded Cheese
4 beaten eggs
1 pack gravy mix
salt and Pepper- to taste
2 tsp butter
1-2 tsp cooking oil
1.) Cooked the potatoes and sausage in separate skillet. Once it cooked and turn golden brown. Set aside.
2.) Make the gravy according to the package instructions. Which a super easy process! I promise:) Once the gravy is done. Turn the heat into LOW to make sure that its hot.
3.) Time to make the eggs. In medium size skillet, add little butter. Add the 2 beaten eggs and let it cook through both side. Once both side are cooked, transfer it to the serving bowl. (Repeat the process#3 for the other bowl)
4.) Once the cooked eggs is on the bowl, you can now add the cooked sausage and potatoes. File them up!! then pour the gravy on top. Then, sprinkle with lot of cheddar shredder cheese.
5.) Enjoy your Homemade Sunshine Skillet Bowl with your family. Yum! #perfectbreakfast
Aside from perfect breakfast that I made for the whole family. I also made a yellow cake with chocolate icing for my hubby. It's kinda like a tradition here to have a delicious cake on birthday's and hubby is no exception. We surely did enjoyed and had a blast on hubby's birthday. The birthday celebration at my in-laws house is GREAT! It was so much fun hanging out with family eating good food and just enjoying everyone's company.
I hope this recipe inspires you to cook a simple yet thoughtful breakfast for your family. I'll see you in few days for more fun and delicious recipe. Grab some plate and have some of this yellow cake with chocolate icing. I promise you its so GOOD! Stay sweet and gorgeous everyone. Enjoy the weekends!!:)
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Does Texas need a shield law? Do reporters s#*t in the woods?
Hmmmmm. I've heard of bloggers in their pajamas, but that's a new one to me about reporters naked among the trees.
Seriously, noticing on Rep. Peña's blog that the Texas House Judiciary Committee this morning was discussing journalist shield laws, I turned on the hearing just in time to hear my friend Wichita DA Barry Macha denouncing a "shield law" for reporters in Texas, saying that if approved it "would destroy the grand jury process in this state."
Two things come to mind here:
First, don't other states with shield laws run their grand juries just fine?
Second, shield laws are about many things besides grand jury testimony. Couldn't you exempt grand jury information?
Macha said he wouldn't mind an informer privilege, but only where the informer had not engaged in any criminal conduct. That's ironic - the informer privilege DAs and police use every day covers up plenty of criminal conduct.
Chair Will Hartnett picked up on this - the journalists, he said, just want "exactly the same" privilege the DAs themselves use. (Not even that, really.) Macha admitted that's right, but returned to his meme that what reporters "really" want is access to grand jury testimony.
Hartnett pressed Macha whether he thought journalists who obtained "material evidence" as opposed to the "extreme" example of grand jury testimony should receive a privilege. Macha responded by reading a letter from the prosecutor in the Jasper, Tx James Byrd murder - a racially charged incident where Byrd was dragged behind a pickup truck that made national headlines. The letter said that after the first two convictions, prosecutors obtained evidence incriminating the third defendant from an interview with the network TV show 60 Minutes. Macha implied the case couldn't have been made otherwise, but a later witness pointed out the evidence obtained from 60 Minutes was never entered at court in Jasper, so it wasn't "critical to the case."
I think it was Rep. Veronica Gonzales who noticed that the prosecutor can issue a grand jury subpoena to a reporter, but defendants cannot do the same if the reporter has exculpatory evidence. Macha confirmed that the defense could not depose witnesses, but they could supbpoena them at trial, he said. (Of course, that's a red herring - fewer than 1% of Texas criminal cases ever reach trial.)
Rep. Alonzo went back to the grand jury issue and asked point blank how the public could be sure the secret, non-transparent grand jury process wasn't being abused? According to Macha the only way to tell would be indirectly, if a lot of cases indicted by the grand jury started getting tossed. But he could not give any examples of how such misconduct might ever come out.
Rep. Peña has filed HB 382 that would create Texas' first journalist shield law since the common law version was struck down by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1993.
UPDATE: More from Capitol Annex, the Texas Law Blog, the Austin Statesman, the Brownsville Herald, the Associated Press, and an editorial from the Lufkin Daily News.
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You may want to go back through and watch the entire hearing from the beginning; several of the questions you raised were answered by Mr. Macha or other witnesses at various points thoughout the hearing (for instance, Mr. Macha pointed out that grand jurors can report grand jury malfeasance to the district judge that impaneled them, and that judge can act on that information, as recently happened in Brazos County).
But more importantly ... how is it that Mr. Anti-Snitch is now writing in favor of snitching, but only if it is to the media? ;) - 12/13/2006 03:52:00 PM
- Gritsforbreakfast said...
I did hear that, Shannon, but I also heard responses by Macha to questioning from the panel that indicated that was not a very realistic or common response to DA misconduct in grand juries. He couldn't identify one time it had happened. Joel White from the Freedom of Information Foundation, e.g., also didn't think that was a significant or oft-used check/balance on DA's abuses of power, and I agree.
As for Grits being anti-snitch, that's simply a misrepresentation and/or oversimplification of my views. Ironically, I've actually been accused of being pro-snitch. The truth is I think snitching should be reformed, not abolished.
Thanks for your comments, Shannon, and tell Barry "hello" for me, and that there's no hard feelings. Best, - 12/14/2006 07:06:00 AM
- Catonya said...
In Wichita County the 'free flow of information' tends to flow in one direction. Local officials are diligent in keeping it that way, and in reducing the outflow.
Regarding checks and balances for abuses/misconduct....
-not if they can help it. - 12/14/2006 09:38:00 AM
What keeps getting lost in the reporting on this issue (which is an irony for another day) is that the prosecutors who oppose an absolute privilege do NOT oppose giving the press a qualified privilege to protect their sources that is similar to the one prosecutors have with their own confidential sources (i.e., informants/snitches). That language was ready to roll last session, but the press lobbyists refused it.
Why? Because that's only half of what they want. Re-watch the video and notice what else the press complains about: subpoenas for evidence. The Tyler guy waxed on and on about what a pain it is to have to provide evidence of a crime to the state. Well, excuse me. Every other person on the face of the planet has to cough up evidence of a crime (or evidence of innocence!) when a court issues a subpoena -- why should the press get a pass? Everyone hates coming to court -- private citizen witnesses, doctors, EMTs, businessmen, et al., they just haven't thought up a clever spin for getting out of that duty of citizenship. And THAT is the real debate, not protecting whistleblowers. That latter protection could be agreed upon in 5 minutes. This is what you might call "bait and switch" on their part -- discuss whistleblowers, but push for a blanket right to refuse to cooperate with the criminal justice system.
(And don't buy the spin about how their proposal is only a "qualified" immunity. Just because they call it that doesn't make it so. In reality, the hoops written into their past versions have been basically insurmountable, equating to an effective absolute privilege.)
Ultimately, this is rank special interest legislation, pure and simple. The media lobbyists can repeat their new "free flow of information" mantra all they want, but it's really a "free from going to court" bill that they seek. There are legitimate arguments for where to draw the line between the public's (and defendant's) right to justice and the public's right to know, but they're drawing that line on the 5-yard line, not the 50-yard line where it belongs. - 12/14/2006 11:35:00 AM
- Gritsforbreakfast said...
BTW, gentle readers, Shannon represents the state prosecutors' association that's officially "neutral" on this topic, believe it or not. His neutrality really shows, doesn't it? ;)
Calling this "rank special interest legislation" is just a silly rhetorical flourish. A free press benefits everyone's interest, not any one "special interest." If you don't like CBS, watch FOX, but both their reporters deserve protection, IMO.
"Why should the press get a pass?"
Mostly because they watch the watchers - that is, you guys. Their function a democracy is to publicize abuses by state actors. And enough of y'all screw up that at the end of the day, "trust us, we're the government" just isn't good enough.
Why don't you ship me a copy of the "ready to roll" language you mentioned from last session, Shannon. If you don't mind, I'd like to see how far apart you guys are from the bill Rep. Peña proposed. - 12/14/2006 12:12:00 PM
(1) Who said I/we were neutral on this issue?
(2) If writing about something is more important than doing something about it, then I agree, the press should have an absolute privilege. Case closed. But it's not that simple. Prosecutors have no interest in chilling whistleblowers or CIs -- sometimes, that's the only way crimes get revealed. But prosecutors also want to ACT on the information. If that doesn't require knowing the identity of the CI, then identity needn't be disclosed. But if the release of the information IS the crime, or the releaser of the information COMMITTED a crime that he tells the press about, then yes, prosecutors are duty-bound to pursue that evidence.
As for the "special interest" tag ... the result of any privilege is that is hides the truth from the courts and thwarts justice. Privileges not only free the guilty, but they may lead to the wrongful conviction of the innocent. So no one should be suprised that court officers might be offended when unelected, unregulated, unaccountable employees of private corporations come and ask for special treatment under the law.
(3) For a good model of an existing law that could work to protect confidential media sources, review Texas Rule of Evidence 508 ("Identity of Informer"). A similar law could easily protect media sources in civil and criminal cases, yet still prevent the abuses available under other proposals. (Sorry, Scott, we don't negotiate bills in the blogosphere, but thanks anyway). But again, that's not what the media lobbyists really want ... (see my previous post) - 12/15/2006 10:38:00 AM
- Gritsforbreakfast said...
Shannon: Who said you were neutral?
Barry Macha told the committee the association took no position, and that he spoke only on his own behalf because other prosecutors around the state may not be in agreement.
Writing about something and doing something about it aren't mutually exclusive as you seem to imply. You have your job and they have their's, that's all. Y'all should stay out of theirs unless you've met minimal due-diligence requirements to try to get the information another way, is the argument, and it's not unreasonable IMO.
Even more to the point, though, is when they're writing about stuff y'all DON'T do anything about - holding DA's accountable for crap like setting up innocent people in the sheetrock scandal or Tulia - the media plays a huge role there. Prosecutors are simply notoriously crappy at policing themselves. Sorry, but it's true.
As for "negotiating bills in the blogosphere," you're claiming prosecutors' positions are more moderate than Macha portrayed in the hearing, but now refusing to provide documentation that would confirm that. So tell me Shannon: why should folks who don't know you like I do believe you? When I make a claim, I typically provide a link. If you're not willing to share that information, it's probably not wise to claim it exists. Then it just looks like you're hiding something, whatever the truth of the matter.
Best, - 12/15/2006 11:04:00 AM
I agree that writing about something and doing something about it don't have to be, and should not be, mutually exclusive. The problem is that past proposals for a shield law could make those things mutually exclusive by allowing the media to write about something and yet prevent prosecutors from doing something about it. Overbroad shield laws can make the two mutually exclusive, and that's why prosecutors get so exercised about this issue.
I also don't take issue with the proposition that the gov't should have to meet some requirements before getting information from the media. That is already the law -- "fishing expedition" subpoeanas can be quashed by the courts right now if they are unreasonable! But the proposals I've seen to date go way, way beyond that -- and there's the rub.
As for Tulia and Dallas, ... how did prosecutors not hold folks accountable? Tom Coleman WAS prosecuted. The Dallas cops WERE prosecuted. That's exactly my earlier point -- prosecutors sometimes need the media or other to alert them to problems so they can take action. Yet what if the authors of the Tulia expose or the Dallas stuff had refused to reveal sources or cooperate with later investigations by claiming an absolute journalist privilege, letting those who were eventually prosecuted escape justice? How is that good for society? Yet that is one (un-?)intended consequence of a law that is overbroad.
I'd encourage folks not to rely on the MSM to describe a bill designed to benefit the MSM, and to hold them to the same critical review that they would hold others up to. That's one thing I'm surprised the "PJ media" has not done on this issue to date.
p.s. - nice try, but you can give up baiting me for proprietary info ... it doesn't work ... ;) - 12/16/2006 07:27:00 AM
- Gritsforbreakfast said...
In Dallas, eight officers signed off on field tests claiming fake drugs were real, but only one was prosecuted - that just doesn't count as prosecutors' self-policing law enforcement, Shannon, sorry. Similarly, in Tulia Tom Coleman wasn't prosecuted until the original prosecutor was removed from the case by a judge and sanctioned by the Bar. So PLEASE, let's not hold up those instances as examples of prosecutorial accountability! There's just VERY little evidence that Texas prosecutors can or do self police when misconduct arises.
More to the point, in neither the Dallas nor Tulia cases was information from the media used in court, so I'm afraid your arguments don't follow from my examples at all.
Finally, I'm not baiting you, just asking you to back up your claims about how reasonable y'all are that didn't jibe with Macha's testimony. Whether you choose to do so, naturally, is up to you. Perhaps "Trust us, we're the government" can become the new association moto? ;)
Best, - 12/16/2006 11:49:00 AM
Rule 505 would probably be a better model for creating privileged communications between two private citizens.
Modeling a shield law on Rule 508, as shannon e. proposes, would place on journalists all sorts of burdens that are intended for state prosecutors to bear, but not private citizens. - 12/16/2006 02:59:00 PM
"More to the point, in neither the Dallas nor Tulia cases was information from the media used in court, so I'm afraid your arguments don't follow from my examples at all."
Scott, I agree they are completely irrelevant to the issue of a journalistic privilege -- so I'm puzzled why you'd bring them up, except as a gratuitous smear tactic. ;)
TRE 505 would be a more honest approach from the media -- it's just a simple, absolute privilege, which is what the media really wants (methinks they doth protest too much when so accused!). But our members look forward to working with legislators to strike the right balance as they weigh the 1st Amendment against the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 14th Amendments. - 12/18/2006 02:36:00 PM
- Gritsforbreakfast said...
Shannon, I brought up Tulia and the Sheetrock scandal to illustrate my earlier point that journalists' privilege is most important "when they're writing about stuff y'all DON'T do anything about." You make it sound like DA's are the only ones pursuing justice, but in many of these high profile scandals they're the ones thwarting it. In those instances, the media has a public interest role to hold DAs and law enforcement accountable, and that's harder to do if DAs are empowered to intimidate those who report their misconduct, or law enforcement's, to the press.
It's natural for all public officials to fear increased scrutiny. But it's wrong to wrap those fears in the cause of justice when really it's just another case of bureaucratic CYA, hoping to preserve DAs ability to retaliate against their public critics in essentially anti-democratic ways.
I think y'all are on the wrong side of history on this one, Shannon. I guess we'll find out what the Lege thinks soon enough.
Without having seen TDCAA's secret alternative bill language, I also find interesting and probably accurate anonymous' comment that your Rule 508 proposal would "would place on journalists all sorts of burdens that are intended for state prosecutors to bear, but not private citizens." That strikes me as very true. I hadn't thought about it that way, but I think s/he is probably right that would be an inappropriate and unfortunate precedent for lawmakers to set. Merry Christmas, - 12/18/2006 03:50:00 PM
It seems that many supporters of a journalist shield law are very critical of the judicial system. (Some with good reason.) Ironically, the creation of a shield law will only hobble the criminal justice system even more, exascerbating whatever problems of injustice already exist.
All so that the news industry can sell more ads. Is this a great country, or what? ;)
As for TRE 505 ... Texas only recognizes these privileges in criminal cases:
- attorney-client (TRE 503)
- husband-wife (TRE 504)
- priest-penitent (TRE 505)
- cops-informant (TRE 508)
It might be fitting for the MSM to choose as their model the most expansive of those privileges, the priest-penitent privilege -- many in the media already think they are holier than thou anyway.
- Gritsforbreakfast said...
That's a good line, but as a regular reader of yall's message boards I must add that for Texas prosecutors to call anyone "holier than thou" requires an introduction: Pot meet kettle. I think you'll find you have a lot in common.
The problems in Tulia and Dallas didn't happen because the justice system was "hobbled," of course, but because it was unfettered.
Finally, I don't see how this would sell one more ad - media economics just doesn't work that way. What sells more ads, sadly, is boobs and blood. This would only help real journalists do a better job. best, - 12/19/2006 11:42:00 AM


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Formatting the DataList and Repeater Based Upon Data (C#)
In this tutorial we'll step through examples of how we format the appearance of the DataList and Repeater controls, either by using formatting functions within templates or by handling the DataBound event.
As we saw in the preceding tutorial, the DataList offers a number of style-related properties that affect its appearance. In particular, we saw how to assign default CSS classes to the DataList s HeaderStyle
, ItemStyle
, AlternatingItemStyle
, and SelectedItemStyle
properties. In addition to these four properties, the DataList includes a number of other style-related properties, such as Font
, ForeColor
, BackColor
, and BorderWidth
, to name a few. The Repeater control does not contain any style-related properties. Any such style settings must be made directly within the markup in the Repeater s templates.
Often, though, how data should be formatted depends on the data itself. For example, when listing products we might want to display the product information in a light gray font color if it is discontinued, or we may want to highlight the UnitsInStock
value if it is zero. As we saw in previous tutorials, the GridView, DetailsView, and FormView offer two distinct ways to format their appearance based on their data:
- The
event create an event handler for the appropriateDataBound
event, which fires after the data has been bound to each item (for the GridView it was theRowDataBound
event; for the DataList and Repeater it is theItemDataBound
event). In that event handler, the data just bound can be examined and formatting decisions made. We examined this technique in the Custom Formatting Based Upon Data tutorial. - Formatting Functions in Templates when using TemplateFields in the DetailsView or GridView controls, or a template in the FormView control, we can add a formatting function to the ASP.NET page s code-behind class, the Business Logic Layer, or any other class library that is accessible from the web application. This formatting function can accept an arbitrary number of input parameters, but must return the HTML to render in the template. Formatting functions were first examined in the Using TemplateFields in the GridView Control tutorial.
Both of these formatting techniques are available with the DataList and Repeater controls. In this tutorial we'll step through examples using both techniques for both controls.
Using theItemDataBound
Event Handler
When data is bound to a DataList, either from a data source control or through programmatically assigning data to the control s DataSource
property and calling its DataBind()
method, the DataList s DataBinding
event fires, the data source enumerated, and each data record is bound to the DataList. For each record in the data source, the DataList creates a DataListItem
object that is then bound to the current record. During this process, the DataList raises two events:
fires after theDataListItem
has been createdItemDataBound
fires after the current record has been bound to theDataListItem
The following steps outline the data binding process for the DataList control.
The DataList s
event firesThe data is bound to the DataList
For each record in the data source
- Create a
object - Fire the
event - Bind the record to the
- Fire the
event - Add the
to theItems
- Create a
When binding data to the Repeater control, it progresses through the exact same sequence of steps. The only difference is that instead of DataListItem
instances being created, the Repeater uses RepeaterItem
The astute reader may have noticed a slight anomaly between the sequence of steps that transpire when the DataList and Repeater are bound to data versus when the GridView is bound to data. At the tail end of the data binding process, the GridView raises the DataBound
event; however, neither the DataList nor Repeater control have such an event. This is because the DataList and Repeater controls were created back in the ASP.NET 1.x timeframe, before the pre- and post-level event handler pattern had become common.
Like with the GridView, one option for formatting based on the data is to create an event handler for the ItemDataBound
event. This event handler would inspect the data that had just been bound to the DataListItem
or RepeaterItem
and affect the formatting of the control as needed.
For the DataList control, formatting changes for the entire item can be implemented using the DataListItem
s style-related properties, which include the standard Font
, ForeColor
, BackColor
, CssClass
, and so on. To affect the formatting of particular Web controls within the DataList s template, we need to programmatically access and modify the style of those Web controls. We saw how to accomplish this back in the Custom Formatting Based Upon Data tutorial. Like the Repeater control, the RepeaterItem
class has no style-related properties; therefore, all style-related changes made to a RepeaterItem
in the ItemDataBound
event handler must be done by programmatically accessing and updating Web controls within the template.
Since the ItemDataBound
formatting technique for the DataList and Repeater are virtually identical, our example will focus on using the DataList.
Step 1: Displaying Product Information in the DataList
Before we worry about the formatting, let s first create a page that uses a DataList to display product information. In the previous tutorial we created a DataList whose ItemTemplate
displayed each product s name, category, supplier, quantity per unit, and price. Let s repeat this functionality here in this tutorial. To accomplish this, you can either recreate the DataList and its ObjectDataSource from scratch, or you can copy over those controls from the page created in the previous tutorial (Basics.aspx
) and paste them into the page for this tutorial (Formatting.aspx
Once you have replicated the DataList and ObjectDataSource functionality from Basics.aspx
into Formatting.aspx
, take a moment to change the DataList s ID
property from DataList1
to a more descriptive ItemDataBoundFormattingExample
. Next, view the DataList in a browser. As Figure 1 shows, the only formatting difference between each product is that the background color alternates.
Figure 1: The Products are Listed in the DataList Control (Click to view full-size image)
For this tutorial, let s format the DataList such that any products with a price less than $20.00 will have both its name and unit price highlighted yellow.
Step 2: Programmatically Determining the Value of the Data in the ItemDataBound Event Handler
Since only those products with a price under $20.00 will have the custom formatting applied, we must be able to determine each product s price. When binding data to a DataList, the DataList enumerates the records in its data source and, for each record, creates a DataListItem
instance, binding the data source record to the DataListItem
. After the particular record s data has been bound to the current DataListItem
object, the DataList s ItemDataBound
event is fired. We can create an event handler for this event to inspect the data values for the current DataListItem
and, based upon those values, make any formatting changes necessary.
Create an ItemDataBound
event for the DataList and add the following code:
protected void ItemDataBoundFormattingExample_ItemDataBound
(object sender, DataListItemEventArgs e)
if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item ||
e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
// Programmatically reference the ProductsRow instance bound
// to this DataListItem
Northwind.ProductsRow product =
// See if the UnitPrice is not NULL and less than $20.00
if (!product.IsUnitPriceNull() && product.UnitPrice < 20)
// TODO: Highlight the product's name and price
While the concept and semantics behind the DataList s ItemDataBound
event handler are the same as those used by the GridView s RowDataBound
event handler in the Custom Formatting Based Upon Data tutorial, the syntax differs slightly. When the ItemDataBound
event fires, the DataListItem
just bound to data is passed into corresponding event handler via e.Item
(instead of e.Row
, as with the GridView s RowDataBound
event handler). The DataList s ItemDataBound
event handler fires for each row added to the DataList, including header rows, footer rows, and separator rows. However, the product information is only bound to the data rows. Therefore, when using the ItemDataBound
event to inspect the data bound to the DataList, we need to first ensure that we re working with a data item. This can be accomplished by checking the DataListItem
s ItemType
property, which can have one of the following eight values:
Both Item
and AlternatingItem``DataListItem
s makeup the DataList s data items. Assuming we re working with an Item
or AlternatingItem
, we access the actual ProductsRow
instance that was bound to the current DataListItem
. The DataListItem
s DataItem
property contains a reference to the DataRowView
object, whose Row
property provides a reference to the actual ProductsRow
Next, we check the ProductsRow
instance s UnitPrice
property. Since the Products table s UnitPrice
field allows NULL
values, before attempting to access the UnitPrice
property we should first check to see if it has a NULL
value using the IsUnitPriceNull()
method. If the UnitPrice
value is not NULL
, we then check to see if it s less than $20.00. If it is indeed under $20.00, we then need to apply the custom formatting.
Step 3: Highlighting the Product s Name and Price
Once we know that a product s price is less than $20.00, all that remains is to highlight its name and price. To accomplish this, we must first programmatically reference the Label controls in the ItemTemplate
that display the product s name and price. Next, we need to have them display a yellow background. This formatting information can be applied by directly modifying the Labels BackColor
properties (LabelID.BackColor = Color.Yellow
); ideally, though, all display-related matters should be expressed through cascading stylesheets. In fact, we already have a stylesheet that provides the desired formatting defined in Styles.css
- AffordablePriceEmphasis
, which was created and discussed in the Custom Formatting Based Upon Data tutorial.
To apply the formatting, simply set the two Label Web controls CssClass
properties to AffordablePriceEmphasis
, as shown in the following code:
// Highlight the product name and unit price Labels
// First, get a reference to the two Label Web controls
Label ProductNameLabel = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("ProductNameLabel");
Label UnitPriceLabel = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("UnitPriceLabel");
// Next, set their CssClass properties
if (ProductNameLabel != null)
ProductNameLabel.CssClass = "AffordablePriceEmphasis";
if (UnitPriceLabel != null)
UnitPriceLabel.CssClass = "AffordablePriceEmphasis";
With the ItemDataBound
event handler completed, revisit the Formatting.aspx
page in a browser. As Figure 2 illustrates, those products with a price under $20.00 have both their name and price highlighted.
Figure 2: Those Products Less than $20.00 are Highlighted (Click to view full-size image)
Since the DataList is rendered as an HTML

, its DataListItem
instances have style-related properties that can be set to apply a specific style to the entire item. For example, if we wanted to highlight the entire item yellow when its price was less than $20.00, we could have replaced the code that referenced the Labels and set their CssClass
properties with the following line of code: e.Item.CssClass = "AffordablePriceEmphasis"
(see Figure 3).
The RepeaterItem
s that make up the Repeater control, however, don t offer such style-level properties. Therefore, applying custom formatting to the Repeater requires the application of style properties to the Web controls within the Repeater s templates, just like we did in Figure 2.
Figure 3: The Entire Product Item is Highlighted for Products Under $20.00 (Click to view full-size image)
Using Formatting Functions from Within the Template
In the Using TemplateFields in the GridView Control tutorial we saw how to use a formatting function within a GridView TemplateField to apply custom formatting based upon the data bound to the GridView s rows. A formatting function is a method that can be invoked from a template and returns the HTML to be emitted in its place. Formatting functions can reside in the ASP.NET page s code-behind class or can be centralized into class files in the App_Code
folder or in a separate Class Library project. Moving the formatting function out of the ASP.NET page s code-behind class is ideal if you plan on using the same formatting function in multiple ASP.NET pages or in other ASP.NET web applications.
To demonstrate formatting functions, let s have the product information include the text [DISCONTINUED] next to the product s name if it s discontinued. Also, let s have the price highlighted yellow if it s less than $20.00 (as we did in the ItemDataBound
event handler example); if the price is $20.00 or higher, let s not display the actual price, but instead the text, Please call for a price quote. Figure 4 shows a screen shot of the products listing with these formatting rules applied.
Figure 4: For Expensive Products, the Price is Replaced with the Text, Please call for a price quote (Click to view full-size image)
Step 1: Create the Formatting Functions
For this example we need two formatting functions, one that displays the product name along with the text [DISCONTINUED], if needed, and another that displays either a highlighted price if it s less than $20.00, or the text, Please call for a price quote otherwise. Let s create these functions in the ASP.NET page s code-behind class and name them DisplayProductNameAndDiscontinuedStatus
and DisplayPrice
. Both methods need to return the HTML to render as a string and both need to be marked Protected
(or Public
) in order to be invoked from the ASP.NET page s declarative syntax portion. The code for these two methods follows:
protected string DisplayProductNameAndDiscontinuedStatus
(string productName, bool discontinued)
// Return just the productName if discontinued is false
if (!discontinued)
return productName;
// otherwise, return the productName appended with the text "[DISCONTINUED]"
return string.Concat(productName, " [DISCONTINUED]");
protected string DisplayPrice(Northwind.ProductsRow product)
// If price is less than $20.00, return the price, highlighted
if (!product.IsUnitPriceNull() && product.UnitPrice < 20)
return string.Concat("",
product.UnitPrice.ToString("C"), "");
// Otherwise return the text, "Please call for a price quote"
return "Please call for a price quote";
Note that the DisplayProductNameAndDiscontinuedStatus
method accepts the values of the productName
and discontinued
data fields as scalar values, whereas the DisplayPrice
method accepts a ProductsRow
instance (rather than a unitPrice
scalar value). Either approach will work; however, if the formatting function is working with scalar values that can contain database NULL
values (such as UnitPrice
; neither ProductName
nor Discontinued
allow NULL
values), special care must be taken in handling these scalar inputs.
In particular, the input parameter must be of type Object
since the incoming value might be a DBNull
instance instead of the expected data type. Additionally, a check must be made to determine whether or not the incoming value is a database NULL
value. That is, if we wanted the DisplayPrice
method to accept the price as a scalar value, we d have to use the following code:
protected string DisplayPrice(object unitPrice)
// If price is less than $20.00, return the price, highlighted
if (!Convert.IsDBNull(unitPrice) && ((decimal) unitPrice) < 20)
return string.Concat("",
((decimal) unitPrice).ToString("C"), "");
// Otherwise return the text, "Please call for a price quote"
return "Please call for a price quote";
Note that the unitPrice
input parameter is of type Object
and that the conditional statement has been modified to ascertain if unitPrice
is DBNull
or not. Furthermore, since the unitPrice
input parameter is passed in as an Object
, it must be cast to a decimal value.
Step 2: Calling the Formatting Function from the DataList s ItemTemplate
With the formatting functions added to our ASP.NET page s code-behind class, all that remains is to invoke these formatting functions from the DataList s ItemTemplate
. To call a formatting function from a template, place the function call within the databinding syntax:
<%# MethodName(inputParameter1, inputParameter2, ...) %>
In the DataList s ItemTemplate
the ProductNameLabel
Label Web control currently displays the product s name by assigning its Text
property the result of <%# Eval("ProductName") %>
. In order to have it display the name plus the text [DISCONTINUED], if needed, update the declarative syntax so that it instead assigns the Text
property the value of the DisplayProductNameAndDiscontinuedStatus
method. When doing so, we must pass in the product s name and discontinued values using the Eval("columnName")
syntax. Eval
returns a value of type Object
, but the DisplayProductNameAndDiscontinuedStatus
method expects input parameters of type String
and Boolean
; therefore, we must cast the values returned by the Eval
method to the expected input parameter types, like so:
<asp:Label ID="ProductNameLabel" runat="server"
Text='<%# DisplayProductNameAndDiscontinuedStatus((string) Eval("ProductName"),
(bool) Eval("Discontinued")) %>'>
To display the price, we can simply set the UnitPriceLabel
Label s Text
property to the value returned by the DisplayPrice
method, just like we did for displaying the product s name and [DISCONTINUED] text. However, instead of passing in the UnitPrice
as a scalar input parameter, we instead pass in the entire ProductsRow
<asp:Label ID="UnitPriceLabel" runat="server"
Text='<%# DisplayPrice((Northwind.ProductsRow)
((System.Data.DataRowView) Container.DataItem).Row) %>'>
With the calls to the formatting functions in place, take a moment to view our progress in a browser. Your screen should look similar to Figure 5, with the discontinued products including the text [DISCONTINUED] and those products costing more than $20.00 having their price replaced with the text Please call for a price quote .
Figure 5: For Expensive Products, the Price is Replaced with the Text, Please call for a price quote (Click to view full-size image)
Formatting the contents of a DataList or Repeater control based upon the data can be accomplished using two techniques. The first technique is to create an event handler for the ItemDataBound
event, which fires as each record in the data source is bound to a new DataListItem
or RepeaterItem
. In the ItemDataBound
event handler, the current item s data can be examined and then formatting can be applied to the contents of the template or, for DataListItem
s, to the entire item itself.
Alternatively, custom formatting can be realized through formatting functions. A formatting function is a method that can be invoked from the DataList or Repeater s templates that returns the HTML to emit in its place. Often, the HTML returned by a formatting function is determined by the values being bound to the current item. These values can be passed into the formatting function, either as scalar values or by passing in the entire object being bound to the item (such as the ProductsRow
Happy Programming!
About the Author
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1 – General website Information
1.1. This section concerns the way the www.arflex.it website is managed, with regard to the processing of the personal data of the website users. This website describes the activity and the services provided by the company Seven Salotti S.p.A., headquartered in via Pizzo Scalino 1, 20833, Giussano (MB), P. IVA 00703820969, Rea Number: MB – 799065, email@example.com
1.2. This privacy policy also makes reference to the Articles 13 and 14 of Reg. (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation) on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data, as well as for the purposes of art. 13 of D.Lgs. n. 196/2003 (Italian Privacy Code), and subsequent modifications or supplements, for those who visit the Seven Salotti S.p.A. website, available at the following website address: www.arflex.it or at the alternative URLs www.arflex.com, www.sevensalotti.it, and www.sevensalotti.com.
1.3. This policy privacy and the information contained therein only concern the website: www.arflex.it and not any other website which can be consulted through the links contained therein.
1.4. This policy privacy and the information contained therein have the purpose of providing information regarding: the types of data processed, the methods of processing, the data storage periods, the nature of the information and any further relevant aspect of which website www.arflex.it users (also through the alternative URLs www.arflex.com, www.sevensalotti.it and www.sevensalotti.com) must be made aware of by the data controllers, regardless of the purpose of the connection, according to the Italian and the European legislation.
1.5. The website www.arflex.it applies to people aged 16 and over, in accordance to art. 8, par. 1 Reg. (EU) 2016/679. By connecting to the www.arflex.it website and providing its data, the user, which is the data subject, declares to be at least 16 years old.
2 – Data Controller
2.1. The data controller is the natural or legal person, the public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing of personal data. It shall be incumbent upon the data controller to identify and adopt the appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a security level of the personal data processed appropriated to the risk generated by the data processing operations.
2.2. With regards to this website, the data controller is the company Seven Salotti S.p.A. through its legal representative pro tempore, headquartered in via Pizzo Scalino 1, 20833, Giussano (MB); for any clarification or exercise of the user's rights refer to the following email address: email@example.com.
3 - Personal Data Processor
3.1. The personal data Processor is the natural or legal person, the public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
3.2. Pursuant to article 28 of the Reg. (EU) 2016/679, the personal data controller may appoint one or more data Processors of the website www.arflex.it among those who may have access to the subjects' personal data, that is to say third party service providers such as, for example, connectivity providers, hosting, domain registration, couriers, IT companies as well as the software provider that deals with the newsletter forwarding and commercial communications service.
3.3. The list of external Processors, as well as the list of internal Processors of Seven Salotti S.p.A., will be kept up to date and can be requested at any time by writing to the following address: email@example.com.
4 - Place of data processing
4.1. Personal data are recorded and guarded on electronic databases owned by the Controller and the data processing generated by the use of www.arflex.it website is carried out at the Controller's registered office located in via Pizzo Scalino 1, 20833, Giussano (MB).
4.2. If necessary, the data relating to the newsletter service may be processed by the Data Processor or by the persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data pursuant to art. 4 n. 10 of Reg. (EU) 2016/679 for this purpose at the headquarter referred to in the preceding subparagraph.
5 – Types of data processed and data processing methods
5.1. As all websites, also this website makes use of log files in which information collected in an automated form is stored during users visits. The gathered information is:
5.1.1. URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) Addresses of requested resources;
5.1.2. The request moment;
5.1.3. The method used to submit the request to the server;
5.1.4. The file size obtained in response;
5.1.5. The numeric code indicating the status of the response given by the server;
5.1.6. Other parameters concerning the operating system and the user's IT infrastructure.
5.2. The information referred to in paragraph 5.1 are automatically processed and collected in an exclusively aggregate form in order to elaborate anonymous statistical information on the website use and to verify the correct website functioning, as well as for security reasons. This information will be processed on the basis of the Controller's legitimate interests and deleted within 90 days.
5.3. In addition to the information referred to in paragraph 5.1., the following personal data may also be collected from this website:
5.3.1. E-mail address (in case of an information request e-mail sent by the user at the address firstname.lastname@example.com or in case of provision of this data made by the same user, to the Controller or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service);
5.3.2. Third parties e-mail address (in case of compilation of the website document sharing form through the inclusion of the address of a subject different from the user and the Controller; in this case the user declares that he has been expressly authorized by the person concerned to provide the Controller this personal data or, however, to be entitled pursuant under the existing regulations on the protection of personal data, declaring to indemnify Seven Salotti S.p.A. from any legal action and/or initiative to protect the interests that the person concerned -as a subject whose the e-mail address has been provided - could put in place in case of unlawful data processing due to lack of consent as well as for any further reason);
5.3.3. User's Name and Surname (if such data is provided in case of an information request e-mail sent by the user at the address email@example.com or in case of provision of this data made by the same user, to the Controller or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service), even if it is contained in the company's name;
5.3.4. Telephone contact and further personal data provided by the user (if this data is provided by the user through an information request e-mail sent at the address email@example.com or in case of provision of this data made by the same user to the Controller or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service);
5.3.5. Residence/domicile/headquarter company address (iif such data is provided in case of an information request e-mail sent by the user at the address email@example.com or in case of provision of this data made by the same user, to the Controller or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service);
5.3.6. IP Address (Internet Protocol) exclusively for the purpose of the following art. 5.6..
5.4. The personal data referred to in paragraph 5.3. will be processed by the operations indicated in art. 4 n.
2) GDPR, specifically: collection, registration, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction of data.
5.5. The personal data referred to in paragraph 5.3, also of an identifying type, are collected and processed in an automated manner for the purposes set out in the following art. 6.
5.6. The information referred to in paragraph 5.1. may be used for the assessment of liability in case of cybercrimes against this website, as is the personal data referred to in paragraph 5.3.6. which are processed exclusively for this purpose.
5.7. For security purposes (anti-spam filters, firewalls, virus detection), information and automatically recorded data referred to in paragraph 5.1. may be used to block attempts of website damage or other harmful or crimes activities, according to the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller or and the current legislation.
5.8. In case of submission of a CV for a possible work opportunity, the data is considered voluntarily provided by the user at the time when the e-mail has been sent. The CV will be examined and, if it will be saved or otherwise stored for future working partnerships, a synthetic information document will be provided from Seven Salotti S.p.A. to the user according to the current legislation.
5.9. The information that website users will make public through the services and tools available are considered provided by the user knowingly and willingly, by exempting Seven Salotti S.p.A. from any responsibility according to the violation of the law. The user has the task of checking whether he has the permission to enter personal data of third parties obtained, published or shared through this website and guarantees to have the right to communicate or disseminate them; It is also up to the user to verify whether he has the permission to include any content protected by national and international rules.
5.10. The data referred to in art. 5.3. may be communicated by the Controller to its agents/retailers if this is requested by the user at the time he sends an e-mail to the address email@example.com requiring information about the resellers from which the goods produced by Seven Salotti S.p.A. can be bought and advertised through this website.
6 - Purpose of processing and data retention period
6.1. The personal data referred to in art. 5.3. collected from the website are used for the following purposes:
6.1.1. Performance of a contract between the user and Seven Salotti S.p.A. or taking steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
6.1.2. Provision of services provided by the website;
6.1.3. Sending of newsletters to the user at the same address provided to Seven Salotti S.p.A. or qualified entities during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service;
6.1.4. Sending of advertising and commercial communications on products and services provided by Seven Salotti S.p.A.;
6.1.5. Performance of obligations for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject (accounting, tax, etc.).
6.2. The preservation of the information referred to in art. 5.1. will be carried out for the period strictly necessary to the attainment of the above-mentioned purposes and in any case not exceeding the termination of the same purposes, with cancellation thereof within 90 days of collection.
6.3. The preservation of the information referred to in art. 5.3 will be carried out for the period strictly necessary to the attainment of the above-mentioned purposes referred to in paragraph 1 and in any case not exceeding the termination of the same purposes except where it is necessary to store them by legal requirement. The data may also be storage for the time required by the Controller or by the Processor designated for establishing, exercising or defending their legal claims in judicial proceedings, within the prescription period of any civil or criminal action taken against them.
6.4. In case of personal data processing based on the user's consent referred to in art. 5.3., Seven Salotti
S.p.A. may storage personal data until such consent will be revoked.
6.5. Data used for security purposes referred to in previous art. 5.7. are stored for the time strictly necessary to achieve this goal and in any case will be deleted within 60 days.
7 – Legal basis of processing operations
7.1. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. is the performance of a contract for the purpose indicated in art. 6.1.1. that is entered into under current legislation and in the manner envisaged by contractual terms and conditions of the Seven Salotti S.p.A. contract or the fulfilment of pre- contractual obligations, between Seven Salotti S.p.A. and the user as a result of contacts aimed to evaluate the possible conclusion of a contract between concerning the services provided by Seven Salotti S.p.A.
7.2. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. is the performance of a contract for the purpose indicated in art. 6.1.2. that is entered into under current legislation, including, where appropriate, in the manner envisaged by contractual terms and conditions of the Seven Salotti S.p.A. contract
7.3. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. for the purpose indicated in art
6.1.3. is the user's consent (interested) that is expressed at the time of the supply of his contact to the owner or to persons authorized by it during contacts, fairs or events to be included in the newsletter service.
7.4. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. for the purpose indicated in art.
6.1.4. is the consent of the user (Subject) that is expressed when he provides his contact to the Controller or to qualified subjects during contacts, Fairs or events on order to be included in the newsletter service.
7.5. The legal basis for personal data processing referred to in art. 5.3. for the purpose indicated in art.
6.1.5. is the performance of a legal obligation to which the Controller is subject to.
8 - Social Network Plugin
8.1. On this website there are also plugins and/or sharing buttons for social networks, in order to allow easy sharing of content on the user's favorite social networks. These plugins are programmed in order not to set any cookies at the time when the user accesses the website www.arflex.it or individual pages thereof, with the aim of safeguarding the user's privacy. If necessary cookies are set, insofar as required by social networks, only when the user makes actual and voluntary use of the sharing button or of the plugin. It is necessary to emphasize that if the user, accessing the social networks, browses the net having been previously logged in, will have already agreed to the use of the cookies channeled through these social networks as well as to the social networks personal data processing, to which Seven Salotti S.p.A. is completely cleared of any involvement and cannot be held accountable in any way.
8.2. The collection and use of the information obtained through the social network cookies are governed by the respective privacy policy:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies
Twitter: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170519-uso-dei-cookie-e-di-altre-tecnologie-simili-da-parte-di- twitter
Google+: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies Pinterest: https://about.pinterest.com/it/privacy-policy AddThis: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
9 – Subject's rights
9.1. The art. 13, par. 2 of the Reg. UE 2016/679 lists the user's rights.
9.2. The www.arflex.it website has the purpose to inform the user about the rights referred to in artt. 13, par. 2, b) and d), 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21 GDPR, specifically the right to:
9.2.1. obtain from the Controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed, even if not yet recorded, and their communication in intelligible form;
9.2.2. Get indication about: a) the data source; b) the processing purposes and modalities; c) the logic involved in processing carried out through electronic tools; d) the identity and the contact details of the Controller, of the Data Protection Officer, of the Processors and of the designated Representative referred to in art. 3, par. 1 GDPR; e) recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed or that can become aware of the data as a designated Representative in the territory of the State and as a Processor;
9.2.3. Obtaining: a) the updating, rectification or, if necessary, integration of data; b) the erasure, the anonymization or blocking of personal data processed in violation of law, including those for which the storage is not necessary referring to the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are collected or subsequently processed c) the confirmation that the operations referred to in a) and b) have been communicated, including their content, to those to whom the data have been transmitted or disseminated, except for such fulfilment appears impossible or requires means manifestly disproportionate to the subject's right;
9.2.4. Object completely or in part for legitimate reasons to the data processing even if related to the purpose of data collection;
9.2.5. If applicable, the user has also the rights referred to in arts. 16-21 GDPR (right of rectification, right "to be forgotten", right of restriction of processing, right to data portability, right of object), and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
9.2.6. Withdraw consent at any time.
9.3. Requests may be addressed to the data Controller, without formalities or, alternatively, using the model provided by the supervisory authority or by sending an e-mail to: email@example.com.
9.4. If the processing refers to art. 6, par. 1, a) GDPR – consent to the processing – or to art. 9, par. 2. a) GDPR – explicit consent to the processing of genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health, data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership – the user has the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
9.5. Likewise, in the event of law infringement, the user has the right to the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, which in Italy is Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali.
9.6. For a better examination of the user's (subject) rights, please refer to artt. 15 and following of Reg. (EU) 2016/679 and art. 7 of Italian D. Lgs. 196/2003.
10 – Nature of consent
10.1. The provision of personal data referred to in art. 5.3. is mandatory for the fulfilment of the purposes set out in artt. 6.1.1. and 6.1.2.. Any refusal to provide such data causes the impossibility for the Controller to provide the services referred to in art. 6.1.1. and 6.1.2..
10.2. The provision of personal data referred to in art. 5.3. for the fulfilment of the purposes set out in artt.
6.1.3. and 6.1.4. is optional. The subject may also decide not to provide any data or subsequently deny the data processing already provided for these purposes: in this case the Controller will not fulfil the purposes referred to in art. 6.1.3. and 6.1.4.. In this case, the user may continue to make use of the services referred to in the artt. 6.1.1. and 6.1.2..
10.3. The provision of personal data referred to in art. 5.3. is mandatory for the fulfilment of the purposes set out in artt. 6.1.5.. Any refusal to provide such data causes the impossibility for the Controller to fulfil the legal obligations referred to in art 6.1.5. and, consequently, to provide the services referred to in artt. 6.1.1. and 6.1.2..
11 – Subject's data transfer to non-EU countries
11.1. This website may transmit some data to services located outside the European Union area, towards the US territory. The data transfer is authorized and strictly regulated by art. 45, par. 1 GDPR and by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 of 12 July 2016, because the the companies to which the data may be transferred adhere to the Privacy Shield.
11.2. Data will be never transferred to third countries which do not comply with the rules referred to in art.. 45 and following of Reg. (EU) 2016/679.
12 – Personal data security measures
12.1. This website processes users' data fairly and lawfully to GDPR as well to the current Italian legislation (D.Lgs. n. 196/2003 and subsequent amendments or additions), implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures suitable to risk mapped to avoid personal data breaches, leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data. The data processing is carried out by informatic tools and/or telematics, with organizational measures and according to logic strictly related to the purposes referred to in art. 6.
12.2. Other than the Controller, some categories of authorized people may have access to the data processing involved in the organization and management of the website (administrative staff, commercial staff, marketing staff, legal team, system administrators, etc.) or external entities in charge of outsourcing services on behalf of the Controller (such as technical service providers, hosting providers, IT companies, communication agencies) that are designated, if necessary or appropriate, as external data Processors.
13 - Cookies' types
13.1. Please refer to the website's cookies policy.
14 – Copyright
14.1. All texts, graphic components, sound files, videos, images, animation and more generally all the information hosted on this website are owned by Seven Salotti S.p.A. and protected by international Copyright law and by the other intellectual property law.
14.2. None of the contents referred to in the preceding subparagraph may be copied, modified or resold, in whole or in part, for profit.
14.3. Icons, logos and names of products displayed on the pages of this website are copyrighted by their respective owners or are anyway protected under trademark, patent and intellectual property laws.
15 – Content of the website and disclaimer
15.1. Seven Salotti S.p.A. does not assume any responsibility for malfunctioning of the site www.arflex.it nor for the damages - of any nature - which may be caused to users by the access to the website or in any case by any contact with it, nor for that demages that may derive from third-party websites linked by this website or linked by social networks plugins incorporated in this website. Seven Salotti S.p.A. has no responsibility because links and sharing buttons constitute a facilitation for users, who can easily share contents or make other operations on the website through this buttons or plugins. Anyway Seven Salotti S.p.A. rejects any responsbaility about quality, contents and graphics of the websites reachable by these links, social buttons or plugins. Seven Salotti S.p.A. is neither responsible for information obtained by the user through the access to the websites linked to www.arflex.it. Therefore, the responsibles for the completeness and accuracy of information are the respective websites' owners.
15.2. Seven Salotti S.p.A. has as main goal the ensuring that all the website's contents are properly assessed and analyzed, as well as elaborated with accurancy and, if necessary, updated. At the same time, however, errors or omissions may occur: Seven Salotti S.p.A. declines, therefore, any form of liability for damages that users may suffer due to eventual errors, inaccuracies and omissions in the website's contents, as well as due to the use of it done by third parties. Furthermore, Seven Salotti S.p.A. declines any form of liability for damages that users may suffer due to errors, inaccuracies and omissions in third-party websites' contents, reachable by links available on this website.
15.3. Any objects, products, software, etc., available on this website for download (e.g. technical files, commercial files, software, etc.), subject to laid down exceptions, are freely and free of charge available for the users under the conditions set out by Seven Salotti S.p.A., who reject any responsibility for the documents' content, for the products' characteristics nor for the functioning of software.
15.4. Seven Salotti S.p.A. reserves the right to modify the website's contents in any moment, without notice, as well as to edit this Privacy policy as referred to in art. 16.
16 – Edits to the website privacy policy
16.1. This privacy policy, published on http://www.arflex.it/privacy/, may be changed or updated by the Controller; major updates will be reported to the users by a message published on the website with proper visibility.
16.2. Privacy policy updated on 23.05.2018 in accordance with Reg. (EU) 2016/679.


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Robotic safety conference, Oct. 14-16
The 25th National Robot Safety Conference, which will be held from October 14-16, 2013 in Indianapolis, will focus on the first update to the American National Safety Standard since 1999.
The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) is hosting its 25th National Robot Safety Conference, Oct. 14-16, 2013, at the Marriott East Hotel in Indianapolis, IN. The Conference focuses on the new American National Robot Safety Standard (ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012), the first update to the standard since 1999.
Developed by RIA, the new standard is now harmonized with the International ISO 10218:2011 standard for robot manufacturers and integrators. Key issues to be addressed include risk assessment, machine safety controls, practical industrial robot safety, robot user case studies, and a primer on functional safety. A special exhibitor expo featuring leading robot safety products will be held on October 15.
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Elaine's running scheme is getting pupils fit fast
WHEN a school volunteer told headteacher Elaine Wyllie her pupils were unfit, she decided to do something about it.
The 60-year-old, then in charge of St Ninian's Primary in Stirling, took her P6 class outside and asked them to jog around the school playing field .
Many of them struggled to make it all the way around. It was then that the Daily Mile was born.
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The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) wants the UN Security Council to undertake urgent measures to restore sanity to Somali waters, where piracy and armed attacks against ships have become the order of the day.Talking isn't the same as taking action.
Following the appeal by IMO secretary general Efthimios Mitropoulos and UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council is expected to pressure the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to either crack down on the menace itself or seek international assistance.
UN action would include consenting to naval ships operating in the Indian Ocean, entering the country's territorial waters when engaging in operations against pirates or suspected pirates and armed robbers endangering the safety of life at sea, in particular the safety of crews on board ships carrying World Food Programme humanitarian aid to Somalia or leaving Somali ports after having discharged their cargo.
The Council authorised the secretary general to take action in accordance with his proposal.
"The continuing incidents of acts of piracy and armed robbery in waters off the coast of Somalia is of great concern to IMO member states, the IMO secretariat and to me personally," Mr Mitropoulos said. "The Council's endorsement of this high-level approach will help considerably in alleviating the situation, especially if support and assistance to ships is enhanced; and if administrations and the shipping industry implement effectively the guidance that IMO has issued and the notices promulgated regularly by naval operations centres."
*A wonderful phrase from the mind of Jim Boren, well stated as
Dynamic inaction, doing nothing but doing it with style, ...providing the appearance of performance while not having to actually do something.Mr. Boren is an expert on bureaucracies and the minions who inhabit them, and is the author of one of my favorite books, When in Doubt, Mumble.