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Opacity: - The amount of light obscured by particulate pollution in the air; clear window glass has zero opacity, a brick wall is 100 percent opaque. Opacity is an indicator of changes in performance of particulate control systems.
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Sarkozy plain speaking may backfire  -  04 Aug 2008
MarketWatchThe ECB's opacity is one reason why many citizens throughout the euro area are still skeptical about the single currency, nearly 10 years after it was

Conoco shut compressor at Sweeny refinery  -  04 Aug 2008
ReutersIn a separate filing with TCEQ, Conoco said Unit 3, the gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), experienced excess opacity for one hour on Saturday.

20 colour tips for website design  -  04 Aug 2008
E-consultancy,Try a little opacity. If you insist on using patterns, or placing text in front of images, try reducing the opacity of the background pattern (or part of

History of a meltdown  -  04 Aug 2008
Business Spectator,When world leaders gathered in Davos for the annual economic forum in January 2007, Jean-Claude Trichet, governor of the ECB, complained about the opacity

Davis County updates emissions requirements  -  Jul 31, 2008
Deseret News,The opacity allowance for diesel vehicles has also been changed. For engines from 1996 and newer the exhaust opacity, or degree to which exhaust obscures

Indian-owned UAE firm among top NASA nanotech awardees  -  Jul 23, 2008
Sify,..."Titanium dioxide on its own gives a high level of whiteness and opacity, but with our Whitegold, it improves its own performance.

Bid for 'eyeball' soot monitoring failed in'90s  -  Jul 24, 2008
Press-Register - al.com,The state failed in that effort, and since 1999, it has been legal to use smokestack opacity monitors to ensure compliance with air pollution permits.

Ingres gives Fortify security study a good fisking  -  Jul 24, 2008
ZDNetTransparency does a lot more for everyone’s security than opacity. That’s just my personal bottom line. One more point. Fortify’s study chose 11 open source

Credit crisis 60 pct done, opacity a problem-Kaufman  -  Jul 16, 2008
Reuters India,By John Parry NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters) - The global financial crisis that erupted a year ago may be about 60 percent through, but the write-downs

RoyaltyShare Music Distributor Expands Reach  -  Jul 29, 2008
Wired BlogsCompared to the opacity of traditional royalty reporting, this transparency is a welcome change for artists, because each stakeholder's share is perfectly

Promotional deals on Reichert  -  Jul 27, 2008
Laboratory Talk,However, the Reichert automatic digital refractometers are not affected by sample colour or opacity, as they are reflected light refractometers,

Further Reflections on Reading Other Minds  -  Jul 10, 2008
RedOrbit,Levels of Argumentation A careful reading of the articles in this collection shows that the opacity doctrine has been dealt with on two main levels,

France battles to reform the EMU  -  Aug 3, 2008
Financial News,The opacity of the European Central Bank’s decision-making processes provides one of the reasons why citizens in the eurozone are sceptical about the single

The air we breathe: Alabama and the EPA  -  Jul 14, 2008
Anniston Star (subscription),Officials in our state are looking to make changes to our air quality standards, rules that cover something called opacity. That's the particulate matter

With the iPhone hitting SA stores soon, Leander Kahney looks at ...  -  Jul 26, 2008
The Times,Call it radical opacity. Apple’s relationship with the press is dismissive at best, adversarial at worst; Jobs himself speaks only to a handpicked batch of

US Arctic Oil May be LOST to the UN  -  Aug 3, 2008
Canada Free Press,...describes its text as “amply endowed with indeterminate principles, mind-numbing cross-references, institutional redundancies, exasperating opacity,

i 'Suzanne' statuette René Lalique  -  Aug 1, 2008
Financial Times,Its opalescence case displays the soft sheen and subtle gradations through translucency to opacity that make his pieces so desirable. $25000-$30000.

Digested classics: The Trial by Franz Kafka  -  Aug 1, 2008
guardian.co.uk,..."It is true that I too can go on for pages about the opacity of the Law," Titorelli replied, "and I may be able to put in a good word with a Lower Judge.

Mark E. McCourt, Fargo, letter: Omdahl’s ‘secular’ column perplexing  -  Jul 19, 2008
In-Forum,I hope his complaint is not about increased religious tolerance (hard to tell because of the opacity of his prose), because that would indeed be sad.

Hedge for balance  -  Jul 15, 2008
Business Day,Novare says that there is still a lack of knowledge about hedge funds among many local investors, and this is due in part to the relative opacity of the

New Human Rights Commissioner Named  -  Jul 18, 2008
UN DispatchOne criticism that can be made legitimately is the unnecessary opacity of the SG's selection process. Every NGO I've talked to has complained about how

From sun to snow in Photoshop  -  Jul 23, 2008
Digital Arts Online,Vary the brush size and opacity to help paint in small areas and to fix overlapping snow that may be outside the trees and bushes.

Sun Chemical receives PIA/GATF InterTech Award  -  Jul 30, 2008
Graphic Repro,UV rotary screen white inks have long provided high opacity and brightness for package printing, however, rotary screen printers are restricted to low press

Dymo DiscPainter Review  -  Jul 30, 2008
TMC Net,Essentially, you can also control the "opacity" of the image so that it fades into the background with the text more prominent. You can also draw freehand,

Saudi's RAE and Cemtrex sign MoU  -  Jul 9, 2008
Khaleej Times,Cemtrex is engaged in manufacturing and selling the most advanced instruments for emission monitoring of particulate, opacity, mercury, sulfur dioxide,

Black pallet wraps prevent theft  -  Jul 14, 2008
Materials Handling,According to the distributor, they do not lose opacity even when stretched up to 200%. The outer layer is said to be tough to prevent punctures,

A Northwest distaste for nuclear power  -  Aug 1, 2008
Seattle Times,Supply System bond marketing was a study in opacity. Whether they applaud or decry it, Northwesterners are likely to attribute the region's nuclear aversion

Make virtualization work for mobile devices  -  Jul 30, 2008
CommsDesignThis VM-level opacity not only runs counter to common embedded design practices, but it can also completely impair the development, debugging and deployment

Siddhartha's Saga  -  Jul 31, 2008
TIME...of Buddhist doctrine — the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path and the Triple Refuge — that can be meticulous to the point of opacity.

How the Power Struggle between China, India and Japan will shape ...  -  Jul 9, 2008
China International Business,Emmott’s chapter on Japan is stunning in its ability to describe the unacknowledged opacity of the Japanese economic and political process,

Matrox adds Vista and XDCAM EX support to RT.X2 video capture board  -  Jul 8, 2008
Digital Arts Online,...input for immediate DVD authoring with Adobe Encore, as well as new real-time garbage matte effects with adjustable edge softness and opacity controls.

Creating fireballs  -  Jul 16, 2008
Digital Arts Online,Finally, select Other Dynamics and use 20% for the Opacity Jitter. 04. Create a smoke column with the new brush, using a 50% grey for the foreground and

Second Gear releases Today 1.2  -  Jul 5, 2008
prMac (press release),Added gesture-based date navigation to the main Today window. * Users can now adjust the opacity of the Today window to their liking.

Facing Rising Energy Costs, Santee Cooper Bucks the Trend  -  Jul 15, 2008
RedOrbit,With the introduction of higher sulfur/ iron coal, both units began experiencing opacity issues caused by sulfuric acid, which arose from the formation of

A few facts about recycled paper  -  Aug 2, 2008
Daily Gleaner,Fortunately, recycled paper has come a long way since then and is now equivalent to virgin paper in terms of finish, opacity, whiteness and grams per square

Fuel Tech Schedules Second-Quarter Conference Call  -  Jul 30, 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),...reliability, fuel flexibility and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and acid plume,

The write track  -  Aug 1, 2008
guardian.co.uk,But, despite these crossover novels, it's surely because of the opacity of regional detail that the most powerful uses of sport in fiction involve games in

No assurance on nuclear deal  -  Jul 29, 2008
Hindu,Mr. Chavan repeated the view, asserted in the past by Indian officials, that he did not foresee China being a problem despite the opacity of its response to

Private equity Staging a revival  -  Jul 28, 2008
Economist,The opacity of the private-equity firm makes this a tricky question. Assuming the firm’s existing assets under management generate decent returns (an

Nigeria Health Minister urges action on Visions 2020, 20-2020  -  Aug 1, 2008
Afrique en ligne,Half of the blindness is due to cataract (opacity of the lens of the eye) which can be easily treated by a simple and safe modern surgery which gives

Workmanlike, wheel-sucking Evans ready to go one better in race ...  -  Jul 25, 2008
guardian.co.uk,There was a dullness about him which could perhaps be kindly described as opacity but never mistaken for any sort of enigmatic appeal.

Structured products: down, but not out  -  Jul 29, 2008
Global Investor (subscription),Unlike a year ago, when investors were blindly chasing yield in benign markets, prices now include an illiquidity, complexity and opacity premium.

To be frank, Frank, it's daft yet delightful  -  Jul 26, 2008
guardian.co.uk,In lit crit, deconstructivist theory aimed for clarity but achieved opacity. It's similar with buildings. Architects are meant to solve problems,

Short-sellers are not all villains, and banks are hardly choirboys  -  Jul 26, 2008
guardian.co.uk,...but they are unable to do this to the satisfaction of the market because of the opacity and uncertainty surrounding their loans and securitisations.

Northern Wildfire Smoke May Cast Shadow On Arctic Warming  -  Jul 25, 2008
Science Daily (press release)How much solar energy is prevented from reaching the surface depends on the smoke's opacity, the elevation of the sun above the horizon, and the brightness

What`s the big deal?  -  Jul 25, 2008
Business Standard,He pauses, then adds, “I think there is clearly a need from the artist level to the gallery and eventually to sales to reduce opacity.

US Refinery Operations Status:Lyondell Accident Kills 4  -  Jul 25, 2008
EasyBourse.com,The opacity event occurred at 10:35 am Tuesday. "At the time of this event, there had been no adverse operational conditions," the refinery said in the

Leading Experts Explain Global Litigation-Led Investing ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
MediaSyndicate (press release)The launch of these Briefing was a revolution in the hedge fund media space ("Opalesque changed the world by bringing transparency where there was opacity

Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $2.6 Million  -  Jul 24, 2008
FOXBusiness...reliability, fuel flexibility and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and acid plume,

Men's brains need a tune-up  -  Jul 23, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,...the kids when dads walk out, get the best deal. Or is this abdication of responsibility some kind of mental opacity, on a par with weirdness about feet?

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