Transparency

Residents are calling for greater transparency over how money is spent on the maintenance and upkeep of apartments. Laws regulated by Dubai’s Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) say that homeowners should be able to monitor how service charges and maintenance are being spent by participating in owners’ associations. However, despite the ‘Strata Law’ being in place [...]

So I got an email the other day about how I am perceived and the content I write. Some people do not mind as long as there is content that is useful and educational. The email simple stated that why I write and mention certain topics or text and why I am not viewed professional enough. Well here is the email: Ian, I enjoy your blog, but one of your recent posts stated you attend strip bars and go

One of the more annoying things Obama promised us over and over again was that his would be “the most open and transparent administration” in history.  Year after year we see politicians selling us the same cans of goods, and year after year we end up getting rotten snake meat. Well, newsflash to those who forgot [...]

There has been a steady rise in transparency levels in the Indian real estate sector. The improvement has been led by a range of factors including introduction of REITs (real estate investment trusts) and REMFs (real estate mutual funds), greater availability of market information, increased foreign investment, improved accounting standards and financial disclosure, the possible [...]

In Windows Vista, when aero transparency is enabled, you may have noticed that this transparency goes away when you maximize the window. Microsoft was at pains to tell that this was actually performance optimization ! Hence my question : Why is transparency now retained, even when windows are maximized in Windows 7 ?

On the 11th of November, Barney Frank (D-MA), gave the country the assurance that he was just fine and dandy with the Fed not disclosing who was receiving trillions of dollars in the government aid package – no need for transparency. Placing Frank in charge is akin to having the Fox guard the henhouse. (See Freddie and Fannie.) John Boehner (R-OH) is now demanding that the Fed disclose the reci

Photo Courtesy of Online.CasinoCity.comTaxpayers weren’t necessarily sold on the “emergency bailout”, but some may have rested a bit easier knowing that there would be transparency and oversight of the millions of dollars that are being thrown at the likes of Fannie and Freddie and AIG. This week, the Federal Reserve refused to indentify who received close to 2 trillion dollars in tax payer

The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is accepting as collateral. Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in September they would comply with congressional demands for transparency in a $700 billion bailout of the banking system. Two months

Clinique Blended Face Powder and Brush 03 Transparency (Unboxed/No Brush) (Health and Beauty)By Clinique Buy new: $18.50$10.00 First tagged “clinique” by Andrea Hope Brown “aspiring scholar” Customer tags: clinique Technorati Tags: [...]

The transparent glass effect in Windows Vista computer look very nice. But some VGA Cards have some difficulty and gets slow. To speed up Windows Vista and still get the benefits of aeroTheme, disable glass transparency effect. Click any blank area on the desktop and select Personalize. Select Windows Color and Appearance. Uncheck Enable Transparency. Blogged with the Flock Browser

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Consistent, Transparent and Fair ?The Independent and many other newspapers report the case of Dr Siddiq . The Independent states"Dr Muhammad Siddiq was working as a GP at the Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust when he wrote the letter to Pulse in July last year"A GMC fitness to practise panel, in Manchester, heard Dr Siddiq's letter read: "There is punishment and fine if you throw rubbish or fil

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Gordon Brown quite rightly asks for transparency from the banking industry. Nobody really knows how much and of what nature these toxic loans are. Even the bonus bagging bosses are at a loss to remember anything about them.Now we have Frozen Brain Syndrome which is only alleviated by global warming. Iceland is the country that has given us this problem. Somehow a small country could become a major

I am often surprised how otherwise brilliant leaders mistake form for substance when it comes to interpersonal dynamics. And - make no mistake about it - corporate transparency is an interpersonal issue. Today, I walked into a business that is...

PricewaterhouseCoopers has released its sixth annual global hedge fund whitepaper which reviews and summarises the regulation, taxation and distribution of hedge funds around the world. The paper titled, 'Operational Risk: an alternative challenge', considers that investor and regulatory pressure will cause the industry to be more transparent about its operational controls with investors. Graham..

Panama was one of seven Latin American countries to see transparency improve in real estate markets over the past two years, according to Jones Lange LaSalle’s “Real Estate Transparency Index.” Panama was among the ten “most improved” real estate markets on the list, which is based on five sub-indices: performance measurement, market fundamentals, listed [...]

I spoke with Douglas Brown, General Counsel of UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Massachusetts earlier this week about his institution's experience with reinventing its cardiac surgery program. The Medical Center voluntarily suspended operations of the program in 2005 after...

(source) Plutarch believed that politicians should live in houses with big windows, so that the citizens would be able to check at any time the morality or absence of morality of politicians. One essential characteristics of democracy is indeed control. Politics and government must be transparent and public, and citizens use this transparency and publicity to [...]

This is how good conservatives are ruined and it’s part of the reason why I crossed my fingers that Mike Huckabee wouldn’t accept the Vice Presidential nomination if McCain ever offered it to him. The McCain-Palin campaign yesterday announced that Governor Sarah Palin would not cooperate with a legislative investigation into the firing of [...]

AlphaImageLoader is a nifty filter that's supported from IE 5.5 onward. It allows you to apply an image to the background of an element, so long as that element has dimensions set for it (width and height) that match the image's dimensions. The second, Alpha, can apply transparency to any element. Great, let's get this working. Here's whatcha do to get this to work: 1. In Photoshop, eit

Part 1 continuation......Oh yeah, and GIF also supports animation, which for many designers isn't a make-or-break issue (what, no circa 1995 spinning globes or burning torches?). So, with all the amazing things PNG's can do, why the heck aren't more people using 'em? Simple. Browser support. Well, let me re-phrase that. It isn't browser support at all. All the major browsers on both Mac and PC sup

In this post we will see about the mode of working with feathered transparency in Photoshop and Dreamweaver. If you've been working in the world of web design for more than a day, you know all about the struggles and frustrations surrounding the issue of transparency. Well thankfully, with a little 21st century technology and a wee bit of CSS, which we'll do in Dreamweaver, we can actually achieve

Here are some ATCs that I've created for a Ett Trykk's August issue. These are such fun and funky ATCs.Here are the steps.1) Radiant ATCI've used a Basic Grey pattern paper for it's background. Create a piece of layering using the "Reverse Look of Bubble Wrapper Printing" technique and ink it using brushed corduroy distress ink. Mask a flower on lower right using fired brick distress ink. Stamp a

Finding life insurance quotes quickly have at present become possible just because of the World Wide Web. The significance of an excellent life insurance policy can never be underestimated. On the other hand, because of lack of time and due to a busy schedule, a lot of people find it hard to go to at [...]

Many of you surely have been awestrucked by the eyecandy Windows Vista offers to the users. So, you might be wondering isnt’t it a good if we get those similar look n’ feel in good old XP? At least you can imitate some part of Vista’s wonderful GUI. One of them is Aero interface, which provides glass and trasparency effects. You can add the similar transparency effect in Windows XP by a prog

The Washington Times thinks Texas Governor Rick Perry is “Mr. Transparency.” Yeah, right.

This is another fast transparency card for a friend of mine. I've decided to go with the vintage look for this card.Here are the steps to it.1) Prepare a sheet of transparency and fold in in half. I've used a brown solvent ink to stamp the feather images on it randomly and added some white doodling to it for details.2) Then I've layered a piece of pattern paper and card stock on the front of the c

  One or two more things we need to look into…   Students queried prime minister Seri Abdullah Badawi at the Malaysian Student Leaders Summit in Kuala Lumpur. try to find one fact in PM’s answer:   Question: How do you feel about the promises that you have made to us but haven’t kept?   Answer:   …. The reform of [...]

Secretariatul organizatiei Transparency International din Berlin este in cautarea unui stagiar motivat care sa lucreze alaturi de echipa programului Europa si Asia Centrala. Stagiul va incepe pe 18... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

W!nd0w$ Xp Pro Sp3-5508 Gold Transparency************************************************SP3.5508 IS THE LATEST RELEASE, BUT IS NOT FINAL************************************************MULTILANGUAGE- NO LANGUAGES TOUCHED(INSTALLS IN ENGLISH BY DEFAULT)NO SERIALS NEEDED PASSES ALL M/S VALIDATION CHECKS OBTAIN M/S UPDATES WITHOUT CONCERNBURN ISO TO BOOTABLE CD OR DVD AT SLOW SPEED (SUGGESTED X1)AND

Well, skeptics who said the European Commission's voluntary registration for lobbyists who prowl the halls of Brussels looking to influence EU leaders and lawmakers with money and delusions of grandeur wouldn't work had to eat their words. The first day the spineless system was set up, the estimated 15,000 lobbyists who slink around the corridors of power were knocking each other down to sig

The country ranks 11th in the JLL list of 28 markets that had the largest transparency score change in the past two years since the firm’s last index in 2006.Yet Vietnam’s overall ranking is still as low as 77 out of the 86 economies surveyed by JLL for the Real Estate Transparency Index.The index ranks economies based on performance measurements, market fundamentals, listed vehicles, legal an

As IE6 doesn't support Alpha Channel Transparency PNG files. With this code we can use PNG’s In IE 6. Just Copy and paste this code in this CSS file. Copy transparent.gif in to "images" folder./*Start css code*/* html img,* html .png{position:relative; behavior: expression((this.runtimeStyle.behavior="none")&&(this.pngSet?this.pngSet=true:(this.nodeName == "IMG" && this.src.toLow

I submitted a post over at Real Estate Radio USA today about the raging Battle for Transparency. It’s becoming all about pulling back the curtain and sharing accurate, relevant information with our clients, and some people just don’t want to hear about it…

The domestic real estate market, which is grappling with slowdown in demand and a tight liquidity situation, may have some reason to cheer. When it comes to the level of transparency in commercial real estate within Asia Pacific, both India and China have improved their position — moving up from low transparency to semi-transparency, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.“Five markets moved from Tie

Publication Date: 7/2/2008 7:39:47 PMHARVEY SCHACHTER Special to The Globe and Mail; harvey@harveyschachter.comJuly 2, 2008TRANSPARENCYBy Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman and James O'Toolewith Patricia Ward BiedermanJossey-Bass, 130 pages, $24.99Print Edition - Section FrontIn organizations, the flow of information functions like a central nervous system. It links all the parts, allowing for

Here are a few transparency vintage ATCs that I've made for the Style's The Word ATC swap. Recently I've had a crushed with the look of glass or transparent in my projects therefore I've tried to use them in my ATCs too.Here are the steps,1) I've created some water distressed background papers using various inks to create three different colours for three different ATCs. Refer to "Water Distressi

Christopher Fossick, Jones Lang Lasalle’s Southeast Asian Managing Director, said Vietnam’s real estate market has many factors that are less transparent than other countries. However, these indexes have been improved consistently.The improvement is shown through the amendment of regulations on land, investment formalities, site clearance, etc., which favour foreign investors. Jones Lang Lasal

MULTILANGUAGE- NO LANGUAGES TOUCHED (SELECT PREFERENCES DURING INSTALL) NO SERIALS NEEDED PASSES ALL M/S VALIDATION CHECKS OBTAIN M/S UPDATES WITHOUT CONCERN BURN ISO TO BOOTABLE CD OR DVD AT SLOW SPEED (SUGGEST X1) AND INSTALL FROM BOOT; CHOOSING FULL FORMAT OPTION ================ SPECIAL FEATURES:- ================ CUSTOM THEMES ADDED AND APPLIED AS DEFAULT TRANSPARENCY BY DEFAULT ON ALL THEMES

Clinique Blended Face Powder and Brush Transparency 3 (Misc.)By Clinique Click for more info Customer Rating: First tagged “clinique” by MUN 305042 nathalia Customer tags: powder, clinique, makeup Technorati Tags: powder, [...]

TWI Dictionary: Transparency - the amount of business plan and results relayed to the mass. For the public, a high level of transparency is always preferred, and for quick and easy growth transparency is also good for the business itself. It has that vibe that you stand behind what you are doing. That is exactly what Todd [...]

A seminar on ensuring consistency and transparency in business relations was held in Hanoi on May 16. There are different causes for corruption in Vietnam, one of which lies in weak economic management. Although the Vietnamese government has improved the country’s economic policies and laws and created more favourable conditions for domestic and foreign enterprises over the past few years, the

The Superdelegate Transparency Project is the central gathering place for compiling primary and caucus results--Congressional district by Congressional district--for states that have to date held their races, and going forward until the Democratic nomination is secured. We are compiling the district-by-district results of the popular vote and pledged delegates, and then tracking these result

Windows Vista has a built-in feature for adding transparency in it. But Windows XP does not. Now you can render transparency in all your applications using this cool small application called bLend, by the programmer, Lord Devrexster. The best part about this application is that you can filter out applications in which you don’t want to [...]

The Indonesian International Transparency (TII) non-governmental organization (NG) and the Publish What You Pay coalition had urged the government to issue rulings and standards impelling oil and gas companies operating in Indonesia to carry out their business activities transparently. "The government needs to have the guts to tell the oil and gas companies to be more transparent, as many of them have been hiding behind the so-called secrecy clause," coordinator of the Publish What You Pay coalition Ridaya Laodengkowe said during the launching of a TII Report on Transparency of Oil and Gas Companies` Income 2008 in Jakarta on Tuesday. The lack of transparency, especially in the companies` payments to the state, will seriously affect the state`s revenue. "As the result of the lack

An anti-corruption group has rated more than 40 energy companies on the transparency of their dealings, handing a low grade to ExxonMobil but praising Shell and Petrobras. The Transparency International report published today places 42 oil and gas companies into three tiers based on their level of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Companies need to step up Singapore corporate governance, transparency By Rachel Kelly,  SINGAPORE: Minority shareholders in Singapore have plenty to think about in recent weeks, with the red flag raised on corporate governance and transparency issues in not just one, but three companies. These companies are Jade Technologies, Swissco International and China Aviation Oil. Associate Professor Ho Yew Kee, [...]

EPA is using Action Initiation Lists (AILs) to notify the public about new rules and other regulatory actions. AILs will be posted on the EPA Web site at roughly the end of each month; each will describe those actions that were approved for commencement during the given month. Formerly, the public had to wait for EPA's Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, which is updated only every six months, to learn about new regulatory actions. The AILs provide summaries, agency contacts, and other information about the rules EPA has approved for development. For example, the March 2008 AIL announces the agency's plans to issue an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking for greenhouse gases in late spring. This notice will solicit public input as EPA considers the specific effects of climate change

If you ask customers what they want from the companies from whom they buy, you probably won’t be surprised by their responses. Studies show that Customers primarily want two things: Competitive pricing, and Auto Dealers to be transparent with information in a timely and professional manner According to a recent study by Cobalt, Yahoo!, and Polk, the advent [...]

If you would like to use any transparency for images in your blog, you should be aware that Internet Explorer 6 (and below) does not render PNG transparencies. So if you use a PNG image with semi or full transparency, you would probably see this rendered against a white/grey background when viewed in IE6 (whereas Firefox and other browsers are able to render the transparency just fine).One solution to this problem is to use GIF images instead, but this does lead to some compromises in design as the GIF format cannot render semi-transparency (where some of the background color is visible through the image). Recently, Smashing Magazine posted a wonderful article discussing the use of transparency in modern web design. Many solutions for PNG transparency were referenced in this article,

I was so excited to get to play with some alcohol inks when one of my friend sent me some to play with all the way from the states. I've had so much fun with it and I will still be experimenting more with it. This is just one of my first experiment with alcohol inks. Here are the steps to create the leaves as above.1) I've used two ways of applying alcohol inks to my transparency. I think It's called the "Polished Stone" technique. The first technique that I've used is what I called the "drip on" method. Simply apply a few drops of a combinations of alcohol inks randomly on the transparency and later use the blending solution and do the same on top of it. The blending solution will create a very interesting design and colours to it. This will give you a more vibrant pattern.The second tech

Used to be easier to be a pretender on the web. Just take the visitor counter off your site and voilà!: pretend you’re a “General” like Motors or Electric. Google Benchmarking bodes a new day. Today it’s all about transparency. Smart companies from Google to Zillow to Kelly Blue Book are making - what [...]

Used to be easier to be a pretender on the web. Just take the visitor counter off your site and voil??!: pretend you’re a “General” like Motors or Electric. Google Benchmarking bodes a new day. Today it’s all about transparency. Smart companies from Google to Zillow to Kelly Blue Book are making - what [...]

by Kristine L. AlaveMANILA, Philippines—The Marikina City government wants its City Hall to become a “lean but mean” crew. There will come a time when residents who want to transact at city hall can do so without leaving their houses.With just one click of the mouse, they can apply for marriage certificates, file their taxes and submit complaints, all from the comfort of their office or living room.The city government took a step toward this dream when it launched last week the Virtual Ordinance Library, the digitized archive of its ordinances on the Internet, for everyone to see.Councilor Donn Carlo Favis, the official in charge of the city's Management Information System and Call Center (MISCC), said the "online incarnation" of Marikina’s laws and regulations would be a great b

Viet Nam has a legal system on land-related issues but its land transparency is said to be the lowest in the world. Speaking at a workshop on the Estate Registration Law, Nguyen Thuy Hien, a senior official of the Ministry of Justice, said the real estate market is developing rapidly but the state can’t control market fluctuations so this market always has latent instabilities. “Black” deals

Earlier this month, I wrote briefly about company blogging policy as part of my commentary on a piece covering the Blogging Guidelines issued by the IOC ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Yesterday, I read a news story by Anne Broache at CNet News.com entitled Corporate employee blogs: Lawsuits waiting to happen? which looked at some legal [...]

I feel sorry for people who didn’t realize this happens. Anyone who has read blogs for even a few months, then listens to a talk radio hears the same tired talking points not only from radio hosts and frequent callers of the Conservative bend, but also others who get their kool-aid and unoriginality from different [...]

SEC: More Transparency Needed In Auction-Rate Securities Mkt Last Update: 3/12/2008 10:00:51 AM By Michael R. Crittenden Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to push for more transparency in the auction-rate securities market, an agency official told a U.S. House committee on Wednesday. “The current lack of price transparency for auction-rate securities may be exacerbating this situation,” [...]

A camera that can "see" explosives, drugs and weapons hidden under clothing from 25 metres has been invented by The ThruVision. This system could be deployed at airports, railway stations or other public spaces. It is based on so-called "terahertz", or T-ray, technology, normally used by astronomers to study dying stars. Although it is able to see through clothes it does not reveal "body detail" or subject people to "harmful radiation", according to the designers. "It is totally and utterly passive - it receives only," - said a spokesperson for Thruvision. The portable camera, which has already been sold to the Dubai Mercantile Exchange and Canary Wharf in London, will be shown off at the Home Office scientific development branch's annual exhibition later this week. Unlike curr

1) Francia, 2) Italia 3) Repubblica di San Marino, 4) Andorra, 5)Malta, 6) Singapore, 7) Spagna, 8) Oman, 9) Austria, 10) Giappone, 11) Norvegia, 12) Portogallo, 13)Principato di Monaco, 14) Grecia, 15) Islanda, 16) Lussemburgo, 17) Olanda, 18) Regno Unito, 19) Irlanda, 20) Svizzera, 21) Belgio, 22) Colombia, 23) Svezia, 24) Cipro, 25) Germania, 26) Arabia Saudita, 27) Emirati Arabi Uniti, 28) Israele, 29) Marocco, 30) Canada, 31) Finlandia, 32) Australia, 33) Cile, 34) Danimarca, 35) Dominica, 36) Costarica, 37) Stati Uniti, 38) Slovenia, 39) Cuba, 40) Brunei. 41) New Zealand, 42)Bahrain, 43)Croatia, 44) Qatar, 45) Kuwait, 46)Barbados 47) Thailand, 48)Czech Republic, 49) Malaysia, 50) Poland, 51)Dominican Republic, 52) Tunisia, 53)Jamaica, 54) Venezuela, 55) Albania, 56) Seychelles, 57)Pa

The Georgia Senate has unanimously passed a measure authored by Senator Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) that will require all state spending be available on a searchable Web site. Known as the Transparency in Government Act, Senate Bill 300 will allow anyone the opportunity to see where state taxpayer dollars are being spent.  "This legislation is [...] [This is a content summary only. Click story title to visit website for full links, other content, and more!]

I've used some transparencies in creating or altering my flowers in my latest layout titled "Catcha Catcha" in the baby gallery.After cutting out my flowers from transparencies, I've painted the edges using some acrylic paints and later use a paint marker to doodle the white dots on it to give some details to it. This technique can also be used in ready made ghost flowers too.

It may be unbelievable but many logistics manager, especially in supply chains with multi-country operations don't have a clear view of how is the exact flow of material, info and money. Developing a map of your supply chain might seem really a basic thing but even if it is done at high-level, can make SC decision making much more effective. Look for example, at this map here. It's about a Fair Trade Coffee supply chain: It clearly shows the suppliers, their offerings and the flow of material and money. You can also click on different parts of it and go more into detail. See article. Source: Supplychainer

AlphaWorks Transparency Effects Version 3.1 A single Photoshop-compatible plug-in filter for quickly removing black or white values and making the region transparent. There are 6 different options for you to choose from, depending on the type of image you are working on (colour photo, mono photo, lineart). It requires the use of "layers" so

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told Iran's top nuclear negotiator that Tehran's nuclear program should be transparent and stay under the control of the United Nations atomic watchdog. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, meanwhile, said after talks at Putin's Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Disciplined Investor has a great 30 minute-ish podcast with yours truly, mainly about the lack of transparency in the finance industry. The site is run by a financial planner, Andrew Horowtiz, who has also just released a new book by the same name. I’m only about halfway through

Haven Exchange, a Huntington Beach, California based 1031 Exchange services company, claims to have come up with the answer to potential fraud and security issues now plaguing the 1031 industry. Haven describes their new service as “breaking new ground by creating transparency for 1031 Exchange funds.” More to the point, Haven’s transparency program is centered around allowing the consumer to watch their funds during the entire exchange transaction. Is this the type of service that will prevent the Ed Okun 1031 Tax Group or Donald McGhan Southwest type disasters in the future? Here is how it works according to Havenexchange.com/news: “The clients of Haven Exchange will now receive monthly statements directly from Union Bank, providing them with complete assurance that their funds are fully segregated in separately held, FDIC insured, totally liquid money market accounts. The statements reflect any and all activity, including interest earned, leaving no room

Instead of <img src="image.png"> use this code below:<div align="right"><span"display:inline-block;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='http://findhow.blogspot.com//image.png');/* apply the background image with Alpha in IE5.5/Win. The src should match that of the image */"><img border="0""filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=0);/* make the real image fully transparent in IE5.5/Win, so the Alpha image can show through */" alt="" src="image.png"/></span></div>Replace image.png with the url of your image in both cases

Con True Transparency puedes hacer que las barras de título y los bordes de las ventanas de Windows XP sean transparentes. El efecto logrado es similar (no igual) al AeroGlass de Windows Vista. Al ejecutar TrueTransparency, aparecerá un ícono en la bandeja del sistema que permitirá cambiar la piel (skin) de la ventana; Aero 1(predeterminado), Aero 2, y la posibilidad de agregar más pieles descargables de internet. Esta versión, la 0.8.4, parece más estable que versiones anteriores ya que aún no he percibido problemas. Descarga TrueTransparency 0.8.4 Más información Artículos relacionados:TrueTransparency: Bordes de ventanas transparentes en Windows XPTransBar: barra de tareas transparente en MS WindowsTriturando un iPodCDs de Windows Vista gratisPermitir el acceso a root al modo gráfico en UbuntuSuscripción

This is another black and white thank you card that I've created for a very good friend of mine. I've used a white paint marker doodled transparency for this card. I've also cut open a window in the middle and the quote is written inside the card. I've doodled a border all along the edges of this card. All pattern papers and card stocks had been stamped and inked.

This idea struck me when I'm trying to figure out how can I showcase my tag when it's in a pocket. Therefore I've created a transparency pocket in my latest layout titled "Inquisitive" in my family gallery. I've used a paint marker to doodle on it first and I've used some brads to attach it to that layout. I love how it turns out and I will definitely use this technique again.

Singapore is already a financial hub in Asia alongside with Hong Kong and Tokyo, but it needs to retain high-valued talents to fill important positions in the private sectors, government-linked companies (GLCs) such as Singapore Technologies and Singapore Airlines (SIA), or even statutory boards such as CPF, HDB and LTA. I applaud Singapore’s “leaving no stones unturned” kind of approach in attracting global and regional activities with the introduction of numerous initiatives throughout the years to enhance our competitiveness in the global market. Two important examples were the recent reduction of the corporate tax rate by 2% from 20% to 18% and the increase in the corporate tax exemption threshold from S$100,000 to S$300,000, both taking effect from Year of Assessment (YA) 2008. There was also an earlier initiative under the Unilateral Tax Credit Scheme for service incomes which allows to cover all service incomes remitted from all non-treaty countries such as the US

This is a mini transparency addresses album on a COF which I've made for a dear friend of mine. It's quite a challenging project for me. Every time I attached something onto it, I have to make sure I hide the adhesives away by attaching something else at the back. Behind every page, I've added a quote about life. Hope she will like it.

Hardbeatnews, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Fri. Oct. 12, 2007: Guyana’s main opposition party, The Peoples National Congress Reform, is calling for “transparency” following reports that the Guyana government plans to sell land to Barbadian citizens for US$5 per acre.

So, i stumbled upon something cool today, called PNGPong. PNGPong is a cross-browser PNG transparency script. It fixes PNG transparency for: IE6-7 Safari 2.X FireFox 1.5-2.X Camino 1.x Im not gonna explain how it works, neither how to use it, because the author of the hack does it way better. Check it out here.

Transparency International is an organization is a global civil society organisation fighting against corruption world wide. The importance of a worldwide coordinated effort to fight corruption is intuitive. Therefore I've chosen to add a link to the organisation's Homepage (also on my link list).The following map charts the organisation's corruption perceptions index (CPI) for 2007. The countries perceived as most corrupt are brightest red:The link between corruption and human rights, equal opportunities, democracy, higher living standards and everything we hold dear can easily be spotted.The organisation has set 5 defined global priorities in the fight against corruption:1. Corruption in politics2. Corruption in public contracting3. Corruption in the private sector4. International anti-corruption conventions5. Poverty and DevelopmentAmong the impacts of corruption the organisation lists the following:1. Direct impacts - Most obvious impact of corruption portraying itself by one's

‘We have a better Malaysia today!’, that’s probably what our government officials would say after Transparency International released their Corruption Perceptions Index for the year of 2007 recently.Come on, we only improved slightly, a mere 0.1 point compared to last year. We may have notched up one place to number 43 this year compared to 44 last year; the improvement is really nothing to shout about. We have not achieved ‘Merdeka’ just yet. We are still down in the dumps.Luckily, the StarOnline for an example did not hail this slight improvement as Barisan Nasional’s greatest achievement this year! I would have puked if they do that.With the current crisis hitting our Malaysian judiciary and strategic establishments such as Port Klang Free Zone recently, I can foresee that our position would plunge further in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index next year. :-(I do agree with what MalaysiaKini has said about the result of this year’s Corruption Pe

If you find the default Windows XP devoid of funky effects, it’s not that hard to style things up. In this post, I’ll tell you how to add shadow effects to Window borders using a free tool called Y’z Shadow on Windows XP First, go to this page and grab your copy of Y’z Shadow tool, unzip and execute the .exe. The program loads, and you see the in the system tray. If you didn’t notice, shadows have already started appearing in Window borders! It’s time to play with the settings. Click on the Y’z Shadow icon in the system tray, there you have the options. You can select different shadow styles for active and inactive windows, choose the shadow color. Y’z Shadow not only adds shadow effects to Windows, but also it adds a transparency shade to the menus. You can set the transparency level and also set ‘fade in’. Y’z Shadow can also add drop shadows to the Windows Taskbar. The depth and width of the drop shadows in Windows

This is a transparency thank you card that I've made for a very good friend of mine. This is a three flaps card. I've just added a flap of transparency to the normal two flaps card. I've attached the transparency by punching some holes on the joint border and use a cord to thread it. I've used some glass beads to decorate the ends of the cord.I've also punched some holes on the scallop edges that I've cut on the transparency. This has created more details on the transparency itself. I've also added a gold sequins circle to give it some blings.

This is my first attempt in creating a birthday card using transparency. I've been wanting to create some transparency pages or layouts and thought that I could do an experiment first by creating a birthday card. Using transparency in your projects is really a challenge. The difficulty lies on having both sides of it being beautiful at the same time. All adhesives needed to be hide away in one way or another.The white card stock on this card is attached from the back of the transparency to hide all the adhesives that I've used for the front. It would also act as a place for me to write the dedication. The leaves are also attached from behind but it's in between the transparency and the white card stock. I hope that I've not failed badly in this first attempt.

May I generate detailed reports at a click of a button, as well as track all transactions performed in my Forex account, whenever I wish?Of course. That's what they call in the business "WYSIWYG" (What you see is what you get). You may check the value of your position at any time, as well as see historical data (transactions and deals) with a click of a button. Moreover, you may generate "scenarios" ("what-if") with possible rates per you position, in order to see if you are in gain or loss.

I’m going to let you guys in on a little secret. I watch a lot of C-SPAN. No, really, a lot. If I had three TVs (not to mention one TV and cable, and if electricity was cheaper), those TVs would sit somewhere within my immediate sight at all times and be set to C-SPAN 1, 2, and 3. Don’t ask me why I do this. That’s irrelevant. You should just know that I watch more C-SPAN than any other writers for this website, probably combined. That said, I’ve seen my fill of House and Senate sessions. They’re probably the best thing to watch on C-SPAN. The Senate is relatively orderly, unless someone calls for an all-night session, or something out of the ordinary occurs. The House, though? The House is a continual mess. It is non-stop raucousness. It’s like an unruly high school detention. Right before Congress went on break, the House had a wonderful mess over a disputed vote and some malfunctioning voting computers. It would have been hilarious i

Transparency is the key to take Indian real estate to the next level. This underlines a need for a federal regulator which will enable to bring best practices with a promise to be clued on to INNOVATION. Indian property market has come of age and fast attracting interests of global realty players and investors from all over the world. The contribution of these big companies and their bullishness to set a substantial presence has given a major boost to growth of the sector. The competition among real estate companies is becoming fiercer day by day. Each of them is trying to be ahead of the race with their development projects. This at times may baffle the common consumer regarding where to invest. However, the situation is no less perplexed for the developer himself who finds it a little hard to narrow down on the prospective place for construction or the kind of strategy to follow to stay ahead of competitors. This encourages them to seek the expertise of real estate consultancy firms.

Switching to green electricity is a complex decision. You probably get all of your power from the national grid, which makes your electricity exactly the same as everyone else’s. So how can your electricity be greener? There are two types of companies involved: suppliers and generators. Generators own the power stations, wind farms and other plant that provide electricity to the grid. Suppliers manage retail relationships and must either purchase wholesale electricity from a generator or operate their own generators. In fact, to manage capacity, all suppliers trade in electricity to some extent. The mix of generation sources is what we are trying to change; suppliers are our levers. Pretty much every supplier now offers a green tariff. They work differently and some are more effective levers than others. Three key questions to ask of green tariffs are: Does the supplier also cater for non-green tariff customers and ‘allocate’ its renewably generated electricity to a limited numb

This is another of the “overhauls” the Democrats promised before the midterms but have not delivered on. They promised to overhaul earmarks and all they have done is change the process so ordinary people won’t know about them until it is too late to do anything. How can anyone possibly believe the Democrats will do a damned thing to limit their own graft and bribes? No way will that happen folks, I guarantee it. “We are committed to lobbying reform and we are committed to operating Congress in an open and transparent manner, and we will live up to our commitment,” said Brendan Daly of the speaker’s office.Yeah right.In a few weeks when we see that their “overhaul” turns out to be anything but I will point back to these words. What’s even more humorous is that the so called journalist writing this puff piece seems to believe them. ~RJH New York Times article link Democratic Leaders Agree on Overhaul of Lobbying By CARL HULSEWASHINGTON, July 27 — Congressional Democrats reached

This week's topic over at BlogSupergroup is transparency - and no, I don't mean that transparent shirt that I'd totally be wearing were I still going to Russia. You'll have to check it out to see what I mean :-) And feel free to share your thoughts!

This week's topic over at BlogSupergroup is transparency - and no, I don't mean that transparent shirt that I'd totally be wearing were I still going to Russia. You'll have to check it out to see what I mean :-) And feel free to share your thoughts!

If you’re accustomed to designing intricate layouts in Photoshop then you’ll know how annoying transparency is. Although useful, GIFs are severely limited by their 256 colour palette making attractive transparency or translucency virtually impossible. PNG graphics in their 24 bit glory offer perfect transparency, but aren’t supported in versions of Internet Explorer lower than IE7. Given the huge number of web users who still use IE6 (and lower), PNG usage across the internet has been mostly a no-no until fairly recently. Typically, transparency in PNG images in IE shows as horrible grey — but no longer! We can use the following JavaScript fix to force IE to alter the alpha transparency of PNG images, enabling them to show as they should. First, add this within the <head> of your website: <!--[if lt IE 7]> <script defer type="text/javascript" src="http://www.clubsuperstar.com/feed/iepng.js"></script> <![endif]--> This tells any IE brows

I spent the morning going through Google’s new Placement Performance Report which show you where your content ads are displayed (Adsense). I just read a blog article over at the PPC Book that described exactly how I felt. A large number of the poor performing sites are not disclosed but are show as “Domain Ads”. Some of the most clicked URL’s that don’t convert fall under “Domain Ads” (surprise, surprise). Since Google does not show you the domain, you can not block the domain in the campaign setting. So the entire reason to produce a Placement Performance Report is transparency, but they hide URL’s ….makes sense.