| 单词 | opacity |
| 例句 | But in successive turns you grow an opacity, a pearl-like glow whose surface can repel all manner of heat and light. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The opacity of his classroom manner reflected his own insecurity with newly discovered phenomena that require a novel cast of mind to understand even today. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Yet it affects actors especially: few can summon the granitic opacity of people from half a century ago or far earlier, yet British actors can imitate it. Free Yourself from the Cult of Marlon Brando 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z On the contrary, “Being Harold Pinter” sheds revelatory light on works often regarded as shadowy to the point of opacity. | 'Being Harold Pinter': Political Theater, Brought to You by the Politically Powerless 2011-01-06T23:29:42Z Scrims drop and rise, a play of opacity and transparency, shadow and light, seeing and seeing through that’s echoed even in the costumes: diaphanous pajamas by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung. A Dance to the Music of Time and T.S. Eliot 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Like actresses who play the flinty heroines of Samuel Beckett’s late plays, Riva must convey Anne’s personality through severely limited means: the slouch or starch in her body, the clarity or opacity in her eyes. Michael Haneke's Poignant Amour: The Flowers and the Stars 2012-05-21T18:43:58Z This dichotomy of transparency at home and opacity abroad raises several questions about how our expectations for transparency must reflect the realities of different contexts. Illuminating dark seas: Why fisheries management must be more transparent 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Their queasy combinations of opacity and translucence never look pretty. When unnatural colors are brushed, poured and scraped into unexpected beauty 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z The recondite allusiveness and seeming opacity of his newer work frustrated or even annoyed some critics. John Hollander, Poet Known for His Range, Dies at 83 2013-08-18T22:06:10Z It’s that opacity to itself that blocks the way for “Marriage Story” to the summit of cinematic achievement. What’s Missing from the Brilliant “Marriage Story” 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Others preferred to add white pigment or chalk to make gouache, a denser paint that mimicked the opacity of oil but retained the fluidity of water. Watercolour at Tate Britain - review 2011-02-05T00:05:30Z And it cites other instances of the vagueness, opacity or silence that dim the Eisenhower legacy. Books of The Times: Evan Thomas’s ‘Ike’s Bluff’ Looks at Eisenhower 2012-09-24T22:29:05Z But in the deeper, slower rhythms of "Her," that opacity is, at least, understandably rooted in heartache. 'Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby' plays better as 'Her,' 'Him' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Also using a large ensemble, it begins with promising, dreamlike opacity as a scattering of men and women, both topless in white briefs, move in unpredictable clusters. Dance Review: Parade of Bodies and Tame Exoticism 2011-05-16T21:30:09Z But he described frustrations in dealing with Live Nation, such as the backstage costs it charges musicians, and the opacity of ticket surcharges, for which his band gets nothing. Ticketmaster Cast as a Powerful ‘Monopoly’ at Senate Hearing 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z "Cat Eyes," 6 feet high by more than 9 feet wide and assembled from three canvases of different sizes, is a masterwork of coordinated color, opacity, translucence, scale, shape, brushwork, composition and construction. Around the Galleries: Matt Wedel's 'Peaceable Fruit' ceramics have a hint of fiery apocalypse 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Although OnlyFans has brilliantly capitalized off the life’s work of exhibitionists, it is run by people whose most apparent trait is opacity. They Fixed Pornography 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z The Catholic Church has a history of opacity about its finances, something Pell says is slowly changing. Bringing the Sistine Chapel to Life, With the Vatican’s Blessing 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Agree or not — and Mr. Cohen acknowledges that a vast majority in Israel considers opacity a success — this exploration of the issues is thoughtful, measured and deep, and very much worthy of wide consideration. Books of The Times: Vague, Opaque and Ambiguous: Israel?s Hush-Hush Nuclear Policy 2010-10-13T23:25:00Z The opacity of people — even to themselves — is a leitmotif in “Burn This.” Review: Adam Driver Heats Up a Wobbly ‘Burn This’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z The feeling of opacity lingers especially in the elephant’s scenes. Pachyderm unbound: ‘The Tusk That Did the Damage,’ by Tania James 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Conroy has adopted English mannerisms, in Joyce's view, to include a degree of emotional opacity. Review: ‘The Dead, 1904’ Brings Existential Unease to the Party 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But the hearing also provided a forum to discuss other ticketing issues, including the opacity of surcharges. Biden Calls for Limits on Ticket Fees for Concerts and Sporting Events 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The EU also has a world-leading system for controlling imports and punishing opacity by denying poor performers access to EU markets — the notable exception being China. Illuminating dark seas: Why fisheries management must be more transparent 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z But as a phrase, “False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” definitely rivals that in sheer opacity. 159 Films, for Every Taste, Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z More subtly, Ms. Verzutti pits the translucence of oil paint against the implacable opacity of acrylic. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The opacity of the central woman’s identity, though, feels obfuscatory rather than interestingly mysterious, and much of the male-female partnering is dominated by upside-down swirling lifts that are at first breathtaking, later oddly routine. Review: Liam Scarlett’s ‘Symphonic Dances’ Celebrates a Ballerina 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z She messes with that standard format like nobody’s business, pouring and staining various pigments and mediums so that the results run the gamut from diaphanous translucence to gooey opacity. Renegade abstractions of Polly Apfelbaum and Dona Nelson make for a stellar art show 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Many works in the show play up the opacity of Black identity — all the ways in which stereotypes and assumptions fall short of representing actual experience and inner life. Review | A searing, all-star art show explores Black grief from the civil rights era to now 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z “Don’t Believe a Word,” a new book by the Guardian writer and editor David Shariatmadari, delves into the riddles of language: the opacities, ambushes, dead ends, sudden ecstasies. ‘Don’t Believe a Word,’ a Look at Language and Power (and Why Dolphins Have Accents) 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Like the faces of dolls with dots for eyes, they are, observes Mr. Wile, “remarkable for their opacity; their faces reveal nothing about the contents of their minds, about their thoughts, emotions or desires.” Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z It has moments of opacity, where you feel he is holding back at crucial moments, but it is filled with disturbingly piquant details. In ‘The Threat,’ Andrew McCabe Issues the Latest Warning Call About Trump’s America 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Maybe so, but it’s also a company whose excesses, whose opacity, whose ability to deny the undeniable and whose straight-up wrongdoing are a major problem in America and in the world. Perspective | Members of Congress can’t possibly regulate Facebook. They don’t understand it. 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The other point is the infuriating opacity of the whole credit industry. America’s credit system is broken 2013-01-03T17:17:00Z Such obliterations represent “the gaps and areas of opacity and unknowability that are part of any encounter with what is perceived to be an other,” Ligon’s statement explains. Review | In the galleries: Glenn Ligon exhibition draws on Baldwin, Stein and Warhol 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Kollias said no, adding corporate opacity with phrases like “leveraging our scale” and “developing new revenue streams.” Perspective | ‘Screaming for adult supervision’: Chaos, secrecy and maybe hope at the L.A. Times 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “I try to honor the opacity of the subject.” Oscar yi Hou’s Paintings Lend New Frames to Queer, Asian Identity 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Even Basualdo, the Philadelphia curator, says of Johns’s often layered and encrypted work, “Their seductiveness is revealed as opacity, and the opacity as sheer weight and density.” Review | Seeing Jasper Johns: Blockbuster exhibition reveals a brilliant but bleak legacy 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z But the dense textures sometimes tipped into string- and brass-heavy opacity, making it difficult to detect the winds. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Plays Richard Strauss 2013-12-13T22:39:30Z And all of that opacity — the sense from her previous special that no matter how much Beyoncé talks, she isn’t telling you anything? Beyoncé Unearths Pain and Lets It Flow in ‘Lemonade’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Cohen views the development of the bomb as wise and considers the early years of opacity successful. Books of The Times: Vague, Opaque and Ambiguous: Israel?s Hush-Hush Nuclear Policy 2010-10-13T23:25:00Z Be grateful, then, that any pangs of emptiness are counterbalanced by the intriguing heft of Mr. Jackman’s strangely radiant opacity. Hugh Jackman Stars in ‘The River’ on Broadway 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Black has the trickiest job, never tipping into camp parody or opacity. Jack Black: 'I was getting tired of the frat-guy comedies' 2013-04-18T16:00:01Z Her pale, austerely beautiful face keeps dissolving and rehardening, between childlike openness and aristocratic opacity, gaping vulnerability and militant aggression. Theater Review: Yael Farber’s ‘Mies Julie,’ at St. Ann’s Warehouse 2012-11-13T03:00:00Z Using various unorthodox materials such as wax and nail polish as resists, Cordier painted an irregular grid onto photographic paper, a jaunty mosaic of translucency and opacity in sepia, ocher and umber. 'Light, Paper, Process' an inventive subversion of photography 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z It may cast some nations as poor performers and others as world leaders, despite both having issues with opacity. Illuminating dark seas: Why fisheries management must be more transparent 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z But her essential opacity remains a constant, the pleasing angles of her gorgeous face unfailingly presented to their best advantage. During a Social Media Break, Kim Kardashian West Offers ‘More Me’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z In 2015, he was sentenced to more than five years in prison for dealing drugs and for laundering the illicit proceeds by taking advantage of one of the art market’s signature features — its opacity. As Money Launderers Buy Dalís, U.S. Looks at Lifting the Veil on Art Sales 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z Both paintings, with trompe l’oeil virtuosity, create impossible intersections of hard surface and weightlessness, opacity and transparency. At Tacoma Art Museum: Camille Patha’s vivid ‘Punch of Color’ 2014-02-27T22:26:49Z He was an artist in love with his own opacity. Review | Bob Thompson died young, but his colorful jazz- and Old Master-inspired paintings speak to the ages 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z It may be worth wondering whether the narrative's inability to believably breach Halston's notorious psychological opacity is intentional choice on the part of Murphy and his script collaborators. Ewan McGregor dazzles in "Halston," which neglects to understand the legend behind the fashions 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Having worked in experimental filmmaking before becoming an artist, she has often played with ideas of transparency and opacity. To Illuminate History, an Artist Turns Out the Lights 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z In its original French, the opera is a luscious wallow in melancholy and opacity; its libretto, by Maurice Maeterlinck, verges on impenetrability in its portrayal of star-crossed love and fratricide. Critic?s Notebook: An Orphan, a Libertine and the Walking Dead 2011-06-19T22:11:24Z He conveys the solidity and the opacity, the reverberant presence of classic-era movie stars, and does so below the skin, as well. “Ad Astra,” Reviewed: James Gray’s Masterwork of Personal Film in an Alien Setting 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Glittery polishes often suffer from lack of opacity. Skin Deep: Product Picks for 2011 - Skin Deep 2011-12-01T20:18:16Z In contrast to the milky opacity of the veal and pork broths is the translucent, sparkling-gold chicken broth in a ramyun called the Fish Coop. Instant Korean Ramen, Made the Hard Way 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z He takes inspiration from the writings of the Martinique philosopher Édouard Glissant and his ideas around opacity — that the oppressed have a right to be unknowable. Review: Dancers Fighting for Their Place in a Dystopian World 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Pendleton claims for his art the privilege — the necessity — that the French Caribbean scholar Édouard Glissant called the right to opacity: to not be legible, to not have to explain oneself. Adam Pendleton Is Rethinking the Museum 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Promising transparency and criticizing ignorance, but delivering secrecy and opacity? Obama promised transparency. But his administration is one of the most secretive 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The show culminates with her paintings of windows from vernacular rural architecture, some with broken panes, capturing reflections of nature and pushing her play of transparency and opacity. Her Views From Close Up Are on Everyone’s Radar 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z But opacity, ambiguity, and the risk of slipping off-message are all carefully and blandly avoided by the movie’s lack of aesthetic self-questioning. The Mild Controversies of “Dear White People” 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z However quirky a premise may first appear, the opacity of the author’s motivation is of no importance so long as we get swept up in the tale and finally find it satisfying. An Old Man’s Youthful Fascinations Animate Cynthia Ozick’s New Novel 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Ink and paint veer between obdurate opacity and delicate transparency. Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Often the use of untrained performers lends an aura of documentary credibility to fictional stories, as well as an enigmatic element of opacity. ‘A Chiara’ Review: A Mobster’s Daughter Dares to Ask Questions 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z But the opacity of the production overall means we still can’t read her with any clarity, and the play acquires a weird wobble at its core. Review: Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons,’ With All Its Seams Showing 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z But that democratization, David Zwirner said — as well as the transparency of posted prices, compared to the usual gallery opacity around what things cost — is integral to the new business. Zwirner May Disrupt Art Gallery Model With Click-to-Buy Business 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, provisional or intriguing answers about Madoff’s moral opacity, not to mention the simple mechanics of his swindle, emerge only tangentially. Critic?s Notebook: Madoff, Macbeth and Other Crooks, Onstage in Washington 2011-09-28T22:45:26Z Still, as Brimhall writes in her analysis of the poems, she was unable to turn the poetry fragments into a revelatory narrative, leaving Earhart’s desire for opacity intact, at least for now. Amelia Earhart’s long-hidden poems reveal an enigma’s inner thoughts 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z He is, in fact, a more austere, abstract, hermetic, “difficult” artist in drawing than in sculpture, and this narrowness sometimes accentuates his penchant for bombast and opacity. Art Review: Sketches From the Man Of Steel 2011-04-14T22:01:21Z Her not-quite-there appeal matches both the opacity of Martin’s intentions and the entire underhanded, underwhelming experience that The Good Doctor offers. Orlando Bloom in The Good Doctor: Malpractice Makes Perfect 2012-08-31T14:30:39Z Israel’s policy goes by the Hebrew word amimut, meaning vagueness, opacity or ambiguity. Books of The Times: Vague, Opaque and Ambiguous: Israel?s Hush-Hush Nuclear Policy 2010-10-13T23:25:00Z He specializes in a linguistically rich indirection that can occasionally verge on opacity. ‘Sing Street’ Review: New Wave Music as Sweet Deliverance 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z For the pre-existing condition of British opacity, there really is no cure. Dramatic Reading: A Memoir by the Director of ‘The History Boys’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Olsen’s performance is both the key to the film and the source of its sometimes frustrating opacity. Movie Review: Elizabeth Olsen in ?Martha Marcy May Marlene? - Review 2011-10-20T22:19:32Z Clark paints a bleak portrait of a government marked by opacity, greed and willful negligence in a city where most residents are black and poor. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z O: A Presidential Novelby Anonymous One route through the opacity of public fact is political fiction. The story of O: A Presidential Novel 2011-01-21T12:15:40Z Leaving her work’s scale and grandeur intact, she has stripped everything down, using photography in several ways, emphasizing transparent layers instead of opacity. A New Level of Ambition in Art by 3 Women 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The warmth with which Mr. Glass writes about his family contrasts with the relative reticence — even opacity — with which he glosses over his personal relationships. Review: Philip Glass’s ‘Words Without Music’ Tells of a Life Full of Changes in Rhythm 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The musical is inherently hollow; the opacity of Michael Jackson and his life of traumas and controversies make it difficult to find material compelling and cohesive enough to tell a story onstage. Best and Worst Moments of the 75th Tony Awards 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z For the next 10 minutes or so, Godard, smoking his familiar cigar, meditates on this vexing, evergreen question with his characteristic intelligence, opacity and epigrammatic wit. Best Movies of 2022 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z That is also the essential question for Elliott, played by Lewis with a fine-tuned opacity that occasionally cracks to reveal the pain beneath. In ‘A Spy Among Friends,’ B.F.F. Betrayal at an International Level 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Newsom has peeled away some of her past whimsy and opacity. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z This type of politically charged “opacity” does come up in the work, but the concept raises an equally interesting question about the relationship of artwork to viewer: What do they owe each other? What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “Instead,” Updike continues, “the windows of mirroring glass kept falling to the street and were replaced by ugly opacities of black plywood.” The Impeccably Understated Modernism of I. M. Pei 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z It means to dust off Washington’s image, penetrate the opacity that can most generously be called “sphinxlike” and replace readers’ “frosty respect” for Washington with “visceral appreciation.” Books of The Times: Dusting Off an Elusive President?s Dull Image 2010-09-27T23:42:00Z We seem ever more exposed to and dependent on surveillance capitalists, our benevolent info-lords, but their operations are defined by opacity, corporate secrecy and the scrim of technological authority. How Tech Companies Manipulate Our Personal Data 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Beyond the constant dialectic between streetwear and ladylike fineries - the sweatshirts and pencil skirts were worn together - the collection was also playing with opacity and transparency. Fashion world flocks to see Galliano collection 2011-03-07T01:35:15Z The book briefly addressed Trump’s claims about his net worth, which was then, as it is now, the subject of a great deal of bluster, speculation and opacity. What really gets under Trump’s skin? A reporter questioning his net worth 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Those series, brilliant all, revel in a certain amount of opacity, a degree of difficulty that lets the audience know its creator wants them to work for comprehension. I hate Walter White 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z It ignores the strangeness of the dead, the final opacity of the past and the flexibility with which human culture moves. Aztec and European empires collide in the strange and bloody 'Sudden Death' by Álvaro Enrigue 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Ghostly translucence borders passages of crisp, descriptive opacity; the spectrum of blues conjures at once the aquatic and the celestial. 'All the Flowers' turns blooms in LACMA artworks into a photogram bouquet of blue 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Maybe its opacity is a matter of principle. Review: ‘Arabian Nights’ Offers Satirical Fabulism Amid Economic Austerity 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But it necessarily suffers from the frustrating opacity of its subject, and the unfortunate timing of its release. Review | ‘The Butterfly Effect’ charts Kendrick Lamar’s evolution from platinum-selling rapper to protest artist 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z But the artist’s strategy is effective even at its smallest scale., such as two square pictures at Calloway that nervously pit opacity against translucence. Review | In the galleries: Honfleur show celebrates the wonders of three dimensions 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z His legend has only grown in the 22 years since he left office, but time hasn’t demystifyed his presidency; it has mostly revealed the opacity of his good nature. TV Watch: Remembering the Reagan We May Never Know 2011-02-04T18:54:16Z Stone seeks to explain the rise of America’s most important private enterprise, a giant company notable for its opacity. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Ramsay, a collector, was put off by the snootiness and opacity of London’s galleries. ArtsBeat: Toronto Gets an Art Fair With a Name Change 2014-04-21T15:52:50Z Sometimes the opacity stems from symbolic props and the multipurpose set, yet, more fundamentally, the trouble seems to be that Mr. Sansano is not particularly interested in storytelling. Ballet Hispanico’s Take on ‘Carmen’ in ‘Carmen.maquia’ 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z As sumptuous and surprising as it is from one scene to the next, it lacks the creative excess, the intriguing opacity and the haunting residue of its predecessor. Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Tries to Honor the Original and to Slip Free of It 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z “I think there’s a beautiful power in that kind of opacity and resistance.” A Trans Icon of the 20th Century Revived by Trans Stars of the 21st Century 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z That opacity has been at odds with France’s growing reckoning with its colonial legacy, which has shaken many of its cultural institutions. A Paris Museum Has 18,000 Skulls. It’s Reluctant to Say Whose. 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z The art market’s opacity, volatility, lack of regulation and reliable data are frequently cited as other reasons why investors prefer stocks and bonds to paintings. For Art Collectors, the Risk Behind the High Returns 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z “Hamnet” is an exploration of marriage and grief written into the silent opacities of a life that is at once extremely famous and profoundly obscure. Shakespeare Lost His Son to Plague. A Novel Asks How It Shaped His Art. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Despite all the logistical opacity, it's a big day of music in one of L.A.'s loveliest new parks. Made in America Festival: Tips for navigating the event 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z "That is to say, there is an opacity, opacity to reach a conclusion that is not logical, we do not see it as logical," Conference Chairman Cardinal Juan Jose Omella told reporters. Spain's Catholic Church apologises for sexual abuse, disputes scale of problem 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The opacity of China’s one-party authoritarian system creates huge speculation about why the officials left office and whether they will face legal censure. Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi’s demand for obedience 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The opacity in the deals countries like Kenya have signed with China is a matter of concern to their own citizens as well as critics abroad. China's Belt and Road Initiative: Kenya and a railway to nowhere 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z State officials have also complained about the opacity of federal spending. Federal audit finds flaws in WA’s oversight of pandemic aid for schools 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z They argue that she instead diverted her money to "companies domiciled in countries with low taxation and high opacity". Shakira accused of tax crimes for the second time 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Instead, they say, she diverted money to "companies domiciled in countries with low taxation and high opacity". Shakira owes $7 mln in second Spanish tax fraud case, prosecutor says 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z This kind of opacity makes it very difficult to assess the real financial health of CCCC, which is likely to have been affected by the recent collapse of the Chinese property market. The shadowy Chinese firm that owns chunks of Cambodia 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Dynamic windows based on electrochromism -- meaning their opacity changes in response to electric stimulus -- are not a new concept. Material would allow users to 'tune' windows to block targeted wavelengths of light 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z What most observers can agree on is that these incidents highlight the opacity of the Chinese system. Do China's recent military purges spell trouble for Xi Jinping? 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z That adds an extra layer of opacity beyond routine military secrecy, according to foreign defence attaches who scrutinise the PLA. China's military hierarchy under spotlight after defence minister disappears 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Observers say that Gen Li's disappearance once again shows the opacity of Chinese political leadership, while also underscoring the shakiness of some of Mr Xi's decisions. Li Shangfu: Top US envoy questions China defence minister’s absence 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Park, meanwhile, is a curious mixture of sensitivity and opacity. Review: Striking unusual notes, Japan's 'Love Life' shows an anguished family grappling with woe 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Analysis: “The suddenness and opacity surrounding Qin’s dismissal demonstrates the volatility that has now become a feature of China’s political system,” said Jude Blanchette of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Your Tuesday Briefing 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z That changed for me with the 2010 novella “Walks With Men,” which reframed that elusiveness, that opacity, by widening the authorial point of view. Literary boomer Ann Beattie refreshes her stories — COVID-19, neo-Nazis and all 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z But questions of who is bearing the costs and who is making profits under the policy are hard to answer because of the opacity of both the oil company earnings and the state policy. WA gas prices top nation as lawmakers take aim at oil industry profits 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z But a special layer of opacity exists around funding for abortion access. Rage giving prompted by the end of Roe has dropped off, abortion access groups say 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z But the complexity — and opacity — of the situation hasn’t stopped the insurance industry from using State Farm’s decision to argue for regulatory change. State Farm's California freeze: Looming insurance apocalypse or political ploy? 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Given the opacity surrounding North Korea’s state decision-making, that is impossible to say. North Korea’s Kim channels inner Trump as wall arises on border with supposed critical ally China 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Thus, the Supreme Court is going in the opposite direction as the Kenyan Judiciary, toward less complete data, less transparency and more opacity. The Supreme Court Needs the Judicial Reforms We Champion For Everyone Else 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z A CAT scan later revealed what doctors called an opacity in his left lung, and Mr. Augenstein couldn’t help but research what that lingo meant. Veteran D.C. radio reporter Neal Augenstein overcomes bout with lung cancer 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “It’s been frustrating, the more you know about this, because of those mixed messages and the opacity.” Rules for Pentagon Use of Proxy Forces Shed Light on a Shadowy War Power 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z The industry’s opacity means it’s nearly impossible to know what fault lines exist before they break. Bank Turmoil Is Paving the Way for Even Bigger ‘Shadow Banks’ 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The opacity around Feinstein’s condition also stands in contrast with information released by Sen. John Fetterman’s office when he was hospitalized this year for depression. Despite renewed focus on Sen. Feinstein's health, details of her condition are scarce 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z He is intrigued by the obstinate opacity of affinity, which is so misty as to defy definition. Review | ‘Affinities’ opens our eyes to the ‘mundane miracle of looking’ 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z But the opacity of the Chinese leadership has meant there is little available evidence Mr Xi can be easily influenced with such an approach. Macron and von der Leyen: Europe’s good cop and bad cop to meet Xi Jinping 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The Hackneys’ story — based on interviews, internal emails and legal documents — illustrates the opacity surrounding these algorithms. Not magic: Opaque AI tool may flag parents with disabilities 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The Hackneys’ story — based on interviews, internal emails and legal documents — illustrates the opacity surrounding these algorithms. Not magic: Opaque AI tool may flag parents with disabilities 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z "Any silence from the administration on this only results in more opacity and blurriness," said Ben Webster, MiQ's director of policy. Biden admin works on 'green' natural gas as U.S. vies for top LNG spot 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z This opacity freezes many would-be spenders in their tracks, making them second-guess whether a given redemption offers the best value. Millennial Money: How to avoid points and miles hoarding 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z But fallout from the surge in nickel prices echoed concerns over large, concentrated positions and opacity in commodities more generally. G20 watchdog says commodity market concentration poses threat to wider economy 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z This added layer of opacity might understandably provoke frustration in the uninitiated. Review: In Wooster Group's staging of Brecht's 'The Mother,' techno postmodernism turns political 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z They say global oil prices will remain the single biggest determinant of how much money the Kremlin will collect from a barrel of exported crude, despite the growing opacity of its trade. How Russia Is Surviving the Tightening Grip on Its Oil Revenue 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Khan’s case illustrates the glacial pace and opacity that has often characterized proceedings at Guantánamo. In rare move, U.S. releases ‘high-value’ Guantánamo Bay prisoner 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z In other words, complexity and opacity remain embedded in our political system because they reward demagogues. Opinion | Everything you believe about the debt ceiling is wrong. Here’s why. 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z "Given the opacity around access and broader availability in China, it is very difficult to model or forecast potential revenues from this product in the country," he said. Paxlovid sales forecasts may change with Pfizer view on China 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z The one beacon of transparency in this sea of opacity? Opinion | Can you govern on a lie? House Republicans give it a try. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Global health experts and the World Health Organization have warned that the outbreak in China, and the country’s opacity in reporting cases, has made it hard to assess the severity of the situation. As China Lifts Pandemic Border Controls, Mixed Feelings at Home and Abroad 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z China has stopped regularly reporting daily cases, and many scientists have raised concerns about the opacity of its reporting of severe cases and Covid-related deaths. China Calls Travel Restrictions Imposed on Its Travelers ‘Political’ 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z All this opacity can scramble our ability to tell accurate stories, allowing for only two speeds: full throttle and roadside car fire. Sam Bankman-Fried’s Power Was Contingent on Belief 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z By shining different wavelengths of light through the animals while active and sleeping, the scientists measured their opacity. Scientists find secret to how glass frogs turn transparent 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Wagner’s endless melody, his harmonic opacity, incomparably takes us there. Review: The 'Tristan Project' is back and more important than ever 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z When Sovannarie was 3 months old, her parents noticed something unusual about their daughter: white opacities in both pupils. Were your kids’ glasses made with prison labor? 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z "There is a lot of opacity with respect to how China is going to evolve this year, let's just face it. China had a very, very, very difficult year," Hyatt's Hoplamazian added. U.S. hotels reel from China COVID curbs amid travel boom 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z This opacity was cited as a key reason the court could not take China’s informal guarantees at face value. Europe nears a reckoning in its ties to China’s security operations 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Given the opacity of Chinese politics and Ding's roll as a background player, there is even less known about him than other members of the new Standing Committee. Ding Xuexiang: from Xi staff chief to ruling elite 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z A Senate report said that those restitutions had been carried out “under great opacity, giving the impression that diplomatic matters outweighed everything else.” ‘Done on the Sly’: France’s Flawed Return of Skulls to Algeria 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Given the opacity of Chinese politics and Ding's roll as a background player, there is even less known about him than other leading Standing Committee prospects. Ding Xuexiang: from Shanghai party cadre to Xi gatekeeper 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z That is not a bad metaphor for Algeria itself, a country turned away from the world, cloaked in an opacity so dense as to be numbing. In Algeria, Veiled From the World, Past and Future Are Shrouded, Too 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z But Mr. Beckman defended the decision, saying that Dr. Jones had been the target of multiple student complaints about his “dismissiveness, unresponsiveness, condescension and opacity about grading.” At N.Y.U., Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame? 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z He suspects that some of the budgetary opacity in the state educational system “is intentional.” Opinion | Meet the Republican who could upset California’s Democratic monopoly 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z There are lots of market players, plenty of opacity and a good chance that big feelings get in the way of common sense. The Discount Data That Some Colleges Won’t Publish 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Part of the queen’s appeal was in the opacity of her beliefs, said Laura Clancy, who researches the public image of the royal family at the University of Lancaster. Anti-Monarchists Tread Lightly After Queen’s Death, but Their Goal Persists 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z AH: Just covering you guys for a while now, it feels like a lot of the criticism that you get comes from the opacity around ranking and Feed. How the head of Facebook plans to compete with TikTok and win back Gen Z 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z However, in the 48 hours that had elapsed since the game in question, a combination of administrative opacity, irresponsible journalism, and hyperpolarized politics caused misinformation to swirl out of control. Student Voices: 15 seconds of infamy — football, misinformation and death threats 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z "The opacity of commission operations have created a 'black-box environment' that increases uncertainty for businesses," the business group said in a statement. U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Federal Trade Commission -statement 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z China takes it to the extreme, tapping nationwide reservoirs of data that allow the police to operate with opacity and impunity. ‘An Invisible Cage’: How China Is Policing the Future 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z At the heart of the problem is the complexity and opacity of the supply chains that run through China, the world’s largest manufacturing hub. Companies Brace for Impact of New Forced Labor Law 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z It requires importers with ties to Xinjiang to produce documentation showing that their products, and those products’ raw materials, are free of forced labor — a tricky undertaking given the opacity of Chinese supply chains. Your Tuesday Briefing: Israel’s Governing Coalition Collapses 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The opacity and illogic of prescription drug prices find few parallels in other industries. Perspective | We need a labeling system for pharmaceutical prices 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The opacity of the Chinese legal system, especially for cases that touch on national security, means the exact nature of the prosecutors’ case against Huang and Wang is still unclear, even to their lawyers. 33 years after Tiananmen, China crushes movements before they can start 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Some lawmakers criticized the opacity of the process on Wednesday. Virginia lawmakers send Youngkin compromise state budget 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z I have spent years, as they have, in urgent conversation about due process and undue burdens, extrapolating from the opacities of Planned Parenthood v. Opinion | Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z For her and her pupils, the weeks-long Russian occupation of the town, with all its attendant terrors, had both the dreamlike clarity and the nightmare opacity of a Prymachenko piece. Plucked from flames, a beloved Ukrainian artist's legacy lives on 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z As the broad public has come to recognize of social media, those terms include a great deal of opacity and impunity for platforms. Opinion | What You Don’t Know About Amazon 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The gaps in those reports reflect the opacity of the transactions but also raise questions about BNY Mellon’s effort to seek answers. U.S. hunt for Russian oligarchs’ huge fortunes faces barriers offshore The work morphs with the day’s light, moving between opacity and translucence, at times monochromatic and other times featuring bleeding color blocks, like a Rothko painting. How artist Laurie Kang 'misuses' material to create tactile, carnal installations 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Its branding webpage admonishes: “Any adjustment to the opacity or saturation of these colors is prohibited.” The Men’s Final Four Is All About the Hue of the Blue 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The downside is that it can be hard to see when the water becomes less cloudy, but you can use a clear bowl or glass to catch the water to inspect its opacity. Should you rinse rice? Here’s when, why and how to do it. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z It was a heartbreak, for which she partly blames the shame and opacity that surrounded reproductive health at the time. Michelle Yeoh’s Quantum Leaps 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Ignoring the problem — or obscuring it with diplomatic euphemisms and opacity — only helps the hostage-takers. Opinion | Why I’m so concerned for WNBA star Brittney Griner 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Yet transparency advocates say enforcement efforts will be hampered by the opacity surrounding the ownership of jets. Rich oligarchs with private jets may be able to evade a U.S. ban on Russian planes 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Second, the country where the coronavirus originated built a bubble around its “Birds Nest” stadium to keep the virus out, creating a visual metaphor for China’s opacity about the pandemic’s origins. Opinion | The Olympic horror show 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The Times’ analysis of 2020 data is likely incomplete: Lax disclosure rules and the groups’ intentional opacity make a comprehensive assessment of secret money difficult, if not impossible. Democrats decried dark money. Then they won with it in 2020 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The ensemble is a visual metonym for the project’s opacity: She reveals so little that it’s the lack of disclosure that becomes most conspicuous. Review | In ‘Janet Jackson,’ a star famous for her privacy lives up to her reputation 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The opacity is a main complaint of activists. He pleaded guilty in a terrorism case and did his time. Now the government wants to strip him of his American citizenship 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z The documents show, too, that despite the Pentagon's highly codified system for examining civilian casualties, pledges of transparency and accountability have given way to opacity and impunity. Documents show U.S. killed thousands of civilians in recent air wars, hid true toll: NYT 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z They have argued that it would be overly arduous given the opacity of Chinese supply chains and the difficulty in auditing them. House Votes to Impose Forced Labor Ban on Goods Made in Xinjiang 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The opacity of most social media content moderation makes it hard to know how big of a problem mass reporting actually is. 'I need my girlfriend off TikTok': How hackers game abuse-reporting systems 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The risks are obvious, too: the compromising of values, the public relations nightmares, the general atmosphere of opacity. Do Sports Still Need China? 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The deceptions Mr. Philbrick was accused of perpetrating had their roots in the opacity of the resale market, where it can be difficult to verify how much works are bought and sold for. Art Dealer Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges in $86 Million Scam 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z CT scans of the couple treated at Hubei Provincial Hospital reveal “ground glass” opacities in their lungs. A timeline of COVID-19’s first weeks in Wuhan 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z If Whitten was susceptible to the seductions of abstraction, materiality and opacity, it’s because no one can survive on just toast. A tribute to mosaics, moonlight and mystery “It maximized opacity and allowed corruption and mismanagement to flourish.” How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Not only does this opacity undermine trust in the results—it also limits how much neural networks can contribute to humans’ scientific understanding of the world. AI Generates Hypotheses Human Scientists Have Not Thought Of 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Syria does not appear in such rankings because of the opacity of its penal system. Syria Executes 24 People for Setting Wildfires, Calling It ‘Terrorism’ 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z I think that’s what’s super fun about it: You can create so much depth in a nail from different opacities of color, where you can’t get that with a flat paint. Your hands deserve the beauty of airbrushed nails. Tell this L.A. artist we sent you 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z “Can we allow ourselves to trust them, once again, despite their opacity, so that they do everything they need to do to rehabilitate all of these broken lives?” he said. Sexual Abuse Revelations Accelerate Sense of a French Church in Retreat 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Senate Judiciary subcommittee on privacy, technology and the law, which since 2011 has held hearings on location tracking and the opacity of National Security Agency surveillance. Biden to nominate critic of surveillance software to FTC, further bolstering agency as check on Big Tech 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The transparency report the company released in August to combat charges of opacity, as it turned out, was a tweaked version of an earlier effort that the company deemed too damaging to its image. Opinion | Facebook says misinformation studies miss the full story. So does Facebook. 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z In the time since, however, YouTube has stood out for the opacity of its process for reinstating Trump. Analysis | ‘YouTube magic dust’: How America’s second-largest social platform ducks controversies 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z And I think the heart of that is the opacity of how the product works. YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan on the algorithm, monetization, and the future for creators 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The philosophical term for this is epistemic opacity. Learning to Love G.M.O.s 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z But many relatives of those imprisoned say they were sentenced on spurious charges, and experts caution that the opacity of the Xinjiang legal system is a red flag. AP looks inside China’s largest detention center in Xinjiang 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Those signals, often conveyed with the Communist Party’s usual calculated opacity, failed to cut through the political tumult in Hong Kong. Crossing the Red Line: Behind China’s Takeover of Hong Kong 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z While Betancourt is supportive of “structured interviews” involving a standard set of questions, he’s bothered by the opacity of automated systems. Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z This opacity is purposeful, but can leave some viewers uneasy about whether they — or the subjects — are being manipulated. The Artist Upending Photography’s Brutal Racial Legacy 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Additionally, policing across the country is still shrouded in opacity in significant ways. Most police departments in America are small. That’s partly why changing policing is difficult, experts say. 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z The insularity, red tape, bloat, opacity and aversion to foreign ideas Abe’s party pledged to reform are still very much with Japan today. Opinion | Why is Japan failing so badly on vaccinations? 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z As opacity persisted over decades, the Alexander Hall atrocity disappeared from collective memory. Historical looks at a previous pandemic and fatal police shootings show familiar inequities 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The motive for Russia’s military buildup on the border with Ukraine is unclear, but opacity is the point. Editorial Roundup: US 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The report also accused government officials of spending $34 million in the “greatest opacity,” bypassing an agency charged with approving state contracts. A year after pandemic hit, Haiti awaits vaccines amid apathy 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Need evidence, take a minute to look at how preserving government opacity seems to consistently unite many Democrats and Republicans in the Michigan Legislature as well as the executive branch. Editorial Roundup: Michigan 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z But Israel’s strategy of opacity also draws criticism from opponents. Secretive Israeli nuclear facility undergoes major project 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Created in 2002, it has allowed journalists and researchers to wrest documents from a government long known for opacity. It was a milestone for Mexico’s democracy. Now López Obrador wants to get rid of the country’s freedom of information institute. 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Your manager may not realize the amount of stress that his or her short deadlines, vague emails, shifting work assignments, opacity in decision-making or last-minute changes in direction are causing you. 11 Steps to Impress Your Boss and Thrive in Your Job 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Even Joyce’s admirers complained about its opacity, but James defended his gobbledygookian work. Can Science Illuminate Our Inner Dark Matter? 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z But Kofi Annan, executive director of the Activated People, a police reform group, said the opacity around the database was troubling. Virginia police task force drops use of controversial gang database 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Madison showed signs of “ground-glass opacities,” indicators of trouble in the lungs. Student’s medical setbacks fuel passion for nursing career 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z She ordered a scan of my lungs to see if ground-glass opacities, or light-colored patches, appeared, a sign that Covid had affected my lungs. My ‘Long Covid’ Nightmare: Still Sick After 6 Months 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Amid this kind of opacity, industrial swill proliferates, keeping prices low. Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z For the Police Department, its reputation for opacity may be hard to shake, given that it extends back much further than the raid on Ms. Taylor’s home. After Breonna Taylor Case, Louisville Police Face Precarious Next Chapter 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z During the hearing, Giuliani forgot the name of an opposing lawyer, misstated the name of the presiding judge and mistook the meaning of the word “opacity.” Trump’s election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z At a different moment, Giuliani said: “I’m not quite sure what ‘opacity’ means. Here’s what happened when Rudolph Giuliani made his first appearance in federal court in nearly three decades 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Among the legal lowlights of Tuesday’s session were Mr. Giuliani apparently forgetting which judge he was addressing and admitting later to the court he wasn’t sure of the definition of the word “opacity.” Rusty Rudy Giuliani spells trouble for Trump legal fight 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z While Ms. Woods, a self-proclaimed “political news junkie,” was disgruntled by the opacity of the registration process, she believes that serving as a poll worker is her civic duty. N.Y.C. Poll Workers: Young, Engaged and Tired of Their Apartments 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The opacity of China’s vaccine experiments has sparked backlash. He got a coronavirus vaccine in China, but had to keep it secret. Why? 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z State law limits the opacity of quarries’ dust plumes to 20%, or 10% off-site, but this standard is difficult to enforce and some critics call it “absurd.” Cherry farmers pitted against gravel quarries over dust 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z The US government has a long history of opacity when it comes to presidents’ health and the Trump White House, in particular, suffers from a trust deficit. Panic and confusion permeate White House following Trump's Covid diagnosis 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z The bill’s supporters say it seeks to do away with “unnecessary expenses” as well as the “opacity” of the trusts’ management. ‘A brutal blow’: A bill threatens dozens of trust funds that support Mexican science 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The glasses, which bear a resemblance to virtual reality headsets, are connected to a control box that allows the user to control the opacity. BYU students make glasses to help autistic kids’ eye contact 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z He expressed disappointment in the opacity of the current system and mentioned tennis executives not taking pay cuts during the pandemic while lower-ranked players suffered a substantial financial drought. Novak Djokovic’s new players’ association proposal divides tennis at a difficult time 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z She showed pictures of the quarry releasing dense dust clouds in apparent violation of opacity standards. Cherry farmers pitted against gravel quarries over dust 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z But the comfort I derive from quantum mechanics stems not from its feel-good implications but from its obscurity, even opacity. Quantum Escapism 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Short stories, she said, “require steady nerves and receptiveness on the part of the reader – a willingness to be affected, troubled and accept opacity”. Short and sweet: the best stories to read right now 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z In theory, the glasses would allow a therapist to stream an animation in order to catch the child’s attention, at which point they could lower the opacity, helping the child establish eye contact. BYU students make glasses to help autistic kids’ eye contact 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z And thanks to the opacity and complexity of the supply chain of ad inventory, these lists didn’t always work. The game is rigged: A former marketer shows you how Big Tech’s advertising practices harm us all 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z The timber sector in The Gambia is "plagued by opacity and corruption, it provides the perfect ecosystem for criminal networks to thrive," Lisa Handy, Director of the Forest Campaigns at EIA, told the BBC. Shipping firm halts timber exports over smuggling 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Asplund expects the ongoing opacity and neutrino experiments to resolve the controversy. An Elemental Problem with the Sun 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Desperate to know what’s next, Price is steamed at Georgetown’s opacity. Coronavirus limbo: College students are angry and anxious as they await news about the fall 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z The lower the opacity, the more clearly the user’s eyes are visible to the child. BYU students make glasses to help autistic kids’ eye contact 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z “The opacity was just extreme,” Norris, CEO of Argonaut Capital Partners, told Reuters. Wirecard 'disaster' piles on pressure for corporate reform in Germany 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z “The deployment of mercenaries to Libya only adds to the multitude and opacity of armed groups and other actors operating in a context of impunity.” UAE minister: Region’s dangers demand ‘activist’ stance 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z There are also concerns about "bringing transparency to a label system that thrives on opacity, and the capacity for collective action in a ruthless, at times vindictive music business," wrote the magazine's reporter Elias Leight. Rapper Gucci Mane calls his label 'polite racist' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z In an email, she called publishing “a very opaque business,” adding that “opacity allows inequity to flourish, as I think the numbers make clear.” #PublishingPaidMe and a Day of Action Reveal an Industry Reckoning 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Critics, including rights advocates, migration and legal experts and lawmakers, say the opacity is deliberate. Eritreans Sue E.U. Over Use of Forced Labor Back Home 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z In this case, the algorithm is designed to look for possible signs of Covid-19, such as patterns of opacity in the lungs. The groundbreaking way to search lungs for Covid-19 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Then their lungs are visualized in a CT scanner to look for “ground-glass opacities” that indicate pneumonia and rule out cancer and tuberculosis. The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only With Harsh Steps, Experts Say 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z This, combined with relative opacity — the loans are negotiated in private or purchased through intermediary platforms — mean there is more room for abuse of fiduciary duties to investors, market analysts said. Exclusive: U.S. SEC steps up scrutiny of private debt 'financial games' 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z What are the areas of opacity, of unknowing, of discomfort in the stories we hear, and how do we respond with appropriate care? The Farewell: On Cultural Differences in Death and Narrative Control.... 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z In a group of 33 patients who received CT scans three to five days after reporting symptoms, the team observed patterns of “ground-glass opacities,” which became more round in shape and dense. First US docs to analyze coronavirus patients’ lungs say insight could lead to quicker diagnosis 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z In an open letter this week, they denounced "dysfunction" at the César Academy and opacity in its management. 'French Oscars' board quits en masse amid backlash 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z An EU Parliament delegation in December 2017 said the “opacity” of the golden passport program risked importing criminals and money laundering to the EU. New Europeans: Greece is handing citizenship to thousands of wealthy Chinese 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z He remembered people in China being as fearful then as today, particularly because of the opacity from Chinese authorities. Why the new coronavirus will hit the world economy harder than SARS 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “It’s a love story that has to do with faith and faithlessness. The opacity of that gesture when Orpheus turns and loses Eurydice just keeps needing to be reinterpreted.” Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Although the tent courts are now technically open to the public, their operations remain shrouded in opacity. Inside the tent immigration courts that turn away thousands of asylum seekers 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z That opacity raises questions about the agency’s commitment to the principles of openness that led to ClinicalTrials.gov, says physician Ben Goldacre of the University of Oxford, who oversees TrialsTracker, a system that monitors compliance with ClinicalTrials.gov requirements. NIH extends reporting mandate to more clinical trials, but obscures their policing 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z You run a charge through the conductive layers and it changes the opacity. The best part of the OnePlus Concept One isn’t the disappearing camera 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The alleged “Buttigieg boom” may now be crumbling under the candidate’s stubborn opacity around his funders and great swaths of his career, as well as the entry into the field of fellow centrist Michael Bloomberg. Mainstream media sees a puzzling obstacle to Pete Buttigieg's rise: The voters 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z It is the opacity and the lack of accountability that infuriates advocates as much as the false ads themselves – which, incidentally, continue to run. Facebook ads are spreading lies about anti-HIV drug PrEP. The company won't act 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Then there’s the opacity and inconsistency of recycling policies. A-Z of climate anxiety: how to avoid meltdown 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z But given the opacity of the palace, even she hedged slightly: Prince Andrew, she wrote in a behind-the-scenes essay published in the Times, told her team that “he must ‘seek approval from higher up.’ In Prince Andrew Scandal, Prince Charles Emerges as Monarch-in-Waiting 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z He’s not alone: A similar opacity plagues lawyers, researchers, activists, and reporters throughout the country, though it varies by location and prison. Mental illness behind bars: The hard lessons of Orleans Parish 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z It pries clarity from the essential opacity of its central concepts, most important consciousness itself. Review | Do we have moral obligations to a machine that achieves consciousness? 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z It’s been a just over a week of public hearings, and they have already taken on an air of opacity that I know will only become more impenetrable over time. Why am I addicted to the impeachment hearings? I’m not even American? | Rosa Lyster 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z The mixture is then incubated for about two weeks, as the skin cells multiply and gain opacity, turning into a whitish membrane. Membrane in a minute: Singapore scientists produce in-vitro human skin 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z “On both sides, the opacity makes it impossible to understand what’s going on in this space.” Spyware Maker NSO Promises Reform but Keeps Snooping 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Big tech and big banks are also similar in the opacity and complexity of their operations. How big tech is dragging us towards the next financial crash 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z “China is offering surveillance, censorship and opacity. The free societies should offer public trust, transparency and accountability as an alternative,” said Christopher Walker, vice president at the National Endowment for Democracy. Opinion | Facebook wakes up to the China challenge 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Incentive structures – in large part created by scientific funding bodies, research institutions and publishers – are fuelling unhealthy competition and opacity among scientists. Gene editing like Crispr is too important to be left to scientists alone | Natalie Kofler 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The opacity regarding positions in the CDS market is, therefore, another source of uncertainty that concerns market participants. How hedge funds profit when big companies like Thomas Cook fail 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Rather, the film saves its pointed critiques for the opacity of the global banking system and the systemic corruption of wealthy individuals that permit that system to perpetuate itself.” Netflix moves to shut down lawsuit over Panama Papers film The Laundromat 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z At a meta level, I see four major likenesses in big finance and big tech: corporate mythology, opacity, complexity and size. How big tech is dragging us towards the next financial crash 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The opacity of Mr. Epstein’s financial dealings has been a perplexing issue since he was arrested in July on federal charges of sex trafficking with underage girls. Jeffrey Epstein Raked In $200 Million After Legal and Financial Crises 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z This opacity hinders open collaborations within the scientific community and with the public. Gene editing like Crispr is too important to be left to scientists alone | Natalie Kofler 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z And when one recognizes Google’s power to transmit information - approximately 5.6 billion searches are made each day through the company’s search engine - the opacity of its practices become that much more concerning. Editorials from around Ohio 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Like other researchers, Epstein and Srinavasan emphasize that they remain concerned about the opacity of tech platforms like Google and Facebook and their unbridled power to influence elections. Trump attacks on Google recycle baseless claims 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The opacity of their algorithms coupled with their dominance of their respective markets makes it impossible for customers to have an even playing field. How big tech is dragging us towards the next financial crash 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z And while it’s difficult to argue that social media platforms are good at removing problematic content, the opacity of their moderation makes it difficult to know how hard they’re working. The Week in Tech: Are Lawmakers Too Eager to Weaken Big Tech’s Legal Shield? 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z As we saw with He’s experiments, this competition and opacity creates a dangerous scenario when Crispr is involved. Gene editing like Crispr is too important to be left to scientists alone | Natalie Kofler 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z For example, the opacity tables of heavy elements used for the design of nuclear weapons are now instrumental in interpreting “kilonova” flares associated with mergers of neutron stars. Who Should Pay for "Moon Shots"? 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z There was just total opacity in every direction. The Underworld of Online Content Moderation 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Still, there are promising moments when “Our Time” tries to see past Esther’s opacity, as when she attends a concert and loses herself in the beauty of a timpani solo. Review: Carlos Reygadas’ ‘Our Time’ opens up a marriage and finds more beauty than insight 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z But it warns that the picture is incomplete because abuses happen in “environments traditionally clad in certain opacity.” Spanish prosecutors want inquiry into church sex abuse cases 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Under the systems of slavery and colonialism, the opacity of paternity came in particularly handy. The Paternity Reveal 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z There was no obvious reason for the sudden rise with the opacity of cryptocurrency markets rendering it virtually impossible to prove or disprove any theories. Rapid bitcoin rally cheers crypto market investors, others wary 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The show’s wall text piously bills this design as taking a moral stand that chooses cultural transparency over opacity. LACMA’s concrete wall problem: Why a chic design comes with consequences 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z They are based on frustration with what is seen as the opacity of the medical and pharmaceutical systems. Why we are addicted to conspiracy theories 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Throughout, he has taught a sustained master class in conversational redirection and opacity. Jack Dorsey’s TED Interview and the End of an Era 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z But the opacity around many applications of automation and artificial intelligence are reason for pause. Opinion | A.I. Is Changing Insurance 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The Arlington schools’ track record does not reassure, given the Ashlawn debacle and the opacity with which this policy is being developed. Opinion | Gender politics don’t belong in the classroom, but Title IX protections do 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z For many recently elected lawmakers, perhaps the greatest frustration was not any single provision in this year’s budget, but rather the opacity of the budget process at large. Democratic Rift Over N.Y. Budget as Progressive Backlash Grows 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z That opacity is a source of big frustration for Algerians. Algerians Stage Largest Protest Yet, Rejecting President’s Offer 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Gorbea’s newfound opacity will appeal to a handful of state bureaucrats, while leaving the other citizens of the state in the dark about this important matter. Editorials from around New England 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “There’s, I think, naturally, a tendency within government or any other large institution to favor risk aversion and opacity,” Christian Troncoso, policy director at Business Software Alliance, commented to Fedscoop.com. US takes tentative steps toward opening up government data 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The party's deputy leader, Tom Watson, has asked that any complaints be forwarded to him for monitoring, saying that "opacity and delay" had led to a "complete loss of trust". McDonnell would welcome Labour probe 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z “The opacity is the root of the problem,” said Bri Lee, 27, a lawyer who recently published a memoir of her experience as a victim of abuse and as a judge’s aide in Brisbane. Seeking a Fair Trial and a Voice in Sexual Assault Cases. For Victims. 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z This would create unacceptable opacity surrounding who is trying to influence state legislators, as well as how lawmakers respond to feedback from their constituents. New legislative records proposal fails on public transparency 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z But the group faulted what it described as a penchant for opacity and secrecy in the United Nations bureaucracy that has not significantly changed under Mr. Guterres. U.N. Leader’s Grade From Feminist Group: B-Minus 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It is one of many moments in which James seems to wink at the reader, acknowledging the circuitousness and opacity of his story, in which basic narrative conventions are consistently questioned and often disowned. Why Marlon James Decided to Write an African “Game of Thrones” 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Religious orders -- including the Jesuits, the Catholic church’s largest male order with almost 17,000 priests and brothers around the world -- have been particularly criticized by victims' advocates for their opacity. Jesuits name priests ‘credibly accused’of sexually abusing children, including in D.C. area 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z To human-rights groups and foreign officials, the Ministry of Justice’s opacity is a source of frustration. Iraq’s Post-ISIS Campaign of Revenge 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Cryptocurrency markets are hard to accurately gauge, given the lack of centralized data and opacity of major venues such as over-the-counter trading, said to account for up to 50 percent of the overall market. As bitcoin trading shifts shape, big money stays away 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Central bankers a generation ago prided themselves on silence and opacity. Fed Weighs Wait-and-See Approach on Future Rate Increases 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Such opacity is not appropriate for charitable institutions, established for social benefit, Bezerra says. Private research funders court controversy with billions in secretive investments 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z McKay has dedicated his recent work to illuminating just such self-obscuring systems of power, the kind that depend on opacity to function. Why the Director of ‘Anchorman’ Decided to Take On Dick Cheney 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Lion ranks as one of Indonesia’s highest-profile companies, but it remains shadowed by accounts of opacity and incompetence from former employees and industry regulators. ‘Spend the Minimum’: How Lion Air Hid Equipment Failures and Beat Regulators 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Consistent opacity hurts only those in search of quick answers. Finding a starting catcher ranks high on the Nationals' list of priorities 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z This kind of opacity is not unique to Wisconsin. Secret moves hide Wisconsin lawmakers’ actions from public 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The art market is mostly unregulated, and opacity in the auction market is more extreme than ever. Critic's Notebook: Is Banksy bursting an inflated auction balloon? - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Meng's various jobs likely put him in close contact with Zhou and other Chinese leaders in the security establishment, a sector long synonymous with corruption, opacity and human rights abuses. China accuses ex-Interpol chief of bribery, other crimes 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Meng’s various jobs likely put him in close contact with Zhou and other Chinese leaders in the security establishment, a sector long synonymous with corruption, opacity and human rights abuses. China accuses ex-Interpol chief of bribery, other crimes 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Meng’s various jobs put him in close contact with Chinese leaders in the security establishment, a sector long synonymous with corruption, opacity and human rights abuses. Missing Interpol president deeply rooted in China’s security 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z She seemed to recognize from the start that his greatest pitfall as a poet would not be “opacity,” as Ritvo says he feared, but sentimentality. Max Ritvo’s Enduring Lyricism 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Madden, the former Justice Department spokesman, said the opacity was by design. Under Fire, Robert Mueller Has a Novel P.R. Strategy: Silence 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Drifting behind the dense opacity of racial labels, animated and very alive, is a teeming factory of squirming participants that interact to weave racial differences. What Role Should Race Play in Medicine? 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Adam Isacson, of the Washington Office on Latin America, said few U.S. administrations would pass up the opportunity to meet with alleged coup plotters at least once, given the opacity of the Venezuelan military. Trump administration met with, but rebuffed, Venezuelan officers who said they were plotting a coup, officials say 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z But as soon as a measurement of atmospheric opacity known as "tau" dips under 1.5, the DSN communication campaign will step up significantly, Callas said. With Mars Dust Storm Clearing, Opportunity Rover Could Finally Wake Up 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z But this initial secrecy creates a troubling opacity. Here’s the Conversation We Really Need to Have About Bias at Google 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Scientists track the amount of dust in the Martian atmosphere using a measurement of opacity called "tau." NASA's Opportunity Rover Still Silent on Mars 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z "These opacities are not trivial to compute, because one needs to evaluate the strengths and shapes of millions to billions of spectral lines." This Ultrahot Exoplanet Has Metallic Skies 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Unwarranted secrecy and unmerited opacity spite the esteemed words above the State Capitol’s north door: “The salvation of the state is watchfulness in the citizen.” Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The opacity of the Russian bureaucracy and the lack of any prosecutions within Russia meant that much of the information Browder offered was difficult to confirm. How Bill Browder Became Russia’s Most Wanted Man 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z In “The Poisoned City,” Clark constructs a bleak portrait of a government marked by opacity, greed and a kick-the-can-down-the-road culture of willful negligence in a city where residents are mostly poor and mostly black. Review | How a web of racism and lies poisoned Flint 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Still, the report is the latest of a chorus of criticism of the state’s development practices, as they have been battered by charges of corruption, waste and opacity. New York’s Economic Spending Shortchanges Nonwhite Communities, Report Says 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z A big part of the problem in analyzing health spending is the opacity of the industry. Why Americans Spend So Much on Health Care—In 12 Charts 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Though journalists have long criticized the EPA under Obama and George W. Bush for a lack of transparency, Pruitt's tenure was marked by an unprecedented opacity. Analysis | The Energy 202: The EPA won't change policy after Pruitt. But it might be more transparent about it. 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Their past opacity has shielded them from searching criticism, but exposed them instead to the laziest disdain. China’s statistics are bad. Many criticisms of them are worse 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z There is a causal relationship between the complex opacity of the systems we encounter every day and global issues of inequality, violence, populism and fundamentalism. Rise of the machines: has technology evolved beyond our control? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The files can then be imported as individual layers, each of which can be formatted for colour, opacity, and so on. Map-making on a budget 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The country is fascinating, for both its sustained opacity, and the telling glimpses that emerge from the murk; it practically writhes with narrative possibility. A peek inside the real North Korea — sort of — in 'See You Again in Pyongyang' 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Their task was intimidating: to illuminate a subject who spent decades plying his considerable intelligence into relentless opacity and manufactured dullness. Review | The golf mastery and human foibles of Tiger Woods 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The opacity of Iran’s banking system is one reason that lifting sanctions has produced mediocre economic results. It’s Trump’s Iran Deal Now 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Cloud and haze opacity at the day–night planetary terminator are considered to be responsible for obscuring the absorption-line wings, which hinders constraints on absolute atmospheric abundances7,8,9. An absolute sodium abundance for a cloud-free ‘hot Saturn’ exoplanet 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z That kind of opacity is a huge problem when machine learning is being deployed with the purest of good intentions. AI is an excuse for Facebook to keep messing up 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Such a claim is hard to prove—all the more so, given the opacity of China’s regulatory processes. America’s gripes with China make a deal hard to imagine 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z He also says this opacity in meaning is not limited to meme culture, and has been embraced by political partisans — often responsible for creating and sharing fake news. Why AI isn’t going to solve Facebook’s fake news problem 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z It was a humbling display from a government whose hallmark had been opacity and arrogance in the face of criticism. How Slovakia stood up to a journalist’s slaying and kicked out its prime minister 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Becker argues that trying to parse how this interpretation reflects the world we live in is an exercise in opacity. Einstein, Bohr and the war over quantum theory 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The slowness and opacity of the buyout process disincentivizes many eligible homeowners from participating. National Flood Insurance Is Underwater Because of Outdated Science 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z The opacity of Latvia’s banking system was built on the fact many lenders taking foreign deposits dealt with shell companies, making it hard to identify the ultimate beneficiary. Exclusive: Russian billions slip through Latvia's loose net 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z While all administrations have issues with transparency, Trump is vying to be the champion of opacity. Perspective | Sunshine Week brings Trump’s information darkness to light 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z And operational opacity at Facebook, Google and Twitter, which are reluctant to reveal details about their algorithms and internal policies, can leave them vulnerable, too. New Foils for the Right: Google and Facebook 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z It also possibly contributed to the accusations of "opacity" of the Chinese economy. Anbang Takeover Sends Blunt Message: China Wants to Fix Its Debt Problem 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z This push for opacity diminishes the ability of Washington residents, including recipients of public care, to hold government accountable. Legislators, don’t cave to in-home care union — reject bill that would increase DSHS costs 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The latter is extremely hard today, given the complexity and opacity in health care pricing. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Even as Mosseri offered some insight into Facebook's thinking, some experts questioned the piecemeal release of information and the opacity of the company's potential changes to how users will consume news media online. Facebook defends its simple 2-question survey on the trustworthiness of news publishers 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z While the system is now more tightly regulated and its controls harder to evade, those who have the motives and the money can still buy opacity, anonymity and secrecy for their financial dealings. Review | Inside the secret world where oligarchs and criminals hide their money 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z This opacity means that a lot of apparatchiks who have been installed in somewhat important government jobs aren’t being vetted. Analysis | The Daily 202: These Trump nominees couldn’t get confirmed by the GOP Senate, but they’re still in government 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Canadian authorities are concerned about the abuses caused by such opacity. Canada frets about anonymously owned firms 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The opacity of judges’ criteria is part of the form’s appeal. Inside the High-Drama World of Youth Competition Dance 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Delegation leader Ana Gomes said the system, “with all its opacity, bears the risk of importing criminals and money laundering into the whole EU.” EU delegates slam Malta after reporter’s death prompts visit 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Delegation leader Ana Gomes said the system “with all its opacity, bears the risk of importing criminals and money laundering into the whole EU.” EU delegates slam Malta after reporter’s death prompts visit 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The underlying cause of the bloodbath, ironically, is the FDA's opacity regarding certain important data about the performance of drugs. Is the FDA Withholding Data about a Controversial Drug to Protect Its Manufacturer? 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Her communications team has proved hapless, and opacity has become a hallmark of her administration as she has shunned interviews. Opinion | Myanmar Is Not a Simple Morality Tale 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z In the near future, the biggest challenge to human control and acceptance of artificial intelligence is the technology’s complexity and opacity, not its potential to turn against us like HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Algorithms With Minds of Their Own 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Obscurantism enveloped in opacity is the academics’ way of assigning themselves status as members of a closed clerisy indulging in linguistic fads. Opinion | Hysterical mobs are crudely judging history. One book offers a better way. 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “If opacity is reduced, the PBMs lose market power and profits,” he says. A merger between CVS Health and Aetna could be what the doctor ordered 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z To calculate the ejecta opacity, we use an atomic data set containing tens of millions of lines. Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The set includes both simple and advanced radiative-transfer treatments, and they differ in their treatment of the opacity of the ejected material. A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z By using two different atomic codes, the atomic structure calculations returned opacities that differed from those of the observed spectra by a factor of up to about 2. Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron-star merger : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Matching the data with higher opacities would require higher ejecta velocities. Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitational-wave-detected neutron-star merger : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Given the opacity of money in politics, perhaps voters find self-funding campaigns to be refreshingly transparent. Governors’ races have become contests between bajillionaires 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z If the lanthanide abundance increases radially inward, we anticipate a steady increase in line opacity. Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Senchyne said the new manuscript, for all its opacity, only underlines the way Horton constantly tried to write his way to some semblance of freedom, even when it was legally denied him. In a lost essay, a glimpse of an elusive poet and slave 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Elsewhere lightness — both it terms of weight and opacity — was achieved by the liberal use of lace. Paris Fashion Week: Spring trends include black and white and a whole lot of light(ness) 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Matching the data with higher opacities would require higher ejecta velocities. Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitational-wave-detected neutron-star merger : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Still, any of Clinton’s weaknesses do pale next to Trump’s lies and financial opacity. The New York Times had an anti-Hillary Clinton agenda? That's untrue | Jill Abramson 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The higher lanthanide opacities of the heavy r-process materials obscure the optical bands and shift the emission primarily to the infrared. Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z This opacity is partly due to the reporting rules, which send mixed messages about whether grass-roots lobbying applies to state or local activity. Who’s really in the driver’s seat on Puget Sound transit spending? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z However, it’s the acceptance of the opacity of algorithms that makes this sort of research so fraught. The invention of AI ‘gaydar’ could be the start of something much worse 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z He criticised the "blanket of opacity" that characterises decision-making at the highest echelons of power in Beijing. David Tang: Tributes to Hong Kong's 'serious playboy' - BBC News 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Concerns remain about the quality and opacity of China's emissions reporting data. China Is Preparing to Launch the World's Biggest Carbon Market 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The higher lanthanide opacities of the heavy r-process materials obscure the optical bands and shift the emission primarily to the infrared. Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z That opacity also helps ward off prying eyes - and rivals. Life after debt? Macquarie's junk lending unit sputters 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Regarding the July 16 Metro article “The opacity of school choice”: Opinion | D.C.’s public charter schools deserve celebration 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Tracking such business relationships is not easy because of the opacity of Mr Trump’s holdings. How Donald Trump is monetising his presidency 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Investigators say such opacity is what they confront when they attempt to prosecute complex international Russian schemes. Russia fights U.S. fracking using shell company to fund environmental campaigns, investigators say 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z In addition to atomic lines, we included opacity from electron-scattering and free–free processes, though the contribution of these sources is subdominant. Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z That opacity also helps ward off prying eyes - and rivals. Life after debt? Macquarie's junk lending unit sputters 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z The beams they had, what color, the intensity and the opacity, different characteristics like that. Spider-Man: Homecoming’s VFX lead unpacks the secrets of the Staten Island Ferry scene 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Whether intentionally or not, the Trump administration fosters confusion and opacity. Opinion | Trump needs to answer more questions. Our readers have a few for him. 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Even under his leadership, some journalists complained about the opacity of operations at the Vatican, comparing it to the Kremlin. Joaquín Navarro-Valls, spokesman and image-maker for Pope John Paul II, dies at 80 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z To develop a model that would match deep learning in accuracy but avoid its opacity, he turned to a community that hasn’t always gotten along with machine learning and its loosey-goosey ways: statisticians. How AI detectives are cracking open the black box of deep learning 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z After drafting the bill with an “almost-unprecedented opacity,” Senate Republicans finally publicly introduced their health care proposal on June 22. Sunday talk shows all omit the key consequences of the GOP’s health care bill 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z “Oh ok. So using fat shaming to avoid answering questions about increasing opacity,” she tweeted. Chelsea Clinton calls out Stephen K. Bannon for ‘fat shaming’ Sean Spicer 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z “The White House using fat shaming to justify increased opacity. 2017,” the former first daughter tweeted to her 1.71 million followers. Chelsea Clinton scolds Steve Bannon for ‘fat shaming’ Sean Spicer 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z The former first daughter criticised Mr Bannon on Twitter, saying the White House was "using fat shaming to justify increased opacity". Chelsea Clinton: Steve Bannon of 'fat shamed' Spicer in text - BBC News 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Terminal branches with no circles and reduced opacity are those reported in ref. Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas : Nature : Nature Research 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The uncertainty over Warmbier's condition and treatment in detention speaks to the opacity of North Korea's justice system. These Three Americans Are Still Imprisoned In North Korea 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Sadly for Americans, Trump’s requirement that his underlings praise him is not the only way the president is prodding Washington towards Beijing-like levels of obeisance, opacity, prevarication and corruption. Emperor Trump's sycophantic cabinet meeting stinks of Beijing-like obeisance | Isaac Stone Fish 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z After being informed that Mr. Bannon’s comment was presumably a joke, she responded: “Oh ok. So using fat shaming to avoid answering questions about increasing opacity. Got it. 2017.” Chelsea Clinton scolds Steve Bannon for ‘fat shaming’ Sean Spicer 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z With its intentional opacity, the show invites additional interpretations. Review: ‘Into the Deeps’ runs silent as it explores careless treatment of the environment 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Terminal branches with no circles and reduced opacity are those reported in ref. Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas : Nature : Nature Research 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Addressing the core elements of Khartoum’s governance model — exclusion, corruption and opacity — is required to change its violent behavior. Why Donald Trump Needs to Take Action on Sudan 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z For all of Trump’s claims that unpredictability is a sound political strategy, the White House’s opacity arises more out of infighting and incompetence. Emperor Trump's sycophantic cabinet meeting stinks of Beijing-like obeisance | Isaac Stone Fish 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z He added, with thrilling opacity, that “The world is the mind precipitated.” The 100 best nonfiction books: No 69 – Essays by RW Emerson (1841) 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z One apparent motivation for this destructive opacity is the White House’s urgent campaign for a weak and unpopular repeal-and-replace bill. Opinion | Republicans are risking millions of Americans’ health coverage 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The blurred outside view is exacerbated by internal opacity around the election, according to one U.S. official, who lamented that the election process “is very closed.” Obama nuclear deal on Iran presidential ballot 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The rise in hospital charges and drug prices is the direct result of the additional opacity Obama introduced. A New G.O.P. Health Proposal Evokes the Old Days 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Three days later, the banner headline on the front page of Le Monde described the FN’s finances as “a system of organised opacity”. How Marine Le Pen played the media 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z But in this case the opacity is obscuring the rise of a new American plutocracy. Opinion | Trump’s no populist. He’s a swamp monster. 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The opacity has drawn sharp criticism from Democratic senators, who say Trump is abandoning his “drain the swamp” pledge by accepting support from groups funded by secret contributors. Growing array of pro-Trump groups could train cross-hairs on GOP lawmakers 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Thompson and his colleagues are probably right to pin some of that opacity on a habitual, almost ritualistic use of ‘power words’ such as ‘distinct’ and ‘novel’. It's not just you: science papers are getting harder to read 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z “It will only encourage candidates to hide their views, which will increase opacity in government and voter dissatisfaction with government officials,” Goldman wrote. Ex-Phoenix sheriff wants his campaign talk banned at trial 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z “Cyprus is an EU member state, but given the opacity of the environment there, given the history, there was a risk that it could be used to evade sanctions,” Harrell told the Guardian. Trump's commerce secretary oversaw Russia deal while at Bank of Cyprus 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z But this work does suggest that these clouds make up only one-fourth of the opacity seen from orbit, he adds, with the rest perhaps accounted by dust or water-ice haze. Mars rover spots clouds shaped by gravity waves 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z “As much as the drugmakers complain about the rebating scheme, they’ve grown as dependent on its subterfuge, opacity and inequity as everyone else in the system,” he wrote. Trump to select Scott Gottlieb, a physician with deep drug-industry ties, to run the FDA 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Its structure, like that of many multilevel-marketing firms, was complex to the point of opacity. Financiers Fight Over the American Dream 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Although this sense of confusion speaks to Hawley's skill as a filmmaker, at some point the lack of definitive information and overall opacity become vexing. 'Legion' is a mindbending superhero tale that may try your patience 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z “We’re talking about billions of dollars and complete opacity,” he said. Joyous Africans Take to Rails, With China’s Help 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The norms were destined to bend away from opacity. Making a run: GOP millennials eye opportunities in local elections following Trump model 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Melania Trump’s opacity, weirdly, has made her a folk hero of the left, which likes to imagine that she is a hostage to her embarrassing husband. Free Melania — from our expectations 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Measuring the government's performance was made harder by the "opacity" of its finances, it added, with publication of monthly spending by individual departments "patchy" and new departments yet to release any information at all. Warning over government 'overload' ahead of Brexit - BBC News 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z So called "insurance markets" simply add layers of opacity, byzantine friction and cost into the mix. The G.O.P.’s Health Care Death Spiral 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Given Russia’s own authoritarianism and opacity — try independent journalism there, if you dare — it’s a wonder and, for some, cause for suspicion that it’s not a bigger WikiLeaks target. WikiLeaks, D.N.C. Hacks and Julian Assange’s Years-Old Vision 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z It became a mainstay at beer keggers, where its size, typically 16 ounces, durability and opacity were prized attributes. Robert L. Hulseman, Inventor of the Solo Cup, Dies at 84 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Her opacity, weirdly, has made her a folk hero of the left, which likes to imagine that she is a hostage to her embarrassing husband. Free Melania — from our expectations 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z We’re already seeing some of the downsides, in the eternal craving for more data, in the processing power required to actually learn, and in the opacity of the models that result. 2016: the year AI came of age 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Given the opacity of Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia, a consequence of his continuing refusal to release his tax returns and business records, senators are right to be wary of a Tillerson nomination. Rex Tillerson is an able executive. But what about his ties to Russia? 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Perhaps the greatest challenge screen actors face is capturing that opacity. The Year’s Most Captivating Film Performances 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The trusts had hired a small Miami law firm called Kaplan Zeena, whose lawyers excelled at navigating the complexity and opacity of the offshore legal world. How to Hide $400 Million 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s opacity means it is unclear whether he will actually support policies to limit the effects of climate change after being sworn in as president in January. Bloomberg Says Cities Will Fight Climate Change, With or Without Trump 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z But academics say the search algorithm’s opacity is still a concern, given Google’s dominant role. Google Search Results Can Lean Liberal, Study Finds 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Experts say there is an increasing opacity in media ownership and funding as private equity buys up more news organizations. Breitbart News, fiery conservative outlet buoyed by Trump victory, aims to go global 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z We have been duped again by this master of opacity. Government employees have to submit tax disclosures. Why not Trump? 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z A degree of opacity isn’t really a problem for long-term Bowie fans: the fact that the lyrics of Joe the Lion are pretty indecipherable hardly impedes one’s enjoyment. Lazarus: ‘A jukebox musical for people who are too hip for We Will Rock You’ 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Do we really need the dirty tricks and political skullduggery that belief in the pure evil of opacity seems to be evoking? The Downside of Transparency 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z There are economic theories that daze and confuse, thanks to their opacity. As Europe and Asia Hoard Cash, Economists See Echoes of Crisis 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z However the messiness and opacity of the relationship between Clinton’s personal, business and philanthropic undertakings detailed in the memo raises new questions about Bill Clinton’s activity. 'Bill Clinton, Inc.' Memo Reveals Tangled Business, Charitable Ties 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z While that case caused an international uproar, the Inter-American Human Rights Commission chastised Mexican authorities for a response that “oscillated between indifference and opacity.” Report says Mexico state officials ignored massacre 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Using a “smoke machine” that burns toluene, Mr. Elick has trained 55 police officers to discern smoke opacity: Zero percent opacity is clear air; 100 percent opacity lets no light through. ‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z The New York Times Editorial Board described it as a web of “tangled alliances” with “operational opacity.” What People Don’t Know About the Clinton Foundation Is Revealing in Itself 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z News of political violence in North Korea is nothing new — the communist country is known for its opacity and brutality. North Korea just executed one of its highest-ranking officials for slouching at a meeting. Or did it? 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Still, the opacity championed by Delaware and other states has allowed some notorious criminals to carry out their deeds and hide ill-gotten gains. Special Report: How Delaware kept America safe for corporate secrecy 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Stir in opacity, inaccessibility, and exclusivity, then powder it with lichen: It’s delicious. The Most Exclusive Restaurant in America 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z This is precisely the kind of opacity that generates suspicion about Mr. Trump, who has been less than forthcoming about his corporate and personal finances. America deserves answers on Manafort global money trail 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z These strikes, along with government opacity about them, she believes, will ultimately undermine the international rule of law, further weaken America’s moral standing and set the stage for others to follow our law-bending lead. The dangers of blurring the distinction between war and peace 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z For many Chinese, to read or listen to the state-sanctioned account of a national tragedy requires a reappraisal that figures in the government’s opacity. China’s Real Disasters—and the Rumors They Inspire 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z If all goes well, a department that once offered a model for obstinacy and opacity may soon set a standard for just the opposite. Fairfax County appears poised to move from opacity to openness 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Americans are predisposed to distrust the words that leave the lips of politicians, and the opacity of the speechwriting process can heighten those suspicions. Five myths about political speechwriting 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The state Legislative Analyst’s Office said the impact of the proposal was “highly uncertain,” in part because of the opacity of drug prices. California Drug Price Plan Is Criticized by Patient Advocates 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Further, the FBI’s actions are consistent with a longstanding governmentwide pattern of opacity. FBI—for Burying Information 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Given the opacity of the Chinese government, it was not clear whether Lu was in trouble or in line for a promotion. China’s controversial internet czar stepping down from post 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Given the opacity of the Chinese government, it was not clear whether Mr. Lu was in trouble or in line for a promotion. Lu Wei, China’s Internet Czar, Will Step Down From Post 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Kennedy’s hand is less visible in the court’s other major ruling on Thursday, regarding Obama’s executive action on immigration, but only because of the court’s opacity. Divided court draws plaudits and brickbats, but Kennedy’s role remains constant — for now 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z For the first time, Refn is exploring that opacity through exaggerated femininity instead of fetishized masculinity. Everyone's an object in Nicolas Winding Refn's LA horror show The Neon Demon 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z When called upon to speak in public, they did so with a practised opacity. Sibyl faulty 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Given the opacity of Iran, that might mean any sizeable firm. Who’s in charge? 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Facebook’s opacity about how it ranks content and posts will continue to enrage those who suspect foul play. Censors and sensibility 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z For regulators, prosecutors, and tax collectors, the opacity is far worse. Two big, fat tax cheats: Donald and Hillary find common ground in screwing the American public 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Gigantic government’s complexity and opacity provide innumerable opportunities for opportunists to act unconstrained by clear law or effective supervision. Treasury’s Fannie and Freddie rip-off 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z This fade to white seems carefully calculated and intentional. Reddit user norrsson noticed earlier today that the band's website was slowly decreasing in opacity until the page was entirely white. Radiohead appears to be slowly fading from the internet 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z In 2013, Human Rights Watch said Iraq’s criminal justice system is “plagued with arbitrariness and opacity.” Editorials from around New England 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Many voters waking up to the opacity of the process expressed displeasure with it. In Pennsylvania, Obscure Job of G.O.P. Delegate Is Suddenly a Hot Ticket 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z But the piece also raises many, many more questions about Magic Leap than it answers — and given the extreme opacity that's surrounded Magic Leap, that's pretty notable. Five burning questions about Magic Leap after Wired's huge profile 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The banks “made billions of dollars in supracompetitive profits” by taking advantage of “price opacity” in the CDS market, the investors said. U.S. federal judge finalizes $1.87 billion swaps settlement 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z It is to be hoped that the world will learn from the lessons of the Panama Papers and at long last combat financial opacity without waiting for a further crisis. Panama Papers: Act now. Don't wait for another crisis | Thomas Piketty 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z This concealment of the owner is a critical precursor to simplifying the tax evasion and money-laundering processes because opacity equals impunity. The Danger of a Shadow Financial System 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z And the opacity it offers, particularly through shell companies with nominee owners, is open to abuse by tax evaders, money launderers and corrupt officials looking for somewhere to stash their loot. A torrential leak 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The current opacity helps those on the left who claim that dynamic scoring is rigged to help the rich. Cracking Washington’s Black Box 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The opacity of China’s official data makes it hard to chart economic woes as clearly as in western economies. How one brave woman is taking on growing might of China’s censors 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Then, elites try targeting Trump’s opacity and lack of accountability in his financial dealings. Here’s what the GOP needs to say to scare voters away from Trump 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Republicans have repeatedly complained about opacity and a lack of responsiveness to requests, and have pushed legislation that would have the GAO "audit" the central bank's policy decisions - a move that Yellen has strongly opposed. Exclusive: U.S. watchdog to probe Fed's lax oversight of Wall Street 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z These little explainers stem from a quest among media organizations for transparency about their opacity. NYT source requests anonymity for fear of Trump lawsuit 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The 2008 subprime crisis wasn’t as much about bad borrowers defaulting on loans as it was about a financial system that rewarded risk, opacity and leverage. Why People Are Upset About This Super Bowl Ad 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The perception is made worse in China by the government’s opacity and by the economy’s difficult transition from reliance on big infrastructure and exports to consumer spending. Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Have Fled China. Now What? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z It is not enough to politely ask the very same people and countries who benefit from financial opacity to end it. How to Reform the Economy of the 1% 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Instead, he saw the opacity of eyes beginning to form cataracts from long exposure to the blazing sun of the high-altitude desert. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The international community needs to act in lockstep to put pressure on governments and jurisdictions that promote and enable opacity. A Mansion, a Shell Company and Resentment in Bel Air 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Its opacity exists uneasily in a legal system that aspires to analytical rigor policed by strict scrutiny. How Will the Supreme Court Rule on Affirmative Action? 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z "The biggest concern for the government is opacity," Yin said. China Cracksdown on Bank Corruption 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Even for a country of China’s size and opacity, the scale of the correction is immense. China Burns Much More Coal Than Reported, Complicating Climate Talks 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z And a lot of activists that depend on Facebook feel like the opacity, given how dependent people are on the platform, is not socially responsible.” World's biggest tech companies get failing grade on data-privacy rights 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The opacity of Mr. Hadid’s financing is one aspect of the project that the neighbors, the Horaceks, have emphasized in urging the city attorney to add Mr. Hadid to the criminal case. A Mansion, a Shell Company and Resentment in Bel Air 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Though the opacity of these arrangements raises questions, there is no evidence of wrongdoing. A fight for light 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Given the opacity of the Iranian judicial system, the initial reactions to Sunday’s terse statement announcing a verdict were cautious. Iran says verdict reached on Washington Post correspondent 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z "With the abuse of limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships - the opportunities they provide in terms of opacity of ownership, we are also a secrecy jurisdiction," says Fraser. The billion-dollar ex-council flat - BBC News 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Your only other options beyond that are "undo" and "reset" — there are no granular controls like opacity or feathering. You can now draw on photos that you upload to Facebook 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z There is all sorts of opacity which makes it easy for an employee to suffer retaliation.” Ostracised, sacked … and even arrested: the fate of whistleblowers at the UN 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z One explanation for the sect’s opacity is geography. Shadow army 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z As for misbehavior on a macro scale, China’s efforts thrive on technical opacity and a kind of overwhelming force that seems to inure Americans to abuses. Hillary and the Hackers 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z How much debt remains an open question given the opacity of China’s market. A Warning on China Seems Prescient 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Not only does that strike many as arbitrary, but the criteria for inclusion differ from EU state to state: some consider a low tax rate alone sufficient grounds, others require secrecy and opacity too. EU hypocrites! 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z “There’s an immense opacity in which all these goods were acquired,” Mr. Bourdon said. Gabon’s President Offers Some of His Wealth ‘to the People’ 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The new structure will also bring more transparency, pleasing shareholders fed up with the firm’s opacity. Spelling it out 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Despite the opacity, there are indications that this year’s Beidaihe summit is unusually important. Silent waves 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Rapid debt growth, opacity of risk and pricing and very high debt to GDP are a hazardous combination, Standard & Poor's says. Manage, meddle or magnify? China's corporate debt threat 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Transparency is a better thing than opacity, but a little translucency of tone, I think, is better than either. A Point of View: The guilty thrill of reading other people's mail - BBC News 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z This is just one declaration in a universe of opacity.” Gabon’s President Offers Some of His Wealth ‘to the People’ 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Critics of the industry argue that such opacity is dangerous because business models are untested by, and invisible to, public markets. Looking for signs of a new tech bubble 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The opacity of some family-owned businesses, however, and the more lax corporate governance standards across Asia have made them attractive targets for hedge funds seeking fresh investment. Activist investor Elliott set sights on Asia's family-run firms 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Until recently, however, it was difficult to establish how stark or pervasive the problem was; this opacity plagues many aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system. McKinney is just the beginning: The shocking real numbers on race, the police and overuse of force 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Her concern with the opacity of ingredients labels was soon coupled with a knowledge of just how stagnant U.S. chemical testing legislature is. Jessica Alba On Her Billion-Dollar Success: 'People Just Saw Me As A Girl In A Bikini' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z That structural opacity calls the Clintons’ claims about disclosure into question. Five Questions About the Clintons and a Uranium Company 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Gray’s attorney, William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr., called the police news conference “bizarre” and added, “We had high expectations because everyone was talking about candor, and we got opacity.” 6 Baltimore officers suspended after man suffers fatal spinal cord injury 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Yet even if optimism is justified, there is a serious challenge, given the complexity and opacity of data science. If Algorithms Know All, How Much Should Humans Help? 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Duke’s style guide is even more strict about Pantone 287: “All and any adjustments to the opacity or saturation of the official Duke blues are prohibited.” For Duke and Kentucky, There’s Blue and Then There’s Blue 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Typically, contributors are working exclusively on smartphones, shooting, sharing and editing using the app Image Blender, which allows you to upload two images and use a slider to change the opacity between them. Photos That Echo Russia and Ukraine 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Indeed, this entire decision is cloaked in a veil of secrecy and opacity unbecoming of the Bar. Shame Upon Shame: The Virginia State Bar Leadership Further Insults Its Members 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The deal epitomised the opacity at the heart of Chinese governance. Firm beliefs 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z And, of course, there will be many who hate the game for its challenge and frustration, for its hostility and opacity and remorselessness. 'Bloodborne' Review Round-Up: The PS4's First Killer App 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The point of owning the server is to ensure opacity. Early Onset Clinton Fatigue 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Her decision to conduct official business on a personal account put her in a weird transparency gray area that, intentionally or not, created conditions for opacity and abuse. Hillary’s email mess: Why this Clinton “scandal” will persist 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z “The complexity and opacity of the ratings is likely to cause confusion instead of driving patients and purchasers to higher-quality, safer care,” the authors said. Hospital Rating Systems Differ on Best and Worst Facilities 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z It has also created accidental sculpture everywhere, covering the familiar in sheets and shards, icicles and stalagmites and fractals of varying transparency and opacity. New York Today: Twilight of the Ice Age 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The complexity and opacity of the market and its innovations, even before the financial crisis, were of particular concern to Bookstaber. Predicting the Next Wall Street Disaster 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The opacity lobby — the remora fish class of lawyers, lobbyists and consultants in New York and Washington — knows that disclosure requirements are no bar to dodgy practices. An Excess of Sunshine, a Paucity of Rules 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Instead of the transparency of open court, Stanford offered opacity. The Stanford Undergraduate and the Mentor 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z This opacity presents challenges for law enforcement officials, who say billions of dollars in suspicious money move through shell companies each year. Stream of Foreign Wealth Flows to Elite New York Real Estate 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z This opacity of agency in car driving, and the ways we try to surmount it, turns out to be the subject of intense academic study. Learning to Drive 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z |
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