Published on March 22, 2010 by Technology Slice
Pope’s Apology Disappoints Abuse Victims – Pope Benedict’s apology to Ireland went further than any other papal statement on child sex abuse by priests, but still fell far too short for many victims of the scandals shaking the Roman Catholic Church across Europe. Contrasting it with the past, bishops in several countries praised the letter [...]
Tags: Abuse By Priests, Abuse Victims, Accountability, Ammunition, Apology, Bishops, Breakthrough, Child Abuse, Child Sex Abuse, Clerics, Gap, Ireland, New Revelation, Papal Statement, Pope Benedict, Roman Catholic Church, Sanctions, Scandals, transparency, Weisner
Posted in General
Published on March 17, 2010 by Technology Slice
Darryl Tapp Agrees To Extension – Darryl Tapp and Philadelphia have agreed upon a contract extension. Now, in this era of journalistic transparency, it’s worth noting that ProFootballTalk.com reported the agreement first, and Tapp subsequently said so himself in an interview with Mike Gastineau of KJR 950 AM. So yes, there’s a deal in place. [...]
Tags: Adequate Compensation, Contract Extension, Eagles, Gastineau, Kjr 950, Match, Philadelphia, Seahawks, Seattle, Tapp, Term Contract, transparency, Worth Noting That
Posted in Sport
Published on March 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
RBA Credit Card Fee Crack Down – The Reserve Bank says it is a “reluctant regulator” of credit cards while leaving the door open to force providers to reduce interchange fees. In a speech on Monday RBA Assistant Governor Malcolm Edey said he was not in a position to predict what the RBA board’s next [...]
Tags: Assistant Governor, Basis Points, Crack, Credit Card Fee, Credit Cards, Edey, Fee Regulation, Interchange Fees, Merchants, Price Signals, Rba Board, sydney, transparency
Posted in Money
Published on January 11, 2010 by Technology Slice
Is there a way to get a transparent background in microsoft paint like how you can in gimp?
Tags: Gimp, microsoft, Microsoft Paint, Open Question, transparency, Transparent Background
Posted in Technology
Published on October 14, 2009 by Technology Slice
What’s Wrong With Transparency? – I have to admit that I’ve now read Larry Lessig’s article in The New Republic, Against Transparency, three times, and I still can’t figure out what he’s trying to say. He seems to be arguing against the concept of transparency because (1) it doesn’t solve everything and (2) some bad [...]
Tags: transparency, what's wrong with transparency, wrong
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