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/*
Though CSS3 standard includes the opacity property, but not every browser 
supports it, here’s the CSS trick for cross browser transparency.
*/

.transparent_class {  
    filter:alpha(opacity=50);  
    -moz-opacity:0.5;  
    -khtml-opacity: 0.5;  
    opacity: 0.5;  
}