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+PDFObject is a lightweight JavaScript library for dynamically embedding PDFs in HTML documents. Modeled after SWFObject. 
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+PDFObject, copyright (C) 2008 Philip Hutchison (pipwerks.com)
+Documentation and examples are at www.pdfobject.com 
+Version 1.2, April 2011
+MIT style license
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