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Perhaps in keeping with the universal law of cycles, we are increasingly seeing a resurgence of the famous rockabilly hairstyles, which have previously 'rocked the world' at various points in time since their first emergence in the early part of the last (20th) century - and which had all but disappeared.
The latest rockabilly hairstyles fad can be, to a great extent, attributed to a number of celebrity endorsements - that is, cases where highly regarded personalities have been spotted wearing them, naturally leading to their widespread appeal with the general public.
There are a number of options, when it comes to rockabilly hairstyles. These are basically classified color-wise, and include the so called platinum blonds (for that irresistible looks associated with blondes), and the bold blacks (for that bold hard-to-see-through look that black gives), and shiny reds - for those who feel 'daring enough.'
Now your success with rockabilly hairstyles depends on how you go about styling your look. With regard to styling, your options as far as rockabilly hairstyles go range from the so called retro-cut, to the whole range of bangs, which includes the so-called Bettie Page and blunt bangs. The retro-cut, whenever employed in rockabilly hairstyles, however, tends to be the most noticeable of all styling methods. The retro-cut, as universally known, involves cutting the edges of your hair all the way around the head - by a whopping four inches, except at the points that border the ears, where the cut is smaller than the four inches.
Whatever one's choice of a specific rockabilly hairstyle, or accessory to go with it, at the end of the day, the basic message in rockabilly hairstyles is that 'you don't quite mind standing out' - in a good way, of course.


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DreamWorks Animation is expanding its partnership with YouTube.
The Glendale-based computer animation company is teaming up with YouTube to produce a series of daily shows that will highlight some of the most compelling entertainment on the video-sharing website, according to a person familiar with the plans.
Called "YouTube Nation," the program will feature five-minute highlights of the best of YouTube programming. The series will be produced by DreamWorks Animation and YouTube, which is financing the venture, and is expected to debut next week.
In a departure from other deals with entertainment players, YouTube will be heavily involved in the programming, helping to select popular shows by what's trending on the video-sharing website, which is owned by Google.
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The series will have its own host and a team of 10 people hired by DreamWorks Animation to help curate shows and identify interesting programming.
Representatives at DreamWorks Animation and YouTube declined to comment.
The partnership is the first of its kind between a major studio and YouTube, which has invested heavily in financing new entertainment programs and building stronger ties with Hollywood.
For DreamWorks, the new show deepens its ties to YouTube and reflects Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg's growing interest in the Internet as an entertainment platform. Last year, his studio acquired the YouTube teen network AwesomenessTV for $33 million in cash.
The collaboration also reflects a strategy by DreamWorks to diversify its business and become less reliant on producing animated feature films. The creator of the "Shrek," "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" movies has ramped up its television program as part of a landmark deal it signed with Netflix last year to supply 300 hours of animated programming to the video-streaming service.
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YouTube won millions of viewers on the strength of quirky, user-created videos. As the site grew and its global reach expanded, the online video site has attracted established entertainment industry players who are eager to reach a generation of young, Internet-savvy viewers.
In 2012, Alloy Digital bought YouTube's Clevver Media, and Legendary Entertainment reached an agreement to buy comedian Chris Hardwick's Nerdist Industries, which operates a popular YouTube channel.
YouTube attracts more than 1 billion visitors each month and reaches more U.S. adults ages 18 to 34 than any cable network, according to Nielsen.
The co-production plans were first reported last year by the website VideoInk.
Times staff writer Dawn C. Chmielewski contributed to this report.
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Both men's and women's track & field have been honored as part of the U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association 2011 division one all-academic teams for outstanding academic performance. Teams who have posted a combined team GPA of 3.00 or higher have earned this distinction. The men's team was one of 90 track & field teams selected with a collective GPA of 3.19 and the women's team was one of 164 teams posting a 3.19 GPA.
The Blue Devil women are one of five Northeast Conference schools chosen to the all-academic team and the men are one of four NEC teams. In addition to Central Connecticut St. Francis (PA), Robert Morris, and Monmouth for both men's and women's track & field as well as Long Island for women's track & field represented the NEC as honorees.
Eric Blake is in his third year as the head coach of the men's track & field, cross-country teams and second year as the coach of the women's track & field, cross country teams. Blake has won three Northeast Conference Championships as a head coach. This year's men's team welcomes back seniors Sam Alexander and Rashad Williams as well as sophomore Aaron Radden. Senior Amanda Asaro and sophomore Meghan Burns also return to the women's team.
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Vikings rookie receiver Cordarrelle Patterson has a name that takes a little while to learn how to properly pronounce, and a little longer to learn how to spell correctly.
If he has his way, it'll all be a lot easier.
Patterson repeatedly has said over the last month or so that he wants to be known as "Flash." Or possibly "Flashy."
Most recently, Patterson explained his reasoning to Willie McGinest of NFL Network.
"I want to be a Flashy," Patterson said. "Because I'm flashy on the field."
Last month, in a first-person item for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Patterson had dropped the "Y".
"I like to call myself Flash," he wrote. "I want to be flashy. Flash was everything."
He also has suggested C.P. as a possibility. With that many permutations, we'll just call him Johnson.


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Why is it a problem that Mitt Romney didn't take a position on the surge in December 2006, when he was governor of Massachusetts? At that time, he hadn't been to Iraq and he had not been briefed on the subject. He also lacked access to classified information. Nor can Romney be blamed for not having become an expert on Iraq. Being governor of Massachusetts is, after all, a full time job.
I suppose Romney could have relied on some combination of prejudice and the views of others. But, while this may be sufficient for bloggers and pundits, it's not a sound basis for decisionmaking about whether to send 30,000 more troops into harm's way. Romney did not take a position until he had studied the situation, and I think that's to his credit.
John McCain rarely lets lack of information and expertise stand in his way. Iraq, of course, is a notable exception. McCain frequently visited Iraq and consulted with everyone he could. For this, and because he found the right answer, he deserves the great credit he claims.
But what about McCain's other positions? He opposes drilling in ANWR because, in his words, the area is "pristine" (which in this case means barren) and he "wouldn't drill in the Grand Canyon." Has any candidate ever presented a less serious analysis of an important policy question?
He opposes waterboarding in part because "torture doesn't work." Maybe the things the North Vietnamese did to him at the Hanoi Hilton didn't work, but we know from eye-witness accounts that waterboarding worked. When I asked McCain about this, he essentially accused the CIA of lying.
McCain's tendency to make snap judgments based on prejudice rather than information, and his hostility to information that doesn't conform to his prejudices, is perhaps the most frightening aspect of candidacy. It is also the most stark difference between McCain and Romney, outstripping any substantive disagreements in my view.
Neither the Romney's style — "wallowing in the data" — nor McCain's snap judgment style is ideal for a president. Great presidents rely at times on instinct and core beliefs, not just data. But a president who consistently relies on instinct and pooh-poohs data is likely to make major mistakes. Unless one thinks McCain is a genius (and I don't), we'd probably be better off with Romney's approach to making decisions.
UPDATE: My original post said that Romney had been briefed "little if at all" about Iraq at the time he declined to take a position. I hedged because I wasn't certain of the timing of the briefings Romney received from Fred Kagan. I changed the post after the Romney campaign informed me that Kagan briefed Romney in 2006 about the size of our military, but did not brief him about Iraq until January 2007. This is also what Romney said during the debate last night, I think.
Romney backed the surge on January 10, 2007, the day the adminstration announced it.
A FINAL THOUGHT: The ideal president probably would tend to rely more on instinct in areas of his or her expertise, and more on data and the views of others in areas of non-expertise. That's why I was glad to hear McCain say in November that he wasn't that strong in economics and as president would be particularly keen on obtaining expert guidance in this area.
Lately, McCain has backed away from that statement. I hope (and not just in this respect) that the real McCain is the fellow I met on the Straight Talk Express in November, not the guy who has been on display lately.
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Today, I was trying to setup a Windows Media Center Extender, to be able to see my movies (stored in my PC) through my XBox in the living room. In theory, it´s easy, but you can get into some troubles I´d like to point, just in case that might help you…
You can get some basic knowledge about Media Center extenders here.
First, try to connect your XBox with the PC, through Settings->Network->Connection to computer. If the connection is established successfully, you probably won´t have any problem configuring the Media Center Extender. But if you have problems, check:
1.- That your router supports Multicast Filtering, as some routers, like the Cisco EPC3825 (the one I was trying first), seem to have problems with that. In fact, in the settings dialogs of that router, you won´t find any option about Multicast Filtering. I can tell you that I tried every single possibility for a couple of hours with that router, and no luck. I switched to a different one (from Linksys), and everything worked like a charm…
2.- If your router is supposed to work with this feature, make sure you have enabled the mentioned "Filter Multicast" option (probably available in the Security settings tab of the router), and also that you have enabled the uPnP (probably in the Management settings tab of the router).
3.- If still have problems, you can check your Firewall settings to search for the needed open ports and so on… You can read more here.
One you have properly linked your PC and XBox 360, you can start the Windows Media Center on your PC, to choose what folders you will be sharing.
Some tips about folder structures, in order to see the covers of the movies, and additional info:
1.- Put each movie in a separate folder, as WMC will look this way for additional info for each movie
2.- If you want to manually download a cover for a movie or video, you just need to put the picture in the movie folder, with the name "folder.jpg". WMC will load it automatically.
3.- If you want to put additional information, like movie specs, genre, etc, you should add some DVDID XML files with a certain format that will help WMC identifying the movie. You can download those files from http://dvdxml.com or even better, use one of the available metadata managers out there. I have tried YAMMM and works pretty well.
4.- If your XBox is downloading the movie covers and info again and again, each time you enter the Windows Media Center, or if it takes long to recover the covers, etc, that´s probably because you don´t have indexed the shared folders on your PC. Just make sure that the Indexing Service is installed and enabled (Start->Control Panel->Programs and Features->Turn on/off Windows features->Indexing Service), and also make sure that the shared folders for the movies are added to the index (Rightclick->properties->advanced->allow to add this folder to the index).
Some tips about YAMMM
1.- It´s a Windows Service, so don´t expect any User Interface, except for setting up the application. It's run in background, monitoring the folders you tell it to for changes, and downloading automatically the info and covers.
2.- It expects movies to be in separate folders, and users folder's name (not file's name) to identify what movie you are talking about. If it doesn´t identify what movie it is, it won´t download anything. If it does, it can automatically rename the folder and movie files (with a more standard name, if you indicate it to do so), and will start downloading.
3.- YAMMM won´t find the correct movie if you don´t use the original movie name for the folder name. So forget any any translated version.
4.- To help YAMMM finding it, you can include the year of the movie, like this: "American Gangster (2007)". That will help, a lot…
5.- If your movie is divided into several files (part 1, part 2, etc), YAMMM will automatically create a playlist for them, so WMC will identify them as a single movie. By default, after doing this you will see that WMC adds multiple entries for your movie: one for the playlist, and one for each part your AVI or DVD is divided into. In order to hide the parts, and live only the playlist, you can rename the AVI parts like: "video 1.avi" to "video 1.avi2". This way, WMC won´t identify that part as a movie, and the reference file (playlist) will still work. (You should make sure that the playlist has modified the reference names too, by simply opening it with the WordPad).


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Gina Imperato, 35, was thinking "holiday card picture" when her boyfriend, William Jarrett, 33, paused mid-stroll on the Brooklyn Bridge (their favorite spot for walks), handed his camera to another couple, and asked for a photo. Turns out they ended up documenting his marriage proposal, and the snapshot worked its way into a different type of mailing: their wedding save-the-date.
To guarantee a spectacularly saturated backdrop of New England foliage for their September nuptials, the couple decided to marry in Lakeville, Connecticut, at the Interlaken Inn, an expansive estate that's dotted with sculpture grounds, English garden-style hedges and towering trees. On Friday night, Gina and William welcomed friends and family—and showcased the setting—with a barbecue and bonfire, where s'mores were consumed in abundance. The next day, the couple traded "funny, serious, and beautiful" vows, guided by the groom's brother, who officiated at the ceremony. "We wanted to share that intimate moment with someone who really understood us," Gina explains. The newlyweds served their 125 guests a homespun yet haute menu starring bubbly Prosecco, tomato and mozzarella salad and butternut squash ravioli ("In my family, we don't consider it a wedding without pasta!" declares the Italian-American bride). And Louis Armstrong's take on the classic French tune "La Vie En Rose" set the musical mood as the pair took their inaugural spin around the dance floor. —Hillary Quinn
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Sitting Pretty: At the end of the ceremony, guests were asked to stay in their chairs so the photographer could snap a group picture.
Pour on the Sweets: Guests arriving for the weekend got welcome bags with white M&Ms in mini milk bottles, which were donated by a friend whose family owns a local dairy.
Sign of the Times: Custom-made "Do Not Disturb" signs were left in each guest's hotel room; the flip side of the card listed the weekend's schedule of events.
Wedding Dress
Birnbaum & Bullock, birnbaumandbullock.com
Reception and Ceremony Site
Interlaken Inn, interlakeninn.com
Groom's Suit
Calvin Klein, calvinklein.com
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God is the Supreme Being, infinitely perfect, who made all things and keeps them in
(a) This universe did not always exist; it came into existence at the beginning of
(b) All things depend on God; they begin and continue to exist by the power of God.
When we say that God is the Supreme Being we mean that He is above all creatures, the
self-existing and infinitely perfect Spirit.
(a) God is above all created things--the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, men,
and angels. Some likeness of God is in every creature, from the highest to the lowest. The
highest angel, however, is but a weak reflection of the infinite perfection of God, who is
the infinite Creator and Governor of the universe.
A spirit is a being that has understanding and free will, but no body, and will never
(a) The soul of man is a spirit which does not die because it is simple, having no
integral parts, and because it is spiritual, that is, entirely independent of matter in
its being and in its own proper acts; it does not depend on creatures for existence and
cannot be destroyed by them.
When we say that God is self-existing we mean that He does not owe His existence to any
other being.
(a) God is the first and completely independent source of all being, Every other being
is given existence, God is His own existence; God is His own life, or
He who is.
(b) It is a manifest contradiction to hold that God, who is self-existent, could have
been brought into being by anyone else.
When we say that God is infinitely perfect we mean that He has all perfections without
(a) God has in Himself, in an eminent degree, the perfections of all things that ever
existed or will or can exist. He is the cause of all perfection in creatures. The
perfections of created things are in God in an infinitely superior manner.
(b) Every creature, even the highest angel, is finite for it has the limitation of
dependence on the Creator for its existence.
Some of the perfections of God are: God is eternal, all-good, all-knowing, all-present,
and almighty.
When we say that God is eternal we mean that He always was and always will be, and that
He always remains the same.
(a) If God had a beginning or if He could cease to be, He would be limited and would
not be infinitely perfect or self-existing. If God changed the change would be either for
the better or for the worse. In either case God would not be infinitely perfect.
(b) Spirits such as angels and the souls of men are eternal in the sense that they will
live forever, but both angels and the souls of men, unlike God, had a beginning and are
subject to change.
When we say that God is all-good we mean that He is infinitely lovable in Himself, and
that from His fatherly love every good comes to us.
(a) Things are good and lovable in the degree that they are perfect. Since God is
infinitely perfect, He is all-good and infinitely lovable in Himself, and all goodness of
creatures must come from Him.
When we say that God is all-knowing we mean that He knows all things, past, present,
and future, even our most secret thoughts, words, and actions.
(a) God's knowledge is not gained like ours, by proceeding step by step from things
known to those unknown. By knowing Himself perfectly, God knows from eternity all things
past, present, and future, and even all things possible. Every creature, in its actions,
depends entirely on God, and any goodness in creatures is but an imperfect reflection of
God's perfection. Through His infinitely perfect knowledge God knows the extent to which
creatures share His perfections.
(b) God's knowledge of the future does not take away our freedom, but leaves our wills
free to act or not to act.
(c) We are responsible for our free actions, which will be rewarded by God if they are
good and punished by Him if they are evil.
When we say that God is all-present we mean that He is everywhere.
(a) God is everywhere:
first, by His power, inasmuch as all things are under His dominion;
second, by His Presence. inasmuch as nothing is hidden from Him;
third, by His essence, inasmuch as He is in all things as the cause of their being.
Although God is everywhere, we do not see Him because He is a spirit and cannot be seen
with our eyes.
(a) Although we cannot see God, the splendid order and beauty of creation should
constantly remind us of His wisdom, His power, His goodness, and His nearness to us.
God sees us and watches over us with loving care.
God's loving care for us is called Divine Providence.
(a) Divine Providence is God's plan for guiding every creature to its proper end.
When we say that God is almighty we mean that He can do all things.
(a) God can do anything that is not opposed to His perfection, or that is not
self-contradictory. The impossibility of God's doing anything wrong or acting falsely does
not limit His divine power, since wrongdoing and falsity in themselves are evil and are
manifest defects: they cannot be associated with an infinitely perfect Being.
(b) Although God, the first cause of all things, actually does all things, He does not
thereby deprive the creature of its power of causality nor of its freedom of action. A
creature is never more than a secondary cause, that is, always dependent on God, always a
finite being. When this secondary cause is intellectual, it is constituted by Almighty God
as a free agent.
Yes, God is all-wise, all-holy, all-merciful, and all-just.
(a) God, the first cause of all things, in His wisdom knows these things perfectly and
disposes them to their ends according to appropriate means.
(b) If we do not understand why or how God does certain things or permits them to
happen, it is because our limited minds cannot understand His secrets nor see the
universal plan of creation.
(c) Because God is all-holy, He is entirely free from all sin and imperfection and is
infinitely good and lovable.
(d) Because God is all-merciful, He gives to each creature even more than is its due.
He rewards the good more fully and punishes the wicked less severely than they deserve. He
is always ready to help His creatures and to forgive repentant sinners.
(e) Because God is all-just, He gives to each creature what is due to it. God rewards
the good and punishes the wicked partially in this life and more fully in eternity.
We can know by our natural reason that there is a God, for natural reason tells us that
the world we see about us could have been made only by a self-existing Being, all-wise and
Besides knowing God by our natural reason, we can also know Him from supernatural
revelation, that is, from the truths found in Sacred Scripture and in Tradition, which God
Himself has revealed to us.
(a) Supernatural revelation is the communication of some truth by God to a creature
through means that are beyond the ordinary course of nature. Some revealed truths, for
example, the mystery of the Blessed Trinity, are strictly beyond the power of the human
mind. We could never know such truths unless God revealed them. Other truths, for example,
the immortality of the soul, while not beyond the power of the human mind, are objects of
revelation because God has revealed them in a supernatural way. Although these latter
truths could be known without revelation, they are grasped with greater ease and certainty
once God has revealed them.
(b) God's public revelation of truths to men began with Adam and Eve and ended at the
death of Saint John the Apostle.
(c) Divine revelation contained in the Old Testament is called pre-Christian. It can be
divided into:
first, Primitive revelation, made to Adam and Eve
second, Patriarchal revelation, made to the patriarchs, for example, to Abraham and
third, Mosaic revelation, made to Moses and the prophets.
(d) Christian revelation contains the truths revealed to us by Jesus Christ, either
directly or through His apostles.
(e) The Church does not oblige the faithful to believe private revelations given, at
certain times, to individuals. For our edification, however, the Church permits the
publication of some private revelations. Those to whom private revelations are given are
obliged to believe them when they are certain that the revelations are from God.
(f) Sacred Scripture, or the Bible, is the word of God written by men under the
inspiration of the Holy Ghost and contained in the books of the Old and the New Testament.
(g) Inspiration is the act by which God moves and directs the sacred writers faithfully
to commit to writing all those things and only those things that He wishes them to write.
The sacred writers act as free instruments of God, who is the principal author of Sacred
(h) Tradition is the unwritten word of God--that body of truths revealed by God to the
apostles, and not committed by them to writing but handed down by word of mouth. These
truths, which were later committed to writing, particularly by the Fathers of the Church,
have been preserved and handed down to the present day.
Yes, there is only one God.
(a) Reason can prove that there is only one God. The assumption that there could be two
infinitely perfect gods or two infinitely supreme beings independent of each other, is an
(b) Revelation confirms our reasoning that there is only one God.
The Baltimore Catechism, no. 3, Lessons 1-3.
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IRVINE — When Peggy Tanous was a little girl, she told her mom she wanted to be the next Marilyn Monroe.
Tanous could be living out the beginning of her dream as the newest blonde bombshell to enter the cast of "The Real Housewives of Orange County," now in its sixth season.
Although the new season premiered last week, Sunday's episode will mark the Irvine mom's first appearance as a housewife.
Tanous, a mother of two little girls named Capri and London, prides herself as being the only housewife who grew up in O.C. She was raised in Tustin, attended Foothill High School and has a degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton.
A former model and public speaker, she's no stranger to the screen. In the early 2000s, Tanous hosted two public access shows in Huntington Beach: "Destination HB" and "HB Report."
It was around that time that she was first approached about the show. She had just wed Internet developer Micah Tanous and didn't think it was the right choice for two newlyweds.
Then last year the idea came up again, when they saw their friends Jim and Alexis Bellino on the hit Bravo show.
Tanous had known Jim Bellino through her husband and bonded with his wife when they found out they were both pregnant.
"[Alexis] was like, 'I think you should try out'," Tanous said. "I was like, 'I don't think so. I'm a mom now. I think reality [TV] can be a little scary'."
But then she and her husband thought it over and they made a decision: They were in.
"I tried out, and here I am," she said.
Although she's used to reading a script, the former TV host had to get used to cameras following her day-to-day routine.
"I was like, 'I feel really boring,'" she said with a laugh. "You want to watch me watch TV with my kids or watch me take them out to the backyard on the swings? That was a little bit odd."
She managed to let people into a very sensitive part of her life: her battle with post-partum depression.
Tanous wouldn't give too much away but said upcoming episodes show her holistic healing process.
Although drama seems inevitable on the show, the mom had nothing but nice things to say about her cast mates, especially new friends Tamra Barney and Vicki Gunvalson.
"I think this year you're going to see a softer side of Vicki," she said. "I feel like she and I have a lot of similarities, and sometimes people can take us the wrong way. I really like Vicki."
Tanous also added that the drama on the show is no hoax.
"Anytime you get five, six, seven women — especially when we're all really strong and independent — you're going to have some conflict," she said. "That definitely is real."
Tanous admitted that the show unfortunately took a toll on her relationship with Bellino.
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Although she has not seen the entire season yet, Tanous said the experience was well worth it.
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James Bond is one of those movie franchises that seems almost untouchable. Changing just a minor quirk in the character's persona or habits would cause movie fans to revolt, assuming of course that they don't run out of breath by the time they get to the studio from the lack of exercise.
One possible change in the next film in the series is that Bond wouldn't drink his classic "shaken, not stirred" martinis. Instead, he'd down a bottle of beer as a product placement deal with Heineken. The changes don't stop there, though.
Here's a look at some others that might just shock moviegoers:
1. He chases bad guys in a Kia Sorrento.
2. The password he gives to an undercover agent is, "Momma keeps whites bright like the sunlight." The agent responds, "Momma's got the magic of Clorox 2."
3. Q's tech additions to Bond's car include twin hood-mounted machine guns, rear smoke screens and a Mountain Dew dispenser.
4. He drops a henchman through a thin sheet of polar ice and remarks, "Who wants a Smirnoff Ice?"
5. He spends the first third of the movie waiting for his contact in a Burger King.
6. His new name? "Bond, Gold Bond, Medicated Powder."
7. His new mission involves working undercover as a waiter at TGI Friday's.
8. The villain tries to get him to talk by threatening to cut off his fingers with "the fast, efficient and easy-to-clean Slap Chop."
9. When he wrecks his Aston Martin, he is saved by MI5 because he has OnStar.
10. Q says, "Now see here 007, this may look like an ordinary box of Hot Pockets Snackers…"
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Oracle PDF Import Extension (for OpenOffice 3.x)
(109 votes)
|Sun, pdf, Pdfimport, import, oracle
Source code:
Post date:
|Monday, 9 June, 2008 - 10:28
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If you are using Apache OpenOffice 4.0 or later, you must use another version: PDF Import for Apache OpenOffice.
The PDF Import Extension allows you to import and modify PDF documents. Best results with 100% layout accuracy can be achieved with the "PDF/ODF hybrid file" format, which this extension also enables. A hybrid PDF/ODF file is a PDF file that contains an embedded ODF source file. Hybrid PDF/ODF files will be opened in OpenOffice.org as an ODF file without any layout changes. Users without this extension can open the PDF part of the hybrid file with their PDF viewer.
The PDF Import Extension also allows you to import and modify PDF documents for non hybrid PDF/ODF files. PDF documents are imported in Draw to preserve the layout and to allow basic editing. This is the perfect solution for changing dates, numbers or small portions of text with a minimum loss of formatting information for simple formatted documents.
Documents with more sophisticated layouts, such as those created with professional Desktop Publishing applications that use special fonts and complex vector graphics are not suitable for the PDF Import Extension. Similarly, longer documents (> 20 pages) may cause some performance and stability problems.
- Text attributes like font family, font size, weight (bold, not bold), style (italic, not italic) are imported together with their respective text
- Retain font appearance, when a PDF file uses a font not installed on your system, the font is replaced with the best alternative font
- Converts images and vector graphics
- Each line in a paragraph is converted into one text object
- Import of password-protected PDF files
- Import shapes with default style
- Support for colors and bitmaps
- Backgrounds remain behind other elements
Not supported:
- Native PDF forms
- Proper paragraphs
- Processing layout of LaTeX PDF
- Import of complex vector graphics elements
- Conversion of tables
- Import of EPS graphics
- RTL (right-to-left) text/font support
Please notice: Use this extension cautiously as editing PDF files is not a trivial task. Encouraged by the huge number of positive comments and the improved quality of this extension, we decided to remove the Beta tag from this release. Of course we will continue to work on this extension to reflect user needs and any changes to the PDF standard.
Oracle PDF Import Extension (for OpenOffice 3.x)
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|14/12/2010 - 06:17
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|3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
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|3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
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Installed OK. Tried to insert a PDF into a ODT document. It was imported but was not formatted correctly.
AOO411m6(Build:9775) - Rev. 1617669
2014-08-13 09:06:54 (Mi, 13 Aug 2014)
When I try to open PDF document in Writer it crashes it completely! Looks like compatibility issue.
There is a simple solution to out problem with the pdfimport.uno.dll problem: try to download the adopted extension from the apache-own code website under https://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/aoo-pdf-import/wiki/Downloads as stated in my blog article (http://siyman.de/apache-openofficeopenoffice-orglibreoffice-pdfimporter/). This extension works even without administration rights under Win7 64bit as far as I could test it.
Windows 7 64-bit - Each time I get the error message "loading component library failed" like the previous 2 posters.
Windows 8 32 bit - Each time I get the error message "loading component library failed" like the previous 2 posters. - See more at: http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/comment/reply/874/3582#sthash.IgQ0Cdv7.dpuf
Windows8.1 Pro, 64 bit, Processor N2930, 4GB RAM, running on VirtualBox
The following error occours in the window:
"Extension Manager"
loading component library faild:
I downloaded the extension and tried several times to install, both following instructions under "File/open" and using the extensions manager in OpenOffice. Each time I got an error message "loading component library failed". I already have version 1.01 installed.
Should never upgrade on a program that is working.... Tried to reinstall the PDF import program after update of Open Office seemed to have removed it... However, I continue getting the failure message in the subject line followed by the path and file name. Any suggestions???
Yeah I just get
"loading component library failed
every time.
Using Win7, OO 4.0.0
Default download button at Sourceforge site is not for OOO v4.0.0
When you click on the extension on the apache open office site, you are redirected to the sourceforge site where you see the green download button. Don't click that if you have OOO v188.8.131.52
Look slightly down and to the left, and you will see
"Version for Apache OpenOffice 4.0: see here."
If you click on the blue highlighted word "here" you will be redirected to the sourceforge page for the 4.0.0 versions of the extension.
You will see options for 4 different operating systems.
For Windows 7 (or any windows version I guess), click this link:
Windows aoo-pdf-import-0.1.0-windows-x86.oxt Apache OpenOffice 4
I let it download to my downloads folder.
Open OOO, I picked the Draw program, but it probably doesn't matter.
Click Tools, and on the drop down list click Extensions
Click Add, navigate to your download folder and click the file you just downloaded.
In the window that pops up, scroll down to the bottom and click Accept.
It will install with no problems on OOO 4.
I noticed that the extension indicated it was for x86, which means 32 bit not 64 bit, but that didn't matter.
BTW, if your install failed, but you see the extension listed in the extension manager screen when you do this, just click to highlight it and then click the remove button. Probably a good idea to remove a failed installation before reinstalling.
No extension is installed.
Error message:
loading component library failed:
System Windows 8 professional
It won't enable on my computer (Windows 7 Home Premium). I just upgraded to OO 4.0 and it works like a charm, but every time I try to get this add-on to run, PDF Import 1.0.4 it gives the error message:
Loading component library failed:
file:///C:/Users/[COMPUTER NAME]/AppData/Roaming/OpenOffice/4/user/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages/sv5zbeny.temp_/oracle-pdfimport.oxt/pdfimport.uno.dll
Any suggestions? And please, use simple layman language and step by step directions. I don't speak tech. ;-)
thanks for sharing, that's really impressive! You can also load the expored PDF file to Adobe Acrobat Pro for editing, It would be OK. From my experience, I like to use third party to edit my contents and after finishing that work, I would save Word as PDF using Cute PDF Writer or Office 2007 add-in. If I found some mistakes need to modified in the PDF format, I would edit the contents in the original word process and then save it as PDF again, and again. Actually I don't like to use Acrobat for creating ebook. It is not easy to learn well. I just use it to edit some details when I don't want to save all again. Of course, different guy has his own way. There is another way, known as the article How to edit PDF text , you would take it for reference
Not sure why some people have previously commented that this does not install on Windows 7 because it worked fine for me. Installed on two Win7 x64 boxes no problem.
Am very impressed with this extension - gives a great solution for editing PDFs without having to buy any software. Sure, an Adobe product is more appropriate if you want more serious editing, but it's perfect for occasional usage.
I like the fact there is no cost for the openoffice but it is not as easy to understand for me. I found two that have free 30 day trials that worked perfectly --- if only i could afford to purchase. ( BluBeam Revu and Adobe Acrobat XI pro) both were so simple to make changes to pdf - create pdf- etc.
First off, I am running Windows 7 Home Premium.
I downloaded this extension and attempted to install it via the Extension Manager in OpenOffice 3.4.1.
When I attempt to Enable this extension I get the following error:
file:///C:/Users/Tim/AppData/Roaming/OpenOffice.org/3/user/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages/sv8snyc.tmp_/oracle-pdfimport.zip/msvcr90.dll: can not get symbol: component_getImplementationEnvironment- nor:
Any ideas what might be wrong and what needs to be done to correct this problem would be greatly appreciated!
I wonder if anyone else is seeing this: For some PDFs the import works great, modifications can be made to the PDF, the export produces a new PDF with changes and everything is perfect.
But I have some cases where I import a PDF [all of mine are single page PDFs] (i.e. Open it), make no changes at all, export with all defaults on the PDF export properties page, and save as a new PDF file. When I open that file in a recent copy of Acrobat the modifications appear just where you'd expect them but the image the the importer produces from the PDF has been shifted either right to the bottom of the page or all the way off!
If I then open the PDF back up in Draw I can see the original PDF content but it is, indeed, shifted down off the page. I can actually grab it and drag it back up to the top of the page!
This doesn't happen on all computers and only for some PDFs--I haven't found the common properties that determine the outcome.
Otherwise, this extension is great and I can use it on OO 3.2 or 3.4 and on Windows 7.
This extension does not work on win7, it messes up the pdf layout and changing the text format. After opening an pdf in open office, the pdf looks terrible. Not worth waisting time om this extension, it simply does not work.
I installed this extension for OO on my iMac i5, running OSX 10.6.8, and at first everything seems to work perfect.
But if I'm trying to import a PDF-File (with embedded fonts!) in a OO-Doc, the placed PDF looks completely different. The text lines are shifted, letters are expanded .... OO (... or the plugin) converts each text-line to a separate text-frame and changed it completely. Thats not only a problem of displaying on the screen, it looks also disorderd on the print ....
I deleted it and reinstalled the plugin - nothing changes.
On a MAC the plugin did not work!
This is very annoying, I can't get it to install either...&^%$#
Okay...This is a LONG comment with a lot of steps, but if you read and follow it carefully you should be able to use this extension on a Mac with no problems. These steps worked great for me.
IMPORTANT: I don't frequent this site, so if you run into problems, just go through the steps again. The most important thing is doing Step 7 correctly so that the extension is placed in the correct folder.
I'm running the OpenOffice.org.app version 3.4.1 on OSX Mountain Lion.
Here's how I get this extension to work.
1. Download the oracle-pdfimport.otx file to any location (I downloaded it to my Downloads folder).
2. Open Finder, on the left side of the Finder window click 'Applications', and locate OpenOffice.org.app (but don't open it -- i.e. don't double-click it).
3. Single-click the OpenOffice.org.app to highlight it. Next (and here's the important part) hold down 'control' key at the bottom left of your keyboard, and while holding down the 'control' key click on your trackpad --> this will bring up a context menu --> from this context menu click 'Show Package Contents'.
4. You will now see all the folders and files that are used by the OpenOffice.org.app. BE VERY CAREFUL IN THIS STEP not to accidentally move or delete any of these folders or files...the app needs them all.
5. Continuing from Step 4, in the Finder window you will see a folder named 'Contents'. Click the arrow to the left of the 'Contents' to expand it and see the folders and files contained within it. After you've expanded the 'Contents' folder, immediately beneath it you'll see a folder named 'share' --> click the arrow beside 'share' to expand this folder. Under 'share' you will see a folder named 'extensions' --> click the arrow beside 'extensions' to expand it. Lastly, there is a folder under 'extensions' named 'install' --> click the arrow beside 'install' to expand it.
6. Continuing from Step 5, inside the 'install' folder you will probably see a file named 'dict-en.oxt' that automatically installs with OpenOffice. This 'dict-en.oxt' file has a file icon that looks like a puzzle piece (apparently that's the icon OpenOffice chose to use for extension files).
7. Now look at the Finder menu bar at the top of your Mac's screen. Click 'File', then click 'New Window'. This will cause a new Finder window to open. Now you have 2 Finder windows open: 1 window that has the contents of your OpenOffice.org.app, and the new window you just opened. Move (drag) each of these 2 Finder windows so that you can see both at the same time on your Mac's screen. Now, in the new Finder window you opened, navigate to the folder where you downloaded the PDF extension file named oracle-pdfimport.otx (in my case, since I saved it to my 'Downloads' folder, on the left side of the Finder window I click my name -- it has a little icon beside it that looks like a house -- then to the right of that I find and click on my 'Downloads' folder, then I scroll through the files in that folder and find the one named oracle-pdfimport.otx. Single-click on the oracle-pdfimport.otx file and drag it over to the other Finder window from Step 3 which shows the contents of the OpenOffice.org.app folders and files. Drag the oracle-pdfimport.otx file into the 'install' folder from Steps 5 and 6 and drop it into that folder. You should now see at least 2 files in your 'install' folder; both files will have the icon that looks like a puzzle piece. 1 file will be the dict-en.oxt that was mentioned in Step 6, and the other file will be the oracle-pdfimport.otx that you just dragged into that folder.
8. Once you've verified that the oracle-pdfimport.otx file got dropped into your 'install' folder, close the 2 Finder windows you opened. This is just for safety, since you don't want to muck around any further in the window that shows the package contents of the OpenOffice.org.app.
9. Whew! Now you're done. Because you placed the oracle-pdfimport.otx inside your 'install' folder, the next time you open the OpenOffice.org.app, the oracle-pdfimport.otx extension file will automatically load and be ready to use. Since the new extension automatically loads when the app starts up, you don't have to do anything after the OpenOffice.org.app opens to enable the extension. It's already loaded and ready to go!
9. Now to test the extension. After you've completed all of the above steps, start the OpenOffice app from your 'Applications' folder, and when it loads, click the 'Open' button on the start-up screen and navigate to a wherever you have a PDF file stored on your Mac. (If it's an important PDF file, be sure to make a copy of it before you open it.) When the PDF file opens inside the OpenOffice app, whatever text or image you click on will display a box around it; you can choose to either click somewhere inside the box to edit its text, or you can hover your mouse around the box until the cursor changes to a hand and then you can use the hand to drag the 'boxed' text or image to any place you like inside the PDF document. That's about it. From there, you just have to play around with it to see how you can edit text and move things to your liking. When you're done playing with a file, you can choose to save it or discard the changes you've made.
I just downloaded the extension, but I do not know how it works. I need to alter urgently the text of a pdf file but I do not know how to do this. I have the Apache Openoffice program.
Thank you
Thanks for this great extension - it's really helping me out! :)
Is it possible to read annotations (markup) made using Okular 0.15.2 (embedded in the PDF file and can be read by other applications)?
When I open a marked-up PDF in OOO the markup is not to be seen.
I'm running OOO 3.4.1 under Mint 11 LXDE if that matters.
All the best,
WinXP, SP3. PDF Import 1.04 - current version available for download.
Unable to get this extension to register anymore. I was running ver of O/O 3.0 then upgraded to ver 3.4 of O/O. After that the PDF importer would no longer register as an extension.
I deleted the old copy and downloaded a fresh copy of the extension to try. The fresh copy had properties showing it was "blocked" so I unblocked it. Still, it would not load and the attempt to install made it as far as the terms of service, then failed with a generic error message. This problem was reproduceable as I tried to download install a couple of times. I'd also note that the installation failure caused my system to have a serious crash as well, forcing me to use the Task Manager to force-quit the application then reboot the system. At least one crash locked it up sending me to the power button.
Now... it was working fine under O/O 3.0 fine. In fact the same PDF import extension is working fine on a copy of O/O 3.0 I have on another machine and also running under a copy of Libre Office at a recent version.
I note from the web page that this extension is dated Dec 2010 so I have to wonder if there have been any updates, or plans to update to assure forward compatibility. I read here that some other people have been having issues installing under other versions of Windows.
I've sent an e-mail to the developer e-mail address above in homes something will be done as I really like this extension and it has saved me on several occasions.
10/30/2012 at 5:56 PM Eastern USA Time
Follow-Up... any similar extensions elsewhere?
10/30/2012 at 5:56 PM Eastern USA Time
I am trying to add PDF import 1.04 to OO 3.4.1 on Win 8 64 bit and when I click on Enable I get:
msvcr90.dll: cannot get symbol: component_getImplementationEnvironment
Thank you
It's simply superb. I edited a 498 page pdf doc with this. It didn't mess up the formatting even a bit.
Open the pdf file with Open Office Draw.
Select the page from the thumbnails on the left.
Edit the text or graphic.
Export as pdf.
Great work Oracle. Thanks a lot.
I followed the instructions to create this extension by downloading the zip file and then extracting all the files. Unfortunately the vital file required "oracle-pdfimport.oxt" is not present. Can anyone advise please.
I got it to work for Ubuntu. This is how.
I clicked on "Get it". I was then taken to a page which prompted an automatic download. The file already had the ".oxt" extension. Once it downloaded I did not, once again I "did not" unzip it.
I had Libre Office already open. Click on tools then click on "extension manager". You should see "script provider for Python" I have version 3.3.0. Click on that and you will be taken to a folder that has the OpenPDF extension in it. Click on it to open it. You will then have to scroll to the bottom of the screen so they "accept" button will be availible. Click on accept, and the extension will be availible.
I will also add that if you go to "file" and use the "recent documents" option the extension will not work. You have to "file" and then "open" or click on the "open icon" to get the pdf extension to work. I don't know why it matters since it is the same file no matter which path you take, but that is the way it works.
For Windows I would suggest changing the file extension name to .oxt, but not unzipping or extracting it in order to get it to work.
Attempting to download the Mac OS-X package fails with a "File not found" error with Chrome, server not found with Safari...
I also got nothing but error messages when trying to download the Mac version of this extension where I'm posting this comment on the OO site. By foraging around the site for a while I found the Mac version on SourceForge that downloaded correctly via the Mac link on this OO page:
extensions (dot) openoffice (dot) org/en/node/874/releases
The Mac download link I used was this:
extensions (dot) openoffice (dot) org/en/download/4622
I haven't tried the extension with Libre Office yet to import and edit some PDFs, so hopefully it actually works.
Is there a way of protecting PDF documents that I put on my Arabic tattoo site as I want to put downloadable PDF's on the site but I do not want people downloading the documents and editing them in Open office?
Use abiword it is more effiecent and it has a built in pdf generator and a pdf writer BUILT IN!!!!
After downloading this extension, I could not figure out how to get it to work. After trying for over an hour and reading and trying these comments, I finally got it to work. Here are the steps I used:
*When you initially download the extension, save it and in the file name change from .zip to .oxt and continue download.
*After download, open manage extensions, if it doesn't automatically pull up after download, you can find it in the tools tab in any open office application. Follow steps to accept the extension.
*Go to the open office draw application and under file -open - select the PDF document you want to convert and that should open it up.
Once I did this, I was very impressed with how easy it was to make the changes needed to my PDF document and how nice it looked, it was just so frustrating getting to that point!!
I hope this information helps anyone having issues downloading and running this extension :)
Thanks Don, and also to Oracle (aka Sun Microsystems) and Apache Software ... without Don's instructions, I would have never figure out how to make the PDF extention to work ... I have a 4 year college technical degree and years of computer experience
I need to fill out forms downloaded as PDF files. Dont want to spend $$$ getting Acrobat or MS Office suite, so I downloaded the Oracle PDF Import Extension. I am running OO 3.2 on XP. The files open in a small unreadable format in Draw, and wont edit (fill out the forms). Tried to tweak OO for several days but just wont work, and often the computer freezes. As many governments use OO and filling out forms is huge in governments, how to do this? Has Microsoft booby trapped Windowswith so called "updates" to force users to buy $$ Office and Official Microsoft partner $$Acrobat? If so how to jailbreak? Should I delete all traces/breadcrumbs of Microsoft Office (so called "free trial" expired way back)?
This extension is a pain in the ass to get working. I downloaded OpenOffice 3.3. I did the following in Windows Vista Pro:
In Windows
1.Download the extension (a zip file)
2.Open any open office application Text (word processing)...
3.Click on Tools in the Top menu and select Extensions Manager
4.In the opened dialog, click on Add... button
5.Select the file which was downloaded in the first step
6.Scroll down the EULA content so that the Accept button is enabled
7.Click Accept
Error message appears, "Status of extension is unknown". Clicked enable, another error message appears...
Are you supposed to unzip the file first? If so, which file is "accepted" and enabled from the batch?
I'm being told I need "stlport_vc7145.dll" to run the extension. Can someone tell me what that is and where to find it? Thank you
i've made a PDF, and i try to open it with Open office (after installing Oracle extension)
but it doesn't work
i try to open it with DRAW (DESSIN in French) and it open with many stranges caractère and nos images...
can u help me
many thanks
I open a PDF document with draw. The only way I can find to add text is to use a text box. This seems not the most optimum way to edit the document. If I am doing something wrong please let me know the right way to do this.
(1) Follow the directions exactly for installation. (2) Then open the DRAW program. (3) Open file but SPECIFY the EXTENSION to open as PDF. There, simple as 1-2-3! There are no neon signs flashing inside the Open Office program indicating with buttons or enhanced functions that you have this extension. But it works! Thanks!
So, something which should have taken few seconds / minutes took over an hour. I must be damned stupid and maybe I am not alone from what can be seen.
Now: Once you download the extension, double click and accept it will be installed without telling you anything such as The extension has nbeen successively installed or alike (you are supposed to know aren't you?)
No! if you launch draw and expect to see an import button, forget about it.
No, If you expect launching Draw and nicely asking it to open the pdf, forget about it.
No! If you expect asking Draw to open the pdf it will prompt you on how to interpret it.
And yes! If you ask draw to open your poor pdf but, before you specify in the open dialog, right little box that you want to open a pdf (and not "all" or whatever) then bingo!
I hope It did save some time to other as stupid as me - Are there any?
And don't ask the acrobatics I need to make in order to register and add my comments
Just what I'm looking for.
Installed with no problem.
Opening a pdf as described by other comments in this thread results in rubbish.
So, it doesn't work for me, unfortunately.
Also tried it in LibreOffice with same results.
Not sure if this has been mentioned already, however one thing that's worked for me is that I installed CutePDF Writer (on Windows) and I reprinted the PDF from Acrobat Reader to the CutePDF Writer (which is set as a printer in the Print dialogue). This of course just re-creates the PDF using CutePDF Writer, but for whatever reason, this re-created PDF renders correctly in OO Draw, where the original PDF didn't. Using this method I've been able to edit PDFs just fine.
After I first installed it (Windows XP SP2), it worked fine - could open PDFs from within Draw without doing anything special.
At some point (some time after upgrading to SP3, not sure if related) I could no longer open PDFs from within Draw. The File->Open dialog box does not include a 'PDF' type. I get the same ASCII Filter thing others mentioned.
However, if I use Writer instead, that File->Open dialog box does have the 'PDF' type - I can select PDFs from there, and they still open into Draw, same as always.
I am a fairly new Mac user with OS X 10.6. For several months, I have been trying to find something which would edit pdf files better than Preview does (for example, the content of a text box in Preview can only be "center aligned"). Skim and FormulatePro were two options I tried that were improvements over Preview in many respects, but wouldn't let me paste an image onto my pdf (such as, for example, if I wanted to put my digital signature on a document).
Then, I "discovered" the Oracle PDF Import Extension which I had installed in Open Office months ago, but hadn't really used. By "discovered," I mean I read on somebody's blog that you could use Open Office Draw to edit pdf files and I thought, "Hey, I wonder if that would work with my setup." (Boy, do I feel stupid.)
I have just started using this functionality, but in just an hour or so of playing around, I have found that it has far exceeded my expectations and, even, my immediate needs. Besides giving you (a) all the control over text and text boxes that you would expect from, say, a word processing program and (b) allowing you to paste images onto your pdf, Open Office Draw also includes layers!
The layer function threw me off for a bit, because, at first, I kept finding that my attempts to edit the document resulted in grabbing the raster image and moving it "off" of the underlying text layer (a function, I will admit, that I think will be worth exploiting someday, but wasn't what I was looking for at the moment). Then, I discovered that you can "lock" the layer so as to prevent this annoying occurrence. To create your edits, simply create a new layer (call it "MyEdits" or whatever you want) and you're in business.
Anybody who has done anything more than drawn a couple of lines and boxes on a page has discovered that editing the overlapping objects can be a real pain - if not an outright impossibility. Separating these overlapping objects through the use of different layers solves the problem.
The only downside to the use of Open Office Draw as a pdf editing tool that I can see is that you must import the pdf, save your edits in odg format, and then export it to pdf when you're done. I know that we would all like to have the capability of doing everything I just described directly to the native document, but, hey, for all the functionality I have been searching the internet for weeks to find, I think it's a reasonable trade off.
Its pretty good demonstration for those who dont have any idea of Mac os, i was being referred here by one of my friend working with ziffdavis. Its very impressive way to explain the points like import of pdf file etc, impressive work.


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Just before noon, a group of security forces clashed with
guards at the offices of Al-Ayyam, firing tear gas and bullets and wounding
at least two guards and killing the passerby, according to local and
international news reports. The raid is the latest development in a series of
attacks against Al-Ayyam and other independent publications
and journalists
Bashraheel Bashraheel, general manager of Al-Ayyam, told CPJ that the firefight lasted for about an hour and that the wounded guards were taken to the city's main hospital. He said he is concerned for their safety and fears they will be arrested.
Abdullah Qayran, chief of security in Aden, told the Yemen News Web site that he sent a group of riot police to "execute a judicial order for [the editor-in chief] to appear in a court of law...but the guards opened fire on security [personnel]." Bashraheel denied that claim and said security forces attacked the compound, which also contains the homes of some of the staff, from multiple directions.
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms the violent
storming of Al-Ayyam," said Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's Middle East and
Editor-in-chief Hisham Bashraheel, his son Hani Bashraheel, and another Al-Ayyam staffer were summoned last week by the Sana'a prosecutor's office to answer accusations of provoking one of the newspaper's guards to kill an assailant in February 2008. The complaint was filed by the lawyer who represents the killed assailant's family.
The case stems from an incident on February 12, 2008, when a group of gunmen attacked Al-Ayyam's compound in Sana'a in an attempt to take over the building, Bashraheel's lawyers told CPJ. A military police officer claimed he owned the land on which the compound stood. Hisham Bashraheel, the paper's general manager, bought the plot of land in 1979, he told CPJ.
The summons for Hisham Bashraheel violates Yemeni law, which
states that citizens are to appear before the prosecutor in the town where they
reside, the lawyer said. Although Bashraheel lives in
and at least seven
other independent newspapers have been suspended by the government on
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's consumer prices stopped falling in May and labor demand reached its strongest level in five years, but the Bank of Japan's time frame for achieving a 2 percent inflation target still appears unlikely.
Industrial output rose at its fastest pace since 2011, in a sign of strength in the corporate sector, but an unexpected fall in household spending may raise some concerns about activity.
On the whole, the data on Friday signaled steady economic growth, but it may take more time to achieve sustained rises in prices even as the government's expansionary policies are making some progress towards ending 15 years of deflation.
"The results are mostly due to energy prices. The output gap is shrinking, but the core-core CPI shows that final demand is still weak," said Norio Miyagawa, senior economist at Mizuho Securities Research & Consulting.
"It's possible for the BOJ to ease (policy) again later this year, when it becomes clear that there's not enough progress in reaching its price target."
Core consumer prices, which exclude fresh food but include energy, were unchanged in May from a year earlier, matching the median estimate from a Reuters poll.
It was the first time in seven months that prices did not fall. Prices fell an annual 0.4 percent in April.
Japan's core-core CPI, which excludes both food and energy, fell 0.4 percent in the year to May, following a 0.6 percent annual decline in April, the government data showed.
The BOJ unleashed the world's most intense burst of stimulus on April 4, promising to inject $1.4 trillion into the economy by buying government debt and riskier assets to meet its pledge of achieving 2 percent inflation in roughly two years.
Many private sector economists say the two-year target is overly ambitious. Even one member of BOJ's policy board has publicly called on the bank to loosen this time frame.
A Reuters poll of 24 economists showed last week that core consumer prices are expected to rise 0.3 percent in the current fiscal year to next March.
They saw consumer inflation picking up only to 0.8 percent in the following year to March 2015, stripping out impacts from a planned sales tax hike next year.
By contrast, the BOJ projects a 0.7 percent rise for this fiscal year and 1.4 percent rise for the next, followed by a 1.9 percent increase in the year to March 2016.
The last time Japan's core consumer inflation topped 2 percent for the year was in the early 1990s when its asset-inflated bubble economy collapsed. Later in that decade deflation set in the Japanese economy.
Finance Minister Taro Aso played down the significance of the fact consumer prices stopped falling, saying that it wasn't a sign of an immediate end to deflation.
"It's true that the pace of decline in prices is slowing, but it's not that easy (to end deflation)," Aso told reporters.
Separate data on the labor market showed the jobs-to-applicants ratio rose to 0.90 in May from 0.89 in April, meaning jobs were available for 9 out of 10 job seekers. This marks the strongest demand for workers in five years.
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent.
Wage earners' household spending fell 1.6 percent in May from a year earlier, sharply below the median estimate for a 1.4 percent increase.
Consumer spending is likely to expand as some shoppers buy more luxury goods and next year's sales tax hike prompts a last-minute buying spree, but some economists warn that spending will eventually slow as wages have not increased.
Industrial output rose by a better-than-expected 2.0 percent in May from April and the outlook is for slight net growth in coming months, data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed.
Manufacturers expect their output will fall 2.4 percent in June before increasing 3.3 percent in July, partly due to improving demand for cars from the United States.
In another bright sign, the Markit/JMMA Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index showed manufacturing activity expanded in June at the fastest pace in more than two years.
Japan's economy grew at an annualized rate of 4.1 percent in January-March, as private consumption and a rebound in exports led a recovery from a slump last year.
Additional reporting by Stanley White and Leika Kihara; Editing by John Mair & Kim Coghill


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In this lecture, we discussed Fluorescence molecules and how they can be used for detection of other molecules. The molecules are considered to have high energy states, which helps them with their detection. The photons discussed in the lecture can be seen as individual particles of light and have wave properties. The photon flux is the rate of the photon hitting a given space. The photon power density is the photon flux by the energy of each photon, while irradiance is the photon rate within a defined wavelength range and collecting area. The intensity is the energy/time within a defined wavelength range and collecting area. Next, the process of absorption is also discussed where the molecule absorbs a photon of light and it becomes excited, it tells us how many photons in wavelength band are absorbed by a material. This absorbed energy can be translated into rotation, vibration, or electron excitation to be read. Fluorescence is the molecules absorbing photons of light and are excited to higher electric states and the energy can be release by the emission of a photon of light. Internal Conversion is also discussed as another to ground the state of electrons without radiation. The concept of stokes shift and its applications are also discussed in the lecture in regard to fluorescence. However, a weakness of fluorescence is that the dimolecules can become inactive by photobleaching and quenching. The fluorescence may become decomposed over time leading to a reduction of quantum yield. The way the fluorescence is used is by attaching the dye by a covalent bond to a protein so we can detect the protein.
My research group is focused on the application of sub-wavelength optical phenomena and fabrication methods to the development of novel devices and instrumentation for the life sciences. The group is highly interdisciplinary, with expertise in the areas of microfabrication, nanotechnology, computer simulation, instrumentation, molecular biology, and cell biology. In particular, we are working on biosensors based upon photonic crystal concepts that can either be built from low-cost flexible plastic materials, or integrated with semiconductor-based active devices, such as light sources and photodetectors, for high performance integrated detection systems.
Using a combination of micrometer-scale and nanometer-scale fabrication tools, we are devising novel methods and materials for producing electro-optic devices with nanometer-scale features that can be scaled for low-cost manufacturing. Many of our techniques are geared for compatibility with flexible plastic materials, leading to applications such as low cost disposable sensors, wearable sensors, flexible electronics, and flexible displays. Because our structures manipulate light at a scale that is smaller than an optical wavelength, we rely on computer simulation tools such as Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis (RCWA) and Finite Difference Time Doman (FDTD) to model, design, and understand optical phenomena within photonic crystals and related devices.
In addition to fabricating devices, our group is also focused on the design, prototyping, and testing of biosensor instrumentation for high sensitivity, portability, and resolution. Advanced instruments enable high resolution imaging of biochemical and cellular interactions with the ability to monitor images of biochemical interactions as a function of time. Using the sensors and instrumentation, we are exploring new applications for optical biosensor technology including protein microarrays, biosensor/mass spectrometry systems, and microfluidics-based assays using nanoliter quantities of reagents. The methods and systems developed in the laboratory are applied in the fields of life science research, drug discovery, diagnostic testing, and environmental monitoring. -From Professor Cunningham's Faculty Profile
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psd needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 24 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
We are looking for a professional / functional design for our existing site. Design should include a logo that can be used independently of the site.
BMV Deals Store
Our existing site is The BMV Deals Store http://www.bmv-deals-store.co.uk/. In terms of functionality we would like to keep some kind of side panel with the option of easily subscribing to our newsletter. At the moment we have the main navigation twice, on the new site we would only like a single top navigation.
At the top, to the right hand side of the logo we would like the text "Unique & Affordable Property Investment Opportunities"
The two main pages on the site are the "Welcome" / "Home" page listing current deals, and the "Past Deals" page listing previous deals. Perhaps the "Past Deals" button could be moved out of the main navigation onto the page itself such that there is a main "Deals" page which can be switched to show current or previous deals. The pages on the main navigation would then be "Deals", "How it works", "Contact Us" only.
As well as the main template, design will need to be provided for:
- List of deals (as on the home page), including next/previous buttons to move between deals pages
- Contact page form
- Deal information page, including "Register your interest" form at the bottom http://www.bmv-deals-store.co.uk/?p=88Although the logo will be an integral part of the site design it also needs to be used separately (primarily in print). Therefore we are looking for the logo to be provided in eps format, along with the site design in layered psd (Photoshop CS2). Contest winner should provide the original eps, and a version of the eps which can be opened without needing all the fonts etc (ie a version where the "Adobe Illustrator" > "Type" > "Create Outlines" option has been used prior to saving).
- Website design in psd including integrated logo
- x2 eps files (original, and a version converted to outlines)
- Logo should contain the full name "BMV Deals Store" but we are open to alternate suggestions


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Paige Kinney, aka JamieLee Lawler, 43, Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on March 7, 2012, to 15 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake. Kinney had previously pleaded guilty to various charges related to a mortgage fraud scheme and to charges of bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and bank fraud in two separate indictments.
According to court documents related to the first indictment, Kinney played a leadership role in a $40 million mortgage fraud scheme that targeted Countrywide Home Loans and other lenders. According to Kinney's plea agreement on those charges, from January 2005 through December 2007, Kinney and others conspired to commit mortgage fraud by using unqualified straw buyers to purchase properties, knowing that the straw buyers did not intend to live in the homes or be responsible for the loan payments.
As part of the scheme, Kinney would obtain mortgage financing to purchase homes in the names of the straw buyers by submitting fraudulent mortgage loan applications and altering documents, such as bank statements, to misrepresent the straw buyers' assets, income, employment status, liabilities and other debts, sources of earnest money and down payments, and their intent to make the property a primary residence. Based on these misrepresentations regarding the buyers' ability to qualify for loans, lenders issued loans that exceeded the homes' sales prices. Once the funds were obtained from the lenders, the extra proceeds, known as "cash back," were directed to bank accounts that Kinney controlled.
In total, Kinney caused lending institutions to issue $38,745,215 in fraudulent loans. Out of those loan proceeds, $8,754,485.17 was directed as "cash back" to bank accounts controlled by Kinney and other conspirators. Kinney used the "cash back" for personal expenses; for the purchase of luxury vehicles, jewelry, and homes in Phoenix, Arizona, and San Diego, California; to make mortgage payments; and to compensate straw buyers for their involvement in the scheme.
Kinney continued her illicit activities while she was pending trial on the mortgage fraud indictment. According to her plea agreement on the second indictment, Kinney declared bankruptcy and then attempted to hide assets and liabilities from the bankruptcy court by falsifying her name and social security number. Kinney also committed additional financial fraud by arranging for friends to fraudulently obtain a loan to purchase a Mercedes. In addition, she committed insurance fraud by staging a phony burglary of her residence and then collecting $130,000 from Allstate Insurance Company.
Judge Wake noted that the defendant engaged in a "breathtakingly aggressive fraud" when sentencing Kinney to 10 years in prison on the mortgage fraud scheme and to five years in prison on the second indictment, to run consecutively to the mortgage fraud sentence. Judge Wake also ordered Kinney to pay $22,000,000 in restitution.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Internal Revenue service, Criminal Investigations Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The prosecution is being handled by Kevin M. Rapp and Monica B. Klapper, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
Ann Birmingham Scheel, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, highlighted the significance of this sentence by stating, "Mortgage fraud has deflated property values, harmed lending institutions, and ruined entire neighborhoods in our community. This defendant was undaunted by the mortgage fraud indictment and continued to commit fraud crimes while awaiting trial on those charges. I commend the IRS and the FBI on a tenacious and thorough investigation that led to this significant sentence."
"This sentence signifies the continued determination by the FBI, the Arizona Mortgage Fraud Task Force, and the United States Attorney's Office in targeting those individuals who conspire to commit mortgage fraud," said FBI Special Agent in Charge James L. Turgal, Jr., Phoenix Division. "The FBI and its law enforcement partners will continue to aggressively pursue those who are involved in these types of fraudulent schemes. Mortgage fraud has had a tremendous adverse impact on both the economy and the citizens of Arizona. It will continue to remain a top criminal priority of the FBI."
Dawn Mertz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation said, "Ms. Lawler used her position as a loan officer to carry out a $40 million mortgage fraud scheme. After she was charged in the mortgage fraud case, she continued to commit egregious financial crimes. She used her position and her knowledge to manipulate and erode our financial systems. Ms. Lawler's sentence reflects the severity of the financial crimes she imposed upon our community."


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Bank loans and senior loans are all the rage lately with funds investors, largely because these niches do well when interest rates are increasing. And investors are still plenty worried about the effect of rising interest rates on other yield-friendly parts of the market.
The trend has catapulted the group's ETFs near the top of the investor inflow pile this year. PowerShares Senior Loan ETF (BKLN) has vaccuumed up $3.3 billion in fresh money during 2013, according to XTF.com, second only to Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF's (BSV) $3.5 billion among credit ETFs. The trend also means more people buying into iShares Floating Rate Note Fund (FLOT), State Street's SPDR Blackstone GSL Senior Loan ETF (SRLN) and a pile of short-duration bond funds.
After all the buy-in, can you still get on board? Morningstar's Timothy Strauts argues yes. He bases that view in part on the expectation for low default rates, which is the chief driver -- as opposed to interest rates -- of returns:
Bank loans are almost pure credit investments since they have virtually no interest-rate risk. The amount and size of future defaults is the biggest determinant on future returns. Over the past three years, the default rate within the bank-loan sector has remained below 2%. According to Standard and Poor's poll of buy-side investors, the expected default rate over the next year is only 1.8%. As long as the actual rate of default remains below 2%, expected returns of 4%-6% over the next year seem the most likely outcome based on current yields.