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_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML101', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML101'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML5', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML5'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML6', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML6'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_ImageView', new _WidgetInfo('Image2', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('Image2'), {'resize': false}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML4', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML4'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML11', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML11'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_PopularPostsView', new _WidgetInfo('PopularPosts1', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('PopularPosts1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogArchiveView', new _WidgetInfo('BlogArchive1', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('BlogArchive1'), {'languageDirection': 'ltr', 'loadingMessage': 'Loading\x26hellip;'}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML10', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML10'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML1', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML8', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML8'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML9', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML9'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML3', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('HTML3'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_AttributionView', new _WidgetInfo('Attribution1', 'sidebar', document.getElementById('Attribution1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
</script>
</body>
</html>