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Sure, Twilight's Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has completely dominated the box office the past few years, but she's not the first heroine to make the jump from the bookstore shelves to the big (and small) screen.
And if we're being completely honest, she's certainly not the best. For starters, her life revolves around her sparkly beau Edward (Robert Pattinson). We don't blame the girl; after all, the guy's who's been 17 for "a while" did say "You are my life now."
Swooning aside, we like our female characters to be a bit deeper. You know, have outside interests and have friends other than a BF's adopted siblings. While there are countless literary heroines whose determination and general awesomeness put freesia-scented, clumsy Bella to shame, let's take a look at some of the recent YA books whose leading ladies leads have made quite an impression on Hollywood.
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1. Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games: We've got a huge spot in our hearts for The Girl on Fire. Not only does Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) step up and take care of the fam after her father's tragic death, she also volunteers to take her sister's place in the reaping. Once at the games, girl outwits all the other tributes, shakes up things with Gamemakers and still manages to hold onto some of her humanity. We're still weeping over Rue!
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2. Elena Gilbert, The Vampire Diaries: When it comes time to vote for "Best Overall" at Mystic Falls High, there's a good chance the title will go to Elena (Nina Dobrev). She's an honor student, a former cheerleader and as nice as can be. When it comes to love triangles, Bella's got nothing on her: She has not one, but two vampires (who happen to be brothers) vying for her affections. Plus, the 18-year-old's goals involve more than an eternity of sparkle vision: She has dreams of becoming a writer. That whole becoming-a-vamp thing is sure to give her lots of story ideas.
3. Clary Fray, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: In the flick out August 2013, after New Yorker Clary (Lily Collins) comes home to find her mother missing and a demon from another world wreaking all sorts of havoc on her apartment, the 15-year-old slays the beast. She then joins up with a kickass group of Shadowhunter teens to uncover the truth about her mother and learn how to handle any other baddies she might encounter.
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4. Blair Waldorf, Gossip Girl: The Queen Bee of the UES commands genuflection wherever her designer pumps take her. In the early days of the show (and books), the prepster even had minions to do her bidding. Blair (Leighton Meester) is beyond stylish, smart as a whip and, oh yeah, just a wee bit manipulative. Love triangle between a werewolf and a vampire? Pshaw, this girl's got royalty, trust fund cuties and even rock star spawn chasing after her. And let's not forget that Waldorf ambition—she's Ivy League educated (OK, Chuck did help her get into Columbia) and she scored a gig at W magazine.
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5. Hermione Granger, Harry Potter: Is there anything this witch can't do? Answer: No, no there is not. Hermione (Emma Watson) is brilliant—remember this is the Hogwarts students who used a Time-Turner so that she could enroll in more classes—she's also the best friend anyone could ask for. And when her boyfriend deserts her in the middle of the woods, does she curl up in some tree, waiting for frostbite to take her out of her misery? Hardly. She keeps calm, magics on and continues the hunt for Horcruxes like a boss.
Did your favorite heroine make this list? Or maybe you're a loyal member of Team Bella? Sound off in the comments!


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Do you have international suppliers I can buy from?
We do not have any international suppliers, but we do ship internationally. To have an order shipped to your door, just proceed to checkout and it will give you several shipping options before completing checkout.
I see two versions of the kids table and chairs online. Do you still sell both or just one?
All the updated versions of our products, including our kids table and chairs, can be found on our website. If you see something on another retailer's website that isn't on our site it means the retailer's site isn't up to date.
What is Sprout's Return Policy
Please refer to our Satisfaction Guarantee. for our return policy.
Is your product 100% made in the USA?
Yes, it is. Our wood products are sourced from the forests of northwest. Manufacturing packaging and fulfillment is done in Utah. The only exception is the raw Baltic birch material, which we source from the Baltic Region of Europe.
How is your product eco-friendly?
At Sprout we try to protect the other sprouts out there by using recycled materials and minimizing emissions from shipping. Our wood products are made from pre-consumer recycled wood fiber, essentially, the wood left over from cutting logs into lumber. Our cardboard is made with up 30% recycled material, and is 100% recyclable. Sourcing of raw materials, manufacturing, packaging, and fulfillment is all done in the USA, which reduces emissions from shipping. The unique design of our products also decreases emissions from shipping because they ship flat packed.
Will four children fit comfortably at the table?
Would your stools be appropriate for a 13-month-old?
We would recommend our chairs rather than our stools for a 13-month-old. The chair back will give your son or daughter more stability.
Can I sit on the chairs and stools as an adult?
Yes, our products are officially rated for up to 150 lbs. Use judgment. Both the chairs and stools work for adults, but stools are usually more convenient because they don't have a back.
I can't get it together. Am I doing it right?
1) Positioning Yourself Correctly
To assemble Sprout products all the way takes a little force. Position yourself above, and push down. Using gravity to help is much easier than using your arm muscles to push and pull at the same time. If you're having a hard time even after you've positioned yourself correctly check to make sure the pieces are facing the right way.
2) Positioning the Pieces Correctly
If you pay close attention to the assembly instructions they will show you which way the pieces should face. If you'd like to talk to one of us just call or send us a message; we are happy to help!
What do I do if my Sprout table wobbles?
First, try the table on another surface; it may just be the floor that's uneven.
The sprout table is designed to compensate for a certain amount of unevenness. To fix any unevenness, place the table where you want it, identify the high legs, place your hands on the table top above the high legs and push down with a hard, sharp push. This will even out the legs.
What if a part breaks?
We offers free replacement parts for manufacturing defects/parts damaged during shipping and reported during our 30 day warranty period. If you received an order with damaged parts, please fill out our replacement part form and send pictures of the damaged parts to email@example.com. We'll make sure we get you new parts right away! If you are past the 30 day warrenty period, don't worry, there's just a small fee for new parts and shipping.
Can I use Sprout products outside?
We do not recommend or guarantee our products for outdoor use.
What happens if my Sprout products get wet?
Incidental contact is no issue. We left one of our tables under a sprinkler overnight. The next morning the table had minimal swelling. Most of the swelling left after drying. However, we don't recommend watering your sprout products. If your basement floods it will be a problem, but if your basement floods you'll have bigger problems.
How should I clean my Sprout products?
The melamine surfaces are very durable and clean quite well. To clean marks off the surface, spray an all-purpose cleaner, such as 409, on the spot then scrub with a rag. We did a test on them to demonstrate how to clean just about anything off of them including sharpie! Check out this blog post about it. The edges are unfinished, but if they get dirty you can use a little bit of sandpaper to remove the outer layer and any discoloration.
Will crayons, paint or food marks come off of your MDF furniture?
Yes! Crayon, paint and food and even Sharpie come off the surface of our MDF furniture. You can see the test we did on them below. We used common art supplies to color large rectangles on the table, then washed half of each rectangle off to demonstrate how easily they come off! Check out this blog post about it. The edges are unfinished, but if they get marked you can use a little bit of sandpaper to remove the outer layer and any discoloration.
How sturdy are the joints?
We once assembled and disassembled one of our chairs 100 times and we didn't see any issues. If you have concerns with your furniture's joints please contact us.
How should I clean the unfinished edges?
You can use a little bit of sandpaper to remove the outer layer and discoloration.
Do your bins hold up?
We have had some people concerned about this, but few people have actually had issues with them. Our boxes are made from 44 ECT cardboard, which is one of the thickest cardboards available. That said, they are just cardboard and are not made for little teethers.
What is MDF?
MDF is Medium Density Fiberboard. It is made from pre-consumer recycled wood fiber, essentially, all the shavings and scraps that come from wood when cutting it into lumber. The wood chips are then "digested" or separated into small fibers. These fibers are then bound together using a binder under heat and pressure to create sheets.
What is the surface made of?
The surface of our furniture is made of melamine, which is the short name for Thermally Fused Melamine. Thermally Fused Melamine commonly used in cabinets and furniture. It is made from a paper that is treated with melamine resin to create a very durable and water resistant surface. The melamine resin has been used since the 1970's to make household dishware.
What is the paint made of?
The paint-like surface of our MDF furniture is actually melamine, which is made from paper that is treated with melamine resin to create a very durable and water resistant surface. The melamine resin has been used since the 1970's to make household dishware.
Our painted Baltic Birch furniture is painted with a waterbased UV-cured finish.
What is Melamine?
What is Raw Baltic Birch?
Baltic birch plywood. Our baltic birch has more layers than typical plywood making it much stronger. It is patched where there were knots. Our baltic birch is the one material not sourced from inside the USA: we get most of it from the Baltic Region of Europe.
Do Sprout products contain formaldehyde?
Sprout furniture products are made from CARB (California Air Resources Board) compliant materials. CARB regulates the emissions of some chemicals in fiberboard such as MDF. Current regulations require emissions of formaldehyde to be be less than 0.05 parts per million (less than 0.000005%). All MDF used in Sprout products complies with or exceeds these standards and are manufactured in USA.
Do your cardboard storage boxes contain formaldehyde, fire retardants, lead, BPA, PVC, phthalates, formadine, or cadmium?
None of the above! Our cardboard storage boxes do not have any formaldehyde, fire retardants, lead, BPA, PVC, phthalates, formamide or cadmium.
What type of ink do you use for the designs on your bins?
We use a water soluble ink, which is food contact safe. You can feel comfortable that your little ones are safe even if they have a taste for cardboard and ink.
Can I finish or paint my purchased Raw Baltic Birch?
Yes, but here are a couple things to consider. First, painting the inside of the joints will make the product very difficult to disassemble once assembled. Second some paint will rub off as you assemble it. If you want to paint it, you may consider waiting until after it's assembled.
Can I paint my purchased Sprout kid's table and chairs?
Unfortunately, the melamine surface doesn't paint very well, so we don't recommend it.
Can the 21 cube bookcase be placed sideways so it is short and wide instead of tall and narrow?
Yes, but the front edge of each shelf isn't as sturdy when it's laid down sideways so you'll want to put less weight on each individual cubby than the 30 lbs they are rated for when standing upright.
Can I cut the depth of my cubby shelving unit down?
It could possibly be cut down but we don't recommend it as it weakens the vertical supports significantly. If you do decide to cut it down only take off an inch or two max.
Is it possible to wall mount the 16 cubby organizer?
It can be attached to the wall for stability but it is not designed to be hung off the wall like a picture :)
Is there a way to permanently assemble my Sprout furniture?
Yes. There are three steps to permanently assemble your Sprout furniture.
1) Place a pea-sized dot of wood glue on the bottom of each groove.
2) Slide tab into slot and tighten normally. Repeat for each joint.
3) Let glue dry for 30 minutes before use.
How do I become a dropshipper for Sprout?
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The Bill of Rights is outdated and no longer serves its intended purpose. It only protects the people from the federal government not states or individuals. The Supreme court, nine individuals, are left to interpret what are founding fathers wanted to convey. As man evolves so do their ideals. We need to support, even embrace, change.
I believe the entire Bill of Rights should be closely examined and rewritten for modern times. I believe this would be an incredibly difficult task and it should require input from every citizen in the country. If this were to be done, it shouldn't be in any one persons control.
Maybe it would be a good idea to update the Bill of Rights. I can certainly see some room for improvement, personally. However, in order to amend or change the Constitution we would have to get a 2/3 majority to pass anything.
This country is so polarized that there is absolutely no way we can get a 2/3 majority to pass a SINGLE amendment to the Constitution, much less an entire overhaul. For better or for worse, the Constitution we have is the Constitution we are stuck with.
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I do not think that the entire Bill of Rights should be closely examined and rewritten for modern times. I do not think that the Bill of Rights is something that needs to be reformed and modernized for today's issues. I think that it would be a great injustice for the American nation
While I agree that parts of the Bill of Rights could be examined and rewritten to fit modern times, including the Second Amendment, a good majority of the document still reflects what it originally intended to. Because it is a living document, amendments are suggested, added and removed as the times change.


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The favourites reached the final four of the Rugby World Cup as the sport bade farewell to one its favourite sons when Ireland captain Keith Wood announced his retirement.
New Zealand and Australia will meet in one semifinal on Saturday while France and England will square off in Sunday's sudden death match.
New Zealand and France go into their matches on a high, with their vanquished opponents' praises ringing in their ears, while England and Australia still have serious problems to consider.
England coach Clive Woodward took the attitude that any win was a good win as his team came from 10-3 down at halftime to beat Wales 28-17 thanks to string of Jonny Wilkinson penalties.
But captain Martin Johnson was upset with the way his team panicked and let in three tries while scoring just one.
Australia's problems are injuries to George Smith and Matt Giteau as well as how to deal with a slew of handling errors in their unconvincing 33-16 win over Scotland.
A France-New Zealand final looks on the cards with Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan talking up France and South African captain Corne Krige in New Zealand's corner.
"If they get that sort of form in the next round it's going to take a hell of a team to beat them," O'Sullivan said of France after the Tricolores thumped Ireland 43-21.
"I think they can go the whole way - I actually believe it now.
"(They could beat tournament co-favourite England) and I think England know it."
Krige said the All Blacks had taken the game to a new level in a 29-9 victory over the Springboks which was more convincing than the scoreline indicated.
"I haven't played against an All Blacks side that's played like that in the past," Krige admitted.
Meanwhile, Wood, one of rugby's most recognisable faces, was forced into retirement by the red-hot French and a troublesome shoulder.
Wood, a veteran of three Rugby World Cups and two British Lions tours, announced his retirement from all levels of rugby after his side's 43-21 quarterfinal defeat by France in Melbourne.
Described as "a legend of the game" by his coach, the bald-headed Irish hooker with the strength of a prop and the pace of a flanker played 58 Tests for his country and showed amazing courage to twice return to the field from serious shoulder injuries.
But Wood's latest shoulder and neck injuries which sidelined him for a year before he returned to the field in August has proved his undoing. "My desire's still there - I'd like to play for another 10 years if I had the chance," Wood said.
"The heart is willing, the head is willing, the body's had enough."
French coach Bernard Laporte paid tribute to the hooker.
"We have to congratulate Keith Wood for his contribution to rugby. He's not just a good player but a great man."
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As the summer season at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center winds down, we can anticipate the board's annual meeting and subsequent media coverage.
Since the shake up of SPAC's management 7 years ago, the annual numbers comparison has made front page. How many folks compared to a year before attended the ballet and how many sat on the grass for the Philadelphians and what was the total tickets sales comparison.
I understand the numbers and, after the changes years ago, the great interest in them publicly.
But it's 7 years later. What about the context?
How does ballet do nationally? How should it do? What is happening with so called "classic" music? Maybe more importantly, how do we, now rated the top nano-technology region in the world, WANT ballet and the orchestra to help define us and make our part of the world as top rated for creativity as for nanotubes?
SPAC is beating all the norms nationally for attendance in two art forms that are suffering. What does THAT mean? What can we/should we do to keep that reality going?
Of course it's a numbers game, too. But, it's also a mission game, and, I think, way more important now, after 6 years of numbers success, to be at the top of the headlines.
We want and need SPAC to not just hit the targets, but to define them. And they need the broader community to want that, too.


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The mission of the Cinema Du Cannes Project is to educate, empower, develop and celebrate the next generation of emerging artists to be productive citizens, creative individuals and active participants in shaping our communities in the 21st century. Our program is dedicated to teaching the art of cinematic digital storytelling and digital media production to young people.
The Cinema Du Cannes Project is a unique and innovative film training and digital media production platform where at risk youth are empowered, through a rigorous practical training program, to refine their skills such as collaboration, communication, creative problem solving, leadership, and the self-esteem to pursue their goals and dreams, no matter how enormous they may seem. These are lessons that will last them a lifetime and make them better world citizens.
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No Impact Week, Day 7 – Saturday: Giving Back
Pay it forward. Feel the benefits of service.Posted Jan 12, 2011
This is the seventh in a series of eight blog articles chronicling my experience participating in the 2011 No Impact Week, a global challenge to lower your carbon footprint as much as possible over eight days, initiated by Colin Beavan's No Impact Project.
For Saturday the goal was to find a way to give back to your community and/or environment. I had spent a fair bit of time online trying to find some volunteering opportunities in my area for Saturday, but was a little disappointed by the lack of information online. Craigslist had the most information, but almost everything was for international work—there were very few volunteering options locally.
Thinking about what I was most passionate about, I decided that a beach cleanup would be a good idea. I grew up exploring beaches, and marveling at the incredible ecosystems they contained. From the mucky clam beds to the vibrant tide pools filled with anemones, starfish, and crabs, I have never lost my childhood love of coastal beaches. The one thing that always ruins walking on a beach is finding a half-empty container of motor oil, a broken beer bottle, or a jumble of disintegrating Styrofoam. It doesn't take an oil spill to kill wildlife on a beach, or pollute a marine environment – the amount of toxic trash that litters the average beach is shocking.
So on a brisk, sunny morning, I made my way down to the beach with my brother to begin our trash-treasure hunt. Before we had even set foot on the beach we had already picked up two food wrappers and a Tim Horton's cup. It was amazing that in a country that prides itself on sustainability and environmentalism there were still countless individuals that had no problem with throwing their trash on the ground.
Slipping over boulders and clambering over driftwood, we systematically removed every piece of garbage we could find as we slowly made our way up the beach. The high-tide line was a gold mine for bits of Styrofoam and plastic bags. Before long we had worked up a sweat, and were lugging a heavy bag of trash. It was a good workout!
He paused a minute, straightened up, looked me right in the eyes and said with utmost sincerity: "Well thank you for cleaning the beach."
At one point a middle-aged couple walking down the beach stopped to ask what we were doing. When we replied they looked surprised, and the man asked: "Are you doing this alone?" I replied that we were. He paused a minute, straightened up, looked me right in the eyes and said with utmost sincerity: "Well thank you for cleaning the beach." I blushed and mumbled something in response, before continuing with my work. I was quite surprised—I couldn't remember the last time I had been thanked so sincerely for something.
After about 45 minutes to an hour our bag was filled to the brim, and we had to turn back. It was a pretty great feeling walking back down the beach, knowing that for the time being there was zero litter along that particular stretch. It will be interesting to see what it looks like next week – hopefully we can make it around the point before our bags are full…
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"A year after doing the No Impact Experiment the first time, I can see how it changed my life. I was reminded how important community is, and since then I have become much more active in my city and group of friends. I am happier because of it and I find myself compelled to do it again. I can't recommend a better way to kick off the New Year."
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Many kids of color in urban areas across the United States lack access to quality high school education because of their socio-economic situation. "This really stymies their chance of going to a good college," said Diane Nissen, an IBM ISV Sizing Specialist with Techline Global Centre of Excellence in Philadephia. After hearing about a program that tries to help kids in this situation, Diane got involved with A Better Chance in Lower Merion (ABC-LM). ABC is a national college preparatory program that offers a challenging educational opportunity to academically talented, economically disadvantaged minority male students who show a willingness to succeed academically.
For students chosen by the Lower Merion chapter in Pennsylvania, being selected means leaving their families and moving to suburban Ardmore, Pennsylvania, where they live in an ABC House.
Helping young men take control of their future
"The boys stay in the ABC House that is close to a good public high school in the area – Lower Merion High School," explained Diane. "We're asking 14 year old kids to move away from home and become independent."
"The purpose of the program is to take kids out of their environmentally challenged neighborhood — where it's not cool to be smart — and bring them to a suburban setting," said Paul Elcock, ABC House Resident Director and a Rhodes Scholar.
Diane Nissen volunteers with A Better Chance to help young men take control of their future.
The house can host up to nine boys at one time. The courage they show in moving to a new state away from friends and family is what makes Diane dedicated to the program. She has been a board member for over 15 years. Her contributions include fund raising efforts, hiring and supporting staff and serving as an academic advisor for students. She also chairs the committee that selects students who will join the program each year.
Students come from all over the East Coast of the United States, including New York, and Washington, DC. The boys will spend up to four years boarding at the ABC House to attain their high school diploma. The ABC House is paid for through fundraising. About $110,000 yearly is raised to run the house in which the boys live. Based on Diane's extensive volunteer hours, the program has received several IBM Community Grants over the years. "It's been wonderful that IBM has provided that added support," she said.
The cost of tuition for the boys is covered by the Lower Merion School District. The school has been welcoming ABC scholars to their student body for 36 years. The program provides comprehensive support to the students including live-in tutors and a Resident Director. Besides mandatory study hall five nights a week, house staff arranges fun weekend activities. Each student is also given a laptop by the school district for use at home and in school to complete academic assignments.
ABC-LM provides private SAT tutoring for all juniors and seniors. Each ABC student has a support network that includes an academic advisor, a host family, and a house relations committee. Diane serves as an academic advisor. She is currently advising Wayne Phillips-Gelly, 16, from New York City. She attends parent-teacher meetings, stepping in for parents who are out of state. She monitors his academic progress and encourages him where she can. Last summer she helped Wayne apply for a week-long program at Carleton College in Minnesota. He was among 50 kids chosen from across the country.
"This could lead to him being invited back and gave him a taste of the college experience," said Diane. "They are required to take responsibility for their lives. It takes immense inner strength to take advantage of this opportunity."
"ABC has been pretty great," said Wayne, a junior. "There's always support – not just on academics, but like an extension of my family. I can go to someone who is not just a tutor, but also a friend."
"The boys mature enormously during their four years at ABC House," said Diane. "To be part of this program and see the students' progress every year is very rewarding."
College bound after ABC
All graduates of ABC-LM have gone on to four-year college programs with over 95% graduating in four years. Recent graduates have attended Haverford, Bowdoin, Drexel, SUNY Stony Brook, Syracuse University, and the University of Maryland. ABC–LM is a member school of the national ABC organization. Over 1500 students apply to the program each year in the hopes of moving away from home for a better high school education. Each local chapter is responsible for screening, interviewing and choosing new ABC scholars they will board and guide through high school.
To find out more about A Better Chance visit their website at http://www.abetterchance.org/. Details about ABC–LM can be found at their website http://abclowermerion.org/
Diane Nissen has worked for IBM for 42 years, starting in Endicott, New York. She was a math and computer science teacher in New Orleans through IBM's faculty loan program. Since 1995 she has worked in Philadelphia, providing customers with server sizing services for SAP software implementations.


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Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
The Farmyard, Charleston
signed and dated 'D Grant/1949' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40½ x 50 in. (102.8 x 127 cm.)
There is an unfinished landscape on the reverse.
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In the late 1940s and early 1950s Duncan Grant's work became richer in colour, more tightly handled and attentive to detail, particularly noticeable in a series of landscapes of the immediate surroundings of Charleston - the farm itself, its fields and the encroaching South Downs. In some of these works he seems to have embraced even more fervently the lessons of Constable and Gainsborough (the two British painters he adored) and the 17th Century Dutch landscapists such as Hobbema and Cuyp. Between 1938 and the end of war in 1945 he was, of course, solely in England, mostly at Charleston. Between 1945 to 1948 he visited Denmark and Northern France. By then his and Vanessa Bell's Mediterranean foothold, La Bergére, in Cassis, had been given up and the world Grant had painted there between the wars seemed unattainable. His affectionate attention was turned on his immediate surroundings.
The series of Charleston landscapes of the 1940s begins, perhaps, with The Hayrick (1940, Tate, London) and continues with, among other paintings, Cowstalls, (1942, Arts Council Collection), Charleston Barn, (1942, British Council Collection), Firle Park (circa 1945-48, Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 March 2006, lot 2) and Landscape near Firle (late 1940s, Hove Museum and Art Gallery). The subject matter was by no means new; there is, for example, a 1934 painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, which takes a very similar viewpoint to the present work. The magnificent grouping of ancient barn, granary and cowstalls at Charleston was a motif painted by Grant from various viewpoints from circa 1920 - circa 1970. But the paintings of the 1940s have a particular air of hushed remoteness, of a quietly continuing England in troubled times. Grant's vision in these works is, of course, only part of the story: there was ceaseless activity on the farm, with the comings and goings of cowmen and shepherds, livestock and farm machinery. In the war, the skies were alive, night and day, with German and Allied aircraft; Grant himself was in the Home Guard, often firewatching on Firle Beacon.
In the present painting, Grant keeps close to home. Charleston itself is behind the buildings on the left and the farm pond, in front of the house, is glimpsed just above the brown cow on the track. The patchwork of fields at right lies to the north of Charleston and the house in the distance is Swingate Cottage opposite the entrance to Charleston lane.
Although the great barn with its tiled red roof remains, the lower granary was mercilessly demolished in the 1970s by the Firle Estate, causing Grant great distress. He was unusually philosophical about change - especially in London - but the destruction of part of this group of immemorial buildings hit him hard.
We are very grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in cataloguing lots 1-11, 20-21, 29 and 31.
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Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 November 1981, lot 101.
with Anthony D'Offay, London, where purchased by the present owners.
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Works from the Collection of Bannon and Barnabas McHenry
We were introduced to the Bloomsbury world of arts and letters in the small, elegant Dering Street gallery of Anthony d'Offay. Bill Lieberman, then the pillar of tradition at the Museum of Modern Art, and later curator of 20th Century Art at the Metropolitan Musem of Art, recommended Anthony. He admired the connoisseur approach to 20th Century painting and sculpture of Anthony and his talented associate Caroline Cuthbert. In the late 1970s there were exhibitions at d'Offay's gallery of paintings by Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Roger Fry and their circle. Anthony and Caroline not only knew Bloomsbury art but they also led us through the geography of Bloomsbury from the Hyde Park Gate House of Vanessa and her sister Virginia Woolf to Charleston in Sussex, where Vanessa and Duncan Grant worked and lived; it was as if John Rewald were your tour guide to Impressionist sites in Provençe. Most of our Bloomsbury paintings came through Anthony's gallery.
We often visited John Walker, the former director of the National Gallery in Washington, at his charming thatched roofed cottage in Amberley, a short drive from Glyndebourne and an hour from Charleston. We would stop for tea at Olivier and Quentin Bell's cottage at Firle where Olivier was editing Virginia Woolf's diaries. After Duncan Grant's death in 1978 Charleston had deteriorated and Debo Gage, gallery owner and Firle resident, had begun a campaign to restore Charleston. Quentin, Olivier and Debo were engaged in the complicated task of protecting, preserving and restoring the decorated furniture, neglected gardens and dilapidated house that once was the celebrated country place for the luminaries of Bloomsbury.
Four of our paintings are about Charleston and two depict an identical landscape seen through the eyes of two artists, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Sir Peter Shepherd planned the restoration of the Charleston walled garden and he replaced all of the perennials that Olivier could identify from the vintage photographs.
The restored and refurbished Charleston has become a celebrated Bloomsbury pilgrimage site and we take pleasure in having been a minor part of that venture and meeting the extraordinary people who dedicated so much time and money to its successful restoration.
Bannon and Barnabas McHenry.
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Linking synoptic weather types to daily rainfall in Auckland
This paper provides a probabilistic analysis of the linkage between synoptic weather types and the daily rainfall in Auckland, New Zealand for the period 1962-2008. Under each synoptic type and for each season, the daily rainfall data from the Auckland Airport site are examined and the probability of occurrence of high rainfall events calculated. The effects of different weather types on the chance of having a wet day (with daily rainfall > 1 mm) are modelled using logistic regression and taking into the account of the effect of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO). The results show that the synoptic weather types can be meaningfully linked to the rainfall data, conforming well to general meteorological principles. Relatively dry (low rainfall) conditions are associated with anticyclonic weather types and relatively wet (high rainfall) conditions are related to cyclonic states. However, under the influence of the same synoptic type, the average rainfall level and the chance of high rainfall events in Auckland to some degree vary across seasons. Two cyclonic states, associated with a low system centred to the east or west of the South Island, are found to provide much higher probabilities of a wet day in Auckland than other weather types. A change in the phase of ENSO, as indicated by the phase of the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), is also shown to change the probability of a wet day in Auckland. Compared to the neutral SOI phase, on average, the low (high) SOI phase is associated with a 7% (9%) decrease (increase) in the odds of having a wet day. The effect of the IPO is found to be statistically insignificant in this study, with only a 2% decrease in the odds during the positive IPO phase relative to the negative IPO phase. This analysis demonstrates the utility of a synoptic climatological method for environmental studies in the Auckland context.


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According to Pro Football Talk former Patriots defensive coordinator Dean Pees has taken a job in Baltimore as their linebackers coach. Pees was in contention for the Broncos defensive coordinator job after the depature of Mike Nolan, but now it's pretty safe to say you can cross him off the list of candidates.
This only makes room for more speculation that current linebackers coach Don Martindale is lined up to take the job. The only question is why is Josh McDaniels waiting so long to name a defensive coordinator? I can't speak for the rest of the Broncos nation but this lingering vacancy leaves me feeling a little uneasy. Waiting this long to name a coach must either mean the search is truly still on or McDaniels is still too hesitant about Martindale. Perhaps this is just to delicate of a situation, too important of a position to rush a hire, too paramount to leave empty for too long.
Who ever is next will become the fifth defensive coordinator in the past five years for the Broncos. Who can name them all really? Quirrell, Lockheart, Lupin, Moody, Umbridge, Snape… Harry Potter joke… sorry.
What do you think Broncos nation? What the frick is going on in regards to the defensive coordinator position?


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Beno Saradzic interviewed
Time Out chats to Beno about his Abu Dhabi time-lapse film Discuss this article
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A short film that's becoming something of a local internet sensation captures the bright lights, dizzying heights and fizzing energy of a city that has changed beyond recognition over the past 50 years. Beno Saradzic used a time-lapse filming technique to produce Abu Dhabi 2011, taking thousands of pictures at fixed locations to show the city's movement. In just a few minutes of footage, it shows planes landing at the airport, the sun setting over the Corniche, the changing colours of Emirates Palace's dome and many more dramatic scenes that show Abu Dhabi at its most dynamic.
What inspired you to make this tribute to the capital?
I have lived in Abu Dhabi since 1991, and for the most part I worked as an architectural illustrator, a pre-visualisation artist and a 3D CGI animator. I've been a filmmaker, art director and photographer at TimeSand Studios since 2007. I've spent half my life in this city, and I consider it my home, just as much as my home country, Slovenia. I've seen Abu Dhabi grow from its humble beginnings into a metropolis in just two decades. It's a miraculous story that was waiting to be told.
You've captured some amazing angles and terrific heights… were these tricky to film?
It was tough, to say the least. Securing permissions and access to Abu Dhabi's super-towers currently under construction took days, sometimes weeks. I had to contact the developers' marketing departments, project management offices, construction sites and safety departments before I was allowed on top of the structures. It is a very laborious and time consuming process to make time-lapse films – which is probably why we don't see so many around. They are delightful to watch but very challenging to make, for example, a six-hour time lapse session usually yields approximately 10 seconds of real time footage.
What's your favourite sequence and why?
There are few that give me shivers each time I see them: the landing passenger planes, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and the last three sequences featuring a holistic view of downtown Abu Dhabi, the new skyline and the spectacular Corniche road. I love those shots because they have such an incredible, almost dizzying motion to them; a sense of epic scale and vivid colours.
The soundtrack is an interesting blend of traditional Arabian sounds and modern beats – what do you think it adds to the film?
I wanted the music not only to empower the visuals but also to communicate the elation I felt while I gazed at Abu Dhabi at night from those spectacular vantage points. I needed the right balance between Western and Arabic contemporary arrangements; Abu Dhabi is, after all, a modern city in the Arabian Gulf and albeit firmly rooted in Islamic values, it is a part of the progressive global community. The soundtrack Vladimir Persan composed for Abu Dhabi 2011 hit all the right notes.
Do you think people are surprised to see Abu Dhabi being presented in such a futuristic way?
Most people have never seen Abu Dhabi this way before, and some of the oldest residents almost didn't believe it was the same city they'd lived in for such a long time. This film twists common perceptions of the city, and that, in my opinion, is its biggest appeal.
What message did you want people to take away from the film about the capital?
In the end, Abu Dhabi is a success story, a dream, but it is so much more than that. It's hard to tell all this in four minutes 16 seconds, but if I made viewers wonder and sparked their curiosity by encouraging them to change their views, then I have achieved my goal. Abu Dhabi 2011 succeeds essentially because Abu Dhabi is a beautiful city and I hope I was able to bottle its magic for the world to experience it.
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No looking back for Kende
For many people perched on the precipice of adult life, the sudden lack of independence that comes with becoming a tetraplegic would be overwhelming. It would be easier to close the door on the future. As Coldplay sing in Fix You, many so afflicted become immutably 'Stuck in Reverse'.
There is not just the sheer frustration and the sense of unfairness. There are the long days of therapy, the 30 minutes to get in and out of bed and the constant companion of knowing that fate has dealt you a cruel hand.
It would be easy to give in to self-pity, to let life wash over you, and follow the song's lyrics, letting 'the tears come streaming down your face, when you lose something that you can't replace'.
For Ben Kende, there is no reverse, there is only forward. Fix You may be one of his favourite songs but for him, there is no time for self-pity, there is only time to make the best of it and crack on.
'I want to get on with life; I want to get back to all the things I would have done before this happened,' said Ben, who has just started his first year at Sydney University.
Things were different when he had just turned 18. The world was at his feet; he had completed his International Baccalaureate diploma programme with a prestigious university place in the offing and exotic overseas travels with his mates beckoned. He was in the zone and in the moment playing the game he loves - rugby. Ben was like many Hongkongers who had just finished school in the summer of 2010: young, seemingly bulletproof, and on a dream run.
Then, when one ruck in the Asian Junior Championships in Thailand went horribly wrong; everything he knew came crashing down. He did not walk away from that ruck on August 22, and he has never walked since.
The nightmare of the reality of his situation set in - for him, his family, his friends, and for all in the rugby community who knew him before.
The past 20 months have been a long, hard road and a whole new reality. Delayed university plans were at times the least of his worries. However, he has been looking forward to university for some time. In fact, he has been champing at the bit to go. Even if that seemingly endless wait led to some anxiety in the final countdown.
'I want to use my brain again, I want to learn again,' he said, seemingly oblivious to the fact he has been on a steeper learning curve than most people his age - or any age.
'I finished at Island School in May, but due to the fact I was heading for the southern hemisphere on a different calendar, I was planning on taking a few months gap leave anyway before I was to start at uni in February 2011. I had to defer my start date. We passed the milestone of 18 months since the accident a few days before I headed to Sydney. It was also the first anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake.'
In his extended unplanned 'gap year', Ben has not done the overseas trips he had planned with his posse of close mates, who he calls 'the usual suspects'. He spent months in hospital in Thailand, contracted pneumonia, eventually flew back to Hong Kong, flew to Australia for intensive rehabilitation in October 2010, then back to Hong Kong in July last year.
'It's not like I didn't get to travel. I was grateful for the Project Walk trip to California for two months from October to December last year. It was lonely at first, but then I got to know plenty of others in a similar situation. The treatment moved me to a new level. A lot of people there were in a similar demographic.'
The programme is intensive and some say radical. But Ben's mother, Jennifer, is pleased with the gains, 'Ben can now stand assisted by one person and has measurably improved muscle tone. At Project Walk, they do exercise standing up and build the core. When you can stand, they walk your legs.'
His long-term prognosis cannot be determined, but Jennifer has an optimistic view: 'No one can offer you a long-term view. The traditional belief that the gains you get in the first two years are the most you will get are being revised to three or four years. The Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore managed to get actor Christopher Reeve walking in water after four years. There's a new mindset and things aren't quantified yet. Stem-cell therapy under Dr Wise Young, who treated Reeve, is also changing traditional thinking.'
In Sydney rehabilitation, Ben learnt to open and close his hands. 'He'd like to do more work on that, too. Apart from Kennedy Krieger, there's a place in Dallas that has a specialty in increasing hand movement. '
Like the friends he made in the rehab unit in Australia, most of the people at Project Walk had found their way there through car accidents, and most were under 30. In countries like Australia with vast open spaces, cars travel fast and the journeys are long. About 80 to 90 per cent of all people in Australia and the States who end up quadriplegics do so because of motor accidents.
'At least I ended up here doing something I love. If it had to happen, I am glad it happened this way, not doing something stupid or reckless, although some people say that playing rugby is pretty stupid,' Ben said. 'There's got to be an irony in the fact that I've done lots of pretty stupid things and none of them put me in a wheelchair. I want the people I meet now at university to know who I was beforehand, that's important to me.'
Ben admits he is slightly envious of those he met in rehab in Sydney who have gone back to their careers. 'In many respects, it would be easier to go back to the job you had as many have done. I was at an in-between stage of my life, so in some respects the timing was not on my side. I don't really know where my life will end up, as it was at the stage of being an open book. People like Sam Bailey [a quadriplegic and motivational speaker who spoke at a Ben Kende Foundation fund-raiser at the Football Club in September last year] have provided me with a lot of inspiration, as have others who have met these challenges. They've made successes of their lives and given me hope.'
It is hard not to wonder if an accident like this would make you a different person. Would it shorten your fuse or give you Zen-like patience? Ben shrugged his shoulders and said: 'I don't think I am that different. It has given me a better appreciation of the simple things. I am less of an idiot and don't go out and ruin myself as much. I've grown up a lot. I was always close to my parents and two sisters, [Natasha, 21 and Isabella, 15] but we are closer now, and I am more appreciative of them.'
But he still has his bad days. 'I get frustrated quite often, it's part and parcel of being a tetraplegic (a new term for a quadriplegic). I am forced to get on with things. Sometimes I get angry, lash out and say things I shouldn't to those closest to me. The physical nature of the therapy helps sometimes, but generally I cope quite well. Everyone has their struggle and their own reality. It's all relative.'
Ben's future career path is an unknown quantity. 'I didn't know beforehand what I was planning to do at the end of uni, and I don't know now,' he said. 'I am studying commerce because business applies to every aspect of life, and I seem to be good at it due to the influence of my father. (Peter Kende is the chairman at financial consultancy Financial Partners in Hong Kong.)
'This university is like Australia's Oxford or Cambridge. It's right in the middle of the city, so it's not that hard for me to get to most places I need to go and the buildings are so beautiful it takes your breath away.'
Although his parents are Australian, Ben considers himself a Hong Kong person. 'Hong Kong will always be my home, it's my comfort zone. It's all I really know. I love Australia and came here in the summer holidays, but it's hard to explain to people here what Hong Kong is all about. I wish many of my friends here could come to the Sevens and experience it.
'Even when we were in school, the Sevens was a reunion, with many at boarding school, or who'd lived here before, coming back. Unfortunately, the university calendar in Australia is not very Sevens-friendly, but I am hoping that when the tournament falls in our Easter break, I can make it.
'It is great to see many of the guys I played with doing so well. Dai Rees has done a terrific job; he's put a lot of focus on the young players. It's good to see the guys I've played with earn their caps.'
Keeping a close eye on Hong Kong rugby is a luxury Ben can barely afford as he settles into a juggling act of study and therapy. Three times a week, he has to do three hours of therapy at a clinic 40 minutes from the university. In between, he has about two hours a day of therapy at the university.
Jennifer has been settling him into the new routines, but will leave him on his own to live in the university's residence when his care and therapy programme have been fine-tuned. It must be gruelling for a parent to walk away, knowing your son cannot.
Despite months of arduous preparation and endless logistics, both Ben's parents know he is at the beginning of a new journey full of fresh challenges. He joined the 262 'Freshies' (Freshmen) out on a fancy dress cruise on Sydney Harbour in the first week, bringing along a bit of South Stand attitude. But beyond the party whirl, there is a lot to sort.
Three wardrobe changes a day alone for the various orientation week events mean hours of work for his parents. If Ben has to be out the door at 7.30am, they are up at 5.30am. The late-night activities mean they wait until 2.30am to put him to bed. Despite this, his father said 'college life is a great solution for Ben's next stage of development as it's communal and teamlike'.
Although Ben might not be able to walk, he takes a lot in his stride.
At his first annual dinner at Football Club last year, the film clip his family had put together had left few in the Sports Hall with a dry eye, as the haunting refrain of Fix You seemed so apt. Perhaps for Ben now only the positive lyrics from the song resonate, 'If you never try, you'll never know, just what you're worth.'
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Trinidad and Tobago will be looking to move up the Under-19 Three-day Championship table when whey face arch rivals Barbados in round three of the competition at Warner Park, St Kitts bowling off today.
T&T, led by a century from Jeremy Solozano and five wickets hauls by off-spinner Bryan Charles and leg spinner Jesse Bootan, defeated Guyana in their previous match to revive their campaign after losing first innings points to Jamaica in their drawn encounter in the opening round.
The Bajans got off to a good start, defeating Guyana in their opener before losing to the Leeward Islands in the final hour of their round two match.
Having underestimated the Leewards, Barbados will need a win in round three to keep alive their chances of retaining the three-day crown.
T&T are currently in fourth place with 16.1 points, win one win and one draw while their opponents, Barbados, are in second place with 18.7 points with one win and one loss.
Even after losing outright to the Leewards, Barbados still got some points from the encounter, having taken a first innings lead.
In other matches starting today, the Leewards, who are in third place with 18.1 points, will continue their push for their first three-day title in over ten years when they tackle leaders Jamaica (19.3 points) at Molineaux, while the Windward Islands take on Guyana at Conaree.
All matches bowl off at 10 a.m. on each day.
WICB Under-19 three-day fixtures
Round 3: July 27-29
T&T vs Barbados, Warner Park
Leewards vs Jamaica, Molineaux
Windwards vs Guyana, Conaree
WICB Under-19 three-day standings
Teams GP W L D Pts
Jamaica 2 1 0 1 19.3
Barbados 2 1 1 0 18.7
Leewards 2 1 0 1 18.1
Windwards 2 0 1 1 7.1
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Uncle Joel's Comb, a six-piece band from Niskayuna, captured the second annual Battle of the Teen Bands at the Altamont Fair, which concluded Sunday.
The ska-pop punk band bested 21 other groups in the four-day competition. During the preliminaries last Wednesday through Friday, judges selected five finalists. They competed Saturday, with each band playing two songs.
"It was very hard to pick a winner and runner-up out of those five bands," says Geoffrey Brown, organizer of the event. "My judges took a long time, because the bands were so close."
Uncle Joel's Comb is Alex Koste (vocals), Cody Okonski (guitar, vocals), Luke Olson (bass), Clay Kaledin (drums), Paul Travers (trumpet) and Chris Moehringer (trombone). Tales of a Prophet (hard-core) was runner-up. The other finalists were Breaking News (rock with jazz, R&B influences), Funeral Afterparty (hard-core) and Sanctify (Christian rock). All the bands are from the Capital Region, except Sanctify, which is from Exeter, N.H.
Uncle Joel's Comb, which formed two years ago, won the top prize of $300 cash courtesy of Sundown Landscape; $100 gift certificate courtesy of Parkway Music; five hours of studio time at Blue Sky Recording in Delmar courtesy of Blue Sky Music Studio; three hours of Web, MySpace or graphic-design services courtesy of equali.com; photo shoot courtesy of Northeast Live Music Photography, and a Battle of the Teen Bands T-shirt.
Brown says he expects the Altamont event to be bigger next year — more band submissions (about 40 applied this year) and more sponsors. He says he owns the Battle of the Teen Bands website (http: /www.battleoftheteenbands.com/) and hopes next year to conduct battles of teen bands in other states as well.


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Sounds OF Tony Gwynn Traded To Padres
May 21, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Nashville Sounds News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nashville outfielder Tony Gwynn -- who has spent parts of the last four seasons with the Sounds -- was traded this afternoon by the Milwaukee Brewers to the San Diego Padres in exchange for OF Jody Gerut and will report to the big leagues.
A San Diego native, Gwynn will be joining the organization for which his Hall of Fame father played for 20-plus seasons. He batted .309 (47-for-152) with nine RBIs in 38 games for the Sounds and currently ranks 2nd in the minors with a team-leading 34 runs scored & is tied for 4th in the PCL with 15 stolen bases.
Gwynn hit safely in 15 of his final 17 contests at a .343 clip (24-for-70), including multiple-hit efforts in seven of his final 14 games.
Gerut will report to the Brewers tomorrow in Minneapolis, at which time a corresponding roster move will be made at the Major League level to accommodate his arrival.
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About Alan Jay Heeger, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2000
Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.
Heeger was born in Sioux City, Iowa to a Jewish family. He earned a B.S. in physics and mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1957, and a Ph.D in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1961. From 1962 to 1982 he was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1982 he commenced his present appointment as a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research has led to the formation of numerous start-up companies including Uniax, Konarka, and Sirigen, founded in 2003 by Guillermo C. Bazan, Patrick J. Dietzen, Brent S. Gaylord. Alan Heeger was a founder of Uniax, which was acquired by DuPont.
He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000 along with Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa "for their discovery and development of conductive polymers;" he had won the Oliver E. Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society in 1983 and, in 1995, the Balzan Prize for Science of Non-Biological Materials.
His sons are the neuroscientist David Heeger and the immunologist Peter Heeger.
In October 2010, Heeger participated in the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Lunch with a Laureate program where middle and high school students engage in an informal conversation with a Nobel Prize-winning Scientist over a brown bag lunch. Heeger is also a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board. Heeger has been a judge of the STAGE International Script Competition three times (2006, 2007, 2010).
See also:
- "Alan Heeger - Autobiography". Nobelprize.org.
- "Alan Heeger - Photo Gallery". Nobelprize.org.
Alan Jay Heeger, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2000's Timeline
January 22, 1936
Sioux City, IA, USA


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To Blogger/Blogspot users: do you think, like I do, that the font you get when you use the Edit HTML tab of Blogger's Create Post page is uglier and less readable than the clearer typeface you get when using the Compose tab?
Well, in response to my cry for help about making the Edit HTML view a bit more easy on the eye, Jasper of Browservulsel has kindly come up with a little Greasemonkey script for users of the fab free Firefox browser.
This script makes the font in the text box on the Edit HTML page much nicer - the same as on the Compose page in fact (though you can still tell the difference between them because of the visible code and less fully-featured toolbar in the Edit HTML view, of course). See the difference -
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Jasper is planning to enhance the script (which he calls the Blogger post editor textarea styler) with more options and features in future, to make the Edit HTML page even more usable and accessible, so keep an eye out for the improvements. Thanks Jasper! This little script has already made composing and editing my posts so much easier.
Get the script! (if you're not familiar with the free Greasemonkey extension, here's how to install it and install user scripts).
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Gross mortgage lending declined to an estimated £9.9bn in February, down 15pc from £11.7bn in January and 60pc from February 2008, according to new data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
This is the lowest monthly lending figure since February 2001.
The CML blamed the low figure on savers turning to the Government-backed National Savings & Investments instead of banks and building societies. Savers' money is used by lenders – particularly building societies – to fund mortgages.
It added that February is typically the weakest month for mortgage completions. And although this is a larger decline than the 3-4pc usually experienced between January and February, it is in-line with our forecast of £145bn gross mortgage lending in 2009.
Michael Coogan, CML director general, said: "Retail savings are now the predominant source of funding for mortgages. But banks and building societies have seen savings ebb away to National Savings and Investments, which has a negative impact on their ability to lend.
"This is yet another example of fractured policy. There are now fewer active lenders in the market, but the Government wants them to lend more. At the same time, the government's own savings institution is sucking away the funds that would enable them to do so. Until funding improves, the capacity of lenders to lend will remain constrained."


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This sophisticated community connects luxury Westlake living with the easy access to downtown Austin through two gated entrances on Far Gallant and Scenic View Drive. Just far enough out from Westlake's center Scenic View allows residents a sense of privacy, but close enough to enjoy modern conveniences. Scenic View is "The New Westlake" where the opportunity to build dream estates is set in a landscape of greenbelts and the conveniences of Austin's most cherished lifestyle attractions.
Reside in a sophisticated community of Scenic View with more than 75 acres of hill country nestled against the Wild Basin Preserve between Davenport Ranch and Toro Canyon. Private streets are protected by two gated entrances, granting you and your family the utmost privacy and peace of mind. With only 20 estate sites, Scenic View offers a close-knit neighborhood atmosphere featuring private sidewalks and greenbelts for playing with pets, family or entertaining.
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Nutz. Its a holiday. Post Office closed.
Presidents Day.
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You recall we had a bit of discussion about how Ive always worked on several projects at once. It gives me options to do my best work as Im able.
Well, Id begun the Blue Pearl knife. Then the Cold Forged Black Pearl. A few Vest Pocket Knives - one in Desert Ironwood. Then the Aurora XL. (Now for sale at an amazing deal for the quality). All Knives people either said they wanted or I speculated on.
Well, its been time to finish the Blue Pearl Knife. Ive been working hard.
So Ive notice an achievement recently on Garys life time goal to make us ALL a piece of himself. You Gary have surpassed the 1400 serial number of knifes ! Now that is a serious amount of work. I know you have done a lot of other creative things in your life for the general public and family & friends but the knives youve felt important enough to numerate and document. In some of our private and website discussions Ive asked you about your airguns & how many youve done . But they dont get a ...
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