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Comic-Making fun at Wistanstow Primary School!
Recently I was invited to Wistanstow Primary School (in Shropshire, UK) to talk to a class of budding new comic enthusiasts about making comics. The class had been playing with computer programs such as Comic Life and using grids to create their own comics, and the teacher and my Mum (who works there as a Teachers Assistant) thought it would be good if I could come in and talk to them as I've just completed my degree in Illustration for Graphic Novels (well, last year :P).
I love comics, but I've struggled to actually make any of my own so far (although I have a few in the pipeline – watch this space) so I just wanted to get across the idea that it doesn't necessarily matter how good you are at drawing, or how strong your character is (although both are important of course) but it's how good your STORY is that is most important – after all, if the story isn't interesting, who's going to want to read it?
I had a lot of information in my head about Sequencial Art and the 'story-peak' that my tutor Dan Berry taught us (that might not have been what he actually called it… basically it was a graph of sorts showing how a story starts off slow -with Introductions to characters and such- rises to a peak at the height of the story -a character makes a startling discovery for example- and then lowers again as the issues are resolved) but when I realised I was pitching to a class of 9 year olds I had to ditch that, and after I'd shown them some of my own work, moved on to a nice activity instead – basically I shut up and let them draw 🙂
The Afternoon's Activity
The idea was to get any distractions out of the way and get them thinking about the story itself. I had each child write their name, an animal (it could be anything) and a place (again, anywhere, although with this one I offered a few suggestions myself) on three scraps of paper, and put them in three tubs. I then drew a basic grid on the whiteboard, and picked one piece of paper out of each tub – we ended up with **** the Pig, and her destination was the School (I'm not allowed to use the children's names…
I then asked the class, how does **** get to school? What happens to her on the way?
It was fairly quickly decided that she would fly there (naturally) but on the way she crashes into a bird (oh no!) and then the two of them crash into a tree! Having only one panel left even I was starting to wonder about how they'd get from the tree into the school, until I heard the genius suggestion of having the tree catapult the two of them into school! Amazing 🙂
Artists Note: Children are harsh critics! You'd be amazed at the speed in which they can point out that you've forgotten to draw the curly tail/ponytail/feet 😛
The Children's Comics
What follows now is some of the comics the children drew -WARNING- some of them are cute, some of them are scary, and some of them are just leaps of inventive genius! (click on the comics to enlarge)
I think this could be my favourite animal design – an Afro and side-burn sporting Dragon at the swimming pool being attacked by a knight – he get's his own back in the end *FWOOOSHH!*
I can't remember what's happening at the end of this one, but a low-flying Dragon accidentally hit's a cactus and get's stuck in the Desert – to pass the time he jumps into a spontaneous 'Gangnam Style' dance with the locals! Brilliant!
Things take a darker turn in this comic, as a young Piglet is attacked and strangled by a masked assailant! But everything turns out ok in the end, as Mummy pig turns up, stabs the attacker (see the blood!) and takes the Piglet to hospital (well, maybe not so well for the attacker…)
In this comic a Piggy Princess is having a ride in her carriage when oh no, she realises she's forgotten her hat! Then to make things worse she's thrown from the carriage – but luckily she end's up next to a shed that just happens to contain her missing headpiece 🙂
In this cautionary comic a Dog is really excited to be in Space – and look, someone's laid out a moon picnic! But by the end he has suffocated, because dogs can't breathe in space silly! Remember kids: Always bring a space helmet.
I think this is my favourite comic as far as creative problem solving goes – a Bull is drowning, and is on the verge of death, but luckily a CPR savvy Penguin turns up and saves his life (check out the 'come on, stay with me' bubble! Someone's been watching Casualty with mummy!) – the Bull is then so grateful he asks the Penguin to marry him, which of course Penguin agrees to, and they finally end up at his location: The Church! Genius!
In this comic a cat agrees to get her Grandma a Coke from the supermarket, and on the way accidentally falls into a tube that seems to take her straight there! (via a paddling pool) – unfortunately when she finally makes it home she's brought back Diet Coke instead! Oh No!
Unfortunately some of the pencil work has been lost in the photocopy here, but this comic is told from the view of a guest star of this story, the Hairdresser – and what a cool looking dude he is! The horse is so enamoured by his stylish ways he wants the look for himself, and by gum, does he get it!
A baby pig is too hot in his cot, so he goes out for an Ice Lolly to cool down – he then decides to take a nap in the sunshine but wakes up with the most horrific sunburn! (does anyone else smell bacon…?) To sooth his skin he goes for a nice cool swim – just look at that tan! Great use of colour here!
*Lucy's Pick* This is an adorable little comic, where a cat is sad because there are no flowers in her vase! She goes out to pick some but get's lost… luckily there's a friendly tiger around to show her the way home, and the last panel show's how happy she is now there's flowers in her vase – great little story 🙂
An Eagle's late for School, but not so late that he doesn't have time to stop and tell a passing doughnut about his poor time-keeping skills! Love the simplicity of this one!
An Octopus is on his way to the Supermarket to buy cookies, but he piles so many in his trolly it falls over and scatters the cookies everywhere! The manager is so mad he throws him out and into a tree! Luckily it's not far from the ocean though, and the Octopus jumps back into the sea! 🙂
New Website!
After lots of putting it off, and struggling with themes, my new website is finally finished! It contains lots of University work that never got posted up on here, so I heartily encourage you to check it out! If you hover over the 'Portfolio' tab a series of sub-menus will appear that will take you to whatever artwork you wish to view, whether it be comics, children's illustrations, or fan art – many of which I've yet to post on here – be sure when scrolling down through the pages you give the theme time to load up all the images
There are links to the facebook page and twitter page (to which I've relinquished control over to the site's mascot; Cosmo Cat – be sure to follow him for arty updates from myself, and other artists I follow) as well as links to my deviantART, Instagram and of course, right here at Q.U.A.R.C.S! I'd like to thank all of you who have 'followed' me from when I started this blog back in 2009, your support and encouragement has been a great motivator so far, and any love for these new site's would be gratefully received!
I made badges!
I… *thumps chest* have made badges! (imagine that in a Tom Hanks voice, and continue for the rest of this post)
To help promote ourselves as up-and-coming Illustrators looking for work, our tutors suggested we look into unusual ways to get our name out there – something a little different from the standard business card/postcard route. I thought it would be fun to make badges (or 'pins' if you're American) with my characters/web address on, and here's what I came up with:
I think they turned out pretty well for a first batch 🙂
Featured from top to bottom:
1st Line: Mascot from my soon-to-be-website whereIdrawtheline.com, Cosmo Cat, and a Meteor Mouse
2nd Line: The Carrot Crusader and his side-kick PeeWee
3rd Line: The Carrot Crusader's evil nemesis, Dr Potassium and Sour-faced reporter/token love interest Peachie Keen
4th Line: Name for my new website and Emo Cat, a character from my 2nd year work
Here's a few shots of the badges in action…
Please, tell Cosmo Cat all of your problem.
All that wine and she serves up tea – Dr Potassium is not impressed.


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Message from I Am Not A Gerbil in Charlottesville 2.0 #general_1
I think socialism is only a bad idea when marxist values are added into it, like everybody being equal
like I'm all for socialized healthcare, but not in a system where everybody pays into it the same amount
Socialized healthcare would work just fine in an ethnostate if there were tax cuts for being healthy 😃
like hey if you can run this certain distance, you dont have to pay as much into your health insurance, since you're probably going to use it less than somebody who can't run
I don't see socialism as promoting bad behavior as long as it's done RIGHT, and not riddled with marxist B.S.
Jason Kessler handling [REDACTED] like a boss! (just ignore her)
The problem in the US is the term is rightly irredeemable. I never use it without national in front because it becomes meaningless. Longterm I'm a national mutualist.
Yeah I am a natsoc, just like using the term socialism alone to try to take it back from the Marxists ;)
@Mack Albion I did as well, in the end we are brothers in this fight together. We can work out Economics differences after we remove the filth.
Survive then thrive
To me Aristotle got it all correct. All modern ideology is just Jews parsing out true political philosophy, chopping it up like a butcher.
@WV1987, I want our people to all be paid fairly and I want our natural leaders to have roles in which they can thrive and explore competitively whilst not living off the labor of others like lazy pigs, that's not good for them or our other brothers.
Whites could do well in any economic system tbh
Nonwhites mess everything up
Continuing convo from <#321840769239613453>.... WTF is THIS?
Average worth of these assholes
Our whole Jewed up system is FUCKED beyond belief, smells like rotting fucking corpses to me.
lol VA is not that bad but ever since baltimore chimped out the police have actually attempted to do something about them so they have all fled to VA/WV panhandle areas.
We have really basic bitch democrat politicians out here. WV is better.
Even then though, our home invasions have increased and everything else.
Ugh you're saying the niggers have come to VA/WV?
Yeah. They have been in VA for a while but influx out here even further. Luckily no one likes them and they are isolated to certain areas.
The blacks we had out here two years ago were basically like Carlton from fresh prince
Now we are seeing the crime etc.
>thinking congress matters anyway
The federal reserve dictates how our country is governed. Not congress
I'm sure (((they))) have our best interest at heart, though.
I for one am thankful we have the jews looking out for us. After everything they've been through in the holocaust and they still want to run our government for us! How generous!
I hate niggers
Does anyone in here from VA have a contact that can let us know or pass on an image form the "criminal Hate fliers" involved?
Nah. Was a lone wolf attack. Thats a shame


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Data indicate a sequence of events driven by tumour-derived prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) associated with engagement of the natural cytotoxicity triggering receptor 3 (NKp30)-B7H6 antigen (B7H6) pathway leading to significant group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) activation and expansion.
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"Dominant" Simona Halep and Serena Williams Favorites To Win Australian Women's Title
ESPN recently named Simona Halep as one of the most dominant athletes of 2018.
Many have debated whether the diminutive Romanian was in fact, dominant. In a head-scratcher, she was ranked as more dominant than LeBron James of the NBA as well as golfer Brooks Koepka and fellow tennis player Novak Djokovic, both of whom won two of the four major titles for the year in a golf and tennis, respectively.
In fact, the great thing about women's tennis over the last few years is the fact that there hasn't been any dominant player and that each major tournament has been an exciting battle for the title, waged between eight to 12 players who have legitimate chances of raising the championship trophy.
As the world No. 1, Halep can be seen as the favorite to win the first major championship of 2019 at the Australian Open. However, she has only broken through in a major final once, last year at Roland Garros against Sloane Stephens. Last year in Australia, she lost a hard-fought, tight final to Caroline Wozniacki, but was resilient and tenacious in reaching the final.
The major wildcard in this year's Australian Open field will be Serena Williams, who will be playing in her first tournament since her much-discussed U.S. Open loss to Naomi Osaka. She hasn't played in Australia since she won the title, while pregnant, in 2017, her last event before giving birth to daughter Olympia. Serena will be gunning for her 24th career major singles title, which would tie her for the all-time record set by Australian Margaret Court in the 1960s and 1970s. The Australian Open would be an appropriate venue for Serena to equal this mark. She will be extra motivated to right the wrong she felt she was given in her controversial U.S. Open final loss where point and game penalties, she felt, where wrongly administered.
Serena will probably be one of the more popular tennis betting favorites to win in Australia. Since the tournament comes so early in the year – and after the short off-season – unpredictable results are also common. Therefore, some longer-shot players, with potential to win majors, should also not be overlooked, such as American Madison Keys, a former Australian Open semifinalist, the highly-touted Aryna Sabalenka or even home-favorite Ashleigh Barty of Australia.
Wide Open Field For WTA Finals In Singapore But Who Is The Favorite?
Karolina Pliskova and Elina Svitolina are the last two player to qualify for the eight-player year-end 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global that will take place from October 21-28, 2018.
Pliskova and Svitolina round out the singles field, joining Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber, US Open champion Naomi Osaka, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Dutch star Kiki Bertens, Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki and 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens in Singapore. The eight players will compete for $7 million in prize money and bragging rights as to who can lay claim to be the "best of the year" for the 2018 season.
Women's tennis has been as unpredictably exciting the last few years, illustrated by the fact that over the last eight major championships, eight different champions have been crowned.
Pliskova has earned her WTA Finals spot with two wins this season – in Stuttgart and at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. Said Pliskova, "I can't wait to close out the year competing against the other elite players of 2018."
Svitolina won three titles in three final-round appearances in 2018, lifting trophies in Brisbane, Dubai and Rome. The Ukrainian reached the quarterfinal stage at the Australian Open and made the round of 16 at the US Open, maintaining her Top 10 ranking all season long.
While many pointed to world No. 1 Simona Halep, the world No. 1, as the favorite, her health has been a major concern, causing her to pull out of the event in Moscow this week as well as Singapore and will not play again until 2019.
Wozniacki, the world No. 2, has shown a return-to-form with her recent victory in Beijing and could be the WTA betting favorite in Singapore because of this, Halep's injury, and the fact that she is the defending champion, having beaten Venus Williams in Singapore last year. Following her break-through win at the Australian Open, her first major singles title, Wozniacki returned to the No. 1 ranking but struggled to maintain that form for most of the rest of the year, only winning in Eastbourne in June on grass.
Osaka turned the tennis world on its head with her shocking final-round win over Serena Williams at the U.S. Open and has handled the spotlight well since her maiden major victory in New York. She reached the final in Tokyo in her first event after her U.S. Open win, not an easy task, especially under the immense media scrutiny in her home nation. She also reached the semifinals of Beijing. She is trending upwards and could also cap her most impressive year with a title in Singapore.
Said WTA CEO & Chairman Steve Simon of the event, "Singapore will be an exciting week for women's tennis, as the Top 8 singles players…are ready to compete for this prestigious title while celebrating an amazing five-year legacy in this wonderful city."
Staged at the Singapore Sports Hub from October 21-28, the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global is a 10-day tennis festival featuring the world's best players vying for a US$7 million in prize money and two of the most prestigious titles in women's tennis. The Top 8 singles players will compete in a round-robin format with the winner taking home the Billie Jean King Trophy. For more information, go to www.WTAFinals.com
World No. 1s Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep Win Rogers Cup Titles
The world's No. 1-ranked players each outlasted their challengers in Canada this week, as Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep took home the Rogers Cup singles titles.
Nadal won his record-extending 33rd ATP Masters 1000 title with a 6-2, 7-6(4), defeat of Stefanos Tsitsipas in Toronto. Nadal's fourth Rogers Cup triumph ended an inspired breakout performance from the young Greek, who turned 20 on Sunday after a week in which he defeated four Top-10 seeds in Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Kevin Anderson to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final.
Halep won a rematch of the French Open championship, defeating American Sloane Stephens, 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-4, in Montreal. It was Halep's second Rogers Cup title in the last three years, while the No. 3-ranked Stephens reached the Rogers Cup final for the first time, after having made the semifinals last year in Toronto to jump-start her summer that culminated with winning the US Open championship.
The world's best players now converge on Cincinnati, as the US Open Series continues with the Western & Southern Open. A deep women's draw includes two-time Cincinnati champion Serena Williams, Stephens, Madison Keys, CoCo Vandeweghe, Danielle Collins, 16-year old Amanda Anisimova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The men's field features 2013 Cincinnati finalist John Isner, Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson, Jack Sock, Frances Tiafoe and Mackenzie McDonald.
ESPN2 picks up its coverage from Cincinnati on Thursday, beginning at 1 p.m., and will carry matches through Sunday's finals, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Tennis Channel begins its weeklong coverage with Monday's first round. See the full summer TV schedule here.
Simona Halep Shows Resiliency In Breakthrough French Open Victory
Down a set and break in the French Open final, it looked like a familiar refrain for Simona Halep – not being able to rise to the occasion and win a major final.
However, the 26-year-old Romanian, previously 0-3 in major finals and ranked No. 1 in the world despite her lack of success on the highest levels of pro tennis, was able to show amazing resiliency and win her first major championships at the French Open, defeating reigning US Open champion Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final.
"All the experience from those three finals that I lost … was a positive thing," Halep said, "and gave me a little bit more power to believe."
"That's the most important thing — that I stay there focused," said Halep, the first Romanian to win a major singles title since her agent Virginia Ruzici, ironically 40 years earlier at the 1978 French Open. "I believed. And I never gave up."
Halep lost two previous finals at the French Open — against Maria Sharapova in 2014 as the underdog in a three-set slugfest, then as the heavy favorite last year against unseeded Jelena Ostapenko despite leading by a set and 3-0. Her third runner-up finish came against Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open in January, where she lost a tight three-set battle.
"Her journey has been tough. And she had a heartbreak here last year and in Australia and all the things that have happened to her," Stephens said. "I mean, it's a great story and just a great moment for her."
From 4-4 in the second set, Halep won seven games in a row to take a 5-0 lead in the final set as Stephens appeared to tire.
Expect The Unexpected At The 2018 Australian Open
The Australian Open has a history of producing unpredictable results with healthy helping of long-shot champions, finalists and semifinalists. A primary reason for this is because the event is played in the third week of the tennis season and a players off-season training – or lack thereof – showcases itself.
Injuries and comebacks are the major theme heading into the 2018 Australian Open. On the men's side, five-time finalist Andy Murray is out of the event after undergoing hip surgery. Former top 10 star Kei Nishikori of Japan is also not competing due to injury. Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka are expected to post in their returns to tournament tennis. Djokovic has not played since last summer with a right elbow injury. Wawrinka has also not played since the summer after undergoing knee surgery.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal had a much shorter injury layoff, not playing an official tournament since having to withdraw from the ATP World Tour Finals at the end of the 2017 season with a hampered knee.
The Australian Open has a long history of long-shots advancing deep into the tournament and also claiming the men's and women's singles titles. On the men's side, some most recent surprise performances have been champions Petr Korda (1999), Thomas Johannsson (2002) and also Marcos Baghdatis, Fernando Gonzalez and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who made their only major singles final appearances in 2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively. Since then, winners and runners-up have been among the elite of the elite – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray – with the lone exception being Stan Wawrinka, who was ranked No. 9 when he won his first major title in Melbourne in 2014.
In 2017, Grigor Dimitrov had another breakthrough major tournament by reaching the semifinals, where he lost in an epic five-set thriller to Nadal. After his victory at the year-end ATP World Tour Finals in London to end 2017, Dimitrov is the top choice to win the title in Melbourne this year other than No. 1 Nadal and No. 2 seed and defending champion Roger Federer. Austria's Dominic Thiem, ranked No. 5, and Germany's Alexander Zverev, ranked No. 4, are also poised for greatness and could begin this next generation of champions with an Australian Open win. Australia's immensely talented Nick Kyrgios, ranked No. 17, could put his temperament aside and rise the tide of local support to fulfill his massive potential. His title in Brisbane leading into the event have buoyed his tennis betting odds.
On the women's side, the Australian Open has also crowned unheralded champions such as Kerry Reid in 1977, Chris O'Neil in 1978 and Barbara Jordan in 1979. Angelique Kerber was the Australian Open surprise in 2016, winning her first major title with a final-round upset of world No. 1 Serena Williams. Kerber and 2008 champion Maria Sharapova are the only two former Australian Open winners in the 2018 women's singles field. Defending champion Serena Williams has pulled out of the event, not feeling her post-pregnancy comeback has progressed fast enough for her liking. Vika Azarenka, the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open champion, also pulled out of the event since she is not able to travel overseas in a custody battle of her son.
The top two women's seeds, Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki respectively, have never won a major singles title, which may place No. 3 seed Garbine Muguruza, the 2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon champion, as the favorite. Elina Svitolina, the No. 4 seed, has also never won a major singles title but appears as though she is a future candidate for that role and Australia would be an appropriate stage for this kind of breakthrough.
Johanna Konta of Britain, born in Australia and ranked No. 9, may be a surprise pick to win the title. She was a surprise semifinalist Down Under in 2016 and also at Wimbledon in 2017 so she could make a move to a later round.
Simona Halep Wins Shenzhen Open Title In China
Romanian World No.1 Simona Halep enjoyed a winning start to her season as she lifted the Shenzhen Open singles title with a strong 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 victory over defending champion Katerina Siniakova in 74 minutes.
After a four hour rain delay, the match was played at the indoor tennis stadium of the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Centre.
The singles top seed did not face a single break point and won 70% of her service points in a powerful first set display but had her serve broken three times in the second as her 21-year-old Czech opponent staged a comeback.
However, 26-year-old Halep showed just why she was the world No.1 in the final set, winning 24 out of 30 points as she served her opponent a bagel to complete the victory in some style. The trophy marks Halep's sixteenth career title and second here in Shenzhen after her win in 2015.
"It's been a great week for me as I've been playing very well. It was a difficult match and (Siniakova) played very well. She beat Sharapova which is great – I know that feeling. I think we had a great match today. I tried everything to win. I was a little bit less nervous and just tried to enjoy the moment even if we are playing indoors. It's not easy but we did our job and I'm happy that I could win the first title of the year," said Halep.
En route to the title, Halep defeated American Nicole Gibbs in the first round, China' Duan Ying-Ying in the second, Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinal and fourth seeded compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu in yesterday's semifinal. The Romanian only dropped two sets the entire tournament.
World No. 47 Siniakova, who defeated Halep in the second round here last year, paid tribute to her opponent's performance.
"I didn't play as well as I did last year in the final but Simona really played well today. It's a good start to the season for me, but of course, a better start for Simona. Last season I won two titles after making the final here so hopefully I can get more titles again this year," said Siniakova, who was the singles sixth seed.
Both Halep and Siniakova are also in the doubles finals with their respective partners Begu and Barbora Krejcikova. The match commenced just over thirty minutes after the singles final was completed.
The Shenzhen Open is organized by the Chinese Tennis Association, Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sport and Tourism and CCTV-IMG Sports Management Company and is co-organized by the Bureau of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Longgang District, Shenzhen Gemdale Sports Industry Co. Ltd. and Kaisa Culture Sports & Tourism Group.
The event is proud to have prestigious commercial sponsors that include the premier sponsors Kaisa Group and Gemdale Group together with Crowne Plaza Shenzhen Longgang City Center, Iqiyi Sports, Erke, Life Fitness, Yonex, Head and Master Kong You Yue Purified Drinking Water.
The official tournament website www.ShenzhenOpenTennis.com has additional information about the tournament.
Caroline Wozniacki Wins Singapore, Simona Halep Finishes Year-End No. 1
In a battle of two former WTA World No.1s, Caroline Wozniacki defeated Venus Williams to lift the Billie Jean King Trophy at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global today, October 29.
In their eighth career meeting, the Dane notched her first win over the American, powering to a straight sets victory (6-4, 6-4) to clinch her 27th and biggest title of her career.
"To be here with the trophy means a lot, and it's a great way to finish off the year," said Wozniacki. "I'm really proud of how I have played all week and how I really produced some great fighting out there."
Despite not qualifying for the semifinals in the round-robin format, Simona Halep clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking on the WTA Tour.
Since the inception of computer rankings in 1975, Halep becomes the 13th WTA player to achieve the year-end No.1 singles ranking, and the first from Romania.
"Our congratulations to Simona Halep who is a worthy winner of the WTA year-end World No.1 singles ranking. Simona has had a great season, winning the title in Madrid and reaching the final at Roland Garros," said Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, Dubai Duty Free. "We wish her well for the remainder of the year and look forward to seeing her play in Dubai in the near future, where she won the title in 2015 and has many ardent fans."
The Romanian became the 25th player to achieve the No.1 ranking on October 9, 2017 following her 27th career WTA final at the China Open in Beijing, and is ensured to retain the position as the top player for the rest of the year.
"I'm very proud to end the season as the WTA World No.1," said Halep. "I have worked extremely hard to be the best player I can be, and it is an honor to be in the No.1 position at the end of the year."
Halep has enjoyed another consistent season, highlighted by defending her title at the Mutua Madrid Open and reaching her second Grand Slam final at Roland Garros. In addition, the 26-year-old reached the title match at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Rome), Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati) and the China Open (Beijing), earning her fourth consecutive qualification at the year-end BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
This season, Halep also made a quarterfinal run at Wimbledon, as well as semifinal showings at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart) and Rogers Cup (Toronto).
Halep entered the Top 10 for the first time on January 27, 2014, and has maintained her Top 10 status for 196 consecutive weeks. Having made her debut in the Top 5 in the spring of 2014, the Romanian has spent just eight weeks below that threshold.
The WTA Year-End No.1 trophy was presented to Halep by WTA President, Micky Lawler.
Jelena Ostapenko Creates Fascinating Tennis Trivia, Talking Points In Roland Garros Victory
by Randy Walker
There are too many fascinating facts about Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia winning the women's singles title at Roland Garros not to share.
The 20-year-old No. 47-ranked defeated Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the final to become not only the first player from Latvia to win a major championship, but became the first unseeded player to win the women's title since Margaret Scriven in 1933. Since there are now 32 seeded players in major championships (since 2001), this is an even more outstanding statistic when only 16 players were seeded in most championships – or even only eight in 1933 when Scriven won.
Incredibly, Ostapenko had never won a professional tournament before her dramatic win in Paris. She became the first player to make Roland Garros their maiden pro tournament victory since Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil did the same as the No. 66-ranked player – on the exact day that Ostapenko was born, June 8, 1997.
On Thursday, June 8, 2017 – Ostapenko's 20th birthday – she advanced into the women's final with 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3 win over Timea Bacsinsky, who was also celebrating her birthday, turning 28.
Halep, who would have won her first major championship and secure the world No. 1 ranking with the win, led the match 6-4, 3-0 but was not able to close out the match against the loose and free-hitting Ostapenko. Halep also led 3-1 in the final set but, again, could not close out the championship. In one of the most famous – or infamous – let-cord shots in the history of tennis, Ostapenko secured her crucial service break when she hit a down-the-line backhand that was heading wide, but clipped the top of the net, bouncing high in the air while also ricocheting back into the court for a winner.
Ostapenko hit an equalizing 54 winners and 54 unforced errors in the final.
Ostapenko becomes the lowest-RANKED player to win a major singles title since Serena Williams won the 2007 Australian Open when she was ranked No. 81. Kim Clijsters won the 2009 US Open when she did not have a ranking, returning to pro tennis after retirement to have a child.
Simona Halep Continues Silent U.S. Open Run
by Kevin Craig
Simona Halep was able to fight off a valiant effort from the No. 31 seed Timea Babos of Hungary on Saturday at the US Open, solidifying her spot in the fourth round of the US Open with a 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 win.
"I don't know how I came back. I felt like I didn't play my best but I was fighting to the end for every ball," said Halep.
The 5th seeded had been struggling in 2016, by her standards, but has managed to turn that form around in the past few months. Since May, when her ranking fell to No. 7 after having been ranked No. 2 at the start of the year, Halep has a 29-4 record. During that impressive run of form, the Romanian has racked up three titles, two of which were Premier level events, and had a 13-match win streak.
To no one's surprise, Halep has continued to play well in New York, not dropping a set in her first two matches. Babos, though, gave Halep her first scare of the tournament, and almost sent her packing.
In the first set on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Halep looked to be in the same form she has been all summer, breaking Babos three times and saving the two break points she faced in the set. She only had difficulty in one of her three service games of the set, as she only dropped one point in the other two games.
Babos looked to have things figured out early on in the second set, as she took Halep to deuce in her first service game of the set before breaking the Romanian the next three times. Those three breaks for Babos were more than enough to level the match at one set each.
In the third, the Hungarian continued to have the momentum on her side as she broke Halep for the fourth time in a row to go up a break in the first game. Serving at 3-2, though, Babos finally cracked and the 2014 French Open runner-up broke back, but almost gave up another break at 4-4 as she had to dig out of a 15-40 hole to hold. In the next game, though, Halep was able to break Babos to close out the nervy three-set victory.
"I was trying to push her back. I was trying to run for every ball. I did everything I could today and I'm really happy I could finish the match in my way," said Halep.
The 24-year old Halep, who was a point away from letting her opponent serve for the match, is now into the fourth round of a major for the third major in a row and the ninth time in her career. She will take on the No. 11 seed Carla Suarez Navarro for a spot in the quarterfinals.
Martina Hingis Returns To No. 1 Doubles Ranking – Passing Shots With Kevin Craig
by Kevin Craig
- Bob and Mike Bryan are the No. 3 seeds in the men's doubles draw at the 2016 Australian Open. The last time the Bryans were seeded lower than No. 2 at a grand slam was at the French Open in 2005, where they would go on to make the final.
- American Nicole Gibbs was able to qualify for the main draw of the Australian Open without dropping a set. In her three matches, Gibbs was able to win more than half of her return points, 52 percent, allowing her to break her opponents 15 times total.
- Viktor Troicki was able to defend his title in Sydney, defeating Grigor Dimitrov 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(7). Troicki became the first man to win back to back titles in Sydney since James Blake did so in 2006 and 2007. Prior to his loss in the final, Dimitrov had won 11 consecutive deciding set tiebreakers. The last time Dimitrov had lost a deciding set tiebreak before this was in 2012 against Donald Young in Memphis. The man who holds the record for most deciding set tiebreakers won consecutively is Carlos Moya with 17.
- In the Simona Halep – Svetlana Kuznetsova semifinal match in Sydney, Halep was able to win almost every statistical category, yet she lost the match. Kuznetsova won 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3, despite winning five less points than Halep did. Kuznetsova went on to win the title, defeating Monica Puig in straight sets in the final.
- The doubles team of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza won their 30th match in a row by defeating Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the final in Sydney. The longest win streak by a women's doubles team is held by Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova at 44. With the title, Hingis will join Mirza as co-No. 1 doubles players, seeing Hingis return to No. 1 in the rankings for the first time since 2000.
- Also in Sydney, Teymuraz Gabashvili was able to make his first ATP semifinal after going 0-16 in ATP quarterfinal matches to start his career.
- Mikhail Youzhny won his second challenger tournament in a row, defeating Adam Pavlasek in Bangkok, 6-4, 6-1. The win will boost Youzhny back into the Top 100 after having been outside of the Top 150 as recently as November of 2015.
- Three tournaments in the United States have taken place on the futures circuit in 2016 so far, and each event has seen a different American teen reach the final. Stefan Kozlov won in Los Angeles in the first week of the season, while Tommy Paul won in Plantation and Michael Mmoh lost the final in Long Beach in the second week.


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TOWSON, Md. - After the conclusion of the fall sports season, Catholic University finds itself in second place in the Landmark Conference President's Trophy standings.
The Presidents' Trophy recognizes the conference's best overall athletics program. The Trophy is awarded based on a formula that rewards institutions for regular season conference standings as well as results in Landmark postseason competition. Points are assigned based on the regular-season standings and the number of teams competing in each sport. Bonus points are awarded based on competition in the Landmark playoffs.
The Cardinals averaged 8.08 points, two behind Elizabethtown who totaled 10.17 after winning conference titles in men's soccer, men's cross country and women's cross country.
Just 2.25 points separate second place through sixth place. Scranton is third at 7.10, Susquehanna is fourth at 7.02 and Juniata is fifth at 6.93. Moravian is in sixth place with 5.83 points.
Field hockey, who finished unbeaten in league play for the second-straight season, led the way this fall, earning 11 points. Men's soccer, who earned the second-seed in the conference tournament and advanced to the championship game, totaled 10 points.
Women's soccer finished in a tie for second in the regular-season standings and earned 8.5 points while volleyball, who was picked to finish sixth in the preseason, finished third and earned eight points. Women's cross country also earned eight points after finishing third at the Landmark Conference championships, its highest finish since 2012.
Since its inception in 2007-08, Catholic has been awarded the Landmark Conference President's Trophy twice in 2012-13 and 2014-15.
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2018-19 President's Trophy Standings
1. Elizabethtown - 10.17
3. Scranton - 7.10
4. Susquehanna - 7.02
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Irish building materials group CRH CRH, +0.41% CRH, +1.30% said 2007 pretax profit will be "close" to 1.9 billion euros ($2.8 billion), a "high-teens" percentage rise and its fifteenth consecutive year of profit growth. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected earnings of 1.82 billion euros this year, followed by 6% growth next year. It's spent a total of 1.2 billion euros in acquisition during the second half. The phased reduction in dividend cover to a targeted 3.5 times for the 2008 financial year continues, but it will buy back up to 5% of its shares under a new program. Though it forecasts slower economic growth next year, a strong dynamic in Central and Eastern European countries together with moderate progress expected in the broader euro zone will help lift profit in 2008, and it expects a steady comparable performance in U.S. profitability as non-residential and infrastructure businesses offset residential.
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I think we Pentaxians can have an objective look at this issue (almost a bombshell from a key Canon photographer) which caused a bit of stir amongst some users. And I can tell you Nikon PR (besides their stellar hardware) has done a great job in enticing him to switch.
Canon looks like defending a dud - a very expensive dud indeed.
In Toronto, there is a Canon guy selling his $40K gears to switch after a lot of extensive blog complaints. And I would not blame him.
I would ask what happens if the next Pentax K20D super is a dud. What will we do?
Given my low level of work, I have not exhausted all the potential of the existing Pentax equipment.
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i have the luxury of not having to make a living with my camera. but if the difference between paying the bills was getting the shot or not, and the equipment could vastly improve my chances of getting the money shot, well then i'd switch too if i suddenly found my equipment inadequate.
interesting article though.
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The link doesn't work any longer – can you give a brief what it was about?
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Basically, a bigtime freelance photographer, once a bigtime Canon user decided to switch to Nikon equipment due to a flaw with the latest flagship Canon autofocus that Canon refused to acknowledge as an actual product flaw.
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Yes Canon definitely has a problem on their hands.
It's a good read for people that really brings home the idiocy of 'brand loyalty'. In one sense we all want the manufacturer we've chosen to produce good gear - after all we've invested in a certain system. But it's interesting to see the blind faith many people have in their system of choice. When your ability to put food on the table depends on your equipment you've got to be more objective.
What's really interesting throughout the whole mkIII issue is the inconsistency of the problem. Lots of pros who don't have a problem and some who do. Interestingly enough myself and mark1616 do NOT have the issue with our mkIIIs. But I can absolutely understand working pros who make the switch. However, the last year has shown Canon still hasn't gotten a complete handle on whatever the issue is. It will be interesting to see if there is a III-N announced within the year.
What's even more interesting if you do some digging is how many working pros switched from Nikon to Canon not so long ago when Canon stepped ahead of Nikon.
For what it's worth - even though I've shot Canon for years - there isn't a doubt in my mind if I was starting from scratch I'd buy Nikon right now. From a sports shooting perspective they've really blown past Canon.
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by the way - here's an interesting link showing the photography section for track & field - a lot more Nikons than 4 years ago. Although, keeping things in perspective there are a lot of Canons still there. And at least the couple bodies which show the back you can tell are mkIIIs and not II-Ns
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I heard rumors that folks in Canikon forums placed red/blue dots in that image to count them. Pretty hilarious:-) Glad I cannot spot any Pentax in there:-)
Seriously now, I am glad I can afford not to be a pro photog.
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This is a very interesting read. First, I am not a pro shooter, but do like to squeeze as much IQ and performance available while enjoying my obsessive hobby of photographing wildlife.
I owned a 1D Mark III for a period of 6 months - the blue dot version (submirror fixed), and I experienced the good, the bad and the ugly of this body too. When I first received it, the AF in AI Servo was inconsistent, and I put it down to "user error". I got some very good shots, but a lot were similar to the first photo of the pitcher in the link above. I thought it was me, so continued on to work on my technique with mixed results. After the latest firmware came out, I noticed an improvement. I was getting a much higher in focus hit rate than before the firmware in AI Servo. There was a definite improvement in the body I owned. The troubling thing that came to surface with the body I had, was that in one shot AF, I had a huge failure rate similar to the AI Servo shots that were slightly o.o.f. I took test shots on tripods, handheld and other setups, and many of the results were with the same o.o.f. characteristics of other complainants. In fact, I had a better hit rate for static subjects using the AI Servo setting. I never really delved into the custom settings. I generally left them a Canon's default settings, other than the expanded focus points which I tried and eventually left on single CAF, and the "speed" of the AF in AI Servo. I didn't feel a camera as high end as this should have AF problems in one shot using default settings or any setting for that matter, or subject to heat, brightness or whatever the C tech's came up with. They do have a flaw, and it'll be interesting to see what comes of it. A new Mark IV I'd bet, and if it comes out with the Mark III's problems cured, you'll more than likely see an unloading of Mark III's in gigantic numbers. Probably won't be able to give them away. Scary, for anyone that now owns one...
Having unloaded my Canon gear, I'm quite happy with my current Pentax setup. It delivers the goods for me with high IQ. The only trouble I experience is with CAF and tracking a flying subject, and maybe the slower fps (not a huge deal breaker for me-most of my wildlife photos are static). Other than those 2 niggles, talk about a "cheap" camera that has it all! It'll be interesting to see what Pentax has up their sleeve for their next "flagship".... cheers...Don
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Wow! The oriental rug world is very broad. In an effort to better understand this realm, we should define "oriental." A definition of this could run on for several days so I'll make mine as brief as possible.
In my opinion, oriental can describe any rug with a design of which originates anywhere from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. This could include any quality of rug as well. Hand-knotted, hand-tufted, machine-made, etc.
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Glo is very much inspired by Ildhane and is a further exploration of the cast iron technique.
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The handle is scaled and shaped to fit your hand whereas the corpus is scaled to fit a tea light. This leaves the handle being the most prominent feature of the composition – almost like in a hand-tool of some kind. We appreciate how the undulating surface of the handle modulates the light and sort of transports it out of the corpus.
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The performance of two curved beam finite element models based on coupled polynomial displacement fields is investigated for out-of-plane vibration of arches. These two-noded beam models employ curvilinear strain definitions and have three degrees of freedom per node namely, out-of-plane translation (v), out-of-plane bending rotation (theta(z)) and torsion rotation (theta(s)). The coupled polynomial interpolation fields are derived independently for Timoshenko and Euler-Bernoulli beam elements using the force-moment equilibrium equations. Numerical performance of these elements for constrained and unconstrained arches is compared with the conventional curved beam models which are based on independent polynomial fields. The formulation is shown to be free from any spurious constraints in the limit of `flexureless torsion' and `torsionless flexure' and hence devoid of flexure and torsion locking. The resulting stiffness and consistent mass matrices generated from the coupled displacement models show excellent convergence of natural frequencies in locking regimes. The accuracy of the shear flexibility added to the elements is also demonstrated. The coupled polynomial models are shown to perform consistently over a wide range of flexure-to-shear (EI/GA) and flexure-to-torsion (EI/GJ) stiffness ratios and are inherently devoid of flexure, torsion and shear locking phenomena. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Minecraft has gone through many a change and revision since its original 2011 launch, and the next big step for the mobile version will be the release of cross-platform Minecraft: Realms. Originally announced in 2013, Minecraft: Realms is technically a paid hosting service that allows players to run their own private, persistent Minecraft worlds and let other players join in only on an invitation basis. It's a great way to experience Minecraft with friends, which is why Mojang recently announced that Minecraft: Realms will also be released for Minecraft: Pocket Edition as well as Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition. And while no exact launch dates have been confirmed so far, Minecraft enthusiasts and Android users alike can now sign up and test Realms in its Alpha development stages.
In a nutshell, Minecraft: Realms is just an addition to Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which is already available for download through the Google Play Store. Once it will be released, Minecraft: Realms will allow players to join the same server, cross-platform, regardless if they play the game on Android, iOS, PC, or the Xbox One. Pocket Edition players on Android can now sign up for Alpha testing Minecraft: Realms and provide feedback regarding possible bugs, features and so on, helping with the title's development before its public release. Minecraft enthusiasts who may want to join the Alpha can do so through the Google Play Store (source link below), but they will be required to have an Xbox Live account in order to log into the game. The account will be required throughout the Alpha but once Minecraft: Realms goes live, it will only be required for online play and will not be needed for playing Pocket Edition in single player.
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My good china pattern is a beautiful, plain white satin with a silver band around the rim that has faded just a bit through the years. I have champagne glasses that match with a simple silver band around the mouth of the glass as well. Back in the day that was the thing to do. I know because our high school home-ec teacher told us. We learned to cook, bake, sew, set a proper table and how to arrange furniture to prepare a home for marriage.
Shortly after high school, the opportunity presented itself and I bought a 12-piece china setting, silverware and champagne glasses along with a gorgeous hope chest to store it all in so it didn't break. I was ready.
I was ready for my prince to sweep me away. I imagined using my china to set the table for the many intimate dinner parties with our neighborhood group of friends. Wearing the right evening attire and being the gracious host. Returning the china not to the hope chest, but to an exquisite china cabinet to be admired by all. And someday, I would pass the china on to my daughters and the traditions would continue.
POP! My bubble burst! My prince didn't arrive until ten years later, when we worked basic jobs, wore jeans and my china still sat in the hope chest. It came out on holidays and special celebrations. Then it returned, not to an exquisite china cabinet, but the hope chest. Nowadays, part of my china sits in a small cabinet with glass doors, the rest in sleeves tucked way back in a cabinet that would take Houdini to get it back out.
My point is that life doesn't always go the way we planned, hoped or imagined it would be. But we can't keep looking out of a glass cabinet door or stay tucked away, waiting for just the right moment to arrive. We need to take out the good china, eat burgers on it and let it be admired every day. And if it breaks, well that's okay too!
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Mollie Y6 12th Mason Y6 7th
Kippax Ash Tree Ellie Y6 18th Billy D Y6 33rd
Kippax North Molly Y6 22nd Archie Y6 20th
Swillington Primary Izzy Y6 15th Jack Y5 17th
Greenfield Primary Neive Y6 23rd Billy M Y5 22nd
Great Preston Gracie Y6 21st Jake Y6 19th
Lady Hastings Chloe Y5 4th Oliver Y6 14th
Firstly , Chloe burst off into 2nd place going extremely fast flying through all of the contestants .Next Mollie get tripped over by Great Preston but luckily ,was able to jump over her foot and still bet her in the race. Shockingly, Chloe came 4th place surprising all of the parents even from other schools.
Unfortunately,Billy got tripped over and got stood on ,and also hurt his ankle this is why he came 33rd but would of come 5th if not 1st .Mason came an amazing 7th out of 100 people. Oliver, who is one of the fastest, came 14th place.
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Ash Tree are delighted to announce that they have been awarded the Sainsbury's Gold School Sports Award for 2017/18. We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport. Also a special thanks goes to Mr Dickinson, Mrs Ratcliffe, Mrs Roe, Miss Farrington and all the other staff who have helped us to achieve this Ash Tree amazing award.
Brigshaw Sports Awards - July 2018
This week we celebrated our Ash Tree amazing sporting achievers at the Brigshaw Sports Awards 2018. Our nominees were invited to attend a special awards ceremony at Brigshaw High School. Awards went to those who had excelled in their contributions to school sport, sports personality and sports leadership. Well done to all our winners!
The results are in...
Ash Tree are very proud to announce that they came second overall out of all the Brigshaw Trust schools at the Big Sports Day 2018. They also won awards for 1st place in Tag Rugby, two 1st place awards in Handball, one 1st place award and one 3rd place award in the Relay Races. Well done Ash Tree!
The Big Trust Sports Day - June 2018
Ash Tree's Years 4,5, and 6 had a brilliant day at the John Charles Center competing against the other Brigshaw Trust Schools in dodge-ball, handball, tag rugby and relay races. Lots of teams came first in their events but we are still waiting to find out the overall winning school.
Summer Term Sport 2018
This term there are lots of amazing sporting opportunities for the children of Ash Tree to take part in. Year's 4,5 and 6 will be taking part in the Big Trust Sports Day at the John Charles Center in June. For the last four years Ash Tree have remained the overall winning champions, let's see if they can keep hold of that record and make it another Ash Tree amazing win this year!
In other news... some children from Year 6 got to visit The Depot climbing wall in Pudsey, children in KS1 will be competing in some inter-school football competitions, Tag Rugby competitions are taking place, we have some extremely talented children taking part in football trails at Leeds United and of course we have our very own Ash Tree Sports Day for Years 1 to 6 on Monday 23rd July. Foundation Stage are hosting their own mini Sports Day on Wednesday 4th July. It's going to be a busy one!
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Over the past ten decades, I have used a great deal of different WordPress themes and have been really disappointed. Up till recently, I had been using MyThemeShop, that was fairly good. However, I had to perform a lot of customization to make it perform and operate the way I needed it to. A few of weeks ago I decided to give GeneratePress a try, and let me just say, it is by far the best WordPress theme I've found in 10 years. I had been dismissed and am now moving all my sites to GeneratePress. I will go into exactly why in my in-depth GeneratePress review below. And if you are wondering, yes I have attempted Genesis, Astra, OceanWP, Avada, X theme, Divi in addition to many other lightweight and heavier multi-purpose themes. Add Beaver Builder Row Generatepress Header
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I Really installed the free version of the theme and in a matter of 15 minutes purchased the premium version. I could tell right off the bat, the programmer was thinking precisely how I was envisioning a theme should work. And I'll go into that more below, but let us first look at some of the qualities. I will be covering the superior version of the subject, since it's worth . Actually, Tom, if you ever read this and so are visiting Scottsdale, Arizona, coffees on me.
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Schema built-in, for greater results in SERPs.
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/generatepress/css/unsemantic-grid. min.css 2.9 KB
/generatepress/style. css 7.1 KB
/generatepress/css/mobile. min.css 1.6 KB
/generatepress/js/navigation. min.js 1.1 KB
/generatepress/js/dropdown. min.js 1.5 KB
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My old MyThemeShop motif was already pretty quickly, but I spent a great deal of time customizing it. In reality, I have gotten a lot of emails from you guys asking me to publish all of my customizations. My advice today is, simply get GeneratePress!
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GeneratePress Is the perfect option for performance-focused users that want to have the ability to customize and control precisely how their site looks.
You Can make GeneratePress do pretty much anything. And because GeneratePress has a focus on performance, the site that you build will have a great base to make it load fast.
Because Of that, those who assemble WordPress websites for a living love GeneratePress. They will normally pair it with a WordPress site builder and use it for literally any type of website.
But GeneratePress Might Not Be A Fantastic Combination If…
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While GeneratePress is becoming a lot easier to use, thanks to its pre-built Website Library, GeneratePress still looks very barebones when you initially install it.
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Pre-Made Starter Sites Make It Easier To Design Your Site
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Earlier In 2018, however, the developer added a fresh Site Library attribute for GeneratePress Premium users that allows you easily import any among those 25+ pre-built demonstration websites .
You Can import them right from your WordPress dashboard.
Yes this site still uses GeneratePress! All I did was click on a couple buttons to import a presentation site.
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The Heart GeneratePress theme is available at no cost at WordPress.org.
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